TIIIO OMAHA SUNDAY BKK; AUGUST 14, 1910.
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Practice of Renting Ground Has Be
come Vojpie Here.
LEASES ARE BETTER THAN SALES
nalldln and Loan Anaoclatlon Dral
Brings Ground l.rastna; to Notice
Doth nrnlrri land I.reaors .
Favor th Kxnrdlrnt.
Pale of ths building of th Omaha Build
Ins; and Loan association and traiiKferrlnK
of the ground lra hits culled attention to
tha (tradlly growing prnrtlcc of renting
ground for a long period of yam. Ground
Isaacs are an'old thing In the east, but are
comparatively new In Omaha and the prac
tice had not gained anything like a vogue
until tha last two or three yearn.
It la favored by people who desire a afo
and aure Investment, free from risk or
chaoga of valuaa downward. He who builds
on hie own property to rent it, pUnds the
risk of having the building empty part of
the time. The ground lessor in protected
by the building aa security for his rent.
Practically all ground leases contain re
vaJuatlon provlalona. The tenant Is always
eager for a long leawe without' rcappralse
ment, which Koea to ahow the depreciation
of real estate a never taken Into considera
tion lit the big hUMlni'FK cetittiis. In fact no
case has ever been heard of where upon
reappraisement the lease i renewed for a
smaller figure. This tin aim, of course,
that ground leaaes are applied only to the
most substantial biiHlnr-'s property. A
great many contracts now provide that the
Initial appraisement Khali he the lowest
ever granted.
The advantage Is, of courae. not all on
one side; otherwlae no tenant would ever
appear. - Business men sometimes favor
taking ground rents for the reason that
they then do not have to tie up their woi k
.tng capital In the ground, hut can use It in
the active prosecution of their business.
Men who make 10 or 20 or more per cent on
their working capital sometimes prefer to
Veep working this money instead of putting
Into the real property, where it may In
crease in value, but not so fast aa other
wise. The management of the Hanscom estate
has been the, most notable exponent of the
ground rent Idea In Omaha and none of
the tuOO.OOO of ao worth of downtown realty
, owned by the estate Is for sale. It is all
groins- Into ground rentals.
A $15,000, ' two-story and basement, brick
building will be built at once by George &
90., at 2410-12 Farnam , street to . re
pfttfM a wooden building Just .demolished.
The building will contain two stores, one
of which haa been leased to the Flake
Tire and Rubber company. The building
will have a forty-foot frontage and will be
132 feet deep.
Trustees of the village of Dundee have
advertised for bids for paving the Dodge
street road with brick, from Forty-eighth
to Fortieth street and the contract will
soon be awarded. It Is hoped that the
Improvement will be completed before snow
file.
Real estate men have been on the move
the last week or two and a considerable
number have rented new offices. The D.
V. Sholes oompany has followed George
A Co., Into the City National Bank
building and othera in the same building
are the Glover Realty company, J. , H,
Ml then, I. Slbbernsen, Ernest Sweet, Tate-
Erhart .. company and the (Northwestern
Land company and F. J. Farrlngton. The
Union Pacific land department Is now
located in the Brandeis Theater building.
aa are the Bemls-Carlherg company, Hli
terlong & Adams, William C. Hansen, Con
rad Toung, Niobrara Investment' company
F. H. Drake, PerrUo, Wolcott & Bmlth,
while the Byron Reed oompany is a future
tenant. '
To Select New .
Y. M.C. A. Head
Committee Will Consider Name for
General Secretary and Decide
Late Next Month.
A new general secretary for the Young
Men's Christian association to succeed H.
C. Wade, whose resignation takes effect
October 1, will probably not be selected
until late In September. The committee
having authority to choose a man for the
place consists of Judge Howard Kennedy,
Paul Kuhns and iJavld Coie The commit
tee will meet some time In the near future
with a member of the International Young
Men's Christian association committee to
go over a Hat of men who are qualified and
look up Information regarding men who
are after the position.
Sues for a Share
of New Plowshare
Omaha Iron Store Company Allege
Infringement Against the Mo
line Company.
Suit has been Instituted against the Omaha
Iron Store company by the Mollne rlow
company, to restrain the manufacture of
an Improved plowshare and secure an ac
counting of profits. The complaint allege
that the plaintiff company B-.-ured from
one August Llndgren all his rlghu under
a United. States patent for" Imnr vomenls
on u p:owshare; that defendants heve bei n
Infrninging and should be enjoined frnni
doing so, and should also be mulcted In
damages by being compelled to turn over
whatever profits have been made In '.he
making of tlT alleged Infringing' devic-
NEBRASKA BANES STRONG
Do Not Need Aid of Eait to More
the Cropt.
OMAHA IS SHIPPING OUT COIN
Many Industries Healdee Is Grata
Handlers Are Demanding Money
for tae In Different Line's
of Rnalneso.
Nebraska banks, particularly those of
Omaha, are In strong position to meet all
demands for money for crop moving pur
poses and for all trther fall demands. No
loans will need to be negotiated In tha east
for this purpose even though the volume
of deposits has fallen otf a litts In the
state.
Large amounts of currency are being
shipped dally from Omaha to smaller banks
throughout the state which maintain
Brick Houses
Arthur 0. Clausen, Architect.
OOKIN'O at the iuatter from en
tirely an econom cal stundpolnt,
there Is no doubt but what a
brick house is cheaper than a
frame huuse in the long run.
There Is a difference In the oila-
Inal cost of about 10 per cent, using a brick
for the faclnij at about SJ0 a thousand, but
the saving of repairs, painting. Insurance,
original cost of heating piunt and fuel will
make this amount up In atout twelve years.
Since the saving la continual It becomes a
return on the Investment nftei that time,
which,! If put at compound interest, would
almost) pay for the entire house In fifty
years. Also the house at that time would
be practically as good as new so far aa
the exterior walls are concerned, while a
frame house would be almost too old In
appearance to be salable.
The difficulty, of course, with most peo
ple Is the original expense. The tendency
seems to be In favor of the Blise more than
quality, with the result tust most people
strive to build a home beyond their means
and therefore have to build It ai cheaply
as possible regardless of how much they
might save in the long run with a perma
nent form of construction.
There are several ways in which to build
a brick house. The most common way is
the brick veneer, which consists of putting
a single thickness of face brick on the out
side of a frame constructed house. This,
when properly done, la quite satsfuctory
and a more permanent form of construc
tion than a house sided or shingled, but
not quite as permanent as a solid masonry
wall. For a solid masonry wall the com
monly known way Is to back up the
face brick with eight inches of common
brick, bonding face and common brick to
gether with metal ties. A little cheaper
form of construction, saving about S3 for
every ten square feet, is to use hollow
concrete' blocks eight Inches thick for the
backing up with a face brick ' veneer,
bonding the blocks and veneer together by
metal ties.
The brickwork over the windows and doors
should be supported by steel lintels Instead
of depending upon segment arches. 'The
expense la small and prevents cracks from
appearing over the openings.. '
The kind of brick to use in the exterior
depends upon the style of the house and
what the home builder can afford. There
are some very attractive aand mould brick
on the market that can be obtained In
prices varying from $8 to 115 a -thousand,
depending upon the distance that they have
to be shipped. Hard burned face brick
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reserves here and this currency Is largely
being taken by farmers to pay farm help
and other Incidental expenses.
"Moving the crops" is a phrase, the
meaning of which has changed somewhat
In recent years. Demands ror money at this
time are not by any means all due directly
to the farmer, bet to needs of mercantile
Industries of every IHnd. The result is that
j the banks of the middle west at this time
of the year cease buying eastern commer
cial paper to a considerable extent and the
burden of this devolves upon New York at
a time when accounts there are reduced by
western banks withdrawing their reserves.
Nebraska country banks have been carry
ing more farm loans than usual this sum-
i mpr hlif nf lat 1niurini. nnmnnn;s tiavj.
been absorbing these In greater quantities
than a while back and the country banks
have been rellevec to a considerable extent
Of the burden.
hen farmers have sold their present
crop of iurn the banks of Nebraska will
be enriched by many millions of deposits.
The total acreage for corn in this state
this year Is 8.9fi0.00O acres, of which the
condition was T.C, normal, according to
the government report Just Issued. Corn Is
worth to the farmer 60 cent a bushel, and
estimating the yield per acre at twenty
five bushels, this gives the corn crop a
value of ISO.UPfl.250. The figure Is likely to
bo Increased rather than decreased by
larger returns.
No figures on spring wheat are available,
but winter wheat Is estimated by the gov
ernment at Si.mwo bushels for Nebraska.
Wheat la now declared to be worth BO
rents a bushel to the farmer, and this
means a total Income to the farmers of the
state of $2.0!7,000.
It Is evident that from all grains the Ne
braska farmers are to be enriched this
year by over 1100,000,000.
vary In cost from 11. 1 to JiV) a thousand,
with the average home builder using brick
costing between 120 and 26. While these
prices doubtless dp not mean much to the
average reader, they show what a great
variance there Is. In the cost of this build
mg rnaterlal.
For homes of average alie light-colored
brick are the most preferable since they
help to set the house off. When a home
Is very large In Its proportions dark brick
can be used to a better advantage. There
Is a great difference In the style and color
of mortar Joints.' All sand mould brick
should be made with wide Joints not less
than three-eighths of an inch, and It is
best to recess the joints out with either a
cove or what we call -a "vee" tool, than
to have It flush with the brickwork. Re
cessing the Joints casts a shadow In each
Joint which vets the brick out and makes
a wonderful ' Improvement Jn Its appear
ance. For very hard-burned face brick
with a rather smooth surface a small joint
of. about three-sixteenths of an Inch is the
best. The color of the Joints vary accord
ing to the color of the brickwork, which
should ' always harmonize with ' them.
While some jointing Is done In decided
contrast to the brick, it is a very risky
thing to do, except for those experienced
MR. CLAUSEN'S BOOK.
"The Art, Bolsnos and Seatlment
of Homebuilding."
M chapters, 310 Illustrations and
a thousand facts on the. planning .
and designing of every kind of home.
It covers, a wide range of subjects,
Including the planning of bungalows,
suburban anr? city homes, letting
contracts, choosing materials, proper
design ot entrances, windows, fire
places, etc. Price, postpaid, 11.00.
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A monthly supplement, ."Practical
Homebuilding," sent gratia for
'twelve months following the sale of
the book.
Address, Arthur 9. Clausen, Archi
tect, 1136-37-38 X,umhe Bxoliange,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
SITE FOR TRAINING SCHOOL
outb Omaha pecores Two I.ota on
Which to riace Its Kern
Balldlaar.
The deed Is filed of the transfer of two
lots in South Omaha to the school board of
that city for $17,S00. The property la on
the southeast corner of Twenty-fourth and
J streets, Sarah Bentley being the vendor.
The purchase Is In addition to two ad
jacent lots which lie in the middle of the
block and the whole property will be used
for the new manual training school which
will be erected at a cost of $10,000 or thereabouts.
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EXPANDED METAL
STEEL
PLASTERING LATE!
is the fire-proof substitute for
the inflammable wood lath.
It Prevanls Cracking and Falling
of Plasfcr on Walls and Ceiling
Adopted by the U. S. Govern
ment and used everywhere in
all kfood buildings.
Write for circular.
NORTHWESTERN EXPANDED PETAL CO.
84 Van Eurn Strait, CHICAGO
Omaha Tont and Awning Co.
FOR SALE
11TH AND HARNEY STS. Ind. Phone A1883, OMAHA.
FLA1S
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In such matters. The proper selection
and laying of brickwork requires a knowl
edge not only of the materials, but an ar
tistic eye that can foresee pleasing results
In the combination, of certain materlr'
and their colors. That is why an architect
is sometimes called "an artist who paints
with materials."
George A Co. ao4d two half lots In
alracrea during the week. Thu purchasers
wire Ida C. Boiglum and. Jame Spenca
Wlllebrands, . local representatives of the
New York Central Unes. Each purchaser
gave U.000 for the 'ground, which fronts
on Dodge street, west of the Paxton home.
Caught in Trap,
Negro Suffers
X
lightened Woman Drenches Drag
Crazed Man Under Porch Sen
tenced to Two Dayi.
Imprisoned In a hole under' the porch of
house at Thirteenth and . Mason streets,
while the woman of the house poured
water upon him, Charles Wrott, a negro,
wag rescued by the police Friday night.
Tha negro, while under the Influence of
drink or drug, crawled under the porch
to sleep. It waa reported, and fell Into a
deep excavation. He waa unable.to get out,
and In his efforts attracted the woman's
attention. Frightened Into a panlo, the
woman, thereuion poured a half doien
buckets of water Into tha hole upon the
prisoners. Policeman Morgan and Murphy
pulled the negro out of his predicament and
let him go hie way.
He waa later picked up on the street by
a policeman and brought to the station.
In poMce court he waa given two days In
which to straighten up from the effects of
rhe drug. 1
Station. Men in
Chicken Chase
Coop Breaks and , PuUeti Eun ; at
large, Causing Unusual Furore
at the Station.
If you have a real desire to be run out
ot town ey "chicken" to a t'nlon Pacific
mploye or If you really poses en un
quenohable wish to be ducked In the river,
ay "dog and chicken" to the same.
The causa for this unseemly situation Is
that during the last week graceful figures
various brakemn, porters, uuggagemen
and eveu the aristocratic red-cap have Ween
seen disporting themselves over the yardu
and grounds In merry pursuit of these
st.14 anUnals, who by natural . inference
have esoaped from the hauda of their law
ful owners and gone cavorting.
The first break came w.iea a colored
porter went Into the durknes of ths port
ers room and reaching for soap as he
said -bis hand encountered the bag of nice
pullets that raJ been brought in by a
brakeman from the country and were
swatting ttll they could be transferred
race eollentlug those loiig-leggud fowls
Thea a uoop of pullets meant for the
market broke, and H was a fine marathon
to ths Inteuded owners. The purler famtel.
again. The dog managed t get away
frvni a bagguge car rot "Parle" this time
-n't went up-tuwu to visit Omaha. Tin;
record doee nnt say whether tltu taui;..v
man who lolluAed Luu gui. iiu.u-j imt n.glit
DCSION tvjo 56.
AR1Mva C GL.AV.9E.es.
ARCHITECT
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Here la a golden opportunity for a flour
miller who wants to make a cbge and
f'et Into a rew country where opportunity
ooms large and where. the rapid settle-
FORTUNE FOB HIM.
Buhl, Idaho. Is the "1rtet hprtn,tt,f !
pu.vvu acres i,rr
land that lies out of doors. There 1
Cheap eiecirio power iin nv....
fall of the Snake river. There art oceans
1 . uau 4aaBinrlnt win.
or iirm uruuuv; vi iy
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this If you will write, to me at once. I
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WHAT 1 tllO DUi 1 ivjii V
PENO ON; Just WHAT IT WILL DO
nothing arid may mean a fortune to you.
C. X. lloQVOWir, gnoretary m COK-
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Our Entire Line of
Lighting Fixtures.
'Regardless of Cost
Make selections now. Goods will
be installed when you are ready by
competent fixture hangers. If you
use fixtures this fall it will pay you to
to' take advantage of this sale.
Omaha Lighting Fixture Co.
l-U lioiie Iougln lUt 417 South l.ltli Street V(Mdiiin of the; World Ilullding.
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Get in Business
A
a! Pocalcllo, Idaho
"The' Omaha of Idaho"
1
A coal business, well established, In
Pocatello, Idaho, can be bought for
$2,500.00 ot which 12,000.00 Is
represented by real estate worth
the money will take an additional
11,000.00 capital to handle the bus!
ness. . '
Names of over 800 customers turned
oyer to purchaser.
gency for two good coals this
business Is well established and Is
paying the present owner an average
of $200.00 per month profit. 1,600
tons of coal sold In the past six months
and only $15.00 lost on bad accounts
For further particulars and a book
let all about Pocatello,' write to
FLETCHER R. BURRUS;
Real Estate Dealer,
Pocatello, Idaho.
ACREAGE
Tit ACTS
I'OK TUB
INVESTOR
OH FOB THE
SMALL FAIIMER
THIS Is our specialty. From
One to One Thousand acres.
This business Is made to
terve your Interests. No sum of
money, however small, Is two
small to get our best attention
And no sum, however large, la
too large to tax our capacity to
TO FLACK AND FLACK WITH
FUOF1T TO TllK LNi ESTOK.
We would like to have you
write to us for our booklets,
literature and other lnforma
Hon. We are sure that you
want to know about IDAHO.
It is the last West and tbe rap
Idly growing section of the
United States. Here you can
make big profits on small In
vestments. Land can be bought
on credit
Write Fifht Now, Write lodir
GRAY GRAY
INVESTMENTS.
rOCATELLO, 1 IDAHO
Portable Screen Houses
For Town or Camping
Porch Screens. Window and
Door Screens .
Omaha Window Screen Co. oll'liSl
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sacnoN , j sicTKiN Hj
THE OMAHA LOAN & BUILDING ASSOCIATION cred
ited to its members on July 1st $89,000 Dividends. It has never
paid to its members less than six per cent per
S q1 I annum for 27 years. . Saving accounts calling
fj O I for a monthly payment of $1.00 to $25.00 may
be opened any day, or lump sums of not over
$5,000 received. Ask for Booklet "A" and
other information. Assets $3,600,000. Reserve
fund $07,000. Address, S. E. Corner 16th and Dodgo Streets.
DIVIDEND
"toLhel
A SURETY BOND
In my company ruarantees the completion ot the building according
plans and specifications, within the time, free bf liens aud Incumbrances.
Request it of your contractor and thereby protect yourself from an
xiety and loss. . $14,000 paid In losses by this agency last year.
JH IVf 1 T H W NT 202-03 First NsttonsJ Bank Bids..
MANTELS AND TILE
Fireplace Grates and Fixtures, Tile Floor for all purposes.
Furnaces and all kinds of Hardware.
f!llton Rogors & Gons Co
' Fourteenth and Farnam Straata
SAFE FIREPROOF STORAGE
Wi taks gTsst prlds In saylny what
w know to bs an absolnts tsot, and
that Is that ws hav ths riMXST
AMD SirfilT HOIBIM YIKB
JPROOT storag-s nous la ths wast.
Whsa you storag-s anything- with us
you worry and responsibility In xs
gards to Its salsty snds. Tou ars
surs of oarsful handllns, safs from
riHB or barrlars aad modsrsts t
cost for your insuxanos.
IOV about your piano whoa yam
ars irons, or any othar TaluaMs ptsoo
of furnlturs. Ws have prlvata rooms,
spaolal rooms for housshold goads,
UU WAOOBTS WIU CAI.Ii AT
TXMJ1. AXTWKEBB. (
Don't wait until you Incur A Z.OBB
BUT SO XT MOW. MoTlng- and firs
proof atarara la our huslaass. Wll
KNOW KOW1 1st us do It.
YOU ARE INVITED
Ws oordlally lnrlta you to In
spaot our uw, baautlful, firs proof
warahouaa. An attendant will glad
ly show you svary part of tha
building.
BBB WIEBB TOVS TAI.U
ABX.EB ABB IATIOV11DES,
Call Douglas 1759; Ind. A-1 335
Omaha Fire Proof Storage Co.
804-812 South 16th St
Are You Going to Buy Land
I No frmr should think of buying a bom before
, seeing a copy o( our Journal. II hue Unit, eltr
' property ana stocks or goods adertle4 In It from
I If atate In Hi union, to thai roe oan find Jual
what yuu "ih In Its column. 11 reach eO.O'it
I radra each lasu. Aartllng rat, to par woid.
I Bend loo for I month' trial aubecrtptlon. It will k
I .loiip"! t the end of I month uulea you rna.
fAKH anil natK a.i.ia .unm.h
THAKft. 1UWA.
500 bushels. of Po-
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tatoes to the Acre
YOU know that potatoes are
always staple. Potatoes are
like gold. The markets fluctuate
very little on potatoes. And It
you have GOOD potatoes you
CAN ALWAYS FIND A MAR
KET FOR THEM. This Is the
most remarkable potato country
la ALL. THE WORLD. Tbe
Snake River Valley has been
known to produce EIGHT HUN
DRED AND FIFTY JlUSHELd
OF POTATOES TO THE ACRE.
You can RAISE POTATOES IN
THIS VALLEY. RAISE THEM
AND GET MONEY FOR THEM.
Writ to us about this. Ws bavs
tha most handsomely Illustrated
booklet written about this, THE
TWIN FALLS TH ACT In South,
trn Idano, that has been printed
for a lungr while, it la mighty In
forming, too. IT IS KhLh! AND
WK WILL SEND ONE COPY
TO TOU IF YOU WILL JUST
WRITE A POSTAL CAKO Rkl
QUEST. WHITE TODAY.
J. E. WHITE
TWIN TALL3. IDAHO
A. BEE
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WANT AO
will rent that vacant house, fill those vacant
at a very small cost to you. Be convinced.
' - rooms, or secure boarders on short notice