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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1911)
( THK OMAHA SUNDAY HKK: SKPTKMH!-:ii 3. 1011. TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Activity Still Lacking In Transfer! and Building Operations. CONVENTION LCHO IS HEARD Kstata af feort H. Ttwkirk Is He ine JHsposra Of la Mrel? Fashloa Kllpatrlrk Ilrr Good a t o. Will Remodel. V. Tiade in real eiitate i-lrvles In Omaha continued dull during the pant week, as It its for the last two month. Koarcly anything of any moment except the cpoclal meeting of thn Real Kntale exchange ti aiifylrej, and the long expected boom in trade, which wan acheiluled to occur . last week or the week before, fell through. An echo of the entertainment of the real ealate dealer who paused through here In July while on their wuy to Denver was heard IsHt week at th; meeting of the exchange, when Secretary Hurry Tukey lead two iettei froin the Winnipeg and Dulutli exchange, tlianklng the local I'jaleti fur their liodnltallty during the short otav In the city of the visitor. These last two letters make the sixth re ceived from the various real estate av iations whose members were entertained here, and Tukey expect many more in the next month, as several eastern ex changes hold only monthly meetings and adjourn for the summer. At the ipedal meeting Wednesday, It was unno'inccd that the Real Latale ex change would resumq the pVactlce of hjld ing Weekly meetlhgs beginning next Wednesday. Two weeks ago the exchange adjourned, as It was not thought worth while to hold meeting:) heca'i'o the intense I heal i Bused many mem eis o leave the j city, and Hie attendunce at the meetlnps I was exceedingly sinull. I The firm of A. V. Tukey and Son 1C port that the estate- of the late Ueoi ge B. Tgsthuck Is being Bold with much inure rapidity than lias been exhibited in the sale of any other- block of property In Omaha or vicinity In the List fiva month. v.iij mini c-ct hko me ixsonucK esiaie "Vas divided up by the heir and placod oa ale, and already the choicest parts ' liave been disposed of. The estate 4s valued at ever a quarter of a million dol i lara, and Tukey and Bon have bectv com . missioned as agents by the l eirs. Mrs. . Ila Vincent purchased the Uousa at the corner Twentieth and Davenport streets which was built only last winter, for only $18,000. Considerable of the other property has been disposed of In smaller blocks. "We think we will dispose of two large bunks this week, said Harry Tukey yes terday, and If these deals which are pend ing go through all right, the Tsschuck property will be practically all disposed of." Mr. Tukey would not say who the Person ia who Is figuring on investing an enormous sum in Omaha property. NEW HEAD OF RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE DIVISION. V f , V ,f f '' V-l' M'fJ TI I EL J. W. MA STEM. 1 h 1 rranl at 6003 tor to, The following are some of the smaller transactions reported, last week: J. H. Norrtck has bought of T. W. heeler a residence on Cuming street be- N. E. Dtllrance has bought property at 60S South Twenty-fourth avenue from the Mutual Benefit Ufa Insurance company (or 14.600. O. E. Erwln has bought of Anna M. Larr parts of two lots on Twenty-fourth treet between Charles and Seward streets for $4,ioo. , P. W. Peterson has bought eighty acres Vest of Elk City from O. I Wilcox for .800. M. A. Colvtn has bought at Thirty fourth and Hamilton a home from M. II. Clbbs for a consideration of 64,000. Esther A. Babbitt has bought a farm In Waterloo precinct on the Elkhorn river Xrom Cora B. Johnson for 67.200. J Prank P. Bturges has sold his residence Chicago street to W. C. Tompkins ,S50 through the Olover Realty Organized Labor to Be Out in Full Force on" Parade Monday Thirty-Two Unions to Take Fart in the Marching that Will Pass Over the City Streets. The I.almr duv uarade committee an nounced Frldnv nlsrht that fully 8.000 marchers will be In line in the big turn out next Monday. These men will resent everv branch of organized lab. n Omaha, nd will co.nnrlse the membership of thirty-two distinct labor 'unions. For the first time In the history of the labor movement, the members of the new fed eration of railroad shop men will march in a body. On the suggestion of Chief of Police Don ahue, the original route of the parade has been changed and will be as follows: Start from Labor temple and move 'east on Douglas to Eleventh street, south on Eleventh to Farnam Btreet, webt on Far nam to Fifteenth, south on Fifteenth to Jackson, west on Jackson to Sixteenth, north on Sixteenth to Harney, west on Harney to Nineteenth, north on Nine teenth to Farnam, east on Farnam to Sixteenth and north on' Sixteenth to Cuming, disbanding there, where the marchers will take street cars for Court land beach for the picnic. One of the features of the parade will be the number of decorated floats depict ing various kinds of Industrial labor. "The McNamara" float will be an innovation In a labor procession, having been gotten up especially to receive contributions for the defense of the two McNamara brothers now In Jail at Los Angeles, charged with being implicated In the plot to blow up the Los Angeles Times building. The float will be in charge of Stats Senator Reagan, who was selected by thn parade committee to handle the contributions as they are thrown Into the vehicle ItME BU1LDR8? F A Or E Simplicity in Home Building 9 Father Time Arthur C Classes, Architect, R U6K1N has truthfully said that "Simplicity Is the terminal point of all progress " The man who caa do something to simplify the running of a railroad, can simplify the manufacture of any commodity much In use, or can sim plify the running of great business Is always in demand. The. simplification of all thing in general pervades the times, and It I therefore quite natural that this tendency towards simple things should be evident In the planning and designing of modern homes. The large living room no take the place of the old time parlor, sitting room and library, and this Is usually so openly connecttd with tiSe reception hall a to almost Include It, In fact some homes fol lowing the craftsman Idea, which Is more and more coming Into popular favor, actu ally do Include both the reception hall and dining room in the large living room. Interior decoration and furnishings also follow more simple lines than they did a few year ago. Oilt chairs, little tables with ornamental brass legs and onyx tops and their like are no longer considered a necessary part of home decoration. Each piece of wniture Js now neleeted to serve some, practical purpose, with comfort and harmony of Uexign being the object more than elaborate display. What Is true of the planning and fur nishing of our homes is especially true of the exterior design. The cabinet maker is no longer put at his wit's end to get up new and fanciful Ideas for cornice deco ration, and to use seven colors of paint on the same house is now considered fn artistic. Tiut one color of paint I now used for all painted woodwork, and the variety of. color is obtained by using dif ferent harmonious materials. The aver age home-builder Is trying more and more to see how good a home he can build, Instead of how elaborate. Home-builders are ccmlng to realise the fact that It is taste and not money that makes a house homelike. There Is a halo of dignity about simple things when good taste Is evident, which cannot be obtained In any other way. The fact that It Is costing more and more to butldlh this country no doubt is a strong faator In the simplification of the design and construction of our houses, but hap pily, reducing the expense of building In this way, Is commendable'. The tendency seema to be toward using fewer combustible and perishable materials, and more ma sonry. That the time is now at hand, as some claim, when homes will be built en tirely of masonry is doubtful, for there are many things about a home which can not be made of masonry, and be' practical. ... .. . .... . . . . "SsWBBS&HISrJfcJBJJBSJ -"- JJV J' sjsjjajfiB ,.!: At! n , T ' . ' J ,ii - . .. . : v. . . L J j I ::.f t v " 3v l" - WiMWiH" ..t .... - If"' - . worKs last cnouga on the fair voun housewife. Do lfot let washiiio help the . nging1 pro eefs. Let the "1900" Do the Work! A guaranteed labor-saving washer. No pegs to catch and tear the clothing. Delicate goods washed as safely as blankets. Only costs iyAc per hour to operate. 15 Days' Free Trial-Cash or Credit "WOO" WASHER COMPANY . Tyler 1011. 308 S. 18th St. A-2868. I Gel Our Figures on Your Mantels and Tiling, Furnace Work, Builder's Hardwan OGERS IWii sions Co. 1313 Harney St. The Thomas Kllpatiick Dry Goods com ypany purchased the building at 1511 Doug- la street, now occupied by the Jewel . theatre, and when the lease on it, which expires October 1. Is up, will remodel It and make an addition to their store. The new property Is three stories high, the same height as the Kilpatrlck store, and is said to have been purchased for $50,000. The building was formerly owned by the Widow of the late Lllla Brlggs Cole, and was sold through tha agency of the Arm-atrong-Walsh company. Election Mistakes .' in Many Precincts Result of Democratic Commissioner ; Fight Not Changed, but Count Show Some Errori. Recount of the democratic primary vote on the nomination for county commissioner by the canvassing board Saturday demon' strated that errors may occur In counting ballots In almost any precinct and that the Third ward ts not the eily one In which mistakes may be made. ia recount made nn tnnlWtUH . William Butt, who was defeated by M. R. Huntington, developed no changes sufficient to change the results, but several errors were discovered. In the First precinct of the Fifth ward Sherry lost eleven votes; In the Fourth of the Fifth McDonough lost eight; in the First of the Fifth Butt gained two; in the Fifth of the Sixth Huntington lost one; in the First of the Ninth Butt lost on and Sherry gained one. Lawrences Win Their - Suit for Board Bill Musician Ordered by Judge Leslie to Fay for Meals Taken as a Guest. Dr. ' Emma Lawrence and Mits Pearl Lawrence, who claim to have been "angels" to Jean Gilbert Jones, promhient Omaha pianist and teacher of piano, and to have helped him financially when he was nearly penniless and struggling for a "start," Von their suit against Jones in county court Saturday morning. County Judge Lenlie rendered a verdict and Judgement for the Lawrences in the sum of $mS9. They sued for $300, but, the court cut down their claim on the ground that they placed too high a value on some of the services rendered. The Lawrence-Jones case trial occupied three days in the county court. The phy sician and her school teacher sister de clared they noC only furnished Jones with board for which he never paid, but loaned him money to pay rent on his piano and on his studio. In defense Jones first de nied everything; then he contended he did receive meals from the Lawrences, hut re oelved them on Invitation as a guest; fin. ally he made a defense that he reoelved the meals, but gave piano lessons In pay ment for them, lie counterclalmed for tlDO for music lessons. EXAMINATION FOR LABORERS Caverameat Fllllaa I'p List of Per son KUatble for Work la Vaskllletf Positions. An examination of applicants for em ployment as unskilled or ordinary laborer wi:i be held for the purpose of renewing the list of eliglbies from which to fill va cancies as they occur In the different local branches of the federal aervlce at Omaha. The appointments are generally made at . about tuO per month. The examination con I alsts merely of physical examinations and tests, and ts given for all the minor non educational and unskilled positions or em !loymeut, such as scrubber, charwoman, porter, janitor, truckman, coal passer, K teamster, driver, stableman, the cara of -Jfjtnlmala, carriages, harness, lights, rooms, j except la the cate of honorably dis i Hherged veterans of the civil war, all ap plicants must not be less than SO, or more than W year of age. To have any chance of appointment per Sons must be In sound physical condition, accustomed to hard manual labor, and males must be capable of shouldering and carrying with case 123 pounds weight. ' Application btunks, with information, should be secured at once In person from I the secretary of the Civil Service board Vihe Omaha postofflce. and should be promptly returned to the secretary no later thaa October 1. as priority of filing niay affect the relative standing of sppll rants securing the same rating. SONS OF RICH SIRES ARE HERE Coma Ia from Yellowstone Park and Remala a short Time While Kb roate Back Home. Twenty-two, sons of Boston, New Tork and other eastern millionaires spent an hour at the Union depot Saturday after noon, en route to their homes, after having spent three weeks in Yellowstone park and the wilds of Wyoming. The scions of wealth range in ages from 15 years up, some of them being full grown men. They are In charge of C. C. Moore of Washakie, Wyo., who has built up business that U original and at the same time without competition in a class by Itself. Every year there ts a lot of rich men who are anxious to have their sons spind their vacations In the went, getting close to natuie. Some years ago C. C. Moore, son of J. K.. Moore, tne veteran stage owner of the went, concluded there would be big money in herding the sons of rich men during the vacation months. He put hi scheme 'before some of the rich fathers and they favored It. Then things came easy for Mr. Moore, who now, each year, goea east, gets his boys, takes them out to his ranch In the mountains, takes them through the park, gives them fishing and hunting and then, at the end of the sea' son, delivers them back to their parents, There Is money In It for Mr. Moore. RUNS ON TIME TO THE MINUTH Barllagtoa Fast Matt Makes a Recsra oa Its Trias Bttwwa Omaha aad Chicago. Tha Burlington passenger department has completed figuring up the record of its taut mall. No. la, running from Chicago to Omaha. This train has a running schedule of forty-five and one-half miles aa hour. During June, July and August, not once has this train been late In pulling Into the Omaha station. The record of the fast mall train, No, on the Burlington is almost equal to that of No. 15. It runs from Chicago to the transfer oa the Council Bluffs side of the river. But once since March 1( lant, has this train failed to arrive on time. Upon the occasion referred to U was six minutes late, having been laid out by being behind a wreck. MR. CLAUSEN'S BOOK "The Art, Science and Sentiment of Homebuilding." 30 chapters, 300 illustrations. It covers a wide range of subjects, in cluding the planning of bungalowa, suburban and city homes, costing from 2,X to 120,000, letting con tracts, choosing materials, proper design of entrance, windows, fire places, etc. New third edition. Price, postpaid, $1.U0. Address, Arthur C. Clausen, Archi tect, 1130-37-38 Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis, Minnesota but the fact remains, that we are headed In that direction. A home with masonry walls can be of much more simple design and still prove attractive than a frame house. The living model Is always fairer to look upon than the plaster mask, with the same features. So it la with the use of materials. Natural material from mother earth, such as stone or brick has In It an Inseparable life and character, which can not be obtained . by ihe line of paint. This Is one reason wliy concrete blocks as an imitation of stone have never been a success. They are but the cast of an original model, and while passing through the process of manufac ture, lose the life and character of real rock face stone work. A masonry wall with brick or stone has in addition to the ar tistic color effects obtained by the right choice and cbmbinatlon of -materials, an appearance of solidity and permanency not possible in a frame wall. Stone work costs very little less today than It did a generation ago, but the cost to manufacture bricks through the improve ment in machinery and close competition la becoming less. Twenty-five years ago It was considered artistic to decorate the extenior of a home with as many spindles, wooden fans and other scroliula things of fantastic design as possible. Tho gables and dormers were especially loaded down with their applied ftiiry-llke fantastic creations In wood. Today all of this Is changed. The woodwork Is eliminated as much as possible with the result that the typical American home of the middle class Is dignified, re quires less expense for Its tip-keep, and has about 11 ah. air of simple beauty that ia permanent. j' "-'" UojipiMt nnn"amenjjj PiV E.'vi'rVJ --jjJ-J f FT p J'"jrV B t Room It'1 PAMTV 1 --v ; ; I Li II o lW- ' J ' ! mJmi awmmif 1 1 " i.ia:- I I I Jl, , I . . J J Potcn 6 i :! 1 U & i LSI. 'Poire mMSffmlssmmmKsssssSmti 1 , -, i uL 1 T" 'CMAHOtt. lr P- J . l0 t-aMO- I THE Influence of Home Surroundings is so great that too much consideration cannot be given the selection of furnishings that produce agree able impressions and help create an atmosphere that is bo,th pleasing and beneficial. a The department of interior decoration in this store has the latest ideas for making your home beautiful. The new est ideas in pretty floral wall paper patterns in cheerful, rich hues will interest you. Used in harmonious association with exquisite cretonnes they admit of the highest possible art in the decoration of bedrooms and breakfast rooms. Experts in this department will gladly give you sug gestions for decorating and furnishing your home. They have many ideas and will be sure to highly satisfy the most demanding tastes. ' Miller, Stewart & Beaton Co. THE TAG-POLICY HOUSE Established 1884. - 413-15-17 South Sixteenth Street. CJLCOMO rLOOB. Building Notes of the Week An Instance of modern sanitary construe-1 tlon la to be found In the new building of the New England bakery on Leavenworth street. The bakery-Is to have a beautiful ceramic tile floor, the contract for which was given to Milton Rogers & Sons com pany. The tile work in the new office building of the Krug Brewing company Is to be done by Milton Rogers A Sons company. The fact that the National Fidelity and Casualty company la an Omaha institution with some of our best known cltlsens at its head, and trained men in all departments probably accounts for tha numerous con tract bonda it executes, especially for local contractors, who are required to give surety bonda The Maggard Van and Storage company is doing a capacity business these days due to the prompt and efficient manner In which they execute orders. v "Expediency, efficiency and courtesy" are three important features of the moving, express and storage business conducted by W. c. Ferrin, which no doubt aooounts for the hustle and bustle around his office at all times. To consummate a contract 'for "heavy hauHng" Is not quite aa simple as it might appear to read the ad. for the same. That Is the way a gentleman summed up the proposition the other day after watching B. J. Davis' corps of experts atv work on a Job at The Bee building. The big moving vans of the Omaha Van and Storage company are conspicuous on our streets every day which Is a pretty good indication that they are enjoying a good share of the local business of moving and storing furniture. , The "1900" Washer company Is giving free demonstrations of its new labor-saving machine for washing clothes, and extends an invitation to all Interested to call. Its sales office Is located at 3CS South Eight eenth street. TWBimr-jriwTK stkest Mrs. I'mu Declared Iasaae. DE3 MOINES, Ia., Sept. 1.-1 1 was de cided today to take to the asylum at Clar- i inda, Mrs. A. Q. Coons, of Des Moines, I who, armed with a hatpin is said to have threatened the life of J. K. liarrlgan, man ager of the Pes Moines city railway Wednesday. She was found to be insane by the Polk county commissioners of In sanity yesterday.' Mrs. Coons is said to have threatened to kill Mr. liarrlgan be cause of his attitude in the recent strike of treet car men. i ' UUaracefal Coaaart of liver and bowles, in refusing to act, la quickly remedied bjr Pr. King's New Life Pills. 25c. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. Enter tha JSooklovers" Contest any time. Sept. , im Block 81. Do your customers live here On 29th Street, between Taylor Street and Ames Ave., there are 2 occupied houses, and in 2 thoy take The Bee. Advertisers can cover Omaha with one newspaper. V.G.FERRIN M0VING.EXPRE53 AMD STORAGE 81 5 North Sixteenth Street Phone Tyler 1299 Moving, Packing 3 Storing Moving, Packing, Storing ind snipping Uottl uaei Douglas 1491 jena. A-ataa. r-.TT.ri (ittinmm 1713 Webster at 1 BSCS) I DAUIS HAULIIiQ Safe Hoisting a Specialty 1010 Fa mam Otreot Tal. Doug. 333 The Baa's Builders' Page Has continuous patronagt . From the Same People. NO BETTER EVIDENCE OF ITS EF. 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