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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1911)
THF, OMAHA SUNDAY TIKK: XOVEMRER 10, 1011. TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP Seventeenth Street Block Has Most Wall Space in Town. THIRTT-TWO FLOORS FLANK IT Block ntlnffo I'trnam and l)oit la Boaata One More Floor Thau the HI Blaterntk Street Block. Whlck block of downtown street In Omaha Is the most Imposing? When o visitor traverses the retail district of Omaha, which block impresses htm as the most metropolitan In appearance? There is one block of downtown atrest In which every building that flanks It on either aide la seven or more stories above the street level. This is the block be tween Karnum and Douglas streets on Seventeenth street and It Is faced by. more wall space than any other one block In tho retail section. In the four build ings that face on this block the Omaha National Bank building, the Brandcls buildings, the Brandela Theater building and the Bee building there are thirty two floors that look out upon Seven teenth street. Further south, on Six teenth street, there are thirty-one floors combined In the four buildings that flank one block of that street. The Impressive character of Seven teenth street is not limited by any on stretch of 300 feet. This happens to be the only street on which tha postorfice and the court house face. Besides these two public buildings, Seventeenth street claims the Brandela and Boyd theaters, two dally newspaper buildings, the larg est store building in Oinnha, the Young Men's Christian association, the Young Women's- Christian association and other Important office and business buildings. It Is Interesting to note that Seven teenth street Is the only downtown street running north and south, that has no cat line. For three-quarters of a mile It runs with Its fine pavement unbroken by car tracks except at street crossings. In view of the increasing popularity of the automobile, this Is Itself will add more and more to the value of this street earn year. It is safe to say that there is no one block in Omaha where so many tour ing cars and runabouts lino the curb all day long as this block on Seventeenth street between Douglas and 1'arnam. There Is Just one other downtown street In Omaha that has no car line and that is Douglas street, from Fourteenth to Twenty-fourth. Real estate men predict that Its long stretch of asphalt without car line will make Douglas street to Omaha what Michigan avenue Is to Chi cago and Fifth avenue Is to New York. Minneapolis has lor- boasted that It main street. Nicollet avenue, Is unique because It Is a main street of a metro politan city without a foot of street car track. In DoukIbs and Seventeenth streets Omaha has two such Important thoroughfares similarly adapted Tor prlvato traffic. Having sold $70,300 worth of real estate In tho last fifteen days, A. 1. Tukey & Son are of the opinion that there Is noth ing in the least discouraging In the real estate situation In Omaha. Richmond addition, between Fifty-sec ond nd Fifty-third avenues, Leavenworth and Jackson streets, consisting of about forty-five lots. Is being graded and sur veyed and It Is estimated that 30.C00 cuUe yards will be removed when the property Is brought down to a reasonable grade. This property, which is controlled by Barnes & Wilson, promises some very high and sightly locations when this and various other Improvements now under way have been completed. The con tractors, the Kierle Grading company, with a big steam traction engine are mov ing about 1,000 yards a day and property in this district will In all likelihood be ready for the market In a couple of weeks. Homes of the Cottage Style By Arthur O. Clausen. SNOW STOPS THE FIELD CLUB CLEANING PLAN Owing to tho snow the annual-cleanup of the Field club district by the Field Club District Improvement club was postponed until next Paturday. PERMANENT ADDRESSES of Chief Attraction and Thing of Interest ieen at the Lan d ShOW rizona Booth of the big duck and tho loud noise: where they gave away five acres of orange land to tho lucky guesser on the Jar of nuta. The land of flowers, oranges, grape fruit, lemons, figs, dates, nuts, olive.- and alfalfa the year round. Address, North Salt River Valley irrigation Co., Phoenix, Ar. California Los Angeles, San Diego. The Booth where you saw everything worth while and then some! Including climate and opportunity. Address l.os Angeles Chamber or Commerce, or San Diego Chamber of Commerce. Better still, go out and see for yourselves. California California California Where you saw the famous Sacramento Valley Exhibit Inquire about the next excursion to this beautiful country, Nov. 15. Trowbridge & Bolster, 404 City National Bank Building. Omaha, Nebraska. m At the Tulare County Booth you saw the big peaches, potatoes, con. pumpkins, prunes and pluma. Also the fine oranges, lemons and citrus fruits. You can farm for pleasure and profit in Tulare County. Address. Tulare County Board of Traito. Vlsalla, California. Patterson in the Famous Ban Joaqulu Val ley. Why not go with us and boo this Para. dls fcr Plain People. ,' Payna Investment Company, Omaha, Nebraska. Colorado Where you Haw the riatte Blvar Valley Exhibit, showing wheat, oats, flax and corn raised on sub irrigated soil; land that pays for Uaelf In two years.. We sell thta land on terms of one-third to ou-half cash, balance 3 to 6 years. Addres.t l'latte Klver Valley Land Co.. Sterling, Colorado. Apple, Apples, Big Red and Yellow Apples, nice clean potatoes, sugar oeeta, grains aa grown at Hotchklss, Delta Count?, Colorado. "You remem ber? Remember also lands from $5u per acre and upward. Address Oould and WUlougbby, Uotobkiss, Colorado. Where you saw the San Luis Valley Kxhlblt, showing especially the big grain and field peas, unequalled for hog feed: heard about tne new Bugar factory; and here you learned that yuu i an hnv Irriz&tail landa l:i thin rich valley on terms of one-tenth. Address C. A. Robinson. 1st Nat'l Bank. Denver, Colo. The Rio Grande Home Co., of Alamosa, Colo., oc cupied Booth No. 1. Thin is where you aaw the fine cabbage, celery and other vegetables; ii!xo SO varieties of Colorado Brasses oats that yielded bushels cer acre. 72H buahels of wheal, wonaerrui aiiaua, cnoice potatoes, etc., rrom tne sunny ban luis vauev. , oio. Colorado Colorado v. tfjrniFj ti i uiifl-iPiuii. uu COLORADO Sdaiio W rite them today I Where you saw especially the fine Apples, l'otatoe and grain raised In Marsh Valley, the "Garden Spot of Idaho." Address Downoy Improvement Co., Downey, Idaho. w Nebraska Where you bought thoae Te Be Cos for a Nickel and the X.a Trades for a Sims. You Jiemember! Tracy Bros. Co., who sell more cigars in Omaha than any other house. Why? Quality. All first class dealers sell our moods. T racy Bros. Co., 1415 Doug, tit., Omaha, Neb. Hliinn Lightning Rods, the boo.h that In terested many showing the (Trade Mark) of tho best In Lightning Protection. Address, W. C. Shlnn, Lincoln, Nebraska. Whero your eaw the beautiful alfalfa and stock raising exhibit. You remember! Larue f.anoraina of cattle and sheep. If Interested n alfalfa raising .vrlte to (leneral Passenger a Kent. Chicago and Northwestern R. R.. Omaha, Nebraska, for jampjhlejtjleallng fully with tha auplect. Wnere you saw the attractive cyoioraina or the Ulty of Salem and tha Willamette Yalta created by Ueo. 1j tichrelber. The artlat U identified with leading art clubs. In Chicago and the country. He Is also super visor of drawing In the Halem grade and high schools. Address Ueo. L,. Schreiber. iQ9 Dlv, Wt., Halem. Ore. "'anio"uTiy fertile Willamette Valley Bootii was the blspeat agricultural and horticultural display. BTou Irrigated fruits, nut and vegetables. No blizzauis, atorma or droutha. No crop failures. Five new rail roads. Write to Commercial Club Secretary at Corval lis, Albany or Salem. Oregon. "Let ua explain to you how to own a t or 10 acre fruit and garden tract. Albany, Oregon, one of the Pest towns In Oregon, and in the very heart of the famous Willamette Valley. S1.2D0.UO for the entire tract, on eay monthly payn ents. No taxes, no interest, good markets. Call or vrie Hecker '& T Beam. H2S Brandela Theater liuildlng, Omaha. Where you aaw it ho two-headed calf, the large cabbage, the flax grown on aod, and tha. wheat grown without irrigation Address Ardmore Commer cial Club, Ardmore. Mouth Dakota. The booth with the Klx-foot wheat: the 100 bushel oats; the perfect apples: the national allver trophiei won In competition against the fruit and farm ew lions of the world. The famous Ciiiiinixou Valley in the heart of Utaii, No boom prices yet. Al'alfa s natural home, hpaioing, i.ivingnton Inv. Co., kit New house bide. Salt Lake City. 81 :i rtty Nut. Hk. Hldg., Omaha. Net). You don't have to bo rich to start farmlug. Land sold on crop payments. Remember the fine products ot this year's crop. Address C. L. Beatty, Pine Bluffs, Wyoming. "The W'ylie Way," where the ticket was given away dally. Our new folder will 'be published Dec. 1. No charsre. Write for U today J-fI.I3 PEHMAWEBTT CAftXTZSQ COKriHf, iJYIBOSTClT. UOBTTAHA. Nebraska s l Northwestern Omaha, Nebraska, i Oregon Oregon OREGON vne Meeker at eam. ronuy. SlffiDakota Utah Wyoming Yellowstone Park I1ILE It muM be admitted there Is always some waste room In a houHO of cottage style, under tho low parts of the roof, and while It must also be admitted that the averaKe person pre fers a two-story house when means will permit, and thst therefore a full two story house Is a little more salable, homes of cottage style still continues to be popular. There arc two notable reasons for the continued popularity of cottage styles. The main reason Is the fad that they cost a little less than u full two-story house, another reason Is the fact that while the average small family requires the same number -of rooms on the first story, as a large family, though their also may vary, the small family does not require as many bedrooms, the slse of the house being governed by the number and flie of the first-story rooms, often makes the second story contain a greater amount of rooms In a full two-story house than a small family would require. The availa ble floor apace on the second floor Is therefore restricted to Just what Is re quired In tho way of bed rooms and the space not required Is placed under low roof slants and used as closets In order to reduce the house In height and omit the expense of a large attic, which la often nothing more than a 'catch-all" for east away things that would be dis posed of as soon as not needed. Instead of gathered in dusty heaps, when there Is no special place to put them. There are two distinct Mylcs of the cot tage home. The oldest and most popular, by reason of the fact that it gives moro room on the second story for tho amount Invested, is the gambrel-ioofed rtyle. Sometimes called "Dutch Colonial'' owing to Its popularity with the early Dutch settlers of the New England states. Its principal characteristic is the broken roof, or roof In two slants, the lower slant very steep aixl the upper slant quite low, tho exact proportion of the;o slants gives either an attractive or an unat tractive appearance, according to the skill of the designer. No set rule can be laid down as to the exact proportion, since it Is governed by the general pro portions of each home. While more labor la required In the construction of u gam-brel-roofed cottage than in a straight 10 "'(")r. "If "n ,1 MR CLAUSEN-S BOOK "The Art, Solence and Sentiment of HombnUdlug." 'JUirty chapters, 300 lUnstratloa. Xt eovera a wlae rauge of subjects, including' the plnnuiug of bunga lows, k burbot and clt houies, costing from $2,000 to Sao.000. lst-t4-g vvi.-ouki w.uo&i.iji .a.ariAW, )ioper ileiiiKn ct euiraaoe, wa uowa, fireplaces, etc. Mew third edition, i'rice, postpaid, H.OO. Address, Artbur C. Clausen, Aicfcltoct, lloi-a7-38 Lnratar Ex cliacge, 5Iiniiepolls, Iltluneseta. gable or hip-roof, this Is mado tip by the fact that short-lensth raft ua can be used. The sm-ond style Is a recent develop ment of tho western bungalow and for thla reason Is sometimes called a "two story bungalow." It ronslts of a low, sweeping, Btralght root coming down over the porch with a large dormer npon It. largo enough as a rule to get one whole bedroom at the front, and another dormer I of similar sUe for a bod room at the rtar, ' with the stairway and bathroom at one : side, and a third bedroom at the othert j th first story being planned according to the usual requirements. Such a rot j tsgo thould' have a very wide projection : to the eaves and bn kept very Flmple In all Its details, when It Is desired to oh I tain a bungalow effect. I Cottages are especially popular anions young murried couples and old folks, In each case for the same reasons. Tho slse Is adequate for their family needs and the houso being small mid compactly ar ranged reduces tho labor of housework to a minimum, this being an absolute neces sity In the case of older women, while the young wife having her time ocruplpj with many social affairs, utter tho habit of young people, does not want to bo burdened with .he care of a large home. The low cos' of a cottage also appeals to young people, Blnco they are seldom In a position to conveniently finance the building of a large home. Then, too, there la always an air of snntlment about a hiiiik little cottnge, which makes the youthful, prefer It to more pretentious homes. Spend This Winter in California And pet away from the severe cold. Wnrnith iind sunshine the year round. The hotels and seashore resorts are un surpassed for hospitality. Enjoy your trip from the start travel via UNION PACIFIC Standard Road of the West Protected by Electric Block Signals. Excellent Dining Cars on All Trains. Tor lltcrnturo and Information, tall on or addresa L. BEINDORFF, C. P. & T. A., 1324 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska. Phones: Doug. 182S; Ind. A-3231. WUflll"Fi'-.,-'f SX3SSSSSSSS3kk EVENLY HEATED PIAI10 STORAGE ROOM b-.jn.-'J I i )i 1 CKVM.tR 1 BATH TV. laVlo-e I 6- a r? w STOOP f.t'-o'' i ft 12221 ' lllill I "'-!': tf oo;k. P- ITiT r-t-OOFe. "PORCH IO M 'W.ou. ' ,1 . I ' - -. ... ' N V . IV 'dlv--wi .-L, 1 i J . :,-"' ABMOLUTRLV rlnEPROvr OMAHA VAN & STORAGE CO. Main Olfico 806 So. 1 6th St. Brmohes-309 So. 17th & 1110 Ko. 10th Sti Tclsphona Douclaa 4163 and lnd A-133S W lTIOHA.l fl Vf-norinr t t,'J I ' BOND Vflflb CfijsTBftCTOB In Homt Company It Insurss ssltsfaetorr ampUtloii f work accordlpic to oontraot. NATIONAL FIDELITY & CASUALTY CO. NATfOXAt, VIDRLtTT CAIVA1TY UIMO. Beautify the Farm and Create Wealth 8 . BAUIS HEAVY HAULIHG Safe hoisting a Special!; 1018 Farnam Street Tel. Douj. 353 i u N Tonr household goods art la sals hands aa lalt with ua for JdoTlcf, atoncf or Fackloj. KAOOAKO Both FbOBsa Dourlls 14)6 . Ind. A-8423. H Ocnsral Offic.a 1713 7sbstsr Ct. H THE OMAHA BEE is the home paper of Nebraska. You reach people who buy when you advertise in The Bee S. HARRISON of York. Nfb., a tinted man anioriK wcBtern florists a,ntl horticulturists, has some vivid notions touch ing; the lack of beautiful sur roundings on the ordinary larrn. He expresses himself on the sub ject very forcefully, starting with the declaration, . "Beauty Is wealth. Raise a-plenty of It and be rich." Ho con tinues: A potato is often preferred to a flower when a flower proves to be worth ths most, it will be recalled that VIO.OvO has been paid for a slnKle carnation, and that was but the beKlntiina; of Its value. The grand Fentlva Maxima peony, snowy white with drojw of carmine In the center, has been worth a million. Take two farms. In the front yard of one la a potato patch and In the other beds of tiplendld flowers, the peony. Iris, columbines and phloxes, giving a glorious procession of beauty from spring until fall, and besides there will be the stately coni olor,' the Rocky mountain and silver (Ir, awd the blue spruce shimmering in is silver robe, benldea a choice assort ment of shrubbery. Which farm would bring the most? Ht;fore me lies a postul card picture of three conrolors and this ix their history: Three years ugo I sent 1,000 of that va riety, little ones I gathered In the Rocky mountains, to T. f. Thurlow in Massachu setts. He sold hutiilredH at a good price Some were left to grow to a good size Mr, Thurlow's sons sent tlilM photograph of three tires which they hold for JlOo each and got their cufli for them. In two Instance in Illinois I knew $100 to be refu.icd for two Colorado blue spruce.' It's Ml- that (omits. It is finish and btj lc that count In Bennington, VI.. I saw a uplendld niatched team of chevtuut horse which ihey told me cusl f Mi.'JUO--tWMO was .for style. A pair of common liorfes might have as much eniluram e and could trsvel as fast. Rut )ou compare them with the arched necks, f ladling eyes and dllatud nostrils of the others and they fail far In the background. The high-spirited tioise, matchles in form, who prances along with the light step as If stepping on the clouds. Is the one that brings the price. It Is so with everything. Two girls with equal ability start out an type write! s. One wears a frown, her face Utn't finished, feh dresses like a washer woman and, though she niay.be an ex peit in her work, the doors are all shut. The other is neatly, hut cot showily, dietntd. Her face has the freahnens of the morning and she wears a radiant smile, tine fills the first vacancy. Two men of equal ability as bookkeepers start out for employment. Ons Is dressed Uk a hod carrier and the other like a gen tleman. Which will find employmtnt first? The farmer often scorns Hie beautiful, :. . .;- . I C. H. JIARKIHUN, Vorlc, Neb. but ho dors n'A know himself. Jn the first place, ho marries lh liaiiloinet girl ho can find. If In; buys u earring'? it Is no rattle trap: It must ln a flue, new one and It must have fimsli. If II Is not well painted and varnished he dins not want it. Ah for i-ultlo, lie doesn't want Kcruhs. lie prefeis tho;e laid out with a square ami confliaBs-perfect la form. His pigs must bo inouUli d In beauty, fat and plump, with those fash ionable curls in their tails. Theu, he likes a good house. Yolk is famous for It.i fine I eaiitepees, but the finest of them are owned by retired fann ers. On the farms we nolu Ihat beauti ful and commodious resiliences are bring built. This is right. If anybody ne1s a home with modem coincidences, bath and toilet room, It is the farmer's wife. Farm houses are generally well furnished also. They are not filled up with sfcond class goods, but with good, fresh slock. Rugs and carpet muat lie good also. This is all right so far and In uccoivl with our ideas of fostering the beauti ful. Tlieie Is a refinement which come from pleasant surroundings. A man will uee bettfr language a"d keep lilmtelf in better shape If he lives In a good lioue Instead of a aod house. Y'ou see a won derful change when a family moves from the dilapidated sod house Into a comfort able home. The farmer gets along ail right until l.e gets to the front yard. There he suddenly Hops as If he had got through with the whole business, lie does not stop to consider that as soon as he moves Into his house It begins to deteriorate, while what ho plants In- creases In value by leaps and bounds." i A bed of choice peonies doubles In number und ahio every two years.- A dozen soon become 100, and when you have great masses of these flowers you have increased tho attractions of home. And tliero la the resplendent Iris, so long overlooked, one of the most gloriously radiant flowers' on earth. They Increase from two to four-fold In a year and when In bloom It would seem as If you had opened a section ot paradise. And so It Is with other llowers, tho columbines phloxes and perennial popples. They grow In valuo with tremendous speed, and the first thing you know you have something to sell to your neighbors, not to give iiway any more than you would glvn uway your pigs or rows. Hon't bo content to keep your boy In the back yard wading through filth. Olve him a show In the front yard, teach him to caru for trees and flowers. It will make, a difference with hint. You and your wlf will get tired. Why not take a brief daily vacation In the front yaid will) the most beautiful and best dreched companions on earth? When you a ro tired the cheer and smile of your flowers will rest you and their sweet breath will fill nil the air and you will feel that you are camping very neur a section of paradise. Your plantings will grow in value. If you could raise five acres lefs of corn and five acres more of beauty you would bu rewarded in measure. Poor Man Has Wide Opportunity The eastern millionaire has not near as good laud as yours. I have seen his teams hauling manure fioni Boston anil lie had to pay (10 per cord for it. He lays cut thousands on his grounds and It puys, for beauty is walth. You do not have to be worth millions to laise film tilings. Kloweis will love the poor man as well as the rich. Then you will fall In love with these things. You will think more of your farm and be less dispobed to sell it. You will think more and more of your charming trees and flowers and they will Increase In value In your estimation. There is, besides an actual worth, a sentimental value not to bo disregarded. In Minneapolis a miscreant went onto a neighbor's grounds and maliciously cut down a beautiful tree. Mr. Nutting, a landscape artist, was called In to make an estimate of tha damage. He estimated the actual valuo at t-'O, but said: "That tree u like a member of the family; they all loved It. it had a sentlmf ntal value not to bs ignored." He aoeesed that at $".0 170 In all-and the fellow had to pay It. Bo It Is well to step into a higher and mors beautiful world and have a higher and richer en joyment than to be always plodding In the fields. Now, biother, you will fig up, won't you? Free Land Information The Twentieth Century Farmer, to meet the demand; of its renders for , land information, has gathered and , compiled data on soil, climate and farming conditions' in all parts of the country. It is willing to give out this', information, free, if postage is sent with inquiry. Do You Want to Know ; About government land laws, location of land of- fices, etc. ' .. How to get irrigation lands, location of projects, : laws governing same, etc. . Best sections for fruit growing, .general farming,'.' stock raising or dairying. Your questions will get prompt attention. State, plainly and specifically what you want to know. .yrite, "Land Information Bureau The Twentieth Century Farmer . Omaha, Nebraska r ,; - Cheery Office Environments The Bee Building has one of the most pleasant atmospheres of any office Itfiildiug in the west. The beautiful court, with the new decorations and the large fountain and the substantial appearance of the whole fctructure, mnlio tho offices hero full of cheer and give pleasant surroundings in which to work. Tho building is one of tin; most modern, with now elevators, high class janitor service, an excellent heating and lighting equipment. The location of the building, in the heart of the business section, with up-to-dateness in arrange ment and service, makes this an ideal place for the particular man to have his office. A few offices on the court and outside aro vacant now. . Boom 640 Sixe xl9 0, having a frame and ilans rrtltion across center of room msWtnit two kouiI hIximI cHicek with every convenience, and the rental pi ice only, per month 916.00 Boom 644 Havlntr 831 square feet makes a very pleasant office: having an east exposure und being neur l'urnaiu direct aids ot the builiilng. Jtent very reuauiiublo. 1'er uiontii fao.oa ' Boom B Don't pu for desk room spar when you can rent a private, office for tlio name amount. Thla room i tinlt. haa a large wtndour on tne court, aifording plenty of light and vvutilatlun. i'rlce per month 9100 Boom 448 Directly opposite the new court house facing Kurnam Street. Our front oil ice are much In deinund on ucrouut of tha prominent location. Thio room la ntiilvix leet in l.e. and la aubdivltlod : with frame and las partition, ulvlnij io office lu one. Kental price, per month 640.09 Boon 33ft Is a cho'ca corner office having a north and went exposure, making thla hpace attractive at any eaon of the yaar. on account ut good llgh and vent ilaiiun. We Mill arrange thiM space. IfX'fi (tellable lor tenant, and there being u vault In tha room. It yrrtjf lru protection or valuables. Itcnt. rer month 60.00 THE BEE BUILDING CO, 1 Bee Business Office. fsVBaQsVLBHSLssflCSSBSkMSkaBaflEBaSBESC 17th and Farnam Sts. . "I II
