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g : THE - OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 24, 1912.- i
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TfflEY REALESTATE GOSSIP
Soowj Weather ii Hard ' on the
EesJty Xan'i Butiness.
KEV DOWHTOWH MAP IS ISSUED
Ptaaa tar (ewttlsh Kit Teaaple Are
UMr Draw Large X amber
i - ef BIS trass Level Ca.
' ' tractors.'
A fUr starting- out with Tim and bright
hope for the future, tha Omaha real
estate man la Ilka tha proverbial ground
hogback In hi hole. On Monday he put
on nil lightweight - underwear, arrived
early at tha oftea and found waiting for
him persons who wished to boy property.
Ha did hia beat to (how them a hat Un
wanted. Before ha got any uln closed
long came a belated billiard. The pros
pective purchasers withdrew to await
warmer weather and the real estate inaa
pat on hia heavy nnderwear and hoisted
hia feet upon hia desk and waited. If the
weather Is elear this week ha will be
nary busy, otherwise he will still, wait.
A. P. Tukey Bon have published a
map of Omaha from Nicholas to Jackson
street and from tha river to Twenty-sixth.
The map la on tha reverse side of the
firm's business stationery. It is Issued
to fill the need of a man of tha "new
business" district, from Twentieth west.
especially an Ftrniro street. A former
map put out by the ftim snowed property
nly to Twentieth street, but lucre was a
call for so me thing showing the business
property further west. A third map Issued
by A. P. Tukey Son. likewise on the
'levers side of business stationery, shows
jibe West Farnam residence district.
I Tha fWng last week by tha World
l Herald of a deed to the building now
I occupied by Adam jlorretl's barber shop
lamlnds one of tha proposed new building,
covering an entire lot. at the northwest
;omar of Fifteenth and Farnam, now
. i he site of old buildings which house the
'Hurlinstoa city ticket office, Robertson
. Kros.' cigar store and tha Xorrall barber
. .hop. Hera a modern newspaper building
will be erected, prooably next spring. AU
'leasee now held on the property expire
i ..n January 1 and It Is said the old struc
tures will he torn down to make way for
a new one Immediately after that.
" Now that the Scottish Rite Mesons hare
made definite announcement of their
plana for a new temple at Twentieth and
Douglas, the building contractors are
.peeking of tha building as on of the
' desirable Jobs" at tha year. The struc.
tare, of pure Ionic type, designed by John
ltsneer, will be an exceedingly hand
some one and It will be an advertisement
vf value for a contractor to be able to
point to tha temple and say. "I built It"
It is ssfe to say tint a large number of
local builders will bid for tha contract
About tlM.OO) Is to be spent on tha tempi,
exclusive of furnishings.
Tha lata winter weather has delayed
spring Improvements of all kinds, notably
building and grading. Had it not been
fr the snow tha grading for tha new
Scottish Rite temple probably would have
'been completed, and had It not bean for
the snow and cold many new resldeno
would now be In course of construction
'Tha bad weather ha delayed tha re
moval of old buildings from tha new Rock
Itland freight terminals and grading there
probably will act be started until May.
yht successful eat estate- operator
must be willing In the first year of hia
business experience to spend what might
seem t be a disproportionate amount at
hia profits tn advertising. Advertising
what you have to sell is Important. , bat
U matter of first. Importance la adver.
t:lng yourself. Voor business will grow
la proportion is you become well known. ;
1 he law of snggaetion ppllea her. When j
a maa thinks of real estate, you. want
I is next thought to be you: whan you
I ave accomplished (hat the battle la ha'f
v. n. . t-
The profits of the' first order received
b- John Wananmker when he started hia
htile store In Philadelphia, back In the
amounted to IX He delivered the
goods In person with a wheelbarrow; !
eclved hia money: sent a boy back with
the barrow, and, walking Into the nearest
neWKpener office, invested every cent of
l:ls profit In advertising tha stock la his
nee; store. That waa tha beginning of a
buiiinees. built up since largely through
'judicious 1 asd extensive advertising,
which has prodnced osne $80,090,000,"
'National Real Estate Journal.
Scott Hill wilt start eleven house la
different part of tha city, as soon as
iweaiher conditions will permit Some of
the bouses haw been contrasted for,
while tha other will be built and sold on
itiwlr easy terms plan. .Thla firm haa a
'large somber t prospect home buyers
f luring with them for none built to
rdr.
KmsXs Plate Active.
, L. It. Wilson of O'S Powell Supply
cmpaay has purchased a new home tn
iKountso Place, at Sjei Evens street, for
t ", where he will make his home.
I. J. AndresM of the Omaha World
Herald has boujcht a modern bungalow,
314 North Twenty-second street, in tha
me addition, fur a home; consideration
: u'.
ft. M. Plndley tan purchased a bunga
low at 8U PraU artreet tor 3,JM, for a
home. - . ,
I. O. Sterner has nought the earner of
'Twenty-second and Mans street for
II lie. and Is building a home there.
. T. J. Doric, aouant a bunmlnw at txn
Frail street, considers, Uoa U.SJ; for a
"home.
F. J. Rogers haa bought a lot on Bvena
street for tea, which be expects to Im
prove at oaoe.
J. W. Eastman ha purchased eattaa
wt SM Pratt street, fur a home, eonatd
eiatlon OAs).
k. K. Coarsdt has nought the corner of
Tweaiy-aeoood and Kvana eueet nod la
improving It tor a home.
These sales were mad by Maria SY
itsrtln.
This part of Koontas Place wan owned
by O C. Red Irk and was put a the
market by Korrt & Martin )ast one year i
ago. in that Urn aver I40.IM, worth of
vacant tote have been sold and-twenty-!
four homes erected, costing ever
reiltiens have- been filed for paving all i
a: the stret and within six months this 1
property will have been transformed from i
a vacant tract into a oeauuiui "-"tt
setUen.
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Ansariean araeJtaet .
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HOOD aa
wa are or their many
I achlevemenu, It haa been nnV
A" I . j I mAwwttttmA n.M
years, that our domestic arch
Itectura la to a large , extent
modifications and adaptations, taken
from foreign domestic architecture. - .
There Is gradually being evolved, how
ever, out of the combination of the bun
galow style, mission sty Is and crafta
man style. simple school of architecture
as yet unnamed, but which approaches
so near to the principles embodied In
the craftsman style, that It la probably
destined to be so known. Its principal
characteristic is "Puritan simplicity ."
with all the evidence of god taste, sub-
stanlal construction and quality, but
with very little ornamentation, depending
upon good proportion, and a straight
forward expression of tha slmpls needs
within mors than meaningless ornamen
tal :on for attractiveness.
. This new style carries with It tha
broad, overhanging cornice effect of the
one-story bungalow, with the ends of
th rafter either showing or enclosed
la a simple way, with no bracket or ap
plied cornice ornaments of any kind not
actually needed t support th roof. Th
good material, sound construction and
slmpls arrangements of tha craftsman
style, but without th extreme Informal
ity thst marks most example of that
style, with th squars cornered, almost
boxllk appearance and plain structural
effect of th mission style, but with
out the extern studld rusticity of th
sitter.
The "new craftsman tyl" I rapidly
growing In favor, for two reason mors
than all othsrs. First, It max si an
attractive home, at th lowest eoet, for
which a well constructed home of a
certain si is can bs built, requiring very
little euboequent expense for repair, and
having very little woodwork either inside
or out to keep in repair, or Painted, and
no nailed en moulding or ornaments to
fall off. Second, It I In keeping with
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MR. CLAUSEN'S BOOK
Th Art, SeWsM aad Seattmeal
f Mexeabullalng."
Thirty chapters, SO tllojrtratlons.
It cover a wtd range of h)ot
laoladlag th plaauag ee bnaga.
law, anbarbaa and dry hexae.
eettag from tMOO gaftOOO, lev
is contract, choosing ssaterlala,
peopw desAga af ntrnoa, wla
dews, ftrsplaa, etc.. stew third
edition. . iii, postpaid, $140.
A agrees. Art bar O.
swahrteet, liag-gr-M &
Clan,
tha beat American Ideals, having a
frank, open, hoapltabl appearance, good
quality, a total lose of Imitation, all ma
larial being Just what they appear to
be, and a general air of aunpls genuln
neea. People appreciate frankna In
arenltotur aa much as they do the same
quality In Individuals. A homo pur
posely Bad laboret may draw expres
sion like: ''"Isn't It beautiful," Isn't
It elegant," "Exquisite," etc.. - but It
take n horn of simple good taste, with
a few- flowers appropriately , planted
about It, to bring forth that greatest of
compliments which a horn can receive.
"Isn't It homelike." . To maks a horn
"homelike" requires a simple arranger
sent, almple material, slmpt flowers
aad a atmpl wife and mother. Simple In
this connection doe not mean inatgnlfl.
cant for th simplest things are some
time th greatst
As th greatest . of art critics, John
Ruskln has truthfully said, "Simplicity
Is th terminal point of all progress,"
and It la quit appropriate In till land
of great Invention and marked progress
that we should be rapidly developing
and adopting th simplest of all national
etyles, which for th lack of a better
name 1 becoming known as th - "new
craftsman Idea."
Lske th English domestic . style, K
follow no well defined line,, but de
pend to a large extent for life and ex
pression upon the ability, eklll and per
sonal character of th designer.
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Extra Fast-Extra Comforts
Extra Low Fares
' All-Tourist-Car Colonist Trains de luxe will be operated
' out of Omaha on March 27, April 3, 13, 14 and 15. The
low one-vay colonist fare of $25 in effect daily until
April 15 to Utah, Nevada, California, Idaho, Oregon and
Washington, applies on these trains to points in Utah,
Nevada and California. These trains are for tourist sleep
ing car passengers only. ' .
Tourist Sleeping Car
Fare From Omaha to
Salt Lake City, $3.50
Ogden, - - - $3.50
San Francisco. $5.75
Los Angeles, . $5.75
The destination of the trains is San Francisco, but they
will have through sleeping cars for Los Angeles via the
Salt Lake Route from Ogden; also through sleepers from
Oakland over the Southern Pacific (Coast Line) afford
ing a daylight ride along the Pacific Coast. Other special
features of these special colonist trains will be
REDUCED PRICE TABLE D'HOTE MEALS Y1CTR0LA CON-'CERTS-SMOKING
AND L0UNGIN8 CAR FOR DAY TRAYEL
We feel certain that these special features will be an in
ducement for you to have your western trip arranged via
U mi 5 mi PacifBc
Standard Road of the West
Protected by Automatic Electric Block Safety Signals.
New and Direct Route to Yellowstone National Park.
- For literature and further information relative to routes,
sleeping car reservations, etc., call on or address
; L DEINDORF, C. P. & T. L,
1324 Farnam Street Omaiu, Nebraska
Telephonesi Douglas 1828; Independent A-3231
irered. "Oh, nv nuns," cried MarjOHe.
"pleas glv me a cant; I want on."
"841 s." said a mother to her small
daughter, "why Is It that yon and your
Utile brother am always quarreling r"
1 don't know" replied Sadie, "unices
I tali attar you and he take after papa,".
' Bond Your Contractor
' ' IN A HOMI CO MT ANY
It Insure aatlfatry completion et work ac
cording to contract.
National fidelity ii Casualty Co.
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Fire Proof Storage Piano Hoying
GORDON FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE & VAN COMPANY I
216 South 17th Street
Phones: -Douglas 394 - Ind. A-1514
FHATTLE OF IHE T0TJ3GSTEKS,
Visitor "Do yon aad your twin brother
alwsrs agree. Tommy!"
Tommy ".No. saa'am. W had a flgbt
kst Sunday."
Virltor -And which whipped V
Totmny ' Vsmma." . ...
Alma, aged 4, bad often observed hr
riiei, when 'taking nasty aaadsrln.
iltli-er and say "Ugh!" after swailowtng
tt. One day a did not mak th naaal
eaclsnatscs. ui Alma asid: "Mamma,
"yssi torgut ISBikt tac oat load.
Lilt Marjorle was la n drugstore with
' motner. Attracted by aontethtag la
: e ahowctee, ah asked what H waa
--at is a stent has," Un ciark aas-
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Home Buiiders
Preferred Shares
Bhares 1.00 each. Issued as paid for In ny nurober desired,
weekly or monthly. Interest Paid semi-annually; begins from date
of issue; compounded If not withdrawn. Shares resold under Guar,
anty when money Invested with Interest Is wanted.- Not n Sivings
Bank, yet you get like privileges and accomodations, together -with
like protection and safety, as All money of Home Bnllder Is secured
by first mortgage on deeds on new dwellings. Your Savings in
vestment sollceted.. Printed matter giving full information fur
nished upon request , ; .';
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SEEDS BULDS
Perennial and Hardy Plants, Sprayers and . Poultry
Supplies. Phone or write for our 1912-catalogue. '
Stewart's Seed Ctore
U9 K0ETH 16TH STUiaT' :. .;'' :
Phone Doogla 977. Opposite Postoffloe.
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Are Deing Used on the
Building
We make and sell our
own product. We have
no agents in Omaha.
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