TIMELY REALESTATE GOSSIP
Sealty Men Find it Too Hot to Do
Much Big Business.
GREEN STARTS AN ARGUMENT
la Opposing Dollar Down System
and Vpbolldtns of Suburbs, He
Creates Excitement at Ex- . .
1 change Meeting.
Aa the middle of the summer wears on
real Hv business in real estate circle
has become pushed Into the background.
During: the last few weeks little business
has been done. the-, dealers, confining their
time to the work on hand and letting the
'business which requires much exertion
slide by. '.- - t .
Thoughts of fishing along some country
stream or farof flake are more easily held
in the dealer's mind than the probable
sale of some big property. He" is hearing
the annual call et the wilds, basking In
the imaginings of purling brooks, whis
tling meadow- larks, luscious, country din
ners and afternoons In the shade.
Many dealers , have practically, closed
their offices and hied themselves to .the
reality in these things. Yes, and some
h$.v let their fancy lightly turn. There
ajre a few young fellows away with their
brides And their sweethearts. It's . the
open season for it
It li everyone's: advice to take advan
tage of the season. ' Only a few months
jnore and the blizzards come. ,
' Ob Jhjng W, H. Green's speech before
the Real Estate exchange has done:' It
las started real estate men; to. arguing.'
The speech has divided them and they
are on one side of: the fence or the other,
none Is on it... . , . ' -'
Whether theTdollar down, ' fifty, cents
& week plan Is 'robbery and the upbuild
ing of suburbs ' constitutes disloyalty- to
the home city is the question Mr. Green
started. A few agree with him. Several
don't. Many agree 'with some-things tie
said; many' oppose everythingj.' :'It. is a
question of wide scjopei ;. ;-'.'.-''!.' ';'"
No doubt in many-, things 'he said; Mr.
Green is right, although .most.' of his
thoughts were clothed "In red-hot lan
. guage, which caused . many to designate
them as. extremely radical. ''''.,;.,".;."'.;
" According to sj pioneer rel estate man
a man who has for years' done appraise-
; menl; work for large corporations, and
' Who- a few . years ago-, when" the dollar
down plarf was first launched profoundly,
'Apposed it the plan -was at one time in
...Omaha fundamentally, wrong; mow it is
fundamentally right . . . . V;.;
. Bythe dollar down plan the widow, in
stead of being robbed, as Mr. Green says,
was enabled to buy a home and pay for
i It. when under other circumstances she
never would have had a home.
., As the ' pioneer real estate man de
. clares, the dollar down plan has sup-
, planted frugality , where nonsensical ex
travagence was...; The woman in the case,
'.says he, is "mainly responsible for this.
The . woman whose', husband stops on
i the way home with his weekly wage and
deposits a big part of it with the' bar
keeper sees an advantage in the easy
.. payment plan. She has a dream of a
v home of her own. She, can get it by a
'dollar or fifty cents a week.. If neces
sary she sends her boy out to sell papers'
.. or her daughter to work in the shop.
Soon she has a large part , of the- debt
paid. Her husband becomes interested.
' He. .ceases being ,a. spendthrift and turns
; over money to her. Flnally '.the .last
payment is made and a family' which'
would have had to pay rent' for all time,
has a home of its own.
As for the upbuilding of suburbs being
a- detriment to the progress of a city,
this pioneer real estate man says that
once was the -case but is no more. Mr.
Green was speaking of the days of horse
. cars when he said it was robbery to sell
a man property beyond 'the City'; limits,'1
this pioneer avers;
In this day'of quick transportation the
city man can buy and pay for his prop
erty, in : the suburbs much more quickly
than he can,-pay1 for property close in
and he can get to and from his work in
just a little longer time than If he were
within the limits. There are , many who
prefer. It '
Mr.' Green Js right in his . declaration
that it Is" robbery to sell' suburban prop
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Name
Address ,
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Phone Douglas 353
Residence. Harney 4282
E. J. DAVIS
HEAVY HAULING
1818 Farnam Street
Omaha, Nebraska.
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erty at a price which will take years for
Hie buyer to realise. No doubt many
bits of land are sold in this way and in
the end the real estate man suiters from
it He should keep suburban property
down to a minimum; to start a boom
in some tar oft farm land by platting
city lots .to bell at city prices is crocked.
Hastings & Heyden report the follow
ing list of thirty sales during the last
thirty days, whicii shows tna heaitliy
leai estate market in Uinalia at tins
time of the year. ', '
Eight-room new house, S005 California
street, to W. I'retlmestky for a home.
Consideration $5,040.
New five-room cottage at. southeast
corner of Fourteenth and Martha to
Nicholas Schaefer for E.SUO.
Northwest corner of Forty-seventh and
Maple to Carl Lindquist J-fia. .
Halt acre lot In Vernon Heights addi
tion, northwest of Fort Omaha, to Nels
Peterson, for J310.
South front 1ft in Kountze place on
Evans street between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth,' to Walter V. Macartney,
:i,060. . ...
Another lot In the same addition on
Pratt street between. Eighteenth and
Nineteenth to William H. Hoisington, $750.
New five-room house on Maple between
Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth to Robert W.
Long. J2.400.
Lot on Webster avenue between Twenty
fifth avenue and Twenty-seventh street
ta Henry A. Hibhler for $300.
'.Adjoining lot to -John B. Tobiason
for 1275.
Forty-foot lot on William between
Eighth and, Ninth to George A. Greenough
for ,650. .','.';
, Two lots in Kountse place at the south
east corner of Eighteenth and Pratt to
A. H. Olmstead, on which three houses
will'be built at once. 1
Three-room house in Hillside addition
northwest of Fort ' Omaha, to A. Miller
$500. ( ' ; ; . . . ... '.,,.
Lot in Kountie. place at'$ southwest
corner of Eighteenth and Pratt to'E." A.
Gallup, $820, on; which a modern six-room
"house will be built at once. ,
' Lot in Florence, one block ' east of
Thirtieth street,' M. E. Starr, $650. ,
' South front lot in Kountze. place, -,' on
Evans street, between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth, to A. Riegent. -
Two-room house in Hillsdale,' north
west of Fort Omaha, to N. Holz,' $500. '
'New six-room bungalow in Dundee, on
Underwood avenue, between t-orty-elghth
and Forty-ninth, to N. J. Baker for $4,500.
; Lot in Military addition, north of Coun
try, club, to Lilly Meyers for $200. ,, , .
Lot In Shull's Third addition! just south
of Woolworth avenue,, on Twenty-fifth,
street, to John CJuade, $850. ; ,'
Two lots in Kountze place at southwest
corner of Sherman avenue and : Pratt
street to D. Williams for investment.
Six-room bungalow on North' -Twenty-fourth
street, north' of Fort,' to-A. C.
Adams, $3,630. . ; ' . ', s -'
Lot on North Twenty-fourth street,
just north of Fort, to E. L. Peterson, $750.
Two lots at southeast corner of Four
teenth and Fowler avenue to H. A. Goff,
$550. "
. Five lots in Highland " Park addition,
northeast of Country club, to ,'P. U
Waters;. $1,250.--.:'" -
New six-room house on " South Four
teenth street, between Martha and Cas
tellar, to N. G. Wllle, $3,500.
Lot in Lincoln Heights addition to D.
N. Warner, $l!.' ,' .'
New five-room bungalow xn Corby, be
tween Twenty-eighth avenue and Thir
tieth, to A. Jennings, $2,750.
Lot in Kountze place, southeast .corner
OTneteenth and Evans, to G. A. Davles,
who will build a home.
i ,;i ...".:-.,.. Mike Amiir.ed. . '
Jerry "was treatrng' MiKe td a trolley
ride: The i.tjohducor, a good-looking
young Irishman,' came ' through, collecting
the fares. Mike watched his progress
with great interest. Presently he (turned
to Jerry with tears in his eyes.
"Jerry," . he said huskily, "I've a lump
in me t'roat!" '
"What for," demanded Jerry
" 'Tis the. gladness of me that's too
big to swallyl"- said Mike. "Every
American has the ,big, generous heart.
D'ye mind the poor young felly wld the
blue cap? 'Tis beggln' his livin' he is:
I saw him hould out his hand to twenty
siven people, and ivery blessed wan of
thlm gave him a nickel!" Judge.
Omaha, Nebraska
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501 First National Bank Bldg.
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itiME BUILDER
; I 5 Ct Ely
Tricks
ANY large corporations employ
M
high-salaried attorneys whose
business it is to figure out how
they can overcome' some of
the obstacles of the law and
make their business more prof
ml
itable without getting into litigation, for
this reason if toe executives of the land
were to Btop investigating the trust and
find ' some means of legislating against
the attorneys who advise them how to
keep out of trouble, greater progress
would probably be made In solving these
economic. problems., , . ....
So far as the writer knows no con
tractor of his acquaintance employs an
attorney to adviso him as to how he can
"get around his contract," still some of
them do in a manner that would do
credit to a corporation lawyer.
Practicing "Tricks of the Trade" Is so
common In every Hne of endeavor that
it has come to be expected as a matter of
course and under the . thin vindication
of " "business Is business,'? the average
business -man will dispose of inferior
goods at the price of superior quality
and consider himself immune from prose
cution on the ground that the purchaser
was buying with his eyes open, but when
the. purchaser dqes nol know good quality
from inferior quality he Is bifylng at a
disadvantage and It Is the, subject of this
article to ' act as an eye-opener to prospective-
home, builders.-. j ; , . '
Starting with the foundation, the first
attempt to .Vskin the.- Job" ' is to put a
greater quantity of sand and gravel and
a less quantity of cement -than the speci
fications ;call for. There are' so many
ways of manipulating cement mixers that
it would he futile for the' average builder
to tpy and measure . the' '.quantities by
watching the operation, of the machine.
Regardless of what the exact' .proportion
of cement anoi sand are,-.if ; a- sufficient
amount of lenient 1 specified, this fact
can be. observed io'the mud as incomes
from - the'-,,mixeh When-, there. - is not
a sufficient amounfof cement, 'the mud
will have-a broken-- color . and : not . very
wet appearance ion top of the quantity
in: .the wheelbarrow; ' and: .the sand will
have .'-very -yihuch tflim.eyapperance
that ft batch Vrf "sand VwWd be heji wet
with .water, that , would through' to the
bottom; When the cement", la of suffi
cient 'quantity the top of the mud will
have a very wet, slimy appearance which
Is 'l emphasized,' by .drawing the shovel
across ' the', lop to ' smooth). U. . Concrete
thatiook;ltejy'en : ,Wet -hai always 1 a
sufficient amount! VifwitemeDt-- in , it for
foundation purposes,' "regardless of the
exact'" mixture specified. 'The sand
should be sharp and clean. By wetting
a little Of it and rubbing it between the
hands. It can be. easily seen whether it
is clean. or not; if it is clean it will natu
rally'' not soU-.the -hand very much,, and
certainly will not discolor it as it Would
if it contained a considerable amount of
clay or black loam soil. To a careful
observer the difference between sharp
sand and water washed sand can be wit
nessed by-grating-it between the . fingers.
but -ft surer test is to look at It through
a magnifying glass; If all the particles
appear jagged and. broken,. lt .Is sharp;
but if they appear round like lake shore
pebbles, it is not the proper sand nor the
best concrete work.
The basement floor is a very fruitful
way of picking' the bones for a profit
and when nQt closely 'observed, the con
tractor will.' sometimes place.. 'a'' scant
half inch' of rather thin' cement directly,
on the dirt floor, the top surface "pre
senting .as workmanlike appearance for
a short time as the best laid floor, but
such si : floor will eventually go to-
pieces. There should'"-first-' bo laid a
grout of concrete; not iess than three
Inches thick, and over this riot less than
one-half 'inch, ' and preferably one-inch
coat of sand and cement of equal parts.
In this case, the mortar will have' the
appearance when being put on of being
all cement, every particle of sand being
so fully Coated when it hi first laid. The
thickness can be observed by going to
the foot of the cellar stairs and putting
a hairpin or other sharp objedt In it at
various places. This test has frequently
proven to the writer that the finish coat
was a scant quarter of an Inch thick
and caused the relaying of many a base
ment floor. The test, of course, must be
made in a few hours after the floor is
finished and when it Is to be relaid the
top surfaces should be removed immedi
ately before it sets, or else made immedi
ately rough and additional mortar put on
top of it.
Lumber Is graded In so many different
ways in different localities that It is
difficult to set down proper, rules for
observation on quality. A few points will
suffice. Joists In studding should not
contain strips of bark or very large
knots, even if they are hard, and under
no circumstances should they contain
loose or rotten knots. A large knot oh
the lower edge of a floor reduces the
strength of that Joist to the distance of
the solid material between the top of the
knot and the top of the joint. For ex
ample, If the Joists are ten inches doep
and there Is a soft knot three inches in
circumference at the bottom of pne of the
Joists the strength of that joist can only
be considered as equivalent to a seveu
Inch joist, for that Is all that Is being
depended "upon. It is a common trick
to mix the lumber, making about one
third of it far below grade in the hopes
that it will pass and then plead, when
objection is raised, that the high cost
of lumber makes it Impossible to obtain
perfect grading, except at exorbitant
prices,"' which is hot true. All doors and
windows 'should have two studdings on
each side. One would hardly think that
any contractor would try to make so
small a saving as to omit the double
studding around openings, but some' of
them do. Roof boarding can be of rather
poor material, which can be laid as close
together 'as; "possible With a good grade
of building paper over tbem, something
better 'than tar paper. With an eye to
economy contractors will frequently
space 'the 'roof boards an Inch or two
apart and claim that it ventilates the
shingles, ' thereby prolonging 'their life.
Maybe it does; nobody has ever been able
to testify further experience on this point
one way or the other. The unfortunate
part of it. however-, 1t that the Ventila.
tion goes both ways and that the same
cracks ventilate the house, permitting
the cold air to come in and tbe warm ulr
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY
of the Trade -
By Arthur O. Claasea.
, ' ; v ' y
to escape. To' be sure -tlmt you are get
ting the ' proper grade of shingles, ,we
that they have, no knots. In them and
that they are of proper' thickness; place
the butt ends of ,flve shingles and see
that they measure at least two inches. .
- To be sure- that you are; getting the
proper grade .of -shingled, "e thet they
have no knots In'thehr and that they are
ot proper Jhlckness, jilace) the butt ends
oi five shingles together and see that
they measure' at least two Inches.
After the contract is let,, your contractor
may plead that the' localS w and other
local dealers .cannot, supply from their
Stock' fronv one' to : a dozen different
things and . want to replace, them with
something Just as good. What difference
should it make to you whether your con
tractor ets what you ought to' have In
your own home town tor some, other town
Building Activities Increasing
A growing list of leading cities shows
increasing activity in building construc
tion all over tbe country In comparison
with the corresponding month a year
ago. . Permits were, taken, out in seventy
eight principal , cities,., according to offi
cial reports to Construction News, for
the construction of 24,311 buildings, In
-
CITIES.
: No. ot
' . ,,. - - ., -., Bldgs.
New York, Boros. iian. and Bronx.
Chicago. 111..
1,271
Boston (Metro. Dist. ).-.....
Washington.. U. - C ....... a... .. ,
Philadelphia,'. Pa,.,,.. J,us..,..
Los Angeles, Cal. ...:.,;.
Milwaukee', '' Wis'f. . i S.
Brooklyn, NiYw . .-fh.n .-. . , :.
Dallas, Tex ,.
Buffalo, N. Y ;.-....',..
Detroit, M ton .-; .' . .V. . , i. . . . . : .
San - IiYanctsco.v'Cali ;.v.U.u . .
St.( Louis, M9...tB........i..
Hartford, C'oiih... ........
Portland. Ore...-..'...1.." .......
Cleveland, t) :;i;;...u.-...v..,
Kansas City,' Moi,..,.-.
Minneapolis, Mi nit. J. . , v-. . .
Rochester,' ' "N. Y . J. .
Pittsburg, Pa-.-.-.-r-. if
Newark, N.. J r
Indianapolis, Iiidi'..r,..'.. ......
St. Paul, Min..,. ,
Oakland, Cal. .'.
Cincinnati, O.,.,
Louisville, Ky..:...
Salt Lake -City,' Utah. i.V. ........
Seattle,-iWafih, si.
V wcestei;. flMass . . ., , , ,,r. , .
Wilkes-Burre, P. ...... ...........
Richmond, Va. . . . . . .
Memphis, Tena. .. . ..... J',
San Diego, Cal
Springfield, Mass
Omaha, Neb.
Atlanta, Ga.... ,
Columbus, O
Baltimore,,. Md-. i. ...... v-
New . Haven,. .Conl), . v , . ,., .
Youngstown, O.. ;
Toledo, O ' '...:
Birmingham, Ala
Denver, Colo
Ailjany, N. Y
Pasadena, Cal
Fort Wayne.- Ind...;
Grand Eaplds,- Mich.
. 417
. 654
1.404
1.3U2
. 544
1,000
. 937
. 444
. 806
. 514
. 822
. 121
. 627
. 949
, 435
. H74
. 303
..'379
. 275
. 490
. 429
. 3Stl
1,325
. 83
. 809
126
32
368
146
146
319
252
199
127
124
206
227
209
285
138
124
149
lift
215
134
iis
73
96
85
37
79
63
52
31
123-'
' 59
27
47
48
128
40
35
34
40
101
47
161
7
14
22
33
31
Jacksonville',.'' Fla....
Houston. TeX....;.'.. ..-.''.. ;.'....
Duluth,"Minn'.'V..'.,.1' ....-.....;....
New1 Orleans, La
St. Joseph, Mo
Norfolk, V'a
Paterson, N. J
Berkeley, Cal......
Cedar Rapids, la.. .......
Sacramento, Cal
Scranton, Pa.......
Peoria, 111 ,
Davenport,, la.
Evansvllle, ind....;; v.'v.
Lincoln, Neb. ; 7 . i uv. .".v..
Harrlsburg, Pa..
Springfield, 111... ...
Wilmington, Del. .;.'.!.... Jr.
Tacoma, Wash . . -.-, ,.i .: w. .
Nashville,- Tenn aBrtji
Portland. Me......
Charlotte, 8. C....-..-.....:....'.
Stockton,,. Cal u. :t4., i ;.e- . i.
Tampa., Fla. . s ,,
Troy. N. Y .....:,....;.,.,,'..
'Chattanooga, Tenn....;;...'. .. '.
South Bend, I nd..v:
Oklahoma City, - Okt....
Pueblo, Colo ,.
San Jose, Cal ..... . . . .
Colorado Springs, Colo. S.
Totals..'...' ....';..':...,.,. 24.314
Chlcago leads in point of activity with
a handsome gain of W per Cent; New York
with 9 per Cent; but, upon the Other hand,
there is a decrease JnJBpstori of 33 per
cent, Brooklyn, of 41, Pittsburgh of 6 per
cent, but these losses are more than made
up by the -gains In stioh cities. Philadel.
phla, with 10 per cent; Washington, m;
Buffalo, 129; Milwaukee", 178; Detroit, u;
LESSONS : FROM THE TITANIC
Every-Day Opportunities for Bra
very In Safeguarding; Lives or .
the Helpless.
' .
When President Taft heard that women
and children had perished In the wrec;
of the Titanio hs spoke his estimate o
Archie Butt in saying: I do not ex-
n;t. I do not want. : to see him nacK.
That Mr. Taft knew his man was proved
by the words of one of the.rescuen:
"Archie Butt was a major to the last
God never made a finer nobleman thsn
he. The sight' of that, man, calm, gentfc,
and yet as firm as a rock, will never
leave me. The American army is' honored
by him. When the order came to take
to the boats he became as one in su
preme command. You would have
thought he was at a White House re
ceotion. so cool and calm was he. The
boats were lowered away one by one.
and as I stood by my husband he saw
to me. 'Thank God for Archie Butt!' He
stood by the rail, his hat was raised,
and the same genial, brave smile was nu
his face.' 'Win you kindly remember mr
to all the folks back home? were his lasi
words to me."
And this:' Benjamin Guggenheim suit
word to his wife: "Tell her I played ti
game out straight to the end. No woina j
shall be left aboard this ship because B-.
Guggenheim was a coward."
And this: "And then Mrs. 8traus
would call him fMr. Strauss) by his firm
name and say her place was with him;
that she had lived with htm and that
she would die with him." And Mr.
Strauss said: "I am not too old to sacri
fice myself for a woman."
And this of Mrs. Alllnson: "The boat
was full and she grasped Lorraine with
one aim and her husband with tue othe
14, 1912.
i'
Part I
where it is made, let him send for it.
Sometimes he will plead waiting for an
article and delay the building, that loss
Is hli concern. Have him furnish' every
thing you ought to have and then Met
hire put on extra men to make up 'tor
lost" time if he has neglected to order
as he should. Especially at the beginning
of the construction, insist on having every
thing ' as Planned and specified as sort
of a discipline. The oldest trick of the
trade -is the "sympathy racket." When
your contractor coines to telf you how
low he figured the job, or. that he neg
lected to figure this or that and wants
you to be "easy" on htm, look out. This
Is a little game that places the respon
sibility upon the owner and Is one of the
most fruitful sources ot "Job skinning"
known to the trade, A few more "tricks
will ,be published In the next article.
volving a total estimated cost ot $02,633,
948, against 22,669 buildings aggregating
in cost JS6,807,102 for the eorrespundln
month a year ago, an Increase of 1,745
tulldlngs and ,026,S46, or 7 per cent,
There were Increases in forty-two cities
and. losses In thirty-six. The figures in"
detail are as follows:
1912. -
1911. ,
Estimated
Cost.
315,385,403
. 7,0.'6,0i)0
7.247,000
8.143,816
4,440, 4(4
2,790,621
1,144,871
5.167,220
3.443,422
, 968,000
1.400,140
1.954,501
l,7i,17
1,213.640
l.K6,6i)6
1,979,034
' ' 946,243
'. ,1,818,865
. 972,756
"' 1,179,563 '
" 1.144,639
857,167
694.851
610,575
2,271,480
366,200
. a;o,200
788.406
421,098
208,489
1.037.435
Estimated
No. of
BldKs.
721
JO.OSl
515
634
. 1,736
933
427
1,889
26
363
., 647
5:i5
. ' 682
136
, 643
741
387
:' '628
373
; "415
' 249
. ' : 484
375
277
1,066
- 22!)
77
V 8S4
" 161
-Per Cent
Qain.Loss. Cost.
116,830,575
10,653,'JOO
4,725,500
4,344,801
! 8,996,785
3.488,337
8,187,395
' 8,065,600
1805,620
. S.226,000,
- 3,115,160
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Louisville, 122; Kansas City, 42; St Paul,
36; Salt Lake City, 115; Pueblo, 101. Build
ing continues active In the coast cities,
Los Angeles surpassing all previous rec
ords with a gain of 25 per cent, Oakland
47, Portland 56, San Diego 4 and Ban
Francisco 5. ' . ' ' ' ! ': '
.The decreases are widely scattered and
in many ' Instances are In the smaller
cities, with the exceptions noted,
and stood smiling as she saw us rowing
away."
And this of Captain Smith: "He swam
to where a baby was drowning, carried
it In his arms to a lifeboat and then
swam back to his ship to die." And
this, the command given by Captain
Smith bringing order out of chaos: "Be
British, my men."
.And lastly: Kraus, Hume, Taylor.
Woodward,, Clark, Brailey. Brelcoux an
Hartley, when the last faint hope was
gone, lined up on deck,1 stood in water mo
to thejr knees and played "Nearer, My
God, to Thee," as 1,500 souls passed from
life. '
This is 'our stock. In our hands ar
committed the problems ot society. Con
sumption and baby diseases are 'mowlmj
down lives just as uselessly as did thH
wreck. Their deaths are Just as cruel.
It is all useless, needless, and yet we are
seemingly indifferent, we seem so heart
less, we tolerate those things which make
consumption and kill babies.
Is civilization failing? Are men inhu
man, little, selfish, cruel, cowardly, in
different, unequal to their responslhlP
ties? " ' ' ': ' '
The answer is that we are of the blood
of Smith, of Butt, of the Strausses, of
Guggenheim, of Astor, of Kraus, of
Hume, of Tayior, of Woodward, of Clark,
of Brailey, of Brelcoux, of Hartley.
The twentieth century man is equal tn
the day's work-. Dr. Evans In Chicago
Tribune. " ..' v"
Shrinking Disposition
Bmlth and Jones were speaking about
the fine points of their respective sons.
"That boy of mine," remarked 'Smith
extravagantly, "Is thd 'genuine article!
He's all wool, you can bet!"
"Shouldn't wonder." commented Jones,
"i notice be tbrlnks from washing."
Home
Builders
Is
Safe
"New Way."
home.
Our booklet, the
HOW TO SKCURE A
HOME BllieiipRS
AMERICAN ECW!UT !
809 South 17th Street, v -i ; ':;vV Both Phonea 386T.
Office Open Saturday Evening tJntil Nine O'clock ' '
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properly installed' have 'given our-firm" a-teputatidri for
ffrata wnrlt in thtt hunt wttrmlnfr HnAI .VHrtrtlfl OWnerS 0W6
themeelves to investigate; real
find that it 1b easier to sell ft House li u contamane oi our iur-
John nussie
2407-09 Cumins St. If
eosid Yosa iCoaTiieCToa g ;H;ic,il,y i
MJNATIONAll'W
It Insures atlsfaetery completion et
work aeeordinc to eoatraet . - ..
NATIONAL- FIDELITY & CASUALTY CO.
KATlOIVAt FIDELITY A CAfttTALTf WLbO.
The Ideal Vaccitioti
The Cool Lakes and Woodcs
i . .i ... . v.: ... ,.,j .-.a a
of Minnesota and Wiscoiis in
The prime requisite if or. a recreative vacation .- completat
change of air and scenes Therefore, the ' Minnesota aad Northern.
Wisconsin lake country . is .the ideaL sunuaer.vvacatiOR land for.
Nebraskans and lowans. You an escape the burning heat, ot.j the pralrlear.ti
and be cool and comfortable at any of the thousand sandy beach lakes '
nestling in the woods. You can bathe, fish, canoe, motor-boat or saO.
You can get close to nature by rentinr a camp outfit and pitching yoiwi t
, tent on the shore of some little lake far from the beaten path, or you
live st a hotel from- 5.00 to 115.00 per week." On request l.wlll send jrPU.!:
free descriptive literature giving ways and means and places, . v&(2 ,
The shortest Ahd best line is the J
Chicago Great
The lowest round trip fares are in effecr via the Chtcaso Great WasNx
em dally a few samples are quoted for syour convenience. . Bound ti-ln
fares from Omaha:. ..,fS7 .' ',;.- .; i.-,. '.-.; ..,-,
St. Faul, Minn. $12.50
Minneapolis, M. 12.50
Duluth, Minn. .. 18.50
Puperior, Wis,;. 18.10
Ashland, Wis. .19.90
Alexandria,
Annandale,
Glenwood ,
Paynesytlle
Backus - , ,,
Cass Lake, Minn. 21. so
Madison Lake .. 12.50
Watervllle
fit of modern sleeping cars, observation cars, electric lights, airy berths;-1
faf rvir and excellent meal. Write me for full" information. ru,-
Phone Douglss 960.
3JCOBTH TWESTT
L." !
Block
Do your
live
Un rslortft zym street " between
Yates and Burdette' Stteet there
are 6 occupied
they take The
Advertisers can cover
We certainty have convinced 'you- in former
vertlsements that Home Builders' Preferred $l.(X
Shares are profitable. They are guaranteed to pay I
per cent interest in addition to a pro-rata share or
Builders'' Profit " " ' -.--
We want to demontte by facts that these ;
hsree are not only PROMT ABLE, but ABSOLUTE- .
LY SATE, because" Home Builders' funds are all In- ;
vested In mortgages On new homes built by us tor i
home buyers.. , . . ... .'
This Means i
- j .
1st No loans are made by Home Builders to Speeui
lators. . . i
2nd Ko loans are made on old buildings. j
3rd No loans are made to those compelled to oorv
row, because of adversity and perhaps un
able to make the monthly payments.' , ,r
.4th No loans are trade on the owners valuaUet
, '.' or any appraisement. We know the value-of
- 'every security and have a personal knowledge
... : of exact amouat invested by the owner, oef ,
Miiaa m nnf un th dwellings. . ...A .
explains tullyiHoMw ! Tauldrs' plan an
u;s;;$c?&iJte ' -
FURNACES
, - It it oailbl. .tlit po FMrnacw'j
ire no, batter. thaCL-ttie.; ordinary
run. It la poastbl that-auf method
of, installation it' nb batter tnMK
r;JHAtoUShtit J .ft Itfltrajjge that;
our furnace business is growing bo
rapidly while many are complain
ing of noor business. The fact
Good Fttroaces
s
high 4
it to A
estate -dealers building for sale
narawar vo.
you boy It of Hnssie it's right"
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Land.
via the Chicago Great 'Western, yoij get the berie
cars, observation cars, electric lights, airy berths.
P. F. INORDEN, C. P. & T. A'-
151 a is 'nam Street, Omah, Keb. -!
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