THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 4, 1913.
7D
Know-Omaha Class of
My i
i Students of the Omaha High School of Commerce who are making a study of the Industries of Omaha and who will be guests of the Commercial club
at a banquet later In the year. f
TOP ROW Girls, Agnes Jacobean, Alma Houser, Lily Samuelson, Helon Pales, Delphe Nelson,, Jennie Kallna; bottom row, Millie Johnson, Wllma
1 Van Hynlng, Mabel Gustafson, Oleona Stelnhofel, Phllomena McCaffrey, Margaret Lynch.
TOP ROW Boys, Clarence Matson, Carl Drummond, John Dahmke. JosoPh 6Jolln, Robert Llndell; bottom row, Leonard Bourke, Kdward Fehrs. Jack
Bprague. Louis Storz, Ernest Blhler.
TIMELY REALESTATE GOSSIP
One1 Sign on a Good House Will Sell
It, Realty Men Say.
OPEN THREE NEW ADDITIONS
tfelrose 11111, Cnmmlnsi Heights
and Vlneland Addition Placed
on the Mnrlict and Meet
' t Active Sale. '
Investors In new city property are now
being given a chance In Omha. Threo
kqw additions, with lota at reasonably
low figures and well located, have been
opened up In the lost week and placed
wppn, the market under the easy payment
plan. Almost anything the small In
vestor wants can be found In the assort
ment offered In the three additions. The
Jots, range from 100 to 800, and are from
th;ffty-foot frontage kind to full acres.
Cummlngs' Heights ts the name ap
pended to a new addition at Sixtieth
end Hickory streets, recently put on the
jnarket by the Byron Reed company. The
Jots1 are intended for email garden spots
and chicken ranches. One of them was
Jately sold to T. D. Heelan for $3,000. It
was a large chicken ranch already
dulpped for that business. The title
wajs by Harry T. Cummlngs, for whom
the new addition was named. The lots
are full acres and are being sold at J6S9
to isca
MelTOOO Hill.
Melrose Hilt Is the name of the addi
tion being marketed by the Payne &
Slater company, Thoy advertise It as
the' '"wage earners' home opportunity."
There are eighty lots available in the
addition, which extends from Thlrty
tlfth to Thirty-seventh, and from Grover
to Spring streets. The streets running
through It are Vinton, Hascall, Valley
And Thirty-sixth streets. The Jots are
priced at 1S0 to $235, and are being sold
pn the 10-down-and-J5-a-month plan.
Melrose Hill already contains about
twenty-five pretty little homes. It la
pear the southern boundary of Omaha,
and the property is expected to advanco
considerably In price when South Omaha
is annexed.
Vinelanfl Addition.
.iThe third pew addition is called Vine
Jand. Jt u located on the Northwest
boulevard, between Maple and Burt
streets, on the hill southwest of the Deaf
institute. Reed brothers are disposing:
ot the lots quickly. About halt of them
already have been sold.
Oue Slum Enough,
"This House is Objectionable." Imagine
sin owner or agent with a dwelling for
n putting such a sign on itl It would
.create a 'sensation to say the least. Yet
4p another way owners and agents con
ivey lust such an Impression of bouses for
'rale or rent. Reference Is made to dwell
ings plastered over with signs. They
teonvey the impression that something!
jnust be radically wrong with the prop
erty. A homeseeker figures that if a
bouse is listed for rent or for fcale with
bo many agents and none of them are
Able to secure a customer for it, there
jrhust be a reason. Whenever a property
is thus put under suspicion it is hard
to dispose of. No matter how reasonable
'a price may be asktd for it, and no
patter how low the rent may be, the
profusion of signs elves the renter or
homeseeker an excuse to offer lower
figures. This multiple sign nuisance. Is
due to the absence of the exclusive Hat
ing custom. Every agent wants all or
jnotblng. Usually but one agent is in
terested in the selling or renting of a
' property, and all the commission goes
to that ugent. The others who have
signs on a property get nothing for their
trouble. If exclusive listing was the rule,
two agents would often participate In the
telling or renting of a property, because
if some other than the exclusive agent
found a buyer or tenant the commission
would: be divided. Fuch a system would
work as well for one agent as another
and would prove more satisfactory In the
ii tw t v iiiiv MWf- jiiiv Mif
long run than the present system. It
would put an end to the discrediting of
properties by the plastering of signs all
over them. Instead of helping to rent
or sell a. house or a lot. the many signs
scare off buyers or renters. People
naturally ask. "Why doesn't that housa
rent?" or. "Why doesn't that house Bell7"
Sometimes It la for no other reason than
that It Is discredited by the many signs,
on it, for they convey the impression that
the property is undesirable very, very
much -so.
! It'n Their aiore. ,
Glover & Spain have been struck by
the 'spring moving bug. They are pre
paring to move 'heir offices on the
twelfth floor of. the City National Bank
building to more capacious quarters at
019-20. the same building.
G. W. Garloch of 8701 Hawthorne avo.
nue Is another who has been Inoculated,
His business of building and contracting
has so Increased that ho has been forced
to secure downtown quarters. He wll
Omaha Civic League's Lot
Improvement Contest for 1913
This competition Is instituted for two purposes:
First To bring about the improvement of as
many Omaha homos as possible.
Second To interest boys and girls in tho' work of
improving tho appearance of their city and to help
toward its accomplishment In the most direct and
simple manner.
In both purposes the stimulation of a deslro In tho
coming generation of Omaha cltlzons for more health
ful and attractive surroundings is clearly aimed at.
There will bo first, second and third prizes given for
the best work in each of the four quarters of the city
of Omaha.
District No. 1 includes any lot within that part of
Omaha lying north of Farnam and west of Twenty
fourtB etreets.
District No. 2 Includes any lot within that part of
Omaha lying west of Twenty-fourth street and south
of Farnam street.
District No. 3 includes any lot within that part of
Omaha lying north of Farnam street and east of
Twenty-fourth street.
District No. 4 includes .any lot wltti that "part of
Omaha lying south of Farnam 'and east of Twenty
fourth streets.
THE. 1013 CONTEST WILL BE HELD UNDER
TlfE FOLLOWING RULES!
1. Except In the matter of improvement to
buildings and grading and sodding, no hired
or paid help shall be used.
2. The committee of the Civic league having
chargo ot this competiton will advise com
petitors who ask for adylce, but will not in
any event assist with actual work. Apply to
the secretary for this advice.
S, Photographs will be taken early In Septem
ber of the lots showing the greatest improve
ment. The jury's decision will bo made
known as soon as practicable thereafter,
4. The applicants must be boys and girls under1
the age ot 21 years.
This application blank is to be filled out
and mailed to the secretary at the earliest possi
ble moment.
COMMITTEE ON 1913 LOT IMPROVEMENT
COMPETITION, OMAHA CIVIC LEAOUE.
ROY N. TOWL, Secretary,
1123 Cty National Bank Bldg., Omaha, Neb.
Lot Improvement Competition
Lindsay, Mrs. Lowrle Cbllds, George
Doorley, Prof. E, V. Graff and Roy M.
Commerce High
Jtvi i vv yiiiv viir uiriri
move thin weak to 230-32
building.
Stato Bank .
1'ayne In Two Weeks.
Georgo H. Payne Is preparing to dollver
an address before tho Real Estate ex
change some time In the near. future,
which will contain no reference to New
York lands. He was scheduled for the
address at tho last meeting of tho orgaiv
Ixatlon. but because there was a slim
ciowd President Hastings wouldn't let
him shoot. He did, however, slip a llttU
chatter about New York lands: His lec
ture, which has been expurgated of that,
Will probably be delivered to the ex
change two weeks hence.
To Provoke Jiore Oaths.
Harry Jordan of tho Byron Reed com
pany the other day secured his sixth
.notarial commission. Ho started out in
1&S9 making people swear and expects to
continue at least for four years more.
But even those he makes swear do not
care. Moreover, they would Just as soon
The first
second 15 and
sideration the
plished during
mo oraor or tne
buildings, paint,
enect ann influence on adjoining property.
Third Area and condition of grass lawns.
While the
can for whoever
Commtttea It. n
Peters, Chairman;
T, Morton, Thomas
TewL Secretary.
. Kimball, raul
School
he would secure twentv
slons of four years' duration.
SCIENCE AND THE BURGLAR
Modern Invention Utilised hy tho
Learned Kaffirs of tho
Profession.
Science, while aiding mankind In all,
sorta of beneflclent waya Is at the tamo
tlmo aiding the cracksman lo pursue his
nefarious work with much more neatness
and dispatch, and with leai danger to
himself, than ever beforp. The modern
burglar, now spurns tho clumsy outfit of
orowbar, Jimmies and skeleton keys. He
knows a trick worth a A
He carries a few ounces of nitroglycerine,
a cylinder or two of oxygen and acetylene
and v blowpipe. With' these easily con
cealed tools he can force hts way through
tne toughest steel.
The blowplpo Is the deadlv enemv which
the safe manufacturer Is now trying.
with the aid of science, to circumvent.
APPLICATION TO ENTER THE OMAHA OTVIO
LEAGUE'S 1018 LOT IMPROVEMENT
COMPETITION.
OMAHA, Neb 1913,
Description of lot entered for Improvement:
Lot number. . . f , ,
Block number ,
Addition or place , , , ,
Street and number ,
Size and shape of lot ,
Buildings on lot, or contemplated , . . . .
State whether fenced or not, ,
Present condition (stato what trees, grass and
shrubs are now on lot and whether it is to bo
graded , , 1 1
A pencil sketch showing
outline of lot to be im- ,
proved, with measure-
ments, may be drawn
here.
prize in each district wlll'bn ssk. tha
the third $10. There will bo a grand
pnzo or xgq r0r the best lot Jn the whole city, making
a total of $75 to the winner. In Judging the work
and awarding the prizes the Jurv will talrn lnf con
greatest general improvement accom
the period of tho competition, which
win Do rrom tne present tlmo until September 1, 1913
The Jury will value the work in the following nnw
giving consideration to items as listed, which are in
jury's own preference;
irsi uenerai clean-up and improvement to
etc.
Second General plan of gardening, planting in
groups, avoiding straight lines and geometric forms,
leaving open spaces, and always considering general
Fourth Trees, specially considered in the general
enect ana for hiding unsightly objects.
Fifth Shrubs and vines.
Sixth Temporary improvements, annuals, etc
especially when used to cover unsightly objects.
prizes are offered to boys and girls, the
interest or parents and friends Is desired, and no com
petltor is barred from getting all the help he or sbi
will help without pay. Any number
Mrs. Harold Glfford, Mrs. fcachiry T.
w. Kuans, William II, Koenlg, Henry
j Under tin Intense heat that 1. generates
the strongest steel crumpltti up like pa-
Hrt tireia umo ing eei in mmneirr
can be cut through the metal, even If an
Inch thick In a fen mtnutea
A iteel plate which a shell from a 4. &
gun falls to dent wilt fall an easy victim
to a few cublo feet of oygen and acety
lene gas In combination. When the ther-
mite process for welding Iron was dis
covered, advantage was Immediately
taken of this for the purpose of burning
through plates of steel.
Deadly forces must be handled with
care and an exact knowledge of the
power of which they are capable. It
Is not for the reckless or the bungler
lo toy wwlth the blowpipe or nitroglycer
ine. Bo Raffles, sets to work to 'acquire
a scientific knowledge and skill of
manipulation that, If put to eomo legltl
mate use, might open up to him an hon
orable career.
Quite recently a safe-breaker, whose
successful career was suddenly halted by
the law, fairly amazed expert scientists
by the completeness of his library, which
comprised a valuable collection of books
In French and German written by scien
tists for presentation to technical socie
ties. He made a speciality of the sub
ject of the force of the blowpipe on
metals. He admitted that he had spent
three years In this study, A laboratory
adjoining his library was small and com
pact, but for completeness of equipment
would have done credit to a sclenco
For the Garden
Early Spring Notes
for the Garden and
for Present Month
Spray apple and plum trees before the
buds expand.
Plant early smooth peas. Alaska Is a
good early variety.
Sweet peas should be planted as soon
as the ground can be worked.
Sow flowering annuals In the cold frame
for transplanting later.
Do not uncover roses or other plants
until their new growth makes It neces
sary, Onions, beets, spinach, radishes and
lettuce, may be sown as soon as the
ground can bo worked easily.
Trim out dead branches or canes from
the raspberry bushes and add plenty of
manure to the patch.
Cannas, caladlum and dahlias may be
brought from the cellar, divided and
startod into growth now.
There Is still time to top-work some
apple or plum trees if tho buds of tho
clons havo not started to bwoII.
If peonies or rhubarb aro to bo moved
this spring, the work must bo done very
early, before growth starts.
Clean up the front and back yards and
plant a few shrubs and trees; at least
sow some good lawn grass seed.
Start a few White Japan or Rocky Ford
muskmel'.ons In tin cans pr old berry
boxes or transplanting later to the field.
Tho native wild hlghbush cranberry,
dogwood, Juncberry, blackhaw and wild
grape all mnke good plants for the home
yard If properly set.
Plant ft quart or two of onion sets as
soon, as the ground can be worked. White
or yellow sets of the smallest else are
best.
As soon as the tulips begin 10 snow
white under the mulch remove part of It.
and if the weather continues warm and
thev nre srowlng rapidly, It rhay alt be.
taicen off in a week or so.
Early cabpago and cauliflower may be
set out this month as soon as the westher
Is settled. Plant them deep up to me
first leaves at least. The stem Is the
tender part of the plant. See that the
plants are well hardened otf. They should
have a du purple tinge.
A rnnd hedne on the west and south of
the paddock and farmstead makes It more
comfortable for stock ana man. wiuow,
ash, and Norway poplar make good,
quick-growing winaoreaKs. v.im, nacn
herev. and amone evergreen, the spruce,
make slow-growlng, but Ionger.llved
windbreaks,
Grafting wax Is made by melting tour
pounds of rosn, two pounds of beeswax
and one pound of unsalted tauow, pour
ing the liquid into a bucket of coldwater
and pulling like molasses candy until the
grain Is smooth; then form Int6 balls and
tore in a cool nlace until used. It may
be softened by throwing Into hot water
when needed for use.
If possible, the garden should be close
to or a part of a cultivated field, and so
laid out that It can be cultivated by
horsepower. It a preferable to run the
rnsi the lonir way of the garden, and to
so plant It that vegetables of similar
growth shall be together; ror 11 is easier
to cultivate If the rows are the same dis
tance anart. Room for turning must be
left at the end of the rows. The peren
nials, such as asparagus, rnuoarp ana 1119
fruits should be placed at one tide so as
not to Interfere with cultivation.
No garden is complete without some or
the herbs. Among the best for use are
mint, sage, lavender, summer savory,
thyme, annls, coriander, dill and winter
savory, pirectlons for sowing these sre
rlvn 11 a rule, on the package In which
the seed comes. The seed may be sown in
boxes or flats early In spring; ana, as
nnn thn nlarits are large enough, they
may be transplanted to a permanent place
In the garaen, une-year-om pianis 01
most of these herbs can be purchased
from the nursery, which save some time.
CYCLAMEN MAKE GOOD
PLANTS FOR INDOORS
Cyclamen are among our most beautiful
plants. They are very popular, and would
be more so if they were hardy In our
climate. Their home Is the Mediterranean
regions, the Alps and the Caucasus.
Cyclamen are very attractive and good
house plants. In a temperature of 50 or
60 degrees, giving them a place with
plenty of light, they will keep blooming
almost all winter. We have about a
Wlro and Iron Fences and Gates for Lawn, Garaon and Poultry Yards
Trellises for Vines and Rosos. Grape Arbors. Flower Borders.
OYOZiOHS rEKOS.
Wire Arches
Summer Houses
Ohairs and Settees
Tree and Flower Guards
Lawn Vases
CHAMPION IRON &
school, in this laboratory he had made
some Improvements.
No sooner does the sclent'st discover
some tremendous force than ho must set
to work to counteract that force In the
hands of the criminals. It Is said that
recent experiments have produted a steel
that will even withstand the blast of the
blowpipe Harper's Weekly.
Its Limitations.
Impecunious Suitor (endeavoring to
make himself agreeable to Miss Angela's
papa) Whnt a charming placo you have
here, Mr. Oldman! Does It ro all the way
to that grove, over there?
Unsympathetic Pupa It does.
Impecunious Suitor And all the way to
that stone wall In the distance on this
side?
I'nxympnthetlc Papa It does. And It
goes all the way to the river on the south
and all the way to the main roml on the
north. But It dors not go with my daugh
ter Angela. New York Globe.
lMityn We Could Write,
Tho Inventor's Play In which the o
Inventor's patent la stolen by a wealthy
scoundrel, and the hero finally brings
thn rascal to Junior.
Tho War Drama In which two brothers
love the tame girl and enlist on oppos
ing sides. One proves himself a coward
and the other a hero. Tho hero gets the
girl.
The Indian Play In which the whlto
girl falls In lovo with n dark-eyed young
man, who turns out to bo an Indian.
They part with many tears and much
elocution, at the summit of n hlRh ridge,
with tho sun setting sadly In the back
ground. The Thlnf Tlay-In which the hero Ii
a successful society thief, but decides to
doten of more species, the best being the
Persian cyclamen, with which the flor
ists havo the best success. There Is no
winter flowering plant of as much value
for duration of bloom and variety of
cplor as the cyclamen.
It Is preferable at all times to begin
the culture of Perslah cyclamen with
seeds sown In Beptember or early In Oc
tober. Grown without checking for tho
first year, they should bloom freely In
about fifteen . months from the tltn
they are planted out. Old tubers rarely
glvo satisfaction, and It Is not advisable,
to grow them for a second time. Our
summers aro rnthcr too warm to suit
Cyclamen perfectly. Most growth Is
r.arto during tho autumn. It Ik best to
Glvo then a little shade during the hot
days. Cyclamen seeds require a long
time to germinate, often two months.
This Is due to tho fact that the seed pro
duces a bulb before leaf growth is vis
ible As soon ns two leaves are well de
veloped, the llttlo plants should be trans
planted In a low box, about two inchuH
apart, or, better still, put them In a one
Biid one-half or two-lnoh pot and keep on
transplanting whenever necessary. Tha
roots are produced sparingly In the Ini
tial stages, tind too much pot room would
be fatal at the start. Ry the middle of,
Eummer they should be transplanted once
more, and In September nil will be ready
for the pots In which they arc to flower,
five, six or snvnn-lnoh pots, according to
the site ot tho plants. The pots should
be well provided with drainage. In spite
of all the core given, there will always
be a Certain percentage that will not
grow, no matter how much persuasion Is
used.
Of recent years, growers have had
much trouble with a tiny Insect that at
tacks the plants And renders them use
less for flowering. Its damage Is dono
mostly after tho plants, are taken Into
the greenhouse, Greenfly Is suro to at
tack the plants at all stages, of thin
growth. In the frames tho plants can
be plunged Into tobacco stems, and In
the greenhouse they must be fumigated;
or, what Is still better, vaporised with
some of the nicotine oxtracts.
Awnings. Tnts, Flags, Camp Cots
and Stools, Canvas Porch Curtains, Etc.
Of top-notch quality, and that no better can be made, and. this Is evidenced
by our phenomenal growth since 1SS9, Have us estimate on your work.
Our prices ara right. Workmanship guaranteed, '
WOLF BROS. TENT & AWNING CO.
FKOZTZ DOUOXi&S 904.
JOHN H. BATH
FLORIST
Boyd Theater Bldg. Stone D. 3000.
Now is the Time
to plant your summer flowering bulbs,
OALAFIUMS, 0 ANNAS, GLADIOLUS, DAHLIAS,
LILY, TUBE ROSES, ETC.
Let us tell you all about them. Call at our store.
"SEEDS THAT GROW NEED ANY?
NEBRASKA SEED CO.
1613 Howard St.
WIRE WORKS, 15th and
J. J.. IiCDDT, Prop.
1 give up this meant of Ihellhood for the
I Girl he loves.
'i ne irisn I'isy in wmcn me orae
young Ivlih laddie Is persecuted by tent
llh soldiers In red coats.
Musical Comedy In which the p ot 1
oreatlonally thickened by a row n
healthy chorus girls who can't sing.
The Crook Play-ln Which all the hone
less characters are killed or commit sui
cide In the last aot. Judge,
Forehanded,
A German shoemaker left the gal
turned on In his shop one night and on
arriving In the morning struck a match
to light It. There was a tcrrlflo ex
plosion and the shoemaker was blown
out through the door almost to the mid
dle of the street.
A passer-by rushed to his asslstanco
and after helping him to rise Inquired
If he was Injured.
The little German gazed at his plare
of business which was now burning quite
briskly, and Bald;
"No, 1 nln't hurt. But I got out shusf.
In time, eh7' Judge.
Art mid the. Avernue Man.
Norman Hapgood,' seated under a royal
palm In Bermuda, talked about art.
"The average man s Idea of rwrt, of
beauty." ho said, "la as erroneous as
Blank's,
"Blank, a real estate agent, paused In
Madison Bqimro to watch an artist
sketching a skyscraper.
'Bketchln' thntr he said. 'Why don't
you sketch tho one on the other side of
the street?' ....
" 'But this one. said the artist, Ms so
much more picturesque.'
" 'Picturesque, bo banned!' said Blank- t
The offices are so dark they won't rent J
tor love or money.' "Washington etsr. ,
FRUIT TREES
SHADE TREES,
SHRUBS
General Nursery Stock
Wo save yon agent's commis
sion. "Writo for t'ntnlogtjc or
phono Benson CU4-J.
Benson-Omahi Nursery
Benson, Neb., llox 4-N.
CYCLONE
LAWN
FENCE
Is tho highest
grade fence on the
markot, heavier,
stronger and clos
er spaced than any
othor - put up on
wooden or Iron
posts; does not re
quire an expert. Is
self-adjusting t o
uneven around,
does not lose Its
shape.
We carry ft full
line of Wlro and
Iron Ifences and
Gates for lawns,
gardens and poul
try yards. Trellses
for vines. Flower
bed borders. Come
in and see the Itns
and get our low prices
Anchor Fence Company
807 Worth nth St. ?aons Bed 014,
1313 HOWAJU3 ST.
Full Line of Fresh Oufc
Flowers and Plants.
A telephone message as good as
a call, . Fair treatment is not a
habit It's an institution.
Phono Douglas 1261.
Clothes Posts
Iron and Wire
Window Guards
Screen Door Guards
Send for Catalogue,
Jackson. Tel. eu. 1SS9
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