THE OMAHA SfXlUY UKE: AVTUL 2o, 1913.
Omaha Realty Men Live Wires
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N iyn 1 moro
QiasX Tobey
DWELLINGS NEED CUA1JTY
Substantially Built Homes Always
Saleable and Generally at a
Good Profit
CHEAPER TOO, IN THE LONG RUN
MEYM
PHOTO'
BY UN'X P. CAMPBELL.
The average buyer of residence prop
erty doesn't consider the possibility of
n advance In value. In fact, it Is aafe to
ay that not one in fifty buys with that
end In view. Generally, when a man buys
a home the attractiveness of the house,
the plan, the surroundings or the lot In
fluences him In his selection. Or. perhaps.
It is some special feature In the house
that catches his good wife's eye for,
after all. the women rightly decide before
the deal la made. A mirror In a rloset
door, glass door knobs and white enam
eled finish, a built-in kitchen cabinet, a
large- shade tree In the front yard, such
things as these have really sold houses.
Of course the price enters Into the cal
culations before the sale Is made, for the
present-day home buyer is pretty well
versed In the cost of average sized dwell
ings and if not such Information can
retdily be obtained from architects and
contractors. The value of the lot can
also be ascertained on Inquiry at the as
sessor's office or from some one ac
quainted with real estate prices in the
neighborhood.
So, all things being equal. It generally
happens that the adaptability or some spe
cicl feature of the dwelling bought
nearly always tips the scales in its
favor as against a cheaper one or one
that could be made to do.
Contrary, however, to the general Im
pression, quite a few home owners realise
a handsome profit on their properties be
sides having lived In them for a year or
two.
To prove this I will give a few Instances.
Last July we sold a residence in the
lianscom park district for S3.500 and re
cently resold It for $4,500, The owner had
the (uae of the, jroperty, for nine month
I know of another owner who' refused
an offer of 1800 profit after owning the
property but fire, months, and still an
other where a man bought a 11,600 horn
In one of our new subdivisions and was
offered 1100 for his bargain the next day.
Hera la on you may doubt, but I'll tell
It nevertheless, for It is a fact and the
lucky owner has the money' In the bank:
Five yeara ago I sold a six-room new
'residence In the west part 'of Omaha to
a friend of mine for $3,200. The house had
just been completed, but the lawn and
surroundings Were rather unattractive.
The buyer had faith In that particular
locality, however, and later events proved
his good Judgment. The street was subse
quently paved and vacant lots were Im
proved by the erection of several beauti
ful home. Two years ago my friend
asked m to sell his house and In a
month I found a purchaser who paid
him 15.000 for same a profit of 11.900.
And still he had occupied the house a
hi homo for three years. Popular belief
to the contrary notwithstanding, there
are numbers of sale In Omaha residence
property made every year in which the
seller make a handsome profit In buy
ing use good common sense and a I tad
pencil and you can't lose.
Ckaa L Mafcbson.
CHANGES ATABUSY CORNER
High and- Costly Buildings to Be
Erected Around Sixteenth and
Farnam Streets Shortly.
MONEY MADE IN THE DEALS
"How that will change the face of
Pixteeuth street," the universal ex
clamation of ' business men and real
estate men alike, when commenting on
the fact that everything between Farnam
and Harney, on the west side of Six
teenth street Is to be new in a compar
atively short time.
This comment is, of course, occasioned
directly by the closing of the ninety-nine
year lease whereby ITarry A. Wolf
secured possession of the Bchlitx comer.
Mr. Wolf announced at once that the
syndicate which he represents will build
a ten-story structure, and that it Is to
be a mercantile building entirely.
Twelve-Story Balldlnar.
With the closing of the deal and the
final announcement the same week the
First National bank finally secured all
the stock of the old Board of Trade cor
ner and Is to build a twelve-story struc
ture there, the announcement that plans
aro definitely under way for a new struc
ture on the southeast comer of Sixteenth
and Farnam streets, and the completion
of the t'nited States National bank build
ing at the northwest corner of the Inter
section, the whole series of building nego
tiations snapped Into definite form, and
the person who is proud of Omaha's
growth can close his eyes and tee .Jh
panorama of Sixteenth street already be
fore his face.
Fire Hasten Deal.
Perhaps never before has Omaha's de
sirable down-town business property
within a radius of a block or two ohanged
hand so rapidly as It ha In the last
few week. It 1 true that the Board of
Trade fire precipitated at least one deal
which would not have been mad so
oon, had the fire not occurred, but even
in that case, negotiation for th purchase
of the building had been going on f f a
year before the fir brought th whole
matter to a head.
With tho sale of the Patterson block
to George A Jostyn for $440,000, the sal
of the Boardo of Trade Building for $625.
000. and the sale and resale of the Schllt
corner within a fow weeks' tlm. each
time for $X,000, It will be seen that
deal aggregating the changing of tl.OU,.
000 were transacted on real estate in the
one city block in about one month of
time.
If the ninety-nine year lease of th
Schllt corner Is considered, a practically
amounting to another sale, th figure of
the transaction in that block for a
month mount up to $2,366,000.
Green Back from
Winter in California,
W. H. Green la back from hi trip to
the Pacific coast. Mr. and Mrs. Green
have been spending the winter at'Lo
Angeles and neighboring places. He at
tended the Real Estate exchange meeting
last week for the first time since hi re
turn. He came with a speech and want
the Grand Army of the Republic national
encampment Invited to Omaha.
Brevoort Place is
to Be Platted
Brevoort Place, west of the Deaf Insti
tute, the tract of fifteen acres recently
purchased by the International Realty
association. Is soon to be replatted and
old. A great many of the real estate
companies of the city h$ve agreed to
underwrite a given number of the lots.
Grading to Be Done
Before Lots Sold
The Charles Martin company is to start
grading soon on the tract of ground pur
chased north of Miller park, which is to
be platted and sold. A great deal of
grading la to be done, and everything Is i
to be put in Vlrst-rlass and modern con
dition before the lota are offered for sale,
Martin Awards Some
Contracts for New
Minne-Lusa Tract
Edward Peterson, on nt th.
contractor la this nart f ,.
ha secured the contract from Charle
W. Martin & Co., to grade Minne-Lusa
addition and work will start next week.
Thla contract Involves grading all of the
street and aurfaclng of the lot and will
require th moving of approximately
1M.00O yard of dirt.
The contract for the cement walks ' In
ine addition was awarded to Emerson
Benedict and Is th largest order ever
placed for walks in Omaha, as h.r ,mi
be nearly twelve miles of sidawalk in
me aaauion, ranging in width from four
to six feet.
C. C. Muenteferrln ha the contract
for doing the engineering work on the
tract.
CARLBERG REPORTS SALES
IN OMAHA REAL ESTATE
C. O. Carlbcrg reports the following
ajes:
Ixt S. block K. a trackage lot on Ninth
atrert. near Dodge, from C lara Hyrop to
Alfred Gordon and H. I". Kohn for $12,000.
I Ml at northwest corner Twenty-seventh
and Hrlfclol street, from Kllxabeth
Hendrtckson to AUeck Marxortts. for
$l.JO.
OotUfre and lot at M24 Bristol street,
from Elizabeth Hendricksoa to J. F.
Kesaer. for
Dwelling and lot at J630 Seward street
from Harry UcVea to Chris F. Ander
sen, for $3,000.
Dwelling and lot at 302A North Forty
fourth street to Mauric E. Anderson, for
$1,8II.
Cottage and lot at V3 Chicago, street
to Axtbu? ZunmWr lor t'JIA
If Backachy or
Kidneys Bother
Eat less meat ud take a glass of
Salt to flush out Kidney.
Urinlc plenty water.
f ric arid In meats excite the kidneys,
they become overworked; get sluggish,
ache, and feel like lumps of lead. The
urine becomes cloudy; the bladder is Ir
ritated, and you may be obliged to seek
relief two or three time during the night.
When the kidneys clog you must help
them flush off the body's urinous Waste
or you'll be a real sick person shortly.
At first you feel a dull misery In the kid
ney region, you suffer from backache,
sick headache, dlsxlnes. stomach gets
sour, tongue coated and you feel rheu
matic twinge when the weather Is bad.
Eat less meat, drink lota of water;
also get from sny pharmacist four ounces
of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful
in a glass of water Imfore breakfast
for a few days and your kidneys will
then act fine. This famous salt is made
from tne acid of grapes and lemon juice,
combined with llthia. and has been used
for generations to clean clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to normal activity,
also to neutralise the acids in urine, so
it no lunger is a source of Irritation,
thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts 1 Inexpensive, cannot In
jure; make a delightful effervescent
lithla-water drink which everyone should
take now and then to keep the kidney
clean and active. Druggist her say
they sell lot of Jad Salt to folk who
Denev in onrronum niuurjr irouDie f
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I have secured a special contract with one
of the most substantial and firmly estab
lished recognized land companies in Flor
ida, who have sold and settled up the mosT:
successful farming and trucking proposi
tion in the state.
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Lands are all high and dry, good agricul
tural soil situated right close to Jacksonville.
The company is selling their lands for
$40.00 to $100.00 per acre and they want
to close out 5,000 acres which they agree to let
me sell at a wholesale price of $20.00 per acre
If I Can Sell Out Completely in 60 Days
But I must sell out every acre
Now if I can get 50 clear thinking, quick acting
investors to club together with me to take 100
acres each on terms of $100.00 cash and $100.00
per month for 19 months with 5 interest and
pick up this extraordinary bargain at once, they will
get a ground floor wholesale proposition-smaZ
acreage at a 5,000-acre price.
Applications should be made by wire or first mail
and no sale considered unless entire tract is sold.
No more applications can be accepted than just
enough to close out these fifty 100-acre tracts.
Club together and investigate.
Reservations made subject to full investigation. No agents.
JOS. H. PHILLIPS
41 1 St James Building Jacksonville. Florida
REFERENCE: Any Bank, City Official or Business Firm in Jacksonville, or Dun's and Bradstreet's.
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