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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1916)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JULY 30. 1916, M AUD THE COST OF MAKING PAPER Every Item of Material Vied In Publishing Has Advanced at Least Doable. ftZVIEW Of ACTUAL 7A0TS At result of the increased cost of print paper, number of news- papers throughout the country are heirta compelled to raise fheir sub scription price, among them being ' the St Louis Globe-Democrat, which has gone up from 1 cent to 2 cents a copy. Before making thia radical change, however, the Globe-Democrat instituted careful inquiry jnto the condition! of newspaper produc tion, with comparison of the coat of materials going into the makeup of the different branches, which brought out much information of interest to the public, but not generally known. "The cost of materials entering Into the production of the modern newspaper has increased nearly SO per cent since the beginning oi tne war, says inc um "And it is the publisher, the owner, 1 U...- .11 tha inCfMSCd COltl. In many instances, it has been esti mated, his profits have been great y reduced ana nis uiratuiu increased. Some publishers have been obliged to suspend publication because they couldn t . get print ',perun... h War Hu Done. "In the newspaper business, as in all other lines of endeavor, the war is held responsible for most of the increased costs. And testimony will .how it ! the fault of the war,, of the stopping of trade between Amer .brnnMn nations. Raw ma terials of all kinds which enter into the production of newspaper have hn obtained, to a great ewtent, from those countries now engaged in endeavoring to cut one . another's throats. This Is especially true of paper pulp, chemical ana me wis, without all of which it would be im possible to print a newspaper. . , . "A list of the raw materials that enters into the production m ik modern newspaper looks like a com- mmW invntnrv of a oaoer mill, a .u.:.i Uknntnrv. a erocerv store, a dry goods house, a metal smelter and a scientific manufacturing plant Starting off with acetic acid, one can find dragon't blood, rubber, glue, lye, cotton sheeting, ether, molasses, guncotton, wow Bin, ..- blue vitroi, castor on, rarhnna. flastlllatht POWder, flour, various metals and a long list of chetniesls. Alcohol U used ex ternally. The art of combining all these things m, just the proper amount is the mechanical science ol newspaper proouciion. ir.. h. N.a Casta Hon, "All these things have imposed greatly enhanced eoste on tne pun fi.i... . vi nlv have such colts ad' hut the war is responsible for increased expenses in other ways. cniet 01 wnicn u ,-. " "The great quantities of reading matter which are printed concerning the war in Europe almost all are sent to this country, by cable and must be written out to full for the ten- tor will not pass coueo ms The pay of the correspondent! , tne purchasing of special aerw from news-gathermB associations and the telegraph tolls on such, messages have in the last two years amounted n mora man' iwreer " tLm. ' h.r la the n moo si don of extra editions. With great events hap pening daily and history constantly in the making, the p-te-oate, wuw awalce newspaper finds it. necessary to issue, a great number 'of -.' extra editions, in order to inform ite read ert at the earliest possible minute of those happenings of Importance which will be of general - interest This hae entailed extra expense m the mattere of type .tetting. Printing, paper and dUtribution, all of which are a dead loss to the paeusoer, tor an extra brings no return whatever and is not gotten out for. the purpose of profit. namand Alan Onatar, This matter of extra editions hat acted at a price lever in another way, by increasing the demand for print paper and consuming the small stocks on nana in tne mini, nwaine m country absolutely dependent on im mediate production tor itt present supply. And, when demand It greater than supply, la case of a necessity like white paper, the price paid is anything that the manufacturer or possessor chooses to asx. -"It it paper that presents the areateat nroblem to the newspaper publisher and that serves most to in crease Hit cost or production. no enormous quantities used account for this. -.-. ' ,' "In the editorial arid reportorial rooms large quantities of 'copy paper" are used in the preparation of news tor composition by the printer, and the printer himself uses large amounts of nigh quality paper in making proofs of the type as fast as it is set. Artists and cartoonists also ,come in for their share' of paper, and special f rides have to be furnished for them, hey are using more than they used to, because of the increased site of the Sunday editions, the feature mag azines and the numbers of pictures displayed in the daily issues, all of wnicn nave to mjnounica oy me ar tists on a heavy glased board. Raw Material Costs More. -, "White paper is 'prepared from wood pulp made from spruce tnd hentlock trees. In some cases, tam arack and, jack pine are substituted in part for the other two, but the result is not so satisfactory. Lately the process has been helped by the addition of a small proportion of rags to give added firmness and fiber -to the paper, but this hat done prac tically nothing toward relieving the situation. This pulp is obtained chiefly in Canada,' Norway , and Sweden in normal times. At the pres ent the scarcity of seagoing bottoms and the dangers of commerce on the high .seas, which have forced ocean rates to a prohibitive point, f have combined to shut off practically the entire European supply from th United Stat, and, as a result, the .American mills have been dependent on the supplies obtainable in Canada. Pulp Manofactare Costlier. . Many of the mills have their own forest preserves in the northern eoua--try and those which have are permit ted to prepare the pulp and import it into the United States for manufac ture into paper at their own mills, wi'hout Divine any ilnti. Rt. r I S T 7- "' ,vv ana o,ww tons per day are re- "Somewhere in France the Roger son Boys Write to Brothers in Omaha 0 ERIC AND ALLAN ROGERSON. "Somewhere" in the French trench es ere . trie and Allan Rogerson only - 20 and 18 years old, broth ers of Bert Roger ton and nephew of Fred Rogerson, employes of The Bee. Three sens. and' nine grind- sons Is the war contribution of Mother Rogerson.. 80 years old, who sits In the old homestead at Blackpool, Eng land, waiting for newt of her boys. Erie, the eldest, was in the midst of the fighting on the Gallipoli peninsu la during the sieve at the Dardanelles, was wounded snd thus invalided back to the hosnital at Manchester. When. he recovered he re turned to the front. When in training the boys were forced - to stand over ; nieht In trenches filled with water and rat-in-tested, and thev w e r e drilled tn charge .sacks' of bran with their bayonets, to hard. en thdm for actual warfare. Their fa- thef,- Arthur,, who was in the dry MOTHINft It ts ke syrttfMi mi trTh) aloe sleep the ass anf signature ef tne gentler, entaneee net reeartree) may fee erase II anything arte tt totsg . Wie pet tare) win fee destroyed. la .1 J-l'tfflf fllfl'lilajlfflf . ( I niumpiinf in h'iTT. mmdJi J ly - rVni jirfiuiL ' Imn Minj nitt mn $i tin 'jjg. . i ' feHaflWf ,a, , awaaslllLllarafaTWi1li sness n - Letter frUcux atflnt tpportunttyt"' lhav$ lieeivut ltd letter frnmfyou fotmlmgUm, Dati. Pesuge teg ante it praeaid W a tddresssd te she wedai any siader ef this FRONT.) . .- good business before the war, has given that un and ! now hln,na. manufactura ammunition.' ...-.s-.' ine umaha Roiersons live at 2017 Chicaao-street. Mun.r iAA ... the messages they have been able 10 receive from their boys at the front. Mottlv ft is confined to printed post cards like the Illustration, from which are marked off the sentences not in tended to be sent At tan be teen, (THIS IS AN USED BY THE BRITISH SOLpiERS AT THE Ml 1(1 tOa.lki EXAMPLE OF THE POSTCARD quired by 'thV'mlllt in the United Sutes under, normal condition! to keep them in operation; with the European supply reduced as it is ef forts are being made to obtain from Canada more than the 1,000 tona it normally contributed. ' . "The manufacture ol thia nuln alia costt more than formerly. "In the nr.... f J.l I t. which eontutt of grinding the barked log into a fine powder, treating it with acids and other chemicals, mixing this with an issue obtained by chip ping the log, cooking that product and treating it with sulphurous acid, and then running the whole linuid tnaaa over drying rolls, some chemical! are used for cooking tnd bleaching, the ton oi wnicn nat oeen Increased. Some of the chemicals are reported "extinct," In so far as the Ameriran market is concerned,, and substitutes not to tatittactory are being used in their, places. In some instances rags are substituted for the wood fiber in the above mixture; but the price of ' ano nai gone up. Sags Jump Three Timet. uetore the war ran were imnnrtA in large quantum irom the European nation! and, combining with those collected bv the iunlr United States, sold for tl.75 h,... j j l . un . . , t uicuwcigm. yvnen tne foreign supply was cut off by the war they jumped until the price stood at $5.50 per hun dredweight At this point the federal government took a hand, issuing an appeal to housewives and others to take care of their waste rags and con serve them for paper making, with the result that the visible tunnlv ma in. 5r.e.Mti! to ,om tent nl the price fell off td $375.. But. at that, It, is more than double the original cost" Mettle and Chemkilt Advance. Type metal., the mmt ""","' . paper, nat mora than doubled in price since the war. Pictures in the paper are made by a complex nroceii reoitirlna, m,.. chemicals, the prices of these have soared because most of them were made by secret processes in Germany and are unobtainable elsewhere. The article continues on this subject: "Edinol, a Germsn chemical, ia non- exiiieni present, pyro baa lumped from 11.35 per pound to $4.50, sul phites have gone up 10 to 15 per cent. careonites hive advanced from 20 cents to $1.50; hydrochinone, one of . luuiuiuic cnciwcais, nas increased the price ten times, movins frnm T. cents to S7.50. Other rare chemicals wnicn are usea in the process are held onto tightly by those possessina- them. some quotations being as high as $80 v JT veiuame products. ' "Taking pictures also costs more money. Platea have m it. ... cent; flashlight, powder, which is used n EonuacraDie quantities here, has lumped from $2 to $8 per pound, ow ing to the scarcity of magnesium, one of its chief components. 'Cartoons and inerial fttat-tetaal mm A layouts are prepared in the art ... partment : There, as everywhere else. ii ioiu me story ot scarcity of original ms trials. . ,,if . . j . vegewoie uacing paper, a requi- the card bears scant Information aside from the assurance that they are well. , Raines Ford, the Organist who is to give a recital at the Trinity cathedral next, montn, is an old iarnily friend. ne succeeaea a orotner ot fred Kog erson, James W. Roeeraon. as flrean. lit in the church at Biding, Isle of Wight, and when he gives his Omaha concert will play two selections of jamcs w. Kogerson s composition. tlte of the mt department, no longer is to be had, and dealers refuse quota tions on it When the last supply was ontamea tne advance then noted was 200 per cent above the antewar price. "Prussian blue has advanced 100 per cent and all reda and carmines have gone up. to the same extent Drawing instruments are quoted at an advance of 200 per cent above the former, cost Special pens- formerly used by this Department, which were manufactured in Germany, no longer are to be ob tained. Some Detailed Figures. . So the story of hie-h and rliinff prices goes all along the line in every ucaruncn oi newspaper production. nere is a list giving increases on 4 .: ui piper since tne war began "July I, Qnilllr. 1114. whlw paper, pr cwt., when J'Urohaifrd undtr contract! or Urea amount! ll.io ' Freight on Mm qq Whtto papr. per cwt.,. boutht In email quantttlra, -ouleloe contract amount!. I. It whtto piper, cut for "copy" peper, calllnt chtrie per cwl 7,, M Brown Kraft wrapplne p- , per. per cwt ,n Matrli paper, per lb.... OT Stalrli tluue, per ream (4! "aheete! .... ... Prooflnr paper, per ib.'!.''!! .'tiu MTU al II.SS so l.lt .14 t.se ISO. 11 .it Juu twine, per lb.. Prices of Chemicals. The following list shows the innr. mous price sdvancea in chemicals used in the engraving, photographic and umer nepsrtmenta ot newspapers July I, .July 1, ;en. . Jllf. Vatarl.l caicium chloride, per lb.... .10 - . eu per conc eal. . Grain alcohol, ealloa....... $ 7! Turpentine, eallon .10 praton'a blood, per lb LSI ' Iodine, reaubllmed, lb....... 4.00 Babblt'a lye, per doien 10 Hydrobromle acid, ooncan-' ' trafad. .. Ik Whlw Hue. per lb ., .u Ammonia bichromate, lb... . Caitor oil, silloi..,?. 1.00 Blue aniline 1 10 InnMlu. I'll Ammonia water, ll par Vontl - eallon . Alcohol, denatured, ealloa.. .10 curate of ammonia and Iran .10 tllTw altrati t 00 Sodium eulphlde n Potaaalum lodldo Bllnn'i suncotton. pound... l.ll Bthor, lloi. poind.... II . Oura traeactnth. pound..... ,? Potaaalum bromide, pound.. .41 Beniolo. tallon .10 Blue vtlrol. Munrf lulphau Iron, pound 1 01 . weniao polonium. IS Mr cent, pound ,. , Soluble eotton. pouad. ...... l.ll cotton, pound ,, ,n Cadmli nlchromate ammonia, pound .1, v.,,. ,,u bciu, pouaa... Mercury, pound.... nuno acid, pouad. , Oluo precoao. quarts. ....... l.lo Hum Iodide, pound 1,00 .10 ' .Tl .Tl w .11 i.eo I. so .11 1.10 l.ll .10 s.io .IS 1.10 . l.TS 1. 10 l.ll .ss .tl . .01 I. TO .10 4.11 l.ll .10 1.40 l.ll 1.10 .11 .01 .71 a. ii .10 1.10 I.TI 1.10 l.ll , 1.10 ."to Free Service Bureau is Now Being Talked About A free service bureau Omaha is b" W of br t:,e wholesaler, and manufacturers. The purpose would be to instruct merchaati inthe smaller towns in methods to better certain features of their business. A number of the manufscturers and wholesalers held a meeting at "he ai tmu rooms, where W. G uiiiiiiiiB rauiainpn ina ontnths hit directed plan. Mr ftir.a. .t .t.:. character in other markets River, Neb., spent lest week at the E. A. McGlasson home while on her ' wav to Kansas City. Mrs. A. ZT-Leacli of S'illlwell, Kan., will arrive next We-iiicioav to spend i some tune with old iricnns in ecu I son. t r-- -r ti ... I Dr. and Mrs. Loechner leave toda vua U1 nguiajn, i ex., is me (, , , ,.,..i. '.,: ,i,,i, ,i,. ,iack nills Dundee Society Notes guest of his sisters, Mrs. Charles O Neil Rich and Mrs. Leonard Aber crombie. , Mrs. C. E. Niswonger entertained seven guests at dinner at the Happy Hollow club last Saturday. - Mr. and Mrs. Norris Brown had six guests at Happy Hollow last Sat urday evening, and R. H. Swartmont, four. Mrs. Wilson of Atkinson, Jeb., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. A. C. Crossman. Mrs. Guinter of Sioux Falls and Mrs. Patton of Memphis are guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Guinter. Miss Margaret Dow is visitinir Mr. and Mrs. Norman Dow st Sioux City, ia. v. . Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Peters, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rhoarles and Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Talraadse are sDendine a week at Clear Lake, la. ihe Missionary society of the Dundee Presbyterian church met Friday afternoon with Mrs. J. M. Dow. Mrs. G. M. Durkee ' rntrrtainrt at luncheon at Happy Hollow Monday for Miss Lula Hirsch of Sioux City. Miss Florence Dow had seventeen guests at the matinee dance at Happy Hollow Tuesday. ' Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Sunderland en tertained sixteen guests at dinner at nappy Hollow Tuesday evening. Mrs. r. j. tiiick eave a suDner party at Happy Hollow last Sunday, wnen ner guests were: Miss Mar gsret Leake, Fremont, Neb.; G. C. Ellick tnd R. C Amstead. uunaee oeoole havine sunnrr at Happy Hollow last Sundav were: H. u. crown, nve guests; H. W. Hay. ward, four; Ezra Millard, three; G. W. Updike, three; Leigh Leslie, five, ana w. i.. seioy, tour. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Crossman returned Tuesday from an eastern trip of several weeks. Mrs. Henry C. Van Gieson had a family party of six for dinner at Han py Hollow Tuesdav evenintr. . Mn. Willis Todd, who .went east to attend the graduation of her daughter, Miss Mildred, is now vis- ting in Kansas City. Miss Todd is visiting school friends in the east be fore returning home. Mrs. A. J. Beaton and children are tt the Keeline ranch at Gillette, Wyo. Twenty were present at the irame and luncheon of -the Dundee Women's Bowling club Wednesday. Miss Helen Nieman save a dancina- party at the Happy Hollow matinee Tuesday. Mary Elisabeth Hamilton had a few guests at the Happy Hollow mat inee Tuesday for Miss Mildred Olney of Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Braden and children motored to Grand Island Monday and spent the week there. Miss kvelyn Bancroft entertained at a luncheon at her home Saturday tor ner guest, Miss Kathryn Lynch of Madison, Neb., and for Miss Ruth Hurst of Louisville. Ky. Miss. Mercedes-CouBftlin enter tained at-luncheon at her home Thursday for Miss -Hazel Doran of South Dakota. The afternoon was spent at Happy Hollow bowling, Miss Martha Covey of Fairbury 'eb.. arrived in Benson last week to pend a year with her sister, Mrs, J. Metcher. Mrs. T. Calvert and children left Saturday to attend the Epworth as sembly at Lincoln, MrClvert joim them this week. Mrs. F. Middaugh and children from Fort Wayne, Ind., are visiting her mother, Mrs. C. Herndon. Mrs. Mid daugh was formerly Miss Gladys Urcer ot Benson. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Butler of McKinley street on Friday morning, and a son to M and Mrs. A. Schiffbaur on Wednes day. Mr. Claude H. Reed and family of Rupert, Idaho, who are guests at the Keed home, will soon locate in Ben son. Miss Madeline Horton entertained at lunch on Tuesday for Miss Reta Birkhimer of Shenandoah, Ia., and on Wednesday in honor of her birthday anniversary. Covers were laid for six guests. Rev. Mr. Burrill and family moved on Monday to Alliance, Neb., where he will engage in field work for the Baptist church. Rev. Mr. Burrill had been pastor in Benson three years an mane many triends here. , Miss Maud Van Horn entertained on Thursday evening for Miss Marie Lawson. Those present were: Misses Minnie Merman, Alice Hooper, Alice rlynn, Mary Morton, Marion White, Ulga sorenson, Maud Van Horn Marie Lawson; Messrs. Fred Irwin Clyde Van Horn, Arthur Johnson, Harold Ruffner, Willie Rasmussen Harry Reynolds, Clifford Ellis, Clyd and Hiland Van Horn. Then Benson aerie of Eagles will hold its memorial services this after noon in the lodge rooms. Rev. Mr. Calvert, pastor of the Methodist church, will give the address and spe cial music will be rendered. The Flor ence lodge will join with this lodge in its services. What Women Are Doing in the World Benson . Social Circles Mrs. V. B. Kinnv returned home Monday from a visit in Lincoln, Neb. She was accompanied home by Miss Mary st, uair. . Miss Marlowe-Hitch entertained Misses Esther Powers and Sallie Hayes of Omaha last week at house party. Miss Loraae Proux and Mr F J. Trucky have gone to Dalhart, Tex., to spena tne rest ot the summer. - MlSS Grace Fornev ban rHirnad from a two-weeks' trip to Colorado Springs and other Colorado points. Mr. c. a. raddock and family left I Saturday bv automobile for a visit in Sioux City, Ia. Mrs. William Huntzinger enter tained at dinner Wednesday evening for Dr. Barnes and Mr. Arthur Hunt zinger of Fremont. Mrs. W. M. Coryell and son hive gone for a visit in Missouri. . Mrs. George Iradale entertained last week in honor of Mr. and Mrs. C C. Brant of NebrasVa City. Rev. Mr. Ansell of Vallev will fill the Baptist pulpit this morning. Union services win dc neia tnts evening on the Baptist lawn. Miss Jennie Divis left on Monday for a five-weeks' visit in Platteville, Colo. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wulff have returned home from a vacation trip to the west. rs. H. W. Colson his returner) from a trip to Dakota and is now leaving for a visit in Stromsburg, Neb. . - v . Mrs. K. M. Sawtelle entertainr-H at lunch1 last Tuesday in honor of Miss Blanche Stevens of Shenandoah, Ia. Rev. Mr. McClung and Mr. James Horton returned home Monday even ing from a three-weeks' -stay at Prim rose, Neb. . Miss Lena McGlasson of Wood Members of the Benson King's Her alds and Woman s foreign Mission ary gave a fruit shower on Wednes day for their president, Mrs. P. A. Legge, who is recovering from an opera! ion. The annual election of officers of theenson Women s Christian Tem perance union will take place Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E. C. Fuller. Members of the Sermo club will hold a picnic at Elmwood park Tues day. The Business Women's council will hold its weekly luncheon and prayer meeting at the courthouse Tuesday oetween tne nours ot 11 and i o clock. Women of the Hillside Congregation at church will serve luncheon. U. S. Grant Woman's Relief mm. will hold its picnic, postponed from 1h-. .....I. T 1 . . . . ' , ( . oab weer., xucsuay at Aimer para. Election of a president for the Ban. tist Woman's Missionary Quarterly which was scheduled for Friday at Grace church, has been deferred un til tne Uctober meeting. Corner at Farnam And Twenty-fifth Sold to Joe Barker The northwest corner at T.,,. i,ui aim x arnam streets nas Deen sold by Leonard Everett of Council oiutis to joe Barker for $104,000 cash. Ihe crner includes l.tO (r nt trontage on farnam street. No build ings are at present located on the site. Everett boUffht the rnrnrr in toin tor muuu. He sold t for over five times this sum. Barker has not disclosed what ho intends to do with his newly acquired pi open, um it is presumed ne will build. Harrison & Morton, for Everett. and George & Co. for Barker, con- uuctea tne negotiations. Brings MarT Charged With Murder from Grand Island Deputy Sheriff Hoaa'land hai re turned from Grand Island, Neb., bringing with him Andreas Adolphe, wanted here for murder. Adolphe is aliened to have Irillrd Tresina Leava, an Italian laborer, in a cutting scrape in the railroad yards in "Sheeley" on Octobei 25, 1915. He ws recently arrested at Grand Is land, where he was working as a la borer. . Bee Want Ad" produce best results A REAL ADVANCED TYPE OF MOIST AIR HEATING PLANT TODAY IS THE FAMOUS Va cuum Furnace raruca Fratected W o. 9. Pateata Naa. 1lm.itviaa .wiriniui, n v , . - - . nvvvin, U,I rBMBiarB. Mealatarad 1 1 a Taa Na CaMAkr He t Air CaMAir l'fl The "VACUUM" it the most widely First, Because it is a big success. Sec- j,, ond, It can be put in an old or a new house in one day. Third, Very moderate in cost Fourth, Saves one-third in fuel bills. Fifth, Gives Abundant heat and ventilation. t T Thousands In use in Nebraska and I! Come 'B ee thit furnace or . ask for free catalog and testimonials. Sold under an absolute guarantee. Terms if you wish. ' , '' . Orchard & Wilhelm Co. . Sola Agents" for Omaha and Suburb. N. B. Out-of-towa daahrs caa eecar i ageaciae t oaalioted territories by writ lag to H. B. Morrill Co,, Sab Mum facturers, Fifteenth aad Fames, streets, Oraana. . . REAL ESTATE MEN WANT ALAND BANK Exchar.jfe Holds Two Special Meetings to Plan Campaign to Bring Institution. MYERS IS , Bid ,B00STEB many of the unfurnished ones are j already rented and Itased to persons j who want to occupy t'.ioni as soon as furnace heat is necessary in the fall Assessment Of Real Estate Saows Big Gain Over Last Year A painstaking effort hasbeen made this year b" uc county assessor to protect home owners from unfair assessments. At the same time, the assessed valuation upon many pieces of business property has been raised, especially on those the county as sessor believes did not formerly pay i heir just share of taxes. The assessment fcr 1916 for Doug las qounty real estate is much larger than in the past. The assessment of real estate, improvements, and per sonal property all taken togtther, is larrrrr thati tVe 1915 assessment by $17,215,215 This is 6yi per cent greater than last year. The total value of assessable prop erty in iouglas county, axo'din to th new assessment, is 257,7.19fi35. as compared with $240,524,420 in 1915. The slight decrease in the totU as sessed value of personal property is lue, it is said, to the dropoing from the list of the $500,000 cap'ital stock of the City National bank and the fuu.u'w oi tne uerman-American State bank, both of which institutions have ceaied to exist as such. -Though this is a kind of vacation season for the real estate men, and the Omaha Heal Estate Exchange has ceased to hold regular weekly meetings during the hot weather of the summer, the exchange has dur ing, the last two weeks, held two special meetings. In the absence of C. F. Harri son, president, who is taking a lit he vacation, Vice President Ed Sla ter presided at both meetings. Thev were called especially to- consider the possibilities of getting one of the twelve federal land banks located ii: Omaha. The real eitate mm ani one of them. Bankers say it would make no difference to them one ivav or the other, that it would neithe'r help nor hinder the other banks oi the city. Real estate men sav thev want of these banks in Omaha, and thev point out that this is a splendid field for one. Frank H. Mvers. former nrc.M rt1 t of the Real Estate Exchange, points out the great volume of farm loan business done in Omaha and in the state, in an opening statement, in irouucing senator Hitchcock to the Commercial club a few days ago io taiK on tne tederal land banks, Mr. Myers declared that farm loan. nr. annually made in Omaha aggregat ing some $15,000,000. He stated that the rest Of the State Hn annthsr $15,000,000 worth annually, so that the entire state does a land loan bus iness annually of some some $30,000.-000. Bank for Four Sutes. He Save What he rnniH-rH an ideal land bank district for this mid dle agricultural west as Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa," and Missouri. He would have the land bank for this district, of course, located in Omaha. Ihe Keal Estate Exchange at its two meetings, decided to gather all available data on Omaha and Ne braska as a favorable place to locate a land bank and decided to work jointly with the rest of the organiza tions in the city which are boosting for such an institution. Senator Hitehenr.k evnlain,! tn the Commercial club in his talk that 1 stealing two cars parked in the mid- Work to Start Soon On theOld People's Home On West Side A large sign now marks the new location of the Old People's home, which is to be built shortly on Fonte nelle boulevard. Plans for the new structure wil' be completed during the coming week and it is expected that ground will be broken soon. Al though checks have been coming in rapidly for this charitable work, there is still a shortage of about S20.000 in the amount, needed to complete the work which will care for so many of the aged and needy of this city. A request, has been made for additional funds to complete the structure. he had presented both the claims of Lincoln and Omaha for a land bank to Secretary McAdoo. and that the senator himself is interested first oH all in getting a bank for Nebraska, and secondarily in the matter of which city shall have it. Erection of First National Changes Skyljne of Omaha Big real estate deals are not being made every day now. It is too hot, and too many of the. chaps who have the money to buy are casting for black bass around the northern lakes. Still a fair volume of real es tate business is being done. The fel lows who have $2,000 or $3,000 to puc in a nome are not always able to go fishing, so they occasionally buy a home during the summer, even though the weather is hot. Thus the daily record of deeds filed shows a fair volume of sales of moderate sized homes. Building, however, is hammering and troweling away at a rapid rate, in spite of the heat. The First Na tional Bank, building has at last had its steel skeleton of fourteen stories entirely enclosed in brick and terra cotta, so that today the public is able to see what this structure will look like.: An exceptionally large force of masons worked Friday to complete the cornice at the top. This structure has entirely changed the skyline of Omaha. Instead of three skyscrapers. Woodmen of the World, City National, and Fontenelle, now greeting the eye from the distance, the First National looms up like the Devil's Tower in Wyoming, - and gives four skyscrapers to the first view of Omaha over the horizon. Dozens of apartment houses are being finished or being rushed in the hope that they may be I finished before the cold weather comes, as the apartments in Autos Stolen While . Owners At Theater Automobile thieves plied their game Friday evening with unusual daring3 die of the street at Eighteenth and uougias streets while the owners were attending a performance in a nearby theater. The car owners reporting the thefts to the police were Mrs. Warren Switzler, 2664 St. Mary's avenue and R. Root, 2502 St Mary's avenue. Man Seriously Wounded In Bowery Cutting Affray A Graico, a laborer, was seriously wounded in a cutting afray in,a saloon in the Bowery distridt this morning. He received several severe wounds m the free-for-all fight that was staged following a quarrel. Several men who were in the saloon at the time were arrested. T Heavy Hoisting E, J, DAVIS 1212 Farnam SI Tel. B. 353 STARVE THE FLY I PREVENT DISEASE I Make the dog hunt Another back yard! Keep your garbam frnm menting in summer and freezing in vrmtai Make vour MrKnM ..ti i . fvr1u .a. i" ims BY PURCHASING THE NEW MAJESTIC UNDERGROUND GARBAGE RECEIVER' SANDERSON IRON CO. 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