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 '
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.11
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I. so
.11
1.10
l.ll
.10
s.io
.IS
1.10
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1. 10
l.ll
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. .01
I. TO
.10
4.11
l.ll
.10
1.40
l.ll
1.10
.11
.01
.71
a. ii
.10
1.10
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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.
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