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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 20, 1916.
FARM AND RANCH LANDS
Nebraska Lands.
THE RKXTER LOOK.
EIGHTY ACRES IMPROVER
POSSESSION GIVEN MARCH 1
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WII I KM CO I FAX,
: 4 i k ;t i s
AN INrnME FROPrriNO
HANVH FOB A
CITY INVESTOR
h:f rh buy m ll.MA-irr
fclghlT Improved ;rbrjk rtm-h, with
an uurd rot Income of M.PPfl pr yur.
Tbr la fortune In the future e.4re.n-e
of til lend vs. hi. Pull particular on
recueet.
J H PnifONT CO.
411-11 KeeMn Pi. If. Thnne Pmif. 0I
NEBRASKA FARMS.
HAS per r buy an improved tMith
Mt Neh , rorn, winter whet and atock
farm of 10 acrea, convenient lo food
town, a bargain for eoma one, nn tralea
conatdered. Writ a owner for pari If ul.tr
Roi :. Tiv
T,ANl "NKAR OMAHA" FOR HAl.K.
M A. very rhol.o in ml lust N W
Reneon Rflonf t bank Muat mil A
barf aln Pe me for price and ternm
J A ARHQTT. 4 rmtteraon Hlk . Oty.
FOR PAI.K The nonhnaiX quarter of ec
tlon ete-ht, townahlp thirteen, ran ire neven,
In Merrick cminlv. NVhranka. I'rli-e Nh (.er
arra. J R. Colli na, u wrier. SfcM K4rtiaui
t , Omaha. Neb.
F6R 8AI.E 10 acre, well ImpriwM farm :
no waate land; achool houae on one cor
ner, mllea 8. K Oreenwnod J. Hooa
Barr, ownar. 8e Farmers .State bank
Greenwood. Neb
FOR SA..K 200 -a re Improved 8 under
County farm . level and chan at ltf
per arre; ternia. J. a. IMrkett, Cedar
Bluffa. Neb
10 AC. wall Improved, one ml la of county
Mat town, eaat Nebraska, Ills.
THOEL W. CAMI'RULU
KeHne Wld.
VtJlR BALE 1 , 3 IS fl a t-r e a u n i m p rov e"(T Tan d
In Rock Co., Neb., at lb per a. J, M
Mananem. jeneraon, t. i.
10 ACRES Averaie till buahela corn, one
mil to Tecumaeh ; muat be told , eaay
tar ma. Stewart, 11 8o, 17th.
Io ACRES of food farm land near Omaha
Price I rlsht. 8. P. Boatwlck A Son, idO
Rea Bids
New York Lands.
NEW YORK FARMS FOR SAI-K
Her ww go. I am ready. Are you t
Buyer, aun la eeitlng on your chance
to buy cheap land.
20 cow. 10 acrea alfalfa land, build
in a; a worth 15.000. Trie tH per acre.
They coat lees, produce more; here la
your profit
10 cowa. 13 acrea level alfalfa land.
I-room house, baaement. barn, 130 par
arre.
To ha aaaurert aattafacllon and value re
ceived buy this.
3ft cows, 130 acres; vlllae 40 rod a;
buildings worth t,5P0. Trice 146 per
era. R. R. fare one way to purchaser.
Write for photos. K. Munaon, 2416 8.
Sallna. St., Syracuse. N. Y.
Missouri Lands,
CHEAP FARMS An elie. eay terms. In
fb beautiful Osarka of Dent county, slo.
W. R Frank. 31 Nev(U Blork. Omaha
Oregon Lands.
CLIMATE enjoyable every moment; no
devastating: at or ma. High producing
farm; reaaonable. Tarker, Csnyonvllle,
Oregon.
Utah Lands.
HOMESTEADS.
ISO-acre Utah fartni. beautiful valley,
deep soli, sago covered, fine climate;
locate you 1 per acre. F. L. Hansen.
90S Utah Savings and Truat BKlg., Salt
Lake City, Utah.
Washington Lands.
SALE In Douglas County, Washing
ton, I miles from Bridgeport. S mllea
from Brewster. 3 mllea from Oordon ta
boat landing; on Columbia River), HO
acrea of unimproved land. ten dollars
10,(tO per acre. Oaah, or I3 00 per acre
half cash, with mortgage on land at 7
par eenl Interest, & yeara time, Interest
payable annually, Addreaa AlU-e M
Dempstar, 803 S, Flgueroa St., Los
Angelea. Cal.
Wisconsin Lands.
UPPER WISCONSIN Beat dairy and gen
eral crop state In the union. Peltiers
wanted; lands for sale at low prices on
ear terms ; excellent lends for slock
raising. Ask for booklet 36 on Wisconsin
Central Land Grant; state acrea wanted.
If Interested In fruit lamia, aak for book
let on Apple Orcharde. Address Land Com
mlaatoner Soo Railway, MlnneapoHa, Minn.
GET literature and maps on the cheapest
food Isnd In United Statea.
BAKER A TILLOTSON.
llth and Pouflas Sta., Omaha, Ioug. 11HS.
Miscellaneous.
ARE YOU GOING TO BUY LANDt
If so, get a copy of our Journal first
It has lands, city propeity and stocks
ef goods advertised from nearly every
atata. So that you can find Juat what
you wlah In Its columns. Established
19 yeara, rear hi nr 73,000 readers. Bend
Sta for on year's aubacrlptlon, or 11 for
flvs years.
TAS.U AND REAL' ESTATE JOURNAL.
TRAER. IOWA.
BXNP your name today. Receive offers
rrom isna ownera. agents, everywhere.
United Realty Asaoclstes. Jollet. III.
A.CREAOE t to e-A. tracta oacarTrne"
Easy terms. C R, Comba, 111 Biaodela
Tosa. Bids- IMUf. lilt.
FARM LAND VANTED
HAVE cash and desirable property for pro
ductlve farm land. Describe fully. Box
(xvi. Bee.
FARMS WANTED Have 4.000 buvera. iV
acrlb your unsold property. 310 Farmers
bit nan ft, Denver. Colo.
HH-tt Live Stock Vehicles
For Sale.
ONE bay mare, I years old, weight 900 lbs ;
T yaara old had 2 months training. In
1915 ; time made. 3:19V. New rubber
tired buggy, coat 15; food hemes. For
quick sale on account of sickness; will
Lake $600 or will trade for a new Ford
automobile. 413 S. IZth St. Tel. 7J.0,
FOR SALE.
II HEAD OF HORSES AND MULES.
nearly all In food condition and of de
sirable working age; Also ail wagons and
harness. Chanflnf to autos for delivery
our reason.
POO CROUTON New, complete dof food,
makea every doc healthy and at rone-.
Convenient and economical. Sample free
lor dealers name. Dealers wanted. Crou-
ton Mtf- Co., 1119 Hopkins. Cincinnati. O.
FOR SALE Pedigreed male Boston Bull
Terrier. For price and Information ad'
dress 1411 1st Ave., Nebraska City, Neb.
ONE black hearse, rubber-tired, horse-
drawn, practically new. Address Y-665,
Bee.
FOR SALE Toung registered saddle mare,
f sited. Price reasonable. Call Wal. 2680.
Wagon umbrellas. 11.00. Wagner. 801 N. Iftta.
POULTRY AND PET STOCK
BANK CASHIER (INVESTMENT) .1175 '
STENOGRAPHER S.M
8TENO. fend BKKPR. (Beflnner) . . 46 . 00
R. R. CLERK 7J.no
BOOKKEEPER (Beslnn.r) 4 .00
THE CANO AGENCY, 600 BEE BI.DG
BIG money In .quaba; our tl!u. m.t.zln.
t,.cha business; edited by Frank H. Holl.
mano; Bteclal ratea: l montns l;
aampla 10c. ' American Squab Journal.
Dept. G. Warrenton. Mo.
tHOROUGHBRED Beltlarf bara. (ofaalo7
rtaat walnul UK.
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE
We Can't Use the Street
for a Show Room
All our floor space MUST BP USED
for now cars now arriving. We are not
going to quote any prices on the following
list of used cars. We took them in on
trades and are going to stand our loss like
"little men" and sell them.
TICK OUT YOUR CAR and we will
sell it to vou UNDERSTAND?
Crow Elkhart Tnurinjr Car.
Prtroitrr Tnurinc C ar.
Cadillac Touring Car.
Chevrolet Roadster.
Hudson "30" Rpeedftr.
Two Maxwells (used).
One Indian Motorcycle.
C. W. FRANCIS AUTO CO.
W. N. HELLEN, Sales Manager.
2216-18 Farnam Street. Douglas 853.
Open Sunday Until 2:00 P. M.
POULTRY AND PET STOCK
FH KSU S'lualle plants fur your flati globe.
?V Will k"f) flh hettllhy. MAX
OE1SLER I1HI t
FLKMISII tilANT rahhlla for sale. Kd
aeon. 1 7 Wool worth Ave,
FRKNCH pond In dog. one year old ; cheap.
hone South JI.3. 3?0 R, 2Mh Ht.
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE
CROSSTOWN GARAGE
115 Routh f 4th ft Douglas 4443.
For sale. Ford Roadster, fond con
dition lft0
Interstate chassis make fine speed
ster 1R0
Appereon chasala, very fast and
powerful H0
Midland speedster, perfect shape.... Jno
We buy nad ears and sell the parts for
Apperson, Courier, Coxterear, Interstate,
Careful repairing at tha right pries.
VISIT onr uaefl car department
overland Six, 19IH B00
Overland Four, lt-lfl f(0
Overland, 1 n 1 6 4fn
Maxwell. 191h 3dfl
knight Roadnter. 1916 800
Cole Colonial Coupe. 1916 fifiO
Pope Hartford Racer sun
Maxwell Koadnter 100
WILLYS-OVERLAND, INC.,
5047 Farnam St. Doug. 3:9(1.
UK FORE you buy look these cars and prices
over. ii win pay you well;
Chalmers Roadster
8 Overlsnda
Studebaksr-8 4ffl
Mets UH
Cadlllan 210
'I Korda
Chevrolet Roadalsr 2ft0
1916 Indian Molorc cle. good as new. 176
C. XV. FRANCIS ALTO CO..
?:1H Farnam Pouglaa M3
FORDS
WASHED AND POLISHED.
$1.00
Omaha Garage Company,
101(1 Harney. Tyler SfiS.
AUTO CLEARING HOUSE
2209 Farnam. Douglas 3310.
Ford Roadster 17&
Cole Touring 6S0
Overland Touring 276
Bulrk B in Hoadater.... . 426
FORD INSURANCE
Firs and theft Insurance on new Fords.
$7.70
KII.LT, BLLia THOMPSON.
911-14 City Nat, Rk. Rider. Ooug. 3111.
Muat sell all' our second-hand automo- i
biles within 30 days. W have several
makea and are giving better values than
anyone else. 1
Auto Clearing
House
LAROKRT PFALKns IN CSFD AtTTOMO
RILKS WKST F CHICAtiO,
191 Pathflnder Twin Sli Touring, like
new. jRi-rlftr
1914 overland Touring, run very
little 4oA
1914 oskland Touring, classy little
car 400
1916 Meteor Touring, very food
condition 40(1
191fi Rtutji Toi.rlng, run 1,000 miles,
sacrifice
1914 Coin Touring, fine shape 660
1914 Veils Touring, tiptop condlllon.. 476
1914 Rulck Roadster, b-H 435
1014 Chevrolet six-cylinder tourtnf,
perfect condlllon 600
National Roadster, very clssay
car. and fast ,
1914 Petrolter Tourlnf. run very
little J76
1913 overland Touring, electrically
equipped 260
191 St earn Tourlnf, eight -cylinder,
big bargain
191 National Twin Sit Touring, to
ho sold at sacrifice
1913 Ford Roadster, good shape 176
Chad wick Roadster, six -cylinder
perfect condition, origins, cost
$7,300 sacrifice
191 Ross eight-cylinder Touring,
big bargain
1914 Rtuts Roadster, wire wheels, at
a snap
1912 Chalmers Thirty Touring, food
shape 200
191! Overland Touring, Just over
hauled 276
1913 Mlrhlgan Speedster, fine shape.. 200
Purely you ennnot help but select a ear
out of this list, which comprises csrs
which originally ranged In prices from
IKOO up to $7,300. Not all of the cars
which appear In this list are on our
floors, but we can get them for you
within forly-elght hours time. We
would be pleased to have you come In
and get the prices and Information on
these cars.
Auto Clearing
House
Caryl H. Straueer. Mefy Bernstein.
Manager!,
2209 Famam St.
Open Sundays.
TeL Doug 3310.
Open evenings.
Johnson-Danforth Co.,
GOOD Ford tourlnf car; first $176 tajces it.
2216 Farnam St. pouglaal63.Mr. Hellsn.
1911 FORP touring car. "excellent condition.
cneap, rnone South 3131
1629-31-33 N. 16th St.
Automobiles Wanted.
BF.R Want-Ads UA1NKP 19.S.99 MORE
PAID APS than "' other Omaha news
paper gained in first sven months. 191$.
Good re suits at lens
cost la the reason why.
VKKD CAR BARGAINS AT
MURPHY-O DRIKN ALTO CO.,
1M4-I6-1N Farnam St.
W ANTKP 11 up mobiles, 20 snd 32 a; must
b priced right; state condition. Address
Box 691. Ida Grove, la.
WILL pny cash for Ford touring car; must
he In best condition. Box 6193, Bee.
A OKNTLKMAN motoring from the east
to p rlaco, haa hecome weary of the trip1
and will sell hla new roadster at great :
sacrifice. See It at Ream Broa.' garage, i
!09 N. 16th St. I
WE will trade you a new Ford for your old
one.
INDUSTRIAL OARAGE CO., '
10th snd Harney. Doug. 6261.
Auto Livery and Garages.
DON'T throw away old tires. We makeTona
new tire from 2 old ones and save you 60
per cent. 2 In 1 Vulcanising Co.. HI Dav-
snpori m., umaha. Neb. Douglas 2914.
f'Ai'tiu Auto repairing, "service car al
was ready.- Omaha Garage. 2010 Harney
St. Tyler 655.
FOR SALK Cadillac apeedater; Just over
hauled and In fine running condition.
Price J96. l'hon Pougtna 29S1. Harold
Schoelkops. 613 Paxtou Hlk.
Auto Tires jindSuppl.es.
SKK nil in Sunday's Bee telling; all about
our big tire sale. Duo Tlra Co,, ltill Chicago.
Auto Repairing and Painting.
Crosstown Garagf, 316 S 4th Doug 4442
K'-tn. South beel latht. with extra
equipment, cost $336. for sale at 2i1fl
FOR SAT.K Have two cars and must sell
at once a 19ti Rulck roadster, excellent
condition. I Tint. Colfnx 3S;i. Tyler 1608.
DANPY Hudson speedster. Juki overhauled;
fine condition; first 1200 takes If. 2216
Farnam St. Douglas S63. Mr. Hellen.
iiR SALE One "Mitchell six de luxe, 191 S
model, $S00. One Mitchell six, 191 model.
$!00. Phone Florence 493
STCDKBAKER '20" touring car,"good con
dition, 1176 (10. W. Meyer, 2S0 Sahler
St. Col 19
$100 reward for magneto we can't repair.
""ll repaired. Baysdorfer. 210 N. 18th.
NEB. Auto Radiator Repair "Service and
prices right. 3LS S. 19th St. D. 7390.
Motorcycles and Bicycles
HAH LEY t A V I PSON;" " M agT"l 3 6; Indian
Mag. $26; Indian 3 H. P. battery. !0.
Erickaon Motorcycle Repairing, 6613 R. R
Ave, South Side.
HARLEY-nAVlPSONlTc
gains tn used machines Victor Rooa. 'The
Motorcycle Man." 2703 Leavenworth.
6-PASSENOKR While, electric starter and
lights in good condition. Phone Webster
3949.
8KR Want-Ads GAINED 19.619 MORE
PAID APS than any other Omaha nsws
paper gained in first seven months 191.
Good results at less
TOCLA1IIEO ANSWERS
TO BEE WANT ADS
Ana. Aim. Ana. Ana
snoi l : i sns; 1 i sc :s
480S 1 .914 1 4555 1 tOSO 1 SC "39
600S 1 T 2 4T5 2 44S? 10 SP I4
4704 8 BOSS 8 4T59 1 5093 1 SC "67
5005 2 4SS7 4 4959 1 4S94 1 Sr 260
412 12 42S8 1 4950 1 SC 214... 1 SC 2S
4818 1 4848 1 5050 1 SC 917... 1 SC 259
4617 1 6048 2 4552 1 SC 220... 1 SC 276
4618 6 4647 1 464 1 SC 2S6... 1
442S 1 4847 1 4671 1
the last week. It is reaaonable to suppose that all the above people have
i .' j . i : . I. e j:j . r . i. . i ? . i
suppnea i-ncir wbiiu Liiereiwre uiu iwt, can lor ine oaiance oi laeir answers.
Bee Want-Ads Are Sure Getting Results
FATNE 4 SLATER COMTANT
V
"OMAHA'S RENTAL MEN'
APARTMENTS
The Lafsysite. 17fh avenue and Jsckaon
St , 4-r , Apt 3t. east exposure If you
want sn apartment close In, here a Jusi
the thing No car fare $33 60
THJC CAHLTS.VK. 26 S. llh St, foill
largo airy room, fine front porch, no m
fare ?, no
T H K MA HON, 31st and Mason, nice five
room apartment, conveniently arranged
pleasing surroundings, very reasonable ,
$40 summer and winter. t
Portland annkx. aoth and Lesven
worth Mts Rrand new six-room apart
ments, sleeping porches, on car line, easy
wh Iking dlxtanre. ilnlv one left. Don
be too late $6b.fl0
THE PORTLAND. 80th and Leaven
worih S'a. fi r ant , conveniently arranged
and very reasonable at $42 60 summer and
winter
THK ST. OEOROK. 31st Ave. snd
Podge St. -r., apt. 6. south exposure
fine front end rear porchea ; garage ac
commodatlons $47 SO
PAYNE SLATER COMPANY,
61 OtiiHhM Nations) Bank Hldg
PAYNE A SLATER COMPANY.
I
"OMAHA'S RKNTAL MEN."
HOUSES AND COTTAGES.
Partly modern
i.r. 910 S. 2Hth. dandv cottage, close
In. reduced to $12.60
HOUSES AND COTTAGES.
Modern except heat.
B-r., 2626 Franklin St.. newly decor
ated 7- r.. 106 ft 19th 8t., very close In. $26.00
HOUSES AND COTTAGES.
Alt modern.
B-r. 40t7 Charles St , nlc place.. $20 00
B-r., 30S1 Poppleton Ave., food loca
tion $26.00
-T., 30 Hamilton St.. 4 bedrooms.
south front, large yard $36.00
9-r., 33 Farnam St $66,00
8- r, 623 8. 40th, fine yard $60.00
S-r., 3648 Harney St., matdX quarters,
anuthWrnnt. one block" to Fsfnain rar.
for .... 1 16 00
DOCBLK MOUSES -AND TERRACES
All modern.
4-r, 1017 S. 31et St.. a snap $20 00
9- r.. 621 S 26th Ave. good place to
rent our furnished rooms $2, 76
WE HAVE OTHERS. SEE OUR COMPLETE
LIST, PRINTED WEEKLY.
F A Y N E SLATER COMPANY.
I6 Omaha National Bank BUlg,
PhonV P. mil.
A SALESMAN wanted for dolls and toys;
big profit possibilities, owing to anonage,
straight commission; prefer good side line
man; give full particulars and references.
Irving Allen, McCormtck Bldg., Chicago.
GOOD money made at home knitting
hosiery; machines furnished on time,
buv or sell your goods; easy and constant
work. Wheeler Co. Inc.), 337 Madison,
Chlra.ro.
I2H no. 3210 Spencer St., 7 rma., modern.
17.60 :n73 foppieion Ave., s rmn., muu.
HO. 00- 2406 Capitol Ave., 7 mis., mod.
$36.00 3611 Howard St.. 9 rms., mod.
$40.003616 Dodge St., 7 rms., mod.
$40.00 120 N. 3Iat St., 7 rma., mod.
$40.00 371 Hawthorne Ave., 8 rms., mod.
$4.003621 Lafayette Ave., 8 rma, mod.
$T,0.00 666 8. 3fith St.. fi rms., mod.
$S0.00 3330 Harney St., 9 rma. very good.
$70,0i35ti N. 40th St.. 9 rms., hot water
beat; double garaga.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
GLOVER A SPAIN,
Douglas 39(3. 919-20 City National.
BE MIS PARK BUNGALOW,
$3,760 EAST TERMS.
Located Juat eeet of Bemta Park, In
hsutlful Montclair addition, on full sized
front lot; exterior In white stucco; in
terior In beautiful oak and white enamel
finish. Oak throughout. There are five
rooms and bsth consisting of large living
room, beamed celling, fireplace, etc.;
dining room; kitchen with bullt-ln cup
board; acreened-ln back Tiorch; two large,
airy bedrooms, with tiled bath between;
extra targe closets, etc.; full cement base
ment under entire house, with gusranteed
furnace. House Is to be fully decorated;
nifty lighting flitures. screens and other
features, which will make this one of the
niftiest bungalows anywhere In Omaha.
Price Is $3,760 and can be handled on very
easy terms.
JEFF W. BEDFORD A SON.
222 Keellne Building. Douglas 8392.
HOUSES APARTMENTS FLATS
$16.00 S-r.. 261 N. 16th St., modern ex
cept heat.
$1H 00 S-r., 381 Florence boulevard, mod
ern except heat, barn.
$36.00 4-r. apt., "The Harold," 27th and
Jackson Sts.
$36.00 6-r. apt, 1S02 Farnam St.
$36.00 10-r. 210 S. 30th St.. modern.
$36.00 S-r., 3611 Lafayette Ave., modern.
$:!.V0O 7-r.. 4103 Lafayette Ave., modern.
$10.002811 California St., modern flat.
$46.00 7-r. fist, 620 S. 16th St., modern,
janitor service.
$65.00 8-r,, 621 N. 61at St., Dundee, new,
modern.
$60.00 s-r.. tZi N. Slit 8t Dundee, new,
modern.
GEORGE A COMPANY.
Phone D. 76. 902 City Nat'l. Bank Bldg.
CLOSE-IN INVESTMENT.
NEAR 24TH AND DEWEY.
Non-resident owner offers a modern
four-room apartment, brick flat, annual
rental, 11,272, for $11,609. This Is near
propertk-s thai have recently sold st largely
advanced prices, and Is sure to Increase
in value. Come In and wo will give you
further particulars.
rORTER & SHOTWELL,
202 S. 17th St. Doug. 6013.
BIG dslly profits selling our new household
articles, aiuani premiums with every
sale. Field unlimited. Big winners. Chss.
Carroll, Dept. 2, 1660 Horton Ave,, Grand
Rapids. Mich.
$100 INVESTED In legitimate office busi
ness anywhere will soon net $20 profit
dally. Orolo Co., Louisville, Ky.
SEVERAL ladles to travel, demonstrate our
goods and sell dealers; $20 to $40 weekly;
we pay railroad fares. Experience unnec
essary. Duchess Co., Dept. 111. Minneapolis
Minn.
AGENTS Free catalog and samples, new
goods, quick sales, big profits; make $6 to
$26 dally, no experience. World's greatest
specialties. Cruver Co., Jackson A Camp
bell. Chicago, 111.
AGENTS Free sample and particulars, Del-
bare' s naphtha washing tablets. Wash
clothes without rubbing. Guaranteed not
to injure the. finest fabrics. No acids, lime
or caustics, Manufactured and sold by
Naphtha Washing Tablet Co., 714 S, Dear
born. Chicago, 111.
SPECIALTY MEN Our business boosting
plan for merchants pays you over $600
monthly on one sale a day; over $300
monthly on ihree sales a week. Costs a
dealer only $6 weekly. X'o samples; no de
liveries; no collections. Sales Manager, 20
W. Lake. Chicago.
FORTUNES to investors should we bring In
a great bfg oil gusher upon our subdivision.
Drilling may begin within 60 days. Our
location is practically between two gusher
oil fields. Invest now. Terms $3 monthly.
You get deed to lsnd and interest In
wells. Write for details. Bennett Co-Operative
Co., 391 First National Bank Bldg.,
Houston. Texss.
MARVEL OF THIS AGE
Development of Electric Trac
tion Within a Period of
Thirty Years.
SYSTEM STARTED IN 1887
WE want a few high class salesmen who are
now employed to handle petroleum greases
ss side line. Best grease ever produced.
Now being used by largest concerns. Big
Inducement on opening order, and very
liberal commission on all repeat orders.
Petroleum Grease Mfg. Co., 721 Washing
ton Blvd..Chlcago.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
bonald H. Brotchl, and wife to Jamw
T. Orals'. soutnwal corner r ior.ni-.
boulovard and Brown atreet. lrrejn
l.r innr. 51x52 1 1
Brn.'amln Investment company to Fred
Edgar, Eleventh. 350 reel norm oi
Frederick. e.t side. 33.5x51;
Eleventh. 155 feet north Frederick.
not aide. 60xSl 16
Agnes M. T.trlck .nd husband to
James (.oniey. Arrner .i.nut.
feet went of Thirteenth atrseu
rmtn ,lde. 75.4x130 X
Hattle N. Osborne and husband to
FMer Jolly, Twenty-rmn, i.i reel
north of Flnkney. west side. 45
.135 1
Mary E. Kennedy to The .lay Burns
Baking eemrsny. aou:nweei corner
Twentieth and Isard. 60x143 2.760
Blanche F. Owen and hu.band to Mor
ns Lerkowlts, is. ss teet west or
Twenty. second, north side. 44x100 J
Anton 8. Ryohly and wife to Maurice
A l.acy, Camden avenue, si) feet of
Twenty-fifth avenue, north side.
45xl?0 2.900
Fsul w. Kuhns and wife, to Charlea
Fenton. aoutheast corner Thirty
seventh snd Lothrop. 81x110 830
Henry P. Olson and wlfa to Lillian
Rummel ,t al , Twenty-ftfth atreet,
SOO feet eouta of Foppleton avenua,
west aide. SOUJI . 1
The wonderful devr Inpnirnt of elec
tricity is best typified by the miracu
lous growth of the street car. which is
less than thirty years old. and yet has
been installed in nearly every city of
importance in the world. In these few
years electric traction has been devel
oped and extended until there are, in
this country alone, nearly 2.000 dif
ferent companies in operation with a
total capital stock of more than $4,-
00n.0On.O00. Beginning in the larger
cities the electric service has been
extended from city to city, from vil
lage to village, until it is now possible
to make a trip from Boston to St.
Louis almost entirely bv trolley.
twenty-eight years ago every large
city had its horse cars and horse
drawn carry-alls. They are both
curiosities now. As late as 1890 there
were not more than 1.000 miles of
electric railways in the United States
tarty attempts to use. electricity as
motive power resulted in a few
scientific toys before 1882. Thomas
Davenport, the Vermont blacksmith
who invented the electric motor in
18.15, constructed a toy car which ran
around a circular track. Three years
later a scotch inventor matle a small
electric locomotive. A number of such
ocomotives were built during suc
ceeding years until the Berlin exposi-
ioii in 1879," when Messrs. Siemens
and Habke constructed an electric
ine of about a third of a mile in
ength. The first rgular commercial
ine in the world was at Lichterfelde,
near Berlin, operating in 1880, but was
not a success. Edison, Field, Van De-
poele, Knight and man yothers ex
perimented in electric traction at this
time.
The First Success.
The first actually successful com
mercial electric railway, i. e., the first
electric operation of the complete
street railway lines of a city, was es
tablished in 1887 in Richmond, Va.
The road began operating in Febru
ary. 1888. and was essentially trie
overhead trolley system now used,
comprised eleven miles of track, had
thirty cars operating in July, 1888,
and has been in continuous and suc
cessful operation ever since.
the phenomenal development ana
growth of electric railway traction
revolutionized not only city, but also
suburban and interurban transporta
tion. From 1890 up to the present,
the mileage has steadily increased at
the average of about 3,000 miles per
year. In 1895 electric railway equip
ment reached what might be consid
ered a staple basis of design. Funda
mental features, such as the enclosed
motor, carbon brushes, series drum
winding, single reduction gearing,
magnetic controller and the under
running trolley had then become es
tablished. There were in service at
this time approximately 25,000 motor
cars equipped with about 500,000
horsepower of motors. A great many
of the pioneer car motors were too
small for the work, because early de
signers did not appreciate the amount
of power required to accelerate a car.
n 1895 the average rating ot railway
car motors was twenty-fifive horse
power. Other forms of street railway
propulsion gradually disappeared
until aDout ivuu wncn electric opera-
ion was practically supreme. 1 here
then existed some 20,000 miles of citv
electric railways. From 1900 to 1910
the electric railways extended rapidly
to suburban and interurban transpor
tation. Coincident wtih this develop
ment there was a tremendous increase
in the size and weight of cars. The
average horsepower of railway motors
increased from thirty five horsepower
in 1900 to sixty-three horsepower in
1910, and large interurban cars were
equipped with four motors, while city
cars generally were equipped with
,'0.
Many Improvements.
This increase in power brought
about great improvements in control-
ing apparatus. The multiple unit
control for the operation of cars in
train on elevated and subway lines,
interurban roads and later for regular
surface cars was developed. With
the simplification of control were also
ntroduccd forced motor ventilation,
reduction in the weight of motor
equipments in commutation and in
troduction of commutating poles, per
fection of air brake apparatus, intro
duction of field control, etc.
Since that early morning, 20 years
ago, when the first electric car glided
over the rails in the streets of Rich
mond, motors have been brought to
such a point of perfection that elec-
ric cars are ranidlv encroaching on
the steam engine and threaten to take
its place entirely in a few years, the
orinciplcs which Sprague used in the
construction of the first car and
oower line are about the same as in
actual use to-day. He invented the
overhead trolley; his motors were
geared to the car wheels and his sys
tem of control was nearly the same
as in the modern cars.
Miraculous, indeed, has been the
growth of the street railway systems
since 1888. To-day there are nearly
50.000 miles of street and electric
railways in the United States, carry
ing more than 5,000,000,000 people
annually. From the tiny cars con
structed according to Sprague's plans
20 years ago the cars have grown to
be models of comfort and conven
ience. Some of the best interurban
lines boast of electric cars rivaling
the beauties and comforts of the Pull
mans. In the Middle West some of
the longest electric lines maintain
sleeping, dining and even cold storage,
freight, express milk and mail cars.
Electric News.
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
COAST GUARD AMPLE
Scarcely a Fort in Belgium but
What is Safeguarded by
Guns and Sailors,
LITTLE DAMAGE BY SHELLS
RFAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Home Rutlders Investment compsny
to Clifford E. Psy. Csmden avenue.
154 feet east of Forty-eighth street.
,orth side. 40rli 100
Isaac C. Miller and wife to I.yle F.
Stowell. Thirty-seventh. 110 feet
south of Davenport, east side.
137.6x130 1
Lewis Balromb Reed to Wlneford
Eastman, Forty-seventh avenue. 40
feet south of Wirt street, west side,
40x126 350
."rank Sxawlrkl and wife to Agnes
Micek and huaband. Thirtieth. 116
feet west of Walnut, north fclde,
19S-6xll0Vi 660
Samuel J. Rummel and wife to Henry
D. Olson .t al , northeast corner
Pfoepsct and Clay. Florenca, 130
3tl32 . 1 1 1 1 . ...... .. ...... 3
(Correepnndpnr of The A.sorUted Frees )
Rotterdam, Netherlands, hilv .11.-
A correspondent who has just been
permitted to visit the Belgian coast
reports on the formidable defenses
that have been raised there. A long
line of barbed wire entanglement
stretches along the coast, and an end
less series of long slender shins' guns
protrude trom the coarse grass of the
dunes, and behind the dimes crouch
the heavy howitzers.
I ndergrotind dwellings of bomb
proof concrete form part of the great
trench along the eastern coast, he
says. "No spot is unguarded. Kvery
where the endless line is occupied by
sailors, who endeavor to find relief
for the monotony of their life in gar
dening and in the care of their pigs,
goats, rabhits and birds.
"Here and there one comes across
an enormous nnexploded shell, hurled
ashore by one of the big British war
ships, and which now forms the or
namental center of a flower garden
I saw a big fellow among them, some
ot thtrty-eight-centimeter caliber.
"What one sees in the way of de
struction is the work of the fast tor
pedo destroyers, which have on oc
casion hailed smaller shells on the
coastal towns with their quick firing
guns. The corners of houses are
gnawed away; here and there a gable
exhibits great holes. But the damage
is not very bad, at least not in Ostend
and Zeebrugge, much less than one
would have supposed. Kvcn on the
seaside the towns appear to be little
damaged. The big bath hotel at Ost
end is untouched, and the great glass
Kurhaus shows no breakage, in its
innumerable panes. A few big build
ings by Zeebrugge have been leveled
to the ground, but that was the work
of the Germans, owing to the fact
that these buildings helped to direct
the enemy's fire on the occasions
when he sought to destroy the most
suscept'ble feature of the harbor, the
big lock.
Village Not Safe.
"The real work of destruction be
gins where the FVench land guns have
been able to have their say. Middcl-
kerke is a mass of rums. It is a re
markable fact that 600 people con
tinue to crouch there. The school is
even still attended by eighty children.
But every house has its underground
refuge, such as the soldiers construct
in the front lines. Shells still fall ill
the place almost daily.
Middelkerk-e is now in sucn a state
that the. Germans no longer take up
ouarters there, but prefer to live in
dwelling holes, burrowed in the
dunes. Some streets always lie open
to the French observers and gunners.
Long walks can be taken in the
southern part of the place, by wind
iiiiz over wavs that have been broken
and dug out, half in, half under earth,
through garden walls, houses ana cel
lars. A deep trench is the only safe
communication with the Westcnde
watering place, where no house re
mains standing. In the village of
Westende, which is, if possible, even
more thoroughly knocked to pieces
than the watering olace. I noticed
that the enemy's shells had spared the
part of a wall of an inn on which was
scribed its name, in ocn v reuc,
(The Peace Tavern)."
Babies Very Expensive
Luxuries Now in London
(Correspondence of The Associated Press.!
London. Aug. 14. It is estimated
that the all-around expenditure on a
hahv horn this vear is probably irom
$100 to $125 higher than in 1914.
Food alone adds anout io 10 ine
r . . ,! x r :n.
year s cost ot tne war-oapy. iuiik
as gone up 4 cents a quart and it
is said that the average baby con-
nmes from 400 to 43U pints a year.
Babv foods are up about 10 per cent.
Feeding bottles cost a third more, and
the methylated spirit for heating the
night's feed has advanced irotn 10
cents to 25 cents a pint.
Babv garments cost more also.
Everything made of wool has risen
33 per cent in price; all the cotton
ana wool mixture materials anu gar
ments are 25 per cent higher, the
holly cotton ones, owing to the rise
raw materials and labor, must be
paid for at the rate of about 15 per
cent more.
Even a baby s bath cost about one-
third more; soap is a third dearer,
the bath thermometer is up about 25
per cent, toilet powder chiefly be
cause of the rise, in the price of the
broic acid it contains is 100 per cent
dearer.
Nearly all medicines cost much
more.
Perambulators are about one-fourth
dearer. What formerly was sold for
$15 is now $20 and so on. A cot
that could be bought before the war
for $5 is now $7.50; the fleecy wool
mattress, baby's basket and baby's
high chair are all up proportionately.
Nurse's wages have advanced S5
or more and her keep is costing at
least one-third more an increase of
$50 or more a year.
Holland to Establish Big
Colony for Leper Subjects
(Correspondence of The Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Aug. 14. Holland is to
have a leper colony. The country is
exposed to the leprosy danger owing
to the considerable traffic with its
East and West Indian colonies, and
there are estimated to be roughly be
tween thirty and forty sufferers from
the dread disease already within its
borders. . Plans are on foot to found
such a colony in the Veluwe region,
between Epe and Heerde. It will be
under the control of officers of the
Salvation Army, who have had experi
ence of this work in the Netherlands
East Indies.
Elegance Causes Motorboat
To be Confiscated by State
(Correspondence of The Assorlated Press.)
Berlin. Aug. 14. One of the most
expensive motorboat trips on record
is reported trom he Jungfernsee, a
lake west of Berlin. Despite the pro
hibition against the use of such craft
under a regulation adopted by the
Federal Council last August, a party
of six essayed a short trip. A police
boat noted and overhauled them after
a short chase. The motorboat. val
ued at 13,000 marks, was declared for
feited to the state. .
5
OUR ODD BELIEFS
Wids Variety of Superstitions ,
Prevail Among Even
Educated People,
NO. 13 THROWS A SCARE '
If an intelligent Chinaman or Hindu
who had enjoyed the advantages o! a
modern education should visit the
I lilted States and, on returning home,
should write down the rrsults of Its
observations tn this country, he would
probably make such statements as
the following:
"The Americans are a very supersti
tious people. Nearly all of them be
lieve in a great variety of childish
signs and omens. One notion par
ticularly common among ihem is that
the number 13 is unlucky. Travelers
will refuse to occupy a bed chamber
numbered 13 at a hotel, or a state
room numbered 13 on a steamboat;
hence 13 is frequently omitted in num
bering such rooms. Highly educated
men and women refuse to sit at a
table at which the number of guests
is thirteen. Fortune tellers, palmists, i
phrenologists and astrologers flourish 1
in every American city. The wide-f
pread beuct in astrology is especiai'am.
remarkable in a country where astron
omy is more assiduously cultivated
than anywhere else In the world. My
educated countrymen who have heard
of the marvelous scientific achieve.
ments of the Yerkes, Lick and Mount
Wilson observatories will probably bet
astonished to learn that many of the
leading American newspapers publish
a daily 'horoscope,' supposed to be
based upon astrological calculations.
and frequently devote long articles to
particular astrological prophecies re
garding public events. There are also
many books published in the United
States every year in which astrology
is treated quite seriously as a legiti
mate branch of science."
Literature of Astrology.
Alas, too true! Only a month ago
a New York publishing house of the
highest standing issued a book on
astrology, which was advertised in
one of our most dignified literary
magazines in the following terms;
A book about star influence on hu
man destiny. A powerful and stimu
lating introduction to astrology. I
Practical information about drawing
horoscopes." In short, this was by
no means a book that anatomized the
ancient and picturesque superstition
of astromancy trom the point ot view
of the twentieth century, as we an
atomize the history of the OI'
pian gods or the folklore of the Au- 'T
stralian aborigines. Such books have 4
been written, and they are decidedly
valuable. In the year 1916 a know
ledge ot astrology is a useful accom
plishment not as a means of divining
the future, but as an aid in understand
ing the past. Much history and a
great deal of our finest literature are
not fully intelligible without such
knowledge. Our very language en
shrines a multitude of astrological
notions; and we use such words as
'consider" and "disaster,' saturnine'
and "jovial," with a finer discrimina
tion for being able to trace them back '
to the vocabulary of astrology. The
book in question was, however, not
written from the standpoint of the
twentieth century, but from that of
the Middle Ages. And it was not
published in Peking or Bagdad, or
Seringapatam, but in New York City I
In Portland, Ore., a College ot As
trology" has flourished for years.
Perhaps this explains why so many
astrologers are "professors." The fic-
lon that astrology is extinct m civ
ilized countries is kept up by the en
cyclopedias, which in their articles on
this art almost invariably reter to
the practice of it in the past tense.
Yet of the scores of "medical" alma
nacs, issued in enormous editions
every year in America, there 19
scarcely one that does not contain the
venerable Man of the Signs, or Ana1
omy of Man's Body, in which the s'.'
of the zodiac responsible for the wel
fare of each part of the human or
ganism is graphically indicated.
Only Half Beliefs.
It is true, of course, that a great
many ridiculous beliefs prevalent
among us are only half beliefs. The
thirteen superstition, for example.
retains its vitality because of the largo
number of people who find themselves
at various stages between the ex
tremes of positive belief and positive
disbelief with respect to it. Indeed,
there is nothing more difficult than
to determine the real attitude of the
public mind toward prevalent popular
delusions.
One morning last winter, during the
sessions of the Pan-American Scien
tific congress in Washington, a news
paper of that city published, between
two columns devoted to the proceed
ings of the congress, a halt-column
article recording the ravings of a "
soothsayer with regard to the future
progress of the European war. Sci
ence and soothsaying bore equally
conspicuous headings and were appar
ently looked upon, from the journal
istic angle, as possessing approxi
mately equal news interest. The juxta
position was striking; but just what
interpretation should be placed upon
it we are unable to decide. scientific
American. 4
Forest Fires in Greece Bring
Great Grief to Queen Sophia
(Correspondence of Tha Associated Press.)
Atrun; A n cr 14 Thf imminc
fnrf-st tirps that have svvrnt (irpeep
Hnrinc ihr. nasi fpw vppI-i havp hppn
a source of particular chagrin to
tjueen bophic, lor the (Jueen ot the
Hellenes has been the leading figurr
in flip rnnsprvatinn mnvpmpnt in t
CtTpc TIip harrpn mnnntaiiiQ tliaf
3,000 years ago were clad with ver
dure nave dpcii a text tor tne queen
in lipr rmaHf tn trarh the mcxAorn
Greeks the need of preservation of the
u'l-iriHo in A ctrame Prh ircsf Oiiboii
Sophie plants a tree with her own
nanas as an example 10 ine women
of Greece. But this year she had no
luck, for during the night following
tina A rhir Aixv ffircni An v a wa n Aor-in rr
shepherd passed with his flock and
ine newiy piamea tree was ignooiy
eaten by the sheep.
Swedn Greatly Intersted
In Rifle Practice Clubs
(Corresnondencs of The Associated PreBB I
Stockholm, Sweden. Aug. 14. A
big increase in the membership of the
weaisn rcjnc societies is snown in
the annual report just issued. The
societies have enrolled 211,000 mev-
bers, more than 200,000 of whom are.
active riflemen. The promoters of
the societies have asked the govern-
ment for $100,000 as a subsidy to di
me among local title aocietiea
throughout the country.