' THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 8, 1917.
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THE BEE'S BUILDERS PAGE
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HARNEY STREET IS
FUTURE AUTO ROW?
So Says Z. H. Benner, Who
Negotiate! Deal for Corner
Property There. ,
0KB MOTOE FIRM TO BUILD
The Nebraska and Wyoming In
vestment company, of which Conrad
H. Young it manager, has just bought
the southwest corner of Twenty.
eighth and Harney streets, the prop-
trty tormeriy ownea Dy uuy wggcu.
The sale was madethrough the E. H.
Benner Real Estate company.
A building is to be built on the cor
ner immediately for the use of the Orr
Motor Sales company, which will
- make that place its distributing point
for Packard cars for the entire state.
E. H. Benner believes that Harney
street is the coming automobile dis
trict "This deal," he said, "is im
portant in the influence it will have
in fixing the automobile district of
Omaha. There has been some doubt
as to where the automobile district
should be, but those who have studied
the matter are convinced that Harney
street offers the best opportuAity for
growth." - . ' !
Busy Boom It On.
The E. H. Benner company has
been active in this vicinity for some
time. This company told the south
east corner of Twenty-eighth and
Leavenworth streets, where the Levi
& Gorman livery barn recently
burned. The sale was made the day
after the fire. The present owners
' are now prepared to build here for a
satisfactory tenant. The Meti prop
erty on Twenty-eighth street was also
recently sold by the E. H. Benner
people to the Omaha Real Estate
Trust, which company will hold it
awaiting the future development of
this section. ' '
"The development there is gaining
headway every day," said Mr. Ben
ner, "and it will not be long before
the former homes of the Metz. broth
ers will be removed and a substantial
improvement will take their place.
Other business is looking toward this
location, and it will not be long be
fore Harney . street and Twenty-;
eighth street will be well developed "
W. L. Killy of the Noyes-Killy
Auto company has just bought Jot
for a salesroom , on the corner. , , , ,,
"Buy a Home" Slogan Stirs "
Realtors to New Activity
"Buy a home," is a slogan that it
being sounded throughout the Na
tional Association of Real Estate'
Boards. A committee has been' ap
pointed to push this among the local
boards throughout the country. The
local board's committee plans a cam
paign for May with this slogan. Pa
per received from other cities, not
ably front California cities, show the
interest that is being aroused in this
movement Los Angeles, Oakland,
Itesno and a number of .other cities
in that part of the country are, push
ing inis iaea. - -.
Y. W. .C. A. Campaigners ,
Rest After Strenuous Day
Members of' the Young Women's
Christian association's summer camp
campaign group' had their very best
day Friday when $520.75 were re
ceived as contributions to the fund.
This record so buoyed up their hopes
that the girl decided to "knock off"
work Saturday and start with fresh
vim on Monday. The weather man
had much to do with their idleness, of
course.
The total collected for the summer
. camp thus far is $7,380.61. In order to
raise the $20,000 needed before next
Saturday, when the campaign closes,
the girls must work like Trojans. This
they are prepared to do.. ...
John Butler, G. A. R. Vet,
Celebrates His Birth'day
John Butler celebrated his seventy
fifth birthday Thursday. The direc
tors ot the Umaha Building and
Loan association presented him with
an upholstered' tapestry chair. 1 Mr.
Butler, who it-a director in the Build
ing and Loan association, hat been
with the firm for thirty-five years,
being the only one of the original
directors still living. ' He is also a
Civil war veteran. "
Judge Sanctions Claims '
' Against Under Estate
County Judge Crawford has . at.
lowed claims totaling $7,500 to four
attorneys who asked $10,000 each
'from the estate of the late Oscar
Linden - Charles S. Elgutter, an
Omaha attorney, was allowed $2,500
Three Council. Bluffs lawyers got the
rest Lijder's estate was estimated
to be -eT.th $150,000.
Beautiful Six-Room Bungalow
The model six-room bungalow
which is offered as a special feature
this week is one recently built for
H. L. Seward at I634 Victor avenue,
by the Willis Realty company. This
company offers to purchasers a plan
whereby they may have a house de
signed and built to order and the pur
chaser may have his individual ideas
carried out through the entire con
struction of the home. The company
is able to offer a house built-to-order
on the same liberal terms at which it
is selling houses already built. .
The bungUow today is unique, in
asmuch as it contains six large rooms
on the around floor. It is difficult to
design a bungalow of this size with- i
out covering so much space that the
price is prohibitive. This plan has
been duplicated for another pur
chaser, with the front bed room con-i
verted into a large sun room, which
opens both from the living room and
the bed room adjoining, thus making
it also available for a sleeping room,
if desired. This bungalow can be
erected for approximately $3,009. This
includes light fixtures, decorating,
floored attic, full cement basement,
furnace, plumbing, cement walks,
built-in cupboards and table in kitchen
and window shades. In fact a com
plete bungalow ready for occupancy.
himsh is oak, with oak floors; tne nest
of materials are used throughout. The
Willis Realty company is able to
erect a bungalow of this character on
a south front lot in Victor place and
sell it complete for approximately $4,
000. For further information, apply
t I. H. Willis, 1122 City National
bank building, telephone Douglas
3919.
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Realtors Will Tell Haas '
Some Virtues of Omaha
The Omaha Real Estate board is
looking forward with much interest
to the visit of Henry P. Haas, presi
dent of the National Real Estate
board. Mr, Haas is a young man, very
prominent jn realty circles in Pitts
burgh, and a realtor, who handles
large deals. To promote some of his
suburban praperty he built a $900,000
railroad. To forward the interest of
the national association, after he was
elected president, he organized a com-
tiny and took over the National Real
Istate Journal,, capitalized it suf
ficiently to make a prosperous and In
teresting periodical and removed it to
Pittsburgh. Mr. Haas will be in the
city on Thursday, April 12, and be
cause of his visit the meeting of the
Omaha board will be held on Thurs
day instead of Wednesday.
While Mr. Haas is here he will be
shown the city and at the meeting of
the board where he will speak, he will
also hear as to the real estate pros-
Serity of Omaha. Among other things,
e will be told that never in the his
tory of the city was there more
activity in close-in property than now,
barring of course the inflated boom
of 1886 to 1890. He will also learn
that the Omaha board is one of the
oldest organizations of real estatei
men in the country, having been
organized in 1887. and that this board
is also a charter member ot the Na
tional association. The Omaha board
is looked upon by the leaders of the
national organization as one of the
most deeply interested associations of
i. -i . i . .
rcatiurs hi an uic cuumry.
to clients or to fellow agents, espe
cially when there is a brisk demand
for real estate in certain directions.
The public does not always look at
both sides, and a would-be purchaser!
who may be disappointed in getting a
piece of property is likely to blame
the agent without good reason for
doing so. ,
In future issues of the telephone
and city directories the realtors will
be classified under that name. There
are now teventy-two realtors in the
Omaha Real Estate board, and these
have alt been furnished with the certi
ficates issued by the national associ
ation, granting them the tight to use
the name realtors for the year 1917.
These certificates have been neatly
framed by the local association' and
may be teen in every office. Most of
the members have had the ter.n
realtor placed upon their office doors
and windows.
The executive committee of the
Real Estate board is looking around
for a suitable investment for the funds
of the organization. They want the
best thing that can be bought at a
figure running from $6,000 to $12,000.
Bee Want Ads Produce Results.
Realtors Delve Into
Ethics of Profession
The Real Estate board at its Wed
nesday meeting took a little time to
talk about the ethics of the profession.
This, in fact, has become an interest
ing study with the realtors since the
adopting of the new name and the
"code of ethics", put out by the na
tional association. It has been or
dered that a meeting ta the near future
be given over to the discussion of
questions of an ethical nature. The
realtors are constantly meeting dif
ficult problems as to the proper duty
M. P. BYRD NURSERY CO., l8t?Z"l
Sales grounds moved from Seventeenth and Dodge to Eighteenth
and Capitol Avenue one block west of postoffice.
We have the largest selection ot ornamental trees, shrubbery
and fruit treea in this city. . . , . , ,
SAVE MONEY and agents' commission by calling us, or come
to the nursery and pick out what you want Get it freshly dug.
We guarantee our treea to grow and have a large surplus of
trees that we have to-disppse of this year. Cherry trees, 20c; apple
trees, 16c maple and elm trees, 10 to 12 feet, 75c. :
Let as plaa year grounds landscape gardener's services are
free. Call and get our prices. , s i ' , , ,
Telephone Pouglas 7929 or Webstar 3641 Phoaet your order sow
. . . Nursery aad Residence, Colfax 3439. '
We Have Moved!
NEBRASKA COMPOUND
A OIL CO.
Formerly located at
306 South Twelfth Street
New Location
602 Bee Bldg.
. Same Phone number
Douglas 105.
SAN FRANCISCO AD
MEN ONLOKG TOUR
Will Go by Auto from Home to
St. Louis May 20 to Attend
Annual Meeting".
HUNDRED IN THE CARAVAN
San Francisco, April 7. One of the"!
first west-to-east motor caravansto
cross the Rocky mountains will leave
San Francisco-on May 20, bound for
St. Louis, going through the passes
of the high Sierras thirty days before
the roads are acknowledgedly open.
The tour, which is being conducted
under the auspices of the San Fran
cisco Advertising club, will comprise
twenty automobiles, and a one and
one-half-ton motor truck which will
follow at the rear carrying supplies,
extra fuel and oil, and emergency
equipment. The motor truck, which
Will be equipped as an old-fashioned
prairie schooner, will be obliged to
keep pace with the main body of the
caravan.' The average day's run will
exceed 200 miles for the entire four
teen days scheduled for the trip from
the coast to the Mississippi.
The auto caravan is being used to
convey the delegates from San Fran
cisco to the national congress of ad
men which is being held in St. Louis
from June 3 to 10. Between seventy
five and eighty representatives are ex
pected to comprise the company, to
gether with two military observers of
the army who are expected to make
the entire trip to gather data for pur
poses of the War department
There has been aome discussion
about roads and the route selected by
the Ad club after considerable dis
cussion has been attacked by towns
on other highways. The proposed
itinerary which in all likelihood will
be adhered to is from San Francisco,
Oakland, Truckee, Cal.j Reno, Nev.;
Lovelocks, Winnemucca, Elko, Mon
tello, Ogden, Utah, Salt Lake City,
Grand Junction, Colo.; Eagle, Salida,
Colorado Springs, Denver; via the
Royal Gorge of the Arkansas; thence
eastward through- Hugot, Kansas,
Beloit, Kansas City, Mo.; Columbia,
to St. Louis.
A motion picture photographer will
accompany the Ad clubbers on the
entire trip, the pictures being dis
played in the convention city on their
arrival. It is expected that t' ese pic
tures, beside being taken in' the most
Kit? . . D.ll.hla
7o- iciitw " Hat
1 nvestment
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Home Builders'
$1 Shares
Authorised '
Capital. ....$1,000,000
Surplus and
Reserve.. f.S 78,000
, Growth for
1916. 300,000
Bonded 'I
.Indebtedness.. -NONE
HOME BUILDERS, Inc.
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Finances and builds to order
onlr.
Its rarity cmwbte
- Aortsstw new PW
Hit. .-. ; . ,,- . ,
You ema order I1.0S ihiiM
bj mail. Inauirlei promptly
answered. Cash dividend!
Julr and January flret.
Offices:
17th and Douglas St.
. Americas Security Co, '
Fiscal Asaaw.
Omaha, Neb.
guiou . edwich
ood Lumber
' - Used in All '
Willis Realty Company Bungalows
' We Specialize on QUALITY
. Otllea and '
Yarda
lt aad liar. '
GUIOU & LEDWICH
Telephon
Douglae
Wire and Iron Fences and
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aea&Ej ivi acwil .
Garden and Poultry Yards '
Trellises for Vines and Ros
,.. Crap Arbors . .Flower Beds
Clothe Poet '
Ire aad Win '
Window Guards
SeraewD Guards
Send for Catalogue
IfTlfTNrTll
IIIHrtlH
Wir Arch :
. Summer Houses
Chair and Settee
Tr and Flewar Guards
Lawn Vases :,
CHAMPION IRON & WIRE WORKS
llth aad Jadneat St. . Tl. Deugla 1S90.
LET US TELL YOU WHY
Our Trees and Shrubs Grow
FIRST .... ; ".
Beeauae they are treeh due and not stunted y eipoaure.
8ICOND . . ' r-.. . .
We deliver So your Omaha neldenee on Aort notioe.
A fine line ot nurierr ttoek Japaneie Berberry. 11 to 11 Inches, $U per ICS.
itandeeapa shrub plantint our peeiaitr..
BENSON-OMAHA NURSERY
T. J. FLYNN, Proa. . phone Beam SM.
. . . . iani unite a Salee Ground (1st aad Riffs. Bel
South Omaha Sale Gi-euad 24th and O Sta.
For Artistic, Well Planned, Honestly
. '-. Built Houses .; - : -V
. . ; see. :
WILLIS REALTY CO.
1122 City National Bank Bldg. ,
Phohe Douglas 3919. " -
scenic regions of the United States,1
will be of great value for military
purposes, showing the actual condi
tions of the road, and the behaviour of
the motor cars under the real condi
tions which they encountered during
the trip.
The road chosen for the motorists
is one which is unique in several ways
for the demonstratio of a national
defense problem. In the first place
it is an alternate way to cross the
country distinct from the Lincoln
Highway from the time It leaves Cali
fornia until if enters S-. Louis. Fur
thermore it comprises the highway
across nothern Nevada which; .as been
proposed for the Lincoln Highway in
preference to the preset route,
through Ely a..u the Fallon Sink. .
On the completion of the tour , the
San Francisco Ad club will have
proven the practicability of moving a
large body of men in motors quickly
through the most mountainous re
gions of the count withour the aid
of the railroads. The road passes
over Tennessee Pass, the continental
divide, at an altitude if 11.C0 feet.
Should the three transcontinental
trunk lines become disabled during
war times this feat is one which would
be required by the L.m in sending
soldiers between two points of de
fense. ' . '- . . -'! :t;.
Xlatterlnf.
A'atruffllni younf author of an Iowa
town took hia flrst effort to the postoffice
with freat ceremony.
"How much poetase will this require?"
he eaked. the postmaster. "It la one ot my
manuscripts." .
"Two cent an ounce," eald the post
master. "That'e flrat'Clasa matter."
"Oh, thank you!" said the writer, de
Hfhted. New York Tlmee.
No. N.?. 284.
Three light, 16-inch semi-indirect
bowl Installed for
$g50
We are closing out many designs
of semi -indirect bowls and other
lighting fixtures to make room for
new stock. These are too good to
last long.' Best ehoic to the first
comers.
Burgess-Granden
Company
' 1511 Howard Strawl
Heavy Hoisting
E. J. DAVIS
1212 Firnam Si '; Tel. D. 153
S
Treated Floors
need no other treatment durin? the
lit of ttht buUdtDsT. Their is jdwiqrt
a fresh supply of material just below
the surface ready to become oxidized
if. for any reason, the top or wearing
snrfaeo l-meved . by. , traffic or
abrasion, .. ;j;
RSetommendW by ' seeding archi
tects and contractors. .
Furnished and Applied by
JOSEPH IV REDDING
114-15 Famaai Bundle.
Old First National Bank Bldf, -.,.
.. Omaha.. Neb. " " "
DON'T STOP BUILDING
We can save you money on your
building material. i : . .,
' 1 A Mails Brick, at" :
! $2.50 Per Load
Cast Iron Columns and Lintels, at
2 Cents Per Pound
V Stl Beams, at -"
3 Cents Per Pound
DRY WHITE PINE
' " Second Head Lumbar
$20 to $24 Per Thousand
' Doors aad Windows,
' ; WALL PAPER
lc to 3c Per Roll
H. GROSS
Lumber & Wrecking Co.,
, Wbatr 2884. ...
There Are Three Types
of Families in Omaha
FIRST Those who own their homes.
SECOND Those renting, but have definite
plans for owning a home and are saving
' for it . " .
THIRD Those who rent and will probably
keep on renting, because they have not
laid plans for acquiring their home.
PLAN FOR A HOME NOW-Start saving
with us now, so that when the opportunity
comes to buy or build a home you will have
enough, with the amount we will loan you
at 6 to complete the transaction.
The Conservative Savings &
Loan Association
1614 Harney Street
Resources, $13,000,000.00 ,
Reserve, $350,000.00
NEBSEECO
LAWN MIXTURE
Makes a Turf Like a Carpet
THE NEBRASKA SEED CO.
1613 Howard St Douglas 1736.
Real Estate Loans
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Loans made for building, for lifting a mortgage
and for other purposes. If you own a lot and nave a
portion'of the cost of building, we can loan you the
balance. .
The interest rate on our loans has now been re
duced to 6, After April 21 this reduction will apply
to the loans already on our books as well as to
new loans: , v
No Commission. No Delay. Small Monthly Payment.
Omaha Loan and Building Assn
Northwest Corner Dodge and Fifteenth St.
G. W. LOOMIS, President W. R. ADAIR, Sec'y and Tress.
J. T. HELGREN, Asst. Sec'y. A. A. ALL WINE, Asst. See'y.
Building Loans
Our Specialty
Effective April 1, 1917, we announce a reduction in the Interest
Rate to 6 per annum. Loans to home makers on first mortgage, that
can be repaid monthly,, like paying rent There are many advantages
in borrowing from the Nebraska Savings and Loan Association, a
local institution. j
Nebraska Savings
and Loan Association
211 South 18th Stmt. " Telephone Douglas 133.
THOS. A. FRY, President. J. R. BRANDT, Secretary.
Telephone Douglas S980.
The Best in Asbwtos.
etdai Supply Co. 0f 0
INSULATIONS & ROOFING
We eoatraet for the application of all roofing aad huulative materials
NeVTRO CO. Roofing Products.
1114 Jackson St
IF
Phone Doug. 549. ' ' Glasing
Buy your glass and paint at .
Henry M. Johannszen
Glass and Paint 'Company
114 5.14th St . Omaha, Nab.
A saeel ceMraelar la essential to tke
aeknis i a aubataatlal kaaaa, AO net.
eaea ererk a rapalrint la my easdalr.
Cetlmetea ckearfuUr ruralsaed.
.N.LTHOMSEN
8X04 LeeeeH St Hm Ual. Mat,