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SUGGESTIONS
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BUY-HOME SLOGAN
IS NOWLIYE ISSUE
Prospective Purchasers Are
Being Advised to Buy Be
fore Prices Go Too
High.
"Buy a Home," is the slogan now.
The real estate men are pusl 'ig
;;' this idea at this time. With evcij-
thing in the line of necessities going
. higher every day, every hour, every
'" piinuic, the real estate men are point
- ing out to the public that a good time
to buy homes is before homes go any
' higher. True, real estate values have
been climbing steadily in Omaha, and
in some sections, more rapidly than
- in others. Still they have not yet
.' climbed to a height to keep them in
- proportion to the advance in the
. necessities of life. Dealers say it is
' well to invest in a home now before
- homes too take wing with everything
. else and soar out ot reach ot all but
the very wealthy.
With the enthusiasm for gardening
'" that is everywhere present this
. spring, there comes a renewed inter-
tst in owning t home.
1 Everywhere one hears renters say,
- "Well, if I owned this place I should
have had a good garden long before
- this. H I owned the home I should
have had strawberry beds in long be
fore this. I should have had goose-
- berry bushes set out years ago, some
thing that would be perennial
something that would come out from
.. year to year without so much back
. breaking spading of garden lots,
- something that would need but a lit
. tie care and trimming in the spring,
and something that would produce
necessities and delicacies for the
'.table, while it would beautify the
- back yard."
Apple and fruit trees of various
kinds are among the beautifiers and
producers most people desire in their
back yard, and are nevertheless
among the things few people have,
. except where they own their own
, homes.
Homes and Sites.
In connection with the "Buy-a-
Home" campaign, Charles W. Martin
is offering some homes and sites in
- his Minne Lusa addition north of
Miller park, the beautiful addition of
; nearly 200 acres, which has been
" built up so rapidly within the last
year and a half and has attracted wide
'attention.
H. H. Haroer is offerin some
choice lots and homes in Cedar Nole
addition in the vicinity of Sjxty-sec-
ond and Dodge streets '
- George & Company are showing
. customers some excellent homes and
V'building lots in Dundee, the city
- beautiful. . ,
V Glover & Spain are listing a fine
--assortment of homes and lots in var
. ious parts the city, and dozens of the
V'feal estate companies are showing
their choicest home sites to prospec
tive buyers, who have the money to
" buy a home or who have part of the
money and want to stop paying rent
and begin paying for a home on the
.. installment plan.
: Real Estate Board Taking
: ; Interest in Torrens' System
The local Real Estate board is tak
ing an interest in a movement look
Sing toward state-wide adoption of the
-Torrens system of handling registra
tions. It has been given impetus by
.-a recent speech in its favor by Ed-
- mund D. Hulbert, president of the
'..Merchants Loan and Trust company,
Chicago.
The registrar of New York county,
, New York, has been giving the Tor-
- rens system considerable publicity re
cently and is doing what he can to
.'promote it. From a recent article
-prepared by this officer it is learned
.' that former Governor Hughes in 1907
appointed a commission to draft such
a system in New York. So far the
t cost of initiating the registration of
titles in Manhattan alone, about $60,
. 000,000, has been prohibitive. The
" system is being fought by the title
companies. The Real Estate board of
r. New York City has a Torrens com-
mittee, appointed in 1914.
fieal Estate Men Favor the
v Street Names on 'Phone Poles
. ". The real estate men are in favor of
-repaitning the names and numbers of
itreets on the telephone poles at the
intersections, instead of spending city
money at this time to place new signs
Jat each intersection. There is a ru
r trior that the council is considering a
I proposition to put up 2,100 new signs
,-on the intersections.
The plan of having the name put
'.into the cement curb or walk was
- thought to be satisfactory so far as it
- went. In the downtown district it
' was argued that all business houses
- should be marked with the names of
', the streets. The matter will be given
further consideration.
' Express Employes Have
A Unity Potato Plat
Employes of the American Express
company have leased four acres of
e land from Hastings & Heyden at
' West Benson and are planting pota
';..toes for their winter's consumption.
This is another blow dealt to the high
".cost of living. It is understood that
the American Express company will
- supply the seed potatoes.
Fred Hoye to Erect Large
Garage for Charles Miller
' Ground is broken for a garage and
".. store building at 1630 Vinton street
for Charles Miller. One story and
, basement are contemplated. Fred
- Hoye has the masonry contract. The
." building is to cost about $6,000.
-" Houghton Sons & Ansell
Get Train School Contract
Houghton Sons & Ansell have the
".contract for the erection of Train
school, to cost $50,000, at Sixth and
Hickory streets. Two stories and
basement are planned. The building
i 67x101 feet.
Moderate Priced
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This plan and exterior design shows
moderate-priced five-room house
built by Home Builders, Incorporated.
The vestibule, living room and dining
room are finished in oak with oak
floors. A colonnade opening divides
the living room and the dining room
with built-in bookcases. A hall con
nects the two bedrooms and the bath
room. These rooms are finished in
white enamel. Each room has a good-
PROBLEM POT DP TO
REAL -ESTATE HEN
Effect of land Values Around
Army Losts by Reason of
Occupancy by Soldiers
is Discussed.
Omaha real estate men, keen to ob
serve any movement that might affect
values, are wondering what effect the
mobilization of troops at Fort Oma
ha, Fort Crook and possibly at other
places immediately about Omaha, will
have on the real estate activities.
It is an assured fact that Fort
Crook is soon to be occupied by 17,000
troops and Fort Omaha is likely to be
accommodating many more than it is
at present. Then, too, there is the pos
sibility that Omaha will be chosen
as one of the thirty-two cities in the
United States in which towns of 2,000
houses each will be built to accom
modate the soldiers while the big
army is being mobilized and trained.
Two Army Posts Here.
There is every indication that the
mobilization at Omaha will be large,
because Omaha is the only city in the
country, except New York City, hav
ing two posts within the borders or
close by. Both of these posts are well
equipped and Fort Crook has afnple
ground for drilling and tenting pur
poses and is amdirably located for the
health of the troops.
No one expects less than 25,000
and there arc accommodations for
many more at Fort Crook.
Naturally, the gathering of such a
large body of men will have a great
influence on the surrounding terri
tories, some of these influences being
for good and some for evil.
Legitimate business will spring up
and flourish, while illegitimate "busi
ness will try to get in. Congress will
likely take steps to prevent so far as
possible the latter. Bellevue and the
village of Fort Crook and along the
main roads and especially the inter
urban line between South Omaha and
Fort Crook, will be the field of opera
tions for the class of business which
will come into existence, while around
Thirtieth and Fort and along Thir
tieth from Miller park to Ames ave
nue and Fort street from Twenty
fourth to Thirtieth, will be the field
for operations around Fort Omaha.
Hammann Store Building
Is Almost Completed
Only the interior finishing work
remains to be done on the $10,000
store building being erected by Peter
Kiewit & Sons for Henry F.' Ham
mann at Twenty-ninth and Leaven
worth streets. This is a brick struc
ture of substantial appearance, replac
ing an old frame residence that stood
there for many years. It is a substan
tial addition to the row of business
houses along Leavenworth street.
$50,000 Apartment House
To Be Built On Dewey Ave.
Traver Bros, are building a $50,000
apartment house of twenty-five apart
ments at Twenty-seventh street and
Dewey avenue. It is to be three
stories high, with a good basement.
The owners did not let a general con
tract, but will have the work done by
day labor. Thomas C. Rich has the
heating and plumbing contract
Five-Room Home
sized closet in addition to a linen
closet off the hall and a cloak closet
off the vestibule. The pantry is fitted
up with a built-in case. There is a full
cemented basement, and the outside,
basement door is on grade. For fur
ther information regarding this plan
or any other plan that you may have
in mind write or call Home Builders,
Incorporated, ground floor, Brandeis
theater building, or James T. Allan,
architect, 224 Brandeis theater buitd
ing. NEW ACREAGE TRACT
IS PUTON MARKET
Beverly Hills Is Name of New
Acreage Subdivision Be
ing Sold by a Big
Syndicate.
Beverly Hills is the name of the
new acreage subdivision west of Dun
dee, now being put on the market by
the owners, a syndicate headed by
Charles W. Martin.
Mr. Martin says the name was se
lected because of the magnificent hills
that are to be found on the subdi
vision. It is to be platted into tracts
of one acre units of which the pur
chaser may buy one or more. It is to
follow the lines of Fairacres addition
with winding drives.
Russell Condon has the contract to
build the roads and the work is being
done now. This tract lies west of
Fairacres and south and west of
Dodge street. It is five miles directly
west of the business district and ad
joins the famous Rosenfeld Peony
farm on the south. A wide boulevard
is being built from the bridge on
Dodge street winding south and west
to Pacific street. It is the intention to
make this a loop that will connect the
Dodge road with the Leavenworth
road through Elmwood park.
The ground is high and is immedi
ately welt of the high class residence
district of Omaha. Part of the land
was purchased from Claus Sievers
who has owned it since 1857 and the
balance, was purchased from H, P.
and Righter Wood. It is one of the
largest subdivisions ever put on the
market around Omaha, comprising in
all 240 acres.
The task of developing and platting
is to be done by Charles W. Martin
and his office force. The Byron Reed
company will have charge of the tell
ing. It is to be restricted for resi
dence purposes only and all houses
will be kept back from the roadways.
A number of high-class homes will
be built there soon.
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durability that should assure years and years of satisfactory wear.
They are fire-resisting and surprisingly economical.
NEPDNSET
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are used all over the country for sloping roofs on all kinds of build
ings. Made ot tough felt, thoroughly saturated with the best water
proofing material known to man everlasting asphalt and surfaced
with crushed slate of natural red or green. Neponset Twin Shingles
are "The Roofing Development of the Twentieth Century."
i Let us show you these "up-to-date" shingles. You
can sec their beauty better than we can describe it.
Sunderland Bros. Co.
Keeline Bldg. t Omaha, Neb.
Reliable Paint and Varnishes at Reasonable Prices
BARKER BROS. PAINT CO.
1609H Farnam Str.t.
FENCES NECESSARY
TO PROTECT PUBLIC
Big Mass of Tin and Sheet Iron
Palls from Douglas Audi
torium Whin Rope
Breaks.
The importance of running up a
fence to keep people off sidewalks in
front of buildings being wrecked, and
the importance doing this the mo
ment wrecking begins, was empha
sized a few days ago when a ton or
two of tin and sheet metal fell upon
the sidewalk from the cornice of the
Douglas auditorium, between Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets, soon
after the men had begun wrecking the
building.
The sidewalk had barely been
roped off a short time before this
fell. No board fencing had as yet been
put up. The men on the roof thought
they had taken all necessary precau
tions, and it appeared to observers
that they had. While they were
loosening this great mass of sheet
metal cornice, some tour teet wide
and extending along the entire front
of the auditorium, they had securely
tied four heavy ropes at intervals
around the sections of metal. The
ropes looked as though they would
easily hold its weight. Suddenly when
the last nail or bolt was loosened at
one end the heavy metal dropped a
foot or two and snapped the rops.
This let the end down a few feet more
with a crash, and when the weight
strained into the next rope, that too
gave way. By successive drops wen
the great sheet tore and cut its way
through the other two ropes, and
fell to the cement sidewalk with a
thunder and a roar that brought hun
dreds of people along Douglas street
out of their offices. When the dust
had cleared away it was found that
no one was hurt, although a team ran
away.
Christian Endeavorers
To Give Program Today
A union meeting of the Juniors and
Intermediates of the Christian En
deavor will be held today at the First
Christian church, when the sermon
topic will be "Growing As Christ
Grew." Following is the program:
Sonf Srvlre -By HOi'letten.
"Dwelling In Beulah Land," "Bleaaed As
uranca." Opening Survlce, Bualneaa Mlaa Mlllfir.
Announcemtnta Mr. K. Hart,
Prayer Mr. C. B. Cobhey. .
Hymn, "Mora About Jeaua" Societies.
' Reading ot Scripture Lesson Mr. O.
Jadr.
Short afldresaes by M. T. Noriega. Mine
Pardo. lllaa Miller, Miss Carey, Mine H.
Cain, Mies .lader, Mr. Bock, Mlsa LUngren.
' Special Munlc Quartet.
-How to Orow Spiritually" Mr. Xeefer.
8entence prayers.
Build Walls of Druid Hill
School on Spaulding Street
The walls of the new Druid Hill
school, at Thirty-first and Spaulding
streets, are up. This is another sub
stantial part ot Umana s school build
ing program of this year. The struc
ture is two stories high, with a good
basement. It is to cost $70,000. Alex
ander Beck is the general contractor.
Carlson Gets Contract
To Build New Kranz Home
John A. Carlson has the general
contract to build a $9,000 residence
for Mrs. Gus'Kranz of Benson. The
buildins is two stories and basement.
28x32 in dimensions.
Prompt D.liy.rioa.
Douglas 4750.
DEMOLISH MANY
OLD BUILDINGS
Wrecking Crews Hard at Work
Making Way for More
Substantial Struc-
tures.
Wrecking is in progress at "double
time," as the soldiers say, on the
sites of what are to be two of Oma
ha's most substantial buildings. The
Sdilitz hotel building and the Doug
las auditorium are both being
wrecked to make wav for the new
Wolt-Hillcr fourteen-story hotel
buildine and the ten-storv Omaha
Athletic club building, respectively.
1 nose who have watched the wreck
ing have expressed amazement that
the progress of the wrecking of these
solid brick and stone structures could
be so rapid. Many caught their
breath and expressed regret when it
was announced that so new and sub
stantial a brick structure as the Doug
las auditorium was to be wrecked.
However, when the Selden-Breck oeo-
ple began to tear this down, the work
progressed at such a rate that within
two days there was no longer the
semblance of a real building there.
Schlitz Was Good Structure.
Again the wrecking of the Schlitz
hotel building caused some to ex
press regret that a -building so sub
stantial as this, or at least the part
strictly devoted to the hotel, which
was of gray stone and was six stories
high, should be torn down. Never
theless now that the windows have
been jerked out and the interior is
being dismantled it is plain to be seen
from the outside that this was but a
shell after all, and that the whole in
terior was of wood and by no means
of fireproof construction. The day of
this old type of building is rapidly
passing, ana every new structure that
is erected where an old one of this
kind is being torn down just goes
that much farther toward making
Omaha's business section one solid
mass of fireproof structures.
Shafer & Co. Let Contract
For Manufacturing Plant
Evidence of Omaha's prosperity is
being recorded in the city building de
partment. M. F. Shafer & Co. were granted a
permit to erect a five-story fireproof
printing establishment at 701 to 711
North Seventeenth street.
The building will cost $100,000. Ex
cavation work is being done.
Olson & Johnson Co. are the gen
eral contractors. Reinforced concrete
will be used in the construction and
it will be known as a "daylight
factory."
CYCLONE SANITARY LAWN FENCE
ii the highest grada fenca on thd mar
ket; heavier, itronirer and doner npaced
than nay other; aomplete, erected on
wood poBti, 2Ge per lineal foot and up.
We earrp a full Ime of wire and Iron
fences and (rates, trellises for roses and
vines, flower bed borders, fences, stays,
steel posts for field fencing.
Also we make flag poles.
Come In and see our line and get our
low prices.
Send for Catlotfue.
ANCHOR FENCE CO.,
807 North 17th St.
Phone Red 814.
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Old Floors 1
and Hew Floors I
: have been treated with SAUMS' s
Preservative. It is beneficial for
all floors, renews the life of the
: old floor and insures the life of
: the new floor. Saums' Preserva- s
: tive can be used on any type of
floor. E
: Furnithed and Applied by E
Joseph P. Redding
: 314-315 Farnam Building
: Old Fir.t National Bank Bldg.,
: OMAHA, NEB.
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The United States Government
is giving you a chance to get a tract of land in one of the most productive sec
tions of the United States without requiring you to live on or improve it.
The Greatest Need of the Country Is Food
Consequently, farm land values are increasing very rapidly, and the land own
ers of the future will be the independent class in the United States.
The Government Indian Land Demonstra
tion Car Number 10
under supervision of the McAlester Exchange of McAlester, Okla., is in Omaha
for a few days to give you the facts about the last large Indian land opening
in southeastern Oklahoma, and show you how to obtain your portion of this
500,000 acres of rich agricultural, grazing and timber land.
Title to the land comes direct from the government. No irrigation 40 inches of
rainfall annually. Land close to market and railroads. In greatest prospective oil
territory in United States. You must act now, as our work in Omaha is about finished.
Pullman
Car
Located
16th St., Between Leavenworth and Mason Back of Omaha Van & Storage.
Hours 9 to Noon, 1 to 5, 7 to 9. Sunday Hours 1 ;30 P. M. to 5, 7 to 9.
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7 SHARES While They Last
When HOME BUILDERS INC. issues all of the 7
shares now on hand the next allotment will probably bur
th. rat of 6 on account of the downward tendency of
interest rates and the abundance of money seeking invest
ment. You can order one up to 6,000 7 shares by mail or
in person. Dividends payable July and January 1st.
Shares may be converted into cash through the Amer
ican Security Co. after one year, upon short notice. Your
promptness in ordering now will insure you a profitable
and safe investment. '
(Am.rican Security Co., Fiscal Agents)
Home nilderS
INCORPORATE
17th and Douglas Sta.
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Telephone Douglas 8980.
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1613 Howard Street
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1212 Firnam St Tel. D. S5S
A good contractor U essential to th)
making of substantial horns. All real
dene work and repairing la my specialty.
Estimate cheerfully furnished;
N.L.THOMSEN
5204 Uavanwortk St Phone Wat. I3ST.
Phone Doug. 349. Glaxinf
Buy your glass and paint at
Henry M. Johannszen
Glass and Paint Company
114 S. 14th St. Omaha, Neb.
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