THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 17, 1917.
Omaha Real Estate Renews Its Activity
THE CAR- OF -NO REGRETS
BUILD AND FIGHT
TO BE THE SLOGAN
SERIOUS PROBLEM
Girls Wear Feminalls in Studio
FOR THE BUILDERS
Omaha Contractor!
Are
of Shortage of Labor Now and
Opinion That War Should
expected 10 Become more
Acute When Young Men
Oo to War.
Not Stop the Construc
tion Work.
8 D
"LVt us build while vc light." That
is the slogan of the building contrac
tors of Onuha and of America. They
are urging that all possible building
activities be kept up during the war
as a means of keeping up prosperity.
"Americans have a habit of quitting
work and crowding arounding when
an accident occurs," said one building
man. "The case in point is the world's
accident in Europe.
Quietly Attend to Business.
"We are in dancer of losinir our
heads and stopping work while the
conflict is on. This would be a seri
ous happening, but, happily, every
American can help to prevent it with
out adding to the noise and confus
ion of going to war.
"The only thing necessary is to go
quietly on in attending to our own
business.
"While our naval and military
forces are hastening to the front to
destroy agencies and obstacles that
seek to impede our growth, it is es
sential that we double our construc
tive efforts at home.
"We ran create an rnnlimie ti
build while we tight and we ought
to seize upon this advantage as the
greatest opportunity created by the
war.
Country Is Prosperous..
Let both public and private use
rut t,,,;u; ,. .: ' a
.... vu..u.ig wuau iiiiiuu pruccca.
Production and handling of building
materials ana puoiic and private con
gtrtirtimi tinrt , r, ,,,nJ.n,.ni.l
dustries of the country. Any tendency
.........u vi ,usi)juiic uumiing pro
jects is inconsistent with maintaining
our prosperity. The country is pros
perous. Building investors should not
hesitate to go ahead with their plans.
Kailroads should spare no effort to
supply the building industry with the
ears needed to transport materials.
Government, state, county and
municipal authorities should encour
age the continuance of all kinds of
building. Road and street improve
ments in particular should go on un
abated. Bad roads and streets are
factors of first importance in the pres
ent high cost of foodstuffs. Never be
fore was the- improvement of high
ways so essential.
"The lumber, brick, cement, lime,
and, gravel, stone and other building
materials industries are basic.
Neither government regulations nor
railroad restrictions should be un
necessarily iiriposed to interfere with
them. If any action is taken which
results in the prostration of so funda
mentally important industries, there
is real danger of a surplus of unem
ployed labor, surplus of railroad
cars and a crippling of business -that
will seriously embarrass the govern
ment in financing the war," ..
. The Building Review discusses the
possible labor shortage and its effect
on the building trades as follows:
every nrancn or tne nunamff in
dustry will soon have to deal with
the prelcxing problem of how to
cope with the incalcuahle increase
in the shortage of labor which
evitably must result from the con
scripting of the young men of the
country. Already there was a scarc
ity of such labor before the entrance
of the "United States into the world
war, ana tne problem ot meeting
ana overcoming it had not been
solved when the government de
cided on (he conscription process in
orner to create tne necessary army,
.... T.Tt majisi uj, ui men cm
ployed in the plants where building
materials are manufactured ire young
men subject to the draft, and it is
equally as true that a lane ner cent
of those employed in construction
work, in the lumber mills, logging in
dustry. slate and marble ouarries. like
wise are subject. How are their places
to be filled when thev are talren itilri
me raiiKsr
4 Here are many industries in
'htrh urnnieti rtn ha flinU.J
place of men. In Europe women are
v..n,.iB lllltlllllUIIB I411UI1CS, nilK'
operating street cars, etc., but there
-.v ii v wuiiicn laipciiicra, nor DriCK
layers, nor slaters, nor painters, nor
stone-cutters, nor plasterers. It is not,
oi course( impossible to educate them
in many of these trades, but it would
require a great length of time to
bring them up to a point in such
education where they would be prac-
Plan Proposed to Secure
' Uniform Form of Conveyance
Paul W. Kuhn aroused considerable
interests at the last meeting of the
Omaha Real Estate board in his
speech urging the board to take the
initiative in the coming national con
vention of real estate men in Mil
waukee in securing uniform forms
of conveyance and notorial acknowl
edgement. Different states have dif.
ferent forms and what is legal in one
state may not be in another. Spas
modic efforts have been made from
nme to ume oy bar associations and
..... organizations, Dut noth
ing has been accomplished,
The National Association of Real
Estate Rnar.l. i. 1,. ..:
. ukulii,i,B ou vigur
pus that Mr. Kuhn believes that now
is me ume to secure the changes
necessary. This will be made a spe
cial subject for consideration at the
next meeting.
Lull in Demand for Western
vLand Not Expected to Last
The""tctivity in western lands has
slightly let up during the busy Mason
among farmers. This is probably only
temporary, as 'many farmers ex
pressed their intention as soon as
corn is laid by of going land hunting.
George G. Wallace reports a sale of
five quarters and other agents report
considerable inquiry. The season has
been perfect in most of the western
Nebraska and eastern Colorado
country and the wheat prospect in
those regions is all that could be de-"uel-
,.Acnt5 Pia1m'ng in lands
all believe, particularly in the new
countries and on the frontier, that
never again will the ridiculously low
prices prevail at which lands sold ten
of twelve years ago and prior to that
time. It 11 rnnrAmA K-. .1 1 .
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will advance because of the high price
ticablv Droficifnl trr the nerei.arv A.
gree. Yet this would seem to be the
only solution of the problem, if it is
to be solved at all.
"Hearth rtf laKn- n.-- -
7. ijiwih tunc-
spondmg shortage in materials, and,
in turn, aurh ihnria mnn,
evitably, an increase in prices,' the
market being governed by supply and
demand. As a natural consequence
building construction is to be unpre
cedented costly and slow of pro
gress. Apparently the only hope for
relief of the situation is that Divine
Providence, will nrA'm the
. , ..... w. ....... VV3BMIIUII
of the terrible war at' an early date."
Contractors Expecting
Plans for Phone Building
b n 'jm
M n .11... -. - --TWmlMmmmmm
The wonderful practicability of the
one-piece "feminalls" as a comfort
able, non-bothering working garment
has caused the girts of the Burgeii-
Nash amateur finishing department to
adopt them as their work day cos
tume. The illustration shows eight of
tne gins in rne trimming room dressed
in icnunaiis.
SLIM PICKIH' IN AN
OMAHA GARBAGE jCAN
Waste Grows Less in These
Times, Declares Garbage
Superintendent McDonald.
Contractors are expecting any day
to receive plans for the new telephone
company headquarters building at
Nineteenth and Douglas streets. Bids
are to be asked for soon. The Tele-
nhnne rnmngnu l,nn.. - L..:u
t --...p-.tj uupia iu otai i iimm-
ing as soon as the building labor situ
ation m me city win permit! The
structure ia In he Art n 1.1.1.
Sr3Jii' "l the neighborhood of.
$750,000.' The dimensions will be 92x
i icer. .
. uvnub Ul ic 1I1KU iriLC
I- tTm Prolucte ow prevailing and
mii.ii must prevail lor several years.
Omaha May Get Under Wire
On Next Cantonment Location
The location of one of the army
cantonments at Dea Moirtes and an
other at Fort Riley eliminates Oma
ha from the first sixteen. It was re
ported by Frank H. Myers, chairman
of the Real Estate board committee
having the matter in charge, at the
meeting of the Omaha Real Estate
board that legislation was now pend
ing increasing the number of can
tonments to thirty-two. In such ease
Omaha's prospects would be, excel
lent In any case, the committee is of
the opinion that several thousand
men win oe located at Fort Crook.
Tni rnmmiitu . I . i 1 1
- wumuiitc iu ecictc oauoon
sites reported that it had found i half
Micu mat were sausiactory to Lap
tain McElgan of Fort . Omaha and
that the owners of pastures and fields
suitable for operating balloons and
balloon equipment had been very cor
dial m granting the use of 'these
tracts.
E. R. Benson is chairman of the
committee of the Real Estate board
that has been looking up some of
these possible balloon sites. Six or
eight have been located on West
Dodge street in the Fairacres district
and west. The members of the com
"aittee say the officers of the aviation
tost at Fort Omaha have practically
lecided to choose four or five, of the
unenngs.
Bids In' on $20,000 Home
And Garage for Dr. G. W. Todd
Bid have iitaf snni .M u
of building the $20,000 residence and
saraire for TV C W TnAA cl(... ct.u
and Dodge streets. Stucco construc
tion is contemplated .
Orate Building NotM.
Bids ar now h-ln i,h
wlrlnt Job on Iho nw Swc4lih Minion
hoanllal biitlrt n rn.h.,.ri, .. nu..
atracta. Th atrnetur eosts 1100.000.
Bacavatlnr wort hat baan complatad and
foundation haa baan laid for tho II DO..
-u- piiunini nouaa or ma gaima, Raaltr
eomeany at 1101-4 Capital avanua. -
Robert Bullca haa baan awarded tha tan
aral contract to romodal tha fir analna
houia at Elvnlh and Jachaon atraata,
Omaha Leads All in Corn,
With the Prices Higher
Omaha's Saturday corn receipts
were thirty cars gr.eater than those of
Chicago, 137 greater than those of St.
Louis and ninety-eight greater than
those of Kansas City, j
On the Omaha market there were
1S1 carloads of corn and it sold at
$1.66 to $1.67 a bushel, 2 to ZYt cents
nver Prjilav ti-i-- TL. J i
- ..j pi.va. a uc uciuailU Was
good, outside buyers taking long lines.
Wheat was 2 cents up, selling at
$2.90 to $2.92 a bushel. Receipts were
thirty-two carloads.
uats loiiowed wheat and corn and
Sold fan 2V, tn M,'. rent. . I,,..U.I -J
at 69 to 70 cents. Receipts were
eignteen carloads.
'Is vour garbage can an avenue
of waste?" asks Health Commissioner
Connell.
City Garbage Superintendent Mc
Donald state that Omahans are not
wasting much these days in their
garbage cans. v
The United States Denartment .
Agriculture states in a bulletins "The
department believes that as the thrift
idea gams ground less and less fat
will be thrown into the ararbaox nan
and is hopeful that the time is not
far distant when the. amount of fat
will make reduction for the recoverv
of oils hardlv worth while. Thi will
mean that a lot of excellent and valu
able foodstuff now being wasted as
food will never get intn the orarhao-e
pan.
Even when oil fat is eliminated
however atlH lullla n( KrJ an.4 -
eals and meat has beeq reduced to a
iiniiiiiiuiii, me geruagc pan nevertne'
less will contain in the form of par
inca. ntate cruna anA l.i-..;nn. .
vast amount of material which should
be conserved and' used as feed for
nogj. cattle, or poultry. Jirst. however.
the people must face the facts and
Know tne truth ot their waste, and
in bringing this waste home local
cnemists can render effective service,
P.1 . - 1 T
Garbage in Omaha is hauled hv the
cuy to a company wnicn teeds the
uiaicuai to nog , on tne east river bot
tOmS. Itt' Some. Amertran ritina
panics pay municipalities large sums
ir tjaiuac wnicn tney treat in a re
. w . . i,.B lbbu,L,lfi vaiuduic uy-
products, selling even the fertilzer to
!' 1111.1 0.
The Department - of Agriculture
states that the American garbage pail
has tested 3 per cent, although it is
believed that during the last few
months this figure has been reduced.
"I woudn't want to be an Omaha
hiiCT 1111 have In a,,ke. AH .1.
a ...... ouvbiol mi me aver
age food now collected from the gar-
uagc pans or tnis city, citizens are
WatchlnCT their crarhace nilli
. n n k "a in. i.
days, stated Superintendent Mc
Donald.
" T Miu titttia -AH.- , . -, 1 . 1
- J ouiiic IGII9 UlaUC Oy
Chemist Crowley, although I believe
iiiaii. una is not a serious question in
Omaha. xWe know, however, th
there has been a tendency to-throw
away food materials which could be
used, but I don't btjieve .his practice
nrevatla a miti a A'.A l.-i
, . w ...uk j ,i u,u insi y-ar,
was a statement by the health com
missioner, .
Tie ITnll.J. Clal.a n l x -r
. . - w.Bii-a .caniiicill OI
Agriculture experts are endeavoring
to impress Americans with the neces
sity of watching their garbage pails
m these days of intensive food con-
scrvttllUH
Just When the War Will End Is
Given the Most Unique Answer
By A. R. GROH.
Gosh, all. hemlock, folks, just lis
ten to this. It's about when the war
will end. You remember, last week
we had a story In this column tellintr
abqut people who have bet money
and signs that indicate that the war
will end in or about August or Sep
tember.
Well, the next dav Mia Anne
Johnston of The Bee staff came in
ana told me about something that
a girl on the Council Bluffs car told
her.
TMa crirl nn the PA.tnit TH..1Y- ....
said it happened to a woman in Mis-
auur i. i nis woman was getting ready
to give her baby a bath. The baby
was tust n mnntha nlrl anil nt I..,...-
couldn't talk.
Well, the woman turned away to
get some hot water and, in doing so,
she dropped the bowl thai she was
going to wash the baby in. And she
heard a voice say, "You dropped the
bowl."
She thought one of the neighbors
had come in and she looked around.
But there was nobody there but the
baby.
Drops Bowl Again.
And then the turned away again
to get the hot water and she was so
excited nver heartno. thm U.
she dropped the bowl again.
And what do you think? She
heard a Vnire Bav "Vnil itrnnnail u
-- - - --- .-. .., .KFw .Ml.
r. . T ; T bowl nfl chipped it."
Persistence Is the Cardinal Virtue She looked around anrl nub,dv
in Advertisinr ' in the room but the baby, Alid'there J
was the bowl with a piece chipped
outl
She was scared then and she called
a doctor. The Doctor "same and she
told him I about the voice. He was
kind of amused and he looked at the
little baby and said:
"What else can you say?"
And the baby said, in a alnw Jm.
Oressive voire.
ifr-i- .... ....
lnt Kaiser win oe killed Septem-
uci .1 aim lac war w Inn three ria..
And when it had said this, the baby
wcin imu convuMions ana died.
Yen. sir I AnA tlii- An K. r
. - ' " -aaaiip Kill Ull III. LOUTl
cil Bluffs car her aunt knows this
woman who had the baby that said
tins
Kay Be Rieht or Wrnn
Well. fnlkl. the huhn f !,.
. , 7 - - j "J in, runian
in Allaaniiri tvhn ,a tnn... k.. l .
... ,...w . n. ,.,!, Vy lllc aunt
of the girl on the Council Bluffs car
wno toia it to our miss Johnston may
be riffht anil it n-iav K-
But the fact remains that Lloyd's of
X.UUUUH, me great insurance hrra. Is
betting "even money" that the war
will be over by January 1, 1918. In
otner words, they will insure you for
SO that the war ...111 k.
nl uc lVCl
bv then. anH if it ain't h-.. ...:n
un tnn nt all thia in en. "r
-, , " wmiia iavc
Ironi the rnmnminn ,amh - J . . r i
mat ue , nau it straignt trom a
clairvoyant" -that the war will be over
in August.
I his, y understand, is no mere cal
culated result by an insurance firm
that has made millions by its per
spicacity, but it is "straight from a
clairvoyant."
What more could any one auk? i
Part of Week to Be Warm.
Says the Weather Man
Washington, June 16. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
Sunday, issued by the weather bureau
iuuaj, die;.
Plains etatea an1 imn..nJ mIJJI.
Miisaiooippi vaiicy; uciicrauy tair ex.
cept local thunder showers are nrnh
able the latter part of the week.
Warm u,!fh maLi. ...-ill,-- -..K.kl.
afler Thilrea,, '
uocky mountain and plateau re-
ffinna! Henerallv fair' teinneratitre
aoove seasonal average.
Miss Marion Cleveland
To Marry Newspaper Man
New York, June 16. The engage
ment of Miss Marion Cleveland,
youngest daughter of Grover Cleve
land, to William Stanley Dell of this
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i-iijr naa aniiuuincu 41 X 1 luiciuili
T nA-,r, k., Kfr- Tl,, T tl
j-t iaj uj i.iia. lunulas j. i icsiuu,
jr., who was thejurtfe of the late pres
ident. nTr Flell u,aa oriHuiUd irrn
Princeton in 1916 and i.a rrtnnertert
with the eHitnrial ctalf nf the Men,
York Evening Sun.
The U. S. Government Adopts
fEIGHT CYLINDER I
For Light Armored Motor Cars
Because this stock Chassis
Is Durable, Economical. Accessible .
Y2anMori!re5d '? ly0ar W t0 the front5 yu "y.wver
w to rnlto vf ,Lookout Mounto on high gear, you may never
your Car for Pleasure, business or both. Your car
2& SnS SG you " fcel 8ecnre- 14 wm ta vict0ri0U8 ta
V NOYES-KILLY MOTOR CO.
Factory Distributors -20668
Farnam St. Phone Douglas 7461.
King Motor Car Company
Detroit. Mich.
Bee Want Ads Are Business Boosters
Did that fine old Greek, Aristotle,
foresee Twinsix efficiency?
eyening lamp wasteful of expen
sive fuel he; wrote: "Some day
pen will multiply their powers
and comforts a thousand-fold by
a better use of nature's forces."
Every advance made by man has
been due to his ability to get more
out of the resources at hand.
To put the whole thing to work,
to wring the last drop of energy
from the power that is given hirn,
has ever been ingenious man's
first endeavor.
More power! Greater comfort!
Less cost! The Twin-six engine
came at the "psychological mo
ment" Its smooth, even might
means greater luxury and security
in riding, increased personal effici
ency, a new joy in driving but
more than these, it means greater
economy of nature's forces. .
And there are twenty and more
body styles from which to choose
the Packard which will satisfy
your clesire for an individual and
distinctive motor carriage.
Ask t h
man
w
o w n 5 o n e
See the Orr Motor Sales Company r
40th and Farnam Sts., Omaha. Also Lincoln and Sioux City.
TWIN-6