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THE UMAHA SUNDAY- MAY" 30, 1920.
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REAL ESTATE
MEN GOING TO
SiB CONVENTION
Realtors to Take Along a
"Quartet and Also Some
Minute Men
Speakers 4
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The Omaha Real Estate board's
big delegation for the annual con
vention of the National Association
of Real Estate Boards will leave
Omaha at 11:30 p. m. Tuesday, June
1, for Kansas City, where the con
vention ia to be held June 23, 24 and
,25. . .
Sixty-eight will go Tuesday. A
few have already gone;
This will be the largest delega
tfon ever sent by .the, Omaha Real
Estate board to the national conven
tion of realtors.
" F. H. Myers will represent the
Omaha boarcf in the five-minute
speech contest, held in Convention
1'all Thursday evening, June 3.
In this contest speakers from
- various cities are given five minutes
to talk about their own cities.
. Byron R. Hastings of Omaha fs
vice-president of the national as
sociation and John R. Robbins -ft a
member of the national executive
committee.
The Omaha delegation will take
with it a male quartet, members of
which are George Campbell, Dean
Smith, Hugh Wallace and Edw.. F.
Williams.
, Following re members of the
delegation:
Benson & Carmichael, F. H. Bin
der, Mr. D. E. Buck, William Col
fax, W. T. Graham and Mrs.
Graham, Mr. and Mrs. George
Jones, J. H. Kopietz, E. A. Baird,
7. P. O'Keefe, Don Adams. I. Shu
ler, Dan Cary, Newman Benson, T.
R. Husten, Mr. and Mrs. W. O.
Larsen. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Som
berg, W. Farnam Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Rogers, E. M. Slater, C.
A. Thurston, George Tunnicliff, C.
G. Carlberg, John W. Robbins,
Amos Grant, C. B. Stuht. - W. H.
Jones, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gates,
Mr. and Mrs. . F. D. Wead, Byron
Hastings, W. R. McFarland. Walsh
Elmer Co. (four), Glover & Spain
1 three). Ernest Sweet, Mr. and Mrs.
E. F. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. John
Robbins, F. H. Myers, Mr. and Mrs.
Fowler, C. C. Beavers, Walter John
son, H. H. Noar, Mr. and Mrs. P
J. Tebbens,. Mr. and Mrs. D. V.
Sholes, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. New
port, Mr. and Mrs, H. R. Thomas,
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Bedford. F.
B. Heintze, J. T. Helgren, C. F.
Harrison.
Big Piano Firm Buys
Belmont Hotel for
Sum of $135,000
The Schmoller & Mueller Piano
company has purchased tire Belmont
hotel property at 1518 Dodge street
or $135,000.
The property was owned by the
Nebraska - Wyoming Investment
company. . .
It is a thrcc-story building with
basement dimensions 66x132 feet. ,
. The piano company expects to
move in the first floor and basement
of its new building about Septem
ber 1.
Leases on the two upper floors
will not expire until ,the middle of
next year. ,
The Schmoller & Mueller Piano
company is temporarily located just
south of Dodge, where it moVfcd fol
lowing the fire which destroyed its
Farnam street plant early last
ipring. .
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iNortnern rxeaitors to .
Stop
Here En Route
To Their Convention
A delegation of 31 realtors from
Minneapolis accompanied by realtors
from St. Paul, Duluth and other
northern cities will arrive in Omaha
Tuesday, June 1, at 7:40 a. m., to,
spend the day here on their way
to the National Real Estate conven
tion in Kansas City next week.
The Real Estate Board here will
give the visitors breakfast at the
Athletic club, luncheon at the Cham
ber of Commerce and dinner at the
Field club.
The Minneapolis delegation will
leave at 11:30 p. m. Tuesday for
Kansas City. ,
Firm of Payne & Slater
Dissolves Partnership
E. M. Slater and H. B. Payne of
the Payne & Slater Co. have dis
solved their partnership in the com
pany, to be effective June 1. '
The corporate name of the com
pany will be the Payne & Carna
by Co
Henry B. Pajne will be president
and treasurer, Clark Carnaby, vice
president; John Howard Payne,
secretary. .
Mr. Carnaby is a nephew of H.
B. Payne.
Mr. Slater expects to re-engage in
the real estate business, probably
under the name of Slater & Co.
The location is to be determined
later.
Mr. Slater will specialize in buy
ing and selling real estate.
Mr. Slater and H. B. Payne retain
extensive personal property inter
ests together.
One of these interests is in the
Wellington inn. y
The two men have several other
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nowniown properties, owned Dy
them personally, all to be retained.
John Howard Payne, son of H.
B. Payne, hjas just returned from
the University of Pennsylvania
where he specialized In real estate
In - the Wharton. School of Com
merce and Finance.
In this school he ranked second
in. a class, of 250.
This two-story bungalow has a
wide front porch extending around
the one side. The vestibule opens
into a central hall which divides the
living rooms from the bedrooms and
bath. The living room is made at-'
tractive by an open fireplace. Dining
room contains a bay window. Pantry
and kitchen are" conveniently ar
ranged. ; The two bedrooms, bath
room, and four closets are on the
opposite $ide of the hall. Two extra
bedrooms are on the second floor of
this attractive, well-planned home.
Clyde Smith Adams, architect
Bids Are Asked for '
the RemodeUing and
Grading at Central Hi
The Board of Education, through
John Latenser & Sons, architects, ts
advertising for bids for the remod
eling of the Central High school
building necessitated by the lower
ing of Dodge street and the regrad
ing of the grounds. The work for
which bids are now being advertised
embraces the lowering of the grade
against the building and the veneer
ing of the lower portion of the
building with stone. This will give
additional school rooms in the base
ment and these rooms are now be
ing remodeled, plastered and fin
ished. The estimate of the present
cor.trac.ts is about $80,000.
To get an idea of the extent of
the grading necessary on the high
school grounds it may be stated
that about 68,000 cubic yards of
earth will have to be removed,
whereas the total amount of earth
to be removed put of Dodge street
from Seventeenth to Twenty-first
streets amounts to only 183,000 cu
bic yards.
i, Mr, Warfield . and Mr. Bekins of
the building committee have been
giving a great deal of time to the
matter of saving both the utility
and beauty of the present Central
High school building and grounds.
County Is Receiving
Bids for Remodelling
County Court House
The county commissioners,
through John' Latensfr & Sons.
architects, are now taking separate
bids on the following work in con
nection with the restoration of the
Douglas county court house:
Ornamental Iron work, pneumatlo or
electric clock system, granite and cut
stone work, terrauo and marble floors
and bane also cement floors and base,
carpenter work, marble work, hardware.
It is estimated the above con
tracts will aggregate in amount
$230,000. .
' separate contracts have already
been let for mason work, plasterinar.
steam heat and electric wiring. These
tour contracts aggregate in amount
$75,000.'
Work which has not yet been ad
vertised, furniture and fixtures, 'dec
oration of building and electric light
fixtures, which will aggregate about
$180,000. . '
The county commissioners are
somewhat worried about the chance
to sell the bonds. Bids for the bonds
are to be in on June 3.
Burr-Spier to Build Small
Houses and Some Bungalows
Burr-Spier & Co. report sales fot
the past week aggregating $80,800.
including the following properties:
The Carlyle apartments, 625
South Eighteenth street, owned by
Paul W. Kuhns. to Ferdinand
Kramer; the purchase price being
$32,000.
3515 Woolworth avenue. $18,000,
to John F. Johnson of Nebraska
City.
5101 Davenport street, $15,500, to
A. Ferrer. "
4301 Dodge street, $7,200, to J. E.
Ho.tett1er. - - . -
4169 Cass street, $4,250, to M. T.
Hart.
2013 North Nineteenth, $2,350, to
G. A. Lang.
2017 North Nineteenth, $1,500, to
D. F. Settle. .
These realtors have plans under
way for the construction of a num
ber of small houses and bungalows
10 sell for not more than $5,000.
These houses will be built in 1 dif
ferent locations' in the city and will
be completed during the summer.
'' , Cement Prices Up. v
House builders were advised last
week of a slight increase in price of
cement
The increases' in most cases is
p cents per bag or 20 cents
barrel ,
per
A Two Story Bungalow
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CUCUMBERS
By FRANK RIDGWAY.
Crooked, knobby cucumbers usual
ly grow on crowded vines. - The
plant is not adapted to extremely
small gardens.
Cucumbers, however, can be
raised along the side of a fence or
the edge of a porch and trained
upon wire trellis so as to take up
little space. Muskmelons can be
raised in the same manner if slings
are provided to support themelons.
The cucumber does much better
when planted in hills and allowed to
spread its vines over the ground.
The ground is thus shaded and mois
ture conserved.
Most gardeners are familiar with
the two classes of cucumbers, the
sheers and picklers. The former is
fcr use during the summer; the lat
ter is stored for winter use. The
slicer is the one most commonly
planted . in the small back yard gar
den where there is room for only
a few hills. They are meatier, have
fewer seeds and are larger than the
picklers.
For picklers you want a smaller
cucumber. They are more prolific
than slicers, producing more on a
single vine. Of course,, they must
be pickled as soon as they reach the
ctesired size. Do not pull them off,
but cut the stem with a knife. If
allowed to remain on the vines too
long the cavity becomes large and
the seeds hard. There are varieties
that may be used for both slicing
and pickling.'. The white spine cu
cumber of the Arlington strain is a
good slicing variety.
Probably on garden vegetable re
sponds so well in rich soil as the cu
cumber. The richer the better. Cu
cumbers on rich soil mean quick
growth and they are more likely to
escape the ravages of bugs.' How
ever, it does fairly well in a variety
of soils.
Four or five hills will furnish
enough cucumbers for a good-sized
family, unless some are to be pickled.
Plant them in hills six feet apart.
Plant about' 10 or 12 seeds in a ,hill
and thin them later, but don't crowd
them. Tobacco dust will keep thi
bugs away from the vines. It is
usually safe to plant cucumber seed
about the time sweet corn is planted.
Keep the crust broken around each
plant.
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Unique Features to
Be Included In New
"Sweet Business Blocfe
The new building to be built at
Twenty-fourth and Farnam streets
by Earnest Sweet, ownej of the
Hamilton apartments, who has
closed a contract with the Home
Builders, Inc., will be fi store build
ing of unusual character.
The building will have a frontage
of 116 feet on Twenty-fourth-street
and 77 feet on Farnam street. John
Latenser & Sons, architects for the
building, will supervise the work of
construction.
The front construction will con
sist of copper work and plate glass,
while the building will be faced with
mat-textured brick and terra cotta.
The rear walls will be in plastic
stucco and stone work, with trel
lises, seats and colonnades. The
building will be trimmed with mar
ble and terrzzo inside. A unique
feature will be the exterior illumina
tion, provided by cornice lamps of
high power set, in ornamental fix
tures. - i
A time record may be established
on construction of the building, ac
cording to Mr. Sweet . .
To Erect World's Biggest
Telsscope at Vancouver
Vancouver, B. C. May . 29. A
telescope which, it is, claimed, will
be the largest in the world, is to
be erected .here at an early date,
The lens will be ten feet in diameter!
and will be half a foot larger than
the famous telescooe at Leipzig. ' '
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Groups of Men Make -Neat
Sum in Realty
On Small Savings
The Nebraska Real Estate Trust
has recently sold through the office
of their treasurer, E. H. Bonner,
the property at 1110 Douglas street,
which the trust hought a year ago
for an investment. This organization
is made up of 20 Omaha men who
have paid in $10 a month each. E.
H. Bonner is the real estate agent
for the trust. The membership in
cludes a number of prominent
citizens of Omaha, such as H. S.
Daniel, postmaster; J. D. Ringer,
W. B. Hughes J. A. Linderholm,
Harvey Milliken, Floyd Clarke. F.
D. Field. Dr. Charles-Pollard. Cor
ton Roth, T. F. Quinlan, John- C.
Ackerman, R. W. Eaton, C. R. Bel
den, Henry A. Thompson, F. J.
Adams and C. C. Crowell, jr.
The property at 1110 Douglas
street was sold for a consideration
of $25,000, and is occupied by the
American Transfer company. The
consideration was for cash.
The trust expects to use this
fund for investments in attractive
real estate in which to place the
funds which they have on hand.
Denver Realtors and
Band to Stop in Omaha
For Day Next Sunday
The Denver special train taking
realtors of Denver and other west
ern cities to the National Real Es
tate convention in Kansas City next
week will be guests of the Omaha
J board all day Sunday, June 6.
1 he westerners will arrive here
at 6:40 a. m., June 6, and will leave
at 1 :30 a. m., June 7.
The Denver special is carrying a
band of 50 pieces.
The visitors will be given dinner
at the Happy Hollow club at 6:30
that evening.
Other details of entertainment
will be arranged while the . two"
boards are in Kansas City' next
next week. "?
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' . Glass & Paint Company
GLAZING
Phone Douglas 349
114 So. 14th St., Omaha, Neb.
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MATERIAL COSTS
DELAYING MANY
BUILDING PLANS
Shortage of Labor and' Bad
Transportation Contribute
Banks Not Loaning On In
flated Realty Values.
Chirairo Tribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
Chicago, May 29. One hundred
million dollars in projected build
ing operations in- Chicago has been
tied up by the high cost of mate
rials, difficulties in the matter of
transportation and the attitude of
labor. Flan's had been made to
make, this a banner year in build
ing, but it will fall far below the
average. vIn addition to the reasons
enumerated, the banks are tighten
ing their purse strings and it is dif
ficult to secure loans for any build
ing at the present inflated prices.
Loans on real estate are greatly re
stricted and are not made on present
inflated values, but are based upon
values as of 1914. Bankers and in
vestors hesitate to put funds itito a
building that would cost three
times its actual value and which, if
thrown on the market to pay the
loan, would not realize the amount
of the mortgage.
The serious transportation prob
lem is forcing several plants to
close down for lack of coal and raw
material. Among the great projects
'.hat are delayed and may be indef
initely postponed, are the new
Union depot, the new Illinois Trust
and Savings Bank building, the
Board of Trade, the Blackhawk and
Stratford hotels, and many other,
big projects.. -
Three years ago there were em
ployed in the building industry 82,
000 men. Today this number has
dwindled to 42,000 and all indica
t'ons are that this figure will be
greatly decreased as soon as build
ings now under way are completed.
Building permits issued in May of
last year were 500 more than -those
issued in May this year. Seventy
permits to build flats vere issued
last May as against five this May,
and this in the face of a tremendous
demand for housing.
Hastings & Heyden Sales.
Hastings & Heyden report the
following sales, made in the last 10
days:
Fred O. Huse bought one lot In
Bonenn Acres ..$ 1,800
A. A. Best bought two lot in West
Benson 32S
James H, Ross bought 10 lota In
West Benson 800
Clyde H. Ross bought 10 lots in
- W-st Benson 100
Hsrry E. Daniel bought one acre in
West Benson . . . . S00
N. Westerfield bought one lot in
Acre Garden "5
B. J. Kennedy ,bought one, lot in
Bfr.son Acre . . . .' 1,J50
B. I.. Rule bought one lot in Lin
coln Heights 400
O. T,. Rule bought one lot at 4128
Maple : ,250
J. Wiggins bought 401 North Thir
ttoth 11.00J
P. L. Day bought one lot in Acre
Gardens 0fl
A. L Hugo bought 4005 Charles... 4,500
HEAVY
Hoisting
E. J. DAVIS
1212 Farnam. Tel. p. 353
Beginning Monday
Formerly 308 North l$th Street
As an opening special, we will deliver Omaha's
Finest Washer a "White Lily" to your home for a
small payment $5.
It will pay you to visit our pretty store if you are
going to buy Electrical Labor and time-saving appli
ances. . .
v We are rightly Omaha's "Wife-Saving Station7
Call Us for Wiring and Repair Work
The Blue Bird Electric Shop
JAMES BLACK
MASONRY & CONTRACTING CO.
Constructionists' and Engineers
v Estimate FumUhed and Work .
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A cure guaranteed in every caae accepted for treatment, and no money is to he paid untii
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1,000 prominent people who have been permanently cured.
DR. C. R. TARRY Sanatorium Peters Trust Bldg. (Bee Bldf .) Omaha, Neb.
Dr. R. S. Johnston. Medical Director . "
New Home for Herzberg
This architect's
drawing conveys but
a slight idea of the
beauty of the new
Herzberg building,
which will Te locat
ed on the site of
their present store,
1517 Douglas street.
Erection will com
mence early nexf
spring. The . new
store will be five
stories high with an
immense mezzanine
floor. Every article
of outer apparel fore
women from foot
wear to headwear
will be featured 'in
this new store.
Messrs. A. and M.
Herzberg have op
erated their store on
the present site for
the past 11 years.
The new building
will have a combina
tion terra cotta and
white tile front. Dis
play windows in ar
cade style will ex
tend back 30 feet
Every new and ap
proved store feature
will be embodied in
the Herzberg new
home.
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When .Cured
treatment that anrca Plica. Flitula and othei
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economical way
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4511 Howard St.
TENANTS PLAN TO
RESIST BOOSTED
RENTAL RATES
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Leaders Say 100 or More
Drake and Dartmore Resi-j
dents Will Attend Pro
test Meeting.
One hundred tenants of the
Drake and Dartmore apartments will
hold a protest mass meeting next
Tuesday evening on the lawn in
front of . the, Drake apartments,
Twentieth street, near Leavenworth
street. . ,
The protestants will decide on a
plan of action to resist a new sched
ule of advanced , rates, announced
as effective July 1. Those who have
been paying $30 in the. summer and
$60 in the winter have been raised
to an all-year rate of $70 per month,
and rents for smaller apartments
have been increased proportionately.
The tenants are complaining
against itheaacceptance of the sum
mer rate for May and then being
served with the increased schedule
after they had their spring house
cleaning done. .
W. W hittaker is the leader ofIWr
protesting tenants.
Century Old Apple Trees
In Full Bloom This Year
. Santa Rosa, Cat., May 28. Apple
trees, which were planted in the old
orchard at Fort Ross by the Rusr
sians when they landed over a cen
tury ago, have been in full bloop
and apparently these old trees will
bear a full crop once more.
When the orchard was planted in
1812, according to Sonoma coast le
gend, the trees were blessed by a
priest and an inhibition was pro
nounced forbidding disease to at
tack the trees or their crops.
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