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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 1, 1920. 7 B . THE BEE'S HOME BUILDER'S PAGE I . i I - I I ssss--ne----mmimmmmmmmmm-mmmmmmm-mmmmmm. I ii n i snsaussnsssi i 4. SEES DANGER IN ACUTE SHORTAGE OF RESIDENCES "(ess Than Twenty' Per Cent Of Building Money Goes For the Construction Of Homes. Commenting on the building sit uation, S. W. Straus of S. W. Straus & Co. says : "i f "A shortage of homes, which is continually becoming more acute, constitutes the outstanding feature of the present building situation throughout the nation. Preliminary statistics for the first seven months of, the current year indicate that less than 20 per cent of the money SRent on the nation's building pro gram was for residential structures, while normally about one-third of the building outlay goes into homes , of various types. '.'The constantlv inrrpasinw chnrt- age of dwellings offers one of our gravest proDiems. Uver-crowded living conditions, accompanied by constantly increasing rents, are bound to result in, lower standards of, living and continued social un rest. "In iolving the problems of the present period of readjustment it would seem that the first and most important step ir to (find means of bringing about housing conditions. It will take a Ici-v period of years to restore the co:--ct balance be- j. ... vuy'j u uc.iianu, ana ev il' t'ything possible should be done as I J1"? in mis. direction. "Judging from current statistics, legislative efforts that have been made to help the situation have ndt generally resulted favorably, for it is apparent that a great deal of capital is being diverted from resi dential types of construction to business buildings. " "Capital, labor and materials are K """ cBocuiiais, ana our 3 uuuuing programj snouid be studied NS with a view of preventing diversion , A ?f a"y or' 11 of these elements fd rom home constructioo to other rorms of building activity. . .I.n. ou,r own country housing facilities have been growing more Inadequate for the past four years. Last year, for example, only 70,000 homes were constructed, although ne shortage at that time amounted to half a billion houses. Apartment Buildings Are . Remodeled Due to Grad:.g ; The El Beudor apartment buiid- mgat Eighteenth and Dodge streets Is being remodeled, due to grading of Dodge, street. Home Builders is doing the work. An entrance is t JPW, being cut to the apartment building directly below the present entrance. A Dodjge street entrance ?s being built for the .Amercan Se- curity offices on the ground floor of the building. Stores will be opened on the fci'W ana . tignicenth streets sides trading,, also on rthe Dodge street r. Side. of the Morris apartment house at the southwest corner of Eigh teenth and Dodge streets. Realtors Report Land v Business in West Good Land business in the west and northwest has been good this year - for Omaha realtors, they say. "'.Payne Investment company has completed the sale of a 50.000-acre ranch estate in Wyoming, taken over by the Omaha company two llionths ago. 1 Twelve thousand acres of South Dakota land has been sold by the Wilson & Warren company, accord ing to C. C. Wilson. A Quaint Design , k r 1 t t y i ii . i T I M u urn . t aeonoon A mdroom I DimrwiwoM 1 H'XI t II'XU' I 16X24 mm wml Ef l VfM II H U II WIL II . II II WW ROOF , MRCH HI Farm and Garden By FRANK RIDGWAY.- Seed a. A frame cottage with these at tractive dormers will appeal to the home builder desiring a cottage of quaint, home-like style. The porch across the front and side is very inviting. The hall between the living and dining room gives de sired privacy to the rear first floor rooms. The dining room and kitchen are large rooms and there is a rear porch On the second floor are four bedrooms with the maximum of closet space, bath room, and hali containing linen closet Clyde Smith Adams, archi tect. Sawdust as Feed ii By FRANK RIDGEW.AY. Transforming sawdust into milk is ithe latest development in scientific 'feeding. Dairymen are wondering if - chemically treated sawdust will eventually become an important feed for live stock, due to the high cost of roughage and grain. , , To help farmers utilize the waste i ; products on the farm, scientists a few years ago began a study of sawdust is a possible feed. According to a recent report from the Wisconsin College of Agricul ture, sawdust treated by a simple chemical process has been fed with good results as part of a well bal anced ration. F. B. Morrison is con ducting the test, using sawdust pre? pared ey the process perfected by Dr.. E. C. Sherrard of the forest products labouatory, which works in co-operation with the University of Wisconsin and the United States Department of Agriculture.. Only three cows were used in the experiment, because hydrolized or treated sawdust could be made only in. limited amounts. They were fed for a period of four weeks. "In the first and third periods the cows were given an excellent ration," Mr. Morrison said, "consisting of al falfa hay, corn silage and a con centrated mixture of 55 parts of ground barley, 30 parts wheat bran and 15 parts of linseed meal. In the second feeding period the hydrolized or treated sawdust was substituted for part of the barley in the mixture. Two pounds of sawdust were used place of one of barley. The grain mixture tfien consisted of 30 parts of sawdust, 40 parts of ground bar ley, 30 parts of wheat bran and 15 parts of linseed meal. The cows kept up their production through this - period and maintained their weight even better than on the ration fed during the first and third period." t Definite conclusions have not been inwn, but it is believed cattle may le fed t limited amount of hydrolized uwdust with good results. "As a feed it contains only a negligible tmount of protein and for that rea son cannot be compared with bar ley." Mr. Morrison said. In both of the rations used in the trials the protein' was furnished by the other feeds! Vacant Lot Sales ; Increase, Reports Of Realtors Show Real Estate Board officials esti mate that at least 1,000 vacant lots or other tracts of one acre or less in size have been purchased by Omaha residents in the last two months. Vice President Glover of the Real Estate board says that the vacant property market never has been so good in Omaha. ' 'The cause of this is two-fold. he said. "In the first place, more people are becoming determined to own their 'own homes and are be ginning by the purchase of a lot In the second place, the desire to own a piece of real estate is becoming more widespread." r .. The Byron Reed company in the last two months has sold 107, the Flack interests 354 Shuler & Cary more than 40 and Hastings & Hey den 80. . Others who have been selling a good many vacant .lots are C. G. Larlberg, George & Lo. and Benson & Carmichael. 1 Real Estate Firms Launch Program of Building New Houses An Inrrpasinf demand for home has caused at least two realtors to star huilciinu- aain. in snite of the high prices of building material and labor. Frank Selby has starttfd three new cottages in South Omaha, the beginning of a program calling for 30 new homes. " C. W. Martin & Co. has started two new houses in Minne Lusa. Both of them are sold. Realtors report that the demand lor new houses increased rapidly in the last two weeks. Business almost that before the finan cial stringency is reported by Payne Investment company, Amos urani, I J. Mulvihill, Shuler & Cary and others. Oil Roads System dOLled For Edgewood District The present industrial situation has forced the Benson-Carmichael company to adopt a program of oiled roads for the new high class Edgewood residence district east of Elmwood .park. "We offered our paving contrac tor every inducement," E. A. Benson said, "but we have been unable to get any paving done. Finally we said we would be satisfied if only the baf e of the paving could be laid at present, waiting until next year for the asphalt.' When we could not get a bid on this proposal we offered to pay whatever it cost but were told by the contractors ,that they could not get material or labor." Captures Bandit; W . Bride and Buys New Home A new home is Edward Harring ton's latest venture. Recently, as a street car conductor, he captured a bandit attempting to hold up his car. Thursday night he was mar ried in Lakeview park to Miss Anna Neilsen. His new home,' purchased Friday from Wilhelmina Parratt of the American Security company, is at 215 Larimore avenue. It cost $3,450.' His first payment ;iicl, '"d $500 he received from the car com pany for catching the bandit Payne Investment Company Backs Minnesota Project G. H. Payne, head of the Payne Investment company; Mark Martin and O. C. Holmes, officials of the company, took a special carload of investors to Albert Lea, Minn., Fri day night to inspect the big draia- lac iWelnnment nroiect which the company is conducting there. . Those on the trip were interested financially in the project The land which is being reclaimed was originally a tract of swamp. It will be sold after the reclamation work is finished. I Machine Compmy Buys Site for $200,000 Factory The Baker Ice Machine company took title last week to its new fac tonr site east of Sherman avenue, between Evans and f Pratt streets. The land cost approximately $45,000. The company, according to J. L. Baker, president, plans to start con struction this fall on its new $200, 000 factory builJing. The present building at Nineteenth and Nicholas streets is too small. Home srardeners should select some of the best plants and save them for seed. Pick out the strong, vigorous plants, four or five of each vegetable and give them ample room o develop. Keep the ground irnniiH thtn frrn from weeds and water them regularly. If the ground is kept maist and loose during xnc next six or eight weeks early plants ctinntrl nrnrtnr nlnmn seed. It IS best to select the early plants, pro vided their growth nas not Deen interrupted. 5fivitiT serA is often the best mrana nf securinff the most desir able varieties and the kind that do best under your conditions. Often the kind that suit your particular need are not available on the mar ket. Mnt sped left after the late olant- ings will keep one or more seasons. I T-Trtwvr tVipt are some that will not rtain their vitality more than one season, ihey may germinaie I anrl crmw. hut nroduce weak seed lings. Seeds front onions, parsnips, parsley, celery and carrots are in this group. Peas, beans, sweet corn, sucumbers, melons and the gourd family may be kept five years or more. Seeds to be held over for another year's planting, whether from seed houses or home garden, should be kept dry and protected from mice and weevil. They usually are kept in airtight receptacles, such as glass jars and boxes. Kept in this way. the seeds must be properly curea and tried, for thy trequently mom because moisture slowly given off from the seeds cannot evaporate. Probably a better way is to store the seeds in small cloth sacks and I hane them uo or olace them in a box covered with mosquito wire net ting. This allows the moisture to escape and will keep out mice. 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OMAHA LIBERTY FIRE INSURANCE CO. is offering to its stockholders and to the conservative investing public an additional allotment of its stock at original price, in order to take care of the rapidly increasing volume of business which is at the com pany's disposal, thereby retaining more funds for developing the re , sources of Nebraska and the great middle west Assets January First, 1920, $310,204.55 FINANCIAL STATEMENT JULY FIRST, 1920 ASSETS- Cash in Banks - - - - - $123,692.42 Liberty Bonds ----- 292,700.00 War Stamps 783.80 Accrued Interest - - - - - 4,283.80 Premiums in course of collection 108,611.40 Real Estate Mortgage Loans Other Assets; - - . - total - - - - LIABILITIES Capital Stock paid in cash -Re-Insurance Reserve N.Y. Standard - - -Balance Due' ' Re-Insurance Accounts Unpaid losses ' in process of adjustment Surplus over all liabilities Total - - - 36,600.00 - 4,343.50 $571,014.92 $200,000.00 121,644.73 . 311,659.01 15,000.00 202,711.18 . - - - $571,014.92 INCREASE IN ASSETS First Six Months of 1920 $260,810.37 Surplus to Policyholders. $402,711.18. PREMIUM INCOME First Six Months of 1920, $367,926.67 DO YOU KNOW OF ANOTHER BUSINESS IN THE WORLD Whose capital ia not employed in its business, which has nothing invested in buildings, merchan dise, machinery or other equip ment, which is free from labor troubles, whose commodity is not subject to market fluctuations, but one of the world's greatest necessities, which operates under State Laws made exclusively' for its own government, which col lects one' to five years in advance for its services, and which earns enormous profits from two dis tinct sources-he usual banking profits on its invested assets and the profits on thie writing of the fire insurance business, either one of which are far greater than the profits earned by most any other enterprise 7 NEXT DIVIDEND PAYABLE JANUARY, 1921 If you have surplus funds for investment, or if you have Government, State, County or Municipal Bonds or First Mortgages which you desire to convert to a much greater earning power, fill. in, sign and mail coupon at once. OMAHA LIBERTY EIRE INSURANCE CO. 1817 Douglas Street Omaha, Nebraska CUT HERE AND MAIL AT ONCE OMAHA LIBERTY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, 1817 Douglas St., Omaha, Nebraska. Pleat nail, without obligation on my part, complete information, term, etc., regarding an inTeitment In the Omaha Liberty. Address Toy County Occupation State . OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. P. F. ZIMMER, President John A. Wachter Geo. J. Adams Lincoln - Lincoln R. J. WACHTER, Sec'y-Treas. Geo. E. Hager T. T. Varney Chas. A. Skoog . Lincoln Broken Bow Holdrege moisture. Keep them in, a dry place. The weevil may be kept out by treating the tied with carbin bisul phide as soon as the planting season is over, and again in the fall before cold weather comes. . Put the seed in a tub, cover tightly and place one tablespoon of carbon bisulphide in the vessel. Seed should be left in the fumes over night. Late Gardens By planting the late garden now the family ta' le may be supplied with vegetables all fall and winter. Too many are of the opinion that one planting of vegetables is all that can be made and brought. to ma turity before frost Some of the best gardeners con sider the early vegetable crop of the least importance. They regard the midseason and late vegetables as more valuable, because we crops planted toward the close of the summer help load the table in fall and winter. It is a waste to allow rich garden spots to remain idle after the early crop has been harvested. There are several crops that may be planted any time between now and the last of August. Liberal plantings snouid now be made of such crops as beets, carrots, turnips, kohlrabi, winter radishes, lettuce, and spinach. En dive, Brussels sprouts and most of the root crops may be planted now. They thrive in the fall because light frosts do not kill them. Chicory is one of the finest salad crops of the year after it is frosted and it can be used before frost if properly blanched. It is always advisable in planting succession crops to rotate the vege tables. A simple rule is to follow ieaf crops, such as cabbage and let tuce, with vegetables raised for their roots, as radishes and turnips. Wherever possible avoid the planting of any vegetable the sec ond time in the same row. The ro tation of crops will better utilize the plant food and will tend to lessen the damage done by insects. Get the seed planted by August IS, if possible. This will give beets and tarrots time to mature. In making late seedings the seed should be covered slightly deeper than early plantings, when the surface contains more moisture. Grasshoppers Grasshoppers, can be kept under control by using poisoned bait. Their annual march across the wheat and alfalfa fields of the middle west, de stroying thousands of dollars worth of grain and hay every year, can be stopped with . a small amount of money and a few hours' work. In Nebraska farmers are using the bran mash bait. They make ft in large quantities and broadcast it over the fields. The most convenient mix ture includes 25 pounds of coarse flaked wheat bran and one pound of Paris green or white arsenate. Mix it dry and add one-half gallon cheap molasses, one-half dozen lemons, squeezed and ground, and three gal lons of water. Scatter the bait over the field even ly while it is fresh. The amount de pends on the number of grasshop pers. The common mistake is to use too much. Four or five pounds to the acre is about right. Of cow heavily infested fields will nee more. The above formula will be enough for five acres, costing ap proximately 40 cents an acre. The mixture can be made and scattered oVer the field within an hour. Scatter the poisoned bait usually about sunrise, at least before 7 o'clock, but at this season, especial ly if the weather is dry and hot, the work should be delayed until after S o'clock in the evening. 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