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THE OMArtA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 15, 1920. ; : i THE BEE'S HOME BUILDER'S PAGE - 7 V N : ii ii I S I. I . SHOULD DE MECCA FOR IIOMESEEKERS Wonder at Delay in A the r Develooment Of Wonderful llunici- pal Possibilities. ' - By ERNEST SCHRIEBER. Seventh Article You have a city of wonderful i possibilities, but why don't you' de velop it. ! . . Thw wr itif wi-irri. of a visitor OMAHA $ fi Omaha Th visitor was one of the forernost architects in the middle we9t, a resident of one ot the larg est cities lit th country, and one who knows whereof he speaks.- He had been taken for an automobile tour of tie city and had just climbed out of the automobile when, the above -statement was made. He, was right) iu: ' his statement. Every'visitor tai the city has at one time or anofheV repeated his re mark?" - Omaha people .know that they "are right. The average pcr MMuis able to see the wonderfil possibilities' for civic development in Omaha, and the little question in the mind' of everyone is why the work has-"not been done long ago. Reasons For Delay. There are many reasons for the delay. Omaha has been and is a .business city.. Born s it was, in the heart of the greatest region of supply for the wants of man, it has, developed too fast to pay much at tention to its beautificationy . i Tf the trritorv about Omaha had ' not; i been so productive, or if the trade-Wrritorv had beer: inore lim- S itcd,the city w6uld not have been so irished and would have had more ftime to spend Jn its; artistic develop- IW.rr liav UqH tin same rondi- i, 6',va '",v V T K tiofe Only m late years have the cities, begun to. thwiK OJ, tneir conai lion of attractiveness. 'The time will come eventually when the growth of gities will de pend to a greater extent than 'now on their aocearance and livable If tuatities,'. provided the business op G portunities are there., Two cities, I vttn identical j uuswess auvaiuagcs, will find that the onlyway to sur pass each other -will we in their at tractiveness as places for residences. :.. t ""' Sure to Gain. -This takes In a great field. A city whjcH has a magnificent boulevard . system, with parks for public recrea tion, the shortest means of trans portation to and from the. busiuess section, themost advantages in the s line-! recreanon ana enjoy men-, the " best schools, , churches and for the development of the peoples ininds, with athletic fields forthcir bodily growth, and with a. beauti;ai I plan that will inspire them with pride I in their, honie city, will gain in I 'population. : . A. pirvi where the streets are nar- I - row; and poorly paved, the park' spaces vare ill-kept, the street car service poorly managed, and where hr U nft nrovision for tli. mental sot, health development of the people, I is bound a lose out in a comparison S with, the other arid will not grow. In short, the best "home city ft ill J win out' 1 . - . Cities Advertise. CRics are beginning to advertise. I They are beginning to promote their ! assets. as places for residence and I busiuess. When' city advertisement I plahs came out in the magazines I und newspapers all the space was ! devoted to an effort to impress' the J reader with the business advantages 3ftf thaitv. Later it was discovered that mere , business assets were not "enough to draw te class of people wanted for citizen or if they came aii found tha- ,h cit' was 1ot the place for a home they would soon leave for a place where they could .find a home. ;:' . One of these days citie will adver tise their educational and artistic ad vantages even more than their bu;- : Aesk' oDDortunities. The well-dc- veloped city of the type first de . scribed will advertise and obtain the ; class of citizens that it desires, while thOoorly developed city will event ually lose , by its inefficiency as a home.' , 1 ' ' . . V Omaha could advertise a wonder i fully benutiful, well paved river t drive, other boulevards .as., well paved" and attractive, a. Beautiful cftic -tenter' or public gathering place, community houses for the irerile to meet in, public athletic fields and parks, complete in every detail for the enjoymeht of ts peo pfe, and" the absence of poorly kept residence sections, together with its btrtnessSdvantag-es, bank clearings and manufactures, it would grow . -lore rapidly than it has here tofore. , - s Homeseekers Mecca. V'lPeople iof Omaha advertise their t tpsiiiess, and know that it pays. 'T-if the city - wouW advertise its 'bijstne'whith lies in making a real -tmrnfar the citizens, the 'ituens : -would also find that it would pay. t ... . . . A 1 A a. .V. a BHt TirSI Wt mMunnu; in CTvC so that it will be a home. iBRe city planning commission is --making plans whereby the maxi - r inum improvement may be attained. vjL With the proper support by the " people of Omaha, the plans could .rrie" carried out, and Omaha made -in'H" a -home for ; its people that tvrvli be the, envy of other cities; r-CSt-a meTcct for residence seekers. rBrest Lawn Cemetery rrr Association Buys Tract , The Forest Lawn Cemetery as- Iwciation has purchased from --'HaxHnff & Hevden a two and one- half acre tract in the North Side i addition adjoining the cemetery "grounds on the east. v. : - This orooertv was purchased as - a"site for a tool house for the -'ctmetery and for residences to be T-imilt for cemetenr employes. . - The tool house will be built in V mediately-and the residences prob- iSalsoda or solution of caustic pot : ash with boiling water should be josed to disinfect the waste pipes. 1 r . , i - ; ; -J i- A Ql unpretentious and sim ple construction is this cot tage, The arrangement of the first floor is unusual. The living room is very large. Hall, dining ,room, pantry an J kitchen are well grouped and arranged. The second floor contains, four bright, cheerful and well ventilated bedrooms, bath room and closets. Two bed rooms have built-in, ward robes. Clyde Smith Adams, Architect. , , Building a Home The Bee today publishes the sec ond article of a department which should be of tremendous inter-; est and value to the rotnc owner, the person building a home atid the one contemplating a home of his own. This department will consist of a series of questions 'and answers which witl make plain the technical ities of building, define architectural terms, point ont the best practices 111 building. In short it will explain in all its various phases the problems of building from the selectioir-of a lot to the final coat of Mint on the house. Morever it will ep!ain why certain things are necessary in build ing. The home builder will get from it many icjeas that he will want to incorporate into his home. The man who plans to remodel his home will also find it 'invaluable. If you are building or contemplate it, make a scrapbook of -these ques tions and answers. Questions will be asked one week and answered the next when a new list of questions will be published. Answers to Last Sunday's Questions 1. The simple, two story house is the cheapest to build. However, it is not the best or easiest of ar rangement. A rectangular house is very little more expensive and more convenient.' " 2. Sheathing is a rough boarding nailed over all exterior walls and the roof surface. Whe, used on outside walls it should be 'nailed on diagonally instead of horizontally to stiffen the frame against wind pres sure. Sheathing? for underflooring put on diagonalIy t will eliminate cracks and provide better nailing facilities. . , . 3. Architects make five kinds of drawings. With their definitions they are as follows: Plans a view looking down, showing floor ar rangement. Elf vations a view looking toward, showing wall treatr ment. Secjion view of some given part. Details drawing of a parti cular part on a large scale. Per spective drawing showing how the rxlerinr nf the house will look when completed. , , 4. Urdinarny a ganon ot pami will be enough to cover with two coats 300 square feet of surface. To estimate the amount ot paint neeaea to paint a house, divide the numbe' of sqwire feet to be painted by 300 which will give the number of gal lons needed, i A rough pr porous surface, will, naturally, take more paint. t,-1 ' 5. ; As a general rule tne nirnace should be locajelf as pearly as pos- . . . i t . . 1 sibie in . tne center 01 rne Dase- ment. . . -. 6. The average height for cei ngs is eight and one-half feet. Up stairs room? are otten duiu eigni feet high. ' 7. Central lighting fixtures nang- ine trom tne cnung are oesi in niRn ceilinged rooms, as thus placed it ends to matt the ceiling seem lower. 8. The following are definitions nf architectural terms: Butt ooint. joint formed by placing the end ot one memoer against me omcr Beam, a beam is a horizontal support. Tnese are two kinds, sup porting and taise. f lumi means horizontal. Siding, wood facing or weatherboarding on a house. Sleeper, a timber imbedded in concrete, ma sonry or earth to receive floor joists or flooring. 9 Grout is a very thm mortar. 10 The owner pays for the insur ance on a house being built. . Thia-Week's Questions. -1. What are the processes of build ing a house, in their proper order? ' 7 W ht of ihj. f,nrtirn cr a hall and how mav its location affect the heatinar of the house? 3. Name the thre general parts of a home. 4. What part of the house shouiu the living room occupy? ' ' ' 5. In planning a living room what things should be considered? . 6. What is the most important thing in locating the bedrooms in a bouse? . 7. With wRat basic idea in mind should the kitchen be planned? 8 How large should a kitchen be and what should determine its size? 9. What is the interior woodwoi of a room called? v 10. What choice a to locat'on should be given the kief hen ?-r Watch for the answers tothese questions next Sunday in The Bee. (Opyrifht, 1IZ0. Thompson Future Servlc Modern Home DEP RCX)M jl I BED ROOM . WiX22 . OoiNtNGa'M ' ' PORC H . s I SEWARD SOLVES HOUSING JAM BY JUST BUILDING Citizeps Co-Operate and fte sult Is New Homes at Moderate Prices for Owners. i Every community in the counthy has a housing problem of some size. .Each would welcome a solution if it could be had without touching the inUividual pockel for the money. In most cases so far Jallc has been the main output Oneexception to the rule should be noted whre the civic spirit has not only gone beyond the conversation stage but is actually rearing proof of its goaheaditiveness. Seward, Neb., did not waste time in talk. The city needed more honvs for its o'eoole. The way to get them was to build them. Who will furu-. ish the' money? The civic spirit i answered. Forty-five leading . citi zens got together, organized a joint stock company, put up $10 each as evidence of good faith, and the corn pan began business. "We have no precedents 10 go by," writes H.-A. Graff, secretary ot the company, . we ao noi khow where we are going to.IandV the wealthiest men in town have joined he company. We have a building committee of three ho see tnat me houses are put up according to con tract. We have put up four small houses and we are building two small colonial houses. These are seven room houses and we got them for $4,950 each. We have also let contracts for two six-room bunga lows for $4,290 each." . The two colonial style nouses mentioned by Mr. Graff are 28 feet square, two stories, seven rooms aiyl bath, pipe furnace and full basemeat. The bungalows are 26x40, Tear ex tension 8x9, six rooms witn natn, pipeless furnace, built-in ouitM, kitchen cabinet and full basement. Each house stands on a 75-foot lot, the cost of each ranging from $400 to $1,000. "We do not plan to mane any money, saia air. virau, iuwu we will not sell them for just exa:t ly the.cosf, because we may have to pay some interest. We deal with the banks for the loans.. Each bank- cashier in Seward is a member ot th-i company, and the president ot one of the banks is also a member. When a home is sold it is planned to give the Home Building and Loin association the first mortgage and the company a second mortgage lor the balance. ' Two ; features ' of the Seward method attracts attention. , The first is the fine civiOQ)irit of the people. The other is the low construction cost. In pmaha, guilders say, houses of like size would cost,$l,000 per roomto build. Investment of $1,600 in 1905 Returns Owner $1 ,200 a Year A $1,600 investment hv 1905. now paying an annual rental of $1,200, i one of he real estate experiences of Robert E. Stein,-former Omaha barner. 1 ' . "' . , , Mr. Stein in 1905 bought 25 feet of ground with an old-house at 2024" Harney for $1,600.- Last Week Re leased the property for ten years to E. M. Slater for $1 200 a year, or a term rental of $12,000. ' Mr. Slater's lease carries an op tion to purchase at $25,000, alsot a 10-vear renewal clause. ' Robert Stein now lives in.' San Diega, Cal. ? He owned the barber shop in the Omaha National Ban building for, several years. L Porter Company Makes Six Sales of Residences These six residence sales were an nounced last week by the L. Porter company: . --- 1 . To Miss Ida Mullet., 3322 South Nineteenth street, $5,200. i To K. W. Fead, 2721 North Forty eighth avenue, $5,900. To J. W. White, ,2034 Maple, $5,750. . i . Ov To Herman Vander Ettan, 571 1 North Twenty-seventh street.$5,380. ToA. L. -HobbT, 4345 Parker street. $6,500. To Olive M. Nelson, 4616 Fohte nelle boulevard. 25.500. - Melon Lice By FRANK RIDGWAY. . It is cheaper to ,buy spraying ma terials and fight the bugs on your melon vine than it is to pay a dol lar apiece for watermelons. Home Trnu.-n melons are iust as good as the juicy specimens shipped here from Georgia and Florida. Garden ers freauentlv become discouraged after the' bugs strip the leaves from the vines and destroy the crop, jite result is the watermelon is scratched nff the list. . . ' ' Gardeners should not become dis couraged when they, see a iew pugs on the vines. They are oh the vines bv the thousands this y"ear. Yor patch may be next, for throughout AWust melon and cucumberplants may be -covered with great armies of dark colored plant- lice, such as the Kree melon aphis. The lice cluster on the under side of the leaves, causing the foliage to wilt, curl iip, and die . These tinv creatures, usually not more than one-fifteenth of an inch lone, originated from females which migrated five or six weeks ago, from weed patches along the borders of the earden. While the individuals are small, thev can easily be seen bv examining the under sMea of the leaves, lhe intestation generally dc- eins on individual lines, and the lice travel rapidly from' hill "to hill, soreadinff to all parts of the patch within i hw days. They are not so noticeable as the worms and other chewing insects. The lice pierce the leaves with their sharp . beaks and suck the juices from the plant. They must be checked immediately or se rious damacre is the result.; " The nicotine spray is the' remedy now commonly .used. Fot spraying vine crops it should be applied at the rate of about four , ounces of nicotine sulphate to 25 gallons of water. It will stick to the foliage much better and will be more ef fective if a pound of laundry soap is chipped up and dissolved in the nyxture. Where Jthere are' only a few hills to be treated one table- spoonful of he nicotine to one gal lon of soap suds will be about the right proportion. " The lice stay qn the under side of the leaves where they wilj be fn the shade, and it is necessarv'to turn up the vines to make sure xhat all parts of the bottom of ( the' leaf are hit by the spray. ' V , Omaha Realty Firm Has Banner Sale in Kansas City The N, P. Dodge company, selling subdivision property in- about 20 cities of the country, a few days ago held its banner sale in Kansas Citv, An taddition of 920 lots was entirely sold out in four days. The; Dodge company sold more lots in the first six months this year than it sold during the entire year of 1919. . ' - - ' 1 AWNINGS Sm our Special Awnlnf Patterns and ' ret our prices before ordering slse where. Ideas and estimaea fur nished without costs. Nebraska Tont Sc. Awning Co.. - ' " 1204 Fmum St. . i H. S. McDonald, Mgr. MODERN Gas and Electric Home Labor-Saving pevices.pf AlKKinds. GRANDEN ' ELECTRIC CO. ( ' ISH Howard Street y Omaka ' , ; . FIXTURES OMAHA LEADS IN HOMEBUILDING IN 11USICER STATE Lincoln Second, Beatrice Third Nebraska Outranks All Middle Western States . iri Resources. By T. J. FITZMORRIS. Co-operative thrift and home-getting this year writes a larger and motfi imposing chapter of progress in the fiscal recordsof the state than in any former 12 months. A similar claim has been made for tho rfcrtrA of orowth of everv fiscal year for the past 20, so unvarying : . . i. has Deen tne upwaro niarcn. But the fiscal year . ending June 30 loct ic pvrentinnal in the advance in resources, the number of new lipmcs financed and home-makers boosted from tenancy to ownership. An examination of the official re ports called for by the state depart ment ot trade and commerce sup ports the claim of a bumper 12 months. - All Show Increases. Tli rpnnrts have been received from 45 of the leading building, sav ings and loan associations wmcn ao 90 per cent of the -business in the state. ' Their combined assets total 57a 171.811., an increa'se of $10,994,794, or 18 per cent. , Twenty-eight associations not re porting had assets of $5,002,670 in 1919.. -1 . ; If these associations show the same percentage of growth reported K.r tii a i.aiW; the total for all asso ciations of. the state will foot up .. ....... ai r $77,924,481, an increase oi $iz,ovo, 907 over the fiscal year of 1919. Progress Is Gratifying. Prnri-ce in relieving the hoUsiilE situation, so acute in most commu nities, is quite marked and gratify ing-- . . . . . Forty-five associations report awo In-inc fnr.HPW homes thrOUffllOUt the state, and-4,888 loans on dwellings already built. t Loans- tor new honws will average A $2 ."!0rt ear.h. makins a direct investment of about $6,000,000 in Ne braska homes, family indepen dense and civic betterment. ' Omaha easily leads in this proces r;n,i r( nmcrrncc and takes hisrh rank mong the cities of the United States in co-opepmve mntt. ' Lincoln, is second. The city's nine associ-atjons report assets totaling $48,782,214, or 62 per cent of the state's total, and an in crease of $7,298,574 Hn 12- months. During that period they financed in part the building of 1,090 dwellings and made loans on 2,428 dwellings already buitt. ' . Lincoln holds second rank m asso ciation strength Avith assets around ', :' ,-r Mm Ar mT 4? ' " ' v VV3 mm A' . till write' for a descriptive circular. Ad- dress Dept. D. 1408 Jackson St., Omaha, Neb.; Andrew Murphy & Son ' EitaMMied 1869 V. - MURPHY DID IT Chartered tinder the laws of the State of fiebraska. AH shares full voting. Dividends ayabie quarterly. SlO.OOtf.boO, reported by five of its nine associations. Beatrice's three associations re port combined astets of $4,223,096, an increase of $887,826, or 26 per cent . .... Fremont's two- associations , show a gain c? 19 per cent, carrying their assets up to j.oo.uw. State-Pushes Ahead. , North Platte, Columbus and Grand Island are well over the -$1,000,000 1- VT f II... . .. . a n isnc leaped into the millionaire class, to gether scoring a gain ot w per ceiu and running the total up to $1,327,- Twely years ago Nebraska ran kea tc.t. : -A .i..i keinM nutrlaccen by Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Wiscon sin, Michigan, f California and Con necticut. Today the state outranks all the states named, holds eighth place among the states of the union and ii all states u-est nf the Missis sippi and south of the Ohio rivers. In the last six years tne associa-v tions of the state doubled their re sources and their usefulness. Increased Activity y In Investment Real Estate Is Reported An increase An activity of invest ment real estate is reported by real tors. Ten days ago, four moderate szed investment deals were made and an . Investment 1 Thinking of Bufling? 1 1 We are organized to hansHe building'contracts of 1 T ' . any size with dispatch and econom.J Will finance when T aJvrsj 8 Let us solve your buHding problem. , , , ; T Ul3 ,W. Boyd Jonei, Manager. 1 i True t tha symbol of compla , "iCt f , conatruction. aarvlea. ' ConrtMCtlOll DeparbMttt. J t 1 lk&& at 18th . Omaha, Neb f . T Aueta Ore $1,400,000 - . f ctt U,.Mf 'Rri Available a V ror ar The chief fsetor behind sn investment should be the integrity and eharseter of the mea behind the cr ssniistion. Three fsetors enter into the purchsse of investment sMUrities SAFETY, INCOmV RITY- but the greatest of these is wiiuw'r alone stand, sponsor for the eh.r.etr of your invest ment, snd bulwsrks the fsetors of safety and income, to mane 'them mors than meaningless terms. I Ambition, the Master Mirpcle Worker Th. question was -shed by-on. of; which vnsde Ws tne worm T AMB1TIOW and TUTBGRITY i the answer. . trucks that is SS5ST ..bXredTht: stock of this esiaousnea cunciu. '"-r. , , ,'.I i " . inr .nd any earnings beyond the 8 are distributed at the end cty the eslendsr year. W. invite inquiries from investors who appreciate bedrock strength ot vintegrity-income-and safety in an. invejtmeat. , Pries, $100 per sksrs. Out-ef-towa sdascrfptions given our fan mediate attention. , . lr.r3-rL SKI -fj ... ' - i Andrew Murpay 4 San nava keen graated nounced. Last week, Walsh-Elmer company negotiated two more such deals. They are: Northwest cdrner of Nineteenth and Jones streets from C. C Ran dall to E. M. Slater, and George F. Jones for $37,500. A. lot and small store building at Nineteenth and Cuming streets from Tennie M. Shaffer to M. A. Lynch for $15,500. i i I- AJttheFish Gone. Vice President Glbver of the real estate board, who, with some friends. JAMES a An v Opportunity vienerauuii v MASONRY & CONTRACTING CO. ; '),: '! i Constructionist and Enfineer v EstiraaUs Furaiilioi ai . Work Dona on a Fiaod Fao Basis . , j OFFICE BUILDINGS APARTMENT HOUSES HOTELS . , STORES And All Kind of Industrial Building . Office . Naw York ' Boston Dalroit . Ckicago " St. Louis "OmaW Kansas City SoattU Phonoi Harnay 3463 anJ Tylor liaa - for over half a eenturrAnarew Mnrpbr Boa hss butfded Ks business upon tho foundatioa ! Tht this concern hss buUded WHKl " ... wisely, its very growth will sttest. From tha with only $100 to invest, to ths one who msy here .hm,.nl. not ones will ever have esuse to regret the confidents you may place with or old ...tomera how ?,o ou uof upr s srini ini.. ....... . ths keystone fetors of our org.nisation- v;'-. : ' . 'iVL. IS'""- Andrew Murphy & Son, 7 1408 Jackson St, Omaha, Neb. Gentlemen: Please send me your descrip tive circular explaining in detail your issue of preferred shares. If I find that your prdposi- tion ia a safe one, you may makea reserva- tfon 'for me S ..... . i . ... . ; ; : We are chartered f under the laws of the State of Nebraska and' have permit No. 652 issued to us for the sale of these scares. panait Na. SU atttaarisiag tas sale al tbasa arrived at Paynesville, Minn., on a fishing trip the day after President Shuler. lefc, has written his office that Shuler apparently" caught all the fish. - Henry Johanntzen t; . Glais A Palt Company GLAZING - Phoa Douglas 349 114 So. 14th St., Omaha, Vmh.. v - as. 1 sacariiie BLACK : 9 nl - pi 1 1 r ' I I -