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Review Shows
Omaha Is City
Of Home Owners
Expansion of Building and
Loan Associations In Last
Year Largest In
History.
JByT.J. FITZMORRIS.
' Some years ago an eminent cler
gyman who had spent the greater
Dortion of his nrnfrinnat i;f
the large eastern cities was a vis
itor to Omaha and was the guest of
honor at a banquet tendered by ad
mirers and cojaborers. Respond
ing to the felicitations customary
on sucrr occasions the guest voiced
a thought of deep significance.
"You are a fortunate people, for
tunately situated," he said in sub
stance. "You hav
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room whereon to
on four siHro in flnA' c..u:., i
Gods free air. We, of the. crowd
ed cities,, rarely enjoy so great a
blessing.. We count ourselves for
tunate. iPwe glimpse the sunshine on
two sides of our walled-in dwell
ings. Multitudes see daylight from
one side only. The great majority
of families are tenants from neces
sity. High cost of land nv kes it
,so. Only by going miles "beyond
offices, the shops and the factories
i ownership possible for the wage
earner.; Here in Omaha I have ob
served with profound gratification
that single isolated homes rfnwn tUm
city s ni mops and adorn Jhe valleys.
. , - Room for Children. -"It
matters not what the style of
architecture may be. The all-im
portant consideration is that- the
dwelling stands forth by itself. ' a
home with trees and shrubBery and
flowers, and above all, with room
for children to romp and play "in.
Only i homes of the open-sided
type can we hope for ownership and
independence and the development
of American family life along' its
highest and purest ideals."
The scenes which inspired the
visitor's words less than a score of
years ago are far more extensive
and inspiring now and stamp Oma
ha more distinctively as a city of
open-sided homes. Manj( changes
came with the years, particularly
noticeable in multiplied apartment
houses and so-called-"family hotels,"
but the single home, "open on four
sides to God's sunshine and God's
free air," more completely dot! the
hilltops and valle?, representing
the dominant feature )f Omaha's,
family, life. , ' '
About Loan Associations.
Much of the credit for the distinc
tion Omaha enjoys is diffe to ' i the
growth and activities of the build
ing, savings and loan associations.
No other single agency has ..rought
so muchl orso well for home build
ing and home ownership. From the
finapcial squeeze of the early 90s, in
which all local savings banks were
swanked, these associations re
mained the sole means pf financial
assistafice for home getters. Ex
pounding the gospel of 'self help
they co-operated with thrifty people
and thrifty people eo-operated with
them. The fruits of this union are
two-fold and visible -the multiplied
homes jurtl home-owners of the city
and the remarkable growth and
prosperity of the associations them
selves. At the close of the fiscal year,
June 30 last, the nine associations
operating in Omaha reported assets
totaling $48,782,214, or 62 per Cent
of the total resources of the 74 as
sociations in Nebraska. The busi
ness gain of 'the fical 12 months
reached the record" sum of $8,108,553,
and their combined business in that
time topped. $40,000,000.
. , All oVnaha Money,
r, Practically all bf his huge sum
was supplied by thrifty Omaha peo
ple and was employed then in the
upbuilding of Omaha, v the greater
part of it by home-makers eager for
Mae independence of ownership. Ke-
ports for the 12 months show oJU
loans for new homesand 2,342 loans
to purchasers of homes built in
former years. t '
. Omaha may safety challenge com
parison with any city of equal pop
ulation in the field of co-operative
(.thrift and home ownershtp, btatis-
tics are not yet available to show
the city's standing in co-operative
growth, byt the fact that Nebraska
as a whole raiks eighth among the
states of the union warrants the
claim of leadership, for the state's
metropolis. Only one association
in the United States, the Buckeye of
Columbus, O., has greater resources
than any single association in Oma
ha, while Omaha has two associa
tions each closely - contesting . the
leadership of the Ohio institution.
. $250 Per Capita.
The ' combined resources, of the
nine associations equals a savings
account of $250 for every man, wom
an and child counted by the Omaha
census takers last January. Reserve
funds aggregate $1,500,000, equal to
3.5 pfcr cent- of the mortgage loarTs,
and ai additional surplus of $75,000
buttress their treasuries against bus
iness losses., ...
The resources of the individual as
sociations and their gains during
the fiscal 12 months follow:
AssU Gain
June SO..L20 In 12 mo'hs.
117.247,117.14
16.943,621.76
9,1)13.317.49
J, 749, 423. 84
1,302.052.09
1.032,291.37
717271.67
620.278.11
136,846.47
Conservative
Omaha
Occidental
Nebraska .
Commercial
Bankers ...
Prudential .
State
H onie
Totals
J1, 576, 994.46
3,576,919. 49
1,916,349.75
344.2S0.63
66,883.55
206.280.70
143,063.15
255.449.54
22.362.48
. $48,782,214.94 $8,108,503.65
Centenarian Longs
For Lifting of Ban
Qntftacing the Horses
Vancouver, B. C. Sept. 18. For
six years the Canadian war act has
preventedjany horseracing in Van
couver, for six yeafs Charles
Quick has looked forward to the
day when he might go out to the
Minoru track and see the ponies
run again.S As he will be 100 years
old next month, he occasionally
has doubts as to whether he or
war legislation would last the
longer.
Quick was born in Somerset
shire, England, in 1820, when King
George III was still alive. Quick
came to America and was associ
ated with Elias Howe; and helped
to construct the first 12 sewing ma
chines the world ever saw. Thati
was in 1844. He then followed
the racetrack for 50 years. Be
sides having a professional as well
as sporting interest in the races,
"Dad" Quick is a saddler, of fame.
To his shop come jockeys' sad
dles for repair from all parts of
the world. To "this day jockeys
in Rio de Janeiro and Melbourne
send their , saddles to him for
Henry Ford Says Ocean
Air Lines In Five Years
The facilities of the great Ford
organization for building a type of
light, speedy airship recently were
offered the United States govern
ment by Henry Ford. Predicting
the future airship, he said: "Trans
oceanic airship travel, in ships no
table for lightness and speed, rather
than lifting power, will be common
beyond comment in from ' three to
five years.-, Berlin and London will
be a day from New York, the Pa
cific will pc crossed, and such ease
of communication will go far .to
ward breaking down the barriers of
racial aild" national anjipathy. It
will promote one , language, one
creed.
"The airship, by promoting con
tact of peoples, would foster preju
dice against war. I am ready to do
anything I can to help the govern
ment. As in the past, I will build
without profit. '
"The airship of the future will not
be any one standard design, but will
be a combination of the rigid dirigi
ble with the airplane. Chief atten
tion ..must be given to the develop
ment of a light and powerul motor,
gases lighter than air, and -the re
duction Of weight even more than at
present."
Stuck Piston.
It happens occasionally that in
putting a piston from the bottom of
a cylinder the piston goes tco far
up and one or more rings expand in
the combustion chamber. If the en
gine is a nondetachablc head type
this means trouble. Here is the way
to get around it. Remove the valve
caps and turn the piston with con
necting rod'until the slot in the ring
can be seen. . Take a piece of very
soft copper wire andjnsert the end
under one edge of the ring. Have
some one turn the piston while the
operator guides the wire so that it
passes around the outside of the
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ring ' vyliilw tkc .piiton is ' turned.
When the slot again appears draw
out the ends of the wire and pull
them together.
Speed Wrench
s
Any ordinary speed wrench may
be adapted to use in connection
with all sizes of nuts by using it fn
conjunction with a set of sockets.
A socket is selected the hwcagon
end of which fit the end of the
speed wrench. In the other end a
piece of square stock is inserted.
Bv this means a speed wrench is
Kadapted for use with any of a whole
set of socket wrenches. .
treatment.
Using Blowout Patches.
Most motorists have encountcre'dj
the difficulty of keeping fnside blow
out catches from creeping out of
position in which they have been
placed. Where the patches move
naturally they uncover the hole they
were intended to protect and so be
come useless. By placing a piece of
inner tube against the casing, at the
place where the blow has occurred,
the patch will be held tirmly in posi
tion. Incidentally the piece ot tire
will eventbally become vulcanized
to both casing and patch, making
Staunch repair.
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Backward'turn backward OTime in your flight!
Make me a child again, Just for tonight. '
Eliiabeth Akers Allen.
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Do You Remember ?
Do( you remember the old swimming pool and
the duckings you used to get back in the days
of real sport? v . -V
Do you remember the elaborately -upholstered
carriages which were displayed fey folks who
afterwards discarded this fine livery for the
automobile ? , :-
Do you remember .the f irst automobiles? Queer
things that attracted attention and caused the
skeptics to complain. '
Come to Our Snow Room
Let us take you back to the good old days when
horse racing, was in vogue when it was f ashion-
able to bet on your favorite horse. '
Let us take you back to the days of the Han
som Cab and the luxurious closed carriages.
' All these old memories as well as the high-
wheeled bicycle are brought back to delight you.
To take you back tb years , gone by. To brinjg
your thoughts back to childhood days. It has
taken much time 4o assert ble these objects of
, bygone days, but we Eave them, and are.ex
hibiting them just as-they were, in a unique,
settings- - ;
And the ; old Cadillac, 9 1905 model, is on dis
play. It was considered the fine motor vehicle
then and now, by comparison, we show you
the result of seventeen years of conscientious
effort in building fine equipages. This has re
sulted in the present Cadillac, 'the Standard of '
the .World." '
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Farnam at Twenty-Sixth
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DISTRIBUTORS ;
x Omaha, Nebraska
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YOU may never want to drive in traffic as
slowly as two miles an hourin high Biit if
you wish tQ, you can, in the National Sextet
Again, you can accelerate from to to forty
miles an hour within a city block. And when,
brakes are applied, the car rolls to an accurate
stop without jolt or sound.
Touring Car, $3,750 Phaeton, $3,750 Roadster, $3,750
Coupe, $4,900 Sedan, $4050 F. O. B. Indianapolis
OMAHA MOTOR CO.
J. C. HELBERT, General Manager v yt H. A. POOCH, Manage
2429 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb. ''
Twentieth
Successful Year
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VERY likely you have pti
served that the average family
refers to its Hqpmobile in a de
cidedly unusual wayv
As'Vrule, the car is spoken" of N
with real warmth of feeling r-s
one speaks of an old friend.
It naturally pleases'us to see that
the Hupmobile has won such a
tremendous Hold on the people
We do not attempt to account for
it except on the score of the car's
everlasting fa i thfiil n ess Jn : the.
service of its' owners.
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Hupmobile Company, of Nebraska
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Victor Motor Co.
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