THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY. MAY 29, 1921.
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Boulevards in
North Omaha to
Be Connected
Splendid Views Can Be Had
From Hills on Seven Miles
Of Winding, Asphalt
Paved Streets.
Arrangements have been completed
by C. V. Martin & Co. for connect
ing the new Florence Field boule
vard system with thu Happy Hollow
boulevard system ard tlie Minne
Lusa boulevard, which is now being
completed to join the Florence boul
evard at Wilier park.
The new Florence Field boulevaid
will extend through the center of
Florence Field addition, which is
now being graded by the Martin
company, and which C. W. Martin
claims will be the most picturesque
residence tract in Omaha.
The new boulevard which is now
being built will be a wide circular
driveway through the Florence
Field hill and will be paved with
asphalt.
It will join the Happy Hollow
boulevard system at Thirty-seventh
' street and Curtis avenue. This drive
will cross Thirtieth street a short
yisutiitc auuui ui vv cuuer ana laive
' winding easterly direction to a
''point where the proposed river drive
.breaks away from the Missouri river
' shore line; north of V ane street. It
".will then go down the hollow, join
ing with Mimie Lusa boulevad at
Vane street.
The Minne I.usa boulcvacd is now
being completed with the opening of
the east driveway of the boulevard.
It will have a driveway on either
side with a decorating parking in
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The Florence field streets will all
be paved with asphalt. There will
fi annrnviniatpli' in .Tiilaa r(
these streets, practically all of them
'winding.
' From the top of some of the hills,
'there is visible 25 miles of Missouri
river shore line and bluffs. On a
clear day smoke from Missouri Val
ley may be 'seen irom the t iorence
field hills.
' A motorized grading outfit is now
working in this addition.
Machine Helps
Dllllll 10 ucau
Combination of Sounds Indi-
lar to Telegraphy.
the blind to read a printed page by
means of sound was exhibited here
' recently. The appratus is called the
optophone and is the invention of Dr.
Fourner d'Albe, as perfected by Prof.
Barr of the University of Glasgow.
It operates by means of a delicate
comb of five teeth which brush over
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by contact with the outline of the
character in ink electrically produce
of ntusical notes, one for each of the
notes indicate the letters by a code
' simiiar to the Morse code used in
telegraphy.
The reader wears a headgear simi
lar to that worn by wireless opera
tors During the trial a young girl,
blind from birth, read ordinary print
ed matter at will at a speed of from
15 to 20 words a minute.
This new system, it is claimed, re
quires little of the special study on
the part of the blind needed in pres
ent Braille and Moon systems of
Realtors Plan Small House
Building for This Year
Two more realtors last week began
making plans for a small-house build
ing program this year.
C. B. Stuht company is contem
plating the erection of a few moder
' ate priced bungalows on the west
side, erection to start July 1.
Benson & Carmichael is arrang
ing for the erection of . five-room
houses in the Benson district to sell
at from $3,700 to $4,000.
A Home of Colonial Design
Here is shown a handsomely de
signed home of the always popul.ir
Colonial type. The first floor is di
vided by a large central hall. On
one side are the living room and
kitchen. Opposite are the dining
room and library. The pantry, in
the rear of hall, connects with both
the dining room and kitchen. The
second story has five bedrooms, bath
room and the maximum amount of
closet space.
Clyde Smith Adams, Architect.
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$500,000 Provided
For Building Loans
Amount Is Placed With U. S.
Trust and Byron Reed
Companies.
The Metropolitan Life Insurance
company has placed with the United
States Trust and Byron Reed com
panies $500,000, to be loaned im
mediately on the construction of new
homes.
"We have been advised," says A.
L. Reed, head of the United States
Trust and Byron Reed company,
"that double this amount will be
available if it is needed."
This money will be loaned only on
new construction. It will not be
loaned for the purchase of old
houses, because the Metropolitan's
object in sending this, money out is
to aid in reconstruction.
Loans will be made for 15 years
on an amortization basis, 3 per cent,
repayable every six months. The
money will be loaned at 6V2 per cent.
The minimum loan will be $2,000
and the maximum $5,000, according
to Mr. Reed.
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Real Estate Sales
District sales for the week of $1,000
or over, officially recorded:
North Side District Rose C' Hay
worth to Roy Stewart, 2572 Laurel
avenue," $7,500; J. J. Masterson to
Thomas W. Magee, 5929 Florence
boulevard, $6,500; Lydia O. Swan
son to Alva E. Royce, 6812 Nortk
Twenty-fourth street, $7,700; B. F.
Sigler to Hilma M. Samuelson, 2565
Ellison avenue, $6,500.
Dundee District A. O. Gustafson
to Isavell C. Willmarth, 5009 West
ern avenue, $7,200; Jacob Schlank
to James Smith, 5105 Capitol avenue,
$7,000.
Close-in District Investors Realty
company to T. E. Stevens, 2125
Douglas street. $17,250; Hattie Kel
pin to James Vickery, 2309-11-13-15
Dewey avenue, $16,500; L. J. Barr
to Grace H. Ralston, 1520-22 South
Twenty-fifth avenue, $7,000; Anna
Goodman to Harry Ackerman. 613-23
North Twentieth street. $14,000; In
dependent Realty company to Oma
ha Bricklayers' Building company,
2020 Cuming street, $12,500.
West Farnam District C. E. Hall
to Thomas O. Warfield, 3319 Har
ney street. $11,000.
Bemis Park District H. N. Way
to C S. Andrews, 3514 Lincoln
boulevard, $9,000.
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Capital Sidelights
By WILL P. KENNEDY.
Washington, May 28. The "First
Lady of the Land," Mrs. Warren G.
Harding, has a private garden, the
existence of which is seldom sus
pected by the thousands of visitors
who are now permitted to enter the
front doors of the White House and
who neck through or over the back
yard hedge and iron fence. Here
Mrs. Harding spends many happy
hours, occasionally entertaining per
sonal friends there. Through this
garden the president frequently walks
in going from the residential sec
tion of the White House to his offces
in the west wing.
The White House gardnes are kept
in the finest artistic condition by
Charles Henlock, private gardner to
the mistress of the White House,
who.has been on the job there for
35 years and for the last 15 has been
in full charge of the White House
grounds and propagating gardens.
He came directly to Washington
from England, where he had been
employed tinder the late Archibald
Barron, superintendent of the Royal
Horticultural society gardens at
Chiswick.
The gardens, located south of the
White House, which were known as
the "Colonel Gardens" of Mrs
Roosevelt, were originally designed
and planted by the late George H.
Brown, then landscape architect in
the office of public buildings and
grounds. They were entirely re
modeled in the fall of 1913. and are
divided into two sections, known as
the east and west gardens.
John W. Weeks, Secretary of War,
is the only graduate of the Annapo
lis Naval academy ever to hold a
cabinet position, and he comes from
a famous class at Annapolis, 1881,
which is planning to hold its 40th
reunion at the Naval academy next
month.
Secretary Weeks claims also the
distinction of being the first graduate
of Annapolis to become a member of
tffe United States senate. But an
other one of his classmates fol
lowed his good example and is now
in the senate Senator Joseph I.
Weller of Maryland. Both Weeks
and Weller resigned from the navy
after short service. Admiral Henry
T. B. Wilson, commanding the At
lantic fleet, is also a member of the
same class.
"John Smith" is a very common
American name but not in the
: 1 Decoration Day
Dedicated to our Departed Heroes
and Beloved Ones
On this day be bow our heads and offer up a
silent prayer not only for the dead, but also for
the living that when the Grim Reaper calls us
to our Master we will be ready.
So let us live that we may have, the respect
we now offer to our departed Loved Ones.
A wreath for the grave of every Soldier-Hero who has passed to
his reward ; a smile and a friendly handclasp for those who remain,
" and may this day be made the occasion for a rededication of our lives
to the cause of Freedom for which they fought and won.
Our Store Will Close All Day Monday, Decoration Day.
BURGESS-f JASH COIMIY
BVtKYBOOY& STOW
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67th congress, where he is conspicu
ously absent. When Representative
Addison T. Smith of Idaho came to
congress nine years ago 1 found
there were five Smiths in the house
and five mor e in the senate. For the
first time in the history of the Ameri
can congress there is now only one
Smith in the house, and one in the
senate Senator Ellison De Rant
Smith of S6uth Carolina, a minister's
son. There have been 89 other
Smiths in congress and of these 12
bore the name of John.
Representative Arthur M. Free of
California is the father of two sets
of twins.
Here's another newsboy come to
congress Representative John J.
Gorman of Chicago. Also, while edu
cating himself and getting started in
law practice he helped Uncle Sam
run the mail service. He worked
his way through high school selling
newspapers. He worked nights as
postal clerk while going through
business college. He worked days
as a letter carrier while attending
law school evenings at Loyola uni
versity, where he was valedictorian
of his class. He worked as night
collector of mail and later as night
post office clerk during the first three
years of his law practice.
While there are several in congress
who boast that they got their edu
cation by selling newspapers, there
is also one Representative Charles
L. Underwood of Massachusetts
who gives the newspaper full credit
for his education. He says thet until
after he was a man he had very few
books to study or read, and that he
learned to read from a newspaper and
educated himself out of newspapers.
Now he is on a committee that is
framing legislation to give the na
tional capital an educational system
that will be a model for the rest of
the country and the world beside.
Houses at Less Than $4,000
Specialty of Omaha Firm
Houses built for less than $4,000
are the specialty of Northwall &
Johnson, contractors, with offices at
503 Electric building. Last week,
they took contracts for 15 such
bungalows.
Four room houses, with built-in
kitchens and disappearing beds fea
ture their plan. FulL basements,
convenient laundry corners, fruit
closets and coal bins are the cellar
plans. Window shades, lighting fix
tures, wall paper and sidewalks are
also included.
Downtown Building Sold.
The brick building at 106 South
Fourteenth street, owned by F. M.
Clute, has been sold by the Bedford
Johnston company to John Landi
for $12,000.
This building is three stories high,
22x66. Mr. Clute paid $9,000 for it
Lin 1919. Mr. Landi bought it as an
investment.
Takes Over Building.
Arrangements were completed last
week for turning over to W. Arthur
the Creighton Institute building at
218 South Eighteenth street. Mr.
Arthur purchased the building sev
eral weeks ago and will obtain con
trol June 30. -
Walsh-Elmer company will be ex
clusive managers for the building.
Childs9 Acres to
Petition for Water
Mains to Omaha
More Than Half of "Acres"
Bought in Opening Sale of
New Addition, Which
Will Close Monday.
Following the sale of more than
one-half of "Childs" Estate Acres,"
a new addition promoted by Shuler
&' Cary, the opening sale at the or
iginal plotted prices will close Mon
day evening. After the official clos
ing the tracts will be subject to an
increase in price, according to Mr.
Shuler.
Recent purchasers of the property
aiid a number of other residents liv
ing along Childs' road and Gilmore
avenue are now busy circulating a
petition whereby they will be
enabled to secure water from Omaha.
A law passed by the last legislature
gives the property owners within this
area the right to secure the laying
of water mains providing they get a
majority of the front frontage
owners to sign the petition.
107 Yet to Be Sold.
The purchasers of property with
in the 'Childs' estate acres' will un
doubtedly have water at their dis
posal within a short time," Mr.
Shuler said Saturday.
Two hundred and sixty-five acres
were included in the addition at the
time it was placed on the market.
Of the entire acreage 158 have been
sold, leaving only 107 yet to be sold
Of the 120 tracts 81 have been pur
chased, leaving but 39. Prices for
each acre ranged between $475 and
$695.
Many of the recent purchasers
have already begun the construction
of their homes and a large number
have begun plowing their tracts pre
paratory to the planting of gardens.
Get Assistance.
Twelve of the land purchasers
have secured the assistance of Shuler
& Cary in building their homes. This
week the promoters wlil take up this
feature with the building and loan
associations of Omaha and actual
construction of other residences will
be started. Mr. Shuler has an
nounced that other prospective pur
chasers could secure the same assist
ance. C. W. Martin Co. Reports
$67,050 Minne Lusa Sales
The following list of sales of residences
and lots, most of them In Minne Lusa,
totaling $67,050. Is announced by toe
C. W. Martin company:
J. G. Griffith, 2718 Whltmor avenue,
$7,000.
Rose Stewart, 2STS Laurel avenue,
'TA?ir. Marvin, 2118 Pratt atreet. $6,000.
Dr. George C. WlnterBOn, 2738 Newport,
''l'.00! Short. 1915 Sprague street, $,000.
A. W. Calhoun. 2590 Pratt street. J7.300.
Solon Burkhart, 2868 Bauman, $8,500.
R. C. Pennington, 6904 Minne Lusa
avenue. $9,000. . ....
W. R. Bernd, two lots In Minn Lusa,
$1,650.
L. W. Toung, four lots In Minne Luaa,
$4,500.
B. H. Jackson, tot on Florence boule
vard. $:,ooo.
Charles W. Mason, lot In Minn Lusa,
tosn
Roy Coffin, lot In liinne Lusa, $850.
R. A. MacDonald. lot In Minne Lusa,
$1,000.
K. Hayworth, two lots In Minn
Lusa, $2,600.
G. T. Porter Buys Interests
Of F. W. Shotwell in Company
George T. Porter has purchase!
the interest of Fred W. Shotwell of
the Porter-Shotwell company and
has changed the name of the cor
poration to George T. Porter & Co.
This firm has been operating in
close relationship with the Amer
ican Security company. Mr. Shot
well will remain with the American
Security company, in which he has
an interest. i
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Want to Grade Street. I
F. W. Shotwell, F. D. Wead, H.
H. Baldrige and J. E. George have
been appointed as a special commit
tee of the Omaha Real Estate board
to negotiate with property owners, at
Twentieth and Dodge to endeavor to
persuade them to sign a petition for
grading a knob down Twentieth
street at Capitol avenue.
Real Estate Notes
Mark Martin, secretary and manager
of the Payne Investment company, will
leave June 1 with his family for a trip
In California,
E. T. Heyden of Hastings & Heyden,
now residing in Los Angeles, will return
to Omaha June 1 to remain several weeks,
looking after his Interests in this city.
Excavation for the World Realty com
pany's new theater building at the north
west corner of Fifteenth and Douglas,
Is practically completed and work on the
footings will start this week.
Crelgh Bona & Co. making a comparison
of this year's business with that of
1920 have found that-their business for
April and May both separately and col
lectively. Is larger than it was In 1920.
Directors of the Real Estate board
have set the afternoon of June 22 as tha
day of tha board's annual plcnto and outing.
A. C. Lessard & Sons
Remodeling and Building
Contractors
2021 Cuming AT lantie 1632
Evergreens Shrubs Flowers
ARTISTIC DECORATION
New and Old Lawn Works, Lawn Mowing, Sodding, Etc.
MILAN'S SUPREME LANDSCAPE GARDENING
Phone Walnut 4308
4421 Decatur Street
It Is Cheaper To Build Than To Pay Rent
Bent paid the landlord includes taxes, insur
ance, upkeep and wear and tear on property.
In addition the landlord must receive a fair
return on his money, which is seldom less
than 8 per cent You can build on money
borrowed at a little over 6 per cent.
Come In and
j '
Select Your Plan
Dongta 7487.
503 Electri. BM(.
Knighls of Pythias Favor
Ex-Service Men for Jobs
Nebraska lodge. No. 1, Knights of
Pythias, adopted the following reso
lution at its last regular meeting:
"Resolved. That Nebraska lodge,
No. 1, Knightj of Pythias, unani
mously endorse the movement now
on foot to employ the unemployed
ex-service men, and we do earnestly
request that our members in need
of help give preference to ex-service
men."
On next Wednesday evening the
rank of knight will be exemplified.
All members are urgently requested
to be present.
Ak Races June 4 to Start
Early as Favor to C. of C.
The Ak-Sar-Ben races Saturday,
June 4, will be started early, accord
ing to Secretary Charles Trimble, in
order to give members of the Cham
ber of Commerce an opportunity to
also attend the annual barbecue and
frolic to be held at Elmwood nark.
The races will be finished by 5
o'clock, giving the race fans plenty
of time to reach Elmwood park for
the barbecued steer, which will be
prepared. by "Doc" Fry, barccue ar
CaesarNever
Had a Bath
in his Roman palace 1
to compare with the
unlimited "turn-the-faucet"
service en
joyed in the modern
home with the
RUUD
Automatic Gas Water
Heater .
The RUUD is connected to the
ordinary house piping and sup
plies a tubful or a dozen tub
fuls for the bath, just as easy
as the pint or quart for the
toilet and
all at the
same time.
It h eats
only the
water drawn
without de
lay or lost
motion
you simply
turn the
faucet.
1,600 Ruud Heaters in Ue
in Omaha
Sold on Monthly Payments
WITH GAS BILLS
Metropolitan Utilities District
GAS DEPARTMENT
Telephone DO ugla3 0605 and
our representative will call and
tell you all about it.
1509 Howard Street
BUILDING TIME
Minne Lusa Lots
are selling and new HOMES are being built. '
Lot buyers are waking up to f
the fact that these lots are
Real Bargains
"Beautiful Minne Lusa" is the verdict of everyone
who sees it. All improvements in and paid for.
Prices $850 to
$1350
You can get a fine south front lot for
$1,000. Not many left. Get yours today.
Charles W. Martin & Co.
REALTORS
742 Omaha National Bank Bldg.
AT lantic 0187
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; Geraniums in Full Bloom i
.
We still have some very fine Gera- :
! niums and a very complete assortment of ;
i other flowering and bedding plants.
: Stores Are Open Sunday, May 29th i
Meneray Nursery & Seed Co. i
3341 West Broadway 502 East Broadway 1001 So. Main St. I
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Real Estate
Mortgage
Securities
No. 30
The reputation of being a
good saver is more valuable
to a young man than that of
being a good spender.
Business men have confidence
in a vouncr man who appre-
1 ciatcs the value of his own
money.
I knew a salesman who spent
all his salary and a big ex
pense allowance in being a
good fellow. He was ex
pected to be a seducer of buy
ers. Finally his services were
found to be both unethical
and unprofitable. A. few
years ago he died-in a poor
house. ' Prodigality is a losing game.
Frugality wins in the end.
and aaminittmd by- "
'Home uilderS
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C.C SHOOK, Prsudonl 4 U. A. R0HR80UCH. Sm1ms.i
Aiieta.Ovtr f 1,400.000
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American Security CoJ,Xs
DoJi,.cSJ8tK DoagtatfiOIS Omahm
Ask Any of Us 10,000 Lumbermen Why
We Prefer to Sell "Cornell" Board
WE have handled all varieties from the cheapest to the costliest, and we
never found another that gave such universal satisfaction for permanent'
walls, ceilings and partitions. ,
One reason is Cornell's "TriplcSized" process which gives Cornell panel
triple protection; against moisture, expansion and contraction.
Sk t!!& Cornell's exclusive "Oatmeal" finish
pL J 55 makes handsome interiors in homes,
m m v factories, offices, garages and stores.
WMM Because of the "Mill-Primed" surface
WemMCSt 3sa?av'- iV. Cornell takes a perfect spread of paint "
j " J" ' ' ' OT ca'cimjne without the work and
wK &fi&22K r You can tell the genuine by the name
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CORNELL-WOOD-BOARD FOR SALE BYf -M.
A. Disbrow & Co., Omaha, Distributors
Loots Bradford Lbr. Co.. Market 0234
Bowen-Krant Lbr. Co., Kenwood 0810
Bnyer-Van Kuran Lumber Co.,
Ksnwood 34O0.
Cody Lumber Co., Jackson O301
Florence Lumber A Coal Company,
Kegvood 4321,
Cornell Dealers:
C. N. Diets Lbr. Co., Douflaa 2066
Hampton Lumber Co., Jackson 0254
C. A. Hoafland A Co., Douttaa 0344
E. H. How land Lumber St Coal Co.,
Market 1614.
Kouttky-Brennan-Vana, Market 0814
Platoer Lumber Co., Jackson 0725
Rivelt Lbr. A Coal Co., Walnut S621
Updike Lbr. et Coal Co., Walnut 0300 '
J. B .Watkina Co, Jackson 0400
Bluff City Lbr. Ce, Council Bluffs,
Phono 411.
Plainer Lbr. Co, Council Bluffs,
Phone 3385.