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THE BEE: OMAHA, SUNDAY, JULY 24, 1921.
Developments of
St. Marys Project
Well Under Way
.Work Started on 11 Store
Buildings at Seventeenth
And Howard; Flatiron
Near Completion.
The St. Marys avenue district
continue to be the center of de
velopment activity in Omaha.
Contractors for the Hastings,
Wolf. Meyers, Martin syndicate,
which controls the northwest corner
of Seventeenth and Howard streets,
have completed excavation for their
11 store buildings and heftan Satur
day pouring concrete and laying the
brick foundation. The hiuldcrs ex
pect to have these stores ready for
occupancy within two months.
The Standard Oil company's fill
ing station at the northwest corner
of Eighteenth and Howard streets
ha been moved to the northwest
corner of Eighteenth street and St.
Mary ayenue to make way for the
new biulding which the Standard
Ol eompany will erect on Eight
eenth and Howard.
Contract for the Standard Oil
company's new six-story building has
been let to the Vaughn Construction
company. The Vaughn company has
promised to have the new building
ready for occupancy by February
1, 1922. Excavation for the new
building is now under way.
The remodeling of the Fatiron
biulding, including the raising of
floors and putting in new fronts,
etc., is new nearing completion.
This work is being done by the
First Trust companv and will cost
approximately $60,000.
The L. V. Nicholas Oil company
at the southeast corner of Seven
teenth and Howard streets is now
being raised by engineers up to the
new street level. The Nicholas
service station will also be raised.
The Omaha Women's club is going
ahead with plans for the erection
of its new biulding on the ground
at 622 South Seventeenth street,
' which the club voted 10 days ago
to buy for $22,500.
Another building now well under
way in this district is that being
erected by the Western Auto Sup
ply company on South Eighteenth
just below the Boyles college build
ing. Paving of the east end of the
St. Marys grading district is now
well under way.
Omaha Co. Sells Land
In Western Nebraska
One of the most encouraging bits
of news that realtors have heard in
the last year was the announcement
by Don Adams, manager of the VV.
F. Shelton Land Co., last week, that
his firm in the last 10 days has been
selling land in bath Kimball and
Morrill counties.
"The land business has been al
most dead for a year until the last
10 days," Mr. Adams said. "Our
sales in Kimball and Morrill counties
"7Tave been at normal prices and for
the most part to farmers who will
operate the land. Normal prices
appear to be prevailing throughout
Nebraska. Prices are slightlyl be
low normal in Colorado."
Company's Residence Sales
For Month Total $32,350
Five residence sales, totaling
$32,350, made this month by Glover
& Spain, arc:
2805 Fort street, to D. B. Court
ney, $4,300.
514-16 North Twenty-third street,
duplex flat, to John Juhl, $10,500.
2856 Larimore avenue, to E. R.
Warren, $3,550.
1630 Victor avenue, to Paul Bro
derick, $5,000.
5007 California, to S. B. Hughes
(through C. B. Stuht company)
$9,000.
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This cottage is larger than its ap
pearance suggests from the exterior.
The wide porch extends across the
front of the house and around the
side. The living room is very large,
and has an open fireplace. The din
ing room is made attractive by a
deep bay window and a conserva
tory adjoining. There is a den and
the kitchen is located in easy access
of dining room. Upstairs there are
four bedrooms and the bathroom.
Exceptionally large closets have
been provided. Clyde Smith Adams,
Architect.
Second TuxtR FIam
It Can't Be Done
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Real Estate Sales
Of $4,000 or Over
Close-in district: M. G. Stephen
son to Mattie A. Penquite, 3315
Davenport street, $7,300; Mary V.
Walker to C. E. Burns, 2631 Daven
port street, $5,800; Margaret Shull
to Alice C. Lundy, southwest cor
ner Twenty-fifth street and Popple
ton avenue, $4,400; W. T. Graham to
Harry Gross, southwest corner
Twenty-first and Nicholas streets,
$19,500; G. T. Morton to Marie A.
O'Brien, 131 North Thirty-fifth
street, $7,250; James Vickery to
David Candy, 711 Florence boule
vard, $5,400.
' Hanscom park district: Esther S.
Kennard to Josephine Richardson,
3120 Woolworth avenue, $6,500; Dol
lie Minehan to Pearl Scalzo, 2326
South Thirty-fifth street. $6,200.
North Side district: Daniel Mos
cowitz to A. N. Howe, 2524 North
Sixtieth street, $5,500; J. H. Har
Iverg to Martha F. Webber 2212
Lake street, $4,000: J. B. Bone to
Bessie Finney, 2028 Miami street,
$4,000; H. X- Gaines to Emma C.
Hanson,-3513 "Sherman avenue, $6,
000; John Power to Joe Morgan,
northeast corner Twenty-second
street and Fbwicr avenue, $5,000;
Evangelical Lutheran Trinity church
to H. C. Lane, southwest corner
Twenty-fifth street and Ames ave
nue, $7,000; Edward Moimgren to
P. V. Carlson. 1704 North Thirty
eighth street, $4,000.
Northwest district: Mayme Burk
hard to Tura Salerno, southwest cor
ner Forty-third and Erskine streets,
$5,100; Temple McFaydcn to J. F.
Kruse, 3704 North Forty-eighth
tree. $6,250.
Down town district: B. C. Gras-f-.erg
to Peter Ostegaard, 1311 South
Eighth street, $5,000; Bculah H.
Evans to M. M. Robertson, south
east corner Eleventh and Douglas
streets, $62,000; World Publishing
company to B. P. O. E. No. 39.
southwest corner Eighteenth and
Dodge streets, $140,000.
: Minne Lusa district: C. W. Mar
tin to Georgia R. Ratchin, 2565
Whitmore avenue, $8,000.
Benson: Marv D. McArdle to H.
F. Payne, 6120 Bedford street, $6,500.
Dundee district: George & Co. to
Herbert Koppcl. 30i North Forty
third avenue. $4,000; Ethel H. Clarke
to Marie V. Hughes, 5007 California
street. $9.0!
Cathedral district: W. P. Hamp
ton to M. A. Heuston. 621 North
"Forty-first avenue, $4,700
By JAMES J. MONTAGUE.
Authors do a lot of harm. Es
pecially when they give advice.
A couple of months ago Sinclair
Lewis wrote a piece in which he
said successful "authing" was mere
ly a question of industry.
Anybody can write books, Mr.
Lewis told his readers, if they will
employ their spare time on them.
Then he went on to say how he
took a pencil and paper to the golf
links, wrote a couple of hundred
words every time he had to wait
for the foursome ' ahead of him to
get off of the next tee.
If the foursome was composed of
women he had time to write a couple
of thousand words.
When he rode on commutation
trains he got in sometimes as much
as a chapter between New York and
the town he lived in. When he
lived on Long Island, and conse
quently rode on the Long Island
railroad, he could write as high as
three chapters a trip.
In hard times, when the family
couldn't afford a servant and Mr.
Sinclair had to peel the potatoes, he
kept a pad on the kitchen sink and
jotted down bits of dialogue while
he was waiting for them to soak in
water before frying.
No moment of Mr. Lewis' time,
save that spent in eating and sleep
ing, was wholly free from literary
labor. And in that way he wrote
a book that is now discussed pro
and con at all the women's clubs.
We aren't questioning Mr. Lewis'
veracity in the least. We aren't ac
quainted with him personally, but
from what we hear he is a pattern
of industry.
We do, however, maintain that it
would have been better for the
world at large if he had kept his
secret of success to himself..
We carelessly left the magazine
that contained it in the dining room
week before last, and the cook got
hold of it.
She doesn't play golf, as yet, so
she can't write on the golf course.
But she keeps a pad on the kitchen
sink, and gets so interested in the
dialogue she jots down on it that
we're lucky if we get any meals
at all.
The ambitious young chauffeur
who drives a car belonging to our
next door neighbor borrowed the
magazine from our cook.
One Thing at a Time.
He found that he could keep a
pad on the steering wheel of a car,
and write descriptions of the scen
ery and the conversations of the
passengers he was carrying while
plying his daily vocation.
But he couldn't do that and keep
an eye on the traffic cops at the
same time.
He has plenty of time to write
now, because he is in jail for 10 days
for violating the traffic laws three
times in succession.
That means still more trouble, for
his literary work will be given such
an impetus that he'll never quit, and
from now on he will be practically
valueless as a chauffeur.
Half the passengers who lived in
Mr. Lewis' neighborhood and who
used to watch him writing busily on
his way to town, have bought pads
and pencils and are doing the same
thing.
Tt is our bad luck to know some
of them, and because we now and
then write pieces for th. papers they
think we otight to know whether
their work is good or bad.
We do know, and tell them, which
hurts their feelings and they think
up all the unpleasant things they
know about s and tell them around
the neighborhood.
We haven't any doubt that the
shipments of copy to magazines has
increased a thousand fold since Mr.
Lewis wrote that piece. We hope
it has.
The editor who published it ought
to have known that he was inflicting
an irreparable injury on the world.
When he has to hire extra hands to
shovel manuscripts out of the win
dow he may repent, although from
all reports, editors have no con
sciences. There isn't any chance of getting
even with Mr. Lewis. The day that
his article was printed he got on a
fast ship and went to England.
When the magazine gets over
there he will go to France, and prob
ably after that to some country where
nobody can read English.
There isn't anything in what he
says anyway. Wre know, because
after we had read the piece we tried
to write in our spare time and got in
so bad at home that we now have to
do twice as much work around the
house as we ever did to square our
selves. Some day, some author will come
along and tell exactly how to write
successful novels. Then we will all
write them, and be prosperous and
take trips to London like Mr. Lewis.
But we'll never write them in time
stolen from potato peeling or dish
washing. Our wives won't let us.
Copyright. 1931, Bell Syndicate, Inc.
Nelson Hopes to Have
Elks' Building Under
Way in Six Minths
W. C. Nelson, exalted ruler of the
Elks, has announced that he will
call the building committee of the
Elks' lodge together as soon as all
members return from San Francisco
to determine upon a plan of financ
ing the new Elks' building, which
is to be erected at the southwest
corner of Eighteenth and Dodge
streets.
The lodge got title to its property
last week for $390,000, including a
large bonus from property owners.
The ground is 132x165 feet.
The lodge resolution authorizing
the purchase of the property stipu
lated erection of the new building
should begin within three years. Mr.
Nelson, however, hopes to get the
finance plan under way within a
month and to have the new building
started within six months.
THE OMAHA
BEE furnishes a
complete and
prompt
Base Ball
Score Board
for the benefit and
convent ence of
SOUTH SIDE resi
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dows of
PHILIP'S
DEPARTMENT
STORE
24th and O Street
The Omaha Bee
Paxton Block Ground
Floor Rooms Fitted
For Millinery Store
Rooms on the ground floor of the
Paxton block on Sixteenth street,
just north of Farnam, formerly oc
cupied by jewelry stores, are being
remodeled for the Stronge-Warner
company of St. Paul, Minn., the
largest exclusive house in the
United States.
The Stronge-Warner company has
an eight and one-half-year lease on
the store, the lease including space
in the basement and the rear of the
Paxton block lobby.
The H. A. Wolf company, con
trolling the Paxton block, is chang
ing the appearance of all the space
and throwing the lobby and store
space together. The rooms will be
ready for the Stronge-Warner firm'
between August 15 and September 1.
Two Men Purchase Tracts
In Child's Estate Acres
William Wrage, refrigeration en
gineer for the Dold Packing com
pany, has purchased a five-acre tract
in Childs' Estate acres, adjoining
South Omaha in Sarpy county, and
will erect a home there.
Mr. Wrage's assistant, Mr. Rob
ert Hand, has purchased an acre
and a quarter in this same addition
and will also make his home there.
The sales were made by Shuler &
Cary, owners of Childs' acres.
Barker Bros. Paint Co.
Wholesale and Retail
Sherwin-Williams Paints
and Varnishes
Douglas 4750 1609 Farnam
Omaha Best City for
Hospitality, Asserts
Visiting Realtors
The 46 Omaha realtors who at
tended the national real estate con
vention in Chicago July 12 to 15,
nearly all of whom returned last
week, brought back reports that
Omaha's reputation for hospitality
exceeds that of any other city in the
United States.
The delegates say that the 217
westerners entertained here July 10
on their way to the convention, as
well as the 106 visitors entertained
here last year, appeared to have a
mania for telling everybody else
what a fine time they had in Omaha.
H. U. Nelson, secretary o the
Minneapolis board, the Omaha dele
gation reports, announced publicly
in a meeting of secretaries, "If you
ever get a chance to stop in Omaha,
do it."
The Omaha male quartet which
the Omaha board took to the con
vention made such a hit during the
first few days of the convention that
the crowd yelled for it on the last
day, just before Herbert Hoover
was scheduled to speak.
Firm Sells Seven
Homes Since July 1
The D. E. Buck, company, since
July 1, has made" seven tales of
homes totaling $36,700.
During most of this time D. E.
Buck, president of the company, was
ill and confined to his home. Mr.
Buck has predicted an active market
in the sale of homes from August 15
to October 15.
The July sales are:
621 North Forty-first street, W. P.
Hampton to M. A. Heuston, $4,700.
4911 Burt street, H. J. Larson to
Bessie Hamilton, $6,950
4149 Lake street, Ed Peterson to
John McClelland, $3,000.
3328 Burt street, John Schomer to
John Tichacek, $6,000.
3315 Howard street, Charles L.
Cody to H. J. Neal, $5,800.
2562 Manderson street, Fannie
Sherwood to Mitchell Blazzer, $5,
500. 4130 North Seventeenth street, H.
A. McCormick to David Howard,
$4,750.
Makes $700 Profit '
On House in Nine Days
A $700 profit on house in nine
days was made by Miss Dollie Mine-h.-.n,
2326 South Thirty-sixth street.
She bought the residence at 2326
South Thirty-fifth street on July 12
for $5,500 and moved in. On July
21 she resold' the property for $6,200.
Ihe Schroeder Investment com
nanv. which marie both of these
sales, announces the" other three
sales for July:
4755 Capitol avenue to Maude b.
Dinuzzo, $9,650.
629 North Forty-third street to
D. H. Weyer, $5,250.
3424 Charles street to T. L.
Schroeder, $5,500.
Look on The Bee Want page for
best bargains.
New Residence Going
Up in Dundee Causes
Favorable Comment
The new residence being erected
by W. U. Bubb at the corner of
Fifty-fourth and Howard streets is
causing considerable favorable com
ment by realtors and other builders.
His place promises to be one of the
most attractive in the Dundee dis
trict, according to persons who have
studied his plans.
The house will be entirely of
brick. It will be two stories high
with an upstairs sunroom. It will
have a tile roof. The garage will
also be of solid brick construction
and will have on top of it a summer
house effect with a roof matching
the roof of the residence, From the
top of the garage brick posts will
be built so that this portion of the
construction may be screened or
glassed. The walks and drives about
the house will also be of brick. Mr.
Bubb's lot goes from Fifty-fourth
to Fifty-fifth streets, getting in
three frontages.
Wolf Co. Buys Building
The four-story brick building at
1209 Howard street has been sold by
Nathan Horn to the II. A. Wolf
company for $23,000. The building
is 22x132 feet.
RAINBOW OVERALLS
World of wear in every pair.
Union Made
Sold exclusively at
PHILIP'S DEPT. STORE
24th and O Street
The Greatest
MR.EPICURE TELLS YOUJ
WHERE TO
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advertisement;
Eyes Sore?
If your eyes or lids are sore; if
they itch, burn or feel dry; if your
vision is blurred, your eyesight dim;
if you are obliged to wear glasses,
go to your druggist and get a bottle
of Bon-Opto tablets. Dissolve one
in a fourth of a glass of water and
bathe the eyes from two to four
times a day. Sound, comfortable
eyes and improved eyesight will
make the world look brighter.
Note:' Doctors say Bon-Opto strengthens eye
tight so in a .week's time iu many instance.
CADILLAC
The best reason
for buying one is
its known quality.
J. H. Hansen
Cadillac Co.
Farnam at 26th .
Attention! Live Stock Exhibitors
Many VALUABLE ANIMALS whose perfection you have attained through
a LIFETIME OF PLANNING and hard work will soon be subjected to all
kinds of rough handling, weather, and other dangers incident to shipping
to Fairs, Sales, etc.
Insure Them
Write or wire us.
Many family milk cows, dogs, draft and saddle
horses in town should have protection also.
American Live Stock Insurance Company
1817 Douglas St. OMAHA, NEB. Tel. Douglas 4743
Chas. F. Schwager, pres. Robt. B. Zachary, See. C. C. Brant, Agency Supervisor.
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Be one who smiles
when winter comes not the one
who needs rush to a coal office in
order to keep the home comfortable.
Plenty of Heat and Satisfaction in Updike Coal
Summer Prices Now
Updike Lumber & Coal Co.
Phone WAInut 0300
Ever Held in Nebraska, Is Now Going on at
' PHILIP'S BIG STORE
Crowds attending our Fire Sale Saturday, broke all records in the history of
South Omaha. Every purchaser left a satisfied customer which only goes to prove
that the people appreciate what we are doing for them. Thousands of dollars worth
of reasonable merchandise, most of it uninjured by fire, water or smoke, is being
thrown to the public at practically whatever we can get for it. MONDAY we will
offer our customers bigger bargains than ever, we must make room in our store for
our new Fall stocks. Visit this sale and you will be thoroughly convinced that you
, attended the greatest buying opportunity of your life.
800 can of enamel and paint, different colors,
can labels are smoked, contents is in perfect
condition; on sale Monday, 1
while they last, per can AC
Teddy Bears, the ideal toy for any child, some
slightly damaged, in three different lots
Lot 1 Lot 2 Lot 3
29c 39c 49c
300 forks, with perfect handles, good for home
or restaurant use, 10c values; on sale 1
Monday, fire sale price, each C
Our entire stock of men's collars go on sale, all
styles to select from, white and fancy, lOl
fire sale price, each 15 2 C
300 boxes of J. & P. Coats mercerized crochet
thread, different colors; regularly sold
for 15c; fire sale price C
400 hand-painted plates, beautifully decorated
in many different flower designs; just the thing
for gifts, $1.25 values; OQ
fire sale price 4J47C
Roller skates, ball-bearing, well made, regularly
sold for $3.50 a pair; fire sale price, J
Tornado alarm clocks, excellent timekeepers,
$2.98 values, on sale for d A Q
Monday at Pleti7
1,300 boxes of fine linen stationery, regularly
sold for 50c a box. On sale 1 E
Monday, a box . . . .T. O C
Corticelli yarn, in all colors, 2-oz. balls, finest
yarn for making sweaters, caps, etc., guaranteed
fast colors, regularly sold for 75c, on OE-
sale for Monday only, a ball adiJC
Men's two-piece underwear, fine ribbed, natural
wool, full weight, $1.49 values, some slightly
damaged by smoke, on sale for Monday AQg
only, fire sale price a garment 1i7C
Men's heavy fleece-lined union suits, show very
little damage, these suits regularly sold for
$2.49 and $3.98, fire sale price, flQ
per suit Os7C
1400 yards of our surplus stock of silks, con
sisting of georgette crepes, crepe de chines,
satins, taffetas, messalines, foulards, fancy silks
in a variety of shades and qualities, formerly
priced from $2.00 to $3.00 per yard, in one big
lot for Monday only, not damaged in tf ff
any way, fire sale price, per yard, V "
These are just a few of the many items offered at this fire sale, on account of the
lack of space in this ad. Watch the daily papers for values offered at this store
All Sales Final
No Exchanges
No Refunds
24th and O Sts.
South Omaha
Ask for Green Trading Stamps They Are Given With Each Purchase.
For small rooms
5'CORNEIX32"
For Urge rooms
CORNELL"
The moment I saw the Sample
I wanted this "Oatmeal" finish
IMMEDIATELY I wanted walls and ceilings
of Cornell-Wood-Board, with this handsome
surface that is already primed "Mill-Primed"
they call it and requires only one coat of
paint or calcimine to give a perfectly beautiful
effect .
In fact, in the kitchen and attic I left the Cornell
panels in their natural "Oatmeal" tint and
I've never seen any walls so clean and sanitary.
As compared to the work, the litter and the
time in lathing and plastering (not to mention
the cost) it seems quite marvelous to me how
easy and quick it is to finish an interior with
Cornell-Wood-Board instead. Anyone who
can handle a hammer can nail Cornell to the
joists and 6tudding or over damaged plaster.
Toofctain the genuine look forename "ComeU-WoodBoari." Write to CORNELL WOOD PRODUCTS
COMPANY, Chicago, for Sample Board and Color-fcoolc No. aij-C of "Cornell Interiors" fret
FOR SALE
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M. A. Disbrow & Co., Omaha, Distributors
Cornell Dealers!
Louis Bradford Lbr. Co., Market 0234
Bowcn-Kranz Lbr. Co., Kenwood 0810
Boyar-Van Kuran Lumber Co, Ken.
wood 3400
Cady Lumbar Co, Jackson 0381
Florence Lumber A Coal Company,
Kenwood 4321
C. N. Diets Lbr. Co, Douglas 2668
Hampton Lumber Co, Jackson 0256
G. A. Hoakland A Co, Douglas 0344
E. H. Howland Lumber A Coal Co,
Market 1614
Koutsky-Brennan-Vana, Market 0614
Plainer Lumber Co, Jackson 072S
Rivett Lbr. A Coat Co, Walnut B621
Updike Lbr. A Coal Co, Walnut 0300
J. B. Watkins A Co, Jackson 040S
Bluff City Lbr. Co, Council Bluffs,
Phone 411 '
Plainer Lbr. Co, Council Bluffs,
Phone 3385.