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THE BEE: .OMAHA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1021.
News of Interest to Nebraska and Iowa Farmers
Agriculture to
Hold Convention
During January
Special Program for Women
, ".VUitora Included in Plam
For Meeting to Be Held
7 In Lincoln.
i-fncoln, Dc. J. Organize J igri.
culture of Nebraska will hold one of
the most iiiccmful and representa
tive convention! in it history if the
plans of the committee in charge,
already under way, remit in reach
ing the aim that have been et up
at a program for these locietie
' when they meet he're January 2 to 6,
Lew IV Skinner, secretary of the
committee, announced. Mr. Skinner,
general secretary of the extension
service of the state college of agri
culture, was recently elected to thU
position to fill the vacancy of C. W.
Pugslev. now assistant to the United
States 'Department of Agriculture.
' While the convention is yet over a
month away, each of the score or
more societies that tnake up or
ganized agriculture have been ad
vised of the meeting and a general
outline of the contemplated program
laid before them with the suggestion
that the society officers meet at
once and prepare their program. .
-E. R. Danielson. chairman of the
committee and publicity director for
the parent organization, announces
that overtures are now being made
with some of the most prominent
agriculturists in the country, seek
ing their attendance at the meetings
for addresses. An attempt is being
tnade to obtain some member or
ntmhrn of the so-called aericul
tnral "bloc," but it is not expected
to confine the speakers to this
source alone.
L . Program for Women.
The Nebraska' Farm Bureau fed
eration, which entered agriculture
prganized last year, plans to enlist
Same ot its prominent meniD-ers;ior
dresses, as does tne JNebrasxa
oeV Growers' association, the Ne-
aska Improved Live Stock Breed-
5 association ana inc ncunsn.
ineeo Breeders' and Wool Growers'
Association. E. H. Hoppert, presi
lnt of the Nebraska Horticultural
society, , announces - its convention
Will be held at this time and some
prominent horticulturist will appear
ph the prpgram.
I ,A special program for women vis
jtfcrs is planned. The Nebraska
ffotne Economics association of
prtiich Mrs. Lulu Kortz Hudson of
flmeon is president, will have one
xilvthe most interesting and attrac
ve ,?xhibits and meetings Jn I ts "ex.
istence, Mrs. Hudson announces, . .
SfJThe1 poultry rseUtiort.r?vatioti j
3reedef associations, florists,, Farm
ers' Co-operative Grain and Live
'Stock association, Farm Equipment
association, Crop Growers' associa
tion, Farmers' congress, Educational
nd Co-operative univ and Potato
improvement association are other
Societies that will add to the attend
ance, which is expected to be be
tween 2,000 and 3,000. This phase
, ;f the meetings is a speculative one,
s officials of the board are acquaint,
ied with the economic situation and
, its possible effect on attendance
' r Planning Program.
fi The general program is being ar-,
Ranged so that the individual meet
wigs of the societies will not over
ffcip. For this reason the committee
'has urged all affiliated organizations
!:io expedite the matter of program
in order that the committee can pro
ceed with this task. The first three
Ijjays will see most of the individual
'.meetings, the fourth day usually be
lling given over to general sessions, at
which' time the prominent speakers
jmake addresses.
$ The meetings will be held over the
tthy and at the college of agriculture.
;LThe joint meetings will be held at
iome place of mutual advantage,
tpue to the fact that the state poultry
how,will be holding -forth at the
Auditorium, it may be necessary to
;isee another large building for this
purpose. . . , v :, .
' Greater Care Urged
In Vaccinating Hogs
Against Diseases
Lincoln. Dec. 3. Abscesses and
; other forms of infection following
'J, the administration of strum and virus
i to hogs in most instances are due
k to faulty administration and not to
?the serum and virus, 'serum special-
jg ists at the college of agriculture anj
anounce. Care should be exercised!
jin cleanliness in the administration
of these disease preventatives, the
'i specialists advise.
"One of the principal sources' of
"t serum contamination is the contain
j er into which the serum is poured
t and from which the syringe is filled,"
declare the specialists. "It is prac
t tically impossible to vaccinate pigs
without raising considerable dust,
consequently much of this dust gets
' into the serum when the syringe is
i being filled. -' Another source of con-
lamination is syringe and needles
& that have not been properly ster-
ilized." - ; . - , -
Serum and virus should be drawn
is from the bottle through a tube or
needle inserted through the cork and
j the syringes and needles should be
i steril zed by boiling 20 minutes just
1 before nsing, the specialists recom-
a mend as counter offensives. They al-
j so suggest that the stnnges be tak
en apart and placed in a pan contain
; ing cnougo com water io cover mem,
1 and then this water heated to boiling.
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'4' Iowa Fanner. Grows Two
Cropi Flax in Same Year
-; Garner, la., Dec 3. Michael Shay,
a fanner near here, grew two crop
2 of flax this yer. He broke up 3C
acres of virgin prairie and planted it
4. to flax last spring. The first crop
r, was harvested,' threshed and rnar
f. Veted in ilmneapolis at -$2.10 per
t: bushel. Then he planted aitother crop
it which ripened before cold weather
and was threshed and shipped to
g Minneapolis for $1,60 a bushel.
State College Experiments Show
Corn Has Half Fuel Value of Coal
Four Hundred Bushels of Grain Equal to 10 tons
Of CoalWould Also Make 4,000 Pounds of
Pork or Ton of Beef.
Lincoln. Dec. 3. Four hundred
bushels of corn will supply fuel to
family that ordinarily burns 10 tons
of coal during the winter, while this
same 400 bushels of corn for a sim
ilar period will keep 100 people from
going hungry, will make 4,000
pounds of pork and 2,000 pounds of
beef enough for 50 people, scientists
at the state college of agriculture
have expounded in a test to discern
the fuel value of corn, made a "burn
ing" question in Nebraska because
of the low price of corn and the re
ported intentions of farmers to burn
corn this winter instead of coal.
In a careful set of experiments,
the scientists quote the results of
1'rof. C K. Richards, showing that
corn lias approximately one-half the
fuel value of coal, 5,232 pounds of
ear corn of medium moisture con
tent being burned in an eight-hour
boiler test.
The result was that the coal gave
but 1.0 times more heat per ton, than
corn, while the calorimeter tests on
the two fuels gave 7.076 and 1,010
British thermal units per pound,
respectively for corn and coal, mak
ing a ratio of 1 to 1.86. Other tests
on several samples of corn contain-
ing less moisture gave an average of
,yuu Bntisn thermal units per pound
for eared corn.
Table Gives Figures.
Using the figure of 7,540 B. T. IT.
per pound of corn, considered au
average ana conservative trom ex
periments conducted by other states
and taking 70 pounds of ear corn per
bushel, the following table shows the
number of bushels of corn necessary
to furnish as much heat as would
be furnished by a ton of the type
Of coal shown in the first column:
(Note: ' Coal figures taken from a
competent coal concern.)
:,. " . m b. t. v. Bm.
w per corn to
Soft, low trad ...
Soft, ' hlKh srad ..
Seml-anthraclte ...
Hard coal
Paris ,
Bpadra
Rarrlsburt
Christopher
Zelfler
pound, ton coal
..,.10,500 ' 39 9
....13,600 ' 61.2
....11.700 61.9
....12,000 49.2
....1J.50 i.;
....13,800 13.1
....11,600 .(
....11.S00 45.1
....11,600 41.6
While scientists, and agronomy
specialists,. at the college admit that
many farmers will burn "corn this
winter, whether it happens to coin
cide with a definite scientific de
termination of heat ,i values, they
urge corn growers to exhaust every
means possible of supplying them
selves with fuel .before accepting
their' corn" for this purpose. From
ijgeluataL; standpoint , of. business
juugmeni, inese specialists state n
is an unwise move, unless as a last
resort.
Scrape Wood Pile.
"Scrape the wood pile, cut wood
or .buy, wood; 'enter into-, an ex-
cnange with your neighbor, it he
happens to have fuel, trade him corn
for fuel and settle on a bigger mar
ket which we are sure will be in
evidence next year; holding your
corn is an investment, it means val
ue, advise these specialists.
From a standpoint or science, the
specialists further point' out:
"That 400 bushels of corn will re
sult in' 400 pounds of ' ashes, 150
pounds of which is in acid and' 115
pounds of potash. This ash is worth
about $18 on the market, while the
corn cob ash is as rich as the best
potash.
. "That the ash value of corn rep
resents 4 1-2 cents to the b'ishel. As
coal ashes are not valuable, one ar
guing between burning coal and
corn will 'find the . latter-of more
return in this respect."
If farmers of Nebraska burn corn
this winter on a large 'scale, it will
be the first time in 25 years, it is
pointed out.- At that time, with corn
at 10 cents and coal from $6 to $7
per ton, farmers generally burned
the product and reported it a good
fuel, and, in general, equal to half
its" weight . in coal.; "
Type of Stove Important.
Continuing from the angle '' of
corn burning, the specialists state:
"The type of burner will doubt
less influence the question of burn-.
With the County Farm
. . DODGE COUNTY.
. K. N. HOBSER, Atcnt.
' rrsmont, Nb., D ' S. (Sptcltl.)
Thru, drefls form demonstrations were
held lut wek under the direction of Mrs.
Hand, dletrlct home agent, (several re
quest were refused because of laclc of
time. A sixth woman's work program has
been organised In the Olencoe commun
ity. Another croup will be organised In
the Rldgeley neighborhood.
George R. Boomer, marketing specialist
from the agricultural college, will be here
two days to help organise several com
munities for eo-ooeratlve egg circle work.
Dr. C. H. Hsys. federal Inspector, gave
an address on bovine tuberculosis snd Its
eontrol at a community mass meeting at
Purple Cane. This was the first of
series of meetings In connection with the
tuberculosis cleanup in Union township.
The township has adopted a slogan to
mske It 100 per cent-clear of the disease.
Follow up meetings will be held to com
plete the organization. Moving pictures
are a feature of the meetings.
The annoa! meeting of the county farm
bureau will be held Saturday. The possl-'flrs
blllties of obtaining a heme demonstra-
tloTv agent fct the county will be dis
cussed. Miss F!or-ce Atwood spent two day In
tha couaty j the Interest of hot lunches
in the sc'.iools. Klen schools were vis
ited by !".-s Atwood and Mrs. Rand, home
agent, aud Ulsa Johnson. Dodgs county
nurse.
Olencoe community group have organ
ised a woman's program of work with
the following project leaders: Home
Health and Hygiene, Mrs. George Myers;
Foods and Nutrition. Mrs. T. B. Stor
ks ura; Clothing. Mrs. Jasper Starmer;
Home Management, Mrs. Frank Harris;
Poultry. Mrs. J. R. Beaumont; Horticul
ture, Mrs. Moss Starmer.
SAUNDERS COUNTY.
KJlth Can asd W. F. Botorta, Areata.
Wahoo, Neb, Dee. 1. (Special.) The
following films will be shown at precinct
meetings the week of December : "Cattle
Raising la the Randhllls," "The Whest In
dustry la Nebraska," "Over the Northern
Andies." Meetings will be held at ti
Swedebnrg choolhorse, December t, and
Taua school. December (. Tha film tak
en la Saunders county will be shown fnr
the first time at the annual meeting at
Waheo. December It.
An all-dsy poultry school will be hilt
December t. The Interest Eauadera coua
ins corn. Professor Richards of
fered the caution that corn produces
very intense heat and is apt to burn
out the cast iron lining of stoves if
they are not protected. Several who
have burned corn in cook stoves and
ordinary stoves have told ui they
experienced no difficulty in keeping
satisfactory fires. A few mentioned
the fact that they had covered the
stove lining A'ith some additional
protection. Just how corn would be
have in a furnace we do not know.
"Doubtless many farmers will
burn corn this winter, whether or not
it happens to coincide with a definite
scientific determination of heat value.
They already have the corn on their
farms. They do not have, nor can
they easily get. the mpney to buy
high-priced coal.
' Corn Down to 18 Cents.
"We have not attempted to get
the present prices of corn and coal
in different sections of the state. Wc
do know, however, that old corn re
cently sold at points quite distant
from the terminal markets as low as
18 cents per bushel. When we con
sider the fact that the farmers' com
is already on his farm and to ex
change it for coal he must haul the
corn to town and haul the coal back,
it seems that he can well afford to
burn his corn.' . In addition to the
cost of hauling, the farmer has to
shell his corn, against which might
be charged that the value of the
cobs will pay the cost of . shelling,
but when he burns the corn in the
ear he has the cobs anyway.
"There is a further labor item.
That the husking need not necessar
ily be as clean when corn is gathered
for burning as it is when it is to be
cribbed. Some farmers are contem
plating merely snapping the corn
that they us for fuel. These items
would' all enter into a careful deter
mination of the problem. Disregard
all of these ..nd considering only the
fuel value of corn and coal, as repre
sented . by their heat equivalents,
there -is clearly too wide a. margin
between the price of coal and the
price of corn. ; With the prevailing
prices of coal, corn is worth 27 to 30
cents a bushel as fuel. A considera
tion, of the other factors necessary
in exchanging corn- for coal would
enhance the value of the corn."
Smooth, Hard Corn
Proves Best for Seed,
College Experts Say
Lincoln, Dec. 3. Demonstrations
conducted in eight Nebraska counties
disclose that , rough dented corn,
having rather soft, starchy kernels, is
inferior to smooth dented corn with
relatively hard, vitrous and shallow
kernels, agronomy specialists at the
college of agriculture announced, fol
lowing a compilation of results of
the demonstrations which were car
ried on by farmers' co-operating with
the county extension agents.
The smooth and ratner flinty ears
out-yielded the deep, starchy, rough
dented ears. 7.7 bushels on the av
erage, the results show, contrary ,to
the belief until a few years ago, that
rough ears were superior in vigor
and yield. The experiment station
of the college has discovered that the
relative smooth ears are good yield
ers and produce fully as well, or
even better, than the rough ears, ac
cording to the specialsits. ' .
Ex-Governor Frank Lowden
Will Address . Dairymen
J. H. Frandson, chairman of the
Nebraska Dairymen's association pro
gram committee, is in receipt of a
telegram from ex-Gov. prank O.
Lowden, president of the National
Holstein-Ffiesian association, accept
ing an invitation to address Nebraska
dairymen on January 5. The dairy
meetings will be held in connection,
with organized agriculture.
ty farmers take la stsndard-bred poultry
wss shown at the Omaha poultry show.
There were 10 breeders and three club
members showing and some very attrao.
tivs prises were won.
Saunders county can well boast of her
purerbred hog breeders, but csnnot yet
feel justly proud of her pure-bred herds
of cattle. Some of the farmers, how
ever, are coming to realise that now Is a
most opportune time to stock up on pure
bred live stock. Matt Moody, Malmo, H.
U Itobets. A. J. Barry. George A. Olson
and Elmer Williamson, all living between
Wahoo and Ithaca have recently brought
Into their herds some of the best short
horn breeding. These men have all had
their herds tested for tuberculosis under
the co-operative plan and are buying test
ed stuff.
The homemakers group of Coresco will
mewt Tuesday. Possibilities for child
welfare work will be discussed.
iMstr'ct 33. homemakers group.
will
meet l nursaay.
W have two sewing and one poultry
club doing work this winter and they
are working along verv SDlandidlr. the
month reports are In and It these
reports are any indication these clubs will
finish up schievement clubs in the spring
Considering all clubs which were organ
ised the county had 84 per cent finish
and an 82 per cent finish ot club mem.
bers. There are still a few "club mem
bers who have not returned the final re.
porf. - . ,.
The Annus! Farm tafftu meeting, to
be held at the Congregational church In
Wahoo, December It. The homemakers
are a part of this and should plan te
come In for this meeting also. Election
of officers for the women will be held as
well as awarding of the pensnt to the
group having the largest per cent of mem
bers present. . , .
District 4. school has been added te
our list of schools serving hot lunch. This
makes 12 schools now serving hot lunchesv
OTOE COUNTY.
A. H. Da Lang, Agent.
Syracuse, Neb., Dec. 3. (Special.)
Members of Otoe eoanty Purebred Liva
Stock association held their annual meet
ing at the farm bureau office Baturady.
There wss ne disentlng opinions relatlva
to the advisability of issuing a di
rectory. The foHowlr.g officers were elected.
William Crownoves. president; WilUsra J.
Wirth, vice president; A. H. Ie Long,
secretary: Hsrry Eblers. treasurer. H. ft.
Rlnne. millam Rtnrs and Dick Roberta
were selected for board of directors.
Ia kseo&m to JL. request tor a poaltrr
Hawkeye Fanners
Are Urged to Grow
Big Alfalfa Crop
Too Much Corn Crown in
Iowa Under Present Con
dition! in Opinion of
State Expert
Dei Moines, DTc. 3. Raise less
corn and more alfalfa, is the pros
perity program Charles D. Rccd, di
rector of the Iowt crop service, rec
ommends to the farmers of the
state. More money would come
into Iowa if less corn were grown,
he declares. -
"Iowa farmers are raising about
27 per cent too much corn," he
says. "It is like .the merchant who
ties his capital up in more goods
than he can sell. Me goes bankrupt
and, in addition to suffering himsrjf,
injures everyone in the community
with N horn he has business deal
ings." Mr. Reed states that "Iowa farm
ers are using high-priced land, ma
chinery and Tabor to produce a crop
that brings no return but a loss be
cause of over supply. A bankrupt
farmer carries down businesses in
the community the same as the mer
chant who fails.
Mr. Reed admits that Iowa con
ditions are most favorable for grow
ing corn and that tenant farmers
and men now buying farms on the
installment plan must have a sure
crop. i
He suggests, however, that the
men who already own farms cut
their corn crop at least 30 per cent
n?xt season cut corn production to
the amount actually consumed in the
state and try instead the raising of
altalfa.
- "Alfalfa made Kansas," he de
clares, "and it has probably been the
most profitable crop in Iowa for
some time.-
"After seeding land to alfalfa the
first season," Mr. Reed says, "there
is a very little further expense in
growing the crop and the overhead
decreases in following years.' In ad
dition to being a money crop, alfalfa
increases the fertility ot the land, in
stead of robbing the land of plant
.tood. .
"Of course," he explained, "if
Iowa decreased its output of corn
and adjacent states grew more corn
it would not boost the price of the
grain. It must be a nation-wide
movement." -Mr.
Reed hopes that some na
tional organization will take up the
i.i ' j , . . . i
pruuiem ana urmg auout national
co-operation among the farmers in
growing just the amount of corn
needed for world consumption.
such an organization, he points
out, "could set the. quota of corn to
be grown un each county or even
township and thereby guarantee an
even production of the grain. With
those conditions, there would be no
producing more corn than the world
needs.
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Pawnee City High School
Pupils Get Jobs as Artists
Pawnee City, Neb., Dec. 3. (Spe
cial.) Four Pawnee City high
school graduates' have eone from
here to positions as artists in large
cities in. the last four years. Emil
Uhlir is in business for himself gin
Chicago making posters for theaters
and movie houses. Melville Brown is
employed in the same city by a com
pany doing ' similar work. Robert
Williamson is in Des Moines draw
ing for the Wilpherson company,
advertisers. Bruce . Meek is in the
same city doing the same work for
the same company.
Four Buck Co. Sales
Show Total of $20,565
D. E. Buck & Co.. reports the fol
lowing four sales in the last 10 days',
totaling, $20,565:
2415 Evans. Georeia Wricht to
W. If. Crawford, $6,700. 515 Hick
ory. Mary Hubner to Angelina Mus
il. $1,365. 4518 North Thirty-sixth,
W. O. Crossman to T. Bentlv. $4,500.
2445 Bauman avenue to James Beck-
icy, $e,uuu.
A flexible netting: to be placed on
top of a bathtub to convert it into
a bed has been patented in England.
Agents
speclalist during December, we have been
Informed that F. C. Old of the university
extension department can spend three
days in this county. December 13, 1 and
15. Tuesday a meeting will be held at
Mrs. F. W. Hohnroth's south of Paul.
Culling, egg grading, feeding etc., will
be points emphasised. Wednesday a
meeting will be held at Paul Zshn's,
south of Syracuse. Thursday a meeting
will be held at George Lucas" near Psl
myra. Miss Eleanor Lucas, leader of a
poultry club In that vicinity, will have the
club members present.
Activities of the countv egent's office
since August 1, 1921. have paid for its
operation for ths entire year.
CASS COUNTY.
T. R. Snipes and Ida M. Wllklns, Agents.
Weeping Water, Neb.. Dec. J. (Special.)
The Farm Bureau board and precinct
chairman met at the Farm Bureau of
fice Novsmber 22. Precinct organisation
wss left to a committee and the precinct
chairman, home agent and county agricul
tural agent will carry this out in De
cember and January. The board tralnd
the present sgent, L. K. Snipes, for the
year 1922. The following budget was de
cided UDQn: Mr. Snioes. SISS a month iir-
Sl.iO a year, tail a month to office help, j
r a mr, s3-. omce supp cs
and rent. 112D: nnrnn !
telegraph, freight, I350-; offtcs equipment.
S100; traveling expenses, gas. oil, repairs.
$500; miscellsneous depreciation and psv
ment on car, 1400. This makes a budgt
of 13,750 for a year. The county sgricul
tural agent travels trom 12,000 to 1S.000
miles each year, -
Tiptoa precinct held an Interesting
meeting at the Esgls consolidated school.
Thirty-three women were present snd all
of tha home economics girls attended the
meeting. The sewing room wss turned
completely over to the meeting and Jli
Bennison. home economics teacher, assist
ed la making the meeting a success. Mrs.
H. A. Gardner ia project leader for TIton
precinct with Mrs. West ss assistant
leader.
Miss Gladys Legg. clothing spec!-list
from the extension service, wss in is
county two days and helped ehos the
women how to make their sewing easier
by showing them how to us their sewing
machine attachments. These meetings were
given at MU P.easant clnb at the home of
Mrs. Plvbon snd at Rock Bluff jreclnct
at the home of Mrs. Cook. Manv other
precincts sre plsnnirg to tske us this
coarsa sf short cats ia Mwici
Omaha Fourth .
City in Number
Of Home Owners
Of Its 44,799 Homes, 48.4 Per
Cent Owned by Occupants,
According to 1920
Census.
. By T. J. FITZMORRIS.
Home and family tendeticics of
American life form a noteworthy
feature of recent bulletins from the
federal census bureau covering the
social and economic phases of the
census taken in January, JV.U I wo
of the bulletins deal with home
ownership and tenacy in cities of
over 100,000 population, the number
of dwellings and families in the
states, and the average number of
persons to a family throughout .he
country.
Some of the statistics have been
printed minus certain details and ex
planation which are essential to a
clear understanding of their signifi
cance and value. 1 hus, for example,
what constitutes a home as defined
by the census office? Is an aoart
ment house one or more homes
What is the census status of a fami
ly hotel, a boarding house, or a hotel
for transients! The answer to theie
and like questions serve to appraise
the worth of the statistics.
Definition of Dwelling. .
A dwelling, as the census office
construes the term, consists of "any
building or structure in which one
or more persons regularly sleep. It
may not necessarily be a house in the
usual sense of the word. A boat,
a tent, a freight car, or a room in a
warehouse, if it serves as a regular
sleeping place for one or more per
sons, is treated as a dwelling. On
the other hand, an entire apartment
house, although the abiding place of
man families, constitutes only one
dwelling." . ' .
Similarly the term "family," in cen
sus office usage, signifies "a group of
persons, whether related by blood- or
not, who live together in one house
hold, usually sharing the same table.
One person living alone is counted
as one family, -and, on the other
haid.'the occupants of a hotel or in
stitution, however numerous, are also
treated as, forming a single family.
Thus the census family in some cases
differs, from the natural family, but
the averages afford a fairly accurate
index of the extent to which the size
of families has been decreasing from
census to census.
Fewer Persons in Family.
The average number of ocrsons to
a family in the United States has de
clined frpm 5 in 1880 to 4.9 in 1890,
4.7 in '1900, 4.5 in 1910 and 4.3 in
1920. In less Drooortion the number
of persons in a. dwelling decreased
trom 5.6 in 1880 to 5.1 in 1920. The
average size of families is largest in
the southern states and smallest in
the western states, while the number
of persons to a dwelling is greatest in
JNew England and the north Atlantic
states, the dumoinir orround of the
old world. New York tops the list
with 7.8 persons to a dwelling and
Nevada stands at the foot with 3.7.
I the middle ground stands Ne
braska with 4.3 persons to a family
and 4.5 persons to a dwelling.
Omaha ranks fourth as a city of
homes and home owners, with a total
of 44,799 homes, of which 48 per cent
are owned by the occupants and 22.8
per cent are free from debt. Des
Moines takes the first rank, havine
51.1 per cent of its 31,644 dwellings
owned by the occupants; Grand Rap
ids, Mich., stands second, with 50.2
per cent of its 33,703 dwellings
owned: and Toledo, O., third with
49.4 per cent of its 57,951 dwellings
owned by the occupants.
Omaha's Gain Highest.
Omaha's annual gain in home own
ership has been higher and steadier
than that of either of the three lead
ers. In 1910 the percentage of
owned dwellings in Omaha was 39.8
and in 1900, 27.7. In 20 years Omaha
scored a gain of 20.7 per cent, against
i:.o per cent m Des monies m the
same period, 8.8 per cent in 'Grand
Rapids and 6.4 ner cent in Toledo.
The 20-year average of 1 per cent
per annum applied to the two build
ing seasons following the taking of
the' census warrants a claim of 50
per cent ownership of Omaha dwell
ings at the present time.
The federal enumeration of 44,799
dwellings in Omaha is a surprise to
many persons conversant with the
home building progress of the city,
especially in view of the census
grouping of apartment houses, fam
ily hotels and the like each as a sin
gle dwelling. It would be difficult
to find hereabouts in January enough
tent homes, boat houses and occu
pied sleeping rooms in warehouses
to offset the consolidation of apart
ment house family groups.
Figures Correspond.
Another curious feature of the fig
ures is that thev exceed bv 8.299
dwellings the total number of serv
ices on the books of the municipal
water office. At the close of last!
month water services totaled 36,570,
which include all classes of build
ings.. Of this number 21,942, or 60
per cent of all. are services for dwell-!
ings owned by the occupants. In
this connection it is worth noting
that the school census taken last
June shows 21.679 owned dwellings
and a total of 46,031 dwellings occu
pied by families with and without
children of school age. All three
sources of information fairly agree
in their totals of home ownership in
i Omaha, which stands around 22,500
! .1 .
at the present time.
ensix! renort
. V-F"SUS. reports
on homes and
families in communities of less than
100.000 population are not yet avail
able to show the trend in Nebraska
cities and towns. Nebraska as a
whole has 303,436 families, averaging
4.3 persons to a family, and 288,390
dwellings, averaging 4.5 persons to
a dwelling.' The state ranks 13th
in home ownership, the census show
ing a percentage of 57.4, of which
34.9 per cent are free from encum
brance. Hastings and Heyden
Start Seven New Houses
Seven new houses have been
started by Hastings and Heyden in
the Jast 10 days. Three of these are
on contract for owners, and four are
to be put on the market.
Two of the new houses are in the
Gairmont district, one in Popplcton
park, and four in lien son. . .
23 Houses Erected
In Reed Addition
Since the Byron Reed company
opened Omaha Heights addition,
west of Fort Omaha, September 10,
2J house have been built or put
uuder construction.
All lots in the addition were oU
several weeks ago. More new house)
will be started yet this winter.
The Heed company assists own
ers of the lots to finance their lum
ber and material bills on easy pay
ment plans. Several more new hous
es are contemplated for this addi
tion in, the spring. .
Building Show
To Be Largest
HeldiuWest
Importance Emphasized by
Fact Four Conventions As
sociated With Industry
Will Be Held Here.
I'laus arc now maturing to make
the second annual complete building
show to he held at the Auditorium
January 23-28, inclusive, the largest
exhibition of building materials to be
held west of ' the Mississippi river
this show will launch the building
boom for next year. Charles A.
Franke and Robert C. Mitchell, the
managers, predict.
Ihe importance- attached to the
event is evidenced thus far by four
conventions associated1 with the
industry agreeing to hold their con
ventions in Omaha during the exhi
bition. Friday evening at the Rome
hotel the Mid-West Concrete Pro
ducers' association, through thcii
board of directors agreed to hold
their annual building show.
Expects Big Representation.
The Concrete Producers' associa
tion in this territory embraces the
states of Nebraska, Iowa, South Da
kota, Kansas and Missouri. It is es
timated that between 500 and 600 of
its mcmbeA will be in Omaha for
the building exhibition, according to
l'rank Whippcrman of Omaha, sec
retary of the organization.
Such an event as this cannot be
overlooked by our convention," said
Secretary Whipperman. The con
crete men will do all within their
power' to make the show a success.
We will complete our plans in the
very near future for some form of
entertainment during the exhibition
One of the most attractive axhibits
at the show is expected to be that
of the Beard Wall Paper company.
R. N. Beard, president of the com
pany, secured several months ago
a choice position for his display.
Plan Better Display.
" "Our display for this show will
be far better than our last one," de
clared Mr. Beard. "This time we
will have a space cut off to repre";
sent a modern home furnished com
plete and decorated with our choicest
paper. In this there will be a mod
ern living room, sun,, dining and re
ception rooms.. As our space is not
adjacent to any other it will be pos
sible for the visitors to get a view at
the displays from every angle."
"Relative to the benefits to be de
rived from such an exhibit, Mr
Beard said: "There is no other way
to advertise so thoroughly our mer
chandise. We can't get such a large
number, of visitors into our store, for
only our customers come there. The
persons who visit the building show
are interested in building their homes
sometime and of course will pay at
tention to all the exhibits."
' Prizes for Students.
Students taking manual training
wrk at the Commercial High school
and at the Central High school will
have the opportunity of contesting
for forty prizes prior to the opening
of the exhibition. -
Messrs Franke and Mitchell are in
need of forty bungalows made from
material used in the construction of
homes for adornments for a like
number of columns at the show. The
first prize offered will be $50 in cash;
second. $25, third $10, and thirty
seven, $1 each.
Tlie finished bungalows must be
in the hands of the managers of the
show not later that January 18 and
will be selected on January 20. The
committee to select will be composed
of local architects, contractors and
civil engineers. - .
Man Who Burns Rats Alive
Given Warning in Court
Detroit, Dec. 3. Pleading guilty
before Judgre John Faust to a
charge of cruelty to animals, Nick
Margolis, barber, 1202 Brusn street.
was lreea on suspended sentence
with a warning. Margolis was ar
rested on a warrant sworn out by
Seward F. Nichols, assistant prose
cutor. Nichols, attracted by a crowd
on Brush street as c was walking
to court, found Margolis setting fire
to several trapped rats on which he
had poured gasoline.
Old Church Property
Bought for Investment
The old St. Barnabas church
property at the southeast corner of
Nineteenth and California streets
was purchased as an investment
last week by Sonibcrg & Slosberg
from the Adams laundry for $7,750.
The old ,hurch building, built near
ly 50 years ago, still stands on the
property.
Fred Dickason Wins . .
Grant Diamond Piu
A diamond stickpin offered by
Amos Grant to the first salesman
selling a house after the Grant firm
moved into its new offices in the
Arthur building last Monday, was
won by Fred Dickason, who made
the sale Monday about two hours
before two other sales were made.
Novel Apartment House.
A new two-story apartment
house, in which each apartment will
have rooms on two floors, is being
built at the northwest corner of
Forty-ninth and Dodge streets by
A. R. Hansen. The building will
contain six apartment ' of five
rooms each. Each apartment will
have three rooms on the first floor
and two on the second, with a pri
vate porch and a private heater t
The building has been named the!
"Mildred" and will be finished nexlj
month. (
Deals for Week
In Real Estate
Total $153,025
Eighteen Transfers, Averag
ing $4,000 or More, Filed
With Register of
Deeds IVarce.
Eighteen real estate deal;, averag
ing $4,000 or more and totaling
.153.025, were filed last week with
Register of Deeds Pcarce.
Following arc the deals:
llsnscom I'srk: J. 8. Dsnlrls to Gr!
rui1 liuti-hsr, 30U-17-H PsHflo slrt
IT.O00; Dorothy l. Brown to II. M. Wil-
hr, norlhssst iornr Tlilrly-rlghth snil
uorann siris, 14, not).
North ld! Cills If. I.s llogh to
Msric J. Itosso, rmtlin svrnus brtwesit
NlnnlPtnlh sn.l Twentieth, stmts. I7.H0O;
l nsrli-s II. litis tn V. p. jftoildanl, 101
Hlnnty stroM. IS, too; Ms 17 NlsniHsnn to
J. H. Rsupp'r. itioj Msols strrst, fj.UJ;
Cr r. OrhlltrM to Kit Urown, ll.1
SpfiiPtf strst, tl.SOS; tisrar Olson to
Jspps Juppnrson. 1K North Twsnly
fnurth strit, J7.D00: Kmnm C. Mslunsy
10 t. c. nittsr, l:o flinn. y strM, .,
Ontrslt J. N. Brawn to Ksvlil Urssn-
nure, 1110 Fsrnsm strxst,-l H.OtiO; II. '.
Mm to ("hsrlrs Hcti. :s; llsrnsy strsst,
H.0H0; Isvil (Irwnberu to Hrns,rd liruii
wbM, Inn., 11 10 Fsrnsm strset, $M,tio:
ot' Javmtmsnt rompsny to M. P. Mr.
Kintivy, 1210 Fnuth Klttrsiith stri'tt.
ft.ooo; ,v K. lsy to Oinshs nml-SUvl
Kosnilry enmpsny. 1913-15 North Elsvsnth
strtrt. 14. ton.
Iund-s; T. I, Shv-hsn to Orsrs It.
Kdwfirds, jom-it-ll Underwood svenu',
17.000.
Wsst r.vmrorth: T. H. Mssnner to B.
W. Holton. Msson strt, botwesn Flftv.
ssrsnth snd l-'lfly-f ishth streets. 17, foil.
Hemls Psrk! James Kszskea tn Alice
Lesoli. 02 Lincoln boulevard, 110.100.
Kouth Omaha: Ths Insurance Bulldlns;
company to Anna A, .Skinner, northwest
corner Twenty.thlrd and M streets, $20,
000.. Northwest: ft, H. Stoner to Alfred
Peterson 4327 lke street, $5,000.
Jones Co. Purchases
' $60,000 in Property
The George F. Jones company,
which buys and sells real estate, in
the last month has purchased more
than $60,000 worth of property, and
plans to buy ruore before January 1.
This propcrtyoincludes nine houses.
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New Apartment
House Planned Ky
Drake Company,
Structure Will Be Located at
Tliirty-Eighth and Daven.
port Streets Ground 1
Already Acquired.
The Drake Kealty interests are ex
pecting to begin the erection of au
apartment house soon after January
1. at the southeast corner of Thirty
eighth and Davenport streets. The
Drake company has already acquired
the ground and is now having it cov
ered so it will not be froicn- when
the builders are ready to excavate.
A Drake apartment house now un
der construction in Dundee will be
finished sometime in February. This ,
and the Thirty-eighth and Davenport
building are the Drake company's
first venture in apartment building in,
exclusive residence districts.
The Drake apartment houe beintr ,
built at Tarke avenue and l'ac'fic is
now nearly finished and has a few
occupants on the first floor.
One unit of Terrace. Court, a Drake
group being built at Park avenue and
Mason streets, is now finished and
occupied. The other two unit prob
ably will be finished thin month.
Payne Company Sees
Better Market lone
Tin. ravnn Investment COIlinanV.
ill announcing these sales last week,
reports a better tone in tnc rcai es
tate market:
4Q41 North Thirtv-fifth street.
Frank Weachan to L. Goatcher.X
x IV in
4412 North Thirtv-first street. Lu-
cinda Shaw to George Holmes,
$3750.
2876 Saratoga street. F. C. Hewitt
to Frank Meachan, $4,200.
New York city led all other fit-
ies in 'aiding and reducing the nu li
ber of jobless in October.
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LOCAL AUTHORIZED DEALERS:
W. C. Anderson, 4422 N. 22a. ,
S. Abrsms, 2619 Seward. .
A. E. Cary. 353S Grand A vs.
Fsrnam Sheet Metal Works, 2904 Farnam.
Msyer Harrald, 2123 Military Ave.
Dsnnell, Wares Bronder. 4S1B S. 24th.
B. J. Flanagan, 3104 Leavenworth.
E. P. Hauth, 20th and Vinton. ,'
King Hardware Co., 2109 Cuming St.
Chas. F. Krelle. 610 S. 13th.
J. S. Hall, 1S01 Pratt.
E. Mead Hardware, 2202 Military Ave.
A. H. Meinig, 4604 Dodge.
Win. Nielsen, 3310 Spaulding.
North Side Hsrdwars, 4112 N. 24th.
Olson Bros., 2612 Leavenworth. '
F. J. Panek, 1713 S. 11th St. "
Schollman Bros., 4114 N. 24th.
J. F. Jscobsen, 3807 Castellsr.
Thrane-Gllle Mfg. Co, 1007 Jackson.
C. H. Turney, 6002 Military Ave.
Rice Furnace and Tin Works, 68 N. Ma n St.,
Council Bluffs.
R, W. Simon, 3412 Hamilton.
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