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| B ; OMAHA SUNDAY | You Can Do It I If you are paying $15.00 per month rent and con tinue to pay the same sum for thirty-five years, which | A o & k 3 i aa F b ar i p % vou will do if you do not purchase a home, you will s b £ 3 PERRLE £y 0 ) }»uv over $6,300.00, or about three times the value of a 5 : . ] : L — BT 4 o f B o house that would rent for that sum. You will have ‘ ; :L:‘*'— o ' o . 3 e 3 . sTEEL paid for the house in which you live three time and yet | a3 by ot e BN \ o il not own it. ! 4 Wi 2 k Why not pay for it once and then own it? G o You may do so by taking advantage of our monthly payment plan. Our Secretary will be glad to explain. Call at our office. 3 Omaha Loan & Building Assn. S. E. Cor. 16th and Dodge Streets. Geo. W. Loomis, Pres. G. M. Nattinger, Secy. and Treas, W. R. Adair, Ass't. Sec'y. PLASTERING LATH is the fire-proof substitute for the inflammable wood lath. it @ Gl TR s e 7 It Prevents Cracking and Falling : e e P of Plaster on Walls and Ceiling. Adopted by the U. S. Govern- ment and used everywhere in all good buildings. Write for circular. NORTHWESTERN EXPANDED METAL CO. 84 Van Buren Street, CHICAGO ! e Reserve, $60,000.00, R e A S AT Independent Lumber Co. PHONES—A-3216—Doug. H-630 40th and Leavenworth Sts., Omaha WESTERN REPRESENTATIVES OF | New Company. —New B"‘ght Siock THE NORTHWESTERN EXPANDED METAL CO. - C. W. HULL CO. Fence Your Lawn He iV i - R oo NOT A PIECE OF OLD LUMBER IN YARD LET US FIGURE WITH YOU T J. R. STEVENSON & CO., Gravel -« Gomposition Roofing Office, 538 Paxton Building. Having recently purchased the Gravel Roofing depart- ment of the Sunderland Roofing and Supply Co., we are in a better position to do all kinds of roofing than ever hefore, . and at prices that will appeal to you. Let us furnish you . an estimate. | Phones: Doug. 2175; Ind. A-1792. Vi e <t i A A i i < A T . AT A A T . . <~ Spcomo: Tiean. Dmsiam: /o sea AR THOR C:CLACTEM: ARCHITECT AR AROLI® - A M BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME. NOTHING ADDS MORE TO YOUR PROPERTY THAN A FINE IRON FENCE. WE MAKE ANY KIND OF FENCE. SEE FOR DESIGNS AND PRICES. : : : —_— Solving the Home Building Arthur C. Clausen, Architect. Problem Take the Street Car to PR — | ! | For several Sundays answers will be stalrs and the attic stalrs should, when | 4 s 1 aatine o ossible, follow the same general rules | § glven in this department to questions of THE BEE’S PLAN OFFER e { ! general interest to home buliders. ABRLIAPEY. t0 (the “Oaint Staliway, Oellas | stairs arc often made uncomfortably steep | Question—If when there is no reason for it. a dotafled description of RALSTON]| - Becauso | vay Is « 3 Mr. Clausen is the author of a ’ R R R O R S S I P ST how to plan a stairway is of general inter Y L iaien Sy e, sathdp ok R one's guests do not climb up and down the est to your readers, can you give some ad- feot ‘many = designs “of ‘modern cellar stairs is no reason for not giving | 3 te'S. . vlos ) DPODS! ? \omes, complete plans for which e C correct o) | Minute Service vice on the proper designing of this diffl ST famniate, plegs | for Yrhish careful attention to a correct proportion 3 ! cult feature? reduced prices. The book Is enti- ||of tread and riser. Many steps are taken | Car leaves West Q street on the hour and half hour, and returns from Answer—One of the Important things to ted up and down the cellar stairs each day L] Ralston on the quarter hour and three-quarter hour. Y THE ART, SCIENCE AND SENTI- conelder in the planning of a home is the proper location and plan of the main stair- and the ascent should be made comfortable. | with its large factories, railroads, business MENT OF HOME BUILD- See the thriving new town g m™a. Question—Are there any set rules.in re-| B 205.7 NORTH 17TH S8TREET, OMAHA, NEB. | § nouses, veautiful residence district and fine lake and park ground. way. There aré a great many ways In pucsd 14 gard to the location of doors? | At the very outset of this activity is the time to make your investment. which this prominent feature that is the Answer—In locating a door in any par- Many residence lots in Ralston are selling on a payment of §$10 and $2 per week, and good business lots on easy terms. These lots will double and treble in value. If you are looking for the biggest real estate opportunity in the past twenty years, look up Ralston at once. Beal estate office in Ralston. first to greet you as you enter the home, d can be designed, and It Is to be regretted that there are more fallures in the bufld- Ing of stalrways, from the standpoint of than tition, one should always consider the fact that the door must swing open and not place the door in a position that when | swung open it would spoll a good wall | | surface which could be used for the piano, | 46 Chapters—a00 Illustrations. | | A beautiful and practical book con- || taining complete Information on the || planning and designing of every kind of home. It contains extensive articles convenience and beauty, ! east, “"""‘ is In| on that popular style of home, The || davenport, bed, bureau or other wall fur- ‘ RA Ls l ON I OWN sl I E co- any other part of the house One of the American ungalow, also he Wo- " Amer X 2 niture. Wall lights should never be placed principal defects encountered In the butla- || Story . Bungalow, = BUNGALOWS ; BUILT FOR TWO, Homes of Dis- tinctive Character, Planning the Cot- tage, the Country Home, the Farm Home, Homes for Speclal Places, The where a door will strike them in opening if | | swung clear back. The front door, or in ! | tact all outside doors, should have a wall | |§ Ing of a stairway Is In trying to get it into | too small a space. It matters little whether SHIMER & CHASE CO., AGENTS B & house costs 52 or oo, the stairway || Homs, Homes tor Spectal Places Tne || ST B 2V RS S B Heven onen. | Tried and Time Tested 1609 Farnam Street Doug. 3867, A-3642 takes up about the same amount of room. tensive Hlulslsll'd -rl!f 8 on en- A very common mistake in the planning of | |§ H for fi el o ascend the || trances, windows, stairways, fire- " = Shth the 4 rei for fiat or It requires as many steps to ascend th e ettt e T G e LR the entrance hall is to so locate the front A durable light “mght roofing for second floor, and there s very little dit- || Eement construction, articles on what || 400 thun when it stands open, it stands ference In the width betwen the stalrwavs ; of fnexpensive and cxpensive homes. The 3 stairway is onc of the two principal fea- not to do in building a home, the Let- ting of Contracts, the Practical Side of Home Bullding, the Sentiment of Home Bullding, etc., etc. Price, post | across the opening to the parlor, or as is | sometimes the case, it laps over a window. Little mistakes like these, which are very steep surface on Store Buildings, Ware- houses, Factories, Barns, Sheds, Farm | . : s - P 1 - tures within the home that lends it charac pald to readers of he Bee, 31 ' Send annoying, could have been easily rem- | Buildings, etc. Applied with a liberal TRY A LOAD OF B ter—the other being the fireplace, and as || B Rr® gt AT CampenUn: | | edied had the plans been studled more care- cuarantee by a responsible concern. E this Is the first to be seen (and first im- || change, Minneapolis, Minn. \ joplly; . Bedroom. deors should nsvep: he guarar MR | made less than two feet eight inchi pression should always be | for many good), It Is very wide, - A | S : - udsonindianCoa Iportant that ‘the WA Wtatrway 1 the through a smaller opening. Never place | B . erla“d Roof"] a“d Sll l 0. reception hall should he well designed. | mediate support. Winders should never be | ronoy grill work in a large opening to the The more c@® keeps to a simple design { placed In the maln stairs. The winder is . . . H \ parlor. It s considered poor taste, never : - A 1225 | i udson. 0. In the construction of the stairway, thel o step which goes diagonally across a 1006-8-10 Douglas Street Phones: Doug. 87; ned a » Wy easter the problem The defect often| Janding from corner to corner. The cellar (Continued on Tenth Page.) 737 b1 N Frog 08 1 ake g r toc b s - A 3 $ s - i i . el R songhill e R — = e+ Wit 0 Wi~ avd Iron Feaces and Gates, | 1168 Burning; Clean; No Soot; No Clinker; Only 3% Ash § plain balusters about an Inch and a quar | Beautify Your Lawns With Our Wire an | B ter square, with the corners rounded, are E H F e House rds | B B ech to e oreterred to the huge srestions xit the Fram | Trellises for Vines, Tree Gua SOLD BY | ¥ of the mill often turned out as ornamental Lawn Vases. * () Newel posts and the crooked. twisted | No story of the settlement of Nebraska | frequent and expensive rencwals. There Harmon & Weeth Co., Omaha Dalusters, one so often sees. To say noth-| would be complete without @ testimonial 'are in ths state many thousands of these Factory 15th and Jackson—617 So. 16th ? ing of the appearance, they are very hard [0 the useful part played by the frame | houses in a condition really unfit for habi- HITCH POSTS, WINDOW GUARDS, C. B. Havens & Co., Omaha € to keep clean and require a daily dusting | house as a cheap and for the period, an | tatlon and too good to pull down. Were no CLOTHES POSTS, CHICKEN FENCE Updike Lumber & Coal co.’ Omaha 8 of each baluster, the same as one would | €fficlent sheiter for man and beast, but | alternative at band the remedy would in- Send for Catalogue ,; G el liitovain the time has come for its disappearance, | volve their demolition and new construction ol 1 IS § at st from sight. The ploneers were | from other material at an enormous ag- | best to ha t least one |’ o i [ B I uves beat to have at least one | (o Sy (O live Tn log cabina, sod houses | sTegate expense. HAMPION FENCE COMPANY e e L e E i o “:I ey 0 vith .r‘ "1 m:;lu r.““ and dug-outs because there were no means | Happlly, through a course of evolution, | == N Y g -3t = g from floor l'\” oor wit hout .1‘ anding be- | o0 o aining a supply of lumber, but later |Which brought a supply of cheap cement tiquity or previous condition of d M CYCLON § tyoen on which to pause and rest. makes |\, yoveral rairoads constructed from Mis-|8nd & sultable form of metal lath, it ts | Y O PreVIONS CRRCITR BTN fo § the ascent too tiresome, especlally for the | yiguipy river points’ westward were em. |Now possible to cover tho exteriors of | T economic clfects of 4 WovERENE TN g older members of the houehold. It 18 als0 | nioong in its distribution. The state was|frame houses with cement mortar in such | U s ok s S g bl '“"‘l § quite important that the rise of each step | populated so rapidly and the demand for (4 Way as to greatly improve thefr ap- | frmation of W Anl AR, PEUCOE B . § should not be too great. One-quarter of | building material so urgent that shipments | pearance, increase their comfort, both in | 0t NOUSes from the WIREIH Ol ol an inch In the difference of the helght of | were made annually of product sawed from | winter and summer, and ®o long as a tight | APPEATancs of ston® Wit BC BOR steps makes a wonderful difference in the | pine logs floated from the northern timber roof s maintained, cxtend their life in. [ ficlal to Nebraska Wiersis i e P ease of ascending a stalrs. The rise of | regions definitely. The cost will not be great ang | MUOR OF Joctt I o e O e ditional = k each step should be s near seven and| This unseasoned wood was freely used in | the annual saving in fuel, paint and 4.»,,...“,l"“‘“”",l‘I d 1 “’L B e sk J ¥ one-quarter Inches as possible. A good | bullding houses, which for several years [it s said will be cqual to from 10 to 2 per | 1400F, The money sent out B VrEE HOC 1 width for each tread Is eleven inches, while | Were fairly comfortable, but the hot winds (cent on the money invested. B D . cisctuiue i Wi ud 1 | twelve inches makes a splendid tread where | Of the summers, combined with a dry atmo- | The cement sidewalk atfords a demon- |3 Beme T OWL €PRE 0 0 O o B Re Gan haseak | sphere caused shrinkage and numerous | stration of the durability of the material | YOP188€ ¢ o it e ) gl pratr PRREERNG mi.-r.«u. enabling the wintry blasts to pene- |under hard usage and climatic (‘xyu)muu\‘;'“‘""\' lAI;l‘ll-‘nu‘ l..s‘ A i A ‘ golve mrious consideration, No stairs | 15M® fieely to every nook aad corner. The |and the contractors for that work scould | Sht I8 € FUNS L0 0" atscredit the | Twenty years in business and ne losses ever contested, hould be buflt without a hand rall ex.|T¢SUlt & that frame houses so constructed | easily execute the new undertaking. In aig [2nd It . & by, ! o 1ts full teneth Many & s s are uncomortable in winter even with a |of the movement is the fact that the “stuc. | MOvement. It is well known that coment 15 ¢ tending Its full length. Many & slip and}iayigh and wasteful combustion of fuel, |coed house,” as It 1s frequently called, is |® Chemical preservative of metal from cor | * L4 fall by children or convalescent Invallds|ang being mere shells are susceptible to |decldedly the fashion and when the cover- | Fe#1on, and being one of the best fire re- has been saved from serlous consequences; the heat of summer. The climate, too, is |ing of the old house is completed there | SIStents, there would be an obvious lesscn- | » © i through having a hand rail handy for im- | very destructive to paint, necessitating | would be no external evidence of its an. |'M& of risk from that cause. As a skilled architect could suggest changes beneficial o the appearance and insure the stabliit to the appearance and insure the stability el AGENTS.... ’ of the work, such employment s usually | '\ | recommended, Bee Building Phone D. 200 AND'RON The Nebragka Concrete and Reinforcing N o S, FIRE SETS, ETC. company is putting in concrete posts at the | CEBTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION | CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION or old and new houses no furnishings add more to the Detention hame. The work will be com.|STATE OF NEBRASKA, OFFICE OF [STATE OF NEBRASKA, OFFICE OF (BTATE OF NEBRASKA OFFICE OB bome" effect than a behutiful pair of andirons and other S AUDITOR OF PUBLIC'ACCOUNTS. ™ | " AUDITOR OF PUBLIC T8 ' AUDITOR, QF-OLN, February 1st, 1969, artistic fireplace fittings. We are up-to-the-minute The new pavilion of the Happy Hollow | IT 18 HEREBY CERTIFIED, That the| . o LINCOLN. February 1at 18 | 1r 18 HERELY CEITIEIED, That the on these goods. Display Room. club will be one of the nicest around |[Delaware Insutance Company of Phila | T 18 Insurance Company of | in the Stat weeticut, has complied HOW TO SELECT FACE BRICK Omaha. Work has been hegun and will be | complicd with the Insurance Law of this |Stettin, dermany, has compiled ‘with the | with the Insurance Law of this State, ap- completed about the first of the month, |Btate applicable o such Companies and |Insurance Law of this Statc, applicable to | plicable to such Companies and is there. is therefore authorized to continue the |such Companies and is therefore author-|fore authorized to continu business of 8See our Display Room with Its 150 panels of the The Independent Lumber company has the | bugsiness of Fire and Tornado Insurance in |ized to continue the business of Fire In- | Fire, Lightning and Tornado Insurance in t latest, best and most attractive Brick effects. Then let ¥ contract and is pushing the work this State for the current year ending |surance in this State for the current year|this State for the current year ending Jan- i i 2 elght-foo e ot . January 3ist, 1910, ending January 3ist, 1910 uary 31st, 1910 us show you hundreds of mfudm.s in Omaha in which our - The 2000 elght-foot cement posts which | *S{iiness my hand and the seal of the| Witness my hand and the seal of the| Witness my hand and the seal of the brick have been used. That's the real test. Prices right. the Nebraska Concrete and Relnforcing | Auditor of Public Accounts, the day and [Auditor of Public Accounts, the day and |Auditor of Public Accounts, the day and ! f.!-lo]‘l MNEYSI{.( company ls putting up at Fort Crook (o | year first above written ' o C vear first abave wrltten. ' . year first above written o 0 ' e support an iron fence around the fort have | (geal) Auditor of Public Accounts, (Seal) Auditor of Public Accounts. (Seal) Auditor of Publio Aceounis. [been gelivered C. E. PIERCE, Deputy, C. E. PIERCE, Deputy, C. E. PIERCE. Deputy | \ 0 !