Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 23, 1916, Page 40

GREAT DEMAND FOR HOUSES IN THIS CITY Real Estate Men Aver that the Present Scarcity of Dwellings is Unprecedented. DEARTH OF MODERN COTTAGES (Good houses, new, modern and of flye, #ix or seven rooms, are scArce at pres- ent in the rental lists, real estats man sy, There never was & time In the history | of Omaha, perhaps, when houses to rent were 8o scarce as At present, said one Some would go as far & it s almost impossible at tal business. to say the this time to get & new and modern fiva | x-room house “In spite of the fact that there has beern & vast lot of bullding every year for & number of years," E. R, Ben son, of Hastings & Hey “the good new houses are taken at this minute, and you will find on the rental Mats of the renl estate men, houses that are not new. Many of them are good houses, hut the really first-class stuff in maderste #iz0d houses in rented right up to the minute, You will find, too, that the ren- tal ista of the renl estats people are not Iargo, even of the houses that are not strictly new. It fs hard to account for this, but Omaha is growing after all, new people are coming in every day, and the population s becoming larger and larger.” New Precedont Wel, A. A. Gilbert, in charge of the rental department of A, P, Tukey and Son, says that the percentage of avallable houses rented up to the minute at the present fime (s probably unprecented In Omaha. Mo alm finds that the greatest demand s for houses of from five to #even rooms, and that the demand s siways for a new and modern houss Thers is & tendency on the part of the renting publio to demand better homes in which to live, and a house that does not have every modern convenience that {males during the last w real estate man, who does n heavy ren- | situation s mueh the same—that apart- ments of a rodest size are rented to the limit and that in spite of the num ber of apartment houses bullt each year in the city, apartment houses are well filled The moving season will soon be on in Omaha. With the shortage of available houses at this mement, the de- mand {8 exceeding the supply, especially in the line of the best new houses. All the rental departments of the real estate companies in the city are dally recelving requests for houses, which they cannot fill, because they do not have the nice, new and modern five or six-room cottage. | GLOVER & SPAIN REPORT SEVERAL IMPORTANT SALES Glover & Spain report the following Renaldence of ¥, haugh at 12 Underwood avenue, Dundee, to Dr. Max Emmort of Atlantic, In. Price, $6,500 Resldence of Axel Henstedt, 2400 Call- fornin street, #old to A Perimettor, Con- sideration, #6,000 Vaocant lot on Harney street, facing Twenty-ninth street, sixty-six foot front age, wold for Mel UUbl, now {tornia, 1 a local Investor, Conmlde L 00 Dr, Hahn's brick residence nt 2121 Dovg- 1as street, sold to a locnl syndieate for an investment, Consideration, $15,000 TENNIS SEASON OPENS AT THE OMAHA HIGH SCHOOL The Hatikwar club, an organization of high wscheol boys, played tennis on the Central High school courts ing are members: A, Ciresn Levey, M. Lovey, Jako Katleman, Robert Kooper, Abe Kndner, Bam Kadner, Abe ack, Morris Sherman and 1, Rowen blatt LETTER CARRIERS GO TO GRAND ISLAND CONVENTION After making lhnir early morning de | ivery fifty-five of the Omahs letter oar riers, In & special car over the Union Fa- eific, left for Grand Island, where they will attend the state convention of Ne braska letter . carriers. Most of the a moderate-#ized houss should have, 18 | Omaha men returned last night soon classed among the “enlln.” Mr. Giibert says the apartment hotise Heo Want Ads Vroduoe Wesults M.P. BYRD NURSERY CO. 17th and Dodge Bis, Belect assortment of cholee ghrubs, ornnmental and fruft tree at oxceptionally low prices, Bee our stock before buying TELEPHONES-—Residonce, Colfax 4161 —Balesground, Douglay 4408, ("' #y !fi’:‘“"m BIG SALE OF NURSERY STOCK The lease of our gales ground runs out May 1st, must vacate and all goods must be sold, regardless of cost one week only, Gate City wer your home T Ihirty Ahiehnessss of FLAXLINUM Ihat is made from flas W M Hall Co Lumber Co Uulow & Ledwich al 10 four solld inehes of back Prool agalast frost, s & board sl e G N et Lumber Co Uestge A Hongland & Co Bradiord Kennedy Lumber o 12 for 50c — 25 for $1.00 Postpaid Tl Yainge roptass ol BT Bowering, %0 each, ihe onch, 8 for 81.00 ..':-mm L7l oo au whata o the U8 410 o prioss, 18 Tor 5001 48 Tor 91,66, 6 glant flowerin mlyuhnu’lll with ench §1 purchass, FREE Order immadiately ll 8, WESTHEIMER, 241 Third 81, 81, Joseph, I-Mhr liet of hardy guarantued Mfi be et :.I.:.t We Nursery 1712 Douglas Btreet, winter Use original cost of dogums plaster, or ol and bullding paper Inves wind, heat and told for one form of Iasulation Arop wa fiber, whieh is i iy Wullard, Moay Parmers Lo Missourt Wi NF Csily Updine | Wayer-Van THE Many Democrats | Voted for Hughes at Platte Center “Just ap an evidence that people are reading the newspapers,” sald a Piatte Centor man who Is visithig in Omaha, “and just to show you that The Bee's campaign for writing in the name of Hughes on the primary ballot was heeded I want to tell you what happened at | Platte Center. While Hughes ran well there on the republican ballot, the surprising thing is that when the ballots were totaled it was found his name had been written in thirty-one times by democrats on thel democratic ballots, Which shows that Tho Bee's campalgn was having its effect I want to may, too, that The Hes got Hughes a very creditable vote In the state, considering that his name had to be written in and also that hundredn and porhaps wands wrote his name in and then rgot to make the crows, which made It impos #ibls to regint voten PINK-EYE MOVES ON T0 THE CITY HALL The outbreak of pink-oye which has been manif & itaell in the Fleld club district han reached the oity hall. Among the vietims of the munieipal bullding aro Commissioner Withnell and Corporation Counsel Lambert Guaranteed for TEN YEARS Wire and Iron Fences Yards, Clothes Posts Iron and Wire Window Guards Hereen Door Guards Nend for Oatalogue It's Cheaper to Build a Warm House Than to Heat a Cold One A house insulated with Flaxlinum s a warmer and casler heated house in winter and a muech Flaxiiaum keeps it warm on the coldest days at low Prevents the passage of heat through your roof in fuel cost, and comfortably and from pouring in during the axlinu Save 30 Per Cent on Your Fuel Bill This saving will pay for the od and ehemically treated to makes 1t vermin proof tgate the merits of Plasiinum. Sead f our De Lase Sample Bookists us o oard and It w o malled 1o you at NORTHERN lNSULATlNC CO. 1068 University Avenue St. Paul, Minnesota OMAHA SUNDAY Roofs of Long $tanding In Service Over Twenty-Five Years CAREY'’S BUILT-UP ASBESTOS ROOFING CAREY’S FLEXIBLE CEMENT ROOFING SUNDERLAND MACHINERY & SUPPLY GO. 1006-8-10 Douglas Street Trellises for vines and roses, CHAMPION IRON & WIRE WORKS, 15th and Jackson. eool In the hottest BEE: 1916. APRIL J. WESTROM NURSERY CO. offers s cholos lne of Cut Leaf Weeping Birch, 8 to 10 feet at 83.00 each. A complete line of other Nursory Stook at equally low prices. SEVENTEENTH AND JACKSON STREETS PHONE DOUGLAS 6087, REAL ESTATE LOANS Loans made for bullding, for Ufting a mortgage and for other purposes. 1f you own a lot and have a portion of the cost of bulld ing, we can loan you the balance, No commission. No de lay. Small monthly payments. Omaha Loan & Building Association Northwest Corner Dodge and Fifteenth Streets. G. W, LOOMIS, President, W. R, ADAIR, Secy, & Treas. Trees Shrubs Evergreens Cholee Nursery Btock, Hedge Plant .anuu«- Barberry, 12 to 16 Inch, for hedze, $0,00 ver hundred We Guarantee Our Trees and Plants Apple trees In 22 vyarleties, three , heavy, 1Qg¢ each Remember, we saye you the commigsion. BSales ground Florence yacant lot near postoffice Bouth Omaha sales grounds on Write us direct or phone Bensor BENSON-OMAHA NUR SERIES P, J. FLYNN, Prop. Benson, Nebrasha. We Apply Anywhere in This Territory Phone Tyler 871 and Gates for Lawn, Garden and Poultry Grape Arbors. Flower Borders, X o O InInTn T T Arches Summer Houses Chairs and Settees Tree and Viower Guards Paper Burners Lawn Vases Wire Tel. Doug. 1590 Cyclone Sanitary Lawn Fence s the highest grade fence on the market heavier, stronger and closer spaced than any other, Cow plete, erected on wood post, 25 cents per lineal foot and up. I I Here | We carry a full line of wirg and fron fences and gates, trellises for d vines, flower bed bor o stays, steel posts for Yll I‘I fencing Come in and s the line and get our low prices Send for ecatalogue ANCHOR FENCE GO, | 207 N. 17th St Phone Red 814, HALT! ATTENTIOI! We \\‘” « your } {ve rooms in $30 00 plate Y paper tern Sam Newman 1NOB Farnaw PMhone whn wall pat cooler one In sum weather When you build ~ Douglas W Al Weat Lu.u-uu- Care INDEPENDENT LUMBER 00. Juey Lambering Al BA. LATH N .fl'-;‘y MILL L] ll‘l .Ull-"llo MATERIALS LV wo Send for thin De Luxe Sam. ple Booklet, Heavy Hoisting E_.i._pAVIS 1212 Farnam 81, Vel D, 353 Good p 1 painter. best painters Barker Bros. paint Cos Farnam, 160044 Be S ire You Have A Sanitary Garbage Can one of the best ideas in Garbage Cans ever invented Is bullt In the Majestic Garbage Receiver Wa will show how it operates and how simple itis to fill and empty othing shows above ground but the top and door. It ean/ be buried in your yard close to your kitchen door where it {8 handy and convenient Tel. Douglas 1236, ARTISTIC FACE BRICK McCaffrey Bros. Co. 120 South 17th Street Does your house look shabby? inting requires only good paint, HY-TEX BRICK HYDRAULIC PRESS BRICK CO. It sanitary and keeps the c Visit our store and ground, s strictly , dogs, cats and vermin Come in and examine it SANDERSON IRON CO,, 601 Barker Blk., Omaha Gladiolus, Dahlia, Canna A big assortment of named varieties to select from, The Nebraska Seed Co. 1613 Howard Street Tyler 40 Then Paint It. falr weather and a are In touch with the We supply good paint Ask Us we Douglas 4750, - - » In Your Building |*~ 138 W. 0. W Bulhling. { | PACKING Lo BEFORE YOU MOVE vou about our effi — - - “