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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-08
2o5 ANDRUs BUILDING.

have at least one set, for everyday use,
of open stock pattern, so that / could
supply the broken pieces that one will
have with the carelessaess of servants.
The dark blue china, in imitation Of
that used in our grandmothers' day,
makes good appearance for the price
paid. Next comes the shape of tho
dishes, which may seem small matter,
but have found it troublesome to make
those with very square corners, and tho
spoons have way of falling in the OBJ
long vegetable dishes. as they cannot do
in the round Ones In buying cooking
utensils remember to keep tho
round ones in view, instead of the sharp,
corners as in roasting pans, kettles, etc
/ would not buy tinware for the kitch-l
en-, first, because it is not made in the
good quality of years ago. and second.
it needs securing to keep it presentable.
Other wares have taken its place. I'm.
I less / had very large house | should
not have parlor, but a living room in,
stead, where everything YVES intended,
for use and comfort. I would furnish
my windows with simple but artistic
drapery. b. selecting curtains of
moderate cost we are able, TO get new.
ones IS the fashions. change, and not
khave to look forever and day" at
those for which we paid fabulous
price. SIMPLICITY is the keynote of all
our furnishings now"
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formation regarding it is concerned,
while new work projected seems to
undergo a slight lull until later, fire.
qucntly only to be pushed feverishly
during the fall and winter.
good record fairly well. If the results
for the six months Of the year have
failed to show q general boom, which
was anticipated in some quarters, it has
certainly shown a consistent run of
building. averaging well with other
years, and usually showing gain. The
more noticeable structures have been
fewer during the last month and the
grist of building news has lacked some
of those buildings which furnish spec
tacular items, but their lack seems to
have been made up in the way the vol
umc of residence building and smaller
structures has held up.
The indica tions seem to be that this
will be another season Of residence
building, in which homes and homo
structures are built in greater numbers,
there are fair number OF apartment
buildings going up, the tendency con
tinues to be for the smaller apartment
structures, and there are fewer of the
great apartment buildings.
s''The condition of prices in general
seems to be much the same as a month
ago. There seems to be no article OF
which prices are not firmly held. &c
ments are probably higher than at tht
first of June and all other articles are
firm and steady. .-.@t
HThe outlook for fall building a.
this time seems to be good. This vii
depend considerably on the crop out
come, and much may occur within TIL
next two months to make fall building
less or greater than present indications
/. point - ~ =. = y :. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-08
Z BUILDERS PUsTI THE WORK
Butler Brothers end Other Structure.
Being Rushed to Completion.

Satisfactory progress is being made
on the two big building jobs that are
under way in Minneapolis at the pres
ent time. The, basement work on the
Butler Brothers building is being done
by day labor and is progressing fast.
The brick walls have risen to the street
level on First avenue N, and for dis
lance on the Sixth street and alley
sides. The concrete footings are also
being set rapidly. pc .--. -
The new building for Calender Van
derhoof company, which T. B. Walker is
building across Sixth street is nearly
done, and as soon as the firm moves off
tho Butler building site the old struct-
ure, will come down and the founda-
ton will be finished. ~. ~
The stone retaining walls for the
sidewalk area of sthe Hurty-Simmons
Hardware company building are nearly
completed under direction of Superin-
tendent Sutton of the Wurster Cons
tracing company. The brick base
ment walls and the concrete piers will
so in RAPIDLY. The detail plans show
elaborate brick work for the exterior of
the building, something unique in Min:
neapolis. Mill construction has been
chosen. ~ - sr ..s-. III H.
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paid for the, best unimproved wholesale

paid for the, best unimproved wholesale
property? ,,
! Third-The highest price paid for
railroad trackage2 g.49.z> - .s.s-,
/. .Fourth-Thc best price obtained for
manufacturing sites? i ~ @.-.e...-. ....3
Fifth highest price paid
square foot for. rent Of office buildings?
Sixth-The highest price. paid square
foot for rent Of improved retail prop
erty? III. ,t:.,Tl f.. 49,. ...l7, 1852
Soventh-The highest price paid a
square foot for rent Of improved whole
sale property9 c,-s..,ss-. :,
Eighth-Percentage. Z basis for net
rental Of real estate on long time lease,
ground, building9 What is the usual
term for reappraisement on long time
leases? 5.>..
Ninth-The value Of real estate trans
fcrred for the year 1862
Tenth-In the case of the admission
of new plats, Of additions or subdivi-
sions, what requirements does your city
make of the owner with respect to i'm
provemcnts, ETC., previous to the pre-,
sentation of his plat for acceptance and
record?
Eleventh-The price charged BY your
| city for gas, a thousand feet, for do
nestle consumptionY
Twe1fth-,Cost Of electricity for the
/ same use n&.
! Thirteenth-Your local water rate
for the individual consumers
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-08
DEPARTMENT rs EFFICIENT
Outside Contractors Speak Well of
Building Inspector Houghton.

Compliment has been paid to the
building department of the city thru
the inspector, James G. Hough-
ton. The representative Of
foreign contracting firm, who has
had to deal with the department,
says that he can do more work with
the building Inspector office here in
in some cities. He SAYS that the de-
partment has treated him and his firm
well.
Local contractors who have never
dealt with building departments in 9TH
er cities of like size with Minneapolis
are apt to be better satisfied with con.
ditions when they are assured by com
pctent outsiders that Minneapolis has
willing department., and one which
no delay is experienced in issuing per-
mits 0s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-08

Progress is being made in the equip
ment of the free information bureau Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-08
Good Advice.

3 sfWere I to refurnish my. house.
wise home-maker remarked, 81 would
improve upon the style of my
furniture. ~ would select the
smooth. straight lines that are so easily
kept clean, instead of the elaborate
carying, and. above everything else, /
would have the large pieces of furniture
stand high enough from the floor to be
easily cleaned beneath, or else they
should sit lat SO that the. dust could not.
get under. In selecting dishes would
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-08
GOOD MONEY IN REALTY
Investors Make Fine Profits on Low
Priced Lots

Instances are constantly being cited
by real estate men where purchasers
of lots have made money. They are
good arguments to induce other sales.
One Of the latest reports concerns
seventy fve-foot lot on Lowry Hill.
This tract, one ordinary lot and one
half, sold eighteen months ago for
$4,000. Six months later it brought
$4,000, a fair six months gain, and
only recently it has changed hands
again for $4,000.
So, in eighteen months, the lot has
nearly doubled in value on sales. It
Is the multipllclty Of 81 such incidents as
why clients dc not invest more readily
in low priced Minneapolis real estate.
/ Few other ventures that are on safe
basis will show a return of more than
I 100 per cent in a year, and yet hun
dreds Of pieces of property have Melted
their purchasers high percentages in the
last two years
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More information Coming.

4 In it's work. Of collecting statistics
about real estate and other items of in
terest, tn. Minneapolis real estate bu-,
reau Of free information has sent
queries to the mayors of sixty-nine
American cities covering thirteen
points. The results will be published
in duo time.
The inquiries are as follows: What
is
First-The highest purchase price
paid for the best unimproved retail
property in your city?
Second The highest purchase price
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-08
Comments on Tables.

made bv Mr.. Sawyer himself on the
table which he has prepared:,
! cit will be noted from the. above
table that Minneapolis has an area, in
square miles, larger than any cities in
and St.. Paul, and in area it stands
eighth in size in the United States
said Mr.. Sawyer yesterday. x
T'"With respect to the ratio OF Its
real and personal property, it will be
noticed that the personal property
amounts to about one-third Of the real,
while in Albany the ratio is about one
seventh, and in Allegheny about one
ithirticth. 1t seems that our citizens
are more honest in their returns than
are those Of many Of OUR sister cities.
Basis of Values.
: "The basis Of valua ton for assess
mcnt purposes differs. widely, the high
est being that of Memphis, which is
taxed on the comparative valuation Of
It's. In other words, the assessed value
il that city. is ~ per cent above It's
wards, ranging from $16.70 to $23.l0 per
$1,000. Everything else being equal, a
high assessed valuation and low
rate is, we think, to be desired. Pro
spective purchasers, as a rule, are in,
clined to make their estimates of real
estate somewhat in accordance with
|. the assessed valuation, and o high tax
| In the case, Of our own city the same
1 principle would. apply. the. only eau
/ ton being that should we raise our
j assessed valuation, thereby increasing
I our bond limit, we should not allow our
/ rate to be forced up also, unless for
matters at Of .tTp public sa eoa TthSGt
I 1euree sOf nrosDeritv r.. e. rs @5s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-08
BUILDING PERMITS LEAD
Compared with Same Week Last Year,
Showing Is $18O,0OO Better.

Comparative figures on real estate
transfers. and building permits for the
week ending Friday. July 8, show up
we'll for the present year. In transfers
last year is ahead, by $4,000, but in
building permits, which arc better evi-
tdence Of material growth and prosper
most most $1so,oOo. The permit for the
Simmons Warehouse company, $780,
900, and the board of education permit
of 100000 both taken out last Mon
day, account for the size of this year s
figures. The comparisons. as made by
the Daily Legal News. follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-08
OFFICE rs HANDY

Real Estate Men Make Good Use Of
information Bureau.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-08
Case Of Milwaukee.

- 1t will be seen that Minneapolis
has rate Of $3.50 per ST 900, paid sup
posedly upon a valuation Of SO per
cent, while Chicago is assessed on the
basis Of 20 per cent Of it's real value
and pays a tax rate of 1896 per 81 1000.
This would make our tax upon a higher
ratio than that Of Chicago. It should
also be noted that Milwaukee, with a
population of 335,00O and an area of
assessed upon a 60 per cent valuation,
with a rate Of only $17.43 per 81 900.
We doubtless have something to learn
from that city. s@ tss,4 asa r. 5sF i
Comparisons can be made without
number. from the above table, but we
leave the readers to continue them ac-
eording to their own inclinations. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-08
TAXPAYERS LEARN
FROM COMPARISONS
Real Estate Bureau Of Minneapolis Complies Table Show
ing How Chief Cities Rank in Matter Of Valuations and
Tax Rates-Many Municipalities Appear to Lead
Minneaoolis in Low Assessment

L.
table
assessed of
Of the real fraternity
/ r4. .s,gs Valuable 4
public whether thing
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-08
Tomas Agency Moves.

David z. Jones IS %. have moved.
their Offices to. Ill, Fourth street S, in
the Bank of Commerce building, adj
joining their former quarters.
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BUILDING PERMITS.
] LULL In BUILDING
Midsummer Quiet Will Soon Give Way
800 80. "a TIa11 1T,.cafn -

june building has becn considered
new work for tho midsummer, with fine
prospect for the fall. ri
In many ways, q says the Bulletin.
midsummer seems to have kind of
lapse in the progress Of construction
that is, in the development of new
work. Much Of the larger work is by
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-08

the Real Estate board at 3 Fifth street
furniture has been ordered to put the
new rooms in good order.
The other tenants Of the office have
moved out and now Manager G. L. Saw,
yer has full sway. The bureau is found
to be a convenient meeting place for
committees of the board and for real
estate conferences generally. 1t Is cen
tral in its situation and is getting to be
a busy place in consequence.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-03
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL
Few People Know How Useful n IL in
Preserving Health md Bcnuty

Nearly everybody knows that char.
| coal Is the safest and most efficient dis
infectant and purifier in nature, but few
| realize its value when taken into thu
human system for the same cleansing
purpose.
Charcoal is a remedy that the more
you take of 1t the better; It is not q
drug at all, but simply absorbs the
gases and impurities always present in
the stomach and intestnes and carries
them out of the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating onions
and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and i'm
proves the complexion, it whitens the
teeth and further acts as a natural and
emnently safe cathartlc.
1t absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; II
disinfects the mouth and throat from
the poison of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal in one form
or another, but probably the best char
coal and the most for the money is in
Stuar's Charcoal Lozenges; they are
composed of the finest powdered Willow
charcoal and other harmless antisep-
tics in tablet form or rather I'm the form
Of large pleasant tasting lozenges, the
charcoal being mixed with honey.
The daily use of these lozenges will
soon tell in much improved condition
of the general health better complexion,
sweeter breath and purer blood and the
beauty of 1t is, that no possible harm
can result from their continued use. but
on the contra. y, great benefit.
A Buffalo physician In speaking of
the benefits OF charcoal says: II advise
Stuarts Charcoal Lozenges to all pa
tients suffering from gas in stomach
and bowels, and to clear the complexion
and purify the breath, mouth and
throat; I also believe the liver is greatly
benefited by the daily use of them; they
cost but % cents a box at drug stores,
and although IN some sense a patent
preparation, yet l believe l get more
and better charcoal in Stuart's Charcoal
Lozcnses than in any of the ordinary
charcoal tablets"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-03

untrue. There has been no fighting at
the Prokharon mills since Saturday.
An eve witness OF the surrender OF
the last batch on Sunday says that two
Of the ringleaders were shot without
even the semblance Of n trial
The property Of foreigners I'm the
Presna district has been damaged or
destroyed to considerable extent,
among the losses being a flve-story
brick building belonging to n natural
lied American, NJ. J. Stabokoffsky, VINO
has lodged with the American consul.
Mr.. Smith, a demand for damages
against the Russian government, which
has been forwarded to tn embassy at
st. Petersburg. Four similar demands
for damages have been lodged with the
British consul and seven with the con-
sui of Germany by British and Ger
man subjects respeCtiyely
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-03
BALF0UR ISSUES HIS
ELECTION MANIFESTO
FISCAL POLICY SUBJECT OF
ARGUMENT
Declares If Unionist Party Is Returned
to Power Its Attention Should Be
First Directed to Reform of the
Financial System
BY Associa ted Press.

BY Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 2.-Arthur ]. Balfour
the former premier, issued his election
address tonight. In it he says that
the country knows that the members
of the present government act chiefly
as critics and that their criticism has
been sometimes singularly unscrupu-
lous and perVerse, as in the case OF
Chinese labor and other matters. The
address says:
zone thing the liberals regard as
inmutable, however the conditions of
international trade may have changed,
is the fiscal policy of the country.
take the more extensive view and hold
that the time has arrived to adapt
England's fiscal policy to the changing
conditions of a changing world. Should
you return the unionist party to power
it is to the reform of the fiscal system
that its attention ought first be di-
rected."
Joseph Chamberlain has plunged into
the campaign with all his old time
ardor.
In the face of considerable opposition
he delivered two vigorous speeches at
Birmingham today and is scheduled to
speak in number of larger cities dur
ing the coming week
Mr.. Balfour contents himself with a
quieter fight and is confining himself
to his own constituency of East Man
chester. His attitude on the fiscal
problem, as indicated by his election
address. is of a non-committal char
acter, in strong contrast with that of
Mr. Chamberlain, who does not hesi-
tate to advance his views at every
opportunity.
According to well informed gossip in
Dublin, no great changes are expected
in the Irish representation in parla-
ment.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-03
ATTACKS PREMIER WlTTE
The slovo Says He Is lnsineere and a
Political Gambler
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press
ST PETERSBURG, Jan. Q, 1t:40 p.
m.--The Slovo, the Conservative organ,
which recently turned upon Count
Witte, delivers a broadside not only
impugning the motives of the premier
in the present war against the reds
but openly attacking the records OF
members of the cabinet. It says:
Russian societies support the war
against anarchy, but refuse to believe
that Witte is making fight I'm the In
terest of freedom as all his life he has
been the prince of bureaucrats. Witte is
a good deal Of a broker and something
of "A journalist, but at heart he Is Il
political gambler and lacks the ring
OF sincerity. No government without
honesty can inspire confidence.
"The fact that one minister was
caught in shady grain operation. that
another was found TO be supplying rail-
road ties, that another was engaged in
questionable transactions In commercial
paper and that another was selling ma
tional secrets iustifies the nation in dis
trusting the Russian Bismarck
THE revolutionists are to be con-
demned, but when the unwrtten his
tory of the past twenty years is re-
called It will be seen that their methods
of robbery violence and falsehood were
only the usual methods of the bureau
cracy. Could the lies of the revolu-
tionaries exceed those of the foreign
Office or their pillage equal ten years
of the administration of the ministry
og finance? We do not want geniuses,
but clean men, such as the douIna only
will be able to give us"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-03
REPORT OF ASSISTANCE
Rumor That Steam Schooner ChehaIis
Has Her in Tow
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
SEATTLE. Wash, Jan. 2.-It is re.
ported that the disabled steamer CITY
or Pueblo was taken In tow by the
steam schooner Chehals Sunday an6
Is now enroute to San Francisco.
The steamer Whittier passed the tive
vessels off Cape Flattery Sunday and
on reaching Vancouver today reported
the accident to the Puebla.
While passing Cape Flattery the off.
GERS of the Whittier signaled that tugs
were wanted to assist the Puebla and
they were read to mean that there was
trouble aboard the Chehalis. The
Whittier reports that the Chehalis was
making slow progress.
The passengers who sailed from Port
Townsend on the City of Pueblo. which
left there December 30 were Mrs. NJ
Baber and Miss Baber, first class, and
p. Nigren, second class.
Following is a list of the Seattle pas
sengers on the City of Pueblo:
First class-F. Allen, Thomas Nor
ris, ]. d. Shields, f. Wright, Mrs. J,
W. Nicholson, G. w. Glover. Mrs. Ruth
Crosby, Mrs. G. Pitcher Roy Isaacs
j. Mcdonald, w. Wormley. Miss c,
Chilberg, Miss G. Still, Miss Crosby
Miss Crosby. T. Crosby and wife, Mrs
NJ. Flynn. Sophie NJ Mitchell. Ada
Mitchell. d. j. Perkins and wife, f. A.
Henry, Isabelle Busch, Mrs. r. W.
Hawkins. j. T. Corley, F. $. Lind. Will
liam Banks, Miss Dodson, Miss K Me-
Donald, r.. A. Monroe and wife, r. L.
Murray and wife, John Soelner. A. ID.
Hacks, j. p. Hughes. Hugh McAvay.
T. n. Vance. II. II. Baker, L. IcNally.
A. U. Tuchridge, Minerva A. Smith
Mrs. w. II. Smith, Alfred II. Stay, A.
H. Wolford, A. j. Macarthur, wife and
hoy, X. 5. WoodWord, p. NJ. McCauliffe
L. Pantzke and wife. Mrs. l.. Carter.
Mrs. W. Nj. George and daughter.
Second class-Laura Malek, S. Pa
pirier, Charles ID. Rambler, w. Pinslev
d. r.. Roberts, II. Mellon. Henry Barle'
r.. A. Shath, James Benson, sixteen
Japanese, q. ID. Goodman, George Il.
Coombs, V. Pinel. George Pinel. Ather-
ton Campbell, Il. L. Shostein. Eben
Perkins, j. T. Ray, j. H. Walters.
Frank Kruger, Ben Reeves. j. Laus,
tein, p. f. Censer, Delbert Crot, w. A.
Censer. j. j. Censer, w Kessel, II. @.
Burt. Victor Burt, Arthur Burt, L. S.
Shook, Harry Haywood, G. E. Trow-
bridge, Miss Brown, Miss Beaud. A. q.
Steiner, six japanese, w j. Jones. nj.
Peterson. w. A. White, G. S. Griffiths.
IL. q. Gririths, 4. Bertholdi, c. Hort
mig, +. Meter f. A. Bracket, p.
Dooley, Thomas Smith, Il. w. Bell.
Henry Hart, J. V. Campbridge c. j.
Moller. j. Abestrand w. Bell. I. A.
WicRman, j. Lee, s. Alarez. n. Pedzoni.
W. Warson' j. Harris, Il. ]. Come. N,
Mathes.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-03
STRIKE IN WARSAW
Employees of All the Factories There
Quit Work
BY Associated Press

by Associated Press
WARSAW, Jan. 2.-The employees of
all the factories here are on strike.
The bombs and revolvers discovered
yesterday in Kacza street belonged to
a club of Jewish anarchists and COM
munists, the members of which were
terrorizing the Jewish business men.
The governor general has suspended
the Goniec, an organ OF the National
Democratic party.
Traffic on the Visulta railroad is par
TALLY interrupted.
The Socialists have destroyed two
bridges and are firing on the engineers.
A bridge has also been destroyed on
the Vienna railroad.
In the government of Kielce the revo-
lutionists have destroyed several gov
ernment buildings.
In the commune of Zamo four insur-
gents have been arrested for spreading
the revolutionary propaganda among
the soldiers.
ON the Ostrovic branch of the Wis
tula railroad the strikers have de-
stroyed the Quierzbnik station. The
employees fled.
At Lodz some of the factories at
tempted TO resume work. but the work
men were threatened by the strikers
with revolvers.
AT Sosnovic and Dombrova all the
coal and iron miners are on a strike.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-03
Snowstorm in Colorado
BY Associated Press.

DENVER. Jan. "A snowstorm, in
many places the first of the season,
began in southern and western Colora-
do this afternoon. Several inches OF
snow has fallen. In the southern part
of the state and at points in the noun
tains the temperatures have fallen to
zero and below. Reports from New
Mexico and as far south as the Texas
line show a general storm has pre-
vailed for more than twenty-four
hours, accompanied by severely cold
weather. Cattle and sheep are suf-
fering intensely.