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Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05

of the latter is located the dining room.
connected by pantry to the kitchen. The
house is illuminated with electric lights.
The chandeliers and lighting fixtures are
of hardwood and stained glass, producing
very beautiful effect.
Perhaps the most novel feature about
this wonderful residence is the fact that
1t is heated by steam from a central sta
ton. There is no noisy dusty furnace
in the basement demanding daily atten-
tion and tender care all the long winter
months. Instead. the steam which usually
goes to waste about small electric light
plants is carried to the house by unnder-
ground pipes. This steam pipe enters the
house in the basement and is carried to
the rooms just the same as the steam
from an ordinary furnace The rooms arc
heated with steam radiators OF course,
some special arrangement had to be sup
piled 10 furnish hot water for the bath
room. Near the ceiling in the bathroom
is located water tank which is kept con-
stantly hot by a number of small pipes
through which a continual flow of hot
steam is maintained. This tank supplies
hot water for the bath and to the wash
bowls located in two OF the upstairs bed
rooms. OF course, the house is also wired
for electric heat in case anything should
happen to the steamheating system.
When it is remembered that there are
no fires about this modern dwelling the
visitor begins to wonder how the meals
are cooked. No steel range is visible in
the neat and roomy kitchen. No sooty
gas stove glares black and threatening
from the side walls The principal article
of furniture seems TO be an oak sidebOaTd-
or something that looks as though It might
be a sideboard. This ''sideboard" is Moth
ing more or less than one Of the new
electric stoves. The back Of the wooden
cabinet is a small switchboard, and all the
utensils arranged on the stove are con-
nected TO this switchboard with suitable
wires and plugs. A turn OF a switch and
the electric teakettle is singing over in
visible heat. With the same ease the fry
ing pan, cereal cooker, griddle, broiler,
vegetable cookers, etc. are made ready to
do their share OF the work of preparing a
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05

To make a Humane horse collar sixty
eight different and distinct operations
are necessary from the start to the
finish of the product. and in the ma
chine shops there are just that many
different dies and machines with
which to do these operations. Prac-
tically all of these dies were made by
Mr.. Whipple and all of them under his
direction.
"The greatest study after l had
worked out the collar" said Mr.. Whip
pie, was to figure out and make the
various dies and machines necessary
to do the work. The first collars we
made we riveted by hand. OF course
that process was too slow, so we got a
machine to drive the rivets. Every
piece of leather had to be just so; the
size had to be exact, so when the col
lar was finally made to suit we had to
make the dies for the leather. The
hoop iron had to be cut just so or the
pieces would not join with the others,
so we had to make dies for cutting
this iron. To figure out this machin-
cry and to make it was hard work,
bur it was impossible to get someone
else to do it, for no matter how you
explain your ideas to another, you
cannot get made just the piece of ma
chinery you want"
Mr.. Whiplpe is naturally we'll
pleased with the success he has made
of the Humane Horse collar and the
company which is now associated with
him is certainly pleased, because Mr..
Whipple is now taking a six months
rest to recuperate from his mental
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05

and physical labors of so many years.
He is one of the men who believes that
nothing is impossible when man
sets his head to it.
Mentality can do anything" he
said. ''The idea comes to one like a
revelation and then man can, If he de-
votes himself to the idea, work it out
to perfection. Before the Human
Horse collar was placed on the market
probably a thousand different models
were made. each a little more perfect
than the rest. 1t is Just constant
study that does the business"
The idea of the Humane Horse col
lar came to Mr.. Whipple when he lived
at Agency Ford down in Missouri, near
st. Joseph. That was back in 1898.
For two years the man worked almost
constantly on his idea and then for
eight years he neglected to do any
thing with It. Had kept busy dur
ing that eight years" he said, with a
smile, II would have been a million
aire now" Mr.. Whipple moved
finally to Tekamah. Neb.. and there
under the inspiration of the good Ne
braska ozone his idea again took pos
session of him and after various trials
and tribulations he secured a patent
and placed his goods on the market.
He began in modest way by curing
up a number of sore shoulders around
Tekamah. He turned out a dozen or
so collars a year-just enough to at
tract local attention. Then the de-
mand began to increase and he real
lied the time had come to go forth
into a broader field. He came to
Omaha eighteen months ago and again
beginning in a very modest way, he
turned out his goods. The owner of a
large number of heavy draft horses
had one horse whose shoulder was
sore. Mr.. Whipple saw the animal
and suggested the use of the Humane
Horse collar. The man doubted the
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05

Increased amount of city mortgages re-
leased from January ], 1908, to March To-
1905 over same period last year. SlO7,595.
with such a record in the read estate
business Of Omaha during financial panic,
the dealers look forward TO a year during
which more investors will place money in
more new tracts opened. than during amy
twelve months since l8S6, when the Omaha
record was made.
Some Of the tracts opened since dur
ing the panic are selling rapidly, extension
Of trolley lines and automobiles making it
possible for home builders to go out from
the city.
The opening OF the Kountze Third addi-
tion by Hastings & Heyden during the
panic was one of the notable incidents.
Some hundreds lots on the south side were
thrown on the market and sold in three
days.
ID. " Sholes has opened the tract on the
west side Of Hanscom park. and sold many
lots before the street car line extended
along Thirty y-second street.
George & Co. opened the "Fairacres," a
new addition west OF Dundee, and already
there are 10000 worth of new homes in
the course Of construction. the property be-
ing divided into acreage tracts.
Harrison & Morton opened a tract be-
tween Sixteenth and Twentieth streets
north Of Fort street, and have sold large
number Of the acreage tracts.
The Creighton pastures near Clifton
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05

The perfection of the collar was not
more difficult than was the making of
the machinery by which the various
parts of the collar are manufactured.
These machines were made by Mr.
Whipple, himself. or most of them
were. In the manufacture of the col
lar it is necessary to bend tube, not
unlike a gas pipe. To bend gas pipe
without squeezing it together the
usual or old way has been to fill the
pipe with sand. The Humane Horse
Collar company has a machine which
makes this unnecessary and it was the
invention of Mr. Whipple. The pipe
is bent by three small wheels which
are worked with long lever An
other machine which had to be manu-
factured for the use of the Humane
Horse Collar company is a machine by
which the iron rod is braised into the
tube at the bottom of the collar. The
end of the tube is closed with the ma
chine. The riveting machine is so
rapid a woodpecker is slow compared
with it.
Every particle of the collar is manu-
featured here in Omaha in the plant
of the Humane Horse Collar company
even to the buckles. These buckles
are turned out at the rate of 10000 a
day. Mr.. WhipDle when he first
opened up his factory bought his
buckles in the east. but with a little
figuring he soon discovered he could
manufacture the buckles himself
make better buckles at less expense
and so the Humane Horse Collar COM
pany began to make it's own buckles
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05

Hill and Institute Place, in the northwe
part of the city, are to be opened and d
vided into acreage tracts.
Florence property, sold both in acreaI
tracts and city lots has had an unusual
good demand during the first three montI
of the year.
A dozen new homes are in the course
construction in Sulphur Springs addtiol
north of Locust and east of Sherman avI
nue., in the north part of the city.
But while the new additions have q,
tracted a large number of buyers, the y
desirable residence lots on upper FarnaIl
Harney, California, Burt, Webster aI|
Davenport streets have been selling aIl
have been bringing prices which are ~
highest ever securd for unimprovd omall
city lots.
When John McShane bought the Thomd
Fitzpatrick lots on upper Howard strel
and paid 800 per front foot for 1872 fee
the highest price ever paid for Omaha eli
lots was paid. A number of other sales I
$50, S65, SIS and $50 per front foot have bed
recorded and good business mep and judgd
of real estate have declared every sale 4
be a good investment for the money.
With all the small lots changing hand
and going from dealers and large owner
to home builders, the outlook is for
repetition of last year in home buildinl
one thousand new homes will be erected
Omaha during 1908. This will make piaea
for $500 more people TO live.
This is the estimate made by SecretaH i
c. A. Grigg Of the Omaha Builders "a
Grange, real estate dealers who are build
ing homes TO sell, loan and saving assocld
tions which are furnishing the money I'd
many of the residences, and exclusive d
the possibility that many new homes vii
be erected in Seymour park as the resuI
Of the location there of car shops AM
other industries.
During 1907 1854 new residences wer
erected. They cost S2,554.525
The homes built in Omaha during III
coming year will not cost as much-proh
ably s.. 900, ,O00-as they will be neat cottage
and homes, 81. Louis flats. each contain
ing two homes, and numerous small apart
ment houses. containing from two 20 s
apartments But there are several large
apartment houses planned. Some Of theI
will count twelve to twenty homes in eao
building.
Eight hundred and forty-seven OF tn
hoHitS bulll uuIiHB ibJi were stpdIdte uWei
lings. Probably $50 will be cottages an
small residences this year.
The building inspectors office estimate
that 1880 will be spent on the Averas
each working day from the opening OF th
season, April 1. until cold weather for III
building Of homes alone.
Secretary Grigg Of the Builders exchang
said:
so far the plans submitted to the ex
change for large buildings have No
amounted TO much But from all indies
tions the number OF homes erected will b
fully as large as last year. Architects al
busy on small plans and some of them o
plans for larger houses, The home build
ing will doubtless continue with the sam
activity, Contractors have been enable
TO keep their gangs of workers well q
gether because Of the open winter, whic
enabled them to work almost every da
since November 1. I do not know Of man
suspensions in building" 4
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05

bly, Minneapolis and st, Pa Omaha and
Des Moines. In Kansas City there was
little or nothing doing, while cities of
Colorado, Wyoming and on to the Pacific
coats began to feel the severity of tight
money.
During the last week in January the
eastern insurance companies, which had
ceased to make loans in the west some
ninety days before announced that their
financial agents in the west would re-
sumo loaning money on improved city
and farm property February 1, and that
the rate of interest would be about the
same, or possibly half of l per cent
higher The companies had made some
heavy loans in Omaha during 1907 at 4,
" and per cent. They announced that
they wanted more, but would make no
loans for per cent for several months
at least. One insurance company which
owned 100 pieces of Omaha property three
years ago sold the last holding, business
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05

brought over. from England when the
country was discovered. 1t has been
beautified and looks better. but the
principle is Just the same. The old
time collar had not proven satisfac-
tory, so l knew that if / could invent
and manufacture collar which would
save the shoulders of the horses the
public would buy it,
Mr.. Whipple is one of the few in
ventors who have lived to reap the re-
ward of their toll and labor, being
financially able to secure his own pat
ent without having to sacrifice his in
vention to do so. In discussing inven-
tions he said
''It is seldom an inventor gets any
pecuniary reward out of his work.
When he goes to the men with money
to float his invention they put three
propositions to him: Has the inven-
ton got merit? Does the public want
it? What is the cost and what is
there in it?
Mr.. WhiDple met the first PROPOSE
ton easily by making about a hundred
collars and trying them on horses with
such results there was never any more
doubt of the merit of his invention.
The other two propositions were not
so material to man of Mr.. Whipple's
determination, because he had the
demand for the collar would come with
knowledge of it's satisfactory work.
The first few Humane collars we're
crude affairs and changes have been
made only after experiments and ex-
perience has justified them.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05

claims of the inventor, but final
bought collar. In very short tin
the horse was cured and he never lo.
n day from work. Every horse tn
man owns now wears Humane COLI
whether on dress parade OF pulling
big wagon through the streets.
Many of the fashionably dress'
women of the city will be surprised /
learn that the heels of their shoes a
made from scraps of leather from {
making of a Humane collar. Sue
however, is a fact. Carload after ca
load of scraps of leather is sent ca
from this factory every year to Z
manufacturers of shoes, both mer
and women's. Some of these scra
are large enough for a sole, but t
greater portion of them go into L
heels of the shoes. The scraps are Il.
result of the necessity for the piec.
that go into the collar being of an eI
act size. The leather is first cut
the rough and is then cut out by N
dies made. especially for the purpose|
The Humane Horse Collar compaII
occupies a large two-story brick buff
ing, with basement. at 1926 Soul
Thirteenth street, and all the space
the immense building is used by Il
company. Growing as it is. the NAL
ayers and workmen employed at I'll
factory expect it to be the busiest plas
in Omaha before very long and Il.
number of employees will be constant
increased. The company so far h$
not invited the public to inspect
plant. because it has been gettit'
ready for a large trade. The buildiff
has been and is undergoing repai
and alterations that will make it d
pecially fitted for this kind of wor
A large Office nicely fitted up is to
opened on the first floor, on which aid
will be the storage room. the shippiII
room and the room where the varioI
pieces OF the collar will be put I!
gether.
1--WE are now ready for the publ
to inspect the plant" said Mr.. WhiI
pie, "and we will take pride in shoj
ing the people around. We have nj
encouraged visitors heretofore becauI
we were just getting the preliminat
work done. but now we are nj
ashamed to show them the inside
the Humane Horse collar"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05
House Without a Chimney the Latest

Z meal. Beside the cabinet sits the electric
oven, wherein the heat is so economical
and concentrated that the choicest roast
can be prepared in less time than at usu-
ally takes to start a slow coal fire. The
other electrical kitchen devices, including
the electric flatiron. are used in the same
clean, simple and economical manner. There
is no sweltering heat I'm the kitchen, no
SCOT, no ashes, no dirt, no hot fires for
ironing day, no Juggling OF heavy scuttles
of coal from the basement
ln>fact, so easily and conveniently are
the meals cooked that the coffee. tea and
toast are prepared right on the dining room
table. The electric coffee percolator at
the turn OF a switch, prepares the coffee
while the cereal is being eaten. and the
toast is ready when the coffee is. The
cost Of cooking the meals by electricity in
this home is estimated at less than $3.50
a month for a family of five persons
BY utilizing the waste stean from the
electric light plant tine cost of heating the
house in cold weather is reduced to a
minimum. Besides, it saves caring for a
dirty furnace and handling coal and ashes
The room that furnace and coal bin
ordinarily take up can be used for other
purposes. with special meter rates for
electric heating the cost OF cooking the
various meals is no more than as though
coal or gas was used and the cleanliness
convenience and healthfulness OF electricity
Is worth more than money can buy
The greatest inventor and genius in the
world has predicted that the house OF the
near future viii be made entirely Of con-
crete cast In mold Scientists have pre-
dicted that the home OF the future will
have no chimney or flue. These ideas are
all Incorporated in Mr. sinsabaugh's twen-
tieth century hopie.-4st Louis Globe-Demo-
crat
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05

lot at Sixteenth and Leavenworth streets,
for $4,000, which covered the mortgage
and interest The company announced
that it would be it's policy in the future to
bake western securities, mortgages on
farms and city property in preference to
the bonds offered in the east, which were
of decidedly uncertain value"
Another company which has $4,000, 900
loaned on Nebraska farm lands said:
Our interest rates will necessarily be
" per cent instead of the per cent
which we have been receiving, but we
want the busines and our tendency will
be to invest in high-class western mort
cages"
simultaneously with the announcement
of the insurance companies the savings
and loan associations of Omaha gave
notice that, they would consider applica-
tions for 1oans, while almost a score of
Omaha real estate dealers announced that
they had arranged with private parties"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05

SssSsssSsJ gases.
Such is the ideal twentieth century
home which Mr.. f. NJ sinsabaugh has
Just completed for his comfort at Car
rollton, Ill. While this wonderful residence
is one of the first of its kind in the world
II is' perhaps, a good example of what
the average American home will be in a
Few years from now, when both wood
and coal have become too expensive for
common use. Wood is now too scarce and
high In price for common building ma
terial and the time is already here when
for ecOnomys sake, architects and con-
tractors are figuring to construct all build
ings of steel and concrete. AS the SUNNY
OF coal diminishes the cost is advancing
so that everything possible is being done
to husband the supply and see that none
of the stored heat is wasted. Electricity
generated by water power, is even now
taking the place OF coal as a source OF
power and the time is surely coming when
1t viii rank first as a source of heat
Mr.. sinsabaugh's moGel twentieth cen
tury home is 34xSO feet two stories high
with attic and basement, and has eight
rooms on the two main floors While
Edison's idea of a concrete> house TO be
poured in one big mold was not carried
out yet the principal building material
was concrete. The foundation and walls
are of concrete blocks. The concrete was
mixed on the spot and nodded into the
building blocks as required. There was
no waste of building material. The floors
are OF wood and the interior is finished In
plaster and oak. Such house requires
very little wood. The style OF archltec-
ture Is il the plain, substantial mission
type, This idea is carried throughout the
interior as well. The building is fronted
by large porch, Sx32 feet This con-
crete and wood-finished house cost less
than $500
The Interior is roomy and comfortable.
On the left OF the entrance HAN is the
parlor, and on the right the library; back
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05

which is fitted a short rod. Then the
straps which go over the neck-and
that is all there is to it. The tugs are
fastened onto the wide leather of the
collars at the shoulders just like they
are fastened onto the old-style collar
This makes the Humane Horse Collar
fit for use on any set of harness. The
collar is made to fit the horse or mule
regardless of the size of the neck and
shoulders, This is accomplished by
the adiustible fastener, which has a
range sufficient to draw the collar up
to fit pony or enlarge it to fit a draft
horse Large sizes are made for extra
large horses.
j. d. Whipple, the inventor of the
Humane collar, spent the greater por-
ton of his life travelling over the coun-
try in a wagon, and he has studied the
horse until he knows every crook and
turn of the animal, mad the idea from
which the Humane collar was devel-
oped came to him as he drove over the
country.
81 was always a user and a believer
in the breast harness" said Mr.. Whip
pie, 'and it was from a constant study
of that principle which led to the in
vention of the Humane collar AS 1
drove over the country l saw so many
horses and mules with sore shoulders
that l devoted years to studying up a
collar which would prevent this.
There was no doubt in my mind
that the country was ready for a new
horse collar. You see we have been
Omaha daily bee., 1908-04-05

to place considerable amounts on city
property.
Usually the midwinter season causes a
dullness in the realty market, but about
February IS renewed activity was ap-
parent in Omaha, while by March l the
business had been restored to about it's
normal condition and some deals were
made which promise large building opera
tions during the coming summer
In other cities the conditions remained
quiet and the reports of financial papers
at the end of the first week in March
said
New England cities: Conditions are
the same during January and Febru-
airy. A small number of sales of business
and residence property have been re-
ported.
New York and Pennsylvania cities: All
classes of real estate continue unstable
at the prices of year ago. Rentals have
fallen off and tenement districts are suf-
fering as a result of the increase in the
number of unemployed.
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois cities: There