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Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15

LOT this unpleasant feeling Of being crowded
in can not bexist. sThe, house. should be
placed far enoushF from the boundaries
the lot on Aalr sides 10 admit light andfair
in abundance This plan at the same time
serves freedom, placing such as porches,
addition, sun rooms or conservatorles
where most desired. Where there is the
inclination and the means a little land
scape architecture can be used to add to
the general attractiveness Of the home.
Sunken gardens winding walks frequent
open spaces among the trees giving
pleasant vistas from the principal rooms,
with beds of flowers, shrubs evergreen
hedges, lending the suitable setting, giving
It added beauty, graceful freedom, and
seclusion. Vines can be used on several
parts OF the house, but should never be
allowed to completely cover it. good
sized lot makes possible such outdoors re-
creations for the. young folks, as croquet,
lawn tennis, swinging. and the various out
door games which give to children re-
creation and health. II an addition to
these attractions there is provided within
the home plenty of good books, and, IL
the family contains young men, a bowling
alley and billiard table, for winter divertis-
ment they will not be so apt to seek the
pleasures Of youth outside the home, some
times under improper influence which
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15
SWEDISH ASSOCIATION
ELECTS NEW DIRECTORS
Is in FIOurishIng Condition and Ex-
poets Soon to Have Home
of Its own.

Fhe Swedish Building association held its
annual stockholders meeting January s.,
and as the term Of three directors expired
the following three were elected: A. j..
Anderson, L. Henderson, Omaha, and Swan
Larson, South Omaha A dividend OF 50
per cent in stock was declated.
The organization is in a flourshing con-
dition. with a good PROSPECT of a home Of
its own in the near future. The present
officers are: President. John Larson; vice
president Victor Danielson; secretary, AL
bert Peterson; treasurer, August Wedding;
directors, n. p. Swanson, j. +. Bloom,
Swan Larson, ]. a. Anderson and Louis
Henderson.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15
Death of Two Falls
City Boys May Be
Due to Violence
Police Arrest Charles Williams, Aged
IS, Whom They Accuse of At
lacking Stoffle and Plege.

HOLMAN, Mo. Jan. 14.-Charles VIII
liams, 16 years old. was arrested here to-
day in connection with the death Of Honey
stoffle and Roy Plege, who we're run
down and killed by a freight train near
here last Wednesday. Williams confessed
nc hit Stoffle on the temple with a stone.
He was placed in jail at MsrshfieId.
Officials say Williams fought Stoffle
and Plege and that Stoffle after
being struck with the stone fell on the
railroad track, unconscious, where Plege
was trying to- aid him when the train ran
them down. Stoffle and Plege, aged IA and
II years, respectively, were from Falls
City, Neb.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15

Dundee s proposition to build its own
water works is another illustration OF the
enterprising spirit of the suburb to the
west OF Omaha. Dundee but recently voted
to pave all its streets and this work is
either completed or well under way.
Two new dwelling houses are being
erected on North Twenty-eighth street
costing slightly more than 5000 apiece
Arthur r. English is erecting home at
California and Thirty-eighth and Barton
Millard one at Burt and Thirty-eighth
Both the dwellings are combination of
natural stone, brick and artificial stone
Rasmussen & Kyle are the contractors In
charge of the work of both houses.
being rented to a number OF individuals at
terms much more advantageous to the
building company than the rental from
the club would have been AS between
the woodmen building and the Union Pa
eific building the City National greatly
preferred the Woodmen for the Commercial
club location 'f
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15

parents are not always aware Of, and can
not control. To build a suburban home
without a good sized porch would be as
much Of an anomaly as Romeo and Juliet
Without Romeo. A good sized old
fashioned fireplace built to burn real logs
mo cheap looking gas logs for mine) in
addition TO being a splendid ventilator at
ali times adds comfort, and cheer, during
long winter evenings and is especially use
full on chilly days during the spring and
fall when the weather is to cool and damp
for comfort, but not cold enough TO start
up, the heating plant. II the porch is the
center of family life throughout the sum
mer, so the fireplace IS the center Of at
traction throughout the remaining seven
months Of the year. There is something
about the glow of an open hearth, or the
pale light of the MOON upon the porch at
evening tide which brings out those tender
sentiments, in man and especially the
woman, which the sun in all It's radiant
glory fails to bring forth. No matter how
modest the home is in size and cost, 1t
should include at least one fireplace, one
good sized porch and located on a good
sized lot in a pleasant neghborhood where
one can enjoy industrious, healthful joyous
living and where life will be real living
and not mere existing This ideal can be
easily realized in a. suburban home.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15

appointed a committee of one to advise the
Omaha delegation of omaha's choice.
I'm bringing the convention east of the
Rocky mountains the association has taken
a step that is an innovation. 1t will be the
first meeting ever held out of the strictly
outside the sheep range country Omaha
is expected to draw not only the usual at
tendance from the west, but all of the sheep
men of the wool growing states on and east
OF the Missouri river. thereby making it
national organization in fact as well as
name"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15

Our town is building SO fast that we
have THREE LUMBER Wards. all Of
them doing more than they .,can handle.
What we want Is BRICK plant Got
ALL THE LUMBER WE WANT but we
DO WANT A tBRlCK MAN WHO Can
MAKE, BRICK VIII ufakea hrst class
BhhL Idaho, IS the market point for
$4,000 acres Carey Act land: the richest
land that lies Out, OF 'doors There IL
cheap electric power gAihAd from the
falls OF the Snake river. There are oceans
OF farm produce of every description.
ME AT ONCE
You can safety yourself about
this n you will write to me at once.
can send you a booklet showing JUST
WHAT THIS SECTION HAS TO DE-
PEND ON; just WHAT 1T WILL Do
nothing and may mean fortune TO you
Q. n. McoUOWN, Secretary BUHL COM.
HGCLAL CLUE. Bull. idaho
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15
Stroud to Increase
Capacity Of Factory
Plant for Manufacturing of Grading
Machinery Will Be Doubled
in Size.

T., f. Stroud & Co. manufacturers
Of grading machinery, has announced 1t
will build an addition TO the plant, so that
the capacity, of. the latter viii be. doubled.
Mr.. Stroud, president, has pnrchased about
ten additional acres in. the Vicinity. Of
Twentieth and Boyd streets Work on
the addition win be undertakep at once,
plant, with which to 70 y" supply all the 'eiee-
triclty, used in the factory. ..,..-.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15

-, HE planning and designing of
homes can be divided under two
general heads city and sub
urban homes. The suburban
lhINyl home, appropriately planned
- and designed has many features
which add to the comfort and attractive
ness OF homes. but which would be entirely
out Of place, and sometimes not practical
or possible in a city home. Lots being
at a premium in crowded residence dis
tricts has inclined real estate men to make
them as small as possible Cand still have
them saleable) in order to have more lots
to sell and increase their profits. In the
suburbs of a city and IN the smaller towns
and villages this crowded condition does
not exist. property is comparatively cheap
and there Is little reason for not having
good sized lot. 49," -'" --.
Few people realize the Importance Of a
proper location and. size of 'the lot on
which they build, often the price alone
governing the choice. 1t is human to
crave social intercourse with fellow beings
and our daily lives are often rendered
more or less unpleasant, or unpleasant ac-
cordng to the agreeableness Of our
neighbors. The difference between life in
a home beautifully situated on a lot from
100 to 200 feet wide and existence in home
on thirty-five or forty foot lot, with
one side of the house so close to your
neighbor that YOU can shake hands out
OF the windows with him, can only be
fully appreciated by experience. When you
are so close to the adjoining houses that you
find It expedient to keep the side curtains
constantly drawn to avoid the enbarrass-
ment of neighborly curiosity it is time
to build somewhere else. There is con-
slant feeling Of lack of freedom and
breathing space, in and about such home,
In a suburban home built on a good sized
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15

ARE you GOING TO BUY LAND9
No farmer should think of buying a home
before seeing a copy OF our journal lt
has lands, city property and stocks OF
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the union, so that you can find just what
you wish in its columns. 1t reaches co.
600 readers each issue. Advertising rates
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subscription. II viii be stopped at the
end OF months unless you renew. Farm
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Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15
35O% Annual Profit
For % Years

is what hundreds of investors in
British Columbia real estate have
made.
The British Columbia Bulletin
of Information" tells about the
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great transcontinSntal railways
which are opening up SO,OOO,OOO
acres of rich agricultural land
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now famous as the Fort George
country.
Thousands of fortunes will be
made by those who get in before
the big rush. Let US send you a
free cOpy-costs you nothing
may mean a fortune for you.
Write today.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15
sixth Death from batavia wreeI..

BATAVIA, n. Y. Jan. H-H. II. Cade
OF GIL Lexington avenue. Chicago. died az
the hospital here this morning from in
juries received In yesterdays rear-end coli
lisiou on the New York Central This
makes the death list six
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Score Of Omaha Real Estate Men to
Go. to Lincoln Tuesday.
CONTINUATION OF YORK MEET
Id@as win Ne Talksssh Over and
crystaIi1ed and wal he Made
Ready to submit to- the,
Legislature. AZ

T. ."
Omaha real estate men, TO the number OF
fifteen TO twenty viii go TO, Lincoln Tues
day morning to attend the real estate con-
vention, which will be held in the Com
mercial club of the Capital city. The con-
vention is an adjournment of the meeting
held some weeks ago at York
Omaha was represented there by John
L. McCague, who goes TO the second meet
ing as the Omaha exchanges representa-
tive upon a sort of steering committee OF
seven members. Five of these aye from
towns other than Lincoln and Omaha.
The. convention will discuss legislation
and will then make recommendations to
the legislature. Among the topics to be
taken up are licenses Of real estate
agents, commissions, whether written or
oral, and mortgage taxation
At the last meeting of the Omaha ex-
change nineteen men pledged themselves to
90 and nearly all this number will proba-
bly depart Tuesday at 9,l5s on the 'Burl!ng-
ton. Mr.. McCague will 80 the afternoon
before TO attend a committee meeting
The final decision of the Commercial club
with respect to It's new quarters will call
70 mind the long delay in settling where
the Woodmen building itself was TO go
and the final settlement Of the Commercial
clubs plans Will De as iAhGl "a a. ANAASA ~
way as was the final decision OF the
Woodmen:' Fourteenth and Farnam is too
far down the street to suit SOME people
too TAR up to please others! So on thu
whole It Is a compromise.
The Woodmen building will be one Of the
features OF the city and Of the west. II
is not generally known that a tower many
feet in height is to rise abOveA the eight
zenith floor, so that the building,5will be
much the highest In Omaha, and the most
conspicuous The tower will mores than
make up for the higher ground on which
the city National bank building stands,
Charles Gruenig, who sold the corner
property TO the Woodmeu is another in
stance OF men who have made big profits
by investing judlciously In Omaha real
estate. Mr. Gruenig in 1876 paid. $4,000 for
the property, and sold IL again for Sii5, 900.
80 49, e. o. 81
Officials Of the City National bank Build
ing company. Il IL known, were among the
advocates Of the WoOdmen building as the
new home OF the Commercial club. Once
they made the club an offer themselves
sinee then they have been glad that the
eidb dhd Hot-faks A. up, Tor the place is
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15
Planning and Designing the Suburban Home
0suS5 KoAtst
Mr.. CLAUSEN'S BOOK
The Art, Science and sentiment of
Homebuild1ng."

30 chapters, 800 illustrations and a
thousand facts on the planning and
designing of every kind OF home. 1t
covers a wide range Of subjects, In
Guiding the planning OF bungalows
suburban and city homes, letting
contracts choosing materials. proper
design Of entrances, windows, fire
places, etc. Price, postpaid, $500.
Address, Arthur Q. Claussn, Archi-
teot, l13e-57-3s Lumber Exchange,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-15

Charles Gruenig, who sold the corner
property TO the Woodmen, is another in
stance OF men who have made big profits
BY investing judlciously In Omaha rear
estate. Mt, Gruenig In 1876 paid $4,000 for
the property, and sold il again for sii5,O0O
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-11-24

gone TO America to live. Only +b,.
can account for the er+ronrd,. Snus
r n"sue OF things American, and the de-.
mand for American imports '10 ue'
A Governors Appeal.
Inc last Of the wallis Of tba ola uo.,
me governs this vilayet: and fon1d
nm .LI more Of Young Turk than some
tnat boast the title. His intagritv
ana public spirit is the subject of gon.
erai comment. Although a sentuego-
MARIAN found the vail an animated
sllenu OF reform. When he pushed bis
lez 10 the back of his bald head in
Tug Juantlest manner Imaginable. and
talked with hands and ewes and Ijns
ABOUT the need of better transDorto,
Lion facilities, there was no doubling
his sincerity. .
ne spoke OF the desirability of hay-
ing an American railway coma
through, because, he said. the Amer,
leans push whatever they undertake
ana GO not play politics with their
business concessions. THE Ameri.
cans are waking US all up. I wish I
could travel to that wonderful now
west; but you see how far we are
from everywhere. Now, If airships
were running" 1 offered to forward
mis- order to America for an airshIn
LOT immediate delivery, which idea
quite upset him.
He appealed to me directly to place
the case Of this fertile country des-
tined again to be the center of a great
grain-growing region, before American
business men. The need for everything
modern is apparent. The market ia a
virgin one. The people are predis-
posed to American wares. All about
are opportunities. Coal and oil abound,
practically unworked.
AS to the latter statement, there is
evidence which thrusts itself upon the
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-11-24
Thank Him for All.

Giving thanks for all things unto
God."-Eph. V. 20.
Thanksgiving is the mark of a truly
religious man. If We are always beg
ging God for his mercies without ex-
pressing to him our sincere gratitude,
we become selfish in our demands. God
delights to impart his mercies to us,
but he also takes pleasure in our
gratitude to him for his benefits. Only
an appreciative heart is able to fully
enjoy Gods unfailing goodness. It
is certain that the more we try to
praise, the more we will see how our
path and our daily way are beset with
mercies, and that the God of love is
ever watching to do US good.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-11-24

mere layman. If a western Pennsyl-
vania man could see the crude petro-
leum which has exuded from the earth
floating on the surface of the Tigris
he would have a serious attack OF
"oil fever" At one spot, not far from
here, visited the oil wells, which are
operated, after a fashion. They are
not oil wells at all, but oil lakes, from
which both gas and oil flow without
digging. Ten retorts, made of scrap
iron, mud and old Standard Oil tins,
were distilling the crude petroleum at
the rate of one Standard Oil tin per
day to a retort. 1t is so poorly done
that the output can be sold only to the
Arabs, Kurds and Druses. All the by
products are, of course, wasted. Yet
here is a seemingly unlimited supply
of oil. as well as of natural gas, coal
and asphalt.
A Hint From the AncIents.
The mention of asphalt suggests
particular which shows how clearly
civilization has refrigerated in these
parts. Of the numerous sources OF
bitumen and asphalt in this region
Turkey and the Arabs have maze no
use, Yet l myself have seen 1t used IN
the buildings and pavements OF the
Assyrians of 1000 years ago. we
know that the spade has revealed us
use in the Tower of Babel, and the
Bible records that Noah pitched the
ark. Yet for hundreds Of years the
same sources of supply have been al
lowed to go to waste.
At shergat, a short distance down
tho river. the Germans have for seven
wears been conducting excavations on
the site of Asshur, the oldest OF AS
evria's capitals. They find that pitch
was commonly used, and asphalt
These excavations, by the way are eA-
traordinary, both in what they nave
found and in the thoroughness Will
which they are being carried Oh.
Six Germans are in charge OF inc
rrorL which is maintained by the mu-
seums and the German government
AT a cost of $4,000 year. Inc ent,ie
Civ including palaces and temples
nd ID fortifcations, is being laid bare
s Snr,a Of the buildings uncovered date
bect thirty-five hundred years oeiore
Christ others are as recent as the
va.r 900 A. D. One section, when tne
excavators call their Pompel' SHOWS
tha life of the community most inter,
80 The streets, the shops anu
tho residences have been laid oa nNo
e,tsr Seing buried from 5000 to 1000
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-11-24

lery and cavalry, all we'll equipped and
uniformed, going off to put the fear
of the Young Turk government into
these Independent marauders.
1t is the intention of the cabinet,
know, to break the Independent power
of all these Arabs, as It has already
done in the case of the notorious
Ibrahim Pasha and of the Druses. How
we'll they have already succeeded in
instilling respect for law and order
is evident from the fact that I, like all
other recent travellers over this region
which once was considered so danger
Gus, have been in no wise molested.
I have not had occasion to point my
rife at anything bigger than a goose
or a pelican. And it may be worthy of
remark that this Tigris region is
sportsmans paradise. Pigeons, ducks,
geese, heron, crane, pelican, partridge,
pheasant, and other fowl unknown to
me by name, abound in unlimited
quantities.
To return to the Arabs: The Ger
mans have put large force of hem
sometimes as many as 200-to work
on the excavations. The best Of them
make as much as Is cents a day. This
is a great advance, for your noble
Arab, like the red Indian whom he in
so many ways resembles, does not
like work. He will shoot and steal
and talk, but work is for women.
These Arabs who have taken to pick
and shovel and dirt basket are de-
spised by their kinsmen of the desert.
True, they are a poor lot, an appalling
percentage of them being afflicted
with syphilis, which they call "the for
eigners' disease" None the less they
are working, and this is news, indeed;
a rare sign of the awakening OF the
Oldest people.
Copyright, 1911. by Joseph B. Bowles)
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-11-24
Economy TO the End.

The candidate for the position of
locomotive fireman had studied the
impressive figures showing the ag-
gregate loss to the company each
year resulting from careless firing
and waste of coal and oil. The first
question put to him in the verbal ex-
animation was what he would do if
he found his freight train confronted
by an oncOming passenger.
He hesitated only a moment, then
replied.
I'D grab lump of coal in one
hand, the oil can in the other, and
jump for my fe."-Success.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-11-24

lage the missionary, passing through,
had left few pages of the gospel in
the Indian tongue. Our Indian read
and rejoiced. Measuring the mission
ary's footprint, he fitted it with mag
nihcent moccasins, and travelled 200
miles to give them to the missionary
as an expression Of his gratitude.
Thus the missionary was enriched by
the present, but the Indian was en-
riched by the thanksgiving.
The best thanksgiving is a happy
heart. Blossoms mean nothing on a
dead stick. Once when the car Wis
tied Paris the ingenious French, it
being winter, fastened to the bare
boughs of the trees innumerable paper
flowers, very pretty as a spectacle, but
very unworthy as a symbol, since they
were false. Our praise will be quite
valueless unless it is rooted in the
daily life.
Train yourself to be grateful for the
common blessings. There had been a
great cotton famine in Lancashire,
England. For lack of material to
work upon, the mills had been idle
for months, and there was great dis
tress among the operatives. At last
came the first wagon-load of cotton,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-11-24

years One curious discovery Ia IN.
ancient mode of burial. The dead
were encased in clay or store sarcopb-
as', IN the case Of the wealthy. and in
earthern jars, in the case of the moor
ana buried a few feet under the f,oor
VI the living rooms of the dwelling
houses. In some cases. elaborate
thausoleums have been unearthed a
lew inches below the floors. y
German devotion to gcfepce ia car.
rylng on this great work, but the in
eXplicable policy of Turkey, which re-
Gently for example, permitted a price
ieSs Assyrlan marble bull at Ninevah
70 De broken up for lime, will not al
10" any OF the results of the exca-
Vators' work to be taken to Berlin.
EVERY brick Of value, every inserip-
tion. every statue, cylinder or other
ma must be boxed up fer shipment
10 Constautinople. The Germans must
pay the salary Of an army officer, or
commissioner, who stands guard over
thelr work to see that nothing is made
on with surreptitiously. The Germans,
OF course, make copies of all the in
scriptions and drawings and photo
graphs of all the plans, in none of
which are the Turks apparently at all
interested.
Making the Arab Work.
An unexpected light upon the
changes that are taking place in the
immemorial East was revealed at
Shergat. The inscriptions show that
QUO years ago the Arabs from the
adjoining desert were accustomed to
raid the settled communities, even as
they have been doing ever since. This
Is the headquarters of the fierce and
famous Shammar Arabs, and the day
l was in Shergat I saw a military ex.
petition of 1900 men, infantry, artiL-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-11-24

the heart so spontaneously pours out
its grateful tribute to the Father
above for all his goodness through the
year. And this applies equally to our
selves as a nation, as communities
and as individuals. For peace within
our borders, for generous harvests,
for the health and welfare of our COM
munities, We owe to God a debt of
love and gratitude which finds express
sion in prayer, praise and the festivi-
ties appropriate to the annual festival
OF Thanksgiving. We are usually so
much engrossed with the active bust
ness of life as a nation that we
leave too little time for reflection on
the divine goodness; yet every day
we are surrounded by blessings.
Sleeping and waking, on the farm, in
the store, the Office, the workshop,
we are still the objects of his won
drous bounty and care. Whatever re-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-11-24
BUILDING Up Canada.

During the immigration season
which is Just closing more than forty
thousand new settlers have entered
Canada through the port of Halifax.
This is 5000 more than last year. OF
this years total 10000 were of British
origin, the Scotch predominating,
and the majority were well to DO.
All headed for the Canadian west to
engage in farming.