Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-19
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Omaha May Have Thirteen Repre-
sentatives at Louisville Meeting.
EXCHANGE OBSERVES BIRTHDAY
Suddenly Reminded that "a Was
Twenty-Five Years Old, It's Pres
ident Calls for Extemporan-
eous "Reminiscences.

Thirteen omahans may go to the an
nual convention y the National Real
Estate Exchanges to be held in Louis
Vile, KY, June 10. % and q. Only
two, SO far. c. F. Harrison and Fred
creigh, are certain that they will co.
Questions sent out by Creigh, the sec
rotary Of the Omaha exchange, brought
back the information that eleven mem
bers are contemplating taking the trip
but up to the present time have not
7 been able to state definitely whether or
not they will.
Byron Hastings and c. c. George In all
probability will help swell the Omaha
representation. Unless their plans 20
awry within the next few days, they
arctic be counted on.
Because OF the distance, not much In.
terest 10 being taken by the Omaha realty
men in the Louisville convention. When
! the annual convention was held In
Denver last year. Omaha took away one
II the pennants for the largest represen-
tation The distance was not so great
and interest in the program ran higher.
The program Of the Louisville conven-
ton 10 enticlng. however. Among the
features Of the entertainment will be an
evening mt Fountain Ferry park, which
has the reputation Of being one OF the
prettiest parks In the United States, II
not In the world. This win take place
the frat evening OF the convention.
The next afternoon. Thursday. .
steamer excursion on the Ohio river n
planned and on Friday the delegates ana
their wives will be taken over the cit,
OF Louisville In automobiles, the trip
to be followed in the evening by a huge
banquet.
Saturday there will be an excursion
through the mammoth cave. one OF the
natural wonders Of the country.
There are also planned many interest.
ing things in the way OF real estat.
business education. Among the SUBJ
jeets TO be discussed by able speakers
are: Advertising Real Estate LII
eenslng Real Estate Brokers'" subdivi-
sions." How to Conduct Rental De.
apartment Exclusive Agencies" "The
Multiple Listing Systems" and How to
Develope and Handle Statesmen"
Addresses Of welcome will be made the
orenng day by Governor James NJ Nc.
Cleary Of Kentucky and Mayor W. o.
Head OF Louisville. George w. Grant,
president Of the Louisville Real Estate
exchange, also will make q welcome ad-
dress to the visitors. to which response
will be made by Samuel Thorpe Of Min.
neapolis. president Of the National As.
ISOLATION OF Real Estate Exchanges.
The Omaha Real Estate exchange
rather suddenly was called upon last
Wednesday noon to celebrate its twenty
fifth anniversary. Although incorpora.
ton papers were taken out by the or
ganisation October % lsss the real or
saniration was effected exactly a quar-.
ter Of a century ago last Tuesday. II
was this fact Of which q newspaper man
+ reminded the members when they gath
cred for their weekly meeting. and n
was thought uniting that the occasion
should go by uncelebrsted. The presi.
dent Immediately gathered q reserve
force and started u.
An informal discussion as the list of
charter members was read off revealed
the fact that many had died. several hac
left the city and the whereabouts OF some
are unknown by omshans.
The original organization had sixty-two
members. and out Of that number there
are now only eight men remaining on ths
= os;er. OF them W. H. Green was vice
/ resident Of the first exchange. The
theirs are George Wallace. A p. Turkey,
= c. Patterson, d. V. sholes. =. D