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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1909)
, .JK.- -w-m CHILDREN'S SHOES JUST RECEIVED A $2,000 shipment of the best shoes in the world for the little ones. Guaran teed durable and to wear well. Remember, when vou want SHOE REPAIRING we do the work promptly and satisfactorily The Alliance Cash Shoe Store Agricultural Exjierimmtatlin in Bex Butte County (Continued from first page) been confident that satisfactory re sults would reward those who would encage in practical, scientific agriculture.- Being so intensely interested and having such confidence, ho ar ranged with Prof. Hunt to spend six mouths here among the farmers this snrinc and summer, going from farm to farm five days in each week, and on Saturdays meeting them in Alliance for consultation and the discussion of timely subjects. Ho will have his headquarters at the Commercial Club rooms. It is due Mr. Newberry to say that the expense of the enterprise is borne by him individually. To iucur such a heavy expense without any di rect remuneration is certainly a mark of public spirit and confidence in northwestern Nebraska as an agricul tural country. We wish to also slate that while Prof. Hunt receives a salary during his six months' work in Box Butte county, tlio same being paid by Mr. Newberry, he comes at a financial sacrifice to himself. On account of his engagement here and his desire to see this work carried on this year he has declined a lecture engagement for the summer that would have paid him dol lars for the timo expended to tlio dimes received 'rom this. And right here wo think is an oppor tune time to givo our readers boiiic in formation about tho man who is to have charge of this great experimentation. E- VV. Hunt was bom on a farm in western , New York in the year 1851. He hasalways beeu devoted to agri culture. He worked his way through Rochester University by working on a farm during vacations- After entering professional life ho spent his 'Summer vacations working on a farm in prefer ence to taking the customary outing. About the year 1885 hetook the chair of English in the University of Nebraska, which be held till 1891, owing to failing health he retired to a farm, under the .advice of bis physician. Four miles from Syracuse in Otoe couuty, Nebr, was a farm of 160 acres which for thir ty years had been rented piecemeal to neighbors. Our readers who know anything about rented farms know what that meant. It was the worst run-down, weediest, most unproductive farm in that part of the state. In ad dition to the other disadvantages it was hilly. At that time it was owned by a lady who was glad for an opportunity to contract with Prof. Hunt to take charge of it for a term of years. Ho moved his family onto the farm. Not being able at that time to do much work and hi3 boys not being old enough then to do it for him, neighbors looked on in pity to see him make a failure of farming; but -they looked in vain. Scientific principles applied to practi cal work wrought a transformation- Today that farm, which is still Prof. Hunt's home, is one of tho most pro ductive in the state; and this change from a condition of barrenness tp one of fertility and productiveness has been brought about without the use of a single dollar's worthjof commercial fer tilizers. So great has been this trans formation that it has attracted the at tention of the United States depart ment of agriculture, a man being sent by the government to investigate and report the matter. Our readers who wish further in formation regarding his experimental farming in Otoe county can secure the same from him. Prof. Hunt is an , affable gentlemrn and while he is push ing his work, instead of himself, to the ffront, he will gladly give others the benefit of his experience. Ho has been familiar with north western Nebraska for twenty-five years and does not come here as a novice. His success is well known to leading educators' and agriculturalists. He has been recommended for this work b' Chancellor Avery of the Nebraska State Uuiversity, He wishes The Herald tp state to the farmers of this cojnty that he does not come here to instruct them in the things which they already hnowr but to co-operate with them and add his experience to tlicirB with a view to finding out the possibili ties that lay in the soil of Box Butte county. Certain natural laws work the same the world over, but conditions differ, By working according to these laws under existing conditions the best results are obtained. The plan of tho work is a3 follows: A number of farmers (about twenty so far) agree to farm, plant and culti vate five or more acrcB of ground under Prof. Hunt's direction and to whatever crop may be agreed upon. In doing this they are not required to purchase any additional tools or implements. In this respect this work will be much more practicable than that of tho state experimental farms. While a grand work is being done at those farms, one objection so often made to them is that their methods are not adapted to the average farmer because he has not the tools to put them into practice. Anoth er reason why this work will be of more interest to farmers of this part of tho state is that it is the only extensive agricultural experimentation on what is known as the elevated plateau- One of the first things to be done will be the testing of the soil and the subsoil by boring to a depth of six feet on all the laud to be cultivated under his supervision, In order to know how to best treat the surface one must know tho Bubsoib He also wants this in formation to be given to eastern peo ple who wish to secure more definite and accurate information in regard to this country. He is engaged 111 mak ing these borings and tests this week. The Herald has arranged with him to secure data each week to give an ac count of the progress of the work. He arrived in Alliance last Saturday morn ing and will spend six months in the work which he has taken up, excepting about one week when he will be away to fill lecture engagements. Prol. Hunt has arranged with Dr. Wilcox of the Nebraska State Univer sity, an acknowledged expert in plant diseases, to come to Alliance the com ing summer, establish a laboratory, and work out the nature of potato di seases found here and method of com batting them. He has already made an important discovery in regard to one species of dry rot that will greatly interest our people. Farmers1 Institute Officers The Alliance Farmers' Institute as sociation, at the meeting last Saturday, elected the following officers for the ensuing year: A. S. Reed, Pres.; W. F. Patterson, Vice Pres.; W. E. Spen cer, Sec. and Treas.; R. L. Harris, member of executive committee. Bridgeport to Have Opera House Two weeks ago the News-Blade gave a description of the new business block to be erected this season by J. L. Mil ler and R. C. Neumann. Since that time Mr. Miller has decided to make a radical change in his part of the build ing, and Architect C. R. Inman is now here making the necessary changes in the plans. Mr. Miller's double build ing, according to ttie new drawing, will be forty-one feet in height, the stage in tue rear reaching an elevation of fully sixty feet. The store rooms on the ground floor will be twelve feet high while the opera house will be twenty-eight feet from floor to ceiling and will include the entire upper story. Nine dressing rooms are provided for and a wide gallery extends across the west end, arranged in the form of an amphitheatre. The new opera house will seat one thousand people and will solve the question of a place for public gatherings in this city for some years to come. Bridgeport News-Blade. Taxidermy Animals and birds prepared and mounted. Fancy fur rugs made. R. M. Davis, Taxidermist, Alliance, Neb. AH hinds of palming done in first class murmur. Orders mav be left at U lie Herald otHce.C. P. Mntson. 10-tf LOCAL PARAGRAPHS. J. R. Phclan is on a business visit to Dcadwood, S. D. Mrs. S. S. Sears were up from Hy annis tho other day. Charles Avery of Lakeside wps in Alliance last week. W. F. Black of Alliance is on a bus iness trip to Grand Island- E. O. Kemp of Minatare was seen on our streets last Tuesday. Frank Hunsakcr was down from Marsland yesterday on business. J. C. McCorkle has returned from his trip to the eastern part ot the state. C. F. Davidson of Hcmingford came down last Sunday, returning on No. 43 Tuesday. Dr. B. B. Davis of Omaha was visit ing with the physicians of Alliance yesterday. Hon. W. R. Patrick of South Oma ha at the Phelan opera ' house next Sunday evening. Elmer Clark has resigned his posi tion as night clerk at the Drake hotel and gone to Denver. J. A. Davis and Frqd Lindberg were up from Bridgeport last Tuesday at tending to business matters. D. D. Taylor of Hay Springs mude Alliance his headquarters for a day or two the forepart of the week. J. M. Diucen, the land man from Madison, registered into Alliance last Tuesday, returning to Madison today. Elmer Templeton and family arrived this week from Decatur, Indiana, and expect to take up a homestead at once. H. S- Johnson and L. A. Rutlege of the storehouse force at Alliance are down in Lincoln this week assisting in invoicing. Mrs. L. McCandless of Omaha is visiting the Frank O'Connor family and daughter, Lucile, who is attending St- Agnes academy. Fred L. Miller, W. C. Hunsakcr, Chas- M. Shilders and Earl Nation, all from Belmont, were in Alliance the forepart of the week. Judge W. W. Wood and wife have returned from a visit- to Rushville, where he was subpocaned as a witness before the district court. Mrs. Harry Gantz went to Denver Tuesday morning for a week's visit- In the meantime Hurry will imagine him self back in his boyhood days. Hon- W. R. Patrick of South Oma ha will speak in the Phelan opera house next Sunday evening at eight o'clock. Come and hear him. P. J. Borky left for Ligthfield on No. 44 yesterday and expects to return in a week or ten days accompanied with his family, having secured a posi tion in the train service here. C. E. Henderson, formerly of Alli ance but in recent years a wet goods dealer of Crawford, had business in this city yesterday. He is now en gaged in buying and selling horses. B. F. Gilman, the attorney, with offices in the Alliance National Bank building, has just added a fine equip ment of expensive law book cases to his office outfit- This gives him a very fine office equipment. Editor Burleigh of the Hemingford Journal, enroute to Hemingford from a visit to his homestead last Monday, stopped at The Hera)d office long enough to tell us "If you can't be good be as good as you cau." E. G. Rowland of Hemingford pass ed through Alliance yesterday on No 43 enroute home, after visiting for some time in Chariton, Iowa. Mr. Rowland's family did not accompany him home, but will return later. Several of the Alliance young people, including Miss Irene Roup, Miss Alice Acheson and Lee Basey, are home for a short vacation from their school duties at Wesleyan University. They are being entertained and feasted royully. We notice that Mr. Newberry has entered into the boat manufacturing business. Yesterday he shipped a steel galvanized canoe to Mr- George Morgan at Lakeside that will be just the thing to get a round through the rushes after the ducks. J. K- Lawrence ot Fairview met with an accident while coming to Alliance with a load of potatoes Monday which might have proved quite serious, but which fortunately let him off with a few bruises and scratches. One of the. horses which he was driving was a colt and became unruly, throwing the driv er to the ground and permitting the wagon to ruu over him. "The Selection of Seed" is the timely topic in our Hume Course in Agricul ture this week. This department of The Herald is not connected with the ;i ' Agricultural Experimentation in Box Butte county department. The former is of a general character and as such is interesting to farmers in any part of the country, but the latter while deal ing with the name general principles deals with conditions as they exist in this part of the west. Circlo No. 1 of the Ladies' Aid so ciety of the M. E. church met yester day afternoon with Mrs. A. P. Brown and will meet next Wednesday with Mrs. E. T. Kibble. Mrs. Lloyd C Thomas entertained Circle No. 2 yes terday and Mrs. Dr. T. Allen will perform the same service next Wed nesday afternoon. "t?!-.l -.... Cl ........ .1 II Tl.ttr I-11 01 kuiiic, 111:1 ncivcui uchci hurry up if you want one of those beautiful Pres-Cut glass water sets, as a present with The Herald's compli ments. They are not for sale- You can't purchase them of us at any price. They are to be given away. You pay three dollars or more on subscriptions to The Herald, for yourself or your friends, or partly for yourself and partly for some one else, and a set is yours without any extra charge. Annual Ball Alliance Coi'iieil 075 Knights of Col umbus will give their annual Easter ball at tlio Phelan operu house Monday night, April 12th The Fort Robinson orchestra will furnish the music. Statements by Alliance Busimess Men C. A. Newberry, hardware: Vol ume of business in 1907, $203,000; vol ume of business in 1908, $218,000. Business up to April 1, 1909, is $10,000 ahead of same period last year, March, 1909, being the biggest business month I ever had. Collections are 10 per cent better in 190S than 1907 and con dition? are better all around. W, W. Norton, general merchandise: Collections were much better in 1908 than 1907. Losses decreased 66 per cent in 1908- Selling better class of goods. , Geo. Mollring, general merchandise: Business better than a year ago. Col lections not so good owing chiefly to the tact that I have done- a larger credit business. Jas. Graham, groceries: Increase in business in 1908, 25 per cent over 1907; collections fully 40 per cent better. Alliance Grocery Company, grocer ies: Coffee sales 66 per cent greater in 1908 than 1907. All other lines of groceries comparatively higher in 1908 than 1907. Done larger credit busi ness in 1908 than 1907 and collections fully as good, when volume of business is taken into consideration. A- D. Rodgers, groceries: Business in 1907, $51,000; business in I1908, $52,000. Losses in 1907, $1,100; losses in 1908, $550, or one-half of 1907. Selling a better class of goods. Roy Beckwith, clothing: 1908 losses approximately 75 per cent less than 1907. Selling a better quality of goods. Watson & Watson, groceries: 1908 business has been a great deal more satisfactory than 1907 and losses dur ing the same period are not to be com pared. Acheson Bros, hardware: Bad ac counts in 1908 were 90 per cent less than in 1907. Volume of business dur ing the same period compares favor ably. ' Mrs. Thos- Regan, millinery: There was an increase in volume of business in 1908 over 1907. Collections good in 1908. Harry F. Thielc, drugs: Business during 1908 did not fall off any as compared with 1907; collections similar. Horace Bogue, general merchandise: Increase in business in 1908, 20 per cent over that af 1907. Cash sales a great deal better. People are also buy ing a better class of goods. Collections good; accounts were paid me that were six or seven years old. S. B- Libby, groceries: My busi ness for 1908 with no saloons has been better than in 1907 with saloons. My losses have been very light compared with previous years. I say, keep the town dry and make it more effective. F. J. Brennan, drugs: Business during 1908 fully as good or better than 1907, and collections were better. Not as many bad accounts. The spuds are coining to town, -K R. Walroth left Friday for his home at Edgar, Nebr. H. H. Uhoades, special representa tive of tho liennett Piano Co,, left Al liance Saturday for his home In Oinahu, after assisting In getting their business opened up nicely here. The Herald will keep him posted in regard to northwestern Nebraska. The truly tiroad minded prson wants Infynnuiivu on both sides of a public question. Whatever may be your Spring O: Krippendorf-Dittmar Oxfords we feel that we are showing1 a line of footwear that for style and comfort has no equal. You will find these in all of the new lasts in a well selected variety of widths, making your selection an easy matter. $3.00 to $4.50 Our stock of Misses' and Children's Oxfords is re plete with all of the new and nobby styles. See these before making a selection. NO R TO IN S opinion ou the question of licence, you will be well repaid if you hear Ex-Senator Patrick of South Omaha at the Phelan opera house next Sunday night. Prof. F. S. Perdue, deput- state su perintendent, Prof. F. A. Stuff, profes sor of English language and literature in the University of Nebraska, and Prof. E. 0. Garrett of Fremont favored The Herald a visit last Saturday.. They were returning from Hridgeport where they had been in attendance at the convention of western Nebraska teachers. Resolutions of Respect Whereas, It has pleased our Heavenly Father to remove from our Sisterhood our beloved sister, Olive Wyman Fletcher, Resolved, That in our deep sorrow for the loss of a faithful and beloved sister, we find consolation in the belief that it is well with her for whom we mourn. Resolved, That it is but a just and fit ting tribute to the memory of the departed to say, that in regretting her removal from our midst, we mourn for one who was in every way worthy of our greatest respect and confidence. Resolved, That while we deeply sym pathize with those who were bound to her bf the nearest and dearest ties, we share with them a hope of a reunion in the home above where parting comes no more. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread on the records of Chapter A. N. P, E. O. and a copy transmitted to the fami ly and to each of the newspapers of Al liance. Belle M. Cotant, Maud C. Franklb, Bertha N. Rumer, Committee. Another Business Man Moves to Alliance. It Is alway n pleisure for us to noteonr clty'K ucqulxltlon of desirable citizens, Peter llubendull, who for many years ban been prominent In tlio business attains of Albion, Nebr., bavInK been eiiROKeU Id banking there, has removed to Alliance and will go Into busi ness here. lie has had real estate Interests In Hox Ilutte county for surerul years, mid bus great conlldenca In the future development of thin country. The Herald Enlarged The' demands for advertising space in The Herald have become so heavy that we find it necessary to enlarge this week from eight to twelve pages. How long we will continue to print the paper in the enlarged form remains to be seen, but we intend to continue making it a top notcher in news matter, even though it may be necessary to make the increase in size permanent. Notice. The ladies of the First Presbyterian church will hold their annual sale in the Phelan opera house next Tuesday after noon and evening. They will serve dinner from 5 o'clock on. There will be a sale of fancy aprons, handkerchiefs, etc., and a fancy silk quilt will also he sold during the evening to the highest bidder. There will also be a variety of home made candy on sale. Omitted We thought by enlnrglnjr to twelve pages Tho Herald would have plenty of room but still some Interesting mat ter Is crowded out. That the service being printed by Tho Herald is appreciated by the reading public is show n by the fact that we find it necessarv to print two hundred moie copies p:r issue than was necessary the fit sj of the year. This gives us the lamest circulation in Box Butte couuty and as the number of paid subscriptions keep coming in so rapidly, we have no doubts of keeping in the lead- ASTER is but a little way off now, and no Easter outfit is complete without a new pair of dressy oxfords. In offering you the new I BUSINESS LOCALS. Dr. Allen, dentist. Opera house blk. I am now ready to make contracts for cement work to be done as soon as the weather will permit. John Ped erson. tf Barred Plymouth Rock eggs for hatching. Good fresh eggs for $1.00 for 15; $7.00 per 100. H. P. Larsen, Antioch, Nebr. I4-7W "Chickering & Sons" pianos the genuine, made in Boston, on display and for sale at the Bennett Co. piano store, Alliance. Few choice Leghorn cockerels for sale Eggs, $1 per setting. Call orwrite B. H. Perry,924 Box ButteAve., Alliance. 4-17 Persons who have odd jobs of work that they wish done promply, call on S. Glidden, phone 58, and they will be served satisfactorily. tf Dr. Allen, dentist. Opera house blk. Wanted farms near Company. Renters for two potato Alliance. Nebraska Land If you have land or real estate to sell. I can sell it if the price is right. If you have not been able to dispose of it, it may be that you have not suc ceeded because you have not listed it with the right man. Write me and I can sell it. Address Walter Johnson, Ord, Nebr. Eighty acres for rent five miles south of Hemingford. Small grain. Nebras ka Land Company. Wanted Nursing to do. Phone 503. I43W Eighty acres for rent two and one half miles southwest of Berea. Ne braska Land Co. 14. tf Dressmaking at 303 East Wyo." St. A good four room cottage for sale at a bargain. Well located. See B. F, Gilman for particulars. I5-2W Wanted A purchaser for a real snap. Must be taken at once. Will make $800 in 90 days. Call and see the Nebraska Land Co. 14-tf. Wanted Teams to do breaking in different parts of the county. Call and see us at once. Nebraska Land Co. TJ.tf. Wanted A cottage. 5 or 6. rooms, nice neighborhood. Call or address W. C. English, 404 Box Butte Ave, Bennett Piano Co. For Sale Extra good Percheron stallion, six years old; weight 1800 pounds. J. A. Keegan. tf For Sale Quarter section of good unimproved land; will sell cheap if taken before April 15th. P. O. box 961, Alliance, .Nebr. tf For Sale Seed oats and barley. 1 mile east of cemetery. J. A. Keegan, Wanted A good, reliable man to sell tea and coffee at once. Grand Uniou Tea Co., Omaha. Nebr. Dr. Allen, dentist. Opera house blk. No matter who you are, or what kind ol a piano you think you want, it will pay you to see me before you buy. I handle the best. I can save you money. All I ask is call and let me prove my statement. No harm to in vestigate. . Come in and hear the Com binola, the greatest player on the mar ket. T. J. Threlkeld. Just Received A splendid selection of spring and summer samples from one of the larg est wholesale woolen houses in the east. Good dressers cordially, invited to inspect and make their selection earlv before the best patters are sold out. Prices reasonable. Shop in Chatters Hotel. Jos. Okciiowski, The Tailor, P- .vSi A-- JV.X