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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1909)
jf "-. "'A Scenes of Alliance and Box Butte County. VALUES IN LAND are steadily increasing. Here, in Box Butte Countv, within the last three years, there lias been a won derful advance in land values. Practically all the government land has been taken up, and farming and grazing lands are commanding largely in creased prices. Unimproved land can now be bought at from ten to thirty dollars an acre and is rapidly advancing in value." Several tracts of im proved land are for sale at reasonable prices, and within the next six months will be greatly ad vanced. Buy now before prices go up. Limited, indeed, is the quantity of land on the market. The decrease has been rapid. Govern ment land exists no more in Box Butte County. The ranches are becoming the homes of the own ers. Men arc improving and beautifying their places with the expectation of remaining on them permanently. Every year shows a decrease of land on the market, and "soon is will be most difficult to, obtain. Buy now while there is land for sale. and rolling prairies afford a pleasing contrast to the rugged little hills, while the many streams help to complete the varied scenery which" is one of the The 3EiBBMBBBMMfcJMTO- Burlington Station AT Alliance, Nebraska HOME ADVANTAGES arc always considered seriously by the man who con templates taking his family into a strange country. This section offers unusual charms to the man look ing for a home. The climate is exceptionally healthful, many of the most common diseases in other sections being unknown here. Here nature has been most lavish with her gifts. The green country's chief charms. Fresh, pure air, full of ozone, gives life and vigor to everyone, while the perpetual sunshine makes every month in the year the best month. The class of people who have set tled in this favored land, arc intelligent, honorable and kindly, and form a community into which it is both a p'casnre and advantage to enter. A man's home is his castle. warrant the engaging of the best of educators, so that the most modern methods and the best appa ratus practicab'e are placed before the pupils. An excellent State Junior Normal 'School t located at Alliance turns out yearly many good teachers, and also gives opportunities to all who so desire to learn the profession of teaching. The last session of the Legislature provided for a new State Normal School in this part of Nebraska. Alliance is the logical location for this new institution of learning, and no doubt this city will be the choice of the Board that will locate the new Normal School. liUrJitiRton Park, Sear Railroad EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES to be found in Box Butte County are hard to sur pass. From the earliest settlements it has been a matter of pride with all the people to maintain good schools and to see that all the young people were educated. The public schools are well supported and employ excellent teachers; the country schools are favored in every way possible, and are so lo cated that all children find them easy of access. The school funds are in sufficiently good condition to In addition to the two splendid school buildings now in use for the grades, a fine new $30,000 High School building was completed last year. This building is one of the most "up-to-date" structures of the kind in the state, and is thoroughly equipped for High School work. One of the Alliance School Buildings The above-mentioned schools make Alliance the educational center of Northwest Nebraska Added to these the new State Normal will niale this city take rank among the most important school centers of the West. ST. AGNES' CATHOLIC ACADEMY .-. I I .1 ! III.IMIII..IIIIHHII,I.HHI I I III! ! IIIMI WUHNiq 1.IIHI1III'PI II I III -I" I " ERECTED SUMMER OF 1908 The St. Agnes' Catholic Academy was completed and furnished last year at a cost of nearly $40,000. It is modern in every way and well equipped, and has already become one of the prominent educa tional institutions of the state. ALLIANCE CREAMERY. An institution that shows the substantial develop ment and growth of this country is the Alliance Creamery, It is one of the best equipped cream eries in Nebraska, although the output is not yet -as large as that of some in the eastern part of the state. At the present rate of increase it will, how ever, within a few years rank among the first in the amount of butter manufactured. The equipment is of the most modern type, in cluding refrigerating plant, cream ripening and sterilizing equipment, best improved churns and butter workers, etc. At present the creamery has a maximum capacity of 10,000 pounds of butter per daw The amount "of butter churned in 190S was rather more than 235,000 pounds. This year it will probably be nearly double that amount. As the price paid for butter-fat is practically the same as is paid at Lincoln and Omaha, dairying here is much more profitable than farther east, on account of pasture being so much cheaper. At present the Alliance Creamery is paying out about 10,000 per month for cream, which is so muth clear money to the farmers who sell it, as there is practically ho expense in producing it, ALLIANCE, the county seat of Box Butte County, is one of the Neighboring Notes From Kiiilnlllo Itcconlcrt Mnrccllns Now, one of Alliance's on terprlslng business men, nml a son of A. 1). New, was In town this week. Mrs. ltecson nml sister of Allluuce, friends of Mr. nml Mrs. It. II. Gammon, nro visiting nt their homo this weuk. The public school system is well organized in this county, having 62 school houses and employing 92 teachers, the number of both school houses and teachers having increased about 50 per cent within the last two years. I'rom Hrltlgenort Nows-Hlndes Governor Shallctibergcr this week appointed B. II. Parmer of Bridgeport a delegate to represent western Ne braska nt tho Trans-Mlsslssippl Com mercial Congress which convenes In Denver on August 10 for a six-days' session. Mr, Farmer has aeceptcil tho appointment ami will explain to the Congress tho commercial importance of Bridgeport and tho great North Platto Valley. W. W. Norton of Alliance was In Mitchell night before last, his business in this sectioti being to arouse Interest In tho people for a demand for a state normal school at Alliance. Mr. Norton was one of tho pioneer merehunts of Mitchell, his building where a part of the Mitchell Mercantile store now stands on the corner ot Elm street and Center avenuo being ono of tho first buildings erected' in Mitchell. This bulldiug was later burned by tho only seriously destructive lire over had In Mitchell. Mr. Norton had not been hero for Reveral years, In which time the changes hnve been such that he could not have recognized tho place. HEfllNGFORD HERALD. HEMINGFORD, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEIL, AUG. 1 9, I909. Hemingford Happenings. from From Scotts Bluff itepubllcant Scotts Bluff county may havo to pay tho oxpeilscs of a representative of tho State Hoard of Equalization to that county to gets its assessment abstract. Though tho board lias written and telephoned and telegraphed tho returns havo not been sent In. Now the board is seriously considering sending out nn agent us it can under the law at tho expense of tho county to get tho ilg ures. Omaha Bee. Articles of incorporation of tho Scottsbluff Sugar company were filed last Friday with the county clerk at Gerlng. They were also filed with the secretary of state at Lincoln Monday. The company Is organized under tho laws of Colorado and tho incorporators arc W. A. Dixon, Caldwell Martin und Charles Waterman of Denver. The capitol stock is $1,000,000 and A. V. Ofllcer will be general manager of tho company. Tho filing of tho articles with the secretary cost the'compnuy 5.103.00. .Uww, W. C. T. U. Notes active, rapidly growing cities of the middle west. Its population is about G.ooo, and it is a division point of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail road. A pay roll amounting to $60,000 a month goes to the employes of this road. In the public schools there is an enrollment of about 1,000 and a corps of twenty-five teachers, while the pupils and teachers are well housed in three handsome brick buildings. The leading church denominations are repre sented by seven churches, while many of the fra ternal and benevolent organizations have strong lodges. The main street is lined with many well built and substantial buildings, and the number of attractive homes is a matter of comment to all visitors. INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE. The best evidence of the prosperity of this coun try is to see it with your own eyes; but photographs furnish indisputable proof of the correctness of the statements herein made. "The camera doesn't lie." The cuts herewith are photogravures of Box Butte County farm scenes and views in the city of Alli ance. These could be multiplied' by the hundreds if sjce permitted, but these arc sufficient to give some idea of what is being done in the development of this country, and what it is destined to become in the near future. The VV. C. T. U. holds Us next meeting Tuesday, Aug1. 24th, with Mrs. Bartlett Young, 222 Toluca Ave. Abolition of tho Rum Power. A series of heart-to-heart talks on the above named subject by Prof. J. L. Mc Orien, ex-state superintendent of public instruction of Nebraska: TALK FIVE Do yon think me an agitator, a radical, a fanatic on this question? If you do, then I ask you to consider with what truth, force and conviction Archbishop Ireland, the eminent Catholic divine, speaks against the saloon. He says: "The American sa loon is responsible for the awful intemper ance which desolates the land and which is the physical and moral plague of our time. The drink which intoxicates is dealt out in the saloon, and there tempta tions to use it are multiplied through con scious and deliberate plannings. Let us waste no words on the possible, or ideal, saloon; when this is discovered,, and is something more than a rare exception, it will be time to discuss it. The saloon of today trades in and fattens upon intem perance, and all the dire evils which ac company or follow from intemperance are to be laid at its door." If you think Archbishop Ireland a radi cal or a fanatic on this question, let me beg of you to ponder over the declaration of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church in their address to the General Conference at Baltimore, in igoS; "There ought not to be nay, there must not be any reaction from the wrath with which all good and Christian citizens pursue this sneaking, law-breaking, and murderous traffic. It deserves neither charity nor mercy. There is no law it will keep, no pledge it will honor, no child it will not taint, no woman it will not befoul, no man it will not degrade. It feeds upon dis honesties of conduct and on the shame of brothels, It stimulates all revenges and makes the murderer dance upon the body he has killed. It falsely claims to be a great public interest because it employs thousands and pays heavy taxes. But no money in the pockets of employers, and no taxes in the treasury of the city, county, state or nation can balance the monetary losses of the nation through this traffic. No profits, however real or immense, can compensate for the corruption of our poli tics, the emptiness of the drunkard's home or the fullness of prisons and graves. Kiso here and now pledge eternal enmity to this foe of man and God." Do you want a piano? See me. I have several to be sold within the next thirty days at prices that will surprise you. Cash or installment. T. I. Threlkeld. Rex Moslier is still on the gain his recent illness, Ira Bushnell is up from his home stead for a few days. Mr. Kletnko returned Sunday from his trip to Seattle, Wash. Mrs. Maliin left last weok for somo eastern point in Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. K. L. I'icrco left Thursday for Seattle, Wash. W. Nicholson of Wbtsllo Creek came in Thursday to do somo trading. Robert Curry, who has been on the sick list, is still confined to his bed. Monto Green was up from Alliance a few days befoto leaving for Omaha. Mr. lvcrson, who has only been ill n few days, passed away Tuesday morn ing. Mr. Sampson returned from Mack foot, Idaho, whero ho has been working. Miss Nellie Carter of Bayard is here on a visit with homo folks and old friends. Mrs. Russell was up from Alliance Thursday visiting with Mrs. A. M. Miller. Ralph Jackson, wife and two daugh ters are hero visiting with relatives and old friends. Amos Ablcy stopped off for a short visit with his folks while on his way homo from Seattle. Dr. Little was called to Rushvillo Sunday, his sister-in-law being very ill with typhoid fever. Miss Bertha Parkyn was in town visiting for a short time before leaving for her homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wiltsey are tho proud parents of a ten pound baby hoy, born Wednesday night. Norbert Frohnapfel returned homo from Omaha Saturday whero ho went with his wife and sister-in-law. Tho Crawford,base ball team played the Hemingford team on tho homo dia mond Sunday, tho score being 8 to 2 in favor of Hemingford. Mrs. Unrig went to Omaha Saturday with the intention of entering a hospi tal. Miss Godfry accompanied her there, while Mr. Uhrig weut as far as Alliance H. L. Bushnell sold out his stock of goods all but his meat market. Mr. Bushnell has been one of our mer chants in Hemingford for about eleven years. Barge Bros, bought his stock of goods. A house warming was given Satur day evening at tho home of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Wildy. Qmte a nice crowd gathered and enjoyed the evening bo fore Mr. and Mrs. C. J. left on their trip to Illinois Tuesday, Aug. toth, occurred tho wedding of Mr. H, M. Tschacher and Miss Emma Anucn, Father Becker performing the ceremony at tho Catho lic church nt Hemingford. A largo number of friends attended tho wed ding. Their many friends extend con gratulations and best wishes, Homestead Littlo Fern Hiser was quite sick a day or so last week. Mrs, Miller spent tho day visiting with Mrs. Ernest Kinsley last Thurs day. Mrs. Garvy drove over from her homo to spend tho day with Mrs. Mil ler ono day Inst week. l'orry Ball atarts with his threshing machine tho last of this week, going first over near Hemingford. Mr. Hawkins has bought Mr. Thorp's mower and is now running two ma chines over A. D. Weir's place. John Leathers has bought a well drilling outfit from Warren Bros, and will drill a well for himself and others soon. A party for tho young people at the homo of Mr. nnd Mrs. Jerry Wells, ono cvoning last week, was enjoyed by somo of our neighbors. Walter Scott, they say, never stops his mower from morning to night, ex cept to change teams at noon, not even letting it stop for dinner. Ho drives while tho boys eat dinner, then ono of fe tho boys takes tho machine. He has already cut over 1C0 acres with ono machine Mrs. John Ryan nnd Mrs. Robert Spoon drove to Canton with cream Friday last, tho distance from their homes being nine or ten mites. Seems liko it would bo a good plan for the creamery to arrango for a receiving station out here in Homestead neighborhood. During the storm a week ago the hail and wind did much damage with us. In our locality tho storm seemed to develop into a cloud-burst, and the water at one time was seven feet deep in a draw near Mr. Grant's bouse. Mr. Garvy's crop was almost totally destroyed, many of his potatoes being washed clear out of the ground. Syl vester Grant's crop of oats was badly damaged, and John Heirlino's crop of rye, all cut and in the shock, was washed away, while Ote Bass' water tank was washed away and at last re ports he had not found it yet. BUYERS and We Get Them Together MUTTON, Hemingford The Old Reliable Hardware, Harness and Implement Firm In order to make room for new goods will make special prices on Buggies, Spring and Farm Wagons Agent for the well known Deering Hay Tools and Harvesters and J. I, Case Threshing Machines. In HARNESS My motto: "How Good; Not, How Cheap." Anton Uhrig l EMINGFORD, NEBR. N. FROHNAPFEL Hemingford, Nebraska Llv?7 lllUi Funerals and reed Jit mtaKKmm u AoA with Hearse in connection xMIHRllziM tt J y.lftaMfcv trWJKmJtL f-tr