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SHOE SENSE
Do your arches ache? Are your
arches broken down? Does the
hollow of your foot mates a hole in
the ground? Are you suffering with
rheumatism in your feet? Are you
flat-fooled?
We have shoes made ex
pressly for such feet shoes
designed to cure such
troubles by scientific spe
cialists. The name of the shoo is the BARRY
and they cost per pair $3.50 up.
Alliance Shoe Store
I RAILWAY NOTES AND PERSONALS. X
Lew Wnddick is now braking on the
road, having commenced his new
duties last week
Engineer Wade is enjoying a visit
from his children. They will return
to their home in Iowa next Sunday.
Since the snow and cold weather it
13 nothing unusual for crews to bo six
teen hours coming down from Edge
mont.
W. G. Harvey of the blacksmith
ehop left yosterdayfor a ranch about
sixty miles" from Alliance, where ho
will act as foreman tho coming year
Conductor McCrackcn, a well re
membered railroad man here, accom
panied 'with his wife, has gone from
Salt Lako City to southern California,
where they will mako their future homo.
About a month ago Pat Coyne of "the
repair track decided ho' prefcrred'city
life so he quit here and went to Denver
Tuesday ho returned and went to work
again.' No placo like Alliance for him.
Conductor A- E. Gregg, who has run
a train hero for about four years, has
left the service nnd gone into tho .feed
storo with his father. Ernie was very
well liked by lib superiors and also tho
men with whom he worked and they
were very sorry to have him quit. In
bis railroad work he waB always suc
cessful and had ho remained in tho ser
vice ho would no doubt have soon
worked up to a higher position,
SUPT. UKACKEN'S CAR DITCHED
Last Sunday No. 44 loft Alliance
about 8:30 p.m. in charge of Con. J. N.
Andrews and Eng. Geo- Reed. The
first warning thoy had of danger was
three miles west of Mullen, the train,
which was running about forty miles
an hour, giving two sudden jerks and
then coming to a dead stop. On in
vestigation it was found that Mr.
Bracken's private car and a dead head
coach, that was between his car and
the Omaha sleeper, were derailed.
No. 77 was thrown off her trucks and
lay on her side about sixty feet from
the track. Mr- and Mrs. Bracken
were in their berth about midway of
tho car and were unable to get out as
all the doors were wrenched and sprung.
Con. Andrews and Brakcman Vnughu
climbed up on the side of the car,
broko some windows and lowered
themselves into the car, They found
Mr- and Mrs. Bracken not seriously
hurt, although Mrs. Brnckcn was badly
shaken up and shocked but was brave
ly making the best of it. After con
siderable trouble somo clothes were
found and Mr. and Mrs, Bracken
climbed up to the top side of the car,
then down to the ground nnd were tak
en to the Omaha pullman. It was
bitter cold and all who' had to be out
suffered from it. Flagman Castle was
riding in the dead head coach and es
caped without a scratch, but later on
almost perished with cold as he had to
go back and flag for almost an hour.
On the Omaha pullman only the front
wheels of tho rear truck left the rail
and it was only tho work of a few min
utes to put down frogs and back onto
the rail, Had this broken rail happen
ed under one of tho head cars no one
knows how many lives would have been
lost. About eight feet of the rail was
gone. This was broken into pieces,
the longest ono not being eighteen
inches. The broken rail was soon
fixed so the main line was not blocked.
No. 77 is still laying on her side near
tho track. Mr. and Mrs. Bracken
were on their way to Chicago, but re
turned to Alliance on No. 41. The
colored porter, Mr. Curtis, was badly
frightened but came out without a
scratch.
Random Remarks
How's that new leaf you turned over
on the first instant?
If you "swore off" somo bad habit
Inst Saturday and stick to it for a week,
you ought to" be able to stay by it a
year.
We all think well of the man who
keeps tho snow cleaned off tho side
walk in front of his premises.
Again we say, Stick a pin here; in
other words, remember this: Within
a few years the silo will be considered
an indispcusablo part of farm and
ranch equipment in this part of Ne
braska. It will be ono of the things
that will take a principal part in the
development of this country.
Wo may have our little scraps among
ourselves occasionally, but when it
comes to reaching out for some public
enterprise or institution for the good of
the city, you can depend upon it that
tho people of Alliance, under the lead
ership of the Commercial Club, will
pull together like brothers.
A Pleasant Surprise Party
A very pleasant surprise party was
given at tho home of Mr. August Mayer
and Mrs. Celia Weaver and family
near Berca on New Year's eve. Messrs.
James T. Nabb, P. J. Knapp aud Al
bert Gaghagen aud families with Rev
Ira E. Nolte made up the surprising
party, bringing their supper with them.
The surprised family was literally
taken by storm and so completely sur
prised they hardly knew what to do or
say. A very pleasant evening was
spent and shortly after midnight nil
were called to begin the new year with
a bountiful least in which two geese
figured conspicuously. Twenty-five
people were present and nil felt that
they had spent n very, enjoyable evening.
Library Board Transacts Business.
At a meeting of the board of direct
ors of tho Alliance Public Library,
held at the Commercial Club rooms
last Friday everting somo important
business was transacted. Following
are the metnbcrs'fcf tho board, all of
whom were present, except Mr. Rutncr:
Mrs. E. C. IcGiuer, Rev. W. L.
McNamara, W- D. Rlimer.Mrs. C. C.
Smith, Rev. Dr. H. P. V.' Bogue, R.
J. Lawrence, Mrs. J. A. Rowan. G. L.
Griggs and Prof. D. W. Hayes.
Officers of the board were elected as
follows: Prof. Hayes, president; Dr,
Bogue, vice-president; Mrs. Rowan,
secretary.
The librarian's salary was fixed at
$25,00 per month,
Hours of having the library open are
2 to 5 p. in, each week day, and, also,
7 to 9 p. m. on Tuesday and Saturday.
Tho library will not be open on Sun
days. Constitution and by-laws were
adopted.
Another meeting of the board was
held at the Commercial Club rooms at
7:30 last evening, all members being
present, and at which the president an
nounced the appointment of the follow
ing committees:
Committee on Library Mrs. Row
an, chairman; Dr. Bogue, Mrs. Smith.
Committc on Buildings and Grounds:
Mr. Griggs, chairman; Mr. Rumer,
Father McNamara.
Committee on Finance: Mr. Law
rence, chairman; Mr. Rumer, Mrs.
McClucr.
Committee on Administration: Father
McNamara, chairman; Mrs. Smith,
Mrs, McCluer.
Depot Site at Gering
The location and plans for the Union
Pacific station grounds have been re
ceived from tho chief engineer's office
at Omaha, and contrary to what had
been generally nssumed, they show
that the station will be practically on
the old section line road instead of on
tho present road to the bridge. The
depot, as marked on the plat, will be
24x64 feet in size, exclusive of the
platforms, etc. Numerous reservations
are being made for warehouse spaces,
and from now on things'will begin to
get busy, since the atmosphere is
cleared of the question of location.
The upshot of tho station plan is sim
ply that we go ahead as we have start
ed out, and that we can all pull to
gether for the greater Gering. Gering
Courier.
Pilfered Phunnygraphs
Freshman Who is the smallest man
mentioned in history? Sophomore I
give it up. Freshman Why, the
Roman soldier who slept on his watch.
University of Pennsylvania Punch
Bowl.
Tramp (outside the gate) Madam,
may I ask does your dog bite? Mrs.
Jaye (in the garden) Yes, he' does;
aud please don't como in. We are
very particular what we feed him on!
San Francisco Examiner. j
"How is if that Julia is so jealous
and quarrelsome? She used to have
such a sweet disposition?" "I know,
but the past year she has been singing
in a church choir." Baltimore Ameri
can. "And that young man kissed you on
the lips? Why didn't youoffer hirn
your hand?" said the father. "Oh, II
didn't have to, papa,'.' said the girl;
he's going to ask. you for that!"-r-Yonkers
Statesman. i
.He proposed to her by mail, and by
letter she replied. He read her brief
refusal, then committed suicide. Alas;
he'd bo alive today and she a' happy
bride had ho but read the postscript on
the other side. Chicago News.
"Did you tell the photographer you
didn't want your picture taken?"
"Yes," answered the eminent--but un
comely personage. "Did ho take of
fense?" "No. Ho said he didn't
blame me," Washington Star.
Among Our Subscribers
We" do not know precisely to what
extent readers of The Herald are in
terested in new subscriptions received,
renewals, etc., but to the publisher it
is quite an interesting subject, and we
may be pardoned if we use a little
space in making mention of the same.
While subscriptions are not the princi
pal source of the revenue necessary to
run the print shop and publish the
paper, they constitute the basis of tho
whole business. A good subscription
list is pleasing to advertisers as well as
to the publisher.
Neighboring Notes
A county seat fight is on in Garden
county, Oshkosh and Lewellen being
tho two towns that are contending for
the location of the same.
Miss Lattic Cornette of Alliance,
niece of Mr. S. K. Warrick, is the
guest of Miss Edith Lomax during the
holidays. Broken Bow Chief. x
Miss Irene McLcrnon went to Al
liance Wednesday evening to visit her
sister, Mrs. Louis Bolte. Sidney Tele
graph. Wo can hello, now, away up to Alli
ance and inquire directly about the
wonderful progress of dry farming up
yonder. Grand Island Independent.
Westover-Albriglit.
The Herald offers congratulations
and good wishes to the contracting
parties upon receipt of the following
from Rushvilkv Nebraska:
Mr. and Mrs, P. C. Albright an
noUnce the marriage of their daughter,
Edna May, to Frank L, Westover,
Thursday morning, December thirtieth,
190a, Rushville, Nebraska. At home
after January 15th, 1910, White Clay,
Nebr. .
More Actual Settlers Needed.
From the Hastings Kopubllcan;
Some of the towns in the west
ern counties of Nebraska are be
ginning to complain of too much
of the farming lands having
fallen into the hands of outside
land speculators who merely
purchase it to hold and speculate
on it in the raw, uncultivated
state. The business men and
the land agents in these western
counties should co-operate in
every way to have as much
the speculative class of lands
possible plowed and sown
wheat or other crops. The more
cultivated and crop-bearing land
about a town the more prosper
ous and the better the town. The
outside holders of farm lands
should be urged in every way
possible to have the raw lands
broke, sown to wheat or some
other crop. Such , lands would
then become producing and in
no small measure add to the cir
culating medium in that immed
iate town or community. What
western Nebraska needs is more
actual settlers.
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ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, NEW YORK CITY.
Finest examplo of Gothic architecture in America.
313 Box Butte Avenue - - Next door
north of Miller Brothers' China Store
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Remember, we have moved from the corner at
401 Box Butte Ave. to 313 Box Butte Ave.,
first door north of Miller Brothers' China Store
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as during the the past ten. We hope to merit your continued patronage; and assure you that our appreciation will be shown in good
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