RAILWAY NOTES AND PERSONALS. Conductor Chas. Reed Is now a west eod passenger conductor. Conductor Clyde Miller and Charley Yockey both made trips to Kavenna this week, Tom and Sam Ourchclt arrived from SpaldinR, Nebr., Tuesday morning. They at once reported tor work. Three of our engineers, Guy Alien, Al. Townsend and G. Snavoly were sent down to help out on the Lincoln division. Engineer A. P. Gordon, who has been on the switch engine in Seneca, will move back to Alliance and run out of here, Switchman J. H. Baker teturncd from Galesburg Tuesday morning on No. 41, Mr Baker has been on the relief with a frozen foot. Conductor Jim Mewhirter and Roily Wilson are two east end men, who brought their trains on to Alliance. They wont cast again Sunday. It is rumored that Denny Landrigan is again going on the road as engineer. If he docs, Alliance will lose one of the best marshals wo ever had. Fred Tyler, formerly of the express of fice, now of Ellsworth, was In Alliance at tending to business Tuesday. He went home on No, 44 Wednesday. I. U, Hagar, who has been off the road for some time, will go to work about Jan. 20th, Mr. Hagar's friends arc all glad to see him have his rights again. The brakeman on No. 43 Wednesday reports Frank O'Connor going east from Seneca, Conductor O'Connor has Hos kin's crew and Cramer's way car. Freight Conductor U. N, Hoskins brought and No. 44 in from Edgemont Sunday. East end Conductor N, Peder son took the train from Alliance to Ravenna. Conductor U. N, Hoskins had his car and crew pulled off Sunday on account of the serious Illness ol His wife. Mrs. Hos kins has been very sick but is slowly fo covering. The rotary snow plow, which had just come in from the west, was sent to clear up the main line between Sterling and Cheyenne. This is the second time in four years that it has been necessary to use this big plow. Carl Waymouth of Chadron came over to Alliance Sunday and hired out as a switchman. He was sent to Edgemont on No. 43 Tuesday. Carl, with his friend, Jesse White, worked out of here in the train service three years ago. Passenger Con. J. A. Armour, local chairman of the grievance committee, at tended to O. R. C. business in Omaha Jan. 1-2-3. From Omaha he went to Denver, where he met Mrs. Armour. They returned to Alliance Tuesday morn ing. N. Ryan, who has been acting as the train master's chief clerk, has gone to Denver for a vacation, Mr. Ryan filled that difficult position very acceptably, both to the men on the road and to his su periors. We predict a bright future and rapid promotion for this young man. The company now has four of the Mai let compound engines working between here and Edgemont. They are being ' oroxen id ior mo anenuan division, iiicso engines are so long that they cannot be turned on an ordinary turntable so are run either way, having a headlight and pilot on the tank. Conductor Robert Evans had a very narrow escape Sunday morning. He was coming in from Hemingford on a train of about forty cars when an air hose broke and he made a sudden stop. He was followed by a light engine in charge of Engiueer Pomeroy. Dob had one of the little high line way cars and the engine went clear through it pinning Bob up in the cupolo, and for a wonder he escaped with only some severe scratches. Engi neer Pomeroy jumped and sprained his shoulder. He will probably be on the re lief for the rest of the winter. E LOCAL PARAGRAPHS in Alli From Kdgemont Kxpress: D. Morrison, Jr., has been anco on business, Dave Marsch and son returned from Alliance after a visit there. The day yard master, Mr. Postel waite, has resigned his position in the yards here and gone to Alliance. His place was taken by C. VV. Cory of McCook, Nebr. From Hashvllle Recorder: Tuesday afternoon the first local freight from the cast in twelve days pulled up to the depot and stopped. On that train there was freight that was due thirty days ago. There was goods which our merchants had order ed so long ago that they were receiving duns from the wholesale houses for the payment thereof. It might be possible that the railroad company has done its best to get this freight through sooner, but no one but a leather head will be lieve it. The Weather. The weather during the past week has been nice most of the time, but the tem perature has not gone above freezing much. Snow has melted to a small ex tent several days, but. there is almost as much of it on the ground now as there was a week ago. Street Commissioner's Notice Notice to all property owners, agents and lessees: Snow, ice and slush, or any other obstruction, must be re moved within 24 hours after accumu lation, according to ordinance No. 38, or the same will be removed by the city at owner's expense. J. H, Carlson, Street Com. errr's Brown Leghorn Eggs 1 per 15 i-year-old hens, $1.50 eich 924 Bm Butte Ave. Alllinci, HA. Grandma loder is visitinc in the country at the home of Lewis Munger. Mrs. Robert Cook of Lakeside has been visiting friends in Alliance this week. Dr. Willis, Marsland's physician, was In the city the fore part of the week. v , Ralph Beal transacted business up the line, at Crawford, we believe, the first of the week. M. L. Phares returned 'to his ranch near Bridgeport yesterday after having spent the holidays in town. A little son, Ralph Lewis by name, arrived at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Lewis Munger last Friday. Rev. A. F. Bundy, S. S. missionary, preached at Fairvicw and Berea laBt Sunday for Rev. I. E. Nolte. S. K. Warrick is at Lincoln attend ing a meeting of tho Anti-Saloon League, of which he is president. Miss Rose Krejci, who underwent an operation for appendicitis at the hos pital on Monday, is recovering nicely. W. E. Blodgett and wife of Grand Island arc in the city, They contem plate making their home in this vicini ty. Miss Norma Desch takes the place of Miss Gerturdo Hawkins, who was bookkeeper for the Desch Grocery Co. Lloyd C Thomas left on 44 Tuesday for Omaha, where he went to attend to some business before going to Phoenix, Ariz. We are pleased to note that Attorney Mitchell has recovered from his recent illness, and is able to attend to busi ness as usual. Rev. J, N. Huston left Monday morning for Palmyra, Nebr., where he will assist in revival services for a coUple of weeks. Arthur E. Clark, editor of the Hem ingford Journal, is a frequent visitor to Alliance, mid usually favors The Her ald with a fraternal call. The county clerk's office is in charge of Miss Etta Keane, deputy clerk, dur ing Mr. Mounts' absence this week in the eastern part of the state. The friends of Miss Ethel Brown will be pleased to learn that she is sufficiently recovered in health to per mit her entering school again. R. D. Worth of Deadwood recently accepted a position as night clerk at Hotel Drake, succeeding Chas. Dake, who is now with Hotel Alliance. Miss Katherine Pletle of Omaha is now saleslady at the Model Candy Kitchen. Mrs. R. B. 'Monfort was compelled to resign because of ill health. The A. L, Joy orchestra has been engaged for the dancing party to be given in the Phelan opera house Jan. 19th by the Ladies' Guild of the Epis copal church. Harry S. Johnson, wife and baby, returned Wednesday from a very en joyable visit among friends and rela tives at Hastings and Lincoln- We are pleased to note that the little son of Rev. Dr. Harris, who has been sick since their coming to Alliance, is convalescent and nbld to be down town with his papa. Tho board of county commissioners, consisting of S. C. Reck of Alliance and J. P. Jensen and J, M. Wanek of Hemingford, held a session Tuesday and Wednesday. Younkin has Had a thousand bills printed to let the people know that they can get a good meal in the rear end of the Younkin Rooming House for twenty-five cents. Miss Delia Strong of Lakeside, who has been visiting at the home of her brother, R. C, in this city, was called home this week by the serious illness of her father, John Strong. County Commissioners J. P. Jensen and J. M. Wanek favored The Herald with welcome calls while in the city this week. They took 43 yesterday for Hemincford. from which place thev drove to their homes. Chas. Wiltscy, who has been with tho firm of Watson & Watson this winter, will remove his family on to a ranch near Hemingford this week. This is a fine family and we arc sorry to lose them from our midst. Joe Reardon, who is well known among Burlington railroad men as a mechanical engineer and draftsman, is now with the Union Pacific at Omaha. He visited in Alliance and at other points in this part of the west during and since holidays. Joe Manion was in town Tuesday after having been snow bound the past six weeks. He and his wife had all preparations made for a visit to their daughter in Nance county but have postponed the trip indefinitely on ac count of the severity of the weather. I. W. Herman and wife and Ed. El dred and wife made a trip,to Lakeside Sunday evening by train, thence six miles into the country to the home of Jake Herman through a Nebraska blizzard- But this adventure did not mar the pleasure of the three days' visit which followed. The party re turned to Alliance Thursday. A peculiar case of mental aberration came near causing the death of John Gisclon of Great Falls, Mont., on the prairie near Alliance last Thursday. He was discovered wandering aimlessly around, his ears, hands and feet frozen. He was taken to the Alliance Hospital, where he was taken care of till Tues day, and having regained his mental equilibrium he was permitted to go on his way to Denver. Dr. Allison of Omaha was in Al liance the first of the week, Miss Bessie Bullock has been con. fined to her home with a very severe attack of neuralgia. Mrs. Frank Spaulding of Ellsworth spent four days in Alliance this week visiting her husband and old friends. We are sorry to learn that J. A. Mallery has been sick for several days. Mr. Mallery'a health has not been good for some time. The Royal Highlanders had a pleas ant little dance after their , meeting Tuesday evening. Miss Ruth Hager furnished the music. All Royal Neighbors are requested to bo present at their meeting Saturday. After installation of officers they will go to the Hotel Alliance where a ban quet will be served. J. M Dineen, of the firm of Dincen, Rubendall & Young, met with an acci dent last Friday that caused painful injury. We understand that he was getting into a wagon when the team started, throwing him out and breaking a rib. Although still suffering from the injury, Mr. Dineen is down town today. "A stitch in time saves nine." And a little water promply applied by hand often saves the fire departments a big job, as was the case Monday forenoon when a fire started in Tillet & Mark's plumbing shop in the basement under Acheson Bros.' hardware. The de partment responded promptly, as usual, to the alarm of fire, but their services were not needed. Membersof St. Agnes Court, Daugh ters of Isabella, to the number of about 20, surprised Mrs. W. J. Hamilton at her home on Toluca avenue last even ing after supper and brought with them delicate refreshments which were served later in the evening. The Daughters enjoyed themselves greatly and carried out the surprise complete ly. Even W. J. declares he knew nothing of the social plot. Pete Watson, the famous ' pioneer of northwestern Nebraska, is in the city today, coming from his Sioux county ranch via Mitchell on the Guernsey train. He called at The Herald office long enough to set himself ahead on subscription, and recount some of his early day experiences, including the hunting of gray wolves which did much damage in this country years ago. Pete is "as happy as a big sunflower, that nods and bends in the breezes," since his wedding, a mention of which was made in these columns a few weeks since. He has an estimable wife, and home seems more like home to him now than it did when he was batching it on the ranch. The Prairie Lumber company did not continue long in business in this city. Last Saturday a deal was consummated where by the Dierks Lumber Co. took over their business at Alliance. This deal docs not affect the Prairie Lumber company's busi ness at Scottsbluff. If Attorney G. H. Whitman of Mitchell had business at the land office today. Joseph Kime of Streator, III., one of The Herald's "sucker state" .subscribers, was looking after his land interests in Box Butte county last week. He left home Monday night of last week and left Al liance on 44 Saturday on his return to Streator. The reputation of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Iluss as first-class cooks did not permit them to remain disconnected from res taurant business long. Charlie is now chief cook at Cafe Alliance, and Mrs. Huss will act as assistant as soon as other mat ters are arranged so that she. can take up the work there. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Craig of Black foot, Idaho, were visiting af the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chase Feagins Tuesday of this week, Mr. Craig is secretary of the Itlackfoot Investment Co., and has de cided to open a branch office at Brush, Colo., at which place he and Mrs. Craig will make their home, Messrs. Craig and Feagins inform us that it is usually easier to get persons from an irrigated district to invest in their lands than it Is to get per sons who know nothing from experience or personal observation about irrigation, as the former understand better the value of their lands. Neighboring Notes From ScottsblutT Herald: U. E. Frederick of Alliance has rented the building formerly occupied by C. I. Berkland and will soon open up a store therein with a variety stock. Notice his advertisement elsewhere in this issue. From Sidney Telegraph: County Supt. Morrison and Supt. Pate went to Alliance Monday to pre sent argument to the State Board of Education showing wiry the new State Normal should be located at Alliance. Scottsbluff, Mitchell, Bridgeport and other towns had representatives there for the same purpose. The members of the board said that letters from all over this South Platte country urging the location of the school at Alliance had been coming into them in great numbers during the last two weeks. It means a great deal to Cheyenne county to have this school located at the near est point possible, Alliance, and we hope the state board will decide to lo cate the school there. 'Z'lxe -Pamons Where Low Prices Prevail Boys' Knee Pants, 50c and 65c values, sale price 29c Men's Union Suits, sizes 40 to 48, worth $1.50 suit, sale price 98c U. S. ARMY PANTS, double seat, double legs, cost Government $5.00, sale price Sji2.50 Extra Men's Shoe Value. Sentinel Calf Blucher Shoes, no ripping, worth $3,00 pair, new stock, sale price $2.25 Boys' Canvas Leggins, 39c Men's all-wool Shirts and Drawers, $1.25 values, now 98c Stetson's Novelties, some dandies to close in our $4.00 line, sale price $2.85 ' THE FAMOUS YOU can easily understand that in a business the size of ours we can't tell exactly how many suits and overcoats we can sell. Even if we could we would buy more because it, would be a funny looking clc thing stcre without clothes, would it not? We have some beauti ful goods left over that will make some men happy. Better see them as we never carry suits over from one season to another. We have just closed our most successful busi ness year. Our sales were a trifle better than $10, 000. co more than in 1908. Quite a gain in a town this size. When a business increases like this one has there is a reason. It's no secret just straight business. The reason is, we are constantly giving more value for less money that's true. A NECESSARY CLEARANCE LU I I Comprises $35.00 and $30.00 Hart Schafiner & Marx fine swell Overcoats and Suits in broken lots, not all sizes of each pattern but value is greater than original price Now $23.00 LU I 2 In this lot there are some great bargains in Suits and Overcoats made by the leading makers of this country, headed by Hart Schafiner & Marx broken lines, worth up to 927.50 I Now $19.95 LOT 3. A fine lot of Worsteds and Woolens, beautifully made and trimmed, hand-made collars, button holes, hand-padded shoulders, Overcoats and Suits that we sold at 820.00 and $18.00, for rapid clearance we price them ridiculously low Price 51-4.95 BOYS' CLOTHING AT UNHEARD-OF PRICES -Boys' $6.00 Knee Pants Suits, now -Boys' $5.00 Knee Pants Suits, now -Boys' $4.00 Knee Pants Suits, now -Boys' $800 Overcoats, now -Boys' $6.00 Overcoats, now $3.00 This Sale is for 10 Days Only Sale Begins Saturday, January 15th, and Positively Closes January 26th The Famous One-Price Clothing Ho use Xle ZF'a.imo'u.s Where Quality Reigns Men's heavy fleeced Underwear, 50c garment, sale price 39c Men's high cut black calfskin Shoes, worth $3.50, sale price $2.50 You cannot afford to over look those Men's Fine Suits that sold at $12.50, sale price $8.85 Men's Canvas Gloves, 6 pairs for 25 C Men's heavy Sox, 15c grade, 3 pairs for 25C Bargains in odds and ends in fine silk and lisle Union Suits and fine all wool stuff. We can save you $ $ on them. Dr. Wright's famous all wool fleece Underwear for men, 98c garment 1 lot broken sizes Boys' $2.00 Shoes to close out at $139 I v C I JW Sizes 3-5K THE HOME OF GOOD CLOTHES ALLIANCE, NEB. B7Kfi m