Sfa J
PEOPLE
WILL GO
WHERE CORN GROWS
YOURS
Your lor uniformity.
Your for Rreat
c.t leaven i ik
power.
Your for BSVSf
failing ranllS.
Your for purit
Your for tCUOOBly
Your for over
I h i n that (foes 10
ni.tWe up a strictly
high grade, ever
d " e n d a 11 o baking
powder.
That is Calumet . Try
it once and n MS the im
provement in your hair
ing. See how much morn
economical over the high-
priced trust hrands, h'iw
much better than the cheap
and big-can kinds.
Calumet is highest in quality
moderate in cost.
Received Higheit Award
World' Pure Food
Exposition.
"My hII nieann hIiow that torn
will mow In Oregon hihI Washing
ton. people will not go tf Mate
whero orn will not grow, epe
(ally the ftjtfMH of the mlddb'
vvct v ho nre moving." salt! fMMI
I Hill to it young MM in charge
of sonic exhibits In- was Mending to
a greiit exposition "W- want to
Offsjf prizes for torn from the north
v. cstcrii states, so people w ill know
addeil the railroad magnate
added the ralllroad magnate
(UwafftMai the truth of Mr.
Hill's statement and iesninling to
a ilemaiiil maoe ny emu grvwwj
states, the business men anil enter
prising eommereinl organizations be
hind tin- Western Land I'rodtnts
exhibit, have dOCtdOd to base ex
hibits of prize winning corn In con
nectlon with the show and may or
fer prizes to competitors in rorn
growing The Land show at omn
ha Is earryiim out the National
Corn show Idea for the benefit of
Hie western slate-, eliminating till
other sections It 4as not phnitM
to linii' am orn contest in con
nectlon, but the demand for an op
portunity to show that the western
states will grow corn, has led the
management to phi n an exhibit of
corn grown in western stales
The Western Land Products ex
hIMl is to be held in Omaha, .Ian
is to M It is already a bit repre
sentative show Ot the states be
I ween the Missouri river anil the
Sierra ,eadas. and with the addi
tion ol the prize corn exhibits, it
will exceed In its interest lo the
west either of the rorn shows held
in Omaha Arrangements have
beef) made tO show the best Ban of
corn in the world With the iroph
ii . they won at the National Corn
imposition, including the ramou
1 1,000 car Of corn which won the
Kellogg trophy as being the best
single ear of OOrn in the world
POTATOES HAVE THEIR DAY
raiio, Wyoming. Montana. Utah, Id
dim and special sections of these
stales It will oft set the effect of
the eastern shows demonstrate that
niter .ill Hip opportunities arc on
th new lands ol the west
miles looking for a location The
"out loon brought indoors at
Omaha will be an honest show and
It will be unite as possible to select chases of tin
a new home after seeing the pro-I thirteen head
ducts as It would by (raveling tor
weeks in the west
PURCHASE BLOODED
DAIRY STOCK
on
SCHOOL NOTES
of people
ami the peo
win find
these
5
There are two kinds
earth, I mean
The people who lift
pie who lean.
nd whet ever you go yon
the world's masses
Are always divided in Just
two (lasses;
And oddly enough, you'll find, loo.
I ween.
There's Just one llltet lo twenty
W ha lean.
In which (lass are von'.' Are you
easing the load?
Of overtaxed lifters who toil down
the road?
Or are you a leaner who lets others
bear
Your portion of labor and worry
and care?
Kiln Wheeler Wilcox.
W K. Spencer. I. .1 Si hill and
.1 W. QffffltlM w ent to Heln out
Monday to purchase some Ihoioiiei
bred llolstein cows and heifers to
add to their dairy herds, the pur
three amounting to
These cows and hell
ers are from C I,. I'helps' far fam
ed Highland Hairy farm herd, and
we congratulate the purchasers on
wring them. They paid one hun
dred dollars per he;-il for the cows.
Kor twelve years past Mr I'helps has
furnished cream to (he dining cars
of the C. B. Q. railroad, and en
terprising dairyman who know of bis
success as a dairyman are glad to!
improve their herds by getting somi
Of his stock
CLERK CARRIER
McCLUER'S
EXAMINATION
i-th chapter
lea 111,
HARRY P.COURSEY
Live Stock nod
General Auctioneer
Farm Sales a Specialty
I KK MS REAM! NABLE
Phone 72 ALLIANCE. NEBR
Important Notice to
Meat Consumers
We have tfooil news tor the
people of Alliance who have been
coinpHletl to pay hitfli prices for
an inferior quality ol meat. With
the opening of the Cash Meat
Market, in our oew building at
r 1 7 Sweetwater avenue, we can
positively announce that we arc
oiling BETTER QUALITY of
MEATS than tin- people of this
city have been buying antl at
LOWER PRICES.
We don't send away several
hundred miles to have the culls
from the bin packing houses
shipped to us at great expense.
We buy the best fat cattle and
noga to be found in Box Butte
aid neighboring counties, we do
expert butchering a n d serve
meats to you in the lest possible
style, and at prices 25 to Id per
cent less than you have been
paying.
GIVE I'S A TRIAL and we
will prove our claim.
Telephone orders delivered
promptly. Phone rt .
Cash Meat Market
DRUE I BARB, Props.
517 Sweet water Avenue.
Repair Work
Sewing Machines and
a potato demonstration by dene
Orubb, the "potato king'' of tine
ly. Colorado, is one of the features
of tin- Western Land Products Ex
hibit to be hold in Omaha .Ian IS
to It,
Mr Orubb knows more about po
tatoes that moat any other man in
(he world and lor this reaaOH he
was cotnntlsaloned by the Depart
ment of Agriculture and has just
finished a potato campaign on con
tinental Kurope, where he has In
troduced the American grown pota
to In Mich a way that there will be
u strong foreign market for the
product within a short time.
To gat potato grovviug down to a
clence, as the best agrlcutturtata
have corn and wheat growing. is no
mall task, bui this is the (ask Mr.
Orubb has mastered He will show i
ttt Omaha the kind of potatoes to
plant in various soils and the effect
of these soils on the vegetables; :
the cost of produclngi the profit
possible per acre both on Irrigated
and Bon-irrigated lands ami finally
the marketable potato the potato
Which will stand shipping to Kurope
and will be profitable export crop
Ab potatoes are one of i he big
crops of Colorado Mr Orubb will
make this demonstration in connec
tion with the Colorado exhibit, but
it is a feature which any farmer
going Into the new- west or enter
iiiK the potato business in bis pres
ent home, should see He will know
as much about potatoes when he
hears (irubb as he does about corn
since listening to Hoblen
OUT OF DOORS INDOORS
Rev, Godfrey of the United Pros
j hyterian church of this city risked
the high school u short time ago
ami gave the students :i f1ell:-ht nil
: interpretation ot the
of Etecleslasttes.
nk. .... i. . i ..
i ne mn s nasKci nan lea in, ;k
COmpaniOd by their coach. Mr. My
ers, and chaperoned by Mrs C, C.
Smith, left Friday nooo lor Morrill
lor a game with the high BChOOl
girls of that place Tin- following
'girls constitute (he team: Katie ()' -j
: Donnel, ft. F.i Mabel Worlev. L. V :
nought i rrord, C; May Qrahatn,
Set . c.j Ruth Rice, K i; ; Naomi
Nelson, L. ;
W, k Bpencer, manager of the
creamery, visited the agriculture
class a short time ago and gave
the students much valuable lufor
ination regarding the use Of the silo.
The Christmas vacation win ex
tend from Saturday, the Mth ,
ioc . until Monday, January 9th.
Father McNamara gave a helpful
and Inspiring address lo the high
school Students Wednesday morn
ing of last week on (he subject,
"Success."
The following Itemi are taken
from the superintendent's report
to the Hoard of Bd Ileal ion foi the
mouth ending Nov. 23rd:
The United Stales Civil Service
Commission announces that on Jan
uary 7, lull, and at Alliance. Neb
raska, an exaininiuion will be held
for the posit'ons of clerk and car
tier In the Tost Office service.
Clerks in Offices of the firsi and
second classes and carriers in the
city delivery service are divided In
to six grades, ns follows: Kirs!
grade, salary 1 600; Becond grade.
salary $800; third grade, salary 1900;
fourth grade, salary $1,000; fifth
grade, salary 11,100; Sixth grade,
salary $1,200. Clerks anil carriers
at first -Class Offices Will be promot
ed successively to the fifth grade,
and clerks and carrier.- at second
class offices will he promoted sue
cessively to the fourth grade
Any clerk is eligible for transfer
to the service ol a carriei .and .my
carrier is eligible for transfer to the
service of a clerk.
vuxinary employee are pant lor
actual service at lite rale Of 80
cents ah hour. Sin h auxiliary em
ployees, however, are required to
work not less than ivo hours dally,
and may serve as substitutes The)
are eligible for appointment as
clerks ami carriers Of the first
grade.
(Substitutes are paid al the
oi ::u cents an hour when si
MAS SHOPPING has be-
gun, and this store is showing the
largest line of Linen Cloths, Linen Table
Runners, Stand Covers. Sofa Pillows,
Linen Doilies, Library Table Covers.
And at prices that will please. It is our
intention not to carry over any of these
goods, so we have made prices that will
move them.
I,
for absent clerks and c.
Men
rate
v ing
anil
Rg
of pupils enrolled
Total numbei
this mouth
Number hoys enrolled this month. 380
Numbt r of girls enrolled this
month g I
Total number of pupils enrolled
lo dale sjs !
Average daily attendance, boys,. 356
Average daily attendance, girls .364
Average daily attendance, total.. 709
rer cent o daily attendance
tor the month 96.90
limber eases or tardiness for
the month j,
Per cent of punctuality for the
month im.x.x
Number neither absent nor tar
dy for the month HI
Number neither absent nor tar
dy to date 7
Numer of minutes lost bbv tardi
ness IJJ
Number present every day
Visits by Superintendent 67
Visits frtMB others 7g
i Visits to patrons
Miss Bnod grass has organized a
ladies' high school quartette. The
members of the quartette are Nell
Acheson, Alia frMing, Bvs Duncan
and May Cook. We are looking
forward to some excellent music
from this organisation.
A game of basket ball I boys I has
been scheduled with Sterling. Col
orado. the game to be nlsvnri nt
Alliance, Jan. 14. Mark the date
on your calendar and plan to attend.
Sterling has had, for several years,
lone of the best teams in this part
I Of the country and lovers of basket
nan snoum not miss this opportun
ity to witness a good game.
Serine your season basket hall
tickets, for sale by high school stu
dents. Price $1.28.
in
Organs.
Have secured the sei vices of a prac
tical mechanic and cat) guarantee all
wotk done by him. Don't trust vour
work to travelling repair men. This
man will be here ieniiaiieutlv. Re
pairs and parts furnished for all ma
chines. Phone 139. Geo. D. Darling.
In I he last lew years enierpris
Ing business men and commercial
organiat ions have conceived the
idea ol giving people In search of
land a View of "all out of doors''
under one root' at a time when Un
real out ot doors would not make a
very good appearance
This has been done by the hold- ,
lug of mill winter ' land shows" of
exhibits of the average products and
the soils of many parts of the t;n- .
Ited States. Such au exhibit was
rc entity made in Pittsburg and foi-
lowing it a laud show was given in
Chicago Which Was perhaps the
greatest event in the windy city
since live world's fair.
Hoth these shows had their place
1 one comprehended the out ol doors
ill the east and the southeast; the
Chicago show was almost national
in its character hut slill eiuphasi.
ed the product I v cm s.- of lands a
long railroa! lines rem lied directly
from Chicago
Now comes a show at Omaha
January II to M and known as the
Western Land Products Khibil
which confines the exhibits to the
western states Those who have
tii-en the Chicago show and the Pitts
burg show 111. iv have seen good pro
liucls from the east, stmt beast, the
I old south anil the middle vvesi. but
those interested in the we will
have to come to Omaha for a view
'of the products of Nebraska, Colo-
It. B. McClennon. traveling sales
man for western Nebraska, a pari
of Wyoming and the Black Hills
district of South Dakota for Chit ten
dent & Bast man Furniture Co., of
Burlington, Iowa, like most travel
inn salesmen, appreciates good
prim ing and recognizes the value
of the same in business, consequent
ly gave The Herald job department
an order for cards ior file new year,
printed in colors Mr. McClennon
is very well pleased with his IMI11
business, his sales for die year just
cloning amounting to about $80,000.
His company is said 10 be the larg
est furniture dealers in the world
They are exclusive mauiifaei urers
and jobbers ol the famous "Square
Brand " furniture
The editor of h neighboring sheet
is a judge of things beautiful, al
j ways hut when he printed comment
ion the Woman Missionary Soci
ety of Lincoln and said thai mem
bers of the Missionary societies the
best formed class of women In the
j world, he hud something to explain
says he meant u. print It "be in
; formed ' And now the women are
mad tothlak he tt ill lit mean it as he
first printed printed it
Bids Wanted for Delivering Goods
The Men bant-of Alliance, Nebr , are
Hoiiir to inauguggta a eo-opeiative de
liven sv.-tem and the following firms
will CO US idol bids and propositions
from responsible patties to operate the
svsteui. PegC h Bukel, Alliance
Grocery to. A. 0, Kodjjets, G. W.
Duncan. Sasloa A Koacli, Watson Jc
Watson. I. W, Herman, I. L. Achesou,
Mailer) Grooen Co., PMIIipg Grutigo
ll-'o l-tfjyy
1 hey are eligible for appointment
auxiliary employees and as eh
ami carriers of the first grade.
The examination will consist of
the subjects mentioned belon .weight
ed ns indicated.
BUOjectS. Weights.
1. spelling (twenty words of av
erage difficulty in common
use I 10
8. Arithmetic (simple tests in ad
dition subs! 1 ad ,011, multipli
cation, and division of whole
numbers, common and decimal
fractions, and Knifed States
money 1 SO
3, Letter writing (a letter ot not
less than 186 words on some
subject of general Interest.
Competitors may select eith
er of two subjects given)... 80
i Penmanship (the handwriting 01
the competitor in the subject
of copying from plain copy
will be considered with spe
cial reference to the elements
of legibility, rapidity, neat
ness, general appearance.
etc.)
6. Copying from plain copy (a
simple test in copying accur
ately a few printed lines in
the competitor's handwritina)
H. Knited States geography (rel
ative to the boundaries of
States, and to capitals, larg
est cities, rivers and other
bodies of water, and the loca
tion by Stales of prominent
cities, etc.) 10
Beading addresses (lest in not
ing with pen or pencil, on a
printed sheet of addresses, dif
erences between l he printed
addresses and the written ad
dresses of which they are a
copy) in
Total 100
No application win be accepted un
less properly executed and filed with
the undersigned prior to the hour
of closing business on January ;s.
I9H.
SECRETARY BIOHTH I 8.
CIVIL SERVICE DISTRICT,
St. Haul, Minn.
AN INTERESTING DEPARTMENT
We consider The Herald's depart
ment of classified advertsienients.
on "Want Ads" as they are common
; ly called, of sufficient importance to
call special attention to the same
This department, properly conduct
ed, may he made profitable, not onlv
to persons using it as advertisers,
but also to readers in general; and
We believe it will pay our readers to
glance through this department each
week, whether there is anything in
particular that you are looking for
or not. While some of the ads run
several limes, there are some new
ones every week, and there may be
something thai will be of special in
terest to you but which you were
1101 thinking of seeing advertised.
Kor instance, this week we insert
an ad offering for sale a valuable
set of histories at a great bargain
and a set of Chamber's Encyclope
dia There are probably among our
reader? a number of persons who,
while not Intending to purchase these
hooka jUSt vet, would be please I to
av.iii themselves f the opportun
ity n! getting litem at a mere trac
Uji; of the regular pric .
1' 1 a entioa l2ug at ' rig iP. a
tion. There are many 01 her ihinns
sack of which will interest some
body. And STSp if you do not find
in some issue anything advertised
thai interests you, it lakes only a
few moments to run through the want
ad page and see for yourself.
Ends Winter's Troubles
lo many, winter is a season of
IMNlble, The frost bitten toes and fin
gers, chapped hands ami lips, chil
blain, cold seres, red and rough skins,
prove this. But such troubles dy lie
fore Uaeklen's grain Solve a trial
OMBViaeeO, Urea test healer of burn-,
cuts, boils, piles, sores, ec.ema. and
sprains. Only 8M at J. ,1 fan-uuac
When you were young you probably did
not enjoy the advantagts of the telephone,
because telephones are young just children
among the world's great business enterprises.
Neither did you have a thousand other
advantages that your children enjoy. Make
your children happy they can only be child
ren once Put in a Hell Telephone.
NEBRASKA TELEPHONE CO.
T. H. BEESOIS, Mgr.
Bell Service is the World's Standard
of Telephone Efficiency
Kodak Finishing Company
316'- BOX BUTTE AVE., ALLIANCE, NEBR. 5
DEVELOPING:
6 exposure roll 15c two. . 25c
1 2 exposure roll 20c two 35c A
Pictures unmounted, up to 4x5 inch sie, 4c each y
Pictures mounted on cards 7c each
Post Cards 75c per dozen
MAIL ORDERS PROMPT SERYTCh
A Gift You Owe
Yourself
CHRISTMAS Pleasure
will be less appreciated
unless you're properly
dressed for the Holidays, j
uon t torget your own
needs while you're think
ing of others. We are
here with the correct
merchandise;smartas can
be; more modestly priced
than you are accustom to.
Prom hat to hose
everything you wear.
Dress up a bit and make
yourself happy for it.
1 lli
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219 Pox Butte Ave., Alliance, Nebr,
