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Alliance Shoe Store
S. 3illex. Prop.
lira. W. A. Bennett left on No. 42
Tuesday for Omaha and Kansas City.
She will be gone about thirty days.
She was accompanied by her daugh
ter, Miss Hasel.
Harry Troupe, a well known brake
sciAn who quit about two months a
go, writes from Hastings, Nebraska,
that he has gone Into business with
bis father in the marble works. He
sends his regards to his Alliance
friends.
Conductor U. N. Hoskins and crew
Started went on a work extra Mon
day morning. Road master Lynch was
in charge of the work. They expect
to be gone about six days.
Brakeman Will Tragasser, who is
Visiting in Tipton, Indiana, writes
that he is having a fine and dandy
Una but is about ready to come
hone. He says Alliance will look
food to him.
Brakeman John Castle received a
Message from his home in South Da
kota Tuesday morning, telling him
of the sudden death of a younger
brother He left on No. 42 Tuesday
flight John has the sympathy of all
the railroad boy.
Conductor R. J. Burke went to
Lincoln last Saturday morning. He
Mturned to Alliance Tuesday morn
tag
Tom Richards, who will be remem
bered as a brakeman here about two
years ago, has returned and again
Stored the service. Since leaving
here, he has been traveling on the
road.
Conductor C. I). Rider, who has
heea confined to the hospital with
rheumatism, is slowly Improving. As
eooa as he Is well enough to travel
he expects to go east for a visit
wtth his children.
Conductor Fred Campbell has a
pajn reported for duty on the west
end local.
Conductor Hetrlck, with his car
and crew, made a trip on the high
Dae last week.
Fireman Weienfeldd, who has been
fcn Bdgemont for a couple of months,
has returned to Alliance and his
vjlltles on the road.
Conductor Ed. Baird is taking a
vacation He went to Aurora Mon
ey where he has relatives.
Dan Crllley, of the N. P., left
Thursday on No. 43 for Billings. He
has been In Alliance the past ten
days visiting at the home of his
aunt, Mrs D. Moran.
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Mrs. Nelse Pederson and two
children came up from Ravenna Mon
day for a visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Bullock. She will stay un
til after the street carnival.
Engineer Allen left on No. 44 Mon
day for a work train east of Seneca.
He will be gone about two weeks.
Conductor Tom Campbell brought
In the street carnival train about
4:30 p. in , Sunday. As there was no
other crew in town with their rest
up, Tom was called to take out No.
46.
Engineer Charley Hancock and
fnmtly are In town to attend the car
nival. They are visiting at the
Kltzpatrick home.
J. K Tesmer, who has been brak
ing here a couple of months, haa re
signed and gone to Denver.
Mrs. w. S. Metz and son, Sidney,
who went to Hebron July 6, are mak
ing a longer stay than they expect
ed. Mrs Met's mother had a very
serious fall and has been quite sick.
Machlnest Jess Morrison has been
on the relief with a mashed finger.
Mrs. Hazel Conners, who has been
spending the summer at the J. O.
Beck home, left Tuesday night for
York, Nebraska. Arthur Conners
has a fine position there with the
telephone company.
Mrs. H. P. Harbottle has stored
her household goods. She expects
to spend the remainder of the sum
mer at Hot Springs. Mr. Harbottle
in now on the Hot Springs run.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Miller have
moved Into one of the comfortable
cottages on Toluca Avenue.
An Incident that shows how good
hearted railroad men are, occured
last week. One of the boy., a well
known clerk, wan married. Another
young man, a fireman, quietly circu
lated a paper for a wedding present.
The result was that the young folks
were presented with twenty-five dol
lars to buy whatever they wished
for their new home.
"THAT IS ALL TALK"
As stated In the last issue of The
Herald, Joe Bills called OS press day
and gave an account of the accident
which happened to him, which was as
follows:
"Now about Joe Bills runaway In
the last Issue of The Herald, that
he had two ribs broken nnd shoulder
dislocated, and otherwise bruised.
That la all talk. All the thing Is,
Joe Bills went out by the viaduct in
a single horse and buggy, and right
by a big wire fence the city owned.
Just as he waB near It an automo
bile came up behind and the horse
Jumped, broke one shaft and the
splinters tickled him, when he com
menced kicking, and old Joe he
leaned back In the seat and when
he leaned back the vehicle upset and
turned over on him and dragged him,
but he held on to the lines until the
Beat came off and he got out, and
the old "chug" is as good as he
was twenty years ago."
YOUNKIN BRANCHES OUT
Geo. Younkln, who has made such
a success of the show business In
Alliance, Is branching out, and going
Into the business on a much larger
scale. He purchased a 50 by 80 ft.
show tent while in Kansas City this
week and has set It up on the va
cant lot south of the Crystal Thea
tre. He Is using it this week for
vaudeville performances, and the
Crystal building for moving pictures.
He Informs The Herald that It Is
his Intention to run a first-class
vaudeville. After this week he wltj
go on the road with the tent, giving
vaudeville and moving pictures. He
will keep his own electrtn light plant,
running a dynamo by means of a
gasoline engine, which he haa pur
chased for that purpose.
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
August 1, 1911.
Council met In regular session,
called to order by Mayor Harris. The
counciimen present were Newberry,
Snyder nnd Martin, Vaughan being
absent.
Minutes of the previous meeting
were read and approved. The prop
osition Of A. Renswold for a cross
ing to the back of his blacksmith
shop was referred to the Street and
Alley committee to investigate and
report at next regular meeting.
Report 8 from city officers were
read as follows :
Police Judge for July, 1911.
Pines $20.00
Marshall Fees 18.90
Total 38.90
City Treasurers Balances.
Electric Light Bond Money . .8,972.38
Water Bond Money ,. .. 11,222.83
Light Sinking Fund 1,372.05
General Fund 2,689.82
Total 24,257.08
Sewer Fund, Overdrawn .. 391.12
Total Money on Hand . . . . 23,865.96
City Water and Light Department.
Light Money on hand, June 15
610.45
Receipts, June 16 to July 15.. 2,878. 25
Total 3,388.70
Operating Expenditures .. ..1,773.88
Balances, July 15 1,614.8
City Claims Paid 500.32
Money on Hand, July 16 .. ..1,114.50
Number of Light Customers, July
16 404
Water Account Deficit, June 15
211.61
Water Receipts, June 16 to July
16 1,179.55
Balance 967.94
Operating Expenditures .. ..1,005.71
Balance Deficit 37.77
Number of Water Customers.. 657
Sealed proposals for installing a
heating system in the City Hall build
ing were opened and read from the
following firms: Brennan & Beck
well, $960 50; Newberry Hdw. Com
pany, $997.75; E. W. Ray, $997.50.
Brennan & Beckwell being the low
est bidder, the contract was given to
them, on condition that they begin
at ouce and complete the work at
an early date.
The following claims were approv
ed and ordered paid :
City of Alliance Wt. and Lt. Dept.
supplies 2,779.59
City of Alliance Wt. and 14, Dept.
lighting aud wiring 203.95
City of Alliance Wt. and Lt. Dept.
city claims paid 462 55
Skala llros., building cement doss
ing 298.35
Forest Lumber Company, material
33.80
Geo. G. Gadsby, mdse 6 70
W, Hay. plumbing and repairing
4.15
E. M. Nuashnuiu. salary, street
sprinkler 85 oo
Hen Jorden. dog catcher .. 7.00
Dierks Lbr. aud Coal Company,
material 5.40
Dau Dunn, trees 7.50
M. B. A. IMlge. hall rent .. . Hum
J. I). P.merick, salary and expens
es, clerk 27.85
J. H. Carlson, salary, street com
missioner 37.50
J. B. Hunaaker, salary and expens
es, day marshal! 86.45
Tom Tuck, boarding prisoners. . 12.00
j W. H. Zehrung, painting sign ..1.00
Beal Bros., building cement cross
ing 231.87
Newberry Hdw. Co., material .. 165 10
llenswold, blacksmith work.. 16. 35
Oscar Braman, salary, night mar-
Bhall 25.00
Ed. Eldred, salary, night marshall
62.50
F. W, Harris, salary, mayor ..16.67
Geo. J. Burke, salary, treasurer
26.00
C. W. Jeffries, hauling dead ani
mals 2.70
City of Alliance Wt. and Lt. Dept.
extra lighting, July 4th .. ..75.00
No further business and council
adjourned.
J. D. EMERICK, Clerk.
COMES FROM GOOD
RUNNING STOCK
The Herald has a clipping from a
Dubuque, Iowa, paper published in
1864 giving a report of an election
that had Just been held In that city.
The paper states that the entire dem
ocratic city ticket was elected by
majorities ranging from 127 to 347,
and as there ia a rooster at the top
of the article we take it that the
paper was democratic in politics. The
further Information la given that the
election passed off quietly but waa
one of the warmeat contests ever
held in Dubuque, that the soldiers
voted the democratic ticket, and the
democrats made a splendid showing.
The part of the article that will be
of the most Interest to Herald read
ers is that among the names of the
successful candidates were included
Mr. Guthrie, who was elected treas
urer by a majority of 182, and Iam
bert Kniest, who was elected assess
or by a majority of 347, the largest
majority given to any candidate. J.
W. Guthrie of Allanlce is a son of
Mr. Guthrie who was elected treas
urer of that city, and J. B. Kniest,
the democratic candidate for county
clerk of Box Butte county this year,
is the son of Mr. Kniest who was
elected assessor by such an over
whelming majority. It will be seen
by this that the Box Butte county
Kniest comes from good running
stock, and the Indications now are
that his majority in this county this
year will be something like that of
his father in the Iowa city forty-seven
years ago.
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SPEED AT STATE FAIR
SEPTEMBER 4 TO 8
Late Entries tor Races Close
August 14th.
The wonderful list of horses
Mined, (233i in the early closing races
at the State lair. September 4th to
Mh, but reflect! the added interest
tuKen hjf the breeders and fanciers of
:i good horse in these days of "horse
less carriages."
Nebraska's State Fair is of such rep
utation and magnitude that horsemen
all over this great west are anxious to
race their horses over a track which
has the enviable record of pulling off
to completion the harness races on the
last and only bright day of the 1909
fair. That fairs are the logical places
at which to hold successful race meets
Is recognized by all thinking people.
Palmer L. Clark says: "There is no
Institution more American, more redo
lent of the American temperament to
exchange ideas and receive mutual
profit therefrom, than the frequent
live stock conventions, more common
ly called 'agricultural fairs,' which are
held In every community of this coun
try during the summer and fall months.
The county fair, though of continental
origin. Is conducted along lines pecu
liarly Amerlcanesque and no other in
stitution has done so much to exempli
fy and to intensify these self same
declarations of fraternity and equality
as enunciated In Liberty hall one hun
dred and thirty-five years ago. Time
changes many things and many cus
toms, but the agricultural fair of to
day is, n respects Americanism, the
same institution of years ago, and it is
to be hoped in all sincerity that the
spirit of ken, though friendly, com
petition, which prevails wherever and
whenever an agricultural fair is held,
will endure with all time.
"At each county fair and at each
State Fair. 'His Kingship, the Horse,'
is the attraction In the main, but the
attraction of all attractions is the har
ness racing program, without which no
fair, county or state, would have the
temerity to open its gates. In fact,
the day's entertainment at a fair is
not in full swing until the races are
cailled; and, from a listless and wan
dering crowd of time-killers, the thrill
of the trotting and pacing contests
permeates the entire grounds until the
grandstand of the racecourse is packed
to overflowing. Then and then only is
It 'fair week.' All other exhibits and
attractions are forgotten in the whirl
of sulky wheels and the pattering of
hoof beats and not until the last con
test on the program card is completed
is the day at the "
When w str.'Jj t .u sitv.rt ch ! :e';y
rtiid see the nr.rics of such a.tive, re
gressive men as breeders, owoeri net
fannec of irut DOrMf II W. V. A:"
tin, Fr.il Breiley, C r Bell. Hal D
Btntictt, U. T. Bernard, Ed O. Bo
hlGtn, .T. C. BowrPiin. John M. Ba
fttlf. 0. P. Chnm'.v r, Cr.chrrn & B -n
Or, Ed J Collins, Dr. J. A. Doming,
O. S Lorsfy. A. F Eb -rly, W. H. K r
guson, .7. Ci Forney. John R. Fox. E.
W. Oast. E. H Gilbert. John Gilbert,
Ed C'Mtld, R. L Graham, J. J. Harring
ton, Harris & Kay, Vern Howard, C.
P. Johnson, R. Kingsbury, A. L Llnd
b'ad. C. D Marthes, M. J. McBeth, D.
W. MeCallum. Bon Miller & Son, K. C.
Miller. f N. Miller. Luther Miller, W.
F. Mitchell, N. L. Moore. P. J. Moran.
L. V. Murphy, L. W. Oakes, Arthur
Perry, H. M. Pettygrove, Harvey Plck
rel, W. Plourd, George W. Pofflnbar
ger, Pulver & Son, Perry Reed, W. C.
Robinson, N. J Ronln. George Schllck,
Charles Scully. W. O. Sears, Shinstock
Bros., John M Shriner, W. R. Skinner,
H. H. Smith, O. M. Smith, W. O.
Southwirk, L. P. Southworth. Frank
Strahan, J. R. Sutherland. Al Thomas,
William Tolbert. W. W. Towle, Harry
Williams, and many others, then we do
not wonder that the breeding industry
in Nebraska is in flourishing condition.
The speed program at the fair is:
Early closing May 15:
No. 1 2-year-old trot, Thursday. $ 600
No. 2 3-year-old . trot (for colts
eligible to 2:25 class) Tuesday 600
No. 3- 2:30 trot, The Capital
City Purse," Tuesday 1,000
No. 42:20 trot, "The Industrial
Purse," Monday . 1,000
No. 5 2-year-old pace, Thursday 600
No 6 3-year-old pace (for colts
eligible 2:25 class) Wednesday 600
No. 72:26 pace. "The Corn-
huskers' Purse," Friday 1,000
No. 82:15 pace, "The Gate City
Purse," Wednesday 1,000
Classes Close August 14:
No. 92:25 trot. Friday $ 500
No. 102:18 trot, Wednesday.. . 500
No. 112:15 trot, Thursday 500
No. 122:10 trot, Thursday 500
No 13 2:30 pace (hopples bar
red), Monday 500
No. 142:20 pace, Wednesday.. 500
No. 15 2:17 pace, Monday 600
No. 162:10 pace. Friday 500
No.1 7 Free-for-all pace, Tuesday 600
Running.
3-year-old, Nebraska bred (4
furlongs) $ 150
Nebraska Derby (1 1-16 miles). . . 300
One half mile dash 100
Three fourths mile dash 150
Five eighths mile dash 100
Four and one ho If furlongs dash 100
Seven-eighths mile dash 150
One-half mile and repeat 100
One mile dash 200
One-half mile consolation dash
(for horses that have started
and not won money) ioo
Ten Mile Relay Race.
If 3 riders Purse. $1,0((
If 4 or mo: riders Purse, 1,25 )
ALLIANCE CAFE
IVY. D. Kimball. Hgr.
Open Day and Night
On west side of street across from
Burlington Station
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First-class Rooms at Popular Prices
50c 75c $1.00
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It is ground even and every sack is ab
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And we sell it at the right price
A fresh car just in at the same old
price
$1.40 PER SACK
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you for your trouble.
We want your business
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Corner West of Postoffice Top Price for Produce
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