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THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER M. 1911
ANNOUNCEMKNTS
sessH
they do to the general election, most
of the fault that can be reasonably
found with the primary will have
been removed. T.t us all resolve
now to attend the next primary and
ante others to do the
H. It Merriman. writing for the
Scottshluff 8tar. exonerates the ed
Itor of that paper. Mr Barron, from
the blame of writing the Items re
ferred to In The Herald two weeks
ago In regard to taking a slam at
union labor, giving Mr. Bryan a
standpat thrust and exclaiming. "Hur
rah for Taft for vetoing the Arizona
and New Mexico statehood bill. '
Mr. Merriman wrote the Item and
others under MM caption. "Starretorl
ala", the same being printed on the
editorial page of the Star but not
read by the editor before publication
the predatory Interests coerce voters
into supporting their presidential
candidate be can even bring him
self to threaten a panic if not elect
ed. but his nerves are unstrung at
the thought of the people using the
rcall to rid themselves of a Judge
who prostitutes hut office to the ser
vice of some corporate boss. It Is
hard to understand how as intelligent
n man as the president can aay so
much about a Judge being Intlmidat
ed by the fear of the recall and
nothing about a Judge being warped
by years of employment by a trust or
life-term Judges being weaned away
from the people by constant social
associations with the beneficiaries of
privilege
At a banquet given In Han Fran
cisco on the 4th Inst , by the Direct
legislation league. Senator Clapp of
Minnesota, who by the way Is a re
publican, denounced the action of
President Taft on the Arizona state
hood bill eliminating Judiciary re
call. He said: "What shall e sny
of a policy to force an electorate to
foreswear its convict tons at the
price of udmiKslon to the Union? It
savors of the dark ages; It is an at
tempt at bribery of the people. The
fight against the recall Is the last
stand of the special Interests."
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j.
KNIE8T
Democratic and People's Independ
ent candidate for Comity Clerk, Box
Untie county, Nebr.
Investigation of my qualifications
solicited, and your vote will be ap
preciated. J. P. JENSEN
Democratic and People's Independ
ent nominee for County Commission
er Invites investigation of his record
aa a citizen and public official, and
on that record solicits the support of
Box Butte county voters.
Walt for the Box Butte county
fair. 1912. It's going ro be a hummer.
A few fellows bet on Hacken
chmldt in the world's recent chump
lonahlp wrestling bout, hut the other
fellows Ootch the money (N. B.
We don't claim the foregoing to be
original.)
The Dawes county fulr Is In full
blast this week at Chadron; like
wise the Cuater county fuir at Brok
n Bow; ditto the Thomas county
fair at Thedford. The Harden coun
ty fair comes off Tuesday. Wednes
day and Thursday of next week at
Lewellen.
A republican exchange expresses
surprise that Governor Harmon of
Ohio should take exception to some
of the acts of President Taft, and
sarcastically asks, "Is he trying to
get on The Commoner's 'available'
list?" The Herald has not hereto
fore epresscd an opinion Inx regard
to Governor Harmon's candidacy for
the democratic nomination for presi
dent of the United States, but frank
ly If there Ih ho little difference be
tween him and standpat republicans
that one is expected to not criticise
the other we think progressive dom
or -rata- and the rank and file as well
as many leaders may be classed ai
"progressive"- will do well to nomi
nate some one else for president.
The progressive newspapers of Ne
braska hall with delight Governor
Aldiich's declaration In favor of La
Kollette, but some of them are be
ginning to ask whether he will stick
The Herald believes he will. The
Custer County Beacon voices the
sentiment of a good many demo
crats and progressive republicans In
the following: "WoBdejf If Governor
Aldrlch la a real LaFollette insur
gent republican, and, If he Is, wheth
er or not he will stay that way up
to the next primary election. If he
Is In earnest about It he will have
tough sledding within his own party
but his hands will be upheld by
thousands of the good democrats of
Nebraska who voted for him last
fall."
NOT FOR JUDGE HAMER
The Gerlng Courier, of which A.
B. Wood Is the well known and pop
ular editor, Is one of the "Dyed in
the Wool" republican (tapers of the
state, and one of the last that we
would expeci to bolt a G. O. P. nom
ination, but In the nomination of
Judge Hatner at the primaries last
month, he got one that was too
strong even for the Courier. We
take the following from an editorial
in last Friday's Issue of the Courier:
"For the first time In the history of
the Courier, covering more than a
score of years in Nebraska politics.
Its editor Is opposed to the election
of a nominee of the party on the
state ticket. Prior to the primaries
this paper stated It was not for Judge
Francis G. Hanier now, with that
gentleman upon the party ticket. It
retains the same position. Of the
democratic list at least one or two
are preferable to Judge Hauler."
WILL RUN ANYHOW
Harry W. Klrby of Thomas county,
Nebraska, was a candidate for the re
publican nomination for county Judge,
but lacked a few votes in the pri
maries of getting enough to give him
that nomination. However, he re
ceived the populist nomination, and
announces through the Thomas Coun
ty Herald that he will be a candidate
on that ticket. He says: " 'Truth
crushed to earth, will rise again.'
and the false reports circulated be
fore the primaries will be refuted."
Go to It, Mr. Klrby, and let the
best man win
BIG I C. S. FEAST
international Schools Select Alliace
for Big Anniversary Banquet,
October Itth
ABLE SPEAK ER8 PROCURED
ANOTHER USEFUL INVENTION
Geo. A.
Hills Applies for Patent on
Second Invention
BRYAN ON TAFTISM
We believe In commencing to ad
vertise in time. That's the reason
we are already boosting for the Box
Butte county fulr for 1 9 1 1 it Is
bound to bo the biggest and best ev
ei in western Nebraska. Get ready
for It. wait for It, and don't forget, to
boost. It's all in the boost or at
least mostly.
In speaking of republican candi
dates for United States senator from
Nebraska next year the average cit
izen will need to he a little caret'il
about names or he will gt them
mixed. Kach bears the name of
Norris. With one it Is the given
name, the surname of the other. Con
gressman George W. Nonis Is the
progressive republican candidate, and
Senator Norrla Brown lit standpat
candidate for re-election
Talk with almost any niter In re
gard to voting for the best men, re-
gardless of pari) name, and you will
find a splendid spirit of Independ
ence from party domination This
augurs well for the welfare of the
common people As long as machine
politicians can whip the mass of tlx
voter- Into line with a party lash, so
long U the few who profit by fav
ors shown to special interests hold
sway: but when voters geuerally
rise above imrty dictation and vo'e
acionling to their own judgment
there will be hope of securing the
enactment and enforcement of laws
that will give the commonwealth
their rights. Not mui h hope of It
till then.
H. .uise so inuny voters neglect to
attend the primary election, tho Col
uinbu- Telegram says: "In theory
the state wide primary is right, lu
practice It is a farce.' Bui Judge
How H nl should lint be too busty iu
passing Judgment on the primary or
expect the best results too soon
When voters go to the primary as
For a good many years the special
Interests of the country and their
representatives and lackeys have
made flings at the reforms that W.
J. Bryan has stood for, and been
foremost In advocating, by calling
them "Bryanlsm", until they have
been forced to back down by the pop
ular demand for those reforms, and
some times even pretending to ac
cept them. Recently President Taft
has, by an aggressiveness unusual
for him, brought some things before
the public that might be labeled
"Taftlsm". It Is Interesting to read
what Mr. Bryan has to say about
some ot those tilings, following is
ft din a recent number of The Com
mon. -r
The trouble with Pf .slilent Taft Is
tliat he Is constitutionally distrustful
of the people. He has no fear of
tic Tyranny of a minority but he
becomes hysterical at the thought of
the majority making a mistake. He
willing to retire to the secrecy of
tbc W hite House anil, without giving
the public any Information as to re
commendations relied upon, appoint
Judges to nullify acts of congress,
but he cannot think of allowing the
voters to sit in Judgement upon t lie
acts of a Judge.
President Taft has made grave
mistakes in appointments, and other
grave mistakes in vetoing the bills
reducing the tariff, but these may be
attributed to errors of judgment.
When, however, he refuses to allow
Arizona to frame h?r constitution to
suit herself subject to the restric
tions of the federal constitution--he
show leauings toward u centralized
gjvet milt lit, and when he becomes
frightened at the recall he discloses
it link of faith In the capacity of the
people for self-government a lack of
faith in their intelligence and patriot
i i.i
The pretudeui'a error lb an honest
one his environment has biased htm
against the people. Ho la as susplc
ious of them as a king's courtier is
of democracy, it does uot alarm him
to have a president tone a iiomiua
t'on upon a party by the unscrupu
Iocs u - of ii.itrouag it does no!
aioute lears for Ills country to see
A few weeks ago The Herald men
tioned an invention for which Geo. A.
Hills had made application for pat
ent, namely Hills' Breeehlng-Tug
Buckle. Since then Mr. Hills tins
applied for a patent on another In
vention that cannot fall to be a suc
cess, and Without doubt will he a
money-maker for him. It Is a buggy
and wagon tongue cap, so-called, the
object of which being to prevent the
tongue of the buggy or wagon com
ing down In case the tugs become un
hitched or other accidents happen. It
prevents the neck yoke from slip
ping off the end of the tongue. Who
has not heard of serious accidents
occurlng on account of a buggy or
wagon tongue coming down while the
team was hitched to the vehicle?
This will prevent acidents of this
kind, and we congratulate Mr. Hills
on his success in perfecting tills In
vention as well as the other.
Wm A. Bsrtlett. a Wyoming and
Nebraska representative of the In
ternational Correspondence Schools,
of Scranton. Pa . was In this city this
week making preliminary prepara
tions for a big banquet, which this
well know n company w ill give in A I
I'ance on the evening of October 1.
The banquet, which promises to be
a very elaborate and sumptuous af
fair, will be given to commcmroate
the Twentieth Anniversary of the
International Correspondence Schools,
which have for twenty years been do
ing a most valuable service In In
sttucting thousands of men and wo
men along practical lines and giving
tl.cm a college, commercial, architec
tural, mechanical, or general educa
tion by correspondence a4 their own
hon es; and at a cost which the av
erage workman can afford.
Mr. Bartlett has a large number of
busy towns in his district, but he
has selected Alliance as the most
feasible place for holding thla cele
bration on account of this city's
growth, prosperity and convenient
location. There are over a hundred
people In Alliance who have at some
time or another been interested in
I. C. 8. courses of instruction, and
many of these will come under the
company's requirements for attend
ance at the big L C S feast Then
there will be other students from
points along tho Platte Valley and up
as far as Sheridan, Wyoming, who
will come to Alliance to attend this
celebration.
"While final arrangements for this
banquet have not yet been made,"
said Mr. Bartlett, "we are already
assured of a good attendance; and I
believe it will be a big success both
from a social and Intellectual stand
point. We expect to have a feast of
wit and wisdom, as well as a mighty
good feed. We hope to have some
of the head officials of the big Scran
ton school out here to deliver speech
es, in ere win be taiKs along the
line of practical education and train
ing from men who have become prom
inent in these lines, which will be
valuable to those who wish to im
prove themselves, and some who have
risen to high positions under ad
verse circumstances will tell how it
was acompllshed through L C. S.
courses. We also hope to have
speeches from prominent Alliance
men.
"We will try to make It interest
ing for all who attend, and may
spring some surprises before the ev
ening is over. I would be glad to ex
plain more about this celebration or
the work the I. C. S. is carrying on
to anyone who is interested. A let
ter addressed to me at Alliance will
be given prompt attention."
THE BOY SCOUTS
The Scouts met us usual last Fri
day night. Nearly every scout was
present. After roll call and address
by the Scoutmaster, a committee was
appointed to arrange for a Scout
social in the near future. One of
the features of this meeting was the
emergency drill. Several kinds of
accidents were acted out and the
Stouts Instructed in the proper
measures to take in each. Next Fri
day night we expect to organize a
Scout basket ball team.
TRADE EXCURSION
The business men of North Platte
will run a trade excursion September
2ith and 2Kth from that city over
the Union Pacific railroad up the
South Platte an.l Ninth Platte riv
ers. This remit. ' lib that Alliance
ought to have a tri'ie excursion cov
ering the BurUugt n lines of north
western Nebraska and eastern Wy
oming, ami alt lion-1, it may be a lit
tie late to get up son. thing of this
kind this year, we hope thai aiiaii;.'
ments will be made for it next year.
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS
CARD OF THANKS
The oftiers and sl u-kliol Icrs of
the Cooperative S.ore wish to thank
their many customers for the pat
ronage given them in the past quar
ter V. e mi. .ii endeavor to DMrH a
continuance and iu rease of the
same
THE CO-OPERATIVE STORE,
J. C. BKRKY. Manager.
Dr. Boland, phone 65
Miss Frances Nolan will leave Sat
urday for Lincoln to resume her
studies at the State University.
Louis Allen, formerly of Alliance,
is visiting with friends in this city
for a few days. His parents now re
side in Lincoln.
Bruce Mallery and Howard Red
dish expect to leave In a few days
for Lincoln where they will attend
school the coming year.
R. E. Murray, having disposed of
his Interest In the Barnes Jewelry
Co. to W. O. Barnes, expects to
leave In a few days for the east,
where he will open up business for
himself.
Miss Josephine Hampton departed
on No. 44 Tuesday for Lincoln where
she will enter the State University.
She expected to go from here direct
to Omaha for a few days, and then
return to Lincoln.
Misses Annie Kennedy and Ethe'
Johnston, both of whom gradual i
from the Alliance High school when
Prof D. W. Hayes was superintend
ent, left on 44 Monday for Peru
Nebr . where they will attend the
State Normal school, of which Mi
Hayes is president.
J C. Uidgell of Anadarko. Okla.
arrived In Alliance last Sunday morn
lug for a visit until Friday with his
brother, W S Kidgcll. which lie bad
very pleasantly a part of the time
but the visit was Interfered with by
the judge being called to Chadron as
a juror In the federal court in sea
ston there this week
Poitow Wig is the standing of con
t. stains for the Alliance roller rink's
diamond ring contest, up to and In
eluding Wednesday night:
Emilia Coleman 1"1M)
Nellie Keeler 1660
Emma Fraker 570
Thelma Carey 440
Katie O'Donnell 120
Marie Dlsmer 10
In her memorable debate with
Mayor Dahlman at Bellevue, near O
maha. Mrs. Mary Harris Armor had
the distinction of addressing more
saloon keepers, bartenders and oth
ers opposed to prohibition than were
ever addressed at one time by a
temperance speaker in Nebraska.
Amd we never heard of one that re
gretted hearing her. She will Inter
est you whether you agree with
her arguments or not
Mrs. Cotton Mather, representing
the Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the M. E. church, attended
the annual conference at Crawford,
and came to Alliance to remain over
Sunday. She spoke at the M. E.
church morning and evening. As
there had been no arrangements made
for these Bervices until Friday after
noon, the attendance was much
smaller than it would have been had
It been announced the preceding Sun
day. However, Mrs Mather delight
ed her audience with her Interesting
talk on the subject of home mission
ary work, and at the close of the ev
ening service she organized a local
W. H. M. S., with the following offi
cers: Mrs. J. J. Vance, president;
Mrs. J. W. Thomas, rec. secretary;
Mrs. W. H. Lunn, cor. secretary;
Mrs. Charles Bracken, treasurer.
Among the Sheridan county people
visiting Alliance last Saturday were
S. D. Blair and W. A. Spain of Reno,
otherwise known as Antioch. as that
Is the name of the post office. Mr.
Blair is an old timer in this count 17,
and has many friends in his end of
the county who wished him to be a
candidate on the republican ticket
for sheriff, but as he did not file for
the nomination and his name was
not printed on the primary ballot, he
did not receive the nomination. Had
he filed as a candidate, there Is no
doubt but that he would have given
our friend. Sheriff New, a merry
chase at the election. As It Is, Mr.
New has no opposition, having re
ceived nomination from ail parties.
Mr. Spain has not been in this coun
try so long. He came from South Da
kota to western Nebraska last
spring, having gone from Iowa to
South Dakota a year before. He
seems to be well pleased with this
country already.
J. P. Barger, the nurseryman, has
returned from his Iowa trip.
as
W. O. Barnes has quit the road
and is back at his former occupation
as manager of the Barnes Jewelry
Co.
The Nat Keiss Carnival Company,
that showed in Alliance last month.
has been having hurd luck In Denver
the past week. The high dive man
bad his neck broken by making a
dive while a strong wind was blow
ing, being blown onto the side of
the water tank. Tlie man who loop
ed the loop on a bicycle was In
jured, although pr bubly not fatally.
The last we heard Mamie was still
alive and hearty.
More School Room Needed
Steps Must Be Taken S-on to Give
the Alliance City Schools
More Room
INCREASE IN SCHOOL CENSUS
The crowded condition at the Em
erson school has necessitated the
transfer of the sixth grade from
that building to the Central school
At the opening of school the fourth
grade was transferred to Central and
it was thought this would relieve the
congestion, but the very large en
rollment In the first grade and the
fifth and sixth grade departments,
where forty-nine and forty-six, re
spectively, were enrolled, necessitat
ed further transfers to relieve the
situation. A portion of the first
grade was transferred to the second
grade department at Emerson, and
the sixth grade, sixteen In number,
w-as transferred to the Central school
and combined with the sixth grade
divisions of that building. This
leaves at the Emerson building the
first, second, third and fifth grades,
with a total enrollment at the pres
ent time of 111. A few more pupils
in the grades now there can be taken
care of at Emerson but no other
grade can be placed there without
overcrowding some department.
It Is becoming a serious problem
to take care of the school children in
the school room we now have. Cen-
ral school, with Its thirteen teach
ers, excluding music and manual
raining supervisors, resembles a
D6 hive at dismissal time and wit b
the number of children to be cared
for. rooms are being used for school
purposes that, from a sanitary stand
point, should not be used. The Em
erson building can accommodate no
more rooms than are now there
five, of which four are used for or
dinary purposes, and the fifth, a
basement room, as the shop for the
manual training department. Every
available foot of space in the High
School building is now in use, and
n order to obtain room for the Do
mestic Science department, a por
tion of what was originally the gar
ret was utilized. Notwithstanding
the fact that the government census
does not seem to indicate it. Alli
ance Is growing. The school census
report for 1911 shows a school cen
sus of 1110, one hundred more than
the census of any previous year.
The Board of Education desired to
install indoor toilets in the Central
and Emerson schools this year, but
the fact that every available foot of
floor space must be used to house
the school children made such a
needed improvement as this impossi
ble. Alliance is very much in need
of more school rooms.
J. W. Guthrie had the misfortune
to lose a gold watch on the road be
tween Alliance and Reno. Meeting
a man on the road after having dis
covered his loss he told him about
It and soon the watch was returned
to him at his office in Alliance, but
somewhat the worse for having been
run over by a buggy wheel.
The Herald learns that Mr. and
Mrs. Waif rid Johnson and family.
who left Alliance recently for Lin
coln, where Mr. Johnson lias work
In the Burlington shops, are now
comfortably located at 622 South 21st
street.
G. L. Taylor and Charley Hucke
of llenilngford came In from Omahu
on 41 today and remained in Alli
ance until 4:! arrived. They hud
been shipping cattle to the South
Omaha market, which they happened
to strike while It was a little off.
W. S. Parks has fold his 160 acre,
farm one and one-halt miles east ot
Berea to Dr. Churchill; considera
tion $.:,-' i. Mr Bltd Mrs. Parks and
family will remain in Alliance till
next spring, on account of the
schools here, when ihey may locate
elsewhere.
Rev. J. L. B. Jones, who was ap
pointed conference evangelist al the
M. K. conference a' Crawford, rent
ed a house of Hanker Keith Pierce
at Hcmingford end he and famll
moved there tills week Muny wil
Join The Herald in regretting to s?t
them leave Alliance, but we ar.
sure they will receive a cordial wel
come from the good peojile or oui
sister town. Dr. Jones has alread
been engaged for lour revival meet
Ings. The first will be at 1-akeside
I omtnent ing October 1st.
Charles W. Nation sold his inter
est in the barber shop to W. C.
Mounts, who is now sole proprietor.
and on Saturday left to find another
location. Charley, like a good many
other people, has his faults, but be
has a host of friends in Alliance who
wish him well wherever he locates.
He has also had his ups-and-downs,
like a good many of the rest of us.
but before leaving made satisfactory
settlement with those with whom he
had business relations. Mrs. Na
tion and the four children are visit
ing at Waterloo, Iowa. As soon as
Charley decides upon a location he
will send for them and they will go
to the place he decides upon.
see
Mabel P. Allen, h magazine writer
of I .os Angeles, is visiting her cous
in, Mrs. Lillian D. Hobbs. at the
Hobbs ranch.
see
lots of doings In police court this
week. The Herald has been request
ed to not mention some things until
particulars are brought out in the fi
nal trial. We respect the wishes of
persons interested in the case re
ferred to, hence defer giving further
particulars until later.
Mrs. P. P. Harbor! and two child
ren returned vest :-Jay morning from
their Denver rtaat.
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Frankle will
return the last of ibe week from a
very pleasant two weeks' outing In
Colorado.
see
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Rowan have as
their guest Mrs. Uooenbec, of Craig.
Nebraska, who will visit some time
In tbis city.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
Civil servhe examination will be
held in the court bouse at Alliance,
Thursday. Sept 2S J. M. Shoe
maker, secretary of the 8th Civil
Service distriit, will be present and
conduct the examination Further in
formation may be obtained by apply
ing to J. N. Johnston, local secre
tary, at the post office.
