Classified Advertisements The following "Want Ads" are classified under appropriate headings for the convenience of reader CASH RATES One sent per wed each Insertion. No ad received for leee than ten cents per Inser tion. Black face double rate. CREDIT RATES One cent per wofd each insertion, but no advertis ing account opened for loss than twenty-five cents and no ad charged for less than fifteen cents psr week. Black face double rate. Ir. answering Herald want ads please mention that you saw It In this paper. A classified advertisement will In troduce to each other the next buy er and the next seller of property In this town. ABSTRACTERS F. E. REDDISH Bonded Abstracter. I have the only set of abstract books In Box Butte county. Office In McOorkle Building. 10-tf-570 TO RENT Two room house for rent. Mrs. Nellie Morao, 201 Yellowstone Ave. Phone 665 Green. 5tf979 DRESSMAKING AND LADIES' TAILORING First class work, prices reasonable, satisfaction guaranteed. Over Sny drr'a Confectionery, 210 Box Butte Ave. Phone 716. stfttl BURN! l.OVATT. No. 3 Peerless Black berries in heavy syrup, 23c per can, at Bicknell Grocery Co. 160 Old Time Songs, words and music complete. Will please both old and young A neatly bound book for TKN CENTS IN SIDVKR. Chns. McDonald, Dept. 7, Concordln, Kan sas. FIVE ROOM DWELLING HOUSE for rent. A. D. RODGER S. HAOM ' FOR RENT. Two furnished rooms for light housekeeping. No children. 603 Box Butte avenue. Phone 196. 3tf959 FOR RENT. Five room cottage. Enquire of Mrs. C. D. Hall. 504 Sweetwater Ave. 6tf992 FOR RENT.- Two furnished rooms for light housekeeping, modern. 708. Box Butte Are. Phone 299. 7tfl013 MISCELLANEOUS Buy your coal of Rowan & Wright Phone 71. tf Lady's mitten found on Cheyenne avenue Friday morning. Jan. 26. Lined; fur wrist. Owner call at The Herald office. 8-2-1024 Now that pring is coming on ev ery lady should buy a corset that will hold its stuipe. Dressmakers recommend the Nu-Bone Corset, sold only at the New- York Hat Shop. 8tfl023 Repair and Oil Harness and Tanning Now Ib tiie time to repair and oil your hnrneas. Don't wait till apring when you and the harness man arc busy, but DO IT NOW. Call and see my samples of tan ning. Select a good hide and bring it to me and I'll have it tanned In 30 days' time. Highest price paid for hides. 7tfH18 GEO. A. HILLS. SNAPS IN REAL ESTATE Money to loan on real estate. F. E. Reddish. 3tf Rowan & Wright, coal, wood and posts. Phone 71. tf FOR8ALE MISCELLANEOUS E. L Gregg & Son have a large amount of first-class alfalfa and wild hay at a reasonable price. 4&tf779 Four room, cement block house, in Belmont Addition to Alliance, for sale at a big bargain. Will take less than It cost to build if sold soon. In quire at Herald office. 4tf964 Coal office at Rowan's feed store. ROWAN & WRIGHT, phone 71. tf Old papers at The Herald office at 5 cents per bunch. Thoroughbred Stallion for Sale. I have a thoroughbred Fercherron Stallion, coming six years old, which I will sell or trade for cattle. Can be seen on the old Swan ranch, four miles i . l tliweet of Keno station. J. W. MAPI'S, Antloch, Nebr. 8-2-1029 NURSERYMAN'S SPECIAL NOTICE Any one ordering nursery stock to the amount of ten dollars or more before March 1, 1912, will be given a fine Atiae of the World free, the retail price of which Is one dollar. Phones: Res. 504, Office, Green 720. ALLIANCE NURSERIES, J. P. Barger, Prop. 7-4-1009 NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS Distress Warrants will be served on ali unpaid personal taxes after February 20th, 1912. E. M. MARTIN. 8-3-1025 Co- Trees. Old papers at The Herald office at 5 cents per bunch. VI AVI The drugless home treat ment. Elena M. Nichols. 624 Chey enne Ave. Phone 651. 640 acres, small barn and house, 2 miles to post office and store. Hon acres can be cultivated, balance roll ing. $5.00 per acre. Store doing good business in Custer county. A snap. A 4,000 acre ranch, SOO natural meadow, well improved. $1 per acre. Address. MRS. 0. A. HAMILTON'. 9 1 1042 Wagner. Nebraska NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Notice is hereby given that sealed bide will be received up to 12 o' clock noon, March 4, 1912, by the secretary of the board of education of the Alliance city schools, for the erection ef a two-story with base ment addition to the Emerson school building, wUU beating and plumbing. Plans and specifications may be secured upon application to the secretary of the board, a depos it of twenty dollars ( $20.00 being required for the safe return of the same. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. D. W. HUGHES. -4t-1052 Secretary. oooooocooooooooo o SPOTTED TAIL o oooooooooooooooo More Missouri sorghum on hand at Roger-' grocery. Phone 54. 8tfl027 HOU8EHOLD FURNITURE FOR SALE AU of my household furniture for sale. consisting of rugs, brass bed stead, mattress, springs, dining room chairs, rockers , dresser, roll top desk, Kurumun piano, book case, at private sale, at Snyder's dray office, 210 Box Butte Ave. B. H. FERRY, (it f 984 Mcit Missouri sorghum on hand at Rogers' grocery. Phone 64. tfl027 I t Pete Watson returned from Alli ance Monday evening, where he had been to attend the horse sale. Newt. Herring came down from his ranch and went to Alliance on business lavt Saturday. The ladies' Aid Society met with Mrs. J. G. Gompert, last Thursday. Rev. Ramsey held his usual ap pointment at Spotted Tail school house last Sunday. Miss Leone Noble is taking music lessons of Mrs. Dr. Craig of Mitch ell. Schomp Bros, captured a bob cat Sunday, weighing twenty-six pounds. Clyde Johnson is drilling the fourth well on his place, and has lost two (i rills In the last one. He says he guessed be would have to 0 to digging to get the drills. The Aid Society will meet with Mrs. J. T. Watson Thursday. Feb. 15th. oooooooooooooooo o HOMESTEAD o oooooooooooooooo Mr. Murphy, Sr., who suffered a stroke of paralysis a week or two since. Is reported better, as is also Dr. Hanson who sustained a broken ankle while riding horseback from u visit to Mr. Murphy. No less a man than Grover Cleve land, who at the time was president of our country, writing to his brother on one occasion, said, "Do you know that if mother were alive 1 should feel so much safer. I have always thought her prayers had much to do with my success. I shall expect you to keep me in that way." Another tune he wrote, "1 have just voted, .iud I sit here In the office alone If mother were alive I should he writ ing to her. and I feel ns If It were a time for me to wrhe to someone who win Believe what I write." "If mother were alive!" Yes. oh 1f she were only hero with her . me, is the cry of more manly men. perhaps, than any other cry from their hearts in times of perplexity, loneliness, discouragement and li tres. How many times when hlir.snrd tossed, shut In from friends, alone with our worries lest the food or fuel or health will not hold out. have o thought It with n pang "If moth er were alive," and I could write or tell her about it. Or when the hap py -springtime conies and we have stopped to pick the first little wild flower n M looked through the prairie grass, with the thought, "I'll send It to mother." Was there ever scnh a friend as she? A thousand (times (! With wife and boy we spent a de lightful day in the Scott home last Sunday. Mrs. Johnson and three of her children were also there . There is no discount to the fine dinner Mrs Scott serves on such an occasion. Neighbor Hlser went to Marsland Monday after some nice new furni ture for that nice new house. Ho are sorry to hear of the loss of several calves by Lewis Hawkins during the past few days. It is a pleasure to hear that Gar field Hall has succeeded in getting the four joints of pipe and rod out of his well after a week of cold, hard work. At one time there WM 150 feet of rope, some books, etc., in tiie well on top of t lie pipe, and it seemed a new well was inevitable. 'Garfield had the faithful services of neighbors Scott, Ryan and Keane in 'getting it he pioe out. The newly appointed president of the Homestead Literary society for the present mouth is Carey Johnson. 'Owing to the severe weather there Bias been no Beating for the last two regular evenings, much to the rtpret of all the Homesteaders. ' " v ' - S.'i in' iii ! i-w It is doubtful if there Is a nicer ilot of little Homesteaders In our United States than attend the tils trict school and other functions of our neighborhood, and especially at the literary. Children's Day and oth er exercises, where the real talent and brightness of the child life is (brought into prominence, as this fact is Impressed upon me. The talent of some of our little ones along the line of reciting, etc., Is especially igood, and to the effortB of Home stead's bright young teacher who so ably manages these little ones dur ing the school hours, much of the icredit should be given. Mr. Rider of Wyoming writes us he 'has bought the Mrs. Miller home stead and that he will come among us as owner, and not as leaser, of the land. As such, we will be glad to welcome Mr. Rider with his wife and two little girls into our midst. The good old hens have begun to cackle again. But that's not all iWe can't live on cackles, but the old biddies are backing their cack les up with good honest fresh eggs and our days of starvation are at un end. Louie Walters is arranging prove up soon. Ordinarily, we'd think an item concerning a oog oi no interest or importance, but in the cases of Friend Hiser and ourselves, we are glad to say that Frisk and Freel, our little girl's and boy's closest chums, are well again after a severe attack of distemper. M. SfVCE. night nt Mie !oe Carey home and re ports a good time There wss n dunce Friday night at Charley Coupon's home A good crowd was there and all present re port a Hood time. The families of J. C Wright and G. O. Clark were visiting with J. C. Hawkins and wife Sunday. All re port a good time. Shirley Hngwmun and Jane Hawk- Ins spent the day Tuesday with Mrs. John Wright. Winter has held us In his Icy grasp for the past few days, when the thermometer registered 14 St grees below, but the sun has again come out bright and the Ice has be gun to melt and the ground hog can slay out for the rest of the yew. sea "W. S. Coker took three loads of baled hay to Alliance Monday. While in town the team that he was driving became frightened when the noon whistle blew and ran away. There wes a lively time for a little while but there was no one hurt, but the baling rack came out a Ht.tle worse for the race. set Mm. J. C. Hawkins Is having a very bad cold at this writing. to oooooooooooooooo O Ar TON O OCCOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RENO, SOUTH SIDE o oooooooooooooooo February . Mrs. Lea sturgeon nnd children are visiting in Alliance this week. Their children are Just getting over the whooping cough Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Leistritz visit ed at Strong's, Inst Tuesday. Frank McFall lost a couple of colts last week with distemper, and has several more sick. Miss Alice Acheson was unable to tench school on Monday on account of sickness. Mrs. Frank McFall was up to Alli ance a couple of days last week hav ing some dental work done. 4 Mrs. Fugle, daughter' of Mr. nnd Mrs. E. Reeves, is bedfast at pres ent, with Ithe rheumatism. , ' I ' Miss Gladys Hier, who Is attending school In Alliance, spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents on the ranch. Roy Scott called on the Hler's, on Tuesday. The new Reno church will soon be ready to dedicaite, as it is all done but plastering and painting, we uu tleretand. W. Patterson and son, Wllber, who reside ten miles north of Alliance, stopped at Henry Hler's place on Tuesday night on their " way home witih their cattle, which they pastur ed last summer at John Lunsford's, south of Lakeside. Mr. Patterson and Mr. Hier are old time aoquuiu tances, and enjoyed a good vfait to gether, talking over old times. Henry Hier had one of hi toes frozen during the cold weather. John Hassenstab returned to bis claim Wednesday, after spending two or three days at Alliance, at tending to business, Mrs. Hassen stab being unable to accompany bim, on account of Illness. Mrs. Lea Sturgeon and children returned home from Alliance Friday Mr. and Mrs. Hier are both sick wRh la grippe. oooooooooooooooo a RENO o oooooooooooooooo Mrs. J. C. Hawkins and Miss Shir ley Hagaman were visiting with Mrs J. C. Wright Tuesday. ; p, Hagaman is treating himself to a new l toot galvanized water tar k. John Knglehorn was calling at W S. Coker's, Monday afternoon. Thursday afternoon Mi.-- Kthel Hagaman took her sister, Miss Shir ley, to the home of U. 8. Coker, where she was entertained by Mts. Coker. She went from there to Al liance, where she expects to stay for some tfme. Miles Hagaman vfsited Thursday at the Coker home J. C. Hawkins and Perry S. Mai ley have returned at last from court. They seem glad to be at home a gain, after spending two weeks and a half at court on the grand jury. Miles Haguman visited Thursday Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Berry spent Wednesday In Alliance, the guests of Mrs. Ezlla Young. O. R. Hale from south of Alliance Is spending thfrs week In Reno, re pairing harness for J. C. Berry. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Rooker spent Sunday with Mrs. Hooker's parents Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Joy of Jess, Xe bra ska. Mr and Mrs. Melvln Hale of Alii :. lire vlslMna at the home of her brother, K. A. McFall. Alice Acheson visited home folks in Alliance over Sunday. Mrs. H. M. Wilson and daughter Hula, were Alliance passengers Mon flay on 4:t, returning Tuesday on 44 Chester Hooker has been on the sick Mst for a few days with symp tonus of appendiritls. Elmer Sly assisted E. V lie IN 12 to 16 per cent discount on money invested in our assorted cases of canned Fruits and Vegetables 4 No. 2 cans Sliced Peaches at 25c $1.00 4 No. 2 cans Half Peaches at 25c 1.00 4 No. 2lA cans White Cherries at 25c 1.00 4 No. 2 cans Pears at 25c 1.00 4 No. 2 cans Apricots at 25c 1.00 4 No. 2)4 cans Muscat Grapes at 25c . 1.06 Total, $6.00 This case of assorted fruit at $5. OS shows a saving of 16 on your living expenses 6 No. 2 cans Blackberries at 25c each, $1.50 6 No. 2 cans Strawberries at 25c each, 1 . 50 6 No. 2 cans Cherries at 25c each. .. 1.50 3 No. 2 cans Raspberries at 35c each .75 3 No. 2 cans Gooseberries at 25c each .75 Total, $0.00 Htrt It a 0s ctunt tf IS par ctit MtMtettt tf atttrlttf until Frrrt it $5.10 6 No. 2 cans Corn at ic each $ .75 6 No. 2 cans Peas at iajc eacri 75 4 No. 2 cans Lima Beans at 1 2 l4c each . 50 4 No. 2 cans Wax Beans at i2ceach .50 4 No. 2 cans Green Beans at 1 2 Jcea. . 50 Total, 13.00 tf it TMt MM VtftttMtt S2.65 shtwj 1 ditcmnt t( 12 ptr etnt an inftihntnt. You can't ltn par mwty tans (tad nOantttn All of the above east's ko as listed. No assortment broken. All of the Fruit is put, up in syrup. Tbe Vegetables art of the full standard grade. The Sanitary Store is the place PHONE 56 Alliance Grocery Co. 1 M .n Boards of ail descriptions for any part of a house or barn. Bierks Lumber & Coal Co. Phone 22 D. Waters, Mgr. last week ou tbe inside finishing nf the new church. W. 0. Wlteon and family took din ner at the Berry home last 8undiiy. u. V. Taylor's little girl has beun on the sick Hat the past week. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Elmore vrsited E. A. McFnll's, Monday afternoon. f. II Km use returned From Omaha Salturday, wheif he had bet n for a month for m slight operation. We were all ulail t; not liim return wll aKaln. . ('. C. Wilson returned Monday from Ked Oak, Iowa, where he went to attend the funeral of his broth": Inlaw, Kd. Dennis. Mrs. c Wllao.i and Mrs. Dennis expect to return Thursduy. a Mr. and Mra. W. I.. Harris were over Sunday visitors at tbe Klmer Bly home. The "Reno choir" met at the hnie of I.. D. Hlair Tuesday night. a distance are expected to be pre tat. J. O. Wilson of Merit a wilt as tet with the si UK inn There will b a basket dinner on Sunday, so ev erybody la requested to cooie and brliiK their baskets well filled. n OOOOOOOOOOOO 0 0 o o O BINGHAM e BJ t 1 . T A k3sT OOO OOOOOOOOOOOO I le Kdrmmdson returned to Alli ance Sunday liny Wiley returned from Hyaunlni kii . . . . . . . i inhere ne i;,i k 11 tltntal or done. . The Howell liiotaers Hpenl i-ynx lb i:ttKhm. GeeuM Thomu lias gone to Vt it r a short vis t. Miss Delia llrecktier. accouimnl by Mifn Rrv McNutty of Allianc speii! tbe r st day ut the Brecki rant It. Win. Rreckner hat! about wevt ty-flve more pi hel of his apu froien. " a Fred Hewitt lost one hcrse of alb enly team he had, whleb will make It u una n 1 to driv-. The tattle ttcb in this neight hood shows more headway this y than before. Some men are Incllr to think the severe winter tends ti?Kruvate it. Win. Breekner bought forty bush els of good oats seed of Samuel mondson. He mus intend to agata. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beeves were business callers in town Tuesday. Frank MtUinnis had a runaway last Monday, which resulted lu one horse getting pretty badly hurt. The team belonged to Onier Wilson. I.uella Blair is quite nick, being unable to attend school this week. Dr. Churchill was called to K A. McKmII's to see their son Hugh who was sick. a There wMI be a box social at tbe Keno school house, Wednesday. Feb. 14. Every one is cordially invited to attend. Joe Heiian, Jr., enrolled at tbe Keno school last Monday. Khun Span, was a business caller tn town Tuesday. Mrs. Georgia Rooker, who has been quite sick, la somewhat Im proved at this writing. The new church ut Reuo will be dedicated Sunday , Feb. 26th; there will be services also on Saturday at I' ltO o'clock. Severul ministers from "Hay, there were many in attei ttm. Blarney t'astle i-eeuis lonely aiiue It was deserted by Tom Morris, who is in Alliance 011 a visit Geo. Breekner received word from 11 Rentfro in Chtcugo. He seems to like it there. John Skipper returned to the ranch Friday. Though Saturday evening was very cold, many neighbors and fr lends were at the house warming at Khn iirecauer, nornteaef 01 uingnaju. Sunday being tbe regular day lor tireacbiog services, and a pi