ARE SELLING HAY LANDS
Overton. C Bar and Running Water
Ranches Being Sold in Tract
to Suit Purchaser
WILL CONCENTRATE AT SPADE
Richards and Conmtm-k. having de
rided to concentrate their Immense
rnnrh business at the Spade, In Sher
idan county, with headquarters at
Ellsworth, are selling thetr valuable
hay Winds belonging to the Overton.
C Mar and Kunning Wnter ranches,
located principally In the west pan
of Cherry county. They have al
ready sold several thousand acres
and have something like fifteen
thousand acres yet to sell. As this
land is practically all hay land which
is becoming more valuable every year
it will be a good Investment for
those who are purchasing.
uiidcrMnnd the price at Which
these lands are being sold is quite
low, the rapidity with which sales
nre being made In small tracts indi
GaVtot thai the price Is considered
reasonable by prospective, punhas. ra
W. (i t'omstock. president of tilt
(ompany, personally nsslsts in the
ale of theei lands. He left Alliance
Tuesday morning with three men in
an automobile, going across country
from here to show them the land.
Although there Is a large amount of
this land for sale. Indications are
I hat it will lie nearly or quite all
taken within the next few months.
It is being sold In either large or
small tracts to suit the purchaser,
so that any one who wishes to In
vest In any amount can be accommo
dated. HONOR TO FARMERS
AND STOCK BREEDERS
Men Who Improve Methods of Farm
ing and Breeds of Live Stock
Are Public Benefactors
INCREASE LAND PRODUCTIVITY
presides; Rev. K khanlt of Ba't'e
Creek ! leader of t.ie dO"trlnal pre
eedlngs; R'v. R. Kretzwhmar of
tl Urala, member of th Joint sy
nod's boRrd of foreign minions, re
ported on the church work in India
Dr. Herker was re-eleitcd presl-
Itil!
The Nebraska district, one o' the
twenty-two districts of ttM Misoiirl
synod, celebrates Its thirtieth -nnnt-versary
this year, and now numbers
24.000 communicants
The committee on home missions
re-ported favorably M a motion to
divide ti' state Into seven siiImIIvU
Ions, with one local director of nils
slons In ea h, which supplement the
ventral board.
Our readers have often heard the
saying that he who makes t wo blades
of grass to grow where one grew be
fore Is a public benefactor. We are
living in an axe of intensified farm
Ing and improved stock raising, and
an RgNI WMB I much amount of la
bor, expended in iii.tnul .uturinn and
other industries, produces greater return-;
than ever before in the history
f the world.
If there were a fair distribution of
the products of lahor, every Industri
ous man could easily support himself
atnkl family and provide nat. only the
comforts but many of the luxuries of
life; but we did not begin this article
with the Intention of fH arty ting polit
ical subjects, but to say something
in regard to the lanportam of Im
proved breeding in stock raising.
Not every man who Is a public
benefactor dabbles In politics or poses
as a philanthropist. Down at St
Paul, Nebraska, Is a man, a Herman
or Frenchman, we believe. who has
done this western country a great
good, through business enterprise
without any Idea, as far as we know ,
of being a philanthropist. Through im
porting horses for breeding purpose
and selling them throughout Nebras
ka and adjoining states, he has, no
doubt, been the means of material Im
provement In the horse flesh of this
territory. This improvement has
mail' an increase in value and nM
been a great benefit to many other
persons, as well as being a profitable
busteiess. to the St. Paul man.
There are many other persons who
have done the same or similar work.
Among these we might mention i
number of persens in this part of the
state, among whom Edgar M. Wilson
of Alliance stands prominent as a
horseman. There are others who
have also been engaged in the same
lines of business and have In a small
er way been a benefit to this coun
try, all Of whom It Is not possible to
mention in tfhfcs article.
Not only In the Improvement If
the breeding of horses is the country
benefitteH hut also In the Improve
ment of other domestic animals. As
tlie price of beef advance, the fcm
ports nee of improving the breed of
cattle in this country is emphasized
Practically the same amount of work
and expense that It takes to raise a
s l it', would raise a liiuli made or
thnouitfi bred animal, w hich on the
market would bring a much better
prV'e than the scrub.
n.i. 11 I m , . .
i ne nerani is pleased to se an
increase In the Inter..-: cf the breed
Inn of high .grade stok !,i t'ns , in
try and is glad t en -oarage "he
bame in any way possible
DISTRICT SYNOD OF
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Large Attendance at Synodical Con
vention at Seward, Nebr.,
During Past Week
BOX BUTTE ASSESS
MENT NOT CHANGED
County Officers Convince State Board
of Equalization that Assess
ment It High Enough
CHANGES IN OTHER COUNTIES
County Attorney Kugcne Burton
and County ntMIWHWtoltf C. I.. Hash
man returned last Thursday from
Lincoln, where I hey and County Com
missloner .1 M Watvk wnit to ap
pear before the State Hoard of K
qualiza.t,ion in behalf of Box Butte
toanty. Mr Wanek did not return
with them but spruit a few days vis
iting friends in the eastern part of
the state.
We are pleased to know that these
gentloim-n were successful in their
efforts to prevent an Increase in the
assessment of real estate In Box
Hiitte COUnty, although this county
had been listed for I ten per oent
raise. They convinced the State
Board of Equalization that In propor
tion to the assessment of various
counties w'here no Increase was con
templated, the assessment for Box
Butte county was as high as it ought
to be.
After mature deliberation and Us
ten i ng to (ha representatives of t he
various counties that chose to be re
presented .it the meeting of the
State Board of Equalization, they de-
idfld upon an Increase of real es-
late assessment for twelve counties
only, none of which are In this part
if the state.
DEATH OF BABY ROBINSON
Mable Mien, the fifteen month old
daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. George
Robinson of Angora died at BCOtta
bluff. Tucsiiv. August IS, I Wit, of
holera infantum. Mrs. Robertson
was In this, city taking treatment
whan the beihy was taken HI. On the
morning of the thirteenth Mr. Rob-
nsxui returned to Angora, thinking
he baby was better. Later the lit
tle one became very much worse and
passed away before he could return.
Mr. Frank Sterns took the remains
to Angora Wednesday morning, where
Rev..T. C. Osborne of the Presby
terian church of Scottsbhiff. conduct
ed the funeral services. Mr. and
Mrs. Robertson have the sympathy
of their many friends. Scottsbluft
Republican, Aug. ltf.
It Can Be Relied Upon
The American Drug and Press As
sociation authorizes its members to
guarantee absolutely Meritol Hair
Tonic. It haa no equal. It Is a
wonderful r"eiuly. A trial wB'.I con
vince you. F. J. Brennan.
POSTAL INSPECT
ORS IN FIELD
Newspapers Caught Sending Paper
to Delinquent Subscribers
Too Long Must Pay
PUBLISHER MUST STOP PAPER
OMAHA AND NEBRASKA
Attitude cf State Toward the Me
tropolis, formerly and Now,
in Politics and Business
MORE IMPROVEMENT NEEDED
liast week The Herald printed a
cartoon which was published in the
Omalia World-Herald of July l"'. sup
posed to represent the feeling that
existed between Omaha and the bal
ance of Nebraska some years ago,
and the feeling that exists now.
While the cartoon Is self-explana
tory. a statement concerning It
would not be amiss. We are glad
that the friendly feeling be
tween Omaha and the balance of
the state at the present time as re
presented in the cartoon actually ex
ists In a commercial sense, but the
same animosity between that city
and the balance of the state exists
Politically as in former years. The
fact is that Omaha commercially is
quite a different proposition from
Omaha politically. The business in
terests of the Nebraska metropolis
treat the people of the state sj.len
diiily and, in return, the Itusiness In
terests outside of Omaha have a
friendly feeling toward the , manu
facturers and wholesalers of that
city.
In politics, however, it is quite dif
ferent. There is a set of politicians
in both the republican and demo
cratic parties In Omaha who seem
to take delight in trying to override
the wishes of the state as a whole.
This does not mean that there are
not a large number of voters in
both parties in hat city who an
not iai harmony with the principles
that are agreeable to the voters gen
erally outside, but that class of citi
zens fail to control in the primaries
and elections in Omaha, In recent
years, as well as formerly, the jk1
Ittctana of, that city send to the
state conventions delegates who are
antagonistic to the state outside of
Omaha, and also antagonistic to the
best class of citizens of that city.
This paper is a booster for the
business interests of Omaha, but we
regret that the slums hold the bal
ance of power In politics In Douglas
county and thereby determine to a
grant extent its political complexion.
ALLIANCE WAS REPRESENTED
MEANS FURTHER IMPROVEMENT
Larger Amount of Locat News Than
Ever B?fore
Readers of this paper have no
doubt noticed the increase in recent
numbers of the amount of local news
published. We are pleased to an
nounce that a change in the working
plana of The Herald office this week
will enable us to still further in
crease the local news matter In your
paper each week.
As some of our readers are well
aware, two other weekly newspaper
besides The Herald have been issue. 1
from this office, a part of the print
ing on each of the other two being
done here. A few weeks ago one
of these papers was disposed of ami
this week the publication day of the
other paper has been changed from
Wednesday to Friday, the day follow
ing The Herald's publication day. In
stead ;f preceding It.
COUNTY W. C. T. U. CONVENTION
The County W. C. T. U. Conven
tion will be held at Falrview;, Thurs
day, August 2!. All visitors will be
entertained to dinner. Kverybody
welcome.
We learn from reports to the
daily press that there wa. a lai-e
attendance at the syuodlcal conven
rlon of the German Kvangelical laith
erao church, held at Sew ai d. Nebr
August 14 to 20. mention of which!'0 It
was made in The Herald last week
The convention was for the Nebras
ka and Wyoming district
After Hie lay delegates had sub
This paper has repeatedly called
the attention of its readers to 'the
ruliog of the post office department
which forbids the publisher of a
weekly paper sending to subscribers
more than a year after the time for
which paid. From the Oering Cour
ier, the editor of which is a DOetr
master, we learn that Inspectors for
the post office department are act
ively an work in various sections of
the country, and that they are en
forcing the subscription ruling of
which we have mode mention fre
quently. The method of enforcing
i" is simply to require each publish
er to use a one-cent stamp on each
paper upon which the subscription
is so much a one year in arrears.
This would be absolu.'e'y prohibitory .
No publisher can afford o pay this
one cent a week. ever. If he knew
he would get it bak. the sorting of
a Hat and the affixing cf the s'amp
being more than he could undertake.
The Courier makes the following
.-.;-U -s' ions to its subscribe! s. w hich
will also apply to ubcribers to The
Herald:
First--We insist that every sub
scriber who wants this paper consult
his label and note the dav If the
date to which he is paid needs fix
ing, fix it. And remember that this 1
means every one you who read this
particularly, and that it U not a
"slam" at any individual, but Intend
ed for all.
Second We appeal to you to get .
into the advance habit. We have ai
good manv readers who do this now. ,
Ail could do so. and it Ls really only
a matter of a year or so until we
and every other publisher must come
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ke?gan and
daughter '"ara left on 14 Monday
for a vis; in their old homo at Ax
tell. Ka:i.-; .-. They expect to be
gone ah it two weeks. Mr. Keegan
aaa for::i -rly in the newspaper busi
g ia in hat town and as there la
being h .1 B three days' old settlers'
reunion tola week, they will have an
Opportunity to meet a very large uum
ber of their old friends and acquaint
ances and of course cannot help but
nave a splendid time.
ARE EVER AT WAR
Tin re are two things everlasting! v
nuiuu ttieir credentials from their " war, ji .ml piles. Hut Buck
congregations, the roll call .showed -i s rn. a Salve will bani.-h piles.
370 pastors, teacher and lay dele- j It oon subdues the itching, irriu
gates in attendance. The visitors ''on. inflammation or swelling. It
numb.-r about flrty. glvea coatfort, invites Joy. Greatest
Eighteen pastors, ten teachers and Dealer of buma, boll, ulcers, euta,
seven congregations were received bruises, eczema, scalds, pimples.
Into ihe district organisation yester- skin eruptions. Only 25 cents at
day. Rev. C. H. Becker of Seward, Fred K. Holsien's. J
MALARIA
headache, biliousness, in
digestion, rheumatism,
pimples, blotches, yellow
complexion, etc., are all
signs of poisons in your
blood. These poisons
should be driven out, or
serious illness may result
To get rid of them, use
Thedford'f
Black-Draught
the old, reliable, purely
vegetable, liver medicine.
Mrs. J. H. Easier, of
Spartanburg, S. C, says:
" 1 had sick headache, for
years. I felt bad most of
the time, I tried Thed
ford's Black-Draught, and
now I feel better than
when I was 16 years old."
Your druggist sells it, in
25 cent packages.
Insist on Thedford's
ras igjiTiLEir
; PERPETRATED BY WALT AcDOUCALL V
OUR ANNUAL HEALTH AND BEAUTY PAGE .
PMYSICUL CULTURE AT HOME.
EXE.HCISE. NO 1 ; AIDS THE. COMPLEXION,
THE GROWTH OF MAIK And REMOVES WRINKLES.
II I Tl A A W
kin 7
EXERCISE. NO a; develops cRAce.FLowor
LANGUAGE, MEMORY AMD TmECKS DAWDItuFF ArVO
HIVES . p(wC-T-. r-WuCTUY.
ElXERCIS
AMD STYL
IMMRT5 SLIMNESA,EAS:
PHACTISE. -mUCE TIMES D"-V.
EXERCISE N0 4' BR'GHTtNS THR EYES.PouSHES
RESTORES CHEER jNE3S. PRACTlSC FRlDAVS ALL DAT.
EXERCISE NO 5;
U - WtE-KUY ,
EVENINGS.
DEVELOPS ADIPOSE
T'SSUE , REMOVE a
exercise no; gives easy. vet tt fg
CARRIAGE CURES INSOMNIA AND HYSTERIC'S.
AND ENLARGES DIAPHRAGM WHILE IIVCREIASING-'
HEALTHFUL. PERSPIRATION . PRACTISE OAJLY.
STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Editor Johansen of Hay Springs En
terprise Feefs Confident of
Democratic Victory
WASMUND A NATIVE GERMAN
r the country. Try this great rem
edy. F. J. Brennan. AModaMoa
Member.
Krotn Hay Spring Enterprise:
Last Friday as we were going to
press H. F. VVasmtrod. Sr.. Sappened
along and made this office a pleas
ant call. Although it was a busy
time, still we prevafled on him to
give us some data concerning his
life, since Mr. Wasuiund Is the dem
ocratic and popilllat candidate for the
legislature as representative of this
T : : i i district which is composed of
Sheridan and Hox Unite counties;
and unquestionably will be our next
representative.
We learned that Mr. W'asmund was
born in Oermany in 1848 and came
to the United States when he wau
but three years old. He has li''i
in Nebraska since 18t!7 and in Sher
ii'an county for exactly a Qoar'er of
n century. IMirin-; this time h i has
h -Id several positions of honor and
trust and was always found equal to
any emergency and never emb.:rras
s. d those who had placed confidence
in him. He was county commission
er for three years, county treasurer
for four yeas and deputy treasurer
for two years. During the session
of our state legislature in 18H7 he
was assistant bill clerk. At other
times he has been farming and'ranch
ing it" since he has been in the
state; he therefore has personal
knowledge what the people of this
district need. He claims that real
estate Is taxed too high in this 7;d
I district compared to the eastern part
of the state, and our people are pay
ing too much state taxes. He be
I llavea that the tax payers should be
I protected in their holdings by aftOB
I omy In state expenses; he also be
lieves In home rule by the majority
of the people concerned, whether in
I the state, county, city or fraternal
I . ietles. He advocates the inltiu
I tive and referendum and the recall.
Like Thomas Jefferson and Abraham
j Lincoln he holds that laws should he
trade to benefit the majority, in oth
i er wordi "the greatest good to the
; greatest number". He is progress
ive on all "the HMt cf the day,"
or, strictly apeaking, he is of the
west with Its up-to-date western
Ideas, and has the age and WBerL
dice to know what the people need.
DEATH OF EARLY SETTLER
Another of Box Butte County's Pio
neer Settlers Passes Away
Misa Hmma Cornell came to Box
Butre county in ISM and entered a
claim near Nonpareil on which she
afterwards proved up. She remained
in thii country only a few years but
many of the old settlers will remem
ber her. Her home was in Lincoln
al tne time of her death. August 8,
juii
LIBRARY BOARD MEETING
Secretary's Report of Special Ses
sion Held Wednesday Even
ing, August 14, 1912
BILLS AND OTHER BUSINESS
AS TO CHURCH AND
The Herald
mended
to
INTERESTS
Alliance, Nebr., August 11, 1!I2.
Library room.
A special session of the library
board was held Wednesday evening,
vice president Hewett, presiding.
Members present. Mesdames rlow
an and Johnson, Masara. Heiwett,
Stern and Wood.
ctnti a t- mTTrrc ' Minutes of prvi.sti- ' ; rn
SIMILAR NOTICES and approved.
- Librarian's report read and acoept-
I ed.
The following bills wer rra.;l, aud
ited, approved and ordered Bald:
Librarian's sah ry .
Janitor service 15
Geo. L. BcbURUUli pmt. on Ik3. 2
City of Alliance, llshta .. .. 1
C. A. Newberry, lawn m)wer,
rake, etc 13
A. S. Mote, screen and fix
tures ,T7 00
K. W. Ray, lavatory z:) 25
Mrs. Nellie Wilson, inc. exp. 1 05
Criticised and Com
for Space Devoted
Religious News
MANY
READERS
no
00
05
35
05
The Herald has b;'en Criticised as
well as commended for tae lar;e
amount of space devoted to relig
ious and similar notices. The crit
icism, we thiuk, is not well founded.
We admit that The Herald devotes
more space to such notices than any
other paper in western Nebraska,
perhaps. If by doing this, other In
teresting news Items were omitted,
there might be some grounds for
complaint, but comparison with the
average local newspaper and with
the files of The Herald of a fan
years ago, will show that this pa
per stands in the front rank as a
dispenser of local news and that
the amount of such news is much
greater than some years ago.
In the matter of church news,
The Herald is entirely utwetarian.
All the churches of this cit; have
been Invited and have been urged
to send any announcement. which
they wish published free of charge.
It is a well known fact that church
Total $118 :!5
The following report of collections
on furniture was read:
J. C. McCorkla $10 00
The Famous 15 00
John O'Keefe 5 00
K. H. Boyd 10 00
F. E. Reddish 15 00
F. E. Holsten 15 00
F. W. Irish & Co 5 00
H. J. Bills 10 00
Total $85 00
The report of the book committee
was read and approved, and upon
motion by Mr. Wood, seconded by
Mrs. Rowan, the chairman of the
book committee was Instructed to
order the books.
Motion made by Mrs. Rowan, sec
onded by Mr. Stern, that - retary
be instructed to order notification
a table
room.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
AS SOUVENIRS
Just the cutest little birth an-
owoaanaaiti you sear saw, several
kinds to select from, up-to-date in
style, printed right. Printed prompt
ly and 1ksI of workmanship. Cards
and eiwelone;.. plain wliile, or with
i dainty blue or pink border. Nicest
way in the world to let your friends
! nkow of the little one's arrival, and
they make pretty souenlrs, too.
A Scientific Achievement
Modern science has produced no
ucli effective agency In the relief of
In MsaMttOB, dyspepsia, constipation,
billuusuess or Impure blood as Meri
to' Tunic Digestive, the result of the
best minds of the American Hruii
ar.J rraa AawMlallofi composed of
druggUts and newspaper men all ov-
people generally without regard to i -ards
denomination are newspaper read-j Motion made bv Mr Stern se--ers.
It is our business to furnish i onded by Mr. Wood, that librarian
news ror tnose wno reau. e puo- ; be instructed to purchase
nsii as a uiaiier oi news nitiii ( suitable for work
things winch the editor may not
endorse personally as a matter of
ethics. This being true. It is cer
tainly proper to publish as a natter
of news, those items which are &uy
d to be agreeable to him an I
in which a large numoer oi re.iueis
are interested.
We aim to publish as a matter of
news those items in which wc be
lieve a considerable number of our
readers will be Interested, without
any reference to whether we endorse
the things mentioned, except that
on a few occasions we have purpose
ly omitted publishing of certain
items which would be disagreeable
to the parties concerned. The fa i
the newspaper business is to dis
pense news is not sufficient excuse to
give publicity to everything that oc
curs without regard to
the parties concerned
the rights of
RANCHMBN, ATTENTION! II Is
Kood economy to double the life of
a fence post when you can do It at
a cost of less than on' cent ptr
post, which can be done with the
cheapest paint I have S. W. HOLT.
Alliance. Nebr. 1'hone 5M.
There being ro further business,
meeting adjourned.
Mrs. W. W. JOHNSON. Se y.
SAME HERE, BRER. MOON
! From The Scottsbluff Herald:
Hereafter when we see an agent
j of any sort or description coming in
at the front door of this sanctum
I 'e are going to make a quick move
' in the direction of our stuffed eliib
I w hich we shall heuceforth keep i.i a
I handy place for "sich." And in ad
Idition we shall hand the aforesaid
agent a card upon which shall be
written or printed the statement that
j the editor is not in the market for
Maf magazines, typewriters, map,
tooth brushes, igars. hair oil. pUU,
pianos, sewing machines, engines,
I shoes, hats or socks. The only n. i
I terial we need in this office is mon
1 ey real money -made from paper,
siher or gold. Now is the rime to
subi' rlbe.
W. A. McLimani. who went to
Dead wood the 2Uth of last month,
returned ' to Alliance on business
last Friday, remaining todaf.
A