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I. L. ACHESON
HEADQUARTERS FOR
International Harvester Company
Implements and Machinery
INCLUDING
H. C. Oil and Gasoline Engines
advertised in this paper
PHELAN OPERA HOUSE BLOCK
ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
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Boards
of all descriptions
for any part ot a
house or barn.
Dierks Lumber & Coal Co.
Phone 22 D. Waters, Mgr.
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JOHN GARRETT
a. Successor to Frank Wallace
Transfer Line
Office at Rodger' Grocery, Phone 1.
Household goods
moved promptly
and transfer work
solicited.
Ret. phone 583
BOYS' AND GIRLS'
SHORT COURSES
roving Popular and Muck Good
Accomplished.
TEACH THE CHILDREN TO THINK
By Howard .?. C.ramllch, Department
of Agricultural Extension. I Diver
sity of Nebraska.
Some three years ago the farmers'
institute department of the state uni
versity and the state department of
education coneetved the idea of hav-
iBf a week's short course at several
of the countv seat towns in Nebraska
for boys and girls from the rural dis
tricts. At that time several of these
short rourses were held and all
jroved quite satisfactory. Since then
there have been a lew held each year.
During tin last pear the department
Of agricultural extension of the uni
versitv l.irm lli-s omlucted six ot
(URLS AT
H0R3B;
Prompt Telephone Service
Means Enormous Expenses
tor
mi
We cannot string out telephone calls
a daw or even for an hour. We must nivc
mediate service. WTe must have wires ready at
all times a separate pair til wiivs lor each
parts who desires to talk.
We cannot use all our property all the time
the public demands that we must have lines
constantly in reserve to meet unexpected Deeds.
A railroad takes hundreds of passengers on
a single train, the mail pouch carries hundreds
of letter at one time, hut we must have a sep
arnte track, a separate pouch, as it were, for
each message, and have it always ready.
Nebraska Telephone Company
OKI) JUDGING
SKD rows.
these boys' and girls" boll COUrSCS In
iicricuiture and domestic Belt M e. and
plans for the coming years are to con
due t even more, as li are proving
popular, and the department bt lievei
a grc:it deal of good can be- acCOm
piished for the amount of money ex
pi tided.
Hens and cirls cniov the course be
cause or the novelty of it the varia
tion which it offers from their regular
school work and the practical value
which thev see In it. Needless to say
the boy or girl fifteen years old who
tins never been awav from home to
speak of and who has spent practical
ly all of his or her time in the dis
trie! school, appreciates coming to the
county seat town and spending a week
with other liovs and girls from over
the county and learning a few prac
tical things which they can go home
and put into pi act ice.
These short courses are conducted
in cotijimc'ion with the county super
Rltendent in each county, it being the
duty of the county superintendent to
advertise it ir advance and get repre
seatatives from as many districts in
the COtint as he or she possibly can.
In some counties the superintendent
has been able to have a representative
from practically every district. The
department recommends setting one
hoy and one girl from each district,
preferably the oldest ones or tQC ones
farthest along in their school work.
While It Is true that the younger chil
dren cannot grasp all that is tausht
them, tin y enjoy the week's work and
seeuie ironi their older brothers and
slsleis what they were not able to net
themselves. As a rule the boys aver
age over fourteen years of age. U
the BeAver City short course, held the
first w.ek in April of this year. ts
txiys averaged slightly over sixteen
years in age. A i;roiip of lxys avcrag-
(le that o'd. practically every one
from the country and all eager to
learn, make a One field lor the ad
vancement of agriculture. Many of
tUeiti lining so far from Lincoln will
be suable to continue their education
east's:; a cr.?;ia1 glance At the horse
mn. then passing " 'fee work which
,ii, lvas I hem in a short time at
dh" of fuse short courses merely
teaches tfeesl to look at an animal a
M I ik! lime i.ncl notice hII the points.
Ml toys do not know the common
colors in horses when they see them,
iw little work is given along this
line, ag well as estimating weight,
girth and such points. It wouKi be im-
practica' to go into tin real depth of i
horse judging with the boys and en
deavor to consider the matter tech
nically. However, in several after
noon's work they are able to become
reft gntCS interested in the horse and
to liegin to SStfcSSJ a good many new
points which they had not noticed be
fore. The sam' method is used with the
milch cows, beef animals, hogs and
other stock which are available.
As a general rule several alternoons
in the week are spent in taking the
boys on excursions to good stock farms
within a mile or two of town. In many
cases stock are avananie wnicn are
fttlly equivalent, if not better, than
much of the r.tock which Is available
for the boys taking the agricultural
course, nt the state agricultural school.
In the ro.ietying work the boys
bring 6 cent-- worth of quarter-Inch,
three strand rope and ihe first after
noon thev ar asked to tie all of the
knots which they know. As a general
rule they ran all make a common
overhand knot, a sup knot, pernaps a
square knot and one or two others. It
Is very seldoui that a boy is able to
make more than five knots. Before
the week is out some twenty knots, in
cluding splices. Baiters and braids,
are made. Any boy can make these
various handy contrivances and after
once learning how to mas eg mem
will very seldom forget Of course,
the quarter-inch rope i easie r to work
with than the large, rope. However,
after mastering the art of making
rpllees and braids with a small rope
anyone can mal.:- the same splice,
braid oi knot in a large rope. These
are very simple, inde e d, and yet it is
surprising to go out into districts
wiiere men are handling ropes con
stantly and And how few really know
how to make those- knots and splices
in the correct manner.
An InStSace of this was called to
notice recently at the Ord short
COUrSe. Where boy twenty years old
came 'n and itayed until i o'cloc k one
night in order to be taught how to
make a long splice. When he started
to leave the hall for his ten-mile trip
Alliance Tailoring Co.
Cleaning, Pressingand Repairing
iNeatly Done
Ladies' Work a Specialty
Only Steam Presser in the City
FRENCH DRY CLEANING
Stanton & Keeley, Mgrs.
C. W. Zurn C Co.
CEMENT CONTRACTORS
Sidewalks, Foundations, Porch and Floor Work
Cement Water Tanks, etc.
All Work Guaranteed
PHONE 362, OR SEE G. ZURN
Alliance, Nebraska
JUDGING A CI-ASS OK FOl K
DRAFT GKI.IUNOS, BRAVER CITY
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CASH PRICE LIST
COAL
On and after November first we will sell
coal for cash only
Cash prices in effect at present time are as
follows:
Sunshine Maitland Lump, delivered, 8.40
Sunshine Mar., washed nut, del., 8.20
Monarch (lignite), delivered - - 6.00
J. H. VAUGHAN&SON
Wholesale and Retail Feed and Fuel
Phone No. 8 213 Box Butte Ave
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IIJDGING
BEAVER
Farm $ Ranch Scenes
Post Card Work as well as larger Photographs.
Persons wanting work done send me word and I will call.
Latest improved camera for instantaneous work.
Harvey Myers
Alliance
Nebraska
HOI.8TEIN8
CITY.
beyond the district and high achool,
and thts line of education offered by
the iiepM'tmc tit fills a much needeil re
luirenieut In 'heir tut ate lives. T!me
f w wbO are able to cone to Lincoln
and take the agricultural school COUISS
are only the more anxlou- to i nine
after having had I tSltt 0f It Like
wise It Is the same with the glria who
i ike the work In the domestic Kisses
classes.
Th -e shsrt courses, or schools, ns
the arc e alt I. STS sometime is sc
eused of li.-ing out teaching the boys
bow to aim. perhaps in a sraj this
bolds. Ilnvve-ver. as a matter of fact
(lie prime purpose of these- short
course s la tc at ; the boys to thinUing.
Many of the things discussed at theSS
sn irt ooofset have- bees dlseussed by
tbi par nts ai home However, the
short enerSS I iphSltsai the why nnd
rrharefor of rerythiSS. and this la
ne part wM'ii Interests the c uriosity
of the dereloplag mind
The wuk stveu tee the hoys at tlies.
short oanrars onsists suits largely ot
stock iiidgir, tope tying, com and
grain i-dglng, and similar subjects
which ail American bovs are inter
pates' IS MOOS Judging proves per
haps a- lnt rsetiBS and of as pra tie at
a value- as anv otb. i phase- of the
work PVivs H: e horse s. However
when 11 cour s 'ifht down to tellina
the (ool SSd bad BAtttta of a hor-e 11
dees 11 t LalCS one kMM I I iet I thai
the boy huve betn used to oi-rely
home he made the statement that the
Knowledge he had gained would have
proven worth Ili'O to him last sum
m sr. One afternoon when they were
very busy with the hay they broke
the main rope and had to go clear to
town for another one, simply because
no one in the crew, lm hiding himseir,
knew how o splice the rope into a
small enough splice so that it would
go through the pulley, and, as usual, it
raised that night.
The work in domestic science for
the: girls Includes principally work in
cooking and sewing. It la needless to
say that both of thse prove very In
tsrSSting to girls and extremely prnc
thai In the sewing work the girls
make various stitches and before the
w.ok is ovo'- th-y make a handbag
apron and vi-ious other articles. In
he conking 'bey are given the food
principles and many recipes are pre
pared They are- encouraged to go
houie and cook the same dish 's and
bring back anmplea the next day.
Some girls are inclined to look BOOS
tie- wirk of the household as beneath
them and when they are taught little
Simple things right in the school room
thev begin to kOOk upon manual labor
in a different light. Uaowlao with
ti;e bay; the little- work which is giv
en th. m Is given with the idea of
k ilieni better satisfied on the
farm rather than -to try and pull them
awa f.
one people are opposed to their
children being taught the lines m'n
ttotted They set m to think they
the ins. Ives an- competent to tOSSS all
the- child should know about such
thing! and thai the school room la
the place where- thev .should le.un
l atin, glgebrs, Greek and European
history thing which are doubtless
valuable to any child from a cultural
Standpoint, but which they perhaps
will never hear of after they leave
school, While these simple things
which are tanghl them regarding their
awn wo k and work which manv of
them arid narsaa throughout their en
tire lives will constantly come before
them
If ihe.--e abort courses can accom
plisb nothing more than to gel ttie
lines and girls to thinking atxent the
practical thinS and to make them
b'ltci satisfied with their own condi
Hons as they are at home, they have
a corn llli a bed al thai la to be expected
of them.
Most Extraordinary Land Sale the West
Has Ever Known
(lovernnient auction sale of 775.0(10 acres Wind liiver RSSQI rstltlU
lands near Thermopolis, Wyo., September 19th, '-. at minimum price
of $1.00 per ac re, and 360,000 acn-s Crow Indian Keservation lands near
Hardin. Mont.. October 'lt, 1911, at minimum price of $1 ",u pe-r ac re.
No residence roeiuired. Get title right away. Buy some of tluvte cheap
lands and go to raising bgS priced cattle.
YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A LIKE CHANCE AGAIN
ROUND TRIP TOURIST TICKET from Omaha to Thermopolis. 31.
75 any day until September UOth, good to return to Octob-r 31st, Low
rates frotS other stations. Stop overs allowed everywhere'.
On this ticket you run see thee Free i40 acre homesteads in VVest-e-rn
Nebraska, and stop at I'pton, Moore to ft ancl (Jillette, Wyo., to see
the Mondell 320 acre Free Homesteads- t he new three year homestead
law applies to these Iannis stop at Hardin, Mont., and see the Crow
Indian lands at $1.50 par acre, at Huntley and Hillings to see tlovcrn
ment irrigated I ami ancl Carey Act lands; see- the rich, well watered
irrigated lands i the fa us BVQ HORN BASIN and then to Thermo p-
olis to aee the three-quarter million acres of Wind Kiver lands that the
Government is offering at minimum of $1.00 per acre.
THIS IS .V GRAND TRIP and an unusual opportunity. Write quiok
for maps and full particulars.
D. Hem Deaver, Immigration Agent
Koi Parnsm Street, Omahs, Nebraska
Profits in Dairying.
A recent re port of the Wisconsin
Agricultural college shows that the
dairy herds of that atation. after
standi a cost of $t'.5 72 for feeel, re
turned an average net piofit of nearly
$M ner cow In the year ItlMtlt.
The cost cf maintaining a dairy c ow
at the same.- station in 1SH'5 10B was
$41 05 i approximately $3 ' ibsu
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Alliance, Nebraska