LL!ANCEjtRMD
JOHN W. THOMAS, Klltor
Published every Thursdny by
The Herald Publishing Company.
Incorporated
LLOYD 0. THOMAS, I'res.-Treas.
F. A. P1KM0N, Vice I'res.
JOHN W. THOMAS. Sec'y
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1913
WILL MAKE VIGOR
OUS CAMPAIGN
Citizene Interested in Obtaining Y.
M C. A. Building for Alli
ance Campaign Being
Organized
The Herald to pleased to learn of
'he recovery of the flve-raonths-old
. hlld of Editor stnd Mrs. A. B. Clark
of Hemlnfctord. The babe was
brought to Allinnee some time since
dangerously sick and placed in
.harm- of Mrs. Clark's mother, Mrs.
Belle Brown, while recelvlne medic
al treatment. Mrs. Clark accompan
ied by her two-year-old son came
iown to Alliance on 44 to remain
over Sunday and Mr. Clark came on
49 that night.
Mexico to a busy country, for In
.ditlon to havdng a new revolution
every few weeks, It plana to exe
cute many Internal innovations. The
Washington government has been in
formed that farmers' loam banks are
planned throughout Mexico under
government authority. In the United
States we are still "just talking'
about the same thing.
Since 1880 the UAal value of the
mineral production, of Alaska has
i2r)7.no.non. of which over 50
per cent, or $19F.!19,77f, has been In
;old. according to A. H. M rooks, of
the United States Geological Survey
MEETING STATE
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
The annual meet inn of the Nebras
ka State Historical Society will be
held nt Lincoln, January 14, IB, If,
beginning with a banquet at the Lin-
. oin iioiii tM stent mi or the 14th
All members and friends of the Ne
braska State lllslorlral Society are
urged to attend the mee'thig this
year, an matters of policy are to be
oiialdered, which will have an im
portant bearing upon all Lie future
a the society.
' The indications are thai the weath
er will be favorable, and a program
of real merit lias hern pro ided The
iler attraction will be the addresses
by Dr. Keuben Gold Thwaius, on
of the foremost hlstorl;. a of the
DnttCd Stales.
The friends nnd patrons of the
Historical Society and of the State
Ltbrrry are working tot lu r to pro
file a permanent he ta for these
two great libraries on a site where
he Historical Six-h ly already b
an investment of approximately $6.r.
000. The library and museum of the
Historical Sc. -i t has an estimated
worth Bl over a quarter of a million
dollars, while the 8tt It Library Is
orth as urn; It nwie, and both are
at the peril of any fire that might
start In their respective buildings.
The plans provide for including also
in the new building the supreme
court, which will leave ample room
M the present capitol for the other
state offices
It is believed that the I aim mem
iters of the Nebraska State Ilistor
, val Society and the bench and bar
of the state are entitled to have
these two great libraries safely hous
Sal and the legislators manifest a
wUtuumesa to make this provision
f tin re is a considerable demand
far tt it ts imi.jrtant therefore that
friend should r.im out to this annu
me ing and ii they ennnot attend
the mi .-ting t In ought to communi
cate with their senators and repre
aentatives.
The Ladles' AU Society of the
Methodist church met with Mrs. Jas.
Hunter New Year s day. Light re
freshments were served nnd an en
joyable social afternoon wns had.
KikIi lady was to earn one dollar
ami tell the atory of how she earn
ed It. The amount taken In was
al.oiit r0, which will lie used to help
pay the balance of the parsonage
debt. The storlcB told of how the
money was earned were very Inter
esting and brought out some odd
ways of earning money.
Last Monday evening Mesdame
V. W. and Claude Lester gave an
elegant six o'clock dinner In honor
or Mrs. U. N. Hosklns' mother. Mrs.
fhos. Carr of Btaplehurat, Nebr.
Those present besides tlve hostesses
and guest or honor were Mesdames
iiot9kins,.Holloway and Highland, and
Miss Lougeay or Denver. After
dinner the guests were taken to the
theatre.
The home of Mrs. F. W. Harris
was one of entertainment last Thurs
day afternoon. The entertainment
was In the way of a Kensington,
honoring Mrs. Edith Phelan Barker,
who returned to her home in Peru
last Friday night.
The Foresquare Club will meet
Sunday afternoon at the First Pres
byterian church at 3 o'clock. Mrs.
Rev. James P. Brown, leader.
Sunday evening Mrs. K. K. Young
entertained a number or Alliance
business men and families at a six
o'clock dinner. The evening was
spent In discussing the proposed Y.
M. C. A. which is so greatly needed
in this city. SuggeEMons rrom neigh
boring cities have been sent for.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. R.
It. Hampton, Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Uumer and son Frank, and Mr. and
Mrs. W. O. Hani, s
Mra. YV. D. Hunter entertained in
a unique way the P. K. O. Monday
afternoon. One vf the festivities of
Ion.? ago, Twelfth Night, wits carried
out. Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night"
as uiven by Mrs. F. V. Harris. A
fine luncheon was served with ta
ble decorations in yellow and white,
the P. E. O. colors.
HOLCOMBWRIGHT
Miss Gladys E. Holcomb and Mr
Harry Wright, of Hroken How. were
married on Sunday. December 29th.
at the Baptist parsonage, by Rev
Geo. A. Witte, pastor. The young
people are both from Broken Bow
where he Is employed by the Chief
The Herald joins In extending oOTt
graf illations.
CITY TO TAKE NO ACTION
Telephone Question Came up
fore Council at Regular
Meeting. Burton
Reports
Be
COMMISSION AUTHORIZED RATES
The campaign for a new Y. M. C.
k building in Alliance is now being
organized and plans laid for a sure
and swift campaign. The publicity
given the project by the newspapers
and the energetic work being done
by Dr. Alice M. Day Young is arous
ing Interest In the proposition and
bids fair for a successful campaign.
The Woman's Club has taken hold
of the proposition in their usual suc
cessful manner and they will do their
part In making this project a suc
cessful one. A systematic, business
like campaign is being organized.
Readers of The Herald will be kept
Informed as to the progress of the
project.
:a5s53fcBSS ""saasLV
John Wiker, or Orkin Brothers pi
no branch, made a trip to Craw-
From Northport herald: The 'Al
liance I l i aid showed commendable
(ford on Tuesday to deliver a piano. enterprise m getting out a Doom eiti
He also made a trip to Broadwater Hon ror that city whkm was a great
PEDDLERS MEET
Among the social events of Akron,
Ohio, we note the BMUTfiSgS of Mi
II. A. O'Hftrs and Miss Marina R
lit I'fcrnn. The couple were married
DtCtnMto! 2tith by Hev. Fr. Marr. It
was u quiet family wedding. They
left for St .h s -ph. Omaha and Den
ver on the honeymoon trip, and re
turned to this city Monday. Mr.
OTIara is claim agent for the llur
1 MKUm and has resided In this city
for fcbKlt two years.
At the regular meeting of the
city council on Tuesday evening the
much discussed question of the
right of the Nebraska Telephone
Company to install new rates In Al
nance tor tne new service was
thoroughly discussed and disposed
of, for the present, at least
E H. Boyd, city attorney, was out
of town last week and Mayor Barnes
hired Eugene Burton, county attor-
nev to go to Lincoln and confer with
th State Railway Commission,
which authorized rates for the new
service in Alliance. Mr. Burton made
his report to the council at this
meeting. His ivport was In sub
stance that the company had the
right to put Into errect new rates
after being authorized by the com
mission and that it should be allovr
ed to go ahead without interference,
but that any citizen of Alliance or
the city could go before the com
mission at any time and protest
against the rates and get a hearing.
Attorney Burton was also present
when the case of The Lincoln Tele
phone and Telegraph Company was
argued.
Orricials of the Nebraska Tclc
lihone Company statu that the ce n
m'sslcn in Axing hs rates take into
eonslderaton the actual investment
end earning of the company and al
lOW it a fair rate of profii cat rh
Kume. That Alliance is practically
Ihe only town of its size in the state
in which the new rates are nr.: L.'
ln;; i lid and that two or three 't.vvns
of the tame size are paying higher
rates. That the company has ex
P nded thousands of dollars in cov
ering this ctlon of the country
with a network of copper toll lines
on which they expect to get no
profit inside ot five years. That af
ter the new service Is installed
! lit re will be no trouble whatever in
'.he opcruCon of the local exchange
and that my I ibscriber can talk
from ho:;., or oflhe for a radius of
l.oou miles,
Mi ssr. Wilson of Grand Island
and B
The recently organized association
of traveling men, called the "Ped
dlers", will meet ror a smoker at the
I. O. O. F. Hall next Saturday even
ing. Every traveling man In west
ern Nebraska Is invited to be pres
ent and have a good time. An Inter
esting program Is being prepared and
a number of new candidates for mem
bershtp will receive-the Initiatory de
gree A boxing bout between the
two leading Alliance white hopes
nBfit also be a feature.
OBITUARY
Archie Charles Thome s was born
In Bufralo county, Nebr., not rar
rrom Ravenna, Oct. 12th. 1886. He
studied In the Ravenna schools, go
ing as far as tihe i 2th grade. Had
he completed the last year he would
hav graduated at the age of nine
teen years. He worked as brake man
out of Alliance for about two months.
He was a musician and at times wai
a member of the Alliance band. He
tra'eled for several years as a
professional musician, returning to
Alliance on September :!rd last,
hroken down in health. Paralysis
confined hint to his bed for about
four months when he died, on New
Year's day, at the home of his
hr j' her-in-law, .lohn Declous, at 118
Yellowstone Ave.
Arch Thcmas, popularly known
among his friends as "Shtrty",
leaves a mother, Mrs. H. B. Thom
as of Grand Island, two brothers,
FrttN Thomas of La Grand, Ore.,
ami Harry Thtmas of Sheridan, Wyo.
Also two sisters. Mrs. Alice Decious
of la Grand, Ore., and Mrs. John
Decious, who lives in this city.
OLD TIME FRIENDS
wli. re he sold some Instruments.
Miss Adeline Schultz returned to
this city to again take up her duties
as teacher in the city schools. 8he
has been spending holidays with par
ents. see
Miss Miriam Seawell returned to
this city to resume her .duties in
the Alliance city schools as music
supervisor, after spending the holi
days nt her home in Marshall, Mo.
Dick O'Bannon, who formerly re
sided in Alliance bjt who is now
mine in Seattle. Washington, will
return to Alliance m ry soon to make
this his home agyin. He Is a broth
er of Oscar O'Bi. nnora. . . . , '
a !'.
Mr, and Mrs. akeevcr. bf Ren
essalaer, lndi- na, returned to the'r
home arter -pending the holidays
(th Mr. M tkeever's sister, Mrs. F
Lester. '
; Mrs., L. E, Cox, who was operated
on at St. Joseph Hospital a few
days agD ror gall stones, is getting
along especially well and hopes to go
p lur home in a rew days.
credit
! cHy.
to both the paper and the
Last Thursday night Mrs. Kd!:h
Bsdlksf entertained several young
ladits In honor of her cousin Miss
Bertie Vernon. A da ni luncheon
was served in courses. Mi.-s Hr -
wold. Miss V ou lis, Miss Vernon and
Mks Broome furnished music. A
flashlight picture was taken, after
which all went to their homes, ha.
Ins sprnt I wry enjoyable SVCiniftf
Tho-. present were Misses Bertie-
lois Vernon, Alice Carlson, I'tarl and
Elva Hill's. Edna Duncan. Ina Hell
waod. Malzo Soults. Bsasle
Blanche Kibble. Ala Younu. A is
lOSter, Hat tie Itonswold, Virginia
Brooms, Flva and Bessie Hamilton,
Blanche Mncdonald, I. aura and Glen
Mounts and Psttlin Montgc nery.
f. c. Muiicy cf Broadwater, pro-
1 ri' tor of the Mulloy inneh, twen"y
tjvs mlks south cf Allla. e, and
Da-; Watson if lleminfonl, who re
Fiue.' ntar Berea, are old time
friends, and, meeting in Alliance las'
Fiitlay, enjoyed an afternoon's visit
together. Mr. Mulloy is a brother cf
i !.. late Coot Mulloy, who was so
well known and popular in northwest
." braska. Messrs. Mulloy and WV
son favored The Herahl offi with
a call while in UtWW Friday. Mr.
Watson was already a Subscriber to
'i,t paper, and Mr. Mulloy or f -red
n or Alliance appeared for , uj6 Unme added to our Broadwater
uie te ue company. I'hey w. nt ,,,, nf subscribers
into the proposition thoroughly with
the coun.il and BXp&aiDSd tneir le
of the question.
The (in stion of the franchise giv
en the company and under which it
0D4 rat. s wasbrougbt up. The fran--chtse
wliich was loubtediy i enl
ed to cover the old system, states
JUDGE HOBART SETS
COURT DATES
lion. H. W. Hobart, district judge
of the Seventeemth judicial district,
h :s made' up his schedule of terms
for this year in the various counties
Mrs. Holdredge, who underwent :i
successful operation at St. Joseph
Hospital last week, is able to go to
her home where she will be cared
Tor until she is fully recovered.
Eugene Burton made a trip to Lin
coln the last or the week to confer
with the State Railway Commission
regarding the telephone situation in
Alliance. He reported on the same
at the meeting or the city council
Tuesday evening.
m m m
Mrs. T. J. O'Keefe and baby arriv
ed Sunday morning from Kearney,
where she has .been visiting her par
ents for some weeks. Mr. and Mrs
O'Keefe have been making their
Si
home heretofore in Texas but have
returned to good old Box Butte
county to make their home for the
winter and perhaps lone r.
mm
Miss sola Woriey has been 111 for
the last two weeks, and was not
nble to return to bar school life this
week, uj she expected. MIes Wor
iey thinks that In another week she
will be able to asain enter Peru
hool life with as much enthusiarm
as before.
g -
Win. Mitchell, of Denver, elref
electrical engineer for the Great
W. stent Sugar Company, Which has
factories at Scottsbluff, BUftagf and
several Colorado point.-, was in the
city the first or the week, when he
visited for a short tine- with Bates
Copeland.
Sister M. Lima, who was sen: here
from New Lexington, Ohio, for an
operation, is reported by her sur
geon, Dr. Single, as getting along
very well and she hopes to return
to her cenvent In a few weeks much
Improved in health.
James Feagins and J. E. Rice left
on 44 today for Omaha, enroute
Texas, where they are going on cat
tle business. They will be joined
at Omaha by R. M. Fnddis of Gor
don. These gentlemen have etc;'
live stock interests in the Lone Star
tate. They will probably ship sev
eral thousand head of cattle to
northwestern Nebraska In the spring.
I i I
Miss Edna Bullock's many friends
will be pleased to learn that she
has about recovered from the seri
ous operation which she recently un
di rwent at St. Joseph's Hospital and
ivill be ready to report, ror duty at
Or. Maxtield's office next Monday
morning. .
ess
Grandpa lister left, for his home
is Brownville, Nebraska, last Sun
day night. While here he met many
friends and enjoyed his visit great
ly. There are very few men of his
age who enjoy life so well and are
always bubbling over with good hu
mor, as Grandpa Lester ia.
Dave Kauifman, who has been very
211 at the hospital, is reported today
as .showing some Improvement. His
many friends hope to see him back
ct his old place in The Famous
.main before long.
BENEFIT BALL
The I. A. Ot M. No. 602, will give
a hen. .tit ball in M. B. A. Hall on
iMonday, January Ltth. Big prepara
tions are being made and a large
crowd is expected.
P, F. Farrell, or Glenrock, Wyo.,
arrived in Alliance Tuesday to make
his home. He is the owner Of a
number of mining propositions at
Glenrock, which is locateel twenty
miles east of Casper, on the North
western railroad. Mr. Farrell's
claims, which he is now developing.
COS tain oil, coal, copper, asbestos,
gold and silver. This district and
the Casper distrie t, is known a one
ot the richest mining sections or
Wyoming.
Tess of the Storm Country
Phelan
Opera House,
Night, Jan. 16
Thursday
tlMl the company shall give good ' comprising the district, jury terms
i n n ' 1 1 luvhatlons written in
poetry, the uuthor of whl ii we h ive
Sol vet found, were seattered among
L ierds of Mits I 'earl Hlllis last
week. They bW her friends to com"
to a shower at some late hour, wec.r
log sun bonnet s and aprons. The
RtettOMM were Miss Maude Sp:ul:t
a:i! Miss Dorothy .long, given at
the home of the Witter. Cupid's coL
o - .-. In me of red am white was car
ried cut in every resin . t Hearts,
s. n ice and that the rates .shall not
exceed one dollar per month for res
idence phonts and two eiollars tor
and .business phones. This franchise
pires in 1920. It Is Mated, however,
that the State Railway Commission,
which has been in power five years
and which wus created by constitu
tional amen (linen t. has power to
raise or lower rates at their dis
cretion and that the terms or
franchise in this case are not
reotj vc The company offers to
; i . the sarnie rate of two dollars
cn two-party busine ?s phones and a
being set to begin upon the dates
give n herewith:
Jan. -'7. Nov. 24 Scotts Bluff
June 2. Nov. .1 Morrill
April 14. Oct. 2 Garden
May 5. Oct. 6 . . ., Banner
In addition to the jury terms, eq
uity terms are also scheduled t be
he1d in Scotts Bluff eounty begin
sing June 9, and in Morrill county
i i.
the Jnuunil v.
ef-1 ' I
We thank you, Brother Hev wood.
ill 1114' I 1 It l ,
IMIM of The Courier contained the . and cupids were r Hinders that 0
ioilowing notice. And. by the way. PW Pkiy.d a big part in the game,
(he Christmas edition or The Craw and ;a. nations helped to play their
ierd Courier was certainly a hum part. Pearl Hillis pla.ved the part
. ! Maud Muller and very willingly
. L..L .11. '
"UlSl weeks issue.- ol noui no
j nee papers were indeed v ery cred
ible papers for small western
town, in fact they were Hmdited
It papers with an advertising pat
isuage to be proud . In fact the
kiud and ouaiitlty of advertising thut
set to :hv task given her of rak
In.'; hay. In this way she uncovered
BOH pretty gifts. Those preselit
were Misses I 'earl and Klva Hillis
Mable Duncan. Blanche Mncdonald.
Ft la Keane, Margaret Bell, Ethel
Nclan, Huth Couklln. Edna Duncan
Makes it possible tor the people ( Alice Carlrou, and Mesdames Kerry
here to live and get out a goodiWaiJ. Thiclc, Crane. Triplet!. Zedi
ataeet Here la hoping they can keep ! ker, Burke, Gantz, Biedermaii
it .hjuV ....... , - 1 MolHiiUiUl-.
and
0 Mr. Farmer, if you're
Prof. Burns or the Cenfral school
was operated on for appendicitis at
St. Joseph Hospital a few days ago
and is making good progress toward
recovery at this time. He has been
under .the weather for u long time
and holies to have better health fol
lowing the operation.
Mr. Hollers of the Rid red ranch
is at St. Joseph Hospital recovering
from an attack of pneumonia. Mr
Hollers bus been very sick ami for
several days It was thought he eould
not recover but faithrul attention on
the part or the Sisters has been n
warded by seeing him coming back
to health
Playgoers Who were delighted with
the two great plays "The City" and
"The Divorce will be pleased to
learn that the same management is
sending to Alliance another one of
their great plays, entitle'd "Tess of
the Storm Country." This play is
one that requl:?s s:me Tine acting
and for the various parts Jones &
OraM have made a careful selection
Of the bed players that can be se
CUred. Marguerite Insure will
play the title role of "Tess", and
.Howard WaAsh plays the part of
Frederick Gravis, the young minis
ter who gives up a fashionable
Chore in New York that he may
Kvvaken the souls of the poor fisher
aquation in the storm country. "Tess
ot the Stcrui Country" will be pre
sented Wednesday night, January 15.
Advertisement 5-1M774
rale of one dollar and twenty-five
cents on two-party residence phones ! . -- iLA J- bro
Officials or the .iipaii slaie that , UDlllg UlC WOUIL QUO !a)
l"hty per cent or :he present tele
pbone users have consented to the
ii 'A rates and that nin ty-fivo per
cnt will, in their opinion, do so
! ore the new ajystem
tio . That the bulanc
Mrs. Dlaedet of Mars land was
brought to St. Joseph Hospital Tues-
here she underwent an opera
tion for appendicitis and complica-
.... lit
L 1
yUU IC a licav WSCl. ttOOS. She is doing as well as
fff " 1 1 j be- expected at this time
i liiu a uuycr iui yuui
' sane,"miv fruit, produce, discarded
a, an opportune to compare the f tOols, livestock.
r.rprovcd service to be lunu-h d
Sell your farm.
(J Find farm help.
Advertise your sales.
v Ii take the
n.rt ' me.
new service in
Gladis Armstrong, daughter of L.
Armstrong, living forty-five milas
northeast of Alliance, has beeu very
si... pneumonia the pas, . ek ! Q fc '
Fir several days her lite was de--, a
' i
l iind of but this morning she .s j-ggyjt
leporico some oeuei u-i ui.ni..
friends in Alliance will be glad to
see hlfC npule i! rapivl revoverv
Mr. Cooley of Whitman was
hrOOgM to St. Joseph Hospital some
days ago suffering with a broken
lyiec cap. It was found beecaarT
operate ou him. which was done
this week, and hoptut are eutert. tilled
thut he will make a gootf re-e-overy
' The classified page
constitutes a clearing
house of "White
Elephants."
(JMost people have a
white elephant - a
discarded article which
either has served
lt3
cliier
earnir.3
results are sure.
H. II. Lower, whese public sale
in,-! ire aM.ui ill this l.-sue of The
Herald, has be-en looking southward
for some time and DIM about made
up his mind to take up his residence
ill Texas or oue ot er sxuherii
state He beiught a piece of Florida
i.idd l.i.-i sprius- . x
purpose or for
a
reasons is not
its room.
Every white elephant
of yours has a cash value
to some one.
A want ad will find
a buyer for a few cents.
