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Established 1887
you will find two floors, each 50x135 feet, loaded down with goods to please all.
We are receiving our new lines of men's, young
Prices right.
men's ami boys' clothing daily. Big, complete lines in all sizes. See
the new Florsheim shoes and nobby spring hats. A big line of
Easter neckwear for men in all the popular colors. Our stock of
overalls, men's work shirts, work shoes and work gloves is the largest
in the west. Big stock enables us to fit you easily.
Commencing Monday, March 10th,
we will place on sale the fines
Undermuslins,
we will place on sale the finest assortment ever shown of
consisting of all the la
test uniiergarments for
ladies. Do not forget this profit-sharing sale. This is
one of our profit-sharing sales given every year.
We wish to call the ladies' attention to our lingerie waists and dresses.
Ladies' oxfords and pumps in all the latest creations. Large showing of ladies' kid gloves for Kaster
in all colors and all .lengths. Finest line ever shown. Our new dress goods, silks and embroideries
are arriving daily. They are beauties. Come and see.
Do not overlook our fine line of suit cases, trunks and bags.
Our curtain goods and rug dept. is now complete and ready for spring housecleaning;
The Store
with a
Conscience
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THE T. P. A. ORGANIZE
ALLIANCE LOSES
TO SIDNEY
fhe Reception
Recent Amalgamation of Traveling Men
in Local Order Results in Branch
of National Organization
Largest Crowd Ever
Witness Fast
a reception followed (bo um, an
interesting program being carried
out, and a varied entertainment was
j furnished by member Of the faulty,
members cf the teams, and .students.
I .-a luncnt'iu was serveu to uiose "The re is no death!
,.. uj.'.Masiu.o pi,-, 111, ana neipeo to ctispeii ail
Game
ments and how keen the sorrows of
the bereaved, only those know who
have had like experience. They
have the sympathy of their many
friend .
Conncil Proceedings
ALLIANCE SECOND TEAM WINS
The stars go
111 fnolltiuu if i i 11....... Tho I HOW II
class room' in which the reception was To rise upon some fairer shore,
held was prettily decorated with Al-! And bright in heaven's Jewelled
nance ami Kidney pennants, and al
so the three Alliance championship
banners occupied prominent places on
the walls.
crown
They shine foreverraore.'
STRONG POST FORMED
In the fastest and best game of ;
the season Sidney won the basket
ball championship of this part of the i
state Saturday night. In a prelimin
ary game between the Sidney and
Alliance second teams, the Alliance
OBITUARY
The recent local social organization
terfeeted by the local fueling men
-tarted the desire for .-trung or
. aniation of that kin in Alliance,
nd through the effo 8 of two old
it n b. is of the Traveler' I'rotecl
ive Association of America, "Si
Thompson and Roy Strong, the state
officers of the association came to
Ilium . on Saturday and granted a
charter to Post M, completing the
rganlzatlon of the Alliance post, at
a business meeting held Saturday ev-
nun', at the Burlington.
The officers and directors iier
were S. S. English, prtsldent, 4.10 1
South 11 St., Lincoln; II. J. Dunkin. I
Jnd vice president, Uibbon; ('has. L.I
Hopper, secretary treasurer, Omaha; j
Geo. E Beg row, chairman beard of ;
ii . .-tors. Omaha; Frank It. Hol-
brook, director. Omaha.
Following is a list of the members 1
joining Saturday. A. D. Rodgers. Iv-
e.n Rodger. R. C. String, transfer;
from Grand Island, S. Tit mpson.
transfer from Omaha. Ou. Appleburg.i
J. C. Iean, Lloyd C. riiouias, Clar- '
t-ntt K Matktf. Joseph F. O'Connor,
Lincoln l-owry, o or O'Eranan,
Chenia Ht wbcrry. Harry F. Thle'c.
Mjrrctt ll M key, C. J. Vandever. 1
..ohn A. IMii. .ii. John t. Wiker, H.
C, R ' ubaugh. C. O. bagley, W. F.
Dnvr, i i Be bach tel. Jas. M.
Hole; I J. John II. Hawes. Jos. Rot
poshil, Karl B. Justice. H. J. Czar
nowtki, C. L. Kwing, Joiui ('. Berry.
Frank Hertzog, W. M, Baker.
The following officers were elect
ed.: R. C. Strong, president; Frank
Hertzog, vice pres.. John H. Hawes,
-ecretary-treasurer; Dean Geo. G.
Ware, (haplain; board of directors,
9. W Thompson. J C. Berry. C. L.
Kwlug. H. C. Redenbaugh, W. M.
Maker; legislative committee. C. A.
Newberry, chairman; railroad com
inittee. ('. O. Bagley; pre.-- commit
Tee, Lloyd ('. Thomas; hotel com
mittee. ('. J Vandever. Joseph F.
O'Connor; gtod roads and public util
ities committee, Ivan Rodgers.
After the evening business meet
ing the members present were the
gut st of the Burlington management
1. 1 a banquet. 8. 8. English acted
as toast master at the banquet and
proved to be a very interesting
.aker. He eiuphasi .ed the fact
tnitt the organization or this post
was a big thin fur the town of Al
Tiante aud would be a valuuble as
net to the town. He lold of the
big rcMilts secured in other towns!
ami of the extent of this national
organization of traveling men
I 'resident A. I). Rodgers of the
Commercial Club was Hit first speak-
t introduced. He made an enthus
iastic talk and asked the help and i
assistance of the members of the i
organization in building up (he city ,
of Alliance.
John H. Hawes was introduced and
made a well-liked speech ' thanks
for his election to the important
position of secretary-treasurer. His!
statement that he would always do j
his duty and be on the Job brought
forth a round of applause. He ex-1
tended a cordial invitation to all to
be In Alllan-'e during the coming
Stockmen's convention and Firemen's
'tournament.
('has. L. Hopper, state secretary
and formerly national president, was
the next to speak. He told some in-'i.s-ting
storits and gave some
mighty valuable advice to the mem
bers of the new post. He greatly
tmouraged the newly elected chair
man of the press committee by tell
ing him that he started from the
I im position.
Llcyd was call d on by the toast
masUr for a little speech and a
story. He stated that the traveling
men hive a right to be proud of thei
calling and th.lr organization be
cHus cf the fad that it requires a
mail of energy and intelligence to
hold a position as a travel'a man.
and that everyone could not hold a
Jcb of that kind
Frank B. Holbrook was the next
speaker. He told of the many bene
fits to be derived from membership
! in the association and expressed him
i self as being very well pi t with
the grand showing made In Alliance,
this tost having the third largest
1 eliHrt r membership in the state.
Tin toastmaster told of the repre
sentation allowed at the next state
convent U ii to be held in April at
Kearney. A vol of thanks for tWe
bountiful banquet was rendered the
Burlington management. An in vita
! tlou for a full delegation to attend
ih Kearney convention was re
ceived and the gathering dispersed.
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Mrs J ('. McCorkle is very ill at
her home with an attack of appendi
.ri.is She lias been too ill to be re
moved to the hospital for au operation
THELMA MAY RICHARDS
Thelina May, daughter of Mr. and
boys won in i oik sided game by the Mrs Thomas V. Richards, wa born
the lunillll-V 11 111- Hietl March ' 111
i at the age of two years and two
months. Funeral services were held
av-
tune of II to 10. The time of
halves were fifteen mlnutts, and the
game tree refereed by Clements. .
Vouni. starred in this same and
scored ;. ; tal of 20 points. Johnson I at ,lle residence, 11! Sweetwater
threw s
and No
of thk- ime ended the score was
H to in. In the last half the Alli
ance boys made L9 points, and suc
ceeded in keeping the Sidney young
steis from scoring a point.
The lineup was as follows:
ALLIANCK SIHNKV
Johnson c I'arks
Young rf Clasman
Davenport If Bentley
Campbell rg Doran
Nolan Ig Mi Daniels
CARD OF THANKS
We with to thank our many and
kind friends for their love, sympa
i.iiv , and flowers, during the illm -and
death of our little PbUIp, and
especiallv .Miss Schaper, the nurse,
nd Dr. Hand for their tireless ef
forts in behalf of our little man.
Mil AM) MRS PfUUP NOHB.JB
COMES BACK TO ALLIANCE
City council met In regular session
March -I. 1913. Meeting called to or
I der by Mayor Barnes with Council
men snyoer, MOllrtnc and Sterns
present. Councilman Vaughan ab
sent.
Minutes of the previous regular
nutting were read and approved,
wutli one correction, as follows: "The
future pay for reeling fire hose to
De 9 1 .00 p i man. limited to t hi t e
! men for all carts."'
The council ratified t he mayor's
settUinent on t he I'arkison patent
Furnace for the City Hfbt plant, con
' tract ed with the u, stern Furnace
Co for L!50. Settled in full to
$800. Mr. Guthrie or Gray & Guthrie In
surance Company presented a propos
jition to pla e insurance on the elec
' trie light plant, known as use and
occupant) insurance. Mayor Barn. -appointed
a committee, Snyder and
(Sterns, to investigate the matter mi.l
! report at the
baskets, Davenport four, enue, Tuesday, March 4th, conducted
I I w'o. When the first half ; hv h, v n s H.kor t.jttrr nf ih
M. E. church. Interment was in
Greenwood cemetery. To the
rnu'itiu itijtttii.i- a tA ,.tl,..i rolntl
tu. ., , TZ i Tailoring Company. He arrived yes- 1,8 Prtstnt, to investigate the St
i tfrduv from M :i rs I ;i n t . whr hnn
commends the sentiment of the ' re.sided since remoing from this city,
beautiful hymn sung at the funeral, 'and at once began work. Besides
pointing the way to the better world:
Beckoning hands at the gateway
The Championship Game
The A. H. 8. boys fniled to exhib
it their best playing in this game.
Darnell, who led In t he basket shoot
ing in the game with lodgepole, fail
ed to score, but th s was perhaps
due to the tact that Barks, the op
posing 1 1 liter, was a much larger '
man than laruell, and It is probable
Hi it the Jatter diiliked the idea of
getting too near the Sidnev pugilist
who bus won decisions ov r promin
ent boxers of Denver, Omaha, and
other points.
Bea Ii also put up a poorer game
than has been his custom, finding
the basket but dice in the game.'
Sch iter, Spacht an I Keegan each
shot two goals for Alliance. If all
tries for goal had been made Alliance
would have been au easy victor.
Oberfelter, guard, w is the star of
the Sidney team, making twelve ot
the eighteen points for that team.
The game was close to the last
ftw minutes of play and of course the
greatest possible excitement reigned.
Within two minutes of the close of
the game the score was Alliance It,
Sidnty 16, and the local boys made
every possible effoit to tie the store
but just as Oberfelter added anoth
j er goal to the Sidney score. Hi
game ended
The High School baud furnished
some good music in (he gym before
the gam- and between ths halves.
tonight,
Faces ashining with radiant light.
Eyes locking down from yon heav-
enly home,
Beuutiful hands they are beckon
ing "ccme ".
Lineup
ALLIANCE SIDNEY
Darnell c Barks
Scbafer rf Willis
Beach If Trabill
Spacht rg Oberfelter
Ke.gan Ig Wright
ub Witters
Beckoning hands of a little one,
see!
Baby voice calling, O mother, for
thee;
Rosy cheeked darling, the light of
(he home.
Taken so early, is beckoning
"com "
Beautiful hands, beckoning hands,
Calling the dear ones to heavenly
lands; ,
Beautiful handd, beckoning hand;.
Beautiful, beautiful, beckoning
hands.
PHILIP HUME NOHE
Philip Hume, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fhllip Nohe, Jr., was born Novem
ber 3. IttOI; died March 3. Itti, Fun
era! was conducted by Rev. James
B Brown, pastor of the First Pres
byterian church, Sunday afternoon,
March 3rd, interment being In
Greenwood cemetery. Only a
more than two years was the sweet
little boy permitted to bless the
home of i(s parents with Us pres
ence and be (he Joy of Rs grandpar
ents, wheu angel hands carried W"
pure spirit to thi happy land be
yond. How
B, T. Bayeart. torin.rly manager 'V" . Ine nexl regular meeting
th vii, i-, . i ., t ..,,,..,.,,; t wneuier or not the city is in nei
sor-ln busine-ss again in Alliance, having i of. ,hiU kind ,L nsura,i:'1- T-e coun
ives accepted a position with tie Victor !l instruct d r ire Chi.q Remig. Who
.-. iii. iu iiiveatigate me St
Agnes Academy, i lie condition of th
fire escapes, and to recommend such
improvements that will afford ample
protection in case of fire. Also to
see that all gasoline cans of five
gallons capacity or more be placed uti
derground when storing gasoline
wiithin the fire limits. Should any
one fail to make such arrangement
within the next thirty dyas thev wll1
be compelled to comply by ordinance
The council authorized the thief t(
have notices or letterheads printed
such as is needed for the department.
taKing orders ror worn, ne win as
sist In cleaning and repairing, at
which he Is an experienced hand.
HOMESTEAD LAND
In Sierra Nevada Foothills, central
California. Good land, water, wood,
range, game and fish. Springs,
streams, big oaks. No biiow or
storms. BOOBI for hundr (Is. Living
is cheap. Winter a Joke. Near a
gotd R. R. town. Copy UH.J Gov.
Township Flat of the land, and all
question answer d, $1.00. I save
Ordinance No. 190
An ordinance contracting to furn
ish the property owner free stre. ;
light for a certain time
Judges and clerks of the election
boards were appointed for the
you 199.09. 1 have. nothing to sell
hut my work. Resident L'U years, j ,ar cit-' election, April 1st, 19J2
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No remittance, no answer. n,M "ni. Jiitig- Jo. Wt stover
a xr f'MVL'n ,1 . , , ru. vi
zi. ivr,.wiir,u .i.uii, iiaiiioiu
California.
datisby and R. K Hmi. , , .
Clerks L. A. smu i-.- vi l-'
Utfll9l Orebe.
C. M. Keeley of the Alliance Clean
ing Works left Sunday morning, with
his wife and children, for Fremont,
where tbey went on business and
for a visit of a week or tin days
with rtlatlves.
On another page is an item in re
gard (o A. D. Rodgers' trip to Om
aha to attend the Made in Nebras
ka Shew" and the convention of the
Fedt ration of Nebraska Retail
Dealers. Our reporter should have
intjiloned that he was accompanied
by Mrs. Rodgers, who also wilt take
in the sights of the city and attend
little (he big show.
8exond ward. Judges K. J Stern
Gregory Zurn and Frank Mt Farland'
Clerks (ico. Snyder and Bert Dun-'
can.
Report of City Treasunr for Feb
1 81 1 ;
Receipts
uuiance Kebr 41913
Mire, license
Lights
Marshal fees
Interest
Water
Misc. collections
591.24
10. 01
::!.. 5;
: ot
11341
55 40
949.91
Rev. James B Brown returned
yesterday from Morrill where he at
tended a meeting of the Home Mis
sion Committee of the Box Butte ,
Presbytery of the Presbyterian
chin eh, of which he is chairiuao- j
Ii... 11 VA Vlnliltfrlllurv ulan nrfitwl.
greet the disappoint- kli the me.,ing.
Total
Disbursement
General fund 40 j.
413.0t
iKhtlUg ;;02s
Balance Mai 4, l!U3 b6S
494V.M
latest Spring styles at Harper's
Toggery at opening Saturday Adv.
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