THE ALLIANCE HERALD JOHN W. THOMAS, Editor Lloyd C. Thomas, City Editor Published every Thursday by TH12 HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Incorporated Lloyd C. Thomai, President E. C. Drake, Vice President John W. Thomas, Secretary Entered at the past office at through the malls as second-class Subscription price, $1.50 THURSDAY. Neighboring towns ought to appre ciate. Alliance's position In regard to fourth of July crlebnatJons; anl we be-lieve they do. Uy having no tele oration here on thut day, thin city dirtctty furnishes a large number of people to help swell the crowds that attend Jn the smaller towns around, and Indirectly helps them y not drawing a large number of other people that would come here If there were a celebration. Scottttluff did the handsome thing this year In the matter of a fourth of July celebration. Having cele brated last year, the Muff's people turnel out enniHRM last Friday to attend the celebration i the plater town, Goring, across the river, a few perhaps preferring to go to Uayaru or Torrlngton. And It was a hand some thing the tiering people did In giving HcoMsbluff such a- liberal rep resentation on the program, making the celebration largely an affair of the lust named town. Oil fields and oil wells are coming nearer. It will soon be in order for Alliance to begin proHpeeting for oil. Up to July 4th the Ardmore Oil Company had sold over 8K,000 shares of treasury Btotk, and it was expected then that drilling for oil would begin soon. The expert geo log st engaged In ItcMm. oil welN hrifc looktl over the country around Aj'lmore and says that unlace in dications are exceedingly favorable for the finding of oil In large com r.ieiclal quantities. You'll have to hand !t to the bus luess men of Edgemoat when it comes to boosting for the Chautau qua. One grocer sold 100 pounds of .fcugar for 6.00 to jiersons who pur chased a season ticket for the Chau tauqua of him, and the proprietor of "The Midway" eaJoon gave a quart of California port or sherry to each person who favored lilm bv purchasing a season ticket. Reports from the northwest a-nd weBt are that hay will be unusually good this year. Almost every sec tion of the Rocky Mountain and western slope states has had plenty of rain lately, except pants of Cali fornia and Oregon. The war U over between the two Alliance papers. A treaty of peace has not been signed yet. neither has the pipe been passed around, but Ben Sallows has promised to bring his big loving cup that he won at the state editorial association down to The Herald office filled with grape Juice. When lie does that there is no doubt the turtledove will hover near the two print shops. George W. Norris, Ne&raFka's Jun ior senator who has worked up a consideiable reputation as independ ent statesman, supposed to be In sympathy with the progressive poli cies of the present administration, has recently stated tluat he fears President Wilson is developing in:o a boss. Whether Senator Norris makes the statement In order to set himself right with demxrats .while currying favor with ant I -democrats In the republican and ball moose par ties, or whether he is islneere In the statement and really Is possessed of the fear which he expresses, we feel that the Bridgeport Herald hits the nail squarely on the head in an editorial from which we quote the fol lowing: For the sake of h! own rep utation the senator will be wise to draw a line or distinction be tween a boss and a leader. A leader is a man who can vok-e our sentiments a Hi tie better than we can ourselves, and tries to persuade our senators, and representatives to keep their pledges. If Senator Norris votes a&ainst taiiff and cunency re-, form, he will need a etrontfr ar gument than accusing the presi dent of being a boss, to retain the confidence of several thous ands who voted for him to otT et the hundreds of ttandpat re publicans who voted aalnst him. SUPERIORITY OF THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER No ; ubllt at't: can be more valua ble iliin the judicious expenditure or tu. income derived rrciu it can make It, unless it te bacd by some capitalist who is willing to put up for a regular deficit. This being the oat, the question arkes. in de ciding whether a local publication shall be a weekly. semi-wev.kiy. thrlce-a-week or daily. "Upon which can the Income derived from the publication be expended to the best advantage, giving the readers the ben value for the money paid on subscription?" The question of changing The Herald from a weekly to a seuU-we-ikly or trl-weekly has some times con e up. with the result that when the matter it carefully considered it Is emphatically deckled much bet ter to continue it as a week.y, te lieving that subscriber and adver tisers can be given better value for their money than could be given toy some other pericd of publication. There ure various reasons. A very large proportion of events Alliance, Nebraska, for transmission matter. per year in advance JULY 10. 1913 chronicled in the local newspaper occur .In cycles of a week. A Utile thought will show any intelligent reader the force of this statement, so that It is not necessary to enum erate the many events that could be named to prove It. The laws of the state recognize this fact In the stat utory requirements for the publica tion of legal notices. In a weekly pnper one insertion constitutes a week's notice, but In a semi-weekly the law requires two Insertions for a week's notice, limiting the pay for both publications to the price per mitted for one insertion in the weekly paper. In commercial adver tising t he publisher of the semi weekly may charge the advertiser double the price charged by the weekly for practically the same service, but the law will not permit this In the publication of what are termed legal notices. The United States ost offl-e de partment and the laws relating there to practically recognize the super iority of the weekly newspaper as a medium of local and general news. Periodical publications, that is, pub lications printed at stated intervals, are given special privileges in re- ranl to rates ef postage, etc., when "entered as second-class matter". The period or time of publication of second-class matter may vary nil the way from that of a quarterly, pub lished four times a ye'ar, to that of a daily, published uG5 times in a year. On the principle that such publications are a public benefit, the privilege of second-class entry car- ties with it a low rate of postage,! and under some conditions no postage la charged, the papers b4ng bandied and delivered to subscribers free of charge. In this matter the weekly i favored above all other publications. In eitieB having free delivery of mail by carriers, as in Alliance, the weekly newspaper Is delivered by the mail carriers to subscribers at, their homes or places cf business free of charge, the pub lisher being required to pay no post- mge on the same. The publishers of all other papers published in such cities must either have their papers delivered by their own carriers to subscribers In the city where pub lished, or pay pontage at third-class rates, which are higher than second class. The slight advantage which Is claimed for the semi-weekly In the matter of society frills Is more than offset In the weekly by giving the peneral readers what they want, when they want It, and In the way they want it. And even society news runs largely In weekly oerlodis, so that the semi- has little. If any advantage In such items. On the whole, a given expenditure of money by subscribers and adver titers on a local newspaper will, if expended Judiciously in the publica tion of the paper, give better re suits and more general satisfaction than if expended in the publication cf any other class of periodical. Es penally is this true or newspapers published In connection with a Job printing business. And nobody knows this better than the practical, ex perienced newspaper man. The moral Is, SUKSCRIBE FOR YOUR WEEKLY HOME PAPER and help It put your town "on the map" cf your country in a 'larger sense than it has ever been before. From the Coast Country The Herald Is in receipt of a let ter from George Hughes, who with wife and son and daughter left some weeks ago on a western trip. Mrk Hughes orders his paper sent to 1104 West First St., Los Angeles. Calif., and gives some interesting Informs tion about their trip, from which we extract the following: "We are enjoying the wondrcus climate of California, which excells any other climate that I know. We liked the locks of Washington and Oregon near Portland better, than California. Portland Is the most beautiful I have seen flowers and trees and beautiful parks, with views of Mts. Hood, Ranier, Adams and St. Helens. Seattle is also a nice plaee and seems to be more buslntv-s like than Portland, but Los Angeles beats them both in than respect. i ueiieve the real estate men have overestimated the possibilities of the Pacific coast country. 1 be lieve the land In western Nebraska Is far better worth the price It is selling at than anything anywhere we have seen west, and our Nebas- ka land isn t for sale. "We have been to Long 1 teach a; d to the ocean at other places have gone fishing and bathing in the o ean, have picked oranges from the trees, have enjoyed long auto rides along great fields of alfalfa, and aim tc get all ewt of our vacation that we. can." LAKESIDE TELEPHONE COM- PANY ELECTS OFFICERS The Lakeside Telephone Company met Monday at Lakeside. The fol lowing directors were elected: Wm. McLaughlin, Pawlett. D. L Sturgeon, Alliance. J. II. Lunsford Lakeside, Jake Herman, Lakeside C. H. Tully. Alliance. C. H. Tully was elected president Jake Herman, vice president, an J. H. Lunsford. secretary acd gen cral manager. SUCCESSFUL CONVENTION Financial Report of Committee Shows Good Profit for Fair Association. High Class Entertainment Attracted Enormous Crowds. RECEIPTS Donations King and Wilson Betzold & Spry Robert Campbell F. W, Rehder Rlordan & King K. Cook J. M. Wanek ... C. L. Hashman S. C. Reck CaJ Cox H. P. Coursey W. R. Drake W. R. Harper Harry Thiele Simmons F. E. Moisten W. W. Norton MaHery Grocery Co W. J. Hamilton N. A. Kirk Klentop M. E. Grebe M. Rr-gan I. L. Acheson J. H. Denton The Famous S. A. Miller Geo. A. Mollring Rowan & Wright O'llannon Bros First National Bank .... F. J. Brennan Miller Bros Ixvwry & Henry Newberry Hardware Co. E. C. McClure Alliance Grocery Co Alliance National Bank . W. F. Crane W. C. Mounts A. D. Kodgers A. P. Brown George Flemmin.g P. Rubendall $76.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 76.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 25.00 5.00 25.00 25.00 15.00 6.00. 2.00 5.00 5.00 3.00 15.00 2.00 20.00 5.00 15.00 10.00 2.00 60.00 20.00 15.00 10.00 50.00 10.00 10.00 40.00 5.00 6.00 20.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 2.00 10.00 6.00 2.60 6.00 6.00 5.00 3.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 6.00 6.00 15.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 6.00 3.00 5.00 6.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 . 5.00 ' 10.00 6.00 20.CO 5.00 5.00 15.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 . 10.00 B. F. Lock wood E. Essay 'hilip Nohe Wait son & Watson Potuu-sil 1). Stevens Broker id. King Matthies F. E. Reddish Geo. W. Duncan BUknell & Marsh E. I. Grewg C. C. Smith Dierks Lumber Co Golden Rod Co Alii. Cr y & Produce Co. F. Lumber Co Roy Beck with oyles Boyd W. Herman Alliance Steam Ldry .... W. Irish Co C. L. Drake E. Martin M. S. Margraves Bee Hive , Orkln Bros H. Vaughn & Son E. fash ..... , Alllanee Times , Alliance Herald John Snyder Forest Lbr. Co , Dr. H. A. Copsey Dr. Geo. Hand C. E. Marks Crystal and Empress . . . Concessions June 25 Gclden Rod Co 10.00 20.00 Rice, 3 days Fox 5.00 Holdrege 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.C0 5.00 2.50 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 15.00 5.00 5.00 6.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 3.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 6.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 Cocpman Durnell Iafey O' Bannm Ruth Holland Hare P.re Hive, 3 days Madaiv.v Violet Mrs. D :r;iell Tipton, photo Ellswoitn June 26 Coopman Durnell Mrs. Durnell Holland Ruth Iacey Ellsworth Fox Holdrege O'Bannon Goldenn Rod O'Leary Mine. Violet . June 27 Fox Holdrege Lacey Gclden Rod Coopman Durnell O'lianncn Mine. Violent O'Leary Baxes Advance Waters Barnes Hampton Was and Ford Knight Norton Mallery The Famous Mitchell West over Lnlng Brennan Newberry Darling , Wlker FWkwlth Broome Hubbell Copsey Mcdisett Duncan Krone M-Nish , Jameson Sale 2.50 2.50 7.50 7.30 5.00 6.00 7.50 7.50 5.00 500 2.50 5.00 7.60 5.00 5.00 7.50 7.50 5.ti0 2.60 2.50 1.75 1.75 2.50 5.00 Autos Pilkington Lcwry & Henry Kier.tou Kee'.er 6.0rt 12.00 IS-. 00 6.00 O'Bannon Pettrson . Drake Suprlse . . Zehrung . Hull IO re .... Plaminsky Hlslop ... Campbell . Hedgcoek Whlsman Hubbell .. 6.00 6.00 G.OO 4.00 6.00 4.00 4.00 2.00 6.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 6.00 Admissions June 25 Auto Gate 271.50 Pedestrian Gate 62.50 Team Gate 53.76 Grand Stand 53.15 Quaiter Stretch 4.50 June 26 Auto Gate . 580.50 Pedestrian Gate T. 128.25 Team Gate 110.50 Grand Stand 131.85 Quarter Stretch 12.30 June 27 Auto Gate 40(1.50 Pedestrian Gate . 77.75 Team Gate 75.75 uranu iann i i.i.zi Riding Contest Ed Herin Wm. lioness Earl Perdum J. F. Herin 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 Totals Subscriptions 1188.50 Concession b 232.50 Boxes 116 00 Autos 86.00 Gates and Grand Stand 206!.25 Entries 20.00 Dick Waters Stand 11.15 Dick Waters Dance 13.20 $3736.60 DISBURSEMENTS F. E. Bentley, racing $225.00 Geo. Mollring, racing 120.00 Geo. Mollring, racing 115.00 Plourd, rating 100.0) Wm. Fred Wm. Steffenson. riding 75.00 Hill, racing 70.00 Smiith. racing 63.04) John Dr. Tagard racing ,. 03.00 Wm. Hill, racing 65.00 I). Zetliker. racing 64.00 E. L. Herin,, racing 50.00 W. Kientop, auto racing .... 50.00 M. C. Hubbell, auto racing.. 50.00 Ed. Henry, auto racing; 50.00 Wm. Maunier, racing 40.00 Earl Perdum, riding 25.00 Clark Rice, bucking 26.00 Dorothy Peterson, racing .... 17.00 L. 11. Brant, potato and sad dle racing 16.65 G. C. A t well, motorcycle race 15.00 Dw light Zediker, saddle horse 15.00 Mrs. Underwood, ladies race, 15.00 E. G. Main, bucking ". 15.00 G. M. Jenkins, motorcycle .. 14.00 Carl BUknell, pony racing 14.00 E. W. Wllley, wild horse 12.50 Wm. Boness, wild horse .... 12.30 J. F. Herin, wild horse 12.50 N. R. Honey, wild horse 12.30 E. W. Willey, saddle horse.. 10.00 Earl Perdum, bucking 10.00 W. H. Robinson, motorcycle.. 10.00 J. L. Weahr, pony racing ... 10 00 L. S. Berry, motorcycle .... 6.00 Melvin Miller, saddle horse.. 5 00 B. Underwood, potato race.. 3.73 J. E. Sherlock, potato 3.75 Walt Vogel, potato 2.50 J. R. Jacobs, potato 2.50 W. C. Childress, potato 85 E. W. Ray, parade t 20.00 W R. Harper, parade 15.00 Ed. He-rion, parade 2.50 Bull Carter, water fight 5.00 T. P. Rohlfson. waiter fight.. 5.00 Base Ball Club, base ball 33.50 Alliance Concert Band 1 15.00 Ft. Robinson Band ..ml no Ft. Robinson Band, fare .... 59 00 Ft Rcblnson Band, meals .. 87.50 Alliance Times, advertising.. 75.73 Alliance Herald, adv., etc. .. 48.50 Leo Nlcolal, posting bills 3.29 Elton Bennett, posting bills. 3.32 J. W. Guthrie, expenses Craw ford, etc 0.83 Dierks Lbr. Co 21.20 Foefit Lbr. Co 26.13 J. Rowan, feed Z GO 5.40 45 36.85 7.00 1.00 J. M. Vaughn, ioe Geo. Mollring. bunting John Snyder, drayage John Wallace, drayage Dye & Owens, draying E. A. Herbert, draying City of Alliance G. G. Gadsby, hall, 3 days .. G. G. Gad-sby, nails and tacks 5.60 9.15 25 00 .25 2.00 2.00 2.00 5.00 .40 .40 1.75 3.00 11.15 33.10 1.00 4.13 10.00 10.00 8.50 Dave Kauffman, labor John Nk-olai. labor C. C. Joy, labor E. G. Main, labor Johnny Carey, labor Wayne McDonald, labor G. E. Leldy, watchman Roy Smith, labor M. ThieW, bill on file Wni. Maunier, wcik on traok W. J. Diamond, labor W. D. Zediker. plumbins .... E. H. Claude W. T. M. A. and Bateman, watching ... Lester, helper track.. Srhlupp, ticket seller.. DuBuque, ticket seller. tickets 10.60 C. O. Brennan, ticket seller. 7.50 Geo. Snyder, ticket seller ... 5.00 J. B. Gray, ticket taker 9.00 Martin Nolan, ticket taker .. 7.50 W. Buechsenstein, ticket taker 7.50 C. A. Lalng, police 3 days .. 6.00 G. R. Bell, police 2 days 5.00 11. Anderson, labor 1.00 2693.69 Recapitulation Total Receipts Total Disbursements .$3736.60 . 2693. d9 Cash Balance cn hand.. 1042.91 Permanent Improvements New ticket bcoth 15.00 Lumber and la.bcr on fene. 15.15 Gcrxl bunting 5.13 Plumbing 4.15 lr ns f 'and . . v 1.60 Fixing meter 2.60 Total Profits $1086.76 Signed, J. W. GUTHRIE, Ch'rm'n C. W. SPACHT, Secretary DICK WATERS, W. O. BARNES. URUCE MALLERY. Entertainment Committee. For Sunday, July 13 ST. MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 7:30 . m. Holy Communion. 10:00 a. m. Sunday School. 8:00 p. m. Evening services. All Beats free. Welcome to all. There will foe no services at 11:00 a. m. until further notice. Geo. G. Ware, Dean Phone Black 419 BAPTIST CHURCH 10:00 a. ni. Sunday School. 11:00 a. m. Preaching, subject, "Christian Co-oieraticn". 7:00 p. m. B. Y. P. U. 8:00 p. tn. Unlcn service. Sun day School convention at . M. E. church. Prayer meeting and choir practice every Thursday, 8:00 p. in. Cordial Invitation to all. Fran C. Barrett, Pastor METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH 10:00 a. m. Sunday School. Graded Bible Classes. 11:00 a. m. Public worship. 7:00 p.m. Young people's Epworth League meeting. Box Butte County Sunday School Convention. Meetings afternoon and evening on Saturday and Sunday. Prayer, Bible study and social hour. Wednesday evening at 8:00 The doors of this church are open to all people at all services. A cor dial and home welcome extended to all to worship with us, if you have no other church home in the city. Olin S. Baker, Pastor Phone 90 FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Box Butte Ave. and 7th St. 10:00 a.m. Sabbath School. 11:00 a. m. Publiic worship, 7:00 p. m. Christian Endefvor. Sunday School convenhion at M. E. church. A cordial invitation Is extended to the readers of The Herald who do not attend church elsewhere In the city. Strangers welcome. Rev. J. B. Brown, Pastor Phone 710 U. P. CHURCH 10:00 a. m. ' Sabbath "school. CHRISTIAN CHURCH 10:00 a. m. Bible school. 11:00 a. m. Service. Subject. "The Socialism of Jesus, or Applied Christianity." Vocal solo by Miss Mae Barnes. 7:00 p. m. Christian Endeavor. Sunday School convention at M. E. church. 8:00 p. ni., Wednesday, prayer meet tng. A friendly invitation extended to you. Frank Allan Woten, Minister Phone 752 IMMANUEL GERMAN EVAN GELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH Corner Yellowstone Ave. and 7th St. 10:00 a. m. and 10:30 a. m., Ger man services. German services every Sunday at 10:30 a. m., unless otherwise an nounced. English services about every three weeks upon announcement, and even ing services upon announcement. Everybody welcome. Titus Lang, Pastor, 703 Niobrara Ave. Phone Red 359 The program at the Crystal this week is drawing immense crowds. Last evening the special attraction by Exlward Holland, "Life In the Underworld", showing pictures of the white slave traffic, Chinatown, the Bowery, the tenements, sweat shops, skyscrapers, rapid transit tubes, etc.. with lecture describing them was very good. The of the evening was Ward and St. Clair, in their musical act. We have never seen a better vaudeville aitraction on the stae. Ward first plays a well known melody on a row of old tin cans. They then play together on the gate, which turns out to be a musical instrument. St. Clair then fine? music in the bo.ver of flawers. Next comes a trombone duet, fol lowing which Is swift music on the saxophone by both. The hit or the evening was the piece played by them when watering flowers. Vari colored lights wiere placed on the flowers. The watering was. dene with sprinklers." Whn a flower -was touched the light flashed and a bell rung. They were encored again and again. AN UNGRATEFUL WOLF PUP A pup wolf which was captured and "tamed" by Albert Fisher an.i kept on his ranch for a time this sprinig. finally took French leave. The pup returned some days since and proceeded to dig a hole under the chicken house and killed 60 out of 68 chkkens which were housed there. A trap was set and soon after Mr. Wolf returned, entered his. old tun nel, dug a new passage around the trap, killed the rest of the chick, chafed the mother hen into the trap and ate her, body and boue. This Is the usual experiennce or those who make the old, old mistake of warming the viper In their bosom. Gordon Journal, July 4th. 1 Mtw I FINE GRAPES ill TEXAS Those who join our big excursion which goes to the famous Rio Grande Valley on July loth will have the opportunity of seeing some of the finest crops of fruit ever grown. This section of the state of Texas is par ticularly well adapted to the growing of tine fruits, as well as other money bringing crops. Read what Eltweed Pomeroy, a fruit grower in the valley, says: "Donna, .Texas, May 15, 19115. Gentlemen: I now have ripening on my vines upwards of ."i0,000 pounds of vinifera grapes, Black Hamburgh, Golden Ham burgh, Flame Tokay, Mal aga, and a few of the great Dattier de Heyrough. Un- JULY 15 less something very unex pected happens, I expect to begin express shipments in a month and to ship one and perhaps, two carloads, in June. I will probably have express shipments till nearly August 1st. These will be the first carload shipments from the valley and the FIRST CARLOAD SHIPMENTS IN JUNE IN THE WORLD. "Grapes can be ripened in the Rio Grande Delta from six to eight weeks ahead of their ripening in California. Last year I had a much smallererop because the vines were younger, but commenced shipping Black Hamburghs June 13th and ended July 0th. Commenced with the Flame Tokays on June 2ith and ended about a month later. "The shipment of these carloads of grapes will be not only an event in the Rio Grande Valley but also in the fruit world of the United States. They will be picked and trimmed with great care, nothing but perfect fruit being sent. They will be pack ed in the regular California crates of about 50 pounds. There will be some double cluster baskets for the finest 'bunches and all of the baskets will be ribboned and each have a neat circular in it, thus mak ing them most desirable. The cars will be pre-cooled and re frigerated. The railroad has promised to carry them through in the quickest time possible. "Last year, about a thousand pount'a cf grapes which I sent by express sold for just nbout 12VsC. This year I have Hxed the price at $3.75 per 30 lb. crate, net to me. Correspond ence Is solicited both on ex press shipments and the car lets. Sincerely yours, ELT WEED BOMEHOY." Here is an unexceled oppor tunity for the man who has only a small amount or capital to invest or ror tha lfian who has the capital to purchase a large tract. By getting full in formation from E. T. Kibble, ycu will be doing yourseir a mdgluy big favor. Call on or write E. T. RIB BUS at Alliance and learn ful ly of our proposition. He will be glad to give you full de tails cf our proposition and arrange for you to go on our big excursion, the 15th of July, if ycu w'j-h. La Feria Land Syndicate E. T. KIBBLE, Agent XUIANCE, NEBRASKA 0