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OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION
VOLUME XX
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1913
NUMBER 42
ATHLETICS -WIN
BIG GAME
TODAY
It is likely Mack's choice will be Chief Bender for Friday's
game. McGraw may use Marquard or Demaree. Phila
delphia will win.
TODAY'S GAME.
Batteries Philadelphia, Bush and Schang. New York,
Tesreau and McLean, Crandall and Wilson.
Following is the score:
i 234 5 6 789 R HE
Philadelphia ......3 2 o o o o 21 o 8 1 2 1
New York o o o o 1 o 1 o o 2 5 1
PHOTO
TAKEN
Edwards Is Taking Life Easy in Box
Butte County Jail First Time
His Picture Was Taken
Arthur Edwards, who " was- landed
an the county jail Wednesday noon
by Sheriff Cal Cox, is taking a live
ly interest In his surroundings and
seems cheerful and contented in
spite of the fact that he faces seri
ous punishment for the shooting af
fair In which he was mixed up last
week.
"This la sure some doin's. It's
the first time I ever had my picture
taken and I'm mighty glad to have
H done, although I don't know what
you fellows want it in the paper
or," said Edwards as he stood be
tween Sheriff Cox and The Herald
reporter In the corridor of the coun
ty Jail Wednesday night, while the
photographer focused the lens of the
araera on the trio.
When the party entered the Jail
and told Edwards his picture was
ri wanted he was dressed in trousers
tnd undershirt. "Want me taken
this way?" he said. He was told
that he could spruce up a little. He
lacked a tie so he tore off the tail
end of bis light shirt and used it for
a necktie. It looked all right. Af
ter be had brushed up his hair and
sut on his coat he was a rather
handsome fellow. He made the sher
iff and The Herald reporter brush
up their hair and stand up straight.
As the flashlight boomed he start
ed and said, "Wha-, what was that?"
It happened so suddenly that all
were startled. After Edwards was
taken back into the cell he was
given a copy of the Daily Herald to
read. He read the articles regard
ing himself with much Interest but
made HtUe comment thereon. "That
newspaper fellow is a funny one," he
said, ''he gives me hell one place
and he helps me out the next."
It appears at times mat uawaras
in cot a crook at heart but that he
Is a misguided, weak purposed col
ored man who was startled while his
mind was clouded with the fumes of
the opium pipe, that bo ran from the
house with the gun in hie band, and
without knowing what he did, shot
to death his wife and seriously
wounded an officer. Edwards says
he regrets his rash act very deeply
and wishes It never had happened.
The preliminary hearing will not
be held until Jordan comes from the
hospital. He is recovering rapidly
ai d will soon be out.
Connie Mack pulled the trump card in to
day's game by sending the youngster, Bush,
to the firing line, holding the Giants to five
hits. The Athletics hit their stride in the bat
ting line, securing twelve hits off the Giants'
twirlers.
COMING
EXAMS
Place of examination: Alliance, Be
atrice, Broken Bow, Chadron, Grand
Island, Holdrege, Lincoln, Norfolk,
North Platte, Omaha and O'Neill, Ne
braska. Date: February 7, 1914.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an open com
petitive examination at the place
and on the date mentioned above to
secure eligibles from which to make
certification to fill vacancies in first
grade, or clerical, positions In the
Customs Service; in the positions of
deputy collector, clerk, storekeeper,
ganger in the Internal-Revenue Serv
ice. Competitors will be examined In
the following subjects, which will
have the relative weights indicated
1. Spelling (twenty words of more
than average difficulty) 10
2. Arithmetic (fundamental rules,
fractions, percentage, interest, dis
count, analysis, and statement of
simple accounts) 25
3. Penmanship (the competitor's
handwriting in the subject of report
writing will be considered with spe
cial reference to the elements of
legibility, rapidity, neatness, and gen
eral appearance) ....16
4. Report writing (test In writing
in letter form a report not more
than 200 words in length, summariz
ing and arranging in logical order a
series of tacts included In a given
statement of 400 or 00 words ..25
6. Copying and correcting manu
script (test in making a smooth, cor
rected (copy of a draft of manuscript
which includes erasures, misspelled
words, errors in syntax, etc.) ..,.15
6. Geography and civil govern
ment of the United States 10
Total ....100
Competitors who fail to obtain a
rating of at least 70 in arithmetic
or &5 in report writing will not be
eligible for appointment and the re
maining subjects of their examina
tion will not be considered, unless
the needs of the service require
otherwise.
Five hours will be allowed for
this examination.
Any of the following-named physi
cal defects is sufficient to exclude
a person from examination: Insanl
lty; tuberculosis; paralysis; epilep
sy; blindness; loss of both anus or
both legs; uncompensated valvular
disease of the heart; locomotor a
taxla; cancer; Bright's disease; di
abetes; loss of arm and leg; badly
crippled or deformed hands, arms,
feet, or legs.
This announcement contains all
information which is communicated
to applicants regarding the scope of
JLJ
100,000 Nebraska Citizens Start Dressing
Down Highways Today Governor
Morehead Heads the Procession
for Thursday and Friday
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g(; .tffil Vg-vVt'tpy.' ''At !' wii. .1 ''In ' i' i ,jirfSf
(By United Press)
LINCOLN, NBBR., Oct. 9. Led by
Governor Morehead, one hundred
thousand Nebraskans this morning
HODERN
WOODMAN
Members of Alliance Lodge Will Give
Home Talent Play on Mon
day, October 20th
The members of the local ramp
of the Modern Woodmen are prac
ticing every evening for the home
talent play which they are to pre
sent on October 20th. The ,)la i
a vivid portrayal of the good done
by the fraternal order and is entit
led, "The Modem Woodman." It
will be well worth seeing.
WANT8 EXPERT TO SPEAK
C. A. Dow, manager of the elec
tric departmen of the city of Alli
ance, has received a letter from Q.
M. Robinson, a General Electric
Company official, ask ng regarding
the proposition of sending a speak
er to the Btate irrigation meeting at
Bridgeport the last of the month.
Their speaker will tako up the prop
osition of irrigation' by means of el
ectric driven pumps.
the examination, the vacancy or va
cancies to be filled, and the qualifi
cations required.
For application Form 1371, ad
dress the secretary of the board of
examiners at the customhouse or
post office at the place named a
bove, or the district secretary c
the address below.
No application will be accepted
unless properly executed and fi!
In complete form, with the district
secretary prior to the hour of closing
business on January 2, 1914.
Socretary Eighth U. 8. Civil Serv
ice DlHtrlct, location: Post Office,
place: St. Paul, Minn. Issued Oct.
4, 1913.
1 if.. iru 1 nu... v 1 . a. e i j
111
began a two days "dressing down"
of the state's highways. , Farmers,
business men and good citizens gen
erally, all Interexted in making the
roads better for travel, started to
work with a vim to give the hlal
ways an A. No. 1 appearance. Com
mercial clubs, municipal and county
officials had the work in charge.
By tomorrow night it was expect
ed that half a million dollars worth
of work would be completed by ;
volunteers on the various highways
The time for improving the state's
roads could not have been more apt
ly chosen. The roads are in bad
condition, taken as a whole. The
hot dry summer, together with much
travel, has put the roads in a bad
condition. And because of lack of
rain, until recently little grading
has been done. With the crops har
vested, the time is not distant
when the farmers will be anxious
to get their products to market, n
MR. PAT STANDS PAT
f fT IT jr
SATISFIED WITH TOWN
"Pat." said Police Magistrate Zurn
Saturday morning to a forlorn look
ing Irishman who stood before the
bar of Justice, "if you will leave
town we will buy you a nice, long
ticket to Denver." "No, yer honer,"
said Pat, "I Likes this teown and I
think I'll stay with you."
"But Pat, me boy," said Judge
Zurn, "you've been in Jail a hundred
and eteen times, and we don't want
to board you all winter. If you have
decided to stay and won't work we'll
put you on bread and water for
couple of days. Perhaps you'll be
glad to leave then."
"Well, Pat, you look thinner this
morning," said the Judge to Pat
when he was brought before him on
Monday morning. "Be gad, . I am
thinner, yer honer, but I atlll likes
yer board, and I'm goln' to stick with
ye," said Pat, In spite of the fact
bhe better the roadB are the easier
that work will be for them.
Recent rains have put the roads
In an excellent condition to be work
ed. Effective dragging' can now be
done to advantage and it was ex
pected that In this work most of the
volunteers today and tomorrow will
be engaged.
In some sections of the state priz
es have been offered to tSie pre
cincts having the largest number of
men and teams at work during th?
two days. -
With two transcontinental high
ways crossing Nebraska, the Oma
ha, Lincoln and Denver route and
the Platte Valley Transcontinental
way, it has been, pointed out that
this state should be one of to
foremost in road building and mo-'
enthusiastic to take advantage of
proclamation Betting aside two days
for the improvement of its high
ways. that he bad been on a diet of bread
nnd water for two days.
"Now, be reasonable. Pat," said
the Judge. "If you'll leave town
we'll buy you a ticket to Denver, Lin
coln or Omaha, and give you enough
for meals on the way." "N! do
in"' said Pat. "I'm goin' to stick.'
Police Magistrate Zurn told the
cky council about Pat at the meet
ing Tuesday night and asked the
mayor what he could do to get rk.
of pat. "Have we a ball and chain?"
asked the mayor. He was told that
there was a fifty pound ball attach
ed to a lag chain in the Jail "Put
that on 1dm and make him work on
the streets," said the mayor. "Per J
haps we can make him decide tha
there are better plaoes to board than '
off the city." So Pat Is now help j
ing clean up the streets, and han '
Ing to bis leg is a fifty pound b;
and chain.
OPENING
COMING
Save Time, Money and Worry Gel
Information About Forest Re ,
serve From The Herald
People who are spending good
money traveling around over the for
ent reserve looking over the land
can get the same information, to-
Kether with an accurate map. by
mibwrribtng to The Alliance Herald
for one year at a cost of only f 1.40.
The Herald employed a competent
surveyor to go over every aectloa
and classify It. By taking the sup,
which will be Issued before the op
ening on November 17th, anyone can
tell a4 a glance tho character of the
land. This map was made at a great
expense and will be given exclusive
ly to Herald subscribers. If you
are not a subscriber, get on The)
Herald list.
Registration begins next Monday
at Broken Bow, North PlaUe and
Valentine. A registration at any
one of theme points will do for a fil
ing at either Broken Bow or North
Platte.
DEATH OF CHAS. W. READE
The dith of Chas. W. Reade oc
curred last Dlht at 8 o'clock at the
home of Mrs. Reade's mother, Mrs-.
J. W. Reed, 716 Box Butte. A tun
era! service was held at the home
this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, in
charge of Rev. O. S. Baker.
COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION
The county commisslonres are
still n session today.. The present
session will probably last until Fri
day afternoon. They are well pleas
ed with the progress being made on
the new nourt house and have in-
spected the work thoroughly.
OLDEST
PERSON
Broken Bow Man Claims to Be the
Oldest Living Person In
the United States
Broken Bow, Nebr., Oct. 9. Thos.
Morris. 119 years old, claims to be
the oldent living person in the Unit
ed States. Tbe aged man. who
lives with Charles Mytton, a prom
inent farmer of Westervllle, says
that he was born at Barrow, Mont
gomeryville. North Wales. England.
in 1794.
He came to America in 1871. liv
ing In Illinois and Missouri before
coming to tueter county la 1888. II
did not seem to grow much attach
ed to any one place and be trav
ed about rather briskly considering
his years.
Morris' next birthday Is the fif
teenth of January. He is growing;
more feebto every day. A ahoemak
er by trade the patriarch has work
ed hard until old age incapacitated
him. Ills two Indulgences are cof
fee and tobacco of which be Is said
to consume large quantities.
Morris Is a bachelor and a con
firmed wotuan hater. He was not
always so. In his more youthful
days he was engaged to an English
lass, but she dried before the wed
ding day.
WEALTHY IOWA MAN HERE
J. II. DeBoard, of Oskalooaa, Iowa,
a wealthy real estate owner, la la
the city looking after some of his
Box Butte county property. Mr. De
Board is well pleased with tbe con
dition of western Nebraska and Ukes
the way Alliance is growing.
"Put me ahead another year. 1
certainly like The Herald." said air.
DeBoard Wednesday ahea be drop
ped Into the office.