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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1913)
PART TWO Alliance Herald Official Paper United States Land Office 10,0 00 READERS EVERY ISSUE OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION HE VOLUME XXI ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11,. 1913 NUMBER 1 t , , '. . , . . . r . 1C IE 30 31 Alliance A Live Business Town E-3 t j 1L it 3G 3G lEUDE 3C 3E 31 One of the most valuable assets of the City of Alliance 1 the electric Ucht and water plant and is one of the many thtn here of which ev ery dtlten ha a Just right to be proud. The power plant pnooer is situated near the tracks to the west part of town and Is a handsome one-story brick structure partly surrounded by groan lawns, which together with ibe Interior of the building are kept side wiring and 4s a most capable, de fendable co-worker and understands his business thoroughly. O. B. Carr, chief engineer, has charge of the power plant and It is due to his vigf Lance that operating costs are kept to a minimum, and the machinery kept in constant operating oondjftion. Mrs. Grace II. Kennedy, account ant, has charge of the office and bookkeeping department and it is e- 3QE 3Q Alliance National Bank 3DC 1 i 3017" 1 ft- It fjWi ' )v7',nM " LOOKING SOUTH FROM MALLERY CORNER clean and attractive looking by the plant foroe. The plant equipment is of the lat est type and the best thai can be bought at any price. The boilers are high pressure, force draft, hand fired', of the return tubular type tund the engines, of which there are two, are the latest type of German Pat ent poppet valve ("Ijentz") direct connected to Ft. Wayne generators of the three phase, 2300 volt class. All of the plant machinery Installed is of the highest efficiency obtain able , which means, .ar large, saving. -to -the tax payers of the city in that operation costs are much lower than Is usual In plants of the Maine size. The water pumps are of the deep well type and supply from four wells an ample supply of clean wholesome water to all residents of the city at a very reasonable rate, much low er in far than other elites having to depend on a similar source of apply. Water for domestic supply and al so for fire protection ts always ob tainable in- plenty and current for light and power requirements is al ways at hand twenty-four' hours la the day and every day in the year. AUiane has a reputation for doing things right and the Great White Way on Dox Butte avenue and West Third street, the main business streets of the city, is as complete a iutrtlfioatlon of the reputation' as any could wish. Clare A. Dow is manager of the light, power and water departments, coming from Crawford, Nebr., last June to take charge of this work. Under his management the plant "is cutting expanses to the miniunum, Increasing the revenues and extend ing the service as fast as material No longer the "Wild and Wooly Wel" but a country taking front rank in achoola and other institutions that uo to make up the best type of modern civilization. That is Northwestern Nebraska. IE When your business man of keen est Insight seeks , an indicator of the prosperity and stability of any community or any given section of the country, he naturally turns to the banking institutions of that dis trict as the infallible thermometers for financial and business condi tions. Unlike other thermometers, the length of time any banking in stitution has occupied a stable posi tion in any region demonstrates the more perfect surety of its touch on the public pulse. Thus it happens, that when the progress of Alliance and its contig uous and contributory territory is considered, the Alliance National bank gives the investigator exactly the information he is desirous of obtaining. One of the principle reasons for the certainty and reliability of any information emanating from the Al liance National bank is the long standing trust reposed in that insti tution. Beginning in a small way, almost incidental witht the establish ment of the city, the bank was founded In 1S88 with a capital of but $16,000. It became at once a popular and safe depository, its of ficers and Incorporators being men of dependence. With this small be ginning as a nucleus the bank pro gressed steadily and surely towards its present position as one of the strongest financial influences of western Nebraska. In its formative period, between 18S8 and 18149, the institution en countered all of those vki.wltudes whiten are bound to occur In any new territory where the process of settlement is under way. At the end of the first eleven years, or in 1899, the bank was nationalized, its capital being increased to $50,000. Since that time it has earned a sur plus of $50,000. Home capital was and Is Invested in the bank. There are many sections of the country where the boosters rely mainly upon the amount of exploita tion they are able to obtain through glowing accounts of wonderful crops and miraculous possibilities. Pros pective Investors are speedily daz zled by accounts of immense profits in land speculation and profits real ized on first crops. One of the sre results of this quaUty of boost ing is found In disgruntled, broken homeReekcre and discouraged work ers who ordinarily would be the very sturdiest and best in building up a new district, .However, Alliance hns one sure indicator. It is found In the figures for the last ten years as issued by the Alliance National bank. Deposits ton years ago, or Sept. 4, 190;!, wre $169,311.00. At this time, or after a lapse of ten years, the de posits are $32(1,495.00, or more thau double. The Alliance National bank has been designated by the government as one of the few United States depositories in tills part of the country. It has, since the inception of the postal savings banks, been designated as depository for ten dif ferent postoft'ices in NorthwuBteru Nebraska. F. M. Knight, president of the bank, has been an active officer if the institution for the past twenty five years and F. W. Harris, the cashier, has been an officer for the past six years. All other oi'l..t ra are influential and substantial busi ness men of Alliance. T!i arn features which have brought the bank inti u plt.ou win re n In te lled upon Implicitly. Box Butte county, of which Alli ance is the county seat, offers homes to thouwinds of farmers, of fers them the oportuniity to make blg money In their work. The soil la a dark, rich loam, easily tilled and very productive. The climate is the best la the west, the winters being usually mild and the summers tool. The elevation ranges from 3,800 to 4,000 feet. The land, which was for merly taken up by Immense cattile water ts found at from 40 to 60 feet below the surface. ALLIANCE The county sent of Box Butte, a city of about 6,000 population, Is the tnetropufia of northwest Nebra loa, and the commercial center of this sooUon. With splendid railroad fnlltl M to destined to become one of . the leadilng wholesale and manu facturing cities of the state. It Is a (UvrlHion point on the Ivmcoln to Bll- v. Hfeto LOOKING SOUTH FROM KING'S CORNER r Persona coming to Alliance for the first time art surprised to find a city of five thousand or more, which In business enterprises and social advantairea runka ahead of the average town of twice the ,11 '.V.J 0 i.' Jitif;s limo of tfte Chioago, Burlimgton & Qulrw y null road and the Urminus of the Denver-Alliance and the Alii-ance-Ouerusey branches. The rallrottd has exiHlMl-v Ikiv hr t ha tut r roll atTKmnting to nbout $ft0,000 per month. The Burlington's. $80,000 rtaitton is tuie or the finest in the state. The offices of the General HMpori!ief!dTit, the Division Superin t indent juul other officers are on the scoom! floor. A1lisure is also an editcat Jamil center. Her public . . . 1 . , . I r. I. ,.,nA...r V, 1. .... , I XT ,brak k.a, n all school men- in the state are well awj. Three Wrge, mod ern' brit k bulUilngs houp the public echwCs with an enrollment of more ilhan 1.000. hk addition to the excel lent public schools, Alliance has the 1 largc-pt tknomln!itional school in western Nebmska, St. Agnes Aoad my ' of tlif Catholic church. The German Lutheran church has a par ochial school, which Is taught by the pastor tn the church building erect ed luM ywr. Jhe following named denominnXKons have church buildings in Allinnre: Methodic Fpiscopal, CiUholic, Protestant Eplseoal, Da tlst, i'njsbyberlan, ITnited Presbyter ictin, Christtan, German. Lutheran, German Congregational, African M. K The Seventh Day Ad vent lata ho'd servU'es iwit have no church building yet. ALLIANCE AND ITS GREAT WHITE WAY ! if irj I rj ri ! " " tr ! 9 DDE Alliance 's Shows 3E 3E 3QE "1 0 oJ fi '.' , - y . 1 - -. . J&;--M STREET SCENE DURING STOCK-MEN'S CONVENTION can be obtained to do so, and ikaying off the indebtedmeas as fast as the payments become due. He has as his assistants in this work several very efficient beads of departments. James K. Hughes, chief electrician, has charge of alt line work and la- nough to say of her work that the auditing board fount! absolutely no mietakes in her books covering the part year's work. The whole force are justly proud of the things they are accomplishing and take a very active interest in their work. "I'm going to invest $5,000 'In the show business in Alliance and I'm going to give this city the best poa sibld permanent attractions possi ble," remarked Harry Dubuque to u number of business men when he arrived in Alliance a little more than one yey ago last May. Ihevlous to the advent of Mr. Du buque here there had bten a num ber of failures in the production of moving picture plays and other forms of amusement so necessary for the playtime hours of the gener al public. Mr. Dubuque's remark was greeted with skepticism. "Vou can't make it go," was the retort of one of his hearers. The man responding did not know Du buque. That was in early May, 1912. Today Alliance has two of the best equipped smaller showhouses in the state the Crystal and the Kin pre! where good vaudeville acts and the latest releases In moving pictures combine to give the amuse ment loving public its money's worth and then some. KNOWS HIS BUSINESS One of the chkef reasons for the success of these two alio w houses lies in Mr. Dubuque's intimate knowledge of the show business and what the public most desires. Com ing from l'rovldenoe, R. I., only a few years ago, Mr. Dubuque brought with him an experience that has demonstrated hte ability in several sections of the west. Mr. Dubuque's first ventures were in the Black Hills district and they met with needy success. Coming to Alliance Mr. Dubuque was greeted by showhouss that had been conducted in a haphazard, go-as-you-please fashion. He quick ly remedied the defects. Kt the Kin press new serenes and seating were installed. Mr. Dubuque's faith was well rewarded. At this time there is not a better equipped nor more satisfactory moving picture house in the west than the Kmprts. SPENDS HIS MONEY Mr. Dubuque has spent his money lu the interest of producing gtxpl shows and he has succeeded. It cost him several thousund dollars to le.rn the secret which enabled him to place the non-flickering screen in the Empress. Within the last few months Mr. Dubuque has expended $1,700 put ting the Crystal theatre into shape. New seats have been installed. The very classiest of moving - pictures plays are produced and acts are brought from the Sullivan & Consi dine circuit to make the vaudeville features of this enow house the best. Mr. Dubuque has displayed the spirit that makes for the growth aud popularity of Alliance and la deserv ing of the patronage that should be accorded to any business man who is willing to spend his money to give the people something worth while. The two theaters are plates of amusement which the most fas tidious may attend with a sense of knowing that what is produced will be just right and leave a pleasant remembrance. 11 IF11 Ej E3DS !H II -31 11J "If you want to make good In this world let booze alone," says John L. In other wml, a soliloquy token in time will prevent a sermon. lit: Wiley claims Out detectives have ranackxl his room for con firmation of ramors that he made a fortune. IV s that mean they were after the money? -' ' - FIRST SOD HOUSE ON 8ITE OF ALLIANCE ranchciS, has been divided and sub divided into smaller farms. The rain fall is ample for big crops. The man who wants a home or who wishes to buy cheap sand for investment will find: bis opportunity bore. Over 00. 000 acres of good land is waiting for the settler and the aoineseeker. Good We never win believe that a girl's toot is as bony as thin black hose make It look. ' The theory that the eldest sou la inferior to his younger , brothers may be due to the fact that he has to boar the brunt of experiments tlot. ' v