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ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TIIUKSDAY, JUNE 11, 1914
NUMBER 27
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Who's Who Among Nebraska Stockmen
The Herald's "Getting in Touch" Movement
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Not All Work ami No Play
There is a fascination about ranrh
life that those unacquainted mith it
do not understand. There are vari
ous reasons. First, there is good
money In stock raising In the ranch
country, and that makes it Interest
ing, of course. Then It is "'born In"
some men to like to handle and take
are of 1 re stock, and on the ranch
hey have ample opportunity to grnt
ify this propensity of tbeir natures.
Another reason that is very promin
ent is that ranchers are noted for be
ing "good fellows" and when a
bunch of them get together there is
sure to be some fun. t
Some years ago when the Bonner
ranch was owned by K. M. Hampton,
somebody happened to be around
with a kodak one day when some of
the boys were breaking a three-year-eld
steer to ride. A snap shot fur
nished a photo for the newspaper
nan, who sent it to the engraver,
with the result that Herald readers
ave an opportunity of seeing what
riding a steer looks like and of tak
ing a peep at the sports indulged in
by cowboys during spare time.
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Mall & Graham
E. A. Hall and Robert Graham,
Derating under the firm name of
Hall & Graham, are now proprietors
f the ranch on which the above pic
ture was taken. It was called the
Bonner ranch by the former owner,
K. M. Hampton, on account of being
ear Bonner Blation, on the Denver
Alliance branch of the Burlington
railroad.
Since purchasing the ranch from
Mr. Hampton, the present owners
have purchased about 18,000 acres
f other land adjoining or near, un
til the ranch now includes about 28,-
0 acres, on? of the largest ranches
im this country of big ranches. They
bow have about 2,500 head of cattle,
and it is not Baying anything against
other people's cattle to say theirs
are among the best in the west.
Since taking charge of the ranch
la November, 1911, Messrs. Hall &
raham have been very successful
and prosperous in handling it, due
principally to two things, namely,
good stock and a good location to be
gin with, and careful management.
Herald readers will long remember
the great blizzard in this country in
March, 1913, and the immense loss
of stock resulting therefrom. Some
of the large ranches lost around
twenty-five per cent while on a few
mall ranches the Iobs ran as high as
sttty per tent. On the Hall & Gra
im ranch tbe loss was less than one
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per cent, practically no Iobs at all.
Eugene A. Hall is an old timer In
this country. Along about 1885 and
prior thereto he was foreman north
of the North Platte river for the Og
alalla Cattle Co. After the railroad
was put thru this country and Alli
ance founded, he was In the livery
business here a couple of years in
partnership with Emmett James.
That was about 1889-1890.
While in the livery business he
was elected sheriff of the county and
served so satisfactorily that he was
re-elected a time or two. About
the time that b was sheriff he be
gan buying and selling cattle, con
tinuing in that business until he de-'
cided to go into the live stock com
mission business, which he did as a
partner In a Arm at South Omaha.
He remained at South Omaha ra
ther less than a year when he wnt
back to his old state, Kansas. Return-(
ing from the "Sunflower" state, he ;
came to Alliance and formed a co-.
partnership with Robert Graham for i
the purpose of buying,, and sealing
cattle. In addition to handling cat-
tie they did a real estate business
for a few years. The partnership
has continued until the present time,
the business now being that of
ranching on an extensive scale.
; Robert Graham is also an old set
tler in this country. He is a home
steader, in fact twice has he con
tracted with Uncle Sam to live on a
piece of his land a term of years for
it. First he homesteaded 160 acres
of land under the old law in the
neighborhood of his present home in
Morrill county, known as Cheyenne
county in those early days. A few
tyears ago, being entitled to an addi
tional homestead of 480 acres under
the Kinkaid law, he entered another
claim on which he made final proof
within the last year,
Robert Graham
While laying the foundation for a
snug fortune by attending strictly to
business, Mr. Graham has been mind
ful of the welfare of bis fami'y, giv
ing particular attention to the edu
cation of his children. In order to
have the benefit of Alliance's good
schools, he Las maintained a resi
dence in this city and for some
years was a member of the board of
education. For many years he has
been looked upon as one of the lead
ing citizens of this place.
A Stir-Mi.le tattle King
The acquaintances of Charles 11.
Tully know him to be too modest to
consent to being called a king of any
kind, but the title which we have
given him above about fits the case
and the man. He'll not know what
we are calling him until he reads it
in print.
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In 1867 Charley Tully made his
debut Into this world In Pennsylvan
ia, and showed up In Nebraska with
his parents about two years later.
On Valentine's day, 1885, he located
at valentine. Nebr. Without money
to Mart in business but with a deter
mination to make his way in the
world and deal on the square- with
everybody, he soon established a
credit which stood him In good stead
until he had accumulated enough
"filthy lucre" to finance his enter
prises. The object of this story Is
not merely to tell something about
the man, but to give a suggestion of
the methods and the use he made of
opportunities to make a fortune by
honorable means.
For more than a quarte- of a cen
tury he has been engag J in cattle
raising and merchandising. His
mercantile establishments have been
at Valentine, Rushvllle and Lake
side. Chan. K. Tully
Mr. Tully is vice president and
general manager of the Fawn Lake
Ranch Co., having a ranch In Cher
ry county and office in Rushville. L.
C. Musser of Rushville is secretary
and assistant treasurer, Dr. J. E.
Summers of Omaha Is president, and
A. W. Carpenter of Omaha treasur
er. This company was incorporated
about seven or eight years ago with
a paid up capital of $100,000. The
prosperity of the business under ef
ficient management is shown by the
fact that the stockholders have been
paid dividends amounting tm -1 58,-
000 and the stock at the present
time is worth more than double the
amount invested. Besides real es
tate holdings and improvements,
they now have about 3,500 head of
cattle.
The Tully-Musser Cattle Co. was
incorporated three years ago for
$150,000. Chas. 11. Tully is presi
dent and L. C. Musser, secretary
treasurer. They have about ,000
head of cattle on their ranches In
Garden and Sheridan counties. Mr.
Tully does the buying and acts as
general manager, while Mr. Musoer
attends to the office work and the de
tails of the business. The ranches
are managed by capable foremen
who own stock in the company, such
as Wm. McLaughlin and Ben. Skiles
of Pawlet, in Garden county, and
Chris. Mosler of Lakeside, who has
charge of the Star ranch in Sheridan
county.
Eight years ago Mr. and Mrs. Tul
ly moved to Alliance in order to se
cure the benefit of this city's excel
lent schools for their son. Lloyd M.,
who graduated from the High school
last year and is now attending Phil
Hps Academy at Andover, Mass.
They reside at 903 Laramie avenue,
in one of the beautiful residences for
which that street is noted. Altho
no longer patrons of the Alliance
schools, they are so pleasantly situ
ated and have such a host of friends
here that they will continue to make
this city their home. At least once
each year, in October, they make a
visit to their old home town, Valen
tine, to attend the annual picnic and
barbecue of the "Last Roundup As
sociation," composed of old time
cow punchers and cattle owners. Mr.
Tully is one of the rice presidents of
the association.
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EDITORS MEET
IN ALLIANCE
('nil for Animal Mooting of Western
Nebrasluk Kdltorial AmnocI
atlon, Juno 17th
TO WESTERN NEBRASKA ED
ITORS: For some time past I have
been Intending to call the annual
meeting of the Western Nebraska
Editorial Association to be held dur
ing the time of the annual conven
tion of the Nebraska Stock Growers
Association at Alliance. It happens
that the three days of the stockmen's
convention, June 18, 19 and 20, will
be the first three days of the annual
meeting of the. Nebraska State Edit
orial Association at Lincoln. In view
of this fact, some of the editors of
western Nebraska cannot be in Alli
ance on either of those three days,
but can be here the afternoon and
evening of June 17.
Accordingly I have decided to call
the meeting, for the election of offic
ers and the transaction of such other
business as may , properly come up,
in Alliance, at 2 p. m., Wednesday.
June 17, 1914. Whether there will
be an evening meeting will be decid
ed at the afternoon meeting. Even
ing meeting or not, there will fee
plenty here at that time to interest
you, and I think I can safely prom
ise that all will have a splendid time.
A cordial invitation Is extended to
the editors' wives to accompany
them.
Those who wUh to attend the an
nual meeting of the Nebraska State
Editorial Association can take the
most direct trains from western Ne
braska to Lincoln at Allianre, either
day or night. Those who wish to at
tend the festivities on the occasion
of the annual convention of the Ne
braska Stock Growers Association
can (."kill two birds with one stone"
the big doings begin on the morn
ing of June 18th and by being here
Wednesday afternoon and evening
editors will be on the ground at the
opening of the show.
The Western Nebraska Editorial
Association did some good work im
mediately following its organization
last year, and I think It is an oppor
tune time now to gr together again.
elect officers for another year and
get ready for whatever happens.
Fraternally yours,
JOHN W. THOMAS.
President Western Nebraska Edit
orial Association.
NEBR. EDITORS
TO SEE INTERTYPE
Former Alliance Man, Now Manager
of tTiloago Ofllce, to lie with
Machine at Lincoln
We are advised by C. D. Montgom
ery, Chicago agency manager of the
Intertype Company, that a new mod
el "B" multiple-magazine Intertype
win De demonstrated before the
Press Association at Epworth Park,
Lincoln, June 19 to 24. Montgom
ery is an old Nebraska boy, having
learned his cases -while his father
was publishing the old Bloomington
Guard in 1880. It Is doubly inter
esting to printers and publishers
generally to know be will be at the
Press meeting with the new machine.
Mr. Montgomery was at one time em
ployed on an Alliance newspaper. He
was deeply interested in getting an
Intertype installed in Alliance and
has been gratified at the fine work
done by The Herald's machine since
being installed.
INDIANS I'KO.M ;i-:mm SCHOOL
Will Vush Thru Alliance, June 23rd,
Kiirouttt to IU-ervaliou at
Jtrcwiiiiig, Mont.
A. M. Poole received a letter this
week from Prof. Sain Nelson, for
merly of Alliance but for the last
few years instructor in music at the
government Indian school. Genoa.
Nebr. He sent a program of the
commencement exercises, which gave
an indication of the good work be
ing done for and by the Indian boys
and girls, and young men and young
women.
Mr. Nelson will pass thru Alliance
with a company of the Indians. Tues
day, June 23, enroute to Browning,
Mont., wnere the students will SDend
the summer vacation on the reserva
tion, some of them probably remain
ing there permanently.
Miss Gertrude Lansloc of Ldnoola
Is visiting friends In Alliance.
PORYEAR TO MEET
LUB AT ALLIANCE
Rival llaiiUmvvelght Will Ilattle 12
Round llt'foro 8tnk (tamers'
Convention
(By Abe Pollock, In the Denver News
this morning)
Los Angeles, Cal., hasn't anything
on Alliance, Nebr., when It comes to
staging . championship battles be
tween bantamweights. On Juno 19
there is going to be the hottest 12
round session In that town during
the stock growers' convention ever
pulled off in that section of the
country. It won't be for a world's
title like Kid Williams fought John
ny Coulon for, but it will be for the
Colorado bantamweight title.
Earl Puryear and Harry (KIscus)
Lub are the boys who are going to
fight for It, and the fans will see as
sizzling a brand of fireworks when
these two game chickens get togeth
er an any that has been pulled off
around the coast, or I will miss my
guess.
Since signing up for the bout both
boys have gone Into violent training,
putting In their time doing road
work and making their sparring par
tners hard to catch.
The pair has been at daggers'
points for some time past over the
state title. They fought each other
to a draw twice Inside of the last two
months one for six and again for
eight rounds without a shade of
difference between them. I am sure
there will be something loing this
time, as there will be no loafing on
the Job after they get started.
The boys will weigh in at 118
pounds at 3 o'clock on the afternoon
of the contest, which will bring them
into the ring strong and in shape to
take the twelve rounds on the high
speed.
There never were two more evenly
matched boys who were In more
deadly earnest than Puryear and
Lub. Both have won the bantam
weight championship at the Denver
Athletic club, Puryear three years
ago and Lub two years ago, and it
has been one continual round of
pleasure since for the friends of the
peppery little fellows to keep them
from fighting it out on their own
book every time they meet in the
ring or out of it.
This contest Is being staged by
the Alliance Athletic Club.
CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS
It is a common custom in recent
years for candidates for office to fur
nish stereotype plates for the use of
newspapers, to be printed as paid ad
vertising matter or free of charge, as
the case may be. By having these
plates manufactured in large quanti
ties, each paper can be supplied at an
expense considerably less than the
cost of setting the type.
The article on page seven of sec
tion two of this Issue, regarding
Frank J. Taylor of St. Paul, Nebr.,
and his candidacy for congress, is
plate matter, and is being published
in a number of other papers in the
Sixth congressional district. The
Herald is pleased to publish this
matter free of charge, but we wish
to Bay that our endorsement of Mr.
Taylor is not of the "plate matter"
variety. In other words, we wish to
take occasion to say that if the dem
ocrats of this congressional district
wish to nominate a man of good
character and progressive principles,
coupled with ability and a determin
ation to help along the cause of good
government, we do not think they
can do better than to name Frank J.
Taylor as their standard bearer.
Judging from the results of elec
tions In this district the last decade,
it hardly seems worth while for the
democrats to nominate a candidate
for, congress as long as Moses P.
Kinkaid continues to run for that
office; but you cannot always tell
beforehand Just what may happen.
At any rate, The Herald desires to
see every political party nominate
the best men possible for this office,
so that whatever may be the result
of the election from a partisan point
of view, the district will be well rep
resented In the national law making
body.
FOR SALE Fresh milch cow.
Gentle and docile. Phone Red 290.
Junll-U
CAUGHT BURGLARS
IN SHERIDAN
Men Who Robbed Alliance Pool Hall
Caught Robbing Clothing
Userf In Sheridan
The same men who robbed the
Crane pool hall In Alliance last
week were caught tn Sheridan this
week. If evidence Is to be believed.
The men were aged nineteen and
twenty years, and were the same
who bang around Alliance for sev
eral days. They were sawing their
way into a clothing store at Sheridan
when caught, using the same meth
ods they did In breaking Into the
pool hall In Alliance.
The men were wanted In Craw
ford, Colo., for burglary and were
taken there by the sheriff from that
point. When caught in Sheridan
they had pawn tickets In their cloth
ing from Crawford, Colo. They ad
mitted that they had been in Alli
ance at the time of the burglary
here but would not admit having
committed the crime.
OBITUARY
Sarah Robey was born Jan. 27,
1828, near Baltimore, Fairfield coun
ty, Ohio, and died June 9, 1914, at
the home of her daughter Mrs. P. J,
Sturgeon of Alliance, Nebr., age 88
years, 4 months, 18 days. Sunday
morning, April 2, 1848, she was unit
ed In marriage to David Brandt, In
Pleasantvllle, 111., at the M. E. par
sonage, by the Rev. Mr. Tower; re
turning to Ohio for their future
home. Seven children were born:
three boys and four girls. Three
died In Infancy. The living children,
John R., Perry W., and Henry H.
Brandt, and Mrs. Martha B. Sturg
eon, are all in or near Alliance.
There are .living 21 grand children
and 11 great grand children, also
three eisters, Mrs. Kate Fulver of In
diana, Mrs. Rachel Swarti of Lan
caster, Ohio., and Mrs. Jennie Ewartx
of Portland, Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Brandt left Ohio la
1882 to live in Indiana. Ten year
later the husband departed this life
on Sept. 23, 1892. Mrs. Brandt be
ing alone and 'n poor health, came
with her daughter, Mrs. Sturgeon, In
1898, to northwestern Nebraska, to
live near Alliance, later moving to
town. Her health was much im
proved in tbe change of climate, but
eight years ago she was Injured In a
fall, making her an invalid for life.
Tbe last two years she was unable to
walk. The last twenty-four years
of life she was'affUcted with almost
total blindness, but ho word of com
plaint fell from her lips. Patiently
she suffered living and enjoying life
even In ber Infirmities, ready to go
or stay, as the Master desired. Both
herself and husband were members
of the Evangelical Lutheran church,
in early life. Later both united with
the Methodist Episcopal church, in
1874, as a matter of convenience.
Her last illness was sudden and of
short duration, uccompanied with
much suffering. She clung to life
and up to the last expected to recov
er, but after two weeks of struggle,
this aged mother, so long in physical
darkness, closed her eyes to open
them with anclouded vision upon the
glorieB of the heavenly world.
Mrs. Brandt was burled this after
noon, the funeral sermon being
preached by Rev. O. S. Baker. Rel
atives wh came from a distance
were Rev. A. J. Swartz and wife, of
Lancaster, Ohio. Mrs. Swartz Is a
sister of Mrs. Brandt.
The UntuBi Clean! ug and Pressing
Worktt, Chan. Le, Proprietor. Clean
ing, preening and repairing. The
home of union made clothes In Alli
ance. Pboste 41. Opposite Postof
flee. No oite is authorized to solicit
orders for s except the proprietor,
Chas. Lett. sr Convent iou week:
Made to order Suits, $&VOO to 930
value for 9Z2.&0.
llureau Is Doing Good Work
Since Jaae 1, seventeen people
have applied for work at the Com
mercial CI ah Employment Bureau.
twelve being given employment Th
following sVms and farmer were
furnished kelp free of charge: Bur
lington liotel, L. J. Schlll. Henry
Tier, S. 1. Kibble, Fred M. HooTer.
Alliance Grocery.