The Alliance Herald
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. VOLUME XXI
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1914
NUMBER 42
CLUB TO MEE v
REGUtARLY
OUn(T t"iiiiniisKimnr n I 'iiur.ii
with Farmers Who Want Irri
gation Weds on Farms
The Commercial Club Is to have!
regular meetings from how on. At
the meeting of the directors on Mon
day it was decided to have a regular
4ub smoker at the city hall on the
second Friday of each month. At
hese meetings every member Will be
piven a chance to make suggestions
and to hear some good eneakern. Im
portant matters Will be discussed at ;
the first meeting. Club members!
should make it a point to attend
these meetings. I
Friday. September 25th, will be;
Alliance day at the big Tri-State fair,
at Crawford. A large number of au
las will leave the Commercial Club
flice for Crawford at 7 o'clock In
khe morning on Friday. Those who
go by train will leave on number forty-one.
leaving for the return trip at
10 o'clock on train number forty
two. Two of the biggest race purses
ever offered have been arranged fort
oaiuraay. une $suu purse and a
Crawford derby for $500. Alliance
people should all go and show Craw
ford that Alliance appreciated their
boosting and their offers of good fel
lowship. Three test wells for pumping irri
gation purposes are to be put down
tats fall. C. A. Newberry has agreed
to furnish the casings and all mater
ial free of cost for the experiments,
la addition to this lie will furnish
he engines and pumps to test the
flow of water should the wells prove
satisfactory. A committee from the
Commercial Club met on Saturday
with the commissioners of Box Butte
county. The plan decided upon is to
dig at least three wells in different
parts of. the county. If the weJIs
produce not less than 35,000 gallons
of water during ten hours of pump
. lag the farmer is to pay the total ex
pense; if they do not produce that
amount the county will advance $50
towards paying the expenses of the
experiment. A start was made last
year towards the proposition of irri
gating by pumping but no actual
work was done. The plan has nev
er been thoroughly . tried out here.
In western Kansas there are a num
ber of large areas similar to Box
Butte county that' have been made
very prosperous by pump irrigation.
The Omaha Trade Exhibit says:
The way the big mail order hous
es are acting under pressure of the
sudden rise in prices of so many
commodities. especially groceries,
due to the European war, is enlight
ening and makes a decidedly inter
esting study for the retail merchants.
In the first place the houses delib
erately refused to stand by their
agreement and guarantee of prices.
They even accepted orders Bent them
because of the attractive prices made
f their main leader, sugar, and Bent
the rest of the order without the
"bait."
Now Sears. Roebuck & Co. refuse
to sell groceries at all until they
kave had time to revise their price
lists. At the same time they are
keen for business in other lines, in
the vast majority of their items that
are still carrying a wide margin of
profit. It shows where the profits
are, and all this ought to be enlight
ening as well to mail order custom
ers as to mail order competitors.
Under recent date Sears, Roebuck
Co. have mailed a circular, worded
as follows, to their grocery patrons:
To Our Grocery Customers:
This announcement must begin
with an apology. We deeply regret
Mi at for the first time ln our history
we cannot mail you a new Grocery
List on September 1st.
The low prices in our July-August
Crocery List guaranteed to August
31st, which our customers naturally
compared with the constantly rising
prices quoted by others, have result
ed in such an avalanche of grocery
raeru that there is only one thing
to do we must stop asking for more
rders until we catch up.
From the present outlook the last
tbree weeks of August will bring us
the enormous total of 292,500 groc
ery orders as compared with 37,384
GOVERNOR' PROCLAMATION
In riew of the fact that our successful farmers and experiment
stations find that early selection of seed corn Is advisable, it seems,
in a matter of auch great economic importance, that a time should
be set aside for its early selection.
The following reasons for early selection are apparent:
1. Early selected seed is less liable to be injured by freezing.
2. Seed selected in the field enables the farmer to obtain ears
from plants of the proper type and from plants growing under nor
mal conditions.
3. From various reports received, the present crop has ripen
ed early, and seed may be safely selected at the end of the month.
It appears essential, however, that such corn once selected should
be stored immediately in as dry a place as possible.
A special reason why our farmers should select their own seed
will appear from data of the Nebraska Experiment Station showing
that native seed produced 6.2 bushels more per acre than excellent
seed brought in from other districts.
With these facts in mind, I designate the week beginning Sep
tember 28 as Seed Corn Selection Week, and urge its general ob
servance as the proper time for this important task.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the State of Ne
braska, this the twenty-third day of September, 1914.
JOHN H. MOKEHEAD. Governor.
grocery orders received the last three
weeks of August, 1913, and in addi
tion, this year's orders average fully
one-half larger. In spite of the fact
that we are working day and night
with the largest force of men that
can be crowded Into our great groc
ery store, we will require at least the
first three weeks of September to
fill all the grocery orders received up
to August 31st, '
We cannot accept orders from our
July-August Grocery list mailed af
ter August 31st, and we will imme
diately refund all money sent us with
euch grocery orders.
Our September-October" Grocery
List will be sent you promptly as
soon as we are ready to fill orders,
yours very truly,
SEAUS, ROEBUCK & Co.
We take this occasion to notify
you that the prices named in our
new large general catalog were print
ed before the advance which has tak
en place in many other lines as well
as groceries. These low prices will
hold good for the entire season, and
the profitable result will be that our
business in all lines will be excep
tionally heavy owing to the unusual
saving which the prices named In the
catalog will show. We therefore
suggest that you do not delay your
order for such goods as are shown
in our new large general catalogs. A
copy of the new catalog, if not al
ready delivered, will soon be in the
band of every customer.
MARRIAGE AT
M, E. MANSE
Two More Popular Sheridan County
Young People Join Fortunes
for Life's Journey
On Monday afternoon, September
21, 1914, at the Methodist Episco
pal parsonage in Alliance, Mr. Frank
Floyd of Lakeside and Miss Leota
Cooper of Ellsworth, Rev. O. S. Bak
er performing the ceremony. The
newly wedded couple returned to
Lakeside on No. 44 the next day,
where they will make their home.
It is a pleasure to offer congrat
ulations to these , well respected
young people and wish them a full
measure of prosperity and happiness
on life's journey. The groom is well
and favorably known in south Sheri
dan county, being a clerk in the Har-ris-Crowther
Co. store at Lakeside.
The bride is a popular young lady,
a sister of Mrs. Tom Hobs, with
whom she has been making her home
recently on the ranch southeast of
Lakeside. Both bride and groom
have a large circle of friends whose
very best wishes accompany them as
they start out on wedded life.
SHOT IN LUNG
ACCIDENTALLY
Oklahoma Young Man, Visiting Bro
ther near Alliance, Shot in
Lung Wednesday
Tom Endicott, a young man six
teen years of age, was shot and dan
gerously wounded in his right lung,
at the home of his brother one mile
east of the Snow ranch at about 10
o'clock Wednesday morning. The
young man was visiting his brother,
his home being in Oklahoma, and
had come with his mother a few days
ago to make them a visit.
He was ln the field in search of
game, while attending to some work
he was doing. In some unknown
way the rifle be had with him was
discharged, the ball penetrating his
right lung just a little above the liv
er. Dr. Slagle attended him at the
ranch and states that he left him in
fairly good condition. He will be
brought to St. Joseph's hospital,
where he can receive better atten
tion. CorreKKndeiice Bible Sriol
Rev. C. I. Scofield, D.D., author
and teacher, who in 1888 establish
ed The Scofield Correspondence Bi
ble School of New York, has trans
ferred the ownership and manage
ment of the same to The Moody B1-,
SEED CORN SELECTION
Home Missionary's
Preaching Appointment
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Scene on Nebraska-South Dakota State Line, Three Miles from Wyoming
The pioneer work done by Rev. the north end of the building being
D. W. iMontgomery, district mission- ln South Dakota and the south end
ary of the Presbyterian church, re-,
j quires sacrifice and sometimes neces-
CI i Li, L vTB UllUri fllllfS UaiUBUII'S. UUl
there is much about it that is inter-
estlng. Mr. Montgomery has furn
ished The Herald with much Inform
ation regarding his work, and it is
with pleasure that we pass some of
It on to readers of the paper.
The scene shown ln the cut here
with is on Indian creek, on the state
line between Nebraska and South
Dakota, about three miles from the
west end of the two states. The
buildlng is a log residence. It stands
north and south on the state line,
ble Institute of Chicago. Its broad
ening responsibilities, together with
his widespread oral ministry, were
too great a tax on his advancing
years, and be felt that the facilities
and energy of the Institute would
still further extend its usefulness in
the world. The course will be con
ducted on practically the same plan
as hitherto, but further information
m ay be had by addressing The
Moody Bible Institute, 153 Institute
Place, Chicago, III.
RECEPTION FOR
SCHOOL TEACHES
Members of Christian Church to tive
Reception at Christian Church
on Friday Evening
A reception for the teachers ln
the public schools, the pupils of the
High school and the Board of Edu
cation will be given at the Christian
church Friday evening by the mem
bers of the church. The following
program has been prepared by Miss
Burnett of the Alliance School of
Music:
Piano duet, Vera Albro and Mar
ian Mote.
Vocal solo. "The Red Rose", Miss
Virginia Broome.
Vocal duet, Mrs. Poaath and Mrs.
Lunn.
Piano solo, "Whispering Winds",
Norman McCorkle.
Vocal duet, "Hark to the Mando
lin," Misses Parker, Duncan and
Acheson.
Vocal solo, "Bobolink", Miss Ver
non. Piano duet, Missos Beulah and
Dorothy Smith.
BIGGEST PURSES
EVER OFFERED
Lafet Day of Crawford Trl-Slate Fair
and Race Meet to Have largest
Prizes Ever Offered
A special meeting of the directros
of the Tri-State Fair Association was
held at Crawford Monday night. The
following telegram was received on
Tuesday morning by The Herald:
The fair association decided at a
special meeting last night to put on
a free-for-all trot on Saturday with
a iurse of $800 and a Crawford
Derby with a purse of $800. The
track is well wet down, well packed
and ln best condition ever. Please
give wide publicity to these two
largest races ever pulled off In this
section. Arab L. Ilungerford, pres
ident. Hunting
"Bob" Harvey, the well known
traveling man, Otto Dolan of Doug
las, Wyo., and R. M. Blackburn of
Chicago, have been companions of
Roy Beckwith lately on several suc
cessful hunting trips in the hills. Mr.
Blackburn is a brother-in-law of Mr.
Beckwith and was accompanied by
bis wife and children, visiting with
the Beckwith family.
War to give the definition another
twist, is a mean advantage that cal
culating ambition takes of the en
thusiasm of youth.
Hs" JW''rV
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one of these stones may be seen In
WITT VUl U V O HI C I UC IIUUPU U IU1'
right-hand side of the door.
The photo was taken one Sunday
afternoon ln the summer of 1913.
ReV, Montgomery is shown on horse
back. He had an appointment to
conduct service at this house, but
owing to a rise In Indian creek the
people from the opposite side could
not drive their teams across. As
the congregation came principally
from the other side, Mr. Montgomery
rode his horse across to them and
conducted service ln a ranch house
SEVEN HONORED
AT STYLE SHOW
Iitierial Theatre Packed and Stand
ing Room at a Premium at Alli
ance's First Style Show
Alliance's first style Show, held at
the new Imperial theatre Friday ev
ening, was a decided success, in
spite of the fact that the dealers had
hot little, time for preparation. Over
seven 'hundred people packed the
tleatre and many failed to get in, so
large was the crowu.
The ttage setting was furnished by
George Darling and Miller Brothers.
It was ta-iily arranged and Bhow.!'i
up well. Music was furnished by the
Haddorf Player piano, operated by
Lloyd Thomas, and the new Edison
diamond point disc phonograph, by
George Darling.
Horace ISogue Store Exhibit
The models and their costumes
wtre as follows: Miss Aiken, wear
Idk a black satin basque dress; Kath
ei.ne Harris wearing fancy stripe
ciiuilie dress; jane Bogue, wearing
novelty coat and hat. This same
hu.. was worn at the Chicago style
Btii.w in August; Mrs. R. C reaiaou.
Wv.ulng a "Wooliex ' tuouel in Kua
8t..a green beaver trimmed and hat;
M.aS Cynthia Davenport, wearing a
"Jyreytus" model in Wistaria Crepe
Poplin and hat; Airs. Harry Gamz,
wearing a "Wooltex" model in llus
si.ui green fur cloih and hat; Mrs.
Bogue, wearing a black fur fabric
com and hat; Miss AiKen, wearing a
bi..ck "Wooltex" model and hau
Harper's Meu'a Department
Different exhibitions were made
bj tue lut-u s and ladies' department j
oi lue Harper Department siore. ilie
UiuUels ln the men s department ex-:
hiuit were Robert ActieBon, aretised
in Atragood Clothes lor boys. Little
Kuoert made
ca.ied back
a great hit una was
to the stage several
tii.ies. A. J. Hubbell, in Steiu-Biocu Which brand of European "cul
6U.i, Balmacuan overcoat, Gordon ' ture" is more effective at butchery?
Ui... vV. il. LaMon, ln Urandegee j It is the conseusus of opinion that
Knikaid & Company made to nieas-; there is nothing polite about this
uie suit. Will O'Keeie. in Stein- war.
Uioch Smart Clothes, Florsneim I
shoes, Gordon hat. Wade Grassman i
in Daddy Duke shoes, Gordon cap,
Xuagood suit
George Moll ring Store j
The exhibit of the George Moll-1
riug store was presented by Mrs. L.
L. Smith, Mrs. Earnest Hock. Miss
Francis Bowman and Miss Eva Ross, j
ln connection with millinery from j
the Regan store. This exhibit was
tastily arranged and well liked. It
included coats, suits, furs and mil-1
linery. j
llarper'N Ladle' Dvf tarUucut .
This exhibit was distinguished
chiefly by the 1500 imported evening
wrap of "Tourist Rose", made by De-1
posis, Paris, and worn by Miss Isa-I
belle Gabus. She wore evening dress !
and a pattern hat by Gage Brothers.
Others were Miss Bertie Vernon lu
Palmer Garment, bottle green tailor-1
ed suit, cape effect, and Gage hat. j
Miss Doris Mallery in Palmer coat, i
Miss Mary Wilson in Palmer cape
soat.
Modern Clothe for Men
The E. G. Lalng store. Modern
Clothes for Men, was represented by
"Dan" Matthews, representative of
Adler Collegian clothes.
The Right Clothing Store
The Right Clothing Store, Roy
Beckwith, proprietor, was represent
ed by II. V. Clayton of Alliance, ln a
lllrsh-Wickwlre suit, and overcoat,
and Stetson hat.
Mr. Zchrung's Exhibit
Mrs. Zehrung's millinery exhibit
land the exhibit of the Alliance
'Cleaning Works were worn by Miss
j Edith Thompson of the millinery de
partment. She wore a dress which
) bad been cleaned and pressed by the
cleaning works, and a hat of the mil-
I 1 1 Msm liinntmitnl
E. W. Ray furnished flowers for
the occasion.
Entertained at Cards
Misses Alice Carlson and Margar
et Bell entertained a number of their
friends at cards Monday evening.
The guests played cards and were
entertained with music until late in
the evening, when a four-course lun
cheon was served. First prize at
cards was won by Gertrude Thlele, a
basket. Free-for-all prize was won
by Mabel Duncan, a sliver thimble.
ALLIANCE LADY
LOSTMEMORY
Mrs. Carl Hockey of Alliance Picked
up on Denver Street In "Uncoil
scion Condition TucHday
Mtb. Carl Hockey of Alliance was
found unconscious between 6:30 and
7 o'clock on a Denver street Tuesday
night. Word was immediately sent
to Alliance and her mother, Mrs. W.
H. Zehrung of Alliance, left on the
night train for Denver. She had not
returned up to this noon.
The Denver Post of Wednesday
had the following to say regarding
It:
"Please do tell me where I am. Is
this Alliance, Nebr.T Where is Denver?"-
These were some of the questions
asked last night by Mrs. Cora Rock
ey, 19, after she had been picked up
unconscious at Fifteenth and Cham
pa streets. For several hours Mrs.
Rockey lay in the office of the police
surgeon ln a dazed condition, appar
ently suffering from a complete loss
of her memory.
She knew only that she had come
to Denver from Alliance a few days
ago in search of work as a stenographer,-
and that she is the wife of
George Rockey, an electrician of Al
liance. Other than that she was un
able to recall. a single thing regard
ing herself.
MANY BOYERS
AT HORSE SALE
Over Eight Hundred Head of llorse
Being Sold at lst Sale of the
Seanou, This Week
The last horse sale of the searon
at the Alliance stock yards Is being
I eld today by the Alliance Horse
Commission Company, starting Wed-n-3day.
Over eight hundred head
of horses are being put on sale and a
tood bunch of buyers are present.
Prices are good and the sale is turn
in? out to be a big success.
Mrs. Ursula Ellis came In iiiix
morning from Grand Island on htr
way to her homo in California. Mrs.
Ellis will visit relatives and friem'.o
iei- a few days acl then return to
California.
OLD IIK KOI.Y CVAi' i
Dumdum bullets are barbarous.
I So is war.
: Get ready for froBt and the fall
election.
j lleleium is demonstrating its abil-
j Ity to "come back".
NATIONAL PRAYER DAY FOR
President Woodrow Wilson, by proclamation, has appointed
Sunday, Oct. 4, a national day of prayer for peace in Europe and
called upon all God fearing persons to gather in church on that
day and petition Almighty God to beat again and restore once more
concord among men and nations. The proclamation follows:
"Whereas, Great nations of the world have taken up arms
against one another and war now draws millions of men into battle
whom the counsel of statesmen have not been able, to save from the
terrible sacrifice; and,
"Whereas, In this as in all things it is our privilege and duty
to seek counsel and succor of Almighty God, hambling ourselves be
fore him, confessing our weakness and our lack of any wisdom equal
to these things; and,
"Whereas, It is the especial wish and longing of the people of
the United States, in prayer and counsel and all friendliness, to
serve the cause of peace,
"Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States
of America, do designate Sunday, the fourth day of October next, a
day of prayer and supplication and do request all God fearing per
sons to repair on that day to their places of worship, there to unite
their petitions to Almighty God, that, overruling the counsel of men,
setting straight the things they cannot govern or alter, taking pity
on the nations now in the throes of conflict. In bis mercy and good
ness showing a way where men can see none, he vouchsafe his child
ren to heal again and restore once more that concord among men
and nations without which there can be neither happiness nor true
friendship nor any wholesome fruit of toll or thought ln the world,
praying also to this end that be forgive us our sins, our Ignorance
of his holy will, our willfulness and many errors, and lead us ln the
paths of obedience to places of vision and to thoughts and counsels
that purge and make wise."
WAR WILL END
MONARCHIES
Heir to Throne of Poland Kays Pres
ent War Will End Monarch hil
Government Europe
Concerning predictions ss to th
outcome of the present European
war and the effect It will have upon
the nations participating in it, fol- ,
lowing the conclusion of peace, the
Chicago Herald of Monday, Septem
ber 14, had the following:
Poland free from the yoke which
Russia placed on her many years
ago and Europe a continent of re
publics will be the result of the pres
ent European war, according to Col
onel John Sobleskl, heir to the
throne of Poland, who came to Chi
cago yesterday.
Colonel Sobleskl, soldier, politic
ian and loeturer, is a grout-great ,
grandson of Count John Sobiekl of
Poland, who would have ruled the
nation had not Kuusia, Germany and
Austria divided it among themselves.
He is the only direct descendant
of Poland's last royal family. . Iu
184 8 he and bis mother were com
pelled to stand before their throner ,
In Poland while his lather, grand
father and two uncles were executed",
for taking part in a revolution. An
aunt was exiled to Siberia.
"This war never will end as long
as there Is a crowned head in Eur
ope," said Colonel Sobleskl. "Pol
and will be a free nation, not because
Russia has promised national integ
rity in return for aid In the war but
because the czar, and kaiser and the
other kings, will be dethroned, and
the people vM rule electing their
ruler from their own ranks.
"With the czar dethroned I will
be, allowed to return to my country,
from which 1 and my mother wera
banished sixty-seven yerus ago.
"When we were banished an edict
was issued that we and our descend
ants should never be allowed to re
turn. That edict will be a thing of
the past whea- this war is over."
"Would you go back there to re
side?" Colonel Sobieskl was asked.
"I have been ln America since I
was five years old," he said with a
smile. "I have become entirely Am
ericanized, and do not believe I
would care to make my home in any
other country, I would return,
however, to see the places I - have-
beard of but tlo not remember.
"Whatever the war costs-It will
be worth the price. Kaiser Wllhelm'
will be dethroned and probably ex
iled. I would not be surprised to
bear of him In a few years running
for alderman in Dallas, Texas.
"Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus
tria will live to see the fulfillment of
an old prophesy that his lands
would be divided, his counrty made
a republic and himself an exile.
"The lesson America has tangbt
the world has been well taught. The
people of Europe have been watch
lug this country and the time has
come when they max make their les
sons realities."
Colonel Sobleskl served in the Civ
il war and was a leader amng the
forces which overthrew Maxmillan
in Mexico. He was in command of
the firing squad which executed the
ruler.
Birth of Twin
I Born, to Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Con
ner, September 2, at Bingham, Ne
braska, twins, a boy and girl. They
have been named Floyd Alan Conner
and Coiomb JWartha Conner. Mrs.
j Conner was formerly Miss Hazel
Beck of Alliance and has been visit
ing lier mother on the ranch ai Bing
ham for Boine lime. Mr. Conner
was a former Alliance young man
and Is now manager of the Nebraska
Telephone exchange at Central City,
Nebr.
Colonel Rooaevelt arrived In Loui
siana in the thick of a fierce battlo
in the Progreselve party of the state.
It used to be that there was never a
fight unless the Colonel started it.
PEACE, SUNDAY, OCT. 4, 1914