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Facts Worth Knowing
By
W. D. Fisher
S1,j73,071.00
WHAT ALLIANt E HASN'T
There isn't a place In the City where the boys and
young men can exercise their muscles and take a good
swim, where the citizens ran get together and enjoy
themselves as one big family.
WHY CAN'T WE?
If other towns the size of Alliance can erect build
ings that cost from $20,000 to $50,000 that offer to their
citizens these athletic features, why can't Alliance?
A WOOD PROPOSITION
Do you know of another proposition that offers as
many features and will do the good for the whole com
munity like the proposed Commercial Club Community
building? If you do, forward your suggestions to the
Commercial Club office or give to any of the newspapers
at once.
FACTS
Do you know that if a Y. M. C. A. should be erected
In this city that it would cost In extra subscriptions each
year not less than $2,000 for maintenance? Do you
want to subscribe this each year in order that such an in
stitution may be kept in operation or are you willing to
get back of the Commercial Club Community building,
which will not cost one cent extra after the building is
paid for. In other words, the Commercial Club will take
care of the deficit each year should there be any.
SOME NOTS
Although the building will be called the Alliance
Commercial Club Community building it will be owned
by a different organization and the Commercial Club
proper will pay rent into this Association each year. Ev
ery person subscribing $25 or more will be given stock
and the ones who subscribe will be the ones who manage
this building.
The Commercial Club will also pay the Secre
tary's salary and the salary of a stenographer, thus sav
ing In salaries each year not less than $2,000.00.
ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?
The people of Alliance have been saying for years
that they have no place to go for recreation or amuse
ment, nor is there any place for their children to enjoy
themselves.
The question is, do they really want such a place?
If so, here Is your chance.
THE ADVANTAGES OYER A Y. M. C. A.
The building will be self sustaining. Stock will be
issued and you will have a vote in the management of
the building and this can not be said of a Y. M. C. A.
It will have no creed, nor will It be run by any po
litical crowd. All you have to do 1b to conduct your
self as a respectable American citizen and obey the rules
as posted.
It will unite the people who object to the Y. M. C.
A. on account of the heavy expense each year and the
right for them to hold office should the people decide to
elect them.
WHY ALLIANCE SHOULD HAYE SUCH A BUILDING
Such a building can be used every day in the year.
It will create a better friendship among our own
people.
It will increase the value of every piece of property
In the City.
"BILL" CARTER
THE LEADER
President of Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Engiitemeit
Hos Confidence of Brothers
Nearly every member of the fire
men's brotherhood calls him "Bill".
This is their way of showing their
affection for William S. Carter, prs
ident of the Brotherhood of Locomotive-Firemen
and Enginemen. "Bill"
Carter also possesses the entire con
fidence of bis brothers in the ranks.
The reason for this is well known
among the 85.000 members of the'
organization. Nearly every fireman I
whose livelihood is derived from
scooping coal or turning oil into the
furnaces of our modern locomotives
is familiar with Mr. Carter's career.
Although a comparatively young
man. President Carter's life may be
accurately divided into ten chapters.
These chapters could be headed
"Cowboy", "Ranch Superintendent",
"Fireman on an Old Wood Burner",
"Baggage Man", "Switch Engineer",
"Locomotive Hostler", "Locomotive
Engineer", "Editor and Manager of
the Firemen's Magazine", "Secretary
and Treasurer of the National Organ
ization" and "President of the same" ,
He was born in Austin, Texas, on
Aug. 11, 1859, and his boyhood days
were spent in western Texas, at that
time a wild frontier country. There
were no railroads in that section
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well, never hurt, never get tired. A
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aoney refunded.
HOW
then and the great ranches were few
and far between. There were virtu
ally no improvements of any charac
ter west of the Colorado river and
the only evidences of advancing civ
ilization were the dugouts of the
ranchers who owned the cattle that
grazed on the public lands of the
state. Connecting with the outer
world were the wires of the govern
ment telegraph running from Fort
Worth westward to where the city
of EI Paso is now located.
Up to eighteen years of age Mr.
Carter led the life of a typical cow
boy. There were many Indians in
that section and the theft of cattle
was a common occurrence. Mr. Car
ter recalls that ordinarily the Co
manches were the offenders and now
and then there would be a little
brush or skirmish between the cow
boys and the redskins. However, the
Tonkawas were friendly Indians and
President Carter remembers them as
quiet and peaceable people. The
bucks were good scouts.
In those days there was a large
ranch which was widely known in
that part of Texas as the Dacus ranch
on Brushy Creek and when Mr. Car
ter was well Into his teens because
of his knowledge of cattle and busi
ness ability he was offered the sup
erlntendency of this place. Shortly
afterwards he assisted In the sale of
it and the new owner promptly
drafted him as manager of a small
wooden tramway which was used to
bring In green lumber from the for
est. "I took the Job," Mr. Carter re
lates, "and it was my first experi
ence as a railroad man. The cars
were very small and three large
mules hitched in tandem furnished
the locomotive power. The drivers
of the mules were negroes and I was
the superintendent of the drivers,
the mules and the entire seven mile
length of the road."
Mr. Carter received what was con
sidered at that time high wages for
this work but when he was offered a
Job as fireman on a wood burning lo
comotive on the old Central Mont
gomery Railway he accepted, al
though the salary was smaller. He
worked In the small cab of this old
wood burner until November 1880,
and for the next three years he was
out of railway service entirely. Dur
ing part of 1883-1884 Mr. Carter la
bored In the baggage department of
the International and Great North
ern railroad and from 1885 to 1889
he was In the locomotive service as
fireman on the same line. From 1889
to June 1890 he bandied the throttle
of a switch engine for the Interna
tional and then entered the service
of the Denver and Berkley Park rail
road, a suburban line, and continu
ed therein until May 1891.
"The scene of Mr. Carter's next la
bors was down In Old Mexico on the
Monterey and Mexican Gulf railroad
where be hostled and ran a road en
gine, working there until May 1892.
The next few years he was a fireman
on the M. K. ft T. and by this time
had become so well versed In the en-
It will be a saving In salaries each year of not less
than $2,000.
It will give us a place to hold the conventions which
come to our City.
It will be an advertising feature that ran not be
measured In dollars and cents.
We don't ask you to give $25, $500 or $1,000 and
then say you have nothing to say about conducting af
fairs. When you put your money Into this building, stock
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is Issued and you have a vote in management of same.
It will create more civic pride than can be created
with three times the amount of money spent in other
channels.
It will be the headquarters for our farmers and their
wives and the use of the auditorium is at their service
free.
The committee room will be open to the railroad
gineman's craft that, at the Harris
burg convent'on, September 1894,
the delegates chose him editor and
manager of the "Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Firemen's Magazine". He
assumed the duties of that position
October 1 of the same year.
During the period of his editor
ship Mr. Carter was credited by rail
road men, both employers and em
ployes, with bringing the organiza
tion's publication up to a high state
of excellence and prosperity. It was
of the magazine under his direction
that it was the peer of any other like
publication in the world In point of
technical accuracy and the charac
ter of the information offered to its
readers.
On Jan. 1, 1904. Mr. Carter be
came Grand Secretary and Treasur
er of the brotherhood, having been
chosen for that position by the Grand
Executive Board to fill the vacancy
created by the resignation of Frank
W. Arnold. He was re-elected to
succeed himself in that position at
the conventions of 1904 and 1906,
and at the Columbus convention in
1908 be was elected president of
the brotherhood. Mr. Carter step
ped into this office Jan. 1, 1909, and
has continued as chief executive ev
er since.
And what of the man himself? His
friends know him as a tremendous
worker. They say he never tires;
that his steam Is always up and the
fire brightly burning. They also tell
each other that the brotherhood of
which he is the head is a fetish with
"Bill" Carter. Its success is his
life. This has been demonstrated
time and again at the wage arbitra
tion hearing in Chicago where Mr.
Carter alongside of Warren S.
Stone, president of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, is a prom
inent figure.
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Gordon Want Club Building
The citizens of Gordon have
caught the "building" fever from Al
liance and are agitating the propos
ition of erecting a building as a
home for their commercial club and
citizens. The Lincoln newspapers
have been giving the Alliance com
munity building proposition a great
deal of space lately.
One generous difficulty about get
ting a policy of public economy
adonted is that few neonle ar roallv
interested In nubile economy. Irro
expenditures are more attractive
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boys, to the traveling men, Y. M. H. C, or any other or
ganization that wishes to use the room, free of charge.
You won't have to go out of Alliance to spend your
money for swimming purposes after this building Is com
pleted. It will be the only building of Its kind where every
one can feel free to visit. You don't need a pass to get
Inside the building.
The weekly Commercial Club luncheons will fill a
long felt want. Here you will meet your friends, your
neighbors, have a good meal and go away better fitted
for your day's work.
The ladles' rest room with the athletic features of
fered to the ladles of our city will be worth hundreds of
dollars and it can be secured for less than half, than un
der any other plan.
Your stork will always be valuable, for we are
erecting a building that will be a credit to the City. It
will be m permanent fixture. Just like our city Alliance
she Is not going to be moved away.
Don't expect any dividends. We may be able to
pay them later but we are not promising this now. When
you build a home, do you expect to get all your money
back, or do you figure that the pleasure of having such a
home Is worth hundreds of dollars to you?
We will pay dividends, though, In the development
of our boys and girls, In making better citizens of them.
In getting our men together and in the upbuilding of our
City. The dividends will be big and the money you In
vest In such a building will bring good returns to your
City and home.
We never get anything worth while unless we pay
for It. A home can not be built without money our
churches cost money, our schools are expensive, but who
would do without them? Who wants to be a cannibal
and live under the trees?
Therefore, get Into the boat with some of your mon
ey, your muscle, your Influence, and don't rest easy when
you get In, but take bold of an oar and pull to beat the
band.
ISN'T THIS TRUE?
What bus it profited Alliance by waiting all these
years to erect such a building?
Why delay this when It will cost MORE financially
as well as morally In after years?
PROPOSED RULES AND PLANS FOR THE COMMER.
CIAL CLUB COMMUNITY BULBING
Shares to be $25.00 each.
No card playing or gambling allowed lu the build
ing. Gym floor will be available at least three times a
week.
No intoxicating liquors allowed In the building, and
any member bringing in same will be expelled.
Ladies have use of the rest room and shower baths
every day In the week, and four hours or more on the
gym floor each week.
The proposed rate Is as follows:
Girls, 10 to 15 $6.00 per year
Ladies and Girls over 15 .... 9-00 per year
Boys, 10 to 15 6.00 per year
Boys, 15 to 17 8.00 per year
Men and Boys over 18 12.00 per year
Individual Lockers 3.00
Special Kate 6.00
All those that give $25 or more a year under the
budget plan come under he heading of Special Rate.
Any one subscribing and refunding ten shares of stock
will be given a life membership.
Office hours: Week days, 8 a. m. to 10:30 p. m.
Sundays, 1 p. m. to 9 p. m.
MAN WHO LEADS
THE ENGINEERS
Biographical Sketch of Warren S.
Stone, Grand Chief Engineer,
Ivocomollve EngiiMTN
One of the most picturesque fig
ures in the world of labor Is Warren
S. Stone, Grand Chief Engineer,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin
eers. Mr. Stone before he became
head of the order occupied the cab
of a freight locomotive on the Hock
Island railroad during a period of
twenty-five years. He started as a
fireman on the old Rock Island sys
tem in Iowa at the age of 19 years,
fired five years and six months and
then was promoted to the chief pos
ition In the cab. Mr. Stone operat
ed a freight engine in the same ter-;
ritory for nineteen years and six
months.
The run was between Rock Island
and Eldon, Iowa. On the Iowa j
stretch the young engineer eachj
night, and occasionally during the
day, ran past the old farm upon
which he was born and where he
spent his boyhood days.
"Every night I passed my old
home and I would whistle my en
gine," Mr. Stone says in comment
ing on his railway experiences. "No
matter how cold it was or how hard
the snow was coming down, I would
always know when we were close to
the old farm house, the time to give
a welcome shriek for the old folks.
They heard It and they knew that I
was on the Job."
Mr. Stone was born Feb. 1, 1860,
on a farm near Ainswortb, Washing
ton county, Iowa. He attended the
old district school as a lad. picking
up the rudiments of a preliminary
education. He also was in an acad
emy for six months, and that con
stituted the education of his early
years. All the time he was working
on his father's farm, gaining physic
al strength and a strong foundation
for the arduous years that were to
come.
On July 23, 1903. P. M. Arthur,
who had been Grand Chief of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin
eers for thirty years, dropped dead
while making a speech to his com
rades at Winnipeg, Canada. The
board of trustees of the order at
once looked about for a successor
and of all the available men they
selected Mr. Stone, who, at the time,
was chairman of the brotherhood's
general committee of adjustment of
the Rock Island system.
"I had only been East once In my
entire life," Mr. Stone says In telling
the story, "and that was when 1
went to Norfolk, Virginia, one time
to attend a brotherhood convention
When the trustees wired me, offer
ing me the position of Grand Chief
of the brotherhood, I accepted and I
made the Journey to Cleveland, my
second excursion Into the unknown
lands of the East. I became head
of the order, whose headquarters
are at Cleveland, and have acted In
that capacity ever since."
"What was the worst run that you
can recall?" Mr. Stone was asked by
a reporter.
"Nearly all runs In an engine cab
are unpleasant," replied the engin
eer. "Of course, the most trying
times are in the severe heat of mid
summer and the awful cold of mid
winter, and especially in the North
west is this true. The winters in
that section, as everyone knows, are
very severe and the labors of the
engineer and fireman In the cab dur
ing weather that is 40 to 50 degrees
below zero, snow falling so thick
that it looks like wool and all nerves
at a tension in the struggle to do
their duty causes the men in the en
gine's cab to reach the conclusion
that no trip ran be any worse than
the last trip under such conditions."
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The disregard of a Cold has often
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Sneezing, Coughing, or a Fever
should be warning enough that your
system needs immediate attention.
Certainly Loss of Sleep is most seri
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to assist by doing his part. Dr.
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Adv No 3 4799
NOTICE
TO PRAIRIE DOG OWNERS
Now Is the time to dispose of your
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rate of three cents per acre, sold at
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and do the work yourself.
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dec 31-2t-5204
WHEEL BREAKS ON PRESS
Herald of !at Week Delayed by Ac
lident to Machinery
The Herald for last Thursday, De
cember 31, was delayed twenty-four
hours In reaching our readers on
account of thet breaking of a large
gear In the cylinder press Just as the
last run was started on the paper.
W. L. Carroll, machinist, was call
ed In and worked until midnight on
Thursday, completing the repair In
t'me to get the last run off the press
Friday morning. Mr. Carroll is an
efficient workman and did a good
Job.
The Heruld wishes to thank the
Times for their kind offer of the
use of their cylinder press, which
would have been necessary If the
break could not have been repaired
The accident Is one that does not
happen In many years.
State Fire Commissioner H. Kid-
gell (ilve Amount of Fire Loe- '
es During Year Just Ended
Fire losses In Nebraska during ths
year 1914, as compiled Ln the office
of Fire Commissioner W. S. Rldgell,
show a total of $1,87X071. This I
complete as to cities and! villages bat
only partial as to farm, tosses.
There were 1,325. fires ln cltle
and towns, which, wrought loss and)
damage aggregating $1.?96,04.5O.
The farm losses so far as reported
were $76,170.75.
The val ie of buildings on fire dur
ing the year la $5,949801, an4 of
their contents $4,654,087. The In
surance on buildings was $735,24$,
and on contents $2,488,217. Losses
on buildings reached the total of
757,292, and. on contents $1,115,-
783.
During the past five years fires
have threatened property In Nebras
ka worth the gross sum of $67,764,-
100. The loss, however, was held
down to $9,731,558, which Is equiv
alent to a saving of $57,032,542,
credited to the work of the state's
fire fighters.
The four largest conflagrations re
ported for the year were these: Be
atrice, $144,500; Grand Island $134-
924; Fremont, $129,422; Wyiuore,
$86,290.
From 70 to 75 per cent of all
fires arde caused by neglect, care
lessness or Ignorance, Mr. Ridgell
estimates. He gives figures show
ing some of the principal cause
which could be done away with by
the exercise of proper caution. Hero
they are:
Started from bonfires, 10; defect
ive or unguarded flues, 90; hot ash
es in boxes and barrels, 23; match
es, candles, etc., ln clothes closets.
11; cigars, cigarets and matches
carelessly thrown down, 37; electrle
lights ln bed or electric Irons sitting
on tables, 9; Fourth of July fire
works, 5; furnace troubles, 34; gas
oline, 98; lamps, 22; children and
matches, 72; rubbish heaps burned.
14; overheated and poorly placed
stoves, 29; spontaneous combustion.
40.
Reports were received of 307 fires
of "unknown origin." Commission
er Ridgell thinks that these should
have been investigated more thor
oughly and ln a majority of cases tho
cause could have been ascertained.
Fire losses In the state during
each of the last five years are given
as follows:
In 1910, 2,181,058; 1911, $1,788,-
123; 1912. $2,251,175: 1913, $1,
715.676; 1914, $1,873,071.
The report says that 64 fires dur
ing the year were "suspicious" and
were investigated by the bureau.
Convictions ln such cases are difficult
to secure, It declares, because the
evidence gathered is chiefly circum
stantial. In most cases of suspect
ed or proven incendiaism the prop
erty was overinsured. Commission
er Hidgell believes the companies
should be held responsible for the
acts of their local agents In overln
surlng property. In that way he
thinks a closer supervision would be
exercised. The agents are often
found to be parties to the benefit ln
case of fire.
In recognition of the work which
fire departments are doing, Commis
sioner Ridgell suggests that they
should be furnished with adequate
equipment. He reco mends the use
of safely extinguishers ln buildinM.
The Instruction in fire prevention be
ing given in the public schools Is
considered to have worked bem ilc-
ial results.
In the building inspection depart
ment, the work has covered "02
towns and 11,522 structures. lu
many cases a cleunsp of premise
followed, and some of the buildings
inspected were condemned and torn
down. A majority of such edifices,
the report says, are owned by men of
means who keep them for the sake
of a small rental, rather than tear
them down and rebuild.
Commissioner Ridgell requests
that his own salary, now $2,000, be
raised to $2,500, and that of his
chief deputy. II. F. Requartte. from
$1,500 to $2,000. The salaries are
paH ou of a fund derived from a
yearly tax of 3.8 mill on the prem
ium Income of fire Insurance com
panies.
Farm mutuals are now exempt
from the tax, but Commissioner Rid-
gell recommends that they be assess
ed the same as others. He favors
allowing chiefs of fire departments
only $1 for reporting a case, instead
of $1.50, as at present.
The total amount of tax collected
in 1914 was $12,931, which, with S
balance on hand of $1,684.
One of the fire commissioners
recommendations Is that the legal
Denaltv for maintaining a nuisance.
which is now $500 fine, be reduced
to from $50 to $250. Lincoln Star.
Nothinse has ever
eaualed or comoareJ
with the medicinal fata
in Soott'a Emulsion to
arrest the) decline, invigorate
the blood, strengthen the
nervous system, mid the appe
tite and restore the courage
of better health.
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