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300 War lor
weighing from 12 to 1400 lbs. from 15 to
15-3 hands high, all solid colors, from 5$
to 8 years old. Bring in your horses on
the following date and get
Ill 1 1 X h9 Vr I ft, t- A tr JL Am V-
Am here to buy not try.
FARMER VITALLY CON-
RAILROADS
WHAT THE KUIOPKAX WAIl
MKAXS TO TIIK AMKKI
TAN KAUMI.lt
That every city of any sire in the
country Is full of thousands of Idle
men at the present moment Is a fact
well known to every reader of news
papers for hardly a day passes that
the press is not full of con.ment
about the hungry thousands who
stand In the "bread line" and pat
ronizing the free "soup houses" In
every large center of population. Nor
Is this Btate of affairs due to the pol
icy of any particular political party,
out rattier the outgrowth of condl
tlons which havo been slowlr
Chief P. K. llomlR of the Alliance
department has been Invited to
speak before the convention, and
Former President J. W. Uuthrle has
been Invited to speak at the banquet.
Those going from the Alliance de
partment are: P. E. Romlg, George
Reiser, Carl Zehrung, Chas. Hill,
Harold Snyder, Durton Rowland,
George Nation, Lloyd Thomas, E. J.
Lalng. John W. Guthrie and Carl W.
Spacht.
liOWKY-HKNKY LEASE (JAKAUE
surely crystalling for a number of
years. In the first place, the Corn
Belt the great bread basket of the
Nation has had a series of slim
Well Known Alliance Automobile
Firm Pun-hawe liarnge i:iit
incut and Will Enter li'titine
The automobile firm of Lowry &
Henry, composed of Lincoln Lowry
and Kd. Henry, who have been In
the auto business In the McCorkle
block for several years, have secur
ed a five year lease on the Alliance
garage and bare purchased the re-
but pair equipment, consisting of drills,
lames, iiotors, tools, etc., and wilt
again engage in the repair business.
The Alliance Garage building Is
the largest In this section of the
crops In most sections, and this nat- "j6, It ,8 "lodern nd fireproof.
a i hi Knows uiw storage 01 a large
number of cars, as well as plenty of
urally has had a depressing effect up
ou uusmess conditions. Again, we
lhave been passing through a period
.of Industrial readjustment of
changing from the loose methods
shop room for repair purposes.
The firm will sell the Studebaker,
Dodge, Case and Cadillac cars, the
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I which prevailed a dozen or bo years ' 8ftme ,inea ,hey have been hmdl"1
ago over to a policy of strict govern-! A ,arge 8,,ck .f repa,r V,!" for dlf."
Will be at the following places on the following dates.
Lynn, Monday the 18th f
Marple, Tuesday the 19th 1
Marsland, Wed. the 20th 1
ferent makes of autoa will be carried
as well as supplies.
KIM HALL VERSUS ALLIANCE
Hemingf ord, Thurs. the 21st
Alliance,Saturday the 23rd I
ment control nf nuhll urvlra .,..
porations and a sharp Inquiry into
the conduct of all other large cor
porations and, in trying to stamp
out tne abuses of the past the pen- First League flame of the Season to
'dulurn has swung so far In the other He Played at Alliance
direction that bo far as the railroads None of the games of basket ball
are concerned, at least, It threatens , played at Alliance this season have
,to precipitate the most of them been league games. The first league
which are not already In the hands 'game for this place will be at the
or receivers upon the rocks of finan-' High school gym Frdlay night, be
clal wreck and ruin. Itween Alliance and Kimball. i
That the depressed financial con- j This will no doubt be a good game,
dltlon of the railroads Is largely re- It will help to decide the race for the
sponsible for the great army of un-1915 pennant. Everybody who en
employed was vividly demonstrated joys a game of basket ball should
by a prominent St. Louis newspaper i see it.
recently when It showed that nine
St. Louis manufacturing establish-' Little Hoy Iladly Scalded
ments which, deal In railroad sup-' On Tuesday of this week little Joe
piles employed 14.673 men one year Plgman, the five-year-old son of Mr. I
ago, whereas now they employ only and Mrs. C. D. Plgman, fell Into a
4,503, with a reduction In their pay wash boiler partly filled with boiling
rolls amounting to $588,700 per, water. The boiler had been placed
month, or over seven million dollars on the floor and It seems that the
a year. If the effect upon only nine boy In trying to sit on the edge of If
enterprises is as far reaching as this. 1 fell In backwards. His back wai
what would the figures show If they badly scalded, causing the little fel-l
were available for similar Industries ' low intense suffering for a while, but
and the hundreds of other enterpris- It Is expected that there will be no
es affected in a greater or less degree ' permanent injury. Fortunately Mrs.'
throughout the country? Nearly all' Plgman was in the room when the
of these concerns have on hand hun- accident happened. She gave a tem
dreds of thousands of dollars' worth porary dressing to the scalded part'
or nnisnea equipment which was or- and telephoned the doctor.
dered by the railroads a year or bo1
ago, but which they have not been Installed New Olllcers
able to pay for; In the meantime.! The new officers of the fire denart-
not being able to pay for goods al- ment were Installed Wednesday ev-
y
. Will.be at the Checkered Front Barn on Saturday.
F. P. CAGWIN, ST. LOUIS, MO. X
Report of Condition of
The First National
Bank
y No. 4226
At Alliance in the State of Nebraska, at the close of business Dec. 31, 1914.
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts 1381,572.94
Overdrafts secured and unsecured 151.80
U. S. bonds to secure circulation (par value) 60,000.00
U. S. bonds to secure U. S. deposits (par value) 1,000.00
Subscription to stock of Federal Reserve bank $6,000.00
Less amount unpaid 5,000.00 1,000.00
Banking house 10.000.00
Due from Federal Reserve bank 6,927.15
Due from appr'd reserve agts in central reserve cities 22.969.72
Due from appr'd reserve agents in other reserve cities 27,031.97 50,001.69
Due from banks and bankers (other than above) 6,252.31
Outside checks and other cash items, $1,004.01; fractional cur
rency, $321.26 1.325.27
Checks on banks in the same city as reporting bank 1,494.24
Notes of other national banks 5,380.00
Federal reserve notes 30.00
Lawful money reserve in bank:
Specie 25.896.60
Legal-tender notes 3,000.00 28.89C.60
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer (not more than five per
cent on circulation) 2,500.00
X
Total $546,532.00
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in if 50,000.00
Surplus fund 50,000.00
Undivided profits $ 5,000.00
Reserve for taxes 2,730.54 7,730.54
Circulating notes 50,000.00
Less amount on hand and in treasury for re
demption or In transit 2.50 49,997.50
Due to banks and bankers (other than above) 35,800.77
Demand deposits:
Individual deposits subject to check 193,909.87
Certificates of deposit due In less than 30 days. . 20,698.53
Certified checks 112.50
United States deposits 1,000.00
State and municipal deposits 21,715.71 237,436.61
Time deposits:
Certificates of deposits due on or after 30 days, 79,471.11
Deposits subject to 30 or more days' notice . . . 36,095.47 115,566.58
Total $546,532.00
State of Nebraska, County of Box Butte, ss:
I, Frank J. Was, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
FRANK J. WAS, Cashier
CORRECT Attest: CHAS. E. FORD.
R. M. HAMPTON,
EUGENE E. FORD, Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of January, 1915
EUGENE BURTON, Notary Public'
Serial No. 013281.
Notice for Publication
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Alliance, Nebr., Jan.
10, 1915.
Notice, is hereby given that
Charles S. Taylor, of Ellsworth, Ne
braska, who, on March 30, 1911,
made homestead entry, No. 013281,
for NEU, EV4 SEV4. NW4 SE,
Sec. 14; W NW4. SE4 NW'M,
SW. WVa SEVi Section 13. Town
ship 25 North. Range 43 W. of 6th
Principal Meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make Final Three
Year Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before Regis
ter and Receiver, U. S. Land Office,
at Alliance, Nebraska, on the 24th
day of February, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
C. J. Borders, of Ellsworth, Nebr.,
Joe Haviick. of Ellsworth, Nebr.,
Clara E. Wilson, of Lakeside, Nebr.,
Thomas J. Roetbler, of Ellsworth,
Nebr.
W. W. WOOD, Register.
6-6t-540-5722
ready ordered, the railroads are not
plucing any new contracts, and un
less they receive speedy assistance
from a Nation-wide standpoint the
tendency will be for labor conditions
to grow worse rather than better.
In last week's article we referred
to the fact that the railroads are the
largest employers of Ittbor In the
United States and that during the
last fiscal year they paid out over
thirteen hundred million dollars In
wages to the army of men and wo
men who conduct their business. We
also referred to the fact that they
paid out almost a thousand million
dollars for steel, coal, lumber and
ening. Those installed were: Lloyd
C. Thomas, president; P. E. Iiomlg,
vice president; Charles Hill, chief;
L. K. Pllkington, assistant chief; W.
W. Hall, foreman hose company No.
1; George Nation, assistant; Frank
Merrltt, foreman hose company No.
2; Win, Zehrung, assistant; Harold
Snyder, foreman hook and ladder
company No. 3; Dwigbt Zediker, as
sistant; P. E. Rolf son, secretary;
Dr. George J. Hand, treasurer; Geo. '
KelBer, trustee. I
Too Many to Name
There were too many visitors In
Alliance yesterday, attending the
other supplies of which they are the Odd Fellows' celebration, to enumer
largest consumers In the country, ate them all. Among those coming
and therefore the chief support of from the valley were Editor Wood
the hundreds of thousands employed of Gerlng, Editor Wlsner of Bayard,
in these great Industries. ' Pete Watson of Mitchell, and Mr.
In view of these facts, is it not and Mrs. A. T. Angel of Scottsbluff.
plain to any thinking man that It Is Mr. Angel acted as coach for the
Scottsbluff basket
game last night.
. sister of Mrs. W.
ball team in the
Mrs. Angel Is a
M. Weldenhamer.
of tremendous importance to the
whole country that the railroads be
permitted to earn a reasonable in
come if the millions of American la-'
boring men are to be kept profitably 1 "TTpjMdnid I'. S. Commissioner
employed? County Judge L. A. Berry has re-
Does not any man know that If the'ceived notice of his appointment as
thousands who are this moment united States Commissioner for Al
hunttng for work in Chicago. St. ' llanee Tne appointment was made
Louis. New York. Pittsburgh. Cleve- by ThomaB c. Munger. Judge of the
land and other large cities were pro- federal court at Chadron. This will
fttably employed that It would be re-;allow Berry to bold hearings
UCciru hi iu irvnyi. ui ever, mer- ,u wntch tnlnor violations of the fed-
Serial No. 013861.
Notice for Publication
Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Alliance, Nebr., Jan.
10. 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Chris
topher J. Borders, of Ellsworth, Ne
braska, who, on Aug. 16. 1911, made
Homestead Entry, No. 013861, for
SVi NEV4, NW4 Sec. 25; NEV4,
SV4 NV4, NW4 NW4. Section
26. Township 25 North, Range 43
W. of 6th Principal Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make Fi
nal Three Year Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described,
before Register and Receiver, U. S.
Land Office, at Alliance, Nebraska,
on the 25th day of February, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Charles S. Taylor, Thomas Roeth
ler, Josef Havllk, Walter Wightman,
all of Ellsworth, Nebr.
W. W. WOOD. Register.
6-7t-541-2721
chant and the output of every fac
tory in the Nation?
In view of such a serious state of
affairs, can the average farmer or
business man afford to oppose the
small Increase in rates which Is nec
senary to once more put the railroads
upon a sound basis? Is not the
amount of passenger fare or freight
which the average farmer or othen
eral laws are charged.
Death of Mrs. Slagle
Mrs. Malinda Slagle, mother of Dr.
C. E. Slagle of Alliance, dieu Tues
day morning, January 5, at her
home in Oregon, Illinois. She was
ill only one week. She is survived
by eight children. Dr. Slagle left
for (Irpirnn on I hp riuv nf her d.ath
! . I . . J . I I I -
nueu ,myB uu uurmg lue year B,ttnd returned Monday. January 11
mere bagatelle when measured
against the lucrative employment
and the buying power of the millions
of American laboring men?
. (Concluded next week)
FOR RENT One nicely furnish
ed room. Phone 270 or call at 811
Big Horn Ave.
6-2t-5718
JAMES M. KENNEDY. DENTIST
First National Bank Building, Al
liance, Nebr. Phones; Office, 23;
Residence, Black 10.
LOST On December 18. Conklln
Fountain Pen. Finder return to
1016 Laramie.
6-11-5724$
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Ibe
Mothers' Favorite.
"I give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to
my children when thev have colds or coughs,"
writes Mrs. Verne Shaffer, Vandergrift, 1'a.
"It always helps them and is far superior to
any other cough medicine I have ued. 1
adviae anyone in reed of such a medicine to
give it a trial." For sale by all dealers.
Advertiaetuent.
The Kaiser's sore throat will hard
ly prevent him from giving three
cheers.
Turkey Dinner for iiuesta
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Ray gave a
turkey dinner last Sunday to a num
ber of guests. Besides the Hay fam
ily there were present Mr. and Mrs.
Ed. Eldred, Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Kroll,
and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Wykotf and
daughter Helen of Council Bluffs, la.
Mr. and Mrs. Wykoff and daughter
arrived in Alliance last week for an
extended visit. They may take up
their residence in Alliance and make
this city their permanent home. Mrs.
Wykotf and Mrs. Ray are sisters.
Taking Western Trip
F. E. Reddish, Alliance real estate
man, left Wednesday noon for a
western trip which will take until
probably March 1. He goes first to
Eugene, Oregon, where he owns con
siderable property. He will then vis
it Portland, Ban Francisco and Long
Beach, as well as other coast points.
Howard Reddish will be in charge of
the office In the absence of Mr. Reddish.
To Nebraska City
At the regular meeting of the Al
liance fire department held Wednes
day evening the delegates and mem
bers were selected to represent the
department at the annual slate con
vention to be held in Nebraska City
January 19, 20 and 21. The dele
gation expects to leave Alliance on
train number 44 Monday noon and
will arrive at Nebraska City at 10
o'clock Tuesday morning. Former
K.lgar Wilson 111
Edgar Wilson was taken sick last
w t-i-u Mitu wnut bt . ej 10 be lit a a
trouble, causing several fainting
spells. He had sufficiently recover
ed yesterday to take the noon train
for Bridgeport.
HlltillS
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hash
man, on Wednesday morning, a girl.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Han
sen of Bingham, Wednesday night,
a girl.
TEN REASONS WHY "THAT
PRINTER OF I'DKLLS" IS THE
UEST PLAY OF THE SEASON
(1) The characters are not mere
puppets but real living, breathing
men and women. (2) It is a real
dramatic performance and entertain
ment. (3) It exemplifies eyplcal
American life scenes. (4) There is
not a dull moment nor any long
waits. (5) It solves the tramp ques
tion. (6) It is artistically and pow
erfully acted. (7) It enthuses. In
spires, and entertains its audiences.
(8) The story was written by HAR
OLD BELL WRIGHT, the best Am
erican author. (9) It included com
edy without silliness, pathos without
gust, and heroism without boasting!
(10) It is a play that everyone will
be talking about and you owe it to
yourself to know what it is about.
This modern dramatic masterpiece
will be presented at the Pbelan Op
era House, January 19, by Mr. SAN
FORD DODGE and his fine company
of artists, one night only. Seats on
sale at Holsten's. Children 25c, ad
ults 50-75-1.00.
by the
Await you
during
The
Staggering
Sacrifice
Sale
at the
Famous
Each day of
this colossal
Sale will have
its special
features in
addition to
the greatest
price Reduc
tions ever be
fore made on
this the best
and largest ex
clusive stock of
wearables for
men and boys
between
Lincoln and
Billings
Sale
Begins
Saturday
Jan. 16
at 9 a. m.
continuing for
two weeks
The
Famous
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