The Alliance Herald
I Special
stockmen's Edition
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VOLUME XXII
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1915
NO. 27
ATTRACTION OF
GREAT MERIT
An Intereetlnff Sketch Concerning
America's Representative Car
nival Organization
The Wortham Shows which are
billed to appear here, are known as
the biggest and cleanest organisa
tion known to the popular form of
amusement as the carnival. It is a
veritable exposition on wheels, trans-
ported over the country in its own
train of 27 cars.
The New YoTk Clipper, America's
oldest and most conservative theat
rical journal, calls the Wortbam
Bhows "America's representative
carnival organization," a compliment
which the press of the country have
verified by many editorials In leading
newspapers where the attractions
have played.
There are no less than sixteen
standard shows, all of them of the
most modern type and all clean and
up to date. The old fashioned at
tractions of past years will be found
conspicuous by their absence, so-call-
ed "girl" shows -will not be on tbe ,
Wortham midway, but in their place
an organization that has cast no less
than $150,000 to equip and finish
will bid for public patronage and ap
proval. Among the sixteen attractions are
several that are complete revelations
in the way of carnival features, and
among these the hippodrome may be
mentioned. It is a mammoth tent
160x80 feet in size and contains two
steel arenas and one big ring in
which pretentious trained wild ani
mal acts and circus features are giv
en. A troupe of performing ele-
phants is the headline feature of the
aggregation, these "being exceptional
ly clever in their exhibition of ani
mal sagacity.
The Society Horse Show Is anoth-'
er that will well repajfa visit. Miss
Essie Fay, America's most talented
horse woman, is at the head of the
bill with her educated horse, "Ara
bia", the equine parados, a horse
with a human brain. This animal
can tell the tin?e by your own watch,
no matter at what hour or minute
you may set it, can spell your name
for you, do simple mathematical
problems, tiht fire and rescue a ba-
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by from the flames and finally goes!ex,ra cPy 'ou are invited to read it
to bed in a huge four-poster special
ly erected for the purpose.
In addition there are the famous
Rhoda Royal high school and menag
erie horses, late features with the
Sells-Floto circus, the four-in-hand,
bareback riding act and finally the
posing horse, the feature of the
Ringling Bros, shows last year. It
composes the greatest amount of an
imal talent ever presented under one
canvas.
These are but two of the more
prominent features, and all the
shows possess some distinct indiv
iduality of their own. making them
the moBt novel line of attractions In
the country.
The reason tbv n r-1")' i;'t''
appreciate the can.lval ic Hat tLty
see such "variety of attractions In
; so little Ttoe and is so small a drain
I on the poc&et book. People now-e-
days appreciate the tabloid musical
j comedy or the same reason, wlthowt
having to listen to all the twaddle
that oftentimes is necessary to fill In
the two hours or more the entertain
ment consumes.
The attractions with the Wftrtham
Shears are run on this principle.
They are so condensed that one sees
and hears more in a bait tour than
fa the average large cirrus In two
fcours. The features are only those
that keep the attention rapt for the
lORTION OF WORTHAM SHOWS
time being and when satisfied there
are other wonders to witness.
For startling sensationalism, visit
the Auto Stadium and see the laws
of gravitation defied by a little lady,
Mile. Marie, who drives a racing au
tomobile around a perpendlcolar
wall at a rate of ninety miles an
hour. She knows what sensational
ism is, as she is the late vlvandiere
of the Chasseurs D'Afrique of the
French army, and served through
the Algerian campaign some years
ago. She has been decorated by
President Poincaire for bravery in
saving the colors of the regiment,
and now is rejoicing in being a nat
uralized American citizen and one of
the prominent features of the Wor
tham Shows.
Attraction for the children Is one
of the attributes of the organization.
There will be found three riding de
vices of the latest and most popular
design to cater to their pleasure, at
tractions such as a Trip to Mars and
the Crystal Tangle, where they can
find amusement and recreation, dogs
and ponies, and the unridable mule,
"Maud, to cause them to laugh, and a
midway where they will be very wel
come with the older folks.
The Wortham Shows are for ev-
ryone, the old and the younp, the
rich and poor alike, America's rep
resentative carnival organization in
every way.
Ilig F.lition Thix Wftk
For the purpose of thoroughly ad
vertising the coming Stockmen's
Convention, to be held In Alliance
next Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
ar;d Friday, The Herald Is again is
suing five thousand copies in three
sections this week. The extra cop
its are being sent to people in west
ern Nebraska who are interested in
the sock industry. If you receive an
thoroughly and become a subscriber.
MISH LILLIAN TKLKY
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LINCOLN LETTER
Herald Correspondent In Lincoln
Tell of Latent Doing at Nebr
aska State Capital
Lincoln, Jane 9 The policy tT
State Treasurer Hall In handling toe
state's funds Is bearing trait in a
substantial redaction 1 Interest.
During the first four movtk x1 1914
formes State Treasurer Oeorge paid
$12,608.97 interest cm Tegtstered
general fund warrants. Thirrng the
first four month oT llll the inter
est paid on registered warrants was j
' I
only $2,557.39 and these were reg
istered prior to - Mr. Hall's Incumb-
enpv.
The University of Nebraska is by
far the greatest single state Institu
tion in Nebraska, considered not on
ly in point of numbers (students and
instructors), but also In the matter
of expenditures. Acting under dir
ections from State Auditor Wm. H.
Smith, the state accountant is now
making a semi-annual audit of thejwhen U caught ,n the t'l'Pne
University's accounts. This will cov
er the six months' period ended May
31, 1915, and when completed will
make a complete showing of the fin
ances of that institution.
Some four years ago Hon. W. G.
Whitmore, Hon. J. R. Webster and
two others contributed a students'
loan fund of $3,300 and since then
a number of poor but worthy stud
ents have been helped by loans from
this fund. It Is Interesting to note
bow promptly the loans are paid off
wben the student begins to earn a
living wage after graduation. Secre
tary Dales, custodian of the fund,
makes report as follows:
"The following statement shows
the condition of the trust fund plac
ed at the disposal of the board of
regents by private individuals, for
aid to students, at the close of the
srx months period ended May 31,
1915.
Total principal of donations received
to May 31. 1915 $3,300.00
Interest on Investments to
same date, $567.31, less
premiums and accrued
Interest paid on purchase
of bonds, $70, net 497.31'
Securities (bonds), held
May 31, 1915 1,290.00
Notes of beneficiaries, loans
to students, installments
paid on same to date .. 2,415.00
Cash for current use on
loans 92.31
$3,797.31
"Is a name a claim?" This ques
tion may be finally answered by the!
Supreme Court of the United States,
If the plans of certain patent medi
cine makers do not fail. The query
comes up in this way:
General section 2537, third para
graph (Revised Statutes, 1913) re
lating to misbranding drugs and
medicines, provides that "if Its pack
age or label shall bear or contain any
statement regarding the cura
tive effect of such article
which is false or fraudulent" then
r"-h t iri is ricr.rr.r.ded and may
r' i b "oV in N-b-askH. penalty (-
v-'i'rr, '. ire tn cne fcun'-ed
dollars for acb cCr.ec. The Unlt-
I
ed States government has already
eliminated from patent medicine ad
vertising and printed matter all
statements promising a "cure" for
disease by use of the remedy. In
other words, patent medicine makers
and sellers must not claim to "cure"
disease, because both United States
regulations and the Nebraska Pure
Food and Drugs law forbid.
However, In examination of Oma
ha drug stores, Deputy Commission
er Clarence E. Harman finds that a
large number of advertised patent
medicines use the word "cure" as
part of the remedy name, as for ex
ample, Flatfoot's Corn Cure, and
this, he holds as a violation of the
Nebraska law. The manufacturers
contend that the word "cure" as they
use it is only a part of the name and
that nowhere In their printed mat
ter do they claim to cure anything.
But Harman insists that the name
appeals to the buyer as eoerlng a
remedy that cures, and that there
fore It Is a "claims" within the
meaning of the law. Hence, we may
expect some Interesting develop
ments in the near future.
GREAT BOOSTER TRIP
Eleven Auto Load Went Last Thurs
day to Advertise the Stork
mrn'H Otnventiftn
The second booster trip of the
Reason occurred last Thursday when
eleven auto loads went from Alliance
to advertise the Stockmen's Conven
tion. The first stop was Gering, then
Scottsbluff, Mitchell, the government
farm, and the government dam, in
the order named. The receptions in
all places were more than pleasing,
and there was sot one person out of
every fifty asked that did not make
known his intention to attend the
convention. There was a light
sprinkle while the crowd was at
Gering, but only enough water fell
to settle the dust in good shape. Af
ter a thlrty-mlnute stay In Gering,
during which tlrao everyone was
busy distributing advertising matter
and visiting with friends, all went to
Scottsbluff, where they ate dinner.
'Two hour8 time WB8 8pent there' nnd
that town was well plastered with
advertising matter. Secretary Fish
er attempted to send up the balloon
with the banner attached, but mis
fortune attended the affair. The first
balloon burned before it arose, and
the second one rose only a few feet
wires and caught fire. It had been
Intended to send up the balloon in
Mitchell, but the burning of the only
two carried on the trip prevented it.
Scottsbluff people welcomed the Al
liance bunch with a glad hand, and
offered their hearty co-operation in
the coming event.
The reception In Mitchell was sim
ilar to that of the other towns. Mit-
chell Is one of the Ilvest little town3
on the road, and will be well repre
sented at the convention next week.
The government farm, at which
the party stopped only a few min
utes, Is In charge of F. nKorr. who
is making a number of experiments
with cows and hogs. Of the 160
acres, 125 are Irrigated. The ex
periments now are to find what is
the average farmer's profits what
lines are paying and what lines are
losing propositions. Everything Is
conducted under the cost system, ro
tj-ere will be no mistake rs to th'-
n-r it f " lS. ''a f rr 'v'g
w r'pi:tl f p " ,f 't" bcst in
that country was tout'tt and a close
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CIIAS. C. JAMESON
Secretary-Treasurer N. 8. (1. A.
record of her earnings kept for one
month. At the end of that time,
counting feed and care, this cow had
netted the farm Just ten cents profit.
This profit is being taken as a basis,
and the chief experiment now Is to
find some method of cheaper feeding
in order to bring the profits where
they belong.
There are five houses on the farm,
in addition to several large barns
and outbuildings, and all are kept
even better than some city property.
The yards are planted to blue grass,
and all have concrete curbing. A
large circular driveway extends
around the central house.
Only a short stop was made at the
Mlnatare dam, as there had been
considerable rain In that vicinity and
It was difficult to walk around. "How
ever, a few walked along the top of
the dam, to view the large project.
Several accidents marred the trip.
Within five miles of Scottsbluff an
axle on Robert Piester's car was
broken and he was "towed" Into
town. As hi had an extra axle in
the machine, it was only a matter of
a few minutes for him to again be on
the road. E. T. Kibble's car was
the worst sufferer, a spring being
broken. Mr. Kibble stayed In Ger
ing, at which place the machine was
in a garage, until Friday morning,
before the repair was made. Only
two or three punctures and blowouts
occurred, which was very slight con-
sidering the number of cars in
tbe
party.
The entire trip was made on
schedule time, the boosters return
ing to Alliance at about 8:30.
If You IKm't Relieve It, Try It .
"It pays to advertise" Is as good a
saying for the farmer as for the bus-
in ess man in town, according to F.
W, Habicht, a prominent Iowa farm-
er, living near Avoca. That was his
lit UI.IMiTON Ii:iH)T, AMJAXCK.
testimony given at the conclusion of
a talk on advertising for the farmer
by F. W. Beckman at the annual
farmers' short course at Iowa State
ccllege. "I have Just written a post
card to the editor of the Avoca Jour
nal." said Mr. Habicht, "asking him
to change an ad I bad In his last is
sue because most of the stuff adver
tised was Bold the day after the pa
per came out. I put in an ad offer
ing for sale a calf, some choice hogs
and poultry. About half of It was
sold to advantage 24 hours after
wards. 1 wouldn't be surprised if
the rest of It were gone when I get
home. An ad in the home paper al
ways helps me sell my stuff."
A STOCKMEN'S
SPECIAL ISSUE
Much Matter of Immediate Interest:
to Ranchmen and Valuable
for Future Reference
This Is a stockmen's souvenir edi
tion of The Herald. It eentalnsn
much reading matter that will be Of
special Interest to the cattle men of'
the west half of Nebraska, and some
things, both' In the reading matter
and advertisements, that will be val
uable for future reference. Stock--men
should preserve this paper tor
that purpose, after It baa been read!
by the members of the family andi
others Into whose hands It may. falli.
Five thousand copies of this paper
are printed. Besides sending the
paper this week to all our subscrib
ers we are sending xra copies to Ne
braska ranchmen who are not menr
brs of the Nebraska Stock Growers
Association. They are Invited to
read In particular the matter rela
tive to benefits to ranchmen of mem.-
bershlp In the Association. v
Another thing to which we wla&
to call special attention of stockmen,
Is the advertising of the South Oma
ha live stock commission men fn this.
Issue. Those commission men who.
advertise In this paper give special
attention to the business of the
ranchmen of that part of the state
In which the paper circulates. Fol
lowing is a list of the live stock com
mission firms who are advertising Id,
The Herald:
Smith Bros. Commission Co.
Byers Brothers. iJ--.
Rosenbaum Brothers & Co.
Wood Brothers. 'r
L. E. Roberts A Co. j
Record Live Stock Commission Co.
Le Live Stock Commission Co.
Donahue, Randall & Co.
La vert y Brothers.
Martin Brothers A Co.
Clay, Robinson A Co.
Great Western Commission Co.
Mutual Live Slock Commission Co..
MADE ERSTERN TRIP
Alliance Presbyterian MiKHlonarr-
liertured at lllg FjiHtem Polnta .
on Ills Worfc In the Wettt
I Rev. D. W. Montgomery, Presby
'terlan missionary, whose excellent
work In the west has been comment
ed on In The Herald before, returned:
last Thursday morning from a six:
weeks' trip through the east. In ad-
dltlon to giving lectures at Important
points he visited with relatives at
different places visited,
Rev. Montgomery attended the
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church from May 19 to 29, at Rocb-
ester, N. Y. He was in New York
City on the day that President Wil
son reviewed the great United States
fleet.
Among the points visited by Mr.
Montgomery were Pawnee City, Ne
braska: Washington, D. C; Phila
delphia, Pa.: Harlrsburg, Pa.; Roch
ester, N. Y.; and Erie, Pa. He made
speeches before congregations at the
above named points and several In
formal speeches at other points, as
well as speaking several times at
some places. He found much Inter
est in the west and In the work being
done here.. He is now back at work,
feeling more fit than ever for !i
ardous duties.
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