Come to Alliance Market Week, October
Stockmen's
Edition .
VOLUME XXII
UNITING FARMERS
AND CITY MEN
The Trii'lciimn, Oinaha Retail Mer
r hauls MagaMne, Gives Two
Page Writeup to Alliance
INTEREST IN WOUK DONE here
The Tradesman, an Omaha retail
merchants magazine with a wide cir
culation, In its issue for September,
1911, devoted two pages to a write
up of Alliance and its territory. W.
D. Fisher, secretary of the Alliance
Commercial Club, furnished the ma
terial and photos for the write-up.
The article attracted attention from
other large magazines and requests
have since been received for other
articles of this nature from others.
The article, together with the cuts
used, follows:
Until two years ago the Alliance
business men had never visited the
farmers in their territory in a body.
Last year a silo trip was promoted in
co-operation with the State Agricul
tural College and they report that it
was the first one ever undertaken by
a commercial club in the state where
the county did not have a farm dem
onstrator. On this trip different
kinds of siloB were visited, good
points and bad points were discussed
and when the two days' trip was
over, the farmers knew more about
silos than ever before, and the busi
ness men had become better ac
quainted with their customers, the
farmers. One of the farmers said if
the trip had been made one week be
fore, he would have saved fifty dol
lars, and the farmers who had never
realized the value of a silo decided
right there to erect one. As a result
the number of silos has been doubled
in Box Butte county within a year.
More silos mean more milk, more
milk means more butter, -and it all
moans that the farmers will get more
money for their produce and that Is
what we are all working for, a bigger
and better production in all times.
One merchant who was not very
enthusiastic about making the ' iri?,
efile back boosting for It arid said
that next year be was going it he bad
to ejoee his ejore. That merchant
bad aught the spirit and the mer
chant or merchants who will get out
wtth the farmers will be the gainer
In the end, for the farmers like to
have the business men visit their
farms just like the merchant likes to
have the farmer come into bis store.
For years Alliance has had cele
brations of all kinds, giving more for
the money than you could find any
where else, but It Is the same old
story 25c, 50c or $1 admission. It
was suggested that we have a big pic
nic and celebration at the fair
grounds, making everything free, so
committees' were appointed and last
year on Labor Day we had the first
big free celebration and It was a suc
cess from start to finish. We did
not spend a large amount of money,
260 covering all the expenses, but
to this day, farmers, shop men and
ranchers are still talking about the
celebration. The farmers had a ball
game with the merchants, and the
farmer girls showed the town girls
bow to run a foot race, and the car
penter's wife showed that she could
drive as many nails in three minutes
as "the old man". Everybody forgot
their different walks of life that day
and the whole affair was one big fam
ily reunion. There were no reserv
ed seats, everything was free, and
when it was all over everyone was
elated over the results of the day.
What was the outcome? The farm
ers forgot the past. They said, "The
himlnuii mun An unnreciate US." the
shop men and their wives were
. brought to realize that the business
men of Alliance did appreciate their
business and it has caused more fav
orable talk than anything else we
have undertaken.
Last month we had the second silo
trip and it was advertised that din
ner would be served in a grove at a
. cost of 25c. A large number of bus
iness men were present and after
they had partaken of fried chicken
and everything that is found at a
good country dinner, they started to
pay their 26c and were tolu that the
dinner was free as a token of appre
ciation of what the business men had
done for the farmers. In the last
fifteen months Beventy-five per cent
of the farmers who used to feel bo
antagonistic towards the Alliance
business men now feel that Alliance
belongs to them and that the busi
ness men want to help them in every
way possible.
This year we are having our sec
ond Labor Day celebration and a
committee of twelve farmers has
been appointed to arrange for the
farmers-merchants ball game and
' general sports. The Commercial Club
has bad In operation the past fifteen
months a free employment bureau
which is being appreciated by the
farmers.
A few of our business men are like
some found in every town. They nev
cr m on a silo trip, never go to a
farmers' meeting, or never give the
farmer a glad hand, but the majority
of our business men realize that their
business depends on the farmers, and
those who are awake are reaping the
harvest.
, Last week. Mr. Klcken. a farmer
living nine miles north of Alliance,
fn from his binder and was serious
ly injured, Mr. Klcken had four
Vdred acre at rye and oats to cut
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One of the finest ranch views that
It has been our privilege to publh-h
Is that of the Spring Canon ranch in
Garden county, of which J. H. Orr is
proprietor.
Mr. Orr is one of the oldest resi
dents of western Nebraska and one
of the most prosperous. As ranch
man, merchant and banker he has
been eminently successful. He came
to Nebraska in 1883 and to Keith
county in 1887. Since then he has
lived in three counties but has moved
only once.
He hotuesteaded In Keith county
nd lived there twelve years, when
and shock and a movement was start
ed to have a shocking bee, and on
Sunday morning, cars loaded witli
business men and citizens from Alli
ance, began to spin towards Mr.
Kicken's farm.
The farmers were notified and
when the business men arrived, nine
of the farmers were busy with bind
ers cutting the grain. Never was
such a sight Been before where there
were bo many as thirty-five men
working together which presented an
inspiring sight. The farmer who
had charge of the work was furnish
ed an automobile to direct the work,
and two autos were busy carrying
water to the men in the different
fields. When 6 o'clock came, three
hundred and twenty acres had been
cut and shocked, and the farmers
who had come to help their neighbor
could hardly realize that the business
men could work so hard and accom
plish so much. Everybody bad a
good time. There were enough men
so that no one had to work very hard
and yet the grain had been cared for.
The dentists tried to out-do the
clothiers, and the grocerymen work
ed along with the farmers, while the
hardware man could be seen with his
employes shocking as much or more
than the other fellows. A few stay
ed at home while others went on a
fishing trip, but the men who went
to work in the fields came home tired
but happy, feeling that the dayhad
been well spent and resolved in their
hearts to be better neighbors In the
true senBe of the word. Those who
went did not have any trouble get
ting a good rest that night like the
narow-minded ones that stayed at
home.
We can talk about getting new
business, new industries, etc., but to
build up a town my Idea Is If each
county in Nebraska and the whole
United States would mix more with
the farmers, treat them with courte
sy and give them value received, the
mail order houses would have to go
out of business within a short time.
The average merchant thinks too
much of himself and his business to
make a success, especially in the
smaller towns. What we need is
more rest rooms, more of the warm
grip of the hand, up-to-date stores
with up-to-date clerks to compete
with the mall order houses.
Hntertalned with Duck H upper
Miss Hattle Renswold entertained
a number of her girl friends at her
home Satuday evening with a duck
supper. In honor of Miss Nell Shrews
berry, who was here from Ellsworth
visiting. The form of refreshments
was slightly varied from the usual,
but it was a very appetizing supper
to which the guests sat down. Then
came a slumber party the mysteries
of which mere man knoweth not
but several young ladles who were
present were heard to say that It was
a very enjoyable affair, "even though
they didn't get to sleep until 4
o'clock In the morning". Those pres
ent In addition to the hostess and the
guest of honor were Misses Ruth
Rice, Laura Mounts, May Graham,
Mattie Gifford, Eva Duncan. Mabel
Mosher. AJta Young and Mabel Wor-
ley.
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Spring Canon ltaixli. fiwrilen I'ouikty,
he moved onto his ranch In Deuel
coi'iity. A few ycuns ago Deuel
county was divided, throwing the
Orr ranch into the new county of
Garden. He made his start finan
cially by milking cows and keeping
the increase, instead of selling the
increase to make a living as pome did
in the early days. As ho accumulat
ed property, he not only increased
his ranch operations but went into
other lines of buf-ineps, in which he
has been very successful.
J. H. Orr is president of Orr, Ppin
dler & Co., proprietors of a ry
mercantile establishment at Lewel
len; vice president and director of
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First Number of S Ii.kI of Muxic Ia--tur
Course (jlven by Miss Clif
ford Friday Night
That Miss Mattie Clare Gifford is
a reader and impersonater of rare
ability was conceded by all who were
fortunate enough to hear her at the
opera house Friday night In the first
number of the series of School of
Music entertainments to be giveu
this fall and winter.
Miss Gifford is one who, immedi
ately upon her appearance on the
stage, creates an "atmosphere" that
keeps .her audience interested
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WbraMkn -4. If. Orr, Proprietor
the Citizens Bank of Ogalalla, and
second vice president of the Fanners
Life Insurance Company of Denver,
Colo. He has been a member of the
Nebraska Slock G rowers Association
for a number of years, and thinks it
has done a splendid work for the live
stock industry of western Nebraska.
In common with others who under
stand the situation, he believes that
every stockman should he a member
of the association.
It is due very much to the encour
agement of such men as Mr. Orr that
The Alliance Herald has been ablo to
accomplish so much In the interests
of stockmen of the west half of Ne
throughout her performance. Her
program Friday night was varied
enough to suit every taste, but it was
readily seen that the audience did
not pick out numbers that " suited
them they found every one of equal
Interest. Miss Gifford depicts her
Imaginable characters with such
clarity and euse that one can almost
see all of them on the stage beside
her.
The impersonations were excep
tionally well rendered. She has a
ready flow of dialect language, and
in her Dutch and negro dialect sel
ections she was given opportunity to
display her talent, which she surely
did. Miss Gifford has made a decid
ed "hit" with her work in Alliance,
and people here will be pleased to
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FAMILT IONUnNT, HON. D. E. THOMPSON,
WyukA Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebr.
ENtablibhed 1887
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Their words of encouragement have
helped over the hard places and giv
en an added pleasure to arduous la
bor. We do not know what political
party Mr. Orr affiliates with, but wo
suspect that he is Uooseveltian In his
beliefs. His friends have occasion
to congratulate him, not only upon
his financial prosperity, but as the
proud father of twelve hearty sons
and daughters, nine of the former
and three of the latter.
This country needs more such men
as John II. Orr. May bis shadow
never grow less.
learn of her next appearance. Mrs.
Edith Swan-Zediker was accompan
ist, and her work was pleasing, as it
always is. The next number on the
course will be announced soon.
Now Ifcilng lluftinetts
The stock of the new Cash Grocery
is arriving daily, and will all Boon be
in. In the meantime the proprietors
are doing business, selling what they
have In stock. They recently receiv
ed a carload of fruit, and this is near
ly all sold now.
Robs Watson and Emmett McNeil
were arrested Monday nlht for be
ing drunk and disorderly. Tuesday
morning they were assessed fines of
$5 and trimmings each, which they
are working out for the city.
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NO. 42
NEBRASKA COPS
CATTLE PRIZES
Sand Hill Cut He Take a Shorthorn
Flrat Prize, and Hereford Top
the Feeder Market
AT srtM'KKU AND FKCDKIt SHOW
Just as the Herald-Stockman said
it would be, bo lt was. In the Issue
of this paper of August 26 we said:
Why Not Nebraska Cop Prizes?
What reason is there why Ne
braska ranchmen should not
capture a large share of the lib
eral prises offered at the St.
Joseph stocker and feeder show,
to be held September 16 and 17.
None, whatever.
If they exhibit, they are prac
tically sure of getting In on the
prizes. Better feeder cattle can
not be found than are raised in
the west half of this state.
And lt has turned out just as we
said it would. Owing to the fact
that this section of this issue goes to
press in advance of publication day.
we cannot give complete list of priz
es won by Nebraska cattle at the St.
Joseph stocker and feeder show, but
we have tho following information by
long distance telephone from Logan
Musser of llUKhvllle, who attended
the show:
Tully Ac Musser exhibited three
loads and took two prizes, as follows:
Yearling Shorthorns, first money.
Yearling Herefords, fourth money.
The above cattle were bred, by
Hall & Graham, well known ranch
men who are proprietors of the Bon
ner ranch, south of Alliance. It
should b tiotec' here that while the
judges awarded the Herefords only
fourth money, they rold for $8.60
per cwt., the highest price paid for
CHAN. If. TILLY.
Manager of Tully-MuMwr Cuttle- Cow
atul Fawn lake Ranch Co.
any cattle thnt Bold ai tne auction of
the exhibited cattle after the awards
of prtzos had been made.
Hon. R. M. Hampton, who started
the Bonner ranch, began the -leading
of the herd of Shorthorn cattle
from which the above tirst prize win
ner was taken. Mr. Hampton sold
the BonnT lunch a few )raii ago lu
Hall & Graham.
Fawn Lu!:e Ranch Company, in
which Chan. II. Tully of Alliance is
also interested, took fourth prize on
two-year-old Ilcn-forJ steers.
When it id taken Into considera
tion that the St. Joseph stocker and
feeder show drew cattle from a num
ber of states, it speaks well for the
ranchmen of northwestern Nebraska
and their cattle that this section got
in strong on tho prizes. We still
maintain that no better feeder stuff
can be found anywhere than in the
ranch country of Nebraska.
A complete list of prizes won by
Nebraska cattle at the St. Joseph
stocker and feeder show will be giv
en In another section of this paper or
in a later issue.
A HOLD HlHUlF.lt
Appeared at Honifi of Mm. A. J. Dwy
rr Monday Night
Monday night about 10:30 Mrs. A,
J. Dwyer was awakened by the bark
ing of her dog. Arising she saw a
man standing just outside of the
screened-ln back porch, motionless
and endeavoring to peer Into the
house. Badly frightened, Mrs. Dwy
er asked the prowler what he want
ed, but received no answer. The rob
ber, for such he evidently was, re
mained iu the same spot without say
ing a word, and when Mrs. Dwyer
Bent one of her little girls to arouse
the roomers the man walked leisure
ly toward the barn, and before as
sistance had arrived had disappeared
down the alley. The situation was s
rather peculiar one in several re
spects. The robber made on effort
to state bis mission, whatever it was,
but at one time made a motion as If
to draw a revolver from his pocket.
The screen door was locked, and this
is probably all that kept him from
gaining entrance. Night Officer Kish
was notified and arrived soon after
ward, but without result. Later a
suspect was picked up in the alley be
hind W. D. Rumer's place, but the
evidence was not sufficient to con
vict him. v ,