Come to Alliance Market Week, October 25th to 30th A Good Time for Everybody
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HKAl) BY KVEHY MKMIIKK NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOt I A HON'. A 1.1. THE NEWS OF ALLIANCE AND WESTERN NFI.y.
OFFICIAL OIU1AN NEBRASKA VOLl NTKt.il FIREMEN'S ASSOCIA 1 1( X. IT REACHES IIKADgl ARTERS FOH Ift.OOO V '
VOLUME XXII
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA. TIH'IJSDAY, OCTOHEU J1, 1915
NO. 4G
NEW EMPRESS
OPENS SATURDAY
Hurry. Solum Will M.uumv Now Movie
Theatre Door Thrown Open
to Public SaUmiay Night
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sohns arrived
ia Alliance this week, and have taken
over the picture bouse formerly
known as the Geiu. Tbey have had
& new up-to-date hot-air furnace in
stalled, the front painted, the inter
ior decorated and tht house renovat
ed throughout.
Harry Sohns, the new manager of
the. Empress, has been In the aniuse
iaent business all his life, having
spent years on the legitimate stage
as actor-manager. He announces
that Lis policy will be to please Alli
ance people first, last and all the
tine. He Is starting out trying the
impossible to please everybody,
lira. Sohns is a clever little actress,
herself, and has appeared in some of
the best plays, but she has forsakeu
the footlights for all time to come,
aad will henceforth devote her time
te her little home in Alliance and to
making the Empress theatre a suc-
OHM.
The theatre will open Saturday
Bight, with a big feature production,
taken from Harold McGratb's popu
lar novel, "The Lure of theMask."
This picture is in four reels, and
features Elsie Jane Wilson and Har
old Lock wood. It is produced by
the American Film company. Sun
day night, the offering will be a live-
reel Mutual Master-Picture, "The
Mating," a story -of college life,
which is said to be made unusually
realistic by a gruelling battle on the
foetba.ll field.
LAND CLASSIFICATIONS
KewretAry of Interior Issues lUfiort
Showing Government Land."
Restore! to Entry
Secretary Lane has just Issued his
Mnth)y announcement of classlfica
Irene of public lands made during
Aaguet. During this month about
390,000 acres have been temporarily
withdrawn from entry for the pur
wmi of classification as to tbe value
the land for coal, and after such
olastdficat ion will be. restored. About
44,t00 acres of this land is in Mon-
taaa and 257.000 acres in New Mex
ico. During the month about 130.'
acres were restored from coal
withdrawals in Utah, 22,000 acres in
Oregon, and 13,000 acres in New
Mexico. 35,000 acres of oil lands in
Wyoming were withdrawn, and 5,-
fa acres in various western states
aid in Alaska were placed in water
power reserves. 1,200 acres in Ida
h were eliminated from water-pow
er reserves.
Also during the month 80,000 ac
res In Idaho were classified as non
irrigable under the provisions of the
enlarged homestead act, and 1,550.
00 acrs were similarly classified in
South Dakota, to which state the
provisions of the enlarged homestead
aet was extended by the last con
gress. These lands will be subject
to be taken up in homesteads of 320
acres. -
T. P. A. NOTES
Writer In Omaha Iter, Follower of
Billy Sunday, Stir, up Traveling
Men Throughout the State
By Lloyd C. Thomas, Press Chair
suan Post M.)
V. A. Bradshaw, of North Platte,
who is reported to be a "rubber sole"
working for the Union Pacific rail
road company, and who is evidently
a would-be follower and disciple of
Billy Sunday, recently sent in the fol
lowing letter to the letter box of the
Omaha Bee:
North Platte. Neb., Sept. 30 To
the Editor of The Bee: In looking
over The Bee's letter box contribu
tions from different individuals, it Is
rather amusing to hear what tbey
.
AND THE VILLIAN STILL
ITItSCES II Kit
Casper had Just wedded his belov
ed Eliuore, and brought her home to
hiB father's houre. His coarse old
father, who had been opposed to the
marriage, Insulted the bride, who aat
aext to the old man. A moment lat
er the drunken parent dropped the
carrlBg fork. None but Caspar no
ticed. Looking down twenty minutes lat
er Caspar saw it sticking In Elinor's
ankle.
"Ah," he whispered, as he tender
ly removed it, "if I loved you before,
Ellnore, I love you a thousand times
wore now. Such social tact! Such
coarage! What other woman would
have suffered in this manner, aud
kept silence, just to avoid complicat
ing an already distressing Bcene.
She did not appear to understand
bin.
Dawn found Caspar smoking in
numerable cigaiettes feverishly upon
the fire escape. "I love her," he
murmured, "but "
At that instant a soft voice cooed
freni their apartment: "Caspar, dear,
did you notice where 1 laid my cork
feet?"
have to say for and against the Rev.
"Hilly" Sunday campaign in' (Jumna.
Kvery knock is a boost to "billy."
He is fearlessly preaching tbe word
of Hod and the effect reaches far and
Wide.
I note quite a few letters are sign
ed by "Traveling Men" (applause).
Corral the majority of these travel
ing ii.t-n and what have you got? I
know, so do you, gentle reader. Tak
eti as a whole they stand about 9 5
per cent pure sinners, unadulterated,
too. That's giving them a large mar
gin to go on at that. When you lo
cate one who is right with God. you'll
and a hue fellow, but they are far
and few betweeu. This 9 5 per cent
congregation have their own Bible,
which Is made up of fifty-two pieces
of polished card board. They are so
wrapped up in sin of the most vile
kind that they would probably rather
be exiled than to have to divulge, Let
Jesus In to ferret out that devil whom
you have been entertaining so long,
brothers, and you will all see the
bright side of "Billy" Sunday's cam
paign agalust evil and sin.
V. A. BRADSH A W.
As far as Billy Sunday la concern
ed, he appears to be out for the mon
ey and gets it. He undoubtedly does
do some good and much harm. It
the good Lord uses Billy to accom
plish good, it is (). K. with us. Billy
la far from being a saint and we
have noticed that he has filed no 11
bel suits against the newspapers
which gave some of his punt historj
that showed him to be far from be
ing a saint. We are personally ac
quainted with hundreds of traveling
men whom) friendship we value high
ly and whose character we respect.
Billy Sunday to the contrary. Bui
when some small-brained, rattle-,
headed "rubber sole" takes his pen
in hand and desires to emulate the
well known publicity seeker who is
now in Omaha, drawing the crowds
and the "mou" as well, aud who uses
language before men, women and
children that at times seem to star
tle the devil himself, we get a little
warm under the collar. When a man
has to take to "rubber-solelng" for a
living and makes his bread and but
ter by getting the other fellow's Job,
we respect him about as long as tbe
life of a snowball in K. C. on a
midsummer day. We frankly admit
that there are pure sinners among
tie traveling fraternity, but tbey are
very few aud far between and do not
have the respect or good feeling oi"
their fellow travelers. They are the
hardest working set of meu iu the
country (outside of the printers, of
course). Many of them have fam
ilies wuouj they love and cherish and
support. Hundreds. of little tots In
tue tsate of Nebraska eagerly look
for Saturday night and "dady".
Bradshaw has not helped the good
cause iu the least by his letter, and
he has made himself about as popu
lar as a hot penny with an organ
grinder's monkey. It pleased us im
mensely to see the prompt stand tak
en by the press of Nebraska in de
fense of the traveling fraternity,
when atacked by Sunday and Brau
ehaw.
The officers of Post M recently
wrote Governor Morehead, who is an
honorary member of the Post, com
mending him on his stand in regard
to using state convicts on road work
in the state. The following letter
was received in reply:
STATE OF NEBRASKA
Executive Office
Lincoln, Nebr., Oct. 4,
1915.
L. H. Highland, President, v
S. W Thompson, Secretary,
Post M, Alliance, Nebraska.
Gentlemen: Your letter endorsing
my action in using the labor from
penal institutions for building roads
is received and I appreciate it very
much. I have always been In favor
of this labor being used on our public
highways and did all I could to get
the last session of the legislature to
pass some law s' along this line and I
will continue to take an interest in
it. 1 am glad to do what I can to
better conditions in our state.
Again thanking you for your com
mendation and with best wishes, I am
Fraternally yours,
(Signed) JOHN H. MOHEHEAD.
Alliance is now listed In the Auto
mobile Blue Book, thanks tovthe ef
forts of Secretary Fisher of the Com
mercial Club, who has been on a re
cent business trip to Denver. "Si"
Thompson, chairman of the good
roads committee, recently received
the following letter fro mMr. Fisher:
Denver, Colo., Oct 11. 1915.
S. W. Thompbon, Chairman,
Good Roads Committee,
Alliance, Nebraska.
Dear Sir: After a conference of an
hour with Mr. Edwards, who is con
nected with the publication of the
Automobile Blue Book, I got him to
agree to place the following towns in
the official automobile guide in light
lines. As soon as the marking and
logging of the roads is com Dieted an 1
the open roads established they will
add a heavy colored line. The to a ds
that wiil appear are as follows: Al
liance, He; tingford, Marsland, Craw
ford, Hot Springs. Chadron, Bridgi
port, Broadwater, Dalton, Scot'sblrfi,
Hay Springs, Rushville, Gor-'cn nr. -I
Sidney.
(Signed) W. D. FISHER.
The regular monthly meeting of
Post M was held Saturday afternoon,
October 9. On account of the re
moval of Chaplain Rev. O. S. Baker,
the office was declared vacant, and
Rev. H. J. Young was appointed in
bis place.
The railroad chairman was in
structed to confer with tbe railroad
officials and ask them to allow local
Box Butte County I
F. H. Seidell.
Demonstrator
Association
The special Box Butte county acre
age schedule has been filled out, and
sent to the Bureau of Crop Reports,
I'nited States Department of Agri
culture, by F. M. Seidell, and it
shows some very Interesting figures.
The figures taken are as nearly
correct as possible, being a copy of
the figures gathered by the assessors,
and from the report made to the
State Board of Agriculture.
It shows that there are 13,201 ac
res of corn, 5364 acres of potatoes;
2899 acres of altalfa. In this pro
portion, out of every 1,000 crop acres
iu the county, there arfr 321. acres of
corn; 130.8 acres of potatoes, and
70.7 acres of alfalfa. This may be
interesting to many of the men, real
izing so many acres of every thous
and was devoted to the growing of
corn. This part of western Nebras
ka, as a rule, is considered out of
the corn belt, yet our most success
ful farmers say that it Is one of their
most protitable crops.
Should the crop of corn be increas
ed to 4 00 acres, potatoes to 2t0 ac
res, alfalfa and sweet clover to 2 00
acres, and the remainder of the 1,000
be devoted to small grain,'i great
economic change would come over
the county.
With the corn almost any season
to furnish us with roughness, and
some grain, alfalfa ana sweet clover
furnishing the pro'tein part of the
feds to balance the ration with the
freight number 30rt. which runs to
Denver on Tuesday. Wednelsday and
I iiday, ti. carry passengers.
Twenty -five wre present at th
meeting, which was full of interest
and a hummer. The boys are tak
ing hold and will see that the state
convention next April is a big ;uc-
cess.
S. A. Van Iandingham. the new
traveler for Grainger Brothers, was
reported as a new member and wel
comed by the boys.
On Saturday. October 23. the state
directors with Boy Strong, of Alii'
- l
mice, will to Crawford for a can
vass for new members among the
traveling men there.
Class lii Physical Culture
The Alliance School of. Music Lavt
organized a young ladies' class it
Physical Culture and Folk Dance
with an attendance of ten very inter
ested young ladies.
We urge all others who expect U
take up the work soon to meet witt
this class from 7 to 7:45 o'clock or
Tuesday and Friday evenings of eacl
week, at Woods Hall. Our rates are
very reasonable, so that all young la
dies may avail themselves of thir
opportunity.
MATTIE C. GIFFOIiD.
Physical Director
Recommends Chamberlain' Cough
"Last winter I used a bottle ol
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for n
bad bronchial cough. 1 felt Its ben
eficial effect immediately and before
1 had finished the bottle I was cured.
I never tire of recommending thit
remedy to my friends," writes Mrs.
William Bright. Ft. Wayne, Ind. Ob
tainable everywhere.
l
Martha Iledman. the winsome Scandinavian actrcsa, who is starring
in David Belat,co's play, "The Boomerang," the biggest stage success that
has come to Broadway thus far this year, has just been engaged for a
series of important motion picture features to be produced by Rolfe
Photoplays, Inc., for the Metro program. It was planned at first to
feature Miss Iledman in an elaborate photo-dramatiation of "The Tur
moil," Booth Tarkington's great novel, which will I presented on the
Metro program some time during the coming season, but another vehicle,
as yet unnamed, giving even wider scope for her superb talents has now
been selected.
Miss Iledman, although ranked as a fctar only during the pant two
seasons, by her versatility and charm, bus already won a high place amoug
the foremost celebrities of the American stage.
arm Management
Of flie In l eurf Huve
I'hui.r J IS
corn, the small grain In the above
proportion to assist in feeding the
farm animals, and the potatoes to
furnish the producer with ready cash
we would have all in our county that
would make agriculture a success.
The following special acreage re
port is presented for your considera
tion, and it may be of Interest to
save this report, and compare it with
the reports of years to come:
Special AcrHge Schedule '
Crop Acres In
Each
1.000
Corn 13.201 321.9
Wheat, fall sown . .
Wheat, spring sown
541 13.1
3.142 77.6
8.951 218.8
695 16.9
3.943 96.6
5.364 130.8
50 1.2
3 .07
5 .12
1,474 35.91
2.899 70.7
21 .5
170 4.2
131 3.1
229 5.6
121 2.9
Oats 8,951
Barley
Rye r
1'otiitoes
Flax
Timothy hay
Clover hay
Cane sorghum . . .
other crops ,
Speltz
Other tame grass ,
Total crop acres 41.000
Total acreage under cultivation
this year compares with a usual acre
age under cultivation 100 per cent.
F. M. SEIDELL.
County Aciicultuial Atient
I'. S. Dept. of Agric ulture.
fBI .EBB BBS.
a Exchange Gossip
lLirir. -ip it ii HI
Ashby Argus:
A little flurry of snow the first of
the season fell here Monday morn
ing. Just a gentle reminder from
the weather man to mobilize the win
ter woolens. " Miss Emma Mer
ry returned .Sunday from Alliance,
i when alie had been called th emitter
part of the week by the death , of
grand father.
Bridgeport News-Blade:
Itoy Strnog of Alliance was here
last. Tuesday looking after business
matters aud visiting with f rlcnd.-i.
- Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Mc.Alpine
of Alliance arrived here last Satur
day for a visit with Mr. and Mr. .1.
D. Hagerty. C. K. Covalt of
Alliance was In the city last Wednes
day looking after business matters,
and while here stopped at the office
t-i congratulate the News-Blade upon
the: pleasing appearance and contents
of the paper.
Gordon Democrat :
Mrs. Mae Pederson of Alliance was
a guest at the Merchants, Tuesday.
Marsland Tribune:
Mrs. Grommef and Mr. Fosket
came up from Alliance Monday. They
report Mr. Grommet as very much
improved. W. L. Austin is on
the sick list this week and not able
to work. Carl Witham of Alliance
1b taking his place on the helper.
Mrs. Carl Witham of Alliance came
Wednesday to be with her husband
while he is taking Mr. Austin's place
on the helper. C. H. Richey
left Monday morning for Seneca,
Kansas, on a business and pleasure
trip. He was accompanied by hl
son, Roy, of Alliance. Mrs. K.
T. Gregg returned from a short
In Alliance Friday. She was accom
panied home by her nephew, Frank
Harvey of Dover. N. H., who ramp for
a short visit aud In hope of benefit
ting his health.
lletnlngford Ledger:
Dick Kenner aud wife were up
from Alliance the last of the week
visiting folks here and out at Mrs.
Rentier's parents, the Beaumonts.
After getting the Herald ma
terial that wan ou the Journal fixed
and sent to Alliance last week, Brown
Church went out and tried his hand
picking up potatoes for a day or two.
He succeeded In working up a good
appetite, and ability to sleep soundly
at night.
Hushville Standard:
Mrs. W. W. Wood and daughter,
Miss Wiluia, tame over from Alliance
lust Thursday and spent several days
In the city on business and visiting
their many Rovhville friends.
MUFFLE UP NOWADAYS
New Mil flic i-N Are ItakNIi and There's
Magic In Tliolr Wearing-
Tlie're now the Cra.e
By Margaret Mason
It you want to be a dashng
Little runabout this year,
Pray don't cut out your murtler,
They nre very smart, my dear.
Muflle up a llille closer even if
thet-e are dog days, Indian summer
aud all that. If you could be foxy
In a white fox neckpiece on the 4th
of July, surely a little thing like a
worsted mutller can'Jput ou out of
the running now. Prostrated victims
of the bottcBt day of the season,
seeking the solace of a long cold
draught pleasantly a-tinkle with
cubes of ice iu a smart hotel, nvarly
swooned at tbe uppea ranee of a chic
young flapper in a Chinese tassled
hat, swathed to the nose in a wide
fringed worsted muffler, red and
white striped like an American (lag.
Since then, though, the beat abateth
not, mufflers increaselh mightily.
Such hectic hued a ft airs they are,
too, in glowing combinations, of
stripes and spots and splashes, while
some are one color on one side uud
another color on the other. Solid
colored ones of bright purple are
fringed in gold with a quaint gold
embroidered monogram on one end
A temperamental num toned one
has the reverse side In ash gray and
a tigerish confection has black stripe
on a tawny background.
They'd Pteaxe 111 Holler
There are all silk ones aud liber
silk ones, but the worsted ones huve
the real stamp of fashionable approv-
lal, and some of these in variegated
stripes of rainbow hue are decidedly
reminiscent of Hi Holler. Indeed the
old time farmer and rural character
would seem never to have been with
out the muffler as a first aid to chore
doing. The maid today Is quite as
tenacious of hers on Fifth Avenue as
a first aid to heart-breaking.
Much originality and artistry is
shown In the arrangement of these
telling throat attachments. One maid
with killing coquetry knots hers un
der her left pink ear; the ingenue
wears hers tied behind like a doting
mother ties a napkin around the
neck of her offspring in lieu of a bib
forgot. Yet auother wraps hers
jealously close about her chin with
just one long end given its freedom
to lloat seductively behind her shape
ly back. Oh, there is as much art
required iu adjusting your muffler as
there is joy iu the perfect attaimu-m
KUiuiiuitioii of the- (iiln
What with the high, engulfing col
lars, the all swathing mufflers and
the all enveloping fur neck pieces
fear me chinning will become a lost
pastime. For chins will be more
than receding this Beasou; they will
be absolutely retired from public-
gaze. Alas, the poor swaiu who
yearns to espouse a damitel with the
weak chin and plastic temperament
of the clinging vine may discover to
his consternation after marriage
when he first glimpses her chin un-
luuflled that she has the firm and si a
hie Jaw structure of the advanced
feminist.
1 his ought to be a most success
ful season for the lady with the trip
le chin. She is sure to own a collec
tion of mufflers from A to Z, for she
knows to her joy that two chins In
muffler are as good as one in the op
en any day.
It ought to offer wonderful oppor
1 unities for reduction also for a rub
her chin strap could be worn effica
ciously and unseen beneath the muf
tier, and even the muffler on Its own
account ought to be able to induce
profuse enough perspiration during
the warm days to reduce any known
or unknown quantity of china with
out any gutta percha aid.
Whether you be ehjnny or chin
less, however, you'd better muffle up
In a muffler, or you'll muff the bit o
the season.
Soine Fine Potato Specimens
F. N. Young of Alliance brought
some extra fine specimens of potatoes
to The Herald office the first of the
week. The potatoes were raised by
hi - linn, Eddie Young, on his ranch
twenty-three miles southeast of Alii
ance, in Morrill county. The pot a
toes yielded 172 bushels per acre
Samples of the "Blues", "Irish Cob
blrs" and Early Ohlos were left at
this office and are now on d.'play.
FARMER'S
INSTITUTES
Interesting Program Arrant ! for
Institute! to He Held in Box
Hutte County Oct. 2.V:t
The Farmers' Institute season la
again at hand. The week set aside
for Farmers' Institutes In Box Butte
county Is from Monday, October 55,
to Saturday, October 30, inclusive. It
is planned to have eight rural Farm
ers' Institutes and one day and even
ing each In Hemtngford and Alliance.
It Is the first time this plan for In
stitutes was ever followed In this
county. Rural Institutes wero a great
success In Dawes county last year,
and the people want them again this
year. In this way, no one has an ex
cuse for mlftRing the Institutes.
O. Hull of Alma, Nebr., in consid
ered one of the very best and most
Interesting Institute workers In the
country. Iu the afternoon meetings
he will present, the subject, "Feeds
for Stock, and How to Grow Them".
In the evening bis subject is "The
Farm Home".
Mrs. Emma Reed Davlsson, In
charge of women's clubs In this
tate, will have charge of the first
three days of the separate ladles' ses-
ions. Her subject at the afternoon
meetings will be "Sunn Living". In
t lie evening her subject will he "The
Home Maker and the Community".
Miss Mary Rokahr Is an experienc
ed Institute worker, and will have
barge of the ladles' division during
the last three days. Her subject at
the afternoon meetings is, "The
Hostess of Today". In the evenings
her subject is, "Home Superstitions".
The following is the schedule of
Institutes thrnout the county:
MONDAY, OCTOBER 25
p. m. Scnool Dist. Mo. 4t. I'icnio
dinner. Institute at 2 p. m.
Evening School Dist. No. 60. Box
tmpppr. Institute at 7:30.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26
p. 111. SChOOl DIBt. ISO. 31. t'ICDIO
dinner. Institute at 2 p. m.
Evening School Dist. No. 20. Bas
ket supper. Institute at 7:30.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27
p. m. and 7:30 evening llemlng
ford. Agricultural display. Insti
tute. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28
p. in. Berea school house, nemo
dinner. Institute at 2 p. m.
Evening School Dirt. No. 61. Bos
supper. Institute at T.iv.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29 .
p. m. School Dist. ino. , i. i'icnio
dinner. Institute at 2 p. m.
EvenlnK School Dist. No.
Box
supper. Institute at 7:30. .
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30
p. m. and evening -Alliance.
Ag-
ricultural display. Institute at 2.
The officers of the Farmers' Insti
tute at Heraingford are: Anton Uh
rig, president; and Paul Armstrong,
secretary. The officers of the Alli
ance Farmers' Institute organizations.
are: L. J. Schlll, president; W. E.
Spencer, secretary. The committees
of farmers for the Farmers' Institute"
at Alliance are: W. F. Patterson, D.
E. Purlnton, J. A. Keegau. D. W.
Relman, Brown Griffith, Cat Hash
man, L. D. Blair. A. 11. Grove, F,
Seldler, and F. A. Trabert. Tbe Al
liance business men on the committee
are: Lloyd Thomas, W. W. Norton,
H. P. Coursey, George Darling, Ben
Sallows, George Heilman, C. A. New
berry, W. K. Spencer, and Earl Mal
lery. The Institute workers come at th
expense of the Agricultural Exten
sion Department. Their local ex
penses will come from a fund set
aside by our county commissioners.
The local organization will provide
the hall, etc., Iu the towns where the
institutes are held. The Box Butte
County Farmers' Association will
look after the advertising, and the
transportation of the-speakers. With
this expense already taken care of,
there will be no charge, and how can
you afford to miss the Farmers' Insti
tute? Local committees will be appoint
ed to carry out the preparations for
the local institutes. Everyone should
feel that he is a part of the commit
tee to make the institute a success.
Some one aud all, and bring all tbe
family.
FOIt SALE
Strictly pure California extracted
honey, 120 lbs. net per case, deliver
ed. Freight paid to points in Nebr
aska, Dakota or Iowa, at $10 per
case. Cash with order.
T. L. GRAVES.
Selma, California.
46-2t-6098$
WKATHKH FORECAST
Issued by the U. S. Weather
Bureau, Washington. D. C, for
the week beginning Wednesday,
October 20, 1915.
For Plains State and l'pr
MiJKlppi Valley: With the
exception of local rains Wednes
day or Wednesday night In the
upper Mississippi and lower Mis
souri valleys, the weather will
be generally fair during the
week, although unsettled weath
er is again probable over the ex
treme Northwest toward the end
of the week. It will be some
what cooler Wednesday In the
Northwest, and on Thursday in
the upper Mississippi Valley.