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Nebraska State Volunteer Fire
men's Association
President, J. P. Hoffman, Ord.
First Vice President, Harry Mauser, Fremont.
Second Vice President, John W. Guthrie, Alliance.
Secretary, E. A. Miller, Kearney.
Treasurer, II. A. Webbert, Kearney.
Doard of Control: Jacob Coehrlng, Seward, chalriran; William E.
Mote, Chadron; F. U. Tobln, Sidney; O. A. Kboades, Scotisbluff:
Dert J. Galley, Columbus.
A department devoted to the Interests of the Volunteer Firemen
of the state of Nebraska.
Edited by Lloyd C. Thomas, state publicity chairman.
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On the first page of section two of this issue of The Herald will
be found some interesting news about the Norfolk fire department.
These live wire firemen ar doing good work and it is encouraging 1o
6cc the interest they are giving the work.
A special election was held at Overton the first of April on a w at
erworks proposition. The overton fire department took special in
terest in the proposition, with the result that the waterworks bonds
carried by a vote of 95 to 15. The able chief of thisdopartmtnt, II.
1L Beltner, put in some good licks with the boys and it will not be
long until they are equipped, as they should be, with a good city wat
erworks system. This department has four out of five village trustees
as members. On Monday night, April 3, four ne wmembers were ad
mitted to the department. E. L. Tillotson, the "P. A." of the depart
ment, is another good worker and helps us out with news from time
to time.
The llildreth fire department is in need of a good fire whistle.
They are changing their pumping from steam to electricity and need
a whistle that will run by electric power. We would recommend the
whistle on exhibition at Crawford in January by The Andersen Com
pany of Omaha. It is, in our opinion, one of the most practicable we
have seen and good for use in all kinds of weather, while its penetrat
ing power is sufficient for any town up to the larger ones of the state.
If the boys over the state will write II. M. Ware of the llildreth de
partment, regarding their experiences with whistles or will write us
regarding it, we will be pleased to publish their letters in this depart
ment.
In addition to the Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen's Assoeia
tion, we happen to belong to other state organizations of a similar
character. Most of these associations have a state chaplain who con
ducts the tkiigious portion of the conventions and who presides at or
takes part in the annual memorial services. We would suggest that
at the next convention, to be held in Auburn, the constitution be
amended to provide for a stato chaplain and for annual memorial
services for the members who have died during the previous year
And we w ould suggest that the first state chaplain be ' Treacher Run
din" of Crawford, the man who found his way to the hearts of Ne
braska's volunteer firemen at Nebraska City a year ago. and who
made good at Crawford in January of this year. Now that we have
started the ball rolling, boys, keep it up and take action next January
at Auburn.
Fire Chief Leonard Tilkington took a little trip from Alliance to
ijincom ine other nay,-telling the boys that lie was going down to
"look over heating plants for plunges" as one is needed for the Alii
ance fire department plunge. He returned last Saturday morning
and was not accompanied alone. The boys learned of his "decep
tion" and promptly at 8 o'clock the bisr auto fire truck, to which was
liitched a hose cart, drew up in front of the Alliance hotel and a dele
gation of firemen escorted the chief and his new "better half" to the
cart. They were given a ride up and down main street while the fin
whistle blew and the bells rang and the boys threw rice fast and furi
misly. The bride was Miss Ruth Leonard of Lincoln and formerly of
Alliance.
The North Platte fire department will give a banquet on Monday
MaV 15. Oil the llHt Of RtW-llltf'lli U.'ill )r !ln Vlfn lnmn-iouint.. '
. I i u v . .ti, vr I IK I it inn t VI V i if,
S. Ridgell ; the Democratic candidate for governor, Keith Neville; and
last and least" the writer of this column Lloyd Thomas. A good
wme is looKeu rorwarti io, for the North Tlatte boys have the reputa
tion of being excellent entertainers.
Nebraska volunteer firemen should not forget the insurance do
rartment of the stato association A 1
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were added at the Crawford convention but there should be several
nunureu more ot the boys in this department who are not there.
is the cheapest insurance that can be procured. A member of the
state association can join for one dollar and those who are not mem
bers of the state association in good standing can join for two dollars
One dollar is then paid on the death of a member of the insurance do
part men t. Write Secretary E. A. Miller at Kearney for blanks am
get the boys in your department to join.
Every few days we are pleased to receive a visit from volunteer
firemen from over the state. It does us good to have the boys drop
in at our oflic when in Alliance and wo always have our latehstring
out for them. When passing through Alliance don't forget to pay
The Herald office a call. Four of The Herald's force are volunteer
firemen and when the Alliance fire whistle blows it certainly does stop
work for a while. There is always a race between the boys to see who
will catch th big fire truck before it leaves the fire house a block away.
Sometimes we catch it and sometimes we don't but we always go
just the same. At times when all the presses and other machinery in
th mechanical department are running it is impossible for the boys in
that part of the shop to hear the w histle so we have installed a large
electric bell for their benefit and at the first sound of the lire whistle
it is the duty of the young lady in the office to ring this bell.
UASl)-lMC "caPLUDES"
Affable Young Man at Lincoln Who
Sold (liMollne "Pep" Had to Pay
a Fine of $150.00
Lincoln. Nebr., May 10 (By F.
C. Ayres and 11. L. Cooper) Gover
nor Morehead recently Bold his 1200
acre ranch In Dundy county to T. It.
Douthit, a wealthy farmer from
North Carolina. The price paid was
$27,000, or $22.60 per acre.
During the month of April the
automobile department of Secretary
or State Tool's ofllce Issued 7,025 au
tomobile and 4D8 . otoicycle licens
es. Since the first of the year this
department has Issued a total of 71
ibo licenses lor automobiles and
2,616 motorcycle licenses. This Is a
large Increase over last year.
The state has just received Its
n-;arieriy allowance trout the United
States government, amounting to
$8,590, for the maintenance of the
soldiers and sailors homes In Nebr
aska. The government pays the
state $100 each for the care of the
soldiers and their wives in these
homes. This pays about half the
cost of the care of each member.
There are 109 members of the Mil-
torU home and us share of this al
lotment is $2,725; while Grand Is
land with 235 ine.nbers received $5-
85.
Une of the pleasant phases of the
recent primary, especially one on
winch tne democrats are Just now
congratulating themselves is the re
markable gain in votes over two and
four years ago. The democratic pri
mary gain In four years is approxi
mately 68 per cent, while the repub
lican gain is only 29 per cent. The
total democratic vote cast in the re
cent primaries was 86,887 against
51,269 four years ago. This Is tak
en as an excellent tribute to the
Woodrow Wilson sentiment In Nebr
aska, as well as to the splendid state
administration of the democrats.
Uaso-Tonic is a new one ou the
Pure Food and Oil Commission. Re
cently an affable and versatile young
gent with a vocabulary to match,
hired a down-town store room and
stocked it with a liquid called Uaso
Tonic, supposed to be manufactured
in Cincinnati, and proceeded to dis
pense it to an unsophisticated public
ut $8 per gallon. The salesman
claimed that a few drops of It squirt
ed into the gas tank of an outa would
increase the mileage of gasoline at
least 25 per cent. The gentleman
was doing a land office business when
one of Food and Oil Commissioner
llarman's inspectors happened along,
and being of a curious disposition, as
bents his vocation, started an invest
igation. A can of the tonic was pro
cured and analyzed by the state
chemist. It was found to contain
practically 100 per cent petroleum
product, with the same specific grav
ity as gasoline. As the 6tate law re
quires gasoline and kerosene to be
inspected before being sold in Nebr
aska, the affable and versatile gent
was haled before the court and made
to ray a fine of $150 for selling a
petroleum product in Nebraska with
out first being inspected. The Food
Commission has resurrected , Bar
num's famous spech of seven words.
A check for $9,928.96 was receiv
ed this week by State Treasurer Hall,
coming from the Institute for Feeble
Minded at Beatrice. This sum rep
resents the amount paid to the insti
tutlon on behalf of the inmates who
come from different sections of the
state. The state law requires that
the parent or guardian, if financially
able to do so, and if not, that the
county of their residence, be obligat
ed to pay to the institution the sum
of $40 yearly for each ward under
the state's care, the money to be
used to purchase clothing for them
This is designated as a cash fund
Formerly this money was expended
directly by the superintendent In
charge. A year or two ago an Inves
tigation dlscolsed that this money
was not being used to the best ad
vantage and could not be under the
system of buying then in vogue
When State Treasurer Hall took
charge of his office he Insisted that
this money be turned into the state
treasury and drawn out on state war
rants the same as other Institutional
cash funds, under the direction of
the Board of .Comimssioners. The
board recently made a ruling to this
effect, and hereafter clothing for the
wards of this institution will be pur
chased under its direction and with
the same advantages that the other
fourteen institutions now enjoy.
CLUBS ARE ACTIVE
Morrill John Wilch. Maryland
George Young, McGrew E. E. Page,
Northport Jesse Edson, Oshkosh
Robert Day,- Rushvllle John Jones,
Redington Fred Oilman, Scotts
bluff Fred Wright, Sidney Gus
Welner, Whitney L. N. Cartwrlght.
The next meeting of the associa
tion will be held in Chadron some
time during July.
HARNESS
Hand made from best material
Outlast any factory made goods.
Call and see.
Harness repairing by experienc
ed harness maker.
l. M. COVERT
At M. D. McnoU' stand. Alliance
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Wire Screens for All Purposes
In Various Widths
RHEIN-ROUSEY CO.
Associated Commercial Club of
Y extern Nebraska Starting out
for Year of I'M-fiilne.
The Associated Commercial Clubs
of Western Nebraska, comprised of
the towns in the eleven counties con
stituting the "pan handle" of Nebr
aska Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne,
Dawes, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Mor
rill. Scolts Bluff, Sheridan and Sioux,
are awakening much interest manog
the different clubs in this territory.
The officers of the association are
Walter C. Itundin, Crawford, presi
dent; Win. Ritchie, Jr., Bridgeport,
rtrst vice president; O. L. Shuniway,
ScottsblufT. second vice president;
Lloyd C. Thomas, Alliance, secreta
ry; Clayton Kadclitt'e, Sidney, treas
urer. The directors and the different
towns they represent are as follows:
Alliance Earl D. Mallery, Angora
E. L. Lovenburg, Bridgeport K. W.
McDonald, Bayard P. W. DeVault,
Bingham J. M. Rentfro, Broadwa
ter A. A. Adams, Chadron J. F.
Lawrence, Crawford W. B. Mori
son. Chapnell John Wertz, Dalton
C. W. Handley, Ellsworth Chas.
C. Jameson, Gering - A. N. Mathers,
Gordon Ray Lyon, Hemingford
K. L. Pierce, Hay Springs Paul
Morgan, Harrison C. O. Werti,
Henry Vance Klbbe, Harrlsburg
J. H. Eckerson. Kimball B. K. Bu
shee, Lodgepole A. E. Crandall,
Lewcllen S. P. Delatour, Minatare
R. O. Chambers. Melbeta B. E.
YoJer. Mitchell J. T. Whitehead,
WALTERS CASE HEARD
Decision Will lie Rendered Koon on
OiiPfttioit of Filings Made on
Valuable Valley Homesteads
A case attracting much Interest be
fore the United States land office In
Alliance this week was that of
Charles Walters vs. Wm. F. Peter
son for the filing on a valuable 160
acre tract of land near Minatare, Ne
braska. The tract contains 86 acres
of Irrigable land and is considered
one of the choicest pieces allotted In
the drawing made bete March 24.
Walters, a former Alliance young
man, made filing on the land before
the land office, at 9 o'clock on the
morning of March 24 and also made
settlement on the land at the same
hour of the same day. Peterson was
the lucky (?) one who drew the land
at the government land drawing that
afternoon. Walters' contention is
that he should be allowed the filing
on acocunt of prior settlement. Pet
erson contends that Inasmuch as he
was the one who was successful in
getting the winning number at the
drawing that afternoon his filing
should oe accepted.
Peterson did not make settlement
on the land until April 26, a little
more than a month after the draw
ing. The local land office will ren
der a decision within a few days. It
is very probable that the losing party
In the case will appeal to the land of
fice at Washington for a final decis
ion. In the meantime both parties
are residing on the tract.
Another case attracting attention
was that of Henry Nehne vs. Helen
Brady over the right to a valuable,
Improved Irrigated claim near Scotts
bluff, at the mouth of Nine-mile can
yon. Nehne contested the homestead
right of Miss Brady, claiming that
she was not residing on the land. He
was represented by Attorney Bald
rige of Scottsbluff, and Miss Brady
was represented by Attorney Ritchie
of Bridgeport.
The Alliance land office decided the
case In favor of Miss Brady. The
contestant Is allowed thirty days In
which to appeal the case to the de
partment at Washington.
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rooms. If you have any to rent it
will iMiy you to place an advertise
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FOREST LUMBER COHP'Y
Keep Your Sight
Good vision is not proof of a normal eye. Many eyes have
normal vision and still have heavy eye-strain, but. sooner or later
lose vision. Eyesight can be preserved by wearing properly fitted
glasses that relieve the strain.
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Live stock men over the entire west are forming the habit of IN
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ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA HYANNIS, NEBRASKA
W. B. CHEEK, Local Manager
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Live Stock Department
Stock Yards, - - - Omaha, Nebraska
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N Advertisement is Securitv
"Put Up" in Advance
ALL successful merchants consider
their advertisements a public pledge.
Each advertisement carries with it a
promise that must be kept It is
SECURITY "Put-up" in advance.
Advertisers know that to break faith with
the public would be fatal worse than throw
ing their money away.
That Is one good reason why advertised
stores are more popular than those that do
not advertise. People know that there is
service, quality and reliability behind them.
They look upon advertised stores as the stand
ard trading places of the community. This
Is especially true If these stores have been ad
vertised In the newspapers.
The standard of advertising is more ex
acting today than ever before. Advertisers
are more careful of their promises and more
interesting in their text and illustrations.
They are more careful with the preparation
of their copy and they arrange for Its fre
quent appearance because they know it Is
repetition that makes an Impression.
A clock without hands would create no In
terest and draw no crowds because while it
might be running no one would know it. Just
so with a store that has no advertising to tell
the public what Is going on inside. The suc
cessful merchants of Alliance "Point the
Way" with their advertising which is contin
uously appearing in
The Alliance Herald
"Wliere Continuous Advertising Will Pay"