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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1916)
Announcing the Arrival of a New Stock of Fine Kurtzman Pianos It is with consiilor.'iMe pride we announce tlio arrival of a now and well selected Block of KUKTZMAN PIANOS tin- favorite nmsioiil instrument in Alliance for the past eight years. In direct competition with dozens of other makes the Kurtzman holds a distinctive lead. Of the GOO instruments sold here in that length of time, 100 have Imtii Kurtman and every one is giving complete satisfaction. Mrs. J. T. Wiker, one of the hest known piano authorities in this sec tion, has taken charge of our store. For the past eight years fihe has been as sociated with this management, hence she needs no introduction to Alliance people. Before you purchase a piano be sure to investigate the high grade Kurtzman. Prices are reasonable and the terms of payment are easy. You are invited to call at the store. A Complete Line of Victrolas and Victor Records. Your Inspection is Invited National Music Supply Co. MRS. J. T. WIKER, Manager West Third Street, Opposite Postofflce Prohibition in Seattle An interesting resume' of the results of six months under Prohibition in the largest American seaport on the Pacific, as given by the Seattle Times, July 2, 1916 Total number arrests first six months, 1915 Total number arrests first six months, 1916 Arrests, drunk and disorderly, same period, 1915 Arrests, drunk and disorderly, same period, 1916 10,152 5,444 2,272 1,577 Growth in individual savings deposits, first half 1916 $1,500,000 Number of new savings accounts all banks, first half 1916 7,165 Net excess of increase in aggregate savings deposits, first six months of 1916, as compared with same period last year . $650,000 Growth of bank deposits first four months of 1916 exceeded growth in same period last year by $3,368,000 Read what representative business men of Seattle have to say regarding Prohibition and its results : f. l Edward T. Verd, Pres. of Bryant Lumber and Shingle Mill Co., Inc.: "The prohibition lav has put an end to our men laying off after pay day the weekly spree. Since January first we have had no trouble from this cause. Prior to January 1, 1916, we had more or less trouble every day because some of our men laying off to sober up, or to continue their spree." Lewis Schwager, Pres. of Schwager-Nettleton, Inc., lumber manufacturers: "During the 'good times with booze' labor each Monday morning was about 50 per cent efficient. Now each Monday it is 100 per cent efficient. In talking with lumbermen and loggers all over the state I am told that labor is a great deal more efficient under prohibition than formerly." Nathan Eckstein, Manager of Schwabacher Bros. & Co., wholesale grocers: "The most noticeable thing is that losses are very few this year. There are fewer bad and doubtful ac counts." W. E. Slater, Vice-president of the Seattle Credit Men's Association: "Our informa tion is that almost immediately following the enactment of the prohibitory law, customers of the small stores in the outlying districts began paying cash for their purchases and gradually paying off their accumulated indebtedness. Although considerable money goes out of the city for alcoholic liquors which formerly were manufactured here, business is much better. If it were not for the labor difficulties and the unrest caused by the unsettled conditions in Mexico, we would be on the highway to better business. However, conditions are much im proved. OUR FIGURES INDICATE THAT COLLECTIONS FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THIS YEAR ARE 20 PER CENT BETTER THAN FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS LAST YEAR." Mr. Businessman, Mr. Farmer, Mr. Wage-earner does Prohibition affect vou. Box Butte County Dry Federation PREVENT DISEASE IN FOALS Majority of Cases of Navel Trouble Caused by Neglect to Provide 8anltary Quarters. One colt in five dies of navel dis rasp, also called navel 111, Joint 111 and Joint disease. The majority of cases occur through neglect to provide sanitary quarters for the mare at foal ing time. Navel disease comes from germs that are nearly always present in dark, dirty, poorly ventilated stableB. Some times those germs are present iu ad Joining paddocks and fields, but pas tures distant from stables and high ways arc usually free. The germs get Into the body of a newborn foal through the navel Healthy, Vigorous Horse. usually a short time after birth. The foals do not always die at once, but may linger for weeks or months with swollen joints and other parts. Care should be taken to provide a clean stall with plenty of bedding for the mare several days before foaling and to disinfect the floor and walls with a 5 per rent solution of carbolic acid or some other reliable germicide. Cleanliness and sanitation used with intelligence will lessen the losses from this disease. Disinfection of the na vel with iodine immediately after birth is recommended by most veterina rians. It might puy to protect the na vel with antiseptic bandages until it heals. MOVABLE HOUSE FOR SWINE One Large Enough for 8ow and Lit ter Makes Satisfactory Shelter Good Style Shown. A cheap movable board house, large enough for one bow and her pigs, makes a satisfactory shelter. A good style is an A-shaped build ing, 8 feet wide, 8 feet long and with each side of the roof 8 feet in length. It takes a little over 225 feet of lum ber to make such a house. There m THE SAND By LOUISE OLIVER. A-Shaped Hoghouse. should be doors in both front and back. 2 Mi feet by 2 Mi feet, fastened at the top with leather hinges so that they will swing both ways. The north door should be closed in win ter. Such a house can be moved from field to field easily. It will shelter a sow and a litter of pigs. When a sow farrows In cold weather a lighted lan tern hung inside to the roof will keep the air warm enough for the new-born Pigs. TIME FOR SHEARING SHEEP Mistaken Notion to Wait Until Late in Season for Heavier and Better Fleece. Some people hav the idea that if heep are not shorn until lato in the season the fleece will be heavier and better. This, an experienced shep herd f Wisconsin says, is a mistaken notion, and is often the cause of ton- I siderahle loss. The sheep lose in I weight during the first warm days of spring, and, as the fresh grass acts i as a laxative, the fleece becomes 'Hrty j and unpleasant to handle. It is a: much better plan to shear the sheep j i be tore turning to grass, as this will; ! insure cleaner wool and will therefore j w-ike better gains. Don't neglect to . trim the animal's hoofs, if tliey need i it. as cases of foot-rot can thus be , prevented. I The swim out t the sand bar and I'Hck six time repeated had made Ted tired. Add to that a scorching July sun, the inviting shade of a 'euch hair, and a natural propensity for sleep at any time and under nil condi tions, ami you can readily understand why niorpheus found lit in nn easy vic tim that eventful morning. Suddenly something hit him with sickening force In the sclar plexus. Then something said softly: "Oool" ii ml, with u few delighted gurgles, "Goo!" agnin. A baby looked up at him with placid blue eyes and twisted the corners of Its little rosebud mouth Into a thousand smiles. "ITello, there, mister or miss or w imtevcr you are !" Ted exclaimed. "Where did you come from?" Ituby gurgled nn unswer. "You don't say so ! Well, if you had only sent word I might have been bet ter prepared to receive you. I sup pose " Ted looked around hih! saw no one who appeared to have lost a baby recently, or who might In any way be associated with one. "I sup pose," he wild, "that you fell out of the chair, seeing that you had such a nice soft thing to laud on!" "When you smile at me so sweetly, I think you're a girl. The girls all like me to pieces. Honor bright !" The wide-open blue eyes searched him in quiringly. "All except one. and she doesn't think I'm worth two for a cent. But It's all because she doesn't know me. We have never been Introduced. Uy Jove, here she comes now I" A variety of reasons caused him to pick the baby up Just then either to hide the confusion which he always felt when the girl came near, or be cause it looked heartless to let a beuu tiful, embroidered, shell-pink baby lie unprotected on the sand. The girl passed, but not before she had taken in the stage setting ui.d the chief performers of the little act. To go back, Ted and the girl were staying at the same hotel. Me had tried to meet her us he had explained to the baby but no mutual frleud hud so far appeared. The girl walked along with her com panion, but turned back as she saw something lying on the sand. Ted's heart nearly stopped when he saw her coming, and he almost dropped the baby, but be clutched it tightly, desper ately, when she picked up the toy and handed It to him. with : "Here Is your baby's rattle!" and, half-stopping, add ed: "Cute little thing looks like you lH She was gone with that, and Ted suddenly wished the sands would swal low him up and spnre him any further torment of living. IDs baby! Merci ful heavens! He laid baby in its soft nest, gave it the rattle and tried to collect his scattered senses by another swim to the bar. When he returned baby wus gone. He breathed more freely then. Another day Ted eiiiiie out of a movie Just as a woman passed wheel ing a buby perambulator. Something flew out of the carriage and lauded at his feet. He recognized the blue rattle of his friend, the baby, and handed it over. "Oh, thank you !" beamed the mother. "She's always throwing It out." She was young and pretty scarcely more than a girl. It occurred to Ted to re late the episode of the baby's fall, und he did so, suiting his step to her own Of course, the girl passed Just then, as the young mother was listening with all attention to Ted. "Parn!" be exclaimed, stopping. "I beg vour pardon '.' He apologised profusely. "I forgot something, and must go back If you will excuse me," he said, as be lifted his bat ami turned in the direction the girl hud taken. He followed, unabashed, desperate! Ted came up beside her, and after an irresolute minute spoke: "I should like to talk with you Just a minute, if you don't object !" She looked up. "Object? Well, I'll have to listen. 1 suppose, (io ahead." "That baby isn't mine!" "I know it isn't." "What ! Kxcuse me I didn't under stand. 1 thought you thought " "lie thought, we thought, you thought, they thought," she finished mockingly. Ted was very red In the face by thin time. "Jsow listen, suid the girl. "1 am that baby's aunt. I was only teasing you. so don't worry about It any won lie ingested inis. w ny uum you like ineY be went on. "Us neen so evident iu a hundred ways that you don't. I'm really curious about it. I'o you mind telling me?" "Mercy ! she cried. "I have eer tuir.ly developed into a regular bureau of Information. lint Ml tell you that, too! It's because yoij are here having a good lime for a month while George Uronson. your partner, who happen to be my brother-in-law and that ba by's father, is at home workim; his head oil in -a hot nttiee when lie I lying to be here with his family. Ho can't leave as long as you are away!'' Ted was spcci bless. "Hut I'd have none a wek ago if if It hadn't been for yu :'" be declared suddenly. Then the yirl smiled, the very sort of a smile l.e wauled to see. "Iff wicked for me to keep George away from May t, ml the bahy. isn't It?" slit suid. "I'll go home tomorrow." "Then I'll -.jo ion." smiled Ted. ;CtH't U- in !'!... by t'i Mel 'lure Newrpa et sj n, In. ale I DAIRY 1 kSk?T?.' Jr. !--jT n.r -,-'-, tut iii rim r 1 HEAVY PRODI vING DAIRY COW Dairymen Who Are Successful Ara Ones Who Pay Attention to the Little Details. (By HUGH Q. VAN PELT, Iowa.) Feed your cow the best you know how for six or eight weeks before she freshens. The feed during this period should be light, dry and bulky, so a not to tax the digestive apparatus. The calf should be left with the mother for 48 to 60 hours after birth. This will aid In relieving inflammation. After the calf Is taken away, pat the cow on dry feed, about five pounds of grain, with hay. Silage must be In cluded, for the most economical feed- ng. Increase the amount of grain by one-half pound every day or two until her capacity for milk production la reached. To dete.mlne this it la nec essary to carefully weigh the feed and the milk each day. The dairymen who Fine Dairy Animal. are the make the greatest success ones who do the little things. It is some trouble to weigh the milk ;md grain, but it must be done. By having the amount increased gradu ally the heavy producing cow may con sume as much as 18 to 20 pounds of Krain a day, but each cow has a differ- nt limit. The cow should be fed one pound f grain per day for each 3 to 3.5 I oundd of milk produced. It is necea- ary to watch the milk supply, and when the producing capacity of the i ow has been reached any further In- reuse in the feed will be a loss to the i.airyiuan and a use' ess tax on the ow's digestive apparatus. IMPORTANCE OF PURE WATER That Flowing Through Muddy Ditch la Not Suited to Dairy Cow Fur nish Ample Supply. A large amount of water is needed by the average da try cow for the up keep of bodily functions. In addition to this, much more is needed in the production of milk, as the latter con tains 87 per cent of water. Practical dairymen have found that It Is a good policy to provide the cow with plenty of good, clean water. That flowing through a muddy ditch is not suited for a dairy cow. It is also important that the water he of a mild temperature, especially in cold weather. Ice water taken Into the stomach of the cow causes a shock to the system that is not conducive to high milk production. The tempering of this cold water in the cow uses some of the energy that might be applied to other purposes. In the winter, freshly pumped water is much better than the cold water in the tank. Tank heaters aid in overcoming this trouble. A cow will drink a much larger quantity of warm water in the winter time than of ice water. AMOUNT OF GRAIN FOR CALF Young Animal Should Never Be Given More Than It Will Clean Up Two Pound' Is Limit. A small amount of grain Is all that is necessary for tie calf. Never feed more grain than .t will clean up. At (he age of six weeks this should be about one-half pound' at the end of two months, one pound daily; and a month later two i oiinda a day, which is all that Is n i essary up to six months of age. GENTLE TREATMENT OF COWS Nothing Will Reduce Milk Flow as Quickly as Unkindness Animals Appreciate Kindness. lie kind and gentle to the cows yon are milking. Nothing will so quickly reduce the amour-1 of milk as unklr.d treatment. Kindness is profitable in handling dumb animals as well as in dealing with members of the human race.