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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1917)
Closing Out Sale of REMNANTS NOW IN PROGRESS TO CONTINUE UNTIL EVERY THING IS SOLD This sale of Remnants includes selections in SILKS, VELVETS, RIBBONS, APRONS, KIMONAS, FEATHERS AND MILLINERY GOODS Feathers going at all prices from 5c up. These are Genuine Bargains JUST RECEIVED, yesterday, a shipment of beautiful new KIMONAS and BATH ROBES You must see these to appreciate them Mrs. R. Simmons First door south of Herald office Lltttt Nutrition In Oysters, Stut zer mnintiii'i (hut It takes I ' oyster to contain a much nourish ' tnrut in out' egg, find 22.1 to equal ! pound of beef, says the new Yor' ! Medical Journiil. Anil tliclr cost i ' triple llint of beef. pf.hu normal notes Dr. House's Drowning class re jcently gave him two beautiful books 'bound lu ooze leather one, the Poems of Robert Browning, the oth er, l'oenis of Elizabeth Barrett browning. Professor Gregg attended on Wed nesday a meeting of the board of dir ectors of the State Sunday School as sociation, lie was also in conference with Siate Superintendent Clemmona on school mailers. President Hayes attended a meet ing of school superintendents of the Plate in Lincoln last week. One of the most delightful social events ever held In Peru was the party given Saturday night by the Senior girls who entertained the boys of thrir class, the Sophomores. post- graduates and faculty men.bers. This was the first social event to bo held in the new traolning building which proved to afford excellent facilities lor such an occasion. On Monday evening, representa tives from the girls' physical training 'classes gave an exhibition Including J drill.j and folk dances. A butterfly I dance and a colonial dance were j made very effective by appropriate 1 costumes. Enthusiasm ran riot when i the Senior girls met the Junior girls . lu basketball. The game was a close ! one thruout, but the final score was j 22-18 In favor of the Seniors. ! On Saturday, January 27, the fol lowing persons attended a meeting of the Women's Educational club In Lincoln: Miss Tibbetts. Miss Rulon, Miss Uowen, Miss Mutz, Miss Rose Clark, Miss Esther Clark, Miss Krebs, Miss Hosmer and Miss Kelley. Miss Kelley gave the principal talk 1 on the program. 136 Registered Heref ords At Auction February 15 and 16 Under the Auspices of The Nebraska Hereford Breeders Association Sale At Grand Island, Nebraska 95 BULLS, 41 COWS and HEIFERS The bulls include a high-class lot of herd hull prospects, range and farmer bulls, includ ing choice show bulls, all of superb quality and of tjie choicest breeding and of good ages. The collection is a large one and affords the greatest opportunity where you can buy cattle you can afford to own. The females, like the bulls, an- a grand lot, of good ages. Young cows with calves at foot and bred again. Oilier very select heifers bred to noted bulls, others open. This will he a great opportunity to select foundation stock of the best breeding. The Nebraska breeders have joined forces, endeavoring to make a success of this sale, as far as (juality and breeding are concerned. Consignors are as follows: (J. V. Dochling, Surprise; A. O. lVarson, (Jenoa; A. 1). Nelson & Sons, Minden; A. (J. Smith, Lexington; U. O. Evans, Callaway; II. H. Drake, Gibbon; Chauncey Cook, Shelton; L. P. Stone, Lexington; W. E. Green; (Jenoa; Iienger & Son, Calla way; A. V. Iiiness, Elba; (i. E. Stryker, losing City; Henry Smith, Octavia; Fritz Iiichel, Loup City; C. M. Knutsen, Hordville; Hassinusscn Hros., Elba; (J. (J. Clement, Orel; J. W. Co dor, Elwood; Jas. McClymont, Holdrege; .1. Van Wie, Ord; Geo. C. Junkin & Son, Smithfield; N. 1). Mysenbcrg, David City; Fred McClymont, Atlanta; John Herold, Lewiston; II. George, Hampton. Sale in Bradstreet's barn. Starts 1 p. m. each day. Send for catalog mentioning the Alliance Herald and addressing C. B. BENGER, Mgr. Callaway, Nebr. Reppert and Others, Auct. Sec. R. J. Kinzer, Clerk '-XTErJPP'O LirJES IN ALASKA Oegree of Development Not Generally Recog.iiitd Has Been Steadily' i Carried Forward. j Private enterprise Is re-enforclng ' Coveriunent enterprise In the develop- i ttient of Alaska transportation. An- ' iiouneeinent was recently made of the Intention of the Copper River & North western to extend Its Cordova Mm farther Into the Interior. Now come the assurance that private enterprise j has financed the proposed Immediate construction of n railroad from near Controller hoy to the tiering river col fields, 17 miles away. Thus con! of high quality Is to le brought to tidewater ly Oetoher next and shipped to Alaska points as well as Seattle and points farther south. Possibly about the same time Mnto nuska coal will reaeh Seward and Anchorage and be distributed from these points for naval and commercial needs. The humnnlzlng of Alaska ndmlnls tratloti and the partial opening of the territory to commercial enterprise have had n stimulating effect. Ixhir dormant coal claims are Inking on the form of business ventures. Railroad construction Is to tiring these In touch with the market, cheapen fuel and make greater gold production possible. The world's demand for copper has further accentuated Alasku's progress by forcing the railroad line from Se ward to extend Into tbo wilderness be yond the present terminus. The utilities for commerce are be ing vastly Increased. Coal will soon be reaching Central Alaska from the Nenann fields, and the south coast will be supplied from the Bering nnd Mata nnskn fields, vitalizing every Industry that it touches. In another year the northern wilderness will be split la twain by the arteries of commerce. The Ideal Hair Dressing Pai lor Room 1, Alliance Hotel The Misses Anderson HAIR DRESSING, MASSAGE, SCALP TREATMENTS, HAIR GOODS MADE TO ORDER International Typographical Union No. 755 UNION osSB LABEL The UNION LABEL on printed matter ALWAYS means the BEST, in both the front oflice and the workshop the com posing room. There are two printing offices in Alliance en titled to the use. of the UNION LABKL: THE ALLIANCE HERALD THE ALLIANCE SEMI-WEEKLY TIME3 UNION MEN and LABOHINO MEN of all trades, if your tradesman solicits your business with printed matter ask him to get the UNION LABEL on his advertising. Demand the UNION LABEL on Your Printing ON A VISIT OF INSPECTION British Railroad Authority In Thla Country Looking Over the Lead ing American System a. W. M. Acworth, the distinguished British railroad authority, Is visiting the United States and Inspecting sev eral of the railroad systems of the East. lie Is keenly Interested In the wage controversy between the rail roads and the truln service employees, which he avers Is similar In its gen eral aspects to that which led up to the great British railroad strike of 1011. Mr. Acworth Is a director of the underground railroads of London and has written a number of books on rail road development and regulation. lie Is no stranger to the United States, having made many trips to this side of the Atlantic, and having been for many years In touch with the railroad situation here. He Is a close personal friend of leading railroad ofllclols of the country. "The war has made heavy drafts upon the railroad workers of Great Britain," said Mr. Acworth In an Inter view at New York. "I'robably 20 per cent of the railroad operatives are In active service. From the London un derground system, which employed ubout 25,000 men at the outbreak of the war, some 8,0X) have enlisted. On nil the lines somewhat similar condi tions exist. "The places of those who have vol unteered have been filled to some ex tent by keeping older men In service Instead of retiring them. On the Lon don buses MIO women are employed as conductors. On all the lines forces have been reduced by cutting off a large proportion of the passenger trains. Man Stole a Locomotive. "By George! I am going to that dance at I'nxton's somehow," im uni dentified young man declared here the other night when Informed there would would be no trains going east for some time, according to the Bozeman (Mont) corresMindent of the Spokane (Wash.) Spokesman-Review. He walked over to a lone locomotive, en tered the cab und started east, break ing through a closed switch and going out on the main line. Engineer MeVlckcr, lu a locomotive, was traveling toward this city when he noticed tlmt the block system regis tered (lunger. He saw the smo!;c of an engine approaching and stopped liN own. His fireman Jumped and Me Vlckcr reversed his engine. Fireman Boc tiling caught the approaching en gine, climbed Into the cab, found it "diiverless" and brought It to h stop a i-iiort distance from McVicker'rt en gine. No trace of the locomotive thief has been found. He evidently Jnuipcd when be kuw the other engine approaching. tssn i Nebraska State Volunteer Fire men's Association President Harry J. Hauser, Fremont. First Vice President John W. Guthrie, Alliance. Second Vice President Win, P. McCunc, Norfolk. Secretary E. A. Miller, Kearney. Treasurer F. B. Tobln, Sidney. Chaplin Hev. W. C. Rundln, Crawford. Board of Control Jacob Goehring, Seward, chairman; C. II. Mas ters, Auburn; C. R. Frazler, Gothenburg; H. II. Bartllng, Ne braska City; Clyde Beckwith, Crawford. A Department Devoted to the Interests of tlio Volunteer Firemen of the State of Nebraska Edited by Lloyd C. Thomas, State Publicity Chairman. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS DEPARTMENT ARE ALWAYS WELCOMED Address envelope to: State Publicity Chairman Firemen's Ass'n, The Alliance Herald, Alliance, Nebraska aaiuutuutmttttttiKtK!::tnnnmnimTK "I would recommend that every city council send one of their members to the convention to Btudy existing conditions there to de termine their value to their citieH, and thus get away from the mis taken Idea that the boys Juki want to go In order to have a big time ut the city's expense." James F. Flood, delegate from the City Council of University Place, Nebr.. to State Convention at Auburn. World's Largest Locomotive. What is fiuid to be the largest loeo tlve in the world to run on a three-foot-six-inch gauge has recently been shipped from Great Britain to the or der of the South African railroads. It Is of the "Mallet" type, the total over all length of engine and tender being 81 feet 2 Inches. The design and specifications were drafted In Pretoria. Express Hat Splendid Record. During the nearly twenty-five years that the Empire State express of the New York Central railroad has been running It has carried approximately eight million passengers without a single fatal accident. Two Most Dangeious Hours. After Investigating 72 railroad wrecks Prof. Hugo MueiiKtcrbcrg finds the majority of signal failures occurs between 11 a. m. and 1 p. in. LETS HAVE MOItK OF THESE James F. Flood, who attended the annual convention at Auburn as a delegate from the city council of University Place, Nebraska, "Is greatly Im pressed with the convention and has first-hand knowledge of what the con vention Is In fact. His communication is well worth reading. It would be well if many city oliicials, particularly councilman, could read Mr. Flood's, article. Mr. Flood wrote The Herald the oUicial paper as follows: University Place, Nebr., January 30, 1917. The Alliance Herald, Alliance, Nebiaska. Gentlemen: I am enclosing a communication that I think would be of great Inter est to your readers in connection with the Firemen's Association of Nebras ka. As a delegate from the City Council of uiy town to their convention, I write this from that point of view. If you think it would be a benefit, and care to, please publish this. Very truly yours, JAMES F. FLOOD. IMPRESSIONS OF A CONVENTION VISITOR (By James F. Flood, Delegate from City Council of University Place, Nebr., to State Convention) It Would probably interest your readers, especially members of the dif ferent city councils who really have the best. interests of their cities at heart, to know what impressions a visitor to tho annual state convention of Volunteer Firemen has from the point of view of a member of the City Council. I think the prevailing, but erroneous, idea of councils us regards the convention has been that the principal purpose of such meetings is to give our brave unselfish boys one opportunity In the year to have a trip away from home with a license to have a royal good time at the expense of the city. This Is true in part and surely the tire boys earn all that. Hut this is not alone a good-time fctt. Aside from the pleasures of the very royal welcome of tho citizens, the entertainments, banquets, dances, shows and special stunts put on for the visitors there are benefils received that are almost invaluable in aiding the.iu lo better accomplish their work of preventing and extinguishing tires. Then there are papers read on live questions as to best Illinois of pre venting fires; of equipment to use best suited to tno existing conditions; the leports of all the different fire chiefs. These reports are all printed in the oflicial proceedings of the convention and are mure valuable to the different tire departments than is the state fire marshal's annual report," as they are more complete, detailed, and often oiler suggestions that are not copied in the slate report. Besides this they tome home to the lire boys by the direct application in a way that is not possible through other means. The state fire marshal is there to do all in his power to instruct, advise, suggest ways and means to ri.ake their work more ciiicient. The. salesmen of tire fighting apparatus are there with the latest and most efficient knowl edge as to what we need and should have in the way of equipment. There is also a very appreciable opportunity to advertise the several towns from which delegations go. Just imagine, if you can, five hundred live hustling men from all over the state, each delegation boosting for their home town. How keen they are to notice If one town has some Improve ments that they have not, and how proud to boast of their advantages. Ia not this fact alone convincing evidence that no city will lose through ad vancing the expenses of a delegation of fire men to attend this convention. In short, the value that may be derived from attending this annual con vention is immense both to the volunteer firemen personally and to their several cities. Since these cities reap such value fioui these conventions it Beeius only proper that they should send some delegate aside from the fire boys to bring them back such information as they can get along the lines of civic municipal improvement other than information relating solely to fire control. This department of the convention was especially appealing to me, a member of the City Council, and I know that every city could get full value received from the expense necessary to delegate a member of the council and defray his expenses to this convulion. There were a good many council members there but I know that there were a great number of cities that did uol represent itself through any except the volunteer firemen, as of course there were many who were not rpresentd at all. 1 would rcommend that every city council send one of their memebrs to the convention to study ex isting conditions there to determine the value to their cities, and thus get away from the mistaken idea that the boys Just want to go in order to have a big time at the city's expense. Finally, then, 1 would say that in my opinion the state convention of Volunteer Firemen is a splendid institution and should be continued with Increased attendance from more cities not only by the firemen but also by members of every -ity council in tne state.