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
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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.
