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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1917)
o AI I IAX( K IIKHAI.O, FnuU'AHV 1.1, 1017 EaiilllW EASTER This Year Comes on SUN. APRIL 8 Don't do as so many men have done in the past and wait until the week before Easter to order your Easter or Spring Suit. Every order is a rush order then. ORDER YOUR SUIT, pay a small deposit down, AND HAVE IT ON TIME Detmer Woolens maV.c the best tailored qan merits. Ask ihc man who knows" ta KEEP-U-NEAT -c - Tin WE NOW HAVE ON DISPLAY OVER 1,000 OP THE VERY LATEST GUARANTEED ALL-WOOL FABRICS. WHEN WE SAY "ALL WOOL" WE MEAN EVERY THREAD IN THE FABRIC IS ALL WOOL. "DETMER'S'- GUARANTEED ALL-WOOL FABRICS CARRY A DOUBLE GUARANTEE DETMER'S AND OURS. OUR CLOTHES ARE UNSURPASSED FOR STYLE, FIT AND WORKMANSHIP. ROY B. BURNS, Prop. 205 Box Butte Ave. Phone 133. WEEK baby boy was born on Tuesday morning to Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Mc- Clure. W. E. Rousey returned Monday from Omaha where he had been in attendance at the state convention of Nebraska hardware dealers. a a a Mrs. Elias Adams of Ellsworth -came to Alliance the latter part of the week. She accompanied her daugh ter, Naomi, here, he daughter was operated upon at St. Joseph's hospi tal on Monday for appendicitis. The Public library was opened for a while Saturday afternoon so those who had books out could return them. A. B. Wheeler, proprietor of the Western hotel, has leased the rooms over the Famous and will sublease them. $10.00 a month will buy you a Dwelling Iot. See Knoddy & Moll ring, agent for the Nebraska State Building and Loan Co. tf Mrs. Hand, mother of Dr. George Hand, is reported to be seriously ill. Mrs. Frank Dunning, neo Inez Mc Corkle, and little son left yesterday for their home at Hysham, Montana, following a visit here with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McCorle. John McCoy, M. D. Office and Hospital Reddish Block Telephone 81 Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bronkhurst have returned to Alliance and will make their home here. Mrs. Bronk hurst is at present assisting in the oflice of the General Superintendent of the Burlington here. a Mrs. Chas. Evans of Marsland was n the city Saturday. a A new lot of Reo touring cars ar rived Saturday for Sturgeon Bros. They are all new models. Real Estate. Loans and Insur ance. F. E. REDDISH, Reddish eiock. 15-tf -6727 Mrs. J. U. Rehder left Sunday for Fort Logan for a visit with relntives. a a a Mrs. Fred Vaughan arrived In Al liance Saturday. She had been at Canton, Ohio, having been called there by the Illness of her son. a a P. W. Harris returned from Lin coln Tuesday. He went down Sun day on buslnes. Burnard Phelan Bhlpped 700 head of cattle from here to Thedford Sun day. The cattle were purchased from Whitehead & Dodd. at W. II. Gates of Scottsbluff was in j the city on business Saturday. He is a merchant of that city. Monday night a baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Mullendar. List jour Farm, Itanrh or City j rroHTt with us. We will sell it for you. Snoddy & Mollring. tf i Mr. and Mrs. John T. Wlker went to Omaha Sunday and returned yes terday. They went down to pur chase and look over pianos, phono-! graphs and supplies for the Wlker Music House. t i At the Baptist church on Sunday Feb. 18. the pastor A. A. layton will , npeak on "The Symbol or Sign of i Baptism." The Men's Bible class wm meet at 10 a. m., in connection with the Bible School. Young people's 2 X X. 3 C l i a S S3 - S r i is v s a 5, ; a ' M 5 a a - X 3 O E i 1 1 i 1 i B meeting Is at 6:30 p. m. Evanee listlc Bervice at 7:30 p. m. The church extends a cordial wolcome to all. Gertrude, the small daughter of H. U. Carpenter, is 111 with typhoid fe ver. Miss Ituth Layton left. Tuesday night to visit her sister, Mrs. J. C. L. Crooks at Denver, Colo. Mrs. J. T. Nabb left yesterday for Seward where she was called by the illness of her daugter. Oh, sure you know about it. That dollar day of the Methodist Ladies Aid. Next Wednesday, Feb. 21, is the day. What about your poem on experience Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson were , at Omaha the last of the week in at tendance at the state convention of hardware dealers. The First Annual Family Day of the M. E. Church in-Alliance will be , nnce and i now employed as book observed on Sunday, Feb. 18. All keeper at Highland's grocery. Methodist families and all who are affiliated with this church are invit ed to attend Divine service next Sun day. It is desired that in so far as possible all families sit together this once. No special offering will be taken. a a Mrs. Mlnnick, who was operated upon at St. Joseph's hospital here, has returned to her home at Ells worth. a Mrs. Clara Albro and daughter, Miss Vera, left the city Sunday for Akron, Colo. They will make their home at Akron in the future. a Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Was re turned this week from Omaha where they spent a few days. a Dr. Maxflcld and H. M. Bushnell, Jr., were visitors at Antioch Monday, a a a Mrs. T. B. Shrewsbury and daugh ter. Miss Neil, who visited here last week with friends, returned to their home at Ellsworth Saturday. a a a Mr. and Mrs. Dick O'Bannon are home from a week spent with rela i tlves and friends at Seward, Kear j ney, Big Springs and Julesburg. Miss Irma Lotspeich is homo from Lincoln where sho has been attend ing school. She was compelled to give up her school work owing to nervousness. She is recovering nice ly A. D. Rodgers Ml Alliance Sun day for Lincoln where he went to at tend a meeting of tn board of dir ectors of the Ncbra . Retailers' As sociation. He is a me ber of the board. a a Buy your candy at the Alliance Electrical Works Saturday after noon. All home-ma !o and fresh. a Clyde Curry and Mary Rust were married Thursday nt Hot Springs. Robert Graham left Tuesday noon for Lincoln, O'Bannon Brothers, live stock dealers, shipped four . car loads hogs from this city Inst week. of A 0 white of lloffland, who had his hand mangled in one of the crushers at the potash plpnt several weeks ago, was In town Saturday n , h,B nand C8r,.d for . Homer J. Gaunt of Ellsworth was i town a part of last week. Sam Trenkle was here from Ells worth a portion of last week. E. C. Wilkinson, special represent ative for George Darling in his Ed ison department, has moved his fam ily to this city. Mrs. Wilkinson and the two children arrived in the city Tuesday. C r ! i i Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Wilcox and daughter, Helen, left Tuesday for eastern Nebraska. a Dean Shaw is in McCook attending a convention. a Mrs. J. A. Madden and small daughter and Mis. Emma Conklln arrived In the city Saturday and are visiting friends here this week. The ladies are sisters. a W. J. Root was in Alliance th last of the week. He has accepted a position as cashier of a bank at Lodgcpole. He returned to this! city to pack his household goods and nove the family to their new home. a a J. E. Rice and daughter, Ruth, are enjoying a visit at Omaha this week. They went to Omaha on Monday. ,, There is a great scarcity of houses in "Alliance. People are living In all kinds of places and claniering for desirable houses or rooms. Thoae I who have houses to rent or roon s to) rent, whether furnished or unfur-i nished, can get renters by applying to the Alliance Herald. This paper is unable to supply the demand. You will be conferring a favor on the renter and yourself by taking the matter up with the Herald at your first convenience. The Herald many times rents places before the adver tisement appears In the classified col umns. It's service that counts. " Mrs. Chas. Evans came from Mars land Saturday for a visit here. a a a The N. P. Pool family of Marsland were week-end visitors hero. They returned to Marsland Sunday. a a a The Earnest Christian Workers class of the Methodist Sunday school will hold a home-made candy sale at the Alliance Electrical Works Satur day afternoon. Use Herald Classified Advertise- ments they get results. Mr. and Mis. W. E. Spencer were m Bridgeport Thursday where they visited with friends. Mrs. J. B. Knlest, who has been Visiting with frifnrin in Omnhn fnr several weeks, has ret urned tn Alii. Have you something to sell? Try a Herald Classified Advertisement. a a T. L. Burrow, employed at Miller Brothers' store, left Thursday for Lusk, Wyo., where he went to attend to some land business. Mr. and Mrs. Clark, together with Miss Burmood, are now living in the house at 618 Big Horn. a Mrs. Nancy McGinley and grand daughter, Kitty Selton, are visiting Mrs. McGinley'a daughter at New Hampton, Mo. They left here Thursday. C. F. Fenner Is planning on get ting Into the Ice business this spring and has purchased an auto truck to be used in the business. He has been in the business in the past and Is an experienced man. C. W. Corp, a Burlington pipe fit ter, has been transferred to Edge mont and the last of the week ship ped his household goods to that place. a Frank Hockett, a blacksmith at the Burlington shops, has been trans ferred to EJgemont. Following a pleasant visit here with Mrs. Joseph O'Conner, Miss Haiuptob left Friday for her home at Fremont. Mrs. M. Shay and daughter Mar garet returned Sunday from a visit at Madison, Wis. They Intend to leave in the near future for New York, Boston and other eastern points. A telegram received from Horace Advertise tr TOD WtaCa J Waal a Clerk Wa4 Tartacr Waal a Sitaatioe Waal a Sarvaat Girl Waal lSlli PUaa Waal I Soil a Carriafa Waal la Sell Tawa fVsaarljr Waal la Sell Tour GrecarWa Waal la Sail T.r Hardware Waal CaaUaara for AaytUai Advartiaa Weekly ia Tbia Pper. AaWtialaJ la Ike Wy la IdWtlsiaf Brians Caati Advertiaiai Keeps Caalei AdvartiaiaJ lasvrae Sacceaa Advarueial Showt Eaerly A4artiaia Shows PI aca Aivardaial U "Bia" Advertise or Beat Advertise Lea Advertite WU ADVERTISE Al 0-.ee In Thi.'i Papei Rogue states that he and Mrs. Rogue leave New York tonight. They will stop in Chicago enroute. arriving in Alliance the first of the week. a a a The sivall child of Mr. and Mrs. Empson of Lakeside who has been seriously 111 at the Alliance hotel is recovering. Mr. Empson spent Sun day In Alliance. a H. Campbell Is In charge of the' Standard Grocery delivery. Mr. and Mrs. John Wlker return ed Wednesday from a business trip to Omaha. a a Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Bnrnett re turned Wednesday from New York where they had been purchasing spring stock for the Golden Rule store. a a a j George Young of Marsland was In the city Saturday. . a a a 1 Mrs. Russell left Wednesday night for her home at Crab Orchard. Nebr., after visiting her daughter, Mrs. O. R. Hale. 00 Mrs. Elias Adams returned'Thurs day to her home at Ellsworth after spending a week with her daughter Naomi who was operated on at the St. Joseph hospital last Monday, a a a ' Mrs. .lack Hannoff returned to Ellsworth Thursday aft"r spending several days in Alliance for medical treatment. a a Vernon Copsey was operated on tit the hospital yesterday for appendici tis. Miss Bessie Wlntermuth of Ells-' worth came up to Alliance Tuesday to enter St. Joseph hospital to take training for a nurse. a a 'XBpsanx auuunjji 'Xnov isl pO0MpB9(I OJ VM. H1KUOJ -fl B.lpJ Tomorrow evening," Friday. Feb ruary 16. Mrs. Ray Stansbury, ex pression teacher with the Alliance School of Music and also in charge of the work of the declamatory con test at the high school, will give a recital of her own work at Reddish hall. The recital is absolutely free and Is one well worth attending. She will be assisted by an Edison phono graph. It is expected there will be a large attendance at the recital to morrow evening. v 0 0 0 The Latin Club of the Alliance high school together with the faculty members were delightfully enter tained Saturday evening by Miss Ethel Clary at the home of Mrs. R. C. Pearson In the Flora apartments. A short program was given which was highly appreciated by all In at tendance. Old Iitln games were played. Liht refreshments were Berved. 0 0 0 Old papers for sale a; the Heralc office. Pat jrs are done up in bun dies at five and ten :ents a bundle 0 0 0 Sunday afternoon the postponed concert to have been given by the faculty of the Alliance School of Music will be given at the Christian church In this city. This is ene of a series of concerts being given by the faculty of the school, the program Sunday dealing with the Germanic influence upon music. This series takes up the study of music as it pertains to the various countries and It affords nil who attend the oppor tunity of learning something of the boclnnlng and foundation of music, thus affording them an opportunity to h -tter understand the subject. CARLOAD OF LIVE ELK IN ALLIANCE I 'our IHed In Hliinei)t Idling Jft tilde of One and .Mondenlutll (Jets Head of Another ' -rt Lalng is the proud possessor of -j'i elk's hide, which he has aent aw. v to have tanned. The last of the week a car load of some forty elk was unloaded at the stock yards for feeding. Four of them died. The shipment was in charge of the Wy omlrg game warden and were being taken to Independence, Kans., where they are to be placed in a park. S. G. Meudenhall, employed at the luting clothing store, took the Job of Eklnning the four elk and was given one of the heads, which he s mount ing. The elk came from the Jackson Hole country In Wyoming. There Is no feed there for them this win ter and they have been bothering the ranchmen to such an extent that the ranchers have made traps for them. The elk are great jumpers and can go over the highest of fences. They get to the hay stacks and make quick work of the feed. While at the stock yards here it was not an un- i common thing to see them Jump over ' tho fences from one pen to another, and It was some Job to care for them. Don't Buy Coal Buy Heat WE SAY OUR COAL IS THE BEST BY ACTUAL TEST There is no such thing as dissatisfaction when you burn K00I NUT K00I LUMP OEBO NUT QEBO LUMP HARRIS NUT OR HARRIS LUMP High test GASOLINE and KEROSENE VAUGHAN & SON Phone No. 5 TELEPHONE MEN IIKHK ON INSIMOCTION TRIP Messrs. M. J. McCarty and E. I. Hannah of Omaha and R. L. Harris and Walter Jones, of Grand Island, officials of the Nebraska Telephone Company, were In the city last week on business connected with the com pany. They were on a tour of in spection covering the territory through which the new proposed line east to Broken Bow will operate. JACKSON (H)E8 TO KCOTT8ULVFP HUNT) AY L. S. Jackson, for five years em ployed at the Darling undertaking parlors, leaves Alliance Sunday for Scottsbluff. He has accepted a posi tion with McCreary Brothers, furni ture dealers, and will have charge of the undertaking department. Ray Frost of Stanton, Nebr., has been employed by Mr. Darling and he will start his duties the first of the week. Mr. Frost is a married man but has as yet not moved his family to Alli ance. Mr. Jackson will leave bis family here until he can find a de ferable home for them at Scottsbluff. OWN YOl'It OWN HOME Make a Mart by bujlng a lot on monthly paymentM. See Snoddy & Mollring, agent for the Nebriuika State Building & loan Co. tf Inside Information i the costly, valuable in gredient that figurej most prominently in al! business deals. 1$ There is a wealth ol "Inside Information' in the want ads. flMany business men whose preeminent suc cess is attributed to a highly developed fore sight and shrewdness, are in reality making daily use of this want ad "Inside Information. WOMAN AND THREE CHILDREN FROZEN Parent of Worna.ii Who IVrUbe With Children In UUzzard Visited Here Yeeterday Rev. Jones, pastor of the Metho dist church at Morrla Bluff. Nebr., and Mrs. Jones spent a few hour M Alliance Wednesday on their JouriM? home from Forsyth, Montana, wbw they went last week on receiving tb Information that their daughter.. Mth. C. W. Mc Connell, and htr threw' " children had frozen to death. On reaching Alliance Rev. Jonev immediately called up Dr. J. U. Carnrf pastor of the First M. K. Church this city and asked him to ome tt" the depot and spend an hour wltt him and his good wife, stating thai' they were Just returning from burjr ing their daughter and three grand' children who were frozen to deatt' lust week near their home. The Forsyth Times Journal, f which Rev. Jones had a ropy, gj the folio lii ut count of th quadru ple death: The citizens of this eomuiiiuiryv were shocked beyond expm.sIwV Tuesd iy afternoon on learning of th awful (rudt-gy wui.a .Mciut. l t, in McConn 11 fa . ily Saturday mwi noet 30 miles nurili of Vauandii. Mr C. W. McConriill has beeu leachlr? schyol 5 miles from their fuiin, ii- ing thir three children wild hi- n?wr1 doing light housekeeping ut tt school house during the v.i.-k. !-' urday it turned warm and it U 6UV mlsed that Mrs. McConntll coiielu-v ed to surprise her hu' b.aut at home by a visit over Sunday ai:J started' with the three children, two girls a4 a son. While on their way i.he oloritf' that raged so severe all over this puif of the state came suddenly upo them (the mercury dropped 10 tl. grees in a few minutes). They made their way as best they could in i!t' blinding snow unail a few huudrwtf yards of their home' when they fell exhausted where they froze to doaiKV They lay there until Tuesday m., when they were discovered by ih-' husband who had concluded to go the school house and pay them a vt it. The people at the school sop' posed they were at home on account of the storm, while Mr. McConnii"' thought they were at the school houso comfortably situated. All four were found dead together under some sage brush. The terrible ordeal for the fatherl and husband came when he was com pelled to load the four dead ones art dear to him, Into his spring wagoi and drive with them thirty miles t' Vananda before he could reach as sistance. Word waa sent here Ut Coroner Booth who went tVanaud Wednesday morning and viewed tbn remains. He returned and started a second time at noon with four cof fins. funeral waa held the last of the week, all four being burled in oa i grave.