Nebraska Newspapers

    ALLIANCE IIKltALD. MAItCH i, 1917
Buffalo Hunting in Nebraska in
1867
Ity Minnie J. Gilmore
At the close of the civil war, the (the long desired meat hud lost Home
territory of inviting Hold, for the boI- i of its appetizing flavor by having to
ter, who upon returning home, nf- be eaten without bread. In the dis
nr having spent several years in ac- lance great herds of buffalo could he
live life, found his business nffair3 'seen and the spirit of the t-ue sports
tu an uiiHetlled condition. Consld- j man, was greatly in evidence, and
red from u financial viewpoint, a-! why not? They were now being re
lane, those years of service for hia j warded for their patient courage,
euntry, had been lost to the aver-1 Perhaps some who may read this
age soldier. Therefore ho hailed j can recall the pleasure and innpira
wlth delight the opportunities, await-j tion of real hunt. The mad chase,
top him in the undeveloped regions i the wild bellowing of the infuriated
beyond the "'Old Muddy," w here fer- ; animals, the sagacity of the horses,
tile valleys would provide n home fori trained to follow closed at the herds
ate family and great herds of buffalo, 'of the buffalo in order that the rider
Ik and deer roaming over the plains! could aim unerringly at the most vi
wlth the chance of sometimes encoun- j lal spot.
taring a band of the hostile "Sioux One who has never seen a herd of
lidians" apppealed to hia love for I these magnificent animals can hardly
HBort and adventure. These "Hoys : conceive of their beauty, as they wau
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Chadron State Normal School
Robert I. Elliott, President
A herd of Shorthorn calves owned school last year. She brought out
by II. II. Sprngue, Sr., was judged by the idea of splendid results being ob
t he class in Animal Husbandry. tained in school work because of the
At a meeting of the Mothers' de- interest taken by parents In the
partment of the Woman's Club. Miss school and of maintaining social nc-
Crawford. topped the sale with a bull
which will be one year old next
month. This anlmnl brought $1.
285. Lowe Bros. & llradoock look
two coming yearling bulls which
brought respectively $680 and $475.
Dawes county, with three animals,
brought $2,440 from a $,000 sale.
This salo was voted such a success
that others will bo held annually,
hereafter. The presence of the
Dawes county breeders, with the
classy stock they brought, showed
that they might well be Included In
this organization. Consequently, a
new body was formed, to be known
At'TO IJOI.S OVKIl It A NIC
MOTIII.K AM Hltl
Mis. C. (). Il77"and 1 2-yo.ir-II'
daughter were killed Just w-tt at
David City Su.id.iy evening in
automobile accident. Mr. a' C MV
Hyde find daughter, t.nd Mr. and Mr -Dave
FFroin were com:.ig to rhorrt
In Mr. Tr Jin's car. The lights Wtr'
not workl is nn l a light r; !n on th"
windshield made It lmprslble to
the road. Mr. From drov.! the ca
lown nn embinkment of fiflee.i fst
on the main road Just wst of the clfjf
limits. All occupants of the car wem
im Blue" brought into Nebraska, a
urate and spirit of true patriotism
without which no state can become a
real factor In life of the nation.
The late Colonel Vifquain had set
tled on a homestead In Saline county
A bright aflable Frenchman was the
vlonel; a man who carried the hon
ors so nobly won at Vicksburg, with
tfcc quiet dignity of a true soldier. A
an of courage and strong convic
tions, as was demonstrated in the
following incident. A democrat In
folltics, Colonel Vifquain was a warm
triend of President Johnson and
watched with interest V o latter's
trial for impeachment. When news
of the acquittal came, he raised the
United States flag over the roof of his
anprctentious pioneer home. A lit
tle net apparently, to we look at It
with conditions as they exist today.
But as we recall the bitterness, and
p:rty strife incidental to that dark
period in the life of our nation, we
are led to understand that Colonel
Yifqualn was a man who was not a
trald to let others know where he
stood at times when great issues were
at stake. Sometimes men of that
haracter are called heroes and some
times branded as traitors.
The first of November. 1867, a
party of sturdy pioneers started west
from Saline county on a buffalo hunt.
The original party consisted of six
ten, three wagons and three riding
fcorses, with Colonel Vifquain in corn
wand. Following along the valley of
the "West Blue river," they arrived
it the. home of Elians Gilmore, on
the evening of the first day, where
their party was increased by an addi
tional number of four men, r.U pro
perly equipped for killing buffalo, or
Bghting Indians r.s the situation
might demand.
If the Indians had not driven the
name away, they expected to find the
herds in two days' time, fill their wa
gons with the best of meat and hides
kid be safely home in about ten days
but whenever did a hunting party's
flans materialize as anticipated? Per
haps the sport would not be so won
derfullly enticing, if "times worked
out" just as they were planned.
Following the '"Blue," they came
lo the mouth of Schuyl creek, the
party turned southward, expecting to
find the herds on the divide before
reaching the "Little Blue," but disap
point ent awaited them. Kach day
fcrought. increasing evidence of the
fact that the Indians nau aireauy
dered over the great undula'ing prair
ies; so strong so symmetrical and so
perfectly free were they. And will
there not at limes come a regret that
with all the advantages that modern
civilization has brought to us, it has
driven from our state and shall we
not say our nation, these great herds
of the king of the plains.
The ten days had already length
ened into three weeks and all felt the
necessity of returning home as quick
ly as possible. Going north they
reached the Platte river about twelve
miles east of Fort Kearney. Here
the Indians had also driven the set
tlers away. They found only desert
Frazier gave a talk on "The Parent
and Teacher."
The fourth and fifth grades have
been having lessons on square mea
sure. Part of the work was comput
ing the cost of plastering andlinting
thteir room in the new wing.
The children of the third and four
th grades celebrated Valentine's day
by having a box. The exchange of
valentines was much enjoyed by all.
The Y. W. C. A. girls sold "Dairy
Made" chocolates during the art ex
hibit and realized quite a profit.
These sales will be continued once a
week,. during the remainder of the
year.
Miss Delzell had charge of the
woman's department of the Farmers'
Congress held in Chadron. Miss
Delzelll gave a taik on vegetable
coookery, after which lunch was
served to the visiting ladies by the
domestic science department.
Mr. Clements was at Alliance to
referee the game between Alliance
and Kimball.
The hog. alfalfa, poultry, potato
and corn programs of the mid-winter
Farmers' Congress were attended by
tivities that were sources of pleasure j as the Northwest Nebraska Hereford j pinned under it and many cars pnBJW
to the boys and girls. She told es- Cattle Breeders' Association, and
pecially of a literary and debating 1 hereafter they will conduct the sales,
society w hich met each week at the j This new body Includes sixteen eoun-
school house, which through Its In
fluence, bound together the cominun
tiy Interests.
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GTOP CATARRH! OPEN
NOSTRILS AND HEAD
ed cabins until they reached the fain- the agriculture classes and were full
ous Martin ranch near Grand Island. I of interest and information.
Mr. Martin had quite a little fort of
his awn, having 100 guns bo arrang
ed as to be fired without stopping to
Mrs. Rustln and Miss Harris gave
a preliminary talk on the art exhibit
In rtiunel Mrs. II lint I n snoke of the
reload. (Please to remember that i Spi,,,uiji opportunity we would have
we are writing of a time when the of studying some of the famous pic
modern destructive guns were un- (llrp, ci,o nointed out the advant-
known.) This ranch had also been Hpe we havo ovor tne people of a few
hesieeel hv the Indians, but escaned i i .v. i., ..t !
with no loss except some cattle. be taYen V this un
Air. Aiartin and nis rami v worn: n !. ...t... i ..i .
' Says Cream Applied In Nostril j
i Believes llcad-CohU at Once. t
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If jour nostrils nro clogged and your
.sill is stuffed and you cun't breathe
freely because of n cold or catarrh. jut
vt a small bo1 lie of Ely's Cream I'alm
.it any drug" store. Apply a little of
Mii fragrant, antiseptic cream into
our nostrils and let it penetrate
lirougli every sir passnge of your head.
Kittling' and healing thu inllained. swol
'en imieous membrane and you pet in
stant relief.
Ah! how good it feels. Your nos
trils are open. Jour head clear, no
more hawking, siiulllilig, blowing; te
more headache, dryness or striigglim
for breath. Ply's Cream Palm is jusi
what sufferers from head colds niid ca
(arrli need. It's a deligliU
ties.
bers.
Dawes county has seven mem-
iirxbiN uirrs new eiirucii
In rcsponOso to n c.ll from the
federated churches at Mitchell, Uev.
Walter C. Hundln tendered his resig
nation at Crawford from the pastor-
nto of the Congregational church
without hearing their r.les for h!p
it was after more tl.nn a half how
that they were, discovered. fcfr
Hyde nnd daughter wore probably
Instantly killed. Mr. Hyde was evrt
arrorn the face and Mrs. From injnrtsf
to some extent, Jbut Mr. From was net
Injured.
When You Have a Odd
Give It attention, avoid exposure
be regular and careful of your AlH
The new church pays a salary of'"1"0 mn,ncB taking Dr. King
$2,000. Itcv. Mr. Ttundin has been
secretary of the Crawford chamber
of commerce, president of the assoc
iated commercial clubs of western
Nehraska, secretary of the Crawford
school board, secretary of the. trl
state fair association, secretary of
the republican Dawes county central
commltttee and state rhaplln of the
volunteer firemen's nssoc'atlon In ad
dition to carrying on tho work of the
church successfully.
DAWK'S COUNTY CATTLH
TO I 8ALK AT VALKNTINK
Chadron Chronicle:
Tuesday several men from this'
section went down to attend the first
used to feeding hungry men nnd al
so abounded in hospitality. That
was a real factor of the pioneer days
and the men who had tasted only
tasted buffalo meat for some days
appreciated bread and vegetables
once more.
Then came the homeward trip, fol
j Harris, who had charge of the exhl-
ui. i ....i.. ,.r o,.bnn .....I : wwoo' i ii
un, .id. u """"""I impelled an immediate
ov nriiuuiui iwiiiuM in ii I'liiiii in it'iiiiiiin r. t
Miss Clark spoke in chapel on the
writings of the Nebraska poet, John
G. Nierhardt. She gave a very in
teresting sketch of the life of Mr.
Neihardt, and also read selections
from several of his poems. This was
Breeders' Association. The
wonderful success of this first salo
re-organiza
tion of the promoters, so that more
territory might be taken in. i
Altogether there were 125 Here
fords sold at an average price of
$248 per head. Clyde Bufllngton, of
BIG PROFITS
FOR YOUR DOLLARS
Every one wants his dollars to
earn big dividends If It can be dune
without risk of losing the money
Invested.
I have a proposition for any one
with K'0.00 or more to Invent thut
combines HI Profits and absolute
s.ifoly for the money Invested. Not
a Ket rich quick scheme, but one of
the very rare opportunities that oc
cur In the Investment line. Kudursed
by eminent bankers, Justice of Su
preme Court, business men of the
hlKhest reputation, who have' not
only Invested their money but take
part In the active management.
Full particulars sunt on request
A. U SUTTON, Drexel Bldg. Phil
adelphia, l'a.
.Yew Discovery. It rontalns PIri
Tar. Antiseptic Oils and Balsams'
Is sllnhtly laxative. Dr. Ktng'g Nw
Discovery eases your cough, soot hew .
your throat and bronchial tubmor
checks your cold, starts to clear yowr
head. In a short time you know yow
cold Is better. Its the standard faro"
lly cough syrup In use over 40 yearar
Get a bottle at once. Keep It In tap
house as a cold Insurance. Sold r
your druggist
Adv 3
Judge and Mrs. I A. Berry
turned to Alliance Sunday followftHP
a week spent at Ltisk, Wyoming rls
ItlnR their son, Lyle C. Berry, who
manager of the municipal light
water plant there. Tho Judge wsss"
at Ardmore, 8. D., for a couple ot
days on business and went from ther
to Lusk. Judge Berry, who wit
other local people, Is Interested In a
oil proposition near Ardmore, say
the drillers nre down about 1.300 fee"5
now and will have to go only a fewr
hundred feet more to strike oil fi
paylng quantities, according to a jrow
ernment geologist there. Oil hn al
ready been struck, but not in qnat
titles sufficient to pay bis? return
So they are going deeper.
Old pnpers for sale al the Herald
office. Papers are done up In nnn
dies at five and ten ?ents a bund!
., ... ,. ..... done by way of preparing for Mr.
beautiful city of York. The acrosa N, ,'hafr,' 1 ci J his
the prairies to the Blue all feeling an-,Mls t,,a,,k h . tn
xious regarding the home folks. ,orkA 'nf f c.Ia"h, ? u "l u
It was a bright Sunday in the In-'the 1 ' rMll Z , i, h
dian summer time. The women and "Ponscr. and has urged t hat l e M -
children had gathered at the Gilmore ' -n' 8 1'a'1 n, 6 ' ?,? .rnt, fhn "
home, a sad. anxloua crowd. Humors ngs. copies of which are in the II
ot Indian depredations on the Little brary.
Blue and Platte rivers had reached The regular meeting of the Alice
them. As the days lengthened into Freeman Palmer Society was held In
weeks, their anxiety became almost the assembly room. The officers of
ir.H....-,,Ma Tim i.-in.ia rf fi-i,..wiK- the iiast semester were re-elected.
Indians returning from the hunt had The program consisted of studies of J
seen no nale faces, altho thev told of five artists, copies of whose pictures
having seen heap of Sioux. A lone were in the art exhibit on I' riday and
horseman came swiftly across the Saturday. It was an excellent pro
country. Was it friend or foe? An- gram and helped to prepare tho mem-
xiou3ly the mothers gathered their
little ones nearer to their side. Then
the rider was recognized as one of
the party, for whom they-were co an
xiously watching. Were the rest
lost? As he drew near, he called
cheerily, "all well
gry.
bers of for the enjoyment of the pic
tures in the exhibit. Miss Driacoll
gave the girls a short talk at the
close of the program.
The Normal girls basketball team
defeated the Lusk High School girls'
but awfully hun- team with a score of thirty-three to
i eight. The two teams will compete
With joyful alacrity the dinner was on the Lusk tloor in the,, near future.
m-iilt, rf.:iflv A ruril fonct nf .'i.h.r!i u- . . . . . , . i...i
teen there and the buff a. o wa. .being vetVMTendeV; deiicl- ' bv M iss Del zel 1 1 a nd M iss PoVor' on.
ous buffalo meat, crisp biscuits and wpnt to Crawford to repeat tho play,
wild fruit for dessert. Colonel Vif-...Wnat Happepned to Jones." Though
quain, jolly as uaual came Into the the woiUh,.r wa8 very threatening, a
house saying in his genial manner: larg(5 crowd attended the play. The
"Well Mrs. Gilmore I've brought the pir,8 an(1 nlo8t of the boys enjoyed
boys all safely home again." And the hospitality of Crawford homes,
no doubt to his experience and care Tnw caBt l8 grateful to Mr. Leppla
was due the success of this "Hunt-ifor attaching a special coach to the
ing for Buffalo in 1867." State freight. which accommodation en
Journal. jabled the students to. get homo ear
ner.
rapidly driven away. Great care was
taken for the safety of the partyal
tho a suggestion of danger seems very
unreal to those who drive acrosu that
wction of Nebraska today, apprehen
ding nothing more seriously than
Waving yielded to an impulse to ex
ceed the speed limitations. Those
boundless prairies would have been a
"Mecca" for automobiles in 1867.
Nearing the Little Blue one balmy
Indian summer's day, our party dis
covered smoke ascending from the
valley. The colonel instantly order
ed the men to halt, form the wagons
Into a circle, with men and horses in
side, while he rode forward to recon
noiter, returning in about one hour
with the information that no Indians
were visible, altho the burning cab
ias gave evidence of their recent vis
it to that vicinity. Thus relieved hte
wen soon drove to the river, glad for
the opportunity of quenching their
Typewriter ribbons of all kinds
The Herald carries the largest stock
in Alliance at all times. Phone 340
DRINK HOT TEA
FOR A BAD COLD
An art exhibit was held under the
auspices of the Normal which was at
tended by large crowds aud proved
itself a remarkable success. The ex
hibit, consisting of two hundred
fi beautiful pictures furnished by the
j ' Lincoln Fine Arts Shop, was pro-
. cureu uirouKii me eimi i ui iiiina
Get ft small package of Hamburg Harris, the librarian, and Its success
itiei,ht Tea, or as the German folks was due largely to her enterprise and
call it. "Hamburger Brust Thee," at any management. Great numbers of stu
r.liarmaev. Take a tablc-moonful of the dents. townspeople and children
thirst, fro.n the abundant supply of. tea. nut a cun of Loilini; water unon passed through the room enjoying
water after a long drive over the bar
ren plains. A consultation was then
aeld. To turn back meant defeat,
with no buffalo that year and the on
ward march seemed dangerous to all.
The food supply was becoming limit
ed and at tiiut season of the year, a
treat blizzard might at any time come
sweeping down from tho northwest.
But these men had the courage inci
dental to pionevr life. "Go on" was
the unanimous demand.
By following the old freight road
antil they reached Spring ranch, they
hoped to be able to receive food from
the ranchmen, but they found the
ranch deserted, the Indians had driv
en the settlers from the valley. It
was a lonely camping place, but the
est obtainable foe that night. Morn
ing found them all astir early. eWnd
ing their way south toward the Re
publican river as they passed on to
aighcr lands they wero made glad by
the sight of a buffalo, leisurely eat
Ing his breakfast on a distant hill
it. nour tliroiiirli a sieve ami drink a enjoying the pictures and the short
teacup full at any time during the programs which were given as fol
dav or before retiring. It is the most lows:
effective way to break a cold and cure
grip, as it opens the pores of the skin,
relieving congestion. Also loosens the
bowels, thus driving a cold from the
system.
Try it the next time you suffer from
a cold or the grip. It is inexpensivi
anil entirely vegetable, therefore saS
and harmless.
RUB BACKACHE AND
f!
LUMBAGO RIGHT OUT
Bab Pain and Stiflhesa away with
a small bottle of old honest
St Jacobi Oil
When your hack is sore and lame Nell Durham, Holden
First Program
Music Normal Orchestra.
Talk How to look at a picture
Mrs. Heath.
Vocal solo Miss Klin Ira Scovel.
M usic Normal Orchestra.
Siyond Program
Music Normal Orchestra.
Talk President FJliott.
Instrumental Solo Mr. Thomas
Beading An order for a picture
Mrs. Elliott.
Piano Duet Miss Swedberg and
Miss Scovel.
i Third Program
Instrumental trio Francis Smith,
Eleanor Wilson and Huth Wilson.
Talk Art and tho pictures Miss
Amanda Anderson.
Violin solo Mrs. Mann.
Violin quartet Mr. Thomas, Miss
and r rant-is
aide. After having spent two weeks OT mmoago, scume or rneumawsm im.
burning for his majesty, he must not 7" Btitfened up, don t suffer! Get a
be allowed to escape. Both honor 25 cen ,Lott,e of ,o1'1- 'wne St
and appetite demanded his speedy Jacobs Oil at any drug store, pour a
aeath. The teams were halted at a ll,te ' y"r hand and rub it right
ecluded spot, and two men said to io the pain or ache, and by the time
be the best shots in tho party, were y cunt flft-v' tlie 80rene89 au1 ,ame
sent forward with instructions to get n" Kone-
bim sure. The way was rough. The! D" t stay crippled! This soothing,
aien necessarily went slow, and the, penetrating oil needs to be used only
aatience of the tired, hungry men "n(, 11 takes the ache and pain right
was sorely tried. "I'll bet a dollar "t of your back and ends the misery,
they'll never kill that feller and we'll 11 ' magical, yet absolutely harmless
starve to death," was remarked by , U,"I doesn't-burn the skin. .
ne man in the crowd who, sometimes 1 Nothing else stops lumbago, sciatica
admitted the fact that he was homo- lani- misery so promptly!
aick. Colonel Vifquain was stand-
tug nearby holding his horse. He) Mr. Business Man, on your next
arew a $5 bill from his pocket, and trip take along some artlstlcallj
smilingly said: "I'll bet this that the printed business cards. The expense
animal falls in three minutes," and Is light and they are business getters
then, clear and loud rang tho report The Herald's Job printing edpart
f the gun and the buffalo fell dead. ment will turn them out promptly
A real feast was soon in order, altho Phone 340 and we will call.
Smith
Miss Frazier was a recent Alliance
visitor during the week end.
At the recent meeting of the Farm
ers' Congress, Mrs. Bustin gave an
address before the ladies' section on
the subject, "What the Community
has a rieht to expect from their
schools." She emphasized the im
portance of right environment and
the co-operation of school and com
munity. Mrs. Latta spoke on native
grasses and methods of improving
their growth, in a manner showing
her personal experience as well as in
terest. Having cultivated a lawn In
the sand Llll region she was able to
suggest many useful ideas to those
present. Her talk was followed by
a lively discussion. Social activities
of the rural school by Miss Anna
Hoffland was a fine account of her
own personal activity in a rural
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Open sluices of system each morning and
wash away the poisonous, stagnant
matter, says authority.
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A glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of
limestone phosphate in it, drank each
morning hefore breakfast, keeps
us looking and feeling fit.
Life is not merely to live, but
to live well, eat well, digest well,
work well, sleep well, look well.
.What a glorious condition to
attain, and yet bow very easy it is
if one will only adopt the morning
inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to
feel dull and heavy when they
arise,-splitting headache, stuffy
from a cold; foul tongue, nasty
breath, acid stomach, can, instead,
feel as fresh as a daisy by open
ing the sluices of the system each
morning and flushing out the
whole of the internal poisonous
stagnant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing, sick
or well, should, each morning,
before breakfast, drink a glass
of real hot water with a teaspoon
ful of limestone phosphate in it
to wash from the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels the previous
day's indigestible waste, sour
bile and poisonous toxins; thus
cleansing, sweeteuing and puri
fying the entire alimentary canal
le fore putting more food into
the stomach. The action of hot
water and limestone phosphate
on an empty stomach is wonder
fully invigorating. It cleans out
all the sour fermentations, gases,
waste and acidity and gives one
a splendid appetite for breakfast.
While you are enjoying your
breakfast the water and phos
phate is quietly extracting a largo
volume of water from the blood
and getting ready for a thorough
flushing of all the inside organs.
The millions of peope who
are bothered with constipation,
bilious spells, stomach trouble,
rheumatism; others who have
sallow skins, blood disorders and
sickly complexions are urged to
get a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate from the drug store,
which will cost but little, but is
sufficient to make anyone a pro
nounced crank on the subject of
internal sanitation.