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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1917)
AljljlAftt k nhwi.i', int rv--i i . ntunni to. in y?, lib 3r-A Mr. and Mrs tn Oolc .f Kaosfea, 'ity. form, i Alliance people, oarnv it. Saturday afternoon and visited until Tuesday morning with Mr. and Mr R. O. Fleming. They arc making b overland trip by auto, having vis ited Idaho, Colorado and other west ern points. M. Walsh, of Mazoon, III . repir renting one of the. largest Arms of tattle feeders In the country, pin chased -v'n hundred head of feod era the first of the week from Chan. Avery and Everett Bid red, throuxh the agency of Feagins A Son, Alli ance commission firm. Delivery of the feeders will start MM and fin ish by October 1, Real Estate, Loans and Insur ance. F. E REDDISH, Reddish Block. 15tf-6727 W. I. llamilton.j' F. Tiller, J. II. Kennedy and Kack Partow spent from Saturday until Tuesday on the lakes north of Whitman, fishing for bass. Reports say that they were successful and returned heavily lad n. A. S. Crane, father of Mrs. James Keeler, an old Box Butte county set tler, arrived the first of the week for visit with Mr. and Mrs. Keeler. Mr. Crane has five daughters living. He arrived In time to help "Jim" Keeler celebrate the tatter's forty-eighth birthday, Wednesday of this week. Jim is a lover of the great outdoors and a genuine sportsman. For years and years It has always been his cus tom to Bpend his birthday in the shade of trees with running water nearby. Jim came near missing It yesterday on account of the pressure of business, but along In the after noon the lure of the finny tribe be came too strong and he and his fath--r-in-law gathered up their fishing traps and spent the balance of the day at the Kilpatrick lake. A most successful sale of cattle was held In Alliance Saturday, and at Hemlngford Monday, under the di rection of Auctioneer H. P. Coursey uf Alliance and Fred Klbby of Kan- Has City. The cattle were sold for Pick Jacobs. Between four and flv hundred head were sold. Another interesting sale coming Is announced in The Herald this week for Feagins & Elliott, to be held at Hemlngford Friday. August 24. George W. Calvert, representing the St. Joseph Stock Yards Company, of South St. oJseph, Mo., was a call er at The Herald office the first of the week. Mr. Valvert is doing mis sionary work for the St. Joseph yards among the stockmen of western Ne braska and advertising the Stocker and Feeder Show to bo held In St Joseph September 27 and 28. The t. Joseph people were well pleased with the showing made a year ago at the 1916 Stocker and Feeder show and are expecting a like representa tion again this year. Mr. Calvert left for the sandhill country east of Alliance early in the week. He will return to Alliance before he com pletes his trip. Mrs. John W. Thomas is expected to arrive in Alliance Friduy noon from Gordon, where Bhe has been Plaiting her son and wife, Mr. and Mra. Harold S. Thomas. She will visit with her children here and friends for some time before return ing to Lincoln. John McCoy, M. D. Office and Hospital Reddish Block Telephone 81 Harry Mollrlng, who for two years has been associated with his brothers QsOfSJS and Will In Ihe lame lr goods business operated lt ieorge. left this noon foi New York City, where he expects to engage In the silk and dry goods business, repre senting Jobbers. For eighteen years Hurry was a traveling salesman In the city goods line and Is one of the iesl pi.i.t.-.; men In this business In the West He has a hosl of friends In I In section of the state who re '-' I 1 I to see him hie himself to the far Last but who realize that he will he empty able to fill the responsibil ities placed on his shoulders In the liUftltesi which he has been in so man) wars. W B Wilson, secretary of the de partment of labor at Washington, has arlnounecd that the Alliance post office Is now supplied with blanks for use In the work now being done by the government to provide unem ployed persons, both skilled and un- tik'lled with Jobs and to provide em ployers with help. Those desiring work can secure assistance by call ing on the postmaster and securing the blanks to fill out Local lovers of athletics report themselves as being much disgusted with the showing made by "Battling Nelson" with the Yaukee-Itoblnson shows last Friday. They are of the opinion that the former champion gf.ve n punk exhibition of the manly art of self-defense while here. s George H. Miller, contractor, left Wednesday noon for Angora to take up nctive construction of the new set oolhouse for which he recently received the contract. The basement CetQent work is about completed and It !s expected that the building will he pushed rapidly to completion. v a Another civil service examination for first grade or clerical postoffice assistants Is to be held in Alliance on September fi. This is due Jo the fact that there were an Insufficient number of applicants at the examin ation on July 20. ST. MATTHEW'S III IK H W m. i iii -'ii Shaw, DeaJi 8 a. m. Holy Communion. 11 a. m. Morning prayer. 7:30 p. m. Evening prayer. When asked If there was any new in the marriage license end of his business. Judge Tash replied this mm num. "Nothing doing, I haven't issued a license so far this week and there were none Issued last week.' The Misses Julia and Matilda Frankle returned home Monday fol lowing a visit of several weeks with relatives and friends in Denver. Charles Howe of Hoffland entered the hospital Saturday to be treated for blood poison. His father. J. W. Howe, accompanied him to Alliance. William ftobertile. foreman of the Van Taasel Co.'s ranch near Chey enne, was an over-auimay vmaui ai the home of his sister. Mrs. J. J. Hodgklnaon. He was on his way i' 1 1 it i from Omaha after taking a good si7.ed shipment of cattle to the South Omaha market. He reports that two of the steers weighed 2,940 pounds and brought $13.60 a hun dred. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Wiker left Mon day for a visit at Douglas. Wyo.. with relatives. Four rooms with private bath have been added to the Drake hotel. These rooms occupy the space formerly oc cupied by the dining room. G. W. Lowry, on special invitation of the women of the Baptist church, occupied the pulpit at both services Sunday during the absence of the pastor. A. T. Mounts of Halsted. Kans.. is visiting at the home of his son. Coun ty Clerk W. C. Mounts. He arrived in Alliance Monday. , H. Carroll spent the week end with his family on tneir nomesreao in Sioux county. George Schiller of Hoffland. em ployed at fhe potash plant, was brought here Thursday with a sev erely Injured right foot. His foot was caught under a loaded wagon. Mr. and Mrs. Cole of Kansas City Were in Alliance Sunday enjoyin a visit with old friends Mr. Cole pre ceded Mr. Tinkeom as agent for the Adams Express here They were making an overland tour. Denny l.andrigan, J. B Kennedy and Jack Berry of Ellsworth were in town Friday to take In the circus. Mrs. Epler and three children ar rived from "Lincoln last week to make their home here with their husband and father. Rev. Epler. of the Chris tian church. The family is living at 81' Box Butte avenue. Captain Vincent Taylor Is expect ed in Alliance Sunday for a visit with his mother, Mrs. A. S. Gerries, and other relatives. Following the com pletion of a course of training in the first officesr' reserve rorps he was appointed captain and has been as signed to Fort Sheridan, 111. He is coming here for a visit before taking up his duties at Ft. Sheridan. Cap tain Taylor Is a graduate of the Alli ance high school, class of 1908, and for five years past has been attend ing the University of Wisconsin at Miss Ella Moravek of Hemlngford was sn Alliance visitor Friday, being on her way to her home at Hemlng ford from Denver, where she had been attending a business college. The NeorasKa Land Company has secured several hundred colored pic ture post cards, showing the Harris rye field, one-half mile from Alli ance. The picture was taken June 22 of this year and shows the rye up to the shoulders of several men, with ihe Harris farm buildings in the background. This field was one of the finest ever seen In this section of the West, yet was only one of many such excellent fields in Box Butte county. See Us, And See Best DRAKE& DRAKE OPTOMETRISTS WK CAN FIT VOL WITH Ul asskm FOR RVKRT PUKPOSR We Can Duplicate any Broken Lens 313 Vi Box Butte Ave Phone 121 Theodore Johnson was In Omaha several days last week where he went with his sister, who underwent an operation for the removal of a cincer Kev. A. A. Lsyton and family will return this week from an auto trip through Colorado. Rev Layton will occupy the pilplt at the Baptist church Sunday. Kodak Finishing Done in a Professional Way Phone 901 VAN ORAVEN STUDIO Over Brennan's Drug Store Alliance, Nebr. Farm LOANS Ranoh IE wait your real estate lean business, will make rates and terns te get it can pat ever a loan for any amount will save yon money on your man. solicit the opportunity to snow you. The WOODRUFF BALL CO. VALENTINE, NEBRASKA SPRAY THEM NOW Worms and other enemies of trees and other greet) foliage are working havoc with those which have not been protected by proper spraying. 1 have taken over the J. P. Barge r tree-spraying business and outfit and am now doing GUARANTEED WORK at REASONABLE PRICES. Now is the Time For You to Have Me Spray Your Trees, Vines and Bushes. Do not wait until the damage has been done to your trees and foliage but remember that "an otitic of prevention is worth a pound of cure", and phone me your order at once. J. A. ROBINSON m I DISHES, PLATES, PLATTERS, SETS, We have accumulated a quantity of dishes consisting of white plates, a number of complete small sets, platters, and a variety of odd pieces. Every article is just what someone has been wanting. These are BE PLACED ON BARGAIN TABLES OUR SHOW WINDOW AND BE TO IN PUT ON SALE Commencing, Saturday, August 1 8th The dishes offered in this RIDDANCE SALE are not new purchases. If they were we couldn ' t sell them at the prices you will pay for them, be cause new dishes these days cost us, in many instances, as much as we used to sell for formerly. But a dish is a dish. It doesn't make any difference to you whether we bought them this year, a year ago or two years ago, so long as they are real dishes. And the best of it is these Plates, Platters, Small Sets and Odd pieces are just the kind of dishes every ordinary family uses every day. They are what you use and we're selling many of them at ONE -HALF PRICE As prices are now. Dishes that we used to sell at ten cents we must sell at twenty cents. But we bought these some time ago. There are plates here and dandy ones, too at 10 cents. SEE THE BARGAIN TABLES IN OUR SHOW WINDOW GLEN MILLER'S HOUSE FURNISHING STORE EVERY FAMILY IN THE CITY CAN BUY DISHES THEY CAN USE AT RIDDANCE SALE PRICES PHONE 451 ALLIANCE, NEBR l -,Jj n n linn