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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1917)
ALLIANCE HUtAIJy THVHMDAV, At (.1ST art, 1WI7 mm WEEK n 3 JA The United States thru Federal District Attorney Allen Wednesday afternoon filed suit in the federal dis trict court against Kilpatrick Bros, company, principal place of business at -Beatrice, to recover $8,119.31 al leged to he due the plaintiff as a special excise tax for 1910. The pe tition alleges that the net income of the defendant in 1910 was $811, S 3 1.0 4 and that the special tax 1b 1 ler cent of this amount. Kilpatrick Bros, company Is engaged in rail road building and. nas held large contracts with the Burlington rail road and other big transportation systems over the country- Lincoln .State Journal. Be right up-to-date. When you order business or personal envelopes see that they have the United States flag on the lower left hand corner. Vou can get them printeu in that , way at The Herald office they cost but little more than plain envelopes. Mrs. CharleB Reler and little son, Carl, of Sargent, Jfebr., were week end guests at the home of Mrs. Rel- r' aunt, Mrs. W. M. Wilson. They were on their way home from Den ver, where Mrs. Reier had been at tending a convention held by a cor set firm. The Relcrs conduct a store at Sargent. Albion Roberts, who has been em ployed at the express office, left Mon day for Scottsbluff, having been call ed there to appear before the exemp tion board for examination. Mrs. C. L Wilson and children left yesterday for a visit of a week -or ten days with her slater, Mrs. C. H. Johnson, on the ranch near Mars land. The Eastern Star held its regular meeting Tuesday evening. Mrs. W. W. Johnson has been vis iting at Deadwood for several days the past week. Mrs. James B. Walker returned Thursday from a visit at Antioch with Mrs. Fred Campbell. Miss Edna Benedict, employed at the money-order window at the Al liance postofBce, is enjoying her va cation this year in the Black Hills. v Mrs. Herman Frickie is home from Whitman where she had been visit ing at the home of her sister. Mrs. (irover Bump. Jack Burns and his son, Jack, Jr., returned to Alliance Friday follow ing a stay of several weeks at Roch ester. Minn., whore Jack. Jr.. under went an operation. He is getting along in good shape. Miss Marie Franzden arrived the last week to be employed In the mil linery department of the Harper store this season. Victor Jeep of Omaha spent sev eral days in Alliance and at Hoffland the past week looking after his In terests in the Potash Products Com pany. Mr. and Mrs. William OBtenberg, Jr., of Hoffland, wore over-Sunday guests at the home of Mrs. Osten berg's parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Smith. " P. K. Christensen was down from Hemlngford the last of the week on business. He had thirty-six acres in winter whrat and renorts a twenty- five bushel yield per acre. This piece has been producine good wheat for five years now. Miss Mai.ic Ornisby was a week end guest of friends at Broken Bow. - " Miss Mable Young enjoyed a short visit, at Mitchell the past week. She accompanied Miss Mildred White head to that place. - If you have a house or rooms to rent it will pay you well to advertise it In The Herald. Don't wait until Thursday to bring it in bring It In Friday f you want to, and the chances are we'll have your bouse or rooms rented n just a day or so. may be the ad will not have to appear. Vou get service here. A business announcement In the classified columns of The Herald ought to prove a good investment for you. The cost Is small, and for a small price they sure are pullers. A. B. Wheeler has the small pox in a mild way. He Is confined at the city detention hospital. Mrs. J. R. Willis and sister arc en joying a visit at Kansas City. They left last week. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Smith returned to Alliance the latter part of the week from a visit in Chicago and other points in Illinois. Ben Potts, who had been enjoying a short visit here, returned to Hot .-Springs, S. D., Friday. The latest thing in engraved call ing cards are the new style paneled cards. The Herald has been filling & large number of orders for this style the past week in a variety of new engraved styles. If you already have an engraved plate The Herald will be pleased to supply you with cards printed from your plate on the new style cards, if you desire. Vernon Gahagan and A. M. Black wood attended a week-end house uarty-at one of the Denver fraternity houses. From Denver they went to Casper for a short stay. Jesse M. Miller of the Alliance ho tel returned home Friday after en joying a week's outing at Boulder. Colo. Mrs. Miller and their daugh ter accompanied him to Boulder, but they will remain there for some little time yet for the benefit of Mrs. Mil ler's health. Mrs. T. H. Barnes has been visit ing at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles LaMon, in Lincoln, since Friday. Mr. Barnes will go to Lin coln this week to represent a num ber of local dairymen in the pur chase of a herd of Holsteln dairy cat tle near there. s e Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rlordan and son are home following a visit of several weeks in the Platte valley with relatives. Ed. Henry and Joe Black returned Monday from their auto trip In Ida ho. They had a fine time and en joyed the camping out very much. They did not visit all the places they would have, had they not been on short time. The L. A. Collins home has been enjoying a visit from Mr. Collins' niece, Mrs. Blanch Morris, of Har ris, Mo. Mrs. E. O. Laing, Mrs. Jerry Ro wan and Mrs. Lloyd Thomas were at Lakeside Friday. They conducted a Red Cross publicity meeting at Lakeside that day. Theo. Liros, who for several months has been employed at the Brennan fountain, loft the last of the week to affiliate hlmseir with the regular army. He joined at the Al liance recruiting station. Miss Jose O'Donnell is visiting in Chicago. Mss Eunice Eldred Is home from a visit at Omaha and Iowa points. Mrs. R. P. Monfort has been visit ing relatives and friends at Craw ford the past week. No services were held at the Ger man Lutheran church Sunday be cause of the absence of the pastor. Following the recoipt of a message announcing the death of his mothor. at Nebraska City, Harry Thiele and family left Friday noon for that place. Mrs. Ida Satterfield left Saturday noon for Belmond, la., having been called there by the serious illness of an aunt. She expected to be gone about ten days. Services of the Christian Science Society of Alliance will be held as usual Sunday in the old Masonic hall in the Adler block. Sunday school at 10 a. m., to which all up to the age of 20 years are admitted. The regular morning lesson sermon at 11 a. m. On Wednesday evening at 7:30 is held a service at which ex periences, testimonies and remarks on Christian Science are given. All are welcome to the services. John Snyder is at Hot Springs this week enjoying a short vacation. Mrs. J. C. Davis of Ixng Beach, Calif., arrived Tuesday for a visit at the home of her brother. James H. Hewett. t T. J. O'Keefe returned Sunday from several days spent at Denver. Pearl DeBelly of near Bayard has made application for the filing of final proof at the Alliance land office. Mrs. John Wallace returned Tues day noon from a trip to Colorado. James Feagins purchased 141 steers from Dclss Barber, the steers averaging 14 50 pounds after allowing three per cent shrinkage for trailing and loading. R. A. Wilson, a boyhood friend of Col. H. P. Ceursey, Is visiting the colonel here this week. Mr. Wilson Is looking for a location in this coun ty. He lives at Miltonvale, Kans. Mrs. O. E. Ormsby left Sunday for a visit at Ravenna. Martin King has purchased the Becker place at 812 Toluca avenue. Dr. H. H. Bellwood is enjoying a visit this week from his brother, James Bellwood, of Long Beach, Calif. Mr. Bellwood left here sev eral years ago. He formerly con ducted a ranch near Alliance. Mr. and Mrs. J. Emerson went to Deadwood Saturday for a visit of several days. The Lady Maccabees met Wednes day evening at the Reddish hall. Mrs. James Keeler on Monday went to Henry to Join her husband, who was there on a fisulng trip. W. B. Barnett of the Golden Rule returned to Alliance Monday follow ing a buying trip which Included Kansas City, St. Joseph, Chicago and New York. Mrs. Barnett accompan ied him on the trip but remained In Illinois at the home of her parents for a more extended visit there. Miss Hannah Keane, who has been employed as bookkeeper at The Her ald office, resigned her position Sat urday night, and Monday morning went to work as stenographer in the general foreman's office at the Burlington. ! L A. Weeks went to Lincoln Sun day for a short visit at the home of his parents. Ill Miss Margaret Shay Is enjoying a visit this week from Miss Pharania McDonald, of Ravenna. Herbert Seidell is visiting at the home of his parents and at the home of his brother, spending a two weeks summer vacation granted by the vet erinary department of Iowa State College at Ames. Mr. Seidell la a senior in the veterinary department of the Iowa college. The school re mained open through the summer to allow students to finish early and to qualify for positions In the army. Dr. Cornell, who is director of the university band at the state univer sity but who during the summer has been at Chadron Normal, was in Alliance on business, Monday, sea Mrs. W. E. Cotant and daughter arrived home this morning following a visit at Lincoln and lloldrege. a a a Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson who had been on a trip through Estes Park and visiting at Colorado points for a week, returned to Alliance Fri day. s a s Mrs. Wi H. Beach went to Dead wood Saturday for a visit, a Mrs. A. V. Gavin and children are visiting in Omaha this week. They left Saturday. Prof. W. H. Bartz of Long Beach. Caljf., at one time superintendent of schools here, and bis daughter Pearl have been visiting in Alliance this week. Prof. Hertz returns after an absence of eleven years, being on his way to visit relatives in Pennsylvan ia. His daughter will accompany him aa far as Omaha where she will visit a short time before returning to California to take up her school work. Eva Seidow returned Saturday af ter spending two weeks at the home of her parents, at Sidney. Walter Buechsenstein left Tues day, in company with some eaatern friends, to make an overland trip, and will continue the trip with them to California. He expects to be away about three weeks. 'Mrs. Mike Elmore of Gillette. Wyo., ia a guest at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Foley. Mrs. Elmore Is a former Alliance resident. The firm of Jas. Feagins Son the past week sold 100 cara of feeders to Illinois parties. Three automobile loads of people from Lewellen were In Alliance Tues day on an advertising tour for the Garden county fair, which is to be held September 3. 4 and 6, at Lew ellen. The O. H. Bremer family returned Friday from a visit at Denver. Bishop Beecher of Hastings. Bish op of the missionary district of Western Nebraska for the Episcopal church, was in Alliance Monday on his way to Chadron on church busi ness. He was entertained at dinner Monday by Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Was. Clyde J. Kosseau of Phoenix, Aril., arrived in Alliance the last of the week for a visit at the Dr. L. W. Bowman home. Mrs. Rossoau has been a guest at the Bowman home several weeks. They will return to Phoenix in about three weeks. Mrs. George Reed left Saturday for Julesburg for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. Harry DuBuque are home following a two weeks' auto trip through the Black Hills. Much of the time was spent camping. The Misses Dolly Hagaraan, Neva Howe and Lottie Owens, and vvu- lia mLaMon were Sunday visitors at Scottsbluff with friends. An addition of six rooms is belns built to the Wolf Ficlmuth ranch house about twenty miles north of Mllance. P Van tiraven of the Van Graven sin. lii this week received and in stalled at his studio a new multiplex r. ti, 'mil' rone romnoseu or a i.vuv- watt nitrogen Incandescent electric lamp surrounded by an arrangement of 120 mirrors which reflect the light from the 1,000-watt lamp mak Ina a hlne lleht for nhotography equal to 15,000 candle power. This lamp and the multiplex renecuug mirrors are for use In night photog raphy and for making motion pic tures of interiors, etc. Mr. van ura- vnn is an exneriencod maker of mo tion pictures and owns a complete motion picture camera ana eiecinc printing outfit. He also nas a sup ply of motion picture negatives on hand with which to make motion pic tures. The new lighting system makes It possible to take photo graphs of the fine ntort as easily at night as by day. and eliminates tne inconvenience of taking pictures on a cloudy day. Mrs n s r.romwcll and Mrs. Ad ams, who have been spending the summer In Colorado, are guests at the home of their daughter ana sis ter, Mrs. Claude Vaughan. m m m Mrs. E. C. Drake and daughter were visiting relatives at Minatare this week. The youngsters and their parents, i, r thinking these days of the opening of school on Monday, Sep tember 3. The ahortage of housee and room continues. Have you rooms you could rent for light housekeeping? tiuvA vnii a house to rent? Coin- mnnirate with The Herald. This paper receives requests practically every day from persons looking for a place to live. We can help you while we help the house-seeker. A ttrn craneiv is being erected on the L J. Schlll place to take care i . : i of the large crop thia year. S. O Carr of Wheatland. Wyo.. was a business caller In Alliance the last of the week. He Is an old res ident or this city. Miss Neva Howe returned Satur day from Denver where she visited the Alliance young men stationed there with the Colorsdo field hospital corps. The W. J Hamilton family ivade an auto trip to Chadron Sunday and enoyed a picnic dinner there a a a (Mare A. Dow accompanied a force of workmen to Antioch the first of the week to finish the wiring on the Hulen residence and the office of the Nebraska Potash Works Company there. Electric energy will heat the building, being the first building In this section of the country to be heated by electricity. Elmer Kronvall was an over-Sunday visitor at Hot Springs, S. D. Mrs. Ed Kldred, who has been vis iting at Afton and Plattsmouth In Iowa, returned to Alliance Monday. Misses Winnie and Emma Barry are visiting their psrents. at Ells worth, this week. Mrs. Fred Helpbrlnger, who spent a month with relatives in California, has returned. The Alliance Herald is on sale at news stands in Alliance. Always 5 cents the cony, no matter whether alxteen or thirty-two pages. Dr. Stutr.nian has been a guest at the T. J. O'Keefe home a nart of this week, being on his way to Montana from Denver. Dr. Stutzman taugnt the Hi-liool which the tr Keere cmid- ren attended in Illinois some thirty five years ago, this being the first time the teacher and the () Keere children, now grown up, have met. Rav Stansborrv is now the owner of the blue ribbon Cheaepeake dog "Ueaver s Kex" until recently ownea by J. F. Parks of Hot Springs. Mr. Parka died a short time aeo and left "Heaver's Rex" to Mr. Stanaberry. V V BJ Chief of Police George Snyder "nlnched" T. R. Thomason for ped dling in the city without a license, WcdnoRd.iv morninK. Thomason was carrying bla warea in a new Ford runabout and waa canvaaaing from house to houae. He refused to plead Kuiltv to the chance ana tun trial waa aet for Friday afternoon. He atatea that he haa Lincoln counsel who will repreaent him J. M. Schirk of Alliance, who Is resting up on a ranch at Sheridan, Wyo., wrltea frienda that he is im proving in health rapidly and will be back about September 1. George D. Darling. Alliance furni ture dealer, on Wednesday sold a S400 bill of furniture to people at Gillette. Wyo.. in competition with stores at Denver and Kansas City. Alliance merchants are brancning out more and more into tho western territory in this district and getting business In competition with firms In the bin distributing centers. It only serves to emphasize the fact that Al liance is an Ideal location fo distrib utes housea for furniture, groceries and other lines of necessities. Alli ance's wholesale hardware and har ness business has grown and contin ues to grow each year. Other lines could do likewise. W. A. Swlegard. Irvy Cave, Ed Pinny and Rex Jones of Bedford, la., composed a party traveling overland by auto who stopped In Alliance Wertneadav. on their wny to Oel- Ichs, S. D. They Intended to visit with Percy Jaqua but he Is on a trip to Denver and Greeley and they were compelled to continue their trip with out visiting him. a a Ed Henry and Joe Blake returned Sunday night, from a trip of 1938 miles through Wyoming, Idaho and other adjoining states. The object ive points of the trip were Mackay and Custer, Idaho. The trip waa made in the Studebaker Six auto In which Mr. Henry made an eastern trip with his family a year ago. The trip occupied about two weeks. Joe Blake proved himself an adept at fishing and pulled tve speckled boys from the water as fast asd, who Ik no slouch when if cornea to eating. could put them away. a O. F. O'Bannon, father of Dick and oscar O'Bannon of Alliance, died at his home at Seward. Nebr., Tuesday evening. Dick was at his bedside at the time of bis death. Oscar left on No. 42 Tuesday night. Mr. O'Dan nnn Sr was In Alliance visiting his sons about two weeks ago and was taken 111 on the way home. Mrs. Dick O'Bannon and children left Wednesday evening for Seward to attend the funeral. Mrs 1 F. Longcoy and family of Cobart, Ore., are visiting thia week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F D Mc-Cormick. nr W J Mahaffy left Tuesday for nwViatr Minn., where he accom panied hla brother from Mullen. The latter is aeverely ill and waa taken to Rocheater for medical treatment. The doctor expected to be gone about ten daya. Rom to Mr and Mra. J. R. Muntz at 2:15 o'clock Tueaday aftornoon. a bouncing baby boy, to be named John Richard. Jr., after hla father, who saya the boy la going Into train ing right away for service in tne u. 8. A. A. C. Slbbitts of HyannlB. well known western Nebraska ranchman, was in Alliance on buainosa Satur day, ataylng over for only a few boura. Mrs. J. C. Rutherford of Grand Island Is guest of Mr. and Mra. A. J. Nelson this week. Si Miller left Saturday night for (Mra o where he went to buy a stock of shoes for the Alliance Shoe Store. Mr. Miller is eaprcted home the middle of next week. He will probably visit relatives In Illinois for a day or so on tho return trip. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. WUker returned home Friday from a short visit with relatives at Douglas, Wyo. The re turn trip was made by auto, a a a Mrs. Flegg of Omaha is a guest at the Burton Roland home this week. The Dierks Lumber Compnny of Alliance is figuring on building sev eral small bunKalows at Antioch In the near future. Mr. and Mrs Beeson were Antioch visitors Monday. Mr. Beeson is the representative of the Standard OH Company here and was at Antioch on company business. a Fred Hucke of Hemlngford was an Alliance visitor yesterday. Resta White was here from Casper Sunday visiting with his parents. Miss Hattie Grimes of Hemlngford was In town several days the last of the week. - a a A. M. Miller of Hemlngford left Saturday for Boston to attend the national encampment of tho G. A. R.'s. He will visit a number df cit ies before returning home. James Barry, also of Hemlngford, left Fri day for the encampment at Boston, a art Erneat Olday, ropreaenting Swirt & Co., meat packers, was In town the last of the week calling on the trade. He visited at Hemlngford Thursday. He is an old Box Butte boy. a a Hemlngford Is having a taste of its first carnival thia week. The Hodgaon Carnival Company Is filling a date. If tho carnival la aa much of a one-sided affair at Hemlngford as It was this year in Alliance when the outfit showed on unpaved Box Butte nvenue the week of the Stock men's Reunion, then Hemlngford I paying well for a visit of the freak, dancing girls, etc. Dr. L. W. Curtis was at Hemlng ford Sunday, being called there to doctor some sick horses belonging to Fred Mellck. Mr and Mrs. Will Marquardt of Ooodstreak were visiting relative hee Saturday. The Beren Sunday school held aa all-day picnic in the Clark Lewll grove Sunday. Sunday school waa held during the day, the picnic din ner was a success, and all had a good time. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mallery and Mra. J. A. Mallery and daughter and the William Manion family were dinner guests Sunday at the Jo Manion home In the country. a a The Burlington's construction crew arrived at Antioch Thursday for the purpose of removing the stock yards and building a new de pot. When this work la completed Antioch will have better accommoda tions in the way of a depot than the present box-car depot affords. Mrs. Newton Delavon of Hoffland was shopping In Allianeo the middle of the week. sea Thomas Spencer and family visit ed at Masland Friday, going by auto mobile. The Mlaaea Hannah Louden and Kate Hill of Ellsworth were Alli ance visitors a part of laat week. a a E. L. Stinnett of near Spade waa a business caller in Alliance the last of the week. J. K Gaunt waa here the last of the week from Ellsworth, on business Mall to CHAB. C. JAMESON, Sec. Trees., Ellsworth, Nebraska. SH Cents per Heed Horses and Cattle. $8.00 Annual Does Application for Membership NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION Name Post Office . Date No. Cattle 1. Horace County Assessed in . Brands Ear Marks ... Ear MarkH . Remark . - - Monarch Malleable The "Stay Satisfactory" Range 1 Ww':m LHPBIHnrslKf HHBhVi" -BH Bb Ik JBaBBBBtfaais8tBa aaa trBSaBsSS W J MBtytlria k LfYl taalSli--'fr 1 VaTl as' : 1 I at ' IB1 AiliiaiTaaSairiBMiV " . -4V Ba--BKjaMSBSyjBBj BSsaTBsaaasy . . ' B9b3jYBBHBK!B''""8nBV I T T3t "It's a pleasure to work with a good Kanjje. I enjoy cooking because I can always depend on my MONARCH Range. I can control it perfectly; bring my oven to just the desired temper ature and hold it cool it off all just as I need to. And it'e all just the same today as when 1 bought it several years ago." "Why? Where is it any different from others T" "Well, really, I'm not sure I know. It has something to do with Malleable Iron and Riveted Joints that stay tight. You see it's so long since 1 bought my Range, I have almost forgot ten what the salesman said." "I only know the Range did all that he claimed. "You go down to Geo. D. Darling's Store - they'll tell you all about it. And the MONARCILS they are Kill ng today are finished far finer than my old one but I'm satisfied."