ALLIAN K IIF.UAMV Till IISDAY DW .1. HUT.
Railroad Notes
(Continued from nage 1).
comes to know him well, comes from
Omaha to Alliance to tak the place
vacated by Superintendent Weiden
hamer. "George," as he is known
to his hundreds or friends, was
chief clerk in the general superin
tendent's office at Alliance only a
f"W years ago.
From the chief clerk's chair Su
perintendent Griggs went to the po
sition of yardmaster in the Alliance
yards. 'He then went to the Ster
ling division as trainmaster and
then to Omaha in the same position.
His next promotion came as super
intendent of the Sheridan division,
then to Wymore in charge of that
division and then to Omaha in the
same capacity.
Superintendent Griggs says that
be is glad to be back among old
friends at Alliance. His many
friends here are glad to welcome him
again and hope that be I will be a
permanent fixture here for years to
come, although in these days of
many railroad changea it would not
surprise us to see him take up work
of greater responsibility at no far
date in the future.
WHAT COULD THEY DO ?
By ELIZABETH SHIELDS.
E. L. Lawrence, accompanied by
ills wife, son and daughter, have
gone to Lincoln, Mo., on a recrea
tional trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Champ and Mrs. A.
J. Cole have gone to Luther, Okla.,
for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Willis have
gone to Denver to remain there for
some time.
Mrs. E. C. McWinson is visiting
with friends and relatives in Pes
Moines. Iowa.
"Belgium and France must be de
livered from Paussianism," says an
Alliance newspaper in a big, black
headline. We don't know just what
"Paussianism" is, but If it is any
thing like "Prussianism" we agree
with the paper.
Mr. and Mrs. rrank Herbert, ac
companied by her mother, have gone
to Omaha.
Mrs. Elias Nulen and
gone to Kansas City.
son have
111.
Robert Baker has gone to Peoria,
Mr. and Mrs. William Howard
and daughter are on a pleasure trip
to Denver.
It was Just a country road, dusty
and crooked. A tiny brook lazily
flowed along on one side of It and a
Jungle of dense green hanked the oth
er. A tumbled rail fence divided the
brook from the road. The still, sweet
scented air was unbroken by even the
song of a bird. But. mingled with the
gurgling melody of the brook, was the
sqund of n young girl's sobs.
A gnlly-colored sweater and woolen
cap hung over the rail fence. A girl.
slender and pretty, leaned wearily
against the fence.
Wiping the tears away, with eyes
bright and little bead high, she turned
toward the hill. Panting and breath
less sKe hurried on to the little white
house at the top. This road led di
rectly from the little house occupied
by Roland Jackson and his father, on
the hilltop, to the small country estate
of Mrs. Han is Harvey and her daugh
ter, Myra.
Each morning for three days Myra
had waited, at the bend of the road,
where the brook formed In miniature
falls, for Roland Jackson to come
down the hillside. But Roland did not
come.
When Myra and her mother rented
the house In the farming section of
Kssex, they expected to remain only
till late In September. But the red and
golden days of October came and
passed and they still lingered In the
large, old house far back from the
road, sheltered by avenues of tall tulip
trees. With Roland as guide and
teacher, Myra found a Joy and beauty
In nature of which she had only been
vaguely aware before. The call of the
city had never before failed in Its ap
peal to Myra, bet It did not reach her
now.
As she trudged np the hill her mlqd
flew to the events of her stay In the
country, and she went white as she
recalled aid reviewed the last morn
ing she had spent with Roland. The
habits of a lifetime In the city had
swayed her completely that morning,
when Roland asked her to. share his
little hut oa the hilltop. She had
weighed tke man by the flattest of
standards.
Not being versed in the ways of j
woman, knowing nothing of their In-1
consistencies, Roland could not know j
that the nexf morning, Myra, after a
FUNDS WANTED FOR
WOMAN'S COMMITTEE
Ilia DHre to ll Held on lc etiiler
1.-th for Funds for Woman'". t'om-miti.-.
of Council of DeOlIM
The boys employed by the Burl
ington have show n in a very substan;
tlal form that they appreciated the
many courtesies which former Divi
sion Superintendent Weidhamer had
shown to t' em during his years of
service here. We understand that
the firemen and engineers each con
tributed to a fund which was used
for the purpose of purchasing a
valuable farewell gift to Mr. Weiden
bamer. As a capable official he was
well liked by and had the respect of
every man on his division.
Electrician Jack Hocott has been
furnished with an assistant. H.
Beer, of Grey Bjull, Wyo., has ar
rived to help Jack keep the wires
from getting crossed. Jack says
that if that dog-goned balloon which
got loose from Fort Omaha the oth
er day had come tearing down over
t his district, tearing up telephone
and telegraph wires by the mile, he
would just naturaly have got out his
"gat" and "popped" the "bird in the
eye."
The M. E. ladies are giving a food
sale on December 15th. Remember
the date
High School
The Woman's Committee of the
Nebraska State Council of Defense Is
in need of funds to carry on its
work December 14th will be the
date of the bin drive for funds.
What is the Woman's Committee
of the Council of National Defense
for? The purpose of so co-ordinating
the activities and the rsults of the
orsanized and the unorganized wom
en of the country that their power
can be Immediately utilized in time
of need. It supplies a new and di
rect channel of co-operation between
women and governmental depart
ments.
How Is the Woman's Committee
co-ordinating the Woman I power.
By the organization of state divi
sions. In Nebraska the state divi
sion in turn organized the county
units of all woman's organizations
and societies without regard to
creed, purpose or color. Its mem
bership Is always open to women not
belonging to any organized societies.
Anv woman who believes in Ameri
can principles and American Institu
tions is entitled to membership.
What are the departments of work
in the Woman's Committee?
First Registration for service.
Second Food production.
Third Food conservation.
Fourth Home economics.
Fifth Women in industry.
Sixth Child welfare.
Seventh Maintaining existing so
cial service agencies.
Eighth Creating moral and spiri
tual forces (health and recreation).
Ninth Educational propaganda.
Tenth Americanization (natura
lization of foreigners).
Eleventh Liberty loan.
Twelfth Red Cross and Allied
relief.
What has the woman's committee
of the Nebraska State Council done
to merit support froiu the public?
First. It has registered the wo
man power of the state, necessitat
ing an expense of over $2,000 for
registration cards, summary lists,
exnress and nostaee charges. It has
supplied through its registration
service woman employes for Indus
tries that were short of help. It has
put to work for the government and
for patriotic service, thousands of
women who had not done anything
before this registration was taken.
Second It has assisted very ma
terially in two food pledge card cam
paigns under the direction of the
bors. wholly without compensation
of any sort.
How is the woman's committee lo
be enabled to continue Its activities?
tnly by the support of the public
at larue. The apporpriat Ion by the
legislature has been so small that a
public appeal has been necessary.
The woman's committee appeals to
the public in Nebraska to give sup
port to this necessary co-ordinating
work which is the backbone of all
the war relief work among women.
An especial day. the Itth of Decem
ber, has been set aside for the cam
paign to raise funds for the Ne
braska state divleon of woman's
wor kof the Council of National De
fense. Will roil help?
Ibl of Smith Boj Shipped
Ernest E Smith, of Alliance,
father of Madison C Smith, the
oung soldier who was killed on
November 20th In California by he- ;
ing run over by a train, received i
word on Tuesday that the body of
his son was finally being shipped to
Ravenna, after an unexplained de
lay of two weeks.
On Tuesday Mr. Smith received
the following telegram from the
field divlson surgeon at Camp Lewis,
Washington: "Body of Madison G.
Smith Is at Yreku, California, await
ing tllsposal. Request you wire me
from what state and town your son
was drafted. We are trying to hurry
the necessary records in order to be
able to have body transported to you
at place to be designated by you.
PleaBe state latter."
In answer to the above telegram
Mr Smith again wired, asking that
the body be sent to Ravenna, via Al
liance, which has been done. A
daughter of Mr. Smith, sister of the
boy who was killed, living in Cali
fornia, did not know of the death
of her brother until she discovered
the following Item in the Sacramen
to Dally Bee:
Yroka (Siskiyou Co.), Nov. 29.
Coroner J. E. Turner has received
word from the relative of Madison C.
Smith, recruit, who was killed at
Edgewood on the morning of Novem
ber 20th by being run over by a
train, to ship his remains to Ra
venna, Neb.
Smith was drafted at El Centre
in tbe Imperial Valley. California,
and was on his way to Camp Lewis,
Wash., when he met with the acci
dent. The father of the deceased
is at present living at Alliance. Neb
AT
wretchedly wakeful night, awaked no , food administrator at Washington,
longer a laughing girl, but a woman, ! The flrst food conservation campaign
en of the senior boys have re
cei. ed class pins.
Practice has been started by the
boys' basket ball team.
The raising of the flag at Emer
son school occurred Wednesday af
ternoon at 2 o'clock.
Principal Crawford is confined to
his bed at home by a severe attack
of tonsolitis.
A great number of the high
school girls are taking an active in
terest in the Red Cross work and
are putting all of their extra time
knitting sweaters and wristlets.
Three more of the high school
boys Noel Young, Warren Lot
speich and Jerome Fleming, have
gone to Denver and enlisted in the
navy. They are now on the Pacific
coast.
At the meeting of tho board of
Miss Devona Dickinson, who will
graduate at the Chadron state nor
mal, was elected to take charge of
tbe third and fourth grades here
during thiesecond semester of the
current school year. Miss Dickinson
Is a graduate of the Alliance high
school and will be a graduate of tbe
normal at the close of the present
semester. She has had three years
experience aB a teacher one year in
the country and two years at Hem
lngford. In both of these situations
she was highly successful.
Lunar Craters Not Volcanic
Volcanic craters upon tbe earth are
mall, deep pits at the summits of
lofty cones. The greatest Is not more
than seven miles In diameter. Lunar
craters are saucer-shaped depressions
In the surface of the moon. The two
types are as unlike as possible. It is
very difficult to see how such craters
s we And oa the moon could result
from volcanic action.
with a woman's desire for her man.
After waiting three days for Roland to
come to her, Myra went to him.
Coming out of a patch of dense
woods, Myra turned Into the lane that I
led to the Jackson house. Roland saw
hot through the trees and coming to
ward her with outstretched arms, his I
eyes smiled Into hers with simple, hap
py confidence In her love for him. So,
with the beginning of the love of Ro
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row and much confusion for Roland'd
father and Myra's mother.
Mrs. Harvey went about with qulv
ering Hps and red-rimmed eyes. She
declared that nothing In the wide
world could separate her from her
only child, and in the same breath in
formed Myra 'that no power under the
heaven could Induce her to settle down
to a life In the wild farming country.
One day Roland came to Myra and
taking her In his arms whispered, la
tragic voice, that his father was wast
ing away before his very eyeel He
confessed that his father pointedly
Ignored their approaching marriage
and with the passing of each day the
older man grew more unyielding and
sad.
"We'll elope," cried Roland.
"It's tbe only way," assented Myra.
Thereafter so deeply absorbed were
they In their plans to run away on
the eve of Thanksgiving to the little
parsonage in the village ana return
married, that the complaints of Myra's
mother and the gloominess of Roland's
father affected them not at alL The
solace Mrs. Harvey found In telling
Mr. Jackson about the utter lack of
consideration daughters accorded
mothers In those days, and the com
fort he extracted from discussions
with her on the neglectfulness of sons
passed entirely unnoticed by their
children.
Early dusk was falling on Thanks
giving eve, when Myra, wrapped In a
long gray motor coat, with a scarf
about her head, slipped out of the
house iuto the shadow of the trees.
She stole quietly down the path, ex
pecting to slip Into the waiting ma
chine, pick up Roland down the road
and then ride into the village. Half
way to the gate she stopped and
listened. Her mother I Her little fig
ure rigid, a stubborn light shot into
her wide brown eyes and Myra dodged
breathlessly behind a hedge.
Two reasons suggested themselves
to Myra for her mother's appearance.
Overwrought nerves was Bending her
out In the dark, lonely night, or she
was on Myra's trail ! Then In the still
night came the whir of the automobile
going down the road. Myra gasped
as the sound grew fainter. Stealing
out of the shadow of the hedge she
made her way to the gate. Then Ro
land came to her. His eyes were
aglow with happiness.
"Everything is settled, darling," he
told her. "We'll live up yonder and
they'll live here I"
"Who'll live where?" gasped puzzled
Myra.
"Your mother and dad!" Roland
beamed. "I Just discovered them elop
ing in your mother's big red car I"
necessitated the
considerable sum
cards, express,
was borne locally
expenditure of a
for food pledge
etc. Some of this
, but In most cases
by th MoC
SyudtoaU.)
it came out of individual subscrip
tinni hv the women themselves. In
the second food pledge campaign, !
the women gave great assistance to
Mr. Wattles' work.
The Child Welfare committee Is
voluntarily guarding tBe youth of
our Btate.
The Americanization Department
has, by persistent and zealous work
among the foreign element, brought
about the naturalization of hundreds
of foreign born women, and through
them has Influenced the men bo that
they ,too, have taken out their pa
pers and become bona fide citizen
of this country.
The Educational Division is see
ling to it that every school, public
and parochial, conducts patriotic
programs. That It expels 'from Its)
books all undemocratic articles, and
that an American flag waves over
each school building in the state.
The department of health and rec
reation has given careful attention
to the safeguarding of the moral
and spiritual forces of the soldiers
in the permanent and temorary
camps in the 3tate. This division
provided the boys with many com
forts and actual necessities with
which they were not at flrst supplied
by the government. All this came
out of the funds of the earnest worn- 1
en who serve on this committee.
The department looking after the
maintenance of existing social serv
ice agencies Is seeing to it that the
standard of work In all home chari
ties in Nebraska is maintained.
Tbe Liberty Loan committee,
through its women assistants
throughout the state, has raised ap
proximately $1,900,000 fo- the sec
ond Liberty Loan campaign.
The establishment of a speakers'
bureau to fill the frequent calls for
addresses to explain problems con
nected with the war and woman's
part in it, is one of the projects the
Council of National Defnese right
fully asks our woman's committee
to effect.
In addition to above, what has the
woman's committee done?
It has organized practically every
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worn. 1U eacu couuij, ui Kaunauuun
of women are co-operating with the
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and war rener worn.
The Red Cross work is almost en
tirely in the hands of the women of
our Btate. There are about 200.000
members of the Red Cross in our
state alone; whereas, two years ago
there were only 200.000 members of
the American Red Cross in the
United States.
How la the woman's committee
supported?
The Nebraska State Council of De
fense provides headquarters. It
paid $500.00 of the expense in
curred by registration. The worn
an's committee members have indivi
dually financed hundred of dollars'
worth of work at their own ex
nense: but the committee is many
hundreds of dollars In arrears at the
present time, despite the capable in
dividual support. Tho chairman of
the executive board of the woman's
committee. Miss Sarka B. Hrbkova,
and all her co-workers, are giving
time and strength to the defense la
THE HOTELS FROM
NEARBY TOWNS
Drake Hotel Frank Kicken.
Clair E. Wilson. Frank Johns, Lake
islde; Mr. and Mrs. Wayland, H. R
Stelnhaus, Gordon; Frank Reld
j Bayard: Line Love, Ernest Lakens,
R. H. Thurston, F. M. Broome. Gall
Price, Ed Marion, Hemlngford; W.
If, Bostdos, Chadron; J. D. Scott, H.
W. Jackson, Rushville; L. E. Ford,
Marsland; A. A. Kearney, W. E.
I Baker, Morrll; C. D. Lewis, Mina
itare; Mrs. Anne Halliday, Bert Mills,
Scot ts bluff ; L. J. Meltner. George
Todd, O. L. Pitt, Crawford.
Hotel Alliance Elmer T. Peters,
Important to You
The selection of your shingles is an important one.
They must be of the right selection and properly seasoned.
Here is where we serve you best because we ascertain that the
shingles are right before passing them on to you.
The fact that we have selected them is ample proof of their fitness
for your use.
Eddie Hacken, Samuel B Wolfe, O.
Arnold, Mlnatare; Dave Robinson,
Chadron; Mr. and Mrs. Shepard,
Mrs. McClerney.Jack Walker, W. A.
Randall. Hemlngford; B. E. Ford,
Marsland; Mrs. C. C. Wilson. Lake
side; Mrs. C. H. McGee. Anltoch; A.
E. Delaroyde. Ira Robblns. Earl
Enderlled, Scottsbtuff; Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Skipper, Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Thompson and wife, Bingham; C. F.
Spray, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Hunter,
Allen Peterson, Mary Grant, Miss
Ethylyn Hartwell, Crawford; W. H.
Westover, Joe L. Westover, F. L.
Westover, Rushvllle.
New Officers Visit Alliance
Alliance was favored this week by
the presence of two new army of
ficers, both former residents of the
city. Lieutenant Joe L. Westover
and Lieutenant Lloyd M. Smith are
both In the city, the formo:- visiting
friends and the latter visiting his
parents. Both recently received com
missions after going through the
officers' training camp at Fort Snell
ing. Lieutenant Westover reports at
Camp Custer, near Battle Creek,
Mich , on December 15th and will
soon afterwards go to France by spe
cial order. Lieutenant Smith goes to
Camp Dodge near Des Moines, Iowa,
with the Eighth dlvisont.
Engraved visiting cards, wedding
announcements and Invitations, can
be secured at The Herald office. Ask
to see samples. Phone 340.
tJThe classified page
throws out a drag net
(or your lost articles.
JOut of many hun
dreds of these ads an
nually printed, scarcely
ten per cent of the
finders claim rewards.
CJThere are many
honest people in the
world.
Don't mourn your loss
until you have tried the
one best chance for its
recovery.
WAR HORSES!
We have secured a contradl for 500
War Horses and are holding regular
inspections at the old
Phillips Livery Barn
Next Inspection Will Be Held
Wednesday, December 12th
Prices, $130 and $160
All horses must be well halter broke, full five years old and stand 15 hands and 1 inch high.
No gray horses accepted. We will not take any mares at this inspection.
For Any Information Write or Phone
C. L. LESTER & CO.
Phone 104
Alliance,
Nebraska