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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1917)
AI1MV K HERALD, TifTRSDAT. DRC. ST, 1017. Hemingford News Items Miss Lois Wlldy is home holiday for the Elmer Noe spent friends here. Christmas with Postmaster Klnsella llance visiting Friday. was In Al- Mr. and Mrs. B. N. Shephard were Alliance visitors Friday. Etta Michael arrived Sunday for a visit with home folks. Miss Ella Moravek spent Chrlat- ln town with friends. Bruce Kohrman and family were In Alliance Friday doing some shop ping. Ml and Mrs. Frank Black were in Alliance one day the last of the week o Ml and Mrs. E. L. Vaughn were In Auiance Friday doing some shop ping. Ms. t, R. Walker spent a few days the trst of the week with Mrs. D. W. Kenier. O. F. Hedgecock's family were rc leasd from quarantine tho first of the eek. Risca, the butcher, Is considerably undir the weather with rheumatism at pesent. Mbs Olevia Delsing visited with frienis in Alliance a few days dur ing he week. o M. and Mrs. Utter and sons are spelling the holiday week with frienis at Aselnio. C W. Sharp was attending to busitess matters in Alliance the lat ter urt of the week. M. and Mrs. Lloyd Thomas, of Allioce, spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Kenner. M. and Mrs. Earl Elder and son, Guy went to Anseline Sunday to spetl the holidays Iwith relatives. Mb. Howard Whitaker came up froi Scottsbluff the latter part of the wee for a visit with home folks. It, and Mrs. Will Buchman were up rom Alliance Thursday evening to atend the Green-Meliek wedding. M-8. Ben Miller and son, Edward cant down from their Wyoming bore Monday to visit until after the bollays. Pofessor Fisher was released from quarantine last Thursday and went to fhadron to spend the rest of the vacrtion. o L Copeland i left here Sunday for Keeine, Wyo., to be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Bushnell over Chrstmas. J. D. Crist and "Doc" Cane were eastound passengers from here Sun day, going to their homes to spend Chr.stmaa. ' A M. Miller was In Alliance Fri day getting the fixtures for the fur nacf, which he is having Installed at the Arlington. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Speilman Is enjoying a visit with their son and family who came the first o fthe week for a holiday visit. o Milton Danborn is spending hiR holiday vacation with his parents and friends here. Milton is attending school at Lincoln. FINDS REMEDY FOR MEAT SHORTAGE Alliance Man Has a Sure Method of (.Hitting Out Demand for Higher Priced Meats D has remained for an Alliance man of long experience and much knowledge to solve the meat short age problem. The steadily mount ing price of pork and beef with meat less days not doing much to alle viate the situation has caused many high-priced experts to work new wrinkles in their brains in an en deavor to find some meat that would be palatable and that would fill the growing void in the stomachs of meat eaters. Clyde Shlpler, former Kansas farmer, who has lived on the western plains of Kansas and Nebraska for over thirty years, and who is now associated with Bruce McDowell In the tonsorlal business In Alliance, has comeforward with the solu tion of the problem. Shlpler suggests that the people of the country take to the eating of "Cynoniys Ludovicianus saute." Meat from which this delicious dish is made roams the prairies of the western states in quantities almost unimaginable -tons and tons and tons and hundreds of tons of Ne braska legislators three years ago be came awar,' of the steadily 'increasing amount of "Cynoniys Ludovicianus" and passed a law tending to a de creasing of Its growth, but the law appears to have fallen into disuse with the result that this meat keeps increasing. Shipler Is a close student of west ern conditions. Years ago he learned that a Boston professor had visited the western states who had made the Interesting disclosure that a pra'rie dog is no dog at all, but a highly respected relative of the nquirrel family, possessing many do mestic virtues unknown to his tree dwelling cousins. He argued that as i gray squirrels are good to eat and prairie dogs are like gray squirrels, I therefore prairie dogs are fit for hu ; man food and convinced himself 'and a few friends by his own logic. The professor's stomach had the strength of his convictions, for he scandalized a number of orthodox western cooks by ordering dishes composed of prairie dogs. He called the meat "Cynomys I Ludovicianus saute," but to the westerners it was just plain stewed prairie dog. Shipler has made a name for him self as ono of the "bean kings" of western Nebraska this year. With the capable and expert advice and as sistance of Cy Laing, formerly of Sarpy county, he and his partners haive raised a large amountof beans this season. Now he is planning on giving a big demostration banquet public if he can get the assistance of Secretary Fisher of the Commun ity Club, and will serve as the chief dishes on the menu- baked, stewed, boiled, friend and roastea beans, and "Cynomys Ludovicianus saute." If the dinner proves a success it is very probable that a new industry will have been started the catching, killing, dressing and shipping of prairie dogs from the broad prairies of western Nebraska. The stockmen don't want them the farmer don't want them they are a pest. But with the energy and ability of prom inent western men behind the prop osition, the western Btorkmen and farmers will be benefitted and the hungry meat eaters of the east will be able to afford nice, fat prairie dogs, served a la mode, for break fast, luncheon and dinner. The question which is puzzling the pro moters of the project Is, however, whether or not "Cynomys Ludovi cianus saute" should be served on J "meatless days." teffiAnONAL SUNMYSO100L Lesson (By B. O. SELLERS. Acting Director of the Sunday School Course of the Moody Blblo Institute. Chicago.) (Copyright, HIT, Wcaurn Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR DECEMBER 30 Lloyd's Column REVIEW GOD'S REDEEMING LOVE. LESSON TEXT Read Psalms 1:23; 1 24 OOLDEN TEXT With Jehovah there !a loving kindness, and with him la plenteous redemption. Ps. 120:7. The lessons of the past year are the only ones In the six years course which are divided between the Old and the New Testament; therefore, at the close of this year we will review only the last two quarters, emphasizing the fourth which has just been completed. Like, Moses on Mount Nebo, let US glance over the whole period of the monarchy and note the progress and development of the Jewish people. Tho Jewish race ll the marvel of all times, I nation without n country, scattered and peeled, chastised and driven from sea to sea, even slain In large num bers: yet possessed of a vitality which has caused them to endure through the centuries. Their contribution to the civilization of the world has been Immeasurable. There Is no walk or rank In life. In polities, literature, art, ,"ience, business, religion, or any oth er realm where (hey have not made their impress and rendered their con tribution. Any movement which seeks to nromote their welfare and to strengthen the bonds of sympathy which preserve race feelings, deserves the aid of all patriotic, liberty loving. God fearing people, for the Jews are still Ood's chosen heritage. The united kingdom with Its three kings, Saul, David and Solomon, last ed from about 1100 B. C. to 068 (Mee cher), a period of 120 years. Then be clns the divided kingdom .Tudah and Israel side by side, a double experl 'tneni in the progress of the kingdom of Cod. This period extended from about !s' Tt. C. to approximately 72.'?, or 721 B. C. Judah had a territory of about MOO square miles; Israel 0.400. Ju lian's capital was Jerusalem; In which was the temple; Israel's capital was Samaria, while It had two centers of 'false Worship. a Judah was more shel tered than Israel from close contact with heathenism, especially politically and religiously. Judah had one dyn asty of rulers; eleven kings and one queen, all of them from the house ' David. Israel had nineteen kings, be longing to nine different families or 'dynasties. Judah had several very good kings, and there were marked re vivals of religion of prosperity and of deterioration of varying degrees, 'though FMlsted from time to time and helped along moral and religious line through the work of Elijah and Elisha !the prophets. The final period of events of this past quarter have refer ence to Judah alone from the days of Hezeklah, B. C. 722. to the time of the destruction of the city and the temple being destroyed 586 B. C. and lastly we have the period of the exile from the first captivity In GO.) B. C. to th restoration and the new temple being erected 516 B. C. This was a period of great discipline and sifting as like fcato wheat or of a purifying fire. The return from exile and the new iplrltual nation, dates from about f36 to the close of Bible history, say 400 years before the coming of Christ. A map should be used, and the scholars ought to be familiar with the contera Jporaneous secular history. There are 'several particular lessons we ought to 'learn from this history. First : Every failure, every moral wrong, every fall Into Idolatry, every diminution of power for good Is the result of a separation from Qod, a departure from the ways of Ood and James Berry left here the latter part of the week, going over to Valentine for a Christmas visit with the Rev. and Mrs. Palmer. Misses Edna Wltlsey and Blennie Rohrbaugh who are attending school at Lincoln this w'nter, came in Saturday to spend the holiday vaca tion at their homes. Miss Elsie Greene and Mr. Rua- Planting Bulbs Bulbs for outdoor spring flowers may be planted any time before the eround freezes, according to the de partment of horticulture of the Uni versity of Nebraska. If the soil is poor, a little well-rotted manure may be added. Be sure the ground has plenty of moisture. The bulbs should be planted too deep rather than too shallow. Five inches is sell Milek were very quietly married about the right depth for hyacinths last Thursday evening at the home and four to six Inches for tulips. At of the bride's mother. Only a few ter tte ground is frozen, a mulch The Devil Benign The Devil sat by a lake of fire, Op a pile of sulphur kegs; His head was down upon his breast, His tall between his legs A look of shame was on his face. The tears dripped from his eyes; He had sent his resignation to The throne up In the skies. I'm down and out," the Devil aaid; He aaid it with a sob. There are others that outclass me, And I want to quit my job." "Hell simply Isn't in it With the land along the Rhine: I'm a (has-been and a piker; And I simply must resign. "One ammunition maker. With his bloody shot and shell, Knows more about damnation Than all the imps of Hell. "A heartless U-boat captain, As he sinks his helpless prise, Can do a lot more torture Than my cunning can devise. "(live my Job to Kaiser Wilhelm, The Author of this war; He understands It better, A million times by far. "I hate to leave this happy home The spot I love so well; But I feel that I am out of date, In the art of running Hell." Contributed. Lloyd's Column Why is a newspaper like a woman? Because every man should have one of his own and not be running after his neighbor's. Lloyd's Column Not a Brown Dress Printer "Doesn't that girl over there look like Helen Brown?" Printer's Devil "I don't call that dress brown." Lloyd's Column Why Editors Grow Thin Editor Here, boy. go to the ex change room and ask for mis cellany. Copy Boy (returning) Her fath ers dead ;sne uln t uere touay. Buffalo News. Lloyd's Column Editorial Troubles A Montana editor In publishing the program of a muslcale said, "Mrs. Blossom will sing "I'm Float lng Down Life's Tranquil Stream accompanied by Elder Slmpklns." The editor Is In a peck of trouble over the matter. Lloyd's olumn I'luciug Himself Let me see, said tne editor to a new acqulstion, a graduate of the college of journalism, "I hardly know what to put you at." "Until you decide." replied the man, "I'll sit down and write a few leading editorials." Life. Lloyd's Column A Rich Editor One of the better known success ful editors in Kansas has bought . war pig to raise. This department la not given to boasting of its con nections, but we don't mind saying that we knew this captain of jour nalism when he could hardly scrape up the funds to buy a new Linotype Ex. Lloyd's Column The Editor Again An exchange reports a joke on an editor who went one evening to at tend a party at a home recently blessed with a new baby. He met his hostess at the door and after the usual salutlons he asked after the baby's health. The lady who was quite deaf and suffering with the grippe thought he v.;-..; ask'nk after her cold, answered that although sh usually had one every winter, this II righteousness. It also shows us that wa9 wo,Hf onH ane f'ver "a(I nod's - i uniir itmiw that the ! kept her awake at night a good deal should he kept separate from heathen- and at first confined her to her bed Ism and Idolatry, had In it the best j 1 hen noticing tUat tne newspaper Interests of his own neonle and could i man was getting nervous she said friends were present. The newly weds took "4 2" the same night, go ing to the home of the groomc's par ents, where they will spend the holi-daya. should be spread over the beds. The Extinct Billy Goat. Strange is the march of time. The Billy and Nanny goat were once a dominating feature in every American commuuity. A snapshot could not have been taken without a goat somewhere In the picture, but the goat was not deemed a tit insect to hobnob in swell society. Its product might be admitted across the threshold of the rich, but not its savory self. The highest stand ard the goat has ever attalued is the mascotship of S volunteer fire com puny, or a similar office In the U. 8. Davy, which was practically .the low est rank of any living thing abroad In his palmy days vivid posters were often seen of him In the act of Jug fling with a glass of fresh bock, and now the American Billy goat is doomed to pass down the line of hse lutni E h" '.',. To Detect Butter Substitutes. The simplest household test for tht detection of hutterlne, oleomargarine and their kindred preparations ll known as the boiling process, and it conducted as follows: Put a piece ol the sample to be tested ubout the stzt ; of a small chestnut in an ordinarj tablespoon and heat it (over the gat jet usually) uutil it melts, hastening the process by continually stirring ll with a splinter of wood or a match 1 Then bring it to as brisk a boil as pos , sible, and after the boiling bus beguu stir the contents of the spoon thor ! oughly, not neglecting the outer edges ! two or three times at Intervals duriUK I the boiling, always shortly before Un bolting ceases. Oleomargarine, butter ', ine, and renovated butter boll noisily, i spluttering (more or less) like a mix ture of grease and water when boiled, and produce no foam, or but very little while genuine butter bolls usuully wltl less BjalaS and pra lU .;' ' jonly lead to those blessings which he had prepared for his particular people. Secondly: The overthrow of Israel 'is directly attributed to Its complete inbandonment to Idolatry. Beginning With false worship ami a dependence upon men, there was the Introduction of idolatry and a development of evil which led to a rapid decline, the In troduction of revolutions and the final extinguishment of the kingdom. As to Judah, It finally was brought Into captivity because that was the only way that Ood could purge the na tion from the sin of Idolatry. They must be taught that there Is but one Ood, that the word of Ood must be obeyed, and that their safety lay in the faith which they placed In his promises. The leaders of this period were Zerubbabel, Ezra and Nehemlah, berolc men, men of great consecration and power; also, Esther, the heroine. The prophets of this period are Dan iel, Isaiah, Haggal. Zechartah, Maluchl. Notice how each and every one aided the cause of righteousness. There are two great heroes of the return, Ezra and Nehemlah. Take up the actions of each and show how hs proved bis heroism. A good method Of receiving the past quarter will be to summarise the teachings which cen ter about these two great men. The period of the return Is the one that we should emphasize, showing how S return to Ood and an obedience of bis law is the paramount need of the pres- t day In which we live, these days f dnrkness and evil unon wh.ch the she could tell by his looks that he was going to have one just like hers and asked him to go in and sit down Lloyd's Column A kiss he printed on her lips, The job caused some elation. For she said, "Continue, please, It boosts my circulation!" America's Food Waste. Tne American people waste more hm $1,000,000.0)0 worth of food each reer. Soft Drinks and Beverages BEVERAGES ON DRADGT AT ALL TIMES Order a case of 36 pints sent to your home. De livery made anywhere in Alliance. Rebate for re turn of Cases Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies, Lunches KING'S ICORNER OHN HODGKINSON, Mp Distributors for Bridgeport Bottling Works Contributed Famous Collins Saddle Best saddle made. Have stood the teat for 60 rears. Write for free catalogue. Bock Springs, Wyo., Dec. 24, 1917. Editor of The Herald, Alliance, Nebraska. Dear 'Sir: In your lssueof November 16th you seem to think that this is a white Alfred Cornish Company man's war and that the negro sol- , dier will not get much attention. Now, dear sir, I am a loyal cltisen of this great republic the United States of America. As a Christian I believe in Democracy for the world ind that is what this Christian na tion is fighting for. The colored man Is willing to fight MM die to defend "Old Glory" in Europe or anywhere the flag leads. Why do England, France and the United States use their colored sol diers? It 1b because they are men and citizens. They pay taxes and vote as the others and have the same rights. Hence they are willing to die fo- their government. We know all nations engaged in this war are not white. The American negro has always given his life blood for this country. The first American soldier to die for America was Christopher Attuc in Boston, shot by he English. The negro has fought witu honor in ail tne American wars. Flftv thousand fought in the Civil war. Fhsy have fought in Cuba, the Phll- lipine Islands and on our Mexican border. Some of the 80,000 coloreu soldiers now in the Uniteu States service are In France with our troops where they will prove their metal. Our government has made 600 officers at Des Moines to command her black braves. The colored peo ple are doing their bit to win this war in the lied Cross, Liberty Bonds, V. M. C. A., War Relief Fund in conservation. In short, we are doing our bit in all things asked by the government. True, the negro has no Benedict Arnold, no assassins, ?no slackers and no traitors but loyal citizens who only ask for a man's chance to play our part in this great drama. As a reader of the good, told Alliance Her- ild, I ask you to give this letter space in your paper. I am yours for right and Justice to all men that Ood has made. T. B. J. BARCLAY. while the average death rate of ths camp should not have exceeded twelve deaths." Mr. Reavls then stated that he visited the camp In October; that he saw 40,000 mea clad in overalls and summer shirts when It was so cold he wore a sweater to keep warm; that he could not see more than 100 feet becausa of blowing sand and there was no heating apparatus installed. "It Is not strange that under ths conditions so many men died," said Mr. Reavls, "but it is strange that a cantonment should have been lo cated at a place which had been known as a center of meningitis for years. If this camp Is thus in fected these boys should be removed from there at once. Distasteful as it is for me to appear in tho light of a critic, nevertheless, I feel that with thousands of Nebraska boys In this camp it is my duty as a member of congress to call attention to it and to see that something is done to make its repetition Impossible." i Calls Camp Funston I'nflt Washington. (Special) Repre sentative Reavis has strongly advo cated the abandonment of Camp Funston as a training camp and bit terly excoriated war department of ficials responsible for placing the cantonment in its present location. He based his criticism upon the re cent report of Surgeon General Gor gas, which stated that the camp is located in a river bottom, ' ami has been known to all health officials . center for spinal meningitis for years." "According to the report during the past month there have I). -en iuhty-four deaths, of which twenty four were from meningitis," said Mr Reavis, "fifty-four from pneumonia, Millions in the Bed Cross Washington. Nearly Vlght mil lion new members have been added to the rolls of the Red Cross since the thiistmas membership drlvs started Monday, according to a com pilation of returns received at na tional headquarters. The Atlantis divlsiuii, New 'Ark, New Jersey and Connecticut reported 1,510.000 members. The Pennsylvania divi sion, including Delaware, 1,000,000; the southern, Florida, Georgia. North Carolina and Tennessee, . 438,000. The gulf, Alabama. Louisiana and Mississippi. 214.478: the lake Ohio, Kentucky sad Indiana, 1,796,000 the southwestern, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas, 1, 725,000: the mountain, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico, 130,000; the northwestern, Oregon, Washington. Idaho and Aluska, 420, 000. and the Pacific, comprising Cali fornia, Arizona and Nevada, 433, 220. More than half the quota of 894,000 set for the New England di vision already has been tabulated, while officials in the central, north ern and Potomac divisions have re ported that their quotas will be obtained. Get Your Moe's Directory Western (HI j...iie- 2nd Revised Edition. IRVING M. MOE. 318 Oil Exchauge Building Casper Wyoming Dickens' Forensic Masterpiece. Dickens' lawyers are legion, but none of them has a stronger hold on i lie memory of bis readers thau Ser jeant Buzfuz, whose peroration In Bsrdsll vs. Pickwick ranks as a foren sic masterpiece: "But Pickwick, gen tlemen, Pickwick, the ruthless destroy er of this domestic oasis in the desert of Qsswsll street Pickwick, who bus Choked Dp the well and thrown ashes on the sward Pickwick who comes before you today with his heartless to mato sauce and warming pans Pick wick Mill rears his bead with unblush ing effrontery and gazes without a igh on the ruin he has made. Damages, gentlemen, heavy damages. Is the only punishment with which you can visit him the only recompense you can uward to my client. And for those damages she now appeals to an en iichtencd. a high-mil ded, a riaht-fead- iug, u oinscieiiiioiiv a tl.pusiouute, a sympathizing, a SOStesiptSttTS jury of i' t-ivilizttd couuirx m. :i ' MARKET DAY SALES We hold sales at the Lester Sales Barn every two weeks. If you have anything to sell, bring it in and get the highest market prices. Don't hold sales in the country, hut bring your stuff in and save expense. SALE DATES: Saturday, January 5. Saturday, January 19. Saturday, February 2. Saturday, February 16. Saturday, March 2. J. M. MARTIN, Auctioneer CLAUDE LESTER, Manager. CIAS. BRITTAN, Clerk. Get your sale date of First State Bank. F. E. BROWN, Phone 436. J Block ta