ALLIAffOB HKRAIil), THTTWDAY. JAM Any 81, iPift CAMP MFK AT Fl NSTON Continued from Page 1.) would ninke the long trip especially for "her boy" ns nhc mils the men at Funston, w received tniR week by Capt. J. C. MR0ck. Adjutant of the rtltnen1. who hn3 the open house celebration In chnrge. Mme. Helnk has throe sons 'n the American scr Tlee. one of thorn Fordlnjind Schu mann being In the 342d Field Artil lery here. Camp Funnton'B health Plate has been wiped practically clean of ser ious ailments and never neve health conditions boen better It la said by Lt Col. J. Lt Shepardt Division Sur geon for General Leonard Wood's forcoa. The spinal meningltlr. epidem ic which str.rtcd In the camp of the 9th dlvlnion two months ago has been eradUated by the most Intensive efforts of medical officers who left nothing undone to stamp out the din case. Since. Dec. 30th there has not been a ninglo caoe in twelve days, A few cases of mumps In a mild form and some measles which is being topped rapidly, forms the entire CQStageous roster of the camp. On camp Funsion's "Gay White Way" the sone, which iirapidly npar lng completion under the direction of Lt. Dick B. Foster, Is an institution which proves beyond doubt its value, and the need for the soldier's recrea tion. This is the pool hall, a big place with sixty tables which has been opened for some lime, and al lowed to enter. Only 150 men may be In the building at the r.jme time, Jid almost every night even when the thermometer is hovering around the zero point, soldiers can be seen in line outside of the door, waiting their turn to enter. When the place baa 150 men In lt a guard is placed at the door. Then, if two men come out, two In the outside line are allow ed to enter, and so on. The number allowed in the building is restricted because of the ruling which did not allow large gatherings while any dis ease was prevalent in camp. It is likely that tho restrictions will be ro aaoved soon as there are but few eases of sickness now. French conversation is spreading like a rash throught the camp since the commencement of the many French classes. Conversations like he following take place daily. "Que voulez your?" "I coo vooley voo that I wasen't on guard tonight. I coo vooley that kitchen police was In ." Can you get ahead of the American doughboy? No brother, it can't be done as a chesty young second lleu tnant at Cnmp Funston dlscovertd. A bit of "swank'l might be but nat ural In one so young, with a brand new commission and all but not In the eyes of his company, who plotted darkly at the swagger stick, the cocky angle of his hat nnd his curt commando. The other day a dandy new stet son was delivered to tho lieutenant with the compliments of bta company. EXCELLENT COMPANY SHOWS ALL NEXT WEEK See Us, And See Best 3fe DRAKE & DRAKE OPTOMETRISTS WE CAN FIT YOU WITH OLA88B8 FOR EVERY PURPOSE We Can Duplicate Brcken Lena 313 M Box Butte Ave Phone 121 High Grade Plays To Re Presented To Tho People Of Alliance By The Hard ntvay Htock Company. The Hardaway Stock Company coming direct from the Mlchelson Theatre at Grand Island will present a number of excellent plays next week at the I'helRn Opera House. The leading lady, Miss Mahle Owen, Is a high grade dramatic artiBt md her talent is pleasing to any a 1 liOBCO. Mr. Robert Hardaway takes the lei I ing parts along with Miss Owen Tho company puts on a number of electrical effects and the scenic pro ductions are of the best. The show is absolutely guaranteed by the man agement, the costuming Is appropri ate to each play staged. The cast supporting Mr. Hardaway and Miss Owen is an especially strong one. Among the plays given next week are; "The Unwritten Law," "St. Elmo," "The Peaceful Valley," "The Millionare Tramp" and others of equal merit. There will be no waits between acts, vaudeville will be given in the intermission and music furni shed by the companys orchestra. Mr Heck assistant county agent is back on the job once more. We pay the highest market price for chickens. A- D. Rodgers' Market. k . 5-tf-9380 We appreciate the deep shame and humiliation which 'he astrologist must feel who dared to predict Box Butte County weather. Do not be too harsh on him dear people, he Is a late arrival and had not time to talk to the old timers for a long time and we fear that he Ms sorrowing a way in some remote corner of the vil lage. 24 Below Zero, "Wow'ee." lets all go to Alaska. W. E. Spencer's son Earl has ar rived safely In France wltn tne avia tion corps, according to word received by Mr. Spencer. Mr. Wilson, brother of Miss Mary Wilson of the high school faculty has also arrived in France with the same division. Last Tuesday night a burglar or some tramp wanting to get warm pried open the rear windows of the Herald office and entered. He must of had a hard time as he knocked over various things In the shop and left the water faucet run all night. If he was a burglar he didn't find what he was looking for, as nothing was taken, euessuiny one would find a printing office poor picking. The sale of J. T. Nabb, announced last week for Tuesday, Jan. 29, has been postoned, on account of the cold weather, to Tuesday, February', 5th. COURSEY'S SALE DATES Henry Westlako & Son Feb. 6. Peter Belgium Feb. 7. A. H. Grove Feb. 12. Chas. Bauer, Jr Fob. 13. AUCTION SALE Owing to ill health 1 have leased my farm and will sell at public sale all of my personal prop erty at my place located 2 miles west and 4 miles north of Alliance, on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1918 Commencing at 10 o'clock the following described property: 22-Head of Horses -22 ALL GENTLE AND BIG BONED HEAVY STUFF Ray Mare, smooth mouth, weight, 1250 Bay Marc, 'smooth mouth, weight 1250 Black Marc smooth mouth, weight, 1100 Bay Mare, 7-yr-ohl, weight, 1300 Bay Gelding, 10-yr-old weight about 140(1 Bay Mare, 4 years old . 1 Black Marc, 4 years old Brown Gelding, 5-yr-old, weight, 1500 2 Black Geldings 3 vears old 1 - Black Marc, 10-yr-old, weight, 1150 1 Brown Mare, 9-yr-old, weight, 1400 1 Brown Mare, 9-yrlold, weight, 1400 1 Brown Gelding, 2 years old 1 Black Gelding, 2 years old 3 Bay Mares, 2 years old, 4 Colts (3 marcs, 1 gelding) 69-Head of Cattle -69 This is one of the Best Holstein dairy herds in the country, all ranging from 15-16 to 7-8 llol- stein. Tins.' cows have not been pampered for the sale, but they arc all in the best milking condition. Sonic give as high as 38 pounds of milk each day. 21 Milk cows, ranging from 2 to 8 years old, 16 head giving milk, 7 have been fresh since Jan uary I, others to freshen soon. 4 Head of 2-yr-old, Heifers, will be fresh 4 Head of 1-year-old Steers. March 1. 1 2-year-old Bull, Registered. 14 Head of 1 -year-old Heifers. 25 Head under 1 year 10 Steers 15 Heifers. 10 HEAD OF FALL SHOATS 1500 BUSHELS OATS, GOOD SEED GRADE 1500 BUSHELS EARLY OHIO POTATOES, ECELLENT FOR SEED. 8 DOZEN CHICKENS Farm Implements 1 Wagon and Hay Rack 1 Truck Wagon and Box 1 Spring Buggy 1 Wagon and Box 1 Hay Rack 1 McCormick 8-ft Binder 2 McCormick 5-ft Mowers 1 McCormick Corn Binder 1 6-ft Drill 1 16-ft. Harrow 1 14-in. Breaking Plow 2 Cultivators 1 2-Row Cultivator 1 Potato Planter 1 Potato Digger 1 Riding Lister 1 16-in. Riding Plow 2 12-in. Gang Plows 1 Riding Attachment Harrow 1 8-ft. Disc 1 10-ft. Rake for 1 Feed Grinder 1 Horse Power 1 1 h. p. Gasoline Engine 1 Cream Separator with en gine attached 1 Milking Machine 2 Sets Work Harness 1 Single Harness 1 Saddle ' 1 Light Harness 1 Corn Sheller All Machinery in best condition Some nearly new. Other Articles too Numerous too Mention. TERMS Under $10 cash. Over that amount a credit of 9 months time will be given on bank able paper bearing 8 percent interest from date. BIO FREE LUNCH AT NOON A. H. GROVE, Owner H. P. COURSEY, Auctioneer, Alliance, Nebraska FRANK ABEGG, Clerk, First National Bank PinUC V.'HOOL ENROLL. InUre AND THE WAR Enrollment in American public schools haa been affected toy the war, but not to the extent of making It Icps than last year, according to fig ures complied by the Department of the Interior through the Bureau of Education. Figures roin 14U citt?a and 696 countiec or dtetrictc show an increase of close to the normal a mount of 2 per cent In cicmcntft y wheals. In high schools, however, the increase is only one-rourth of the UBtial 9H percent. Such Increase as there z tn high school enrollment is caused, by the g'ii students. Fewer boyB r.re en rolled thic year! In every class In high school except the fourth; apt r.rently there is a healthy tendency for boys In the senior year to remain and grad uate. In city clemcntrry schools tho in crease in enrollment is actually sOme whnt above normal; but in c:ty high cchcols there is oj marked falling off, especially amonp: the boys. Country schools n' ow rome gains over last year both in elementary and high cchcol enrollment, but not M great as would be expected under nor mal conditienn. Rural high schools chow increases for both boyrs and girln, despite the war. THE WAR-WHAT? , Have You Read "THE FINISHED MYSTERY"? Pastor Russell's 7th Vol. Just Out! 608 pages. Maroon Cloth. Gives the real meaning of these times. Mail Copy 60c. Sample sheets 3c. Joseph Grelg. Colporteur Distributor, Parker, S. D. Famous Collins Saddle Best saddle made. Have atood the test for 60 years. Writs for free catalogue. Alfred Cornish Company Get Your Moe's Directory Western Oil Companies 2nd Revised Edition IRVING M. MOE, 318 Oil Exchange Building Casper Wyoming $1 FACE the FACTS LET us face the facts. The war situation is critical. Unless the Allies fight as they never yet have fought, defeat threatens. Hungry men cannot fight at their best; nor hungry nations. France, England, and Italy are going hungry unless we feed them. Wheat Savings They must have wheat. It is the best food to fight on. It is the easiest to skip. We alone can spare it to them. By saving just a little less than a quarter of what we ate last year we can support those who are fighting our battles. And we can do it without stinting ourselves. We have only to substitute another food just as good. The Corn of Plenty Corn is that food. There's a surplus of it. Providence has been generous in the hour of our need. It has given us corn in such bounty as was never known before. Tons of corn. Train loads of corn. Five hundred million bushels over and above our regular needs. All we have to do is to learn to appreciate it. Was 6ver patriotic duty made so easy? And so clear? America's Own Food Corn 1 It is the true American food. The Indians, hardiest of races, lived on it. Our forefathers adopted the diet and conquered a continent. For a great section of our country it has blong een the staff of life. How well the South fought on it, history tells. Now it can help America win a world war. Learn Something Com! It isn't one food. It's a dozen. It's a cereal. It's a vegetable. It's a bread. It's a dessert. It's nutritious; more food value in it, dollar for dollar, than meat or eggs or most other vegetables. It's good to eat; how good you don't know until you've had corn-bread properly cooked. Best of all, it's plentiful and it's patriotic. Corn's Infinite Variety How much do you know about corn? About how good it is? About the many delicious ways of cooking it? And what you miss by not knowing more about it? Here are a few oi its uses: There are at least fifty ways to use corn meal to make good dishes for dinner, supper, lunch or break fast. Here are some suggestions: t HOT BREADS Boston brown bread. Hoecake. Muffins. Biscuits. Griddle cakes. Waffles. DESSERTS Corn-meal molasses cake. Apple corn bread. Dumplings. Gingerbread. Fruit gems. HEARTY DISHES Corn-meal croquettes. Corn-meal fish balls. Meat and corn-meal dumplings. Italian polenta. Tamales. The recipes are in Farmers' Bulletin 565, "Corn Meal as a Food and Ways of Using It," free from the Department of Agriculture. PUBLIC SALE Having sold my farm and decided to quit farming I will hold a clean-sweep sale of tho follow ing listed property at my place located 6 miles north and 3 miles west of Alliance, on Thursday, Feb. 7, 1918 Commencing immediately after free lunch at 11 o'clock, the following described property: 1 5 Head of Horses 1 5 Span Marts, 5 and 9-yr-old, weight 3000 Bay Mare, 9-yr-old, weight about 1500 Bay Mare, 8-yr-old, weight about 1450 Bay Mare, 7-yr-old, weight, about 1350 Bav Mare, 6-yr-old, weight, about 1200 Bav Gelding, 10-yr-old, weight, 1250 Black Gelding, 4-yr-old, weight, 1200 Bay Mare, 4-yr-old, weight about 1050 Arabian Mare, 4-yr-old, weight, 1100 2-yr-old, Mares 2-yr-old Gelding Black Saddle Pony, weight, 950 Yearling Colt 49 Head of Cattle 49 9 Head of Milk Cows, 2 fresh now, 4 fresh soon, 3 fresh in the Spring. 7 Cows, with calf 6 2-yr-old, Heifers, with calf 4 Yearling Steers 3 Yearling Heifers 19 Head of Calves, 7 steers, 12 heifers 1 Durham Bull, 4 years old in spring. 15 HEAD OF HOOS 9 SOWS WITH PIO, 6 BARROWS. 5 DOZEN CHICKENS Farm Implements 1 McCormick Binder 1 1 McCormick Corn Binder 1 1 Deering Mower 3 1 10-ft. Self -Dumping Hay Rake 1 1 John Deere 16-in. Sulky 1 Plow 1 1 9-in. 3-Gang Plow 1 1 3-Section Steel Harrow 1 1 7-ft. Auburn Disc 2 1 Stack of Prairie Hay ; 1 Stack 6-ft. Disc 1 Aspinwall Potato Planter 1 6-Shovel Riding Cultiva- 1 tors 1 2-Row Cultivator 1 Lister 1 Dowden Potato Digger 2 10-ft. Drill 1 Hay Sweep 2 8x16 Hay Racks 1 of Millet Hay; Some Corn Fodde Manure Spreader Moline 34 Wagon Spring Wagon Wyn na 3 1-4 Wagon Buggy Sled Stes of Work Harness Set of Bugg Harness Saddles DeLaval cream Separator r ; 10 Bushels Seed Corn. Household Goods 1 Range 1 Heating Stove; 1 Dresser and other things too numerous to mention. TERMS OF SALE: All sums of $25 and under cash. Over that amount a credit of 10 months time will be given on bankable paper bearing 8 per cent interest. PETER BELGIUM, Owner H. P. COURSEY, Auctioneer Alliance, Nebraska. CHARLES BRITTAN, Clerk First State Bank.