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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1918)
$100,000 FIRE AT LINCOLN. NEBR. Fire MupNwd in Have lleen Work f Two I'ro-C.crrimn Dc(n) -ed Tttree Hig OlMIIH, Lincoln. Neb.. Sept. 8. Fire which started about 12:l.r a. m. to day almost totally destroyed the plant of the Schuck & Yost lumber Kimpany, the Hebb Motor company and the Dewltt elevator and flour bouse local ed at Twenty-seventh and Y streets. The rlre seemed to have started in the lumber yard. In a few minutes It had leaped across the Mis souri Pacific tracks on X stree' and attacked the Hebb plan! and the De- Witt elevator. In less than three quarters of an hoMr the lumbe- yard on the west side of Twenty-seventh, the Motor company plant on X and Twenty-sixth and the DeWltt build -lA were almost total losses. The large flotir house of the DeWltt com pany, standing east of the elevator structure, and said to contain a large amount of flour, feed and hay, while badly soaked, was not so badly dam aged. The loss, estimated by some the ground while the Are was rag ing, will exceed $100 f'00 by a- con siderable figure. This estimate, how ever, was not made by the owners of the pla..t. No figures were available on Insur ance. A light southeast wind watt blow ing at the time and th's helped to carry the fire northward. Reddeces In Ranger. Some damag- wa? done to the large Trester residence at Twenty eventh and W streets. Other nearby sosidences were shortly scorched For a time it looked like the fire might cut thru a line of residences to ihe north, but the absence of a high wind made it possible for the firemen to prevent it spreading beyond the three plants named. Along North Twenty-sixth street, i i fire burned off a large number of electric wires and this added to the danger spectators being present in large numbers. For several blocks iilong Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh and other nearby streets autos were packed thickly. It was estimat ed that a crowd of two thousand peo ple saw the blaze which m.'de a great light in the sky visible from every part of the city. Two box cars standing on the sid ing near the DeWitt elevator were burned. Hit Deed Much Water. By the time the firemen arrived in force the possibility of saving the property then on fire seemed remote. Five streams were played on the fire and it was checked from spreading further, tho for a time it seemed the wuter h;id little effect. The inflam mable nature of the motor plant and tb lumber yard made the blaze ex ceedingly difficult to control. Danger at a further spread, however, had been averted by 1 a. m. An earlier :.'.arm Would have caus ed much property salvage. The blaze might have been checked in the lum ber yard had the firemen got word in time. It is unde -stood that the Hebb Mo tors company, makers of auto bodies, tope and truck frames, had a large amount of unfinished work and ma terial in the plant. Autos Nearby When Fire Began. At the L. H. Trester home, it was said that the raot'ii'ir.an of an 11:30 stret car which at r.bont that hour was passing the lumber yarls stat ed he saw no flames but that an auto mobile w;is standing before the place. As the car was returning he said that the auto WM leaving and at the same tim flames shcyt forth from the yards. Reports of those who saw the lire early said that it blazed up quickly, sooming to spread from a tin;- blaze in minute to a great b'aze that cov ered more tbr.B hi If block. Thief of Police Malone was en the way home when the fire first showed up and he w nt direct to the scene. When he arrived the fire was burn ing in the center of the lumber yard, where it first started. He hud m doubt thai It was incen"ary from the siories he heard of a str.ince auto party thai visited the lumber yard just before t;.o fire. He is working on the case, trying to run ('.own ru mors thift have reach;! him. It was understood that the Schuck & Yost lumber yard w is insured for $300,000 and that the Hebb Ifrtpra company plar: was fairly well insur ed Four Head of Horses Ruined. If was stated that .eur ead of bor es, owned by the DeW:t: com pany were burned to death. They wore in a stable connected with Ike Ich-i1 yaul md the hay and grain i herein was Ignited soon after the Ibu.Im i ya (I burst into flames LIVE STOCK PRICES AT SOUTH OMAHA Steer Prices Strong cn De sirable K nils: libera: Run H36S 20 TO 30C H.GHER Active Trade. Bulk $19 20(6) 19 40. Top $19.65 Steady Trade on Large Run ef Lambs. Tap Feeders $17.36, Fat Lambs $17.26. Union Stock Yards, South (ininhit, September 10. The week opens out with a very fair run of cattle, 15,000 head, and a steady to strong market for desirable beeves and good cows. Medium and common rattle were rather slow sale at steady to easier figures. Iemand for good, fleshy feed ing steers waa active and prices strong, medium and common gradea eelllng about the same as last week. Quotations on cattle: Choice to prime beeves, $17.00918.00; good to choice beeves, $16.50017.00; fair to good beeves, $18.00915.00; common to fair beeves. $10.00913.00; good to choice yearlings, $14.00 10 .50; fair to good yearlings, $11.00014.00; common to fair yearlings, $8.00 10.00; choice to prime steera, $14.50 10.50; fair to good grass beeves, $11.7514.50; com mon to fair beeves. $9l 76 11.75; Mex ican beeves, $SLQQJ.0U; sued to choice heifers. $&.00U.50; good to choice cows. ffl.B011.2.'!; fair to good cows, 18.0009.00; cutters, $7. on 7. ."; cannera, $A.2o7.00; veul calves, $7.00 13.50; bologna bulls, $7XW7.75; beef bulls. $7.75 10.50; choice prime feeders. $13.00 15.50; good to choice feeders, $ 10.00 13.00; fair to good feeders. $9.00 10.00; good to choice stock ,-rs $10.00 11.50; fair to good stockers, $8.2&9.50; common to fair grades. $7.008.00; stock heifers, $7.258.75 ; stock cows, $0 50jj.73 ; Stock calves. $7.00 11. 00. Hogs Mostly 20 30c Higher. A very moderate Monday's run of hogs showed up, only about 3,800 head, and trade wa6 active from start to fin ish at prices 2030c higher than Sat urday. Tops brought $19.05 and the hulk of the trading was around $19.20 19.40. Sheep and Lambs Steady. There was a rather heavy run of sheep and lambs, about 35.500 head, but a broad demand from both pack ers and feeder buyers and a good, steady market for tat as well as feed er grades. Oood fat Itiinhs brought $17. J", and choice feeder lambs $1735. Quotations on sheep and lambs: Lambs, good to choice, $17.00lTJKlS Inmbs. fair to good. 1-1 .00 17.00 ; lambs, culls. $10.00 14.00 ; lambs, feeders, good to choice. $17.0017.35 : lambs, feeders, fair to good. $10.00 17,00; lambs, culls and outs. $1&25 10.00; Yearlings, good to choice. I12JM Q19L25; yearlings, fair to good, $12.00 012.80; yearlings, choice, iight feed Ing. $12.50 12.70 ; yearlings, fair, good, feeding. $12.Kt 12.50 ; ewes, feeders. S8.O609.5O ; wethers, feeders. $11 .75 12.25 ; ew es, good to choice. $10XKK$10.5O; ewes, fair to good. $900 10.00; ewes, culls, So .IX I fa 7. 00. SOI SA'S WEDDINO MARCH IS AT LAST OOMPDETED IOI American music for Americans Hun music, like everything else Ger man, is taboo in America. Therefore patriotic young persons who have married of late have dispensed with music In connection with public wed dings. They refused to permit either the playing of Mendelssohn's o:- Loh engrin's wedding in:. relies, because they were written by German com posers'. 00 John Philip Sousa. at the rennet-: of the National council of de fense, has written a wedding march for Americans. Several months ago Sousa was re- queated by the National council of de fi in. tti write a n'W wedding uiarch Sousa waited for an inspiration. It came finally. That was three weeks ago, and the march, once started, was soon completed. Then it was played in Detroit by Sousa's own band be fore an audience. That was to be the test of KB power to hold toe public At the linish the oiitburs.s of ap plause satisfied the composer that lit had succeeded in his undertaking Then he dedicated the piece, which is to be known as "Sousa's Wedding March " to the Americ an public. It is planned to have the new march played by every one of the 100 I'ni'ied States naval bands at the opening of the new loan drive, Sept 23, next as a 4enedictioa or prayer for its succe ss. Sousa is a li- utenant in the United States naval reserve and has trained every one cr t'je n:i vel bands. OLD WE BUY FALSE TEETH We pay from $2 00 to $5.00 per net (broken or not). We r. ho pay actual value for Diamonds, old Gold. Silver and Bridge-work. Send at MeM by parcel post and receive tash ay return mail MAZEIt'S TOOTH SPECIALTY l1.t X. 24M7 So. nth St. Itilladel- Europe phiu, Pa. Father of Punctuation. The present system of punctuation now used in all modern languages witli but insigniUcaut variations, was Intro dueed in the first hall of the fifteenth century by a Venetian printer natnei Aldus Manutius. lie is the real fa the of punctuation marks of the full stop comma, semicolon, colon, question and exclamation marks, apostrophe and in verted commas. Manutius' system wn adopted later by all printers until it finally established itself throughout Louisville Courier-Journal New Shoes Made by Americas foremost artisans. Like all other wear ables the best is the cheapest Edwin Clapp and Walkover All the new snappy lasts. Prices range $6. to $14 Mi itffl Wilson Is enjoying a visit with tier mother and sister, who came from their home at York. Neb., the latter part of the syejajt Mr II I' Shepherd. Mrs E. L. Vatlghn, Mrs. Mclung and Amelia HOCK returned from Pine Hldge Sunday evening, where they had been Bathcrlai fruit They report fruit scare . but a very pleasant time. t Mr Mable McCluntr Is visiting with her brother, Clare Welker at Gordon this week. Word comes from Ieo Toohey who Is smnowhere In France, saying he had been gassed and was in a hos pital When first taken from the trenches he was taken to n field hos pltal wher- Bill Walker, of this place, in wardmns-ter. Leo said the last Me could remember he was In the tremh heelde Walter Marshall, hut a letter from Walter of recent date said he waa feeling fine, which great ly rolelved his friends here who were apprehensive thM he might Buffered from the a. .me cuise as Leo. Bill Annen. who waa returning from Omaha Tueadhy waa on the Ill fated 43 which waa wrecked a few miles out of Alllr.nce and where so many lost their Uvea. Luckily for Bill he only received slight injuries. Charles Moravek waa in from Canton the firat of the week after supplies. The famous of course Hemingford Railroad Notes j Engineers Allen. Sternburg Meyers are on the sick list. and Fireman Bnndholtz h.ts returned from Chicago and other eastern points. Clarence Morgan, dav supply man, has returned to work. Clarence has been off for over a month. v Mrs. Joe Bogan experts to leave before long on a visit to St. Louis. Boilermaker Thurston leaves to night on a business trip to Sheridan, Wyoming. Fireman W .1 Barron has been as signed to helper service M Crawford ; 0 lluckett lert Saturday on a business trip on the east end and the hlghllne. He returned Monday Mrs. Nettle Druery and time daughters left for Nemaha, Nebras ka, Monday night for a visit with home folks. S. W. Ivea will leave for Chicago the 17th to look after a patent he has work out. Boad Foreman J .1. Wnddell Is In Chicago attending a fuel committee meeting this week. Mrs. B. Malek left on 301 Inst night for her new home In San Fran cisco. Engineer W. .1. Mnhoney, who haa been on the east end for the past month, Is back In Allance. "Caaley" brot up a new engine. No. fi2J54. tmt Engineer B. E. Monger haa been assigned to helper service at Mars land. ICH Mr. and Mra. W. B. Johnson left Wednesday for Crawford. Mrs Johnson will spend a week with her parents there and Mr. Johnson waa assigned for helper service on the hlghllne. tei IN HPITE OF WAR AND HfOH WATHR If you wanted to sell a secondhand automobile, or rent a house, you would put an r.dvertleement in the paper and run M a few times or until vou sold the machine or rented the house, 1 nd then you would quit. If you were manufacturing goods or running a store, you would main tain your advertising continuously, because you would not be aiming to make one sale, but many as many as you could. All right. Now comes alone a war and upsets your supply of raw material, or made-up goods, or maybe the government takes over your output or curtails It, thereby either completely or parth lly elmln atlng your civilian trade. Would It be worth while to continue your ad vertlalng? That Is the question that many of our big Industries are fac hardly an exception they nr continu ing. Not with a view of Influencing Engineer L. E. Mark and family Immediate srles. Not ai all. But, have moved their household goods torealizing that present conditions are TATTONS If they discontinued theJk of the millions of dollars of good-will value hack of all those trade marka and names that would be loot, or greatly reduced. Preservat'on Is aa tore's first law Preaervatlon ef prestige is likewise Ihe firat law of business. Among the Inrg-r Industries to maintain, and In fact Increase, tber advertlalng this fall, the Wm. Writ ley Jr. compony Is noted as evidenc ed by the "copy" now running on A frequent schedule in The Heraldt Welcome, Mr. Wrlgley, and we hope our local merch-.nts will be hearten ed by your energy. Also. Mr. Wrlgley, may we com mend your attitude of injecting a strong pat -lot'.c note In yt.ur adver tising. Instead of the usual sales talk about "Wrlgley's" being great for ap petite and dig si ion? We under stand the soldiers ; nd sailors i.re tak ing moat of your output and that we at home will have to chew eur Wrlf ley's a little longer. All right. "The flavor lr-ats." , nyway, md we won't have to go completely withe ut, Judg ing from the stocks of your goode our merchants are appirontly able to maintain in spite of war and high water. We agree with Gen. ghermna In his definition of war, and we also agree with Mr. Wrlgley in hla state ment that WE MUST WIN THIS WAB and that until we do nothing else really in 1 1, s Di thia connection, may we he per mitted to remark that newapaper space ia reoeiving earnest attention in these days of momentous new and that the columns of The Herald are Juat as valuable as they ever were. If not more so, in stimulating good will and In maintaining the prestige of the goods, the trade marks and the names set forth therein. Famous Collins Saddle The beat saddle made. Hare stood the teat for 60 years. Write for free catalogue. Alfred Cornish & Company Successors to Ooillna Morrison 1210 Farnam St., Omaha, Nek. A. M. Millor was in Alliance- business Tuesday. on Mrs. Byron Fosket and son, Geo., were in from Sioux county the first of the week. o Mrs. Katen and daughters and Miss Hazel Minor autoed up from Al liance Saturday evening. A. M. Miller returned Sunday from i month's sojourn in Seattle and Portland where he attended the G. A. it. encampment. A. HvBacon returned from Lincoln Monday where he had been attending the state frir. Mrs. Ieavitt came from Bayard, Neb., last week and will renu. in with her son, Fred and family, for sometime. - o Mr. ad Mrs. Flcyd Ellis are enjoy ing a visit with Mr. Ellis father, who came from his home in Kansas Mon day morning. Mrs. MnlrheadJ and daugheara and Mrs. Enyeart returned Thursday rom Hot Springs, where tuey apenl he past month. , Mr. and Mrs. John Moravek and daughter, Mrs. Caha, came Saturday rom Lincoln, where they attended he fatr. They report a large at-endanee. Live Stock Transit Insurance Live stock men over the entire west are forming the habit of INSURING THEIR LIVE STOCK IN TRANSIT. They do it for safety, economy and quick returns. The Hartford Live Stock Transit Policy protects shippers of live stock, and is the only company offering a broad policy easy to understand, clear in its lernis, which gives absolute protection against loss from hazards of transportation including suffocation, freezing, tramp ling, fire, collision, train wreck and every form of killing or injury while the animals are in the custody of the common carric1". We are represented at all of the live stock markets in the United States and Canada, and locally by C. W. SPACHT Hemingford, Nebraska FRED E. FEAGINS Alliance, Nebraska SAMS & McCAFFREE, Scottsbluff, Nebraska W. B. CHEEK, Local Manager HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Live Stock Department STOCK YARDS - OMAHA, NEBRASKA The eipht months old babe of Mr and Mrs. A. P. Haynes is quite sick at this Writing with cholera-infant um. J. T. llulter was an Alliance vis itor Tuesday. Fred Melick was down to Alliance the tifot of tlu week. Miss Olivia Delsinn came up from Antioch Monday for a week's isit with home folks. QeOTfjt Wihsey and Nathan !(aa-k-ey were in Crawford Sunday to atend the M. E. conference. Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hall and children and Mrs. WlthnJD, mother of Mrs. Hull, wi re Sunday quests at the John 1 Moravek home. Mr. and Mrs. Uoy Phillips returned Friday from a week's stay at Hot Springs, South Dakota. tot Mr and Mrs. Winchester moved into the room south of the White I Know the Voice WHICH tmUS THE 8UFF1UUNS FKOM A SORE TOOTH I have to see or read for the first time the works of any noted writer of the middle ages, anything that pertains to Dentistry. There could not have been the demand upon them then as in being made today. THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE AND DENTAL 8UROEHY Which has shown such wonderful progress in such a comparatively short time, has been compulsory' so to speak. Again NECESSITY WAS THE MOTHElt OF INVENTION For twenty years every hour of every day, I have heard some one say, "Why does not some one invent something to relieve pain in a safe and easy manner?" The cry for this great necessity haa dwelt on my mind so long, that I finally solved the problem and have put it into use. Through Sturgis & Sturgis, Attorneys. I tiled for a patent on this most wonderful method to relieve pain. I KNOW THE VOICE OF THE SLFFEItElt; I AUSO KNOW HOW TO ANSWER in a manner that should immensely please. It's here for you to take advantage of. I will gladly show you. For Out-of-Town l'atroiifc Aptoinf merits Made to Beat Suit Their Conveni ence. PHONE TODAY DR. G. W. TODD mm KRANDEIS HI I in IN.. o AM II A. NEBRASKA