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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1920)
FOUR THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1920. Alliance Hrralb BVnn rniXTINO CO.. Ownrn Kntrrrd nt thf pfotofflc at AHIne, ftb., for ti Mniutlon thronn th janall frronrl rlaii matter. Published Tnccday and Friday. tiKonon u nrnn, jr Kditor ECW1N M. UUIIH Hualnraa Mgr. Official newopaper of tha City of Alliance; official newspaper of Box Butte County. Owned and publlohed by Tha Burr Printing Company, CJeorre l. Burr, Jr., Preaident; Kdnln M. Burr, Vlca President. ALLIANCE ELKS PAY TR1BITE TO THEIR DEAD (Continued from page 1) eternity; it is the apogee of that highway upon which our departed friends have trod, and we who live after them can see the flowers which they have plucked along its hillsides and the thorns with which they have been stung. From the noiseless chamber of the dead no sobs of sor row, no heartaches over broken hopes, no anguish over aspirations unat tained disturb the restfulness of their dreamless sleep. The statelessness of a black night does not mar or detract from the generous deeds which they performed while living, For the hap piness they gave to others; and from their sunless supulchre there comes no cry of pain. Let us salute their memory! "Death is the end of all sorrow; it either secures happiness or ends suf fering, it frees the slave from his master, opens the prison door, cures pain and closes the struggle of pov erty. It is the last and best boon of nature for it is the emancipation of man from all his cares and is at worst but the close of a banquet we have mil enjoyed. "Death with a relentless tread has wandered into the forest of this order and hewed therefrom its sturdiest oaks and most promising saplings; plucked from it the buds of spring and the sear and yellow leaves of au tumn. Men in the flush and morning of their manhood and others who had passed the meridian of life have been cut down by that inexorable and des olating law of nature which we call death. In this ceaseless carnage hearts are bleeding, wounds are made which never heal, and tears of sor row make a furrow on the check of Jove. Mourned members of this or der, whose names have been so ten uciy tumounceii, and iaiei away amid the scintillations of electric lights, have 'gone to that undiscovered country from whose bourne no trav eler returns.' "Whether their journey was only one stride across the imperceptible line of demarcation between two eternities, or whether a boundless un fathomable orenn ftretches between these earthly sho ds and those invis ible shores, we do not know! "Whether after death they saw the glorious splendor of eternal life, or whether their ashes shall slumber in cold oblivion until the resurrection morn, we do not know! "Whether from the narrow case ments of their present habitation they respond to the memories which we arouse, or whether from a celestial horizon above they remember us as we remember them, we do not know! "Whether death is but a journey in which the weary traveler sleeps be side the highway in an eternal rest, or whether it is only a hiatus along an endless path, we do not know! "These are some of the unsolved nnd perplexing inquiries which the fi nite makes of the infinite, the interro gation point at which the simplest child and the profoundest philosopher must pause alike. As to what is after death, the peasant is as wise as the sage. The dead alone have solved tfce stupendous problem of immortality, it is beyong the living. For centuries life has implored death to echo back its destiny but through the corridors of ages no answer comes. " 'If n man die, shall he live again?' "Monuments of marble as chaste as an icicle that hangs on Diana's tem ple, will rear their spotless heights to heaven as an epitaph to genius. Po ems will be written in the vigils of the night, shapeless marble metamor phosed into living entities that their creators may live in the niches of fame, and lives be sacrificed in sense less wars to immortalize ambition's child. But I would rather have as a monument to my memory such a tribute as is paid here today than all the shafts of marble reared at the altar of fame. lo know that some loving hand will plant a flower upon grave or some heart sorrow at a dissolution, is. the greatest monument of all. "I have stood under the shadows of a monument reared to the memory of Burns by his grateful countrymen, and in fancy heard the sad sea moan over his death; I have stood at the grave of Tasso and dreamed of his 'Jerusalem Delivered' while his rest ing place remained unmarked; I have stood in the gallery at Dresden, awed and enthralled with the transcendent genius of Raphael, as his divine crea tion of the Sistine Madonna burns her ineffable halo into the heart; I have leaned upon the marble balustrade of the Church of the Invalides, where sleeps the restless Napoleon; I have stood upon the spot where Caesar fell and have scaled the walls of the Col isseum and heard in fancy the protest of its silent stones agafnst the crimes of Roman brutality; I havu been in the halls of the palace of a king dec orated with the bloody trophies of a senseless war; but of all these, trib utes to greatness and genius which the present pays to the past, none can approximate in intensity and feei ng that sentiment which prompts us with each coming year to stand in memory upon the edge of an un marked grave and shed a tear for our un forgotten death at this store you will find gifts suitable For All The Family We have given much at tention and care to the selection of our stock for the holiday season, and we now have the goods on display where you will find it easy to select a present that will be a pleasure to give and that will reflect pleasant thoughts of the giver many times. Here are a few suggestions: Dalion Phonographs (prices now reduced) ; Cigars, Fountain Pens (ScheafTer and Wa terman) Johnston's Candies and Chocolates, Fine Stationery, Pocket Books, Cameras, Photo Albums, Manicure and Ivory (in sets or separate) Perfumes, Books, Dolls, Teddy Bears, Etc. Now located at 304 Box Butte, Next Door to F. J. Brennan First National Bank MEMBERS IN FAVOR OF A HOME MAN FOR SECRETARY Twenty-five members of the Alli ance chamber of commerce met Mon day noon for the first of their weekly luncheons in their new quarters alove the Brennan thug store. The mem bers were asked for their opinion as to whether the organization should employ a local or an outside man for ecretary, and several applications for the place were read, lhe sentiment was overwhelmingly in favor of a home man, and it is the intention ot the board of directors to offer the place to an Alliance man whose appli cation was presenteM. ine ciuo win have two rooms above Drennan's, one of which will be used for the secre tary's oll'ice. South Dakota is said to have of fered a large cash premium for the first producing oil well. A claim will be made by French & Rossiter for this premium. That this well may prove an extension of the Mule Creek field is possible, located as it is twelve miles southeast from this field. Wild catting is now going on at several points midway between Edgemont and the Mule Creek field, the closest pro duction in the latter field being six teen miles directly west of Edgemont, about 3,000 barrels per day being the reported daily production at this time. Should the new field prove to be an extension of Mule Creek it would make this one of the most extensive fields in the west. When the town well at Edgemont was drilled twenty years ago the drill ers penetrated and cased off an oil sand, the "city dads" saying that the;, were after artesian water and wen not interested in oil. Mr. Weller returned from an east ern trip last week. Shorty Fryor. was an eastbound passenger to Omaha Saturday. Mrs. Ash and son were in from the ranch Saturday morning. Heber Hord is in town on company business. R. A. Westover and daughters have "rone to keeping house in the Stand ird locality. Frank Cody and son Ed. drove in from their ranch Saturday. Mrs. Hazel Conner returned from a visit with friends in Alliance. Lee Wells drove over from Fawlette last Thursday and returned home Fri day. Jake Herman was in from the j ranch Friday morning. Wm. Wilson, salesman for Hitch cock Hill, was a Lakeside business vis itor the latter part of last week. Lon Trester was in from the ranch Friday. Mrs. Leo Berry was an Alliance vis itor Friday. Walter Rice returned from Oregon Thursday. Bill Shey and wife came down from Hoffland Saturday on No. 40. R. D. Kirk patrick returned from an eastern trip Saturday on No. 43. Hans Teterson and a bunch of car penters have been busy building cattle pheds on the Lakeside ranch, south of town, the last few days. LAKESIDE SOUTH DAKOTA HAS 1TSJFIRST OIL WELL The first producing oil well in South Dakota was brought in two miles southwest of Edgemont on Wednes day, December 1st, when French & Rossiter, drilling with a small rig on 1,200-acre lease known as the Slo- cum lease, found oil in the Dakota sandstone at a reported depth of 00 feet The production is not known and only varied estimates have been made, running from 20 to f00 barrels. Con servative oil men estimate that the well will produce 100 barrels per day. The well had been financed by Holl- ingsworth interests, which are said to represent Omaha capital. Eddie Tyler went to Hastings last Thursday. Frank Pilch returned from Omaha one day last week. We are sorry to have forirotten to give Mrs. Beck and the committee on the Red Cross work the credit du? them during the In.-t drive. In this small field they took in the sum of $00.00. I.uthe.- I'hipps returned to his home at Whitman Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carey were business visitors Thursday. Mr. Arthur Tyler and daughter, Marian, were Lakeside visitors Thrus day morning. Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Graybi'l r.nd Mrs. J. L. Roe were Alliance visitors Thursday and Friday. Alva Ash drove in from the ranch Thursday morning. The ladies' aid society will have a box social and handkerchief bazaar December 10, at the church. Mable Speer went to Hoffland Fri day. Ernie Weller and family woved to St. Paul the first of this week where they expect to farm next year. Give Your Wife A Bank Account For Christmas Some day you can buy that home or go into business for yourself when you get the big Bank Account. At least you can save money and trouble by giv ing her or yourself a bank account and letting her write checks to pay bills. We help her to keep her accounts straight, and her checks are re ceipts. Start a savings account for profit, it pays 5 per cent interest compounded December and June 1st. We will credit your Savings book with the December interest if you will bring the book in. Savings deposits made on or before December 10, will earn interest for all of December. The Guardian State Bank Capital $50,000.00. Under Supervision State of Nebraska. ' hr istma estions At The Horace Bosrue Store Handkerchiefs Boudoir Caps Silk Hose Cut Glass Silk- Underwear Eg 0Wf rAMm' Filipino Hand Embroidered Gowns Gloves Shoes Dolls Fancy Linens Fancy Towels Table Linens Lunch Cloths, Hand Bags Ribbons Traveling Bags i V