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Rain we have. a-plenty,-but none to
rpare. A few are Commencing to beef
liut don't f6r things could not be bet
tcr than they are at the present time.
Ix farming four hundred and twenty
five acres to ppring wheat and eighty
acres to corn.
It was muddy, but we started out
Tuesday morning enrly and fought the
mud for seven miles to the home of
John Couper.s and had the nicest vinit
with them we have had for some time.
After spending about an hour . with
them we started on to see a neighbor
end ran into a pond and got hung up
for awhile, but got out on our own
power and beat it back to take dinner
with Mr. ami' Mr. Coupens, as we had
a previous invitation which we were
glad to accept. John came here twelve
years ago from Platte county and sayn
that he would not go back to live on
a bet, for this l a more henlthy coun
try and one can produce more to the
acre here than can be done there. John
is farming forty acres to wheat, sixty
to oats, fifty to corn and forty to
rpuds. They are milking ten cows and
nay that the cows make their living.
Mrs. C has three hundred and fifty
little chickens and some of them are
almost ripe now. .
' Carl Kohrman came to this county
thirty-sgc yearn ago and lives Just two
miles from where he first lived at
home with his father and mother thirty-six
years ago. Carl owns three
hundred and twenty acres of good soil
and .is farming fourteen acres to
wheat, twenty-five to oats, fifty to corn
end seven to spuds. He also has
twenty-five acres in alfalfa. Carl says
that corn, hogs and alfalfa are the
twst crops for him and he tries to
raise about fifty hogs per year. Carl
tells us that when they first came here
they had to carry their supplies on
foot from town as they had no team
for two years after coming here.
August Kohrman was " born here
thirty-two years ago. He owns one
hundred and sixty acres adjoining the
farm of his brother Carl. He has fif
teen acres to wheat, fifteen to oats,
thirty to corn and he has about fifty
good Poland China hogs. August says
lie does not know much about any
other country, but this is good enough
for him.
Who said it did not rain in western
Nebraska? We are blessed with the
nicest rains of any place in the state
just enough and not too much. We
did pot get to drive out into the coun
try Wednesday because of the rain
Tuesday night, but we did get to go to
the circus, for we had to take the chil
dren. We did not care to go, but of
course the kids wanted to see the ele
phant and could not go alone, so we
went along.
Thursday morning we headed north
and the first stop was at the home of
Fred M. Shemadine, who came to this
county this spring from Polk county
and is operating eight hundred acres
of land and owns three hundred and
twenty acres. He has two hundred and
sixty-five acres of winter wheat, one
hundred Bnd fifteen acres of. spring
wheat, seventy-five acres of corn, fifty
acres of beets and forty-five of spud
Fred tells us that he likes this coun
try fine and says he can produce moie
to the acre on this land than can be
done on three hundred dollar land in
the east.
James Underwood who lives Just
north of Mr. Patterson's came to this
county thirty-four years . ago when
Hay Springs was the nearest town.
He stflvpri arntinH nuhllo thn left tn
find a better place, but could not; and
came back and bought six hundred and
forty acres of fine soil and is farming
a part and rents the balance. He has
one hundred acres in oats, one hundred
in corn, seventy-five in spuds, fifteen
in rye and sixty to alfalfa, and says
that this country is the best place to
make money he has ever been in.
One-half mile north of Underwood's
is the home of William Cnnnena u'hn
came here from Platte county seven
years ago anrt likes this county much
htfpr than Plntto aa a tyiin .on rrof
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a start much easier here than farther
east, win is farming forty acres to
wheat, twenty to oatta, thirty to corn
and twenty to spuds.
E. S. Patterson, son of W. F. Pat-
tpraon. was hnra hora oVinnf tMru
years ago and owns the west half of
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section iz-zo-4s ana nas a very nice
home and a nice pair of twins that we
something about in another part of the
paper. L. S. is farming one hundred
acres to wheat, eighty to oats and
twenty to corn. He says he doesn't
know anything about other' countries,
but knows this suits him.
William Bock came to this county
thirty-six years aeo and has lived here
since. He was telling us about selling
wneat in tne nineties for 33 cents per
bushel, so times have been worse than
they are now. William is not farming
so much, but good. He has forty acres
in wheat, ten to millet and seven to
potatoes. . ; ,
Stephen Collens is a young man who
was born here and is farming and
boarding out and says that a young
man can get a start here if he is will
ing to work and that he likes this
country fine. He is farming forty
acres to wheat, twenty to corn and
twenty to oats.
R. J. Westlake has' been here for
seven years and likes the country bet
ter all the time. They came from Lan
caster county and say that they would
not go back there to farm as they have
had better success and better health
here. Mr. Westlake has a verv nice
herd of Hampshire hogs, having about
sixty little pigs at the present time.
R. J. owns one hundred and sixty acres
and is operating four hundred and
eighty acres of corn, one hundred sixty
to winter wheat, twenty to rye, twenty
to oats and twenty to spuds.
J. M. Clay has lived here for the
past few years and says this is the
best place to make money that he
knows of and he has been around some
at that. He came from Custer county,
but would not go back there to farm.
He is operating six hundred and forty
acres and is planting one hundred and
forty-five acres to spuds, twenty to
corn and ten to cane.
Our next stop was at the fine home
of William F. Patterson, one of the old
settlers of this county, who came here
in the spring of 1885 and homestesded
and has lived on the place ever since.
The old soddy is still standing in which
he lived until the fine modern home
was built two years ago, but now they
have one af the finest homes that you
can see in the country. It is modern
from cellar to . garret and has the
Pelco lighting and water system. The
first floor is finished in oak and the
second in fir. Mr. Patterson owns nine
hundred and sixty acres of good soil
and is farming the most of it. He can
tell some tales of the hardships that
come with the early settlers in any
new country, but he Is an example of
what can be done if one sticks to a
country like this. He says that there
never was a better country for a young
man to get a start in than this, nor a
Letter time than now. Mr. Patterson
L. Jv Holcomb came to this county
two years ago and is operating four
hundred acres. We did not see Mr.
Holcomb, but had a nice visit with the
Mrs., who informed us that she and
her husband liked this country better
than any place they had lived and
thought that anyone that was willing
to work could soon get a start here.
Mr. Holcomb has one hundred and
sixty acres of winter wheat, eighty
acres of rye, forty acres of oats, thirty
of corn and fifteen of spuds, and Mrs.
Holcomb is raising pure bred chickens.
She -has the White Leghorn, Rhode
Island Red and Barred Rock strains
and they are very nice.
Nels C. Nelson, who lives about nine
miles north on the irraded road, came
; here from Iowa two years ago and is
I operating a nine hundred and sixty
I acre farm and likes it He was a rail
. road man before coming to this coun-
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try, uines to xarming as a aucic to
water and we predict great success for
Nels. He has forty acres to wheat,
seventy-five to oats, ninety-five to
corn, sixty to spuds, forty to rye,
twenty-five to barley and fiftteen to
rruuet.
ELLSWORTH
' At high noon Wednesday, June. 1, a
very beautiful home wedding took
place at the home of the bride's par
ents, when Miss Veronica Kennedy
and Ross Schafenburg were united in
marriage. Father Murray officiate!
Both young people are well known in
this community, Miss Kennedy having
taught school the past year rar Ells
worth and the two years previous was
.connected with the War Risk Insur
, ance department in Washington, while
Mr. Schafenburg, who has resided in
or near, thia vicinity the majority f
his life, is now well and favorably
'known as the competent manager of
! tte Joy ranch north of Lakeside.
, ' Both bride and groom were beauti
fully dressed, while Miss Margaret
Kennedy and S. E. Stewart, who stood
vp for the occasion were at their beU
Immediately after the ceremony some
-forty relatives and friends of the
younjr couple were seated at a most
i elaborate wedding dinner after which
Mr. and Mrn. Si!riafprihiirff ajmnati
ied by Miss Sarah Craig, a close friend
of the bride, mntnreit tn A I Hon.
where the bride and groom departed
ior a snon noneymoon to Denver and
ouier iworaao points, miss Craisr re
turmnsr to her homa in Omaha Th
enure community wishes the young
vuupio long ana nappy me.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wlghtman an
nounce the birth of a daughter. PatH
cia Eleanore. Mr. Wightman returned
irum vmana Sunday, , and Mrs
mgaiman ana tne new arrival are.
eAvecieu in aoout two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Benjamin of
fer Spade were Alliance visitors
unesiay.
Lllsworth Baseball club. A real ball
crganized and we have material for
n excellent nine this season. The in
mat game of the season was played at
lakeside Sunday, May 29th, and
wnue mis game was lost by a 7 to 6
score, we feel that thA aliht f
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practice this season is sufficient, con
sidering that the Lakeside team hasj
played nearly a dozen games already,
this year. A return game on the Ella-i
worth diamond will be played in the
near future and we hope for better re-
suits. Sunday, June 6, we play Bing-.
ham at the home ground and your
attendance will be appreciated as we.
cannot nave a good baseball team .
without suort. , I
A. Moore announces the usual good
music and good tim for the dance I
Saturday, June 4. Ellsworth dances
are a success; if you don't believe it,
attend. We have a good dance every .
other Saturday. I
Arrangements are now under way (
wheeby Ellsworth will have a Fourth
of July celebration, under the manage
ment of St. Bernard's church and the
Kllsworth Baseball club. Areal ball
game, broncho busting, bareback rid
ing, running races, foot races, etc.,
with a good live dance in the evening
will be some of the events, wo cele
bration has been held in Ellsworth for
two vears but they are always ruc-
cess. For further particulars, witch
this space.
Mr. and Mrs. J. I Young, Miss
Grace .Young, Miss Ruth Crowfoot,
and Eugene Kennedy motored to A'li-
ance Monday, stopping on at Anr.iocn
for thd ball game on the way home.
Dr. nr.d Mrs. Moore of Antioch ma be
professional calls in this vicinity recently.
Sheriff lirucs or Kusnvme maae a
nrofessional call fn this vicinity re
cently and it Is reported that one cf
our leading brands of "hootch" will
now be off the market indefinitely.
Rainfall has been very plentiful
this year and the frequent rains have
made it necessary for rail officials to
carefully watch the tracks. Tuesday
night section men were called out be
tween Bingham and Antioch. t,very
thing was found in normal order ex
cept the tracks at Bingham, which
were covered by sand to a depth of
two feet. This, however, was soon
cleaned up and No. 42 was delayed
only a few minutes.
Arranzements have been made to
have an Ellsworth write-up in The
Herald every Friday issue.
Don't foreet the dance Saturday
night and the baseball game between
Ellsworth and Bingham on the home
diamond Sunday, at 2:30 p. m.
HEMINGFORD
The Decoration day program here
was as usual one of the most inter
esting events of the year. In spite of
the rainy weather throughout the day
mere was a capacity house and many
people standing and some could not
get in the opera house at all.
Mr. Shumway of Scottsbluff cave a
splendid address, paying a most fitting
tribute to the mothers of the land and
also to the soldiers of the three wars.
The Hemingford band, the male
quartet, the Camp fire girls and the
soloists furnished splendid music, ap
propriate for the day. In the after
noon at 1:30 practically everybody
went to tne cemetery where the band
played, the quartet sang and the Le
gion boys conducted appropriate serv
ices and decorated the graven of the
dead.
W. D. Johnson and wife and Rev.
Mr. May and wife spent Monday eve
ning with Prof. Embree and wife.
Miss McKnight, for the largest part
of nine years a foreign missionary,
spoke at the Methodist church lues
day evening of this week. She de
parted Wednesday morning, accom
panied by Mrs. A. J. May, Mrs. S. A.
Grimes and Mrs. Robert Gibson for
Crawford, where the district meeting:
of the women a foreign missionary so
ciety was in session on Wednesday and
ihursday.
George Jones, employed in the Lock-
wood store, who has been sick for a
few days, is on duty again though with
a little less pep than he usually dem
Last Tuesday evening it quit raining
and went to "pouring," and it poured
and poured, etc., until it was over. I he
lightning struck the lighting system
in the home of Charles Davidson and
burned out all the fuses, globes, etc.,
causing a little excitement.
Miss Blanche Wiltsey who has been
very sick with rheumatism for several
weeks, is again in the store at her
usual task.
A large audience attended the me
mortal services at the M. E. church
Sunday morning and the program was
highly appreciated by those present.
Miss Mary Coil and Otto Unrig were
united in marriage Wednesday noon at
the home of Miss Coil's sister near
Marsland. The Coil and Uhrig fam
ilies were guests and every1 part of
the occasion went off pleasantly, icev.
Mr. Cox, pastor of the Congregational
church officiated. Mr. Uhrig is cashier
of the Farmers' State bank here and is
well known and respected. Miss Coil
was teacher in the high school here
last year. The newlyweds are well
known and have a host of friends who
wish them well on their matrimonial
voyage. They are to occupy the Ben
Price home in the west part of town.
Allison Johnson who is attending
business college at Chadron is at home
this week assisting with the spud
planting.
Frank Potmesil is recovering from
an operation and will soon be himself
again.
Road dragging is the principle item
of interest these days.- They are in
fine shape and the rain coming so fre
quently fixes them for another drag
ging. The good road proposition looks
fine here, thanks to the commission
ers. '
Mrs. A. J. May is expecting a visit
from her sister, Mable Rush and hus
band from Centralia, 111., thia week.
POTENT ,
He hugged her in the shadowy hall
way. ' .'
"Oh." she giggled breathlessly. "I
never realized the power of the press
until this moment
, And possibly if it were not for the
nut 8 and boneheads in this world about
half the population would have to go
to work or starve.
It thia thing keeps un the Germans
may yet discover that they lost tha
President Harding Says:
"We Want an America of
.. ,' wanl an Africa of homes,
illumined with hope and happine,
where mothers, freed from the neces
sity for long hours of toil beyond their
own doors, may preside as befits the
hearthstone of American citizenship.
We want the cradle of American child
hood rocked under conditions so whole
some and so hopeful that no blight
may touch it in its development, and
we want to provide that no selfish in
terest no material necessity, no lack
of opportunity shall prevent the gain
ing of that education so essential to
best citizenship. From President
Harding's Inaugural Speech.
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Read what our president has in view for
Americans. His picture of the American Home
ftlfords an ideal towards which all of us should
work. We should make the home mean every
thing in family life. The young couple just
starting in married life, and the older couples
who have been renting can find a world of com
fort in the feeling of pride in the ownership of
their home. The first step is to
Own your own Home
Building costs are lower, laborers are not rushed with
work, transportation charges have been temporarily re
ducedL Everything points to NOW as the best time to build.
See Us Today
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We are always pleased
to give you the benefit of
our experience in the
building game. You are
"always welcome to this
service.
Bierks' Lbr. & Goal Go.
F. W. HARGARTEN, Manager
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Sets the Pace for the Big
In order to guarantee delivery, we must have signed
orders for these cars as it will take some time for the
factory to get under production to take care of imme
diate delivery.
Present Line of Buick will be Carried Through the 1922 Season. J
Buick Prices F. O. B. Alliance
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Model 22-44 Roadster $1,740 ?
Model 22-45 Five Passenger Touring. . . .$1,775 2
Model. 22-46 Four Passenger Coupe. . . . . .$2,435 J
Model 22-47 Five Passenger Sedan. . ... .$2,735 ?
Model 22-48 Four Passenger Coupe...... $2,650 y
Morlel 22-49 Seven Passenger Touring... $1,995
Model 22-50 Seven Passenger Sedan . . . . . $2,975 - ' :
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