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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1902)
'& i '5' ' itfJT i F- A. t 3-33-3-M5-399?fl5599M5fl5v391J99'5'99'?& voxnvA, ve c5efte.e&&6 - &66 - & - 6 - 66e - San Fkancisco, Cal., October, 1002. continued. Yesterday I visited the Presidio, the barracks and fortifications guarding tho dolden Gate, where I met Sergeant Frank Judson who has spent six months in the Philippines -and four months at tho Pre sidio since leaving Alliance. Ho secured a forty-eight hour furlough and proceeded to make my stay in San Francisco the most interesting. Military authorities, who have made a study of tho world's fortifications, assert that the works, guns, etc., about the Golden Gate constitute the mo?t impregnable fortress on tho globe, and the greater part has been completed by Uncle Sam since the Hispano-Amori-can scuQlo. I was surprised indeed to be informed that Gibraltar is not to be considered as a strongly fortified point in comparison with our stronghold which stands as the guard ian of San Francisco. It is a matter fo? Belf-congratulation to be a citizen of a country that stands second to none among the nations. Our commercialism has captured the old world. When military operations demand that a bridge be thrown across a river in Sou thAfricn, Lord Roberts sent the. specifications to England demand ing hat such a , bridge bo constructed at once. Tho British authorities adver tised for bids. An American, a repre sentative of the Iron and Steel Works of Pittsburgh, happened to be in London at the time, and cabled the specifications to Pittsburgh for a bid; The mathematicians of the company sat up all night, figured the cost of the bridge completed and rest ing upon its piers in South Africa, and cabled tho bid to London the day follow ing, and secured the contract. The near est English, French or German com petitor demanded six months to set the bridge in place after it should arrive on the ground, while the American firm agreed to build the bridge, transport it to 1 South Africa, haul it more than fifty miles inland, erect it so that the troops might move over within three months after the contract should be awarded. The mani festation of such energy on the part of Americans created a new era in European thought. The battleship Oregon, the pride of America, is now in San Francisco. Built at the Union Iron Works in this city, she seems to be proud of her strength, and has chosen tho place of her birth as her favorite stopping-place. She has orders now to proceed to Oriental waters as flag ship for Asiatic squadron. Her departure next Tuesd y will call to the wharf a multitude to wish the colossal battle-ship God-speed across the Pacific. Today I visited Oakland and Berkley, the latter citv being the seat of the Uni versity of California which is second in enrollment in the United Slates. One of its buildings is said to have cost a half a million dollars. TIere X witnessed a game of foot-ball between elevens from the high schools of Oakland and Berkley, the game to decide the championship for this section of the Pacific coast. After a helter-skelter scrimmage in the mud, en couraged by deafening cheers from the grand stands, the game was won by the the home team. No tourist will leave the city without first visiting the Golden Gate Park and Cliff House. The park is, much larger than the Central Park of New York City, and if my memory serves me correctly, this park is superior to its eastern com petitor in several features. The Aviary and Museum of the Golden Gate Park are well worth a week's visit. A book might be written on the wonders observed here, hence I should not even enumerate them. Whatever is forgotten, Cliff House and Seal Rocks will linger on the scroll of memory. I was particularly fortunate in having visited the Cliff House on what mariners say was the roughest day of the year on the sea. The waves, driven by a roaring driving sea, dashed against seal rocks and leaping high in the air, fell in foam and spray upon the topmost rocks, which were covered with bellowing, howling seals maddened by the wild breakers. No pic ture can do justice to the scene as canvas cannot catch up the characteristic swish and rumble of the ocean and add to it the noise poured forth by tho enraged seals. On that day two schooners were wrecked by the high seas. I saw one of them. It was driven upon the rocks. Looking far out at sea, I could discern large sailing craft tugging at their anchors, unwilling to make the Golden Gate in the jaw of such a gale. Well might they fear, haying sails only, but steam craft find the Gate easy to enter regardless of what the ocean is doing, I might add here that the seals on seal island are protected by law as their bellowing serves as a warning to seamen during high seas, at which times the bellowing of a pack of fox hounds is tamu compared with their uncultured clamor. The Maker of all bad a purpose in His every creatiou. No one can commune with the ocean, try to unlock its screts without becoming batter acquainted with the Ocean-Maker, the Go3 of the Bible. " They that go down to tin a in ships, that do business in waters. These tee the works of tho Lord, and His'wonders in the deep. For he commandeth, and ralseth the stormy wind, which liftqth up the wav thereof. They mount up to the haven, they go down again to the depths, their soul is melted because of trout! s. ")Do&.... Rw. "Dr. AloTtv't "itflfotVi on H& "5rat SVtui& $ HDqtU, VDTtai Sveel&tt? and. EuoVuVntV) ft 6 - c - eftfre - e - e5 - ee5&c - &&6ee - c - - free - e - 6 - ;p They reel to and fro and stagger liko a dmnken man and are at their wit's end," Psalm 107:23-27. Observo Longfellow's impression? as he gazed upon the sea: "Ah! what pleasant visions haunt mo As I gaze upon tho seal ' All the old romantic legends, All my dreams, come back to me. Till my soul is full of longing , ' For the secret of the sea, And tho heart of tho great ocean, Sends a thrilling pulsefthrough mo.'" Mighty and mysterious as the ocean is, there is much in addition to stagger thought as it struggles to comprehend tho vast. In the Golden Gate Park, is a section of the remarkable California tree, the se quoia gigantea, which measured 308 feet in height, ninety-six feet in circumference at the base, its bark two feet thick, and its ago estimated at 370 years. If the age estimated bo correct that monster of tho vegetable family Avas an infant when Joshua marched around Jeri cho. San Francisco, the third commercial city In the tJnited States, has to its credit the following facts: ' ' y SANFRANGISCO Has one of the best harbors iu tho world, Has no financial indebtedness. Has a population of 300,000. Has the largest mint in the world, Has nine savings banks, with resources aggregating $138,508,835.81. Has seventeen commercial banks, with resources aggregating $87,074,810.75, Manufacturing output for 1901 Was $125,000,000. Capital owns and controls most of the Pacific coast mines. Built tho Wisconsin, the fastest battle ship afloat. Is the natural shipping point for the Hawaiian and Philippine Islands and Oriental ports. v Has the most complete street-car system. Imports for 1900, $3g,ooo,ooo. Exports for 1900, $37,000. Has 185 clear days each year. Has 104 partly cloudy days each year. Has 76 cloudy days each year. Has a temperature which only varies 10 degrees between seasons. Has the largest horse in the world. His name is "Sampson," and can be seen on the streets in a buggy built for his special use. Weighs over one ton; length, o feet; height, 82 inches, Flour exports during 1901 were over 1,000,000 barrels. Stock and bond sales for 1901, transact ed by S. F. Stock and Bond Exchange were $25,314,000. Is tho greatest shipbuilding port on the shores of tho Pacific Ocean. , Imports of cement for 1901, 290,152 barrels. , Imports of Rice for 1901, 30,000,000 pounds. , Imports of Coffee for' 1901, 395,487 bags. Irrfports of sugar for 1901, 600,000 pounds. Ranks first in the world in ' the use of telephones, having one 'phone for every sixteen inhabitants. , Is the western gateway for American commerce. Exports" by sea during 1901 were over $40,000. Branch mint coined during 1901 over 870,000,000. The following laconic items of interest regarding California may be of value to the student of today: ' CALIFORNIA Has produced $1,500,000,000 in gold, which exceeds one-third the production of the world. Has the highest peak in the United Alliance Bowling Alley, W. S. RIDGELL, Prop rietor. um& bust GyMvori & "Kemsl, Csaw.es axv&,Ees Appointed Amusement Place in the West, and Invite All to Call. Ladies Especially Invited. Bowling, Billiards and Pool. CIGARS, TOBACCOS AND SOFT DRINKS. Dierks' Lumber! Coal Co. - Lumber Materials Co& audi "5Doo&. ' whIiiIiPIl We Can Also Make You a Loan In the Nebraska Central Building and Loan Association SO AS TO HELP VOU GET A HOME. States Mount Whitney, Inyo county, being 15,046 feet. Has the highest town in tho United States Bodio. Mono county, being 9,000 feet abovo tho sea level. Has the lowest point in tho United States Death Valley, Jnyo county, being 300 feet bolow tho sea level. Has greater wealth, per capita, than any other State. Has tho largest tree in tho world "Gen eral Grant," in Tularo county, being tog foet in circumference. . Has tho tallest trco in tho world "Key stone," in Calaveras county, being 365 feet high. Has 2,000 oil producing wells. Has a world renowned reputation for Lfino blooded last horses. Has a coast lino of 900 miles, with nu merous good harbors. Has twice tho barley Crop of any5 other Stato and oaofourlh of all that is pro duced. . ' . Has tho richest educational institution in the world tho Loland Stanford, Jr., University, endowed with $30,000,000. Has a topographical situation which will duplicate all the climates and all tho pro ducts of all tho other states combined, Has a larger honey production than any other State. Ha3 a reputation of being tho only fasin producing State in tho Union. Has the largest irrigation canals in the United States, located in Fresno, Kern, and Tulare counties, Has adopted, by common consent,- as floral emblem of .the state tho California poppy or eschscholtzia. Has a greater variety of fish than any other locality known, over 150 species be ing reported in Monterey Bay. Has over 3,000 artesian wells. Has the record of having tho first beet sugar factory in the United States, at Alva rado, Alameda county. Has produced the first pig tin in tho United States, from tho Tcmescal mines San Diego county. Has the largest ferry boat in tho world, "The Solano," used for transporting trains across Carquincz Strait, between Benicia and Port Costa. Has a population of 1,800,000. Has a larger beet sugar production than any other state. Has an enormous petroleum output, and will probably shortly lead all the other states. Has the largest farm 'in the United States. Has a larger production of walnuts than any other state, and a better quality. TIIK LARGEST MINT IN THE WORLD Is located in this city. Through the hands of its chief weigher, has gone all the money coined during the past twenty five years, an amount aggregating over nine hundred million dollars and not a solitary piece of money has gone astray. Ho now handles over 600,000 daily, or rather $1,200,000. Jor he delivers bullion to the cashier in the morning and receives it back coined during the day. Counting is done by weighting, but the little coins are both counted and weighed. A device is iu operation by which 10,000 separate coins can be counted in three minutes, thus making it possible to count the vast output. There are now in the vaults of the mint over fifty million silver dollars in canvas sacks, each sack containing $1,000. This vast fortune is guarded by seventeen men, twelve serving ht nighW and five in the day time, A system of electric alarms have been installed so that all may be called instantly to one point should some desperado attempt to feather his nest with Uncle Sam's glittering coin, which is laid aside for a rainy day. Since its establishment in 1854, tho mint has coined over $1,300,000,000.00, of which about $1,100,000,000 was in gold and about $200,000,000 in silver. Admission to the mint is free, the Secre tary of tho Treasurer having provided conductors to guide visitors through the mint from 9:00 to 11:30 a, m. daily except Sunday. About 30,000 persons visit the mint anually. E. C. Horn. ONE DOOR NORTH OF Young's Grocery. FOR - and Building Re F Hanson, Alliance, Nefc. UkAfHHUUXSSiS a32! - That the YOU lowest ever offered in the same qual ity of goods. Owing to the lateness of the season and the enormous stock of Ladies and Children's Cloaks we have on hand, we quote you these prices. Cloaks. Ladies Black Kersey, io-inch, heavy d!Q ind satin-faced, for vO.y) satin-lined and Black and Tan Kersey, nicely trimmed, for Castor Brown and Black Kersey 27-inch Coat, sdtccn-lined, velvet-trimmed, Black Castgr and Brown 45-inch coat, a bargain for S13.50; we sell at ig-inch Coats that sold for 7.50 and 10.00 last fall; now Childrcns' Jackets for Si. 75. We have a full lino of Monte Carlo and all lutest novelties in Cloaks at very reasonable prices. Don't fail to see our line before you buy.. Caiico d Percale. Best American Print Calico, 5c per yard. Percale, you generally pay ,12 l-2c for, we sell for 10c. Ranchmen ! m-wirminitnfiCTMrnsriHrdmMiBg R. F Honson, Alliance, Neb. nmsaraagaaaaaafftiBiHni is&TsvsssamBsssznssssiJBs: !l5PiSJCaaHE3nSK533 7TOHX3EK3BHi BZSUm&iKMlKHmTWTM ADMIT following prices are the I I IMlllI We also carry a full line of all the latest t NoveltySuiting, Dress t Goods, Etc. . . . . 5-&5 7.50 9-95 3.50 Ladies' Welts, military heel, heavy sole shoe, worth 3.50, now Ladies Genuine- Hand Turned Shoe, flexible sole, selling at 3.50, for Ladies Fine Shoes, beveled sole, mili tary heel, selling at 2.50, now 3; LtLEELEXHOrcCXn MUST ' l 1 Shoes. Having decided to close out the entire line of shoes, ( wo quote ' you prices that will sct you thinking. Read Them! Children's School Shoes, 8 to 27 sell ing at 1.50 and x.75, now for Infants Shoes, 1 to 4, 19c. " 1.19 While in town, don't fail to call on us. We will save you from 10 to 20 per cent on Fall Dry Goods. 1 V I