Zhc Iberalb-
PUDLISIIED FRIDAY'S.
T, J. O'KEEFE Publisher
J B. KNIEST Associate Editor
Entered At the postoflico at Alliance,
Nebraska, for transmission through the
malls, as second-class matter.
3T Tiik Herald Is the Official Publica
tion of Box Butte county and. Its circula
lion Is nearly twlite that of any other Al
liances paper.
I'Muns roii tim: rr.Nci:s.
A Washington dispatch under the date of
April 15th says W. A. Paxton of Omaha
is in Washington for tho purpose of ask
ing mercy for the cattlemuu of western
Nebraska and an extension of timo in which
they shall pull down their fonces. Mr.
Paxton expnets to see tho president todav
in company with Senators Millard, Warren
and Kltridge. Speaking of his mission to
Washington, Mr. Paxton said:
"I am not here in tho Interest ol any
particular set of men; I am here for the
purpose of telling the president tho exact
situation as 1( exists today In western Ne
braska should tho order to pull down tho
fences on May 1 bo carried out. I nm
going to tell him that that order, If carried
out, will bankrupt 75 per cent of tho cow
men in our state. The banks nro nlready
demanding new security for paper matur
ing becauso of the order of tho secretary
of the interior removing tho fences. I am
going to say to the president that thero is
not a single intending homesteader in that
section who has been deprived of his rights
by the cattleman between North Platte
and Scotts Hluffs. On the contrary, I
know that every cattlemen who has fences
in that section would bo glad to run fences
around a homestead if nn intending settler
Indicated his desire to settle upon a piece of
land. The prices of cattle havo gone off $2
In tho last year. Sixty-five hundred head of
cattle were unloaded Monday in South
Omaha, 75 per cent of which were range
cattle. A hundred thousand head of cat
tle are Involved in tho order to remove the
fences and, as I said before, if tho order Is
carried out it will be ruin to many small
cattle growers. Thero will bo no frills in
my talk with President Roosevelt. I know
tho situation. I also know that the country
occupied by tho cow men of western Ne
braska is not suitable for homesteads, and
I ahi going to tell Mr. Roosevelt tho facts,
which I hopo will bo approved by tho sen
ators who will go with me. Cattle raising
is one of Nebraska s greatest industries,
and to pull down tho fepecs at this time,
when cattle are low and prices going off
will bring ruin to many small growers.
I am going to nppeal to the president for
mercy. If he does not modify tho order,
then I will unload all tho cattle I am inter
ested in and recommend my friends to do
the same. Ruin is staring many in tho
faco and this talk, this sentimental talk
about homesteads in the rango country, is
nil in 'our eye; it is done for effect.
Whether Mr. Roosevelt will look at It as I
do, I don't know, but I do know that ho
will get tho plain truth from a plain man."
It is said that Nicholas Kravtchenok.the
associated press war correspondent at Port
Arthur, was not among the unfortunate
that went down with tho Russian battle
ship Petrojiavlovsk. This fact will be seri
ously regretted by tho public, and it is too
bad that a man who is weighed down with
such an appellation should not bo relieved
from further responsibility.
Tho Rosebud reservation bill for the
opening of that section of Indian land com
prising 416,000 acres In Gregory county,
South Dakota, finally passed the senate
last Monday and is thought the land will
bo thrown open for settlement by July 1.
Tho prico to be paid in- tho first threo
months' drawing will bo $4.00 per acre,
after that $3.00 for tho next threo months
and thereafter $2. 50 per aero.
The democrats of New York state held
their convention this week and selected a
delegation that is said to be In favor of
Judge Parker for president, but, of courso,
this is not official until Dave Hill, who is
one of them, sees which way tho wind
blows at a later date. The wily David
has a faculty of declaring himself "a demo
crat" under tho most trying circumstances.
Tho Pennsylvania democrats also had n
state convention the other day and drew
up just such a platform as can only be
drawn in the Keystone state. Hoveor,
it takes nerve to be a democrat in Pennsyl
vania even if they do resolve in a manner
peculiar to themsolves; they will come out
all right in the wash. As to who will con
trol the delegation from a presidential
standpoint remains to be seen. No doubt
Grover will have the upper hand.
The house passed Congressman Kinkaid's
land bill last Monday and it is said that the
bill goes to the senate where it will be in
the fatherly care of Senator Dietrich and
others. However, there is no chance for
the measure passing that body until next
winter, if it ever does. At any rate, it has
served Its. purpose of hoodwinking the re
publicans of the Sixth congressional dis
trict into line. But how about tho unjust
fence law and the sharks that are fleecing
the cattlemen of tho district under this
republican administration? Will this ruse
suffice to cover up that dirty work? We
hope not.
The following extract from tho Omaha
Bee's staff correspondent at Lincoln does
not indicate that the past year has been a
losing one for the Burlington system and
the net earning would indicate, that there
is reason to believe the road will soon re
store the trains necessary to carry on its
business. The correspondent says: "The
Burlington last year made just $2,156,513
05 more than it did the year previous,
above all of its expenses, including tax paid
and operating expenses. The Burlington
this year quotes its gross earnings at $15,
562,600,81 for tho year 1903, and for 1902,
it returned the gross earnings to the State
board at $12,674,838.71, an incyease in its
gross business for one year of $2,887,
762,10."
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT US
Many Complimentary Remarks Regarding- The
Herald's Illustrated Industrial Edition.
MEETING WITH MERITED PKAISK.
Allintico Ploncor-Gtip: The Grip
is not slow to glvo n public recognition
of merit when ever and wherever de
served. Tho Industrial Edition issued
by The Alliance Hekald Inst Friday
is a most creditable piece 01 worn aim
fa meeting with merited praise from all
citizens of Alliance whether agreeing
with The Herald office or not. The
Illustrations of oven place of note or
interest within Allinncc and also ranches
and other places of note in adjoining
counties, together with pictures of all
persons prominent in the affairs of Al
liance and Northwest Nebraska, are
really fine and tho cntiro paper is a
work of art and beauty. The outside
cover on which is printed a large picture
in colors of the last of the Indians be
fore the march of civilization on tho
plains is a beautiful design. Tho paper
in size is the same as the regular weekly
and contains 24 pages. The work was
gotten out at a cost to the publishers of
something over $1,500, whose only way
of playing out even is by the sale of a
sufficient number of copies to do so.
Anyone interested in any way in Al
liance or Northwest Nebraska will no
doubt secure several copies of tho paper
for themselves and for their frienJs
living abroad.
IT IS A PICTORIAL IlEAUTV.
Alliance Times: Tho Industrial ed
ition of The Alliance Herald, which has
been in courso of preparation, the past
three months, made its appearance last
Friday, being twenty-four pagcs.with
handsomely engraved cover, and is re
plete with illustrations of local scenes.
It is a pictorial beauty, and done in tho
best style. The price is 25 cents. If
we were going to criticiso the edition we
would say a little more attention might
havo been paid to historical features,
and that a smaller and tabloid form
would have been more durable and bet
ter preserved. Nevertheless it is cer
tainly a very creditable showing for the
city and country.
ALLIANCE PUSH.
Omaha World Herald: The Indus
trial Edition of The Alliance Herald,
T. J. Q'Kcefe, publisher, is one of the
neatest and most comprehensive publi
cations that ever made its appearance
in the west. It is printed on heavy book
"paper. The first page is handsomely
illustrated with a large colored picture,
showing a number of mounted Indians
viewing in the distance a passing rail
way train, and as one of the red men
points to it he seems to say, I Hat is
the beginning of the end." On the
inner pages arc many half-tone pictures
of prominent western men and beauti
ful scenes, interwoven with reviews of
the growth and development of tho
great west. It is such publications as
these that help build up the "great
American desert," and Editor O'Keefo
is to be congratulated on tho valuable
contiibution ho has made to the inter
ests of his growing town.
NOTHING. FINER ISSUED IN NEliRASKA.
Omaha Bee: Tnc Industrial edition
of The Alliance (Neb.) Hekald is as
delightful to tho eye as the first flowers
of spring. Nothing finer has issued
from any press in Nebraska. A char
acteristic picture of Indian life, printed
in colors, adorns tho first page. Half
tone pictures of scenes in town and
country and portraits of prominent
people illuminate the many pages of
boom matter descriptive, historical,
literary and statistical flanked with
"ads" that make the till happy and
spread smiles of prosperity over the
face of tho shop. Publisher O'Kcefe
deserves the glad hand from the people
of the state in general and from Alliance
in particular.
IT IS A WORK Or ART.
Mitchell Index: The special edition
of The Alliance Herald is received.
It is a work of art and reflects credit
upon tho editors of that paper. Single
copies are sold at 25 cents each and
the aro worth it to anyone interested in
Alliance.
eclipsed all previous records.
Sterling (Colo.) Democrat: TheAlli
ance Herald has eclipsed all previous
efforts of country journalism in getting
out a boom edition. It contains twenty
five pages on finest book print, full size
of tlio paper. The cover contains a
very fine picture of western life in col
ors, and tho edition is profusely illus
trated with pictures of the people of
the town and county, their homes and
tho scenery of the country. Positively
it is the finest "boom" paper ever issued
from a country office.
ONE OF THE FINEST EVER SEEN.
Stanton Register: The Alliance
Herald's Illustrated Edition is one of
the finest wo have ever seen. There
are many half-tone engravings historical
sketches ane a general good write up of
the city, its people and -institutions.
Alliance has reason to be proud of so
enterprising an editor.
HOPES It IS APPRECIATED.
uratit county iriuuuo: we are
pleased to acknowledge recoipt of the
Illustrated Edition of The Alliance
Herald. Tho work, on tho whole, is
indeed very creditable, the engravings
are of superior quality and the histori
cal sketches are well selected and no
doubt are intensely interesting to its
many readeis, and mora especially to
those who have seen Alliance in stages
of its growth. We trust that The
Herald',s great effort is properly ap
preciated by its patrons.
"VvfSs"
WONDERFUL PIECE OF WORKMANSHIP.
Rushville Standard: Tho Industrial
Edition of The Alliance Herald has
reached our table. The ontire edition
is as complete as is possible to make it.
It shows a wonderful piece of workman
ship in style and neatness and the pro
moters aro deserving much credit for
their successful efforts. The frontis
piece, showing Alliance in 1888 is worth
more than the price asked for copy of
the edition.
IS A HUMMER, SURE.
Crawford Tribune: The Illustarted
Edition of The Alliance Herald is a
hummer, sure. It surpasses in excel
lence of work and elegance of design
any souvenir edition this office has re
ceived so far. The Tribune hopes the
meritorious typographical production
will be a success financially, as it de
serves to be. The edition ought to do
a great deal of good for this section of
Nebraska, and should be appreciated
by the business men of Alliance.
A GRAND SUCCESS.
Sidney Telegraph: The Alliance
Herald, with commendable enterprise,
has issued an Industrial Edition that is
a fine example of western newspaper
push. It is intended as an illustrated
write up of the city and vicinity and as
such is a grand success. The history
of the city is given from its founding
in 1888, when the cite was a cattle
range. Pictures of the principal busi
ness blocks and handsome dwellings
aro printed, als many ranches and rural
scenes. Photos of city and county of
ficials and prominent citizens, also
different society, and club members, in
fact almost everything of interest in
Alliance and neighborhood, is given in
picture and print in a creditable way.
Tho Industrial Edition is certainly a
hummer.
A CREDIT TO THE PUHLISHER, ETC.
Crawford Bulletin: Wo received a
copy of the Industrial Edition of The
Alliance Herald, which is a credit
to' the publisher, to Alliance and to
Northwest Nebraska. There is no botch
work in its make up in any respect,
and any person interested in North
west Nebraska will take pride in the
enterprise displayed in such work. If
you want your friends in the cast to
know something about your, surround
ings, send them a copy of the Industrial
Edition of The Alliance Herald,
which cau be procured for 25 cents, if
ordered-at once.
FINEST PUIIL1CATION EVER SEEN.
Reveuna News: The Industrial Edi-,
tion of The Alliance Herald is re
ceived this week, and is one of the
finest publications of its kind wo have
ever seen. It is said that the cost of
producing this one edition was in the
neighborhood of Si, Coo, and its under
taking in a town the size of Alliance
proves Editor O'Kcefe a man of high
enterprise and lofty ambition. As
a master piece of the printers' art tho
edition is u gem.
THE EDITION HIGHLY CREDITABLE.
Carroll ((Iowa) Times: A work of
skill and art typographically is an illus
trated edition of The Alliance (Neb.)
Herald, J. B. Kniest, associate editor,
which came to our table this week.
John is also president of the typograph
ical union out there and is evidently
doing well. The edition is highly
croditablp to the people of Alliance,
their thriving city, and to the outer
prising publisher. Among tho faces of
residents of that city, Carroll people
rccoguize the phiz of Mike Elmore who
constructed the greater part of the
Iowa South Western Railway in this
county.
HRO. o'khefe to he complimented.
Scottsbluff Herald: A copy of the
Illustrated Industrial Edition of The
Alliance. Herald came to this office
this week. It is a handsome publica
tion and Brother O'Kcefe is to bo com-,
plimented upon his enterprise. It is a
credit both to The Herald and the city
of Alliance.
it is simply grand.
In a letter from Dr. Blanchard of
Chadron to the publisher of The Herald
the following complimentary expression
is made in regard to the Special Edi
tion: "Your Special Edition just re
ceived and we think it is the finest pro
duction of the kind we have ever seen.
No exception. It is simply grand. Now,
Tom, wo must have 12 copies,"
the edition is hard to heat.
Harrison Press-Journal: A Special
Illustrated Edition of The Alliance
Herald reached hero yesterday morn
ing. It is one of the best publications
of the kind we have yet seen. Tho il
lustrations, reading and general make-up
of the edition is hard to beat.
PRINT AND ILLUSTRATIONS ELEGANT.
Bayard Transcript: The enterprise
of Tom O'Keefe, editor of The Alliance
Herald, is to be commended. The
mammoth Illustrated Edition of The
Alliance Herald of April 8th, 1904, is
tho best thing of the kind ever pub
lished in Western Nebraska, and does
honor to the city of Alliance and her
people. Tho priuting is fine and the
illustrations are simply elegant. This
great publication will be worth much to
the city and country it so ably repre
sents.and due thanks should be awarded
to Mr. O'Keefe for this edition of the
Herald. We thank him for a copy.
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MAKES A FINE SHOWING.
Sullivan (111.) 1'rogies.s: We have re
ceived a copy of a hue Illustrated Ed
ition of The Herald published at Al
liance, Neb. It makes u fine showing
for push and prosperity of the town as
well as the enterprise of the publisher.
We notice a "handsome" portrait of our
old townsman and friend, S. M. Sym
scr, who is serving in his third term as
county clerk and as clerk of the dis
trict court. We also notice with pleas
ure that ho is a probable democratic
candidate for congress. We certainly
hope that he may be elected.
SHOWS UP IN MAGNIFICENT SHAPE.
Custer County Chief: The Chief has
this week received a copy of the special
edition of The Alliance Herald just is
sued. It is a six column paper of
twenty-four pages, printed on a fine
quality of calandered paper and highly
illustrated. The edition shows up -Alliance
in mrgnificenl shape and is a
credit to the town us well as to T.J.
O'Keefe, publisher, who spent three
months in getting out the edition.
VERY NEAT AND INTERESTING.
Banner County News: An illustrated
edition ot Tho Alliance Herald, pub
lished by T. J. O'Keefe, was published
last week, showing the development
and growth of Alliance and surround
hid country. It is a very neat and in
teresting edition, which reflects great
credit on the editor of the Herald.
The illustration on the first page is a
scene tvnical of the country in the
early days.
REFLECTS MUCH CREDIT.
Chadron Journal: The Alliance Her
ald's Special Illustrated Edition was is
sued on April 8. It is a work of fine
art and reflects much credit upon the
publisher and the enterprising people
of Alliance who made it possible.
THE HAND OP CONGRATULATION.
The O'Neill Frontier: Tho hand of
congratulation is to be extended to the
enterprising publisher of the Alliance
Herald by reason of a haudsome and
profusely half-tone illustrated number
just out. Alliance and Box Butte
county are finely pictured with pen and
plate, and it is about the greatest stunt
yet did by a country publisher of Ne
braska. VERY HANDSOME EDITION.
New Berlin Gazette of Chenango Co.,
New York: Hon. A. S. Hoed of Alli
ance. Neb., has our thanks for a copy
of the very handsome Industrial Edi
tion recently gotten up by The Herald
of that place. We note Mr. Reed's
countenance in a picture of the county
officials.
ONE OF THE I1EST.
Carroll (Iowa) Seutinel: One of the
finest Special Editions we have seen
recently is that of the Alliance (Neb.)
Herald, on which paper J. B, Kniest,
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DIRECTIONS
Make your purchases at DARLING'S
FURNITURE STORE, where you get value
received for money paid out.
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Just now we are showing some ex
cellent values in new and nobby patterns
in iron beds, mattresses and springs in
' many kinds and at prices to suit you.
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We have in a big stock of linoleumns
and mattings, showing all new patterns,
and have a larger line of carpets than ever
before. Our carpets are all sewed by
etectric machinery, making a stronger and
better seam than hand sewing. See our
floor coverings before buying; ours is a
well selected stock.
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formerly of this city, is employed. The
industrial features of the city are shown
forth in ample form and demonstrate
that Alliance is a progressive, growing
city, one of the best in Nebraska.
WILL SURELY SEND THE PAPER 1IROADCAST.
M. A. Hall, of the well known legal
firm of Montgomery & Hall, Omaha,
in the kindness of his heart writes the
following words of appreciation to the
publisher in regard- to the Special Edi
tion: "I wish to thank ydu for your
kindly remembrance of me in sending
the copy of your paper of April 8th.
This edition is a work of ait and is a
credit to your enterprise. It will prove
undoubtedly a splendid medium for
setting forth the beauties of your county
and city becauscyour subscribers will
surely send the paperbroadcast through
out the country."
FINEST THING IN ITS LINE.
C. E. Sellcck, manager of the West
ern Newspaper Union at Omaha, an
ccllent authority on newspaper publi
cations, etc., in a recent letter to this
office indulges in profuse compliments
of the Special Edition as follows: "We
received a copy of your Special Edition,
and permit us to say in all sincerity,
Mr. O'Keefe, that it is the finest thing
in its line we have seen in this office, in
our business career. We can easily
imagine the unusal amount of labor
and time it required. We received it
hist in season to forward the copy as
well as data for a write-up of it in the
next issue of the Publisher, which will
appear about May 1.
AN ADMIRABLE PIECE OF NEWSPAPER ART
In a letter of April 15th to the edi
tor of The Herald, Walter B. Rob
erts, writing for L. E. Roberts & Co.,
live stock commission merchants of
South Omaha, reviews the Special
Edition as follows: "We wish to thank
you for the illustrated edition of your
paper which you so kindly sent us, and
we also wish to congratulate you upon
the production of such an admirable
piece of newspaper art as was your
edition of April 8th. The great old
dalies of Chicago and New York, which
boast of circulations reaching into the
millions, could not, we are sure.produce
anything winch is 111 anyway more ar
tistic or more interesting than that
which was produced by you 111 a town
which sprung into existence hardly more
than a decade ago, and they would
have difficulty in gathering a collection
of illustrations which would be as dear
to the hearts of the western people as
those you have printed in your paper.
We wish also to comment particularly
upon the front-piece representing Alli
ance in 18S8. Frederic Remington, of
international fame as a painter of fron
tier life, has never as yet painted any
thing which could equal that piece of
art. We notice among the photographs
of your leadiug citizens many of our
friends, among others Uncle Zed Good
win whom every citizen of Alliance
should be proud of as a pioneer,"
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IT is A daisy."
The familiar old expression, that great
minds agree, seems to hold good when
it comes to an expression of opinions
regarding the merit of the Special In-
dustrial Edition. In referring to it in
a letter to the publisher, ex-Governor
Poynter of Lincoln says: "The In
dustaial Edition of your paper came
duly to hand today. It is a "daisy."
Permit me to congratulate you on this
piece of enterprise and to thank you
for remembering me with a copy. I
consider it the finest piece of work of
the kind I have yet seen. The city of
Alliance ought to be proud of it, and
certainly will be a- splendid advertise
ment of the city,its business and future
prospects. Wishing you and your paper
continued prosperity, with kind personal
regards, I remain yours truly, W. A.
Poynter."
FROM FAR OFF MARYLAND.
In a letter received from Mike El
more, the veteran railroad contractor,
from Cumberland, Md., indulges in the
following complimentary remarks re
gardingthe Special Edition and also
speaks of old friends in this locality:
"In taking a glance over your Special
Edition, you know I am not much of a
reader but when I saw pictures and
adds of my particular friends of Box
Butte county, I had to read them, which
I did with irreat interest. And I must
say you have written them up perfecc.
You know Uncle Zed Goodwin is one
of my best friends, and you know why
he is; it is because he is Uncle Zed
Goodwin every day, not Uncle Zed
Goodwin to-day a democrat and Uncle
Zed Goodwin to-morrow a gold demo
crat, he is always a straight democrat.
I am not going to say too much for I
could talk an hour on Uncle Zed and
not say enough. Of course Simon Spry
is not as good a fellow as Uncle Zed but
Simon is not a bad fellow at any rate."
Had he recehed the early training that
Uncle Zed did, Simon might be
as sulid a man as he. 1 am
glad to see you give my old friend
I. L T.ish such a good write up, as I
have had aji'iod deal of experience with
him and I wilt tell you right now, and
I do not care whether he is a republi
can or a democrat, you will find him
a good, hones! aud upright man, in
every sense of tho word, as he proved
hitusolf to be all the time he was with
me in busiuoss. Now Tom, I have no
time to go into detail, writing about
different parties, but I must congratu
late you upon this enterprising issue
which shows the interest you manifest
in Alliance. I have a few friends whom
I wish yon would kindly send one of the
issues to each, as it will explain more
than I could tell them in a year. En
closed please find my check for S20 to
cover the expense."
Carpet Weaving.
I am prepared to do all klrads of carpet
weaving. Leave orders at residence three
blocks east of Alliance National Bank, or
Star Restaurant. J. W, Johnson.
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