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TTj. O'KEEFE Publisher
J D. KNIEST Associate Kditor
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cam. roil nr.i.ir.ATi: convention.
Tlio democratic stale central commit
tee has issued the following call through
Chairman !'. L.Hall ami Secretary G
W. Phillips:
The democratic electors of the state
of Nebraska nru hereby called in deleg
ate convention at the city of Omaha;
Wednesday, June 1, 1904, at 2 o'clock,
p. in. for the purpose of electing four
dclcgalcs-al-large and fouraltcrnntcdc-legates-at-largc,
and twelve distiict de
legates and twelve alternate distiict de
legates, each congressional district in
the state being entitled to two district
delegates and two nltcmato district de
legates, said delegates to represent the
democratic party of Nebraska in the
democratic national convention to be
held in St. Louis, Mo., July C, 1904.
The several counties of the state will
be entitled to one delegate to said state
convention and in addition thereto one
delegate for each 100 votes, or major
fraction thereof, cast nt the general
election of 1903 for Hon. John J. Sull
ivan, for supremo judge.
Box Butte county, under this ratio,
will be entitled to six delegates.
It is recommended by the state cen
tral committee that in all cases where
counties select a new county committee
in the year 1904 that said county com
mittee be named at the first county con
vention held.
It further recommended that no prox
ies bo allowed at said state convention,
unless held by a person residing in the
county which he seeks to represent.
By order of democratic state central
committee, March 15, 1904.
P. L. Hall, Chairman.
G. W. Phillips, Secretary.
The Iowa Democrats in their Hlate
convention this .cek elected a Hearst
delegation.
"Securities deposited with the state
auditor of Nebraska bv fraternal insur
ances companies will not be assessed
this year"' is the decision the state
board of equalization arrived at re
cently. President Roosevelt certainly has a
pull with the colored voter. At a con
ference of the African Methodist
Episcopal church, held in Chicago re
cently, the brelhron became so enthu
siastic over the matter that they not
only implored the assistance of the
most high in Teddy's behalf but prayed
that he might bo given four years more
in the chief executive's chair. That
little dinner party in honor of Hooker
Washington wasn't a bad move after
all.
Good luck still favors the little Jap,
while thu Russian army is playing in
disaster as groat as those which befell
the navy in its defence of Port Arthur.
In a battle last Friday and Saturday on
the Yalu river the Japanese army scored
a decided victory over the Russians,
dislodging them from a strongly forti
fied position and later on defeating them
with u heavy loss of life which included
several officers of high rank. The Japs
loss is said to have reached 700. A
complete report of the engagement is
printed on another page of this issue.
The moral condition of Omaha has
become so corrupt that the executive
committee of the Civic Federation has
published a letter in the local papers
calling attention to the deplorable and
reckless violation of the laws. In speak
ing of the conditions that exist the com
mittee says: "On investigations, which
have been carried on continuously since
the organization of the federation, lead
us to the conclusion that Omaha has
long been a rendezvous for protected
thieves, robbers, porch climbers and
burglars. These crimes havo found
this a havenof rest and free from arrest.
Here their thefts and robberies and
burglaries have planned, and hero their
loot has been brought and divided.
These criminals have not confined their
operations to Omaha alone, but have
extended them over the surrounding
territory. "
The fact that the first of May fell on
Sunday did not hinder, tho toiling
classes all over the country from assert.
ing their rights and demanding their
just dues the day following, thus show
ing that while they possess the manhood
to stand up for their rights, they .tlso
have a regard for and observe the Sab
bath day. But no sooner had the sun
risen Monday morning when the wires
wore announcing from all over the
Union the united dcmanJs of the labor
classes for wagon in conformity to the
work oxecutcd. In most instances the
requests weie ignored and as n result
strikes have followed. The full dinner
pail is a dream of the past; n political
delusion and snare which should not
mislead the toiler again. But what is
the Republican parly going to do in
this campaign to again stampede the
middle class to its support? The days
of the advance agent of prosperity are
gone. The man who pledged the good
times has paid the penalty of death,
likewise he who was to hand out the
promised help is no more, and the good
times they hold forth have, like a
flash of lightning in the cast, disap
pent oil into the limitless space from
whence the human car hears no sound.
Time on the wing of the wind has
buried all in the gravegard of the past,
and the Republican patty stands today
at the beginning of a national campaign
empty handed, with not a promise ful
filled and the finger of scorn pointing
to its scandals in every department of
the government.
i ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
As to Our Water System.
Editor Alliance Hkiiald: There
being so much complaint regarding the
city's supply of water, I make this
statement that the public may fully un
derstand the situation. The city has
two pumps, one of ten thousand gallons
capacity per hour and one of three
thousand. During morning lawn hours
the city at present is using from 46 to
50 thousand gallons per hour and dur
ing evening hours 60 to 75 thousand
gallons. After June 15, it will take 75
to 90 thousand gallons during evening
hours nnd you can readily understand
how impossible it is to keep a supply of
water with 11 pumping capacity of 13
thousand gallons per hour. What the
city needs is two more pumps of ten
thousand gallons capacity per hour if
they expect to maintain a press in the
stand pipe. With the present pump
ing capacity the city is virtually with
out any fire protection from G to n p.
in., during summer months. When
anything happens to the large pump the
city is without water unless the rail
road company pumps for them which
they have a couple of times during the
last eight months. The city has never
had a sufficient supply of water since
the plant was installed, and it seems to
me the city has never given the water
dcpaitmcnt the attention it should have
considering the amount of dividends it
has paid. The receipts for water have
always been two to three times the
amount of expense for pumping, which
shows the consumer is certainly paying
price enough to bo entitled to water.
Some people seem to think we pump
only when the light plant is running.
But this is n mistaken idea. The citv
pays 7 cents per thousand gallons for
pumping. We are satisfied with the
contract nnd aie running the pumps
night and day when the stand pipe is
not full. If the city will furnish wells
and pumps as their contract calls for,
there is no question but that they will
bo supplied with plenty of watoi. Very
lespectfully, W. D. Rumlk.
Spreading Out.
The well known wholesale firm of Don
ald, Porter & Co,, of Graud Island, that
supplies this section of the country with
most of its groceries, etc., will increase its
storage capacity this season to such propro
tions as to give it fourth place in the whole
sale business of the state, stock carried, etc.
The buyer, for the firm one of the pro
prietors Mr. Donald, is one of the best
buyers in the west and his experience in
the wholesale grocery business has been
the principal key to this firm's unbounded
success. In speaking of the proposed en
largement of the firm's establishment the
Grand Island Independent says:
"The firm of Donald Porter & Co. which
succeeded to the Minton Woodward, and
later the Woodward wholesale business
five years ago, since buying the building,
have let the contract for a big addition to
their already large wholesale house and will
when their plans have been completed,
have the largest wholesale plant west of
Omaha not excluding Lincoln. They have,
since acquiring the business, had tracks
laid to the rear of their block and purch
ased ground both at the rear and alongside
of their wholesale house, -and the building
about to be erected by Geer & Harrison
and Kirshke & Son will have a frontage on
Sycamore street of 44 feet will be no feet
deep and consists of three stories and base
ment. Sheds for unloading will be built
at the rear so that four or five cars can be
loaded or unloaded at the same time. The
front of the present building will be re
modeled to harmonize with the new part."
Notice.
Commencing Saturday, May 7, I will
buy hand separated cream at our receiving
station in Alliance on Wednesday and Sat
urday of each week. W. E. Spbscsr,
19 2 Agent Hygeia Creamery Co.
A Valuable Invention.
Dan O'Kccfe of Hemingford has
placed a seed potato and vegetable cut
ter on the market that evidently is des
tined to fill a long felt want for the
farmer and stockman, The invention
is the rosult of his oxporimonts the past
few months to construct a machine
that would do away with the laborious
task of cutting seed potatoes by hand
and he has succeeded in the effort.
The machine is not n complicated affair
in the least and its cost of construction
is such that it will pay every farmer to
have one on his place. There are two
sots of knivos in cuscs, which are ar
ranged in the machine in parallel posi
tion. The machine si operated by hand,
or can be attached to other power for
that matter, and is easy to handle by
one person. A large receptacle or hop
per, which will hold a bushel of pota
toes, is erected above the knives and
the tubers are conveyed thereto by
means of forked latterals. The inven
tion had hardly been made public when
there was a demand for machines and
a number of orders secured. It makes
the hardest part of potato raising easy
and relieves the grower from work
which was always dreaded. The
knives do their work accurately and
cut the seed potatoes in such a manner
that they arc ready for planting and
there remains no waste or parts unfit
for growing purposes. And this is not
the only use to which the machine can
be applied. It is also useful for cut
ting vegetables of all kinds and for
stockraiscrs who often feed such ar
ticles of food this model cutter comes in
very handy and is a labor and time
saver. A sample of this new inven
tion can be seen at the office of the
Forest Lumber company or at Gadsby's
shop "in this city. Mr. O'Keefe is
placing orders for the machine in the
potato growing sections of Colorado
this week.
Death of Earl Horner.
The Ravenna News of April 29 says
that' Earl Horner, one of Conductor C.
D. Conn's brakeman was killed at Sweet
water last Saturday evening, about half
past nine o'clock. A' string of cars had
been switched onto a sidetrack. The side
track has quite a steep grade and brakes
have to bo set to keep the cars from run
ning down the hill. After the cars were
thrown in on this switch, they stopped and
commenced running backward down the
grade towards the other cars, which, at
tached to the engine had started to pull
out to the main line. Horner noticed this
and ran to the head end of the detached
cars to set the air brakes. He had not
noticed evidently that the locomotive and
the cars attached to it had stopped, and
as he reached to turn on the air the two
sections of the train crashed together
catching the unfortunate young man be
tween the couplings, crushing and mang
ling his left side and breaking both arms.
Conductor Conn and other members of the
crew reached him a moment later, but life
was nearly extinct. After a few convul
sive gasps he was dead. Earl Horner was
22 years of age, and was raised at Astoria,
111., where his parents now reside. For a
young man he had a qnito an eventful
career, having served two years in the
United States navy, and had visited the
Philippine Islands, Japan, and ports of
many other foreign lands. He had con
fided to friends that he had perfected an
invention of which he had expected great
things, aud had applied for a patent, but
the nature of the invention we have not
learned. The unfortunate young man had
been in tlio B. & M. train service about
three months, and lie was highly spoken
of by his Conductor, Mr. Conn, and all
who knew him. The body brought to
Ravenna Saturdry evening and was placed
in Miller's undertaking rooms. The body
was embalmed'aud prepared for shipment,
and on monday was sent to Astoria, 111.,
for interment."
Methodist Church Notes.
Services will be held at the church as
follows; Sunday school 10 a. m. Preach
ing morning at n o'clock and 8 p. m.
Class meeting at 12 Noon. Junior League
at 3 p. m, Epworth League 7 p. m.
Prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7:30
o'clock. All are invited to attend these
services.
Epworth League praver meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs. J. W. Reed next
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. All are
cordially invited to attend.
Sunday School teacher's meeting will be
held at the home of Naomi Danner next
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock.
World's Fair Rates
VIA BURLINGTON KOUTE.
Tickets to St. Louis and return, good all
summer, $37.60,
On and after April 25, sixty day tickets,
S3.35-
On and after April 27, ten day tickets,
$28.20.
For full information about train service
ask the ticket agent.
Washington Star: "A woman will
not esteem, a man whom she canuot
trust," said the moralist. "Yes," ans
wered Mr. Meektou, "and I am de
lighted to note that Henrietta always
trusts me to put the cat out and fix the
furnace fire and lock the basement door
aud do a lot of things."
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To Prevent Potato Scab.
Theic are two ptccautious to be
taken to pi event srnb in potatoes.
One is to thoroughly clean the seed
from the spoies of the scab,, and the
other to select clean ground that is free
from scab in which to plant it. There
is no reason why anv one should grow
scabby potatoes. The scab is per
fectly well understood to be a fungus
growth that finds the potato a good
host. To secure clean seed is neither
difficult nor expensive. The fungus live
through the winter on the potatoes and
unless it is defrayed before planting
will produce its ciop just as the pota
toes do. One lemedy used for clean
ing seed is formalin. To a half pint of
it add fifteen gallons of water and
soak the potatoes in it for two hours.
The solution may be made up in any
quantity in these pioportions, and mav
be used repeatedly until exhausted.
The second lemedy is corrosive sublim
ate. It is an active poison, and both
it and the potatoes must be handled
with this fact in view. An ounce of
corrosive sublimate is ndded to each
seven gallons of water necessary to
cover the seed potatoes that are to be
tiealed at one time. The seed should
be soaked in this solution for an hpur
and a half. Formalin is perhaps pre
ferable to corrosive sublimate for the
reason that it is not so actively poison
ous. Corrosive sublimate is also be
lieved in some cases to delay germina
tion, although it does not prevent it.
Either of these tieatments, however,
apply to seed potatoes will produce a
scablcss crop of potatoes, provided the
seed when cleaned is planted in ground
that is free from scab. Iowa Home
stead. A Cowboy in New York.
Charles M. Russell, a Montana cow
boy artist, who visited New Yoik ie
contly, has returned to his Montana
home evidently much impressed by
what he saw in the city. On the day
of his arrival in Helena he met a news
paper man, who asked him what he
though of New York.
"That city is all right," said Russell,
"but not fore me. Its too big, and
there are too many tall tepees. I'd
rather live in a place where I know
somebody and whore everybody is
somebody. The style .in some of those
New York saloons is something to re
member. The bartender won't drink,
with you even. Now, I like to have
the bartender drink with me occasion
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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
electric machinery, making a stronger and
better seam than hand sewing. See our
floor coverings before buying; ours is a
well selected stock.
Box Butte Ave. ALLIANCE,
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ally, out of the same bottle, ,just to be
sure I ain't getting poison. They won.t
even take your money over the bar.
Instead, they give you a check, with
the price of j-our drink on it,, and you
walk yourself sober trying to find the
cashier to pay tor 't. I did not stop at
the Waldborf-Astoria. I went in there
once and looked around and got out
without leaving any of my clothes be
hind or having a chattle mortgage
tacked oif to me. You have got to be
rated in the Rockefeller class to camp
around that lodge very long." New
York Herald.
Why Is aHieTT&earT Editor ?
The following is an essay on the hen
as related by one of Cass county's
editors to the Omaha Bee:
"A hen sets on her nes aud lays eggs.
An editor sits on his office chair and
lies in bis bed or his paper. The hen
"feathers her own nest:" the editor
docs not he cuts his own throat by do
ing business for nothing simply to keep
his competitors from getting it. The
hen cackles after she nas laid a good,
fresh egg: the editor cackles about what
he is going to do, but seldom does it.
Sensible hen. The hen scratches for
a living; so does the cJitor. The hen
hatches chickens that come to some
good: most editors hatch schemes that
never amount to anything. The hen
presents her bill when she wants some
thing and usualy gets it. The editor
presents his bill and rarely gets any
thing. The hen has a comb, which
she doesn't use; the editor may have a
comb and use it sometimes, but not al
ways. The hen has wings; the editor
has none and never will have. The,
hen isn't a high flyer; the editor is
sometimes. The hen broods and raises
a large family; the editor broods over
how he is going to raise the large fam
ily that he already has. The hen is a
rooster when she sleeps; that's queer.
1 he editor is a queer rooster all the
time. The hen often gets cooped; the
editor gets s-cooped, too, sometimes.
The hen often gets it in the neck; so
does the editor. Sometimes the lien
crows; the editor does, too, but no one
ever knows why."
Big Horn Basin.
Your spare time will be well spent if you
will use it in making a trip to this new irri
gated country. The United States will
not be long now in getting under irrigation
all the land that is subject to this cltss of
farming, as it is becoming the most popular
way to farm for su se results. This country
is yet in its infancy, and homeseekers
should avail themselves of this opportunity
to get a farm in the Big Horn Basin.
Just now you can get the choice of this
land at a very low price, and you will be
surprised what a delay of a few days will
do for you in the price of this land.
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Post yourself on this country by writing
for booklet descriptive of the Big Horn
Basin and any other information yon may
desire.
We will make very low round trip rates
to this country the first and third Tuesdays
in May. J. Francis, General Passenger
Agent, Burlington Route, Omaha, Neb.,
Public Sale.
The Box Butte.Creek Creamery Co.,
of Box Butte, Nebraska, will sell at
public auction on May 25, 1904, at
2 o'clock p. m., the skimming station
consisting of building, machinery and
fixtures; building to be sold separate.
Terms, cash. M. A. Brown,
5-G-3W Secretary.
Notice to Ci editors.
In county Court, within and forllox Hutte
county, Nebraska. April 30, 10J4 In thu
inuttiTof the i-statoof Lawicnru lutlr,
ik'ceaswl. To tlio creditors or sit Id cMntc:
You arc hereby untitled, that 1 will slt at
the County Court Koom In Alllaueu In said
county, 011 the 7th dayof November, iPOl.to ro-
celo and exatnlno all claim-, niinst said
tistnto, with a view to tholr adjustment and
allowance. The time limited for tho iiros-
I'liUitton of clniniH iifjal list said elate Is sl-
intmtlis, from tho jwtli day or April, A 1). lPOl,
and thu time limited for payment ofdebu Is
one year from said liOth day of April, JWi.
Witness my hand and tho .seal of Mild
county court, till:, :10th day of April, l!K)l.
1'p May r,-w. U, K. Siwcht, County Judge.
Notice to Creditors.
In County Court, within and for liox Hutte
county, Nebraska, April 19, 1904. in thu
matter of thu estate of Henry Il.Mlller.de
rennetl. To tho ci editors of tno said estate.
You are hereby notltled. that I will git at
The County Court Koom in Alliance In said
county, on the 2tlth day of October, 1001, at 1
o'clock p. m. to receive and examlnoall claims
against said estate with a view of their ad
justment and allowance. Thu time limited
for tho presentation of claims aKalnst said es
tate Is t) mouths, from tho l'.Uh day of April,
A. 1)., l!l, and thu tlmu limited for the
payment of debts Is one ear from Mild null
day of April, A. I).. 1UU.
"Witness my hand and sial of said County
Couit. this littli dayof April, 1IH.U
(A iruo copy) I). K. M'AUHT.
HKW.l i.otinty Judge.
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Probate of Will.
Stat.
of cbriisl.n,
liox Iluttu Count 1
At a county cmirt. lie id m the .mnv mint
room, In and tin Mild count), April n. A. I).
11104.
l'resent, I). IC Spaclit. count) Juilco.
In the matter of the estate, of I.uwietico
1 Hitler, docoased.
On readliw and lllinK tbe petition of Annis
O.Uutler.prajinifthat thu Instrument Hied
011 the 14th day of April, 1101, and purporting
tone tho ilast will and testament of tho said
deceased, may be proved, approved, probated,
allowed, and recorded as tho last will and tos
tnmentof tho bald Lawrence Hntlor, deceased,
and that tliee.tvution of said instrument may
Ixi committed and the administration of said
ostnto may bo granted to Annls O. Hutler as
executrix.
Ordered that April 30th, A, I). 1004. at 8
o clock a. ni., is assigned for hearing eald pe
tition, when all persons Interested in said
matter may appear at n county court to be
held in and for said county, and show causu
why the. praje; of petitioner should not be
Krauted: and that notice of the tendency of
said petition and tho hearing thereof, be Riven
to all persons Interested In said matter by
publlshliiKacopy of this order In Thk Alli
ance Hkrald, a weekly newspaper prlnUd In
sold couuty. for three successive weeks, prior
to said day of hearing.
I) K. MiMOHT, County Judge.
(A true copy.)
UkaH fp Apr. 15.
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