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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1905)
; -vPVm. 'r -,steiSs"v Tfl-flKLVr -ynBWttf-1"' - Is? 3 i $ l i n ih .. GRAND LTi 5r rH 4th o July CELEBRATION ! At Alliance, Nebraska Everybody invited to participate in the grand est celebration ever given in Western Nebraska. Read the following program and see the great amount of entertaining features in store for all who attend. tf sasggsg? nxm &3!fi ' prog rah; National salute of ioo guns at sunrise 0:30, grand concert bv 10th Cavalry Hand 10 o clock, hose race, hub and hub. lothe winner $25.00 10:15, wet test fire department. Prize, $15.00 10:30, oration of the day at opera house, by lion. W. R. Akers, and patriotic songs by a chorus. of nicy voices t o'clock, public wedding in front of opera house, $2 1:30, awarding the prize to the largest family driving to Alliance; $25.00 Awarding the prize to the family driving the greatest distance to Alliance; $2.00 All contestants to register with secretary before 1 o clock p. in. 2 o'clock, ladies' exhibition riding. Three to enter. First prize $5, second $3 2:30, gentlemen's exhibition. First prize $. second $ 3 o'clock, pony race, 14 hands and under; three to enter, l-irst prize $io, second $5 3:30, saddled cow' horses. Three to enter. First prize $10, second $5 4:00, relay race. Three to enter. Three miles. First prize $12, second 2.00 4:30, broncho busting. Two to enter. First prize 10.00, second 5.00. 5:00, foot race, free to all, men. First prize 6.00, second 4.00 Boys' foot race, under 1 2 years. First prize 3.00, second 2.00 Girls' foot race, under 12 years. First prize 3.00, second 2.00 ' ? Boys' foot race, under 16 years. First prize . 3.00, second 2.00 6:00, grand balloon ascension and parachute leap by Professor Baldwin, king of the air Ira Reed, Superintendent of sports and races. All entries must be made with him. Foot races on Main street. All other races at driving park. Magnificent Display of FIREWORKS IN THE EVENING Grand Dance 20-Piece Orchestra from Ft. Robinson Given by the Alert Fire Depaatment LOUIS BUECIISENSTEIN, Pres. T. B. McCLUER, Sec. GLEN HAMPTON, Treas. ( LOCAL PARAGRAPHS. Geo. F. Hcdgecock, one of the car- lv settlers at llemingford, wasJ nn Alii mice visitor Monday. Mrs. Roy Hickcy" returned, Inst week, from a month's visit with her invalid father in Sarpy county. Work on the Rumor "block excava tion is being pushed rapidly and will be completed by the first of the month. Miss Inez fieck is home from Lin coln, where she has been attending school. She will spend' the vncatioh here. Wm. Mounts has moyed into the residence recently bought and B. F. Lockwood has moved over tile Lock wood store. ' , John Hickcy, Jr. and son, Clarke were in from Canton, Sunday, bringing his daughter, Mary, to attend the Jun ior Normal here. Robert Graham is still wearing his arm in a sling as a result of his acci dent some two weeks ago in which he had his shoulder severely injured. The Eagles organized at Crawford Friday night. James Sieffert, of the local order of F. O. E. went up to help the boys do the work properly. Captain Tyrill, the band master of the Ft. Robinson band, was here Mon day concluding arrangements to have his military band here the Fourth C. S. Calder has sold his stock of boots and shoes to W. W. Norton and will conduct a real estate office for the Northwestern Investment Co. of Omaha. J. M. Donovan has been down on the Guernsey Hue all week, billing the towns with the big 4th of July post ers, advertising the big celebration at Alliance. Mrs. F. II. Leslie of Sheridan, Wyo. was in town Friday and Saturday, visiting old friends and was initiated into the mysteries of the B. of L. E. Auxiliary. Emanuel Reed, of Perry. Iowa, bjother of 'Sheriff Reed, is here on a combined business and pleasure trip. He will try and buy a car of horses to take back with him. The Queen Esther Society will give a lawn social at the home of Mrs. E. J. Hicks, Saturday evening June 17th. Ice cieam and cake will be served, and everyone is invited. ' Miss Frances Lockwood accompa nied her brother, Guy, to Omaha Sun day. She will visit relatives, while he will attend the meetings of the state funeral dicectois association. A nephew of Rev. Burleigh, of Hem ingford, and son of Editor Burleigh, of Loup City, has enlisted in the navy. In company 118, coast cadet artillery, at Foi tress Monroe, Virginia. John G. Hayes, government stock inspector of Sheridan, was in the city this morning in consultation with In spector Campbell. We might repeat "All Stock Must Bo Dipped." Mr. and Mrs. John L. Wiker re turned from Omaha Sunday, where they had gone on a bridal tour at the expense of the government, being wit nesses in the Federal court there. L. F, Gihnan was called to Mon tovi, Wis., Monday morning to the death bed of his mother, who is 85 years of age. A telegram announcing Jier fatal illness arriving Sunday night. J. R. Johnson, .formerly with Mc Cleur, has moved from Cheyenne to Mitchejl where he is engaged by the Raymond Quivcy store. Johnson says Alliance is a better town any day than Cheyenne. John Pilkington has opened up a new feed, hay and produce store, and will handle potatoes. John has been in the business before aud understands it, and has the reputation of paying top prices for produce. The school census for the year has been completed and Prof. Hayes, the census officer, reports 912 children of schoolage, an increase of 16 over last year. If any have been missed they shouldreport to Piof. Hayes. Frank Johnson and family have removed to Giaud Island. R. C. Strong has taken his place as travel ling representative of the Nebraska Mercantile Co. in this territory, while Johnson will develop the territory out of Grand Island. The county commissioners will be in session next Tuesday and will be busy with the assessors the most of the week. The assessors have their work about completed and all are ready to ascertain the valuation of the city and county. Assessor Reed issued positive instructions to the assessors and a complete actual valuation may be looked for. J RAILROAD RUMBLINGS. J A. h-j-k:"X-:-hxH"M":-v Another car of Dago laborers went west Monday to work on the Burling extension. " ' Forty miles an hour is the schedule being made today by vice president Willard's special train from Omaha to Billings ' Travelling Auditor R. A. Hayncs and Express Auditor W. C. Taylor were in town Monday, enroute to Sheridan and the Hills. Vcm Hampton, who has been at tending college nt Lafayette, Ind., ar rived here Monday to resume his duties as machinest, in the shops. Contractor C. D. Couch, who is building the extension from Mystic to to Rapid City, S. Dak., was here in his special car, (a box car painted white) on Monday. Yesterday morning at 5 o'clock a six Pullman special, carrying the Nebraska lumbermen and their wives to Port land passed through this city. One bundled and seventy-five in the party. Dan J. Burke came down from Guernsey, Saturday night with the cattlemen and made a flying trip to the hills. Yesterday he was replenishing his commissary for his big grading camp up at Guernsey. Invitations are out announcing the aproaching wedding of the popular Albert Antonio Martinez, formerly train dispatcher here, but now of Dead wood, and Miss Alma Beatrice Flan ders, on Monday June 19, at the home of the brides parents in Deadwood. Traffic was almost suspended west of here for two days, owing to a bad washout between Sheridan and Billings. A bridge and 1500 feet of track were washed out on the main line and a portion of the track on the Cody branch all caused by a cloud burst up in the mountains. Traffic was resumed yes terday morning and trains are on schedule time again. Undertakers Geoige Darling and Guy Lockwood are in Omaha, this week, attending the State meeting of the Undertaker's association, of which Darling is vice president. Just before leaving he learned that the president of the association was sick aud could not be present and Darling must pre side over the meeting. SOME GOOD THINGS For Little Money. Sunboonets 25c 25 bushel box of Hats for 25c 9999 (?) felt hats, wool hats, fabric hats, sea grass hats, straw hats and hals for 25c each. These hats are worth from 25c to $1.25, but are yours for .' 2 Bits Ladies Slippers 75c and $1 .00 Men's and Boys' good fine ribbed un derwear, with double seated drawers, for, each v 25c Men's good fine Egyptian cotton ribbed underwear, for, per suit $1 and $1,25 'One large lot of dress shirts worth up to $1.50 for 75c Boys' shirts as low as 15c Boys' 2-piece suits for. $1 Men's good suits for.. ..'.. $5 Lawns, per yard..... t 3 1-2C All light calicos instead of 7c 5C For an especial bargain we have put a lot of I2,l-2C, 15c and 20c voiles, lawns, swisses, etcri in one lot at per yard............ roc AVe sell the best 10, 12 1-2 and 25c ladies hose in town. Ladies' 75c belts for. 25c Ladies' collars v .... .5c and 10c A lot of men's and boys' colars at. . . .5c Ladies' cravinetts $0.50 2000 yards of Scotch Lawns, grena dines, sheer linens, silk mixtures and organdies worth up to 75c for. . . . 19c Ladies'. Men's and Boy's Mackintoshes $1. Don't forget to bring- your money along as we need it in our business. ' W. W. NORTON The New Store Oriental Goods, Silk Shawls, Laces, MeA ican Drawn Work, Dry Goods, Notions. Please call and examine our goods and get our prices Simmons Essay 115 Box Ruttc Avenue. m W If ' i ' SAVE IT FOR ME! Your Money Bring it in and exchange for Furniture and Iiousefurnishing Goods I can demonstrate to you that I w ill give you all that you expect for your money, full value for each dollar spent in my store. The special sales have proven wonderfully successful, and I do not hesi tate in continuing them. You can depend on itthat these goods are exactly as the cuts show, and we have the goods in stock. This dresser is made of Rock Elm, in Golden Gloss Finish, has beveled double top 21 by 42 inches; cheval shaped miiror, is, of French bevel plate iS by 36 inches; has three roomy , drawers in base, and small drawerat side of mirror for toilet articles, height G feet. Special price, ' 14-.SO This dresser is made .of Choice Selected Hand Maple, Golden Gloss Finish, double top 19 by 39 inches, handsrme .French Bevel Plate Mirror 22 by 28 inches, diveded top drawer and two roomy lower drawers fitted with cast brass handles, mirror and toilet frame decorat ed with fancy raised carvings. Special price, 1:2.50 The drawer construction jn these drawers is the VERY BEST, the drawers absolutely will not bind nor stick. No one else will give you such a guarantee on dressers, at these prices. How about a gasoline stove, refrigerator, an ice cream freezer? I have them for sale. Geo. D. Darling, Housefumisher I will give a prize on July 4th to the largest family coming to Alliance to celebrate. Prize announced later. k '$.1 ' fr. 4 i -t'- I I