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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1908)
ri Si m tu t ' mmpm ' Published Every Thursday by Tht HtraM PnWiSrirBf Canjaiy. T. J. O'KKEl'E Editor J. B. KNIEST Associate Editor Entered at the postoffice at Alliance, Nebraska, for transmission through the mails, as second-class mattfer. Subscription, $1.50 per year in advance. F. J. IJcUold went to Omaha Tues day afternoon to spend a few days on business. James Gray has been on the Guern sey branch the past week looking up insurance business. The Alliance foot ball team win give a dance next Thursday evening to which ft general invitation Is extended. All Odd Fellows aro requested to attend lodge next Tuesday night. Election of officers and royal Bupper. Lady, with good education, desires a uositiou in Alliance as clerk. can civo good references. Address box 1 198, Alliance 49-2W The Alliance band will give a grand ball in the Phclnu opera house New Years to dance the old year out and the new one in. Dr. C. W. Kreamer with gun and dog has been spending some time on his ranch near Hyannis. Ho returned last Sunday noon. Mrs. M. Elmore and John P. Elmore left for Omaha Tuesday afternoon. They were met there by Mike Elmore and all went to Albany, New York. Mrs. Lloyd C. Thomas and sister, Miss Pearl Liveringhouse, are enjoying a visit from their parents, Mr, and Mrs. John Liveringhouse, of Wayne, Nebr. Miss Mac Davis of Havelock is visit ing her brother, Geo. E. Davis for a few days. Miss Davis arrived from Sheridan last Saturday whore she visit ed relatives. Mrs. Apian of Ru9hville, who has been conspicuous in the Eastern Star doings in this city, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. V. W. Woods Tuesday and Wednesday. , , Father Roach was at Hyannis last Sunday where he offered up holy Mass to the satisfaction of the parishincrs in that locality who have not been for tunate in having services on Sunday in the past. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. McCluer were passengers yesterday afternoon for Chicago where Mr, McCluer will pur chase new goods, They will also visit relatives at Paxlon, 111., for a couple of days before returning to Alliance ten days hence. The talented actress, Ruth Craven, supported by the Harry L. Beck Stock company, played an engagement of two nights at the opera house last week. The well known actress merited the applause of her audience and her support is well selected, Word was received here from Dixon, III., that a daughter came to gladden the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Buett- ler on November 8th. Mr. Buettlcr formerly resided in this city and was employed by the B. & M. as foremau over the construction work on the new depot.l W, C. Heelan came up from Omaha to attend the funeral of John O'Keefe, St., who was a bosom friend of the young man. Mr. Heelan is studying law at Creighton college and says that he is progressing satisfactorily with the course pursued. He returned to Omaha yesterday morning. Ed. Miller, whose ranch is ten miles southeast of this city, has just com pleted a substantial baru on his place and also purchased three car loads of cattle this week for shipment. Mr. Miller is in company with Neal Boone in the purchase of live stock. The game of foot ball lrit Sunday on the home grounds between the Ft. Robinson team and the. local ball play ers was won by the latter by a score of 23 to 6. It would seem a good scheme tor the soldier boys to practice up be fore tackling Alliance again ou the gridiron. A wrestling match will take place in the opera house on the night of Nov. ijth between "Sport" Smaha of Ravenna and Hans Licdtke of Alliance. The winner takes gate receipts and pays loser's expenses. Music will be lurnialied by a male quartette. Ad mission jo cents. Rev. Frank Gustafsonl entertained the patrons of the Crystal theatre Jast Tuesday night with his interesting leo ture or rather talk on the subject, Just for Fun." The speaker was LOCAL PARAGRAPHS. loaded with stoties of all kinds and ex pression witty and well rendered. He is an entertainer of a high degree and will no doubt some day be a dis tinguished light in the lyceum circle. Wm. E. Hollenrake, son of J, Hoi lenrake, of Runningwater precinct, who is in the Phillipine islands serving as a soldier for Uncle Sam, will receive his honorable discharge on the 36th of this month, when he expects to return home in time to eat his Christmas din ner with the old' folks at home. Will also expects to visit in California, Ore gon and Washington on his way home. In the terrible collision that took place on the Union Pacific near Baric, Wyo Engineer, J. C. Schley, ono of the victims to lose his life, was a relative of Henry Broich of this city, whose granddaughter ho married a few years ago. He leaves besides his wife, two children. Mrs. W. S. Ridgell went over to Cheyenne last week to assist Mrs. Schley in her hours of distress. CJ. L. Shumway of Scottsbluff pass ed through the city yesterday on his way to Omaha, where be went to at tend the democratic banquet. He was accompanied by his wife's mother, who will spend some time at Fort Dodge, Iowa, with relatives. We hope there will be enough consolation in the dem ocratic victory in the state that those stalwart party leaders may enjoy the gathering and we only regret our ina bility to be present. Thanksgiving with its blessings will be observed a week from today and the nation is called upon to make it a noli day of rejoicing and good cheer. After all, mankind must turn to the creator of all things for. the blessings of life and substance. A bountiful harvest has again prevailed and the granaries of the land are well filled. Peace and good will prevails throughout the land and there should be no reason why the American people should not rejoice and give thanks to God for the bless ings conferred. Gray & Guthrie were over to Denver last week attending a meeting of the western agents of the Equitable Life Insurance Society of New York. Sev eral of the head men of the concern were there. The report of the busi ness done for the company by Gray & Guthrie surprised the general mauager and others of the society who are ten derfect and look upon this part pf the west as a howling wilderness. The territory assigned to the Alliance agents was estimated ou the map and the general manager almost had a fit over its vast area compared with other agencies and the amount of busineas done was also a wondpr to his royal highness. Its all in knowing how. C. 0. Aspenwall Goes to Iowa By orders from headquarters of In ternational Harvester Co., C. O. As penwall, their manager at this point, has been transferred to Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he will assume charge of the company's business. He is suc ceeded by W. E. Acker, of Omaha, who has taken charge of afairs al ready. In the removal of Mr. Aspenwall, Alliance loses one of its most pro gressive citizens, and we regret to see him leave. He has always been a moving spirit in the progress and en terprise of the city and no doubt we will often feel his absence. Socially, Mr. and Mrs. Aspenwall are most pop ular. They heve always shared in the doings of our people aud made life most pleasant for all who came in contact with them. But as the old saying goes, "The best of friends must part," so in this case. Mr. and Mrs. Aspenwall can rest assured that they will take with them the best wishes of the majority of AUiauce people. They have disposed of their residence proper ty to Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Regan, who will make it their home in a short time. Mr. Acker, who assumes the place vacated by Mr. Aspenwall, is a capable machine man and it is said that ho possesses the ability necessary for the responsible position ho assumes. The Herald desires to welcome Mr. Acker and hopes to see him become so well pleased with Alliance that he will join with us in opposing the scheme to move the official department of the In ternational Harvester company to Crawford as contemplated. Thanksgiving Services Union Thanksgiving service will be neiu at me rresoyienan cnurcn next (Thursday at it o'clock a.m. Andrew Rosewater Talks on Sewerage Last Friday evening Mr. Andrew Rosewater, city engineer of the city of Omaha, gave a talk in the city hall on .the question of sewage. Mr. Rose- water spent the afternoon looking over the city and examining the plans in the city hall. He was introduced by Mayor Smith, who explained the purpose m getting Mr.' Rosewater to come here.. After explaining the history of sew ers and the methods and plans used by tho ancients for making their cities sanitary he explained what was ne cessary for Alliance. Speaking of the sewer which he put in at Hastings, Nebr., he said that the city had pur chased eighty acres east of town to use as a park and that the waste water was used for the purpose of growing garden truck, etc., and that it was a great success. He believes that it would be a mighty good plan for Al liance to purchase at least forty acres south of town for the purpose of park ing and to ubc the waste water from the sewer when built. In explaining the septic system of sewage Mr. Rosewater said that the cess pool does not destroy everything put into it, while the septic tank docs this. The cost of the septic tank amounts to very little. He put a sewer in at Independence, Mo., in 1898 and used the septic tank system. The cost is only xo per year. The sewer should be flushed twice a day, the flush tanks holding from 300 to 400 gallons of water. Speaking of the growth of a city and the manner in which a sewer effects this to a great extent, Alliance is just now at the turning point. Un less the city adopts modern conven iences and uses the right methods it will not continue as it should. Speaking of the amount of waste matter thrown off into the soil each day, Mr. Rosewater stated that this amounts to about four pounds each day for each person. In a city the size of Alliance this amounts to 3,600 tons each year. It does not take very long to impregnate the soil and the water carried through it, causing ty phoid fever aud other diseases of like nature, The benefit of a sewer to Sheridan has been so great, he states, that tho population of the city has doubled in the last five years. There are 180 miles of sewers in Omaha and $ 100,000 is spent there every year tor sewage. After the sewer comes pavements, ex tended waterworks, etc., and it adds a new impulse to the city. In answer to questions asked by parties in the audience he stated that the estimated fall of the sewer in Al liance would be two and one-half in ches per hundred feet and that an eighteen inch pipe, such as is speci- fied in the plans, would carry off the sewage for a city of 25,000 people, and that a fifteen inch pipe will do for 15,000 people, and that the sum of $46,000, which is the amount that can now be raised, is more than ample to build the sewer. Wednesday morning Mr. Rosewater, in company with J. P. Hazard, spent some time 411 the south part of town looking over the grounds generally and the Omaha engineer will make a writ ten report of conditions. Mr. Rose water states that the sewer plans now iu the possession of the city are prac ticed in every detail, Lloyd Thomas, Secretary of Commercial Club. Father of G. L. Griggs Answers Final Summons G. L. Griggs, chief clerk to General Superintendent Allen of the Burlington, mourns the death of his father, who passed away at his ranch home iu Wyoming recently. The funeral took place at the old home in Beatrice last Saturday. In speaking of the de ceased the Beatrice press dispatch says: "The funeral of the late Lewis T. Griggs was held here yesterday, inter ment being made in Beatrice cemetery. The deceased was a pioneer resident of Nebraska. He was born in Clinton county, Indiana, April 17, 1843. He served as a private in tho Eleventh Indiana cavalry aud served until the end of the war, He emigrated t6 Ne braska iu 1866 and located ou a home stead in 1'awnee county, later moving to Osage county, engaging iu the im plement business in Beatrice. In 1890 he located in Wyoming, where he re sided until Ills (loath. He is suuived by a wife, live childtan, two brothers aud a sister. His brothers are N, K. Griggs of Lincoln, Nulir., and T. J. Gnggs of DeWitt The sister is Mnry 1 lii-.- t n. ,1 vv.. ti, -i,.m. Iron are Mrs. Moll'io E. ' Daniels and Burt Griggs ot Buffalo, Wyo.; George L. Griggs of Alliance, Nebr.; Clifton C. Griggs of Eureka, Utah; and Kirk Griggs of this citv. Mr. Griggs be longed both to the Masonic and Odd Fellow lodges and was a staunch mem ber of the G. A. R." Democrats Control Next Legislature Complete official election returns from the state show that the next state senate will be composed of twenty democrats, while the republican sena tors will number thirteen. The house of representatives will be made up of sixty-eight democrats and thirty-two republicans. f Humor mid Philosophy By DUNCAN M. SMITH N PERT PARAGRAPHS. If there is one thing that a married fcian knows better than another, it Is the fact that he Is boss of the house bold, and so, secure and happy and content In the knowledge, he doesn't jive a rap who runs it nor hflw. Some men like to talk Just as well as any wo man that lives, but the men are not so generous of their talking and want to be paid for It. It Is hard for a man to consent to make himself ridiculous, but he generally can be made to do so for a considera tion. A wife who Is able and willing to support her husband is entirely justi fied in requiring him to stay In nights. It is bard to convince n man that he ts wrong when his living depends upon his being right. There are lots of men who dou't un derstand women, but at that they don't hold any edge over the women. Lots of people will work nnybody for mouey except themselves. It is curious, but when u man makes It hot for you a coolness is sure to arise. The wise, up to date man hi figuring on the expenses of matrimony always to be safe figures In the cost and ali mony. If you engage In n lawsuit, you are almost sure to lose even If you win. Don't be so puffed up In your own conceit. It Isn't nt all safe. There are bo many prickly people always around, and they are great on the puncturing act 1 Some people who do as they please don't. Sometimes. A man of peace often surprises his acquaintances by his strength and agility and fighting proclivities when they get him In a corner. Just Like All the Rest, have discovered perpetual "I mo- tlon." "Pshaw! What did you go and dc that for?" "What's the harm iu it?' "Nothing partrgulur, only I was ex pecting something original of you." LEGAL. NOTICE. Tho BUto of Nebraska, I In the County Box llutte County, t . Cou.rt ,- In matter of the utute ot Morris HeUojg. deceased. To tlio creditors of said estate: You will take uotli-o that I will bit at the county court room In Alliance, on Mouday. May I7iu, n09 at 10 o'clock a.m. to receive aud examine all claims, against said estate, with u low to tlielr adjustment and allowance. The Urao limited for the presentment of claims aRulnst said estate is six months from the lOih day of November 10Oo. unci the time limited for their jiaymeut is ono year from Mk1 lUtli jlajof November, !. AH clolrun auaiuat wwl estate not protested to the court liysald 17th du of Maj.JftW. llt 1 forver barred. . , Wltne-s toy tisun and the seal of our Conuty Court this 16th day of .November ,MW. fBKALT. I A llKBUV fpNoviO-Sv County Judge C LISTEN I I GO OUT I MAKING A TIGER SIT DOWN. Methods Used to Train the Beast Far Show Purposes. Fifteen foot of slack rope were permitted the animal as the trainer directed him once more to tho scat, and once mow ho failed to under stand. Then, says? n writer in Ev erybody's Mngnzine, the order to hoist was given, mid as the men pulled the tiger felt the collar tight en uhout his neck. His head grad ually was lifted up until his fore legs loft the ground, and he pranced on his hind paws. With the four of strangulation and the instinct of self preservation, bis brain became a mental mud puddle. He beat tho air ' witli his fore paws, whirled, squirmed and wriggled in a vain ef fort to gel out of the collar that clutehed his throat. Every move ment of his body brought him near er to the seat over which hung the block and tackle. When he reach ed it an assistant grabbed his tail through the bars of the cage and pulled him toward the little stool, while the trainer punched him against it with the iron bar. "Swing him clear of the ground," ho called. "We'll make him take that seat. All together now !" And as the men laid their combined weight on the rope the big cat was hoisted until his hind legs dangled two feet above the floor, dancing a madman's jig. The helpless, chok ing brute fought the useless fight of a hsh out of water. Had not the muscles over his throat been like solid rubber tires he would have strangled as he curled his body into a coil, trying to escape the weight that hung from his own neck. With much pushing and hauling the struggling beast finally was landed on the seat. But the mo ment he felt support under his feet he leaped for the floor. He was met by the trainer, who walloped the sore, sensitive nose with the hick ory handle of his whip and follow ed this up by firing the burning powder of a blank cartridge straight into the nostril. The tiger turned to run, but the trainer yelled, "Lift him. boys !" And as the erew threw their weight on' the rope the beast's head and fore legs were yanked from the ground, and he pranced along for a few steps with only the claws of his hind feet touching the boards. When the momentum of his own body had carried him clear of the floor he swung back, sus pended in the air, more like a life less tiger skin than a blood filled beast of flesh and sinew. Tragedy of a Kisa. , He had not known her very long, but as she stood in the moonlight a white dress and a blue sash set off her figure so well that he thought he had never seen a prettier picture. And then he did an awful thing he kissed her. The innocent girl shrank from him in horror, and the young man realized that ho had gone too far. Indeed, as the pant ing girl strove to collect herself suf ficiently to express the scorn surg ing in her bosom the young man thought of the beating lie must en dure the next day from her father and brothers and of the long ac counts of the fight that would ap pear in the newspapers. Fortunate ly he had his hat in his hand and turned to go. But the girl struggled to speak. She would' express her contempt for his action though it killed her. "When," she said in a low, faltering voice, full of deep seuted hatred, "are you coming again? 'Atchison Globe. Breaking the Ice. Beautiful Ella came into the room and drew her low seat so close up to her father's big armchair that he looked up from his newspaper to see what wns the matter. "M"r. Wilkins likes you, father," she said as soon as she saw that she had his attention. "Well, I have been under the im pression for some time that he liked Bome one here," remarked tho old gentleman, "but I've never seen any indications- that I was the one." "Well, you will tho very next time you see sir, wukius, saiu me ueuu tiful girl, with conviction. "What's he going to do?" de manded pa. "He's going to aBk you if you will consent to be his father-in-law," explained the beautiful girl. Expert Evidence. At the courts a case concerning motor driving was being heard, when the chauffeur declared that when driving at forty miles an hour he could, if necessary, pull up in ten or twelve feet. "Urn!" said the judge. Then tho next witness an ex pert gave his evidence Said his lordship, "If a motor car were traveling at forty miles an hour and the brakes could bo put on in such a manner as to stop, it within ten or twoho feet, where would tho driver go ?" "Depend- erv much on the bort of life he'd boon liing," said the expert.- 'London Graphic. TRADING FOR A WIFEV Indian Believed He Had Made a Deal and Had to Be Bought Off. ''He mys ho would like to trade with you for your wife!" It camo out at last. It was a startling propo sition indeed. For a moment we were both too breathless to comment. Finally my husband yielded to hia impulse for amusement, aud, smil ing at me, he replied:' "Ask him what ho will givo for her." s "He says six ponies, lieutenant." "Oh, tell him she is worth Iota more than that." 'Tie will give you twelve ponies for her." My husband again replied that he would not trade for anything like that, so the Indian kept raising his bid. He offered twenty ponies, then twenty ponies and a squaw, then finally twenty ponies, a squaw and a papoose. At length, wearying of the nonsense, my husband nodded his dismissal of the subject. But the Indian seented td think that the apparent holding out for a higher price constituted a trade when the, final offer was not rejected. He appeared satisfied, but soon signi fied he wished to finish the bargain Of course my husband immediately1! objected. My savage admirer con tinned unaccountably insistent, and amicably to rid himself of the In dian's importunity my husband told him I was not fit for more travel; that I needed to go to rest at once. The Indian was not content and continued, with some of his com panions, to hang around the camp until one of the men told them they must now return to their camp, as we were all going to retire. When they had reluctantly departed my husband laughingly told the lieuten ant, who had not been present dur ing the purleying, of the incident. The latter looked grave and ex pressed a fear that the Indian, in the belief that he had made a trade, might cau-e trouble when the bar gain was not kept. My husband as sured him there was no agreement and the buck had no basis for such a claim. TJie lieutenant explained that the failure to reject the last bid and the presence of witnesses to the price haggling were all that the Indian considered necessary to make a binding affair of heart and honor. Of course termsjiad to be reached, and my husband, for the only time in his experience with' the red nien, or, as far as I know, with any man, agreed to compromise. He bought them off 'and appeased tlielr disap pointment by a gift of good, hard money and a lot of tobacco. Army and Navy Life. Signboards In Japan. From the island empire come these examples of "English as she is Japanesed:" "Tailor, native country; draper, miliner and ladies' outfatter; the ribbons, the laces, the veils, the feel ings." "Hand-painting post-cards." "Extract of fowl kept." "Photographer executed." "Head hair cutter." "Writing for another done here." "Specialist for the dicease of chil dren' "Best perfuming water, anti-flea, dealer of." "Notiess Our tooth is a very im portant organ for husiness life and countenance as you know; there fore, when it is attacked by disease or injury, artificial tooth is very use ful. 1 am engaged to the dentistry and I will make for your purpose. Pepys' Sparrow. Bider Haggard classes sparrows with rats as "vermin." However, sparrows huve had plenty of friends in past ages. Cattullus' poem about his Lesbia's pet sparrow is one of the prettiest things in Latin litera ture and in a passage of Plautus "sparrow," "dove" and "hare" occur together as terms of endearment. Pepys, too, writes of a pet sparrow "To dinner with my father and sis ter and family, mighty pleasant, all of us. And, among other thangs, with a sparrow that our mercer hath brought up now for three weeks, which is so tame that it flies up and down and upon the table and eats and pecks and does everything so pleasantly that we are mightily pleased with it." ' A Child's Philpsophy. It is ono of the prime secrets of happiness to recognize and accept one's natural limitations, but phi losophy of this kind is perhaps hardly to bo expected of children. A little girl had sent back her, plato two or three times and had been holped bountifully to all the good things that go to make a grand uinnor. Finally she was observed looking rather disconsolately at her unfinished plate of turkov. "What's the matter. Ethel?" asked Vm John. "You look mournful." "That just tho matter." said Ethel. "I am moron full " And then -K wondered w'tv ev enlod U'lhf1 Strot St'irie-f 1 Spr vfV ; 4 V-Tfc t lOfl lJ-? utnOT f '