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JOHN AV. TllOMAK. M(tr.
JOHN V. THOMAS Editor
J. B. KNIEST . . . . . Associate Editor
Entered at tho postoQicc at Alliance,
Nebraska, (or transmission through the
mails, as second-class matter.
Subscription, $1.50 per year in advance.
1909 JANUARY 1909
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SALUTATORY.
In assuming the editorship of the
Herald, I wish to observe tho time
honored custom of publishing a signed
editorial as a "Salutatory," but I donot
deem it necessary to try the patience
of my readers by enumerating a long
list of the great tilings which are to be
accomplished in tho future through the
periodical, or to present a Btriug of
.promises, the fulfillment of which might
depend largely upon circumstances.
While I am receiving so many ex
pressions of good will and encourage
ment; I realize that I have a great task
on my hands in trying to keep tho
paper up to tho standard of excellence
which it has attained under the able
editorial management of Mr. T. J.
O'Kcefc, who has given such universal
satisfaction. Without doubt our readers
,are much disappointed to learn Mint he
has stepped down from the editorial
tripod, but I am plensed to say that I
am assured of the assistance of his
'timely advice and suggestions which
will materially assist me in my labor.
The policy of the paper will continue
practically the same atf heretofore, ex
cept that in politics it will be independ
ent or nonpartisan. Personally I have
for some years past taken an independ
, ent position in politics; as the registra
tion books for voters in the city of
Omaha, where I have resided in re
cent years, will show. My experience
as publisher of a local newspaper and
.close observation lead me to believe
that most people who are interested
readers of a local publication prefer
that it shall be conducted on this basis,
and as my personal convictions are
such that I can conscientiously, pursue
such a course, I shall do so with
till the earnestness and energy at my
command.
I conceive that the office of a local
publication is, or should be, primarily
to give the news and use its influence
to promote the prosperity of its patrons.
The Herald will continue to be a news
paper, with emphasis on the first syl
lable of the woid and with special
reference to the gathering and dissem
ination of local nows, and will continue
to work for the upbuilding of the busi
ness interests of Alliance, the metrop
olis of western Nebraska, and the de
velopment of the country tributary
thereto.
I anf happy to announce that Mr.
J. B. Kniest, whose reputation as an
expert printer is second to none in this
part of the west, will continue per
manently in his present position as as
sociate editor and foreman of tlie
mechanical department.
Hoping and believing that I shall re
ceive the co-operation of the Herald's
numerous readers iu my efforts to make
it such a periodical as the city of Al
liance and the patronizing territory
deserve, I am,
Very truly yours,
John W. Tjiomas,
TO THE PUBLIC.
I hope it will not be too much of a
surprise to the many friends and pat
rons of the Herald when I inform them
of a business transaction which oc
curred yesterday (Wednesday) Letween
the undersigned and Messrs. Lloyd C.
Thomas, F- A. Piersou and J. W.
Thomas by which for a good and suf
ficient monetary consideration the Her
ald becomes the property of these
gentlemen.
During the fourteen years of the
Herald's publicalion in Box Butte
county by the undersigned, the busi
ness has grown each year and at the
present time is greater than any pre.
vlous year. We boliove that we can
safely Mv that today it is one of the
best rountrv newspaper propositions in
the state. It le almost impossible for
me to express sufficiently my appre
ciation of tho good will and patronage
which t have invariably received from
a great majority of the citizens of Box
Butte and surrounding counties, and
especially from the business and pro
fessional tticn of Alliance and Homing
ford. The gentlemen under whose auspices
the Herald will be guided iu the future,
scarcely need an introduction to the
people of Alliance, Mr. Lloyd C,
Thomas was until recently connected
with the Nebraska Land company aud
when the Alliance Commercial club was
organized last summer, his ability and
activity was so recognized by the mem
bers that he was unanimously chosen
as secretary and all will agree that his
duties have been performed most faith
fully. Mr. Picrson is also well known
to our citizens, having been employed
in the office of Superintendent Birdscll
of the Burlington in this city for ithc
past four years. He Js a 3oung man
of integrity and, like Mr. Thomas,
known as a hustler. With such men
as these aud Mr. J. W. Thomas, an
able and experienced newspaper man
as editor and Mr. J. B. Kniest who has
so long been connected with the paper
as foreman aud associate editor, we
will be surprised if the Herald is not
made tho leading country paper of the
state and its business doubled within
the next six months.
While in a certain sense I regret
severing my connection with the Her
ald, because it has grown up under my
care, I feel confident that it will con
tinue to stand up for everything tend
ing to promote the welfare and prosper
ity of Alliance and NorthwostNebraska.
I wish it every success and the contin
ued patronago of its many 'friends iu
Box Butte county. I will continuo in
the real estate business iu Alliance and
after a few weeks' absence on a trip
south my friends and patrons will find
the latch string of my office always on
the outside. Sincerely,
T. J. 0'Ki:i:rn.
Father M. J. O'Connor, vice -president
of Creighton university, Omaha,
has resigned aud will leave for New
York this week to become one of eight
associate editors of a new. publication,
which will be in the nature of a general
review. He has been connected with
Creighton university as vice president
for six years and will be succeeded by
Father William Dooley, who has been
iu Omaha about a year.
Dies of Dropsy
Charles R. Streator, brother of Mrs.
Snow, who came hero recently in quest
of health, died at tho home of his sis
ter Sunday morning. Mr. Streator
was a sufferer with dropsy and was
sixty-two years of age. He was em
ployed at the Charleston) navy yards
as head salesman. Tho remains were
shipped to Everett, Mass,, last Tues
day morning accompanied by Mrs.
Snow aud Undertaker Darling, who
went as far as Chicago to care for the
remains and assist in the transfer to
the eastern road.
Obituary.
UjrumU Tribune.
Mrs. p. K. Dahlberg, accompanied by
her dauchters, Mrs. E. E. Darr and Mini
Nellie Dahlberg. was called to Lincoln
Tuesday to attend the funeral of her
daughter. Mrs. Banks Stewart of Dead
wood, S. D, Mrs. Stewart had been in ill
health for some time, but her death was
due to the after-eflects of an operation.
She had undergone the operation and was
apparently doing well when Mrs. Dahl
berg was shocked to receive a telegram an
nouncing her death. Mr. Stewart and
daughter, Miss Bessie, and Clarence Dahl
berg accompanied the body to Lincoln,
where interment was made yesterday. Mr.
Dahlberg joined hU wife there, and they
and their family returned today, accom
panied by Mr. Stewart and his daughter
who will remain here a few days before re
turning to Dead wood.
HASHMAN.
We are having fine weather in this
vicinity and poor roads.
School began in the Shjmer district Mon
day after such a long wait.
Miss Edith Key visited at her home last
Sunday.
Sunday school was well attended last
Sabbath.
Mrs. Bertha, Moore and Orvil Ross ex
pect to return to Sioux county the latter
fart of the week.
It has got so if people live in Box Butte
all the way from two months to- two years
they cannot be told apart. They re
semble one another so closely, especially
near neighbors. Two of our prominent
farmers look so much alike that two fel
lows lost a bet over them when one was in
Omaha and the other at home. Box Butte
had better have an eye examiner.
Alliance Defeats Sidney
Despite the inclement weather a
large crowd turned out to witness the
bnsket ball game between Alliance and
Sidney Saturday evening." In tile past
this feature of school work, so promi
nent in other leading schools of the
state, has becu omitted owing to the
inefficient means for practicing. Btit
now that the new gymnasium is com
pleted this wholesome sport may be
pushed with success. While all things
of this nature are auxiliary to and de
pendent upon the real school work, yet
all such wholesome games are an im
portant clement in school life and serve
a splendid part in arousing school in
terest. An athletic league has been
effected between some of the principal
towns of this section of the west and
the series of games to be played are to
determine what school will get the
pcunant that has been offered by the
league. The next game to be played
nt Allianco will be between Alliance
and Bridgeport next Saturday night.
The team has put in some good hard
practice this fall and winter preparing
for these league contests, and deserves
the hearty support of the business men
and patrons generally. Judging from
the large crowd on such a stormy night
as Saturday we feel that our patrons
are interested in tho work being done
by the school. The game was one of
the best that has been played in this
part of the west for a long time and
was exciting from the first to the last.
The high school was much in evidence
and with songs and high school yells
helped to cheer our boys on to victory.
Throughout the game the very best
of spirit was exhibited by all the con
tending parties. There were no sore
BpotB and wrangles which have some
times mnrred the pleasure of these
games. Sidney elicited applause of
the spectators whenever a good play
was made by them. This feeling of
good will that has characterized the
contests between schools of this sec
tion has made the relation between
them both pleasant aud profitable.
The score was 24 for Sidney and 46
for Alliance. Following wns the line
up. Sidney: Howard, McConnell,.
Lobb, Costello, Hudson. Alliance:
C. Noho, P. Nohe, Shay, Taylor, L.
Mewhirter, Smith,
Former County Commissioner Geo.
W. Loer was down from Nonpareil
precinct yesterday. Mr. Loer has
leased his fine farm for one year to
Charles Price of Melrose, Iowa, who
will arrive Friday. Mr. aud Mrs.
Loer expect to take a well earned vaca
tion this year and will leave in May for
a visit with relatives in Idaho and visit
the Seattle exposition. Mr. Loer and
his good wife have endured the many
vicissitudes of pioneer life iu Nebraska
and it is a pleasure for The Herald to
see them so situated that they can en
joy some of the pleasures made possi
ble by possessing a goodly amount of
this world's goods in the declining
years of their lives. We have in mind
other friends now entering the sunny
side of life whom we should like to sec
do as Mr. aud Mrs. Loer.
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KLAL tSTAlt TRANSFERS
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A. I' llALUItllKlK. Boudecl Abstracter.
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Ursula Tuttle to Susanna Collins, ne!i
6-24-50, 81, 000.
John Hoosis Jr. to Edwin G. Kirk, n w
of 22-25-48, $1.00 and val.
Cora A. McGowan to C. CJ. Bow en and
T. Fletcher, e )$ of 25-28-49, $.Soo.
Trees for Sale
Cottonwood trees from iS inches to 7
feet high for sale in lots from 10 up;
also some good ash. Write me what
you want. I refer you to R. M.
Hampton, who bought 500 of me last
spriug. A. M. Tbmplin,
G-4W Palmer, Nebr.
Mrs. H. C. Haken, public stenog
rapher, Commercial club office. Phone
677. 48-8w
Dr. Allen, dentist. Opera house blk.
For Rent A large east front room,
close in. Inquire at Herald office.
Christian Science services held every
Sunday at 11 o'clock, in Odd Fellows'
hall. All are cordially invited to
attend. --------. 5o-tf.
"No bill so large,
No bill so small,
But this expert
Can collect them all."
Expert Bill Collector Phone 677
Commercial Club Office sotf
Dr. Allen, dentist. Opera house blk.
Geo. A. Hills pays G cents for hides.
Furnished rooms for rent at 404
Wyoming avenue, or phone 205.
For Sale Two milk cows, coming
fresh. -C. E. Rosenberger, Heming
ford, Nebr, ,w
Wanted Nursing to do. Phone 503.
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A ia Chicago.
Palates of the Town's Epicures Tickled
by a Wily Ranchrr.an Prettiest
' Girl to Take the. AbruzzK
Elklns Cake.
From Our Chicago Correspondent.
- lIt'""fIAY,JI3 tlic di,y for
Si " WB "beef und" In Chl-
I I I (UU Is Mcnr Mic
" U1,i, Hybrid
"c n t n II o" may
soon be oil thi'
uii'iiu. A uy thing
Unit affects the
beef market of
this city affects
the world, l'nrla
sei th" fnhloii
pace I'hicaguputs
up the beef. Of
course the world
In still In the
dense us to hy
brid "catallo,"
yell has tasted It. He hud It served
when he wns the guest of "Buffalo"
Jones on the hitter's ranch.
The new meat Is, to put It iu its
plainest term, homemnde bison Mr.
Jones Is nn enthusiast about home
raised buffalo. It raises Itself, bo to
speak. Jones .avers that tho animal
when brought up on a ranch need not
eat a grain of corn, wheat or oats until
a few days before it Is taken to the
slaughter for the market. Then It Is
the most Bucculeiit over.
Jones believes thut ranch buffalo Is
the meat of the future. He says that
nil that Is necessary to perpetuate the
animal which was one of the pictur
esque features of the old plains Is to
get Mr. Rockefeller or Mr. Morgan to
furnish the money and by opening up
a few. big rnuches and giving the buf
falo a chance the animal will perpetu
ate Itself. It seems paradoxical to
speak of anything perpetuating Itself
when It Is being reared for the slaugh
ter pen, hut the Jones idea Is that
w hen you begin breeding buffaloes on
the ranch the demand will never be
greater than the output.
Jones brought one of his slain bisons
here the other day and hud It served
TOE OODS OP OLYMPUS WOULD THROW
AWAY THEIR NECTAR.
to tllP enlCliri'H est tho Inivn mwl rn.n
declared, according to .lones,thiit their
appetites for old fashioned beef were
destroyed.
In connectlou with the Jones bison
there Is fostered a certain brand of
Bheep which Jones calls Porsl:irno
This breed crossed with the Shropshire
beats anything In the lnmb line that
ever grew wool. For some reasou not
explained by Jones this Persiariuo
thrives best on the ranch where the
bison is bTOUCht Ul. The Pnrslnrlnn
chop or roust l.s said to have a juici
ness wmen would liave made the gods
on Olympus throw away their nectar
If- they had ever tnsted the Jones
brand of lamb. The whole town is
talking about the combination, aud to
hear the various high feeders of Chi
cago one would think that the '-double
cross" had been placed on Texas mid
other cattle.
An evangelist appeared before a
meeting of ministers Iu this city and
told tliem that
the! r libraries
abounded in
books w h 1 c h
were making of
them (the minis
ter atheists,
naturalists, r a -tlonallsts
and pol
y t h c 1 t s. The
evangelist told
the ministers to
get rid of theno
obnoxious works
and study their
Bibles. He said
that they must
accept tho Bible
as a whole. The
newfangled book
would retard thes,''-'"-i'A--nTSTOY
work of nuy orjojf.vii.
church. Preachers should accept the
story of Jonah and the whale Just as
It was printed In tho old book. The
remarks did not agree with the views
of those present, and when the evan
gelist got through somebody handed
him his hat and asked him not to
hasten.
A recollection of the Abruzzl-Elklns
engagement came up In a funny way
at one of the big hotels. The chef
asked for a leave of absenco to visit
the land of his birth. When the boss
sskd for the reason tho chef ex
plain d thnt after the engagement of
fhe duk. y.as announced be began tho
preparation of an enormous wedding
cake which would be the biggest and
the most elaborately decorated cake
evor seen. It was urn llalshed until
after the engagement was off. Still,
knowing how love matches' are some
times rearranged after a rupture, the
chof kept on working out tho cake
scheme, laboring fur Into the night ou
the dtf orations. When it was finished
he whs lu an almost exhausted condi
tion and needed uu ocean voyage to
Bison Steaks
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nodai-l . . j-"'vv
bring back lite art The leave of nh
Qew wns Brained with the under-
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T1CL AltltlZl (AUK.
standing that the Abnuzl-Blklus aUu
Is U be rallied The girl who gels the
large t number of votes will take the
cake.
A grae situation is before the boaid
of education of Chicago. Forty-live
hundred teachers, male and female,
petitioned for an Increase of salaries.
The petitioners asserted (hat they weie
promised more money Nome time ago.
The chairman of the couimlltoc before
whh'h (lie presentation was made de
clared that no such promise had ever
been inside. That assertion Is what l.s
cuuslug the Ire of the teachers to siz
zle. They object to be being put lu
the Ananias class. The chairman setit
the petition to the file, Hiid there It re
mains. The teachers are cogitating.
When 1,500 teachers get together and
cogltnte something iineTpccted islioble
to happen. It has been hinted at this
remote stage of the situation that ev
ery schoolhouso !n Chicago Is destined
to be unopened some day, without no
tice, unless the epithet of liar is with
drawn. Matrlages by persons divorced lu Il
linois, or even In other states, within
a year ifre Illegal. This Is the decision
of one learned Judge of Chicago, and It
has lf"'ii oncnired in by several oth
ers. In the case on which the decision
Is based tjie Judge said that marriage
In Illinois was be
lug reduced to
the level of com
mercialism and
that the conse
quences were
more h u n o f u I
than Monuoulsm
The court went
back to the gar
den of 13 d e n
mutch, iu whlcii
he asserted that
when Ada 111 and
Eve stood before
the Almighty the
edict was mode
that when n man
takes a woman
to be his wife ,pOOFiiiM.Aiiw
shall leave father , nEAnKt:i
and mother and shall cleave to hi?
wife and that they two shall be one iu
flesh. The court udded to this by
quoting the saeredness of the marital
tie as mentioned In the New Testa
ment. One of the lawyers in the case
is to said to have remarked, but not
In the hearing of tho Jurist, that the
higher courts' of Illinois would knock
out the garden of Eden edict.
The .suffrage movement of Chicago4
women Is suffering more than was ex
pected. The organization was await
ing tlie arrival here of Mrs. Potter Pal
mer. The leadeis expressed confidence
that Mrs. Palmer would give the move
ment the benefit of her iudoncmeut
When the women of Chicago wan), to
be assured of success iu aiiy thing tiii'.v
undertake they get Mrs. Palmer's up
proval. There is no doubt about Mrs
rainier being the leader iu all mutter
In thLsTdty which are for the anu'llora
tlon of her sex. But the suffragists
went to defeat when they endeavored
to get Mrs. Palmer's approval of their
plans. In spite of many well planned
efforts all that tho mlbtress of thi'I.nke
Shore drive castle uttered was, "j have
nothing to say" When asked If the
militant tuctlcs of the English suffra
gettes hail turned her against the move
ment, Mrs. Palmer bowed In that man
uer of which sho Is a supremo-mistress
and repeated, "I have nothing to say."
The health dopemi'w.t vf CL'lfigo Is
a good thing, as Is the health depart
ment of any city. But ours Is more In
tent upon earning Its sahnlcs than Is
for the town's credit. Tho board is en
titled to its pay, imt It gets It at the
expense of tho city's good name. It
has Just discovered that the air -100 feet
above the sidewalk Is Impregnated
wltli a mineral that would convert n
natural blond or 0110 of the manufac
tured type into a dusky Mongolhui, so
far ns complexion Is concerned.
Tho chemist who made (his disco
ory does not hesitate to assert that
much of this upper air comes down
upon tho city about so often-he does
not say just howoften-and that people
inhale It and that It produces all sorts
TIIE All! SHOULD 11U PUT INTO A CIIOITCII.
cf disease. Ho almost says that the all
should bo put Into a chopper before
helng fed to the people. Still, Chicago
lives about as long per capita as any
town of Its size, if sediment In the air
killed folks, Pittsburg would have becu
unmapped long ago.
BEVERLY BRUX.
Not For Himself.
"He seems to be on a still hunt."
"He doesV
'Yes."
"What for?"
"Trouble, I guess."
"Then It must bo that ho Is going to
tnnko somebody h presout of It
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BUSINESS LOCALS
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Wanted Furnished rooms, by week
or month. Call or write to Chas. A.
Schellok, at Crystal theatte. 6-iw
Dr. Barnes, the eye sight specialist
of Omaha, will be in Alliance Nebr.,
Tuesday, January 26th, at the Drake
hotel. Don't forget the date. Re
member frequent visits nro made over
this road. Call and have vour eyes
examined, ,,
Household goods stored in basement
of Yonkin's restaurant. Terms reason
able. Enquire of S. W. Holt at Yon
kiu's restaurant for further particulars.
G-4W
Dr. Allen, dentist. Opera house blk
For sale: Two well-bred colts. One
broke to drive single, the other halter
broke. Full brother and sister. In
quire of Ira Reed. 5-tf
House and two lots with barn 28x32,
aud new windmill, to trade for horses
or cattle. Inquire of E. Becker, at
Alliance Bowling Alley. 5-tf.
A piano for rent cheap to a family
without children. Inquire 804 Box
Butte avenue or phono 310. s-w
A DREADFUL WEAPON.
The Slaahing Sharks' Teeth Club f
tha Polynesian.
Clubs were the weapons of primitive
and savage man. Ancient specimens
from Mexico are heavy sticks grooved
along the side for the Insertion of
blades of bosldlan that is, volcanic
glass. The Sioux club Is a flat piece
of wood, curving and widening away
from the grip and terminating In a
spherical head, which in modern times
carries a long spike, while the blades
of several butcher knives are common
ly Inserted along the margin. The na
tional museum of the United States
possesses a great variety of these
shocking weapons, designed, as the
frontiersmen say, to "knock down the
white man and then to bralu him and
cut him into mince meat." The Kings
mill islanders and other Polynesians
make dreadful slashing weapons by se-
I curing rows of sharks' teeth along a
haft of wood.
These weapons vary from n few
Inches to sixteen feet In length, and it
has been said that in all the range of
weapons devised by mankind there Is
nothing more blood cuidling to behold.
They show how the sword may have
been evolved from the club even by
tribes unacquainted with the use of
metals. African weapons, again, are
exceedingly complicated owing to the
acquaintance of the natives with Iron.
The standard club Is converted Into a
sort of tomahawk by the addition of
blades or into a primitive spear by the
addition of a sharp spud. The plain
clubs In the African area are used
chiefly for throwing.
The Bmall knobbed clubs, or "ker
rlcs," such as are found among tho
Kafllrs and other African tribes. nr
generally used as missiles. Whereas
the club proper was soon brought to
perfection among savage tribes and
was long ago abandoned as a weapon
of clvlll7ied warfare, the missile typi
fied by the thrown clubs or "kerrle3"
Is still being Improved upon In boom
erangs, bows aud arrows, crossbows
and firearms.
BEETHOVEN AND BUSINESS.
Selling His Musio Was Distasteful to
the Great Composer.
An extremely Interesting article
which has appeared in a German mu
sical and theatrical paper under the
above heading contains tho following
statement, says a Loudon exchange:
Beethoven never bargained In the or
dinary way. His fees for a composi
tion were demanded briefly and in a
decided manner, and he always pointed
out when mentioning a price that he
meant guineas aud not sovereigns, or,
rather, their equivalent lu Austrian
coin, lu 1S01 lie wrote to a music Arm
at Leipzig: "Now the unpulatable busi
ness part is done with. I wish thtugs
could be managed differently In this
world. There should be only one mu
sic publisher to whom tho artist might
take his work, kuowlug that he might
ask a fee according to his require
ments. As It Is, ho bus to be partly a
tradesman. Good heavens, how dif
ferent and unpalatable this Is!" But
this pious wish was never fulfilled, and
Beethoven had to remain "half a
tradesman" to the end.
As a suggestion of how dedications
are occasionally made, the following
letter, which Beethoven wrote to the
same publisher In 1802 from VIeuna, is
Interesting:
"The lady In question can have a'
sonata, and I will do my best to carry
out her aesthetic Ideas. The prlco Is
5 guineas (ducaten), and for this she
may retain the sonata for a year as
her private property, but not for pub
lication. At the end of the year the
souata becomes my property that is
to say, 1 have the right to publish It,
and If she thluks It an honor she may
ask to have the work dedicated to
her."
This, from the busluess point of view
of the lady In question, is surely a
tempting offer. At least, so the art
patroness of today would think i she
had a chance of suggesting to a
Beethoven the "aesthetic Idea" for a
sonata, to retain such a treasure in her
own hands for a twelvemonth and
thereafter have it dedicated to her
?nd all for 5 guineas!
WE PRINT
SALE BILLS
AND PRINT THEM RIGHT
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