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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1909)
l ! fi ? ' ! , w n il g.lWR Published Every Thursday by The Herald Publishing Company. V. A. ricnsoM. I'rrfc l.i-orn O. Tiioma. Sec. John W. Tiiomab Mjtr. JOHN W. THOMAS Editor J, B. KNIEST ..... Associate Editor Entered at the postoflico at Alliance, Nebraska, for transmission through tho mails, as second-class matter. Subscription, t.5o per year in advance. THURSDAY, MARCH 4 1909. PRESIDENT W. H. TAFT. VICE PRESIDENT J. S. SHERMAN. A Fake Acknowledged It will be remembered that in the late national campaign, months after the death , of ex-President Grover Cleveland, the New York Times published an article, purporting to have been composed by Mr, Cleveland, lauding William H. Taft and favoring his election, instead of Mr. Bryan's to the presidency, The article bore all the earmarks of a clumsy forgery and was immediately denounced as such, Mrs Grover Cleveland herself asserting most vehemently that her husband never wrote, dictated or expressed the views attributed to him. It developed that the article was sold to The Times, after being refused by other publications, by one U rough ton Urauden burg, a magazine writer of small fame or importance. Mr. Brandenburg was ar rested, but persisted in putting up the blufl that the article was genuine, and succeeded in securing somebody to go on his bond for $1,500 for his appearance in court to answer the charge made against him, when, he loudly asserted, the genu ineness of the article would be proven be yond a doubt and his "honor" vindicated. But when tho time came for Mr. Brand enburg to appear and vindicate himself his name was called in vain. The author of the forgery had decamped for parts un known, thus acknowledging the spurious ness of the stuff he bad palmed off upon a supposedly intelligent metropolitan news paper. Republican newspapers the country over widely copied the Brandenburg fake although many of them must have been convinced as they did so of its falsity. It is not to be expected, of course, that all of them will give as wide publicity to the ex posure of the thing as they did to the original fake. But those with a modicum of decency in their makeup will be ashamed of their participation in this colossal hoax, which was an insult not only to the crsdulity of the American people but to the memory of the dead statesman whose name was dragged foto it. ,12.1114 HlLLL 11 ii T 1 V- l yypT Hownfta.tfJ" Our Lincoln Letter Lincoln, Nebr, Marcli 2 (Special Correspondence) Tlio time limit for the introduction of bills has expired, nnd from now on tho work of legisla tion will go on in real earnest. The "slaughter of tho innocents," referenco being had to favorite bills, lias already begun. That the pledges of tho demo ciatic platform will be carried out In letter and in spirit is assured. It is no easy task to frame a law that will stand the scrutiny of a supreme court, especially when that law has to deal with such an important matter as our banking laws. But the committees on banking have worked hard and long, and the result is a bill that will carry out tho pledge guaranteeing depositors. Tho bill may, and doubtless will, be amended before its final passage, but the amendments will have to do with details, and not with the spirit of the law. Senate File 15 has been passed by both houses and now goes to Governor Shallcnbergcr. This bill provided that the secretary of state shall cause to be published in newspapers designated by the governor all proposed constitutional amendments, Senator Douahoe's bill providing for a non-partisan judiciary and taking the schools out of politics, has passed the senate. It provides that no party designation be affixed to candidates for judges of the supreme or district courts, the county court, or candidates for county superintendent or state superin tendent. Tho house took the bit in its teeth last week and ordered the stock yards bill reported from the committee. This bill regulates the prices charged by the stock yards and puts that big business institution under the super vision of tho railway commission. The house will restore to thj physical valu ation bill some things taken from it in the senate. At this writing it seems safe to say that the physical valuation bill will include all public service cor porations of whatsoever kind. The determination is to make good the platform pledge for a physical valua tion of all corporations performing public service. House Roll t has gone to the gover nor. This is what is known as the "Oregon .Plan" of electing United States senators. By its provisions candidates for the legislature are given the option of signing two pledges or refusing to sign any. One pledges the candidate to vote for the senatorial candidate receiving the highest number of votes. The other pledges him to vote for the candidate receiving the highest number ot votes in his disttict. Or he can refuse to pledge himself at alt. This is the bill which republican organs charge is a plan to"foist Bryan" on the state. Here is a little sample of republican politics: It happened in one of the state institutions situated close to the Missouri river. When Governor Shal lenberger's appointee assumed charge of this institution he found that the retiring superintendent had on Janu ary 30, 1908, signed contracts with the teachers he had appointed for the year of 1909. Thus the incoming superiiu teudeut found himself burdened with the teachers appointed by his prede cessor. The number of bills introduced in the house at this session will not be larger than the number introduced two years ago. But the number will be about the same. Tho general appro priations bill will not be larger than the one two years ago, notwithstanding the fact that the constitutional amend ments adopted last fall will add some thing like $90,000 a year to the expen ses of the supreme and district courts And it must be born in mind that this legislature will have to take care of several deficiences created by the Sheldon administration. March 19, Mr. Bryan's birthday, will be the occasion for the gathering of democratic clans in Lincoln- There will be a banquet in the evening, at which time Mr. Bryan will speak, as will others. In the afternoon the Democratic Editorial Association will meet at the Lincoln hotel, and an interesting program has been prepared. Mr. Bryan, who is a past president of the association, will address the edi tors. 1 be attempt to make political capi tal out of the South Omahatiot was a dismal failure, Representatives How ard and Kraus had no difficulty in proving that nothing said by them was calculated to arouse the passions of men. The riot wasparticipated in by hoodlum boys, the better element ot the workingmeu deprecating the out break and doing what they could to prevent it. Governor Shallenberger and staff will attend the inaugural ceremonies in Washington. On his way the gover nor stopped at Omaha on March 2nd and addressed the Omaha Ad Club. J. A- L. Teddy Bear goes out and Billy Pos sum comes in. It is not practicable for The Herald to give President Taft's inaugural ad dress in full, but we are giving a con densed report, covering one page of the paper, which well represents the com plete address- Tho Crawford Tiibune made a good hit in publishing on its first page in pica type an article headed, "Profes sional Training for Teachers in West ern Nebraska," setting forth a large number of strong reasons why the log islatine should establish a normal school in this part of the state. We fliould have beon batter pleased, how. evor, if it had been croditud to the Alliance Commercial Club by whom it was issued in .circular form- ..j...;..;..X..-..--.-..;..;..;..;..-..;..;.."....;..jMj....'..t,.j, RAILWAY NOTES AND PERSONAL T A ANNA. At the Crystal. T. V. Hancock has left the serviae Chas. King is spending a few days at Mason. Miss Eva Lawler is visiting friends at Sheridan. A. D. Williams, operatcr at Ells worth, has left the service. ' ' H C. Miller, claim adjuster, was in Alliance Friday oil business. Mrs. E. W. Reed is spending a few days at Omaha with friends. W. R. Leslie, machinist helper, is visiting in Billings this week. Machinist J. E. Antcrline is taking in the sights at Kansas City. Machinist F. S. Ritchie has been laid off on account of slack business. Fred Schncll and brother have gone to Grand Island for thirty days' visit. Mrs. J. F. Holly left Thursday for a thirty days' visit at Nickersou, Nebr. Braketnan I. C. Earnest and Switch man H. A. Allcrton have left the ser vice. Roadmaster D. E. Lynch of Edge mont was in Alliance yesterday on business. F. Slote, water seivice foreman, had business that called him to Deadwood yesterday. Mrs. K. C. Spatz and two sons of Edgemont are spending a few days with Alliance friends. Conductor C E. Bennett of the east end passed through Alliance Sunday on a business trip to Edgemont. Geo, L. Helzcr and wife are spend ing several weeks with friends at Har vard, Nebr., and Longmont, Colo. J, G. Stewart, traveling storekeeper, was at Alliance Tuesday on business connected with the local storehouse, Operator Adams of the Alliance re lay office is relieving Operator Zabel at Auselmo, the latter being on a vaca tion. It is pay roll time and the master mechanic and superintendent's office forces are very busy getting them written up. C. A. Hahu has been promoted from coal shed foreman at Crawford to water service repairman, vice M- Gehr ett, who has resigned. R. C. McLeese is relieving Chief Dispatcher Gavin this week, the latter being engaged in helping conduct the time card examination. On account of Colonists excursion to the northwest, two sections of No. 41 were necessary yesterday morning in order to handle the business. Oporator L. W. Wright of the Al liance telegraph office departed Mon day on No- 301 for Ft? Worth. Texas for a three weeks' visit with home folks. Mrs. W. H. Allgeier and baby re turned Thursday from a visit with her .sister, Mrs. Roscoe Blood, of Mitchell. That accounts for the- "smile that won't come off" on W. H.'s face. H- S. Johnson and L. M. Smith of the storekeeper's force here returned Monday from Sheridan, where they were assisting in the invoicing of the stock in the storehouse at that point. I- N- Redfern, superintendent of the relief and employment departments, with headquarters in Chicago, arrived at Alliance on 42 this morning. He will leave on No. 301 tomorrow en route to Denver. Miss Myrtle Carlson, stenographer in the chief dispatcher's office, and her sister, Miss Alice, who is stenographer in the store department, expect to leave Sunday for a few days' visit with friends at Denver. Conductor C. E. Mathews departed on No. 44 Monday on a combined pleasure and business trip to eastern points. He expects to be gone about 30 days and will take in the sights at Chicago, Omaha and Des Moines. J. E- Stam, clerk in the water ser vice department, received word Friday that his brother, who lives at Haxtun, Colo,, was very ill, and he was pre pared to leave on the Denver train Saturday for that point, when he re ceived a telegram stating that his brother was out of danger und it was not necessary for him to go- M, H, Landigan. switchmau at Edgemont, who was injured on Janu ary 3rd, being caught between two cars, and who has been visiting in the east ern part of the state, arrived at Alliauce Thursday. He will remain here a short time visiting relatives and then will go to Edgemont to resume his duties. Train and engine men have dug up their books of rules, and time card school is in full swing with Trainmas ter J oder, Chief Dispatcher Gavin and Traveling Engineer Fitzpatrick on the bench. Three, and sometimes four, classes a day are being held, and these gentlemen are hoping to finish up here the last of the week. Gen. Supt. L, B. Allen, Engineer Way Darrow of Lincoln, Snpt. Weiden hamer, Chief Clerk Griggs, Trainmas ter Cameron and Roadmaster Toohey, wiui inspection engine 300, made a tour of inspection to Guernsey and re turned last londay. On Tuesday Messrs. Allen and Darrow, Supt. Birdsell and Roadmaster Lynch made an inspection trip to Edgemont. C. A. Wetherell and wife went to Sidney Saturday to meet their aunt, Mrs. I, N. Huston, of Moundsville, W. Va., who has beeu visiting in Cali fornia, and was leturning home on the U. P. Mrs. Hiibtou accompanied them to Alliance, whore she will make a s,lort visit, going from here to dr. loans," Nebr,, to see a brother, frqtn which place she will return to her home at Moundsville. Sh is a sister of Engineer G. L, Milliken, Work will &oon be commenced' on the new service building which is to be erected just wast of the new depot. This building will be of brick and will be used for the batteries, office for cnrinen, brakemen and porters' lockers, ice, roadmaster's room, etc. This building will eliminate the several sheds just west of the depot, and will ipiprove the looks of the station grounds. The freight house is also to be moved to a location near the foot of Larnmie street. This will give more room for trackage. Don't miss the treat at the Crystal. Every night except Sunday. An Iowa Visitor's Views Wo have a copy of the Sidney, Ia, Sun containing a communication from Rev. Geo. C. Hicks, who visited in this part of Nebraska some weeks since Following is an extract front the letter: "Hope, Nebr., Dec. 2g, '08. Editor Sun: On arriving at Alliance our first visit was to our grandson, recently married, wiiom we tounu nicely ntteu up in housekeeping and living in comfort and contentment with his young and charm ing bride. He is employed in the tele phone business and is an expert in his line; his wife is very respectably con nected, is a graduate of the Alliance high school, and has had some exper-' ience as a teacher. 1 Our visit with these young people j over, we are now forty miles to the , south of Alliauce, ou the northern ex tremity of the Platte Valley, visiting at 1 the home of our youngest daughter. ' Some four and one-half years ago her husband entered a tract of land here and on which they are now living. Here is a country of vast extent, most ly level, but broken here and there by hills and mounds that rise abruply and obstruct the otherwise almosttil limitable vision- From the window near which I write the eye makes a sweep of more than 64,000 acres. With the exception of what is called the Tri-State Land Co., who own many thousand acres, most of this area is occupied by homesteaders who have been lured here "by the promise of the government to put through the tract an irrigating ditch; this ditch has reached to within about six miles of, this spot, but there is some doubt as to the time of its completion. Casting your eye over the vast dis tances, the scene is a strange one; not a tree nor a shrub is in sight and the houses of the' ranches dot the prairie here and there without respect to sec tion lines or regularity; they stand naked and unprotected, just where the convenience or fancy of the owner saw fit to place them. In this scattered mass of population, almost ever)' na tionality is represented. Here, too, are nearly all religious views." TfiaTAfF' The Crystal's ad on second page this week is n thlnp of beauty, to the eye of a practical printer at least, combining the pleasing effects of typographical skill anil the engraver's art. Mr. and Mrs. C, A- Burlew of Hem ingford were guests of Mr- and Mrs. John O'Keefe Monday and Tuesday, being in attendance at the funeral of Father Halbe. Alliance has the reputation of being a dry town but, the streets look very wet since the heavv snow has thawed. E. F. Sutton made an automobile trip to Alliance Sunday, but had to leave his machine there and come home on the train Monday morning. Scottsbluff Herald. Mrs. E. Reeves departed on the Guernsey train yesterday, her destina tion being Torrington, Wyo., where she will visit her son, Verne, and fami ly for the next week or ten days- Wolf Freimuth, who lives eighteen miles north of Alliance, one of The Herald's staunch friends, called at our xffice yesterday to pay a year's sub scription for himself and also for his brother, Jos. Freimuth, Carroll, Iowa. C. A- Newberry made shipment of two car loads of steel tanks, thirty-five in all, to Hyannis yesterday. The tanks were consigned to Mr. Myers, a ranchman, living southeast of Hyannis. This speaks well for Alliance enter prise. ,wwwwrwWw, Rev, J. Jordan and wife of Alliance have decided to oast their lot with the people of Bayard and labor for a time in the Lord's vineyard. The Trans cript joins in bidding them welcome and trusts much good will be accom plished. Bayard Transcript. A. W. Pierson boarded No. 44 out of Alliance yesterday bouud for Mill den, Nebr., where he will visit his par ents for a few days. He will incident ally look around Lincoln and Omaha before returning. Al. doesn't like the idea of moving to Crawford aud of course we don't blame him. The directory of the Alliance Tele phone Co., recently issued from the Herald's job department, shows more than 700 city subscribers and nearly 100 phones on the country lines. This company' is givipg its patrons a very acceptable service and we are pleased to liute the volume of their business. The popular Crystal. v Miss Hazel Beck, having completed her course at the Lincoln Business College has returuod to Alliance and has taken up wo'rk as a public steno grapher, with an office in the Commer cial Club room in the baseiuest of the Phelan Blook- She is a competent and an accomplished stenographer aud the business meu of Alliance will be pleased to favor her with their patronage- Just tell 'em all you'll see what colburn has to offer in PRICES before you buy In DRY GOODS, CLOTH ING and SHOES J. P. Colburtfs Cash Store GROCERY "-MEAT SPECIALTIES I MAKE A SPECIALTY OF BEST QUALITY GOODS IN Fresh and Cured Meats Provision, Fresh and Canned Fruits, Veg etables, etc. WA TRIAL ORDER SOLICITED JS. GRAHAM Rumer Bldg., Corner Box Butte Ave. and Montana St. r'firanil RARtAiirflnt-.? t Plenty of tables G-ood, clean linen l Meals served promptly 'We Serve uoU 1,0 cu., mcaia uicu ocuiaiy Public Stenographer Commercial Club Room Basement Phelan Opera House Dlk. Typewriting, Shorthand Reporting, Mimeogiaph Duplicating, etc, done correctly and promptly. a Al Wiker AGENT FOR Grand Maid Granite and Marble Works All kinds of Granite aud Marble Tombstones and Monuments. Lower prices and less freight than from firms farther east H. NELSON, ' Painting, Paper Hanging and Kalsomining Phone 641 fiance, Nebr. GEO. W.MILLER OR A Ir ATE PIANO TUNER Repairing a Specialty . Phone 605 507 Sweetwater Ave. 4th door south of Alliance National Bank :at vu.uutUt Trv our nnnn rlinnf,- o- ' " ? TOM TUCK. Prop, NOW IS THE SEASON OF COUGHS and COLDS F. J. BRENNAN J. N. Stirgeon S. G. Yovng Sturgeon & Young PKAY LINE (Successors to G. W. Zobel) Office Phone 139. Rpidence Phone 142. 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