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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.
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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-
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RAILWAY NOTES AND PERSONAL
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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
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mcaia uicu ocuiaiy
Public Stenographer
Commercial Club Room
Basement Phelan Opera House Dlk.
Typewriting, Shorthand Reporting,
Mimeogiaph Duplicating, etc, done
correctly and promptly.
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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
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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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