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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1909)
' 4yS43" -" it i . r fW$BM 'Published ISvery Thursday by The Herald Publishing Company. V. A. I'iKitPON, t'r b. .ix)T ('. Thomas, See. Jon. V. Thomas. Mar. ,, iftB.' iVxr-r-.TTTY-r- '. " ., :; :,.r,r, ; r- JOIIN V. THOMAS Editor J, B. KN1EST Associate Editor Entered at the postoflico at Alliance, Nebraska, for transmission through the mails, as second-class matter. Subscription, $1.50 per year in advance. THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1909. m hi ! - -nil - - -' .-i - --.. Wo claim that every man is entitled to a square deal, whether he thinks as wo do Or not. Says The Kocky Mountain Elk: A biblical injunction from the lips of tlio lowly Naznreno bids do good to those who dcspitcfully use us, and wise, in tired, the command. We would quit loser in the gamo wore wo to attempt to Tight a skunk with its own weapons or to reciprocate in kind when kicked by n mule. Tlio deluded workingman, who joins with his protectionist employer to got n high tariff on such essentials as hosiery, gloves nnd other articles of clothing, seems seldom to "tumble" to the fact that ho is not protecting himself at all, but taxing himself for his employer's benefit. Large numbers of foreign workingmen nnd women dome into the United States, to compcto with the "protected" laborers of this country, without lot or hindrance. Why don't our workingmen insist upon protection against the competition of foreign labor coming to these shorts with the same vehemence thot they shout for pro tection for their employers against the competition of foreign manufactures? , A deputation of bewitching female em ployes of thu hosiery trust have been sent to Washington by their employers to exor cise their fascinations upon susceptible statesmen in congress to the end that hos iery duties may be increased-and the be witching hosiery makers may be further 'protected" against cheap foreign labor. Now let's figure a little: Hosiery worth $1 abroad is subject to a duty of about 65 cents; on some grades it is more and on some it is less, but it is fair to take 65 per cent, as tlio average rate of protection on hosiery. Out on hosiery worth $1.65 the census report shows that not more than 41 cents was paid for labor. Thus, according to the figures they themselves return to the census office, the hosiery manufactur ers have been cheating their fair employes out of 34 cents worth ot protection on every 41 cents paid for labor, as the schedules stand. How much higher wages do the bewitching stocking-makers imagine they will receive if their greedy employers are given still greater leeway to bleed the long-suffering public? The Bee's Lemon It was not honey but a lemon that the Omaha Bee handed Alliance in its write up of this city in its Issue of Sunday, May 2,' That paper's special reporter was here some time ago and one would suppose from what he promised, Alliance and Box Butte county would get the best writo up that It ever had. There were some good points to it but there were also some state ments that were not only misleading but were absolutely ridiculous. The firs.t of these that we noticed was that "Where irrigation is possible immense crops of cereals and roots can be raised". The fact is there is practically no irrigation in the county and yet immense crops of cere als and roots are grown every where. An other statement which is perhaps a typo graphical error is that the farmers shipped 3000 pounds of butter last year. The fact is the Alliance Creamery alone churned nearly a quarter of a million pounds of butter last year. Again the statemnt Is made that the average farmer spends $27 per year for supplies. The statement is too absurd on the face of It to need any answer. In regard to potatoes we are in formed that this county raised last year and shipped out 6,511 bushels.. If this were multiplied by 100 it would be approx imately correct. According to the bulletin of crop statistics for 1903 issued by the Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics there were grown in Box Butte county last year 442,748 bushels of potatoes which estimate is without doubt too small. An other mistake that appears to have been a typographical error is that the monthly pay roll of the Burlington railroad here exceeds $6,000. The writer probably meant to say S60.000. There wereagood many things, however, in the write up that would no doubt have been beneficial to this city and county if it had not been for the glaring mistakes that were made. We hope that the Bee will see fit to publish a statement to correct these errors. Is the Farmer a Fool? For many weeks representatives of the beef trust have been industriously circulate ing petitions among farmers, for their jsignature, asking to have the Dingley doty kept on hides. Parmer devoid of Intelli gence, and some farmers of average native intelligence but who are prone to let others do their thinking for them, have doubtless been misled in large numbers to sum these petitions. The sertslbfe farmer, who stops to think, will not make such a fool of him self. Ucforo the duty was placed on hides the average difference between the prices of hides the trust sold and the hides, which the farmer occasionally had to sell at the time, was one and one-half cents per pound. Now the difference Is five cents per pound. That is to say the trust gets 15 cents per pound as against 10 cents per pound which the farmer gets The big packers pay 5 cents per pound for beef on the hoof and sell the hide from such beef at 15 cents per pound. A hide when taken off weighs, say 70 pounds. At 5 cents a pound it costs the packer $3 50. Ho sells this same hide, which, when cured, weighs about 02 pounds, at 15 cents a pound, making $9.30, or a profit to the packing trust of S5.80 on every hide. The farmer, along with the working man, pays this profit to the trust in higher prices for shoos, as well as for harness and all other things into which leather enters The duty on hides benefits no interest but that of the packing house trust and takes money from the pockets of every man, woman and child in this country, .lames G.' Ulaine wrote to William McKinley in April. 1890, on this subject as follows: "It is a great mistake to take the hides from the free list where they have" been for so many years. It will 'benefit' the farmer bv nddinu materially to the cost of his children's shoes. It will yield a profit to" the packer, who is the last man who needs It. The movement is injudicious from beginning to end, in every form and phase." Theso words of Blaine are as true today as they were when uttered 19 years ago. Do the farmers want the duty retained on hides? The question is equivalent to asking; Is the farmer a fool? A Square Deal Proposition The law of Nebraska under which saloon licenses are granted requires that a notice of application bo published in the paper of general circulation In the county in which the saloon is to be located, and, as we understand the law, the notice shall be published in the paper having the largest circulation iu the county. If we are cor rect in regard to the law in regard to pub lication, no saloon license can be legally granted in Alliance this spriog unless the notice is first published in The Herald. The object in having these notices pub lished as contemplated by the legislature when this law was enacted was evidently not to advertise the saloon business but to give due notice so that it there should be any ground for remonstrance an opportun ity would be given for the presentation of such remonstrance before the granting of licenses. There will probably be seven or eight applicants for licenses to sell liquor at the next meeting of the city council of Alliance. Two of these applicants are having their notices published in The Her ald and consequently will be legally en titled to receive licenses if there is nothing else to prevent. As it was decided by the voters at the recent municipal election that there should be saloons in Alliance during the ensuing year, we do not wish to cause any of the applicants for licenses any un necessary annoyance or trouble; but it Is just as well that they start out in the busi ness legally as otherwise. , We, are practically sure that The Herald has the largest circulation in Box Butte county of any publication, and if we can ascertain that the law requires publication of uotices in the paper having the largest circulation in the county we shall demand at the outset that this feature of the law be complitd with; but to show those who are applying for licenses that we do not maVe this demand for the purpose of annoying them or putting them to unnecessary ex pense, we have the following proposition to make, which we believe all fair-minded persons will concede to represent a square deal: We will submit the subscription list of The Herald to.a comparison to that of the Times, the comparison to be made by a committee of three to be mutually agreed upon by the publishers of the two papers. This committee shall be author ized to take any steps that they may deem necessary to determine the accuracy of the lists submitted. If they find that either publisher makes any effort to mis represent the actual number of subscribers to his paper, such shall be considered as having the smaller circulation; otherwise this committee shall decide on. the evi dence submitted which of the two papers has the larger circulation. If it is de cided that the Times has a larger circula tion than The Herald we will make no further demand for the publication of the notices of application for liquor licenses. A young drummer was taking a va. cation with his undo iu the country and was called upon to say grace at dinner, and not being accustomed to it tie-promptly tackled the difficulty in the following words: "vVe acknowl edge receipt of your favor of this date. Allow us to extend our gratitude for this expression of good will. Trusting that our house may merit your confi dence and have many orders from you this fall, we are yours truly, amen." LOCAL PARAGRAPHS. Jerry Rowan Is visiting in Ohio. Dr. Copscy is transacting' business in Omaha ' W. J. Poole has commenced work on his now house. R M. Hampton made a trip to the ranch this week. Geo. Mollring returned the first of the week from a trip to Chicago, Mrs. Garrett of Ellsworth returned to her home after a pleasant visit in Alliance ' The Woman's Club will ,tncet with Mrs. D. W. Hayes tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Fred Countryman and his son, Oli ver, are doing a good part of the work on the new air dome. II. E. Jones and wife canto down from Hcmiugford in their Mitchell automobile last Friday. A- L Cliuebell has moved the Pan torium to Y tinder's' tailor shop under the First National bank. The lectures by H H. Berry at the Baptist church this week were quite interesting and drew a good attendance. Freight train no 4G, east bound, last Tuesday morning, set fire to and de stroyed n carload of shingles at Lake side. The Barnes Cafe has been moved one door north. The corner room will soon be used as a dispensary of wet good. Father McNnmara left Sunday after noon for Omaha to complete arrange ments for his European trip. Ho re turned today. While in Bridgeport yesterday L. C Thomas, representing the Western Office Supply company, sold another Oliver typewriter. The four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Countryman had the mis fortune last Tuesday to fall and break an arm below the wrist. Mrs. F. J. Kreamcr, formerly a res ident of Alliance but now of Little Rock, Arkansas, is visiting Mrs. J. I'. Roardou nnd other friends. Robert Graham, Sr., one of The Herald's stand-bys who lives five miles east of Hemiugford, was transacting business in Alliance lust Saturday Parties are hero from Alliance with a view to buying out the telephone business. It is possible the transac tion will occur in a day or two. Ger ing Courier, Mrs. C. F. DeVoe, mother of Mrs. G. F. Bctts, and two grandchildren of Lincoln stopped over Sunday in Alli ance on their way to her ranch in Sioux county. Have you tried the home made bread and pastries that the Ladies' Aid are offeriug lor sale every Saturday? If not next Saturday will bo a good time to sample them. Geo. Darling went to Crawford on business, a part of which was to se cure the Fort Robinson military band for the stockmen's convention to be held here in June. . Tlio Western Office Supply company sold two more L. C. Smith typewriters in Alliance last week, one to S. K. Warrick for the Minatare bank and one to J no. W. Thomas for The Her ald office. Sister Cornicia of St. Agnes' acade my has been iu frail ' health for eome time. Last Sunday her condition grew worse and for a time alarmed her asso ciates, but she has rallied and is grow ing stronger. Louis Buechsenstien and Thos Lund lett on 44 Monday for Lincoln, where they went as delegates to the Grand Lodge of tbo A. O. U. W., which convened in the capital city on Tuesday and Wednesday. Prof. D. W. Hayes leaves today for Lincoln to attend a meeting of the Ne braska School Masters' club tomorrow night, and of the Executive Committee of the State Teachers' Association ou Saturday. He will return Monday. Clarence Miller accompanied his mother, who has been spending a few days in our city, to her home in Albion, this state, last Tuesday. Beforo re turning to Alliance be expects to visit iu Omaha aud other eastern points. Undo Zed Goodwin is quite ill with an attack of pneumonia at his home iu the east part of the city. "Uncle Zed" is eightv-five years old but for all that is making au active struggle against the ills of the flesh which have taken hold of him. We all sincerely hope the good, old man will be spared to us for many years to come. J. W. Bicknell and family arrived from Pleasanton, Iowa, last week to make their borne iu Alliance, Mr. Bicknell is a brother of Mrs. Irene Mc Kinney and has accepted a position with the firm of Wallace & Swanson. Ho comes here well recommended and wo arc pleased to welcome him and his family. J as. B. Gray returned last Tuesday from a business visit at Lakeside and Ellsworth. He witnessed the dipping of about 7,000 head of cattle at the Patterson ranch. The way in which this effort was accomplished was most systematic and thorough. Grebe's photograph gallery is under going a thorough cleaning up, painting and decorating. Messrs. Grimstcad and Hill arc doing the work and by the time they are through the studio will present as artistic an appoarancc as do the pictures that come from it. It was recently reported from east ern Nebraska that it was too dry to plant corn there. If the farmers of that country will come up to Box Butte county we will show them land with moisture enough in it to plant and grow a good crop. The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist church will hold a sale of homo made candies, bread, cake, pics, etc, at Acheson's hardware store, tho proceeds to go for the furtherance of their work. On Saturday of this week they will have something special in baked beans aud cottage cheese. Uncle Zed Goodwin of Alliance, who is in his eighty-fourth year, is reported as being very critically ill. He is one of the well known pioneers of this part of tho state, and is. the father of Zed Goodwin of Mitchell, who has been called to Alliance by his illness. Ger ing Courier. Beforo the next issue of The Herald the editor will bo a full-fledged citizen of Alliance. His household goods were shipped from Omaha this week and ho expects his family within a few days, except one son, who will remain in that city till the close of the school year. Mrs. C. C. Olday and little daughter leave in the morning for McCook, where Mr. Olday has their home in readiness for them. Mrs. Olday will be greatly missed .here by a large circle of friends, having been a great favorite among the younger set as well as the older. Mrs. H. A. Thompson, who was a pioneer settler of this county and who was well and favorably known, here, but who has been at Lincoln the past two years, died on Tuesday night of this week. We extend our sympathy and that of tho people of this commun ity to tho bereaved relatives. G. A. Snook of Scotts Bluff county was in Alliance over Sunday on land business and favored The Herald office with a call while here. He formerly farmed land under irrigation but tired of that kind of work, sold out and took a claim back from the irrigat ed district and docs so well financially that he is already purchasing adjoining land. Cusack Bros, have rented their farm eight miles west of Alliance to T. V. Kellv aud are preparing to leave in June for a trip to Ireland, expecting to be gone about three months. They have been away from the Emerald Isle about twenty-one or twenty-two years and are going back to the old folks. There is no doubt about their enjoying the trip or the visit. S. J. Haines, who lives in the south part of Morrill county, is iu Alliance trying to take orders for an Omaha grocery house. He seems to be a nice sort of man, but we doubt very much whether he will succeed in his line of business here as we have plenty of re liable grocery men, who pay taxes aud help to build up tho city, and we think our people will much prefer to patron ize them. L C. Thomas and wife made a com bined business and pleasure trip to Bridgeport yesterday. While there they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Farmer, the four comprising a fishing party. Mrs. Thomas avers that she caught the most fish of any in the crowd and. Lloyd brought back a pic ture to prove their success but we didn't see the fish. W. D. Rumer, having secured the adjustment of the insurance, will soon begin rebuilding the block, which was recently destroyed by fire. We under stand that a settlement was made by which he is allowed $15, 424. 60 for the destruction of the buildiug besides which he will receive a rental insur ance of $250.00 monthly until the new buildiug is toady for occupancy. Quite a serious accident occured last Saturday forenoon to Mrs. Ella T. Skinner, who lives eleven miles west of Alliance, a3 she aud her husband were driving to town. Their team became frightened at an automobile with the result that she was thrown out of the vehicle and quite seriously injured, her shoulder beiug dislocated. She was brought to the Alliance hospital, where, Punder the efficient care that she has been receiving, she is getting along very nicely. September 6 to to are the dates for this year's Nebraska State Fair at Lin coln, and the entries for Stake Races must be made on or before May 15th (next week) with Secretary W. R. Mcltor. $1000 purses arc offered in the 2J35, 2:21 aud 2:15 Trots, and the 2:30, 2:22 and 2:14 Paces, and $500 in the three-year-old Pace and three-year-old Trot. Entry 3 per cent of which 1 per cent to accompany entry. Mrs. M. J. Baumgardncr, who lives in the northeast part of the city, called at Tho Herald office today with sam ples of potatoes that were grown last year from seed that had been treated by one of tho processes which are be ing recommended by The Herald .agri cultural writers. These potatoes were perfectly free from scab and dry rot. In fact Mrs. Baumgardncr informed us that she has had no trouble in keeping potatoes through the whiter that were grown from seed thus treated. She has a few bushels of these potatoes that she will sell for seed. I;! RAILWAY NOTES AND PERSONALS. $ V v.. 1 . i.i-.:-.:..i.i.. ...:-i - :. -. ..!-.: ..:: .- Mr. Bettcbenner went to Minatare Monday and whs joined the middle of the week by Mrs. Bettcbenner. They returned this noon. Harry Klpp, who hns just finished a course at the Grand Island Business college, is employed In the olllce of 13. W. Bell to take the place of J. K. Staru who has gone to Omaha. Mr. Upjohn, formerly traveling aud itor out of Alliance, stopped over here Wednesday on his way to Sheridan. Frank Kucera has accepted the posi tion In the chief dispatcher's office va cated by Win. Reed who has gone to the superintendent's office. E, P. Bracken of Sheridan comes to Allinnco the Inst of this week as gen eral .superintendent, relieving L; B. Allen who goes to Burlington, Iowa, to take cliargo of the Iowa district. Miss Blanche Macdonald, daughter of Conductor Macdonald, has returned from Lincoln and has accepted a posi tion in The Herald office. The Litchfield depot burned last Saturday evening. Nothing but the depot burned. The fire started by sparks from a passenger engine. M. 0. Joder has been on the sick list this week. Jack Kennedy returned Wednesday from a short trip to Omaha. F- A- Hively was over from Sterling last Monday. Promoted The many Alliance friends of Supt. L. B. Allen are pleased to learn of his promo tion but they very much regret that it wiil make necessary his removal from this city. He and his estimable wife and their children have a host of friends at this place whose good wishes will accompany them to their new home at Burlington. Iowa. Wedding A. L. Ireland of Mitchell, Nebr., and MarievPeck of Pipillion, Nebr,, were united in marriage at the Methodist par sonage last Monday morning at 6:30 o'clock by Rev. J. L. Vallow. Thev left on the 7:30 train for Mitchell to make their future home. Sale! Sale! Sale! On Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day I shall sell at 15 per cent, discount any article in my store including mil linery, suits, skirts, shirt waists, house dresses, one-pieco wash jumper suits, silk and lawn kimonas, also a nice line of embroideries in all-over, edging, insertions and corset cover embroidery. Please call. Mrs, R. Simmons. Buy It-Save $10.00 We have only one fiir coat left and rather than carry this over we will sell this 325.00 garment for $15.00. ' "" Norton's. For' Sale One or two choice resi dence lots in north west part of town ou Big Horn avenue. The lots lie high aud dry and are convenient to city water. A. J. Welch, 819 Big Horn avenue- 20-4W For rent '4-rooui cottage, with city water inside, electric lights. 319 Sweetwater Ave. D. C. Taylor. 21. 2t Dr. Allen, dentist. Opera house blk, Fat Cattle and Hogs Wanted Will pay the highest market price. Cash upon delivery. Only good quali ty will be accep'ted. . Palace M eat Market, Alliance. Back from the Sunny South i T. J. O'Keefe arrived Tuesday on his return from his southern trip, looking hale and hearty and glad to get back to Box Butte county, although he had a very pleasant trip. He informs the Herald re porter that he went first to the San Louis valley via Denver. Crops in this valley are grown only by irrigation but Tom was so well pleased with what is being done in that way that he purchased a quarter sec tion. From there he went to Amaritla and other points in the Texas panhandle. He informs us that that part of Texas is simi lar to Box Butte county, Nebr., in altitude and rainfall but that the soil is not as good. On account of great booming that has been worked up in the last few years for Texas the price of land there is higher than it is here. The next point visited was the Pecos valley in New Mexico. The only desira ble land there is what is under irrigation and the price of that is so high that it is out of sight. In northwestern Texas, the part of the state that El Paso is located in, he found very poor country except where Irrigated, the trouble being that there is not enough rainfall. Millions, of acres of western Texas he said are worse than the worst part of the sand hills of Nebraska. The last year has been an exceptionally dry one even for that arid country and thousands of head of stock have died on account of the drouth. From western Texas he made a jump of about 1,000'miles to San Antonio, the me tropolis of the state. There the country is thickly settled and the city is having a great boom. This part of Texas has been settled for a long time but recently there has been an immense immigration from tho north. The price of land is higher than what corresponding land in the north sells for but T. J. decided to purchase a small tract near the city. From San Antonio he went on to the coast country crossing the border into old Mexico but did not go farther south be cause it uas getting too warm in that country to suit him. At Victoria, Texas, he met Ed M. Tracy, a former Box Butte county citizen who in the early days of this country had a store at the old Box Butte postoffice, He is now in the real estate business in the Lone Star state and is-prospering. On account of taking so much time in Texas he did not include Florida and Cal ifornia in his trip as he had originally planned. More Help for The Herald ,. Miss B. Blanche Macdonald, who went to Lincoln last June to take a commercial and stenographic course at the Lincoln Business College, com pleted the same a few weeks ago, after which she secured a position with the Lincoln Daily Star. However, wish ing to return to Alliance she has ac cepted a position with The Herald as stenographer and bookkeeper. i J. Carl Thomas, a son of The Her ald editor, who has been holding a position as pressman with the Rees Printing Co.. Omaha, will arrive this week in Alliance and will be added to the force in our job -printing depart ment. Attorney C. C. Barker had business before district court at Hyannis last week. St. Agnes' Court, Daughters of Isa bella, presented their chaplain, Father McNnmara, with a handsome Suit case as a token of esteem for him. No doubt Father Mac will be reminded of the Daughters in far away Nebraska wjien he stoops to kiss tho Blarney stone In the Emerald Isle. . Following are the officers for the ensuing year of Alliance Lodge No. 183 A. F. &A. M.: Jas. H. H. Hewett, W. M.; Frank McFarland, S. W.; Karl J. Stern, J. W.; Leon H. Mosher, Sec; Glen G. Hampton, TreaB. No. 183 now numbers 143 Master Masons in good standing, aud is one of the live, active kjdges of the state. The report that F. A. Pierson had severed his connection with The Herald Publishing Co. is a mistake, we are glad to relate. No one has severed his connection with this paper since the present manager took charge last Jan. uary, but there have been several ad ditions to the force made necessary by the increase in business. Appiication for Liquor License. hifi'ln'ort to '-'ir.VS Blvo" l,",t Io1"' ' Itiordan niislllodlil.s petition as required by luw with n7ox&Untr!it,l," ? !l"uor """' ' inioxiitiuiig, mult, hp r tuous nnd vlnnnw iL'l,f,"M'ln tr,e hiulUlriB iltuatluS 011 lot 7, block Wd'oHhoVlt aru ortno cllyor Alliance'. Nebrusku for .... .1 .?... Wiia I'et'iiMj be ssuod to him on the tftst day of May. loop, Umt bolliu' tho reBulur meuthie of U,e eViy rJuu" ,.M o city of Allluiieo .Nebnl. j0iln" 1 ItloXn Dated Alliance. Nebraska, April 11, I0.i. H.U111WHD 1 liquor license to Mill nnit Milrltous and vlmius liquor" the bill d?n situated on l,ot numbered II. Hl'K-k iiumll ,.1 23. oriB innl town of Alllunci Nebra.in tas SSw-aulra Applicunt.