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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Applicunt.