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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1909)
X -?' '".'. ?, '. ')- '- .,- Si. w S- i ' 4v &, 4 O . ss At v K4, Vfe BsKF 4 ; v 4'v HEfllNGFORD HERALD. HEMINGFOKD, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEIJ., MAY 1 3, I9O9. Hemingford Happenings. Grant Alexander camo here from Cali fornia Wednesday for a short visit with his mother and friend, V. M. Fosket. Norton Brown, who works at Rapid City, is here visiting his folks for a week, Dr. Eikncr, wife and daughter sojourned to Alliance in Frohn's auto Tuesday. Bert Hopkins also accompanied them. Wm. Hollinrako went to Crawford on business Friday. John Morris and family camo in from Dunlap Wednesday after a load of ranch supplies. Mrs. Ira Phillips was in from their claim in Sioux county Wednesday. Mr. Lester drove up from Alliance Tuesday, bringing with him a team of horses, Fred Neeland and Brad Fenner from Dunlap were in town doing some shopping Wednesday. Captain Hunter was here from Andrews for a brief visit last week, Herman Basse from Crawford came here Monday to be in attendance at his brother's funeral Tuesday. Fred Strong is slowly improving from his recent illness. The town folks did some fine work filling in the streets leading to the depot. Nellie Carter came up from her claim at Bayard Wednesday for a visit with her parents. Mr. Burns from Marsland was here on business Friday. There will be a box social at the school house in Dist, 14 Friday evening, May 21. It is to be given by the teacher, Jessie Leavitt, and everybody is cordially in-' vited. Harry Jones and wife autoed to Alliance on business Friday, Gale Price is quite sick with pneumonia at present. Dr. Little is quite sick wiih pneumonia and typhoid fever. Dr. Single from Al liance is here treating him. Billy Mounts came up from Alliance on his motorcycle Sunday. D. E. Dixon was here from Blair and bought somo land out near Tom Hopkins. He expects to move his family out here in the near future. Clark Olds is improving slowly from his .recent illness, which we are all glad to bear. Rev. Ellis went out to Dunlap to have preaching in the school house Thursday evening, Mrs. Sherwood went out to visit a couple of days with her niece, Mrs. F. A. Nee land. Sylvania Potmesil and Nora Brown journeyed to Alliance Thursday to do some shopping. Mr. Thompson and family came here from Germany Friday and are going to make their home with A. C. Iverson's at present. BUYERS and SELLERS We Get Them Together HLJTTON, Hemingford Potato Hoosier Press Drills SuK'ey and Gang; Plows Wire Wire Wire Barb wire, poultry netting, woven hog wire, smooth wire, telephone wire. You can get just what you want Anton Uhrlg HEMINGFORD, NEBR. N.. Livery and Feed in connection Mr. and Mrs. George Osborno went to Alliance to do some shopping Saturday. Mike McLusak who has been here visit ing his sister-in-law, Mrs. Jim Hollinrake, for the last month, went back to his home in Iowa Saturday. Mrs. Glarum came up from Alliance Saturday to visit until Sunday with her husband, who is a plasterer here. Mr. Tuttle and Tom Tuck wore up from Alliance on business Saturday. Ross Enyeart got his leg broke while chasing a horse Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Neeland moved up from Alliance Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. Bressee came up from Rushville in an auto Tuesday to see Dr. Little. We hear that Oscnr rouse's new hou e is nearly completed. It looks kind of suspicious, Oscar. Bert Carr went to Alliance Monday on business and to visit with his wife a couple of days. Corn Will Grow in Montana President L. W, Hill of the Groat Northern railway company will demon strate that corn will prow in Montana as well as in the corn belt, since the move ment to breed corn for particular soils and climates has been successful in producing a-type 'of corn which will ripen in north ern Wisconsin. From tho National Corn Exposition Mr. Hill has secured prize ears of corn from the various zones which have conditions similar to those in-Montana, and will, have this high grade seed planted in that state. "I will bring Montana corn to the next exposition," said Mr. Hill. "I am going to have an exhibit in Omaha if I have to grow corn under glass." If corn can be grown successfully in Montana, there is no question about it be ing grown successfully in the rich soil of Box Butte county. Wanted to Buy I wish to buy of o ners, several good quarter sections of land in Box Butte count. Does not have to be located adjoining. Must be good, desirable laud. Send legal description in first letter. E. K. Mayiiucii, 19 4 1113 H. St., Lincoln, Nebr. Dr. Allen, dentist. Opera house blk. col w. m. mm Auctioneer Hemingford, Neb. Makes a specialty of stock sales. Mat ters pertaining to general auctions carefully attended to. Dates for sales mav be made at The Alliance Herald office. Satisfaction guaranteed Planters The best on the market FROHNAPFEL Hemingford, Nebraska Funerals attended with Hearse MARSLAND. The farmers are planting a large acreage of wheat and oats this spring. They have their seeding nearl all done, There is an unusually large crop of colts and calves this spring, Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Tolman made a pleasant trip to Horse Shoo Bend where they got many beautiful trees to plant in their yard. Mrs. Pierce ot Belmont has just returned from loWa whore she left her sick father much better. Mr. G. M. Birns was in Alliance on business two or three days this week. Mr. Tolman has been planting fruit trees, shrubs and plants on Miss Gertie Tolman's farm this week. Mrs. Lee Gregory of Belmont, Miss Ethel Gregory and Fred Elsworth visited the people in the vicinity of Marsland Sunday last. Sinny Side school house and S. Trus- scll's- new buildings are having a new coat ot paint this week.' S. Davis camo down from Crawford and boucht four fat cows from Jim Tolman. Tom Hunsaker has been out of town all tho week assessing. Geo. Hichew has just made a trip to Wyoming to visit his wife and daughter. They will soon move on their ranch in Box Butte county. Mrs. Geo. Gregory visited Mrs. Woodie Sunday last. Charlie Evans has just purchased a now horse weighing tvvonty-tvvo hundred pounds. Vet Scoofield returned from Wyoming where he has been quite sick. He expects to stay at home this summer. Mr. Marble is building a new house on his farm west of town. CONGRisSMAlTGARDNER. Massachusetts Man Who Figured as a Leader of the "Insurflcnts." Congressman Augustus P. Gardner of Massachusetts. Who was one of the leaders In the movement for revision of the rules of the house of represent!! tlvcs. Is 11 son-in-law of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. He Is now serving his fourth term in congress nuil has made n mark ns n man of Ideas and hide pondonee. Last December Mr. Gard nor Introduced n resolution which innj be said to have brought to a liimiif tho movement for revision of the rules and rallied the forces of the so called "Insurgents." It was n motion that the secretary of Htuto be' requested to ascertain whether the British house of commons had recently appointed a committee to consider revision of Its own rules. A few days later Mr. Gnrd ner moved to discharge the commltteo to which the resolution had been re ferred from further consideration of it, ns no action had been taken on it. The effect of this was to bring the resolution squarely before the house, and to the amazement of almost every one Mr. Gnrdncr's iriotlon was carried by a vote of 140 to 184. Mr. Gardner quickly saw tho advan tageous position he was In and moved to nmend his resolution by striking out tho senteuce referring to tho secre tary of state and the house of com mons, so that the resolution as it stood amended contemplated the appoint ment of a committee of eight members to consider tho revision of the rules of the house of representatives. It was one of the most ndrolt parlia mentary plays thnt had been seen In the house for years. An Innocent res olution of Inquiry, academic almost In Its purposes, had by a stroke of the pen become the sling in the hands of David that was to overthrow Goliath Mr. Dalzell threw himself In the breach with n point of order, his point being that when Mr. Gardner struck out the llrst part of the resolution he changed Its character and It was no AruCBIlS V. OAKDNEIt. louger privileged. Mr, Gnrdner argued that his motion was still prhilegcd, but Mr Cannon ruled ugalmt him, and from this ruling he took nu appeal. This brought the matter to n climax, and the speaker was sustained by 149 to 130. Lntcr tho resolution on Mr. Gardner's own motion was laid ou the table. 107 to 42, which had the effect of killing tho whole proposition. Mr. Gardner was not at all cast down by his experience. He called It the con gressional Hunker Hill. "We were benten," lie said, "but out of defeat will come liberty (or the house." Mr. Gardner was Iwrn In Bostou In 1805, Is n Hnrvnrd graduate and serv ed in the Spanish war ns cuptaln and assistant adjutant general on the staff of Geueral James II. Wilson. TiffiMST WAS PLANTED By George ll.Pi.card a&s33aaai5s& Copyright, 1903, bv American Press Asso ciation. ANY hnvo been out spoken in their lulinlrntlon fortho bountiful forest of Noarburg ns It stands today, but few know Its his tory. Its Brett t triMJS HllggOHt tlm. primeval wilder ness, but 1 1 111 0 was w h o 11 tho hills which they now glorify wert ns bare ns an Arizona desert, although tho soil was not infertile. That was In the early dawn of the middle apes. When Philip of Elstor took n notion to build a ureal ensue on ono or 1110 iree ue muled heights above tho noisy Nimr It Blood out in splendid solitude, n noblo work of man domed tho .crowning chnrm which naturo n)ono could fur nish. 1'hlllp realized nil this when his princely nbodo wns finished and he and his family had moved into It and nil wns settled. That ho had tnndo n mlstnko ho would not ndmlt oven to himself, but ho spent hours in looking down enviously on tho great trees which made a sylvan paradlso of the lowlands on tho opposlto Bide of the river. It made him mhappy, of cours In tlmo It would have become his Borcst grief If something cIbo lind not stepped In and forestalled It. That something was tho trying conduct of his only child nnd heiress, the Princess Iinrbe, It was not because she was not benu tlful nnd clover nnd altogether satis factory In most respects. She was all these, nnd Infinitely more Tho Prin cess Bnrbe had ono lamentable fault when It came" to choosing a husband she could jiot make up her mind. That of Ilself Is n snd weakness even In nn untitled maiden. For a prluccss It Is n positive cnlamlty. . , Suitors flocked to tho Nnnrburg In troops. Barbo's beauty nnd wit were the luro for nil the eligible young men In tho country, nnd Philip of Elster's wealth nnd position did not make his heiress less attrnctlvo. They came to tho Nnnrburg prepared to conquer, but lhirbo couldn't or wouldn't got Inter ested In them. Sho might hnvc had her pick among tho best of thorn, but when it camo to tho tost she could not sottlo on him. "Why don't you choose for me?" sho laughed when her father tried to con vince her of her dnngcr of becoming a spinster. "I am too old n fox to bo cnught in such n trap," ho deelnrcd. "If that Is the cause of the dclny you will die an old maid suro enough. Choose you n husband! Not I! Not until tho Nnnr burg stands In n forest of Its own!'' Tho princess wns grently amused at her father's vehemence. "Should I wait for that," she said, "I nm nfrnld tho habit of slnglo blessedness would have become so strong that I could not shako 11 off." More In sorrow than In nnger Philip went his wny, nnd nlmost before ho wns out of sight tho princess hit on n plan to divert him from his regret over tho forest nnd his disappointment over her dilatory matrimonial performances. It came to her us a sort of Inspiration, and she was so pleased with it that Bhe resolved to proceed at once to car ry It Into effect. Sho summoned her maid. "Llsbeth," she asked, with nn Inter est that caused tho faithful servant to marvel greatly, "aro there any suit ors today?" "Mere than one, my dear mistress," answered tho maid. "Even now tho Union Ihuuo of Eppcl is ascending to tho cnstle with n retinue," "He Is persistent," laughed tho prin cess. "I fancied I had disposed of him." "Ho Is very handsome," sighed Lls beth. "ne Is far too well aware of the fnct, Llsbeth. I am curious to know why he has returned to the castle. When ho enters tell him thut I will seo him. Yes, I will see him although I told him I hoped I had seen tho last of him." Half an hour later llruno wus deep In tho business of convincing tho prin cess of the su periority of his affection for her over anything of tho kind in the market. "Since you aro willing to do such stupendous things for in., sake," sho Inter rupted U i m sweetly, "1 am going to in'!; you to prove your friendship hi a very simple fash Ion. if you are half as fond of me as you pro l'LANT TlinEESCOnE fess to be, plant ACOKNS." threescore acorns on the cnstle height so that ray father mny be a trifle com forted." Baron Bruno nccepted tho ofllco with an alacrity which was a generous trib ute to his splendid youth and devo tion. When he hnd accomplished the IHOW I m Irony- m 1 mm -W fVJ tnsk he returned to tho princess ami demanded his rownrd. . "I tlmnk you from my heart," Bhe said, her lovely eyes downcast "You havo done mo n gallant service, nnd 1 will requite you. I nm ready to prom ise you that whon thoso ncoms hnvo grown Into umbrageous oaks our Aved ding fenst Blmll bo Bcrved bonenth their gratoful shade." With a low bow nnd without 11 word, ns been mo n gnllnut gontlomon, the baron accepted his fnto and left her presence. Fortunately for him, the crusades wiped out his disappoint ment. On the afternoon of the very nam day Uerthold of Unkcl climbed to tin Nnnrburg on precisely the same or rnnd. Uerthold wns n wnrrlor. exf-oet, Ingly blond, musculnr nnd good to lo ' upon, nnd everybody In tho cnstle, In chiding Its lord, looked on htm with n good dcnl of respect. "If It Is ns you nvow," snld tho prin cess In nnswer to his keen nnd ardent effort to persuade her to name tho day, "I nm sure you will be glad to ronder mo n tiny service go nnd plant on tho treeless hlllsldo threescore beechnut a no that my poor old father mny know that ho Is not without sym pathy In this shndolcss altitude." Uerthold wns only too glad to com ply with fills reasonable request, nnd when he hnd dono so ho returned to ltnrbo, the light of Joyous anticipation on his handsome face. "You have pleased mo mightily," tho princess admitted. "I should bo an ingrntc wero I to neglect to ofTcr you some return. Listen, then. 'When thoso cunning llttlo nuts hnvo grown into sturdy trees I will go with you to your cnstlo of Unkel." When Uerthold realized that for once the princess meant It ho was exceed; lngly Borrowful, for ho remembered that, llko the oak, tho beech Is a very leisurely growing tree, what ho ac tually did was to found a community of Uonedlctlno monks nnd becomo tho nbbot. Then followed Oswnld of Erb, who plnnled walnuts, but was too Impatient to nwalt their fruition; Gunthcr of Alton, who consented to strow nn ncre with tho winged snmnra of tho maple, but scorned to wait cveh for that speedy growing tree; Henry of Thur Ingen, who transplanted more than n hundred bnby firs from tho lowland to the hilltop, but declined to be patient until they should become oven Christ mas trees, and nt lenst a dozen others who could not wnlt to renp the fruit of their sowing. Last of all camo Wnlt her of Sehlif. zen. Unlike the others, he wns not provided with n surplus of phys. leal ntfrnctlons being rather un dersized, p n I e faced and bowed slightly, ns be en mo a student. When he made his appearance nt tho Naarburg In tho gulso of n suitor everybody pitied him, and there wore nu merous prophe cies that his case would bo dispos ed of speedily. I SHALL HKMAIN If Jlfl nof hon- HEnE." nenso. Presently It became apparent that tho princess found him vastly Interesting. Perhaps that was because he did not woo her openly, but talked most entertainingly of about every BUbJect under tho sun save tho tender passion. "Is the llttlo bookworm's fnto to be thnt of the others?" nsked Philip, with n great sigh of dl.stnsto for the entire business. "I think he does not care for me," replied Iinrbe forlornly. Her father chuckled slyly, for he knew thnt sho hud met her mntch. But she did not yield without n show of reslstnnce. When Wnlther proposed, ns ho did eventually, sho nsked for nn nrmlstlce. Then she pro ceeded to search all the works on bot- nny which wero In tho cnstlo library to find the most speedy growing treo nnd finnlly settled on tho poplnr. "Very well," snld Wnlther when sho Imposed the customnry condition. 'I shall remain here and water tho new plantation with my tears." "If you intend to do anything so ab surd ns thnt," she retorted, "I will nb solve you." This Is tho only nccount worth men tion of tho origin of tbq magnificent forest of Nnnrburg. Sowina and Planting. Experimental brondenst sowings were mndo during tho yenr In twenty seven forests In the nren of Idaho. Montana, Washington, Oregon, Wyom lug, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. The total area sown wns 131 ncres, of which forty-seven wero In the Ulnck nills national forest. About 700,000 trees were planted last year by tho forest service In Ne brnskn. Knnsns. Colorado, New Mex ico, Arizona, Utnh, Idnho nnd Cnllfor nln. There nre now growing nt the planting stntlons over 2,2(30,000 trees which will be rendy for plnntlng In 1000. Sufficient seed wns sown In tho Hiring of 1008 to produce 4,000.000 healthy seedlings. Receipts From Foroit Service. Tho forest service Is ono of the branches of the government where everything Is not outgo. Last yenr the receipts from sales of timber, graz ing fees nnd permits for speclnl uses of forest rosources nmounted to $1 842.2S1.87, nn increase of $271,222.4i over the 1007 figures. The per acre receipts from tho natloual forests were a llttlo more than 1 cent, less than S mills under tho per acre cost of ad ministration and protection of TJncIa Sam's forests. xSf- I W I i n t III I MiJtt ' I' The Value of s at Sea. t!ov Wireless Telegraphy and Submarhw Signaling Havo Co-operated Recently to Effect Rcscuo of Thoso In Peril on Ocean. w IUKLHKS telegraphy and the suhuinrluo signaling system, working In co-operation, saved many lives which were Imperiled by tho collision be tween tho steamships Florida nnd Itc publlc and tho sinking of th latter vessel. SInco this incident, which ex cited so much attention to tho vnluo of these new Inventions, their value hns ngnln been demonstrated In tho enso of the Old Dominion liner Hamilton, which collided with n enr barge off Old Point Comfort. By calling for ns Blstnnce with her wireless apparatus sho wns nble to summon to her rcscuo within five minutes n fleet of tugs, which towed her, bndly battered, but still ntlont, to her pier. Another case In point Is thnt of tho Amorlcnn liner St. Louis, which broke her rudder out nt sen nnd wns able to ndvlso her owners of tho fnct and be In tho wny of nsslstnnco If needed. Wireless telegraphy nnd nubmnrlno signaling, both Inventions of the past fow yenrs, have robbed tho sen of mnny of Its terrors, for no longer Is u ship powerless to summon help when disabled on tho sen, even Id mldoccnn, and, If sho can keep afloat a llttlo while, from nil quarters tho rescuers nro Btiro to come ns fast ns their high speed mnchlncry can urgo them onward. Much hns been said about tbo won derful work douo by tho wireless sys tem In tho rescue of tho Republic's pas sengers nnd crew through tho courngo nnd skill of tho ship's bravo operator. Jack Blnns, and his faithfulness In re- DtnECnON INDICATOnAND nEOKIVIHO TK& KrilONK LIHrKNlNOICOH A BIONATj TH THAN8MITTICU TANK. malnlng nt his post regardless of his peril. Not so much has been told about the work of the submarine signaling apparatus In bringing aid. This did not only nil expected of It. but even more. The captain nnd nnvlgators of tho Baltic report that the Hepubllc was using her sound signaling apparatus for communication under water at tlm tlmo of tho collision and continued us ing It until she wns found by the Bnl tlc. Wireless blgunls summoned help from very distant points, nnd the sub marine signals enabled the rescuers to locate exactly tho distressed ship, By uso of the submarine system the Re public wits nble to ascertain from tho Nantucket lightship, which was equip ped with submarine signaling appara tus, her exact posltlou. nd this Infor mation sho sent broadcast by v Ireless. It was In this way that the Baltic lo cated her, the latter vessel knowing Its own position nt all times by means of Its, receiving apparatus and the subma rine bell on tho Nantucket lightship. Tho submnrlue signaling system wus Invented ubout eight years ugo through Ideas worked Out by tho late Professor Ellshn Gray and Mr. Arthur J. Muudy of Uoston. It depends on the well known fnct thnt sound signals aro transmitted under wnter with absolute accuracy nnd that under water sound Is not subject to the same obstacles as to transmission as aro afforded In tho open nlr by varying densities of the at mosphere, banks of fog or cloud, etc. The ship equipment consists of n bell for signaling and n device for picking up the sound from the water and trans mitting It electrically to an observer on tho bridge or In tho pilothouse. Tho bell Is how usually placed In a tank lusldo of the ship to securo Its protection from accident The compa ny is developing n device by which It Is expected tho sound may be carried a longer dlstunce, thus euabllng ves sels approaching each other In a fog to glvo amplo warning of their proximity nnd also afford opportunity to maneu ver nnd nvold each other. A feuturo of tho Itepubllc rescue was tho fuct thnt tbo signals of the Repub lic reached a vessel 200 miles away, the Freuch lluer Lorraine, which camo at once nt the call of tho distressed Although other ships were nearer and reached the Republic llrst and took off her passengers nnd crew, tho Lorraine, despite her distance from the place where the Republic was nt tho tlmo of tho collision with the Florldn, would havo been on tho scene ikirly enough to have rescued the Imperiled ocean travelers had no other help arrived and had she been able to locate exact ly tht sinking vessel. Signal