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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1909)
I flAiiU ill . WNNIIW HWWHMHWM'dMlfflU t AUHKjto Published Every Thursday by "The HwaW PwWishinf Cimpany. F. A. l'l KiisoKt Pr n. I.lotd (!. Thomas, Bee. John W. Thomas. Mr. JOHN W. THOMAS Editor J. B, KNIEST Associate Editor Entered at the postoffice at Alliance, Nebraska, for transmission through the mails, as second-class matter. Subscription, (1,50 per year in advance. THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1009. Wo are pleased to note that Col. Kctcham, who sold the Crawford Tri bune, Iibb purchased the Miiford No braskan. Wo wish him success in his new field. Crete Democrat. Bwana Tumbo, the name bestowed upon T Roosevelt, faunal naturalist, by the South African natives, signifies "Ponderous Paunch," Perhaps the gentleman swallowed his teeth. The Custer County Chief, speaking of the State Junior Normal to be held at Broken Bow, June 7th to July 30th, says that it "will no doubt be Nebras ka's banner Junior Normal." What about the Alliance Junior Normal? Of the eight State Junior Normals in Ne braska it took the lead last year, and there is no reason for doubting that it will do the samo again this year, A Washington press dispatch con veys to his anxious countrymen the news that President Taft is a poor golf player. It seems that "at the critical moment he foozled liis put and went out in three." Wo don't know much about golf, but it seems to us the pres ident has been equally disappointing in his official capacity. There were high hopes of tariff revision and restored prosperity when Mr. Tuft got on the job but, just as in the golf game, At tlio critical moment he seems to have foozlcd his put. Wo observe that the Omaha World - Herald i'b running an architectural de partment in its Sunday edition similar to the one that wo have in The Herald. In a city like Omaha or lu a smaller town like Alliance and tho surrounding country, where a great deal of building is being done, such a department is not only interesting but is very valu able to its readers who are planning to build. We expect to run this depart ment for several months at least al though it may be crowded out occa sionally as it was from our issue of May 6th. Dr. J. B. Carnes of Lincoln, state superintendent-of Nebraska Anti- Sa loon league, lectured in the niov- ing picture hall Thursday and Friday evenings of last week, Among the facts he mentioned the first evening were: Nebraska has forty-nine "dry" county seats, twenty five "dry" coun ties, sixty-five per cent, of territory "dry," night prohibition saloon clos ing at eight p.m., Lincoln gone, "dry" by .100 majority, temperance movement gaining throughout the United States 1,000 towns per month and thirty towns going "dry" every day. Rev. Cdrnes gave a very interesting lecture Friday evening on "Round the World." A local Anti-Saloon League was organ ized. Oshkosh, (Nebr.) Herald, Ex-Governor Douglas of Massachu setts, an extensive shoe manufacturer, says of the tariff on hides, leather and shoes: "All we ask is a free field and no favor either in our own or in foreign markets. Take away the duties that prevent us from obtaining leather at the same prices paid by our foreign competitors and we will not onlv hold our own markets, with or without a duty on shoes, but we will invade for eign markets on an extensive scale. In so doing we will provide additional work at good wages to our boot and shoe workers." This is true of iron, steel, coal, oil, cotton, cotton goods, grains of all kinds, wood, lumber and all products of both, and we might in elude nearly all other commodities needed by the. people for living pur poses. Then why not make the taiiff for revenue and stop legislating for protection? But there is the nub to campaign contributions to help retain control. Crete Democrat. National Chairman Norman E. Mack's new democratic periodical, the National Monthly, has made its ap pearance. It is handsome in typo graphical appearance and replete with interesting and inspiring matter. The cover design shows a view of Monti cello, Thomas Jefferson's home, and a portrait of the founder.of the democra tic party. Articles from the pens of a number of democratic leaders appear in tliis Issue. The tone of the maga zine will commend it to earnest demo crats. While giving space to the ex pression of divergent views, Mr. Mack's publication apparently doe9 not Intend to truckle to the "safe and saners" who would emasculate genuine demo cratic principles from the party'a poli cy. The National Monthly preaches the doctrine of organization and en lightment, to the end that the party may emerge from defeat to victory. With this high purpose it deserves and will receive generous support. WtiMfl Last evening occurcd tho wedding of two of Allianco most highly respected young people, Chas. M. Hester, head salesman in the retail department of Newberry's Hardware store, and Miss M. Florence Biggs, ono of the efficent teachers of tho Alliance schools. The wedding while not unexpected by the friends of the contracting parties has a tinge of romance. The bride received a telegram yesterday informing her of tho serious illness of her father, W. H. Biggs of Madison, Nebr. Plans had been decided upon that would consum ate tho wedding within a short time, but as she was to leave on the early train this morning in response to the telegram and would probably not re turn to Alllanco for sometime it was de cided that the ceremony should be per formed before her departure, conse quently Judge Berry was called up, a license was procured and the wedding took place at his residence at nine o'clock in the evening. The many friends of this worthy couple, while regretting very much the sad circumstance that made it neces sary for tho bride to depart, nre pro fuse in their congratulations and good wishes, in which The Herald sincerely joins. .www. Northwest Baptist Association. The Northwestern Baptist Associa tion will meet in Alliance June 11-13. Three of the leading men of the Bap tist Denomination arc to be here on Sat. eve and Sunday. The Northern Baptist Convention meets in Portland, Ore., June 24- July 2, and it has been arranged to hold a number of pre-Cou-vention Conferences as these men jour ney to Portland. Rev. M. D Eubank, M. D., a return medical missionary from China, who is one of the strongest speakers of the Baptist, will represent tho American Baptist Missionary Un ion, Rev, Jacob Saladas, D. D. will represent the American Baptist Home Missionary Society, and Rev. Joe Jacobs of Kansas City will represent the Publication Society. These breth ren -will speak Saturday evening and will hold three meetings Sunday, June 13. it is a rare opportunity to near men of international reputation such as these, and the people of Alliance are very fortunate in the coming of theso men in our midst. Phillips-Thomas Land Company A new real estate Ann, Phillips Thomas Lnnd company, has butted in to tho business urenu of Alliuucu. Tho two members 61 this firm are Ora E. Phillips and Lloyd C. Thomas. They have fitted up nn oilleo on tho ground floor of the frame building at 1(5 Itox Butte avenue nnd ore starting out with bright prospects of success. Mr, Thomas still has charge of the business of tho Western Otllee Supply company, tho otllee of which is still in The Herald building. The new owner of the Jollo was iu Alliance again this week. Ralph Olt, who has been express manager out of here for some time, has goue to work for Sang Reck. Brother Printer-Editor: Can you help us locate, Alfred Thomas Evans, a printer editor? He was heard from at Sallisaw, Oklahoma, Gilliam, Ark., and St. Louis, Mo. Ho edited a paper at the second named place for five years. A letter mailed at the last named place was received by his daughter last August. If you can furnish -his address kindly communi cate with J. A. Custer of Norfolk, Mrs. C S. Evans of Meadow Grove or the Norfolk Press, Norfolk, Nebraska. His father, C. S. Evans, inventor, printer and editor, is dead and the es tate is tied up on account ot the lack of knowledge of the whereabouts of this son. It is an inconvenience that works hardship to the aged and widowed mother. If you cau help her to find her son it will be appreciated. Ex changes please copy. Chicago Mansion's Dps and Downs. Why the Marble Palace of WHUr F. Storey Was Never Finished from ftyK te Garage He Looked Uke Uftceta. From Our Chicago Correspondent. ROMANCE was tucked off Into one corner of the real estate column of a newspaper of Chi cago a few days ngo. In a nine lino Item It was announced that tho heirs of tho into Wilbur F. Storey had leased for nlnety-nlno years tho property nt the southeast corner of Grand boulevnrd nnd Forty-third street, a part of the orlg luul Storey home stead. Old timers who read tho notice must have recalled the nttempt of tho once groat editor to orect nt that corner n palatini homo which was to eclipse anything of the kind west of the Allegheny mountains. After famous architects had mndo ninny plans tho marble structure be gun to rise. After It wns up lu tho air so high that ordinary birds could not fly over It operations censed. Mr. Storey changed his mind. Tho struc ture was pulled down. Another archi tect, or maybe several, got out other plans, nnd again the marble took on shnpe. It towered ns the first had done, nnd then it stopped as the first structure had stopped. Tho building was ngnln demolished. It looked like a niln. The foundation stones were torn out, nnd nothing but a hole In the ground re;nnlncd. Other plans were ordered. These underwent chnnges, nnd the architect gnvc up. Under the final plans tho marble again rose mn Jestlcnlly. Then work censed. The unfinished palace became n rookery. Itodents burrowed In tho basement. The marble of the walls was black with the sort of smoke that hns been the curse of Chlcnsfo ever since soft coal camp to town. Then came strange rumors from the old Times building. Mr. Storey's men tality was under the "charm" of the spirit of an Indian maiden. The spirit dictated tho changes In the plans of the marble palace. The spirit had the variableness of the wind. It oscillated between the reservation nnd the sanc tum of the Times. Whenever it enmo to the city It had a new Idea about the palace. The old man In the corner room from which fulmlnatlons had gone forth in better days conferred with the spirit whllo his managing ed itor warmed his heels In the corridor, waiting for the chief to let him In to give the orders about the paper's next issue. Erratic and meaningless edi torials appeared in tho first column of the editorial page, Mr. Storey's column. Ono Is recalled. It was an acknowl edgment of tho receipt of n box of cel ery from n Michigan celery farm. "The finest we have ever tasted," de clared tho editorial paragraph In what was at that time one of tho greatest newspapers In the United States. Fi nally the tottering mind fell. The nowspnpor after some vicissitudes passed away. The name was com pletely eliminated. The marble walls of the Intended nalace were nulled down for tho last time. It was n race between tho pulpit and the automobile, and the automo bile won out. Tho dominie of tho Sheridan Talk Methodist church, the Rev. Ferdinand S. Rockwell, Is to lay puzzle Picruns, aside his clerical robo and becomo n chauffeur that Is, he hopes sonic day to linvo a car 4jf his own. His church salary was $2,500 n year. It did not keep him from debt. A New England automo bile c o 111 p a n y wnnted a man ager, and In look ing over tho field It picked tho Rev. Mr. Rockwell nnd made him an offer of $10,000. That represents the per annum salary ho will re ceive, lie loved his calllnt! nnd Wffcx pip Take? DOMINIE 01' SIIEIU DANl'AItK UET1I0 DIST CHUllCIl. had u loyal following, but when the automobile company made him the of fer he saw the good bishop, nnd they wresneu together over the proposition. The dominie announced tho division to thp congregation. Ho promised to re turn to the fold wlwn lie hn4 cnneeled his obligations. This act on tho part of the preacher has caused nil sorts of romment. "What Is there nbout tho ministry thnt tits n preacher to manage automobiles?" Is one of tho questions nsked. "To what extent does such a procedure depart from the teachings of tho old time Idea that for the cause of truth no reflection on the nutomo blle business a inun should go out into tho world without staff or money nnd prench tho gospel?" Is another question. One father In Israel explains It on tho ground that the Almighty moves In a mysterious way hU wonders to perform. Tho good old layman sees In this latest ujove a plan to regenerate the chauf- Jfa mv iLsH 1 'V'v fB nfftftrttir l m J 4UPU four of tho rond whoso goggles become dust covered whenever anybody cross v his path. This, tin thinks, should help the church to be reconciled. Tho "saliva squad" is n recently cre ated detachment of tho police force of Chicago. It will ramble twice a week, Tuesday nnd Friday. The health com missioner of the city is its fntber. Ho used another word for the one that goes before "squad," but tho police didn't like It. Tho commissioner said that Mr. Chaucer bad used it and so had Mr. Dickens, nnd, going far astern of these, It had been used by Dr. Luke In ono of his epistles. The police ob jected. So it Is as stated. The squad was created in a rumpus against smoking on the cars. The ele vated railroad directors had author ized smoking cars on all trains, and from time beginning In the days of bobtail surface cars smokers have been accommodated and allowed to putt when they stood on the front plat forms. The health department asserts that nil smoking on cars, whether the cars are upstairs or on tho level, Is un healthy. Indirectly It brings on pneu monia. And smoking produces that on which the "saliva squad" Is to mnke war. Therefore or hence, Just ns you please, put Bmoklng under the ban, and you head off nnother evil which nil first clnss cities nre now fighting. But there Is n funny side to the situa tion. Tho health commissioner Is con servative IIo concludes that any per son addicted to tho saliva habit may TUESDAT8 AND rillDATS IN CHICAGO. practice It Ave days In tho week and not be molested, but If tho person with the habit is caught at it on Tuesday or Friday he will be haled by the "saliva squad." It Is the opinion of saliva psycholo gists that a man who can do as he pleases five days In the week can slow up with ease for two days. The street car companies will doubtless hang signs fore nnd nft In their vehicles In forming smokers when they may en Joy tho privilege. Under this notice will be n line of big typo something like this: "Gentlemen Are Expected to Know Their Distance." Any event that takes place In Chi cago Is certain to bring to town every species of frenk and crank. Whllo the Lincoln centenary was at its height n curious looking individual blew in from tho San gamon river dis trict nnd adver tised himself in the following stylo: "Mr. Elou gntus (of course thnt was not his name) Is tho coun terpart in phy sique of the mar tyr president. He will on this occa sion appear as Mr. Lincoln. He will walk as Mr. Lincoln walked. IIo will tell sto- jin. EI.ONOATU8. rle9 jU8t ns Mr, Lincoln told them. In a word, Mr. Elougatus Is tho reincarnation of Mr. Lincoln." Did he have an audience? Ho did. People paid to hear him. One man in the audience arose and had the sand to say, "If Lincoln looked like you and talked as you do ho ought to have been shot." The Imitation from Sangamon river did not repeat his performance. It Is up to the Missouri Society of Chicago to furnish corncob pipes and the decoction that goes on the side. Tho other day when a lot of building 'men went on strike they released n lot of mules which had been In their em ploy nnd herded them In a big lot near tho new station of the North-. western railroad. The mules turned In the full strength of their luug power every time a train pulled out or ur rlved. The vacant lot has been used for recreation purposes. When the recreationlsts went to tho lot nnd found It full of mules they placed on the entrance of the corral a placard which bore this inscription: "Hee haw Society of Missouri." George Ade, who Is still clnhned by Chicago, is In Egypt. He advised his friends in this city the other day that he had "Sundayed In Cairo." He add ed that he had a camel for a mount and that us nil the churches In Cairo were closed on his day of worship he rode out to the sphinx and undertook to give the silent wonder some les sons In slang as "she Is taught In Chi cago." It failed. Then he attempted to sing snatches from "The Sultnn of Sulu," but the sphinx remained ob- OEOUOK ADE UU11HT INTO BONO. durate. Iu order to let him kuow that his message had been received Ade'e friends cabled him, "If tho sphinx re mained silent after you tried to sing to It, It must Indeed be n dead one." , BEVERLY BltUX. Agricultural Experimentation in Box Butte County How to Git Rid af Dry Rot The subject ol dry rot in potatoes is of such great importance to farmers, and is attracting so much attention from persons interested in the develop ment of northwestern Nebraska, that we are pleased to give our numerous readers the benefit of Prof. Hunt's scholarly opinion and experience, the result of extensive investigation and study, as well as practical experience When Tho Herald man asked htm what ho had to say in reference to his work for the benefit of the readers of this week's Herald the Professor 'said in substance: ' I cannot to strongly urge upon the farmers the necessity of procuring pure seed for next year's planting. It is already too late to say much more than has been said about the seed that will be planted this year. Now is the time to get ready for next year's planting. It seems to mo that all that is necessary is to convince the farmer that extra care and labor will bring about the de sired result. When convinced of this lie will use the necessary care and the necessary labor. My suggestion is that cifch farmer have a -separate plat on which to raise seed for next year's planting. None but sound, uninfected seed should be used in planting this plat. Potatoes that. show scab should be rejected no matter what antiseptic treatment it may receive. Every po tato that shows the least sign of the ordinary dry rot that infects pototoes in this locality should be unhesitating ly rejected. It has been the custom of some farmers to cut away the diseased part of a dry rotted potato and plant the remainder. There is so much dan ger involved in this that I advise every planter in preparing his seed for the planter to reject every potato that shows the least sign of disease It is a law of nature that like produces like and accordingly if a planter plants only sound, uninfected seed that has been properly treated the chances are overwhelmingly in favor of growing a crop that is sound and uninfected like the seed This is a matter of grave importance, so much so that no plant er can afford to take any chances in the matter. Dr. Wilcox has proved that the most prevalent form of dry rot known in this locality can be communicated to a potato only through some wound. If the potatoes can be harvested without wounding them there is no chance for infection from this rot. Dr. Wilcox has planted some potatoes in a bed of dry rot without being able to infect them in this way but if it should be taken from this dry rot and scratched with a pin and put back again it uniformily becomes infected through the wound caused by tho pin. This rot is propagated by spores which when they come in contact witli the wound develop the rot. These spores on some potatoes are killed by the disinfecting treatment recommended for scab, accordingly all seed potatoes for the seed planter should receive a thorough treatment before being plant ed. There is another form of potato disease at present being investigated by Dr. Wilcox. He hopes to be able to answer all questions in regard to it and to devise means for prevention as a result of his laboratory labors to be conducted here throughout the summer. I refer to the stem end infection which it is feared may be identical with the dreaded Smith rot. It seems probable that this infection is communicated to the potato through the stem from dis ease of the tops. If this is so it is to be hoped that a proper spraying of the tops during the growing season may prevent and eradicate this disease. Meanwhile no potato infected with it should be used in the seed planter. If the farmer will take a slice from the stem end of the potato he can find whether an apparently sound potato is infected. If on removing the slice, there appears either a ring or 'spots of a dirty yellowish brown color on the end of the potato after the slice is removed it should be instantly rejected. More than this the knife which is used in removing the slice should be dipped in a disinfecting solution to kill all chance of infecting other potatoes be fore they are cut. This careful selection of seed for the planter will take time and labor but is indispensible to securing uninfected seed for next year's planting. One of two courses is open to every farmer, to secure uninfected seed for next year's planting or go out of the potato busi- nAss Written v in-ihilitv in upriire a UCSSf ""- - ..., .w w PROF. E. W. HUNT, DIRECTOR market for potatoes known to be di seased. If insistence is of any use I should insist on every farmer following these suggestions but insistence does not go. You can catch more flies with sugar than with vinegar any time. All that is necessary is to show the farmer in which way his interest lies and then leave the rest to bim. If this section of the state can be freed from potato diseases and the embargo in the mar ket against northwestern Nebraska po tatoes can be raised it will mean hun dreds of thousands of dollars to the farmers of this section of the state. It is up to them to redeem the market through a crop of unimpeachable quality. Imported Seed not Necessary It is claimed by those who ought to know that if proper precautions are taken to grow potatoes for seed that are not infected with scab or dry rot mat it will not be necessary to import seed from other states to plant in Box Butte county. In fact home grown potatoes of proper quality are better for seed than those grown iu other places on account of being acclimated. The following dispatch to the Omaha World-Herald, which was recently sent to that paper from Lincoln, shows how little some people who indulge in big talk on agriculture know about the subject: Potato growers in northern and" north west Nebraska must abandon their potato fields, plant other crops and raise potatoes on new soil. Seed must be imported from Oregon. So the state farm experts will declare in a few days. Elaborate experi ments have been made to eliminate the dry rot. It has been discovered that the Nebraska growers have planted diseased seed. The ground is alive with the dry rot fungi. New seed and fresh lands must be sought. An official bulletin will be issued in a few days. It has already been demonstrated to some extent that the dry rot fungi can be destroyed by proper treatment and that it is not necessary to import seed from Oregon or any other state. I have left a few bushels Minnesota National potatoes. Also Nebraska grown Yellow Queen seed corn and some Russian millet. Call at 604 Yel lowstone avenue. L. M. E. Anderson, 23-IW --5!i:5---;":.-:-..-j...j..j..-,.j..j..j.. I RAILWAY NOTES AND PERSONALS. ? v D. T. Smith is a new brakeman. A. G. Plant is a new man in the train service. Abe and Tom Burchell left vesterdav afternoon for a visit at Spaulding, Neb. Hedengreen sprained his ankle last evening and fears he cannot go to work for a few days. Brakeman J. W. Burke left the city last Thursday for a ten days visit at his home nt Friend, Nebr. Fireman Sam Burchell left the fore part of the week for a fortnight's visit with the homo folks at Spaulding, Nebr. We learn that E. E. Terry, a former brakeman here, has secured a similar position with tho Northern Pacific out of Billings. J. P. Young, night yard master, has been to Denver tho past week visiting his mother and sister. Ho is expected home tomorrow morning. Brakemen W. S. French and C. W. Cliff have retired from the service here with the Intention of going to Mexico where they expect to engage in rail roading. F. D. Shirk, who has been working in the shops, left on the Guernsey Tuesday morning for a point in the Platte valley where he goes to put in a crop on his father's farm. He will spend the summer farming but will icium 10 Alliance in the fall and sume work in the shops. re- Conductor U. N. Hosklns has earned an enviable reputation as a boss car penter. He claims that there is no man on the road who can do as fine work with as limited number of tools. Just recently he completed a cupboard for his way car that is the admiration of all tho boys, the principal tool used in the manufacture of the same being a jack knife. IIo Is now known as the jack knife curponter conductor I.HOAL .NOTICE To .lolm .T.HneiiKol, ion-rotdent dofundnnt olierub, notified tlmtou ll 0 tli day ISW. Ada V. hweriKul ll wl 11 uutit-n rou lii the District C..r..,f li.!lot,L." You are I of May, lP0i. SSSS5 Her Attorney. I n i ;