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THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1909.
An exchange says: "Those big
dailies, owned by the trusts, can get
out nil the cartoons that Renins can
devise about tariff revision but the fact
still remains that the consumer pays
the tariff and tho American trusts get
the dough."
A special election Iiub been called by
the commissioners of Morrill county,
for Juno 2g, to voto 611 tho proposition
to bond the county for $15,000 for the
purpose of aiding in the construction of
a court house that will meet the
requirements of that new but growing
and prosperous county. Judging from
whnt tho Btldgeport News Blade says
nbou.t it, wo suppose the proposition
will carry by a good majority. And
this reminds us that a court house
largo enough to furnish offices for all
tho county officers would bo quito ac
ccptable in Box Untie.
Tho Civil war is over. Nearly half
a century has passed since that long
and bloody conflict. Tho brave men
of the north and tho equally brave men
of tho south, who fought with sublime
faith in tho justice of their respective
causes, have nearly all gone to their
reward. Tho few veterans of both
Bides, who arc left, and tho younger
generations of tho north and tho south,
have forgotten tho old animosities. Tho
sectional bitterness, which onco rent
this country in twain, has no more
1 existence, save in the hearts of a fan
atic few. Just and generous men
everywhere gladly voice tribute to the
heroes of the past, irrespective of
whether they wore the blue or the gray.
A reunited country has no use for sec
tfonal bitterness or for those who strive
to keep alive the dying, almost dead,
embers of hate.
Killing Bryan Again
(Columbus, Nebr., Telegram)
Never a day goes by without some new
story about southern democrats deserting
and repudiating Bryan.
Let us look at the latest attempt of Wall
street influence to induce some southern
democrat to denounce Bryan, The sucker
selected to do the job was one Clark, a
congressman from Florida. In discussing
the new tariff bill he talked just like a
republican, roundly denouncing Bryan,
and voted like a republican in favor of a
high tariff on everything. When his
action was reported in his home state the
democratic legislature immediately passed
a resolution inviting him to come home
and explain his conduct. Clark took the
position that the legislature had no right
to demand an explanation. Strictly speak
ing the legislature had no such right, but
the passage of the resolution showed the
temper of Florida democrats toward a
Florida democrat who was pulling chest
nuts out of the fire for republican tariff
robbers and Wall street crooks in demo
cratic clothing. But the Florida legisla
ture did more than that. It immediately
passed a resolution which received the
vote of every democratic member, inviting
Mr. Bryan to visit Florida as the special
guest of the democratic legislature.
And that's the success Wall street is
having in the latest attempt to kill Bryan.
And that is all the success they will have.
Bryan is the biggest democrat on the
earth today, and he will g'row gieater and
greater, despite all the money of Wall
street despite all the treachery of demo
crats who can be handled with the money
of the tariff barons.
Bryan may never be president of the
cation and yet he may. He has bound
himself so close to the hearts of the mass
es that nothing can wean them away from
him. The new tariff bill now being
enacted by the republican congress, by the
aid of Wall street democrats, may be the
last argument needed to make free-minded
republicans break away from the control
of their party leaders. Much may happen
in the next four years.
Hisgen Indorses Democracy
A fact which should have been manifest
to him long ago has lately made itself
known to Thomas L. Hisgen, of Massa
chusetts. Mr. Hifgen.lt may be remem
bered, was the candidate for president of
Mr. Hearst's Independence party. With
all the red fire and hurrah, the expenditure
of vast sums of money in effecting organi
zations and conducting a campaign, the
V influence of Mr, Hearst's chain of news
' papers and the speeches of Hearst and bis
followers, the "party" polled only 83,183
votes. The colossal failure of the cam
psign seems to have duly impressed Mr.
Hftgen. At anv rato he pronounces the
death warrant of the Independence party.
Mr. HUgen has given out a statement in
which he maVes this significant declar.v
tion: "The campaign of jqoS demonstrated
that the battle for national reforms must
be fought out within the lines of the two
largest of the national parties." And
havinu come to this sensible conclusion
Mr. Hisgen shows that his heart and head
are both right by adding that the Demo
cratic party is tho party of progress and
the one which offers hope. It Is plain
from Mr. Hisgen's statement that In future
ho will be found fighting in thq ranks of
the Democratic party instead of leading a
quixotic and hopeless third party move
ment.
"The great danger to this nation is tho
rulo of the autocracyof wealth through
far-reaching and subtle trust Interests,"
Mr. Hisgen declares, and he finds this
autocracy firmly entrenched in tho Repub
lican organisation. While "tho Republi
can party can never be free from trust
domination so long as the present leaders
are in power," he considers the Democrat
ic party "an ideal instrument for reform
because it unites more than any party now
before the public, the wage earner and
small merchant." Mr. Hisgen believes
that Intelligent radicalism is in the ascend
ancy throughout the world and that
"within the ranks of the Democratic party
the radicals far outnumber the conserva
tives in every doubtful state."
The greatest menace to tho success of
the Democratic party in this gentleman's
estimation is that it "is continually being
betrayed by the bosses who are in power
in the larger civic centres." Tho remark
able performance of Tammany Hall in the
last presidential election, as well as
numerous other like instances, are con
firmation of Mr. Hisgen's suspicions of
treachery. This betrayal of the bosses,
however, is a thing that tho mass of hon
est, earnest Democrats are becoming
awakened to and the day Is not far distant
when tho betrayers will be deprived of
further opportunities for treachery.
Mr. Hisgen is welcome to the Demo
cratic ranks. The party is big and broad
enough for all who believe in equal rights
to all and special privileges for none. Its
ranks are daily being recruite'd by men
who, like Hisgen, are awakening to the
fact that no other party offers as it does
the opportunity to wrest the government
from the hands of plutocracy and restore
it to the people.
Still Standing up
for Alliance
After a year without licensed saloons,
Alliance U'again numbered among the
wet towns of the state. The Herald
will continue in tho future to "Stand
up for Alliance", as it has done in the
past. Our loyalty to tho city does
not depend upon tho decision of a
mooted question. We have never said
that the town would be ruined if our
preferences did not prevail. We have
never thought so, and trust wo have
enough sincerity to not say what we do
not believe. In view of the unenviable
reputation that some towns in this part
of the west have gained in the past, we
think it has been a splendid thing for
Alliance to have been known as a
"dry" town for one year, and think it
would have been better had it contin
ued so another year; but we have had,
and continue to have, confidence that
wet or dry Alliance will forge ahead as
the metropolis of northwestern Nebras
ka and before many years become one
of the leading cities of the state
The development which this country
is now undergoing means the building
up of prosperous towns, of which Alli
ance, on account of location, is natur
ally leader. Added to this is the fact
that she has business men who, while
differing on questions of a political
nature, pull together when it comes to
taking action pertaining to matters of
public improvement and progress.
This is nicely illustrated in the una
niinQv of action on the part of members
of the Commercial Club in matters
pertaining to public enterprise.
We have no wish to "thresh over
old straw", but it has devolved upon
The Herald to defend this city against
the slanders and misrepresentations of
some papers in neighboring towns.
"It's a dirty bird that befouls its own
nest," and we would be untrue to Alli
ance and unworthy of the patronage of
the business men of the city if we
made no effort to correct the wrong
impressions that have been made in
some quarters, even though in so doing
it is necessary to repeat some things
htat we might otherwise prefer not to
mention again. In spite of the panic
which so seriously affected railroad
business and consequently hurt Alliance
as it did most other towus, business as
a whole was better last year than pre
viously, the city has made substantial
improvement, and will continue to do
so without regard to whether it has li
censed saloons or not. We believe a
large majority of the business men,
whether they favor license or not, will
endorse this statement.
ROCK ISLAND REZA7 CASE
Dea Moines Packing Concern Opens
Its Case Against Railway.
Des Moines, May 25. Tho first blow
In tho fatnotiB rebate caso brought by
tho Agar Packing company ngalnBt
tho Rock Island road to recover $360,
000 damages for alleged discrimina
tion In freight rates, was struck by
tho plaintiff in Judge Howo's court
Evidence was Introduced tending to
show that tho live stock bought by
certain fnvored buyers and shipped
from Valley Junction, which is tho
shipping point at Issue, to certain
eastern packers was hauled by tho
railroad company under two soparato
billings. It 1b upon this point that
tho case hinges.
Tho railroad company asserts that
tho stock Jn question constituted a
continuous shlpmont, whllo tho plaint
iff declares that two distinct ship
ments wore made, tho first from tho
point of origin to Valloy Junction, and
tho second from tho latter station to
tho eastern packers.
CLUB WOMEN ELECT OFFICERS
Mrs, Julian Richards of Waterloo is
Chosen President.
Davenport, la., May 22. The Iowa
Federation of Women's clubs closed a
four days' session of tho biennial con
vention. Three hundred and eighty
four delegates were In attendance. It
was decided to dovoto special atten
tion to civic betterment of Iowa Cjltlos
during tho next two years. Sioux
City asks for the next convention ana
probably will be awarded It.
Mrs. Julian RlchardB of Waterloo
was elected president by a majority of
73 votos over Mrs. A. E. Shipley of
Des Moines. Other Officers were elect
ed as follows: Vlco president, Mrs.
J. W. Wntzeck of Davenport; record
ing secretary, Mrs. II. M. Towner of
Corning; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Freeman Conaway of Ames; gen-'
oral federation state secretary, Mrs.
B. B. Clark of Red Oak; treasurer,
Mrs. Mary Johnson of Humboldt; aud
itor, Mrs. Pearl Holbrook of Onawa.
WATERLOO WOMEN TO VOTE
Municipal Ownership Campaign Is Be
ing Waged.
Waterloo, la., May 24. Waterloo Is
In tho throes of a municipal ownership
campaign, which closes next Friday,
when tho voters, both men and wom
en, will be given tho privilege of de
ciding whether tho city shall Issuo
$525,000 bonds to buy tho waterworks
plant and make neoded extensions and
improvements. Thoso favoring munic
ipal ownership have been holding
meetings In tho factories and else
where, nnd tonight and tomorrow
night thero will be mass meetings for
both men and' women, at which Speak
er Feoly of the last general assembly
will preside. It Is expected that more
women will vote on this question than
ever before voted at an election In
Iowa.
THREE OSKALOOSA FIRES
Furniture Factory, Residence and Ten
ement Burn.
Oskaloosa, la., May 24. Three Area
destroyed about $20,000 worth of prop
erty in Oskaloosa.
The Ezra Mendenhall furniture fac
tory was completely ruined, entailing
a loss of $15,000, only partially cov
ered by insurance. This fire is sup
posed to have been caused by sponta
neous combustion. Tho home of
James Loughridge, a retired farmer,
was ruined by Are, which destroyed
the roof, and by water. The loss will
bo about $5,000.
The third fire was a tenement house
of the Slebel Milling company. A
gasoline stovo caused the trouble But
little damage resulted.
W. C. BROWN AT THE BLUFFS
Visits City Where Once Held Dowii
Dispatcher's Trick.
Council Bluffs, la., May 25. W. C.
Brown, president of tho Now York
Central railroad, accompanied by sev
eral high officials, passed several
hours hero as guests of General Gren
vlllo M. Dodge, who gave a luncheon
for them, attended by a number of
Council Bluffs men.
President Brown held down a
"night trick" In the dispatcher's office
of tho Burlington hero thirty years
ago, but had not visited tho city In
nearly ten years.
JUNKEN IN CENTERVILLE JAIL
Officers Rush Him There From Fort
Madison.
Centerville, la., May 22. Leading
tho public to believe that John Junken
would not he brought hero tJIl May
25, tho day for his trial, ho was se
cretly brought from Fort Madison by
Sheriff Jackson of Ottumwa and put
In the custody or Shorjff Clark.
Thoro Is much restlessness on tho
part of officials and tho public, as Her
man Owens, arrosted for assault on a
slmplo minded girl, has just been put
In jail and there is a strong feollng
against him. He is white, but a
former convict.
Iowa Millers to Meet.
Waterloo, la.. May 24. The Iowa
Millers' club will hold their midsum
mer meeting In Wnterloo, Juno 2 nnd
3. Professor H. G. Bell of Amos will
speak upon "The Seed Wheat Ques
tion," Commissioner H. R. Wright of
Des Moinos will speak upon "Thb Rul
ings of the Iowa Food and Dairy Com
missioner That Affect tho Miller."
Killed by Cars at Sioux City.
Sioux City, May 25. Ray Augustine
of Cedar Rapids fell off a train In the
Northwestern railroad yards and sus
tained injuries from which he died.
U.'p head was crushed and both lera
cut off. "
High School Entertainment
The senior class of the high school
will present the comedy, "Clouds", at
tho Phelan opera house, Saturday
night, May 29th. This is a difficult
play to render, and tho class has
spared no efforts to make it a success.
It is worthy of tho patronage of every
citizen who has the welfare of the
school at heart, the more so, perhaps,
in that the class has unanimously voted
the proceeds to install a shower bath
in the new high school gymnasium.
Prof. Williams will give an exhibition
of parallel bar work, assisted by Phil
and Camillc Nohe.
The cast of characters is as follows:
Hon. Walter Randall, an ex-member
of Congress Paul Taylor
Ralph Randall, a young New Yorker
who has been to Paris. . . . Cecil Smith
William Wimberley, a goutleman from
Chicago Clare Mewhirter
Fred Town, a gentleman of family on
the confines of Bohemia
Henry Krnjipek
Dr. Edward Lane, an Aesculapian on
the sands of Jersey. .Clare Mewhirter
Mr. Billy Buddies, an honest man ....
Louis Allen
Mr. Albcry Sedley, a member of the
Y. M. C. A. ., Camilla Nohe
Stella Gordon, under a cloud
Helen Broome
Cora Adair, who despises the past, but
utilizes the present. . Miuellc Highland
Ella Randall, a New York belle with a
tendency to "gush". Nellie O'Donnell
Eola Wimberly, a prairie flower, inno
cent and voting Mabel Carey
Miss Matilda Prim, a Jersey maiden
with a veneration for ".Dorcas"
Elizabeth Thomas
Mrs. Malvernon, who sympathizes with
youthful lovers. . . .Winifred Betebener
Martha, an American help -.
Nettie Nation
Tickets will be on sale' at Holsten's,
Friday, May 28th. Reserved seats, 50
cents. General admission, 35 cents.
The Herald keeps right on sawing
wood,
M. C. Cole, the photographer, is
attending to business in Hemingford
today.
"The way of the transgressor is
hard" at least some of them who have
recently been "pinched" by Police
Judge Zurn think so.
Hill & Grimstead, the painters and
decorators, began work today on the
interior of the Thiele pharmacy.
On his way back to Los Angeles
from a business trip to New York,
L. S. Barnes stopped from Saturday
till Monday for a visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs, T. H. Barnes, and his
sister Loveta. His real estate business
in California demanded his attention
so that his stay in Alliance was neces
sarily brief.
Next Sunday night there will be a
union service at the Methodist church.
Rev. Vallow will preach the high
school graduating class sermon.
P. P. Bruce of Draper, S. D., ar
rived Tuesday morning.
The Oshkosh Herald was four years
old last Friday. It is one of the local
papers of western Nebraska that are
a credit to the towns they represent.
Mrs. Fred Ayers gave a children's
party last Friday for her son, who was
three years old that day. A jolly
time was had by the following who
were present: Mae Ayers, Sheldon
Ayers, William Hampton, Michael
Reed, Dorothy Barnes, Howard Cogs
well, Raymond Brown and Helen
Brown.
The eighth grade graduation exer
cises for Alliance and Box Butte county
will be held in the Phelan opera house
tonight. We would publish the pro
gram but for the fact that this issue of
The Herald will be mailed too late for
distribution this evening.
E. D. Daniels who came to Box
Butte county a few mouths since on
account of ill health, being afflicted
with liver complaint and rheumatism,
was very much improved until the re
cent wet weather, on account of which
he has been feeling quite poorly of late.
At the meeting of the city council
last Saturday night liquor licenses were
granted to the following: Louis Luft, R.
Campbell, F. J. Betzold, Juo. J. Rior
dan, Everett Cook and F. W. Rheder,
Cut Flowers
Lilacs, Snowballs, Peouies and Car
nations coming Saturday noon for
Memorial Day. Leave orders now.
Geo. D, Darling. 24- iw
Pure Bred Poultry.
Choice R. C Leghorn cockerels for
sale. Eggs 50 cents per setting. Calf
or write Mrs. A. Gregory, Marsland,
Nebr. 18.13W
Agricultural Experimentation J?
in Box Butte
County
Alfalfa Growing in
Box Butte County
(By Prof. E. W. Hunt)
I believe that alfalfa is going to
prove one of the most remunerative
crops that can bo grown in this locali
ty. In startling contrast to this opin
ion is the widespread notion that
alfalfa cannot be grown here. This
notion I believe to be based en
tirely upon unfortunate experience that
would-be growers have had in trying to
get stands. I wish to explain here why,
in my opinion, would-be growers have
failed and to point out the way in
which they may succeed.
The first and most necessary thing
is proper seed that will grow. Alfalfa,
more than any other plant with which
I am familiar, is sensitive to changes
in soil and climate, so sensitive that
alfalfa that succeeds admirably in some
parts of the country cannot be suc
cessfully grown here. The obvious
lesson from this is that otlier things
being equal the best seed that any one
can sow is the seed that is grown here
and has become acclimated to the con
ditions. As yet we have here no prop
er machine for threshing the seed and
no proper method for handling the
crop before it is threshed. A great
deal of the mature seed is shattered off
in handling and left upon the ground.
What goes to the thresher is seed that
is green enough to hang to the stock in
spite of the rough handling. Much of
this green seed is so immature that it
will not germinate and what does germ
inate has a weakened vitality, too weak
to enable it to survive conditions pre
valent here. I have had four different
samples of seed grown here submitted
to a germination test- Of these four
samples the best one shows only 89 per
cent, that would geminate while the
poorest one shows 52 per cent, that
would germinate. The probability is
that a large proportion of these seeds
that germinate might not have vitality
enough to carry them through the first
winter.
At present there is no adequate
means for properly cleaning the seed
as it is threshed. I may say incident
ally that Mr. Newberry has ordered
such a machine and those who have
alfalfa seed to clean may clean it on
this machine as soon as it arrives.
The seed grown here that is on the
market lias a very large proportion of
weed seed in it- The worst sample
contained more than 195,000 weed
seed to the pound and the best sample
contained 3,420 weed seed to the
pound, Taking the number of weed
seed in the seed shown in connection
with this low power of germination the
farmers who have tried alfalfa have
sown altogether too little germinative
seed to the acre, and the result has
been a standing so thin as to utterly
discourage them. If a farmer was to
sow one of the samples of seed I had
tested and wished to put 12 pounds of
germinative seed on every acre, he
would have to SOW at least 30 pounds
of the mixture of alfalfa and weed seed
in order to get his 12 pounds of germi
native alfalfa seed. Any one, who
proposes to sow alfalfa this season,
should learn from me the result of the
test of the seed and consequently the
amount that he should sow to the acre
to get a good stand. If he does this
and sows his crop in the proper man
ner I do not hesitate to say that he will
succeed for I have seen alfalfa suc
cessfully growing in many different
localities and on many different kinds
of soil.
I cannot guarantee alfalfa to grow if
it has to make a fight against weeds.
Weeds are the natural savages of the
soil and 110 cultivated plant stands an
equal show with them. They rob the
soil of the moisture that the plant
needs and they rob it of the vitality
that is needed by the plant. No farm
er can get rid of weeds until he stops
sowing them. In the case of one of
the samples I have had analyzed, if
one should sow sixteen pounds to the
acre he would be sowing 19,503 weed
seeds to every square rod. No one
can expect alfalfa to succeed under
such conditions. The thing for every
farmer to do is to sow clean seed of
strong vitality that is acclimated to
local conditions. If he does this I feel
certain he will succeed. Two of the
samples that I had tested contained
buck horn, plantain, dodder, star this
tle, wild cherry and wild carrot; weeds
that are so noxious that if they are
permitted to become established here,
will do hundreds of thousands of dol
lars' dvuiage to this part of the state.
PROF. E. W. HUNT,
DIRECTOR
I want to do everything that I can
to put alfalfa growing upon a success
ful basis here and I strongly advise all
to have their seed tested before sow
ing. I shall be glad to give any in
formation that I may have to auy oue
who seeks it.
Professor Wilcox and
Assistant Begins Work
Professor E. Mead Wilcox, state
botanist, and his assistant, Mr. R. E.
Stone, have been in Alliance this week
arranging the experimental field plots
to be employed in the further study he
is making of the dry rot and other di
seases ot the potato in northwestern
Nebraska. Arrangements have been
completed to plant several varieties
side by side on a piece of grouncWnd-
ly provided by Mr. win. uorance,
northeast of Alliance. Professor Stone
will be stationed on this experimental
field during most of the summer and
will personally superintend the plant
ing, cultivating and spraying of the
potatoes- In this manner the details
as to the time nnd manner ol infection
of the tubers with these different rots
can be studied and observations made
as to the relative resistance of the sev
eral varieties and the effects of spray
ing noted.
For this work also it is planned to
equip a room in the city hall with the
I apparatus needed to study the life his
tory and behavior of the fungi and
other organisms responsible for these
diseases. Several interesting points in
their behavior remain to be determined
before he will be abb? to suggest proper
and sufficient methods of control for
each of the diseases found here. Pro
fessor Wilcox will himself be at work
in this laboratory as soon as the crop
is up and growing. The work of the
plant pathologist is broad and trcq
ly extends from the planting
actual marketing of the crop. ' In the
case of these dry rots we must stud
the relationship of the methods an
conditions of storage upon the devel
ment ot toe rot. He proposes, tliefe
- 1
fore, to investigate this question of the
proper method o storage to avoid as
far as possible the dry rot and other ,
similar troubles.
Professor Wilcox, accompanied by
Professor E. W- Hunt, will visit Hay
Springs, Rushville and Gordon durinr
the latter part of this week for thet
in tli
asenij St
purpose of arousing interest
great problem of potato diseases
northwestern Nebraska. It is expected
that meetings of the potato growerr
will be held in each of these places,
Millet Seed for Sals
j
250 bushels common millet seed fof
sale. C. H. Evans, Marsland, Nebrj
24-3W" I
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