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And now thoy arc calling it tlio
"Aldrich graft bill."
Laws passed at the last session of
tlio legislature, without an emergency
clause, become operative tomorrow.
Spring fever microbes were late in
hatching thin year, but they .haven't
needed an incubator the last few days
to bring them out.
In the eastern part of the state they
call this spring's rains "soil soakers
and gully washers." In this part of
tlio state they were anil soakers with
out being gully washers to any great
extent.
Chancellor Avery of the Nebraska
State University is expected in Alliance
this week, drawn here by his interest
v in the agricultural experimentation
work being done under the supervision
of Prof. E. W. Hunt.
State gunrnuty of bntik dppo'its cnn.
H tinucs to give every tviJcnce uf being
; n'livo Mmo. Tho Florida hnun of re
preseututives is the Intent legislative
body to enact this k'n.il uf a measure,
diffcring,but little f rom the OUahuiua
law,
A dajly paper gives the following in
cident: "A citjzen desiring to put an
end to tho local newspaper, in fact to
kill it, approached a lawyer on the
subject. Tho lawyer advised him to
buy it for himself and run it six mom!"
nnd the deed would be done, (nil
charged him five dollars for the in
formation." "Give us the initiative and referen
dum," says an exchange that makes
no pretention to being democratic,
"and the power of trust-owned senators
and representatives will be broken."
We venture to suggest to the esteemed
contemporary that tho way to get the
initiative and referendum is to vote for
candidates for legislative offices who
may be depended upon to favor the
same.
In tho tariff debate in the U. S- sen
ate Sanator Gallinger (rep.) asked
Gore (dem.,) tho blind senator from
Oklahoma, if he would vote for a high
er tariff on corn. The reply was char,
acteristic of the Oklahoma patriot and
statesman. "I will not," replied Sena
tor Gore, "I will not betfay the farm
ers of the United States with the Judas
kissthe duty on corn is such a sham
nnd humbug that uo man who believed
iu it ought to be allowed to run at
large outside of the United States Sen
ate." Another of the "old school'' of jour
nalists has passed away in the death
of Colonel Alexander K. McClure. For
26 years Colonel McClure was editor-in-chief
of the Philadelphia Times aud
he wielded a vigorous pen. He was
a contemporary of Dana, Greeley,
Raymond and other "tall sycamores"
of a generation ago. About the only one
- of the old-timers of note remaining is
Marse Henry Watterson, of the Louis
ville Courier Journal, May he long
remain as a landmark of the days that
are gone.
This rel hot roast comes not from a
demour-tic newspaper but from a re
publican journal of great influence and
circulation, the Oes Moines (Iowa)
Register and Leader: "It is a strange
situatiou. surely, when a fight to re
tain the Dingley schedules can be
heralded as a fight for free trade, and
foreign domination. It is a strange
situation when the president, after
himself making the demand for a re
duction from the Dingley .schedules,
will sit back and allow tho senate com
mittee increases to be voted by as
bloodleas a combination as ever pool
ed to steal n railroad or loot a bank,
without raising a finger to sustain the
men who arc standing by his personal
pledges and by the pledges made by
him for the administration."
Republican exchanges note editorially
a growing tendency on the part of
western states to adopt the system of
guarantee of bank deposits. But a few
months since our esteemed contempor
aries were filled with horror at the
bare thought of the government under
taking any such radical innovation,
Time flics and the world moves on.
The wild theory and the reckless agita
tor of yesterday are the accepted poli
cy and able statesman of tomorrow. It
would bo no cause for wonder if, three
years hence, we should find these
papers advocating tho government
guarantee of bank deposits, especially
if the western progressives should force
a platform declaration to that effect on
the next republican national conven
tion. A United States meat inspector in
East St. Louis packing bouses has re
signed from the service and iu a letter
to the secretary of agriculture demands
an investigation of the meat inspection
system. If a quarter of what this man
says is true, the government inspec
tion of packiug establishments is a
farco and the slogan "United States
inspected aud passed," required to be
stamped upon packing house products,
is a very ghastly joke. The truth or
falsity of this inspector's charges
should be demonstrated by a rigid in
vestigation. His allegations are as
sickening as the revelations in "The
Jungle." If they are founded on truth
the American public have been the
victims of a gigantic fraud iu the en
forcement of the national pure food
laws.
True Democrats
That those democratic senators',
who abandoned party principles at the
behest of private interests iu the con
sideration of the Aldrich tariff bill', do
not faithfully reflect the views of their
constituencies is apparent to all. Hap
pily the democratic party has many
able, courageous, uncompromising re
piescutatives in both branches of con
gress, whose presence there offsets in
a measure the delinquency of others.
Senator Gore of Oklahoma is one of
the democratic- seuutors of whom the
patty can be proud. His speech on
the woolen schedule was brilliant, keen,
forceful, aud a perfect exposition of
the democratic viewpoint. A new
member of the house of representatives,
Mr. Dent of Alabama, also made a
speech the other day that rang true,
In it he scored those of his fellow mem
bers who are known to have a direct
personal iuterest in the tariff upon cer
tain articles in the pending bill. He
declared that for such members to vote
on the passage of the bill is no better
than it would be for a judge to sit, hear
and determine his own case.
Mr. Dent is right, and sometime the
people will rise up and endorse his
logic by retiring from public life those
members of congress who use their
official power to aggrandize and enrich
themselves.
Words of Encouragement
The Herald has frequent callers who
encourage us in our efforts to get out a
paper that is a benefit to its constitu
ency and worthy of their patronage,
aud occasionally we receive a commun
ication by mail that answers the same
purpose. Under date of June 6th. C.
A. Posvar, a former resideut of this
county, writes from Crabttee, Ore., as
follows: 'Inclosed find money order
for Si. 50, subscription to The Herald
from March 22, '69. I have been read
ing the paper ever since it started out,
aud have always been glad to see it
come to the door. As I have moved
from old Box Butte to the land where
the sun sets, aud don't get the paper
till five days after it is published, we
can hardly get nlong without it till it
comes. Best regards to all my friends
in Box Butte county, Nebr."
As the Twig Bends
Kendall had a son who was the pride
of his heart. One day he found one of
his favorite cherry trees cut down.
"Jack," he said, "did you do that?"
With quivering lip Jack replied:
"Father, I can't decoive you; I did uot
cut the tree down; Billy Brown did it,
but I bossed the job."
Toars of joy sprang iuto the father's
eyes. "Bless you, my boy," he said:
"Billy will be president of the United
States, but you will be chairman of the
national committee." Success Maga-
ziue.
A Feast of Reason
and Flow of Soul
At the democratic banquet at Kear
ney Inst Saturday night there was a
"feast of reason and flow of soul."
Governor Shallcnberger declared for
regulation of the liquor traffic as op
posed to prohibition; said that demo
cracy and decency had joined hands
and defied the forces of hell to put
them asunder.
Ex-Mayor F. W. Brown of Lincoln
declared for early closing of saloons,
and fair treatment of saloon men.
While admitting that ho is a convert
to early closing he gave it his heartiest
endorsement.
Mayor Dahhnan of Omaha spoke
against the 8 o'clock closing law and
iu favor of Sunday base ball.
The following resolutions were pass
ed during the banquet:
Resolved, That we reiterate our alle
giance to that peerless leader and emanci
pator of the masses as against the classes,
W. J. Bryan. And wq pledge our most
loyal support to our distinguished and
great commoner, We regard him as the
greatest living statesman of the time, and
we herald to this nation and Its people our
loyal support and affection. We are
proud to have in our midst such a worthy
citizen. We congratulate the democratic
party for having as its leader a man so
unselfish and always battling for the com
mon people, never sacrificing any princi
ple for selfish motives. And we see in
him a Jefferson, Jackson and a Lincoln of
the present time.
Resolved, That the democratic party
takes pride in having within its folds for
our next United States senator such men
as W. H. Thompson, W. V. Allen, Rich
ard Metcalfe, M. F, Harrington, C. A.
Smythe, R. D. Sutherland, G. M. Hitch
cock and many others who would be a
credit to Nebraska in the United States
senate and believe when the time comes
the party will have plenty of candidates to
select from, many of whom will be a cred
it to our great growing state.
Resolved, That we congratulate the
people of the state, regardless of their
party affiliations, for the election of Gov
ernor Shallenberger. His executive abili
ty and honest conviction has been demon
strated. We see in him construction,
statesmanship and disposition tending
upward and onward. We venture to ma'ic
the prediction that at the expiration of his
present term of office the people of Ne
braska will again call on him as their
executive-for a second term of office.
Resolved, That as Omaha is the
metropolis of Nebraska the party
takes pride in having for its mayora demo
crat, co'miug, as he did, from the rural
districts to be the mayor of a great city
and whose re-election is a great endorse
ment of his piior administration and of the
ability he exercises over the municipal
affairs of that city. James E. Dahlman
has proven himself a capable mayor.
Best Advertisement Yet
Some pretty good advertising matter
has been put out by the real estate men
of Box Butte county, but the best yet
is a pamphlet just issued by the enter
prising firm of Diueen, Rubendall &
Young, It consists of eighteen pages,
with a beautiful cover of Princess An
tique, in Sylvan green, printed in gold,
and tied with silk cords. It gives a
description of this country, sets forth
some strong reasons for investing in
land here now, aud presents quite a
number of half-tone cuts of Box Butte
county farm and ranch scenes and
views of Alliance city buildings. With
out doubt it will be an important factor
in advertising this county iu the eastern
part of the state and other places where
it may be distributed.
Messrs. D. R. & V. showed their
loyalty to this city and county by hav
ing the printing doue at home, and the
fact that this pamphlet bears the im
print of an Alliance print shop will
have a wholesome influence. We have
seen some advertisements of places
that were being boomed in Texas and
elsewhere; glowing accounts in finely
ptinted literature were given of the
country and magic cities, etc., etc, but
we notice that the printing was doue in
Kansas City or other places hundreds
of miles distant from the country ad
vertised, the wonderful cities that had
sprung up as if by magic (on paper)
not having yet arrived at a stage where
they could afford printing offices to
turn out their advertisements.
Will Accompany the Governor
Since Crawford's invitation to Al
liance to attend the 4th qf July cele
bration there this year has been ac
cepted by the Alliance Commercial
club in behalf of the city, it is expect-
od that a big crowd will go from this
place, the plan being to accompany
Governor Shallenberger.
We suppose there will be a special
train from Alliance, but have uo offi
cial information yet iu regard to the
matter. ,
Neighboring Notes
Harry Kctchum is contemplating a
trip west. A queer feeling has come
over him lately. Everybody has a
guess coming. Crawford Tribune.
Mr. George P. Ehrhardt of Alliance
and Miss Clara L. Smith of Ravenna
were united in the bonds of wedlock
yesterday morning by Judge Mullen.
Grand Island Independent, June 19.
Judge WestoVer returned Saturday
from O'Neill, where ho had been hold
ing a term of court. One case was
tried in that court which is of interest
to Sheridan county people. Frank
Hoffman, administrator for the estate
of George V. Glover, brought suit
against the Chicago and North-Western
railroad for $30,000 and the jury
brought in a verdict for $20,000. Glov
er. was a resident of this county and
died at Chadrou on November 12, 10,07
from injuries received while in the em
ploy of the railroad. M. F. Harring
ton prosecuted the case. Rushville
Standard, June 18.
Now soon we boys will rise at four
and make the cannon crackers roar.
From early dawn to set of sun we'll all
remember Lexington, and Bunker Hill
and Brandywinc, and all the Conti
nental line. We'll fill the land with
smoke and noise, because we're pa
triotic boys. And while we boys do
thus engage you'll hear a lot of grouch
es rage, and get off strings of words
insane about a Fourth that's safe and
sane." These have forgotten '76, and
with bones full of rheumatics, they'd
have us boys sit idly by tho glorious
Fourth Day of July. Avaunt, you men
who dare to say that on our nation's
natal day we boys can't have our noise
and fun and whoop it up for Washing
ton. We'll shoot the daylight full of
holes, and as each crashing echo rolls
we'll light anew sweet Freedom's fires
and honor memory of our sires. We'll
fill our skins with powder stains and
never flinch at stinging pains. We'll
wage the fogies with our shouts and
burn holes in our runabouts. It is our
day the greatest day aud we will
celebrate our way I Will Maupin, in
The Commoner.
Mayor Pete's Bunch Visits Alliance
' Thursday morning a special train
was made up on the B. & M. to take
the Crawford boosters to the Alliance
convention of stockmen. The Sth
cavalry band had been engaged for the
occasion and at an early hour were on
the streets of Crawford playing cheer
ful selections for the benefit of the busy
ones who were compelled to remain
here. At :o a.m. the train left the de
pot with 12G Crawfordites aboard, in
cluding the band, arriving at Alliance
at high noon, where they were given a
welcome that made each one think that
Jthere were new lessons to be learned in
hospitality, and Alliance knows how to
set the example. The day was an en
joyable one for our bunch, visiting with
our neighbors aud taking in as much of
the day's program as the time would
permit. The entire bunch speaks very
highly of W. O. Barnes, master of
ceremonies and general manager of the
occasion. His work Thursday clearly
depicted that the citizens of Alliance
knew whom they were choosing to
look after their interests and make a
success of the affair. Barnes is not
only a booster and a hard conscientious
worker, but is a master of men aud a
ruler of ciowds, such as thronged the
streets and avenues on this second day
of their convention. To him and his
associates our bunch is indebted for a
loyal gopd time. At 10 p.m. the spe
cial 'arrived home with the happy
crowd. Crawford Courier, June 19,
An Outsider's View of the
Stockmen's Convention
We are glad to give space to the fol
lowing expression of appreciation of
the Stockmen's convention, which was
given by a stranger in Box Butte coun
ty who happened to be in attendance
during the three days of ranch festivi
ty. If we had said these things our
selves we might have been accused of
blowing our own horn, which, although
not rare in this vicinity, is already re
garded as not in the best taste. Of
course, no one can withhold from the
public such generous praise as follows:
"Alliance has done itself proud. It's
entertainment to the stockmen during
the last three days is without a paral
lel in the history of Nebraska, and has
made a warm place for Alliance in the
heart of every visitor who enjoyed the
hospitality afforded to the visiting
stockmen. Of course, it would, be
natural for the commission men of
South Omaha to'praise it up because
a good share of their business is drawn
from this viciuity. But I am not a
commission man, own uo stock, and
Agricultural Experimentation
in Box Butte
County
Slit Moisture Hiw to Get
It an. How to Hold It
This whole problem may be briefly set
forth as comprised in two separate and
distinct methods of handling the soil at
two separate and distinct seasons of the
year. First, in the fall of the year create
as deep a water holding reservoir in the
soil as possible, and in the spring use
light surface cultivation to save what
water has been received.
This means in the first place deep fall
plowing. Fall plowing has been but little
practiced here, but if the best results are
to be achieved it must be begun and made
a part of every year's operations. We
must devise some means for retaining in
the soil the moisture that falls upon it,
either as snow or rain. I am told that the
principal reason why it has not been prac
ticed is, that after a crop of small grain
has been removed the ground bakes so
hard that it becomes impossible to plow it.
If the farmers will adopt my simple sug
gestion they will have no difficulty from
this source. I speak about It this early in
order that they may be laying their plans
and getting ready to do the necessary work
when the proper time comes. When they
begin their harvest, let them put a good
sharp disc immediately behind the binder,
discing the ground as fast as the binder
covers it. The bundle carrier will then
drop the bundles on ground that has al
ready been disced. The discing wITl stop
the evaporation from the surface, the sub
surface water will rise and soften the
ground so that a week or ten days after
the discing has been done the ground will
plow as nicely as at any other season of
the year. This may seem Incredible,
but any farmer can prove it by trying it.
This fall plowing is necessary for three
reasons:
First. It will loosen the surface so as
to prevent water running off, enabling the
soil to hold what water it gets. For this
purpose if the ground is left rough it will
prevent water running off even when the
ground is frozen. Even in hard land, if
the plowed ground is left smooth it will
drift with the wind, but if left rough this
danger is also obviated.
Secondly. This throwing out of the
soil to the action of the air and of the frost
is necessary In order to oxidize the miner
al salts that arc in the soil and convert
them into plant food. There is plenty of
plant food in the soil if it is put in a con
dition that makes it available to the plants.
This is accomplished by fall plowing.
Thirdly. One of the greatest troubles
with which our farmers have to contend
is the fact that all of their work has
to be done in the spring and they have so
much of it to do that they cannot do any
of it as well as it should be done. Even
then by the time he has his crops planted
it is generally so late that some of it will
am not interested in real estate; so
what I say is straight, and I mean
.every word of it. The hospitality was
generous, openhanded aud without
stint. Nothing was spared, everything
moved off smoothly. The people were
entertained free of expense, and the
opinion was generated that Alliance is
friendly, and it will take a great deal of
adverse experience to obliterate this
notion in the minds of those who were
here. Most border shows in Nebraska
have been multitudinously attended by
side shows and catch penny fakers who
have carried away from the town most
of the ready cash in the community
aud have created the impression that
the show was gotten up principally for
the purpose ot robbiug the people.
They have done the merchauts no
good because they have taken away
the money that should have gone into
the merchants' tills. Iu Alliance it I
was totally different. No one was
asked to speud a cent; they were asked
simply to take and enjoy without ex
pense. It was generous, it was great,
it showed Alliance in the role of public
benefactors, and that is what she is."
Scottsbluff Scintillations
Miss Jessie Sutton went to Alliance
yesterday to visit friends for a few days.
Several Scottsbluff people are attend
ing the stockmen's meeting in Alliance this
week.
Mrs. Frank Meader spent Sunday in
Alliance with her daughter, Madge, who
is attending school there.
The Union Pacific graders are at work
north of Bridgeport and the steel gang is
only three or four miles behind them. It
is said that the Union Pacific has let the
contract for 1,000 feet of grade due west
of the Burlington Y between that road and
the river.
The city of Morrill is making great
preparations for the celebration of the 4th,
As it will be the only celebration held in
the county a large crowd will be in at
tendance. The 4th happening to fall on
Sunday this year, Morrill will celebrate
on Saturday.
Pr. Geo. W. Andrews of Scottsbluff and
PROF. E. W. HUNT,
DIRECTOR
not mature as it should. If he will do his
plowing in the fall he wilt not only create
a reservoir -for water in his soil, a reser
voir that is imperatively demanded in
every locality in this part of the state, and
convert the plant food in the soil so that it
will become available for the plants, but
he will also get a large share of his spring
work done the fall before, leaving him
much better opportunity for proper work
in the spring.
I regard this matter of fall plowing as
one of the most necessary operations in
this part of the state. It is imperatively
demanded if the best results are to be
achieved. Let every farmer lay his plans
so as to do this without fail.
The above advice should be modified
when applied to land on which the wind
causes the soil to drift. On light soil that
blows I recommend that instead of plow
ing, the land be double listed deep, with
the rows running across the direction of
the prevailing winds. Soil so treated will
sutler but little from drift and if the job is t
wetl done will afford almost as good a
reservoir for water as if the land were
plowed.
One thing is certain, we must have in
the fall as deep as possible a reservoir for
water in the soil if we are to get the full
use of the land, and either of the above
methods will accomplish this.
Box Butte Enterprise
Among the most interesting of the events
connected with the late Stockmen's con
vention was the meeting held in the Phelan
opera house Wednesday afternoon. Among
the speakers of that day were Geo. Cope
land of Elgin, Nebr., one of the regents
of the State University, and Dean E. A.
Burnett, head of the experiment station
at Lincoln, Nebr. In the course of their
remarks each of these gentlemen paid a
high compliment to, and expressed keen
appreciation of the enterprise of Box Butte
county in undertaking agricultural experi
mentation. It was stated that the move
ment undertaken here is the first of its
kind to be tried in the state and they ex
pressed the belief that great good would
be accomplished by the work undertaken.
They especially commended the selection
of Prof. Hunt to direct this work and
stated that they regarded him as amply
qualified for the work undertaken. Such
words coming from such a source should
commend the Professor and his work to
every agriculturist In northwestern Ne
braska. It is only just to say that all of the
praise thus accorded to Box Butte enter
prise of right belongs to Mr. C. A. New
berry alone, for he is the man that started
the movement of which he bears the en
tire expense. If such enterprise and pub
lic spirit in a county are to be commended
what shall be said of the one man who
undertakes and carries forward the work
alone.
Miss Anna True of Bridgeport were mar
ried in that city Saturday, June 12th, 1909
and after spending Sunday in Alliance,
came Monday to Scottsbluff, where they
will make their home. Dr. Andrews is a
popular young business man of this city
while his bride has been principal of the
Bridgeport high school for the past year.
The congratulations of their friends are in
order.
Notes from Bridgeport
(From the Nevrs-niado)
Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Scoggin attended
the Baptist meeting at Alliance last
Friday and Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Putmau and
daughter, Hazel, returned on Monday
from a few days' visit at Alliance.
Miss Edith Walford, county super
intendent, went to Alliance Tuesday
morning to attend the Junior Normal.
The Burlington depot now boasts of
a real, live colored porter, who, if not
quite so officious as the factotum at
Alliance, is a shade or two blacker.
Senator L. L. Raymond of Scotts
bluff passed through towu Weduesday
on his way to Alliance. Mr. Raymond
has recently been appointed United
States Commissioner.
Nebraska cherries at Mal
lery's, $2.25 per twenty-four
quart case. Delivery Friday.
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State of Nebraska, 1 a
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1. L. A. Merry. County Judge of Hoxnmtn
comity, Nebraska, hereby iiotliy all ,Vroiw
o? Wu'l.S'p1"" d ,feaTOfMtii,J "Sale
of And el. Thompson that I have set 11 ml Q,.
o clock ill t.u forenoon, at the County Court
rZlMlM.co;'or ll, anl-Mloii if a"
claims against the ostate of said decedent
with u view to their allowance and Ym, Sent.
All itfi-sons Interested as creditors of th
sa d e.tute will present ilwlrplnlm" t? we Vt
wtld time, or t. .or euu-e for not ,.0 doing, ami
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i""" they hhnll be forever barred.
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