LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.
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G for 5 Saturday nt Bogue's.
Norman Newberry is visiting friends
t Gordon, Nebr.
Claude Lester returned Monday
from a trip to Sidney.
645 Saturday at Boguo's.
Robert Graham returned Friday
from his recent trip to Los Angeles,
Calif.
While you are remembering, don't
forget the Butte Chautauqua at Craw
ford, Aug. 22 to 24.
Chas- Rider and boys left last Thurs
day night night for a visit at their old
home in Fairfield, Iowa
Roy Bcckwith took a little outing
Sunday enjoying the beautiful scenery
in the vicinity of Crawford.
G Four 5 Saturday at Bogue's.
Mrs. R. C. Strong and little son,
Lee, are spending the week at Bridge
port, guests of O. N. Thostesen and
family.
Miss May Newberry left Sunday
morning via Grand Island for a visit of
several weeks with her grandparents at
Kearney.
Mrs. C. H. Murphy, wife of the pop.
ular C, B. & Q. station porter, return
ed to Alliance after an absence of sev
eral months.
Robert Holden and wife, who re
moved from Alliance to Stcrliug, Colo.,
a few months since, visited here the
first of the week.
Farmers and ranchmen arc especially
invited to attend the County Fair meet
ing at the city hall at 3 o'clock next
Saturday afternoon.
C. H. Britton and grandson, Chas.
Parker, departed Friday for a trip to
the coast and the big fair. They ex
pect to be gone a month.
6 Four five Saturday at Bogue's.
Ralph Huebner and C. V. Cloyd
went to Crawford on No. 41 Sunday
and spent the day taking in the sights
and visiting friends. They returned
on the early train Monday morning.
Mrs. Guy Severen left for her home
at Sheridan Tuesday after a short
visit here with relatives and iriends.
She was accompanied by Mrs. Holly
Severen, who will spend a few days in
that city.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Gorman of Fre
mont, who have been stopping the
past month in Scottsbluff, will leave
tomorrow for Mitchell. Mr. Gorman
represents the Frpmont Nursery com
pany. Scottsbluff Republican.
Mrs. Fred Mollring entertained a
number of friends at her beautiful
home north of town on last Friday
evening. Mrs. Mollring is an ideal
hostess and occupies an honored posi'
tion among her circle of acquaintances.
Sechs vier funf at Bogue's, Saturday.
The following named ladies are en
joying a week of rest and recreation at
the Scottsbluff chautauqua: Mrs. J. C.
McCorkle, Mrs. J. A. Hunter, Mrs
W. S. Achcson and daughters, Mrs.
Wagner and daughter and Mrs. L. C.
Thomas.
C O. Davenport and family returned
Saturday from a vacation outing, most
of the time having been spent at San
Diego, Calif., near enough the Mexican
line so the sports and habits of that
people afforded them much interest
and pleasure.
Rev. J. M. Huston returned Tues
day morning from his visit to eastern
Nebraska and Iowa, quite refreshed by
the rest and recreation of the trip and
visit with friends. Mrs. Huston will
leave Saturday for a visit in the east
ern part of the state.
C. G, Parks returned Saturday from
Lincoln where he went after making a
trip over the Burlington "High Line,"
the branch from Holdrege to Sterling,
Colo., selling four pianos in the towns
along that line. He also made some
of the towns on the Union Pacific.
Misses Emma and Nellie Tash re
turned Friday from a visit at Indianola,
Nebr., with Mr. and Mrs. Corbin, who
were formerly residents of Alliance.
The Misses Tash had expected to stay
but one week but their visit was so en
joyable that it was prolonged to three.
At the residence of Mr. Higbee, 418
, Sweetwater ave., July 24, 1909, Mr.
Chauncey J. Walters of Lusk, Wyo.,
and Mrs. Gertrude Bonnell of Alliance
were married, Rev. J. L. Vallow per
forming the ceremony in the presence
of a small company of friends and rel
atives of the contracting parties.
The new building for the Palace
Meat Market will be ready for occu
pancy within a few days, and will be
moved into not later than next week.
1. W. Herman, the proprietor, has
spared no pains or expense in his effort
to make this the finest and best equip,
ped meat market in this part of the
west, and from what wo learn of the
new building and its equipment we
should judge that he has succeeded.
A. R. Wilson has a state-wide repu
tation as a breeder of fine stock and
has decided to also take up pure bred
chicken raising. He has not vet de
cided definitely what strain he will
handle, but will decide soon and will
stock up from the pens of some of the
noted poultry raisers of the country.
Maurice Kling and his friend, L. F.
Hcitkamp, representative cf Collier's
weekly, are rusticating at the Spade
ranch this week, their chief object in
going being to develop the muscle nf a
Hagcnschmidt or n Farmer Burns. No
doubt the sweet scented hay fields of
the Spade country will serve this pur
pose. L. A. Berry informs us that he pur
chased a new pump, the sole object of
such purchase being to pump the old
water out of the swimming tank; ami
that the tank was emptied and washed,
and the water is changed to a large ex
tent each day. This now makes a
place for pleasant and healthful amuse
ment. A. E. Aitkcn, one of the pioneers of
Kearney, Nebr., but now of Chicago,
is in Alliance today. He is engaged in
locating homesteaders on claims in
northwestern Nebraska, and claims
that he has succeeded in finding a
number that are quite good and has
located eastern parties on some of
them.
We regret to learn that Mr. and Mrs.
W. S. Metz and sou have ceased to be
residents of this city, having removed
the first of the week to Bridgeport,
where Mr. Metz has accepted the posi
tion of station agent for the C. B. & Q.
While we are sorry to lose them from
our city, wc hope they will find their
new location agreeable.
W. C. Taylor and family contem
plate removing to Sheridan, Wyo.,
next week where Mr. Taylor's work as
auditor of the Adam's Express Co.,
makes it necessary for him to have his
headquarters. Their many friends at
this place regret to bid them' adieu but
wish them a pleasant home among the
good people of Sheridan.
Editor Bassett of the Hyannis Tri
bune accompanied his wife to Hot
Springs last week and stopped over in
Alliance long enough to make this
news emporium a fraternal call. Mrs.
Bassett was suffering from an acute
attack of hay fever, and it was hoped
that a visit to the South Dakota health
resort would do her good.
Mrs. E. T. Kibble left on No. 42
Wednesday of last week for Holdrege,
Nebr., Where she met her sister from
Chicago at the home of their brother,
James F. Hiltou. From Holdrege
they go to Dubuque, la., for a visit
with friends before going on to the
"Windy City" by the lake. Mrs.
Kibble will probably be gone about a
month.
Webster Bernhardt who has been
working at the Leith ranch west of the
city quit work temporarily and returned
home the first of the week on account
of illnesp, probably caused by a slight
sunstroke. Later Since writing the
above a physician was called and diag
nosed the case as typhoid fever. Web
ster's many friends hope he may soon
be restored to health.
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Christenson, re
siding near the O'Kcefe ranch, called
at The Herald office last Saturday to
secure some Box Butte county litera
ture to take with them on a visit to
their friends in Omaha and Blair,
where they went this week. They are
much pleased with this country and
have done well here, and of course
like to let their old friends know about
it.
Win. Foltz of Humphry, Nebr..
bought 560 acres of Box Butte county
land on July 10th of last year. Re
cently he was offered eight dollars per
acre more for it than what he paid.
Last week he and his wife came up
from their Platte county home to see
whether they had better accept the
offer or hold on to the land. They
made The Herald office a call while in
Alliance.
Herman Armuth, G. H. Willis and
C. W. Minshall were in town Thurs
day and filed a petition with the coun
ty board asking that the village of Dal
ton be incorporated. The board was
in regular session and it acted favor,
ably upon the petition. Very soon
Dalton will be enjoying the privileges
and suffering the griefs and agonies of
a full-fledged village. She has our
congratulations and our sympathies.
Sidney Telegraph, July 24.
Prof. Hunt accompanied Chancellor
Avery to Scottsbluff Tuesday where
the latter gave an address before the
chautauqua. They returned today.
The Chancellor will deliver an address
at the Junior Normal graduating exer
cises this evening, and will remain a
day or two longer in this county, in
specting the agricultural experimenta
tion that is being conducted by Prof.
Hunt, and the laboratory and field
work that is being dono by Dr. Wilcox
and his assistants,
Our friend, Geo. Douglas, is golfing
The Herald sanctum to looking like the
interior of a real estato office. We
don't sell land but when wc sec what
can bo grown on Box Butto soil, we
would not care if we were the owners
of a goodly share of it. Wo have on
display from Mr. Douglas' (arm sam
ples of as fine grain as ouo could wish,
besides nine different kinds of grasses
and some alfalfa over six feet tall. It
doesn't look from present indications
ns though it would be hard to make
the initial Fair of Box Butto county a
success.
Bv the transposition of a single fig.
me in the Alliance Shoe Store ad last
u-ek The Herald caused all kinds of
giiuf for Joe McNamara, the proprie
tor, and his clerks. For several days,
and until next Saturday, that popular
store is making a reduction of 25 per
cent, on'its entire stock of oxfords.
Well, the intelligent compositor made
the figures read "52" per cent. The
way people piled in the Alliance Shoo
Store for the unusual reduction was a
caution. It was ouly through Joe's
good nature that someone about The
Herald office didn't get licked for the
error.
Eastern people who tliitik land in
this country can still be bought for a
mere song will wake up to the fact that
they arc very much mistaken about the
time they try to secure some real estato
in this county. Last week E. T.
Kibble sold the A. S- Reed home farm
to Dan Eicher of Seward county for
$35.00 per acre. Of course that docs
not look like a big price when com
pared with the price of land in eastern
Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois, but it is a
good price when compared with what
land was selling for here a few years
ago. Mr. Eicher will put a good farmer
on this place next year, and without
doubt will secure good returns on his
investment, besides getting the benefit
of the increase in the price of land as
the years go by.
Alliance Hive No. 34
Mrs. Agnes T. Boyer of North
Platte, deputy organizer of the Ladies
of the Maccabees of the World, was in
Alliance over Sunday, and on Monday
night assisted in the initiation of a
class of twenty candidates. Alter the
initiation the new Lady Maccabees
were escorted to Holsten's ice cream
parlor where refreshments were served.
Mrs. Boyer is an earnest worker, in
the order of the Ladies of the Macca
bees of the World, which is the largest
and strongest exclusive orders for wo
men, having an emergency fund of
$4,000,000.
Following are the officers for 1909 of
Alliance Hive No. 34: Ethel Betzold,
Past Commander; Bertha Wykoff,
Com.; Julia Fitzpatrick, Lieut. Com.;
Ellen Reid, Record Keeper; Jennie
Reed, Finance Auditor; Ada Allen,
Chaplain; Margaret Connors, Sergeant;
Lena Hager, Mistress at Arms; Eliza
Young, Sentinel; Christina Mac Cray,
Captain of the Guards.
Married
At the M. E. parsonage Wednesday,
July 28th, 1909, at 7:30 p.m., Mr.
John H. Duskin and Miss Lillian Key,
both of Box Butte county, Nebr,, Rev.
J. L. Vallow ofiiciating.
Mr. and Mrs. Duskin will begin mar
ried life in their own neighborhood of
H ashman, and The Herald with their
many friends extend congratulations
and best wishes for future prosperity
and happiness.
Talks to Commercial Club
H. M. Bushnell, editor of the Lin
coln Trade Review and president of
the State Association of Commercial
Clubs, spent several days in western
Nebraska, including the latter part of
last week and the first of this week.
On Monday night he gave an informal
talk to the Alliance Commercial Club,
which was very interesting and con
tained many valuable suggestions.
Mixed in the Make-Up
In the "make-up" of The Herald
forms last week the matter intended
for the W. C. T. U. department, which
is edited by a member of that organi
zation, was scattered through the
paper. This probably made no par
ticular difference, but we prefer that
matter written by department editors
be published under the proper head
ings. Get ready for the great Box
Butte County Fair.
INSIDE PLAYS PUZZLE
Average Fan Knows Little of
Secret Workings of Team.
CATCHER IS THE PIVOT.
His Position Naturally Glvei Best
Command of Situations That Ariso.
Defense Depends on Pitcher' Curves.
Manager's Direct Offense.
If the average fan could realize how
little he really knows of baseball he
might bo less prone to criticism. Thero
Is nothing more refreshing to it stu
dent of the game than to Hit through
some pleasant nftornoon In a hotbed
of fans In stand or bleachers and hoar
the quips handed out on the play us
these spectators see It.
Of course the fan pays his good
money to nourish the sport. Then who
has 11 belter right than ho to air his
views?
While the layman doubtless Is aware
of the fact that baseball of today em
braces far more than Is shown on the
surface, few, very few, realize tho In
tricate complications of "Inside" base
hall. Far too often are such cplthetn
ns "bonehead," "lob," "Ivory skull"
ami the like applied to the wrong
party. Tho game Is progressing with
the times. The team manager of to
day Is the one supremo power on
whose Judgment almost solely depends
success or disappointment.
The captaincy of a major leuguo
baseball club of today Is but n hollow
honor. Indeed, thero Is virtually no
such olllce except In case of a strictly
bench manager, such ns George Stnl
Hugs or. Connie Mack. In the lnttcr
jase n field captain Is essential only
so far us handling tho umpires, the
batting list and In ndvlslng olllclals of
changes that may be made from time
to time is concerned.
Offensively tho manager directs play.
Dofonslvely the team, If It works har
moniously, decides Its strategics on
tho spur of tho moment that is, so
far ns accepting chances Is concerned.
The fielders concerned always try, hut
the one who Is absolutely sure of the
play calls for the chance and Is Invari
ably allowed to stand or fall on his
own Judgment
Naturally the position of the catcher
gives htm best command of nil tho
situations that arise. Ho faces his
other tcammntes and can keep strict
tab on the bases. If n baso runner
strays too far from his station tho
catcher (lashes tho intelligence to both
pitcher and lnlleldcr concerned. Tho
fielder Is reudy for tho throw when
the pitcher wheels quickly to lot tho
ball go, and if the base runner is not
equally ttlcrt he is caught napping.
The catcher signals tho pitcher tho
nature of every ball ho is to servo the
batter. Sometimes tho pitcher will not
ngiee with his battery mute on the
point. Then the backstop signals for
different kinds of balls until he hits
upon one tho pitcher thinks will do
tho trick that is. of course, if ho hns
faith in the twlrlcr's Judgment.
But not alone the catcher profits by
the sign language of the battery. The
hawk eyed inflcldcrs and outfielders
TMU CHIUEn, HT. LOUIS AMEMCANB' OIIKAT
BACKSTOP.
must be familiar with every sort of
ball delivered. Both inflcldcrs and out
fielders have to pluy differently on u
fast straight one to what they could
on a curve. That is why ono may
often notice the gardeners shift their
positions frequently whllo tho samo
man is at bat. The center fielder can
six; the signal, nnd he tips off his fel
low gardeners. Tho second baseman
and shortstop flash the third and first
baseman if these are unable to seo for
themselves.
Of courso tho catcher hn3 to be
guarded in his work. He' must have
scvoral sets of signals nt his command
witli which every one Is familiar. Oth
erwise a brainy opponent on spcond
would got on to those signs nnd in
turn tip off tho vniious offerings to
tlie mnu nt hnt. A cutchor cannot use
the same sign twice before a rival.
Thou, too, he must guard against the
batsman peeking back to catch his
code. That is why the backstop stoops
In cnlllng for halls. IIo covers the
hands, which aro used entirely for
battory signals, with his gloves and
his logs.
HEfllNGFORD HERALD.
IIEMINGFORD, llOX BUTTE COUNTV, NEIL, JULY 22, 1909.
llemingford Happenings.
Quito n crowd went out to tho river
fishing Saturday, among those woro
the families of Messrs. Snider, SwarU
wellor, Pelre, Nellie Curry and Frank
Black,
Mr. Canficld and friend, Shad Dcgtol,
are hero from Grand Island buying horses.
Anglo Illckoy came tip from her Nor
mal duties Friday to spend Sunday with
her aunt, Mrs. Hoy Hickey.
Luther Smith's team took a lively spin
around town Friday, breaking up tho
wagon quito badly.
Mrs. McCandlesand Mrs. Harris went
to Lincoln Saturday for a visit with rela
tives. Mrs. Machek and children drove down
from Marsland Thursday for a visit with
home folks.
Clark Olds and Harold carno homo from,
their trip west Thursday.
Mrs. Lotspoicli's sister and her husband
aro hero for a visit. Wo failed to learn
their name.
Mamie Miller went to Scotts BlufI
Thursday to attend tho Chautauqua at
that place.
Leo Rustin went to Alllanco Thursday
to Visit her mother and sister a few days.
Mrs. Sloan and Mrs. Meddlccoff went
to Harrison on business Wednesday.
George Hedgecock and wifo aro tho
prcud parents of a baby girl born July 20.
Charloy Ball's baby which was burned
Tuesday died about soven o'clock the
samo evening. The funeral was held
Thursday afternoon.
BUYERS and
SELLERS
We Get Them
Together
HUTTON, Hemingford
The Old Reliable
Hardware, Harness and Implement Firm
In order to make room for new goods will make special
prices on ,
Buggies, Spring and Farm Wagons
Agent for the well known Decring Hay Tools and Harvesters and J. I.
Case Threshing Machines.
In HARNESS My motto: "How Good; Not, How Cheap."
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URGES TAFT TO INSPECT RIVER
Letters From Twenty-five Governors
Presented to President.
Washington, July 20. Letters from
twonty-five governors of states in tho
middle west nnd south urging Presi
dent Tnft to make a trip of inspection
down the Mississippi when ho goes to
attend tho annual convention of tho
Lakes to tho Gulf Deep Waterway ns
fccclation at New Orleans Jn Novem
ber next, wero presented to him. Tho
le'ters wero handsomely hound In a
bltck leather portfolio and wero pre
sented by a special commltteo of tho
Business Mens' league of St. Louis
and tho lakes to the gulf deep water
way. Tho president referred tho delega
tion to his socretary, Mr. Carpenter.
Tho latter said' ho believed tho Inspec
tion could ho nrrangod for the latter
nart of October or earlv in November.
Work Resumed at Kenosna.
Kenosha, Wis., July 20. Work was
resumod in nil departments of tho Al
len tannery nnd It is thought tho
strike is practically ovor. Five hun
dred mon have roturnod to work.
Taft's Father-ln-Law Stricken.
Cincinnati, July 27. John W. Her
ron, father-in-law to President Tnft,
who sulToxed n mild stroke of paral
ysis, Is reported much better.
vl) r BHKBiiaLTfS Hnanco
in connection y it Wmtvm mmt vr "" 3W
Mr, Civlsh with his son and daughter
went to Alliance on land business Wednes
day.
Sadlo Hopkins came homo from Alliance
Wednesday where sho had been visiting
her sister.
Mrs. Solenberg was here from Marsland
Wednesday visiting with Mrs. Bon John
son. Foarl Kendall from Lakeside Is here
visiting with her friend, GladyB Burleigh.
Sam Reck camo up from Alliance to
start (ho men working on tho road.
John Kuhn camo home from Linsay
Tuesday.
Mr. Jones wont to Randolph Tuesday
to visit with his wifo and family, who
have been with her folks for a month.
Joe Horncall Is hero on a visit, coming
Tuesday.
Mr. Burlow and Kcgina went to Seattle
Tuesday to tako in tho fair,
Pete Spracklen and wife camo homo
from their visit last Saturday.
Tho Hemingford Ball Team went out to
play Curly Sunday, the result was iG to 3
in favor of llemingford.
Messrs. Miller, Loyd, Borny, and Love
land went to Marsland to attend a
funeral Monday, but tho body failed to
arrive.
Dr. Little, Kietho Fierce, George Bak
er and their wives went fishing at the
river Sunday.
George Quincy hurt his arm last Mon
day. Mrs. Sherwood has been quito sick the
last of tho week.
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Simple Summer Cures.
Kcop a bottle of witch ha2el
nnd oue of hydrogen peroxide lu
easy reach of the children, who
frequently Injure thomselvcs
playing indoors In tho summer.
Teach them to apply the witch
hazel for bumps and bruises.
The fact that they are doing
something for themselves gets
their minds off the hurt.
Teach them that tho peroxide
Is to cleanse all open wounds
nnd kill nil pus germs. By these
two remedies much weeping and
many troublesome sores and
FEAR OF BLOOD POISON
ING may bo prevented.
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If you ennnot camp out in x
hot weather, SLEEP ON
YOUR VEKANDA. Fresh
air twonty-foirr hours a day
will preserve youth or renew
j- it. A Nantucket hammock
I ora cot and a few yards of
mosquito netting will make
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