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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1909)
IT ALWAYS PAYS TO BUY YOUR ii GROCERIES L from a Reliable House We have the BEST of everything good to eat Our Prices are Right Yours for a square deal, 4. D. Rod gets Good Things to Eat AT I Phone s . . i Phone! 1 19 1 Desch s 1 19 On the corner west of P. O. ! EVERYTHING FRESH AND CLEAN On SA TURD A Y, SEPT. 11th we will receive by express a fine line of :f :eb :s s is pbuit Fresh Peaches Fresh Apricots Fresh Strawberries Fresh Cherries Fresh Pineapples Fresh Banannas Fresh Oranges All kinds Fresh Vegetables Quick Meal Gasoline Stoves The above is the "Quick Meal" Trade Mark. If you want to sec the little ''Quick Meal" chick get a quick meal, put it close to your eves and your nose on the cross () Look at it that way steadily for a minute and you will see the chick make a "Quick Meal" of the bug. People who use a "Quick Meal" know how to cook a meal quick and cat it in comfort. "Quick Meal" Stoves look well, cook well, bake well and last well. They could not be made better at any price. Their immense ale is due to their merits to nothing else. Over 300 Stoves to Choose from Prices, $2.75 to $32 320 Acre Free Homestead WYOMING, COLORADO AND MONTANA: The Mondell Homestead law makes pro visions for 320 acre homcctea'ds in certain localities, instead of the usual 1G0 acre tracts. The requirements of the law are practically the same regarding residence, impiovements and cultivation. These lands are going fast; if you want a homestead close to the railroad, you should act now. CROPS AND RAINFALL: Visitors to the Omaha Corn Show will remember the magnificent display of farm products from Weston County, Wyoming, grown on exactly the same kind of land that' can now be taken in 320 acre homesteads. The Mondell Act includes lands that receive from 16 to 21 inches of rainfall annually and you only need to see the crops grown by the farmers already lo cated there, to be convinced. These homesteads can be taken along the Bur lington's new line now building in Wyoming. I personally conduct excursions the first and third Tuesdays of each month to these lands; send this ad to your friends back east and have them write me. mn Palace Livery Bain IT. X?. COURSEY, Prop. (Successor to C. C. Smith) one ui oCK west OF Good turnouts, strict attention to our business, THE ' ZIII.NOKN nru.n .0. -I'lione i oa 5 Make Happy Homes A Quick Meal Stove will do any and all work that can be' done on a range or cook stove. Only it does it QUICKER, CHEAPER and ip a more agreeable way Newberry's Hardware Co. D. CLEM DEAVER, GENERAL AGENT Land Seekers Information Bureau, Omaha, Nebr. and courteous treatment to ail has won for us the excellent patronage we enjoy. Try us. HARRIMAN WORSE Magnate's Condition Again Be lieved to Be Serious, BOGTORS HOPE FOR THE BEST, Issue Brief Bulletin Saying Patient Had Sharp Attack of Indigestion, but Is Now Resting . Comfortably. Trained Nurse Is Hastily Sum moned and Lawn Picnic Arranged by His Daughters Is Postponed. Ardcn, N. Y., Sept. 7. E. II. Harrl man Is not ns well as ho was a weok ago, on the day that his personal roas surnnco led the nawspnpors ot tho country to abandon tho watch main tained for four anxious days about tho homo nt Tower Hill. Dr. W. G. Lylo, Mr. Harrlman's personal physician, during tho night gave out a brief bul letin from Ardcu houso on his pa tient's condition. Tho bulletin fol lows: "Mr. Harrlman has Buffered a ro lapse. Ho had a sharp attack of In digestion on Suhday, but rested com fortably today. Wo hope for tho best." Dr. Ly4o appeared anxious that Mr. Harrlman's condition should not bo oxaggerateil. "Mr. HarrJIman Is a sick man, but wo hopo for tho best," ho re peated when pressed for a further statement. Tho physician was bo sieged with telephone inquiries, fol lowing a day of ruViors, which had aj parently started in Now Yorw and had disturbed Wall street throughout tho latter pnrt of tho market day. Two Incidents at Ardcn scomoil to indicate that Mr. Harrlman's condition Is again believed to bo serious. A trained nurso was hastily summoned from St. Luke's hospital. A second Incident was the sudden postponement of a lawn picnic nrrangod by Mr. Harrl man's daughters for tho children of tho Episcopal church here. WORK OF TRAIN WRECKERS Four Persons Killed and Thirty-five Hurt When Flyer is Derailed. Pittsburg, Sept. 4. Four persons were killed and thlrty-flvo others In jured, several perhaps fatally, early, this morning, when tho Royal Bluo limited on tho Baltimore and Ohio,, running between Now York and Chi cago, was wrecked at Chowton, Pa. The train ran Into a broken rail, sup posed to have been caused by wreck ers, and, the engine, two coaches and two Pullmans were thrown from tho track. Tho cars immediately took fire. Tho engineer and fireman were instantly killed. Two passengers died on the way to tho hospital. Tho railroad' officials claim tho wreck was caused by train wreckers, who removed two fishplates. NO HOME8TEAD BY PROXY Decision in Dakota Case Will Take Fil ing Away From Sioux City Man. Rapid City, S. D., Sept. 4. Acting Commissioner Proudflt of the general land office has handed down a de cision in a case sent up from tho Rap Id City land office, refusing to accept the proof to a claim filed upon by n Sioux City man. Tho decision estab lishes, In brief, that a man's wife can not establish residence on a claim. It was brought out in tho testimony that his wife had niado the claim her con tinuous residence sinco Aug. 7, 1907, but that the husband had been ab sent two or three months at a time and on one occasion six months. HIGH OBSERVATORY READY It Is Now Completed on Mount Whit ney In California. Washington, Sept. 5. Tho scientists soon will have placed at their dis posal the highest meteorological and astronomical observatory on tho Amer ican coutincnt. It is situated on tho top of Mount Whltnoy, California, and 4,000 feet above tho sea level. Realizing the value for effective and progressive as tronomical and meteorological study of an observatory far above the clouds and free from dust and smoke near great cities, the Smithsonian institu tion decided' to build a suitable lab oratory on Mount Whitney. emus Tor,;o t'ound in bag Evidence of Terrible Crime Is Brought to Light at Detroit. Detroit, Sept. 7. Tied in a bag tho torso of a young girl was discovered in Ecorse iroek at Ecorse, a down the river suburb of this city. Tho head, arms and logs were not to be found, and It was Impossible to identify tho body. SPERRY ON RETIRED LIST Admiral Who Took Fleet Around World Reaches Age Limit. Washington, Sept. 4. Having reach ed tho ago of sixty-two years, Rear Admiral C. S. Sperry was placed on the retired list of the navy. New Yorker Beats Mt. Blanc Record. Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 7. Wal tor S. Dond of New York has climbed Mt. Blanc in nino hours. He thus breaks tbo xecord of nine hours and n half, made by Morehoad, an English man, in 1865. Bubonic Plague at Amoy, Amoy, Ch.lna, Sept. 7. During tho past fortnight there wore ninety-four bubonic and thlrty-flvo cholera deaths in the city of Amoy, according to an official announcement. QIRL SWIMS NINE MILES Follows Men In Endurance Test Through Waters of Hell Gate. Now York, SopL 6. Adeline Trapp, twenty year old, nwnm nino mllos through tho treacherous wators of Hell Gate, from tho foot or EaBt Eighty-ninth street to Glasson Point, L. I. Accompanied by Prlscella Illg rIiid, a girl of nbout hor own age, Miss Trapp swam in tho woko of forty sturdy BWimmors of tho United Slates volunteer llfcsavlng corps, who wero holding their annual endur ance test. Fifteen of tho mon swlmmors woro forced to glvo up boforo tho finish and MIkh Hlgglns, after going most of tho distance, was seized with cramps and picked up exhausted. Miss Trapp wan in bettor condition than most of tho men nt tho ond of tho long swim. COAL AND IRON SHOW GAINS Decrease In Shipments of Grain, Flour and Live Stock. Washington, Sept. G. Increased in dustrial activity in tho United States is shown by tho figures shown by tho statement of tho bureau of statistics of the department of qommorca and labor. Tho shipments of soft coal, coko, oro and iron products show marked' gains over July in 1908 and 1007. On tho other hand, grain and flour, live stock and moats and nnthra clto coal woro not shipped to ns great an extent as In tho two previous years. ENDURANCE RUN FOR CRUISER8 Eight Ships of Pacific Fleet Sail for Asiatic Waters. San Francisco, Sept. 5. Tho eight armored crulsors of tho United States Pacific fleet weighed anchor nt 2 o'clock and steamed Blowly from tho Golden Gate on a long crulso for Asi atic waters. Tho fleot will go direct to Honolulu nnd thenco to tho Orient, whero It will bo Joined by tho Asiatic squad ron. Tho enlarged fleet will then en gage In batllo practlco In Philippine wntors. ALLAN LINE 8HIP ASHORE Passengers of Steamer Laurentlan Are Safely Landed. St. John, N. F., Sept., 7. Tho Aid rich steamer Laurentlan, Boston for Glasgow, ran ashoro near Capo Raco at daylight during a denso fog. Tho No. 2 and No. 3 holds aro full of water and it Is feared that sho will' bo a to tal wreck. Tho passongers, number ing about sixty, woro safely landed. Tho Laurentlan belongs to tho Al Ian Lino Steamship company of Glas gow and ran regularly between Boston and Glasgow. HURRICANE SEA60N AT HAND Government Issues Instructions to Captains of Vessels. Washington, Sept. C With tho ar rival of the season of cyclonic storms and West Indian hurricanes on tho Atlantic and ho Gulf of Moxjco, which in provious years have beon so destructive to property at various points on thoso coasts and aro tho terror of navigation in thoso seas and delay to gulf trade, tho department has Issued instructions to skippers as to handling vessels in storms. SHIP'S CREW MASSACRED French Vessel Stranded on Hebrides Island Attacked by Natives. Sydnoy, N. S. W., Sept. 7. The cap tain nnd crow of tho French schooner Quallte, engaged in Vecruitlng labor. erB, have been murdered by natlveB of tho Mnlllcollo islands, In the New Hebrides. Tho vessel was driven ashoro by a storm and while stranded sho was nttacked. In spite of tho stub born dofonse nil of the crew was mas sacred. A British warship is investi gating the occurrence. PAULHAN IN FLIGHT Aviation Meeting Opens In Belgium With Unfavorable Wind. Tournai, Belgium, Sept. C. Tho avi ation meeting here opened with an lm menso crowd in attendance and' thero is every prospoct of the meet being a brilliant success. Tho program of events Includes tho speed, height nnd duration competitions. The wind was unfavorable for flying, but Paulhan made several flno flights, in ono of which he took up his wlfo. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Best Cattle Steady, Others Ten Cents Lower at Chicago. Chicago, Sept. C Cattle Receipts, 2C.000; best steady, others 10c lower; beeves, J4.1508.OO; Texaa steers, $ 4.15 5.30; western steers, $4.3506.40; stockors and feeders, $3.2505.10; cows and heiferB, $2.2506.30; calvos, $6.2508.75. Hogs Receipts, 28,000; steady; light, $7.8008.35; mixed, $7.6508.35; heavy, $7.4008.35; rough, $7.4007.65; good to choice heavy, $7.6508.35; pigs, $7.1508.10; bulk of sales, $7.8508.20. Sheep Receipts, 18,000; 10c higher; natives, $2.75 4.00; wethers, $3.0004.90; yearlings, $4.0005.50; lambs, natives, $4,400 7.75; westerns, $4.6007.85. South Omaha Live Stock. South Omaha, Sept. 6. Cattle Re ceipts, 9,500; steady to strong; native Btoers, $4.7507.60; cows and heifers, $3.0005.00; westorn steers, $2,700 6.60; Texas steers, $3.0005.00; can ners, $1.8502.85; stockors and feed ers, $3.0003.50; calves, $3.2506.75; bulls and stags, $2.7504.75. Hogs Recoipts, 3,300; stoady; heavy, $7.60 7.95; mixed, $7.8007.90; light, $7.85 8.05; pigs, $6.5007.50; bulk of salos, $7.7507.95. Sheep Receipts. 12,000; 10c highor; yearlings, $5.0005.49; wethers, $4.0004.75; owes, $3.50 4.40; lambs, $0.0007.25. CENSUS OF FARMS Farmers Asked to Keep Written Record ot Operations. MUST TAKE AN INVENTORY, Questions About Farm Operations Will Relate to Present Calendar Year, but Inquiries Regarding Equip ment Are Directed Toward Posses sions of This Kind on Date of Enu meration, April 15, 1910. Washington, Sopt. 6. Farm econo mists and BcJentlstB learned in agri cultural problems, uppolntud as ex port special agontB for a brlof term, aro now in Washington assisting Cen sus Director Durand and his staff In the formulation of tho agricultural schodulo of tho thirteenth census bo that tho questions to bo asked by tho coiisub enumerators Blmll bo easily comprehended by M10 farmorB of tho country and so draw out tho informa tion ordered by congress to bo ascer tained. At tho sntno Umo theso prac tical BtopB aro being taken by tho eon 8us bureau, tho farmorB themselves will bo called upon to help puBh tho statistical plow over tho country-wide field of farm data. It will bo sug gested by Director Durand to the farmorB that tho work of securing ac curate roturns at tho coming ccubub of agriculture, which will bo taken April 15, 1910, nt tho Bamo Umo ns tho count of population, will bo great ly facilitated If tho farmers will koop or provldo somo sort of written record of their farm operations during 1909. In order that tho farmers may be gin at once, Director Durand Indicates as follows what operations arc to bo recorded: "Each person in charge ot n farm will bo asked to Btato tho acreage and valuo of his farm; also tho nrea of land In his farm covered' with wood land; and, finally, that which Js util ized for specified farm purposes. "Each farmer will bo asked to glvo tho acreage, quantity produced nnd valuo of each crop, including grains, hay, vegetables, fruits, tobacco, etc., raised on tho farmpnjl9u9. J "Each fajmer will bo asked to rb port tho fraraber and value of all do mestic animals, poultry and swarms of bees on the1 farm on April 15, 1910; nlso tho number and' valuo of young animals, Buch as calves, colts, 'lambs, pigs, and' of young fowls, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, ctc-ralsed In 1009. Ho will bo further asked to Btato tho number and kind of animals sold during 1909 and tho receipts from Buch Bales, tho number purchased and the amount paid therefor; and also tho number slaughtered for food and tho valuo of Buch animals. "Tho law requires a report of tho number of cowb kept for dairy pur poses In 1909, and the total esttmatod amount of milk produced on tho farm; also tho amount of butter and chocso sold and tho amount received from such Bales. "In addition to tho inquiry regard ing anjmals on tho farm April 15, 1910, tho census will seek to ascer tain tho quantity and vnluo of all eggs, honey nnd wax produced on tlio farm in 1909. "Of tho expenditures of tho farm, (he census schodulo will call for a statement of the uinount paid farm la bor; tho amount paid for feed for llvo stock; and the amount expended for fertilizers. "If tho farm changeB owners or ton ants botweon tho crop year, 1909, and tho dnto of enumeration, It is request ed that the occupant of tho farm in 1910 shall sccuro tho abovo Informa tion relating to tho farm for tho year, 19C9. The owner or tenant this year shall leave 1i!b book record with his Successor." SHOW PICTURES FOR FARMERS Experts to Exhibit Agriculture Tests on Films at St. Paul Fair. Washington, Sept. 4. A moving pic ture show, designed to teach farmers and tho public genoraliy practical les sons in agriculture, will bo given at the Minnesota state fair next weok. Professor Willet M. Hays, assistant secretary of agriculture, and three ex perts In that department left for St. Pnul. If the experiment at tho Minnesota fair Is a success tho department of agriculture will extend this plan in ex hibiting to farmers and to tho public tests that tho government now has under way. The pictures to be shown at S Paul will bo Illustrative of good road' making, butter making and plant breeding. Soils Not Wearing Out. Washington, Sopt. 6, Soils of the United States aro not wearing out and tho crop yieldB aro rather Increasing than decreasing. These facts aro dem onstrated In a bulletin shortly to be issued by the bureau of Boila of tho agricultural department, prepared by Professor Milton Whitney, chief of tho uuroau. Advance in Price of Coal. PittBburg, Sopt. 4. According to ro ports hore, all tho largo coal compa nies In the Pittsburg district will now announce a raise of 10 por cont a ton In tho price of coal. Fire Destroys Kentucky Village. Sholbyvlllo, Ky., SopL 4. Fire de stroyed n largo portion of tho busi ness section of this city. Los3, $100,-000. SHIP TO I Thuet bros. & Melady South Omaha T Have JIM HORN Sell Your Cattle FOR SALE BY F. J. Brennan Wm. James, Exclusive Dealer in COAL & ...WOOD 'Phone Alliance, No. 5. Nebraska. Al Wiker AGENT FOR I Grand Islaid Grai itc 5 and Marbe Works All kinds of Granite and Marble s Tombstones and Monuments. " Lower prices and less S freight than from firms farther east HAVE YOU PAID YOUR PERSONAL TAX? Taxes are due Nov. 1. Personal taxes delinquent -Dec. 1. L'and tax delinquent May 1. Interest 10 per cent from date of delinquency. Real estate advertised for sale the first week in October and sold for taxes the first Monday in November. In all com munications relative to taxes, please give description of property. Fred Mollring. Co. Treasurer. Repair Work Sewing Machines and Organs. Have secured the services of a prac tical mechanic and can guarantee all work done by him. Don't trust your work to travelling repair men. This man will be hetb permanently. Re pairs and parts furnished for all ma. chines. Phone 139. Geo. D. Darling, IBS RILEQ ;rREE from'LYce