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The Alliance Herald.
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Official Publication
of Box Butte county.
Largest Circulation
of any Newspaper in
Western Nebraska,
VOLUME XVII,
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA I THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1910
NUMBER 22
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THE
FIRST
thing- to consider in depositing money in a bank is
s e curity. The capital and surplus are the depositors
protection fund. Our capital is $50,000.00. Our surplus
is $50,000.00. This makes a depositors guarantee fund
of $100,000.00. The
NATIONAL
government superintends and examines this bank. Our
stockholders and directors are responsible, well-to-do
business men. This
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BANK
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.has been established over 20 years, during which time it
has served the banking public faithfully and built up a
large and prosperous business. The best service possible
is none too good for our country customers and the people
of ALLIANCE
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We always give
you the Most of
the Best for the
Least
J. A. Berry, Mgr.
OUR DRUGS
are all of the highest quality we
can get and are all examined crit
ically after we receive them in
stock here before a single one is placed
on sale we do everything in our power
to be on the safe side. A good thing
for you to remember.
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Office in Alliance National Bank Blk V
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GEO. T. HAND, M. D.
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted.
FOR SALE!
S. W. quarter 24-26-50.
N. W. quarter 23-26-51.
If not sold would rent for
season. Would exchange fpr
property in Lincoln, Neb.
D. P. Miller,
Cumberland, Md.
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BUSINESS LOCALS.
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C Board and room, modern, hot and
cold bath. Call 713 Laramie Ave-, or
phone 394. ,wwvwwww. 21.4!
The C. V. Way Co., Architects,
Hastings, Nebraska, will furnish you
with plans and specifications for any
class of building you wish to erect.
Ask them for information. igtf
I am prepared to do all kinds of
garden work, replanting trees and odd
jobs. Phone 58 or call at Phillips Land
office. Will Goodenough. tf
For Sale, all my dwelling houses, I.
A. Holdredge, 219 Sweetwater, i7-tf
Wanted Sewing by day or piece.
1x7 Sweetwater avenue. 8-tf
Wanted Work by day or take wash
ing home. Phone 485 blue. tf
Two room bouse for rent. Horse
and buggy for sale. Mrs. Moran.
Plain sewing wanted. Prices reason,
able. Children's clothes a speciality.
Phone 166 blue. ' 2i-Gt
Ice Business for Sale
I am offering for sale my ice business
with or without my residence. Will
sell cheap if taken soon.
:9-4t D. W. Hughes.
For Sale
320 or 160 acres good bottom land,
seven miles in a westerly direction
from Alliance, Nebr. For further in
formation address H, J. Gresser,
:i-i4t Thermopolis, Wyo.
House and Three Lots for Sale
I will sell my six-room house and
three lots in Hill's addition to Alliance
at a bargain. Good cellar, good well
and pump, chicken house and fences,
etc, H. C. Avev. so-st
Notice to Lawn Owners
Black dirt and rotted manure for
dressing lawns and for trees and gar
dens. Phone,i54 Red.
2t-tf Fred Countryman.
Pasture fofcattie
Wanted 300 head of cattle to past
ure 'for the season. Good water and
plenty of range.
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F. E. Reddish.
Home to Exchange for Land
Six room brick house, city water,
furnace, cisterns, barn, three lots, in
Norfolk, Nebr., to exchange for land
in Box Butte or adjoining counties,
Enquire at Herald office. 2i-3t
FamiijTnrseToTsale
Family horse, harness and phaeton
for sale. Horse is gentle and not
afraid of automobiles.
D. B. McLaughlin
2X-3t 802 Missouri Ave.
I BUSINESS LOCALS. A
Death of Mike Elmore
"Mltke Elmore is
dead.'
This is the sad
message received in
Alliance yesterday
morning. Details
were meagre, the
telegram simply
stated that he died
of hemorhago at his
temporary home at
Jamaica, New York,
Tuesday evening,
May 10, and that
interment would
take place next Sun-
. " day at Marshall'
Mo, The news cast a gloom over Alliance,
his former home, where he was respected,
admired and loved, by those who knew
him according to the degree of intimacy
and knowledge of the noble traits of char
acter which he possessed. He was born at
Plattsburg, Mo., Dec. 25, 1851, and was
in his 59th year. At the age of eighteen
he commenced with one team the work of
railroad grading, and from that small be
ginning developed into one of the most ex
tensive railroad contractors in the west.
He had in recent years transferred his ac
tive operations 10 the east, having com
pleted heavy contracts in Pennsylvania,
Maryland, New York and North Carolina.
.Having followed the line of the North
western railway westward in the early
eighties, to its completion at Rapid City,
S. D., his attention was called to the
"Box Butte country," now Box Butte
county, into which settlers were then
coming. He took a government home
stead eight miles southwest of where
Hemingford now is, in 1885, thus becom
ming one of the first settlers of the countv.
He built a comfortable home and resided
there until 1892, when he moved to Alli
ance and made his home until about 1903.
While quite a young man Mr. Elmore
was united in marriage to Miss Lydia
Cook, who survives him. To this union
were born seven children, six of whom are
living. They are: Kathryn, now Mrs. D,
A. Foley; Maeguerite, now Mrs. Offutt;
Lucile, now Mrs. J. Will Reed, add Marie,
now Mrs. Clark; John A. and Michael,
Mike Elmore was au unusually strong,
unique and lovable character, His pre
dominating traits were indomitable en
ergy, absolute honesty, noble generosity,
and unswerving loyalty to his friends;
He was one of nature's true noblemen.
Extremely democratic in conduct and
.habits; he was always the friend of the'
lowliest of earth. Generous to a fault, he
was always ready to relieve distress and
want, and the widow and orphan never
appealed to him in vain. He was a de
vout member of the Catholic church, a
faithful follower of its teachings, and died
in its faith. His aged parents only pre
ceded him to that better land a few years
ago. To them for whom he tenderly cared
and provjded all through their declining
years, he was a dutiful son, to his wife a
kind and considerate husband, to his
children an indulgent and loving father,
and to a host of others scattered from the
Atlantic (o the Pacinc coast he was es
teemed as a true and loyal friend.
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CARPET DEPT. SPECIAL
10 DAY SALE
JUST AT HOUSE-CLEANING TIME
Beginning- Saturday morning we place on sale our
entire line of CARPETS, RUGS, PGRTIERS,
flATTINGS, CARPET FILLINGS and
OIL CLOTHS at the low price of
20 Discount
This will make a 9x12 Smith Axmin
ster Rug cost you only $20.00. This
discount sale will appeal to you all
the more forcibly when you take in
to consideration the fact that every,
item in our CARPET DEPART
MENT is priced very low in the first
place, from which we are now giving
. you
ONE-FIFTH OFF
Come and make your selections early
Norton's
Good Showing
of City's Finances
Statement Showing the Financial
Condition of the City of Alliance,
for fiscal year ending May 1, 1910.
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand May i. 1909,.$ 1277 2a
City's portion Saloon Tax. ..... 5400 '00
Miscellaneous License. 603 90
County Treasurer (taxes) .... , 6177 91
Jfire insurance Agency tax... . 40000
Marshal Fees 1:13 00
Dog Tax 13000
Water Commissioner.,....,... 8533 10
Miscl. rents, etc .... 323 36
Total . . . , 824180 49
DISBURSEMENTS
Warrants unpaid May i, 1909,
paid during year I 3438 25
General Fund..,.,,... ...... 123518
Streets & Alleys 7718 97
Fire & Water 7036 53
Officers Salaries....... 2122 23
Street Lighting 174883
Fire Dept. tax collected. 400 00
Balance on hand May 1, 1910. . .jpo 48
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Total $24180 49
All outstanding warrants paid.
SEWER FUND
Received from sale of Bonds (re
maining $10000.00 voted to be
retired.) ....$35000 00
Disbursements by warrants.... 29657 80
Bal. on hand May 1, 1910, in
Sewer Fund 5342 20
Through the courtesy of F. W.
HarriB, we are able to give our readers
the abeve statement, a little fetudy ot
which will reveal some points that will
be quite interesting to tax payers and
others who are interested in the city's
growth.
We have not a statement of the pre
ceding years for comparison, but under
stand that the amount collected by the
water commissioner ($8,533.10) is
nearly three times the amount collected
from the same source the preceding
year. This does not mean that there
was that much of an increase in the
amount of pity water consumed, but
that the water commissioner went after
delinquents and made them come
through on rentals. This was a great
Ijelp to the city's finances.
''The expenditures for streets and
alleys cover the construction of about
fifty cement crossings, which are very
much appreciated by pedestrians, es
pecially in wet weather
About Si, 200 dollars of the amount
reported under "Fire and Water" was
expended for equipment for the fire de
partment.
Although the amount of bonds voted
for sewer construction was $45,000, we
are pleased to note that $35,000 was
ample for that purpose and Sio.ooo of
the bonds are retired,
One of the most interesting items is
Nebraska Land Company has sold in
the past sixty days, land as follows:
E. A. Plummer . ...,.,. ......... 160 ncres
Thompson Bros 320 M
Kisberg 160 "
Ghb Abcrhampson 320 "
Olaf Snndcrman- ......,.. ,320 "
John Hansen ........ '320' "
Lewis Witt ,..,. 3ao "
Lenartl Wiers .,,. 640 "
J, H. Morrison .; 160 ".
Ola Pederson 160 "
B. WiUon , .... 720 " '
Andrew Eikerson ... 320 ' " '
W. E. McCorkle 160 " '
Barger (For Nursery) .. ... .. 193 " 1',
T. C Bradely .' 3,080 "
Mapps, J. ...............,.,.,.,. 640 "
Huffland...... . ....,...........,,. 320 "
Gillan Land Co. (Option),v.,i.,,,...' 4,800 "
Bellamy, F. M. . ... .J ....;, .. 4 1,280 "
14.393
an average of 240 acrs a day, for sixty days, counting
Sunday in. LOOK AT THIS, Home Investors, and
see if you had not better come let us show you some
of our bargains, as the prospects never were better for
a $5. 00 raise than right now. We will sell you land
with small payments down, re-list it for you and make
you plenty of money. GET IN WHILE THE SIGN
IS RIGHT. This land has been sold without solicit
ing trade, in fact we we were trying to keep from do
ing business and settle our last years' business during
this time.
NEBRASKA LAND CO.
Have You Been Counted?
We are very much interested in the census enumeration of
Alliance which is now being made, as are other residents of the
city. The two enumerators for Alliance are doing their york
faithfully, but to secure the name of every person who should
be counted is a big proposition and they should have the co
operation of every citizen.
We wish to do our part in this matter and take this means
of trying to locate those that have been overlooked, if any.
The time allowed for making the count will end Saturday, May
14, and it will be necessary to get your name on the list inv
mediately, if it is not already there, if you are to be counted,
If the census enumerator has not yet taken your name, or
if you know of persons residing in Alliance who have not yet
been counted, will you kindly write the same on the blank
lines below and return to The Herald office on or before Satur
day of this week; and we will see to it that the names reach the
proper enumerators in time to be counted:
NAMES STREET NUMBER
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that in regard to street lighting. As
will be seen by the above report, this
has been a heavy expense, upwards of
two thousand dollars the past fiscal
year. It is claimed that under muni
cipal ownership of the lighting plant,
which we are soon to have in Alliance,
rates fo private consumers will be
lowered, the number of street tights in
creased, and the expense to the citv fur
street lights will be entirely eliminated,
the same being covered by the profit
on the lights sold.
Although we have mndo no investi
gation into the details of the city's
business, the above appears to us to be
a very creditable showing and one of
which the city administration, may
be justly proud.
Alumni Banquet
The date of the alumni banquet has
been changed from Ftidav, Varch 20.
to Wednesday evening. Miy 18, eigl t
o'clock, on account of the postpone
ment of the track meet and the de
bating contest at Lincoln, which will
be May 20, tqog.
EntTii M. Swan, Pres.
Janeway's Wallpaper
We now have on disposal, the latest
Eroduct of Janeway's wall paper, the
est paper ami most up-to-date styles
ut prices ranging- from 3Jo. to 50e per
roll. No trouble to show paper at
iiolsten's.
High School Commencement
Th Alliance oity fohools will qjose
May7. Next week The Herald will
giro the program of the commence
ment exercises.
Strayed or Stolen
From my farm nine miles north of
Alliance on May 2nd, one Miioky'gray
mare four yeun old. with wire marks
on both front feet. Suitable reward
for information.
W. F. Pattxhsov. AUlunce.
Phono -1 on 13. country 11 ie. 22'lt
For Sale
A htl'letlv moiHril S.v-,n rnnm I.Aiicu
loatedut mi u 5utte avenue. Hood
terms rnnr u D W. Hayrs.
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In Front of the Palace Livery StaWe
you can nearly always see a rig gettioR
ready to start out- We will send one any
distance, for any purpose, at any time.
We answer all calls promptly
and will be glad to serve you in any way
in which a rig is required.
H. ,PV COURSEY. Prop.
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