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Brakeman Grant has resigned and gone
to Lincoln.
Fireman . Ordland has gone (o Raven
na for a ten days' vacation.
Conductor nnd Mrs. Dick Kenner of
Ardmore spent Sunday in Alliance.
Operator Bennett and wife have gone
to Dead wood for a stay of three weeks.
.Brakeman Frank Roberts who has been
acting as yard master at Seneca has been
relieved.
Conductor W. W. Johnson who has
been off several days has again reported
for duty.
Brakeman J. W. Castle has quit braking
and has accepted a position in tho John
son Fool Hall.
Owing to slack business, about ten of
the young engineers were set back to fire
ing this week.
Brakeman Fred Vaughn left on 44 Wed
nesday afternoon for Omaha where be
will spend the 4th.
Conductor George Burright had charge
ot the Ardmore work train during the ab
sence of conductor Kenner.
Fireman Branley writes from Crawford
where he is firing on the hill that he ex
pects to return to Alliance about July 6.
Mrs. George Hicks and family of Ra
venna came up for the show and are
spending a few days with Mrs. Hicks'
mother.
Operator Coleman is acting as chief dis
patcher in Deadwood during Mr. Daily's
absence. Oberator Bennett of Alliance
is filling Coleman's position.
Engineer Bennett has bought property
in the east part ot town and will move in
a few days.' Brakeman A. E. Martz has
bought the Bennett property.
The marriage of Conductor, J, S. Ward
was not exactly a surprise. A long and
happy life to Mr. and Mrs. Ward is the
wish of their railroad friends.
Mrs. U. N. Hoskins held the ticket that
drew the five dollar gold piece at the
Famous Saturday. This makes three
times Mrs. Hoskins has been the lucky
one.
C. H. Coffee who came here about two
weeks ago and secured a room by saying
be had hired out as a brakeman, has faded
away. Good bye .room rent and board
bill.
Word comes by card from machinist
Frank Conners that he is now in Great
Fallsi Montana. He says it is worth a
Hip uest to see all the beautiful scenery,
but for a home and a place to work be
prefers Alliance.
Thermopolis, Wyo , June 23. General
Superintendent E K. Young and several
high officials of the Burlington are in town
celebrating the opening of the road on the
event of the first passenger train arriving
in town. State Journal.
Brakeman Ray Meeker, who accompan
ied C. G. Smith and his mother, returned
to Alliance Tuesday morning. He 6ays
young Smith stood the trip very well.
They were met at Omaha by Smith's fath
er. Meeker reported for work at once.
Conductor W. J. Hamilton and wife are
rejoicing over the arrival of a baby girl at
their home. Mr, Hamilton has not yet
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New Fall Comforts
.Saved from a soaking. We had just
t received our fall shipment of
flaish Comforts
and had not emptied them when Wed
nesday's rain drove into our basement.
We have Two Dozen that must be sold
at once. They got damp, but not wet.
Still, we do not want to risk the mildew.
First come, first served.
The
Horace Bogue Store
Refined Snap
and excluslveness in summer
oxfords is to bo had in our
Barry and Hannan low shoes.
If the air can frisk around
your ankles over a piir of
Barry and Homan oxfords you
will enjoy real summer foot
comfort and have a pair of
manship.
reported for work as Mrs. Hamilton' is yet
very sick. All their numerous friends
unite in wisning Mrs. Hamilton a speedy
recovery.
Mrs. Frank Chambers of Edgemont,
S. D., with her little son and daughter,
are visiting with her sister, Mrs. Eubanks.
They will remain until after the Stock
men's Convention. Mr. Chambers, who
is a conductor between Edeemont and
Gillette, will join them here for the fourth.
If married men make the best work men
there certainly has been an improvement
among the conductors during the month of
June. Five wero married; Frank Dun
ning, Clyde Bullock, Gus Larson, Frank
Vaughn and J. S. Ward. Here's hoping
that they may all have happy lives and
the best of everything, for the best Is none
to good for the C, B. & Q. rail road men,
J. P. Daily, chief train dispatcher at
Deadwood, came to Alliance Monday
morning and visited between trains with
his many friends. From here he went to
Lincoln where his parents reside. The
last of the week he will go to Denver
where he will be joined by Mrs. Daily and
the children. They will spend about two
weeks at different Colorado points. Mr.
Daily started here years ago as a brake
man and later on was promoted to con
ductor. About three years ago he left the
road and was given the position of night
chief here, and in less than two years he
was promoted to Deadwood.
County Sunday School Convention.
The annual meeting of the Box Butte
County Sunday School Association
will be held at Hemingford, Nebr., on
the afternoon and evening of July 12th
nnd the entire day of July 13th. The
Sunday school workers of the county
are cordially invited to attend this
meeting. For further information as
to program and other arrangements,
address Mr. Alex Muirhead of Hem
ingford. Get your decorations at
the Fair Store.
Big Race Meet.
The race meet in connection with
the stockmen's convention, July 5, G
and 7, promises to be the biggest thing
of the kind ever pulled off in Alliance.
Already there are more race horses in
tho city than were ever here before at
one time. The stalls at the fair grounds
have all been taken, some stable tents
have been put up, and now some are
engaging stalls at barnB in town. There
will be at least sixty-five or seventy
real race horses, representing some of
the best speed of the west.
Get your decorations at
the Fair Store.
To Meet Cavalry
The regiment of cavalry from Fort
Robinson will camp at Hemingford,
Saturday night, and proceed from there
to Alliance Sunday. Arrangements
are being made for a coiipany of men
on horseback to meet them between
Alliance and Berea. All who will join
this company on boresback are re
quested to report to Geo. D. Darling.
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Johnnie You better be kecrful. Willie J Don't light that un
while you fiot the whole bunch o' firecrackers on your arm.
Miflht splodc 'em all nt once an' spoil your face. Lcmme hold the
bunch.
Willie Naw, I won't 1 Who's 'frald? D'you a'pose them
brave forefathers of ours was 'frald to fire off their cuns till they
handed their powderhorns to some other feller to hold while
they pulled the trltfcer? They never 'd 'a beat the British that
a-way. If you're scared, Johnnie, you can run. Hooray for the
'Merican cattle I Here goes I ",-
Johnnie An' here 1 ffo tool Me for the fireworks t'nlfiht
wouldn't miss 'em for all the daytime fun. (Turning to look just
before he darts around the corner of the house.) Gee! Look at' cm
all splodin' at once) I reckon I'd better go call Dr. Johnson right
away an' have him fix up Willie's face for next -week.
AFTER.
RESOLVED, That it is better to be kecrful than brave. If I'd
handed Johnnie that bunch to hold I'd 'a' had lots more fun firin'
'em off one at a time than lettin' 'em all flash in my face. Then I
wouldn't have to sit here in the house with this bandage around
my head an patches on my chin an' cheek an' my arm tied tjp,
miasln all the fireworks tonight. Ncx' time I'll fcrgit the valor oi
my forefathers on the bloody battlefield an' pay more 'tentiov t
the pers'nal safety of little Willie Jonss.
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MY QUEET FOURTH
By ROBERT DONNELL.
SO they're trying to produce tho
noiseless Fourth, are thoy?
These Luther Burbanks pf pa
triotism are going after the glo
rious old day as Luther went after the
cactus to scrape the spines off and
leave It a soft, velvety affair? Make
the Fourth Just a dream day for sleB
tas and somnolence, dedicated o the
great white god SUenre? 4'
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back to the pop proposition, I know,
beloved, because I once experienced an
absolutely Bllent Fourth of July.
My noiseless Fourth took place some
where uear the middle of tho Nevada
desert. You cun Und places in that
desert today where there isn't a sound
for hundreds of miles because there's
nothing to make a Bound. I was herd
ing cattle In thoso days punching
cows, the elegant eastern writers call
It. Cnllente waB my headquarters.
Ever see Cnllente? I menu, rather,
did you ever feel Caliente? There Jsu't
much to see, but In midsummer you
can feel Cnllente". It feels Just ns Its
SpsMiiRh n-inie Implies ho: ......
CELEBRATION TIM
You will want a new Suit for the Fourth,
-C and but a few days remain in which to make
your selection. Come to our clothing depart-
ment where you will find some very attractive
r bargains for this special occasion in the
season's newest styles.
45 Men's
sercfes
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"MODERN
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Et ngit"fc' b Cat
Summer Suits for Young Hen
Plain and fancy blue Serges, and all the newest designs
and shades in Worsteds, Cassimeres, Homespuns and
Tweeds, specially priced for this sale at
$1Q S15 $20 $25
NORTON'S
Is surrounded by barren mountains,
beyond which Ptretchcs barren desert
Nowadays there is a railroad that
finds entrance nnd exit between the
pusses, but in those days the lonesome
little burg was an isolated speck.
Strange to say, the town had run out
of ammunition by the end of June.
Though every tnnn carried a six shoot
er there wasn't n cartridge left in Cal
iente. And ns for other fireworks ma
terial there wasn't n cracker except
whip crackers.
Caliente couldn't stand for a flre
workless Fourth, so I was detailed to
ride burseback eighty miles across the
shimmering desert nnd bring back
from the nearest railroad town a sup
ply of noise producers. My horse had
a lame hoof, so the boss proffered his.
"You'll have to tether blm down pret
ty tight when you camp." said the
boss, "for you know he's mighty skit
tish." I set out on the first day of July. 1
calculated being from New England
I can calculate, you see that I could
get the fireworks nnd reach Cnllente in
time for the celebration to begin about
noon of the Fourth. I made the rail
rnnd town all right, strapped big bun
dles of pyrotechnics to the horse and
got back within thirty miles of Cali
ente by the evening of the third I
was dog tired. So was the horse prob
ably. But I determined to rest only nn
hour, eat n bite nnd plug along u few
hours before making camp, so that 1
eonld get into Caliente a little enrller
than I wps expected
Dismounting, I hitched the horse to
n enctus busb nnd sat down to unlace
my shoes 1 proposed easing my own
feet before easing the animal by un
saddling him. 1 went sound asleep
with one shoe off and one on An Hour
later 1 awoke. The horse was goni.
lie had pulled the top off the brittle
cactus bush und released himself. Fie
carried with blm Callente's entire
stock of fireworks: also my six shoote
slung over the saddle In Its holster
1 slept soundly until dnybrenk on the
sandy ground Arising at dawn on the
Tourth of July, 1 set out nt a brisk
pace for Caliente. as I thought. It
was n sultry day. and the heat In
creased as the hours advanced. By
noon 1 was wondering why I hadn't
hit the pass Into Caliente. 1 dlscov.
erd thnt I hnd been walking In a big
circle. Just then 1 was about fifty
miles away from Caliente I knew old
Charlie, faithless to me. but faithful
to his mnster. had reached town bourv
before with the fireworks.
There are uo birds In the desert to
make twittering song. There are no
trees through which the breeze blows
a subdued strain. I wns the only Hv.
ing thing, so far as I knew, for fifty
miles In each direction. The absolute
.stillness of the scene appalled me. 1
yearned for some sound a thunder
crash, nn earthquake, anything. Just
so It mr.de a noise. In my imagina
tion, but only there, I could hear the
'pop. pop. pop" of the crackers along
Saloou row
I wns tired awfully tired. 1 was
footsore; I was hungry;. I was thirsty;
I wns hot fiercely hot. Rut I want
'to eoufjv ritrht here nnd now that
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Suits in
and fine
blue and black
cassimeres and
worsteds, No element of style,
no small detail which would add
to their sterling worth, has been
overlooked in the making of these
fashionable Summer Suits. Gar
ments that sold at
$22.50, $25 and
$27.50, especially
priced at
$20
65 Men's Suits, strictly up-to-date
styles, best of linings, finely tail
ored, in several shades of gray,
tan, brown, and fancy mixtures
sold for $16, $18 and $20,
$14.50
50 Men's Suits, good, reliable clothes
in cassimeres and worsteds, the
best medium-priced suits that mon
ey will buy, that have
sold at $12, 50 and Si 5, tl
specially priced at. . . . P
none of these disagreeable things
caused me half such agony as that
dreadful, dumb, desolate, universal Si
lence, with a big S I tried to shout.
hut my dry tongue gave forth jio
sounu. uiutcuing wiiuiy nt a grease-'
wood bush, I fell to the baked soil and '
lost knowledge of life.
Enrly on the morning of the 5th of i
July the boys found me there the res-
cue party that set out as soon as the j
boss' riueriess norse got In. After n
big swig at the water bottle 1 faintly i
Imnlored one of the fellows to fire off j
hi gun He did so. aud the sound wns J
a sonnta. -,
".Heckon you've enjoyed a quiet
Fourth?" suggested Missouri Bill.
Charlton Instate of "collapse.
New York, June 28. Italy's decision
to apply for Porter Charlton's extra
dltlon Is believed here to be likely to
hasten a decision on the pending ques
tion of his mental condition. Coinci
dent with the news from Rome, too
comes word from Jersey City, where
tho confessed wife murderer is con
fined, pending his arraignment on the
charge of being a fugitive from Italian
Justice, that the young prisoner's
breakdown had been followed by a
night of sleeplessness, with frequent
spells when the youth seemed to lose
control of himself and to break intc
sobs and moans.
Chicago, June 27. Dollar wheat fas
clnated speculators today. Every fut
ure delivery of the grain closed here
this afternoon above the magic mark
Before the beginning of alarm about
the effect of drought on the spring
crop, the price was In the 80's well
under 90c a bushel. Latest trading
was nt. nearly the top figures of the
day and showed a net gain of Zkfi
as compared with Saturday night. In
decided contrast, corn finished c tc
11H down, and oats Vjc to
c. It was a ragged wlndup In pro
visions, all the way from 2Vj6c de
cline to 25c advance. Closing prices:
Wheat July, $1.001.00; Sept.
51.00; Dec., $1.01.
Corn July, 8c; Sept., COc.
Oats July, 39Vjc; Sept., 38T4c.
Pojk July. $23.65; Sept., ?22.50.
Lard July, $12.42.; Sept., $12.40.
Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hard
wheat, 99Vic?1.0iy.; Nc-. 2 corn, 59
59'Ac; No. 2 white oats, 40:J4c.
South Omaha Live Stock.
South Omaha, June 27. Cattle Re
ceipts, 3,873; 1015c lower; beel
steers, ?G.107.20; cows and heifers.
?3.00'4.00; stockers and feeders, $3.58
05.30; bulls, $3.35Q'4.25; calves, $3.50
6.50. Hogs Receipts, 7,277; 10
15c lower; one drove of 1,200 head
largely light hogs, cost $9.22:. and
two other droves, aggregating" 3.20C
head, averaged $9.159.12i.; good
"bacon" hogs sold $9.209.25, with
mixed and butcher grades at or nea
$9.15. Sheep Receipts, .0,000; 150
25c lower; wethers, $3,CG4.30; swea
$3.504.00; lambs, .K35(37,25.
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