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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1910)
Published Every Thursday by Tht HwaM PahKsWnf Cirnpany. LLOYD C. THOMAS, Business Mgr. JOHN W. THOMAS ..... . Editor J. B. KNIEST ..... Associato Editor Entered at the postottice at Alliance, Nebraska, (or transmission through the malls, as second-class matter. Subscription, fi.50 per year In advance. THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, ioio Prominent Alliance Man Passes Away H. E. at MacCray Leaves This Earth 9 O'clock Monday Morning. With a heavy heart we would drop a tear to the motnory of U. E. MacCray. Ills death has brought the bitter cup of sorrow to the lips of friends and rel atives, His was a heart of gold. It is sad at any time to stand besldo the bed of the dying and watch life's ebbing tide drifting the loved one slowly, perhaps, but surely Into the great ocean of eternity, but when there comes whispering from parched lips: 'Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for Thou art with mej Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort tuo", It brings a balm to the wounded heart. Thus closed the life of this noble man, who Is mourned by so many In this city II. E. MacCray was born In Kent land, Indiana. February 10, 1870. He came to this city seventeen years ago. The relatives left to mourn his loss are; his wife, Mrs H. E. MacCray of Alli ance; his mother, Mrs. Emllo MacCray of Kearney; three sisters, Mrs. Isabelle Anderson, Mrs. Mabel Richards, and Miss lilanche MacCray; and his broth er, Clarence MacCray. A' short funeral service was held Tuesday afternoon, the Alliance bus iness houses being closed one hour as a mark of respect. The services were held under the auspices of the Frater nal Order of Eagles, and the remains were shipped to his old home at Kear ney. I Am a Dentist: My office is over Bienuau's drug store. Do you need any dental work? Will vou givo me an opportunity to convince you that when you come to mo for your dental work you get a high er grade of dentistry? I use the best material, the latest methods, atid if you want the BEST WORK at a reasonable price come to my office. Come up and talk it over. Examina tions free. Remember the place, room 10, Rumer block. Open Sundays, 9 to 12 m. Phone 525. A. GAISER, 35-tf. Alliance, Nebr. Pleased with Her Prize Miss Ella Moravek who won third prize in The Herald voting contest chose the Free sewing machine which was shipped to her to Hcmtupford. The following letter which was received by the editor within the last week shows how well pleased she is with the result of the contest: Canton, Nebr., Aug, 13, 1910. Mr. John W. Thomas, Alliance, Nebr. Dear Sir: I got the sewing machine all right, and I like it just fine. Many thanks for same. Respectfully yours, Ella Moravek St. Agnes' Academy Classes will be reopened at St. Ag nes Academy, Tuesday, Sept. 5th. We expect the hearty co operation of par ents in sending their children to school on the first day as it is of vital import ance to the good order of the Academy, to regularity of class-work, and even more to the character formation of the individual, wwwwxx,w Crowded off First Page The demand of advertisers for first page space was so great last week that a num ber unavoidably crowded oil, among which were the following. Kennedy Brothers, the popular dentists, Geo. I. Hand. M. D,, Thiele. prescription druggist, Miss Jennie M, Kennedy, music, Forest Lum ber Company; and H. P. Coursey, pro prietor Palace Livery barn. We regret the omission of these ads from their reg ular place, and will try not to let it occur again soon. Billings' Guest Honored The comfortable home of Mrs A. E. Kelson on Toluca avenue was the scene of a very enjoyable five hundred party Saturday afternoon given by Mrs tlos kins and Mrs. Nelsen The rooms were decorated with sweet peas Twenty ladies played five hundred until 5 30 p.ra The guest of honor, Mrs. Mehl, was pre sented with an Allianre souvenir spoon, Mrs. F. M llroome and Miss Inez beck cut for first prize, Mrs Hroome cutting high. Her prize was a hand painted plate. The second prize, also a hand painted plate, was given to Mrs. Connors, for which she and Mrs. Dick Waters had cut. The booby prize, a cut glass knife rest, was given to Mrs. L. A. Surprise. A de licious five course lunch was served by the hostesses assisted by Mrs. Roy Beck with, Miss Anna Bernhardt and Miss Mary Boles. Mrs. Mehl expressed her self as proud and pleased with the enter tainment. She says she will always keep a warm spot in her hearj fcr her Alliance friends. Li Mercy HispitaV, Meved The Sisters of Nlercy moved last week to the Hospital was new hospital building near the St. Agnes Academy. Although the building was not entirely finished the fact that there were few pa tients in the hospital at the present time made it a good time to transfer. The new building was built especially for a hospital and has every modern convenience (bat can be desired. Birthday Anniversary Thursday, August tith, marked the seventy-third birthday of Mrs. Margaret J. Kelly. A few lady friends, a number of whom were members of the Eastern Star, took occasion to make her the re cipient of a pleasant surprise party at her home on C09 Totuca avenue. They brought with them Quantities of beautiful flowers and good things to eat. A pretty boquet was offered as a prize to tho winner of a "hair pinning" contest. After much merriment Mrs. L. A. Berry and Mrs Donovan, proving of equal skill, cut for the prize, resulting in favor of Mrs. Donovan. In a cake guessing contest Mrs. J P Colburn was successful in winning first prize, a nut cake decorated with Eastern Star emblems, which she presented to the guest of honor. Mrs. Kelly. A light biscuit, as consolation, went to Mrs. t'atmore. During the afternoon Mrs Kelly was presented with a substantial rocker by the ladies, Mrs. Berry, Worthy Matron of Aloyah Chapter, O. E, S,, making the presentation speech, to which Mrs. Kelly responded in a few words of deep appre ciation to her friends. When Mfs. Kelly has no further use of the chair she will have it placed in the Eastern Star .Chapter room as a memorial of her. Just before lunch was served, Mrs. Rowan gave as a reading the appropriate little poem, "Try Smiling," which was greatly enjoyed by all. As the guests took their leave each ex pressed many good wishes for Mrs. Kelly in the hope that many more happy birth days may be hers. All pronounced the afternoon an unqualified success. Sale of High-Grade Pianos The Bennett company's mid-summer sale of high-grade pianos and organs closes September 1st. Parties who purchase by that time will receive the bcuefit ol their special sale discount, saving ten per cent, on purchese price, on easy payments. We waut to make August a record breaking month for our Alliance store and are making prices accordingly. Addition to St. Agnes Academy Preparations are now being made for the erection of a portico to extend across the south end of the present building of the Academy. It will have a basement which will be used as a laundry. This is a fast growing school and the untiring ef forts of those back of it are making a grand success Council Meets On Wednesday evening of last week the contract was let for the extension of the municipal water works system. The suc cessful bidder was the Katz-Craig Con tracting Company of Omaha, who secured the work on a bid of $19 200, the stipula tion being made that the work must be finished by November i, 19 10. There were fourteen bids submitted, among them being T. H. Waller of this city. Alliance has needed this extention for a good long time and in addition to giving tne people in the outlring districts water for domestic purposes it will give better fire protection. Died Leon Donald Rodgers, tln little son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Rodgers, died Saturday morning after a short illness. Rev. J, M. Huston conducted the funer al services and interment was raude In Greenwood cemetery. New Fall Stock of Shoes The Alliance Cash Shoe Store has received a new stock of fall shoes. Latest styles, best goods, lowest prices. Call at 306 Box Butte avenue before buying your fall footwear. 3G-2t . Announcement to Public I have had my old barn entirely re modeled and fixed up. I will do a feed and sale business and solicit your pat ronage. Simon Spry. French Dry Cleaner E. T. Enyeart, minager of the Alliance Tailoring Co , has just received and in stalled a new French dry cleaner, which will add greatly to the facilities of his es tablishment for prompt work and thorough cleaning. He wants the public to know about this machine and the work that is done by it, as well as about their other work, hence orders an ad in The Herald. Because of the immense amouut of news matter it was crowded out but will appear a 111c next issue, watcn lor 11, First Presbyterian Church Sunday School, 10 a m- Morning service, 11 a.m., subject, "The Trees of the Bible." Evening service, 8 p.m , subject, "The Secret of a Young Man's Strength." Jambs B Brown, Minister Edith M. Swan TEAOHElt OP PIANO, HARMONY and Musical History iStudio 424 Laramie Avenue """""" l- X o 11 o ti 'Jt o MI't"l"H"W"H"i"HHI Mill 'M'-M1 iC ! ; RAILWAY NOTES AND PERSONALS fo.H..HH....H"i"frM"H t ' l'M"M" Miles Mclntyre is a new employe in the train service. Engineer Janes of Crawford Hill was in town this week. Special Agent Wilson went to Craw ford on No. 43 Monday. Braketnan B, Alexander of the cast end has been sent to Alliance. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Roupe have had a child very sick with typhoid fever. J. W. Craig is a new fireman em ployed here. He comes from Virginia. Mrs. Art Cole and children returned Tuesday from a summer vacation in the east Conductor Cramer and Engineer Morrison took the pay car wjst Wednes day noon. " Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Wetheral came in Saturday on delayed No, 41 from a pleasure trip to Omaha. Braketnan R. E. McKenzie is again in Alliance after spending three months west on a work train. Braketnan Rodgers and wife have the sympathy of all the railroad men in the loss of their little son. Conductor Richardson who has been out with the pile driver has returned to Alliance and will work out of here. Engineer A. E. Nelson was caught the other side of the washed out bridge and had to spend several days on the east end. Fireman Suavely who was severely burned about two weeks ago is slowly improving and will be on the relief for some time. bam Burchell, east end passenger fireman, was taken suddenly sick at Seneca Monday night and had to dead head home. He is now slightly better. Fireman Harry Thurmati came into Alliance Sunday. He had been sick and unable to work for several days. He has been firing on Crawford Hill. John Phelan of Sheridan was in Alli ance between trains Monday. He is on his way to Denver. Mr. Phelan is uow passenger conductor on the Sher idan division. Mrs. Harbottle and little daughter have gone to Hot Springs where Mr. Harbottle is working. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hoag have rented the Harbottle home furnished. D. Fitzpatrick who has been travel ing engineer oti the Alliance Division has grown tired of the strenuous duties of that office and has asked to be re lieved and given a passenger run. Mr. Ross Hale, formerly of the Alli ance vards, was iu town Saturday. He uow has a farm about eight miles south of Alliance. He reports his crops and hay all doing fine and his cattle in good condition. Joe Price, the most popular call boy the engine men ever had, has resigned and left Wednesday for Deadwood He was accompanied by Mr. Strand. The boys have both worked steady and deserve a pleasure trip. Young Cool will take Joe's place as night call boy. There is an opening at Crawford uow for two more engineers. The place is up for bid. Engine men there make fine wages and Crawford is a nice place to live so there will be no trouble filling the places. It is rumored that there are to be two conductors sent to the east eud. The wash-out of the too ft. bridge at the west switch at Berwytie caused the main line to be blocked about for- ty-etgut Hours, a rusn ot water car rying two road bridges and a huge straw pile was too much for the rail road bridge. Pile drivers from Alli ance and Lincoln were soon at work. The Alliance yards and nearly all sid iugs west of the wash-out were full of cars. This occured last Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. George Mehl and fam ily of Billings, Mont-, came into Alli ance Fridav morning and visited old friends until Tuesday noon wuen they They have had Leaviug Billings . P. to Minneap- took No. 43 for home a fine month's trip. they went over the N. olis and St. Paul, and returned by way ot Chicago and the Burlington. Mr. Mehl was for several years yard master here. He uow holds that position at Billings. The Burliugton is today installing complete new libraries in its Library cars. la keeping with the careful attention alwas given to the interests of their passengers they have been in vestigating the question of books most suitable to the traveling public- About a year ago the "five-foot shelf" of Dr. Eliot, President of Harvard University, was added but it has not proven as popular as looked for, as the bqoks are what is comm nly known as "hard reading". The 1 oks comprising the "five foot shelf" will be donated to a few public llbrarie long th line and iu their place will i- put ubout fifty volumes of up-to-dt.- stories, Shakes peare's Works, and the Bibje. Notice to Settle. Having sold my grocery and meat market toTeater Bros,, all persons in debted to me please call and settle at once. S. H. DESCH. Furnished rooms tor light houskeep. ing. Inquire at Simmons' millinery store. 36-tf For Sale Fine two story house, 9 rooms and bath. Strictly modern throughout. Small cash payment will handle this. A. E. Martz, 809 Box Butte Ave. 3G-2t 3 LOCAL PARAGRAPHS Read 'em The Herald's classified ads. Mrs. Oscar Braman took seriously ill Wednesday. Webster Bernhardt is spending a two weeks' vacation at Avon, S. D. Miss Frances Lockwood is visiting with friends in South Dakota points. A. F. Baldridge has moved his ab stract office to the new McCorkle block. Mrs. Claude Lester returned Satur day from a two weeks' trip to Chey enne. Mr- and Mrs. Ed. Bishop returned Saturday frpm a two weeks' trip to Kansas. Mrs. C A. Newberry who has been very sick for some time is slowly im proving. Mr. and Mrs R. E. Murry expect to move into the Fletcher property on Toluca avenue this week, Mrs. Dave Kauffman is taking Miss Baker's place in the Newberry office while Mis3 Baker is taking a vacation. Be sure to come to the Epwortb League Musicale Monday evening at the Methodist church. I'm going to go to the League Musicale Monday Epwortb evening. There'll be a big crowd. H. D. Munger, the optician who was located in AUiance for the past few weeks, has gone to Crawford. James Gray has been on a business trip in the southern part of the state for the firm of Gray & Guthrie. Mrs. Ira E. Tash and daughters re turned Tuesday noon from their ex tended visit with relatives at Afton, la. Rev. Godfrey announced that the regular services will be held at the Uuited Presbyterian church on Sun day. A very valuable bull dog owned by Mrs. John Wallace died last Friday. It was a pedigree dog about seven months old. Roy Craig who some time ago was one of the most popular young barbers here has returned and will agaiu work at his trade. S. K. Warrick, of the First National Bank of Alliance, has been appointed a delegate to the National Irrigation Congress at Pueblo, Colo. The W, C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Warrick next Tuesday afternoon. Election of officers will be held- A good attendance is asked. The contract for the new library building has been let to the Black Hills Architectural Company. The buildiug .will be of pressed brick and will be 40x50 fett. At the Methodist church Sunday there will be special music at both morning and evening services. Mrs. Rousseau will siug special numbers iu the evening- Mr- and Mrs. Chas. DeBruler were registered at the Drake Sunday. Mrs. DeBruler was very sick and it was necessary to call a physician and trained nurse. Miss Ella Leidy, a sister of Mrs John Breuuan, left Wednesday morn ing ,for her home iu St- Paul, Minn. She ba3 beeu visiting here for six weeks during her vacation. By some mistake or other The Her ald of last week stated that the office of Dr. A. Gaiser, the Dentist, was in room twenty Ruiner block- It should have stated room ten Mrs. Bassett, wife of the Hyauuis newspaper man, called at The Herald office Weduesday morning on her way home. She has beeu spending several weeks visitirig in Denver. E- G- North, the sign writer and painter, has been doing work for a uumber of Alliance business meu. He wishes to iucrease his business, heuce orders an ad in The Herald. In the letter published in last week's Herald from Prof. Hayes a mistake was made iu the number of students enrolled annually. We should have said 1.500 instead of 5,100- Pete Watson of Curly, Nebraska, west of Alliance, was in town the last of the week and while here called at The Herald office and extended his subscription for another year. Sunday afteruoou Box Butte county experienced a fine rain which came from the we3t. The amouut of pre cipitation was very heavy and the late crops were benefitted greatly by it Monday morning work was started on the removal of the duelling which occupies the library site. In "order to get the building out it was necessary to take up some of the trees in the rear. The attendance at Alliance Roller Rink continues to increase. The num ber of skaters last Saturday afternoon and night, not including employes, was 252, the largest of any day up to that time. Several local real estate firms report a good business in the last few davs. Box Butte county and surrounding country looks so much better than other districts that sales are being made very easily. Gene Sights of Toluca, Mout., and formerly of Alliance gave the Herald office a pleasant call the last of the week. He reports busiuess prosperous in his city but says that the cattle country is very dry, Mr& J. M. Miller of Albion, accom panied by her three little boys, ar rived1 iu Alliance Wednesday ot last week for a visit at the homes of her son and daughter, Clarence Miller -and Mrs. Clyde Bullock. See the Bennett company's notice of their special mid-summer piano sale in this issue of The Herald. Next Monday evening the Epwortb League will give a musicale for the piano fund. Several local singers and musicians ot talent will be there, as well as from Omaha and Chicago. You don't want to miss it- F. L. Shefford of Broken Bow and Miss MarionRcdington of Denver were married Monday noon by Rev. J. M. Huston at the Baptist parsonage They are spending their honeymoon in the Black Hills- Peter Kicken favored the Herald office with a short call the first of the week. He reports the country looking fine after the recent rains and has a groat deal of plowing to keep him busy plowing with his gasolene traction plowing outfit. Jack Berry has resigned his position with the C, B. & Q. to accept an place as clothing salesmau at "The Palace for Men." He has had an extensive experience in this line and will be a great help to Phil Pizer, the proprietor of the new store After enjoying a couple of weeks' vacation visiting relatives and friends in Iowa Miss Hazel Beck has resumed her duties as stenographer at Norton's store. She was assisted in having a good time by her mother, sister, and brother all returning Saturday morning. The Herald job department is busy getting out several large jobs of adver tising matter for the use of Box Butte county real estate firms during the State Fair. The county exhibit will be very good this year and much busi uess iu land will result. T. S- Fielding and wife have re turned to Alliance after an absence of a vear and a half, and are keeping house in their residence north of the court house. He has opened a tailor and dry cleaning shop, as will be seen by his ad in The Herald. W. J. Johnson drove to town from the ranch last Sunday, bringing his father, brother-iu-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs- Henry Bull, and their son, all of whom started on their return to Illinois after a pleasant two weeks' visit at the Johnsou ranch. As it is time to begin laying iu a supply of coal for the winter, Carey 8c Vaughn, agents for the "Mouarcu" coal, are making a special low price for immediate delivery, aud invite the pat ronage of Herald readers through a neat ad commencing with this issue. George Davis and family left Friday on forty-three for a trip in the Big Horn mountains of Wyomiug. They went first to Sheridan where they met John Adams, formerly of Alliance, who is a brother of Mrs. Davis, and the party then left for the mountain trip- Another new building has been start ed- S. C. Reck has the contract for the erection of a one-story brick build ing, 25x50 feet, to be located on the vacant lot south of Rodger's grocery. A. P. Brown has let the contract and will use the building for his barber shop. Glen Miller and family returned to Alliance from their auuual vacation trip to the Black Hills. Thev have been usiug their camping outfit each seasou and the entire tiip is made by this means. "Jack" Miller, his broth er, and family are now preparing to take their annual trip. Ross Ha'e drove in Saturday after noon and took Mr. and Mrs. George Mehl out to the ranch to spend Sun day. They tieated them to fried chicken, all kinds ot "garden sass" and othet good things all home grown. The heavy rain prevented them return ing to town until Monday- Clue Rice and Mi" Bessie Hobhs of Alliance were married at high noon Weduesday by Rev. Godfrev. Im mediately after the weddiug they left ou a honeymoon trip to Denver, Chey enne, end other points. They will live ou the groom's father's ranch south of Alliauce. The Herald joins their inauv friends in wishing them a long and happy married life. A department of The Herald that will be interesting reading, if you will take time to glance it over, is our "Classified Advertisements" page. We try to secure only reliable adver tisements for this department, as well as other parts of the paper, and by reading these notices you will without doubt find something frequently that will interest you and may he of finan cial benefit to you. The amount of premiums offered by the State Fair this year to counties for the best exhibits amounts to $2,650. From the looks of the Box Butte county exhibit which is going down it will win without a bit of trouble. Quite a num ber of "Box Butters" are preparing to go down from September 5th to gth and it is assured that this county will not bs lacking in represent-ition this time C O. Aspcnwall, formerly a resident of Alliauce aud at one time major, but who is now connected with the Inter national Harvester company iu an im portant position at Chicago, will arrive in Alliance Saturday noon. He expects to remain over Sunday visitiug with his daughter, Ruth, and then continue his trip, going to Scottsbluff and Sid uey aud east. The Herald kept up its reputation of being the paper that gets the news by having a bulletin board service Tues day night. All of the county returns were placed on this board as soon as received by phone-' Returns, werere ceived after midnight from Omaha by wire- A large and interested crowd filled. thq. Herald office and sidewalk until after midnight. Wednesday morning the crowd was still larger. . - Phillip Forster from Smithfield, Nebr., who has been visiting with rel atives at Gordon, and his sister, Mrs. J.IM. Fritz, from Gordon arrived hero Friday noon for a visit with their sister Mrs. Julia Hale. Mr, Forster returned home Sunday night while Mrs. Fritz will leave for Gordon the last of the week. While driving through the alley back' of the residence of Dr. Bowman Tues day evening the auto of Gray & Guth rie which was being driven by .Mr Guthrie, was engulfed in a crevasse caused by the sinking of the dirt in the sewer ditches. While the car was not badly damaged it required the com bined efforts of five men to lift it out of the hole. The International Dry Farming Con gress, to be held at Spokane, Wash.. October 3d to 6th, is offering $10,000 in premiums. Anyone who cannot go to the exposition is welcome to send exhibits. Products should be shipped by prepaid express to Supt. of Exhibits, Dry Farming Congress, Spokane, Wash. The Herald has received entry blanks and will be pleased to give them to anyone desiring to send exhibits. Box Butte county ought to get in at all of these expositions. It makes great advertising for the country. The Whettens, who were playing at the Crystal moving picture theatre when it burned with the Rumer build ing April of last year, are again in town. They are playing at the Imper ial this week and meeting many of their old frieuds whom they met at the time of the- fire. They lost every bit of their wardrobe at that time. They now have an entirely new singing, talk ing, and acrobatic stunt and are using new costumes. Since leaving Alliance thev have traveled over a great part of the sunny south. Mr. T. A- Long, of Long and Smith, real estate dealers of Sterling, Colo., has been spending several days in Al liance interesting local people in the Co-Operators High Gravity Oil Com pany, of Evanstou, Wyo. Mr. Long and his brother are both interested in the company and he states that their prospects are very good. The oil field at Evanston has just recently been opened for development and there is quite a little excitement over the good flowing wells that have beeu found al ready. Rev. Ira E. Nolte, pastor of the Al liance circuit of the Methodist church and first Vice-President of the Alliance Epwortb League, returned Wednesday morning from a two weeks' trip to Lincoln, Omaha and Dexter, Iowa, where he visited relatives. While in Lincoln he attended the Epwortb Assembly which was held in Epworth Lake Park. Ae stated that the attend ance there was great, there being as many as iz.000 people at one time. He will lead the Epworth League ser vice next Sunday evening. If the weather is favorable next Sun day evening the regular Epworth League service will be held on the Methodist church lawn. The orchestra will furnish the music and all are in vited for an interesting- service. P. K. Christensen and J. A. Wells of Hemingford were disposing of a load of potatoes in Alliance yesterday. They were grown by Mr Christensen an 1 a couple of fl-ie specimens handed to the editor weighed nearly a pound each. Oeorge Younkin returned Weduesday morning from Sidney, 'where he is put ting on a show this week. Ills show business in other towns does not inter fere with his Alliance theatre, the Crystal, but is inc onnectlon with it. A special Civil Service examination will be held at Lincoln and Omaha on August 23d. This examination is for male stenographers in the Government service at Washington, D. C- The saUry will range from $840 to $900 per annum. The regular examinations will be held during September and October for both male and female stenographers for employment at any place in the United States, Patiama or the Philippines. Application blanks for either the special or the regular exam ination cau be had by addressing J, M. Shoemaker, Secretary Eighth Civil Service District, Post-office, St. Paul, Minn. "COME IN !" Don't stail around door all day. the "How I hate To have to wait In barber shops To have them shave my chops." It's a very short Stop At Nation & Copelaod's Shop 221 Box Butte Avenue w 4 j si Ki 'f J I m: i
