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J. KRIDELBAUGH, Agent
Alliance
L. V. WAKELEY, G. P. A., Omaha
Big Wheat Yields
H. W. Campbell
The Soil Culture Expert
has grown 41 bushels of wheat when
drouth ruined others, S3 1-2 bushels
when others got 20. He has speut jo
years in the study of and experimenting
with the 6oils of the great semi-arid West,
Are these facts worth knowing?
Campbell's Scientific Farmer
gives timely explanation every month,
$i.oo per year. We publish Campbell's
Soil Culture Manual, j20 pages. It is full
of facts, not theories, gathered from
years of practical experience.
Flying machines positively do fly today.
Two years ago you did not believe they
could.
The Campbell System of Soil Culture
when correctly applied positively will
bring big returns; Send for valuable free
booklet of information.
Campbell Soil Culture Co.
JJ5 P. H. Bldg.
Lincoln, Vc.
"BACK TO
THE FARM"
III. How the R. F. D.f Tele
phone, Trolley and Good
Roads Are Moderniz
ing the Farm.
y C. V. EGIRY.
Copyright, 1910, by American Press Asso
ciation. TUB farm Is no longer tlio Iso
lated, lonely pluce that It used
to bo or that many people
sponi to think It Is yet. Fann
ing under modern conditions Is n busi
ness anil In moat cases Is coming to
be run In a business way. The first
step In the modernizing of the farm
came with the Introduction of the ru
ral free delivery In 1S07. 1'ut In at first
as a sort of experiment, a concession
to the insistent demands of the na
tional grange nud other farmers' or
ganizations, It spread rapidly and soon
became Indispensable. It was a potent
factor In waking up the fiinnoiN, Ouc
of the first and greatest result was
that the dally paper for the farm was
made a possibility
Mr-fore the advent of the nual free
delivery the farmer who Uept within
THE TELEPUONR HAS BANISHED FA11M
LONELINESS.
a week of tho markets was dolus well.
As a result tic usually niunnp'tl to
strike nil the slumps In the market
when he had stock or grain to sell.
With n market paper delivered at his
gate each morning he could follow
prices of farm produce closely and
take ndvautage of a rising market
This one factor alone lias pnld the cos
of the rural free delivery many times
over.
The market reports were not the
only part of the paper that benefited
the farmer. lie no longer got his news
a week old, but had it served up al
most as hot ns If he had lived In town
This dally contact with the things that
were happening In the world bright
ened htm up. rubbed off the dust and
gave him n new Interest In life.
The shiftless farmer who -went to
town two or three times a week on the
pretense of "getting the mall." only to
waste half a day or so each time and
maybe come home "boozed up" In the
bargain, was deprived of Ills excuse
and fell Into the habit of spending his
extra time Using up about the place.
The farmer who had been enterpris
ing before became more enterprising
and had more time to put his Ideas
Into practice.
Along with the It. F. D. came better
roads, and when the farmer did go to
towu he could make the trip In much
less time than he did before. Ills dai
ly papers and tnagazlues made lilm as
well Informed as any of the business
men of the town. The days of the
"hayseed" were numbered.
Along with the It. F. D. came n
great Increase In the circulation of
tho agricultural papers. The old type
of papers edited by men who had seen
little of farming except from a car
window came to an end about this
time, and their places were taken by
papers edited by men who had grown
up ou the soil nud who had never got
very far away from It. These pa
pers taught the farmers the value of
better methods. They taught what
these methods were nnd how they
could be applied. Above nil, they In
spired the fanners to do the best they
knew how. to respect their calling and
to put It on n business basis.
Along with the It. F. D. came the
telephone. Some of the first lines were
little more than cheap Instruments
connected to a barbed wire fence, but
the., served the purpose. Then follow
.l lines put up on willow poles and
tin-illy modern lines as substantially
huitt and ns efficient ns money could
buy. An automatic device to prevent
any one listening except the parties
talking Is in use in some localities
.Most communities prefer the pnrty
fine, however, because of Its faoclal
features. OftPii after supper on a
stormy winter evening some one will
put In n general call and furnish some
Instrumental music for the benefit of
every one ou the line. Then some one
else will slug n song, some one will
run off a few musical records ou a
phonograph, nud nn otherwise lonely
evening will be passed pleasantly.
Immediately after dinner Is generally
conceded to be the "women folks' "
hour at the phone They will stand
and visit, often n dozen of them at n
time, until the proverbial loneliness of
farm life Is entirely forgotten.
The principal tise-'of the telephone U
for business The modern farmer re
lit upon his telephone ns much an
docs this business man. Most of the
jFwKj
telephone lines are connected with the
central switchboard In town, so that
a toll call will get nny ono In tho coun
ty or In the state. Market and weath
er rejwrts nre sent out over the rural
Hues nt certain hours each day. If tho
mnrket Is especially good the farmer
can call up the local buyer and con
tract his hogs nt once, or If he prefers
he can call up the rnilwny freight or
fiVo and arrange to have a stock car
ready for him the next morning In
iiiiNi communities the practice of
"changing work" at thrashing time Is
still followed. This used to necessitate
a day's, work notifying the neighbors,
and then frequently It all had to bo
d ue over again on account of a break
down to the machine or bad weather.
Now the notifying Is nil done In a few
moments by phono.
On many occaslous n prompt tele
phone call hits brought the nearest
doctor to the bedsldo of n sick child
who would not have lived until a trip
could be made to town for the doctor.
This Is one of the reasons that n tele
phone Is seldom taken out after It has
once been put In. In a hundred minor
ways tho telephone has become tieces
sary to tho farm folk. Often nfter the
farmer has left for town his wife will
think of something she wnnts him to
get. All she has to do Is to cnll up tho
store where he docs his trading nnd
leave n messngo for him. When tho
young folks want to give a party tho
telephone will quickly bring In every
one In the neighborhood. A stray
horso is soon located nnd brought back
home. In weather too bad for the mall
carrier to get through Important let
ters can be received over the tele
phone. Ono other stop Is necessary to enable
the farmer to make the grentest uso of
the rural free delivery nnd the tele
phone. It Is the parcels post. Local
merchants have objected to n parcels
post ou the ground that It would fnvor
tlio hial! order houses nt their expense.
This can be overcome by giving n low
er rate to pnekages that go over n rural
route only. A parcels post of this kind
tins been recommended by the post
mnster general. He figures that it
would prove profitable for the govern
ment, turning the postal deficit Into n
surplus. With a cheap parcels post In
operation on the free rural delivery
routes the connection of the farmer
with the town will be complete. Ho
can order parcels from town nnd have
them delivered at tils door n few hours
later. Things which he cannot get in
his local town ho enn procure from n
mall order house In two or three days.
Tho farmers nre united In demanding
this convenience, nnd It Is bound to
come before long.
The final step In the emancipation
of the farmer was taken when the trol
ley lino nnd the automobile came Into
geueral use. The trolley has meant
better schooling for his children. It
has brought theaters, lectures nnd bet
ter churches within reach of the farm
er's family. Best of nil, the competi
tion with the cities tins brought about
n much needed awakening of the coun
try schools and the country churches.
The trolley Is a great convenience in
taking produce to market. Most of
the cars will stop at nny farmhouse
or crossroads to pick up a can of
cream, a crate of chickens or n pas
senger. Trolley lines nre n great fac
tor In hastening the "back to the
land" movement. The farmer who
lives near n trolley Hue has no desire
to go to towu because he has all the
conveniences of both town and coun
try Wherever a trolley line puncturcr. a
city the crowded population spreads out
Into the country. At first the city peo
pie move Into the country only to huv
a plensanter place to live while stl
carrying ou their business lu the city
Once In the country few of them ever
regret the change. Most of them say
that they would not go back to the
city to live under any consideration
What the trolley linos are doing for
the more thickly settled districts, good
roads, automobiles and driving uorMis
nre doing for those communities which
nre not yet densely enough populated
to support n trolley line. The good
roads movement started with the ad-
JeIbbeIbbK' "fl
TItOLI.KV LINES AUK III MM Nil THK "RACK
TO THE UM)" MOVKMEVr
vent of the It. F. D. While -country
roads In many places nre far from be
ins Ideal ns yet, still the length of
lime when they are not fairly passable
has been reduced to n minimum Most
of the main roads nre well graded, and
ticnrly every farmer has a road drag
with which to keep the road alone his
farm smooth. Graveled roads are be
coming common, and macadamized
nnd oiled roads nre being extended
Into the country.
All these modern Improvements have
added much to the profits of farming.
They have added more to Its pleasures.
They havo given to the furmer the ad
vantages of the city without!' taking,
nwjiy nny of the advantages of the'
farm. They havo made the farm the
Ideal pluce to lire. s . . .
"COME IN !"
Don't stall around the
door all day.
"How I hate
To have to wait
In barber shops
To have them
shave my chops."
It's a- very short
Stop
At Nation & Copeland's
Shop
221 Box Butte Avenue
Miss M. Ruth Taylor
TEACHER OF PIANO
324 West Idaho. Phone 205
Training School for Nurses
In connection with Mercy Hos
pital, conducted by the Sisters
of Mercy, is a Training School
for Nurses. Wanted, young
ladies to enter the Training
School of Mercy Hospital at
Alliance. Apply to
Sistkk Superior.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
The following proposed amendment
to tho constitution of tho Stato of Ne
braska, as hereinafter set forth lu full,
Is submitted to the electors of tho
Stato of Nebraska, to bo voted upon at
the general election to bo held Tues
day, November 8th, A. D. 1910:
A JOINT RESOLUTION to nmend
Section one (1) of Article soven (7) of
the Constitution of the State of No
braska. Be It enacted by tho Legislature of
the State of Nebraska:
Section 1. (Amendment constitu
tion proposed ) That section one (1)
of article soven (7) of the constitution
of the state of Nebraska, the senate
concurring, be so amended 03 to read
as follows:
Section 1. (Who are electors.) Uv
ery male citizen of the United States,
of the age of twenty-ono years, who
shall have been a resident of this stato
six months next preceding the election
and of the county, precinct, or ward,
for the term provided by law shall be
an elector: provided, that persons of
foreign birth who shall have declared
their Intention to become citizens con,
formnbly to the laws of tho United
States and nre voting at the taking ef
fect of this amendment, may continue
to exercise the right of suffrage until
such time ns they may have resided In
the United States five years, after
which they shall tnke nut full citizen
ship papers to be entitled to vote ut
any succeeding election
Section 2. (Ballots) That at the
general election nineteen hundred nnd
ton (1010) there shall be suhni'ttr-d to
the electors of the state for their ap
proval or rejection the foregoing pro
posed amendment to the constitution
relating to Hie right of suffrage At
such election, on the ballot of each
elector voting for or against fhIiI pro
posed amendment, shall be written or
printed the words: "For proposed
amendment to the constitution re'atlrq
to the right of suffrage." and "Against
said' proposed amendment to the con
stitution relating to the right of suf
frage "
SpciIoji 3 (Adoption) If such
amendment shall be npproved by a
majoritv of all electors voting at such
election, said amendment shall consti
tute section one (1) of article seven
(7) of the constitution of the State of
NebrasUn
Approved April 1, 1909.
' I, Geo. C. Junkln, Secretary of State,
of tho state of Nebraska do hereby cer
tify that the foregoing proposed amend-
! ment to the Constitution of the Stale
of Nebraska Is a true and correct copy
of the original enrolled and engrossed
bill, as passed by tho thirty-first session
of the legislature of the State of Ne
braska, as appears from said original
bill on file In this office, and that said
proposed amendment Is submitted to
tho qualified voters of tho state of Ne
braska for their adoption or rejection
nt tho general election to be held on
Tuesday, the 8th day of November, A.
D., 1910.
In Testimony Whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and affixed tho great
seal of the State of Nebraska. Done
t Lincoln, this 29th day of July, In the
year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Ten, and of the Indepen
dence of the United States the One
Hundred. and Thirty-fifth, and of this
State the Forty-fourth.
GEORGE C. JUNKIN,
(Seal.) Secretary of State.
34-.1 months. '
EUGENE BURTON
Attorney at Law
LAND ATTORNEY
Ofllco First National Dank Bldg.
'Phone 180. ALLIANCE, NED.
WILLIAM MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY
AT HW.
ALLIANCE,
NEBRASKA.
H. M. BULLOCK.
Attorney at Law,
A.JL.1JXANOIS. nicb.
F. M. BROOME
LAND ATTORNEY
Long experience as Receiver U. S.
Land Offico is a guarantee for prompt and
efficient service.
Office in Opera House Block
ALLIANCE - NEBRASKA.
BRUCE WILCOX
Lawyerand Land Attorney
Practitioner in civil courts since 1893
and Register U. S. Land Office from 1903
to 1907. Information by mail a specialty.
Office in Laud Office Building
ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
OIUR COIM'EKNOLL
lies, Phono 'JO
V. .1. PKTERSKN
Res. Pnono 43
Drs. Coppernoll & Petersen
OSTEOPATHS
7-8-9 Rumer Block
Phone 43
GEO. J. HAND,
PHYSICIAN AND Sl'llQHON
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
cTTiTrUJRcfni
PHYSICIAN AMI SIRGKON
(Successor to Dr. J. E. Moore)
OFFICE IN FLETCHER BLOCK
Ofllco hours ll-12a, in. 2-4 p.m. 7; 30-9 p, tn.
Office Phone 6a
Res. Pliouc, S5
n:rxTcopsETOirDr"
Physician nnd Surgeon
Phono 300
Culls answered promptly day And night (ran
oMIcu. onicos! Alliance National Haub
llalldltiK over tlio PoHtOMco,
DR. CHAS. E. SLAQLE
WITH
DR. BELLWOOD
Special Attention
Paid to Eye Work
Dr. L. W. Bowman
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Rumer Block, Rooms 12 and 13
Office hours, 10 to 12 a. tn.,
1:30 to 4, 7 to 8 p in.
Office Phone 65 Res. Phone 6
Dr. H. R. Belville
phone 167
Opera I louse Hloc Alliance Nebr,
T. J. THRELKKI.K
Undertaker and Embalmer
PflciSK 2117
ALLIANCK. NliBK.
MRS. LOIS R1LEV
Trained Nurse
I'llONi: 5(t
THE GADSBY STORE
Funeral Director and Embalmer
FUNERAL SUPPLIES
OFFICE PHONE 493
HESIDENCE PHONE, sio
J. P. HAZARD
Surveyor and Engineer,
AI.LMNCK, M'.MUAMiA
Parties out of town should write, as I
am out much of the time
Charges will not exceed $5.00 and ex
penses per day.
E. G. Whsman
Practical Painter and
Paper Hanger
Full line wall paper samples
PHONE 709 ALLIANCE. NEB
E. O. COOL
Plumbing and Fitting
All work guaranteed first-cls
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