Section One
The Alliance Herald, &
VOLUME XVIII.
ALLIANCE. BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA J THURSDAY DECEMBER 15. 1910
NUMBER I
SEVERAL THINGS
There are several things to be considered in selecting
vour bank.
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Strength financial strength.
The care with which the bank is managed.
The courtesy and spirit of accommodation dis
played by the officers and employes.
The banking experience of its officers.
The ability of the bank to properly
promptly handle all your business.
and
To those wishing desirable banking relations, we
offer our services as an old established, permanent,
conservative and accommodating bank, promising
courteous treatment and careful attention to all busi
ness intrusted to our care.
The
First Na tional Bank
of Alliance
A Pioneer Passes
to Great Beyond
Because of t fie
weight of years
that was uHn bitfl
and Ins feeble con
d i t ion, although
still able to he a
bout, it wit no
surpiise to Alli
ance citizens last
Sunday to learn
Nelson Fletc h e r
had gently breath
ed his last and
passed to the great
beyond, s o in e
time between six and eight o'clock on
the nioining of that day. His niece,
Miss Emma Soules. who took care of
him with the most tender solicitude
following his wife's demise a little less
than two years Ago, went to his room
at six o'clock and found him apparent
ly all right, but when she called again
at eight o'clock she found that in thi
interim of two hours the death angel
had visited his chamber-
The funeral service was conducted
this (Thursday) nftatncoa by the Klks
Lodge, from their hall in the Zbiuden
block, iattfment being in Grecnuood
cemetery. A large concourse of peo
ple testified to ttie esteem in which he
was held bv attending the luneral.
The lollowing sketch of his life is re-
Order of EJlks at the ae of eight ) - j':M-
one years. The low of this grand, M f RaIIhAY NlOHS 41) PIRSOS4IS
1
man, to the city of Alliance can not
be measured, ho having alwayR MM I -fr.-v wwwKtrfKm
foremost In what he believed to be Conductor McDonald is laying off.
for the beat interests of the oily. Hsld D, Reed took his tun Tuesday,
served an the arty council a few years' Owing lo slack business three cars
a. Mr. Fletcher was pneacaaed of and crews have been pulled off. They
considerable property Interests In' were Hetrick, Picket, Heisenbottle.
tails city, at the time of his demise. Conductor Picket gets Simonson's
H4b death wi be sincerely mouniwl car and crew. Simonson is off until
by ail Alliance oltlsens.
Deceased was a member of tli
HtiiBcorwU faith, but It was his re
queat that his obsequies be conduct
ed by the B. P. O. B. with other or
ders aflHlstlrnR. 1ees than a week aso
he was upon Alliance's streets, and
It is a consolation to bin many friend
to kmow that he retained his rur
tsedness to ttie age of more than
eighity-Rix yeans and finished life's
chapter without pain. He stated some
weeks ago however to near friends
that he was worm out and had but a
abort til me to live. One of Alliance's
heat business buildings stands -. a
mmim meant to his energy and entT
prise, and Alliance ha lost one who
was ever zealous in promoting what
he believed was for the good of his
wtiy and counitxy. Nelson KMiher is
gonr. but his memory will live long:
with those who knew him best.
"The House of a Thousand Candles"
t
t
Xmas Candy
10c to 60c a pound
printed from the Alliance Times 0f j ''ce hist year and u reiit many of our
piny goers recreated inetr imiure to
luesdas: j, Tin. opportunity will be pre-
' sented again on Tuesday night Of next
Nelson Fletcher. Nebraska pioneer week. We ran say of this play that t he
of AlHance, was a son of Silas and I dramatic affect are simply superb. As
Isabella Sutherland Fletcher, the left- " k. .'"-Vi V
' book know that it i- one of ch-ep mvs-
ter of (junker ancestry, suae FWcnr terious interest it ml one that enthralls
Xmas and
of Xmas
Of course you will want candy for
vou will want it pure fresh. Our line
candy is the most extensive ever shown in Alliance
and vou can get what vou want.
it
let us mak
time VOU
If you desire anything special
for vou. Packages delivered at any
J o
want.
Johnson's Home Made Candy
MODEL CAISDY KITCHEN
Phone 750
I
I
was a direct de-scemlent of Robert
Fletcher, who emigrated from Knglaic
to Massachusetts colonies in 1 632. He
was lionn hfl New Hampshire, and
moved tio Canada, atwut 1N04. He took
ain active part in the Canadian rel)?i
lion of 187, and was always nctlve in
politics, but never an office-seeker
He as a farmer by occupation and
always In prosierouB cimunifrt&nceK
NelBon Fletcher whs bom March 8,
1824, in York county, upper Canada,
now Ontario. He ac-ipiired his early
education In a log school house, wh-r
only reading, spelling anil ariithiv, I Ic
were taugh4, anl teachers "battled
'round." He earned bis first in ney
teaching school and sulsetjuntly fal
lowed surveying in Wisconsin from
! the reader from begionitip torrid
plav is STM more iiiiensi U inter
The
ti ile
um! bavins' played here before ere know
what it is Xm s -i-nriy llisd f r the
BTod UCtkMI is beautiful. No lover of
high "-lii-s dratnatkl performances
should mtSS this attraction. Seats will
be on sale at the usual place beginning
satusdsy. All senTs-nrroVr The tmlerroy
It. SO, .Main body of the lion-e ft, ami
gallery 50 cents.
i
4ji 1849 to 1853, a iait of the time dkxlug
X 1 contract work for the I'nlted fctuti
eovemment In lttS he encased In!8Upper ""Prepared to be served in
W " - - - , vii ' their al1- About fifty
after Christinas.
Engineer Jacoby came up from Ra
venna Tuesday. He is here to attend
court.
General Supl. E. E. Young and
Supt. Weidenhainer went to Edgemont
Tueday on the inspection engine r6.
Train Master D. J. Nelson has been
several days in Ravenna on Company
business-
Hnj;iiieer DtMUlbttl has hid on the
Vlaislaud Hill run. Pete Rowland who
artl) come to Alliance is now relieving
Engineer Johnson.
Charles Olson, formerly a conduc
tor here now has a tine position in Van
Couver. Hiswife and son wfll Inart
Monday to join him there
Conductor R. I. Burke has been on
the relief several days. He will lease
Monday for Lincoln, where he will
spend Chi istmas with relatives.
Engineer George Riddle who Ims
been on local between Seneca and K.t
I venna has been promoted lo passenger
Phelan Opera House Ttiis,iir,. lie- ,, ,, i.-.n
oember 90 He is now on 39-40. Mr. Riddle has
It is a pleasure to announce the eom- ; been in the company's service and this
injr 01 imi. unci nne Ilieati ual pr...luc- ,.,... . ... ;1 ..,,11 ,l5(.,..,,l rm,it inn
It is rumored that there will be two
new trains after January 1st. One a
fast passenger and a fast freight be
tween Kansas City and Seattle It
will be the same class train as No 45
leaving Kansas City in the morning.
Special Agent Wilsou who has beeu
in a hospital 111 Omaha for some time is
in a very critical conditiou, If he im
proves enough so he can stand the
journey he will be taken to New York
City for treatment- His many friends
here are hoping that he will recover
aud he able to return to Alliance and
his work here.
Mr. Charley Vockev, a one time con
ductor here, came over from Ft- Mor-
tion This play was presented in AM-1
Birthday Surprises
Last Friday, Dec. oth, being the
fifty-second birthdav anniver
sary of Moses Wright, the members of
Alliance Lodge No. 104, Daughters of
Rebekah, of which Mis. Wright is a
member, planned a very pleasant sur
prise. That nigbt I eing the time for
: the regular meeting of the I. O. O. F
GEO. J. HAND, M. D.
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted.
Hot Drinks
Have you ever had the
pleasure of trying one
of our hot drinks on a
cold, chilly, raw, hlus
berjr dty?
There is nothing more
Invigorating or more
acceptable.
We particularly rec
ommend Hot Beef
Hot Chocolate Hoi
Malted Milk.
Kvery one will satisfy
the most fastidous
taste and the most
particular stomach.
Drink o n e
fountain.
a t our
00
Live stock sales a specialty. Satis
faction guaranteed or no chain -Leave
orders ut the Herald othce.
Frank H. Pali 5: Bt370
ILL WORK
TANKS
STORM SASHES
COUNTERS
A I )
SHELVING
QT A SPECIALTY
A. P. LKE, Hgr.
for the rnlted rWawsn
govenrunont. In IS."., he engaged in
t,h K.r, nhih Mk I,leir "a"- rtisout ntty guests were
.-.I tar four rmr, noU falHing health, i Prt. members of the I. O. O. F.
compelled him to retire. In 1868, he; anJ D- of R- lodges and a jolly good lime
engaged in the foundry machine shop was enjoyed bv all- Mr- Wright was
bus.infcs, in which lie failed, during presented with a be uitiful baud paint
the general financial rjoila.-itie of 1N74. ed cup and saucer, as a token of the
; In 1878 he emigrated to Nebraska ami esteem in which he is held bv his
J settled on a farm in Thayer county, friends,
kavtag at that time but very tatted
j means. He farmed until 1S87, when Wedded ill Alliance
I he moved to Alldamoe, Box Butte
county, and engaged in the real es-j To one who ha a true appreciation of
itate and insurance burtne, which human life, the union of mo noble voung
he continued until a month or so people in the holy bonds of wedlock is oc
ago. Mr. Fletcher was always a (kmo- easion for sincere! congratulations It
crat, in politics, iltll ;igh Of late gives us pleasure to record the union of
years, voting the fusion ticket, for two happy hearts and their life destinies
j the purpose, as he said, "Of down-, 'his week, and that pleasure is increased
Ing the republican party in the a'ate by the fact that the editor had the honor
of Nebraska." He had been active in of officiating at the union,
politics from his youth, but in no1 At the residence of Mr. and Mrs, J C.
a seeker for political prefer- aicv-orwa, in Alliance, at 6 jo o clock,
of Wednesday eveoing, December 14, 1910. j
Mr. Charles L. WidmaT and Miss Marv
gan Friday, He was accompanied bv
his wife and little son. Mr. Yockev is
now on a ranch aud says he is well sat
isfied. They will visit relatives here
until after Christmas.
Conductor T. J. Campbell has gone
to southern Missouri called there bv
the seiious illness of his mother. The
last word received she was very low
with no hope of recovery.
I bi acquaintance and friends of Mr
Howard Short, now of Stater, Mo-,
will be sorry to hear that he met with a
very serious accident some time ago
He was dead heading on a passenger
and fell from an open vestibule door.
The last woid received was that he
was at home from th- hospital but had
a sun aim ami would pronaoiv never
ir able to lailroad again. He has been
working fur the Chicago and Alton.
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS
sense
ment. The only elective political
fice, which he ever held, was that
H McDonald, both of Monte Vista. Col
orado, were married in the presence of
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. K. Harper, brother-in-law
and sister of tbe bride. Mr. and
Mrs. McCorkle, and Mr. Norman Mc
Corkle J. W. Tkimii Hllirr .if Th.
orous opponent of the present poltey . if-... . . " .
Herald, performed the ceremony. It
. ... . . . . . . . 1 3 " - -
air. r lowner was marrito u uuv
J. Wynian on New Year's day, 1855
Six chiblron were born to this union
of county surveyor in Washington
county, Wisconsin, In the year ls-19
In 1852 he was apointed do; m
United States surveyor in the- ecune
state. He was a vonaistent and vlg-
I seems superfluous to say more by way
congratulations anj ood wishes.
'I he groom is a pro-sperous young ranrh
: man ol southern Colorado. The bride is
The only son, William N a greniuate, well known and has a host of friends in
of the Nebraska state university, cJa-e Monie Visit, where she was formerly a
of 1887, was admitted to the bar, and saleslady in a mercantile establishment
t KENNEDY BROTHERS;
DENTISTS.
j-Ofhce in Alliance National Bank Blk
Over Postoffice.
'Phone 39 1.
4.1 ,1 I ,, ,l.ll,,,.l,t,,lll hum
DR. A. GAISER.
PUiTiai.
Office. Kuom 10, Kumer
Ph. iie it Aluanc, Nebr-
Block,
t.tf
went to Cape Nome, Alaska, in UK-
fall of 1900, and died there. The rest
of the children all died in Infancy
or early youth, except one, whp lived
to be thirty -one years of age.
Hla wife, Olive Jane PMdMT, died
March 20, 1909, after a shorn. Ilhrtsas,
hr remains being laid to rest in
Greenwood cemetery, beside which
tiose or ner faktMul companion of
life, will be placed. Deceased was
made a member of the I. O. O. F. at
the age of twenty-one years and Join
ed th Uenovelout and fhMtotttl
They will spend the winter in Alliance,
after which they lake up their residence
on their ranch near Monte Vista.
Dr. Ikner. now of Los Angeles, Cat.,
but formerly of Heniiiigford, is in
the city on busiuees. The doctor says
this cold weather seems rather hard on
. ! .
uiiii auu ne is anxious to get back to
the sunny south -
A candy sale will be given by the
Methodikt Sunday school beginning
Saturdsy morning at the Phillips
Crccry.
K. W. Hobnrt, th- Mitchell lawyer,
is attending court.
A pretty birthday patty was given
by Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Lowry in
honor ot then daughter, ear, to some
of her playmates, on Monday after
noon. C. C. Barker, of the law linn of
Hovd fit Barker, expects to leave for
Chadron the last ol the week, to attend
court there.
Cal Wilde, ot Heniiiigford, was in
Alliance Saturday.
Simon Spiv, the well known Alliance
ityhmini left yesterday lor a short
trip to California-
A new threshing machine separator
was received last week by Peter Kickeu
to be used uixt season in connection
with his kerosene traction engine, with
which he has betn breaking up a great
deal of Box Butte county laud the last
two seasons
It isn't too late to repeat the hack
neyed advice, "Do your Christmas
shopping early."
Mrs. C. C. Hucke came down from
her home in tbe Hemingford neighbor
hood Weduesday to do som Christinas
shopping. She favored Tbe Herald
with a call to pay two years ahead on
subscription, which entitles her to one
of lbs pfMsbjM Wall Charts
In one of the Alliance schools a boy
was asked last week what the products
of Russia would he if lumbering and
fishing were the industries. His reply
was "grass".
Andrew Limbeck, who is moving
from Crete, Nebr-, to Dalton, was in
Alliance Friday with his car of house
hold goods and called at the Herald
office- He has purchased a farm near
Dalton and will now boost for western
Nebraska.
J. P. McClurken, of San Deigo, Cal
ifornia, waa a caller at The Herald
office on Monday. Mr. McClurken is
owner of a tract of nearly three thous
and acres of valuable land in Bos Butte
county and makes occasional trips to
look after it.
That the Herald advertisers believe
that it pays them is shown by the fact
that the half-page ad for the Bennett
Company in this issue was ordered by
wire. The Omaha office heard that
th s special edition was to be issued and
in order to be sure of space a telegram
was sent reserving it for them.
Work on the Alliance city directory
has all been completed except for com
parison of names, the census all being
finished. It is our opinion aud the
opinion of the representatives of the R.
I.. Polk Company, that this directory
will show nearly as many in Alliance as
the government census showed in Box
Butte county.
The Herald office mailed lorty-six
pounds of letters and circulars last
1 hiiisday. This was exclusive of the
edition of The Herald ou that date,
which waifbi over 150 pounds each issue-Word
received from Jordan Kobiu
son at the Osteopathic Hospital at
Kirksville, Mo., is to ttie effect that he
is uow able to bear his weight 011 one
toot, and has complete use of his
hands. He was taken there a few
mouths ago, unable to use any o( his
limbs.
Peter Wragg and wile arrived in Al
liance Monday from Dixon, III. He is
a Bon-iu-law of Meuzo Boon, a ranch
man living about tweuty miles south of
Alliance- They will remain about a
month.
Extra copies of this edition of The
Herald can he obtained by applying in
time at The Herald office. Several
hundred extra copies have been punted
but the demaud is heavy and orders
should be left at the office or phoned to
340.
A full line of legal blanks is cartied
a The Herald ofuce and can be had at
reasonable prices- Loose leaf ledger
outfits, card index systems, aud office
supplies of eveiy kind can be pur
chased. The Herald does not desire
to come into competition with local
merchant! and the supplies carried
cannot be purchased through them."
A set of piotnisl that are attracting
attention are those displayed in The
Herald window, showinj; the chase and
catch of the "desperado" in Alliance
some time ago, an account of which ap
peared in I he Herald- Although these
ore uow getting old, they still attract a
crowd, as it doesu't happen more than
once or twice in a life time that pic
lures of this kind are secured from real
life. t
Eleven weeks ago W- A. Mollring.
the expert window trimmer and sales
man at the Mollring dry goods establish
ment, was attacked by that relentless
foe of the human race, rheumatism
For several weeks he was bedfast, then
the disease began yielding to medical
tieatinent. We are glad to uote that
he has sufficiently recovered to be at
the store again and assist in waiting on
customers.
Fruit Cakes
A Christmas Dinner is in
complete without a good, rich,
well-riavoreii Fruit Cake.
We have them in i, 2 and 3
pound sizes at'50 cts. per lb.
Telephone vour orders in
NOW to
Nohe's Bakery & Cafe
Tel. 64c; 1 1 7 Box
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