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of Box Butte County
and City of Alliance
VOLUME XVII
ALLIANCE. BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA I THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2, 1911
NUMBER 8
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Photographs of this picture for sale by M. E. Grebe, Photographer, Alliance.
What is learned in the
cradle lasts till the grave.
Cultivate the saving
habit invoLir children
by opening a savings
account in their name.
Teach them to save
their pennies-a child's
pennies are a man's
dollars.
A dollar or more
starts an account and
earns 4 per cent, in
terest compounded
semi-annually.
We furnish you a neat little nickel plated home
bank without charge
The
First National Bank
of Alliance
CLIPPINGS FROM NEBRASKA
PAPERS ON THE CONVENTION
The following clipping i taken
from the Norfolk Weekly Press:
The Norfolk fire laddldes got buck
wife nnd sound from the state con
vention and report the time of their
llVM. They call the Alliance people
"royal entertainers" and say It was
fun from start to finish. They were
entertained at Crawford on the way
home. They landed a couple of Im
portant offices, Herman Winter be
; ing elected treasurer and Will Mr
Cune a member of the board of control.
TANKS
STORM SASHKS
COUNTERS
AND
SHELVING
A SPECIALTY
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DENTISTS.
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DENTIST.
Office, Kootn 10, Kumer Block,
Phone 55, Alliance, Nebr- 42-tf
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From the Minatare Free Press:
When the editor returned last
Tuesday from his Lincoln trip, he I
proudly wore upon his breast a beau-
tint silk and bronze badge pinned to
his coat lapel at Alliance, with the
compliments of the State Firemen's
Association, then In session at Alli
ance, and of which society the edi
tor was the first secretary twenty
nine years ago, when he was fore
man of the Merchants Hose No. I
at Lincoln.
The badge bears a clear, charac
teristic portrait of ex-chief, ex-mayor
and now city treasurer John C.
Cleland of Fremont, who was at the
Alliance convention last week and
was the first presiden of thte State
Firemen's Association, In 1882.
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Another one from the Columbus
Telegram :
The Columbus depnrtnient fared
well at the state convention of fire
men in Alliance last week. John
Parker, resident of this city, although
holding membership in the depart
ment at Albion, was elected presi
dent of the state association; Bert
J. Galley, chief of the Columbus de
partment, was elected n member of
the board of control; and A. J. Ma
son, secretary, was made chairman
of the press committee. The elec
tion of Mr. Galley was on the motion
of Harry Lawrence, formerly of this
city, who was a delegate from the
Chadron department. The Columbus
delegation numbering Messrs. Gal
ley, Mason, Kruil Kumpf, Lester .len
kinson and Louis Mnier, Jr., met the
Fremont delegates at Grand Island,
and with them occupied a special
Pullman car for the balance of the
trip and during the sojourn in Alli
ance. The delegates report magnifi
cent entertainment in Alliance, and
a very satisfactory convention. The
next convention will be held at Kearney.
Another one from the West Point
Republican, by Hon. J. C. Elliott:
AN EYE OPENER
The writer spent the big end of
last week in the city of Alliance,
Box Butte county, Nebraska, a beau
tiful place of almost 5,000 people on
the main line of the Burlington to
the northwest. His visit to that
place was occasioned by the annual
meeting of the Nebraska State Vol
unteer Firemen's Association, wliwii,
after a gilt-edged Invitation and a
pledge to show the fire laddies of
the state the real thing In the way
of entertainment, was located in
that city. Well, wo went, saw and
were completely conquered, the
knightly men and queenly women be
ing important factors In the subdu
ing process. To the uninitiated, a
contemplation of that set lion of the
state ordinarily means au uninviting
procession of barren wastes and of
that town a ramshackle affair, typ
ical of the western frontier and the
days of such civilazation. Nothing
is farther from the truth than such
conceptions. One Is scarcely pre
pared for the wonderful strides in
agriculture apparent on every hand.
And, this advance is all the more
impressive. because it has been
made in the face of unfavorable con
ditions and wrung from a supposed
ly unfriendly soil. In every modern
parlance the city is a,--"Pippin,"
made so by a bunch of bully boost
ers such as Guthrie, Ridgcll, Haris,
Gray, Riordan, Barnes. Mitchell, Tasll
and last, but by no means toast,
Dean McN'amara. In everything
that goes to make a live, modern
City, Alliance to, "There with the
goods." Its business section la
large and convenient, the streets
are wide and kept in excellent con
dltlon and the busineKS houses are
substantially built and show a pleas
ing variety of architecture. Stocks
of goods are carried that would be
creditable to a city three times the
size. Streets and business houses
are remarkably lighted by electric
ity. In faet the ; I'll :" : ,.i'n.
in honor of the occasion m:;de you
think of Farnam street, Omaha, dur
ing the Ak-Sar-Ben festivities. Good
water and lots of it Is furnished by
the stand pipe system nnd there is
enough pressure to rnlse Cain with
n fire at the top of a ten story
building. Educationally, the city is
well equipped. The two large build
ings for grade and High school pur
poses are handsome structures and
fully abreast of the demands of that
community. In addition, there is
the St. Agnes Academy, built by and
through the zeal nnd untiring efforts
of Rev. Fr. William McNainara, a
product of old Cuming and a deserv
edly popular clergyman with all class
es In that section. He was kind
enough to show the writer through
that splendid institution from attic
to basement. The first building com
pleted two years ago was 78x54, four
stories, and It was thought, then,
that It would be sufficient for at
least ten years. But, such was the
expansion of the school that a Irrge
central building was begun last fall
which 1b now almost ready for occu
pancy. This now gives a frontage of
124 feet and a main building depth
of 119 feet. Later, another wing
will be ndded and this will make the
total frontage 202 feet. Mother Su
perior Agatha Is in charge of the
academy and she, as well as Fr. Mr
Namara. Is enthusiastic over its pros
pects. The attendance is large from
all over the northwest and Its fu
ture is assured. The entertainment
provided for the visiting firemen
was on an elaborate scale and of
exceedingly fine quality. Nor, was
there any doubt about the welcome.
From the time you hit the town and
the "Alack Maria" to the cigars and
sm!. '. tl.o Imnquet, Thursday night,
it met you at every hand and there
was no possible chance to mistake
It. It was a welcome --equivalent
to an adoption and which made part
ing guests leave half their hearts be
hind. All hall. Alliance, the Queen
of the Northwest! May the sun of
its peace and prosperity never set
and may its s ons continue to re
flacl with Increasing power the pro
gress and development of this splen
did commonwealth.
From the Columbus Tribune, by
Uncle Bert, who wns a ;iller at The
Herald office.
AN ENJOYABLE VACATION
Group of Columbus Firemen Attend
State Convention at Alliance.
Much Pleased With
Their Trip.
JAOK
Iggl What Is It ?
TOM
By Uncle Bert.
It does a man good to get away
from business once in a while, to
take a trip off to some place where
he does not have to worry about the
affairs and conditions of his work,
and to have what the boys call "a
good time". I once read in a book
a story of "a good time" and what
It meant to various persons. In the
story, several persons were asked
as to what their definition of a good
time was. Some said one thing,
some another, and no two of them
agreed in all particulars. But in our
particular case, where upwards of
three hundred visitors were present
from different parts of th e state,
from Falls City to Crawford, and
from Ponca to Benkelman, the boys
assembled at the twenty-ninth annu
al convention of the Nebraska State
Volunteer Firemen's Association
whieh was held at Alliance last week
and all agreed that they had a good
time.
The Columbus delegation consisted
of Bert J. Galley, Chief of the de
partment, and delegates Lester Jen
klnson, of the Pioneer Hook and Lad
der Company, IQmll Kumpf, of Hose
Company No. 1, Louis Maier, of Hose
Company No. 2. A. J. Mason, of the
W. Y. Blssell Hose company, and
Albert Rasmussen, a member of the
association by virtue of having been
a delegate at a previous convention,
who arrived on t lie scene a day lat
er, and participated In the business
of the convention. The Columbus
delegates went from here to Grand
Island, where we joined the dele
Kates trom Fremont, who hud char
tered a special car, and whose guests
we were during the convention.
The reception of the Alliance peo
ple to the convention, and especial
ly to the Fremont and Columbus del
egates, was indicative of the most
advanced Western type. They are
not ordinarily overburdened with
formalities, but know how to conduct
a formal entertainment when the!
occasion arises for one, and also
know how to unbend and depart from
formal ceremonies when it is proper
to do so. 1 said especially cordial
was the receutton to the rtaUarmilfMia
waa bacaUM at th awn ..tion of u
6 Day Sale
SUITS and
OVERCOATS
Beinninp; Monday morning we will
place on sale 45 MEN'S SUITS,
finely tailored, jjooil patterns and np-to-the
minute styles, worth from
$16.50 to $20.00; in this sale at
35 NEN'S SUITS Good, durable bus
iness suits, nice assortment of patterns,
well tailored, worth from $12.50 to
$15.00; in this sale at
$lfj
Our entire line MEN'S C LOTH OVERCOATS
at a discount of
33l3 Per cent
FUR OVERCOATS and SHEEP-LINED DUCK
COATS, entire line at a discount of
25 per cent
200 MEN'S FLANNEL SHIRTS, all colors and
sizes; in this sale at a discount of
33l3 Per cent
Fleece lined Underwear, two-piece, re
ulor 60c value; in this sale at -
39t
88c
Pants, to clean
NOETON'S
Teaseled Ribbed Men's Union Suits,
$1.25 values; in this sale at - - - -
Blanket'lined Duck
their, out at - - -
year ago, which was held at Fremont
the delegation of that city had as
sisted in securing the 1911 conven
tion for Alliance, and besides because
of the large delegation sent by that
city at this time, there being about
twenty of them and six from Colum
bus, who were together.
Columbus fared well in the selec
tion of the uew officers for the as
sociation for the new year J. H
I'arker. a member of the Albion de
partment, but now a resident of
Columbus, was chosen as president
Chief Galley, of the Columbus de
partment, was elected as one of the
five members of the board of con
tiol, and another Columbus delegate
was assigned a place on the press
committee of the association.
r.ri.u!:!'ij, th? bo;. '.i '.' '
to the Union Pacific at QrnBi Is
land, with the exception of the writ
er, who went ou to Lincoln. I went
there with the intentlou of witness
ing a session of the state legislature,
but was disappointed in my ambi
tion The senate had adjourned for
die week, and the house was taking
a recess for the day. It was my
privilege, however, to visit the Ne
braska corn show, although the ex
hibits were being tuken dowtt aud
the hall dismantled. Still I saw some
very good specimens of Nebraska
corn, and my only regret was that I
did not notice some Platte county
exhibits among the others.
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A number of important items in
cluding a write-up of the Marsland
fire are crowded out this week.
If ycu like The Her.