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JLUANCE jftRALD
Published Kverv Thursday b
The Herald Publishing Company
JOHN V. THOMAS
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All five of tlir political parties
that nominated candidates for offi
lu Nebraska last year endorsed di
rect legislation In their platrorma,
and yet Home member of the legls
lature are making asses of them
elvea by oppoalnK the initiative and
referendum. Or, perhapR we should
ay, they are simply allowing their
aslnlnlty by bo doing.
The deadhxk In the Tennessee
legislature over United States sena
tor was broken Monday of UtSl week
by the eleetlon of I, like Leu. Inde
pendent democrats- candidate. There
are siity-flve regular democrats in
the assembly, thirty three Indopend
ent democrats and thirl y lour repub
licans Lea received the votes of
the independent, the republicans and
a few regular democrats His rlr
Hon is a great victory for prohibi
tion Though never holding Office,
he haa been a hard fighter for pro
hibit ion
It may be Interesting to rpadori of
The Herald to know that the regular
weekly issue of the paper, eight pag
es, requlreB 180 pounds of "print"
paper. Thin la more than Ik used by
any other eight-page paper, In one
regular issue, in this pari of the
slate. We frequently prim more
than eight pages, when tin- amount
Is more than 1X0 pounds. The issue
of September first required 7fQ lbs.
of paper. Considerably more than
five toils of paper per year Is used
in the publication of The Herald
Thla Issue, 2000 copies, take.- J lit
pounds.
The democratic members Oi the
Nevada legislature have shown that
they believe In letting the people
rule. They have a majority of four,
and could have elected a democrat
to the I in ted StateB senate; but
during the last political campaign in
that state George S. Nixon, republi
can, and Key Hittman, democrat,
candidates for the preferential vote
at the general election in Novem
ber, agreed to abide by the popular
verdict. Nixon received a majority
of 1,100, accordingly Hittman with
drew from the race, although the
democrats had a majority in the leg
islature and could have elected him
had they wanted to go against the
popular verdict. Nixon's nomination
by republicans in both houses of the
legislature, on Tuesday of lust week
was seconded by democrats. No
other name was presented, and thus
Nevada lias the honor of being the
first state to elect a United States
senator by unanimous vote of (he
legislature, an honor that ought to
have come to Nebraska, and would
bad It not been for a few hide bound
partisans in the legislature who huve
not yet imbibed enough of the spirit
of progressivenesB to acceed to the
choice of the people, unless that
choice happens to "blunge to inv party
would be both Interesting and pro
fit able Wn have desired to see
something of Hie kind lainchcd in
Alliance, and have awaited the op
portune time to make the sugges
tion The tin all i Hee of last Stindav
contained an editorial under tba
caption. 'The New Lyceum Spirit,"
which expresses our thought so to
gcim.v Mini u qniie mi' ii twin
from It:
"More and mere bURinOOf and pro
fessional men are being called from
their private workshops and offices
onto the pabltc rot' rum to talk shop
with their fellow clfl.nes, who lime
known comparat Ivoiv little or nothing
about the real character and prob
lemi of their work. Large and small
men of affairs are thus sought by
clubs, societies and even churches.
The effect is w hole.-nine. It tends
to a widening of educational lines.
It stimulates the fellow feeling, n
rouses new sympathies, quickens la
tent interests and leads to a better
general knowledge and appreciation
of mul mil relations.
"There Is ample room on the ros
trum for this kind of public sjieaker.
Indeed, any community needs aim
quite as much, if not far more, than
It needs the professional orator whose
business It is to "enlighten" the peo
ple. It Is not the box office or the
merely political enlightment we so
much require for the practical pur
poses of every day affairs.
" The moral offset of such an In
termingling Is good. It nurtures
the spirit of democracy. It helps to
break down barriers of prejudice and
set up instead standards of convic
tions. Ilrlnglng into such done as
sociation people from widely varied
spheres of occupation cannot help
but deepen sympathies. The depart
ure might well be followed by schools
for the benefit of the expanding mind
even more than It is.
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS
I RAIIWAY MOff S AMD PERSONALS f
Ir Hell wood, company surgeon,
returned from California Sunday
morning,
Miss Susan Ayers. of the Burling
ton news ataud was absent one day
this week on account of sickness.
Firemen Branley and Trenkle went
to Kavenna Wednesday morning
whore they expect to spend a week.
Conductor Steele, of the high line,
has Conductor Spui-gen's run for a
few dais
Engineer McKalvto, or sterling,
made a trip to Alliance Monday, re
turning Tuesday.
Traveling engineer Morrison spent
the greater part of last week on
company business on the high line.
Conductor W. W. Johnson has put
in a bid for a trolley run between
Head wood and Lead.
W. M. Weidenhamer. with
was making an in
Supt. W. M.
his car No. 84,
spectlon tour.
Oen. Supt. K i:
private car No. 77,
Wednesday morning
Night yardma8ter
mara Is visiting his
in Council Bluffs.
Young, In his
went west on 41
Thomas
wife and
McNa-fainlly
is at Ardmore
K.i tit burn on the
Fireman Klassin
firelng for George
helper.
Dispatcher A. V. Gavin and fam
ily spent Sunday in Sterling at the
home of Trainmaster Griggs.
Kngineer Gibson and wife have
been enjoying a visit from Mrs. Gib
son's father of Denver, Colorado.
business eight en
back. This caused
among the passen-
CARTER HARBISON FOR MAYOR
Carter Harrison has entered the
race for mayor of Chicago, and last
Saturday announced t he platform on
which he will run. It contains initi
ative, referendum, recall sad munic
ipal ownership planks.
While ;t candidate for the demo
cratic nomination, he shows a spirit
of independence ami a determination
to secure, it possible, an untram
meled expression of too will of the
people, regardless of party affilia
tion, that is refreshing. At the
time of announcing his platform he
gave out an interview m which lie
reserved the right to become an in
dependent candidate, if defeated at
the primaries He said:
"I place my cit Ieiishin above nar-
ty or faction and I shall not pledge
myself in advance to support a can
didate when 1 do not know who
that candidate is going to be. I
would not do such a tiling even to
be mayor of Chicago.
"If the primary is fair I
run as an independent. If,
there is corruption 1 shull
will not
howev or,
do what
ever 1 think best 1 should I eel
bound to ruu against a caudidute for
whom a 500,ouo campaign fund had
been collected and spent
THE NEW LYCEUM SPIRIT
The multiplicity ut Chautauquas iu
recent years is responsible to some
extent, we suppose, for the prising
of the people in a demand for a
square deal for all in the affairs of
government aud tht- overthrow of
the rule by political bosses. Persons
seeking appointment to the office are
apt to toady to the fellow who
have a pull with the machine, but
Chautauqua managers in arranging
their lecture courses seek the men
who draw the crowds, and men such
as W. J. Bryan aud Senator l.a Kol
lette, who are known to be sincere
ly fighting the battles of the peo
ple, are the ones who attract the
people and who have influence with
them.
While wishing to encourage the
Chautauqua spirit, tin- editor of The
Herald has thought for some time
that, a home lecture course might be
arrauged in the smaller cities aud
towns of the state iu a way that
Owing to slack
glueers were set
a lot of bumping
ger Tlreiuen.
Mrs. C. K. Wttham was a west
bound passenger Saturday. She will
visit relatives in Molilalia. Carl is
keeping batch.
Kngineer Ludwig. of Sterling, will
move his wife from Sterling to AIM
ance as soon as he can secure suit
able light housekeeping rooms
Mrs. K L Bishop came down from
Crawford last Friday, returning Sat
Urdny. Kngineer Bishop is now
working on Crawford Hill.
Mrs G F Ludwig, of Sterling,
arrived from Sterling Tuesday noon
They have rented rooms at 6IL' Bos.
Butte avenue.
Conductor MeCeotge ol the Dead
rood line has gone to California for
a vacation Conductor Hoagal has
M oQOOrgOe car and crew
Word comes from K. K. McKenzie.
who Is now in Lincoln, that he is
feeling much better, but not et
able to take up the strenuous duties
of the west end focal.
The tee
out This
cured the
theill west
only about
at Marsland
is where the
most of the
of the river
is all going
company se
ice used by
They were
Mrs. ii. c. Nicholson hni; returned
from her slay In Omaha
Dr. A. C.alset spent the first of
the we,. g at his home lu Lincoln.
Jack Miller has returned from his
trip to Florida.
J C. Curler r turned from his
trip to eastern Nebraska Monday
morning.
A classified advertisement plus
some persistence SELLS YOUR
PROPERTY.
Mrs. J. R. Carter Is on a vNIt to
the McCoy ranch, where she is get
ting an Idea of the beauties of ranch
life In Nebraska.
Mr. Nebel, representative of the
International Correspondence Schools,
litis been spending scleral days In
Alliance on business.
.1 Stern of Alliance
visiting in the city,
home .Nebraska
who
has
State
Mrs. K.
has been
returned
Journal.
C K M Fall, who with his daugh
ter moved to Alliance several weeks
ago. has accepted a position as
salesman at Phil Pl.or's "Palace
for Men".
Geo. A. Mollring returned yester
day morning from a trip to Chicago,
where he went to stock up for the
spring trade He had been gone
since Thursday of last week.
Kssay & Keenen have found It
necessary to put more shelves in
their store and otherwise make room
for the large stock of goods which
they now carry.
.1. W. (tuthrie has been 111 tie
last few days with a very severe
cold. He has been up and around,
though, as his partner, Mr. Gray, is
;l sent on business.
Miss Blllle Stuckey left last Fri
day night for Chicago, expeeting to
remain for a month to post up on
spring millinery styles. While there
she will order a stock of spring
goods for Stuckey Company.
The name of C. W Bolin, Agate,
Nebr.. Is added to The Herald's list
of Sioux county subscribers. Mr. Bo
lin is a carpenter and Is doing some
contract work in lleiningford this
winter.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.
F. Allen has been quite ill with
pneumonia but is reported somewhat
better. Mr Allen came up from
Bridgeport last week, remaining over
Sunday with his family In Alliance.
J. H. Carter, manager of the local
branch of the Colorado Film Ex
change, made a short business trip
to Broken Bow, Hastings and other
Nebraska points, leaving last Friday
and returning the first of the week.
Alliance Is represented at the
Mid West Cement .Manufacturers ex
hibition tills week, .1. J. Vance hav
ing left for the metropolis Tuesday
night, expecting to stop over a day
in Lincoln. The exhibition In Oma
ha opened Wednesday.
A man who said he was too poor
to take a local paper once sent $L
50 in answer to an advertisement in
a city paper, for a remedy to pre
vent his horse slobbering. "Teach
your horse how to spit," was the
reply received.
Mrs. Paul Potter Herbert and two
Ohilwttfu at.... last Friday from
a five iveeka' visit in Omaha and
vlcintty, Herbert, who is
traveling salesman for the Standard
OH Company, finds Alliance again
a center of attraction.
Koy Hendren of Orleuns, Nebraska,
an old friend of the editor and form
er schoolmate of the business man
ager of The Herald, was in Alliance
on land office business the first of
the week. He was a guest at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thomas
over Sunday.
Miss Bertha Anderson and Miss
Hat tie Baker left Tuesday night
for the Pacific coast. Tills lias been
the home of Miss Anderson and
Miss Baker has long had a desire to
locate in that country, so the young
ladies found it very convenient to
leave together.
Section foreman John O'Donnell,
of the Burlington, met with a mis
hap last Friday while
putting in a new rail,
which he was using,
struck his right foot
assisting
A hand
glanced
inflicting
one-ball done cutting.
Effective Wednesday, February I.
there will be a reduction on sleeping
car rates. Not very much on lower
berths, but quite a reduction on up
pers. There will also be some
chunge on tourist rates
General yardmaster (ieorge Shrcves
who has been yarduiaster her for
the past two years lias resigned, ef
fective February 1st. He has been
given a better position on the Gales
burg division. Frank HUtyar ana
charge of the urds m present
M iss Bert ha
for some t iuie
office, but
Hardw are
Anderson, who was
bill clerk in Hie yard
lately with the Newberry
company, left Tuesdm
night for Hie monie of her parents In
Oregon. She was accompanied by
Miss Hat tie Baker They went by
way of Deliver where they will spend
a few days.
T. J. OKeefe. of O Keefe Broth
ers. Box Butte county land dealers,
returned Tuesday noon from bis
buaiuess trip to Omaha and the
laud show Tom did a lot of good
advertising while there and says
that the show was the finest he has
ever seen
in
ax,
and
a
wound which compelled him to re
main from work for several days.
Frank Kumer, son of W. D. Bum
Or, and formerly a popular Alliance
boy, is home on a visit to his par
ents lie now has a store in Hon
tana, and business, lie says, is good
"Bud , as he is called. Is a graduate
of the Alliance schools, and formerly
uttended the state university in com
puny with other Alliance boys.
The annual congregational meet
ing of the First Presb.werian church
will be held on Tuesday evening,
February 7, at the church All mem
bers of the church and congregation
are urged to be present as import
ant business is to be transacted. At
the dose of the business session
the ladles of the church will serve
refreshments
We don't want to appear boastful,
I but we will say that comments are
received every da on Hie imm a
amount ot news mailt : which is in
Thg Herald from week to week No
other newspaper in this part of the
state has auyvvuere near the amount
of news that The Herald gives, and
the photographs that are being pub
lished from time to tune make the
paper still more interesting
The Herald is in receipt of a let
ter from Wm. Morrow, one of our
Canada subscribers, giving some in
teresting information about that coun
try. The town of Hosenroll. Alberta
has been moved to the railroad aud
the name changed to Bittern Lake
which is uow his post office He
says the weather gets very cold in
that country but not disagreeable
Mr Morrow claims to know a rem
edy for potato diseases and will Lur
information about it to anv one who
will write to him for ii
TIM "SKYROCKET" CUTLER
His Humble Beginning and Not Un
expected Finish.
By S'lerm
The cheerful news that Joe Cut
ler, bad man aud all around scoun
drel, had succumbed to heart failure
during a more or less personal play
of words with the horse wrangler In
an Arizona cow cninp recently, calls
vividly to mind an episode of the
corrigated days of this region In
which Tim "Skyrocket Cutler cash
ed in with his feet Jabbed Into his
boots and other wearing apparel
draped rakishly about his person
Skyrocket, as you mellow old
scouts will doubtless recall, was
some picturesque figure 000 tor
those stirring times, rambling with
I onsiderable freedom over this Box
Butte and contiguous territory, and
'tis range history that his erratic
trait was usually strewn with Inci
dents as distressing as they were
unexpected, especially among the
redskins hereabouts who who
lived, loved and smelled like a con
detuned slaughter house sewer, but
who. nevertheless, continued to
stick around. It seemed they were
waiting for something to happen,
which, as previously stated. Invari
ably did whenever Skyrocket came
careening down the pike on old "Llv
erworst", his tow horse.
But shooting a bunch of cattle
scared Indians for the mere pleasure
of hearing them chant unintelligable
"I don't know where I'm going, but
I'm on my way" gibberish, coupled
with his unholy desire to annex all
unbranded live stock that failed to
instantly come across with the nix
mavericK countersign, or varying the
monotony occasional! b- sternly do
manding a tenor solo, finally got
him in bad with some quiet cow men
Who chewed line cut because they
liked it, and who spoke only when
they had something to any. But who
stirred up some dust when they did
cut loose; which meant, just as Sky
rocket knew, something sudden tho'
elaborate in the way of transporta
tion, with no Bide trips, to the mav
erickless shore.
Now this Skyrocket person, though
not a perfect gentleman, strict Iv
speaking, was neither a moocher or
a piker. He never begged nor bor
rowed, ir he wanted cigarette pa
pers or needed anything else which
a man with his standing felt was
necessary to hold his grip on the
top rung, he would lilently take the
most promising looking Hail of some
doped half-breed, and overtake him,
would with most commendable ac
curacy, shoot a hole through his mid
dle big enough for a cow pasture.
And while his (the half breed's)
scandalized spirit was frantically en
deavoring to get a grip on an end
orchestra seat in the happy hunting
grounds. Skyrocket would deftly sep
arate the cigarette Junk, also scalp,
from former owner and with the cun
ning juicy scalp tucked in his hip
pocket and the conflsticated smok
ing set working overtime, he would
canter merrily down the valley, paus
ing for a moment now and then to
dally with the Juice of a large dark
blue bottle. And anon loitering by
the way to gather dream lilies of the
valley and bunches of real sage
brush, the latter plant being much
in demand those days, as the nuc
leus or ground work of sage dress
ing, served with roast hen or roost
er, as the case might be. And stew
ed prunes. Ah, how we old scouts
used to devasticate the prune crop,
but at that we weren't nearly so
full of prunes as the present crop
of ranchers.
But after all, Skyrocket was a so
ciable geezer with a deep seated con
viction that life was well worth the
tussle if unmixed with hard labor.
He believed too, that a cow without
a brand was in no wise socially in
ferior or different from an unbrand
ed cow, regardless of parentage,
previous occupation or present own
ership; which socialistic doctrine
sternly and relentlessly adhered to
was the Indirect cause of his down
fall and partly accidental death.
Skyrocket established a temporary
Camp midway on the Dismal River.
He also stuck around lower Snake
Creek when the sign was right. The
former camp was within easy roiling
distance of the Lallaogle Cattle Co.
range, which helped the struggling
ranchman greatly in building up a
reputation as a cattle baron
He owned, or at lor . had fixed
his brand on quite a sizeable bunch
of cows. They were good, plump,
motherly looking critters, too, with
mottled faces and cold, sweaty nos
es, but oddly enough not a calf In
the bunch.
Another striking feature of his
manipulation of the live stock in
dustry was that in his Snake Creek
cailin there were no cows at all but
a mighty fine bunch of short horn i
yearlings, in truth, about six year-
lings to every individual cow over on
the Dismal. But what of that? 1,
myself, had a milch cow along about
thai time that would fight to a fin-'
ish everything and everybody until
she accumulated a lot of calves for
her very own. Still, in all, I think
it is wise to pull the curtain for
the present and bring this tale to
as happy a finish as circumstances
will permit of.
Listen! Midnight on Hie Dismal
Kiver On Blue Creek and the Platte
too, for that matter. But out hero
Skyrocket was sleeping tranquilly in
camp on Hie Dismal. A moonbeam
filtered through a knot bole in the
bath room and bit Skv a glancing
lick in the eye. With a startled,
almost human cry he awoke and
instantly detected the cat in the sec
Ond act of skillfully licking the fty
troche from a slab ot baton By vie-1
keenly squirting some tobacco Juice
in her eye he caused her to hastily
retreat to her uest iu the flour bin.
where she cried softly to herself,!
occasionally breaking out into nerve j
racking moans wheih made him fidg
ety
The Heeling view he obtained of
"bacon and" jarred his appetite too.
so he arose, aud gracefully pulling
off his nightie and getting into his
St reel clothes and artillery, he saun
tered out into the night
His hunger increased as he saddled
up and he felt that "bacou and"
wouldn't do at all. He must have
Sixty Years the Standard
XREAM
BAKING
POWDER
A Cream of Tartar Powder
Made from Grapee
NO ALUM
fresh meat and benf at that. Ha
big, thick. Juicy porterhouse steak.
That was the done.
I He rode carefully through his own
I hunch of COWS, hoping against hope
I that one of them would hand him a
, porterhouse, but nothing doing. Not
a thing stirred. He felt that In.
must return to his lonelv hhinknta .,
hungry, heartboken man, but his cow
pony felt different.
Prom force of habit the aforesaid
cow pony dreamily Jogged across the
hills and blow outs and the rider
nearly fell off his horse in astonish
ment on finding himself among a
bunch of fat, four-year-old steers. One
especi ..! fine specimen seemed bv
mojnlight to fill all reasonable r
qt;irement8, but unfortunately (fir
the brute) It looked askance :it
him, an act Skyrocket couldn't conn
tenance on anybody's range, so he
shot it.
Taken unawares and not feotifl
well anyway, the steer fell uea
Dexteriously removing the choicest
cuts, also the brand. Skyroc' aj e
from his knees and was aatonlshed
to so? several shadowy forms Bit
ting motionless in their Saddles .uul
carytng weapons of tnotv or I cms
deadly character. The visitation per
plexed him. He could.i t just Hunk
of the answer. So fat as he know
thero had been no call f .r volunteers
and he felt peeved that the delega
tion failed to send in their Visiting
cards by the butler.
It was indeed an embarassing po
sition, but he knew that the court
esies of the range forbid shaking
hands when they were crimson, so
he made a move to get his handker
chief which was fatal. There was
a storm of bullets, and everyone hit
him where it hurt.
Well, that's about all except that
they took his tobacco away from him
Skyrocket's system was so badly
mussed that the boys had to sop up
the remains with a mop, which was
a very clever stunt for those davs,
you'll allow.
.Mrs. Nettle Mohat, who murdered
her own cl.r.d in Custer county re
JOntlf has been adjudned In sane and i
; will be committed to the asylum. I
THE LAST CALL FOR
DELINQ'J fcNT PERSONAL TAX
Now if this applies to you
I have given you due notice of
your per ;. bO don't get sore,
for after February 1st, distress war
rants ... h. served and taxes col
lected ..i.i, fcctta, Very truly,
PR ED MOLLRING,
7-at-r.'' County Treasurer.
WINTER PLOWING
rred Countryman reports that sev
eral lai tners seal of town plowed
ground Tuesday and Wednesday of
this voek. January 31st and Febru
ary 1st.
raerfl ; t urf Cltantl M tit-5 wrilnn of ilio nutnr
! 1 OllWf 11 put tcxeUirr. and u nit the I tt
tc v vi'ir MTM utiW'l lu It1 Incurable Fur a ere tt
mi y ! ilocturs prOlOUtKod It a kHSl dlspafc- and
pnaerlbel locil ivm tit, it nil t- oomt.intly failing
to C'jFfl th loci trcitmrtit. tiruiuninrrd It Inruriblf.
f- -ip his aravai Oatwa to lx- a constitutional cli
!. tid therefore rratilrr-i rontltutlon.il trcatnunt
it s Ciiirrh C ure, m miit.ti tun-it by F. J Oh-ncy
A Co., Toledo. Ohio. Ii the only i niiptltutlon il rnrn o-t
l'i" nvirket. It Ii taken Intrfmillv In done." from 1
drutM to a teasiioonfiil. It in-let directly on the blood
and mtieotn aurttiren of the system. They offer one
hundred do'lnrs for any Rate It falls to cure. Send
for circular and trail union lata.
Address F J. CHKM'Y A- CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold bv riruT-l -
Take Hall s Fuui.iy 1'ills tur constipation.
Otto Vogel is making preparations
to leave with his family for Oregon.
He has done well in Box Butte coun
ty and we shall not be surprised to
see him return before many years.
He left once before but was glad to
get back. When he returned to this
county ten years ago he had $280
and a quarter section of land that
at that time was not considered
worth much. He recently sold his
land. 480 acres, for $9,600 and after
selling his stock will leave with a
bout $12,000, which shows that he
has done well In this country.
.
Miss Alma Weidenhamer. daugh
ter of Supt. W. M. Weidenhamer. re
turned from New York where she
has been taking music lessons for
six months ut Stella Niagara Setn
I nary, under the Instruction of a
teacher from Oermanv.
LYON & HEALY
PIANOS
PERSONS WHO KNOW the merits of the
celebrated Lyon & Healy Musical Instru
ments will be pleased to learn that they have
established an agency in Alliance for the sale
ot their goods. The tirst shipment of pianos
has been received. They are on exhibition
405 Box Butte Ave., where they may be in
spected by prospective purchaser.
at I
These are strictly high-class instruments.
Persons who wish this class of pianos can save
money on each instrument purchased by buy
ing at the Lyon & Healy Alliance agency.
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