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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1911)
Largest Circulation of any Newspaper in Western Nebraska. State Historical Society The Allianch Herald. Gives all the news of Box Butte County and City of Alliance VOLUME XVI11 ALLIANCE. BOX BUTTE COUNTY. NEBRASKA I THURSDAY FEBRUARY 9, 1911 NUMBER 9 The First National Bank of Alliance Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $125,000.00 Total Assets 600,000.00 Welcomes and appre ciates your business whether large or small and believes its extens ive resources developed by twenty years of con stant, considerate, con servative accommoda tions, a splendid en dorsement of its most satisfactory service to the people of Alliance and vicinity. MILL WORK TANKS STORM SASHES COUNTERS AND SHELVING tA SPECIALTY A. P. LEE, Hgr. KENNEDY BROTHERS! DENTISTS. Office in Alliance National Bank Blk X Over Postoffice. 'Phone 391. DR. A. GAISER. DENTIST. Office, Room 10, Rumer Block, Phone 525, Alliance, Nebr- 42-tf PASSES BAD CHECKS Slick Stranger Works Alliance Mer chants. Makes a Clean Get-away and Has Not Been Located. A tall, slim stranger giving the name of John Vest victimized sever al Alliance merchants week before last by passing bogus checks signed with the name of Mrs. Lyda Pier, who has a large cattle ranch south west of Alliance. The man said that he had worked for Mrs. Pier, who is a widow lady, and had little trouble In passing the checks. They were passed on Sat urday, January 29th, the crook hav ing two days in which to get away. We understand that four of the Al liance merchants were victimised and that a Bridgeport merchant was also taken in. The total amount se cured will probably amount to near ly two hundred dollars. The checks were drawn on the Al liance National bank and are said by the officers of this institution to be very good counterfeits. A classified advertisement will re duce the cost of selling your prop arty to the lowest degree. You Can't Get Medicine Too Good Good medicines are more rtcessary than good food. When you're strong and well a little poor food won't have any l-sting bad effects, but vhen youre v.cak end sick little poor medicine will work untold harm. Good mcdicir.es are the only li!nd we sell. We put the purest cr.d freshest dru3 into prescriptions. Our" prices ere rijht, too. Ve beva C"i e:::cllent dys ti:jia cure, if yea arc suf fering frc-n cry fem of thi3 common di3cc.se. REX ALL DYSPEPSIA TABLETS assist the gastric juices, act as a gentle tor.-c. c-.tV.c the body to derive r.! lha nutri ment from food r- ! cure dyspepsia cr.d indigestion pcrnsr.cr.'.!". Cold witli Frr.-Il c'----'-cc. HOLSTEN'S HkHn5riBSilH0 1 JB' y 'jfsWs'f'sSlsVf tSRflETBBvKBik 1Mb 1 assBrssi bB wAfiEtffil Qnnnni Rar Admiral Charles 8. Sperry, who successfully piloted the Atlantic fleet around the world In 1906-9, died of pneumonia. Lord P4C W5 i9napUOI Dedea and his bride, Vivien Could, will sail for Egypt Feb. 18 on their honeymoon. With disastrous effect a consignment of Of tllC Week dynamite for the Panama canal being loaded on a boat at the piers of tbe Central Railroad of New Jersey at Communlpaw exploded, killing and wounding scores ou both sides of the North river, the shock being felt fifty miles away. In a special mes sage to congress President Taft introduced the reciprocity agreement recently signed by Canadian ministers and Secretary of State Knox. The last rites of the church were given to Archbishop Ryan, who has been seriously ill at Philadelphia for some time. ALLIANCE MEN CAUGHT Mexican Revolutionists Capture Party Containing John O'Keefe and Joe Vaughn. No Harm Done. ALLIANCE ON THE MAP We were shown more evidence that Alliance Is "on the map" this week in the following manner: Men tion is made in the Agents Paper printed by the Equitable Life Assur ance Society of New York of the largest policies written by their a gents during the past two weeks. In the list we find agents at Paris (ilasgow, Huston. New York, San Francisco, Pittsburg and Alliance Nebraska. The occasion for this mention is the fact that Gray & Guthrie of Alliance wrote a $30,000 Life Insurance policy for Alliance's most widely known merchant, Mr. C. A. Newberry. This is probably the largest single policy ever written in this part of Nebraska and we con gratulate all the parties concerned on the completion ut mis busiues. It will be remembered that The Herald recently announced the trip of Joe Vaughn and John O'Keefe to southern Mexico. The trip was fine and they got along very successfully until they started to return to the United States. Then the fun began. The city editor of The Herald re ceived a letter from them Tuesday morning, which explains Itself, and will be read with interest. It reads as follows: HOTEL GRAND CENTRAL El Paso, Texas, February 4, 1911. Lloyd C. Thomas, Alliance, Nebr. Friend Lloyd: We left Mexico City last Tuesday morning and our train was stopped at Toerrone, Mexico. Wednesday noon we were ordered off and told to hit the high places for the stateB. We did not wait for a second invitation. We were sent back and around by Eagle Pass mak ing a round of about 500 miles to get to the border. Several passen ger trains are lost south of Juarez, in Mexico and some of them hnve been blown up. Plenty of excitement, but we are enoylng the trip. The Insurrectos have sent word that they will fire on Juarez (Just across the river from El Paso) at 10:30 today. We can see the sharpshooters on the hills from this side. The Americans have all been ordered to stay on American soil. (We will comply.) We will send you some of the papers today, and if Juarez falls we will wire you. We are feeling fine. Yours. O'KEEFE AND VAUGHN. In nnswer to the letter the follow ing telecram was Immediately sent to them at El Paso. However, as no answer has been received It Is supposed that they had already left El Paso before the telegram reached them. l ..ii ..t- r. , .-U If imsnthlf eet photos engagements. Rush with story. LLOYD C. THOMAS. Thir return is awaited with in terest and The Herald's readers are assured that a complete story or their experiences will be given. "WHIRL 0' TH' TOWN" Alliance Amateurs Outdo All Previ ous Performances by Their Pro duction last Evening. Best Ever Seen in Western Nebraska. PACKED HOUSE EXPECTED TONIGHT OWLS ORGANIZE The order of the Owls has been organized In Alliance, about 140 char ter members joining the order. The organization meeting was held at Marks' hall Tuesday evening, the following officers being elected: J. C. Berry, president; Chas. Jef frys, vice president; Cal Cox, past president; E. P. Woods, garden; Chas. Williams, invocator. Hates Copeland, secretary and treasurer; L. I. Glarum, wicket; John Pederson, picket; Wm. Hamilton, Dr. Allison, Fred McDonald, trustees After much discussion, the lodge was named "The Sand Hill Nest". About one hundred of the charter members were present at the meet ing. Club rooms will be fitted up, the location not yet having been de cided upon. The next meeting will be held on Wednesday night at the K. C. hall. WOMAN'S CLUB MEETING The Woman's Club of Alliance will meet at the home of Mrs. L. H. High land Friday evening, February 10th. Mrs. Lloyd C. Thomas Is the hostess. The business session will begin promptly at 7:46. LADIES' GUILD MEET8 The Ladies' Guild will bold a re ception at the home of F. K. Holsten for Bishop Beecher Saturday even ing at 8 o'clock. All members and all wishing to meet the Bishop are cordially invited. If you like The Herald subscribe. Well, if you attended the Elks' show last night you want to go to night, which we are sure you will. If you had to write this story and how good the play WM you would be in doubt as to where to begin and where you would end. You might say you would begin at tbe beginning and stop at the end ing. If you did this and kept on un til you reached the end of your story and that of your friends about the excellent performance, you would probably not. have finished until it is again time for another Elk show. And let us say, right here, that the Alliance lodge of Elks have made a move that will be looked forward to with a great deal of pleasure as one of the coming events In this city. We have witnessed a great many home talent prod'v, tlons and we will say without hesitancy that this Is the best, none of them equalling (he Elks' production of "The Whirl O' Th' Town", and if memory runnel li not to contrary we have witnessed some regular supposedly big musical comedies that were very dry sailing in comparison. Mr. Williams, under whose direc tion the play was given. Is to be congratulated on the success attain ed. It was Just ten duys before the production (hat Mr. Williams started rehearsels and this Itself Is a high compliment to his ability as a direc tor of amateur theatricals. And each member of the caste is to be complimented on the excellent manner In which he or she handled the difficult parts, and as to those who took part we might say individ ually that J. B. Miller, as Andrew Jackson Squills, and later Senator Squills, was Indeed well chosen for the part, which he handled with all the ease of a veteran of the stage. H. R. Beal, the private secretary to the senator, showed his ability to handle the part as efficiently as he holds down the job as a spud deal er In this famous spud country. J. F. Lichty, as John I). Astor gould, a man of finance, had a very difficult part to play, but he acquit ted himself nobly. Harry Czarnowsky, the country de tickatlve, played his part well and evoked many a laugh. Ills long ex perience as a "drummer" stood him well In this part and made It very easy for him. R. S. Smith, the prodigal son, made a hit for a "home run". Talk about your political lobbyists and the man with the loud vest and a big cigar and mustache who was engineering the graft deal. The prize must go to "Bill" Bchlupp, who played the part and did it well. In fact it looks as If the coming elec tlon had cast its shadow before it. Doc. !. as Arizona Pete, the man from the Hole in the Wall, and the wild and wooly west, was about as bad a bad man as you ever saw. He looked and played the part just as naturally as though it was part of the work he does for his "pen sion". Harry Gantz, as Algernon Snitz Noodle, a gentleman? of leisure, and other peculiarities. imludiiiK 'fancy clothes (which looked as if ! they had been borrowed at Norton's) and striped socks, was exceptional ly good. We think that Harry was at one time a real "Cholly" boy. The part of Vivian Darling, an I actress, in the hands of Frances Lockwood, suggests to us that she would find the stage her chosen i all , Ing. Her costumes wonM hnve done c reujt to any prt ""VHIil show. W. H. Butler, as Hooker Jenkins, the hired man, with a large craving for cake and an easy job, was bliss fully happy. He seemed to have forgotten all about the duties of a yardmaster, which are entirely for eign to this kind of a character. Joe McNamara, the leader of the Fuss Town ScreamerB Brass Cornet Band, had Sousa beaten off the map with his musical fit. And as Toll Not, the tramp, be was great. We think that he must have had some previous experience of thlB kind be fore taking up the calling of an ex clusive shoe store proprietor. Ethel Nolan, as Pretty Soon, our one and only soubrette, made the hit of the evening, and In her song, "Take Me Where There's a Big Brass Band ", assisted by Ryan and McNamara, they brought down the house and received a number of hearty encores. An by the way, N. A. Ryan, as Hap Hazard, the farm boy, was there and over with his funny jokes and witty sayings. He was on the Job all the time. Bruce Mallery, the boll boy. play ed the part of that Important jndi vldual, who seems always to btC m looting souvenirs In the shape of "Fifty cents, please". Miss Bernice Krldelbaugh, as Tru ly Yours, the village belle, or "Our Lending Lady", was exceptionally good. And her solo, "Would You If You Could," assisted by the country hoys and girls, and her duet, "Twink ling Star," witli Mr. Lichty. received the plaudits of everyone there. Miss Dorothy Hong, as the book agent, and Miss Mlnelle Highland, as the manicurist, made Arizona Pete and Jim Feeny, look like Individuals of very Hinall proportions when It came to getting results. Miss Mnndy Sparks, (ho conven tional old maid, in the hands of Mrs. Joe McNamara, was certainly good. It was one of the cleverist parts in the play and required a great deal of acting, and she is to be congrat ulated upon her success in this part. Mrs. W. T. Bchlupp, aH Agnes Wat son, the sweetheart ot the long lost Tom Squills, carried her part excep tionally well. Ruth Morris, the Indian maid, made a tine looking Indian maiden. In fact, if we had not known who she was, we would have thought that she had escaped from the Indian res ervation. Joe O'Connor, as Bug House Jake, drew (he part that suited him to a T. Miss Dorothy Hoag, singing, "So lxng, Mary," came in for a good round of applause, and although we have heard this song before in "Forty-five Minutes From Hroadvay", we must say that it did not In our opin ion, come up to lust niht, In that famous play. Clyde Barker, with "Tough Guy Levi", the Yiddish cow hoy, was such a l). ni man, that he shot the props off the stage, and look-'d so real la the part that a small child in the rear of the house squalled at the sight of him. On the first encore, ills parody about the cowle(s and bullets, which was entirely original, brought hi iu hack again. The country boys and girls, Miss es Winnie Spacht. Ruth Morris. Elva Hillis, Agnes Klnioro, Mabel Duncan. Alice Carlson, Kutherlnu J Uaggerty, Mrs Minnie Wiker and Mrs. Flor ence Kninlit; Messrs. John Wiker, Bruce Mallery. Joe O'Connor, Lloyd Smith, H. P. Toohey. R. 8. Smith, Burt Duncan and Harry Troup area) through their stunts without a hitch and are to be congratulated upon the good work. The city boys and girls, Misses Maud Spacht, Mlnelle Highland, Edna Duncan, Pearle Hillis, Qra t Whal ey, Blanche McDonald. Mrs. F. B, Mlonakl and Mrs. H. K. (iantz; Messrs. Lloyd Johnson, George Pan zer, Tom Pure ell, W, F Uolund, A. Kennedy, Harry Betebeniier, Frank I Kerr and F. B McDonald received a good share of the applause. And then our composite of fanciers In the song, "I Have Taken Quite Fancy to You Dear", Misses Marie ; Carey. Nellie ODonnell. Mabel Car ley, Katie O'Donnell, Agnes Kniest, ' and Marie Buechsenstein, was one ; of the best choruses of tbe evening. The slrls wore mutiimnu ( -Mtc aiid u.i were vrtj aes and pretty. Joe Westover was a real soldier and went through tbe drill like a machine. The Indian bride song, by Lloyd Smith, was exceptionally good, and made better by Carl Rockey, the spot light man, who helped the scen ic effects with his good work. One of the best compliments giv en to the production was by R Q. Bradford, advance agent for the O maha Concert company, who has hod twenty years of experience in the theatrical business, and who stat ed to The Herald reporter that this production was really tbe best that he had ever seen by an amateur company. It is safe to say that there will be a great many people watting for the next B. P. O. E. show. MOTHER OF J. C. M'CORKLE DIES Word has been received that the mother of J. C. McCorkle died on Tuesday at her home near Knoxvllle, Iowa. Mr. McCorkle was summoned by wire last Saturday to her bed side. The funeral was held Wednesday. WENT TO DENVER John C. Shoemaker, manager of the Alliance Steam Laundry, spent the first two days of the week on a business trip to Denver. BAND FOR ALLIANCE T. 8. Jones, formerly of the 8th Cavalry at Ft. Robinson, is in Alli ance and on Monday will hold a meeting at tbe city hall for the pur pose of forming a band. Meeting at n p.m. , Mr. Jones has been a member of the Fort band and wus In Allianco last Fourth of July. Alliance needs a good band and the support of the citizens Is assured. RECEIVE SENTENCES Judge Westover this afternoon at two-thirty sentenced Harry Foster and Charles Brower to throe years in the penitentiary at hard labor. These are the two men who robbed the pool hall of W. F. Crane the 18 of last January. They will be taken to Lincoln tomorrow to start serving their time. John Deoates was sentenced today to one year at hard labor in the state penitentiary by Judge West over. His crime was burglary. Did you ever see anything to beat this weather? People who have peat their winters in California and other famous winter resorts state that this climate cannot be beaten. Westen Nebraska Is a good place to live. We REMEMBER 7 That we have every facility for turning out neat print ing of all kinds. Letter heads, bill heads, office sta tionery, etc, furnish the lowest prices first claaa work will permit.