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THURSDAY, JUNE 29. 1911
ANNOUNCEMENTS
COUNTY TREA8URER
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office of county
treasurer of Box Butte county, sub
ject to the democratic and peoples
independent primaries to be held
August 16, 1911. ISAAC HOCKEY.
20-tE-705
COUNTY CLERK
tate a large expenditure snd the
company was not willing to Incur the
heavy expense, unlesa a franchise
would be granted permitting them to
Increase their ras 50 tents per
month.
Home were In favor of granting
the increase In order to secure Im
THE HERALD'S HODGEPODGE
Thought up and picked up Not Al
together Local, Not Al
ways Original.
The Hastings Republican Is print
Ine the announcements of fifteen can
proved service, while others object- dldates for county offices, some re
ed. A committee was appointed to
Investigate the matter and publish In
the city, newspapers the result of
their Investigation, and submit the
MACCABEES DANCE
Alliance IiOdge, lady Maccabees
will give a social dance on Monday
evening, July 3rd. Everybody Is Invited.
publlcHn and some democrats, and
the Adams County Democrat has
twenty such notlcea.
"The more the merrier" for the
question at Issue to a vote of the,!"10"""" r
nates themselves.
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the office of county
clerk of Box Butte county, subject
to the democratic and peoples Inde
pendent primaries to be held Aug
ust 35, 1911.
JOHN B. KNIKST.
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COUNTY JUDGE
I hereby announce that I am a
candldnte for re-election to the office
of county judge of Box Butte count
y, subject to the democratic and
people's Independent nominations at
the primary election to be held Aug
ust 16, 1911.
L. A. BXRRT.
SHERIFF
I hereby announce myself as a
canJIdate for the office of sheriff of
Box Butte county, subject to the
demr.ciatlc and people'B independent
nomination at the primaries to be
held Aug. 16, 1911.
GEORGE F. SNYDER.
8HEmFF
Having been requested by numer
ous friends to run for sheriff of
Box Butte county, I hereby announce
that I will be a candidate for that
office, subject to the democratic and
peoples independent primaries, to be
held August 15. 1911.
SIMON SI'RY.
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8HERIFF
1 wUh to announce to the voters
Of Box Butte county that I am a
candidate for re-election to the of
fice of sheriff of said county, sub
ject to their nomination at the peo
ples Independent and democratic prl
maries to be held August 15, 1911.
OAS COX.
COUNTY CORONER
l nerepy announce my sett as a
candidate for the office of county
coroner of Box Butte county, subject
to the democratic and peoples Inde
pendent primaries to be held August
16, lallr
FRANK W. BOLAND. M. D
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
1 .wish to announce to the voters
of Box Butte county that I am a can
dldate for re-election to the office of
county superintendent, subject to the
democratic and peoples independent
primaries to be held August 15. 1911
DELLA M. REED
GOVERNMENT OWNER
SHIP NEEDED
State or National Government
Sho.Hd Operate Telephones
Some weeks ago, as The Herald'
readers are aware, a meeting was
called in the Alliance city hall to
consider the proposition of the Ne
braska Telephone Company relativ
to the proposed installation of a met
alllc circuit system at Alliance In
stead of the present ground system
This meeting wis called at the re
quest of the mayor and city council
who wished to secure an expression
from the citizens before they took
official action. To chauge from the
grounded circuit to a metallic clr
cult would mean a remarkable lm
provement. It is impossible with the
present system to get satisfactory
service, no matter how faithfully the
local employes of the Telephone Com
pauy may endeavor to give It. But
to make the change would necessl
telephone users. Before this com
mlttee was ready to make this re
port so much objection to Increasing
rates seemed to develop that the
Telephone company did not wish to
submit the question, the officials of
the company thinking that the sub
mission of the question would create
a controversy, and possibly 111 will.
It 1b the policy of the Telephone
company to secure and maintain, so
far aR possible, the good will of their
patrons.
While The Herald has no com
plaint to make In regard to the act
ions of the officials and employes of
the Telephone Company, we consider
this an opportune time to call atten
tion to the absurdity of permitting
a great public utility, which In the
business nnd social life of the peo
ple has come to be a public neces
sity, to be controlled by a monopoly.
In speaking of the Nebraska Tele
phone Company, which Is a part of
he great Bell telephone system, as
monopoly, we do so without any
attempt to cast reflection upon the
officials of the company. They ought
not to be blamed for wanting to
make their business lucrative and
ertainly ure to be commended for
their efforts in trying to work har
moniously with their patrons, but
the fact remains that the telephone
system Is in the hands of the mon
opoly and while serving the people
is run primarily for the purpose of
private gain, rather than for the
public good .
It has been suggested that the
it y put In a telephone system of its
own, but when we take Into consid
eration the importance of connection
with other cities, near and far, It
s easily seen that it Is not practical
for one small city to own and oper
ate its telephone system. The tel-
phones of the city should be owned
inn operated by the government,
either state or national, and we be
lieve the time will come when the
feasibility of government ownership
of telephones will be recognized by
he majority of people. Sooner or
later they will be owned and oper
ated either by the state or national
government in the Interests of the
public.
But as that time has not yet ar
rived. The Herald is of the opinion
hat It would be better, especially
for the business men of the city, to
grant increased rates in order to se
cure the improved service, rather
nan to continue the present system.
The.-e is a persistent rumor that
a booze joint is In operation In
Scottsblui"' in open defiance of the
law. A man who lives not far from
where It Is doing business told us the
other day that about the next time
something broke loose around that
Joint that he was going to raise a
little hell of his own in that neigh
borhood. We hope he will. If
city and county officials are power
less It Is time for the people to
take a hand strenuously. Scotts
bluff Herald.
State Supt. Crabtree of Nebraska
was a candidate for president of the
National Education Association, but
has decided to withdraw his candl
dancy In favor of more luscious fruit.
Prof. Peach of Chicago.
Some New Yorkers worry about
the water supply, but there are those
on the Howery whose principal con
cern Is the supply from the brewer
ies. Morgan Is being presented to the
foreign kings. Buy one and bring
him home, Pierpont.
That reciprocity bill will begin
growing whiskers If It does not hurry
up.
Somebody seems always trying to
rock the governmental boat in Port
ugal. It's all very well to talk about
"swatting the fly", but suppose the
fly takes a notion not to be "swat
ted", as we have known hint to do
for n whole morning.
So far as jailing trust crooks Is
concerned, Attorney-General Wlcker-
sham Is living up to the rear por
Hon of his name.
Natives In Formosa have risen
against the Japanese. If the Japan
ese haven't got that one little island
tamed after all these years how can
she expect to lick the United States.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sacrament of the lord's Supper
will be administered at the morning
service on next Sunday. In the ev
ening there will be a service of
Song. Special music has been pre
pared. Sunday school at 10 a. m.
harp. Christian Endeavor at 7:15
p. m. Dr. B. E. Tyler will lead and
the subject will be "Serving Our
Nation". A cordial Invitation is ex
tended to all.
JAMES B. BROWN, PaHor.
HERALD NOW HAS
STAFF ARTIST
Extends Cordial Welcome Through
Artistic Design
METHODIST CHURCH
Services on next Sunday at the
usual hours Preaching at 11 a. m.
by the pastor, followed by baptismal
servlf . and reception of probation
ers Into full connection. Children's
Day exercises at 8 p. m.
EPWORTH LEAGUE OFFICERS
The Epworth League of the First
Methodist church recently elected of
ficers as follows: W. R. Harper,
president; Eva Duncan, 1st vice pres
ident; Emma Tash, 2nd vice presi
dent; Mrs. W. H. Zehrung, 3rd vice
president; Inez Reck, 4th vice pres
ident; W. W. Bernhardt, secretary;
Carl Thomas, treasurer; Anna Bern
hardt, organist. Prof. J. C. Mitchell
will lead the meeting next Sunday
evening.
CONDENSED NEWS
Geo Younkin has traded his Alli
ance property, consisting or rooming
house and theatre, to Jake and Pow
ell Jesse for 1160 acres of land, five
miles east of Alliance. The deal
was engineered through the North
western Nebraska Land Co. We un
derstand it Is the Intention of the
Jesse brothers to thoroughly reno
vate the building and put It in first
class shape. As they have the rep
utation of being hustlers, we antici
pate that they will make a success
of it.
The leading newspapers of Am ri
ca have staff artists that furnish
timely drawings and cartoons for
publication of current events. They
add a very Interesting feature, and
are used by such papers as the Chl
cago Record-Herald, Denver Fost,
Rocky Mountain News, Omaha
World-Herald, Omaha Bee, etc. We
are determined that The Alliance
Herald tiiall keep up with the lead
ing newgiapers of this country, If
we don't lay up a cent, consequently
we have added a staff artist to our
working force.
We have been wanting to extend
to visiting stockmen and all others
who attend the celebration and con
vention this year a most cordial wel
come. How to do this In language
as emphatic as we .vlshed to make
it without using hackneyed expi ess
ions was a problem until our staff
artist helped us out of the difficulty
with a drawing that exactly fits the
occasion and extends an Invitation
that could not be more cordial, but
Experts say this year's cotton yield
will be a record breaker.
The Elks' convention at Atlantic
City is expected to be attended by 50,
000 persons.
A drought of seven weeks' duration
was broken at Leavenworth, Kan. by
a heavy rain.
The Chicago board of trade firm of
W. H. Lake & Co. suspended business,
owing to embanassments in the south
west. The cruiser Colorado, which ran on
a mud bank in San Diego harbor, has
been pulled off and found to be un
harmed Mrs. Dell Neel Spaete, a young au
thor and playwright, went Insane in
Boston over the arrest of her husband
In Detroit.
Sixty-five children who ate Icecream
at a picnic at a resort near San Ber
nardino, Cr.l., arc suffering from pto
malne poisoning.
Harry Adams, son of a wealthy bath
house owner of Atlantic City, has lost
his sight from a flash of lightning re
flected in a mirror.
The treaty of trade and navigation
between Germany and Japan was
signed It has a tariff agreement at
tachsd to the other articles.
The seamen's strike at Southamp
ton has been nettled with all the lines
excepting the White Star, whose terms
have been rejected by the men.
Approximately 20,000.000 gallons of
liquors annually are shipped by ex
press from mall order houses direct to
consumers in prohibition states.
Three persons were killed and six
severely and a number of others slight
ly Injured by an explosion in the nitro
gen works at Trostberg, Bavaria.
Senator McCumber Introduced a bill
amending the port food and drugs act
to conform with the recommendations
made to congress by President Taft.
George V Fitzgerald, under indict
ment on a charge of embezzling $173,-
000 from the United States subtreas
ury at Chicago, pleaded not guilty be
fore Judge Landis.
During the last eleven months the
imports and exports of the United
Statee amounted to $3,312,383,506,
which exceeds the record year of 1908
by almost $3,000,000.
Wall street Is pleased with tfcs de
cision of the United States iircuit
court at St. lymis, declaring legal the
Harriman merger of the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific railway lines.
Captain D. H. Jarvls. vice president
of the Booth Fisheries company and
formerly head of the Guggenheim In
terests in Washington and Alaska,
shot and killed himself in the Arctic
club at Seattle
One hundred and fifty thousand per
son saw the "rainbow" parade of the
Foresters, the uniformed branch of
the Modern Woodmen, now In session
at Buffalo. More than five thousand
men were In line.
Repicsentative Lee O'Neil Browne
of Ottawa assaulted E. O. Phillips, the
legislative correspondent of the Chi
makes use of only a few words.
Like other good features of this 1 cago Trlb ine, In the speaker's room at
up-to-date periodical, our staff artist ' Springfield. Mr. Phillips was uncon
has come to stay. sclous for forty mlnu.-1
BIS BOM! DAI
You are invited to attend the Bowery
Dances given Friday and Saturday nights
of this week. ALL DANCES WILL BE ENCORED.
Your Patronage Solicited
T. $. MKES. Nuapr
$. T. MICHAEL Traassfsr
f. S. aOKWS, Laaatr of Orckutia
Sixty Years the Standard
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BAKING
POWDER
A Cream of Tartar Powder
Made from Grapes
NO ALUM
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Bee Hive Store
10x14 in. Mirrors
Solid Oak Frame
I5c
Same as you pay the mail order houses 50c for
FOR 30 DAYS
1Q DISCOUNT
WILL BE GIVEN ON
Purchases of $1 and Up
AT
COLBURN'S SHOE STORE
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said about
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there is no better place
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