My new stock of
PLUMBING GOODS
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Tubs and Closets. Come in and get prices
before buying elsewhere.
W. RAY
Plumbing and Heating
Phone 720 Green
Wall Paper
Decorative art like music or
drawing Iffh'W its fullest expres
sion in the hands of those naturally
gifted in that direction.
Though some may acquire an
understanding of the fundamental
principles arrancruents, harmony
and contrast their efforts lack the
grace and symmetry of design and
purpose so app.ircnt in others.
Interested parties are in
vited to insj)ect njy work.
Papef Hanging, Painting,
Decorating, Kalsomining m
L. E. COOK
611 Niobrara Ave.
PHONE 679
When Minutes Count
Rely Upon the Bell Telephone
The question of life or
death may depend upon in
stant aid. The sufferer's life
may hinge upon the prompt
arrival of a specialist from
a distant city.
In emergenc ies, when im
mediate I'ommimii-ation is
imperative, it is essential to
have dependable and univer
sal telephone connections
such as the "Bell" provides,
Telephone Convenience Far Exceeds Its Cost.
if At Nebraska Telephone Co.
Bell Telephone Lines
Reach Nearly Everywhere.
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My prices and quality of coal satisfy my cus- J
tomers. Give me a trial. I sell for cash.
Office at Keenen's Store
1 1 15 Box Butte Ave. Phone 6q7 f
HENRY HOPKINS
BUSINESS, TRADE
AND CROPS
Semi Monthly Analysis of Business
Situation from Authentic In
formation Compiled by
lng, Ste., has made n sharp advance
during Mm winter. In faoit. alt con
dition point toward a trood cattle
market, "specially for those who are
ready for shipment to an early BAT
ket.
TRAIN THE GIRLS
Good Advice to Mothers in The
Twentieth Century Farmer
l'l)""imi Mini
FIRST NATL BANK. ALLIANCE
It l generally accepted as a fad
that business throughout the coun
try Is In a waiting pOOttlon, following
a period of eonsldernMe depression,
yet It Is also rather generally de
clared that fundamental and financial
conditions are sound.
Why, then, does not business pick
up and rapidly get back to normal
activity!
Because the country Is still feel
lng the effects of the reaction from
over-production, Inflated prices of all
commodities, speculation, extrava
gance and high living for several
years prior to 19l)H. The present
condition throughout the country
dates back to the money panic in the
fall of 1!07. Hut final liquidation of
indebtedness which now is in pro
gress, and labor troubles too, usual
ly mark the end of business depres
sion. The providential campaign is u
factor In holding back business iv
vlval, but the influence i already
fairly well liscounted.
One sure index to the culmination
of a period of depressed business is
the nUIShfiT of business failures. An
Increasing number marks the end,
and then, with the atmosphere clear,
business is ready to build up again.
February made the worst showing
In the number of business failures
since l!0X, when the effect of the
money panic of the previous fall was
being feW.
Now no man should put the cart
before the horse and conclude that
the bad record of February is some
thing to cause alarm. On the con
trary, M reflects something already
past and not something ahead of us.
Hank clearings are a sure index to
the volume of business, and en
couragement is found In an increase
over corresponding periods of 1911.
While bank deposits throughout the
country make a very I attS factory
Comparison With those of a year ago,
the loans and discounts arc s'iii
somewhat out of proportion, indicat
ing that indebtedness has not yet
been liquidated to a normal basis.
Merchants arc generally pursuing
a conservative policy relative to
placing buying orders. Theft is a
tendency, almost amounting to a pol
icy, on the part at merchants to a-j
wait developments of the next month
Or two before getting away from I
their present hand-to-mouth buying.
It was feared there would be ser
ious strikes in the spring, particular
ly amoSl nailroad and coal mine em
ployes. Such a possibility now seems
remote
For the next six months the fac
tor of greatest importance in the
commercial and financial situation
will be the crops. With good wheat
crops assured, it is conceded thai
bnssnesi will improve regardless of
politics with the national cooven
lions out of the way, business will
go ahead with renewed vigor.
Crop conditions, hi the present
lime, are rery encouraging.
While there is expected to be
some spotted sections in the central
winter wheat states with the open
mi; of spring, the great majority of
reports from the fields are favora
ble. In i lie southwest, in the hard win
ter wheat states of Nebraska. Kan
sas and Oklahoma, there has been
an abundance of moisture, both in
the winter and recently: and except
ing seme small localities where the
grain failed to germinate last fall,
present conditions are excellent
In the northwest, Minnesota an i
the Dakotus, where the bulk of t.he
spring Whose crop is ;.:rown. the
ground sas saturated last fall, (here
were heavy falls of MOW in the win
Ur, acid the ground is frozen to an
unusual depth. These conditions in
dli a an average yield of spring
wheal, at least, with normal weather
COB4ltkaM in the spring and summer
Very favorable conditions would re
sult hi a big crop, while ouly hot
winds or rust would reduce (he pro
spects to below the average.
I .oca I conditions are favorable The
snowfall of this winter iiusurcs suffi
cient spring moisture to bring the
grass out lu good shape. Live
stock losses in our state will be
small. The Wyoming range Is re
ported as practically wiped clear by
the severe weather. As soon as
they have grass, the stockmen of
that state will doubtless ship in
thousands of cattle Leather belt
We never grow too old for new
experiences to come into our lives
and give food for thought. For ten
days l have been assisting in caring
for a young child, whose parents are
not much more than children tliem
selvoft, the father being 2.! and the
mother not yet 16. From cnreless
exposure the child took pneumonia
and It has been a fight to keep her
alive. As might be expected, the
mother knew but little of nursing or
how to bathe the baby properly, or
the helpful effects of water for any
sickness. She knows nothing of
propef feeding and would give her
food twjee an hour, or let her go
until the child is nearly famished,
Hien overfeed It until Indigestion re
sults. Hut she can tell the latest
step in dancing or the funniest thing
shown at the picture show. She
would cry one minute and say, "I
know my baby won't live,' and laugh
the next minute over some silly say
ing. She has no idea of the expense
of keeping a home or the value of
nonepj knows nothing of .sewing,
little of housework and is launched
on the sea of life to buffet the tri
als, cares and duties with no more
knowledge than a little animal, and
less real instinct.
Who Is to blame? Why should
tlOl our girls be taught to sew and
do all the lighter parts of housework
as they are growing up? And why
should they not learn, the more sim
ple things of nursing and the bene
fits of water and bathing in the
treatment of sickness as they pass
through the years between 10 and
14? Our boys are taught how to
teed and care for the young stock
on the fnrm with much painstaking
In regard to balanced rations and
time for feeding and regularity of
watering, and those things that are
so needful to success In stock rais
ing .
We naturally expect our daughters
to be mot hers and homemakera In a
few short years, and yet we let the
first ten or fifteen years pass by
with little definite teaching for their
life work, i know many mothers
who say that the cares will come
soon enough, but do we make it any
easier for theiu by neglecting tUe
training thai mil help them in-st to
bear the burdens, which will almost
surely come?
I have many times been thankful
that circumstances, surrounding my
Childhood COtnpolled me at an early
age to assume the cares and respon
sibilities almost of a woman. My
mother often worried over it and
said that 1 was not having the care
free life that belonged to childhood
and thai I had to bear the works
and duties of a woman at the time
I should be having my best enjoy
ment in life. Hut I learned that en
joyment may be fount! in learning
to do well the common things of
life, and when at U years of age
my father called me his little home
keeper" and praised my ability to
make good bread and cook a com
inon meal in a reasonable time, and
explained what a benefit good cook
ing Is to mankind, I began to feel
the power of I lie knowledge of do
ing useful things When, years af
ter, my mother said I had added
years to her life by my help and
care, I fell well repaid for the toll.
MRS, ADA Ell WIN.
Oklahoma.
Hone's Bakery d? Cafe
With which
Our Shop Abounds!
To Save Milady's Baking
Among her daily rounds.
Our Bread, Our Pies,
Our Cakes.OurBuns.
Of Quality so Rare,
Save the Fatigue of Bak
inir Day
The W orry.Heat and Care.
Fancy cakes should be ordered
a day ahead.
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TH E
oLD TRUSTY
I INCUBATOR
! has the new patented copper-pipe
heating system in full size of egg
m chamber and extends to all four
ig corners; no cold corners or hot
centers, a rapid circulation of
warm water that distributes the
heat evenly over all the eggs.
gj See them at
I NEWBERRY'S
1 HARDWARE CO.
$25.00 One Weiy
TO CALIFORNIA, UTAH. MONTANA. IDAHO, WASHINGTON, OREGON
AND BRITISH COLUMBIA.
This is the general basis of colonist fares, March 1st to April 15th.
THROUGH TOURIST SLEEPERS.
Every day to Los Angeles and San Francisco, with daylight ride
through scenic Colorado.
f Kvery day via Northern Pacific and Areut Northern to all principal
northwest desi illations.
SUMMER EXCURSION TOURS OF THE PACIFIC COAST.
Special dates of sale in each month, commencing April, at $55
round trip, with every day round trip rate of $60 -THE GREATEST
RAILROAD JOURNEY IN THE WORLD and low rates for it. I'lan
now.
SUMMER TOURIST RATES.
.More attractive excursion rates than ever before, this summer to
Rocky .Mountains, Yellowstone Park, Hig Horn Mountain resorts,,
the Black Hills, the Great Lakes, Atlantic Coast resorts; it is none
too early to be making your summer vacation plans.
HOMESEEKERS from Eastern Nebraska to the Big Horn Basin and
other localities West and Northwest.
J. KRIDELBAUGH, Agent
Alliance
L W. WAKELEY, G. P. A., Omaha
FILE MINING CLAIMS
An Extensive Industry to be Devel
oped from the Soda Beds
Surveyor .1. I. Hazard and a Mr.
M talis en of Omaha went over into
Sheridan county, east of Alliance, on
yesterday to stake out some mining
claims, on which the latter naiiud
SeStlemsal and others will file. This
information will no doubt -uu.se con
siderable surprise to some readers
of The Herald who have never
dreamed of this beliig a mining conn
try. Hy way of explanation we will
say that there are some extensive
soda beds I commonly called alkali I
and in order to operate these as
claims It is necessary to file ou
them under the provisions of the
federal law relating to mines and
mining
We understand that it is probable
au extensive industry will be devi l
oped, the preliminary steps of which
are now being taken. The Herald
Bft kcH Its readers pouted ou fur
ther developments.
For k.tlsomlning, painting or paper
ht-eSlaj see E. I'. Whlsmau
lUatfU
Boards
of ail descriptions
for any part of a
house or barn.
DIerks Umber & Coal Co.
Phoae 22
0. Waters, Mgr.
Big Illustrated
Piano Catalog
OK THE KNICHT CAMIMIELL Ml'
sir co., DENVER, 00LO., IS NOW
READY FOR MAILING. Contains
illustration of the u w 1912 I'iano
styles, with price ami full details of
the "Knight-Campbell Easy Psjf
flan." This catalog will be went,
prepaid, on ropiest to auyone inter
ested iu Pleaoa Hig PlayerWaao
catalog will be sent also if desired.
Iluy direct and save the middle
man's profit We sll more I'ianos
ami I'layer-l'Uiiios direct to western
buyers than any other two Houses
combined. Nearly 40 years" suc
cess and reputation behind your
dealings with us. Address Knight
Campbell Music Co., Denver, Colo,
Uept "A". l-8-1070
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ELENA M N ICHOLS, Kesidt lit Mgr
Cheyenne Ave. I'hoiie U I
i::-4-io!5
PUBLIC NOTICE
Ur. C. K. Single, who lias been
with me the past five years as as
sistant. is no longer in my employ
All bills for work done by him prior
to Feb. 1st. lilt, ure payable direct
to me H. II BELLWOOi), Jj
1 1 :'.!-1 4-tf
Snow Drift Flour at the
Fair Store, $1.55 per
sack. Phone 580.