WILLIAM MITCHELL,
ATTOKNtV
AT LW.
ALLIANCE.
NEBRASKA
BURTON & WESTOVEB
Attorney at Law
I AND ATTORNEYS
Office First National Bank Bid.
Phone 1 80. ALLIANCE, NEB.
H. M. BULLOCK.
Attorney at Law,
ALLIANCE, NEB,
F. M. BROOME
LAND ATTORNEY
Long experience as Receiver V B. l.ndo
a guarantee for prompt and efficient sr ice
Office in Opera House Brock
ALLIANCE,
NEBRASKA
BRUCE W ILCOX
Lawyer and Land Attorney
Practitioner In civil courts since H93 as
Krister U. 8. Land Office from 1903 to INT
Information by mail a specialty.
OrrlCIC IN LAND hit BUILDING
ALLIANCE - NEBRASKA.
DR. H. H. BELLWOOD,
Surgeon C. B. Q. Ry.
Offico Over Holsten's Drug Store
Day Phone 87
Night Phone 86
OKIE t'OPPERNOLL
Res. Phone 30
F. J. PKTRSBr
Res. Phone 41
Drs. Coppernoll & Petersen
OSTEOPATHS
Rooms 7, 8 and 9, Rumer Block
Phone 43
GEO. J. HAND,
PHYSICIAN AND SI" ROBOT)
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
DR. C. H. CHURCHILL
, PHYSICIAN AMI Sl'RGEON
(Successor to Dr. J. E. Moore)
OFFICE IN FLETCHER BLOCr
Office hours 11-12 a.m. 2-4 p.m. 7:10-9 p, m
Office Phone 6a Res. Phone, 8-
tTXOPSEY
Physician and Surgeon
Office Phone 300
lies. Phone 342
Calls answered promptly day and night fro,
orflice. Offices : Alliance National Ban'
Building over the Post Office.
BIG DAY FOR BAPTISTS
Annual Roll Call of the First Bap
tist Church Last Sunday a
Notable Event
LOOKING AT PAST AND FUTURE
J. P. HAZARD
Surveyor and Engineer,
ALLIANCE, NKItN.vSKA
Parties out of town should write, as 1 an
out much of the time. Cliarires will not ex
ced f5.00 and expenses per day.
Dr. Oliver McEuen
Physician and Surgeon
HEHINGFORD, NEBR.
SPECIALTIES: Diseases of Women ant)
Children and Genito Urinary Organs
All calls answered promptly lay or night
HARRY P. GOURSEY
Live Stock and
General Auctioneer
Farm Sales a Specialty
TERMS REASONABLE
Phone 64 ALLIANCE. NEBR.
The twentieth annual roll call and
anniversary of the First Baptist
church took place Sunday, th 12th
of May. The attendance was larger
tli:m ever before, which demonstrat
ed thp efficient work of the recent
revival, also In spite of the rain that
fell thru out a greater part of the
lay and night. What was anticipat
ed for the Sunday meeting came to
pans, and the day was the greatest
in the history of the church.
The morning service was well at
tended, and all were touched by the
able sermon delivered by Rev. Chas.
B. Stephens, pastor of the First Bap
tist church at Chudron, Nebr., who
assisted the pastor here in the ex
ercises of the day. A token of ap
preciation. In the form of 11 Cross
Reference Bible, was presented to
the pastor of the church by the mem
b r.- among whom he has labored.
This gift will long be remembered
and will bind the members and jas
tor closer in the bond of Christian
fellowship and service.
At two o'clock the members as
sembled for the roll call. The meet
ing was opened by the singing of a
hymn, after which a prayer was of
fered by Rev. Witte. Following
this the roll was called, the mem
bers responding to their names with
a verse of scripture or personal tes
timony or some interesting incident
relative to th:3 church. In response
to her name. Sister Boon, better
known amongst us as "Grandma
Boon", read a brief history of the
early life of the church. She did
this in view of the fart that she was
the only chart, r member still with
us. Follow iug is her account, a
copy of which has been placed away
in the record of the church:
Our Twentieth Anniversary
The liangf s in twenty years In
any part of the civilized world art
always great, but nowhere are they
quite so noticeable as in nqrihwesl
Nebraska. Twenty years ago this
was a boundless, unbroken prairie;
no roads, no fences nor trees, noth
ing to break the sameness of the
broad sea of grass, except here and
there a sod shanty or dugout, the
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PHONE 167
Alliance, Nebraska
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homes of those erly settlers. No I l"" w"1!,",,n
we have the fertile fields, beautiful
houses and pleasant highways; then
tile heavy wagons and buek-lKMnls
our enly means of conveyance, new
the fine carriages ami auiomcbih s.
A little over twenty years ago R?v
W. F. Newton and Wrfa Of Massa
chusetts were srn- lit r? by the Bap
tist board to look after our inter
ests. Til v wore of that staunch
New i tgl ad blood and of indomit
able will of which heroes are made.
They allowed nothing to stand in
the way of duty and made many long
drives, often being caught in storms
and blizzards, yet whenever and
wherever they could get a little com
pany togetherthey spoke of the Mas
ter's work. Both Wef fine singers and
as one person said, "They sang
their way to our heads." This man
and his brave young wife, coming
from fine eastern homes to face the
hardships and privation, of pioneer
life, by their untiring effoits and
gr.i. lov? for their Master's work,
finally gathered a little band of Bap
tists together at Alliance, seventeen
in number, and with the help of Kev.
Steavens of Grand ls'.and, o gunl.ed
the First Baptist church of Alliance.
The organization took place in
the building, which was used for all
public gatherings at that time, tocet
ed on the coiner q,f Third strict and
Laramie Ave., now used as a dwell
ing Thai was an enthusiastic little
band that started in the Master's
work on that day In April. Snow
whs on the ground and a Chinook
wind was blowing, which every north
westerner knows melts the snow but
freezes humanity. Brother Bert. Car
penter, then quite a ymng mm, brct
his' mother and sisters, Be&aie and
Jessie, ten miles In a lumber wagi ;i
to that organization. .
Of that little band I am unable to
locate but few. Mrs. D. C. Mcln
tyre is in (Washington. Mrs. A. S.
Reed is in Arizona. Sister Jessie is
in South Dakota. Kev. and Mrs
Newton are back hi their old home
in Massachusetts. Quite a number
of those who joined hands with us
on that memorable day and sang,
"Blest Be the Tie that Binds" have
gone to their reward and others are
just waiting to step over the bound
ary line.
Needless to trace the "ups and
downs" of that little band through
those dreadful years of drouth (hat
followed, when we not only worked
hard to keep the wolf from our own
doors but formed ourselves into
bands to help the needy ones around
us. Through it all we have, by the
mercy and grace of Ood. exls'ed end
with a great deal of pride, we can
say today, "Ood reigns and the Bap
Mat church of Alliance at III live."
;kmi MOON.
Testimony of various kinds flowed
like a living stream from over seventy-five
quickened and regenTated
niemlx rs anil the Spirit of (tod was
Indeed manifest
Following this. Brother II. F. Wal
ters brought before the body 1n mi
able manner, the financial question
and condition of the church, hand
ling it In a business-like way. Then
followed the able address of Brother
O. J. Rousseau on "Tithing," bring
ing before the minds of the mem
bers their duty to God In giving to
the work of Christianity, lie show
ed. 1st, The necessity and suffi
ciency of the tithe to carry on the
work of the church, bad, Who owe
the tithe and how and when to iay
it. ;trd. How not to raise money for
the church. And 44h. The promise
of God to bless, both temporally and
spiritually, the church and her mem
bers, who obey His commands in
this matter. As a result there was
a unanimous demonstration on the
part of the audience to adopt the
tithing plan as the future manner of
raising funds for the work of God
in thiM church. Owing to the de
plorable financial condition of the
church. I subscription was taken
from those ptvsent, and with the
generosity with which the gifts were
made there can be no doubt that
henceforth our church, instead of
being in the quagmire of debt, em
ploying questionable mean's of raising
money, thus bringing hlfnulalhod of
ferings to th" Lord of Hosts. will
discard all the old ways, live accord
ing to the commands of Ood by pay
ing the tithe demand; d and thus es
cape the curse which has certainly
lain as a blight upon the church ev
en as In Malar hi .'1:9. "Ye are curs
ed with a curse; for ye rob me, ev
en this whole nation." The respond
to the subscription amounted to $140 -00.
The total Indebtedness Is about
$1,000.00. The spirit of enthusiasm
thrucut the meeting revealed the
manifestation of the Spirit of God,
antl with that spirit the members
pledged themselves definitely to
wipe out our rBdebteda ea during the
next six months.
A6 the evening drew near, a heav
y rain sit in and so the audience was
small but the program was carr' "I
out as planned. Rev. Stephens fol
lowed out his topk- ci' the morning
on the "Growth and Development cf
in a most effective
mannerV which wis highly instruct
ive to the ycung converts and tha
("in i -. ;;i ;:s older in the servL-e. Thus
ended our anniversary which God
has re wonderfully bleated,
MRS. H R. UKANS. Bod'
W. C. T. U. DEPARTMENT
tended to make It possible for home
s' end er to prove up three years af
ter establishing residence. Bills for
this purpose p.i- d both the si note
and the house, but their provisions
were not In all essential particulars
the same, so they had to go to a.
conference committee, and here the
m.n er Iris remained. The members
of this oommltt. e. some from the
senate and some from the house,
are yet unable to get together on
terms for agreement its to Just what
shall be Included In the law. foless
an ngrvment can be reached before
the ndjournmi ut of congress w hich
shall take place in I few weeks, no
law enn be enacted at this session.
The matter Is still open but reports
taa that i he prospect of agreement
are not good. However, so long as
there Is life there Is hope, and It Is
possible that an agreement can be
reach, d ." y
Mrs. J. J. Vanca, Praaa Supt.
CATHOLIC Clergy and the SALOON
Pope Leo XIII.
"Dt pastors do their Inst lo drive
the plague of intemperance from the
fold of Christ by MtMtlOM preach
Ing and exhortation, and to shine be
fore all as models of abstinence,
thai so many calamities with which
this vice threatens both church and
state may, by their strenuous en
deavor be averted ." letter dated
Rome. March 27, 1H87, to Archbishop
Ireland.
Pope Plus X.
Popa Flus X has granted abundant
f VOW to members of the Catholic
Total Abstinence Cnion of America
The following forms part of Brief of
July 111, VMM: "II Is our hope Mint
by conferring such abundant favors,
not only Bishops, priests and men
of religious orders, but also the rest
of the faithful, may resolve to bear
witness to their regard for the I'n
irn and heroine members of II; and
that the evidence of our approval
may move them to do thin WO most
cordially In the Ixird, us a presage
of heavenly rewards and as a pledge
of our good will, bestow on you antl
all who hatVO joined or will join the
Cnion our apostolic blessing.
"Given at Home, at St I'eter's, on
the tenth day of July, In the year
ninteen hundred and six, the third
year of our Pontificate."
Archbishop Ireland
The Catholic church is absolutely
and Irrevocably opposed to drunken
ness and to dmnknrdninkln: In
rate: we profess to work for souls If
we- do not labor to drive out an evil
which Is dally begetting by the ten
thousand and peopling hell. In vain
we boast of civilization and liberty
if we do not labor to exterminate in
t mperance. Education, the eleva
tion of Hie masses, liberty all that
the age admires Is set at naught by
thai dreadful evil. The Individual
cons- ii nee is the first arm in oppos-
ng it. but the Indlviual conscience i Efforts to Stamp Out Tuberculoele
hM to be strengthened and supple Cause Death Rate to rail
in. a :ed by law. The claim of saloon j in the United States
keeper to freedom in their traffic;
is the claim to spread disease, sin. SAVES 27,000 LIVES EVERY YEAR
pauperism."
rf
of he west. She was pleated with
Alliance, but the country here la so
much different from her native
state thai H did not seem to her as
home-like as th town.
lii Frldny was the first anniver
sary of S. A. Miller's pun base Of
the Alliance Shoe Store. 81 and
Jud celebrated the event by gettkog
out fine lot of folders to advertise
the business. This house has hod
a good trade during the past year,
bii indications point lo greatly In
creased sales the coming twelve
months.
SAME OLD STORY
Gordon Editor Still of Same Opinion
on Temperance Question
Rushville, the county eat of Sher
idan county, . hanged from a "dry"
town to license at the last municipal
election, on the theory that there
Weil "just as much liqucr sold with
out saloons us with them." But
there is one editor, at least, in thai
COUBty who still holds to the oppo
site btlief. Cnder the heading, "The
Leaven Is Working." the Gordon
Journal cf last Fi itlay had the fol
lowing article:
"The harvest is already on. We
know cf nothing under the sun (un
less it is a want ad in The Journal)
cn which returns for the money In
vested are so prompt, as In the case
of the licensed saloon not only In
the town where the saloon is locat
ed, but in neighboring towns.
"On last Tuesday Rushville per
mined two saloons to optn for busi
DM -s On Saturday night, a usually
quiet and Inoffensive citizen of Gor
don rtiurn2d frcm th? !WM town of
Sheridan county and the liquor In
him got to raising the devil in him
and he had to b- taken care of
by the marshal. He reposed In the
'. ii' jail until Monday morning,
Wi ' i the Jus: ice's court he was
tie: ! lo and costs. On la-1 Satu
day, ..nether citizen w ho had heal
I) t. might an J clean tor
- ' or ten months, couldn't or did
not resist the temptation to visit
t'.ie wet town. Monday night he
cattle home full of course, and wad
immediately taktn in charge, brought
before the court of justice, given o0
days In the county Jail and taken
hack to the wet town by auto. In
less than two hours after his arrival
If such is the effect in a town 16
miles trout the base of support, what
must It have been on the spot."
Mrs. J. I. Nicolai visited friends
at Sterling the latter part of last
week, accompanying her sister. Mrs.
Farrell, that far on her return home
E. C. Whlsman, painting contractor.
lUOtfM
W. C. T. U MEETING
The Alliance W. C. T. C. met
with Mrs. BObrung Thursday after
noon, Mny . An Interestimg busi
ness session was held. An L T.
L organization for the children was
reported as having been started In
Alliance by Mrs. M. V. Nason It
wax otetl to also enroll "White Rib
bon Recruits," and Mrs. Phelps was
elerteil superintendent of tills tie
part men! of work. Four new mem
bers were initiated, five othcis hav
ing been Initiated at the preceding,
meeting at Mrs. Beck's. Quite a
list of others are expecting to Join
in the near future.
We are glad for this growing in
terest In the society of "Mother
Love" antl "iinine Protection." Af-
lor business was disposed of, Mrs.
B. G. Latng conducted an interesting
program relating to Mother's Da
The next meeting will be a Moth
ers' Meeting in charge of Mrs Dunn,
at the home of Mrs. Phelps. All
are Invited who tire interested in the
subject MRS. J. J. VANCE.
Press Supt.
DECLINE IN DEATH RATE
Archbishop Keane
"Cnfortunately for the liquor sa
loon and for the saloon people. It
is not in cur power as Anieri.ans.
in consider their business as one pro
motive of public morality and relig
ion, but the verycontrary ; not as u
business tending to the greatest
good of the greatest number, but
thp very cL.n.rary; not as a busin Mg
that th-uld be lo.-tcred and favored
by legislation, but the very contrary;
net as one tint should be granted
s i rial privileges on Sunday, but
rery eootrory; not as public
of necessity or charity, but as
:i public curse and scourge gad men
ace."
Archjishop J. J. Glennon
Sometimes the total abstinence
people are credited as bordering on
fanaticism, bu: that is not true. You
cannot be too enthusiasti-- in legis
lating for yourselves and POUT homes
an evil that is knocking at the doDr
of Society a great evil and to re
pel its attacks requires enthusiasm
and energy."
Cardinal Manning
"The drink traffic is a publt:-. per
manent and ubiquitous agency of
degredalion to the people of these
i t alms. The drink trade of this
country (England) has a sleeping
partner which gives it effectual pro
tection; every successive govern
ment raises at least a third of Its
budget by the trade In drink. The
drink trade Is our shame, scandal
and sin, and unless brought under by
the will of the people it will be our
downfall. Alas, in America also
does the 'sleeping partner', for b
money consideration, give its pro
tection to the drink trade. Do you
know how you will help to bre ik up
the unholy alliance between the
government and the greatest fraud
of the age? Vo against It."
(To be continued.)
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THREE YEAR HOMESTEAD LAW
Committees from House and Senate
Fail to Agree
A great many people are watching
with intense Interest the progress of
the proposed three year homestead
law. For a while there seemed to
be no doubt that it would be passed
by congress and become a law. but
differences in the bill as passed by
the house of representatives and the
senate imi mean the death of the
bill. Conference committees have
been quibbling over these differences
and so far have failed to come to
an agreement. Following U from
one of our exchanges, the Morrill
Mail, of May 10:
"Dispatches of the past week in
dicate that the pruH-ct is not bright
jfor the enactment of the measure in-
In the decade from l'.'Ol to 1810,
the death rate from tuberculosis in
the Cnitetl States declined from !!
!i for each 100,000 persons living to
1 60.3, I decrease of 1V7 per cent
while the general death rate, includ
Ing all causes of death, declined on
ly'sljne half as fast, or at the rate of
'..7 per cent, from 155.0 to 1495.8.
These figures were given out In
I itatenaal issued today by The Na
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of Tubreculosls. They
are based on data tbgtrsoted from
the reports of the Cnitetl Statts Bu
reau of the Census, and covers the
i '-ustratlen area In this country. Ac
cording to the statement, the tuber
culosis death rat h s d -lined stead
ily Fine? 1S04, when It was 101.. On
the other hand, the general death
rat." :h'.'w. a f lu:t unt Ion downw-ird
m general trend, but not as s-eady
as the tuberculosis rate. Tim decline
in the tuberculosis death lute In the
last i en ars inenn : i a i lg cf
27.000 lives at the present time In
the Uattfd States.
In (ita'.u cities, jch a.i New
York. Boston, Cleveland and Ch!
cago. and in si if- lik Massaclu.
st its. Rhode la land gad Ccanectlctit,
tin deella lg the tubercukoalat death
rate is mm h more marked than in
the country at large.
The National Association says
that there are many factors working
together to cause the decline in the
tubereuh .sis death rate, .such factors
as the change In the character of
our urban population, int re i.-etl sani
tation, and better housing, but prob
ably as potent a factor as any has
been the nation wide anti-tuberculcs-is
campaign. "It may be foretold
with considerable certa'nty," the
Btateflseaj concludes, "that when the
Herts of Hie pres nt rapidly in lias
Hig provision for the care of tuber
culosis patients shall have become
idt;.;, the decline in the death
rati from consumption In the com
' detade will be even more mark u
t: n that In the last one."
The Herald Is glad to have a part
ill ho a small part it may be la
the humane work of ridding the hu
man race of the dread disease. When
we Joined this crusade it was not
wi h the expectation of reaping .m
financial benefit by doing so, but
,ve are much pleased that the read
. i. of the paper appreciate our ef
fOttSi and evidently they are more
interested in the subject than the
wee a few years ago.
Mrs. Orlando Farrell of Custer,
Ohio, terminated a month's visit
with her sister, Mrs. J. L. Nicolai.
last Friday and departed for her
home Before coming to Alliance
she visited her daughter in the Black
Hills in South Dakota. This was
Mrs Fan-ell's first visit to this part
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