9ocV? CP Gives all the news of Box Butte County and Citv of Alliance The Alliance Herald Largest Circulation of any Newspaper in Western Nebraska. VOLUME XIX ALLIANCE. BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA : THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 5, 1912 NUMBER 39 Box Butte County Fair and Race Meet, September 18, 19, 20, 1912 Big: liiree 3Da.3rs' Sal HORSES and MULES At the Stock Yards, Alliance, Nebraska, Thursday, Friday nf 0 A anrj C and Saturday Vhl. 0, t dllU J Th horse market will bo in letter condition, our dates have bean arranged to not conflict with other western sales, we will have the buyers here, and the salesmen who will dia lose of thp stuff. We want every ranchman and dealer or anybody else hav ing horses and mules to sell to list them for this sale. We will have plenty of buyers here. Bring in your horses B3 males. We will se that you get a square deal. list them as soon as possible so that we can get a line on what to advertise. Commissions: Single horses ami pairs, $2.00 each; 3 or mere, HOD each LESTER d SON For further particulars phone 259 localspersonals Ca Z r-irr nr. x-fTZ ZTX-Zjg J. P. Nielsen, a ranchman of the Orlando nefighorhood, this wk fin Sshes a contract Bar putting up buy on Nets Worley's ranch west of Alli ance. While in town lam Saturday, Mr. Nielsen railed at The Herald of fice and ordered hi name on our aisicription list. H. W. liar: man of tVtUM, one of Harden county s .real estate and live stock men-, wa.s In Alliance on land biwioess Tuesday and Wednes c.ny While here he. ordered his name placed on 'ie Herald's sub- scription iift. l). J. Fogle iliwe up to Alliauve yesterday from Heno with :t load of household good. He ha rented a house in Dunoun'e adition in which Mrs. Fogle and son will real da dur lmg the fall and winder while the lat ter attends school. Mi. Fogle will make theui an occasional visit. Mr. and Mrs. .1. A. Jones and sou of Fluitsinouth. stopped off in Alli ance MoimUi.v on their way to Hot Springs. They arc visiting at the home of Mrs. Jones' uncle. Kiias Mil ler, and will remain in this city a few day. They are making a v oaitrion trip. They Will be aocompan led frotii here to Hot Springs by Mr. and Mrs. Miller. Khler and Mrs. Frank Allan Woten of Palmer, Nebraska, have been In Alliance since last Friday Klder Wot en is a minister of the Chris' ian church and held service- in She court house last Sunday 111 truing and evening. A met inn U lo b? heW. rhi evening at which it will be decided whether their denVni.inatioii will erect I church building isi Alii ance and nisi whether they will liave a regular minister. There was printed in a recent t sue of The Herald u paper on the hiibject. "In Cm an Is S'rength." which was reard at a union meeting of the ladies' aid apetottW The pn per was credited to Mrs Rlgnell, which we are informed wis a nils take, as it was written and read by Miss Kthel JoIiiihioii. Miss Wthel Kowley who has In n employed as ditrng I mm girl far K. A. Ilellaigi r fur tb" pes' two mum lis. lull Par Alliance Saturday far a two weeks' visit with her parents. Mor rill Mail. Aug. -10. Miss Ola and Nellie Crouncs lft Friday night for ihe-ir home in Lincoln, after having visited a few days in Alliance at the SSBM of ih. 11 -.sN-r. Mrs. lfVWJ Una Mbs Anna Meyrs of LiliroJa ho haii ben visiting rrieinks iukI r. 'la th in Milan, o for a couple of weckn, left for her home in the capital ' it last Friday night. While in Alliance slw was the gue.-i oi Mr, and Mr. K J. Stern, Hie form er being her uncle. Jlon J B Siradnirger of Stra.s burger, Nebraska, came over Ho Al liance last Friday on legal business, a .-out panted by W. S. Hailison. Mtes Hoadafer. Sltea Oeigley, and Mrs. 'an Arsdale of IJalesburg. III. Miss (leigley has been a te-icher In the Chicago schools and we under stand that she will homestead a sec tion of Sheridan county land. F. .1. Was, assistant cashier of the Firs National Bank, returned Monday from Ins vacation trip. While away he viited Omaha. Chi cage. Milwaukee and Northern Wis consin, and on his return sioped at his old home. Panama. Nehraska. He informs The Herale that crops are Immense in states which he vis ited. Southern Iowa, which JM cro-s ed on the HurlingJton. has a fine crop of small grain, while the par! of Il linois that he passed thru aeemed to be almost a solid torn field. Clarem-e Holmes met with what was a near fatal accident on Monday of this week. He was assisting in raising B. I Cregg's harn at 711 Hig Horn, using jsck-scress for thai purpose. A hle had to he dug in the ground to pennii the using of the tools ne' ssa.ry to raise hie harn. HntMMII DM in the pit turning the jack-scn w when I he harn slipped ov er toward Mm. The MM of !he barn struck him tmrol tlMMCk and pin ned him to the ground. Just as this occurred. J. J. Vance and iinoth er man drove up on a dray. They rushed to his assistance and vainly tried to raise the barn hy means of planks. This the.v sere unable o do. but another man coining around the burn with a spade in his hand. quickly dug away enonf&i of the earth to release the victim of the accident. Mr. Holmes was taken home anil a physicUin summoned. While he was badly injured, no boOMf were broken and is thaugbt that he will I u n re.over from the effects of the ac cident. Mrs. Mary IfeMM vi" to Osliki li last Friday afternoon for a kail with her sister, .Mrs J, ('. Fo.- er she is faptowd ' l gOM two or thrt e Wei ks J. It. Spadit Bad P. I. Ileach weiW to Hig Springs u n Sunday in a a ing. Kiuining (hit evening on 4 1 Tlw.v r port having had a nu-.v en joyahU- time. Uuth Morris returned iron Denver last Sunday where she had he mm vis iting tiu- a few d.i.vv Mis Klsie Kobinson. daughu-r of W. M. Hobinsca. rt:..irn d lo tier home at Omaha Sunday Site SM bun sptnding ths summer in tli'. I'M- of the state. Mr and .Mrs. F. M. Fry and non arrivel in Alliance last Bjtf lirflnj niorning for a visit of akOtd ten days. Mrs. Fryr is a daughter of rude rJtrssi wHaea, aikfas fa.t win insur' them a cordial welcome from his many triends as well from relatives. They expect to leave about the middle of next week C. Kaufman of St. l.ouls, a brother of Pave Kauifinan. arrived in .Alli ance Tuesday morning for rfl visit of about two weeks. This Is his firwt tip to ths part of the west. He seemed to be well pleased with the country and expressed a very good opinion Of this city. Our readers will notice the difference In the - pi 1 1 i n ti of the name Kaufftna.n. This is caused by what we might term the evolution Of a name. One of the brothers preferred to spell his name with one f. while the other pre ferred to spell his with two. 9m Km K. Cravath of St. Charle. Min nesota, came to Alltnnee on business last week. After arriving here he learned that his hint Iter, M D. CM vath of GMJTaoa, ShiTldan county, wa in the hospital for treatment, having been kicked by a hoi-se and seriously injured u few days previ ous to the Minnesota man's arrival. Rev. Titus iing M tliis morning tor a trip thru Sioux county as far as Harrison and from thcr- t.o Furl. Robinson before retuniiing home. He will be gone over Sunday and will hold Herman Lutheran services at several lioints along the road He will make the trip with horse and buggy. In his absence his brother, Rev. O. L. l.ang, will in-eacli at Im munuel German l.ulheran church next Sunday. Lei week an Item was handed us con.-erning Klder F. A. Wofcen, the Chrlstlnn minister who held services in the court house lust Sunday morn ing and evenign, but the name was misspelled in the copy, -the same be ing spelled MnJhen Instead of Woten. The Bennett Piano coiupanty has sold a new electric piano player to H. F. Thtele, wthiich he has installed in his drug store. This takes the plaoe of the one he formerly had. Last Thursday evening Mrs. K. J. Stern was the hostess at a party given lu honor of her sisters. M Ola and NelMe Crouhcs, Hind her niece. Miss Anna Meyers. About twenty young people were preseiiv A luncheon was served by Mrs. Stern which wa pronounced excellent by all those who had the pleasure of partaking of at. Numerous gam; - were played, after which the guests departed for their homes each on thanking Hie hostess for a very pleasant evening. Miss Pearl Hale of iUH tllce cam over to Gordon last Sunday with the .lake Fritz auto load, and visited here this week. Cord, in Journal, Aug. 30 Miss Alimlle Highland and Aliss Vivian Holleivva.v will leave Saturday night for a tern day' visi; in Brok n How. C. H. Kichey. after making tttPM attempts to drive to Alliance in his automobile, and breaking down ev cry time, le-Tied the oillci.v h .il as he called it, n id went to Allinnct on No. 44 Tuesday, reluming Wed nesd.iy packing a new tire and xh r repairs. On Phillips claims he made the record run from Minatare Monday morning. Th car in which he made this run (DM a Ford Model T thai tuts been run 10,000 miles. The- eti gine was started ul 7 o'i,lo,k Mon day morning, filksl with lubri a: iiil oil, gasoline, and the rail it or full of water Tli- engine w i- no' I Qppad nor was there an wa'.er, gasoline or luhricat ,ng i I put in the car un til he reac hed Marsland at 1 1 o' clock The trip was made i i - the coum'ty hy Maltml i. Heart ran h and l.awn. The distance Is N DttM, m Rev. D. W. Montgomery, pastor evangelist of the Presytet an church es in North western Neraski, In forms The Herald ilia,' the Ho ml of Home Mission of his church has hern i oopei t ig w . h 'li summer s.hoolx f several univer-itiis and other nrgatiiu 'r.ns. ',Jie plan bein t , put the rural min'ter into in'etligeru touch with his own problems and al so to w iden his v isi mi w i'h refen ace to the church as a whole. Itev. Mont gomery atlendM the sntatner si-hool of the I 'mi vers:', ty of Wisconsin, at Madison. Wimon-iin. He said he lis K-.ned io UmSWM oai subjeets not on tjr iM'dinarily rMOVBlMd as religi ius. but also siwJi pnuvtical sibji - s as alfalfa, inoculation of the soil, tuur oughhn il -.iiK k. poultry houses, care of sewage, atC, la the summer School of this UeW illlel ,1 l re g tii.ed thai! a man iuil' bsk after his religious duties W h r -feience tat Olj ks well as to souls. Per.ns who may wish more LnSanaaUoa ka Kurd to th s siihje. i c-.ui obtain the same hy applying to Itev Mirniguic ery. Millinery Opening GERMAN LUTHERAN MISSION FESTIVAL Sermon in Three Languages, Ger man, English and Scandinav ian, September 15 A CORDIAL WELCOME TO ALL One week from next Sunday, on . .1,1 . -i 1 1 ., n I r,l li I in nui ii iiel's l.lltliel- in congregation will ceiennne us an nual mission festival. Theiv will be two Bervlce-s, 1 w one In the Herman langime in the forenoon ooonmanc ing ai 10: :: o o'clock, anl the other in the Knglish language condu ted by Rev H. (;udtnutidsen of Haard. Nebr., conhnenv1nj at L' 1 10 o'clesk During this service Rev. Hudmund sen will also deliver a Scandinavian address. Offerings will be taken in lioth services for the benefit of missions conducted by the Lutheran chureh, principally for the benefit of the Lutheran home mission department , by which the Lutheran congregation of Uiis city is still being supported liesidcs, the Lutheran church carries on extensive missions In foreign countries, in India, Australia. China, New Zealand, South America and in the West India Isilands, atl of whUih are financed by free-will giifte of its n i embers. Skic Rev. Uudmundaen, the Eng lish aad Sea ml! mi v inn speaker at the uiiaatoe festival, Is not entirely a stranger in this country, ha ting for a number of years been In charge of Scandinavian Lutheran nMnu In Northwestern Nebraska, reatdtan; at llemiimford. and since he la known to imny as a good speaker, 1 -pected that a good crowd w... i attendance. All our frlen Q man, hkiglish and Stand. n . an, are (rdially invited to be wl h Oil i That'.H'y. TITI'S llvNC 1,'ii.U-. BOX BUTTE COUNTY AT THE STATE FAIR Well Represented by Large Number of People and Fine Display of Products September 12. HHL'. Swellest line of Fall and Winter Hats ever seen in Alliance We always lead at Sun moos (3S-1-14W) IN LINE FOR SOME PREMIUMS Mox Untie county is having a BMeodM representation at the hig State Fair at Lincoln this week. A number of "live wires',' including Qeotfja Douglas, Prod Mollring. Joe Vaughnii, Osf-ar O'HaniKin ati.l oth- em are there and Uurve one of the. hi-s.t. If iuit the be.t, exhibit ever sent down from this part of th M I Her - ;ne seni" nf the thing Hint wen,' into tht llox Mu te cotin ty car, wi.h the names of the s-r-MSa STOW! or -:r furnishing them: leo. A. Douglas, Si !cr' pie pUQXpfcka, yellow winter sua-h, yel low huhb:ird sush. se-kled hub bard squash, navy lieans, early May pi as. pearl liailey. Japan' -e buck wheat, alfalfa seed, Russian rye rOM i peep-o'dny water melon. n ly li Cross- sweet corn, peskey musk melon, irudneg musk n U B, illow wax beans, while corn. Col orado wax beans, red winter wheat, white win t-r rye, mixed tatne grass, I. noln oa's. timothy, orchard gns-i, !! o, white Swedish oats, bromos gt'a-is, canary bird sed, primrose I ix, Kentucky blue grass, ont gi i, wlmer wheat, muminoih red clover, black sugar cane, whea: grass, alfal fa, broom corn, millet, red chaff wheat, Kaffir corn. Kgyptian mImmU hulless Imrley, Kersen oats. Orbln osaa, Kmg barley, broom corti mil let. sweet clover and bitlion doilar grass; Win. A.ioden. glabe h Swedish white oats, flat head cab huge; F. McCoy, cncuiuhers, tenia us, poJaCoes, HIUs turnip, lalico corn, marble wiiash, pumpk ns. , I low hubhaid siua.-li. Japan. QtiaaD, while rutabaga, cauliriower. pin pie top strap leaf luiirp. p.,i , nis. iniUi maie. early white corn, early Ohio pointers, early W inum 'ad cuhltage. goiihn oais; Q It Carr. flax; (Is ,n- O Hanacn, red clover, Wheat, marble head squash. IWSSt iuah, red tuabard siiuash; Mrs Win Aaadon. Sari, a I u.niatoes, long gnen cuetuubarv; Hiown Urrffith, steel wheat, tuie miiiei, KaoaeveH on.-. m:"; Joa Vaughau, bro.Mii coin initial ;" H W Reach, biNKiin nun mill, . eed alfal '' John l.aAreni-e. Saskatchewan wheat, blak spring r.ve. Roosev.-M i a -. Will. Sherloek. white cap corn. snly vm', Russia i. o.ils. Koiven oataj n. H Hasaaaw aiater radtath. lona white com: F. .1. Hetzohl, ear !j OM0 pOtSUMSi snowflake pota toes i Mrs. C. CiKlerwenMl, early Win lilngstead cabbage. Miles llagainan. purple top strap-leaf turnip; (1. W. Nation, pearl millet, mammoth silver klnR ontons. king of the early onions, I'd Tripoli onions, Australian BT0 WD onions, red loba Sout.hKirl onina I, yellow neekiess ootOBa, prtse taker onions. Chine Hocco onions. It us il in sun flower; Geo. A. 1'nderwood, mil let, oats; I). K. liiHnton. alfalfa; K T. Klble, flax; C. 1. PowaJt, corn, flax, potatoes: Wm Loranoe, flax, thlril cut of alfalfa; Ray Tabcr. flat; W. Davison, flax; Robt. Carr. prim rose flax; H. M. Hums, alfalfa, reT Pt chaff wheat. Durham wheat,. Med itermnean wheat, prize outs; Uobt Clark, flax; Chas. Benjamin, flnx, licardliss barley. JaKUlese tnilli t , ' Alex. 1'nderwood. alfalfa . Sea ManJ wheat, Saskatchewan wheatJ velvet chaff wheat; .1. S. Brtoe, alfalfa, mil let, oats; John ICggert, white cap field rn, calico field corn; Aaron Fool, rhubarb, cocks comb; L. A. Merry. Red Wet hersford onion, Her UlldO onion, globe beei, aanu agiis beet; J. W. Davis, oats. Russdnn mil let; Win. Rust, wheat; Fred Abley, Indian i-orn ; Carl Christ en-ten, llli- turnip, potatoes. Herman millet, F. Manning, corn, pie melon. Henry' Miekleauti, Kersen oats, (5. W. Lore, rpeltl j Mrs. C. K. Kose-ntierger, -I- low hubbnrd suuiudi, early flat Dutch cablmge; Master Vern Idling, one beet weighing 'Z pounds; J. B. Iluri saker, sweet merice. nasturtium; J. H. Wehr 6. Son, alfalfa, potatoes, wheat; W. W. Norton. asparagus, early lettuce, tansey, white malice. wonder-berry, long purple radish, sweet peas; Mrs. Bertha Slone, navy beans; Demits Landrigan, la sun flower 12 feet high, oats, "wheat; Fred Seidler. sugar cane mil let. mil let, oats, hub bard squash, Freed pumpkin, white rutabaga, purple top strap-leaf turnip, early VV'lnningstead cabbage, early Ohio potato", hhireka potato; L. iA. Surprise, Alabama com; J. A. Keegan, red top hay; Oias. Oksley, broom com. millet; J. R. Van Bosklrk, oats, Freed com. side oats; Ed. Wilson, Kersen oats; J. H. Hilton, wheat, sugar cane; lee Marsh, rtide oats; John Liggett, mil let; L. Lelshnian, wheat; J. F. Bar gsr, long red radish, winter rutllsh. Wooly butcher, cmn.; Mr.-s. l-ge. tweet eoftl; Olive BenjamwiN mam moth chill souash; I'eter Soderberg, side oats; F. W. Harris, Wealthy ap ples and twia of Siberians, grown in Alliance; Mrs. L. H. Highland', beau tiful collection of lowers grown by her; Mr. Scott, bundle of oats meas uring six feet; K. W. Ray. garden vegetables. LARGE ATTENDANCE AT ALLIANCE SCHOOLS MINISTERS VS. 1st TEAM Preacher and Teachers Play Better Ball than Rivals and Win by Decisive Score HEAVY HITTING FEATURE Laal Monday art.ino.on a crowd githered at tiis- fair giouurts e,il if own to wiiii ss 'he firl team give the te l 111 m an. I pie. e h- : , -i , ive 1 1 1 1 il it i ng. hu alas an I rack. MM t ines the In -: la I plan iii s- any Anyway w'i,-n t ie Ii I h.iM cf the ninth wa-i ov -r the f i it am was at .tie -lion . nil of !i seer. The find co'JWt was 12 !o .'. Iowry. who pltdhed I r tlie w i nintg team, it itn good form ancl at. no Cms was he ; danger tf cs toa Ws SPAa c:?men's, oje of the instructors n th- Hih s -tio H. ltd in the slugg.ng. Wn a h' t i b .'me at bat. He sjg play ed f . -t base accepting -v-ral difficult ; h inc es without an 'tnw. Itev W;' pastor of the Baptist chireh, also did s iine heavy M'tlng, get:inx two three base hits, each bringing in scores. Following is the bitting order and positions played: Ministers First team Baker c MoitN :l Lovrjr p Hake c Spai lit St) Itrouuhtcn ss I watte cf Atweli 1st Jailsii el Hamilton if Zisl.k' r p Rae N S -veins -s p St hater R Score by Innings Ministers 2 n & H I S ' I Fir Team 4 12 2 2 1 I I hi i a C A. Newbtrry r.i urned Wdn day morning from Lincoln where he. had In n attending Hi s ate fair. Supt. W. R. Pate Gives Notice of Enforcement of Compulsory Attendance Law RECORD ATTENDANCE AT H. S. The Alliance city schools SJjMNNd Monday morning with an unusually large enrollment There are in the High school up to today It?, the largest number ever enrolled this c-"-v in the term. The attendance n the grades Is somewhat larger than last year There will still be unite a number of pupils to enter on nocouait of some being out on rain Ii es with their parents during the summer and not having yet ooine In, and also on account of the Strnte Fair which is being held this week. It ia expected that the High school enrollment, by the last of next week will be nol less than 150. School work began this year with a splendid cor)S f teat hers, but we learn that there will be one lian,g which many patrons of the sohools will regret. Mis.-. Lulu F Wirt, heed of the Latin and Ger man department, has been elected to the poBU.lon of critilp teaiher hi the Kearney State Normal. While her many friends will be pleased to learn of her promotion, on her ac count , they will also regret very much to lose her from the Alliance schools. Superintendent W. R. I'a.te wishes to i all Hie attention of pat ronw to the compulsory attendance law of Nebraska and hands us the following; notice to publish ; Notice of Enforcement of Compulsory Attendance Law ' For ihe benefto of parents who may not be familiar with die Com pulsory Attendance law, we quote the following ii" iii Hie Si hod I . i s of Npbraska: "In City and Metropolitan C. y s icxnl distriots every person n ! Ing within such school ill-.n l. t who has legal or actual eh irge or control of any child or children or youth not less than seven nor more than sixteen years of age shall cause smoh child or children or youth to attend the public day school for the FULL period each year In which the public day schools of such school district are in session. The portion of this act requiring attendance at the public day school shall niot apply lu any case where the child or youth is, for a time equal to the time re quired in this no:, instructed In some private or parotlilal s'.hool. "Any person or pe:?ons guilty of violating any portion or th s act shall be deemed guilty of a ui'-de MHiiniii' and, upon coin i .a thereof, shall pay a fine of not le-s :han five dollars nor more than twenty five dollars." Furthermore, bka child labor law provides, In substaa e. :h it whoever etnpioya a child und r !.'. e n years, of age, or w .ioev er, hav n charge of a child wrier s xt -. y ars of age, permits su h h. d to be em ploy. d Hurt m i in- uVm tan Mm pub !'.- sch-3's bi" in s. j-.on. sliali, up- oi ccavi '.Ooa in reof, be S&ed um to exi si tifiy dollars for aai Ii of tSBW. Nr ii - s le : by g'..en Hi it the prov jei as or . ie C ni.ti! - ry hi t lim e Us will be - i .tly enfon1 ed by tiie school auHior'iej. W. R PATH. , Supt. Ci.y Sclusds. Doctor BeMwood, or Allt.rnce. was a Hyannis vi- or. pro'e - onillv. lon day ctr Hi i week, anJ als; -pt t a few boors soiially, he and The Tri bune editor be ins raised in h- same neighborhood n Illinois a tli - une lAine. Hyannis Tribune, Aug. IS, F. .. b 2d (iixlliey If Brown rf Cleweatta 1st Lun in ss DENTIST ftittice id Alliance National Hank Blk t 0'r I ',,i.,ai. Fhcne 39 j. Dr. JAS. P. HAXFIELD Dentist OVER BRENNAN'S DRUG STORE. All Electrical Equipment Evenings by Appointment PHONE 525 RED Send your worn out carpets to the Lincoln Bug Factory, Lincoln Xebi They Will make them into rugs for the regular price and pay the freight ' in iii ways. This ofu r is made rath er than put a solicitor in ths tarrl- l lory. Write for price list and sliip- Ipiug tags. S3-4-13TS DR. L.W Office BOWHAN Upstairs, First National Building Phone. Office 362 Phone, Residence 18 ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA