THE ALLIANCE HERALD
JOHN W. THOMAS, Editor
Lloyd C. Thomas, City Editor
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Scenes in Alliance and Box Butte Country Buildings
Worth $200,000 Now Being Erected Here
THURSDAY, OCTOlJKR 16. 1913
COLD AND RAINY IN
THE "HOOSIER" STATE
Guy V. Allen received a lotter yes
terday from his wife, who is vtsltlmg
ker parents) and other friends at the
M home at Kewanee, Indiana. She
aid Is was cold and rainy In the
"Booster" state but she was having
fine visit. At the (tone of writing
Mrs. Allen was at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Don B. Wagnor, formerly
ef Alliance, who are reuldirg on a
Vargo farm which, according to the
ssago of this country, tfcey call a
ranch.
OFF FOR A MONTH'S VACA
TIONWILL GO EAST
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Welch left
last night for the east where they
will spend a month's vacation In an
autumn outong and visiting friends.
They go first to Vassar, Michigan,
where Mrs. Welch's relative re
side and from there to Sandy Creek,
New York, the home of Mr. Welch's
parents. Before returning to Alli
ance they will TWt New York
City, Washington and other point of
interest la the east. Meanwhile the
Dally Herald will follow them
A
IT ALWAYS WAS IT IS
TODAY THE MOST
NEARLY PERFECT
Heating Stove
Famous Genuine ROUND
OAK (see the name on leg.)
It h;is never been changed in
principle of construction "SPI
Today it is handsomer, but
still the same good reliable
heat-giving, fire-holding, fuel
saving stove. For sale by the
Newberry Hardware
Company
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CITY MEAT MARKET
W. R. Drake, Prop.
Fresh and Cured Meats
H "The Best of Everything"
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$65,000 COURT HOUSE NOW BEING CONSTRUCTED
ALLIANCE
The county seat of Doz Butte,
cUty of about 6,000 population. Is
the metropolis of northwest Ne
braska, and the commercial center
of this section. With splendid rail
road facllitlea It Is destined to be
come one of the lead lag wholesale
and manufacturing cities of the
state. It Is a division point on the
Lincoln to Billings line of the Chi
cago, uurungton & vuincy uoiiroao
and the terminus of the Denver-Alliance
and the Alliance-Guernsey
branches. The railroad has extens
ive shops here, the pay roll amount
ing to about $60,000 per month. The
Burlington's $80,000 station Is one
of the finest la the state. The of
fices of the General Superintendent,
the Division Superintendent and otb
er officer are on the second floor,
Alliance 1b also an educational cen-
Butte county has fine crops and ex
cellent pasture while the eastern
and southern parts of the elate are
burned out with the drouth and
heat.
Hundreds of car loads of the fin
est potatoes are shipped out of
Box Butte county every year, and
always bring the highest market
prices, while the farmers' cream
checks run into thousands of dollars
every month. The profit there is
in dairying here is attested by the
large and continuously Increasing
business of the Alliance Creamery,
which was established in December,
1907, and the already large business
of the Hemingford Creamery, which
was started last year. The growth
of the dairy business is shown by
the annual output of the Alliance
Three-fourths or more of the land In
the county can be easily plowed and
cultivated, there being more than
five hundred thousand acres of till
able land. An abundance of good
water can be secured at a depth of
from twenty to sixty feet.
CROPS
Potatoes are one of the best
crops, while wheat, oats, rye, spelts,
barley, flax, corn, alfalfa, etc., do
well. This county is not generally
considered In the "corn belt" but
statistics of the Department of Ag
riculture show that the average
yield of corn per acre for the last
ten or twelve yours haa been near
ly as great as that of the high
priced lands farther east, while ex-
The. ground is easily tilled, and with
Notice to Farmers and Ranchmen:
We do our our own butchering and
are on the market for the best we
can buy. If you have some excep
tionally good stuff to sell, let us
know about it.
Corner Box Butte Ave. and 4th St
PHONE 40
dent ana otn- me annual output 01 tne Alliance i no, ground is easily tinea, ana witn man in eastern
second floor. Creamery the five full years that improved methods of farming the year lit haa bee
icational cen- it haa been running: corn yield per acre is being in- perhaps a little
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States census, was 6,131. The eatV
mated population now, based on the
school census of 1913, Is 10,210. In
dications point to a large Immigra
tion Into this county within the next
few years. This will moan mors
land under cultivation and aa In
crease in the price of farms and
ranches.
CLIMATE AND RAINFALL
Box Butte county has a delightful
climate. While prostrations from
heat have been reported dadly dur
ing a large part of the summer la
he same latitude farther east, there
hat not been a single prostration ba
'his or any adjoining county. Us
ually the rainfall is somewhat leas
than In eastern Nebraska. Tall '
year lit haa been about the same,
perhaps a little more, but wkh the
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$100,000 BURLINGTON DEPOT AT ALLIANCE
ter. Her public schools rank among
the beet in Nebraska, as all school
men in the state are well aware.
Three large, modern brick buildings
house the publio schools with an
enrollment of more than 1,000. In
addition to the excellent public
schools. Alliance has the largest de
nominational school in western Ne
braska, St. Agnes Academy of the
Catholic church. The German Luth
eran church has a parochial school,
which Is taught by the pastor In
the church building erected last
year. The following named denom
inations have church buildings In
Alliance: Methodist Episcopal, Cath
olic, Protestant Episcopal, Baptist.
Presbyterian, United Presbyterian,
Christian, German Lutheran, Ger
man Congregational, African M. E.
The Seventh Day Adventlsts hold
services but have no church build
ing yet.
ANYTHING that you want in
A lumber can be found in our
large and well assorted stock, all
well seasoned for immediate use. Also, all kinds
of hard and soft coal.
Dierks Lumber & Coal Co.
No better place can be found for
profitable investment than Box
Butte county, Nebraska. For the
man who wants to engage success
fully in farming, dairying and stock
raising there is now no better loca
tion. Read this circular through. It
points out briefly why the above
statements are true.
Farming without irrigation and
dairying have passed the experi
mental stages through which they
must go in every new country, and
there U no longer any question or
doubt In the minds of those famil
iar with conditions Im this county as
to the success of either. When
eastern Nebraska has good croi.
Box Butts county has good crops,
too, on land costing only a small
fraction of what farms are priced
at two or three hundred miles far
ther east; and this year, 1913, Box
1908 Number pounds butter, 235,133.!
1909 Number pounds butter, 319,034.
1910 Number pounds butter, 395,650.
1911 Number pounds butter, 492,998.
1912 Number pounds butter, 489,504.
The decrease of 3,492 pounds in
1912, less than one per cent, of the
previous year's output. Is due to the
large amount of cream taken by the
Hemingford Creamery and really
indicates a large Increase In dairy
products in the county for the year.
Every man who milks cows in this
country makes good money the year
'round, and more of them are doing
it every year. Pasturage and feed
are cheaper than where land sells
for several times what It does here,
and the profit on butterfat Is cor
respondingly greater.
WHY LAND IS CHEAP YET
Land is much cheaper here yet
than In other places where it Is no
more valuable for the reason that
this country has never been boomed
as. many other places have been,
but steps are being taken to give
greater publicity to the advantages
of this country and the splendid op
portunities for profitable investment.
Without doubt real estate will in
crease in price very much within
the next few years as Its value be
comes better known to people living
where land is higher and crops not
as certain as here.
BOX BUTTE COUNTY
Box Butte county lie lust west of
the sandhill country o yruwesiern
Nebraska. It contains thirty town
ships. 1,080 square miles. Ths soil
In a dark, sandy loam, easily work
ed, and remarkably productive. It
holds moisture well. Under D roper
cultivation there is no such thing
as crop failure. The surface ks
mostly level, but rolling la places
created year by year.
POPULATION
The population of Box Butte coun
ty in 1910. according to the United
same amount of rain crops do muck
better than In the eastern, and
southern parts of the Btate. WB
HAVE NO HOT WINDS HERE.
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NEW CENTRAL SCHOOL BEING ERECTED BY 3. C. RECK
8HANGHAI OPERATES FIRST
ELECTRIC STREET CAR SYS
TEM OPERATED BY CHINESE
Shanghai, Oct. 13 The first elec
tric street car system to be financed,
constructed and operated solely by
Chinese was opened a few days ago
in the native city. By native city is
meant old Shanghai, or the section
under Chinese Jurisdiction as distin
guished from the International settle
ment which Is controlled by foreign
residents.
No foreigner was allowed to sub
scribe a cent of the $130,000 or 200,
000 taels which was raised to finance
the project. All the construction,
work was done by Chinese contract
ors, and the management and work
ing staff are all Chinese. The fin
ished Job Is eminently satisfactory la
view of the fact that previous to
this attempt the Chinese have has
no practical experience in such work
without foreign direction. The only
foreigner connected witn the enter,
prtse was B. Kocher.