Read the announcement in this paper of the big pricelcutting sale at the HORACE BOGUE STORE, start
ing Wednesday, December 17th. You will find bargains of many kinds. Don't fail to attend this big sale
a n tt
UE ALLIANCE HERALD
10,000
READERS EVERY ISSUE
T "'ft
I
OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION
VOLUME XXI
ALLIANCE, HOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEUKASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMHEU 1?, 1913
NUMBER 2
SYNDICATE BLOCK
BURNS LAST NIGHT
Firemen at Crawford Save Much
Property and Uvea in Fire
Wednesday Night
(Special from Herald correspond
wt toy phone.)
CRAWFORD, Nebr.. Dec. 18. The
Syndicate block, a three story brick
building oa the main street of Craw
ford, y nearly a total loss tram tire
Which la believed to have started in
the rear of the opera house. The
fire was discovered at 12:45 this
morning and burned until four o'clock
heroic work being done by Chief To
bien and his valient firemen which
saved thousands of dollars worth of
property and perhaps a genrlea con
flagration. Every member of the
department deserves great credit
9or his work. Many of them were
coated with ice and had frozen noe
u, fingers and toes.
A basket ball game was played at
the opera house tn the evening. The
fire Is believed to have started in
she roitr of this room. The upstairs
mm occupied by eighteen sleeping
rooms ami the opera house. The
whole building is practically
a wreck although the walls are Btill
standing. Most of the damage on
the first floor was done by the wat
er which came down, the firemen
stopping the fire before it had burn
ed down to the first floor to any ex
tent. The heaviest loss will probably fall
oil Samuel Knapp w ho-o-xrupled part
sXhe first floor and basement with
a large department store. His los is
estimated at $15,000. fully covered by
insurance. He carried a stock valued
at approximately $30,000. Thousands
of dollars worth of dry goods were
carried out by the firemen and their
helpers.
The First National Bank, which
occupied part of the first floor of the
building, suffered a lows of not over
$1,500 as furniture, fixtures, etc.,
were taken out befoi-e being badly
damaged.
CANTON REGAL IS ORGANIZED
Second I. O. O. F. Canton in West
End of State Organized on)
-Monday Night
Canton RegnJ No. 24 was organized
Monday night with seventeen chart
er members. The work was done
under the direction of Canton offic
tela from Omaha and Mitchell. Af
ter the work of organization was com
pleted a banquet was served to those
present and the meeting adjourned
at 2 o'clock this morning. The drill
team is practicing constantly and will
be ready for exhibition soon.
The officers w no were elected Mon
day night are: John R. Snyder, cap
tain; C. W. Jeffers, lieutenant; If.
II. Brandt, ensign; F. W. Buchman,
clerk; W. S. Kewer, accountant. The
appointive officers are: P. W.
Brandt, standard bearer; Karl Hulm,
guide; J. A Hopingardner, sentinel;
Oal Cox, picket. .
DEAN WARE'S APPOINTMENTS
Special Service to Be Conducted by
Him at Alliance, Bridgeport,
and Crawford
The coming week will be a busy
one for Dean George G. Ware of at.
Matthew's Kplscopal church. On
Sunday he will conduct three aerv
ioee in the Alliance ohunch.
On Monday he goes to Bridgeport,
where he will hold Holy Communion
service at 8 o'clock on the morning
of December 23rd.
Returning to Alliance, he will con
duct a midnkht service, Wednesday
night, Dec. 24th, tn St. Matthew's
church, and at 10 a. m. on Christmas
day there will be celebration of the
Holy Communion.
At 8 o'clock on- the morning of
Dec. 2(ith he will hold the celebra
tion of the Holy Communion at
Crawford.
J. B. Hunsaker and Mr. Middleton
made a business trip to Bingham
Monday.
SECURES PATENT
WORTH MILLIONS
Alliance Man Secure Patent to a
Burner Which Will Revolu
tionize Engine
I. U. Hagar, formerly a Burlington
engineer of Alliance, wtio has been
working several years on a number
of Inventions, received notice Mon
day that his application for patent
tor a new crude oil burner had been
granted. Wni. Hill of Alliance who
Is interested with Mr. Hagar in the
invention, left Monday night for the
oast -and south and will go first to
Washington, D. C, on business con
nected with the patent.
The main difficulty with oil burn
ing locomotives and boilers in
steamships, etc., has been the Im
possibility of properly regulating the
crude oil which is used as fuel. A
number of the railroads are ueing
crude oil as fuel in their locomotives
but because of the fact that it has
been a hard proposition to properly
feed the oil to the burners and
keep an even steam pressure
the use of oill has not spread as
rapidly as the production. At the
present time the fireman is the
most Important personage on an oil
burning locomotive or ship on ac
count of the tact that he must keep
constant watch of the steam gauge
with one hand on the oil feed regu
lator. In fact, it has been a very
hard proposition to keep an even
heat on a boiler fed in this way.
Hagar's Invention will relieve the
fireman of the main responsibility
of liis Job for the burner which he
has patented regulates the flow of
air and oil automatically, keeping
the steam at any pressure desired,
without attention being paid to it by
the fireman. This burner also elim
inates smoke and gases as It is
scientifically adjusted to feed just
the right amount of air and oil In
the proper proportion, resulting in a
saving of fuel as well as being an
advantage to oattleefcrps which burn
oil, in a lack of smoke to reveal
their location in time of war.
While In Washington recently Mr.
Hagar was taken to the iNavy De
partment by Congressman Klnkaid,
and three days were spent in going
over the plans of the invention with
government naval experts who were
deeply Interested and told him that
when the device was patented it
would be thoroughly tried out on bat
tlesliips which are now in course of
eont ruction.
Mr. Hagar has a number of other
Inventions on which he is working
and which will undoubtedly prove as
valuable for their purposes as the
one jiwt completed.
BIRTHDAY PARTY; IS NOW ILL
Kinkaid Man Who Had Birthday Cel
ebration Recently With Many
Friends, - III Since
(By Herald Correspondent.)
KINKAID, Dec. 17. Mrs. McLaugh
lin and daughter were callers at Mrs.
Schott'a one evening last week.
The Rodger boys spent Sunday at
Hue Smith's.
We don't think from what we
hear that Mr. Unger will want to
celebrate another birthday party very
soon, for he has been sick ever
sine his birthday party.
O. Workman succeeded in selling
his herd of cattle the other day,
keeping only a few milch cows.
Miss Pearl Puarman spent a very
pleasant day over at Mr. ' McLaugh
lin's last Sunday, returning late In
the evening.
Mrs. Mclntyre and daughters were
callers at Mrs. Schotte's one day
last week.
Hue Smith has been hauling hay
fur the past few days.
George Workman was a caller a.t
Soth's one night last week but did
not stay long, fur he heard there
wad to be a little party at his place
that night unbeknownst to him.
Mr. Mclntyre and family will leave
tor Alliance in the morning, where
they expect to remain a few days to
visit with friends and relatives be
fore leaving for Oregon. They have
not yet d added where they will
make their home, but expect to visit
with relatives in Oregon during the
holiday season.
Mrs. C. W. Fogle, who has been
visiting relatives for a week at Red
Cloud, returned Sunday to her home
in Alliance.
ON CHRISTMAS
DAY AT BEREA
Christmae Celebration at Berea to
Be Held by Pastor and Mem
ber of Sunday School '
Special Christmas services will be
conducted in Berea on Christina
day, Dec. 25, at 2 o'clock p.m. at the
school house in which the children of
the Sunday school of the English
Lutheran mission will render an Ap
propriate Christmas program, and the
pastor, Rev. Titus Lang, will preach
a Christmas sermon. j
The Christmas tree and the usual
distribution of gift to the children
will also nut be mlseing. Everybody
is welcome to this service and Is In
vited to attend.
BOX BUTTE COUNTY
AMONG THE BEST
Stands Eleventh in Percentage
Level Land in Lilt of Nine
ty Nebr. Counties
of
The Nebraska State Board of Ag
riculture has compiled a table on lev
el, hilly, loess and sandy soils of the
state, arranged by counties. This
makes an interesting study from
which it is found that Hamilton coun
ty claims the distinction of being the
county with the greatest percentage
of level land, closely followed by
others, as follows: Hamilton, &5 per
cent; Clay, 84 per cent; Hall, Kear
ney and York, each 80 per cent; Ad
ams, Cheyenne, Merrick and Polk
each 76 per cent; Fillmore, 70 per
cent, and Box Butte, Seward , nnd
Thayer, each 65 per cent, with six
teen other counties running from oO
to 60 per cent.
Thirty counties are shown as .r0
per cent more rolling; sevinty-eight
as 50 per cent or more loess soil and
thirteen as 50 per cetit or more san
dy. The soil designated as "loess" is
what is sometimes called "silicon",
but not altogether correctly. It is
the loam soil found on the table
lands of the state and is remarka
ble for Its fertility under proper cul
tivation and with sufficient. moisture.
With what has already been learned
of the properties of the soil of
northwestern Nebraska and its won
derful productive possibilities, it Is
reasonable to believe that agricul
ture is In its infancy yet in this
country.
Persons who want information abou
this part of Nebraska should sub
scribe for The Alliance Herald, which
gives more information regarding this
country and its development than
any other paper. The weekly, which
Is the official organ of the Nebraska
Stock Grower' Association, official
paper of Alliance and Box Butte coun
ty, contains eight or more well filled
pages each Issue, and has the largest
circulation of any paper in the state
north of the Platte river and wont of
Broken Bow. The price is $1.50 per
year. The Daily Herald is the only
dally In this part of the state. It
contains from four to eight pages,
and the subscription price Is fifty
cent per month or five dollars per
year.
LAKESIDE DANCE
ON XMAS NIGHT
Lakeside Will Have Grand Entertain
ment Christmas Night for All
Who Want to Com
lakeside 1s a place sx.-ond to none
for first-class entertainment. Crowthei
aud Hunsaker, of that place, are go
ing to give a big dance Ch rim mas
night, Dec. 25, with an Alliance or
chestra furnishing the music. It will
be held in the M. W. A. hall and
there will be accommodations for all.
WANTS A COWBOY OUTFIT
The Bee Hive received the follow
ing letter from a little chap out in
the country for Santa Claus:
Alliance, Nebr., December 9, 1913.
Dear Santa Claus:- Will you please
bring me some things for Xmaa? I
want a lasso rope cowbov suit, vio
lin. Randall Arlie Fogla. I am 9
years old.
FRESH NEWS FROM MARSLAND
Soon to Have Electric Light. Snow
Delay Business. 8everal At
tend Alliance Funeral
(By Herald Correspondent)
MARSLAND, Dec. 17. Main ttne
traffic was quit badly delayed Sat
urday and 8unday, caused by snow
drifting , causing extra west to get
several cam oft the track at Girard.
Mis. Ruey SooQeld left Siruday a.
tu. for Denver for few days. She
then will return to Alliance to attend
school.
Mr. C. W. Graham and daughter
returned from Omaha Sunday.
Kid Young, who has been second
crew on the helper, Heft for Alliance
Monday A.m. tor some reason. He
hated to go. Wonder why!
Mr. RU-hey received his gas engine
Tuesday for electric lights In hotel,
expects to have same In running.or
der in few day.
J. M. Woody came down from Craw
ford on 44 Tuesday.
L. T. Poole arrived Tuesday p.m.
for a few days' vltdt with family and
friends.
Mise Alice Enyrt returned Tues
day after a three . weeks' visit in
Missouri and Illinois.
Mrs. J. M. Willis returned Thurs
day a.m. from Sheridan, where she
has been visiting for a few days.
Mr. Willis met her at Crawford.
Mrs. L. T. Poole was a Crawford
visitor on 43 Wednesday, returning
on 44 Thursday.
Miss Hazel Furman was a Craw
ford visitor on 43 Saturday.
True Miller went to Alliance on
44 Saturday morning.
Operator Thudluu, who has bn
working at Whitman, returned to
Marsland Friday for a few days' vis
It. Mrs. C. E. Matthews, who has been
visiting friends at Marsland for the
past thres w,ek,. .returned to her
home at Denver Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Ph'lllps and
Karl Enyeart left for Alliance Fri
day night to attend the funeral ' of
Mr. Ijotspeich Saturday.
CHRISTMAS AT THE
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Christmas Celebration at Immanuel'
Ev. Lutheran Church, Com
mencing Wednesday evg.
The Christmas celebration at the
Imnianuel's Ev. Lutheran church will
begin on Christina Eve, Dec. 21, at
7:30 o'clock, with a children' serv
ice. A Christmas program will be
renderde In German by the pupils of
the parochial school, assisted by the
choir and by the pastor of the con
gregation. The main features of
this program will be a catechisat Ion
on the story of the birth of our Sav
iour, Cb list mas carols sung by the
children, anthems by the choir, and
two addresses, one in Englfoh and
one in German, by the pastor. The
program will be followed by the usu
nl distribution of gifts to the child
ren. On Christmas day, Dec. 25, a spe
cial Christmas service, with an ap
propriate sermon by the pastor of
the congregation, will be held in the
German language. This service will
commence at 10: 0 a.m.
On the Sunday after Christmas,
Dec. 28, at 10:30 a.m., a special
Christmas service will be conducted
at the church In the English lan
guage. All members of the congregation
and all friend are cordially invited
to attend these services.
CHRISTMAS PIE PARTY
The P. E. O. gave a Christmas pis
supper at the home of Mr. J. Krld
ellbaugn Monday evening. An enter
taining musical and literary program
was enjoyed. Refreshments were
served, the dessert being Christmas
pie. There were gifts for each per
son. Mr. MeCrackeu was the P. K.
O. guest. Everyone had a lovely
time.
CHRISTMAS AT HYANNIS
J. P. Hazard, the surveyor, will
spend Christmas in Hyannis, as he
is going down there to show land
the day after.
SWEEP GAVE A
DANCE AND SUPPER
Northport Man Entertains Friends
Mr. Crick visits In Denver
Preaching and S. 8.
NORTHPORT. Nebr., Dec. 18. -H,
J. Sweem of this neighborhood gave
a dance and supper for hi friends.
All who attended wish tor another
invitation noon.
Mlsa Merl Rogers from Lynn was
visiting with her sister, Mr. Perl
Mount, this week.
Mr. Flora P. Crkk and children
left Dor Denver last Thursday where
they will remain until after the hol
iday. Mrs. C. C. Vernon left for North
Platte today where he will visit rel
atives and friends.
Preaching services are held In the
Northport Sunday school every other
Sunday, after Sunday school, by Rev.
McDoughal.
CARPENTERS HAVE
BANQUET WEDNESDAY
Thomas Croa la Ho.t st Jolly Party
for Carpenter Wednes
day Evening
The members of the carpenters
union were the guests ' of Thomas
Cross, a member, at the Empress af
ter the regular business meeting
Wednesday evening. Following the
show, they were taken to ihe Cen
tral enfe, where proprietor Cy Lalng
furnished a banquet that made ull
remember when they were boys at
home and had in mother's cooklnn
it gulnrly.
The menu at the banquet was in
deed tempting. It looked like th:
oyster Htew, roat chicken, french
fried potatoes, roast beef, salmon sal
ad, cakes, preserves, etc. Excellent
cigars were passed around, following
which all wnu home, vowing that
member Crop was a capital enter
taii.er. VISITING HERE AND LAKESIDE
Herman and Eldred Families Are Re
cipient of Visit by Relative
from Iowa
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kliegel of
Emmttburg, Iowa, and Mr. and Mrs.
Chet Wells of Aton, Iowa, who have
been visiting nt the hom of Ed
Kldred and I. W. Herman, went to
Lakeside Wednesday for a visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Herman. They
will return to Alliance before going
back to Iowa.
Mr. Kliegel and Mr. Wells are
brothers-in-law of Ed Eldred and l.
W. Herman. They apjM-ar to be well
plutised with northwestern Nebraska,
but both are prosperous Iowa farm
er and when The Herald suggest
ed to them that they move out to
this country, they would not enter-
tain the idea of leaving that state
to make their homes anywhere else.
REBEKAHS HAVE
ENJOYABLE TIME
Pleasant Party After Regular Ses
sion of Lodge In I. O. O. F.
Hall Friday Evening
The Rebekahs gave a pleasant
surprise to some of their members
after the regular session of lodge
Friday evening when they served
refreshments. Games were played
and all enjoyed a visit together. A
good crowd was present to partake
of the delicious food which was serv
ed with steaming hot coffen.
SCHILL RANCH SOLD
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Schill have sold
their ranch near Alliance and started
on a ten months' trip through the
west. They will visit Denver. San
Diego, and will cover western Can
ada on the trip.
Dr. Tyler returned Tuesday morn
ing from a business trip to Lexing
ton, Nebr.
MAKING PHOTO CALENDARS
Pretty Chrlatma Present the Pro
duct of Alliance Young La
dy's Artletle Skill
There are no more acceptable
presents thna those that are ths hs
dlwork m friend. Miss Lura Vane
realizing this fact, I engaged la
engaged tu making artistic photo oat
enda r, which will serve the double)
purpose of Christmas present an d
souvenir of alliance. Among ths
photographs taken by her for thts
purpose are some for which she se
cured tbe negative by going to ths
roof of the ne Central school build
ing with her camera.
The Herald hope that the publi
cation of thin new Item will not a
rouso the expectations of too many
of MIhs Vance's friends. Altho an in
dustrious young lady, she ha too
many friends to present a calendar
of her own make to each of them.
SHERIDAN CO. PEOPLE HERE
Prosperous farmer of Spade . and
Bingham Neighborhood Vis
It AtSance on Business
Jack Hurkett of Spade who was
formerly lit butdnesa in Alliance and
Is wH known here, and Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Soo villa of Bingham are some
of th Sheridan county people who
were recently in Alliance on busi
ness. Mr. and Mrs. Scbville came to
the city a few days ago to have den
tal work thna
Mr. Burkett Informs us that crops
were good In- his part of Sheridan
county last summer, com being the
principal crop tit this year. And corn
i corn thin year, too, as everybody
knows.
MANY LICENSES GIVEN IN 1911
I : - r . ! n - & C
Than Ever Before
County Clerk Hargraves has remit
ted the sum of 1283 to the state trea
urer iwt receipts for hunting licenses
In the county this fall. This breaks
the record and hows that hunting
Is getting mure popular than before.
The fee tor retedent hunters Is $1
each and for non-resident hunters U
$10 each.
BIG PAINTING CONTRACT LET
Supriss & Whlsman Are Successful
Bidder for Painting and
Decorating Houses
Hiiprta ft Whlsman of Alliance
were the successful bidders Monday
for the io4rut for painting and dec
orating the two large Burlington re-liletH-
whitii have been erected for
the ue of superintendent aaid gener
al superintendent at Alliance. The
buildings ore pnu-tlcnlly ready for the
painters ham! decorators to start ou
tfhelr work.
Happening .at Peru Normal
(By Herald Correipondent.)
PERU, Dec. 18. A splendid enter
tainment Was given Thursday even
ing by the men's glee club of the
Wesleyan university. Especially un
ique was their descriptive steamboat
journey dows the Mississippi.
The Pbilmahtean Literary society
held an op'-u session Friday evening
to wbk-b tbe fuculty and the Everett
liUerarjr society were guests.
The final later-class basket ball
game was played Saturday afternoon
between the Junior and Senior girls.
The chanj)Utnehlp was won by ths
Juniors. The playing done by both
teams was ual to that of college
teams.
Both the Sophomore and Junior
ciusHies held thus parties Saturday
evening and All report having a good
time.
An exhibition- and sale of products
of the manual training department
was held Tuesday and Wednesday. A
pieces was sluwn, any of which
would make ww-ellent Christmas pres
ents. The pupils of the first eight grades
of the model school will unite In giv
ing an entertainment on Friday, Dec.
19, to which parents and student of
the normal ae Invited. The pulls of
ths seventh and eighth grades will
give several scenes from Dlcpkens'
"Christmas Carol".
Saturday, Deo. 13. Frank Joloo and
Eva B. Dunham wars united to mar
riage at Judge Berry" office.