QUARANTINE ON
FOREIGN 6PUD9
Foreign Potato Will Not Be Ad
mltted to United Stt
If Infected
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 Tim 'c
ntary of agriculture ha Iswued two
rdm renting to adnihon of
foreign potatoes to the United
Slates.
One of thene oilier provkfcw for
the MhuUHlon of dlareiee-free in
toes from uninfected foreign dis
tricts under proper reguUtiiw and in-e-pectlon.
The other order, to pixrtei Amer
ican potatoes from the wdcry
ixab and other diseases, temporarily
extends the quarantine effective
Ktnce September 20, 1912, !uHt im
portation of potatoes from Newfound
land; the Islands of St. Pierre and
Mlquelon; Great Britain, including
Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales;
Germany and Austrla-Hiufwyiry, to 1n
chide also the rent of CoirtlnenCal Ku
rope, and the Dominion) of Canada.
Tola quarantine became effective on
December 24, 1913, except that ship
ments covered by connuuir invoices
e or prior to December 24, 1913,
will be adojKted up to January 15,
1914.
A coon oa any country or district
eaa be shown to be free from po
tato diseases, the quarantine will be
lifted and potatoes will bo admitted
under proper regulation and luirpeotlo
as provided la the first order. It In
posatble that, In the case of certain
Provlnicea in Canada and oertaln
countries and districts In Kurobe,
the absolute quarantine mti be Mfted
Id time to allow the Utter movement
of the present year's crop under reg
ulation and Inspection.
JUDGE WITTEN MAKES REPORT
Government Official in Charge
Nebraska National Forest
Reierve Reports
of
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Hocretary
Iuia of the Interior department ha
Just received through Commissioner
Tall in an of the general land office
brief report concerning tlie work
t4 Jaraea V. WW ten, cM law clerk
of that office, concernling tlie recent
sales of undeveloped kind under
his teraonal direction
Mr. WRten returned to Watering
ton after an nbence of four month
In tlie west, during which time be
has superintended the rets ration
and drawing for three bodies of
land aggregating l.HOO.OOe mere lo
cated In Montana and Nebraska. At
these registration 116,985 mwhih
presented application for farm
borne.
In addition to those rejsM ration
and drawings be eold durtng lii al
eence at public auction lot In the
government towaeite of Caiuaa in
Montana, and tlie remauint kimlm in
thn formr Rosebud and l,ower
rirtilA Indian reservnUottw in South
Dakota, and in the Kiowa, Ooman
che. Apaehe. and Wtehita, reserva
tton In. Oklahoma at pi-luce nuiginK
hn ti r, in till imt n:rK. or at
an average of $8 per aie ler bid.
The larger part of the ruminant
lande have remained unftakea by
bximoaeekerB. after hailiiK bee.n aub-
lect to homeateud entry at 1 1-25
' rer acre for twelve year.
AWARD RECK THIRD PRIZE
Ainne Contractor Receive Third
Prixe in November Conteet
of National Magazine
S. C. Keek, Alliance contractor and
builder of the new Cemlral aohool
haa been awarded third prlae In
November contest of the American
Carpenter and Builder, the world's
itreatest building paper. Tho prizes
were awarded for the moat oompre-
toenftlve and valuable 1U4 ef question
rnl Important points la building cou
tnuctkxn. This magazine bae
circulation of 400.000 copies and hun
dreds of contestant hhuA in their
Haul of questions for tlie contest
That Mr. Reck va auweetiflul in
winning third prize in the ooute to
a tribute to his ability as a builder
and contractor. The letter follow :
AMERICAN CARPKNTKU
. , AND BUILDKR
Chicago, December 31, 113.
Mr. 8ang C. Reck.
Alliance. Nebr.
Pear Sir:
It give us great pleasure to in
form you that you have been award
ed third prize tn our November,!
Prize Contest, for the moat complete
and neat eat "Confidential Cenaua"
list. Enclosed you will fiad our
check tor the amount of thi prixe.
The Information our subscriber give
In thee "Confidential Census" re
port la proving very valuable to us.
We thank 70a heartily for your in
terest and co-operation.
Very sincerely yours,
AMERICAN CARPENTER AND
BUILDER,
(Signed) Bernard L. Johnson, Kdfcor
Cut Prices on Wax phonograph
Records, GEO. V. DARuINU.
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r xiovfc) o Column
Two Little Kock negroes engaged
in a quarrel, when one struck the
other on the head with a wagon
8oke. The ne&ro that had receiv
ed the blow rubbed hi head for a
moment ami then said:
'I,ook yere, Stephen, "dar'a one
thing dat i er powerful bleanln' fur
you."
"Vbuf dat?"
"lo fnc dat my hold la ez thick
t7, It In. Wy If my haid wiuui't no
thicker dan de common run o' hill
dat Lick would er killed me, an' don
you would er been tuck befo er Jus
tice o' de peace an' fined mighty
nlgb $20. You'd bter thank the
hawd dat I ain't grit one er dem
yer itlg ahell balds."
A well known judge was recently
aulotnoblllng and hie chauffeur was
driving at a fat pace. They didn't
M' the dog, but suddenly heard the
"kl ji" and the Judge ordered the
chauffeur to etop. doing back, thoy
found un nnry woman atnndin over
u dead dog one of the ugliest doge
imaginable. She saluted tho Judge in
no uncertain terms, telling him wliat
he thought of him, and finis IkhI by
alHgn Mm the "murderer" of her
og. The Judge, thfnklng to pacify
bfr, mild, "Madam, I shall be glad
o replace your dog."
"Sir," she4 said in a freezing
olee, "you flatter yourself." Na
tional Food Magaane.
Danger of a Cold.
Do vou know that of all the minor ail-
menta cold are by far the most dangerous f
It is not the bold themnelve that you need
to fear, but the eeriou duesse that they so
often lead to. For that reason every cold
hould be gotten rid of with the least pos
sible delay, lo aommplixh this you will
find Chamberlain' Cough Remedy of great
help to you. It loosen a cold, relieve the
lungs, aids expectoration and enable the
vfttrni to throw oft the cold. For sale by
all dealer. Advertisement.
BANK DOING BIG BUSINESS
$20,000 Bank Building at Hyanni I
a Fine a in Most Metro
politan Cities
(By Herald Correspondent.)
UYANN1S. Nebr.. Jan. 3. The
fii-Kt month In the new $30,000 bank
building, which waa finished. Novem
ber 1, bae proved to bo a very sue
ceeaful one for the Bank of Hyanida.
It la rumored that It hae done more
buslnetw in the past month than ever
before.
The new building is made entirely
of solid brick, which gives it a
very businesslike look. It o-cupies
the corner lot of Main avenue and
Rail road! street where the old Bee
Hive livery atable used to be.
On entering the building you walk
down a large tiled lobby. If you
turn lno the first room on your
right, you will be greatly aatonbsbed
to tux so comfortable a directors'
room. From there you may go into
the coat room, lavatory, or mahog
any paneled visitors room, or per
haps you may wish to go Into the
basement and see the vault or gaa
generating machinery.
The present officers are: , John
Clay. Chicago, of the firm of Clay
Robinson & Co.. president; James
Forbes, York, vice president; C. O
Jones, caehier; A. V. Mclvor, aewist
and cashier.
The Blink of Ilyannis waa organiz
ed in 1897 by Bartlett Richards of
Ellsworth, who was later elected
president.
TWO WEEKS SPECIAL COURSE
State Uni. Offers 8pecial Course
In Dairying, Beginning In
Month of February
LINCOLN, Nebr., Jan. 3. In addi
tion to the regular courses in dairy
lug, which are planned especially for
those Interested in milk production,,
or those who wish to fit themselves
for teaching dairying, for experimen
tal work, as well a for state and
government lnspectlcu work, tlie uni
vers It y now of fere a epecial two
weeks' course for thoat (cierested to
butter making. This course U plan
ned t-speciali) tr- meet the demand
knowledge of practical creamery
ti.ethods as well as aomethlrg of the
scientific principles underlying the
work, but who are not in a ponition
to t i!ui i longer cour!. j
The modern butter maker must'
keep ahrejtst of the times if be will
compete successfully in the mnrk'Ms
In this country. The public fully
tippreclatca quality in dairy product.
Tiime wlvo supply the ordinnry ninr
ket, ps well as thotte who cater to a
special trade, muet be familiar with
modern dairy practice in order to
maintain a uniform high atandard of
onality In the finlnhed prodiui. The
average creamery man la too busy
to spare the time to take an extend
ed course In dairying, but It la hop
ed that all who can will avail them
selves of this opjHirtunity to learn
something of modem methods in
creamery practice, to tiy nothing of
tho obvious advantage of meeting
your ,fellow buttermakers and learn
Homethlng of the methods practiced
In otuer creameries.
The work in this course covers a
period of two weeks, beginning Feb
ruary 9 tind ending February 21.
There are no scholastic requirements
fot entrance in this course and tui
tion Is free. A laboratory fee of $6.
t0 Is charged to help cover breakage
iiul material used.
Thin course will consist of lec
tures on butter making, milk produc
tion, in Ilk tenting, starter making,
pasteurisation, cream ripenJag, scor
ing dairy products, and factory man
agement. In addition to the lectures
the atudenta will be given laboratory
wotk toverlng milk testing, rapid an
alysis of butter, care and propaga
tion of Mtartera, cream ripening, con
trol of moisture and overrun.
All of the laboratory work is so
arranged that each etudent will
have individual charge of the differ
ent stepg of the process thru wMch
the cream must go from the rime
It reaches! tlie creamery to the fin
ished product. This enables the
student to see and fully reaMse the
importance of each step.
NO WORDS OF APPRECIATION
Better Than Gold to The Herald
1. 1
the Friendship of Those It
Endeavors to Serve .
The business which comes to this
paper in the form of Kubscriptiotui,
advertising and job printing and
makea poa&ible its publication is ap-
reclated; but there are some few
things that are better than gold
some things that money cannot buy.
The sentiment which prompted the
following letter strikes a responsive
hord aud lends an encouragement
that any amouut of money could not
ive:
Alliance, Nebr., Jan. a, 1914.
Vlitor of Alliance Herald,
Alliance, Nebr.
var Sir:
n appreciation of the kind aervlc
you have performed for us freely
1 1'ug the pas yar ty your wlll-
,iiess to prut all cur advertise
nts and announcements, the Rer
un Kv. laitheran Innuanuel s con
regatlon in lte business meeting
on New ear day ma voted you
the moat heartfelt thanks and has
uutonzea me to announce to you
his vote.
wishirg jou and yo.r buLtne.su a
happy and pi-OHperoua New Year, I
remain, Yours truly,
TITUS IjANQ,
factor Ev. Loth. Church,
ALLIANCE WINS LINCOLN GAME
Alliance Basket Ball Team
Scores
Big Victory in Defeat
Opposing Team
of
LINCOLN. Nebr., Jan. 2. The Al
llance team defeated the University
Place High school team Thursday
night by a ecore of 17 to 14 at the
Y. M. C. A. in Lincoln. A big crowd
attended the game which waa fast
and clean. This Is the first floor
like the Alliance floor that has been
struck since leaving.
The University Place High school
team defeated Crete this year In a
hard fought battle. If the Alliance
team oould meet the Crete team on
the Alliance floor the score would
Look much different than the one
the other night.
CANDY KITCHEN HAS BUSY DAY
Advertising Backed by Good Goods
and Low Price Brings Big
Business to Them
Last Saturday was a busy day at
the Sugar Bowl candy kitchen. Mrs.
Fee, the proprietor, had advertised
in The Herald, aa a special for the
day, fresh home-made taffy at ten
cents per pound and the taffy that
was sold at 405 Box Uutte avenue
that day was a caution. Early Satur
day morning Mrs. Fee began making
taffy for the day's trade and found
it neceMeary to continue making it
during the day In order to supply
the demand.
A Saturday special will be a regu
lar thing at the Sugar Bowl hereaf
ter, but it will not always be taffy
Whatever the special may be. it will
be announced each week In Friday'
REVIVAL MEETINGS
BEGAN
8UNDAY
Gatllng Gun Evangelist Draws Large
Crowd at Christian Church
Sunday Night
The revival meetings at the Christ
ian church, with It. F. , Whiston, the
"Catling Oun" evangelist, in charge,
bognn Sunday with great interest
manifested. Tlie house was acked
last nlfcht and some were turned a
way. The sermons are masterpiec
es, while the aolos by the evengel
lat, and the duets by Mr. and Mrs.
Wbiston are vt-ry touching and In
spiring. A large chorus, asalsted by
t
EVANGELIST R. F. WHISTON
an orchestra, adds very materially to
the eong service.
If you have any choice of seats,
you better come early.' The evan
gelist desire that so far as poewlble
all be on time. The services begin
promptly at 7:30 aud cloue at 8:45.
Don't tall to hear his sermon to
night on "How ot Prosper." Serv
Icee every night thl week. Special
Invitation extended to you and your
frichd.s.
FUNERAL OF A. E. KNIGHT
Father of R. E. Knigtrt and Brother
of F. M. Knight Burled at
Denver Saturday
The funeral of Aaron H. Knight of
leaver, father of R. hi. Knight and
brother of F. M. Knight of Alliance,
was held Saturday afternoon in Den
ver, rue following account irom
the Denver News of Sunday gives a
sketch of his life:
Aaron K. Knight, who for 25 years
was a matt carrier in the uapuol
llll district and numbered hundred
of friends and acquaintances during
hi long service, was buried at
Crown Hill cemetery yesterday. The
egard in which he was held by the
public was strikingly attested a few
weeka ago when lie became ill with
pneumonia. Then many of the per
sons whom he served sent him a
beautiful floral offering and a sub
stantial purse. To his funeral yes
terday they also sent a floral em
blem.
Death came to him Just after be
had decided to resign from his po
sition. He was a man of resources
and had made aome fortunate Invest
ments. He Intended to devote him
self in the future to his private In
terests. Knight recovered from the
attack of pneumonia anu started to
work during the holidays.
The heavy mails of the holidays
and the difficulties caused by the
inclement weather proved too great
a strain for him. He suffered a re
lapse and died l;wst Wednesday. A
son, it. K. Knight, who Is a banker
and prominent citizen of Alliance,
Nebr., was with him at hie death.
Knight delivered the mail between
Colfax avenue and Cheesman place
on High, Race and Vine streets.
Fellow workers were his pallbear
ers. His wire and two sons and two
daughters survive him. The Knight
residence la 2324 Williams street.
MARRIED ON NEW YEARS
Popular Alliance Young Man Weds
Chadron Girl on Jnury 1
Big Wedding Ceremony
Bruce McDowell of Alliance and
Misa Gwemlola Johnson were united
In marriage at the home of (be
bride In Chadron, Thursday evening
at 6 o'clock by the Baptlet minister
The house was beautifully decorated
with flowers and thirty guests at
tended the ceremony. The ring cer-
mony was used.
Following the wedding an elaborate
wedding supper In courses wae serv
ed. Miss Johnson has been a student
of the state normal
at Chadron.
I Mr. McDowell is employed by W. C.
Mounts and ki very popular among
his friends and associates. They
are now keeping bouse at 715 Chey
enne avenue.
Closing out our stock of Wax Pho
nograph Record at Cut Prices.
GEO. D. DARLING.
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Greater Farm Efficiency
How to Select Best Seed Corn
Br PROP. R. A. MOORE i WSraoom' ColUgt mf Agriculture
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Good and Bad Types of Kernels. The
Proper Type to Chooe. Each of
Containing Such Kernels Should
The first point in judging seed corn
Is to determine Its trueness to the type
or breed characteristics. There are
tii-AAfia nf Mm lilro tiroeria nf entile.
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which have peculiar colors or iorms
which distinguish them; as for in
stance, the Sliver King is a white va
riety and the Golden GIqw a yellow
variety. It la difficult to distinguish
between breeds of the same color,
but this may be learned by experience
In handling corn of different breeds.
In pure corn of any breed there are
certain marks which can be easily
recognized.
The ideal ear is cylindrical, conform
ing to the standard for the variety and
not crooked or too taiering.
It is as difficult to find an ear of
com perfect in shape as it is to find
cows, horses and sheep with perfect
i forms. The shape of ears of the dif
ferent Tarieties of corn differ as
widely as the Bhape and form of the
different pure breeds of cattle. Each
class and variety has a characteristic
shape peculiar to itself. For example,
Silver King corn has an ear of me
dium length, large In circumference,
while the Golden Glow has an ear con
siderably shorter and finer in cob and
general conformation.
The most desirably shaped ear Is
cylindrical from butt to tip. "Where
ears are Inclined to taper, it will be
noticed that two or four rows, as a
rule, are dropped near the middle of
the ear. In scoring corn, take Into
consideration the soil and climatic con
ditions in which the corn is grown.
The shape of a desira'ble ear for cen
tral Illinois would differ in many re
Bpects from the shape moBt desirable
for Wisconsin. The shorter growing
season in Wisconsin demands a shal
lower kernel and a smaller ear to en
able the corn to mature in a short
season.
The color of the grain should be uni
form aud true to the color standard
for the variety, free from missing or
discolored kernels.
The color of the cob should be a
bright cherry red for yellow corn and
pure white for white corn.
The color of the corn varies with
the breed. The Silver King corn has
a cream color, while the Boone Coun
ty Wblte has a pearly white color.
Where these shades predominate they
become characteristic of the breeds.
Yellow breeds vary slightly in color
from a pale yellow to a deep orange,
and can only be known by a thorough
acquaintance.
A bright cherry red cob denotes
health and vigor in corn and a pale or
dark red cob denotes lack of constitu
tion or vitality. The white corn cobs
should be a glistening white and not a
dead pale color.
Some farmers prefer to grow corn of
certain colors. From tests made by
breeders of corn, and by experiment
stations, it has been found that in
general, color makes no difference so
far as feeding value is concerned, and
It Is merely a matter of choice of the
grower as to the color of corn he de
sires. Market condition means general ex
cellence and the degree of ripeness or
maturity. Corn that shows a tendency
to be loose on the cob with wide
spaces between the kernels should be
scored off severely under market con
dition. When corn Is scored from the feed
er's standpoint It is not cut so severe
ly as from the grower's or seedsman's
standpoint. When we consider that a
bushel of com plants about six acres
and realize the importance to be at
tached to uniformity of stand we see
the value of considering the market
condition from the grower's standpoint
in a critical way,
Corn will gradually become accus
tomed to its surroundings and will ad
just Itself to varying conditions of soil
and climate. By selecting those ears
for seed that show good market con
dltlon, even if there be but a few in
the entire field, the earllness of the
corn can be improved materially.
The kernels should extend over the
tip of the ear in regular rows, and be
uniform In size and shspe. They should
extend over the butt of the ear In reg
ular rows and be well developed and
uniform.
A perfect Up has a central kernel
called the cap, which Is completely
surrounded with uniform kernels. A
perfect tip Is rarely found, but those
which come nearest to the ideal should
be chosen, provided It Is not at the ex
pente ot other mors Important factors.
Four Kernels at the Left Are of the
the Other Is Faulty and an Ear
Not Be Chosen for Seed.
The tip kernels are likely to be flint
and of a pop corn shape, which Is an
desirable In dent corn. If bare tips
are noticeable to quite an extent
throughout the field, it may be due to
the fact that the. Bilks representing
the tip kernels which were formed last
were too late to receive the pollen to
fertilize them. If ears having defec
tive tips are used for seed, their un
desirable characters will soon become
permanent. Open tips usually accom
pany shallow and irregular kernels on
tlie ear which makes the kernels oa
that part of the ear undesirable for
planting, on account of lack of uni
formity. ,
In judging the character of the butt
of an ear of corn, the way In which
the rows come over towards the shank
isiimportant. If the corn comes ia
too close, the ears may drop off the
stalk during the ripening and not ful
ly mature. All ears which have butts
improperly filled should be rejected.
Corn breeders In desiring to get a
large proportion of corn to the cob,
often choose ears with too small an at
tachment for the shank. The butt and
the tip kernels are rejected for plant
ing, because they are more likely to
be mixed with other varieties and
owing to their peculiar formation, they
are fiot uniform, and interfere In the
planting. They also seem weaker m
! germmauon ana are more taray in
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Types of Good Ears. In Choosing
Seed Corn, Select Ears as Near the
Shape of Those Shown Here as
Possible.
growth than kernels from the middle
parts of the ear.
Kernels should be of perfect wedge
shape, narrower or wider at the point,
according to the variety characteris
tics. They should be uniform in shape.
size and color and true to the type or
variety. The crown or big end of the '
kernel should be such that the edgea
of the kernels slope from tip to crown.
The tip of the kernel, which Is the
part attached to the cob and contains
the germ is rich in protein and oil
and of the highest feeding value. For
this reason a plump tip usually indi
cates vitality.
The kernels on the cob may be ir
regular, being deeper at the butt than
at the Up. This makes the kernels
non-untform In size and renders the
corn almost wholly unfit for seed. Ne
machine will plant kernels of this type
so as to get a uniform stand.
Kernels with wreak or shriveled tips
should be discarded, no matter how
well the outside of the ear may look.
At least 85 per cent of the oil in the
kernel is in the germ, hence corn
with well formed germs is desirable.
Tests by the Illinois experiment sta
Uon show that the oil In corn may
vary from 2b to 7Vi per cent and
protein from 6Va to 16 per cent If
seed corn contains a large amount ot
protein and oil the crop grown from
this seed will be high in these desir
able features.
Standard measurements for corn
produced in northern, middle and
southern Wisconsin, are as follows:
Length, northern secUon 8 to Inches,
central, S to 9 VI inches, southern IVfc
to 9V4 Inches. Long ears are objecUon
able because they usually have poor
butts and tips, shallow kernels and
hence a low per cent of grain to the
ear. lu general the circumference
should be three-fourths the length.
The standards for various secUons ia
Wisconsin are: Northern C to IV4
! Inches, central 14 to 7 Inches, southr
I em 7 to 7H inches.
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