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VOLUME XXI
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1914
NUMBER IS
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ELK DELAY
FAST TRAIN
Bull and Cow Break Loom in Ex
press Car at Edgemont, Delay
tag Train 43 Minute
Train number forty-two was de
layed forty-Are minutes Wednesday
evening at Edgemont by two elk
which broke loose In the expreaa car
and raised pandemonium. The elk,
a bull and cow, were being shipped
in separate crates by express from
the Jackson Hole country In Wyom
ing to Hot Springs, South Dakota.
"You're a nice old fellow," said
the expressman, tickling Mr. Bull on
the nose, aa the train was about to
nil into Edgemont, where they
were to be transferred. "The deuce
1 am. I'll show you," said Mr. Elk,
taking a slam with one hind leg at
the expressman. Mr. Elk knocked
e4t a slat from his crate. This gave
Mm courage and he proceeded to
kick the crate to pieces while the ex
pressmen fled to the other end of the
ear. .The elk was a monster in size
and a fine specimen. He proceeded
to the' crate in which the cow was
confined and deliberately kicked it
to pieces, liberating the cow. They
then proceeded to make things live
ry In the car while the frightened ex
pressmen hid behind the safe and
. boxes- anything to keep away from
tkose hoofs and horns.
When the train pulled into Edge-wont-the
plight of the expressmen
was discovered and they were re
leased from the car. Charley Ben
nett, the train conductor, tried every
leans be could think of to get the
animals out of the car. "Take 'em
along and put 'era on your home
stead at Hyannis," said one of Char
ley s friend. "Put some saJt on
their tails, then maybe you can catch
them," said another adviser.
Finally a deadhead baggage car
was placed against the end of the
express car, some hardy and brave
tan who had been a cowboy in bis
younger days took a rope and threw
It around the bull's horns. Then
with much pushing, pulling and
coaxing, Mr. Elk was persuaded to
eater the deadhead car. followed by
the cow. The deadhead car was run
eeto a sidetrack and left. The ex
pressmen patted themselves on the
back for being able to continue on
their way unharmed and happy.
Moving from Hloni to Sheridan
J. B. Johnston, son of J. N.
Johnston, has rented his place in
8loux county and has purchased a
section of land seven miles north of
Ellsworth, where he will make his
home. During the past 'winter he
has been living on bis father's place
a mile and a half northwest of Alli
ance, lie and Mrs. Johnston have
made one trip to their Sheridan
county place and, after taking din
ner at the . home of his parents In
Alliance today, started with another
wagon load of goods which will com
plete their moving.
TWO SPEAKERS
ARE COMING
Announcement Made Today That
ftaMiell and Thatcher of Oolum
bum Ohio, Will Speak Here
Announcement was made today
that Howard H. Russell, D.D.. L. L.
D., founder of the Anti-Saloon
league, and Prof. Thatcher, both of
Columbus, Ohio, will speak in Alii-
HOME SEEKERS
GOING WEST
Semi-Monthly Excursion Carrie
targe Number of Homeseekers
to Wentem State
The homeseeker's excursion which
the Burlington runs every two
weeks resulted in the necessity for
two sections of number forty-three,
going west, Wednesday. There were
280 homeseekers on forty-one Wed
nesday rooming and nearly twice as
many on forty-three at noon.
These homeseekers were bound
for points in Wyoming, Montana and
other western states. They should
have been bound for Box Butte coun
ty. With the proper advertising giv
en to the county they would be com
ing here in as large numbers as they
are now going west. The new com
mercial club will, with the proper
direction of its efforts, cause settlers
and homeseekera to come here in
stead of going on west by (he hun
dreds as they are now doing.
: V-.''.v"' '; - :T
HOWARD II. M'SSEIX, D.D '
ance soon. The date given is March
25. at the Methodist church. These
men are on their way to Oregon but
were persuaded to stop over. Both
are speakers of national reputation.
. Misionary Program
The program at the Baptist church
ext Sunday evening will differ from
the ordinary. The subject will be a
aaissionary topic. Prof. Darrow will
render a violin solo and Prof. Ander
son will sing. Several interesting
talks wll be made. Mrs. E. G. Lalng
will give an Interesting selection.
L. F. SAUNDERS
DIES TODAY
Wealthy SeoUxblufT Mini Died in Al
liance Today While Enmtite
to Former Home
Shipping Horse to South Dakota
Jens P. Nielson left last night for
Red field, S. D., with a load of hors
es, wo ten ne win noia tnere tnree or
four months, putting them in good
condition, and will then sell them.
These horses were raised by Mr,
Nielsen on bis Orlando ranrh In Mor
rill county.
FLEMING FOR
COUNCILMAN
Another Alliance Business Man En
ters Political Arena for Elec
tion In Fliwt Ward
Will Do Better Farming
Chris Neper whose place is
two
miles west of Alliance Is one of P x "
George Fleming, who has made
his home In Alliance for many years,
has been prevailed upon by his
friends to enter the race for council
man of the first ward, the petitions
being put out this afternoon.
Fleming has a very wide acqu
ance and Is popular. One council-
nan is to be elected from the First
ward this year. F. E. Reddish,
whose term expires, Is a candidate
for re-election. Bo far, Messrs. Flem
ing and Reddish are the only candi
dates In the field for this place.
In the Second ward John R. Sny
der is a candidate for election as
councilman to succeed Karl Stearns,
whose term expires. Mr. Stearns is
being talked very strougly for candi
date (or mayor and will probably not
run for re-election as councilman.
Mr. Snyder Is the only candidate to
announce himself so far for
place. '
A. D. Rodgers and F. D. McCor
mick are the only candidates an
nounced so far for mayor. Mr. Rod-
gers' term expires and he is a candl
date for re-election. Mr. McCorm
ick was a randldate last year for the
same ofiice.
It is believed that Percy Cogswell
will .run for re-election as city treas
urer. The announcement today that
Archie Gregory will run for the same
place puts two candidates In the
field 'or this office. Mr. Gregory's
petitions were placed on the streets
this afternoon.
Butte county s Industrious fp
who has made a success, but wh.
come to the conclusion that be, ;r
results can be secured on a smaller
acreage with a correspondingly bet
ter cultivation than by trying to crop
too much land. This year he In
tends to give particular attention to
potatoes but will plant only about
thirty or thlrty-Ove acres. The Her
ald predicts that next fall Chris will
have fine spuds and a lot of them.
ATTENTION!
FARMERS!!
tlox Ilutte County Farmer Should
Not Fall to Attend a Dig Meet
Ing at llemlngford
A big meeting for the farmers Is
to be held at llemlngford Friday,
March 20, at the Opera Housn, ses
sions both afternoon and evening.
Professors Campbell and Lanioon
this will speak to the farmers of this vi
cinity on the feasibility of summer
tllage. Demonstrations wll Ibe giv
en by the use of stereoptican slides.
The meetings are entirely free and a
general Invitation has been extended
to all.
Trip to llemlngford
John Snyder, district deputy grand
iaaater, II. H. Brandt, Frank Kolar
and ThomaB Lawler composed an au
la party that went to llemlngford
Wednesday evening in the Brandt
auto to attend the meeting of the
Hemingford I. O. O. F. lodge. Re
freshments were served after the
lodge and the party returned home
at a late hour.
L. F. Saunders, a wealthy ScoUs-
bluff man who sold out his ranch
holdings there last fall and who has
been spending the winter in Califor
nia, died this afternoon at 2:4.1
o'clock in a local rooming house. Mr.
Saunders arrived in Alliance Wed
nesday morniurg and wis taken sick
upon his arrival. He went to the
rooming house and Dr. Belwood was
called. He gradually grew worse an
til bis death this afternoon.
Death was caused by heart faitiere.
Mr. Saunders realized that death was
near. He left no relatives in t hi
section of the state but has a sister
in the east. Scottsbluff is being
phoned for information ' regarding
him. so that proper disposal of the
body may be made.
Ten m Itan Away
A few days ago the teams of two
Fairvlew men. Herb Nason and Fred
Hadley, ran away doing considera
ble damage to the wagons and injur
lug the latter quite badly. A bog
which Nason was hauling In his wag
on jumped out scaring the team and
causing them to run away. Running
Into the other wagon, the horses up
set it throwing Hadley out and pin
ning him under the box and causing
his team to. get away.
Fairvlew fliureli Not lee
There will be preaching service at
Fairvlew next Sunday, at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon. An orcheHtra will
give several selections. Be sure to
come. Organisation of the Sunday
school wll Hake place at 2:30.
SWEET CLOVER
TO BE TRIED
Ho 1 Ilutte Oiunty Man to Try For
age Plant Sut'c-CMMfully (irnwn
In Other Placet
.ItTBALL
AT HIGH SCHOOL
All Classes Played Last Evening Ex
rent the Senior and Junior
Girls' Trams
SPECIAL NOTICE
HOMESTEADERS
Persons Intending tit .Muke . Final
Proof on Their Chiims Should
Head the Following
MARRIED IN
ALLIANCE
liroadwate-r Ranchman Marrie Ca
Iro Young Lady in Alliance at
llitplifct Parsonage
ARE MARRIED
WEDNESDAY
Popular liSkeKlde Young People Are
Married In Alliance by Clergy
man Who llajtited Them
Mi 88 Sula A. Wilson and Mr. Geo.
W. Hunsaker, two popular Lakeside
young people, were married at 4
o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the of
A person filing homestead papers
on a claim in iseDraxa nas six
months' time from the date of mak
ing the tiling to establish residence
on the claim, if desired, but the time
intervening between the date of fil
ing and that of making settlement
does not count on the three years'
residence required before final proof
can be made, some nave thought
that final proof could be made at the
expiration of three years from the
date of filing, whether residence was
established at that time or not. This
1b a mistake, as will be seen by the
following letter which is being sent
out by the register of the United
States land office at Alliance to
homesteaders who have given notice
their intention to make final
Trip- to JHInMowrl' "
Mr. and Mrs. W. It. Drake left this Bandhllls country east of Alliance.
Within the last few years a good
deal has been said and printed about
sweet clover as a forage crop for
northwestern Nebraska. It is said
to be successfully grown for that
purpose lu sohjo localities' thru- " thi
noon for a two weeks' visit with I
their daughter Mrs. J. R. Barb at
Dearborn, near St. Joseph. Mr.
Drake stated the real occasion of the
visit was to Bee their little grand
daughter, a recent arrival at the
Barb home.
BURGLARS
ENTER HOUSE
Home of W. W. Norton, Now in Flor
ida, Was Entered Tuesday
Night by Burg tars
1
The tine home of W. W. Norton,
n Laramie, was entered by burglars
some time Tuesday night. Mr. and
Mrs. Norton are 110 win Florida and
the bouse is unoccupied. .The burg
Urs evidently used a candle, as a
trail of grease led through the differ
ent rooms through which they had
passed.
The back door of the house had
been opened by breaking the glass
and reaching in and turning the lock.
Although the house was carefully
searched, the Intruders evidently go
nethlng for their pains, as nothing
baa been missed.
It will be tried the coming season
by a Box Butte county ranchman, F.
H. Nason of the Fairvlew neighbor
hood, northeast of Alliance. Fred
Howard, who is employed by Mr. Na
son, left on 42 last night for Broken
Bow. where he will purchase a sup
ply of swet clover seed for the ex
periment.
The came between the Freshmeu
and Bophmore Girls was the most ex
citing came of the evening. The line
up was:
FRESHMEN SOPHMORES
center
Lydla Honamkei Marlon Mote
second center
Helen Rlee Florence Whale
right forward
Edith Yandewart Ruth Nation
right guard
Dollle llagaman Marlon Grebe
left forward (
Thelma Fitspatrick. Irene Rico
left guard
Nina Whaley Jenny Blaine
The score at the end of the first
half was 6-f, the second half 14-12,
In favor of the, Fresh men. ; ., 4
The Juniors won a one-sided game
from the Freshmen, having four first
team men, and outweighing the
Freshmen boys. Elting Bennett took
Ralph Johnson's place as guard the
second half of the game. The line
up was:
FRESHMEN
renter
L. Harvey .
right forward
Davenport
left forward
Dickenson
right guard
Yaughn
left guard
O. Harvey
The score at the end of the first
half was 42-0 in favor of the Juniors
and at the eud of the game, 82-4,
favor of Juniors. ' ;
The Senlor-Sophmore game ws
marred by the injury of two players
Nolan, senior, sustained an injury to
a knee In the first half, and Newber
ry, Sopbmorv received an awful
bruise, on. the, face by com in R, In, con
tact, with lbs floor. The second half
of the.gaxne was played with four
players to the side, leaving out Nol
an and Newberry. At the end of the
first half the score was 6-3 In favcf
of the Seniors, and at the end of th
game, 2S-I2 favor of the Seniors.
Following is the lineup: '
JUNIORS
Graham
Davenport
Beach,
Spacht
Johnson
ItetuniH from Trip
C. A. Currle, manager of the Alli
ance exchange of the Nebraska Tel
ephone Company, returned Wednes
day from a trip on the North Platte
river which took several days. A
trip was made by auto sb far west
as Guernsey, Wyoming, where the
Burlington is starting to tunnel the
mountains for the new line.
Wednesday morning,' .March Is.
Mr. Francis M. Jennings of Broad
water, Nebr.. and Miss Laura May
Russell of Cairo. Nebr.. were united
la marriage at the Baptist parsonage
by Rev. Frank C. Barrett.
Mr. Jennings had business engage
ments that prevented bis going to
the home of the bride and conse
quently the bride accompanied by
her father met him at Alliance.
The bride was attired in a beautl
.ful white satin wedding dress, trim
med in lace, and the groom was
dressed in the conventional black.
Mr. Jennings was formerly a school
teacher and Miss Rnssell was one of
his pupils. He now owns a ranch
near Broadwater and the couple Im
mediately left for the ranch borne,
where they will reside.
United Presbyterian parsonage by
Rev. James B. Brown, a retired cler
gyman of .the Congregational church
now residing in Alliance, assisted by
Rev. W. L. Torrence.
Dan Thompson was best man and
Hazel Hunsaker. a sister of the
groom, was bridesmaid. The wed
ding party Included Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson and daughter Cecil Margar
et, of Lakeside: Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Wilson, of Lakeside; Mr. and Mrs.
T. L- Briggs, of Antioch. After a
wedding supper at the Alliance Cafe
the party went to the home of W. G.
Wilson at Antioch in automobiles.
where a reception was held for them.
Rev. Brown was organiier of
churches In this territory at an early
day and baptised both the contract
ing parties when they were small
children twenty years ago.
The newly married couple will
spend their honeymoon on their
ranch eleven miles northeast of
Lakeside.
proof:
Departmeut of the Interior,
I'nited Stales Land office.
Alliance, Nebraska.
Dear Sir: . .
Before Issuing notice for publica
tion of your intention to make proof,
filed In this office, we will have to re
quest that you please advise us the
date you established actual residence
on your land.
The proof will not be made under
the Three Year law until the expira
tion of three years from date of es
tablishlng actual residence, snd un
der the Five Year Law until the ex
piration of five years from dale of
establishing actual residence on the
land.
Upon receipt of this information
your final proof notice will be duly
Issued.
Very respectfully, '
W. W. WOOD, Register.
PREPARE FOR
THE CAMPAIGN
Firemen at Special Meeting Held
Wednesday Evening, Plan for
Vigorou Campaign
SENIORS
Darnell
SOPHMORES
center
Nolan
Wilcox
LotspitH-h
Thomas
rlKht guard
right forward
left guard
left forward
Campbell
O'Keefe
Newberry
Huston
Spencer
Mutual Girl Tonight
The "Mutual" girl Is to be shown
at the Crystal tonight- This Is the
film showing the latest New York
and Paris fashions. It also shows
how te dance correctly, with other
things of interest to women.
At the special meeting of the fire
department, held at the city a.ill
Wednesday evening, plans were out
lined and committees appointed for
the coming motor truck campaign.
The citizens of Alliance are askd to
I vote on the proposition of purchas
ing a motor fire truck for the de
partment, at the municipal election
to be held April 7.
Will Begin Farming Soon
John R. Lawrence informs The
Herald that be will farm his Fair
view farm this year instead of rent
ing it. Casper Worm ' will have
Advertise your want in ilie Daily
Herald.
White Slave Show
Jewel's new White Slave Show, of
charge of the work and expects to be-1 unusual interest because It portrays
During the excitement of the even
ing thtt Son I or s secured the Fresh
men s banner, which seemed to give
the Juniors an Inspiration. When
the Soph mores were attacked by the
Juniors they fought bravely to held
their own. The scene nearly ended
in a row, but Supt. Pate appeared on
the scene u( a critical moment. ;
While leaving the building a mob
of Juniors and Freshmen, about 40
in number, nabbed a Sophmore who
was brave enough to wear his class
colors, la the form of socks, and re
moved the said socks, the thermom
eter registering about 20 below
more or less.
STOCK TRAIN
EVERY DAY
Many TtiouMMiid Head of Stock Are
Shipped from North Platte Valley
Ut tbrt Eh tern Market
gin operations next week.
Shripped Spud to Sprlnglield
Dan Lawrence left on 43 yesterday
for Springfield. Nebr.. to which place
be shipped a car load of potatoes of
bis own growing the first of the
week. Ills father-in-law, Ben Lata- ef Mr. Dubuque.
am, wrote him that prices were good
there and that a load could be sold
to the farmers of Sarpy county. Mr
Latham homesteaded in this country
in the early days and is not afraid
to recommend Box Butte county
spuds.
events of startling character and
teaches a great sermon, is to be
shown at the Crystal tonight as a
special attraction. The show is on
its way to Denver to Join the Sella
Floto circus for the coming season
and only stopped over on the request
The slides are fur
nished by the government in its ef
fort to stamp out white slavery.
STATE WEATHER. FORECAST
Generally fair tonight and Friday.
Warmer north and west portion to
night. Moderate winds.
The shipments of stock to eastern
markets is assuming large propor
tions. A train of stock, sheen or
cattle, is being shipped through Alli
ance from the North Platte valley,
the Guernsey line of the Burlington,
nearly every day, while the shipment
from Wyoming and west is heavy.
Forty-four cars of stock are es
pec ted In tonight at 6:10 o'clock o
the regular stock pick-on train
They wll he fed here tolnght an
combined with the shipment from
the valley on Friday, making two
train of stock leaving Alliaaee Fri
day morning. ...
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