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OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION. REACHES EVERY MEMBER
OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA STATE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. IT REACHES EVERY DEPARTMENT. HEADQUARTERS FOR 15.000 VOLUNTEER FIREMEN
VOLUME XXI
ALLIANCE, DOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1914
NUMBER 19
5i
NEW APPEARANCE
OF NEWSPAPER
First Edition of Chadron nrnlcle
licceived After Installing
New Intertype
oitAToitio well attended
Choral Club Presented "Resurrec.
lion Light" Yesterday at
the Opera House
fiiik ixsi rance
TO III". IU DK 111)
The Herald received this morning
a copy of The Chadron Chronicle
ated April 10. This Is the first edi
tion published after Mr. Brewster
tad Installed his new Intertype. The
paper has a nice, fresh appearance,
and takes its place with the best
weeklies In the state.
In an article describing the ma
chine Mr. Brewster said:
' The Chadron Chronicle will have
been established in this city for five
years next May, and at all times It
has been out aim to make the office
jftZ- "7; an paper not
Vj, ' the best In
L Northwest Ne
$ArU'V-.xd; 'H i
irae has passed
we nave made
many improve
ments in the pa
per as well as in
the mechanical
department of the office, but this
week our most sanguine hope has
been accomplished In the installing
of an Intertype typesetting machine
which will greatly aid to get out the
large and increased amount of busi
ness that the office has each year se
cured, until this Improvement was
made necessary from the fact that
the day of band composition has be
come too slow and to compete and
xecure the business we found that it
must be done.
.We have fof several months been
figuring Oh the purchase of a ma
chine and after careful and thorough
investigation decided that the Inter
type machine was best equipped for
an office doing a large amount of
business. Of the Intertype we might
nay that the primary requisites of a
composing machine are quality, reli
ability, 8 peed and economy. These
requisites are fulfilled in the highest
degree by the Intertype. Quality Is
assured by perfect matrices ti" fiard
brass, and by SDJoothln Out the ac
tion of the machine points' where
matrices, were heretofore liable to
injury. Implements in design
have aimpHnfed the Intertype, given
permanetacte to adjustments, and pro
duced machine of the utmost relia
bility. Extreme speed is secured by
a bew and simplified escapement,
Irivins instant and posltlvw response,
by increasing the angle of the nrag-
belt. The latter uleo gteaHVy reduc
es, transposition. I material,
. first-class workmanship-, closest in
Boection, simplicity tof design, extra
safety devices., alloV the Intertype
to produce tolgh-class composition
for more wonomleally than has ever
before been possible.
The intertype will cast lines in
sites from five and one-half point td
Torty-eight point and giving a slug
from four ems to thirty ems in
length, thus enabling us to handle
any class of machine composition at
a sreat reduction in cost, being not
only beneficial to Us but to our pat
rons as well, and ttiere Is no job now
either too large & too small for us
to handle.
J. Carl Thomas, of Alliance, who
has had several months' experience
in work at 'the factory and on the
Intertype nnachine, came with it and
set It up in the Chronicle office and
from (tie time It was unloaded until
places in running order he was at
work about six hours. The machine
started off without a hitch, "which re
flects great credit upon the young
man as a machinist. We are more
'than pleased with the machine and
can recommend the- same to those
wishing to purchase, for in it you
are not buying a name, but a ma
chine that will deliver the goods.
Consider Cropping; City lnd
The mater of planting a crop on
the twenty acres owned by the city
and used as an outlet for the sewage
of the city in order to keep it from
growing up to weeds, was considered
by the council. It seemed to be the
opinion that alfalfa could be growd
and would not only add greatly to
the appearance of the tract but
would also have a tendency to absorb
much of the sewage water. No offic
ial action was taken on the matter,
but 'n all probability arrangements
will be made soon for planting the
ground.
The oratorio presented at the l'he
land opera house yesterday ' after
noon by the Alliance Choral Club Un
der the direction of Ralph Darrow
was highly successful. The- attend
ance was very large.
The first part was given by lead
ing soloists of the city. Mrs. Wad
dell played a cornet solo in her usual
finished style. A bass solo by Mr.
Zlckert was much appreciated, as
was also the solo by Miss Sugden.
The piano solo by Miss Dorothy
Smith was well executed and was an
enjoyable feature of the program.
"The Resurrection Light by Ash
ford was presented by a chorus of
forty voices. The rendition of the
chorus parts was well taken and
showed the results of careful train
ing of Mr. Harrow. The solo parts
were well sustained by Mrs. Burrlas,
Mis8Pss Vernon. Cornell, Grebe', Sug
den and Messrs. Young, Zickert,
Reeves and Smith.
Jnil Fumigated
The county Jail Was fumigated to
day. The three prisoners confined
there were transferred to the city
Jail while the work was being done.
More Insurance ; Carried on
I'rojierty Than I Neces
. wiry fAinoniit Cut
The committee appointed at the
March session of the city council to
Investigate . the matter of fire and
tornado insurance, reported last
night. They found that considerable
more fire Insurance was being car
ried on the city buildings than was
necessary and they recommended
that the amount be reduced. . How
ever, they considered that the tor
nado insurance carried at the pres
ent time was not sufficient and re
commended tfiat it be Increased. 1
The fire insurance carried on the
city power house has been $29,000.
The committee considered" this a-
.! Smilli Kent lloohl
Joe Smith, who Is now conducting
hia soda fountain in the Diamond
pool hall, has teased the north room
In the Rumer block fcn Box Butte av
enue, which Is to be occupied by the
new theatre on September 1. Mi
Smith will conduct a soda fountain
there, selling cigars and cAndies.
('(inte'st Citsr lropHHJ
The Contest Viase of Bonnie
Richardson Vas scheduled to
beard before the land officials today
but tft contestant did not appear
and the case was dropped. Atty. J.
E. Sorter of Crawford, together with
W. Richardson and a number of wit
nesses, was here to conduct the de
fense.
mount to be in excess to any Iobs
that could be sustained owing to the Water Intension Requested
fact thai the walls of the building A Petition was presented to the
are flrenroof. Thev decided that council last night by property own-
$5,800 distributed on the' several ers on Eighth street asking for an
hnititinca mid murhinprv wnnM ho' extension of the water system be-
sufflclent to meet any possible loss by lpm riaUe an(1 Emerson streets,
fire. They recommended that the Owing to. the fact that it did not
tornado Insurance be Increased from BPem advisable to grant the exten
ts 8u0 ,n tin ooo ' 1 sioii In just the manenr asked for in
The Insurance on the city hall was the Pillion it was referred to Mr
reduced $12,835 to S12.200 and the Dow. superintendent of the light and
amounts distributed to cover the water departments, for investigation
building and various contents. Among those ruined cities of
Tk i.,, ....;., v... ...jlSouth America. Col. Roosevelt mav
i ur iuqui ULi'.r 10 lu ur nu lit '
I anions the different agents in the 'l ,lnd Armageddon
city In accordance with the amount
SHUCK Oil, AT MIRTH platte I FI NDS H ANOI, i:d
HY treasi ri;r
North Platte Farmer, Living hi I. ! .
fret ion of Alliance, Strike . ', .Money of Hie Light and Water
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Oil Sand at 125 I Vet
North Platte. Nlebr., Aprl 9 Ed
Hollowny, a farmer living thirty
miles northwest of this city, struck
a 7-foot stratum of oil sand while
digging for a well a few days ago.
lie had dug down 125 feet and had
failed to find sufficient water and
dug a few feet farther and struck
the oil.
lie told no one of it until yester
day, when he completed another
test well, striking oil at a depth of
only seventy feet. He bought more
equipment this morning and will dig
some more wells to see if the area
will warrant working. Analysis
shows the sand to be very productive
intrtmcnt to He In Charge
of City Treasurer
At the meeting of the council last
night it was decided to chnnne the
method of handling the funds of the
city light and water departments.
Heretofore it has been the custom to
allow the superintendent to pay all
bills from the receipts and turn in
a monthly report to the council. How
ever, while the plan has been gener
ally satisfactory, the opinion of the
council was that it would be belter
to have the funds turned in to the
treasurer and the bills paid by" war
rants In the same manner that other
bills are handled. Arrangements
will be made so that bills carrying a
cash discount .can be taken care of,
enabling the city to benefit by the
discounts.
i The report of the light and water
departments for the past year was
presented to the council. The ex
penditures were 16448.90. The re
ceipts were $9080.50, An overdraft
of (859.22 on April 1, 1913, was tak
en care of during the past year, leav
ing a balance of 11772.38 on hand
April 1, 1914.
OFFIClAlH lIS I NS HAI ETY
Burlington Operating Officials Hold
Annual Meeting In Chicago
JWunj Problem
Vs.
be
of license fees paid on the different
companies they represent.
iiemiugrorri Asked to Pay
The city council at the meeting
last night ordered the payment of
the bills Incurred at the pest house
during the time that a paMent from
Hemlngford was connhtd there. The
bill will be presented to the Hemlng
ford authorities and they are expect
ed to relmbur&o the city of Alliance.
THE ASSOCIATF.lt PRESS
The E-ReMrter Telia History of the
World' largest. News alh
ering Association
DEATH OF MUSv F. V. I IF. It SON
Wife of Former A Malice Man Hurled
at Itethany Vrti March 2l A
AVimh-ii tilrl
The wife of F. A. Pierson, a for
mer Alliance man, now living at Mln
den, Nebraska, was burled there on
March 26th. The folowlng obituary
is taken from the Mlnden News ofijuiph Harris, Hugh Hawkins
L. C. Ames and Miss Nellie Yarger
were united In marriage yesterday by
Rev. Geo. O. Ware. The ceremony
was performed at Rev. Ware's home.
The groom is a prosperous Box Butte
county rancher. Mrs. Ames' former
home was in Montana.
F.ighth tirade Pupils F,xaiiiinatioii
The county superintendent is giv
ing an tiXaniination to eighth grade
pnptls from the rural schools, at the
ctjurt house today. Th'e examination
is given in nine branches and the
pupil must receive an average of 75
per cent with no branch below 60
per cent In order to pass. The pu
nlls taking the examination are:
Lloyd Jones, Bernice Nye, Mildred
Brandt, Carl Koster, Roy Trabert,
William Trabert, Fred Setdler, John
Freimuth, Frank Gaddis, Minnie
Carey, Bessie Shepherd, Maud Ma
Bon. Chas. Sisley, Albert Belguni, Ol
ive Benjamlne, Orrel Sisley, Kila Mc
Inroy, Glen Miller, Thomas Putman,
and
Ab there are very few newspaper
readers who understand the work
ings of the Associated Press and why
it was organized, I intend to devote
this article to It.
During the years of '71 and '75,
several New York papers went on a
strike. They were disgusted with
the business as they were always be
ing sued for slander because their
correspondents would lie, and when
there was news worth anything,
they would have to pay enormous
prlcei to obtain it, and they were al
so tired of "bucking" each other.
The council granted a permit to
Vaughan & Son to place a Bowser
tank In front $pf their office on Box
Butte and two underground storage
tanks having a rapacity of 12,000
gallons each, at their warehouse.
Opportunity seldom knocks at the
door of a' knocker.
E. R Young, general superintend
ent of Burlington lines west, return-
Mi last night from Chicago where ho
las been attending the annual meet
ing of the operating officers of th
Burlington, Including superintend'
ends, master mechanics, and repre
sentatives from the store department
and auditing departments.
"The meeting is held." said Mr.
Young, "to consider ways and means
of getting greater efficiency out of
the railroad. In view of the fact
that a railroad hap nothing to ell
but transportation and Its patronage
comes from the public generally bu
neBS depend largely upon efficient
service, courteous treatment, and. fa
cilities for handling the traffic expe-.
dlttouBly.
"This was one of the most success
ful meetings ire have ever held. A-
bout sixty-Are subjects were discuss
ed many of which, upon the recom
mendation of the officers, will be
adopted as standard for the Burling
ton. ;
"Probably no other subject was
brought more forcibly to the atten
tion of the meeting than the question
of safety. A great deal has been ac
complished in preventing accidents
among the employes during the paBt ;
year, but aB yet little headway has
been made in preventing injuries to
trespHHsera, notwithstanding that
our officers have taken up the .safety
problem with principals of schools,
justices of peace and others to tct
them to exert their influence in keep
ing children and outsiders from tres
passing on company property where
there is constantly danger or cars
be'og moved and people injured. Our
records showed that fifty-four per
icent of all accidents are due to tres-
. i j passing over which we have no con
SIIIPPFIt .MANY 1OTATOFS F.ASTjtroi. Not enough can be Bald or
i
Potato Healer Have Purchased Fn
lire Stocks of Box Unite
County Fanners
Oscar O'Bannon, of the commis
sion firm of O'Bannon Brothers,
So, one day the editors and owners , in j0x Butte county potatoes,
of the New York Tribune, Sun, Her-j formed The Herald reporter
In-this
aid. World, Journal of Commerce j morning that his firm shipped forty
and Evening Express got together j one carloads of Box Butte county po-
and formed the Associated Press.
The original lea was that If one of
these papers received news of an Im
portant event, it would sell its news
to headquarters at cost, and head
quarters would sell it to the other
members at the cost, divided by the
tatoes to eastern Nebraska, Iown and
Kansas, during the month of March.
Mr. O'Bannon stated that the farm
ers of the county have sold out al
most entirely, except potatoes saved
for seed. 'Prices paid the farmers
ranged from forty-five to fifty-five
April 3d.
We called her name Mabel Abra-
hamson, although her name lately
changed was Mrs. F. A. PierBon. We
Stewart Shelledy.
CIVIL KEHVICK EXAMINATION
United State Civil Service Will Hold
Kxuminatiou Here on April
25 for I'ostoflire Help
BRIEF AN It BREEZY
Now and then an' Incontrovertible
would have kept on calling her so, argument on the aclence of finance is
because that name for many a year brought to a conclusion by a touch
w&s dear to every one of us. She jnK appeal for dime-
was the youngest daughter of Mr. . Assistant Secretary Adee (s the
and Mrs. Otto Abrahamson of Beth Msm incumbent "who has been slat-
any, across the road from the church ed to resign, but probably he hasn't
born In a home w here love of Gods j heard the irtimor yet.
cause and His church has ever been The "army of the unemployed'' re-
prevailing, and she Krew up in the speetfully points out that if its mem
shade of the church and 4n the sol- hers accept work the army will for
emn spirit of church life. No won- feit its .'title.
der she loved Bethany and consecrat- The Texas border has made its
ed her gifts and life so early to the appearance in history as the Scene of
service of her church. Almost from thrilling adventure.
her childhood 6be has served as or- The possibility of 'fruit crop fail-
ganlst and choir leader, and her ure will now contribute the custom-
work was always faithfully and well ary element of suspense,
done. After much travel Col. Roosevelt
Nearly a year ago she became the must admit that for rear excitement
bride of Mr. F. A. Pierson of Mlnden there is no place, like home.
She gave herself to him with all the T who has been engaged a
intensity of her big Northern heart, half a dozen times looks as careworn
ind their little cozy home on east a8 a marled woman.
Brown avenue seemed to have some-1 Never judge a woman's mind by
thing of Edeu under its 'roof. 'But the'time it takes her to make it up.
there is no such thing as Eden on How 'easy 'It is ! to sneer at ' Mr.
earth. At half past three, Marcn Z3, carnegie's gifts to the cause of
1914. the Angel of Death took her Ueace. -Yet the'reBt of us are not
away from that home and her many doing so much to the cause.
friends to the real one above earth. I bachelor's ' Idea of real misery
The remains were laid to rest in Is being left alone with a noisy baby.
the graveyard of Bethany on the af-l Did you'ever hear of an actrcBs
ternoon of the 26th. The funeral who wanted a divorce without p'ib
was most solemn and impressive, setllicity?
amid such a wilderness of flowers asl There may be more honor in being
has never before been seen at that la member of the federal bank re
place. That she was loved and re- serve board, but the ordinary busi
nerted bv all. was everywhere evl- ness person would prefer to be on
dent. the Elgin butter board.
May God console him whose little -
nest so cruelly, as we are apt to Brother Ktop Here
i,,rfP w torn asunder, and her old George Eastwood, a Morrill. Nebr
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number ot papers u soia iiie ueui iu. cents per uuuun,
Later came the idea of having! Many potatoes are being siuppeu
nrembers in the other cities, and to-to the east from the states of Wash
ington and Montana, thirty-seven
carloads going thru Alliance on one
freight train onelay the first of the
week. These potatoes are mostly
done to secure the co-operation of
the public in the matter or safety."
Short addresses were made at the
meeting by J. J; Hill, Hale Holdere
and H. E. By ram. ,
The officers under the Jurisdiction
of Mr. Young who were present at
the meeting were W. M. Weldenhani
er, superintendent of the Alliance
division; C. D. Peckenpaugb, super
intendent of the Sheridan division:
G. II. Griggs, superintendent of the
Sterling division; C. C. Holtoff, as
sistant superintendent from the
Black Hills; M. .1. rley, assistant
superintendent from Basin; J. O.
Dole, master mechanic at Alliance;
F. E. KeniHsJy, master mechanic at
Sheridan and J. O. Huskett, master
mechanic at Sterling.
day you will find that the Associated
Press has memoers (who manage pa
pers In their respective cities) In
nearly every large city in the world.
For instance. Imagining that San ; from Irrigated sections and are not
Francisco had another earthquake,! of as good quality as the Box Butte
then the editors of the several papers; county product.
there that are members of the A. P. j
u-milf forward the neWd to the cen- '.
tral office at New York, then th. tor uie iiunmvu... - ,., in Nw jersey are Aomen.
morning from omana wne e ne ma-,-, MH88UChumt8 rfU Jl).klt. ,crt
a short visit with his family. ., j ; ,)f ,he 4un.
NOTES FROM LABOR WORLD
Union painters In Boston are de
manding 55 cents an hour.
Another general railway strike
! appears to be imminent in Italy.
Eighty per cent of the printers la
Switzerland belong to the unions.
M. M. Reynolds, traveling auditor j T n cpnt of work-
froni A to Z. and who are all
timers".
It handles only news of Important
events full of national or world-wide
importance, and its present head is
Frank P. Noyes of New York.
An open competitive examination
will be held at tho city hall in Alli
ance on April 25th for male clerks
and carriers for the Alliance postof
tke. Salaries start at 800 and run
tlOflrt tnnllnnti irniHt he 18
years of age and under 45. They 'parents whose consolation in evening business man, and his brother, A. F,
m.,. .i.h nt i... th.n is nounda time she loved to be. and her broth- tastwooa. aeaier in general naru
a u v v o- w W . I i . a a) m.
fw .t,u an thairiware ana impieiucm-. ui i iaii-
hrhtet nv of Bunlluht. You will mouth. Nebr., were In Alliance thi
.11 w her acain. morniug on business
Full particular can be secured from
J. N. JobnBton. local secretary, at
the Alliance postotnee. 1
SCHOOLS JOIN ASSOCIATION ;fir" list by labor unions.
central office would sell It to its mem
bers at a fairly low rate and to Its!
non-members at a fixt rate.
Acaln supposing that a certain
event, such as the coronation of a
king was to take place, then the A. P.
would send a couple of Its best re-1
porterr to the scene of action. j
The A. P. employs hundreds of J Allll!inM B(hools have
, . . ..i a T .'
npomrs wno anow meir uum.., ...ni.hii. in
oh4-1 ' ,
i.v... Vh h iVntml AHKOi'tntion and
l ur . . w . t u v . i...- -
Ml) Schools Take Membership
North Central Aswh IuOoii
ot Secondary Schools
Secondary Sehool, which means
fhut tit 111 Alltl vrnilnatlni: from the
h.h .rhool here will be taken Into i quarters building in Detroit.
The annual convention of the Ala
in bama State Federation of Labor will
I meet in Mobile next month.
There are fears that trouble will
arise shortly in the Clyde shipbuild
ing trade over the question of non
union workers.
The Amalgamated Association of
Street and Electric Railway Employ
es of America has bought a head-
' Conference of Educator
Iowa City, Iowa. April 10. The
annual convention of the Classical
Association of the Middle West and
South began today at the State Uni
versity of Iowa and will continue in
session over tomorrow. Educators
from many universities, colleges and
high schools are taking part In the
program.
any college In the association wlth-j
out examination. , The Alliance
schools have been on the state ac
credited list for some time and it
has therefore been easy for gradu
ates to gain admission into any col
lege that they desired. However,
becoming a member of the associa
tion adds prestige to the schools, as
they will be listed In the accredited
schools.
A recent report of the Interstate
Commerce Commission gives 1.699,-
218 as the total number of men and
women employed by the steam rail
ways In the United States.
All the railroad trades will be rei
resented at the annual convention of
the metal trades department of the
American Federation of Labor in
Kansas City next week.
Never mind about giving the devil
his due. He will take it.
Are you going to Bend the uew
Battleship Texas to Mexican waters?
Sylvia Pankhurst refuses to call
off her war on the British govern
ment for uiii'h a little thing as the
Ulster distraction.
Despite Prof. Taft's loss of seventy
pounds he has fared much better
than the emanclated G. O. P. ele
phant.
The worklngmen'a compensation
act passed by he Ontario legislature
will be placed In operation the first
of next January.
The Amalgamated Association of
iron. Steel and Tin Workers of N. A.
will bold its anual convention inCol
umbus, Ohio, in May.
The International Association ' of
Machln'sls have launched a move
ment for the establisnment or ua
eight-hour day for machinists thru-
out the country.
The Amalgamated Association ot
Stret and Electric Railway Employe
of America paid out $141,881 lu
death benefits during the year end
ing January 31. 1911.
Mrs. Florence Kelley, the general
secretary of the National Consumers
League, expreases( the belief that
more children are employed In dan
gerous occupations now than thirty
years ago.
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