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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1914)
ITALIC LIBRARY RETORT Following is the report of the an nual meeting of the Alliance rublio Library board, held at the library, Wednesday erening, June 3. Presi dent J. II. II. Hewitt presided. The following members responded to rollcall: Mesdamea Rowan and Johnson, and Messrs. Hewitt, Guthrie, Stern, Mid Pate. Minutes of previous meeting were read and approved. Bids for the construction of curb ing along the east and south sidea f library lot were read and upon motion made by Mrs. Rowan, second- ed by Mr. Pate, the contract . was awarded to T. J. Beat, the lowest Mdder, bid amounting to 166.00. The following annual reports of the secretary and librarian were read, accepted and ordered placed on tie: DisbnrHemenUi Librarian's salary $480.00 Janitor, service 180.00 Library building 51.35 Furniture 43.83 Fixtures 3.50 Books 74.20 Magazines 38.78 Lights 63.99 Water 26.30 Fuel 173.62 Printing '. . . 7.80 Freight and express 11.37 Postage 1.58 Supplies 8.80 Miscellaneous 20.03 The following bills were read and ordered paid: Librarian's salary $ 40.00 Janitor service 15.40 Alliance Times, advertising. . 1.50 Waldorf Bindery, rebindlng. 48.27 E. I. Gregg & Son, coal .... 5.50 Gaylord Bros., supplies .... 3.45 St. Paul Book and Stationery Co., book , .47 City of Alliance, lights .... 5.63 Total $1185.15 Librarian's Annual Report Circulation 12,911 An increase of 1,402 over the circulation of the year 1913. Average daily circulation ... 43 Borrowers cards issued 388 Books purchased 184 Fines collected $55.60 Incidental expenses 8.43 Twenty-three story telling hours during the year have been held since May 1, 1911. 735 books have been given to the library, 453 purchased, staking a total of 1,188. 186 books, worn out, have been withdrawn from circulation, 21 lost and carried away, 10 being paid for amounting to $8.00. 29 have been destroyed in quarantine, 9 of which were paid for, amounting to $5.26, money turned over to the treasurer with the fines. We have at present time 2,179 books in the library, 17 in circula tion over-due, 19 periodicals, 1 daily paper, 3 weekly papers. Total $120.22 Mrs. Nellie Wilson was unanimous ly re-elected librarian for the ensu ing year. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Jas. II. II. Hewitt, president; K. J. Stern, vice president: Mrs. W. W.1 Johnson, secretary. Adjourned. MRS. W. W. JOHNSON, Secretary. and allowed and the clerk ordered to draw warrant on Building fund for same. National Fidelity & Casual ty Co., sixth estimate, court house contract $5,000.00 Whereupon the board adjourned until the date of the next regular meeting, June 15, 1914. M. S. HAUGRAVES, Clerk. 27-U-3695 Open House at The Herald Thursday, Friday and Saturday,) the three days of the Stockmen's Convention, will be open house at The Herald office. Our friends are' invited to call and make The Herald office their headquarters. Public J stenographers, desks, telephones, plenty of writing paper, and other' office conveniences will be at the ser- vice of Herald readers. Don't for-, get to call at the office while in' town. .Synopsis on Page Seventeen A synopsis of this edition .of The Herald will be found on page seven teen, the first page of the third sec tion. The news contained in this issue will be found outlined there in condensed form. Hums for Superintendent Prof. G. M. Burns of the Central school filed papers Tuesday morning for nomination for county superin tendent on the republican ticket. Prof. Burns ran for the same office seven years ago and was defeated by a small margin. He began school work in Alliance nine years ago. He was hero ell of that time excepting three years spent at Marsland. For the last four years he has taken the school census. Starting Tuesday, Prof. Burns be gan taking a census of the town of Alliance and the Alliance school dis trict. This Is for the city and the school toard. The census will in clude everyone in Alliance and the school district,- with their addrebses. Prof. Burns has been in western Nebraska school work for many years and has a wide acquaintance. Miss Mayme White, who filed last week, is the only other candidate for the place. Ton of Paper Used This issue of The Herald takes 1840 pounds of print paper, nearly a ton. Tne Herald s cylinder press has been busy since Monday, turn ing out the sheets of paper which are afterwards folded and trimmed. Many Sales on Dollar Day Alliance merchants who offered special bargains on last Saturday, "Dollar Day", report a total of 1193 bargains sold. This is a good rec ord for the first day of this kind. COMMISSIONERS' PROCEEDINGS Alliance, Nebr., June 8. 1914. The board of County Commissioners met pursuant to adjournment; offic ers present C. L. Hashman, chair man, S. C. Reck, and J. M. Wanek. The following claim was examined Make Fast Record 611 head of cattle were branded at the Alliance stock yards in four hours the first of the week, making a record. The cattle were part of a shipment of seventeen cars consign ed from Florida to R. M. Schway, the big Wyoming cattle man at Sheridan. Harry Leach, his foreman, was in charge of the shipment. Illg Cattle Business Feagins & Son, the Alliance Gtock dealers, report an active movement in cattle. Recent sales are 200 head to J. Taylor at Whitman, 35 cows to Dr. W. M. Lee, 40 head of heifers to the Thompson Cattle Company, and 150 head to the Beach ranch. At the Cameron Land Sale, June 23, 1914, Curtis & Langford offer 65 head of stock. 27-2t-3702 The land to be sold at the Camer on Land Sale, Tuesday, June 23rd, lies in a body, under 3-wlre fence, two sets of improvements, and soil of best quality. You buy at your own price in lots to suit. Our old friends know our service is unexcelled L. E. Roberts & Go, I8TABLI8HEO 1800 ! LIVE STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS We earnestly recommend our service to all and respectfully solicit your consignments. L. E. ROBERTS WALTER B. ROBERTS Cattle Salesmen Union Stock Yards. South Omaha, Nebraska r GREETINGS TO STOCKMEN FROM ' I I T AGG BROS. I ' AND COMMISSION GO. 1 -m- ' ' - w ' 'SB W -SUB BMBJ ' K ill 9 I (Consolidated) SMITH BROS. (Consolidated) Union Stock Yards, South Omaha, Nebr. 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