LIST OF PRIZES
FOR CONVENTION
Complete lAnt of flaring and Hiding
Prlsea tli be (Siren to Winners
on June 18, 10, 20
The following Hit of prizes for the
Btocknien's Convention and Round
Bp, combined with Irwin Bros. Cbey
nw Frontier Day Wild West show,
te be held In Alliance on June 18, 19
and 20, has been arranged by the
secretary.
1. Ducking contest open to the
world. Three days. Purse $100.00.
1. Men's Relay Race, 2 miles,
Thursday and Friday, changing hor
se erery one-half mile. Open to the
world. Each rider la allowed one as
sistant. Change saddles. Purse f 100.
t. Men's relay race, t miles,
Thursday and Friday, changing hor
ses every one-half mile, open only to
northwestern Nebraska, and each
stder allowed one assistant. Change
addles. Purse $100.
i. Relay race, 2 miles, Saturday,
changing horses every one-half mile.
Open to the world. Each rider al
lowed one assistant. Change sad
dles. Purse $75.00.
S. Wild horse race. Open to the
world. Three days. Purse $160.00.
1. Cow pony race one-half mile,
to be each of the three days, and
horses running In this race to be
cow ponies, 14 hands high or under.
Other horses used for the free for
all races barred. Open only to per
sons residing In northwestern Ne
braska. Purse $90.00.
7. Saddle horse race, open only
to residents of northwestern Nebras
ka, one-halt mile. Prise, $50 each
day. Purse $150.00.
2. Saddle horse race open to the
world, $50 each day, one-half mile.
Purse $150.00.
9. Friday, 2:80. Gentlemen's
race. Each owner to drive his own
w horse. Five to enter and three to
start. S heats. Purse $150.00.
10. Thursday, Motorcycle race.
11. Prize for the best bucking
bronco. Three days. Purse $30.00.
HORSE STRAYED OR STOLEN
Wednesday night, June 8, gray
mare, five years old, weight about
750 pounds, brand on left shoulder
CH. Reward. Phone 411 or Dlack
16. FRANK L. MERRITT.
SMITH BROS. COMMISSION
(Consolidated)
Union Stock Yards, South Omaha, Nebr.
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REFERRING TO
OUR EXCHANGES
Other Paper that Help to Make thin
Tart of the World Itetter and
the People Happier
If it were not for the railroads
and the newspapers northwestern
Nebraska would be a desolate waste.
The former make habitation and de
velopment of this country possible
by affording the necessary means of
transportation, while the latter by
giving information about the coun
try's resources and publicity to oth
er matters of public Interest help to
bring the people here and make life
pleasant for them after they have
taken up their residence In this part
of the world.
The Alliance Herald believes In a
"live and let live" policy among
newspaper men as well as others en
gaged in the same line of business.
It Is no benefit to the public for com
petitors in business to cut each oth
ers throats, and there is no real
pleasure In the cutting for either of
the parties to It.' .
For the past few years this paper
has been pushing out for new busi
ness, but it has been the policy of
the management to grow by secur
ing new business, that was not being
touched by other newspaper men in
this part of the state, rather than by
taking from others that which they
were accustomed to receive.
The newspapers and printing of
fices of this country, as a whole, do
not receive nearly the amount of pat
ronage that they ought to get There
are men residing here who take no
paper published In this part of the
state. There are others who take
one local paper but who, because of
the positions which they occupy or
their large interests ought to sub
scribe for several. There are men
who have little or no job printing
done who ought to patronize the job
printing departments of their local
newspapers liberally. These are the
men In particular whom The Herald
is trying to reach. By so doing we
do not injure neighboring newspa
per men, but rather assist them by
helping to create a demand for what
we all have to sell.
It is our firm belief that by prop
er co-operation the newspaper men
of northwestern Nebraska could
double the volume of their business,
in subscriptions, advertising and job
Another Proof of that Old Truth
"IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH"
A Progressive Firm for Progressive People
Offices at Chicago and Kansas City
printing, In a remarkably short time.
As for The Herald, we would rather
secure a dollar's worth of new busi
ness, or business that has been going
outside of the state, than to grab
several dollars' worth that has been
going to some worthy Nebraska
newspaper man.
This Is The Herald's way of look
ing at the matter, and in saying so
we believe we voice the sentiments
of Nebraska newspaper men generally.
Moisture Conservation
Cultivation Is the one practical
means that the farmer has for con
serving motature over, any consider
able area of land. It is by cultiva
tion that the surface is put in condi
tion to catch and hold the water un
til it can soak into the soil. ' Weeds
are killed by cultivation and thus
prevented from using the water
which falls. Cultivation also checks
the loss of water from soils by direct
evaporation. Stirring the soil loos
ens the surface, hastens the process
of drying the surface layer, and de
creases the points of contact between
the soil particles, so that the water
from below cannot so readily reach
the surface by capillary action. In
other words, we purposely sacrifice
the moisture In the cultivated layer
in order to conserve that in the deep
er levels. Bulletin No. 140, Nebras
ka Agricultural Experiment Station.
Many Youths Enrolled
Enrollment In the Boys' and Girls'
Clubs of the Agricultural Extension
Service of the Nebraska College of
Agriculture Includes over 2,000
members distributed over seventy
six counties. The enrollment by di
visions la as follows: Corn Club 810,
Potato Club 150, Gardening Club
245, Cooking and Sewing Club 820.
The registration, however, is consid
ered only Incidental, by the leader
in charge, as compared to the suc
cessful completion of the work. Each
month the young people receive les
sons to be studied. These lessons
are prepared not only to aid ttem
In their present work but to Inspire
them to higher Ideals of agriculture.
Parents and teachers are asked to
encourage the members in their
work and thus make it more effect
ive. FOR SALE at a bargain, one fire
bell, complete. Used only a short
time. For description and price
write Secretary, Florence Hose Co.,
Florence, Nebr.
28-2t-3689
GREETINGS TO STOCKMEN
FROM
TAGG
AND-
Silo Days Advocated
A day for the study of silos is be
ing encouraged by the Nebraska Col
lege of Agriculture. The plan Is for
a group of farmers, large or small In
number, to make a tour over their
own county, . where silos are being
used. At each place visited the own
er or user of the silo tells of his ex
perience and explains the construc
tion. When the tour Is made by
automobile, enough territory may be
covered to visit the silos constructed
of every material to be found In a
county. In this way the compara
tive merits of construction may be
obtained without prejudice. In Gage
county recently such a day waa held
under the auspices of the county
farm demonstrator. The Madison
( county demonstrator is arranging a
similar tour. It is found best to no
tify the farmers to be visited a few
uajn yicriuua lu luo lour BO loai IU
exact schedule may be completed be
fore the tour Is made.
WIIX THKY PROVE EFFECTUAL?
The rapid passage of the adminis
tration trust bills through the house,
and by such overwhelming major!
ties indicates a great unity of senti
ment on the question. That, in it
self, shows how the people and their
representatives view the problem
that has perplexed and outwitted so
many politicians and congresses.
So far the Morgans, Rockefellers,
and other capitalists have made mer
ry over trust legislation, and, as is
proverbial with laughter, they have
grown fat over it. Maybe the laugh
will now be with the other aide the
public. Certainly that Is to be hop
ed. Anyway, experience shows that
Interlocking directorates manipulat
ing business to suit themselves, and
lack of sufficient government con
trol have been the main difficulties
to contend with. It is devouMy hop
ed that the new measure, when it
does paBs, may prove more effective
along this line.
What the Senate may do with the
bill is conjectural. Doubtless it will
pass but It is also likely that some
important amendments may be made
necessitating a conference of both
houseB. So far the bill is a drastic
one and that seems to commend it to
public-spirited men of all parties,
The situation demands something of
this character now that rosewater
methods have failed.
It is but right that labor and
farmers' unions are now made ex
empt from the operations of the
Sherman anti-trust act which never
contemplated such bodies as being
BROS
Involved In its action, their object
being ao different.
One lesson that the recent disas
ter to the Empress of Ireland teaches
men is that the human element must
never be left out of consideration in
human events. Not all the skill and
Ingenuity of men exerted to Insure
absolute safety in traveling by land
or by sea will result in the desired
effect, if in some great emergency
someone loses his head or acts with
criminal negligence. Apparently, the
Empress was equipped with all the
latest improvements to guard against
accident, and yet the ramming by a
comparatively small boat sank the
Empress in less than fifteen minutes
with a loss of life very rarely excell
ed. This does not mean that less
precaution may be tolerated or that
skill and improvement in construc
tion are of but little account, but
what it does mean Is that there is no
such thing as absolute safety bo long
as men of fallible judgment and wit
are in command. That in turn means
that the possibility of accident is al
ways present because no man can be
found without human weakness.
Summer days have come and wMh
What counts isn't what yon pay but
what yon get for what yon pay. The
Ford buyer gets the most value for bis
money. Big production, skilled work
men and best materials make Ford
quality high .and Ford prices low.
Five hundred and fifty dollars is the
price of the Ford runabout; the tour
ing car is six hundred, complete with
equipment. Get catalog and particu
lars from Keeler-Ceursey Co., Alliance,
Nebraska.
Keeler-Coursey Co.
Alliance, Nebraska
them the lure of the lake and Oceaav
mountaln and stream grows stronger'
with every passing day. Fortunate
Is the man who can leave his work
for awhile and free from buslnees
care revel In the pure air, sunshine
and other delights of a vacation la
the country. He is all the better
for it for he goes back to his work
with renewed strength, a more hope
ful view of life, and with a better
physical and mental equipment m
perform his task. Even if one can
get away for but a few daya, or a
week end, it ia better than nothing.
Unfortunately there are in every
large city many so poor that ther
cannot get away even for, that brief
time. So hard is their lot that life
with them is a matter of living from
hand to mouth. Here is where some
of the benevolent agencies found In.
almost every city are doing a truly
religious work in sending many of
such people into the country for a.
few days' respite from grinding toil..
It is necessary for the livestock,
man to own his own range and tme
greatest opportunity to buy high
class range will be offered at the S.
W. Cameron sale on Tuesday, June
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