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VOLUME XXI
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1914
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NUMBER 3.1
ABLE SERMON BY
NEW MINISTER
"The Young Man's Question and the
Striking Answer," by Rev. Seel,
Last Sunday Morning
of
Rer. William M. Seel, M. A., who
came to Alliance from New Jersey
few weeks ago to accept the pastor-
ate of the First Presbyterian church
has been pleasing the members
kit congregation with the able ser
mons which he has been delivering.
Particularly impresstre was the ser
mon last Sunday morning on the top
ic "The Young Man's Question and
the Striking Answer." The Herald
Is pleased to give an extract from
this sermon.
The text was, "What shall I do
that I may Inherit eternal lifer"
Mark 10:17. Rev. Seel caia in part
The Question
The question practically resolves
Itself into the query, "What shall
do to be saved?" It is a question
on the young man s part full of eag
er expectation. He has no idea of
Jesus' answer. He runs to Him, so
full is he of wonder. It Is remark
able that the mere inspiration of
Jesus' presence is sufficient to call
forth this man's enthusiasm for re
form. He Is anxious to be analyz
ed, he p'eads incompetence, al
though he knows that be has been a
"moral man." There has been an
awakening; it has been a renais
sance; old spiritual truths have
. clothed themselves in new forms and
the crowds have stood around and
partly anticipated. Some have re
formed, some have gone away sor
rowful, and some have followed the
wonderful Master, who can evoke
spiritual, super-powers that cleanse
men of disease, straighten out insane
minds into running threads of pure
and wholesome thought, cure the
aching hearts of guilt, snd that can
induce men to forsake home, busi
ness and social sets in order to be
near this marvelous personality.
Sometimes this personality trans
lates Itself into abstract spiritual
truths. The rich youth is not so
much engaged with Jesus as he is
with what he thinks Jesus stands
for. Eternal life is his quest. He
believes that others In following out
Jesus' ins'ructlons have gained that
advantage over life of mere earthli
ness. The question Is full of the
personal equation. He asks. What
shall I do to be saved? How shall I
gain eternal life? And he looks for
some electric, spiritual effect to oc
eur In the coming into contact of his
personality and that of the Master
He has seen blind men come up to
Jerfus and go away with sight. He
hears of lepers who simply call upon
this Saviour and they are healed.
Then again b ehas known that Jesus
sent certain men away to the tern
pie to report to the priests and thus
their cure, their salvation was best
effected. Now perhaps he wonders
if some such little task shall not af
ford him also a solution and a treas
ure.
The Answer
The answer of Jesus is startling
with its first rebuke, is overpower
ing in its apparent simplicity of dl
rection to observe the rulings of the
decalogue and is absolutely dismay
ing in its final statement. The weal
thy youth has called Jesus good. Je
sus will have none of it. You can-
Bot flatter God. The righteous
Judge of men desires no fancy at
tributes in order to obtain His decis
ions. So Jesus will have no compli
ment from this man. The case must
stand on its merits and defects. You
cannot, O. youth, get Jesus to do any
better for you by calling Him nfle
names. Your healing depends upon
your absolute integrity of purpose.
Are you after fictitious values? Are
you after something that shall come
for nothing? Are you ready for a
revolution in your life in order to
gain this priceless treasure? All
wheedling, managing, manipulating,
whining, flattering are worthless.
Jesus' next answer Is obvious to a
Jew. You know the Command
ments. The man is honest. He says,
I have kept them always. Jesus says
It is insufficient.
The man is dumfounded with sad
ness. He knows the Command
ments are insufficient for, although
he has kept them, he has never felt
the peace and satisfaction that his
soul craved. But he did not expect
this from Jesus. "Go sell all that
you have and give It to the poor
and come follow me." This
is too much.' He must feel that Je
sus Is discriminating between him
and others. True, must others who
have received help from Jesus have
been the poor, but they have had no
great task like this thrust upon
them. This prophet has a grudge
against the rich. This "good" mas
ter has turned tyrant. He is impos
sible; His words are impossible; the
rich youth turns wonderlngly away.
Was Jesus right or was the young
man right? As far as we know the
young man never came back. He
has found it Impossible to make the
revolutionary step. A change so
radical as to upset the whole fortune
of what he terms life Is too -difficult.
It Is this very difficulty that makes
the crisis for him and the very point
that makes the crisis necessary in
the eyes of Jesus.
The Only IWlm
"Whatsoever he saitb unto you, do
It." There is the onlv halm tnr
your life snd mine. What to do?
What to do? This do and thou shalt
live. Obey Jesus. Obey God. Obey
your unspotted conscience not the
part that you have soiled through
self-deceit. Obey the moral law,
Then carry out the implications of
obedience. Become a slave like Paul
to the crowning act of human destl
ny the act of service. Follow Je
sua as Paul did In the commonsense
sanity of every-day life. Follow him
Into the mountains and pray. Says
Dr. Eleanor Harris Rowland, "We
need great pray-ers, and such will
always be marked personalities and
with a certain force and efficiency of
character that owe little to natural
endowment" We have known peo
ple who were raised from common
placeneBS by apparently no other
characteristic than this. They were
not gifted, they were not subtle.
they were not noted for their men
tal capacity, but there came from
them a certain and sure force that is
conspicuously lacking in many more
intellectual and many so-called
"moral" men.
We have followed the two classes
of men, and there are only two in
the world, two classes, one that has
obeyed God and the other that has
either through Indifference or malice
aforethought disobeyed Him and we
have wondered at the constant and
unmistakable signs of the inner
lives that they have revealed. When
the God-man appears in the streets
or In business we cannot mistake
him. He is different. He is not
unique, for there are many -such
men. But they are not in the mal
oirty. They are waiting for the rest
of men to come to their spiritual
senses.
EMERICK WILL AT
TEND CONVENTION
3. D. Einerick, Abstractor, Will At-
tend National Convention Title
Men, Omaha, in August
J. D. Emerick, of Alliance, the
abstractor, will attend the national
convention of the Title Men's Asso
ciation of America, to be held in Om
aha, August 31 to September 4. Ne
braska will have seventy-five dele
gates there and Iowa has promised
to send many more. More than two
hundred members will attend from
east of the Mississippi river. 4 The
Omaha meeting will be the first nat
ional meeting that has been held in
this section. All previous meetings
have been held In the east and south.
BRYAN OUT FOR PROPOSED RULES
EQUALSUFFARGE FOR NEWBUILDING
secretary of State Issue Formal Following Are the Proposed Rules
Statement Iat Thursday Even- I 1 and Plan for the Commercial
Ing Supporting Suffrage I ; Club Itullding
I .
Secretary of State Wm. J. Bryan. Name. AU'ance Commercial Club
in a formal statement Issued at I '.Building Association (Incorporat
Washington last Thursday evening. Shares to be $25 each.
came out for woman suffrage. He wo card DlaT,nR or gambling allow
declared that he would auk nn nniit. d in the building.
leal right f rohlmself that he was Gymnasium floor will be available at
not willing to grant his wife, and an- ,ea8t three tlmM week,
nounced h's Intention of sunDortlnc: No Intoxicating liquors allowed In
the proposed state constitutional I tne building and any member
amendment extending the franchise bringing in same will be expelled.
to women to be voted upon In Ne- swimming poOI ana mower baths op-
braska next November. I n ia time.
Woman, Bryan said, had proved A 3Gc luncheon will be served every
nerseir equal to every responsibility "nu"' noon.
Imposed upon her, and would notlTne Committee room Is free to all
fail society in this emerEencv. Above organizations In the city that wish
all other arguments in favor of glv- to U8ft ,,nie providing they make
ing her the ballot he placed the rlKht I appointments with the secretary
of the mother to a voice In the! beforehand.
moulding of the environment of herl'L,adles have U8e ot the rest room and
children. . shower baths every day in the
"The mother," the secretary said, week, and four hours on the gym
can Justly claim the rieht to m- floor each week.
ploy every weanon which can he I The proposed rate per year is as
made effective for the protection of rolIOW,:
those whose interests she guards and Ladles 16.00
the ballot will put within her reach Uoy" UP to 1 years ... 6.00
all of the Instrumentalities of gov
ernment, Including the police pow
Secretary Bryan Bald in part:
"ine voters of Nebraska will, at
the election next November, ndnntor
reject a proposed amendment ex- Fea" under the Budget plan come un
tending suffraee to women on enuai Mcr the heading of Special Rate.
terms with men. As a citizen ofl' ,Any one ubscrlblng and refund-
that state it will be mv dutv to ir. ing ten shares of stock will be given
ttcipate in the decision to be render-1 me memoersnip in tne commerc
ed at the polls. I have delayed ex-llal Clut Building Association.
pressing an opinion on this subject! onice hours: week days, 8 a. m. to
Clerks 12.00
Traveling men ... 12.00
Business men 12.00
Individual lockers 3.00
Special rate 6.00
All those that give $25 or more a
m. Sundays, 1 p. m. to 9
TELEPHONE BOOKS
HAVE ADDRESSES
MAUPIN FOR '
COMMISSIONER
Well Known Kdttor of Midweet Mag-
ail ne, M no I si ted in Alliance
Recently, after Nomination
Will Maupin. editor of Midwest
Magazine and perennial booster for
Nebraska, who was in Alliance a few
days ago, is seeking the democratic
nomination for railway commission
er. Maupin is not making the usual
partly because I have been seeking; 10:30 P
information and partly because my P- m-
time nas been occupied with nation
al questions upon 'which the entire
country was acting. But now that
the Issue is presented in my state
I take my position. I shall sunnort
tne amendment. I shall ask no nol
itical rights for myself that I am not
willing to grant to my wife.
ne nrst objection wblch I re
member to have heard was that as
women cannot bear arms she should Telephone Directory for Alliance to
not have a voice In deciding aues-l ' " vp-to-date to Ro Is-
tlons that might lead to war, or In h f ... ..sued August 1st
enacting laws mat might require an
army for their enforcement. This The August directory of the All!
argument is seldom offered now, for lance telephone exchange will con
the reason that as civilization ad-1 tain the addresses of teleohone sub-
vances laws are obeyed because they scribcrs, making the book very han-
are an expression or public opinion, dy for use. Subscribers should
not merely because they have now- Phone No. 700 In reeard to nhana-ea
der and lead behind them. And as in directory listings. Phone the
we iook back over the past, we may same number in regard to Installa
wen wonoer wnether the peace tion of telephones or advertising
movement wouia not nave grown space in the directory
more rapidly than it has had woman, NEBRASKA TELEPHONE CO.
wno suners more than man from the 32-2t-3758
results of war, been consulted before
hostilities began. AttDMOKE TO AIXIANCK
Second, ii is urged by some that I Another Family Removes (ram South
m m m . - 1 " -
woman s lire :s Already full of care Dakota to Western NchnuU
and that the addition of suffraee Alliance aeain has an addition in
would either overburden her or turn its citizenship by persons removing
ur attention away rrom the duties here from Ardniore. 8..D. Mr. and
or me nome. The answer made to I Mrs. Lee Gardner and ramiiv mn
this Is that the exercise of the fran-lsisttna of bov and eirl. arrived in ai
cnise mignt result in a change of liance last Thursday. They have
mougni ana occupation mat would taken uo their residence at K09
erueve tne monotony of woman' Sweetwater tvnn mnth nt iti
work and give restful variety to her ldence of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Drake.
activities. And surely the home who also came to Alliance tmm trH.
win not sutler ir the mother, 'the more. Mr. Gardner has two mar
Diun at oeing "urged by many
friends" to twrnrnn a nanHIHata iiml
ne refuses to aav that it wmiid h o uroi icacner. is aoie io intei-inea sons in tne emniov or the r. n
sacrifice for hi mto accept. On the "en"y discuss with her family the & Q., working In the water service
contrary, he admits that he is a can- c,ence government ana the art of between the Black Hills and Lincoln
dldate on his own motion and says
ne would not be making any sacri
fice to accept the office.
I believe I know what Nebraska
wives will
their hus-
successruuy administering It. For the present their
Third, many well-meaning men make their homes with
and women affirm that suffraee band's narenta.
would work a harm to women bv Ardmore neonlti make rnnA ritic.
needs and ought to have." says Mau-!!e8.B?nlB the respect In which she is ens In Alliance, and if the oil city of
pm, -and I favor a policy that will I argument wouia nave soutnwestern South Dakota has any
protect the people against exploits-1 m.ore welSht had It not been employ- more to spare they will be welcomed
uon wnne permitting ereat develon- 6inot nerjr proposition aovanc-
ment enterprises to make a fair re-'ea In ravor of the enlargement of
turn upon their legitimate Invest-! woman "Phere. This objection
ments. I favor regulation and con-,was once ra'e( to the higher educa- Killing Prairie Dog
trol of all public service corporations J,I0n .or ?man but u no longer W. W. Norton, of Alliance, is try
dealing with exact Justice towards uo same oDjecuon was or- ing the automobile method of kill
the nnhlir and tnwarri. (Ko .-,. I ferPQ each time the door has onened ine nralrlA dnra Wdndv
tions that serve the public. Exploit--and woman. Instead of suffering deg- ing he drove his Overland auto to
atlon of the people upon the one ."'on' n "sen. his ranch, six miles south of Alli-
hand, and the strangulation of en-j ! objections, however hon- ance. He has fltte dup the muffler
terprise upon the other hand, are , y. advanced, have proven Impot- with a rubber hose attachment. One
both renuenant hwanaa hmh ent to retard woman's progress. Mavlend at th hn ia inrtad in t
against commonsense and hindrances ?2l An fear" lncere,y entertained hole, dirt packed around it. and then
to development and prosperity. If. " lu" opponents or woman s suff- the engine Is run for two minutes.
nominated and el r tori r nmmi.. nn iuuuu to dc as groundless allowlne the ni frnm th hin.i
ly to do my duty as I see it. show-1, lu lu'onM torceo tne widow to enter the hole. Mr. Norton Is
Ing no favors. Insisting upon equal , e"iern naia to ascend the funer- giving the met' od a thorough trial.
Justice and devoting my entire time,?1 pyre ?T " tho8e that exclude Mo- If it Is successful he will make ex-
to earning tbe salary provided by ?8m?. omen 'rom the social tensive use of it on other land which
i i I benenta and rearwnaiHiima kul v. i . .. , . . .
---.. wuuu un una auu woicn is iniestea wun
nir woman ot tne innstian world the pests,
Btiarra:
And are not the second and third I t'viw.rim,, k;, ..... u .
""JCVI,U,, siateo reruted, to I Anyone Interested in a review of
SOME I1K1 SHERIFFS
Ilox Ilutte County lVat One of
Three Ulggeet In Nebraeka
According to Shields' Orleans Is
ser, Harlan county boasts of having
tne tallest sheriff In the state, T. W
Carroll, who stands 6:4 In his box
and weighs 248 pounds.
Oliver Hedge, sheriff of . Webster
county, stands 6:2 and tips the beam
at 280. "Whoppers!" says the Isser.
Don't overlook Box Butte county
in counting up your big Nebraska
sheriffs. Cat Cox isn't anybody's
little kid, standing 6:2 and weighing
zsy pounds.
VOTE FOR
Woodruff OqII
OF CHERRY COUNTY
Republican Candidate for
State Senator
NOMINATION
Prom 28th Senatorial District
SELLS-FLOTO
CIRCUS COMING
Rnffalo WU and His Rig Shown to btf
Seen Here Wednesday, August
13 with uig parade
A man ef smiles and promises and
optimism and much business csmet
to the city today William E. Halneat
the contracting agent of the Sella
Floto Circus and Buffalo BUI (him
self), due to exhibit here Wednesday,
August 12. Of alt the men who form
the great working stuff of a circus,
Mr. Haines Is perhaps tbe busiest.
For It la' to him that the manage
ment must look for nearly all of Its)
preliminary arrangements.
And there Is many an arrange
ment to be made before a circus can
exhibit In a city. The lot must bm
determined upon and pre-empted ;t
the water rirhta mnat K
- . -O Hun w7 IVIIUHW
tor, contracts tor rood snd hay and
grain let, contracts for this and that
made there never is a minute when
the contracting agent Is not busy.
And this year Mr. Haines ia busier
than ever before, for with the new
combination of the Sells-Floto Clr
clus with Buffalo Bill, the Increase
in the sise of the "circus of 1,001
wonders" has been great. Instead
of the tents of other years, there will
be eleven acres of canvas, with seata
for fourteen thousand persons. There
will be a greater menagerie, a great
er horse fair, always a feature with
the Sells-Floto Circus, and naturally
a greater program.
"And about that program " said
Mr. Haines today, "there's Just about
as wide a diversity as anyone could
desire. Naturally, Buffalo Bill him
self will appear with a spectacle call
ed 'Warpath', showing the progress
of civilization from the frontier
times to the present day. Indiansf
Of course. And cowboys and ridera
and ropers. And outside of that, a'
bigger circus than ever.
"Just for Instance, there are those
forty clowns which have been a bis
feature of the Sells-Floto-Buffalo
Bill combination this year. There's
a tight-rope walking pony, and Om
ar, the balloon horse: the five United
States government Hyneys. and some
mighty wonderful animal acts; a
congress of equestriennes and all
of 'em pretty; Prof. Karl L. King
concert band of sixty-three pieces.'
and the Vocalina, a new device for
with the Live Stock " V"'"'"! nn.au"1. Zou,
Business in this district over 16 years. "l no,e uau TOU
Made final proof on original home. Tf . tlme-
stead in August. 1903. under the 6 year ' """ounces mat tbe
act. This was the land involved In prtce of ,the. c,rcus win remain the
the "Beer Bottle Corner case." .same as In former years. 25 cents. A
Made final proof on Kinkaid AddU Parae . .wny- or course, and at
tlonal In July. 1910. iw.au o cioca me morning of the
Member of the present State Fores- 'ow. And while the nine bands
tratlon Commission. D,are an1 the animals pace their
Has secured liK fioo no additional cages as they are drawn through the
funds for forestratlon work In Ne- "treets, Buffalo Bill himself will lead
braska from the general government ine two-mne-iong procession as a
Has secured the Dermauent reten- peclal honor to this city. Later be
tlon of the National Forest Reserves wni no,d reception for children at
in. this state for the benefit of the ine "ow grounds.
Connected
present and .future generations,
Has labored persistently to secure
from tbe general government an ap
propriation with which to conduct ex
periments to Increase the quality and
quantity of grazing or forage grasses
In the sand hills. This should en
hance the value of all sandhill lands.
Initiated the fight which wrote into
the present State Live Stock Sanitary
Board Law the requirement that the
cattlemen thereon must reside In
Western Nebraska.
Conceived tbe Idea of and promoted
"The Northwest Round Ud" Associa
tion.
From the above it will be seen that
Mr. Ball is closely Identified with the
Interests of the 28tb Senatorial Dis
trict, equipped with experience to
know Its needs and thoroughly capable
r safeguarding and promoting .Its
legislative requirements.
You can make no mistake In sup
porting the candidacy of Mr. Ball.
Political Adv.
law.1
Will Maupin has lived in Nebraska
for thirty years, engaging In the
newspaper business all that time. In
season and out of season he has urg
ed the development of Nebraska re
sources, and has made a constant
study of the state and Its needs. He
spent eight years on the World-Her-
id, five of them as associate editor.
and for ten years was a member of
the editorial staff of the Commoner.
He has a wife and six children, and
says they offer seven of the reasons
why he would like to be elected rail
way commissioner. He has other
reasons, but these are the first sev
en.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend our thanks to
the K. C.'s. D. of I.'a and all friends
and neighbors for the beautiful flor
al offerings, also for their help and
sympathy during the illness and
death of our dearly beloved son and
brother.
A. J. ROCK AND FAMILY.
The Alliance Herald J 1.50 year
some extent at least, by tbe fact that the experimental work of the Nebr-
in me states which have adopted aska Experiment Station at Lincoln
woman s suffrage (and in the other and of the experimental substations
nations that have adopted it) there at North Platte. Scottsbluff. Valen
ls no agitation for a return to the tine, and of the Culbertson demon
system under which man has a mon- stratlon farm may obtain a concise
opoly of the right to vote. It Is not survey of it In the Tweney-8eventh
fair to assume that a neffort would Annual Report of the experiment
d maoe to correct the mistake If
woman's suffrage had really failed
to give satisfaction to the people
where It has been tried."
station by applying to Director E. A.
Burnett, Lincoln. A list of new,
publications, changes In the station
staff, and a financial statement are
included in the report.
Col. Roosevelt shows his usual
brightness In swatting the republic
an reactionaries. Their political
days are numbered, anyway.
The Tom Thumb Wedding enter
tainment will be given at the Chris
tian church August 21, under the
auspices of the Ladies of tbe Chris
tian church. Price of admission:
adults, 85c; children. 20c.
I Senator Penrna nmnl,lni
n. m,i.i.. - .v. -. i . " -
. ' ' 7, " ,r "8nteen to uooseveit when be supported
..-. .?erman STlat?r n" Jmon- Roosevelt, he Is now merely a "bos."
tln-n -. t iV Bpp,,?ft hM uti,i- " hou,d b8 oboM that there Is a
" " weU nlPPodroming pos- way by which he may become a
sibllities. "leader" again.
Notice! If you will pay for your
ubseription to the Herald for one
year wa will send you four big mag
azines all one year for only 18 cents
extra.
A Practical I)emont ration
"One of the old-time farmers of
Gage county who was skeptical
about the farm demonstrator propo
sition when.lt was first mentioned
has been converted and Is confess
ing his faith to all the world." says
the eBatrlce Sun. O. 11. Liebers. the
county demonstrator, upon a visit at
his place told blm that there was
smut in his oats. The farmer laugh
ed at the Idea, but a little later he
found his crop was cut short from
this cause. The next season tbe
demonstrator secured permission to
treat part of the seed. The remaind
er was left. untreated. A recent ex
amination showed that the untreated
portion was damaged 30 per cent.
Prohibition State Convention
Jnly 28, 1914
At Lincoln, Nebr., Tuesday Noon, in
the Temple Theatre, Twelfth and
R Streets.
All persons In sympathy with is
are cordially invited to participate.
Delegates should come from every
county. A great rally at 8 p. m.
Short speeches by our candidates.
D. B. GILBERT.
State Chairman.
840 N. 11th St.
TALKS ON ADVERTISING No. 1
Ry Nels Darling
Advertising pays If It Is the right kind. Tbe best medium for the
tail merchant Is the local newspaper, but many of you give the matter little
or no attention. Advertising with some merchants Is a side issue, a dona
tion to the paper; considered as a liability Instead of a great big asset.
I know that some of you fellows will spend two hours and a half try
ing to sell a twenty dollar bill of goods, and on the other hand will give a
regretted ten minutes to writing a mighty poor adv. that costs you five
dollars. Be honest, you are just too tired o rtoo negligent to make this
fine do some work. For this amount you can talk forcefully to a couple of
thousand people in a way that will attract them and make them know that
you are selling the goods they want at the right prices.
Any merchant who can talk his goods to a customer can learn to write
advertisements with the pulling power. Bear this in mind your adver
tisements should always do these three things. First attract attention.
Second hold attention and create interest. Third leave an impreaakm
that will last for some time.
An advertisement about one article that Is well described and priced
is worth more than an advertisement about a dozen things touched upon In
a lot of generalities. ..
Most people of the community know what line of business yon are 1st
if you have been In town six months." Do not waste space and money tell
ing them what they already know. If you handle stoves, tell them what
kind, what you claim for them, what advantages they have over other
stoves, and the selling price. Do not crowd your space. Make your ad
vertisements talk tell something tbe people will be Interested In knowing.
