e Alliance Herald
Part Two
16 Pages
Part Two
16 Pages
OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION. REACHES EVERY MEMBER
OFFICIAL OROAN NEBRASKA VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. IT REACHES HEADQUARTERS FOR IB.OOO FIREMEN
VOLUME XXII
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1914
NO. 2
H
SPOKE BEFORE
CHADRQN CLUB
Secretary of Alliance Commercial
Club Delivered Interesting
Speech at Chadron "
Secretary W. D. Fisher of the
Alliance Commercial Club attend
ed a meeting of the Chadron Com
mercial Club Monday evening
wad delivered an interesting
speech. Part of the speech fol
lows :
wen you subscribe to a commfi1
lal club you are not giving a dona
tion unless you refuse to attend the
meetings o rhelp in the work, but to
any body of citizens who subscribe
for this work and then assist, they
are making an investment that will
pya 100 cents on the dollar.
Some say, "Why should I join a
commercial club?"
I would suggest for the civic pride
that is in you.
For the spirit of helpfulness and
the love of progress that is the meas
are of your good citizenship.
For the friends you will gain, the
good you will accomplish and the
precious fellowship of co-operation
you will experience and retain as an
ndurlng possession.
Isn't It true that if your town
grows, your real estate becomes
store valuable? Doesn't your pro
fessional practice have a larger field ?
No matter what you are doing, whom
you are working for, don't you have
a greater opportunity to gain your
ommerclal and professional ends?
The Commercial Club is the only
tH'ttanlPation devoted to the commer
cial interests of the city. It is the
clearing house of the city's troubles.
It is the barometer of the city's por
gress. Every citizen Interested In
the city's growth and prosperity
should belong to this organization.
A commercial club without an ad
equate membership is as useless as
an automobile without an egnlne.
Personal benefits from member
ship may not be Immediately appar
ent, but your name on the roster cre
ates a favorable impression in the
minds of outsiders and adds prestige
te your business, profession or posi
tion. Bear in mind that accomplish
ments of the Commercial Club are
always credited to, its membership
as a whole and everything done by
the Club is a benefit to all. If you
are interested in your city, join the
lab and be known as a live wire
set into the boat and take hold of
the oar.
Secretary Fisher then explained
the budget system and showed where
be club had been able to do more
effective work than ever before at
leas expense. Where the business
Hen knew at the start what it would
est them and that their time would
not be taken up by this committee
and that committee asking for the
different donations.
He cited a few of the important
things the Alliance Club had accom
plished :
Furnished over two hundred
fanners in the last six weeks, free of
barge, men for farm work.
Protected the merchants from 5te
lag fleeced out of money by fake sol
tutors. Oave a free "Labor day celebration
fr the shop people and farmers and
ever 3,000 people were in attend
ance. Secured over ten thousand lines of
free advertising for Alliance, simply
because we had a commercial club
that knew how to get this free adver
tising. Up to date, nine magazines of note
save written articles concerning Al
liance and her Commercial Club and
Just recently the sceond set of mov
ing pictures have been taken and
these will be shown all over the Unit
ed States as well as the Panama-Pacific
Exposition.
Sent an agricultural exhibit to
Chicago and erected a large sign at
the Alliance depot advertising Alli
ance. Was instrumental in securing two
more blocks of cluster lights and
the club is now working on the pro
position of a city manager.
Secured new waste cans for the
main street and with the co-operation
of the city council, arrange
ments have now been made to clean
the main street every day of the
lose papers and rubbish.
Gave the farmers a free banquet.
Have held seven banquets for the
members during the last seven
months, thus creating the fellowship
f co-operation that means a bigger
and more prosperous community.
Have started a movement for a
farm demonstrator and up to date
ever one hundred farmers have sub
scribed. Issued 20,000 pamphlets advertis
ing Box Butte county.
Gave 150 towards defraying the
expenses at the State Fair.
Helped reorganize the Farmers'
Institute.
Increased the membership from
seventy-four to over three hundred,
and as a result, Alliance has secured
more good advertising in six months
than she has before secured In three
years.
Up to date, have secured five con
ventions for next year.
Opened a traffic bureau and have
audited over one hundred freight
ills, saving the merchants up to
'ate at least one-third of their dues.
The club received fifty per cent of
this refund,
Three years ago $5,000 in bonds
were voted for park purposes. $4,000
of thlB was spent for the grounds but
nothing was done toward giving the
citizens a park. Several commit
tees waited upon the different coun
cils but nothing was done. Today
actual work has been started, a park
board has been appointed and all of
this was accomplished in two months
time.
By not having a commercial club,
Alliance has lost thousands of dol
lars and the above item is only one
of many which proves that a wide
awake commercial club Is an invest
ment and not a donation.
OLD-TIMER VISITS ALLIANCE
Wyoming Ranchman who Built First
Kuslness If mine In Thin City
J. W. Ditto of Gillette, Wyo., who
owns a ranch five miles from that
town, visited friends in Box Butte
county several days, leaving here
this week for southern Colorado,
where he expects to spend part of
the winter with a son. He is famil
iar with conditions in the strike
zone in Colorado, and is highly
pleased with the course taken by
President Wilson In dealing with
matters there.
Mr. Ditto helped to found Alliance
and of course is pleased with the
continued growth of the city. He
put up the first business building on
Box Butte avenue, the old frame just
south of the new Elks building. Joe
Bills did the carpenter work for him.
Mr. Ditto keeps posted on affairs
in Alliance and western Nebraska by
reading The Herald.
MILLIONS OF
ACRES OPEN
Forthcoming Report of Secretary
Lane Will Show Lands Settled
and Those Still Open
As an answer to the impression
which seems to exist that all the
public lands of any value have long
since been taken up, Secretary Lane,
in an advance statement from his an
nual report, calls attention to the
fact that, since March 4, 1913, set
tlers have made-entry on nearly 2t,
000.000 acres of public lands an
area equal to that of Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire and
New Jersey, combined. During the
same period practically as much
more coal and other mineral land of
the West has been examined in de
tail in 40-acre tracts by the Geolog
ical Survey, and most of it has been
thrown open to settlement or pur
chase. Some of these lands, such as
those which include workable depos
its of phosphate or oil, are still with-1
drawn pending suitable lelgslation I
for their disposal or use. Another .
important activity in public-land ,
classification to which the Secretray '
calls attention is the designation of
lands for entry as "enlarged" or 320
acre homesteads. Designations un
der this law approved by him cover
33.543,056 acres.
The extract from the Secretary's
report contains a series of maps of
twelve public-land states showing in
graphic form (1) the areas with
drawn from entry in these states be
tween March, 1913, and July, 1914;
(2) the areas restored to entry; (3)
the designation! under the enlarged-
homestead law, and (4) land taken
up by settlers. Thus, for example,
the map of Montana ahows the total
area for the state, 93,000,000 acres; '
lands withdrawn from entry 67.741
acres; lands restored to entry after
examination, 3,171,558 acres; lands'
designated under the enlarged-home
stead law, 11,022,854 acres; and
lands entered by settlers, 7,417,291
acres. The other states in which
public-land activities have been 1
large and which are discussed by .
the Secretary are Utah, Wyoming, '
Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, Wash
ington, Oregon, North Dakota, Ariz
ona, California, and Nevada.
0ened to Entry
Secretary Lane has Just made or
ders extending to the following land
the provisions of the enlarged home
stead act. This action Is taken af
ter the lands have been determined
by examination to be nonirrlgable,
and the orders become effective Jan-.
uary 11, 1915, on which date such '
of the lands affected as are vacant 1
public lands will be subject to be i
taken up as homesteads in tracts of
320 acres each.
About 37.000 acres widely distrib
uted over the state of Utah.
More than 170,000 acre In the
state of Idaho, mainly In Elmore
county, north and northwest of
Mountain Home.
More than 165,000 acres in Wy
oming, the greater portion of which
is situated southeast of Laramie in
Albany county; south and southwest
of Rawlins In Carbon county, and In
Uinta county.
Descriptions of the lands affected
by the orders will be furnished to
the appropriate local land offices
where further Information may be
obtained and applications to enter
may be filed.
NICELV FURNISHED ROOMS
With or without board. Close In.
Private residence. Phone 175.
61-tf
What better way of living
up to the full meaiHr.f? of
Christmas Time?
Buy your share
of Red Cross Seals
Thais tho riht
I .J wfc" rk' l. r . - 1 f
YOU can show the "Christmas spirit" by buying Red Cross
Christmas Seals and placing them on the backs of letters, on
parcels sent by mail or express, and in other ways. No charge
is made for. advertising and selling these Seals in Alliance this
year. The entire proceeds go to alleviate the sufferings of hum
anity. For the convenience of persons who wish to purchase Rod
Cross Christmas Seals in Alliance, they have been placed on sale
at the following named places:
Alliance Herald office.
Semi-Weekly Times office.
Mrs. LotspeichV Variety Store.
On Saturday, Dec 19, in the post office lobby.
THE FOOT AND
MOUTH DISEASE
Jobjs Clay, of day, RoMumoii A OcL,
Live Stock Commission Men,
Telle f Uaeleea Scare
Eugene Hall, well known Alliance
stockman. Baa called our attention
to the follow! ag Article en the foot
aad month disease. The article is
taaen irom tne uiay, uooinson
Company live stock report of Decem
ber 4. It reads as fellows:
An Iowa reader writes us as fol
lows: "In a recent issue of your Live
Stock Report you printed an item
about the hoof and mouth disease
not being fatal and that the writer
of the item, which X thought was
Mr. John Clay of your firm, had ex
perience with it in Scotland. It gave
me the impression that you could
tell me if the cattle get over the
hoof and mouth disease how long be
fore the cattle are fit for food and
how long before one would be safe
to use the milk from a cow that bad
gotten over it? How long before
they would let you ship cattle to the
market? Do cattle get It more than
once? I have not learned much
about the disease, hence this letter."
The above letter is one of many in
quiries we have received as to the
disease. To those who have not
gone up against It, there is the fear
that comes from Ignorance, and then
to add to this feeling comes the wild
statements made In the press. We
may take It for granted that our
newspapers know little or nothing
about the disease, but in the search
for something new, they exploited
conditions In the most sensational
way. As stated In a late number of
this publication, the writer saw. In
fact lived among, animals Infected
with foot and mouth disease for
years, and never saw one die, except
a few lambs when a band of ewse
were attacked during lambing sea
son. At the Coliseum, outside the
Yards, where the dairy cattle are
quarantined, we have not heard of a
single mature animal succumbing to
the disease. They are reported as
doing first rate and after ten days or
two weeks getting back to normal.
But, says the alarmist, it will spoil
their breeding qualities. To this we
answer that in the early seventies
mm
Christens fptrit
more r less every animal In Great
Britain had It, male and female, and
the production of cattle, sheep and
hogs kept going ahead. Don't be de
ceived, history will repeat Itself.
What has made an ordinary mole
hill has been made Into a mountain
and amid scientific savants who
should know better, a good deal of
theatrical display. Here Is aa In
! stance or exaggeration among our
newspapers. Our most conservative
evening paper had a big scare line
in its five o'clock edition, published
at noon, as follows: "Chicago's Milk
Supply in Danger." A leading bank-
er, who had picked up one of the
papers, asked the writer what it
meant This party was accustomed
to headlines and did not grow pale
at the thought of his children being
cut off from their milk. Now what
were the facts? Outside the dairy
herd cattle aafely quarantined at the
yards, not a single dairy herd of the
hundreds that supply Chicago with
milk was affected, but even if one or
two had caught the disease no milk
could have left the premises and ev
en if It did. It was ten to one that It
would have been pasteurized.
Now in regard to our correspond
ent's questions. They are questions
for our doctors to answer, more than
for a layman. My experience In a
practical school is that we used the
milk Just as the flow came back af
ter the disease, and we never got
i this bugaboo of the disease, a human
'attack. And that in the face of dal
!ly contact with infected animals. In
the open field, thirty to forty days
I was considered ample time to be
cleared of infection. Possibly to
make things snfe it should be extend
ed to sixty days. Byres, barns, etc.,
Bnouia De aisinrectea and that is
easy in these days of rhemlcnl re
search. Lastly about animals hav
ing a recurrence of the disease. That
we cannot answer. The great Booth
Shorthorn herd many years ago suf
fered severely from this disease.
They were strongly Inbred. Their
constitutions and natural functions
were impaired by incest and unnat
ural conditions. As we recollect the
disease visited the herd several
times, but so far as our ordinary
stock of the farm was concerned, it
did not come back.
While the disease Is troublesome,
highly infectious and not desirable,
accept with a grain of salt much of
what you hear about it. J. C.
NEW FANCY-WORK SHOP
Mrs. Albro's New Store in a Conven
ient Location
An advertisement appears in this
issue of The Herald for Mrs. Clara
Albro's shop for the sale of fancy
work, which was recently opened in
the Imperial theatre building, in the
room occupied by Ray's flower store.
Mrs. Albro has a convenient loca
tion for the sale of the line of goods
which she is handling. She is well
known In and around Alliance, and
should receive a liberal patronage.
FINAL PROOF BY
DESERTED WIFE
Wise Irovlnloii of New I .aw for Pro
tection of Married Women Who
Hello ou Homesteads
By an act of congress, approved
October 22 of this year It Is provid
ed In any case in which persons have
regularly initiated claims to public
lands as settlers thereon under the
nrnvlalnna nf th hnmolMd laws .
nil th wlfo nt mirh hnmPRtead set-
tier or entryman, while residing up-1 Secured H. c. u"m, avein--on
the homestead claim and prior to ment engineer from North Platte, to
submission of final proof of- real- talk to our farmers on pump irrlga
dence, cultivation, and Improvement tion.
as prescribed by law. has been aban-1 Helped 10 organize a lanmri
doned and deserted by ber husband rlu. It being the first one orjwn
for a period of more than one year, lel In Box Butte county,
the deserted wife shall, unon estab-1 Through the columns of our newe-
llshlnr the fact of such abandon-
ment or desertion to the satisfaction
of the Secretary of the Interior, be
entitled to submit proof (by way of
commutation or otherwise) upon
such claim and obtain patent there-
fore in the name In the form, man- "K a rnenaiy reeling mm means
ner. and subject to the conditions more prosperous and happy corn
prescribed In section twenty-two munnty.
hundred and ninety-one of Revised' Arranged for twelve meetings in
Statutes of the United States and one week in the different school
acts supplemental thereto and amen
datory thereof:
Provided, That In such cases the
wife shall be required to show resi
dence upon, cultlvat'on, and im
provement of the homestead by her
self for such time as when, added to
the time during which ber husband
prior to desertion had complied with
the law, would aggregate to full a
mount of residence, improvement,
and cultivation required by law:
And provided further, That the
published and posted notices of in
tention to submit final proof In such
cases shall recite the fact that the
proof is to be offered and patent
sought by applicant as a deserted
wife, and, prior to its submission,
notice thereof shall be served upon
the husband of the applicant in such
a manner and under such rules and
regulations as the Secretary of the
Interior shall prescribe.
Stays with the Ofllce '
Five years ago last election Miss
Gertrude Jordan, deputy treasurer
of Cherry county, was elected coun
ty treasurer. Two years later she
was re-elected for another two years.
By the change In the election laws
her second term was lengthened an
other year. At the last election she
could not be a candidate for another
re-election as county treasurers can
hold the office only two consecutive
terms, but her deputy, Charles E.
Swanson, was elected to take her
place. Since election she has mar
ried Mr. Swanson, so that she will
still keep in touch with the office In
which she has given efficient service '
for so many years.
Prompt Action Will Stop Your Cough
When you first catch a Cold (often
indicated by a sneeze or cough),
break it up at once. The Idea that
"it does not matter" often leads to
serious complications. The remedy
which Immediately and easily pene
trates the lining of the throat is the
kind demanded. Dr. King's New
Discovery soothes the Irritation,
loosens the phlegm. You feel bet
ter at once. "It seemed to reach the
very spot of my Cough" Is one of
many honest testimonials. 50c at
your Druggist,
adv 14799
The Chlcagoan who mistook an
other man's wife for bis own affords
additional evidence that every prud
ent man should hasten to get ac
quainted with his wife.
COMMERCIAL
CLUB REPORT
Report for Last Two Months by
Secretary Fisher of Work Ac
complished by Club
Secretary W. D. Fisher of the
Allianeo Commercial Club pre
sented the following report at the
monthly club smoker held at the
city hall Friday evening. The re
port was for the last two months
as no smoker was held during
November on account of the ban
quet. The repotr is as follows:
Helped reorganise the Farmers'
i--'.::ute.
Sent the largest delegation Ly a
sptciM train to Flyannls that Alli
ance has ever sent
Through the efforts of the public
ity committee, the co-operative style
show of Alliance was written up la
three of the largest magazines In the
East.
Held the first series of meetings
at the City Hall In order that the
membership might have an oppor
tunity to see and know what the
club was really doing.
After two months work on the
part of the Civic committee, a park
board was appointed by the mayor
and confirmed by the city council,
and work has already been started
by this committee. Also the $1,000
for park purposes has been turned
over to this committee. To those
who say they can't see what the
Commercial Club has done or is do
ing, their attention is called to this
item. Who is benefitted by a city
park? Can Just a few persons en
Joy this privilege or does the whole
town benefit by it?
Secured the extension of the clus
ter lights on East Third street.
Secured the Farmers' Institute
and helped the farmers with their
program. . .
Cave the farmers of Box Butte
county the first free banquet ever
given by the Commercial Club. ,
Seventeen new members Joined
the Commercial Club during thesa
two months.
Collected for dues 11.401 during
IPC Same period
papers, the farmers club published
an article of appreciation of tne
work the Commercial Club did in
helping make the Institute a success
and for the free banquet and enter
talnment furnished them, thus crat
houses in order that the farmers
might know more about the farm
demonstrator work. Started a cam
paign for a tarm demonstrator for
Box Butte county, and up to date ov
er one hundred farmers have sub
scribed towards this work. A farm
demonstrator will Increase the value
of every farm In Box Butte county
where co-operation is shown, and if
the Commercial Club did no other
work for a whole year but to secure
this demonstrator, it will be worth
all our time and effort.
Held the first boys' banquet ever
given by a commercial club In west
ern Nebraska, again showing the
value of such an organization and
accomplishing something that has
never before been undertaken In Al
liance. Since the silo trip, nine new silos
have been erected, and we are now
making arrangements for a bigger
trip next year.
Secured through our local papers
during these two months, tight thou
sand two hundred lines; in the Lin
coln, Omaha and Denver papers,
three thousand lines; in the Lincoln
Trade Review, eight hundred lines;
In the Omaha Trade Exhibit, one
thousand two hundred and fifty
lines; Business, published in Detroit,
a one-thousand word article, reach
ing 20,000 people; American City,
published in New York, a two .page
article with Illustrations showing ac
tual work done by the club; and In
Town Development, of New York, an
1800 word article concerning Alli
ance and the work of her Commer
cial Club.
Found employment for twenty
two people.
Nine solicitors came to the secre
tary's office for endorsements and
all were turned down because they
were not entitled to our endorse
ment. This proposition alone has
been worth half the average mer
chants subscription to the Commer
cial Club.
Secured Prof. Condra of the Ne
braska University to give an illus
trated lecture on Nebraska and also
to take the views of Alliance which
will be shown at the Panama-Pacific
Exposition. This advertising was se
cured by the Commercial Club free
of charge and shows that the biggest
and best people in the country recog
nise such an organisation.
SEE MRS. KEHRUNQ
For the "Nu Bone" Corset, a cor
set made to measure and not sold in
the stores. Phone 287.
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