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Alliance Herald TYVO SECT; SECTION ONE Pages I to 8 Twelve Paf i Hl.iorlr.i Society OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION. REACHES EVERY MEMBER OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. IT REACHES II EAlXJl ARTEKS FOR 18.000 FIREMEN VOLUME XXII ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1915 NO. 21 MANY CHANGES INTEAGHERS More Than the Usual Number of Va cancies to Be Filled for Next Year ALL SCHOOLS ARE AFFECTED The next term of school will see considerable change In the corps of teachers at the different schools, there being fifteen vacanices out of the 28 positions, caused by the resig nation of the teachers for various reasons. Probably the chief reason will be found later in the form of marriage announcements, then there will be some who intend to take va cations, and others who will enter colleges to prepare for different lines of work. One of the notable changes is in the high school corps. C. A. Ander son, principal, will enter the Univer sity of Nebraska where he will fit himself for a superlntendency; W. O. Lewis, of the science and athletic de partments, will enter an eastern col lege to study medicine; and S. L. Clements, teacher of manual train ing and agriculture, will attend the University of Nebraska to study the higher work. In the Central school those re signing are Misses Antha Taylor, Maude Jones, Edith Cornell, Edith Jones, Lora Erb and Alice Acheson. Those resigning in the Emerson school are Misses Elda Bacon, prin cipal ;.Verna Rogers, Anna Ander son, Millie Smalley, Mary Wilson and Abble Roberts. Mr. Anderson's position in the high school has been taken by Ray Crawford, of Edgar, Nebr. Mr. Craw ford is a graduate of Hastings col lege, and has been principal of the Edgar high school for the past two years. Mr. Clements' position will be filled by P. T. Meyers, of Stroms burg, Nebr. Mr. Meyers Is a gradu ate of the College of Agriculture, Un iversity of Nebraska, and has been teaching at Stromsburg for the past year. He has also had several years experience in the experimental farm on the government station at North Platte, which fits him ably for the agriculture and manual training de parements. Mr. Lewis'" successor has not yet been elected. In the grade schools the following new teachers have been chosen to fill the vacancies and will be assigned to their respective grades by Supt. Pate at the opening of the next term: Miss Gladys Sheridan, North Platte, Miss Delia Abbott, of Wayne, Miss Lydia Cu'kcsky, cf Srribner, M!sn Pauline Scott, of Minatare, Miss Bessie Con ley, of Kearney, Miss Gertrude Mc Hush. of Carney, Mis. Eva Crawford, of Hardy, Miss Mary Anderson, of Ravenna, Miss Caroline Fink, of Ord, and Miss Elizabeth Hledik, of Peru. There are two other vacancies which will be supplied this week. All the teachers who have been selected for the grades are graduates from state normal schools at either Kearney, Wayne, Chadrou or Peru, and ull come with the very highest of recom mendations as to ability. In order to carry out the board's program of economy, It was decided to eliminate the position of art and music supervisor for the coming term. The present teachers who have signed for next year in the high school are Miss Isabelle Gabus, Miss Eva Sherdeman and Miss Georgia Canfield; in the Central school, G. M. Burns, principal. Miss Leotl Walker, Miss Mary Hogarth, Miss Nell Brown and Miss Esther Carey. Miss Goldie Sopher and Miss Addie Robertson will return to the Emer son school. Will Manufacture Fly Traps The fly trap patented by Wna. WEATHER FORECAST Weather forecast for the week beginning Wednesday, Ap- ril UH, 1I3, issued by I lie U.S. Weather Bureau, Washington, 1), i, for the l'pMr Mississippi Valley and Plains State: Generally fair weather with teniK-ratnre somewhat above the seasonal average probably during the next several days, but local showers and lower temperature Indicated toward the end of the week. Summary of weather and crop condiUon in Nebraska for week ending April 26. 113. Lincoln, Nebr., April 27. 1915 The week was warm, the tern- perature averaging 9 degrees above the normal. In most of the state the rainfall was heavy, exceeding two inches in many western counties and exceeding one inch generally, except in the extreme eastern counties where in places less than 4 inch fell. While work was retarded some by the rain, in general good pro- gress was made. The oats are mostly sown and early sown are up nicely. Alfalfa, winter wheat and grass have grown rapidly. In places in the southwestern counties the stand of winter wheat is thin, due to dry weath- er last fall. Fruit trees are full of blossoms. Plowing for corn in In promts. Hamilton cf Alliance is to be manu factured In large quantities and will be on the market here May 15. The traps at present are being manufac tured by a Cincinnati firm for Mr. Hamilton. A stock company, composed of Al liance people. Is being organized here. A considerable amount of the stock of the company has already been subscribed. The trapo made by Mr. Hamilton has a capacity of thir ty cubic inches as compared with other traps having a very much smaller capacity. COMMENCEMENT RECITAL Graduating Exercises of School of Music to Be Held In Alli ance May 20 The commencement recital and graduating exercises of the Alliance School of Music will be held at the First Presbyterian church in Alliance May 0. Mrs. Teresa Reed Gosmer, graduate, student with Miss Eunice Burnett, is head of the musical de partment of the Wyoming Prepara tory School. The program will be as follows: Italian Songs: (a) La Floraja, Bevlgnanl; (b) Al dolce castel natlo, Donezettl; (c) E. Vezzosa Si La Rosa, Vaccal. (d) Tutte e gloja, La Somnambu- la. Aria. With Verdure Clad, from "Cre ation , Hendel. English Songs: (a) In the Time of Roses, Reichardt; (b) Who is Sylvia?, Shubert; (c) Because I Love You, Bolton; (d) If Thou Lovest Me, Pergolesl. German Songs: (a) Horch Horch die Lorch, Shu bert; (b) Des Schiffers Abend sang, "Mercadante"; (c) Fruhlin glaube, Shubert; (d) Der Wander er, Shubert; (e) Die Lorlel, Sil cher. Philomella Waltz, Vanderpoel. Songs with Obligato: (a) Sprlne Floers, Reinche; (b) Peaceful Slumber, Rnndegger; (c) One Spring Morning, Nevin. Edith Swan-Zediker at the piano. Ralph R. Uniache, violinist. WILL ERECT GARAGE Contract lA't Yesterday by James Keeler Will Be Used for t -Ford Home James Keeler yesterday let the contract to Lund & Glarum for the construction of a brick building 50x 130 feet, where the Checkered Front livery barn now stands, which, when completed will be occupied by the Kee'er-Coursey Company with the Ford garage. The work of tearing down the present building on the site will begin at once, and construc tion work on the new building will start as soon as the material can be procured. The new brick will have, a fifty foot frontage, with a corner entrance similar to that of the Alliance Nat ional Bank, only on a level with the street. Next to the door will be a : edium sized t-liow window in which the supplies will be displayed; next will be the large sliding door, and then on the other side will be an eight foot plate glass window. The second story will be cut Into office rooms, and it is thought there will not be much trouble in getting occupants for them owing to their prominent location. In addition to keeping the first floor well stocked with Fords, the Keeler-Coursey intends to enlarge their stock of supplies, and will han dle most all the common appliances used on that famous car. There will also be several additions to the gar age end of the business in order to facilitate the turning out of the work, which has been increasing all the time. Like the others who have had the faith and have done their part in helping make Alliance the fine little city she is today, Mr. Keeler knows of no other way to invest his money where better interest will be realiz ed nor any way that It can be put to better use than in helping build the town still larger, and he is to be commended in going ahead when some men are crying, "hard times". Mr. Keeler is of the opinion that the so-called "times" are what you make them, and it will readily be seen which kind he is trying to make. Should Not Feel Discouraged So many people troubled with in . digestion and constipation have been ' benefitted by taking Chamberlain's ' Tablets that no one should feel dis couraged who has not given themtu ' trial. They contain no pepsin or other digestive ferments but streng then the stomach and enable it to 'perform Its functions naturally. Ob tainable everywhere. Will (Jive Sacred Concert The faculty of the Alliance School of Music will render a sacred concert at St. Matthew's Episcopal church Sunday, May 9, at 3 p. m. Further details and the program will appear in next week's issue. Christian Science Services Sunday, May 2, at Woods Hall 11 a. m. Services. Subject, Ever lasting punishment. 10 a. m. Sunday School. Wednesday evening services at 7:30 o'clock. To the Citizens of Alliance We Invite every citizen of Alliance, especially the parents with their children, to attend the opening of the "PLAY GROUND DE PARTMENT" at the CITY PARK at 9th and Niobrara, Tuesday May 4th, from 3 to 4 p. m. , . We wish you to see not what we have accomplished but what we are endeavoring to accomplish and we welcome any suggestions or any help the citizens of Alliance have to offer In making this FLAY GROUND one of the best In the NSest. , This is the day every citizen should turn out and honor the children of Alliance and we hope that no one will stay away because of lack of interest in the children, who will soon be the future cit izens of our city. Special entertainment is being provided and your cooperation will be appreciated. E. H. BOYD, Chairman Park Board F. W. HARRIS M. S. HARGRAVE8 W. D. FISHER. Secretary. DISTRICT COURT ADJOURNS Work Uncompleted Owing to Term In Sioux County. Next Session May 31 The April term of district court for Box Butte county adjourned last Saturday, to May 31. The work was not completed but owing to the fact that the regular spring term in Sioux county was set for Monday, it was necessary to postpone most of the equity work. The last case to be tried was the divorce action of Harriet Leake vs. George Leake. The suit was hotly contested, and after all the evidence was In the court announced that it would take the matter under advise ment for thirty days, so that no de cision will be rendered until at the adjourned session. The plaintiff was represented by Attorneys Bruce Wil cox and Joe L. Westover, and the defendant by Attorney L. A. Berry. It required about an hour's delib eration by the jury to return a ver dict of acquittal, on last Friday ev ening, in the criminal case wherein Thomas Allen. Edward Johnson and Harry Brennan were charged with the burglary of a Burlington mer chandise car on the night of April 19th. The prosecution was repre sented by County Attorney Lee Basye and the defendants by Attorney Joe L. Westover. On last Thursday was tried the case of Joseph A. Kime vs. Michael F. Nolan. The plaintiff alleged that he had been defrauded out of a quarter section of land three and a half miles northwest of Alliance in a deal whereby he was to receive cer tain town property from the defend ant. After the conclusion of the case Judge Westover found for the plaintiff, basing his findings upon the fact of the plaintiff, Klme, being eighty-time years old and mentally Incompetent ard further that tho in adequacy of value between the two properties was so gross that a court of equity could not uphold the con tract pleaded by the defendant. The plaintiff, Klme, was represented by Attorney Joe L. Westover, and the defendant by Attorneys Eugene Bur ton and B. F. Oilman. Several ex parte matters were also disposed of by the court prior to ad journment. Sold 18R Trees The carload of trees purchased by the city of Alliance and the Commer cial Club, to be re-sold to- property owners of Alliance, arrived on Mon day, and have practically nil been sold. 1800 trees were received. They consisted of Box Elder, Cottonwood, White Elm. Black Locust. Honey Lo cust. Soft Maple. Carolina Poplar, Russian Olive. The trees sold from 18c to 30c each and were all number one trees. Stethoscope Used on Ford Car We've heard of all sorts of appli ances to b used on Ford cars, but the use of a stethescope Is a new one on us. Last Sunday W. M. Robin son, manager of the Haddorff Piano The Style Show at Alliance ewSKVti-.; TT'- - v n i LXSitiP Fur ,tu. Above Is shown a flashlight hotograph of the spring stylo show held In Alliance on Thursday, March 23th, at the Imperial Theatre. This He ture and an article regarding the stle show has ben published In The Tradesman, Omaha; the Merchant and Manufacturer, Xashtlllr; the Furnl ture Journal. Chicago. The work being done by the Alliance Commercial Club in matters of this kind Is meiving national attention. Company, and W. H. Lunn of the same company, started west In the Haddorff Ford car. Just west of the railroad tracks they met Dr. Willis coming Into town in his Ford runa bout. The roada were muddy, and both drivers were careful not to run Into each other. So careful were they that Dr. Willis' car backed clear off the road Into a ditch. He had only a small amount of gasoline in his tank and with the rear wheels down in the ditch the gasoline refus ed to reach the carburetor. After a lot of scheming to find some way to get some gasoline out of the Had dorff car Mr. Lunn, who Is of an or iginal turn, bethought himself of the doctor's stethescope which was util ized to siphon out enough gas to en able the Willis car to pull itself out of the ditch and Into town. HOUSE FLY MATINEE Imperial Theatre Filled Twice by Al liance School Children to Hear Lecture on House Fly The stereoptlcon lecture presented Tuesday afternoon at the Imperial tirCre under the auspices of the Alliance Commercial Club by Hev. H. J. Young on the subject "The House Fly", was a success. The thea tre was packed two times, it being Impossible to accommodate all who came at one time. A point empha sized by the lecturer Is that the only good fly is a dead fly. Flies spread disease in two way by their hairy feet, wings and body, which gather up germs and carry them from place to place and by fly-specks. ThouHands of persons die every year from diseases carried by the fly, yet we still look upon It as an an noyance to be tolerated, not as a death-dealer to be exterminated. LAY IXC THE TILE Work on Swimming PmI Erected by Alliance Fire Department Go ing Right Along The carload of tile for the walls of the building housing the new swim ming pool, being erected by the Alli ance Volunteer Fire Department, has arrived and the work of lalyng the tile began this morning. The con crete has all been poured, excepting the floor of the pool. The pool is to be plastered inside to prevent leaks through the concrete walls. The dance given by the fire de partment last week resulted In a fund of $97 for the building. The fire department will give a smoker at the city hall Friday even ing to which the city officials of the last administration and of the pres ent administration will be invited as guests. A Good Place to Live Strasburger, April 28 I am in re ceipt of an envelope addressed to the Alliance Herald, supposing it is to carry a message of some Important news. That would be impossible ; from here because this Is a very un important spot on the map. We hope! to discount Alliance some time be- fore the millennial dawn. We may not ne in tne u. S. but we enjoy all the privileges and freedom of Its cit izens, lours for fun, A NATIVE. Arm Broken by Horse James Leitb has his right arm broken and was badly bruised Tne- day morning when he was kicked by a vicious horse. Dr. Bowman was called and attended to his Inlurloii The arm was broken Just above the elbow. LIVE COMMERCIAL CLUB City and County of York Have Bunch of Live Boosters Who Are Bring ing Them to the Front It was the privilege of a member of The Herald's editorial staff to meet with the executive committee of the York County Commercial club last Thursday evening at their week ly dinner and board meeting. This live bunch of business and profes sional men are doing things that will place the city and county of York in the front ranks In short order. The work of the club Is handled by a board of nineteen directors. composed of the following men: F. P. Van Wlckle, J. N. KUdow. E. H. Smith. Josh Cox, H. M. Chllds, W. u. Boyer, Wade Read, Dennis Mee- han, C. N. Beaver, W. F. Nleman, W. C. Baer, E. Gould, C. O. Llnstrom. F. Borden. E. B. Woods, C. A. Mc Cloud, Eltlng Mead, James Harvey. and S. E. Mansfield. The officers of the club are Dennis Meehan. presi dent; W. F. Nleman, vice president; w. O. Boyer, treasurer; and A. E. Mead, temporary secretary. The club has committees on mem bership, advertising and publicity, finance, freight rates and train serv ice, good rbads, convention and en tertainments, industrial and manu facturing, ' good fellowship, munici pal and improvements, auditing, fall festival and amusements, live stock snd agricultural development, budg et. The club has just purchased a fine hotel site in order that a modern, large hotel may be constructed to care for the needs of the traveling public. The hotel will either be bu'lt by a home company to be or ganized for the purpose or encour agement will be given to a good hotel man who will locate there. The York band Is an excellent one and has the backing of the club to the amount of 1 50-for this year. Other meritorious propositions re ceive substantial encouragement. With the good work being done by this club, York 1b certain to forge ahead at a rapid pace. Committees for the Park Celebration Base ball, east side, Lloyd C. Tho mas, Manager. Base ball, west side, Bruce Mal- , lery, manager. j Entertainment, W. R. Harper, I chairman. School committee, W. (). Lewis, W. R. Pate, O. M. Bums, and S. L. I Clements. ! Auto parade, II. A. DuBuque, J. L. 'Nicolal, George Snyder, H. P. Cour Isey, Kd Henry. W. W. Norton. E. L. ! Bishop. T. J. O'Keefe and W. J. I Hamilton. j Cars leave Third and Box Butte for the park at 3 o'clock sharp. ! Sports: baseball, west side vs. east 'side; Emerson vs. Central. Boat race. Bud Betzold vs. Billy King. Balloon ascension, 3:30 p. m. This will be a double parachute attcenslon and when the balloon is 50 feet in the air, a banner advertising the Siocknin's Convention will he un furled and the loy or girl catching the banner will receive a cash prize of $1 when returned to the Secre tary. Up to date sixteen business men have agreed to close their stores from 3 to 4 in honor of the children of Alliance. ALLIANCE NIGHT SCHOOL New Addition lo be Made Soon to Educational Institutions of Our Bus) Little City Geo. A. Hollowell, of Denver, who has this territory for the Internation al Correspondence Schools, was in the city the first of the week confer I ring with local parties regarding the establishment of a night school for Alliance. Mr. Hollowell has been In strumental in helping get night schools started recently at Chadron under the supervision of the state normal, and at Douglas, Wyoming, by private parties. The school when established at Alliance will teach at the start cours es in business, salesmanship, adver tising, agriculture, teachers' special izing, shorthand and typewriting, architecture, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. It is planned to care for one hun dred students within four months. Many people who are employed dur ing the day feel the need of an op portunity to study some of the above lines, and the school should be a suc cess from the start. Came to Attend Funeral Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Chaulk, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Chaulk, and Jack Chaulk arrived Wednesday from Chadron to attend the funeral of the little Burns boy, who died Tuesday. TL.e Mrsdumes Chaulk are sisters of J. W. Burns, the dead boy'a father. PRESS BUNCH BANQUETED Union Stock Yards Company Treated Editors to Banquet at Exchange Building la South Omaha EVERYBODY ENJOYED MEETING. One of the most pleasan events of the Press Convention held In Omaha last week was the banquet tenderel to the scribes and their families by the Union Stock Yards Company at the immense exchange building la South Omaha. A conspicuous figure at the banquet was E. Buckingham, vice president and general manager of the Union Stork Yards Company. Mr. Buckingham is one of the most popular men In South Omaha and has a wide acquaintance among the newspaper men. The toastmaster at the banquet was the genial "Doc" Tanner of the Dally Democrat, who has officiated as toastmaster at more banquets than there are hairs in his head. The reception committee at the banquet consisted of the following: UNION STOCK YARDS COMPANY: E. Buckingham, Vice President and General Manager. J. S. Walters, Superintendent. W. II. Schellberg, Traffic Manager. LOCAL PRESS John M. Tanner, Dally Democrat. Bruce McCulloch, Drovers Journal Stockman. J. C. Walker. World-Herald. Del A. Pesrce, News. T. J. McGuire, Bee. E. O. Mayfield. World-Herald. Joseph W. Tanner, Daily Democrat. LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE C. J. Ingwersen, President. W. B. Tagg. Vice President. A. F. Stryker. Secretary. TRADERS EXCHANGE ' James H. Bulla, President. F. G. Kellogg, Vice President. C. F. Huntzinger, Secretary. ( PACKERS C. Howe, Armour & Co. Murphy. Cudahy Packing Co. Edwards, Swift & Co. Robt. M. It. 11. O. C. B. Spangler, Morris &. Co. LADIES: Mrs.- Bruc McCvUoch. ..,, Mrs. John M. Tanner. Mrs. J. C. Walker. Mrs. E. O. Mayfield. Mrs. L. H. Proudfoot. Some sollu facts brought out at the bauquet regarding the South Om aha live stock market were as fol lows: Third largest cattle market. Second largest hog market. Second largest theep uarkct. Largest cattle and sheep feeder market. Largest range horse market. Largest and most modern horse sale barn. Most modern hog yardrf. built of concrete and steel. Area of site on wlilch stock yards located 200 acres. Acreage devoted to stock yards purposes, 140; all paved with brick , and concrete. Nu:nber of scales for weighing , siock, 14; all equipped with latest Improved type-registering beams. Present capacity of yards: horses and mules, 5,000; cattle, 20,000; hogs. 30.000; sheep, 100,000. Present capacity of dipping plants: cattle, head per day, 10,000; sheep, head per day, 25,000. Total receipts of live stock at South Omaha since opening of the market, to December 31. 1914: hors es and mules, 735,300; cattle, 24, 115.353; sheep, 55,514.833; hogs, 38.489.288; total, 118,854,774. Total receipts of live stock for year 1914, 6.34,0214. Average number cf animals re ceived per market day for 1914, 21, 160. Total number of cars of live stock received for'1914, 83,139. Average number of cars live stock received per market day, 1914, 277. Greatest number of cars live stock received in one day, 876. Value of live stock sold at South Omaha during 1914, more than $ 115,000.000.00. Number of packing plants, ten; four large establishments and six smaller concerns. Combined daily slaughtering ca pacity of packing plants: cattle, 7, 500; bogs, 20,000; sheep, 20,000. Cars of packing house product shipped annually, 50,000. Value of annual output of packing houses, more than $113,000,000.00. Number of cars handled by Union Stock Yards switching department in 1914, 427,307. Investment represented in packing and stock yards Industry at South Omaha, approximately $25,000,000. People employed at packing plants and stock yards, 10,000; annual pay roll. 16.000,000.00. Fifty commission firms buy and sell stock on the market. Eight large hog serum concerns lo cated about the yards, distributing 6erum throughout Nebraska for the prevention of hog cholera. Nine large switch engines houl the cars of live stock from conuecting railroads to the unloading chutes. South Omaha received from Nebr aska, last year, 524,498 cattle, or 66 per cent of its total receipts; 1,676,- (Concluded on Page 5) J