NOTICE
Notice is hereby given to those In
terested that a meeting of the Alli
ance Cemetery Association will be
toeld at eight o'clock on the evening
of May 24th In the Assembly Rom of
the Court House in Alliance, Nebras
ka, for the purpose of considering a
proposal to transfer the cemetery
grounds to the City of Alliance.
At the same time and place and
for the same purpose a meeting of
the trustees of the Association will
be held.
A full attendance is especially de
sired at this meeting. .
E. P. WOODS, President.
Dated at Alliance, Nebraska, May
6. 1915.
22-3t-693-5529
RIVERVIEW PERCI1ERON FARM
Offers for sale 15 head heavy bonea,
rugged built, imported and home
raised stallions and mares.' Farm
Joins Ravenna, on B. & M. R. R., 32
miles from Grand Island, Nebr.
VV. R. I1ANKINS, Owner,
Ravenna, Nebr.
l-2t-5427
Probate of Will
State of Nebraska,
Box Butte County, ss.
IN COUNTY COURT
To all persons interested in the es
tate of Sarah A. Smith, deceased:
On reading and filing the petition
of Emma E. Harris praying that the
instrument filed herein on the 5th
day of May, 1915, and purporting to
be the last Will and Testament of
the said deceased, may be proved, ap
proved, probated, allowed and re
THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ADVERTISEMENT WE EVER CAUSED
TO BE PUBLISHED. READ EVERY WORD AND THEN MARVEL
On a personal visit to Mr. Henry Ford an agent broached the subject of
n possible August 1st Rebate.
(The Ford Company announced last year as you well remember that If
the total sales reached 300,000 cars between August 1, 1914, and Aug
ust 1, 1915, each purchaser during that period would receive back a
refund of 140.00 to $60.00.)
"Mr. Ford," he suggested, "Is there anything I can say to our people ;
with regard to the Ford Motor Company's 300,000 car rebate plan?" j
"We shall sell the 300,000," was the quiet reply "and In 11 months,!
a full month ahead of August 1st!"
"Then a refund is practically assured?"
"Yes barring the totally unexpected. We are 50,000 to 75,000 cars
behind orders today. Factory and branches are sending out 1800 daily."
He then said to Mr. Ford: "If I could make a definite refund state
ment we would increase our local sales 500 cars."
"You may say," was Mr. Ford's deliberate and significant reply to thin
"You may say that we shall pay back to each purchaser of a Ford car be
tween August 1, . 1914, and August 1, 1015, barring the unforesen, the sum
of $50. You may say that I authorised you to make this statement!"
What can I add to the above? 9 1 5,000,000 rash coming back to. Ford
owners! And to prospective Ford owners up to August 1, 1915, it actually
means Ford Touring Cars for $540 less the $50 rebate! Ford Runa
bouts for $490 less the $50 rebate! What is there left for me to say?
SEE THEM AT THE FORD GARAGE
Xeeler-CourseyCo.
DEMONSTRATIONS AREN'T OBLIGATIONS
Q
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE FIRST STATE BANK
of Alliance, Charter No. 1229, in the
State of Nebraska at the close of bus
iness April 21, 1915
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts ...169,323.81
Overdrafts 911.53
Bonds, Securities, Judg
ments, claims, etc. . . . 588.81
Banking house, furniture
and fixtures 4,000.00
Current expenses, taxes
and Interest paid 4,447.18
Due from Nat
ional and state
banks 9,846.02
Checks and it
ems of exchange 206.68
Currency 4,310.00
Gold coin 5.00
Silver, nickels
and cents .... 1,592.68 15,960.38
Total f95.231.71
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in ... 35,000.00
Undivided profits 4,014.76
Individual de
posits subject
to check ....38,412.92
Demand certif
icates of de
posit 399.79
Time "certificates
of deposit . . .15.871.81
Due to national
and state banks 132.43 54,816.95
Depositor's guaranty fund 1,400.00
Total 195.231.71
State of Nebraska,
County of Box Butte, ss.
I, A. H. Copsey, Cashier of the
above named bank, do hereby swear
that the above statement is a correct
and true copy of the report made to
the State Banking Board.
A. H. COPSEY.
ATTEST: H. A. Copsey. Director.
Chas. H. Tully, Director.
Subscribed and sworn to before
roe this 28th day of April. 1915.
(Seal) J. D. EMERICK.
corded as the last Will and Testa
ment of the said Sarah A. Smith, de
ceased, and that the execution of.
said instrument may be committed
and the administration of said estate
may be granted to B. F. Oilman and
Luke Ooodall. j
It is ordered that the 22nd day of.
May, A. Dk 1915. at 9 o'clock a. m., 1
at the county Judge's office in the
court house at Alliance, Box Butte
County, Nebraska, be and hereby Is
appointed as the time and place for '
hearing said petition and for proving'
said will, when all concerned mayl
appear and contest the probate of
said will and show cause, If any ;
there be, why the prayer of petition
er should not be granted; and that
public notice thereof be given to all
persons Interested by publishing a
copy of this order In The Alliance
Herald, a weekly newspaper printed
and in general circulation In said
county, three weeks successively pre
vious to said day of hearing.
Witness, My official signature this
6th day of May, 1915.
L. A. BERRY, County Judge.
(Seal) 22-3t-595-5535
Removes blackheads, clears the
blood, brightens the eye, sweetens
the whole system, beautifies from the
Inside. Nothing helps make a pret
ty face, winsome smile, as Hollister's
Rocky Mountain Tea. Try It tonight, '
35c. H. F. Thlele. j
MELOPHONE FOIt SALE J
J. W. Pepper Premier. Nearly ;
new. Will sell cheap for cash. .
Phone 175. 4-22-tf '
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Th EnglTaiiman Cpoke.
In a mkvuiI class railway carriage,
going from Lausanne to Pari. I one
pasMed a night of conflict On my side
were a Swiss who spoke English and
an Englishman who didn't speak. Our
opponents were two members of a Lat
in race. They wanted the windows
shut We wanted at least one window
open. Our common cause drew the
three of us together. At first the Eng
llahman'a expression had seemed to
wonder whether the 8wtss and the
American were quite worthy to prefer
frsu air. As the night wore on this
expression waned, and I thought 1 de
tected a trace of sympathy In the
glances he sparingly aimed at us.
In answer to my question the Swiss
explained his mastery of the English
language by saying he had learned
without a teacher, Just by sitting near
an open window In a tub of cold wa
ter. At tbla the Englishman almost
poke. Morning came. lie filled hl
pip and began to bunt through his
pockets for matche. The Swiss offer
ed him a box. "Thank you." be said
gravely; MI prefer my own." and went
on hunting. New Republic.
Colors of the Opal.
In Judging an opal color la of the
greatest Importance. Red fire or red
In combination with yellow, blue and
green is the best Blue by Itself Is
quite valueless, and the green opal is 1
not of great value unless the color is
very vivid and the pattern very good.
The color must be true that is to say.
It must Dot run In streaks or patches,
alternating with a colorless or Inferior
quality Pattern la an Important fac
tor, the several varieties being known
as "pin fire" when the grain is very
small, "harlequin" when the color is In
small squares, the more regular the
better, and the "flash fire." or "flash
opal." when the color shows as a sin
gle flash or in very large pattern. Har
lequin Is the most common and ia also
popularly considered the moat beauti
ful. When the squares of color are
regular and show as distinct minute
checks of red, yellow, blue and green
It Is considered magnificent Some
tones show better on edge than on top.
Exchange.
Barrels.
A barrel Is not always a barrel, for,
according to a Massachusetts Judge,
the matter of state lines has consider
able to do with It Some time since a
Boston man purchased 200 barrels of
sweet potatoes In the state of Mary
land. When the sweet potatoes arriv
ed In Boston the purchaser sold one
barrel Just as It bad come from Mary
land, but It appears that the barrel
weighed only 129 pounds instead of 150
pounds, the legal weight In Massachu
setts In that state when a person
buys a barrel of potatoes the weight
must be not less than 150 pounds. The
Massachusetts courts ruled that the
purchaser of the Maryland aweet po
tatoes violated the law when be sold
the barrel that was underweight, al
though the barrel waa a legal one in
Maryland. Therefore a barrel la not
a barrel In Massachusetts when it
weighs less than 150 pounds. Utica
Press.
Penetration of Light.
Experiments show that light can be
seen through a clean cut opening of
not more than one forty-thousandth of
an Inch.
This fact wna determined by taking
two thoroughly clean straight edges
u ud placing a piece of puer between
the surfaces at one end. the opposite
end being allowed to come together.
The straight edges being placed be
tween the eye and a strong light in a
dark room, a wedge of light waa per
ceived from the ends between which
the paper was placed and the opposite,
which were brought together. The
thickness of the paper being known,
the distance apart of the two edges of
the small end of the wedge of light
waa easily calculated.
Irving' Intensity.
Th piercing eyes and Intense ex
pression of Henry Irving once bad the
effect of making a fellow actor alto
gether forget thut be waa on the stage
at all. It occurred in Manchester dur
ing a performance of "Macbeth." and
In the scene where Macbeth says to
one of the murderers. "There's blood
upon thy face!" Irving put so much
earnestness Into bis words that the
murderer forgot bis proper answer
("Tis Banquo'a. then") and replied In
startled voice: "la there t Great
Scot!" He fancied, aa he afterward
said, that he'd broken a blood vessel
Synthotio Dyes.
The raw materials from which al
most all the synthetic dyes are made
are only nine or ten direct products of
coal tar These are transformed chem
ically into from 2flO to 3X) intermedi
ate products, which tu their turn yield
about 1.2IHJ chemically distinct dye
stuffs. Among the processes employed
are high temperatures, great pressures
and low refrigeration.
His Query.
"You've been sentenced to twenty
years' bard labor With good time yoo
can cut that down, of course," aald the
lawyer.
"Good timer exclaimed the prisoner.
"How's a guy going to have any good
time In prison r Detroit Free Press
Slow Pay.
"Does your father object because I'm
paying attention to your'
"No. Paw aaya be'a glad to see yon
paying something. I If only atten
tion. "Buffalo Express.
True thrift act-ording to Robert
Louis Stevenson. Is to earn a tittle and
apend a little lea.
Getting Away om ten.
The question baa been asked. Is ft
possible to sail I.OiiO miles fmni land?
This can be done at several point! By
leaving Snn Kraucico and suiting
northwestward Into the north Pacific
spot is reached where there Is no
land, not even an Islet, for l.oon miles
In any direction. So, too, sailing from
the southern point of Kamchatka
eoutbweatward ships reach a point
equally distant from land of any kind,
the nearest to the north being the
Aleutian Islands and to the south the
outlying members of the Hawaiian
group. In the southern Indian ocean
It Is possible to sail 1.000 miles out
from the southern points of Australia
ind New Zealand and still be as far
from any other land, and the same
may be done in a westerly direction
from Cape Horn. Indeed, from this
point a mncb longer distance might be
reached, for the southern Pacific be
tween the Horn and New Zealand cov
ers a space of 80 degrees of longitude
and 40 of latitude of absolutely un
broken sea, making Its central point
over 1.200 mile from anywhere.
Municipal Granaries.
For more than two centuries the au
thorities of London maintained munici
pal granaries, the first one having boen
established by Sir Stephen Brown, lord
mayor, in 1438. By means of these
city granaries the authorities held the
"corn badgers" in check and regulated
not only the price of corn, but of bread.
The great fire In London destroyed the
last of these granaries and alao the
public mills and ovens in which the
city's grain was ground and baked, and
the system was not thereafter intro
duced, chiefly because the general laws
against grain speculators were suffi
cient to restrain undue speculation.
Corn markets were held, however, as
late as the beginning of the eighteenth
century at Boar quay. In Thames
street, London, while Wueenhlth waa
the chief market for flour and meal,
and later the metropolitan trade cen
tered in the world famous Corn Ex
change In Mark lane. New York
Times.
Cold Doesn't Always Contract.
There are many ways of demonstrat
ing the fallacy of the assertion that
"heat expands, cold contracts." When
water (other liquids aa well) freezes to
Ice it increaaea In bulk. Sometimes It
is said, however, that the volume of
the sum of the Ice crystals alone la no
greater than that of the original liquid,
but that the crystals of Ice do not fit
In well together and leave apace be
tween them which account for the ap
parent Increase in volume.
Molten met la. aa a rule, contract
upon solidification, which la nothing
but freezing. Some alloys, on the other
hand, expand when solidified. Type
metal, which is composed chiefly of
lead and antimony. Is such an alloy.
This propensity Is of particular advan
tage In this case because it causes the
Inetal In solidifying to All op every
ttnjr corner and hair apace In the ma
trix. New York World.
Wild Zebras.
Th sebra when wild la ferocious
animal, and an unwary hunter is like
ly to suffer from Its teeth and hoofs.
The author of "Kloof and Karroo"
saya that a Boer In Cape Colony bad
once forced a sebra to the brink of a
precipice, when the desperate creature
turned upon blm. attacked Dim with
Its teeth and actually tore one of bis
feet from the leg Another author
writes of a soldier who mounted , a
half domesticated sebra. The creature,
after making the most furious attempt
to get rid of Its rider, plunged over a
steep bank into the river and threw
the soldier aa It emerged. While the
man lay half atunned upon the ground
the zebra quietly walked op to him and
bit off one of his ears.
An Old Time Advertisement.
la old newspapers the advertise
meut make Interesting reading. Here
ia one from the Loudon Chronicle of
1785: "Run Away. - Whereas Thomas
Williams. Apprentice to John Clark or
Queensborough. In the County of Kent
dredgerman. baa run away from Mn
said master's service and not been
beard of these three years. If the said
Thomas Williams will return to nls
master's service within three months
after the date of this advertisement be
will be kindly received, and whoever
harbours him after this notice will be
prosecuted aa the law direcia."
Airing Mattresses.
If you have a flat roof take every
mattress In the house up there once a
week and leave tbem In the hot sun
for several hours. They will then be
fluffy and sweet amelllng. It would be
well for the pillows and bedding to re
ceive the same treatment
A tuattreas will be easier to handle
If strap are attached to the aide, and
for tbla purpose pieces of old suspend
era are very satisfactory, or strip made
from bed ticking. Sew the straps or
bandlea on firmly, two on each aide.
Just 8o.
"I don't know that I would have the
nerve to appear In a monocle. My
friend would probably guy me to
death, still. I like to Imagine myself
with a monocle "
"Sort of wearing It in your mind's
eye, so to speak" Louisville Conner
Journal
Sure They Wore.
"Walter, are any of th compounds
on this bill of far of a dXrterloua na
ture V
"Ob, yes. air. We nave the latest
thin fro out"-Balt1mor American.
if fun la good truth Is still better and
tor best of all -Thackeray.
Ai!iitiM!bi Owwslr
Queries and Replies Covering Matters of
Importance to the Man .Who Runs a Car
i
I have an ale cooled engine and wish
to thoroughly elosn it of earbon.
Would it bo possible to clean carbon
out by putting the cylinders Into pail
of korooone and leaving thsm for about
a dayf
As long as you are going to remove
the cylinders It la best first to soak
them In kerosene, as you suggest , This
will probably not remove the carbon,
but will merely looaeu It It should
be taken off by scraping with soft,
blunt metal tool such aa a screw
driver. It should not be hard to reach
the corners when the cylinder are re
moved. What la the difference in construc
tion between ordinary and cord tirosf
Ordinary tires use a fabric carcass or
one made of a tough grade of duck or
canvaa, while cord tires are built up on
cord carcass, the latter usually being
woven in such a way aa to Impart
great diagonal strength, rendering the
tire less susceptible to vertical stress
than with aome other constructions.
Will you plosse explain the difference
botweon the dual, double, single, two
point and duplex elootrio Ignition aye
Urns? The dual system employs two inde
pendent sources of current, but uses a
common set of spark plugs and a com
mon high tension distributer. The dou
ble system employs two Independent
systems throughout, with two sets of
spark plugs, two sources of Ignition,
two colls aud two distributers. The
single ignition system baa but one
source of current, one transforming
system, one distributer and one set of
plugs. Two point Ignition is where
two sparks occur at the same time In
the cylinder. It must of necessity,
therefore, Involve two set of plugs and
synchronized distributers.
Duplex ignition Is that in which both
a battery and magneto current source
are used, but In which the battery 1
connected with the magneto armature
In such a way that It can produce a
high tension spark by means of the,
secondary winding of the magneto or
aid the primary at low motor speeds, jj
I have found that the higher test
gasoline I use the more power I get
end the hotter my engine gets. Will I
Injure my motor by using a mixture ef
motor and Illuminating .gasoline if the
wstor circulates frooly and doos Mot
boil 7 The dealer tolls me hi motor
gas tests 64 and the illuminating gas
72-70 and sometimes more. I j
As long as the cooling water (floes
not boll It Is certain that the motor I
operating wttbln th safe rant
of
temperature.
Can you toll mo about what the
pressure per square inch is on that pis
ton of a motor at the time of firing
also the pressure st ths time the ex
haust valve starts to oponf jj
The pressure per square Inch) et ex
plosion depends upon the mouse itself
to a large extent but on ordlmwy four
cycle gasoline engines, operating at a
mean effective pressure off ninety
pounds to the square Inch and a ter
minal pressure of forty pound to the
square Inch, the combustion ressure
ud a good average card taken by the
manograph would be about 80i$ pouuds
to the square Inch.
When running en the levsl or down
grades at a fair rate of apt id there is
a singing noise thst sooms b on the
loft side of my gesr box, bit going up
grade I can run as fast asl dosiro and
the no is Is not there. I can give the
car a good start down grade and free
the engine and d not hoar it any more
until I engage the clutth again. It
doos not seem to injure the pulling at
all, but it sooms as if ttisre wore some
ports rubbing. This has boon in the
car for a long time.
From the description which you give
it would seem that the noise Is pro
duced by the drive tosaft pinion aud
the differential gear net meshing pro
erly. In order to overcome this It will
be necessary for you U Install special
beat treated fiarta. The fact that the
pinion and gear ore not meshing prop
erly caus4a a misalignment which sets
up vibration, producing th bumming
or singing noise.
Why and how doe four cycle en
gine back fire in the intake manifold
from a loan mixture whsn the engine
is cold and spark retarded t
A mixture which in too lean may not
explode, or. if It does, the explosion
will be a poor one la which part of the
mixture burna slowly with flame.
The flame sticks to th cylinder wall
until the Inlet vslue opens, and then
the Inrusblng (rest charge also Is Ig
nited, causing an explosion of the
gases In the Inlet manifold and mixing
chamber.
I would like to 'know whether I oould
not substitute six volt storage bat
tery for the four dry cello wood foe Ig
nition on my carf
Rather than b to the expense of a
storage battery- for this work. It would
be probably better for you to use more
dry cells and connect them In parallel
The quality of current from the stor
age battery would be apt alao to bum
out the potuta of tbs breaker mecna-ulsm.
How can one aeourtain when a tfv
age battery is fully charged and whet
it ia fully discharged f
By testing the Solution with a hj
drometer. Whon'fully charged the ab
lution will show gravity reading be
tween 1.280 and 1.800 on the Baa
scale. A battery la aald to b di
charged whei Its gravity baa droppesT
to 1.150 or uadnr on this seal.
I would like to know what te use
take off different kind of renlokellmf
that I have used on the brasa parte
my ear something that will roster
and not harm the original brass swf
face.
The coat tot nickel which Is deposited?
over the lira as will have to is? eaten
off by acil or else scrape I off median"
Icnlly. Tiie ncld will have n more i ed
action ii rid Is rcroui.Dei J.il hru
brass cot jennies. The u id used nr.- a
mixture! pf nitric nnd sul!iur.- in vptf
quautltlnh. After the acid his on';-
throUKli the nickel it will leiive
brass uu 1 then tliu ucM Is wii-Wo. off
and tlw brass rtolltiid. To . it
very fciwd Job It would bettor U
have tlie brass rebuffed,
i
Is it practicable to charge battenc
with the generator on the carf It e.
how efton and how long should the en
gine be runf
Disrlng the winter the battery should
be yfjarged every two weeks. Tou cad
use' the generator ou the car for tblav
Tli engine should be run long euougft
to,ause the battery to abow a gravity
ofbetween 1.280 and 1.300.
1 recently disconnected the pump end
isgneto shsft on my ear to take ue a
little play, and also adjusted th ear
(son brushes. I am getting fld
park and at the right time, but whew
ll try to erank th motor it kloks baekv
Can you tell me where th trouble h
likely to bef
The cause of the trouble Is that tb
spark Is advanced far enough for ordi
nary running, but la too far for cranav
Ing. The result la that the apark oo
cur before th piston ha reached op
per dead center, and the explosion UK
tead of forcing th motor ahead)
throw It back In the reverse dlrectioav
Tbe magneto should be so arranged
thnr rha annrbr fwvtnia eiill MtaM
exact dead center. Magnetos are geav
era Uy set so that th brake In th pf
mary breaker box occurs at this point-
My radiator waa frotn and net
loaka when warm. What can I dot
Temporary relief will be obtained bf
using cornmeal, the method of applica
tion being to drop a handful or mur
Into the radiator, when the circulation
of the water will naturally tend to col
lect the substance around the hole.tbo
plugging the leak. There are a uun
ber of rudlutor compounds on the ma
j ket which may be of value.
Will you please give mo a solution t
my troubles with carbon? I find M
necessary either to burn or scrape ut
the carbon from my motor at lea
very 400 miles, sometimes less. I have)
tried all kinda of oils with vsriouo ro
suits, the more expensive oils givinf
the best. Have also tried different aisv
jots in the csrburotor, putting kere
. sens in the intske every week while
! the engine is hot. carrying the oil level
j about half full, etc., but to no avail.
! The cause of i-urbouUvtlou in tbl
' motor Is probably due to too much uQ
bcln;; pumped into the cylinder. Tbb
would be due to the uauge ou the Oft
base not retflsierluc correctly nnd
hence bringing- the oil level ton high. If
Is suggested that you empty all the otf
out of the oil base, cleaning it ttM
vu:ii nun Ki-nwur null men reini--
' Iiii: with tueuty-one pints of eug1nov
n.inl.l.. h.I. I . I. . .. - .1 .1, .
oil. If the c'lUKe does not nnclster fw
t this point bond it until It dues.
Is there any need of havino tha sod'
men washed out of a storage battorjr
before it short circuits, or should it
cleaned at regular intervals, evew
though it aeema to b in perfect oOV
ditionf
An Ignition battery with rather thick
plates may not need cleaning of th
sediment trap for one year or per
haps two. In starting and Ugfatlngr
batteries tha period 1 longer, and usik
ally the plates need replacement when
the sediment trap la filled to any s
ent
What mi' b the cause ef the bra ho
not being effective, and how may it be
remedied f
The common cause of brake slippage
Is due to oil on the brake bands. Tnt
oil makea lta way from the differential
bousing to the brake band and caus
th brake drum to slip. Poor adjust
ment of the brake rod will canoe poor
performance. Take a squirt gun. AS
It with kerosene and empty the coo-
tents upon the brake band. This will '
tend to dissolve any grease or oil upon "
them.
Will you toll mo where the oil worts
eut ef front gears f
Most likely new gasket Is needed
between the timing gear cover and tho
cm nU ciistt. It I possible alao that tb
oil leaks from the pump shaft or
crank shaft There are packing glands)
to revolt nir leaks at these point,
am! !! hvi ... il-thtencl
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