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VOLUME XXII
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ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1915
NO. 30
WILL HAVE
THE SOUTH CMVfAHA BUNCH
BREACH OF
CHAUTAUQUA
Meeting Held Tuesday at Which Fi
lial Arrangement Were Made
in Charge of Rev. Young
PROMISE SUIT
DATES ARE JULY 26 TO 31
At a meeting held Tuesday night
in Ray's flower store, final steps were
taken toward providing a summer
Chautauqua for Alliance people this
summer. W. W. Hughes, with the
Brltt chautauqua promoters, of Lin
coin, was present at the meeting, and
explained the details and the merits
of each company that the Brltt peo
ple have on the road this year.
The dates for the Alliance event
will be July 26 to 31 6 days in all,
and the management will be under
supervision of Rev. H. J. Young.
The meeting was called on rather
short notice, but there was a good
representation of the business men
present. L. H. Highland was elect
ed chairman by acclamation, and it
seemed to be the sense of the meet
ing that the active management and
the arrangements be given over to
Kev. Young, who was instrumental
in getting Mr. Hughes here. Rev.
Young is fully capable of handling
the affair, and Alliance people are
assured that he will have everything
In readiness.
Alliance was fortunate in securing
this high-grade attraction, and the
only reason is that the Brltt people
had an open date of six days in their
booking between Wyoming and Kan
sas, and as this is right on their road
It is the logical place for them tc
Show.
The chautauqua will be opened by
the Hawkeye Glee Club, four young
men who have been together in
chautauqua and lyceum work for
several years. They also carry a
eaxaphone quartet, and they bear an
enviable reputation and
sponded to many return
have
re
in dates
towns they have visited.
On the second day will appear tho
Pilgrim Girls Orchestra, . together
with Father C. Arnold McLeod. Th
Pilgrim Orchestra appears under the
direction of Hannah W. Gove. The
company is composed of six youn
ladies who are artists with voice arl
instruments, and they arpear in tli-?
Pilgrim costumes. Father McLee 1
is termed "The Priest Eloquent",
and he is a born orator. He wi'l
give his masterly address. "The Tell
ers, or the Builders Worth While".
On the third day will appear the
Tyrolean Alpine Sineers and Yod-
lers, whom many Alliance people
have heard on former occasions, and
whom they will all be anxious to
hear again. Their program is com
plefe with variety and novelty, vocal
ly and instrumentally, using the
unique instruments of their native
land surely a musical treat. Dr
D. F. Fox will appear on the same
day in his famed lecture, "The Phil
osophy of Common Sense . r. rox
Is one of the most widely known and
most popular lecturers in America
His lectures abound in dramatic sit
uations, his descriptions are graphic,
and his understanding of great men
and great events is amazing.
The fourth day will be featured
with the Allpress All Star company
and a lecture by Major De Hull N.
Travis. "The Man Without a Smile".
The Allpress company is headed by
Prof. Thomas Allpress, supported by
a company of artists, and they are
sure to delight and entertain. The
company is composed of three young
ladies and two young men. Major
Travis is a practical student of ques
tions involving the cure for criiiinal
instincts, and be offers remedies for
the existing prison evils
On the fifth day, the 30th. there
will be here the California Players,
Interpreters of the masterpieces of
literature. They have given years
to platform and study, and they
have the naturalness and artisticfln
ish in all their work. In the even
ing they will occupy the entire even
ing with their masterpiece, "The
Battlefield". Congressman John W.
Abercrombie. of Alabama, will also
be here the fifth day with his lecture,
"The New Patriotism".
Hagenow and his band of soloists
will be here the sixth and l-.st day.
This is- one of the highest-clasa and
highest-salaried chautauqua orcniz
atlons on the road at this time. They
will be the only company here on the
last day. but they will prove equal
to the occasion of entertaining Alli
ance people. They feature coraet,
clarinet, and xylophone solos, ind
Madame Inez Ware-French, grand
opera soprano soloist. This band Is
regarded as one of the most finished
musical organizations in the cTal
WP8t. They are co 'ir.only knowi as
th "Prizewinners", having won first
prizes in band concerts at Minneap
olis. Minn.. St. Paul. Minn., Milwau
kee, and Kansas City.
Contrary to the seemingly estab
lished rule of having chautauquas
conducted in the edpe of town, this
j ear's will be held in the heart of
the city, within two blocks of the
business section the tent will be lo
cated Just west of the MeCorkle
building, where there will be plerty
of thade. seats and ice water for a 1.
The Junior chautauqua will be j.
at the auditorium tent every mc i
ing at 10 o'clock.
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The above photo of the Crowd
from South Oivnha that attended the
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stockmen convention ttaj year, and ,
ineir epwiaj car, uknnoi, wrs iaK-
en Just before their departure from
Alliance, June 16th. The picture in-
eludes a few persons not fron South
umana ana oralis Borne irom mere
who attended the convention.
Explanation: Commencing on left
hand side, two men in distance, Bur
lington railroad switchman and
CHRISTIANS WON SATURDAY!
Take Second (imnv from Methodists . su' luamie. anu uigc uieHi.
... ,... i.v After a honeymoon of about a
with Scor' of to to 4 V.iH lir.riith. the pair will take up house
Play Hemhisfard Sat. keeping. Hundreds of Alliance peo-
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In nn ovrlffnP p;-io nlrved last "
Saturday at tn city park the Chris- 'n congratulations and wishing for
tian Sunday school base ball team'Mr- ?ntl M. ailace the best of ev-
won their second gsr.ie from the eryt ng
to 4. lne garre was rasi irom 6ian
to finish and was piay
without a hitch. Tb
seemed to have it over the Method
ists a little, however, and managed
to put a few more men across the
plate. The County Sunday School
Base Ball League is proving a great
success and the teams are playing
clean, consistent base ball in which
any fan would be interested. The
next game here will be played next
Saturday between the Alliance Bap
tists and Methodists. The Alliance
Christians and the Hemingford
Methodists will play the same day at
Belmont at the Sunday school picnic.
Katurdav'ti Score by Innirgs
Christian 10330003 010
Methodist 00000021 1 4
Standing of the Teams
P W L
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Alliance Christian 3 3
Hemingford M. E. 4 3
Alliance Baptist 3 1
Alliance Methodist 4 0
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FOR GOOD R3A9S DAY
(Jovernor Will Probably Jl.ike An
nouncement of Date Within
Next Few D;ys
Secretary Fisher h:m taken up the
the directors of the state association,
the commercial clubj, civic clubs,
county commlJfrior.ei-s and automo
bile clubd, and arnngeaienta are
abcut completed for th? setting cf
the day, tl:e nincur, eaient of which
will be made by Governor Mcrehend
within the next weei.
From every :;ource come encour
aging reports rec!ts which show
that all clubs and organizations over
the state are willing to do their share
in the work. All realize the need of years. She is survived by her bus
such an occasion, and in no part of, band, two sons, Harry L. Dierks and
the state more forcibly than in the j Herbert Dierks, and one daughter,
western part. Further anonunce-1 Mrs. Paul Hess, all of Kansas City,
ments will be inhdt! soon.
IJACX'..W.LLACK
Former Alliance School Teather
Wed Xewitajtcr Mi at C'rub
Orchtrl L-.-t Y.'nk
At Crab 0:oharJ. Nebr.. Wednes-
day, June 23. occurred the marriage
of Miss Elda Bacon to James S. Wal-
lace, the ceremony being performed
at the home of th? bride's parents.
Mrs. Wallace needs no introduc-
tion to Alliance people. She was
principal at the Emerson school last
year, and ber work won for her com-
mendations from el' sides. As an
educator, she stands in the front
I row, and during her stay here she
;won hundreds of friends by ber
charming personality and ladylike
manners.
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IAd" C. T'aoma: v.lio U .cQUtf.i'.ng
nr..i tc soil tre c tin tn rnorci.-
rarhr has "taken" the crowd; J. O.
frf-,yht tojlcltor c B &' q r
o ; jamea Owens of the Stock Ysrdj
.X.'lonal Bank; H. L. Carpente",
"onager Lincoln Stock Yards: G. J.
!rp, Ta,bot f t-npptor.
11. G. Kiddoo, Byers Bros. & Co.; J.
O. Ihnen, Farmers Live Stock Com
n is8loh Co.; tall man directly be
hind Mr. Ihnen, A. J. Randall -f
Dcnahue-Randall & Co.; next to Ih
nen, J. Curyea of Laverty Brother.
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ni nicu piace me newiyweus win
make their home. He is a man of
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rSsiWHSSTLERS TO MEET HERE
Local Man Will Context with Nebras
ka Champion for Suprem
acy In the West
On Friday night, July 9, Alliance
will be the scene of the fastest wrest
ling bout ever staged in this part of
the country. On that evening at the
P'uelan opera bouse, Ross Robinson,
lightweight champion of Nebraska,
and George McLeod, the local man.
will decide which Is champion of the
west.
This match hrs caused considera
ble Interest In sporting centers, as
efforts have been made on several
) occasions to get these men together.
Both men have started training in
;fcp.n;ct, f;nd there Is going to be a
' wrestle worth while. Alliance people-
are behind .ucLeod, while Lin
i coin is satisfied that Robinson will
j win the title.
j Ringside seats will be $1, with the
'balance of the lower floor at 75
( cents. Balcony seats will be 50
! cents, o that the price is within
reach cf r.ll. A special invitation is
extended to the ladies.
These men were to have met here
drrir.g the stockmen's convention,
but owing to a dispute over terme
the match was calle doff. This time
there will be no hitch in the arrange
ments, and the fact that the men
have placed a 1250 side bet adds zest
io the affair.
Mm. HaiiN Dierks Dead
At Kansas City Tuesday morning
occurred the death of Mrs. Hans
Dierks, wife of the head of the
Dierks Lumber & Coal company.
j. Mrs. Dierks was 65
'had lived in Kansas
years old, and
City eighteen
and by another dauEhter, Mrs. vV.
B. Frey. of Little Blue, Mo. All
Dierka offices will be closed this af
ternoon, at which time the funeral
.will be held in Kansas City. Mana.'
jer Hargarten, of the Alliance yard,
received a telegram to this effect
eanesday.
Excursion to Ilelmont
A Fourth of July excursion to
'Belmont in the Pine Ridge country
is to be conducted by the Methodist
j Sunday school of Hemingford. A
: special train will leave Alliance at 7
J o'clock on the morning of July 3,
and returning, will leave Belmont at
7 p. m. This excursion will furnish
an opportunity for Alliance people
to rp-nd a most enjoyable holiday on
top of Pine Ridge. It is hoped that
: many of the members of Alliance
3:a;i behind him without hat, W. E.
Red of Clay, Robinson & Co.; next
man in front row, Fred Huber of
Wood Brothers; tall man directly be
hind with dark hat, Walter Roberts
cf L. E. Roberts & Co.; man with
dark mustache, Ellis
Wright of
Smith Bros.-Tagg Bros
Carl Smith,
live stock agent of C. B. &. Q. rail-
road; B. C. Rodgers of Omaha Live
Stock Commission Co.; Art Smith of
Lee Live Stock Commission Co.; two
men on car steps, W. G. Anderson of
Hartford Insurance Co. and Cbas.
Cox of Interstate Live Stock CommU-
WKATHKR FOR Kf 'AST
For Week beginning June AO:
A wvek of generally fair
weather, with temeratureH
Homewhut nlMve the KeaMonal
avenge, Is p.-dliahle.
Sunday -choc Is will
lof thls ' PI'ortunity.
ill take advantage
Amusements and games of oil
sorts Ti! be r.rovlded. Th base
ball team of the Alliance Christian
Sunday fchoo! v;l! phy the Hemii.g
ford Me.hodist team at 10 o'clock on
the Belmont grounds. This is one
of the regularly scheduled games ti"
the Box Butte Sunday School Ath
letic Asfociation. The teams are ev
enly matched and a good game
should result.
SCHOOL OF MUSIC CLOSED
Several Features Planned for Next
Year Faculty Is Now En
joying Vacation
Last Saturday, the 6th, the Alli
ance School of Music closed for the
1914-15 term, it being the most suc
cessful te tc in the history of the
school. Miss Eunice Burnett and
Ralph Un.acke aeptirted this week
for Camp Maryland, on the Dismal
river, and Mrs. Zediker will follow
next SaturJay. At Mullen they will
bo Joined ty a party of relatives an-,
friends whe will accompany hm ti
the camping trip. The piano de
partment w.ii in cuurge iiu
Beulah Smith during the absence cf
Mrs. Zediker, which will be about a
month.
The 1915-16 term will be featured
by a number . ( cti.certo oy iuc i.u.
ty and others, ar.icnp which wi;j b
lecture by Judge George J. Alden.
and a performance by Totten Totien,
one of the world's greatest magi
cians. This vlll be the extent of
the outside tale: so far as is known
now, but the mttical numbers by the
faculty of the School of Music are
always a treat, of these there will
be three, with the two by the outside
talent, making five in all.
EnJo)ing ncutioii
Ward Rubendall departed yester
day evening for Minneapolis, Minn.,!
to visit for a few days with friends, I all a half-day s re6t, and those who
after which the pa;y will auto to wish may attend the celebration at
Lake Okoboji, where they will camp Prospect park.
for ten days, enjoying fishing, boat- The last delivery for the day will
ing and bathing. They will then re- be at 10:30 a. m.. and the house
turn by auto to Omaha, the home of wives are notified to get their orders
Ward's friends, and be will return t In as early as possible, as the stores
Alliance after a short visit with h!
brother Clarence. Tie tr'p tv:
coi.bume about a month.
iiets 1. II. O. Meeting
Mrs. Sam Tillett and Mrs. Chas.
Tully returned from Fullerton lat j
week with the news that the state Duncan (rocery Will Move
meeting of the P. E. O. society next The latter part of this week and
June. There will be about one hun-t the first of next week the Duncan
dred delegates here at that time, and ; grocery store will be moved from
the local chapter is formulating West Third street to the building on
plans for their reception and enter-, Box Butte avenue formerly occupied
talniuent. The supreme chapter! by E. C. McCluer. This will give
convenes in Los Angeles in October, i them a much better location. The
and Mrs. Tully was elected the dele- j bu lding is now completely redecor
gate from this district. ated inside.
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' Co : on ground, Theo. Tlllotson
of Mutual Live Stock Commission
t. o. ; V. H. Schellberg, Union Stock
Yards Co.; Mrs. Art. Sibbetti, Hyan
nis. Ncbr.; Allen Dudley of Allen
Dudley Co.; Sol. Degan of Werth
eimer & Degan; Ocle Alswortb,
Great Ven;ern Commission Co.; be
hind Mr. Degan,
Bruce McCulloch,
Journal-Stockman
Publishing Co
in front, Ocie Alswortb, Great West
ern Commission Co.; behind Mr. Als
worth. Wm. C'.ark of Farris, Purin'
ton & Marcy; last man on right, Jas
Burns of IUienbaum Bros. & Co.
A SILO EXCURSION
Commercial Club Will Co-Operate
with Coiinty Agent In the
i Trip Two Day
; Plans will soon be completed for
the silo excursion over Box Butte
county, and the trips will be made In
the near future. This will be the
second excursion of Its nature held
h'-re, the flr-t htng last year, when
Alliance and Box Bu'te county inaug
urated the Idea in Nebraska.
This excursion will be under the
'"pervip'.or. rf boh the county ai
the Commercial Club, and there will
be two days of It. The good the
trips accomplish cannot be reckone
in dollars and cents, for the value of
, silos Is so great that people In gen
eral do not rep.lize their value on the
farm.
Tho trip last year was beneficial
from every Mandpoint; from the
farmer's standpoint because he ac
qu-red poirters and because It show
ed him that the business men of Alii
tiT)cr wished to co-operate with him
in the farm work; from the business
'inn s slandro'nt becHiise it gave him
t n Insight Into farming conditions,
ft:-.:! showed him where co-operation
porf-d between the farmer and
he business man.
Fro ' being a luxury, silos have
become a nce-rUy, and thousands o
'hem are brine erected in every state
in the union unnually. The farmer'.!
are rcallzins: their need more and
:0'e every i-'y. and thoy have found
h?t In no o'ber. Investment on th
' r.r- iho rrturr.s so cure and re
great.
All farriers who wish to accom
pany th excursion ere requested to
notify either County Agent Seidell
o" Sr retary Fisher, as plenty of cars
will be furnished.
STORES CLOSE THE FIFTH
Fifth of 4nlv Will lie Observed by All
' Merchant Ijiht Delivery
- at !::')
j In order that all merchants and
'clerks may observe the Fourth of
jJuly, which. In this case, will be the
fifth, all Alliance stores will close at
noon next Monday.
This will give
will not re-open during the day,
There will be good transportation
facilities between town and the park
all day long, and it is thought that
most of the population will be out
there all dav.
. Anna Zehrung Flies Counter
Suit Against Joa. Barkhnrat ,
for f0,OOO.OO ;
HE HAD FILED SUIT FOR NOTK
A suit which promise! to be a sen
satlonal one was filed In the district
court last Thursday, In which case
Joseph Barkburst la the defendant
and Mrs. Anna Zehrung is the plain
tiff, Mrs. Zehrung asking $5,000 for
wounded feelings and disappoint
ment when the defendant failed to-
marry ber according to his agree
ment. This is a counter suit against
Barkhurst, he having filed suit a few
weeks ago against Mrs. Zehrung for-
3100, which represented a note and
mortgage given by her for a bouse
and lot, of which suit the Herald
made mention at the time is was fil
ed.
This note was given to S. K. War
rick, of ScottsblufT, who later trans
ferred It to Barkhurst, who in turn
brought the suit. According to
Mrs. Zehrung's petition, she and
Barkhurst were to have been mar
rled this year, but for some reason
of which she knew nothing about, he
married Julia Boone. She further
states that she was ready, willing,,
and capable of fulfilling her mar
riage agreement at any time, and
that he promised to make her a
present of the $3100 note on the day
of their marriage. She thinks $5,-
000 is a reasonable amount for him
to pay. r
Mr, Barkhurst is represented by
Boyd & Metz, and Mrs. Zehrung by
Burton & Reddish.
NO CREDIT ON WAR HORSES
American Dealer. IiikIhI on Cad
When llore leave the Kama
-Preparing for fjoan
The other day J. P. Morgan & Co.,
purchasing agents in America for the
Allies, wired to a neighboring city,
asking if it would be possible to pur
chase one thousand war horses for
Italy, and have them paid for on de
livery at Hampton Rends. The an
swer was sent in words to this ef
fect: "Horses nnd mules purchased here
must be paid for in cash as they leave
the barns here. No other condition,
of payment will be considered."
American dealers and investors
are taking no chances on the secur
ities of the warring nations of Eur
ope. It has come to a point where.
payment must be made in cash not
promises. But there's a way the
Allies may get cash In America, and:
they are working on the deal at the
present time.
Great Britain, France, Russia and.
Italy are preparing for a big loan in
this country. They are to issue
bonds and exchange those bonds in
Europe for American securities held
in billions by their own people.
Those American securities are to be
brought to this country and put up
as collateral for a loan. The Amer
ican bankers and financiers will lend
on American securities where they
refuse to purchase foreign bonds.
Italy, through Its American pur
chasing agent, offered to pay $170
apiece for horses. It is estimated
that by the time the freight and In
surance are paid, and the war horse
saddled, bridled and equipped to put
Into the war, be represents an invest
ment of $400. It can readily be
seen how lauch more expense is add
ed to $135 they paid for horses In
Alliance this spring.
I Iiiyi Tailor Shop
The deal was closed the first of
this week between Roy Burns and
E. L. McElhaney whereby Mr. Burns
came into possession of the tailor
shop in the basement of the Alliance
National bank. Mr. Burns has had
considerable experience in the clean
ling, pressing and tailoring business,
I and for some time occupied a posi
tion as clothing salesman in Alliance.
He knows how to do the work and
pleases his custo mers, and guaran
tees all work to be satisfactory.
Eworth league "Weenie Itoast"
In spite of a downpour of rain a
short time before the hour announc
ed for departure, about twenty-five
young people of the Epworth League
of the Methodist church and their
friends gathered Tuesday evening to
enjoy a hayrack ride and "weenie
roast". Tbe load of young people
left tbe Methodist church and drove
a short distance east of town, where
a camp fire was built and the "hot
dogs" broiled in the fire. After
this part of the evening's program,
various games were indulged in till
a late hour.
luiiane Man to Asylum
Monday night Dave Darrell, the
man who was adjudged Insane by the
Insanity board Tuesday of last week,
was taken to the asylum near Hast
ings. It will be remembered that
this Is tbe man who appeared in tbe
east part of town, secured a spool of
thread, and proceeded to tie several
residences together.
Mr