THE ALLIANCE HERALD;
LLOYD C. THOMAS, limine Manager J
JOHN W. THOMAH, Udltor IIAUVKY K. IUIODKS. City Editor
Exthci' ge Gossip
Senator Hitchcock. Chilroi Cr.
tele.
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Published every Thursday by
THE HtiKAUJ PUrtLlSMINO COMPANY
Incorporated
Uoyd a ThomM, Prcmldent Thomas. Vice Pre.
John W. Thorn, Secretary
Entered at the post office at Alliance, Nebraska, for transmission through
the mails aa aecond-claaa matter.
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The stockmen's convention hell l.i
Alliunce last week was tho biggest i
an J most harmonious i..eeting ever) .
taking place since l organization. I
Mr. MfLnUdhlin Of Alliance Wfll Prowria frnm nil naita rf tho cmio
here attending the Enullsh horse In-land adjoining states were there to
spectlou that Ben Roberts of Merri-jse the Wortham street carnival that Ai.u lovl;;,. '.ii Jjti . .1 ii, charm,
man conuuetea at me atoca yaras in .seemed to meet with the high np-When Destiny trow. n.i iUoh disfavor
i When liv.ng iia 1K H1 It savor,
this place on Tuetday lust. Uordon
Journal.
In writing up n rarty last week
who went to Alliance, consisting of
Bill Chamberlain, Forrest Hlppacb,
Mrs. Frank Knapp and Mr. Haller,
we omitted to mention that Mrs. Will
i Cluuuberlalu also went along in the
same car. Rushvllle Recorder.
w.. "WE KILLED A B'AR"
V It's an old saying among business men that, when one embarks
In a new enterprise or seeks to develop a neglected line, lie has to "go
it alone" till the time conies when there is a prospect of making a
dollar out of tho venture when there are plenty of others to jump in
nd try to grab the dollar, or divide it with the fellow to whom it
rightfully belongs. If a man sets up a peanut stand in a town where
was none before, there's always some one else back and waiting to
ce whether it will be a success. If it proves to be and the projector
of it begins making a little money, the other fellow jumps in and
tryg to divide the profits of-a more energetic man's enterprise.
It is a noteworthy fact that that kind of business leeches seldom,
if ever, make much of a success in their efforts to prey on the enter
prise of others. Some times they cripple the man who is entitled to
the legitimate fruits of his own enterprise, but the hangers-on seldom
get far themselves.
In the printing business it's much the same as in other things,
only more so. There arc some would-be editors and make-believe
publishers who are constantly on the lookout for graft, but who fail
to see that there is plenty of undeveloped business all about them un
til some one else, who is more disposed to do hard work, opens a
field, prepares the ground and sows the seed, when the printer with
.grafting propensities jumps in with his little sickle keen and endeav
orsreap a harvest from another man's plowing and planting. The
imitator does not make a success, of course, of the thing which he
tries to imitate, altho he may succeed in making a nuisance of him
clf with his counterfeit enterprise.
The Herald desires to make this editorial helpful to honorable
"business men, and especially to other publishers. We do not wish to
appear unpleasantly personal, but in order to get close enough to the
subject to be practical will mention a few illustrations of the things
'.to which we are referring.
There are publishing houses located in some of the large cities
that make a business of printing city directories for the smaller cit
ies and towns. They make their money, principally, from the adver
tising secured from local business and professional men. They never
fail to charge for advertising space in the directory all or more than
it is worth a price that the local printers would consider a bonanza;
their directories usually contain many inaccuracies that would be
eliminated if, local printers were doing the work. The work could
be done by competent printers in any well equipped newspaper and
job office. But let a home printer undertake to get out the city dir
ectory, keeping the money paid for printing and profit in the city for
which it is printed, and what is the result. Some other printer butts
unto the game with a counter proposition, or gets out his little ham
mer to knock the enterprise in the head.
In recent years large sums of money are paid annually for advertis
ing calendars and novelties, which are sold to the business men of the
smaller cities and towns by traveling salesmen. The money paid
these salesmen for traveling expenses and salaries amounts to a good
commission and would make a snug addition to the income of some
local publisher if he could got the business. We have never yet
heard of a printer in a town of five thousand people or less that ever
made enough out of the calendar business to pay for the sole leather,
'worn out in securiug it. r I
For nearly twenty years after the organization of the Nebraska
'.Stock Growers Association (or the organization that afterwards be
came the N. S. G. A.) no newspaper gave any particular attention to
it and its work, except within u few weeks preceding the annual con
tentions nnd in the issues immediately following. After mature de
liberation, the publishers of The Alliance Herald decided that a pa
per devoted to the inteiests of the Nebraska Stock Growers Associa
tion and boosting for it thruout the year would be a good thing for
the association and might bring the publishers some business. Ac
ordingly, two years ago, The Herald asked 'to be made the official
organ, which was done by the executive committee, pursuant to auth
orization from the annual convention. As a result some extra busi
ness was secured, but every dollar of it was earned. To printers who
lo not know the amount of labor and expense it took to secure that
business, it no doubt looked as tho there was a big profit in it ; and,
s might be expected, others were after it. We are not questioning
their right to try for it: what we are trying to point out is the use-
lessness and unfairness of trying to gather the fruit of another's en
terprise. The publisher of one paper, that is commonly looked upon
as not having a place among legitimate business or the town ana must
secure some kind of graft to keep it going, in his eagerness to sup
plant some one else informed no, not informed, but told the execu
tive committee that he had "probably spent about a thousand dol
lars in behalf of the Nebraska Stock Growers Association." The
statement is too ridiculous to be dignified by giving it much atten
tion. To say that it is untrue would not fully describe it; it is pure
piffle.
We have referred in the above to the printing business in par
ticular because we are more closely in touch with it than any other,
but the same principles apply to other lines. There's business, great
gobs of it, all around for the man who intelligently and earnestly
oe8 after it. If you've got red blood in your veins, if you're not
too lazy to work, and if you have intelligence enough to properly
direct your own initiative, get busy. Don't sit around waiting for
some one else to turn up something for you to take advantage of;
And above all, u you want the re-
Broken Bow cyclists carried off
.i.oat of the prizes in the motor races
at Alliance last week. On Wednes
day, Cad well won second money and
Dull third. Thursday Langson won
first and Cadwell third. Friday,
Broken Bow swept the platter clean,
Dull winning first, Cadwell second
and Langson third. Broken Bow
Republican.
proval of everybody. Taken al'o
gether, everybody had a rousina
good time, and will anxiously await
the time when another visit to Alli
ance may be occasioned Hookev
County Tribune.
I Dusty's iKihhlints l
Some cf '.heae days a certain sec
tion or the Lord's prayer will bt
thaugeJ by some men to read: "(Jive
u thib day our uaily gasoline".
What next? A rare disease calle.!
oldlonycocls" has been discove.oU Fate (an-iot d.f,
No ihels you v.my i.o can disarm;
When u'v.-ttd ju .ave leaned upon
crii.ubl-,
And o.u'th i oiK-iii..c sa Ao Is a smirk
Don't let jour.- f or tumble--
Workt
When ycler:"-., srrr? return to
Vex y u x :.. ai; ,n uf ih..iselves,
.'..:1 e . it.. iu jou yearn
to
Win oul "t Is shr-.'i -n th? shelves;
I When lt suiu ..-ur mail in the
r.iorni".K
And night hide? mirtitr in its murk,
Don't sob or cry ou: : Ut.e . y warn
1 'g
Wor!
For ha who Las nr.n-'uS behind him
Will triumph atvl still pay the toll;
.jIm nor blind
iversation took place with the small
I boy of the family.
With grave Incredulity, he was
laying: "Are you sure you are only
nine years old? I think there must
be some mistake."
The boy was positive, but to make
sure: "Ma," he caleld, "ain't I Just
nine years old?"
"Yes, son."
After a time he ventured, "Say,
mister, what made you think I was
more than nine years old?"
"Why," said the atranger, "I
couldn't understand how you could
get so dirty in nine years."
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Hubbard and
little son were Alliance visitors Fri
day and Saturday attending stock
men's convention. Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Sampson were among the
sightseers at Alliance on Friday of
last week. Felix and John Ba
ker returned Sunday from Alliance,
having attended the stock show last
week. Lloyd Brotherton left
Friday for Alliance, having been call
ed In for duty as brakeman on the
Burlington. Ira Mansfield re
turned Sunday from Alliance, where
he had spent the week. He made
the return in a Ford car which he
purchased while In that city.
Mrs. John Dunn went to Alliance on
Thursday where she was the guest
of friends for the day. Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Thurston attended
the stockmen's convention at Alli
ance Friday and Saturday.
Miss Lillian Hughes came Thursday lt resigning
from Alliance to visit a few days
with her father, G. H. Hughes.
B. S. l'alne of Alliance was In Ashby
on a business errand Monday.
Uoiand Decon, who was formerly a
Klnkalder in this locality, waa down
from Alliance on a business errand
Monday. Ashby Argus.
in v-ttuiorma, anu mat state has a' hl.u,
monopoly on It. Let 'em keep it. Nor Care crew ! tho : 'ze of his soul!
Anything with that name ought to be. Like takea no exr-uie lor self-sorrow,
put into a dark cell for life. And Death U nahaued of the shirk,
a Hino,.K , i So stick to the "straight and the nar-
sas, states that "Empty beer kees are
being used to save the Kansas wneat
crop. Holes are bored In each end
of the keg and the "empties" a.t. '
uued tor binder wheels. Sou.e peo-'
pie nave no beuse of economi jujt
think of the terrible waste-ot beer
kegs.
A headline in a daily says, "Oma
ha Company Asserts Switching
Charges Are High". Most married
men will agree that "bwitches" are
rather high.
Bryan says, "The opportunity of
row"
'Work!
Mary hid a lit tie la b
i?ut nLm the b".rl ihe price,
Rv- t.-. i f.H vaiic;- back again
And took n bowl of rice.
"What were you saying, Harold?"
feebiy askel the young woman re
clining In the steamer chair. There
was a pause, end then the young man
leaning over the vessel's rail re
sponded, "1 wasn't speaking, Angel
ina, you you misunderstood me."
"Fellow citizens." said the colored
"Did you go to Alliance Friday?"
was the common greeting about
town for several days after the trip
to Alliance. Some fifteen cars bear
ing about alxty people were driven
across while several people went on
the train, making In all about a hun
dred. The day waa perfect, the
start was early, the roads In fine
Bhape, the carnival one of the larg
est we ever saw. and seemingly
history is here." We suppose he re-i orator, "What urn education." "Ed
fers to the time he took advantage ot ucation am the pulladlum of our lib
erties and the grand pandemonium
of civilization."
That man with his shirt unbutton
ed at the neck why doesn't he wear
a larger size?
(i to Kurope!
Whenever difficulties arise with
0 , ; 'foreign nations, the Jingo bursts out
borne People, In speaking a good : ln wild demand for a fight. Just at
word for their town, always mai.age present he's holding forth at every
selv n f01' th6Ui" porner druE 3tore a,ld sr&cery In the
.land, where the proprietor hasn't
He's telling whoev
Wn hv nftn rnH ..,,.. .... -got on to him
call them "quiet" we hngs Surely ,i8t,,;n wl,y t?e hUn,it,ehd1 State8
no one would think of calling them fhouM p, i0A r "uJ What CUn
"noisy" weddings- try WOuld do If It measured arms
' with an enemy. When the time
Many a woman is accused of flirt- tomea for volunteers, the jingo will
ing when she Is only using "tact". !et r cas,i of charley-horse and won't
b able to mnrch. so the quiet fellow,
In nearly every paper you pick up who wasn't so darned anxious about
you can And an Item where a warn- war In tte F-m nlace. will have to
a ion's shriek frightened a bumlar to shoulder Uie uusket and do the
very clean und interesting co l pany Sight. Everybody has his own weap-1 fighting. Champ Clark is advising
so far as we were able to determine.'0118, hut a man needa a double-bar- the country to leave the settlement
Tho auto polo was the best ever. and,jre',d shotgun to even make a burg- of our difficulties with foreign pow-
better still, those ln charge of amuse- ,ar ounK an eye. ers to the president and his advisers.
ments ror our celebration the third, I ,r. in tne trenches, tne Germans are
were able to procure this attraction! finere ure fleveral different kinds aaid to be doing more harm with
for that day. so that our friends who,0 nulsa'B, and among them is the poisonous gas than with bullets,
were not able to go to Alliance may ':an who cribbles silly thoughtleta That's what the Jingo is doing over
see the big polo game. Thrilling and! a "ymn hook. nere witn ta conversational gas. If
exciting, and yet not so dangerous a3
'n,a !i0rui,i .. ..u...,.. ou want to fight, go to Europe!
' " " """" i"11" named IS. J. iiibble. No he is no
or admission. The races at the fair ; relation to Ish Ka
grounds were all good, and interest- "
ing to a high degree.
Willie' lament
They're organizin' a sane Fourth
w . i . ... . i ifiwri in rmr in wn mm vpnr
in me motor- e Know a man who eenpraiiv ".. .. .
evele race on Thursday Murnhv wenra a u iv h ' i nere on i De enny noise, or course,
I.imi: son of Broken now won first ! uv ninmut m n .... . Lr nothln' else, I fear,
, - - . J , M.tuvruv v w tut; iru I II I. IFllllllYlllLV 1 . , i, . . .
nlace. Manv Chadron neonle will re-liie think .h,a ,,.!, ... ,.f: ! Kn cannon crackers cant be had;
w - - - i w uAuon, n lit VI CI 11 ID
member "Murph" as the little son of I ignorance and that people will think
Dr. and Mrs. It. K. Langson, who ! he really knows something. The trou
formerly lived here, and will be ! ble is. though, that this man didn't
pleased to know of the young man's start boon enough,
success. Those who remained in Al-
e aave tnea on several occas- You mustn't bust
drums, -
Er scare th' dog
liance all night were most wise, for
they not only escaped a lot of trou
ble but had a chance to take In the
carnival shows in the evening. Sev
eral cars started home in the early
evening and every one either en
countered the storm or what It had
left behind it. Each will tell you a
different story for all had different
experiences. Chadron Journal.
There's not one in our shop.
'X if you let a slzzer off,
You gotta ask a cop.
I guess there won't be enny bombs,
Er nothln' else like that.
your ma's ear
n cat.
Burt Furman with his Ford took
In the stockmen's convention at Alli
ance last Wednesday, having as pas
sengers Clyde Hartman and Earl T.
Enyeart. Mrs. Hughes was an
Alliance visitor yesterday, going on
No. 44, and returning on No. 43.
Last Friday the Doctors Ivans
and families of Crawford autoed
through here early en route to the
big doings at Alliance. Returning
late in the evening they were inform
ed that there waa a washout on the
sand draw, so left their car here and
went on borne ln the special, about
midnight. A change of fire
men was made the last of the week.
Fireman Ellis coming from Alliance
to work on the hill helper. Hia wife
and children came on No. 43. Friday.
Ions to induce Leonard Pilkington to
appoint tne newspaper men as spec
lai guaras and life savers at the So I'll Jes' wear my Sunday pants,
swimming pool on ladies' days, but N wave a little flag,
so far he has flatly refused. The at- Sit on the porch 'n eat Ice cream,
tendance has been excellent, and it 'N bust a paper bag.
Is an Injustice to the ladles not toi .
provide an efficient corps of life sav-i Little Willie was missed by his
ers composed of the newspaper men, ! mother one day for some time, and
oecause mis class is aaid to always be wnen ne reappeared sne asked:
filled with enough hot ainr to keen: "Where have you been, my pet?"
them afloat under all circumstances.
Of course we don't accuse Pilk of be-
' Ing selfish.
Lloyd's Column secured a "scoop"
over Dusty last week with an Item
regarding a newspaper man named
Lloyd Thomas, being Bhot down in 1
Texas. Lloyd claims this man is bis wardrobe drawer, tied up with rib-
wui won uci it luai lexas Don, was me innocent reply
Playing postman." replied her
"pet". "I gave a letter to all the
houses in our road. Real letters,
too."
"Where on earth did you get
them?" questioned the mother ln
amazement
"They were those old ones In your
double
fellow saw a copy of the Herald he
would rise out of his bed with that
bullet ln his body, and come to Alli
ance and bring suit for defamation
of character. Furthermore, anybody
ran get snot, and
The Call to the Ministry
An elderly woman now living In
the West, formerly a resident of
Princeton, New Jersey, not long ago
visited her relatives in that town.
She was especially interested ln the
progress of a nephew who had enter
ed the ministry. She had not seen
him since his boyhood, and was.
therefore, anxious to attend service
at his church.
At dinner, subsequent to the Sun
day sermons she heard delivered by
her nephew, it was observed that the
old woman was singularly reticent.
Suddenly she broke her long sil
ence by asking her nephew, "Wil
liam, why did you enter the minis
try?"
"Why, aunt!" exclaimed the young
divine. "What a question!" I enter
ed the ministry because I was called."
Just a suspicion of a smile came
to tne Old woman s lace, as sue re
sponded, "Are you sure, William,
that it wasn't some other noise you
heard?"
A young man had called upon his
best girl the night before. As a re
sult he had but poorly prepared his
Virgil lesson. In spite of this fact
he translated fairly well for a short
time but after reading "and I put
my arms around her", he sudenly
stopped, unable to translate farther
and said: "That is as far as I got.
Professor." The Instructor's reply
was, "That Is far enough, young
man."
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Hemedy
This is a remedy that every family
should be provided with, and espec
ially during the summer months.
Think of the pain and suffering that
must be endured when medicine
must be sent for or before relief can
be obtainable. This remedy is thor
oughly reliable. Ask anyone who
has used It. Obtainable everywhere.
OLD PAPERS for sale at The Herald
Office. Five cents per bundle.
RED PEP'S
PHILOSOPHY
want sympathy Just because his
"double" was rash and got in the
way of a bullet. When Dusty finds
nianay, wny on eartn are you
washing that dish in that fashion?"
"I dunno, mam, less'n hit's cause
cullud people is Jest nachelly smah-
Lloyd seems toteb tnan white folks."
Learning a Hoy's Age
While the agent was selling farm
They are moving here and will occu-l bl double, he wants to find him all ach,nryva1t,t!le. .J"' the Hrlend at
nv the Art Rontiott rnttarA In th together, and not shot full of holon . tne ate bel(1 bl hor8e "a COn-
wesi pan oi town. aiarsiana inn-, . . ;
con" in their conversation.
When von extend vour mi b
seme ftldTY3 thtjr sften ciiMe it
fcryour foot and pul! your kf
WE ARE HEADQUARTERS
For Auto Supplies and Oil and Ga
ollne
Free Air on the Curb
Alliance
Auto Supply Co.
Phone 23
pne.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Pierce and Mr.
Ramsey of Alliance spent Wednes
day night with Mat and Mrs. Thom
as east of town. Bayard Transcript.
?LrA2-lnl . VeVy VppVoVriamy ob.erVed
turn up something for yourself,
spect of people who believe in the square deal, do not be like the
backwoodsman who, in time of danger, crawled into the attic of the
cabin, leaving his wife to fight the midnight prowler single-handed, ! from Alliance to Dead wood, where
and after the battle was over, descended cautiously from his retreat "J0 thls wwk Edgemont
i n : .1 . l. :ii i i. if i
wiu rAi-iaiiuru, Men, v c nuivu a u oi.
Lest you forget, we wish to gently
remind you that Monday, the 28th,
was the first anniversary of the mur
der of Archduke Ferdinand and wife,
of Servia. And news comes from
the foreign countries that the day
COUNTERFEIT ENTERPRISE NOT ACCEPTABLE
It is wise to profit by the experience of others. It is sometimes
a good thing to follow the example of others in matters of business,
and not many people object to having their methods imitated, as "im
itation is the sincerest form of flattery." But profiting by the exper
ience of more enterprising business men and following their methods
is quite a different thing from trying to supplant them and rob them
of the legitimate fruits of their enterprise. The Herald does not ob
ject to the former, but it odes to the latter, of which there has been
entirely too much in the printing industry, as well as in other lines
of business. Men who are either lacking in initiative, or are too in-
About twenty automobile loads of
Chadron boosters left Chadron early
Friday morning for Alliance to take
In the stockmen's convention, and It
was indeed a live bunch that repre
sented Chadron, but when they re
turned those who went over in the
cars that evening or some time dur
ing the next day they bad about lost
all the booster spirit they had in
themfor on the return home they
were caught in a terriffic rain, hail
and wind storm, and all day Satur
day they came driving home, but
they had a good time anyway and
were satisfied with the treatment
Alliance accorded them. There was
a large crowd at Alliance, they had
a big carnival company and the usu-
dolent to attempt anything original, jump into the game with both
feet when they think there is an opportunity to get a pickup out of al wild west program was put on to
somebody else s enterprise and hard work. Such persons do not of- tn entire satisfaction of all. Near
ten receive much encouragement from fair minded business men, in ,T, M ot th "t4te Politicians attend
the form of patronage. That is one reason why they do not usually $nl;?20
get far with their counterfeit enterprise. man M. P. Kigali and United S-a'ej
Says Editor Gapen, of the Sidney
Telegraph: "There is no prima don
na's voice In the world so sweet as a
baby's lisp". That may be true, Ga
pen. but most proud fathers have
never heard a prima donna, and fur
thermore, they call it another name
than "lisp", especially at 1 o'clock in
the morning.
SURPRISES MAXY IN ALLIANCE
The QUICK action of simple buck
thorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed
ln Adler-l-ka, the remedy which be
came famous by curing appendicitis,
Is surprising Alliance people. Many
have found that this simple remedy
drains so much foul matter from the
system mat a M.MiLt uust; re
lieves constipation, sour stomach and
gas on the stomach almost Immedi
ately. Adler-l-ka is the most thor
ough bowel cleanser ever sold. H
THIELE. Druggist.
Swatting the flies Is less sensation
al than some other forms of war
fare, but it does not disgrace civilization.
YOU OUGHT TO
GO SOMEWHERE
It is hardly necessary to enumerate the excursion fares to various
summer localities. They include tours to the Great Lakes, Canada,
Atlantic Coast and other eastern summer regions; they include the
Black Hills, Big Horn Mountains, Colorado resorts, Estes Tark, Yel
lowstone and Glacier Parks, the Scenic Colorado Mountain Park' tour,
then, of course, the Exposition Coast tour. Look over the map;
choose your locality and let us tell you how to arrange best as to side!
trips, diverse routes and the other advantages that the Burlington
various mainlines offer you.
NEW TRAIN SERVICE: Denver-Chicago Train No. 10 is now
operated to and through Omaha, arriving there at 1 :10 a. m. Billings
eastbound Train 44 now arrives Omaha at 1 :10 a. m. Street cars and
autos on arrival serve the public. Billings eastbound Train No. 42,
and connections, now arrives Omaha at 2:55 p. m.
In view of the heavy vninm of travoi
ng. let us suggest that you make your sleeping car
arrangements well ln advance and as definitely as
possible as to date and train
'i KuII,,;,5Sitl: TlckK Age,,t' Alliance, Neb.
u "AKtLEi , General PaaMenger Agent.
10 Farrm htreW, fhnnha. Nebraska
