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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1915)
s firto two xhe Alliance Herald1-8 READ BY EVERY MEMBER NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION'. ALL THE XEAYS OK ALLIANCE AND WESTERN NERRASKA OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. IT REACHES HEADQUARTERS FOR 15,000 FIREMEN VOLUME XXII ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TIIUKSDAY, JULY 15, 1915 NO. 32 LIGHTNING DOES MUCH DAMAGE John Smith Seriously Injured, Prob ably Fatally, and A. G. Stoner of Angora Severely Shocked HORSES WERE NOT INJURED From Saturday's extra edition: Jobn Smith was seriously, perhaps fatally. Injured, and A. G. Ston er and John Burry, both of Angora, were badly stunned, when a bolt of lightning struck the stall in which they were resting In the fair grounds stables Friday evening dur ing the severe thunderstorm. A race horse in the stall adjoining the one in which they were resting was not injured, although the report was spread immediately after the acci dent that the horse had been killed. The stall In which they had taken refuge from the heavy downpour is near the south end of the stable, and is used as sleeping quarters and as a sort of storage room. In the center of the stall there is a small platform suspended by six wires connected with the scantlings on the ceiling. The roof is of galvanized iron and the lightning striking the roof came down one of the wires. Smith was lying on the improvised bed at the time, and the men from Angora were sitting between the head of the bed and the north wall. Stoner and Burry came up from Angora Friday to enter negoti ations for the purchase of a horse belonging to Jack Kennedy, and had been in the stable yards when the rain started, after which they went into the barn. The frequent loud peals of thunder and brilliant flashes of lightning soon banished all busi ness talk, and conversation turned to the storm. There was a small leak in the roof, and Burry, who was sit ting between the head of the bed on which Smith was lying, and Stoner, was getting the benefit of it. He decided to change positions, and, getting up, walked over to the door to watch the storm. According to Burry, he had been standing by the door not more than one minute when the lightning struck. He saw a blue haze fall to the position where he had been sitting, and had he stay ed there, he would have been killed instantly. Mr. Stoner fell over stunned, and Smith, who had been reposing on the bed with his head on his arm, lay flat. The room was Immediately filled with smoke and gas, and as soon as it had cleared and Burry had grasped conditions he called Dan Phillips, who, after a has ty examination started to town through the rain. He stopped at several houses to use a telephone, but as they were nearly all out of commission he was not successful un til he reached the Alliance Garage, where he phoned for John Wallace to come out in his autompbile. Smith was taken to the hospital, but it was seen that Mr. Stoner was recover'ng so rapidly that it would not be necessary to put him under a doctor's care. On the bed in which Smith was lying a piece of wire had been wrap . tped around the head poBt, and to this 'is attributed his receiving the bulk of the stroke. The lightning had evidently jumped from the wires that suspended the platform to the wire around the head of the bed. His head was only a few inches from the wire, and on that side a streak was burned from the eye to the back, the hair being burnt off. and a hole eight inches long being cut in his nearly new felt hat. Reports from the hos pital state that he Is getting along better than was expected and that be has a slight chance for recovery. Burry, who was standing against the wall near the door, was thrown rather forcibly to one side by the shock, but quickly regained his ""senses. Both he and Stoner were able . to walk down town a few minutes afterward, and in the evening went to the hospital where they helped care for Smith. Satur day morning Smith was unconscious, and did not know that he was in the hospital. On the roof of the stable are two V slabs of sheet-Iron, one overlapping the other. At the lapping point, where the lightning entered, the sheet-iron Is blackened for several feet, and numerous splinters are trn from the Inside of the stall. ..v i'f , I j I i 1 . xdr" ' 3 J ! ONGRESSMAN JOHN W. ABER CROMBIE. Alliance Chautauqua, July 26-31 sides of solid boards as though they had been removed with a knife. In one place a splinter about an inch wide and six inches long had been chipped out of a scantling and driven through the crack further along the plank where it goes through the groove in the next wall. The wall Is about eight inches from where the splinter had been torn out. Where the lightning came in con tact with the wire, the wood was scorched for several inches around, and the splices on the wire were blackened. In one place the wire had evidently been nearly melted for a space of two inches. Dan Phillips stated to a Herald re porter that several' bolts had struck In close proximity to the barn, one of them striking just a few hundred feet north. Neuralgia Pains Stopped You don't need to suffer those ag onizing nerve pains in the face, bead, arm, shoulders, chest and back. Just apply a few drops of soothing Sloan's Liniment; lie quietly a few minutes. You will get such relief and comfort! Life and the world will look bright er. Get a bottle today. 3 ounces for 25c, at all ruggists. Penetrates without rubbing, adv No 1 The Junior Chautauqua For Boys and Girls T kllE above picture shows one of ing some games and plays under thf direction of one of our expert playground supervisors. They have just come from the big tent, where they listened for an hour to thlx same Junior Superin tendent tell stories stories that wre funny, stories that were entertaining and others that will establish Ideals in their young lives. Now they are learning some new games at-d will therefore bare something to think about and engage in long after the Chautauqua has gone. This afternoon these children will all be in the Auditorium tent Tlsteninu' to the musical part of the program. These older children will stay for the I-ture, but the little tots will come back to this cool, shady place and enjoy some more stories and games and will be ready to go home with their purt'tits. who have had a chance to eujoy the lecture under the canvas. The Junior Chautauqua has been a factor in bringing about supervised playgrounds in many of our Chautauqua towns. Remember the morning hour is free to all the children. Every boy and girl of the community is invited to attend. CARE OF REFRIGERATORS Timely Article to Housewives That May Prevent Disease Till Summer Glen Miller, jf Miller Bros, bcuse furnlshing store, has called our at tention to the following article re garding the care of refrigerators during the summer months. The ar ticle is indeed timely and may be the means of preventing considera ble ill health In and around Alliance. It is taken from a bulletin issued by the department of agriculture, and is absolutely authentic. Read it and profit. A few simple precautions will aid the housewife in keeping food un tainted in hot weather. It is, of course, common knowledge that tne higher the temperature, the quicker food, particularly meat, will spoil, according to a bulletin issued by the United States department of agricul ture, but the family's supplies are not absolutely at the mercy of the thermometer. Ice and cleanliness are two great weapons of defense. For many families a refrigerator is obviously out of the question, but it is perhaps better to have no refrig erator at all than a neglected one. Merely to wash It oue occasionally does little good; it should be thor oughly scalded at frequent intervals, in particular the drain. This, if ov erlooked, is apt to harbor fungous growths, which may spread to the food. On one occasion a man appli ed to the department because he had found a Joint of beef placed In his refrigerator had turned a peculiar bright red. Upon examination it was ascertained that the meat was cover ed with a peculiar fungous growth due entirely to the refrigerator. Growths of this kind do not always advertise themselves so promptly and there may be much evil in an ice box that the eye can not detect. If the refrigerator drain is not thoroughly cleaned, moreover, It Is likely to become chocked, the water Is not carried off quickly enough and little pools are left standing In the interior. Dampness Is one of the conditions more favorable to bacter ial growth. An ice box in this state will not protect food long. It is, in fact, a wise precaution to wipe the interior of a refrigerator every day with a dry cloth. The temperature of the average refrigerator is higher than most per sons suppose, and in those house holds where a regular supply of ice is not obtainable a cool cellar, a spring house, or the depths of a well may serve somewhat the same pur pose. "Germs" which grow In foods and cause illness grow very rapidly, par ticularly if the food is a little warm, and are not destroyed unless the food Is well cooked before serving. Sim ply "warming up" Is not enough, as was found in a case of illness recent lly reported after eating some warm ft 7r our Junior Chautauquas a group of happy children out under the trees enjoy ed-up creamed vegetable. Certain kinds of food creamed chicken, or custard, or warm vegetables, for ex ample are excellent culture medi ums fot bacteria which may have been Introduced Into them by acci dent. For this reason It la a safe rule to have as short a time as possi ble Intervene between the prepara tion of food and Its consumption. All food, cooked or uncooked, should be kept In a clean, cool place In order to reduce the danger of infection to a minimum. BURNED MANY TIES Holt of Lightning Ignited Huge Pile of Ties South of Railroad Damage Estimated $300 From Saturday's extra edition: At 6 o'clock Friday evening, dur ing the severe electrical storm, a bolt of lightning struck a large pile of ties on the Burlington property south of the stock yards. The pile contained several thousand ties. The bolt set fire to the ties, the glare Il luminating the sky so that It could be seen for miles around. For a time it was thought that the stock yards were In danger, but the heavy rain had so thoroughly wetted down the hay and, other inflammables that the sparks did no damage. The Burlington fire department was called out and went to the fire with the special engine and equip ment. They did good work and kept the. damage to the ties down to about $500. This crew worked until mid night holding the blaze down. Benefitted by Chamberlains .Liniment "Last winter I used Chamberlain's Liniment for rheumatic pains and soreness and stinness or tne Knees, and can conscientiously say that I never used anything that did me so much good." Edward Craft, Elba, N. Y. Obtainable everywhere. Rainfall Very Heavy One and three-quarters Inches of rain fell in Alliance and surrounding territory between 5:30 and 7:30 o'clock Friday evening. The storm was almost a cloudburst. At times the streets in Alliance were simply a sheet of water. The storm continu ed eastward, according to people coming In on the morning train, fol lowing the line of the Burlington east. The electrical disturbance was great, lightning striking in a number of places In and about town. No serious damage to crops has been reported. v Thirty-six for 23 Cents 'br. King's New Life Pills are now supplied In well-corked glass bottles, containing 36 sugar coated white pills, for 25c. One pill with a glass of water before retiring is an aver age dose. Easy and pleasant to take. Effective and positive in re sults. Cheap and economical to use. Get a bottle today, take a dose to night your Constipation will be re lieved in the morning. 36 for 25c, at all druggists, adv No 1 41 J 9 -lA r - ... Wfc4 i m f Mir t x ... ., , i4 MME. FRENCH, GRAND OPERA SO LOIST, WITH HAGENOW'8 BAND. Alliance Chautauqua, July VIO-JU COMMUNITY CO-OPERATION Timely Talk on Organization of the IiuxincN Men and Fanners "In Union There Is Strength" That community Is exceptional In which today merchants, farmers and other citizens are not organized and working-together for upbuilding and general improvement. The commun ity conscience the spirit of coopera tion is aroused throughout the land, and citizens of fell vocations are exerting themselves in behalf of the public welfare. Merely to list the activities of en terprising communities would be to catalog all the civic virtues. Educa tion in its broadest sense Is receiving large consideration, and the work of public schools especially is being con ducted along lines calculated to de velop boys and girls into citizens bet ter fitted to labor In rural vocations and to lead in community affairs. The problems of every class are being studied and earnest efforts are being made to solve them in a manner that shall promote both public and pri vate welfare. Permanent roads, sci entific agriculture, good markets, pure bred live stock and diversified farming are being striven for by merchants and farmers working hand in hand; and the same organ ized instrumentality that is used to help the farmer is devoting a large part of Its efforts to the Improve ment of retail merchandising meth ods in the local stores. This all but universal movement is especially significant to rural com munities; for it means to those en gaged in its progress, prosperity and general enlightenment; and to those that remain unorganized and inact ive it means ultimately elimination. Citizens everywhere have long been familiar with the law of competition as It operates Detween individual merchants, and they have often seen the fact demonstrated that weakness and incompetence in merchandising must Inevitably give way before en terprlse and efficiency; but they have not so generally realized that the same law operates in precisely the same way In competition between communities. Unquestionably many rural com munitles in all sections are suffering losses in population and a narrow lng of their spheres of Influence be cause in their unorganized condition ley cannot withstand the competi tlon of more enterprising communi ties that are strongly organized and vigorously aggressive in enlarging their fields of operation. Such changes of community boun daries are taking place daily in all parts of the country; gains being made by vigorous organized com munitiea at the expense of weak un organized groups. It Is for the clt lzens of this community to determine for themselves into which class shall be placed whether the next decade shall see it moving forward in the front ranks of the army progress or taking Its place at the rear among the incompetent and the unfit. TRAIN GRINDS MAN TO PIECES Dnn li. Downing of Los Angeles Lost Life While Trying to Hoard a Panning Freight Train RODY BURIED AT THIS PLACE? From Saturday's extra edition: Friday morning, as Roadmaster M. Hoenshell was running slowly on his machine about six miles west town, near Yale siding, he cam across the mangled remains of a man scattered along the track. All that remained to identify the man waa the trunk, with the head, one arm and one foot severed. The supposi tion is that he had tried to board the west bound train Friday morning a short distance out of town, and in so doing his hold bad slipped, and his arm an foot had gone under the wheels. It Is supposed that he then hung onto the rods with the other hand and foot for some distance, fin- lly fainting from the loss of blood and falling with bis head under, the heels. The body being found a half mile from the foot and arm bears out this theory. Parts of the skull and brains were found for sev eral hundred feet. As soon as Mr. Hoenshell made the gruesome discovery he telephoned in for the section crew who went out and brought the remains to town, taking them to the Darling under taking parlors. The only article found on the dead man that could be used as a clue to his Identity was aluminum pocket-piece which bore the Inscription, "Dan L. Down ing, Los Angeles, California." Be sides this there were a few matches nd a fifty-cent piece In his pocket. Later Goo. Darling and Coroner Slagle went to the scene of the acci dent to find the head. They follow ed the track for several hundred feet, but the largest piece of the skull tbey found was no larger than man's finger, as It had been drag ged until It had broken into small fragments. The conductor of the freight train. Bert Johnson, knew nothing of tho accident until told of it Friday morn- ng. Some Alliance men happened to be west of town early In the morning and saw a man whom they supposed be Downing walking along the track. The freight came along Boon tterward and they did not see him again and supposed be bad caught a ride. The remains were burled Saturday morning in Greenwood cemetery. It s thought that the officials will, com municate with the Los Angeles auth orities in an effort to determine the dead man's identity, and to find if he has any relatives at that place who should be notified. It would be impossible to even estimate the man's age or nationality. An Effective Cough Treatment One-fourth to one teaipoonful of Dr. King's New Discovery, taken as needed, will soothe and check Coughs, Colds and the more danger ous Bronchial and Lung Ailments. You can't afford to take the risk of serious Illness, when so cheap and simple a remedy as Dr. King's New- Discovery is obtainable, oo to your druggist today, get a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery, start the treatment at once. You will be gratified for the relief and cure ob tained, adv No 1 DR. CYRU8 ft. NUSBAUM. Alliance Chautauqua, July 26-31 i v - ' , eome of them being taken out of the