WEEK1 1D(DM W. R. Harper left Tuesday on a sjaort business trip to Oordon. John McCoy, M. D. Reddish Block. Phone 81 George Darling returned Sunday from a several days' trip to Omaha. The Alliance Shoe Store for quick est repair work. 4l-tf-6510 Dan Landrlgan, of Ellsworth, was la Alliance on business the first of the week. a Have you tried Peacock Coal? If ot, try a ton. Ton will get more heat for less money. FOREST LUMBER CO., PHONE 73. The Royal Highlanders will hold heir annual banquet tonight In the Beddish hall. "Golden Glow," C. & 8. coffee, 85c yer pound, 8 pounds for $1. L. II. HIGHLAND, a a a Master Jack Mahaffy left Monday morning to make a short Tlslt with an uncle near Mullen. Mr. and Mrs. Boleski returned Tuesday from St. Joseph, Mo., where key spent their honeymoon. "Golden Glow," C. & 8. coffee, 35c per pound, 3 pounds for 91. L. II. HIGHLAND. Roy Lester left Sunday for a visit with his father and other relatives at sis old home near Olney, 111. We pay postage on all orders for lowers for one dollar or more. Alli ance Greenhouse. Mrs. G. J.' Appelberg, of Scotts jluff, has been visiting for a few days with friends in Alliance. a a a The Alliance Shoe Store for the test repair work. 4-tf-6510 Carl Spacht, of Hemingford, was kere the first of the week visiting at Ms home and transacting business. Stallions for sale See display ad a tills issue of Herald. R. A. WESTOVER. a John Elmore, who has been down la Kansas and Missouri for the past jwar, returned to Alliance Monday. The Ottawa (Kansas) Republic: "Governor Buchtel was one of the biggest men who ever stood upon the ttawa assembly platform." Hear aim at the Second Annual Commer cial Club banquet March 8th. Ladies lavited. a a Miss Vernice Robinson, who is at tending the state normal school . at fjhadron, spent Saturday and Sunday a Alliance the guest of her grand father, Col. Evans, at the Berry ouse. Aurora (Illinois) Daily News: "Sunday was undoubtedly the red totter day at Chautauqua. Those Auroraltes who did uot hear the preacher-governor' have indeed Missed listening to an orator whose equal is rarely found." Hear him at liie Pbelan Opera House March 8th. our modern establishment a difference the people of this community appreciate. Our Bread has thct delicious flavor that gives it a place distinctively its own in homes where "good eating" is appreciated. The same thing is true of our pies, cakes, doughnuts and all other forms of pastry. Qualttg and cleanliness are the twin mottoes of this bakero at all times, Stephens and Pink Successors to Nohe Bakery and Cafe (BSE I "Seal" brand C. A 8. roffen rW. ed from 45c per pound to 40c per pouna. k. ii. HIUHLAND. Secretary Fisher, of th rnmmer. rial Club, has Just received word from the Sells-Floto shows that they expect to show in Alliance during th montu or July. Mrs. F. F. Lyman, of Minnekahta, S. D., arrived Wednesday morning for a several days visit with her daughter, Mrs. A. P. Brown, at 811 Laramie avenue. a Mrs. M. M. Reynolds went tn Min. atare Monday where she Is training me students or the Minntare hiuh school, who will take part in the dist rict declamatory contest. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Brush, Joe i-nce. jr.. ana Mrs. Joe Prion. Sr returned Sunday morning from Sar gent, Nebr., where they went to nt- iena me weaaing or Mr. Brush's sis ter. . C. M. Carey of Lakeside, one of bneriaan county s substantial citiz ens, came up Saturday noon and stayed that night In Alliance, return ing home Sunday. Mr. Carey paid The Herald office a short visit while here. The Ottawa (Kansas) Republic: "Governor Buchtel was one of the biggest men who ever stood upon the Ottawa assembly platform." Hear him at the Second Annual Commer cial Club banquet March 8th. Ladies Invited. County Agent F. M. Seidell, who has regular office days in Heming ford. on the third Saturdav and first Monday of each month, has made ar rangements to have his headquarters for these days at the First State bank in that city. Stallions for sale Seven !uml nf youiur stallions. Strict Iv firs Ham stock. Imported and reirlMeroil mil. mals. See display ad elsewhere in una issue or tiie Herald. R. A. WESTOVER. Miss Delia Rhodes is reported in a serious condition at the home of her aunt Mrs. Cora Basye on West Third street. Miss Rhodes is suffering a nervous breakdown which is the re sult of injuries received a year ago in a wreck near Denver. Miss Mat tip Clare (lilTnrd indtriw- tor of dramatic art. of the Alliance School of Music, has gone to Scotts bluff to take charee of the. trntnine of the high school students of the Scottsbluff school who are preparing to take part in the district declama tory contest. The Keeler-Coursev oomnanv. lo cal representatives for the Ford auto- moDiie, report tne sale or cars last week to Fro Melick, Ben Johnson and Harry Wildy, of Hemingford, and A. II. McLaughlin, of Marsland. bacii or tne four purchasers bought a touring car. a a Aurora (Illinois) Daily News: Sunday was undoubtedly the red letter day at Chautauqua. Those Auroraites who did not hear the 'preacher-governor have Indeed missed listening to an orator whose equal is rarely found." Hear him at the Pbelan Opera House March 8th. AKING bread in a Bedouin tent on the deserts of Arabia is quite a different proposi tion from baking bread in Old paper for sale at The Ilerald Bee. rive ctnu a bnnch; tU benches for a quarter. Charles Wykoff left Sunday morn tng for Newcastle, Wyt., where he expects to find employment. e Nearly new, late model, typewriter for sale cheap. On easy terms. . In quire at The Herald office. County Attorney Lee Basye was confined to his home the latter part of last week with a severe attack of the grip. Have yon tried Peacock Coal? If not, try a ton. You wlU get more hfwt for less money. FOREST LUMBER CO., rilONE 73. John Norbeck, who underwent a serious operation two weeks ago at St. Joseph's hospital, Is doing nicely and on the way to a rapid recovery. a a a Frank Fair and family, who have been residents of Alliance and vlcln ity for a couple of years past, left the first of the week for Omaha where they will make their home. Mr Fair has Just received an appoint ment In the civil service in the reve nue department. ALLIANCE BESTS HYANNIS Alumni Team of Alliance High school Defeat Fire Dept. Tram of lljAimiH on Ix-al Floor A new record was made in local basket ball circles Tuesday night when the Alumni team of the Alli ance high school drew the long end of a 94-17 score. The local ' team had everything their own way throughout the entire game. Good team work and superior playing from every standpoint was responsi ble for the sweeping victory of the Alliance team. Only three fouls were called during the game, these being on the local boys. The Alumni claim to have the best team ever organized in Alliance. In Tuesday's game Davenport starred for the local team, making several sensational goals, and rarely missing a shot for basket. The lineup of the Alliance team was as follows: Dav enport (Capt.), left forward; John son and Schafer, right forward; Dar nell, center; Coryell, right guard; Thomas, left guard. The game was refereed by H. J. Young. Shirts at Latng's Saturday for 61 cents. Sale starts at 10 o'clock. GUARDIAN APPOINTED For Wm. A. Dnnlap and Two Daugh ters, Age II and 18 Latter May He Placed in Home Police Matron Mrs. Betty M. Sharp was appointed guardian for Wm. A. Dunlap in County Judge L. A. Ber ry's court Wednesday morning. She was also made guardian for his two daughters, age ten and eleven, and arrangements are being made to place the girls In a girls' home at Council Bluffs, next week. Mr. Dun- lap Is in a helpless condition as a re sult of a stroke of paralysis and al though he has some money saved up he is in no condition to look after bis affairs nor to take the proper care of his children. No. 1 bird wheat flour 1.70 u sack, $3.& a hundred, at the Stand ard Grocery. Phone 41. THREE DIVORCE SUITS Non-supMirt Charged in Eucli of Three Divorce fuses Filed In District Court Mm. Hurtle K. Primmer tiled suit in district court Saturday through her attorneys. I'.oyu ana Metz, ror ai vorce from Richard S. Primmer and also petitioned for the restoration of her maiden name, Bertie E. Smith. Divorce is asked on the grounds of non-support. The petition state that they were married at Niobrara. Knox county. Nebr.. septemoer u. 1898. Mnnrinv Mrs Coldie Fuller. through her attorneys. Boyd and Met, tiled suit lor Uivorce irora Charles Fuller, also alleging non support. They were married In Al liance March 18. 1910. Mrs. Fuller arks to have her maiden name, Cold ie Slaughter, restored. By her attorney, Wm. Mitchell, Mrs. Beulah Fish filed suit in district court Monday asking for divorce from Gilbert li. run, to wnom Bae was married at Cambridge. 111.. Jan uary 26, 1906. In her petition Mrs. nsn aleges crueiiy ana non-suppon, and anka for the custody of the two children, Edna May, age 8, and Don ald Roy, age 5. Mcdonald visits alliance John McDonald of Ravenna, Bur lington engineer, was in the city the first of the week. Mr. McDonald owns property in Alliance and lived here for a long time a number or years ago. Mrs. McDonald has been In 111 healh for some time and was taken to the Mayo Brothers hospital at Rochester the middle of February but was not operated on. She is im proving somewhat, and the many friends ot the family hope for her (Continued from page 1) to Ogalalla, Superior and North Platte, told of Improvements ta thoss cities which might well be adopted by Alliance, but stated that although they have some things that we do not, none of the places visited can compare with Alliance In the way of Improvements. At the special meeting of the state association of commercial clubs the principal business taken up was the planning of a general publicity cam paign for the state of Nebraska. Sta tlstlcs show that last year over 4000 people pased through the state of Ne braska and settled In Colorado, Wy oming and Montana. This was large ly brought about through publicity campaigns conducted at a large ex pense a part of which was paid out of state funds and an effort will be made to secure an appropriation from the state legislature for publicity work for Nebraska. W. B. Howard, immigration agent for the Burlington, Arab Hunger ford, mayor of Crawford, Col. Pas chal of Des Moines, and D. A. Bart ho low of Sterling were present at this meeting and made short talks with reference to the future possibilities of western Nebraska. Their discus slon was relative to the plans for set tling western Nebraska and refer ence is made to this part of the pro gram in another article in The Her aid announcing the plans for the big auction sale to begin the 2 2d. Bring OO cents and get a good shirt Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at Idling's. Tiie best you ever got for that price. WAIVES PRELIMINARY 'liailes Wallace Hound Over to the District CourtCase Brought by the City Continued Charles Wallace waived prelimin ary hearing before Police Magistrate Roberta Monday morning and was bound over to the district court un der $1250 bonds which were furnish ed. Two charges are preferred against him, one of carrying conceal ed weapons and the other of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to do bodily injury. , The case brought by the city in which he is charged with disturbing the peace has been continued until the cases in district court are dispos ed of. LEGAL ADVERTISING BUILDINGS TO SELL AT AUCTION For the purpose of vacating the quarter block Immediately south of Elks' temple on Box Butte avenue, that construction of Alliance's new federal building may be commenced, the four business buildings on feder al site will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder on Saturday, March 4th, 2 p. ui. Purchasers will be required to pay Immediately full amount of bid In cash, and will be allowed to com mence removal March 11th, with 30 days therefrom allowed to complete the work. Each building will be sold separately. Buildings to be sold are of dimen sions about as follows: Two-story brick, 25x80. One-story cement block, 25x50. Two-story frame, 24x40. Two-Btory frame, 24x40. Several sheds and out-buildings. This affords an excellent opportun ity to secure a large amount of de sirable lumber and building material at a low price. Frame buildings can be moved easily, if desired. C. L. DItAKE, Auctioneer. 13-U-6663 SHERIFF'S SALE NOTICE By virtue of an execution issued by the clerk of the District Court for Box Butte County, Nebraska, upon a judgment rendered in the County Court for Dawes County, Nebraska, In favor of James W. Owens, plaintiff. and against C. II. Skeels (otherwise known as Charles II. Skeels), defend ant, which said judgment has been duly transcripted to and docketed in the office of the clerk of said District Court, I have levied upon the fol lowing described real estate, as the property of the said C. H. Skeels. to wit: The Northwest Quarter of Sec tion Tweuty-two (22), in township Twenty-seven (27), north of range Fifty (50), west, In Box Butte Coun ty, Nebraska, and I will, on the 3rd day of April. A. D. 1916, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day, at the front door of the court house in the city of Alliance in said County of Box Butte, sell said real estate, at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash In hand, to satisfy said exe cution, the amount due thereon in the aggregate being the sum of $870.40, and $11.35 costs and accru ing costs. C. M. COX. Sheriff. E. D. & F. A. Crltes, Chadron, Nebr., Attorneys for Plaintiff. 13-5t-688-6660 S3c can of white cherries In syrup. lBc at the Standard Grocery. Phone Oil Cookers 1 Vhy not make the work of the home lighter by providing an easy way of preparing a meal? An oil or gasoline cooker will accomplish this, and our stock offers a desirable assort ment from which to make a selection. You look at them befo0j$ou buy, and back of them is our guaranty of quality. wla sank tsww kjt. prars t vz? Rhein-Rousey Company Phone 98 PLEASANT HIXL ITEMS Miss Ella Moravek spent Tuesday evening at the Hansen home. I. E. Barrltt and family spent Sat urday evening at J. H. Warn's. . John Hennlngs and George Roth is helping J. P. Chri8tensen haul wheat to market. John Johnson of West Point, Nebr., Is visiting at the Hansen home with his cousin E. Freese. a a a I. E. Barritt'a father, from Council Bluffs, la., arrived Sunday for a few days' visit and to attend the sale. A little snow visited this western part of the state, but if this nice weather keeps up it won't last long. Word is received from Magnus Chrlstensen at York, Nebr., that he is down with the measles at that place. Ewart and Victor Hughes came down from Wyoming Friday, and spent a few days at the Chrlstensen home. H. C. Hansen and sister, Alfred Nelsen, Dick Freese and John John son took dinner at J. K. Richmond's, Sunday. Quite a number from this vicinity attended the dance at Henry Win ten's. Saturday evening, and all re port a good time. A number of friends and neighbors gathered at the home of 1. E. Barrltt and gave them a farewell surprise, Tuesday evening. Mr. Barrltt and family moved here thru years ago. and have made many friends here. We regret to see them 1 ave. A pres ent was given to them as a token of remembrance from their many friends. A fine midnight Bupper was served. The evening was spent in playing games. Those present were J. Jl. Warn and family, Mrs. L. Price and daughter, J. P. Jensen and fam ily, Mrs. Claude Campbell and daugh ter, Wm. Schneider and family, H. C. Hansen and sisters, Alfred Nelson, John Henning. Albert and George Both. Dick Freese, John Fosket, Har ry Waddell, Thorwald Lund. Have von tried Peacock Coal? If not. trv a ton. You will set more heat for les money. FOREST LIMUUl tU., I'llU.-ttt 73. W 9 Mrs. E. T. Kibble and daughter, Miss Blanche, left last Thursday night for a visit with Mrs. Kibble's sister, at Pueblo, Colo. They stopped over a day or two In Denver and made the famous auto trip out through Golden, over Lookout moun tain to Idaho Springs. IMPERIAL THEATRE Thursday and Friday, DeG roll's comedy sensational swinging wire equilibrists featuring the serpentine dance with colored slides. Usual high class photo plays. Our 80c Chaae and Sauboraa cof Alliance, Nebraska SAND HILL BREEZES J.-W. Wade called at Hickory lea week. A. D. Hill railed at llloknrv t Sunday. , fW VWT . . . . . . , a . ... . n. w. ration canea at . m. tiles' man's, Monday. a a - II. W. Stllle called at S. M. Hiek man's, the 28th. Ralph Wade called at II. W. Put ton's, Wednesday. Mrs. Zadle Jay returned from Al liance last Saturday. a H. W. Patton and wif made a trip to Alliance the 21st. Wm. Archer made a t.ip down te his old home Wednesday. a a A. D. Hill and wife ci '.led at Un. Zadle Jay's, last Wedne- '.ay. a a a Mrs. H. W. Stllle call J at A. . Hill's home one day last week. H. W. Patton and fan y cnlled at Mrs. Zadle Jay's, one dr." last week, a a a MIsb Delllght Ufford spent Tues day night at the H. W. 1 ttton hoj e. a a a Lee McGlindy and Mr. tt culled at H. W. Patton's. Mon y the 28th. a a a Mrs. Alva Roach am' l:tby have been on the sick list tt i-st week, a a a Merritt Powles wa deliveries bread at the Hickman i .uch Satur day. a a a Mr. Patton aud wire .tlso aire. Jay, called at Leo Conway's, Fridaf the 25th. a a a Mrs. Leo Conway has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Covali. at Broad water the past week. a a a Mrs. O. H. Moon has returned la her home from a winter's visit wMfc relatives and friends at Chadron. Our "O" brand V. & S. coffee, er Hund, uow 30V. Greatest shirt event of the Season at LAINQ'S Starts Saturday Honing at Ten O'clock Sweeping Price, 69c complete recovery. 41. fee, now 23c. L. II. HIGHLAND.