We Now Have a Complete
Stock of New, Modern
Kurtzman Pianos
This Btoro is now rightly called piano headquarters for Alliance. The
new and well selected stock of these high grade pianos is on display in our
store. This piano has been the favorite musical instrument in Alliance for
the past eight years and will continue to be held in the highest esteem. Out
of over 600 instruments sold in Alliance during the past eight years more than
100 of them have been Kurtzman and all are giving complete satisfaction. Do
not forget to ace us before you purchase and investigate the piano proposition
thoroughly.
Mrs. J. T. Wiker, one of the best known piano authorities in this section,
has taken charge of our store. For the past eight years she has been associat
ed with this management, hence she needs no introduction to Alliance people.
Before you purchase a piano be sure to investigate the high
grade Kurtzman. Prices are reasonable and the terms of
payment are easy. You are invited to call at the store.
A Complete Line of Victrolas and Victor
Records. Vour Inspection is Invited.
National Music Supply Co.
MRS. J. T. WIKER, Manager
West Third Street, Opposite Postoffice
n
anrtnl mireeng of tti fair. This
nhould b an exrHlent year for ex
hibits and all thou Interested In thin
matter are requested lo bend every
effort and to be conMantly on the
watch for exhibits that will be a
credit to the, fair.
The club will shortly titer onto a
new membership campaign and It Is
hoped that within the duration of
that campaign to Interest at leant
fifty new member In the Alliatue
Commercial Club.
The tabor Day picnic will be tiHi
as usual this year under the auspices
of the Commercial Club, on the 4th
day of September. A committee will
be appointed to take care of that and
there Is evpry reason to believe that
the Labor Day picnic of 1916 will be
a bigger success than ever.
The meeting; of the club brought
forth many Ideas along matters of
IntereHt to Alliance. It was a spirit
ed meeting and speaks well for the
re-enterance of the club Into ultra
activity.
APPEAL FOR THE
IRISH SUFFEOS
Liver Trouble
"I am bothered with liver trouble
about twice a year," writes Joe Ding
man, Webster City, Iowa. "I have
pains In my side and back and an aw
ful soreness in my stomach. I beard
of Chamberlain's Tablets and tried
them. Dy the time I had used half
a bottle of them I was feeling fine
and had no signs of pain." Obtaina
ble everywhere.
Adv aug ,
FOR SALK Five-room residence
at r 1 6 Toluea avenue. Inquire of T.
E. Rowland, Crawford, Nebr.
37-tf-7495
ItriiiK your friend to the Drake
for the Sunday dinner. Tliej'll ap
preciate it.
M
Mrs. Dick Waters left Wednesday
noon for Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
whore she will join her husband,
who is employed by the Grand Trunk
Railway System. Mrs. Waters will
stop off at Kansas City, to visit her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Dlerks, before go
ing on to Toronto.
Commute' Ixmicn Am-h1 to Alliance
rxl for l-'iind for Widow
mid Orphan in Ireland
The terrible scourge of war. which
has devastated so many countries in
Kurope. has fallen with fury on Ire
land. At the present time the Irish
capital and other cities and towns
are largely in ruins.
In the language of the relief com
mittee headed by Richard Howden,
administrator of the Dublin Tro-ca-thedral,
300 were slain during the
insurrection, IB were executed by
court martial, 134 have been con
demned to penal servitude, 2,650
were deported without trial, and 4 00
await sentence of court martial. All
these calamities have produced a
suspension of industry and reduced
to Idleness practically all the entire
laboring population of Dublin and In
other places. Under these condi
tions the families of those who were
killed or taken captive are reduced
to abject misery and poverty on ac
count of the bread winners being
either killed or imprisoned. And, on
the other hand, owing to the cessa
tion of all industries, those who
might be expected to relieve them
are themselves rendered destitute.
This distress is growing every hour
more acute and this is why we ap
peal for aid to the generous people
of the United States.
To relieve the widows and orphans
of those massacred or slain as well
las those who are actually starving or
in danger of starvation, a fund is be
ing raised and this committee ap
peals to the whole body of American
citizens for contributions to aid in
this, object, which is purely humani
tarian and charitable.
Thomas Hughes Kelly, Joseph
Smith and John D. Moore are the
national secretaries and treasurers
of this relief committee, and their
address Is 26 Courll.ind street, New
York. Messrs. Kelly, Smith and
Moore are men of the highest possi
ble type and standing, so that tboe
who subscribe to this fund can text
assured that every penny that la
subscribed will reach the poor ami
destitute widows and orphans.
Mr. Kelly Is a nephew of Arch
bishop John Hughes of New York,
whom l'resldent Lincoln sent to
France at the same time he sent
Henry Ward Beecher to England, a
spokesmen for the Union cause. And
the nephew of that great man goea
today on an errand of mercy and
charity.
An appeal is made to the people
of Alliance and vicinity to help in
this noble work. The fund will be
cared for by M. F. Nolan and Rev.
F. J. Manning. Those wishing to
subscribe to the fund can leave the
money at any bank in the city or pay
directly to the above committee. A
receipt will be issued by the Nation
al Committee as soon as the fund has
reached them. A list of the contri
butions will be published in the Al
liance press each we.sk, If the con
tributors so desire, or the total fund
will be listed, In case contributors do
not wish their names to appear.
M. F. NOLAN,
REV. P. J. MANNING.
Committee.
A. D. Rodgers, Alliance grocery
man, left Monday for Omaha to at
tend k meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Nebraska Retailers As
sociation, of which he is a member.
He expects to return today.
John J. Adams and son of Sheri
dan, Wyo., came in Saturday nooa
for a rhort visit with Mr. and Mrs.
Gecrge Davis. They were on their
brother of Mrs. Georgo Davis.
The Alliance Fire Department is
planning on giving a dance on Labor
i Day in the evening at the opera
house. The firemen have the repu
tation of putting on swell entertain
ments and will undoubtedly have a
crowd.
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Nebraska State Volunteer Fire
men's Association
President, J. P. Hoffman, Ord.
First Vice President, Harry Hauser, Fremont.
Second Vice President. John W. Guthrie, Alliance.
Secretary, E. A. Miller. Kearney.
Treasurer, H. A. Webbert. Kearney.
Board of Control: Jacob Goebrlng, Seward, chairman; William E.
Mote, Chadron; F. B. Tobln. Sidney; O. A. Rhoades, Scottsbluff;
Bert J. Galley, Columbus.
A department devoted to the interests of the Volunteer Firemen
of the state of Nebraska.
Edited by Lloyd C. Thomas, state publicity chairman.
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Jolr Kirt Iiokm iii Nebr., 91 14.HI3.50 collect the enormous expense It costs
W. S. Rldgell, state fire commis
sioner, haB issued the following
statement:
The fire losses for the month of
July in Nebraska amounted to $114.
S37.41. The amount paid In insur
auce for these losses was $114,815.
50. The tire waste Is a constant, un
Mslng waste continually draining
our wealth as a state and nation.
While It U true new building and
construction is continually going on.
yd It can not keep pace with the Hre
Krs, and if we could conserve what
is already in existence and add to it
in new construction, how soon we
would have a wonderful rich Btate.
Each individual member of society
pnya for our tiro waste. We pay for
w in fir piv.uiu a paid insurance
roiupauies. We pay for it In sup
port of fire departments. We pay
for it in water protection, and in
private tire protection. When we
ttnsider the loss due to Interruption
of business, loss of life and limb; we
indeed pay dearly for our tire losses.
The United States Geological Sur
vey gives the following summary of
liie losses for one year:
Ijmu by hre $215,084,709
Expense of insurance
over amt. paid back. 145,604.362
Expense of water for
fire protection 28.856,235
Expense for fire depart
ments 48,940.845
Expense of private fire
protection 18.000.000
Total loss and expense $456,486,151
And these figures make no allow
ance for loss due to Interruption of
business, loss of life or Injury.
The material destroyed by fire is
Irrecoverably lost and that material
is sever created again. It is merely
.replaced by new.
Insurance companlea are not man
ufacturers of gold distributing it
cratattously to unfortunate victims
of fire. They not only must collect
from property owners every cent
tkf pay oat In losses, but mast also
to carry on the business of insurance
plus a reasonable salary to their em
ployees and a profit to the stockhold
ers. Insurance companies are col
lectors and distributors and the pub
lic pays them for their work and in
vestment by the way of Insurance
premiums.
Each year the public pays nearly
half a billion dollars for tire losses
and the expense of reimbursing and
adjusting them.
Even the man who "carries his
ow n risk" does not escape paying in
surance, though he pays it in an in
direct and more concealed manner.
The producer, the dealer, the man
ufacturer, the Jobber, the wholesal
er and .the retailer all carry insur
ance, and the premiums paid are
added to the price of the products
each has to sell, the same as any
other legitimate business expense.
Thus the purchaser of a hat, a pair
of shoes, a suit of clothes, a dress, a
piece of urnlture, a sack of flour, or
anything else pays not only for the
article but for what It costs to Insure
It.
Every community pays for every
lire it sustains. Every incendiary or
careless fire is an unnecessary waste
We are calling these matters,
these plain facts, to the attention of
the public in order to arouse a senti
ment of interest in the fire preven
tlon cause. The conserving of life
and property from destruction by
fire is a worthy progressive move
ment. When we can get every com
munity in the state to realise these
facts, they will help us to convict
and mete out proper punishment to
the "incendiary," and to deal with
the criminally careless without wasfe
of sympathy, and thus aid the state
fire commission and the local fire de
partments in their flre-prevention
work. If the cltlxena of each city
and town in the state will interest
themselves In eliminating the need
less, careless and neglectful fires, in
a year our fire losses can be reduced
75 per cent
The summary of it all is, that in
surance is a tax which the public
pays, and the magnitude of such tax
levy depends largely upon the will
ingness and interest of each individ
ual lo hang over his own door tli"
motto. Safety first to Prevent
Fire."
COM! CLUB MEETING
'omiiierclal Club Director IIm usmsl
l'htiiM for Next (Quarter nt
Tuesday Meeting
The Board of Directors of the Al
iance Commercial Plnh hei.i ihir
regular weekly meeting Tuesday,
August 15. The new secretary, H.
M. Bushnell, Jr.. was present and
participated in the proceedings.
there was a thnrnueh ill
many of the activities that the club
must participate in within the next
quarter. It was decided that they
wouia iena every effort to the com
ing county fair and to fhut enH h
machinery of the club will be put In
to motion Immediately. As the
plans rf the fair unroll It will be
seen that Box Butte county and the
innaoitanis tnereor will be favored
with the best nd biggest fair in the
History or Alliance. The horse races
Will be one of the mul tl U f f runt Inn a
but the club is endeavoring to sec re
additional amusements that wil
please the crowd and assure the fin
P593
Ulllj P.O. . DETROIT
Maxwell cars have
greater, actual, delivered
horsepower, per pound
of weight, than any car
built.
POWER must be reckoned in reference to the weight
involved. This is the big underlying truth that is often
overlooked in careless statements about horsepower.
We repeat that Maxwell cars have greater horsepower,
per pound of weight, than any car built
This has been proved within the last six months
by four competitive tests made in the two leading
scientific schools of the United States.
The point for you to remember is this:
Maxwell cars will take you anywhere that any car
will take you and they'll take you as fast as you'll dare
to travel.
We are ready to prove any and all of our statements.
5-pmmngar Touring Cmr, $593 3-pmengar Cabriolet, $863
3-pB9n4or Romdtter 580 6-pmangr Torrn Car, 913
y 5'paengr Sedatt, $985
Geo. F. Hedgecock Auto Company
Hemingford, ' Nebraska
IF MARY'S LITTLE LAMB HAD BEEN SOLD
BY FRANK ROBERTS IT WOULD HAVE BROUGHT A BETTER PRICE
CAME FROM KINSLEY CO., KANS.
MR. FRANK O. ROBERTS Sheep
salesman foe the Inter-State Live Stock
Commission Company stands among the
shippers like, a mountain on the plains not
only in salesmanship, but in character. Born
in Kinsley County, Kansas, thirty years ago.
Fourteen years' experience in the sheep
game and 21 years in Omaha.
I IA NOT
TAWE A
back sef
fM ANY
9AU5MAH
IN
Sooth
OMAHA
FRANK
ROBERTS
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SHEEP FEEDING INCREASING
They say that western Nebraska isn't a
sheep country; that's true in a sense; it's
principally a cattle country. But within
the last few years sheep feeding in this part
of the state has grown by leaps and bounds,
hence the importance to this country of the
sheep department of The Inter-State Live
Stock Commission Company's business.
The Inter-State Live Stock Commission Company, South Omaha
A Series of Cartoons full of Human Interest Number 8. Watch for No. 9 Next Week