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AIIIANCK HERALD. TTTHWDAT. OCT. 11, 117
EVERYONE KWTTM6
FOR THE SOLDIERS
Man on Train ts Vmht Ihit it And
Mr- Didn't Herra m Hit
Se-IM Vmactmi
In order to prevent, as far aa noa
tbW, suffering: In the trenches bo
can.' of lack of warm clothing, Al
liance women interested in the work
f the Alliance chapter of the Red
Croaa are using their spare time to
knit article which will be aent to
the headquarters of the National
Red Croaa Society, lloapitttl equip
ment has been made and other equip
ment la being made and a ronalder
We number of art idea have already
been aent It la Impoaaibte to till
haw many Uvea are being aaved in
the war zone by the aanitary equip
ment which in being furnlahed by
tfcoao who are unable to go to the
front There is no national fund to
draw from, and all humanitarian
work Is done and ull hospital equip
ment supplied by Individuals, who
hv formed themselves into an or--pni7Rtion
tbat their work may be
mpff efficient. Thus the work of sav
1wg Uvea and alleviating suffering Is
being done by the people for whom
the soldiers are fighting, and in this
my all can help and the debt which
Uiom who remain at home owe to
Midlers can be partly paid. No one
can prevent the wounding of men, all
that can now be done la to heal, and
if the women of the United States
realtie their responsibility aa do
those of Alliance and vicinity, many
Uvea will be aaved.
Alliance women have taken hold
f the knitting proposition and it la
fjat becoming really truly popular,
la addition to hoapltal garments,
sweaters, wristlets, stockings and
aearfs are being knitted. Alliance
women are not making helmet, as
the navy leagues are furnishing them
for the aviators and the men on the
ships.
"Oh, my, yes! Everybody's knit
ting," answered a women when ask
ed if any home work was being done,
"very when one goes she finds the
we men knitting. We Iwll take up
th sewing work again probably as
eaen as we get the knitting work
tot of the way, providing, of course,
soother demand for knitted articles
doe not come."
Various church auxiliary societies
are turning their meetings over to
too work of the Red Cross and many
konslngtons have found the work
provided by the Red Cross an inter
esting diversion snd one that every
worker could well feel proud of tak-
ag part in. Additional funds are be
tas raised from tme to time for the
local chapter by Red Croaa benefits
pat on by variouB organisations.
"And don't think women are the
ooty ones who knit for the soldiers,"
owo one young laay, for i saw a
soao on the train knitting. No, he
I't appear self-conscious, and he
doing good work.
the one which they must undergo at
Fort Imogen, near Denver, before they
are aure of being accepted. The men
are being tested for eye-sight, hear
ing, flat feet, heart and lung troubles
here. They go throough practically
the same examination at Fort Ixgan
Wherever a defect ia found by the
local recruiting officer, it Is recorded
on a preliminary report which- if the
applicant is otherwise nt-he takes
with him to Fort Logan.
Rerecnnt Ketter came to Alliance
from the Sioux City, Iowa, station on
September 10th, Just a month ago.
Since his coming here the office has
Jumped from an average of 16 en
listments a month to 60 and as tho
service of the government is Increas
ing, the recruiting for the various
branches will be increased here.
During the month that Sergeant
Ketter has been here the Alliance
office has enlisted nn even 60 men
and when the report is received in a
few days It la expected that Alliance
will be placed next to Omaha In the
point of actual inliatmcnts secured.
The Alliance station ranked third for
the first twenty days of last month
with all other stations in Nebraska
and second during the flrat ten days
of thin month. The Alliance station
Is right now ahead of the Lincoln
station in point of recruits accepted
during the past month. There are
seven regular army recruiting sta
tions In Nebraska, being at Omaha,
Alliance, Lincoln, Grand Ialand, Sid
ney, Norfolk and Hastings.
One Important branch of the re
cruiting here has been for the quar
termasters corps of the National
army. Several men from the Al
liance district have already been en
listed in this corps.
The Alliance station la accent in e
recruits for the aviation section, the
balloon corps, hospital corps, cavalry,
quartermaster corps, and National
guard companies. The local station
can accept enlistments for any Na
tional guard company from Nebraska
and can send the recruit right to the
compsny at Camp Cody, near Dem-
ing, new Mexico
"Mere Infantrymen" seems in he
the demand from the headquarters of
the country's regular army recruit
ing service. The signal corns Is nrar-
tically filled except for the aviation
section and ror telegraph operators,
who are badly needed. The regular
quartermaster department needs only
cooks and bakers now and there is
no opening in the coast and field ar
tillery branches. There are plenty
of places open In the Infantry, med
ical corps, cavalry, aviation section,
balloon corps, National guard and
mo quartermaster corps for the Na
tional army.
One of the members of the local
recruiting party Is this week on n
recruiting tour Including Scottsbluff,
tiering, llayard and other towns In
that section.
Their Derivation.
Mrs. lUauderV.y (l her caller) "My
sister tins BO mod her four children,
Miriam. Ruth, Dnvid, nrd Susannah,
all after Itihulous characters." Ilos
ton Transcript.
on the basis of cost of production
during the entire feeding period plus
a profit which will provide the nec
essary stimulant for the abnormal
production desired snd the need for
making such prices effective.
4. There Is grave danger that ow
ing to the lack of definite Informa
tion regarding the prices for live
stock the whole campaign for in
creased production will prove a fail
ure. We therefore cannot urge too
strongly the necessity of prompt ac
tion on your part with definite accur
ances that remunerative prices will
be paid.
5. And we further strongly recom
mend that the commission to be ap
pointed to fix the corn and pounds
of pork production shall be largely
composed of practical swine men.
Respectfully,
(Signed) B. Z. RUSSELL,
Chairman.
MHtH DRNTROTKR CONTRACTS
Washington. Contracts for de-
totalling many mllllona of
trs. will be ratlaed, Secretary
ImMi stated. Deluded are big
Oflrards to the Union Iron Works,
OaMl Francisco, and the Fore River
mpbuildlai Co.. Qulncy, Mass.
SWINE GROWERS
PLEDGE ASSISTANCE
Recommendations Adopted on Oc
tober nth Will Assist GoTernmeat
In Increasing Stock Production
At the convention of the National
Swine Orowera Association, in South
Omaha on October Sth, the follow
ing message was transmitted to Her
bert C. Hoover, United States Food
Commissioner, at Washington
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 5, 1917.
Hon. Herbert C. Hoover,
V. 6. Food Commissioner,
Waahington, D. C.
We, the members of the National
Swine Growers Association and other
swine growers, in convention assem
bled at South Omaha, Neb., this 6th
day of October, 1917, fully appre
ciate your calling on us in this Na
tional crisis for our ndvlce and help.
and we assure you of our hearty and
patriotic support.
"W fully appreciate the imperative
need of an immediate and extraordi
nary Increase in the production of
live stock in this country, especially
hogs, and to that end we respectfully
make the following recommenda
tions: 1. We endorse the methods of
for the Increase of hogs and cattle as
recommended to you on September
18, 1917, by "certain membera of
the Live Stock Industry Committee."
2. We endorse and Join In the
recommendations made to you by
'Representative Swlne Growers of
the Corn Belt in convention assem
bled at Waterloo, Iowa" on October
3, 1917. ,
3. In addition to our approval of
the foregoing resolutions we desire
to bring particularly to your atten
tion the necessity for fixing imme
diately In advance the prices of hogs
for short periods at all the principal
live stock markets of the country,
ALLIANCE IS NEAR
TOP IN RECRUITS
Writ of Station Here Draws Com
pUment From Major Frith
OO Recruits in One Month
Sergeant Claude Ketter. in charge
of the regular army recruiting sta
tion here, has been paid a high com
ptlraent by Major Frith of Omaha,
officer in charge of this recruiting
district. Major Frith states that the
Alliance territory is right close to the
top districts according to u compiled
Hat of recruiting stations.
Now there is no more recruiting of
national guardsmen in independent
organisations, the recruiting station
here is a clearing house for men join
ing every branch of the service ex
cept the navy. Every day finds ap
plicants in the office and each day
showa a more rigid test applied to
the applicants, indicating that Uncle
Sam wants the beat the country has
for his fighting machinery.
The examinations which the appli
cants receive here are preliminary to
Order Your Winter's
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It is the wise thing to do
You'll say so this winter, too.
If we could make plain to you the situation, we know that
you would put in your winter's coal supply now. We ate not
trying to scare you, but we are trying to tell you. The car
shortage exists. It may look to you like everything is mov
ing, but you'll appreciate what we tell you when winter comes
and it may be next to impossible to get coal.
We've got coal to sell you today. We've got coal today to
put into your bin. We can't promise more. It's good coal
and it's a fair price. We urge you to get busy--think act.
It will prove to your advantage.
Dierks Lumber & Coal Co.
F. W. HARQARTBN, Mgr. PHONE 22 111 Laramie Ave.
T. W. F ARRIS
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We are all Nebraska raised boys
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South Omaha, Nebr.
R. F. MARCY
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Omaha, Nebraska
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