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Items of Community Interest
iRiiH-p Hall and wife of Canton
were In the city Tuesday on a visit.
Mrs. Ethek Stoll. of Hyannis. was
in the city to have an operation per
formed last Saturday.
Rev. Dr. Morris speaks for the
Red Cross meeting at Lakeside
Thursday evening.
Xmas Trw. Holy WrftUi.
Telephone 41. Standard Mercrtyme.
County Superintendent Opal Rue
sell will leave the city Friday for
short visit with relatives over Christ
mas.
Hugh Davenport left Friday after-1
noon for Bayard, where he has ac- i
cepted a position In a large Bayard
store as salesman.
Frederick D. Crites, of Chadron,
referee in the bankruptcy case of the i
Alliance Auto Supply company, was
in town last Tuesday.
Mr. B. F. Bolinger, of Ellsworth
brought his little 'son in last Satur
day to have his tonsils removed by
one of the local doctors.
Fred Sweeney, of Alliance, has en- '
listed in the signal corps of the
army. He Is a Bon of Mr. and Mrs.
E. P. Sweeney, of Alliance.
Mrs. A. P. Gordon and children
accompanied by Mrs. L. N. McFall
went to Denver Saturday to consult
a specialist in regard to Baby Gor
dons' illness.
Ralph N. Gould, formerly of Al
liance, is now located at Hale, Car
toll county, Missouri. He 1b foreman
on the Hale Hustler-Leader, a thriv
ing weekly newspaper.
Alexander J. Hill, a ranch man
near Ellsworth, was in town Tuesday
concerning his father's real estate. 1
Mr. Hill was appointed executor at
the time of his father's death.
C. L. Drake has made his dining
room at the Drake hotel into four
modern rooms, bath and all. Under
present conditions this increases his
room accommodations not a little.
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Xmas lay Is meatless lajrT Order
your Xma turkey eayyTelephMie
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Mr. and Mrs. McFall have Just re
turned from a visit to their son,
Lieutenant George H. McFall at
Camp Mills, N. Y. They also visited
at Washington, D. C. and through the ;
southern states.
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Mrs. J. A. Stroehle and daugh
ter, of Hoffland, were in town
Wednesday on a shopping excursion.
Mrs. Stroehle's husband is employed
in the construction department of the
Potash Reduction company.
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Several of the boys are rjuiti in- j
terested in Mutt and Jeff costumes
at the present time. The occasion 1
must be the Elks' ball on New ,
Year's night. Watch for thes cos- I
turners and see if they didn't make a
fitting choice.
Last week The Herald published
the school districts that had not put
up their flags in accordance to the
Btate law. Since that time District
No. 79 has erected a flag staff and
put a fine flag upon it. This was at
the residence of Mrs. Cady Brus.
Bradley Minor, whose parents re-1
sided in Alliance years ago and now
live in Lincoln, expects to spend
Christmas at home. "Brad" is em-
jloyeti at the First National Bank
and cays that Alliance has Udell
St tract '.oa for hiia.
C. I. Clifton, of Washington, Iowa,
1b in the city looking over the coun
try. He says that land there sells
at $250 to $350 an acre, the poorest
hill land and oak land bringing $80.
He is a very energetic young man
and expects to settle in this country.
He did his best to enlist as he tried
the army, navy and national guard.
Some minor defoci kept him out. As
it is he has decided to go into farm
ing and serve his country by being a
food producer.
A baby girl was born to Mr. and
Mrs lnwrrnce H. Lackey, who live
on West Third street Monday morn-
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Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Adams and
daughter drove up Monday from
lakeside. While in the city they en
gaged a house for the winter and will
make their home here during the
winter. .Mr. Adams recently sold his
large ranch near Lakeside for a good
price.
The walk across from the court
house has been in bad shape for a
couple of weeks. Judge Tash has
been doing all he can to get it into
shape as we can testify, for we have
seen him out with a shovel every
morning of the paRt week trying to
clear off the walk.
Miss Margaret Sherwin and moth
er will pend the Christmas vaca
tion at Lincoln. Miss Sherwin is a
graduated of the State University and
is in the employ of the food con
servation bureau at this point. She
expects to have an office in the court
house after the tlrst of the year.
D. W. Kenner. "Farmer Dick,"
was down on Monday from the farm
near Girard. Dick is now busy plan
ning his farming work for next sea
son, but occasionally he stops work
long enough to watch the railroad
boys go past on his old run as a
freight conductor on the Burlington.
A service flag on which are eight
blue stars is displayed on the front
of the Elks' lodge in Allirnce. This
bhows that there are eight members
of the lodge now in the service of the
United States. Among them are H.
C. Hugh, -J. L. Westover, Ed Rear
don, Jack Miller, F. A. King, Bruce
Ballery and C. D. Gibson.
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J. W. Guthrie 'reports $228 sent
Tuesday night to the Alliance boys at
Deming, N. M. The money was sent
to Captain Miller and is to be used
for Christmas offerings in theeom
pany. The company was formerly
Company G and is now Battery D,
127th Field Artillery. All the mon
ey raised was by voluntary sub
scription. Mrs. A. A. Layton, of Alliance,
wife of the pastor iof the Baptist
church, returned last Sunday morn
ing from a trip of two months in
the east. She went east on account
of the death of her father at Frank
lin. Ind., in November. In December
she attended the national convention
of the W. C. T. U. and then returned
to Indiana for a stay with her moth
er. .
Raymond Westover, who has been
in the drafting room of the Alliance
Potash company, entertained a few
of his Alliance friends wltn a dinner
party at the Alliance hotel last Sun
day evening at 7 o'clock. The dinner
was Mr. Westover's farewell to the
members of his set. "Pete" left on
the midnight train for the east, as he
has enlisted in Uncle Sam's army of
shipbuilders and will go to the navy
yard at Baltimore. After the din
ner, the p:rty enjoyed a little music
in the Hotel Parlor and then went to
the home of Cynthia Davenport,
where the young people presented
Raymond with a farewell gift. Those
present at the dinner were Misses
Synthia Davenport, Irene Rice, Char
lotte Mollring, Hanna. Keane,
Thresa O'Donnel and Messrs. Brad
ley Minor, Normi'.n Newberry,
ThomaB E. Stuart and 'Raymond
Westover.
That the spirit of Christmas is
felt in Alliance is shown by the re
sponse of citizens to the needs of a
destitute mother and five children.
The children are 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10
years of age. The father is in a hos
pital suffering from mental derange
ment. Those who have not had an
Opportunity to help this family may
do so by leaving clothing for the chil
dren or a donation at the Darling
furniture store.
A cutting scrape occured on Burl
ington train No. 42 coming into Al
liance Monday night. Two colored
men were sitting together In a car
seat when one of them sleepily threw
his arm over the other one. Number
two was much displeased and draw
ing a sharp knife, he proceedd to
make Christmas turkey of number
one, who awoke hurriedly from his
sleep. Number one was severely cut
on his shoulder and arm. First aid
was administered to him and a doc
tor called aB soon as he arrived.
Number two was placed in the calla
boose, hut as the railroad company
declined to prosecute both were later
turned loose.
Mrs. Robert Campl ell, living at ,r04
Cheyenne, has purchased an apart
ment house at Antioch. She expects
to move there within the next few
weeks. This sale is the result of a
little Herald want ad, inserted at a
cost of a few cents, but resulting in
the closing of a deal of several thou
sand dollars. Read the want ads in
The Herald this week. They are in-
OFFICER THANKS
ALLIANCE CITIZENS
Head of Omaha Recruiting Division
Appreciated the Farewell for
Unlisted Soldiers
K. E. Frith, offlcr in cim:, of the
O-.taha rcruiting district for the
I'nlt.d Stutes Army, has written to
the Alliance Cosnsaaafty Clab, thank
ing the citizens of this city for the
farewell reception glvn the en
listed men on Wednesday of last
week.
Major Fri.Ya letter was as fol
lows: Recruiting Station, U. S. Atmy
Aimy BttlldlOC
Omaha, Nebraska
December 14 1917.
Alliance Commercial Club,
Alliance, Nebriska.
Oea lemefti
I dsir ) to expr' H my thanks and
appreciation to ths members of the
Alliance Commercial Club for the
kindly asslst.- nce rendered this office
In bringing to the attrntltn of the
ronai mei of draft ape the closing
date for voluntary enlistment, and
the laealvable co ope ratio! in stimu-
I latin enlistments. It Is a pleasure
to tie siK iiiteil wilii such patriotic
and liberal men, mml I assure you
again I tppreeiel the kindness and
liberality of the OonaiarttaJ Clab,
We enlisted during the twelve
days of this month prarilcally 4,000
men In the Omaha Dlstrlct. and I feel
contident that when the reports are
rompiled In Washington this dis
trict will stand well to the front.
With kindest regards, I remain.
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) R. E FRITH.
Major, U. S Army, Retired
terestlng and will mean dollars to
those who take advantage of the
bargains offered in them.
Ileans Were fining Down
The bean market In Alliance is on
the decline. At least the beans
were declining recently, according to
the papers tiled in a suit for damaged
beans against W. W. Norton by H. E.
Reddish nnd Karl Mallery. Mallery
and Reddish leased pround from
Norton on which beans were planted
and grown. The benns grew to a
ripe age and were stacked In a nice,
big round stack on the field.
Mr. Norton's horses, In a nearby
pasture, smelt the dcllfhtful smell
LOST
In Alliance, somewhere on
Bel Untie avwunTa pa F
ng nfjritoioH of baby girl.
Ifrftrd for return to
DAN CONWAY
Alliance Herald Office.
of the delicious "pork and" pro
ceeded to go through the fence and
help themselves to a nice, big por
tion They were apparently quite
hungry for they not only ate the
beans, but they tramped over them
and, according to the petition, did
damage amounting to $1,200.
Mr. Norton claims that he bad no
agreement regnrding the keeping of
the fence In order. The plaintiffs
allege that he did. Thereby hangs the
tale which will be solved In district
court. In the meantime the horses
had their fill. The bean report la
thereby rather discouraging.
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We Could Cot the Cost
If Wo Could Hold Ip j
Long Diotiooo Calls
We could greatly reduce the expense of furnishing
distance telephone service If we could hold up requests
for calls and "put them through" during alack hours.
But v must have enough long distance lines ready
all the rimV to take car of the largest number of people
who may want to talk any time.
This means we must have a great deal of money la
vested In long distance equipment which Is used only a
few hours each day.
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Just Unloaded Two Carlo;
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Come in and feast y
creations in Furnitur
Galore 99
o the many new
ovlties
Solid iVIahoerany
Gift Goods
- PHONE SETCHAIR AND DESK
SEWING CABINETS OPEN AND COVERED.
SMOKER CABINETS.
SMOKER STANDS.
COMBINED SERVING TRAT AND TABLE.
TEA WAGONS.
See the New Things in
Library Tables, Pedestals, Costumers,
Buffets, Foot Stools, Large Comfort
Rockers in Leather, Velours and Tap
estries; Duofolds.
Cedar Chests and Matting Covered
Utility Boxes
Wile, Daughter. Mother Sister and Sweethesrt wouid be pleated
with one ot these
Substantial Christmas
Gifts For Children
Doll Beds in White Enam 1 and Mahogany finishes
complete with mattresses and pillows.
Desks and Chair Sets.
Combined Table and Folding Blackboards, Kitchen
Cabinets, Dining Table and Chairs, Large Play House
with doors and windows.
Rubber Tired Skips, Coaster Wagons and Sleds, Grass
hopper Cars, Porch Settees and Rockers, Baby Walkers,
High Chairs with Porcelain Trays.
Don't Overlook our line of
RUGS
room sizes and small ones
Our Doll Carts
May be here Friday or Saturday
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