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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1918)
IIUI i- im i r ii I i iv LUIHIL I'lvl HLL 10 ON THE WAR FRONT Alliance Young Man WMlM InUMWt ing lfltrr of His Surrounding in nr-Kitlilm France Lieut. UeorRO H. MrFall. of Alli Utf, writing I' ec Witty to fllMI from Fmnce. before lie entered the line of buttles, tells them of the French noo tolfl and their ways. The lieutenant Is probably ftfS ceil In active wurfnrc a this time, bp the lettSf waa written sonic time in-" It nQU as followa: "Another line from Sunny (?) France.' In I different place Mff. Have heard the boom of the bin MM Am rati lag tine, eatinu good eatH and aleepinn uooil sleeps. The iedi In thin roil n I r are about two feet thirk nntl a feather bed on top of that, l-lctit l.awh i ami I are iiiarteref in the name place. Madame is our hostess and believe me. she In n rood one. She is about fill years ol I. and is fairly forcing French down my throat. She makes me talk It. She 1s Home talked, tOO. I nianaue In make myself understood and Ret what I want. I boucht some wood for my stove today and hail quite n time making myself understood. It -wan bo funny and when we net alone we have many a latmh about our ex periences. "The cars for transportation are "marked 40 homines, or 8 rheveauv, moaning 40 men or S horses The fellows had quite a lauKh over that. BotD.6 times it is hard to make oneself UndentOOd and Other limes It is easy The people here are very patient i "With us. "Last night I Heft! In a bttlldlni which was built in 1609. Also there was a trunk in it marked, (Irand Ducke Nicholas.' A ponderous Iron pate was in the wall around the place and it looked just like picturea we have seen of historical buildings ClOOS to this building is another one with a tower I went Up in the tower and it was formed into prison cells, the lower one being called the dun peon. In it we found names carved In the stone, and ilati s running back to 1738. Napoleon , at one lime made it his headquarter! "There are many other places, veiy Old and all very interesting. From this tower one could get n wonderful view of the valley; but that is an- can't tell you much but will try to tell were 112 cats, the previous week 152. M muck as I csn without Imparting total 'o date 6.060 and total Inst any thing of Military value. Don't yPflr to April 1. 5.083 cars. Oreuon worn about me. I'm bavin the time K,i,m.nfj were 8 cars, the previous of my life. Can hear the big nuns we(it 1S ,olft) to ,,, ,, nn,j total boom. That's music to me. . . . . . 1oe Bfi.kiaMM . . ast year to date 3,1. .8 W ashineton "We are anine to have pancake ' for hreakfast Had fried pork chO s -'"pments were 44 cars, the previous beans. e omelette and coffee for ,al ,;',,' ' f f " ipper a real pood feed For din- i ttal to date 2,260 and to ner we hare roat pork, fresh fried The market on northwestern po POtetOee, peas, CkOCOiata and aravy. tatoes almost disappered the last oou They never put upper crusts on the p,. of weeks and the movemtnt from tiles here They call pancackes tlf. W(,ole western sertion waa almost crap." Sounds like gambling, B .... ,V, j. fe rr"'t th"' Oregon doesn't it? Also Kolnu to have oat- ,w.,. u ...... ,i. mai n- ii 'i i ' 1 1 1 ? kii n tiir r4 r i rrv" m . meal for breakfast. I am ni".-" ofll r and believe me we are havin.' sotii" mess. "Ml stop now. soon." 111 w rite again THE DEMAND FOR PO TAT0ES IS BETTER (Continued from Page On ) offered in hampers and moved at tt.fl, Light North weal Mureweul Lo Angeles, Calif. Potato ship ments from California last week were t8 cars compared with ti4 the pro vious week; total to date Is 7,706 against the total last season to April UNC ACID IN MEAT CLOGS THE KIDNEV lake a glass of Salts if your Back hrn or Bladder bothers you Drink more water. If you must have your meat ercry oat it, hut flush your kidneys with n occaaionally, says a noted authority v tells us tliat meat forms uric said B almost pnriilyj.os the kidneys in their forts to expel it from the blond. Til beeonio llttggish and weaken, then y. sulfer with a dull misery in the ki ' rsgli sharp pains in the buck or hatdaahOj dizziness, your stomach s tongue is coated and when the we.i is had you have rheumatic twinges, urine gets cloudy, full of sediment, ; ehaaotls often get sore, and irriU obliging you to seek relief two or t time, during the night. To neutralize these irritating aci!-. cleanse the kidnevs and flush off other place We are now in a plctur- body's urinous waste get four ounce . .... I T .. I O 1 i . f . 1 U. esque place and It is also very intei eating. Napoleon is also said to bar used some of these buildings. Don't know if It Is true or not I have sure enjoyed some of thise BuenCB. Last night i . m C. A man told Lieut. McCoun that he was looking for his brfther, Lieut. Layton. Lieut. IfeCoUU Bald he was right here and the two brothers met here In France Believe me, they were surprised and were so glad to see each other. "I have never felt better In my life than I do right now and am getting .lad Salts from anv pharmacy h take a tahlespoonful in a glass water before breakfast for a few qj nid your kidneys will then act) fine. I I famous salts is made from the aei I papal anil lemon juice, combined w litliia, and has lieea used for generatii to flush and stimulate sluggish kidnev also to neutralize the acids ta un: M it no longer irritate., thus endi ' i.lder weakness, lad Suits is inexpensive; cannot llirs, and makes a .i . .-'.tful affarvet" lithia-water driuk. Most of them went to evaporafina Plaftta The activity was very light in comparison w ith a year ago, as for in- j statu e during the first greek in April i 1 f 1 7 . Oregon hipped 11! cars, Wash-' inuton and Idaho have slumped limit-1 arly. Thepe thlnaa are against fur- j ther extensive shipments from Ore-1 gon this season There are great j crops in storage in Idaho, Colorado and Central western states moving to i market at every opportunity i nd w ith I ss freight charges those points give shippers there such advantage over this section that northwestern pota toes can be sold only by accepting less money or giving better quality. I'rices in Oregon are such that they cannot an much lower. Some have Old at 50c per rwt. In bulk with sack ed bringing fOOTSC. There! is no speculative buying, so sales are in Bmall lots. QeoWeri figure they gre not getting much more than handling 22 Million Families in the United States F EACH FAMILY saved one cup of wheat flour it would amount to 5,500,000 pounds, or more than 28,000 barrels. If this saving was made three times a week, it would amount to 858,000,000 pounds, or 4,377,000 barrels in a year. You can do your share in effecting this saving and really help to win the war by omitting white bread from one meal today and taking in its place muffins or corn bread made according to this recipe: Corn Meal Muffins B, iua turn in e 1 1 1 ', cups flour '.. teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons Roys' Baking Powder 2 lablerpc -jr.s fj-ar No frf3 1 cup na Ii 2 tcblepoor. -. !:or!cninj Sift dry ingredients together Ir.to bOWl idd milk and RMtttd Shortening and beat well. Bake in greased muffin tins in h t oven about 20 minutes. Same batter may be baked as corn bread in g ased shallow pan. Our new Red While and Blue booklet, "Best War Time R::if cs," containing many ether recipes for making delicious and wholesome wheat saving foods mailed free address ROYAL BAKfNG POWDER CO., DEPT. H.r 13E Wiiliam St, Nev York FOOD WILL WIN THE WAR VWBrHft 1 Wfc-.jHJfcl 13-" SRF! Char gee now. fha quanta hi net rerjr erop here and in tBfB Immediate sec- t.vto movement this way opened early than the qunntiry iniporfet fast year. Vow York Receipts Lighter Rochester. X. Y. With farmers wuu am M,uons ury season maae tioh are in good condition at the pres- last week. Carlots of Hose packed in the quantity for this year being 9.989 poorly developed and Shaped tObera. snt time and With ROnfiflned favora- ilnatai hnsrf oarrols orrtveil and same I turrets At the time of w-titinir the ble weather one of the largest and passed on to other markets further condition of the crop la good, altho best crop in p.dnt of botrr volume and norta. The nfir stock hi all Ohio val- , early planted potatoes especially have (itialitv ever produced in this section lev aaatera WOtt well reeeived and Buffered from nrolonaed drv weather. lalinu ofl in the receipts of potatoes; i8 expected. The unusually good found an active ronsumf.tive demand. Rain has fallen during the past week, and despite the prophecy that April I weather prevailing thronirhont the The bouses rcceivine the initial ship-Jand if the weather continues favor would would see growers feeding no- j seson has given the plants aVirdi- ments dlSttllmted tlw arrrrala I able a vedy good yield may be anticl tatoes for lack II s market, the pre- jaesi and vitality rarely seen and all promptly. WhlcH Indicates the trade pa ted, for the crop is nnu.uially free diction has failed to materialize Od indications are for a considerable in- as a wlale will take take un the early from leaf-rool or other low-yielding further, under the licht receipts there I creas in the averaae yield, tt It es- j goods freely. The forepart of the ; plants. J,ate blieht is reported in is a distinctly stronger tone to the ; jmated that in the neighborhood of areek No. 1 Rose -as sellinp at $t.S9 some localities and the prem nee of i ,000 cars of potatoes, mostly Trt- o per barrel, No. 2 at $?.S0t3 8 and this in conjunction with unusually Btmpht, WlH be produced in this sec- ftfo. 3 at 6.S0(9C. A few Florida Tri- liebt applications of fertilizer, brot tion practically all of WhicB Will b umphs pill up in bushel packages about by Its high cost and scarcity, market. DeaP is will inaKe no esti mates Of the amounts now In posses sion of growers, but some of the big buyers here are coniine to the con elusion thtn stocks may have been rat her overestimated. Reports continue to come in to the tffect that there will be some reduc tion of potato acreage this sea bob ow inir to the unfavorable conditions that obtained last season in handling the crop. It is claimed that the acreage shipped out of this point. With con tinued favorable we: ther conditions, digging should begin about the first week of May and the CarlOi move ment, it is believed, will Be ready to open np actively by May .r to 10. Florida Spuds on Market Hastings, Fla. The Brat carloati of were received here, brtnmni: 11.60 may reduce the estimated yield which ; :! 00. lis 42,000 barrels. Old potatoes are doing a little bet Discolored Seed Xot Fit r All aloni.' the line a higher quo-. Wo ostein Ohio When selecting .... o. re-. tiled compared with the seed potatoes, Beware of. the tuner previous week. No. 1 stock out of howittg internal discoloration, cau Rflehigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota turns the Ohio experiment Station, for brought in a general way on valley . by discarding such seed you are tak- arkets $1.40 l.-O per cwt., sack- ,,1L. a nir step in preventing wilt and ., !... k. i,.nn,i mi in stent), n c ounty this year will h ' " ' "' . ". , ' , . ... ' -,f stai.le varieties of seed, such as blaekleff that may later threaten the 1 IttlLl . I fl " ' ' - " 19.000 as eoiimared with "7(1(111 1-. at Wlin I He yieiu 01 .mi v,.-,r Inf.,r,.i...ti,.n fr,n rt.. tBUB Bud been expected rains The recent damemi witich , i io ),.., t tin f..,.. i i rains nave cau.-.-o drafted. Bare enlisted, or left the CWmed digging to becin a week or ten nays earner turn usuai. Klkton growers .ire dicginn and farms for one the iast year. 1 eaaon or another in and to make up this Erly Ohio, Rse and Cobblers con "nue to moveviit prices in tine with taBte stock. Potato t 'rr In IW-rniti'Ih Washington, D. C. In a special crop. Fusarium wilt causes ;i shrunken, depressed area at the stem end of the potato, and inside it forma a dark crescent shaped marking. Plants in the field turn yellow and droop and I I a . 1. -.' . .1 .1 .AAnia T Ii tt . . . .if" ocrinnl- loss, only 100 new men iiave gone to 'vva ' r" . vield -i nnor crop when thtd wilt be- ,h ta equal to that of Hastings. tore of Bermuda makes the following n pn.rroJ n '. .... . At federal Point crowers are dig- st.ir,Mn,.nt with respect of the pros- comes established. There is still some opposit on 'VI " f si.irtunin 1 . .. nimklesr n1o causes plants to b- l i ..i.,.. ,i .i amimt of th( SCIircitV o.. nninn :ini onion Ul.liKK- .I!..) i.iusr-s l"'"lu against potato grading, although ap-"" ' : . 1 "s u k . nrantft the rrrc it r,ronortin of "1 """" K,rl"' "' ! cropss 1 1 i. . i . . ..... i ... . . . i , . i . . .. . , .. ..imp lave oeetl oi usiin auo .n- rno. t c. j ,,otaio acrea-e ir mi sci used. With one dinner and four to 1917. The increase - 1. .......... Aim - 1 1 j . tw rer, there are few dealers willing to; " oK w " ' "V " 2' winter to six acre a any. nunc - h., acreage pianiea w veuei.voim crowers and dealers favor it as a real prop to the potato business How- come unthrifty and finally die. The than base of the stem turns black, and is due leaves often fold along the midrib. Infected tubers carry the diser.se over admit that they do not grade pta- ATTENTION-LADIES We have Opened an l!p to-Date Dressmakiti"; Pnrlor and are prepared to do PLAIN AND FANCY SEWING TAILORING ALTERATIONS OF ALL KINDS HEMSTITCHING, PICOTING ON OUB OPENING DAY, MAY 1st, to every lady that calls. FREE DRESS PATTERN drafted to individual measurement. SEWING CLASS From 9 to 4 each day, starting May 1st. IVacltcal lowing tauuln Ladies Tailoring College hands two rres a day was the limit. carrots, lettuce, etc. j Treatine seeed potatoes before toes, out investigation snows: at I " .. " " I ih .' ZL t.w i .nM.l th nlnnt. hura Tidinc consists in a little hand ort-' Tm rauroaus are -uF.auufi which was Dioupnt aouui oj i"t- i.i.wo.u ...... -,",.--"" " . El "'"thrrn Lnl dde grading the growers and are furnish all f chm room accommodation on the eontthd over a mechanical device Bv sneeial ara obtainable. New York-Bermuda route. The tion of disease-free potatoes ana crot over a mechanical device By special. Vltatos in Ohio amount of seed potatoes imported for rotation are the only control meas- request of the federal food adminis-, Ne POtaloa MS W j amount o seeu . commended. t....ir. (,'ioinoiu ffl rorrin Mwadeaw : . ; liir ThP K 1011 Ofl DO I) inilUK 13 U UJ Li i a " ; . i i i i . - w. i i:iii. i'viv-ti ill' ii.iii. wiiiw - of the New York State Potato Ship pers' Conservation association, has been doing some investigation. Deal ers are paying growers $I.10Til.30 per cwt , for V. S. grade 1. tracksideJ delivery. Healers are shipping U. S. grade 1. bulk, $1.45(dl.50 f. o. b. Roc heater. i .odd cars in Louisiana Alexandria, La. The new potato LOTTIE COATES . Manager 2C8 , BOX BUTTE PHONE 466 ;mitii:ntintiiitttinmnttinnnnnKninmmt I Clear, Peachy Skin Awaits Anyone Who Drinks Hot Water ! ALLIANCE CANDY STORE PURE HOME MADE CANDIES SODA FOUNTAIN Quart Ice Cream 45c Pint Ice Cream 25c Completely equipped Sanitary Service 0OMB IN at any time and let us serve with that cooling think or delicious Sundae 1 AC with wafers. We deliver goods to any part of city or out of town S. P. JACKSON, Prop. 210 Box Butte Phone 27 Hotel Fontenelle OMAHA Built By Nebraskans For Nebraskans MAKE THE FONTENELLE YOUR HEADQUARTERS WHEN IN OMAHA. UNFAILING COURTESY AMD SERVICE SEEM TO MERIT YOUR PATRONAGE 330 ROOMS-330 BATHS q A triK I ONH PERSON . 12.00 t A.OQ A 1 1 TWO PERSONS Ji.OO M $.00 . . . Ma-ruigement H. Edgar Gregory . . . f Saysn inside bath, before break i T T fast helpa us look and feel a . T clean, sweet, fresh. ; ; x Sparkling and vivacious merry, bright, alert a good, clear skin sad a natural, rosy, healthy rnmplwtlnn are assurexl only by pure blood. It only every man and woman coul 1 be Induced to adopt the morninic inside bath, what a gratifying change would j take place. Instead of the thousands of sickly, anaemic-lookim? men, women and girls, with pasty or Buddy complexions; fautflaJ of the niulii ' tudes of "nerve wrecks," "rumlou j "brain fags" and pessimists we ! should see a virile, optimistic throng ! of rosy-aheeked people STary where. An Inside bath is had by drinking each morning, before breakfast, a glass of real hot water with a tea spoonful of limestone pho.hate in it to wash from the stomal, liver, kid- ays and tan yards of bowels the pre vious day's Indlcoatlble waste, tour fermentations and poison, thus cleausing. sweetenin and freshening the entire alimentary canal before putting more food into the stomach. Those subject to sick headache, bil iousness, nasty breath, rheumatism, colds; and partlculary those who have a pallid, sallow complexion and who are constipated very often, are urged to obtain a quarter pouud of limestone phosphate at the drug store which will cost but a trifle, but Is sufficient to demonstrate the quick and remark able change In both health andap!oar ance, awaiting those who practice In ternal sanitation. We must remem ber that inside cleanliness Is more im portant than outside, because the skin does not absorb impurities to oa taminate the blood while the pores In the thirty feet of bowels da rtKill Friction and I' wnv Save the Car rlT j ill TACTION is the deadly enemy of your IfSj I I HKfc I r :...:.kDJ ;;k P.L,. Ii ! m flW I mwui. r....W.u..U.... m..uu- I lit I 1 ITmikI ine in your crankcase, summer and winter, j (JUUlJ j ! Hi I i you are assured perfect lubrication. Polarine I UKKZAxI !! 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