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The Alliance Herald
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THE ALLIANCE HERALD, MAY 16, 1918
WILD WEST PROGRAM
STOCKMEN'S CONVENTION
Those Who Attend the Entertainment
at the Fair Grounds Will Find
a Rousing Time Every Day
Following is the preliminary draft
of the wild west program to be given
at the'fair grounds at Alliance during
the stockmen's convention on June
12, 13 and 14. Entries for the differ
ent events should be made with W. D.
Fisher at Alliance:
Preliminary Program
Relay race Two miles, three days'
purse, $600. Three to enter and 3 to
start, 5 per cent entry money. Change
horses every half mile.
Wild mule race Three days; 1st
prize $16; 2nd prize $10; 3rd $5.
For hardest mule 1st prize $15;
2nd $10; 3d, $5.
Half mile dash, open to the world
Three days; $50 purse each day;
1st prize $25; 2d, $15; 3d, $10; 5 to
enter, 3 to start; 5 per cent entry;
5 per cent money.
Five-eighth mile dash, open to the
world; $50 purBe each day; 1st prize
$25; 2nd, $15; 3rd, $10; 5 to enter,
3 to start; 5 per cent entry, 5 per cent
money.
Cow pony race, 3 days Purse $30
each day; 1st prize $15; 2d, $9; 3d,
$6; 5 t oenter, 5 to start; no entrance
fee; stock saddle.
Cow girl race, 3 days Purse $30
each day; 1st prize $15; 2d. $9; 3d,
$6; 6 to enter, 5 to start; no entrance
fee; stock saddle.
Cow horse race, 3 day Purse
$30 each day; 1st prize $15; 2nd, $9;
3d, $6; 5 to enter, 5 to start; stock
addle; no entrance fee.
Bundle race, cow horses, 3 days,
open to the world Purse $15; 1st
prize $7; 2d, $5; 3d, $3; 5 to enter
and 5 to start; no entrance fee.
Potato race, cow horses. 3 days
open to the world Purse $15; 1st
prize, $7; 2d, $5; 3d, $3; 5 to enter
and 5 to start; no entrance fee.
Potato race, cow horses, 3 days,
open to the world Purse $15 each
day; 1st prize $7; 2nd. $5; 3d, $3;
5 to enter, 5 to start; stock saddle;
no entrance fee.
Bundle race, cow horses, 3 days
Purse $15 each day; 1st $7; 2nd $5;
3d, $3; 5 to enter, 5 to start; no en
trance fee.
Bucking contest, 3 days, rider fur
nishes own horse; draw for horses
$150 in purses each day; 1st prize
$75; 2d, $50; 3d, $25.
Chariot race. 3 days Purse $300;
entries closed.
Two horseB, standing race, 3 days
Purse $200; entries closed.
Three horse Roman race, 3 days
Purse $200; entries closed.
Hurdle race Purse $50.
High jumping Purse $50.
Five big special acts each day in
addition to the above program.
A REQUEST FOR AM,
THE STORKS TO C1X)SK
Out of regard for the Red Cross, I
would suggest that all business
houses in Alliance close next Satur
day during the parade. This is, of
course, optional with the business
men.
W. E. ROUSEY, Mayor.
Thursday morning the fifteen pass
enger bus that Mr. Black ordered
from the White Motor company, ar
rived. This bus is a big boost for
Alliance and will give a livery serv
ice between towns equal to train serv
ice. The car is equipped wHh the
side door entrance, dome lights in
the tonneau, electric bell for passen
gers, electric heaters, a door control
for the driver and has windows on
every side. The writer took the first
ride In the car and can vouch for its
comfort in riding. Every one boost
for a booster Mr. Black is one.
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WHEAT PROSPECTS
i EXCEEDINGLY UOOD
May First rop Report Says Only Tea
Per tent of Winter Wheat Acre
age Will Re lont
GROUP OF l.l.l. KNOWN MEN PRESENT AT BREAKING OF G ROUND IN SOUTH OMAHA ON FRIDAY FOR THE NEW SKINNER PACKING
COMPANY PLANT
The following persons appears in the picture, reading from the readers' left to right: W. B. T.igg, president Omaha Live Stock Exchange and
National Live Stock Exchange; A. F. Strykcr, secretary and trafflce manager Onuiha Live Stock Exchunge; C. C. Oeorge, president Omaha Com
mercial club; Everett Buckingham, vice president and general man iger Union Stock Yards company; WUHan Sehellburg. superintendent Union
Stock Yards company; ArCiur C. Thomas, publicity maniger Omaha Commercial club; .lohn Olllim, industtlal manager Omaha Commercial
club; Lloyd M. Skinner, president and treasurer Skinner Packing company; Michael Shirley, vic- president Shirley & Phelan company; Paul F.
Skinner, chairman of the board, Skin : Pack'ng company: John Fltz Roberts, Roberts Brothes & Rose; Robert Gtlmrre, secretary Skinner
Packing company; F. W. T cmas, cashier First N tmnal bank f Omaha; O, .1 Inwrrsen, m. n.iger IngwerBcn & Rosenbaum Bros.; C. A. Mal
lory, manager Bowles L've Stock commission; Frank Anderr. n, F;ank Anderson & Son, feede- buyers; John Murphy, Jas. Mt:rphy, hog oder buy
ers; Bruce MeuMough. editor Journal-Stockman cimpsny; Arthur E. Rogers, president Omaha Live Stock Cemmisalon company; Arthur W.
Tags, cattle salesman. Ta;::; Bros. & Moorhead; John W. Thomas, live stock editor Alliance Herald; Frank Chl'tenden, inspector Union Stock Yards
company.
PROGRAM EOR THE
COMMENCEMENT WEEK
Farewell Exercises to the Graduate
Have Been Arranged, Starting
Sunday Eveuing
The Alliance public school willL
close Friday, May 24, and the follow-!
ing are the events of commencement '
week :
Baccalaureate sermon at the Phel-!
an opera house, Sunday, May 19, at
8 o'clock. Sermon by Rev. Rlack, of;
the First Presbyterian church. Ev-1
erybody cordially invited.
Class day exercises at the high
school auditorium Tuesday evening,'
May 21, at 8 o'clock. Admission b
ticket only, and tickets can be seeur-i
ed from graduates.
County and city eighth grade giad-.
uating exercises at Phelan opera:
house, Thursday evening, May 23, at J
2:30 o'clock. There is no charge for
admission, but In order to avoid con
fusion, admission will be by ticket
only. Tickets may be secured with
out charge at Holsten's Thursday.
High school graduating exercises
at Phelan opera house. Friday even
ing. May 24. There will be no charge
for admission, but as In the case of
THE RED CROSS MAN
By AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR.
Of the Vlg Mantes.
Broken with pain and weariness
And sapped with vile disease,
Back to the land of ruined towns.
Of murdered men and trees,
Through Switzerland from Germany
The trains of wreckage ran,
And on the French frontier they found
A Red Cross Man.
And when to what had once been home
Those haggard exiles came,
Young wheat was green above the scan
Of steel and blood and flame
Round new built houses where once more
The work of life began.
And still they found to welcome them
A Red Cross Man.
There the husband clasped again
The wife he mourned as dead
The child was on its mother's breast.
The old were comforted.
What wonder if they hope to And
The Angel of God's Plan
Who meets them at the heavenly gate
A Red Cross Man!
CONSUMERS HASTENING
TO PLACE COAL ORDERS
The General Movement, Especially In
the East, Has Been Gratifying
to the Fuel Administration
The fuel administration Is greatly
encouraged by reports from many
parts of the country as to the prog
ress of its campaign for the early or
dering of next winter's supply of coal
i by both domestic and industrial coal
consumers, particularly in the east-
1 ern part of the country,
'orders for next winter's
A flood of
soal supply
The May first crop report, Issue
by the government bureau of crop es
timates through the field agent. A. B.
Anderson, of Lincodu, says that 10
per cent of the winter wheat acreage
In Nebraska will be abandoned, leav
ing 2,821,000 acres to be harvested.
The average harvested acreage for
the years 1912-1916 Is 3, 223,000
acres. The abandoned acreage is con
fined largely to that section of the
state north of the two southern tier
of counties and extending from the
Missouri river to Dawson and Custer
counties. Much of this section hadt
less moisture than the remainder of
the state both last fall and this
spring, which accounts for he larger
loss. The abandonment for the United
States Is 13.7 per cent leaving 36,-
392,000 acres to be harvested, which
compares with 27,430,000 acres last.
year and 34,059,000 acres the aver
age for 1912-1916.
The condition of winter wheat 1st
82 per cent compared to 76 per cent
on April 1. This Is accounted for
from the fact that the 10 per cent or
abandoned acreage which was consid
ered last month is not included In the
present estimate. Also there was
considerable improvement in moat,
southern counties and particularly In
southwestern and western counties,
where the condition Is excellent. The
present condition Indicates a produc
tion or 4 7,884,000 bushels compared!
to 7.164,000 bushels last year and
60,913,000 bushels the average from
1912-1916. The condition for the U.
8. la 86.4 per cent compared to 73.2
per cent last year and 86.7 per cent
the ten year average. This forecasts
a production of 572,530,000 bushels
compared, to 418,070,000 bushels last
year and 552,594,000 bushels the av
erage from 1912-1916.
The preliminary estimate on rye to
be harvested is 254,000 acres com
pared to 215,000 acres ladt year. The
condition is 92 per cent compared to
80 per cent a year ago, which indi
cates a production of 4,089,000 bush
els compared to 3,354,000 bushels
harvested last year. The condition is
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is reported. Both coal Producers and ceDt forecasts a pro-
lexces Z Z1Z r , K.T, Uuctlon of 82.629.000 bushels com
te?.! L! PP,y ttVa,,ab,e fr "Spared to 60.145.000 bushels last year.
Mrs.
Jerry Rowan returned Tues-; The ladies of the Baptist church at
t ttdx oi trt t rt crrulo irru t n T i n j i i
cises. admission will be by ticket only, j ornln frolu the Woman's club their meeting Wednesday
..-a Liw. .., .., ,., ui convention held forten days at Hot . signed up for a T,yceu
auti lit arm uiaj urrr orv. is cu n v ii-i
sten's Friday.
Mrs. W. W. Wood, of Lincoln, is
visiting friends in Allium-' on her j
way
to Portland, Oregon.
KIMiS'S ok NIK DONATE SALES
During the next fifteen days King's
Corner will turn over to the Red
Cross, Y. M C. A. or K. of C. 3 per
cent of their sales. Each customer is
given a ticket to the amount of his
purchase. This ticket is arranged in
ballot form, every one checking
which deserving organization he
wants the 3 per cent to go. The tick
ets are placed in a lockod box In the
center of the floor, the box to be
opened, and checked up by Red Cross
outhorities at the end of the fifteen
day a
Springs, Arkansas. On her way home
she stopped at Camp Pike, Kansas
City, St. Louis and Omaha, where shej
called at Red Cross headquarters to
learn of any new plans of the organi
zation.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M.
E. church will meet with Mrs. R. Beal
at her residence at 601 Cheyenne ave
nue, on May 22, at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. There will be a good pro
gram. All are welcome.
Mrs. Lawrence Farrell, of Lincoln,
arivedr in Alliance Sunday, joining
her husband, who has been here for
the last ten days rushing the con
struction of the plant of the Common
wealth Potash company, of which he
is president.
afternoon
yceum lecture
course of five numbers for next win
ter. Mrs. A. J. Nelson received a mes
sage Wednesday from her son, Maur
ice, stating that he ws being trans
ferred to the camp at Columbia,
South Carolina.
Miss Delia Abbott arrived in the
With in ill inns of tons ordered, of
course, It has been impossible to ef
fect complete deliveries. This has
given rise to some complaint among
those who are patriotically respond
ing to the requests of the ruel admin
istration and have sought to lay In
their winter's supply. It will be
readily appreciated, however, that
the mines can not produce, and the
railroads can not deliver the whole
annual coul supply of the company
within u few weekB. The fuel adm
inistration, however, will exert every
effort to expedite deliveries and to ef
fect the distribution of a maximum
amount of coal during the summer
months.
With the country's coal supply
largely ordered ahead, the administr
ation will be in a position to act
promptly and facilitate the movement
of an adequate supply of coal to meet
the demand. The railroads will be
enabled to Jud.ge of the traffic facili-
clty Wednesday morning on44,enlfleg wh(.h mU8( b, mafle avaiabie
route to Scottsbluffs. She will visit, for a,alnf? roa, productlon and for
her sister, Emma, and brother, Sid-; distributing the supply.
ney, wno is nome on a ruriougn rrom
Fort Sill, Okla., at that place.
All the seniors of the class of 1918 j
got up early Wednesday morning and i
motored to Chadron for their picnic, j
From all reports the young people en-i
Joyed an excellent time, returning Quate production and prompt dlstrl
The fact that consumers can not se
jcure immediate delivery should not
deter them from placing tnetr orders
at once. These early orders once on J9C
the books become the basis for the
determined drive to secure an ade-
The preliminary estimate on acre
age of all hay is 4,389,000 acres com
pared to 4,662,000 acres last year.
The acreage of wild hay last year was
large and. will likely be reduced, as
there Is an Increased acreage of tame
hay. The condition Is 88 per cent
compared to 84 per cent last year.
There are 670,000 tonB of old hay on
farmH compared to 702,000 tons last
year, and for the U. S. 11.096,000
tons compared to 12.649,000 tons laat
year.
About 70 per cent of the plowing?
is completed compared to 55 per cent
last year, and 50 per cent of the;
spring planting Is done, compared to
4 4 per cent last year. March was s
very favorable month for farm work
and our patriotic farmers are putting
forth every effort to overcome the
scarcity of labor and produce maxi
mum crops.
Comparative prices for Nebraska,
products are given in the following:
order: First the present price, sec
ond last year's price and the last the
average for 1910-1914. Wheat
$1.97, $2.57, $0.83. Corn. $1.37.
$1.41. $0.64. Oats $0.77, $.077, 66c.
$34c. Potatoes 95c, $3.05, 88c. Ha
$13.70. $10.60, $9.04. Eggs, 29c
15c.
Thursday night.
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The one-cent sale of F. E. Hol
sten's is a good chance to save on all
I articles for the toilet.
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