The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922, September 10, 1920, Image 10

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    THE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1920
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I, Arah I l'.ungerrord, of Craw
ford, Dawes County, Nebraska,
mayor of the city of Crarrd pl
president of the Crawford Trl-State
Fair Association, do hereby pledne
jou that the Crawford Tri-State
Fair of 1920 will be the blgRest and
best fair tvrr Riven by the As
sociation. If you at.eadeJ our fairs
In the pant, thereby knowing of their
quality, you will understand what
tt nicana to fny that the fair or 1920
oerurlng on September 1617-18,
la to be the biggest d best ' ever
ivcn.
We already have ten entries in tho
Omaha to Crawford airplane race.
Of course, we cannot pledge you' that
all of these machines will get
through, but that numoer has pledg
ed to start.
This is the first "cross country"
airplane race ever staped In Ne
braska. It Is the longest airplane
race that can be staged in Nebraska,
'with the start and finish both Inside
(he state. Omaha being the extenie
ast end and Crawford in tho ex
treme northwest corner, makes the
race a 500 mile dash. Sotnt? of the
greatest filers in the country are
n.erlng in this rcice. For Irrtancc:
(). C. I-irtge, of tue Oinaha-Ch'.ea 8
mail service; Lieutenant Bnhl of
the Hard ng, Zook and Dahl com
rum." of Lincoln; Dr. Brewster of
S'avrr City, NebraRKa; Wane S'cv
in nf Hcever City; A. II. Green
of Omaha and the chief trainer and
Instructor of. the Ashiuusseu Aero
i ipany of Omaha; are among the
n'.rants. You will see more planes
Kathered together in one place in the
rlty of Crawford on the afternoon
if HipMiiiber 16th as they arrive
turn Omaha and during the dnya of
"riday, September lTth. and Satur-
ly, September 18th, as they ply
Mnr ira (lo nf rmtl'ii nasseneers.
j '.ian you ever saw before at any
noint In the west. Crawford always
! leads. Crawford always sees to It
that they have the first or every
thing. We respectfully request your
presence here on the afternoon of
Thursday, September 16, to 8fe tl.t
nival cf the planes from Oniffha.
As to horse racing: We have hung
.. cuo'j pUir.c3 as will attract some
vt the best horses of the country.
We will have som excellent harness
races each day and a number of ex-
fllenl running races. We will have
PANAMA AND THE CANAL
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Ing the, Panama Canal cai.iot fa it
to be Impressed with the nidgni.fl
cence ; of the gtant undtrtakins.
Through deep gorges Into beautiful
lakes, the trip is an ever changing
panorama. Americana can feel Just
ly proud of this great engineering
feat, for while foreigners wrote
books, submitted plana and talked
about the possibilities of building
the c; nal. It took Yankee grit and
determination to put the plans in
operation and successfully carry
them out.
Many obstacles had to be ovoi
come, perhaps the greatest being
efficient sanitation. Streams were
traced to their source and ma-t';
sanitary. American sanitation meth
ods have practically eradicated
yellow fever and malarln. Today
the Canal Zone is a clear, ano
1' "!.!'.' ph'.co Id 1 vi, !he
T.r.- clean and tlie fewer.; i-'j ii'
A " I'.r.yo era fli- l l:Mr..Ter.
Iio'j l!u Navtl Academy p:.si;oi
through the t'a.ial on thdr rttui
voyme from HonoHiiu pi;'1 the V r
Coast. The photograph above, taken
from an aeroplane shows one of the
United States battleships approach
ing Culebra Cut, which often blocked
the Canal by sliding Into It How
fver. by contl lua.iy ui edging ait i
digging It away thia last obstacle
has been finally overcome.
. The Canal is a ttnp of terrllory
about ten miles wide and fifty mites
long, located in the cer.ir of the
Republic of Panama Th general
direction of the Canal Is in i'north
west and so'southwest, tho Panama
entrance being 23 miles to the east
ward of the Atlantic.
chariot races, standing hippodrome
rarr, wil l mule, wild s!err, Indian
pow wows, squaw races, "squaw
catch the greased pig," "squaw
climb th" greased pole," men's relay
races, ladles' relay races, hurdle
races, roping and bucking contetts,
bull dogging, etc., too numerous to
mention.
In the evening, you will be enter
tained by the Ivowl of concession
men, the npindle wheels, the merry-go-round,
the carnival, the bowe.y
dance, the real thing In iize figh.
Ing, wrestling matches, etc., etc.
Those of you who enjoy the
dreamy waltx or the ragtime will
please Inquire for the bowery dance
being given by 'V.. Ladls' Aux
iliary to the Crawford City Council."
At this place, you 'will meet the best
people of Crawford and vicinity and
best of the west.
We want you to come and we want
you all to have such a good time as
will warrant you coming again mxt
year.
We pledge you every courtesy, a
good show and a good time, liih.g
your neighbors: bring the children.
Most sincerely yours, ,
Crawford Tri-State Mar Asbii.,
By Arah L. Hungerford. Pres. 82
gongs In the troop spaces began to
clang.
'Chuffl" snorted one soldier, set
tling himself more tomfortably in
the doorway, '"taint nothln but Just ' shrilled an excited voice behind him
anudder one deni old boat drills dat's
11."
"Outa mab way, outa man way!
'Man. unnerstand me, If you-all
doesn't wanna boat drill today, Ah
does!"
Notice
after
' September 1
We conduct our Wholesale and
Retail Coal, Feed, Flour and Grain
Business on a
Strictly
Cash Basis
Stephenson & O'Bahnoti
tiii: pitoPKit spiitrr
There was a bang and a zloo-cosh
as the transport bearing its dark
jornplerted cargo was careening to
ward France. A moment later the
JAS. BURNS
ART. A. DALY
L. E. ROBERTS & CO.
Live Stock Commission Merchants
Cattle Department ,
Jim Burns
W. J. Orchard
Established
1899
Hog Department
Art A. Daly
Sheep Department
Frank Roberts
We specialize In handling Range Cattle and will give you the best service possible to
obtain. p.jim-mi.
Ship Your Cattle Hogs and Sheep to Us
for Good Results
Union Stock Yards
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a lot io the automobile
S7cr your tins o
sordini to thm romd
they hmv to travel t
In sandy or hilly coun
try, wherever the going
Is apt to be heavy Tho
U. 8. Nobby.
For ordinary country
roadsThe U. S. Chain
or Usco.
For front wheels The
U. 8. Plain.
For best results
rorytr Aaro U. S.
Royal Cords.
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SWtDRDrlOeEY-CrlAWHSGO-PtAiN
T OOK at it just from
I j the business stand
point, compared with,
say, ten years ago or
even live.
Everything speeded
up made easier.
Nearly every business
man depending on the
automobile to trans
port himself and his
products.
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That is one' reason, per
haps, why more attention is
being paid to tires why tire
costs are being figured closer
and people are beginning to
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look for better tires.
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. Wc believe that people are
entitled to better tires the
best they can get
Not only the man with the s
big car, but the man with tho
small car, and the medium
sized car.
We represent U. S. Tires t
for that reason because
their policy is the same as
ours every tire as good as
you can get it, regardless of
the size of the car it is to
go on.
It was that policy .which
led to the introduction of the
straight side automobile tire,
the pneumatic truck tire.
And you can't beat it
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U. S. Tires are guaranteed
for life, with no limitation
of mileage.
It will pay you to talk. to
us about tires, if you arc
looking at them from a
business standpoint
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