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TIIB ALLIANCE HERALD. FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1921
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ALLIANCE DRUG CO.
THE NEW AND MODERN DRUG STORE
204 Box Ruttc Avenue - .
D. M. Scottcn F. O. Hershman
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Official Sanction Is
Not Necessary for
' Shooting of Rats
If there Is o rot on jour premises,
ou may remove the old shotgun from
rhlnd the door or take the old army
pistol down from nbove - the mantel
nnil plug the intruder to your heart 'h
content. ou will not be violating the
peace and dignity of either the city
or the county. At least the sheriff and
the chief of police have so ruled.
Wednesday morning an excited fem
inine voice came over the telephone
to the ear of Thomas Miskimt-rt, dep
uty sheriff. The voice informed him
that a rat "a 'big as a cat, with a
tail two feet long" wan in captivity at
their home, and would the officer
please come down nnd shoot him. He
was so big that ordinary measures for
killing rats were fine to fail. Mr.
Miskimen i. an obliging cuss, but he
doesn't like to trek all over the city
n errands such ns this, and he got
ut of it as easily as he could.
"Go ahead and shoot it," was his
advice.
"Put If I do I'll be arrested for
shooting firearms without a permit,"
the voice came back.
"Not by me," said Mr. Miskimen.
"Go ahead and khoot we'll call it
self-defense."
The voice ceased and Mr. Miskimen
composed himself to labor. o far as
the county law wan concerned, the in
cident was closed.
The assurance from the sheriff's
office was not sufficient, however.
The telephone called Chief of Police
JefTers a few minutes later. The Fame
sort of a voice sent the same agonized
appeal for someone to come shoot a
rat "with the longest tail a rat ever
wore." Mr. JefTers hud .the Fame
stroke of inspiration as did Mr. Mis
kimen. He invited the lady to shoot
the rodent, and promised her immun
ity from arrest. There is now one rat
less in the world, and if the descrip
tion of his size was at all accurate, it
was the granddaddy of all the rats
which has passed on to the happy
hunting grounds.
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Use the film box at bottom of stairs.
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VAN GRAVEN STUDIO.
Rain Coats to suit your needs.
llighland-IIolloway to.
A Million Dollar Rain
Strikes Nebraska and
Doesn't Miss Alliance
The million-dollar rain that has
been no long expected and so ardently
desired descended on the state Tues
day evening and has been with us eve;
since, spasmodically, at least. In Box
Butte county it was a well-behaved
rain, confining itself to reasonable
limits, but farther east it got entirely
too enthusiastic, according to press
reports. The only unfriendly acts re
ported in Alliance were chargeable to
the electricity, which struck a few
wires and caused electric demonstra
tions which frightened a few early
sleepers but otherwise did no particu
lar damage. The rain cornea in ample
time to be of benefit to the crops, ami
should result in greatly increased
yields of everything that needs rain.
The total rainfall since Tuesday night
is estimated at between two and three
inches.
In the south central portion of the
state the rainfall came in torrents.
Railroad tracks were washed out or
covered by dirt from embankments
which had caved in, wagon bridges
were washed away, livestock was
drowned and thousands of acres of
corn were damaged. Several towns
reported five inches or more of rain
in two hours Tuesday aftemoon.
Press reports say. that torrential
rains fell in Kearney and vicinity
throughout the night Tuesday, inun
dating many acres about the city,
flooding scores of basements and caus
ing heavy financial loss. The govern
ment gauge shows a four and three
fourths inch rain within a period of
six hours. It was necessary to remove
residents from isolated houses in
boats within the area bounded by
Railroad and Twenty-first .reets and
from First to Fifth avenue.
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
WANTED Salesmen for (5,000 mile
guaranted tires. Salary $100.00 per
week with extra commissions. COW
AN TIRE & RUBBER CO., P. O. Box
7S4 Dept S. Chicago, 111. C0p
SALESMAN Permanent good paying
position for high grade salesman in
local territory to represent nationally
known manufacturer of gasoline and
oil tanks for stores, garages, factories,
hardware, drug and oil trade. Pros
pects furnished. Shipments from near
by warehouses. Products nationally
advertised and demand great. Splen
did earnings and permanent opportun
ity, with rapid advancement. MIL
WAUKEE TANK WORKS, Milwau
kee, Wis. 60p
TO EXCHANGE High grade auto
mobile in first-class condition. Will
exchange for Equity In Box Butte land
or Alliance city property. . THE
THOMAS COMPANY, Keddish Block,
Alliance. go
A BARGAIN Downtown rooming
house with all rooms regularly
rented. $850.00 will buy lease and fur
niture which cost $1,(500 short time
ago. Gootl reason for selling. See it.
THE THOMAS COMPANY, Keddish
Block. go
LOST
itooi uarcien and &l west Second.
Reward Keturn to Herald office, 60p
Kodak finishing the modern, reli
able wav.
50 VAN GRAVEN STUDIO.
WILL EXCHANGE Income-bringing
property in Omaha, Lincoln,
Kansas City or Alliance for western
Nebraska ranches. See or write us,
giving full description of ranch. THE
THOMAS COMPANY, Reddish Block,
Alliance. to
BACK ON THE JOB We have cus
tomers with money to buy bargains
in Box Butte county and western Ne
braska farms and ranches. What have
you? THE THOMAS COMPANY,
Reddish Block, Alliance. 50
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Mrs. Arthur Wright, formerly of
Alliance, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
G. H, Clayton of this city, died at a
Denver hospital Wednesday. The body
arrived this morning and funeral serv
ices will be held at the First Baptist
church Sunday aftemoon at 2 o'clock,
Rev. B. J. Minort officiating. Mrs.
Clayton left last week for Denver,
upon receiving news of her daughter's
illness, and accompanied the body
home. In addition to her husband and
parents, she leaves Iwo brothers and
two sisters.
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