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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1921)
tnvo TITE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1921 On the Road With I I " The Herald V C. Traveler V . .7 J (JOHN 0. BAYNE) Who said it was froifijr to be a dry rprinR? Well, we were talking with Home men on the street Tuewlay morn ing while we were waiting for the jrround to settle o we could drive out to nee some of the good farmers and that question was asked. A man in the crowd said, "I said that it was jroirtff to be a dry summer and still ay so, even if it does rain every day." That is the way with lots of people. If they pet a thinjr Into their heads, it takes time to get it out, but we think that this part of Nebraska has Tnore to be thankful for than any other county in the state for our rains have come so as to get the benefit of all the mater and without wind. , Tuesday afternoon we started out to see some of the farmers close to town whom we hod missed on our previous trips and the first fellow on th list was Sam Fouts, who is work in for M. V. Price, just west of town. Nr. Fouts was in the field plowing and ve did not tarry long, but long enough to a.sk a few questions. Sam tells us that he came from Oklahoma last winter and that he likes this country fine and that he wanted The Herald, and bo Sam will be on our list from ow op. . The next man that we had missed vas G. E. Harmer, who lives about a mile west of town. We found G. E. listing corn and very busy, but after introducing ourself we had no trouble to talk to him'as long as we needed to, for we know how busy the farmers are. Mr. Harmer came here from Iowa two years ago and bought 210 acres of fine soil close to town and is farming the most of it, having seventy-five acres of wheat, thirty of oats, forty-five of rye, fifty of corn and thirty of spuds. He also has-a fine herd of registered Poland China hogs. It was o,ur move and we did to the home of Charles Reeves, who owns 320 acres out by Broncho lake and is farm ing 320 closer to town. .We found Charley plowing with four horses and a gang plow about a mile from home. We were well paid for our trouble hunting him up for we surely enjoyed our talk. Charles is a live wire, if there is any. He came here from Madi son county thirteen years ago and commenced to plow the ground and was told that he could not raise any thing here; that he had just as well go to town and whittle sticks as to try to raise anything, and he did for a yenr or so. Then he found that some who were farming were getting good crops, so he said to himself, "If that feller can raise good crops, so can I," uml so he did and has ever since he got started. He has been getting good crops and says that he can produce more here with the same amount of labor and capital than he could in Madison county and that he would not go back there to farm under any con sideration. In the year 1919 he sold $2,000 worth of spuds from ten acres and he sold too soon or he could have doubled that amount. Last year he was hailed out, but says that was all right he did not have to do any harv esting and had time to ride around and have a good time and he would make it back this year. We call that good ft 4 In a new size package 1 Israeli! NCI GAR ETTEy 10 f Of 10 CtS ATANY smokers prefer 1V1 it. They'll find that this compact package of ten Lucky Strike Cigarettes will just suit them. Try them dealers now carry both sizes: 10 for 10 cts; 20 for 20 cts. It's Toasted ---Right Now You Want . i ".. P M Dependable Quality In Your Motor Oils 1 You can't afford to experiment with Tractor and Automobile Oils now. Get only those that have stood, the test. We have a full line, and are selling them at attractive prices: TRACTOR OIL ; ' Gal. Lot Extra Heavy Polarine, gallon..- 90c Polarine Transmission Oil, gallon 85c ' Summer Black Gear Oil, gallon 33c JLs. Bbl. Lot . 85c 30c . AUTO OIL 7F . Medium Heavy Polarine, .80c 73c Light Polarine, gallon 75c Polarine Cup Grease, 10 lb. pail $1.93; 3 lb pail 73c Graphite Harvester Oil, gallon 73c Farmer's Union Ilj. TRABERT, Manager ' judgment. Do not worry over things that cannot be helped Thia year Charles ha one hundred and forty acre of wheat and can say that it in pood; fifteen acres of oato, fifty of rye, thirty of corn' and thirty of ppudH. Then he ha a herd'of regis tered rotand China hogs to look after. Charles tell u that two years ago he threshed 2800 bushel of oatu from forty acres and had sown jut thirty buKhel of peed. We would like to hear of come who can beat that. Wednesday morning we started north on our travels and the first stop was at William Newman's place. We found Will busy plowing for potatoes, stopped, went over to the plow and had a very nice visit with him. Will came to this county three years ago from I'latte county and bought one hundred and sixty acres of good soil and Is getting it improved nicely and says that he would not go back east to farm under any consideration, for he can produce move dollars to the acre here than can be done there on the high priced land' He is planting seventy acres to potatoes this year and thinks they are the best thing for a money crop, but believes in rotating with corn and small grain. He is planting thirty acres to corn and twenty to oats. S. J. Iossl. whb Is a brother-in-law of Mr. Newman, was the next man to see and he also came from Platte county three years ago and bought one hundred and sixty acres and is farm ing the most of it. Mr. Iossl is the first farmer we have found who has certified seed wheat and certified seed potatoes. He tells us that he Is plant ing fifty bushels t)f certified Triumph potatoes and that he has the Kanred wheat that has done so well in vhe eastern part of the state. He also has the Kubanka Macaroni spring wheat that Is the best there is . He informs us that last year at the corn show at Lincoln he got first on spring wheat and second on Kanred, which speaks well for this "county a3 a wheat coun try. ' Art Groves everyone knows Art who came here thirty-six years ago when .a young man and has seen as many' hardships as anyone who has settled in a new country. When he first came Valentine was the nearest railroad and everything had to be freighted from there. At one time he owned a store and run the first postoffice in this part of the country. He carried the mail from Hay Springs Snd did not get aiything for his work, and later he freighted from Pierre, S. D., to Rapid City, among the In dians, but today, although he owns fourteen hundred and forty acres of good land and can take it easy, he works just the same and is farming forty acres to corn, forty to spuds, twenty-five to wheat and twenty-five to oats. Art says that corn and po tatoe.s are the best crops to raise here. Ed. Dillon, son of P. H. Dillon, was born here twenty-seven yearsago and owns three hundred and twenty acres of good soil and is (farming one hun dred and twenty-five to wheat, thirty to barley, fifty to corn, fifteen to spud and has twenty to alfalfa. fcrt. thinks that corn and hogs' are the best and the easiest money there is to be made. He has a very good herd or Duroc hogs and ha3 seventy now and more to follow. . all his life, or at least thirty-six years of it, and does not want to try any other place. He says that it is rood enough for dim here. He has forty acres or gooi wheat, twenty-five of corn and twenty of cane and sedan grass. t. Charles Jackman lives fh 'Berea. He came here from , Wyoming two years ago, farmed last year and got hailed out and quit farming, but likes this country fine. He was raised in eastern Nebraska and would not go hack to live as his health is so much better here than it was in the east. James G. Kennedy, the genial gar age man at Berea. been here for thirty-five years. When he first here, the mail came by way of Sidney at Snake Creek stage station, and at that time the prairie was covered with antelope. He rode the range and punched cattle for several years and now he has settled down and Is oper ating a garage and blacksmith shop and sells Huber threshing machines and tractors. WHO Indeed would want to wear a last year's garment before having it thoroughly cleaned and pressed? .... - Remember those disease germs that live in clothes they live right through the winter. KEEPrU-NEAT CLEANERS D. C. BRADBURY, Prop. Phone 133 207 Box Eutte LIKE ALL WEATHER PROPHETS "What's the matter with that fool goat of yours? Here it is May and he's shivering as if it were January." "Well, you see, he swallowed a string of slcighbells last year and every times he moves they jingle and he thinks it's winter again. CATS IN THE OIL "Hiram," said Mrs. Comtossel, "Ok lahoma has lost over a half-million; dollars because crows Mere at the corn." "Them folks seems to have more than their share of trouble with ther animal kingdom. It's only a littler, while since we heard about how wilP cats were playing havoc with the oil."" Washington Star. Use the film box at bottom of staira 51-52 VANGRAVEN STUDIO- MEMORABLE GEORGE" Elsie? "Mama George Washington must have had an awful good memory, didn't he?" Mother: "Why, my dear?" Elsie: "Because everywhere I po I see monuments to his memory." The Christian Advocate (New York). The modern young Vian's Idea of roughing it i3 rolling his own. When the sun began to grow hotter and the belt looser, we were wondering whither we were going from here, but we came to the home of William Lad wig, who came here from Colfax coun ty two years ago and is farming and breaking sod. He has two Case trac tors and each pulls three plows. He has three hundred and eighty acres of wheat, sixty of oats, e'Rhty of corn and forty of spuds. Will says that it takes about ten dollars per day to operate each of his tractors, but he plows about Un acres per day. Wil says that this is the best country tnai he knows anything about and he has seen most of the country west of the Missouri river. He lives seven miles north and two miles west of town. We forgot to say that Mrs. Iariwig was away from home and Will was cook and that we had dinner with Will and the man and that we had a Fplendtd visit and that we sat and smoked In the house because the Mrs. was not there. Will, we may come again. O. L. Harris came here from Indiana thiry-two years ago and likes this country so well that he would not go back east to farm. He is farm Kg sixty acres to barley, twenty-five U corn, thirty to spuds and has sixty to alfalfa. J. W. Shank came here five years ago from Lancaster county and is very well satisfied and has recently bought the farm he lives on. J. W. has done very well and says that the best money he has made was on cattle, but last year his wheat made - twenty-three bushels per acre and that is the best we have heard of so far this year. He is planting forty acres to spuds, forty to wheat, twenty to oats, ten to barley and thirty to corn. H. G. Tuttle. who owns two hun dred and fifty acres just across the track from Berea,. eame ,here from Iowa three- years ago, bought one farm and fixed it up and sold it for $45 per acre profit. He then bought the place where he lives and has it nicely improved, with all new build ings, but this home isnot for sale at any price. Mr. Tuttle tells us that he would not trade his place here, acre for acre, for the land in Iowa, and says he tan make more money off an acre here than he can there and he came from the best part of that state, too. H. G. does not farm any corn, but is planting sixty acres to uotatoes and has ninety-five acres of as fine wheat as we have ever seen. When talking with Mr. Tuttle he mentioned their potato cellar and we went along with him to see the largest cellar in these parts and. say. it was some eel lar. It will hold forty cars of spuds and is so arranged that thev can load six hundred bushels in an hour. ' Harry Loomia lives Just north ef Berea and has lived la this country A Long Head ' or a Short Head It's queer how the thrift habit seems to re flect itself in people. Usually the more efficient, earnest workers have havings accounts. They are usually long headed the ones who plan ahead. Are you of that type? Or are you short headed? Be long headed plan for the future . , by opening that savings account here today. ' V" Ail njoney deposited here earns 5 INTEREST I I I We Pay 5 Interest The First National Bank of Alliance- 1 M You Are I? lull ' Wjl , Never Far Away j j j By Long Distance Telephone 1 HI :j A few milea away or several hundred, it is all the I j f eame by "Long. Distance." !j 1 1 U x To keep in touch with home or business, Jo get infor- h lift .. mation quickly, to avoid expensive trips, or for any busi i lUA nesa or eocial purpose, "Long Distance" is the best way. ; ' 111 ' ' Approximately half rates apply beyond certain dia- , - jfUi tahces for 6tation-to-etatioo calls after 8:30 p. m. and W' approximately quarter rates from midnight to 4 30 a. m. I' IVAvm . -j i ' ' Ask "Long Distance" for the rate T ' "' vvW ,or claas 01 erv'c at UJ fjiT '. t tine, to any point. -fTfT' ' ' Northwestern ' f Jjf - !'(