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THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1022.
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' (Continued from Last Week.)
" In the gloom of that left wing, taut
a gladiator, Mr. Al Delano, clad In
fold-colored ' tight, with a tg ttg of
liver lightning down his front, bal
anced In waiting on the tip of the
titillating spring bonrd In readiness for
tls flight across the stage.
Ills muscles sprang out and his bl
eeps swelled to capacity, and beneath
the gold-colored tights his diaphragm
Suddenly contracted, throwing his
great chest upward.
"All Hall the Storm KlngT
Miss Laladsy drew backward the
bar until It lay across her little bosom
and, as the silver wire Jerked her ever
o slightly higher, flung it from her
with one hand, and with her free arm
tossed her silver wreath downward to
ward the figure beside the wind ma
chine, and a little trill of laughter went
With It.
"Itoth hands there cut that wait t
Al wait good (Sod!"
' On ti nt outwurd swing of the tm
peee Mr. Al I'elimo leaped from hi
aprlng bonrd wllh the grace of a wild
thing, turned hi double somersault
tnld-stnc, in mld-nlr, and reuched out
for the flower-twined horizontal bar.
It swung buck, but too slowly to meet
tils straining clutch. Too lute to gather
Ills strength agnlnxt a fall, he gyrated
for a second in a ghastly simulation of
an acrobut, and then with the direct
ness of a fowl shot on swift wing, hur
tled downward, his legs doubled up
tinder him und his neck strained buck
ward. -Ugh h-1"
A moment of Indecision. A woman
In the balcony shrieked and hid her
face. Another. The West Wind faint-
d back against an Iridescent pillar.
The director's baton fluttered, theft
waved onward, the music clattering
tnanfully after It. A gnome fell weak
kneed In her tracks. The curtain si I th
awed downward.
At three o'clock, with the Immense
relet of dead o' night thick as a
nroud around them, the watchers be-
-adde property couch moved simul
taneously. A doctor rose from his stiff
jfcneea, his tips pursod and perplexed
siaasath his mossy beard. Charley Lee
lifted a basin and towel from the floor
auMl placed them noiselessly on th
fold property table. Miss Lolo Lala
ay, her sliver skirts crushed1 to her
'figure, rose from her crouching attitude
tt the base of the couch, and beneath
tba mask of rouge her little face
eeued suddenly as fleshless as the feet
ef a bird and slashed with teurs, as if
Tain had beat ngulust It.
Itnrl My God. Doc, don't you
ifcnow yet? You want us to die wait
ling, tlo youl Don't you know nothing
iyetr
"We gotta catch that four-ten train
toc,'and she feels ltke before we go
wa oughta "
.1 "Can't you tell a girl. Doct Ain't ha
ver coming to again? Ain't he, Doc?
Oh, my Ood. ain't her
The doctor snapped his spectacles
into a case and regarded her above a
remaining pair that straddled his nose
naif-way down. Ills voice was delib
erate and as slow as treacle In the
pouring.
"We are going to move him now,
young lady. Just as soon as the hospital
wagon arrives. Then we caa tell
more.''
Fear lay on her face Ilka a death
- mask.
"Is he
"I have set three fractures, but
ean't look at that back until wa get
sum to the hospital, little lady."
"Oh. my God I Ills back lM
Mr. Charley Lee smoothed a nervous
band up and down the back of bis
Clottsed hair.
"What she's trying to get at Is this,
Doc. We gotta get that four-ten train
ut and"
"Don't listen to him. Doc, we"
"We gotta get that train out and
If he ain't done for she wsnts to know
If he'll come around all right lie will
won't be. Doc?"
"He will. Doc, wont be? lie will.
Doc, for God's sake tell m he surely
will."
"I won't know bow much, tittle lady,
ntll we get him to the hospital, but It
looks to me Ilka ba will come around
11 right."
"See. Lo ; now go get your duds.'
"Oh, my God, Doc. She caught at
bis hands In a frensy of suppllance and
fell on her knees a huddle at his feet
"Just pull him around. Doc. That's all
I ask. Pull him around, Doc, and I'll
make It up to you. I'll work my fingers
to the bone for you. I'll black your
shoes and walk on my knees for you.
Only don't let hlra die. Doc. For God's
aake, don't let him die." The lncoher
nee of frenzy muddled her tones.
"Aw, cut It. Lo. Don't you see that
Docs doing all he can. Go get your
duds on, Lo. You see, Doc, It's this
way, She. klnda feej like. l$waj Jiejr
fiilM-.-t tliMt'n 11..IM11B to Mint. It's
Just likw he Rt dl..y nil of n sudden
the wv ln-.l.-.l l, nt bur. I've seen
It tin r n n down time. Slip Hung It
nil rlj:lit enough, but h MimIh feel to
blmne nlut It. It lind nur Unit he'll
come nrntind all riht, ain't It, loct
Tell licr."
HI di.iif III I rine It. Hoc, hut 1
didn't think It would swerve. I done
It. Oli, tny God, Ioc. I done It I"
He stoo'x-d find drew her gently
from hef crouching nttltudc at Ids feet
and, a If antl Ipmlng that she would
sway like- a silver reen, pincou a nrm
hand between her bare shoulder blades.
"There's no Immediate danger of
anything right now, little lady. You
"There's No Immedists Danger of Any.
thing Right Now, Little Lady."
Just keep up your courage until we
have a look nt that back and see what
can be done."
"I'll wnlk on my knees for you, Doc.
I "
"Aw, Lo, cut out the sob stuff. Didn't
you hear the Doc tell yos a lay-up Is
all he's in for? Flyln' acts Is usedto
that."
"There, there, Utile lady, you Just
wait until we took at that back."
"We got to be beat In' it, Doc. We
gotta catch the company down at the
station for the four-ten. I gotta wire
ahead to Chicago for a dummy act, too.
He Al he's a great fellow, Doc.
Treat him white as you know how.
You'll keep us wise about him, won't
you? Here's our route list, and you
let us know how he's mending up. He's
a fellow with a fund, Doc, and If -If
It ain't elastic enough to stretch, let us
know.- Take good care of him, Doc.
The best ain't none too good for him.
Bo glad to send you paper to the show
when we play a returp In April, Doc.
(Had to take care of you if you will call
around at Ove box oflje,, Cojna.v Lo,
we gotta nustie.4 -
"Whatta you think I am craiy? I
I ain't going." . , .
He shuffled toward her.
"None of that. You gotta we can't
miss connections for" .'
"I ain't going."
"Cut It now. Ain't he all arranged
for lu the hospital? You can't Jump
i show like this without "
"You go chase yourself, Charley Lee.
'ou caul bluff me. I'm going to stick
tnd whatta you going to do about It?"
"Tell her, Doc, she's crazy with the
hpat."
"That won't thaw no Ice with me.
I'm going to stick with htm and and
If he he will have me I I Al Al?"
The figure on the couch stirred be
neath Its gold brocade property cover
let.
"Where Lo where?"
fine sprang to bis side with the doc
tor's restraining hand light on her arm.
"Al, darling! Oh, my darling!"
She leaned to hlro as If she would
lay her heart palpitating at his feet
"You alu't mad at me, Al you ain't
are you, darling; you ain't mad at
me?"
Tears rained down her face and ha
made to touch them, but bis arm could
"No, no, pussy rat I ain't mad. Why
should I be mad?"
He lolled his head ever so slightly on
the pink sateen property pillow and
smiled. ,
"Sure I ain't mad. It was the spring
board that didn't work."
"Oh, my God." She could have
swooned of heartache.
"It ain't so bad, Al. The Doc
going to fix you up fine alnt you,
Doc? Ain't you?"
"Quit your crying, Lo."
"It ain't so bad, Al. If If you alnt
mad at me we we're going to stay
here, darling, right here In Adalal Uke
you wanted like you wanted.
"No, no, Lo, I
"I seen the house when we walked
to the show tonight. Just Uke you
said, on the hill, and a little red roof
and a little kid twinging his arms for
a weathercock' over the porch Just
like you said, Al you'll lemme you'll
lemme please, Al please l"
From his closed eyes came tears that
be could not wipe away.
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(To Be Continued)
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GO AHEAD WITH
RUSHVILLE WELL
THINK IMG C'lIIKf
SALTED, IH'1 1
' WILL DRILL LOWKK, ANYWAY.
If Stircesftil in Rringing in Oil, th
Company Has Agreed to Sink
Eight Additional Wells.
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well, near Chadron, was salted, which
fcrj.uc uic m-nci mai me ig cniet i
explanation explains a whole lot, the'here Saturday evening, en route
Midwest Oil company, which took over 1
the well, will proceed to drill deeper
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ompany, which took over 1
win luting k x - iiuie inr ,
w,io.,, i !, : ti. oA
bluu Star-Herald is authority for this
th fii,..; o. 4 .1. i
velopments in the oil game at that
point:
It is now stated on good authority
that the Big Chief oil well northwest
of Chadron, waa "salted." The word
"salting" in the good old days of '49
and thereafter, meant that gold in
plentiful tiuantities h
in the sand of a placer clai
quartz containing the precious metal
in large gobs, was mixed with the
other quartz taken from an otherwise
non-productive claim. The next move
was to find a sucker and the next to
land him.
Oil wells can be salted, perhaps not
as handily, but nevertheless as suc
cessful as a mine, and from reportr.
received concerning the recent "strike"
at the liig Chief, it appears that fol
lowing investigation, there was mostly
salt nnd no oil.
While much of the matter is hear
say, yet it is believed that the com
pany originally in charge of the Big
Chief prospect well had about gone
the length of its financial cable. The
drillers had been unpaid for n consid
erable time; the iinancial strincencv
had made the raising of more money
by the side of stock practically impos
sible, and there was nothing left to do
but shut down the well.
Think Workmen Responsible.
There is a verv strong KnvrtiViii
that workmen, discouraged because
of non-receipt of wages and faced with
the prosiect of the company giving up
efforts altogether, came to the conclu
sion that nothing would save the day
save to strike oil and strike oil they
did. And immediately a different song
was sun in inai immediate neighbor
hood. The company, overjoyed at the
excellent showing at a comparatively
shallow depth as western oil wells go,
immediately perked up and when ap
proached by the Midwest people, who
own noiaings in mat immediate vicin
ity, asked three million dollars and
fifty per cent royalty on the well's
production. . .
The Midwest folks took a Ions' deen
breath and took to the tall and uncut
jungles for a time, allowing the local
company to think over the matter, and
before negotiations were over the or
iginal company had agreed to turn the
well over to the Midwest for a 10 rwi
cent royalty in case the hole proves to.
oeMi pronucer. it is also agreed on the
part or Uie Midwest that IX the well
proves a real one. that the comcanv
will sink eight additional wells on the
tract, which includes the lanit in which
Lben D. Warner, of this city, is in
terested in.
Following the resumption of work
under the Midwest management the
well soon "petered out" so far as show
ing of oil was concerned and resumed
its former characteristics of a drv
hole. It was then the suspicion arose
that one or two things had occurred
either one of the most peculiar oil
"pockets" ever known to geology had
been encountered or the well has
simply been "salted." The former
course is possible, but not probable.
The latter is possible and from what
some of the officials state is very prob
able.
But whichever is the correct solu
Hon, the Midwest people are going
ahead with the well and the Big
Chief will be made a real test hole for
oil in that region.
CARD OF THANKS.
The famiy of Mr. Frank E. Reddish
wish to express their sincere thanks
and appreciation to his many friends
as rha aTMatktf m 1 lfiliAo9
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ir.ent.
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RESOLUTION OF CONDOLENCE
WHEREAS; Ms hath pleased Al
mighty God, in his wise providence to
take out of this world the body of our
deceased brother, Fred J.. Myers, and
WHEREAS: He was a brother
member of At Last Lodge No. 814, B.
R. C. of A., loved and respected by all
who knew him, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED: That At Last
Lodge No. 814 in meeting assembled,
Monday, February G, 1922, at Labor
Temple, do hereby express our deepest
sorrow over the loss of our brother and
extend our deepest and sincerest sym
pathy and condolence- to Mrs. Myers
and family and commend them to the
Great Author of Life, looking to that
great day when "Well done, thou good
and faithful servant" shall be heard
from Him whose dealings shall be
ju-st Records of Lodge No. 814. .
H. D. HACKER,
C. M. ALLISON,
J. W. FOY,
Committee.
Night Officer E. L. Stilwill left Fri
day evening for Springfield, III., where
he has been called as a witness in
federal court in the case of the United
States vs. Conrad. Conrad was ar
rested in Alliance last May, following
I " Po-'-'tago stamps m his possession.
He was suspected of several mail rob-
I bene, and was positively uientined by
an Illinois. train crew as the man who
held ud a mail train.
ELLSWORTH.
According to the new state law, the
shipment of furs after February 2."
i-t prohibited, a'l trapping mat ceae
on the loth, nnd in view of the end
of the reason, local trappers and buy
on re pushing their efforts to the
: u'mo.-t for a final cleanup. Some pre
dict a hi;:h closing market, wh;le the
general opinion is th::t the bottom will
tall out nnd the majority of the trap
pers ami buyers mow a tieriaeu ten
dency to market their products at
once, taking no chance on a change of
market, ns the muskrats are yet sell
ing at good prices, ranging from $1.25
lo $1.70. Patrick Reid and John Scho
nard, working together, have 'bought
r. t f et tVta rnl to ( Kin caocstn I 1 T Vi l ir Vl
thev have had keen competition.
Many from Lakeside passed through
to the
W"Rnn ance, uene nenne. y goin,
"V Wlth 1Kr.vey VVha,ey- AU rePort"
ed a good time.
!n?,(, a"C' .enT y.
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Jack liallenger of Bingham stopped
in i r a niivjiv nine iviiicj' f u I'lii nic
l'uick bix which he recently pur-
chared fi om P. L. Law,
Father Nally of Kyannis, who had
charge of the Ellsworth diocese also,
has been transferred to Hay Springs,
Neb., and his charge will be taken by
Father O'Keefe, who a few years ago
had the Hyannis district. Father
Nally, haviri only a short time ago
ad leen siffp come over from Ireland, was not par
fioi v;tf it'culaily in love with the "sandhill
A.fr Lii J mountains," although he was just get-
t.ng "acquainted" when the transier
was made.
William J. DeBord and neighboring
ranchers filled out a car of hogs which
they sent to the Denver market. Mr.
Jjeiiord will ship another car this Sat
urday. Edward Kennedy vihited at the
Fields home, southwest of town, over
Sun. lay.
James- McCulloch, who has been
carrying the south mail for John
Schonard the past three months, was
forced to lay off the past week, going
to Alliance to consult a physician, al.o
having some dental work done. A
brother, John, carried the south mail
during his absence, Jim taking the
route again Monday morning.
Miss Ethel Fields and little sister,
Udith, were Alliance visitors Saturday
returning Sunday, Edith havingsome
dental work done.
Woodruff Ball of Valentine spent
Saturday in the south country making
ind appraisements. John Schonard
made the drive, showing Mr. Ball the
country.
B. T. Hedges of Alliance assisted
r. E. Iaw in making repairs on the
Burlington water service Saturday.
During the recent cold spell the stock
yards pipes were fiozen and the east
water tank being low on water and
not pumping, we have had no water
in the depot lor nearly a week. Tues
day Mr. Hedges will return and the
necessary repaiis will be made to get
the water service back to normal.
P. E. Law visited in Alliance a short
time Saturday evening.
W. F. Seebohm will attend Masonic
lodge at Hyannis Wednesday, where
the third or final degree of the Blue
lodge will be conferred.
Miss My He Arms has discontinued
her duties at the Ellsworth Supply
company store as assistant' post-,
master. Slack business being the cause ,
of the temporary reduction. W, F.
See boh m will now. resume -the duties
of postmaster. s
-.-.The weather man predicts fair and
moderate weather Saturday and
Mother Nature promises a bright full
moon, thus a large crowd is anticipated
at the next Ellsworth dance Saturday, I
February 11. The same good music
has been engaged and as the roads are
now in good shape many outsiders plan
to attend.
Word from Casper finds the new
baby girl at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Schaf enberg doing nicely.
FOWLING
The farmers' union held an all-day
meeting at the Moravek school house
Saturday. The ladies all took lunches
and enjoyed a very pleasant time.
Practically all of the members were
present
Mr. and Mrs. William Roes are the
proud parents of a baby girl, who ar
rived Friday night
Mr. Hookham motored to Heming-
ford Saturday after Mrs. Murray of
Wyoming, who came to spend a week
th her daughter, who is teaching
school there.
. Mrs. Langford is on the sick list at
this writing.
, Mrs. Anna Hall and children spent
; Sunday afternoon at the Charles Hall
home.
Miss Ruth McCormick visited over
Saturday night and Sunday with Miss
Clara Brus. The Brus boys and Miss
McCormick and Miss Clara attended
the dance at Grosse's Saturday night
Messrs. Kilpatrick and Wilkins were
callers at the Hurlburt home one day
last week.
Mr. McCart, who is helping Jake
Henderson feed this winter, spent Sun
day at home with his family.
A couple of hog buyers from Hem
ingford were callers at the Joe Ken
nedy home Sunday afternoon.
Ejnar Christensen motored to Alli
ance one day last week with the mail
carrier. He went down to look at a
place which he was thinking of rent
ing there.
Joe Caha and Jake Winten were
Hemingford callers Monday.
The Mann children are much im
proved at this writing.
James Eaton and wife spent Sunday
afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. N. E.
Hurlburt - '
The dance at the Grosae home Sat
urday night waa attended by aa extra
large crowd and all report a very en-
joyable time.
ill and Henry Roes are enjoying
a visit wiui an uncie irom imusn
Colombia.
Mr. PeteYson and son were callers
at the Laursen home Sunday after
noon. Jake Henderson and family, Dick
Henderson and wife and the Hender
son young folks all attended the dance '
Saturday night. .
Mr. and Mrs. Waddle of ScottsblufT
visited over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Ivor Meeker. They all attended the
dance Saturday epening. '
Joe Kennedy anil family motored to
the dance Saturday evening.
Mrs. Llsea, James l.aton and fam
ily motore I to Herningford Monday.
Ariey and Kenney lioes were at
llemingford Monday.
IIKMINtiFOllD
The Congregational people are ex
cavating for a basement for their
church and w.ll move the church west
from the street thirty feet and have
the advantage of a frontage and the
convenience of a basement '
The revival closed at the Methodist
church Sunday evening, with a good
crowd and a fine feeling. The interest
in the services were splendid and Mr.
Mills gave very satisfactory service in
the singing and Rev. Newland held
the rrou'ilQ with his snlendid sermons
in an unusual way. We were pleased i
with the general good that was ac
complished. Some of the mains in the water sys
tem are frozen up and several families
are without water this week.
Mrs. Earl Rockey was a passenger
to Alliance Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Clark and Kev.
and Mrs. A. J. May were in Alliance
Tuesday.
G-P-C BOOSTER NOT
SATISFIED WITH PKOUKt&s
(Continued from Page 1.)
doners up there don't give a continen
tal whether any part of their county
has a road excent richt around Bridge
port. With that spirit to buck against
it seems a tremendous proposition to
try to push the highway through as
originally planned. I lie saving m dis
tance would be around ten miles.
Too Much Neighborliness.
Wre really feel sorry for Broadwater
for she has been trying hard to get
ju.st a small portion of her valley roads
graded up without so much as a
shovelful having been moed. It must
be discouraging. But why should the
great G-P-C highway, .with eventually
will be known as the great north and
south roadway, suffer the fate of the
North Star route just to be ne:gh
borly?
Or perhaps it would be a better way
to go to Lisco and then northwest to
Alliance. Parties who have made the
Ult"
a place on the new road maps which
wk. it i. wP tKtL
"ortf to sou
nart ofthJ SIa in "5 . th,e WetS"
partof the state. In order to get tins
trip say this would be a good wav to u tK;s ??"I,M'? " Vr1 ' , a ' ' f w
plan the route and it is estimated that. "X 1
a saving of about eight miles could be , vv'th y back. I got lame aciosa the
made over the original route. sma11 ?f,m hack anl uld hardly get
We want the G-P-C highway to beTr"'1 to ! mv ,ork-, 1 V1
j .., i ,u i 1 became dizzy and could hardly see.
CIlelllS Ltle Doan's Kidney Pills which I got at
ATTENTION!
Start a savings account with the money we can save
you on your auto top repairing;. We will re-cover your Ford
top for $10.50, up. Other style top with Gypsy rear curtain
and plate glass windows, prices arranged accordingly. We
use the best of material obtainable for this work . Let us.
tell you our prices on top work on any car.
. v LAURENCE BROS
210 West Third Street
DONT WORRY
About Hard Times and Misfortune That May
Come to You Get Ready for Them.
Start a savings account TODAY. There are dozens of
things that could happen to you, that will stop your earn
ings. The sensible thing to do is: t
GET READY FOR THEM WHILE
YOU ARE WORKING.
Why not come in TODAY and talk it over?
We can show how your earnings will mount up.
WE PAY 5 INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS
FIRST STATE BANK
Deposits Protected by Nebraska Guaranty Fund.
we feel that the enterprise must re
ceive our undivided attention d'ning
the next few weeks. It seems a ihai.ie
to ellow a few miles of road through
tl is part of the Ftate to hold up tho
entire commendable pioposition. And
if the t-Uite department cannot be
weaned awy from their pet lout
north of Bridgeport on the plan of
connecting county seats only, the suir
gtstion we have made will comply with
their favoiite requirement ami it might
be that we could secure their approval.
We Rre in for trying it at least.
Organization Not Functioning.
While we are on the road subject
we are wondering what the big .dea
was to appoint a vice-president and a
member of the advisory board from
each county through which the high
way was to pass. To our knowledge
there has never been a meeting of
e;ther membership. Whats wrongs
anyway, and why aren't the advisory
board and the vice president function
ing in the interest of the work. Some
one in authority in this organization
needs a new alarm clock. They've sura
slept long enough to have their nap
out and there are some chores t ba
done.
Meanwhile we wonder if this prop
osition will meet with the approval of
our .Colorado brethren. It would l.e
our ruggestion that President. Gods
man be notified of the change and im
mediate steps be taken to effect thi
new route, provided something more?
hopeful cannot be recorded in favor
of the original route within a very
short time.
STRONG EVIDENCE
Is the Statement of This Alliance;
Woman.
Backache is often kidney ache;
A common warning of serieus kid
ney ill".
. "A Stitch in Time Save3 Nine"
Dont delay u?e Doan's Kidney
Pills.
Profit bv the experience of Mcs. E
E. Bates, 114 Platte Ave., Alliance.
She says: "I have great confidence ins
Doan's Kidney Pills as they have saved'
rre many doctor bills in the past
twenty years. I had occasional at-
1 . . 1 1 I 1 It T
nttk"
Thiele's Drug Store cured me of the-
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Kidney Pilla-the same that
Mrs. Bates had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Wfrs Buffalo, N. Y. 1-A.
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