Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-21

Alliance
The needs Of city. like an individual.
can best be understood and considered
when II Is known that they possess quail
fications that would entitle them to consld-
Grafton by those who are in position to
I render the necessary aid to promote their
further advancement. That Alliance Is en-
titled to a consideration because of these
requirements can be stated fully when IL is
known that from mere budding together
Of few sturdy pioneers, wherein II
marked one OF the few outposts Of civili-
cation a few years ago. It today stands PEE
eminently the metropolis Of the entire west
ern half OF Nebraska.
This record has not only been established
| for all time. but, likewise, in the face OF
obstacles that few people and cities would
have the courage to even attempt to over
come, much less surmount. A chief OBJ
| stacle to this success was the reputat on
/ given the surrounding country by its former
| inhabitants, who at one time dotted each
4 and all of it's fair quarter sections In great
/ numbers, but a result OF a prolonged
/ drouth, which while extending over the en-
I tire state, was more severe and extensive
here, they departed with the same alacrity
! with which they came, but instead of sing
/ ing the praises Of the new found garden
of Eden, they did in the beginning.
there was a melancholy tale OF ruin and
disaster on every hand attending those
who would dare convert an arid waste
to be the perpetual and productive home
of human beings. There were those, how
ever. who were not so easily Disconnected
in their planning. They remained and to-
day they are the living vanguards of civ
/ ilization and enlightenment, prominent fea-
lures of every age and CLINE, who, BRAY
ing all, conquered all, That they did
wisely no one will gainsay. for they are
prosperous; that their wisdom prohteth
others can be attested to by the presence
of many others.
Another prejudice was that of the kind
Of country this was supposed to be. With
the vast domain at the command of all,
he who could muster a COW or two, and
with a drouth, that at that time had the
appearance of never ending, II was at once
dubbed a COW" country. This idea so
prevailed that no effort was made even
to raise chickens or make butter for home
consumption everything was subservent
| to the one prevailing idea as to the SUI
premacy of the bovine critter. Even the
ordinary garden vegetables were tabooed.
This was a serious setback, and today,
in the age of scientific farming as applied
to this country, 1t is SO deep rooted among
many that 1t requires repeated crops on
the adjoining sections to convince them
that the results would be no different
than their neighbors If they would but
! try.
That they have done so and are doing
| so can best be known by the fact that
in the year 1906 twenty-five to forty BUSH
els of the best wheat in the world was
produced here in Box Butte county Rye,
barley and oats averaged twenty to eighty
bushels in abundance, while corn, the crop
that is more or less affected by the cool
ness of the nights, struck an average Of
! thirty to forty bushels of a kind that not
only carries, but did carry away medals
! at the state fair. Potatoes, at once the
weakness and strength of Box Butte
county--its weakness. in fact, that the
BOX Butter loves the goodness and glory
Of those famous potatoes, the Bostonian
loves his beans-for they are as sweet and
good in their entirety at the time they
are cast aside for the new as they were
when they. too were imbued with the
freshness of the first offerings of nature.
The potato is the strength of the coun-
TRY, inasmuch as It is prolific and a never
failing crop, Nf
In the midst of this vast increasing
abundance stands the county seat OF Box
! bulle county, AllldHCe, CITY with d pop
ulation of 60O0. with broad streets, all
well lighted by a plant second to none in
the state. It has q, municipality
water works system that is both up-to-date
and at the same time furnishes a revenue
that will ever, guard against reversals In
the city's financial affairs. 1t has more
than ten solid blocks OF business houses
All streets are named and every hou se
and building bears a street number.
Alliance is a city of schools and
churches, having one high and two graded
schools embracing an attendance OF 1,50C
children. We have nine churches, all OF
which are modern and we'll attended. In
addition to this our Catholic citizens are
planning to erect a $4,000 academy and
parochial school, to be in charge of the
Dominican Sisters OF Kentucky. This
building will be erected in the spring. The
Young Mems Christian association have
only recently looked over the field with
a view Of building one of the best assocla-
ton buildings in the state. We are
abundantly blessed with numerous fra
ternal societies, all of which have a large
membership. The Elks lodge, however
has led the way in a permanent building
for themselves. having one of the finest
club rooms in the state. This will be fol.
lowed during the coming year by the
knights of Columbus. who are planning in
like manner.
Additional resources for this city and
country, is the fact that the headquarters
for the Wyoming district OF the Burllng-
ton road is here. This district extends
from Ravenna, Neb., on the east, to Bill
ings. Mont, on the west from Brush, Colo.
on the south and from here 10 Guernsey
Wyo The general superintendent. division