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Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

tors. The county at the present time has
$50 acres seeded down with alfalfa. This
has made It possible for these farmers TO
ship last year 1900 pounds of butter and
1900 gallons of cream. Go into any sec
tion of this county where dairying is car
ried on, and you will usually find good
comfortable houses and barns and the peo-
pie prosperous and intelligent. Dairying
furnishes employment on the farm for boys
and girls, and this means better men and
better women. The value Of the dairy
products Of the United States is 500, 100000
annually, or, in other words, one and a
half times greater than all the gold and
silver produced in the world. and a greater
portion of this is produced in seven states.
Therefore the state that is well adapted
for dairying is fortunate.
What Box Butte county needs at the
present time is an influx Of industrious, in
telligent farmers, with a little capital, as
the opportunities are as good here as can
be found In any part of western Nebraska,
where the farms must be titled without
irrigation.
What is it that makes a town worth liv-
ing In? What excuse has. Alliance for the
claim that it is a good residence or q good
Uubl1C Twill AAoNS ~ - NV NAN
large circle of good farming land, still there
are lots OF other sections with just as good
farming land. We will assume that the
native resources around Alliance are
ample. The soil is fertile, the methods Of
farming and stock raising good, the crops
are uniformly fair, and the cattle on the
range is in good condition. Under normal
conditions, the town of such a rural dis
trict should share its prosperity. Here we
find a county seat that partakes Of this
condition. The visitor observes that the
houses are well built, the grounds well
kept, and the homes attractive and artis-
tic. He is impressed at once with the fact
that the value of the beautiful is APP
preciated by the citizens and that the spirit
of cooperation is abroad. And he is liable
to nave a faint suspicion that a woman's
club is exercising an influence here.
1t will be found that in every progress
sive community a substantial number Of
energetic, public spirited men and women
have systematically gone about the i'm
provement of their homes; they have set
examples. they a devoted themselves to
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

looking over the field with a view of estab>
fishing branch houses here. Its railroad
facilities give quick service to the western
portion Of South Dakota and Montana.
Wyoming and the whole northwestern
country. 1t is a division point on the Bur-
lington, which maintains a large round
house and machine shops, and which gives
employment TO a great number of work.
men. The payroll for these shops and
trainmen and office forces exceeds $1,000 a
month. The total valuation Of the rail-
road property in Alliance is said to be
about 100000.
But the greatest glory of Alliance Is its
public schools. Every citizen of Alliance
feels a just pride in the excellence and
progressiveness of the schools. The en-
rollment for last year was 9S1, with twenty
four teachers employees, with salaries
ranging from $3.50 per year to $40 per
month. For seven years these schools have
been under the able management of d.
w. Hayes. The Junior Normal at Alliance
had the largest enrolment last year of
any junior normal in the state. d. w.
Hayes, the city superintendent, is principal
of the Junior Normal school,
At present two civic organizations are
doing much for the good of the city. The
Woman's club was organized three years
ago and has a membership of twenty-five
representative women of the city. This
year they have taken up the work of es-
tablishing a public library, putting up a
substantial Carnegie building and improv-
ing the city park.
The Commercial club has a membership
of $50 and is very active. 1t is Of recent
organization, but not only laid plans for
several desirable improvements in the city,
but has brought about some OF these inn
provements. 1t is working not only for
the city of Alliance, but for the develop
ment OF the entire county. At present it is
sending out 500 letters to 800 potato grow
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
John Drew and His Nephew.

Repeated efforts made by a seedy look
ing individual a short time ago to touch"
a we'll known actor. playing at one of the
Broad street houses. recalled a lot OF
stories OF how various actors nave come
TO grief and how they appealed for assist
ance.
says the Philadelphia Ledger, and among
the latter was a yarn concerning Jack
Barrymore and his uncle. John Drew. It
was a good deal like adding insult to in
jury. but Jack got the money. anyway.
He was returning from a tour Of Aus
tralia and stopped in San Francisco just
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

There is a type of American wife who,
in her greed for wealth and display. brings
~unhappiness on herself. She rather re-
minds me of the fat man and the table
d'hote dinner.
This man entered a restaurant that
served a dinner at the fixed price of rs
cents. He knotted a napkin about his neck
and fell to heavily. So heavily, in fact.
that the waiter. after a whispered conver-
sation with the proprietor, approached him
and said:
beg pardon, sir, but I'll have to charge
you a quarter extra; you eat so much
The fat man. RCD and short of breath
from his excessive gorging, said earnestly:
For goodness sake, don't do that! I'm
nearly dead now from eating 70 cents
worth. If you make me eat another quar-
ter I'll bust.-New York Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

prises the counties of Sheridan, Dawes.
Sioux. Box Butte, Deuel., Cheyenne and
SCOTS Buff, had it's seat or United states
land office, in Alliance, and is still tran
sacting a large amount of business.
In the early settlement OF this part Of
the state, and in the organization OF most
OF the counties, 1t was thought best TO at
once issue the bonds of the county and
erect expensive public buildings. This
county has never assumed a bounded in
debtedness for such purpose. The rate of
taxation for county and state purposes is
only 81 mills on each dollar of assessed
valuation.
The location of Alliance as a distrib-
uting point for the great northwest is not
surpassed by any ether city in western
Nebraska. This fact was recognized by
the International Harvester company,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

DIR. Madison C. Peters was discussing the
question, win the Coming Man Marry?'
He instanced a certain type of bachelor.
"This man. he said, lis a hypocrite. He
uses his religion as a cloak
And what will he do In the next world.
eh?" said the reporter.
oh" said DIR. Peters. me won't need
any cloak there,"-New York Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
justices white and Holmes.

Mr.. Justice Holmes and Mr.. Justice
White OF the supreme court personally are
more intimate than any of the other mem
bers, relates the New York American. So
soon as court adJourns these two venerable
men emerge from the capitol together and
swing down Pennsylvania avenue at al
most a Weston gait. The former is a re-
publican OF abolitionary antecedents and
environment; the latter a stickler for the
sovereignty OF states. and when q young
man believed in slavery.
They were talking tariff the other dAy
during ono OF their strides. and Mr.. Justice
White agreed that gaudy and expensive
articles Of apparel should be taxed. Il
believe in the proposed tariff on gloves
he said.
Mr.. Justice Holmes gazed at him in ap-
parent establishment. Don't you ever tell
me again that you are not on terms OF
friendship with Standard OIL" he said.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
RooseveIt's Lifelong Regret.

- I'VE or six Years ago, relates
ia Outing Magazine, President
Roosevelt visited the Gettys-
N burg battlefield 10 made a
I Decoration day speech. and 1
@ was one OF three Press associa-
ton men to go along on his special train.
Coming back to Washington. the president
Joined General O.. o. Howard. General
Daniel sickles. the then commissioner Of
pensions, Ware. and the newspaper men.
in the smoking compartment. and naturally
enough the talk turned to war and carnage,
battle, murder and sudden death. Mr..
Roosevelt did. most OF the talking, 1t is
true. but the others got a chance to say
something every now and then. Finally it
came to Commissioners Wares turn. >
Mr.. Roosevelt" said he. Il had a most
interesting visitor the other day. and never
have l regretted 80 much the inelastieity
OF the pension laws.
This visitor was the most d~isfigured
human being l have even seen. He had no
nose at all, one ear had been shot OF cut
away. a musket ball had gone through both
his cheeks. and he had other marks and
scars too numerous to mention. He had
been a union cavalryman. and his record
was OF the beat. But he was strong and
healthy and the examiners had reported
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

What do you mean?" asked the Louisi-
anian, in rather an abrupt tone,
Simply this the Boston jurist an
swered; III gloves-they being one Of the
expensive articles women must have-are
to go higher, it means that fewer pairs
will be purchased. SO. il the demand is
less, the gloves at home must last longer.
And how can this be done? By cleaning
and preserving them. And how are they
preserved? BY using benzine, gasoline and
the like, products of the Standard Oil.
The next time a Standard Oil case APP
pears before us l an going to keep a
mighty close watch on your vote. Ed, a
mighty close eye"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

with any similar statement, he would have
been told to run along and sell his papers
and not bother grown folks with such non
sense. AS it was, General Howard looked
dazed. General Sickles gave somethin APP
proximating a grunt-both being honor
ably d~isfigured'' civil war v~eterans-and
the rest OF us smoked away and said moth.
H.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
General Grant. EARLY Days.

Mrs. Emma Dent Casey, writing in the
Circle magazine OF her memories Of Gen
eral Grant, refutes some popular legend:
which have been current.
There is the famous story OF Captain
Grant living in such poverty that he had
TO a his poor little fagots OF wood
through the city with an OK team and
blow on his ungloved fingers to keep them
from freezing
The truth Is that he and his negroes eui
the wood and he often sent one Of them ID
the city with a load TO sell to the families
of a Mr.. Blow and Mr.. Bernard Mr.. Ber-
nard was the brother of my brother Johns
wife. During the Christmas holidays one
winter the negro who generally drove the
team for Captain Grant was i'll and there
was no one to send in his place.
The captains St Louis friends sent him
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02
A PerIIous Predicament.

Robert Herriok, the brilliant realistic
novelist, said at a recent luncheon at Chi
cago:
Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-02

first settlement in Box Butte
county was made by John s.
Hughes in 1879, on the Nlobrara
river, in section 6, township Is,
range 81. Prior to that time
; there had been a number Of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23

heat his pressing irons. He went into the next room to pour some gasoline into a tin basin out of a 5 gallon car boy with which to wash some stains out of a suit of clothes. Although the hot stove was several feet away there was a flash and bang. The inter- for of the little tailor shop lit up with flames which shot across to the edge of the curb. Through these Matthias ran with his clothing enveloped in fire. A negro driver who was standing in the street clapped horse blanket over the badly frightened little tailor and several joined in beating the fire out of his burning clothes.
 Nicholas Jacobelli, a messenger boy who was passing the tailor shop when the gasoline exploded had his clothing burned and his hair singed by the flames which shot out of the doorway and knocked him down.
 Krause who on seeing the condition of the tailor administered an opiate at once and hurried him to the hospital.
 The fire department was called and No 1 Chemical engine company made short work of the fire which destroy ed several valuable suits of clothes.
 Fire Chief Mooney tours of in spection had warned the tailor several times about his gasoline but Matthias thought because he kept the stuff in a back room away from any fire he was safe. He did not reckon with the gases from the stuff which explode with the force of gunpowder once they come in contact with fire. The doors and windows of the shop were blown out by the combustion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23
OF MARCELLUS HARTLEY IS DEAD
lie Was Founder of Union Metallic Cart ridge Company and She Was We'll
 Known in Bridgeport.

< The death of Frances Chester Hart sfey.who was widow of Marcellus Hart ley. recalls to the minds of older mem Families, that=M Hartley was once "a 6requent visitor in Bridgeport. coming as ahe guest of the late A. c. Hobbs whb was first general manager of the IT. M C. Company, of which Marcellus Haftley was the founder.
 Z Mrs. Hartley died Wednesday at her home, 232 Madison avenue. New York. Mrs. Hartley was the daughter of pr. 5. Pomeroy White of New York. Mar Nellus Hartley was @ we'll known dealer ih firearms He died in 1902 leaving an estate gestimated variously at between SIG. .000.eoG and s20,00O,000. He left to his widow the use of the residence at Madison avenue. including all the fur niture, paintings, books and gold and Silver plate. He left her also the use of the Hartley country seat on Orange Mountain.
 F The rest of the estate was le it in trust. and the will provided among other things for an annual income of $15,0OQ for. the widow. When the widow became 60 years old she was to receive &100, ,000 in cash. and at the age of 70 the remainder of the trust estate was fo be divided between Mr. Hartley's daughters. Helen and Grace
 The will was executed in 1881, and the daughter Grace died before her father. The will also provided be- quest Of $20. GOO to Marcellus Hartley Dodge a grandson. MT. Hartley left a secret letter with his will, which eX- pressed the desire that his grandson Should have a. larger share in the estate. and Mir. Dodge when he came of age became a very rich man.
 The personal property of the Hart ley estate was appraised at more than ss,Odo OOc. and when the State taxes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23
IMITATION CIRCUS GOOD AS 'REAL." That is to Say, Those Who Saw the
 Dippydrome Enjoyed it Just as Much.

With rings. ring masters, ten clowns trapeze performers. sawdust, acrobats and men to take the money. an anna teur circus was given in Y. M. c. A gymna siunn, last night. and will be re- peated tonight and tomorrow after noon. There is a great deal of good circus talent in Bridgeport. Most of it. not out with the big shows. seemed to be with Dangling Bros- Dippydrome for that is the name of the aggrega- tion under discussion.
 w. J. Sullivan. Dan Larson, Joseph Mccormack. Philip Rivers and Henry Brllnner did some clever work in par affeI nigh bars. Double trapeze acts were done by Harry Findley and Philip Rivers. Messrs- Smalling. Mcclellan White. LitteIl Kirscheur. and Schuler were clowns as good as the ''reaT' kind H. w. Smith got applause for an ex- hibition of baton swinging.
 The pyramids on Roman ladders were well given by E. Barton, L. Brad bury. R. Chapman. M. Dewitt. C. Hawkins. E. Luippold. M. Morgan. J. Mcleod. M. Rosentbal. R. Thompson William Futile. E. Banks. B. Davis. H Gernert. L. Lotker. William Lannon J. Machroli. G. Powell, and R. Row land-
 The committee chairman in charge of the affair were: H. Brunner, pro- gram. Wm. H. Delehanty. tickets; N McPhie. usher; Wm. J. Sullivan. main show: F.J. Rivers. speciality; M. Small ing. clown: c. J. Hammill. costume; F Rogers. music; J. A. Kelley. side show;
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23
THIS LITTLE TAILOR'S LIFE SPARK HANGS
 BY SLENDER THREAD
Fierce Flames Fiery Force..Father's Fine
 Fight For FamiIy's Future. Fumes of Gasoline lgnited Sent Sheet of Fire That EnshrOuded Head of Family Victim Near Deaths Door in Awful Agony.

Matthias Sajben. the busy little tai Tor who has been noted for his won derfu1 industry at his shop, g Middle street lies at St. Vincent's hospital with hardly six inches of flesh left on his entire body that is not burned as a result of his ignorance of the death dealing qualities of gasoline. He will probably die from shock and leave a wife and two little children, although the doctors say he has a fighting chance.
 Matthias is native of Hungary and he has been in this country for six years, working night and day in order that he might give his children an ed ucation. The first year he was here he learned enough English and saved enough money to open the little shop in Middle street around the corner from Wall street. Next came the fight to get enough money to bring the wife and children from Hungary. It took two years to get the funds together and when they arrived three years ago the little tailor was happy. He got a reputation as a good workman and he had visions of a little cottage soon and to get the family out of a flat at SAY Water street was the task to which he had set himself.
 Yesterday he had red hot stove to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23

MI merchants. So far as our prices go,
 we do not know and shall not con slider that there are any other merchants on earth We know what the goods cost us, and our selling price will be regulated always by this cost of goods and by the cost of selling them.
 ; Our store here is only one of chain of stores that we have in operation, and it is this chain of stores that enables us to buy goods at lower price than other merchants buy them. Our policy is, and has been from the first, and will be to the end, to sell goods to the customer on the smallest possible margin, and in doing this we give the consumer the ben eft of unlimited capital in our purchases.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23
Our Special for Saturday.

Fancy legs of lamb 13c per fb.. fore quarters of lamb Sc per fb.. roast pork 12c per fb.. fresh pork shoulders He per rb.. Bonanza hams 11c per fb., smoked bacon 13c per fb.. fancy fowls 17c per ID. Choice milk fed veal at special low prices. Legs of veal 14c and 15c per fb., Joins of veal 14c and 15c per To-. rumps and shoulders 12c and 14c per h.. forequarters of veal 1Oc and 12c per fb.. breasts of veal 1Oc per h.. stewing veal Sc and 10c per fb. carload of prime beef for Saturday at special low prices. A few grocery specials for Saturday. Pearl tapioca 4c per fb., pearl barley 4c per fb
 broken rice 4c per fb., Bakers cocoa F h. cans 1sc per can. powdered sugar fb.. cube sugar Sc per 1b.. Bakers chocolate 17c per F ID. cake. Vege- table specials: Fancy spinach 10c per pix, Bermuda onions 4c per fb., rhu- barb Sc per bunch. new cabbage Sc, 6c- and Sc each, fancy cucumbers Sc. 4t. and sc each. fancy radishes Pc each, 5 for 5c- Large fancy navel oranges BOG per doz- Sea food specials: Live chick en Holsters 14c per fb.. boiled chicken Holsters 2 for 25c. shad roes 25c per pair. large buck shad 20c each, large cut shad 25c each. large roe shad soc each. Our vegetable department is full of all varieties of fresh hothouse and of strawberries at low prices for Sat urday.. Visit the bakery department
 we have a full line of high class goods made in modern and up to date bak- cry. we use nothing but the best ma terials. Bridgeport Public Market and Branch. State and Bank streets. and East Main street
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23

were paid on it in 1904 it had been divided as follows: $5,42O 900, to Mrs. Helen Jenkins of Morristown, N. J., a daughter; S1 617 600 to the widow, and S1.31S, ,351 to Marcellus Hartley Dodge MT. Dodge married Ethel Geraldine Rockefeller. daughter of William Rockefeller in 1907. Mrs. Hartley had four daughters, but Mrs. Jenkins whose husband is president of. the American Deposit and Loan Company is the only one that survives her.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23

If you have backache and urinary troubles you should take Foley's Kid ney Remedy to strengthen and build up the kidneys so they will act proper ly. as a serious kidney trouble may develop. F B. Brill. local agent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23
MIR. FOX IGNORED.

At the third annual meeting of the Piano Dealers Association, which was held in Waterbury, yesterday, Alfred Fox this city, was elected president. H. w. Hart. this city. was elected a member of the executive committee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23

J. Wendt, freaks; V. Ford, property: D. Larson. refreshments.
 Harry J. Crossley officiated as ring
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23

  
  
  raioadng country policy
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23
PERSONAL MENTION.

Louis J. Gellman has accepted a position with the firm of Moss &, Krieger. He will assume his new duties Monday,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23
More for a dollar than a dollar can buy elsewhere

 dollars annually labor All thousands dollars
  delivery  his supplies he get have such place
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23

ADVERTISE IN THE FARMER.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23

 goest o make after M fixtures and do furnish for the  quality the they sold This merchandising and that expect patronage
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23

 A of lower.
 Whenever buy goods
  We any goods profit either made something As we have said above the selling upon the at which
 be emnIo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-04-23

auVaHIage WnaJeVef VIII be eT1pIoYed and put at your service and the service of the customers of our other stores ill the pur- chase of these goods.
 KYVlE have no bargains to offer you We AAA have no cut prices to offer you We
 shall make profit on verything we sell you-a very small profit, to be sure, but it will be profit. What would be cut prices to another store the store that cannot buy as we buy-would be the usual price with us.
 Our fixed charges for doing busi- ness are reduced to the smallest possible point, as we sell no goods except for cash, ,liveries of goods. The delivery system thousands of dollars annually, and the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-04-29

matter of wonder that raisins have
not long ago become part of the
daily food of the people. This fact
has been recognized for hundreds of
years by the people of European
countries where the consumption of
raisins per capita is about fiye or
six times greater than in America.
From all indications the growers
will succeed their indeavOr tG
bring the heretofore unrecognized
raisin into its own as a cheap,
popular food for all the people
AS no more nutritious and nourish-
ing food exists.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1909-04-29
HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCE
MENT.
Junior Entertainment Monday Evening
Commencement Tuesday Evening.

On Monday and Tuesday even
ing of next week the Boro Schools
will celebrate the annual Commence.
ment occasion. On Monday even
ing An entertainment will be given
by the Junior class in the new High
School assembly room. This will be
the first time this beautiful new hall
has been used since the fitting up OF
the stage which is without question
the finest of its kind in the county.
The assembly room now presents
beautiful appearance.
The Juniors have prepared fine
evenings entertainment which mer-
its full house. In order to assist
in defraying necessary expenses con-
nected with the Commencement oc-
casion, it has been decided to charge
a nominal admission fee of ten cents.
Also to sell ice cream at the school
house Immediately after the enter
talnment.
On Tuesday evening the regular
commencement exercises will be
held and the class of 1909 will be
graduated. At this time pupils
who have completed the seventh
and eighth years work in the schools
of Laporte Township Will also be
given their promotion certificates
providing for admission to the High
School.
In addition to the graduating es-
says there will be addresses by Coun-
ty Superintendent Killgore and
others. The New Albany orchestra
will furnish music. No admission
fee will be charged Tuesday even
ing.
The peopleof Laporte and wien
ity are most cordially invited by
classes, teachers and school board to
attend both the Junior entertain
ment and commencement.