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,'OLUME XX
The Alliance Herald
ALLIANCE. BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA I THURSDAY. JANUARY 30. !I3
Largest circulation of
any newspaper In West
ern Nebraska.
NUMBER 8
ALLIANCE GETS THE TOURNAMENT
N. S. V. F. A. Honors Alliance and Western Nebraska by
High Offices and Tournament. Ridgell Elected President.
NEXT CONVENTION AT COLUMBUS
By Lloyd C. Thomae
North Platte will bo remembered
In the hearts of the members of the
Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen's
Association for a long time to come.
The program of entertainment, from
Start to finish, was a grand success.
Bvery delegate and member of the
association seemed to enjoy himself
and if he didn't get something good
oat of the interesting meetings or
the entertainment it was his own
fault.
It would lake more space than we
' men representing all classes of life
pursuits there were present law
yers, editors, physicians, merchants,
mechanics, clerks and laborers; stal
wart young men, middle-aged men,
and men whose gray hair and infirm
step betokened years of service In
the work of fighting the fire fiend.
Taken as a whole they formed a
Their Causes and Prevention." Me
showed how that the safety of many
millions of dollars' worth of proter
ty reefs upon the volunteer firemen
of the state.
Mr. Howe, of Fremont, made an
address which wu very interesting
and which made a deep impression
on the delegates.
mimical comedy which had a cast of
over fifty. After the performance
those who danced went to the Lloyd
opera house and tripped the fantas
tic toe until the wee small houra.
One of the most stirring scenes
of the convention was the election
of Fred Alexander, of Scott sbluff, to
the office of treasurer. Mr. Alex
ander was nominated by W. S Hid
gell, who told of Alexander's excel
lent work in reorganizing; the Bcotta
bluff firp department, and of the
fait that he is a member of the
American Hankers' Association. Im
mediately after i lie nomination two
excellent rag time singers, who had
been concealed behind the wings of
the stage, stepped to the front and
SHng. in company with the audience,
" Mexander's Ragtime Hand." They
were enthusiastically applauded and
encored. Cards had been printed
and distributed among the delegates
with the words of the aong so that
all could sing. Alexander was elect
m by a vote of about four to one.
Alliance was honortd by the re
elertlon of John W. Guthrie to the
office of member of th? board of
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GEO HOWI
A CALL TO
ALLIANCE CITIZENS
Commercial Club Will Meet at Court)
nnonoay Evening,
February 10th
PLAN ON BEING THERE
one dclega(e from every town rep
. a rccoitnafed fad that pobliclt)
Is needed and in order to secure it
RIOGELL
have at this time to give a full and
complete write-up of the convention.
I am going to tell of a few of the
most important, though.
The officers eleited at the conven
tion were: W. S. Kidgell. Alliance,
president; (ieorge Howe, Fremont,
first vice president; H. A. Graff,
Seward, second vice president: K. A.
MUler, Kearney, stcretary; F. Alex
ander, Scottsbluff, Treasurer. .Mem
bers of the bound of control elected
were , Bay Frost, Stanton, chairman;
Jake (lei inn, Seward; John (iuthrie.
Alliance; F. II Tobin. Sidney; and
E. V. Parkhursl . Lexington.
Columbus was chosen as the loea
4ion of tiie next convention, in l!H4.
and Alliance was the lucky city to
get the tournament this summer. As
Will be seen the west i nd of the
state was highly honored at this
convention.
The North Pltte Semi-Weekly
Tribune voiced the feelings of the
people of North Platte when it said
as follows in Its issue of January
24th: ""Ttoe.se ;t40 delegates came
from nearly one hundred towns of
the state, .and were u fine body of
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The lendinc cltl Xflflii flit A IliuiiKik
have deckled that Alliance hntl i,,.,..
a banquet on Friday evenina. Feb
ruary 28th . under the aueplces of
the Alliance Comniorclul cini, Th.
Herald has for some time hon in
communication with Wrtinir
ka men relative to coming here on
ii.i iime ami meeting with the Al
liance citizens and visitors from Oth
er points In western Nebraska. Th
town of Alliance will then celebrate
her 26th birthday and It Is up to
her citizens to make that banquet an
, ariair to be long remembered. The
officials of the Commercial Chtb
have called a meeting to arrange Tor
i this banquet The meeting Is to be
held In the court house Monday v
enlng, February 10th. Every clti
zen should he there. Other Import
ant questions will be considered and
acted upon.
next Monday evening at the dub
rooms In the city hall. Interesting
speeches will be made by several of
the members of the department and
refreshments will be served. Every
member should be there. An later
eating souvenir will be given to all
who come. Eight o'clock next M Ou
tlay evening
Delegates to 31st Annual Convention N. S. V. F. A. at North Platte, in Front of Federal Building. Photo by Brooks
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representative gathering of the stur
dy citizenship of Nebraska; the
class of men who have assisted in
making Nebraska a great state dot
ted thickly with progressive cities
and towns. Not only were thoj
sturdy men, but they were of a gen
erous, jovial disposition; they were
men who see the sunny side of life,
who enjoy themselves as good (it
itns should. To their credit let it
be said that there was not one In
stance wherein ehey did not confine
their actions within the limits of
law-abiding cltsetttV"
Among the speeches which receiv
ed much attention was one by Har
ry J. llauser, chief of the Fremont
fire department and one of the most
popular members of the association.
His subji c ( was. "Chemical Kncines
and Their Advantages. " He em
phasized the important part (.hat a
chemical engine occupies in au up-to-date
and complete fire figtiting
equipment, showing the advantage
whicb an engine of UnU nature .has
when it is necessary to do quick
work and to go beyond the ii
mains.
The first evening (Tuesday) as
spent in listening to an address t
wi i. Line by City Attorney Hal II (as
of North Platte and a response ty
J. C. Cleland. of Fremont. An intt r
eating program, under the direct iou
of Temporary Chairman Attorney
Keefe was much enjoyed. ' 8.
liklgell. Mate fire comtni ssioner.
made aa iateresting speech. An in
teri sting talk was made b.v Chief
Handnll of North I'latte After Hie
program an ailjourniiient was taken
until the next morning and all went
to the Lloyd oera house- whe re rt
freshments w re servi d.
C. A. Kiindall, of Lin.oln, ex-state
fire i ominissioner, made a very in
teresting speech during one of the
sessions. Ilia topic waa, "Flrea
Hal
EJ
control. Mr. Guthrie made a num
ber of Important talk. during the
convention and took an ac ive pari
in the proceedings.
A banquet was , rved Thursttay
evening at the Masonic hall. I'latt s
had been laid for :;.")(. Disni-. t Judge
k'irimes acted us toasluiaster, sev
eral toasts being proposed and re
sponded to. Colonel Win. Coly.
better known as "Buffalo Bill" waa
the principal speaker and kep! the
audience laughing for many minu I
Heiii'inv President II. L. Boyes was
presented wltb a gold headed caM,
the gift of the members of the as
sociation. A comniiite was appointed by the
President for the purpose of iectM
ing publicity for the convention In
every newspaper in the state. It
resented was made a menibe-r of the
committee and instructed to secure
a write-up in his home paper. The
need of an offitial paper for the as
sociation Is recognized by all.
The sparring exhibition Thursday
evening attracted a big crowd at the
Lloyd Opera House, over SOU being
present. Arthur llatgis of Lexington
and Tom McCarty of Kavenna were
the principals. There were two of
the preliminaries, the first of which
hou' between Kid
ami fatamy BraJth
In the third round
pretty well ilone
bat It it lid III the
was a six round
i.ange of Denver,
of South Omaha,
jSmith had Laage
Up hut he "came
FRED ALEXANDER
W. S. Kidgell, of Alliauce, jta'e
firw coiumissioarj , made several in
teresting speeches and look tui ac
tive part in Hit work of the conven
tion. He is engaged in urgunlziiiK
the Nebraska Kire Prevention So
clety for the shol children of thi
s ate, and Is circulating hiaoibarablp
oartte,
Wednesday eviir.x u late- uuie
h)CT of the delegates atttndid ta"
performance of "Loalalaaa Lou" at
I he Keith theatre. Tin houne was
packed to the limit and a perform
anee, seldlIII si-en OUtaUIn of Hie
larpaat iittes, was aajoyed. Thlr-
ten stirring tnusieal numbers and
to scenes furnished Hie has' of a
LnK- ' ana
last three rounds gjt hip share of
the bOBOfBj, The see-ond pi l iuiin iry
was a three-round bout between a
(ouple of North Platte boys. Brown
and Wtstburg, in whicli the best of
Hie honors Waal to Brown. -i i,
main event between McCarty and
Hargis was swift and cX&Uing .r
Start to finish but Hargis .as i ! .1.
ty outclassed and wrs kno:k- I into
"an. land in the fif h rouu '. I
l.st round of this con'eat ii
irvn7 a auperioni) in ac en e
well as In for . b. 'ilnd his b ov
He sent Hnrgia to the floor in ;lu
second, third and fourth aa well as
the final round. In tin- fifth an.,
last round Hargis was unable r(, pro
tect himself and a strong uppereu:
to the Jaw put him ut f r fat i
a aaairpta eoojr of this issue of the
ILrald. t. ther wtth a picture of
the deUgairs piinied on finely .ill
enderid paper for Iraiiilnx. Li nam
Report of Fire Chief for Year 1912
The report of Fire Chief Komlg of
Alliance will be of Interest to Her
ald readera. It Is aB follows:
Active members 75
Number of men uniformed ... none
Hook and ladder truck I
Hose carts 3
I' eei of htwe owned by city -.Z.ltM
Kind of hose used. C 11 L. Number
of threads to the Inch on hose
coupling,
Number of chemical euginrs ..none
Actual value- of property belonging
to the department S60
Actual value of property used for
fighting fires, belonging to the
city 4. BOO
Fire alarm -Bell, electric whistle. ami
telephone. Cost r syieni, u.
Approximate anmil Wwi to keoa
in repair, $65.
, Wflicr wYfc-Htfini Hue,! plea
sure for fires," tin pounds. Plant
owned by city.
Stand pipe--110 feet high 1' feet
in diameter. Holds 08,063 gatlons
of water. .Stand pipe pressure, 50
pounds.
Mains and hydrants Miles of main,
11V. Size of mains, 4. 6 and 8
inches. Nubemr or hydrants, 164.
Fires and losses Number of flrea
during past year. 2t. Value of
buildings owned before the fire,
$47,000. Amount of damage to
buildings by reason of fire, $27,761.
Amount of Insurance carried on
buildings, $2S,(M)0 Amount of in
- nr. Hue r 1 ejved. $1 7, 652. (III.
Amount of damage to personal
I property, $6,700. Ame. mt of tnsur
:in e carried on persi.nul property,
$2(1.000. Amount cf insuran t- re
ceived, 16,009,
Amount of Insurance tax collected
dur'.ng pad yser, $610. Coat of
mulntaiuir.g fire d partment for
year L-n.'-ig D.cinib !1, 1012,
$M.I.
Hi spi ct fttl'y suhm! led,
P. E ROW tO,
Chief Alliance Fire Dept.
a
to i very delegate
at the con i en loa
i KtrS i (."t s have
will be mailed to any
live SOSjSJ ( a' h.
v0.io was preaeu:
Kt vi r:. han L i I
BOSS pri ati d and
' !ress fr
NOTICE TO ALLIANCE FIREMEN
E. A. MILLER
a ssaofci r a ill be
mi mbers of the lire
given to
li pari an i;
th
en
JOHN W. CLTHRIE
ex i 1 k :
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DELEGATES AT ALLIANCE CONVENTION 1911. TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD HERE THIS YEAR
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