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em Nebraska.
VOLUME XX
ALLIANCE. BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA I THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1913
NUMBER 15
A FEARFUL BLIZZARD
Worst Storm in Twenty Years Ties up
Railroads, Causes Wrecks and Loss
of Thousands of Head of Stock
A COMPLETE REPORT
The worst blizzard seen in this would reach Alliance Saturday night
section of the country for over twen
ty years slowly settled down like a
heavy cloud Thursday afternoon and
raged with unbated fury until Satur
day morning. Business was practi
cally at a standstill in Alliance all
day Friday. It was almost impossi
ble for a person to venture out into
the storm with safety. Thursday
morning a heavy snow started and
as the wind increased in velocity dur
ing the afternoon it developed into
the worst blizzard many have ever
seen. Had it not developed slowly
it is very probable that many people
would have perished, who were able
to get to safety and warmth.
and that It could be used to rescue
41. but it was badly damaged and
was repaired in the Edgemont shops
Sunday morning. It did not reach
Alliance in time to be of any value.
Sunday morning the warm weather
caused the snow to begin to loosen
and better headway was made by
the push plow working east. At
three o'clock Sunday afternoon the
rescue engines reached 41 and an
hour later the train was rapidly
traveling for Alliance, where it ar
rived at 5:30 and was met by a
monster crowd, many of whom had
relatives or friends on board.
Train No. 43, due in Alliance Fri
day noon, which had a similar ex-
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AFFIDAVIT OF CIRCULATION
STATK OF NEBRASKA
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COUNTt OF BOX BUTTE )
Lloyd C. Thomas, being first duly sworn, on his oath, deposos and
says, that he is the President of The Herald Publishing Company, own
ers and publishers of The Alliance Herald, that there were circulated of
the regular issues printed for the flrat ten weeks of the year l'.'l.: (not
including the two extra editions), through ttm United States malls, by
carriers, from news stands, and from The Herald office, a total of four
teen thousand eight hundred copies, an average of one thousand four
hundired and eighty copits per issue, and that the above is true according
to his knowledge and belief.
LLOYD C THOMAS.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of March. I'M:'.. My
commission expires June 23rd. 1917.
JOE L WESTOVER.
SEAL Noturv Public.
Into the rear of passenger train No.
4, both east-bound. Four were killed
and twenty-two injured.
The second collision, occurring at
almost the same time, was identical
in character with the finst. Extra
east-bound freight No. 601 drove in
to the rear of extra east bound
freight No. 604 at Herndon station,
twelve miles west of Sidney. Con
ductor Kay Phillips and Brakeman
C. M. Cradit, both of Cheyenne, of
No. 504, and three stockmen were
killed.
As an indirect result of the Goth
enburg wreck Flagman Dorcher of
Grand Island lost his life. He was
sent out ahead of the relief train
sent from North Platte about 4
o'clock to see if the bridge was safe
for the passage of the train. That
was the last, seen of him.
Following is a list, of the victims
of the two wrecks:
At Gothenburg
THE DEAD
Edmund R. Oustenhautt, a travel
ing man from Salamanca, N. Y.
August Myers, Lake View, la.
Mrs. August Myers. Lake View, la.
Mrs. Edith Hoon Stockwell, Chey
enne, Wyo.
THE INJURED
O. R. Ordler, Walker, la., Internal
injuries.
W. H. Diekerson. Omaha, back
sprained, cuts
middle west and the south Thursday
and Friday, cut their way through
towns nnd cities of five states, de
stroyed scores of lives, made hun
dn ds homeless and destroyed prop
erly valued at millions of dollar?.
The cyclone storm area took its
net iest toU of life in Alabama, Ten
I'.sste and northwestern Georgia.
Robbed in Chicago
Si Williams, of Ardmore, 8. D.,
was held up in Chicago Just before
boarding the train, by two footpads.
He struck one under the chin and
knocked him down. The other foot
pad shot at Williams, the bullet tak
ing ofr the end of his little tinker.
He was Just outside the Union de
pot when held up. He was attend
ed by a dOCtPt after getting on the
train.
Pictures of 41 .In Drift
E. Neas, a stockman from Buffalo,
Wyo., had a kodak with him on 41
and amused himself and some of
the passengers by taking a large
number of pictures while the train
was stranded. Two of these pic
tures are shown on this page. A
set of ten others is being made Into
post Card form and will be for sale
by the following post card dealers
Ln Alliance: Geo. Fleming, R. 8.
Powlea, Harry Thiele, F. J. Brennan,
W. C. Mounts, F. E. Holsten. Geo.
8nyder.
; rsons desiring any one or a
set of 'these interesting nhnti i nhs
w. u. i inney, umana, ansie sprain should make reservations at once
ed, bruised. (r0tn one of ttie above dealers
A. R. Colvln, Sioux Falls, S. 1).,
Immense Drifts of 6now in Main Street of Alliance
(Photo by Lloyd C. Thomas)
hip injured, back sprained.
Loss of Stock
A BUNCH OF BOUQUETS
P. C. KELLEY
Speaker
HENRY C. RICHMOND
Chief Clerk
HORACE M. DAVIS
1st Asst. Chief Clerk
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
33d Session
UNCOIL, NEBRASKA
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
John W. Thomas, Esq.,
Alliance. Nebraska.
Dear Friend:
A copy of your very fine
and I write to congratulate y
is uratifviiia to know that a u
facilities which make for the s
into eclipse a great many who
but brains.
Your newspaper must hav
bers through you, I extend th
LlDCOfct, March 10. 1913.
Special Edition has Just attracted me
ou upon such a bit of enterprise. It
ewspaper so far removed from the
ncces of such a venture can cast
are well equipped with everything
e a splendid -tun and to its mem
e compliments of the season.
Sincerely and fraternally,
HENRY RICHMOND
OPINIONS OF GOOD JUDGES
Printing here some of the compli
ments that this paper has received
Is not necessarily a show of vanity.
An Immense amount of work is ex
pended upon' The Herald to make It
a credit to the city and country which
it represents. A a matter of inter
est to our many readers and' as a
Butte county, and a number of their
citizens which have been prominent
in Its upbuilding.
Marsiand Tribune:
The Alliance Herald came out last
week with a mammoth edition to cel
ebrate Alliance's 25th birthday and
to show what the Herald could do
when it tried. It was a creditable
enterprise and worthy of the paper
and city.
help to our business we are glad to
publish the opinions of persons who Thomas County Herald:
are competent Judges of what const I
tutes a good newspaper.
There never was another paper
printed in Alliance that attracted as
much attention or received as many
commendations as the Issue of The
Herald of March 6th. We are aware
that the above la a pretty strong
statement to make, but we are con
fident that It Is absolutely correct.
We pass on to our readers a few
of the bouquets that have been thrown
our way unsolicited within the past
two week:
Crawford Courier:
Tbe Issue of the Alliance Herald
dated March 6th, 1913, was absolute-
The Alliance Herald of March '.
came to our desk early this week as
an "Industrial Edition". It contained
it pages, 6 columns to the page, bound
Ln magazine form, and was altogether
a new achievement in newspaper mak
ing ln the northwest. Better than
words could have done It this paper
illustrated the prosperity of this sec
tion of the state. The Sand Hills
country Is the opportunity of the day.
Alliance Semi-Weakly Times:
The Alliance Herald's Industrial
Edition was a very creditable one
and demonstrated the fact that Alli
ance merchants are progressive and
enterprising. The Issue was a thlr
F. J. Laualilin. Omaha. I'ulliuuu . ThaWfoas of : Tn-ih. territory.
ohdui tor, body bruises, ruts. tributary to Alliance and In the
E. L. Ross, Omaha, hack sprained, sandhill re;!on south and east is
The Railroad Situation
The first train from the east to
reach Alliance after Thursday night
was train No. 41, due at 4 o'clock
Friday morning. It pulled in at 5:30
Sunday afternoon, after being stuck
fof 56 hours In a drift two and one
half miles east of Ellsworth. The
train had started out from Seneca
with two engines to pull it against
the fearful wind. The Alliance offi
cials kept track of them as far as
lakeside, which they passed at S : 21
o'clock Friday morning. After that
all trace of them was lost until Con
ductor Ponath walked into Ellsworth
Friday night and reported that they
were stuck a short distance east.
The train had about eighty passen
gers on board, who were well looked
after by the train crew. When the
passengers reached Alliance they
were loud In their praise of the fine
treatment given them while strand
ed in the drift. The engines died
from lack of water shortly after be
ing stalled In the drift and the fires
were drawn. Coal was carried from
the tenders of the engines and fires
started in the Baker heaters, which
were in all of the oara except two
of the chair cars, which were vacat
ed, part of their passengers going
into the Pullman cars and part into
the smoker which had a heater.
When It was seen that there
might be no relief for some time the
passengers were notified that free
meals would be served in the diner.
The first free meal had 84 diners,
tbe so end 101, and after, that up to
114. The food lasted well until Sat
urday, when six of the soldier boys
tramped to Ellsworth and brought
back enough provisions to last until
the rescue train arrived.
At the rear of the train was a
tourist car with 18 soldiers from the
engineering corps at Jefferson Bar
raks at St. Louis, bound for Vancou
ver Barraks, Washington.
On board the train was Dr. F. A.
Packard, of Kearney, who Is a can
didate for the office of Grand Med
ical Examiner of the A. O. U. W. in
Nebraska. He was given credit by
the passengers with being one of the
llvest ones on tbe train and with
helping pass a dreary time along
he made a great hit with the passen
gers who appreciated his kind die
position and tlie way in which he
helped to entertain.
Sunday morning the train ran
short of water and two of the sol
dier boys went to a ranch house near
by and induced a friendly rancher
to haul a barrel of water to the
train. This helped considerably. Dur
ing the water shortage snow was
melteKl in the diner to secure water.
The Rescue of 41
At six o'clock Saturday morning
Supt. W -id. n hi. mi i started east with
a big snowplow and two monster en
gines. They got ten miles east and
while running one big drift complete
ly buried the plow and one of the
engines. The plow was badly dam
aged and two more engines. with
another push plow, started out at
ttn o'clock. Hard work all day fail
ed to make much headway. Supt
Weldenhamer returned to Alliance
late Saturday night. It had b I
hoped that the big rotury "Jull" plow
perience and which was stuck In a
drilt this side of Thedford until
Saturday when tiny were dug out
Md brought as far as Seneca. This
train arrived ln Alliance about nine
o'clock Sunday evening. The other
trains from the east arrived Sunday
night. They had been held up at
Ravenna and Lincoln.
The big rotary snow plow did not
gel the west lines between Craw
ford and Edgemont, where the worst
drills were, clean d up until Sunday
night and the trains from the West,
which had been held up at Edgemont
and Sheridan, did not arrive until
late that night.
Supt. Griggs, of the Sterling div
ision, worked north from Sterling
with a push plow, reaching Sidney
Sunday morning. Three engines
worked south from Alliance and at
3:45 Sunday afternoon a passenger
train was sent south. The first pas
senger trains arriving from the
south, which had been held up at
Sterling, came in Sunday evening at
eight o'clock.
Wires All Down East
During the storm all telegraph and
telephone wires went down east of
Bingham and communication with
Omaha and other eastern points was
had by way of Denver.
Herald Issued Bulletins
-vi l day Saturday and Sunday hun
dreds of anxious Alliance people and
those from outside who had been
tied up here by the storm, watched
The Herald bulletins which were
posted at different points ln Alli
ance and which were issued at rre
cuts and bru k -
Mrs. A. E. Bagley, Allen, Nebr.,
leg .sprain, d. bruises.
J. G. Ktnkadd. Norfolk. Neb., back
sprained, body bruises.
enormous. It is impossible to give
absolutely accurate figures on the
loss. H. f. Hampton, president of
the Nebraska Stork Growers Associ
ation, sent out letters to a large
ly the best, largest and most expens- t"t' affa,7 well filled I with ad
ive newspaper publication that we !L2m2 Jill' , .?iLL L .
iinsi ' ' i pi iu V It! VII
western Nebraska. The Issue con-
Train 41 Stranded in Drift 22 Miles East of Ellsworth
(Photo by E. Neas. Buffalo, Wyo.l
la..
C. N. Torrance, Charles City,
bruises and cut
George F. Brown, Tonopah, Nev.,
internal Injuries, bruises.
General Scott, colored porter, Om
aha, bruises and cuts.
Anderson, Omaha, colored
porter on train No. 12, slightly bruised.
D. S. Wiley, traveling salesman.
uuent intervals, niving uarticulars of i Benson, Nebr.. bruised.
the train situation
The names and addresses of most
of the passengers on train No. 41
are as follows: O. W. Wells. White
wood, S. 1) ; E. Neas, Buffalo, Wyo.;
Prank liudyer. St. Tlbory. Nebr.; R.
K. Scofleld. Hillings. Mont.; E. P.
Thompson, t'hilllcothe. 111.; John
Pass. Grand Island. Nebr.: Ed. Eckle-
burv. Sheridan. Wvo.: Jack Huther ly bruised, neck sprained
ford. Sheridan, Wyo.; Bert A. E. J. Wenner, Waterloo, la.
Brooks, Sheridan, Wvo.; J. L. Jos ed and cut.
eph. Herton, Okla.; R. E. Barge. Fred E. Battey. Burlington,
Central City. Nebr.: Rosa Carroll, bruisid and tut.
Hemingford, Nebr.; J. M. Smith, Mt.
Vtrncn, 111., Mrs M. C. Kelley, In
dianapolis, hid.: Ruth J. Worth. Buf
falo. Wyo.; F. J. Dempsey, Preston,
Nebr.; Mrs. .Maggie Myers. Broken
Bow, Nebr.; Geo. N. Williams. New
York City; G. H. Black. Rapid City,
S. D.; J. G. Burhat. Lincoln. Ni bi
Chicago,
Rich a id L. Neuninhe!,
slightly bruised.
Mrs. Richard L. Neunnebel, Chica
go, bruistd.
George B. Smith, grain buyer, Orm
shy. Minn., slightly bruised.
Otto Kahler, Grand Island,
bruised.
V. A. Winslow, Waterloo, la
badly
. bad
bruis-
lained thirty two pages of well pre
pared interesting matter with many
expensive cuts representing the ef
ficiency of both branches of thai of
fice. Hooker County Tribune:
The Alliance Herald, a real live
newspaper, grasping at every oppor
tunity to develop western Nebraska
and her great wealth of natural re
sources that are Just now inviting
Investment under unusual advantages
came to our exchange table this
week consisting of 32 pages. It Is
makes a good advertisement for this.
section of the state.
Harrison Sun:
The Alliance Herald of last week
was one of I lie best papers that has
reached our exchange table for some
time. It contained 32 pages, well Il
lustrated, showing views of Alliance,
past and present, also some Box
Butte county farms. It is a souvenir
that all should preserve.
Gering Courier:
Lloyd Thomas, manager of the Her
ald at Alliance, was a Gering visitor
Tuesday. The Herald last week Is-
full of valuable data concerning this sued a very creditable industrial edi
part of the great state of Nebraska Hon, comprising thirty-two pages, nice
that should be In the hands of every ly Illustrated.
eastern renter, and gives much his
tory of both public and private in
stitutions In Alliance and the sur
rounding country.
Bayard Transcript:
Editor Thomas of the Alliance Her
ald Is certainly deserving much cred
it for the splendid industrial edition
which he has Just gotten out whi -h
contains a write-up of Alllaiu-e, Box
George Ostrom. Portland,
bruised.
Samuel I. Kern, Denver,
and shaken.
At
number of ranchmen ln the territory
adjacent to Alliance, asking for an
estimate on losses to etock. F. J.
Was, assistant cashier of the First
National Bank, who is keeping the
tabulated lift of estimated losses,
said to The Herald reporter this
morning, "So far, 4334 head of lost
tattle have been reported to us. Of
this number, 1300 head belonged to
ranchers In the Hyannis territory,
Waving a loss of 30.: 1 In ad in j lie i
couutry tributary to Alliance. So
many steer herd drifted into lakes
that it is hard to estimate the loss
In money wath accuracy. We should
say that an average of $50.00 pt r
head Is nut an over-estimate, whi 1i
means a loss of $150,000.00 at least
in this terrlttry. We do not now
! expect the loss to Alliance ranchers
i to exited (000 head.
"Our MM at this time shows the
Iowa. I following losses. These figures can
no; be vouched for as absolutely cor
Ore., rett. as many of the ranchmen do
'not know the exact numbtr lost at
bruised this time.'"
Tabulated List
W. G. Wilson 12
E. E. Thompson 12
J. W. Mappa 12
Henry Hire
ft. A. Beckwell 12
Ren I fro Bros 300
Farm Valley Ranch 350
Perry A. Yeust 150
L E. Ballanger 250
A. J. Abbott 250
Chas. Tully I Probably 8001 600
Wm
Gentry (Mo.) Sentinel:
We are in receipt of a sample
copy of the Alliance (Nebr.) Herald,
a mammoth trade edition. We notice
the name of K C. Drake as Vice
President or the Publishing Co. It
will be remembered that Mr. Drake
made 1 his town last year as an Op
tomerist. He la a cousin of Mrs.
Otis Hunter of this city.
was not on r. 1 until about midnight
la nipht. A large train o7 passen
gers and mail went west through Al
liance last evening, stopping here
for supper This train was from
Valentine and was handled by the
Burlington frtfai Lincoln to Crawford.
Another Storm Here
A not In r anew storm started Wed
nesday and baa continued since. Th's
Hreckner 30 morning L la snowing heavily but
there is little wind. Railroad offi
cials state that so far the storm is
! not serious.
Herndon Station
THE DEAD
Ray Phillips, conductor train
No
L. T. Thompson, Pecria. 111.; Edgar I otM. ( heyenne.
Hawlty. Dillon, Mont.; Noel Baught.l C. M. Cradit, brakeman train No
Hemiiig;ord, Nebr ; Win Hornsbach. 504, Cheyenne.
E. M. El died 6oo
Chas Avery Inn
Kiause Bros 100
Jacob Herman 65
Hord 100
Spokane, Wash.; Glff. G. Steer, Io
wa Falls, la.; Arthur Carroll. Hem
Ingford, Nebr.
Union Pacific Wrecks
The bliz.nrd was the cause cf two
disastrous rear-end ooUissC&S, 0 cur
rlng m thai main line of the Union
Pucifi.' railtoa 1 in western Nebraska
a' alip the -anic time Krcliy morn
ing, Cgetiafl the death of ten per
son ai.d tho Injury of v. :n;. -' a o
inert
The first disaster was directly in
front of the passenger depot at Goth
enburg at :: .17 a. in I'uioii Pacifi"
passenger iralu No. 12 ran past two
automatic block signals ami crashed
fhree unknown stockmen.
The commissions appointed for
the purpose of determining the
causes of the wrecks found on Mon
day that the crews on the two
trains wlii' h caused the wre-cki were
to blame. G. G. Hampton, of Ooth
enbairgi who was formerly a resident
cf Alliance, was ou.the board that
in s'lga'ed the passenger wre k
there.
Extent of the Storm
Southern South Dakota, eastern
Wyoming, northern Colorado and
western Nebraska got the worst of
the blizzard Widespread storms of New ten
cyclonic iutensity swept over the H rliin
L. J. Schlll
Hill
J. E. Rice
Hall and Graham
Jno. Gerdes
Sturgeon
Pe-t urson
Black Bros
M. Mulhall
W. M. Lo speli h
Hit hards aV Coat'
Chas. Clough
U Boy .r
W. J M.nuick
Chas. Zurnmastcr
T. L. Briggs
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Northwestern Tied Up
The Northwestern line was
up by ilrifis west of Valentine
Spedden-Paige Co.
Phclan Opera House Popular Placet
of Amusement this Week
Interett In the performance s by
'.he Speddtn-Paige Stock Company
ecutinues In a manner highly gratify
ing as la at'ested by the continued
large crowds) greeting each perform
ance. The popular verdict Is that
Mils is the bet repertoire company
having played Alliance for many
years. The company comprised of
twelve players, all ladles and gentle
men, present an array of talent sel
dom seen in repertoire and are
equal to many of the one-iight per
'ormances. The vaudeville special
ties given between each act are
new and entertaining and the shows
t'irucut are of a clean and moral
character, wUh plenty of acting an'l
sufficient remedy as to make them
attractive.
The company closes Its engage
ment Saturday with u matinee In Hie
aCetnoou and clotting performance
at night. Tomorrow night, Friday,
will be presented the feature bill.
DuBarry" by Mrs. Leslie Carter,
and the company Is well equipped
w-ttb elegant costumes and special
scenery to give k a grand produc
tion. Prices being within the reah
of all there is i-veiy reason to bt-
62 ileve tha.t I lie house will be crowded
8 both tomorrow and Saturday even
6 ings and playgoers are advised to
5o secure their reserve seats eawly.
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and
Mrs. Chas Triukle'a little daughter
is very ill with pneumonia.