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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1913)
w ANT COUNTY Petitions Being Cir culated Asking the Commissioners for Special Election IVdtlons are now being circulatn.l throughout the county asking , tho commissioner to call an elvtIon for the purpose of allowing the e e tors of the county to dec! le whether or not the commissioners 6houlU make a levy for the purpuwi' of establishing a county telephone system, as provided under the uew law passed by th last legislature. This law reads as follows: An Act to provide for the establish ment, maintenance, extension and operation of public telephone s terns. Be it enacted by the pe pie of the State of Nebraska: Se"tion 1. (Public Telephone Sys tems) Power and authority is here by granted and bestowed upon various counties of this abate to es tablish public telephone syMeais within the respective counties a cording to tho provisions of t. act. Section 2. (Taxes, Election) For the purpose of establishing county telephone systems, the county boards having the general power to levy taxes for county purposes throughout the rtate are empowered and authorized to cause a tax of sot more than two (2) mills on tU j dollar of the assessed valuation of said county to be levied and collect ed for the purpose of establishing or assisting hi eMabMshinK a public telephone system for any county within the state. Provided that th county board shall submit the ques tion of such levy to the electors at & general or special election when a petition is filed with the clerk of said board signed by at least ten per cent of th - electors of thd ounty and if carried by a majority vote of all electors caist at said elec tion the board shall make the levy ftjoreeaid. Section "3. (Bonds) When tho Amount of revenue which such a tax would produce In any one year shall be insufficient to establish such pub lic telephone system, the. County Board of Supervisors or County Com missioners of any county shall, upon -r r t JOE McCLEINEGHAIN, Rooms, li-t Floor, Exchange Blag. A FEW OF HIS RECORD SALES JOE McCLENEGHAN SOLD THE FIRST WESTERN RANGE BEEP EVER SOLD AT $6.43, HOLDING THE RECORD TWO YEARS. SOLD THE FIRST OPEN RANCE FEEDERS EVER SOLD AT $5.65 FOR MAHONEY BROS., ALADDIN, WYO., HOLDING THE RECOKD FOR TWO YEARS. ALSO BREAKING HIS OWN REC ORD IN SELLING A THREE-CAR BUNCH FOR THE MYERS LAND A CATTLE CO., EVANSTON, WYO., AT $6.70, WHICH WAS Sc PER CWT. MORE THAN THE ONE CAR OF TOPS OUT OF THESE SAME CATTLE SOLD FOR AT THE IN TERNATIONAL SHOW AT CHICAGO. Pens Located on Main Alley With Access to Four Scales Try Us With Your Next Shipment Strong on petition 10 per cent of the elect ors of the county praying therefore, Usue the bonds of eaid county to an amount not to exceed 21 12 pr 'cent of the total assessed valuation of said coun'y and bearing nut to exceed 6 per cent in ems and pay nbie in not to exceed 20 years, but with an option on the part of tne nounty that same may be paid at any time within five years from date, provided however that before suih bonds shall be submitted to a vo'e of the electors of sard county at a general or special election, and be authorized by a majority vote of the elector voting at audi election, and siwih bond issue and all matters concerned therewith shall be gov erned in all respects, except where in conflict with this present act, by the provisions of law for the issu ance of bonds by counties for the purpose of internal Improvement, and when so issued shall be deemed regular and valid in all respeUs. snd when such bonds are S3 issued the said Boards shall provide for the levy and collection of a tax annual ly sufficient to pay the interest thereon, and for a tax to provide a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds as they mature. Section 5. (Organization, regula tion, maintenance, extension taxes). Such board shall further provide for the proper organization, regulation, maintenance and extension of such telephone system and 'shall be fu h orized, if necessary, to levy a tax of not to exceed 1 mill on the dol lar upon the taxable property of said county for the pur4oie of mnin tninlng pnd extending the same. Section 7. (Rates; Tolls) Thd County Board shall provide by reso lution which shall be published with their regular proceedings for the rates and tolls to be charged eaoli subscriber system for the use of Rait' system within said county, pro vided, that in their discretion hey may proVide rates and tolls for 'lit use of the entire county system, and may also, in case more than one lo I ca exchange 13 ettabliancd, provide chart ib and toll for the use of the tslephonee connected to the various exchanges. In providing such charg es and tolls the same shall, so far os may be, based upon the actual cost of servioe. Including operation expenses, salaries, maintenance of property and the like, and after the deduction from the gross rnoome of a reasonable percentage for depreci t c tarn PHONE ation of property, and for necessary ixtrnslon work; the ln:entlon bilnp that the system shall be operate as nearly as may be for actual cost of service, but bIkiII be co'.lei-ted by said telephone chief and by him paid over monthly ln'o the county treas urpir's office into a fund to Ik knovii ns the County Telephone fund, in which shall also be included the funds, If any, derived from the above mentioned mali.teiiance and ex'ens'ion tax. Section 8. (Kxistlng systems, pur chase) The power to establish pub lic telephone systems as provided for by this act shall Include the righit to purchase or to arquire. through arbitration or by condemna tion pro tiding'-, the telephone sys tems already ex 'ting In ti't .oun :y, and whenever there is already a telephone system or systems in such county furnishing service 1 the Inhabitants thereof, it shall be the duty of said county to acquire the same, either by purchase or ' y arbitration, or by condemnation pro ceedings, as said county shall deter mine; provitlet' that in the evtnt he price to be paid for said tele phone system is to be fixed by con demnation proceedings, such proceed ings Bhall be had as provided for in Section 9, of this act, and if the price to be paid for said telephone system is to be fixed by arbitration, then one arbitrator shall be appoint ed by the county, one arbtrator shall be appointed by the owner of the telephone system to be acquired and the two arbitrators thus ap pointed shall salect a third abirrai jr, and the price agreed upon bj two or more of said abitatos exclud ing anything for going value, slnll constitute the award of eald arbi trators; Provided, however, that up on the filing of a written accept ance of the award of the arbitrators or the award made by the apprais ers in condemnation proceedings, bv the owners of the telephone system shall become binding upon the coun ty the same must be submitted to and be approved by a vote of a ma jority of the electors of said con voting UL a general or special elec tion of the county called for that purpose, and the notice therefor must state the purchase price to b paid for said telephone system, and, provided further, that further, that In the event the electors of . th county shall reject the price fixed by the arbitrators, or by the ap Stoc Always Lead in Malting Record Sales Joe McCleneghan is a thoro judge and a clever trader, having sold over 300 cars of cattle out of Hyannis and Whitman while head cattle salesman for the Bowles ommission Company. JU1. 2.j. Km. sold for HUTFM N BROS , TRVON. NEB., GRASS, HOKNKD STEERS, heavih branded and rouyh, straight without a steer out, at $8.00 per hundred Refer to anyone for whom I have sold cattle Gentle rain makes the green grass grow, but RECORD SALES makes your bank account grow SYSTEM praisers in condemnation proceed ings, or the owner of such telephone system refuses to abide by price as fixed by the county court In such condemnation proceedingA, then such county shall have th right to construct a public tele phone system without acquiring the system of such owner. According to local parties who are well posted, there have been two amendments made to the above la which change Its meaning very terlally. The Herald is investigat ing and will publish these amend ments as soon as received. . Th Nolwaska Telephone Company, whirl' owns the local exchange and which has plants and toll lines all ove the state, will make a very hir: f&ht against the proposition. Tl will present the arguments that the presence of two phone Bys'enis would work great hardships on busi ness men and those whd would . compelled to have both phones. Ac cording to the law as given above, it would be necessnry to purchase the local plant, but it Is stated thai '.he amendments made would change this provision very materially. 'I, petitions being circulated will re quire about 200 or 2&0 names of r ector in order to call the election. They had not been filed with the county clerk up to noon today. MAMMOTH IDAHO PEACHES We have heard a good deal about the splendid fruit grown under Irri gation In Idaho, but it is necessary to sec it to fully appreciate ho' fine it really Is. The Herald has a sample pea h from a crate received by Dr. Geo. J. Hand yesterday after noon, sent him by express by Mrs Hand fnan Emmet t, Idaho, wheie she has been visiting her sisters the past ten days. This peach, which was the first to be taken from the crate and probably about an average size, is ten inches In circumferauce and weighs nine and one-half ounces. And delicious, you'll have to guess at that. POPULAR YOUNG COUPLE MARRIED AT DEADWOOD Miss Ora Blanche McDonald, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Mc Donald of Alliance, and Mr. William Edward Rousey, a popular Alliance traveling man, were married Mon day afternoon In Dead wood, S. D. X At Miss McDonald received her school ing in Alliance and is a very popu lar young lady. She has been em ployed as private secretary to At torney 11. F. Oilman fr some tin; Mr. ttmisey Is traveliaig a!eimati for the Kmerson Implement Cini' pany and is regarded very hlitlily by his employers and associates, lit has made his headquarters in Alii ance for some time. Mr. and Mrs. Itouscy will mak their home at filM Iaram!e Avenue after the first of November. They win spond their honeymoon on a two week's trip throughout th western pa it of the staie GET LATEST SERVICE FIRST RUN' PICTURES II. A. Dubuque, pronrlrtnr of the Crys.al and Empress theaters, last night received a telegram which In sures tho theatergoers of Alliance the bes-t of flnrst run moving pic ture films produced in the United States. In. fact Alliance is to bo made the distributing point to other theaters for the Colorado Mutual Film company and a forty to sixty day service has been Inaugurate:! that ..will .alvw the patrons of the Crystal and EmpreRs absolutely the latest in moving pictures. Tonight the five reel Him "Satan'' appears at the Crystal theater, the show for the single night costlns Mr. Dubuque $50 flat. New vaude ville will be shown between the films. The film "Satan" is one of the greatest produced since the in ceptlon of the moving plays. A go;jil line of new films will be shown at the Empress. GOOD BOOK FOR THOSE PLANNING IRRIGATION "Underground Waters for Farm Use" Is the title of a book just IB sued by the United StatvB Geologic al survey, which should be of Im mense benefit to farmers In Box Butte county who are interested In pumping Irrigation. The book de scribes the various stratums where the bist water may be found and how It should be used. A copy may be obtained free on application to the director of the IT. 8. geolo leal survey at Washington, D. C. WOMEN'S WORK DISPLAYED From Saturday's Daily: Among the work dlsplnyed by wv men at the county fair was a pie' ty spread knitted by Mrs. W. II. Swan when she was but twelve years old. Some fancy handmade Irish lace made In Ireland was ex hibited by Mrs. A. T. Lunn. Mrs. Bignell and Mrs. Shields added to the E. W. Ray floral display with two immense mixed bouquets. REMOVED FROM HOSPITAL From Saturday's Dally: De Las Hlppach, brother of Mrs Joel Westover, who during the past week underwent an operation, this from the effects of the shock ot be removed to his sister's home. .! 31 Commission Head Cattle Salesman and flanager . . . . Two Assistants , . . South Omaha. A FEW OF HIS RECORD SALES JOE McCLENEGHAN MADE THE WORLD'S RECORD SALE BY 8ELLINQ THE HIGHEST PRICED OPEN RANGE FEEDERS FOR THEIR WEIGHT, AT $8.30. 80LD FOR HUFFMAN BROS.. OF HECLA, NEB., 7 CARS OF GRASS HORNED STEERS, AT $7.90 HOW'S THATT SOLD THE HIGHEST. PRICED BABY BEEF 8TEERS AND HEIF ERS MIXED, WEIGHING 932 LBS 'AT $1.00. ALSO SELLING A FULL TRAIN OF HAY FED 8TEERS FOR OUFF PRICHARD, OF 8HERIDAN, WYO., 5c MORE THAN ANY CORN FED CATTLE SOLD THAT DAY. ANOTHER BIG FIRE Municipal Building In Seaflsld, Eng land, Destroyed by Suffragette with Great Lots Literature Scattered About SIGNALS ARB BLAMED Connecticut Utilities Commission! Blames Lack of Adequate Sys tem ad Bunching of Trains for Death of Twenty-one - By . United Press) Liverpool, England, Sejit. 23 A fire of incendiary origin destroyed the municipal building at Seafleld with a loss of over (400,000 tail morning. Tike building was totally destroyed. Suffragette literature was found scattered about. New Haven, Conn., Sept. 23 Tb Connecticut utilities commission ren dered their report this morning on the disastrous wreck on the New. Haven railroad at Wallingford In which 21 people lowt their lives. Ths report holds the reason for the wreck to be due to the lack fit ade quate signal system and to the fact that six passenger 'rains were bunched closely together on on stretch of track on a foggy morn Ing. The recklessness of the en gineer on the Bar Harbor train la running past a danger signal is 1U0 blamed. NEW BAKERY TO BEGIN E. Manewal & Son, two expert and experienced bakers, will begin operating a nev bikcry in Alliance " the last of this week, opening oa Saturday. The bakery will be local ed at 124 First street. Mr. Manewal and his son are known In Alliance, having worked here for some tints. Their experience also covers seves years In Denver and thre year ' U Cheyenne. H. W. Stllle, of Moffltt, left Sb .ruoy uj.ta.u for Luicom. He i4 visit at Havelock, then, goes to Fsi' fax, 8, D, where. he. will meet bJ wife. They will return, together vie. Council Bluffs and Fremont. Co Nebraska Westerns