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VOLUME XXII
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AFRIL 22, 1915
NO. 20
ALLIANCE GETS
1916 CONVENTION
Special Train Will Carry 800 Dele
gate and Wives to State T.
P. A. Convention Her
POST M MEMBERS MADE GOOD
The Alliance delegation of T. P.
A.'s, representing Post M, returned
"with the goods" the first ot the
week, bringing the good news with
them that Alliance had been selected
for the annual convention to be held
In 1916. The boys all enjoyed them
selves thoroughly. Plans are being
made to run a special train from
Omaha for the next convention, the
train starting out with the Omaha
delegation and picking up the differ
ent delegations from the posts on the
way out. ,
i Each and every member of the
post, including President Outhrle of
the Alliance Commercial Club, who
was elected an honorary member be
fore going down, deserves credit for
the good work done In securing the
1916 convention. The Alliance bus
iness men and Secretary Fisher of
the club all deserve credit for assist
ing the post in securing the conven
tion by sending telegrams to the con
vention. Walter G. White of Fremont was
elected state president without op
position, and the Rev. A. A. Brooks
of Hastings was the unanimous
choice for national chaplain candi
date. A. V. White, state chaplain
from Lincoln, and the Rev. Brooks
both paid tribute to the late Homer
T. Wilson, national chaplain, in stir
ring addresses.
The following officers were elect
ed without opposition: W. R. Gil
chriBt, Grand Island, first vice presi
dent; Roy Jackson, Lincoln, second
vice president; H. A. Webbert, Kear
ney, third vice president; W. D. Eck,
Omaha, fourth vice president; A. A.
Kofer, York, fifth vice president;
Charles L. Hopper, Omaha, secretary
and treasurer; Walter Snapp, Lin
coln, chairman of railroad commit
tee; George F. Wolz, Fremont,
chairman of legislative committee;
R. E. Gilmore, Omaha, chairman of
press committee; W. C. Alexander,
Hastings, caatrinao of hotel commit
tee; H. G. Hoel, Omaha, chairman of
employment committee; Robert
Newman, chairman of good roads
and public utilities.
Roy Strong of Alliance was elect
ed a member of the board of direct
ors, and S. W. Thompson and Roy
Strong were chosen as delegates to
the national convention at Omaha.
DEBATE FRIDAY NIGHT
Alliance and Ogallala Teams Will
Participate
Resolved, that the government
should own and operate the rail
roads".
This is the question that will be
debated by the Alliance and Ogallala
teams tomorrow night in the assem
bly room of the high school, and is
the question being debated by the
high schools all over the state. It
Is the last of the series of debates in
this section, and the winner in this
contest will send a representative to
the state debate which will be held
In Lincoln May 14. Both sides have
made extensive preparations for to
morrow night s event, and the spec
tators are assured something worth
while. The admission is 25 cents.
The Judges are Supt. Marrs, of
Bridgeport; Dean Stockdale, of
Cbadron Normal, and Supt. Matheny,
of Scottsbluff. Music will be fur
nished during the Intermission by
the high school orchestra.
GET READY TO CLEANUP
Next Week Is When Alliance Will
Be Made the "City
Beautiful"
The week of April 26 to May 1 is
the time, and Alliance is the place.
Will you do your share?
Next week is annual "Cleanup and
Paintup Week", and it is then that,
with the co-operation of the citizens,
Alliance will be made one of the
cleanest little cities in the state. This
is not a matter that will stand going
at half-heartedly you can't clean
fifteen or twenty square feet of your
back yard and then say you have
done your part. You have not done
your part until you have cleaned
your front yard, your back yard,
your house, your outbuildings, your
basements, and every other place
where trash has accumulated for
months.
Just think of the bottles, cans, old
lumber, and other trash on your
premises taht you have been threat
ening to remove for the past year,
and which is still there! Don't put
it off do it next week. Or, if It is
more convenient, do it now. It is
not necessary that you wait until
then. But for your own sake, and
the town's sake, do it next week any
way. Summer is coming on the run, and
with it will come the usual number
f Insects unless something Is done
to prevent it now. A pile of tin
cans or other rubbish is the finest
place in the world for several mil
lion files and other Insects to find
their way into this world, and natur
ally Into Alliance, where they are
cussed generally. Think of the mil
lions of these flies that could be elim
inated if proper precautions were
taken right at the start.
Fever epidemics are often started
from a pile of rubbish containing de
cayed matter which has been allow
ed to stand In the summer sun until
it Is rotten. If you haven't enough
civic pride to want to see the town
clean, then think of the lives and
health of yourselves and children.
If only a few persons would ob
serve "cleanup week", it would have
about the same effect as sticking
your finger into a rain barrel, pull
ing it out, and then looking for the
hole. Every citizen who owns prop
erty, even though It be vacant,
should be right down to business
next Monday morning early, and he
should stay with the job until not a
particle of rubbish remains. If ev
eryone will do this, Saturday night
will find Alliance clean from one end
to the other.
Get the habit; clean up.
PRESS CONVENTION COMING
Special Train, Carrying Members of
Nebraska State Press Ashoc la
th in, to Visit Alliance 1016
Word received from Lloyd Thom
as, now In Omaha attending the an
nual Nebraska Press Association con
vention, states that on Tuesday af
ternoon the association voted to have
the convention in 1916 held on board
a special train which will visit the
western part of Nebraska, the busi
ness sessions to be held on the train
and the entertainment to be provid
ed by the larger towns enroute. The
train will probably start from Grand
Island over the Union Pacific, visit
ing North Platte, Sidney, Bridgeport,
Scottsbluff and Gering, returning
with stops at Alliance and Grand Is
land. The convention which was held In
Omaha this week was attended by
200 delegates, many of whom were
accompanied by their wives. Fea
tures of the entertainment provided
were special musical programs, ban
quets at the Fontenelle, Rome and
Paxton hotels, a banquet at South
Omaha, and a theatre party at the
Brandels. Horace M. Davis of the
Ord Journal was elected president;
Clark Perkins of the Aurora Repub
lican was elected vice president; C.
C. Johns of Grand Island was re
elected secretary-treasurer; Eunice
Haskias of the, Stella Press, was
elected corresponding secretary.
The trip to be made next year will
be something new and will give west
ern Nebraska an opportunity to show
itself in its true light. This will be
the best advertising feature the west
ern part of the state ever had. Alli
ance will do her share in providing
suitable entertainment while the ed
itors and their families are the
guests of the city.
PLANS FOR RESORVOIR
Special Meeting of Council Held
Monday Night -Committee to
Study Details
A special meeting of the city coun
cil was held Monday evening to con
sider the erection of a city reservoir,
with a capacity of 500,000 gallons.
This would be of concrete and
would be built on the city property
near the light plant. Several plans
were advanced, and Mayor Romig
appointed Councllmen Kibble and
Davis as a committee to go to Lin
coin and Grand Island at once to get
the details. They will start Sunday
and upon their return definite plans
will be made.
It has been seen for some time
that a reservoir is necessary in order
to keep a supply of water in the
summer time. The pressure was
very good last year, but for several
years before there was nothing to
boast of.
The lawns over town are In fine
shape, and It will take a great
amount of water to keep them in
shape, and In addition to this is the
fact that hundreds of trees will be
planted over town this year, which
will bring the demand up considera
bly.
SPECIAL FOR LADIES
See Mrs. Zebrung for cleaning and
pressing Lace Curtains, Sofa Pillows
and Fancy Work.
Alliance Cleaning Works, phone
58.
Residence phone 2S7.
19-tf-5420
Will Make Alliance Headquarters
J. L. Williams, real estate agent of
Broken Bow, arrived in Alliance last
Thursday, and will make this city
his headquarters this spring and the
coming summer. He makes a spec
ialty of Wheatland irrigated lands,
His proposition seems to be a good
one, and already Is creating some In
terest bere.
TANGO DYEING
Pave that Tango Suit or Coat re
dyed and made to look like new by
Mrs. Zehrung.
Alliance Cleaning Works, phone
58.
Residence phone 287.
19-tf-5420
Sold Car to Bayard Man
W. W. Norton drove over to Bay
ard, Tuesday, in a new automobile
that he sold to L. F. Flower, a young
business man of that town. Mr.
Norton returned on the train today.
PROCLAMATION
Realizing that our City to keep pace with our aiRler cities
must be in a Ranitary condition I, Renrose E. Romig, Mayor of
Alliance, this 21st day of April, 1915, do hereby set aside April
26th to May 1st as the official "CLEAN UP and PAINT UP
Days" in the City of Alliance, Box Butte County, State of
Nebraska, and ask the hearty co-operation of every citizen of
our progressive city.
A town or city is as dirty or as attractive as its citizens
make it. It cannot rise above the level of its citizens. When
traveling you realize that a dirty city is made up of dirty
households, inefficient citizenry. Alliance is noted for its wide
awake co-operative spirit. We have the record of being the
livest City in the West for our size, and let us as citizens work
together in making our city the most talked of town in the
West in the line of clean streets, clean alleys, clean back yards
and a healthy city in which to live. Now therefore I earnest
ly request that all garbage be placed in cans, all trash hauled
away, the tin cans and unsightly piles of rubbish and trash be"
cleaned up, buildings be repainted and when it is over I hope
that every citizen will make it a point to do his part every day
in giving Alliance the name she deserves, "The Cleanest and
Best City in the West."
PENROSE E. ROM IQ, Mayor.
UNDESIRABLES ROUNDED UP
House and Box Car Broken Into and
Bobbed Officers Got
Seventeen
After the report had been turned
in that both a house and a box car
had been broken Into and robbed
Sunday evening. Sheriff Cox, Crlef
Jeffers, Night Marshal Klsh, Burling
ton Special Agent Phillips, and Cbas.
Hill started a systematic search for
"undesirables", and by five o'clock
Monday morning seventeen hoboes
had been boused in the city and
county jails.
The city was searched from one
end to the other, and after the other
places had been examined, the offic
ers confined their efforts to the Bur
lington yards, where they were more
than successful. They had secured
several common "bo's", and had
hunted the yaras for some time wltb -
out locating the box car robbers.
when Chief Jeffers and Sheriff Cox
accidentally stumbled onto three
seedy looking individuals examining
the contents of a box just below the
embankment on which they were
walking. Both men jumped dowa
the bank at about the' same time,"
and as they did so the box car . rob
bers, for such they were, started to
run. At that moment Special Of
ficer Phillips jumped up from some
where and fired a "friendly" shot ov
er their heads, and at that tbey were
perfectly docile. The box they were
examining proved to be one from the
box car, and contained ladies' and
gentlemen's wearables, towels, sil
verware, sheets and other articles.
These three men were taken to the
county jail where they are now rest
ing, and It Is probable that tbey will
soon be confined in the state peniten
tiary, as they were caught "with the
goods".
Of the seventeen who were round
ed up, three are confined In the
county jail, three in the city jail, and
the other eleven were quietly but
forcibly ejected from town by the of
ficers Monday morning, via the Bur
lington tracks, after they had drawn
the "get out of town" sentence.
Among the bunch were three Mexi
cans and several other foreigners.
Those taken to the city jail are now
assisting in the completion of the
natatorium.
The city authorities have declared
war on the vags, and hereafter that
class will find it both pleasant and
profitable to fight shy of Alliance.
They have become so numerous here
of late that this decision has been
made necessary, as they not only
make it compulsory to keep houses
locked tight when the occupants are
away if only for a few minutes, be
sides the discomfort of having sever
al at the back doors about breakfast
time. And the majority of them
are "sick" when they are asked to
work for their meals.
EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS
Itev. "Billy" Nlckerson, Famous Ne
gro Evangelist, Holding Iteviv
al Meetings in Alliance
"Billy" Nlckerson, the famous ne
gro evangelist and president of the
Nlckerson Evangelistic Company,
who has held successful meetings
thruout the United States and Cana
da, is in this city conducting a series
of meetings for the A. M. E. church.
Several of the Sunday school pupils
"hit the sawdust trail" Sunday morn
ing, and others are manifesting the
deepest concern in their souls' wel
fare. Owing to the small congregation
and limited resources, the citizens of
Alliance and vicinity, to whom bene
fits are accruln galong moral, spirit
ual and intellectual lines, are re
quested to give moral, spiritual and
financial support to this movement.
No man 11 vet h to himself; we live or
die unto the Lord.
The evangelist is undenomination
al. The public is invited. Street
meetings will be held in the after
noon. A. M. E. CHURCH.
If you want to beautify your lawn
with No. 1 trees, at from 18 to 28
rents, now is the time to do so. We
have a few left at these prices. Phone
74.
A SPLENDID CONCERT
School of Music Furnished a Treat
Friday NlRht, With Two
Part Concert
The people of Alliance had the
pleasure last Friday night of listen
ing to one of the best musical pro
grama that has ever been given in
the city, when the members of the
Alliance School of MubIc and other
local talent gave a two-part concert
at the Phelan opera house.
The first part consisted of the
"Breton Folk Songs", rendered by a
mixed quartette composed of Miss
Burnett, Mrs. Hershman, Harry
Zlckert and Camille Nohe. To give
any member of the quartette special
mention would be out of the ques
tion, as all performed equally well
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starting of the program that there
had been some tedious training be
fore the desired result was obtained.
The singers made an excellent ap
pearance in their old fashioned cos
tumes, which lent the proper air to
their songs.
Mr. Hershman's . . solo was well
suited to her voice, and she gave It
the correct itnerpretation through
out. Few people In the audience
realized the difficulty In giving the
song the proper expression, nor how
much training was necessary to give
it the somberness necessary.
While new In Alliance musical cir
cles, Camille Nohe won an enviable
rmnltinn therein In hi. Friday night's I
appearance. His rendition of "The
Kuby Necklace" was something that
the audience will remember for some
time, owing to its dramatic flavor,
and his correct manner of expres
sion. Miss Burnett's work was perform
ed In the usual satisfactory manner.
Her strong, clear voice was given a
hard test but she proved herself
more than equal to the occasion.
Like the others, her songs were full
of dramatic effect, which required
special pains to bring out the har
mony, and this Miss Burnett surely
did.
Alliance Is fortunate In possessing
a "basso" such as Mr. Zlckert. 111b
voice is deep and resonant, yet clear
and strong. Both his singing and
acting in the little skit, "The Night
ingale", were perfect, and received
hearty praise from the audience.
The quartette numbers, with all
voices blended together, exhibited a
smoothness not generally found out
side of the highly paid companies
who specialize on this work, and
with the costumes and settings, the
numbers were all the more apprecia
ble, especially the "Spinning Song",
In which all members were given the
opportunity to display their talents.
Miss Hight was unable to be pres
ent, and her place was occupied by
Mrs. Zediker, who gave a brief syn
opsis of the several songs and acted
as accompanist. She showed mark
ed talent in telling the stories of the
songs In few words, which made
them perfectly understandable to the
audience, and her accompaniments
were perfect.
The work of the orchestra, as the
second part of the program, proved
equally as enjoyable as the "Folk
Songs", the audience sitting in rapt
attention throughout' each number.
The program was composed of the
newest numbers, which made tbem
all the more interesting, and Direct
or Ralph R. Uniacke has a superb
style of getting the greatest amount
of harmony with the instruments.
Like the first part, every member
and participant proved himself an
artist.
It is to be regretted that Alliance
people will not be able to hear an
other concert of this nature for some
time, but Friday night's entertain
ment proved that the people appreci
ate such high grade numbers and
the School of Music will play to a
crowded bouse when they again ap
pear in public
MAItKIED AT SIDNEY
Alliance Couple Spring a Surprise
on Friends
The many friends of Mr. George
Breckner and Miss Catherine Frel
muth will be surprised to learn of
their marriage, which took place in
St. Patrick'! Catholic church in Sid
ney, Nebr., Thursday, April 16.
The bride Is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wolf Frelmuth and the
groom la the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William Breckner, all of Alliance.
The young couple will make their
home in Cheyenne, Wyo.
Sedan Is a Dandy
The Keeler-Coursey Co. received
another carload of Fords Tuesday,
which makes two carloads for them
In less than a week, having received
a car last Thursday. In the car re
ceived this week is a Ford "Sedan"
car, and it is about the classiest arti
cle that has ever been in Alliance.
Mr. Coursey says he will "put It up
against anything in Alliance that
runs on four wheels", and it would
seem that he is perfectly safe in do
ing so. It is the first Sedan that has
ever been here, and it la interesting
to anyone who is interested in auto
mobiles, and that includes every
body. RECK GETS JUDGEMENT
Sued School District for 92,500
Verdict Rendered In Ilia
Favor for Sl.OOO
The case of Sang C. Reck vs. the
School District of Alliance terminat
ed last Friday when the jury brought
in a verdict awarding the plaintiff
$1,000 in his suit for $2,500. He
was allowed $960 on his petition for
$1,900, for the first cause, and in the
second cause $70.47, the petition be
ing for $170.
Mr. Reck sued to recover $1,900
in the first cause of action, which he
claimed was the difference in price
between Denver and Edgemont
brick. It was claimed that the con
tract called for Edgemont brick, but
that be was later ordered to change
to the Denver product by A. S. Mote,
construction superintendent on the
Central school building, the Edge
mont brick having proven unsatis
factory for the building. According
to the testimony, the brick was or
dered changed on July 8, 1913, and
letters were produced by the defense
to show that the change in brick had
been made prior to the time when It
was ordered, Mr. Reck ordering the
Denver brick before the Edgemont
product bad been condemned.
The plaintiff claimed that he had
ordered the brick before his dispute
with Mr. Mote, but that It was not
received and a later order was neces
sary, it being made some time after
his conversation - - with . any of the
school board or the construction sup
erintendent. The amount of $1,900
Mr. Reck claimed to be what he was
compelled to pay for the Denver
brick, more than the price of the
product of his own kiln. The sec
ond cause amounting to $170 was
the amount withheld from settlement
for unfinished work on the contract.
It was claimed by the school board
that there is still a little unfinished
work, and that tbey completed parts
of it after Mr. Reck quit the job.
A. S. Mote, W. R. Pate, C. A. New
berry, F. W. Harris, W. E. Spencer.
and others testified for the defense.
Mr. Reck was his own witness on his
side. The plaintiff was represented
by Wm. Mitchell, and the defendant
by Boyd & Metz, assisted by Attorn7
Connell, of Omaha.
"A RATTLING GOOD AD"
Up-to-date Store Uses Up-to-date
Method of AdvertUing Splen
did Stock of Merchandise
"A rattling good ad," is what The
Herald's foreman remarked after be
read the copy for George A. Moll-
ring's full page advertisement which
appears on page seven of this Issue.
It's not only a rattling good adver
tisement, but there are a number of
rattling good things about It to
which the attention of The Herald's
many readers is specially called:
The Mollrlng store Is a rattling
good place to trade. It Is stocked
with dependable goods, a thing nec
essary to building up a good perman
ent trade.
The management and sales force
of this store are rattling nice people
to do business with. Tbey are cour
teous, accommodating and under
stand the wants of customers and
their line of goods from A to Z.
The sale which is being advertised
this week is a rattling good money
saver, as any one who 1b a judge of
goods will see by visiting the store
and making a little investigation.
There Is nothing fakey about it, as
this bouse doesn't put on fake sales.
It's a genuine offer of big bargains
on first-class, stylish goods.
Entertained at School of MukIc
The faculty of the Alliance School
of Music entertained last evening in
honor of those who participated in
the two-part concert last Friday ev
ening. The evening was a musical
one, the members of the faculty ren
dering several selections, after which
delicious refreshments were served.
There were about twenty present,
and all reported an excellent time.
BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. J. D. Collins, of Lincoln,
Sunday school man for the Baptists
of Nebraska, will be present next
Sunday and speak at the Baptist
church morning and evening. A cor
dial invitation to attend the services
of this church is extended to the pub
lic. GEORGE E. MORPHV, Pastor.
GETTING READY
TO PUSH WORK
Local Connell of Boy Scout Organiz
ation Preparing for Spring and
Summer Campaign
MOVEMENT BIX1INS TO MOVE
With the coming of spring activi
ties, the Boys' Scout movement in
Alliance is beginning to move again.
A meeting of the local council of the
Alliance branch of the Boy Scout
Movement of America was held at a
6 o'clock dinner at the Alliance Cafe
last evening. There ' were present:
Rev, O. S. Baker, rice president, who
acted as 'chairman; C. E. Lamon,
secretary; ' E. 'G. Lalng, treasurer;
Rev. H. J.' Young, scout commission
er; Prof. W. O. Lewis, scout execu
tive; Rev. Mclntyre, Charlea Spacht,
A. V. Gavin, Supt. W. R. Pate, Prof.
S. L. Clements, Jhon W. Thomas.
The council being without a presi
dent, owing to the removal from Al
liance of Rev. W. M". Seel, Rev. O.
8. Baker ' was elected to that posi
tion. A. V. Gavin was chosen vice pres
ident to fill vacancy caused by the
election of Rev. Baker to the presi
dency. Eight scout masters were elected.
as follows: E. G. Lalng, S. L. Clem
ents, C. A. Dow, G. A. Cross, T. J.
Nelson, Charles Walters, F. J. Spon,
A. W. Gavin.
Scout Commissioner II. J, Young
called a meeting of scout masters to
be held at a noon luncheon today.
the first of a series of meetings for
Instruction. Others who wish to
know more of tbe work of the boy
scouts will be welcomed to these
meetings.
BOY'S LEG TORN OFF
Foot Caught in Wheel of Buggy
when He Tried to Catch
a Hide
One of the most deplorable acci
dents, not to be fatal, that has ever
happened In this section, occurred
last Sunday afternoon, when Vern
on, the ten-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Scott, living In Belmont'
addition, suffered. the loss of the
greater part of his left leg' when It'
was caught In tbe wheel of a buggy
and twisted off clean.
The boy had been playing with
some chums a short distance from
his home,, and when J. C. Markbam,
together with two ladles, passed in
bis buggy, he remarked to his com
panions that he was going to catch
a ride home, and at that ran to the
buggy from tbe rear. The accident
occurred in front of Earl Reed's
home, and Mr. Reed had been un
concernedly watching tbe children.
He stated that as the boy took hold
of the rear end of the buggy, hia left
foot caught between the spokes of
the wheel, going on over the axle.
Mr. Markbam and the other occu
pants knew nothing of the boy being
behind until they heard him scream.
He then stopped the buggy, but it
was too late, and when the little fel
low was picked up, tbe lower part of
his leg dropped to the ground.
Neighbors rushed to the scene at
once, and no time was lost in getting
him to the hospital, where shortly
afterward the leg was amputated
above the knee by Dr. Copsey, who
stated that it was the first case of its
exact nature be bad ever seen.
Mr. Markbam had been to tbe
cemetery to see about his wife's
grave and was on his return home at
the time of tbe accident, and the fact
that he was an innocent accessory
has caused him great grief. Mr.
Scott is a driver at Newberry's hard
ware store. He Is a bard working,
Industrious man, and the blow comes
terribly hard to the family.
The injured lad is getting along
nicely, last reports stating that the
wound is healing nicely, and owing
to his youth and hardiness he will
soon be able to be removed from the
hospital, altho he will be a cripple
for the remainder of his life. The
sincere sympathy of Alliance people
is extended to the family in this
their time of misfortune.
HOUSE ROBBED SUNDAY
Thieve Steal Money and Jewelry to
Amount of $IOO .
Tbe borne of Mrs. Richard Wat
kins was broken Into Sunday even
ing between 7:30 and 8:30, while
the members of the family were out
automobile riding, and money and
goods to tbe amount of $100 were
taken.
When tbe family returned from
their ride, tbey found the entire
house in a topsy-turvy condition. At
first they could not understand what
was the matter, but when an investi
gation was begun they missed some
old coins, a large amount of silver
ware, rings, watches and other jew
elry which was worth about $100.
The matter was Immediately re
ported to the police, and several ar
rests were made, but the missing ar
ticles were not recovered.
Make Trip to Broadwater
F. J. Was and J. E. Rice made a
trip by automobile to Broadwater.
Morrill county, Tuesday, going in tbe
forenoon and returning in the after
noon of the same day.
