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CONVENTION WAS
WELL ATTENDED
TIioiioaikN of Visitor Kujoyed Helve
on the Street niul at Ihe
Fair (Ground
AI'1X 1HH.O Till: HHJ FF.ATtllK
nesdiiy, and Cnnaressn-Hti Klnkald
mine In Tu'dny. Tl'H" ilistlnBUisli
d visitors were luH nt the station
hy lnrK dpnHttons and were takin
to thftr respective stopping place,
j Wed nesdsy, both pentlemen made
short addresses nt the fair ftrounds,
cniniilitni'iitliiK Alliance on tier
achievement thin year In bringing ho
many people, and In securing such a
collection of attractions for conven
tion week, and all expressed regret
that It whs Impossible for thetn to
remain diirlim ihe entire week.
The Craw lord delegation, about
nnf Inindred strong, arrived Friday
with their liHiid. which inarched up
town from Ihe station, formed n clr-
With the Inrcpiit crowd in history. Ho nt Second and Ilox finite and en
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The 21st annual Stockmen's Conven- Hvened he throng with a number of f(n(uro pVf,nt( hun,,red,
excellent selections. In the afternoon
they played for a few in I nil leu on the
street, lading th parade to the fair
ground for the afternoon entertain
ment. There was also ti lare num-(
ber of Sidney citizens here Irlday. It
had been the Intention to have the
Sidney li here Friday, but they
mule before the arrival f the win
ner under the wire. These milieu
pulled oil Home bucking and pitching
stunts that would make old "Steam
boat" fit up and take notice. One
of the rider failed to cinch hi Mid
dle tlaht enough, and had gone only
a lew yards when he went over the
mar board Hide on iircount of the mid
dle turning. lint he did some good
riding before he whs dismounted.
The horse race were good, nearly
all of them being neck-nnd-neck con
test, and some of the best horses In
this pari of the country were enter
ed, lloth the cowgirls and the cow
boys exhibited some goou horsemanship.
The nuto polo was of course the
of people
'i mile dash 1st, Madalene; 2d,
Shaw boy; 3d, lone Star.
Cow horse race 1st, Gus Ander-
ison on ' tloldle"; 2d, W. S. Todd on
Flash".
Cow girl race- 1st, Mrs. Petersen
on rox , owned by e. t. Kibble;
time .5 5; 2d, "Topsy", owned by J.
V. liushnell.
Wild mule race 1st. Fred Mc-
Kinn; 2d, Jim Eaton; 3d, Dud Mc
Laughlin.
Motorcycle race 1st, Shafer; 2d,
tion closed last Friday night. Con
trary to most expectations, the last
day saw as largo a crowd as any pre
vious day, both on the Bt recta and al
iMie fair grounds.
4'eople began arriving from the
surrounding country aa early us
Sunday, and on Tuesday, the open-1 were unable to cone,
tng day, there was the largest crowd' Cp and down "Joy avenue", which
In the history of the conventions, on was bordered on either side by the
ny tlrst day. A conservative estl-i Wortham shows, the crowd walked
mate Is that f.,000 people enjoyed Murine the mornings and evenings;
themselves on the midway and at the everyone carefree, everyone radlat
falr grounds each day All of Nib.-, Inn merriment and pood will. The
aska was represented, from the larg- Wortham shows are In the best class,
Bt cliy Omaha to the smallest and carry a large enough assort ment
Milages. I of attractions for any sized celebra-
Kvery form of attraction was here! tlon.
- au.aiuonrj that int reeled every-1 There were nbout 600 automobiles
one, from the baby In arms to the' In town each day, and storage room
oldest Inhabitant, and every conces-ln the garages was nt a premium
ion was well patronized. On the: Many of these autos bore tags of
n reels were the great Wortham ! neighboring states. Hotels and
nhows, w ith their many and varied ' rooming houses had reserved all
-Attractions which occupied Uox Uuttei their rooms two weeks previous to
avenue for four blocks. At the fair
.-grounds each afternoon were the
traces, auto polo and broncho riding.
Early Tuesday evening, the dele
gations from neighboring towns be
fsan to arrive, and there was a con
tinual stream of autos and other ve
hicles pouring Into town until late
"Thursday evening. Every town In
the western half of the state was
represented by from two to a hun
dred people, some of them coming
on the trains and others in automo
biles. Wednesday morning the Gordon
ibonsters arrived with their band,
"which rendered a number of selec
tions on the streets shortly after ar
riving. In the afternoon this mu
Hical aggregation went to the fair
the convention, and during the week
every available room In private resi
dences was rented. On Wednesday
and Thursday nights the demand
was so great that sleeping porches
were utilized, some of them being
occupied by live and six persons.
3,000 persons witnessed the events
nt the fair grounds each afternoon,
estimating from the gate receipts.
The grand stand was filled to capac
ity, and there were between one hun
dred and two hundred automobiles
from the surrounding towns coming
here for the purpose of witnessing
this all raction. They were all sat
isfied that the announcements re
tarding Ihe game had not been far
fetched regarding the facts, and
there were few, If any, that did not
leave the grandstand with exclama
tions ot surprise and pleasure at wit
nessing this most modern of sports.
Many attended all three days Just to
witness the nuto polo games.
Throughout Wednesday's game there
were a number of bad spills, but the
little machines are so constructed
that there is small danger of either
the driver or the mallet man getting
hurt, ev.'n when the machine turns
completely over. On one occasion a
front tire blew out with great force,
und some of the spectators thought
for a few seconds that one of those
42-centimeter German guns had been
shot in close proximity to the fair
grounds. Auto polo la a fine sport
(to watch) and the Hanklnson teams
know how to piny It. Although
these players travel together and
play together nearly every day dur
ing the season, there is nevertheless
keen competition between them, and
those who watched the games here
could see no evidence of a "frame-
up" on the part of the players.
The S-mile motorcycle race proved
to be tin Interesting event. There
were four entrants three outsiders
and one home man, the home man.
ln.Mo iti nm.rtor trf.f.h cwh nf amines Miaier, winning nrsi moiiej
tiM mn-tiiii i.oinir ni'iMinimi hv 1 the first day; Langston. of Broken
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'from two to six persons
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llini rrijyinr nut) i 11. I i , fill, lnr
down-town streets were nearly de
serted during the fore part of the af
ternoons. The races were inter-
jprounds where they furnished a part spersed with band music, both by the
f the music during the races, and ! home aggregation anil by visiting
e veryone after hearing them decided ; bands.
Jordon possessed a, band of which' The track had been repaired until
Ihey should be very proud. It was In good condition. Naturally
On Wednesday, Thursday and Frl-Jit was not guile so good for the mot
ay afternoon the parade formed at orcycle races, as It had been "cut up"
-the corner of Uox Ilutte and Third, pretty bad by the horses and mules,
.nnd proceeded to the fair grounds, but even at that the motorcycles
This parade was composed of lend-1 made good time in each race.
ang citizens, members of the Worth-1 The chariot and wild mule races
.jasa Aggregation, ami the auto polo! proved very good, and provoked
flayers in their machines. . All bus- many rounds of laughter from the
Iness In the dow n-tow n section was ' spectators. Forest Allen as Mrs.
practically suspended during the af-l Hayseed and Zediker as the old boy
FOUND DEAD IN WATER
IIimI)- of Stranger Found In Ijuke
Near Mason City Had Ileen
Icad for Some Time
The body of a stranger, evidently
that of a foreigner, was found Sun
day morning of last week in a small
lake about one mile east of Mason
City. The body had been in the wa-
nowman; 3d Dull; 4th, Lankford. pr 8f long that u had become
Time for 5 miles, 7:36.
llcniltlflll ItecilK lionk
We have been asked by the Calu-
his attention to his farm near there.
Mr. Wynes has held the office for the
past several years.
"floater", and was resting on the
surface of the water a short distance
from the bank when found by two
boys. When first seen, the feet of
mei casing l owuer company oi in -ilhe body were rP8tlntr partially on a
cago to announce tnrougu the col- i
umns of our publication that they, Hrrivlna , o(r,raia found
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I U was impossible to mane l'lentinca
tion. The flesh was dropping off In
, places, and the face could not have j
been recognized had it been seen be- i
fore. '
In the man's clothes, which were
Beauty, were found a twenty dollar
bill, and seventy-nine cents in ,
; change; also there were several let
ters, a rosary, a pocket knife, and
,a railroad ticket purchased in the M.
K. Ac T. railroad office in Kansas
City, Mo., on June 2, from Kansas
(City to Billings, Mont., to which
.place he was probably bound.
! The letters bore the Austria-Hun-
gary stamp, but had been in the wat
er so long that the addresses were
: hardly distinguishable. Two of the
envelopes bore the name of John
Bregar, addressed to Ardmore, Okla.
It was concluded that the dead man
was an Austrian.
The theory of the officials as to
how the man came to his death is
that he was traveling during the
heavy rains of three weeks ago. One
of the through trains was stopped
near Mason City, at night, and
alongside the train was a deep pool,
and It is presumed that this man
stepped off the train and stumbled
Into the deep water. As there were
submerged fences and other entan
TKAINK I1XAY1.I
FA KM EllS' M El "I I S(i
The regular meeting of the officers
and directors of the Bos Butte Coun-! glements, he was probably unable to
ternoons, most of the stores and all
of the Wortham shows being dosed
JTrom 2 till 4 o'clock.
Two private cars came In Wednes
day morning bearing the South Ouia
ba and Sioux City commission men
and other prominent citizens In each
city. At an early hour a number of
Alliance men marche ddown to the
cars and after numerous (T) at-
tempts succeeded In waking the In
.mates. As soon as the delegations
were dressed and made their way up
Box Butte avenue to the scene of ac
clivity, their sleepiness Immediately
' vanished, and they were soon scat
Uwed tover town, visiting with old
customers in this part of the state
sand looking up prospects. They
Ibrcvught with them an unlimited sup
tCy ot boosting paraphernalia, from
lead pencils to special editions of
their home newspapers, and It was
only a short time after the appear
ance of the boosters on the streets
that everyone attending the conven-
two good markets for live stock in
this part or the country. At the fair
grounds Wednesday afternoon these
visitors were provided with a special
conveyance drawn by four horses,
(furnished by the Wortham shows,
.and as the band struck up "It's a
.Long, Long Way to Tipperary". they
Joined In on the chorus, riding up
And down In front of the grand stand
aa they did so.
Senator Hitchcock arrived Wed-
hlmself proved expert mule drivers.
In the wild mule race It was neces
sary for the riders to saddle and
mount from the word "go", and the
grandstand was in nn uproar from
the start until the finish. However,
the start was a little uneven, and the
winner was nearly around the track
before his next competitor bad start
ed, owing to the difficulty of teach
ing some stubborn mules which way
the track lead. The majority of the
riders had not even mounted their
Broken Bow the last day. In Wed
nesday s rnce Shafer won only by a
"neck". The race was anybody's
throughout, and even when the rac
ers were coming down home stretch
no one had an appreciable lead
Shafer was about one length behind
at that time, but coming down the
stretch he "threw It open", nnd came
In with about one foot to spare.
Time, 7:36. Although better time
was made in the succeeding races,
the riders were scattered along the
track more than on the first day, the
winner comlne In with a greater
lend, nnd the last man coming under
the wire almost a lap behind. The
races were all spirited, and It Is
probable that motorcycle events will
now occur here frequently.
Following are the names ot the
entrants In Wednesday's races.
Thursday and Friday's events were
the same, with a few broncho riding
and fancy roping contests added.
5-8 dash 1st, Montauck Queen,
owned by John Smith, ridden by
Zediker. 2d, Meteetse Diver.
Bundle race Fred McKinn; 2d.
Archie Phltts; 3d, Bud McLaughlin.
Chariot race 1st, Forest Allenr
2d. Zediker.
ty Farmers' Association will be held
at the Court House, Friday June 25,
1915, at 2 p. m. All are urged to
be present, as some important busi
ness is to come before this meeting.
II. F. Williams of the U. S. De-
reach shore and was drowned. An
effort is being made to locate the
dead man's relatives.
Cloudburst Xenr Ardmore n-lies
Out Track Puiciigcr Are
Transferred Across
A cloudburst near Ardmore Friday
night, June 11, wahlied out several
railroad bridges and ns n result, all
trains Saturday were many hours
late, the first one to reach Alliance
coming in at to'dock Sunday after
noon. The Alliance division crew
worked till Saturday night in making
temporary repairs. Pasengers on the
eastbound trains were transferred to
the opposite side of the washout, nnd
visa versa. The washout is about
125 feet In length, nni it will require
much dirt and a considerable length
of time to make the structure again
permanent. County bridges were
washed out above, and these lodging
against the railroad bridge made the
washout worse than It would have
been otherwise.
OPEN NOSTRILS! END
A COLD OR CATARRH
New Postmaster at Oshkosh
Gilber Swanson of Oshkosh has re
payment of Agriculture, In charge of ceived his commission as postmaster
farm management survey work, will , of that place and has taken charge of
be present at this meeting. jthe office. Mr. Swanson has been
F. M. SEIDELL, I connected with the service as rural
County Agricultural Agent carrier out of Oshkosh for some time
U. S. Department of Agri- past. A. B. Wynes, the retiring
culture. postmaster, resigned in order to give
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supply all tlie
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You can't get better stuff than we
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Come in next time you are in town
and we will talk over the situation.
I
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j way.
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