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ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1916
VOLUME XXIII
NUMBER 15
BOUGHT SITE FOR
NEW RESERVOIR
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DUTCHMAN ROBBED
CLEAN UP STARTED
ELI HOLT IS HELD
ELECTED VICE-PRESIDENT
WILL SPEAK AT THE
RETAILERS INSURANCE CO.
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NEXT CLUB BANQUET
TO DISTRICT COURT
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isty Council Purctianed Tract of
(imund Directly West of Light
Plant at Tuesday Meeting
LIGHT DEPARTMENT MADK
NXCELLENT MONTHLY RHTOItT
Alley Between Box Butte and Iara
ile, and Third and Fourth, will
Be Paved Very Soon
A tract of ground approximately
ltO by 240 feet, lying directly west
( the electric light plant and adjoin
lag the railroad, was purchased by
the city council Tuesday from John
Snyder and F. E. Ilolsten for use as
the site for a storage water reservoir
with a capacity of 500,000 gallons.
The price paid for the site was
$2950. One other site was consid
ered the lots belonging to Simon
Spry and lying directly north of the
light plant. The price of this tract
waa $3800.
The city engineer was Instructed
to submit plans and specifications for
a 500,000 gallon reservoir. As soon
aa the plans are approved bids will
be advertised for and work started as
scon as possible on the reservoir.
All members of the city council
were present at the regular meeting
which was an interesting one
throughout the entire session.
Objected to Herald's Bill
P. J. Was, 'councilman from the
second ward, objected to the payment
of the bill of The Alliance Herald for
advertising in the special edition on
February 3. Mr. Was stated that he
wished to go on record as objecting
to the charge for the two-page ad;
that he had bought advertising space
In The Herald for less money and
that he woild not be doing his duty
nless he went on record In that way,
The order was given The Herald for
the advertising at the January meet
ing, at which time the price was
agreed upon and the order given for
the ad in the special edition.. The
rice was the same as paid the Alii
anee Times a year ago in a special
edition. Lloyd Thomas stated that
the work was done In accordance
. with the contract; that the contract
waa filled as ordered; that the price
charred the city waa at low and low
er than advertising In the same edi
tion for business flrnm.who advertis
d there!. Snyder. Rowatrr David
eon, Welsh, Fleming. Davis and Kib
ble voted to pay the bill; Was voting
. The renorts of the city officer and
departments were received and plac
ed on file. Mayor Komig siaiea mai
he vu hiehlv DleaBed with the snow
ing of the light department for the
month. These reports are given ewe
where in The Herald.
RM Accented for City Hall Work
Bids were opened for the reniodel
inir work on the city hall. Charles
H. Fuller offered to do the work and
fnrnloh t h material according to
unwlflcatlons for $346: George H
Miller for $417.70; L. Lariviere for
1400: W L. Vernon for $357.35. The
contract was awarded to Mr. Fuller
in nntor to nrnvide more room, an-
.i)r mom is to be built from the
. oneinn room, which has a very
hitrh ceiling. The new room will be
iiuari an a. council chamber. John H
Carlson was appointed as city in
.nu.tnr fnr the building work.
Although bidB had been advertis
a rr roaHine cltv Drisoners none
wnra rupiV(d.
The council voted to reduce the
fire insurance on the electric light
from 124.600 to $10,000. The
city carries tne iouowin
tnrnadn inmirance: '
fire and
sm.. Insurance on city hall ... $8,500
Tornado insurance, city hall. JJ'.O'jO
Boiler insurance ?2nn
Fire Insurance on city 5lant. . 2.00
Tornado insurance, city plant. 20.600
Instructions were given that in the
future all insurance policies muBl be
approved by the Insurance committee
before renewal. -
J S Seaton was granted a plumb
er's' license. He has the plumbing
contract on tbe Alliance Hotel build-
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The committee on purchasing of
supplier was Instructed to buy the
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QUALIFIED MARKSMAN
AlliaJM-e Boy, Who Enlisted In 1. S.
Marine Corp Tear, Wins
Place a Expert Marksman ,
In an official bulletin issued by
headquarters. United States Marine
Corps, Washington. appears the
name of Paul K. Campbell, of this
place, as having qualified as a marks
man In that most interesting branch
of the Government service.
Paul, who is a son of L. S. Camp
bell. 1004 Big Horn Ave., Alliance,
enlisted In the United States Marine
Corpa at its Denver, Colo., recruiting
atotinn on Anril 22. 1915. and Is now
stationed with the legation guard at
Peking. China, where he is having
many interesting experiences ana aa
vent urea.
Considering the fact that Camp
bell Is scarcely more than a recruit,
bis performance In gunnery is con
sidered by Marine Corps officials as
uttl short of marvelous, and they
.mori him to break many marks
manship records before bis enlist
meet expires.
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A. D. Rodgers, who is one of the
directors of the Federation of Nebr
aska Retailers, left the first of the
week to attend the tenth annual con
vention of the federation being held
in Lincoln, February 8 to 11, inclus
ive. An interesting program was pre-
pareu lor mis uieeiiiiK anu no uuuui I
it will be helpful to those merchants
attending. A. B. Cowley, of Mar-
queue, uo is iu opeua. ai iue uusi
ness men's and clerks' banquet in
Alliance the 22d. addressed the as
sociation at yesterday afternoon's
session on me nise ana rmi oi man
Order Buying. I
Most of the interesting subjects I
are being taken up In a "general dis-l,,,
cusslon" manner. Among the things
aiscusaea are suxn suojects as uwi
utirKiu duwi AUfriiiBiuB ? ' .
woes tne Mercnani Maae ine oi
Money In Buying or Selling? Is It
Good Business Ethics to Offer a Bon
us to . Clerks in Order to Stimulate
Business?" Is it Advisable to Have
a Two-price System of , Doing, Bust
ness. a Credit Price and a uasn
Price?" .
Another important convention is
being held at Lincoln this week, the
fifteenth annual convention ot tne
Nebraska Retail Hardware. Aasocla-1
tlon. This convention is aiso mem-
Ing from the 8th to the Jlth. C. A.
Newberry and son Norman, of Alii-
ance, left the latter part of last
week for Lincoln ana are in uena-i
ance at tbe convention. Mr. Newber -
ry is scheduled on the program for
an address today on the subject of
jobbers. . I
Special: A telegram to The Herald I
this afternoon from Mr. Rodgers I
states that the next convention will
he held in Lincoln and gives election
of oBlcers Federation of Merchants
Insurance Co. as follows: President,
vv r. Elliott: vice president. A. u.
Rodeers: secretary. ,J. Frank Barr;
trnasurer. M. A. Hostettler; direct
ors, A. L. Anderson and Cliff Crooks.
PREPARING THE PLUNGE
Alliance Volunteer Fire Department
I'reiMiring the Kwimming Tool
for t'se This Summer
An enthusiastic meeting of the Al
liance volunteer fire department was
held at the club rooms wednesaay
evening. The fire boys are prepar
ing the bia nlunge. getting it ready
tor use during the summer by the
members of the department and the
people of. Alliance. It is probable
ihit a lariria tiollpr Will OB UBfU mi
heat the water to the proper temper
ature.
Several members were granted ex-
pmntion certificates and new mem
bers were admittea.
A drill team is to be organized.
The first meeting of the drill team
members Is to be held Friday even
ing. Fireman mungion ib uums
this up.
STATE EFFICIENCY WEEK
Alliance Men Will worn imnng
Week of February 21-28 to Aid
in V. !. C. A. KxtenNlou
In order that the state work of the
Youna Men's Christian Associations
of Nebraska may be more efficient
and more time provided for co-opera
tlon with local associations, a weea
has been set aside to be known as
"state-wide efficiency weeW", from
February 21 to 28. The state has
been divided ito eighteen districts.
The subscription goal has been set at
$14,000
For the district. in which Alliance
la located the following . men havel(l conventions to be held in Alliance
been appointed to nave cnarbe i
wore.; umrui
Lsing leader Alliance; W. R. Fate.
lieutenant, Alliance; ' Charles O.
Walters. Alliance; T. K. t:rawrora.
Alliance; N. 11. Mc Adams. Thedford;
J. A. Mann. Seneca; Elliott Lowe
Mullen. The headquarters are at I
Alliance. Total given by the distra
in 1915 was 1. The goal for 1916
is S100. Tbe counties included in
the! district are the south half of I
Sioux. Box Butte, south half of Sher
idan. Grant, Hooker and Thomas.
Kay Thompson to Bo Given Preliminary Tomorrow on Charges That
May Give. Him Credentials to
Witnesses. Other Arrests
Developments are expected within
the next forty-eight hours, as a re
sult of the Investigation following
the robbery of a German laborer in
Alliance the latter part of last week,
that will startle tbe community.
These developments will in all prob
ability be but the beginning of the
end to a system of graft and rotten
ness with which the officials of the
city have had to contend for some
years and It Is hard to predict Just
who will be Implicated and Just bow
far the "clean-up" will go.
Ray Thompklns is now In the
county Jail facing in all probability
a term in the penitentiary, and It is
rumored unofficially that he has
made confessions implicating quite a
number of a large gang who have
been under suspicion for a long time
as having been Interested directly or
Indirectly In various robbing ana
swindling incident which have been
renorted to the police from time to
time but with which they have, until
now, not been able to secure evidence
.ufficient to. lustifv the issuing of any
warrants for arrest
Thompklns 1b accused with steal
mt.,, morft tbtLn 200 from
Robert Maivocht, a German laborer
who drew a several weeks pay at the
Potash works last week and came to
Altinnn tn Knmd a few days. Mai-
TOCht met Thompson and some of bis
friends in one of the saloons Thurs-
rinv nd Aurint the course bf the day
imniK01i or Iphs freelv and
tn nntrhmnn showed his roll to the
TUat nf!nt BeWal of the boya
took him to the Atlas Hotel wnere ne
had a roonit mnd Mlke Swayie. a
chadron lad. who is now being held
in the county Jail as a witness, took
him upstairs to his room.
When questioned Saturday morn
ing, by County Attorney . Basye.
Swavte said that when he left Mai
vdcht's room the Dutchman locked
the door. Shortly afterwards Sway-
te. Thompklns and a nan from An
gora met in another rMm on tne
floor he Atlaa where tho
t Bome Umm conMnilng jag of
wnl8kyi According-to Bwayse's re-
rt lhe ract ttat Maivocht nad
mon.y wa. vnown to the !sneb and
m..tlnnN ri times:. While
tn wn ,n tne room at tne hotei
ThompKlns made remark to
h th t h Ml , to et
"some of that money and went out.
He was gone less than ten minutes
and returned, and shortly afterwards
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Liberal eubscrlptlons from .he various organizations
and the leading busineis men of the city will permit the
erection of the "Welcome" sign for the city of Alliance.
Practically all of the $375 required for tbe sign has been
subscribed and mo trouble is anticipated in securing the
balance. '
This Improvement puts Alliance in the same ranks
with the largest cities of the country in the line ot per
manent feature Improvements for the purpose of adver
tising the city tt etrangers within its gates. In fact Al
liance will be the only city of its alee in the states of Ne
braska. Kilnaafc, North and South Dakota, Wyoming and
Montana, to have a sign of this kind.
The sign eon.prlses the letters as shown in the dia
gram given herewith. , The main sign will be twenty-two
feet long and the letters, to be enclosed in circles, will be
two feet high. .It will have ninety electric bulbs, blue
and white, on each side and can be plainly read one
thousand feet in either direction from the corner of Box
Butte and Third streets, where it will be suspended from
an iron cable hung from posts set in cement
The letters will be fastened in tbe sign with an Iron
mesh sufficiently strong to withstand the western Nebr
aska winds.
Beneath the main sign will be
v ill be placed before the T. P. A. convention, scheduled for Friday and Sat
urday, April 27 and 28, and during
lights) "T. P. A." will be hung beneath the main sign. The letters In the
I smaller sign will be changed for the
The two ingest subscriptions
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- The local organization of T. P. A-'s and C. A. Newberry have each sub
vtrlbed $50, and the following organisations have each subscribed $10:
Royal Highlanders, Eagles, Odd Fellows, Order of Railway Conductors,
Knights of Columbus, and Elks. There are several other lodges yet to be
heard from.
The committee is working today on the individual subscription list of
merchant and no difficulty is anticipated in raising tbe amount required In
full. '
Penitentiary. Two Held as
Expected in Day or Two
Clyde Curry and Roy Smith came to
the room. Someone suggested they
go "down the line", and down the
line they went. On the way Thomp
klns remarked that he had money
now, and while there he had a twen
ty-dollar bill changed. Part of this,
Swayee nays he gave to Cnrry, and
little later handed Curry more
tnoney which he placed in his sock.
Later In the evening the boys had
lunch at Joe Smith's, and when Mar
shal Klsh, who was there at the time,
went out Thompklns remarked,
"There's a wise guy but I put some
thing over tonight that'll take him a
long time to unravel." Afterwards
a pocketbook which Thompklns was
seen to have while in the restaurant
waa found near where be had been
sitting. - This was on the desk In the
sheriff's office when Maivocht was
there Saturday and he recognised it
as his on sight without any of tbe
officers referring to it or showing it
to him. v
At tbe depot that night Thompklns
handed Marshal Klsh a five dollar
gold piece asking him to keep it for
him. Klsh gave the piece to Vern
Register, the night agent, asking him
to keep it separate from any other
money, and when Thompklns aexea
for the five Klsh gave him five silver
dollars. Maivocht says there was
one five dollar gold piece In the mon
ey stolen from him. that it waa given
him as a present at Christmas time,
and he was saving it- Otker evi
dence has een secured proving al
most beyond doubt that certain par
tie participated In the division of
the oney that Thorn luns securea
Thursday night and also proving that
un to the time Thompklns left the
room in the Atlas he had no money,
and that soon after Je returned he
was "flush.
A preliminary triaU m-ill be held
Friday afternoon t o'clock in
County Indge L. A. 'Berry'i court
and it la expected Chat evidence then
,rought ut will , result 'in several
fUher atreviU if (heyjua not made b
foe then. ; . ..; 'v.'- "
la an interview with Mr. Smith
proprietor: of the Jatlas Hotel, he
dlsclaitnrdany knowledge whatever
of the operations of any gang. He
stated that he hafl -rooms to let at
stipulated- prices and he let them out
to persons paying for them or per
sons whom be eemed responsible
He stated that hs vwas not at the ho
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hung a smaller sign. The Improvement
this convention the letters (in electric
Stockmen's. Clerks', I. E. O., and oth
during the year 1916.
toward the coat of this sign have bee
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A. H. COWLEY
Alliance business men will proba
bly learn something new concerning
the most profitable methods of meet-
ng mall order competition when they
are addressed by A. B. Cowley, -of
Maruette, at tbe business men's and
clerks' banquet to be held Wednesday
night, February 23, In the Phelan
opera house, under the auspices of
the Alliance Commercial Club.
Mr. Cowley, who is manager of the
A. B. Cowley & Company general
store at Marquette, Is said to be one
of the most successful of the Individ
ual antagonists of the mall order
houses In this section of the country
And it is his ideas and his methods,
which have been so successful, that
he Is going to divulge to the Alliance
men at this meeting.
Mr. Cowley fights the mall order
competition with its own weapon.
namely, sdvertising, and this or
course costs money. He publishes a
small paper styled the "A. B. C
Monthly." which probably costs him
more per month than some Alliance
merchants spend In a whole year.
Through this monthly paper be
reaches practically every home In his
trade territory and there Is a certain
personality back of the reading artl
cles and the advertisements contain
ed In Jhe peper that guarantee, that
lt wtll ie read from the- first to the
last line by friend and foe.
He does not berate the mall order
competitor, . neither does he belittle
the man who spends his money away
from home. He goes after the busi
ness on the same basis as the mall
order company does, asking for con
slderatlon only when price, quality
etc.. compare favorably. He endeav
ora to show, and does show, to hi
natrons that he can sell goods just
us cheap and offers to meet any cat
slog price plus freight to Marquette
find nlva the nurcnaser me aaaea aa-
vantage of "seeing, feeling, tasting
and smelling" the goods Derore ouy
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nor of Nebraska and editor of the
Nebraska Farmer, will also be
nanker at this meeting.
The banquet will be served by the
ladies of the Presbyterian cnurcn
WESTOVER HAS FILED
Well Known Alliance Attorney Filed
Wednesday Afternoon for Worn
Inatlon for County Attorney
Joe L. Westover. formerly city at
torney and son of district Judge W
H. Westover, tiled weanesaay arier
noon as a candidate for the Demo
rmtic nomination for county attor
nv of Box Butte county. Mention
waa made in The Herald two weel:
ago of the fact that Joe was consid
..rlnif Aline at that time.
Joe is well known in Alliance mdi
is a popular young jiian. His Ac
quaintance and the fact that he solv
ed for three years as assistant pro r
cutlhg attorney and has handle I
large law cases in Box But to and
Sheridan counties will place him in
position to make a good race.
EDITORS COMING WEST
Executive t'ommlttee f Nebraska
State lreH Association Decide -.
on SKlul Train Plan
The Ilenild is advised that at the
meeting ot the executive committee
of the Nebrastti 1'reBB Association,
held at Hastings recently, it was de
cided to hold the annual convention
in western Nebraska. This will come
during the mouth of June. The plans
provide for a special train to start
from Grand Island; probably. .Busi
ness sessions will be held on board
the train and stops will be made at
points on tbe Burlington and Union
Pacific. Including Alliance. Scotts
bluff and Gerlng will be the object
ive points.
It is expected that there will be
three hundred visitors on the special
train. The Alliance Commercial
Club is planning to provide special
entertainment during the few hours
tbe visitors are in our elty.
Nearly new, late model, typewriter
for sale cheap. On easy terms. In
quire at The Herald office.
reliminary Trial Held In-fore Jud&V
Ntentevllle In the Bridgeport
Connty Court
TWO 81ITS AIIK FILKI) TO
UKCOVICH NTOLKN CATTLE
Htock Aleged to Have Been Stolen by
Holt ItoHoUl Several Times
at Ilemlng-ford
Ell Holt, who was arrested a cou--
pie of weeks ago, charged with cattle
rustling, was bound over to the dist
rict court at his preliminary hearlne
yesterday before County Judge
Steutevllle In the Morrill county
court at Bridgeport. His bond, fixed
at $1500, was signed by John King
nd scott Henderson.
The next session of the district .
court, at which he. will be tried, con
venes May lb.
Among tbe witnesses at the pre
liminary were quite a number from
Alliance and Hemlngford. K. W. Mc
Donald, county attorney of Morrill
county, prosecuted and the defend
ant was represented by Fred Wright
of Scottsbluff.
Sheriff Cal Cox and County Attor
ney Lee Basye were witnesses. Post
master Robert Graham, president of
the Nebraska Stock Growers Associ
ation, and Wm. Bignell, of Alliance;
Scott Henderson, of Sioux county:
John Groff, George Young and C. J.
Wildy, of Hemlngford, were all pres
ent at the preliminary.
Two suits were filed the latter part
of last week to recover stock alleged -
to have been stolen by Holt. These
suits were brought by Joe Smith, a
rancher of near. Bayard, from whom
the cattle were stolen. In both cases
the suit was for the recovery of a'
steer sold and resold several times.
One suit was against George Young,
J. Wildy. Hugh Best, John Groff
and the First National Bank of Hem
lngford, and the other was against
Hugh Best, C. J. Wildy and the First
State Bank of Hemlngford.
Death of Mm. Agnes M. Daley
Alliance friends were deeply griev
ed to receive the sad news of the
passing on of Mrs.' Agnes M. Daley, ,
one of western Nebraska's early pi
oneers. ..'.:,
lira. Daley was spending the wis .
ter at the home of tier daughter.
Mrs. Sylvester Preston, In Los An--,
geles. She had not been well- since '
the holidays, and her death occurred
February -3. ',. .
Mrs. Daley had attained the age '
of 85 years, but was remarkably ac
tive and well preserved for a woman
of her age.
Mrs. Daley was a native of Eng
land, coming to lowa when elghteea
years of age. A few years later she
married, and late In the '80's came
to western Nebraska with her hus
band and three children. They lived'
in Rushvilie for a number of years,
and then removed to Alliaonce, being
active members of that sturdy band
of early settlers who laid the firm
foundations for this country's pres
ent prosperity. !
Mr. Daley's death occurred about
twenty years ago, since which time
Mrs. Daley has made her home chief
ly in Alliance, altbo the past three
years have been spent with her
daughter, Mrs. William Nelk at Lead, '
South Dakota. Besides her daugh
ters, Mrs. Preston and Mrs. Nelk, she
leaves one son, Frank Daley, of Om
aha, and a host of friends who cher
ish ber memory as one who always
looked on the bright side of things,
who was a loyal and true friend, and .
who lived to cheer and brighten the
lives' of all those with whom she
ctttae in contact.
The body was laid to rest In Los
Angeles.
MiK VauiervHrt Enters Contest
Miss Tressa Vandervoort, of Alli
ance, has entered the "Beauty and
Brains"- contest being conducted by
Photoplay Magazine of Chicago. The
.iroposltion is to send eleven young
women to the World Film Corpora
tion studios at Fort Lee, New Jersey,
where they will.be given a thorough
tryout as film actreeses. Miss Van
dervoort may be one of the lutky
young women. -
PLANS HEW GREENHOUSE
E. W. Hay Eiiwcta U Build a Moderu
(ireenliouNe 50150 Ft, Ear.
ly in tbe Kriujr
E. W. Ray, proprietor of the Alli
ance Greenhouse, is planning to '
build a new greenhouse, modern in
every respect, some time this spring.
He has plans and specifications from
a Chicago firm and from three others
of the largest firms dealing In this .
class of building and will build with,
a view to taking care of the demands
both wholesale and retail of, this sec
tion of the country. , ' ' " :
The new building will probably
have a floor space of fifty by one hun
dred and fifty feet. No definite de
cision has bee a reached as to the lo
cation of the new greenhouse.
Mr. Ray recently lost about $800
worth-of flowers and plants when an
Instrument, provided to give an
alarm in the event the temperature
fell below a certain mark, failed to
work. Since then he has been buy
ing most of his flowers and plants
from Denver and other florists.
It-