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VOLUME XXIII
ANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1916
NUMBER 15
T
MAYOR APPOINTS
COMMITTEE OF 10
Prominent. Business Men Asked to
Art a Advisors In Outlining
Hudget for Coining Your
F.PAKTM F.XTS IN FINK SHAPE
relit Jon lreentod Asking City to
Vote on Question of Construct
ing Steam HealiiiK Plant
Tuesday night's council meeting,
tiie regular one for the month, was a
Bvly one and full of interest to the
many citizens who attended, for it
waB filled with important business
tatters from start to finish.
All councilmen were present ex-
eept Councilman Was, who was out
f the city. The report of the elec
tric light department, printed else
where in this ipsue, shows a greater
profit than for a year ago, in spite of
the reduction of one-third in rates.
The records show that there has been
an Increase in the number of light
mistomers in the last five years of
sixty-three per cent.
A committee of ladies, composed of
Mesdames W. W. Johnson, I. E. Tash,
L. II. Highland and Grace II. Ken
medy, was present as a delegation
from the Woman's Club, in response
to a letter from the mayor, asking for
suggestions for the coming year. Mrs.
Johnson acted as spokeswoman, and
among other suggestions, made the
following:
That property owners be made to
iean the snow off the walks more
carefully next winter; that crossings
be kept clean; that ash cans or pits
be used in the alleys; that a clean-up
day be established for two times each
year; that the bill boards of main
street be removed; that the merch
ants burn their waste paper; that
weeds be cut early; that children be
paid for cucoons; that dandelions be
eradicated as much as possible from
lawns.
Mayor Romig replied to Mrs. John
Ann and promised the co-operation of
the city officials in every way possi
Me and thanked the ladies and the
4ub for their spirit of co-operation.
In response to a request to the
Commercial Club for suggestions, a
letter waa received from Secretary
Fisher, and among other suggestions
were tbe following: That as much
curbing be done as possible; that the
"fehacks" on "Box Butte avenue be
eendemned; that the main streets be
oiled; that a civic government dinner
be held after the Bpring election;
that Box Butte avenue and side
streets be guttered; that a better sys
tem of keeping tbe crossings clean
be used; that a new cement crossing
be installed on the east side of the
treet at Third and Box Butte; that a
oitlEens' committee of three be ap
pointed to help keep the crossings
clean; that the "old dirty wagon"
used in hauling trash from main
street be abandoned and that a new
art be used, with the colored man
who does the work, dressed in white
Uniform; that the chief of police be
asked to make weekly trips through
fae alleys, reporting all who are not
keeping their premises clean; that
the dirt approaches to the garages be
discontinued; and that the billboards
be taken down or modern boards in
stalled. Mayor Romig and several of the
councilmen, in response to these sug
fjestions, told of plans now being
made to do many of the things sug
gested and thanked the club for their
spirit of co-operation.
President Robert Graham of tbe
Nebraska Stockgrowers Association
was present and wished to ascertain
whether or not the dates given to the
Wortham Shows would conflict with
the dates for the annual convention
In1 June. Mr. Graham was advisee!
that the Wortham Shows will app- ar
here the. week of June 5. which will
not conflict with the dates for the
convention.
Mayor Komig stated tna the city
budget for the coming municipal
year must be prepared soon and
fttates that he would appoint a com
mittee of ten citizens to co-operate
with tbe council in making up the
budget for next year, lie named
the following committee: H. M.
Hampton. F. W. Harris. J. J. Hewitt.
(Continued on page eight)
FUTURE EVENTS
Dates to Be Remembered
March 18. Saturday Ist day for
ftllng for the Spring Primaries.
March 22, Wednesday Auction
Male of Box Butte farm lands begins.
March J 4. Friday Public land op
ening In Alliance of government land
ia the North Platte project.
March 26, Saturday Celebration
and parade marking the turning of
"Jslce" into the electric .Welcome
""ILpril 4. Tuesday City election.
April 18. Tuesday Annual City
lection.
April 4. Monday. District Court
4venes in Box Butte county.
April 27 and 28. Thursday and
Friday T. P. A. Annual State Con
vention. May 6. Saturday Fourth number
f School of Music entertainment,
Batten ft Co.
June S Wortham Carnival Com
. shows in Alliance week of the
viSh.
GET ONLY ONE CHANCE
AT THE CHAMPIONSHIP
Alliance Hoys knocked Out in First
l.ouml with (rami Island at
the Sfnte Tournament
Defeated by Grand Island Wednes
day night, the Alliance high school
basket ball team was thus eliminat
ed from further participation in the
state tournament at Lincoln last
week. For the purpose of conveni
ence in conducting a meet In which
so many schools were taking part the
teams were divided into three classes
and the tournament proceeded along
the line of elimination. Those trams
losing out in the first skirmish had
no chance for another game. Alli
ance drew Grand Island for the first
game, and Grand Island was one of
the best teams in Class II, in which
the Alliance hoys played.
The hoys remained till the latter
part of the week, most of them re
turning home Saturday. The team
was composed of Lester Harvey, Don
ald Spencer, Everett O'Keefe, Ira
Wright, George Fenning, Floyd Lot-
speich, Philip Groves and Robert
Ralls, and they were accompanied by
Professor Crawford and Fred Moll
ring. In the finals Beatrice won over
Crete in Class A; Minden over Ar
lington in Class B, and Humboldt
won out in Class C. A loving cup,
donated by merchants of Lincoln,
was awarded to the winning team in
each class, and medals were given to
the individual players of the champ
ionship teams.
ANNOUNCE DORT GAR
W. I). Kumer Will Act as Western
Distributor, and Sturgeon &
Powell IiOral Agents
The Foshier Motor Company, of
Omaha, of which W. E. Foshier, the
well known automobile man whose
rise to success has been phenomenal
in late yearB, is the owner, has estab
lished a distributing point at Alliance
for their popular low priced automo
bile the Dort. Alliance is to be the
distributing point for western Nebr
aska, being shipped here in carload
lots and driven from here to different
local agencies.
W. D. Rumer, Alliance capitalist,
will handle the cars as distributor for
the territory covered by the Alliance
office, and Sturgeon & Powell, pro
prietors of the Reo Garage, Third and
Laramie, will have the local agency.
A carload of these classy cars ar
rived in Alliance Wednesday and are
now on display at the Reo Garage.
The touring car will Bell for $700 f. o.
b. Alliance. A complete stock will
be maintained here in order that or
ders for customers in weBtern ebras
ka may be filled promptly.
Mr. Foshier visited Alliance sever
al times in recent yearB and has ex
pressed a desire to different friends
and acquaintances to make this city
his distributing point for his cars. It
is gratifying to learn that a start has
been made.
CROWDED ALL DAY
Many Alliance and 1V llutte County
People Attend 0toning of New
Store, the Fahiou Shop
A. B. Isaacson, proprietor of Alli
ance's newest store, the Fashion
Shop, an exclusive ladles' ready-to-wear
establishment, reports his open
ing day. last Saturday, a complete
success from every standpoint. Al
though some of the goods were late
in arriving and the work of remodel
ing the building took longer than had
been expected, everything was in
readiness Saturday morning as
crowds of shoppers thronged his
store morning, afternoon and night.
During the morning and afternoon,
music was furnished by a player pi
ano and in the evening a local orches
tra entertained tbe people.
Mr. Isaacsou reports tbe opening
day's sales much larger than he had
anticipated.
ELECTED OFFICERS
Meeting of llox llutte County Medical
Society Held Wednesday Af
ternoon In Alliance
Dr. C. B. Jackman was elected
president and Dr. Oeorge J. Hand
was elected secretary-treasurer of
the Box Butte County Medical Society
at a meeting held In this city Wed
nesday afternoon.
An important question which was
taken up was the revision of the fee
bill. A committee waa appointed to
take up. the question.
The association plans soon to have
outside specialists cone to Box Butte
county to speak on subjects of inter
est to tbe general public, which will
be invited.
Special Service Stent Sunday
There will be English services at
Immanuel's Lutheran church next
Sunday at 11a. m., with an interest
ing sermon on the subject: "The sec
ond word of Jesus, spoken from the
cross: Verily I say unto you, this day
thou shalt be with me in paradise."
You are invited.
TITUS LANG, Pastor.
The Alliance (leaning Works is
now located In the basement of Ihe
Drake Hotel. TttpHoa 5.
THE HIRED MAN LOSES HIS CHIFFONIER I
JvAJ Y TO TO W MAW TO V ' 1 ( f 4 : I I ill;
Copyright.
GRYDERMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE
BEFORE WESTOVER AT VALENTINE
William Cryderman, who was
charged with the murder of Mrs. Nel
lie Heelan and Mrs. Anna Layport at
the Heelan ranch home near Valen
tine, was convicted and the death
penalty recommended by the Jury
which heard the case In Judge West
over's court nt Valentine last week.
This conviction marks the first
prisoner to face the death sentence
if Judge Westover's court in the
twenty years the Judge has served on I
the bench. Cryderman was sentenc
ed to die in the electric chair.
Feeling in Valentine was Intense,
and It is believed that if the Jury had
brought a verdict for acquittal a de
termined effort to lynch Cryderman
would have been made. Twenty-five
special deputies were employed to
guard the prisoner, to watch the Hee
lan family, and especially to watch
John Heelan, husband of the murder
ed woman, whose look of hate seldom
left the prisoner. Promises had been
given to Nellie Heelan's mother, at
Omaha, it Is said, that Cryderman
would not be lynched, and this, it is
thought, deterred some who thought
the prisoner deserved such a fate.
While facing the Jury the prisoner
was the picture of dejection, but in
the intermissions in the back room
he smoked and laughed and joked
with his guards and said it was not
necessary for the Jury to retire from
the court room, but they could ren
der their verdict in their chairs. He
invited all present to attend his fun
eral and asked for all the papers con
taining accounts of his crime and sen
FIREMEN IN MOVIES
AND DIDN'T KNOW IT
Friday Night Feature at Imperial
Show Actresses leaping from
a Burning Building
One of the most realistic fire scenes
ever presented on a motion picture
screen is Been in "The Woman in Pol
itics", an unusually powerful Mutual
Masterpiece to be shown Friday
night this week at the Imperial the
atre.
For the purpose of obtaining this
scene, the Thanhouser studios obtain
ed permission of the chief of the
Portchester, N. Y., Fire Department
to nse the entire department. Only
three men in the department, howev
er, knew that when the alarm sound
ed that it was not a real fire. This
was done, with the consent of the
chief, so that the firemen would work
with the same energy they always
display in fighting a real fire.
The scene of the fire, a tenement
located about a half mile from tbe
center of the town, was picked by the
director and when the "smoke
bombs" had been placed and the act
ors and actresses had taken their pos
ition, the alarm was rung in from a
corner box.
Within a space of a few moments,
fire lighting apparatus of all sorts
were dashing to the sound of the call
from various directions. And with
them came a monster throng of the
curious, that packed the streets and
necessitated the calling of the police
reserves to maintain order.
Several streams of-water were
turned on the "fire", long ladders
thrown against the building and tbe
occupants (in the form of actors and
actresses from the Thanhouser studi
os) carried to safety by the heroic
firemen, who didn't know of the hoax
played on them till one of them hap
pened to spot several camera men dil
igently working their machines from
a place of vantage on a nearby roof.
Then a stream of water waa turned
in their direction, but they escaped
before any damage was done. Never
theless, they obtained some of the
greatest fire scenes ever obtained for
motion picture purposes.
Full line of potted plants at
Alliance Greenhouse.
the
tence.
At the time the crime was commit
ted the feeling against Cryderman
was so intense that he was brought
to Alliance for safe keeping. A young
man by the name of Dunbar, who was
later sent to the reform school at
Kearney, was in Jail at Alliance at
the time and Sheriff Cox went to
Kearney after the man and took him
to Valentine for the trial, where he
testified that Cryderman told him
that the story that the motive for the
crime being a reprimand administer
ed by Mrs. Heelan over driving a sick
horse was a fake; that he had rav
ished Mrs. Heelan after he bad killed
her. A prisoner confined at Valen
tine testified to the same thing, say
ing that Cryderman told him only the
Monday before the trial.
The court room was crowded and
man 'were turned away. Everyone
entering was searched. The room
was cleared when the verdict was
rendered.V
Cryderman had been a vagabond
all his life. He said he had murder
ed his best friend, Mrs. Heelan. Tbe
night of the trial he threatened to
kill Madison, a fellow prisoner, lie
said that when he went to the chair
he would say, "Here goes nothing."
He was eighteen years old, and prior
to the crime had been employed as a
ranch hand by Mr. Heelan. He shot
Mrs. Heelan to death, fatally wound
ed her companion, Mrs. Layport, then
saturated their bodies with oil and
set fire to the house.
FIRE LADDIES GET
OLD COUNCIL ROOM
Will
Jlve Easter Dance- to flai?
Funds for New PurnlUire
and UqKa lament
At the regular meeting of the city
council Wednesday evening, a peti
tion was handed the mayor and city
council from the fire department,
asking that tbey be granted the use
of tbe present council room as soon
as the new council chamber is ready
for occupancy. The mayor and city
council granted tbe fire department
tbe use of this room In addition to
their present rlnb room.
The fire boys intend to put un
eight-foot partition in the newly
granted room, and use one of the
rooms for a reading room and the
other for card room and smoking
room. It will be BiceHsary for them
to cut a doorway in between their
present rluh room and tbe one Just
granted to thtra by the council. They
will purrhat) rugs for the new room,
and the. room will be fixed up and
made homelike for the boys. Their
present room will be used exclusive
ly for their gymnasium.
The boys wilt give a saute Faster
Monday, April 24. and the proceed!
will be used fa baying rugs, new
furniture and fixtures for the new
room. As soon as the new room is
ready for occupancy, the boys will
give a bone warming, at which time
they wilr invite the councilmen who
were kind enough to grant them the
use of the room.
The band boys, who nave la th"
past tised the present council room
for band practice on Monday nights
of each week, will be given the
of one of the rooms for their weekly
band praetlee.
Imouumer lAthtera Chart
Services at Iiamaaoers Lutheran
church, corner of Yellowstone avenue
and Seventh street: .
Sunday and Bible class every Sun
day at lo sv m.
English, service every let and 3rd
Sunday 1st tne month, at 11 a. so.
German service every ether Mon
day at 10:SC a. m.
German school every Saturday at 9
a. m.
TITUS LANG, Taster.
Re. 722 MUuourl Are.
Phase Blac k m.
THWART ATTEMPT TO
RE-OPEN BAWDY HOUSES
Madam, Prostitute and Pimp Taken
In Midnight I Lild Made by
City OlllciaU
Three arrests were made last night
in a raid made by city officials in the
red light" district and an attempt of
.Mrs. Ray Dougles Weston to revive
her business at 111 Cheyenne avenue
was thwarted.
The raid was made late last night
aim me parties taken Into court in
the middle of the night where they
plead guilty to the charges preferred
agalnBt them and paid their fines.
Mrs. Weston plead uuiltv to run
ning a house of prostitution and Paid
fine of $15 and costs.
Fern Valentine, one of the clrls
who left town between two days
when the officials gave ihe order for
closing of the houses of prostitution
had returned to Alliance and was
caught In the raid. She plead guilt v
to being a prostitute and paid a fine
of $10 and costs. Paul Roth, who
was also arrested, plead guilty to
being an all round outside solicitor
for the Institution and was also given
$10 and costs.
Unless the place Is closed Immedi
ately other charges will probably be
preferred by the city officials.
FIRE DAMAGED BUILDING
Fire Department Called Out Wednes
day Morning Two Time to
Anxwer Alarms
Fire of mysterious origin did dam
age amounting to less than $500 to
the building owned by Charles Wat
teyne at 406 Box Butte avenue Wed
nesday morning. The department
was called out at 5:09 o'clock and
had the fire out at 5:4 5. The build
ing is two stories In height and of
frame construction. The upper story
wad occupied by a family and on the
first floor Is Mr. Watteyne's shoe shop
and the tailor shop adjoining.
The damage to the building was
confined mostly to the rear. A burst
ing hose caused the tireboys some
trouble. They did good work and
saved the building from what appear
ed to be certain destruction.- The
dog "Mike", the flreboyB mascot,
had an unpleasant experience with
burned off wires carrying 110 volts,
which had fallen to the ground. Mike
now avoids anything that looks like
a wire. Firemen who registered for
the fire from Company No. 1 were
Guy Smith, G. E. Greer, R. C. Glad
son, P. M. Thomas; from Company
No. 2 were Bruce Mallery, B. S. Row
land, Charles Schafer, Carl Rockey,
and Lloyd Thomas; from the Hook
and Ladder Company were William
Maunier, John Williams, W; II.
Buechsensteln, Frank Hart, W. E.
Hall, F. L. Strickland, Tobe Gastln
eau, II. J. Young and Carl Thomas.
The department was again called
out at 9 o'clock by tbe explosion of a
gasoline stove in the residence of F.
E. Holsten, at Sixth and Box Butte.
The fire was stopped before the auto
chemical truck arrived by means of a
Pyrene extinguisher. Assistant
Chief Leonard Piiklngton, driver of
the auto truck, was at the Renswold
blacksmith shop having a wrench be
longing to the department repaired
when the alarm was turned in. His
experiences In reaching the city hall
were hair raising. He started in an
auto, which stalled, ran a block on
foot, was picked up by another auto,
which ran with him to the auto truck
room at the rate of twenty or more
miles per hour.
Purchase n King l.'iglil
Dr. George J. Hand has purchased
a "King Eight" roadster which is
now on the ro:il here from the fac
tory and which he will use in his
practice. The cur vas purchased
through Black Brothers of Lakeside,
a sent s.
WAR ON THE MINOR
CIGARETTE FIENDS
Two Clerk Arrested for Selling Cig
arette Paper to IwmK Co
der Fifteen
Two arrests were made this morn
ing by the city police In the first ef
forts to stop the sale of cigarettes to
boys under fifteen years of age.
Clerks In two business houses were
charged with selling cigarette papers
to lads under age and the trials have
been set for Friday and Monday.
At a meeting of city and county of
ficials, probation officers, school of
ficers and others interested in the
movement, held Sunday afternoon,
plans were made for correcting num
erous evils that exist and which are
having a bad influence on tbe young
er lass of the community. A com
mittee of three was chosen to make
an investigation and gather evidence
and in their first report they state
that they have found about fifty lads
aged from 4 years to 14 who smoke
cigarettes and who buy the materials
at urious places about town. Some
of these boys have been caught hang
iug about the back doors of saloons
and drinking stale beer found in sup
posedly empty bottles thrown about.
The officers propose to see that the
laws governing these things are en
forced to tbe letter.
SPECIAL TRAINS
FOR LAND EVENT
Burlington Announce., Hin-Hnl Train
for Crowd Coniliuj to Draw
ing nnl Auction
Al t TION EACH AFTF.KMHIN
ON llOX HllTTF, AVDNLfci
Schedule, for Special Service to
Tie
rurniMtietl Auto Trips over
I ho VmiiI)
Special railroad service is announc
ed by the Burliiu-toii efleetlve March
20, 21, 22 and 23, In order to accom
modate the crowds of homo seekers
coming for the land drawing and auc
tion sale. The special will leave Al
liance each morning nt 8 o'clock and
arrive at Morrill at 12:15 p. m.. and
returning will leavw Morrill 3 o'clock
a. m. each day ami arrive in Alliance
at 6:30 p. m.
The complete m-hedule is shown
herewith :
Leave Alliance 8:00"m
'''tan 8: 16 in
Bonner 8:3Cl:n
Anirorn 8: Slam
Vance :05am
" Northport :2m
Arrive Bridgeport 9:.H".uu
Leave Bridgeport 10:00m
" Bayard 10:30am,
" Minatare 10:50a'i
Scott8bluff ll:2nant
" Mitchell 11:60am
Arrive Morrill 12:15pm
I let urn Trip
Leave Morrill 3:0npm
" Mitchell 3:30pm
Scottsbluff 4:05pn
" Minatare 4:25pm
" Bayard 4:45pm
Arrive Bridgeport 5:10pra
Ixave Bridgeport 5:15pm
" Northport . . ... 5:20pm
" Vance 5:25pm
Angora 5:50pm
" Bonner 6:05pm
" Let an 6:16pm
Arrive Alliance 6:30pm
In addition to this service the rail
road company announces that they
are arranging to run the Guernsey
line trains 309' and 310 through to
Alliance, o. 310 arriving on the block,
of No. 304 and Np.JCJl leaving Alli
ance on the block ol No. 303. - s
Everything has been done that
could possibly be done to make the
drawing and uuction s success. The
Real Estate Exchange hnn had a l.irgp
force at work for a couple of weeks
pending out literature of every des
cription to all parts of the United
States. Complete - Information baa
been furnished to all parties Interest
ed and the co-operative plans of the
real estate dealers and Commercial
Club have been carefully worked out.
E. T. Kibble will place splendid ex
hibits or Box Butte county products
In several conspicuous places and all .
farmers, ranchers and citizens having
any thing that would add to the value:
of such an exhibit are asked to bring
them to Kibble's office at once.
The plans as now made are to take
all visitors interested for a trip over
Box Butte county;, to show them tha.
lands listed for .sale at the auction
and to give them first hand informa
tion concerning what these particular
pieces of property have produced and
under what conditions letting the
owners and renters irll the story
themselves. The meriting will be
taken up this way and every autono
bile owner in the county is asked to
co-operate to the extent of furnishing
his machine at least one day during
the sale. It can readily be Been that
it would be prohibitive to attempt, to
hire enouuh cars te handle the
crowds of this kind bat if each own
er will furnish a car one day he will
not be out much and will be contrib
uting his small Bbare to this event,
tbe Buccecti of which means much to
every resident of tbls rection of the
country.
Those who have not already done
so should leave word a, wn.e at the
Commercial Club office ttet 'hey will
furnish their car, and tell on which
.lav a.. 1uv, Ihiiv wH 1 1 lia at llhikriv
I lies v. w j d v . r w .
r I ........ I. r. a n K ... T. knW
ward in the movement nud more than
the 75,000 acres adverted have al
ready been listed.
If the weather is favorable the auo
lion sale will take place each after
noon on the corner of Box Butte and
Third streets. In tbe event of un
favorable weather tbe sale will be
conducted either in the Pbelan opera
bouse or the Imperial theatre.
WEATHER REPORT
By Gov't Observer Hicks
Webteru Nebraska has been favor
ed with as fine weather the past week,
as one could ask for. Genuine spring
weather with the temperature falling
below the freezing point but twice in
the past seven days. Mor of the
time it has been urin but not warm
enough to be uncomfortable, and the
green U beginning to show again on
the lawns.
' Monday night we had three-quarters
of an inch of suow, but it did not
last long. The maximum and mini
mum temperature for etU of thsj
last seven days as shown by the gov
eminent instruments kept by F. W,
Hicks, is given below.
March Maximum Minimum
9 64 3S
10 0 3
11 fc'9 29
12 15 34 '
13 58 31
14 40 St .
16 53 1
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