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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1916)
The Alliance He The Leading Paper of Western Nebraska rald 3,000 Copies 16 Pages Two Sections READ BY EVERY MEMBER NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION. ALL THE NEWS OF ALLIANCE AND WESTERN NEBRASKA OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. IT REACHES HEADQUARTERS FOR 15,000 FIREMEN VOLUME XXIII ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1916 NUMBER 23 BRAKEMAN MEETS INSTANT DEATH W. IT. Cates Falls Under Wheels of Local Freight In the. Tarda at Ravenna CHANGES EFFECTIVE JUNE 4 ON GUERNSEY-ALLIANCE LINE Company Announces Raise In Pay for All Shop Hands Other In terestlng Railroad News F. H. Cates, a brakeman on this lvtslon working out of Ravenna, was Instantly killed at 6 o'clock last lght when he fell under the wheels f the local freight east bound as it was entering the yards at Ravenna. As to Just how the accident happened bo one knows. Nobody saw the ac cident and the first known of It was when the remains were found a few minutes later, the head outside the rails and the body between the rails. There Is a down-hill grade where the tracks enter the yards and It Is sup posed that he was at the head of the train setting the brakes when he fell. Whether the sudden stopping Of the train was the cause or that he merely lost his hold or became over balanced will never be known. Cates was transferred to this divis ion from the Omaha division on Ap ril 8. His borne ia at Wymore. Where the remains were taken today. Be has an uncle In the dispatcher's Office at Lincoln. J. M. Mewhirter was conductor, and C. O. Hageman engineer of the train on which the accident occurred New Schedule, Guernsey Line Two new fully equipped trains be tween Casper and Alliance will be yat on by the Burlington June 4. The present Guernsey line trains will be discontinued and "Bridgeport to Morrill and return" train will be put Thla change "win afford people of Casper and Tlclnlty service to Omaha it less Mna. Ahg affrr ded. nnjmir-otn r road. . The trains will be known as 31 Md 32. No. 31 will eave Alliance at 1 p. m. conectlng with No. 43 from the east and will arrive at Casner at 9 : 50 p. m. No. 32 will leave Casper at 2:65 p. m. arriving at Alliance at 11:50 p. m. connecting with No. 42 east bound. The time of No. 303 will be chang ed from 1 o'clock to 1:40 but will make up the time arriving at Denver n the present schedule. The Brldgeport-Morrlll train will leave Bridgeport at 9:45 a. m. on ar Mval of train from Denver and will peach Morrill at 11:35. Will leave Morrill at 12:10 and reach Bridge port connecting with No. 303 south bound. A new train will be put on the Hot prlnps line leaving Hot Springs at ATTEMPT TO EVADE HOT SPRINGS OFFICIAL FUTILE Arthur Shane, Ixcal Barber, Charged with Embezzlement at Hot Springs, So. Dakota Although a desperate attempt was made by Arthur Shane ,a local bar ber, to evade the officers from Hot Springs and the South Dakota law, the attempt was futile and after a trial Tuesday at Hay Springs he was turned over to Sheriff Clark and tak en to Hot Springs to answer to the charge of embezzlement. Bert Metcalf, a Hot Springs bar ber, by whom Shane was formerly employed, accuses Shane with the theft of a sum of money, about $50, from the cash register, and last Fri day Sheriff Clark came down from Hot Springs prepared with requisi tion papers secured from Governor Morehead to take Shane back to Hot Springs for trial. Shane asked time to consult an attorney and went to seo Joe Westover. When the. offic ers learned that an attempt was go ing to be made to evade the trip to Hot Springs through a writ of habeas corpus they refused to wait for the proceeding, and Sheriff Cox. Sheriff Clark and Shane In H. J. Ellis' car, left immediately Mr. Cox expecting to turn the prisoner over to Sheriff Clark on reaching the county line. Endeavoring to do the best he could for his client, Westover secur ed the papers necessary to stop the party and getting a machine started after them. He beat them Into Chad ron and was waiting there when they arrived and as a result Shane was taken to Hay Springs, the county seat, where a hearing was given Tuesday. The effort was in vain, however, for Shane was turned over to the Fall River county officials to be taken to Hot Springs to answer to the charges preferred against him. Look Here, Boys and Girls! A grand prize at the end of each week for the boys and girls who kill most dandelions to Detroit. Ed Shields, who with several oth eUf.om Alliance ajendd t": K-C state convention at Fremont the first of the week returned home yester day. The rest of the party went on to Omaha. Jerry Madden, chief clerk In Train Master D. J. Nelson's office, was re cently transferred to Chicago for some special work, and P .1. Beach has been taking his place here. Vern Andress has been filling Beach' place as clerk In Chief Dispatcher A. V. Gavin's office. The change when made was only temporary but It will probably be made permanent H. L. Ormsby, ticket agent, leaves today to take Mrs. Ormsby to a hos pltal at Rochester, N. Y. Cochran extra agent, has come from Lakeside to relieve Mr. Ormnby. W. A. Hack, agent at Marsland who has been away on a vacation has sent In his resignation to take ef fret Immediately. c Hoae. brakeman. and Mrs 1:45 to connect with No. 43 and re- j HoaR Mi Wednesday for an extend .-n tn Tint Snrlnrs at 6:05 tne aame evening. This will prove a great advantage to people of Alli ance who go to Hot Springs, many of whom go there each season for their summer recreation and outing. Horn Pay for Shop Hands Announcement was made the first f the week by the C. B. & Q. Rail road Company of a raise in pay for all shop hand? on the system of from ne to two cents per hous. The raise dates back to May 1. Machin ists nnd machinist helpers get an In crease of two centa. Hostlers, wip ers nd ordinary laborers get a raise f oue cent. Other clnsnlnoatlons get :i raise of onn and on-ha1f tents ed trin throuyb the eust. They will visit at Niagara Falls. Washington New York. Philadelphia and other cities. Norman M. Corkle, clerk in the general superintendent's office, has hin ntr several davs this week on account of sickness. Train Master D. J. Nelson will leave the latter part of this week on a business trip to Chicago, F. A. Hively, chief clerk in the general superintendent's office, went to Lincoln Tuesday where he will re main several days on company bus! ness. II. E. Wolff, a-jent at Sweetwater will lay off tomorrow and will be In I Alliance Sunday to attend a special meeting of the Knlshts of Columbus A train of forty cars of cattle pass .l through Alliance Wednesday RAILROAD NOTES J .ck Tynan, who had planned i to with the Alliance delegation to the state convention of the Knights Twenty car8 Were shipped from f Columbus at Fremont the first of 'paBO to Merrlman. The rest were El the week was detained by business at the last minute and was unable to male the trip. Jake Stark, for several years chief clerk at the round house, has been promoted to a similar but better pos it l-vi at McCook. Ho loaded his hocaehold goods yesterday and with his family left for McCook this morn ing. General Superintendent E. E. Young left Tuay night on a busi ness trip to Oman. C. A. Sprague. operator at Edge mo:it. formerly of Alliance, was transferred this week to Sheridan as extra dispatcher. PhillD S. Marvin, who had been visiting here with his brother, Dis patcher II. E. Marvin, for the past tnree weexa. returned Tuesday night ALLIANCE GETS NEXT K. OF C. CONVENTION Walter Hucchsensteln Re-elected State Warden at Meeting at Fremeut First of Week The Alliance Herald has realized for some time that although this little city Is one of the prettiest In the state, It la pestered, like all other towns, with numberless dandelions which spoil the pretty yards all over town. Now In order to beautify Alliance and make It the city beautiful, The Herald Is going to give every boy and girl in town, not over sixteen years of ace. an oDoortunitr to win a prize by killing dandelions. The plan is explained below. In order to make a success of It, we must have the co operation of every boy and girl under sixteen years of age and also of the property owners who realize that the dandelions are spoiling their yards. A number of Alliance progressive merchants have already signified their will ingness by donating prizes for each week of the contest. If you boys and girls will get busy right away you eah have a chance to win one of the val uable prizes and you will all get in ion the big ice cream supper. But in- order to be eligible to a prize, you i must observe carefully the following ulea: RULES OF THE CONTEST Each boy and girl desiring to enter the contest must come to The Herald office and leave bis or her name so that we will know who are after the prizes. The contest opens Saturday morning, May 13. The first week closes at 6 o'clock Friday evening, May 19. Each contest lasts one week and the contests will close when the dandelions are gone. Boys and girls over sixteen years of age are not allowed to take part in the contests. Dandelions will be Judged by weight. Dirt, sticks, stones or otlif ? rub bish will not count and the dandelions must be free from these things. f 6. When you leave your name at The Herald office, you will be given a list of the places on which you are to kill the dandelions. In turn ing in the dandelions you must tell us where you picked them. We do not want you to pick dandelions on yards where the people do not want the boys and girls to go and who are not sensible enough to realize that the dandelions are pests and should be killed. . 6. You can Join the contest at any time and for any week. But you should get in early while the dandelions are plentiful. Dandelions must be brought to The Herald office in sacks, where they will be weighed by the judge. In order to be counted for the first week they must be at the office not later than 6 o'clock Friday even ing, May 19. 8. The chief judge of the contest will be A. J. Macy of the Alliance post office. He may appoint other judges to help If he needs them. 9. The girl bringing in the most dandelions for the first week will be awarded a nice pair of school shoes by the George A. Mollrlng store. The boy bringing in the most will be given a fine pocket knife by the Rhein-Rousey Hardware Company. 10. New prizes win be given eacn wee by Alliance merchants as long as the contest lasts, so that if you don't win out the first week you may the next, or the next. 11. At the close of the contests every boy and girl who takes part and who makes an effort to win a prize, no matter If they are successful In getting a prise or not, will take part In a big ice cream supper, to be given to them by The Herald. x Now, boys and girls, jset busy'' Get your sacks and be ready to start out next Saturday morning. ComrwTh Herald office Friday evening or Saturday morning, give us your .name, and we will give you a Hat of the places to worn. . TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY IN ALLIANCE: If you are Interested In ridding your lawns and property of the dande lion pest The Herald invites you to give us your co-operation during the above contests. The boys and girls will be required to be careful to not in jure lawns or property in getting the dandelions. If you want your lawns rid of the net we Invite you to phone The Herald office, 340, at once, giving us the address of the prirv THE ALLIANCE HERALD Phone 840 And again the Alliance Commer cial Club haa scored and thla time under temporary secretaryship of J. W. Guthrie, who with five other members of the local K. C. lodge left Sunday for Fremont to attend the siaie convention wnicn was in ses sion there Monday and Tuesday. A flood of telegrams waa sent In during the day from Alliance bust- CITY PAYS BONDS SAVING INTEREST Five Thousand Dollars Worth of Light Bonds Due July 1 Paid off from Funds Now on Hand RESULTS IN SAVING OF INTEREST TO TAXPAYERS Water Mains to Re Eitended Four Blocks North on Missouri Ave. Indicates Growth of City As a matter of economy and In or der to save Interest, the city council ness and professional men Tuesday, voted Tuesday night to pay off at and when the question of the convenience $5,000 worth of city light bonda Hon city for next year came to a vote which will become due on July 1. Alliance waa an easy winner over With nearly $13,000 In the light de- Lincoln and Kearney. The vote was partment fund It waa deemed good Alliance 41, Lincoln 80, and Hear- business to pay off the bonds before ney 11. they became due and save the Inter- All the officers with the exception "t. Councllmen Davidson, Welch, of James Lanlgan, of Greeley, who Davis, Snyder, Helpbrlnger, were moved from the state, were re-elect- present. Councilman Moore waa un- ed unanimously at the Tuesday af- able to be present on account of the ternoon session. serious illness of a child, and Coun- The officers are: state chaplain, cllmen Was and Kibble were out of Rev. L, A. Dumphey, Sutton; state the city. This prevented securing deputy, Geo. F. Corcoran, York; quorum for the transaction of such state secretary, Frank M. Colfer. Mc- business as passing ordinances, etc.. Cook; state treasurer, Patrick J. O'- and sevcra .Important matters, In- Donnell, O'Neill; state warden, Wal- eluding the consideration of the ter Buechsensteln, Alliance. milk and curbing ordinances, were In the party of delegates from Al- deferred until the adjourned meet- llance were J. W. Guthrie, Jack Ty nan, T. J. O'Keefe, Walter Buech sensteln, Ed Shields and Peter Becker. Delegates from the twenty-eight councils In the state, In addition to lng to be held Monday, May 15. The new furniture has all been In stalled In the council chamber with the exception of the chairs, which have been shipped. The new cham ber now haa a metropolitan appear- vlsltora, brought the total number In ance. The meeting waa attended by attendance at the convention to over a large number of citizens. The application of John Bayer for a license to conduct a pool hall for the year 1916 waa granted. A tem porary license had been granted him at the last meeting. The appllca-t tlon of Wayne Zedlker for a plumb ing license waa also granted. ' The reports of the city depart- SPECIALS at Mollrlng'a. Read the ment8( gUen eiewhere in The Her- 100. Services were held In the af ternoon at St. Patrick's Catholic church, where the Right Rev. John Tlhen, bishop of Lincoln, presided. The convention waa brought to a close in the evening with a banquet and social dance. ad on page four of thla section and call at The a tore, SMITH VERSUS DAVIS FIVE ALLIANCE PEOPLE INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT WEDNESDAY Heavy Automobile, Driven by Alliance Banker, Skids and Crashes into Large Tree Near Chadron at 9 O'clock Wednesday Morning, Injuring All Occupants from Denver .seventeen of them bill ed to Bingham and the balance scat tered The Burlington railroad company will establish a station at Hoffland In the near future. This place lies be tween Blrdsell and Antioch and Blnce the Potash Products Company com menced operations there it has been a flag stop for No. 43 and No. 4 4. The establishment of a station mears that au a sent will be placed there. A "soldier special," of thirteen care, seven sleepers and six freight cars, bearing cavalry bound for the Mexican border, left Spokane, Wash., Wednesday night They are routed through Alliance and Denver. Fifteen cars of cattle, billed from Denver to Bingham, will pass through Alliance thla evening. Five Alliance people were Injured, one of them seriously, when a heavy Imperial automobile, belonging to F. E. Holsten and driven by F. W. Har ris of Alliance, skidded and crashed into a large tree three miles south of Chadron at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning.., throwing out all of the occupant. In the party were the Alliance bus iness man and wife Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Holsten, the Alliance banker F. W. Harris, who waa driving, Mra. Wm. Carson Shaw, wife of Dean Shaw of St. Matthews Episcopal church ,and Mrs. H. E. Gantz, wife of the Alliance attorney. The party left early Wednesday morning to attend the Episcopal con vocation at Chadron. Mr. Harris was driving the car, which is a heavy one. At the north edge of Pine Rldse. three miles out of Chadron. while the car was going at a fair speed, it crossed a small bridge and struck a depression which had beeu concealed by the bridge and which Mr. Harris failed to see in time to atop the car. The road grade was soft and not wide. Aa the car skid- for over an hour following the acci dent. Her left arm waa badly in jured and may be broken. Her left eye waa completely closed and the left side of her head badly bruised. She waa taken to the doctor's office In Alliance Immediately after her ar rival this noon and an X-ray exam ination made of the arm to ascertain the exact nature of her Injuries. Mr. Holsten was thrown through the glass windshield. Hla face was badly cut by the glass. He was bruised about the body. Mr. Harris Buffered a sprained wrist. He and Mr. Holsten did not return with the ladles this noon but stayed at Chadron while the car was being repaired and will endeavor to drive it back this afternoon. Mra .Shaw waa thrown over the fence but luckily escaped with only body hruippH. Mrs. Gants suffered a - severely bruised and sprained left limb. The ladles were taken to doc tors' offices and then to their homes , Imme 'lately on the arrival thla noon i on 44 i The acellent happened near a farm house to which one of the party aid, were received with much favor able cnniot by tnin'ouncllmen and rofyor. The report of the light de partment showed $12,718.85 on hand. $5,000 of this was used to pay off the light bonds. Bids for the extension of the city sewer on Laramie and Cheyenne ave nues, between tenth and eleventh streets, district' number thirty-four, were received. J. R. Seaton offered to do the work for 52 cents per foot. and W. D. Zediker offered to do It for 83 cents per foot. On account of the fact that a survey had not been made, all bids were rejected and new bids will he received on May 20. The mayor announced that on ac count of the Inrge amount of busi ness to be handled by the city dads there would be special meetings thla month on the 16th. 16th. 20th and 22nl. H'i wi" rrelvel for a new city sprinkler, as the old one seems to 0. . I it p'-r-tUve to spend a large part of Its time in the repair shop. C. A. Newberry of Alliance offered to furnish a 600-gallon sprinkler for $400 f. o. b. Alliance and add an oil spreading attachment for $8 5 addi tional. The Denver branch of an eastern firm offered to furnish a 600- gallon sprinkler for $275 f. o. b. fac tory at Oregon ,111., and a 750 Ballon Mrs. Josephine Lockwood dies sprinkler for IZ88 r. o. n. taciory. Tuesday at their home In Bridgeport Their price on a 7.ro-gallon ou following a Berious illness covering a spreader, eqelpped to spread water period of seven months. Death was also, waa $571 f. o. b. factory. It hastened by several strokes of par- was estimated that th freight on the alysls sustained. The remains were I sprinklers weald be about 156. The Two First-Clans Boxers Will Meet in the Ring In Alliance on Next Thiirftday Night. Tommy Smith of Alliance will meet Art Davis on Thursday evening, May 18th, In a fifteen-round boxlne match at the Phelan Opera bouse In Alliance. The preliminaries v. Ill be good and a large crowd Is expected for the match, which will undoubted' ly be the most interesting ever staged In western Nebraska. Smith has won every match staged here. Davis held Jack Johnson for six rounds In Omaha. Doth are goo.' men. Bargains at Mollrlng's furntuhlnrs, Khoes, etc. goods at low prices. in ladle?' OuaU.y DEATH OF MAS.L03KVO0D Funeral Services to Be Held at the Christian Science Church Tills Afternoon. ded slightly It gave way. The car immediately went and telephoned for ran headon directly into a large tree' a doctor to Chadron. The party was at the roadside, striking the tree j taken on Into Chadron after Mrs. with full force and turning half over.! Holsten had recovered consciousness blnE held on Its aide by a wire ' and the inluHs of the parties had fence, over which the party were been dressed by the doctor. thrown. l The party consider themselves ex- The car waa badly damaged, the.tremely lucky In that nono were in humper being bent nearly double, a ; jured more seriously. The car was fender being crushed, the front axle ' prevented from overturning directly badly bent, the carburetor torn loose I on them by the wire fence, over and other damage done. ! which they were thrown. The ladies Mra. Holsten waa thrown clear ov- w undoubtedly be confined to their er the fence and struck the ground homes for some time while recover on her head. She was unconscious . tng from the effects of the accident brought to Alliance today and the funeral services will be conducted at o'clock thla afternoon by Mrs. Edith Zediker at the Christian Sci ence church . Mrs. Lockwood waa 59 years of matter was referred to the purchas ing committee for a report on May 15. A petition for the extension of city water malna on Missouri avenue as far north aa seventh street, signed - . . I . TTAttt Van HfV age. She was Dorn at uicnmona.ioy bioan, cawa, nnuns, ia c ,,nnA in mmiin with n land Ttenswold. who apieea to la He A 11 14 , V. CB UUilcu . .una. .mbv -. . ' F. Lockwood In 1873. who with one water, waa received ana oraerea on. Guv .and one dauKhter. Frances, granted. Bids will be advertised for survive. One child died in Infancy, the construction of the same. The family came to Alliance sev enteen years ago from hpio i ity and lived here until last Decei.her when they moved to Bridgeport and onenKcd in bunsiness. Ouite a num ber of friends came up from BridKe- port today to attend the funeral. SAVE MONEY by buying your dry goods and ladles furnishings at Moll ring's. Read the ad on page four of this paper. The Herald wishes to call the at tention of Its advertisers to the fact that we have been adding new sub scribers to our list at the rate of five to twelve each day for the past two weeks. Cyrus Lalng'a water meter at the Silver Grill "went wrong" during the lt quarter and ran his bill up to $54.10. Inasmuch as his duis tor the last year only averaged $7.50 per quarter and the excess was clear ly due to a defect at the meter, a de duction of the difference. $46.60. was ordered granted. The milk ordinance was discussed, but will not be acted upon until the 15th. Steve Jackson, official dog catcher, was present and in hla usual laugha ble manner requested that the dog tags tor tbla year be hurried up and that he also be furnished with a new (Coatlaaed on page 8)