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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1916)
Herald The Leading Paper of Western Nebraska 3,000 Copies 12 Pages One Section READ BY EVERY MEMBER NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION. ALL THE NEWS OF ALLIANCE AND WESTERN NEBRASKA OFFICIAL OROAN NEBRASKA VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. IT REACHES HEADQUARTERS FOR 15,000 FIREMEN VOLUME XXIII ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TllUUSPAY, JUNE 8, 1916 NUMBER 27 INSTRUCTORS SCHEDULED FOR COMING YEAR UNITY FOR MS SAINTED SOUL ENTERS LAST RESTING PLACE BASEBALL GAME AND MOTORCYCLE RACES GETTING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER DEMOCRATIC CATION HE ALL IANCE Bftrtf Ijovefet at St. Louis Conven tion Will Present Contract to Ilciubllcan Til mult. SLOGAN OF "AMKMCA FIRST." Preldcnt Wilson's Suiierb Ilecord Offers HoIm for Incomparable Keynote Speech. In direct contrast to tho expected turbulent Republican gathering In Chicago, the Democratic national eonventton In St. Louis, which will eonveno Wcdneolay, Juno 14, prom ises to bo a great political lovcfeast, devoid of discenslon and acrimonious discussion. The 1,092 delegates to the St. Louis convention and cn equal num ber of tlternates, repreoenting every State In the Union and the insular possessions across the Bea, will fore gather to rolco the unanimous desire of Democrats everywhere that Wood row Wilson shall lead the party In a second presidential campaign. Harmony of choice and unity of action will mark the proceedings of the convention so far as President Wilson Is concerned ,and his nomina tion for another four years in the White House will bo a mere formal ity. The only possible contest will be ver the vice presidency. John W. Wescott, Attorney Gen eral of New Jersey, whose eloquence aptivated the Baltimore convention la 1912 when he then presented the same of Woodrow Wilson, will per form the same function at St. Louis. Bvery State delegation will Bend Its prize orator to the platform to echo the tributes Mr. Wescott is expected to pay to New Jersey's favorite son. The keynote address of the con vention will be delivered by former Governor Martin Glynn of New York, who probably will be chosen by the National Committee for temporary chairman of the convention. Accord ing to custom, Gov. Glynn will render an account of the Democratic stew ardship of national affairs and will forecast the Issues upon which the administration will meet the opposi tion In the fall campaign. Not in the history of the existing political parties has any "keynoter" had greater reason to boast of a party's accomplishments, and Gov. Glynn, Judging by his ringing Ad dress at the New York State conten tion, over which he presided, will make the most of his opportunity. It has not been definitely settled who will be honored with the per manent chairmanship of the St. Louis gathering. The choice, of course, will ae made by the committee on per manent organization, but It has been hinted that Speaker Champ Clark Clark will be Invited to wield the gavel. The platform to be adopted at St. Louis promises to teem with the spirt of "America first." President Wilson's Incomparable State papers international questions and the con structive record of the Democratic Congress make the writing of the platform a comparatively easy task. Space does not permit the enumera tion, but It may generally be said mat tne prosperity now being en Joyed throughout the country may In a large measure be attributed to leg Islation passed since the advent of Woodrow Wilson in the White House. St. Louis, famed for Its hospitality, Is making preparations to entertain thousands of visitors during conven tion week. Many amusement fea tures have been planned. The de mand for tickets to the convention far exceeds the capacity of the big couseum wnere the convention will be held. MAGNESIAJFOR STREETS One Box Butte County Ranchman Uses the Material la Place of Cement for Building Tanks. That Aliance clan have hard sur faced streets at a slight expense is proven by the fact that large beds of magntsia lie not far from town and that this material Is used successfully in surfacing roads at different places in tho county. Secretary Guthrie of the commer cial club has a sample of magnesia In his office, as hard as a rock. One Box Butte county ranchman has used this magnesia for years in building his taks. using it in place of cement, and claims that it is just as satisfactory. BOY SCOUT DIRECTOR Prof. T. It. Crawford Will Handle lioy Scout Work in Addition to Playground Directorship In addition to his work as director of the-city playground. Prof. T. R Crawford has been appointed as dir ector of the Boy Scouts and will give some of bis attention to their ad vancement and betterment during the summer, in connection with his work as director of the city's play ground. - Prof. Crawford Is well fitted for the work for which he has been sel ected during the summer and will make a good showing. Pew Change. to Be Mode in Teaching Force. Tew hers All Capable. Pan Cupid May Change List. Only four changes will be noticed in the teaching force at the Alliance schools next year, according to the report of Superintendent Pate. Two of thcBe aro at Emerson, one at Cen tral and one at the high school. The following will compose the staff of teachers: CENTRAL SCHOOL Principal and eighth grade, Mr.Burns Eighth grade MiS3 Sheridan Seventh grade Miss Anderson Sixth grade Miss Chambers Fifth grade Mi33 Abbott Fourth grade Miss Ilograth Third grade ......... Miss Brown Second grade Miss Crocker Second grade (and Drst), Miss Conley First grade Miss Scott Beginners Miss Terry EMERSON SCHOOL Principal and eighth grade Miss Taylor. Seventh grade Miss Walter Sixth grade Miss Engle Fifth grade MU-s Cutkosky Fourth grade Mlr.s Helekik Thir dgrade Mis Robertson Second grade .. Miss Soper First grade Miss Worley Beginners Miss Terry HIGH SCHOOL Superintendent W. R. Pate Principal High School-History ... T. R. Crawford English and Normal Training .... E. P. Stockdale Agriculture and Science, Rex Truman Languages Eva Sherdeman Domestic Science . . Georgia Canfield Commercial Deartment Bertha Wilson Mathematics and Manual Training . Not filled AT CHADRON CONVENTION Twenty Three Delegates Attended Attended Women's Foreign Missionary Society Convention. The Third Annual Convention of the Women's Foreign Missionary So ciety of the Alliance district of the Methodist church met In Chadron on I June 1st and 2d with twenty-three' delegates in attendance. j The program was excellent and the reigns rendered, showed . gratifying -ik fii.803 in membersnip ana interest. Part of the program was an able ad dress by Miss Shannon, a missionary, on Buriua. Mrs. A. T. Lunn of Alliance was elected district president. Those in attendance from Alliance were Mes dames A. Gregory, A. P. Brown, A. T. Lunu, 8. M. Felts and M. E. Parker. The next convention is to be held at Hemingford. The ladles of Chadron were congratulated on the fine en tertainment provided. MYERS TO MASON CITY Well Known Alliance Young Man Promoted to Position a Man ager of Lumber Yard Willard C. Myers, who was mar ried Tuesday to Mies Lucile O'Brien, of Alliance, left that night for a short honeymoon with his bride, fol lowing which they will make their home at Mason City, Nebr., where be has been appointed manager of the Dierks Lumber Company branch at that point. Mr. Myers haa held the position of bookkeeper of the Alliance branch of the Dierks company for two years, during which time he has made many friends here, who are pleased with his promotion but who regret to see him leave. The promotion comes as a well deserved reward for his ex cellent services here. Mr. Myers entertained the Alliance fire department at a smoker before leaving. He has been an active worker in the department during his residence here, coming here from Ansley, Nebr. J. A. Stapleton, from Ashby, has succeeded Mr. Myers as bookkeeper of the Alliance branch. Mr. Staple ton was the successor of Mr. Myers at Ansley when the latter left that place to come to Alliance. PLUNGE OPENS SUNDAY Big Boiler for Heating Plant Was ' Installed Wednesday Everybody Invited to Come. Th- Alliance volunteer fire depart ment's swimming pool will open on Sunday for the summer. The big steam boiler, which will be uaed to heat the water In the plunge, arrived the first of the week and haa been in stalled. The heating system now installed will be modeled after the plan used in the Y. M. C. A. plunge In Omaha. The boiler is a huge one and will keep the water sufficiently warm at all times. The firemen Invite the people of Alliance and visitors to the city to make use of the plunge and to make It a visit. If '-y ' i " VANDAL DAMAGES CARS Electric Wiring on about Twenty Autos Cut Saturday Night by I'nknowii Vandal While the owners were enjoying themselves Saturday night at the dance at the Link Davis farm, three miles north of Alliance, some vandal cut the wiring on nearly all of twen ty automobiles which were parked there. When the dance broke up at 2 o'clock Sunday morning the owners of the cars discovered the damage and telephoned Into Alliance for Charley Tash, local auto expert, who made a quick trip to the farm and repaired the damage to the cars so that they could navigate. Charley sent a driver in his car back to town to get some wire, and the driver mipsed a culvert and went Into a ditch, damaging this car. A certain party, believed to be guilty of the damage, is under sus picion and may be placed under ar rest when more evidence is unearth- d. KILLED NINE COYOTES W. K. Campbell and James Blagrave. Living Southeast of Town, Caught ' targe Litter. . While riding on horseback through , the hills southeast of Alliance one! day last week Mrs. Lizzie Watson tnd ' Miss Peeler discovered a bunch of' young coyotes which were nearly as tame as puppies. The ladies marked : the location cf the hole and notified, W. E. Campbell ar1 James Blagrws, who spent a forenoon digging out tne little fil!ows. .L10?0!" "n.UJ"-!the ally large and the men are congratu lated on their catch n -r, qf?hiUnHi l,,i,r,h The ladies of the Baptist church will serve a banquet to the Nebraska PT ."" urcu iiiiiiro win uc miu ni iuib irnii- quet and those who wish to attend should see that they get their tickets early. Special Teachers' Examination A special teachers' examination will be given at the court house on June 23rd and 24th. Reading circle held Jun e24th. Miss Opal Russell, Co. 8upt. 2?-2t-7387. Ice Cream Supper Saturday The Herald's Dandelion Contest closed at six o'clock last Friday evening, with a total of 4,63916 pounds of dandelions brought to The Herald office in three weeks by the boys and girls of Alliance. The winners for last Friday night were: Esther Bacon, girl's prise of a dress, given by The Fashion Shop, with a total of 387 pounds for the week. Verne Gribble, boy's prize of a baseball mitt, given by the Brennan Drug Store .with a total of 170 pounds for the week. Mr. A. J. Macey, who is the original promoter of the dandelion contest in Alliance, and who acted as chief judge at the end of each week, was assisted last week by D. E. Watson and Frank Palmer. Mr. Macey was congratulated on tbe successful outcome of the con test. In order to ascertain the approximate number of dandelion gathered by the boys and girls during the content, seventy-five plants were weighed, giving a total of two and one-half pounds, with an av erage of six separate dandelion stalks to the plant. The total fig ures showed 139,185 dandelion plants gathered during the contest, with a total of 834.870 stalks. This materially reduced the dande lion population of Alliance, and a weight greater than Vaugban's Mogul Tractor was turned In. The ice cream supper, to which all the boys and girls who took part In the contest, are Invited, will be jiven at The Herald office at five o'clock Saturday afternoon. .June 10th. Mr. Mary will preside at the supper and the boys and girls are promised all they can eat. There will be music and a good time for everybody. Every boy and girl who registered during the contest, no matter whether they won a prize or not, is invited to come. BABY LIONS BORN Sappho, Forest Bred African Lioness, Cave Birth to Three Baby Lions Monday Morning Sappho, the forest-bred African HonesB, with the C. A. Wortham shows, exhibiting in Alliance this week, on Monday morning at 3 o'clock gave birth to- three baby li ons. The keeper of the lioness states that this is the third time In the history of lions In captivity that trlpletts have been born to a lioness. In honor of Alliance and the news papers of the town, the show man agement has christened the baby li ons with very appropriate names: "Alliance." "Herald." "Times." Ap propriate ceremonies were held at the animal show Wednesday and the babies were christened in due form. This newspaper fondly hopes that "Herald" will be true to his name sake and lead an upright life and not fight with "Times." In case "Her ald" and "Times" should take It Into their heads to whip "Alliance" they would undoubtedly raise the dickens with her. FIRE DESTROYED BARN VN" Damage of About $1,000 done Wed nesday Afternoon by Fire Not Discovered Early. A large barn and contents, at the residence of H. D. Baker, 420 Big Horn, was totally destroyed at five '. o'clock Wednesday afternoon by fire I which was not discovered until the i blaze was burning fiercely. The loss j la estimated at 91,000. fire but on their arrival were handicapped by lack of water pres sure and were unable to do much more than protect adjoining prop- The lack of sufficient pumps , h citv ,ant CHlIW1 ,h lwter , , Rnd th b pou,d water through the MIkh Hutli Layton Here. Miss Ruth Layton, who has been teaching in the high school at Simla, Colorado, near Denver, arrived last week to spend the summer with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. A. A. Layton. Rev. Layton has been prominent In glee club work among the young peo ple In Colorado and la welcomed by the Alliance young people. After Many Year of Cheerful Ser vice to Mankind, Mm. Elizabeth Cofln tioei Peacefully to Best. Mrs. Elizabeth Coffin died Tuesday at the home of hrr daughter, Mrs. W. D. Rumor, at tho advanced age of ninety years. Di-ath was duo to a gradual decline of health. The fun eral services wore held at the Runier residence Thursday morning at nine o'clock and the remains were shipped to Fairfield, la. ,on the noon train. Owing to tho constant strain of the past few weeks, Mrs. Rumer was un able to accompany tho remnlns to their last resting place and Mr. Ru mer made tho trip. The deceased had mado her home here for tho past two years and dur ing that time she had endeared her self to tho hearts of a wide circle of friends who had come to lovo her for . her many deeds of kindness and ; Christian charncter. Although near i ing the century mark, Mrs. Coffin was unusually artivo nnd only a year ago submitted to a major surgical op eration from which she completely recovered. Her decline In health had been noticed for several weeks nnd the Immediate family realized that the end war. rot far. She met tho end patiently and sweetly and was ron srious al nost until the last. She had lived an exemplary Christian life through all these years and Fho wel comed the arms of the Master when He called "Well dono thou good and faithful servant, enter thou Into the Joys of tho Lord." FLATS IN BUILDING WIInoii Brothers Will Have Six Suites of Modern Itoom for IUnt In New Building Work on the new Wilson Brothers building on the west side of Box Butte avenue Is progressing nicely. Brick laying was started Tuesday of this week. The building will be twenty-flve by 127 feet In Blze, with full concrete basemeut, of brick con struction, two stories in height. The second story of the building will be divided Into six modern flats, five of them of three rooms each and one with four rooms. The flats will be entirely modern, each one with bath and heat. The four-room flat has already, been rented. City heat will be used In the build ing if the city plant is Installed this S'linner. Otherwise a hot water or steam heating plant will be Installed. The building will be finifhed about September 1. llaiidiill a (iood Fellow One of the most likeable fellows with the C. A. Wortham Shows In "Doc" Randall, publicity manager, j Doc has been a newspaper man for ' twenty years and knows the came, from A to Z. Always Jovial, yet j earnest, he makes an Improsplon on I meeting him that stamps him ns one of the "good fellow?" who travel to 1 and fro on th hfchwnys of our coun try. P. F. 0, CONVENTION Nebraska tJnind flinpfer in Mt in Alliance on Next Ttiurwday and Friday, Nebraska Grand Chapter P. E. O. will meet In Alliance next Wednes day, Thursday and Friday, June 14, 15, 16. The officers to atend are Supreme President, Mrs. Helen Drake, Beatrice; Miss Abbie Burns, University Place; State President; 1st Vice Pres., Mrs. Lue R. Spencer; 2nd Vice Pres., Mrs. Rose E. Sbedd, Hastings; Rec. Sec. Mrs. Sara D. Reullng, Wymore; Cor. -vSec. Mrs. Minnie M. Stuff. Lincoln: Treasurer, Mrs. Elinor O. Kemp, Fullerton; Or ganizer, Mrs. Nora Kllllan, Kearney; Past Pres. Miss Ida Johnson. Lin coln; Past Pres., Mrs. Bertha C. Hughes, Omaha; Past Pres., Miss RoBe M. Owens, Bloomlngton. Theie are 66 chapters in the state, and names of over 100 delegates have been received by the members of tbe Alliance Chapter who are very buiy making arrangements for their enter tainment. The convention will be held In the Court room of the new Court House, and all the sessions except one will be strictly for business pertaining to tne work or tne organization. A re ception at the Thelan Opera House is being arranged for Thn-iiv even. Ing. Only a veiy limited number of Invitations can be issued for thin, and the few who receive these should make every effort to attend and meet 'hrse rp't'sntatlve women from all parts of the State. A pleasing pro grain is being planned for that occ slon. An automobile ride is arranged for Friday afternoon. It is hoped that Alliance people will show these la- rite what western hospitality is real ly like, and that the merchants will decorate their windows in honor of 'he convention. A Inrte f lectric star will be bung between the Drake Hotel and tbe telephonH office. Skinner's Macaroni Products, mart in Nebraska. Ask your grocer.-Ad Saturday and Sunday Will Ho Big Day at Fair (Jroimds With Two Big Drawing Cards. imilMJKPOUT TEAM 13 FAKT C'IjOHH (I AMI-: Mill ALU AN'CII. Alliance Took Opening (intiie from Hem ing ford on Sunday Afternoon at Fair (Jrmnuls. Saturday and Sunday, June 10th ami 11th. will be big days for base ball and motorcycle racing fans. Ar rangements are being made today for a game Sunday afternoon with the Bridgeport baBebnll team, ono of the fastest In the western end of the state. On Saturday afternoon there will be motorcycle races with expert racing riders fro mDonver, Broken Bow, Scoltsbluff and Alliance, start ing Bt three o'clock. On Sunday af ternoon, following tho bull game, there will also bo racos by tho same riders. Tho motorcycle riders will uae Hnrley-Davldsnn and Excelsior machines and some Interesting times are promised. A large crowd is sure to attend on both days. Sunday there will be a double drawing card with the baseball game and the motor cycle races. Alliance Took Sunday Game Alliance took the opening game of the season from Hemingford last Sunday afternoon with a score of nine to two. The Hemingford boys played good ball and did excellent work but they were unable to stand up against the terrific work done by the new Alliance team. Bud Darnell, the colored pitcher for the Alliance team, held the visitors down with excellent work. Danny Lyons refer eed the game. The game was marred by an acci dent to Catcher Olds, for the Hem ingford team, who suffered a frac tured wrist and who was put out of tho game by the accident. The lineup and scores of the game were an follows: R AONE tl..-vrno ETA ET HEMINGFORD R H H Regan, 3rd ' 0 0 1 Uhrlg. ss 0 1 2 R. Walker, 1st 1-0 O Motley, p 1 0 t W. Walker, cf 0 0 0 Noe, 2nd 0 1 1 Woods, If 0 0 0 Olds, c 0 0 1 Butler, rf ...............00 0 ALLIANCE R II B Shepherd, rf ............ .1 2 0 Dolan, rf 2 S 0, Gleason, ss 0 1 1 Felton, 2nd 1 1 1 Copsey, 1st 0 1 t Morgan, c 0 0 0 McNulty, 3rd 1 1 1 White. If 2 1 1 Darnell, p 2 1 4 RAILROAD NOTES X'v Slailoo (Miieil at lloffiaud, the PotAHh Town, on Wedne-dav, With lieou Hall a Agent. F. M. Ph. Ips of the chief dlspatch 4. '. nfr. .'if. I,, a hUHinens trip to Ravenna the latter part of the week. Mis. Ola Burmood who has been off au k ine pasi two weeks returned to work Wednesday. Mr. Chas. L. Finch who has been employed as carpenter has been transfererd to tbe train department as brakeman. Conductor Frai k O'Connor who has been laying oTf Kick for the past week returned from Edgemont Tues day. F. II. Bronkhom of Deadwood and wire chief "Bill" Sauerbrunn left the latter part of the week for an ex tended trip throi'gh the eaat. Bill will probably return In a new flivver. Superintendent Weidenhamer who has been confined to his home for the past several days is again able to be about. Mr. and Mrs. F. Hill and son left Thursday for a vUit with friends in Missouri. Mrs. II. A. Cunningham and daugh ter, Dosy, left Wednesday morning on an extended visit on the coast. C. D. Reed left Wednesday for Guernsey where he will spend a few days on his ranch. Mrs. W. R. Cunningham left Sun day for North Bend, where she will spend the summer. Mr. Cunningham accompanied h r a far as Crand I and. The station of Hoffland whs open ed for business on Wednesday with Leon Hall as agent. Leo Toohey was In Alliance Tues day on his way to Hemingford where he goes to relieve J. L. Roe as oper ator. Rue will go to Lakeslda as agent. F reman W. V. Truitt has been transferred to the train department as brakeman. Miss Marian Mote has been em ployed as stenographer In the Chief Dispatcher's office. Trainmaster J. T. McShane and Chief Dispatcher W. H. Johnston of (Continued on page twelve.)