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The Alliance Herald READ BY EVERY MEMBER NEBRASKA STOCK OROWERS ASSOCIATION. ALL THE NEWS OF ALLIANCE AND WESTERN NEBRASKA OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. IT REACHES HEADQUARTERS FOR 15,000 FIREMEN The Leading Paper of Western Nebraska 3,000 Copies 16 Pages Two Sections VOLUME XXIII ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1916 NUMBKR 32 CBTUTLY KILLED BY THE LIMITED TRAIN Robert LiUy, a Settler I J Ting . Natlck, Htruck by Forty-One . . Monday Morning Robert Lilly, aged about twenty nine years, a homesteader living near natlck. In Thomas county, -of which Tmedford ia the county seat, was In stantly killed at one o'clock Monday osorning when struck by limited pas senger train number forty-one at a point (our miles east ot Natlck. Engineer George Mllliken, who was running the train, did not see Lilly, who waa lying on the track, nntil the engine waB within a few hundred feet. He instantly blew the whistle and Lilly rose to a sitting po sition and turned around to face the train. He appeared too dazed to more and aat there until struck by the engine, which threw him to one aide of the track. Mllliken had ap plied the brakes and stopped the train. Lilly waa found near the rear end of the train but was dead when pieked up. His bead had been crushed. No explanation has been offered for Lilly's presence on the railroad track and no blame is attached to the engineer or the railroad company for the accident. Lilly has a brother at Natlck and had with him when killed a small valise. He may hare been on his way to see his brother and laid down in the dangerous posi tion to rest and fallen asleep. The body was placed in the bag rage car o fthe train and taken to Thedford, the county seat, where it was turned over to the county offi cials. Rumor has it that the sheriff of Thomas county had been looking for Lilly in order to serve papers on bin. Death ot John M. Lynch John M. Lynch, formerly publish er of the Bridgeport News-Blade, who sold out some time ago to Bruce Wilcox of Alliance, the present pub lisher, died on the morning of July 4th at his home in Bridgeport. Death was caused by heart failure. Mr. Lynch came to Bridgeport eight years ago and consolidated the two news papers, the News and the Blade, pub lishing the paper until he sold out to Mr. Wilcox. He was buried on the afternoon of July 6. He is survived by his wife and three daughters. ftaJTord Likes The Herald Henry Safford of Scctftsbluff. in re mitting on his subscription to The Herald, writes: "I enclose remittance on my subscription. I enjoy reading the paper each week." MAKE PUMPING RECORD Oity Water Deartnient Pumel 675 OOO Gallon of Water on Thursday, July 6 The city water department, ou Thursday, July 6, broke the pump ing record by pumping 675,000 gal lons of water. The previous record K80 000 gallons. The Burling- ton railroad helped out one day when there was a serious shortage. The new storage reservoir, wnicu will hold 600,000 gallons and more, will be completed about August 1. This, with the addition of the new high-pressure pump, will give the city equipment second to none and an ample supply of water for all times. 1423 SCHOOL CHILDREN rahool Census, J lift r tuislied l I'nii'. (,. M. Uurius Miows Gradual Im-iva-M in Population The Alliance public school census for the year 1916. Just finished by Prof. G. M. Hums, who has done this work for several years, shows 721 boys and 702 girls of w hool use In the city, a total of The census lor i 4e past years has been .is follows: 626 boys. tS twirls total. three 1913. I 1,234; 1 1914.708 hoys. r.s gins. 1 4 02" 1 l r. !: tniVB, r. mi in. io ta!. 1,413: 1916. 721 boyB, 702 girls, total 1.423. and f iuiily. Mrs. Maker has the hon or of catching the largest fish, a 3 pound pike. The boya claim that Roy Strong ate the most fish, while we know from personal knowledge that Jack llawes n.ts told the biggest fish story. The Herald reporter hap pened to b. standing near when Jack told of the number caught each day it added up into the thousands be fore Jack got through. Cmifilit Hundred of Fish S vera I members of Post M, T. P. A., wiih their families, spent part of last week at Henry. Nebr.. fishing and camping out. Amonc those who were there were U. M. Maker and family. George Heilmun and wife. R. l Sirong and family and Jack llawes Cooked First Meal In Alliance G P. Wbaley, ot Colorado Springs, hrriied Sunday for a visit of two weeks with his brother J, E. Whaley. Mr Whaley cooked and served the nrst meal in Alliance, when the town of Grand Lake was started where the fair grounds now stand. He left Al liance eighteen years atro. Mr ha v.ri much surprised at the big I i of bte town in recent years. OPENS F"., HOMESTEADS A ' .ere of Land In Montana ied to Homestead Entry Under tlovernmeut Laws Upon the recommendation ot Sec retary Lane the President has restor ed to entry 1,892,468 acres of land in northern and northeastern Mon tana heretofore Included in coal withdrawal. A large part of this area has been entered under the homestead and other nonralneral land laws, bue whatever such entries have been patented since the withdrawals in 1910, reservation has been made to the United States of all underlying coal. All of this area has recently been classified by the Geological Sur vey and nonmlneral entryman on lands classified as noncoal land will now receive full or unlimited patent. Areas classified as coal land are opened to absolute sale and entry un der the coal land laws. Surface or agricultural rights may be acquired as heretofore on these lands, under the homestead, or deetert land laws or the Carey Act, the ownership of the coal in such cases remaining in the Government. The Carey Act provides for the segregation of public lands to a state for a period of ten years, (which may be extended to not exceeding fifteen years) of desert lands therein, upon the presentation of a feasible plan for the reclamation through Irrigation of the land. Upon submission of due and satisfactory proof of reclamation of any such segregated land, patent therefor is granted to the state, which in turn allows entry by qualified in dividual entrymen of tracts not ex ceeding 160 acres, and upon proof of settlement and of cultivation of at least one-eighth of the area entered, patents or deeds the land to entry men. Nearly two-thirds of the area of the present restoration, 1,191,131 acres, lies in northeastern Montana in Sheridan and Valley counties north of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation. Of this area 649,360 acres have been classified as coal land and the re mainder as noncoal. The coal is llg nltlc in character and the land is therefore classified at the minimum price of $20 per acre where within 15 miles of an operating railroad, and $10 per acre where outside of that limit. Several small lignite mines have been opened In this re gion to supply local demands, but no extensive development has been un dertaken. The lignite of northeast ern Montana, although a poor fuel in comparison with lubbltumlaous and higher grade coal, constitutes an im portant fuel source and will in time become of great value. Another large area included in the present restoration lies along the in ternational boundary line north and east of the Milk River field. Only 3.239 acres of the 682.407 acres in this field were classified as coal land. The coal beds are for the most part thin and the coal is of snbbituminous grade. A few local mines have been opened and have proved an Important source of fuel for homesteaders in the region, but on account of the lim ited amount of coal the area will nev er be important as a coal field. The restoration of this large area is another step in tho policy of can eeling withdrawals as rapidly as the lands can he examined and classified oy the Surrey, Upon the recommendation of Sec retaries Lane and Houston, the Pres ident has signed a proclamation ex cluding about 21,300 acres from the Teton National Forest. Wyoming. The public lands therein will be sub ject to settlement under the home stead laws in advance of entry at 9 o'clock a. m.. September 1, until and Including September 28. 1916, and thereafter to disposition under any public land law apfdicable thereto. The . xcluiled lands are in northwest ern Wyoming In Lincoln county and are situated on bo'h sides of Snake Klver In the region known as "Jack son Hole." For detailed Information communications should be addressed to the Keglster and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Evans ton, Wyoming. A MARRYING JUDGE , ,, 4u,Kt. I A. Ilrrrj (onile4el His 7'nd 'mil' on Mon la Morning County Judne L. A. Horry of Alli ance h:is Justly earned the title of "the marrying Judpe" wheu he tied up his 722nd couple on Monday morning, with Col. Willard M. Evans and The Herald reporter witnesses. Col. Evans, who would like to fx; called Willard Kvans Hughes if it were possible, on account of his in tense liking for the Keptiblican pres idential candidate, ft It quite flattered by the honor and took with blm the box which held thi bride's wedding ring, ns h memento of the occasion. The couple who were married were Albert 11. Swii.er, a ted 43. of iGbho, Wyoming, a traveling coal salesman, and Mrs. Ella McDonald, nued 35 of Hut te.-Montana. This was Mr. Swit zer's third marriage and Mrs. Mc Donald's second. Doth seeni"d of th" opinion thi.t It would be their lust. On Saturday. July Stb. .ludj-e Berry performed the inarrirt'e rert mony for Lege Houchins, aged 3 5. of Alliance, who 13 a cook, and Mis Mamie pellese, aged 35, of Muskogee. Oklahoma. Both were colored am! this was the second time for lloutb ins. " On Monday. July 3rd. the Judye married Chas. B. Coin, aged 46, a STRIPED SKIRTS ARE jjj Copyright.) painter of Denver, Colorado, to Cora E. Clark, aged 39, of Cheyenne, Wyo ming. He was a widower and she was a widow. Caught Home Hue Pish A. O. Isaacson and John Wlker made a trip the other night out to the dam west of town, and report that they secured a fine bunch of fish. They are planning on another one soon. Their friends claim that they hold the record for catching fish In the lake. Omaha Man Drowns at Crawford Crawford, Neb., July 8. D. Mlk kelson of Omaha was drowned in the government lake yesterday afternoon. He and his family had been fishing. He was on a raft, which capsized. His wife and two children were on the shore. His body was recovered after three hours. "Uncle" Jack Fuller, aged 72. a notorious character, living in Craw ford many years, was found dead in the grandstand in the City park this afternoon. He had been sleeping in Ten Commandments for Your Home Towm By ltevi Fred EeaOnan, in the American City I. Thou shalt love thy home town above all other towns. Thou shslt speak no evil of her: thou shalt be loyal to her people, worthy of the great men and women of her past, confident in her present, and full of hope for her future. II. Thou shalt guard thy home town from the hosts of evil that would Invade her and destroy her soul. The saloon, the gambling den. and the house of Iniquity shalt thy crush under thy heel, for they are enemies of both God and man. Thou shalt keep the good name of the home town clean and without stain or blemish. III. Thou shalt elect as thy public servants in political office men of strong character, without fear or favor of the boss or the ring, eager to conserve the best interests of thy people. And when thou hast elected such men, thou shalt stand by them and support them and encourage them; for their temptations are many and their burdens are not light. IV. Thou shalt exalt thy public school and honor it all the days of thy life with the best teachers, building and equipment, for the school Is the cradle of democracy. Thy children are hers, and thy shall be the citizens of tomorrow. No training is too good for them and no preparation superfluous. V. Th ou shalt defend the health of thy thy home town from the death that lurks in marshes, swamps, and heaps of filth. Thou shall exterminate the fly and likewise the mosquito. The tubercle-bac-cillus shalt thou drive before thee with the sun and fresh air as thy allies. VI. Thou shalt build good roads and keep them good, for by her roads Is a village Known for good or ill. Thou shalt not be content with sand in thy cup holes, but only with oil and stone and tar. Eter nal watchfulness shall be thy motto, that thy roads may not ravel nor thy supervisor forget thee. VII. Thou shalt keep thy home town beautiful. The hills, the trees, the waters, that nature has nvtn her thou shall preserve in sacred trust. No hovel of a man shalt thou permit to disfigure them. Thou shalt keep thy homes and thy door yards clean and cheerful. Thou shalt burn the caterpillar ir. his tent. Thy waters shalt thou purify, that they may bring thee life and strei.gth. The future of thy town shalt thou plan with care and diligence, that thy growth be not hap hazard, but full of thought and loving care, as the plans of a mother tor the growth of her cbtild. Ml!. Thou shalt go to churcn. Thou shalt not consider thyself too wise nor too busy nor too giod to spend an hour or two on Sunday with thy neighbors in the worship of God. Thou shalt not send thy children to church, thou shalt bring them there. Thou shalt offer thyself to the miniser and th officers of the church for the service of God and thy community. IX Thou thalt honor thy home town with a Neighborhood House. Thou halt meet thy neighbor there on equal footing. Thou shalt work with them there for the common welfare. Thou shalt play with them there with all thy heart and strength and mind. Thus thall thou know tby fellows better and thy friendships shall multi ply. X. Thou shalt not take unto tliysi If any graven image of a com munity secretary. Wlitn thou tindest Ihe man thou desirest. thou shalt obey him. Thou tdiHlt do as thou art bidden. Thou shalt serve on committees where thou art put and not intrude on committees where tliou art not put. Thou shalt encourage thy secretary with thy service, thy loyalty, and thy friendship. So snail ye win many battles together. 8 I i H I POPULAR THIS SUMMER the park the Inst two weeks. Death Is bellved to hare been from old age. Tll'fc ar.rf Wife Tlack from I ol mdn F. W. TTicks and wife, wth the ba by, returned Sunday noon from Den ver. Mr. Hicks had been gone Ave weeks, attendtn gthe railroad men's conventlcn there. Mrs. Hicks Joined ilm a week ago and at the close of the convention they made a short trip to Colorado Springs. Death of Wort ham Baby Tuesday evening, Cecil, son of C. R. Wltham, died. Mal-nutrltlon is given as the cauBe of its death. Rev. H. J. Young conducted a short funer al service at the home Wednesday af ternoon and the remains were taken to Aurora, Nebr., on 42, Wednesday night. Rev. Young accompanied Mr. and Mrs. iWtham to Aurora and then continued his Journey to Lincoln. Wednesday noon. Mrs. Katie Peck- enpaugh arrived from Denver to spend a few weeks with Mrs. H. E. Qants and Mrs. Wm. Mitchell. KISSED TOWN FAREWELL II. IL Jenkins, Magazine Solicitor. Ijeaves Town for Good After Spending Week in Jail "Panhandle Pete" better known as 11. 11. Jenkins, the magasine solic itor, who in his desire for funds to obtain Btrong drink "panhandled" everyone in town with whom he came in contact, on Monday morning was released from the county Jail and left on the night train for parts un known, after relatives had paid the claims against, htm. Jenkins came to town a number of months sgo and leased the famous Pea Green" rooming house and turned it into a boarding bduse, af ter remodeling It and repainting it another color. Mrs. Jenkins handled the work and everything went along fine, but sudden prosperity was too much for Jenkins, who kept the bar tenders of the burg busy ladellng out the red eye to him, with the result that his train flew the track. While drunk one night he beat up his wife shamefully, charging that she was untrue to him. Mrs. Jenkins was un able to withstand the abuse and left him. She has since sued him for di vorce. The trial will come up on July 18th. Jenkins is an expert and experi enced magasine solicitor but he was not faithful to his trust, as is shown by the following letter which was Bent to the Alliance police on April 2 1st by the manager ot the circula tion department of the Nebraska Farm Journal of Omaha: "I feel obliged to call on your service on the behalf of your citizens as well as my self in order that we may all be pro tected against one H. H. Jenkins, who makes his headquarters at the hotel in your city, who has been em- Dloved by the Nebraska Farm J our nal for the past month taking sub scriptions for our papers. However, we are sorry to say that he is any thing but honest and I am enclosing a letter as evidence that be has misrep resented our proposition to this par ty. Mr. Jenkins is Indebted to this company to the extent of $15. By all means take his let ter of authority from him ana. nis press card, receipt books, etc., bo that there will be no chance oi nis caus ing anv further trouble." Attached to the letter from the Ne Braska Farm Journal was a letter from a citizen of Bingham who baa paid Jenkins $1.98 for the magazines, KOe extra for a set ot crockery and In addition had loaned him $10.00 to be nald back "in three weeks." A number of Alliance people are out from fifty cents to several dol lars each, loaned Jenkins in response in hi ready tongue. 11 wever. ne fell afoul of the law when he attempt ed to beat a board bill at a local cafe and was placed In Jail one day laBt week. JenkinB kept the sheriff busy dur ing his stay in the Jail with requests for ice water. Ice cream, cigars and other luxuries. He insisted that the county Jail was no place for a "gen tleman" and endeavored to talk his wav out. without success. Monday morning the board bill and costs of he arrest were settled by relatives and Jenkins was released, on the condition that he kiss the town goodbye, which ho proceeded to do Monday night. If be turns up in Ai liunce again he will be given his Just deserts. Attending: Baltimore Convention Baltimore, Md.. July 8. More than 1.00 Elks and their families have ar rived here to attend the convention of the Grand lodge of the order which will begin next Monday and last until the following Saturday. Ho tel reservations have been made for nearly 10.000. The two candidates for grand exnlted ruler. Lloyd H Maxwell of Chicago and Edward O Kighter of New Orleans, have es tablished headquarters and one of the liveliest contests ever waged for the chief office is in prospect. The delegate from Alliance lodge is Ben J. Sallows, editor or Th- Alli ance Times, who left a week ago To: the east. RAILROAD DELEGATES BACK l'iicoii nnd Uicko, Delegate, ami il burn, Visitor, Heturnetl From Denver Convention Three Alliance men returned Suti- d;:y from intending the annual con vention of the B. L. F. ic E., held for thirty-three days in Denver, which closed Friday morning. The meet ing was an eventful one from start to finish. Among the things accomplished at the convention were the changing ot headquarters from Peoria, Illinois, to Cleveland, Ohio; thj change of the official magazine from ii.omhly to semi-monthly; and other business of ihportance The next convention will be held at Louisville, Kentucky, in 1919. J. A Bacon and F. W. ilicks were the Alli ance delegates and were accompanied by S. Z. Wllburn as a visitor. Duiiii't Visit Old 1'riciids Vcr.ie V, Dundas. who whs . ' . -iier Alliarce boy tinpU;yed by th local telephone coiupmy. and w'je went to Culir'oraia four years aso, i vu'iing wit'i fneuds litre this wek. lie is now located at Riverside, Calif. iigaj-.ed in the electrical branch of the automobile business, and is doinj: well. After a visit during the week here he will go east tor visit wih frieijf's EVANGELIST WILLIAMS DRAWING GOOD CROWDS Interesting Heriea of Revival Meet- ings iieing Held at Meth odist Church The revival meetings at the Mh. odlBt church are progressing splen- uiuiy, gooa congregations attending each of the services. The evangellst pastor. Rev. Stephen B. Williams, of Lincoln, preaches the old theology that characterized the revival move ments of an earlier day, and Is Indic ative ot success here in Alliance. He says that sin is sin, and the blood ot Christ is the only remedy; that a man must repent, and change his way of living, in order to be a Christian. un Sunday there were three serv ices, one in the afternoon for women, when the preacher spoke of the pow er of influence, and emphasising the fact that parents should live Godly, Christian lives in order to lead their children in the right way. The older people held a brief prayer service on the parsonage lawn preceding the regular meeting, marching in a body to the church, while the Epworth Leaguers held a meeting on the lawn at the Thomas home, where the evan gelist Is staying, and where he will be glad to have those call who may care to see him personally. Un Saturday afternoon Mr. Wil liams held a brief street service, be ing impressed with the largo cumber of people on the streets who do not come to the services, and for about fifteen minutes bad a respectful hear ing. He plans to have several such services during the meeting, nnd a number of the young people of the church have agreed to take part. The services continue each day at threo o'clock in the afternoon, and at eight at night. Cottage prayer ser vices are held at nine In the morn ing, and a preliminary prayer serr lce in the church at 7:4 6 each even ing. The general public is invited to these services, and all will be made welcome. On next Sunday morning Mr. Wil liams will give bis address, bearing on Ms experience as a converted Catholic. This has been given in va rious parts of the country as a popu lar lecture, and has elicited many words of commendation from minis ters snd others. This address is not abusive of the Catholic religion, but the speaker tells in plain language of the frllure of that religion to satis fy the cravings of his own spiritual nature, and tells of the . incidents, step by step which led up to his con version, and his acceptance of the Protestant faith. A CASE OF JIM JAMS" Foreigner Sleeping In Box Car Droprf Coat and Hat and flan for Deftot at Full Speed A foreigner, whose name the police have been unable to learn, ran Into the arras of Chief of Police Jeffeis at the Burlington depot at four' o'clock Sunday morning screaming at the top of his voice, "They're after me, they're afiei me." The chief took vlm in town and escort "1 him to the police station, where it waa found that he was suffering from a severe case of the "Jim Jams." or de lirium tremens. ' Chief Jeffers found the man's coat near a box car in the yards. It Is supposed that he had been in the car when scared by the imaginary snakes. PILK POWDER BURNED Alliance's Fire Chief Mude Mistake of StMJMiiiiK Too Near 4 'an of Powder Leonard 1'ilklngton, chief of th Alliance volunteer tire department, md driver of the auto truck, was burned about the fate and nt-ht arm :iaI Thursday. Ho his nearly re covered from the burns. Pilk and some other firemen were endeavoring to ignite some powder, left over from the celebration on tho Vurth 'n a can. A match had been dropped into the can without result. I'u .a v r.pti 1 iiis pipe of its '"ftiie out" into the can and got out of the road too late. Will riii Trop with Aeroplanes Colonel Tom Banning, who has Ven active in recruiting the new vol tu'eeii? foi a special company to bo i t to Mexico, has decided thut h will equip the troop with aeroplanes of a new model. The latest niodtd. which is the one he proposes to use, was invented by Colonel Evans of Al liance, and is called the "Uoosevelt ilugheg" combination easy-rider. Its chief points lie in the fact that It llies high and covers many things. It s very doubtful whether this ma hlne is practicable in its pr -sent con lit ion but on the earnest recotumen 'alion of Col. Evaus, Col. Banning has decided to give the machine a . .ir tiial. before Uiiag Al Brown's ubinarii e, offered to him last week. 'ut the l iiulM from Tree Property owners In Alliance who have trees with low limbs must cut ihetu off or have It doue for them by the city. Reports have come to the city ottkluU lately of a number of ln .'antes In which people bare narrow ly escaped injury by running into the low limbs of trees which overhang the sidewalks. The city council has lirected that these be fixed.