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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1916)
The All Herald The Leading Paper of Westc in Nebraska 3,000 Copies 16 Pages Two 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 XX11I ALLIANCE, BOX HUTTE COUNTY, XEIiliASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1H16 NUMB EH 3f Heavy Stock Shipments from Western Nebraska 3 iance Funds to be Raised for Hospital Building Alliance Business and Professional Men Organize, Appoint ommittees and Take An Active Part in Campaign to Raise Funds for Completion oi St. Joseph Hospital Building PROMINENT MEN COMPOSE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THE WATER FIGHT ---n.-xx ' An Average of Six Thousand Head of Cattle Are Being Fed and Wat ered in Alliance Railroad Feeding Yards Each Week Special Trains East Each Week WESTERN STOCKMEN ARE SHIPPING BY THE TRAINLOAD The shipment of stock from west ern Nebraska, Wyoming and Monta na to the Omaha, Sioux City, St. Joseph and Kansas City markets, through Alliance, is getting very heavy.. On August 5 the Burlington started the special pick-up train which runs the last of each week. This train Is heavily loaded each trip as 1b the train which comes from the North Platte valley, although this Is not the usual heavy season foe valley shipments. Approximately six thousand head ef cattle are fed and watered in the Alliance railroad feed yards each week at this time. This keeps a large force of men buej at the yurds ami brings in many people from the stock growing sections who are ship JESS W1LLARD IS A SATISFIED MAN I tC Uer and His Manser Much Ftt'ved 'When Awakened by IU jHirters for Interview Jess Willard, THE Jess Willard, world's champion prizefighter, you know, was much peeved as was his general manager, Tom Jones, when inquisitive reporters found their pri vate car in the darkness of teh Alli ance railroad yards Saturday night and awoke them from their slum bers. The impression made by Willard at the "after-show" In the big circus tent at the grounds was poor and the reporters had journeyed down to find out why the big champion did not make more of a showing. Willard's talking was done mostly Ihrnneh Jones. In response to a question asking whether the champ-i Ion had any encouragement to gSve tv the youth of our land who are athletically Inclined th answer . that if the youth wanted to box they; would box. undoubtedly true, wnen four thousand paid admissions to asked what Willard's attitude to-jihe main show durine the afternoon, wards the world In general was the.on account of the rainy outlook In reply was given that he felt satistiil, j the evening a performance was not having reached the pinnacle of fame : piven although there were several In his line, being the world's champ Ion. Th" reporters thanked the entle- men profusely and left for their beds , business houses all reported an ex to dream of the time when they. pcr-oellent business. Saturday was pay haps, will be world's champions and ; day with the show and a goodly be able to look any man in the eyelamount of the coin was left In Alli and tell him to go to work. Wil-: ance. lard and his manager had a private car to tnemselves the Grand Can yon an observation car. They s'ko had two big autos with them which took up another car. Willard may be excused fi r his at titude perhaps when th strenuous daily routine which he renst undergo' is taken into consideration. Follow ing In the dallv nrocram which he' must undergo 10 a. m. Ou of bed for the daily have and morninir bath. j 10:30 to 11:15 a. m Always a ! brisk walk in the open air. j 11:15 a. m.- Break fa,' In his prl-! a modern urica Dusiness dioce win vate car. ! be erected there. 11:45 a m. Dictating answers to I The old building will be moved to letters, interviews, etc. ! 'he Vaughan coal and Btorage yards 12:30 Writes answers to person- In the west part of town and used al letters, gives thirty minutes to per-; H an office there. The firm's up aonal business affairs, discussions, town office is now located with Joe te ar.ri elaren over naners. , 1:15 p. m. Goes to the tented city and Into his dressing room to prepare for the afternoon show. 2:30 p. m. Makes entrance Into main tent and receives Introduction In cowboy uniform. 3:30 p. m. Does his cowboy act on favorite horse. -4.r p. m Takes part in the box ing and athletic portion of the circus. 5 p. m. Dresses for the street. R:15 to 6 p. m. Takes a short drive in auto, visits with friends, etc. 0:15 p. m. Has dinner In private 7:15 p. tn. Returns to circus lot and prepare? for evening perforni sr.cep. 8:15 p. m. Second entree of the ping t he cattle. Among the heavy shippers of cat tle from the Montana territory are Wm. Henry of Rowley who 1b ship ping two tialnloads per week; and Spear & Zimmerman of Benteen who ship from two to three trains per week. These cattle nil are fed at the Alliance yards. Among the heavy shippers from western Nebraska are Krause Broth ers and Everett Eldred of Alliance; Richards &. Comstock of Ellsworth; Tully & Musser of Rushvllle, and other large ranchmen who are now getting on the markets with feeders. Nine trainloads are expected to pass through the Alliance yards the last of this week. day. 9:30 p. Second cowboy act. 10:45 p. m. Second boxing and athletic act of the day. 11 p. m. Dresses and returns to private car. 11:15 p. in. Train pulls out for the nest town. 11:15 to 12:30 p. m. Midnight discussion of events of day. plans for future, etc.; a bite to eat and then to bed for some sleep, and "nothing to do till tomorrow." Perhaps now you will understand why It Is Willard accepts no dinner Invitations and why you don't see much of him on the street. Also why he is much too busy to listen to scandal or dish out gossip. SUCCESSFUL SHOW DAY More Than Four Thousand People Fill Dig Sells-Kioto Tent Saturday Afternoon The Sells-Kioto circus officials pro- noun- d the crowd at the perform- ane S.Hvirduy afternoon in Alliance j a record-breaker. There were over hnndred people on the grounds. Alliance was crowded with visitors all dey and the local restaurants and NEW BUSINESS BLOCK Yuuglian Son to Have New Home on ll Itutte Avenue on Pool Hall litM-ation Joe Vaughnn, senior member of j the firm of Vaughan & Son, has purchased the lot and building occu-j P'a uy cranes rooi nan on uox Butte avenue. The frame building the lot will be moved off and I Hmim on ine east siae or uoi nuue. They will move to the new building on its completion, and Joe Smith will occupy the entire building now oc cupied by both. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. O'Keefe. and (children, and Miss Mary O'Keefe, left ! Wed net-day for Colorado Springs and other points in Colorado for a twoj weeks' outing. Mr. O'Keefe and j sister left in the car Wednesday morning and Mrs. O'Keefe and child ren left Wednesday noon on the train. Mrs. KHiott of Crawford came in Wednesday noon to see her father, Mr. Miller, who is ut the hospital. hihI will return her mother Thursda) noon. , it. i'uy rmlit Alllioneli western Nebraska yntinjrsters tinve loss opportunity to "take n swim" lhan those eastern Nebraska hoys, thev take ndvan tnpp of even opportunity. Many yonnpsters nro daily learning1 to swim in tno liijr fireboys' swiniminjr pool nt Allinnco, wnich is open to Hie public. HUNG SELF AT ASYLUM : DENVER MARKEHGROWING Minatare Young Man, Taken to Hast lugs Asylum, Killed Self by Hanging with lledspread Hugh Wilson, aged 20 years, of Mlnatare, who was taken to the state Insane esylum at Hastings early last week, hung himself with a bedspread tied to an overhead steam pipe in his room on Friday afternoon of last week. The body was found at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. All efforts to re vive him failed and a telegram was sent to his father, Frank Wilson, of Minatare. Young Wilson had not been left in his room more than fif teen minutes alone, according to the report, and was whistling cheerfully when the attendant left him. The mother of the young man was in Hastings visiting, and brought the remains to Minatare for burial. Bought Waist Stock! WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM NEWCOMB CARLTON, President f RECEIVED AT 8--0M. SN. 29-N. L. DX New YorK, Ny. Aug. 9-9-1916. The Faehion Shop, Alliance, Nebraska. Bought sixty-three dozen waists surplus stock of Sher Brothers five-four-six Broadway that can be sold at sixty-five cents on the collar make room for same. A. G. Isaacson 826-am. Watch for Whs. Wlf Net tinln of 107,54)1 Head of Cattle Shipped There la First Six of 1018 In common with other western stock markets, the Denver live stock market has, during tho first six months of 1916. taken a phenomenal Jump. The receipts of cattle In Denver during the first six months of 1916 were 263.073 head, as against 155,572 head for the corresponding period In 1915. This is a net gain of 107,501 head received. Denver Is pushing Kansas City. Omaha, Sioux City and St. Joseph for honors. The prosperous condition of the cattle market Indicates the rapid growth of the west. The other mar kets are showing wonderful Increas es in business but Denver Is not laeging behind. Announcement Twenty-flvo leading' business and professional men of Alliance gather ed at the office of the commercial club Saturday evening for the completion of the organisation of the committee In charge of the raising of funds to complete tho new St. Joseph's Hos pital building, now In process of con struction. A publicity committee waa appoint ed, to consist of I. E. Tash, A. D. Rod gerB, Lloyd C. Thomas and Dean Wil liam Carson Shaw. This committee Is to see that proper publicity Is giv en to the project and that a prospect us Is gotten out, telling of the propo sition In detail. A campaign committee was ap pointed, to consist of the following: Rev. II. J. Young, Geo. D. Darllag, II. R. Gantx, B. D. Mallory, S. W. Thompson, W. D. Rumor, W. R. Har per, D. J. Sallows, Dr. Geo. J. Hand and Dr. McCoy. R. M. Hampton Is president, John W. Guthrie secretary, and Dr. H. A. Hankers Aid Cuttle Industry The part that banks can play In promoting the local cattle Industry If Illustrated by the action taken re cently by a group of southern bank ers. A few farmers In Gibson coun ty, Tenu., started a movement look ing toward diversification of crops by raising less cotton and Increasing the number and quality of cattle. The movement was encouraged by the beef-cattle extension agents of the state college and the United States Department of Agriculture. All the banks In the county grew In terested, and as soon as the group was ready to bring In a car of pure bred cattle the bankers agreed to lend up to 115,000 to defray the cost. Sixty-live head, including bulls, bred heifers, and cows with calves at foot, were delivered In the county, all In good condition, at an average cost of 1150 per head, exclusive of the calves. These were distributed to Individual farmerB, not more than three head going to any farm. The owners then either paid for the cat tle or gave longtime notes at reduc ed Interest to the banks. One bank acted as agent In the transaction for all the banks In the county. The bankers figured that by help ing the farmers to buy a large mini her of pure-bred cattle they not only would get Interest on safe loans but would foster an Industry the benefits of which would be accumulative and permanent In the locality. This i borne out by frequent experiments which have established that even a few good bulls Introduced In a conn- ty soon have a marked Influence on the size and quality of all local cat- tie. NEW CLUB SECRETARY Lincoln Man Accept Position as Hee- retary of Alliance Club and Will Start August 15 H. M. Bushnell. Jr., of Lincoln, has been employed by the board of directors of the Alliance Come ercial Club as secretary, his duties to begin August 15. Mr. Bushnell spoilt last Saturday in the city and gave the proposition a thorough Investigation, Mr. Rushnell is a graduate of the law department of the state univer- i altv and has been connected with the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce. His father. II. M. Bushnell, Sr.. Is pub lisher of the Lincoln Trade Review and a man of wide experience in work of this nature. Miss Florence Smith, who was a guest at the Drake hotel, left last week for a short visit with friends at Broken Bow. From there she will go to Leavenworth, Kansas. Miss Smith likes this country and altitude very much. She was In quite poor health when she came and when she returned she had gained several pounds and was feeling fine. Miss Smith came up here on business as well as for a rent. I Copsey treasurer of the building or ganltatl'jn. These men will co-operate with the campaign committee la the work of raising the funds for the building. Another meeting was held Monday evening and farther plana made. The public will be kept In cIom touch with the campaign for funds and progress made. On Monday evening the campaign furthering the campaign. The card Index system will be used In carry ing on the campaign, which will be handled In a systematic manner. Bustae aa professional men will bo called on first and then the Indiv iduals will ho seen. A committee for the smaller towns will be select ed to handle the campaign in them. John W. Guthrie and Hev. H. J. Young have been selected as secre taries for handling the work. The next meeting of the committee will be held .Monday evening. 6. D. WILSON WAS DRAGGED BY HORSE Atitiocli ItiMichiiiHii Seriously Injured When llronro Dragged lllm for Some Distance G. D. Wilson, Antloch ranchman. was serloiiHly hurt, suffering a slight concussion of the brain, at fi o'clock Friday evening when he became en tangled In the lead rope of a bronco which he was leading and which ran away, dragging him some distance. Mr. WilVn is an uncle of Homer Wilson of Alliance, and was brought to this eity at once by auto. He waa treated by T)r. .1. Jeffrey and Is being cared for at Homer Wllson'B room In the Rumer block. The doctor Mates that he Is Betting along all ritht and although an af'd man, wilt recover from the Injury. ROBBED HOLSTEN'S . Burglar Throws Rock Through Win dow iiikI (let Awny with Watch es and Jewelry; Value $20O Some time between the hours of 2 and 5 Sunday morning a burglar . threw a rock throueh one of the plate j l"ss rtlM.isy windows of the Holsten store ani ot nway with watches. rlne nn-i stickpins to the value of over two hundred dollars. ' The store did not close until 2 o'clock, and the robbery was dlspov- ered by Chief of Police Jeffers at 15 o'clock. Early In the evening the i chief had noticed I wo strangers loit ering near the store but had not gjv en it much attention as they did not j look suspicious. I The robbery was evidently commit ted while the chief was at the depot ; meeting the train from Denver. Ha ! meets all incoming and outgoing . trains and the robber or robbers were evidently aware of this fact. ( The store waa insured against burglary by a detective and Insurance agency, which now has men working , on the case. So far no clues have been found. Mr. Jeffers carefully searched all outgoing trains but found no suspicious characters on them, following the robbery, Mrs. Miller of Crawford has been In Alliance for the past ten days, owing to the fact that her husband was operated on at the St. Joseph hospital, and he Is now getting olong very nicely. She expects to return to Crawford the latter part of the week. Miss Ruth Layton, daughter of Rev. A. A. Layton, left Monday noon for Denver, where she has been at tending school. Mrs. W. A. Wills had the misfor tune to fall from a five-foot ladder the first of the week. There were no bones broken, but she seems have some very bad bruises. to