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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
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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.
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