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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1917)
MAAAnCm HERALD, THtttMDAY, OCT. 4, 10lf AI.IJANCK IIKUALP. THrilHDAY, OCT. 4. ft m I I ALLEGED ATTEMPTED AHHAIrLT ON WOMAN IH I' Crawford Courier: H. H. rumor of the I'ilster rooming hoiioi' wan arrested Inst night, about 11: SO o'clock, on charge of attempt ed assault on a woman Ruest in her mm, which waa foiled by other ftaests, and hi arreat followed, and at preaent ia now in the city baatile. The story cornea to ua as follows: Jaat before midnight, last evening, Wis Miner, who works at Pinney'a garapo. and one of the McCoy boys from the Table, who occupied rooms at Pllster'a, were awakened by the screams of a woman in another room mad hurriedly dressing made for the scene of the disturbance, thinking sme one was hurt or in sore dis tress. Going to the door of the room from where the cries emanated. Miner knocked at tho door, demand tag what was the matter, but re ceived no answer. At the suggestion , jf McCoy, Miner opined the door and claimed to have found a woman prone upon the floor, with Pllster holding her down, snd the gift ry tng for help. Miner made a dash for Pllster. threw him off tho girl and. aadlng htm a stiff punch, and threw' Mm down stairs. He claims Pilstcr aaade a throat of what he would do, when Miner knocked him down again, afterward going for the police aa dthe arrest followed. , Mine? is employed at the Plnney "garage. The victim of the alleged assault Is Miss Nellie Lane, and will be remembered aa the girl who at tended the baby rack at the McMahon ahows when here two or three weeks ago. Miner says he has known Miss Lane for a number of years, and for merly she did the motordrome work with him in carnival shows, tie was Injured In motordrome acts some time since and was forced to quit that kind of work and came here lately to take the place of Frank Larkin who Joined the McMahon ahows to do the motordrome act. He speaks highly of Miss Lane and claims she will remain and with him appear for the prosecution of the case against Pllster. AUTO AND PI 1 1 KM KN GO OVKK KMUANKMKNT Kimball Observer: A large Hup automobile belonging to Mr. Casselman, a real estate dealer of Sidney, missed the bridge and went over a stone embankment, land leg upside down, twenty feet below, two i.iile west of Kimball last Sun day afternoon. How It hnppened that so large and heavy a car, carrying five men, could take a plunge of twenty feet over an embankment of stone and no one killed is more than can be under stood by those who saw the wrecked car, or explained by occupants. The car was occupied by five men: Christ Minkey who was driving, Mr. Casselman the owner, and three oth ers. They were on their way to Pine Bluffs and from there expected to go Into Colorado to look at some land. Mr. Hlnkey stated that when they reached the hill Just above the bridge he applied the foot brnke but as It was not working well the car gained much headway and he reached for the emergency. Mr. llinkey was the only man scratched and his only in juries were several lacerations on the nose and face. The others were not as much as scratched. Dr. Mockett was called and dressed the wounds of Mr. Hinkey. Mr. Casselman was so weak from fright that he was un able to walk for 00 hour after the accident happened. The car was badly damaged. The fop crushed, the wtndBhield broken, the front springs twisted Into a knot and all that remained of one front wheel was the hub. The cat was picked up Monday and brought to lowu tor repairs. OH, PROSPECT! NO IN TUB SOUTH HILLS ler the agreement Is said to be nne "lgiuh to the owner of the land. tiering Courier: Too much money is being spent in bringing in equipment for drilling test oil wells over in Banner county for it to be a wildcat scheme of any kind. As stated last week, the first well will be on the Kelly land north west of Harrisburg, where machinery Ib now being Bet up. As a compan ion piece of news for this week, Scottsbluff county is also to be in the game, emissaries of an oil company have spent several days this week in procuring leases on lands for oil pur poses along the smith range of bills, and it is reported to us that practi cally everyone who has holdings along the hogback are signing them. There seems to be no reason why a man should be unwilling to do so, as he has nothing to lose and the com pany Is under contract to sink at least one well on his land within a year, which would If it proved to be a gusher make him a potential mil lionaire in royalties. The share un- IWUMHJ TO PATH VYOH8K THAN DKATH ITHKI.P Ord Quiz: One of the boys who should have gone to Ft. Klley last Friday, but did not answer to the roll call Is Lee Larkin of North Loup. When the other hoys of the second consignment went away from Ord he lay at the St Frances Hospital at Grand Island In a critical condition and will never be able to go to his country's call, if Indeed he is ever uble to even care for himself. At the fair grounds two weeks ago today lee was hit by u hot foul and his skull wsb broken. The writer hHppened to be close to him when the accident occurred. Lee stood back of the race track fence near the JudgeB' stand, in line with the batter and pitcher. Something attracted the at tention of onlookers and Iee, with the rest, turned to look to the west, Just then a hot foul came and struck the young man on the side of the head a little above the temple. The blow made a distinct crsck and we remarked that had it hit him on the temple it would have been his finish. As it has now turned out death on the spot would have been a blessing. Lee received the blow in a sort of dazed manner, not moving from his tracks for a moment or bo and say ing nothing. Finally he took his arniH from the fence on which he was leaning and went away, staggering slightly as he did so. Th following from the North Ixun Loyalist tells the rest of the sad story up to week ago: "During the ball game at Drd Thursday I.ee Larkin was hit on the head by a toul ball and as a result his entire right side was paralyzed and he was not able to walk. He did not respond to local treatment and Sunday he was taken to Grand island for an operation. Dr. Hemphill went ovB Monday to assist in the oper ation. "There seemed to be no possible chance for his recovery but he is gaining and will probably be at home next week. The doctors say he will never be right will probably be partly paralysed and that he will never be, mentally right as quite a portion of bis brain had to be re moved." It was reported on the streets last Saturday that the young man was dead, but this proved to be untrue. Talking with a member of the fam ily this week we learn that Lee was taken to Grand Island Sunday and operated on Monday, when it was found that the brain was so badly Injured by the blow that much of it was diseased and had to be removed. As a result of this It Is not even yet hoped that he can recover either his physical or mental strength. in this city suffering from s serious wouna in nis leg caused by an acci dent which occurred last Sunday af ternoon. While two children were playing with a rifle the 'weapon was discharged, the bullet striking the It.' In tha L.w... ...... n .1. ..... .i limb the entire length to the keel, wnere n loagerl. The wounded boy was brought to this city on the first train and placed in the hospital, whre he was oper ated upon and the bullet removed. At last reports he is getting along nicely with fair chance of complete recovery, the only danger now being that blood poisoning may set In. AUTO HIT BY FREIGHT TRAIN TWO KILLED Chadron Chronicle: Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Cade, of Belle Fourche, were instantly killed when an auto In which they were driving to Rapid City from their home was hit on a crossing by a northbound freight train two and a half miles west of the city. The accident hap pened at a crossing where the train was visible for a mile in either direc tion. The car was traveling in the same direction as the train when the accident occurred. It Is said that Mrs. Cade, seeing that an accident was unavoidable, jumped, but was caught by the en gine and dragged for seventy-five feet. Mr. Cade stayed in the ma chine and with it was thrown fifty feet. When found, the body was pinned beneath the car. Both must have been killed instantly. Mr. Cade formerly was in the fed eral land office at Rapid City, but moved to Belle Fourche ten years ago and engaged in the real estate business. He was r,0 years old and his wife 4 5. They wore the only occupants of the car. LA DSHOT IN KNEE BULLET LODGED IN Mi l l Scottsbluff Star-Herald: Estel Shoemaker, the 12-year-old son of D. T. Shoemajter, of Torring ton, is lying at the Midwest hospital ACCTDENTLY Kll i in WHILE HUNTING NKAK GORDON C'hadron Chronicle: Wesley Calance was fatally shot while hunting ducks oh his father's ranch hear Gordon Saturday morn ing. With a brother and brother-in-law Wesley went hunting In a buggy. The latter sat in the seat and held the guns while Wesley is reported to have sat on a box in the rear. When he suddenly saw a flock of ducks go ing over, he grabbed the barrel of one of the guns and jerked to get It out of the hands of his companion in the seat. He drew the muzzle toward himself, the gun whs discharged, and half his neck was torn away. Med ical aid waB hurriedly summoned, but before the doctor arrived the boy had bled to death. Wesley was a brother of James, who lives northwest of Crawford, and who at one time attended Normal school here. He passed through Chadron Saturday evening for the scene of the tragedy. The funeral services were held at Gordon Tuesday. Real Estate. Loans and lnsur mce. F. E. REDDISH, Reddisk Block. 15- tf -6727 We arc in the lumber business because ;ve know that you will want to buy lumber and building materials every once in a while. WHENEVER YOU WANT TO BUY ANYTHING IN OUR LINE DON'T FAIL TO COME HERE. We will make each such visit well worth your while. Winter Tourist Rates Now Available The entire scheme of Southern tourist fares becomes effectivi. this year October 1st. All resorts and principal cities of the Gulf Coast and the Southeast are included ; Florida fares include circuitou routes. With its great military cantonment, the Southland, during the coming Winter, will be a most interesting tourist region. TO CALIFORNIA: The usual Winter tourist fares via all route The Burlington can ticket you either via Denver, Scenic Colorado and Salt Lake, in through tourist sleeper service, or via Denver, tiT Santa Fe "Grand Canyon" line, also for the grand Coast tour includ ing the Northwest. Beautiful "Southland" publications, including the Burlington 's Winter Tourist leaflet. With it main trunk lines to the Southeast, cither via Den ver, Kansas City, St. Louis or Chicago, the Bur lington is essentially the route for Southern travel S. H. COLE, Ticket Agent L. W. WAKELEY, General Passenger Agent, 1004 I ii r tun n Street, Omaha, Nebraska. "HOWARD" HEATING STOVES Overdraft Heaters Our heating stoves were bought early the prices are right. Prices Many features Inverted Corical range from Base, radiates heat diredtly to the floor warming the floor per fectly. Intensely Heated Overdraft util izing all gases and combustible fuel elements of the coal. The "Howard" consumes so much less fuel than other stoves. $8.50 to $45.00 depending on size and style of heater. jsH HRbbb a t Coal Hods, Shovels, Pokers, Dampers, Pipe, Elbows, Stove Boards, Oilcloth Rugs, Congolum Rugs. Wonder Range Ranges with low closets and reservoirs as low as $36.00. Better ranges at $46.00, $52.00 $71.00 and $79.00. Monarch Range This illustration shows why "MONARCH" Ranges will not rust out. Vitreous Enamel on inside on every part ex posed to heat and smoke. Z3 Vitreous Enamel Asbestos GEORGE D. DARLING Furniture and Housef urnishings 1 1 5-1 1 7 West Third Street