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Ml n " . . raw ZCwice a Meek tluesbav anfc- if ri&av VOLUME XXVII. ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, Fill DAY, JULY 9, 1920 NO. 64 tmutt GOVT. DAM NET CRAWFORD BREk ItiisineK Section , Damaged When Flood Hushes Through No Ijoss of Life. With a great roar that could bt heard two miles distant, the pent up waters of the government dam south west of Crawford on the Fort Robin son reservation, swollen tremendous ly by the continued rains the past weeks, burst their bounds Tuesday evening at 10:30 o'clock and dashed madly down the ravine, part of them finding their way to White river, the remainder sweeping througu tiie tw5 main Btreets or Crawford. The flood waters were fully two and one-half fiet deep at any place, and carried debris of all description through the business section, filling basements, wresting outbuildings from their foundations, and washing away any number of beautiful lawns from the residence properties In Its path. For tunately no lives were lost and no one was injured. - The entire population of Crawford had been fearing just such a calam ity since May 11, when every avail able inhabitant worked for days on the dam to keep It from giving way. It had been raining In the evening and the buslnecc section contained very few people, which no doubt ac counts In part for the fact that there was no loss of 1U and only minor in juries. The waters, after passing tnrougn the business part of Crawford, which is situated in tho hollow of the vrl ley, went out of the city by tho Burlington viaduct, coming within two and one-half feet of the girders. Toward midnight the flood begat? to recede, and by early morning the pathway was practicaly dry except for scattered pools of water, and th river almost down to normal. The subway under the viaduct was piled two feet high with debris, which the railroad section crew immediately iset about clearing. There was no further damage to railroad property, either the, Burlington or the North western. ' It is Impossible at this time to make a comprehensive estimate ot the-total amount of the damage done by the flood, as all the basements along the main streets were flooded, and considerable property torn up by the rushing waters. The heaviest loser was H. Broat hurst, of the Broadhurst Furniture company who Just three weeks befoie completed moving to his new locu tion on main street. H Had S10.0"0 worth of furniture stored In his basement, which will be a total loss. Beautiful suites had the Colsh ruin ed and the Joints soaked loose, and hundreds of dollars worth ot expen sive mattresses were soaked with dirty, muddy water. The Broadhurst family are old set tlers in Crawford and no doubt have many frtends in Alliance who will remember them. The proprietor of the store himself was seriously ill in bed with pneumonia at the time, and had not been informed of his loss Thursday evening. It was a peculiar stroke of fate that Mr. Broadhurst had hastened to' move into his new place of business and had been there but three weeks when the flood struck him. Had he but been delay ed he would have escaped his loss, inasmuch as his former location was out of the path of the waters. The single residence that was iroved from Us foundation was a one-story structure, which was start ed on its Journey toward the vaiduct, but was held by two great trees. One curious result of the flood was the great quantity of fish that were dumped out of their home behind the dam. and later left stranded on the reservation and other places along the route. The next morning people were out harvesting the crop In much the same fashion as the Inhabitants of the territory contiguous to the Platte river secure quantities of fish when the river, becoming dry, leaves fish stranded on the sands. Many fish were found, so our informant de' Clares, weighing seven or eight pounds. One man declared he got one which tipped the scales at fully sixteen pounds. The town of Crawford Is situated on two sides of a valley, with the residence sections on the high eround. This fact saved hundreds of homes from loss by water, although the inhabitants, hearing the great roar fully twenty minutes before the water arrived, began feverishly tear ing up rugs and moving furniture Into the second stories of their dwell ings. , By far the greater part of the dam . was done by the water that swept oimnrh the citv of Crawford, al though a narrow escape was record ed by one family, which was endang rred by the excess water that flowed Into White river from the dam. M Stroude, caretaker of the ctty parR, forced to carry hl9 children, '' water waist high, to the nd before he was sat la fled tu'TA in safety. er. The cltir s of Crawiora, it ts said, have been fully aware that the dam was in a greatly weakened condition, likely to give way at any time, ana yet nothing had been done since May 11 to relieve the tremendous pies sure of the waters that were backed up higher thanever before in Its history. It seems strange, a rcsidtn' of Crawford declared .Thursday, that such a menace was allowed to exist when plenty of time was had to allow the water to escape slowly jid thus remove the constant menace. The water from the dam has ben put to no use, we are told by a Craw ford citizen, and there was no reason why It should have been left there, in the face of the weakened condi tion of the twenty-year-oM structure of the dam, and the increased pres sure. STEADY PROGRESS ON CITY1PAVING Summary of Work Done Shows It Is Forging Steadily On Alleys Nearly Done . Seriously handicapped by the re cent heavy rains, lack of some mater ial, and changing personnel, the pav ing is nevertheless making consider able headway. Engineer White re ports that the base is completed on the block on Laramie, between Third and Fourth streets; on Third street between Cheyenne and Box Butte nvenues, and In the alleys except half a block between Third and Fourth. During the following week, they expect with good luck to be able to finish the remainder of Laramie, that is, from Third street to the railroad company's property line, and First street from Laramie to Box Butte avenue. This means that the gang 13 laying base at the rate of a block a day, which speed they have main tained so far. Many residents are asking when the laying of brick will commence. Those In charge say that brick-laying is being held up on account of the non-arrival of the special grade of sand that is used to form a cush ion' between the base and the brick. This sand has been shipped, howeven and should be here before so jrery long. There Is a lack of brick for parts of certain paving districts, also, but this also has been shipped. The block of paving on Laramie between Third and Fourth streets, in front of Newberry's tin shop, has been opened to traffic for a couple of days. Engineer White believes the base on Third street, between Cheyenne and Laramie avenue, on which are situated the Ford and Bulck gar ages, Oeorge Breckner and Melick and Stephenson's feed yard, all of which are wholly or paitlally closed up, will be opened to traffic the first of next week. BOGUE'S STORE STAGES DOUBLE BARGAIN EVENT With the opening of their newly- finishsd bargain basement and the inauguration of their annual July celebration sale, Saturday, July 10, the Horace Bogue Store, Inc., offers a double-sized bargain event to buy ers of this trade territory. Read their announcement on the two in side pages of this Issue for a detailed account of their attractive reduc tions. The bargain basement of this store to be opened Saturday will be wel corned by housekeepers, because It presents an opportunity for them to buy high-grade mercnantase regular- ly at lower prices. The basement has been remodeled so that it is light and airy, finished in attractive oak fixtures, and stocked with piece goods, notions, hosiery, toilet ar- tides, etc. This sale oners 4b per cent ais- count on everytning sold on the first floor, ladies reaay-to-wear at iosi ana less man cost, ana muunery with values from $5 to 125 in two Dig iois selling ai o.ow anu o.ov. Read the advertisement and pront by the savings offered. me Doara oi equalization, com posed or county commissioners nasaman. uuncan ana unrig, wouniy w a d-m a ABBesttor rweeK&n ana county iiera mouniB. inei, i ouicuu Bion luet- day morning and convened W ednes- ""."' T,. u . euai. ""ui aviiuua wu tlSTORM SMASHED CURTIS BIPLANE It. A. Copscy's Mmlilne Itndly Dam" ng'l Ily Ntrong Wind Tuesday Evening Whilo It. A. Copsey was absent In Lincoln, Neb., visiting his mother, a Revere wind storm played havoc with his Curtis Biplane which he had parked Juet outside the city of Al liance, preparatory to making a cir cuit of towns on the Northwestern whore he had planned to carry pns srmpcrs at various celebrations. The machine, which was the same that carried many passengers during the recent race meet, had been tied and staked to tho ground but the lashing was too meagre to withstand the force of Tuesday night's blow. Clarence Shafer, who had been left to see that the piano was kept cover ed, happened to te on the ground with Frank Munroe and Henry Helf rlch, the two men employed" In the Schafer Auto Supply. These men were busy making the lashings more secure on both the Sloniger and Copsey machines. They had finished with the form er's craft, but found themselves with Insufficient material to hold the other. The wind had rapidly increas ed In force and changing to the prop er quarter to strike the machine head on, lifted it bodily Into the air in spite of the efforts of the men, and stood the giant bird erect upon It tail, with one wing cooked upon the cross-piece of a telephone pole. The men hastened to send after larger ropes anu stanes in oraer to Keep it from falling to the earth nnd crushing the wings, but the wind agalffc changed" its line of attack and before lashings could be obtjtine.I. sent It crashing to the ground. The fall crushed three of the four wings, part of the fusillage, and the tail. Only the motor, running gear and principal part of the fusillage remained. Robert Copsey was wired Immed iately and he arrived Wednesday aft ernoon. The machine has been dis mantled and will be shipped to Lin coln to the. rebuilding factory where It will be repaired. The original cost of this type of Curtis biplane is $4,800, and the damage done in Tuesday night's storm Is estimated at $1,000. TELEPHONE COMPANY ADDS COPPER CIRCUIT The Nebraska Telephone company have recently added a copper tele phone circuit to their lines between Alliance and Ardmore, S. D., in or der to take care of the large increase In long distance calls from that ter ritory. Manager Clay Harry explains that the booming oil business is largely responsible for the extra numbers of calls to and from, the north. In addition to this, one more iron circuit has been installed which con nects Alliance with Hemlngford. This wag done adequately to handle the Increasing business between these two towns. With the addition of this iron circuit to the one already In use, Manager Harry announces It will enable them to have not two conversations going on simultaneous ly but three. This is effected by an ingenius system of grounding the wires, universally employed in th! telephone business. VALETA HACKER WINS MORGAN GROCERY PRIZE Outdistancing her nearest compet itor by 135 season tickets sold for the Standard Chautauqua, Miss Valeta Hacker won in a walkaway the first prize In the ticket-selling contest staged by the Morgan Groc Cery company during the recent drive to put over tbe chautauqua program in Alliance Second prize was awarded to Prank Mounts for selline thirty seven tickets; and third to Stephen Epler. Jr.. for selline thirty tickets! First prize was $5 in cash: second. f3 and thIr(1 j2 A total of (683.60 was netted through the contest, and all the con- testants are to be congratulated fori I tnelr flne Work. The entire number of season tick lets sold including those outside tne contest, amounted to 348. - iiuio.80. The contest was the I major portion of this sum. i . Mrs. E. Green and daughter rwu 0r Ranger, Texas, stopped over In Al- Miance Wednesday on their way to ureen rancn about forty miles from I uere. GOOD PROGRAMS PLEASyUDiENCES Omtlmicd Choice Number Cause Favorable Vimmitt From i 1 Everyone There Continuing to maintain tho reputa Hon established in tho first numbers of their program, and even surpass ing their pood record in several In stances, the Standard Chautauqua system during the past week has born entertaining the citizens of Al liance and territory with an exci tlonally well-rendered, well-selected land well-itceived program. Tonipht, Friday, perhaps the most renowned personage of the' entire program, Hon. John Temple Graves. speaker of reputation and inter-na- tlonal importance, will deliver his lecture, "Armageddon." Mr. Graves Is one of the most popular platform speakers of today. He has had an j extended public career, being the confidant of senators and ambassa dors, called in to conference over the world war problems. His lecture is a message of inspiration. John Temple Graves will be the guest of the Rotary club at a b:in- quet in the new Alliance hotel palm room this (Friday) evening. About fifty will be present. Special music the Lyric Male Quartet, will give a few numbers. The Junior chautauqua under the supervision of Miss bertha Aleli.-k. ',e ol popular among the young folks of the city. Mist felirk lins apparently an unlimited number of Interesting activities In which to interest her guests. Most popular of these have been the baby shows held Wednesday and Thurs day mornings. Little Miss Gwendo lyn Louis Dow, dighUr of Mr. and Mis. C. A. Dow, won first prize in Virt Tucs lny show, and was introduc ed -to the audience In the evening as the prize-winner. The Thursday baby show w.t bo' leif. -attended, due to favorable weath" er About thirty bableg were con- esta.tls for the honors. Little Miss Magurct Ann Connors succeeded in iaf living popular favor iti the show (he (second day.' t . ' The Junior chautauqua character .farade was marched up and down Box Butle avenue Thursday evening, ouimeiicing nt 7:15 o'clock from the big tent at the Central school build ing. About 200 kiddles of varying tges participated with evident enjoy- nent. Much originality was display ed In the costumes worn. Outstand ing characters represented were the dtatue of liberty, by Miss Fuller; two Mother Goose girls, Margaret Thlele nnd Mildred Roinlnger; an angel, Edna Tracey; Hawaiian dancer, Vivian Corbett; nurses, by the Camp- fire girls; George and Martha Wash ington. Adolph Young and Ilene Newberry; an old., woman, Dorothy Davis; and two clowns, J. O. Gould, Jr., and Elbert Howe; and the fat boy James McKuae. Miss Melick entertained the Jun lor chautauqua Friday morning with a picnic and field meet. The kiddies enjoyed a ride around the town on the north road and came back for the picnic and meet on the school lawn. Every number that has been pre- sented during the week met such un- iversal favor that it Is impossible to give a detailed account of each sep arate program. The Cheney Con cert company and Jaroslav Clmera and his Czecho-Slovak band deserve special mention The reading, "Aunt Jane Wiggins at Ladles' Aid," violin boIo, "The Mocking Bird, with Variations"; and tbe famous White House organ chimes of the Cheney Concert com pany captivated the nine hundred people assembled Wednesday eve ning. Jaroslav Clmera, for several years pssistant director of Sousa's band, with the Czecho-Slovak band, const! tuted a musical treat for the citizens of Alliance. They gave to a re sponsive audience that completely filled the tent, the "Anvil Chorus" with an electrical display, a long se - - 1 lection from Carmen, and the de- tcrlptive piece, "Custer'a Last Bat- lie" The woman lecturer, billed for Tuesday evening, wa staken sick in the town ot the circuit scheduled one day earlier than Alliance, and was unable to appear on the platform. A substitute had been nrovlded. but - the he.w rain that came about T d. of m. nrvntd th crowd from comlna or I nnd nn entertainment was liven Tomorrow. Saturdav. the Wales rh.nt.unna nlaver. annear both aft- mr w w ernoon W evening. Dr. Paul W. live will anoak nn mmmiinltv nrnh terns. He has made a wide and com- prehensive study of difficulties com I mon to small municipalities and aura. tn iHV miirh Uebt. that will o nt the wy to greater local pros perity and happiness. In the evening Mm bill will bo completed by tho 1'lay, "Rejuvenation." CRIMINAL SI IT FAII.rt FOIl IiACK OF EVIDENCE N'ck Mailnos, who Saturday filed suit in criminal court against Afrs. M. K. Williams, who he clrvimed ob tained tlio sum of $1,500 from him under false pretenses, fallod to pro duce sulllcicnt evidence at the trial In rouunly court Wed net day after noon, nnd the defendant was dis charged. The testimony given by Marlnos conflicted in some instances with the Mens embodied In his complaint. The evidence presented by the state show ed that the plaintiff and the defend ant were In a partnership In tho Uodgers rooniing house, that the lat ter obtained $1,500 but not by fraud ulent means. LATER HAIL STORM DOES MORE HARM Tuesday Night's Ixss Nearly As (ireat As That of Sunday Mostly Small Grain Right on the heels of the bad hall torni Sunday evening, that com menced about fifteen miles west of Hemlngford and took a southwester ly course for thirty-five miles, Includ ing Alliance and vicinity, another severe hall storm Tuesday evening rut a wide swath a few miles to tbo outh of Its predecessor's path, and caused many farmers In this tenitor., to lose their entire small grain crop. The heaviest loser, according to reports, was M. F. Liggett, who lives about six miles southwest of the city. Mr. Liggett had 1,000 aci i ot win tr wheat that would have been ready to cut in a few days, und 200 acres of corn. He suffered a total loss. . if. D. Healy, living one mile east of Alliance, reports n total Iogs of nil 200 acres of wheat, 20 acr s or oats and his garden. He says the storm extended three miles east and five miles north of his place. Olher losers report smaller acre ages ruined. J. K. Fltgcraia, six miles south of the city, suffered the total loss of thirty-five acres of corn, millet and potatoes. William Sher lock lost forty or fifty acres of small grain and corn. Farmers west of town who were In the hall belt to quite an extent Included: Charles Reeves, 100 acres fif whpat; Chris Nenner. Emerv Manner, Jerry Wells. Wayne Wilson a n1 Ci V Ifot-mar Mr Rmvm In on,y o'ne tQ hgve ,n,urance on b,B crop, as far as we can learn. COX AND ROOSEVELT TO LEAD DEMOCRATS Franklin D. Booses m of New York, assistant secretary of the navy, was nominated for vice president Tuesday, July 6 at San Francisco, by the democratic national convention s.nd became the running mate of Gov. James M. Cox of Ohio, demo- j cracy's choice for the presidential nomination. The first cries of "Cox.vand Roose velt" rang through the convention ball and were mixed with the shouts of the vote of acclamation by which he was nominated without a ballot Despite the disinclination of the Tammany organlatton to accept him Itoosevelt's name went over with a band wagon movement, during which all other candidates were withdrawn Itl'NAWAY YOUTHS HAVE ALL RKTTKNKD Tbe runaway youths for the most part have been restored to their fam ilies. Charles McClure and Howard Kuat returned horn efro intheir Joy tide Wednesday morning, without the necessity of police aid. .Cbarle I Churchill was located in Scottsbluff 1 Wednesday and his parents, Mrs. Ethel Churchill went to bring mm home. He succeeded In breaking away again and when last seen was in the neighborhood of Elmore's dam. Efforts are being made t locate him. . ROTARY CLUR DINNER AT P. M. TONIGHT The complimentary banquet honor of Hon. John Temple Graves, given by the Rotary club to their in vited guests this evening at the Al liance htoel palm room, will begin - 1 nromntlr at S o'clock. There seems to bare been some - question regarding the exact hour Island the committee requests that be announced for n. m. HAS LAST CENSUS RATEDJJS FAIRLY Preliminary fount (Jive Alliance Hut 4,ftUl Inhabitant Will Take New Count At first greatly surprised and be lieving there must be some error, tbe business section of Alliance early Thursday morning received tele graphic Information to tho effect that tho preliminary count of the census of this city for 1920, totaled but 4,591. Later other wires were received confirming beyond question, that the first telegram was correct. Business men on all sides from the first were unsatisfied with the re turn, convinced that there must be some mistake In the count that would accord 4,400 odd to towns near Al liance that a conservative estimate would place at from one thousand to fifteen hundred less than our city. The officers of the Chamber of Commerce, acting in conjunction with the members of the Rotary club will tonight take active measures to make a recount, accurately taken and carefully certified, that will be sent In to Washington in an effort to rectify the error they feel must have been committed somewhere. The plan proposed as the most feasible Is to secure volunteers from the public in general, who will un dertake to get the correct census cf one block In the city. Enough enum erators will be enlisted to make the work a burden on no one, and in this way It will bo taken In a compara tively few hours. It was suggested by J, J. Toolcy of Broken Bow, district census enume rator, who has chargo of this terri tory, that a list could be made of ad ditions to the population since the census was completed, but this was deemed not feasible inasmuch as the task of making comparison and list- ' ing new inhabitants would bo far greater than the plan suggested and less accurate. Study of a few comparative figures may give some basis for the c'a-c-tion raised by citizens of Alliance. The recent school census shows l,M2 children of.school age residing in the city, those coming under the coinp il- ft . spry scnooi taw, i,usi; ana inose actually enrolled were 1,167. Com puting on the usual basis of betwecu four and five inhabitants for every school child it would give Alliance a population of 5,500 at least. An appeal Is hereby made to thcaa who can possibly spare the tim to volunteer in the taking of this new census. i cuy nu. Jur I l"J ccrcii wi lur vuummri v Commerce .or Robert Graham, and lend your assistance. (IMPERIAL PROGRAM FULL OF FEATURES The program for the next few days at the Imnerial theater contains sev- era Bpeclal photo-plays. Toulght, Friday, William Fox presents Peggy Hyland In a deteciive satire, "The Wtb of Chance." The management feels free to recommend this film to Its patrons as one of special attrac tiveness. It is something different. t'ou ate sure lo like It. - Saturday, July 10, Viola Dana in The Willow Tree," the Cohan and Harris stage rucce-s by J. 11. Ben- riiao and Harrison Rhoades, brings to Alliance a wealth of oriental pic- turesqueness that will please com pletely the general audience. Her wealth of beautiful kimonos will be a revelation to the women folks, and Miss Dana's presentation of the quaint Japanese character makes her a favorite with all who witness the film play. Sunday, July 11, the favorite. Bryant Washburn appears in "The Six Best Cellars." The name alone Is proof that you will like it. It's a story about prohibition, ot course. See how he gets himself out of a I ticklish situation by bis ever-ready i ingenuity. It is a big entertainer. as are all of Washburn's ' produc- tions. Monday, July 12, a Paramount- Inch production. In which Enid Ben nett, the resourceful stenographer saves her brother's honor. See her In "The Virtuous Thief." Tuesday, July 13, the Imperial has booked the stupendous William Fox sDectacle. Theda Bars In "Cleo In patra." Read elsewhere In this is- au6 more of the particulars ot this - 1 fljm success. I THE WEATHER . For Alliance and Tlclnlty: Partly I cloudy and somewhat unsettled to- It night and Saturday; not muca I change in temperature. V t