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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, DOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1920.
NO. 77
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ALFRED VAUGHN
TRIES SlE
Forty-Yer-OM FHnner, n?
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Unbalanced, 81 ashed Throa!
With Knife
.Alfred Vaugnn, forty years old I
and unmarried, made an unsuccessful
attempt to end his lift about 8
o'clock Monday morning on the farm
where he lived, four miles west of
Berea, Mr. Vaughn ,wu better
known by his nickname of "Pete",
lie has been farming on a place be
longing to his rather, KUAwnriti
Vaughn, for some time. It is beller
ed that his mind was unbalanced,
possibly due to the heat. He had
been working hard in the fields for
several days previous.
A brother, Elmer, and a brother-in-law,
A. II. Mabon, had sto'pped at
the farm shortly after breakfast.
Vaughn talked with them, seemingly
In his right mind, but led them to
the rear of the barn and there sud
denly drew out a knife and slashed
at bis throat. According to one re
port, the two men took the' knife
.away from him, whereupon he at
tacked them, knocking his brother
to the ground and driving ' , the
brother-in-law off the place. One of
the men had a narrow escape by get
ting hold of an iron bar before ine
crazed man could secure it.
. Elmer Vaughn and Mabon then
struck out to get assistance. Among
others called was Berney Shepard.
When the men reached the house,
they found Fete Vaughn stretched
out on the kitchen floor, a huge gash
.cut in his throat. Though weak trom
loss of blood, -he able to walk
to the car which was called to take
him to the city, and also made a
demonstration against the physician
who was called. The physician was
unable to sew up the wound, and this
was done later at the ciTy hospital
where he is reported to be out of
danger. It is probable that he will
be sent to a private hospital.
'TOUCHY" M'CLURE
AGAIN IN TROUBLE
Walton McClure, better known as
'"Toughy", Is in trouble again. He
: has been in Juvenile court on sev
- eral occasions in the past. A year or
so ago he was paroled to the Rev.
Stephen J. Epler and for a while had
a very commendable record. Of late,
he seems to have broken over the
. traces and fallen into his old habits.
Tuesday afternoon of this week,
Hex Thompson lent a bicycle to a
. small friend to ride around the block
a couple of times. One condition of
the loan waB that the bicycle should
be returned in as good condition as
- when it left the owners hands. The
borrower mounted the bike and roue
merrily away. Down by the Alliance
hotel annex he encountered disaster
in the form of Toughy McClure.
Toughy informed the boy that he
wanted to ride. He went further
than that and pushed him off the
bicycle and rode away. The borrow
er waited a long time, and Toughy
didn't return. The owner of the
Dicycie maae no particular outcry,
but the boy who was responsible for
. it went to Cheif of Police Reed and
. Sherrif Miller. Mr. Reed saw Toughy
" the next morning and told him to
, bring back the wheel. Toughy pro
mised faithfully, but didn't do it
-Thursday morning . Sherrif f Miller
. collected the boy and took him to his
office. There Toughy told him where
' he had bidden the bicycle, near the
Baptist church, and finally went and
showed him the place.
A hearing was held in juvenile
court before Judge Tash at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning. The court found
: young McClure guilty as charged in
the complaint, first, with being a
neglected and dependent child grow-
ing up under such circumstances as
would tend to cause such a, child to
lead a vicious and Immoral life; and
second, of the theft of the bicycle,
. as charged. The boy was represent
ed by Harry Cants.
Young McClure took the stand,
. and told a tale of a still small voice
that whispered to him, "Don't do it,
don't do it," but said that a chum,
Bufcter Dunbar, who told JUm ,to
"grab the wheel and come along"
made a louder noise and drowned, out
- the voice of conscience.
Reuben C. McClure, the boy's fatn
er, said that be had planned io put
r the lad in charge of a boys' convent
j.atv Denver: .'The judge,-in passing
. sentence, said that he would postpone
it for ten, days, and if during that
time the boy was put in charge of the
convent; it weuldj be satisfactory ,to
the court r if not. he would be sont
to the boys' . Industrial . schorl at
3 Kearney.
V
THE WEATIIKH
For Alliance anl vicinity: Gener
ally fair .tonight and Wednesday;
somewhat warmer southeast portion
tonight.
MlKANfJM PLANS
FOR LAIKMl DAY
sentatlves of the various
unions of the city met at Red
la.C
dish hall at 8 o'clock Monday eve
ning to perfect plans for the labor
day celebration, which takes place
on September 6. The following com
mittee was appointed to make the
necessary arrangements: R. E. Ives,
chairman; V. I. Hlles, Charles Jef-
fers. George Davis, Arthur Ralls, L,
E.Herbaugh, Judge Bullock and C.
E. Roberts.
Among the features of the pro
gram will be a doubleheader baseball
game and other contests, such as
footraces, watermelon eating contest,
potato race and other athletic events.
There will be a dance in the evening
at the roof garden. The Burlington
shops will, so far as possible, be clos
ed all day.
The celebration will be financed by
a pro-rata assessment on members of
the various unions.
WILLIE SNEED
IS SENTENCED
Pleads Guilty to Burglary Charge
and Draws front One to Ten
Years 1
Willie Snced, colored, entered a
plea of guilty in district court Mon
day morning and was given a sent
ence of from one to ten years In the
state penitentiary aud a fine of (100
and costs, amounting to $16.73. The
session was adjourned from ths May
3 term, and was presided over oy
Judge W. II. Westover.
Sneed was charged with breaking
into and entering the home jX
Heubert Adams in Alliance at 11
.o'clock in the evening of July and
the theft of one gold watch and catn.
and one coin purse of the value of
MO. He has been confined ia th
Ctunty Jail since shortly -afitr tn
theft awaiting a court sedsioa so he
could plead guilty and begli s-mrfc,
out his sentence.
, Sneed will have two ways in which
to pay the $100 fine which is a part
of his sentence: Penitentiary in
mates are allowed to work extra time
and are paid for their labors during
BUch overtime. In the event Sneed
doesn't care to work any more .han
the law requires, his sentence will be
automatically extended until he has
served enough extra days to sstm'y
the Judgment.
A TOM MIX PICTURE AT
TIIESIMPERIAL TONIGHT
"The Cyclone," starring Tom Mix
is the attraction at the Imperial to
night. Mix is the idol of tho kids
and the wonder of the grownuos. He
is known as the most daring of all
the screen heroes. It's a picture of
the Canadian Northwest, and is just
filled to the brim with fhrflls.
The homeliest screen star in cap
tivity. Will Kodgers, comes to the
Imperial Wednesday in "Jes' Call
Me Jim."
Jim Fenton Is in love with Miss
Butterwortb. a milliner, and be be
lieves her to be in love witJi an in
sane inventor, Paul Benedict, laug
ulshlng in a filthy workhouse. He
promises to rescue Paul and Incident
ally discovers that Belcher, the most
influential man in town, has robbed
the poor inventor of a machine from
which he has made his fortune. With
the help of Mike Conlin, a friend and
trapper, Jim determines to force a
confession from Belcher. They get
him to Mike's house ani aroube his
fears until he Is all too eager to
make the, confession they demand.
Thursday and Friday comes "Why
Change Your Wife?" a Cecil B. De
Mllle production with Thomas
Melghan, Gloria Swanson and Bebe
Daniels.
Mr. DeMllle has risen to great
heights In his depiction of the wife,
who in her overwhelming love for
her husband tries him to the degree
that he finds solace in the compan
ionship of a pretty divorcee. The wife
who forgets to make a playmate of
her husband, and who has changed
remarkably since their marriage ten
years previously, ' obtains a divorce
and he marries the other woman. It
then develops that his second, wife
grows to be the very opposite to wfiat
she was when he married her, and
trouble ensues.
FIVE GALLONS OF
HOOCILCAPTURED
Chief of Police Reed lter Capture
Bootleggers iitt llomlngfurd
Now Awaiting Trial
The biggest capture of bootleg
boose that has been made In Box
Butte county for months was made
by Chitf of Police Oscar Reed short
ly after noon Monday, when a o
Studcbaker Six car containing a keg
cf laughing water was taken In'tow.
The car has been in Alliance for
several days, undergoing repairs at
the Lowry & Henry garage, and at
the time of discovery was standing in
front of the Bald 6 Rust offices.
The chief has been making a prac
tice of inspecting automobiles bear
ing strange license tags. The car in
question carried a Colorado license
number, and whether it was some
thing odd about the looks of the car
or whether the keg has sprung a leak
will probably never be known. The
booze, however. Is now resting un
der lock and key at the oflice of
Sheriff Miller and the car is being
held.
A combination of unforlultous cir
cumstances led to the capture of the
two bootleggers, who gave their
names as Fred Thompson and Albert
Corv.'in. The men in some manner
were tipped off to the factthat the
booze car had been discovered, and
Monday afternoon made their get
away in an auto livery car driven
by Ray Thompson. Had it not been
for an unfortunate chain of events,
they would even now be in greener
pastures and faced only with the loss
of their Studebaker. Now they face
i rial on the charge of selling Intox
icating liqour, as well as having it in
their possession, and transporting it
from one state to another.
To begin with, the two Jiootleggera
sampled their own product all too
frequently, and at the time they
made their getaway, were feeling
tolerably well. Thompson, who en
gaged to drive them to Hemlngford.
happened to look around, and saw
his two passengers brandishing re
volvers. : He immediately, became
alarmed,' thinking that perhaps he
had a "couple of automobile bandits
with him, and he mentally 'plclureo
them ordering him to throw up fits
hands, and afterward riding away In
his car, leaving him to languish by
the roadside. - ,m.
Therefore", at Berea, the driver
stopped and In . some ' way conveyed
the idea to the men that he would
take them no farther. They didn't
argue at all, but got James Kennedy
to take them to Hemlngford. Thomp
son communicated with Chief Reed
at Alliance, and Reed, .after trying
to get hold of Hemlngford city mar
shal, finally got in touch with Con
stable1 W. L. Clark, who kept the
two men under surveillance until
Chief Reed arrived.
The arrest was made by Reed and
Edward F. Pflung, a policeman from
Maywood, 111., a suburb of Chicago,
who has been visiting in the city.
One of the men was arrested at a
barber shop and the other at a lum
ber yard. When the two men were
brought face to face, each denied any
acquaintance with his fellow, but be
fore they reached Alliance, they be
came quite chummy with the officers
. The men. were confined in the
county Jail, and formal complaint
will be made sometime today. The
"."nr"? wui ne neia tomorrow or
Thursday. The men were searched
at the jail and from one of them
was taken a notebook in which were
recorded a number ' of names of
those who had purchased liquor from
them, together with the amounts.
One of the interesting things found
in this notebook was the chart of
a code, with which It is possible that
these men sent messages to other
confederates. The code reads as
follows:
GOD WITH US X
1234567890
In some places the record is frag
mentary, and only first names are
given. - In other places the amounts
are not given.
The booxe car contained, imont
other things, an extraordinarily com
plete tine oi tools. The men evident
ly had a regular line of customers
judging from Inquiries they made at
the garage, and were here to deliver
as well as make chance sales, stories
have reached the police where these
men came lntoouslnss offices In the
city and attempted to sell the stuff.
' Under the law, automobiles cap-
turea containing bootleggers- sup
plies mar be 'confiscated and aold.
the money going to the school fund.
me wine piace wnere .bootleggers'
fines go. It is probable that a court
order to this effect will be Issued
sooner or later.
KEEGAN MAKES
GOOJLPWING
Ki prime of Approving Hoard Iens
Than If Regular Plan Wm
Followed
Despite the ruling of he attorney
general's department, it is probable,
according to County Assessor J. A.
Keek aii, that the - board of county
commissioners will allow the claims
for members 'of various appraising
boards, which were held up at the
meeting of the county board last
week. These claims amount to but
$144.50 In all, Mr. Keegan says, in
stead of tbo estimate of $1,SOO Riven
by one of the county officer aiul
printed in The Herald's last issue. It
1 probable that the figure given re
ferred to the total cost of assessing
the county, and not to the claims put
In by the precinct assessing boards.
While no authority can be found
in the statutes for the apoplntment
of appraising boards to appraise real
3a t ate, Mr. Keegan has In his posses
ion a pamphlet, "Uniform Instruc
tions to County and Precinct Asses
sors," approved by Philip F. Bros,
secretary of the department of
finance, and W. II. Osborne, Jr., sec
retary of the state board of equaliza
tion, which contains, among other
things, the following paragraph:
"Your county assessor will pro
vide the means for classifying end
unless otherwise provided for, you
Hill be expected to comely with the
.aw to actually view, valui and le-
titrn such property. Some counties
may provide you -with asiiisiance li
the shape of an, appraising board;
others expect to have the county as
sessor assist you, but If such assist
ance Is not provided, It becomes your
duty to properly value such real
vstate." .
Mr. Keegan also has a letter from
W. H. Osborne, Jr., secretary of the
state board of equalization, In re
sponse to one from himself explain
ing the system used in Box Butte
county. The letter, in part, says:
; "I have your letter under date of
he 29th relative to the method used
by you in the gathering of the neces-
pary data tor the proper assessment
at your real estate this year. ' .
l'Reallting, as I do that ' with the
limited time that Is ' given for the
completion of this work, I feel that
hi plan used by you to be far better
ban to rely altogether upon the pre
cinct assessor doing the whole job.
The fact IS .tbRl he Jjas. a. bout all th; .
he can attend to, when he getl al!
the personal property listed for tax
ation, without tackling the real
estate. The fact that you have taken
the precaution to appoint two disin
terested land owners to assist in this
work, ought to convince the most
skeptical that you desired to be more
than fair.
This plan or eimilar plan Is be
ing used in several of the counties in
this state, and so far as I know it has
been giving good satisfaction. I
think that Scotts Bluff county has a
committee of three who are working
with the crunty assessor. :
."Your method therefore has the
sanction of this department, and you
are to be commended for your ef
forts to obtain en assessment that
will be uniform all over the county.'
In order to make his position still
more' clear, Mr, Keegan points out
that the total cost of assessing real
estate in Box Butte county for 1920
is lower than It has been for years.
Ordinarily, the cost of assessing real
estate is equal to that for assessing
personal property. In 1919, It cost
the county $958 to assess personal
property. This year, the touil cost
of assessing real estate in the county
In the ten precincts outside of Alli
ance, is $315,60, less than half the
total. This figure includes the cost
of the appraising boards. Under the
circumstances, Mr. Keegan cannot
see why. the commissioners should
object to allowing the bills, Inas
much as they represent a saving of
considerably money. One of the
commissioners has stated that It Is
quite likely that when toe board next
meet, the claims will be approved. '
An impromptu 'Frontier days"
celebration 'was staged in Alliance
yesterday, when a cowboy, clad in the
regulation chaps and filled with en
thusiasm and possibly something
stronger, attempted to ride his horse
into a near-beer refreshment parlor
on Eox Butte. He got but halfway
though the door, however, and then
dismounted to buy clgarets.
Earnest Block, of Edgemoat, who
has been visiting bbi mother, Mrs.
Emma Block, of Alliance returned to
his, borne.
Miss Kat brine Baker has accepted
a position with the Fashion Shop in
the millinery department.
HA A MANIA FOR
KILLING HKOI'LE
The local Red. Cross homo service
secretary has received a warning
from Chicago headquarters concern
ing one David J. Landrigan, a in. nt
t1!y unbalanced soldier who escaped
lue 27. 1920, from the Btate hos
pital tor the Insane at Masslllon, O.
ami has since been wandering about
the country. He Is reported to have
been seen In the western states.
Landrlgan's special mania Is the
murder of prominent citizens in the
cities he visits, for fancied wrongs
which they have committed. He first
came, to the attention of the Red
Cross by writing a , letter to the
Lorain, 0. home service section. In
which he stated that he was unable
to trace hln mother from whom ne
Is supposed to have been snatched
by his father in Toledo, O. His ex
cuse for visiting the various parts of
the country Is to find the mother
from whom he was stolen as a child.
Landrigan is described as follows:
Weight, 160 pounds; height, 6tt
feet; ago 21; dark brown hair and
eyes; white even teeth, neat appear
ance and apparently calm and pleas
ant while talking, but grows sus
picious and acts strangely when talk
ing of his mother.
RURAL ROUTE
IS ESTABLISHED
Tri-Weekly Trips to lie Made
. Regular Carrier Beginning -October
10
by
The postoffice department has
given its approval to the proposed
rural route out of Alliance, according
to instructions' received by Postmast
er Robert Graham Monday of this
week, and service will - begin on
October 16. Date for the carriers'
examination has not been set, but an
nouncement will probably be made
soon.
The route as approved covers 29.0
miles, and will be served by one car
rier, who will make the trip on Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday of earn
week.' lis is expected to be on duty
between the hours of 7; 30 a. m. ani
4 n. m. and the salary set Is 11.170
ner year. It will be known aa tout.allA bridge and mark the route n 1a
NO. 1. I
.The route covers the roads named
in the original petition, which was
presented some weeks ago. Starting
from the Alliance postofilce, it ruus,
roughly, spefiklngi five, miles east, one
mile south, one mile West, four, jiiiles
north, thence west and southwest
Crossing the railroad tracks a' mile
and a half west of Happy Hollow,
then following the railroad south
Into Alliance.
Patrons will be jequired to erect
regulation mailboxes before the ser
vice begins, and can secure informa
tion concerning this point at the
hardware stores. '
HABEAS CORPUS
WRIT IS DENIED
And Judge W'mtover Likewise
rUnes to Reduce Bond of
Vibau Zediker
De-
Judge W. H. Westover' Monday
morning denied the application for a
writ of habeas corpus, brought by
Attorney Burton for Urban Zediker;
who is being held in the county jail
in default of bail of $2,500. The
Judge also declined . to reduce the
amount of bail.
A transcript of the evidence sub
mitted In county court was read by
the court, who listened to the plea of
Attorney Burton to the effect that,
in the face of the evidence submit
ted the county judge was not war
ranted in holding Zediker for trial.
In refusing to grant the application
Judge Westover said that Judge
Tash. being on the ground, knowing
the witnesses and observing their de
meanor on the witness stand; was in
a better position to Judge of their
credibility than was be from simply
reading the transcript of evidence,
He pointed out that in a case of this
kind, the county Judge was not re
quired to pass on the facts this be
ing left to the Jury in district eourt
and that all that was necessary was
for the Judge to find cause for prob
able guilt.
Following the denial of the writ of
habeas corpus. Attorney Burton re
quested that the amount of bail be
decreased, but Judge Westover, after
due consideration, refused to make
any reduction. , I r "
' Robert At, of Bdgemont," spent
Sunday visiting friends In Alliance.
KIMBALL ALLIANCE
RP, REMARKED
Part of t.j Work Done and Alliance
and Mltuvtare Clubs to Be Asked
to Finish
The road between Kimball and Al
liance is now receiving attention.
Two of the towns along the route,
Mlnatare and Melbeta, have interest
ed themselves In marking the road,
and In calling the attention of other
cities along the way, to the import
ance of marking the highway. These
towns have not been content to talk
about improving , the road, but are -willing
to do some of the work, 'aa .,
the following article from the Mlna
tare Free Press shows:
Several years ago the Mlnatare
Commercial club marked the road
from Mlnatare to Kimball but with
the rapid development of the dry
land wheat country 'between the
Lodgepole Valley and the Platte -River
Valley much of the lay of the
road as marked several years ago hae
been changed and it Is now lmpossl- .
ble to follow the marks -placed ' at
that time.
Several weeks ago, members of the
Commercial club at Melbeta noticed
that many tourjsta who attempted to
go froin Kimball by way of the Har
rtsburg road were forced to change
their route and come through
Wright's Gap. iDy the time that
most of these tourists had found the '
road they were In no frame of mind
to appreciate the good things they
see when they have reached the val
ley. As a result, that live .bunch at
Melbeta had markers made and yes
terdaynoon started out with ten cars
to measure and mark the road to
Kimball. As laid out the new route
of the road will be as, follows: be
ginning at Melbeta, thence south s ,
little over 4 mile, then west to Huff
man lake, then south through
Wright's Gap and over the Hendlck
son hill to the corner ' two miles
south of the Hendlckson farm, then 4
six miles west and then straight,
south jnto Kimball.
The intention Is to have the Com
mercial clubs of Mlnatara and Alii- '
ance to take up the marking of the
route at the north Mid of th Melbe-
Alliance wnere it win join the Black
Hills Trail. Not only Is the road as
above laid out, the shortest route-
from Kimball to Alliance! but it Is '
the easiest maintained and is Invar- ,
lably in the best condition for traVfJf
For scenic beauty no road in West
ern Nebraska will 'exeH tali route
as laid out from Kimball through.1
Melbeta and Mlnatare to Alliance.
The table land north of Kimball,
crossed at almost regular intervals
by beautiful little valleys, all spotted
with great fields of wheat and grain,
the pine clad hills of the south edge
of the Pumpkin Creek valley and -lie
beauty of the scenery and view ob- i
tained from the ilendrtckson lull-
then the very Invitation to s:op.ani
camp which the air of th j ca.iyoni of
Wright's Gap seems to bttuUhe, thesu
and the beau y of ihi CiOic. st cJ the''. .
irrigated section of the North Piatt
Valley as found ou both sides of the
rlvt r, with a magnificent view of tio
IiriSated lauds as affordea br the
hill above- the Farmers Canal fivt
iiiil-B north of Mlnjiare and the awe
Inspiring eight of the waters as they
pour out of Lake Mlnatare Into the
Low Line Canal make a drive worth
two days of any tourist's time.
Not content with. their work on the
north aud south road, the Melbeta
live wirfcs.have been working on a
plan to secure the laying out of a
new state' highway following as' near
as possible the route of the old Ore
gon Trail. They uow have It mapped
through Morrill and Scottsbluff coun
ties and have arranged to have a
delegation appear before the board of
County Commissioners next Monday '
to secure its designation.
W. C. Grubbs, recently from Alli
ance, a great friend of the Burr boya
out there, has moved bis headquart
ers, following the death of bis wife
and will have a district In Hamilton,
York, Seward, Saunders. Polk, But
ler and Lancaster counties. " He has
been a resident of York county about
ten days, and will represent Marsh ft
Marsh of Omaha In the sale of groc
eries to the trade. Aurora Register.
ATTENTION ALLIANCE RIFLES
All members of the Alliance Rifles
will meet at the High. School gym
nasium . Wednesday, AugJ5th at 8
p. m. for the purpose of checking In
all equipment and being discharged.
All guns should be thoroughly oiled
with "34n-l" oil when returned.
(Signed) W. R. PATE. Captain.
MIse Oracs Spacht apeat 8unday.
with Miss Lola Wily la Scottsbluff.