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Official Paper of llox Uutte County
TWICK A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Paper of the City of Alliance
VOLUME XXVIII.
ALLIANCE, IIOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1921
NO. SO
RETIRING COUNCIL
PASSES THE BUCK
TO ITS SUCCESSOR
DELAYS ACTION ON WELFARE
AND OTHER ORDINANCES
Plan to Purchase New Pump
Waterworks Among the Last
of Its Official Actions
for
The present city council, which
is
due to feature in a graceful fadeout
scene shortly after the first of April,
held its last regular meeting at the
city hall Tuesday evening. It was a
most satisfactory meeting, in several
respects. It started pretty nearly on
time, and there was a quorum present
without sending the chief of police out
to. drag in a recreant councilman or
two to make the proceedings legal.
The council devojted a good share of
Hs meeting to that great army game
known as "passing the buck." This
was accomplished by failing to take
action on half a dozen ordinances, real
izing that the new council will come
at its task fresh and ready to tackle
anything. Besides that, it will have
the counsel and advice of a city man
ager. The welfare ordinance, the now al
most historical document, wa the first
to be laid away on ice. City Attorney
Metz, to whom had been given the
responsibility of revamping the docu
ment and removing therefrom half a
dozen illegalities, made a report that
lie had weeded out everything that
eded out everything that
im to be bevond the pale of
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H 5.,f. 1JLhX
seemed to hi
law. He sta
ordinance, there were a number of
other sections that would have been
eliminated, but that he was the servant
of the council and that he had fol-
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a neatly typed ordinance, one which he'
courts,
Unfortunately, the newly drafted
ordinance had not yet been presented
to the welfare committee, composed of
citizens who were appointed by other
citizens to see that the measure be
came a part of the city's law. For
months representatives of this com
mittee have attended every counci
meeting in the hope that definite ac
tion of some sort would be taken.
Each time they were doomed to dis
appointment. The idea has been to
draw up an ordinance that would sat
isfy the welfare committee, and yet
would not mortally offend every mer
chant or person to which its provisions
referred. The welfare people , have
been worried considerably because
they feared the council wanted to ruin
,A nn nn. nnw in fmv in Frpmont.
rri. .i ,v,o w,i
parently hasn't been fretting particu-,
larly whether the ordinance ever was,
passed.
A New Found Friend.
ThA ordinance found an unexpected
friend last Tuesday evening in the license, the groom stated that his
person of Councilman Fuller. Mr. J bride-to-be was 18 years of age, when,
Fuller has been on leave of absence j in fact, she lack3 three or four months
for three or four months, on a trip to of it.
England, and the welfare people are I Relatives of the girl came to Alli
regretting sincerely that he ever went ; ance yesterday in search of her, and
to sea. No sooner had the discussion the couple were located by Officer
started last Tuesday evening than ' Stillwell last evening, within a short
Councilman Hill moved that the ordi- time after the ceremony had been per
nance be tabled. This motion was en-' formed. Judge Tash advised the girl's
thusiastically seconded, and it would ( relatives that in the event they do
probably have been dropped right not approve of the match, the proper
there, had not Mr. Fuller risen to his procedure was to take the girl home
feet and objected. and bring action to annul the marri-
Mr. Fuller's support of the ordinance age. However, by the time district
was apparently most sincere, for not a court is in session in June, the girl
single member of the weiiare com -
rniltee was present It resulted in a j
failure of the motion to table, but con
sideration was delayed until the wel
fare committee had been given an op
portunity to go over the document cs
altered and amended by City Attorney
Metz. It is just barely possible that
it may come up for action at the meet
ing on March 24, when the council will
gather together in a farewell session
to count the ballots and to finish up
"iv:!
otheT Irnig them beg
cottino- thp .mmrnt nf the OCCU-
pation tax for moving picture shows;
otl, cH!nr the lironsA f for
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carrying on a plumbing business; a
third dealing with the license '"'Tj
tncians; a fourth setting the amount
fflHlUhie
.1 t:l&nrSZ
f tax on each
and one or two others along similar
lines. The council debated these for a
time, but decided that inasmuch as the
new council would have the oppor
tunity of making a levy, it would be
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just as well to let tnem nx ine amount
OI IRQ wtx OH tnec vai IUUB uunincftfi. i
The council allowed the usual grist
of claims, holding up one cluim from
St. Joseph's hospital for $140 for an
itemized statement of the charges; and
cutting $3 from a claim presented by
J. E. Henneberry, because of the fact
that one of the city employes had to
make two trips to set a meter.
Plan New Sewer District.
An ordinance creating sanitary
newer district No. 39, in the territory
just north of district No. 12, and in
cluding blocks II and E in Nebraska
addition, wa3 presented, but action was
delayed on it until the council will
nave an opportunity to see how the
voters act toward the proposition to
issue $10,000 water extension bonds,
which will be voted upon at the same
time and on the same date as the pri
mary election.
Mr. Gudsby, representing the Rank
ers' Trust company of Denver, has,
during the past week, submittal a bid
for the water extension, bonds, ten
year securities payins? 7 per cent, of
$!4.."0. This figure includes attorney's
fees, which will total 6 per cent. No
action will be taken on this until it is
known whether the voters will approve
the issue.
Councilman Harris reported that the
ticht department is ahead something
like $14,000, of which H.335 is in
vested in the city's intersection bonds.
These figures fail to j be with some
that were circulated during the cam
paign for the city manager plan, when
it was represented that the light plant
was rapidly going to the demnit.'On
bowwows because of the laxness of
the old council system.
To Purchase New Pump.
The feature of the session was the
decision of the council to enter into a
contract with the Ingersoll-Rand com
pany for the purchase of an air-lift
pump for the waterworks. At present
there are two steam pumps in use on
the two smaller wells, and there is
being produced something like 200 gal
lons per minute from each of these.
The Kelly well, the largest belonging
to the city, is not now in use. The
new pump will be able to draw water
from all of the wells.
The council apparently did not figure
with any other pump manufacturers in
making the purchase, acting on the
recommendation of Mr. Rickman, the
superintendent of the plant, who vis
ited Hastings some time ago and came
back exceedingly enthusiastic over the
i operation of the air-lift style.
the Ingersoll-Kanu company has
submitted a bid of $3,400 for the
pumf .1,l,fs.,V l-l
c0 f "lsta,'tl0"' wh,' cj "VLJ J
'per day for the man doing the w
ami the cost of certain pipe and otl
pump, inis ngure is exclusive oi me
which means $12
oik
other
needed materials. Mr. Rickman, it is
understood, will save the city a con
siderable part of this expense by doing
the work of installation himself,
lhf Qnc.d a,'je? f ?ufi
discovered there was no guarantee en
closed with the contract. Mayor
Rodgers took the matter up with the
company by wire, and has received
their assurance that a new contract,
satisfactory to the council, will be for
warded without delay.
P. E. Romig reported for the fire de
T partment the appointment of V. E.
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cyme, as urirrr ui inc it nu., ic
pfacing A. C. Sitzman, and the council
confirmed the appointment.
Groom Misrepresents . -:
Age of Bride-rBut '
Gets Away With It
The course of true love again failed
-lto run smoothly yesterday. Paul L.
oe applied to juoge tasn ior license
to marry Mary E. Underwood , daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Aleck Underwood,
living 12 miles from Alliance, and the
license was granted and the ceremony
nerformed. In his application for a
wilt have reached the proper age. ino
action to annual has yet been brought,
and it may be that Cupid will come out
winner.
C. S. Mooney Given a
Fine of $50 on Charge
Violating Booze Law
C. S. Mooney, former proprietor of
' AU ance bakery, was hneda0 py
roiice JUOge 1. u. IVOi-. w 1 u.iuw .K
jna
hearing Wednesday afternoon, on a
Cnarge OI naviHR jin-UAU-au.. ..M.uv.
; jn his possession in a p ace other man
i,V,Kit!i The fine was
evied under city ordinance, which
. . . ' ,50 s the
the defendant exactO, as'
Uate law provides a punishment
for
the same otfense of $100,
A hearing was had at the same time
on charges of intoxication against Mr.
Mooney, H. P. Coursey and Ed. Bren-
nan Alter listening to ine evmencc,
the comt found thj meQ not guiUy of
this charge.
Alliance Team Loses
Out in First Game at
The State Tournament
The Alliance high school basketbajl
team is out of the running for state
honors, having lost the first game to
Stanton by a score of 11 to f.
According to reprrts of the first
series of games reaching Alliance this
morning, only one team in western
Nebraska, the Kimball high school,
survived the first onslaught. Every
other aspiiant in this league was laid
out cold.
GLEN MILLER CHOSEN
AS PRESIDENT OF THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
1
DIRECTORS HOLD AN ELECTION
WEDNESDAY NOON
Annual Meeting of Commercial Or
ganization Held at Armory
Tuesday Evening
Glen Miller was unanimously re
elected president of the Alliance
chamber of commerce at a meeting of
the directors of the organization held
in the Palm Room of the Alliance hotel
Wednesday noon. All other officers
of the organization were re-elected, in-
eluding J. S. Rhein as vice president;
treasurer, Charles Brit tan; secretary,
George M. Carey; chairman of the au-
diting committee. Charles Drittan.
The board of nine directors now con-
sists of the following: Glen Miller,
J. W. Guthrie, Charles Brittan, J. S.
Rhein, A. T. Lunn, True Miller, Lee
Moore, W. R. Harper and VV. M. Bev-
ington.
Committee appointments have been
announced by President Miller as fol-
jows.
Finance Glen Miller, Charles Brit-
tan, l,ee Moore.
Membership W. R.Harper.
Farmers' co-operation J. S. Rhein,
R. M. Hampton, George Duncan.
Traffic A. T. Lunn, L. E. Highland,
Otto Zamzow
Good roads True Mil'er,
Miller, Percy Cogswell.
Civic affairs J. W. Guthrie
The Annual Meeting.
M.
The annual meeting and dinner was $12,000, basing this claim upon the
held at the armory at 0:30 p. m. Tues- estimated amount of water in the lake,
day, over a hundred members and their which a preliminary survey showed to
ladies being present. The dinner was be tf.220.000 cubic feet. It was de
served by H. F. Th'ele, and between clared that with a potash content of
the courses J. P. Mann led those pres- 30.46 per cent, if the potash sold at
ent in community singing. Special $4.2!) a unit, her share would be equal
music for the occasion was furnished to that sum.
by Harling's orchestra. Hearing was held before Judge Tash
Following the dinner, President Glen Tuesday ufternoon, after various con
Miller and Secretary George M. Carey tinuances. The claimant was repre
gave a review of the work of the or- gented by Attorney Earl Meyer and the
ganization during their connection Krause estate by Attorneys Basye and
with it. Fred A. Wright. The case was closely
The address of the evening was giv contested, the lawyers presenting num
en by O. S. Spillman of Pierce, Neb., erous decisions and quoting various
who spoke on the "Tendencies of the authorities.
Times," and gave one of the best .jppoaition of A. J. Dunbar, ku-forty-minute
talks ever heard in the pc-jntendent of the American Potash
city. Mr. Spillman summed up the company, wtw presented. Thia Ueposi
present conditions in the country, told tion h jwed the amount of potash tak
of the jieed for an Americanization en frm Bennet iaka Tnere were
program, discussed the preservation puni,)e( 4,32.000 gallons of water,
and purity of the ballot; urged the which ieittM llM cent and fM
necessity of restricting immigration for 423 a unit( or 74.97. per ton.
Jid discussed the bolshevist movement. ,After deducting freight and other ex
as well as touching upon a number of penses the value of the potash was
other problems. Mr. Spillman paid a iven aa $34il0!-.25. The agreed 20
nice compliment to Judge H. H.per cent- royaly paiJ to Mr. Krause
hewett, with whom he served m the "jyas g 821J5. '
recent constitutional convention. I ., ', . , ... , . .
Following the speeches, the elec-
tion of directors washeld. The terms
of five members of the old board ex
pired, two of these having been ap
pointed to fill vacancies. Ten names
were placed in nomination, F. A. Bald,
Floyd Lucas, W. M. Finnegan, P. E.
Romig, .Glen Miller, True Miller, J. W.
Guthrie, W. R. Harper and W. M.
Bevington. The five men receiving the
highest vote were declared elected, the
three highest being given the three
year term and the next two the one
year term. True and Glen Miller and
J. W. Guthrie were selected for the
three-year, and W. R. Harper and W.
M. Bevington for the one-year terms.
Legion Urging the
Consolidation of Three
fiftVPTOtnPnt RlirPA113
uuveiiuueiii Duitaus
One piece of legislation backed by
the American Legion, the consolidation
of the three government bureaus
which handle all relations between the
government ami former service men,
is sure to be brought at the coming
session of congress, according to word
received by the Nebraska state legion
office. The authority given is to he
Burton E. Sweet of Iowa, chairman of
the sub-committee in the house on in
ternational and foreign commerce,
which is considering the matter.
This legislation was introduced in
the last session of congress too late : be discussed for getting a live base
it !c .Ani,lpi,l hv Hi, ball club for Alliance this year, and
American Legion leaders to be the only
method to eliminate the red tape
through which disabled veter.ins h-ve
to wade in order to get compensation
and hospitalization from the govern
ment. The original bill has been
somewhat revised by the house com
mittee. The legislature of six states have
petitioned congress to pass the meas
ure, as have many organizations
throughout the country. A flood of
petitions for its enactment have been
sent to Washington by American
Legion posts.
Postmaster Robert Graham has re
ceived notification from the postoffice
department that bids will be asked for The cj,ief roatter .of busines will be
the construction of a cement sidewalk the eection of officers. Light refresh
around the postoffice. The new paving j ments will be served. All business
is believed to be the cause of this ex- u.nmpn an.i ,,i,.is have hpin mrdiallv
cess in ncneiosiiy on wie I'ari 01 me
government, inasmuch as the edge of
the present sidewalk fails to jibe with
the curbing.
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Mrs. V. M. Shean is visiting friet.ds
in Crawford.
DECISION IS GIVEN
; IN POTASH SUIT
IN PROBATE COURT
MRS. MARTHA PATMORE GIVEN
JT PGMENT TOR $1.('0J
Appeal Will probably H Taken to
I lie District Court by
the Claimant
Mrs. Martha Pat more was tfiven
judgment in probate court Tuesday af
ternoon by County Judge Tush against
the estate of John H. Krausc for
$1,609 nd interest at 7 per cent for
three and one-half years, making the
total something in excess of $2,000.
This was the sum attorneys for the
estatejiad offered her.
The action arose in August, 1917.
J John ' II. Krause owned eleven-flf-
teenths of Bennett lake, situated some
twenty-six miles east of Alliance, and
the remainder of the lake was upon
land owned by Mrs. Patmore. Mr.
Krause entered into a contract with
(the American Potash company which
permitted the company to pump water
t,om the luke- privilege he
was to receive a 20 per cent royalty
on the, finished product from water
(pumped horn the Jake.
Mr. Krause received from the potash
company, on statement of account
iwh'.ch was conceded to lie collect, the
sum of ?o,S21.K5. Attorneys for the
Krausc estate admitted that four-fif
teenth of the lake was the property
ot Mrs. Put more and that she was en
titled to receive that proportion of the
money received from the company.
Mrs. Patmore entered a cluim for
TH"8UTlrr e
w- G- Haldane, dvil engineer, as to
his survey and measurement of the
water in the lake. According to Mr,
Haldane's computations, if all of the
water pumped from the lake tented
that high, Mrs. Patmore's share would
have been in excess of $13,000.
In announcing his decision. Judge
Tash declared that his task was not to
determine as to the credibility of the
witnesses, all of whom were unim
peachable, but rather to determine as
between various kinds of evidence. His
decision was that the evidence of Mr,
Dunbar was the more competent, his
conclusions being based on concrete
facts, while the evidence of the claim
ant was necessarily hary, the latter
being compelled to go into the domain
of speculation, conjecture and guess
work. Taking this as the determining
factor, he allowed a judgment based
on Mr- Dunbar's figures. An appea
t0 (listirct court wi prooabiy b)
1
taken.
Baseball Enthusiasts
Will Meet atC. of C.
Rooms This Evening
A meeting of Alliance men who are
interested in baseball has been called
for 8 o'clock tonight at the chamber
of commerce rooms over the Brennan
drug store. At this time plans will
J the meeting will be open for all sorts
of discussion. The public has been
invited.
Business Girls' Club
To Elect Its Officers
At Meeting Monday Eve
The Business Girls' club, organized
recently under the auspices of the Alli
ance chamber of commerce, will hold
a business and get-together meeting
on Monday evening, March 14, at 7:30
o'clock at the chamber of commerce
I .
invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. R. -E. Holch of Chad-
ron are the parents of a babv boy
born last wek. Mr. Holch will be re
membered as a former teacher in the
Alliance high school.
THE WEATHER
Forec.ist'for Nebraska: Probably
now tonight and Saturday; colder to
night in east and south sections; fresh
northerly winds.
Declamatory Contest
Held at the Imperial
Theater Thursday Eve
The annual dcclnmatorv contest of
Alliance high school was held before a
packed house at the Imperial last eve
ning, following the first show. There
were eight contestants, all of whom
showed the results of careful training,
and the following were the winners:
Oratorical Sterling Harris, first:
Robert Lawrence, second.
Dramatic Violette Wnlker, first:
Mildred Pate, second.
Humorous rrancis Fletcher, first:
Margaret Schill, second.
Superintendent DeBolt of Crawford,
Superintendent Novotny of Bridge
port and Superintendent Linner of
Bavirrd were the judges.
The following program was pre
sented:
Oratorical:
"Liberty or Death," Sterling Harris.
"Lincoln, the Mystery of Democi
racy, Kohert Lawrence.
Dramatic:
"A Few Bars in the Key of G", Lois
Boypr.
"The Greatest Gift," Mildred Pate.
"Mistress Penelope," Violette Walk
er.
Humorous!
"Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary," Eula
Barranger.
"Coming Out of Miss Cummings,
Frances Fletcher.
"Who's Afraid," Margaret Schill.
Judge Westover Will
Close Packing Company
Affairs Tomorrow
District Judge W. H. Westover will
make a special trip by automobile ta
Alliance some time today, and will
Alliance Packing company for antde?
of dissolution. Judge Westover has
for two or three weeks been trying to,
find time to come to Alliance to issue
this order, but court business in other I
parts of the district has been so brisk
that he has found it Impossible.
Until the court order is issued, it
will 'impossible fov the ; present of-
money paid Tr Sock and heMin re-
bureau of securities. There has been (
corTderable interest on the part of!
these stockholders in getting this order
issued.
H. 0. Condit Elected
Exalted Ruler By
The Alliance Elks
H. O. Condit was advanced to the
nosition of exalted ruled at the annual
eleet'on of Alliance lodge No. 961 B.
P. O. E., at the Elks home last Friday
evening. Otner oincers eieciea were:
Esteemed leading knight, tan
Meyer.
Esteemed loyal knight, E. O. Strand.
Esteemed lecturing knight, Edwin
M. Burr.
Secretary,Percy Cogswell.
Treasurer, Frank Abegg.
A. V. Gavin was elected to a three
year term as trustee, in place of E. D.
Mallerv, the retiring member. The
other trustees are W. R. Meti and B.
J. Sallows.'
IL O. Reddish, the retiring exalted
ruler, was selected as delegate to the
1921 grand lodge convention, which
meets at Los Angeles this year.
John Gill, Convicted
of Forgery, Applies
For Parole From Pen
John Gill, convicted at the last term
of district court in Box Butte county,
is listed among some thirty appli
cants for a parole from the peniten
tiary this week, lhe state pardons
board has not passed finally upon1 the
application. It is reported that the
application was favored by County At
torney Basye, but that the trial judge,
W. H. Westover, did not approve 01
granting the young man his liberty.
Geortre M. Carey, secretary of the
chamber of commerce, will leave for
Geiing this afternoon, where he wii!
be one of the speakers at a meeting
there this evening at whicn the lorma
tion of a Lions club will be discussed.
Orlando Jones, who organized the
Lions club in Alliance, is now engaged
in forming similar clubs in the valley
cities and towns.
TEACH ERS" EXAM I NATION'
Regular teachers examinations will
be held at the court house March 26.
OPAL RUSSELL,
30-33 County Superintendent.
Dick Strong returned Wednesday to
his homestead in Wvominir. after a
Ifchoit viait with relatives here.
BOX BUTTE COUNTY '
NOW REPRESENTED IN
STATISTICAL REPORT
SECRETARY L10 STWHR'S PRO
TEST IIROIT.HT RESULTS
Figures on All Sorts of Agricultural
Activities in County in
Slate Report
The protest of State Secretary of
Agriculture Leo Sfuhr three or four
months ago to the effect that Box
Butte county should furnish agricul
tural statistics for the state report
was productive of if suits. The report
issued this week, contains a full s.
sortment of figures on the councy's
agricultural activities, a .lumber of
which place this county in a surpris
ingly favorable liirht.
For the past several years, Pox
Butte figures have not been included
in the report, and it was long past the
limit when Secretary Stuhr, in 4 visit
to Alliance, made it' plain that he
thought the county was missing out on
an opportunity for some good adver
tising by its negligence in this respect.
The county realtors' association',
among those most vitally interested,
got the precinct and county assessors
together, and within the short space of
two or three days a whole lot of c
urate statistics were compiled.
Box Butte county has the distinction
of having more resident landowners
than any. other county in the. state.
Only 1G per cent of the farms in the
county are occupied by renters. Ia
some of the counties in the eastern .
part of the state, the number of rent
ers runs as high us 55 and f0 per
cent. There is but one other county
in the state that is in Box Butte's
class 1n this regard, which is Cherry,
where the percentage is 17.
There are 678,4 IS acres in farms in
the county, of which about one-seventh,
or 101,735 ucres are in cultiva
tion. The estimated number of horses
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Twenty farms hid modern water 8y7,
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on Pf November l,tb
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vvui w jr n iiii m V' li j it ivj VI
9S0 bushels and and average, yield of
21 bushels, was $329,490. There were.
6,091 bushels of winter wheat, a total
of 79,674 bushels, 14 bushels to the
acre, valued at $127,478.40. Spring
wheat, 20,39(1 acres, average yield, i
bushels; total number of bushels, 183.
5B4, valued at $27r,34. A total et
S2H.454 bushels of oats' were pioducel
from 11,320 acres, an average of 2!t
bushels to the acre, and valued at
$131,381. The value of the rye crop.
(was $138,403, and 8,872 acres were
planted, ine Dariey ngures are quue
similar. The alfalfa crop was worth
$187,120, the yield being 18,712 tons
from 9,35b acres, en average of twe
tons to the acre. A total of 9,971.2 tons
of wild hay was cut from 12,404 ;
acres, and was valued at $75,7G9.
Yields of sorphum, millet, red clover,
timothy and sudan grass were much
less. 1
The report on the workings of the
state hail insurance law during the
past year shows that Box Butte county
farmers paid to the state $9,613.25 la
premiums, and that losses fronr tftU
source amounted to $12,120.70.
Legion Will Entertain
Veterans of Civil and
Spanish-American Wars
At the monthly dinner of Alliance
post No. 7, American Legion, held at
the Fern Garden of the Alliance hotel
Thursday evening, it was decided t
the next monthly meeting to have
present as guests veterans of the civil
and Spanish-American wars. A spe
cial double quartette, under the leader
ship of Doc B. G. Bauman, will pre
pare a number of old army songs, in
addition to which the gang will ting
the usual grist of the newer ones.
The legion voted to go in with the
guild of the Episcopal church in stag
ing a fair in the Lowry & Henry Roof
Garden shortly after the close of the
Lenten season.
BIRTHS
March 10 To Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey
Young, a son.
V. J. Martin drew a fine of $5 and
costs in police court Thursday after
noon on a charge of speeding.
Miss LaRue Ilaworth of Sidney w'U
be the guest of Miss Grace Shean for
the week-end.
Robert Atz and Raymond McNulty
left Thursday to accept positions in
Chudron. They made the trip by auto
