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Official Paper of Box Butte County
TVICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Taper of the City of Alliance
VOLUME XXVIII.
(Eight rages)
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1921
NO. 40
BRINGING CITY'S
ORDINANCES TO
' DATE BIG TASK
HIT
THERE'S NO PARTICULAR
HURRY ABOUT IT
3Many Laws on City's Books Need
to Be Repealed and Others
Should Be Amended
The new council isn't going to be
able to let the city manager do it all,
despite the fact that the new system
-of city government provides for tak
ing a good share of routine work off
Ahe shoulders of the members. City
-Attorney Metz, who is acting in an
.advisory capacity to the council un
ler City Manager Kemmish's hold
over order, pointed out the need for
a thorough revision of the city's ordi
nances at the meeting Thursday eve
ning, and Councilman Gavin, who was
nearest the ordinance record, pro
ceeded to discover within five minutes
half a dozen ordinances that are as
oosoieie as me oia-iasmoneu lorn ana
Jerry.
Ordinances accumulate rapidly un
lcr ordinary conditions, and when a
--city is doing any great amount of
public improvement work, it's possi
ble to get the records so cluttered up
vith ordinances that even the city
attorney has difficulty in finding the
ones that apply to specific cases. Mr.
Metz pointed out that Alliance ordi
nances haven't been revised since 1907,
and that there are but two places
-where the general public could dis
cover whether it was violating any
law, even were it so minded to in
quire. City Clerk Kennedy has a
bulky typewritten ordinance record,
and the city attorney has a pile of
ordinances that would fill a waste
basket. There are now some three hundred
ordinances that have not been repealed
and of this number probably less than
Jialf are of any real value, and a con
siderably smaller number are really
enforced. There has been no attempt
to codify them, and if one is seeking
. for the ordinance on any particular
subject, it is necessary to search
through the stack until it is discov
ered. The council was interested in the
condition of the city's statutes, hJ
the prospect of going through the pile
and sorting out the quick from the'
1 , 1 . I .
tieau uhin i mouse any ioo mucn en
thusiasm. All of the councilmen ap
parently believed that it should be
ldne, but when it was suggested that
there was no real hurry about it, there
vas a sort of a feeling of relief that
-even the spectators felt. Councilman
Irwin suggested that when the coun
cil got to going good, they would make
a habit of revamping ten or fifteen
ordinances -at each meeting, and this
idea met with favor.
Councils and councilmen have
changed so rapidly in the past that
very few of the city officials have had
any. fair idea of what the ordinances
contain. Once, away back in 18f4,
the council repealed thirteen ordi
nances at one fell swoop, but this
commendable beginning was never fol
lowed up, and as late as 1007 there
vas printed in the compiled ordinances
of the city of Alliance a couple of
ozen which set forth the following
specifications for sidewalks: "That
the sidewalk built under this ordi
nance shall be at least four feet
eight inches in width, built of lumber
at least six inches in width and two
inches in thickness, securely nailed
upon at least three 2x4 stringers set
upon edge on the surface of the
jrrade." In the event repairs are
needed, the city marshall notify the
owner, agent or occupant of the abut
ting lot, and in the event that the re-
pairs are not made within twenty
four hours, the city marshall is au
thorized to make the repairs and cer
tify the cost to the council, which
shall tax it up as a special assess
ment. Ordinance No. 112, passed in 1000,
provides that, no person shall operate
a motor vehicle upon the streets of
Alliance at a speed greater than six
miles per hour. This limit probably
was not regarded as so much of a
hardship at the time the ordinance
was passed as it would be now if it
were enforced. Even the state law
permits the terrifying speed of fifteen
miles per- hour, provided the driver
slows down to twelve miles at the
.crossings.
One ordinance that still stands on
the books, dated 1S04, when the city
vas more of a prairie town than it is
now. Owners of cattle, horses, mules,
hogs, sheep and goats are forbidden
to allow them to roam at will or at
large upon the public streets.
One unrepealed ordinance will bring
tears to the eyes of the unregenerate.
It provides for licensing and regulat
ing the sale and giving away of intox
icating, malt, spirituous ana miiihi.
liiuors, and assesses a penalty for the
violation thereof. It seems that a pe
tition must be signed by at lea.-t thir
tv freeholders in the ward and filed
with the city council, and that the so
lo.nkeeper mut file a bond of j.O(I'J
Mid pay a license fee of $700, which is
to go into the school fur.ds. this or
tlinance, which will arouse painful and
mddening memories in many minds,
of J50 for the saloon
man who obstructs his windows, and
Iiom $25 to $100 for the man who eels
lilUor on Sunday or election days,
either general or special. In
there was an occupation tax on sa
loons, but a kind-hearted council re
pealed this ordinance in 1904.
For the fiscal year ending Mav 1,
1895, the council appropriate! the
staggering sum of $4,f95 to pay the
expenses of city government for a
year, and in 1907 the amount was
still less than $20,000.
There is still on the books an ordi
nance making it unlawful to leave a
horse or mule on the streets unless it
be hitched securely by the head to
some substantial and sufficiently
strong post. There is a $10 fine for
violating this ordinance.
It way be of interest to business
men to know that in 1895 there was
passed an occupation tax, the pro
ceeds to go into the street sprinkling
fund, which provides that persons en
gaged in the following businesses shall
pay to the city treasurer each year:
Clothing, hotel, dry goods, saloon, $1
each; groceries, druggist, millinery,
hardware, bank, boots and shoes, liv
ery, notions, furniture, meat market,
lumber, 75 cents; restaurant, cigar
stand, printer, harness, boarding
house, barber, jeweler, tailor, imple
ments, confectionery, second hand, 50
cents; insurance, physician, real es
tate, lawyer, 25 cents. In those days,
it may readily be seen what rank the
various businesses held in public es
teem, or else how profitable the coun
cil thought them. There is no telling
when the provisions of this ordinance
ceased to be observed, but it is still on
the books. It must have been some
time ago, for the present councilmen
thought these sums were to be paid
monthly, instead of by the year. How
ever, if a business occupies more than
one room it is supposed to pay this
fee for each room.
In 1896 it became unlawful to vtd
bicycles on the sidewalks. The fees
for sideshows, medicine men, circuses
and itinerant peddlers that were be
lieved strong enough in 1K95 have
not been increased There is one ordi
nance still standing that places the
rate for telephones at $1 for resi
dences and $2 for business houses. One
ordinance refers to Wyoming avenue
and North Railroad street.
Among other interesting laws is one
which provides for a curfew lor chil
dren under sixteen. Between April 1
and October 1. they may play upon
the streets until 8 p. m., and the rest
of the year they must be at home an
hour earlier.
Ordinance No. 97 prohibits women
from entering saloons and wine rooms
and provides that proprietors shall not
permit mem io sonc.i drums. -
Cho Cho, Health Clown,
to Speak at Roof Garden
Tuesday at 2:30 P. M.
Cho Cho, famous health clown of the
child health organization of New York,
will speak to the children of Alliance
and vicinity at 2:3U p. m. next, iues
lnv. under the ausDiees of the Wo
man's club'and the state agricultural
ovtpnsion .service. Cho Cho is n real
circus clown, who uses his tricks to
instruct children in proper health prac
tices instead of wholly for amusement;
There will be no admission fee and
the meeting will be open to everybody.
Following the meeting at Alliance,
Cho Cho will be takea to Hemingford
bv automobile by Calvin D. Walker,
where he will give another talk.
Miss Murphy, of the university ex
tension service has been visiting Alli
nnrp schools, civinsr health talk and
has urged everyone to take advantage
of Cho Cho s entertainment.
Campfirc Girls Begin
Their Coffee Drive
on Saturday Morning
Eightv girls, members of the vari
ous Campfires jn Alliance, will Sat
nnliiv irmrninsr beirin canvassing the
city in the interests of the No- ary
Coffee company and H. Hirst of this
citv, as well as themselves. The girls
are working for funds for their camp
ing trip next summer, the rules of the
Campfire providing that they earn the
money for these trips themselves.
A representative of the company
addressed the girls at a meeting held
at the court house Thursday after
noon, and gave them a regulation sales
talk. It is expected to complete the
canvass within a week or ten days.
Campfire girls will demonstrate the
coffee at the Hirst grocery Saturday.
Edison Kitchen Rilled
In Railway Accident
Near Ranger, Texas
W.r.l wns received Tuesday evening
Texas, of the death of
ivuon Kitchen, son-in-law of E. V
Dnvlp nf this citv. No particulars
were given except that he had been
kml in a railway accident. Mrs.
Kitdien, formerly Miss Emma Doyle,
of tl!i city, will accompany the body
lo Alliance, arriving on 41 Saturday.
Vimpinl services will b? held Sunday
iifternoon from the Chri.-tim church.
The deceased was married to Miss
Doyle, in Augu.-t of hist var.
Mr. Nellie Wilson and Mrs. Plan
the Prettvman, spent the week-em
visitlnj friendi in Denver.
COMMISSIONERS
GIVE TWO ROADS
THEIR APPROVAL
READY TO INAUGURATE PRO.
GRAM FOR SUMMER
Approval Given to Two Projects in
the Northern Part of the
County This Week
Road-building has occupied the at
tention of tfle Box Butte county com
missioners to the exclusion of prac
tically everything else during their
April meeting. The commissioners
began their session this month Tues
day morning bright and early, and
there have been a series of confer
ences with state road engineers and
ranchers from the northern part of
the county, who brought in a number
of petitions asking for the establish
ment of two roads.
ihe commissioners Thursday after
noon approved these two roads, and
building operations will begin with
out delay. The county board recent
ly purchased additional road-making
equipment that will enable road con
struction to be carried on at a rap.d
rate, and it is hoped to keep at least
two crews busy during the summer.
The completion of the Hemingford
road along the lines designated by the
board bv resolution a month or two
ago will be one of he. first projects
to be started.
The two roads approved yesterday
are both in the north part of the
county. One of them connected the
Chadron road, north of Alliance, with
the road to Hay Springs, and will be
built to the county line. It will jtart
at the northwest corner of section 18
27147, fifteen miles north of Alliance
on the Chadron road, and will go
from that point three miles east, two
miles north, two miles east, one mile
north and one mile east to the county
line. The route has been arranged in
this diagonal fashion in order to ac
commodate the greatest number of
ranchers, nvs well as to make the work
of building the road as inexpensive
as possible. This route was the one
favored by the petitioners, among
whom were number a majority" of the
residents in that part of the county.
The second road designated will be
gin at the northeast corner of section
5-27-49, at a point located two miles
north and one' mile east of Heming
ford. As laid out, it proceeds cast
two mi es. north one mile, east one
mile, north one mile, east three miles,
north one mile and cast one mile, to
the schoolhouse.
An effort has been made by the
commissioners to build roads leading
both to Alliance and Hemingford.
New Caretaker Appointed
About the only other business trans
acted by the board, aside from the
consideration of road matters, was the
appointment of a new caretaker for
the court house and grounds, to take
the place of J. S. Corp, who handed
in his resignation Wednesday afterr
noon. The commissioners appointed
Cecil H. Jones, who has been employed
by the Burlington here the past three
or four years. He will begin work
on Mav 1.
Mr. Corp has been caretaker at the
court house for the past-seven years,
and it was over the protest of the
commissioners that his resignation
was accepted. He has established a
record for growing a lawn in Box
Butte county, and was considered a
model of efficiency in other ways. 'Mr.
Corp has accepted the position as
caretaker of the Central school, nnd
will enter upon hrs new duties the
first of the month.
Already citizens are beginning to
Vmiint the offices of the commission
ers, pleading for a reduction in the
amount of the valuations placed
the nronortv. They are out
e f.t- tlio nn heinir. or ine
commissioners have stated times when J ir.g nly $o0 a year, whereas, he said,
they sit as a board of equal:zation, under the city manager law the sal
the" next date being June 14. Later on arics could be double that amount.
in the year there will be another meet-
f tua V.r.Liv, nf Pfni.i izaWin. I lie
man who talks reduction of taxes this
week is talking to deaf ears.
Presbyterian Women's
Missionary Societies
Will Meet in Alliance
The woman's missionary organiza
tions of Box Butte presbytery, includ
ing some eighteen churches in west
ern Nebraska, will hoht a two-day ses
sion at the First Presbyterian church
in Alliance on Thursday and Friday,
A mil 21 and 22. A very interesting
program has been arranged ior rri-
day evening, inciu"ing a missior.ary
pagean by the woman's missionary
society of the Alliance church. Dr.
Claude Mason of Siam will speak at
8 o'clock Thursday evening. J he
pre.-byterial will hold its first session
at 10 a. in. inursday, ami tne puonc
is invited to attend the sessions.
There will be no services in the
church this Sunday, the building being
closed for repairs and interior decora
tion. Mrs. I. E. Tash spent a day or two
bis week in Scottsbluff, returning
Wednesday by auto witn r.er ion-in-
!uv, 11. L. J jlin.-tone.
SALARIES ARE
DISCUSSED BY
CITY COUNCIL
CITY MANAGER'S PAY UNDER
CONSIDERATION
Decision on Many Matters Is Delayed
Until the Arrival of City
Manager Kemmish
The new city council held its (first
stated meeting at the city hall Thurs
day evening, every member being
present and in his seat, ready to go,
when the clock showed the hour of
eight. There wasn't a long delay
while the city clerk and others used
the telephone in order to rout out
enough members to make up a quo
rum, neither was it necessary to send
Chief ef Police Jeffers out on the
highways and by-ways to find missing
members, although,' from force of
long habit, he was on hand ready to
perform this duty should it be re
quired of him.
The chief items of interest in the
discussion were in connection with
salaries to be received by the city
manager and the councilmen them
selves. Acting City Attorney Metz
presented an ordinance defining the
duties of the city manager and setting
forth the salary that he will receive,
leaving the amount of the salary ami
the bond to be furnished by him blank.
The first blank was easy enough to
fill in, for it has been understood, un
officially, that the new city'manager
will receive $5,000 the first year anil
if he gives satisfaction and is con
tinued in the position, a raise of $500
each year for the next three years,
making the salary during the fourth
and last vear of his incumbency $6,500.
The council was up a stump, figu
ratively speaking, however, when it
came to setting the amount of bbe
bond. The former city manager, un
der the old form of government, was
bonded in the sum of $2,500, but the
council has not had an opportunity to
discuss with Mr. Kemmish his plans
in regard to handling the city funds,
It is up to the new manager whether
he will appoint a city treasurer, and
should he decide not to do so, the
bond required will necessarily have to
be inciraseiL The council decided to
wait until its next next meeting be
fore passing the ordinance, which will
allow rhem an opportunity to consult
with Mr. kemmish in regard to the
matter.
There was a general disposition nt !
the meeting to let matters in connec
tion with the organization of the city
government' under the new plan wait
pcndinir the arrival of the city man
ager. The next few meetings will
probably see the passage of a num
ber of ordinances providing for vari
ous departments and setting out the
salaries of the city employes who
will be selected to head them. The
new council apparently believes that
the man they have chosen should have
a five hand in conducting his office,
and are going to hold him responsible
if things do not go to suit them.
The proposed ordinance set out the
duties of the city manager much as
they appear in the state law on the
subject. The manager will have ab
solute control of the appointment and
discharge of all city employes, and
neither the council nor any of its
committees or members shall' dictate
the appointment or removal" without
cause of any city employe.
The question of salaries for the
councilmen themselves was brought up
bv Mr. Metz, who mentioned the fact
that he had, away back in January,
when the city manager plan was vic
torious at the city election, prepared
an ordinance raising the salaries of
courci'mcn to conform to the provi
sion in the law. Under the present
on .nance ine aiuniiimni icirn-
, Mr. ietz was immediately aw u
one ot tne counciuiien n nt iui.ni i
stated the amount incorrectly tne
impiession being that the salary limit
was S300. A reference to the law
brouuht out the fact that the larger
sum was the true limit.
City Attorney Metz had prepared
the ordinance and had suggested that
tho old council pass it, thus enabling
the new council to draw more money
without anyone being able to say that
it had raised its own salaries. The
old council, however, didn't seem to
be interested in the pay its successors
were to receive, and the ordinance
was never even introduced. The idea
had leen held by some members of
the old council that unless the orcli
nanee were passed, the new council
men would have to s rve at the $50
a vear salary, but the city attorney
ci'ed a supreme court opinion or two
which indicated that if the new coun
cil desires, it may set its own salary.
The matter was delayed for the time
being, but will undoubtedly be among
th" measures to be brouuht up when
t' reorganization -ordinances are
In tr considered.
I here wasn't a whole lot more for
the council to do at this 'meeting
it didn't W'W so very long to get
;i accomplihed. The members decide
t.i accept the deed offered by New
betrv'a Hardware company for certain
I; -. Is on First street, near their ware
l;...je, and to acute certain portion
THE WEATHER
Rain tonight nnd Saturday, probably
turning to snow west nnd north por
tion. Colder tonight Strong north
erly winds. Notify stockmen.
of that street. This had been held up
at the meeting last week until some
points in connection with the title had
been cleared up.
The council also took steps to have
the ornamental lighting system along
Box Butte avenue put in proper re
pair, discussed the working of city
prisoners on the streets and the leccs-
ty for going over the ordinances and
repealing or amending a- number of
them, to make them fit present con
ditions.
Mrs. Cora Lewis has returned to
her home after undergoing an opera
tion at the St. Joseph hospital.
Annual Homecoming of
Alliance Odd Fellows
On FridayEve, April 29
Friday evening, April 20, is the date
set for the annual home coming and
roll call of Alliance Odd Fellows. The
roll call will be omitted on this par
ticular occasion, but in its place will
be observed the 102d year of Odd Fel
lowship. The festivities will be held
nt Odd Fellows hall, 119 1-2 West
Third street, and will begin at 8 p. m.
F. W. Hicks. K. C. Drake and F. O.
Rowe is the committee in charge of
the entertainment.
The following program will be pre
sented:
Orchestra.
Toastmaster, L. C. Thomas.
Reading, Miss Elsie Harris.
Subordinate Lodge, J. R. Beach.
Piano solo, Miss Ruth Nation.
Vocal solo, J. H. Vance.
Encampment, J. R. Snyder.
Reading, Miss Edna Hiles.
Rebekahs, Mrs. S. B. Mitchell.
Piano solo, Mr. Stratton.
Canton, F. O. Rowe.
Canton Auxiliary, Mrs. J, R. Snyder.
Quartette, Beach, Moore, Lucas, and
Vance.
Refreshments.
Members of Alliance lodge No. ICS,
I. O. O. F., Alliance lodge No. 104, Re
bekah; Box Butta encampment No. 81;
Canton Regal No. 24, and Fortress lie-
gal No. 2 will participate. $
Alliance Legion Post
Entertains Veterans
of Two Other Wars
Alliance post No. 7, American Le
gion, was a host to the veterans of the
civil and Spanish-American wars at a
dinner at the Alliance hotel rein gar
den at 6:.'10 p. m. Thursday. Forty
members of the Legion, G. A. R. and
Spanish-American war veterans wero
present, ihere was no formal pro
gram, the soldiers singing a number
of nrmy songs during the evening
Following the dinner, Post Commander
J. J. Dix-on called upon E. G. Laing
Jack Riordnn, John Leavitt, Ed. Rear
don and a few others for remarks.
Bert Luing gave some details about
service during the Spanish-American
war, concluding with a toast to the
flag; Jack Riordan told the story of
his regiment during the war " with
Spain; John Leavitt told of spending
seven months in Siberia guarding u
string of seven hundred box cars, sup
posed to contain firearms and ammuni
tion, but when they were attacked by
thcbolsheviki and opened the cars to
get material to protect themselves, dis
covered that the cars were empty; and
Ed. Reardon told of the worst experi
ence he could remember- tluring his
service.
But one civil war veteran attended,
Mr. Dickey, who lives a mile south
of the city. There are only five civil
war veterans in Alliance, and mo.-t of
these were out of the city . The others
are Al Wiker, who was in Cheyenne.
V. D. Pool, J. B. Denton and Robert
Garrett.
The Spanish-American war veterans
now in Alliance or memoers ot toe
Alliance post include: E. G. Laing,
L. N. Clay of Lakeside, F. O. P.owe,
F. W. Buckman, George W. Powell,
Harry Barton, Harry A. Johnson, J. t.
Hilton, W. J. Hamilton, E. C. Barker,
R. T. Moriran. John Riordan, J. C
Henneberry, Ed. Henry, Joe Hansen of
Mumper, I. J. Smith and . loua.
Tom Gee Injured By .
Falling Timber When
Barn Burns Near Berea
Tom Gee. salesman for the Lowry &
& Henry garage of this city, receiv
ed a bad cut over .his left eye
when struck by a falling timber when
the barn of James Evans, living one
mile north of Berea, burned to the
ground Tuesday. The sight of Tom all
bandaged up, returning to Alliance in
company with Sheriff Miller gave rise
to rumors that he hud eloped with a
car belonging to Lowry & Henry and
that the sheiilf had to plug him with
a bullet, to keep him from getting
away.
The cause of the fire is not known
There was a considerable loss of
wheat, hay and corn, with sufficient
insurance to cover.
SAUER ANOTHER
NOTCH NEARER
CHAMPIONSHIP,
ALLIANCE WRESTLER CONCEIK
ED TO BE WHIRLWIND
Throw liana Christenson of Chicago
Arter More Than An Hour of
Strenuous Grappling
Pete Sauer. who has been makinsr
his headquarters in Alliance for th
past few months, cut another notch
on his stick and took another big
stride toward the heavyweight cham
pionship belt inursday evening at th
roof garden, when, after an hour and
seventeen minutes of strenuous wrest
ling, be succeeded, by means of his
inimitable toe hold, In compelling
Hans Christenson to holler "nuif".
Sauer is conceded, by those who hav
seen him in action on the mat. to b
the fastest man of his weight and ag
that they have ever watched perform,
and the men who have tangled with,
him have, as a vule, been quick to
admit that he was out of their class.
The Thursday evening match vai
one of the fastest ever seen in the city.
There was a larger crowd out than.
usual, and a large numher of ladies
were among the spectators. The en
thusiasm ran high at times, especially
when the Alliance wrestler crowded his
opponent, but the best of order was
preserved by Dr. U. J. Hand, who
refereed the bout.
Christenson's trio to Alliance t
suited disastrously in more ways thaa
one, although he showed himself to
be the best sort of a sportsman. Ia
addit'on to losing the first and only
fall to Sauer, the ligaments of his
right knee were torn loose by the to
hold secured by Sauer. He explained,
afterward that he had It in his mind
to call quits as scon as he realized
that Sauer had secured an unbreak.
able grip, but that the knee snapped
before he could get the word out.
The Chicago man was the most for
midabla .opponent that Sauer has
faced in Alliance. He is considerably
larger than Sauer, and in addition to
the advantage in weight, possesseel a
remarkable agility anil an undoubted
amount of sti-eigth and professional
ability and skill. The first ten min
utes of the bout,- the two men did
considerable sparring about, while es
timating euch other's strength, but
aftM' that Sauer took the aggressive
for the better part of the hour they
wrestled. Time and again Christen
son succeeded in breakine Sauer's to
holds, and in the meantime was able
to give Pete some opportunities to
show his ability in the way of escap
ing from various grips. Sauer has a
special kind of toe hold that is aborts
the best he has in his repertoire, and
when he finully succeeded in getting .
it, the burly Chicago man gave up tha
ghost, a'though not t-oon enough to
save h;mse!f a badly wrenched knee.
Two physicians who were on the plat
form gave it as their opinion that he
would not do any wrestling for at
least two mon'hs.
Following the firvt fall, after Chris
tenson's knee had been taken care of,
he addressed the crowd briefly. He
established his repi'tat'cn as the best
sort of a good sportsman by offering
to go ahead and wrestle to the second
fall if the crowd desired, but shouts
in the negative were sufficient to con
vince him that the crowd was satis
fied. He then told them that Sauer
was the best rnsn he had -wrestled
Willi in u:e jm: l jcuir, mm vj-
esied that if the A!limce man
Christiansen spoke of him ns "the
boy"' kept on gaining in weight and
speed, he would be wearing the world's
championship belt in a mighty few
years.
Christenson has hurg up no mean
record for h'msclf during the sixteen
years that he has been in the wrest
ling game. Five years ago he
wrestled Strangler Lewis, present
world's champion, two and a half
hours to a draw, and he has since met
a number oi tne nea'inners in ine
tramc. His defeats have been few
and far between and he is recognized
as a formidable man on tRe .mat.
Sauer's victory last night means
that the match with Earl Caddock
lurin? the race meet in June will in
all likelihood be arranged.
A telegram from Anton Wrokluv-
ske, from Casper, Wyo., champion Of
the Atlantic fleet, challenged the win
ner of the evening's match to grapple
for a purse of $1,000. Anton s weight
is-100 pounds. Several Alliance men
have volunteered to complete the
necessary coin, and the date for the
match has been tentatively set ior
April 20, and will probably be given
as a Deneni enienainmeni ior wi?
Alliance baseball association, which is
now being organized.
The preliminaries were especially
interestinc. Ihe two paperweight
boxers, who put on a tparring exhibi
tion of three two-minute rounds, ap
peared in the ring with their heads
shuved and the crowd applauded their
-.r....i :f -I,.
Mrs. Egbert Hair of Hot Springs,
S. D., formerly Miss Bessie Winter
mute of Alliance, is visiting friends
in the city.
Mrs. Jay Duncan has accepted a po
sition as waitress at the Alliance Ho
tel.