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TWICE A WEKK TUKSDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Paper of the City of Aniasu
V0LUA1I-: X XVI II.
(Eight. '.)
ALLIANCE, 1J0X IUJTTE COUNTY. NKF.KASKA, TUHSDAY, SKITEMI'.EU 20. 1I'J1.
No. S-S
MINNiEROSETTA
GETS SIXTY-DAY
JAIL SENTENCE
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska: G nor
f:;ir tomrht and W ednrsil-iy ; cooler
tonight and cast portion Wednosdav.
jCOURT FINDS HER GUILTY
OF SELLING HOOCH
- Burlington Plans
New Stockyards
Over at Antioch
Jhe&hngford
IS BEHIND ITS
COMMISSIONER
Harry Rosctta Given Fine of $100
and Costs on Same Snunt
Appeal Bond Filed
Mrs. Minnie Rosetta, proprietress of
the Rodgers rooming house, was found
guilty on a charge of selling a pint of
moonshine whisky by County Judge
Tash in county court Thursday af ter
noon anl given a sentence 01 sixiy
Antiocli News: A few days ago
George Peitlein, sumi intendent of the
Alliance Potash plant, was in Alliance
and had a talk ilh Superintendent
Gurley of the Burlington relative to
the new yard at Antio'i, and ws
assured that as soon as ?e material
arrives the bridge force . 1 I ba put
to work and the yards c. lcted in
time for late shipments of mete-
Some three years ago W. Vinson
and John H. Krause began working
on this proposition. A petition was
forwarded to the company, pledging
.v a.. i i n-.
days in ine county jan. nu -ni .v .5,5 ,t of 250 car(, of cattle annu
jslhe punisimiemt set out in ine siuieia,,y from Anti(M.h jf the new yims
pmniiniuiy m .v mi i-uut niiwu vu were built
second onen.-e. in junc 01 mm :ri
LIKES H!S EFFORTS TO SECURE
JUSTICE FOR THEM.
CITY COUNCIL
ABOUT AGREED
ON FRANCHISE
WILL VOTE THURSDAY EVENING
ON PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
Mrs. Jessio Hassdtino ITfl P.IRfilll ATF
On Charge of Adultery
Don't Want Place on the North Star
Highway, Itut Some Other Things
Carrell's Work Reviewed.
The attitude of Hemingford in the
matter of County Commissioner
George Can-cll is made quite. plain by
an article in the last issue of the
Hemingford Ledger, which acta very
much as though that newspaper were
sjeaking with full authority to rep
resent the sentiment of the whole
It was shown that all vul- i TIi . '!."., .1! 'A"Ji.u l .Y. V 1 .
!... ! tl,l n.it,,Pull t uuiiHwi null. v.ai ivii nui.v nmv
Mrs. Rosetta was fined 100 and costs. ' ""', th' , PVpH;.m for1!-- few tlnngs that may not have
Harry Rosetta, husband of '.he t.rst ,,...tip having to climb over lulls
defendant, was found guilty bv the , ... ivcn in foi. whinment would
save many thousand pounds in weight
on cattle. After all these years of
waiting, efforts have at last proved
successful. It was a public spirited
act of Mr. Krause donating the site
for the yards.
bv the
court on the same charge, and u fine
of $100 and costs was assessed t;am.-t
him. Roth cases were appealed, the
bond in Mrs. Rosetta's case being set
at $500, nnd at $2.")0 for her hi! sound.
The testimony that brought about
the conviction was largely furnished
by Charles Sanford, state prohibition
enforcement agent working under the
direction of State Sheriff Gu.s Hyers.
The two cases were among the hard
iest fought in county court in months.
County Attorney Lee Basye prosecut
ed, and the Roseltas were defended
bv Attorney H. E. Gantz.
'The trial of Mrs. Rosetta began
Thursday morning, and was still in
progress when the noon recess wrs
taken. Sanford testified that on the
night of September 5, he rented a
room at the Rodgers rooming house;
that Mrs. Rosetta showed him to the
room; that in making change, she sug
gested that he take the balance cf
what was coming to him in a drink at
L0 cents; and that later he purchased
a pint of moonshine from her at $.r.
The liquor was turned over to the Al
liance police. ,
Mrs. Rosetta's Alibi.
To this testimony on the part of the
rtate agent, Mrs. Rosetta's attorney
produced testimony to establish an
alibi. Mrs. Jessie Hasseltine testified
that she was the wife of a
POLICE FIND
NO TRACE OF
THE HOLDUPS
THREE WHO HELD UP MEN IN
BOX CAR MAKE GET-AWAY.
Plan of Thowing Their Victims
of Moving Freight Train
Gave Advantage.
Off
The city and county police authori
ties hive been unable to find any trace
of the three men who are alleged to
have held up nine' men in a lioxcar on
a freight train between Angora and
Alliance last Thursday night, and it is
thought the bandits made a clean get-
i iborer away with about $o()0 worth of loot.
been exactly tlis right thing to do,
but states boldly that Hemingford is
with him in his efforts to secure jus
tice for the western half of the coun
ty in the matUr of roads.
The Hemingford newspaper con
cludes that Alliance is afraid of the
big commissioner, and intimates thai
the reason for the antagonism of this
city is that he is indciiendent and will
not stand for dictation from anyone
outside of his district. Any fear of
Hemingford itself is groundless, the
l edger says, for that town has no in
tention of trying to get a place m the
run or on the North Star highway at
the expense of Alliance. The ledger's
1 article was printed before recent in
terviews with the commissioner . from
that district were printed, in which
Mr. Carrell stated it wad hi intention
to do everything in his power to hurt
Alliance, as well as to help his own
bailiwick, and it is possible that these
ill-advised utterances, made in the
heat of anger, may be toned down
ivmewhat after the commissioner
tdks things over with his constitu
cr.ts.
The ledger print a record of the
road work done in that district under
Mr. Carrell's supervision, and give.
h'm a good endorsement on this score
The newspaiier states, without quali
fication, that when the time comes.
Mr. Currell will unite with the other
commissioners in meeting the road
through Morrill county ut the county
living in Alliance and the mother of. According to stories told the police ,r The whole trouble, the Hennng
ford newspaper concludes, is simply a
Lick of understanding, which snouii
be easily adjusted. The Ledger says:
Says Alliance Afraid
"Alliance is decidedly afraid of the
bier commissioner from this district
three children; that she was employed by two of the victims, who gave their
at the Rooming house in washing tna names as lien Allison or Springfield,
ironing; that she had worked theie be- o., and Charles Bowen of Darnesville,
fore and that she had been employed jn the same state, nine men were rid
there the last time about three weeks, jng in a boxcar out of Bridgeport,
She testified that Mrs, Rosetta was where they had spent an hour or two
ill on the fifth of September; hvt she waiting for the train to pull out. The
fcaJ wn taking care of her. and that nine men were all laborers who found nw;n., th funt thnt. rnmll is in
the defendant left her room only for, it easier to bum a ride than pay pas-! dependent and will not take dictation
a few minutes during theh evening, senger fares. At Bridgeport, just as fom Alliance, the Alliance papers are
This testimony was corroborated by the train was leaving, three men join- outspoken in requesting him to resign.
Mrs. Boon. . led the crowd. Nothing happened un-iThev even go so far as to intimate
Dr. Einar V. Blak, phpsiciun, lesti-itil after Angora was passed, when the,t,at Hemingford is asking for Carrell
fied that he was called to the rtom- three men, with handkerchiefs over to t,u:t This is absolutely false.
ing house on the evening in question their faces, emerged from the dark party i;ne3 not closely drawn here
a. .a 1 r . A 1 t nil 1 I" j 1 I 1.1 . ... . . .
between y:au anu p. " " lc enu 01 ine car una proceeded 10 noiu
remained there until 10:45, and was up the nine others. The loot, includ
alled back ater. The attorney for the ( jn!f money and jewelry, was undoubt
.riefense entered strenuous objection edly at least $500. The bandits then
mhen County Attorney Basye asked t proceeded to get rid of their victims j 1KH,pie here think was not just the
whether Dr. Blak had made an exam-, by making them jump off the moving. tning to do, Hemingford is behind
ination of the patient and could les- train. fla-reM in h'.s 'trort to wnrure justice
iifv that she was not shamming ill- According to Chief JcflYrs, this was f.., .u:.. .,rt 0f h countv.
ness. Mrs. Rosetta was in bed duru.g done in order to make pursuit less I it true that Hemintrford is look-
the time the doctor was in the room-. likely. With victims scattered along for something. That something
ing house. the track, with a number of miles to t ha3 een plainly stated in previous ar-
Mrs. Rosetta testified that she was walk, there was little danger that thejtjciea on the north and south road
tirrested in June, but had pleaded ;ruil- report of the holdup could reach Alii- i,.n,;n.rford is honinir some day to
; ance beu.re the uand.ts hr.d had t,.vo.,,vo tne. branch road running lrom
or three hours to make thrir gotaway. a Vance through Hemingford to the
ihe robbery was delayed until alter v..!lnwinne nirk. Unlike A 'umor
the stop at Angora, not only because HeIY-:ngford has never pretendl to
line suck up uiouirm. .i M.rr w i neutral, and stated the projosiMn
and there is no party strife so far as
we can find out from any of the local
ptrty leaders. And while Carrell has
done a few things that some of the
ty on promise by the county attorney
that two friends, staying in me nou
r ml arrested at the same time, would
ibe released if she did so.
Pnlirn officers testified that Mrs.
Rosetta was washing disnes in v.ie ; away from Alliance, t ut because u ere ; (hjt at,pr.a to the people of this corn-
was maue. i13 a tifT grade out ot Bridgeport ana ; munity. Hemingford is not asking
the victims might be ame to reacn j . .,jace jn the sun, nor even on the
assistance after they hopped off the J North star highway, but still holds to
train. Some of the victims were lhe original nlan to assist Alliance if
badly brui.-ed by the fall from the Alliance desires thnt assistance asking
but the bandits did not
kitchen at the time the raid was
Case Against Harry Rosetta.
Stanford testified that he bad pur
chased a pint bottle, about a half or a
third full of moonshine from Harry
Rosetta on the same evening Rosctta
was slightly tipsy, he said, and told
him that the house was going to be
raided that he had been tipped by
telephone. Sanford said that he asked
vJZtt "What will I do?" Rosetta
answered, he said, "Stay right here I
if you're arrested, I'll have you out of
jail in fifteen minutes."
(Continued on page 8)
Silk Dress Catches
Fire and Ignites Big
Tank of Gasoline
The Alliance fire department made
n.n in 111 Cbevenne about 1 o'clock
Siturdav afternoon, where a tank of
gasoline, containing fifty gallons, was
on fire. The blaze was in the cleaning
quarters of Ted Fielding. Twenty gal
casoline had burned before
the firemen succeeded in smothering
the blaze, and Ted Fielding received
tnir.o spvpre burns on one of his arms.
The fire started after a filk dress
vni hon drv-cleaned. find while it was
being rinsed. The cause is not known,
as every precaution is taken against
it w thought that possibly the
Kilk 'dress, which was being rubbed,
nnVntni n ennrk which ign:ted the
gasoline.. Mr. Fielding, when the
dress blazed up. dropped it into the
big vat of gasoline. A peculiar feat
ure of the fire is that the dress sank
to the bottom of the tank and the
gasoline extinguished the flame, leav
ing it absolutely uninjured,
moving train.
intend to kill any of them in mat
manner, as shown by the fact that Al
lison, older than the others, to wait
until the train slowed down.
The nine victims walked into town
together, and the assistance of the
police was sought They didn't arrY groundless, but of
until at least two nours aner me irum
They were unable to give any definite
description of the men who nan neid
thein up. One of the men told Lounty
Attorney Basye that he had $!0 in A.
B. A. checks on his person, which the
holdup men didn't take, fearing de
tection through them. "One or tnem
had a gun as long as from here to
to my old home in Iowa, another
said.
After a long search, the officers
have definitely given up the chase.
Another Complaint
Is Filed Against the
Rosetta Establishment
Courty Attorney Basye this morn
ing filed in county court a complaint
against the Rosetta rooming house,
charging the proprietors with conduct
ing a disorderly r.ou.e. iiearinir on
the complaint whs ret by Judge Tash
for 9 a. m. on September 29.
C. H. Rockey and family. Mrs. Ada
R. Allen and fon motored to Hot
Springs Saturday. On the return trip
they stopped over night Sunday in
Chadron, returning to Alliance Mon
day.
only in return that Alliance will later
assist Hcminirford in tcuring the
aforementioned road.
Carrtll's Support Pramisod
"Alliance is still fearful, however,
not only of Hemingford, which fear is
the commissioner
from this district This is plainly
shown in the two articles copipd from
the Alliance HemltL We assure All
ance they need have no fear concern
ing the attitude of Hemingford on the
North Star route, and that Heming
ford has no intention whatever of
asking Carrell to resign, but will
stand behind Mr. Carrell to a man so
lorg as Hemingford feels that Mr.
Carrell is doing his best for his con
stituents, in spite of petty mistakes to
which we are all heir. We might al-o
add that Mr. Carrell will, when the
time comes, unite his efforts with
those of the other commissioners to
meet the road decided on from An
gora to the countv line.
. ... . . , 4
lhe year will close wovemuer
for road construction according to the
state law and it is well to review what
has been done under Commissioner
Carrell's term of office so far.
'Th ro.iJ east of town as Mr.
Hashman authorized last fall and
which was partly completed then has
been continued to the Chadron-Alli-ance
high-.vay and is about two-thirds
as good as the State highway. We
suggest a little more work in the low
places and the widening of tome of the
fills. Otherwise the work is very sat
isfactory on this seven and one-half
mile btrip of road.
(Continued on page 4)
it y Manager Thinks Company Is En
titled to Protection and City
Well Safeguarded.
It would appear that happier days
ere in store for the Northwestern Bell
Telephone company, which has for
over two years conducted an exchange
at Alliance, notwithstanding the fact
tluit one city council refused to grant
tranchise and a second council has
been in no hurry to give the company
any legal standing in the community.
Half a dozen of the company's rcpre
st ntatives have made occasional trips
Alliance, and the most of there
have been futile.
During the last month or two, how-
cr, the newest city council has hem
is nosed to go into the franchise "K-
tion thoroughly, and after u series of
c( nferencc:, in which every possible
I section to a franchise was thresh :!
ut, an ordinance has been drawn
which it is believed will receive the
unanimous support of the council
when it comes up for action on Thurs-
iv evening of this week.
C;ty Manager N. A. Kemmish has
mad! tiie toiiowing statement con
vrnin.T the position of the council in
the matter:
Mr. Kemmish's Statement
"For some time the memlcrs of the
ity council and myself have born
harmoniously working on u form of
frinrlnse for the telephone company
which will be to the best interests of
nil concerned. Unfortunately there has
been considerable misunderstanding
regarding the telephone company's
position and just what we can do and
cannot '.o in the matter. This has re-
ultod in some bad feeling toward the
elenhone company. We believe how
vcr that there is a just and correct
solution to our telephone situation
which every thinking man and woman
knows we should have. Every fair
nunde I citizen wanU what is just ami
right for the telephone company and
ir the citizens of Alliance, we an
halo different ideas' depending upon
ur viewtwint We always have
those with us who go to extremes
however and are radical in their
views and beliefs. They are ready to
.t
aigue ami condemn ine iciepnone
ompany on general principles. Aigu-
nir will never settle anything. In
stead we must reason together for the
rmr all:
common good, ine citizens oi aiu-
snce want good, first class telephone
service and at as reasonable a cost as
it can be furnished.
"The state legislature has never seen
fit to give to cities the power to own
or operate a municipal telephone sys
tem as we do our electric light plant
We must therefore depend upon some
. . i . i i
one else to iurni --n us wun leiepnone
service. The county can go into the
telephone business but the city cannot
do so. Since the county has no idea
of doing such a thing the only thing
left for the city to do is to have some
private company or corporation come
in here and furnish us with telephone
service. This being the case we must
either work with the Northwestern
Bell Telephone company so that they
can give us good telephone service or
we must try to make tnem taxe out
their poles and lines and then go out
and get someone else to come in here
and furnish us with telephone service.
We can have two or more telephone
sv;l(mii if V'S EO choose. The grant
ing of this franchise does not give the
telephone company an exclusive fran
rViUi The citv council can, at any
time it sees fit, grant another fran
fhise to another company, or they can
grant as many franchises as they
choose to a number of different com
panies. This has been tried out many
times before in other cities w.th
great loss to all. Who wants two
sterna In a town so that
you will have to have two phones and
nav for two wnere one win uo.
hefnre we can get anyone to come in
here nnd spend money on a telephone
svstem we would nrst nave to gruni
them a license or franchise to use our
vfrot Kml ullevs. Otherwise they
woud not come here or ppend a dollar
with us. These companies must nave
their nermits or franchises showing
that thev have a legal right to do busi
ties in a town or they cannot go oui
nn.l k.11 their stocks and bonds to in
vestors to raise money with which to
I.imIiI t fplprihone svstem.
"Our telrtihone situation here in Al
linni simnlv simmers down to this,
If we are to continue to have good
tt-t.inlxino Hrrvice we must erant some
company or corporation a reasonable
franchise in order to induce them to
come to Alliance and give us this
service. We have a telephone company
here now whose franchise has expired.
They are on the ground and are giving
us good service. Under this condition
there is only one sensible, reasonable,
ju.-t and business-like thing for us to
do and that is to grant to the North
western Bell Telephone company a
reasonable franchise.
"When the citizens of Alliance voted
against a franchise unfortunately they
l i not know the facta of the case as
given above and what it mean to
(Continued on Fae 8)
Mrs. Jpsxip Ilrseltine wns lxund
over for trial at the Hecembrr term
of district court by County Judge Tash
this morning, following a preliminary
hearing in county court on a charge
of adultery. The case grew out of
her arrest at the Rosetta rooming
house on the night of September f,
when the place was raided. Mrs.
Hasseltine was found under question
able circumstances in room 17 in the
company of Charles Sanford, state
agent.
Sanford was not called as n witness
in the case. Eugrno Stilwell, night
police officer, testified that on the eve
ning in question, during the raid, he
found Mrs. Hasseltine in Sanford's
room. Both were more or less scan
tily dressed, he said. Chief Jeffers
also testified that when he came in a
few minutes later, the defendant was
donning her clothing.
Judge Tash bound Mrs. Hasseltine
over to appear for trial in district
court and placed the amount of her
apearance bond ut f2M), which was
furnished.
PETITIONS FOR
HASHMAN ROAD
HOPE TO PERSUADE STATE AU
THORITIES TO CHANGE MIND.
Mr. and Mrs. John Nation left
Thursday of last week on u month's
vacation trip to Pendleton, Ore., nnd
Bellingham, Wush.
PUT UP BAITS
FOR VISITORS
AT OIL WELL
NO SIGHTSEERS WELCOME AT
THE LAKESIDE PROPERTY.
Barbed Wire Stockade Being Erected
to Keep the Curious at the
Proper Distance.
Visitors to the property of the
Lakeside Development company, which
is now drilling for oil a mile west of
Lakeside, will have to be content with
a long distance view of the promises
from now on, unless they nre gifted
with exceptionally persuasive tongues
or a sublime nerve. i or wimin ine
oust few davs the derrick and machine
sheds have been plastered with a num
ber of signs, several feet in height, in
kfiirtl ng red mint, which state mat
visitors are not allowed. Two or three
of them are abruptly framed in this
way: -"Danger Keep Out
Not only are these signs a warning
to the sightseer, but Sunday a numlier
of the company's men were busy erect
ing u stockade about the derrick. This
will be fitted wtih barbed wire, and
possibly a guard or two will be at the
gates. .
There was no drilling being done
Sunday, the drill crew awaiting the
iharpening of some of the rofpry
drills. The big pumps wore keeping
the mud circulating. The drill crew
is already under instructions to give
nut. no more information concerning
the depth they have reached. This n
due. of course, to the fact th.-it oil
f,;im nil over the country are
watching the Lakeside proposition
to swarm in lit anv
n,A tlio indications liegin v
fstvoruhlp. Usually, however, there is
considered to lie litt'e call for interne
secrecy until the well is down two or
three thousand tect, ana on proin.-.t,.-i
bf noticeable.
HIP la-ftiiui'tih - - - .
The drillers are still siriKing sua-i
for the most part, altnougn one nr
two strata of rock have been hit which
slowed down drilling operations. It
was one of these rock formations vnai
a 1 U.ir.Io ti
made it necessary xo iay on oui.....t
nnd sharpen the drills. The work is
Xm. in Oia Burin-zton machine shops,
the only place equipped for it, in Al
liance. . . , t .
Th i ri crew is not particularly
i,1pap,1 with the precautions to keep
i.f visitors. ACCOrtling lo nunic
them, this is the first wen mey evtrr
n nrisa nn where the public was ex
cluded and chased off the lot. "Some
of the more curious stand around and
get in the way, and we have to bawl
them out," one of them said, -oui ior
i a i .),. linvt onir.
the most pan mey uuu t nwi
thing." The sujierinterdent said that
two men had already been hurt at the
oil Veil, and that they didn I inrenu v?
run the risk of damage suits in addi
tion to other expenses. .
A number of cars came to the well
site Sunday, but practically all of
them were content to gaze from a dis
tance. One or two stalwart souls
tb hiiT red signs ami peeked
into the drill house. Xhey escaped
with their lives.
More Wisglestick Dope.
According to reports, a second wig
glestick artist, with an entirely dif-
tering Kinn or nirginK, i"s "c
K;te f the well, and with this machine
the indications were fully as fa.orable
as was the case when the well was or
iginally located.
Another report says mai me ,
glestick men have visited the site of
the Agate well, near Harrison, and re
port that there is absolutely no ac
tivity on the part of the magic utick.
The Agate well is down nearly five
thousand feet, and it is understood
that drilling will cease when this
depth has been rached. So far there
have been do indications of oiL
Say Road Practically Completed
Should Be Kept in Conditio
by State Funds.
Another road squabble is forecastMt
in Allinnce, following the action of tb
state highway authorities in with-.
drawing state aid from the Hemmir
ford roiuL At present, the victory,
seems to be with the Alliance forcea.
who entered a strong protest against
the designation of the route and car
ried the fight up to Governor McKe)vi
and State Engineer Johnson.
The Hemingford road is now near-,
ing completion, the only work remain
ing to be done being the building" fj
the road over n series of three kilb
some eleven miles northwest of th
city. According to Commissioner
Hashman, Division Engineer Mcla
told them to go ahead with the road M
outlined, and nil summer they ha
been drawing on sUite highway fund
to buihl this road. Lust Saturday, fol
lowing receipt of n letter from Divis
ion Engineer Gaddis, successor to Mr..
McLean, which notified them that th
road wns not listed as a etat ait
project, tne commissioners appropriat
ed about $2,000 to replace money
used on tbo road from the fctat
highway funds. ......
The question now uppermost In um.
minds of the commissioners and Umk
road boosters is whether the road, a
built, shall be maintained by the state,
or the county. There is no objection,
to maintaining it at county expense.,
but Commissioner Cul Hashman Kan
announced that, if possible, he will
work for state or fenleral uid upon iU
Petitions were drawn up last Satur-.
day and are now said to be circulatiftr
in Hcnrngford. They have not yeb
been c' ulatcd in Alliance, but them,
are three of them ready to lie pas."e4,
around.
At least two Alliance men are quotrv
ed ns saying that they haye receive,
positive assurances from State Eng-
peer Johnson that the Hemingfor.
road, as built, will never receive Ktat
aid. It is possible, however, on.i back-
or of the road declures, to secure fad
eral aid if certain conditions are com
..i;,i ,. i'h hut ibis is met by the an-
. V ' - . . ,1 ...Ml
thnt leiierai niu m nc
of th.
vwpr
granted over the objections
state department.
Alliance's Position
The Alliance contingent wants tb
road to go rtraight west on Tenth,
ttreet for a distance of eight or tear
miles, instead of going two iivl.
north at the edge ot tne tiiv m um
west for that distance, wr. naau
man says he is confident that he ca.
get at leaEt a thousand signatures tv
a petition asking that the road IT
as already mapped out, but he hai
r.grecd not to take the iet;tion trouisJ.
this city until arter a meeung um.
been he! 1 and the merits of the twn
routes com'iletelv threshed out. A. k
meeting will be held in Alliance with
in the next few days, at which th.
sentiment will be ascertained, aM
then a meeting vfeth the comm'wien-.
crs will fol'ow. Mr. Hnrhmrn t&lkm
most reasonably on the mr.tter, and
it is thought that he will be willing
to compromise fhould the outlook de
mand it .
So far the road has cost about lSi
per m le for the twenty-two rruiwy
and inasmuch as this sum has bee
expended, it is to the interest of very
citizen of the county, as well as th,
d;strict served by the road, that it b
ma'ntp'ned in the best possible condi
tion. Should there be sufficient funuH
available to secure state aid for thi
and for another main lino west, th
road boosters would have no objec
tions, but it is quite doubtful it tn
state will approve two roads to near,
together. . ,
Among the arguments advanced ro
the road, as located, are mat ii. th
ready a mail route; that it can be com
pleted for from uu w i.uw,
it serves a most populous portion 0
the county; that the road can bo buil
and maintained ror less money -
the other route; and that it
used more. The chief objection that
it is not, properly speaking, an
ance road at all, but simply a country
road, as it does not lead directly int
the city. With a change in the r6at
ing of the first ten miles, there woql
be no further objection.
Mexican With Hidden
Stiletto in Possession
Now mthe City Jail
Special Agent Martin of the Bur
lington arrested a Mexican at a lat
hour Saturday night, and escorted hin
to the city jail. The Mex had a hug
stiletto, with blade carefully wrapped
... 1 I - I 4 MAMCMM
III cloin, conceaiea uuouv uu ycovii,
and his actions attracted the atten
tion of the agent, who arrested him
near the passenger station and un
covered an eight-inch blade after a
search. The Mexican has. been heb
wnce Saturday awaiting the filing et.
chargeB, and will probably be tried in,,
police court on a charge of carrying
concealed weapons.