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Official Paper of Pox Butte County
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ANSWERS Th?
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WAILS FROM
-juuin I'lL.iviAUKi.'N SA1S hDIMtK
IS UNINFORMED.
3sTo Foundation for Attack on County
Assessor by the Hemingford
Ledger.
In the last Issue of the Hem'ngford
'Ledger there appeared a long attack
on County Assessor John Pilkington,
who is charged by the editor of that
newspaper with a long list of fau'ts
and the turning in of a muddled lit-t of
books to County Treasurer Irish as a
basis for collecting taxes this year.,
The Hemingford man has succeeded
.. only in showing that he is singularly
uninformed in regard to the facts, Mr.
Pilkington says.
The charges, which include, about
everything that an assessor might do
that he shouldn't, include the state
ment that Mr. Pilkington during the
early fall months made the rounds of
the farms making real estate assess
ments, despite the fact that it "has
not been decided who shall be empow
ered to make the . assessments next
spring when the time comes." The
usses.-'or has also made a number of
-enemies by his methods of listing
property, and several instances are
Riven where Mr. Pilkington is sup
posed to have listed property at higher
ngures, 01; as belonging to someone
el-e and refu.-ing to accept a cor-
rection, saying the taxpayers were try
ing to avoid paying taxes.
It is charged that a piece of land
eleven miles out of Alliance, without
improvements pays o0 taxes, and an
other piece, well improved and culti
rated, gets .ou lor so. Ihere is a
-charge that Mr. Pilkington has prbi
trarily raised personal taxes, and the
last complaint in the indictment is that
one book of personal taxes was so
muddled and mixed up that the county
treasurer eent it back for correction
end refused to collect taxes on it.
Says Editor All Mixed Up. .
Mr. Pilkington, despite the fact that
the attack shows up as nothing, but
misstatement and a lack of knowledge
of the-fact, isn't particularly worried
about It. However, he thinks the tax
payers of the county should know the
true situation and not get all heated
up over a false alarm. He submits the
following as, a true statement of the
..state of affairs in regard to the work
of assessment, and invites investiga
tion. However, once the situation is
understood, there will be no questions
.asked, he thinks. Taxe3 are high, but
there has been no attempt to do any
thing but make taxes over the county
qual. The fellows who are raising
the bisr howl are. for the most part,
those who have in past years got by three days, and a performance of
with paying less than their share, the "Hitchy Koo," the great musical corn
assessor says. edy in which Raymond Hitchcock
To begin with, the -Hemingford starred for a long run last winter is
aiewspaper is all wrong in regard to the attraction. There are twenty peo
its many figures on real estate assess-1 pie in the cast, and fourteen of the
' 7nents. Mr. Pilkington made none of (twenty compose a peacherino chorus
these assessments. Real estate was which should hold the attention of the
last assessed in 1919 for the year 1920, audience all the way through.
-1921, 1922 and 1923. The last legisla- In. addition to the comedy, there will
ture provided that real estate -shall be ' be an opportunity offered to the city's
assessed every two years instead of guests on these three, days to secure
lour, and this assessment will hold for some unrivaled bargains in merchan
1920 and 4921. "I have not changed disc of all descriptions. - Practically
a single real estate assessment," Mr. every merchant in the city will co-op-Pilkington
said. "In fact, I have no Urate in the November buyers' earni
authority to do so, under the law. If rval, and those who are in need of any
there are any real estate properties thing from shoelaces to canned sweet
that are under-valued or over-valued, potatoes will be able to find special
it cannot be attributed to me. I here
isn't a dollar difference in the real es-
, tate ; assessment for Hemingford for
1920, and 1921. The difference in the
amount of taxes is due to the levy, and
I had nothing: to do with that."
Why Vance Was Blised.
The Hemingford editor may have
leen misled because he didn't under
stand certain notations in the assess
ment books. Mr. Pilkington has en
tered into an agreement with the coun
ty commissioners by which he will
take care of the real estate assessment
for the entire county next year, and
lie has gone over some parts of the
county and has made note of reduc
tions and increases, due to his desire
to equalize taxes. Mr. Pilkington
found a number of farms that had
been improved since the 1919 assess
ment and the improvements have
menis nayo
ever found their way on the tax rolls.
In a number of cases, the figures hav
teen tentatively rniuceo. in ine P",ag p B"rown and Slim Norria. The
this work has Wn J, "ill was a small one of about ten gal-
different men, at a cost ; of J2.000 It f"" ;pacity 8nd waa hid in an old
-will cost less than 600 the coming
spring. . . t
"I can't understand where the Hem
ingford editor gets the idea that I
-vent to Hemingford to make a real
-estate assessment," Mr. Pilkington
paid, "or where he gets the notion
that several people asked me to make
reductions. In my visit to Heming
ford I talked taxes with but one per
son, a woman at ine nonrunugu uum.
vim, M . . , . i
1 . , tu fiomrpa in the book the law
iw
.h.r.1. it."
"i"" . th ineoualities complained'
o .tik. invmilitiM mmnlaiMd
of. in 5.,!? ".
ivii.'o . . ... . '1L....J
l li. .i auimiimiint
when the next xaI
is made. Mr. Pilkington has already
not areduct
jHwjicujr 4 f ninn
rty is alated for a rse of $400.
There were some changes In the
(Eight Tages)
ment schedule, Mr. Pilkington said. In
l:orfiey precinct the assessor valued
.ue a i wnen me assessors had
" -T-.til that tha Mta ok. ..1.1 I tar
al taxes $2,000, there Was nothinc nf
"ver none,
Why Rook Returned.
.The Hemingford newspaper refers
to an assessment book being returned
for correction. At the time the tax
roll was being compiled, after the
work had been started, the law was
changed providing for taxation on ac
tual, value instead of one-fifth valua
tion. Some books had already been
made out on the one-fifth basis.
Kunning Water precinct was one of
these. In this case, the actual valua
tion was placed over the one-fifth fig
ures,.and in the Kunning Water book
there were a dozen places where the
two valuations had been placed there,
and the one-fifth valuation had not
been erased. This was the reason th
book was returned, and Mr. Pilkington
figures that it is rather unfair, to say
the least, to charge that his books were
in a muddled condition and. to intimate
that County Treasurer Irish said that
he might have to return taxes because
the figures were unreliable.
"As a matter of fact," Mr. Pilking
ton says, "my books never go to the
county clerk, who copies the assess
ment from them and returns them to
me. If there are any errors, they arise
in the clerk's olTire. The treasurer has
no authority to te'l me to chanre my
uuif an
Those who have the idea that the
county assessor carried things with a
high hand and insisted on niacins his
own valuations on the book ara wro g
Mr. Pilkington says. There were only
two or three cases where he did not
accept the figures of the precinct as
sessor, and in each case where he re
(Continucd on Page 8.)
A THREE-DAY
BUYING EVENT
. IN ALLIANCE
MARK NOVEMBER 21. 22 AND 23
. ON YOUR CALENDAR
Free Performance Each " Afternoon of
"Hitchy Koo" ar the Imper
ial Theatre.
So successful was the recent Harvest
Festival in Alliance that the mer
chants have conceived the idea of a
three-day buyers' Carnival, which will
be staged on November 21, 22 and 23.
As in the case of the Harvest Festival.
th manphnnta will furnish frM enter-
tainment for the city's guests on those
barnuns. Alliance mercnants nave
always made special inducements to
draw the trade in this territory, but
on this occasion there will be some
bargains that are expected to draw
people here for every one of the three
days.
The committee in charge Is now
working on a special program and fu
ture - announcements will be . made
which will give additional reasons why
Alliance should be especially crowded
on the three big days.
Jeffers Takes Part
in Raid on Still
in Morrjll County
Chief of Police C. W. Jeffers, as
sisted Sheriff Ray Newman of Morrill
i,i s 9aiAinr fitill Incat-
--
ed uin on i gpo
ini mnitritv and was hid in an old '
barn. "They had not begun operations '
when the officers lounu mem, dui
were getting everything in readiness.
First Real Snow
of the Season
in reamness. i
The first real snow of the season
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fnow: fla? been melting rapidly, but
u. n i, .,. " ? rrr '.r,
JM,.ia ugh o that it is
gradually piling up. Reports from
t ""v. - " no
been sufficient as yet to cause any
per-'material delay in train wervice.
TWICE A WEEKTUESDAY AND FRIDAY
.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1921.
! ALLIANCE TEAM
WINS 23 TO 14
VICTORY FRIDAY
SCOTTSBLUFF GOES DOWN
DEFEAT ON GRIDIRON.
TO
Traditional Enemy Loses Chance to
Win the State Championship in
Hard-Fought Battle. . ,
Alliance defeated Scottsb'ufT last
Friday 23 to 14 on the Scottsbluff field,
The game was bitterly fought from
the whistle. The Alliance team show.
ed better team work than Srottsbluff
although the score was due largely to
me sieuar wortc ot Dailey who twice
ran over half the length ot the field to
a touchdown. Jodcr is also deserving
of commendation for his geneir.lship
ami lor me ciropiucK lie-booted' from
tne 3.) yard line. - f
The play by quarters is:
First Quarter. t
Chrisman kicked olf twice out of
founds and Alliance took the ball on
their own 40 yard line. Garvin made
3 yards through the line. Uailey1 fails
to gain around end. Garvin goes 2 off
tacKie. Dailey makes lo on a delayed
tackle. Dailey makes 2 througWline.
Garvin makes 2 through line, Dailey
makes 4 olf tackle. Dailey makeflfcj olf
tackle. Daucy makes 2 thorugh line,
Dai ley makes 5 through line. Cross
makes 5 through line. Garvin makes
22 yurds off tackle for a touchdown.
Garvin misses goal. Score, Alliance
G, ScoUibblulT 0.
Dailey kicks ciT 45 yards to Pickett
who returns 15. Koland makes 4
through line. Wyalt and Love fail to
pain . , Chrisman kicks 4i yards to
Jodcr. Garvin makes 10, Dailey makes
8, and Garvin makes 10 all around
end. Joder and Dailey faihto gain
and Dailey kicks 43 over goal line for
a toucJi'mck. Scottsb u l takes the
ball on the 20 yard line Koland fails to
gain, lJickett makes one through line,
Chrisman makes 8 from punt forma
tion. Love makes 10 through line.
Koland makes 3 through line. Pass,
Pickett to Love incomplete. Alliance
penalized 5 yards for oITside. An
other 5 yard penalty for same reason.
Harrison makes ten on a criss cross.
Wyatt makes 10 through line. Pickett
bdds-on through line. Alliance en-
ulized 5 yards offside. Chrisman tai!
to gain. 'Wyatt makes 1 off tackle.
Love makes five around end. Roland
fails to gain. Roland makes 2 through
line. Ball on Alliance 8 yard line as
quarter ends.
Second Quarter
Love goes 8 yards through left
tackle for touchdown. Chrisman kicks
goal. Score: Alliance 6, Scottsbluff 7.
Chrisman kicks off 45 yards to Joder
who returns 25. Garvin makes 3
around end. Dailey . makes 6 off
tackle. Garvin adds 1 through line.
Garvin makes 2. Dailey makes 6 off
tackle. Fowler makes four and Purdy
makes 4 on tackle around. Dailey
makes. Garvin fumbles and Dorman
recovers for Scottsbluff. Wyatt runs
15 around right end. Love fails to
gain. Harrison makes. 2' on tackle
around. Pickett makes 5 around end.
Roland fails to gain. Chrisman kicks
40 yards to Dailey who returns 5. On
the next play, Dailey runs 80 yards
from Dunt formation to a touchdown.
I Garvin kicks goal. Score: Alliance 13,
Scottsblult 7. Cross kicks oO yards to
Love who is downed . in his tracks.
Roland fails to gain. Cox makes 2.
Roland goes 15 through line. Pickett
fails to gain around end. Pass Pickett
to Chrisman incomplete . Chrisman
i kicks 35 yards to Joder who returns 20.
Garvin makes 20 on a split duck.
Dailey makes 10 through line. Garvin
makes "3. Cross makes 1. Dailey
(Continued on Page 4)
Aljiance Citizens May
Have Opportunity to
See General Focli
O'Neill citizens may have ait oppor
tunity to see Field Marshall loch,
commander-in-chief of the allied arm
ies during the world war. A Isit to
the Indians on the Rosebud r nd Pine
Ridge agencies is one of the planned
features of the visit of Marshal r'och
to this country. This week he is Hi
tending the national gathering if the
American legion at Kansas- City. If
time permits of the visit to the Indian
agencies the distinguished visitor will
be brought up the Northwestern in a
be brought u
special train,
'place the par
to Valentine, from v men
place tne party wtit go into tne inuian
country by automobile. O'Neill Fion-
uer.
i
At the Monday luncheon of the Al
liance chamber of commerce, at was
arranged to extend an invitatfon to
General Foch, and a committee of Dr,
Minor Morris jls commander or the.
Legion, together with John Guthrie, to
, Legion, and John Guthne was rp-Ja
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uuuibni w u c tiicir luuucuw w rv,
fi . I
uw general no ccepu , i
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c,...:. a
juo uwibuuu mnij unrt '
last Saturday by the members of ,
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Ecnailla campfire. Mrs. T. W. Cross
guardian, was successful, although the
quota of $400 was not quite realized.
ompieie returns , irora ine canvass
are not at hand, but estimates are
that some $300 was collected. I
AGAIN DISCUSS
SCHOOL BOARD'S
BUILDING PLANS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEM
BERS TACKLE OLD SUBJECT.
Another No Derision Argument, But
Several Speakers Talk For and
Against New Building.
The . action of the Alliance school
board, which recently advertised for
bids on $200,000 of a $250,000 bond
issue,, voted a year and a half ago, was
once more the subject of discussion at
the chamber of commerce luncheon
held at the club's headquarters Mon
day noon. On a former occasion, mom.
bers of the school board were present
and explained their plans, and not a
single one of those present lifted his
voice in opposition to the proposed
building program. At yesterday's ses
sion, however, the silence was broken.
In fact it was broken ouict often, and
by the time Chairman J. S. Rhein
called "time" r.nd put an end to the
argument, it was goinjr pretty fast and
jn several 'Maces at once. Of course,
it was a "no decision" bout and there
wasn't even a straw vote taken to
the sentiment, but the chief advocates
ef the .proposed building program were
the members of the school board.
On the other hand, several business
men argued against Droccedinir with
pile. pro;io.-ed building program if it
coum be avoided
od in any way. Every J l'ui eau of animal husbandry, tlepart
fflade it pljin that he Inent of agriculture. J. M. Kimpscn,
uch Fpenker
wou'd'i t
str.nd in tho wuv f ou a min -
mc if it were the Judarment of the
school authorities that the -building there, and be in charge of the depart
prr.gram couldn't be post uoned without l ment n this city.
cio ng serious damage to the schools.
The general opinion seemed to be,1
however, that the school have made
pretty fair progress without the nddf-
t:oncd buildings, end that no harm will
result from a delay at least another
year. r
J. S. Khem presided In place of
President Glen Miller, who was handi
capped by a cold, and started the ball
rolling by calling upon a number of
bond salesmen who were in the city
yesterday to attend the meeting- UTHRElkCOUNTS IN INDICTMENT
the school board in . the evening at : IS WITHDRAWN.
wnicn oiaa lor ine oonds were scncd-i.
u!ed to be opened and the Issue award-.' .
ed. Messrs. Cliffe of Omaha, Newton
of Denver, James of Denver, Bryan of
Lincoln and Nelson or Chicago, repre
senting.! nvestment firms in the various
cities were called upon. The first one
told a humorous ttory and said that
conditions in the bond market were city and county' police officers in the
improving, and the others followed his act of distilling moonshine In a dug
Ieart ! out on the old Clough ranch, thirteen
Harris Favored Building. 'miles southwest of Alliance, and held
Fred W. Harris of the school board for trial in district court by Judge
was called to the floor, and for the Tash under bond of S 20.000 waa takn
better part of the next half hour, with
a few interruptions, answered ques-
tions. Mr. Harris is in favor of pro-
ceeding with the building program
without further delay. In reply to a
question as to whether the schools
could get along without additional fa
cilities, he said that they could do so,
proyided the city was willing that its
school system retrogress. The present
ounaings are now Deing usei u capac-
ity. and a further delay in the building i
program. e believedwould put thl4
citva educational system back on a oar
with conditions of twenty years ago,
Not only are additional buildings
ia u'.i uZ i n, u..f-'
opinion, is an opportune time to build.
W. R. Harper gave his own senti-
nmf Ko tK unn. rinK f
iicmicu. uui iiiio uicnciibt in uiu itaino
v i. nMotrlf . f.vnnnir
new buildings If the schools cannot
get alopg without them, but if con
struction can be delayed until times
become more nearly normal, the mem
( Continued on Page 8.)
O'Brien-Palmer
Suits Heard in
Pnnnltr PmiKl
vuum.vvuik
1
''. The ruit of Sam O'Brien. Anlioch
attorney, against Frank Palmer, fifty minutes one way and two hours ( the bonds or proceeding with a buld
rancher, were heard in county court and fifty-five minutes for the return ing program at this time, but the
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uatuiuai ujich msu v .-.. vsiay iui trijr iuuv nJ iiiKi. priw rrceiveu la ulOUgnt vO nave
claiming $200 on contract tor aitor- 8jnce his arrest, Following the im-'won over most of the men who were
ney's fees in connection with suits of posing of the sentence, he told Sheriff opposed. It is thought that with thij
Palmer's pending in district court and Miller: "Well, I'll be your guest for a1 much of an advantage, the buildings
the other for additional services. iong, long time." He expects frjends can be erected at a reasonable price.
Palmer's defense was that his(attoiney to come to his assistance, however. No material will be purchased untU
had double-crossed him, by r.iaking The maximum penalty that Gray summer, when freight rates are ex
friends with his enemies in court and could have received would have been pec ted to be lower and prices generally
by losing valuable papers, as well as a fine of $20,000 and four years in reduced. The public is interested in
neglecting to take care of his legal jail. It is understood the district J the building program, and the work in
interests. I judge from Omaha recommended that carrying out building plans will be re
The first case was tried lo a jury, DUt one count of the complaint be viewed by a number of interested tax
which awarded O'Brien $100 on his pressed. Gray testified in court that payers, who are interested in seeing
claim-for $200. Judge Tash followed jt was his first offense; that he had that the board gets full value for every
the Drecedent bv allowing O'Brien $75 rvr hen in trouble with the Dolice dollar vmnlnl i
on ine second suiu inis was ine wi?
ond jury trial in county court in five
vears.
Six judors were selected, irue
Millar tlill Kirltnpll. Simon Sorv. A. J.
ialln. v.a Honrv and W. H. Haroer.
! Harper was later excused because, as
volunteer fireman he is exempt
IVIUUWCI H i V lit" 4. ..w . I
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frnm mrv flu TV. ana 1M case was tricu
lrom Jur uul '" 1
to the remaining nve.
. .
t of the principals w ure sun
and witness. Friends of the judge
ikiui aa atrnmov. mainLiiT or ueien-
aani ana witness, r nenua oi viic juuko
dropping into the court room thought
three people not enough for a case,
d hisonor had to explain that while
ther i
indudin.
spirits-
were only three people in court,
Including himself, there was seven in
I spirit. - ... , I
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. THE WEATHER
For Nebraska: Cloudy tonight and
Wednesilav- with snow southeast" por
tion tonight. Colder south .and cast
portion. Rising temperature west
portion Wednesday.
Memorial Service
For the Legion
Armistice Day
Special memorial services will be
held at St. Matthews' Episcopal
church at 10 a. m. Friday, November
11, by Kev. Andrew Dodge, in honor of
soldiers who fell in the world war.
The Alliance post of the-' American
Legion will attend in a bodv, and have
been requested to meet at 9:80 a. m.
at the city hall in Alliance. Soldiers
are urged to come in their uniforms.
All ex-soldiers, whether members of
the legion or not,, are asked to ac
company the Legion delegation and
meet at the city hall with them. The
public is invited to the Memorial serv
ice. While ex-soldiers are asked to
wear uniforms, they are not requested,
and they will be welcomed whether in
uniform or civilian clothe..
District Veterinary
Inspector to Have
Office in Po3tofiice
Fo. tmr.ster Robert Graham received
a letter this morning , from lidward
CiiiTovd, assistant secretary of the
treasury, authorizing him to assign
room No. 230 on the second floor of
the federal building to the use of the
iu J,' v'"o is the (. strict in-
speexor, wm nave ins headquarters
GRAY DRAWS A
81,000 FINE AND
A MONTH IN JAIL
' '
Alliance Man Arrested on Charge of
Making Hooch Anxious to
Get It Over W ith.
Tom Gray, captured last week by
to Rushville Monday at his own re-.
quest and entered a plea of guiltybe-1
fore District Judge Harry Stauffer of
U,i .vrho
ed benches with Judge W. II. West-'
over. Gray was arraigned on but one .
of four counts, the other three being
withdrawn, and was given a fine of
$1,000 and one month in the county
jail. He entered immediately upon ;
the service or the lail sentence. Jir"!ij7 rrL ?
- ,.i ,.-. I building. The United States Trust
To J " MfS9t9t GW hK u !romPanr' McNear and the Banker.'
aPI" to nay the fine, a though Hi Trust company entered into this com
P"a in" iney m W arouna
'" l" u.eior
thirty-day jail sentence expires. If not.
. a m m . . i
nn aa.! 91 aoofuS.i
be served out in the county Ja.Il at the I
rate of $3 per day. , If the fine is not.
xornicoining, yjmy win nervw
cuiiio-.
I
thiJ?K over a !" Jai,J
Gray was taken to
Rushville by
Sheriff Miller, who also took James
Glandon, youth who was held for dis
trict court on a charge of stealing a
Ford automobile the property of L. S.
Wright of near Hemingford, two or
three weeks ago. Glandon pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to from one
to ten years in the new state reform-
atorv,
William Maunier drove -Sheriff
Miller and his two prisoners to Rush-
ville. makinar the trio in two hours rnd
before; that he iouna une su'i in ine
pmirie and had made less than a gal-
ion at the time he was arrested. He
Ania,l tkst V hart ver snl,1 liminr
r. ta nn mart rwnn) and th .n-
tence i3 regarded as a fairly severe
one for a first offense.
ARMISTICE DAY EXERCISF.S.
m. juiunewi tpistupiu cnuren rn-
day November 11, at 10 a .m. A Me-
morial service will be held in St
Matthews' church. The Legion and
St. Matthews Episcopal church Fri-
Lerion Auxiliary are cordially invited
to attend in a body.
. REV. A. V. UOUGE, Dean.
Official Paper of the City of AIlian
No, 93
'SCHOOL BONDS
ARE SOLD AT
BIG PREMIUM
BRING $6,070 ABOVE PAR AT
AUCTION MONDAY NIGHT.
Increase in Demand for Tax Free St
curitle.i Makes Alliance District
Bonds Bring High Price.
The Alliance school board, at it
meeting at the high school Monday
night, awarded $200,000 of the $250,
000 bonds voted in May, 1920, to th C.
W. McNear company of Chicago, the
price at which the company bid in tb
issue being $rt,070 above par, or at
the rate of $10J.U.T,, per 100. Th
same coninanv bid fi.fiA nor on
the use of the money until such tim
as the school board lias need for it to
begin construction. '1 his is one of tht
leu sales oi' bonds that has been mad
in the state in months, the school
boards of Ilastingj ana Grand Island,
a short time ago, disposing of issues
ut pur.
inn happy result was due to a de
cision of tne b.ard Monday to auction
off the issue, using as the opening bid
the highest mail hid received. Some,
futcen or twenty bond salesmen weiV
in the city lor the awarding of tne
bond l.vHue, and it waa apparent that a
high price could be secured Th
meeting at the high school wa.i attend
ed not only by the bidders, but by a
number oi representative citiiens.
h:khty-one bidj ;n all were oITered be
fore the bonds sold. x
A telegram h"d been received dur
ing the da Monday from the Coffmanv
Smith-Emerson company of St, Louis,
Which nkd the onlv mail li.i
panied by certified check, raiino- tfc;
ij:d from $3,313 over par to $5,115.
mi, was uiKen us the first bid in tha
auction which followed. 1 ho hiililino.
was participated in bv rnrnaimtti... -
of nine investment companies, comirnr
fffn nil ni'ni. V. ....... ,
mi vici UlC WV.SU
4 he C W. McNear renrcumtotiv
raised this bid to $5,125, and the fun
u ire ino nco'n lrust company,
tne U. S. Irust company and tho Mc
Near company were the only ones whoT
remained in th game. Lach bid in
turn until the" price reached $5,405
above par, when the U. S. Trust com
pany dropped out. Then the McNear
and Lincoln Trust company fought it
ou; to a finish. By bids of five an4
ten dollars, and occasionally $75 and
$100 on the part of the McNear com
pany, the amount got to $6,000 abov
par. - Then the McNear company
brought on a parley by suggesting
that the bonds be changed to bear 5i
per cent interest instead of 6 per cent,
and on that basis offered to take the,
$200,000 at a discount of $650. The,
Lincoln company refused to bid on thla
"ncoll cmPany refused to bid o
?? " ' ?nd board decided to
10 tne 6 'ent feature. The bl
stick
bidding;
w resumed, and when the UeN'u
"presntaiive b'd '07 the Lincoln
comPany dropped out.
Bids On the Money.
The board then asked for bids on tha
TT L . money as waa Paid in tin
com-
. a a
petition, end the MeNear company bi4
Jmgnesi, per cent. Accordingf
to the Dlans. $10,000 will K. uul!
xordiac
paid a
- . ----- imv van,
pnI I and V 15'0 on th
day of June, July and August, an
$20,000 on September 1 and Octoh..
. jams xor me use ot only IiZ&.Qw
of the $200,000 were bhUpH W.I
bonds will take care of the rem ninv
$75,000 of the issue.
One of the bond salesmen told
Herald reporter that the sale of th
bonds brought a higher price than has
been paid since pre-war days. The,
Chadron school bonds, sold recently, s
were of the similar maturity and rate
and sold for 98, under par. The Alli-v
ance bonds brought more than the
Fremont issue, sold last week.
There has been some unorganised
opposition in Alliance to the sale of
Unable to Find
n w fin x- .
iian vno rassea i
Worthless Checks
George Powell, who went to Grand
Island several days ago in an effort to
locate Jack Taylor who passed several
worthless checks here a week ago last
Monday, returned last night without
finding the man.
J. A. Hunter left Sunday for Om
aha where he waa summoned to serv
on the federal grand jury. A