THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1921.
NORTH STAR
ROAD NEARS
COMPLETION
GRADE TO NORTH OF BRIDGE.
roRT HAS BEEN LESSENED.
Preliminary Work Planned is About
Finished and Highway is In
Good Condition. ,
'The "North Star" highway, is ntnr
Ing completion in Morrill county, due
to the good work don by residents
in Bonner precinct, and Is now grad
h to a point five or Fix mile from
the Box Butte county ?ine, vhere it
will be met by a graded highwpy
from Alliance, eaya the Dridgcuort
NewB-Blade.
The biff hil! on the road between
Bridgeport and Aurora has been
graded down until it is now no longer
a tenor to automobilists, in fnct, cars
can probably go over it on high" as
oon as the soil has had time to har
den by wttling. The road from An
irora to Bonner has been graded, and
with the future surfacirfg of a few
nandy places will make a first class
highway. This grading was do no by
using the rond funds in Bonner pre
cinct and by donation work from the
interested citizens in that locality, idl
f which speaks loudly of the enter
prise of Bonner precinct residents.
The road follows along the east tide
of the railroad track from Angora to
within n half mile of Bonner, then
crosses the track. ;
The route has not yet been definitely
decided Xipon between Bonner and thef
Box Butte county line. ; Jf Ihp. road is
.to run strairht north; from Bonner, it
will require five miles morejof grading
to take us to the line, while if it. fol
lows the railroad track on .the vost
tide, it will make about-aix- mi'es of
road to build. Unfortunately, this is
the most expensive d retch- of road
budding on the route, but it is under
Ftood that Alliance is willinaf to vender
fnme nfifistanre in ,ordfr to lurry the
work along. The county commission
ers expect to go over the prospective,
route again next week and decide
upon the be t one to be u ed in mat
ing the final location of tha highway,
to it will not be long before the rond
from here to Alliance will become a
mutter of fact instead of a. cau.-e for
. protracted discussion.
ANSWERS WAILS .
FROM HEMINGFORD
(Continued from ra.TO 1.) .S
fused to do this the taxpayer. was no
tified,' and allowed to present argu
ment. Mr. rilkington announces that with
in a week or two, he will come to Hcm-
jng and will leave the Hemini'ford tax
books r.t the bank for examination by
taxpayers. He's satisfied with them
himself. Every puge balances to a
penny. The "rosy" people in Hemintr
ford will be given ample opportunity
to see that any errors in real estate
assessments are due to the precinct as
Feasor back in 1919.- The only addi
tions made were where houses have
been built or Where improvements
were overlooked, and only then on fig
tires given by the precinct assessor.
Hemingford has no real cause to
complain, anyway. Lots in that city
are assessed much lower than in Am
ance. Two vacant lots in Alliance
pay. more taxes, with two. exceptions,
than any improved two lots in Hem-
ingford. A residence lot in the best
street in Hemingford is valued at
$160; in Alliance it would be valued at
ten times that amount.
--, The Ledger's Charges.
The following are the charges of the
Hemingford newspaper:
"Then have come cries of dissatis
faction from many parts of the county
concerning the efforts of Assessor
rilkington. These apply not only to
personal taxes, but also to the method
of assessing real estate.
"During the early fall months, Mr.
Pilkington made the rounds of the
farms and towns in the county, making
assessments on the real estate. There
has been a decided opposition to this,
as it has not been decided who shall
be empowered to make the assessment
next spring when the time comes. This
action, however, has led to much ques
tioning concerning the assessments
made.
"While here, looking over the prop
erty, he mode a number of enemies
by ids methods of listing the property.
On two occasion, he persisted in list
ing property wrong, in spite of the
fact that the town plot was shown
hinv He passed it off by saying they
were merely trying to put one over
on him and get out of paying taxes.
The lot where the Marvel residence
and the Green residence are is laid out
from .east to west. The lot. was cut
in half and each owns a portion of the
strip, extending back only a quarter
of the block. The lot behind that is
owned by Mrs. GogerC- Mr. Pilking
ton refused to consider this, even
though the records show the owner
ship, and assessed the Ggert property
with the Marvel and Greene properties.
"In considering the two properties
of Jenkins and Kohrbaugh, he placed
the assessment much higher on the
Rohrbaugh property. Mr. Rohrbaugh
tried to reason with him on the ground
that the Jenkins property is a new
house, completely modern in every re-
rpect, carrying almost three square
feet of glais for one in the Kohrbaugh
place,' and . besides tha Kohrbaugh
Ansa a a VABntr.aourail ctmitliii
while Jenkins' house is built of (the
' best material obtainable. No go. The
values were placed -at a difference of
something like (3,000 in value in favor
of the Kohrbaugh place.
"Another real estate assessment
was brought to light, showing a tax
of $150 on a piece of land eleven miles
from Alliance, with practically no im
provements, while 5 another farm.
owned by tha same man. two miles
-frnm lTminirford. with DOfi&ibly 'forty
far mlmprovements, and 400 acres
under cultivation, was placed at $50.
"Two pieces of property here In
Hemingford, traded for each other
with a cash difference of $5,000 in
favor of the one place, were both
taxed the same amount.
"The personal tax lists seem to be
badly mixed up. While making an in
quiry of our local assessor concerning
a certain tax which was levied on a
local man having no property, we were
told of a case of one bunch of per
sonal tax that was boosted $2,000. Mr.
Johnron took the assessment and the
list was less than the $200 exemption
for household goods. The assessment
was sent in only by request. After
the list was sent in, the county as
of the books. A number of local peo
ple have made the assertion that they
will do a little investigating on their
own assessments before they pay the
personal taxes, and be sura there is
no mistake in figures."
AGAIN DISCUSS SCHOOL
, BOARD BUILDING PLANS
(Continued from Page 1.)
bers of his club favors the delay. Mr.
Harper made it exceedingly ;din that
he did not wish to be placed in the
light of opposing the bejt interests of
the schools, or saving an incretse in
taxes at the expense or the yonnger
However, Mr. Harper de-
(ranaro f t rvvi
sessor returned the list with an addi-1 c)ared the .. timeg.. are Rnd
tion of $2,000 placed to the list, anditnia shou.d u. an ra ot retrenchment
asked how tha would look.
'.'One of our local men was in Alli
ance Wednesday considering his tax
reports and when his personal tax list
was handed him, he refused it, saying
there seemed to be1 some mistake. Mr.
. Irish went over the list, and said there
I certainly was a mistake. They then
compared a number of other reports
and before long Mr. Irish, according
to our informant, closed the book and
sent it back to the assessor's office
with the instruction that it would
have to be corrected and ftut in proper
condition before he would collect any
more taxes on it. as he feared he would
have .to return the taxes he had al
ready collected.
"Not only are the local peoj.re con
siderably 'rosy,' but we have Wen in
formed thai the Alliance people are
Fomewhat dissatisfied with the taxes
there and several have made com
plaints. i "Of course we know that there are
always a number of people ready te
make a 'holler' on the taxes ami
' whether there is a reason or not car
only .be ascertained by an examinatior
in public expenditures. In the past
few years, under the stimulus of nigh
prices and plenty of money, a number
of obligations have ben contracted,
and the thing to do in public business,
as in private, Is to get caught up and
squared away with the world.' Then,
and then only, It is time to bejin talk
ing of further improvements.
Says Taxpayers Oppose.
Harry. P. Coursey took Issue' with
pome of the remarks made in favor of
the building program-. He quoted
Superintendent W. R. Pate, at the
pervious meeting, as saying that this
year's enrollment showed but ten
more pupils than last year's maximum,
and with two additional school rooms
in the city hall Tfl use, this year, Mr.
Coursey couldn't Fee why conditions
are any worse now than they were Inst
year. Seventy per cent f the tax
payefs of the city, he said, are oppos
ed to proceeding with the confrtmction
of new schools.
At this juncture, Mr. Harris was
called away, and to A. T. Lunn was
given the place of honor in defending
the school board and its program. Mr.l Would it be all right to call the
m a a t i ii ' ft - m a t n t i M
Lunn said, among other things, that it
had been charred that the only per
sons favoring the new shcool buildings
were the business firms that would
profit directly or indirectly thereby.
He mentioned in refutation of this
charge that the Alliance banks had re
fused to handle the money received
from the sale of the bonds, and this
statement was corroborated by the
bond salesmen present.
From this point on, the meeting
showed signs of getting into personali
ties, and Chairman, Khein called
"time". The meeting formally ad
journed, but for a half-hour longer the
room was filled with little groups of
men discussing various points in the
argument Some members of the'
chamber of commerce were inclined to !
think that the discussion had been al-'
lowed to proceed "too ' far," while j
others were equally sure that a little
more discussion mignt have been or
benefit As to the truth of this point,
it will probably never be known.
Route No. 1 Witt -Have
Delivery Service
After November 16
Effective November 16, 1921, the
rural route No. 1 out of Alliance will
be increased to daily service instead
of three times a week. This route
was organized October 16, 1920 and
has since been running three times a
week, but on recommendation of
Postmaster Graham, the route will be
increased to daily service except Sun
day. The salary of the carrier, Wm.
R. Shanklin will be increased at the
same time from $1,170 per year to
$1,930. j
knights of the llaa "madlnights."
Eat Chicken dinner Tuesday
Nov. 15, at the Episcopal Bazaar,
una reason wnjr ti vo uiun t fine iur. , . ' , ei j
fine clothes was because she had no Dancing at 9 O Clock.. (OOd
feminine friends to show off before. ". music 99
Workmanship &
Service
TO THE VERY UTMOST
Any Zane Grey book for $1.00, at
Thiele's. 99
We are mighty thankful that there's J
such a force as competition. And we're
sportsmen enough to enjoy : life the most
where competition is the keenest.
Foryou see it's only in actual comparison that you find !fc
the extraordinary advantages of our service. We always in-
vite comparison of our work point for point then we re
most always sure of winning. It's not making comparisons
that we are afraid of we don't even get the chance then to
show the stuir our service is made of.
Men's Suits Cleaned and Pressed $1.50 l
Men's Suite, pressed only .30
Other Prices in Proportion. 5
Model Cleaners & Tailors I
V.VV.V.'
ONK MINUTE
STOKE TALK !
One,or our Hemingford
lady customers remarked;
"You and your More are
very progressive. When I
think of your lillle store
around the corner wilh one
clerk and now to see your
wonderful big store, how
can any person with any
reason whatsoever say you
are not progressive."
SEFJNG IS r.KLIEV
ING. WE THANK YOU
EH&ED1
HARPER'S.
Thursday Will Outdistance All Value Giving Records
jipreme
Sale
of
res
Remember the Values to $44.50!
The greatest special purchase sale of high
type dresses we ever made in full sway,
Thursday -
$25.00
Every woman who has waited for fine
dresses to be sold at the most ridiculously
low price of the year will be hexe Thursday.
Two and three dresses will be bought at a time by women who realize what these
dresses are worth and every woman knows values. . "
- Our buyer, armed with cash, was invited to help himself to the cream of the new
est styles shown by leading dress manufacturers at his own pricethe enormous sav
ings are yours Thursday.
New Mandarin sleeve dresses.
New cape back and coat effects.
New blouse and straight line dresses.
-New trimmings of braids, beads, ribbon and beau
tiful embroidery.
New Canton crepe dresses. - ' ' " .
New crepe-de-chine dresses. ". "'
New satin and tricotine dresses.
New poiret twill dresses and combinations of ma
Colors, navy, black and all wanted autumn shades
An Underpricing Sale of Coats
, That Offers Wonderful Values
Clever Top
Coats i
New Sport
Coats
Warm Motor
Coats
Dressy Street
. Coats
$24.50 and $34.50
Fur Trimmed
Coats ,
Self Trimmed
Coats
Dressy Utility
Coats i
Warm Winter
Coats
The styles, he materials, the colors offer an endless range for pleasing choice choose from such wanted
materials as Bolivia, Astralure, Yulama, Duvet de Laince, Normandy, Velora, all wanted fall shades.
A Vast Exhibit
of
TRAVELING
. GOODS
of ALL KINDS
BIGSTORE
- - . - rkd.u.
Unequaled Val
. ues in ...
TRUNKS.
BAGS, SUIT
CASES
. acres less in the' piece, with mode r a
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