The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922, January 03, 1922, Image 1
iW.v m v.- Official Paper of Box Butte County TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY- Official Taper of the City of Alliaru VOLUME XXIX r (Eight rages) ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1922. ' ' viz tj ..vtfc." . . -. HEMINGFORD CELEBRATED NEW YEAR'S .AND THE COUNTY OFFICERS AR RANGE A SURPRISE PARTY. Vnn civ mil ao Ms!. M. e . e ft . . rsi oi nemingiora, wnere mere is a ''fried homestead, but the officers Jlaid on Garrison Tailor Shop Results in Capture of Eight Men and Plenty of Hooch. The state prohibition enforcement agent and State Sheriff Gus Hyers barber, was released under $500 bond, Hearing Not Set. .e rush of business at the court house has been so brisk that as yet no hearing has been set, although it is understood that the men will be given a chance to plead as soon as County Attorney Basye and the officers have on opportunity to examine the prison ers. Both the city and county jails were filled with prisoners, and as a re.-ult the Erskine boy, who is only about six teen years old, and Will Ervine were allowed to go home on promise th:tt they would report this morning. Both of them were on hand. Dave Christ, overlooked a big bet when they con centrated their forces on Omaha for Kew Year's. Hemingford, in Box Butte county, put on a party that, consider- signed by H. C. Drewery and Alex Oids, to appear Friday. Bert Garrison, proprietor of the tailor shop, wa3 in Denver at the time of the raid. According to stories from jng the size of the place, was entitled, Hemingford, he was sent a telegram to rank with any celebration in the .state. Complaints reached the county officers following a similar celebration Christmas, and preparations were .made for a surprise party for the town which read; "Visitors from Alliance have arrived; come at once," This wife is said to have been sent by George Wilson, fifteen-year-old son of Jim Wilson, one of the prisoners from an the north end of the county. It was . HemimrforJ. Whether this is fact is a splendid success. I not substantiated, but it is known that County Attorney Ue Basye made Garrison was in Hemingford yester the arrangements. He had search d and that he Bta but a short warrants issued for three buildings in tirne and tt left for' Scottebluff and Hemingford, a combination livery larn and garage, a building located "back of the Lockwood store, and the .Bert Garrison cleaning and pressing establishment. The city and county police officers, aided by the Burling ton's force of special agents and six deputies, made the trip to Hemingford,' to hat pig, The big force of officers split into, pprn 11111 n Tl UTA three sections and surrounded all three I, L Iftf IfJ II U I A I I- V places at once. The results in the ,ljf VfHIl I HALO case of the first two places mentioned were negligible, although it is under stood that an overcoat at the livery stable, containing a quart of moon shine, was discovered. The big excite ment came when the raid on the Gar rison establishment took place. When the officers entered, they found the tailor shop filled with a crowd of men, who were engaged in pouring liquor from a keg into bottles, and jugs, by the aid of a funnel, pre paratory, so it is understood, to a visit to a dance that was to be held east of Hemingford that evening. The raiding party arrived just in time. Eight Men Were Arrested. There were seven men in the tailor Denver. Alliance officers who visited the Spitler place, where there is a de serted house, yesterday reported that there were evidences that a still had been destroyed. Men from Heming ford are reported to have declared that thev saw Garrison , on a road leading t PASS OUT WITH THE DYING YEAR CONCRESS LIGHTENS BURDEN OF CONSUMERS A TRIFLE Puts an End to a Number of Small Annoyances in the Way of Lux ury and Stamp Taxes. PHONE COMPANY IS ALLOWED TO KEEP SURCHARGE BUT ORDER EXTENDS ONLY TO JANUARY 27. Later Hearing to Be Held After Cities Affected Have Been Given Op portunity to Prepare Cases. The state railway commission issued an order late Saturday evening author izing the Lincoln Telephone & Tele graph company to continue its present rates indefinitely or until further orders of the commission, and for the Northwestern Bell Tele phone company to continue to collect a surcharge of 10 per cent until the company shall have passed upon the application of the latter company for establishment of permanent rates. The Bell company is required to set aside into a temporary account the full amount of the surcharges be tween January 1, 1922, and the date of final determination of the case, so that full refund shall be made if conclusions are finally adverse to the applicant. The commission's opinion in the Bell case, written by Commissioner Browne, says it would be unwise to make at this time a downward revision of rates to be followed shortly by an other upward revision. So the present surcharge of 10 per cent is to be col lected until a final hearing. More than a dozen communities pro tested through chosen representatives to the commission against a continu ance of the surcharge. The protestants have appointed a committee to look after the presentation of evidence at th eflnal hearing. That committee will meet the railway commission mi the Bell company's building in Omaha January 27 to confer on a plan of pro cedure. In the meantime the commit tee of protestants will ask the com pany for certain facts and figures. The commission will aid the comm.; PENSION PLAN PUT INTO EFFECT BY BURLINGTON PRESIDENT HOLDEN MAKES THE ANNOUNCEMENT. City Manager's Corner (By N. A. KEMMISH) Employes Sixty-fire Years of Age and In Continuous Service for Twenty Years Entitled to Benefits. Circulars announcing the pension plan of the Burlington railroad have been received in Alliance. President Hale Holden, who makes the announce ment, says m his introductory to the I cared for. rules that "the company hopes that this voluntary establishment of a pen sion system, which, under certain con ditions will assure to employes an in come when unable to work, either by age or permanent incapacity, will con firm to them this company's apprecia tion of faithful services, and ita inter The wind last Friday did consider able damage to our series street light ing. Our men were only ablo to get one circuit working on Saturday night They worked fill day Sunday repair ing the other circuit so that all the street lights were , burning Sunday evening. The wind also wrecked the derrick on No. 2 well at th power plant, it was so completely damaged that we will have to build a new der rick. We were putting up a building in wnicn to store our machinery and had it partly completed when the wind picket! it up and destroyed it also. We hnve been busy tabulating our bond and warrant obligations and see ing that interest on the bonds is being We have enough on hand FINE OLD RUMOR AGAIN SHOWS UP AT BRIDGEPORT! TALK OF BURLINGTON BUILDING KEARNEY EXTENSION. with which to pay the pavinir, some where in the neighborhood of $22,000. It will be necessary, however, to col lect in some $6,000 more before July 1 with which to meet the interest ob ligations at that time. We received $86,000 of the school bond money from the sale of the bonds. est in their welfare, thereby increas- " ""'!1 . A "1B LdKvttS S rhefrebi0t!ffC ' Paid for 'the bonds Sd' and in devotion of their best efforts to t1oS ftnft .m.i. t ,sn .1 A -.- tk... ...ill I " 14JUUU iiiv.il wo Will ICWlTi; .TJTO St h J 1 1 'ter in payments as required to build that sp nt of .loyalty and co-operation thA v,ffi,V,nol t,,.ildinr THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska: Probably snow tonight and Wednesday. Colder east and central portions tonight. Retirement, while made compulsory at seventy years of age may be avoided when the employe so desires and the pension board rules that the employe may continue in the service. Persons who voluntarily leave or out are quoted as follows: Pension privileges are extended to those who have given their entire time to the service of any line now owned or opera ted by this company. Pension privacies may be extended to those in joint service with other em ployers. The amount of such allow ances shall be determined by the board of pensions, based upon the rates and length of Fcrvice provided for in these rules, consideration being given to the proportionate amount paid by this company of tho employe's earnings ALLIANCE'S FRANCHISE BLOCK- ROMIG MAKES A REPORT OF THE PHONE HEARING and to the relative service given by him to this company, and the avoid ance of duplicate of pension allowances ED COMPANY'S GAME. ine commission win '' " I where Mother employers have pension tee in deciding what will be of value; . . 1 ' in the form of exhibits which the com pany is to furnish. It is likely the final hearing can be held before the com mission early in February. To File Written Acceptance. The Bell company is required to file There's one blessing Jthat the new . i J " " " - .... - --n- f hop when the ollicers eniereu. naj- we nave to wait for them, but this one inn Frsldne. it was reported, was en-.i,QO lioitn voorlv ffti enmo timA find WJIS jraged in filling a bottle from a pitcher,' onjy awajtjrff the dawn of the new a written acceptance to the terms of but nan sioppeu w uikc a uimn. , ear to maie itself manncst. tnanges me commission umui iciame m the pitcher. Two bottles were sticking in federai taxes, voted by congress a tinuance of the surcharge. By an order out or his pocKets, ana wnen i onth ae0 came ,to full force on tne losuea uecemoer zi oy mc t-iuv the officers, he smashed one ot tnem . first dav of 1922. ' again?t the wall. The other was saved from destruction oy uuei jeners. Jim Wilson, a plasterer, had two quarts in his pockets, and these were Faved. Christ, a barber, had a couple f gallon jugs, and attempted to get away with them, but was unsuccessful in the attempt. One of the humorous aspects of the raid concerns the arrest of Lloyd Chapman, a youth wno nas Deen in chage of the tailor shop during the ab- tence of the proprietor, Bert Garrison, in Denver. Chapman was not in the building when the officers surrounded it, but arrived and insisted on being admitted. He broke through the line and entered, and was immediately ejected. He then came back and in sisted on his rights. "I'm the man who runs this place," he said, and this time he was made welcome. "You re Just the fellow we're anxious to meet, the officers told him. The eight men taken in the raid in cluded, Clayton Erskine, Fred Ln mann, Frank (Sanford) Sai hng, Jim Wilson, Jim Potts,, Will Ervine, Dave Christ and Lloyd Chapman. Four of the prisoners are youths, from sixteen to twenty-one. Hemingford Approved Bald. Reports from Hemingford indicate nubile there is delifirhted from the success of the raid, although the belief is expressed max uie riK-i.rii- hav not vet been apprehended. vrv. 4a that, th hova who Were arrested will "piU the beans," and there are some of the older heads in the neighboring town who are said to Hi. wnap. according to rum rs at Hemingford, will be that the men found the keg of liquor, but this story is received wiui gnna m in According to one Hemingford man who came to Alliance to enjoy the fun, the officers should have pulled the Tail a week sooner. "If they had come to Hemingford Christmas night, he says, there wouldn't have been No. 42 to bring the prisoners back." The decent element in Hemingford is pretty well worked Up over the extent of the hooch manu facturing and sales, and is ready to cheer the Alliance oiuwra w m i. .1... nn tViA town. There are a lot of booie yarns in Hemingford these days One of them n h nn cur. This is the way! mission relative to charges for service they affect Alliance and Box Butte and connections tne ceil company b county people: revenues will be reduced appioximate- When you ride on a railroad train lyS.000 a year, or an inland or coastwise steamer, Ihe respomWs i raised f ny is vvh i.n't. anv more otten than vou sues of importance at the recent hear- svstems. The 'foregoing does not appiy to those serving upon a commission or fee ba;us of compensation, nor to those sewicX under indiiidual contracts. Persons who voluntnrily leave of are discharged from the service, there by relinquish all benefits of the pen sion system, except as provided in rule 6. Temporary Absence Allowed. Emnloves shr.ll not le deprived of (Continued on Page 4) Other Cities in the State . Extended Same Privilege Granted by Local Franchise. . , Little Early In the Season, Welcomed Nevertheless Aa An Old Friend. Several months ahead of its scn'ed ule, the annual rumor that the Bur ling will complete Its long projected line from Kearney to Bridgeport and on west has made its appearance . Th Bridgeport News-Blade, in a recent issue, printed this prime old favorite, . with the usual comments. In fact, th Bridgeport paper makes an even better story of it than usual, for it pieeesj together a few bits of actual happen ings and draws the conclusion that the contract may actually be let. For years and years this rumor ha reappeared every spring and has mad hopeful hearts in Bridgeport beat high. The rumor this year doesn't carry with it the promise that larg shops will be constructed in the neigh boring town, but perhaps these will bt explained later. The News-Blade says: ' "Is the Kearney extension of which, much has heretofore been said to ac tualljt be built within the coming year ? "If not, what does the hiring of a force of men sufficient to man the equipment necessary for the use. of more than sixty head of good horea mean T 'The News-Blade, like the many readers of this newspaper, does not know; it could risk a perfectly good guess, but it desn't feel thus inclined;' it doe.? not know, however, that Ui ethereal blue is filled chock full cf rumors and that from out of this mass of wild guesses and wilder assertions! there is much to quicken the pulsation. of the heart of those who believe that Just a 'there must be a little Art where there i3 much smoke,' them must also be a motive behind every turn of the railroad company toward At the Tuesday noon luncheon ofi "This much is true, it seems. Acer the Alliance chamber ot commerce,; rtridecDort contractor. Fred Bent .. ... ......j ipv it ciuieiiv anti yei coiisisveiiujr. have to. no lone-er will you have to pay the government 8 per cent of the amount of your fare and 8 per cent of the cost of your seat, berth or stateroom on one of Mr. Pullman s varnished cars. When you ship freight you will not be stuck for an extra 3 per cent of the cost. Likewise, you can send pack ages by express or parcel post with out having to pay a "war tax. No lontrer will you be assessed for a stamp tax on proprietary medicines, a tube 01 tootn paste, loiiet prepara tions, or hair tonics for internal or external use, when you go to the drug stores. When nature demands an ice cream soda, a shot of "coke", or some other delectable drink or dish, you won't have to get your pennies ready. For this war tax is no more. If you want to doll up in a pair of shoes that cost more than $10, or a shirt that sets you back over $3, there will be no luxury tax. These and all of the other taxes on clothing, as well as those on umbrellas, parasols, sun shades, picture frames, trunks, va lises, pocketbooks, etc, are now hap pily a thing of the past. No Saring on the Movie. If Alliance was a city that possessed a nickelodeon or a dime movie, there would be no tax to be paid. Ten cents or under, however, is the limit, and on all admissions over that amount the same old tax will be collected, at the rate of one cent for each dime of the admission charge. Th income, tax. that annual hug- bear, is with us yet, although there are a few reductions, jusi enougn, w nsiiimcr us to keen ud with it in the hope that well get it paid by this time next year. Ail heads of fami lies with dependents will get a slight reduction, the extent being $8 for each dependent, as a result of the increase from $200 to $400 in the exemption. Married men whose net income in 1921 was $5,000 or less, will get i further reduction in taxes, as the ex emotion in this class has been in creased from $2,000 to $2,500. Single men must pay for their privileges as heretofore, however, for the same old limit of $1,000 applies. And if you are in the lumtum, or ing that tne commission nesires io go thoroughly into mope maiiers. n bays it cannot be said how long the main case will take, as much depends upon the promptness of both the com pany and of respondents. The com mission says it will not allow undue delay for the cause to reach an early determination. The commission re views both the company's case and the case made by respondents and also the question of extravagance of opera tion and lack of nrooer effort to econ omize in keeping within the conditions of the times, a question which the respondents desired to probe, but which they neither had the time nor viiion tn trn into. This weakness, the commission says, is to be remedied under the Dresent arrangement. The commission states mat n am present an exhibit which showed, in brief, that at exchanges north of the Platte, as compared with exchanges south of the Platte, which to it appeared reason ably comparable, there was a very de cided dinerence in expenses oi vr tion. Wage levels at exchanges of this applicant were very considerably higher than those of the large com- pany operating soum oi tne ruxvw, that the ma-rtenance expenses of the Bell company in September and Octo ber of this year were 81.3 cents per station per month while those of its large contemporary within the state were 52.3 cents. "! At w identifying marks, iiumuc iu hat " w. ""-"vc: hich manes a trip nuiui v" plutocrat cias3, ano nave to pay me W several times a weeK, always leaving at midnight . ., . . The officers got an echo of the fun they were to have on their way into Hemingford. when three cars, goinj tt a stiff rate of Bpeed, and carrying ".i t least sounded as . t u ik.,i hooched up, met IC"1B" dlstanca from the town. A raid was also made at Sand Can- surtax rates, you will be assessed in 1922 at the old war rates, but in 1923 you will get the benefit of new and reduced rates, which will lighten the tax burden all along the line with the maximum at 50 per cent on $200,000 instead of 65 per cent on $1,000,000 or more. Thi9 will affect very few Alliance people, however, unless some ox these oil welu begin gushing. Homig, who represented the organiza tion at the hearing on the application of the Northwestern Bell Telephone company for increased rates, which was held before tho state railway con- mission on Wednesday and lhursuny of last week. There was a large at tendance of interested members of Ihe chamber of commerce, and the discus sion showed the unfriendliness toward I the company. Sheriff J. W. Miller Rpfnrns from St. Paul t- . - I A number of suggestions were made Wlin TWO PriSOnerS by club members as to what should be done to fltrht the application for r . - ... rTTTT i t higher rates, or the continuance of Sheriff J. W. Miller returned from surcharge. J. W. Guthrie St Paul, Minn., early Sunday morn- BU steU that the city council take ing, bringing with him Harold Wat- to disftolve the pany' fran- kins and Pete Sch eve, arrested there ch (,ue the fact that it had 1ot lor the inert ox .tne j. r. cpat.im.. ,.. its a?reement by furnish automobile in this city some weeks aeo. The two men did not fight ex tradition. The two men were arraign ed before County Judge Tash this morninc. deaded sruilty. and were held to trial in district court under $1,000 bonds. It is understood that they are ing certain figures and a notice of its auDlication ' to - apply for increased rates. True Miller suggested that a county organization be formed to take over the telephone system, and if the company does not want to sell, it may move out and a new system can De in- . . . ... . . I uiuvc V willinsr and ready to plead guilty just ..,.i u ...., nwiomhiA as soon as County Attorney Basye gets di8CU88jon aong tne above lines, the through with the large number of New member, decided that the whole mat- iwi.wnui.rn. w.. ter be placed in tne nana oi ity cluttering up the. Jail and the court M Kemmish and Attorney docket the men will be taken to Rush ville and sentenced, and allowed to begin serving without further delay. Alliance Woman's Brother Honored Homig, Mr. Romie reported the action taken at the meeting by the state railway commission. The application request ed the discontinuance of the 10 per cent surcharge and an Increase in rates amounting to 20 per cent, he gathering together a bunch of teams, and men to work those teams for som sort of construction work. He has, ia fact, started upon some grading neap the DeGraw bnet dump and although, he refuses absolutely to dispensi any . .. . .1 M.. HHMn.M W a. lm iniormation. me i.itt iciiiujuj n getting ready to 'hit tho ball' for on emplovor of this sort of labor or an other.' Kumor has it that he will sooa be eniraeed upon a new grade to tn east of Bridgeport. This Mr. Bentley refuses to confirm, but neitner ooes n positively deny the truth of the rumor. Supplementing tne BDove as me ivun- lat on for tne Derei mat somewung; . . I 1 A. A 1 la Ik. important is udoui to tae i w fact that just now with the wage asked by unskilled labor lower than ia' years and other construction cost t . i.l V..& ,L. vastly reduced, it wouiu hm w part of wisdom for the railroad com pany to now "carry on" with "Jim Hill's original plan for a snort e to the coast if ever the company Intends so to do, and many there are won think they do. "Bridgeport is certain of a lavora step of real import Today may martl the beginning of that inarch." Funeral Services for Mrs. William Morris to be Held Thursday Officers Capture Still and Moonshine Near the Sioux County Line Sheriff Georee W. Hill of Sioux county, Deputy Sheriff T.- W. Mis- kimen of Alliance and a special uep utv raided the Emmett Johnson farm, twenty-four miles south and west of Hemingford, just over tne line in Sioux county. Monday. The farm i3 tenanted bv Jack C. Woods. The officers found thirty gallons of mash in the house and a fifteen-gallon still, of the washboiler type, with fortv feet of coiL buried in tne yara. There was a pint of the finished nroduct in the house. Woods was ar rested, brought to Alliance last nigni, spending the night in the county jail, and was this morning taken to Harri son by Sheriff Hill for arraignment There are four ways to get money: Inherit it, find it earn it or frisk a mail car. Not merely are non-skid tires de sirable for automobiles, but non-kid brains are necessary for the drivers. 4- Cni:o TTowooal81"1' Thia wu'd amount to an in ai oUlindt 1A.411S4EH ..-ogA over oresent revenue, with the , I surcharge of $138X00 a year. The Icomoanv admitted a profit of 4V4 per w a t ..... ,v,. iMia tvaonlcent on its investment but claimed chosen cUy'nayr", 7olTf that L. the most bitter factional fights in tne "V""" " citv'a nolitical history. Mr. Layton mission did not make a final decision, ! i1"5 ,r!wy; ;y,M" kut held that the surcharge must be tj. He "iYa pSntnt Uwyer in S paid to the company, but st side by t ri at nf ll anxious to them and in theevent the rates are accept the appointment, but the pleas lowered at the January 27 hearing, of his friendVwon him over. . must be returned to telephone sub- The Salina Daily Union of Decern- scribers. ber 30, which gives the details of the The railway commission will not syuuiuwiicuv, vvmvmw ,1 " iji J commenU from various citizens and towns affected, Mr. Komig declared, city officials, all of which are most I unless they are able to show figures. .Mini mmtiirv tn Mr. I .r vTiin. mavori li reo resell ua uvea n w i-o F. S. Dyar speaks in the following show figures, they must begin at once terms of the city's new manager: to get them. The Alliance franchise, "Mr. Layton has business Judgment whicn requires tne company wmmM' .u kiv,ct v.;. nnnnr islrortain fimires. Mr. Komig declared, above question and the commissioners was thei one thing that prevented the loolc to him to unite an lactions vi i company gc.wii n-o . c. i.v,;j v.o oHministrstion'M Mr. Pratt, vice president or the com- o-Miiu. -; 'i. ... '.i.L.iii ...:n . .V- The Union has the following to say pany, nas aeoreu um of the appontee: "Mr. Layton is a company $3,000 to furnish the figures inhUltrt Alliance. Attorney Morsman for business and has a rare faculty pi me company uw f Ti: getting along with people. Mr. Lay- making a dollar in Alliance. At the ton never applied for the position of hearing the company s representatives a.:v M r. if u-o a AtfAroi rr nim kt icm in unnncr iiucouvno wi.wii shortly after the resignation of the ing the revenue and investment in retiring city manager, but he declined certain towns, but laid a mass of fig- before the commission that re- commissioners troubles will end when quired an expert accountant to expain. Mr. Layton takes charge next Monday. I he commission nas ruieu, iu.uvuumi n- 1 Kt A-.n.,.Vi tho, tilrtim tn tha Alliance franchise pro vi and his business experience, coupled Uions, that :the telephone company must with his pleasant manner, will do away furnish all towns affected by the appu- with friction and once more &auna can i cation im 6 tan on its road to progress." lent their case. . Mr. William Morris, aired seventy-. , three years, and a resident of AlUanM for nearly a quarter oi a century, u at th home. 714 Cheyenne. . at & o'clock Monday morning, the causa ot death being heart failure, ueau came suddenly. Mrs. Morris h4 been in good health up until a xeit hours before her death. On Christ mas day she was ill for a short tlm but it was believed that she was to no danger. , .,,. Mrs. Morris had a wide list of ac. quaintancee and friends, and her v temperament and sunny aiBpoeiuo endeared her to those who knew her She has been gradually failing health since last March, when th death of a relative came as a heary blow to her. ... . . . Funeral services will be held J. nun day morning at 9 o'clock from th Catholic church. . , , mt Mrs. Morris leaves a nusDana, wu liam Morris; four daughters, Ruth, at home; Mrs. John Wiker and Mrs. A. J. Nelson of Alliance, and Mrs. A. E. Swanson of Lniluth, Minn.: ana three sons, Tom of Alliance, John f Chadron and D. H. Morri3 of Lead, S, D. All of the children will be present for the funeral services. Mrs. Swan son and daughter, Elizabeth, will ar rive tomorrow morning, and Mr. an.4 Mrs. D. H. Morris are expected today. Mrs. Cora Lewis, local registrar reports that in the year 1921 there, were 209 births registered, .185 of which were children of Box Butt county parents. There were 95 death in the county during the year, and 7 were Box Butte county residents, v 4 4