Nebraska Newspapers

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Official Paper of Box Butte County
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official raper of the City of AUiaae
(Eight Pages) ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1922.
No. 36
vAtme xxix
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KING HARD
OR ALLIANCE
HOPE TO PREVENT REMOVAL OF
LAND OFFICE.
Law Under Which Action Plained
Was Paused in 1840 and Does
Not Fit Present Conditions.
Following announcement from the
department of the secretary of the in
terior a week ago, to the efff :t that
beginning July 1, 1922, the Alliance
land office would be discontinued and
the records consolidated with those at
Lincoln, protests have been pouring in
to the department, most of them com
ing before Alliance was able to or
ganize the land district to secure a
change in the orde.'
The Alliance chamber of commerce,
at its Monday meeting, decided to take
very step possible to retain the land
ffice.in this city. This action was not
taken simply becau. the office is lo
cated in this city, but because it serves
a large' territory, there are hundreds
of unfinished cases on file, and much
land still to be homesteaded, and it
would work a hardship on homestead
ers in this district to be compelled to
jto to Lincoln and transact their busi
ness through that office. A telegram
was sent to Congressman Kinkaid, to
Senator Hitchcock and to others in
protest. It va3 planned to organize a
protest from various towns in the dis
trict, which includes the counties in
western, Nebraska from the east line
f Keya Paha west to the Wyoming
border and the east line of Garden
county to the west line of the state.
Hitchcock on the Job.
Senator Hitchcock was apprise! of
the proposed removal as soon as the
word reached Alliance, and a tele
gram and letter from him bring vhe
news that he is personally using his
influence with the department of the
interior to prevent the removal.
Congressman Kinkaid has - entered
into the fight to retain the land office
in Alliance, and is receiving assistance
from other congressmen. The order,
it is understood, also affects land
offices in other states, and there is a
Lie- fight in prospect.
Two telegrams have been received
from Congressman Kinkaid by Re
ceived H. H. H. Hewitt this week. The
first advised him that Mr. Kinkaid was
doing everything in his power to get
the department of the interior officials
to accept a reasonable construction of
the law under which the order of dis
continuance was issued. Mr. Kinkaid
referred to sections 2248 and 2250 of,
v. w;i cQftoo Tha fircf
V'0R
pection says that where in any land Feagins is superintendent. The Driller
district there are less than 100,000 , i,. , .
acres of unsold land remaining, the "In our rounds this w-eek the writer
secretary of the interior may order visited at the camp of the Omaha
the discontinuance of the land office in Alliance and found them busy pump
the district. The other section pro-' isr and caring for the four wells that
tt,ot Ko n.;,iAn msv onnfaimuk thev now have on the pump. One of
the land office at the state capital,
ven when here is an acreage less than ,
100,000.
The order aro-e throueh a provision '
of the appropriation bill providing .
funds for 1923, which recited that no
money should be spent in conflict with
the provisions of the law.
Law of 1840 Involved.
It is pointed out by Congressman
Kinkaid that the first section referred
to was passed in 1840, long before
there were any pre-emption laws in
existence, and before any range or ag
ricultural lands were thrown open to
homestead. At the time this law was
passed, lands were sold outright to
purchasers. The law does not fit con
ditions now, when hundreds of pros
pective homesteaders are getting in
formation regard land laws, or are
transacting business through the land
office.
A second telegram arrived from
Congressman Kinkaid yesterday,
which asked Judge Hewitt to furnish
him the total acreage in this land dis
trict of unpatented irrigated home
steads and unpatented dry land. Mr.
iiewiu checked up the records and dis-1
covered that there are still available
44,040 acres of irrigated homestead
land in the district, or land that will
some day be open to settlement, and
98,920 acres of unpatented dry land.
Experience has shown that the aver
age piece of land may be filed on sev
eral times. There are lands which
have had as many as a dozen entries
made before they went to patent.
With Senator Hitchcock, Mr. Kin
kaid, other congressmen from nearby
states and others joining in the pro
test, it is possible that the depart
ment officials may be induced to
change their interpretation of the law
and allow the land office to remain
here. The total acreage of lands sub
ject to entry is well over the 100,000
acre mark, and it is believed now that
the prospects are good for convincing
the federal officials. ?
Bunah commander No. 26. Knitrhts
Templar, held its annual election of
officers Tuesday evening. The follow
ing officers were electA.1; A. S. Mote,
eminent commander! j H. H. Hewitt,
treneralissimo; Fred J Voeel, captain
Kciu-iai; r. . irisn, recorder;
Knight, treasurer.
Haroid Gavin U nf Va. tnr week.
during spring vacation at the state
THE WEATHER
Forecast foi ka: Fair to
night and probab.. r,1ay. Warmer
Saturday and west 'oonight.
y
Basye Considering
Entering the Race
for Representative
County Attorney Lee Basye is
flirting with the idea of entering the
race for representative from the 100th
legislative district, comprising Box
Butte and Sioux counties. He has de
cided that he will not be a candidate
for re-election as county attorney, al
though a good many of his friends
have urged him to remain in the office.
As yet there have been no filings for
the office of representative and only
one candidate has been suggested, the
man put up by the farmer-labor ticket
at Hemingford some days ago.
Mr. Basye feels that he has had all
of the criminal practice that he needs
for a while, at least, having held the
office of county attorney for eight
years. If he does not enter the race
lor representative, he will probably
engage in the practice of law in this
city. The duties of the county attor
ney's office are unusually heavy, and
he has found that they take up more
time than he can afford to give to
them.
Emory Afton of Denver, Col., whole
sale automobile dealer, was the speak
er at the last ladies' night of the Alli
ance Rotary club. Dinner was served
in the Palm Room of the Alliance
hotel Wednesday at 6:30. Mr. Afton
gave a most inspiring address on the
principles of Rotary and their applica
tion to the business life of the mem
bers, pointir- out that they were grad
ually influencing business ethics in
general.
ALLIANCE-OMAHA
OIL SYNDICATE
IS PROSPERING
WILL SPUD IN ANOTHER WELL
IN NEXT FEW DAYS.
Now Pumping From Four Wells and
After a Year All Are Still
Holding Up.
The last issue of the Osage Driller,
published at Osage, Wyo., gives some
interesting details concerning the ac
tivities of the Omaha-Alliance syndi-
cate.m which a number (of local people
are interested, ana or wnicn nase
these wells has been on the pump
eignjeen monuisnnu iwu wuin uuv
one year and the other less than a
year, making better than an average
of a year each for the four and they
are all holding up in good shape, says
Chase Feagins, field superintendent,
which proves that this will no doubt be
a long lived field,
"This company are located in the
best part of the fie!d so far proven,
being on 25-46-64. There is a lot of
good productive territory surrounding
twenty-five, that is to be drilled out yet
and the wells that have so lar Deen
drilled average around 1,500 feet in
depth and are all holding up under
the pump.
"The Omaha-Alliance have a good
nower plant that will pump twelve
u-iia if necesaarv. Their camp is sup
niioH with nlentv of aras to run the
pump and furnish fuel and lights in
the camo buildings. This makes the
ontirn works and camo modern and up-
to-date and when they get the radio
phone in that iney expect w insum
the camp will be ahead of the times.
i nation to their larxe storage
tanks, steam and gas, power and light
and fuel system, Mr. Feagins has put
in a water svstem ini is as wuvni
lent as they have in any town in this
part of the state.
"ThA mmnanv will spud in a well
within the next few days and expect
to drill out their lease as ia. aa (w
Kihl this coming summer.
"Being there about noon we partook
. viiont dinner that Mrs. Fea
gins had prepared for the men and
having had an early breakfast we cer
tainly enjoyed the properly cooked
spare ribs and vegetables that she had
prepared nu n , .
lias decided that she would rather
feed two hungry lauuruig ic m
one pencil pusher,
"The following are the directors and
ntfirprs of the Omaha-Alliance Oil
Svmiicate: E. M. Brass, president,
'... .t idaml: John Bachelor, vice
Valentine: E. P. Meyers
I;, nvovwlpnt: Gould Dietz, treasurer;
C. H. VanAlstine, secretary, all of Om
aha; E. H. Boyd, general manager,
Alliance, and Chase Feagins, superin
tendent, Osage.
A. J. LeSage, who has been visiting
in rhirairo for the past few months,
returned Wednesday of this Meek. He
expects to commence woric in tne in
J surance gf J. W. Guthrie in the near
WANT HELP FOR
PLANTINGTREES
AT THE CITY PIER
PLAN TO PLANT TWO HUNDRED
TREES SATURDAY.
Gifts From Government Reserve at
Ansley Boy Scouts and Other
Tree Planters Wanted.
City Manager Kemmish has received
a shipment of two hundred trees from
the forest reserve at Ansley, Neb..
with the compliments of the United
States government, and it is planned
to plant them Saturday at the munici
pal pier at Broncho Lake, Planting
two hundred trees is by no means
child's play, and Mr. Kemmish is
frankly bidding for volunteer assist
ance in getting them into the ground.
it is understood that the Alliance Boy
Scouts will lend their assistance, but
there is room in the ranks for a good
many more workers. In fact. Mr.
Kemmish says, almost anyone who de
sires to contribute a little time and
labor will be made as welcome as the
flowers in may. Volunteers are asked
to assemble at the city hall at 1 p. m..
and transportation will be furnished
the workers.
The municipal pier is now under Mr.
Kemmish's protecting wing. The job
of custodian was wished upon him by
the various organizations and the in
dividuals who contributed the money
to build the pier. Ihe pier is not with
in the city limits, and even the broad
city manager law could hardly be con
strued as giving the city manager such
a duty, but vandals had done consider
able damage to the property and it
was believed that if Mr. Kemmish
would take charge of it, there might
be enough left of it to be utilized in
hot weather this summer. Mr. Kem
mish was elected by acclamation, and
has found time amidst' his other du
ties to keep one eye on the pier. The
securing of a gift of two hundred
trees was one of his pet ideas which
has worked out. However, he doesn't
fancy the labor of doiner the planting
himself, although he is willing to nan
die a shovel with the rest of them.
Not Much Planting Space.
TVia frcoa nr iacV ninA And snruce.
nnA uHll Vu iut shout the Tiier in a
harmonious design. There isn't so very
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nr ucn land avauame on wnicn io piani
tham hut if in th fnfiiro. mom land
is acquired, the trees, which are now
two-year-olds and stand aooui a vara
high, can oe iranspianieu. ine ianu
included in the pier and occupied by
the dressing rooms is a fairly small
area. Mr. Kemmish nas Deen consid
ering the purchase of additional land,
but the owners of the land adjacent
cuoted a price or aooui $iuu ior an
acre and a half, and there weren't suf
fiiant flings Th countv is now con
sidering establishing a road along the
east side ol the laite, ana u mis is
.inna tho lanH will h condemned and
appraised and will probably cost a con
siderably smaller amount. When the
county lays out its roaa, u is proi
it will tu some little dis
tance away from the lake, and this
will give the municipal pier aii me
land that is needed.
Tli. crnlr nf tr Will be 8UII1-
ciently large to provide both the Boy
Scout pier and the municipal pier wim
Tha work nf nlantin? will be
gin Saturday afternoon, and volunteers
are requested to show up for work at
the city hall at 1 p. m., or a me pier
at anv time, the earlier the better.
The municipal pier and bath house
were build by small contributions from
several hundred citizens, all of whom
were immensely interested in the pro
ject Mr. Kemmish expects that a
number or tne coniriDuiors wm tm
willing to assist in beautifying the
w,..n3i Um rliz that this is not
exactly swimming weather, and that
there may be some laca oi enumsmsm,
but urges those who are interested in
the pier to think of the pleasures of
a few months hence and take a chance.
Legion Making
Plans to Observe
Memorial Day
a tt thm American Le-
Alliaiivc js-wtJW
gion, at the semi-monthly dinner and
business meeting Tuesday evening at
.v. a n:n Palm Rnsm. mane
VIUJ Allll ilivwi , -
plans for the observance of Memorial
day. There is a general aisposiuon on
the part or the civu war vexerans w
leave this work, formerly in their
n V.o, tnUiani nf tht last two
wars, inasmuch as there are only half
a dozen civil war veterans left in the
county. The Legion and the Spanish-
American war veterans were in cnarge
of the last Memorial day program,
and that will be the plan followed this
year.
a mmmitfao -rms.istinc of Ed Rear-
don, Joe Concannon and Basye from
the Legion, and ti. u. Laing ana n. a.
Johnson from the Spanish-American
. ar vptpmns. sra in charee of the pro
gram for the day. It is planned to
have an afternoon meeting probably at
the Imperial, to be followed by the
nuiial ovM-rispa at th cemeterv.
Robert Simmons of Scottsblutf, former
state president or tne Legion, nas
been suggested as speaker for the oc
casion, and an invitation will be ex
tended to him to come here.
GIRL CLERK SAYS
1 COLORED YOUTH
THREATENED HER
JIMMY WASHINGTON. IN
BAD
1 WITH -AUTHORITIES.
Lela Nabb Declares She Has Reason
r to Believe That He Intends to
Seriously Injure Her.
Qn complaint of Miss Lela Nabb, a
girl clerk employed at the Lawrence
Candy store, Chief of Police C. W.
Jeffers late Thursday afternoon ar
rested Jimmy Washington, colored,
and escorted him to the county Jail.
The complaint recites that Miss Nabb
has reason -to believe, and does be
lieve, that Washington will make an
assault upon her with intent to do
great bodily injury.
Washington has lately returned to
Alliance from Denver and other point.?
west. He has relatives here. He is
not a stranger to the officers, having
in other days been arrested a number
of times for misdemeanors of one sort
or another. According to one of the
officers, Washington was in trouble
back .in 1918 for non-support of his
wife, and there are other counts
against him. He served two years in
the penitentiary for grand larceny,
Deing sentenced from Box Butte coun
ty five years ago.
Washington is said to have come
into the candy store Wednesday und
after making a purchase, attempting
to engage the girl in conversation. He
was unsuccessful in this, but later in
the evening called her from one of
the pool halls and suggested meeting
her. When she hunir up the phone
without listening to him, he came over
to the vicinity of the store and en
gaged in threatening languape. Wit
nesses told the police that they hai'
heard him say that he wou'd "eet her
Washington was brought into court
tnis anemoon, and was released on
his promise to leave the city for good
on the next tram. He is headed for
Denver. Costs of $10 were charged
pgainst him. It is understood that the
police arrested him just in time to
save him a session with some of the
railroad boys, who had an idea of in
stilling a few lessons into him by the
direct route.
School Boy's Arm
Is Broken During
Session With Prince
Kooerc ADar, thirteen-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Abar of this
city, and a freshman in the Alliance
high school has been carrying his arm
in a sling, one of the bones in the left
- t .
forearm having been fractured, during
a session with Princinal F. C. Prince
of the high school on the morning of
marcn is.
According to the boy's story, he had
been somewhat mischevious and had
oeen sent out or various class rooms
on that account. He was sent to inter
view Mr. Prince, who instead of using
the usual rubber tube to administer
corporal punishment, used a stick, the
tube having been stolen by pupils. The
boy declares the stick was an inch
in-diameter, and that when he saw it
descending, he dodged, the stick stnk
ing him on the arm. - Ihe whipping
did not proceed, although it was
not thought that the arm was serious
ly injured.
It was not until a week later, on
March 21, that it was discovered that
the arm was broken. A younger
brother struck him on the arm in play.
Ihe pain was so severe that the lads
parents took him to a physician. Dr.
Minor Morris made an x-ray of the
arm, discovered the fracture and set
the limb in a plaster cast. Dr. Morris
states that although the arm was
swollen, there was no bruise or dis
location discernible.
Parents of the youth consulted an
attorney, it is understood, with the
idea or taking legal action. No suit
for damaees has been filed as yet. but
Mitchell and Gants, attorneys, say that
this will be done as soon as the ex
Unt of the injuries it determined. The
attorneys say also that they are in
vestiratinar the liability of the school
district.1
Principal Prince maintains that the
broken arm was purely an accident,
and that there was no desire on his
part to do more than correct the boy,
It was purely an accident," he said.
"The boy dodged or his arm would
not have been injured. The school au
thorities have no desire to cripple any
of their pupils, despite reports to the
contrary.
According to several members of the
school board, Mr. Prince has been able
to brine discipline into a hiirh school
that was, until he came here, one of
the worst in the state. They declare
that parents of boys who are supposed
have been treated brutally have never
made an investigation, and that the
school officials have not received any
complaints. They are satisfied that
the injury to the Abar boy was acci
dental. That current reports are great
ly exaggerated, is the opinion.
to have been treated brutally never
ly exasrsrerated. is the opinion. Disci
pine must be maintained, they say.
Royal Irwin is home from the uni
versity during spring vacation.
Police Arc Busy
Thursday Evening
With Hooch Raid
The minions of the law nut in a
busy evening Thursday raiding the
colored rooming houses of the town.
he hrst place at which the officers
called was the nea-ro boardinir house
between Box Butte and Laramie and
Second and Third streets. Nothing of
particularly suspicious nature was
ound beyond a few dusky gentlemen
laying cards. Several bottles were
und from which a strong odor of
pints emanated but no liuuor was
found.
The next stop was the small shack
on the corner of fourth and Nio
brara, directly back of the Reuler
store. Here several more hegroes were
found, sitting around a table on which
eposed a bottle of white mule. An
iron bound trunk was found which the
W nant of the place, C. Winston, claim
ed had been left there in October by
negro who had subsequently rier
parted for the valley towns. The
officers suspicions were aroused, how
ever, and they asked in vain for a kev.
They then proceeded to break it open,
iiruunvf more noocn.
After arresting the proprietor they
rocecded to the abode of Jimmv
Shores, on the third floor of the old
Opera house block. Here they found
Jimmy somewhat hilarious and pos
sessed of three gallons of firewater.
Proceeding to a large store room on
the same floor they found some mash,
raisins, and the other ingredients us
ually associated with the fracturing of
the Volstead act. Another dusky gen
tleman, W. C. Harris, was in company
with Jimmv and he also was taken into
custody. The three arrested will have
preliminary hearing before Judge
Berry April 10, at 10 o clock, and will
lated be tried in the federal court at
'hadron.
ANSWERSTOTHE
PUZZLE CONTEST
COMING IN FAST
TEN
DAYS LEFT IN WHICH
WIN THE PRIZES.
TO
Master LUt Will Be Opened By
the
Judges Who Will Make the
Final Decision.
The flock of answer in The Her-
ald'3 hidden word contest which has
been received at the office the past
few days indicates that interest is keen
in this very interesting arrair. ine
contest is of especial merit because
there is no chance ior tavontism, no
hard soliciting demanded, no long
hours of labor- required. Really the
finding of the missing words proves a
very pleasant mental exercise. Then
wnen a gooaiy nsi is aiscovereu uie
finder of the large list has the chance
of winning a very substantial cash
prize vith no strings attached.
The picture nuzzle is very much in
usage now in contests of the sort The
Herald has inaugurated, anoraing a
verv pleasant means of extending in
terest in the newspaper without the
disastrous results which so frequently
follow a voting contest.
No one in The Herald office knows
how many articles whose names begin
w th the letter "d" the artist drew
Into the picture. The master list,
which he drew the picture from, will
be received at this office within a few
days and the seals will be broken by
the judges when the lists are exam
ined to determine the winners. Thus
there can be no favoritism and no
chance of someone feeling that injus
tice has been done.
Take another look at the picture
and see if you do not think there is a
chance there for some keen work of
the wits. We know of some people
who are taking a new look at the pic
tnr Averv dav. preparatory to win
ning the capital prize, and are finding
nw words everv time they look. The
artist who drew the picture must Lave
had a large working vocabulary be
ginning with the letter "p" or he must
have done his work with a dictionary
of hla hanH. .
Extra copies of the picture puzzle
can be furnished in any quantities at
The Herald office. Schools, clauses,
camp fires and other bodies who w in
to work at the puzzle in a group can
secure extra copies lor metr con
The contest closes April 10th. Ten
days yet remain for people to try their
wits in thia very interesting menial
diversion. Why not match yours with
others! It will afford some fun, ird
you may be awarded a very acceptable
cash prize.
Hooker County Tribune: N. A.
Drake, for a number of years in charge
of the B. & M. section at this place,
Unii "mit th flat" on Aoril 3. but by
no means will the long experience he
has gained be withdrawn from the up
keep department of the great Hill sys
tem. Nels simply quits this job to
toi. a hotter one. On above date he
u'iii h HKsicned to an extra irang with
the entire work train and crew under
his order. When that job is finished
he will go to the Alliance yards. The
man to take his place has not yet been
Here's hopin? they find as
rnod a scout for the pozish as N. A.
Drake has proved himself to be.
ELECTION FOR
SCHOOL BOARD
NEXT TUESDAY
BUT
NO CANDIDATES ARE OUT
FOR THE J()a
Interested Citizens Suerest Writin
Names of A. T. Lunn and Mrs,
S. W. Thompson on Ballot
Aside from the notices that are ta
be found in the vicinity of the four
polling places, there is no way of prov
ing that there Is to be an election in
Alliance next Tuesday, but it's a fact,
nevertheless. There is no city office to
be filled, the beneficent provbdona of
the act under which the city manager
plan was installed saving the city thm
expense of this one election. But
there are two important offices to b
filled, nevertheless, that of members
of the school board.
Under the rules made and nriMrinWt
for school elections, it is necesnary for
those who would participate in th
race to get out with a petition and se
cure a certain number of si (matures.
This is rather hard work, and some
what undignified, and as a rule it sim
ply Isn't done. Once in a great whil
there is a sort of a school board war
develops, and on ' occasions of that
kind, there is a plenitude of candidates.
uui in ordinary years, the voters haw
to draft the men and women they
want and elect them by writing their
names on the ballots.
This year, friends of the school
board, who are interested in seeing
to it that the extensive building pro
gram is carried out as planned, with
as little expense as possible, urged the
election of the retiring members, A.
T. Lunn and Mrs. J. A. Mallery. Last
ear the two members whoe terms x
pired were again drafted into service,
and it was felt that this was a wis
precedent to follow, inasmuch as they
were well acquainted with the plans
of the board. ts work and the building
program which will start in the spring.
It develops, however, that Mrs. MaN
lery is not eligible for re-election, du
to the fact that she is now in Califor
nia following a visit to Hawaii, and
is not expected back for several
months. The law requires that if &
member miss three consecutive month
ly meetings of the board, her office,
be declared vacant. If Mrs. Mallery
were elected, she would be out of office
licfore her return.
Two Candidates Suggested.
At an informal meeting attended b
mombers of the school board an'
5
other friends of the school, the situa
tion was discussed, and it was decided
to urge that the voters on next Toes- .
day write in the ballots the names of
A. T. Lunn, at present a member i
the board, and Mrs. S. W. Thompson.
Mrs. Thompson is prominent in th
work of the Alliance woman s club. S3
well as the state federation, and t
believed to be ideal material for the
board. Mr. Lunn has the benefit of
long experience, acquaintance with th
board's plans and is regarded as espe
cially valuable because of his knowl
edge of building materials and prices.
With a big building program to oe
started in the spring, it is believed
that Mr. Lunn should not be retired
from the board.
Voters are urtred to take pains to
vote, and to endorse the two suggested
candidates. It is not known whether
Viere are any aspirants for the board,
but if there are those who ambitions
along this line, they have kept it
mighty quiet. ihe suggestion waa
made that the voters concentrate on
two good candidates and take pains to
cast a vote, for the reason that last
year, under similar circumstaneea.
some Second ward Jokers started a
boom for a candidate in fun, and
had thev started it a trifle earlier in
the day, it might have been successful.
The school board has charge of on of
the most important industries of th
city, and there should be some thought
given to the selection or tne men ana
women who shall serve the district Uk
this capacity.
The election will be neia on luesoay
April 4. The polls will be opened as
9 a. m.. and will close at 7 p. nt. and
the following polling places for each
ward are announced:
First ward Basement of Central.
school building, 715 Box Butte avenue.
Second ward Council chamber ia
the city hall, 115 East Third street.
Third ward Basement of the city
library.
Fourth ward Garatre of F, W. Hur-
rU, Eighth and Laramie.
Watkins to Lincoln "
to Begin Serving
Three-Year Hitch
Sheriff J. W. Miller left last night
for Lincoln, taking with him Harold
Watkins, who will enter upon his
three-year term in the state peniten
tiary. Watkins was sentenced for the
theft of the J. F. Spetman motor car
at the last term of district court,
Watkins will be missed at the county
jail, where he had appointed himself
free legal adviser for all new prison
ers. This occupation will probably be
denied him at the state penitentiary)
but doubtless he will be given some
thing to occupy his mind. .
university, ,; I future.
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