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Official Paper of Box Butte County
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Taper of the City of Alliancft
VOLUME XXIX
(Eight Tages)
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1922.
No. 33
MANY IN FAVOR
OF LAND OFFIC
AT ALLlANCh
PETITIONS OF PROTEST
COMING IN RAPIDLY.
ARE
General Interest on the Part of the
People of Western Nebraska
Increase Prospects.
Prospects for the retention of the
land office at Alliance are growing
rather blighter, as Congressman Kln
kaid and Senator Hitchcock continue
in their efforts to save this convenience
for western Nebraska. A Washington
dispatch to the Omaha Bee Saturday
brought word that "Uncle Mose" Kin
kaid is making a last ditch fight to
save the offices at both Alliance and
Broken Bow, and that he had that day
filed a bill in the house which would
authorize the continuance of these of
fices. Congressman Kinkaid asserts
that there is still need for the offices
and is being every effort to have them
retained, . following announcement by
the department or' the interior that
under the appropriation bill for the de
partment but one office in the state
would be retained, and that at Lin
coln. Mr. Kinkaid's bill has been re
ferred to the committee on public
lands.
This much Mr. Kinkaid has done,
and on the part of Senator Hitchcock
there are activities which still further
increase the prospects for keeping the
land office here. Mr. Hitchcock has
forwarded to Secretary L. C. Thomas
of the Alliance chamber of cemmerce
a copv of his letter to Secretary of the
Interior Fall. Mr. Hitchcock says he
is inclined to think that the matter
is within Secretary Fall's discretion
at the present time and at least untd
the 30th of June. "After the appro;
priation bill goes into effect, however,
the senator writes, "I am not certain
whether he can control the situation
and it is too late to reach it now in
the conference committee."
Hitchcock Write Secretary FalL
Senator Hitchcock's letter to Secret
tary Fall says:
"I am advised that an order has
been issued under date of March 21
discontinuing the United States land
office at Alliance, Nebraska, and con
solidating the records thereof with the
Lincoln -office. - -
"If carried out this Is - going to
cause an. enormous-inconvenience to
a great many people and particularly
to attorneys representing entrymen in
western Nebraska. Lincoln is over
four hundred miles away from the lo
cation of the land in the Alliance dis
trict. While there are only some
15,000 acres of unentered land, I am
told there are at least 150,000 acres
of land not yet patented and to which
title must yet be completed. It does
not seem reasonable that an office
four hundred miles away should be
placed in charge of this matter. More
over, I notice that it is proposed to
consolidate the offices of register and
receiver at Lincoln, Nebraska, by the
pending bill and this again will work
more embarrassment if this extra
work from Alliance is thrown upon
that office.
"I am now in receipt of petitions
from prominent people in western Ne
braska and resolutions adopted by the
chamber of commerce at Alliance, all
of which indicate that people in west
ern Nebraska are greatly aroused. As
a western man, I believe you can ap
preciate the embarrassment which
this order would inflict."
Western Nebraska Aroused.
TW vtnt to which the rest of
western Nebraska is rallying to the
support of Alliance is shown in the
following letter by Secretary Thomas
to Congressman Kinkaid, written on
April 8. The letter says:
"in tViA matter of the proposed dis
continuance of the United States land
office at Alliance I am enclosing peu
ina rt nmfit asrainst such action,
center that thA office be continued and
maintained, as follows: One handed
ua by the Gering commercial club,
signed by sixty-three citizens of
Scottsbluff county: one handed us by
Vw mmmprcial club of Mitchell, Ne
braska, signed by ninety-six citizens of
Scotts Bluff county; one handed us by
the business men of Broadwater, Ne
braska, signed by thirty-one citizens
t Mnrrill ornintv: one handed us by
the commercial club of Ainsworth, Ne
braska, signed, by eighty-nine citizens
of Brown county; one handed us by
iha chamber of commerce of Craw-
fnn Nohraska. slimed by 106 citizens
of Dawes county, and one handed us
by the clerk of the district court of
Heva Paha county, signed by, eight
xitiTOna nf that COUntV .
advised that there i3 a gen
oral interest in this matter, among the
people of western Nebraska and many
of them have expressed their opinions
friv in disaDDroval of the dis
continuance of the Alliance office, and
we hope these petitions, with others
we are advised will follow, will be use
ful in securing a vacation of the order
complained of.
"These petitions are addressed to
Senators Norris, Hitchcock and your
self, and I believe the most feasible
vay to submit them is throujrh you.
Trusting this will be agreeable to you,
I am advising the senators that I have
ecnt the petitions to you.
"A REAL SENSATION."
(Omaha World-Herald)
The Burrs of the Alliance Herrld
'ced a real sensation in their
'Vyn they printed a tabloid
CS '" number of their news-
is filled with "take
offs' . jiness men of the
city, lu ,ior was injected into
every stot, and Alliance folks en
joyed it from cover to cover. It
was one of the best efforts of its
kind the World-Herald has ever
seen among Nebraska newspaper.
, THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska. Partly
iloudy tonight and Wednesday. Warm
er Wednesday east portion.
MWe have noted from your tele
grams and letters, as well as a letter
rrom benator Hitchcock, that the sit
uation of this matter, by reason of
tne peculiar legislation affecting it and
the consequent difficulty you have in
dealing with it, but we hope to find an
adequate solution of the matter and
I can assure you that your activity
and interest in our behalf in this case,
which has been given wide publicity
is receiving general commendation and
nnprovpl in the Sixth congressional
district."
Warren Lotspicch
Released Monday
on Cost Payment
Warren Lotspeich, who wa3 con
victed of illegally transporting liquor,
in county court Friday, was liberated
Monday after his father-in-law. Mr.
Jamieson of Fort Morgan, Col., had
paid the costs of the action. Lots
peich was released under a suspended
fine, and if at any time in the future
he is found to be again fracturing the
law he will be commjtted to jail to
serve his term out, without the formal
ity of a hearing. The costs in the case
amounted to $36.33.
At the trial young Lotspeich ap
pealed his case to the district court
ana Judge iasn set nis oonu at si o or
buuui. vwi w.o wire nu j
amounted to $136.33. The young man
was. however, unable to furnish bail.
and was committed to jail where he
remained until Monday morning. He
was-then released at the payment of
the costs, the reason being, according
to Judge Tash, that he was needed to
work his farm near Hemingiord. Lots
neich has a wife and two babies, the
youngest being only twenty-three days
old.
He was arrested once before about
two weeks ago on the charge of as
saulting H. E. Ford, cashier or the
Hemingford state bank, because of
some trouble over the alleged sale of
Potspeich of some property on which
the bank had a mortgage. He wa3
fined $10 and costs by Judge Berry,
as Judge Tash was ill at the time and
unable to attend to the case.
P-Word Puzzle
Contest Closed
Monday Evening
The Herald's P-Word puzzle contest
closed Monday evening at midnight,
and the results were exceedingly satis
factory. Some fifty answers were re
turned, and practically all of the con
testants qualified for the higher prizes.
Nothintr remains but to wait until
letters from mail contestants have had
ample time to arrive, when the three
judges will be called together ana the
work or deciding the winners win
begin.
The Herald has no way of knowing
lust who the winner is likely to be.
The number of words discovered by
the contestants run all the way from
a hundred to over two hundred. Ihe
artist who drew the picture has for
wanted a list, and this will not be
opened until the judges assemble,
probably, some time this week or the
first of next wee.
It takes considerable time to go
through this number of answers and
check each carefully, and announce
ment of the winners will be made in
the earliest possible issue.
Shores and Winston
Are Bound Over
To Federal Court
Jimmy Shores and Henry Winston
were bound over to the federal court
at Chadron. at a hearing held Satur
day morning before L. A. Berry,
United States court commissioner. The
bond was fixed at $500 each, which
was given.
Shores and Winston were arrested
in a raid by the local officers about
a week ago and some liquor siezed.
Shores and hootch were found at his
room on the third floor nf the old
opera house block, and Winston was
taken at a shack directly back of the
opera house block.
The hearing for the two men will
le held the second Monday in Sep
tember at Chadron in the United
court.
MORE GRIEF FOR
TOM GRAY, HERO
OF LIBERTY CAVE
FEDERAL OFFICIALS SOAK
FOR $2,316.13 TAXES.
DIM
Won't Mean Additional Time in 'iatL
But If He Gets Any Money, He
Wont Have It Long. . '
i
Tom Gray is still far from what Is
technically known as "out of the
woods," as was shown by a letter
which he recently received from the
department of internal revenue, in
forming him that he owed the United
States government $2,346.13 in taxes,
revenue on the spirits manufactured
at Liberty cave.
The tax as nearly as can be told
from the hieroglyphics of the revenue
department, is divided as follows;
which apparently is interest: and
$1,000 as tax on one gallon of liquor
line amount round at tne cave.)
To this will be added 5 per cent
interest if remittance in full is not
made in five days, and 1 per cent per
month interest until it is paid. The
I bill constitutes a lien on any property
which Gray may have now or may ac
quire in the next fifty years (the time
the lien expires). The provision about
any property at present that Gray may
own, however, is merely a pleasantry
and an evidence of departmental
humor.
According to County Attorney Lee
Basye, there is no possibility of Gray
serving time in jail for the bill, as it
is merely a tax and has nothing to do
wth the criminal side of distilling.
Gray was fined $1,000 and costs
amounting to about $100 in county
court five months ago when the
officers raided his still, about twelve
miles southwest of Alliance and found
one gallon of hooch and about 400
gallons of mash. Gray could not pay
the fine and is serving it out at the
rate of $3 per day, which will take him
just one year.
The new complication will not af
fect Gray to any great extent, as he
has no property on which a levy could
i 1 1 a ;n I a ii
be and jt win be up to the
officers to "come and get it." How
ever, should he at any time receive
an inheritance this may be taken if
the interest for several years were to
be added it would take quite a large
Inheritance to merely pay the tax. '
David G. Miller
Was Buried Here
Sunday Afternoon
David G. Miller, fifty-three years of
aire, died in Alliance at 5 a. m. Satur
day at the home of his brother. True
Miller. Mr. Miller had been ill only
a short time, the cause of death being
heart failure. Mr. Miller had been a
sufferer of asthma for some time.
Some eighteen years ago, while Mr.
Miller was employed by the Burling
ton, he was caught between two carj
and crushed. Since then he-has not
been in good health.
Mr. Miller came to Alliance in 1888,
and was employed by the Burlington
for about ten years. He was then so
seriously injured that his health was
permanently affected. He was able,
however, to do carpenter contract
work, and followed this occupation for
a number of years, r or the last seven
years he has made his home at Mars
land, farming and doing light carpen
ter work, his. health being such as to
not permit of any regular occupation.
He was born in Libertyville, la.,
June 30, 1868, and was aged 53 years,
9 months, and 18 days at the time of
his death. His wife died 10 years ago,
He leaves two children, Mabel and
Claud; one brother, True Miller of Al
liance, one sister, Mrs. C. E. Matthews
of Marsland, and his father, Dr. W. K.
Miller of Alliance. He was a mem
ber of the Odd Fellows lodge of Alli
ance.
Funeral services were held from the
Methodist church Sunday afternoon at
2:30, in charge of Rev. Mearl C. Smith,
and burial was in Greenwood cemetery.
The Odd Fellows attended the services
in a body and assisted in the burial
service at the grave.
Officers Make Raid
Saturday Evening
on Lottie Wilson
Lottie Wilson and Bob Ralls were
arrested Saturday evening in a raid by
the officers on Lottie's place, 212
Cheyenne. They are charged with il
legally manufacturing liquor. About
35 gallons of mash was seized, and
confiscated by the officers. Young
Ralls endeavored to tip over the mah
and destroy the evidence but his ei
forts, however, well meant, were un
successful. The two were then lodged in the city
bastile, and were released Monday to
seek bail. This they supplied, to the
amount of $500 each, and their hearing
was set for Saturday, April 15. at 2
o'clock. They will lie brought liefore
United States court commissioner, L.
A. Berry, i'nd if the evidence is con
M'lered sufficient they will be Ixnwd
over to the United States court at
Chadron and tried early in September.
MANY MATTERS
OF IMPORTANCE
ARE CONSIDERED
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LUNCH
EON WELL ATTENDED.
Farmers Want Hitching Pouts and
Watering Troughs Road From
Scottsbluff to Crawford.
At the regular Monday noon lunch
eon, held at the chamber of com
merce rooms, there were present thirty
one members and three visitors. In
the absence of president True Miller
on account of sickness, Vice IYesi
dent John Guthrie presided.
Secretary Lloyd C. Thomas reported
that there was nothing new in the flour
mill proposition and that Austin E.
Jay, of Bayard, who was considering
the matter, had phoned him the even
ing of April 8, stating that he would
probably come to Alliance one week
Monday, to meet with the chamber.
Judge J. H. H. Hewitt reported that
nothing definite had been done yet in
the matter of the removal of the
United States land office, but that
Congressman Kinkaid and Senator
Hitchcock were both taking an active
part in the efforts to prevent the re
moval and that the newspapers re
ported that Mr. Kinkaid had intro
duced a resolution in the house to pre
vent it. He also reported that the sec
retary had sent out a large number of
letters and that petitions had been for
warded to Mr. Kinkaid.
Chairman Rhein of the committee
on good roads reported that his com
mittee had met on Friday, April 7, for
a luncheon and that steps were being
taken to get the exact facts relative
to the building of the road from
Scottsbluff to Crawford, through west
ern Box Butte county; that the road
machinery is now working westward
from Alliance; and that this road will
probably be put through. The secre
tary reported that action i3 being got
ten on the Potash highway between
Lakeside and Ashby by commissioner
Otto Smith of Antioch, who will make
a trip through that territory soon.
Mr. Guthrie brought up the subject
of hitching posts and watering troughs
fpr the farmers who drive teams to
Alliance. This matter was discussed
by Messrs. Guthrie, Newberry, Kem-
mish. Harper. Coursey and others, ana
ras referred to the committee on civic
affairs - for action. - Every" member
who spoke on the matter was highly
in favor of quick action. It was gen
erally felt that the farmers should be
-uppl.'ed with ample places to tie their
teams, and also have convenient and
adequate facilities for watering them.
Chairman Drake of the luncheon
committee reported that his committee
was active and that the tables in use
for luncheons were getting unstable
and would be rebuilt for use at a small
ex rense.
The secretary called attention to
the excellent work being done by the
publicity committee and to the plans
being made for Clean-up ana raint
Up week.
Rain and Snow
Struck Alliance
Sunday Afternoon
A heavy rain and snow storm, start'
ing Sunday afternoon, descended on
Alliance and the vicinity, interfering
with business and forcing the schools
to close Monday morning. The storm,
according to the railroad reports, was
heaviest at Alliance and extended as
far as Seneca on the east, Sheridan on
the west. At all points except Alii
ance, however, the storm was mpie
rain than snow.
The storm did not greatly affect the
movement of trains, although it was
necessary to use two engines on some
of the passengers. A few freight
trains were pulled off and some diffi
culty was encountered in running
trains according to schedule.
The cold at no time became intense,
the snow melting almost as fast as it
fell.
School was not called Monday morn
Ing as it was believed that it would be
too difficult for pupils to reacn scnooi
Judge W. H. Westover
Has Filed For Race
For Supreme Court
An Alliance dispatch in the Omaha
World-Herald, dated Sunday, gives the
following information:
"The filing of District Judge W. H,
Westover of Rushville as a candidate
for the state supreme court from the
Sixth district will reach the secretary
of Ktata at Lincoln Mondav.
"Recently attempts were made to
induce the judge to enter the race
for congress as the democratic candi
date against Congressman Kinkaid but
the jurist refused to be swerved from
his purpose 10 enier me juwciui rm-e,
"Judge westover has nau twenty
seven years continuous service as
iudire in Nebraska. .Seven eonseeu
tive times he has been elected to the
.lUtrirt. leni'h. the lat four without
onnosition. He came to Nebraska in
1RC9." - ik
CLEAN SHIRT PSYCHOLOGY
There is always a certain psycho
logical effect in a clean .-.hiiL A
bath and a shave tone up a man's
self-respect. Dirt and the Boast go
hnnd in hand. The more beastly
the creature is, the more dirty he
is. If all men are lrn free and
equal, this equality is lost when the
bath tub is neglected. A real up
standing man is a clean man. As
with men, so with towns. A clean
town is a progressive, likeable
place. It stands four square to the
world, unashamed. The dirty town
is bound to go backward, materially
and morally.
We venture the assertion that the
best day's schooling the children of
any city will get during the year,
will be on the day on which they
take part m the Clean-Up and
Paint-Up campaign, as a practical
lesson in co-operating for commun
ity cleanliness. They will think
more of themselves and their town.
"Paint a neglected back yard or
vacant lot," said Mayor Henry W.
Kiel of St. Louis, "with the green
of grass-or shrubbery or a thrift
garden, or publicly commit it to any
other useful purpose and it will not
revert to its former disorderliness.
Otherwise it Inevitably ami speed
ily will do so."
S 1
Den Keach Will
Broadcast Reports
A 11 omrk I
i iuiii muunvv
Ben Keach of the Auto Electric Ser
vice has arranged to send out weather
and market reports from his wireless
station, DOF, daily at 7 p. m. These
reports will bo sent out on a wave
length of 225 meters, or easily within
the reach of any amateur receiving
set. Mr. Keach's transmitting ap-
paratus has a range of 160 miles, for
good transmission, his station having
been heard at Cheyenne, Wyo. These
reports will be sent out with phone ap
paratus, and will not require the ser
vices of a trained operator to receive
.1
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Mr. Keach states that any amatuer
with a receiving set. costing not more
than 30. should easily get these mes-
sages. A number or amatuers in uns 1
section of the country are . becoming
interested end the broadcasting of Mr.
Keach's station will - simplify their
iivuc,u, w ..c v.
of any power Jiearer than Denver or
uncoin. . I
In "order that the amateurs will be I
able" to adjust their instruments, tw
phonograph records will be sent out
before the reports.- Tnese writ be use
ful to tune up on, and the instrument
may be perfectly adjusted in time.
ctcr Collins ,
Lectures Here
On April 13luate of Washburn college of Topeka
Peter W. Collins of Boston, the man
urhn hna uiawnml n millinn nuoutJona I
will arrive in Alliance on April 13
to deliver, under the auspices of the
Alliance council, Knights of Columbus,
his lecture, "What's Wrong With the
World?"
As an anti-radicalism lecturer, cam-1
paigning under tne direction or tne
K. of C. supreme board of directors
for the past decade, Collins has estab
lished the world's record for answering
questions in the open forums alwavs
held at the conclusion of his lectures.
Local K. C. officials announce that
the lecture will be entirely free to the
public
Ihe program will begin at vmu, with
comedy. Mr. Collins will then lec
ture, and the regular picture "Singing
River, with William Uusell. No chil
dren under the age of 18 will be ad
mitted, as it is thought that this ar
rangement will leave room for the
older folk, and guarantee to them a
pleasant evening's entertainment.
Mr. Collins is one of a corps or ex
perts in the sociological and economic
field carrying on an educational cam
paign against organized radicalism
under the auspices of the K. or C. ne
is one of the best equipped authori -
. - . i . ' i i . ; i . :
tics on industrial relations in America,
having served for years as a trade
union offiical. In 1917, the United
States government enlisted Collins as
one of its industrial experts and in
1918 he undertook the direction of the
K. of C. reconstruction and employ
ment system which found jobs in
civilian life for more than 300,000 for
mer service men without a cent of cost
to either employer or employed
In his lecture, Mr. Collins will deal
with the potentialities for social dis
orders in the world, and especially in
America today, and define the forces
that can successfully counteract the
organized effort to disrupt the present
cocial status. His experience as a la
bor leader has equipped him with an
intimate knowledge of the labor side
of industrial disputes, anil his profes
sional contact with employers enables
him to understand thoroughly their
tioint of view.
Wherever Mr. Collins has lectured
during his years of service with the
Knights of Columbus, press and public
of all politics and creeds have agreed
that his message of common sens in
capital and labor disputes and unwav
erinir opposition to liolshevik doetrin-1
aires has contributed largely to a clear
understanding of the multiple, indus
trial and economic problems that con
front the world tot lay.
NEW TEACHERS
SIGNING UP WITH
THE CITYSCOOLS
SIXTEEN WILL NOT RETUWt
HERE NEXT YEAR.
Nearly Forty Per Cent to Bid Fare
well to Alliance Places are
Practical All Filled.
Sixteen of the teachers in the AW
ance schools will not return next rear
according to W. R. Pate, superiatsav.
dent of schools. Seven will leave fr
Central, five from the high school, on
rrom Emerson, and both of the Uaefc.
ers.at the city hall. Miss Ida Clark
penmanship supervisor, will also learaT
Aa there are forty-one teachers em
ployed, this makes the total numbt
leaving nearly 40 ner tmt nf t)
Eight teachers have alreulv
contracts to fill the vacancies, but thee
r sun eigni iert to nil. The con.
tracts to the teacher u-S
elected wero given to them March 3l
anrl I r Air . . 77
, V"CJ "tl c Rirn uniu April -
to sign or return. The teachers who
wero leaving are as follows:
Central school. Ada Watwnod. fittk
grade; Doris Abbot, Fifth grade: Mary
Da ugherty, Fourth grade: Madn
Uram;. lh,rT . Emma Jana
uBvis, second grade; vera Si
First grade: and Thelma wufiv kin
dergarten assistant.
Emerson school Violet Sandstronv
Eighth grade.
City hall Katharine Jannett ant
Anna Lind, both Fourth grade.
High school Leonard Kedil. ar!mw
Margaret Miner, commercial; Hazel
Snethen, mathematics; Nina Nation,
L01 trln,n; Rnd Gladys Gist, do-
mes tic science.
List of New Teachers.
The new teachers who have signed!
contracts for next year as as follows 1
j-a itnea L.unn, kindergarten asais
ui tiiv normal uauuns?
denartmnt of VAhr.ir wi.,ttT
Mvr- v. w.n ' JZ
York. graduate of York coheir
Zelma Lockman. Third irCu.
Norfolk, graduate of Chadron normal
F0rmriv tjmvht in nno
Bertha Brookes. Fourth grade, fror
xors-, graauaie or normal training da
partment of Nebraska Wesleyam.
Veda Msv Him. Fourth trrA rW
North Bend, Neb., graduate of Kear
ney norncaL
Lela Larkin. Sixth rrad&'ffradaai
of normal training department of Na
braska Wesleyan.
r lorence Johnson, high school mala.
matics, from Gering, graduate of th
University of Nebraska.
C. E. McCafferty, high school,
science, from Minden, where he has
taught for the past seven years. Gradr
f?..nMAAa s?lA4Il.AM
ttllWCu a ICldlVl
Takes Second at
District Contest
Frances Fletcher, local entrant in
i tne humorous division of the district
declamatory contest, won second placa
in nrr uivihioh, at onugepori r naay
evening, this being the only place tak
en by Alliance this year. ScottablufTa
entrant won first place in the orator.
ical, bidney taking first place in both
the humorous and dramatic This
duplicates the feat of Alliance, last
year, when they took first in tha
oratorical and dramatic.
The winners of first place will takej
part in the state contest later on la
the year.
1 he contest at Bridgeport was mora
or less an "early morning" affair, the.
contestants being until 2 o'clock finish.
ing. It was some time later when the.
judges had completed their detibera
tions.
According to F. C. Prince, principal
Of the local high school this was taa
first time in the history of the wee tern
1 Nebraska contests that more towns
I ...j i i . . u ...14 v
wished to enter than could be acconv
modated. In Mr. Prince s opinion this
was also the best contest, judging from
the ability or yie contestants, that waa
ever put on.
Following are the winners.
Oratorical: Floyd Wisner, Scotts
bluff; "America's Heritage," flrstj
Richard Moeller, Mullen, "Jspartacus to
the Gladiators," second.
Dramatic: Bernice Foster, Mdnty.
"The Arena Scene," first; Zelma
McKinney, Bridgeport, "Rock of
Ages," second.
Humorous: Kenneth Alanr, isidnsy.
"Levinsky at the Wedding," ftrstl
Frances Fletcher, Alliance, A case of
Fits," second.
GEORGE DORR ENTERS
SHEET METAL BUSINESS
George Dorr, formerly with th
Newberry Hardware company, has
taken over the sheet metal Bhop or tha
Rhein hardware and will conduct the
business for himself. He is equipped
I to do furnace work, roofing, gutters,
I cornice work, skylights, auto radiator
repairing, and ail woric acceptea will
be done under his direct supervision.
Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Simpson left for
Scottsbluff this noon. They will be,
gone for a thort time.