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(Successor to C. C. Smith)
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Land Seekers Information Bureau,
Omaha, Nebr.
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Official Proceedings of
County Commissioners
Alliance, Nebr., Oct. 5, '09.
Board of County Commissioners met
pursuant to adjournment. Present,
Chairman J. M. Wanck, and J. I1. Jen
sen. The following proceedings were
had and done, to-wit:
The day was spent in auditing ac
counts and viewing road work, and the
board adjourned until tomorrow morn
ing at 9 o'clock. W. C. Mounts, clerk.
Alliance, Nebr.. Oct. 6, '09.
Hoard of County Commissioners met
pursuant to adjournment, all members
present. Chairman J. M. Wauek, J.
P. Jensen and Sang C. Reck. The
following proceedings were had and
done to-wit:
The following claims were audited
and allowed and the clerk ordered to
draw warrants on the general fund for
same:
Geo I McCoy, road $ 1500
Win Beck, road 5 00
Cbas Ferguson, road 246 00
E Burton, salary 202 00
V C Mounts, expense 5125
A S Price, road 4 00
A M Miller 8100
C T Davison, road 400
Theo Rose, road . 11 20
Theo Rose, road 4 00
Geo G Clark, road 1200
W H Zehrung, poor farm al
lowed 75 00
S D Rickett, road, assigned E
I Gregg 2800
Cbas Kennedy, road 175
Anton Uhrig, road 50
John Lenzcn, election 400
W L Butts, road, assigned E I
Gregg 72 00
John Wright, road 400
Jos Manion, election 4 00
Alliance Tel Co, phones 1865
Alliance Elec Co, lights. ... 5 5
Chas Kennedy, road, assigned
W C Mounts 3880
Chas Kennedy, road 26 00
Tales Davis, road, assigned W
C Mounts 3875
Geo Zimmerman, election.... 400
Jas Kenned', road 1000
6 00
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4 00
T L Hopkins, election, assigned
to Mollring 400
School Dist 20, rent 5 00
Gilbert Ross, road 750
Dora Jacobs, road, assigned E.
I Gregg 8 00
Rob Wesley, road, assigned E
I Gregg 20 00
Carl Fostrom, road 37 40
Otto Vogel, election..., 500
F McCoy, road 2970
Jas Hollinrake, road 30000
L M Kennedy, road 4875
John Garrett, road 14 00
E Garrett, road 1400
Jerry Colerick, road 3250
W L Butts, road 60 00
" 2000
Mrs Al Wiker, board 2325
Al Wiker, fees 4650
S C Reck, supplies 24 Go
Edward Olrog, road 88 40
L F Smith, livery 200
Thos Horvarka, road 1200
H H Pierce, road 30000
FC Clark, road 2755
J M Wanek, salary 1220
J P Jensen, salary 17 40
School Dist 20, rent 5 00
Whereupon the board adjourned un
til tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock.
W. C. Mounts, clerk.
Alliance, Nebr., Oct. 7, '09.
Board of County Commissioners met
pursuant to adjournment, same officers
present as yesterday. The following
proceedings were had and done to-wit:
It is the order of the board that the
Sisters of Mercy of St. Bernard hospi
tal of Council Bluffs, Iowa, be notified
that the contract entered into by the
St. Bernard hospital and Box Butte
county, Aug. 24, 1906, is not satisfac
tory to the county of Box Butte county
to continue after this date, and that
payment will be discontinued from this
date; and the clerk is hereby ordered
to notify the Sisters of Mercy by regis
tered mail of this order.
Whereupon the board adjourned to
November 10th, 1909.
W. C. Mounts, clerk.
Big Price for Cream
The Alliance Creamery is paying 25
cents for cream. 3 1 -1 f
NEBRASKA NEW
Supreme Court of Nebraska
Summons Three Attorneys,
MALDNE CONTEST IS PROPER,
High Court Hands Down Decision
Holding County Court Has Jurisdic
tion In Lincoln Mayoralty Case,
Bishop Bonacum Is Denied Injunc
tlon Restraining Father Murphy
From Use of parish Property.
Lincoln, Nob., Oct. 11. H. K. llur
nam, I. J. Dunn and John Hyno, throo
attorneys leproseiitlrtg tho city oJ
Omaha In thu enso or "Robinson vs. tho
city of Omalin, were cited by tho bu
promo court to appear before that
body on Nov. and purge thomsolvos
of contempt of court.
Tho contempt chargo Is based on
tho allegation that In briefs filed bo-
fore tho court, in support of tho mo
tion for a rolioar,mB, tho throo attor
neys nnido unwarranted criticism of
Judgo W. 11. Rose, who wroto tho
opinion in tho case. Tho churactor
of tho contempt Is not niado public,
tho files being taken from tho dockot.
Burnum Is city attorney of Omaha
end Dunn Is his assistant.
No Injunction for Bonacum.
Tho supremo' court overruled tho
application of Ujshop Uonncum for an
Injunction to restrain Father Murphy
from the uso of parish property at
Ulysses. There ' Is now jn tho su
premo court an appeal tiled by tho
bishop on a previous Injunction case,
In which ho was dofcatod. Tho Don-ncum-Murphy
feud Is of several years
standing.
Tho supremo court decided that tho
election contest .Instituted by Robert
Mnlono, candidate for mayor of Lin
coln, was properly started In tho
county court of Lancaster county.
Don L. Love, who wob elected mayor,
contended, through his attorney, that
tho city council nlonc lias jurisdiction
to hear thu contest.
WILLARD OUT ON PAROLE
Judge Hostetler Suspends Sentence of
Custer County Man.
Broken How, Neb., Oct. 11. A num
ber of cases on this docket this term
were settled out of court and not n
few continued until noxt term. Will
iam E. Wlllard, who has been uudi
bonds for over two years, charged
with absconding with funds belong
ing to tho county treasurer while em
ployed as a clerk In that department,
pleaded guilty to the chargo and throw
himself on tho mercy of tho court.
Judge Hostetler susponded sentonco
under tho following conditions: That
Wlllard should pay back the monoy
ho had' taken, together with the ex
penses incurred by the' county In
bringing tym to justice, and that for
tho next seven years ho must report
at each term to this division of tho
district court. During that time,
should Wlllard violate tho law In any
way, ho Is to bo, brought Into court
and sentenced on tho original charge.
Tli.ls apparently disposes of a case
that from time to time has caused
some mild wonderment.
KEARNEY HELD FOR MURDER
Man Who Struck Supervisor Walthers
of Clay County Will Be Prosecuted.
Hastings, Neb., Oct. 12. Tho coro
ner's jury in tho caso of Supervisor
Poter Walthers of Clay county, whp
died in n sanitarium here, has re
turned a verdict finding that tho man
dlod of hemorrhage of tho brain and
setting forth that "wo are unable to
determine the cause of the Injury." Ten
days ago Walthers had an altercation
with John Kearney while attempting
to placo n quarantine sign on tho bat
ter's homo. Walthers was knocked
down. Tho physicians who performed
tho autopsy were unablo to say wheth
er or not the blows he received caused
the death, Kearney was taken Jnto
custody and County Attorney Caroy
of Clay county said he would fllo an
Information against him, charging him
with murder in tho second degree.
STATE AGAIN HAS A DEBT
First Warrant Registered Since Old
Debt Was Wiped Out In June.
Ljncoln, Nob., Oct, 9. For tho first
time sinco Juno 24 the state of Ne
braska has an outstanding debt. A
debt of $1,000, In tho form of regis
tered state warrants, appeared on
Treasurer Brian's books. There not
being enough monoy in the general
fund or the fund for tho redemption
of'outBtaudlng warrants, tho treasurer
had to buy tho warrants presented to
him by using trust funds, tho some
as was done for years prior to June
24, when there were no warrants reg
istered. Carey to Talk at Com Show.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 9. Judgo J.
II. Carey, former United States sen
ator from Wyoming, and' author of the
Carey act, which has been responsjble
for tho reclamation of almost 3,000,000
acres of arid land in this state, has
added his influence to the National
Corn exposition and will speak at
tho exposition In Omaha on tho recla
mation work and tho results obtained
by actual farmors.
Chamberlain Case Postponed,
Beatrice, Nob., Opt. 9. Tho caso of
the stato against C. M. Chamberlain
of Tocumsoh, charged with receiving
funds in nn .Insolvent bank, was con
tinued until the Novembor term of the
district court.
W. C. T. U. STATE CAMPAIGN
Plans on Foot to Send Out Temper,
ance Orators.
Onirhtt, Oct. 12. A campaign of
tho stato by somu of tho prominent
workers who will attend tho national
convention of tho Women's Christian
Temperance un.'on, provided funds can
be rnlitwl to pay the expenses, Is 0110
of the plaiiB of tho state organization
this fall. Tho convention will bo liwltt
in Omaha, Oct. 21 to 27, and the stato
campaign will bogln shortly after
ward Among tho spenkors nvnllahlo are
Beveral of national and International
reputation. Mrs. Bdlth Smjth Davis
and Mrs. Martha Allen roprosontod tho
United Stnt os government nt the atul
alcohollc conference recently held In
!ondon. Mrs. Bnvla will, If possible,
bo retained to spunk in the public
schools and to the toachors of Omaha
schools. Ellen M'. Stono, tho mission
ary, who was kidnaped by Turkish
band,Us, 1b already In Nobrnska nnd
probably will remain sovornl weeks.
Iloso Hill Chapman, tho famous char
ity worker, Is another woll kuown
woman who may bo nskod to work
In tho stnto.
OMAHA JURY INDICTS MABRAY
Practically Identical With Proceed
ings at Council Bluffs.
Omaha, Oct. 9. Tho federal grand
Jury, which comoned horo two weoka
ago, raported indlctmonts ngalnst J.
C. Mabray and clghty-nlno others, al
leged to havo boon Jils conrodenitos
in tho promotion of fuko races, prjzo
lights and other sporting ovonts.
Tho Indictments aro practically
Identical with thoso rotumod Sept.
23 nt Council Bluffs, against thu samo
persons. Quito a number of tho men
naniod havo not yet been arrested and
for that reason tho list Is not mado
public at this timo.
According to San Francisco papers
throo of tho smoothest stccrcrs of
"Mikes" havo been corralled near San
Francisco by postofTlco Inspectors.
Thoy nro Russell 11. Horrlman, Franit
W. Brown nnd Edward C. Mooro. All
three nro Included In tho indictments
found by tho grand lury at Comics
Bluffs. '
TROOPS LEAVE FORT OMAHA
Cavalry Goes Overland for Regular
Stations.
Omoha, Oct. 12. Tho 5,000 regular
soldiers who havo been encamped at
Fort Omaha, taking a prominent pnrt
In last week's carnival In Omaha and
giving dally exhibition drills at tho
post parndo ground camp, broke camp
and left for tho regular stations, the
foot soldiers traveling by rail and tho
mounted going overland. Tho Six
teenth infantry goes to Fort Crook,
tho Thirteenth Infantry nnd Fifteenth
cavalry to Fort Leavenworth, tho hos
pital corps to Fort Russell, tho Second
cavalry to Fort Des Moines, tho Fourth
cavalry to Fort Meade, the Seventh
cnvalry and Sixth field' arUHory to
Fort Riley.
Except tho last two or threo days
of their stay hero tho weather haB
peen delightful, but tho homownrd
inarch was begun over muddy roads
and under lowering skies.
BAPTIST8 OPPOSE HUFF
Protest Against His Appointment as
Prison Chaplain.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 8. Tho Ne
braska Baptist association at its an
nual convention protested against tho
appointment by Governor Shallen
bcrger of Elder L. O. Huff, reputed to
be a Mormon, as stato prison chap
lain. Tho resolution Is as follows:
"Resolved, That Inasmuch as tho
governor of tho stnto of Nebraska has
appointed a Mormon elder as chap
lain of tho stato penitentiary, and as
this is resulting in tho complete de
moralization of religious work Jn that
Institution, and is offensive to tho
Inmates, wo, tho members of tho Bap
tist stato convention, do hero by rec
ord our protest and our belief that
tho religious work In state lnstltuUons
should be carried on In a generous
and Christian manner."
MIS8ING OMAHA MAN LOCATED
Armour Manager Who Disappeared li
at Fort Francis, Ont.
Omaha, Oct. 8. George W. Bowers,
nctlng general manager of tho Soutn
Omaha plant of tho Armour Packing
company, who disappeared n month
ago, was located at Fort Francis, Ont.,
by a representative of tho company.
Tho cause of his disappearance from
this city remains a mystery and offi
cials of tho company decline to dis
cuss the matter. They say, however,
that his accounts aro In perfect con
dition. Alleged Train Robbers Indicted.
Omaha, Oct. 9. Tho federal grand
Jury, which has been In Besslon hero
for two weeks, made a partial report,
returning Indictments against tho five
men held on charges of tho Union
Pacific mall robbery, May 22, 1909,
near Omaha. Thero are threo counts
la tho Indictment and' thoy are simply
to rectify certain technical errors In
tho former indictments.
Two Elevators Burn.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 8. Tno mam
line of tho Burlington railroad wost
from Lincoln waB blocked to all traf
fic frr ten hours by tho burning of
two grain elevators at tho village of
Denton, in this county. In addition
to the elevators, two business houses
and a resldonco were burned, with a
total loss of $40,000.
Snow at Omaha.
Omaha, Oct. 12. Tho first snow of
the season fell horo. It was light,
however, and melted as It fell. Frost
was general.
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Alliance,
Nebraska.
I Al Wiker
AGENT FOR
I Grand Islaid Granite
! and Mark Ivor
All kinds of Granite and Marble
a Tombstones and Monuments.
3 Lower prices and less
e freight than from firms
0 farther east
HAVE YOU PAID YOUR
PERSONAL TAX?
Taxes are due Nov. 1, Personal
taxes delinquent Dec. 1, Land tax
delinquent May 1. Interest 10 per
cent from date of delinquency. Real
estate advertised for sale the first week
in October and sold for taxes the first
Monday in November. In all com
munications relative to taxes, please
give description of property.
Fred Mollring. Co. Treasurer.
Repair Work
Sewing Machines and
Organs.
Have secured the services of a prac
tical mechanic and can guarantee all
work done by him. Don't trust your
work to travelling repair men. Tins
man will be here permanently. Re
pairs and parts furnished for all ma
chines,
l'houe 139. Geo, D. Darling,
FPEE FROM LICE.