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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1912)
WILLIAM MITCHELL, ATTOBNIY AT LS.W. ALLIANCE. NEBRASKA BURTON A WESTOVER Attorneys at Law LAND ATTORNEYS Office First National Bank Bldg. Phone t8o. ALLIANCE. NEB. H. M. BULLOCK. Attorney at Law, ALLIANCE, IV KB. F. M. BROOME LAND ATTOHWE1 Look experience as Heceirer IT.S. Landnfllte a a guarantee for prompt and efficient aarTlc. Office in Opera House Block ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA BRUCE W ILCOX Lawyer and Land Attorne Practitioner In civil courta since 1883 ant Ueirlster U. 9. Land Office from 1903 to 1901 Information by mall a specialty. nrrics in i.ANnorrici buildivq ALLIANCE NEBRASKA. RTrTTiilTELi Surgeon C. B. & Q. Ry. Office Over Moisten' Drug Stoi Day Phone 87 Night Phone 86 OR1E OOPPERNOLL Kes. Phone 30 r. i. PKTEHSK1 Rea. Phone tt Drs. Coppernoll & Petersen OSTEOPATHS Roodib 7, 8 and 9, Rumer Block Phone 43 GEO. J. HAND, PHYSICIAN AND SlROEO! Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat TSrlsTrTiTH PHYSICIAN AND SI RGEON (Successor to Dr. J. E. Moore) OFFICE IN FLETCHER BLOC) Office hours 11-12 a.m. 2-4 p.m. 7:W-9 p, m Office Phone 62 Res. Phone, 85 H. A. COPSEY Physician and Surgeon Office Phone 300 Res. Phone 342 Call answered promptly day and nltfbt fro. offi'.oe. Offices: Alliance National Bam Bo! ding over the Post Office. J. P. HAZARD Surveyor and Engineer, ALLIANCE. NEBRASKA Parties out of town should write, as 1 an out mach of the time. Charges will not ex ceed $5.00 and expenses per day. NEBRASKA NEWS Annual Convention Will Be Held in Capital City. B066S' WATER CASE COMES UP Dr. Oliver McEuen Physician and Surgeon HEMINGFORD, NCBR. SPECIALTIES: Diseases of Women ana Children and Genito Urinary Organs All calls answered promptly fay or sJffet HARRY P. COURSE! Live Stock and General Auctioneer Farm Sales a Specialty TERMS REASONABLE Phone 64 ALLIANCE. NEBR DR. . JE. TYLER DENTI ST. OPERA HOU8E BLOCK, PHONE 167 Alliance, Nebraska aha SnaMy. Pras. May SaeMy. Sac. Ttaai. Nelson Fletcher Fire Insurance Agency INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS REAL ESTATE AND LOANS Alliance, Nebraska G-eo. Gh Q-a-d.s'fo Licensed Embalmer n, i Day 498 Phone NT- v 7J. These Old Daguerreotypes of Grandfather and Grandmother and Aunt Mary and then the quaint pic tures of Father and Mother taken just after the war money could not buy them from you. Are you forgetful of the fact that the future generations would cherish just such picture of you? Alliance Art Studio Attorney General Rules No Authority to Authorize Issuance of Bonds to Callaway Milling Company Gideons Hold Meeting In Lincoln. Lincoln. July 8. The annual con vent ion of the sheriffs of Nebraska will bo held in Lincoln tomorrow, the Qrsl MMKloa beginning nt 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Mayor Armstrong will Jclie.- the address of welcome and Deputy County Attorney Hager will speak later in the afternotm. Several of the rajrftUlf di riffs arc on the pro gram for spe?ches. After the regular business mooting, i banquet will be given by the Commercial club, with C C. Qulggle as the tjast master. J J Doric. H. V. Hongland. E. C Strode ;f I.incoi m and Mathew Qerlng of Plattsmouth will sp ak at the ban quet. Following the business session an automobile trip will be given the visitors to the state institutions and also to the Burlington shops at Have lock Water Application Up. The state board of irrigation de cided to have a hearing in the Boggs application for water from the Ioup river for power purposes some tlmo within the nxt thirty days. The ap plicant, C. T. Hoggs of Lincoln, pro poses to take water from the Iiup west of Columbus at a point where the A. C. Koer.lg project .proposes to re turn water to the same river. Mr. Boggs proposes to return ihe w.iter to the Platte river near Schuyler, and will therefore in no way interfere with the Koenlg rights Mr. Boggs Is associated with other Lincoln parties and G. G. Moore of Detroit Is to furnish the money to start the matter going, taking bonds In payment. The name of the com pany will be the Schuyler Pevelop ment company. They will require 2. OiM) cubic feet of water per second. The diversion dam is to be seven feet high and the fall obtained will be sixty-six feft. The plant will be on th.- north bank of the Platte river, near Schuyler, and have a capacity of 12, 000 horsepower No Callaway Bonds. Attorney General Grant Martin haa given out an opinion that the railway commission has no authority to au thorize the issuance of bonds to the' Callaway Milling fnd Kiectrlc com pany of callawliy. The company", which is a consolidation of the milling and electric companies, had no right to consolidate, or, at least. Mr. Martin questions their right so to do and holds as the electric light business of the company is to be a small part of the entire business it cannot be called a public service corporation, and, therefore, the railway c Miiaiission had no right to authorize an issue of bonds The state treasury was boosted last week : .i-iderably, the largest amount from any on'' county coming from Ijancastf-r. which sent In 196,000. The total amount on hand at the close of the week was $138,000. This is con siderable less than last year, when at this date there tras $252,000 in" the state fund. Applications for Pardons. Application for pardon or commnta lion of sentence has been filed with the state prison board by the follow ing persons, who will be given a hear ing before said board at its meeting, beginning today: John P. Ernsdorff, Adams. Jan. 22. 1912. one to seven years, larceny; Charles Allen Whiting, Cass, April 2, 1912, one to seven years, bigamy; Andrew Tucker. Douglas, Jan. 17, 1904. fourteen years, murder; John Ldeb, Thurston, April 12, 1911, two years. criminal assault: Arthur Frenchy, Richardson. Feb. 30, 1911, one to ten years, burglary; J W. Con nell. Douglas. Feb. 25. 1911. eight years, robbery: John K. Thomas, Douglas. Nov. 2, 1905; life, murder; Howard Bailey, Dodge. Sept. 27, 1904. twenty years, statutory assault; Cal vin Wain. Douglas, June 25. loofi. life, murder. Gideons Hold Meeting. The Nebraska Gideons, an organi zation of traveling men, held their an nua! meeting In this city. The retir ing president in his report stated that th organization had placed nearly 2 -000 bibles In the ho!.'- of t'u stai during the year. Th.' report at the sereta- showed the largest ji. membership since its organization ia L;e statv. Th" new officers ate: G. M. L'arr.es of Omaha, prattd nt ; T. C. Barncr uf Lincoln, vice president; F. H. Oreutt gf Oiiiiibu. secretary-treaa-iner. avd H. J SteenUen of Lincoln, chaplain Wymcre Phone Troubles. The Lnico'n Telephone and Tele graph pany has asked the approval Of the raihwiy commission lor a con-.-olldnt a i of the two Wymore com panics, which recently passed Into their hands. The Nebraska Telephone company with 4rto phones, and the New Home company, with 24n, are the companic s mentioned Permission was given tor consolidation subjec t to com plaint INDEPENDENT SYSTEM TODIl Stockholders Will Not Get Over Thirty Cents on the Dollar. Omaha. July 8. "The Independent telephone exchange won't last thirty days (n Omaha." said President V. K. Yoat of the Nebraska Telephone com pany. after the sale of the Independ ent system to the Nebraska company had b.en confirmed by Judge Monger of the fedeial court. Mr Yost said the Nebraska com pany did not expect to operate the In dependent system to any great extent when it purchased It. but much of the property of the Independent will be of value to the Bell company Mr Yost said the company pventu ally will sell the buildings, of which there are four, two in Omaha, one In Florence and one In South Omaha. In the office of the Independent company there are at present over L Oon orders for the removal of tele phones, nccordinn to Mr. Yost. He de Clares that no company could operate a system on a paying basis on such rates as those of the Independent In J Omaha; The rates were $2 per month for business and $1 per month for reBi denre telephones It Is the opinion or Mr. Yost that. Judging from the price the Independ ent brought at the sale, the stockhold ers will not receive more than 25 to 30 cents on the dollar. FUNERAL OF W. W. LATTA Body of Burt County Pioneer Laid to Rest at Tekamah. W. W. I.atta, whose funeral oc curred nt Tekamah. was a pioneer set tier and prosperous citizen of Bur' county. Mr. Latta. during his thlrty-flv years' residence in Tekamah, was an active factor in municipal affairs. For some years he was interested in the hardware business and in late years was connected with the First National bank of Tekamah, of which he was president since the death of his cous in. Congressman latta, nearly a year ago. During all these years Mr. l.uta still carried on his farming and live stock business with his son. Bud R. Uitrn Mr. Latta's estate Is estimated to be worth $1,000,000. TENNIS "SHARKS'' BARRED State Tourney at Norfolk Next Week Open to Nebraskans Only. Norfolk. Neb., July 8. Professionals are at work every day now on the clay courts at the Norfolk Country club grounds, putting the grounds into condition for the coming Nebraska state tennis tournament, which will bo held in Norfolk during the week, be ginning Monday, July 15. Beautiful trophies have been se lected, as well as a choice lot of prizes lor winners, runners-up and consolation winners in both singles and doubles. One vital point which directors of the state association wish to Impress iiK)n all tennis men in Nebraska is that this Is a "closed" tournament. No outsiders will be permitted to come in and gallop away with th? prizes. Only Nebraskans may enter. GUARD GOING TO MANEUVERS Adjutant General Sends Telegram Ac cepting Conditions. Lincoln, July 8. Adjutant General Piielps has sent a telegram to the war department, as follows: "The First regiment of infantry, Nebraska, will participate in the ma neuvers at Pole mountain, Wyoming. July 2a to Aug. . inclusive, subject to I ihese conditions: " 'That the vacancies of two com panies in this regiment be filled by as signment of like number of companies from the S -cond regiment. " 'That where companies are below minimum strength enlisted men from the Second regiment be dt tailed there to, and that the aggregate allotment to the state be $20,000, as set forth In your letter of June 10." " Nebraski Pioneer Dead at Alliance. Allian e. Nc b.. July 6. Word was received of the death 'n u hospital at Lincoln of Thomas Regan, i pioneer resident of w stern Nebraska, wbse tajniiy reside in thW city. Marshall Littrell Reported Dying. Auburn. Neb.. July 8. Marshall Lit trell, who had a fight with three of the Anholtz boys on the Fourth, Is re ported in a serious condition, with the choices for recovery against him. Lit tec 11, who resides near Johnson, is ac cused of picking a quarrel with one of the Anholtz boys, who reside near (hi j e. J'h result was that the three Anholtz boys, ranging from sev- jente'n to tweuty-one years of age. 'fcatv him a beating, Dr. Wilson of IObr?oa telephoned County -Attorney i' ' o coma out and get a state tr. i f :n Littrell, us he believed him to ba dying. E Call for Harvest Hands. Kidney, Ntb July 6 Over flvrt Inches i-f ri'ln has fallen throughout Cheyeiin' .-omity. All kinds oi small grain, including alfalfa and corn, is exceptionally good. There will be an early h-uvest and every prospect U favorabi'- q the largest yield that Cheyenne county has ever produced, 'ihe lack of harvest hand- will ne s aliate tbe Commer ciul club sending last tor hired heln to assist In bar resting the grain Sutherland Has $50 000 Fire. Sutherland. Neb.. July 8 Fire de -troyed all the business places on East l-'ront street for a block, with the ex I ptton "f t' State bank and Burk : Haft g 'neral store The losses are: 0. G Wood, hardware. William Car man, general store; D. Love, furnl :ure; Fordvce. millinery; lj e Ca.s r. -iv. and A. B Yates, clothing. Tfcs ;o arlU aggregat" -i it $30,000. part ly covered by Inaa. are. PERPETRATED BY WALT Mc DOUG ALL V ' fr. J1E MP DOC'SCARE . fa I gL0- CC1THWCS am cJHMUlED ) MT, -i 1 -. dJKl eoo ound tmb: tJ r lr ' VlA. XlgW! HELPf f ' ' ME,TON SAY PUBLIC SALE I will sell at public auction at my place Sec. 11-26- 6, in Sheridan county, 18 miles northeast of Alliance, commencing at 10 a. m.f on THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1912 The following described property: 1 1 head of horses, including one Shire stallion 4 years old, range broke. 21 head of cattle, including 10 milk cows and I four-year-old Shorthorn bull, a good one. 3 hogs, 150 thoroughbred Plymouth Rock chickens. ' 1 lumber wagon, I low heel wagon, I spring wagon. 1 breaking plow, I stirring plow, 1 Johnson mower, I hay rake, I hay rack, 1 Umpire separator, I gasoline engine, 1 feed grinder, I bone grinder, l meat chopper. I corn shelter, I pump all of these grinders, etc.. including pump, can be run with the engine), outfit of well tools, I set work harnes, I set light harness, 0 horse collars some of which have never been used, 1 Harks saddle, I tdison phonograph with 4 doz. records. TERMS OF SALE! 6 months' time on bankable paper drawing 10 per cent interest, on $10 and over; 2 per cent discount for cash; all sums less than $10, cash. No goods to leave the place until settled for. Free Lunch at Noon JAMES POTMESIL, Owner H. P. Coursey, Auctioneer Fred Mollring, Clerk