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VOLUME XIX
ALLIANCE. BOX BUTTE COUNTY. NEBRASKA THURSDAY. DECEMBER b, 1912
NUMBER 52
PETITION COUNCIL
ON SUNDAY SHOWS
Committee of Thirty-five, Representing
Churches and Societies, Present It
COMMITTEE TO ACT
OH
When the council was culled to oi
lier by .Mayor llarnos Tuesday
night at the city hall there were
present a committee of thirty-five
represent inn the churches and socie
ties opposing the opening of picture
shows and other amusements on Sun
day. AH of the councilmen were
present. Messrs ('alder and Du
buque were there to represent then
side of the question.
A, T. Lunn acted as spokesman
for the committee bearing the peti
tion asking that an ordinance be
passed prohibiting Sunday opening.
He stated in part that they were
there representing several churcbi
and young people's associations and
p repeated the petition which trad as
follows :
"We, the Undersigned voters, re
spectfully request the mayor and the
council of the city of Alliance to
pass an ordinance providing for the
closing on the Sabbath day, common
ly called Sunday, of all public amuse
Lieut s which require a city license
and Which are not already closed on
that day by the operation of the
state law."
This petition contained 828 names.
Of these 1M were men. :!.'!" women
and 138 young people, residing in Al
liance. Members of the committee
stated that no children were allowed
to sign.
Mr. Lunn then read from the city
ordinance No. IBS, passed during
August of this year. It reads as
follows:
Be it ordained by the
mayor and council if the city of Al
liance. Nebraska :
Section . That section II of Or
dinance No. 185 be amended to read
as follows: i Amusements i circus or
circus and menagerie combined, th"
license fee shall be 8M.00 per day
ttd for each siiow connected with
any circus, the license fee shall be
26.00 per day and all other shows
or exhibitions in tents, the license
fee shall be $10.00 per day. Per
furwunces and tricks or legerdemain,
rope-walking, tumbling Or physical ex
hibitions, the license fee shall be
$2.0(i per day. Merry-no rounds,
steam or otherwise, and for all oth
er and like performances or exhibi
tions, the license fee shall be 85.00
per day. Moving picture shows, the
license lee shall be $t"niu per year
and moving picture shows in combi
nation with vaudeville performances.
the license lee shall be $2M'.0li pel
year. Which license shall be for the
current fiscal year, and shall end
on the first Tuesday in May, follow
hlg its issue, bu Shall be pro-rate
fojr the time it has to run after is
sue. t
In his talk, which was well deliv
ered and attentively listened to by
all. Mr Lunn stated that picture
shows on Sunday would make a foot
hold for either things which should
not lie allowed and thai the ordin
ance passed had not beeen with the
idea of getting revenue from Sunday
performances. That while people
could not be forced to attend church
on the Sabbath day it is not right
to place other attractions and forms
of entertainment before them.
The iietltion on the picture show
people was then presented by Mr.
("milder. This contained about three
hundred names The petition lead
as follows:
"To the Honorable Mayor and city
I'.ouucil of the city of Alliance, itox
llutte county, Nebraska. We,
Undersigned residents of Alliance. Ne
braska, do hereby respectfully potl
tiou the honorable mayor and city
council to allow the moving picture
show known as the 'Km press1 and
the Crystal' to Keep open and give
performances i Sunday afternoon
and evening."
City Attorney K M Koyd was
then called upon to give the law
OOVertng this ease Mi'. Itoyd ex
plained that there are general laws
for the states whicJi give certain
rights to the cities when they se
cure their charters and that they
have the right to make ordinances
Which do not conflict with the gen
eral laws of the states Section
XS47 of Cobbey'a Annotated Statutes
of Nebraska was then read by Mr
Hoyd It reads as follows
That cities have the right "To pre
vent any desecration of the Sabiiat h
day, common!) called Sunday, und to
prohibit public amusements, shows
exhibition, or ordinary bulne p'ir
Dili's upon said da)
Mr Itoyd also read another sec
tion giving cities the power to rSg'
Into, license. Ihx, and sup; trees .til
amusements, etc., which are of this
nature, and explained thai the 'it
les have the absolute right to do
this.
The question was asked Mr. Itoyd
if the giving of inoviug picture
shows on Sunday is prohibited bv (he
general law Me stated that be
could not rind that it was.
The question was then raised as
to whether or lint it is agaiutibt the
law to amplo) labor on Bonds) fr
operating the picture shows. In an
swer io i ins ,ir. nii.vii ret erred to a
similar case in Omaha. The case of
Wlrth v. Calhoun, et al. in North
western Reporter) vol. mi. The fol
lowing is an extract from the decls
ion of the Nebraska Supreme Court.
contract w iiereiiy a part) IS
required to furnish one performance,
consisting of music, dancing, and
feats of contortion, each day in the
week, including Sunday, is not inval
id as in contravention of section 211
of the Criminal Code, such perform
ances not falling within the prohi
bition of said section."
in the determination
of the question thus raised it is not
necessary to enter upon a discus
sion of the relative merits of the
various systems of religion, nor of
the advantages resulting to the in
dividual or to society from the oh
servance of one day of the week in
a particular manner, because, under
our form of government, all so-called
Sunday laws, whatever the motives
thai inspire them, are purely muni
cipal or police regulations. The au
thority to enact such laws comes
from no system of rellgl m, but
from the fundamental law of the
land. In the exercise of that author
ity tile legislature enacted section
211 of the Criminal Code, invoked by
the defendant, which so far as is
material at present, is as follows:
'If any person of the age of fourteen
years or upward shall lie found on
the fir-it day of the week, common
ly called Sunday, sporting, rioting,
tjuarreling. huuting. fishing, or shoo'
! ing, h or she shall be fined in a
sum not exceeding twenty dollars.
And if any person of the
age of fourteen years or upwards
shall be found on the first day of
the week, commonly called Sunday,
at common labor t work of necessity
and charity only excepted) he or
she shall be fined. If
the contract provides for a violation
of this section, it is horniiis the
performances provided for by the
contract fall within the meaning of
"common labor" or "snorting." We
are confident that in "common lan
guage" the term "common labor" is
never understood to include such
performances. We believe the term
"sporting", as used in the statute,
applies exclusively to diversions of
the field and outdoor spoils. "
Mr. itoyd stated to the council thai
in his opinion there is no state law
of general application to this partic
ular ease, and that figuratively
speaking they were starting out with
"a clean slate." The proposition is
up to the council to determine
whether or not the law is wanted by
the people ur not. that the)
elected to represent the people
should determine their wishes.
Mayor Barnes then asked
Itoyd if whether or not the fact
a license bad been issued to
show dil not form a contract which
the city must keep. Mr. Itoyd stat
ed that this Was a question which
must be determined and that the
faci should lie determined as to
whether or not there was an under
standing with tiie proprietors of the
show that they would be allowed to
open on Sunday, at the time the li
cense was Issued to them.
On petition the city clerk read a
portion of the names signed on the
petition asking that the show be
let' open. The first name read was
the same as that of Councilman
Stearns, excepting that the spelling
of the first name was different. In
Hgmuch as Coilllcilnii.u Steams was
mil) h apposed to allowing the thea
tres to continue open on Sunday-,
this caused a great deal of merri
ment until it was explained that the
gentleman who signed was a travel
gg man and not the councilman
The names on the petition favor
iBg Sunday closing had been type
written and the sheets pasted to
gelher, forming a long roll Vfler
reading a number of names from
each K-titlou in order that the coun
cilmen might know Who bad signed
the petitions, Mayor Bnmes appoint
sd Councilmen Steams ami Snyder
as a committee to .outer with both
sides to tiie question and will) Hie
eily attorney and to repor' to the
council when rend)
Rev. (Kdfre, Kev. BfOWl and
others then talked on the question
and discussed the Maine tally Mt-sis
DuhUqttS and ''alder both gave their
side of the question Rev. Itrovvil
stated that (he poster shown In
front of pic lire shOWS are at times
harmful in their nature. Mr Dil
buque stated that their reason for
keeping l lie picture show open
because the public demanded ii
Maker also gave a short spec, h
Arrangements were then made for
the committee to meet with repre
sent utlves from both sides BOUM St
ening this week in order that a re
port could be made to the council ai
a special meeting to be called The
committees then left ami o!h,er mat
tera were taken up by the council.
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the
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Kev. Ware made a trip to Bridge
port on Sunday.
C. 1) Kider spent Thanksgiving In
It' nver, returning Monday morning.
Dr. Boland, of rfemtngfofd, was In
I lance Monday.
see
Bunt, (!. L. Hriggs spent Thanks
giving with Alliance friends.
sea
Harold Snyder returned Tuesda)
noon front a week's visit with Jack
Carey and family in Sheridan.
a
A. V. Officer, manager of the
Scottsbluff Sugar Company, came to
Alliance Friday on business
s a
The Misses Lunette and Margaret
Eehrung sM-nt Thanksgiving with
Mrs. Will otto of Lakeside.
s a a
(!. II Woods and O. C. Moore
wen! to Bltsworth last Friday to
paint the new church at that place.
m m m
Tiie I. K. O. met Monday afternoon
at a Kensington party with .Mrs.
Tally .
The Ladies' Guild of the F.pisco
pal church met yesterday afternoon
at the rectory with Mrs. Ware,
a a a
Miss Angela Ware returned Mon
day from Mullen, where she spent
Thanksgiving.
Airs. Nicholson, of Hot Spring? was
an Alliance visitor las) Saturday
win. her friends Mrs. V. .1. Foal
ami Mrs. .1 Atz.
a a a
The Misses Barbers and Delta
King and Miss Mary Harry spent
Thanksgiving at Lakeside, remain
ing until Sunday.
Joe K anion, a former Alliance
boy but now living in Omaha, came
in Baturda) for a few days' visit
with friends and relatives.
.Judge L a. Berry's office in the
Norton block is undergoing some
needed repairs this week, much to
the satisfaction of the genial judge,
a a a
Dick Waters, formerly local man
ager of the Dierks Lumber Comnanv .
iias been in the city for a few days
visiting with friends. From here
Dick will go to Kansas City, where
they will make their home.
A. I'. Curtis, the passenger direc
tor at the Burlington depot, took a
ten Say layoff last week and is on
a visit east with relatives. Ills
place has been taken during his ab
sence by Spencer Wilson.
a e a
Dr. L. W. Curtis returned last Fri
day from the Cleinan neighborhood
in Morrill county Where he had been
spending a couple of weeks doing
horse dentistry and surgery. He
went to Hemlngford Tuesday to do
some veteritiarv work.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Ilreuklandei
returned to Alliance last Saturda.v. al
ter an absence of about a year, an I
have taken up their residence in this
city again. Mr. Breuhisuder re-enters
tin- service of the Burlington
railroad.
W. II. Miller, traveling salesman
for H. .1. Heinz, who has been nuk
ing his home in Alliance, will be
transferred to other territory, and
will reside either in Denver or Oma
ha. Mrs. Miller and daughter .hum
eita bid adeiu to Alliance friends
Tuesday and left for Denver.
Mr and Mrs L K. Hubbard of
Ellsworth are the happy parents of
a baby boy born in Alliance. Friday.
November 29th. Mother and child
are doing nloely. Mr. Hubbard came
up from Kllsworth on 43 Monday to
see the young sou and his mot her.
remaining in the city a few days
a a a
Mrs. W. W. Wood came over from
Alliance last week to spend a ffw
days visiting her Bushvllle friends,
who are always pleased lo see her.
Saturday A. M. Modi set) took ber
down to the Modlaotl ranch in his
automobile and she had a very plus I
nut time and enjoyed the trip im
mensely Kushville Standard, Nov.
2H.
W. S. Ilaidivon of Suasburgtr was
transacting business in Alliance last
Saturday. Itefore coming to Nebrai
ka he was engaged in real estate j
business in Chicago and now while!
holding .town a claim in Sheridan
county he devotes some time to the!
selling of land. We are pleased lo
add Mr llardiaon's name to The I
Heralds list of Mirasliurger suuscriS
srs
sea
Some change are marie again thi
week in the advertisement of Miss
Mary Regan, trustee of the Stuckey
stock. Many ladies of Alliance and
vicinity have availed themselves of
the oppottunlt) of -editing rare liar
gains at this sale, and still n. i.
are plelil) of goods to accommodate
u ..nr., I lletlll if fliev ..ull 1, t
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the Stare In the I'helan Opera House I
block soon
City Will Establish
Public Skating Pond
City Dads Will Give Children Skat
ing Pond for Free Use Dur
ing Winteil.
D. W. HUGHES FATHER OF IDEA
D. W Hughes, secretary of the 'Al
liance city school board, appeared
before th.. city council last evening
at their meeting and in a well do
livered talk suggested that the city
utilize the ground purchased in the
northngtsl part of town for a skntlng
rink during the winter months.
Mr. Hughes stated that at an ex
pi use .a probably not over ten dot
lars a substantial dam could be
built to Impound the water Which
COUld be brought through fire hose
from the nearest fire hydrant That
the skating pond could be made Hm
ty feel wide and a block long.
The question of erecting a build
ing at small expense for shelter was
taken up. This will probably be
done as soon as the pond Is ready.
The QOUndl quickly approved of the
proposition ami ordered the street
commissioner to go ahead Hilt) con
struct the dam and to place a couple
of large electric lights over the
pond.
Councilman Snyder offered to fur
nish (lie stove for the shelter room
and Councilman Vnughnn offered lo
furnish the coal. It will not be long,
if the weather is cold enough, be
fore the city children will be en
joying themselves to their heart's
content,
PEDDLERS WILL ORGANIZE
The spirit of fraternity and com
radeship which resulted from the as
SOC tattoo occasioned by the Thanks
giving, ball given by the Alliance
traveling men will undoubtedly re
sult in a permanent organization, to
be composed of western Nebraska
traveling men.
A number of the leading traveling
men have call..) a meeting ol all
who are interested This meeting
will he held at the BurllngtOS Hotel
next Sunday afternoon at three
O'clock. Kvery traveling man in the
city is invited to lie present at that
time to assist in effecting a perman
ent organization.
The benefit to be derived 'rem an
organization of this kind S I he of
great value. Nothing is of mote help
to Aral ding men than an acsanixtk
Hon of this kind, be deal with their
problems and to make their life,
Which is a hard one, to say the
least, easier. An association of this
kind, with headquarters here, would
tend to bring out the spirit of fro
teriialism so much desired.
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NEW DISPLAY TYPE
In order to help in getting out J ib
work and advertisements The Her
ald received this week a large ship
ment of new display type. This
covers a variety of different Styles
and siz.es and adds greatly to The
Herald's already large equipment
ENCAMPMENT SETS
DATE OF MEETINGS
At a Special meeting of the lit
l. o. o. F. Encampment No. si, re
cently organised, the date of the
regular meetings was set for the
first and third Friday nights of each
month a) the I. O. U F hall.
GREAT INTEREST
IN PARCELS POST
Information About New 1. aw which Be
comes Effective Jan. 1
LOWER EXPRESS RATES
MARRIED AT NEWCASTLE
(icorge McCoy and Sarah Thoinp
sonii were married at Newcastle
Wednesday morning of last week
The groom is a son of Kri McCoy,
of Alliance, iiotii are prosperous
western Nebraska rattt-ber.
W II McCoy, a brother of the
groom, accompanied him to Newcas
tle" and officiated as best man tit
tin ceremony, which was performed
by Fr. D. Nicholai. A wedding break
fast was served by Mrs. X. Kusick.
a sister of the groom living at New
castle. The father of the bride is a
wealth) ranchman living on Beaver
Click, near Newcastle The couple
made a short honeymoon trip to the
Black Hills, returning to Alliance
Tuesday. They will make their home
ou the groom's ranch near Alliance
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PURCHASES FINE EQUIPMENT
Within less than a month fnun
'his date the long hsiked for and
much talked of parcels post will lu
lu operation in the United states.
Tile new law becomes effective Ian
nary i, 1818. Retail merchants gen
erally have been opposed to the
parcels post, fearing that it would
increase the business if mail order
houses to the detriment of local mer
chants Whether this win be the
cane remains to be seen. w- have
had instances in recent history of
some things being reared by certain
lasses or business and laboring
men. but Which turned out to be tin
detriment to them For men) years
Hie banks of this country fought the
establishment or the postal savings
bank system, but within HUM than a
year alter it had been established
the bankers assembled in eonveU
lion declared that the government
banks had not Injured their business
and gave them their hearty endorse
incut
In the opinion rr The Herald, it
will depend upon the retail mer
chants themselves whether the par
cels post injures their business or
ittft. We are aware that when a
n I paper says anything about ad
vertising some people suspect it tit
having a seHish interest; but what
we say here on this subject we wish
to any without the bias of selfish in
terest. Frankly we believe that the
parcels post makes INTELLIGENT
ADVERTISING a greater u ssity
with successful retail merchants than
ever before. The large mail order
department stores, as well as me
oilier large business ventures 'of
this country, are built upon shrewd
advertising. The outlay for adver
Using r some or thee establish
ments runs into the thousands and
hundreds or thousands of dollars per
annum. They do not neglect the ad
vertising end of their business until
a convenient season when nothing
i demands their attention, but
they have advertising experts em
ployed men who devote their whole
time and attention to a study or ad
vertising and putting into execution
the ideas that observation and ex
perience bnVO proven to he siic
ceasful business getters
The home merchant who is up to
date in methods of conducting his
business can serve the people who
are within reach of his a tore to bel
ter advantage than the establishment
five hundred or a thousand miles
distant It Is up to him to let the
people know this fact in an Intelli
gent anil convincing manner And
he can't do this by neglecting his
advertising until the local neWSpS
per Is ready to go to praW and then
saying, "O. well, I haven't any ad
vertising prepared, let It go rill
next week."
In some respects the parcels post
should prove a benefit to the local
merchant, some times it is neces
sary to semi a rush order to t In
wholesale house to accommodate a
customer who recognizes the fat i
that the business man who Is in
touch with the vv holesaler and who
has the benefit of wholesale prices
can handle the deal better than a
person wliii Is not In business. Kx
press charges have been so high as
to leave little or no profit in this
class or business. Now, however,
the express companies are revising
their schedules to meet the parcels
post rates commencing January 1st.
ThrOUgfa the courtesy of I'osttuas
ter Tush we are able tti give Herald
readers Information from the post
Office department n will he ob
served that Instead ol' one rate ap
ply Ing to all distances, as at present
on merchandise ami as win continue
to lie the case on letters and print
ed matter, rates will be graduated
according to distance. We tall at
tention, also, that the parcels post
takes the place of tin- present tourth
class matter, Otherwise known as
merchandise, on which the rate for
any distance Is sixteen cents per
pound, but on Which the maximum
panels post rate it hat is, for over
1,800 miles) win be twelve cents per
pound. It will be not let d, too. that
the maximum weight of a parcel lor
mailing will be eleven pounds. in
stead of foUr pounds, lis at present.
Following is an extra t from the de
partmeUl circular furnished The Her
aid by Mr. Tnsh:
The Parcels Post Law
The parcel post law which become-
e'liitive January I, mi.:, provides:
"That hereafter fourt li-class mail
matter Shall embrace all other mai
lt r. including farm ami la torv pro
ducts, not now embraced by btW In
either the first, second or third
claaS, not ex ling eleven pounds
In weight, nor greater in size than
seventy two Inches in length and
git th combined, nor in form or kind
likely to Injure the person of any
postal employee or damage the mail
equipment or other mail matter ami
not r a character perishable within
a period reasonably required for
transportation ami delivery."
For the purpose of carrying tb a
law into effect the United states la
divided into .ones with different
rates of postage applicable lo ea-h.
as followa:
GARRET SELLS DRAY BUSINESS Pounds 123 456 789 10 11
1st zone
L. s. Dye ami Bd. Owens bavt Local rate " ,sj ,91 ,N ,9$ .in .11 .n: ,ia it ,ifi
purchased the dray business ot John Zone rate, Bfl milts . ,M lis II I I .17 L'n .l'.; .2 I ,2? ,3 .:!.r,
Garret! and it will he operated an- tnd .one, I0-1M mi. .. ,M ,10 .11 .is ,tt .l'ij ju .''4 !i2 t;
der the name or Dye and Owens in 3rd BOSS), ltd 30S ml. .. .07 .12 .1" ,J7 :'J .JIT .42 .47 g :,7
the future. Mr. Dye has been in 4h '.one. :jl(l-fU(l ml ON .14 I'd l,j ,g :;x 44 ;, -t; ,;j JK
the dray business here for a niim- 5lh zone, liOti-HWMl mi... .(!! .16 .IM .:;0 .:t7 .44 J I .:,s ,g Tl' ."!
ber or years. The new firm starts Ith zone. 1 ll! II tin mi in l!t .L'K ..:7 4V, 1:4 7- ,gj eo
out With a large patronage 7th zone, 1400-1 mioml. .. II .L'l ..".! , .",1 y, ;i s ; ,gj t u
- Mh zone, all over ISM, .12 .24 .:: .is tin .72 4 ,94 ,n L20 1,2
The local rate is applicable to par
e ls intended tor deliver at the of
fic, of mall'tig or on a rural r.i ite
startinv. therefrom
It will be observed that the rates
of postage are largely reduced and
that the limit of weight is Increased
from f' ur to eleven pounds. Far
eels w ill he delivered at all free de
H very offices and to patrons resid
ing on rural and star routes; they
may be regisieretl and may h 1 ac
corded speclal-detrvery service oih
pay men) or the usual tees, ami they
may be insured against loss in : n
amount equivalent to thti lr actual
value, but not to esoeed $2., upoa
payment or a let of rive seats Dis
tinctive stamps III, 1st be Used 03 ill
parcels, but they may be mailed in
quantities or not less than 2,111111 Iden
tical pieces without stamps at.', d,
the postage being paid ill money
THANKSGIVING AT THE DRAKE WILL TRAVEL OUT. OF ALLIANCE
S. Fielding adds
Reblocking and
Outfit
Hat Cleaning.
Trimming
T. S. Fielding returned Sunday !
from a trip to Chicago, where lie I
put ihased an entire new hat eleea 1
ing. reblocking and trimming outfit,
which will be used in the business
of "The Wardrobe ", conducted by
him in Alliance Mr Fielding b -
t' ii in business in Milan e lur u
greal many years and has a gen1
patronage
Heretofore it has been nee.-.-, a .
Ic send hats to the large cities to
be rlpeped, blocked and triune d lull
Ihi addition of this muefcinerv and
tt'itfi will make this untie Kwury, I:
is ekpecU-d that he will secure a
gf Si deal of business fro; i 0UtSd
IMtlnts as well as AlllUUOe
Read The Herald's
offer on page 2.
big premium
Under the management or How
ma u Son the Drake hotel is be
coining accustomed to having hlg
days, but Thanksgiving was the big
g s: day y They expected I
large crowd and made ample prepar
ations for the same, but when, the
day was gone the feed was gone, al
so. The crowds that came exceeded
the expectations of the management
Tiie service Was elegant and per
sous who read I be menu as previous
ly announced through The Herald
need no! be told that the dinner was
a delicious spread Music was fur
nished by a part of the Fort Rngdn-
son orchestra assisted by home fal
-lit .
WILL GIVE BAZAAR
The ladies of Alliance are arraUK
ing for a big bazaar to be given for
the benefit of St. Joseph's Hospital,
on March 34th, 2gth and 2Hi It
will be given al the I'helan opera
house.
Klahorate preparations are already
being arranged and this will be one
ir the big eveuts or the year. As
(dans develop further particulars will
be given in Tiie Herald.
Well Known North Platte Valley
Traveling Man Here
Martin Mriatol, who has been in
Hie hardware business in the North
I'latte valley for years and who has
hebl prominent political positions
there, has accepted a traveling pos
ition with the Newherrv Hardware
Company and will travel out of Alli
ance Mr. Ilristol arHvel in AII1--Snea
Tuesday no'u. Mrs Hrtslol
will be here within a few days.
mi,
COUNTY OFFICERS TO LINCOLN
Tin tounty commission t-i net the
county clerk will go to Lincoln th
Sta instant to attend the con vent ion
to lie held there of the State Aaso
elation of County Commissioners.
Supervisors and Clerks.
This convention is held onee each
year aud is of great benefit to the
county officials of the different coun
tiea throughout the state. Methods
of handling business are discussed,
lectures are given, elc
. . 1
W Spencer, manager or the Al
liance Creamery and Produce Com
pany, went to Omaha on a business
Hip Tuesday