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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1913)
THE ALLIANCE HERALD JOHN W. THOMAS. Editor Lloyd C ThomM, City Editor Published every Thursday by THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Incorporated thanks. MR8. B WHKKIjKH MRS. K. J. WHKKIJCK MRS. W. VAN NORTW1CK H r. wukki.kh RESOLUTION Lloyd C. Thomas, President John W. E C. Drake. Thomaa. Secretary Vice President Entered at the post office Bt Alliance. Nebraska, for transmission lroutth the malls as aecond-elas matter. Subscription price. $i.5n per year In advance The circulation of tula newspaper Is guaranteed to be the largest '.a western Nebraska. Advertising rates on application. Sample copies tree. THURSDAY. KKH1U ARY 20. liHJ! At a meeting of Alliance lodge No. 168, I. O. O. V., held on Tuesday evening. Kebnwry IX, ItU, the fol lowing preamble and resolutions were adopted and a copy, thereof forward ed to the I. O O. V. lodge at Rock ville, Nebraska, and Mrs C, Sund strom: WHKRKAS. It is allotted unto man but once to die, therefore be ye ready, fcr in such an hour as ye know not, the Son of man cometh. and WHKKKAS, it has pleased our Al mighty Father, in His infinite wis dom amd power, to remove from our midst our beloved brother, C. Bund istrora, be it RBSOIA'KD. that we. the mem ber of Alliance lodge No. lrx, I. 0. O. F., In regular session assemltliil. offer our condolences and deepest sympathy to the sorrowing widow and the members of the Rockville lodge. ALLIANCE 1ODGK NO Mtm, By F. V. Hedengren H. R. Beans J. A. Hcplngardncr Committee. rCnglneer Carter is working at Ard- j distance of several inches. The more at present. i front end of the boiler, held by I j large steel boltB, was torn away as 'Irakeman I'ryor is i-niertaiiiiug a though it had been made of paper brother from the Black Hilht. : a wstigce of th cab remains I around t he firebox and all that Engineer George Hicks tf liawima could t)e found of It was twisted made a trip to Alliance the first of pieces of steel and charred pi ceres the week Conductor Koretrt Mil is oin the re lief this week. He la suffering from a severe attack of rheumatism. Win. Sower of the switch yard fonce layed off several days this week on account of a badly bruised knee. Machinist Austin left Monday noon for hla home In Seneca. He receiv ed word that his mother was very Ick. Fireman Mc.Milllan of Kdgemont 1. 1 rived In Alliance on No. 44 Wed nesday for a few days' vtslf with friends. Ki renin n Robinson, who has been spending the past month in the Mack Hills, returned to Alliance Wednes day morning. Night round house foreman. Van o.rwert. was aick and i.,,ihle to be on duty Tuesday night. Mr MiCill filled his place. of wood. The boiler, in its flight of three hundred feet, had nearly stripped itself of the heavy coverings placed over It. The sand dome was full of mud and the front end of the bolleer, out from which projected twisted steam pipes and a mass of .shapeless steel, had burled itself in the ground when striking. The en gine trucks (it was a big elght-wheel-er, four big drivers on each sldei did not see.ni to be injured at all excepting where the fastnlngs had been torn loose when thee explosion took place. It appears, from the looks of the wreck, that the first and most Intense part of the explos ion was around the crown sheet iwhich is surrounding the fire box at the rear of the engine. The crown sheet, which Is steel and half an inch thick, was burned and torn. The bodies of the men were brot to Alliance Sunday morning on 42 and were taken charge of by the different fraternal organizations and relatives K ire man "Speck" Ambrose left Tuesday evening ffr Ravenna, where ' ing. !i lias relatives. lie VMM gi to North I'latle lor a few days' before his return. r-'in man It f, Trcnklr aecompan led Mrs. Wheeler and the body of her husband to the, heme of Mr Wheel r's mother,. In Grand Rapid "Santa Fe" Funeral services day morning at church. Rev. O. S. The members Johnson were held Sun- the Methodist Maker offiotat of the railroad oid is as well as the Masons, of which he was a member, were pres ent in large numbers. Mr. Johnson was born in lloone Mlle, Missouri, June. IXM. The body was accompanied by Henry Reiiuau to Ipswn h. S l . where the mother ol the deccastd lives His loss is Mich. Mr. Trenkle will be gene for d eilv felt by his manv friends and ten days. his fellow employes on the railroad. When the B. of L. I K. or an - T Wheeler otlter of the four railroad orders The arrangements for the funerul start to do anything I hey do it with ol Kireman O. T. Wheeler were tak- Q will. When one of their members ' ' are of by Alliance Lodge No. H In trouble they ife not only ilielr M 3, B, of L, C & B. I!i , linker, help and sympathy, but money to of the Methodist church, conducted tide them over the time of trouble. ! 'he funeral services ai the Darling I- undei'taklng parlors B. I. Trenkle Chas. Kredrlcks, a wll known A!- accompanied the body to Coldwater I'tlMMI railroad man, has x c tied em- ! Michigan. R. C. W'lieeler, a brother, );loyment in Canada, and has irc.ed arrived Monday morning and return Moose Jaw, where he is working is ed with Mrs. Wheeler, leaving' Alli brakeiuan for the Canudi in I'acifif ance Tuesday morning. Mr. Wheel M". ."d Mrs. Fredrick have many er was twenty-seven years of age. t'ds here who wish theijt health He leaves a wife, mother and father, and prosperity in their new home brother and two sisters. The funer I - , al services were held Monday even- Mr. and Mrs. Dan Crilev ol Li v. ' ing. A large number of flowers and BUREAU VISITS ALLIANCE Members of Nebraska State File Prevention Bureau Inapect Alliance Property Are Banqueted MAKE INTERESTING SPEECHES insston, Montana, arrived in All: ua . dnesday They will spend a few ,. r with Mr. Crllley's aunt. Mis elUe .Muran, 'then go to Denver, i hence to Florida, for a month's hou moon. They will be ut home at ter March flrt in hlvlngstoi.. wbere Ditiny is employed as condu- lor on 'tie Northern Pacific. ALLIANCE MEN KILLED Monster freight Engine Explodes. Killing Thiee Alliance Men Entire City Grieved ENGINE BROUGHT TO ALLIANCE A shapeless mass of sleel. looking like a huge cannon of war, only many times In - -r. was brought iuto the la.hoari vaids at Alliance this morn i g. loaded on two flat car. Be hind th : r . llowed an odd. grue so Hi) " .v.n. angcnitlkl of wheels and tha teude of an engine. It 1 was all that inained of the mon ster freight QhltaW '. that left tli)- Alliance yards Friday noon at the head of a fasi through freight. No. 10H, and which exploded at 12:05 Saturday morning, four miles east of From. South Dakota, inatautly killing "Santa Fe" Johnson, engin Iter, Q. T. Wheeleer, fireman, and le wis Charles Suildsti au. head brnkeman. : i. 'i n- of people viewed the hreeek Of the cnxiu hi the railroad yards this morning and a large num ber of photoH were taken. It . aliuosi impossible for the human mind to cgayeeive of the awful force which was expended in tearing the thick steel cniwn sheet from a hun dreed sleel bolts, tearing off their beads as though they had been in. itches Id, lone ol thee explos Ion. which was downward and for ward, caused I he m.i slue', in tearing Itself loose from the many bolU whi.h tauum-d n, to pull Hie rear end ol the monster fire box a a beautiful floral cross were on the ceekt t A telegram was received wsurday by F. W. Hicks from Mr. Trenkle stating that the parly nr rived at Coldwater and thai short funeral services were held. Lewis Charles Sundstrom Lewis Charles Sundstrom was born in Howard county, Nebraska. Febru ary ft?, IXK6. When still a small boy he, with his parents, moved to Sher man county, Nebr., on a farm two milts southeast of Rockville, where he lived until he was married to Miss Kva Blanche Carpenter, of Austin, Nibr., October 17, l05. His parents then moved to Rockville ami hi remained on the tarni four rear. Ill then moved to Alliance. This : was three years ago. He took a I pcsiucn as liruKi iiiun on me raiiroau, win h position he held at the time ot his death. He leaves to mourn his d. ath.a wire, two boys, used live and three years. FUBCfAl seniles were held at the house in Alliance Suuday eeuing. tin house was crowded with friends and members of the trainmen's or ders and the Olid Fellows, who as sisted in the services and care of the dead. Rev. F. A. W'oleii preach ed the funeral sermon. The body .is accompanied to(the di pol by fif u brother Odd F Hows and the w id c . and bcaly accollipauied to Uan it a by Bio !' D. Weillel. CARD OF THANKS 1 wish to thank the many kind fri) nds who assisted during my be ivaveniint and sorrow in the death and burial of my husband. I wish i ixiend my ilea ere thanks to the i ail road men and the members of the I. O. O. F. ror their kind atten llcli and thought tullieb MltS KVA Sl'N DSTROM AND CHll.DRK.N CARD OF THANKS To the many friends who so kind ly gave their assistance and com fort, and especially the members of the l: of I. F K . we wish to r uder our situ ere appiecluliou and Charles V. Hendiickson, state agent for the Hanover Fire Insur ance Company, of Omaha, chairman for the board while at Alliance; F M. Pond, state agent for the Fidel Ity-Phoenlx Fire Insurance Company of Omaha, state secretary of the as soda Hon; Wr. 8. Harding, state agent for the Springfield Fire-Mar tne Insurance. Company, of Omaha; A O. Evans, state agent for the Contln ental Fire Insurance Company, of Omaha; and J. L. Tliorburn, state agent for the Aetna Fire Insurance Company, of Omaha, together with Hon. W. S. Rldgdl, Btate fire com misstoner, were visitors in Alliance on Monday. These men comprised the members of the board selected by the Nebraska State Fire Proven Hon Bureau, who were here for the purpose cf inspecting the business and public buildings of Alliance. Fire Chief Romlg of Alliance Is aUo a member of this board, and accompnn led the gentlemen on their trip of inspection. In the evening a banquet was ten dered the members of the board by the business men ol Alllai. i, Th'rty flve of the leading Alliance business men gathered with the members of the board at the banquet table and were given a fine banquet by the Burlingtcn Hotel management in Its spacious dining room. John W. Gutltfe of Alliance acted as toast master. Mayor j'. O. Barnes made the opening speech after the toastmaster had projierly Introduced him as Walter O'Barnes. Charles I'. Heiidrii kson. chairman, spoke next, ills spiel) was in part as follow s : In German and Knglish cities an Incendiary fire create as much ex citement as a murder. In Frankfort, Oirmany, there has not bee,u an in cendiary fire for more than a year. Some states recommend the estab lidumnt of a secret service fund for the use of the fire marshal iind an arson burcuu as a means of re ducing the fire waste In the state. Indirectly fire prevention will have a salutary effei t in solvlnj? the cc-t of ttvibS. The fire losses In the I'nlted t- ates in 11H2 would pay the total fotereat bearing debt of the country m four years; would build the Panama Canal In le than two years; txcoed the total cost of the army and navy for one ye;jr; an linater than the annual cist of t lie Cnited States postal service. fifteen hundri'd people are killed and fi.onn are Injured annually as a result of fire. Fire losses in the Cnited Sta;t -and Canada in I!I2 were over $-S0. 000,000. Fire losses and the cost of firv prevention In tne united states . i mount annually to 4fi0,490,000, or mere than the total American pro duction of gold, silver, copper and petroleum in a year. The cost of fire each ye ir is one half the ccet of all the new build ings erected In a year. Tin annual per rapita fire .waste in the Cnited States is nearly $1.00. In Furepe ;.: cemts. Cause: The latter lias better coiniruction. less carelessness. Increased! responsibil ity. If buildings in the Cnited States were- as fire proof as in Kurope, the annual cost of fire looses and pro tection would only $00,000,000. Fins In the United States cot over $500 a m'.mte. The way to gel lower insurance rates Is to hive fewer firts New York city sp.nds $IU,niMi,Ouo a year for fire extii uishinent and $15,000 a year for fire prevention. Spend more money for fire preven tion and less will be needed for fire extinguishment The 90,000,000 people iu the Cnited States usee more matches than the 900,000.000 lu the rest of the more or less civilized world. Over 1,000 fires In Chicago lu IMI2 were due to the careless use cf matches. Defective flues are responsible for L! H-r cent of all the fires Klec trie wires act property install ed or carrying a greater current than is required has caused many fires l-amp black Is dangerous w lu u mix ed with oil. specially linstted oil. Hay, it Is well known, when -tored sway wet or too green, can set fire tc barns by fermeutatlon. causing heat to generate to the point cf Ignition Dangers of gasoline: Gasoline Is a dangerous oil and will ignite quickly when near a fire or carelessly hand led, though this can hardly be called spontaneous combustion, and la men tioned only as emphasizing the dan ger of mineral, as well as animal or veegetable oils. Spontaneous combustion probably causes more fires than arc attribut ed to it, from the fact that tin order determine whether a fire origin ated in this manner It must be ills, covered at the very bee-glnflng. be fore the flames have conusmed the evidence In its cause. Sicretnry Frank M. Fool followed next. He tcld of a gnat deal of poor electric wiring In buildings in the city and said that buildings With poor wiring of this kind were in great danger of serious fires. He said that the motto of the associa tion Is, "All fires are the same size at the start." He stated that the alleys of the city were dirty In some places and that the basements were particularly clean. He said that tum blcweeds pile up in the aant lots and alleys and are very dangerous. He said a man with a wagon should be hjred to haul away the trash which is now burned in the "little bird cages" He spoke of the good work being done by Chief Rotnig and that 1100 feet of the hose own ed by the department Is geed, that 1000 feet more should be purchased. He told of the urgent need of a chemical engine for the town of Al liance and said that one should bp purchased at the earliest possible moment. State Fire Commissioner VV. D. Ridigell, of Alliance, spoke next. He told how that he now has 2i0 deputy fire commissioners working under hi in and how that by the end of the year he will have 500 of them, how that condemned buildings will come down, and .stated that there are from twenty-five to thirty fires per day in Nebraska. C. A. Newberry, A. D. Rodge.rs, W. D. Rumer, and others, miide interest ing talks. Get an ad in the Industrial Edition. VETERANS MEET The United Spanish War Veterans met in the council chamber of the city hall Thursday evening for a big lianquet. A good, big bunch "were .present and a regular old-time reun- 1on was held. Jack Reardon made a good speech. I It Is said that when Jack was In the Philippines he always drank coffee that was brewed by the Chinese cook. He said the coffee served at this banquet was almost as good as that they used to get in the Phil ippines under the blazing sun. REBEKAHS INITIATE The Order of Rebekahs initiated five new members on Friday even ing. They were F. W. Hedengren, J. A. Hopingardner, Inez Brandt, F. A. Trubert, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Thomas. After the initiation cere monies were over a banquet was served by the ladles. It was certain ly del incus and we know a fw who did their part In diminishing the food supply that evening. This branch or the I. O. O. F. is rapidly growing in Alliance and is becoming one of the leading lodges. Watch for the Industrial Edition. NO FEDERAL BUILDING FOR ALLIANCE Representative Kinkaid Neglects Al liance Until toe Late. Chad ion Gets $110,000 "Slippery Moses" fciinkaid, who was entrusted by the people of the 'Sixth District with their interests in the bouse of representatives In Washington, has "slipped one over" on AlUance and neglected to ask tor an appropriation for a federal build ing here until the appropriation bill, carrying an appropciat ion of $110,000 for CUadron, has passed the House and was In the Senate. Kinkuid, Just before electir.n a couple of years ago, secured an ap propriation of $15,000 with which to purchase the site for the federal buildiug. This wus done, but siuce t.ia time no action whateveer luis been taken for an appvopriation for building to be erected on the site, It - cms that us long as Represen tative Kinkaid is on the Job Alliance -tands no show whatever of getting hi'. Just deserts Seuator Brown Is In Washington Md Is making an effort to get an .ipui-opiiation of $I2.JJOO for Alliame. Si nator HltcfeoocJt, who Is in Oinahi. i- bdiig a.-Ucd to use his influetK , I.; getting this appropriation tlaouc. although it sevens (hat there its no lope whatever of getting anything .it this time. Get an ad in the Industrial Edition. wd BIG VALENTINE SOCIAL A big Valentine social was held at the T. H. N.i. -on home, three and a half ui.les northwest of the Falrvieu church. About 125 persons were present und euJoytd a fine banquet. The proceeds of the so a I Went to the benefit of the church. Watch for the Industrial Edition. SPECIAL TRAIN TO WASHINGTON The Burlington will run a -,. I train from Omaha to Washington, D. Cm Hie inauguration of President Wilson on March tth. The train will have Omaha at t:.io o'clcck In tlo evening on February 28th. This will be u special train and will be used by Governor Morehead. Reser vations can be secured by having the local agent wire to Omaha. 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An Alliance home was robbed this week IF your home or office had been rob bed this week, and the burglar had taken some of your valuable" papers or other property which could not be replaced except at considerable expense, you would now be re gretting that you did not have a SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX in the fire-and-burglar-proof vault of The First National Bank $1.00. $1.50 and $2.50 per year BIG NEW STOCK will arrive the last of this week Come in and note the wonder ful values offered and the big stock from which you can select Big Stock of t ii Buiwv Whips "uw 1UL UP J. B. DENTON Banner Variety Store