Nebraska Newspapers

    Official Paper of City of
Alliance, County of Box
Butte and United States
Land Office
SOMETHING DOING JUNE 25, 26, 27
The Alliance Herald
I' w O N t I on m
T Vtf F It V IS t A C. B B
"JKCTION ONE
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VOLUME XX
ALLIANCE. BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA THURSDAY, JUNE 19, IH13
NUMBER 28
PEOPLE TAKE OUTING
More Than 50 Auto Loads Go to
Chadron Creek in Pine Ridge
for Day's Outing Re
turns via Hay Springs
ANOTHER TOUR ON
"All Aboard," sang out Link Low
ry, general picnic manager, at 9
o'clock Sunday morning. Over 50
autos, loaded with L O. O. F. mem
bers, their families and frleccte, start
ed for Chadron Creek, in Pine
Ridge, twelve miles this side of Chad
ron. Lowry & Henry furnished half
dosen Ford cars, a Studebaker, a
Mitchell and an Oakland. The rest
of the cars were driven by owners
ball over the brow of a neighboring
hill, bringing in two runs and mak
ing a home ran. They were still
searching for the ball when the call
of "all aboard for Chadron" stopped
the game.
A few of the cars returned to Al
liance from the picnic grounds and
from Chadron, on account of being
required to get in earlier, but thirty-
six of them decided to make the
10CAL
NEWS
Jerry Rowan was the pilot, in his i run home via Chadron and Hay
Ford runabout. Under his direction . Springs.
the long line of automobiles followed ! Midway between Chadron and Hay
smoothly along, with no serious ac-1 Springs a large herd of elk were
cidents, other than blowing out a few ! seen on a private game preserve
tires and other minor accidents. i They appeared to be tame and con-
The Niobrara River was reached 1 tented.
about ten-thirty. A stop was made 1
here to wait for those in the rear Towns Turn ut
tO catch up and to water the autos "he towns of Chadron and Hay
which were thirsty. A few miles Springs turned out en DIM to wel
further on and the beautiful scent ..f come the visitors. A short stop was
the pines on Pine Ridge was wafted made In Chadron and a longer one
to the nostrils of the eager Alliance- in Hay Springs. At the latter town,
ites. A few minutes more and the : which is a bustling little city, gaso
picnic grounds were reached. line and carbide were procured. A
, few ate lunch and the start for home
Three Hour of Enjoyment , wa6 made shortly after six o'clock.
On arriving at the picnic grounds, The run home waa uneventful. A
which were shaded by plenty of big cor or two ran out of gasoline and
trees, the different parties spread j r.nc or two were Btoipe I for minor
out and prepared for the picnic din-1 rep.v.i bu' most of the travelers
ners. The big Mitchell Six followed ,-ot Love by ten o'cu.e-k. The total
in shortly after the arrival, loaded distance covered was 136 miles
to the fenders with the boxes, hags
and baskets, containing lunches for
all. Fifty pounds of ice and a inon
A Few of the Drivers
The Herald man drove a car htm-
stcr stone jar were brought alone, self and had so nvnrh on his hands
together with a sack of sugar and Ithat he didn't secure the names oi
a crate of lemons. all who were In the picnic. A few
, . M . or those who drove tiTw were Dr.
John Snyder Make Fine Lemonade , Waxfleidi Wm. i,orance, Frank Tren
Johu Snyder got busy with the kle, I. T. Graham, Link 1owry. W.
lemonade flxln's and soon the thirsty j o. Barnes. Lloyd C. "Thomas, Kd
ones were criticising John's ability Bishop, Francis Lowry, Howard
as a lemonade mixer, according to Chainery, Chas. Willrams, James
their Uste. Suffice to say that thern Rice, Henry Spurgeon. A. J. Macy,
was none left, when it came time to I gj, d. Henry, L. R. ShowaUer, Jerry
leave. Rowan. W SauerbruTi, K. E. llvslop.
C. M. Cox, J, R. Snyder. H. J. Ellis.
F. M. Mosher, L. A. Surprise, Percy
Miss Burnett came in from Bridge
port today at noon.
Dan Fltipatrlck Is moving from
Big Horn avenue to Toluca Ave.
J. A. Keegan bought a 30 horse
power Overland from Jas. Keeler.
F. M. Knight, of Hemlngford, was
in Alliance today.
A special State Teachers' Fxani
ination will be held at the high
school, June 20th and 21st.
The annual school meetings for
the rural districts will be held the
last Monday In June June 30th.
C. A. Burlew, of Hemlngford, was
transacting business In Alliance, on
Wednesday.
Joe Sandford, of Mitchell, drove
over in his car Tuesday and return
ed to the ranch Wednesday.
The ladies Auxiliary of St Mat
thews church met with Mrs. Harry
Gantz yesterday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. N. P. Ryan and son.
Dennis, leave tonight for a visit of
ten days with friends and relatives
in Omaha and adjacent points.
Mrs. E. Reeves entertained a num
ber of her friends and relatives at
her home on Saturday, In honor of
her tStb birthday.
W. L Lorance, who lives ten miles
northwest of Alllanoe. was called to
Auburn, Nebraska, by a telegram
yesterday afternoon. His father is
very sick. Mr. Lorance left on 42
last night.
Homer Slckete, a ranchman living
at Redington. and cousin of E.
C. Drake, of The Herald force,
came to Alliance on Tuesday and
purchased a Ford automobile from
Lowry & Henry, driving it back that
afternoon. He was " accompanied by
Mr. Drake, who returned to Alliance
this noon.
Rev. Ware, who was filling an ap
poin uncut at Bridgeport, received Qnr first chapel hour period
for each other charging disturbing
the pence and disorderly conduct.
Both parties are colored. The wo
man Is the wife of Charley Bell. The
trouble happen d near the section
house at nine o'clock Tuesday even
lng and from the rumpus which was
caused it was thought that someone
had been killed. The testimony glv
h, according to the woman, was
that Williams had gone to Bell's
house and looked in the window,
that she had started to a neighbor's
home to call the police, that he
caught her and pounded her Bp,
knocking her down and kicking her,
that she went back Into the house,
got a revolver, and took a couple of
allots at him, missing him both
times. In police court Wednesday
naarnlng there was a big crowd,
mostly colored people, to witness the
trial. Williams, who told a different
version of the story, and who Is
said to have had a penitentiary rec
ord, was fined $100 and costs, after
pleading guilty. He will have H
days In Jail or working on the
streets Mrs. Bell plead guilty and
was fined $60 and costs.
An hour after the encounter be
tween Mr. Beal and Mr. Pedersou,
a soldier and another man became
engaged In an altercation at about
tho same spot. After a short en
counter they separated, before the
police arrived. They have not yet
been arrested.
Normal Notes
Left out Last Week
BISHOP IS J&ANQUETED
Dignitary Visits Alliance Officially for
First Time Confirms Class of 39
Adults and Delivers Address
at Academy Graduation
No Fish in Sight
Although one or two eager fisher-
Cogswell, W. L. Lawrence, A. L.
tvwti i:u! rrT-mvphr u nntr imU u ni I 1 2 '
, PP n WiU Enoch Boyer. M. E. Grebe. W H
be good fishing, they were distnv Twt u n n.i r c . .
pointed, for the finishing spots wen
a couple of miles down stream,
where a mill dam was located.
Many Pictures Tureen
geon, Eugene Ford, A. P. Brown, A
B. Sturgeon. Ward Hall, Josie Hamp
ton, C. A. Newberry, and about six
teen or seventeen more Alliance au-
A large number of photographs to owners
were taken by those who took cam
eras along. The Herald photogra
pher got sixteen. A .picture takes
Another Trip Coming
The Herald Is going to arrange
for an Owners" Reliability Tour, to
.... , V. Mntn r .-. r ii.... a,, i 1
i chT- . Z. H"";be held some day during the month
is shown hercTv,,,,. of July or Angust. There are a
Kewer Only One to Cstoh risri large number of auto .owners in Al
W. S. Kewer, proprietor of The i Hance and vicinity who are proud of
Bee Hive, waa the only one who I tne performance of their individual
caught any fish. He pulled off shoes ' autos. The Herald is going to ar
and atockingB and wading out into range to give them the opportunity
the creek with a bucket, caught a "how what each car can do, un
large number of minnows. We pre- der certain restrictions and rules
surne that there will now be a fish Tne winning cars will e awarded
sale at The Bee Hive. prizes for their good performance.
FUll particulars, with rule's and re;
Two lnomg Ball Game illations will be given later. Every
"Doc" Copeland was the hero of auto owner in this vicinity should
the two Inning base ball game, which I plan to enter this Tour, which will
was piayed on toy of the hill adjoin- ' be for a comparatively short distance.
lng the picnic grounds. "Jolly" Har-; probably to Scottsbluff and back, or
per and "Major" McCorinick "chose to Oshkosh and back, the trip to
up" for sides. In the second inning j be made in the morning an the re
"Doc" cracked the bai and elruve the turn trip in the afternoon.
CITY GUEST OF HONOR
Seldom has Alliance shown so
much Interest In the visit of a nota
ble man a in the visit of Rt. Rev.
Bishop Duffy to Alllanoe Wednesday.
A large crowd of Alliance business
and professional men, with their
wives, attended the five o'cloc k ban
quet given at Oadsby hall Wedncs
day evening.
Large Class Confirmed
which arrive and leave every day,
of the night force ait the poatofflce
and the city delivery system, of the
money which has been appropriated
for federal aite and building, of the
money which waa voted for building
a new court house, and told of the
high class of buslnese men who
make up our town and community.
J. W. Guthrie responded to the
At tho Catholic church at nine toast, "Alliance bb an Educational
o'clock Wednesday morning a class Center " He told of tho two aood
of thirty-nine adults was confirmed newspapers which do a great deal of
A glance at your dictionary will
remind you that "Nomad" signifies
"A rover, one of a wandering race".
The original nomads were herdsmen
and wandered In search of pasture,
often returning at a regular season
to graze at those spots where they
had been accustomed to find rich
and abundant herbage. Tills 1b now
the third year that the writer haB
been privileged to feast in those
fields of plenty, and, with the echo
of some famous lines about the rain
bow lingering In mind, is moved to
exclaim:
And aUn my heart leaps up when I
Behold the Junior Normal nigh!
Each week we expect to enjoy a
special talk from one of the faculty
Friday next Principal Cllne will
apeak; the week following Mr.
MarrB. followed by Mr. Reimund the
wee after.
I
on
Tuesday, wsb devoted as usual to
by the Bishop. There were twenty
men and nineteen women. J. H.
Gray was sponsor for tho men and
Mre. Ellen Kent for tho women
educating. Stated that the school
statistics for the year 1111 showed
a total of 114t! pupils of school age
and 26 teachers, all of them holding
life certificates. How that A'llam o
pays the highest salaries for teach-
the eighth grade graduates and their m( UUu,,u, llo tol(1 (f te rlT
Academy,
ith seven or
Eighth Grade Welcomes Bishop
At 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon
friends, together with the hoarder. " " 'C. ' s't "
at the academy, assemble,! In ' '"' hw tlnTtt It startofSS
auditorium to welcome the Bishop
eight boarders and now had about
. -nmi i.."giu.. .F hundred, with a total of over
lomas conrerred upon tne gramia s . ,6 teacher, wlth ftn
f ., 1 1 1 1 (I, u It t' II . I . t (.1,1.1 IlllhTltllu IllltS ' .....
message from Miss Lulu Wirt, of
York, who Tennerly taught sc hool in j ghort speeches by the faculty, enllv-
ai nance, asjcmg mm in come ui on e lwist of tne )atter credited m cer-
to York to conduct the funeral strv
ices of her father. Mr. Ware Im
mediately took the next train for
York. Mi SB Wirt taught at the higk
school in Alliance for about fh
tain member with arriving in Allian'e
ened with pleasantries. Perhaps the
a week; before anyone else, for the
purpose of getting a chance to "talK
to his heart's content". He waa
from thlB grade, gold medalB, pins
and other rewards of merit were
enferred, etc. o
The Banquet at Gadaby Hall
At five o'clock the banquet wus
served. Plates were laid for 15o
people and the tablea were well fill
ed. Mualc was furnished by Mr.
and Mrs. T. S. Jonea on piano and
saxophone and J. P. Hall on drums.
The banquet was served by the
Daughters of Isabella and it
par excellence. Following la
menu:
Strawberries in Sugar
Pressed Chicken Roast
Wine Jelly
New Potatoes in Cream
Olives Radishes
Hot Rolls Graham Bread
romutoes and Cucumber Salad
Salted Wafers
Special Brick Ice Cream
Cake Coffee
years but resigned last year on a persuaded to talk a little on this CM
count or har rather s illness. ieaston, too, the quality of the ora
' Itory It la to be supposed that
Invitations are out for the weddirrs j -"Heart's Content" did not count the
of Miss Mlnelle Highland and Mr time wasted listening.
l,eon L. Smith, on Wednesday, June 0n Wednesday we listened to a
25lh. at St. Matthew's Episcopal ;tH,k from an ol(1 lli4.ndi ln lB ,.,
church. Th bride to be is the , , of Dr. Beattle of Cotner Unl
daugkter of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. High TeTBlty. Dr. Beattie emphasized the
land, who have resided in Alliance , Beed of 1eiM.nerB studying their pil
fer a number of years. The young pl, sufncjentiy to be intelligently
couple have many friends in Allian: i ympathetic, and bo as to be able
wno win wish them a long anil nappy n - merelv to "make the uunishnient
married life. Mr. Smith holds nn
important position with the Burling
ton at headquarters.
Close of a Successful Sale
On July .:rd t ! big Orkin Brothel t.
club piano sale will close, after sev
eral mouths of unprecedented busi
ness. At that time the club of 110
members will be full. That means
that 150 different families in this
section of the stale have purchased
an equal number of pianos and pla
er pianos on the club plan, which
has. been found to be the most suc
cessful plan yet devised, both for
the nurrhaser and tke uiauo dealer.
It enable the dealer to handle much if
larger quantity and no larger sell
ing expense and it enables the piano
purchaser to g4 a high grade piano
for what a low grade one usually
costs. Those who are in the piano
market and who have not Joined
should get ln before the :!jd
fit the crime" but to suit the treat
ment to the need of the one ""treat
ed". Teachers in the future who
do aot. esteem this study well worth
heir while will be likely to have
opportunities to administer only that
kind of treatment known In Christian
8clence phraseology as "absent".
Below we xive a list of enroll
ments to date, by towns:
Alliance. Grace Burkholder. Opal
Burkholder, Amanda N'abb, LOttgue
sa Nye, Bonnie Hagaman, Marjor'i
Gltanan . Lulu Sturgeon, Nell Ache
son, Maggie Fitzgerald. Ruth Hye.
Lara HawklnR, Florence Ralls, Mar
garet Carey, Lucy O'Brien. Franc I
Nolan, Marie Gilleran, MargarM My
Ruth Montgomery. Nettie Na
tion. Nellie Wright, Nelle Tash, Kat
le Frlemuth, Mary CorU-y, Mayme
Fitzgerald, Jessie Taylor. Charlotte
Moilring, Mary Baker, Hannah Kcaae
Alice Bauer, Mrs. H. K Finery.
Ethel Johnston, Bertie Vernon. Nora
Mclean, Izetta Henswold, Fern
Picture taken by The Herald pho j the camera, can be seen Link Lowry,
tographer in Hay Springs, showing i general picnic manager, talking w ith
most of the thlrty-rix o.utos which W. R. Drake and Prof. Meyers. The
were there from Alliance, at six photographer stood on the seat of
o'clock Sunday evening. In . the Jerry Rowan's pilot car when the
foreground, with his back towards picture shown wbb taken.
AND THE MEN, TOO?
The governor of Wisconsin has
signtd a bill providing a penalty of
a heavy fin or mprisionment for
gossipers. What will the women of
that Btate now do for enjoyable pas
time? Sidney Telegraph.
And the men, too. what will they
do Down this way gossiping isn't
confined to the women. Possibly it
is the same way in the Badger state.
Office boy There are two men
out there sir. who want io see you.
One is a poet and the other deaf
man.
Editor Well, go out and tell the
poet that deaf man is the editor, and
let them fight it out between them
i -Tlt-Bita.
Don't miss reading the Famoub'
big ad in this insue.
O. H. Finney was fined 5 an 1
costs on the tith for being drunk
Bert Shield waa fined and
costs on the 14th for being drunk.
E. L Williams was fined flu and
costs on the Kith for beating his
wife. He waa later arrested on the
charge of assaulting Mrs. Bell.
Frank Smith was fined $6 and
costs on the 14th for being drunk
Fred San bury waa fined $5 and
costs for being drunk.
I. P Kurtz was fined $6 and costs
for being drunk.
Katie Bell and E. L. Williams
were arrested Wednesday morning
on warrants sworn out by each other
Moon. Grace Budrow.
Hemlngford. -Violet Kennedy. M n
nle Halber. Ida Chrig, M I Ro. k
, well, Margaret Killeen. Mae Crimes,
Guy Graham, Anna Carrer, Etta Car-
ter, Agnes Delslng, Ella Delsing, Os
car Miller, Esther Kinsley.
Scottsbluff : Rebecca Edwards, An
na Houser.
Usco: Helen Wealterare.
Angora: Cecelia Micek
Marsland: Lena Homrlgliausen.
Donald: Mrs. T. Jordan.
Ellsworth: Ray Pullman
Bridgeport: l.e.-lu- H. Ball.
Bingham: Margaret Welch.
Dunlap: Rose Annen.
Dalton: Martha Connelly.
Hermoaa, S. D : Gertrude Mother
ly. Institute Only
Alliance: Madge Phillips, Maybelle
Ptlklngton. Eva Wilson. Mrs. G M
Burns, Nina Nation, Ethel Graham.
Devona Dickinson, Asbury Whitaker.
G. M. Burns.
Hemlngford: Etta Carter. Stella
Kleater
Marsland: Carey Johnson.
lakeside: Mae L. Cook.
Whitman: Lela Huston.
Total
Junior Normal 61
Inatlutte 14
Grand Total 76
The Speechmaking
F. M. Broome was toastmaster.
The time for Bpeeches was United
and only short, but Interesting talk;;
wree made.
Attorney Win. Mitchell made the
address of welcome. In behalf of
the people of Alliance he Invite c!
the Bishop to make Alliance hit
home and the seat of the diocese.
He told of Alliance's great growth
and its many ad vantages. He used
a large number of arguments, told
how this diocese is almost as largl
as the new England states, closing
hla speech with the following wot Is.
"In behalf of the people of Alliance
irregurdless of their religion, 1 ask
you to locate here."
R. M Hampton responded to t lit
mus!, "Alliance" as a Hanking City
Investment of $100,000. He told of
the need of a boys school here, the
nearest one being Denver or Spauld
lng. He toldi how that the Alliance
Junior Normal graduates are recog
nized by every university in the
country.
Bishop Duffy responded. He said
in part, "1 am susceptible. 1 am
afraid that the good people of Alli
ance doubt my suscept.il! lit. v. I have
wag been very deeply affected by the
(hetalke of the different gentlemen
this evening. I have always marvel
led at the enterprise of the people
of Alliance. I wsnt to beg you to
be patient and to consider this meet
ing worth while. It will ajtfV t'"'1
purpose of getting us acquainted and
make us happy for knowing one an
other. There are a number of reas
ons thai must be considered in the
selection of a see. Because of its
proximity to Grand Island Kearney
was selected for the present. I be
lieve It la Impracticable for me to
come out here for the present and
must ask you to be patient. 1 ap
preciate tho good will of the people
of Alliance and appreciate your great
kindness."
Ham
Graduation Exercises at
Holy Rosary Church
Graduation exercises were held at.
Holy Rosary church last evening, be
ginning at eight, o'clock. There wern
seven graduates from the hLjh school
department. A fine musical pro
gram was rendered and a stirring
talk by Bishop Duffy was the chief
part of the program. Diplomas,
teacher's certificates and gold med
als were conferred upon the gradu
ates. The people of Alliance haw prov
en thi-m---. lv hosts worthy of rec-
Mr. Hampton stated that going line ognition in the fine manner In whic h
statistics alone would be rather drv they showed Bishop Duffy that he
and that anyway a bishop would has their friendship and good will,
not care so much about the wealth R ia ahaosrstly hoped that It may not
of the community in which he was; be very long until It will be possible
a sued to locale, out tnui ne wcuin.ror Jinn to move here.
consider the religious needs of the
P ople at that point. Mr. Hampton
told how the combined banking cap
Ital of Alliance's banks is MOO.Ot)),
with assets of $800,000. and h .w
MRS TULLY ENTERTAINS
Mrs. Ciur'e- Tully entertained at
.'.nil ut ,1... !. .t -r.., ,
that the total amount of capital used 7 ' "c '" ' ... , , ' , oa
by the banks totals approximaf I ; ' ' """t' ' ' '"
$1,500,000. He stated that the bank ' ' "JV ' " , e r ' " "
consider the character of the boi XT . l . 2 L.anUu Wonufl
rower in making loans and that the ' " c8'! , M MJJ
fact that this amount of capital fU Vrs v w n ,1 .d ,h;
here for the use of the people of I ""J"" "" W3n the conu'atlon
ii.i. ......... ....ii . - i I M . I'
ll' I: I miss reading the
big ad In this issue
Famous'
this community waa ample eviden e
that the character of the peoyle was
or sterling value, and how that he
would consider the coming of Bit-hop
Duffy to Alliance an asset to the
city.
General Supt E. E. Young, of the
Burlington, was to have responded
to the toast. "Alliance as a Railroad
Center" but was unexpectedly called
out of town. Toastmaster Broom.
read some figures which had been
left by Mr. Young. They are as fol
lows: Number of trains in Lflf. 10,21
Average per day 2t
Number of tons handled. Ilflf7,34l
MIlea of track in Alliance yda., 8
No. cars in Alliance yds., 266,452
Coat , . . . $36,000
Mesaagea handled daily in of
fice 2,000
Per year $730,000
No. cars repaired in shop.. 11.780
No. engines rebuilt. 1912.... 48
No. oars of stock to market,
fed in Alliance yds., lflf.. 132.000
Postmaster I. E. Tash responded
to the toast, "Alllanoe as a General
Business Center". He told of the
revenues derived from the sale of
st. imps, stating that In the year
ending March 1. 1904, the total rev
enue waa $7,624 40 and in the year
ending March 1, 1913. it $14.
614.19. doubled In 10 years. He
told of the good mail facilities of
Alliance, of the seven mall trains
The gm 1 r a . re M , lames
Bogue, McCluer, Wilcox, Frankle,
Mitchell. Gaatz, Hams, Broome, F
W. beater, Claude lister, Hoyoroft,
Andrews. S iilupp. Thcmas. Williams.
WeiclenhHintr. Rumer, Marks. Kuight.
Hronkhorst, Cogswell, Hall. Watkins.
Kennedy, Kridlt baugh, Wood, Help
bringtr. Vikr, Butler. Brennan. Nor
ton. Ware, Holsten, Marvin, Weet
over. Bell wood, Hamilton. Be-kwith,
and Misses Bern ice Kridlebaugh. In
Bell wood, and Virginia Broome.
Misses Angelia and Josephine Ware,
Ethel Nolan and Kmily Sklles served
CARL THOMAS RETURNS
J. Carl Thomas, who went to New
York City over two month ago, to
take a course of instruction in the
Merge nthaler Linotype ractory. re
turned to Alliance Tuesday morning.
Carl Is now capable of handling any
of the models manufactured by the
lintoype faetory.
GRAND RALLY, A. M. E. CHURCH
A. M. E. church will have a grand
rally, June the 29th, for the purpose
of raising money for the benefit or
the debt on the church. Everybody
is cordially invited.
PASTOR P. M. MAXWELL.
Don't miss reading the
big ad in this issue.
Famous'