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;30X BUTTE ANNUAL FVIR, SEPT. 17,
Official Paper of City of
Alliance, County of Box
Butte and United States
Land Office "
VOLUME XX
FREE ON
LINE HE
BEATS IT
Canadian Officials Had No Agree
ment With American Officers
Prisoner Hired an Auto and
Started Towards East
Released at Railroad Station on a
Warrant from Minister of Jus
tice Over the Border
(By United Press)
Coatieo'ok, Quebec. Sept. 10 Ac
complishing: a sudden coup Harry K.
Thaw this morning was hustled out
of the detention room at the rail
road (station and against the wishes
and violent protest of New York of
ficials was rushed across the border
and et free. Immigration Official
Robertson said the proceeding was
legal and that the action was taken
on a warrant issued by the Minister
of Justice. Roberts and four men
had charge of Thaw.
;, J (By. United Press) ,.
Averlll, Vermont, Sept. 10 Harry
Thaw te at large. Two Canadian of
Xicials, after crossing the border at
:65 this morning, set Thaw frei
here. Thaw hired an automobile anc'
started eastward. It seems that the
Canadian officials had no agreement
with American officers. They said
they did their duty and let it go at
that.
BULLETIN
COLBROOK, N. H., SPT. 10
HARRY K. THAW WAS ARREST
ED HERE LATE YESTERDAY AF
TERNOON. JEROME AND ATTOR
NEY GENERAL KENNEDY RUSH
ING FROM NEW YORK.
BOMB JOLTS UP FOUR
CHICAGO STRUCTURES
Twenty .'Are Injured When Explos
ion .in SFront of; Bank Follows
Black Hand Threats Many
Flee in Night Clothes
(Dy United ' Press)
Chicago, Sept. 10 A bomb explos
ion in the Italian quarter this morn
ing wrecked the fronts of four
building and sent a thousand resi
dents fleeing in their night clothes
into the streets. The bomb was set
off in front of a bank that had been
threatened by the "black hand."
Twenty perrons were injured by
flying glass. "
Free Vool Effective
December 1st.
Free Sugar Delayed Until 19i7 All
Other Tariff Schedules Op
erative With Signature
of President Wilson
(By United Press)
Washington, Sept. 10 With the
exception of the free wool and Bugar
measures, every schedule of the
tariff will become effective vlih ilie
president's signature. Free wool
will be effective December 1 and
free sugar will become effective on
March 1, 1917, at the earliest.
m
The Alliance !
ALLIANCE,
Box Butte's Best Opportunity
Begins Looming Up Right Now
Commercial Club Is
Needed to Exploit
Advantages of Box
Butte County
"Alliance should have a live
Commercial club. Now is the
time to advertise western Ne
braska and we have no organiz
ation ready to take up this work.
There is every advantage this
year in point of climate and in
point of production in this sec
tion and it is to be regretted
that a greater effort is not be
ing made."
This statement came from E.
T. Kibble on his return from the
eastern part of the state yester
day, and while Kibble Is a real
estate man and therefore anx
ious to bring new timber into
Box Butte county, there are
-many others who are not real
estate men who are forced" toj"
agree with him on the logic ex
pressed. Western Nebraska is not get
ting the advertisement which Is
its due. The summer climate
of Box Butte county is one of
its best assets when one stops
to consider that the eastern sec
tion of this state, together with
other states eastward, have
been sweltering at temperatures
ranging far above the 100 mark.
The people of the east are much
told about "Cool Colorado,"
when as a matter-of-fact Colora
do is no cooler In the summer
than Alliance, Nebr.
It is the intention of several
Nebraska boosters to take up
. the question of a Commcrcia'
club within the next few weeks
and it is believed that Alliance
business men will assist.
Horrors! Girl in
Blue Has a Torn
Stocking; Mercy!
Isn't it awful, Mabel?
One Alliance man who saw
the girl in blue says she has
torn her stocking at the ankle.
He thinks perhaps this is why
she does not appear more often
on the streets. With this added
mark of identification almost
any person (male of course.)
should be able to find the girl
in blue. Latest advices from
Denver are to the effect that
the whole city is excited over
ltr disappearance. If you see
her, notify the authorities or
The Daily Herald.
FAMILY MOVES TO
UNIVERSITY PLACE
Alliance loses two of its mo..t
highly respected citizens today, Mr.
and Mrs. I.. A. Rutldge, who leave
on belated 44 this afternoon for the
capital city. Mr. Rutledge desiring
to engage In out-of-door work for
while secured a small fruit an 1
poultry farm in the outskirts of I
Iverslty Place, northeast of t
state farm, a most deiijihtful place
for a home, where they will reside
His address will be H. P. II. No.
Box 247, Lincoln Nebr.
OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA
BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA I THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
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IRRIGATION BY PUMPING TAKEN UP BY
ALLIANCE POWER COMPANY WITH CHANCE
OF COVERING WHOLE OF BOX BUTTE COUNTY
With an average of $7 per
acre for 160 acre sections, with
a 25 foot lift costing $2.25 per
acre and a 50 foot life costing
$4.50 to $5 per acre, the $7 rep-,
resenting original equipment, the
Alliance Power company may
soon be furnishing the "juice"
for irrigation by pumping
throughout Box Butte county.
Manager C. A. Dow has taken
up the proposition and yesterday
figures were given him by C. H.
RANGE BURNED OVER
LIGHTNING IS CAUSE
Lightning yesterday afternoon wip
ed out half a section of good range
grass on the farm of George Sclilll
souh of Atlllance. Only by a hard
fight was the fire kept from spread
ing to the farm buildings, assistance
being sent from Alliance to conibt.t
the flames which swept rapidly
CROP REPORT OF U. S.
gAV
FALLING OFF SHOWING
(By United Press)
Washington, Sept. 10 A special
cirp report Issued by tho depart
ment of agriculture today gave the
following estimates:
Condition Sept. 1. com.nred with
ten year averages.
Corn 65.1 against Si.S; sin-in?
wheat 75.3, against S'j.S; oat 74.0,
against 79.3.
IOWA CROPS IS RUINED
fa
POTATOES
(By United Press)
Iks Moines, la., Sept. 10 Tne
eight days of Intensely hot weather
that has ushered In September have
damaged lova crops very seriously
according to Dr. George M. Chap-
AIRSHIP TAKES PLUNGE;
5,000 SEE DEATH DIVE
(By United Press)
Berlin, Sept. 10 Five thousand
persons last night saw the Zeppelin
airship plunge 600 feet into the
North sea with a number of p1;
sengers aboard. Seven bodies wera
recovered today and eight are st II
missing. Seven survivors told a
thrilling story of how '.he ship
plunged to Its doom when It was
struck by a hard storm.
STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION
Williams, former manager of the
Colorado Power company.
Within a few months Managi
Dow hopes to be In a position
to guarantee irrigation for Box
Butte county by electricity, Dow
believes that a water level will
be found for Irrigation purposes
and that within a short time
this county will rival Scotts
', Bluff or any other county now
irrigating with river wate-. Dow
has already taVen up the propo
sition with a number of Alliance
boosters.
southward before the wind. The
lightning which started the fire is
said to have rese-mbled a huge bull
which dropped and seemed to burst
on the ground. The heavy shower
that followed aided materially In
preventing the fire from going fur
ther. Yields based on condition cbtl
mates:
Corn 2,351,000,000 bushels compar
ed with 2,5:51,000,000, the ten year
averages; spring whent 24J,0O'),0O'
bushels against 191,000,000; all
wheat 754,000.000 against C21,0i(i.
000; oats 1.0C6.000.000 against '.:)-',
000,000.
The quality ot the h;iy crop !.
91.7 against a ten yeir average ol
91.7.
A FAILURE
pel, section director of the wea'lter
bureau. Corn is beln matured Va.
rapidly and the potato crop is a
failure In many sections. Pas'ure
are brown and dry and water is
failing for stock in many sections
EXTENSIONS BEING MADE
ON BURLINGTON RAILROAD
With 200 men working on track
laying the Burlington is putting
down 8,000 feet of steel daily ou Its
extension eastward toward Oiiu
Junction. The new track will reach
Casiter within the coming week.
Kant of this place work on tat
grade Is being rushed and there will
be only a brief delay before track
laying can be resumed eastwaid
from Casper.
RALO
II, 1913
While East Swelters
in Heat Wave Alli
ance Has Kept Well
Cooled Off
Box Butte county's fame was
well spread by the party of Alli
ance men who accompanied the
county exhibit to the state fair
at Lincoln and as the result of
the publicity given, It seems al
most certain that a number of
new residents will be . added to
ths section of the state.
The publicity given was based
on facts that counties in the
eastern section of the state
could not very well sidestep. For,
while the eastern counties have
been burning up under the in
tense heat and rain has become
almost an unknown quantify, It
was demonstrated that Box
Butte has had plenty of moisture
.and that the heat here has not
been extreme enough to eVen
be annoying.
E. T. Kibble, who accompan
ied the party, on his way home
visited York, Seward and Ham
ilton counties. He declares that
the crops are absolutely ruined
in these counties and that not
only is thefe no feed on the
ranges, but that the corn and
hay that has been cut Is no
good. Almost all exhibits at the
state fair, except those of Box
Butte county, were holdovers
from other years, almost every
thing being burned up this year.
It was the very best advertise
ment that western Nebraska
could have been given, accord
ing to those with the exhibit
and hundreds inquired concern
ing farm land in this section of
the state.
Shoot to Be Made
Added Attraction
for County Fair
As an added a'.:.ct:c.i at the
Box Butte county fair arrange
ments have been made by tie
Alliance Gun club for the hold
ing of a shoot on the morninjj
of Sept. 18 and 19. In addition
to this a number of individual
tent shows have been obtained
for the fair and the side attrac
tions will be made worth while.
One of the best features of the
exhibits will be the woman's sec
tion where housework will be
displayed to the best advantage.
The program will be announced.
PLEASANT PICNIC PARTY
HELD NORTH OF ALLIANC?
One of the most pleasant plcni
parties recently enjoyed was hel-l
six miles north of the city yesterday
afternoon, the party leaving the c'ty
at 3 o'clock and returning at 6:30
yesterday evening. Mrs. Kennely
of the city clerk's office enjoyed
her first outing since returning to
the office her. '
Those in the party were: Mrs. M.
E. Johnson, P. W. Lester, I). W.
Butler, A. O. Butler. Chase Pea
ins, James Feaglns, Westover, Kc
nedy, Watklns, Kern, Norton, C.
Drake, Grebe and Mitchell.
ill
18 einci 19
Largest circulation of'
any newipaper In Wnt
em Nebraska.
NUMBER 40
ALLIANCE
IS IN NEW
DISTRICT
Rev. O. S. Baker. Brings Good News
on Return From Conference at
Valentine Change Is -Made
In Church Arrangement
Towns In the North Piatte Valley
on and Near Burlington Are
In Apportionment Made
The Rev. O. 8. Baker returned
yesterday from Valentine where he
attended the annual session of the
Northwest Nebraska conference of
the M. E. chur'h, and brought news
that will delight most of the peoule
of Alliance. In the first pkue Mr.
Baker la returned as pastor for an
other year, wblch however, Is a
surprise to no-one.
The conference boundary having
been changed to Include towns la
the North Platte valley on and near
the Burlington, railroad, includinic
Bridgeport, Scottsbluff, Gering and
Mitchell, the name of the western
district was changed from C ha Of on
to Alliance. Thla means that 'ythe
residence of the district superintend
ent will be In this city Instead of at
Chadron. Rev. A. R. Halslup was
re-appointed district superintendent,
and The Herald wishes to extend a
cordial welcome to him and his fam
ily. (Continued on pae H)
WIS. SENATOR FIGHTS
FOR TARIFF MEASURE
Will Attempt to Change Duties to
Correspond With Cost of Prod
uction Here and Abroad May
Get Republican Support
(By- United Press)
Washington, Se.pt. 10 Senator La
Follette, the only republican who
voted with the Democrats for the
tariff UHr.sr.re, u a member of the
conference committee will make a
fight for duties. ba.sed on the differ
ence of the cost of production here
and abroad. He hopes to make the
tariff bill acceptable to all of the
Progressive Republicans.
Mrs. Park-hurst Will
Come to U.S.
English Suffragette May Be Detain
cd on Arrival, It Being Claimed
She Is a Fugitive Frcn
Justice in England
(By United Press)
London. Sept. 10 Mrs. Kmruuiluo
Pankhurst will sail from Havre,
Prance, for New York October 11.
On her arrival she expects tc Btart
an 18 months speaking tou' There
Is a questloy as Jo whether or not
she will be admitted. It beinr argu
ed that she is a fugitive from Jus-;
ticc.
Ruth Morris returned today from
Carriiifcton, N. I)., where she his
passed the lat six weeks wito her
sisters, Mrs. Swansoa and Mr. P.
F. McCue.