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OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION
VOLUME XX
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1913
NUMBER 50
SEES DANGER IN
HORRIBLE DREAM
Alliance Man Hat Strange Dream
Preceding Accident and Give
Warning to Othen to
Be Careful
Whether a ghastly dTeam which
B. T. Kibble had Monday eight and
(fee terrible accident which betel Ray
Trabert yesterday were merely co-ln-ridonces
without any pre-determin-ing
cause or were related by tele
pathic Influence or other psychic phe
nomena is a question for the consid
eration of those who delve Into oc
cult science.
The threshing outfit with which
Trabert was connected were to work
at Kibble's ranch on Tuesday. Mon
day night he dreamed that one of
the men had his hand caught In the
MKhine in some way and split open.
As is often the case In dreams,
there was a ridiculous feature to
the dream. According to what he
saw, after the accident had happen
ed the injured man took a sack nee
U and cord and sewed up the
weund. However, the dream so Im
pressed Mr. Kibble that on the next
day (Tuesday) be told the men that
some one would get hurt and that hp
wanted them to be careful. The next
ay (Wednesday) the same men
were threshing at Heath's, near the
Kabble ranch, when the accident hap
pened to Ray Trabert which result
ed in breaking his jaw in two places
and lacerating his face so badly as
to require about a dozen' stitches by
the surgeon Nto sew it up.
MR. CURRIE MERE
C. A. Currie, who succeeds T." H.
Ucesou as manager of the Alliance
telephone exchange of the Nebraska
Telephone Company, is now in the
city and will remain here, taking
charge in Alliance on Doc-ember 1st,
wfcen Mr. Beeson takes his new pos
ition at Norfolk.
A DIME SOCIAL
A dime social will be held by the
B. Y. P. U. at the Baptist cuurch
parlors Friday evening, November 21.
A general invitation is extended.
"A College Town" is the name of J
tbe Junior Play.
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Every year in the greenhouses of the department of agriculture at Washington experiments are made In the
development of new chrysanthemums, and the best one produced ia named for some young lady of the administra
tion. This fall the honor falls to MIm Jessie Wood row Wilson, daughter of the president, who is to be married on
November 25 to Francis Sayra
HUERTA WILL
FOLLOW PLAN
Mexican Congress Convened This
Morning; Will Elect Another
President; U. S. Knew
Plan Long Ago
Mexico City, Not. 20 The Mexi
can congress, outside of those who
are in the penitentiary, convened
tills morn in ' Many deputies and
senators admit that there is not en
tire harmony but say that a method
out of the difficulties has been
agreed upon. The plan is for con
gress to receive Huerta's message
this afternoon, declare the recent
election illegal, elect a new provis
ional president, order a new elec
tion and adjourn. The new president
will probably be Pedro Lascurain.
. No action on the concessions is to
be taken at this time. It is declar
ed that the United States knew of
this plan long ago, causing the Wash
ington administration to allow Huer
ta to retire with honor.
INTERESTING ESSAY
Alliance Youngster Who Is Attend
ing School Writes Essay That
Is Rather Incorrect
The small members of a class In
the Alliance schools were all asked
to write an essay the other day on
the landing of the Pilgrims in Am
erica, There were a number of i .
teresting ones turned in, but the fol
lowing one, written by an original
little chap who had things some
what mixed, made all who read it
smile. It follows:'.
Alliance, Nebr., Nov. 12, 1913.
Dear Friend:
The pilgrims came here first and
Americans chased the Indians away.
And they foght for a long tim.
They cam in the mayflower to Alli
ance. Clumbus gave us this town,
he was a nice man.
when he found the Indians h
gave them some things, to. they
went to Holland, to.
Your friend.
It must be observed that Colonel
Roosevelt has been in South Amer-
ica a remarkably long time without
ehootlng anything.
JESSIE WILSON AND HER CHRYSANTHEMUM
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WILL CONSIDER
FURNITURE BIDS
County Commissioners Will Meet onl
Friday, November 28, to Re
ceive Bid on the Court
House Furniture
The Box Butte county board of
commissioners will meet In Alliance
on Friday, November 28th, for the
purpose of receiving bids on the fur
niture and fixtures for the new
court house. There will be many
bidders.
The Alliance dealers who will bid
will be Miller Brothers and George
Darling. The firms from outside
who will bid are: State Journal
Company, Lincoln, Nebr.; Klopp
Bartlett Printing Co., Omaha; Oma
ha Printing Company, Omaha; Rudge
& Gruenzel Co., Lincoln; Baker-Vaw-ter
Co., Benton Harbor, Mich.; A.
A. Andrews Co., 115-117 Wabash Ave.
Chicago; Lincoln Upliol storing Co.,
Lincoln; Northwestern Fixture lb
Cabinet Co., 421 6th St., Minneapo
lis, Minn.; General Fireprooflng Co.,
Youngstown, Ohio; Wm. Proebsting,
412 So. 44 Ave., Omaha, representing
Art Metal Construction Co., James
town, N. Y.; Steel Fixture Mfg. Co.,
Topeka, Kans.; and the Canton Art
Metal Co., Canton, Ohio.
DEAN WARE RETURNS
Dean George O. Ware, of St. Mat
thews Episcopal chuwh, returned to
day at noon with Mrs, Ware, from a
trip which lasted several weeks.
Dean and Mrs. Ware attended the
convention of the Kplsoopal church
in New York City. Dean Ware was
much in demand as. a speaker at
the different, points visited and was
kept busy.
Mrs. Ware returned west to Chi
cago ahead of him. They came
from Chicago together, stopping oft
a day at Mullen. They were met at
the depot thfc noon by a host of
friends who welcomed them back
again.
CAR LOAD OF TIES BURNS
Train No. 43, due in Alliance at
12::i0, did not arrive until 2 o'clock
today. The cause for the delay was
a car load of tlfis which tork fire
a' Lakeside and blocked the main
line. The entire car was destroyed.
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OFFICERS WILL
ALLOW NO GRAFT
County Commissioners Refuse to Pay
Times for Advertising Not Or
dered Present an Ex
horbitant Bill
The county conunisioners of Box
Butte county decided at the meeting
which was held last week that they
wero In charge of county affairs and
the attempt of the Semi-Weekly
Times to dictate to them Just what
they should and shoukl not do was
rather ill-advised.
When the time for the publication
of the delinquent tax list came this
fall the Times and The Herald both
asked that they be allowed to print
the same. The Herald thought that
In view of the fact that the Times
printed the list last fall a turn about
jvould be fair play. Not so with
Sallows and Motet. Said they, "We
will be whole hog or none." Falling
In their attempts to coax the com
missioners to srtve them the tax list
they then tried threats, but to no
avail.
The Herald was given a written
order for the publication of the tax
list with the copy therefor. The
Times, having plenty of apace' to
spare, copied the tax list and ran
it through the month of October,
omitting the first lewue that month
on account of the fact that they
were unable to secure copy.
A claim of $88.70 for nrimt.inir tho
tax Jit wu jt -eJ by The Herald and
a claim of 93.40 was tiled by the
Times with the commissioners. As
will be noted by the minutes of the
county clerk the Times claim was re
jected.
Just after the printing of the tnx
list was given to The Herald a ser
ies of attacks was begun on Chair
man Reck of the board of commis
sioners, Mr. Reck has the contract
for the con st ni '-t ion of the Central
School building. The attacks of the
Times have been mostly against the
construction of the building. Mr.
Reck stated to The Herald in an In
terview Wednesday evening: "The
brick which I made and the build
ings which I constructed prior ut the
giving of the .tax list to Tho Her
ald were all right. The Times gave
them a number of complimentary no
tices. Their attempt to force me by
their unwarranted attacks will cer
tainly fall. I have followed specifi
cations closely In the construction of
the Central school. It was admitted
by the Times that I was following
specifications. I was the lowest bid
der of several when I secured the
contract. There are very few con
tractors In this state or any other
state who are In the habit of giving
premiums. The bricks would cer
tainly have been all right if the
Times had gotten everything they
asked."
Mr. Reek stated further: "I have
constructed every sehoolhouse in
town, the city hall, power house, ice
plant and creamery, most of the
churches, the public library, hospit
al, aeamedy buildings, the Adler and
Fletcher buildings, probably 80 per
cent of the brick buildings in Alli
ance. My work and my brick have
always given satisfaction heretofore.
The attempt of the Times to drive
me out of business will certainly
fail."
It seems that the Times, forget
ting the fact that they were respon
sible for the knocking out of the
first court house election by the im
proper publication of the legal no
tice, thereby costing several hund
red dollars, are trying to bulldoze
the commissioners into giving them
favors asked for. The commission
ers, remembering that "a burnt dog
dreads the fire" are publishing their
delinquent tax list where their direc
tions for pub'icatioa will be follow
ed. Blessed Is the man who doesn't
expert too much from his friends.
There are fears that Mrs. Pankhurst
hss been misled by stories of the
ease with which large profits may
be derived from American lecture
engagement!.
Gatun Lock; Gates Partly Open
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Photo by American Press Association.
THE Gatun locks proved to be quit a determining factor In the building
of the Panama canal. When the work waa started there was a saying
that "the length of time It takes to build the canal depends on the
time It takes to build the Cute bra cut" But later the words "Oatao
locks" were substituted for "Culebra cut"
There is a system of three twin locks at Gatun. Two million flvs hundred
thousand cubic yards of concrete were used in their construction. In conjunc
tion with the Gatun dam they serve to hold back the tremendous force of .
water from the Ostnn lake, which is eighty-five feet above sea level. Three
levels of locks raise boats from the Atlantic level to the eight nv fuot level.
BOUND OVER TO
DISTRICT COURT
Joe Davia, a Discharged Switchman,
Was Arrested Wednesday on
Charge of Carrying Con-. .
cealed Weapos
Joe Davis, a discharged switchman,
was arrested in the railroad yards
Wednesday evening by officers Jef
f rs and Curtis on complaint of En
gineer E. L. Rouw on a charge of
carrying concealed weapons.
The trouble leading up to the ar
rest occurred on the 17th of the
month, when Davis was discharged
from the employ of the company for
being drunk. He was switching for
Engineer Rouse and gave eome bad
signals and Rouse then refused to
work with him while Davis was, un
der the Influence of liquor.
On the evening of his arrest Rouse
was approached by another employe
of the railroad and was told that he
should have Davis taken care of as
he had made threats against Rouse,
and thatt he was then in the yards
with a gun on his person and drunk.
Rouse then had the officers take him
in charge.
At the hearing this morning in
Judge Zurn's court, Davis said his
sole intention for carrying the gun
was to protect bis money, as two
suspicious characters were following
him and -he believed they would un
dertake to tnke it away from h'jn.
One shot had been fired from his
gun when taken in and the parties
who followed him were then suppos
ed to be hi the yards near him.
After County Attorney Burton had
examined the witness the case was
given to Judge Zurn, who bound Da
vis over to district court under $500
bonds. Being unable to furnish bonds
he was taken to the county Jail.
TRULY A CHRISTMAS BARGAIN
Don't overlook the 226 -piece Christ
mas package which we are offering
this year to our subscribers in con
nection with a year's subscription to
The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean
and Farmer, the Farm and Home
and this paper. The package con
tains everything needed for the
tasteful adornment of your Christmas
gifts stickers, address cards, tags.
aals, beautifully designed and color
ed, aud also a choice assortment of
Illuminated post cards. See an
nouncement on another page for full
information.
Kind of weather that puts a
in the heart.
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WOULD PURCHASE
REMAINING BONDS
Representative of An Eastern Bond
House Is Endeavoring to Se
cure Balance of Box
Butte County Bonds 1
Maynard E. Simond, representing
N. W. UaJsey & Co., who have of
fices In New York, Philadelphia, San
Francinco and Cliicago, meets with
the county coroinlsttiouei-s this after
noon for the purpose of negotiating
for $f0,0i0 worth of Box Butte coun
ty court house bonds.
The state of Nebraska agreed to
piwclnute the entire t&i.OOO issue of
bonds and has already taken $15,000
wnpth . Ur fii nwn I t ii lt nh vn A1 4 n
the county rlerk from Omaha Tues
day evening and asked that a spec
ial meeting f the txmrd of county
commissioners be called. He came
out on the next train and is meet
ing with the board this afternoon.
Mr. Hlntond will pay a premium if
Hllowed to purchase the balance of
the bonds. They draw five per
cent. LAND OFFICE NOTICE
For the benefit of persons who
may have SHw'mess with the U. S.
laud office which they wish to at
tend to by correspondence. The Her
ald wishes to advhse them to address
their mull is the register or receiv
er instead of to those officials per-'
sonally, at kvwt use the name of the
effioe in connection with he name
of the perHs. This is a good rule
to follow ia t'orresondlng with any
persons boldtag official position, for
the reason thiut hi the absence of an
official froia his offflce his assist-'
ants open a attend to mall ad
dress! to atw officially but not that
addressed te him personally. Before
leaving on his vacation trip today,
Judge W. W. Wood, register of the
V. S. kind office at Alliance, re
quested The Herald to notify its
readers who write to him on land
office butrinoM to address their mail
to "Register U. S. Land Office," or
to him as register.
Miss Korpf of Mitchell was brought
to the hospital at Alliance today by
Dr. Craig and operated on by Dr.
Slagle.
THE WEATHER
Unsettled and
and Friday.
colder tonight