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VOLUME XXII
LEGISLATIVE
PROCEEDINGS
IliU for Constitutional Convention
Passed House of Representa
tivesLittle Opposition
Lincoln. Nebr., Feb. 4 For a new
member Representative V. A. Smith
of Beeiner is making good. As chair
man on the committee on Privileges
and Elections the heavy part of the
contest of Kelley vs Fults, for the
Furnas county honors, fell upon his
shoulders. With a democrat major
ity on his committee and a democrat
majority in the house, he had it
within his power to unseat Mr. Fults
and put In 'Tlatform" Kelley. Mr.
Smith is a very modest country bank
er but he has a future In politics if
be chooses to follow the pastime.
Norton's bill for a constitutional
convention passed the lower branch
of the legislature without serious op
position. Two years ago a similar
resolution met an untimely death.
Opponents argued that the constitu
tion was as unalterable as the laws
of the Medes and Persians and a man
was branded as a revolutionist who
suggested anything of the aort. But
this session the measure was pre
sented in a different form. Instead
of tearing Nebraska's Magna Charta
to tatters and erecting a new foun
dation for our statute the bill pro
poses to submit each proposed new
section of the constitution separate-
ly to the electors. Ia that way the mig is in favor of lowering the light
desirable changes can be acted upon rate from fifteen cents to twelve
favorably at the polls while unpopu-. cents per kilowatt and the charge
lar sections may be discarded, for water in proportion. He said:
House Roll No. 1, the Norton bill, is"A reduction of this kind would give
well on its way in the senate. It is the citizens the benefit which they
whispered that it will have harder j are entitled to as taxpayers. We
sledding there than in the house, , have in the light fund 18,576.30 and
which is recognized as being more in the water fund 12,293.23, a total
favorable to progressive legislation. J of $10,769.65. The proposed reduc
Barker of Franklin, Cronin of tion would decrease the revenues of
O'Neill and Tlbbets of Hastings are the city only 1800 per year. That
members of the house who are ac-.ls worth as much to the taxpayers
tive newspaper men. Henry Rich- and consumers as to anyone else."
mond of Omaha and Broome of Alii- ,Mr- Romig stated that he would ask
ance have been members of the fra- 'or a revision of the ordinance at the
ternlty recently and may be depend- next regular meeting,
ed upon to defend the dignity of the' W. Harris, former mayor, spoke
nress on everv occasion. There is no on the proposition. He mentioned
active publisher in the senate, aside
from Secretary Walrath, but Senat
ors Beal and Qulnby have won their
spurs as editors and they have re
tained all of their sympathies for the
"country publishers."
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If the governor had called out the
militia Thursday, South Omaha and
Benson and the other suburban
towns around Omaha might have
been annexed to Lincoln. A tremen
clous crowd of suburbanites came
down to present a petition in boots
to the legislature against a bill that
seeks to add all of the little towns
to the city of Omaha. The commit
tee having the bill In charge gave
the guests a public hearing and
strong arguments were made for and
against annexation. It is generally
thought that if the bill passes the
senate it will be given clear sailing
In the house and "Greater Omaha"
will be an actuality rather than a
dream.
Representative Lanlgan of Greeley
county has introduced a bill in
!!on"
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iui a tuiiBiiiuiiuiiai auit-uuiucill umi,
if passed, will elect future members
f the state supreme court by con
gressional districts. There is also a
bill pending to provide for the elec
tion of a supreme court commission.
Those who have investigated the con
dition of the docket claim that there
re no prospects for the present
court to clean it up inside of three
years if no new cases ar - filed. In
the appointment of Andi w Morrls
ey for chief Justice the theory of
young men for hard work has been
practiced.' A government irrigation
attorney has cited an instance no
longer ago than last summer of a
Judge who was disinclined to work
because of his age and ill health and
while be waited to render a decision
In a controversy from the western
tart of the state the farmers along a
certain ditch lost their crops from
dry weather. A salary of nearly
rour nunarea aouars per montn
vukui iu ncurv ig mg Biaiv ujcu gi
rigor and Judicial ability.
Dr. Hoffmelster. the Chase county
statesman, pulled off a successful
tnnt Friday afternoon Just before
adjournment. He wants a railroad
company to either fish or cut bait, 1.
., to use a right of way or to forfeit
It after a certain time. He got word
that the cmopanlea interested were
preparing a circular letter directed
against House Roll No. 7 and he
managed to put on enough ateam to
get the bill passed in the lower bouse
. twenty minutes before the railroad
letters were distributed to the mem
bers. The two bills providing for appro
priations for the payment of salaries
f members and employees and for
Incidental expenses of the legislature
were made into laws Thursday in
time for warrants to be Issued by the
auditor the next day. It was the
first pay day of this session. The
second pay day occurs this week.
The house bookkeeper figures that
the expenses for employees for the
first month will amount to but little
more than one-third of what It did
for the same time two years ago. If
this same ratio continues the legis
lature will save at least 110,000 for
the session as against that of 1913.
There are now thirty people on the
pay roll as against the possible thlr-ty-tbfee
who may be used in case it
Is necessary. The senate is doing
ALTiTANCE,
nearly as well, but a higher limit is
permitted there.
Five bills providing for constitu
tional amendments have been intro
duced In the house and four In the
senate, but two of them are practic
ally duplicates of each other. Rep
resentative Norton has Introduced
two, one of which is for a constitu
tional convention and the other pro
viding for the recall. "General"
Korff has Introduced two, one to pro
vide for cumulative voting in stork
companies and another one to per
mit counties to change from the sup
ervisor nystem to the commissioner
system. The other house roll Is by
Lanigan providing for election of
judges of the supreme court by dist
ricts. Senator Wilson has Introduc
ed a similar bill In the senate. Sen
ator Splrk would have a legislature
of half the present size, and Senator
Hoagland wants foreigners to com
plete their naturalization or
their vote.
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WOULD LOWER
LIGHT & WATER
Councilman Roinlg Favors Reduc
tion in Rate to Small Consum-
ers
of Light and Water
Councilman Romlg brought up the
proposition of a reduction in rates
on city light and water to the small
er consumers at the regluar council
meeting Tuesday evening. Mr. Ro-
the fact that the revenue from the
street lighting, etc., is not revenue
and that it Is simply taking the
funds from one pocket and putting
them into another. He stated that
!he vp!i:M -2J to see t he-rates re-
duced but not - an unreasonable
amount; that he does not see any
reason for - discrimination between
the residences and small business
houses, as many residences use more
light than the small businesses. He
believes that a rate of twelve cents
would be a favorable and fair reduc
tion at this time.
Mayor uodgers asked ror a re
port from the light and water de
partment for the next meeting on
the proposition, showing the cost of
proaucuon, proms maae, etc., in or
der that the matter might be given
serious consideration.
Down Among 'Kin
John W. Thomas, editor of The
Herald, lert Monday night for a bus
iness trin through eastern and cen-
! tral Nebraska. On his return he
J will have some interesting articles
on condltlons aa ne flnds them.
ATTENDING THE
PHILLIPS TRIAL
Alliance Attorney Retained by De
fense In Arson Case at Cltad-
ron
Tlds Week
B. F. Gllman, Alliance attorney,
is attending district court at Chad
ron this week. He is one of the at
torneys retained by the defense in
the case of Ora and Ira Phillips,
charged with arson. They are charg
ed with setting fire to their atore at
Marsland several months ago, fol
lowing which Ora Phillips was ap-
. prehended in Texaa.
ONK ACT DRAMA
Sanford Dodge, Miss Jllgbt and Ca
milla Nohe WiU Present Thril
ling Drama at Imperial
San ford Dodge, who is spending a
few days in Alliance, has consented
to present his original and thrilling
one-act drama, "The Gunflghter",
Saturday night, February 6. at the
Imperial theatre. He will be assist
ed ia this presentation by Miss
Thressa Pearl Hlght and Mr. Camllle
Nohe, both well known in Alliance.
Rehearsals are being energetically
conducted and a finished perform
ance is assured, aa Mr. Dodge is dir
ecting the rehearsals personally.
"The Gunflghter" is a real under
world story. The personnel in
cludes Jim Crandall, the gunflghter,
played by Mr. Dodge; Salvation An
nie, a reformed pickpocket, played
by Miss Hlght; and Black Jack, the
gambler, played by Mr. Nohe. The
price of admission for the one en
gagement will be only twenty-five
cents.
Wolverton Moves Store
Frank Wolverton, who deals in
aluminum ware, has moved his store
from the Imperial building to the
building occupied by the Curtis deli
catessen and bakery on Box Butte
avenue.
BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THUUSDAY, KKHKITAKY 4,
MUCH BUSINESS
TRANSACTED
Unsy Session of City Dad Lasted Un
til Nearly Midnight Many At
tended Regular Meeting
Councilnien Swan, Snyder and Ro.
mlg were present at the regular
meeting of the city council Tuesday
evening, with Mayor Rodgers presld?
lnp. Councilman Fleming bos been
seriously i'l with an attack of sciatic
rheumatism for two weeks and wa?
unable to be present. He is soivie
what better at the present time am!
his friends hope that he will be out
soon.
A recommendation from Superin
tendent Hughes of the city light
plant was received, asking that tb
proposition of installing a new en
gine and boiler In the plant be given
consideration. The matter will be
investigated and taken up at the
next special meeting of the council.
John W. Guthrie presented a peti
tion for the public library board,
asking that the charges for electric
light and water bills be remitted, in
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New Division of Wards in Alliance, According to Ordinance Passed by City
" Council Tuesday Evening
order to allow the board funds for
the purchase of new books. The
council voted to give the public li
brary, public schools and churches a
rate of seven cents per one thousand
gallons for water, and six cents per
kilowatt for light.
Chas. Hill, chief of the fire depart
ment, presented the revised consti
tution and by-laws of the department
for the approval of the council.
These were drawn up by a special
committee of firemen and approved
by the department. The council re
ferred them to City Attorney Meti
for investigation. They will be act
ed upon by the council at the spec
ial meeting.
Jerry Rowan asked that an exten
sion of the city sewer be made to the
back of his property on Third street.
In order to allow connections. The
matter will be Investigated and ar
rangements made.
Ed. Eldred brought op the propo
sition of an overcharge for water, or
rather the loss of water running
through bis meter on bis property on
Fourth street. It Is believed that
there is a leak In the pipe. His wat
er rent Jumped from $12 to $23.70
in one quarter, indicating a probable
loss through leakage. The light
and water department is Investigat
ing. The matter of deposits of city
funds was brought up. Talks on the
matter were made by Mr. Copsey,
cashier of the First State bank; Mr.
Was, cashier or the First National
Bank; and Mr. Harris, cashier of
the Alliance National Bank. Ordin
ance number 203 was passed, requir
ing the banks to provide bonds to
the amount of 15 per cent of their
capital and surplus and providing
that the deposits of city funds be
made In proportion to the amount of
capital and surplus In the banks.
Ordinance number 204 was passed
creating four wards for the city. The
application of The Herald Publish
ing Company for advertising on the
community calendar being gotten
out, for the electric light and water
departments, was accepted, and the
advertising ordered.
Fell Down Stairs
Little Jack Johnson, Jr., the four-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Johnson, had a bad fall Thursday
evening at 6 o'clock when be fell
down a flight of stairs at their borne
in the Norton Block. He was at
tended by Dr. Willis, who patched
up his wounds and put him in bet
ter shape. The little chap is im
proving at this time and there will
be no permanent injury from bis ac
cident. In diplomatic circles abroad some
of those "Young Turks" are begin
ning to look like old offenders.
ALLIANCE NOW
HAS FOUR WARDS
Ordinance Passed Tuesday Evening
Provide for Division of City In
to New Ward In April
In accordance with the provisions
of the state laws regarding cities of
the first class,' an ordinance was
panned Tuesday night by the city
council, dividing the city Into four
wards, to take effect at the spring
election In April. The division Is
jmnde on Laramie Avenue and Sev
enth street. The plat on first page
of The Herald shows the division
lines and he location of the wards.
During the coming municipal year
the city will have eight councllraen
instead of four, as at present. This
I will require the election of six coun-
icllmen at the spring election. Bonds
of the city officers as required by
laws governing cities of the first
class were approved.
Six Weeks More
Swish, sip, bang! Wow, wow,
wow! What was it? Nothing
SECOND
W A II D
STREET
THIRD
. WARD t. , .w.
much. Just Mr, Groundhog, who
came out of bis hole, saw his shad
ow and retired for a sleep of anoth
er six weeks. And he bad to push
his snout through eight inches of
damp snow to sec out at that. Win
ter is on in earnest, with a blanket
of snow that covers western Nebras
ka from a depth of four to twelve
inches and even more in some plac
es. MASONS WILL
ERECT TEMPLE
Masonic Orders Have Purchased Lots
as Site for Erection of a
Two-story Building
The lots on the corner of Fourth
street and Laramie avenue, adjoin
ing the Newberry warehouse and
across from the city library, have
been purchased by the Masonic or
ders of Alliance, to be used aa a
building site for a Masonic temple,
construction on which will probably
start within the present year.
The lots were purchased from F.
E. Holsten and C. A. Newberry and
make a desirable site. Tentative
building plans provide for a struc
ture ninety by forty-five feet, two
stories high. A building association
will probably be organized for the
purpose of erecting the building and
holding it until it passes Into the
hands of the order.
Special Edition for Firemen
Next week, February 11, The Her
ald will issue a special edition for
firemen, the paper going to every
member or the state association. It
will contain illustrated articles and
a complete report or the Nebraska
City convention. Parties wanting
extra copies of the special should
send in their orders at once in order
to insure getting them. A four
page aupplement will be devoted to
the firemen and It will be interesting
to every one of them.
Rented County Farm
The county commissioners, In ses
sion Tuesday, rented the county
farm for two years to 8- R. Burk
holder, who has been farming a
place belonging to Ernest Panwltx
for the last seven years, nine miles
from Alliance.
Christian Endeavor Week
Christian Endeavor week will be
observed by the young people or the
First Presbyterian church February
T to 14. The purpose or this week
1915
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is to bring new " J.V .) so
ciety, and inOtf-.. .-rcst of
Hie members, ..iiy have. It
Is a great, InK rally week to
push the best tnlngs in the best way.
Next Sunday will be Christian En
deavor Day. The Christian Endeav
or will take the evening service.
Monday will be mlistment clay.
W ill Visit Alliance
Mr. Blake, secretary of the Sidney
Chamber of Commerce, has written
the Alliance Commercial Club stat
ing that he will visit the commercial
clubs of Alliance. Crawford and
Chadron within the next few days,
looking for pointers.
ASSOCIATION
HAS OFFICERS
Meeting Held at Court House Mon
day Afternoon Attended by All
Who Could Get Thru Snow
The attendance at the meeting of
the new Box Butte County Farm
Management Association, held at
the court house Monday afternoon,
was smaller than it would have been
had not many of the farmers found
It impossible to plow through the
hlge fields and drifts of snow that
cover the county. Those who could
get through felt well repaid for be
ing present.
The following officers were elect
ed: L. II. Schlll, president; A. S.
Enyeart of Hemingford, vice presi
dent; A. H. Grove, secretary; W. F.
Patterson, treasurer. Of the direct
ors elected, only two were perman
ent, the others holding the places
temporarily, until more can attend
and elect permanent directors. Those
elected permanently were:
Lake precinct Wm. Davidson
Box Butte prec Herbert Nason
Those elected temporarily were:
Boyd precinct Fred Trabert
Running Water John Jellnek
Nonpareil Chris Hansen
Wright Frank McCoy
Snake Fred Crawford
Liberty Nels Peterson
Lawn D. P. Spreckland
Dorsey Anton Uhrlg
IMPERIAL BABY
SHOW POPULAR
Votes Being Cast for Most Popular
Youngster in Alliance Prizes
Donated by Merchants
Interest In the baby show at the
Imperial thentre is on the increase
1 The contest for the prlzr-s to be
awarded to the youngsters will prove
fast and furious before the close on
i Tuesday, February 9. The prizes
I are donated by the merchants of Al
, llancc. The conditions of the con
test are explained on another page
. or The Herald.
The standing of the contestants
entered up to Wednesday morning
was as follows:
Roy Elliott Marsh 364
Charles Bruce Fleming 254
William Hively 226
Fabian Come 199
Mary Ellen Hull 145
Jack Leo Rlordan , . 92
Clifford Young . . .' 82
Edith Hearston 52
Mona Hunsaker 72
First Court House Is Here
Wm. Mitchell, attorney, who Is
one or the few first settlers In Alii
ance, states that the original Box
Butte county court house, built at
Nonpareil when It was the county
seat, before the railroad came into
the county, is still standing. Few
people knew that the building now
being torn down and which was mov
ed from Hemingford, was the second
court house for the county and was
built at Hemingford by the Lincoln
Land Company.
The old Nonpareil court house
was purchssed by the O'Keefe fam
ily when the county seat was moved
to Hemingford. It was first moved
to the O'Keefe farm, a mile from
Nonpareil, and was later moved to
Alliance. It is now used by T. J
O'Keefe as his residence, on Box
Butte avenue, across from the Cen
tral school building.
Mrs. Martin Won Darling Prise
The weekly prise in the Darling
store contest was won by Mrs. Guy
Martin. The standing of the candi
dates Saturday night was as follows:
Mrs. E. C. Whetstone ........2165
Mrs. C. E. Bennett 1375
Mrs. A. D. Rodgers 2130
Miss Jennie Martin , 2475
Mrs. Roy Burns' 1998
Mrs. George Duncan 3115
Mrs. Guy Martin 4190
Mrs. A. Curry 2745
Miss Mary Merk 23463
Mrs. J. R. Mekiney 25045
Mrs. W. A. Wills 6425
Mrs. Fred Vsughan 3700
Mrs. M. G. Wambaugh 1000
Mrs. R. E. Drlscol 1300
Mrs. Zllpha Scott 1825
Mrs. Jaa. W. Gaddis 1000
When you are wearied from over
work, reel listless or languid, can't
sleep or eat. as you should, take Hol
llster's Rocky Mountain Tea. Makes
you feel better than ever. Just try
it tonight. II. F. THIELE.
NO. 9
ASSOCIATION
CEMETERY
Attorney William Mitchell, Wlin As
sisted in Organization of Origin
al llonrd, Make Statement
That S. A. Miller of Alliance is
secretary of the Alliance Cemetery
Association and is responsible for
the management of the affairs of the
cemetery, under the direction of the
board of directors, Is the statement
of Attorney Wm. Mitchell to The
Herald reporter Wednesday morn-
ng.
Mr. Mitchell said, "The first cem
etery for Alliance was located just
south of town, west of the Nation
place. Probably half a dozen buri
als were made there, before the pres
ent location was chosen. I remem
ber attending the funerals of Col.
Jennings, an old time character, and
a child of Ed. Fitch. When the lo
cation of the cemetery was changed.
most of the bodies were moved to
the new location. A number of the
patriotic ladles of the town got to
gether and raised funds for the re
moval or the body or Col. Jennings.
This site was used from the spring
of 1888 to 1189.
"In 1889 a cemetery association
was formed and filed its articles of
incorporation. This was a private
corporation and ran until the -year
1904, when a county cemetery asso
ciation was organized under the
laws or the state or Nebraska, which
are the same today as they were at
that time. Robert Baxter, Nelson
Fletcher. John A. Mallery, Dr. J. B.
Moore, S. A. Miller and four others
were the organizers of this associa
tion. "After the organization of the
county association a suit was
brought In district court against the
old association to quiet the title of
the property in the new association.
I was the attorney for the associa
tion and received a decree from the
court granting this request. The
property belnogs to the people of
the county. S. A. Miller is secretary
of the association. I do not know
that meetings of the directors have
been held, but Mr. Miller has the
books and manages the affairs.
"The state law requires that the
Income from the sale of lots, etc., be
applied to laying ,out the cemetery,
erection of. necessary buildings, pay
ing of necessary expenses, etc. 'ihe
size of the cemetery has - been in
creased from the original ten acres
to approximately thirty acres at vlhia
time." -
Articles were adopted by the orig
inal organization In 1889. Mr. Mitch
ell states that the original organiz
ers believed they were organizing
under the state laws when the arti
cles were adopted but they found In
1904 that this bad not been done
correctly, and that the new organiza
tion, organized that year, did not re
quire these articles, which were an
nulled by the new organization.
JOINS WORLD CHAMPIONS
Walter Tragessor the famous base
ball player has joined the world
champions, the Boston Braves, who
secured him from the Birmingham
southern league. Tragessor Is a
cousin of Wm. J. Tragessor, of Alli
ance, who is under contract with the
Harper Department Store.
"Bill", the local man, la elated ov
er the fact that bis kin is now in the
top ranks of baseballdom.
blizzardIjov
working west
Snow Plow Ordered Out to Go Ahead
of Passenger Trains This Afternoon-
Know Drifting
A blizzard, starting at Ravenna at
4 o'clock this morning, is working
west and at the time this article Is
written, 11 o'clock, the first flurries
have reached Alliance. Railroad of
ficials predict that R will reach Alli
ance in full foree in a couple or
hours. Between Broken Bow and
Ravenna the snow lies from three to
four inches deep on the ground. A
strong northwest wind is blowing,
with the temperature from ten to
twenty-five degrees above sero. The
snow is drifting badly. At Hyannls
the storm is quite sever.
A steel push plow Is leaving Alli
ance within a few minutes, to run
ahead of train namber 44, which
leaves Alliance at 11:40. The plow
Is mounted on the end of a losded
ballast car, driven by a heavy en
gine. The officials state they do not
anticipate a tie-up or passenger traf
fic but freight traffic may be delayed
somewhat. Two years sgo In March
passenger trains were delayed as
long as fifty-six hoars in drifts near
Hyannls.
West of Alliance he storm is bad.
At Hemingford the wind ia so strong
snd snow so heavy that it is bard to
see across the street. Between En
glewood and Crawford there Is very
little snow.
Trip Through South and East
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Bogus left
last Thursday noon for Texas. After
a visit in the land of flowers they
will go to New York City. They ex
pect to be gone about a month.