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ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1915
VOLUME xxn
NO. 14
'ROC
MOUNTS GIVES
HIS REPORT
Former Comity Clerk, Hired toy
County Commissioners, Makes
IU'H)rt of Investigations
W. C. Mounts, former county
clerk, who was hired by the county
commissioners of Box Butte county
to make an Investigation of the of
fice and records of County Judge L.
A. Berry, has completed his work,
and reports as follows:
IUMtrt of W. C. Mount
To the Honorable Commissioners
of Box Butte County, Nebraska:
As per your Instructions of Febru
ary 6, 1915, I went to the county
judge's office the 8th of February
and commenced work.
I found that the judge had no fee
book, and could find no account of
any fees being kept during his time
of ofli?e.
I found that he had no receipt
book for files taken from his office,
and was therefore unable to tell with
any certainty what had become of
any of the fils that were missing
from his office.
I found that after the first year of
his holding office that he had drop
ped the use of numericals and files
were kept thereafter without any at
tempt to order.
I found that it was only occasion
ally that a case was docketed, that
he never attempted to docket a case
unless it went to judgment, and then
it rarely consisted of more than the
entry of judgment and index.
I found that he rarely filed any pa
pers left in his office, to find a paper
iiled was an exception instead of a
rule.
I found 150 civil and criminal
cases that were never placed on the
docket, these I placed in filing boxes
numerating the years to which they
Belonged.
I found 75 letters, of the first
class, of the years 1912. 1913 and
1914 (according to the post mark),
which had never been opened; these
1 turned over to the judge.
I sorted all the files that I could
ind, and brought up the civil and
criminal cases numerically, and plac
ed same In filing boxes, marking each
ox with the numbers It contained
and went back to 1907 to see that
they were indexed.
I sorted the probate matter, gave
tacit case a number that bad no
aumber, and filed same numerically,
went through the indexes and Index
ed those that were not Indexed, and
placed eveiy case on the general In
dex. Miss Woods assisted me with
the indexing of the probate matter.
I was unable to find any of the
lHes in the following cases: (Here
follows list,' title and number of 45
cases).
The following named attorneys ad
nit having the probate files in the
following cases: (Here follows list
f 46 probate files with names of at
torneys having them.)
I went over the marriage records
from the first and numbered them
up to date and filed the returns In
filing cases numerically.
I was unable to find any return to
marriages as hereafter numerated:
(Here follpws names of book and list
of 41 marriages). I then proceeded
to Inspect the probate record, com
mencing at January, 1915, and go
back two years as per your request,
to see what bad been recorded and
to record what could be found of the
flies that wasn't recorded. I found
In a number of cases only a few of
the files could be found, but gave
Miss Woods, the stenographer, the
following cases to be recorded:
(Here follows numbers of 52 cases).
I was unable to find any probate
record "B" which should have been
tn the judge's possession, but be in
formed me that the aforesaid record
had disappeared some time ago and
had not been able to locate it. This
record should be reproduced as far
as possible from the files, for if the
flies should get lost there would be
no way to reproduce the records.
The following are the fees from
marriages and marriage licenses,
from January 5, 1913. to January 7.
1915: (Here follows list of fees to
taling 1871).
I find the following probate fees
for the years 1913 and 1914. 1-6-1913
to 1-7-1915: (Here follows list
f fees totaling $939.75).
Civil and criminal docket from 1-6-13
to 1-7-15: (Here follows list of
fee totaling 1476.25).
I found the following cases were
not docketed, that should have been
docketed, for most of these cases
there Is no way to tell whether the
papers are all here or not. whether
they were dismissed or whether
there were any costs paid. I have
harged the costs up for what there
are here: (Here follows list totaling
f 112.70).
Summary: Marriages $871.00
Probate 939.75
Civil and crim
inal 476.25
Not docketed . . 112.70
Recording 16 of
facial tends. 16.00
Total receipts for 1913-14 $2415.70
The foregoing iter.is of fees are all
taken from the bo ks, exrept the
cases under the V ;: 1 of "cises not
docketed", where 'rere was any no
tation I took his fv".re for It: where
there was no n'?:ition. I nuured the
costs from wh"t pMter9 fhete were
Tb-re are an' r- r r ri:'
thf : undoc' r.ises. in !i!cl
probably the judge received no fees,
but should have docketed and col
lected his costs from the county.
In regard to your request of look
ing Into the matter of the state vs
Henry Shlmek, et al, wherein Shl
mek was fined $10 and coRts, on or
about the 12th day of January, 1915,
will say that I have made diligent
search and I am unable to find any
such case on the docket, or any files
whatever.
And now, having completed ar
ranging the files systematically, see
ing to the indexing, numbered the
cases and filing away numerically,
going over the probate records for
1913 and 1914, giving a list of what
should be recorded to the stenog
rapher, making an account of what
the office has run for the last term,
I think that I have accomplished all
that has been requested of me and
offer you the foregoing report of my
doings.
(Signed) W. C. MOUNTS.
JUDGE BERRY
MAKES REPLY
County Judge Makes Statement for
Publication Regarding Art Ides
In Semi-Weekly Times
The Herald asked Judge Berry for
a statement regarding the report,
for publication. His statement Is as
follows:
"In reply to the article in the
Times of March 9, regarding condi
tion of affairs in the county court, I
have to say that it is true that Mr.
Mounts has checked the affairs of
the office, though what his report is
I do not know, as I have not seen it.
It is not true that I have been physic
ally incapacitated from attending to
the affairs of the office during the
winter, as my physical trouble was
only from my knees down, and not
upward.
"In regard to the fee book men
tioned, I have no recollection of ever
seeing such a book in the office prior
to March 2nd of this year, when one
was furnished, and immediately
posted back to January 1st, and is
being kept up to date. In regard to
there being no receipt for files which
are not in the office, I have repeated
ly asked for the proper book for that
purpose, and the book has not thus
far . been furnished. , Just, how I am
to keep such books up to date with
out the books to do it with I fail to
understand.
"In regard to numericals being
dropped and there being no sort of
order, I have to say that the files
never had been kept in numerical or
der prior to my taking the office, but
Instead In civil and criminal matter
were kept by letter. For instance, n
defendant named Brown we wou'd
find the files under the letter "B".
or if Smith under "S". And in
probate matters under the name of
the decedent. If the party who
died was named Jackson, we looked
under VJ" for papers.
"In regard to docketing cases
where the only thing done wits to re
ceive a bill of particulars and issue
summons, I fall to see the necessity
of using up two pages of u record
which costs the county not less than
$30 just to tell something which is
of no account to anybody, and where
the cases have been docketed, noth
ing done but to enter judgment and
index the same. Now, pray, what
more should be done?
"In criminal casrs, it has always
been my practice rot to place them
on docket till an arrest bus been
made, as the docket being a public
book, by that means a party for
whom a warrant is out could easily
learn such fact and make himself
scarce, so I be'ieve it the better plan
not to give notice of a warrant being
out. It is true that when I moved
to the court house, a few letters
were found in a drawer, and whirl)
I tied up and sent along, but instead
of being 7 5 there were but 20. Jurt
how the Times knows them to be of
importance to the office is past ord
inary comprehension. Regarding
files in probate cases, I have already
stated that there are no facilities fur
nished by which track can be kept
of them.
"According to the Times, I am re
sponsible for persons solemnizing
marriages not making the legal re
turn. Now I do not believe that
there has been a return made but
what has been recorded, and in fact
I had to threaten one clergyman
with arrest before he would make
the return. I have no way of know
ing who will perform a certain cere
mony, so can not know whom to go
i after for this return, but I am by the
Times made accountable for the mar
riage of several who were married
before I came to Nebraska, not ap
pearing of record.
"Probate record "B" mysteriously
disappeared a few months ago. Now
this book was never In my possess
ion. When I first took the office Mr.
Mitchell wished to look up a matter
supposed to be in "B" and it was not
in its proper place in the safe in tin
sheriff's office where the records of
the county judge were then kept.
The board was at once notified and
later procured a new "B" which was
reconstructed by me from the origin
al files so far as they could be found
When I first took charge of the of
fice, I found that part of the files
were in a bookcase In the sheriff's
off"", wmi nori tn the s9f. kM"
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ot&it"by in th? uM court boo : '.!.-
The Royal Gwent
Who will appear at the Opera
House in Alliance, Friday evening,
March 19th, under the auspices of
the I. O. O. F. lodge. The above
picture was taken at the White
House, Washington, D. C, duri:ig
their engagements there, under the
distinguished patronage of President
ers in an old box, in an out-buil ling
back of the Jail; some In the clerk's
office. Others never were found. I
procured a case for these old files
and got together all I was unable to
find and placed them in It, and have
thus preserved, them for th county
and the people interested. II ap
pears to me that instead of receiving
kicks and curses, I should receive
the thanks of the people for the in
terest I have taken to preserve tlie-e
records.
. "The Times states that I ur.i j hy
sically unable to properly attend to
the affairs of the ofuce. This I deny
and I believe that I am much more
competent to attend to il t'.ie
Times is to tell iro how to do It. The
condition of affr.irs has been known
to a few person! for so.re little time,
so says the Times. Yes. I believe it,
and that they with the help of the
Times are now trying to do by un
derhanded means what they were not
able to accc at the polls; they
are trying to do this by placing a
false construction on the matter and
making me responsible for what I
am In no way responsible and in no
way to blame.
"I now recall that In two or three
instances marriage licenses were is
sued and the parties ehited theis
minds and no ceremony was per
forrc!, and one Instance In which I
refused to record the return because
the marriage was performed in an
other county."
STORE TO OPEN
IN JEW DAYS
Alliance Will Have One of About 1AO
"(olden Kule" Store Cover
iiift I nlted State
Mr. nnd Mrs. W. B. Barnett arriv
ed last Sunday from New York City
to open and take charge of the
"Golden Rule" store at Alliance.
They are western people, but have
been in New York the past three
years in charge of the buying office
of the Golden Rule stores, of which
there are about one hundred and
sixty in the United States.
The company operating the Gold
en Rule line of stores was organized
twenty-suven years ago. Mr. Barn
ett has been with then: almost from
the time they begun business. He is,
no doubt, one of the best qualified
men in their service, and the people
of northwestern Nebraska may safe
ly expect the "Golden Rule" at Alli
ance to be an up-to-the-minute store.
.Mr. Barnett was in this city last De
cember to make the preliminary ar
rangements for opening here.
Workmen are busy this week put
ting In shelving, wiring and other
wise getting the store room at 304
Box Butte avenue ready for the
goods that are beginning to arrive.
The store will be opened the first of
next week with a large line of dry
goods, clothing, ladies' ready-to-wear
garments; men's, women's and child
ren's shoes, etc. Look for the big
advertisement in next Issue of The
Herald for further information.
Sale Was a Succe
The "winter sale of winter goods"
held by E. G. Laing, proprietor of
Modern Clothes for Men, last week,
was a success in spite of the severe
cold and stormy weather. Mr. Laing
has an interesting letter on page two
of this issue of The Herald.
District Court in Sewsion
An adjourned session of district
court was held at the Box Butte
county court house Wednesday after
noon and this morning. Judge West
river heard a number of cases before
returning north this noon. A full
report of the cases will be given next
week.
Will Celebrate Aniversaruy
Th annual anniversary ceremon
ies of the I. O. O. F. will be held in
Alliance Monday, April 26. Special
"vires v'll h ) A il
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'.' ' lu arr; n f...- ;m
Welsh Glee Singers
ft !Kr)yAi 3!!
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Woodrow Wilson and family. The
rt pertolre of the Royal Gwent Welsh
Glee Singers is varied and extensive,
l including classical, operatic, sacred,
popular, sentimental, patriotic and
j comic, quartettes, "trios, duets and
solos. This Is predicted to be the
I fim st of Its kind ever heard in Alli
ance. m SCHOOL
DECLAMATORY
Ie luuuilory Contest Will lie Held
at I'lieliin Opera House Friday
Night, March 12tli
I The local High school declamatory
' contest will be held at the Phelan
opera house Friday night, March 12.
The winners in this contest will rep
1 resent the Alliance High school In
jthe district declamatory contest,
; which will also be held in Alliance,
March 25. The young people par
ticipating in the contest have work
ed faithfully to make It one of merit,
and the patrons of the school can
i rest assured that It will be worthy
of their attendance. To defray the
expenses Incident to the contest, an
admission fen of 25 cents will be
charged.
The following Is the program:
Pale In the Amber West;
The Rose of Sharon Male Quartet
"Mensrs. Nohe, Lamon, Vance, Ham
ilton. DRAMATIC
The Prisoner's Plea . . David Beach
Franceses Edna Bowman
, The Gypsy Flower Girl
Lura Hawkins
The New Brother . . Irma Lotspeich
ORATORICAL
, The Indians Elinor Harris
The Old South and the New ....
j Ralph Joder
HUMOROUS
Billy Brad and the Big Lie
i Rose Carlson
The Aspiring Dishwasher
Hannah Cotant
The Lady Across the Aisle
' Mabel Qrassman
, Bill Smith Nell Hunt
1 A Woman in a Shoe Shop
i Tressa Vandervoort
Music by H. S. Orchestra.
Decision of Judges.
Program will begin promptly at 8
o'clock.' Door opens at 7:30.
INCREASING THE
HARNESS OUTPUT
linMrtant Department of Newberry
Hardware Company Hring Kx
mnded for Wholesale !Siilne
,V. A. Maulsby, formerly a travel
ing salesman for the Haney Company
of Hastings, harness manufacturers,
has been employed by the Newberry
Hardware Company of Alliance as
traveling salesman for the harness
department, which is being enlarged
ito care for the rapidly Increasing
wholesale harness branch of this bus
iness. New machinery is being add-
l ed in the harness factory and teh
factory is filled with orders.
Mr. Maulsby covers northeastern
I Colorado, eastern Wyoming, western
soum Dakota and Nebraska east as
far as North Platte on Union Pacific.
Broken Bow on the Burlington, and
Valentine on the Northwestern. Al
though he has only been out a short
time he has had a very successful
business. The wholesale business of
the Newberry company Is rapidly in
creasing in the hardware deprtsnent
as well as the harness department,
which was added not many months
ago.
Farmer' Club Meeting PoKtMned
D. E. Purlnton, president of the
Box Butte County Farmers Club, re
quests The Herald to announce that
the meeting of the club that was
postponed from February 16 to
March 16 has been put off till the
third Tuesday in next month, which
will be April 20. The meeting will
be held at the residence of Mr. and
Mrs. Win. Rust, Jr. The cause of
the postponement is bad weather
i i'd sn"w. but it I exported thnt bv
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r.' il.e ria Ik paw.ble.
ety. A nominating committee com
posed of one member from each so
ciety, with Anna Srnner as rbalrman.
nominated the following for officers:
Chas. Sparht, president; Chas. Hsn-
nan, vice president; Miss Vera Spen
cer, cecretary; and Louis Powell,
treasurer. The next meeting to
complete the organization will be
held Sunday March 21, at the Pres
byterian church, at 2:30 p. m., to
hear the report of the nominating
committee, which was to look tip a
constitution and by-laws and present
them at this meeting.
Three l'aHrs This Week
The Herald office tn an unusually
busy place this week. In addition
to printing a special stockmen's edi
tion of 5.000 copies of The Herald,
the regular edition of 2,500 copies,
the regular edition of the Hemlng
ford Journal, time was taken to help
out the Semi-Weekly Times of Alli
ance when an accident happened to
their cylinder press on Tuesday.
YEOMAN LODGE
AT HEMINGFORD
lirotlierliood of v American Vcouian
Organize New Homestead, on
Tuesday of Tills Week
Deputy Fred Gilbert of Alliance,
assisted by Mrs. M. RedOeld, organ
lied a homestead of the order of the
Brotherhood of American Yeoman at
Hemingford, Tuesday night of this
week, with twenty-one charter mem
bers. The members are working to
ward a class adoption. May 25, when
it is expected that fifty more mem
bers will be added.
Dr. C. E. Teter was appointed
medical examiner by the head office.
The following officers were elected
by the Hemingford homestead at the
time of organizing: J. T. Elliott,
worthy foreman; Frances M. Haynes,
master of ceremonies; Mattle E.
Olds, correspondent; Arthur P.
Haynes. master of accounts; C. H.
Keehner, overseer: Florence Palm
er, chaplain; N. G. Palmer, guard;
Edith Curry, Lady Rowena; Mrs. M.
Keehner, Lady Rebecca; F. H. Hoag
land, watchman; L. A. Roland, sen
tinel. The meeting nights are the second
and fourth Tuesdays of each month.
All visiting archers are cordially in
vited to attend. :
BURLINGTON
OFFICIALS MEET
Six Private Cars Were Lined up in
Alliance Yards Wednesday
when Officials Meet
Burlington headquarters In Alli
ance was the scene of an Important
meeting of the Board of Train Rule
Examiners Wednesday morning. Six
private cars were lined up in the
yards at one time. Among those
who were at the meeting were divis
ion superintendents M. J. Foley of
Casper, G.. L. Griggs of Sheridan, W.
G. Dungan of Sterling, W. M. Weid
enhamer of Alliance, General Super
intendent E. E. Young of Alliance,
and Assistant General Manager B. B.
Greer of Omaha.
The Team I tan Away
Five pretty schoolmlses out In a
sleigh, when their bad team got mad
and ran away. Piled the pretty
schoolmlsses all in a heap, where the
snow was awful, awful deep. Team
ran down main street and four times
'round a block before they decided
on a place to stop.
Five pretty schoolmisses decided
there was a way to miss teaching
school for a whole, big day. Blacked
their eyes and put arms in great big
slings, twisted their noses and lots
of other things. All trouped down
to see if they could get sick leave,
but the professor said, "Well, I do
believe that the little kiddies like
you all so well, if you don't come to
school we won't ring the bell. So
hop along and fix yourselves in trim
so very fine, and be at work tomor
row on the stroke on nine.
Borne Severe Trip
Fred Mollring and John Snoddy,
of the firm of Snoddy ft Mollring. re
turned the last of the week from a
business trip in the sand hills east of
Alliance. They found traveling dif
ficult because of the Immense drifts
of snow encountered but their know
ledge of the roads prevented them
from becoming lost and they spent
their time while tied up with friends
in the hills. John Snoddy, who is
selling Texas land, asked a man who
was trying to dig out his home from
a fourteen, foot snowdrift whether he
wouldn't like to be in Texas. "I'd
like to be in hell," said the ranch
man, who was running short of bay
for his cattle.
Cecil Smith Out Again
Cecil Smith, who has been confin
ed to his home several months by an
attack of rheumatism, was able to be
down town Tuesday. He was the
guest of George Ellis and Bates
Coneland wMle down town, takinp
Mi;rT with tl.em and afUrwurJ; :it
tenJing the tlio.
SPRING STYLE
SHOW COMING
Co-opcrallve Program Will He Held
This Year at Imperial Theatre,
Thursday, March 25th
Alliance's 1915 spring style show
will be held at the Imperial theatre,
Thursday March 25. Seven merch
ants have signified their Intention of
participating in this event. The pro
gram will be of a co-operative na
ture. One program will be gotten
out for all who participate. On the
program each model will be number
ed and the merchant's name given.
As the models appear this number
will be placed on an easel.
Each merchant will be allowed the
following number of models: Men's
clothing three models of men and
one for children; dry goods stores
four models. The Commercial Club
has secured the Alliance School of
Music for the afternoon matinee
they will furnish a special program.
In the evening Manager Dubuque
will show special reels of pictures
and furnish special music. The af
ternoon matinee will be for the visit
ing teachers from out of the city,
starting at 4:30 o'clock.
MOKE CANDIDATES OUT
Petitions Bring Circulated for Can
didates for Various City Offices
for Election April 6th
A number of new candidates have
appeared for city offices since last
week's issue of The Herald. Peti
tions are out for a number, and oth
ers have not yet been circulated, but
are talked of. Candidates for mayor
are P. E. Roralg, present councilman
from the second ward, and F. M.
Broome, representative In the state
legislature from this district. Candi
dates for councllmen are: First
ward. Ben J. Sallows; second ward,
Ed Shields. F. J. Was and Harvey D.
j Hacker; third ward, Jerry Rowan,
Geo. E. Davis, John Brennan; fourth
ward, A. J. Welch and William Dav
jldson. Candidates mentioned for
I city clerk are Geo. F. Snyder, Lloyd
C. Thomas and C. E. Calder.
NEW MII.LINKHY STOCK
Mrs. HanqueHt and Daughters Open
Store with New (Joods
The Misses Mabel and Cecelia San
quest arrived In Alliance yesterday'
to re-open the millinery store of
Mrs. Sanquest & Daughters at 403
Box Butte avenue. They have had
the room cleaned and fixed up. in
cluding the putting In of new equlp
, ment, preparatory to the opening of
their new stock of spring millinery.
The Misses Sanquest recently re
turned from Chicago, where they
spent some time studying the new
; spring fashions, which they say are
certainly beautiful this year and will
no doubt please every one. As will
be seen by their advertisement in
The Herald, they intend to sell up-to-date
millinery at money-savins
prices, beginning their low prices
with the opening of the season.
I
j CONTEST CIOHEtt MARCH 20
Ford Automobile Will He Awarded
to the Leading Contestant by
"The Kighr Store
The automobile contest at "The
Right" clothing store, Roy Beckwith,
proprietor, will close at midnight
March 20. The Interest is becoming
keen and the contestants are very
busy. Mr. Beckwith makes some in
teresting price reductions tn his ad
vertisement on page four of this is
sue. WHAT KIND OF IMVHATOK
j As the season for selecting Incu
; bators is at hand, persons who intend
to hatch chickens by that prooss
naturally want to know what Is the
best. It will help perao.ia living in
Alliance or within rei.ch of this city
to solve the problem by calling at
Acheson's Hardware Store and ex
amining the Queen Incubators and
Brooders, which are manufactured
at Lincoln.
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METHODIST CHURCH
Announcement for Sunday, March
14, and the week following:
Sabbath school, 10 a. m. Graded
lessons.
Public worship, Sunday, 11 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m.
Young people's service, Sunday,
6:30 p. m.
Prayer and social hour, 7:30,
Wednesday evening.
The public will be given a cordial
welcome to all services.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Wood' Hall
Services, 11 a. n., Sunday. Sub
ject, Substance.
Sunday school, 10 a. m.
Wednesday evening meeting 7:30.
Organizing Young People
A meeting of the presidents and
four of the members of each of the
young people's societies of Alliance
was held Sunday afternoon at the M.
E. church for the purpose of organ
izing a Union Young People's Soci-
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