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VOLUME XXII
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, ArRIL 8, 1915
NO. 18
ROMIG ELECTED
AS THE MAYOR
Welch, Davidson, Rowan, Davis, Sny
der, Wan, Kibble and Fleming
Compose Next Council
SURPRISES SPRUNG Y VOTERS
Penrose E. Romlg, councilman
from the second ward, vice president
and former chief of the Alliance Vol
unteer Fire Department, was elected
mayor for the coming two-year term
at the municipal election held Tues
day of this week. The election of
Mr. Romig was a great surprise to
many who were not aware of his
popularity with the people of Alli
ance. He carried every ward in the
city, his total majority being eighty
three votes.
In the First ward, E. T. Kibble
was elected over Ben J. Sallows for
councilman for two years by a major
ity of fifteen. In the Second ward
F. J. Was won over Harvey Hacker,
his nearest opponent, by a majority
of only five votes. This ward cast
Mayor-elect Romig
the heaviest vote out of the four and
several votes were challenged during
the day. In the Third ward George
E. Davis won out over Robert Dris-
coll by twenty-six, and Jerry Rowan
won over A. T Lunn by twenty-one.
In the Fourth ward William David
son won over W. B. Young by twenty-five.
The colored vote this year was
small, compared with some elections
in previous years.
Archie Gregory was re-elected city
treasurer by a majority of forty-two
votes. Carter Calder was elected
city clerk by a majority of ninety
votes over his two competitors. Ed
gar M. Martin, county treasurer, and
Mrs. I. E. Tash were elected mem
bers of the school board.
The old council will conclude the
business of the year at the regular
meeting to be held next Tuesday ev
ening at the city ball. Following
this meeting the new mayor and
council will take their places and be
Installed. Councilman-elect A. J.
Welch of the Fourth ward will be
unable to be present,
having been
compelled to take a trip east with
his wife for medical treatment.
WIFE LEAVES SUDDENLY
Mason City Man Here Conducting
Search Without Success Wo
man Insane at Times
Has anyone in Alliance seen Mrs.
M. Schmidt? When last seen she
was wearing a gray coat and a black
bat trimmed with red roses.
She ig
49 years old, weighs 140 pounds,
and is 5 feet 4 inches in height.
She left her home at Mason City,
Nebraska, April 1, and has not been
heard of since, leaving her husband
and six children. Mr. Schmidt was
in Alliance Monday and Tuesday of
this week endeavoring to find a trace
of her, and with quivering voice and
with tears ready to drop from his
eyes he told a Herald reporter bis
story.
They have been married for about
twenty years, and have always en
joyed connubial bliss. Several years
ago Mrs. Schmidt Buffered a severe
spell of sickness, and since that time
she has had intermittent spells of in
sanity, during which times she is ob
sessed with the idea that someone is
trying to kill her. Mr. Schmidt has
a kindly face, and stated that he had
always treated her the best he knew
how. At the time of her hasty de
parture the first of this month, he
was working away from the house,
and did not know of her disappear
ance until he returned home. An
immediate search was Instituted, and
the only information that could be
obtained was from her sister, who
lives in MaBon City, and who stated
that Mrs. Schmidt had been seen
leaving for the west. Mr. Schmidt
said that his wife had a peculiar way
of shaking her head when walking,
which was caused from nervousness.
It was a pitiful sight to see the
lonely and heartbroken man eagerly
peering into the incoming trains for
a glimpse of the familiar face, and
the sorrowful look on his counten-
ance after all the passengers had got
off, and then with lagging feet he
would return to the waiting room of
the depot, either staying there or
walking over town In the drlitllng
rain with the hope of finding her.
Mr. Schmidt is well advanced In
years. He speaks with a heavy Ger
man accent, and is reticent in asking
anyone for information because of
his inability to talk English fluently.
Tuesday noon he returned to Mason
City, as he has no trace of his wife's
whereabouts further than Alliance,
and for the present said he would
have to give up the search. Should
anyone know any Information that
would lead to Mrs. Schmidt's discov
ery, it would be an act of kindness to
an almost demented husband and
father to notify him, even if it were
necessary to go to considerable trou
ble to do so.
CLUB WORK PROGRESSING
Assistant Organizer Here First
of
This Week Much Interest
Being Manifested
L. F. Skinner, assistant in boys'
and girls' work, and agent of the U.
S. Department of Agriculture, was
here Monday and Tuesday of this
week getting the organization start
ed. M'.ss Opal Russell, county sup
erintendent, selected the sewing,
cooking, potato and pig clubs for
Box Butte county, and these branch
es will be the ones specialized upon,
although anyone who wishes to do
so can join the corn club.
On Monday Mr. Skinner spoke to
the high school students at 9 a. m.;
at 10 a. m. to the pupils of the 6th,
7th and 8th grades at the Central
school; at 10:45 to the high school
agricultural class, and at 11:30 to
the 6th, 7th and 8th grades in the
Emerson school, speaking to a total
of 380 students during the morning
In the afternoon Miss Russell ac
companied him to Hemingford where
they presented the work of the boys'
and girls clubs, and much Interest
was displayed. They returned to
Alliance Monday evening, and on
Tuesday spoke to the Berea school,
where the Interest was also Intense
It was at that place that one little
girl found she was not old enough to
join the club, and her disappoint
ment was so great that she broke
down and cried.
With the amount of interest shown
by all those eligible to membership,
the success of the clubs is assured in
this section, and Indications are that
this county will possess one -of the
strongest organizations in the state,
The champion in each class will rep
resent the Box Butte County Club in
the state contest. Prof. Skinner
went from here to Garden county on
his organization tour.
PICKED THE WINNER
Herald's Sortlng Editor Shows
Usual Ability in Forecasting
Result!!
His
When it comes to giving the right
"dope" on coming sporting events.
Bates Copeland, the Herald's soprt
reporter, always dishes out the right
stuff, as was again demonstrated by
the result of the Willard-Johnson
prize fight Monday when he told his
friends a week beforehand that Wil
lard would win the belt. Mr. Cope-
land's contention was that Johnson
has lost some of his old time "DeD".
j an,i ai80 that Willard was more than
a match for him even tnougn ne tma
been In his usual condition.
Mr. Copeland gave out no Infor
mation through the sporting column
I as he did not want to receive the rid
icule of a credulous public, not that
this would change his decision in the
least, but because of the fact that
jthe majority seemed to think John
son was toe uesi wan, auu uc uiu nui
want to change their decision, but
let them fool themselves.
Johnson had only about one-third
as much training for this fight as did
Willard, as the present champion
went tnrougn a course oi training ai
El Paso, and then again at Havana
just before the fight.
There has never been an instance
when the sporting editor did not
make the correct predictions, and it
is probable that hereafter the public
will listen to him and "profit" there
by, as did a few this time.
CZARNOSKY WILL LEAVE
President of Post M, T. P. A., Pro
moted to Position as Manager of
Branch House at Ft. Collins
Harry Czarnosky, popular Alliance
traveling man, president of Post M,
Travelers' Protective Association,
has been promoted to the manage
ment of a branch house for his firm,
the Donaldson Fruit Company, at
Fort Collins, Colorado.
Mr. Czarnosky has made Alliance
his headquarters for a long time. A
farewell party is to be given for him
by the traveling men and their fam
ilies and friends Friday evening. He
expects to leave on April 18, on his
return from the state T. P. A. con
vention at Hastings.
R. M. Baker, who is well known in
the Alliance territory, will succeed
Mr. Czarnosky on this territory. Mr.
Baker has made good and his friends
predict a success for him in his new
position.
Ambition Is all right if a man has
energy enough to back it up.
RETURNS OF THE
1st
For Mayor: Ward
F. M. Broome . . .22
Penrose E. Romig 42
For Clerk:
Carter Calder .... 31
Jerry Madden . . .23
J. S. Stark 10
For Treasurer:
Archie Gregory ..38
Emery Cornu ... .26
For Conncllmen
First Ward: '
E. T. Kibble '.. 39 15
B. J. Sallows t 24
Second Ward:
F. J. Was 132 5
Harvey Hacker 127 .
Ed F. Shields 67 i X ''. :
Third Ward
George E. Davis 116 26
Robert Drlscoll 90
Jerry Rowan 109 21
A. T. Lunn 88
Fourth Ward:
A. J. Welch ; 62
Wm. Davidson V 46 25
W. B. Young 21
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COMMERCIAL CLUB
SMOKER MONDAY
Alliance Fire Department to be Gueet
of Club Edgar Howard of Col
umbus Will 8eak
The last Commercial Club smoker
until after the membership campaign
will be held at the opera house next
Monday evening, April 12. The Al
liance Volunteer Fire Department
will be the guests of the club, and
a special program has been arrang
ed. Edgar Howard, the well known
Columbus newspaper man, will
speak.
Among the other items on the pro
gram and in addition to the refresh
ments are a shaving contest between
"Doc" Copeland and Frank Spon.
The winner gets a brand new safety
razon outfit. A boxing contest be
tween Ray Stansberry and I. E. Tash
comes next, the winner to be present
ed with a box of Jack Johnson (Ha
vana) cigars. Cy Laing will life a
weight (wait) of 13131313 pounds. J
For doing this he will be given
square meal. The fifth act will be a
kangaroo-elephant boxing contest,
the second and last of the series, the
kangaroo (W. D. Fisher) vs. the ele
phant (Charlie Jeffers). The win
ner will be entered for the world's
championship. An editorial writing
contest will be held between Ben Sal
lows and Lloyd Thomas, the one
writing the most words and saying
the least to be given a good dose of
red ink.
With a program like the above,
the largest attendance at any of the
club smokers Is expected. In with
the fun will be a lot of good, straight
business talk, of value to every mem
ber of the club.
MEMBERS PLAYED HOOKEY
Nine Members of Nebraska Legisla
ture Are Rounded up at
Ball Game
The State Journal of Tuesday
gives an account of the rounding up
on Monday of nine members of the
house of representatives of the Ne
braska legislature, whose unneces
sary absence brought bubiness to a
standstill. Following is an extract
from the Journal's account:
Bill after bill has gone to smash
on third reading because a small but
determined opposition was able to
hold the majority below the fifty-one
mark required to pass a bill on third
reading. Finally Representative
M rtfm aiolor rt Itnnarlol whA hoi '
vain, hopes that the house will ad
journ by Friday night, moved that
the sergeant at arms and enough as
sistants be sent to the ball game to
get the absentees. The motion car
ried without a dissenting vote.
James Boyd, sergeant at arns,
with a deputy, forthwith issued from
the portals of the state house, armed
with badges of office and plenty of
authority. The assistant betook him
self to the Lindell hotel and Mr.
Boyd hastened to the ball park.
At the park he first stopped Rep
resentative Bates of Cheyenne, who
reluctantly descended from a seat in
the grand stand. Hynek was 'nabbed
next, whereupon the two helped find
IRA E. TASH
Retiring Postmaster
ELECTION
2nd Srd 4th
Ward Ward Ward Total Majority
138 f 100 30 290
185 ; 111 35 373 83
146 .. 79 23 279 90
69 70 27 189
94 62 18 184
163 . 104 42 347 47
144 104 26 300
the others. Anderson of Boyd In
sisted that if Cronin had not shown
himself so boldly they would have
escaped. Two members In the
bleachers were next discovered and
nine In all they were respectfully re
quested to go to the state house. The
two In the bleachers promised to pro
ceed forthwith, three of the others
took a "Jitney", and four others
walked while Mr. Boyd took a car
alone. They arrived at the state
house, however. The assistant' dis
covered two at the Lindell and
marched them to the state house.
The list of those playing hookey in
this fash Kin follows:
Those at the ball game: Broome
of Box Butte, Lanlgan of Greeley,
Bates of Cheyenne, Cronin of Holt,
Chambers of Douglas, Anderson of
Boyd, Hynek of Saline, Stearns of
Scotts Bluff, and Labounty of Fron
tier. Those at the hotel: Greenwalt
Custer and Snyder of Adams.
of
Death of Woodward
James Woodward, brother-in-law
of Mrs. George Hills of Alliance, died
Sunday at Rochester, Minn., follow-
ine an oneratlon there. onW hnrt
-4 v . - m - -
time before. The funeral will 'be
held at his home at Casper. .Wyom
Ing, at 4 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs.
Hill Is at Casper. Mr. Woodward
was cook at the Drake hotel for a
number of years, leaving Alliance
about three years ago.
EASTER AT M, E. CHURCH
The Day Appropriately Observed,
Morning, Afternoon and
Evening
Easter was appropriately observed
at the First M. E. church in the serv
ices of morning, afternoon and night.
In the Sunday school both "grad
ed" and "uniform" lessons are used.
The uniform lesson was an Easter
subject. A special missionary offer
ing was taken for missions, amount
ing to several times the sum of the
usual collection.
The Knights Templar of Alliance
in uniform attended the morning
preaching service in a body. Follow-
ing an appropriate sermon. Rev. O.
S. Baker, pastor, "opened the doors
nf 'ttiA r-Vi n m i ' ' nH ruialvoil
eight
adults into membership. Mr. Tash has filled the office to the
A children's service was held lnIentlJe "faction of all. and the best
the afternoon at which eight babes . J10?8 every c,Uzen wIlh hlm
nrl twontv nlriar phllHren worn hin -
tized. Thirty-Bix children, who
wished to unite with the church with
the consent of their parents, were
received into membership.
A beautiful Easter concert was
rendered In
rection of A
a large attendance, and all present
enjoyed the fine program, which bad
been well prepared and was splendid
ly rendered.
.i... (at Minatare, on Sunday. March 31.
A lump of coal was received by J.she was buried the following Tues
H. Vaughn & Son Tuesday that is a dayi the funeral being held at the
monster, and is the largest ever seen residence of her daughter, and the
by most local people. It is almost
square, measurln .gabout five feet
long and four tent in thickness, and
the weight well, that's what no one
knows.
The lump is "Harris" coal, from
Rout county, Colo., reputed to be the
best, excepting none, and the pur
pose of Vaughn & Son In getting it
here is not only to advertise the par
ticular brand of coal, but also to
start a guessing contest. The large
piece of coal will sit in front of their
office, and every person is entitled to
a guess at its weight. It is not nec
essary to purchase coal from this
firm in order to make an estimate, as
the contest is open to everyone.
Some time next month the lump will
be weighed, and the person who has
made the nearest correct guess will
receive a ton of coal free. The con
test opened Tuesday noon, and ev
eryone is asked to call and have bis
estimate registered.
Iu Honor of Major-elect
After the complete election re
turns were In Tuesday night, a num
ber of the friends and supporters of
Penrose E. Romig, Alliance's next
mayor, gathered at the Alliance Cafe
where a fine banquet was spread In
his honor.
The toastmaster, after making a
few appropriate remarks and con
gratulating Mr. Komig on his elec
tion, called on the mayor-elect for a
speech. Mr. Romig responded In a
manner that pleased everyone, stat
ing that he intends to do his duty by
the people who have elected hinv,
and promising to do all in his power
to make his a businesslike, econom
ical administration.
NEW POSTMASTER
Received Apitointment Monday and
Entered upon Active Duties
Wednesday Morning
Robert Graham is now postmaster
of Alliance, having received his com
mission signed by President Wilson
Monday morning. He was busy
Tuesday Invoicing and checking up
jthe office, and on Wednesday morn
it ng took complete charge.
The new Incumbent is one of the
i old-timers in this part of the state,
having homesteaded near Alliance
ROBERT GRAHAM
when be moved here. During the
past few years he has been associat
ed with E. A. Hall in the cattle busi
ness on their large ranch, and has
laid up a goodly amount of this
world's goods, but he is as active as
:eVer in business circles and will be
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i ivi uinn j j rra i a iu wuivi j i 7 im m
mart wcttr oipnn rwnr Iw n hi
business dealings; Is courteous and
obliging, and will no doubt make AI
liance a model postmaster. Mr. Gra
ham received notice of his appoint
ment about thirty days ago. In send
ing his bond, a slight mistake ' was
made which caused the papers to be
returned for correction, causing a
delay in the .arrival of bis com mis
, sion.
Mr. Tash has been postmaster for
Ithe paBt twelve years, receiving his
first commission on February 23,
1903. At that time this office was
in the third class, and on July 1,
1904, it was advanced to second
class. R. W. Montgomery was Mr
Tash's predecessor. The office was
moved into its present quarters July
1, 1906, at which time the office and
fixtures were leased by the govern
ment from the Alliance National
Bank. Frank McFarland was assist
ant postmaster from July 1, 1904,
until January 16, 1914, when be was
taken suddenly ill and died. Since
" " 8 i"f ""V1 T A ,
n b n,1fd Fd Carlson,
ho i 1 con Hnue in this capacity, as
h 8 poeltlon is now under civil serv-
I ice.
i'" "' imure
DEATH OF MRS. SLOAN
Hills, iMeci at .Minatare Munuay
March Thlrty-flr.t
Mrs. J. C. Sloan, mother of George
A. Hills of Alliance, died at the home
services conducted by Elder G.
A.
W.
Klrkle, who was assisted by Rev.
D. Reaugh.
Mrs. Sloan was born April 19;
1848 near Cbatan, Canada, and mov
ed with her parents to Omaha in
1864. She was married to Ralph D.
Hills in 1865 and moved to Decatur,
Nebraska. In 1867. To this union
there were born four daughters and
one son, two of the daughters and
the son now living. Mr. Hills died
July 7, 1892.
In 1894 Mrs. Hills was married to
Rev. J. C. Sloan and moved to Alli
ance. Rev. Sloan died in 1903. For
the past eight years Mrs. Sloan has
made her home at Minatare and Al
liance. She was a member of the
Presbyterian church and had many
friendB here.
The deceased leaves to mourn her
departure, five daughters: Mrs. Stel
la Holloway, Salt Lake, Utah; Mrs.
Lucille Daily, of Sterling. Colo.; Miss
Mabel Sloan, of Louisiana; Mrs. Ella
Young of Alliance, and Mrs. Abby
Clough of Minatare: and four sons:
George Hills of Alliance; W. E.
Sloan of Wheatland. Wyo. ; John
Sloan of Corvallis, Ore., and George I
Sloan of Miter, Utah
APRIL TERM OF
DISTRICT COURT
Docket Very Heavy for This Term
Many Important Cases
to Be Tried
COURT WILL LAST SOME TLMH
The April term of district court
opened Monday, and is now In full
blast. There are seventy-three cases
on the docket ror this term, ana
among them are some that are very
Important. Several divorce cases
have already been decided by Judge
Westover, and the remainder will be
settled this week. Only one natur
alization case was disposed of Al
exis Eduard Gerhard whose case
was decided favorably.
The first jury trial was that, or
Clarence O. Rosenberger vs. Prude
Broyles, which resulted in a verdict
for the defendant. It seems that
Broyles gave Rosenberger a note for
$400 for an automobile, which be af
terward claimed was not worth the
money, and the charge was made
that it had been sold under misrep
resentation, Rosenberger bringing
suit for. the amount of the note. J.
L. Westover was counsel for the de
fense, and Boyd Mets were em
ployed by the plaintiff.
Other cases which were decided by
Judge Westover are:
The case of the State of Nebraska
vs. Geo. E. Curtis was aismiBsea up
on payment of all costs by the de
fendant, the charge being larceny.
The case of the McCord-Bradr
Company vs. Frank O'Connor et al
was dismissed, as was the case of
Ernest C. Bush vs. Joseph H. Vaughn
et al, the plaintiff paying all costs In
the latter.
In the foreclosure case of E. B.
Hurst vs. Roscoe P. Hurst et al, the
decision was in favor of the plaintiff,
costs to be paid by him.
The foreclosure case of Charles E.
Wlltsey vs. Slgoal Nordvick et al re
sulted in a decree in favor of Wlltsey
In the amount of 12,388.41 on each
cause of action.
J. D. Emerlck was appointed re
ceiver In the case of Alonzo Hague
vs. George G. Gadsby et al, at a bond
of $2,000, the action being foreclos
ure.' '
Sarah J. Smith was given a decree
of absolute divorce from Paul J.
Smith," with alimony in the sum of '
$1,000, costs paid by plaintiff.
The plaintiff was awarded a $1,
788.15 Judgment in the case of Wil
liam Davidson vs. Joseph II. Wehr
et al.
Omar J. Scribner was granted a
divorce from Etta L. Scribner, plain
tiff paying costs.
Roy E. Lester was granted a di
vorce from Emma K. Lester.
The second Jury case was that of
the Katz-Craig Construction Co. vs.
the Village of Hemingford, which
was disposed of yesterday by the de
fendant confessing judgment, and
was settled without trial.
The case of Alois Slmek vs. The
Royal Highlanders, an action on a
life insurance policy, was practically
out of court, as the time for appeal
bad elapsed.
The case of William Iodence vs.
Box Butte county was decided in fa
vor of the county. The plaintiff ask
ed for the return of taxes paid.
SENIOR CLASS PLAY
Annual Play of Senior Class, Alliance
High School, to be Given Ear
lier Than Heretofore
The Senior play, "Engaged by
Wednesday", will be given at the
opera house, Friday. April 9. This
is earlier than bas been the custom
in the past but it has been found
quite tiring to the Seniors to give
the class play, class exercises, aud
hold the commencement exercises
during the closing week, eo the play
will be given this week.
The play Is an Interesting one In
which two young people, destined by
their relatives to be married, -decide
individually that such shall not be
the case and in attempting to escape
from each other meet under assum
ed names; and that which their rel
atives wished to bring about and
which each had decided individually
should not happen, does happen.
The cast Is as follows:
Martin Henry, the laziest man In
the county Ralph Johnson
Arthur Watson .... Eliing Bennett
Jack, friend of Arthur
Bernard Moisten
Ted, ditto Charles Hannan
Dick, ditto Orvllle Davenport
Miss Abigail Persons, a woman of
ideas Nell Tash
Mrs. Watson, a gentle person . . .
Glenn Mounts
Lucille Persons .... Lura Hawkins
Marie, friend of Lucile
Birdene Woods
Jane, ditto , . . Dorothy Smith
Mable, ditto Alta Phillips
Mary, Martin Henry's aunt, cook
at the Persons
First Girl Lottie Owen
Second Girl Adah Hill
First Gypsy Alforetta Lamon
Second Gypsy Viola Klelnke
Girls: Mae Brandt. Nell Keeler, Ir
ma Lotspeich, Mary Patterson,
Beulah Reeves, Izetta Renswold,
Hazel Shelton. Nellie Wright.
Men: Roy Armstrong, Donald Gra
ham. Harvey Worley. James Ura-
ham.