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VOLUMK XXI II
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTK COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TIU HSDAY, DKCKMBKH 16, 19Lr
NO. 2 .
RETURNED WILTSON PROP'Y
TWO KILLED IN WRECK
I Mi tiding; HourM by Wm. King "Set
tied" after He rimhft.Mil ami
In-fore Sale Confirmed
Attlo Hiiiih Into SulthliiK Cam
ItlllingH Third Occupant
llitdly Injured
The property on West Third street,
occupied by the AUIanre Auto Supply
company, which was a part of the
Wiltson estate, has been returned to
that estate by William King, who
bought the building at the time of
the auction some time ago. It is
stated that one wall of the building
has "settled" considerably and that
large cracks have appeared, that
lessen the value of the building
greatly. The agreement was made
at the time the property was bought,
which was while Mr. King was in n
hospital at Kochester. Minn., that he
could either take it or return ti to
the estate after he had examined it.
The price of the two blocks was $&.-10.
NEW ZEHRUNG TRIAL
Attorney Hoyd & M'tz File Motion
for New Trial Say Material
Testimony was Stricken
Thru her attorneys. R H. Hoyd
and W. H. Metz, Mrs. Anna Zehrung
has filed a motion for a new trial in
her breach of promise suit against
Joseph Barkhurst. In the petition
It Is stated that material testimony
ron the part of Mrs. Zehrung and wit
nesses was ordered stricken from the
records by the judge and that this
testimony should be allowed to stand '
to prove the existence of a marriage
contract between the plaintiff and
the defendant. It was Judge West
over's ruling that no circumstantial
evidence or hearsay should be allow
ed, as the marriage contract was the
same as any other contract.
NEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY
Many New Hooks Added to I Jut at
the Alliance Public Li
brary llecenll)'
Thru the courtesy of the librarian,
Mrs. Wilson, we are given a list of
new books which have recently been
added to the list of books already in
He at that institution. We will
herewith mention the works of fic
tion and give the authors' names:
Rainbow Trail Zane Grey.
Pretender Robert W. Service.
Lonesomeland B. M. Bower.
Master's Degree Margaret Hill Mc-
Carter.
Beltane the Smith Jeffery Farnol.
Rtory of Julia Page Kathleen Nor
ris. Jaffery William J. Locke.
Terrible Twins rEdgar Jepson.
Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists
Robert Tressall.
Angela's Business Henry Sydnoi
Harrison.
irl of the Blue Ridge -Payne Krsk
ine. Little .Mother Who iSts at Home
Helen Uarcyiiika.
Mary Moreland -Marie VanVotst.
The following is a list of Juvenile
books:
Horseman of the Plains Joseph A,
Altsheler.
Story of the Bible Charles Foster.
Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors
James Barnes.
Anton obile Girls at Taint eUach
Iaura Dent Crane.
Doodles F.mnia C. Dowd.
College Years Ralph D. Paine.
Hand-book for Boys. American Han
dy Book for Girls Lura and Adt
I in Beard.
Automobile Girls at Washington -
Laura Dent Crane.
Afr'can Adventure Stories Alden .1.
Lorlng.
Dramatic Reading for Schools--Mai
ion Florence Lansing.
Tom Strong, Washington's Scout
Alfred Bishop Mason.
Peggy Raymond's Vacation-
L. Smith.
Damon and Pythias Albert
Harriet
I'aytie
Terhune.
Cab and Caboose Kirk Munroe.
Lovers of non-fiction will be glad
to know that Edgar Allen Poe's po
ems. Henry Van Dyke's poems, and
"Happiness" by Hugh Black, have
been added to the list of works under
this head.
The great opportunities that peo
rd" of Alliance have in being aide to
keep in touch with the greatest and
best writers of the day thru the pub
lic library, should be more and more
npprec'ed and patronized
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OLD SANTA AT HARPER'S
Tli:t li-tinili-bil lieiitleiiian Will
Arrie Xext Satiirda) After
ii miii from Lincoln
Old Santa Clan thoughts of
whom are now uppermost in the
minds of the children of Alliance--will
arrive in this city next Sat unlay,
the 18th. on train No. 41!. according
to advises received this week. On his
arrival. Santa will k to the Harper
department store, where he will ap
pear at 1 o'clock, dressed in his Ice
land raiment. Mr. Harper requests
the children to go to the train to
meet Santa and give him a joyous
ar-d welco tie reception, as he is ex
pecting this show of appreciation at
his makiitir a special trip here.
Furthermore. Santa is bringing
w'th him one tlioiiKiitnl toys, one of
winch will be given to every child
that enters the Harper store Saturday
afternoon. Remember, Santa will be
here next Saturday, without fail.
Fremont Court llou.e ISnrned
The Dodge couniy court houe at
Fremont, Nebr.. burned between the
hours of -ri and 1" o'clock Sunday
morning. December .1. The loss is
estimated at $7.1, (mil, with insurt:n--e
of $40,000 on the building and $4.
oijo on the contents Chief Harry
Houser and bis tire fighters worked
their bet-t h'it the lire hhd too much
of a start when they attacked it. Tin
blaze is supposed to have started in
the county treasurer's oliice in a
"sp't-bo". Th' Harms were turn
ed in by the tlr dep-irt"iett . bri"-?-
ing out every fireman in th-1 city
Many valuable papers were saved by
the firemen The live vaults stool
the fire tent
; BUYS BEE HIVE
.1. F. Tiller, of Fall-view. Kans.,
'tiic. into Possession of Pop
ular Variety Store
The deal wai consummated tins
wok when by .1. F. Tiller, of Fair
view, Kans.. liecrnne owner of the
Bee Hive viM'iei y store, the change in
possession to occur January J.
The new proprietor has had a num
ber of year-' e rieti--.. ;; v.-ri-i
stores, part of which were spent man
aging a large store of this nature.
For some time past Mr. Tiller ba
been on the road, and after passing
thru Alliance a number of times de
cided this was the busiest and best
' ttle city he had seen hence his de
cision to go into business here.
It is his intention to add a number
of new lines to the stock, and one
change will be to dispose of the high
er priced articles at once and sell on
ly goods retailing at five, ten and
twenty-five cents. Mr. Tiller has al
ready moved to Alliance ith his
family, and they have begun house
keeping. Past That
A clergyman had taught an old
man in his congregation to read, and
found him an apt uppil. Calling a'
the house some time afterward, he
had found only the wife at home.
"How's John?" asked be.
"He is well, thank you." said the
wife.
'How does he get on with his
reading?"
"Nicely, sir."
"Ah, I Buppose he can read his Bi
ble comfortably now."
"Bible, sir! Bless me, he was out
of the Bible and into the sporting
pages long ago!"
PLEASING BAND CONCERT!
Alliance Org,anizal ion l'lns to l.argc
and Apprcei.-iiitc Audience
at the Imperial
The bund concert at the Imperial
Sunday afternoon by the Alliance or
ganization was one f the bef-,t that
has been heard In Alliance, ep.ch
nu her being i. "dered in a manner
thi.t ..iv p!e:iv!- g Th -r.' wire twen
ty pieces in the i.nd. and every me-.n-bcr
handled part "pal i.cll-
ence". At the close of the concert a
collection was taken up for the pur
pose of helping defray the expense.
during the winter and t!:e expense
of the program. This Is the first of
the series of concerts, an'i the next
will he given at the ImperUi the mid
dle of January. Two reasons are
given for holding these concerts
one Is that they will asist 'r, keep
ing the band in practice and the oth
er is that by hearing the hand at fre
quent intervals the public will ap
predate it more and be more Inter
ested in the organization.
Old Friends Visit
"Private" lx)gan and K. G. Laing
were serving in the same company in
the Philippines some few years ago
When they were discharged, each
went in a different direction and had
not met since. But Just the other
day Mr. Ixigan "dropped in" at the
Laing Btore and there was immediate
recognition on both sides. Old time
and old timers in the Philippine:
cre discussed. Mr. Txigan recently
'came to Alliance to work for the Bur
lington, and before corning here was
, civilian clerk in the quartermaster'.!
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LEMAN WAS THE MAN
Night Ofllccr Kish Identities Allege,!
Murderer as Man Who Was
In Alliance
It is now an established fact that
Guy Leman. the young man who win
arrested at Omaha for the murder of
C. D. Campbell, the Lincoln contract
or, is the young man who was in Al
liance on November 17. and who left
that night on No. 42 with a ticket for
Omaha. As was stated in last week's
Herald it was not conclusively known
at that ti'np that Leman was the n an
who ha dstayed at a local hotel, and
whom Otficer Kish had seen buy a
icket for Omaha, but photographs of
the man received last week identified
him. This information was forward
ed to the officers at Omaha.
Leman claimed that he became
drunk at Alliance, and had left here
with his companion. Conway, in a
wheat car. Hither Leman was to
drunk here that he did not know
what he was doing, or else he delib
erately lied to the Omaha police, tell
: ine them that he got off the train at
Lincoln and that he had no ticket for
Oiftaha.
; The Omaha police are encounter-
ing considerable trouble in establish
' 'tig Leman's connection with the
, murder, although a taxi driver there
i said he saw Leman fire the shot that
killed Ca!.:pbell.
HoH
Tom "Is it true that you propos
d to Alice and were rejected?"
Jack- -"Not exactly rejected. She
:-aid when she fell like making a fool
of hert-clf she'd let me know."
- Boston Transcript.
C. Doggett was Instantly killed.
Fred T. Devaul died a few hours lat
er, and Martin Kchroop was probably
fatally Injured Sunday evening when
the automobile In which they were
riding near Billings, Mont., ran Into
a passenger car that was being
switched In the Joint Great Northern
and Burlington yards at that place.
According to information received
here by railroad officials immediately
after the accident, the automobile
was driven by Devaul, who Is an auto
salesman, and was going at a rate of
forty or fifty miles an hour, and thu
switch engine was running three or
four miles an hour. The automobile
was forced under the conch, and In
this position wan dragged about eigh
ty feet.
NEW TELEPHONE LINE
Welm Tclcidione Company td Itulbt
m New line from Oshkosh to
llyanuU Soon
It is probable that in the near fu
ture the VVehn Telephone company,.
of Bridgeport, will start construc
tion work on a telephone line from
Oshkosh to Hyannis, crossing the
Kind hills and connecting with Lew
ellert, Broadwater and Llsco. This
will be a loll line and will connect
with the Bridgeport exchange and
thence to Alliance. The principal
object in constructing this line is to
give the large ranchers In the sand
bill country toll connections with the
outside world. The length of the
new line will be about sixty miles.
and the cost of construction will h
about 120.000. It will probably be
built in the spring.
EXPLAINED FARM SURVEY
It. It. HNiftortl of the I)eartmeiit of
Agriculture Spoke to Inter
eHetl Audience
It was unfortunate that more
frt niers, anil even more business
men, not present at the city
hall Saturday afternoon to hear R.
R. Spafford, of the department of ag
riculture, tviplaln the Box Butte
county I arm record work. By means
of charts Mr. Spafford explained this
lii' p. riant proposition thoroughly,
and those who were present were giv
en a decidedly different viewpoint on
th" farming bust .ens.
For the charts and for his expla
nation Mr. Hpafford used a total of
5t000 acres, the table land in Box
Butte county. Of this land, the fif
teen poorest paying farms were sel-
iected at ranoom, as were the beat
fifteen paying farms, and theae two
divisions, together with the fifty-live
farms were compared In the matters
of capital, receipts, expenditures,
profits and labor income. The cap
ital consists of the real estate, live
stock, feeds, machinery and cash.
Mr. Spafford urged the farmers to
j figure their house rent as a separate
j and distinct item in their business,
jibe same as does the banker or the
I merchant.
The machinery on these tifty-tive
'fi-rins, according to the speaker, who
had other statistics on the subject,
lasts on an average of ten years. The
size of these farms ranges from 160
to 2,000 acreH, and for 1914 the av
erage labor income for them all was
$30. On some there was nothing
left for the labor income, and this
had to be made up by the best paying
farms. $30 was the average labor
income for the fifty-live farms, and
for the fifteen best paying farms it
was $763. The average area of th
fifteen poor paying farms is 1143 ac
res; the average for the fifteen best
paying farms is 1009 acres.
Mr. Spafford made a plea for the
diversification of crops, urging the
farmers to balance their planting so
they would not be dependent ou any
one variety of crop. This, he said,
would bring western Nebraska to the
front in a hurry.
After the speaker had finished his
discussion a comparison was made
between the farms in this section and
those in the eastern part of the state,
in the matter of capital, area of
farms, and cost of feeding each ani
mal unit. In Box Butte county the
j average capital for the entire fifty
j five farms is $21,055. and for the
fifteen best paying farms, $24,942.