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VOLUME XXIII
ALLIANCE, HOX NUTTH COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1916
NUMBER 17
4 V
STATEMENT BY MAYOR R(M
ON HEATING PROPOSITION
Mayor Romig Issues Statement to the Voters of Alliance Regarding
Steam Heating Proposition
TO THE VOTEKS OF ALLIANCE:
The city administration has Been
it to place upon the ballots for your
expression as to whether or not the
ity shall install a municipal heating
plant
In the first place, I might say that
there is no question as to a plant of
this kind being a paying proposition.
This fact has been proven by figures
ecu red by cities that have such
plants In operation. There is no
sjvestlon as to the supply of steam,
M at the present time we hare suf
ftolent exhaust steam going to waste
that would more than take care of
the consumption for heating under
rdinary conditions. During extreme
old weather It would be necessary to
ee both boilers. This would no
doubt mean additional help at our
pwer plant. The question has been
asked me as to the cost of the steam
ia comparison with the ordinary
stove or furnace. Practically speak
ing, there is very little difference.
The question of the economical use
mt this steam is purely a matter of
Vacation as to its use. From in
formation that I have secured from
ther cities, it is shown that the dif
ference the first winter is very little,
wing to the fact that the users have
Mt learned to use it properly, after
toe first year the steam showed a
ght reduction In cost over the conl
boating process.
I do not believe there is a single
ember of the council that does not
took with favor upon the heating
plants and would be more than ready
to vote for this proposition If a way
waa shown whereby it could be in
stalled without additional cost to the
tax payers, and also if there were
ready finances to handle the proposi
tion. At the present time our general
land is exhausted. We have at this
Ume in the light and water fund the
am of $11,693.14, i:;luding the
holding by the light department of
12,950 worth of registered warrants.
We will in a few weeks let a contract
far the installing of a 500.000-gallon
APPLICATIONS REJECTED
Alliance Ijuid Office lU-jertti Applica
tions of People Who WKh to
File on Irrigated tanri
Applications for previous filings
were made by parties on three of the
tracts allotted at the land drawing
VAflt Friday by the United States land
office. These applications were mart'
by parties who claimed that the land;
a question were pari of previous
omestead units and which were re
turned to the government when the
previous homesteaders were allow eel
nly eighty-acre tracts.
The local land office refused she
filings on these tracts and the parti
have appealed the matter to Wash
ington. The applications were as
follows:
S'iNW1;. 17-2-"'"- This was
tract nu ber 1 at ihe drawing, and
was won by Kdl.y J. Ktly. Kear
ney, Nebr. Siim .1. Tild n Is th par
ty who was r fued a previous filing.
W'iSE'i. ?-3-?2-.2. This was
tract number 2 in the drawing, and
was won by Shiion J. Bollincer. Lu
I cerne. Colo. ;rant L. SMunway i
the puny who was refused a previous
filing.
KMjNK1. 23-22-o2. This was
tract number 13. and was won by
Horace f5. Edward of Bayard. Win.
C. Atwater is the party who was re
fused a previous filing.
Tract nun. ber 3. the E of the
NWV4 of ::-22-53, won by Mary A.
MrDermott of Alliance, is another
tract on which a previous filing was
maV and refused.
riwrles Walters was one of the
parties who filed on tract number 9.
con.prlsed of land in 5-21-51 and 32-22-51.
won by Wm. F. Peterson of
Bayard. Mr. Walters has contested
' ' the right of Mr. Peterson to the land
od the grounds that he also mad fil
ing and In addition made settlement
on the land at 9 o'clock Friday morn
lag, March 24. Although not the
winner at the drawing. Mr. Walters
bates bla claim to the land on the
Xwt that be made settlement prior to
reservoir, which when completed will
cost the city In rdund figures 10
000, leaving a balance that would be
available for other purposes of fl,
693.14, or about $8,000, by the mid
dle of October. It is absolutely nec
essary that a good part of our elec
tric street wiring be replaced this
spring, as the loss through defective
wiring amounts to about 6,000 K. W.
a month. Taking these facts into
consideration and setting aside a sum
for depreciation there would be avail
able at the completion of the heating
plant not more than $6,000. Then
where would the balance necessary to
pay for the Installation be secured?
Before going further I might say that
the cost of installing this heating
plant, the placing of the mains from
the plant to First and Dox Butte,
hence to the Intersection of Sixth
street, would be approximately $22,
000. The cost of the tapping of the
mains and the laying of the pipes
from that main to the business
places and also the installing of the
heating radiators must be borne by
the consumer. I might say that I
look with disfavor upon any plan
whereby any part of our city proper
ty would be mortgaged for this pur
pose. The city could not grant a
franchise without a vote of the peo
ple, nor would the people of our city
vote In favor of a bond covering this
proposition. However. the city
could make a five-mill levy each year
for this purpose, and this would
mean additional taxes. With this
plan the plant could not be installed
for several years. The only proced
ure that I can see then would be the
issuing of warrants covering the
amount of installation. This would
be sharp practice but still the only
possible way that the matter can be
handled.
The proposition is up to the vot
ers. The law makes it mandatory on
part of the council to rind some way
to build this plant should the voters
decide that the city shall proceed.
PENKOSE E. KOMIG.
Mayor.
the time of the drawing and after the
Qlings had been made. This case will
be heard before the local land offlee
n April 24.
ItesolutioiiM of
Alliance. Xe
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NEW VIDTl
John Wiker of AIILam.
a&er of New Music S
Opened within a Fe
John Wiker of Alliance I
manager of a branch of the
Music Supply Company, to bt
in Alliance within a short tim
new store will occupy a part
space now taken by the Haddor
ano House, In the First Nati.
Bank building.
The new store will be a distribu
Ing point and sales agency for tli
Victor line of phonographs and rec
ords. Mr. Wiker is now in Omaha
selecting the stock for the new store.
W. M. Robinson of Omaha, who
owns a fine Box Butte county farm,
is interested financially In the new
tore. Mr. Robinson opened a piano
store in Alliance nearly nine years
ago and maintained one here contin
uously ever since. He Is farming
150 acres on his farm in the western
part of the rouuty and when in Alii
anre last week expressed himself at
being well pleased with business conditions.
Proclamation
Realizing the importance of civic co-operation in the en
deavor to bring about a more clean ami military condition in
streets, alleys, ami private, premises;
Therefore, T, Penrose K. Romig, mayor of the city of Alli
ance, Nebraska, by virtue of the law vested in me, lo hereby
set aside the week of April 10th as clean-up and painl-up week.
The great importance attached to a movement of this kind
from a sanitary, health, and fire protection standpoint should
recall to the minds of our citizens the great conflagrations that
have occurred during the past month destroying millions of
dollars worth of property and rendering thousands of persons
homeless.
I, therefore, urge, that all organizations of commercial en
deavor, clubs, societies of public welfare, school children, and
all persons residing within the city of Alliance, co-operate in
making Alliance one of the cleanest and healthiest cities in the
state of Nebraska.
"bated this the 24th day of
PUT CHILD IH HOME
Parents Ilenionstrate and Friend Cit
ed for Contempt for Taking
Them out of Town
la an eftort to frustrate the at
tempt of the authorities to wrest
their child from them, Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Brumley and baby were taken
into the country a few days ago by
Ed Miller and as a result the latter is
being given a hearing this afternoon
in county Judge Berry's court for
contempt of court.
A few days ago it was discovered
by parties interesting themselves in
the condition of children of Alliance
that conditions obtaining in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Brumley are
such that it would be out of the ques
tion to allow the babe, only three
weeks old, to remain there. In coun
ty court Wednesday afternoon, over
the protest of the parents, County
Judge Berry turned the child over to
Miss Stephens, who left today for
Lincoln, where she will place it In the
State Home for Dependent Chi'''
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PENROSE E. ROMIG,
Mayor.
RETURN FROM TRIP
Mr. and Kirn. Wm. Tlignell Returned
Yesterday After a Pleasant VU
it fit South and Kast
Last December, Mrs. Wm. Blgnell
left Alliance for an extended visit In
the eaBt and south. She went flrst
to St. Louis; then to Belleville, III.,
for a visit with relatives; thence to
Jeffersonville, Ind., where a sister re
sides and where she remained for
quite a while, during which time she
visited New Albany, Ind., and Louls-
: vllle, Ky., across the Ohio river.
Leaving Indiana, Mrs. Blgnell went
to Birmingham, Ala., a city that she
J says is the best place she struck on
, the trip. In fact she Is simply en
thusiastic over Birmingham, because
j It has no saloons, having gone "
I some years before the sta'
j bam a did, and being
(.the bit place . '
From
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carefully controlled fractional
BIG ATTENDANCE AT MEETING
OF BOX BU1TEFARMERS TUESDAY
Large Crowd Attend the Meeting Held Tuesday at the Home of the
President, W. L. Griffith
The meeting of the Hox Butte
Farmers Club held Tuesday at the
home of the president. W. L. (Jrlllith.
was the largest In attendance of any
held for some time. After the usual
cafeteria luncheon, F. M. Seidell,
county agent, gave quite a talk and
demonstration on the treatment of
seed oats for smut. He also spoke
on the need of the organliatlon of a
potato growers' association.
W. D. Fisher, secretary of the Alli
ance Commercial Club, was present
and gave some compliments on the
continuance and growth of the organ
ization. He dwelt at some length on
the good that could be accomplished
by the Farmers' Club and the Com
mercial Club working together on
many Improvements for the ocmmun
Ity. At his suggestion a motion was
made that a committee consisting of
the president of the Farmers' Club
and eleven others, appointed by him,
meet with the same number of com
mittee of the Commercial Club at a
meeting of the county commissioners
to be called for the purpose of de
ciding whether or not this county
will accept the appropriation proffer
ed by the state for the trial of deep
well Irrigation In western Nebraska.
The road dragging question was
l r.( Kht up, and eon'tumis of opin
Ions was that while fifty cents per
mile per round trip ini:lit be ample
compensation for a light dragging '
was not enough for a good job. '
a heavy drag and four liorsp'
moving of considerable
center of the road, l
seventy-five cen
what the wr
Then
got '
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preai
school la
who would be willing to care for
young children left In her charge,
the mothers of said children to pay a
reasonable sum fnr her services while
taking care of the children
"A- the W. C. T. U. are trying to
establish a public rest room but for
lack of funds find It Impossible, to
Pay rent and furnish the necessary
conveniences: therefore we would be
Rrateful If the Alliance Commercial
Club, which we understand la com
posed of the business men of Alli
ance, would co-operate with the W.
C. T. U. and help financially, and es
tabllsh a public rest room with the
necessary conveniences, where we
would feel privileged to go and reat
while detained In Alliance."
A general discussion of farm life
and needs waa entered Into by al
most all present; and a petition to
the city council of Alliance, vlx:
"Whereas, we the Box Butte Farm
ers' Club, having learned from our
own observations and upon apparent
ly reliable authority that the s
used by the city of Alliance -dumping
ground has become
al harbor and breeding
rats that migrate te
country; therefr
"Hesolved
Instructe
to t-'
out atj
. W. RAT.
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