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VOLUME XXIII
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1916
NUMBER 32
CITY COUNCIL AWARDED
PAVIND AND SIDEWALKS
ALLIANCE BASEBALL TEAM
SCENE IN A NATIONAL GUARD CAMP
AGRICULTURAL EXCURSION
AND HARVEST PICNIC
ldrge Portion of County lo lie Cover
ed by Anion on Tue.
day, July IS
LOST TO SCOTTSBLUFF
Oraent Contractors Awarded Work
to Be Pone This Rummer,
Amounting to $3,000
At the council meeting held Tues
day evening there were present be
sides the mayor Councllmen David
eon, Welch, Davis', Moore, Snyder,
Helpbringer and Kibble. Councilman
Was Is absent on a business trip to
Chicago.
The application of Ben Anderson
for permission to erect a steel lath
and plaster building (stucco) on the
corner lot across the street east of
the Palace Livery barn was laid on
the table. The council expressed
themselves as desiring that the build
ing be done but the city ordinances
specify that the buildings erected
within the fire limits be of brick or
itone. ,
The application of the J. F. Tiller
Company for permission to place a
popcorn wagon on the street In front
of the store was granted.
Bids for curbing and guttering on
Third street from Box Butte to Yel
lowstone were received. The bid of
J. J. Vance amounted to $1995.20,
and that of the Nebraska Construc
tion Company, the only other bidder,
$2049.60. The contract was award
ed to Mr. Vance.
Bids on paving the alley between
Third and Fourth streets and Box
Butte and Laranile avenues were re
ceived from The Nebraska Construc
tion Company, amounting to $1160,
and T. J. Beat, amounting to $1172.
fin. The contract was awarded to
the Nebraska Construction Company
This is the company which is build
ing the rew reservoir.
"Bids for the construction of side
walks street and alley crossings anl
a i'inin'nc wall ryere received from
3 J Vance and T. J. Beal. Bears
bid amounted to $2066.88, and
Vance's. $2156.61. The contract was
awarded to Mr. Beal.
Bids were received for the rity
scales, aa advertised. - T4-rtily b'd-
der was wrr. uaviason. 10 wdoiu wvy
were sold for $45.
The mayor appointed Mrs. Jerry
llowan as a member of the library
board for a trm of three years. T.
ber of the city park board for a term
of three years, in place of M. 5?. Har
H. Barnes was appointed as a mem
graves, whose term has expired.
Mayor Romtg and City Engineer
Knight emphasized the need of a
survey for a storm sewer, in oroer
that construction work being done
now would not have to be torn out
In the future when such a sewer will
undoubtedly, be constructed. The
city council voted to employ Engin-j
eer Grant of Lincoln, who made the
surveys for the street grades and
sanitary sewer, to survey for the
storm sewer, at a cost of $350.
Rev H. J. Young appeared In be
' half of the city band, asking that an
additional $300 be granted the band
for maintenance, with the under
standing that street concerts be giv
en. The request was granted.
The mayor announced that a li
cense had been g!vn to the PHIs-1
Floto shows to be in Alliance Aug
ust 5. !
Fire Chief and auto trii'k driver;
Leonard Pllklnelon was granted an;
Increase of five dollnrs nr month in '
salary. The mayor snnounceu mat
the council will meet for making the
annual mill levy on July 28.
A squad of twelve Wyoming con
victs, honor men. ivtssed through Al
liance Suniy noon with one guard.
The men were going from the peni
tentiary at Rawlins to northern Wy
oming to work on road construction.
WEATHER REPORT
The following; weather report cov
ers the first twelve days of July, re
ported by F. W. Hicks, official weath
er observer at Alliance.
Rain
july Max. Mln.
1 92 ' 60
J 95 54
3 95 60
4 93 54
5 97 65
97 5
T 94 . 59
t 92 56
9 98 60
10 94 60
11 80 0
12 6
fall
.49
.68
Total rainfall Inches
1.17
The Unknown Wonder, Flaherty,
Proved to lie a Iluckwoods
Number Score t-3
The Alliance baseball boys are of
the opinion that Chase Feagins may
be an excellent Judge of "keows" but
they pass the buck to him when It
comes to picking a pitcher. L. Fla
herty, of Hyannis, proved to be other
than a baseball pitcher when Scotts-
blufTB light hitting team went after
him for 13 hits, 6 bases on ball, 23
bases and 2 high ones, with the re
sult that the Alliance team went
down to defeat to the tune of 9 to 3.
The lineup, with the exception of the
pitcher, was an excellent one for Al
liance. In the first, Felton and Porter
struck out, Gleason walked and scor
ed when McNulty trippled to right
center, Gray singled, scoring McNul
ty, and Morgan grounded out to
third.
Scottsbluff Bcored one In their half
on a base on balls to Rash and Owen
Frank's two-base knock to center.
Stlnson made the feature fielding
play of the game when he nabbed I
Hollenswortb's long drive to right j
center, retiring the side. j
Both teams scored one in the sec
ond, but this ended it for Alliance.
The boys seemed to lose heart at the
steady bombardment of Flaherty's
slants. Pickett, Owen Frank, Char
lie Jackson and Guernsey were the
httsmtths for Scottsbluff, while Dolly
Gray. Morgan and McNulty swung
the war club for long hits for the
locals. Felton, Porter, Gray and
Gleason fielded well for Alliance, as
did the Jackson brothers, and Hol
lensworth for Scottsbluff.
Scottsbluff will play a return game
at Alliance the latter part of August
or the first of September.
SCOTTSBLUFF
AB It H PO A E
Flckett. 3b . ... .4 1 t 2 1 2 2
Rah. cf 4 1 1 1 0 0
O. Frank, ss 4 2 2 1 2 1
H. Jackson, 2b . .2 1 1 1 2 0
C. Jackson, p . . . 4 1 2 0 3 0
Hollensworth, c .3 0 1 10 1 0
Gurnsey. rf 3 2 2 1 0 0
Westervelt, If. e. .4 112 0 0
Fisher, lb 4 0 1 10 1 1
Totals 32 9 12 27 11 4
ALLIANCE
AB R II PO A E
.4 0 1 1 5 1
.4 0 1 9 2 0
.310121
.4 1 110 0
.4 0 2 8 0 0
.4 0 1 2 0 1
.311101
, .1 0 0 0 0 0
.4 0 0 1 0 0
.3 0 0 0 1 1
3 3 7 24 10 5
Felton, ss 4
iorler jD 4
Score by Innings:
Scotf-blutT 113 2 1
Alliance 2 10 0 0
1 0 0 0 9
O 0 0 03
WITH It Al I'llTlSEItH j
, Herald readers will find especially !
iiit'Testing advertisements of value
to them In the two sections of the,
pipT this week. In this section Ihey 1
will find the following:
Jlolsten's, the Itexall Store. an-(
nouiicemert of one-cent sale. ,
Mollring'p. the store of quality, pay
day specials.
Tom Stalos, grocer. 14 lbs. sugar
for $1, and other bargains.
Program of Chautauqua which be-
gins July 21.
L. E. Roberts & Company, live
stock announcement.
L. H. Highland, Alliance Grocery,
letter full of timely hints.
C. L. Lester & Company, horse In
spection announcement.
The Famous Clothing Store. 15th
Annual Sale.
The Horace Bogue Store, July
Clearance Sale.
Harper Department Store, July
Clearance Sale.
Standard Grocery Company, bay
time supplies.
In the Second Section
The Fashion Shop, the style cen
ter. Dollar Day announcements.
Western Oriental Store, closing
out sale.
Interstate Live Stock Commission
Co. a live ad.
With a host of smaller interesting
advertisements that all deserve per
usal. Patronise the advertisers who
believe that advertising pays.
FOR SALE OU TRADE 7-room
house. Phone 86, C. C. Rodgers.
fetter
CITY OFFICERS' REPORTS
Net Ijmiliigs of Light IVnrtimMit
Drop 011 Account of IoiiRer Day
and I'ss l'e of Power
The reports of the city officers and
departments as rendered to the city
council Tuesday evening, for the
month preceding, are as follows:
T. D. Roberts, police magistrate,
reported receipts from fines of $10,
from Judge's fees, $16.40; from mar
shal's fees. $12.60, a total of $40 for
the month.
The electric light department
showed for the month ending June
16 gross earnings of $2730.99, dis
count allowed of $176.15, operating
expenses of $1357.91, construction
costs of $414.19, with net earnings
of $782.74. There are now 660 con
sumers of light and power, an in
crease of 9 over the month before,
and of 83 over the same month a
year ago.
The water department for the
quarter ending June 10 suoweu re-
ceipts of $2039.14. The department
has 695 consumers, an Increase of 10
over the same quarter a year ago. I n Isslon men are Justly proud of their
The report of the city treasurer achievement in securing such prices,
showed receipts in the general fund and It is a pleasure to call attention
of $110.80, with disbursements of to their advertisement in which the
$2308.37, leaviug a balance on hand facts In the case are set forth,
of $154.20. with unpaid registered- Such Items aa this not only give
warrants amounting to $13,831.27. publicity to the good work done at
The water fund showed receipts of the market by the most enterprising
$860.90 for the month, with disburse- live stock commission men, but at
tuents of $2098.97. with a balance on the same time add much to the In
hand of $273.43. The light f und ; terest of the paper among stockmen
showed receipts of $2298.87 for the; and other people living In the ranch
month, with disbursements of $2,-j country of Nebraska.
064.19, leaving a balance on hand of j
$7736.46, with $1856.80 invested in.
general fund warrants not included. '
There is a balance of $146.48 In the;
cemetery fund and $150 In the fire
, insurance fund.
DRUGGIST RANKS HIGH
F. K. Moisten, the Itexall Store, rank
Ninth in F.i it ire SUte Among .
AOO Drug Store
Alliance's Itexall Store, of- which
F. E. Holsten is proprietor, is one of
five hundred Itexall stores in the
btate. But this store stands niutn in
' 'he entire list iu the point of sales of
I Itexall remedies and goods. This in-
eludfs Lincoln. Omaha, and the oth
er large cities.
Mr. Holsten attributes a large part
of his success with this line to the
following of the plans laid out for
Rexall druggists. This week he is
announcing In The Herald a one-cent
sale that will attract wide attention
and which is of Interest to every
reader of the paper.
F. H. Hulen returned Wednesday
noon from Denver.
' .
K. W. Ray returned Wednesday
morning from a business trip to Den
ver. Moses Wright returned Wednesday
r.oou from a trip of several weeks,
covering eastern points.
Mrs. W. R. Harper left Wednesday
noon for Denver for a visit and vaca
tion of about three weeks.
Raymond Collins of the telephone
company of Lincoln, Is visiting
friends In Alliance this week.
BIO PRICE FOR BEEVES
South Omalui Live Stx k Commission
Firm Sells Two Car Iliads of
Cut tie at $11 ht Owl.
The high prices that have been
I paid at the live stock markets for
fat cattle have given the commission
firms a chance to try themselves In
seeing who enn secure top prices for
their customers. A good deal hns
been said and printed about there not
being sufficient competition among
buyers at the live stock markets. Be
that as it may, It is a fact that there
is the keenest kind of competition
umong the live stock commission
firms who do the selling, all of them
at least, all of the real live ones
trying to secure every dollar possi
ble for their customers, the stockmen
who ship to the markets.
By referring to the advertisement
of L. E. Roberts & Co., live Btock
commission merchants of Omaha,
readers of The Herald will see that j
anuiner recorn-nreaning price Das
been paid at that market on a two-:
load shipment of cattle. The com
M'CORMICX TAKES CAFE
Well Known Alliance IteMaui'ttnt
Man to Ojhmi Cafe and I testa 11
rant In the Drake Hotel
F. D. McCortiilck, proprietor of
the Manhattan restaurant, and presl
i dent of the Alliance volunteer tire
I department, has taken over snd will
open soon the dining room of the
Drake hotel. It will be operated as
a restaurant and cafe of the first
class. The room Is being changed, a
new marble counter and other new
fixtures will be installed, and it will
be completely fixt d out for hlgU tlub
trade on the European plan before
being opened for business.
Mr. McCormick will continue to
operate the Manhattan cafe for the
present.
Tommy Rock went to Edgemont
Wednesday.
E. L. Lovenburg, the Angora bank
er, was In the city today on business.
President Earl D. Mallery of the
Commercial Club left Tuesday for
Denver for a business trip.
Thomas Jones of LIngle, Wyo.,
came over today to get a new Reo
automobile from the Alliance dis
tributors. Sturgeon & Powell. Mr.
Jones sells the Reo and Ford line at
LIngle.
Mayor P. E. Roiuig left Tuesday
night, following council meeting, for
a trip of two weeks to eastern points
in the United States. The mayor
goes first direct to New York City,
arriving there Friday night. He will
it other points on the trip.
DEATH OF FRANK DUNNING
Former Alliance Ilnllrond Man llur
led Wednesday Afternoon at
Forsytlie, Montana
Frank A. Dunning, former Alliance
railroad conductor, died Sunday af
ternoon at his home at Hysham, Mon
tana, and was burled Wednesday af
ternoon at Forsytlie, Montana. Death
was caused by pneumonia, from
which he was 111 only a short time.
Mr. Dunning started with the Bur
lington at Alliance In the water serv
ice, afterwards holding the positions
of brakeman and conductor, being
with the railroad cotnpany'for eleven
years.
On June 22. 1910. Mr. Dunnlnul
was married to Miss Inlce McCorkle
of Alliance, to whom were born two
children, a boy and a girl. After be-
Ing married they went to Hysham,
Montana, where they have made their
home. Mr. Dunning
business there.
prospered In
Mrs J C McCorkle mother of
Mrs. Dunning, was summoned to
sham on Friday by a telegrom stat -
ing that there was no hope for Mr.'
Dunnlng's recovery. On Sunday Mr.
McCorkle was called, and on Mondav
Norman McCorkle left to attend the
funeral.
IS ESCAPED CONVICT
IJoi' Fiend Who Wrecked llemiiig
ford Doctor's Oflire Iwtxt Week
to He Tried for Damage
James McDonald, alias Jack
Wright, who a few days ago wrecked
the front of the office of a Heir.ing
ford physician, and who la now con
fined in the county Jail, is an escaped jromlne month. They will also In
convlct from the Washington peni-, ntall In the new loestlon a new Bow
te'ntlary. according to his own state- i r oil tank, for accurate treasuring
ment. 'and storage purposes.
years of a twenty-one year penitent!-1
ary sentence in Washington before
escaping and that he still has fifteen
years to serve. He claims that he
was "tent up" for the crime of an
other man, who pot away with $2500
worth of furniture in Seattle.
McDonald's mother lives at 2708
Fifteenth avenue, South, Seattle,
Washington. He is also correspond
ing with Mrs. Anna Hamilton, a
nurse in the Illinois State Hospital at
Watertown, 111. He will undoubted
ly serve a term In the Lincoln peni
tentiary before being sent back to
Washington to finish his sentence
there. He Is a dope fiend and re
quires several grains of the drug
each day.
The Alllianre Orchestra will go to
Bridgeport Friday night to furnish
the music for a society da rue.
Norman McCorkle returned this
noon from the funeral of bis brother-
in-law, Frank Dunning, at Forsythe,
Mont.
Rev. N. G. Palmer and County
Commissioner J. M. Watiek of Hem -
tngford were in the city today on bus-
iness.
1
Superintendent W. M. Weldenba
mer and party, consisting of his
daughter Mrs. Frank Bronkhorst, son ' mond at the Fair Grounds with the
Harold, Mrs. Weidenhamer, and Mrs. j Mitchell team. The Mitchell boys
Chambers and daughter of McCook, .have a reputation as a strong: agpre
left In the private car Wednesday nation and the game promises to be
noon for Dead wood. an Interesting one.
The Box Butte County Agricultur
al Excursion andyllarvest Tlcnlc will
be held Tuesday, July 18. This la a
good opportunity to get acquainted
with your neighbors, and everyone Is
Invited to attend. Those who go
should take their lunch baskets.
Those who desire to go will be pro
vided with places In the autos. rhona
Mr. Seidell, the Commercial Club, A,
S. Enyeart, Anton Uhrlg or K. L.
Pierce.
The schedule for the day Is as fol
lows: 8:30 Leave Homlngford.
9:00 Leave A. II. Bacon's. Win
ter Wheat, Potatoes, Corn Experi
ments, Oat Smut Demonstrations, Al
falfa and Sweet Clover Seeding.
9:30 Leave Luka Phillips'.
Draft Horse Raising, Oats Smut Dem
onstrations, Farm Water Supply.
10:00 Leave A. S. Enyeart's.
Beef Cattle Raising, Oats Smut and
Totato Demonstrations, Farm Water
Supply.
10:30 Ieave George Carroll's.-
Potato Growing, Potato Demonstra
tions. 11:00 Leave John I Wlltsey's.
Outs Smut and Potato Demonstra
tions. 11:30 I,eave Joe Helman's. IIol
steln Cattle, Hog Raising, Potato
Demonstrations.
12:00 Arrive Furlnton Grove. Pic
nic dinner.
1:00 Address of Welcome.
1:10 Response, A. S. Enyeart of
IIfmln?ford.
1:20 The Fanners' Club F. M.
Seidell, County Agricultural Agent.
1:30 Crop Conditions In Nebras
kaProf. P. L. Gaddls, Extension
Specialist. -
1:45 FHrmlng In Western Nebr-
Prof- Erw,n T' ont' DPiirt-
iment of Agronomy.
J ,2:00 The Box Butte County Fair
"Pres. A. u. Itoagers, Alliance.
2:10 Ball Game.
3:00 D. E. Turlnton's Pit Silo,
Alfalfa In Rows. Corn Tests,,
3:30 -Arrive C. L. Powell's AI-
Hy-i,a,fa and Wln,er Wheat, and Farm
. Wn,er Supply.
4:00 Arrive r . m. uusseii s
1 Hn''' Kamr- hor ,f,8lB-
4:45 Arrive u J. henill s t.orit
. Kxperiment. Potato Experiments. Po-
tato Demonstrations, Stave Silo, Dai
ry Barn, and Milking Machine.
Short talks will be given by own-
iers on methods used.
Itiivn Meat Market Fixtures
I
The Standard Grocery Company,
on Wednesday, placed an order for a
complete set of meat market fixtures.
Thes will be Installed In their new
location In the Reddish Block on Box
Butte avenue srd a mest department
opened whn they move during th
Hm RM of Lincoln arrived Tues
day noon to vl"l friends snd attend
the approachlre marriage of Nelle
Keeler.
L. L. Covington, of Omaha, came
to Alliance the last of the week to bo
connected with the local Haddorff
Music Store.
Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers of Cody, Ne
braska, who have been visiting Mr.
and Mrs. II. E. Marvin, left Wednes
day for Omaha.
- Miss Ruth Morris will entertain at
the opera house Friday evening In
honor of Miss Margaret Welch and
Mr. William O'Keefe.
Miss Esther Wilson of Columbus
came In Wednesday noon for a Tlslt
with Miss Alta Young. Miss Wilson
is on her way to Montana.
Miss Mary A. Robertson and Miss
Opal Russell, county superintendent,
left Wednesday noon for Chadron, to
attend the Rural Life Conference of
County Superintendents at Chadron
today and Friday. Miss Russell will
; return Saturday morning and Miss
Robertson will return Monday.
Next Baseball Game Here
The baseball gamo next Sunday
will be played on the Alliance dla-