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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1916)
WEEK Mrs. Dick Darke of Lincoln la the piest of her mother Mrs. Keane. County Attorney Basye attended iistrict court In Rushvllle for sever al days. J. O. Walker of the First State bank Is building a residence on Lar amie avenue. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ben nett of Deadwood, S. D., September 21, a daughter. The trial of the men who robbed the bank at Sunol Is being held in the district court at Sidney. Mrs. A. J. Ward and daughter Margaret, of Edgemont. are the guests of friends In the city. John McCoy, M. D. i Offices and Hospital fceddish Block Telephone W Fred and Otis Coleman of Broken Bow are the guests of friends in Al liance. They are attending the fair. tteal Estate. Loans and Xnsnr unce. P. E. REDDISH, Reddish Block. 15tf-6727 Mrs. Charles Nation returned Sat arday from Lewellen where she fur bished music for the dances at the .fair. e ' Br. F. M. Knight has returned trom Boulder. Colo., where he spent eome time for the treatment of hay tever. Mrs. Clarence Barr went to Hyan nls Tuesday on No. 42 to be at the bedside of her husband who is ser iously sick. C. K. Duke of the Burlington shops of Alliance, went to Denver Monday Bight for a short visit in the Color ado capital city. Ed George was fined $10 and costs in police court. He was charged with making Improper proposals to a woman in South Alliance. fr. and Mrs. Mann and family. iivinir twf.ntv.flvp miles south of Al hn nttPTulprl Methodist church services In the city Sunday. Mr nnri Mrs. George Fox and Mr Mr Charles Yockey. all of Fort vi.n rirt nre the euests this week of Mr. and Mrs. E. Becker. Mrs Phillip None and daughter Lucile. formerly of this city are here looking after property interests. They now reside at Douglas, Wyom ing. The case of Purn? vs. Hhepherd tried in Justice Roberts' court, has Kon nnnxnlpf) to the district COUTt. The lower c ourt found for the defen-' lolM dant. Heber Hord of Central City, cap italist Interested in the potash indus tries eaRt of Alliance, was in the city a short time looking after business affairs. W. S. Kidgell, state deputy fire commissioner, was in the city a few days attending to private business and incidentally looking over the po litical field. day. Funeral services were held Sunday at the Christian church. Dr. Phlper of Denver will speak on conditions in Colorado under pro hibition, on Friday evening, October 6. Hour and place of meeting will be announced later. 43-H-7666 The low lot north of the Alliance hotel is being filled with dirt taken from the street work near the Luth eran church. Considerable work is being done by the city on the streets in the eastern portion of the city. Dexter T. Barrett, deputy attorney general, was in the city investigat ing the political situation. He has visited a number of towns in north west Nebraska and reports the situ ation from a Democratic standpoint as most encouraging. Mrs. Zediker, Miss Burnett and Prof. Uniacke, returned Monday morning from a tour of tho eastern and central portions of the state. They gave a number of concerts and were well received by the music lov ing people in the cities visited. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Morgan of Coal Valley, Ills., who visited at the home of Mra. E. Eldred. went to uoi SprlngB, S. D., to visit a few days but will return to Alliance tomor row. to take In the last day of the fair and visit a little longer at the Eldred home. Th case of the State vs. C. U Canfleld. in which he was charged with embeizlement by an insurance company, has been dismissed It being shown to the court tnat canneia naa an open account with the company and therefore could not be held on the charge. Pnncrounian Kinkaid was in the itv for a short time Monday. Front Alliance the congressman went to Hemlngford taking No. 44 there for tpnwR where he made a speecii Congressman Kinkaid is expected to be in Alliance today ana win vim the Box Butte county ralr William II. Smith, auditor of state wn in Alliance Saturday in the terest of his candidacy ror re-oiec-tion to the office he is now filling with ability. Mr. Smith is serving hi first term and Is asking for an other on the merits of his service which all agree are of a high order. A. P. Haynes of Hemlngford was given a suspended line of $5 and costs in police court for speeding his Ford car along Box nutte avenue. Officers said the car was running thirty miles per hour but there was no way to accurately measure the rat- However, he was "going e". i Heavy shipments of potatoes aifc going forward ut the present tim" and it is expected the sea.. son will be at its height in two weeks. From five to ten cars are shipped daily from Hemingford and there are also good shipments from Belmont and Marsland. Loading of cars on the tracks at Alliance is proceeding daily. Francis Fix of Parkston. South Dakota, is in the city. Mr. Fix is ni. mnrlera nanitarv cle&nin? here to look after his father. Loo Our modern, sanitary Meaning . rj who wa8 taken off the traln here ana pressing costs uv uui o wau the other kind. Keep-U-Neat Gleaners, 205 Box Bntte Avenue. Phone 133. .1 Three plain drunks were assessed fines in police court Tuesday morn ing and not having the necessary funds at hand they were put to work on the streets. Dr. Phlper of Denver will speak on conditions in Colorado under pro hibition, on Friday evening. October 6. Hour and place of meeting will bp announced later. 43-lt-7666 Rev. Iwis Mclntyre, of the Pres byterian church, attended a meeting of the presbytery at Mitchell Friday. He returned to Alliance in time to conduct the regular services at the church Sunday. Charles Schafer. local motorcycl ist, won the final race at the Craw ford fair. The time for five miles was 6:15. Schafer's competitor was Gammon of Seward, who is said to be a professional. Dr. Phiper of Denver will speak n ronditlons in Colorado under pro hibition, on Friday evening. October fi. Hour and place or meeting win 'be announced later. 43-11-7666 Mrs. James Holland of Havre, Mont., was the guest of her brother A V. Gavin. Burlington chief dis patcher, for several days. Mrs. Hol land has gone to Friend. Nebr.. to visit with relatives. The case of the State vs. Barney Shepherd made by an insurance com pany of Lincoln has been dismissed by Judge W. H. Westover. there not being sufficient grounds on which to mstain the prosecution. Phoenix, Mondav while enroute from Sheri dan. Wyo., to Sioux City, la., suffer ing, it is believed, from mental ab orration. Mr. Fix states he will likely place his father in a sanitari um for treatment. Charles W. Pool, secretary of sta'c, was in the city Saturday in terviewing his many friends in re gard to his candidacy for re-election to the office he now holds and which he has filled so satisfactorily. Mr. Pool has had but one term and be lieves that one good term deserves another, a sentiment his admirers are willing to concede. The Modern Woodmen of America ieeiit)y initiated thirteen new can t'lu.t'e and others are in line for m.-mherHhln in the camp. The or- unnization formerly had over 200 members in Alliance but the list has fallen off by removals and other causes. The prospects are good, however, for the building up of the society to its former strength in Al lia nee. Curl Thomas went to Marsland Mondav to assist Harley Miller of ti,-.i r.inre In adjusting a wireless telegraph outfit. He succeeded in getting the apparatus to working and caught the time and weather report from Arliueton. Virginia, at 8 o'clock thi't evening. Mr. Thomas' wireless plnnt in Alliance is packed up for the orebent. but he intends to have it in operation again in about month. A. B. Wheeler, proprieor of the Western Hotel has fitted up a number of beds in the building sjut across from the hotel on Box Butte Avenue which was recently urp1 for restaur ant purposes, and will furnish beds to visitors in the city auring me uir m a reasonable rate. Often during fair weeks it is impossible for visitors to secure lodging and by fixing up this room for the week Mr. Wheeler has shown commendable enterprise. A fire alarm was turned in at 10.3( Wednesday morniug from the Western hotel in the 109-blocK on .. ii.. cr.niAv Rntte avenue, some mattress miVh who wai ll with typhoid es had been thrown Into the space ns Smith. " " d the! between the hotel building and the Lome JfV. motherTn hl. rttj Fri-1 building on the north, occup.ed by , cigar store. The fire department re sponded quickly and soon had the fire out. It Is evident that some one threw a cigar or cigarette stub Into the open space, which set fire to the inflammable material in the matt resses. The smoke quickly spread Into the hotel office. No damage was done. Miss Laura Mounts is attending school In Chicago. S"e the new fall sImipm at the Iow ry Shoe Store la Uie new IUhUII.hIi block. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Barry have come to Alliance from Ellsworth to spend the winter. Frank O'Dare of Chicago was In the city on business. He formerly lived at Lakeside. A full line of llawlelgh K tract, Spire, and Itetucriic. . K. Cutts, Alliance. 43-4t-76S0 Eugeno Burton has returned from Thermopolis, Wyo., where he spent three weeks at the hot springs. Arthur English of Omaha, manag er of the American Potash Co., was in the city a few days on business. Prices are reasonable, the stylos are the latest and the service the best at tho lo wry Shoe Store, In the new IUhkIIsU lllock. The Farmers Union win hold a meeting at the Johnson school house this evening for the purpose of ef fecting an organization. Smith Brothers of Gibbon shipped over 2.000 head of sheep from Alli ance this week. The sheep were purchased of William O'Mara. E. P. Miller of the Miller Comnils slon Co. of Chicago is in the city this week. He will make heavy ship ments of potatoes this fall as has been his custom for a number of sea sons. I am in the market to buy your potatoes. He me for prices. Itione 246. 11. W. IIKAL. Office corner 2nd and Box Ilutte Ave., basement Iteddlsh block. 43-2t-7668 R. M. Hampton and F. W. Harris were in Rushvllle several days as witnesses In the case of Kroll vs. the Potash Products Co., In which the plaintiff seeks to have a lease to pot' ash lakes near Hoffland set aside. A mountain lion is spreading ter ror among the live stock seventeen miles west of Alliance. Several ranchers have lost calves, and cows have been mutilated by the animal A conceited effort will he made to roundup the creature and put an end to his marauding. The lion Is said to be a very largo one and evidently has wandered Into this portion or the country from the Black Hills. When he goes hounding through the sage brush he resembles an antelope somewhat, and some ranchers who have seen him at first thought it was an antelope, but a closer view re vealed the fact that a genuine moun tain lion was an inhabitant of the country. We give all our time to the shoe h'.isine. We cam supply your wants In the shoe line, ('nil at the Mori'. l,owr Shoe Store, new Itexldi.sli Jllixk, Box Butte Avenue, " W. A. Matilsby, formerly traveler' for the Newberry Hardware Com pany harness department, now In business at Sheridan, stopped over Wednesday on business while on a trip. 4 Dr. Phlper frf Denver will speak on conditions In Colorado under pro hibition, on Friday vening, October 6. Hour and place of meeting wilt be announced later. 43-U-7666 Rowan & Wright, well-known Al liance business men, have arranged to handle potatoes in connection with Albert Miller & Company, of Chica go. They will have the benefit of the large warehouse and can accept potatoes at any time. They will un doubtedly do a good business. i v iii, ii ni Gardner of Ariz who visited at the home of his sister. Mrs. W. E. Spencer, left for his home Friday night accompanied bv his mother, who will remain in Ari7.ona during the winter. m w "ITSTEare making this season a most memorial one by selling sty lish wearables at the LOWEST PRICES This season, more than ever before, wc arc in a position to exploit full stocks of tho most Ktylish ami desirable, wearubles ami fabrics at prices that are very much lower than the real worth of the article offered. TIuh is the Fashion Shop way of doinf? things making these auounceiucntH right at the beginning of tho season. TAKH ADVANTAOK NOW AND 1IAVK A FULL SEASON'S WKAU. Smartness in Fall Apparel for Women and Misses There arc so many different groups and the different groups are so wide in variety that uo woman will be disappointed, no matter what price she desires to pay. Every garment haa been selected with extreme care which makes every woman sure that she can rely on this store when she comes here to buy. THE NEW COATS $5.98 to $35 THE NEW SUITS $18.50 to $45 SOME ATTRACTIVE PATTERNS IN EXTRA SIZE SKIRTS Do not fail to visit this store while at the Fair i XrSWWM WibSM VSISM LSi Wm. Helnrich, of Lodgegrass, Mont.. vUited recently with W. M. Weidenhamer, division superintend ent of the Burlington. Mr. Helnrich is one of the largest cattlemen in the west, shipping each year hundreds of carloads of cattle to the eastern mar kets. George Fox, former Alliance busi ness man and one of the first citi zens of the town, who left about eight years ago, Is in the city this week visiting old friends. Mr. rox drove over by auto with Charlie Yockey, his son-in-law. who was also an Alliance man until a short time ago. John G. Lewis, the well-khown life insurance man. who has head quarters at Alliance, is a Democrat who firmly believes that Woodrow v'ilson wil and should be re-elect en. Mr. !ewis was mayor of Mounls, Okla.. a number of years ago and was one of the first to advocate the initiative and referendum, so widely adopted at the present time. Judne Berry of the county court issued licenses and married the fol lowing couples: Pearl Davidson and Evelyn Taylor, both of Bingham; William MeDermott and Ethel An derson, both of Eastwood. HIGH SCHOOL TEAM READY FOR BATTLE Imm-hI Aggregation will Contest oil Hut (Jridiron Friday Afternoon With' Scottsbluff iT.,.i,. .I, Imur-hln nf Prof. T. R. Crawford.' the1 Alliance high school football fettih is reauy ror me sea son's wotk. Considerable care has been taaen in owt fhn verv best material and after strentfous practice the coach has selected the following men for the regular llnetfp: Fullback, Davenport (captain); right halfback. Fenning; left half back, Lotspeich; quarterback, Dick inson; center, Oilman; right guard, rtennett: rluht tackle. Snider: right end. Edwards; left guard, Thomas; left tackle, Donovan; ten ena, Burns; substitutes, Butler and Ralls. The first cume will b Played Fri day afternoon at the fair ground with the husky lads from Scott- hi n it The home team will enter the contest with confidence but they do not underestimate tlie c row ess oi their competitors and understand that they will be expectd to play good football rrom me niue me whistle blows until time is called at the close of the game. Following is the schedule ol the Alliance team for the fall games: Sept. 29 Scottsbluff at Alliance. Oct. 13 Chadron Normal Chadron. Oct. 20 Hot Springs at Alliance. Oct. 27 Hot Springs at Hot Springs. Nov. 3 Chadron .Normal at Alli ance. Nov. 10 Sidney at Sidney. Nov. 17 Sidney at Alliance. Thanksgiving Day--Scottsbluff at Scottsbluff. R08EYS OUT ON BAIL liail for Hobert and William Ho bey. men implicated with Morton Sweeney, in the alleged rustling of cattle from the ranch of James M. McLean, were released from Jail when bonds were filed for their ap pearance In county court for a pre liminary hearing, which is set for Saturday forenoon. Morton Sween ey already had given bonds for his appearance. Office supplies at The Herald of fice. Phone S 4 0. The Alliance Herald is 11.50 per year, lssuea 1Z times, nuns inuu 12 to 24 pages per issue, subscribe now. ItKSOI.lTIONS WHEREAS. Mr. and Mrs J M. I Miller, proprietors of the Alliance Hotel, have so graciously tendered to us a delicious banquet: BE IT RESOLVED, that we. mem bers of the Alliance Volunteer Fire Department. In special session, do hereby express our sincere thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Miller for same. BE IT RESOLVED that these res olutions of thanks be published in tho Alliance papers, spread on the records of the Alliance Volunteer Fire Department, and a copy of them sent to Mr. and Mrs. Miller. ALLIANCE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, By T. P. Rolfson. Sec. Allifci.ce. Nebr.. Sept. 23. 1916. The Herald's Job printing depart ment prints anything from a business card to a bound book. Phone 340 and we will call for your next Job. rQ Q-M-E Doughnut 1" II jLTil "Anf limetod want real Hf goodies M Calamtt Baking I rVi Powder! Mjr mother use it I LAR she's tried all others the'i til I learned her lesson now thai If I " Unefltialled for m.kinff 1 I I 1 Inm Unitrtiil Immwmnintw I I I and raiting qualities uniform 1 1 I t I results. Mother tavi Calumet I I T tfl Rxe:.d Hisb.t Awards hhia Hrw CmI i fn i KsECXSUSBMagMBflSSSa MANY IMPROVEMENTS AT ALLIANCE LAUNDRY New Addition Is (Mn for Work I'lMo-Duto Mat hliMT) Adlil to the Equipment The new addition to the AlliaMtv Laundry la how in Use, the ihucbi ery having been Installed last WeeS and the room placed in readiness fef the workers Monday morning. The fiew room is 26x6t and giw the laundry apace that was bVeud Ml handling the large business. Not long ago a dry tumbler W Installed In this laundry, which aM ed materially to the efficiency of Ik plant. The latest machine to be etK In ia a universal garment press whktt la declared by laundrymen to be tb last call In machinery for laundry purposes. It la not only a labor sav er but It makes superior work a reg ular feature of the etttbllshment. George ii Smith, manager of tie laundry, is well pifaed with tn Improvement nIikIi have been made and feela that lie is in a better pos ition than ever to serve the tnauy patrons of the concern. More than t . Mil) employes are- i ei;g..t ii in woik iii this plant anal .tlie li. uiiage i nl d. sires to have con ditions us neur ideal as possible. Cheap and big canBaking Powders do not save you money. CclumetSos it's Pure and far superior to sour xi..'.'i and toila. GET RICH QUICK SCHEME George Brown is in the county Ja l wnitiug for a preliminary hearing on a charge of forgery. Urowu wrote out two checks sign ing "John Peterson" to each. Tk checks called for $23 each in tft coin of the realm. , Brown tackled the Alliance hotel for cash on one of the checks but the man behind the counter was not ac quainted with Mr. Brown nor did be' recognize the signature of "Job Peterson." Therefore, there wa nothing doing and Brown trapsied te another place. He entered the store of E. Essay in the 100-block on Bo Butte avenue. He essayed to make some purchases and tendered the bo gus check In payment expecting te get real money in change. Hut lb check was such a bum looking docu ment that the proprietor of the store became suspicious and refused te part with chattels or cash. The police were told of the inci dents and nabbed the get-rtck-quleJk man In short order and now he wilt have to explain matter to the eoesri and Jury. The work of executlar the check was done In aucb a bund ling manner that it la no wonder the writer of the checks was soon placed where the "dogs could not bite Mm." Since Brown haa been In Jail th officers have discovered that h suc ceeded in cashing a check for $22 7 at Render's place on Box Butt ave nue. To this check Brown ..tened the name wf Clark.