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VOLUMK XXIV
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA. JANUARY 18, 1917
NUMBER 7
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HOUSE WORKING
ON DRY BILL
Special Committee Appointed by the
House to Consider Dry legisla
tion Gets Many Suggestions
TO INTRODUCE THEIR OWN BILL
Two Dry Factions Will Endeavor to
Get Together llefore Dill Is In
' traduced for Fassnge
Titneotn, Jan. 17 -Th House and
:enafS'oTtlie-tbaBka 1 legislature
are now getting dawn o business.
Although a lot of altent.on Is being
given this week to he visitors from
over the state who ar attending
"Organised Agriculture", which cuts
down the amount of business trans
acted, the chief lttn ot Interest Is
the prohibition legislation.
The special committee appointed
by the House to den ft the dry bill
was the first one to meet. It met
Friday evening wltB the officers of
the Nebraska Dry Federation: E. E.
Thomas of Omaha, T. Thompson
and H. F." Carson of Lincoln. The
llrst bill drawn up3y the Dry Fed
eration, nicknamed the "bone dry
law," which, was Widely discussed
through the newspapers, met with so
many objections frAm over the state
and from legislator, that the feder
ation has drawn utf a new bill elim
inating some of Qie objectionable
features of the firs one.
The new bill, hi preiented" to the
House committee Friday. night,
would not permit jthe sale of whis
key or In toxica 1 1 Sk liquor In any
form by drug stores; It would per
mit the Importation o! liquor Into
the state by heads' of families of not
more than the following amounts
er month: "one iuart of whiskey:
one case of beer? or one gallon of
wine. The "breath smelling" sec
tion of the formed bill was also ellm
Inated.
' The House - cofamlttee, consisting
of Norton. Thomas. Walte, Flans-
burg and HoBtettpr, have Indicated
to interested parties that they will
not acceDt any bill In completed form
for them to introduce but that they
Intend to take the good features of
alt bills presented to i hem' and eon
solldate them into a bill which will
be introduced by4he committee snd
backed br them tor passage. The
advisory council st he Speakers'
club, headed by A. O. Wolfenbarger
Is working on a bill which they will
present to the committee, also. This
bill will not be completed-until the
middle of this week. Before the
House commlttee$completos its work
It Intends to hav a public hearing,
at which all Interested parties may
be present and resent their views
A meeting will also bo held with thp
Senate committee. In order that an
understanding may be had between
both branches of the legislature.
Governor Keith Neville has writ
ten to the secretary oi war, at Wash
ington, urging that the Fifth Nebras
ka regiment of the national . guard
now on the border, be sent home,
The Fourth Nebraska rertment is
being mustered) out .at Fort Crook
this week. I , -
Representative Llseett Introduced
a resolution in he IToue last week
limiting the nujnber of bills Intro
duced by each Dumber of the House
to Ave. Seeing that this resolution
would not passi Representative Aln
ley offered ant amendment making
ten the limit. liAfter much discus
sion, with somf members asserting
that they would" stand by their "con
stitutional rights" and introduce all
the bills they Wanted to, the resolu
tion was put ttf sleep. V:;.
The appointment of E. O. May
Peld of Omahaf editor of the Sunday
World-Herald. I to the position of
member of the state board of con
trol, by Governor Neville, to succeed
Judge Howard Kennedy; occasioned
somewhat of f stir in the state sen
ate as well Knmoug the friends of
Kennedy. However. Mayfleld, who
is a RepnNMejn, had the endorse
ment of a majority of the Republican
leaders of the state.
flit dell nit recommendations for
legislative action have been made by
the Nebraska ptate association of
commercial clan, and presented In a
memorial to th the house of rep
resentatives a d. senate of the legis
lature, i
The first recommendation Is for an
amendment te the present highway
law, making the board of Irrigation,
highways and drainage the controll
ing body for JilKhway Improvement,
with such ot&er legislation as Is
needed to co-operate with the federal
government Is constructing national
highways. I .
Second. anf appropriation of $50,
000 Is asked or to enable the con
servation and public welfare com
mission to carry on Its work of re
search In developing the resources
of the state s 1 in disseminating the
data and Information secured.
Third, sufficient funds are asked
'.fOT W (Ti'ri,inr!Stf ska's water rlehts
snd to protect Tne Irrigated section
of the state.
Fourth, the enactment of a state
(Continued on pnee 3)
ALLIANCE GETS
THREE CONVEIi
Knights of Columbus, Associated
VTT: !?IV?Vnd. NVbr
Alliance is getting to be a resuilar
convention city. Within a short per
iod of time the state convention of
county commissioners, county super
visors and county clerks; the district
convention of the North Platte dis
trict of the Odd Fellows and the dis
trict convention for the thirty-third
district of the Rebekahs has been
held here. Now two more state con
ventions are scheduled for Alliance,
besides a big "pow-wow".
The Knights of Columbus of Ne
braska will hold their state conven
tion in Alliance Tuesday and Wed
nesday, May 8 and 9, according to
an announcement made this week by
Secretary of the Commercial Club H.
ai. uustinell. Jr. This H1AU no that
there will be representatives from nil
over Nebraska in attendance, many
ui mum reany Dig men. It will af-
ford Alliance another opportunity to
extend the glad hand and "show" the
visitors what Box Butte county and
western Nebraska is like.
During the same month. Mav. thn
Btate convention of the Associate.!
Commercial Clubs of Nebraska will !
be held In Alliance. The definite '
date has not been learned. This con-
vention will brine to Alliance n
group of Nebraska's live boosters.
Boosting will be in the air and Alii-
ance will be one of the biggest of the
Diggest. John W. Guthrie of this
city is representative for the sixth
district on the board of directors of
the Associated Commercial Clubs of
Nebraska.
Then In June conies the bl stock
men's reunion, which takes the
place of the usual annual stockmen's
convention. The big "now-wow"
will be bigger and better than ever i
and will afford Alliance another op
portunity to do the entertainlnK
stunt In the usual thorough way.
ED. JEFFEKS WAS
AUUESTED
AT HAYAHD
Ed Jeffers was arrested Tuesday at
Bayard. Sheriff Cal Cox has been on
the lookout for him ever since he os
caped while supposed to bo out look
ing for a bond. He is charged with
wife desertion and was bound over to
the district court after a preliminary
neanng before the county court.
PAYS FARMERS
OVER $100,000
Total Business Done by Alliance
Creamery Past Year Is Increase
of Twenty-two Per Cent.
Farmers and dairymen of Box
Butte county and this section were
paid a total of $101,881 the past year
for cream sold to the Alliance
Creamery, according to a statement .
made by Mr. Spencer, manager of the
locul creamery, to tho board of dir
ectors of the company. This 1b but
auother evidence that there is money
in farming and dairying in Box
Butte county. The Alliance Cream
ery has always paid the'very highest
market price for cream, and all oth
er stations and creameries have been
compelled to meet their price if they
would continue in business.
During the year just closed the
creamery made a total of 440.247 1
pounds of butter; 111 car loads of
artiticial ice. and 15.239 gnllons of
ice cream. The business for the past
year, according to Mr. Spencer, is
twenty-two per cent increase over
the preceding year's business.
The company made extensive im
provements during the past year and
are planning other improvements for
this year, but in tho face of all this
the company declared a dividend of
five OPT CPIlt Tho Alliana
has enlovd a ranM rmu-ih .nj tJ.
every Indication of becoming much and tDe flrst 88l14tance given the po
larner. The creamery is a great as- tato Prower8- Today the most Im
set to Alliance and is doing much for nortant potato counties have their
the dairymen of this section .County Agent. The industry is so
w.t,iMil-uijn-Jii.ri,. Important that many or the leading
CHICKENS ARE tilVEN ! agricultural journals, dailies, local
WARM RECEPTION ', pressand agents, potato growers
The fire department responded to
a call about eleven o'clock Sunday
night the fire being In some out build
ings at hte rear of the H. J. Ellis
place, 417 Laramie. Thero were
probably a dozen chickens ln tho
coop, which is located next his gar
age. The cause of the flro Is not
known. The blaze was extinguished
by the small chemical tank carried
on the truck the damage being al
most nothing.
SON OF MR. AND. MRS.
- II. C. KITMAN DEAD
Clarence, the baby son of Mr.
and ,
Mrs. Henry C,
family home,
Sitzman died at the,
219 Toluca, Wednes -
day afternoon from pneumonia. The
boy was one month and ten days old.
He Is survlvied by his parents and
one brother, Bernard, age htree
yearB. The funeral services will bo
held at the home Saturday after
noon. Mr. Sitz.nan is an engineer in
the employ of the Burllnpton. The
many friends of tho family united
with the Herald In extending to them
their heartfelt sympathy.
Typewriter ribbons of all kinds
The Herald carries the largest stock
in Alliance at all times. Phone S40
Tnn"
S "BOX
-TuuirECO. DAY"
"
Organize,! Agriculture In Session at
Lincoln RecoguUcs Itox Unite
County Today
IS ALSO "POTATO DAY"
Seidell Tell Pi-legates of the Impor
tance of the Potato Industry in
Western Nebraska
Large delegations from Box Butte
and SUerldan counties aro making
"some" noise at Lincoln this week
wune attending the
meeting of Or
Shoridan rnun-
ganized Agriculture.
ty has somewhat the edae on Box'
Butte as far as the spectacular is con-1
cerneu by reason of the fact that the
live wires of that county headed by .
County Agent A. C. North chartered '
a special ttraln und arrived in Lin-!
coin late Monday afternoon with
whistles tooting und their own band!
Playing.
There Thirty Strong j
Tne Box Dutte delegation is there
'ully tuirly strong, with County
Agent F. M. Seidell much in evidence. '
luo Box Hullo delegates did not
make the trip In a body and for that
reason did not meet with the recep-
l0" tenuereu tne delegates who ar-
rived in Lincoln on the special train
' seven Pullmans and a baggage car.
AH Box Butte delegates are "a wear-l
ing of the green'" this week, the Box
Butte ribbon being of the well known
Irish color. Printed on the ribbon
is a picture of an Irish potato and the
name "Box Butte."
Some Attending
Among the Box Butte people at
tending the meetings In Lincoln this
week are E. G. Englehorn, L. J.
Schlll, A. H. Grove, W. E. Spencer,
C. A. Newberry. L. D. Blair, E. T.
Kibble. Dr. W. J. Mahaffy, U. W.
Mahaffy, John O'Keefe, Oscar O'Ban
non, Alex Yee, Wilbur Patterson, Jr.,
D. E. Purinton, J. F. Nabb, L. Mc
Carthy, J. C. Morrow, and County
Agent F. M. Seidell of Alliance; and
W. M. Iodence, A. S. Enyeart, Mrs.
A. S. Enyeart, John Jelinek and Mrs.
John Jelinek of llemingford
Ijocul Men on Program
The meetings of the different
i branches are being held mostly at the
university farm, but several are be
ing held in the city proper, at the
Commercial Club rooms and at the
LIndell and Lincoln hotels. The Lin
coln city auditorium is open for the
general exhibits and big evening
meetings. Meetings are being held
for those interested In horses, cattle,
dairying, growing of alfalfa, sweet
clover and dry farming, horticulture,
home economics, corn growers, pota
to growers, etc. A. S. Enyeart of
llemingford was on the program
Tuesday at the meeting of the Ne
braska Corn Growers Association.
Seidell Heads Pner
Today is "Box Butte Day" and
also "Potato Day." It is but fitting
and proper then that Box Butte bo
well represented on this program.
County Agent F. M. Seidell this af
ternoon delivered the opening paper
before the convention of the Nebras
ka State Horticultural Society. His
subject was "The Importance of the
Nebraska Potato Industry." Mr.
Seidell said:
Leading Cash Crop
"The potato Industry in western
Nebraska is today recognized as one
of the leading phases of Nebraska's
agriculture. The potato is western
Nebraska's leading cash crop. At
present there is no crop in the stale
that is receiving so much attention
from the Nebraska Agricultural Ex
tension Service and the United StatCB
Department of Agriculture as the po
tato. In fact it was through the Ex
tension Service that the real slguif-
icance of the Industry was recognized
I aim Piui)yci;uiD iutdiu iuvtria aio
constantly calling upon the Exten-
sion Service for information regard
ing the importance and all phases of
the Western Nebraska Potato Indus
try. Worth More Than Sugar Beets
"As a potato producer Nebraska
stood 10th, 12th, and, 12th, for 1914,
1915 and 1916, among all the states
, in the Union. A study of a produc
tion map shows that Irish potatoes
are grown qitite extensively in every
state. Based upon reports ofjlho Of
tice of Markets and Rural Organiza
tion, United States Department of
Agriculture, Nebraska stood seventh
ln 1916 amone all in total numebr
of cars of potatoes shipped. Based
lupon the Bureau of Cron Estimates
reports the value of the Nebraska
potato crop at $1.00 a bushel Is
$7,600,000 or three times the value
of the sugar beet crop of the Platte
Valley.
"The commercial potato section of
Nebraska covers that post ion of the
state lyinc west of a north and south
line through Broken Bow and North
of a east and west line throueh North
Platte. This section lies entirely
west of the proverbial twenty four
Inch rainfall line. The elevation
(Continued on page 3)
TO uulLu fltW
PdlASH PLAN1
Corporation With $100,044 Capital
Fully Paid to Itulld Dig riant at
Bird sell
MAY CONSOLIDATE ALL PLANTS
Mammoth Potash Hennery Said to
Depend on Whether or Not Con
solidation Is Successful
At ln3l the f;icts are known. For
weeks there hnv 3 been vaguo rumors
floating r.bout Alliance, Box Butte
and Sheridan counties and other sec
tions of Nebraska to tho effect that
thero was some new movement un
der wPay which pertained direectly
to the development of tho Alknll re
sources of Nebraska and in Sheridan
and Box Butte coun'leo, in particu
lar. Nothing definite could be lcr.rnod
Now the truth has como to light.
Plant 7 Miles East
A new plant is to bo erected at
Birdsell on the line of tho C. B. &
Q. railway seven miles east of All!
ance in Box Butto county for the
purpose of making alkali products
or potash, by the same process used
by the Potash Products company at
lioffland, the Nebraska potash works
and the American potash works at
Antioch, and the Hord Alkali pro
ducts rompany at Lakeside.
Have Abundant Capital
The Herald reporter is not at lib
erty to give the names of any of the
men who will engage in the new pro
position, but he Is at liberty to state
that he has been informed, on what
on the face of It seems to bo the best
of authority, that the new company
will start with a capital stock of
$100,000, every cent of stock being
fully paid. This Indicates that there
are men with abundant means at
their command back of the proposl- conteBt8( a big carnival with its raid
tlon. While not a name can be glv- way and n thftt ROP8 with lt ln
en out at this time It might easily be factf an ftffalr bgger than the county
assumed that certain Alliance men fa, but BtaRPi Rt a time that Is
are Interested in the new concern. j niore opportune.
To Have liarger Output If tnt(, through, then In the
The plant to be built at Birdsell, fa a FftU Festival will be held, and
which Is now hardly more than a . M ,imo ninved. Exhibits mav
siding on the Burlington, will it Is
statea De me mosi mouern piani oi
all and will have a larger output.
than any now in operation. The con
struction work Is to be rushed und
the plant completed as soon as pos
sible, te plant to be In operation by
the month of July. 1917.
Ixio al parties Interested In the new
plant will not permit their names to
be usd at this time and will not state
what lakes are to derive their re-
sources frou
Coiiiuinles May Consolidate
While an announcement at this
time may be premature, it Is never
theless understood that thero Is a
movement on foot tending toward o
consolidation of all companies en-
gaged in the development of alkali
resources in this section. If this
consolidation is effected or Is under
way, then there Is reason to believe
the rumor that a larpe alkali pro-
ducts refining plant will e erected ln
or near Alliance In the very near fu-
ture.
Talk of Refinery
For some time there has been a
persistent rumor that a big refinery
is to be built, but those who should
be In a position to know are either;
close mouthea regarding tne propo -
Bition or deny all knowIedKe of it.
However, it is understood that thOBO
backing the new company have a re-
tinery in mtna, anu mat iney aiso are
ronsiderlng a consolidation
Attnutlvg Attention
The alkali resources of Nebraska
are now attracting great attention all
over the country Articles are ap
pearing ln different newspapers and
periodicals telling of the wonderful
I development of this business In the
last few years and af tne fortunes be
ing made. Sunday the Lincoln
State Journal carried u story telling
of the development of these resourc
es. The Journal said:
Nebraska has a new Industry one
of vital agricultural and com uerclal
importance. This state now leads
the world In the production of pot
ash. The development of this nat
ural resource has taken place almost
entirely within the last five years.
First Investigations were made of the
alkali lakes near Alliance In 1910,
the first rude plant erected In 1912,
and since that time capital has been
poured Into the Industry. Several
plants are ln operation and, together
with those Inconstructlon, over three
quarters of a million dollars has been
invested. From one plant alone,
shipments of chemicals aro made at
the rate of two carloads dally, re
tailing at prices that would have
seemed preposterous before the war.
, War Causes Development
The outbreak of the struggle In
Europe has been the chief factor In
the development of the alkali indus
try in Nebraska. With the shutting
in thiB country off of supplies of
chemicals from Europe, tho industry
in this country received a tremendous
impetus. The lakes In northwestern
Nebraska, formerly considered worth
less, are now the center of attention
by capitalists and promoters, and as
tho supply of alkalies and other val
uable chemicals has been estimated
at over 100,000 tons for asingle lake,
(Continued on page 10)
PLAN STOCKMEN'S
HEUElUN IN JUIE
Would Combine Coiinty Fair and lie
union, Making a Hot Show all
the Way Through
At a meeting of the board of dir
ectors of the Alliance Commercial
Club here Monday evening it was de
cided to stage a big stockmen's re
union in Alliance this year, probably
on Wednesday, Thursday and Frl
lay, June 27, 28 and 29. While the
ofliclal stockmen's convention will be
held at Valentine this year, it has
been learned that the stockmen and
the commission men are anxious to
come to Alliance, knowing full well
that no town in this section Is better
capable of staging a really "big"
stunt than Alliance. It Is believed
that tho stockmen's reunion when
held here In June will outshine all
of the "shiners" that have ever been
held.
Make Directors Proposition
As yet no definite arrangements
have been made and none will be
made until after Friday night, Janu
nry 26, when the annual meeting of
the Box Butte County Fair Assocla
tlon 19 to be held. At this time a
proposition will bo put up to the
newly-elected directors of the fair
association to combine the fair and
reunion Into tho reunion, with the
holding of a fall festival at about the
time the fair would be held
Means Digger Show
Experience has taught that Alli
ance cannot stage two really big
stunts of this kind In a year. The
time chosen for the Stockmen's Re
union will be a time when all farm
era and ranchmen can get away, and
should avoid a season of rain. If
the association will co-operate the
Commercial Club. It Is stated, will
advance a sum of money, probably
$1,000. to be considered as receipts,
and after all expenses have been paid
the club and the association are to
share the profits on a 60-50 basis.
Hares, Contests, and All
It is planned to mako the reunion
a hiimmw Thorn will be horse
n B,v hihi hneVlnsr horse
De brought ln and almost the equlv-
ftient of a fair had.
COUNTY AGENT WORK
TO BE CONTINUEr
Commissioners Make JM,."00 Appro-
prlatJon Federal mid State
Government ive 9t,2M)
The ofllce of county apent Is to be
maintained In Box Butte county.
This fact became a certainty Monday
when tne HORra or i.ounty lommis
sloners voted a $l,n00 appropriation
tor tnnt purpose.
i The action of tho county commls-
sloners meets with the approval of
prartisally all land holders In Box
Butte county. Before taking any ai
tion of the proposition the board re-
celved petitions signed by a large per
JcentaR e of the land holders of the
-county and also from the business
and professional men of Alliance. AI
. expressed It as there doniro to have
the work continued.
( Dox Bulte and Sheridan countlec
!ar tWo of nine counties In NV-braskr
, wi,. PO,intv aeonts. oiterutinir bv
praco of a fon,.ra Batute. Uncli-
Sam contributes $600 nnnually
tr
the salary of the county auent li
these nine counutuuiuesuuu. nnd the
state of Nebraska pays a like sum
The other funds necessary to conduc'
the work have in the paat been raise '
by popular subscription. However
a time came when the federal gov
eminent would not allow an appro
prlation unless the counties them
! Bf.Ves came forward and recognize?'
the work and provided funds to heir
carry It along. The action of the
board on Monday was all that wac
needed to secure the federal and state
appropriation for this coming year
The board made tho appropriation of
$1,500 to bo paid "whenever the
funds are legally available."
Sheridan county has an appropri
atlon of $1,200 a year for this work
the county board thero having made
their appropriation before the Box
Butte commissioners got busy. Coun
ty agent F. M. Seidell will remain In
charge of the work in this county
F(K)T BALL TEAM
GIVEN SWEATERS
The members of tho 1916 Alliance
High School football team were pre
sented with their sweaters Monday
morning. Tho sweaters contain ser
vice stripes on the left arm, ono stripe
for each year the player has played
on the team. '
WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT
The report of F. W. Hicks, official
weather observer for Alliance, for
the week ending Wednesday, Janu
ary 17, is as follows:
Jan. Max. Min. Snow Wind Day
11 52 12 NW Pt Cl'dy
12 20 3 NW Pt Cl'dy
13 20 -10 NW Pt Cl'dy
14 20 2 NE Cloudy
15 15 -2 2 NE Pt Cl'dy
16 14 14 W Pt Cl'dy
17 28 -18 W Pt Cl'dy
PINNED UNDER
AUTMILLED
Carl Illfknell Died at Home of 111
Parents Karly Sunday Morning
Jhst Crushed
ACCIDENT HAPPENED SATURDAY"
Funeral Service Held at Home Wed
nesday Afternoon Rouse Fill,
ed with Friends
Funeral services for Carl Blcknr II,
who died at 9 o'clock Sunday morn
ing following Injury In an automo
bile accident which happened about
5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, were
held at the homo of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Blcknell, 618 Toluca,
yesterday afternoon, January 17. at
2 o'clock. Rev. William Carson
Shaw of St. Matthew's Episcopal
church preached the funeral sermon.
The number who came to attend the
funeral services of their friend and
to extend their heartfelt sympathy
to the parents and relatives ln their
sorrow completely filled the hou e.
Interment was made in Greenwood
cemetery.
Happens Mile East of Town
Carl Blcknell was about twer.ty
yearB old and was a young man who
had a host of friends in and about
Alliance. Ho was an Industrie us .
young man and held the respect nnd
esteem of all who knew him. Tim
taking away of a young man of his
calibre Is a distinct loss to any com
munity and Is no exception to Alli
ance. The accident which resulted
n his death happened about 5 o'clock
Saturday afternoon a mile east of
this city on the road near the Han la-
ranch.
Hod IVeen to Ranch
William Rice and Carl Blcknelt.
eft Alliance the first of last week.
going to the former's ranch norlh of
Gordon on the Indian reservation.
The return trip to Alliance was bel jjc
made. The two men ate dinner 'Sat
urday noon at Gordon and were
bound for Alliance. Tho car thoy
were rfdlng in was a Chalmers and
belonged to Mr. Rice. It took tb m
less than five hours to como from
Gordon to tho place whore the acci
dent happened, about a mile from
Alliance. Tho distance from Gordon
to Alliance Is seventy mllcf across
country. This makes an - avers w
speed for the distance of about fif
teen miles an hour, but as they ne.tr
ed the city they became anxious to
Bft home tin. I so were running a! a
rate of probably thirty-five to forty
miles an hour.
Heard Car Coining'
The exhaust on tho enr was opn
according to a statement made by
Mrs. R. L. Harris and two children
and a hired man, Martin Wilson, ell
of the Harris ranch. They hoard t."e
'ar com in k before It wn in sight.
Smashed Into Rank
South of tho Harris ranch tho r r
hit a small culvert and left the red.
In the effort to get back to the re 1.1
'he rear wheels skidded acainst t'li
bank, the wheels having hit an I
retch In the bottom of the dl' b.
Two of the wheels were wrec1, I
when the car smashed against tho
hark, nnd the car turned tur'ie.
Blcknell was pinned to th groU"d.
Ills chest was crushed Into a sp.ir.e
of about three inches. Neither of
the men could jump when the i''l-
lout hnppened PS tho sHo curtii'ia
on the car were down and hook d
William Rice In so"' unaccounted'
manner escaped with but a fw
bruises, JUFt another evidence of he
freaklshnoss of automobile accidents
Was Unconscious
Within u very few minutes after
the accident happened Henry R.tst
happened along, and he, with the as
sistance of others who gnthcrod
there, lifted the car off the uncon
scious man. The young man waB
immediately taken to the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W
Bicknell, 518 Toluca, In this city. A
physician was immediately cul'ed
and every effort made to save the
young man's life, but efforts v-to
fruitless. Internal hemorrhages let
in and Carl Bicknell passed out of
this life, relieved forever from his
pain and suffering.
A Pitiful Sight
When help arrived on the sc ne
of the accident, they were consent
ed with a pitiful sight. Wlllini
Rice was attempting with all his
might to lift the automobile from off
his companion's chest. There v." -are
tears in his eyes and his face shoved
the greatest suffering and he Blood
there bending every energy ln his
effort to get the car off the eeenvng
ly lifeless body of his comparlon.
The accident left him stunned ! a
way. It la an experience that is
bound to remain vivid In his memory-
the sudednness of It, his Ina
bility to do anything to prevent It.
and the sight of his friend there un
der the car, his chest crushed, and
life apparently gone out.
Cause Not Known
An examination of the car was
made Sunday morning br a nunber
of automobile men. The steering
rod connecting the two front whel
was found to be loose, but no one
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