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VOLUME XXIV
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MARCH 22, 1917
NUMBER 16
SIFTING COM.
NOW ON JOB
t Important Committee of Sea-
-ion Selected by House Mem
ber In Caucus by Parties
TAYLOR FLAYED "INHl'lUJKNTH"
inane Mn stain "liMurgentu" In tbeir
Fight for Full and tomplete
Representation for All
Lincoln, March 20 After a
stormy and strenuous week the
oubr of Representatives spent a
an let Sunday with many of the mem
bers visiting among themselves, en
joying the keen spring weather at
Lincoln or Journeying to and from
tfcoir homes if they lived in nearby
towns.
Monday morning the sifting com
mittee, the most important commit
tee of the session, took charge of the
general file in the House and hence
forth they will say whether or not
bills can be acted upon. The great
mass of bills which clog the general
le will be sifted and the moat im
portant will be placed on the sifting
le for action.
The first of the session among the
standing committees named by the
House was a committee on commit
tees, composed of fifteen Democrats.
In addition to the naming of the
standing committees this committee
was to name the sifting committee,
"one of the committee on commit
tees to be members of tin sifting
eommitteo." Many of the members
believed at the time that a mistake
whs made in this provision.
On Saturday morning, Marrh 10,
Chairman Taylor of the committee
on committees called a special meet
ing of the committee. Mr. Taylor
stated to the committee that the
time for the appointment of a sifting
ommittee was drawing near. In
the discussion which followed some
of the members of the committee
favored the same number of mein
rs for the sifting committee, fifteen.
m for the previous year. A motion
was made that the sifting committee
be composed of eleven members, sev
en of whom were to be Democrats
and four Republicans. The met inn
carried by a close vote. Representa
tives Thomas and Osterman protest
ed against this action, ami asked to
be placed on the records of the com
mittee as being opiosvd to it.
After the committee meeting had
broken up and the members entered
the represntativ hall. Chairman Tay
lor prsented a motion stating that
the sifting committee be composed
of eleven members and that it take
charge of the general tile on Wed
nesday morning, March 14. The mo
tion carried without discussion
When it became known to the
members of the House that Repre
sentative.8 Thomas and Osterman had
protested against the action taken by
the rommittee they were besieged by
members of both tfce majority and
minority parlies, asking them to lead
a fight for larger representation
On Monday evening more than
twenty of the Democratic members
held an informal meeting at which
the situation was thoroughly dis
cussed and at which it was decided
that the following roqaests be made
of the partyleadera:
1st. That the sifting committee be
compoaee of fifteen members, nine of
them Democrats and six Republicans.
There are sixty Democrats and forty
Republicans in the House..
2nd. Tbai the members of the
minority party be allowed to name
their aix members.
3rd. That the three congressional
districts having the largest Demo
cratic representation foe allowed each
to have one of the three members at
large. This would allow the tfrst,
fourth and fifth congressional dis
tricts to have one member and the
second, third and 6ixth two mem
bers, making total of inn
4th. That the entire Democrats
membership be allowed to partici
pate in the naming of the members
of tbe lifting, committee, the mem
bers of each congremloiwl district to
el t ihe representation for their
du.ind
In response to a petition signed hy
thirty-one Democrats on Tuesda
Chairman Taylor of the Democratic
caucus called a meeting for Tuesday
evening At this meeting practical
ly the entire Democratic membership
of the House was present. The four
requests of The "insurgents" were
t liken an. rtlsrnsssd and voted on
The votes in favor of the motions'
were practically unanimous, only
four voting against or not voting. All
agreed that the selection by districts
of the members would be absolutely
fair and the different districts select
ed their members for the slftiuK
committee. The following were sel
ected: Reifenrath. Todd, Craddock,
Hopkins, Regan, Mysenburg. Jack
son, .lacobson and Fries These nine
selected Reifenrath as chairman.
The Republicans had previously in
their caucus selected the following
six: Peterson, Miller, Nesbit. Axtell,
Stuhr and Bates. Inasmuch as the
rule had been established that none
of the members of the committee on
committees could be members of the
sifting committee the Republicans by
petition afterwards substituted
(Continued on page 10)
POLICE MADE RAID
ON BARBER SHGP
Officers llroke In Door Karly This
Morning and Arrested Three
Who Were Gambling
At 2:20 o'clock this morning the
Alliance police together with Sheriff
Cox made a raid on the barber shop
conducted by Chas. Nation on Box
Butte avenue and arrested Nation,
Harry Brown and L. Sparks and con
fiscated certain gambling parapher
nalia, including an outfit of chips,
two decks of cards, a bank of $47.50
and several bottles of whiskey.
Entrance was made through a
door between the barber shop and
the Kibble real estate office. The
front door of the Kibble office chain -e
dto be unlocked and the officers en
tered, and by breaking down the
door between secured entrance.
County Attorney Basye was mak
ing out the information this morn
ing, but Just when the three will be
brought before County Judge Tash
is not known. Two charges will be
lodged against, ('has. Nation, one for
gambling and the other for keeping
a place of gambling.
Boys shot raps
Monday afternoon after school five
boys were brought before Judge
Tash for "shooting craps." Three of
them admitted that they were play
ing with the dice. The boys, who
are high school lads for the most
part, were "shooting craps" all of
Sunday afternoon on the front steps
of the library building. The game
was broken up by Chief Jeffers, who
ordered the lads to appear in county
court Monday afternoon after school.
Judge Tash gave the lads a sound
lecture and let them off, but inform
ed them that they would be watched
and the next time it would go hard
with them.
TO OEDIGATE MASONIC
TEMPLE MARCH 30
Grand MaMer and Grand Custodian
Will Re Present ami Will Re In
Charge of the Services
Friday, March 30, is the date set
for the official dedication of the new
Masonic Temple in Alliance. Grand
Master Andrew H. Vlele of Norfolk
and Grand Custodian Robert K
French of Kearney will be In Alli
ance on the ,'SOth and will bo In
charge of the services.
The various Masonic lodges of
western Nebraska have been invited
to be present and it is anticipated
that there will be a large attendance
from among out-of-town Masons.
Com 'ttecs have been appointed
and are now busily engagtMl in mak
ing the preparations for this event,
at which the new temple will be of
ficially dedicated to the use of Mas
onry. The committees are as fol
lows :
General A rrangesncnls
Ira E. Taah, chairman; R. E.
Knight, George D. Darling. George
K Davis and L S. Campbell 1
I in it. 'it ion
Jas. 11. 11. Hewett, chairman: B. J.
Sallows and II. B. Judd.
Reception
K. G Lalng. chairman; Lincoln
Lowry. William Davidaon. F. M.
Knight. Robert Graham and C. 11.
Tully.
Decoration
.Mrs Jerry Kowau. chairman; Mrs.
I,. H Mosher, Mrs. Llo ! Johnson.
A. S. Mote and F. J Peterson.
Music
Mrs. Iletene Ponath. chairman; W.
R. Met and A. J. Welch.
ONE ANNOUNCES ANO
ANOTHER OROPS OUT
Isaacson in Mow- from Third Want,
so Withdraw s George Hill to
Run in the Second
A. t. Isaacson, who had announc
ed himself as a candidate for coun
cilman from the Third ward at the
coming election, has withdrawn from
the race, leaving George Davis, the
present councilman, a candidate for
re-election and the only candidate
for Third ward councilman in the
race. The residence In which Mr.
Isaacson lives has been sold, and he
has decided to build a home of his
own and as this will not be in the
Third ward, Mr. Isaacson announced
his retirement from the race.
to H. P. Coursey will have com
petition in the race for councilman
from the Second ward. (Jeorge Hill,
who la custodian of the Eagles' club,
has announced himself as a candi
date and is circulating his petition.
Mr. Coursey holds the office of coun
cilman from the Second by appoint
ment, having been appointed to fill
the vacancy created by the resigna
tion of F. J. Was.
NO PAVING FOR
A WHILE YET
Meeting of Property Holders Friday
Night at City Hall to Consid
er Proposition
city heat Plant factor
Opinion About Evenly Divided
Many To Ink steam Ple should
Re I n id before Paving
WEATHER REPORT
Mar Max Min Snow Wind Day
1 f 30 16 2 N Cloudy
16 10 4 NW Pt Cldy
i. II NW Clear
18 44 3 SW Clear
19 42 18 W Clear
20 46 20 W Clear
21 62 22 K Clear
The meeting of property holders
who would be affected by the propos
ed paving In Alliance, called by the
Alliance Commercial Club, was held
at the city hall Friday night. It de
veloped at this meeting that practic
ally everyone was unanimous for
paving but many thought that the
municipal heating plant which has
been urged and has been agitated
for i .'in. time should be put In first
us the piping would have to run
on Bo Butte avenue and should be
placed before the paving is put in.
Proposition In Shape
The Commercial Club has done
considerable work in the way of get
ting the paving proposition in shape,
in gathering all necessary Informa
tion In order that the property hold
ers might have full knowledge of the
proposition. The club took the pos
ition that it was Its duty to advocate
improvements but that It has never
fo en Its intention to force paving
ngklnst the will of the majority of
property owners.
Steam Heat a Fnrtor
Upon the question of municipal
steam heal seemed to turn the mat
ter of paving, for many expressed
then-, wives In favor of paving provid
ing that the steam plant would go in
first. It developed at the meeting
Friday night that about fifty per
ctnt of the property holders were In
favor of immediate paving, but It
semuea best to postpone the matter
until the question of municipal steam
heat is settled.
Various Opinions
R. M. Hampton and C. A. Newber
ry spoke very strongly for paving.
while W. Di Rumer, A. D. Rodgers
and numerous others were against
the matter at this time, believing
that the heating matter should be
disposed of first.
Heating Proposition
It seems that there are some who
do not fully understand the municl
pal steam heating proposition. The
special election called to consider
the matter was no more or less than
a test election, called for the purpose
of determining whether or not the
people desired the city to enter into
the stea mheating business The
special election did not. nor was it
Intended to, authorize a bond issue
to go ahead with the work. In or
der to finance the proposition it will
be necessary to call a special elc
tion to vote on the bond issue. If
then the proposition carries the
work can go ahead. Some have ex
pressed the opinion that the city
could take funds from the profits of
the light department to build the
system, but there is a legal point In
volved that could only be settled by
the courts. The money for the res
ervoir was obtaiued in this manner
but the reservoir is a part of the
municipal water system. Whether
or not the municipal steam heating
plant would be a part of the muni
cipal light and water plant or a sep
arate plant seems to be the question
Ordinance Positioned
The council, at the request of the
Commercial Club, prepared a paving
ordinance, which ordinance passed
its first reading Tuesday. March 13.
The second and third and final read
ings will he postponed until such a
time that it is deemed wise to take
up the matter again. At the Febru
ary meeting of the council Secretary
Hushnell of the Commercial Club ap
peared before the council and asked
that the city attorney be authorized
to confer with the Commercial Club
with the idea of determining what
streets should he paved and with the
idea of drawing up an ordinance or
dering the paving, or what might he
called a resolution of necessity. This
was done. The meeting held Friday
night was then called by the club to
awertaln the opinion of the propert
owners, with the result as stated
COMMERCIAL CUB
HANOI ET APRIL
The annual Commercial Club ban
quet and flection of officers will be
held two weeks from tonight. Thurs
day evening, April 5, at the Phclan
opera house. The program commit
tee Is now at work and are endeav
oring to arrange a program that will
he nothing but excellent
H. G. Taylor, a member of the .Ne
braska Railway Commission, will be
present and will deliver an address
at that time. Other speakers will
be secured and will be announced
later. The annual banquet will take
i he form of a lunch and smoker rath
er than the old form of banquet. The
committee promises Borne real enter
tainment and a most enjoyable ev
ening for everyone who attends
The term of three members of the
board of directors expire this year,
being George D. Darl.ng, L. H High
land and Percy Cogswell
KNIGHTS OF
COLUMBUS HERE
Two State Meetings of Great Ontbo
llc Order to Re Held in Alli
ance This Spring
DATES ARE TO BE MAY 8 AND 9
Archbishop Harty, Bishop Tlhcit
and Duffy, and Many Priest to
Re In Attendance
On Tuendny and Wednesday, May
8 and 9, Alliance will be the scene
of two important state meetings or
conventions for the Knights of Col
umbus. On these days the state
council will meet here for the annu
al meeting. The state council is
composed of all present grand
knights In the state and one past
grand knight from each council. The
other meeting or convention, which
Is separate and distinct from the
meetings of the state counrH, Is the
annual meeting of the financial sec
retaries of the thirty-four councils
in the state of Nebraska.
State Officer Coming
Besides the grand knights and
past grand knights there will also
be in attendance the state deputy
and a district deputy for each of the
seven districts of the state. In ad
dition to these the state treasurer,
state secretary, state warden, state
advocate, and state chaplin will be
in attendance, making something
like 120.
Public Iecttire
Archbishop Harty of Omaha. Bish
op Tihen of Lincoln, Bishop Duffy of
Kearney and between twenty-five
and forty priests are expected to at
tend the sessions here. Bishop Ti
hen will deliver a public lecture on
one of the two days on the subect of
"Patriotism," and it is expected that
the Imperial theatre will be secured
for this occasion.
Services at Church
Services will be held at Holy Ros
ary church each of the two morn
ings. Bishop Duffy win officiate at
one of the services and Archbishop
Harty will probably preach at one of
the services.
Pin ii for Over tfto
The local committee expects the
attendance to be something over lf.O
and are making plans accordingly.
On Tuesday the visitors will be
treated to an automobile ride to Pine
Ridge where lunch will be served. A
big banquet will be held the evening
of the second day, Wednesday, May
9. The banquet will be tendered hy
the Alliance Commercial Clubi
Elect National Delegates
At the business sessions delegates
from the state of Nebraska to the
national convention of the Knights
of Columbus will be selected.
Lincoln Was Contestant
The committee is planning on
making the two days as full as pos
sible. This convention to be held in
Alliance is the first one to have been
held this far west O'Ncll was the
scene of the convention one year,
but that is the farthest west it has
ever been held. There was some
what of a scrap on between Alliance
and Lincoln for the convention this
year, and how well the local Knights
succeeded is evidenced by the fact
that the convention is to be held here
bringing with it hetwien one and
two hundred of men highest in the
Knights of Columbus circles in Ne
braska as well as a numher of bish
ops, an archbishop and many prom
inent members of the clergy
EULA AND MABLE
NATURALLY RAISE NED
Were Kicked Out of (ieyenne Are
Alleged to Ho lrotltiitc
Mable Admits ft
KAILItOAD NOTES
Mr Weidenhamer division super
iutendent. and C. H Hughes, time
keeper, left Tuesday for Omaha to
attend a meeting on the new eight
hour law.
Trainmaster tlnrles left Tuesday
for Casper to load his household
goods (0 ship to Alliance
Operator II A. Stephenson went to
Ellsworth on 4 I Wednesday to work
a few days.
W. F. Gross arrived in Alliance
Wednesday to take ihc night caller's
job here
W. H. I'rcttyiiiun. agent at llyau
nis. is off on vacation this week
Night Agent A R Reynolds went
down to Hoffland on the IochI Wed'
nesday, returning that night
General Superintendent R K
Young went to Casper on 81 Tues
day.
Conductor w R. Cunningham, En
gineer Wltham, on No. 41 out of
here Tuesday night, broke their train
in two about four miles east of Bird
sell and derailed several cars Tin
main line was Mocked for sevcra
hours, and No. 41' was held at Alii
anee until 8 o'clock Wednesday
morning. No. 41 did not arrive If
Alliance until 8 30
Mrs. P J. Kopecky. slater of Mrs
C E. Amsberry arrived from Uncoil
the first of the week and visited will
her a few days before goiiiK to Sherl
dan, Wyoming wbere her huaban.
has a position with the Burl'nglon ai
stenographer in the Superintendent'
office.
Eula Workoff, alias Blackmun,
and Mnude Onley. two women of col
or, who are alleged to be off color,
have been having one time of It
since they blew Into town the first of
the week from Cheyenne Maude
admits they got kicked out of Chey
enne and says they were kicked out
a couple of times. She also admit
ted that she was a prostitute and was
out for gold.
The fit at the police noticed them
was Tuesday noon when the two
women were having a "chewing
match" or "Jaw tussol" at the depot.
They were hauled up and told to get
out of town, but failed to get. The
result was the county attorney got
busy and filed an Information charg
ing Eula with being a prostitute.
Maude saw- she will got out of town
when Eula does, but she labors un
der the Idea that Bomeone is trying
to give her the double-cross and kick
her out while Eula is allowed to op
erate. So Eula la locked up In the
county jail and the county attorney
says she will find It a hard game to
buck unless she does beat It to an
other woods.
Eula'a mamma appeared yester
day. She and Eula were planning
on living here, but the county attor
ney said, "Nothing doing."
Maude is up In arms. She aays If
she can't stay here she la going to
clean the town from ptmpa and
(this has been deleted by the censor)
- so at this writing Eula Is working
off flesh pining away in the county
jail and Maude la raising Ned be
cauw she thinks she la getting the
worst of It, and Eula'a fond mother
la still here. County Attorney Bas
ye says the probabilities are they
will get it soaked to them unless
they do uecldc to go to greener
fields.
POTATO ASS'N.
IS ORGANIZED
Nebraska Potato Improvers' Associa
tion Organised at Meeting
Held Yesterday
MAY lfoi.lt BI 'Ml IT' HEHH
Commercial Club Tendered Visitors
Banquet at Alliance Cafe
liaat Evening
FJRMER ALLIANCE
WOMAN DIED SAT.
Mi s. i lun li s Widman, Sister of "Mr.
W. R. Harper, Buried in Col
orado on Monla
A meeting of the committee ap
pointed during agricultural week at
the university farm, consisting of
representative grower and repre
sentatives of the college met in Al
liance Wednesday afternoon and af
ter the report of the committee, or
ganised the Nebraska Potato Im
provement association.
A Forward Step
This organisation should mean the
greatest forward step the potato In
terests have taken. The object of
the association is for the mutual co
operation of all agencies Interested
in production, distribution, transpor
tation and utilisation of the Nebras
ka potato. The association plans on
featuring educational methods for
the Improvement of the Nebraska po
tato and further the Industry.
Officers Fie led
The following officers were elect
ed: President, Link Davis, Gordon:
klce president, J. Pedrett, Kimball;
secretary-treasurer, R. H. Howard.
Lincoln; directors, A. E. Enyeart,
Hemlngford; C. C. Parish, Mlnatare;
Alois Schaffcr, Nonsel; C. S. Hawk,
Chadron; E. M. Wilcox, Lincoln; W.
W. Burr, Lincoln.
Banquet l.asi Night
Following the afternoon meeting
the committee were given a dinner
at tho Alliance Cafe by the Alliance
Commercial Club. County Agent
Seidell welcomed the visitors and
invited the Nebraska potato growers
to hold their annual meeting at Alli
ance in behalf of the Box Butte Farm
Bureau and the Alliance Commercial
Club. Dr. E. M. Wilcox acted as
tonstmaster to the entire satisfaction
of tho delegation. The committee
extended a vote of thanks to the
Commercial Club and Alliance for
their hospitality.
The death of Mrs. Charles Wid
man. former resident of this city and
sister of Mrs. W. R. Harper of Alli
ance, occurred Saturday morning at
her home at Monta Vista, Colo. She
was twenty-five years of ugc. She
had been ailing since her baby was
born, about four weeks ago The
child lived but a few hours.
It was about a year ago thai Mrs.
Widman, in company with her hus
band, left Alliance and made their
home In Colorado, where it was be
lieved her health would be belter.
She was employed at the Harper
store for about three years before
leaving this city. The funeral was
held Monday afternoon and was at
tended hy Mr. and Mrt;. W. R. Har
per of Alliance Interment was made
in the cemetery at Monta Vista
JEFFERS MADE NEGRO
TAKE THE COUNT
Porter at Alliance Hotel with Too
Much Bed Kye t ml. r His Beit
i 'u I In I One T.. Many
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEN
COMING IN MAY
i.i.. to lb- MeeSM of Contention
of State Association of Com
mercial Clubs
The annual convent ion of the Ne
braska State Association of Comniei --iiil
Clubs will be held in Alliance in
May. The tentative dates Set are
Wednesday and Thursday. May
and J 4. This convention is exped
.'d to bring better than one hundred
representatives of the various com
mercial associations over the state in
Alliance.
The event is welcomed not alone
by the Alliance Commercial Club,
hut by every citir.cn of the city, as it
.fiords lli, nice an c pporf unity to
'BOW off" to representative lot of
men, who If they are sufficiently im
pressed with "The Biggest Little
ity in Nebraska" will leave the con
vention ready and willing to apt ad
the gospel of Alliance to the four
. i nds They w ill tie compelled to
tell of the wonderful hospitality of
lUlanee and of the fact that this city
is fast becoming known over this
action of tin- country as a conven-
ion city
ItECKWELL WILL HOLD
Bit; SALE WEDNESDAY
Owing to ill health E. A Rcckwcll
baa leased his place 13 miles east of
Alliance and not far from Hoffland
mi Antioch. He Is staging a big
lales on Wednesday next, March
ind has engaged Col. Coursey to sell
he 108 head of live stock Including
il head of cattle and 27 had of
w.rsos. There Is plenty of farm uia-
hlnery and a nice bunch of house
hold goods and It all goes. The sale
Marts right after the free lunch
which will be served at 11 o'clock.
Read the advertisement in this Issue
f the Herald. Note the offerings
i'ou will be at this selling aure if you
need stock or machinery. The indi
cations are that there will be a large
rowd in attendance.
Sam Bell, colored, who until Tues
day afternoon was working at the
Alliance hotel, is now working out a
fine of $50 and costs on the streets
of Alliance Sam is one of thoae
fellows who get mean when he has
a little red eye in bim,
Monday. Sam. who had been em
ployed as a porter at the Alliance ho
t 1 got to going It. Monday night
he came into the cafe and ordered up
a supply of sandweihes, which Is
against the rules but the girls work
ing that shift were afraid of him and
so gave them to him Tuesday he
was worse and finally demanded his
money. He had but a day or so cow
ing. Mr Miller, the proprietor, told
him he had just got paid and that
Tuesday was not pay day. Then
trouble started Sam threw a toma
to can at Mr. Miller but it hit a man
employed in the kitchen. Then Mr.
Miller called the police and Sam beat
it.
When the chief approached Sam at
the depot, Sam said, I'm looking
for you." to which the chief replied.
Yes, and I'm looking for you."
When they got in front of Rumer'a
(rage, Ban became mean and let
out a choice lot of cuss words, saying
he had a notion to "clean" the chief.
The chief "biffed" him one under the
jaw ami he was good until they got
into the ai!. Then Hell said, "I'll
just kill you." and landed a peach
right above the chief's left eye Then
there was a free for all. Bell must
have taken the count. He surely
looked it in police court yesterday
morning when he plead guilty and
asked the court to be easy with him.
He drew $.'.0 and costs.
MOTHER OF ALLIANCE
WOMAN DIEO HERE
Mrs. Karl Bryan, Mother of Mr. Gus
Peterson, Hod Saturday Fol
lowing An Operation
Mrs. Earl Bryan of Sundance,
yo., died here Saturday morning
following an operation for the re
moval of gall stones She was the
mother of Mrs. Gus Peterson of this
city and besides Mrs. Peterosn la
survived by three other children, be
ing Mrs. Robinson of Harwell Dean
Bryan of Lincoln and Iawrence Bry
an of Sundance. She
three yean of age.
Deceased came to Alliance a short
time go for the benefit of her
......... rr . .
utwiiu me remains were shipped