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70LUMK XXIV
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA,) UN S 14. 1(H7
NUMBER 28
Monster crowd big red cross
IS COMING
HhhwuM of hdtors Kxpected for
the SUwkmcn' Reunion and
Old Weal Celebration
THIjft: D A v s. tVHtl J7. M, M
RALLY SUNDAY
Delegates to heaver Oonveutkigj iti
Kaplatn Plans ami Tell How
Money win Be WwiwUwl
( AMI'M(. sTABIS ON MOttOAl
Thxu-jin.u and Thousand-. ..i Piecea f iCverj Pena Collected Placed In Al
of Adv ortlsitt:: Matter Being
Distributed This Week
Preparation t coins rapidly ahead
for the annual Stockmen's Bcunlon
and celebration to be held
nnce Wednesday. Thursday
day. Junx 27. 28 and 29.
possible efforl is being pal
Bum the reunion three
days at which those Who
liancc Bunks to I redit oj' Sec.
retnrv of F. S. Treasury
in Alli
nid Frl
Kvery forth to
emit gut
attend will
In o i)oaKPl that when another year
rolls round they and their friends
will lo here briaht and early.
Monday morning all T. P. A. 'a
leaving the city loaded up with ad
vertising matter for the reunion and
this week the not ire Western section
of Nebraska and the eastern part of
Wyoinini: is being billed for this
event. Literally, Ford loads of ad
vertising mailer went out of Alliance
the first of the week and by this time '
much of it is up. Next week a fresh !
supply is Being up. Advertisements
have been inserted in sex'enty-fivi- j
newspapers in this section this week ,
and these together with the reading
notices jnd the billboard advertising i
ought to make this great ' Reunion I
and Old West celebration one that j
will always be remembered both
from the point of the great lime had
and Iron the point of attendance.
The mules have been secured.
There are going to be some mule
H( that will cause spectators to
Ret 10 their feet. More than that,
these rail's will be the talk of the
panhandle country for some time to
come. Many, entries are already in
for the varlObS racing stunts. There
is still h 11 opportunity for all who
desire to cnte; These races are Op
en to the world and It's just a mat
ter of competing. The money is
here for ihe winners.
faree big days of relay faces, wild
Mi i - cowboy Mid cowgirl rac
es, running races burden races, pota
to races, etc., will make a three-days
frontlet program that, will sure be a
winner.
Alliance is making preparations to
entertain the largest! crowd of people
ever attending the city In a body.
From miles and miles people will
come to attend this great combina
tion event.
arniviil Coming
One of the features of the Reunion
IS the nat ionally-nkown Wortham
Brothers Carnival Company. Wor
tham Brothers are coming here for
Stockmen's Reunion week and will
show on Ihe streets of the city. They
have twenty new. rtDllling. .-.onsa-toinal
shows besides a number of
free attractions, riding devices and a
line lot of concessions. Without
question the can nival Itfielf will
prove an attraction to thousands.
The carnival will provide mure
shows than any county fi.ir can put
up along its midway, and they'll be
belter shows, too.
If you. friend reader, live outside
of Alliance, plan now (a attend the
annual Stockmen's Reunion and set
what a wonderful time you i an have
at a celebration which combines a
reunion, old-west celebration, carni
val, and racing meet. Cosae. You
will be one of thousands.
AN OPEN LETTER TO ALLIANCE PEOPLE
Alliance, Nebraska, June 14, 1!MT
To the People of
Alliance gntl Vicinity :
I wish ill tliis lime to call your attention ti the ni
1 1 1 fined of support iltirinu llie c ClOM campaign to le
Waged next week, front .lime IHth to 25tn. It is not nec
essary foi' me to jro into details regarding, 'he eniepaiirn
tr tne need of your Bnaneial support, These are explain
e fully by ihe newRpapem,
tin Sunday evening. June 17. at S
o'clock, a bin Bed Cross rally will be
held at the Phehtn opera house. It
Is the patriotic duty of every citizen
to attend this meeting. There will
be no services in any of the churches
Sunday night, all churches uniting in
! dismissing serices for this occasion.
At the rally to be held Sunday
night the delegates from the Alliance
' Red I'ross chapter to the convention
I at l)enver will Live to the people of
jthis city tjh.e information given to
thorn by the representatives of the
government at Washington.
Red toss Week
, Ued Croat week. from .Monday,
June IX. to Monday. June 2T.. has
j been set aside by President Wilson in
formal proclamation as the period In
j which the nation will devote Itself to
! ralslnS 119.000, 00. for ihe eom-
Jfort ami relief of the country's fight
tag men, the sick and wounded, as
well as dependent families of enlisi-
ed men and desiit'ute non-combat-:
ants.
Financial Flan
The financial plan and accounting
system for the Red Cross work will
lx explained at the meeting Sunday
Bight, Every penny and every dol
Ifl collected locally will be placed Ofi
deposit in the local banks in the
name o( the treasurer of the United
Slates of America. The only possi
ble way this money can be with
drawn from the local banks is by a
tr: usury VplBCher drawn by the sec
retary of the treasury of the United
Siates. A record of i teolpts must be
sent to t'ie treasury department of
the federal government. treasury
department auditor Will come to Al
liance 'o audit ihe receipts. The
Ued Cioss is Doing operated on n
business basis. D is all business.
The emergency is here and is must
be met.
Despite the many calls upon the
patriotic for financial geahttanoe, this
campaign for the lied Cross is al
ready assured ihe magnificent sup
port it will need to carry. Frist,
preliminary work on the part of ihe
campaign comnjlttee has enlisted the
most powerful and Influential men in
all the large centers gecrotary jonn
Tumulty; in behalf of President Wil
son, lias wired to hundreds of prom
Lnenl men throughout the West and
has received from them enthusiastic
as. malices of support.
in Box Untie county the campaiaa
is being conducted aloag ihe lines
uageated by representatives of the
federal government at the Red Croe
coitventioo held at Di nvei. Dos
Untie county's portion of the total
amount is goinn to be raised in the
w. ek. There is no question sbOUl
that When this .sum Is raised there
will be lie further appeals in behalf
of the fund.
Orsaulzathm omplete
Tho orunni7.:ition iri comtdete for
I Mi Alliance campaign. The Hem
im.fnrcl chanter is beinu organized
Initai Whan the week is oer Roi
Butte count iii have resooad
and ev ST! man. wonum
have done his or her
s the leadins
iii doing
h.'
H onleil
Altianot
lUUSl not fiii
property owners, have a duty to
i earnestly uiue insi
lint h old and JrOUtlg, join tin
I'ross and coutributo as liberally
fnntl of 410 OIMI which we are mm
th.. weeh V. K H'SKV,
ii
our eily.
of tbe Red
low ai ds t In
of western Nbr
VoU as citizens
p( rform w Inch
each mid
Allianct
ml
i
raise utirillff
ciinnot
eitiicn
Chapter
lis pONsihle
eavoriug to
Mayor.
RAILROAD MEN ARE IMPOSIER TRIEO TO
RED CROSS ROOSTERS GASH CERTIFICATE
Burlington KfcnptoyOes Makiua Effort li
to CaiTJ the Banner hi Next
Week's Campaign
DOVered l Accident WtMMJ IC
Owner lianeeil lo I'ass Bank
A I rested at Crawford
Sup. rlptondent W. M. Welden-
bamer of the Burlington here has
been named as captain of the rail
road team in the pox Butte count)
Bed t'rosh campaiun. Supt. Weidon-
bamer has entered into the spirit of
the rampalmi and has Ifamefl a rer)
efBctenl campaign committee to help
him. Me wants to Spa the railroad
it am toil the list. fualtOf 1&UI ""'
railroad men can and will rally to
ti e cause and "put it over" nil other
teams.
Mr. Wvidenh Imel Ibis morning Is
sued a notice to I'll employees of the
Alliance division of th Burlington,
which says in part :
ll Employees Of the Alliance Div
ision :
The Bed Cross tf Box Butte COUn
! has been asked to raise $7. nun for
Ued Cross work to he used in this
wiir. A plair has baOfl made ti form
Bed Cross tetiins with a capt.ilfi of
ach team, who will sei ct his lieu
tenants. I have the honor of ha
itiR been selected as captain of th"
railroad team and will appoint as
lieutenants J. (i Dole, F. (I. Cnrley.
A. V. Qsvln, A. V. Arnold and J T
(llfmore
I want to see .he railroad team at
ii" top of the list. Showing the bi
sesl amount contributed 1 wish we
COlild raise the $7,000.' I know yOUldO?
are all good loyal Americans and bat
rlotlc and 1 t us do our best to sboa MAN"i
A John Doe warrant was issued by
Judge Ira K. Tash Saturday for a
iron who attempted to cash n certif
Icate of deposit at the First National
Bank ai Chadren, the sertlflcata be
lonuini; to John Abraham, a Syrian,
who is employed in the railroad here.
Vbraham bad deposited 1400 in
the First National Hank of Alliance
and had been niven a certificate of
deposit for that amount. A man,
Davidson by name, appropriated the
bortlficate ahum with a .38 calibre re
volver, an alarm lo k and JlU
ash si" in inn same from Abraham
iiaik. Anratrim dii! not know a
bad been, robbed until he chanced by
the First National Bank on Satiirdn
I and was called in.
, The bank at Crawford had sent n
special deliver letter to the local
'.i'tik. askinc ir it should cash the
certificate of deposit. The descrip
tion pi ven corresponded to that of
Abraham and the bank was about to
notify the CraWfOrd bank lo po ahead
! when Abraham chanced by.
i The Crawford authorities were tin
i titled and Davidson at rtsted. I'eputy
.Miller went lo Crawford and bfOUghl
Davidson buck Sunday. The beating
lias not yet been had. Davidson
signed the certificate with his mark.
CITY MUST PAY
FOR FUMIGATION
' I Dads Decide, after I'erusHl of
Boles of Stale Board of Health,
tUtl Must Stand Fe-ns,.
DAXIDsON MMvI S IIOWTHIV
Coiinclhni))) Johnson Remnuneuds
Fiirclinse of IJkIx Tractor for
-n ! flmdtng and Work
After an hour spent In discussion.
Willi talks by city official! and visit
ors, the city council decided Tuesday
SVt Difig, at the regular monthly
taeetlhg for June, that the ity must
pa) fpr the fumigating of roaldeneas
and rooms followina the recovery or
death of patients suffering from con
Isrious diseases.
T. J. Threlkeld, who has been do
iUK the fttmlgatlnl for Ihe city for
several years, was present mid asked
thai ha be advised definitely wheth
er or not the city would pay the
fumigating bills or whether he
should look to the tenents for his
pay. lie stnted that the city had
I ii paying for this work for se-
Sral years.
The mayor Stated, after a careful
I" mail 1 ot t he rules of t he State
Board of Health, lu published pain
phlet form, that the occupant of the
premises should pay the expense.
This caused n division of opinion,
niil: ili' result that there was much
discussion, the question dually re
solving Itself Into the meaning of
"cleansing, renovation and disinfec
tion." The state hoard of health rules
stated that the 'cleansing" and "ren
ovating" must be done at the ex
pense of the occupant, and the "dis
Infecting" at the expense of the city.
The book ib iined "cleansing" as
meaning the washing of woodwork,
etc., the removal of dirt and other
work of that nature "retiovatini "
was defined as repaperlng. ate. "Dis
lufedtlng" was defined as sterilising
chemicals, drugs or
II wiu? t In n deflnite
rdt I ed thai I lie city
the expense of hav-
'we
'iidm.
IP Use of
no ' hods.
elded and
Ii ue Id pat
the lu
Do you know what 1!." cents will
till I.XBOI.I I D
IN I ANMMi M'HUOI
that we are. These hoys need out
assistance, they need cur encourage-
mnt. they-even aeed our love and i! over forty enrollmenl cards have
bope the dav will come when this j been received si tie pffice of County
whole world will be one brotherhood Agent F. If, Seidell from women d
,,, j,),.,, siring to enroll in the canniOl schort
to ii- iieiu in aiiwnce, rnair ami
Saturday of next week. Ai first it
and child w ill
bit.
I'M, AT vll-TV GOOD IEXKMPTIOII
Alliaiu-e youni: men who gave the
affliction of fliit feet" as reason lor
exemption from being selected far
mervice under the conscription act.
when I hey registered last week, may
hud som unfurl in the following
tine incident.:
A husky strapping youth, the pic
ture of health and strength, present
ed htins it at rocrulttng office and.
after examination, was rejt.-d.
"What's the matter with me'.'" hs
asked in greal surprise. "Vmi have
flat feet." was the reply. "What's
that got to do with It?" You can't
walk. rhe hell 1 can't. I can
walk down anj man you got,"
"What's vour business? track
Walker foi' tfie 8SUta Fe." Never
theless the Mark walker for the San
ta Fe. who had actually tramped IS
miles to offer his services to Fiub
Sam. was rejected on the unaltara
Me assumption that be would fail in
ifn army's march because he gad Hat
or una rc hed feet.
A COMIT.IMFNI FBOM
THF M BB4.SK FBI N't Fit
The Nebraska Printer, official '
organ for tin- Nebraska Press
Association, in its May issue
contained the following eoagpli-
ment regarding The Herald and
its ediloi
"The Alliance Herald stands
ace blah in the state as a real
ouptry weekly and without the
leadership of Lloyd Thomas it
would he Ilk.- a ship Without a
sail Take it from us you will
hear more about Uoyd Thomas
from now on for during the re-
rent legislative session he made
a record as a top-notcher In the
' soli Ileal world "
..
Twenty-live rents will put a neu
White" Fol ic, vviio; Machine 111
yom home on theea.-v payment plan.
ODD
Fl .FLOWS'
MFMOBI L
SIB 1CKN
The president of the Fnlted States
has deslynsted J)inc IS to 2." as Bed
Cross days'and we want to gat our
Contributions in not later than th"
;r,th U possible
Vours truly,
W M. W l"l I KNH A M KB,
Bwperlntt ndent, Alliance.
thodist enurcn. stwrn mj will pu) .h ,.yily
to an Inspiriuu sei inon by j ...,SH..hiH . ..ndition.
Annual lueiuorial services were
held by the Odd Fellows' various or
ganisations in Alliance Sunday after
noon The members first met at 1 he
FlraJ M
I listened
, Dr. J. H- earns, the pastor. I 'ie
thai journeyed .in autos to Green
wood cemetery, where the s raves ot
(ten deceased members were deiorai-
i ed w ith the usual o-n monies Of the
: ritual.
I
ANOTHfW Bill FAFFIi THIS WI FIv
i Herald readers are givatj SUOlher
i big paper this week, caused b the
j large amount of fresh news arm ies
Mid locals and by the liberal adve,-
tiaing pafroaaaa of the merchants
and buaiaeas firms who realize that
; this paper is an excellent madldfil fm
reaching the people II you, SS
r ...... mlSS Sn one of the thirt)
two pa;es, in three Hectioiis. you are
missing something wtrth looking for-
We endeavor to glVC till the ttWS m
readable, accmute and i nlerest iu
lot in, and ludflna from the larg
number Of new subscribers aotag
constantly added to our list, we are
ueeeedlng in this. After you are
through with the paper pass it on to
vour neiehlMir if he doesn't lake ii
if you receive a copy and are not ;i
subscriber you are invited to join
our "happy family "
MM W'aldron, who works on Ho
A. M McConauuhy ranch fourteos
miles southeast of Bushville. was in
Allisnc- on a shopping tour W'dnes
day He drove down by unto re
turning the same afternoon
; was believed that about forty-five
; could be accommodated at the local
lea an' na school, but Investigation has
shown thai not more than thtrty dv
i can take jhe work at one lime Fn
roHmantS are coming in every day
and it is eznected that more than lif-
' ty ccnls w ill have been received by
the Hme the school is la be held am
W eek.
t a 1 1 UKAUKII As a result of the large number o
I entailments, it has been decided to
Box Butte county I anlli Ihe enrollments, part of those
desiring the work taking it next
jveek. grd pari el a date to he an
noumted later All out of town wo
1 1 1 1 e ti enrolled and representatives of
oi itnisaHcnS will be taken care o
at the rebool next week as far as
possible Berne enrolled will be ai
ipulntetl as alternates and will take
tie Word Si the first School in the
event thai some enrolled do not ap
pear Tl ose w ho cannot attend the
school a! the rtrst session are certain
to tal.e when the second school is
held.
Mis-. Miry itohkar. woman county
agent, is in charge of
schools ..i Chadron,
Si o. tsMufl . Allianct
Celebrate July 1th in Bcottsbluff
FR41M Fl IB BASF OF
FOBB
Alliance and
uood-roads boosters are urging tie
county rommlaaieaera to purchaea
some kind of a road mailer Which
graded mails in
Passable condition who have
seen them in operation arc thai a
second-hand or new Kord auto chas
sis lie purchased and that it be equip
ped with one of the attachments
which make a tractor out of the
Ford
A Ford converted tr.Otor will run
about hve miles per hour. Dullins a
grader. One or two men could ban
'die it easily. The Investment would
not amount to more than flOfl or
' 17110 - The amount saved in lime
land labe would lie many times ih.it
during the summer and fall, ihe
bad condition of the county roads de
mands that something of this kind
be done, as the ordinary rond grad
hie out lit . with teams of horses do
ag the pulling, cannot beglg to cov
er the many miles of road which
needs working an.
The ciuuiissioners have ordered
"runway" gates placed in 'he county
on the Si oi t -Mutt roao Thee SS I eg
consist of four deep holx and two
wooden runway. CaMle or other
stock can vot gel through the narrow
runways, but an auto, if the driver i
sober enough, goes through awhoop
iug. IteKUlar yaies are placed be
side the runway ggtag for the use of
teams pasame through I wo new
cates ot this kind have recently tieen
placed in Icotts llluff county on the
Scotisbluff Mliance road and have
nci with inst:nit favor
t it her boois
wurkenT,
Tliose who have not sent n their
cards and who denire to lake the
work should make application imine
t! at tiy lO Count) Agent Seidell
Tlnsc vlo do not take the work a
Do- . Iiool to be held m il week w ill
be eerie a MB take it at the next
; S'h00
r.n'l.ll!i I) il Y'tlSOlj, Vew.
Moore, SnydWr, Hills und Johnson
were preeent at the meeting. Coun
cilmsn Davis und Spencer being ab
sent. Councilman Johnson rcpoii. 'l
that the alleys of the city were belt)
rapidly cleaned up. He also recoin
tui tided that a light gasoline or kero
bCne trai tor Tie purchased for doing
the neoeaaary grading of streets ami
other work of (hut nature. The
council and mayor decided to invea
tigatc the proposition thoroughly and
report at the next meeting. Conn
i iltiian Davidson slated that he had
a good tractor which he pun based
gew last fall and which had been
used for plowing, this rprlng. which
he would sell af a discount. II
would not set a definite, price for the
i rector but intimated thai be would
hrow off the freight, at least. In
spite of ihe fact thai tractors have
;one up in price Bines he purchased
his. Mr. Davidson stated that he
was con inn back "to city life", as
farming was rather strenujus for
man ol his advanced years.
Councilman Hills reported thai
teal was SOOn to he made of the lite
department's hose by put tint; on
tn Sgure with (he new, big pump and
ih, it a report would be given soon as
to the amount of hose necessary to
nun base for lire lighting purposes
city Treasurer Frank fikefa call
ed attention to the fact that Ihe city
l as been losint probably at the rate
of fifth par year on account of not
taking advantage of the discounts
iv i ii for payment of obligations in-
curred with ihe usual time lea
days It was decnfeii to have IBS
superintendent of the tghi depart
ment pay all bills v 1 1 ti I ii the
limit ami secure the discounts.
Councilman Davidson Mmrcsted
thai the mayor and council donate
'heir wlarlee for the '':" to
ithe Bed Cross. The mayor laugh
ingly ruled him out of order, flewsr
districts number Ik, :il and :il are
Mo be given an extension of the city
-ewer system ana mas tor mir wois
u e to he advert isod for at once The
bids will be opened on Tuesday. June
a.
The plumber who has been fur
lisbine the .it. lead s I V lie pipes tin
the canning j water was guaranteed the difference
Bridgeport, tin nrlre of lead between the tune be
and Valentine mmAtt Ihe cotnraii and the present
SHOOTING EVENT
HELD SUNDAY
Alliance Shi nil Meld bj Alliance iut
Club Attracted Crack Shots
from Three Slates
HHJH SCOBF. I BII B I AFFAV
Fifty. one Shooters Fnicrcd fo tum
sln lls KNd All but TWO Hit
through 175 lllrtl Score
Fifty-one shooters, forty-seven
amateurs and four professionals,
took pnrt In tho 175 blue rock event
staged here Sunday by the Allinnco
Bun Club. The shoot was a success
from every viewpoint. The visiting
gun men all expressed themselves as
highly pleased at the reception given
them In Alliance.
"Farmer" Tappnn of Hoagland.
Kebr.i whose Initials are "C. C".
won the high amateur and drat prlso
trophy. His brother, Boh, dropped
a fe.W hints and was "called" by
Cheney, who Suggested that ill the
future he remain on the farm doing
chore' tint! the like, or at least, prac
tice up until he could enter tho lists
agalfmt real shooters. The two Tap
pans are "some" shooters. They load
their own shells with DuPont pow
der and pull down trophies from
that company, c. 0, Tappan killed
Sixty-six straight and had the high
run at the Sunday shoot. He also
won a DttPonl trophy here.
Poor 11 of easlonals Here
Four professionals were entered In
the shoot, being Bush Razee, W II
Bowman, Captain Hardy and Karl
Morgan. Among the "big" men in
attendance were Bert Koriti, Denver
drug store capitalist, and Bert Marsh
of Denver, president of the Great
Western Sugar company. Shooters
were here from Colorado. Nebraska
and Wyoming.
The prir.e winners were C. C. Tap
pan, hlch amateur and winner of the
second prize trophy; B. K. Moritr.
sand-hills champion and winner of
the trophy with a score of twenty-
dve slraicht in a twenty-five special
event. Tho Denver Trap Club won
the three-man team shoot. The Den
ver ti nit, w...s composed of B. K. Mor-
!ti U K. Varan n tfl w it. Thomas.
The' DuPont company was repre
sented by William Bowman Bow
man made a run of 121 straight mid
there b added another trophy to bl
many. Frank Uendel was second
with 19 Straight. C C Tappan was
third with 66. J. L Nit olai copped
fourth, with 61, and Bush Bazee
(if ih with 53.
The shoot held at Alliance Sunday
was cliiiost as large as the state
shoot held last year ir Columbus.
day a total of lQ,iini
Bred All but two went
17.r. bird score. One of
dropped out was called
back to T)i liver and the other s shoul
i. , . i 'it and he had to uuil
Pttrse for l-ovv Men
purse of f20 for -the live low
v .i made up by Dr. H A. C.op-
Charles Brlttain, B. l Bishop
1 1 B. W. Jones. When Cas- y
Jones I sde the diSCOVery that he was
one of the live low men In the day's
shootlns he refused to enter and left
the jmrse to Van Cott, Knapp. Bak
er and Darnell.
The following Is the standing of
the mi n entered s
n.udy. l.'.K. slorits. l :t : ffanl,
1.".2; Bray. ; Siansbury. l.r:i; Ha
ze.. Lag; Barcander, 161; Thomp
son, 15J: Thomas. 16.r.; Stitll. 139:
ttrifflng, I-": Saul. W. A.. 139: Bice.
IftO: Baker, Mil Arnold. 14k; Ho-
witt. 12: Newman, tdfil wrtz.
I4f; S idtutm. 17; I'laek. tfii:
Bowman, lgf; Hstiworth, ISC; Nic
nlsl, 16J: Denekos, 16"; Mevaan,
lift; Reddish. 154; Marsh, l'.l: Kel
ley . 1 :: Vancon. 1 28 : Haniit. 14i;
I Well.--, lis: Knapp. 131; arney.
Kerr. 1 r, ! Darnell 1 l ; Bre. -l
.7 : l"air. 1 tl . Manning, ti !
Jones, 134 ; Uenuenball. tso; Man-
ey. : W'ertz lr.n; I-iinn, 146; C.
C. Tappan. 161; Dawson. 14K; K.
Tappan, i"4; C. Wood. lr.".: Hard
niK. 1 ".1 : Franz Mendel. 167.
During the
shells were
through the
llldse Will)
A
nif n
s .
iiiel
u" i j ::i
don.
are in charge of other
prices.
vt ihe time he made the
col, trait Pad was selling tor nine
cents per pound It now is hritmnig
four:e:n c nts, and still aoilttt hlgh-
jer.
At the request of l.loyd ThomBS
who represented the ladies in shargs
! of the city mission, the council voted
ta at. mi iltnat- Ihe sum of f 1 '.' S l"i
! helping maintain the mission during
the commit vear Tin- money is to
v lt. d Cross mass Sseetfag is to be i n,. j,uij j monthly payments tti
held at the opera house in Allianee I thoss in charae f the lulsainn
Sutuiay evening. startiiiK at K o'clock I r W'arren, representing the Oed
Ul of the city churchea ate expected j mii, .. lu-viMon Conimission. of 41S
lO join in the meeting ami close, t heir , j.-,,,,,. building. Lincoln, devoted
doors for that evening half an hour to explaining to the
Muse will ire furnished by the
Community Club, chorus Speakers
will b. Mayor W K ftousey . Mrs
Jerry itowan and Dean Win Carson
Shaw You are urgently invited to
attend
council the work done by the people
m be " presented He explained
thai IBS commission consists of s
corporation of lawyers who furnish
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fiPl'OK FBOM TFVAK
Alii Ol Ml HM D
C I' Qlllette', eniotnolog.st for the
stute of Colorado, has issued a quar
antine order to take effect on June
2o agalnet nea potatoes from Calif-
nrnla which are afflicted with the po
tato tulci moth, an insect pen known
as the "Phthortmaen oparculatUi
Zell."
The potatoes alHicted with this
m eome only from certain sections
of Hie two states named, but the
pest is a had one and very harmful
io growing potatoes. Nebraska auth
orities me Investigating and will
probably lag.- similar action to that
taken by Colorado in order to pre
vent injury to Nebraska potato crops.
Touigbl at f o'clock T P. Rolfaon,
who has leased the Kiiifi Hilliard
Parlor, will re-opes the Kiag Parlor
lo ti,. public The place baa been
stoned for several day.-, during which
I inn- ii lias been l emooeieu. cieaneo.
putaied and the tloor covered A
new billiard table has also been plac
ed in the parlor Klectric bells have
b-eii placed at each table. Mr Rolf
trends an invitation to all to
attend bis opening and inspect bia
place