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    From Every Direction They're Coming to Alliance for the Aerial Circus April 30th
The Alliance . Herald
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ALLIANCE, bOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TIiriiSDAY, A1MML 24, 1919
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COUNCIL FAVORS
WIDER SIDEWALK
WITH NJW.PAV1NG
petition signed my many pro
pe11ty owners 1aid on table
intil next meeting
NEW Bl""
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SCt .. m BROTHERS
James Keeler M ill erect Ijirge Build
ing to 1 1 on to Mattery and Tire
Business In Alliance
If Walk are Ieft at Present Width,
City Water Hydrnntes will be
Covered by the Paving
A Bhort petition, signed by a large
number of the property owners in
the new paving district, was present
ed to the city council Wednesday
evening, requesting the council to re
consider their action in deciding at
the last meeting to extend the side
walks in the business district to a
width of 20 feet, instead of the pres
ent width of about 14 feet.
The' petition read as folows: "We,
the undersigned property owners on
Box Butte avenue and Third streets,
of Aliance, Nebraska, do respectfully
petition the honorable mayor and
city council to reconsider their mo
tion with respect to widening the
sidewalks in paving district number
2, from 14 to 20 feet. We believe
that the wider street is one of the
assets of the city and It is imperative
to the future growth and develop
ment of the city of Aliance."
Thin net it Ion was sinned by 11. A.
DuBuque., C. A. Newborry, John It.
Snyder, E. 1). Mallery, First State
Bank, F. E. Moisten, K. M. Hampton.
Win. King. W. W.. Norton, Marcus
Frankle. Guardian Trust Company,
W. M. Wilson, Everett Cook, Vaughn
& Son, W. C. Mounts, A. 1. Brown.
W. H. Swan, F. M. Knight, F. E. Red
dish, J. M. Miller, Dick O'Bannoii.
T. J. O'keefe, J. D. Emerlck, S. C,
Soules, C. L. Drake, Palace Meat
Market; -Coursey & Miller, Daniel
Marks, Sarah Gjlleran, W. D. Kumer
g. Sheltoir.J, IWau, W. J J. Overton
and James Keeler. , ... . - , , r
: Ceveral members of the council
stated that they had talked " wKb
some of those who had signed the
petition, since It had been circulated
. and that these parties had requested
them to disregard their signatures
and to go ahead with the previous
plans, after the matter had been ex
plained to them and after they had
been shown that f the sidewalks
were not widened to 20 Teet they
would look like a sandhill cowpath
and that the water hydrants, which
are 20 feet from the property line,
wniiiri ho covered by the paving.
It was admitted that it the side
walks are widened it will be neces
sary to lower Borne of them to con
form with the street grade. The
street lights will have to be changed
but the estimated cost of this would
be only $1.G0 per light standard. The
petition was finally laid on the table
.ii iha nrilnnrned meeting to be
- James Keeler, owner of the pro
perty in which Schafer Brothers, Al
liance battery and tire men, have
housed their business, will start the
erection at once of a new and mueL
larger building to house the ran'dly
increasing business of the Schafer
firm. ,
The new building will be 25x100
feet, two stories and a full basement.
Schafer Brothers have moved from
the smaller buildings, now on the lot
adjoining the Buick Garage, and are
temporarily housed in a large tent
and the barn adjoining, on the south
east corner of the block. They will
continue to do business there until
the completion of the new building.
Schafer Brothers have enjoyed a
rapid and substantial exper.siou of
their business whic' include battery
service station and auto tire repair
and vulcanizing shop. Chas. ,Shnfer,
senior member of t' e firm, a short
time agao returned from service In
England In the United States aero
plane division of the army. The ex
perience pained by him an expert
aeroplane electrician is of valu-j to
him in their work here inspecting
and repairing auto electrical systems
ANOTHER LIVE MEETING '
OF EIRE DEPARTMENT
Interest in Attendance at Meeting of
Alliance Volunteer Fire Depnrt-
mint is IllCIVHsillg
ALLIANCE PREPARES TO ACCOMMODATE LARGEST CROWD
IN HISTORY OP CITY ON EVENT OF "AERIAL CIRCUS"
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND ARE EXPECTED
Special Trains Connecting all Western Nebraska Towns Will Care for
- People Coming to Witness the Wonderful, Thrilling Exhi
bition by War "Aces" in Behalf of Victory Loan
The Alliance Volunteer Fire De
partment held another rousing meet
ing Wednesday evening at the club
'rooms in the cfcly hall. The attend
ance was excelelnt and under the
able direction of president 'Geo. J
Hand much business was transacted.
Director Harley of the department
band, reported of his work in organ
izing for the furnishing of music on
April 30th. He was given full au
thority to go ahead, In conjunction
with the department board of trus
tees.
The department will give a big
dance at the armory on Wednesday
evening, April 30th. Music will be
furnished by the largest orchestra
ever playing for an Alliance dance.
Arrangements are being made to
care for a large crowd.
The department is organizing a
baseball team which will be in prop
er trim for the season and will Issue
a challenge to any other western Ne
braska team at any time during the
season.
In accordance with permission
granted by the city council, plans
are going ahead for the extension of
Next Wednesday will he "circus i the
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uay iii finance, crowus win gainer
early in the morning and until late
at night the city will be filled with
people. Arangeinents are now being
made for the entertainment of the
enormous crowd and it Is confidently
believed that April 30th will witness
the largest celebration that has ever
been pulled off In western Nebraska.
Advices reaching here are to the ef
fect that every town In this section
of the Btate will be repersented by a
large crowd and that Alliance and
the aerial circus is being talked in
every community. That the day
will be one of the biggest in the
history of the town Is a foregone con
clusion it will witness the most
thrilling spectacles ever attempted
In the country and the largest crowd
of excited, anxious people that ever
assembled for any occasslon In any
town in the western half of the state.
It will mark the visit of the famous
"aces," who after doing their "bit"
overseas have returned to assist in
putting the Victory Loan "over the
top."
While definite arrangements can
not be n.ule until after the arrival
of Major Kenneth Marr. advance of
ficer who will be in Alliance next
week, it is known that the special
train carrying the flyers, mechani
cians and planes will arrive here, at
8:30 o'clock in the morning and re
main all day. The local committee
has in mind several sites, '.which
seemingly meet every requirement of
the flyers and will be easily available
from the city. The fair growuds is too
small to accommodate the blrP-nen
anrt thptr machines. Amnle arrange
ments wfll be Inad to take" L-arf otf
the IniEienv crowds, but the request
is made that all - visitors from the
country, briug well ' filled lunch
baskets so that 'a-big pinlc dinner
may be enjoyed.
Besides performing all the thril
linK stunts that have been attempted
by the most daring aviators, a mimic
battle among the clouds win oe
staged. One of the smaller allied
machines will first ascent and scout
around among the cloudlets looking
out for the enemy. Presently four
German Fokkers will be seen ap
proaching and coming in range will
open on the lone flyer with machine
euns. with such apparent eneci inai
the allied plane will soon come flut-
teiine down like a wounded bird, in
held next Monday evening. April 28. -and addition to the armory. The
at which time It wll be eitner accepi-i
ed or rejected. The eentimnt of the
council seems to be in favor of re
jecting the petition and going ahead
with paving according to the arigi
nal plans.
JUDGE. RYAN SPOKE
TO COMMUNITY CLUB
JUld, Guthrie, Sallows, Mallery mid
I, linn Elected Directors nt Tues
day Night Meeting
Judge Chas. O. Kyan of Grand
Island, well known central Nebraska
attorney, made nn eloquent and n
teresting speech at the community
dug smoker Tuesday evening, held
The attendance at the
meeting was lAiiall. much smaller
than it should have been, for it was
not a fair representation of the busl
noua interests of the city.
Directors elected for three years
were Bald. Guthrie, and Sallows; for
vonra Mallerv: and for one year,
l.nnn. These men with the holdovers
i.ain xtuhiiffv. Brittan and High
i a .m nnnmrise the board for the
coming year. From their number
they will elect the officers with the
iontinn of secretary.
Rufus JoneB. club secretary, was
present for the first club smoker held
since be arrived In the city. He U
...ui. hAonmine acauainted wan
the citizens of Alliance and with the
work of his office.
Judge Ryan spoke for an hour to
an attentive and interested auaieuvc
His talk covered a variety of topics
(nMnHino rnmmunltr club welfare
,.a.fni TmnditureB of money, the
world war. Bolshevism, opportunities
in western Nebraska, equality for
women, co-operation between the far
v.,- and the business man, and the
VIMm-v Tsiltn.
Fniiowin 'he speech by Judge
Ryan refreshments were served.
matter was placed in the hands of
he board of trustees, who were In
truded to go ahead with the work.
upon the securing of proper plans
and bids for construction.
Following the business meeting
and the taking In of new members
and receiving of applications for
membership, a smoker was served
by Buechsensiein Chemical Company
No. 1. Refreshments were served
and all enjoyed rigars at the expense
of the newly weded members of the
department. Sandwiehs. doughnuts,
and coffee wtre carried to the city
ouncil and officers, busy in session
in the council chambers adjoining.
They continued to cany on business
speeches being made between the ab
sorption of bites from huge sand
wiches and sips of coffee.
Itufus Jones, secretary of the Com
munlty Club, visited the club rooms
and became acquainted with the lire
meiii receiving a warm welcome. He
soon will be riding the chemical
truck to fires, clinging with one arm
to the flying truck, while he endeav
ors to slide into a huge slicker witn
the aid of the other
ran tou not arrange to accomnio
date one or more person with room
nuimi on Circus day. April 30th?
If you can Just phone the secretary
of the comunity club and bo lnfrom
htm.
FIVE SPECIAL TRAINS
FOR APRIL THIRTIETH
Burlington plaint to Bring in Thou
Minds of People from Lost, efct
North and South
meantime the American nud
British planes have sprung into the
air and are rushing to the aid of
their wounded comrade. The Hun
stand their ground, that Is they don't
turn tall and skip, and Boon the op
posing forces mix. Bombs boom and
machine guns rattle and all kinds of
maneuvers are executed In order to
secure advantageous positions. Ma
chine after machine gets it and,
comes tail-spinning, side swiping,
curleyculng or whatever they call It,
toward the ground the flyers saving
themselves and their machines only
by the most skllfull maneuvering. Of
course the bombs are not filled with
ten-penny nails nor the machine
guns do not shoot sure enough bul
lets, but the noise Is real and the
work of te blrdmen Is daring and
dangerous enough to thrill the most
blase. It's some show and the people
of Western Nebraska are not going
to miss It.
The leaders among the aces who
will be here is Lieutenant Colonel
William Thaw, commander " of the
famous Ijifayette escodrille and one
of the most daring flyers that any
nation produced during the great
war. The other flyers ore men w ho
were selected because of the brilliant
records they made during the war
and the privilege of seeing these
famous lighters will be an added at-
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traction that will call visitors to Al
liance, April 30th.
The -.rain bearing the flying circus
has already left Hockwell field, Fun
Diego for a trip that will take It over
6.500 miles of railroad. All arrange
ments have been perfected so that a
regular schedule may be maintained
anrirt airiral " in AIHaiwe -eight
thlrtT o'clock. Wednesday morning
Aorll SO Is assured. .
Special trains have been arranged
overv-the Burlington lines that ' will
accommodate those from every dir
ection, who will come. The decora
tion, committee is also busy and
when the crowds assemble next Wed
nesday Alliance will Indeed bo cloth
ed In her "Sunday best." From thl
place the circus will travel to Cheye
nne for a one-day engagement, leav
ing Alliance nt ten o'clock. It Is the
opportunity of western Nebraska
people to get idea of the hardships
and dangers to which the soldier Is
daily subjected. You should plan to
attend you'll always regret having
misled this circus.
STOLEN BOOZE MAY
BE IN GRAVEYARD
Humor N Current In Alliance that
Whiskey lutrrel.i and Cnnes Ite
mm In I'nmnrkeri (rave
A rumor la current in Alliance
that the hiding place of the whiskey
stolen a few weeks ago from a Bur
lington freight train has been dis
covered at least the rumor says
that suspicion iioints towards onoi of
the graveyards in the vicinity of Alliance.
The story going the round is that
the two barrels and seventeen casts
of whiskey reprose in an unmarked
grave and that certain parties who
have been Journeying forth after
dark towards the burial grounds
gone forth to mourn at the grave of
John Barleycorn, at whose bead a
tombstone has not yet. been placed.
This little ceremony will take place
on July 1st, unless the cache of li
quor Is exhausted sooner.
The officers of the law, to whohe
ears the story has come, are consider
ing placing a watch at the grave
yards for midnight-prowlers. Each
officer will be attired In a sheet and
cover bis hands and face with a
phosphoreut material. They will
scare the culprit Into a catalep'ic ft',
and then bring him Into town before
reviving him vith a prink.
THE STORM SEWER
QUESTION MAY
DELAY PAVING
riTV COI'Nt IL FACT gi FSTHW
WF.TIIint TO VOTE J KINDS
AT SPM1AL FXECTION
BYRNE WAS FINED $100
ON LIQUOR CHARGE
Judge Tush Itulew that Poe.lon of
More than One nsKey in
Violation of Prohibition l,aw
Volta E. Byrne, arrested on April
21st and charred with the illegal
possession of liquor, was fined 1100
and costs in county court Friday
morning. The case was immediately
appealed to the district court, bonds
of $200 being provided.
JudEe Tash. in giving his decision,
stated that the question of guilt hlng
ed entirely on the interpretation of
the prohibition law as to what con
stituted an "unreasonable amount
for personal UBe". The Judge stated
that no Nebraska court, so far as he
know, had given a decision on this
question, but that in his individual
opinion he would rule that his pos
sesion of more than one quart of
whiskey was in violation of thelaw
Lee Basye, county attorney, pro
secuted the case and the defendant
was represented by Attorney E. H.
Boyd. Two quarts of R.ockford whis
key and one-fifth of a gallon of Duf
fy's malt whiskey were introduced in
evidence by the prosecutiou. This
liquor was discovered by the officers
on April 21st when they searcneo
the home of Mr. Byrne on a search
warrent. Sheriff Miller and deputy
Laing were the only witnesses on the
stand.
RACING PROGRAM FOR
JULY 2ND,. 3RD, 4TH
Com mil id tl 1nb Directors clotted
Officers for enMiiitg ear at leet
inglleld iliuiMlay Night
At a meeting of the directors of
the Aliance Community Club, held
Thursday evening, the officers of the
club for the ensuing year were elect
ed Ben J. Salows was nominated for
president by John W. Guthrie and
elected. John W. Guthrie was nom
inated for vice-president by Mr. Sal
lows and elected. Chas Brittan was
nominated for treasurer by Mr. Bald
and elected.
The contract with the Box Butte
County Fair Association for the UHe
of the Fair grounds another year re
newed, the sum of 6500 to be paid to
the association for the use of the
grounds.
It was decided to hold a racing
program on July 2nd, 3rd. and 4th
and to secure a carnival for the same
dates, the carnival to be held away
from the business section of the city
"III D" Itl'MKK IS HOME
FROM OVFJt SUA
Vost Would lie 520 per lot lit l:.it
t part of Tow n if Assessed AgalnM
'Abutting Property
"
' Would the value of a $lf0 resi
dence lot be enhanced if the sum of
$520 was assessed against It bocauie
of the fact that the city storm sewsr
happened to abut against It In bs ic
ing an outlet In the southeast pttrt
of the city? Or would the propeity
owner donate the said lot to the city
rather than pay an assessment like
thlB, in order that flood waters would
be promptly carried away from the
business district?
These are questions which perplex
ed the minds of the city dads at tie
adjourned council meeting, held Wed
nesday evening. City attorney Mets
gives as bis opinion that the city may
folow one of two plans for the rais
ing of funds with which to construct
a storm sewer before the new paving;
Btarts either vote the necessnry
bonds at a special election or 1y
uuthorlty of the law assess the com
of the storm sewer against the abut
ting property. The corner lots along
Third street, down which the rewer
would run would have to stand lbs
cost, if abutting property was a. so
sed, while inside lots, only 50 f"-et
distant find benefiting Just the s.uue,
would get off without cost.
The city has authority to vote up
(o $100,000 worth of bonds at a
general or special eectlou . for the
purpose of putting in a uiurra Biwer.
However, an election could not t i
held until after 30 days notice In I
beefl given. The turn of $10,000 u
dltional could then be ' voted vt 4
year for additions and extensions -.
the storm sewer system. - v ".
Owners of property in the 1 1
blocks of paving district are a s
parent iy hesrtily In favor of a stoat
ewer being Instated before the pav
ing Is laid. The property owuei who
would kick, If abutting property
wort asaesied, is the man who live
iii the east part of town, owi 'a
be
of the year on account of the faci j near'he paving, yet who woul I btf
that lowering of the grade would i competed to pay$4.00 per fron'. l ot
necessitate the moving of trees because the main sewer ran paid his
which would probably die if the work ; property. True, h would have 10
was done in warm weather. . I heir years In which to pay for It, but tli: t
protests were heeded and the council WOuld mean $52.00 per year a nil-
omitted their localities from the oi-!t(iai taxts.
r for walk' Installation anl lower- mutter will be thoroughly
NEW SIDEWALKS IN
EAST PARTiOF TOWN
City Council Appro vet. the Iijing of
New Walks and Crossing In
t'Mst Side DMi-lcl
Ea Alliance, after waiting for
seven years. Is to have new sidewalks
and crossings. Tne city council ut
the meeting Wednesday evening, vot
ed to accept the petition signed by
east side-property owners and the
wulks and street crossings, will be in
stalled at'hs ft&r&.dftjte the. proper
grades. ' .
"'A petrtion was presented, showing
that ' the 'work proposed would cost
approximately $2090. according-to
the estimate of the city engineer.
Council man Moore sr'nted that the
ast side residents had been promis
ed these improvements for the last
five years. C. E. ClouKh and D. A.
Foley, who have property on hweet
water Avenue, appeared In person to
protest against the work at this time I corner lot. and who would no
inn.
threshed out at the adjourned meet
ing of the city council to be held nrt
Monday evening. April 28tb. A' t
now stands, paving may be del.iy.'i
for 30 days unless It is decided
abandon the Idea of a storm s w.-r
altogether. Paving engineer Grai t
estimates the tout of the storm s w"r
for the prest nt paving districts Ir.K.i
THIRTY PIECE BAND
WILL FURNISH MUSIC
Director llnrley l(t'Krlw Uneup of
llra Hand Complete for Furnish
iii,t Music on April HOth
WOMANS CLUBiWILL
ENLARGE MEMBERSHIP
Active organization of Alliance Wo
men Elected Twenty-nine to
Membership on Tuesday
Plans have been made by the Bur
lington railroad to run not less than
five special trains into the city, in
addition to the regular night trains,
on April 30th. A sixteen-coach train
will eave Ravenna at 2 a. m. A four
teen coach train will arrive from
Caeper at 10:20 a. ru. A train of
fourteen coaches will run from Ster
ling. Eight extra coac'-es will come in
with number forty-four from Edge
mont. "
Practicalyl all of these trains will
arrive in Alliance between 10 and
11:00 o'clock Wednesday morning.
All of the extra pasenger equipment
on the Burlington, from Seattle to
Lincoln is on Its way to Alliance for
use on April 30th.
Frank D. Rumer, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. D. Burner of Alliance, re
turned to the city Monday noon after
serving for a number of months with
the American army in France where
he did good work as an expert auto
mobile and motor .mechanician. "Bud
as he is known to his many friends
enjoyed his army life but is glad to
be home again. He left Monday night
(or Denver to join his wife, who has
been there with her parents. They
wil return to Aliance to make their
home Friday night. Bud will again
take up his work with the Rumer
Motor Company of this city.
Have you subscribed for your Vic
tory Liberty Loan Bond.
At a special business meeting of
the Alliance Women's Club, held
Tuesday afternoon, the membership
voted to discard the limited member
ship plan and twenty-nine new mem
bers were elected, to take up active
duties the first of the next club yeai.
The Alliance Women's Club, which
is a live, energetic organization ol
Alliance women, has always taken
an active part In social and civic af
fairs. Their membership haa hereto
fore been limited to thirty-five, with
a long waiting list always on hand.
The decision to enlarge the member
ship will mean that desirable appli
cants for membership will have an
opportunity to Join and become ac
lively interested without waiting for
perhaps months.
As soon as the basement of the
city library is put In proper shape,
the club will hold Ks meetings there
In specially arranged quarters.
Councilman Moore slated that resi
dents on Missouri avenue desired to
put in their walks and pay for them.
The council voted to allow these res
idents to Install their own walks on
crude to be approved by the city engineer.
new sanitary sewer district is
to be created in the territory bound- ,.123,?$$ to $30,000
ed by Emerson and liatt and mira
and Tenth streets. The city attorney
was Instructed to draft an ordinance
creating this new dirict, after ap
proval of a petition signed by F. M.
Knight, H. F. Thiele. John McDon
ald, Community Building Association
E. L. Lawrence, A. T. Lunn, Lee
Sturgeon, and A. G. Wright.
President Uhein and Secretary
Jones of the Community Club ap
neured at the council meeting and
brought up the question- of conces
sions for April 30ih. the installation
of toilet'facilities, and hitching posts
The hitching poBts are to be installed
on the west side of Niobrara Avenue,
between Third and Fourth streets.
Horses and mules must be tied to
them. Jitneys will be allowed to
stray at will if guarded by a driver.
If left alone they must De uoDniea.
The matter of concesKlons for tne
30th was turned over to tne com
iiuinitv Club. Additional toilet facili
ties will b' nstalled to care for the
enourmous rowds exepcted.
Counelmen present at the meeting
were: Gavin, itiiis, .noore, jirmj,
Johnson. Harris and Highland. An
other adjourned meeting is to be
held on Monday evening. April 28th,
At this meeting, application for li
censes for pool halls, picture shows,
and other businesses which require
them will me considered and aciea
Upon.
FIKE DKPAUTMENT TO HAVE
STItONU HUNCH It ALL TOSSEltS
The Alliance Fire Department
will be a strong contender for base
hall honors this season If the hopes
at the members do not go awry. At
a meeting held last weea mr iu tun
tderatlon of the ball team question
It was decided to organize a club and
to select nine ball tossers to repre
sent the department that wouia in
sure some real exhibition of the cat
tonal nastlme. Several old-time play
ers are fitting themselves for the
game and contend they will sooo be
in shape to meet an coiners.
Dliector Harley of the Alliance
Volunteer Fire department ban ! re
ports to the department Wed ties l;.'y
t voning that. the brass band Is thor
oughly ciganized and ready to ',:r;
nifh oodles of tnufic on April 30t!- A
Aviation day Tor Alliance. Thy-,
wjll consist of thirty musiclar .
experts, euht of whom 'jome
Denver and five from Antloch
cost Is to be borne ky the fire de
meat and the community duo. All
the musicians are donating the
time and the only expense will b
their railroad fare and personal ex
reuse, ainoun'.lng in all to about
$200.
Harley toes to Denver sundry
afternoon to meet five of the m-n
who will drive overland by auto lo
miles to meet him there. They are nil
old associates of his who ara givic.K
of their time as a favor in order to
help him and the Alliance fire de
partment make a showing mat na
never before been heard in wect'i
Nebraska.
A ceictrt will be given Tuesday
afternoon? and eveniag and mucil
will be furnished all day long on
Wednesday. The fireme-i will inak &
special effort to show heir guests tho
true AJUauce hospitality during their
stay La the city. The 17 Alliance m-ii
who will play in the oaudwindonat
their time. They are ail exeprts and
will show the people of western Ne
braska why it Is that Omaha wants
the Alliance band to attend the big
Ak-Sar-Ben festivl les this coming
fall. m
The Victory Liberty Loan lrlH'be
a test of genuine patriotism.
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