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TOLUME XXVI.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 31st, 1919
NUMBER 35
DEATH LIST Itt
CHICAGO RACE
WAR
EIGHT THOUSAND SOLDIERS
READY TO TAKE PART
IS FIGHTING
AllUvnce Man In Chicago on Butdness.
Saw One Colored Man Shot
Dead on Streets.
Chicago has been in the throes of
war since monu
when trouble aroBe between
.v hoihor. alone the
white
south
eTde beaches. The rioting has spread
to the residential districts o toe
city and the entire police force of
the city has been organixed lor
Sara auty in the effort to squelch
the struggle which has since grown ,
i.i.r ,n frtpht fulness. Mr. W. iv.
is
Harper,
Alliance iuercwnjui. n .
new nier-
chandiBe for his big department store,
in a letter to the city editor of the
Herald, tells of hating witnessed the
killing of one colored man on the
streets ot that city the first of the
week. Mr. Harper says the police
are all on the Bouth side doing all
Sat is in their power to keep order
aid that there is something doing
every minute.
Troops Ready for Service.
The police of the city and the
4.500 troops armed and alttag
stood at attention yesterday, the
beginning ot the second night ot the
'ice rioting, but they looked on the
situation with hopeful eyes. The
Inst for murder bad surged into the
loop during the day; two negroes
had been killed; many bad been
beaten and kicked and otherwise In
jured; the total unofficial ot dead
was placed at thirty. "
whom were negroes and thirteen
whSSi, toe injured. 250 to 300. But
today has been more or less calm,
ore or less calm. .
Before 9 o'clock, however, a white
man was shot through the lung at
Thirtieth street and Wentworth .ve
nae and the optimistic ideas, pota
toes ot the police and military began
to waver. The man was one ot a
crowd ot wh-tea who stood on that
Srner. Itching to get Into toe black
; Tw.ntT nolicemen held them
. il coniv the men began toi
nnrth One of them threw
?
i.,., b lnn a npero'l hOUBC Shots
w, fired. Justine Mustare, 817
South State street, fell bleeding on
the sidewalk. A iTiounw
who saw the Incident, rushed him to
the office of a physician. It Is not
believed the man will recover.
It was noted that negroes living In
the stockyards district were leaving
their homes and going back into
the "black belt." Their homes were
unprotected. Fire Marshal Thomas
O'Connor, fearing that white hood
lums might burn these houses, can
celled all leaves of absence, and kept
every man on reserve. He had heard,
too, that negroes were planning to
bring the torch to the homes of t elr
white neighbors. Others in the
stockyards district were fleeing from
the city in much the same fashion as
. .1 1 .-. -,nt a r
the Belgians nea iroui us utiuiw..
borders.
me aianiou ,v
station,
district, '
nnitcA in the enbattled
shortly became an arsenal. A police
man saw a negro boy issuing stead
ily from the Wendell Phillips high
school, carrying a rifle. He chased
him to a building at 3515 Rhodes
avenue, where he found two more
rifles. These he took. Alcock then
ordered that all the other rifles in
the high school the rifles of the
wu , : i,7 iht thirt vtp aht of ,
was learned later that thirty-eight of i
the rifles
laanoii in thn Wendell
Phillips school were missing.
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SC0TTSBLUFF COMING
FOR A GAMEON SUNDAY
Crack BU Players Will Engage
Alliance Teams at the
Fair Grounds.
The crack base ball team of
Scottsbluff, known as the Scottsbluff
Athletes, will cross bats with the Al
liance team at the fair grounds on
Sunday afternoon and at that time
one of the fastest ball games to be
played In Alliance this season will be
played. The Alliance team has been
reorganized since the disbanding of
the fire department nine and several
new faces will be seen In the lineup.
The city probably never boasted a
better amateur base ball team and
the fans will put their stamp of ap
proval on the pastime by attending
this contest in goodly numbers.
GOOD R Alii SOAKED THIS
SECTION LAST
Another good rain soaked this
section of western Nebraska last
evening. Over In the river country
the down-pour commenced about
nine o'clock and lasted for a couple
of hours. In Alliance the fall was
probably a trifle lighter, but the corn
nd cotato crops will be greatly
benfltted. It has been cloudy
throughout the forenoon today and
there la some promise of more rain.
GROWING
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OVERTON SELLS
BUSINESS TO
.BUICOGENCY
CHADRON MAN GETS POSSES
SION FIRST OF MONTH
' IN THE DEAL.
Mr. Overton Will Retain Nash
Hudson Agency for Tills
Territory.
and
Mr. F. R. Hartranft.t Bulck
dis-'
tributor for northwest Nebraska and
( a part of South Dakota, becomes the
! owner of the Overton garage bUBi-
re!ness to morrow and takes immediate
possession in a deal
consumated a
Jew daya ago and 'VValter Overton
will 1 c Lll c 11 Uili in? gal afcu uuBtiiio
in Alliance. . . .
Hrtrnf who "has a laree '
automobile and auto truck establish-
automomie ana auio iruca eawoiiBa
ment at Chsraron, plans to at once
Btock the garage with a complete
line of automobile parts and acces
sories and will carry one of the larg
est lines of tireB to be found In this
section of the state. The business
e in charge of Mr. C. L. Kerr,
m.otmH nmnwi man who
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will Klve his entire time to the end
that patrons of the business may be
availed a service they will appreci
ate. The workmen are now busy
making the necessary changes for
the accommodation of the additional
lines to be bandied.
The firm will handle the Bulck
cars exclusively, but will also sell G.
M. C. motor trucks. While at this
time there is a great dearth of cars,
Mr. Kerr feela confident that this
condition will soon be relieved and
that they will be able to get a supply
sufficient to care for the great de
mand over the large territory. They
will be glad to have you call at their
place of business and acquaint your
self with their methods of doing
business.
Mr. Overton has successfully con
ducted the garage for about a year
and has made many warm business
friends during that time. He will
continue to handle the Hudson and
Nash lines and to look after the In
terests ot those who have purchased
cars through the agency.
Mr. Q. E. Barge, of the Hord rot
ash Company of Lakeside was an
Alliance visitor last Saturday. Mr.
Barge says the fire of last week at
that place was certainly a hot one
and that when the blaze was discov
ered it had gained such headway as
to make its control Impossible. He
also stated that some of the busi
nesses destroyed would be re-established.
No new developments In the
potash Industry are known to Mr.
Barge although be Is very confident
that sooner or later the manufacture
ot the product will again be taken
up.
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NEW BUSINESS BLOCK
E0R BOX BUTTE AVENUE
Contract Let for Modern Brick
Building and Work Will be
Started at Once.
Mrs. Charlotte Watkins haB let
the contract for the erection of a
modern business building on the lots
owned by her Just south of The Her
ald building on Box Butte avenue.
The structure is to be of brick; one
story and 25x100 feet in dimensions.
The building formerly located on
this lot was destroyed by fire in
March when the City Cash Grocery
was burned and since that time Mrs.
Watkins has planned to rebuild
when contractors were available for
the Job. The building will be for
ental pUrp08e8 and win greatly en-
hanse the appearance of lower Box
Butte avenue.
Brost & Glarum have the contract
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and already they have practically
.I ! ., or J36 wrecxage oi
the old building. They contemp ate
th. rftnriIP,ift vnrk . Rftn . tht
"stlri-i VrVTvI
.
Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Richards and
Miss Cbloe Richards returned Sun
day from a six weeks' visit along the
Pacific coast, including the states of
California, Oregon and Washington.
They report a splendid vacation and
are loud in their praises of the weet
est slope country. Miss Richards is
again at her post of duty as assistant
secretary of the Alliance Community
Club.
1Kb prcT irti
v itfaft
New Home of Aerie No. 130,
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COVCO,t-rw, AND TH(
BOX BUTTE LAND
MUCH IN DEMAND
AT GOOD PRICES
BUYERS EAGER TO INVEST IN.
WESTERN NEBRASKA
REAL ESTATE.
Unimproved Fanning Lands Bring
IPSO per Acre Upward In
Recent Deals. ,
Demand for Box Butte county and
other western Nebraska lands has
been brisk during the past . several
weeks and the real estate dealers of
the city and other towns of this sec
tion have been kept on the Jump
showing these of the farms and
ranches which are listed with them.
One of the strong points to be taken
, into consideration 10
Into consideration too, is the in-
creased values placed upon the lands
bv the owners and which increases
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"aTf "Za K,BU,y m u,OBV VttBeB
1 1 v iiit iiiivvni. .
Mr. E. T. Kibble, who himself
owns a considerable acreage, has
during the past week sold five quarter-section
tracts at prices ranging
from 50 to $70 per acre. These
lands are unimproved and are situ
ated as far as about six miles from
Alliance. Other deals now in the
course of making lead Mr. Kibble to
believe that there will be no dearth
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There in but one condition that
will prevent the holding of a
Fanners fair In Alliance thU fall,
if one Js not held. That one con
dition h the lack of proper Inter
est on the pnrt of thoite who will
n the tnoNt greatly benefitted
the farmers tlieniftclves. Hie Alli
ance Community Club, the more
progrewdve of Uin farmers and
every boowter for Ilox llutte coun
ty is nvuly and willing to get be
hind the proKltlon In a way that
will Insure It sueccn, but the
fanners are not Interested or they
are too buny to sliow tliat they
are.
A county acrricultural exhibit is
one of the greatest means of ad
vertising the resources of the
county that ran be devised; It la
profitable to those having a part
In its make-up and It gives you
the oprtunity fo compare your
products with those of your neigh
bor In a constructive manner.
At a meeting held at the UHss
ranch northwest of town last
week a committee waa appointed
to push the project, but It seems
the committee Is meeting with but
little encouragement. Home thing
should be done Uiat would change
this condition. Why not a
Farmers' Fair Rooster Trip?"
As a suggestion: Let those of the
farmers who are Interested and
the business men who desire that
this matter be pushed through to
success Join forces and send com
mittees over the entire county to
wait upon the farmers and to In
terest them In the proposition j
then let us have an organization
that will stick to the Job until It
Is done. Inasmuch as the Com
munity dub contemplate the fol
lowing of the annual custom of
carrying out m lAbor Day pro
gram we would suggest that the
fair be staged during the first
week In September. The Labor
Day entertainments would prove
splendid amusement and the ei
hlblts a profitable venture. ,
Let's have a fair by all means.
WILSON MAY START TRIP '
. v WITHIN JSEXT FEW DAYS
WASinSQTON: July 31. An of
ficlal announcement regarding the
president's forthcoming trip' to the
Pacific coast Is expected from . the
White house Monday or Tuesday.
It originally had been expected
that the trip would not be started
before August 10 at the earliest.
Now, however, Mr. Wilson is de
scribed as being anxious to start
his "swing around the circle" as
soon as possible. His speecnes win
be designed to give a clear cut analy
sis of the conditions he feels make
he league of nations a necessity,
and the things he hopes its adop
tion will accomplish. The president
also probably will take occasion to
answer his critics.
Extraordinary arrangements are
being made to accommodate a large
number of newspaper- correspond
ents on the trip.
TELEGRAPH LINES BACK
. TO PRIVATE OWNERS
Government Control of Wire Proper-
tie Will Terminate at Midnight
Says Burleson.
In conformity with a resol-atlon
passed by Congress and signed by
President Wilson ten days ago the .
control ot the telephone and tele
graph lines ot the country reverts to
that of the private oyners at mid
night tonight, according to orders
issued by Postmaster General Bur
leson yesterday. " '
In his statement to the public the
postmaster general Buid he Is satis
fled wKh the result of government
control despite widespread public
criticism of the telegraph and tele-
pnone service ior more tnan a year.
The order of release directs that
all telegraph and telephone system
and all other property there of taken
over by the government July 16.
1918, by order of congress, be "re
turned and delivered to the respec
tive owners thereof at midnight on
July 31st, 1919, and the supervision.
possession and control, and opera
tion exercised by the postmaster
general will cease at that date and
hour."
The order further describes bow
government operation will cease. In
structions were given for closing up
relations between the government
and the campanies.
"With the issuance of order 3380,
providing for the auditing and ac
counting division," postmaster gen
eral Burleson said," the first govern
ment control ot the wire systems of
America is brought to an end. Sound
public opinion will ultimately de
mand how this trust has been met,
and the postmaster general la con
tent to abide the result.
"The postmaster general desires
to express to the officers of the tele
phone and telegraph companies
grateful appreciation ot the uniform
co-operation given during the period
of government control."
The home of Mr. and Mrs. v. B
Young was broken Into Tuesday
night, while the members of the
family were asleep and the entire
supply of edibles was taken by the
Intruders.
ALLIANCE'S NEW
PLAY HOUSE TO
COST $85,000.00
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IMPERIAL THEATRE EXCEL
LINCOLN'S REST AND IS REAL
CREDIT TO THE TOWN.
Work Relng Pushed Hard Ttiao
Opening ui) be Made About Uitt .
Middle of the Momti.
Alliance's new 185,000 play housts
is nearing completion; wnen finish
ed it win be tue finest, not only la
me western half of XMetwaska, but it
will excel anything of its kind In
Lincoln and all oilier towns west ot
Omaha and will be one of the best la
the country to be found in a city oC
Alliances' population. Mr. II. A.
DuBuque, the owner, who is person
ally pushing the work of remodeling;
as rapidly as Is possible contemplates
being able to open the house to the
public about the middle ot next .
month and has lu fact, arranged for
one of the greatest photoplay so
cials of the season, "Mickie" lor tha
16th or the month.
Mr. DuBuque has spared neither
time nor money in his effort to give'
to Alliance the best theatre in the
state and when he has completed hla
operation he has In store for the theatre-going
public a .surprise Indeed.
The building, as many know, haa
been extended to the rear of tht
lots; it has also been entirely remod
eled and rehnished. - A aeatlng ca
pacity of 1,000 has been provided by
the new arrangement and each seat
is a desirable one, both on the par-"
quet floor and the balcony thickly
cushioned, leather upholstered chairs
have been installed, which Insure the
comfort of the occupant, and plenty
of good fresh air has been guaranteed
by the installation of a ventilating;
system which makes possible the In-
auction oi z.zvw cubic feet or air;
per minute. The decorations are of a)
beautiful, combination of colors:
1.dk, cream ana Drown ana irimmea
In gold; the latest and most appro v- .
ed method ot lighting by electricity'
-the Indirect system will be used. ,
which together with the rich har
mony of the decorating scheme will
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w m- cniiv i fics. rooms an
toilet - facilities are new features ot
the theatre end in ' each case the
room is done In marble and with tlle
floor. Elaborate carpeting will be
laid throughout the nouse. The
lobby and ticket office' have the mar
ble necessary to a beautiful and per
manent entrance, which will bo sot
oft fittingly by a profusion of electric,
lights.
The upper story of the building;
will be occupied by Mr. DuBuque'a
business office and Dr. George J.
Hand's offices. The su'te to be used
by Dr. Hand is without a doubt as
well sppolnted as could be wished
for and have been fitted especially
for the purpose for which they are to
be used. . White porcelain brick was
used in the walls of the surgical
I room, which is also equipped with
tile flooring. A large reception hall
has been provided and the other
room will be malntlaned as a con
sultation parlor.
I When Mr. nnTtiiniin entered !...
I the plan of building this modem
I playhouse he did so fully d ermlned
to bring about a result that would
satisfy his ambitions and he bas-succeeded
because of the fact that in
creased costs over the original esti
mates were not allowed to in any
way affct the plans. His bouse, of
which he is Justly proud, will be the.
boast of Alliance for years to come
and Is positively far ahead of any-"
thing In the state in a city at Alli
ance s population. .
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ALLIANCE WILL HAVE
ANOTHER LADIES' STORE
lllliillarid-llAllowuv Company Organ"
isea io commence Busine&t
About September First.
The Highland-llalloway Company,
is the name of a new business firm
of Alliance, which will begin opera
tion about the first of September
with a complete stock of ladies'
ready-to-wear and furnishings. The
firm Is composed of Mr. L. 11. High
land, for years one of the successful
grocers of the city and Mrs. Hallo
way, who has been associated with
the various ladies' stores of Alli
ance for a long time.
Mr. Highland Is now preparing his
stock of groceries for sale and Jnsk
as soon as the goods have been dis
posed of the workmen will com
mence the remodeling of the build
ing preparatory to the Installation of
the new sotck of merchandise.
BASEBALL BENEFIT
DANCE FRIDAY NIGHT
The fire department will give a
base ball benefit dance at the Arm
ory on Friday evening. The best of
musio obtainable will be provided
and dancers are assured a splendid
evening. The boys suffered a con
siderable financial loss In their base
ball activities and are In toffe man
ner making an effort to replenlsh
tneir treasury.