The Alliance Herald
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TOLUME XXVI.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNT V, NEBRASKA, TUUKSDAY, OCTOBER 9th, 1919.
NUMBER 45
MASS MEETING
IS CALLED FOR
OCTOBER 15
HOUSING PROBLEM TO BE PUB
LICLY DISCUSSED.
WOMAN SHOPLIFTER
ADMITS HER GUILT
MAKES AN INSPECTION
OF NEW EXCHANGES
Prank A. May of Omaha Ixoks Over
Llnee Purchased Frof Wyoming
& Nebraska Telephone Co.
THOMAS BRADLEY
IS KILLED WHEN
STRUCK BY AUTO
Woman Who Took Dross From the
(inlden Rule Hound Over on a
(irand Larceny Charge.
SIGN ARTICLES FOR
PACKING COMPANY
Alliance Will Have a Tremendons
Advantage As Center After
Operations Commence.
Another Important step has been
taken in the organization of the Alli
ance Tacking company, according to
announcements made this week. The
articles of incorporation have been
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V
COURT HOUSE THE PLACE
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Fifty Two- or Throe- Minute Talks
PlannedOpen Discussion of
the .City's Important
Problem.
A' public mass meeting, to be held
In the court house next TueBday eve
mlng, October 14, has been called by
the Alliance Community club, at
which there will be open discussion
t Beveral important community
problems, with' especial reference to
that of housing.
The club has made arrangements
for short talks by a few citizens on
the subject, after which the meeting
will be thrown open. It is hoped
that there will be the fullest dis
cussionand that fifty or more men
will have something to say that will
assist in arriving at a solution of
one of the most perplexing problems
that the city Is faced with.
At present it is almost impossible
for a new family coming to the city
to find suitable accommodations for
himself and family. Rents are high,
and the accommodations are not the
best. It is not a hopeless condition,
however, but one that can be taken
care of by united action. Some way
should be provided for that will en
able the manwho wants to buy a
home to find something that will sat
isfy him at a price with his means.
The time to do something is now.
Bvery day's delay may mean the loss
of ' new ctizens. Come out to the
meeting and do your share in help
ing solve Alliance's biggest prob
lem. MAKING PLANS FOR
RACING MEET
Meeting of Representatives From
Nearby Towns to Be Called
in Near Future.
Steps have, been taken looking
toward the organization of a race cir
enit by the Alliance Community club.
A circular letter was sent out a short
time ago, and the replies are begin
ning to come in. Without exception
they are favorable, and within a
nort time a meeting of representa
tives from interested tpwns will be
called. The success of the last race
meet may be taken as an Indication
f the reception that will be accorded
another one, and definite announce
ments may be looked for within a
week or two.
STEPS TO SECURE
CATTLE INSPECTOR
Community Club Officials manning to
Make It Easier to Ship Cat
tle from Alliance.
Alliance has no cattle inspector.
This does not interfere with ship
ments within the state, but all inter
state shipments must be inspected.
This means that every little while
there are annoying delays while an
inspector is brought here from Craw
ford. The Alliance Community club has
taken the matter up with the proper
officials, and within a short time re
sults are expected.
II. J. Yanders, better .known as
"Chubby," who has been in the em
ploy of the Keep-U-Neat for the past
two months, was operated on for ap
pendicitis at the hospital Monday.
.Vate reports are that. he. is making
fc. good recovery and expects to be
hack on the job before very many
days have elapsed.
Myrl Swanson, cashier of a Hem
ingford bank, was in Alliance Tues
day, driving over with his father, V.
Bwanbon of Aurora, who had been
making him a short visit on the way
to his annual visit to his farm near
Bayard. They spent the time wait
ing for train connections in looking
over the city, and V. Swanson was
particularly imprej.ed with the size
of the mercantile establishments and
the business transact! Ly them. Me
i
Is one of the leading grocers in Au-
ora and naturally visited one of
he grocery stores first, having
words of commendation for the size,
arrangement and display of the Mai
lery stock. Mr. Swanson says that the
potato crop on his Bayard farm will
be a bumper one this year, the yield
being exceptionally large and the
prices exceptionally favorable.
Chief of Tolice Oscar Rood re
turned from Bridgeport Wednesday
noon, bringing with him a nifty, vel
vet dress, valued at $80, and a young
lady who gave her name as Miss
Gloron. The dress was stolen from
the Golden Rule store in Alliance
last Monday noon by the most ap
proved shoplifting methods, and 1
was only through one little slip
the young lady left a clue that
ly resulted in her arrest.
Last Monday, along ab
time, when the majority '
.rks
in the Golden Rule w
the young lady ente
and asked to look - ?
dresses. The dresses
Sv S i
piace
Jie good
ept on the i
egular sales- j
dinner. Mrs.
second floor, and the
woman had gone to
Coleman, who clerks in another de
partment, waited on the young wom
an, who insisted that none of 'the
dresses in sight exactly suited her,
but wanted to try on one on display
in the window a handsome creation
in blue with accordian pleats. She
would look at nothing but a blue ac
cordion pleated dress and was posi
tive that the one in the window was
Just her size.
About this time Mr. Barnett ar
rived, and with his assistance the
dresB was removed from the window,
the customer, in the meanwhile, be
ing left alone in the suit depart
ment. She had with her a traveling
bag, and into this she placed the
stolen dress, taking it from the front
of one of the glass cases. She had
presence of mind enough to replace
it with another dress. When the
blue dress was brought out, she com
menced to talk of being in a huryy.
but consented to try it one, immedi
ately insisting that she was sure it
would never fit. She seemed rather
nervous and finally said that she had
to go to a bank to get a check cashed,
but would return within a few min
utes. As the shoplifter passed out the
door, the head saleswoman of the
suit department came in and at once
discovered that a dress was missing.
A search was made for the young
woman, but with no result, Then j
Mrs. Coleman furnished the clue that
resulted In the recovery of the dress
and the arrest of the shoplifter. She
recalled that when the young woman
came in, she made had some remark
about the Harper store. Inquiry at
Harper's developed the fact that a
young woman answering to her de
scription had purchased a dress there
offering in payment therefor a check.
This the Harper salesman referred
to a bank, where.it was pronounced
no good. The check was drawn on
a Bridgeport bank, and Mr. Barnett
and Chief of Police Reed, together
with Mrs. Coleman, proceeded to
Bridgeport by automobile.
The young lady was discovered
Tuesday evening, enjoying herself at
a motion picture palace, wearing, not
the handsome gown she has lifted,
but a less elaborate affair, and a
raincoat. She was easily identified
by Mrs. Coleman. Wednesday morn
ing a search warrant was issued and
the dress was found in the home of
her sister, whom she was visiting.
She acknowledged that she had
stolen it and was placed under ar
rest, Chief Reed bringing her back
to Alliance, where she was put in
charge of the police matron.
Miss Floron pleaded guilty to a
charge of grand larceny when ar
raigned Wednesday afternoon,
was bound over to the district court.
The merchants of Alliance have
agreed that in cases of this kind they
will hereafter prosecute to the limit,
no matter who he person or what the
circumstances. Losses from shop
lifting and thievery of other kinds
make up an alarming total each year,
and it has been decided that each
merchant will do his part toward put
ting a stop to further depredations.
The chief difficulty in cases of this
kind has been that the offenders, due
to the leniency of . the merchants,
have usually been allowed to escape
punishment, but notice has been
srved that from now on, every case
will be prosecuted vigorously, and
folks who have shoplifting tendencies
will do wel lto exercise them else
where than in Alliance.
WILL FINISH MARKING.
IIRO. I) WATER ROAD
At the Monday evening meeting of
the directors of the Alliance Com
munity club, it was decided to com
plete the marking of the road lying
between Oshkosh and Alliance. The
marking will be taken up at a point
beginning about Charles Avery's
place and will be completely and
thoroughly done. The Broadwater
local routes.
Frank A. May of Omaha, commer
cial superintendent for the Nebraska
Telephone company, was in Alliance
Wednesday evening, where he had
come from an Inspection trip over a
portion of the new territory that will .
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be occupied by the company as a re
sult of fne purchase of the Wyoming
Nebraska Telephone company. The
hange took effect the first of Oc
.ober, and Mr. May put in a busy
day going over the equipment and
records of some of the new ex
changes. Eleven exchanges are added to the
Nebraska Telephone company's lines
through this purchase, which covers
some six hundred miles of toll lines
and over twenty-five hundred sub
scriber stations. The exchanges
transferred ar e those at Hanson,
Crawford, Chadron, Rushville, Gor
don, Valentine, Cody, Whitney, Bel
niony Marsland and Crookston. The
purchase of the Wyoming-Nebraska
company makes the Nebraska Tele
phone company larger and stronger
than ever, and means tnat there will
be better service in the region af
fected by the change.
Mr. May was accompanied on the
inspection trip by Faul H. Patton of
Omaha, plant engineer; E. I. Hannah
of Omaha, plant superintendent, and
R. R. Hartford of Grand Island, dis
trict plant chief.
A wire from Omaha recalled Mr.
May. to Omaha Wednesday evening',
but he plans to complete the work
some time next week.
PHILIP DUFFY HAS
CHANGED HIS MIND
c
Central City Man Again Plans to
KktahlWh Wholesale Poultry
House in Alliance.
Philip Duffy of Central City,' who
a few weekB ago decided to locate in
Alliance and was later reported to
have decided to remain in Merrick
county, has again signified his inten
tion of coming here. In a conversa
tion with a director of the Commun
ity club, a few days ago, Mr. Duffy
stated that he has reconsidered his
decision, and i snow making his ar
rangements to remove here.
W. J. Hillary is the name of the
latest employe of the Keep-U-Neat.
Mr. Hillary comes well recommended
as a man of over twelve years' ex
perience in the business and . is an
expert cleaner and spotter. He will
prove a valued addition to the Keep-
U-Neat establishment.
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retary of state within a few days.
Officers and directors have not as yet
been selected, but these will be
named as soon as the articles are
filed.
3. W. Guthrie, R. E. Plumbe, Glen
Miller and D. S. Sweet are among
those whose names are signed to the
document. '
. The most casual observation at
any one of the market points such ,
as El Paso, Ft. Worth, Wichita and i
Denver Indicates the tremendous ad
vantage that Alliance will have as a
trading center, after the Alliance .
Packing company has begun opera
tions. When the commercial yards are in
operation, when trading becomes or
ganized, Alliance will be full to over
flowing with not only those shippers
who come down from Montana and
Wyoming, but local farmers who are
putting their product on the market
and, buyers who are looking for a
class of cattle particularly rutted to
the needs of the country la which
they operate.
Already a number of commission
concerns have expressed a desire to
operate on the Alliance market. They
realize that the buyers will follow
the animal to market, and if they
are to profit in accordance with thf
. privileges extended by their organi
zation they must be ful!y repie
sented.
Live stock producers, mora than
anyone else, reuixo. the unf;iM d.'hs of
th arbitrary oUnll.lc itlon Imposed ii.
the large yard? and it in the concen
sus of opin'on ?ht smal. yards tf-
ford a lasi ticuli"a. of cattle rifre
BatlsfK I iy to producers ;. nl lwi
ers. W'lit 1-uti'i'in na'e .an uvr
ntmlr of Tat ' t'f th-v are prone to
Insist upon purchasing all pnimals n
unier ' "t'Ck t th-j expnu of the
producer.
Tbf .vjxrdii at AKI'tnco will put ont
more cu in 'ue i iachl':-y jf' iIImii I
bution a;il enable t:k grow
offer animals for Bile and should it
not be to thoir aiantagj to accept
the price Jffrol ihey could move on.
to another point; but with an honest
and fair classification and with daily
and hourly markets at the large cen
ters posted In a conspicuous place the
shipper could readily determine
whether to sell in Alliance, thereby
saving freight, shrinkage, long hauls
and loss of time, or to continue on to
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ALBERT HARE FAILS
TO CONVINCE COURT
Judge Tah DImiiNncs Complaint of
Albert Hare Against Oscar O'lkui
nun 1 a Inck of Evidence.
Monday morning of this week, one
Albert Hare appeared before County
Attorney Lee Basye and made com
plaint that Oscar O'Bannon had, on
the previous Saturday evening, tak
en a shot at him with a shotgun and
had threatened to kill him. The de
fendent was arraigned in county
court Monday, pleaded not guilty
and his preliminary bearing was set
for Wednesday at 10 a. m. i
At . the hearing the testimony
brought out the fact that Hare and
his wife, the latter a sister of O'Ban
non, have been visiting at the O'Ban
non home for some five weeks. Evi
dently O'Bannon had wearied of
playing the host. Hare testified that
he had been working as a cook in a
downtown restaurant, and Saturday
night had gone home with Dick
O'Bannon, who lived' nl the next
house to Oscar. When they reached
the Dave O'Bannon home, it appears
that Oscar was outside and that he
had some words with Hare, the lat
ter running into Dave O'Bannon's
house ostensibly for protection. Hare
said that he ran out again, and that
Oscar came out of the house bearing
a shotgun, with which he took a
shot at him, and in the meanwhile,
in no complimentary terms, threaten
ing to kill him. Finally, it seems,
Hare and his wife left the O'Bannon
home, Mr. and. Mrs. Hare going to
Crawford.
'Several witnesses were examined,
but they, testified to nothing more
than that a shot had been fired.
Hare, on the stand made a poor wit
ness, for himself, discrediting his own
testimony at times. The upshot of
the matter was that Judge Tasb. dis
missed the case, there being Insuffi
cient evidence to identify Oscar
O'Bannon as the assailant. .
SKSN AHTH LKS FOR
PACKING COMPANY
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another point, taking a chance on
train conditions, delays for feeding,
an uncertain; arrival and .larger
shrinkage.' ' - - -
; In the , Investigations being con
ducted throughout the country it is
the unanimous opinion of all testi
fying that better distribution of mar
kets Is the real solution to the prob
lem of disposing of marketable stock.
Alliance is thoroughly awake to
the present day heeds and has not
failed to take Into account the ever
Increasing demands, as the years go
by, to give the producing, territory
surrounding Alliance its rightful and
needful co-operation.
7r,tA
MEKTH INSTANTANEOUS DEATH
NEAR 1IIS HOME.
STEPS IN FRONT OF CAR :
Coroner's Jury Drbigs in Verdict of
Accidental lith (Jeorge Ditsch
Driver, Exonerated of All
llUme by Testimony.
f V
Coroner Ieo Uanya held an lnm.Mt
at 7:80 p. in. Tuesday in the county
court room, following which the cop.
oner's Jury returned a verdict to the
oneci uiAi -rnomaa Ilradiey cam to
his death by being accidentally 1
struck by an automobile driven by
ufMrrgo imacn.
The Masons will liave charm of
the funeral of ' Thomas TtMti
which will be held from the late pea- '
hience at 8 p. m. today. All Maaona
In- the city are requested to meet at
uie temple at 1 p. m., and convey
aiices will be provided to take thetn
to the tame.
Thomas Bradley, aged sixty-two, a
farmer Residing on the old 0. L. '
Powell place, three miles north of
Alliance, met an almost instantane
ous death when he stepped out from
behind 1 an' automobile and was
struck by another car, driven ; by
George O. Ditsch, another farmer
who lived in the neighborhood. Mem
bers of the Bradley family were wit
nesses of the accident. The body
was brought to Alliance and taken
to the Glen Miller undertaking
parlors.
George Ditch bad come to Alliance'
for Dr. Curtis, veterinary, and was
taking him to bis home. George Staf
ford had gone out to the Bradley
place for the purpose of taking the
three nrartley girls to Alliance,
Where they attend the high Bchool.
He had Rtartd on the return trip to
the city whe none of the girls, who
had forgotten to bring her lunch,
stopped hint and he had drawn out
to the side of the road to await her .
return. , Mr. Bradley was standing In
the' rear of the Stafford car when the
Ditsch automobile drove up, and
when it; was only a few rods away,
not noticing its approach, started to
cross the road. He saw the car al
most immediately, and Mr. Ditsch
attempted to turn aside, but Mr.
Bradley, it is said, stepped right in
the path of the approaching machine.
He was struck In the knees and
thrown to the ground, his neck be
ing broken in the fall. His death
was almost instantaneous.
At an inquest held in the county
court room at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday,
Dr. Curtis furnished tho bulk of tho
testimony. He stated that he was
riding with Ditsch, on bis way to the
home of the latter to do some vet
erinary work. As they approached
the Bradley place, be noticed the car
drawn up alongside the road, and
when they got about even with the
car, saw Mr. Bradley crossing the
road. He said that Dltscn attempt
ed to avoid striking him, turning
first to the right, and when Bradley
also turned in that diraotlon, turning
to the left. Bradley moved in the
some direction and stepped directly
in front of the car, iao force of the
impast throwing him to the ground.
Ditsch immediately upplied his
brakes and stopped, said Lr. Curtis.
It was evident that he had been
struck bc'cw the knees ccl thrown
on hi head. Ills neck had bnon
broken in the fall, and an examina
tion indicated a fracture of tho skull
which probably resulted in concus
sion of the brain. Blood was gushing
from the mouth, but there were no
marks on the body other than slight
scratches on the leg. The machine
was not damaged. These facts
pointed to the conclusion that the
machine did not strike Bradley with
any great force, and that his death
was due to Injuries received In the
fall.
The verdict of the coroner's Jury
was that Thomas Bradley came to
his death by being accidentally
struck by an automobile driven by
George Ditsch.
Thomas C. Bradley came to Box
Butte county In March of this year
from Bertrand, purchasing the Pow
ell place. Eighteen years ago, he
was a resident of York county. He
is survived by a wife and seven chil
dren: Meredith, Tom, Conway, Jo
sephine, Evangeline, Geraldlne and
Doris.
Earl Meredith, A. C. Meredith, Guy
Meredith, brothers-in-law of the de
ceased: Will Bradley, a brother, and
wife; Mrs. Cora Morrison, a sister,
and T. J. Klrby, a friend, all of York,
are In the city to attend the funeral
services.