Nebraska Newspapers

    The Alliance fi
ll ERALD
VOLUilK XXVI.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1919.
NUMBER 43.
ALLIANCE IS
BORN AGAIN ON
WEDNESDAY EVE
leading m.KiMMs and PRO
FESSIONAL MEN GATIIKK
TO BUILD NEW HOMES
Petty Jealousies and Selfish Interest
Forgotten In Kffort to Boost City
of Alliance Fordward and En
courage New Industrie
Alliance is in need of three hun
dred new houseg for its citizens and
those who would become citizens had
they a place to lire. In order to
Temedy the situation a corporation
.with a capital of not less than $100,
00 is to be organized without delay.
This Is the result of a mass meeting
held in the county court room at the
court house Wednesday evening,
under the auspices of the Alliance
Community clwb, which was attend
ed by one hundred prominent Al
liance citizens.
Glen Miller, president of the Com
munity club, presided. Under his di
rection the talks were made short
and to the point. Enthusiasm grew
as the meeting progressed and cul
minated in action the kind of
action that has been needed for the
past two years, in order that those
who come here to work and make
their homes should have a place to
live.
Judge Ira E. Tash spoke first on
"'Alliance's Need of a New and Mod
, crn Hotel." The Judge told of the
work being done by the many travel
ing representatives who make Al
liance their headquarters and who
are frequently obliged to stop here,
lie stated that these traveling men
make their Sunday and longer stops
In the town which provides the best
hotel accommodations. He stated
that our present hotel facilities do
not care for the trade and that Al
liance needs another and larger
hotel, the same as she needs another
picture show, because the present
large and commodious picture show
cannot care for the trade. "A town
is known largely by its hotels," said
the judge. The Clarke hotel at
Hastings and the Koehler and
Talmer at Grand Island were men
tioned. It. E. Plumb spoke on "Alliance's
Packing House, Which Will Mean
.the Need for More Homes." He
stated that he and his associates had
picked Alliance as the best point for
a packing house, as it is the center
of raw material, nearly one million
head of cattle, sheep and hogs being
located within one hundred miles of
the city,. He stated that the Alliance
packing plant will bring in 400
-workmen, representing 1,200 per
sons and that they would require 200
homes. "The lack of houses is a
tremendous handicap," said Mr,
Plumbe. He stated that Rapid City
-was building from 200 to 300 houses
this year and that Chadron was
building 200. He urged the men
-with capital to get behind the move
ment.
Superintendent G. L. Griggs of the
Burlington railroad was an enthusi
astic booster for Alliance. He tolc
of watching the growth of the citj
for the past fifteen years and con
tinued: "Right now Alliance will
decide whether it will be a city oi
otherwise." He stated that the 5't
new houses built during the last
year were not a "drop in the bucket,"
and told of prosperous conditions on
the Burlington, stating that the bus!
Hess of the Billings line of the Burl
Ington had Increased 100 per cent in
the last ten years.
Railroad employes must have
place to live. Mr. Griggs told of th
loss of valuable employes from Al
liance because they had no place in
-which to house their families. "Al
liance needs 300 additional houses,'
he said. "Personnel" is an impor
tant thing for the railroad and Mr
Griggs emphasized the fact that th
employes must be of a floating typ
if they were not provided witl
homes. He stated that the Burlinp
ton line from Alliance to Lincoln i
the busiest single track division oi
the entire Burlington "ystem.
G. E. Johnson, master mechani
at Alliance for the Burlington, we
the next speaker. He stated that th
payroll of the mechanical depar
ment for the Alliance division no
runs from $90,000 to $100,000 pc
month, not including the salaries
the trainmen and engineers, tr
track forces or the office forces in tl
superintendent's office. Seventy p
cent of this money Is spent In A
liance. He stated that of the sever
ty-five men who leave their Jot
every month at least twenty-five gU
as the reason that they are unable
find suitable living quarters.
(Continued on Page 6.)
ONE VERY BUSY DAY
IN POLICE COURT
'ollce Judge Robert Not Only A
sesses Hut Collect 91 80 In
Fines Wednesday.
Wednesday was a busy day for
Police Judge Roberts and City At
torney Metz. In fact, it was Just one
case after another, once they got the
justice mill started. A total of $180
in fines and costs had found Its way
into their hands before nightfall,
and take it all in all, It was one of
the best days the court as had in
a long time.
The first case to
A.
x, was an
assault charge r-'f evirs. Agnes
E. Brumley ' Mrs. Lena
McLaughlin' vOBplred, accord
Ing to tK.
A ,J ? presented, that
s'. . At
Mrs. B
ad rented a house
of Mrs M?"
jghlln, and when the
latter ordved her to vacate, ne
glected to do it for reasons best
known to herself. Mrs. McLaughlin
not only set Mrs. Brumley's house
hold goods outside the front door,
but proceeded to use physical vio
lence on her, amounting to several
shoves and an at least one slap. Mrs.
McLaughlin was found guilty and
assessed a fine of $5 and costs, mak
ing a ten-dollar bill in the till of the
justice court. That ended the morn
ing's work, and no record had been
made up until the noon whistle
blew.
Shortly after dinner, business
picked up amazingly. There proceed
ed into the court room no less than
eleven Mexicans, Burlington em
ployes, who had been rounded up by
Special Agent T. J. Smith, Jim Er
win, foreman, with assistance, the
nature of which The Herald reporter
was unable to discover, of one
known as "Harry the Jap." The
entire gang of Mexicans had been In
a bunk car down in the Burlington
yards, and a poker game was cer
tainly going on when the officers
raided the place. Some $12.70 was
in the pot, although one of the Mex
icans, a pleasant lad who served as
interpreter during the trial, seems to
have been foresiehted enoush to
grab the money when the officers
entered, but not quick enough for
the action to escape the eye of Mr.
Smith. The "deck of cards and the
Mexicans were both scattered about
the room, and both were collected
and taken into court. All but three
of the Mexicans pleaded guilty, and
two of these later revised their plea.
The other stoutly protested that he
had just entered the car a few min
utes prior to the aid and that he
was:lylng down in a bunk and had
taken no part in the game. He was
perfectly willing to pay a fine,
whether guilty or Innocent, but it
appears that he hadn't received his
monthly pay check. The others in
slated that he had told a straight
story, and the court let him off with
out further qustioning. The ten re
ceived fines of $10 and costs, a total
of $15 each which enriched the
justice coffers by an even $150.
Sometime later in the afternoon,
two other cases were tried, in one
of which Glen Miller pleaded guilty
to a charge of driving without lights
and paid a fine of $5 and costs. Mrs.
Henry Schimmick, who lives near Al
liance, paid the same amount on a
charge of driving an automobile
within the city limits at a speed ex
ceeding fifteen miles per hour.
The total would have reached ten
dollars more had the evidence been
more conclusive against Ed Slaugh
ter, colored, who was arrested dur
ng the afternoon on a -epeedinf
harge. He insisted that he had hit
ye glued, to his speedometer ant
hat at no time did the little han
ven wav?r on the other side of th
ifteen mile limit.
5C0TTSBLUFF HIGH
LOSES TO ALLIANC
lo Match for the Home Team, Whit
Wins by One-sided Count
of 4.1 to O
The Alliance high school footbr.
"am redeemed itself fully when
et the heavier and more expe
need Scottsbluff high school tei
t the fair grounds Friday afterno
nd trimmed them to the tune of
i 0. There was ample evidence
1e work of Coach Prince since t
rst game a week or so ago, and t'
Mlance boys displayed real tea.
'ork, the sort that shows in the fli
ount. There were no bonehti
lays, and nearly every man show
p at bis best.
In the entire game, Alliance w
eld but once. Never once did Scott
!uff have a ghost of a show.
T. R. Crawford acted as refer
nd P. D. Gleason, umpire. The be
nesman was Edward Curtis, and '.
J. Mann was timekeeper.
A BOOSTER TRIP
TO BROADWATER
(Ytnmunlty Club Planning a "Uet
Together" Automobile Incur
sion That Will Take In
Two Nearby Town
Every man in Alliance who has a
cur or can get a friend to haul him
along is urged to marke arrange
ments to take part in a booster trip
that is being arranged by the Com
munity club.
Tentative plans provide for a drive
through Broadwater to Oshkosh,
where a noon program will be held.
A banquet will probably be arranged
for. Returning to Oshkosh in the
evening, the booster excursionists
will have an opportunity to mingle
with the business men of Broad
water. One of the objects of the trip is to
promote the interests of the Broad
water road, although the opportun
ity to meet business men from the
two towns will be quite an attrac
tion in itself.
This is an excursion that loyal Al-
lionce citizens will not want to miss.
ELECTION BOARDS
ARE DESIGNATED
'ounty Clerk W. C. Mounts An
nounce AiqKiintiuent of Elec
tion Hoard for County.
W. C. Mounts, county clerk, has
notified the officials of the election
boards of their appointments to serve
during the next two years. The vot-
ng places and personnel of the
boards will be as follows
Polling places in Box Butte county:
First ward, Central school.
Second ward, city hall.
Third ward, 202 West Third street.
4 Fourth ward, Episcopal parish
house.
Lake precinct, W. G. Zediker's res
idence.
Boyd precinct, Healy's residence.
Box '.. Butte precinct, Peter Sod-
berg'B residence.
Running Water precinct, sclic1!
house, district 60.
Dorsey precinct, Opera House.
Nonpareil precinct, school house,
district 29.
Wright precinct, school house, dis
trict 9.
Lawn precinct, school house, dis
trict 20.
Liberty precinct, school house, dis
trict 33.
Snake Creek precinct, Kilpatrick's
ranch.
First ward election board
Judges, Ed. Owen, L. N. Worley, Jas.
A. Hunter; clerks, A. S. Mote, Lloyd
Thomas; counting board, Judges, J.
B. Benton, H. D. Hacker, B. I.
Joder; clerks, R. C. Nelson, Roy
Reed, A. S. Mote designated to at
tend to ballots.
Second ward election board
Judges, S. A. Miller, L. W. Curtis,
Karl J. Stearns; clerks, Geo. A. Hills,
J. D. Emerlck; county board judges,
A. W. Grassman, L. T. Burrows,
Oscar Bra in an; clerks, J no. R. Law
rence, Leonard PUklngton. Leonard
Pllklngton designated as custodian
of ballots.
Third ward election board
Judges, John O'Keefe, John Bren-
nan, Lincoln Lowry; clerks, Charlet
Brennan, J. N. Andrews; countin:
board, judges, John Guthrie, Cai
Young, Silas Soules; clerks, Fran'
Abbegg, T. J. Beal. Silas Soules i
designated to attend ballots.
Fourth Ward Election board
Judges, F. A. Bald, James Kenned;
Vllllam Davidson; clerks, H. L. A:
-ison, C. E. Marks; counting boar
Judges, C. A. Dow, O. H. Clyto
Thomas Katen; clerks, S. B. Wrigh
3. G. Laing; C. E. Marks deslgnati
o care of ballots. Episcopal pa
Ish house.
Lake Precinct Election board
udges. J. E. Wilson, P. H. Zoble,
-. Zediker; clerks, L. J. Schill,
rt Acheson; counting boa1
-Judges, Henry Beach, S. R. Bur
jkder, R. J. Main; clerks, C. S. Phi
os. Art Roach. W. G. Zediker d
nated to care for ballots. W.
ldlker's residence
Boyd Precinct Election board
idges, T. S. Lowler, V. M. Putna
'. G. Wambaugh; clerks, Ellswo
rch, N. M. Hayes; T. S. Low
signated to care for ballots. 11
'8 residence.
Box ' Butte Precinct Elect ;
ard Judges, Fred Nason, Willin
ust, Jr., Ben Danlelson; clerks, '
Patterson, O. A. Davlg; count!
ard Judges, D. W. Colerlck. C
Ditch, John Gerdes; clerks, P
pden, Walter Bingham; Ray A
n designated to care of balk
eter Sodberg residence.
(Continued on Page .)
DISCUSS SUPPORT
OF CITYMISSION
City ( liaritle May He Taken Care
Of In Organized Way If Plan
Now I'nder (Vnslderailon
Are Perfected
A mass meeting was held at the
court house on Tuesday evening of
this week to consider the question of
support of the city mission. The
meeting was called by the local
branch of the W. C. T. U.. which
undertook this responsibility about
four years ago. The time for adver
tising the meeting was short and it
was impossible to give sufficient
notice to all that might be Interested,
but a fairly representative audience
was present.
Mrs. Reed presided, at the meet
ing, and Mrs. H. D. Hacker, pres
ident of the local branch of the W.
C. T. U., acted as secretary. Mrs.
Reed read the following remarks,
which are explanatory of the pur
pose of the meeting:
"The W. C. T. U. has called the
meeting this evening to devise ways
and means of running our city mis
sion, not only temporarily, but look
ing to the years to come. Due to the
fact that there are those here who
do not know the early history of this
work in Alliance we ought to give a
brief account ol the life of our city
mission.
"In the beginning, seeing the
great need of welfare work and fall
ing, at that time to Interest the city
officials, the W. C. T. IL, never doubt
lug one minute the advisability of
such an undertaking, decided by the
aid ( f the church' people to bring a
police matron to our city and prove
to one and all that such work not
only helps the community but that it
la nn absolute necessity.
"In the pioneering of this work I
Piust inp.ke mention of our worthy
police matron, Mrs. Sharp, who has
worked for the welfare of our chil
dren and community without one
penny of remuneration for the entire
time she has spent in our city, four
and one-half years. If our city had
paid a man to do that work it would
have cost not less than $5,000, which
v.ould not be too large a considera
tion according to the wages paid in
ivher lines of work.
"Do not think the entire financial
burden has rested on the W. C. T. U
'.and churches, for the city agreed, If
the undertaking was a success, to
help us, and I believe, in so far as
they 1 ave been asked they have done
so. Not only tne city Dut our coun
ty commissioners as well, for they
felt that the whole county has bene
fitted thereby. We do not complain,
but owing to the drain on every in
dividual for tho last four years and
on top of that the high cost of living,
the burden has grown heavier and
heavier, and we now feel that the
time Is ripe to shift responsibilities
and that the city take the financial
responsibility and the W. C. T. U.
and all the good people of our city.
as is ever the case, will aid in all
things.
"We want to Impress on your
minds that we do not feel as though
we have been a failure. Far from
It. Inasmuch as we are legal voters
in the city's affairs, we still ask to
be represented In the work for we
firmly believe, as the mayor of-York
expressed It at our state convention
Municipal housekeeping is not any
more of a success without the help
of women than ordinary housekeep
ing is a success when men attempt
to run it alone. Men too long have
made municinal housekeeping look
like bachelors' quarters and as a re
suit things have not been as well
cared for as they should be.
"Inasmuch as Mrs. Alice Acheson
was a devoted worker in the early
life of this work, as well as being
president, of the board, we, the W.
C. T. U., wish that this effort should
be a memorial to our beloved sister,
Mrs. Acheson."
The Rev. Mr. Stry was introduced,
and gave a sketch of personal experi
ences with mission, and of the good
vork that they do.
Secretary Jones of the Community
lub then gave a short talk, in which
ie urged that the scope of the under-
aklng be broadened, and that tne
ity mission be made the beadquar
rs of an organized charity for the
Ity. In other places it had beei
one, and with great success. Hi
lea was that the city mlsslou shouh
3 financed, not only by the city au
lorities, but by the business men
id that with proper funds at its dlt
osal, all applications for charlt
lould be turned over to it. Thi
ould relieve the business men
e city of the work of passing Judi
ent on Individual cases, and he b
ved they would favor such a pie
it re should be beds and clothit
ailable, and money to loan
ortby rases. He cited one such th
(Continued on Page 7.)
FAIR WARNING TO
AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS
Police Department Instructed to He
That City Ordinances and
State lwa 0!ned
Automobile drivers who like to
give her the gas" when sailing
down Box Butte avenue and other
tree's In the city want to keep at
least one eye on the watch for the
officers of the law. And folks who
sort of like the sound of an open
cutout had bei.fr revise their tastes.
Other drivers who occasionally take
the chance of urivlng without lights
had better beware. Henceforth the
lid Is strictly on.
The automobile question was
cussed and discussed from all angles
at the Tuesday evening meeting of
the city council, and not only was
an ordinance passed providing suit
able punishment for the open muffler
fiends, but the police department was
Instructed to see that, city and state
laws in regard to speed limits are
enforced. The police force both of'
them are on the Job. Not only are
they on the job, but City Manager
Smith has offered them the use of
the city's automobile, which has a
perfectly reliable speedometer at
tached where It will do the most
good, with which to get the goods on
the boys who like to hear the motor
hum. The city's automobile Is built
for utility rather than looks, but it
is of a popular brand that can make
pretty good time, and it is now at
the disposal of both the day and
night forces or force, whichever
you want to call It.
Chief of Police Oscar Reed has an
nounced that when he Is instructed
to see that the ordinances are en
forced, he Intends to hold strictly to
the letter of the law. That means
that the 'speed limit on Alliance
streets Is fifteen miles per hour, and
not fifteen and a half or more. Of
course, It won't be possible to arrest
all the affenders, for oue policeman
can't be In every part of the city at
the same time, but drivers who are
In the vicinity of any Alliance cop
want to keep their hand on the
throttle. To much gas may mean
that there's a fine to pay.
WALTER REISENWEVER
GETS LIFE SENTENCE
I'lend (jiillty to Second Degree Mur
der Before Judge WesUner
- at ItiiNhville
Walter Reisenwever was sentenced
to life Imprisonment at bard labor
by Judge Westover at Rushville last
Saturday morning, when he entered
a plea of guilty to the charge of mur
dering Charles Johnson at the stock
yards here last spring. The murder
was a particularly brutal crime.
Johnson was clerk of the commissary
at the Greer boarding house near the
stock yards. He believed that John
son carried money. The night of
murder he lay In hiding behind the
gates of one of the pens and when
Johnson passed by struck blm on the
head with an axe. The axe was later
found in the snow wnere he had
thrown it, and identification was
made by means of bloody finger
prints. County Attorney Lee Basye, Sher
iff J. W. Miller and Deputy Sheriff
E. G. Laing took three- prisoners to
Rushville last Saturday. Reisenwever
had announced his Intention to plead
guilty. The other two prisoners were
Marvin Tiber, who stole an automo
bile a few months ago, and William
Foster,' colored, better known as the
"Notorious Blue," who shot Charlet
Brown, also colored, in the hand a
few days ago.
Tilbur drew an Intermediate sen
tence of from one to twenty years
and that was the punishment meted
out to Foster.
The Box Butte county officials re
turned with the prisoners Saturday
night, and Sheriff Miller and Deput
Laing at once took them to Llncoli
to the penitentiary there.
ALLIANCE STOC.MEN
WON T IE BIG PRIZES
Alliance stockmen captured the
big prizes at the St. Joseph Stocker
vnd Feeder show, held last week, Oc
ober 9 and 10. Charles E. Murphy
well known stocman, had ten load
f cattle, which capeured the firs
rlzn on Shorthorns and second prize
n Aberdeen-Angus, as well as $175
n cash prizes.
Art Eastburn received the tw
first premiums on carloads of Il re-
rds. including teers and heifers
'ret premium on Aberdeen-Angus
ind a number of other prises. The
ulted western Nebraska exhibit took
he grand sweepstakes.
COUNCIL BUYS
MORE LAND FOR
THE CITY PARK
TVI3SDAY EVENING session wa
A BUSY ONE
CREATE PAVING DISTRICT
Many Important Matters Are Satis
far tori I y IHjkmm1 of at an
Entirely Harmonious
Council Meeting
The purchase of additional land
for the city park, passage of an ordi
nance establishing a new paving dis
trict, another providing suitable
means of punishing automobile driv
ers who Insist on leaving the muffler
cutout open, and a third providing
procedure for moving buildings with
in the city limits, together with a
raft of routine business, was dis
posed of at the Tuesday evening
meeting of the city council In a ses
sion where everything passed off
harmoniously, without the slightest
bit of bickering or rag-chewing.
Plans were made to extend the
city's park, and with that Idea In
view the purchase of additional
ground was approved in a resolution
adopted, which provided for the pur
chase of two blocks adjoining the
present property provided satisfac
tory title can be secured. The orig
inal site consists of blocks K and J
In Nebraska addition and costs the
city $5,000, and the two blocks
which will be added will cost only
$2,000. It was also voted to include
another block, isolated from the
others, in the city's list of parks..
This land lies Just north of the rail
road tracks, near the viaduct, and
while it will probably be some time
before It Is improved, its Inclusion
among the park property decreases
the tares enough to make the change
In status desirable. The present
park property has been considerably
Improved since its purchase. Trees
have been set out, a band stand
erected and swings for the children.
The addition to the park will permit
of a systematic development along,
lines to be announced later.
The council decided to omit the
Issuance of water extension bonds at
this time, and will pay the costs of
the necessary extensions from other
funds which are available.
After considerable discussion, ir
resolution was adopted by unan-;
imous vote requesting the city attor
ney to refer all cases where a viola-;
tlon of both city and state laws is
.. In I ha fount V fttLOmeT. -
The discussion brought out several
good reasons why this should be
done. In some kinds or cases, not
ably certain vlclatlcns of the liquor
laws, th state has practically re
quested the city authorities to keep
their hands off, leaving it to the
county officials to prosecute.
Councilman Gavin brought up the
question of automobile speeding. He
stated that several streets of the city
he had taken particular note of
Laramie, but the evil was not con
fined to that street alone had be
come regular speedways, and while
there had been no serious accidents
reported, the reckless driving in Al-
iance was a constant menace. m.
Gavin believed that the police de
partment Bhould be instructed to put
forth every effort to stop it.
City Attorney Metz discussed the
difficulty In the way of securing con
victions of speederB. , The trouble is
that there is usually only one police
man, who has no definite means of
telling Just how fast a car may n
irnine. The driver of the car usuaiiy
has a friend along, who. if he is the
right kind of a friend, will bactt up
. . .... ik.l kit
the driver when ne siaies mi
was Just barely making nine miies
an nour. me iiuiacmau
that the offender was maaing ai
least twenty-five, but he can't prove
It. Various means of assisting me
officer to Becure the right kind of
evidence were discussed, from a
motorcycle with a speedometer to a
stop watch. City Manager oni
finally ended the discussion vj
ing that the city had a car with a
sure enough speedometer, which
was thoroughly reliable and of
standard make, and that the car and
the speedometer would tnenceionu
be at the disposal of the police force,
night and day. The discussion
brought forth a statement from one
councilman that automobile drivers
were beginning to believe that pedes
trian had no rights, when as a mat
ter of fact his rights were fully equal
to those of the motorist. Members
of the council requested the news
papers to spread the warning that
speeding on Alliance streets must
atop.
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