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ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA, Tl'ESDAY, DECEMBER 2;), 101V.
NUMBER 7.
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CITIZENS ARE
LAYING IN A
. COAL SUPPLY
TAKING NO CHANCES OF
OTHER SHORTAGE
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City Has Plenty of Fuel on Hand
Fuel Distribution a Mon
umental Task ,
Te coal strike and his duties as
fuel administrator have evidently
taught City Manager Smith the
secret of getting a sufficient supply
of coaL There are now between four
and five hundred tons In the bins
down at the city's power house, all
that can safely be stored there, to
tell the truth. , .
The supply has been ample since
the day the strike was declared off,
the city manager says. The city had
a whole lot of coal ordere, and de
liveries have been made promptly.
In fact, enough back ordered stuff
came in so that It became possible to
slip a few carloads to the potash fac
tories out of the excess. Some cars
ordered by the fuel administration
have been turned over to the dealers.
No further difficulty is anticipated
In Alliance. Ihe schools are well
supplied; and are getting as much
put in the bins as they will hold, bo
that when school takes up after the
holidays, there will be no particular
danger of a shutdown for a while,
even if the miners should walk out
again.
Local dealers have oeen able to
make deliveries almost at the nor
mal rate since . the ban was lifted.
There is no longer a 1,000-pound
limit for purchasers, and indications
are that people are now taking the
advice the dealers handed them
earlier in the summer and are
stocking up against a possible short
age before winter ends. Tne lesson
seems to have been well learned, and
the chances are that there will be
fewer coal bins unfilled when next
winter happens along, c
Although the city is out of the coal
business, there is an immense
amount of work still to be done. Dur
ing tne time of the strike, the city
was ullowed so many .cars . of coal,
and a good many of them were orig
inally consigned to other places.
It's some pretty tangle that has re
sulted but as fast as the consign
ors are located, checks are being
mailed. The freight has largely been
paid on thes cars, but the cool itself
has to be paid for.
The average citizen has little idea
of the immensity jbf the- task' that the
city officials have been up against
during the past few weeks. Distrib
uting coal in sniall lots, the number
of deliveries, ran well .up Into the
thousands, and it will be some time
before all of . these records are com'
pleted. Some of the cars bad been
partially emptied of coal by people
living In the towns along the road,
in some instances the shortage
amounting to several tons. Sooner
or later the whole thing will be
checked up and the city will know
Just how much money, If any, has
been netted during the time It was
in business. Prices were set at the
same level as the dealers charged,
and though the city was able Jo make
some saving In handling, other
items, such as delivery, cost more,.
During a large part of the time the
weather delayed distribution, but the
wages of the drivers went right on.
CUIUS. EHINGER TO
LEAVE ALLIANCE
Chris Ehinger, who has for the
past two years been manager of the
men's furnishings department at the
W. R. Harper department store, will
leave Friday evening of this week
for Chicago, where he has accepted
a position with a wholesale firm. Mr.
Ehincer has been assigned to west
ern territory and will In all prob-
nbilitlhave an opportunity to meet
his Aflinnce friends every once in' a
while, and he has made a large num
br of them during his stay in the
city. He had not planned to take
up his new work until the fifteenth
of the coming month, but received, a
wire the first of the week requesting
him to hurry up matters If possible.
C. M. Looney, field superlnten
dent of the Wyoming-Northeastern
Oil company, came down from Edge-
mont FrHnv, returning there Sun
day evening
Hex Roberts, well known auto
mobile salesman, was in the city the
first of the week.
P. J. Michael, A. M. Miller and
P. W. Mellek of Hemlngford came
down Saturday evening to attend the
meeting of the directors of the Wy
oming-Northeastern Oil company.
POURING CEMENT
FOR NEW GARAGE
Bright and early this morning,
workmen engaged on the new Lowry
& Henry garage began pouring ce
ment for the ground flooi They
have been busy the past few days, In
fact, since the weather permitted, in
getting the huge forms ready for the
concrete.
The supervising architect states
that It will probably take three days
at least to get the floor finished.
Some twenty-five or thirty workmen
are working on the Job, and there is
an immense amount of mud that
must go through the mixer and be
pushed in wheelbarrows where It is
needed.
Precautions have been taken
against the concrete freezing by
means of running a pipe line all
through the floor. A big threshing
engine has been secured, and as soon
as the men started mixing" the con
crete, the engineer begad keeping up
the steam. It will be necessary to
have some steam up until the floor
Bets, in order to guard against dam
age to' the floor. -
The work is expected to proceed
rapidly providing the weather per
mits' operations to continue.
HARRIS SUGGESTS
COMMISSION FORM
Council Passes Ordinance Relating
, to Curb Line on lkix But to
Praise for Reed.
At an adjourned meeting of the
city council, held at the city hall
Monday evening, two ordinal .ces re
lating to the curb line in the vari
ous Box Butte paving districts were
passed. Ordinance No. 271 lines "up
the curb from First to Tenth Btreet.
Paving distric No. 3, including Box
Butte from Sixth to Tenth, will have
a parked space in the center, and
according to the original ordinance,
this part of the street would have
been wider than the rest. As amend
ed, -H provides for an eighteen-foot
parking in the center, and a twenty
five foot roadway on eitlur side.
The second ordinance. No. 272,
amends the city's general curb ordi
nance and established a uniform
width for Box Butte avenue, making
the curb line thirty-four feet from
the center of the st-eet on either
side.
As The Herald understands it, the
two ordinances simply provide that
the present curb line shall remain
undisturbed. The plans for the par
ing, it seems, if carried out, would
make the curb line vary along the
avenue, and the council proceeded to
fix things so the ornamental lights
would continue to run in a straight
line.
The resignation of Chief of Polic;
Oscar Reed, to take effect January 1,
1920, was read. The council voted
to accept the resignation. Incident
ally, a resolution was introduced and
passed by unanimous vote commend
ing the chief for his faithful and effi
cient service. City Manager Smith
said that it was his opinion that the
sheriff's office had secured a valu
able man, and said that he believed
the city would not entirely lose his
services, even if he were in the coun
ty's employ. '
Councilman Harris introduced the
subject of the commission form of
government, which, he said, went
properly with the city manager plan.
There was some question as to
whether cities of less than 5,000 pop
ulation could adopt this form of gov
eminent, the legislature of a year or
two ago having placed this arbitrary
limit. City Attorney Metz thought it
possible that the last legislature
might have taken steps to let down
the bars, and will report on the mat
ter at the next regular meeting. If
feasible, it is possible that the coun
cil may submit the matter to a vote
at the spring election, but if the old
limit still holds, it is doubtful
whether the new census returns will
be in in time to give the city an as
sured population of over 5,000.
The Alliance Volunteer fire depart
ment, through Its secretary, com
munlcated to the department the
fact that It had elected Carl Rockey
and Carl Anderson as truck drivers
and Ward W. Hall as fire chief.
It was unofficially reported that
petitions are now in circulation
which will result in the paving or
Laramie and Cheyenne avenues. It
Is believed these petitions will be
presented at the next meeting of the
council.
There was an interesting discus
sion as to Just how much effect the
voluntary curtailment of light dur
ing the fuel shortage bad, as shown
by the monthly bills. Mrs. Kennedy
ireireera.reseMepaeremeierttew
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
Consider the Burrs as making their nicest
bow to Herald readers and advertisers.
We're lighting a candle on our Christmas
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tree ior tnese new menas 01 ours, ana we a
hope that this will be
(- vicf iy" c?ra -Fry oil rt
Thnnks. folks. Ynn'vp treated ns miffhtv
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line, ami we appreciuiu
gers who have received a right royal wel- J
This is no season for
cares to intrude. It's a
I be merrv: to foreret old enmities, renew old
a j i j jg
f friendships and form
f ber those less fortunate
all those things that
do and haven't found
We hope all of you enjoy this Christmas as
I much as you did the
i seven years old; or the happiest Christmas 1
f you can remember.
Here's the way one of those Old Songs
has it:
Fetch in the Yule Log; serve the
Boar's Head up;
The Gate for Sorrow; Care
makes way for Cheer;
That old Bird, Worry, gets
the Hemlock Cup
There'll be no Christmas
for another Year!
told of a few instances where the cut-i
ting out of electric signs made a no-
iceable difference, bnt said that De
cember was normally the montn
when the light consumption was'
heaviest, and If the bills run the
same as other months. It would in
dicate a considerably lessened con
sumption. An instance-was mentioned by the
city manager of where the city em
ployes had discovered, in the Wilson
rooming house, where someone had
tampered with . the electric" wiring
and cut out the meter on about hald
the lights in the building. This
made a difference of some $35 or f 40
a month to the city, Mr. Smith said.
No one seems to know when or how
it occurred, but the city authorities
will take steps to investigate, and
if the blame can be placed, someone
will have a rather heavy bill to pay.
The council and the city manager
were quite certain that Mr. Wilson
had nothing to do with the matter,
and were also quite certain that the
electrician who installed the wiring
was blameless, but the investigation
will be as thorough as the city au
thorities can make It.
FORMER ALLIANCE
CITIZEN HONORED
A. J. SimoiiHon Proclaimed Denver's
Mos Useful Citizen During
the Past Year
A. J. Simonson, a prominent resi
dent of Alliance about fifteen years
ago, when, with his brother, W. J
Simpson, he conducted a wood and
coal yard in this city, has been
awarded the medal of honor awarded
yearly by the Denver real estate ex
change to the citizen who has given
the greatest gift or accomplished the
greatest good for the city within the
year.
Mr. Simonson Is well known by the
older citizens of the city. The Post
says:
The medal of honor awarded by
the real estate exchange once a year
to the citizen who has given the
greatest gift or has accomplished the
greatest good for the upbuilding of
Denver, will go this year to A. J. Si
monson, widely known real estate
man and past president and director
of the exchange.
A. J. Simonson Is the author of a
project to increase the water supply
of Denver and to provide enormous
water power and irrigation facilities
for this community. His project con
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thoughts of business j
time to eat, drink and :i
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new ones; to remem-
than vou are: to do
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you've long wanted to
time.
one when you were
teniSJates the-purchase of all unused
water rights and irrigation ' reser
voirs by the city, under a bond issue.
As chairman of a committee ap
pointed by the exchange to investi
gate and report on the feasibility of
the project, he has devoted much
time to the subject during the year,
and It was chiefly in consideration
of this that the committee of judges
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decided to award the medal to him.
Simonson Is a member of the live
stock and agricultural bureau of the
Civic and Commercial association and
Is one of the most active workers in
all projects for developing the agri
cultural resources of the state.
Simonson was in charge of the
work of the livestock and agrlcul
tural bureau of the Civic and Com
mercial association In connection
with the national tractor demonstra
tlon held in Denver last summer and
sponsored by that association and
the Denver Tractor club. He Is
president of the Gentlemen's driving
and riding club, and Is responsible
more than any other one ntun, his
friends declare, for the success of the
race matinees held In City park each
summer. He is also president of the
Denver Realty Associates company,
The judges met Friday afternoon
and unanimously elected Simonson
as Denver's most useful citizen dur
ing 1919. The medal will be pre
sented to him at the annual meeting
of the real estate exchange, Jan. 7.
MILDHEL HAHIUS AT
IMPERIAL TONKJIIT
It's a fine bunch of photoplays that
the Imperial has scheduled for
Christmas week. Tonight comes
Mildred Harris, the demure little
wife of Charles Chaplin, who refuses
to act In Charlie's kind of flllums,
who stars in "Forbidden," a story
of a country girl who grew Infatu
ated with the bright lights and fol
lowed them to such an extent that
her husband had to adopt heroic
measures to cure her. It's the story
of a complete cure, and well worth
seeing, If only to learn how it can
be done.
Wednesday night comes a real
ragtime romance, which sounds in
teresting, to say the least. The title
Is "Upstairs," and the play features
Mable Normand in a double role. The
synopsis do make It Intrigue your
interest, as the story-writers say. It
deals with the adventures of a stolen
dress, or of the girl who stole a
dresa we're not just sure which.
Thursday night that famous film
favorite, BUI Hart, shows up in
"Square Deal Sanderson." It's a typ
ical Hart picture Bill don't show
in any other kind.
METHODIST CHURCH
BUILDING SOLD
The Methodist church building wan
sold Monday niornlngio O. M. Durns
for f3,&00, the church reserving the
right to use the building until the
new structure Is completed
cuuni. ii'iiuiia luirniu iuq urw cur
nee are coming in at a rapid rate.
MXoVonwaS,.,and wiShSK
past three days the sum total has
reached that point. It Is expected
that the new building will be dedi
cated free of debt.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Miss Winifred King of Whitman
was operated on at the hospital.
A son and a daughter of John
Dougherty had their tonsils re
moved last week.
Miss Anna Lee Hill of Hyannia un
derwent a surgical
hospital last week.
derwent a surgical operation at the
Mrs. J. Arner of Crawford is in.
the hospital for treatment.-
James Dyers of Morrill submitted
to an operation at the hospital.
CHIEF REED HANDS
IN RESIGNATION
Head of City's Police Department to
Take Place a leputy
Sheriff January 1
Chief of Police Oscar Reed, who
for several months past has been
head of the Alliance police depart-,
ment, Monday tendered his resigna
tion to City Manager C. C. Smith.
The resignation was accepted at the
adjourned meeting of the city coun
cil Monday, evening.
Mr. Reed has accepted the position
of deputy sheriff under Sheriff Mil
ler, and will enter upon the duties
of his new office the first of. the
year. With the resignation of Cy.
Latng as deputy, Mr. Miller had ap
pointed Charles Jeffers to fill the va
cancy." If Vas dlscovered,'iafteT- tht
appointment had been announced,
that Jeffers' was barred, being a
brother-in-law of the sheriff. The!
nepotism law passed by the last leg- nce people will await the outcome of
islature prohibits the appointment of that D,atch w,tn considerable Inter
certaln relatives as denutles or office Cannon's friends are confident
.c.i.t.ni. .iniinn tioinir marfa in I
whir the coniDensatlon is
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In this case, there was no desire
to evade the provisions Of the law.
It has, in the past, been exceedingly
difficult to persaude desirable men1
to accent this appointment at the
salary offered, even after the com
missioners Increased the compensa
tion 25 a hionth. Mr. Jeffers took
the position intending to resign at
the beginning of spring, and plans to
take up his business where he left
Off
In Oscar Reed, Sheriff Miller wtu
secure a loyal assistant, witn sum-
clent knowledge of the duties of the
position to enable him to stey right
In, take off his coat and go to work.
No successor to Chief Reed has
been selected as yet. The appolnt-
ment Is In the hands of Mayor
Hod gers, wno nas until tne nrsi or
the year to make his selection. A
number of men have been suggested
for the place, among them being
Night Watches Taylor and Cox, and
Charles Jeffers.
WALTER ARTIS LANDS
IN THE COUNTY JAIL
On information received from
Constable E. Immenhausei of Lin
oln. to the effect that a state war
rant was held by him for the arrest
of Walter Artls, colored, Deputy
Sheriff Jeffers Monday afternoon
took that gentleman Into custody,
and he Is now being held awaiting
arrival of the Lancaster county of
ficer, who will take him back to the
capital city to answer to a charge
of failure to support his wife and
children. Artis has been holding
down the position of third cook at
the Alliance hotel. The Lincoln au
thoritles were wired Monday evening
to come ahead and get him.
F. A. Bald and family left this
noon for Aurora, Neb., to spend the
holidays with relatives and friends
They will return about the first of
January.
P. D. Roberts of Alliance has
returned from an extended hunting
and trapping trip t ncentral Wyom
ing, in the Rocky Mountain district.
Mr. Roberts made a big financial suc
cess of his trip. Four days' trapping
netted him 1124.50 In hides. Among
his catches were a gray wolf, eoy-
otes and muskrats.
TWO WORKMEN
ARE INJURED IN
AN EXPLOSION
IIOF1-LAND POTA8II PLANT
SCENE OF ACCIDENT
One Man Suffer Cuts On Head
and Another Iturned About ,
the Fnce and Eyes. ,
Messrs. O'Shea and rogue, two'
workmen In the bioler room at the.
Hoffland potash plant, were seri
ously injured Sunday when 'one of
the boilers exploded. Pogno was
badly cut about the head and O'Shea
was burned about the face and It was
feared for some time that he would
lose his sight.
The two men were brought to Al
liance on No. 43 Sunday and rushed
to the hospital, where they wer
taken care of by Dr. C. E. Hefshman.
Tuesday morning it was stated that
both of them wi uld recover.
WRESTLING MATCH
WAS CALLED OTP
Steve Cannon, Feeling Under th
Weather, Pontxneti Athletic
Event to Jan. 14.
The wrestling match between
Steve Cannon, local grappter, and
Pete Buzokos, Pacific coast wrestler,
has been postponed until January 14,
it was announced today. The Impe
rial had advertised but one' show for
this evening, Intending to let the
match take the second period, but
will play the regular two shows as
usual.
The postponement was due to
Steve Cannon, who has not been feel
ing as well as might be all week.
He has been - troubled with a sore
throat and chest, and while he be
lieved he could go on and stick it
through, thought It unfair to his
friends," who would be out to boost
for him and bet on him, to go ahead
unless he. was in the best possible
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Iiuzokos, in the meanilme, will gO
to Lincoln, where he is scheduled for
a match with Adani Kruger. . Alii-.
that the local man will make
mighty good showing, and the post-
ponement win occasion some aisap-
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poinimeni 10 tne wresuing ians.
SLEEPING CAR PORTER
IS LODGED IN JAIL
You've all heard stories of sleep
ing car experiences' funny and oth
erwise. This particular one, which)
happened on the train between Kan-
I oaa Citv and Billinas. comes under
the "otherwise." especially for the
dusky porter who Is now in jail at
Lincoln.
Sunday night on sleeping car No.
25 when lights wee out, 'n 'ever-
body was snoozing; the inmates were
startled by decided S. O. S. calls. It
pr0ved to be a young woman who
been robbed of a purse containing
considerable money. A search fol-
followed but nothing developed un
til after a particulaiy close - ques
tioning of the porter, then said purse
mysteriously came to light again.
It seems as if that ought to be
enough for one night but after
things bad settled down again, the
same lady once more brought the en
tire car to Us elbows with another
shade of shrieks. That same porter
was persistent and had crawled into
the berth occupied by- the hoodooed
miss. Needless to say he was re
moved, man-handled and turned over
over to the police at Lincoln. A
number oi the passengers and the
lady have wired the mayor thaMhey
will appear on call.
CITY MANAGER
BACK ON THE JOB
After being confined to his bed for,
the past three or four days, City Man
ager Smith is back at the city hall.
He is looking a trifle the worse for
wear, but is busy as the proverbial
paper hanger gathering together the
last few ends of the coal business and
getting caught up with his other ru
tles around the city hall.
Mr. Smith, during the cold weather
last week, slipped on the Ice and in
catching himself twisted his back,
one of his vertebra slipping a cog.
At the time he thought it only ft
sprian and kept right on with his du
ties, but a day or two later waj
forced to take to his bed and call ft
physician. "'" "
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