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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1920.
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NUMBER 17,
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GOOD PROSPECTS
FOR AMIS
THE POS
it
"worry.
Congressman Klnkald
illtary leader
Measure Providing i
liiiproremci.
within the
Congressman M. P. ey ot ...y
introduced a bill approi.ng $60,-
OOfor the purpose of enlarging and
' -iany"8 in.e- Alliance postomce.
VJ ?asure has been referred to
' aiittee on public buildings
- Jn. ounds.
ine community club deserves a
large share of the credit for this Im
provement If It is put over. It was
the club which took the matter up
with Mr. Kinkaid, and they are not
stopping their activities at that
point. Secretary Rufus Jones put In
some hours Monday writing to the
'various senators and congressmen
from the slate In an endeavor to se
cure their support for the measure.
The public appropriations commit
tee, It Is reported, has definitely
gone on record with the promise to
do what they can to defeat all pork
barrel appropriations for new build
ings. The club secretary and direc
tors are not particularly alarmed
over the prospect, however, as they
cannot see that the improvements In
the Alliance building can be classed
as pork barrel legislation. The re
pairs are urgently needed, and the
building has long been Inadequate
or the demands made upon It.
The bill reads as follows:
"Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the secretary of the
treasury be, and he Is hereby, au
thorized and directed to cause the
post-office building at Alliance, Ne
braska, to be enlarged and extended
upon the ground and site now owned
in that city by the government, said
extension and enlargement to be con
structed of a material to harmonize
with the present building, and be so
provided as to meet the needs by In
creased space of the postofflce now
attempted to be accommodated in the
present post-office building, as well
as such needs as may reasonably
arise in the future, at a cost not to
exceed $60,000, including all neces
sary changes in, extension of, or ad
ditions and repairs to the same, as
well as changes In the heating, ven
tilation, and plumbing systems which
may be incident to the enlargement
and extension of said building.
"Sec. 2. That the sum of $60,000
is hereby appropriated, out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the purposes afore
said. "Sec. 3. That this act shall be in
force from its passage."
THE STEEL KING" AT
THE IMPERIAL TONIGHT
The Imperial offers its patrons to
night "The Steel King," starring
June Elvidge and Montague Love,
which is a mighty interesting photo
play concerning high finance and a
good brand of romance. It's the kind
of a story that most people like to
see, and the two names connected
with it are sufficient guarantee that
it will be worth watching. A cur
rent events reel completes the pro
gram. Wednesday night comes Pauline
Frederick in her newest Goldwyn
production, "The Fear Woman." It
is a story of a girl who is racked by
fear lest her father's weakness for
drink manifest itself in her. There
are all sorts of complications which
arise from her. unreasoning fear, and
they make up a story of unusual
dramatic possibilities. An added at
traction is Fatty Arbuckle in "His
Wedding Night,"
Billie Burke stars in Thursday
night's play, a scream from start to
finish, "The Misleading Widow," in
which Billie scandalizes a village by
falling in love with her husband. It
is a delightful romance, besides be
ing a trifle unusual. Billle's hus
band, being plumb disgusted with
her, has gone away to forget or for
some other purpose, and she makes
use of his absence to collect life in
surance. When he shows up the fun
begins. You'd better see it if you
want to get the story straight There
is also a Brlge comedy, "Fire-Fire."
WRESTLINCJ MATCH AT
THE IMPERIAL FRIDAY
'"'"fn wrestling fans are con
IdenblT Interested In the Wheel- r
KmuiiJ bout, which is scheduled for
the Imperial theater next Friday eve
ning. Wheeler is a husky fireman
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WHY WAIT?
Service meir Why wait to
reinstate your war risk insur
ance? Waiting may spell dan
i er or disaster, to health. No
iime is quite so good as now.
.f'jr in view of the fact
may secure reinstate
sesf h
ment $itLi ) eighteen months,
Vt uiply sUting in your applica
tion on that your health is as good
..'Us at date of discharge. Visit
the Red Cross Home Service
Bureau.'
E2 "' IMIIMIII IIIHItHim IIIIIMIIII, MM,Ml
who will weight in at 205 pounds
Rnd Eklund tips the beam some thir
ty pounds below that figure. It will
be a finish match, two falls out of
three, and the regular Tollce Gazette
rules will govern the contest.
Eklund hails from Buffalo, Wyo.,
and claims the light heavyweight
championship of the world. He has
never been defeated in a contest with
a man of his own weight, and has
been able to put a number of good
men on their backs. Wheeler has a
reputation that is more than local,
and Is not only fast on the mat, but
has a whole lot of science.
The contest promises to be
that no wrestling enthusiast
want to miss.
one
will
REMEMBER TO SIGN
SCHOOL PETITIONS
All voters who have not signed the
petitions asking for school bonds are
urged to take care of this matter
without delay. The petitions may be
found at the Newberry Hardware
company, the Thiele and Holsten
drug store and" the E. G. Laing cloth
ing store. No one questions the need
of additional school facilities, but
the best way to register your ap
proval is to append your signature
with the rest of them.
TO START BUILDING
OPERATIONS SOON
The directors of the Alliance
Home Builders' association will meet
Wednesday evening, at which time
building plans will be perfected.
Arrangements will be made, it is be
lieved, for the immediate erection
of not less than twelve homes, and
after the association once gets go
ing, there Is no limit to what may be
expected.
Stock Bales have been progressing
steadily, and the major portion has
been subscribed.
ENTHUSIASM FOR
PACKING COMPANY
Reports of sales of stock in the
Alliance Packing company continue
to be greatly encouraging. To date,
the representatives of the company
have' not met a single rancher or
stockman who was unwilling to ally
himself with the new enterprise, and
it is this spirit that makes those
back of the new industry realize that
failure is impossible.
A number of representatives of the
company are in the city this week,
among them being P. E. Vaughn, J.
N. Brenizer, J. L. Patterson of Oma
ha, M. W. Power of Fargo. N. D.,
and C. E. Palmer, also of Fargo.
NEW MACHINERY
AT THE CREAMERY
This week the Alliance Creamery
company announces some extensive
Improvements and additions to the
ice cream making machinery of the
plant. The capacity will be enlarged
to keep pace with the demands that
are being made on the company.
Manager Spencer states that business
has never been better and that the
outlook for the coming year is ex
ceedingly favorable.
Among the new machinery that
has been added is a new freezer vis
roll zer, with a capacity of 300 gal
lons per day, and a mixing vat of
a like capacity. The plant will have
a capacity of a thousand gallons of
ice cream a day when this new ma
chinery is In operation.
The pet tainlngs of the city's
water department for the three
months ending December 31,' 1919.
amounted to nearly one thcurn !
''nllar. tho ovir( total belnp $P J! I.
. Tb number of gallons of wn. -
nun. p. ..i . . . ,. ,e month nf n -cel.
I.r vie ;j ".41.150. sni Pie :p
proiii-nN nui iher of consumer
' ' ' "ni expended for run
rnrt'rt" fnrlig the quarter.
HEMINGFORD MAY
BUILD POWER LINE
Committee Conies to Alliance
Confer With Mayor and Mom
Iiom of City Council
to
A committee consisting of F. W.
Melick, W. L. Clark and George
Hitchcock waited upon Mayor Rodg
ers. Monday, and presented a pro
posal that the city of Alliance fur
nish Hemingford with electricity.
Mayor Rodpers Informed them that
about the only way this could be ar
ranged would be for Hemingford to
build a line to the city limits, where
the Juice could be metered out to
them. ,Thls was apparently satisfac
tory to the committee, and they are
now awaiting figures as to the prob
able cost of such a line, which wiU
be furnished by City Manager Smith
A special meeting of the council
has been called for Wednesday eve
ning, at which time the proposition
will be discussed. There Is no ques
tion that it will be more economical
for the neighboring town to build a
line than to erect a power plant
The distance between Alliance and
Hemingford Is only twenty miles,
and a line could, in all probability,
be erected for between $30,000 and
$35,000. A plant would cost double
this sum, and In addition there
would be the expense of upkeep.
City Manager Smith says that the
Alliance plant furnishes ample
power, and that the additional load
could be handled without the em
ploying of additional men. Only at
the time of the peak load would any
where near the full capacity of, the
plant be lequired, and even then
there would be a safe margin. The
building of the line would be the
chief expense, and it would need to
be a thorough Job, with plenty of
poles and a strong wire. Such a line,
however, would always be worth
money in the event the Hemingford
authorities ever desired to build a
plant of their own.
In addition to discussing this mat
ter the council will also take up the
matter of public health and condi
tions. It will be an important
session.
BANQUET FOR THE -
VISITING FIREMEN
The Alliance Volunteer Fire De
partment royally entertained the vis
iting delegations who stopped over
for a day on their return trip from
the state convention held at Scotts-
bluff last week. The condition of
the roads made the proposed auto
mobile trip to the potash plans Im
possible, but every other item on the
program was carried out. There was
a moving picture show, a banquet in
the evening, followed by a dance
and another lunch.
The banquet was' served in the
regular fireman style at the club
rooms In the city hall last Friday
evening. There was an absence of
ceremony, but at the close of a
mighty good feed, several Alliance
men were called on, J. W. Guthrie
acting as toastmaster. Short talks
were made by Mayor Rodgers, Glen
Miller. Rufus Jones, Charles Hill and
others.
The dance In the armory was well
attended and every visiting fireman
was given the opportunity to enjoy
himself. It was a pleasant visit on
both sides, and Alliance is in hopes
that next year she will
Pleasure ot entertalnlne' the whnia
bunch. T
&2.00 a earand worth more.
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Let's All Get Counted!
Alliance cannot take its proper place among the cities of
the United States, unless its people are correctly counted.
t
If the census taker lins not called at your house, or if you
have any doubt about it, f 11 nit this blank and mail or bring
it at once to the Community Club.
Name
Address,
This is important; please five it your immediate attention.
WOUNDED SOLDIER
SEEKS A RELATIVE
(cordon Miller, on Furlough From
Hospital, Meet With Sad
DixupiMilittiitcnt
Gordon Miller, on furlough from
the Walter Reed hospital in Wash
ington, D. C, where he has been for
over a year, is in Alliance seeking
an aunt, Mrs. Annie Connor, who Is
his only living relative. Mrs. Con
nor came here a week or two ago.
he lias learned, and Postmn:.,cr Re"?
Graham and two or thro.- oih
people are helping him locate her,
- Ainier, who Is a young fellow of
fine appearance, has had n.r.re grief
In the past five years than iioat men
have In a lifetime. He entered the
service some five years ago, before
there was thought of a war, serving
with the Eighth cavalry. When the
war came on, he transferred to the
Infantry, seeing service in some of
the most Bevere fighting with the
135th infantry.
After spending over two years In
various hospitals in France and this
country, he finally recovered suffi
ciently to be granted a six mouths'
furlough, and started for Denver,
where his parents live. On his ar
rival he discovered that his father,
mother and sister had heen killed
in an automobile accident a few
weeks previously. He is the only one
of the family alive today. Two
brothers, who got into the fighting
at the start with the Canadian troops
were killed during the war.
Miller bears a good many wounds.
His right wrist was shattered early
In the fighting, and it is this that
causes him the most trouble. If it
weren't for this wrist he would have
been discharged months ago. There
is a' silver plate in it, and somehow
the wound has never healed. He
served In three great engagements
at Verdun, where his wrist was In
jured; the battle of the Marne, where
he got a piece of shrapnel in his Jaw
there is another plate there and
in the Argonne forest, where his
other arm was struck.
"If I could only find my aunt," he
said. "I think I could stand it. But
after being away from my folks for
five Wars and to come clear across
I he country' and find no one, It makes
me feel as though I might as well be
dead, too."
His aunt, he learned in Denver,
had come to Alliance. She was at
one time a resident of the city, and
is known to quite a number of Alli
ance people. One of-them saw her
on the streets here last week, and
they are confident that it will not be
long until young Miller finds her.
Miller tells some Interesting, stor
ies of his army experiences. He,
together with his sergeant and a
lieutenant, during the battle of the
Argonne, were separated from the
rest of the company. Night came on,
and they finally decided to steal a lit
tle Bleep. They were walking in mud
and slime up ot their shoe tops, and
it was impossible to lie down with
any degree of comfort. They finally
solved the problem by arranging five
German corpses in a row, covering
them with blankets and clothing tak
en from the other dead. All three of
them lay down to rest, but when the
offcer Jokingly remarked that they
had better keep one eye open, lest
some of their friends crawl out from
under the blanket.' the sergeant de
cided not to sleep. He disappeared
In the forest and they never saw him
again.
Miller says that every care Is taken
of the wounded soldiers at the Wal
ter Reed hospital, but that It Is not a
pleasant place to live. The buildings
are overcrowded, and .this means an
Till: WEATIIKR
For Alliance and vicinity: Mostly
cloudy tonight and Wednesday; ris
ing t e in pe ra t u re Wednesday.
exceptionally strict set of regulations.
Tho tmt,(ni8 are permitted to leave
-li ir quarters for only one hour
each day. Smoking Is forbidden, al
though they get around this rule,
with the aid of some of the friendly
nurses, one man letting the Bheets
from his bed fall ot the floor while
another crawls underneath to smoke.
II was caught Just once, he snid,
and got a five-hour session with a
straight-Jacket as a punishment. Ac
eortlliig to his story, patients at the
hospital are not allowed to write Ut
ters home, or oi kl their parents
know their location. The renpon for
i.
mis is, ne i, tn;... ir I.:,, p-ren
knew their sons were there, they
would conic V.'a .. l;'-ton. Condi
tions are such that It would be Im
possible for them to be admitted to
the hospital, and so the authorities
say that It Is better for the parents
not to know that their soldier sons
are in this country.
FIVH PAY $10 FINES
ON GAMBLING CHARGE
Five young men, around the legal
age of twenty-one, appeared before
Police Judge Roberts promptly at 9
m. Monday, and meekly pleaded
guilty to a charge of gambling with
dice and were assessed fines of $10
each and costs, a total of $15 apiece.
The boys were caught in a raid by
Chief of Police Taylor on a room In
the Alliance hotel last Sunday morn
ing, around 3 a. m., and gave $25
ball for the appearance Monday.
TAYLOR HEARS FROM
FORMERPRISONERS
Chief Taylor Friday morning re
ceived a letter from Roosevelt Cary
and Orris Evans, the two colored
boys who were held as witnesses
against William Tatro, recently sen
tenced to the penitentiary for high
way robbery committed pn Jack
Rlordan. The boys say that times
are hard and work dull, and they
are interested in getting some of the
witness fees that are coming to them.
Chief Taylor has turned their letter
pver..to .County,. Attorney Basye, who
will see what can be done for them.
The letter follows:
DENVER, Col., Jan. 21, 1920.
Mr. Taylor: I guess you are some
what surprised to hear from us.
This leaves us well in health, but
are in the same fix as we were up
there, toward money and clothes.
We would have wrote you sooner,
but have been so busy rusting try
ing to live that we haven't had time.
Time is hard here and work Is dull,
so we thought that we would write
and see if you could get the county
attorney to send us some of the
money they owe us. That is if he
has any mercy for a poor person and
he knows that he owes It to us, be
cause he might have the same kind
of a case before him again and if
you could get him In notion of send
ing it or Just anything would help
us now, we would appreciate It to
the highest.
Mr. Taylor, we will' always re
member you for your kindness to
ward us, we thank you very much.
Well I will close hoping that you
are well and enjoying life to the
highest degree, so we hope that you
can do something for us. Good Dye,
Yours truly.
ROOSEVELT CARY,
ORRIS EVANS.
2404 Welton St., Denver, Col.
AMERICAN LEGION
MEET THIS EVENING
The Alliance post of the American
Legion will hold a meeting at the
council chamber in the city hall this
evening, beginning at 7:30, at which
time every member is urgently re
quested to be present, as business
of extra Importance will be dis
cussed. Minstrel practice will be
held after the meeting.
The legion voted some little time
ago to stage a minstrel. J. P. Mann,
of the Mann Music and Art store, has
consented to take charge of the
music, and two rehearsals have al
ready been had. About twenty men
have been present at these re
hearsals, and a good start is already
made. In order to make this event
the success It ought to be, It Is lnv
portant that there be a chorus of at
least twice this number. If you can
carry a tune In a bushel basket come
out. It Is planned to practice twice
a week for the next two or three
weeks and then practically every
night the last week, staging the af
fi'r ro M-ie In February.
DON'T FAIL TO :
GET COUNTED
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COMMUNITY CLVI1 CHKCKIXa UP
EMMKRATORS
If You Have Any Reason to Think
You Have Hern Missed, Don't
Delay Any Longer1
Within a few days, the taking of
the 1!20 census will be comnleted.
Ii mea.13 ii whole lot to Alliance to
I'.ive the enumeration correct, and
- Co:.'.iiuiu.y c'.u'j ij taking an ac
tive Interest in Beelng to it that not
a single Alliance citizen is missed.
They are using four means of spread
ing the alarm, and If you can think
of any other way to Impress the Im
portance on the minds of the city's
population, they'll be glad to hear ot
It.
Begiunlng the first of the week.
Secretary Rufus Jones Btarted In to
round up the missing, and so far he '
has discovered four ways to do It ,
Tho first one is by means of the
newspapers. If you have reason to
believe that you have been missed la
the count, fill In the blank that will
be found elsewhere in this paper, and
mall or bring It to the club's offices.
whereupon the enumerator will
make a note of your name and hunt
you up.
Another means Is through the city
schools. In, the. absence of Superin
tendent Pate, the secretary took the
matter up with F. A. Prince, high
school principal, and the result is
that the teachers In the city schools
will pass the word on to the pupils.
who will in turn ask at home'
whether the enumerator has called.
If they report back to the contrary
the teachers will pass the names on
to the club. ;
The telephone company has been
pleased to co-operate with the club.
and the operators have been calling '
up the business firms of the city in
an endeavor to discover whether anjr
employes have been missed. f
The club has played still one more f-
card. It has had cards printed an-'.
nnunclng the importance of a cor- 1
Tret census, an on of three will be -
placed In every postofflce box, city
carriers will leave one at each place
where they make deliveries and the
postofflce clerks will pass them out
when calls for mall are made at the
general delivery window.
Altogether, nothing will be left
undone to see that every person la
the city Is properly listed. Of course, ,
it is up to the individuals to co-op
erate, and the majority of the cit
izens realize the Importance of hav
ing the city's entire population In
cluded. Use the coupon on this page .
If you think there is any chance that
you have been overlooked, and take
care of, It right now, while you are
thinking of It.
FRANK PLACE HELD ON
MANN ACT VIOLATION
Frank Place, switchman In the em
ploy of the Burlington at Alliance,
Is being held by federal authorities.
At a hearing held before Judge
Berry, court commissioner, on Mon
day of this week, Place was held for
trial in the United State district
court at Cbadron. i
The complaint charatd Pace with
transporting one Frances Doty from
Casper, Wyo., to Alliance, Neb., in
violation of the Mann act, for im
moral nurposes. A second charge
was that he defrauded the United
States government, through the rail
way administration, by applying for
ransportation for himself and wife.
when he is unmarried.
Quite a niixuD developed when it
w'as discovered that no detaining
order had been issued for the woman
in the case, who is the most essential
witness when the case comes up for
trial. Under the law of the land, a
witness may be held for twenty-four
hours only unless a detaining order
is issued, and at 6 o'clock Monday
evening, Frances Doty was released
from custody by Sheriff Miller.
Deputy United States Marshal
Wright of Chadron Is in ithe city for
the purpose of taking Place to Chad
ron. It is probable that the neces
sary order will be issued and the
woman also taken into custody.
Charles Wyckoff has accumulated,
a Ford.
A. A. Craig of Crawford l-v been
In the city for the past thr r four
days on business connected with the
United States Tire ft Rubber company.
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