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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NKHKASKA, TUHSDAY, MAY 18, 1920.
NUMBER 49
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GETTING READY
fOR RACE MEET
Till WEATHER
PAVING WORK TO'
START NEXT WEEK
DEMOCRATS HOLD
he governor designates as members
of the state's electoral college, the
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MRS. DAVIS HEADS
EASTERN STAR
Receives Overwhelming Majority on
Forecast for Alliance and vicinity:
Generally fair tonight fnd Wednes
day; cooler tonight and In cast and
central portions Wednesday.
men selected by which every party
A
1st successful In carrying the state for
its presidential candidate In the gen
eral election.
CONVENTION
11
'JUce & Ponnan Carnival Will
An Attraction -Horses Here
Now or Training
Be
The committee In charge of the
Alliance race meet met at the chain-
ber of commerce Monday evening,
iwhen further plans for the event j
"were made and a discussion of the
i
program neia. ine uice at uormau
arnlval company will supply this
feature of the entertainment, and the
size of the concern, which travels in
twenty-five cars, insures that visitors
will not be disappointed.
The carnival will be located on
Fifth street. The fact that Box
Butte will be closed for paving has
made considerable trouble for the
committee, as other locations are
hard to find. Where the business
prospects have been excellent, the
street has not been wide enough. One
suggestion made was that the com
pany should be placed at the fair
grounds, but this was held to be too
far away to suit cither the merchants
or the crowds.
The ticket-selling will be In charge
of the Boy Scouts of Alliance, and a
number of downtown ticket offices
"Will be arranged for, as well as sev
eral at the grounds. There will be
no difficulty this year in securing
tickets. Prices of admission were
set as follows: Adults, 75 cents;
grandstand, 50 cents; kids, 35 cents;
quarter stretch, 50 cents. An adult
is one twelve years of age or over,
according to the committee's ruling.
A charge of $1.50 to $1 will be made
for automobiles, and boxes will sell
lor the three days at $12.50, $10.50
and $9.
Ed Bishop will get out the official
program for the meet, which will be
sold on the grounds and elsewhere.
Harling's band has been engaged for
the occasion, as has Andy's Jazz or
chestra. At least seventy head of harness
horses will be on hand, according to
Ed Bishop, who is in charge of this
feature of the meet. Assurances
kave been received from sixty-six at
present, all of them from outside of
the state, and in addition there are
a number of stables rearer home
that will be represented.
At present there are a number of
harness horses in training at the fair
grounds. John Larrimore Is on hand
with seven, George Mollrlng has
three, George Clark, five, and F.
Shreve, two. Two running horses
are already on the grounds. Jack
Lewis will ship another bunch oi six
head from Longmont, Col., June 1.
Three carloads are on the way here
from Cuba, and one carload troui
Illinois.
Ample facilities for stabling the
animals have been decided upon by
the committee, who will at once be
gin the erection of twenty permanent
stalls. If more are needed, as In all
probability will be, they will be con
structed. The track has been drained so that
rain will not stop the racing this
year. The horses are working out at
the fair grounds every day, and any
one wishing to watch them may line
up at the race track.
SHERIFF MILLER TAKES
PRISONERSJO LINCOLN
Sheriff Jim Miller left Sunday for
Lincoln, tkalng with hi in Charles
Brown, colored, sentenced in district
court last week, and John Gill, sent
from Box Butte county some months
ago on a charge of forgery. Gill had
been brought back to testify In the
Lackey murder trial, and it was a
remarkably interesting story that he
told, too, but the attorneys for the
defense succeeded in keeping it out
of the record.
Charles Brown received an inde
terminate sentence of from one to
five years for assault with intent to
do great bodily injury on the person
of Miss Willie Foster, a former
sweetheart. Charles has been a reg
ular visitor at the county jail for
some three years, the length of hia
residence in Alliance. His name bM
been down on the county bastlle's
guest book no less than twelve times
in fourteen months. He put up a
remarkably ingenious story in dis
trict court, but neither the judge nor
the jury were visibly impressed, the
latter taking only a few short min
utes to decide his fate.
Very favorable reports are coming
from the different parts of the coun
try concerning the big drive of the
churches during the past few weeks.
Although the reports are not yet
complete, it looks as though the
budget of the different denomina
tions would be fully subscribed.
NENIOR9 PRESENT THEIR
CLASS NITE" PROGRAM
The senior class of the Alliance
nluli school will present their "Class
Nite" program at the high school
auditorium this evening, at which
time the following program will be
given:
Welcome address, Glen Joder.
Class Poem, Madelaine Zediker.
Class Song, Leah Weaver.
Violin solo, Helen Woods.
Class rrophecy, Asenath Schill.
Class History, Ruth Hawes.
Class Will, Russell Mann.
Class Statistics, Eva Simpson.
Duet, LaRhea Lunn and Marjorio
Stephens.
Farewell address, Ray Edwards.
The committee in charge of the
"Class Nite" festivities consists of
Wray Romlnger, LaRea Lunn, Mil
dred Abegg and Eva Simpson.
HARVEY TO OPEN
NEW RESTAURANT
Former Owner of Silver Grill Pur
chases Vaughn Building
Opens Next Month.
J. C. Harvey, formerly owner of
the Silver Grill, has purchased the
building now occupied by Vaughn &
Son and the Nebraska Land company
and will open a new restaurant about
the fifteenth of June. Mr. Harvey
will spend some $20,000 in fixing up
the place, and when completed will
have one of tho finest eating houses
in this section of the state. The
building will be remodeled and re
decorated, and new furniture and fix
tures will be installed. Among other
improvements planned is a new
front. A conveyor for dishes will
also be installed.
The older Alliance settlers will re
member Mr. Harvey and his reputa
tion for dishing out high class food.
and will welcome his return to tbi
city. The building, service and food
will be the best possible, Mr. Harvey
has promised, and those who know
him are confident that he will de
fiver the goods. The new restaurant
will seat only eighty people, but it
will "seat 'em right," and is assured
of a good patronage from the start.
MANY CASES SETTLED
IN DISTRICT COURT
A number of cases were disposed
of in court last week, Judge West
over relieving Judge Bayard H
Paine of Grand Island, who left for
Thedford Saturday night to open
court in that place. On account of
the washouts along the line, Judge
Westover was unable to reach home
so decided to continue the term of
court.
Among other decisions were the
following of interest to local people:
In the case of John Haggerty vs.
M. H. Ilagerty wherein the plaintiff
made a claim of $34,400 against the
estate of his father, the sum of $1.00
was awarded in place of the- original
amount. Mary L. Riordan was al
lowed a claim of $3,000 against the
estate.
The case of John Fought (for for
gery) was continued over, as was
also the case of the tate vs. Zediker,
the latter furnishing $1,000 bond.
Chasrles Brown, colored, was sen
tenced to from one to five years.
In the case of Amos Meeker vs
Lincoln Lowry, the verdict was in
favor of the former.
A divorce was granted to Henry
Fritchell and Lillian Fritchell. Also
to Jesse W. Lynn and Nela Lynn
and Fred E. Chase and Fannie N
Chase.
Judge L. A. Berry secured judg
ment against the county for $121.4 5
the balance owed him at the time of
his leaving office.
In the case of Ruth Parker vs. Ami
Parker, absolute divorce was granted
and custody of the minor children
awarded to plaintiff.
The case of Powell vs. Lena Brad
ley was settled out of court.
Willa M. Mullane and Benjamin
Mullane were granted absolute di
vorce and the custody of the three
oldest children was given to the'lat
ter. Charles L. McFall (familiarly
known as Lee McFall) was granted
a divorce from Yergie I. McFall and
given custody of the minor children,
In the Vaughn-McCorkle case, the
former was granted possession of the
premises in question.
Machinery to lie KIiIikm1 Friday and
Grading Will llcgln on
Its Arrival.
Contractor Sprague of Sprague &
Nicely, of Beatrice, who have the
contract for the Alliance paving, was
n the city Tuesday and announced
hat machinery for the work here
would be shipped Friday of this
week. This means, barring undue
delay, that It will be on hand some
time next week, and the men will
be on the ground ready to begin
grading as soon as the streets gel
into condition.
Mr. Sprague blames the weather
for the slowness in making a start
lie says that the company has had
men ready for the Alliance contract
since early in March, but that the
snows and the rains made it impos
sible. Alliance is not the only city
that has met with this kind of dls-
appointment this spring. This is not
the only place where the.e has been
ai undue amount of moisture.
"We couldn't work if we had the
men and machinery here now," Mr.
Sprague declared, "but before an
other week we hope to have the dirt
flying. I've lived lu Nebraska for a
good many years, and this is the
wettest spring I ever saw in this part
of the state."
Mr. Sprague also gave the pleasing
news that there will be plenty of
brick available for the Alliance pav
ing. A week or so ago ne alarm
was spread that brick toncerns were
not accepting orders for delivery .be
fore September, which, if true, would
mean that we would have our streets
torn up for a couple of years. It
seems, however, either that the re
port was false or that Alliance got
in under the wire.
W. II. Harper's unionall contest Is
arousing a good deal of interest this
week. One window of his store is
piled high with unlonalls, and any
one is at liberty to register a guess
on the number of suits in the pile.
Women as well as men , should be
Interested In a contest of this klhaV
for, if our memory doesn t fall us,
unlonalls are the official uniform for
spring gardening. We remember dis
tinctly of seeing large droves of fe
male farmerettes so garbed, and the
effect wasn't in the leaBt displeasing
At any rate, here's a chance to pick
up a most serviceable garment if
your judgment is good. There is no
admission fee, as the churches say.
WOMEN VOTERS
TO ATTENDSCIiOOL
Three Sessions to He Held at Rapt 1st
Church Thursday Mass Meet
ing In Evening.
On Thursday, May 20. at the Bap
tist church, a citizenship school for
women, consisting of three sessions,
will be held, beginning at 10 a. m.
Miss Margaret Schaffner of Chicago
will be the principal speaker. The
complete program follows:
Morning Session.
Song service 10 a. m.
Devotionals Mrs. S. J. Epler
Introduction of Speaker
Mrs. G. L. Fernold
Address Miss Schaffner
Adjournment for noon luncheon.
Afternoon Session.
Song service 2 p. m.
Devotionals Mrs. J. W. Reed
Instruction, Miss Margaret Schaffner
Evening Session.
Community Sing 7:30 to 8 p. m.
Prayer Rev. Mearle C. Smith
Review and discussion of possible
changes of the constitutional
amendments Miss Schaffner
Benediction Rev. A. J. Kearna
Miss Schaffner will instruct the
women on "Growth of the Woman
Movement in the United States",
"Our Government, the Home of the
State", "The State Legislature and
Its Work", and other Interesting top
ics during the day.
The evening session will be a mass
meeting for both mne and women,
with Judge I. E. Tash as chairman
These meetings are reported to be a
great success over the state and it is
Vl I" Tn4 4YlA MaAnlA atllAMA will
jivuu lueuiseives oi me opportunity
to receive help and Instruction on
these important topics. Come pre
pared to take part by asking ques
tlons.
Those who can arrange to be pre
sent during the noon hour phone Mrs.
Charles Henry or Mra. W. E. Cutts,
chairmen of the luncheon committee,
for particulars concerning lunch.
Condemn Action of Republican Ma
jority In Senate Strong En
dorsement of Hitchcock.
The democratic county co'.ve.itlon
was held at the court house in Alli
ance last Saturday afternoon. The
session was a brief one, the delegate
electing J. C. Morrow, 11. E. Gantz
and William Mitchell as delegates to
the state convention, which met In
Omaha this moruin;. It Is tollable
that not all of these will attend, but
Box ilutte county will be iepreoe.it
ed at the meeting by at I '.'a at oi c
delegate.
The convention adopted resolu
tions pointing with pride to the
war administration of President Wil
son, strongly condemning the uction
of the republican majoritj In the
senate in delaying ratification of the
peace treaty, and approving tie
course of Senator Hitchcock in the
senate and endorsing his candllacy
for president. The resolution read
as follows:
"The democracy or Box I.atte
county, In convention assembled,
again renews its allegiance to the
party of Jefferson, Jacksou und
Wilson.
"We point with pride to- the
achievements of our party during the
administration of that matchless
statesman, Wood row Wilson.
"The stupendous tasks undertaken
and efficiently accomplished during
the worst war In the history or the
world stand out aj the marvel of
history. In striking contrast Is this
record with the gross negligence,
graft and incompetency of tho te
publican administration during the
war with Spain.
"We condemn' in unmeasured
terms the opposition of thj repub
lican majority in the senate !.-. o-
posing the peace treaty. Never in
all history was a more hiatal and
uncalled for assault made upon a
president and the representatives of
a country at a peace conference,
Uyoodrow Wilson, the seer and eon-
i u . . .
structlve statesman at tnat confer
ence, won for the world the greatest
step yet taken for the peace and aap-
piness of the world. But the small
bore leaders and politicians ct the
republican majority In the senate,
jealous of hts achievement, resentful
of his leadership and clamoring for
political advantage through appeals
to the prejudice of certain classes,
prevented the accomplishment of
ihis great work and leave us dis
graced as a nation before the ocs of
the world, unable to end tho war.
"We call upon all good citizens
who place patriotism above party
and the peace of the world ubove po
lltical advantage, to rebuke with
their votes the leadership of tLe re
publican senate and stand for hon
esty in government, purity in na
tional affairs and for the pi-ogivsUve
principles guaranteeing the peace of
the world.
"We approve of the course of
Senator Hitchcock in th United
States senate. His fight for the
treaty and in the support of the prts
ident was magnificent. W believe
he is the logical candidate for the. of
fice of president of the United
States and we hereby Instiuct our
delegates to the state couw.ntioi at
Omaha May 18 to support a resolu
tion demanding tha; the Nebraska
delegation use every honorable
means to secure his nomlnciJon.
Former Governor Ashton C. Shal-
lenberger of Alma will act as tempo
rary chairman of the state demo
cratic conventio nat Omaha and will
deliver the keynote address.
Mr. Shallenberger, who was elect
ed April 20 as one of the democratic
deUgates-at-large to the party's na
tional convention at San Francisco,
was selected for the temoprary
chairmanship of the state convention
at a meeting of the state executive
committee recently held.
Whether any efforts will be made
to put into the state platform a plank
favoring beer and light wines is a
question that may be decided at the
convention, according to reports that
have been current for some time.
Charles W. Bryan of Lincoln, brother
of William Jennings Bryan, will at
tend the convention as chairman of
the Lancaster couuty delegation, and
has indicated that any action favor
ing a modification of the state or
federal prohibition law would be op-
poned by Mr. Bryan's political sup
porters.
Selection of a new state central
committee, the naming of the party's
presidential electors, and the adop
tlon of a platform, are matters to
be disposed of by the delegates.
Electors, under Nebraska law, are
first chosen in this way. Afterward
PENMANSHIP AWARDS AT
CENTRAL AM) UMERSON
The following Is a report of all
penmanship awards earned by the
pupils of Central and Emerson
schools durum the school year 1919-
1920:
Silvcr Star buttons 141
Gold Star buttons 139
Palmer Method buttons 126
Progress Tins 128 I
Ininiovement certificate""""""" 83
Students' final certificates 13
Tnini 9n
Those who earned the students'
rinal certificates this year are: Alice
Jesse. Oemldina Brenaman. Ollie
Slaughter, Lilla Graham, Mildred
Pate, Esther Vanderlas, John A.
Weaver, Valentine Lawrence, Anna
Keiser, Leota . Whlsman, rhyllis
Thompson, Margaret Bradley, Caro
line Drewel.
RAILROADS RETURN
TO A WAR BASIS
Uklnm.nl. , H Atl a Ilctll V ltnala I
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in uruer 10 iieueve
Congestion
Wr-tlm r.rii1tlnn. ftnrernlnK
the operation of all the railroads of
the country, are to be put into effect
a . ,u v a
Ing to late press dispatches.
At a meeting to be held Wednes
day between the railway executives
and the interstate commerce commis
sion, the best means of placing the
transportation systems under tempo
rary government control are to be
discussed. Immediately thereafter
the commission will make public Its
plan, to which the railway executives!
already have pledged their co-opera
tion.
These facts were -learned from a
high , official , of the Interstate com
merce commission.
Under the new railway law, the In
terstate commerce commission will
this week put Into effect the follow
ing extreme control measures made
necessary by the car shortage and re
quested by the railroads themselves
in a petition received by the com
mission Saturday.
1 Priorities on shipments of ne
cessities.
2 Export embargoes to conserve
food and fuel.
Diversion of traffic wherever
necessary.
4 Joint use of terminals and in
terchange of equipment.
DATES ANNOUNCED
FOR CHAUTAUQUA
July 5 to 10 are the dates set for
the Alliance Chautauqua, and the
programs for the event have been
received. The Standard system has
framed an attractive program for last January, will be fhown at the
the six days, and there is a headliner Imperial. These pictures come dl
practlcally every day of the session, rect from the first showing at the
The program includes the Lindsay-
Frost company, clever entertainers
who give sketches, trios, solos and
readings; Ned Woodman, cartoonist,
entertainer and humorist; the Span-
lsh Girls' orchestra; Mrs. A. C. Zeh-
ner, noted southern orator; Cheney
Concert company; Arthur K. Peck
In travelogue; the famous Czecho-
Slovak band; the Lyric male quar-
tet; Dr. Paul W. Ivey, business spe-
clalist and community expert; John
Temple Graves; and the Wales Chau-
tauqua players In a three-act com-
edy, "Rejuvenation."
C1TIZENS ASKED TO
CONSl'ItVH CURRENT!
Alliance citizens are requested by
the city authorities to conserve elec
tric current as much as possible un
til the railway situation is normal.
The washouts on the Crawford-
Edgemont lines have tied up freight made full size, five by ten feet, and
traffic and the city's supply of coal possesses two more legs than the or
for its power and light plant Is not dinary table. The table top is made
so large as It ought to be. During of a Blab of slate one and one-inchea
the emergency the Burlington au- thick. Ninety-nine out of a hundred
thorities have been lending coal to billiard tables in this territory are
the city, and with a little conserva- not full size, but this Is the regula
tion, it will be possible to get through tlon article, and those who pride
the emergency without adopting any themselves on their ability to hit the
restrictions. ball with the proper amount of eng-
The street lighting has been cut lish will have an opportunity to see
down materially during the past few what they can do on a table that la
days, and were it not for the muddy made for playing championship
condition 0! the crossings, would games. Those who are still In the
have been dispensed with tempo- amateur class will welcome the op
rarlly. portunlty to practice up.
First Iliil lot Taken nt Grand
Chapter nt Lincoln.
Mr. and Mrs. George Davis, Mrs.
A. S. Mote, Mrs. B. Ponath and Mrs.
Jay Warner attended me granu cnap-
or tno eastern biar neia at un-
coin May 12 and 13. They re-
noit a 0Bt Interesting meeting.
Mrs. George Davis was honored by
"f'n elected to the office of grand
matron of Nebraska on the first bal
lot by an overwhelming majority.
Governor mcKeivie was present a
Me Tuesday evening session and ad
dressed the assembly. Later in the
evening Governor and Mrs. McKelvie
attended the reception. Bess Gear-
hart Morrison gave several readings.
The reception and the sessions were
both held in the Scottish Rite cathe
dral. Six hundred delegates attend
ed the chapter, besides many guests.
which brought the attendance up to
between 1,300 and 1,400.
James E. Bednar of South Omaha
was elected grand patron. The next
grand chapter will be held at North
Platte.
One bad feature of the tie-up waa
the effect on stock in transit. Snlce
IfnnJ.v inA.nlt. rr .l.l.ii!n. ho.il n
cattle have died in the local yards.
which are still deep with mud. The
heavy rains made It impossible for
the cattle to lie down, and some of
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lu" w("" "uo uvcu
tockyardi 1 it was reported that
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erably increased before the stock
erably increased before the
trains are moving again.
MAKING PROGRESS
IN TRACK REPAIR
Repair Crew KxpecU to Get Through
to Edgetnont Borne Time
Today
Repair crews for the Burllngtos -
expect some time today to restore
communication to Edgemont follow
ing a washout which has tied up
traffic on the Crawford-Edgemont
lino for the better part of a week
The crew reported this morning that
they had reached Ardmore, S. D.,
and the news of getting through to
Edgemont is expected to come in at
almost any time. Practically eleven.
miles of track were warhed cut in
spots between Edgemont and Craw
ford.
A large number of passengers have
been stalled In Alliance await!:, g the
rime when trains would again be
running.
WRESTLING PICTVUKS AT
THE IMPERIAL MONDAY
A rare treat Is promised the wrest
ling fans next Monday evening, when
the moving pictures of the match for
the world'B chanipionsnip oeiween
Stecher and Caddock, held at the
Madison Square Garden, isew lora.
George M. Cohan theater, New lork
city, where the sport lovers fairly
went wild over them.
A good-sized fortune was ppent
upon the taking of these pictures.
Ernie Holmes was put to an expense
of $25,000 to secure them. The
Stecher-Caddoek bout is considered
to have been the most spectacular as
well as the most scientific wrestling
battle that has been fought since the
sport was young. There will un-
doubtedly be a big crowd of fans
present at the showing of these films
which will be here but one day.
The ladies have been issued a spe-
clal invitation to De present, a Bpe-
cial two"retl comedy will complete a
record bill.
Joe Smith has just received the
best billiard table in use this side of
Grand Island. It is an $800 piece
of furniture, and is the best that
can be purchased. The new table ia