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ALLIANCE, BOX DU1TE COUNTY, NKUHASKA, FIJI DAY, MAY 28, 19'JO.
NUMDER 52
ANOTHER CHAPIrR
IN CLOTIIINb :F
-A Second Icltcr From Ioo SK.
And Chief Taj lor Has
Some More to Say.
Leo Sperling adds another chapter
to the stolen clothing story this
"week, In reply to an article and
communication published in another
newspaper issues Tuesday. Mr.
Sperling says that he was not only
offered the npportunity to advertise
in the other newspaper, but that he
-was offered a place on the front
page to k'U his side of the siory, and
that he declined with thanks. All
of this Is flattering to The Herald,
for Mr. Sperling knows that his ar
ticle printed In this newspaper will
reach more people. And he is anxi
ous to reach all of them.
To summarize, a week ago this
other newspaper carried a story of
the recovery of a quantity of cloth
ing, valued then by the owner at
$30, from the store room of the Alli
ance Hide & Fur company. Mr.
Sperling had been out of the city at
tending a soldiers reunion at Can
ton, O., where he received a victory
medal which is more or less of a
distinction. On his return, he read
the story In question and asked per
mission of The Herald editor to
make reply. ThiB permission was
gladly granted.
The other newspaper up the street
seeks to create the Impression that
The Herald Jumped to Mr. Spesling's
defense. We did only what any de
cent newspaper would do under the
circumstances. Here Is a business
man, the owner of property In this
city, a member with ourselves of the
Chamber of Commerce, who believes
that he had been unfairly used. We
allowed him space, of course, but our
article was only a straight news.
Item. We simply summarized his
letter, and submitted It without
argument. We would do the same
for any other business man who be
lieves himself used wrongly. We
would even extend the same courtesy
to the editor of the other newspaper
if he found himself subject to ac
cusations which permitted of an ex
planation. Occasionally we fight
the battles of our friends, btft never
until aid Is requested or we think it
needed. In this case, we believe Mr.
Sperling amply competent to conduct
his own case, as a reading of the
present communication will demon
strate. The Herald did not Investigate
this case. We did not, as has been
pointed out, even carry the story,
but this was not due to lack of de
sire, but simply a failure to get Into
communication with Chief Taylor.
The week this happened we called at
police headquarters several times,
but each time Chief Taylor was out.
All news is news, but The Herald
and our readers will Btruggle on If
we happen to miss a police court
Item now and then. We never in
tend to do so but busy men like
Chief Taylor are not decorating the
office chair all the time.
Incidentally, we have bad an Il
luminating conversation with the
chief relative to purported remarks
credited to him in the last issue of
the other newspaper. "I told them
only what I thought was the value
of the clothes," the chief said. "I
did not say anything about The Her
ald or that I thought they were
sore." This was about what The
Herald had expected, as It is the cus
tom and habit of the other news
paper, now and then, to elaborate on
somebody's remarks when they think
he'll stand for It.
Mr. Sperling calls attention to the
fact that all this clothing, a long list
of which has been published, was,
according to the other newspaper
"taken from a woodshed" In the rear
of the owner's home. He also points
out some other things in his letter,
which follows:
"Alliance, Neb., May 27. To the
Editor of the Alliance Herald. Dear
Sir: I trust you will allow me a
little space in The Herald to present
a few facts to the citizens of Alliance
and vicinity in regard to the unjust
attacks, on the Alliance Hide & Fur
rouinany. which have appeared in
the last Issues of the Alliance Times.
"As to the old clothes in question, j
the prices have gone up most rapid
ly in one week's time, being valued
at 30 in one issue and $ 100 a week
later. It may be true enough that
the clothes were worth that much
to Mrs. Case, but all they represent
ed to us was rags. In fact, they
state themselves that the clothes
were taken from a woodshed in the
rear of the house, and, according to
the story, Mrs. Case was looking, not
for the old clothes, but for some
flour sacks which she never discov
ered. She had not missed the
clothes at all. until, looking through
our storeroom sne saw me rags nu
claimed that some of that stuff be-
THE WEATHER
ALLIANCE, Neb., May 28. Gen
erally fair tonight and Saturday:
slightly warmer eart and central
portions tonight and extreme south
east portion; Saturday cooler iiorth-
r vert portion.
d to her.
We have gladly given
V,
ihe Times gives some more dope
about some brass which was stolen
from the city and discovered in our
place. We would like to ask the
Times If it Is prepared to prove this.
We know the same story, but with
out so much hot air to it. Several
months ago some brass was stolen
from the city pumping station by
two boys who tried to sell the brans
to us, but did not succeed. We not
only did not buy the brass, but turn
ed the two boys over to Chief Tay
lor, and In addition notified the city
pumping station by phone in regard
to the above. We are sure that Mr.
Taylor will correct his statement in
the Times, because he know3 that
this Is the truth.
"Now, as to the tires which we
purchased at 1 cent a pound. When
the boy brought In the tires, he t;aid
that his father sent him with it to
sell. We could hardly believe that
he had stolen two old tires, worth
only 1 cent a pound, but if the party
to whom the tires belongs wishes, he
may recover them at any time, as
we do not want anything which does
not belong to us.
"The Times seems to think that
the tires we buy at one cent a pound
are worth at least 15 cents a pound.
If they are so sure about It, would
they like to buy about 100 carloads
at less than one-third the price they
say they are worth. We are game to
deliver the goods. But what is the
use to talk about tires when we see
that a wheel is missing?
ALLIANCE HIDE & FUR CO.,
By Leo Sperling.
GIRL IS THROWN
UNDER A DISC
Kleven-Yenr-OId Lena Heath Suffers
Broken Leg nnd Is Bndly
Brulsed nnd Cut
Eleven-year-old Lena Health, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Heath, living seven miles northeast
of Alliance, suffered a brokne leg
and was badly cut about the legs
when Ehe was thrown under a disk
ing machine about noon Monday.
The little girl and a thirteen-year-old
brother were running the disk,
and having finished one field, the
girl drove the team to another. Her
brother happened to see the horses
standing still and rushed to her as
sistance. When he arrived she was under
the discs. The brother ran to a
nearby field for his father, but the
two of them were unable to lift the
machine off her body. It was neces
sary to get the mother and a neigh
nor before the little girl was -e-
leased. The disc was on her for
over an hour.
Dr. L. W. Bowman, who is attend
ing her, stated Friday morning that
she Is making a good recovery from
her injuries.
SPECIAtfSCHOOL bond
ELECTION TOMORROW
Voters are again reminded of the
special school bond election which
will be held Saturday. The school
board has asked that bonds be voted
to the amount of $250,000, with
which to build and equip two build
ings, one a high school and the other
a ward school in the east part of
town. The board has announced
that if conditions do not indicate
that this sum will be sufficient, they
will not go ahead and build, but the
election has been called and they
should be authorized to spend this
money whenever, In their Judgment,
conditions warrant.
MAKING PROGRESS ON
CITY CONSTRUCTION
This week the contractors at work
on the city's Improvements are
making progress. The paving con
tr.ic'ors are putting a finish grade
on the alley between First and Sec
ond streets, and the curb and gut
ter gang, in charge of Engineer Hal
lie Flshwood, have completed the
excavation, one block off Box Butte
The complete paving grading out
fit is now in the city, and the men
were working last night to finish
erecting a camp near the fai
grounds. The car arrived Tuesday
The gang has not been working
on the paving this week, all bands
being busy in finishing the storm
and sanitary sewer work to get It
out of the way. There is left only
the installation of manholes, and
about half of theua ore In. Thpv
, expect to finish the remainder with
in a few days.
TEACHING CORPS
FORNEXT YEAR
Rout 1 Wei! Lined Up, Despite the
.Ai-s t.i' Over ilalf of IjisI
Year's Force.
Herewith The Herald presents a
list :f the teachers for the coming
term of the Alliance schools. Sup-
rluteiidiiit Pate has his corps filled
wilh tho exception of two sixth, a
venth grade nnd a kindergarten
teacher. There will be twenty-one
new teachers this year, slightly over
0 per cent.
The lineup for next year follows:
W. R. Pate. Superintendent: Ida
Clark, Penmanship; Anna Booth,
Music.
llluh School.
F. C. Prince. Principal: GaylorJ
Chase, Manual Training; F. N. Cun-
inzhatu, Science; Helen White His-'
fory; Rena Keith, Latin: Bertha i
Fraddork, Enellsh; Hazel Bishop,
Commercial: Hazel Snethcn, Matho-j
matics; Anna Stockelberg, Domestic
Science; Mrs. J. D. Emerick, Normal
Training.
Central School.
Blanche Wilcox, Principal; Maude
Wilcox Eighth; Avl North. Seven-
Jffi1 IPre,d,:,r'
lister, Fifth: Ruby Eloe, Mrs. Elva l
Kase, Fourth: Madge Graham, Elsie
Kr"utvM Third; Emma Davis, Eva
Crocker, Second; Vera Spencer,
Cleda Batle, First; Laura Johnston,
Kindergarten.
l'iierson School.
Lucile McNichols, Principal;
Eighth;
Seventh:
Sixth: Mrs.
Nettie Donovan,
Fifth; Katherlne
Inls Jennings,
Jennett, Fourth;
Third; Mrs. Wilma Carlson, Second;
Ixola Worley, First;
Kindergarten.
GRADUATION KAICRCISF-H AT
ST. AGNES ACADAMY
An appreciative audience com
posed of friends and relatives of the
students of St. Agnes Academy en
Joyed a well-arranged program last
ever in g.
There were thirteen members In
the graduating class: Lulu E. Ben
son, Margaret Brahler, Frances C.
Brennan, Alice Burke, Margaret
Downer. Elizabeth Herlan. Mary I
Herman. Gladys Iddings. Mary Mc-
Nulty, Kathleen Murray, Agnes New
berry, Wilholmlna NIkont, Fhoebe
Shawver.
NEW TRAIN SCHEDULES
IN EFFECT SUNDAY,
The new schedule for Burlington '
trains takes effect at 12:01 Sunday
morning. Following is the time of
arrival and denarture of the trains
beginning with that day
East Bound
No. 42 Arrives 12:20, leaves
12:f0 a. m. Storm nt Hvnnnln. fipn-
eca. Broken Bow.
No. 4 0 Leaves 9:30 a. m. All
Irknol of rra m trv n a Connna I
Cnc. lolM ACi A- 1ft. EC '
lv. 11:20 a. m. Seneca the first Btop.
yJn 11 tnatraa nr. bfnn KafwAan
"tv. 4HIIHIIVV.I I
No. 40 runs only between Seneca
and Alliance.
West Bound
No. 41 Ar. 4:20, lv. 4:50 a. m.;
No. 35 Lv. 4:15 a. m.; both for
Crawford, Black Hills and west.
No. 43 Ar. 1:00, lv. 1:25 p. m.
Local west.
No. 39 Ar. 2:45. Local from
Seneca; stops at Alliance.
No. 43 makes no stop between
Seneca and Alliance.
No. 39 runs only between Seneca
and Alliance.
South Bound
No. 301 Lv. 12:40 a. m. for
Bridgeport, Sidney, Sterling, Denver.
No. 303 Lv. 1:45 p. m. Local to
Denver.
From South:
No. 302 Ar. 4:00 a. m.
from
Denver, Sterling, and Sidney.
No. 304 Ar. 11:05 a. m.
Local
from Denver.
Casper and Scottsbluff line
No. 32 Ar. 12:10 a. m.
No. 31 Lv. 1:20 p. m.
MARGARET KELLY WILL
HELD TO BE LEGAL
Hearing was held on the probate
of the will of Margaret Kelly de
ceased, Friday morning. After hear
ing the testimony of the attesting
witnesses the court held that the
will was in legal form, duly attested
and that hte testatrix at the time she
made the will was mentally compe
tent to make the will or perform a
business transaction. The order pro
Tided that the will, Including
codicil, be admitted to probate; that
the executors named therein, Geo. E.
Davis and Anna L. Meyers, be ap
pointed executor and executrix and
their offcial bond fixed in the sum of
$5,000. The attorney of the contes
tant asked that a supersedeas bond
be fixed, which was done at $500.
They are allowed thirty days In
which to appeal from the decision.
NOT EXACTLY UP
TO SPECIFICATION
Committee From (ImmWr of Com
merce Able to Show Fault
i In Sewer Construction
Thursday afternoon several mem
bers of the board of directors of the
chamber of commerce, In company
with Mayor Rodgers and Engineer
If. X. White, representative of Grant
Fulton, the city's engineers, made
an inspection of the storm and sani
tary sewer work that has been done
to date. They discovered several
places where the back-filling has evi
dently not been done according to
specification, inasmuch as there are
several holes where the ground has
sunk. . The specifications call for
flushing when the dirt has been
Bhoveled In to within one foot of the
top of the ditches.
Last week several of the directors
of the chamber of commerce filed a
protest with the city council calling
attention to tho failure of tho con
tractors to do this work according
to specifications, objecting to pay
ment being made untn lhey werc
complied and requesting a more
Mayor Rodgers has received word
from William Grant, of Grant & Ful
ton, to whom, a copy of the protest
was forwarded, that the contractors
will be required to have all fills over
the storm sewers, as well as all other
ditches, properly compacted by
flushing and rolling, or by whatever
means. Is necessary, before placing
the pavement on the streets. He
also offers to give the city additional
inspectors If it is deemed advisable.
His letter follows:
LINCOLN, Neb., May 24, 1920.
Mr. A. D. Rodgers, Mayor, Alliance,
Nebr.,'Dear Mr. Rodgers: We are
in receipt of yours of the 22nd Inst,
in regard to the flushing of the storm
Bewer ditches. So far as Paving Dis
trict No. 2 is concerned the contract
with Sprague & Nlsely covers both
the pavement and the Btorm sewers
in that district, and they will be re
quired to have all fills over the
BfA.m tawcira a wall fia fill flthpr
,Q4,i flHh.
"T'V,:-""T" w "'v.,!;"
ing ' and rolling or by whatever
means is necessary before placing
the pavement on the streets. In the
storm sewers north of Fifth, contract (
with Smith & Chambers, the same
provision for flushing the ditches Is
included and they will be required
to do whatever flushing has not been,c. Parker and John Relnkober, were
done by the rains or that may be
necessary. We have Just written Mr.
Carlson to take his position as in
spector and see that work is prop
erly done.
If Mr. White has not spent as
uiucn time on tne inspection as me
people of Alliance would nave HKea,
it may possibly have been our fault
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. A I - o fc I no VOITI Pit t
and sewers and possibly has not had
BiiHl.lAnt Viln in tiDVA Irpnt A man .
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sary, we win pui on .uu uuu.
Inspection on your work for It Is our
intention that it shall be as nearly
perfect as possible.
You are entirely right In calling
our attention to any omissions that
you notice in our work and we ap
preciate the same for it is our desire
to give you the best that can be had.
Very truly yours,
GRANT, FULTON & LETTON,
By Wm. Grant.
One of the men whose name was
siened to the protest has explained
the position of the signers. It was
not presented to be mean, or to of
fend the council, this man says, but
simply because they wanted the city
i to get its money's worth. Every
I man who attached his name to the
, protest is a taxpayer, and every one
'of them will have to pay his share
of paving costs. It was not a matter
of dictating to the council, or but
ting In as they had gone fifty-fifty
with that body. Several council
men knew this protest was to be
presented, and some of them had an
nounced themselves In favor of it.
Neither did the petitioners intend
to embarrass Mr. White, the engi
neer In charge. All they want is
the right kind of work. This back
filling, they say, is particularly im
portant. Only last week the alley
between the Alliance National and
the Horace Bogue store caved in,
although the filling on the ditch
there had been done years ago. The
men who signed the protest don't
want something like this to happen
after the paving has been laid.
Some of the places discovered by
the Inspecting committee yesterday
had been filled In last wlpler, while
the ground was frozen hard. These
may have been flushed according to
specifications, but when the only
way to shovel dirt Is with a pickaxe,
flushing helps little. Before the
MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM
2 p. in. Parade from depot to
fair grounds. This will be led by
the G. A. R. In uniform, and fol
lowing will bo Spanish-American
war veterans, lbs American' Le
gion, anl oth t organizations.
2:?n p. in. P-ornm nt tho
fa'r grounds, Dr. Minor Morris,
chairman:
Invocation, Dean J. J. Dixon.
Music, Mann innle quartet.
Hi citation, "The Blue and the
Gray," Mi:s Madelnlne Zedikej.
Reading of Lincoln's Gettys
burg address.
Address. Rev. J. Orrln Gould.
Music, Mann mal equartet.
Benediction, Rev. A. J. Kearns.
4:00 p. m. At the cemetery,
Rev. Stephen J. Epler, presiding:
Address: Chairman Epler.
Music, Mann malo quartet.
Decoration of graves.
Remarks, County Judge Ira E.
Tash.
Tups.
Salute by firing squad.
Benediction, Rev. Mearl C.
Smith.
paving Is laid a ten-ton roller will
be used on the tops of all these
ditches, and It Is believed that this
will tuke care of any holes. Inci
dentally, there will be plenty of in
specting done in the future.
NO BIDS RECEIVKD
FOR CITY'S BONDS
The city council met In special
session Tuesday evening to open
bids for some $20,000 worth of
sewer extension and paving inter
section bonds, but were spared the
labor. There were no bids sub
1 1 ted. A quorum being present,
however, some other matters were
brought up, but no legal action could
be taken.
ELKS INITIATE BIG
CLASS TGORDON
Seventy-two New Members Added to
Roll of Alliance Lodge Vis
itors Attend a Banquet.
"Gordon day" for. Alliance lodge
No. 961 was a huge success, seventy-
two candidates being initiated. The
officers of Alliance lodge, including
Robert Reddish, exalted ruler, E. L.
Meyer, H. C. Condit. Alex Straus,
Dean J. J. Dixon, W. B. Minor, J.
accompanied by thirty-odd Elks, the
Journey being made In cars driven
by W. R. Harper, Percy Cogswell,
Karl Mallerv. M. S. llarcraven M. A.
I Brown, Jack Miller and Lee Sturgeon
and others
The roads were in a tolerably bad
condition, Harper's car being twice
stuck in the mud, once on the trip
down and once on the return Jour-
UfcOTYCW uuu l"
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as-
car 111 me party, auu iuu biui cam
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managed to get into Gordon or Alll
ance as fast as any cf the others
The trip was made in about lour
hours' time, the entire party epcud
ing the night in Gordon.
The start was made at 9 o'clock
Wednesday morning. Dinner was
taken at Hay SpringB. In the eve
ning, the Gordon Elks gave a bun
quet In honor of the visitors, at
which tho ladles diJ the serving and
presumably the cooking. There was
no long program. Exalted Ruler
Reddish making a brief response to
the address of welcome and the Al
liance Elks extending a rousing vote
of thanks for the feed
Both banquet and Initiation were
held in the I. O. O. F. hall. A Gordon
orchestra furnished music.
Following the banquet, the lodge
went Into executive session and dur
ing the couse of events seventy-two
Gordon men were decorated with
neat seats of antlers and "Baby
Elk" badges.
There are now well over a hun
dred Elks in the Gordon vicinity and
they are planning Borne of these
days to have a lodge home of their
own. It Is possible that Gordon and
Chadron may unite and build at
one of the two placet.
The Gordon Elks are planning to
send a large delegation to the com
ing Elks state convention.
The following Alliance Elks made
the trip to Gordon: M. A. Brown,
F. II. Brauxhart, Dean J. J. Dixon,
E. J. Raskin, Lee Sturgeon, Walter
Buechsenstein, Earl Mallery, B. Mal
lery. Bud Rumer, John Miller, H
Thlele, W. B. Minor, Tom Gee, R. O
Reddish, Bert Duncan, John Rein
kober, P. Cogswell. M. S. Hargraves,
E. Henry, George Buechsenstein,
Jack Hawes, E. O. Strand, II. O
Condit. E. L. Meyer, J. C. Parker,
W. R. Harper. William Wadums
Frank Inst.
BOXING BOUT ON
ELKSPROGRAM
Ten-Round Inhibition Between Bob
Molm, Milwaukee, nnd "Knock
out" Brown of Chlcngo.
Alliance Elks, delegates to the
Elks slate convention, Juno 23 and
24, and visitors at the Alliance race
meet will have an opportunity, on
Ihe evening of Juno 24, to witness a
ten-round boxing exhibit between
Knockout" Brown of Chicago and
Bob Moha of Milwaukee. The ar
rangements are now being: mad
through Sandy Grlswold, sports ed
itor of the World-Herald, and a re
cent letter assures tho committee
that 1 for any reason It will be Im
possible for these two men to come, .
able substitutes will be secured.
Brown and Moha will put up a good
scrap and the probabilities are that
the Lowry & Henry roof garden will
bo packed on that evenfng. This at
traction will Bet tho Elks back quite
a substantial sum of money, but
It is believed that the Interest In the
bout will be sufficient to permit the
committee to come out on the long
end of the gate receipts".
The program provides for a pa
rade of all Elks the first day of the
session, a banquet at the armory and
a grand ball at the club In the eve
ning, with business sessions and the
afternoon at the races to fill In the
vacant spaces. Grand Exalted Ruler
Frank L. Rain will give an address
on the morning of the second day.
the afternoon will be spent at the
races and the evening will be de
voted to the boxing match and a
smoker at the club. A number of
lodges will send delegations, and the
local lodge has arranged to show
them the time of their lives.
At the last meeting of the lodge.
following was approved as the of
ficial schedule for the two days of
the convention.
Wednesday, June 23.
8 a. m. Registering at club and
general assembly.
8:30 a. m. Parade of all Elks,
headed by thirty-piece band. .
9:15 a. m. Business sesslpn at
lodge room.
Address of welcome, H. E. Ganti.
deputy O. E. R.
Response, Robert Patrick, Omaha.
Initiation, officers Grand Island
lodge.
Business of convention.
12:30 p. m. Lunch.
1:80 p. m. Afternoon at the
races.
6:30 p. m. Banquet at armory.
9 p. m. Grand ball at Elks club.
Thursday, June 24.
9:15 a. m. -Business session at
lodge rooms.
Opening of Convention.
Presentation Speech, W. R. Pate,
P. E. R.
Response and ndiress, Frank L.
Rain, Grand Exalter Ruler.
Business of convention.
Election of officers.
Selection of convention city.
Round table "Good of the
rrder."
12:30 p. m. Lunch.
1:30 p. m. Afternoon at races.
6:30 p. m. Supper hour.
7:30 p. m. Omaha saxaphone or
chestra. 8:30 p. m. Ten-round boxing
"Knockout" Brown, Chicago, vs.
Bob Moha, Milwaukee.
10:00 p. m. Smoker and vaude
ville at the club.
PLAN GRAND OPENING
OF THEJEW GARAGE
According to present plans, there
were be held a public opening of the
new Lowry & Henry garage on June
10. The public will be Invited, the
roof garden will be ready for danc
ing, and the completion of the best
garage building in western Nebraska
will be a most festive occasion.
The work has been progressing
quite rapidly during the past two
weeks, being greatly facilitated by
the arrival of a quantity of steel
window Bash that had been on the
way Bince last September. The ce
ment floor has been largely com
pleted, and the work of putting In
the tile floor in the offices is one
of the things that is due to happen
soon. The roof Is now being covered
with the first layer of coating, and
will, It is believed, be in shape for
dancing on the night of the opening.
The work of moving into the new
quarters will be begun Monday.
The complete plans and specifica
tions for the new Methodist church
arrived Thursday morning and It la
understood that the building com
mittee will submit them at once for
competitive bids.