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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1920)
.tote MralSi VOLUME XXVII. ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, KB I DAY, JULY 16, 1920 No. 6C i r FIREWORKS WHEN . COUNCIL MEETS Kast Alliance Delegation Th $f From City Un.. to Withdraw From City Given Water The Tuesday evening council ses sion was not without its thrills. J. M. Weaver, who spoke for water main extension east on Mississippi, Missouri and Yellowstone, waxed wrathy in urging the council to take action. He pointed out that this dis trict was taken into the cily limits without consulting the residents at the time Alliance moved into the first class, and hinted that unless the residents of that district got some thing for the taxes they paid, action might be begun to withdraw from the city. 'And if we once get out, you'll have some time getting us back," he said. This district was taken Into the city a little over a year ago long enough to be twice assessed, the del egation said and they complain that they have been paying increas ed taxes and have not received any benefits. There is no water and therefore no fire protection. There Is no sewer and few lights. This delegation has had a petition in for water extension for several months, but nothing has been done. They declare that other districts have been favored against them, .naming the new. community houses. "The big bugs are back of these houses," it was charged. "The newspapers won't print this," one. of the delegations said, "they are members of the chamber of commerce." Councilman Harris attempted to reason with the delegation, explain ing that there were no available funds and that any water extension that had been made had been in dis tricts which were within the corpor ate limits the longest "I see it all now. said Deputy ; Sheriff Miskimmen, "I have had an off into a long steel cylinder wnere application for lights in for some under intense heat the liquid Is con months. Now I understand that . verted into solids, there's no chance until we have been. jjy (nG new method, however, this In the city limits pine years." I second process is eliminated. In its At this juncture Mayor Rodgers pjac,. naa been substituted a tank in snnke un. The mayor had annpuuc- which the fort v ner cent solid brine ed before the' meeting that he' was! going to recommend that water e7f) p..ra tensions be made In this district, but tinn- potash is first precipitated, he was apparently a little warm ln(n 80da, and in turn other cheml under the collar. He spoke sweet- cajSi . . . . 1 J it. . .tjIM ly, ana to me poini, aim iu "-, eion languished when he had finish- ed. He told of being in favor or tne extension, explained the shortage of funds, assured the delegates that the extension would be taken up as soon as possible and reminded them that as peaceable men the council could be pushed Just so far and no farther. "You can't get any w Here Dy(i bulldozing tactics," he assured them Fuller Now Councilman. Mayer Rodgcr3 then announced the appointment of Oscar W. Reed as chief of police, and Attorney Earl W. Meyer as member of the library board. These were confirmed. j The mayor then announced the ap pointment of Charles L. Hill as mem ber from the Third ward to fill, a vacancy. This the council refused to confirm, three members voting against. The mayor then declared that there had been too much trou ble getting a quorum, and he would leave the matter up to the board, which thereupon elected Charles L. Fuller to the place. Refunds Light mil. The council then refunded a bill against the race meet association amounting to $288 for labor and electricity for the carnival. J. W. Guthrie explained to the council that the association had put on a show to benefit the city, but had met with hard luck. The council thought tBey ought to share the deficit, and did so by remitting this bill, every council man voting In favor of the motion. Councilman Hills then annouced that he, too, had Intended to help entertain the city's visitors. He had established a stand, had paid the con cession fee. Business was not as good as he expected, but he had done his part. He suggested that the coun ell remit his light bill, amounting to $2. The council laughed, but took no action. J. E. Templeton and J. R. Roselle asked permission to erect a shooting gallery, to be constructed of cast Iron supported by wood frames, on the va cant lot near, the Western hotel City Attorney Metz pointed out that the use of wood framework' was a violation of the fire ordinance, and when Mr. Templeton suggested angle Iron told him he would need no per mit to build In that way. The estimate of Engineer Grant for water extension In sanitary dis tricts 11 and 12 was accepted and the clerk ordered to advertise for bids. Complaint having been made that Till) WKATIIKU For Alliance and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonieht and Saturday; prob ably unsettled hi raft portion; not much change In temperature. he draw near the viaduct was being A as a dump, Chief of Police Reed - M 'ected to see that the scavcng- up tne place, ana to arrest futu a "irs. J. K?pa ence submitted a bid of ; $900 forradlng the district near the viaduct, and his proposition was accepted. The work will be complet ed August 15. The council expects to have accur ate assessment figures within a few days, and a special meeting will be called to make the tax levy for the coming year. The personal property will be about the same as last year and there is a raise of a million dol lars in real estate. The total assess ed valuation will be raised about $200,000. Bills were allowed, with the excep tion of a few upon which the claim committee desired further light. Council Harris reported that the city's Ford car was seen twenty-two miles outside of the city July 5, and suggested that the man who had bor rowed it be canned without delay. NEW PROCESS IN POTASH INDUSTRY Manufacture of potash from the brine of lakes in Western Nebraska is being revolutionized through a new production method recently idopted, according to an Associated Press dispatch from Omaha. Under the method Heretofore in use the brine has gone through two processes. First it is run through Tour containers in each of which is a Urea in basket, and, under vncuum emerges as a liquid in which the :ioiid content has been increased to forty per cent. After that it is drawn j subjeeled to' varying -degrees of iV6rer" crytrallIzation --!tpsu1t 0ne oX the probabilities of the new mlhodg ,he advlcea ay. wm bo to change production from a fertilizer to a chemical proposition, with the fertUizer ingredient becoming the by-product. FpFMflW Cf j VFRTH0I??J uiLninn uiu lih uviin DROWNS AT ARDMORE V. J. Silverthorn, Burlington fire man, was drowned while swimming in a lake near Ardmore, S. D., Thurs day evening. Particulars of the ac cident are not known, save that he was drowned at 8:30 p. m., and that the body was not recovered until 2:30 this morning. Mr. Silverthorn lived In Alliance with his wife and one child. The body was brought to Alliance on No. 4 4 today. Funeral arrangements have been delayed, pending the arrival of his wife and child, who are visiting in St. Joseph, Mo. The body Is held at the Glen Miller undertaking parlors. MANY IMPROVEMENTS AT THESTOCK YARDS i Beginning this morning, a force of workmen are engaged In transform- ingthe Alliance stockyards. The Im provements planned are extensive and will take some weeks to complete, but when the work Is done, they will be much more modern and consider ably more sightly. The improvements include the painting of all buildings and connec tions and the paving of all the pens and runways with cement. The work will be done by company men. There will be no effort made to. rush it through, but it will be completed as fast as men can be spared for the - ; 11 Civil Service examination will be held at Alliance postofflce in the near future for tbe purpose of filling a vacancy as letter carrier. Entrance salary is $1400 a year working up to $1800 a year. Age limit 18 to 45 Further information may be had by applying at local office. F. W. HICKS, Sec. Local Civil Service oBard. Two ornamental lights are to be Installed at the postofflce entrance The Quick Service Electric company has the contract. HOME BREW MAKER PAYS A STIFF FINE Albert Flnley, Colored, Finds CoMa More to Make lloozo Ttuui To Buy It It Albert Flnley, colored cook at the Harvey cafe, has discovered that booze Is a pretty expensive luxury In these dry clays. Albert was assessed a tine of $100 and costs on two dif ferent counts connected with booze, County Judge Tash givii.g htm the limit at a hearing in county court Wednesday afternoon. Later the judge suspended a portion of the fine, Flnley representing that ho was intending to be married Thursday. The arrest was made Tuesday eve ning by Sheriff Miller and Chief of Police Iteed, who gathered up a five gallon Byrup can containing some Ihree gallons of homemade Jny Juice as well as several colored men who were suspected of having unholy knowledge of the contents of the Jcmijohn, which was located In the rear of the Harvey restaurant. Flnley was arraigned on two counts, the first charging him with the manufacture of intoxicating liquor, and the Becond with having intoxicating liquor in his possession at a place other than his dwelling house. Attorney H. E. Qants defend ed Finley, and County Attorney Rayse represented the state. J. H. Taylor, colored porter at the Alliance hotel, was the first witness called. He told of Finley manufac tuiing a beverage composed of apri cots, raisins and other ingredients supposed to impart a kick. He de clared he had never drank any of the stuff, but this was not because he lacked the opportunity. Flnley had offered him a drink, but he hac refused. Mrs. Minnie Harvey, mother of the proprietor of tho restaurant when Kiniey was emplyed, was the next witness called. She qualified as an expert witness, in a way, for she was raised In the mountains of Pennsyl vania and was familiar with the pro cess of fermentation In the manufac ture of such Pennsylvania beverages as, elderberry wine and small beer. ,-Mrs. Harvey told of discovering thoj Ave gallon ran- ihr rer of tilt Harvey restaurant. It gave off an odor that was suspicious to say the least, and upon closer examination she became convinced that it contain ed fermenting liquor. She ordered Finley to destroy it,' declaring tha it wouldn't be permitted on the premises. Flnley unfortunately fail ed to obey instructions. Sheriff Miller and Chief of Tolioe Reed then testified concerning the elrjunistaaces of the arrest. They produced In court the can containlne about three gallons of the liquor, which they offered in evidence. Both officers Btated that they had smelled of tho beverage, and had tasted it, and gave it as their opinion that if a man consumed any quantity of It. he would become intoxicated Judge Tash made an examination of the liquor on his own account. He poured out perhaps half a glass of it, smelled of It judicially, and last ed of it in the same manner. It was" only a taste, but it convinced th Judge that it was intoxicating. He stated as much, and remarked that he firmly believed that If he got away with a half glass of It, he would be shouting for Cox for president One colored man who was present during the trial, but who talked freely afterward, hinted that he con curred in the court's Judgment "Man," he said, "that stuff has a wal lop that would knock you f'um here to Bridgeport Judge Tash imposed a fine of $100 on each account, which made the grand total, adding in the costs tin. ou. Aiiorney uantz then an nounced that the defendant would appeal, and requested the court to set the appeal bond. ir. Gantz was fairly certain that be could convince a jury of his client's innocence. Fin ley was unable to raise this sum, and said so with but little hesitation Finally he threw himself on the mercy of the court. Ho confided to the Judge that he was going to be married the very next afternoon, and that It was clemency he desired. He got It. On payment of $100 and the costs, enough to settle for one coun of the complaint the Judge suspend ed the remaining $100 fine during good behavior, and Finley was re leased to seek his bride. Thursday aft -moon another chap ter of Mr. Flnley's experiences was written. He appeared again before Judge Tash, this time accompanied by Mrs. Minnie Williams and th Judge performed the ceremony that sentenced him for life, Mrs. R. E. Wltham of Sidney, 1 visiting her brother, Mr. R. T. Jone and family. TWO AD GRAFTERS ON TlinVARPATII And Alliance Men hunts Will Save Several Thotiwnnd IHdlars As a HcstiH finance merchants may congratu late themselves. They are ahead at cast $2.600 and Piobubly $4,000 cause two brothers working ilu same advertising scheme are at outs. It'll a ilevtr scheme and one that Is particularly hard for a merchant In a tty of this sort to turn down, and the chances are that If it hadn't been fofi the fact that these two fellows were thirsting to nab the other's goat Alliance would have been numbered among the cities "worked." llere's the stunt. Harry 11. Lone. who carries a letter addressed to hlra anj "voluntary" organizer for the American Federation of Labor, blew Into Alliance some days ago and busied himself with organizing a central labor union. He was moder ately successful In this, for' he claims that five unions have united In an application for a charter. He de clined Friday morning to make pub lic the names of these unions, though heaven knows why there should be any secret about them. The story he gave the newspapers was to the effect that he received a salary for his organizing work direct from the American Federation of Labor. In order, however, to enable the strug gling central labor union to get a good start, he had a little "cam paign" which he staged. This cam paign did three things it advertis ed the merchants who were friendly o union labor; it educated the pub ic concerning union label gooits and helped create a demand for them; and lust, but not least, it brought In some money. Tills money, he gave us to understand, was to go to the lnlons here. He hinted that some of ft. would go to the procuring of a labor temple. On these representations, he gain ed some support. No merchant carer 0 antagonize union labor, and most Alliance merchants would be willing to subscribe to a labor temple fund. or to contribute in other needed ways. Everything looked rosy, VBist Thursday morning C. A. Dar rington blew into the city. And he hunted up the chamber of commerce secretary and told a tale that inter- sted that official. A special meet ing of merchants and directors whs railed for 4 p. m., and at that meet ing both Mr. Long and" Mr. Darling ton were In attendance. Onrstif.pn wore asked the first named, and It kveloped that there was qu" s ''" understanding as regards the little advertising proposition. To begin with, Mr. Long was not working on i Salary for the American Federation of Labor. It is true that he has let ters addressed to him as "voluntary" rganizfx but. a telegram addressed to federation headquarters at Wash ngton, asking as to his status, is still unanswered. Mr. Long "got his" through the little ndvortlslnp scheme, receiving 35 per cent of the proceeds after expenses were paid. Then Mr. Darrington pot the f1no- and for twenty minutes he proceeded to "tell the world." He told ihe meeting that Long and an associate, G. C. McDowell, had been in his em ploy for some four months. Mr Darrington represented the Allied Labor Press association of Boston and has no hesitancy in saying that It was organized to sell advertising. He had letters which showed that he often organized local unions, cen tral labor unions and that he and his crew were kown by labor officials who endorsed their work. A couple of months ago, Mr. Darrington said, he had been ill In a Lincoln hospital and when he got out he found that Lond and McDowell were working on their own, using his scheme, vary ing It in some respects. For Instance. the poster which Darrington used was headed, "Friends of Labor" and listed merchants thereon at so much per list. Long's poster was headed "Co-operation," but the object was the same to get the money. Mr. Darrington makes no bones af)out nis attitude. He Is willing to "burn up Alliance In other words, kill this advertising scheme here in order to get even with Long. And Alliance merchants have cause to be thankful It took the merchants and direc tors present about ten seconds after the completion of the argument to decide that they wanted nothing to do with Mr. Long's scheme or Mr. Darrlngton's either, for that matter. They made it plain that they were willing to help organized labor but declared that they preferred to make a donation outright of $100 the amount the union here was to re ceive rather than pay $2,600 or more for advertising of doubtful value In the name of organized labor. President Glen Miller called the r. sr.- -; 'Z m ' 1 V WJV attention of club members to the fact i that the chamber of commerce has iecret commit tee to pass upon a advertising schemes, and suggested that In future, when some solicitor! c:il!s upon merchants with an adver-1 tlslng scheme, ask them for their' credentials from this committee, and If they don't produce them, refer them to the chamber of commerce. I l"h In committee is impartial, and ifl there Is anything good In the prop- ositlon, don't withhold a recommen- lation. From now on. It will func- tion, and merchants who are stung ' wlll have no. exsuse to offer. Mr. Long told a Herald reported this morning that, despite any op position, he was going through with his program. That means that Al liance merchants will be urged to purchase advertising space on pla cards and In booklets "to help the unions." All together. men kill It while it's young. The contract with the Alliance union, nccordlng to Par tington, reads that the union will re ceive $100. That means that some body else gets the rest. Don't be persuaded on the grounds that you'll be rated unfriendly to labor If you don't. Harvey Hacker, representing one of the largest Alliance railroad unions, declared at the meeting that he had never heard of the project and there are a whole lot more of them. A $50,000 BLAZE AT Wednesday Morning Fire Destroys Mill, Hotel, Feed Yard and Other Itiiiluiiigs. Fire, discovered at 1:30 a. m. Wednesday, did damage to the extent of fully $50,000 at Ilemingford be fore it was controlled. The blaze was first seen at the north side of the S. A. Grimes feed yard, and by the time the firemen were on the ground had spread to the Ray Graham plumbing shop and tho mill office building. The mill lttelf was then found to be on fire, starting appar ently from the Inside. Following this, the hotel was burned. All of these buildings were burned lo the ground. The firemen worked long and hard, but there was hardly any water pressure and they could make no headway against the flames. Had there been a strong wind, a large portion of the business section would have burned. The alarm was sent to Alliance by phone, but it was useless to take the city's fire-flpliting equipment tUiie. L. C. Thomas, A. G. Isaacson and Harvey Kl'ls made the drive, each bringing an auiolou-i of p ople, but there was nothing thn could be done The blaze was most hpectacular, Its reflection being plainly visible from Alliance. A quantity of canned goods stored In the hotel basement exploded now and then, making the scene rest in ! a battle field in some respects. The mill warehouse, containing consider able flour, was practically emptied, but little else was saved. The hotel, a two-story frame struc lure, was a complete loss. The build ing was owned by A. M. Miller, and waa conducted by Grant Mtiick fhere were ten guests and five cm ployes, all of whom made their e- a;e. The Insurance was $6,000, and the loss considerably larger. The mill was perhaps the chief loss. It burned to the ground, des troylng between six and seven thou sand bushels of grain. This loss will amount to fully $20,000, partially covered by Insurance. The Ray Graham plumbing shop was also destroyed. There was $2,000 Insurance carried on the stock which Is insufficient to meet the loss. The Melick Implement shed -was destroyed, but the Implements were scattered over a large territory and were saved. A carload of hay, be longing to the Grimes feed yard burned. There is considerable discussion of the water pressure and the condition of the fire hose, which had been loan ed. Some of this had the threads so jammed that it could not be used The belief among some Hemlngford citizens is that the fire was incendl ary in origin, it being pointed out tbe mill was burning from the inside at the same time the other buildings were ablaze. J. Ramirez, a Mexican, was arrest ed last night. He was charged with having stolen chickens and peepln into windows in the Mexican village In the railroad yards. Ramirez supposed to be one of three fellows who have been carrying on this kind of work for some time. lie was caught about 11 o'clock. nnvnis Monday, July 12 To Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Lymath, 604 Sweetwater, daughter. HEMNGFORD A LITTLE SYMPATHY FROM SCOTTSBLUFF " 1 Announcement of Census Return Hi lugs Forth Intensive News paper Comment The wallop handed Alliance by the recent census totals, which left us lacking some half a hundred eiti- Zens to make the five thousand class. as been heard all over the western part of the state, to Judge from newspaper comments which are be- innlng to make their appearance. Some of these are wonderfully kind and cheerful, and others are written in a gloating vein that makes the reader yearn to go right out, and bite policeman or choke a dog-catcher. At least one newspaper In Scottsbluft which was also handed a Jolt by the census, has sympathy for us. Read the following from the Star-Herald: "Alliance Is now in the travail ot bitterness because of the published census figures of that city, which Uncle Sam reports officially as be ing 4,591. The report further goes on to state that the Box Butte county seat gained a total of 1,486 during; the past ten years, or 47.9 per cent. "Dispatches from Alliance are to the effect that officials of the city council and Chamber of Commerce are extremely disappointed, not to say peeved over the outcome, declar ing by the great horn spoon and set eral other well known - authorities that Alliance has at least 6,000 peo ple. At a special census taken some ix years ago the population was shown to be 5,109, and on the strength of that enumeration several moves were made both municipally nd on the part of certain clubs the latter thus being able under their tenets to make that city their abid ing place. "Since that time, aver the hostile Box Butt tans, there have been a couple of hundred new homes built, " nd it is averred that a close census will Bhow the six thousand desired. "All signs Beem to fail, however. when It comes to Uncle Sam's census eal. Scott bluff in the matter of new homes has any city In the coun try bested, save possibly some of the mushroom towns built around manu facturing concerns in, the-east that:. sprang" up"itruringk'th(T"i war 1 peTted.---Scottsbluff also has a directory that shows a population to be fully 9,000. Scottsbluff also has school children to show for between 8,500 and 9,000. And yet, and still, and nevertheless, Uncle Sam says the city's population is 6,912, and has so written it in the big book." "There Is no question but that Al liance has more thai .i Uncle Sam gives it, just as there is no question but that smoiImi-i.i. h more than 6,912, yet the question arises as to whether any great good will come from a recount a. i t ;t .i .i labaloo. Of course, in the matt r of Alliance there is an added sting fmm the fact that the figures ot the city census and the govern in i shows a falling off in population of 518 during the puwt iiv hiatus is what is causing the chief grief, and to cover whicu tha recount will no doubt be made." On the Other Hand All of the comments, however. aren't wiiittn in that vein. The St-o:t; bluff Republican doesn't send any flowers or extend the hand of friendship. Here's what they hand us: "The census for Alliance Is very disappointing to the business men of the sand hill city, and a recount is threatened. For several years past the people of that fair city have boen kidding themselves on having a pop- ulation Oi over 5.000 and have pro ceeded under a city manager plan. which requires that cities of five thousand or over may have a city manager. "The official report from the cen sus department received last week gave the total number of inhabitants for that place at 4,591, and immedi ately tbe wires were kept hot trying to get the department to change the figures, but no amount of wiring could change the result and the good people ot that city will have to be content with the number accredited them or recount the ctiy at their own expense. "A meeting of the citizens has been called to see if the figures can not be changed, but change them as they will, the fact will always remain that they are below 6,000. This city had the same experience and while there were a few mistakes, made by the enumerator, there was not enough mistakes made to warrant the taking of the new census and it was abandoned. Like Alliance and other towns of the west we thought we were larger than we were, and it took the official figures to bring us (Continued on page for.)