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ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, AUOUST 17, 1920
VOLUME XXVII.
No. TS
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URBAN PIKER
ABOUND OVER
field (or TrUl in District Court oq
Charge of Robbing Isaacson
Ilome
Urban R. Zediker was bound over
to district court Tor trial at the De
cember 6 term by Judge Tash after
. a preliminary hearing In county
court last Saturday. The cane wai
set for 10 a. m. and It wa 4 p. m.
before the case was concluded. Fif
teen witnesses were examined during
the hearing. Burton & Reddish ap
peared for the defendant and Lee
Basye. county attorney, as prosecu
tor. Judge Tash set Zediker's bond
at $2,500, which was not furnished.
The A. Isaacson home was enter
ed at some time between 7:30 p. m.
on July 30 and noon July 31 and a
quantity of. Jewelry taken. Mr. and
Mrs. Isaacson and a guest were auto
riding early in the evening on July
30, leaving the house about 7:30 in
the evening. They returned In an
hour for a few minutes, and resum
ed their ride. At 9:30 they came
home. The loss was not discovered
until noon the following day, but In
all probability the theft took place
the previous evening. Jewelry val
ued In excess of $1,300 was taken,
and but one piece, a three-diamond
tie pin, was recovered. Chief of
Police Reed finding It in the posses
Bion of Thomas Gray. Gray prompt
ly turned It over to the chief, sayfiTg
that he had received it from Zediker.
His statement was corroborated
Zediker was placed under arrest and
was arraigned August 4, pleaded not
guilty and the preliminary hearing
was set for August 14.
The three-diamond tie pin was In
troduced In "evidence. Mrs. Marian
Isaacson was called to the stand and,
positively identified It was the one
stolen from her home. She gave its
value as $500.
, Chief of Police Reed testified that
he had found tae stickpin In the
possession of Thomas Gray. Mr,
Gray said that he was. holding the
pin in pawn from Urban Zediker and
that, so far as he knew, it was
Zediker's property. He had lent
"Zediker $60 on the pin, and Zediker
"had stated that he In turn held fTln
.Jiawn for $75., from some unnamed
(Continued on -page' fife.)
ALLIANCE'S CLAIMS
ARE NOT PREJUDICE
Secretary J. W. Guthrie of the Al
liance chamber of commerce has re
ceived the following letter from J
J. Tooley of Broken Bow, supervisor
of the census for the Sixth Nebraska
congressional district, which, while
It does not give the source of Mr,
rooieys -unomciar' report In re
gard to our census gain, 'does bring
the welcome news that our claims are
not- In any manner prejudiced. The
letter follows: '
"HOLDREGE, Aug. 16, 1920.
Mr. J. W. Guthrie, Alliance, Ne
braska, Dear Sir: I am In receipt of
your letter letter of the 12th with
reference to my report to the Direc
tor of the Census that I had been
"unofficially" advised that the enum
eratlon made by your Chamber of
Commerce showed only twelve more
. people than were reported by the
enumerators. This Information came
to me in a way that I felt justified
In assuming that It was correct, es
pecially since a month had gone by
after I had advised with you as to
proper proceedure to determine
"whether any serious errors had been
made with no word fom you either
directly or Indirectly. I took It for
granted that the difference was so
small that you had decided fo drop
the matter without further corres
pondence. I regret very mucn Indeed that you
feel peeved about it as I am sure
that your claims have not in any
manner been prejudiced. I had no
idea at the time that you had taken
the matter up direct with the Bureau.
I made this report to the Director
because I had previously reported
that you were not satisfied with the
count and that, steps were being
taken to verify the same. While the
source of my Information does not
seem to be material as I am the only
one who Is palced in a "bad box" I
can assure you that It did not come
from any one who would be Inclined
to In a way injure your city. The
. Director has forwarded to me copies
- of his letters and telegram to you
; ad ahall hold myself in readiness
: to go to Alliance whenever directed
- to so. do to verify the list which you
seem to have forwarded.
"With personal regards, I beg to
remain, yours truly, '
"i. J. TOO LET."
THR WEATHER.
For Alliance and vicinity: Fair
tonight; warmer west portion Wed
nesday; generally fair east, probabTV
local thunder showers and cooler aft
ernoon we nortion.
DRUNK .V
p (JAY
AT-
OOF GARDEN
John Salisbury rt a fine of
ten dollars and trlmmv rc police
court Monday morning b. f charge
of Intoxication. He attenoed the
dance at the roof garden Saturday
evening and made himself entirely
loo numerous, according to reports.
The chief objection, aside from the
fact that he was possessed of a beau
tiful skate, was that his language
was none too choice. When request
ed to desist, he continued.
Four men picked him up bodily
and carried him down the stairs and
deposited.hlm none too gently on the
side walk. Mr. S&llsburg objected to
this treatment, and selected the
smallest one of'the four and endeav
ored to polish him off. He was W
against a buzz saw, however, and
when the lights came on, Jonn was
In police station with a badly dam
aged eye. Some of the spectators
thought that John got off too easily,
at that.
CITY MAY BE
OUT OF LUCK
Failure to Forward Certified Copy
of Tax Levy to Board sf Com
. nilsslonera
The city of Alliance jnay be out of
luck, so far as getting any tax money
is concerned. The law requires, so
the folks up at the court house say,
that the city must furnish the coun
ty board a certified copy of its tax
levy. The board then orders , the
clerk to spread this on the minutes
and, when the time comes, he Issues
a -warrant to the county treasurer
to collect the tax from residents of
the city. But no certified copy hafc
yet appeared, although the board
has been in session for seven days,
and the board disposed of Its levy
yesterday.'
The county and state levy this year
amounts , to a totalof 27 mills on a
total assessed valuation of $3,176,-
191. This figure includes the 20-per
cent increase on real estate ordered
by the state board of equalization
The state board at first ordered a 30
per cent Increase, but the commis
sioners, accompanied by Attorney
Eugene Burton, went down andtalk
ed them out of 10 per cent of the
raise.
The state levy is 10.39 mills; iht
county levy is the limit, 15 ml"j
with 1.61 additional mills for a sink
ing fund with which to pay the court
house bonds. Thero'ls a 9 uiilf levy
for tne general fund, 4 mills for
roads and 2 mills for bridges. The
levy this year 1b two mills less than
last year, but due to the increased
real estate valuation and the natural
increase In other property, there will
be about $9,000 more in taxes this
year than last.
SPECIAL CAR HERB
NEXT THURSDAY
No one Interested In farming or
livestock should miss the opportun
ity to see the "Better Farming" ex
hibit train which will visit Alliance
next Thursday morning.
The prosperity of the farmer Is de
pending more and more upon the
latest knowledge which can be gain
ed regarding crop rotations, soil
management, livestock practices and
other agricultural methods and farm
li g short cuts. Just as the merchant
jr manufacturer must continually de
velop and Improve In order to con
tinue In business, so must the suc
cessful farmer ot today. Knowing
that upon the farm prosperity and
the successful rural communtly de
pends the very existence of our cities,
the various organizations interested
are striving to make farming as suc
cessful and attractive as possible.
With this in mind, the Agricultur
al Department of the C. B. & Q R. R.
and the C. & S. Ry. have gone to
considerable expense and time, co
operating with the State Agricultural
College and have fitted up a "Better
Farming" exposition and demonstra
tion train. This eXJiblt shows by
models, pictures and chart how to
tart and maintain a good crop ro
tation, how to build an above ground
silo or a pit silo, what kind of trees
and shrubs are best for windbreak
and ornament In the west, bow to
get started in the dairy business and
why dairying will pay. In fact, the
demonstration la designed especially
to give the dry farmer, or Irrigated
farmer for that matter, some Idea
en how to make the farm pay.
WAITING UPON
KATITS BACK
County Judge Will Not Iue Writ
of itter Until Hhe Is Able to
Get Up
Alfred Ferguson brought an action
In forcible detention against Andy
Oleson and Kate Drake, well knouTT
homesteaders who owned 2,250
acres of land near Hemtngford. Andy
and Kate a year ago sold their hold
ings for $30 per acre, Mr. Ferguson
alleges in his petition, and have per
sistently failed to move out and let
hlni assume control of the land.
Sheriff Miller and Deputy Mlskim
men served notice on the pair of
them last Saturday, to appear In
court Tuesday and show cause why
a writ of ouster should not issue. .
Monday morning, the postman de
livered a U tter to County Judge TashJ
which seems to Indicate that Andy Is
now engaged in moving the house
hold goods and that Kate is in bed,
'flat down." Following is the letter:
"Hemingford, Neeb. 14, 1920.. .-
Mr. Taish, Dre.Sire; I think
it best to trye and get a line to
you and say I aone all I could
to get away, I got my batk wery
badly hart and that was 7
weakes ago and I wase Just get-x
ting around and I was trying to
get moved and wase working to
hard and wase lifting. a stove
my back gave a way I fell back
and wase carted to the bed, and
here l am flat down. I rant '
posably get there tuesday I cant
stand a jare. I'm in pane every
minot. Andy Is moving he is
one the rode with 6 horses lode
and is coming rite back after
more. I tride to get thoses men
to goe and ketch up with him so
he nowe what theay ware doing
but theay didnt want to. he
dont nowe any thing about this
he Is moving ase fast ase he
cane. canC get any none to help
I tryed all day try and get some
one elce all bisy I suprlzed at
thease pepel whene we wase
about ready to move and tneay
all new it ane then start this
trubble. ' I cant do any thing
only laye heare and think until
.my back get some better I note
staying be becos I wanto and I
going to get a. Way just aseoon
as" I" cane.- fespectly, " ' "
' v -Kate D "
Judge Tash, knowing Kate and
Andy to be old Bettlers and hard
working pioneers, dlan't feel dispos
ed to issue a writ of ouster until
Katie's back has Improved. The
hearing has been postponed until she
gets back on her feet. Bjr that time,
Ami) may have finished the moving
MEXICAN ROMANCE
IS INTERRUPTED
The course of true love, as Ahe
poet says, doesn t always run smooth
ly. The truth of this was demon
strated to Concepcion Lopez, a beau
tlous Mexican damsel, aged twenty
who wept bitterly In county court
Monday morning, and declared be
fore high heaven that she would
never "give up her Jesus." The man
in the case is Jesus L. Gonzales, an
other Mexican, aged thirty.
Jesus and Concepcion plighted
their troth some time ago, as lovers
will, and arranged to get married, as
lovers should. They appeared be
fore County Judge Tash, who Issued
the necessary llcikse. Then came
the complications. , Senor Lopez,
father of the fair Concepcion, arriv
ed in a hurry and out of breath to
Interpose an objection. ,
Now, Concepcion is twenty years
of age, and entitled to wed without
parental consent.. Senor Lopez,
developed, wu not opposed to his
daughter marrying. Possibly he ap
proved of it. But he told the court
that he had reason to believe that
Jesus L. had another wife in old
Mexico, and he felt that, under the
circumstances, his daughter , should
not go through with the ceremony.
The senor didn't care to accumulate
that sort of a son-in-law.
Judge Tash gave the matter judic
ial consideration, and then suggest
ed that the take, the affair to Rev.
Father Manning. Here, It is under
stood, Jesus and Concepcion agreed
to delay their nuptials until friends
and relatives In Mexico could be
communicated with; and the fact es
tablished as to Jesus' legal qualifi
cation to enter into the state ot mat
rimony. Concepcion resented her
father' Interference bitterly and pro
claimed her love for th man of fter
eholce, bat was finally persuaded to
await word from old Mexico.
' Milo Brennaman started to work
on the rip track Tuesday.' .
COUNCIL HOLDS
A LOMSION
Quorum Is Finnlly Secured, and Dis
pones of a Number of Important
Matters
The city council got away to, a fty-
ng start last Friday evening. Seven
members were in their chairs shortly
after 8 p. m., and for the first time
In months Mayor Rodgers and City
Clerk Kennedy didn't have to spend
weary minutes In telepho ilng for ah
out members to come .n nnl help
make up a quorum. Not only was
there a quorum, but one extra coun
cilman turned out. Everything wns
harmonious and legal.
The first matter that came up for
discussion was the paving on Eighth
street. That street Is eighty . feet
wide. All the other streets in the
paving districts are but sixty-six. The
contract calls for a thirty-foot pav
and the Eighth street resldenters
have been figuring out how a dinky
little strip of paving will lork In the
middle of that wide street. They
were reported to be willing to pay the
extra cost of widening the pavement,
In order to get their sidewalks with
in hailing distance, so to speak. The
council saw no reason why they
shouldn't have this concession If
they were willing to pay the bill, and
the paving committee was instructed
to confer with City Attorney Metz to
work out a plan whereby their desire
may be realized. , , ,
u High Cot of Hone Feed
The council then proceeded to al
low a raft of bills. Chairman Harris,
head of the council's finance com
mittee and the watchdog of the .treas
ury, reported that the official O. K
had been given to all claims with the
exception of two. One of these was
the claim of R. L. Trabert for twelve
days at $5 per day, during which
time Mr. Trabert. was inspecting al-
lyes. The council didn't recall em
ploying Mr. Trabert for this purpose,
and it was brought out that the in
spection was done under orders from
the board of health. A bill for $150
presented last month by Trabert, had
been held up, an d the council decld
ed to ask for an itemized statement
ou the two claims, to be presented at
the next meeting
The other claim to which exception
ha4 befell "takea"" by Hr." Harris .was
that of Smith & Brandell for $39
ThiB covered the keep of an aged
and decrepit horse taken up some
months ago by ex-Chief Nova Taylor
and boarded at public expense until
it was disposed of. No one could
be found who would give any Infor
mation concerning this equine guest.
One councilman said that he had un
derstood that the animal belonged to
a colored preacher 'and that when
taken up by the chief It was neces
sary to prop it up on both sides to
keep it from falling over in the stall.
Mr. Harris said he understood that
the horse had .been sold for $2, but
It later developed that the animal
had died on the city's hands and
that the hide had brought $2.
Neither could it be established
where this $2 had gone.
No Judge of Hore 's
a ?Lr T? .dK8CU88!at,he Tn! considerable value take up very llt
declded that the only thing rdo i , e Bpaca and tnere u a read y market
was to allow the claim, which had , .... . . , .
-..,..., .,.. v l for silk in almost any form. In
received Mr, Taylor's official O. K.
In this Instance, the cost of feeding
was exactly $37 more than the value
of the horse, but perhaps Chief
Taylor wasn't a good Judge of horse
flesh. At any rate, the city was
stuck. One councilman suggested
that If another animal of that age
was taken up, It would be cheaper
to lead It out to the city dump and
shoot it, but no recommendation was
made. Chief Reed will have to use
his best judgment.
Mayor Rodgers reported that one
claim had been decreased after it bad
received the official sanction of the
claims committee. This claim was
for groceries and supplies furnished
various people at the city pest house.
Some of them had finally paid up,
after having been dunned to death.
Mr. Harris suggested that the claim
be held up another sixty days In or
der ttiat the mayor might have time
to collect the other bills, but the
suggestion was not looked upon with
favor.
The council then accepted the
audit ot the city's books by Wiggins
k Babcock of Lincoln, ordered the
bill paid and the report placed on
file. The document, which was quite
lengthy, was not read, to the vast
relief of the spectators, and possibly
the council as well. -
ToVepctone FrAchie Up
For the 'steentb time in the past
six months, the council took up the
matter of granting a franchise to the
Nebraska Telephone company. Clay
Harry, commercial manager at Al
liance, presented a greatly revised
draft of the proposed ordinance, and
it was read to the councilman. A
comparison of the new franchise
with that asked by the council's com
mittee will appear In another column
of this Issue, The present document
grants practically every . 'eman,
made by the council.
Mr. Harry urged Immediate actloif
by the council, but when remolded
by Mayor Rodgers that It bed been
three months since the company bad
promised to submit the new draft,
didn't urge the point. The mayor
pointed out that since the last con
sideration given the franchise, there
had been a number of changes in the
membership of the conncil. and that
he believed the wise thing to do was
to postpone action for a month. In
order that the new members might
have a chance to get acquainted vith
the document.
J. M. Weaver, who represents
some seventy-five embattled east
sldera who want water more than
anything else In the world, next took
the floor, He came straight to the
front. "In my hands," said he, "is
a petition signed by seventy-five res
idents In my part of town. If you
people don't want to fool with us, I
am Instructed to take it to the com
missioners." Mr. Weaver then read
his petition, which follows:
(Continued on page eight.) '
GOLDEN RULE
STOREJIOBBED
Over 2,000 Worth of 811k Article
of Various Kinds Stolen
Saturday Night
Thieves who broke Into the Golden
Rule store at some time Saturday
evening made away with silk articles
t othe value of over $2,000. The
thieves were aristocrats, in a way,
for they refused to take anything
but the best grade, 'carefully sorting
out the cheaper silks. Entrance was
gained by prying open a window In
tue rear of the store.1 The thieves
left no trace, and the police have not
a single clue to work on.
All of the higher grade Georgette
waists were taken, as well as several
bolts of silks and spools of silk
ribbons. "The thieves emptied the
men's silk shirt boxes In certain
sizes, "and took a -large .quantity of
kimonos. - A-numher of the most
expensive dresses were taken, and a
choice assortment of ladles' silk un
derwear was Included. The thieves
neglected to bring along suitcases to
carry away the loot, and "borrowed'
nine or ten from the Golden Rule
store.
Mr. Knight, an employe, was the
first to discover the loss. He came
down to the, store about 8 o'clock
Sunday morning, and found a quan
tity of cheaper silks strewn over the
floor. The force has been engaged
In checking over the stock, and while
no definite- estimate of the loss has
been given, it Is said that it will
amount to at least $2,000. It may
run considerably over that figure.
During the past year there have
been daring silk robberies all over
the country. At-present prices of
rilk goods, hey offer an extra In-
other Alliance store robberies, there
has been a tendency to concentrate
on silk, although this is the first in
stance where the thieves took noth
ing else.
Considering the quantity of stuff
stolen, It is probable that the thieves
came and made their getaway In an
automobile.
John McMahn drew a fine of $10
and costs in police court Monday
morning, the charge against him. be
ing that of drunkenness. He was
picked up In the Burlington yards
last Saturday' night, fairly well stew
ed, and didn't contest the case at all,
DEATHS AND FTNERALB
Mrs. Beatrice Tourtellote, lately ot
Lakeside, died at the St. Joseph hos
pital, Monday, August 16 at the age
of twenty-one years, four months and
six days. Mrs. Tourtellote was
stricken with typhoid fever some
time ago and brought to the hospital.
She leaves her husband and ber
parents who live In Virginia. The
funeral will be held from the Metho
dist church . Wednesday afternoon
snd Interment made In the Greed-
wood cemetery.
Thomas Jefferson age forty-five
years, died at the St. Joseph hospital
Monday. The deceased was a reel
dent ot south jlllsno.
Ben. and Walter Malan left today
tor Dearer and points In Minnesota;
on their annual two weeks vacation
PHONE COMPANY
IS REALLIBERAL
Latent Proponed Fraachlne Make
Concession Hitherto Declared
Impossible
The latest proposed franchise, sub
mitted by the Nebraska Telephone
company to the city council last Frk 1
day evening, Is one that-grants prac
tically every point the city Jhas been
contentesting for. The company's
franchise expired nearly two year :
ago, and since January 1 the com
pany and the city council have been
dead-locked over the provisions the
next franchise shall contain. Last
November Mayor Rodgers appointed
City Attorney Mets and Councilman
Johnson on a committee to draw rp
suggestions for a proposed franchise.
Thts committee reported on January
13 last.
Among the suggestions made by
the committee were (1) that the
company be required to furnish six
telephones t6 the city, (2) that In
cases where houses are moved, tha
company should take down necessary
poles and wires at Its own expense;
(3) that the company place new
poles and wires where directed by.
the committee on streets and alleys,
and also that they make such changes
In present poles and wires as the
committee may direct, and that they
Install conduits prior to the construc
tion of any paving when the city so
requests; (4) that the city bo held. ,
not liable to prosecute cases where
in the company's poles, or equip
ment were damaged; (6) that the
company within three years con
struct a brick office building at least
50x140 feet; (6) that the company
be required to operate free of charge
such police and fire alarm system V
as now exist or may be Installed; (7)
that the franchise Incorporate a .
schedule of rates, to be effective In '
event the matter of rate making, is
ever taken out of the hands of the
state railway commission. ,
For several months after these
suggestions were published, officials
of the telephone company argued
with the .council at its meetings ' v
against them. Some reason was
cited why none of these provisions
should be Included in a franchise.
But Just what the company liicorpor-
ated , In its last proposed, dratts '
First, It will take .flown u wires a
free of charge In cases of house mov
ing; (2) It agrees to place poles
where directed by , the commissioner
of streets and alleys, and will move
poles when It is decided to pave any
particular area; (3) it will hold the
city without liability for any loss or
damage resulting from the company's
construction In the city; (4) If, at
any tlino the company proposes to
ask for an increase tn rates, it will,
on request, furnish the city a state
ment of its gross famines and oper
ating expenses for the year preced- ,
ing the request.
There are a few points covered in
the suggestions which are ne t taken
care of, and others, such as opi)a-
tlon of the fire and police al-trtu sys
tems, which are covered by the pass
age of an occupation tax.
In the event the franchise is
granted, the company agrees, with-.
In five years, to remove poles and
wires In the downtown district a tut
presumably, install a conduit.
BOOSTER DAY WAS :!
A HUGE SUCCESS
Marsland's booster day, observed
last Saturday, was a huge success In ,
every way. The weather was Ideal
for an outdoor celebration, the en
tertainment offered was excellent and
the crowd all that could be desired.
The program opened with an ad
dress at 11 a. m. by Rev. J. Orrln
Gould of Alliance, which was very
well received. The sports events be
gan at 1 o'clock with foot races, of
which there were three, one for
boys under fifteen years, another for
girls of the same age, and the third,
a free-for-all for men.
Hemingford came out victor la
the ball game, winning from Craw
ford by a score of 14 to 5. Tha
teams were pretty evenly matched
for the first two innings, but the
Hemingford boys managed to break,
the spell in the third, getting seven
scores. The next inning they made
five more. Crawford had a streak of
pep later tn the game, but the lead
was too strong to overcome.
The steer riding was an Interesting
feature, but the steers didn't object-'
particularly. The real event of the
afternoon was tne bucking contest,'
when cowboy rod such horse as
Dangone, fiteamboat II. . Yellow
Fever. Teddy Roosevelt, Jr., and
Rocking Chair.