Wkjit
VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, DOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 10t1i'1920.
No. 82
TEDDY'S SON T0
COME TOALLIANCE
Ilaymond Itobljis to Accompany Re
publican Special -Campaign
Opening lp.
The first big gun of the presiden
tial election campaign to be fired In
Alliance will be touched oft next Fri
day morning, September 17, when a
special train carrying Theodore
Roosevelt. Jr., son of T. R., and Ray
mond Robins as speakers will arrive
In this city at 10:55 a. m. The spe
cial will not remain long enough for
the orators to get fully warmed up,
but quite a bit can be said In twenty-five
minutes If too much time is
not devoted to handshaking.
The speakers were secured
through V. R. Harper, chairman of
the republican county central com
mittee and a member of the state
committee. Mr. Harper Informed
the state chairman tha Alliance
wanted the biggest guns possible,
and the state committee took the
hint and scheduled two of the best
for this city. .They will come here
direct from Wyoming.
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Is Inter
esting, aside- from the fact that he is
hlB father's son. He made the rank
of major In the late world war, and
has figured extensively In politics in
bis home state and elsewhere since
receiving his discharge. He has the
reputation of being a forceful speak
er. Raymond Robins, while perhaps
not possessing so familiar a name, is
big time timber. He Is listed as a
social economist, and for the past
twenty years has had an enviable
place In social service ' circles. In
1903 he was head Worker In the set
tlement work for Northwestern uni
versity. He was a member of the
Chicago board of education from
1906 to 1909, and in 1911-12 was
social service expert for the men and
religion forward movement. In 1903
lie made a world. tour in the interest
of social service. .(
Robins was a member, of the'pro
gressive party, which may explain
why he travels with T. R.'s son. He
was the progressive party candidate
for the Illinois senate In 1914, and
was defeated by an uncomfortably
close margin. In 1916 he was the
chairman of . the national convention
f the progressive, party.
Of late years, Robins has been en
gaged In work of national' import
ance. He was a member of the Red
Cross commission to Russia in 1917,
and was placed in full charge of the
Red Cross' work in that country the
same year. He has Just returned
from a year's trip to Russia for the
present administration, where he
made a special investigation of bol
ahevism. He is perhaps the best
American authority on bolshevism.
Among the things that he favors are
labor unions and iand value taxation
It Is regrettable that the stay In
Alliance is so short thai Robins will
not have a chance to go deep into his
subject, but it will be a big occasion
for our friends the republicans, as
well as the rest of us.
FINDS THREE-YEAR-OLD
, : INiRAILROAD YARDS
George L. Henderson, who calls
the trains down at the Burlington
passenger station, about 9 o'clock
Thursday morning came upon the
three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Con Wickman. The youngster was
climbing up those iron steps on a
freight car, and If It hadn't been for
his extreme youth, George would
have believed that the kid wanted to
beat a ride to parts unknown. He
objected strenuously to belnvj taken
down, but finally consented to ac
company his guide. He refused o
give his name, wouldn't teil wheie
he lived and appeared to e?Joy the
experience hugely.
. Henderson led him up laran.ie
avenue until they came in Right of a
big white bouse, and fa kid calleo
out: "That's where i live." The
woman who answered the doorbell
said she had never seen the young
ster before. . She agreed to hold him
until the police could be notifed to
see if a boy of hla age had been
. missed.
This arrangement didn't suit him
a little bit. He didn't want to stay.
George offered him a penny and it
didn't interest him a bit. The worn
an talked of cake and pie, but such
subject' found hlin unresponsive,
When George left to go back to his
duties the young man was howling
at the top of a pair of lusty lungs.
Later Police Judge Roberts was call
ed on the phone by the anxious par
ents, and the incident was soon
. closed.
KITTM..MAN CIIM.DItF.N I
IN CilAHUK Or STATK
Rrod returned Oils morn-
njfv jVncoln, where he accom
panied '4yn children of Mrs.
Lizzie KTv and her daughter,
Emma, to ir . detention home,
where, by orde rtie Box Dutte
county Juvenile coiAt, they are to re
main. Testimony at the hearing was
to the effect that the children were
both dependent and negljeled ar.d
that it was for the best interest of
the children and the community that
they be sent away. A womut deputy
accompanied the sherl.T on tho lip.
Deputy Sheriff Misklmmen went to
the Kittleman ranch last Tutsday
afternoon to bring the children to
Alliance. He met with no t entr
ance, although It was the oeliei that
Mis. Kittleman mlsit Mk ii into
her head to defy the out Oidyr,
The children were nol" at home, but
scattered about the place, :,rt t'ic
mother helped collect thorn and
came to town with them, ilsn: bhe
made a last appeal to Jud;e Tasl
who told her that the action hud
been taken after due advlxemeiu ami
that he was satisfied It was hi best
course to pursue. Shu told him that
the "old man" had advised her not
to let them go. The old man Is nnw
-.n the penitentiary, where h ai
3ent on a charge of improper rela
tions with his eldest daughter, and
the judge explained patln ly thit
the father had no say In the n atter.
Several Alliance won 3ii, who lad
pity on the barefoot., liny, lafcgen
children, provided them with new
clothes and personally superintended
giving them baths. Tho county con
m I ss loners bought 'hem new shoes.
Later, two of these women Uncov
ered that they wei-s shy rfnes aint
money that had been Utt in
the
oom with the childr::).
IT OF
COMMISION f ORM
Chamber of Commerce Director
Favor Change in Style of
City Government.
At the meeting .of the directors of
the chamber of commerce, held Tues
day evening, a committee from. the
Rotary club was present, which re
quested the directors to endorse the
club's stand .for the five-commission
form of city government, with city
manager. The directors, after some
discussion, voted to co-operate with
the Rotary club.
Petitions will be prepared and cir
culated, asking that the question of
a change in the form of city govern
ment be submitted to the voters at
the November election. There are
two forms of : commission govern
ment named in the state law, under
one of which three commissioners
would be selected, at salaries not ex
ceeding $1,500 each, and under the
other five commissioners would be
selected with maximum salaries of
$300 each. Under the latter form,
a city manager Is chosen. Under
the first form, a city manager may be
selected, but the salaries named are
high enough bo that the commission
ers would be expected to devote a
good share of their time to city af
fairs. .
The Rotary club and the chamber
of commerce directors favor the
five-commissioner plan, with cliy
manager, and It is this plan that will
be named in the petitions.
GOOD ROADS MEETING
COMES IN OCTOBER
i '
Tho good roads booster meeting
and banquet will be held in the
Lowry & Henry roof garden early in
October, according to a decision ar
rived at by the directors of the
chamber of commerce at their Tues
day evening meeting. The meeting
will be. called especially for the pur
pose of getting the Potash highway
completed, and a letter from the
president of the highway association
has been received which states that
he will do everything in his power to
secure a complete representation
from the towns along the route.
At the same time, it is possible
that a new highway association will
be formed among representatives
from towns on a Black Hills high
way. The chamber of commerce de
sires to have a highway completed
between Sidney and Hot Springs. A
portion of this road has already
been built. The route proposed runa
through Alliance, and will connect
this city with the Lincoln highway,
and furnish a connecting link for
that highway through the Black
Hills to Deadwood and through the
Big Horn mountains to Yellowstone
park.
ENDORSEMEfl
THREE INJURED IN
AUTOACCIDENT
Mrs. F.llrt Itlix-k and Three-Year-Old
Daughter Tinned I'mler Car
Wlien It Turned Over.
Mrs. Klla Block, 101 Cheyenne
avenue, and three-year-old daughter,
Anna May, are confined to their
home with serious injuries, Norrls
Fielding suffered severe .bruises and
a broken collar bone, and Ted Field
ing was badly bruised about the head
when the automobile in which they
were riding skidded and turned over
twice while going up a hill three
miles . southwest of Hay Springs
about 12:15 p. lit. Tuesday. A. J.
Toi, the other occupant of the car,
was not seriously hurt a bruised
shoulder being the extent of his in
juries. The car turned completely oVer
twice, Norrls Fielding being fbr'nWn
out of the car the first time It went
over. Mrs. Block was thrown through
the windshield, and when the car fin
ally came to a standstill, was he 1.1
face down Ir. the road, the left front
door of the car resting heavily on
her back. Fox, who was riding in
the tonneau and holding the baby on
his lap, was pinned under the car
above the child. Ted Fielding was
alo under the wreckage, but manag
ed to escape through a hole In the
top. He helped Fox, who was un
able to move for fear of hurting the
child, and the two of them rescued
the brby, whose head was under
neath the framework of the car.
Mrs. Block was pinned down, with
the framework of the car resting
across her back. The two men were
unable to raise It. and relieved her
suffering as much as possible, by
holding up one side of the car until
assistance arrived. It was twenty
minutes before another car camt
along, and the occupants of this to
gether with Fox and Ted Fielding,
succeeded in extricating Mrs. Block
from the wreckage.. The Injured
were taken to Hay Springs, where
they received medical attention.
Wednesday morning the Darling
ambulance went over to-Hay Springs
and brought back the Injured. They
were taken to their home here.
The party left Alliance about 10
o'clock in the morning for' Gordon,
where they planned to spend the day
at the fair. The accident came
shortly afternoon. Mrs. Block was
driving, and had speeded downhill in
an effort to make the hill more eas
ily.. The car was going at a speed
of thirty-five to forty miles an hour.
The wheels were In deep ruts, and
Mrs. Block evidently was trying to
get them out. She succeeded In
getting the front wheels clear of the
rut, but the hind wheels remained,
and in the effort by the driver to
right the car, a sudden twist was
given to the wheel.- The car plung
ed to the side of the road and turned
completely over two times.
For a time it .was feared that
neither Mrs. Block nor her daughter
had any chance for recovery, but two
medical examinations have disclosed
that no bones, were broken. Mrs.
Block's corset undoubtedly saved
her back from being crushed. The
steel stays were broken where the
car frame struck them. The baby re
malned unconscious for nearly twen
ty-four hours, but showed signs of
regaining consciousness Thursday
afternoon. The physician in atten
dance states that both of them have
an even chance for recovery.
AUJANCH NOW HAS AN
OFFICIAL IHXJ-CATCHKH
Owners of pet canines had better
wander, quietly and unostentatious
ly, down to the city hall and dig up
the necessary cash for a dog license.
btherwise, they may wait in vain for
hound to howl when they are
ready- to go to Bleep. Beginning
bright and early Tuesday morning,
Alliance's, new official dog-catcher
was on the Job, and the first day be
had corra'led eighteen dogs. These
dogs were all redeemed by paying
the regular license fee, the official
dog-catcher getting half of the
money so collected.
The new dog-catcher ia a gentle
man of color, Frank Curtis by name,
who uas a way with dogs. It's use
less to delay, hoping your dog will
fight shy of strangers. If he gets in
Curtis' neighborhood he's lost. After
capturing him, the dog-catcher will
inquire as to the ownership. ' If the
owner pays the license fee, well and
good the dog-catcher gets half. If
he refuses, the animal is put to
death. Under the terms of Curtis'
employment, he receives a fee of a
dollar for every dog ;o disposed of,
If Fido falls to come home for
supper, look up the dog-catcher and
come across. Otherwise Fldo will
shortly be sleeping the long sleep,
STOLEN AUTOS
ARE RECOVERED
A. H. Jones Co. Iteo 1ociitcri nt
Custer, H. I. Itust Car Found
Through Luck.
'Two automobiles stolen from Alli
ance were recovered this week, a new
Uoo Six taken from the A. 11. Jones
Company - garage last Thursday
night, and the Studebaker six stolen
from the garage of 11. A. Rust some
time ngo. The Reo left In a garage
at Custer, S. D., and the Studebaker
had been captured by the Denver
police wltlTa couple of bootleggers,
who arranged with their attorney to
sell it In order to secure his fee. '
"You can tell the world for me,"
said Calvin Walker,' manager of the
A. H. Jones garage, "that it was ad
vertising and advertising alone
that recovered the Reo." The recov
ery of (his car was due entirely :o
the publicity sent out by Mr. Walk
er. The car was stolen Kep-etntxy 2.
Mr. Walker Immediately !iad :vir.tu
a minute description or tin muoi io-
bile, snd these he mallei to every
garage wljhln a radius t,f 2?0 i life
of Alliance. Mr. Walker went to
considerable trouble som iioul'is
ago to compile such a lis'. He ulo
notified the chiefs of police in rhv
larger cities In this and ne gh! lag
states. The circulars woro nailed
from Alliance on Septeinbo- J. On
September 9 he received a telephone
call from I he proprietor of the Custer
garage at Custer, S. D., saying that a
car answering to the description had
been left with him .that morning.
Unfortunately the notice arrived
too late to enable him to have the
thief apprehended. - A young man
had driven the car into the garage,
and taken the next train out of
town. Should he return, which Is
probable, he will be placed under ar
rest, and If convicted, the Custer
garage will receive the $1,000 re
ward offered by the Alliance garages
for the arrest and conviction of any
party or parties stealing any auto
mobile oi truck belongjng o any
garage in this city. .
Seven Affiance auto dealers got
together following the th-ft of tho
Reo car. and arranged to make up
such a reward among them. Tho
usaal reward in cases like this Is $50
oivflOQ, and the Alliance men bad
an Idea that a reward of the f-lze
they offered would make not onlr the
police, but the garagemen in ire
various cities and towns, r.or dili
gent in the search.
The recovery of the Rust Stude
baker was an instance of the rarest
kind of luck. Sunday morning a tel
egram was received by Lowry &
Henry which read as follows: ''Wire
motor and serial number big six be
ing held." It came from the Auto
Sales company of Denver, Colorado
distributors for the Studebaker, and
the Alliance firm Interpreted It to
mean that the Denver company was
holding a stray Studebaker. , Lin
coln Lowry promptly wired back a
description of the missing Rust car.
No answer was received.
On Monday came word from the
Denver company that a car they had
ordered was on the floor. Mr. Lowry
made arrangements to go down and
drive it up. During the morning he
ran across Sheriff Miller, who said
he would go along and see whether
the first telegraai received related to
the Rust car.
On arriving in Denver, they went
to the Studebaker agency and in
quired concerning the car that they
supposed had been recovered. Then
they learned the truth. The Denver
people had not recovered a car one
had been stolen from them, and their
message was intended to notify all
dealers to send descriptions of any
cars they might be holding. They
recalled, however, that there was a
Studebaker six being held at the po
lice station.
At the police station, Mr. Lowry
easily Identified the car as the one
that had been stolen from Rust. The
engine number had been changed, a
new license tag had been put on and
the car was otherwise disguised, but
the "earmarks" of the car furnished
a positive identification. Link point
ed out half a dozen ' peculiarities of
the. car and the police called in a
lawyer, in whose charge it was. and
when the latter relinquished his
claim, they were permitted to take
it away.
The car, they learned, had been
driven by two young fellows whom
the Denver police arrested on a boot
egging charge. They bad money
enough to pay their fines,, but not
their attorney fees, and the lawyer
held the car until his fee of 1100 was
paid. They gave him permission to
ell it for 1500, and he had closed
a deal and received a down payat-mt
of 100. Later he realized '.hat the
..car was worth two ;r tbrs 'iiies
that amount and, susq-ciIiu that it
had been stolen, reluct ri It to Ihe
police station and refunded tho 1 1 0
'.n the would-be pjrenaser,
Frank Garrett and Henry Rust
went to Denver Wednesday nii iiln
t0 get the car. Merrltt ChaTfee left
hU inoriili g for Custer, S. D., to
br.rk !E? itn'.p. Ho.
iU.MIMJKOHl) ItOOMTKItH
HTOI' AT ALMAN
Twenty-five autoloads of Hemlng
ford boosters arrived In Alliance in
'.ho midst of the rain Tuesday eve
ning. They brought with them a
hand and a few speechmakers, as
well as a quantity of literature aJ
veitlslng their Spud day, which will
be observed on September 15 with a
Jtreat sports program. The rain,
however, was, a factor they hadn't ex
pected, and as a result they spent
most of their time here enjoying a
big feed at the Palm Room.
MXm.il KINGKIt 14 Alt
ALL-IUH Nil ATHLETE
Few people know that Glen Elli
son, who Is to give a concert Friday
afternoon,' September 24, at the Im
perial theater, is an accomplished
athlete. He was known as a rugby
player in England. He Is an excel
lent swimmer, a huntsman and an
enthusiastic horseman. He delights
In strenuous exercise. Perhaps It is
his enthusiastic Indulgence In ath
letics which gives such a store .of
happy energy the Joyfulness which
bubbles over Into his songs and
makes him one of the best loved
singers In the world.
Mrs. Ed Campbell or Kansas City,
Mo., is visiting in Alliance at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. George
Eastburn. .
ALLIANCE DAY AT
CRAWFORD FAIR
Chamber of Commerce Will Oi-gnnlre
Mil
Excursion ' for
HeptemWr 1
r
i
The directors of "the Alliance
chamber of commerce, at their
meeting at the club rooms Tuesday
evening, voted to organize an excur
sion party to attend the Trl-State
fair at Crawford hebThursday,"Si('pi
t ember 16. This day was selected
because of the fact that It Is "aero
plane day" at the fair, and those
who attend will have a chance to see
the finish of the first aeroplane race
in Nebraska.
As planned at present, the trip
will be made in two special coaches,
which will be attached to trains N v
35 and 36. The train leaves at 4:i.
a. in., and starts on the return til.
at 11:30 p. m. The hour of dcpr.r
lure is not the most .favorable,
being a trifle early in the morn in
but it is the best that can be don
unless enough can be secured for ih'.
trip to make a special train possible.
Secretary J.. W. Guthrie and other
will canvass the business men, and II
enough signify their intention of
going, a sped. 1 train will be secured.
It will teke at least 150, and this
number should r.ot be difficult to se
cure for sc good a program.
During the Alliance race meet, a
delegation of Crawford citizens came
to Alliance on June 24. There were
some fifty-throe cars in the Crawford
delegation, and they averaged about
five people to the car. The chamber
of commerce is expecting to return
the favor with interest, if possible.
A number of Alliance people plan to
go by auto, and it is hoped that a
big represenattlon will go in the spe
cial cars to be prodded.
At the meeting of the directors, a
letter from Arah L. Hungerford,
president of the Crawford fair asso
ciation, waa read. It thanked the
club for their efforts, and had the
following to say about the show to
be provided:
'We are going to try and put on a
good show. Our airplane race from
Omaha to Crawford occurs on the
16th. We are getting In new appli
cants every day. Less than an hour
ago, I received a telegram from the
Nebraska Aircraft company at Lin
coin stating that . they wanted to
enter a machine. This makes some
ten pr eleven actual entries at this
time and more coming all the time.
"We ought to have a few machines
on the 'field at least. I believe that
this is going to be a really interesting
feature 'of our program. All mach
ines will arrive here sometime dur
ing the afternoon of the first day.
The landing occurs right up back of
the amphitheatre In our park. How
ever, the machines are to atay here
during the fair and will probably be
flying lu squadrons Instead of single
or la palm." z: 23r
HEMINGFORD NOP
ATALIABUSED
County Commissioners Convince an
Irate Delegation That There Is
Nothing to Kick About.
A delegation of some twenty-five,
very irate citizens, from Dorsey and
Lawn precincts, accompanied 'by
their aUorney, waited on the county
commissioners Thursday afternoon
to complain that these precincts had
not received the proper share of at
tention In disbursing the county road
funds, and that Alliance hAd been
getting the lion's share. Tho chief
complaint seemed to be that, the Al-
llance-Hemlngford road had been
put in shape from Beroa to Alliance.
and not from Berea to Honiingford.
The commissioners quietel th!s cor.
plaint by pointing out that last year
the road had been i?rada4 from
Berea to Hemlngfdrd, and that tna
Alliance half was not touched.
Investigation of the records dis
closed that Dorsey precinct, within
which Hemlngford is located, is en
titled to the sum of $507.55 for road
Improvement, providing the 1920
taxes are paid In full, which Isn't
likely. Up to the present time, war
rants amounting to $881.87 have al-
ready been paid for road work In
this precinct, and additional bill
have been filed to the amount of
$147.50, making a total of over $521
that they have already drawn over ,
their fair apportionment. Further
Investigation showed that not only
this year, but In years past, this dis
trict has always had its fair share of
the road money.
The precinct of Lawn was also
overdrawn, having had warranta
paid to the amount of $455, against
$327.14, their apportionment. Also.
$400 bills remain1 unpaid from that
precinct.
There was a lot of argument, and
the majority, seemed to feel much
iouci Bimaiicu, iuv upyusii-iuii de
parted In groups of two and threo,
ana oerore any aenniie conclusion
was reached there was none of the
Hemlngford people there to hear It.
Among other things. the commis
sioners did during their session thia
week was to turn down $1,600 of
claims from the following: R. C.
Wright, $450; Carl Forsstrora $150;
John F. Foley, $450; D. J. Foley
$11; Mae M. New bloom, $150; My
ron Bunce, $150; Elmer S. Schneider
$150. These claims arose from a
road established by petition, and the
Commissioners say that most of the
people who have put In claims had
signed the petition asking for the
road. The road was abcut time
miles In length, and was ba lly need
ed.. The commissioners decide I 'h
claims were excessive in view of the-
beneflts derived.
:
rni new dim c nnciiuin
UULULll ftULL UrlWlUJ
COMES NfXT WCNDAY
A real event cf lnereit to th
shopping public of Alliance and west
ern Nebraska will occur Monday,.
Sept. 13, when W. B. Barnett & Ca.
will throw open the doors to their
... It IIUIC ,3 I'lC, II, ,1 UWI IV
the Imperial theatre cn Box Butte
Avenue. Every detail of the con
1'iuctlon bos been carefully planned
ind matched with the ore Idea of
romfort and convenience to the pat
rons. The large spacious aisles
electric lighted show, cases and ma
hoginy finished counters and display
tables suggest completeness.
The entire space back of the mala
office will be handsomely completed
and used as the ladles' ready-to-wear
deparUilent, with light airy rest
room adjoining, where decks and
writing material will be furnished.
The shoe department and men'a
clothing cases are immediately In
front, men's furnishings and notion a
occupying the center of the store.
We were impressed with the arrange
ment, and are sure you will agree
with u n. that It is the most mndcnr
store room in the west.
Talking with Mr. Barnett, who has
Just returned from a buying trip to
the eastern markets, where he pur
chased entire new lines for all de
partments, he wished us at this time
to express his thanka to the people
of Alliance and surrounding couutry
for their loyalty to the store the
past flve years, which has made pos
sible the beautiful new store home.
The policy of the Golden Rale store
to have "everything for everybody
at a less price", will be the prevail
ing motto at the new store.
In a' short time the basemeut.
which la thoroughly ventilated and
lighted, will be opened aa a bargain
basement. Toys for the children
and necessities for the house will be
carried here. .
