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rot) T ZLvvice a MechcXucsbav an& jfrfoav VOLUME XXVII. ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8th, 1920. ALLIANCE REFUSED A CENSUSRECOUNT Bureau' Decision Is That No Evi dence Shows Original Enumer. ation Was Defective. The Jig Is up, as they used to say in the old melodramas. We are dis covered. It is perhaps Just as well that Alliance citizens took some lit tle comfort out of the dispatch pub lished last week from Washington, which intimated that the returns for Nebraska might be held up while Alliance was being recounted, for a letter dated October 4, from W. SI. Stewart, assistant director of the census, simply knocks the props out from under us. According to Mr. Stewart, the lists of names taken by the regular enumerators have been compared with the names secured in the cham ber of commerce's special census, and the results are disappointing, to say the least. The disparity between the lists is much greater than had been expected. The official returns con tain 1,041 names which do not occur in the special census, and 1,235 names appearing on the chamber of commerce census were not on the of ficial lists. Several errors were dis covered. The bureau's decision is to the effect that the total shown in the special census cannot be accepted as evidence that the original enumera tion was defective, and that no fur ther investigation is required. Mr. Stewart points out, however, that Alliance has made a most satis factory growth, the increase between 1910 and 1920 (47.8 per centals greater than the corresponding in crease between 1900 and 1910, 22.5 per cent. This increase Is greater than will be shown by the country as a whole or by most of the state and cities. There Is no question that Alli ance's population at the present time Is well over 5,000, although it is a matter for regret that the original enumeration was not sufficiently thorough. , . The letter from the census bureau follows: ,v WASHINGTON, Oct. 4," 1920. J. W. Guthrie, secretary Alliance Cham ber of Commerce, Alliance, . Nib., Dear Sir: The results of your spe cial canvass of Alliance, transmitted by you to the bureau on August 10, have been compared with tin official returns for the city. This compari son shows: That your list contained a total of 5,071 names instead of 5,121, as stated by you. That or these 5,071 names. 289 were duplicates,- leaving a net total of 4,872. That of these 4,872 names, 3,547 were found on the official enumera tors returns and 1,235 were not found. That the official returns contain 1,041 names which do not appear on your list. Thus the net difference between your total and the official total is only 194, instead of 533. A canvass of the persons whose names appear on your list but not on the official returns would almost certainly result Y In the reduction of the net difference between your to tal and the official total, through the elimination of names which repre sent persons who were not bona fide residents on January 1. If your canvassers had succeeded in listing practically all the persons who were officially enumerated, to gether with about 200 other persons, the Bureau would have been willing to make a special canvass of these additional persons for the purpose of officially enumerating such of them as might be found to have been bona fide residents of Alliance on January 1. It appears, however, that your canvassers, if they endeav ored to make their canvass as of January 1, were unable to do so, since they missed 1,041 persons who were officially enumerated. It Is presumed that the 1,041 persons left Alliance between January 1 and the time of your special canvass. This being the case, it is not at all re markable that 1,235 other persons took up their residence in Alliance during the same period. It is obvious, in the light of the facts set forth above, that the total shown by your canvass cannot be considered as evidence that the orig inal enumeration was defective. The bureau'B decision in this matter, therefore, is that no further investi gation is required. It is regretted that the total shown by the official announcement of the population of Alliance it dis appointing to the officials and citl sens of the city, but it must be borne in mind that, according to the offi cial census returns, the increase be tween 1910 and 1920 (1,486. or 47.8 per cent) Is must greater than I the corresponding Increase between 1900 and 1910 (570, or 22.5 per I cent). The increase during the past ' decade is very much greater 1 that which will be . shown by the 'country as a' "hole and by most of the states Hies. In fact, tie increase d past ten' years throughout t.v A States was materially less V 'lnt the dee. ade 1900-1910. S tlguifs for Alliance, thereby m VjfWd be highly gratifying, in8tNV.vap pointlng, to the people dv, v4ty. Very respectfully, ' W. M. STEWART. Assistant Director. Miss Josephine Ganson, secretary of the Red Cross home service bu reau, with offices in the court house, in again Inviting ex-soldiers who have troubles connected with travel pay, bonus, compensation, liberty bonds, allotments, or compensation, to call at her office for free aid. I is possible that the home service bu reau may close its Alliance offices within the next few weeks,, and it is desired to take care of every possi ble case. Arthur G, Vvray or lork, non partisan league candidate for gov ernor, spoke to an enthusiastic au dience at Reddish ball Wednes la. evening of this week. Mr. Vray made a favorable impression on his hearers. He remained in Alliance Thursday morning, and devoted the time to Interviewing the vo'er. PRESBYTERIAN MEN FORM BROTHERHOOD A number of the men of the Pres byterian church met at a banquet tn the Alliance hotel Thursday evening, at which time a men's organization was effected. Glen Miller, president of the board of trustees, presided at the meeting, which wa3 addressed by Dr. Taylor, field man for the welt er n district, and Dr. W. H. Kearns of Omaha. The matter of an organiza tion was also discussed by Messrs. Prince, Rheln, Burr, Zamzow and Overman. t A definite program of activities for men was, adopted and officers of the new organ zatlou" are as follows. Olto Zamzow, president; F. C Prince, vice president; Edwin Burr, secietary and J. H. Vance, tivasurei. October 19 was set as tie da'.e of the next meeting. Dr. Kearns outlined three ' great fundamental activities for men's or ganizations in the church: First fellowship and social life among the men of the church centering about the monthly fellowship luncli.-on ot the men's brotherhood; Second, the ithgious life. Dr. Kearns said, in part, "that an organization of this character must find Its strength in something even deeper than the so cial instinct, namely, the religious instinct, which finds its center in or ganized bible study." Third, the outreach of the organization in iis cooperation with other nun's organ ization in civic betterment and other community enterprises and the solv ing of the moral problems in com munity lite. The men were very en thusiastic in the organization and a worthy program is before then'. LEAGUE OF WOMEN TAKES AJSJRAW VOTE The league of women voters met at the home of Mrs. F. M. Phelps yesterday afternoon with a large and enthusiastic attendance. Meeting was called to order by the president, Mrs. J. J. Vance, after which the re gular order of business was carried on. Several papers were read con cerning the influence of the carnival on our city. An interesting discus sion followed. The president then turned the tieetiug over to the women to tell which candidate she was for and the reasons why. This brought out many very interesting discussions, after which a straw vote was taken. Harding receiving 8 votes, Cox 8 votes, and Watkins 4 votes. There were some present who did not vote at all. A called meeting will be held pre vious to the November election to discuss the state candidates. Gale Overstreet was the victim of another automobile accident last Sunday. George D. Darling. Ed Bishop, George Dora and himself were on a hunting trip. The car got stuck in the sand near the Reeves place. Three of the men were push ing the car, when Overstreet stum bled over a post, fell and his hand was caught in the hind wheel. Two fingers were badly lacerated. His wounds were dressed at Antloch, and the hunters continued on their way. BOILERMAKERS 0UT24 HOURS Seventy Alliance Hailrowd Workmen Iiiwk to Work After a Oil day Strike About seventy boilermakers em ployed in the Alliance shops walked out Thursday morning, following a disagreement over the Installation of the new turntable. Reports reaching this office are to the effect that those In charge thought the work should te done by .he bolW makers, because of the fact that It required considerable rivet Iut, . but that the boilermakers and the main tenance of way employe bthevoa that the Job should be done oy the latter. The men returned to work at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning, following a conference between Superintendent of Motive Power Troop of Lincoln, and local union officials. General Chairman Reese of the boilermakers' union, with headquarters at Kansas City, came to Alliance, but the dif ficulty was settled before he arrived. All men returned to work with "the understanding that there would be no discrimination shown by 'ho com pany, against the men who went out and that future troubles should be handled through the regular griev ance committee. Under the term? of the settlement, It is said, the maintenance of way employes will install the turntable. ALLIANCE MEN HEARD HARDING AT OMAHA W. R. Harper returned this, noon from Omaha, where he went to hear Senator Harding. Among the Alli ance delegation were Dr. C. E. Sla gle, E. H. Boyd. Hugh Beall. CharleB Brittan, Jay Walker, Earl Mallery, Chase Feagins and Dr. J. P. Max field. Harding arrived in Omaha at 5 p. in. and the car passed through, f line of automobiles on both sides of the street extending from the union station to the Fontenelle hotel. The Omaha speech was given at 8 o'clock in the auditorium, and by 6:30 the place was packed. Senator Harding took a stand rfgairtst any kind of a league of nations, with or without reservations; urged that radicals be treated with gentleness as well as firmness; and declared for main taining the present wage Btaneard, but only in connection with 100 per cent efficiency. His speech went well with the crowd, and later In the evening, the senator is said to have declared that Omaha gave him the best reception of any city on his Itinerary. Later in the evening, a seml-prl-vate reception was held in the Fon tenelle -ball room, at which Mr. Harper and Dr. Slagle were the Alli ance representatives. National Com mitteeman R. B. Howell introduced the Alliance men to the senator and told him they tad come five hundred miles to hear him speak. Th sen ator told them that he would liked to have gone farther west, and tftat if he ever did, Alliance would be one of his stops. COLD WEATHER ALONE WILLSTOP PAVING Despite all sorts of rumors to the effect that when the paving gang has concluded the paving up to Sixth street they intend to shut up shop till spring, there is nothing to it. Weather of this kind this time of the year Is unusual, and the contractors Plan to take full advantage of it. The work will continue so long as materials can be secured. Brick has been arriving a little more slowly of late, but so long as it continues to 'ie and the snow or bad weather doesn't stop operations, the work will go on. It is not impossible that the work may be practically finished this year, if luck is with the contrac tors. The concrete pouring will be fin ished today for the third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh districts, the latter four being the ornamental parking spaces. The contract for these four spaces was let at a spe cial meeting of the council last Wednesday evening, but at the time it was officially done, at least one of the holes had been filled. If the brick can be secured, and Indica tions are that it will arrive, the big paving Job will be done by the time the snow flies. One of the contrac tors has set November 1 for the wlndup, but others believe he Is too hopeful. . MAN OF MYSTERY i BOBSJJP AGAIN Thin Time He Was Seen Inside of Wnycar Two Switchmen Clear ed of Theft Charge. The man of mystery, that ubiquit ous gentleman who uncomplainingly takes the blame for nearly every thing that happens, is on the Job again or, rather, to be exact, was discovered In the act last Saturday morning. Everybody has heard of this man, and a few have been priv ileged to gate upon him. It's easy to describe him he's short, but rather tall; thin, but Inclined to stoutness; his hair Is light, but dark, with a grayish white tinge to It; he wears good clothes, but Is dressed shabbily; he wears a hat that some times resembles a cap; has a beard, but no moustache, or a moustache and no beard. . Whenever whisky Is smuggled into the city, the man of mystery is the bootleger; whenever girls stea away from home to go to the awful skating rink, it's the man of mystery who enticed them; when a man's wife goes joyriding, or a watermelon disappears from the back porch, or a pie from the pantry, or anything out of the way happens, depend upon it, the man of mystery knows something about it. - The latest appearance of the man of mystery was last Saturday, when five rvitchmen saw him. They saw him. In a waycar, the Interior ot which looked like a cyclone had struck it. . They were standing at the east end of the car, and he called to them from the inside. They saw him, with his light blue eyes thai shaded to a dark brown or a deep black, and he disappeared. But on of the five saw him go, and this man didn't know where he weffl. ; But, to begin at the beginning. Tuesday afternoon, John Shay aria Norman C. MUsselnian, brakemen. were arrested by the sheriff's force on complaint of T. J. Smith, Burling ton special agent. They were chang ed with breaking Into lockers on a vyciir and taking therefrom a pah of fjlankets, a suitcase .and a mack Inaw coat, the property of Conductor Clyde Lang, Brakemen John Bayer and J. W. Ellis, last Saturday morn ing. Hearing was held in county court before Judge Tash Wednesday afternoon. John Bayer was the first witness called by the prosecution, lie said that on Saturday morning, he had gone to the waycar to report foi work, and as he approached he saw John Shay and Musselman leaving the car. Shay was carrying a sack containing the blankets, Musselnuui the suitcase and mackinaw. Bayer said the men took the articles to the engine attached to the waycar, of which Harry Beans was engineer. Conductor Lang and Brakeman Ellis testified that they were not there at the time, and they could only identify the property in question as theirs. At this point the prosecution rested. The defense did not make the customary move to dismiss, but tailed the defendants to the stand Both Shay and Musselman denied Bayer's story, accounted for whore they were and what they were doing during the time in question, and their testimony was corroborated by Switchman Frank O. Rowe, Pau! Jesse and O. B. Adkins. Engineer Beans also testified that these arti cles were not put on the engine by the defendants. Shay testified that he worked from 9 p. m. to 7 a. m., having some overtime Saturday morning, and that he and Musselman had gone to' the depot and later to the stockyards to see an engineer. On their way back they Baw the switch engine with the waycar attached, hopped on the plat form next to the tender. On the platform with them were Rowe, Jesse and Adkins. A voice from In side the waycar called out: "See here what a terrible condition this car is in." All of them entered tho car, and saw that the doors had been broken from the lockers and the con tents were strewn about the floor. They looked it over, and then went out. all five of them getting off. They did not see Bayer in, on or around the car. The men said that they did not know the stranger. It was not un common for car cleaners, stock shippers or others to be In waycars, and they paid no attention to him. On eof them thought he wore a cap. Another believed tost he had a hat on. Still another thought he had on overalls, while some were not sure. They thought be had a right to be there. One of them thought he got off the car before they did; another thought he got off later; a third mentioned the fact that he carried a bag over one shoulder; a fourth thought he stayed in the car and other didn't see him get off. At this point, the testimony in, Judge Tash announced that he believed an argument bytb torneys would be Interesting and tertalnlng, but he didn't think it n 'saury. He saw his duty clear, aid, and Intended to end the pense, and discharge the defendants. He said he waa clear on that point, but that he wasn't sure as to Just what had occurred. The testimony had showed that the stove was upset, the lockers torn open, and their con tents scattered over the floor. He thought it might indicate a tong war between the switchmen and the train crew, or it might be simply that someone was searching for booze. Judge Tash made it plain that he didn't believe Shay and Musselman guilty of stealing the stuff charged. "I can't believe these defendants would steal a. lot of second hand Junk," he said. "The suitcase has a hole in it that a roan could stick his foot through, and Isn't worth fl cents; the blankets are soiled and dirty, and the mackinaw is pretty much the worse for wear." The Judge absolved T. J. Smith from any blame In filing the com plaint. "He Is a zealous and efficient officer, and I am sure he was misled," the court said, "and from the Infor mation given him, which has been thoroughly refuted, he was Justified." Costs in the case were taxed to Box Butte county. POTATOIINSPECTORS TO MEETJN ALLIANCE Potato inspectors for thlB district have been called to meet in Alliance on October 15, at which time the acting chief of the state bureau of markets win be present and give complete Instructions concerning po tato grading. Due to a misunderstanding on the part of some of the inspectors, there has been some difficulty experienced by shipping association who sent potatoes to markets outside of th state. It seems that in some respects the state rules for grading dloi from the federal and potatoes grade'' as No. 1 have been given a low grade in some of the markets. This step Is taken in order to pro tect the potato growers of the s at The higher the grade, the better tin price, and shippers all ever the Mat- have been trying to get the hlgh.es! grades on their shipments. Unfavorable weather conditions may possible cause a temporary do- dine In the market, the local potato exchange announces today, and ship pers have been advised not to ship any more than is absolutely neces- snry. Prices during the past few days have been exceptionally- good suleB being made yesteidty of a ca of No. 2 Triumphs, sacked, at $1.65 and another car of No. 1 Chios at $.190. These prices ar ect leapt 30 above the market. MUCH INTEREST IN HIGHWAY MEETINGS .1. W. Guthrie, secretary of the Al-li-v lii-e chancer of commerce, anc" L'oyd C. Thomas, secretary of tlnj Pctasb highway acsoeiation, have ret-' iv ( letters every lii:le vUin from organizations in towns alons the proposed route from the Lincoln highway to the Black hills, assuring them that delegations will be sent to Alliance for the annual meeting of the Potash highway association on October 14. Arrangements have been made for one of the biggest good roads boost ing meetings ever held in this sec tion of the state. The session will be hld in the roof garden of the Lowry & Henry garage, and in addition to the business meeting, a big banquet, with good speakers, will be a feat ure of the entertainment. The latest assurance of support comes from the Broadwater Com munity club. Secretary G. R. Har ries writes as follows: "We are In receipt of your letter of the 24th ult., in regard to the meeting to be held la Alliance October 14 for Ui pur pose of discussing ways anl means of obtaining a real highway from the Lincoln highway to the Black Hills. Broadwater ia very much Interested in this highway,, and we expect to end a delegation to the meeting. We will advise you a little later how many will attend." The suit of Bernard D. Shepard vs. J. D. Iverson on a note for $150 with two years' accrued Interest was settled in county court Wednesday by the defendant paying $180.65, note and interest In full, before the case came to trial. The Alliance Herald, 1.50 a year. h BUS- 1 will ance. cure fromS slon authorlijNvb This much Is SBBUtv Mayor A. D. Rodgers, me matter would undoub The opposition may take the form of a remonstrance or a delegation mar be sent down to the bearing Novem ber 4. Telephone rates are rather a sore subject with the council, as well a the citizens in general, many of whom recall the days when the com pany's franchise contained a rate provision which was thrown out by the railway commission, over the protests of the coujncll. The application for increased rates will probably knock the new' franchise galley-west, also. For nearly two years the Nebraska Tele phone company has been attempting to secure the passage of a franchise to take the place of the last one, but the council has been coy and harl to suit. Time and again officials ot the company have appeared at coun cil meetings and held out induce ments of one kind and another, es pecially In the way ot increased facil ities. For months tnere hare beets arguments concerning the provisions to go Into the new franchise, and at the last meeting a document suitable to both parties was introduced and got as far as first reading. According to Mayor Rodgers and other members of the council, this is about as far as it will go. The com pany, according to Its officials w-o have been in Alliance, is holding up a number, of improvements until it gets a franchise, but the boost in rates is likely to prove the last straw, according to some of the councilmen. Already the company's facilities ar.i taxed by the demand for phones, and. several applications have ocn male which. the company is unab'.e fi ". The Herald was the only .Alliance newspaper Tuesday to tell of the ap plication for an increase in - rates. The following lettfr froi. i tary of the state railway commission gives some additional particular: LINCOLN, Neb., October 4. 1920. Editor, The Herald, Dear Sir: The Nebraska Telephona errrpv-rv ; s filed application with the Nebraska state railway commission. -,v, all Increase of ten per cent on ex change rates and for certain change in differential as to toll cuhc your information I am seeing ibrtii the application In part ts foVcv- "Your petition tunucr shev. 'hr-t as compared with the ccsis of nia'e rial and labor p;eV6i:ing prl' r to 1914 and which said cor.t ; v e t Ui basis of .le 'rates :h n i harmed by our . pft tiomr for H'e;hcno tx- chmiKe und (oil tt rvl.-e, present cor;ts of material and labor htive inert a -! ali'jost Rpi'r'x'u.dt.'ly one hnn 'rerl and twenty per cent anl thai som of the tiuitatrs hi the cost of labor and t ateiuil are as t'o.'lows: "l.uercst ia;es hive increased imi.i Cv j :.i:d si p.T ctnt to nine and en r . i tei.t, making an icre;iF.e of ightv p;r t:ent; "Vcur petiiionev's plant and labor ts have increased approximately one hundred twenty-five per cent; "Your petitioner's operating or rallic costs have increased one hun dred per cent; .Materials nave increasea iron seventy-five to one hundred twenty five per cent. "Your petitioner further shows to this honorable board that with its present rates and charges your peti tioner does not. derive sufficient reve nue to keep its property in a proper state of repair and to set aside to depreciation reserve such sums as should be set aside for that purpose. That unless the revenues of your pe titioner are promptly increased your petitioner will be absolutely unable to furnish the kind and character of telephone service which should be furnished to the people of the state of Nebraska. (Continued on page 4) ...... l-l m II. LYONS iOKS TO THE GOLDEN HI LH H. Lyons, who has been in the em ploy of The Famous for some time past, has accepted a position as man ager of the men's furnishings de partment of the new Golden Rule store, and took up the duties of bis new position recently. He is very popular among bis many Alliance acquaintances, and will prove a good addition to their sales force. V