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Official Paper of Box Butte County
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Paper of the City of AlliaM
VOLUME XXVI I.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBUASKA, FBI DAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1020.
NO. 101
ALLIANCE MAN
WEDS A PRETTY
ENGLISH GIRL
ROMANCE BEGUN BEFORE WAR
HAS HAPPY ENDING
FIRST SAW HER LAST TUESDAY
Joseph M. Holloway, Ex-Sailor and
Railroader, Won Girl After
Corresponding With Her
for Several Years
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska: Fair to
night and Saturday, proceeded by rain
in extreme east portion tonight; not
.nuch change in temperature.
Romance isn't dead, not by a long
shot. Two people in Alliance can
testify to this fact, Joseph M. Hollo
way, car carpenter and ex-sailor, and
his bride since Tuesday afternoon, a
lass who learned to love a sailor by
mail. Their marriage by County
Judge Tash at the court house late
Tuesday afternoon whs the culmina
tion of a romance 'hat began some
years ago, when Holloway was a sai
lor in'the United States navy. The
whole story includes a number of love
letters written by a Jack Tar to a
jrirl he didn't know, the exchange
of photographs and a promise to wed,
followed by the girl's trip across thr
ocean to marry a man she hadn't
seen, but whose persuasive eloquence
had won her heart. And Judge Tash,
who was privileged to watch the de
velopment of the romance for the past
few months, says it is an ideal match,
Mr. Holloway is a typical young
American, clean cut, a regular sailor,
and with a sailor s winning ways
Before the war he served a hitch or
so in the navy and saw the world
Much to his regret he didn't get to
see service in the world war. In his
last enlistment, while acting as coal
parser, a sack of coal fell on him, and
the blasted doctors pronounced him
physically unfit.
Somewhere in his travels around
the world during his navy service, he
came upon an Englishman by the
name of Burkett They got along
well together and became quite
chummy. Burkett confided to him
that he had a sister in England,
named Edith. He spoke in such high
terms of his sister that young Hollo
way decided to write to her. And the
correspondence began which lasted all
during the war and finally ended, two
or three months ago, in a proposal of
marriage by mail. The girl accepted
him, and wrote and told him that she
would start for America.
Miss Burkett embarked on the
Mauretania, and arrived in New York
city a few days ago. Upon her ar
rival there, she telegraphed Hollo
way that she would arrive in Alli
ance on delayed train No. 41 Tuesday.
Holloway proceeded to hunt up Judge
Tash, and the county judge quickly
agreed to extend his official hours
long enough to get the marriage cere
mony over.
The couple met for the first time
at the Alliance station, recognised
each other from photographs, and
Immediately repaired to the court
house, where Judge Tash explained
to the bride the marriage laws of
her new country. He pointed out
that she could be married either by
a civil or a religious ceremony, and
that the Episcopal church was the
American representative of the
Church of England. The bride was
willing to leave it to her husband-to-be,
and Mr. Holloway, who had con
fided in Judge Tash some time ago,
promptly decided. Miss Josephine
Ganson and Mrs. Nellie Wilson were
called in as witnesses, and the wed
ding proceeded.
Mr. Holloway had prepared for
the coming of his bride by purchas'
ing one of the homebuilders' houses
and filling it with a lot of choice fur
niture, and had done his best to pre
pare a real American home for his
English bride.
The Alliance man was exceedingly
fortunate in his mail wooing. His
bride is a regular English "peach,'
with rosy cheeks, blue eyes, nut brown
hair and a charming smile. She gave
her occupation as that of a "com
panion."
Holloway was tho most excited man
in this corner of the world last Tues
day when the wire came telling him
that his bride would arrive in Am
ance within a few hours. He re
ported to the judge's office immedi
ately and wanted the license issued
without delay. He refused to listen
to scoffers who warned him that the
eirl mieht not measure up to his ex
pectations or her photograph. "I'm
iroinir throucrh with it," he said. "I've
given my promise to her and I don't
want the ceremony delayed a minute
if she's willing." And apparently the
hride had made her mind up before
she started on the long trip that
would take her to her new home.
FIREMEN PLAN THEIR
NEW YEAR'S DANCE
At a meeting of the Alliance vol
unteer fire department, held at their
club rooms in the city hall Wednesday
evening, the firemen appointed a
committee consisting of Charles Hill,
chairman; Ross Sampson, Pentose
Romig and Edwin M. Burr to take
charge of their New Year's ball.
0. C. Moore, Ray Trabert, Roy
Burns and Ross Sampson, together
with Fire Chief Ward Hall, were se
lected as delegates to the state con
vention, which will be held at York
three days during the coming month
SUPERINTENDENT
WINS PRIZE FOR
SPECIAL ARTICLE
A. G. SMART WINS AWARD FROM
A TECHNICAL JOURNAL
ALLIANCE LOSES
FOOTBALL GAME
TO SCOTTSBLUFF
GETS SHORT END OF A SCORE
OF 14 TO 13
Prospects for a Championship Team
in 1921 Basketball Next on
the Sport Program
The Alliance hih school football
team got the short end of a 14 to 13
score in the Thanksgiving day game
played in this city yesterday, losing
to Scottsbluff after four quarters of
close playinr In TrhVh there was
every kind of football, from the old
style to the spectacular. The feature
of the game was an eighty-five yard
run by Daily, who intercepted a for
ward pass by Scottsbluff and won a
race for a touchdown in the second
half. The main noise for Scottsbluff
was Campbell, a husky halfback.
The Scottsbluff team outweighed
the Alliance eleven from ten to fif
teen pdunds per man, and Alliance
was further handicapped by the fact
that two regulars were out of the
lineup, Garvin at halfback and Ache
son, tackle. Garvin went in during
the last few minutes of play.
Neither team scored during the
first quarter. Scottsbluff pushed the
ball across the line for touchdown in
the second, and then kicked goal, mak
ing the score for the first half 1 to
0 in favor of the visitors.
At the beginning of the second half,
Scottsbluff headed for a second
touchdown, when Dailey intercepted
a forward pass and made Alliance's
first touchdown. Beat kicked goal
tieing the score. Just before the close
of the third quarter Alliance ad
vanced the ball to the fifteen-yard line
on a forward pass, Joder to Fowler,
and then, playing straight football
pushed the ball across for a second
touchdown. Beat failed to kick goal
The score at the end of the third
quarter stood 13 to 7 in favor of Al
liance.
In the fourth, Scottsbluff scored i
touchdown by straight football and
kicked goal. At one time it took
three downs to advance the ball a
yard. From then on the ball swerved
back and forth down the field, neither
team coming within scoring distance.
An exceptionally good crowd was
present at the game. The Scotts
bluff fans came in a flock of automo
biles, instead of by special train, -as
planned, and Alliance was well rep
resented.
In the season just closed, Alliance
won two games and lost five, although
in no instance was the defeat by any
thing but a small margin, one to six
points, and not a walkaway in the
entire list.
Prospects are exceptionally good
for a championship team next year,
according to Coach F. C. Prince. Six
of this year s players will be back
next year. The team is fairly light,
but every man is a scrapper. The
season is considered a successful one,
but expectations for the coming year
are running high.
The next thing on the athletic pro
gram is basketball, which will start
right away. The first attraction will
be the interclas3 games, in which
promising material for the school five
will show up. The season's schedule
will be made tonight at a meeting of
the leaguo at Crawford. Coach
Prince is secretary of the league, but
will not be able to attend, due to the
Scottish Rite reunion, and Mr. Cun
ningham will represent Alliance at
the league meeting.
Burlington Man Wrote Rest Paper
On Increasing the-Mile Per
Car Per Day
A. G. Smart, Burlington general
superintendent at Alliance, has won
first prize in a contest conducted by
INTEREST HERE
IS REVIVING IN
PACKING PLANT
SCOTTSBLUFF COMPETITION IS
STIRRING THINGS UP
Business Men Will Be Given Oppor
tunity to Meet McCue, Proposed
Head of the Company
Since the news leaked out that the
Alliance Packing company, or a few
of its officers and promoters, had been
the Railway Age for the best paper flirting with Scottsbluff in an appar
on increasing the miles per car per ; ent effort to take the whole project
day. The award was made by a com
mittee of judges made up of Vice
President A. G. Wells of the Srnta
Fe; Vice President J. G. Rodgers of
the Pennsylvania, and Vice President
T. H. Beacom of the Rock Island. The
The second prize in the contest went
to J. Burnett, a train dispatcher of
the Atlantic Coast Line, says the
State Journal.
Mr. Smart's paper dealt with many
of the difficulties encountered daily by
operating men in keeping trains mov
ing and avoiding yard and loading de
lays. Discussing demurrage rates, a
matter frequently before the inter
state and state commissions, Mr.
Smart says: "Demurrage rates
should be such that no one can afford
to use railroad equipment for ware
house purposes. Shippers' orders and
reconsignment privileges are prolific
sources of delay and should be cut to
Ihe vanishing point. In road and yard
service anything that interferes with
the constant and unimpeded flow o
traffic should be thoroughly analyzed
and a remedy applied.
Dealing with two other problems
that are constantly before railroad
men and sometimes legislatures, Mr.
Smart says:
"While is it desirable to make
maximum sped between terminal,
the car miles per hour is the unit that
must finally govern as a measure of
efficiept performance. An eighty car
train moving over a hundred mile di-
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to the Platte valley town, interest has
been revived in Alliance to a remark
able extent. A large share of this is
apparently due to A. B. McCue, until
recently president and general man
ager of the Corn Belt Packing com
pany of Dubuque, Ta., an independent
concern which has made a phenome
nal success under his management.
Due to the fact that the money
tightness the past few months prac
tically stopped the sale of stock, a few
of the stockholders of the company
have been getting worried. The pro
moters have made an effort to keep
up the interest, but were unable to
do much because of the financial sit
uation.
But wifh the word that McCue ha?
been in Alliance, nnd has signified his
willingness to associate himself with
the concern, there has been an in-
stantnneous improvement in the situ
atior. Add to this the fact that
S-ottbluff is making strenuous ef
'o'ts to take the company away from
Alliance, and the additional Important
hat McCue has assurances from
Chicago investment brokers that they
w'H underwrite the concern to the ex
tent of half a million dollars, and the
plot thickens considerably, as the
mivie writers say.
Mr. McCue is already known to
some Alliance men who have gone
into the packing plant prospects, and
in over thirty-yeirs' experience he has
yet to associate himself with a fail
ore; He was with the Corn Belt from
ts organisation an. I succeeded in
m-iking for it an enviable record.
Mr. McCue will be in Alliance the
latter part of the week or the first of
next, and at that time business men
of the city will be invited to meet
with him. A number of questions
will come up, such as assurances that
he will remain with the company, as
well as the nature of the underwrit
ing contract, but business men in gen
eral seem to be much better satisfied
with the prospect- It is probable that
satisfactory board of directors can
be secured if arrangements are made
to secure Mr, McCue for the Alliance
company, two or three of the men
desired having already consented to
accept the positions if a contract is
made with McCue.
ine daily newspapers are giving
the matter considerable publicity and
the whole state Is getting interested
in the struggle between the two west-
em cities for possession of the pro
posed packing plant
Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Fletcher and
daughter, Francis, left Wednesday
morning for Kansas City where they
will spend Thanksgiving with their
son, "Sam." They will return Sun-
evening.
Placing the Responsibility
THE following article is handed to The Herald for publication.
It deals with the unprogressive spirit that is apparently be
coming characteristic of Alliance. It's strong talk but some
, times strong words are needed. It's time that every merchant
and business man awoke to the fact that this city is getting ahead
slowly, and that other places, with fewer natural advantages, are
distancing it in the race. Emphasis is placed on the desirability of
getting behind the chamber of commerce, as well as everything that
is for the upbuilding of Alliance. This communication is worthy of
a careful reading:
Alliance is getting much publicity in the Omaha and Lincoln pa
pers this week in regard to the possibility of losing the packing plant
What are we going to do about it? Iiet us get down to brass tacks.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? Judging from what
has happened in the past five years, we you will do nothing but
talk and find fault No good was ever accomplished without real
work putting your shoulder to the wheel and pushing.
Five years ago L. F. Hulen told us we could get every projected
potash plant in Alliance if we would go after them. He proposed a
pipe line to pump from all lakes into Alliance but we could not see
it and in consequence did nothing. Had these potash plants been
erected in Alliance it would have saved them considerable expense
in building boarding houses and residences for their employes that
could have been built here and profits made therefrom, instead of
being a bill of enormous expense to the owners of the different plants.
It would have added several thousand to our population and made a
united community and increased the business of every store proprietor
in Alliance many fold. We did nothing.
Compare our growth for the past five years with Scottsbluff in
the business world. What new business enterprise have we gained
during that time? Scottsbluff has secured two wholesale groceries,
a wholesale candy establishment, a concern that manufacturers cof
fins, a magnificent hotel, and has discounted us in increase in popu
lation. Alliance from every standpoint was a much better location
for these industries than Scottsbluff but they secured them and
what have we to show in comparison?
Does any business enterprise want to compel us to take some
thing which we not only do not try to get, but actually fight against,
as we are and have been for several years? "In union there is
strength" is a lesson that every man, woman and child has learned
from infancy, but instead of acting on this axiom we say: "We do
not believe a chamber of commerce is doing us any good and we,
or I, will wait until they show me that they are accomplishing some
thing really beneficial before I care to give up any of my money or
time or effort to help do the accomplishing." "Let George do it,"
seems to be the idea of quite a percentage of our business men, and
"I will sit back and reap the benefit anyhow whether or not I help
in any way." We sit back and criticize and find fault with everyone
who does not agree with us or who does something or who tries to
do something for the general good of the community. One wants a
home man for secretary of the chamber of commerce because his
interests are all here and another says he wants a ftranger who has
neither friends or enemies in the city, or a third says: "I will not sup
port a certain man for secretary because he is of the same profes
sion as I am and I do not want to assist him to be a greater com
petitor in a short time for me." No man can ret any good results
as secretary of an organization unless he his the enthusiastic sup
port of the members of the organization and their help and assistance
when needed and it is needed at all times.
The Herald said last week in your editorial: "Let's Go. Let's
All Go. Let's Go NOW." This spirit will win I ut if we say: "No,
lot's wait until we see whether or not this or that man is the right
one or will do thinp-s, and if so I will get in later," we will get no
place and Scottsbluff and other towns that are working with a united
body of men all jmlling together, supporting their secretary and
boards of directors anc. pushing instead of pulling backwards, will
take the plums and grow and prosper while we remain in the old
rut and grass will grow in our streets in less timo than it has taken
to get the pavement we now have.
A
SENTIMENT
AGAINST THE
MANAGER PLAN
MANY VOTERS FREE IN EX
PRESSING DISAPPROVAL
Greatly Increased Expense of City
Government Chief Reason
for Opposition
A growing sentiment among Alii
anco voters against the proposed city
manager plan of government is be
ginning to become apparent, although
there are a number of ardent sup
porters of the change, which will be
voted upon at a special election to
be held January 4 next. The opposi
lion is not confirmed to any particu
lar class of voters, and a number of
reasons are advanced for the stand
against any change in the form . of
city government A number of
women voters have announced them
selves in favor of retaining the pros
ent system.
Chief among these reasons Is, of
COUNCIL MEETS
TO ASSESS COST
OF CITY PAVING
ALL THAT REMAINS IS TO PASS
THE ORDINANCE
THIRD DISTRICT IS HARD HIT
Practically All Residents of Box Butte
Avenue Between Sixth and Se
enth Streets Attended
the First Session
The city council had meetings
scheduled for Tuesday and Wednes
day evenings this week, at which time
it had been announced that they would
sit as a board of equalization to iron
out all difficulties in the way of as
sessing the costs for city paving in
districts Nos. 2 to 7, inclusive. The
first meeting was held as scheduled,
and on Wednesday evening a few
councilmcn turned out, but there was
a Rotary club dinner on thqt evening
which decreased the attendance to a
figure below the quorum. However,
on the second night no residents were
present to raise a roar. Nothing re
mains' to be done but pass the ordi
nance. ,
All the complaints Monday evening
came from one block of the city the
residents on Box Butte between Sixth
and Seventh. Practically all of the
residents on this block were present.
This was one of the blocks whera
residents wanted the ornamental
parking centers, later changed their
mind, and were compelled to pay
higher rates than as though they had
never dallied with the ornamental
idea. These residents gave a slight
gasp when they learned what the as
sessments were to be, but that was all.
Their chief howl came because the
cross-streets had been assessed
against all the lots in the block. They
objected to paying their percentage,
but had no definite program outlined.
The city council being empowered by
law to fix the rate inside lots shall
pay toward paying the cost of the
inside track
course, the matter of expense. The
salaries of the mayor and council, cross streets, had the
under the present plan, aggregate ex-1 in the matter. The rate was estab
actly $1,000 per year. Under thelished some weeks ago. Engineer
city manager plan, they will be In- Grant explained that he had submitted
creased to $1,100, $300 for the mayor, j a number of different schemes used
and $200 a piece for the five council-. in Nebraska and neighboring states to
men. In addition to this, a city man-j the council, and they had selected this
asrer will be emnloved and the pro- plan as the most equitable. This
ponents of the plan have suggested
that a proper salary one in keep
ing with the dignity and importance
of the office will be about $5,000 a
year. Add to this the expense of a
city clerk, a superintendent for the
light plant and water department and
other necessary employes, and the ex
pense will be prohibitive for a city
of this size, the objectors say.
Another objection that has been
brought to light is the provision that
councilmen will be elected "at large"
instead of by wards, as at present
Certain sections of the city, who de
sire water and light extensions, and
who have been put off long enough as
it is under the present system, see
their hopes still further delayed if
the city manager plan goes into ef
fect Under the present system, they
have a councilman on the board from
their ward to see that their part of
the city is taken care of, while under
the proposed plan all the councilmen
might be elected from one block.
' The fact that the system, if
adopted, cannot be changed for four
years, no matter how unsatisfactory
it may prove, is the cause of other
opposition. It is pointed out that
other cities which have adopted the
plan haven't been satisfied with the
way it worked out, yet under the law
they were debarred from- making any
change. Chadion and Alliance, both
of which have tried the plan in a
modified form, were able to change
by simply repealing an ordinance, but
this time the intent is to adopt the
plan as set forth in the state
statutes, and if this is done, Alliance
will have to operate under tho system
until 1924, whether the voters ap
prove of it or not, after a trial
A warm fight is in prospect for the
days before the special election. It
will probably be postponed until after
Christmas, but forces will undoubted
lv be marshaled on either side. The
plan was proposed by the membership
of the Alliance Rotary club, which is
already organized, but the opposition
does not lack for leaders. Already
the city manager plan has been a
topic of conversation at meetings of
other organizations. The question
which comes up most often is the
reason for the change. With the
city's tax levy already aggregating
171 mills, a reply of "economy and a
business-like administration" doesnt
get very far with the average tax
payer, who is looking to see where
his taxes can be lowered rather than
for means to increase them.
plan or one quite similar is used by
practically every city in Nebraska.
The parking center enthusiasts will
have to pay higher rates than other
pavers. Their-fli;ting with the orna
mental spaces cost them an average
of $100 a lot more than they would
have had to pay had they chosen
straight paving in the first place. In
the -Third district, where the parking
centers figured, a fifty foot corner lot
will pay, on the average, $1,850; the
I lot next to the corner, $1,485; and a
fifty foot center lot. $7,400.
The total cost of paving for. the
Third district, to be assessed Tgainst
the property, is: Second district,
$144,075.14; Third district, $87,083.09;
Fourth district, $3,771.32; Fifth, $3,
R'M.Kt: Sixth, $3,790.50; Seventh,
$5,005.15. ' .
DOPE FIEND BREAKS INTO
ALLIANCE DRUG COMPANY
The Alliance Drug company's store
was entered at some time Saturday
night or early Sunday morning, and
its entire stock of morphine taken.
Entrance was gained by breaking a
window in the rear of the establish
ment. Nothing else was taken by
the thief, whose craving for the drug
evidently made him forget all other
things in his search.
Several times during the past year,
physicians' offices in Alliance have
been broken into and the stock of
opiates taken. Most of the physicians
now carry them in their medicine
bags, or else lock them in the safe.
One Alliance physician stated that
he had been visited Saturday after
noon by a Filipino, who begged hard
for some of the drug, but it was de
nied him.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad company, through P. Romig,
its attorney, Wednesday morning filed
suit in county court against William
Fuzzell of Hemingford for $21.63,
claiming this amount still due it on
a freight shipment of a carload of
potatoes to Balfour, la. Hearing has
been set for December 4.
Dr. IL A. Copsey has presented a
fine microscope to St Agnes academy
for use in the laboratory. The doctor
also delivered a talk to the students
of the physics class the first of the
week on the use of the X-ray.
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