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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1921)
If 1 jTm Own to i 1 n ; ' i J, 4. 7 1 Official Paper of Box Butte VOLUME XXVIIL BURGLAR GETS NABBED AFTER ' THIRD ATTEMPT -FIRST TRIES HARPER'S AND THE GOLDEN RULE STORES -Succeeds in Waking Occupants Over Bogue's Store Which Re sults in Arrest After two unsuccessful attempts to - ...... J tVJ wreak and enter the W. if. Hurn ,i 'Golden Rule denartm tieny genueuitui 01 the ioau', wno maintains absolute silence regarding mmseu, succeeded in routing tne . we room to waiic. family of Otto Zamzow, who turned in J- Bavne The Herald's farm rep the alarm that brought Officer Eugene tentative, is' enthusiastic over the Stillwell to the scene and ejected his 1 record. "Cattle can be fattened here arrest. No charce has as v hw'as well as any place on earth." he h.cu oaiii&i, mm, out ne is iieia in connection with suspicious actions aim ueiongings which seem to link him with the mail couch robbery Wednes day, May 18. in Chevonnp. w vnere luo in tmps was stolen along ' ne ca" '8 a purebred Hereford and with other articles. ' WamI'8 a credit to any breed and a credit The unfortunate man who it seems bo persistently attempted to break into eome store in our city, it mattered not ;to him, is a great deal older than the .average. He is quite gray and claims o be but forty-five years old, al though he appears not younger than fifty-five. Among his effects were: key No. 46, Merchants' hotel, Palmyra, -Mo.; a ticket, purchased May 18, from Sidney, Neb. to Cheyenne; a small Jbottle, containing colorless liquid, wrapped very carefully in handker chiefs; a bar of soap; a spoon; $35.43 in stamps, different denominations. pocketbook containing $2.59 in cash: key ring, well filled with keys ap parently calculated to. fit many emer gencies; a piece of string; a knife and anany handkerchiefs. About 12:30 a. m.. G. C. Madsen tates that he saw this man, whom he i r:i. . ' uuciilwicu i nuay inominir. aDDarentiv checking over the front door of the dav and naid a fine of " and mt. JUarper Department store. Madsen p 8 " c? t8" r,ffWMtf.U Mrs. Homer White and children sufficiently to caue him more than'iAavA tnnirht fnr Rrnk.n rw o,.. TiflQcinff lnn(arn rr-4Vi -).. and back door of the Harper Depart ment store showed evidences of at tempt to force them open. Also the ( Golden Rule store was persistently 4ried, as both front doors, the back . -door and the three back windows all "testify. Between 8 and 3:30 a. m. the Zam xow family was startled by a crash toming irom the rear door on the first floor. When they became aware of what was taking place, they turned in the call for the police. Evidently the marauder heard the telephone con versation, because he at once desisted and, leaving a ' four foot "jimmie," withdrew. Officer Stillwell arrived shortly af terward and arrested his man just be hind the Herald office as the man emerged on Laramie avenue. He was &t first lodged in the city jail, but was later taken to the county bastile. Officials believe there will be furth . r developments in connection with the robbery of the mail coach near Chey enne, Wyo., Wednesday, May 18, al though the prisoner says it will be .'all right when the clothes are washed." He seems to be just an or dinary old man, although he is not lisposed to say much about himself. ' A telegram from the hotel in Pal myra, Mo., pays that Key No. 4G was taken from the hotel about April 25, and the man had left without paying his board bill. St. Agnes Seniors in Music and Expression Render Fine Recital The senior music and expression pu pils of St. Agnes Academy gave a very enjoyable recital Thursday eve ning in the academy gymnasium. The work was an evidence of thorough training as well as application and tal ent. Great praise is due these young ladies as all present enjoyed the eve ning. Among the guests were: Rev. P. J. Manning; Rev. Father James, O. M. C. of Broken Bow, Neb.; and Rev. Father Constant of St. Joseph Hospi tal. The program was as follows: - Piano, Impromptu; Lillian Krejci. Reading, "Hummels Caller"; Ruth Huff. Piano, The Angelus; Helen McDer mott. Reading, "The Kentucky Philoso pher"; Margaret Vinton. Piano, Convent Fire; Alice Hamil ton. Reading, "The Swan Song"; Helen McDermott. Piano, Love's Dream; Carla Marie "Werner. Reading, "The Rosary"; Lillian Ber zina. Piano, Storm at Sea; Ruth Huff. Chorus, Glee club. ' Piano, Tarantella; Margaret Vinton. Reading, "The Soldier of The Em pire"; Carla Marie Werner. Chorus, VHow We Love Thee, S. A. A.," Seniors. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnstone ar rived Wednesday from their home Ftead in Wyoming, having made the trip from Edgemont by auto. County (Twelve Ta&es) THE WEATHER Forecast for Alliance ami vicinltvr Mostly fair tonight and Saturday with moderate temperature. Record-Breaking Calf From Patterson Ranch Dresses 539 Pounds The man who savs that fat stock Cannot be produced in Box Butte county has a slipping trolley. The Sanitary Market a day or so ae-o pur chased of the Patterson ranch a four 1 teen-months-old cTilf that 1ipiI nn , , , , . even five hundred and thirtv-ninn , pounds. The calf was fpil a Knorial weKht-producing diet and in order to malce tne weight was given very lit - , jf they receive the attention and the corn they should It's the finest. piece of beef I have ever seen, and I can myseir some judge, especially when the meat comes to the table. to any man who can produce such an animal." Police Report Progress in Their Campaign to Close the Auto Cutouts The city and county police authori ties report progress in their campaign to encourage autoists to close the cut outs on their machines while rolling tne past, ur course, the cops cannot be everywhere in the city at the same time, and it is probable that a few culprits escape. Two or three have been arrested and fined. Frank Hashman pleaded guilty to the charge of driving with an open cutout, be- ui wiving wun tin open t..j -o.i ,ir.j . V " ' they will join Mr. White, who is con nected with the paving construction company there.' ; , COMIKiiERS WILL GRADE TO BRONCHO LAKE AND DESIGNATE OTHER ROADS FOR IMPROVEMENT May Change Route of State Highway to Connect With Hay Springs Road Aid The county commissioners, who have been in session since Monday, have devoted a large share of their labors to the laying out of new roads. Monday Commissioners Duncan and Hashman met a delegation of fifty men from Hay Springs and vicinity, who went with them over the pro posed federal aid road to connect with the Hay Springs road at the county line. The commissioners had planned to"Cn was given, refreshments were run the road seventeen miles straight, then served by the committee in north from Al!iun?e on the Chadron charge and were followed by a social i ... .- 1. . 1 1. i r l road, and men diaironauv across to tne county line. The delegation desired the road to run seventeen miles north, thence six miles east and four miles north along the county line. The dele gation promised that the Sheridan county commissioners would split the expense of this four miles fifty-fifty with Box Butte county. No decision has been reached, as yet, but it is pos sible that the route will be changed to conform to the delegation's ideas, provided the protests from the north western part of the county does not assume too large a proportion. The commissioners have decided to grade the Tenth street road for two miles west, and have issued an order opening up the road from that point straight south to ti rone ho lake, the first two miles of the route is already open, but the mile outh is said io have a gate or two to obstruct free and easy passage. This is considered the best route to the lake, and a num ber of business men have asked that it be opened and put in shape for traffic. Another long stretch of road that will be graded begins at the north west corner of section 14-27-50, and extends fifteen miles south, to the southwest corner of section 26. W. H. Osborne of Lincoln, state tax commissioner, has notified County As sessor Pilkipgton that he will be in Alliance Monday or Tuesday of next week, at which time he will take up certain assessment problems with he board and the assessor. Jt is prob able that the commissioners will re main in session until the middle cf next week. W. H. Wood is giving the Boy Scouts oi iroop l instruction in swinging Indian clubs and other physical cul ture. TWICE A WEEK-TUESDAY AM) FRIDAY ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, WOMAN'S CLUB ENTERTAINS ITS STATE OFFICERS PRESIDENT OF FEDERATION IN ALLIANCE WEDNESDAY One Hundred Club Women of City and Hemingford Banquet at v the Alliance Hotel Wednesday of this week the Alli ance Woman's club was honored bv having as its guests Mrs. John Slaker iof Hastings, nd Mrs. George Frater of North Platte, the former president of the Nebraska state federation of Woman s clubs and the latter presi dent of the Sixth district, of which the Alliance club is a part. Earlv residents of Alliance will remember Mrs- Slaker as the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tainter, formerly of this i city At i:ju ociock a luncheon was giv en in tne faim room of the Alliance Hotel in honor of the visitors at which in addition to guests from Heming ford, fifty club women of Alliance were served. Floral decorations and music marked the luncheon hour. Immediately following the luncheon the club convened at its rooms in the city library, President Mrs. S. W. Thompson, presiding. Seated with her were the guests of honor, Mrs. Slaker and Mrs. t rater, and al.o the presi dent of the Woman's club of Hem- ingford, Mrs. Hughes. About one hun dred women gathered to hear the mes sages of the state and district presi i .... .i aents, ana potn addresses were ac corded generous applause. Mrs. Frater's message dealt with the history of Nebraska, likening it to the weaving of a beautiful fabric, the pioneers being the first weavers. She spoke of the Indian wars as broken threads in the historical fabric, and the protection afforded by national soldiers as the weaving in of the red, white and blue threads. Among other things she urged very strongly the purchase of the William F. Cody ranch near North Platte, which she said had been assured could be done, as a state park and community camp ing grounds, and suggested that it be beautified as a memorial to (he Ne braska' pioneers by the people of the elate-;,. , -Mr. Slaker spoke very forcefully and with much feeling along the lines always interesting to club women, tracing the Woman's club from its beginning in New York to the present day. She is a gifted and able speaker, and her address of one hour made a great impression on all present. She spoke of some of the wonderful things that women's clubs are doing today and asked that the Woman's clubs of Nebraska be open to all wom en who care to avail themselves of their help. She argued that all the women now have the franchise and that clubs can best serve the state and nation by enlightening its women. She thinks that the big word in clubdom should be service. A solo by Mrs. J. S. Rhein, duet by Mrs. Beal and Mrs. Hershman and readings by Mrs. Forxl of Hemingford, added a pleasing touch to the occa sion. At the close of the program beautiful bouquets of carnations were presented to the four presidents, the efficient prrident of the Alliance Woman's club not being forgotten. Te ' presented by Mrs. Cole, who made touching little speeches as Ford Badly Smashed In Collision Occurring at Third and Laramie A Ford touring car, driven by J. B. Nnner, was bad'v smashed when it collided with a Chandler driven by Gail Price at Third and Laramie about 8 o'clock Thursday morning. Mr. Price was driving south on Laramie and Mr. Nepper west on Third. It was raining at the time of the acci dent and neither driver saw the car approaching until it was too late to avoid an accident. There was some discussion as to the degree of blame that should at tach to either driver, and it was fi nally agreed to leave this matter to a board of arbitrators composed of eye-witnesses to the accident. The board of arbitrators decided that each man should stand his own loss. Ac cording to the mechanic, this will amount to about $75 for the Ford driver. The Chandler was not -damaged to any greater extent than a smashed hub cap. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McCorkle left last week for a visit with relatives in Iowa, making the trip by auto mobile. They will stop at Des Moines, Knoxville and other points, returning the forepart of next week. The eighth grade of Emerson school held their annual party Wednesday evening at the school house. Rev. M. C. Smith left on a busi ness trip to Lincoln Sunday evening, returning inursaay. NEWlASKA, FRIDAY, MAY COMMENCEMENT WEEK PROGRAM IS A BUSY ONE ALL EXERCISES IN HIGH SCHOOL f AUDITORIUM Puhlic Invited to Attend Prominent Speakers Will Give Addresses ; The last week of school in Alliance will le a busy one for the graduates. Hifth sehool students have numerous programs where they are expected and the public invited. Alliance should not overlook the coming cf - Hon. C. F. Reavis, congressman of the First dis trict of Nebraska. ; Commencement, week programs will bngin with the baccalaureate service which will be held at the hiirh school auditorium Sunday evening, May 22. Following that, the Recognition day program a short program in which the seniors are formally recognized as such will be held at the high school auditorium luesday morning, May 24 Wednesday night the class program win De given. Thursday night the combined county and city eighth grade graduating ex ercises will be held at which time the address will be given by Rev. E. C, Newlin of Crawford. On Friday eve ning the high school graduation exer cises will be held and the address will be given by Hon. C. F. Reavis, con gressman from the First Nebraska district. All programs will be given at the high school auditorium Baccalaureate Serrice. To be held at the high school audi torium, Sunday, May 22 at 8 p. m.: Music, vocal solo, Mrs. Beal. Scripture reading, Rev. M. C. Smith. Music, violin solo, Mr. Bass. Prayer, Rev. A. J. Kearns. Music, Mrs.' J. S. Rhein. Sermon, Rev. B. J. Minort. Music, vocal solo, Mrs. Hershman. Benediction, Rev. S. J. Epler. , Commencement Program. High school auditorium. Friday May 27, 8 p. m.: March, piano, Maude Spacht. , ' Music, Leon Alter. " : Invocation, Rev. M. C. Smith. " Music, violin solo, Mr. J. P. Mann. Address. Hon. C. F. Reavis. M. C. First District of Nebraska. Music, vocal. Miss Janet Grassman. Presentation of diplomas and an nouncement scholarship honors. Music, vocal, Mrs. Frank Buechsen- stein. Benediction, Rev. A. J. Kearns. Hardware Retailers Hold Convention in Alliance Thursday The Alliance group of the Nebraska Retafl Hardware association assembled for a short but important business ses sion Thursday evening at 6:30 in the Fern Garden of the Alliance hotel. There were present representatives from surrounding towns in northwest ern Nebraska, together With officers rrom the state organization. Much mportant business was brought before the meeting in spite of the limited time at the disposal of the hardware men. The continued rains of the fore part of the week tended to lessen the number in attendance, but a very rep resentative body was gathered togeth er in spite of the interference of the elements. Short addresses of welcome were given the visiting delegates by Mayor R. M. Hampton and Glenn Miller, pres ident of the Alliance chamber of com merce. Mrs. J. S. Rhein, accompanied by Mrs. B. Ponath, gave two beautiful vocal solos, which were very much ap preciated. A. L. Lahr of Lincoln, president of the state association, gave a short in troductory address. The principal ad dress of the convention was given by S. R. Miles, of Argos, Ind., field service manager "of the national association headquarters. He spoke on "The Re tail Hardware Store." The keynote of his message to local merchants was: By proper retail organization, and being thoroughly conversant with com munity needs, carry sufficient stock of necessary articles to render the most efficient service possible. The speaker emphasized the super-importance of service, lhe local dealer is the buyer for the community. It is up to him to study needs and then fit himself to satify those needs. After the regular business session a question box and open discussion was carried on in which the retail repre sentatives had an opportunity to air their views, and gather information from the ideas of others. The group meeting at Alliance Is part of a program to visit seven dis tricts in Nebraska. Fremont and Nor folk have already had their meetings. and the itinerary for the other four cities is: Scottsbluff, May 23; Grand Island, May 24 and Hofdrege, Mav 25. In the state association party is Frank Bennett of Fremont, state sec retary, whose duty it is to. see that these conventions . are 100 per cent smooth sailing; and George H. Dietz, ot Lincoln, rseor. Official - 20, 1921 Pete Saucr Takes a Couple of Falls From Zikmaqd of Rrainard Joe Zikmand nf fti-ni ------- - - . x,t vtMU HI3 tne lxam at 210 noun. nm in-M Ann pounds mni-e than Pete Sauor. m,t vi(.u.uui, nut UKIII t get mucn larther than first base in his match with the Alliance lipnvv (rrappler at the roof garden Tuesday evening. A good crowd was present to see the bout, and u number of ladies were among the mat fans, although the feminine attendance was notice ably smaller than in tliP ilnva no admission fee was charged those of the fair ex. There were the usual preliminaries, the two midgets giving a three-round boxing exhibition, followed bv a fif. teen-minute match between Joe Brerht and Adam Wickman, which resulted in a draw. Green refereed durinir the evening. Sauer took the Brainard man to two Mraigm iaus, winning the first in forty-seven minutes and the second in seventeen. Both falls were gained through the Use Of Sauer'n fnmnn. toe noid. the Alliance wrestler was somewhat handicapped because his op ponent had an advantage in weight, uui mir tne nrst two or three minutes on the mat Sauer was the aggressor until Zikmand's shoulder touched the mat me second time. The match was not as last as some that have pre ceded it, but was a lively affair all the way through. Zikman broke a number of good holds and there was a time or two when Sauer had to do a uttie or that sort of work. The entire match was charartoriai by an exhibition of good sportsman ship on the part of the wrestlers, who. while not. exactly polite to each other, iook no advantage that wouldn t con form to the rules in such cases mad and provided. Following the match, Zikmand addressed the crowd. He eon- ceded that Sauer was a mighty good man and intimated that he wondered if Alliance appreciated the caliber of its chief grappler. He said that he had been able to suuceze.in onlv thrpa days training before the contest, and announced that he was going to re turn to Ravenna, where he is training wun reseK, practice up a bit on mak ing and breaking toe holds, and then ask for a return emrairemcnt. whpn he thought he would be able to take a ran or two from Sauer. officersjEl gipsy band to leave the city FOUR CARLOADS TOLD TO THE DUSTY TRAIL HIT Rumors of Holdup of Traveling Man Near Angora Responsible for the Order Alliance people who yearn to peer into the future and discern what Is in store for them will have to bow their necks and accept the inevitable, or else consult an ouiji board, lhe gipsy palmists will not vhtit the busi ness and residence districts this week. For years a band of them has been making a visit at the beginning of the spring and spilling all sorts of se crets to those who crossed their palms with saver. But not this year. Four autoloads of gipsies rolled into the city Wednesday evening. Early Thursday afternoon, before they had much of an opportunity to travel about the city and mingle with the citizenry the same automobiles were on their way. Special Agent r. J. Smith of the Burlington heard a ru mor from Angora way and he told the story to Sheriff Miller. The sheriff had already heard it from an Angora resident and his wife. So, also, had Chief of Police Jeffers. The gipsies were asked to move on. According to the rumors a traveling man was on hU way from Bridgeport to Angora Wednesday morning. He had a little trouble with his car and stopped to see what was wrong. While tinkering with the engine, four automobile loads of gipsies hove on the scene. They stopped. Four gip sies headed in his direction. Two of them were women, and they offered to tell his fortune. Being busy with the car, and not at all interested in events very far in the future, he refused. The gipsies crowded close to him, and when he looked up, one or the women was in the act of lifting his pocket- book. In a most unchivalrous manner his fist shot out, taking the palmist on one side of her head. The four other gipsies crowded close" and for a sec ond or two it looked like a medicine-bottUs-by-the-bedside case. The knight of the grip had a trusty automatic in his pocket, however, and in three min- utes by the watch the gipsy cars were leaving a trail of dust toward Alli ance. The name of the traveling man could not be learned, but the Angora people said that the story he told on arriving in that town was just as related. The evidence was sufficient to satisfy the county cops, and the gipsy camp is no longer in South Al'i ance. Taper of the City of Allianc NO. 50 ETY-FIVE 8TH GRADERS TO GRADUATE EXERCISES WILL BE HELD AX HIGH SCHOOL MAY 26 Heminjtford and St. Agnes Academy, to Hold Special Exercises for Students Ninety-four eighth grade student will receive diplomas in Box flutu county this month. Of these, fifty-thre are from the various country districts, twenty-five from St. Agnes Academy and seventeen from Hemingford, There will also be a number from th Alliance schools, probably in excess cf the outside total but the names hav not yet been made public Eighth grade graduation exercises will be held at the high school May 26 for both towri and country pupils The graduation adress will be iven. by Rev. Mr. Newlin of Crawford. , St Agnes academy will hold It graduation exercises Sunday, May 23, Bishop Duffy of Grand Island will riv the address. The graduation exercises at Hem-, ingford will be held Friday, May 20, There are two twelfth grade graduata and seventeen eighth graders. Th high school graduates are the Misses- ' Ruth Muirhead and M. Wlltsey. Following are the names of tth : grade graduates outside of Alliance; Hemingford Schools Francis Billicka Floyd Mackler Faye Clarke Margaret Melick; , Kenneth Pruden j 1 Ethel Reiman i Clifford Roland i Charles Roth May Stiles , Frances Stiles George Cory Thelma Dumm ten Grimes Frank Grimes Newton Haynes Willetta Johnson Florence Miller St. Agnes Academy Lawrence Barry Cecil Barlow Helen Kenny Irene La Riviera May Loveil Margaret Loveil Clara Macken Cecelia Marsh FaeMiddlekauft Helen Borkey Roe Borkev LaVerne Blain Edna Bishop Helen Carroll Leo Dougherty Mary Morris Mry-louiut'.. Leona Ellis Lucille RelnkobeY Orrin Finch Lulu Sutton Ilia Corey Evelyn Wemmer Helen Hugh County Schools Lacy Boyer, district No. 22. Bessie Bergtield, district No. SQ. Hazel Benjamin, district No, 6. Noah Calmer, district No. 81. Ina Lois Cornish, district No. 51, Eva Clayton, district No. 13. Oscar Dillon, district No. 11. Elizabeth Duhon, district No, 76, Josephine Duhon, district No. 7fc Velma Dyer, district No. 81. Leona Glass, district No. 49. Adrien Hann, district No, 65. ' Arthur Hann, district No. 65. Bessie Hawkins, district No. IS. Donald Hawkins, district No. 13. Ruth Hutchinson, district1 No. 16. Blanch Hookham, district No. 3L Esther Jespersen, district No. 19. Elvin Jespersen, district No. 19. Paul Koester, district No. 2. Charles Kennedy, district No. 81, Ma Klemke, district No. 28. Ella Lance, district No. 28. ' Margaret Iavitt, district No. 14. Ernest Mall, district No. 14. Willie Mabin, district No. 13. Blanch Moravek, district No. 81. Francis McDonald, district No. IS. Esther Neilson, district No. 12. Chris. Neilson, district No. 12. Ora Ogden, district No. 11. Dora Ogden, district No. 11. Chris. Panwitz, district No. 45. Rudolph Panwitz, district No. 43. Frank Prochazka, dist rict No. 60, John Prochazka, district No. 60, Nellie Playmate, district No. 31, Clara Playmate, district No. 31. Omer Roland, district No. 56. John Ruzicka, district No. 56. Blanch Ringer, district No. 81, Bernard Rehder, district No. 88, Pat. Shurlock, district No. 9, Albert Schwaderer, district No. 9, Glen Smothers, district No. 46. Bertha Sheldon, district No. 15. ' Raymorid Sheldon, district No. 15, Adrien Tyree, district No. 6. George Underwood, district No. 9, Leonard Wright, district 'No. 16, Elna Wait, district No. 16. Dorothy Watson, district No. 46. Glen Worley, district No. 16. I: Wife of a Former Alliance. Physician Dies at Long Beach Word reached Alliance Wednesday morning of the death at Long Beach, Cal., of Mrs. H. H. Bellwood, formerly of this city. Death occurred from Eneumonia at 5 o'clock May 18, at a ong Beuch hospital. Her mother and sister, Mrs. Cudwallader and Mrs. Brockett, were with her during her last illness, as was also her daughter, Ina. Dr. and Mrs. Bellwood RiadQ Alliance their home for many years, and have many friends who will b grieved to learn of her death, Nil!