The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922, July 19, 1921, Image 1

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Official Taper of Dox Butte County N '
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Taper of the City of Alliaoc
VOLUME XXVTIL
(Eight Tases)
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY', NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1921
NO. 67
CITY MANAGER
PLANS CHANGES
IN FIRE DEPT.
F ORKING OUT WAYS TO REDUCE
MAINTENANCE EXPENSE
THE WEATHER I
Fair tonight- and Wednesday: not
much change in temperature.
BUILDING OF THE I CROSS-COUNTRY
INnmber of Paid Members to be De
creased Ktmrnish Gives Sta
tistics for 18 Months
City Manager N. A. Kemmish has
Tturned his attention to the Alliance
volunteer fire department. He has un
der consideration some plans for re
organizing the. work, of the depart
ment, anion? which is included the dis-
rihnrr of some of the paid firemen, the
transfer of others to part-time work.
the removal of the fire truck: to tne
Lowry & Henry garage and the devel
opment of a system whereby the vol
unteer firmen will for the great part
lo the fire fighting.
Mr. Kemmish has srathered some
statistics from the records of the fire
department showing the number of
men who have registered their names
. attrnidin? fires, and the cost of
-mnintAininir the fire department in this
city, as compared with other cities of
the me sixe in weDrasaa. nt
takes up the matter of insurance rates
.aod explains some cf the changes he
nMti to nut into effect.
The city manager has issued the fol
Inwinir statement:
No doubt everyone will be inter-
Kte in knowine something regard
Antr the workings of the Alliance fire
lepartment. We are all interested in
seeing Alliance have a good efficient
.and economical fire department. We
.have therefore gone over the records
in this department for the past eign
:teen and one-half months to ascertain
.those who have registered as reported
for duty at fires and what it has cost
the city to maintain tnis aeparimem..
Durinir the neriod from January 1,
1920 to July 15, 1921, inclusive, these
Tecords show that tha fire department
-wn called out forty-nine times, . A
part of these calls' were false alarms
hut should be considered as fire calls.
The following are the names of men
appearing on the official register who
liave been on the paid department at
various times during this past eign
teen and one-half months and shows
th number of fires attended by each
nan: '' .
Carl Anderson, 27; Carl Rockey, 2o;
K. D. Fivecote, 15; Henry Sitzman, 10;
:S. Longtin, 10; V. E. Byrne, 9; Addison
Bishop, 7.
Carl Anderson and V. E. Byrne are
the only two remaining on this paid
department at this time.
The following are the names of
"Vnembers on the volunteer department
whose names appear on the official
fire record and shows the number of
-fires each man attended during the
past eighteen and one-half months:
Ward Hall, ex-chief, 24; Ed. Bren
dan, 13; Charles Schaefer, present
chief, 13; R. J. Trabert, 13; Claude
Hazelton, 12; Denny Ryan, 12; W. H.
Blume, 10; W. E. Edwards, assistant
chief, 8; Charles E. Safford, 8; Lloyd
Thoma3, 7; Roy B. Burns, 7; O. C.
Moore, 5; A. Wickerman, 5; George
Ellis, 5; Guy Smith, 4; Charles Hill, 4;
A. Haskins, 4; W. A. Blue, 3; W. R.
Harper, 3; Joe Farrell, 3; Dr. Hand,
3; J. J. Glarem, 3; Olaf Kuhn, 3; Ross
Sampson, 3; L. L. Williams, 3; A.
Brost, 3; Charles Wycoff, 3; M. E.
Reardon, 3; P. Kuhn, 2; T. O. Rome,
2; Ray D. Butler, 2; L. E. Burrows, 2.
There are thirty-four men who at
tended one fire during this eighteen
months' period whose names appear on
the register. - '
Our state statute provides that all
-members of a volunteer fire depart
ment in rood standi ne in this state and
stil persons who have been members
in good standing for five consecutive
Sixteen-Year-Old Boy
Unconscious Nine Days
After Serious Accident
Orville Hucke, sixteen-year-old son'
of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hucke, living
near Hemingford, was seriously injur
ed several days ago, while raking al
falfa was still unconscious Saturday,
although nine days have elapsed since
his accident.
He had driven too close to the fence,
and one wheel of the rake caught on a
fence post. His brothers, who were
with him in the field, heard him call to
the horses to stop, and looked up in
time to see the horses break loose
from the rake and the young man
dragged from the seat In some way
he became entangled in the lines, and
was dragged for thirty mis. ine
horses were running at a high rate of
speed, and the youth was unconscious
when he was picked up after the lines
broke and released him. tie sustaineu
a broken nose, broken collar bone, a
skull fracture above the right eye, and
a cut on the right jaw that required
four stitches to close.
CAMPRREGlLS
TRIP TO SPRINGS
BEGINS JULY 31
MUNICIPAL PIER
BEGUN MONDAY
WILL BE ERECTED NEAR THE
BOY SCOUT CAMP
ALLIANCE MEN WILL
THEM IN ALTOS
TAKE
Soath Dakota City Planning to Enter
tain Girls Will Camp in
City Park
Alliance Campfire Girls, to the num
ber of sixty or more, are busy making
plans for the annual outing, which is
scheduled for the first part of August.
lTnder present plans, the girls and
their euardians will leave by automo
bile for Hot Snrings. S. D. on July 31.
The trio will be made in automobiles.
and business men will be asked to con
tribute: cars for the drive. Asuftici
ent number, of them have agreed to
furnish a car so that the transporta
tion problem is regarded as settled
The girls will stay either one or two
weeks, probably until August n.
tomDlete Dlans have not been made
but it has been settled that the girls
will camo at the city camping grounds
in Hot Springs. There is available at
these grounds water, benches for
tables and an ideal camping site.
few blocks away from the big Hot
Springs plunge. The management of
the nlunere. has aereed to eive the girls
the advantage of his lowest rates, who
will be able to take regular morning
KUMTT1S-
E. W. Martin, president of the Hot
Springs Commercial club, has written
the Elks committee, which raised funds
to send the girls on the trip this year,
that Hot SDrinirs is prepared to do
ever'vthimr nossible to make the stay
of their miests a Dleasant one. The
camn nark, he writes, is a good one,
is situated beneath a grove of pine
trees, commands a beautiful view of
the city and is both healthy and at
tractive. Hot SDi-incs will not be abl
tn sunnlv the necessary tents, but will
take care of the water supply and will
furnish wnnd for the irirls.
The Hot Springs Commercial club
will arrange to give an auto excursion
for the Campfire Girls during their
otnv which will Drobablv take them
out to wind cave, the show spot of
that nnrt of the country, l he city has
a strong woman's organization under
vm in this state shall be exempt ; u. n-mg nf the Civic club, and also
from serving on grand and petty juries a lo.ai mn 0f Campfire Girls, both of
of the justice of the peace courts ofjwnomhave promised full co-operation.
the Btate and irom mmua uuiy in. A meeting or the guaraians win ue
time of peace and irom me assess
ment of any poll tax. U also pro
vides that no fire company shall have
held Thursday evening of this week,
at which final arrangements wm oe
made. There are some ninety v amp
HIGHWAY TO PASS
THRU ALLIANCE
THIS CITY ON THE GOLF-PLAlNS
CANADA ROUTE
Public-Spirited Citizens Subscribe $(50
to Furnish Free Bathing Fa
cilities to the County
Alliance is to have a municipal pier,
and unless all indications fail, it win
be completed within the next ten days.
Chief JefTers, Sheriff J. W. Miller and
'enrose Romig, started a subscription
paper about, and in the space of a few
hours had sixty or seventy-nve signa
tures, the amount nledsred bc'nar $400.
Since $500 was all that was rrquired
to construct a pier and a bath house,
the orders were given and Monday
morning, bright and early, material
was being hauled to the grounds. Chief
C. W. Jeffers and Sheriff Miller are
getting additional subscriptions today.
The new municipal pier will be con
structed about three hundred yards
south of the present Boy Scout camp,
on the east side of Broncho lake. The
pier will be built on piling, and will
extent eighty-five feet out into the
water, and five feet wide, there wm
be a rood spring diving hoard, ine
bath-house will be sixteen by fifty feet.
half to be used by men and half by
women. It will have a cement floor.
The women's side will have individual
rooms, about fifteen of them, but the
men will not be allowed to retire to
an anteroom to don their swimming
trunks or flourish their towels.
The location selected is on land
Chamber of Commerce Will Send
Delegate to Wray, Colo., for
Meeting August 4
Fortune is again smiling in the di
rection of Alliance. According to a
dispatch in Sunday's Rocky Mountain
News, this city is slated for a place on
the new Gulf-Plains-Canadian high
way, a great trans-country road ex
tending from the Mexican border to
Canada. Plans have alreadyeen per
fected for marking the highway in
Colorado and Nebraska, and by Au.
crust 1 there is expected to be nearly
three hundred miles of the highway
marked. The members of the cham
ber of commerce discussed the new
highway at the noon luncheon Monday
and it was decidid to send a delegate
to Wray, Colo., for the nextpmecting
of the association on August 4
The News cives the following infor
mation concerning the route j of the
hitrhway and nlans for the future!
"Eastern Colorado citizens who are
back of the Gulf-Plains-Canadian
highway have already started to 'put
it over' and at a meeting held in Wray
Friday night plans were perfected for
marking the highway in Colorado and
over into Nebraska. The highway is
proposed as the great trans-country
road extending from the Mexican bor
der into Canada.
" 'Before A u trust 1 there will be 283
miles ef the highway marked," said R.
attended the wray
Express Company Will
Be Ordered to Change
the Rates on Ice Cream
The chamber of commerce received a
telegram Monday morning from the
Interstate commerce commission,
which will, it is hoped, mark the end
of the argument over express rates
which has been hanging on for the
past few months. Some time ago the
Alliance Creamery company enlisted
the aid of the chamber of commerce
in an effort to equalize rates on Ice
cream from Alliance to Hot Springs
and intermediate points, as compared
with the rates from cities in the
North Patte valley to the same points.
The rate was then ocer 11 per nun
dred pounds and the rate to Hot
Springs was ordered reduced to $1.04
by the interstate commerce commis
si on.
RECOMMENDS A
CUT IN FREIGHT
RATES ON STOCK
MAY ELIMINATE THE 35
CENT RATE INCREASE
PFSt,
An
Examiner of the Interstate Cew.
merce Commission Holding
Hearing in Washington
Reduction of present live stock rt
throughout the western territory where.
meat-producing animals are raised hA..
been recommended to the interstate.
commerce commission by one of it
The express company, however, examiners, and a hearing thereoa 1
.... i even in i? inev will, encourage ann fup-
n i ""- . Mne wray meeting wan uiwnum - . .?.:.v'n..j v.v.-. v,-..u
fa lure in their ' uv renresentative citizens a ong the prV "w,r-, M"0 . "
of the lake there : doJ ThiXav county commission. I he trying Ordeal of rec.lv nga .char-
refused to change rates to intermedi- now in progress at Washington, ae-
nt no nts. and for several weeks the coming to a telegram received x rida
creamery has been paying $1.04 per by the Nebraska railway commission,
hundred to Hot Springs, and $2.10 to The proposed reduction would lem-
Edgemont, several miles nearer. The inate the 35 per cent increase allowed
chamber of commerce took the matter to the railroads by the interstate com
up with the commission and the tele- mission in its order of a year ago.
In his report to the federal commis
sion, bxamincr Risque said that "tho
rates on certain -commodities are! stuV
ing industry and should be reduced b
meet economic requirements." Ilia,
opinion was further expressed that
this reduction in the case of live stock
should be approximately equal to that
advance allowed in 1920.
As to traffic in general, the exam.
iner stated his belief that it would
"unwarranted at this time and no ade
quate compensating benefit would b
thus achieved.
His report urged the railroads them
selves to eliminate high rates on lm
stock, Especially for the longer haula.
The industry would be materially
helped thereby, the report declared.
Hearing on Grain Rates August 15.
As a result of complaints filed! ak
Washington by state commissions of
Kansas, Iowa ami Minnesota, the in
terstate commerce commission ' will
conduct a hearing there on August 1&
relative to . a reduction on freight
charges on grain, grain products and
hay. . If live stock rates are reduced.
in the meantime, it will be interpreted
as forecasting similar action on thes
other commodities, since the same con
ditions affect all of them. ...
A conference of state commissions
Interested in presenting facts and ar-
rates
20.
commissi on
will
gram yesterday advised that a formal
order, covering rates to the interme
diate towns, will De lortneoming im
mediately, its effective date to be an
nounced within the week.
alliancecObs
go to bayard
THIS EVENING
TWENTY MEN TO MAKE TRIP BY
AUTOMOBILE
Liona From This City Will Be Present
When Bayard Club Receives
Its Charter
Twenty members of the Alliance
Lions club are leaving this afternoon
in automobiles for Bayard,' and this
evening they will encourage and tup-
J. Wei ton. who
owned by the county, and permission mpetinu-. "This will be from Bristol
1 1 I A . A. ' 1
nas aireauy Deen given w erect through Uuriington, wray, iioiyoxe
bath-house and build the pier. The an() juesburg in Colorado to Oshkosh
beach here is said to be as good s ftfii.i,r n,k Plans are already un-
any place on the lake. The slope is dcrway for extending the highway on
fairly even, but it will be dredged andlthroUjjh Alliance, Neb., into Montana
leveled tor a space oi iwo or vnrw anj on mto Canada and rrom ttnsioi
hundred feet, so that it win te ineai through Limon, Cheyenne Wells an
for smaller children, wno win De aoie Lamar across Colorado,
. . . 1 4'. . I nn nrUU. 1 .. ... . .
10 swim near me wuvn
out occasioning heart
Darenta. At this part
o ,ijjhk ttsviA n wi a'i m m inir win t ... l
ure ii" ucr-i uwict, f-r,, ......... e, ers, runnier nu uuirm uu jiwi.nco j ,l i . j;
be comnaratively safe. have ioined the organization, which ' Rfneral and other epepch-makmg dig-
. The contrinuuons, wun me excep
tion of that of Jim Hunter, who headed
the list with $50. and that of the Lions
club, which will donate $100 to the
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enterprise, are itiom. y in county commissioners, siaies ana vne - - - be prC8ented at this metmg by on
rrotSrfmrornw Wn ro Jme-A.t it,Pmemhers and probably also by
r - I u i iiMR -..t i a. a ii..4 ntii .ka nPFLi t minRi i.n.iiiisipr.
ried the Daner about did not make any mpnre.l and the insienia "G. P. C." has siums mav ... i""" r " "
particular attempt to call on the busi-j,,pen copyrighted. This insignia is 'more lestiye. " " K' n !e ''"
men. realizing that they have Lin- .t nn ten inches wide 1 large evening if both of the clubs get
been hit pretty heavily for donations an(j thirty inches'high in six-Inch let-
Present Rates Defnded.
nf one sort and another the past few . t-ra ;n hlacU on a white blackjrround,
months. The subscribers were largely There will be two posts at each turn
those who will ue the new swimming an(j one marking pole every mile on a
iwach. A numoer oi raiiroauers piaccu , pti aijrht road.
on the rolls at any one time more than fire Girjs in the city, but a number of
eVenty-nve persons and no noos ami tnese will be unable to go on tne trip.
ladder shall have more man miy mem
bers. The statute provides that a mem
mer to be in good standing i3 hereby
defined: to be those who keep their
lues promptly paid up and are present
and render active service when called
out for the legitimate purpose of the
organization. The by-laws of our Alli
ance fire department require that all
members absenting themselves for
three months from fires, meetings,
St. Joseph's Hospital
Finishes Installation
of X-Ray Equipment
St Joseph hospital of this city has
lZ without . reTsonable completed the installation of it. re-
hH forfeit their membership ' cently purchased .way P "
r r . : r. -!.. y si
The by-laws also require St. Mnapeui s n p" v.BW .
iuiremeni. i.r " rM,." , Zar nt ih .lenRrtment
that it shall he tne uuiy oi eacn my- b-
man to register personally upon a The machine at the hospital is the
AA ff.r iVAa Inrcrodt nd latest KeIly-K.oet moiei
at the engine house. Tnis
register must be made within twenty
four hours of the fire. This is the
register from which these names Mere
compiled. From the rules therefore, a
member to remain in good rtmrting
must attend at least one fire each three
months which is equivalent to four
fire per year or six firea during the
eighteen monchs' period. 1; will co
een from the above statement that
about eleven men during the past
;.k(Un mnntht are eligible to be
mnt from ooll tax.' Each member
(Continued on Page 8)
and equipped with a safety device
which assures absolute safety t'uring
its operation.
W. J. McNamara, expert X-ray me
chanic of Omaha, who installed the
machine, congratulated the hcppital
staff on its selection of equipment, tnd
stated that the local hospital is now
equipped with a better X-ray depart
ment than most of the greater hospi
tals in larger cities. Tha machine 3
tk. camA miaIaI na that i.4vl in th
Mayo Brothers clinic at Rochester,
'Minn., but i larger.
their names down.
As planned by the promoters, the fa
culties at the municipal pier will be
free of charge to ail who come. This
was one of the conditions laid down by
the first man to contribute, and every
one following agreed with him. The
both-house will be open to all who de
sire to use it. Tne Boy Scouts, who
run the neighboring camp and swim
ming hole, have agreed to keep an eye
on the bath house and will keep it
cleaned up. It may be that they will
decide later to rent towels and bathing
suits if the prospects seem good.
Plans for this year are quite mod
est. Only the pier and bath house will
be built. Next year, if conditions
warrant, an additional sum will be
asked for, with which to provide show
er baths and .other improvements.
Trees will also be' set out, it is hoped.
Broncho lake has never been more
popular for swimming purposes than
this year. The Country club beach has
been used largely and often, and the
Boy Scouts are making good use of
their facilities. The general public
has flocked to the lake in larger num
bers than ever before. Saturday eve
ning seventy-two cars were counted
nn the east side of the lake, and there
. 1 were 205 people jn swimming last
Wednesday evening. The lake js get
ting to be a popular place for picnic
parties. A number of the automobiles
carry canvas covers fo the car can be
converted into a dressing room.
The movement for a public pier at
Broncho lake was started by the Alli
ance Lions club a couple of weeks
ago, but the same idea has been in
the mind 3 of other citizens. The club
appointed a committee to formulate
plans for getting funds, but the other
fellows beat them to it a irine oy pel
ting out a subscription paper. ine
Lions club promptly suDscnoea a suo
stantial sum. The idea was popular,
as nearly every man approached put
his name down for some amount. The
building of the public bath house and
the pier will be a welcome source of
entertainment during the hot weather,
and the men who were responsible lor
bringing the idea to public attention,
aa well t house who carried it out
so promptly, are deserving of especial
credit.
"'It was exnlained at the Wray
meeting that many of the roads are al
ready made, but they will have to be
connected up, and all graded and sur
faced to make it the Ideal nignway
that is proposed. The highway will
be the only cross-country nignway m
the west'
"The next meeting of the organiza
tion is set for August 4 in Wray."
to coin? in nroner form
La.st Thursday the Uayard Lions
came over to Alliance for a friendly
call, and walloped their hosts to the
Ralph Borgelt has received a seven
volume set of the Free mason's Cyclo
pedia, which deals with all phases of
Masonry. This has been placed in the
library at the Masonic Temple and will
be placed at the disposal of all Masons.
The books were a gift from his mother
at thj time he received his third de
gree.
Box Butte County.
Sunday Schools to
Meet at Hemingford
Ttutte countv Sunday school
convention will be held at Hemingford
on July 26. A splendid program nas
been arranged for the instruction and
entertainment of the delegates. The
pro'rram follows: .
9:30 a. m. Devotional, Prof. R. L.
Embree.
10 a. m. Address of welcome, Alex
Muirhead.
Response, Rev. S. J. Epler.
Reports, appointment of committees,
etc.
10:45 a. m. 'Getting Behind the
Suierintendent," Arthur Gregory.
11:15 a. m. "Suggestive Program
for Sunday School," Miss Margaret E.
Brown.
12:00 m. Basket dinner at churcn.
1:15 p. m. Devotional, George E.
Schneider. . .
1 :30 p. m. "Problems or the Kurai
School," Mrs. B. V. Blanchard McNey.
2 :00 p. m. "The Sunday scnooi ana
Its Mission," Rev. C. R. Mattison.
2:20 p. m. "The Church and Week
day Religious Education," Rev.' A. J.
Kearna.
2:40 p. m. "Making the Sunday
School a Living Thing," Mrs. Jennie
Reed.
3:00 p. m. VThe undeveloped ite-
sourceB, Kev. M. amiuu
3:30 p. m. "Worship in the Sunday
School," W. H. Kimberly.
4:00 p. m. "Training for Devotional
Life," Mrs. Margaret E. Brown.
5:00 p. m. Business session.
8:00 p. m. Address, W. H. Kim-
herlv.
8:30 d. m. "The Outlook, in the
Orient, Miss Margaret E. Brown.
Present freight rates have no rela
tion to the condition of the live stock,
industry in the west, Kenneth F. Bur
gess, representing the railroads. de
fearful tune of 26 to I. The return jred Friday before the Interstate.
vvii.iiiei ve tutim.iiitrt; .it uiai uiguujtrnb
on the shippers' plea for relief in the
states where utilities commissions,
have intervened.
Previously representatives of the
live stock interests had declared that
the rates were destroying the west and
would result in the railroads being
among the worst sufferers in the end!
"The railroads should not be allowed
to sacrifice the future of the west on
the altar of present revenues," S. H.
Cowan of the American Live Stock as
sociation said.
Rate reductions asked by the ship
pers amount to $34,000,000 a year.
which would be but l.Z per went of ttra
total value of the market of the live
stock shipped on western roads. Mr.
Burgess declared. W hile the value x
the live stuck on the farm in 1920, ho
added, had suffered a deflation of
$819,000,000, the freight rate increased
in that year on the western roads was
only $7,488,000.
Discussing the Friday report or
Examiner Disque, which held that tho
rates on live stock were low from a
transportation standpoint, but because
of conditions prevailing in the indus
try they are nigh from an economic
standpoint, Mr. Uurgess said:
"The economic standpoint represents
a new test or reasonableness un
known to the law, without giving any
measure to tell what would be reason
able and if you find that these rates
are reasonable from a transportation
standpoint I challenge your jurisdic
tion to reduce them.
Under the law, he said, rates on one
class of traffic could not be decreased
so as to throw a burden on other
classes.
visit of the Lion? is made too late for
baseball, because the Alliance cubs
feared defeat and the B?yard cubs
feared bloodshed if the two teams ever
again get "together on the diamond.
If the Alliance men get even, it will
be a victory of brains over brawn, or
something like that, and they hope to
get even. A charter presentation ought
tn he the chance of a lifetime.
The following Alliance I. ions plan to
make the trip: W. L. O'Keefe, rrank
Abegg, Frank Brennan, C. E. Adams,
J. S. Uhein, Clay Harry, True Miller,
John Henneberry, Jack Kane, Ed. M.
Burr, Charles Brittan, J. W. Guthrie,
Dick O'Bannon, Bud Schafer, Cal
Walker, Lee Basye, M. D. Nolan, Lou
Reynolds.
Police Round Up
Three Taxi Drivers
Without Licenses
" Art Garrett, H. G. Dentler and Ed.
Rishon have been notified to appear in
police court at 2 p. m. Wednesday, to
exnlain why they are operating auto
mobiles for hire without first procur
ing fro mthe city clerk a license'. The
ordinances provide a license fee of $10
per vear, and already seven taxi own
ers have paid the fee. Complaint
aginst the three men were made by
other drivers who had paid the license
money.
Dr. Einar V. Blak wag arrested Fri
dav evenina- by Officer Stilwell, and
charged with violating traffic rules by
turning his car in the middle or tne
etroet- HeannGr was set tor 4 p. ra.
Mondav. but Police Judge L. A. Berry
allowed postponement until today at
the 6ame hour.
Mrs. C L. Finch returned yesterday
from a jten days' visit witi her par
ems at Juiesburg, Colo.
Mrs. A. E. Kitchen has returned
from Colorado Springs, where she has
been spending her vacation.
State Officers Have !
Nice Words to Say of
Reception in Alliance
Citv Manaeer N. A. Kemmish has
received the following letter, dated
Monday, from .State Sheriff Gus A
Hyers:
"Please extend to your chamber of
commerce and the good citizens of
Alliance our appreciation for the fine
entertainment and courtesies extended
our delegation while in convention in
vour eitv. It will be Ion? remembered
as one of the successful meetings of
the state."
Seven-Year-Old Son of
Former Alliance Woman
Is Drowned at Billings
Word ha3 reached The Herald that
Billie Parker, the seven-year-old son
of Mrs. Nellie J. Parker, met death
by drowning in the Yellowstone river
near Hillings, ftiont., last luesday.
Funeral services were held at Billings
on July 14.
The child's mother was a former
resident of Alliance, her maiden name
being Nellie Baker. She was the
daughter of Rev. O, S. Baker, at one
time pastor of the Methodist church,
of this city. Mrs. Parker now is a
resident of Billings.
Dick Strong returned Sunday frona,
hla homestead ia Wyoming.