Official Taper of Ho Hutte County
TWICK A WKKK-TTKSIUY AM) FRIDAY
Official Taper of the City of Alliance
(Eight rages) ALLIANCE, UOX UVYIK COUNTY. NKI5UASKA. TTKSDAY. SKITKMMKU 12, 19:21.
No. 83
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x'OLUMIJ XXVIII.
INDIANS MAY
NOT WORK IN
SPUD HARVEST
ADVANCE GUARD TALKS LAST
YEAR'S WAGE SCALE
George Running Horse Refuses
Stir a Peg Until Someone Kicks
In With Six Bucks a Day
to
The advance guard of Indians from
the Pine Ridge reservation arrived in
Alliance this week. Every year ;i big
delegation of them comes to this city
and anchors its tents down in South
Alliance. The squaws haunt the ciry
jroods stores and the streets, while
th hraves iro to work in the harvest
fields. The men who plant potatoes'
on a big scale say they make the
est help obtainable, and each year in
their pilgrimage to Box Butte county
They have two or three listinct klous
in. view. One of them is to open an
employment agency and garner in a!l
the shekels thev can whil.' the vrar-
nering is good; the second is o tBke
advantage of the live stock shipping
veason, and the third is to le friendly
r- ith the white man, in order that t.uy
may stage a few shov.-s -m the streets
.and pass the hat.
The second one of these objects, by
. the, way, is one of the chief attrac
tions. The live stock shipping season
brings a number of carloads of stock
through this city. Some of the weak
er animals die on the way. When the
stock trains reach Alliance, the .car
rasses are turned over to the In
dians, who dry the meat in the sun
and lay up a winter's supply. This
ustom has proved most objection
able in past years to those who have
to live in South Alliance, for the odor
of sun dried meat reminds one of a
iot-house it5s so different.
: Last year a member of the Alliance
lioard of health, who objected not only
. to the odor of the meat hung up about ;
the Indian camp, duc wno
worried
over the effect it might have on their.
digestive tracts, circulation and gen-
al physical well-being, sought to
top ine pracuce. An oruer was is-j
Hueu. ine nexi oay mere wad a
storm of protest. It was a sort of
"No beer, no work" strike. The In
oians gave oui inai uir cuosiueieu
. , . , , ,
xnis inienerence wiwi wieir ;B"
-customs was a direct blow at their
rsonai iiDerty, as weii as an un-
friendly act, on the part of the white
smen, an tt umewi "e rM,floW week that there might be a
rescinded, there would be nothing do-.possibility of a letdown before the
wig. The farmers who had big spud next week WR8 0 but-Fomehow or
rops to garner, with no other help at th financial storm has been
hand to assist with the harvest, made weathered
jui appeal to Mayor A. D. Rodgers, . . ' ' ....
and the mayor saved the day. ' The 'tu.at'n : t particularly
' brow-wrinkling until the first of Sep-
More Trouble in Sight. tember, when contributions began to
This year it's going to be some- s,ow ,P; L,a'?or day, when the work
thing different, if the opinions of the men laid off, heartened the committee
advance guard may be taken as any because it was a short week and the
.criterion. This year it's the matter . Payroll was smaller.- There was just
of wages that's going to play hob. enough funds on hand to meet the
ILast year the ordinary gang of float- payroll that week, and the committee
u:ni.in' ,-v .t onv nrir nH Pt on their harness and got busy.
the Indians proved the salvation of
the potato growers. This year the
floaters are not so timid about meet -
nn with I.adv Labor, and some of
tnem have been found who were quite
reasonable when naming the figure.
The Indians from the reservation,
however, have had a monopoly of
this business for quite some time.
During the war, when labor was
scarce, thev beean coming to Box
Butte county for the fields, and the
Knud crow-era fell on their necks with
loud acclaim and tears of joy, gave
hem whatever waeres thev asked and i
were triad to do it Last year, though
there were other laborers, the Indians
n joyed the same sort of a monopoly,
for the Weary Willies who were in
festing the railway station weren't
looking for work, not in any form.
Last year the Indians received aver
age wages of $6 per day. According
to the advance guard, they expect the
jsame wages this year, iney uuu t
understand living way out on the
reservation, they haven't heart! me
news that prices on all commodities
have tumbled, and that $6 a day is
About twice what any of the growers
.are willing to part with without a
struggle.
George Running Horse Speaks
George Running Horse, who was
one of the first of the Indians from
the reservation to work in Box Butte
county fields, was on the streets Mon
day. He spoke with a number of
farmers, and was not only surprised,
but considerably indignant because no
one of them was anxious to snap up
his services at the rate he set on
them.
George set his figure at $6, and
wouldn't think of coming down. He
said as much and stuck to it with all
his tenacity. No $6 a day no work.
He declared, with a sincerity that
was most marked, that all of the In
dians expected $fi a day, and that
they weren't likely to come to Alli
ance if they didn't get it. He men
tioned the fact that he believed it
-was his Indian duty to reach a tele
phone and warn them about it before
all of them got started on the way.
He even inquired the location of the
telephone office. Two or three farm
ers told him, and he started off in
that general direction.
It's too early, of course, to say
whether all the Indians hold George's
TICK WEATHER
V :n.-t for Nebraska: Unsettled
A tonight and Wednesday, with
bowers east
and central
port.
. Alnelav.
views about the wage scale. He
seems to think so. He fairly hooted,
in a not unmusical way, at the sug
gested price of a day. From his
uttitude it was plain to be seen that
not even the prospect of a winter's
supply of sun-dried meat would tempt
mm.
The potato crop is not yet ready
to be harvested, although two or
three of the growers have started
digging. It is estimated that it will
be two or three weeks before the har
vest is on in earnest. Time enough
for the growers to begin worrying
when they have it to do. They've got
the freight rates and present prices
to worry ubout now, and that takes
about all the time they have set apart
for worrying.
In neighboring counties, where po
tatoes and beets are big crops, ihe
farmers have attempted to set a wage
scale similar to the $3 a day which
Box Butte planters hope to get off
for, but it hasn't been exactly what
could be called successful, although
some of them are getting away
with it.
Work on the New M. E.
Church Going Forward
Despite Some Obstacles
The work of construction on the
new Methoiist church is still going
forward with an undiminished force,
although the building committee and
the finance committee have had their
work cut out for them. Originally, it
was decided to go ahead with the
building this summer to give employ
ment to idle men in the city and thus
help to stimulate business. The
church members and others who had
promised contributions to the building
fund pledged their support. It took
loU of nerve for the church to tackle
the nroDosition with no more monev
at their disoosal than thev had at the
start of building operations, but they
put their shoulders to the wheel and
decided to do their best.
work is till
progressing, al:
has - been " kept
thnrh i.wt nm it
going the committee alone can tell By
the grace of good fortune, they hare
0 - -
vjic 1 CA Jl ft, VVM i iui mm
manafrer to meet the bils as fast a3
they have been presented for pavr
The chicf expens4 has the hi
ment.
re of
,ab the M $50Q fc
T th u it th
They have discovered that tl
wy to get money is to go i
They met, a number of disa
after it
appoint-
ments ant st)me rather encouraging
increases in contributions, and have
now enough money to last at least an
other week.
The committee expects to , have
pretty easy sailing after the next few
weeks are over. There is an oppor
tunity to get $2,000 from one source
and $j,()00 from another, but it will
take perhaps a month's time. In the
meantime, they are pushing collections
hard. There is still some work to be
done before the new building is closed
in, and they cannot afford any delay
if this is to be done before winter ap
proaches. Those who have made pledges to the
building fund are asked to lend every
assistance to the committee, the mem
bers of which know they are going to
be able to keep things moving at the
m.- uuuuiuk. a unitr undHLiai aiu m
these trying times, times, however, is
aooui me uesi way to neip.
Duck Season Opens on
Friday Morning and
Lasts Till December 31
The open season on squirrels, plo
vers, snipes, brants, coots, ducks,
and geese will open Friday, and from
then on to the first day of the new
year the wild duck feeds will be not
only palatable, but legal. During the
past week or so, the old shotguns
have been thoroughly cleaned, and
hardware stores report big sales of
shells. Over 300 hunting and fishing
licenses have been issued in the coun
ty so far this year, and it is expected
that the next few days will see the
number augmented considerably.
The bag limit, under the state law,
is ten suuirrels, twenty-five coots or
ducks, fifteen plovers, rails or snipes,
ten brants, prairie chickens, grouse or
geese. The open season for prairie
chickens and grouse lasts only a
month, from October 1 to November 1.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rust, Mon
day, Sept. 12, an eight and one-half
pound boy.
THE ROSETTAS
WILL CONTINUE
AT OLD STAND
CO CRT DECLINES TO (LOSE THE
ROOMING HOI'S E,
Temporary Order Issued Restraining
the Rosettns From Selling In
toxicating Liquor.
The legal profession of Alliance
was pretty completely represented at
Chadron on Monday of this week, and 1
others of the city's lawyers will spend ri gated farm units, the records from
the next two or three days there, try-the land drawing Friday afternoon
ing cases in federal court and before ! show that they were uniformly unsuc
Judge W. H. Westover, who held acesful. Less than a hundred Nebra
special session there. Judge West- ka men drew farms. At least ten
over did not arrive from Rushville un- thousand applications were expected
til about 5 p. m. Monday, but at an to be filed, but despite the fact that
evening session a number of matters
were -disposed of.
County Attorney Lee Basye present
ed a petition asking that the Rbsetta
rooming house nuisance be abated. He
.-uhmitted a numlter of affidavits, one
of which set forth that Mrs. Rosetta
meet to the sale of intoxicating Ii,uor: .
had pieaueil guilty during the race
and other affidavits from those arrest-1
il in ast u-ooIc'b in . nf thp n in
which ut tun mpn fr, hnv-
ing purchased intoxicating liiuor at
the place. The petition, as drawn, did
not ask that an order be issued clos
ing the rooming house and the at
torneys for the defence, Mitchell ami
Gantz, were quick to take advantage
of the error.
Among other evidence in the affi
davits submitted was that Rosetta hail
told one of the men, who said he had
purchased booze at the rooming house,
that he owned forty-eight barrels of
the stuff, purchased before the coun
try went dry, which he kept at his
ranch near Alliance; and that he had
two gallons in the house.
Judge Westover dismissed the case
iryofar as it applied to A. D. Rodgers.
owner of the building. The court
granted a temporary order restraining
the 'Rosetta from selling liquor but
refused to order the rooming house
closed. The petitiatcas so drawn
ttoIt did not definitely ask that the
place be closed, but asked Judge West-over-
to "abate 'the nuisance."
Valla Held to Grand Jury.
Attorney Eugene Burton, asked the
federal court to quash the 'complaint
against Christ Valtas, who a few-l
weeks ago wa fined in county court
on a charge of receiving property
stolen from interstate shipment. Mr."
Vallas was fined $25 by Judge Tash,
and a second complaint was filed in
federal court shortly afterward. Mr.
Burton's efforts in behalf of his client
were unsuccessful, Valjas being bound
over to appear before,,, "the federal
grand jury.
Reports brought back to Alliance
say that federal court was oeseigexi
by bootlegging cases, and that the
town was full of them, either to come
up for trial or for other purposes.
The Alliance men say the federal
judge was assessing low fines and
getting through with them in a hurry.
One Alliance man told of seeing
several drunken men on the streets
of Chadron. One automobile filled
with five drunks drew up in front
of a hotel. All of them were eating
ri-een corn on the cob. the only ie-
culiar circumstance being that it had
not been cooked. They called for the
colored porter and demanded more
com. It was refused and four of them
followed the man into the hotel. The
fifth was unable to get out of the car.
Mollring Trunk Case
Decided in Federal
Court at Chadron
Federal Judge Woodrough, sitting
at Chadron Monday, instructed the
jury in the suit of Mrs. Edith Mollnng,
against the Burlington railroad to
bring in a verdict for the defendant
in an maximum amount of $100.
Mrs. Mollring sued for $30! to re
pay her for the loss of a trunk ship
ped on April 10, 1920, from Alliance
to Scottsbluff. The trunk disappeared
completely. The plaintiff was repre
sented by Attorneys Mitchell and
Gantz, while P. E. Romig and J. W.
Weingarten of Omaha v were the legal
representatives of the railway com
pany. Judge Woodrough based his decision
on the transportation act of 1920.
When the federal government was in
charge of the railroads, a number of
rules and regulations were placed in
effect which are still in full force.
Among them was a rule to the effect
that the shipper of baggage with a
value greater than $100, must declare
the value and pay a surcharge of 10
cents per 100 ounds. , Mrs. Mollring
hail failed to do this, the court found,
and instructed a verdict for the liabil
ity of $100 admitted by attorneys for
the company.
At the time the trunk was lost,
the Mollring store in Alliance had
just gone out of business, and the
couple were leaving the city on a lof-
trip. The plaintiff's petition set forth
a long list of valuable wearing apparel
that was contained in the vanished
trunk.
ALLIANCE MEN
WERE UNLUCKY
AT TORRINGTON
DIDN'T DRAW A SINGLE ONE OF
IRRIGATED FARMS.
Nunilnr of Ex-Soldier Filed,
Prizes All Went Outside of
Box Butte County.
But
Although from twenty-five to fifty
ex-soldiers in Alliance and Box Butte
county filed on the three hundred ir
the American legion secured a reduc
tion in the amount of the deposit re
quired, only 3. t.'?0 applications were
recorded.
Jennings B. Fuller of Gresham won
the prize unit, on tvhich more than a
hundred men had filed. First reports
gave the name of "Jennie", but they
wr .!iO0n. corrected when the lucky
ma", nm nw ne ,nal l)Wn
"V llMii lei s. rive wonirii,
""' nurses, wei"e among
the win
ners: Florence U. Wheeler, council
Bluffs; Pearle Goesie. Marquette;
Nannie Rhodes of Hutchinson, and
Hattie P. May of Smith Center, Ka.
The ScottslHulf Star-Herald gives
the following description of the land,
drawing! - - --
Uncle Sam's great larfd lottery op
ened at Torrington Friday afternoon
promptly at 2 o'clock according to
schedule. A total of 3,435 units were
filed on and ?44 195.80 were collected.
By special arrangements clerks began
immediately to refund the deposits of
unsuccessful applicants. Six units
under the Inter-state Canal in Nebras
ka were not filed on. They are num
bers 2M5, 2Si, 21)0, 300, 303 ami 304. A
buzz of excitement followed the an
nouncement by Project Manager
Weiss that the above six numbers he
not been filed on. Arrangements will
be made if possible to accept applica
tions on the above until Tuesday, Sep
tember 13 at ! a.m., when another pub
lic drawing will be held at Mitchell.
This arrangement will be made if ap
proved by the Secretary of the Inter
ior. .. , - - :'"
--As early s 1:15 official photograph
ers J.'fgtin taking' pictures of the
croMl, which included many citizen
or lorrlngton as well as many hund
reds of visiting ex-service men. R. B,
Dame, government photographer was
tnere from Washington getting views
and faking pictures. C. J. Blanchard,
government statistician was also there
from Washington. Andrew Weiss pro
ject manager and J. N. Beardslee, dis
trict counsel railed out the nameinand
addresses as drawn shortly be) are two
o'clock. Clerks brought out in front
of the Goshen county -court hoUte in
full view of the audience a hue metal
container, a kind.pf ux sideilNkum.
In here were 3,43 cards numbered ac
cording to applications and fuso con
taining the number of units, the name
and address of each applicant. The?.e
cards were under lock and seal but the
container was quickly opened and
Governor Carey reached in for 4 he
fir.-t envelope, while the crowd listened
with bated breath.
T. T. Sigler of Torrington, W yo.,
whs the first name drawn, he having
se'ected as his choice unit No. 2'i'J.
L ud cheers greeted the announce
ment that a Torrington man wa.i first
oi.t. The drawing then proceed'.-d
r.ipidly.
Following ae the names of ihe Ne
buska winner.-t:
Vest C. Boson. Ktromberir; Robert
Hanson, West Pent; O. C. Smith
Kiirney; G 'ge W. Meir, Seotts
blutf; Peter Keenean, Grafton; H. E.
Nelson, McCnik; llen Lunford Ly
mjn; S. W. Genck, North Piatt; A.
H. Schultz, NViiirh' V. R. Srhi.mski
Lincoln; J. H. Heubregen, Norfolk;
lx,ui3 Peterson, Fremont; E. L. Hub-
bi-rd, Grand Islnnd; Philip Rouse. Lin-
co.n; Frank rleUier. Gering; L L
Htlmich, Lvmar.; Carl E. Peterson,
1'i.stings; W. L VHite, Sterling; A.
Stevenson, Koldrege; H. J. Anderson
Gem; John Halle... North Platte; J. R,
Hi'ber. Lymun; J. Nelmer. Grand Is
land; Marion Andrews, Jei'ng; C. I'.
Beachman. Lincoln: N. I. Devois. Mit
chell; Anton Schuckhart, Sc HtHbluff;
J. C. Peterson. Falls City; Chester li
Cottier. Bethany; E. E. Smith, Julian;
J. P. Pullen, Garland; A. E. Olson,
Lincoln; R. Koehler, Grand Island; V,
C Moody, Bridgeport; R. P. gobble,
Chappeli; K. E. Monga, Oshkosh; 11
M. Meyers, Milrord; Iluyson V. hmer
ick. North Platte; J. H. Swanson
Carlson; H. A. Ahlbrandt, Gering; G.
W. Swanson, Litchfield; S. A. rarber
Humphrey; George S. Haas, Arnold;
Roy Parker, Big Springs; B. I.
Lynch. Guernsey; C. I. Ashland. Til
den; James P. Elliott, Hastings; V.
M. Sterk, Wilbur; W. F. Polzkill, Yod
er; Paul W. Schrader, Austes; P. M.
Lynn, Lincoln; E. A. Benney, Chap
pell; J. I. Rives, Chadron; D. E. Hol
liday, Millard; Carl E. Rockwell, Kim
ball; D. I Hibbard, Oshkosh; Ed N.
Tart, Gering; C. B. Jones, Mitchell;
Richards Hoffman, Mitchell; G. B.
Parkhurst, Scottsbluff; Tom C. Ray,
c,vttcU,.tr. i. v. Rum Pnti Au-pvinw
Charles D. Sells, Mitchell; F. N. was endorsed by a number of Heming
Baumgartner, Henry and Douglas ford citizens.
Thornton, Gering; J. R. Haber, l.y-,
man; E. F. Sieskine, Lvnns; A. T.
Johnson, llolhrook; .lames l.anquist,
Bertntnd; Many Westfall, North
Platte. E. E. Smith, Julian; George
Curtis, Lincoln; Ed N. Tan, tiering;
II. S. Hunt, Arnold; I. K. Young, Vod
er; Kussell II. Laird, Sidney; h. .
Johnson, Bui well; 0. E. Rice, Colum
bus; John B. Wirtz, Mitchell; G. II.
Wndsworth, Mitchell; P. B. Jones,
Mitchell; C. K. Weller, Scottsbluff.
Omar Kingry to Meet
Tom Alcorn on the Mat
at Angora Saturday Eve
Omer Kingry well known wrestlers
who for the past three years In west
ern Nebraska has not met defeat, hav
ing met and defeated several stellar
stars of the mat game, including
Jack Ryan, "Oklamoha" Ross, Arndt,
Crews and others will meet Tom R.
Alcorn in a finish match at Dove's
hail in Angora Saturday hiht, Sep
tember 17.
Alcorn who at the present in located
at Oalton, Neb., is conceded to be one
of the fastest men that Kingry has
ever met, Alcorn being a student of
that veteran of the wrestling game,
Farmer Burns. A whirlwind match is
looked forward to.
Wives of Mexicans
Come to Rescue and
Secure Their Release
There was joy in little Mexico along
about Saturday noon. Three stalwart
sons of .that troublesome. little coun
try got out ot the county tail. I here
was joy in the hearts of three Mexi
can women, who had contributed to
ward paying the fines of their spouses,
There was also some joy in county
jail, where there were three empty
cells ready for the next victims and
three less mouths to feed.
Pedro Arrollos and Jose Cortez
were apprehended by the sheriff ami
other minions of the law Thursday
afternoon. They were taken from bunk
cars Nos. 23 and 24, in the Burlington
yards, and from each of these bunk
cars wa3 taken twenty gallons of
hootch in the making, as well as some
raisins put to soak and two or three
bottles that still contained small quan
tities of stuff with a kick.
In county .court Friday afternoon,
the two tiienp1eaclea guilty to manu
facturing hooch, and were fined St 00
each and costs amounting to $ll..';0.
Jose Orbina, who gave the snap fcw&y
by grating all lit up, until the men at
the Burlington round house th night
he had run amuck, pleaded guilty to a
charge of intoxication and was Uhser
sed a fine of $50 and costa of x).
It was one thing to assess the finis,
and unother to pay them. Not one cf
the three men had sufficient money to
gain his liberty. Arrollo had a bnl
liant idea. His wife had $'),. lie
secured an audience with Judge Tash
and wanted to know if he couldn't le
given his liberty for that sum, and
allowed to go-to work to earn th-,- bal
ance. Judge Tasli reasoned that it "was
better to have SfiO in hand than a
.H Mexican in jail, eating three meals u
day at the expense of the county, i.nd
so ben Mrs. Arrollos came inta court
with the money, her loving hufbund
was given over to her aievtiou.ite
care.
Jose Cortez made the same sort of a
bargain with Judge . lush, : nd was
given his liberty on h basis of so nu.--h
iii n and much more later on. The
etiern nee of these two appealed to
Jo.se Orbina, who told Judge Tash that
his wife had $30 and he thougnt she
would he willing to come across with
it rather than have him languish in
jail. He was permitted to see her and
talk it over with her. Pretty soon he
came back.
"She had $30 when I saw her last,"
he told the judge, Vbut she's gone
spent $5 of it. Will $25 be enough to
k'et me out, if I pay the rest."
The judge considered the master.
He knew the ways of married vomen
and reasoned that $30 was perhaps
too much temptation to have in the
hi use with no husband ut home to
gu-ird the purse strings. TIvj story
s. "untied rejstinable to him, und he rud
so. He permitted Orbina to leae the
jail. Now tl re are three empty ells
awaiting th arrival of the next batch
.' heme orewcrs or other law wreck
ers. Creditors of Walker
Drug Company Hold
Meeting With Referee
The creditors of the Walker Drug
company of Hemingford, who recently
instituted involuntary proceedings in
bankruptcy against the company, held
a meeting in the district court room , w;tn Jesus that our seeming impoa
at Alliance Monday before Frederick sibilities will become not only possible
A. ( rites of Chadron, referee in bank-
ruptcy. J. A. Jensen of Hemingford
was nominated as trustee by a ma-1
jority of the creditors and his appoint-
ment approved. It is understood that
the firm'3 assets amount to in the
neighborhood of $G,000, whie the ob-
ligations total fully twice thatl
amount It is said that the business I
will be sold to satisfy the claims of
the creditors. Among the obligations
of the firm is a note lor lo.wu, wnicn
SOMETHING IS
ALWAYS TAKING
JOY OUT OF LIFE
CITY MANAGER S PATH IS NOT A
BED OF ROSES.
Just One Darned Obligation After An
other Is Turning I'd And They
All Have to Be Met.
City Manager N. A. Kemmish ha.
I?een even more busy than the pro
verbial paperhanger with the seven--year
itch the past two or three weeks.'
Every time the average citizen get,
a. glimpse of him, the city manager
is immersed in a pile of figure cr
over trying to talk the county treas
urer out of a few thousand. Ho t a
but one motto one rule and guide to
his days and that is to find a thou
sand dollars a day. Some days r
varies the monotony by deciding that
he must find a little more. He doesn't
always get that much, but it's his 'n
It's time to liquidate, as the hank-,
ers say, in city affairs, and nil lh
city manager has to do is to find the
money to pay the bills with. Tn
taxes come in only about io fast, fand
the county treasurer simply i.n't pay
them over until they are paid in. 1 his
makes Mr. Kemmish's position a lktle
more difficult.
The chief trouble Is that 0ery tim
the city manager gets the nooks hit
straightened out, and thinks he seen
his way clear to getting money in
sight to meet the obligations, someon
finds another batch of bills to he paid.
Monday he uncovered an entirely nuw
debt that will amount to about P.OOOr'
and if this thing keeps on, he may
be gray-haired by the end of thai first- "
year of his incumbency.
The latest bit of financial bad news
romes in connection with the construc
tion of sanitary sewers in districts No.
37 and 38. Everything looked love
ly, on the surface, but the city man
ager likes to scratch beneath the sur
face. He discovered, only a few !ay
ago, that no provision had been maW
to pay for the mains in these dis
tricts. As a rule, the city votes bond
to lay mains in a sewer district, endv
the cost of the laterals is taxed up ta.
the owners of abutting property.
Followed a New Procedure, . .
In districts Nos. 37 and 33, how-
ever, the. old city council followed a
entirely new procedure. Just why it
was done i one of those little mys
teries that make our political affairs
n interesting. No bonds were- ever
voted to construct mains in sanitary
sewer districts Nos. 37 and 38. In-'
stead and strictly contrary to law
the cost of the mains were taxed to,
the abutting property. This made th
property owners pay for both mina
and laterals, when common practice
and the law says that the laterals ar;
all they can be stuck for.
It was Dr. F. M. Knight who
covered the error, and he promptly
entered an objection. The fellows who
lu.d already paid their sewer assees
menU, to the number of ten or twelve,,
were issued, warrants on theciy
funds to repay them what they ha4
pbid on account o.- sewer mains.
What is worrying the city manager' '
is how to find another $3,000 to pay
for the sewer "mains in thc.e two dis
tricts. No provision has been mal
for an expenditure of this size. It's
got to be met, and the other funds
of the city aren't so flush that they
can be tupped for a sum this large
without feeling it noticeably, li is
somewhat doubtful, too, if money from
other funds could legally beused; to
pay this $3,000 shortage. The only
logical remedy would seem to be to
vote $4,000 or more refunding bond
to pay this particular bill, and the ac
crued interest on the warrants, which
have been issued to cover it.
If anyone thinks the job. of city
manager is a bloomin' bed of roses,
now is the time to come out of it.
W ith unpaid warrants amounting to.
several thousand dollars or more in th
aggregate, all drawing interest at 7
per cent, and no way to pay them un
til taxes are paid in this is the sort
of a proposition that would drive th
ordinary man to homemade hooch.
REVIVAL MEETINGS AT
t Hl'RCH OF THE NAZARENE
The meetings that are now belnj
conducted at the Church of tha
Nazarene are attracting some atten
tion. The attendance is increasing
and they are hoping to have the build-'
ing filled in the near future. Rer.
Lienard is doing some good preaching
and delivers it in a way that peopl
don't forget very easily.
Kundav nieht he showed the folk
! that if we have the right relationship
j,ut very probable. They are getting
the co-operation of some of the peopla
jn the other churches as they have th
same purpose in view and wish to e
this cause pushed in Alliance. The
meetings will continue thi3 week, at
7:30 each evening,
Ray Gladson, who has been sick fe
the past two weeks, was unabU t.
resume his worn Monday.
A. D. Rodgers spent
Chadron.
Monday 1.
