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Official Taper of IJox Dm
TWICR A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Taper of the City of Alliance
VOLUME XXVIII.
(Eight rages)
ALLIANCE. LOX 15UTTE COUNTY, NEWIASKA, FRIDAY, SETTEMUEK K, 1021.
No.8t
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HEMINGFORD
COMMISSIONER
TELLS WORLD
TOR HOMK TOWN FIRST, LAST
AND ALL THE TIME
Ueorge Carrell Promises to Swat Alli
ance Every Chance He Gets in
-fs'cxt Three Years
County Commissioner Carrell has
-jrome out of the brush. In an inter-1
view with reporters for the Alliance
tewspapcrs Thursday afternoon, and
again this morning, he declared that
he intends to wage war on Alliance
And everything this city wants that he,
an a commissioner, has a voice in giv
ing them. Mr. Carrell made his posi
tion ciuite plain. i
"I'm for Hemingford first, last and
all the time," he said. "And if there
J8 anything I can help to take away
from Alliance and get or the west
nd of the county, I'm going to do it.
And if I can keep Alliance from get
ting anything else, I'll do it." I
The big Hemingford commissioner
isn't a bit backword in saying why he
ias it in for this city. He blames,
first of alU the newspapers. "You
fellows have been digging at me all
the time," he said. "You've done your
'test to discredit me. There isn't a sin
gle thing that I've done that is out of,
ihe way, but you've made it appear as
t hough I had. Now you think you can
get me out of thi3 office, but you can't j
iut it over. For every lick that you
fcive me, 111 do my best to give you
Iwo. You'll find that when you've
tackled me it's the hardest job you
ever undertook. If you try it you'll
tmd you can't do it. The people of my
district are with me, and I'm for them,
And against Alliance, every time."
Mr. Carrell is really bitter in his
feelings toward the Alliance newspa
jrs. "You started this thing," he
raid. "You've printed everything
against me you could find. And you
Siaven't printed it "straight" And he
-preceded to go over all of the charges
hat have been made against him,
most of them from people in his own
part of the county. "The cemetery
road," he said, "is one of the best in
Via rmintv todav. And that stuff
A CHALLENGE.
George Carrell, county commis
sioner from Hem;ngford, tomes
into prominence dgain will) a most
remarkalie statement. He doclates
openly that he is against Alliance
in anything that this city wants,
nd that he will use his pcivm il
and official influence to give tnis
city the worst of it.
Mr. Carrell makes the mistake of
thinking that he represent. Hem
ingford, simply becau.-e lie is nom
inated from that district. He is
elected from the county at large,
and the east end of the county not
only contributes more in taxes, but
contains more actual voters. In
taking this course, he is defying
the will of a majority of the people
who placed him in office, as well as
showing himself in a most unfavor
able light.
The Hemingford commissioner
has in several ways shown that he
is unfit for the office ne holds. N.i
man who says the things he ha.
said is fit to hold any public office.
The Herald has in the past believed
that Mr. Carrell's detractors hae
complained of things that were
not worth raising a fus about. Ho
has himself furnished any evidence
that may have been lacking to
prove that he has been f iven hon
ors that he is not big enough to
carry.
It is a challenge not only t Alli
ance, but to all who Relieve in good
government and the rule of 'he ma
.u rity. What shall Uie answer t: ?
There can be but one answer to
such a dare. The challenge shou'd
be accepted. The-'p'ecple still lule.
ECHO OF BIG y
BATTLE HEARD
IN ALLIANCE
STIU'GGLE EXPECTED TO LAST
TILL FIRST OF YEAR. '
Bombardment of the Sandhill Lake
Begun by Duck Hunters Very
Early This Morning
The war is on. Armed7 with trusty
shotguns, the wild duck hunters be
took themselves to the hills, late last
night, in order to be ready' to begin
their onslaught on the ducks with the
first rays of sunshine, or whatever Is
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neutieu 10 snoi ine wiw water 10 wi,
NO SPONSOR FOR
FALL FESTIVAL
HAS BEEN FOUND
CIIAMnF.lt OF COMMERCE WILL
NOT TAKE LEAD
Question of Getting Merchants to Foot
Hill for Free Entertainment
in Alliance
The fall festival, which, according
to an announcement made last Tues
day, was to be staged in Alliance at
some date in the near future, is about
to perish for lack of parents. No or
ganization has yet been found that is
willing to shoulder the responsibility
Archie Collins of the
Long Lake Vicinity a
Suicide by Hanging
guns could be heard on the street of
Allianc. h'-soldiers rushed into the
house looking for their tin hats and
bayonets. It was most realistic.
Broncho lake has been alive with
ducks the last week or two, as indeed
has been the cae with every lake in
the sandhills. The ducks are said to
be more plrntiful this year than ever
before, not only in Box Butte county,
but in all of western Nebraska, ac
cording to reports deputy game war
dens have made to their chief at Lin
coln. '
'Not only are there more ducks Jvin
ever before, but more game warden..
It is going to be difficult to get awi'.y
with any violations of the law, if the
warnings of the game wardens :ue to
be believed.
Under-the Nebraska law, which now
corresponds in most particulars to fed
eral regulations, the shooting f.eason
is nn follows:
Ducks, geese, plover, snipe, bit'ht,
coots wid .squirrels September ! to
December 3t.
Prairie chickens and grouse Octo
ber 1 to November 1, Inclusive.
Rail. September 16' to November
30, inclusive.
There is no open season on quail,
pheasants, sw.ms,
enler ducks, or r.-
TIIE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska;. Showers
Friday and possibly Saturday; some
what roo'er; cool Friday in southeist
portion.
Mrs. Lloyd C. Thomas
Accepts Secretaryship
Chamber of Commerce
Mrs. Lloyd C. Thomas was unani
mously elected to the position of sec
retary of the Alliance chamber of
commerce, at the meeting of the board
of directors held last Wednesday.
Ihe new secretary entered tipon her
duties this morning. Plans for future
activitios of the chamber of commerce
huve not been announced.
Word reached Alliance this morning
of the suicide by hanging of Archie
Collins, a young rancher who has been
occupying one of the Krause farms.
about thirty-five miles northeast of mourning dove
Alliance, in the Long Lake vicinity, crane, wood or
Mr. Collins was apparently in the best ported game birds of any kind
oi spirits last mgni, out. mis morning
his body was found by other employes
of the ranch.
The cause for the act is not known,
but ill health is believed to be the
reason, three or lour years ago ne
Esirlv thu mm-ninir ihe mm- nf tk Kii of putting on a free show for the bene
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in u it-siueius vi ine uiuiiiv, in:ir
are plenty who can be found td my
that it will be a mighty good thing
to do, but to far no organization has
been willing to come forward and
make the necessary arrangement.
A harvest festival, without ques
tion, would be a splendid way to biing
leople to Alliance, and this city has
won a reputation for putting on events
of this kind. The idea came from
North Platte, where ihe Ford garage
of that city staged the festival and
went out among the merchants with
a sul cription paper and got the
money to put it over big. A travel
ing salesman brought the news to
Alliance, and so enthusiastic was. he
over the North Platte celebration that
he got several merchants interested.
The matter was under- consideration
by the directors of the Alliance cham
ber of commerce, but the announce
ment as somewhat premature, inas
much as the directors had ' only
sounded out the opinion of a few merchants.
At a meeting of the directors, held
Wednesday, it was decided that the
organization would not sponsor the
show on its own initiative. Tho rea
son for this is the depleted condition
of the club 8 treasury. Iho chamlier
of commerce has for the past year
(Continued on page M
Little Mexico Observes
Holiday Today With an
Enthusiastic Celebration
All Is joy and peace today in Little
Mexico, which is celebrating one of
about the claim vou know I couldn't ; suffered a paralytic stroke, ana na
have got away with a cent, even if I j been. -in poor health since. ....
W tried to do it. You gave the coun- Mr. Coffins was twenty-five years
rr-lfr. ? ,iiJ..w itshe 'of an. He leaves a wife, to whom
iy ciern. tinui " -" - --. ... . . ... ., aiexico. wiucn I c
His mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Collins, Early Oiis morning the noise of
lives in Alliance. Two sisters, Mrs. 'salutes fired from dozens of guns
Mr Carrell then proceeded to tell J. R. McKinney and Mrs. P. V. Dohn. 'mngle,! the noise oft ne pooling
. rA." : fV,- wnV Ln.l hrother. Jav Collins, also ve by the hunters n Broncho lake. Up
e IOUrLIl Or 111 III Ycmiuii wi vv - . t" . . .
...i.:.u ,rinr nersonal in the citv. There are two other sis- to a late hour r.
ters. Mrs. H. Farrow living near trso had occurred.
account at a Hemingford store hap-j
pened to be allowed Dy ine county
l-he first story that he told was that
heJ was on his way to Alliance to at
tend a meeting of the board, and that
he asked for a statement of the coun
ty's bill, and the clerk wrote out his
irsonal bill instead. He looked at
the amount, saw it was about right,
nd without looking over the items
signed his name on the back, approv
ing it, and the other two commission
ers passed it on his word, without
Krause ranch, and Mrs. Jack Camptell
of Hay Springs.
Commissioner Duncan
Hears Cry of Distress
But Victim Only Sneezed
Later developments show that tnis
is only part of the true story. .Mr
Carrell may have done as he sail
secured the bill when he was on his
way to Alliance, uu ,c "':;;" h oer with the reporter Mr. I'uncan
I ....Int I . m (Via 1 W1 1 il
as waning iiuit'iiy in uu vuninin
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I'sioners oitice. ne neani a rutn
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I'UM
.Hi
fViiintv Commissioner Georre W
Duncan came near to being a hero
this morning, but luck was against
him and if he gets a Carnegie medal
he'll have to find some other grounds
for it. While Commissioners Hash
man and Carrell wore talking things
it rieht to the board meeting. Hejot
iLklt to the office of R. E. Knight -a
h irhwnv rnmmiHs unci
VOUI1LV x
turned it over to him with a number
,f claims against the state highway
funds, which are approved by Mr.
Knight Mr. Knight discovered it was
a personal bill, and returned it to him
' by letter, explaining that it should
not be presented to the county.
When Mr. Carrell was apprised of
the fact that Mr. Knight had made
lublic these facts, he tol.i another
Itory. This time he said that he got
the claim out of Knight's letter just
I" u.v -m in Alliance, and that
he did not read the letter carefully.
but stuck the claim in wi h"-rc'
Aori'to Mr. Knot's version
of the story, however, the letter and
claim were mailed to Carre l a fu
month before it was presented and
.i fn navment.
When aked concem'ng this point,
Mr Carrell said: "Well, I may have
t me. but I m sure u
v rr,nnth. At any rate. I don't
remember what the letter said.
. Disputes Bridgeport Story,
Thursday afternoon, Mr. Carrell
j. : ..;t Tiiin that he had work-
h1 against Alliance at Bridgeport, and
iimintrford. He said that he
.j u vwv. star route to hit
the county line as far west as possib
wont be marked through .He
ingford," he said, "but there 11 be
. inK' '. iiAmintrford. strai;
- Itoou iuau - ,::"-, it The eist
. Chadron road from us two years ago,
rfter we trusted them. The road was
originally approved to go byway
Hemingford and up through the rich
table land of Dawes county. The Box
Butte an.l Dawes county commission
ers had designated this as road No. 1.
(Continued on page V)
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rending cry ami u .soinuu-u mvr
for aiiL Visions of a woman lok
in the vault downsUvirs fla-lictl thnj
his mind. The cry was repeated. He
dashed downstairs to the rescue, and
once more heard the cry. When he
got to the lower floor, lie saw a hay
fever patient sneezing.
Complaints Coming in
Bovs With Slungshots
ir 1
Are Damaging mnaows
Pnmn'nint has reached th city
m;.nwr and the chief of police that a
number of boys with their slungshots
v,uv hacn dninip considerable damage
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tn windows in boutn Alliance ana
other places. A number of property
owners have set up a howl about the
carelessness with which the boys have
been shooting rocks tnrougn me air.
i-v. n.ithnrities expect to extend an
A tic UUf""' " m " . . A
tn the bovs mrougu m
schools, and if this is unsuccessf ul w
try sterner measures.
Allen Agency Seeking
a Location in Alliance
ti, r n Pppvps Automobile com
pany, agents for the Allen, are look
inn f Af 11 I flf 'A I Win III f 1 1 1 11 1 1 V till'
soon as suitable arrangements can be
made, will establish a garage in ine
f;tv. Mr. Keeves nas ieen nanuiin
Ra es of ni3 car irom ni.s lanu, n
the city, during the past two or three
years, and has been quite succei-".
He plans to extend the business a3
soon as arrangements can be made.
Miss Ijelia CutU is on the sick lit
tbid week.
Inspection of Paving
to Discover Defects
to Be Made This Week
Some time this ' week, if advices
from the company officials prove re
laible, the paving laid in Alliance lat-t
year will be subjected to a rigid in
spection, and any needed repair Vill
ne mane Dy ine company, ine speci
fications under which the contract was
let provide that if the paving sng to
a certain depth, sufficient to crmit
water to collect in tha holes during
rains, it shall be relaid . The intersec
tions, esecially at the points where
the pedestrians use the paving a. : le
walks, will be given the most careful
inspection.
Polarine Road Map
Doesn't Suit Road
Boosters of Alliance
The chamber of commerce lia re
ceived for free ilistribution a juantity
of road maps put out oy the manufac
turers of polarine, ami while tho uie
nice, ornamental maps, they are t-o
constructed that they make t e road
boosters of the city feel warm under
the collar. The map shown the favor
ed route from Alliance to Hot Springs
to follow a route from Alliance to
Berea, Hemingford, Maryland, and
half-way between Crawford and i-had-ron.
frointr east to the latter city, com
pletely missing the Chad ron state aid for months been discussing the fr&n-
road, the lest in western Nebraska, cnise question, ami arguing out. ma
and one of the prettiest route for tour-; puted points, and Thursday afternoon
Ms, going, H it does, through the tn agreement was reached. The fratH
J. L. Mann, railroad laborer, on his Black hills ami past the find, state chise, as put before the council, con-
wav from Knnsim iTitv tn Xeott.s! 111 r. .uarK. 11 is Diooauie inai ine mam taineil a iiumDer oi provisions umi .
made complaint to the Alliance police will not lie distributed here, but re-'not to be found in any similar docu
after No. 43 had rolled, in yesterday turned with thanks, although they will nient in the state. Among these ia
that his pockets had been picked by .probably be spread over the rest of a proviso that should the stato mil-
CITY COUNCIL
DELAYS ACTION .
ON FRANCHISE
WILL THRKSII OUT QUESTION
NEXT THURSDAY
Claims Pocket Picked
by Railway Laborer-
Arrested in Alliance
With One Member Abent, the Council
Evenly Divided on Pamdng
the Ordinancee
The Thursday eveninir mcetinar of
the city council seemed like old time
to the reporters, who held the seat.
of honor in the newly furnished coun
cil chamber and firemen's clubnnv. .
at the city hall. Aside from the fact.
that there was no argument with rep
resentatives of the Northwestern Befl
Telephone company to enliven the pro
ceedings, the average man couldn't
have told the difference between tho
way the old council and the new mw
handled the matter of issuing a tele
phone franchise to the company.
There was the name tendency to arrtro
every little point. The chief differ
ence was that in this instance the tele
phone company had some champion
among the council men. In fact, if
there had been only one more cham
pion present, the franchise was a.
good as adopted. Councilmen Gavin
was absent from the city, nnd his vot
would have told the tale.
It's loen a good many months sineV
the telephone problem ha-s been ar
gued by an Alliance council. In fact,
this is the first time that the new
council, elected alwut a year ago at
the time the city manager plan came
into existence, has seriously consid
ered the matter. Diplomatic rela
tions were established between th
council and the representatives of th
company shortly after the member
took office, but there has never been
a definite test of strength until laxt
night, when the council, in the ab
sence of Mr. Gavin, was found to b
as deadlocked cs the Morrill county
commissioners. The effect on tho
franchise was about the same ' a.,
though the old council were still in
office, but the outlook at least, hokU
promise.
The new council. City Manage
kemtrmh and company officials. hav
were keebing an eye on the celebra
tinn.
Today is the Mexican Fourth of
July, and the attention of the police
was directed to the fact that the brown
men were flving the Mexican flag.
ri,if JpflWa and Sheriff Miller went
over to investigate, but thought the
Movinmj were doin? no harm, inas
much as the American flag was also
displayed. If the Mexicans were abus-ino-
thA American flair, the police fully
intended to haul tne Mexican winner
down, but decided everything v. us all
riirht. Most or the Mexicans m ,e
lcid colony were laying on.
Council Delays Action
on Taking Care of the
Deficit in Sewer Funds
The city council was somewhat con
cerned over the deticit in me sewer
fund, at its meet.ng 1 nuvsfU'.y nigni,
but not so muich so th.it thy were
willing to talk bond issue. City Man
ager Kemmi-h explained that me xaii
ur of the old council to vote bonds
for constructing mains leit a oaiante
of something like $3.1)00 that wou.d
have to be paid some time. The mams
had been taxed to the owners i proj.
pHv. contrary to law, and one nnin re-
fused to pay ana spiueu we uw;
The council will wait until later in
the year, after the taxes have a'! been
raid in, and if no omer luroi
enough tc admit of tran.sf rnng funds,
will probably submit a retunmng ooni
issue fct the next regular or special
tie- tion.
to Grade Street in the
Residents of the north part of Alli
ance, who have been crabbing n'wut
another passenger on the train. The, toe country
police arrested a man giving the name
of Joseph James Herdlock, who said fifv Tlfonnrtor Plllinind
his home was in Chicago, but that Jie 111 llidlldgCI I UMUIIII
had shipped out of Kansas City with a
hatch of men from a labor agency,
bound for Girard.
Mann had rret Herdlock on ihe
train, and had been sitting by him.
The latter had tried to panhandle hi-n,
he said, but he nail repneu tnat ne
was not very flush himself. sAt Fen
eca Herdlock got off the train-nnd so
did Mann, but in the restaurant treie
both ordered meals. Mann found grading program that his ben oot
after he had eaten that his Docket- lined hv Citv Manairer Kemr.ii-li. A
book, containing $11.25, was missing, few weeks ago Second, Third uid
The other fellow, who had claimed to v0Urth streets were put in condition.
way commission, at any time, be de
prived of its rate-making powers, that
power is vested in the council. An
other provision binds the company
when it asks for an increa.se in rates,
to furnish a copy of the application
Nnr4ri Pnrf ftf fllf fifv!to tne council, together with certain
itOnn rail OI INC Ulj figures which will give the city mate
rial with which to tight tne applica
tion. Still another, section provides,
that additional investments in ihj city
the condition of the citv street, for'hall be made with the approval f Vh
some two or three years, will feel ( council, if they are sufficiently larj
cheered over the extensive stitt to cause an increase in rates.
rwin An Objector
When this document was brought up
before the council for action, Council -
le broke, bought a sack of smoking and beginning this week at Tenth! man Irwin started the ball rolling, by
street, which will be grii irom mediating tnat ne wusni sansneu wm
city limit to city limit, the graders the document. He declared he couldj
tnrklA Ninth. Iliuhlh. Seventh, i ,ee no mofit in it for the city: that
tobacco, and paid for it
When Chief Jeffers searched Herd
lock on the train, he found no money
on him, but $11.25 was found hear the
end of the seat. It was in the form
of a Un and one dollar bills and fif
ten cents exactly the sum Mann
churned he had lost, and in the same
den minations, save the cost of the
smoking tobacco.
Mann told reporter that Herdlock
had been quite friendly with him and
had confided that he had broken out
of jail in Arkansas.
Herdlock will be relea.-ed today, the
police say, inasmuch as he did not
claim the money and there is no way
of proving that he took it from Mann's
pockets. The money will be returned
to Mann.
Slvth and Fifth street.
The new water extension from Sev
enth to Ninth on Mississippi, llighth
to Tenth on Yellowstone and un,
east from Yellowstone to Mississippi
TWth :in.l from Tenth to Twelfth
streets on Fourth avmie. is e pet-ten
t be completed this week. Ihis ex
tension was put in only after i io: of
rgumcnt by the property owners, ano
the city manager has iecn urging
them to show good faith by UK-kl.-connecting
up with the city's woter
mains.
Passes Fake Checks
at Three Stores and
Makes His Getaway
Three business houses in Alliance
were victimized Wednesday by a
voung man who passed checks signed
with three different names. The
amount was the same in each cae,
$10. At one of the stores he i-igned
the check with the name "Sam omiht,
the latter name being misspelled.
In each case, he made, small pur
chases, and tendered the chnk in
payment, receiving the change in cash.
He annarentlv made his iretaw.iy. id-
potatoes to be shipped this season was though the police got out on the job
hw U l,v S J. lossi of Yale Siding. n; Jtinn as the error was discovered
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One other car, from tiemingioru, iu
been f-hippeJ. Mr. lossi sold the spuds
nt i." cents per hundred, f. o. b. 1 ale
Sidir.g. The potatoes, he says, were
from earlv planting, and were not the
choicest, being somewhat scabby with
.. nHr.ina nf second erowth. Crops
frnm nt.r nianiinirs. ne llllll&a, wi
of much better (juality.
Spud Shipments Slow
to atari iossi awus
Second Car This Season
The second carload of Box Butte
fic Ifplen Moore who has been
vUiting with her uncle, E. G. Houghs
r if.iinf Wvo.. returned Wednes-
day.
.v th First National banlc. to noin
he checks were sent by the nier
chants. Several hours had Mipsed
ii.iu-ever. ami there was amule lime
for him to catch a freight out oi town
t s PioMinir whn has been in Den
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ver for tho past three weeks Mhere he
,n,iurwnt an- oneration for r.H
i.tf,. is exrjectetl home the latter
part of this week.
Ben Johnson, of Heminford, was in
the city Thursday.
hrist Vallas Refused
Refund on License Fee
By the City Council!
Christ Vallas. one time oroi rietor
of the Alliance billiard parlor in this
city, who recently disposed .if his in-
terests following nis conviction in
county court on a charge of receiving
stolen property, was iurnei town o
the city council last evenii-g -n a
claim he had tiled for a refund on his
li.ense fee. City license run irom
Mav 1 to Ari'l 30 of each year, nna
Val'laa cl dined a refund of some $75
that the citv ordinance
p-c .i ley tt at wren a mm eners ine
I Willi Imsinsa in the city at cny
fr the bea-inninir of th.? xten
ear, he pays only a pro rata tee. ne
council couldn't see that his us iT iment
annlie,! to a man voluntarily surrenu-
ering his license and put the claim in
the waste basKeu
J. A. Lutrcll who recently moved
trnm Aliianre to North I'latte, came
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to Alliance Thursday 10 nnis.i
ping his household furniture to r,orin
I'latte. .-
"F V. Hargirten who was called to
f hadron last Mon.lay to serve on the
Feileral grahd jury, re-.uineu ihuts
day. ,
the city had no control over the com
pany, or the rates to be charged; and!
that the provision that the franchise
should terminate if the company failed
to keep its agreement was no safe
guard, inasmuch as if given permis
sion hv the railway commission, it
' need not follow tho provision of tht
franchi.-e.
Councilman M. S. Hargraves was
the other dissenter. He stated that
he was against the franchise on gen
eral principles. The company had got
along two years without one, ne saiu,
and he didn't think they'd leave. H
objected to the length of the ftpu
chise twenty years saying that
within that time every man might ba
t . i .
carrying a pocnei wireiess.
Other arguments brought out wen
that the neoole of the city wer
against a franchise; that even if th
service were extended, the people of?
the city would have to pay tne out
and the railway commission wouM
give authority for increased rates a
any time; that there wa3 no guaran
tee, even " if the franchise werw.
adopted that the company wouiu in
crease its investment here; and ther
was no way to enforce them to uo eo;
that if any portion of the city wem
without Dhone service, an application
could be filed with the railway com
mission to enforce them to install
phones.
On the other hand. Mayor Hampton,
Councilman Thompson and City Man-.
ager Kemmish argued lor tne pa
srge of the ordinance. Mr. Hampton
pointed out that such a concession
was customary, ana mat uu
would be better protected than any
town in the state. They pointed out
the need for more phone service ana
lietter facilities, and said that they be
lieved if the question were submitted
again, the vote would be 10 to I in ,
favor of a franchise. They thought,
gome common ground could be reached; -whereby
the company would be give
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