Official Taper of Bo
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
OfTicial Taper of the City of AUIant
"VOLUME XXVIII.
(Ten Pages) ALLIANCE, I'.OX UUTTE COUNTY, NEDIlASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1921.
No.8
v "mnty
; :
NEARLY SI ,200
IN MONEY FOUND
ON HOBO'S BODY
TRAMPS FIND CORPSE IN CAR
LOADED WITH LUMBER
Man Identified as Leroy Bennett
Rushing, Ark Crushed
in Box Car
of
several noDoes, ncung on hhii
-train No. 80 out of Alliance, about 3
o'clock Thursday morning, found the
body of a dead man in the front end
of a box car loaded with lumber. They
notified the train crew, and the freight
waa stopped at Birdsell, a few miles
out on the main line east, the car pet
out and later Thursday morning Sher
iff Miler accompanied Glen Miller and
assistant in recovering the body. It
was brought to Alliance, taken to the
Miller morgue, and relatives of the
man were notified.
Harry Wells mortician at the Miller
establishment, in preparing the body
-for burial, noticed that the legs of his
. . . i . r.- v.
overalls were not ony turned, but
rewed. Examination of one of them
' chnwivl unmpthinor like five or six
hundred dolars in bills. So excited
were the men over the find that they
- lurried to the other leg without ex
amining further, and came close to
overlooking an additional $200 which
was on the under side. In pockets of
; , , . . . J i.A 'lltll nlUUl Bin e ruui v umv
thA man's c otnmir waa louna a iwohl. . - .
dead man's clothing was found a t twOj , w warninB climbetl into the
dollar b.ll and 80 cents in change r &n(, thnt th wcrft b.
This money was turne dover to the w t whpn Ilennett waa kiIed
custody of Sheriff Miller. The money jLf 1f,v niiht t,ft nccusPd of
was in
bills ranging in denomination
'fi s C fill I
from $20 to $100.
Body Identified.
The body was identified as that of
I,c-oy Bennett, probably of Rushing,
Ark. A paper in one of the pockets
of his coat bore the following inscnp-
tion: "My wife lives at Rushing, Ark.,
Maud Bennett." It was signed "L.
i. nnnoft A nostoffice reeciDt for
- - .
a registered parcel was found in an
nther noekct. showing that on Septem
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Wr 20. Bennett had mailed a parcel
from Cushinir. M6nt.. to Mrs. L. R.
I'snnnlt lit Hnllivtfr. Ml). A lcttC
from his mother dated at Cuching
Head, Okla., was ittfco found among (
his effects. "The letter gave hui;
mother's address as two miles north
of that city, on route 1.
Examination of the body disclosed
a number of bruises. There was a bad
bruise on the head, and others on the
Fides and back. The theory of the of
ficers, inasmuch as the hoboes had re
ported finding of the body to the train,
was that Bennett had secreted himself
in the box car for the purpose oi
cnontrinir a ride and that at some time
during his trip from Cushman, Mont,
where he apparently 'sianea iwo or
three days previosu'.;', the car had
been handled roughly, throwing the
lumber upon him and causing
nis
.,
1eath. the lumper n ne c r was huntj Kround3 of thousands of Ne
pressing against the body, which had b.aRkaRl,p0rtfmien have formed a se
been thrown on tk i floor of the car. g 4Ku K, K,an of the
It was at first est mater that Bennett , b from thejp and a the
had been dead a least nours w..e
me iooy was iw.ncu.
First Theories on i.ase. I
The theorv is that Bennett had been '
working at or near Cushing, Mont,
for some months, and had accumulated
a "stake." He was apparently on his I
way home when he met death in the
boxcar, and was willing to take the ern hunters are Brown, Cherry, Sheri
risk of death at the hands of hoboes )dan( ijj,wea and Box Butte. According
in order to save paying railroad fare. to the information in Koster's hands
A number of the men who are beat-
ing their way at this time or tne year
are laborers in the harvest iieius or
clsehere. .
The only objection to thi3 theory is
that an examination of the dead man's
hands showed that he was no ordinary
laborer, and this is confirmed by the
amount or money ne carrieu.
clothing was of poor quality and ex
ceedingly dirty, but this is usually the
case for those who rme in Doxcars.
56 T iw .Vd
question that the dead
.ma iwtii n rm that O nt nil WT.
There is no
man risked
ed by carrying mat amount
.... .
of money in his clothing, as a number
of murders have been committed by
hoboes for a smaller inducement.
Clear Up Fart of Mystery
Today several telegrams were re
ceived in Alliance which clear up a
part of the mystery. H. A. Bolles,
postmaster at Cushman, Mont., wired
the authorities: "Leroy Bennett was
en route to his old home at Hollister,
Mo. Can locate his relatives. His
wife Is visiting her parents in Ros-h-ing,
Ark. .Letter follows today."
A telegram from Ryegate, Mont,
fmm R. fiarfield. sheriff, says: "Lee
Bennett's family is at Hollister, Mo.'. Whitcomb will address the members
Wire them care of postmaster." I of the federated shop grafts .at a meet
It is understood that Bennett had ing to be held at I?eddi-h Hall. at 2:30
a homestead near Cushing, which he
recently sold. This would explain the
lnre amount of money that he car
ried with him. His hoboing his way
I Disposed to lie due to a desire to
evade paying high passenger res.
Telepram have bren sent to relat:ves
at corrected addresses to learn their
i( sires concerning disposal of body.
Seen Aliv ii Morning.
Most r,f the theor'es surrounding
the death of Bennett were uoet late.
Thursday afternoon nv w.tcnman
Tv-i., iiid nt the Mil'er parlors
to have look at the body. Daly hd
talked w th some of the hoboes who
r in the. vards. nnd among them
was a soldier who had served in his
division. When told the age of the
dead man, and his size, he proceeded,
before viewing the body, to give a
complete description of him, even to
the color of the sox he had worn. He
mentioned a missing front tooth, a
chew of tobacco, white sox with brown
tops ami light brown slouch hat. He
was positive that he had seen the man
early Thursday morning.
"That fellow wasn't dead any twen
ty hours before they found him. He
was killed between Alliance and Anti
och this morning," he said. "About
two o'clock he came into the shanty
at the east end of the yards and sat
there by the fire, chewing tobacco.
I threw by lantern into his face and
had a good look at him. He told me
that he had been working as a car icer
in Billings for the last seven months,
and that's probably where he saved
his roll. He spoke with a sort of a
drawl and I spotted him as a Mis
sourian. "He was with five or six other fel
lows, and all of them swarmed onto
the coal car loaded with lumber. I
told them to stay out of there if they
didn't want to got hurt, because we
were going to shuttle the cars about,
and lumber i3 poor stuff to ride with.
All of them got out, and he must have
slipped back just hs the train 'Milled
out. I'd like to be as sure of getting
a million dollars as I am that he's the
fellow I talked with."
Mc .Wei U-was satisfied with the
identification, which was made before
the switchman ever looked at the body.
The: extreme discoloration, he said,
could have been caused by the pressure
of the lumber upon the body.
The switchman's theory was that
Bennett did not come into Alliance on
freight No. 80, but upon an oil spe
cial which arrived a short time bet ore.
p,ayiecjdod to play safe and
.... f . . . . t i
tcld the train crew mat mey nau un
covered the dead body. The hoboes
were not held by the
officers had no chance
them, lie thought it
the crew and the
lance to question
unlikely that
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tney wouiu ue cnangmK '"-'" ' ."
so short a time alter they left Alli-
ance, especially at so early an houi
in the morning, freight tram No. 80
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did not leave Alliance until 3:45 a. m,
BOX BUTTE HAS
KUKLUUUN
ALL OF ITS OWN
CHARGE MADE BY GAME WAR
DEN GEORGE KOESTER
nanri,pra nt w Western Coun
-
ties Are Handed Against
Eastern Sportsmen
i ami owners 01 live oi me uik iwiu
t j - r r: f . 1 v.:
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mil counties in wcmciii iieuianna, iik
hunte fr&m the eaatern part of the
state who come to shoot tlieir prairie
chickens, savs the Omaha World-Her
aid. This information was reported to
George Koester, state game warden
by a field representative.
n,e f jve counties which have
ieaj,ued totrether to keen out th east
the westerners are aroused because of
t,e fact that the List season on prairie
chickens now opens October 1, in
stead of Stepten.ber 16, as was form-
e,.jy the case. The last legislature
! changed the opening seafon to October
j j j ne westerners declare that the
chickens are not worth shooting after
October 1. They blame eastern sports
men for passage of the new law
This uprising is the result of a mis-
understanding, Koster said today. The
te of ,egi.slature from that
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I IT I .71 UIC ICKiniaVUIC
nfl not eastern .mrt
item sportsmen
j wane to change the opening da
opening date to
October 1. "As a matter of fact said
Koster, "those termed eastern sports
men were very much opposed to the
later opening of the season.
Federated Shop Crafts
Will Meet at Reddish
Hall Sunday Afternoon
Harley Nickerson and Charles
p. m. Sunday, ah memoers are urg
ed to be present
M ait i
ROAD BOOSTERS ATTENTION.
Alliance coo J roads boosters who
plan to attend the meeting at Hem -
inKrrd tonisht are asked to rceet in
"
front of the Clen Miller news etand
.
t 6:30. The start will be made an
I i n i i s.. j..
i
.ired i0 have a biir delegation from
wheat ut $1..W per
Alliance.
ALLIANCE POST
OFFERS A PRIZE
TO HIGH SCHOOL
ESTABLISHES CUP FOR WORK
IN AMERICANISM.
Medal to lie Presented Yearly to the
Senior or Junior Doing Best Work
Along Prescribed Lines. ,
Alliance post No. 7 of the American
Legion has established for the senior
and junior classes of the Alliance high
school the Alliance American Legion
Americanism trophy, which consists of
asm t . . I -
a aouDie nonor to oe awaraea to ine
student in these two classes who
makes the highest average grade in
United States history and civics, and
who also writes the best essay oa
"Americanism". The legion's com
mittee, consisting cf Attorney E. L.
Meyer and George L. Burr, have ar
ranged for the purchase of a cup
which will remain the property of the
school, but the winner of the annual
competition will each year have his or
her name inscribed upon the cup. In
addition to this, the Iegion will each
year present to the winning student a
silver medal, appropriately inscribed.
The announcement of the award and
the presentation of the medal will take
place at the annual commencement
exercises.
Some weeks ago, the Legion dis-
cussed the matter of bringing it aims
and ideals to the attention of the pub
lic, and it was decided that this could
be.t be done through interesting the
youth of Alliance in Americanism,
which is one of the principal aims of
the created organization of ex-sol
diers. The Leirion has. since its or
ganization, devoted a lare Miaro of
its attention to Americani.-m, perpet
uating the ideals of the founders of
the republic, and Americanization,
which looks toward teaching the immi
grant element oi" the country's popu
lation the essentials of citizenship. It
is believed that such a competition, in
the hich school, will not only be a
gcod thing for the ftudents them-
Ives, but will assist in conveying1 to
he public at least a part of the work
that the Legion is do;ng.
The rules governing th annual
competition were framed by Superin
tendent V. H. rate and I'rincipiU i. c
1'iince. They follow:
The name of a student who makes
the highest average in United States
History and Civics and also writes the
best essay on Americanism shall have
his name engraved on the Alliance
American Legion Americanism Tro
lly.
The trophy will remain in Alliance
high school as permanent property.
One name will be engraved every
year. No student shall have his name
encrraved more than once.
Any student who is a member of
'lie eleventh or twelfth grade is eligi
ble to compete.
The student shall not make a fail
ure in any subject while participating
for the honor.
The student shall carry United
States History and Civics making an
average of not less than 90 in the
two subjects respectively.
The student shall also write an or
iginal es.'iay on Americanism of ap
proximately 300 word for publication
in the local papers.
The comnuttee composed of the
superintendent, principal, and teach
ers of two respective subjects shall
act as iudires.
The winners shall be announced at
each annual commencement
INDIAN BABE WAS
BURIED THURSDAY
The infant babe of an Indian couple
was buried from the Miller chapel
Thursday afternoon. The mother was
Alice Running Jump, a young Indian
woman who was educated at the Pine
Ridgi? IToly Rosary mission, and the
father Ben Corn Horse, also of the
Pine Ridge agency. The child was
bcrn early Wednesday afternoon at
the Indian camp Eouth of the city. In
terment was in the Catholic cemetery.
Alliance Man Is Sued
for a Divorce After
Being Wed 26 Years
After having been married for twenty-six
years, Mrs. Florence At has
filed a petition in district court asking
for a divorce from her husband, Julius
Atx, prominent farmer living one mile
north of Alliance. This is the second
time Mrs. Ats has applied for a di
vt rce. Three years ago she was grant
ed separate maintenance and $30 a
month. Since that time they have not
lived together as man and wife, fhe
states in her petition. fche accuses
n'r husband of extreme cruelty, with
tr.akinir fal.se statements aerainst her
I .. I . .. ,1 ...'Ik f..;i.i.A f. rt'itr llOP
, ftny of the allotment uru(?r the separ-
'ate maintenance decree. She says her
bu.-band owns a farm worth $15,000
and asks for an eciultabe division of
! the property. They have four children
,TC0 ef whom of age, and one son 10
ears old.
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l hALIv Ccrtined
Kanrad seed
bushel. S. J.
1 IOSSI, phone 813FJ3.
ROAD MEETING
' AT HEMINGFORD
AT 8:00 TONIGHT
HOPE TO THRESH OUT QUESTION
OF STATE AID.
Alliance Boosters in Favor of Road
Following Burin glon Track
to Hemingford.
Alliance arood roads boosters will go
by automobile to Hemingford late this
afternoon, and at 7:30 tonight a meet
ing will be held in the neighboring
town at which the road question will
be discussed from all angles, and an
effort will be made to get the boosters
from Alliance and Hemingford, as
well as from the north and south parts
of the county, to unite on a road pro
Krs m. - .
, The whole argument now is not
over the question of building any par
ticular road, but as to where the state
aid for roads in Box Butte county
should go. The state aid funds are
derived from the county's sharo of the
automobile license money, all of which,
save a small per cent for administra
tive purposes, is left in the county
and espended by the county commis
sioners, lhere is just one provision
on the expenditure of these funds
and that is that any road to receive
state uid mu;-t receive the approval of
the state engineer's office.
About a year Pgo, the Box Butte
county commissioners laid out a road
between Alliance and Hemingford.
Tlie law provides that there shall be
three routes for any road ' that is
designated to receive state aid, which
means that it will he maintained ani
kept in condition inpcrpotuity. At
that time there were three routes
umlr consideration. Ci.c of these ran
stm'L'ht west from Alliance, on lentn
street, for a distance of nine miles,
thence north H miles, a mile west and
straight into Hemingford, seven miles
north. The total length of this route
was twenty-five miles.
Route Favored by Alliance.
This was the routs that was, at the
time, favored by Alliance. The com
missioners, however, favored a change
in this route. Instead of going
straight west on Tenth, it was propos
ed to turn north-at the first mile cor
ner, proceed along the track another
rrOti and turn west at a point two
miuk north of the other route. This
road led past the place of Commission
er Cal Hashmun. At the time, and
since, there have been those who said
that the commissioner favored this
route solely because it led past his
place, but.other3 have ben prompt to
vindicate him from any ' charge of
favoritism, bv saving that the road
past his place was already built, that
it vould be cheaper to construct and
maintain; that is was no longer, nnd
that it served a rich section of Box
Butte county.
The third route under consideration
followed the Burlington tracks to
Hemingford. It was perhaps five or
six miles shorter, much more direct
and served a big number of farmers,
as well as the town of Berea.
A delegation from the chamber of
commerce, learning that the commis
sioners apparently favored the route
pa&t the Hashman place, with its main
stem leading two miles north of Al
liance instead of directly into it took
the matter up with the governor and
State Engineer Johnson, after secur
ing a number of signatures to peti
tions against the road. The state au
thorities promised that approval of
the road would be held up pending r
attempt of the city road boosters and
the commissioners to get together.
The delegation waited upon the com
missioners, and after a stormy ses
sion, it was agreed that the three
routes would be submitted to state au
thorit'es, and the one they approved
would be the one to be constructed and
to receive state aid.
Roads Never Inspected.
It appears that although the state
was asked to send a man out to go
over the routes, this was never done.
Division Road Engineer J. C. Mclean
is said to have iriven the commission
ers authority to proceed with building
the road, promising them that they
could get state aid upon it, ana pos
sibly federal aid for the first strip
north, which contained two or three
hills, where a bridge and a culvert had
to be constructed. On assurance from
McLean, and later from his successor,
Engineer Gadlis, the commissioners
proceeded to build the road they fav
ored. In the meantime, the Alliance
lioosters got busy, with the result that
the state authorities last week noti
fied the commissioners that they could
no longer draw aeuinst the state aid
funds in their possession to build the
roaL This notificat'on came after
they had spent approximately $2,000
of state money on it, and last Satur
day the commiss'oners transferred
money from the county funds to make
iin for the fd"te pid money that had
bren used. This transfer ued prae-
t'callv all the money left in the county
road fund.
Bick to First Love.
At a meeting held at the chamber
of commerce rooms last 1 uesday eve-
ning, it was discovered that the Ai
8C-87jliance road enthusiasts have
gone
THE FRANCHISE.
Every member of the city council
is to be congratulated on the tele
phone franchise vote It shows
that our city government politics
and personal opinions can have
been laid aside. These men are to
be commended for having the cour
age to do what they know is right
and just in dealing with the prob
lems which come before them on
strictly a business basis. We should
feel proud of the broad-minded
attitude taken by our two home
papers. By such splendid cooper
ation and unity of purpose in deal
ing with the important problems of
our city it places Alliance on a
higher plane and sets an example
for the other cities. .
N. A. KEMMISH,
City Manager.
THE WEATHER
' Forecast for Nebraska: Fartly
cloudy and cooler tonight Possibly
light frost in west portion; Saturday
generally fair and cooler. s
back to their first love, the road up
the Burlington tracks. I his has al
ways been the favorite of a majority
of the Alliance contingent, although,
in meetings with the commissioners,
most of them a year ago expressed
themselves as willing to accept a com
promise route going several miles
t-traiirht west of the city on Tenth
street The Alliance boosters have
never favored the route past the Cal
Hashman place, although at one time
they were willing to leave the selec
tion of one of three routes proposed
up to state authorities. Recent de
velopments and activities on the part
of Commissioner Carrtil and others
have made them leery of the Tenth
street route, which is no tconsidered
at nil acceptable now. It's the rail
way track route that they want for
a state aid road.
Indications are that they will be
supported by Berea and at least a
part of Hemingford at the mect;ng
tonight Hemingford men who want
(Continued on 1 age o;
R0TAR1ANSTALK
ROAD PROBLEMS
WEDNESDAY EVE
GO ON RECORD AGAINST HASH
MAN ROAD FOR STATE AID.
Adopt Resolution Favoring Route
Along Track Lions Club Takes
a Similar Action.
The Alliance Rotary club, at its re
gular monthly business meeting, held
Wednesday evening at the Fern Gar
den of the Alliance Hotel, devoted the
latter half of the session to a thorough
discussion of the Box Butte county
road problems, which waa participated
in by a number of the members.
Following brief talks ry uien Miner,
R. M. Hampton, E. D. Mallery and a
number of others, the club unanimous
ly passed a resolution favoring the
granting of state aid to an Alliance
Hemingford road up the Burlington
railway track, and from Hemingford
northwest to make a Crawford connec
tion, following whatever route the
citizens of Hemingford desire. The
resolution also placed the club on re
cord as against state aid for the road
as built by the county commissioners,
known as the Hashman route.
The Alliance Lions club, at its
weekly luncheon Thursday noon, took
similar action. A resolution was
adopted, which will be forwarded to
Governor S. R. McKelvie and State
Engineer George E. Johnson.
Railroads Announce
Freight Rate Cut on
Vegetables trom West
TWUinn of the transcontinental
railroads to reduce rates on vegetables
from California and other Pacific
coast territory points to the territory
Utween the Rocky mountains and
Chicago and the Mississippi river was
announced Tuesday py ine inverstai
Commerce commission.
The reductions will substitute a 15
per cent increase over the rates in ef-
feet AUgUSI sa, JSU, lor ine -o
per cent increase which went into ef
fect August 26, 1920, "thus removing
more than half of the increase made
at that time," the commission said.
"A large volume oi movement lane?
place annually under the rates to be
reduced," the commis3!on added, "and
it is hoped that the reduct'ons will
materially assist growers and shippers
of western vegetables."
It was indicated that the commis
sion will authorize the reduction to
be put into effect in less than the
usual 30 days notice.
The New Jersey legislature suggest?
iVi.it. nil noihon tablets should be made
coffin-shaped to distinguVh them from
medicine. There is some talk of farm
ers, in the interest of small boys try-
o- tk"" -- o resemble
little hospital cots. Punch
Ii nun nmni nnir
LUliU UlHULUuU
CAME TO GLOSE
THURSDAY EVE
COUNCIL GRANTS A FRANCHISE
TO rilONE COMPANY.
Two-Year Struggle Ends Follewia
Conferences Between and th
Company Officials.
The city council of Alliance, at this
meeting Thursday evening, witheoi s.
dissenting vote and with little r ft,
discussion, suspended the rules Md .
passed the ordinance granting a
twenty-year franchise to the Nrtk
western Bell Telephone Company, Thts
ends a struggle that has endured for
more than two years, during whlck
officials of the company have mad
countless efforts with both the presmt
and preceding council men to overcome
prejudice and get together amicably
on a working agreement Two e
three times the company has been oa
the point of withdrawing its requMt
for a franchise, but since the citw
manager plan went into effect about
a year ago, the outlook has improved
steadily.
The franchise adopted by the eotuv
cil last night was drawn after a series;
of conferences between city and conw
pany officials, and it is believed to be.
the best document of its kind in the
state of Nebraska. There are nore
sufeguards for the city in this fran
chise than it was originally believed)
could be secured from the company.
It provides for half a dozen contin
gencies, and is so constructed thut th
company will have considerable diffi
culty in raising rates unless they ar
justified in every particular.
Source of the Irejudice.
The old franchise expired over tw
years ago. At the time, Mayor A. D.
Rodgcrs and a council of eight men
were in authority. The company ap
plied for a renewal of their working
agreement with the city, and met with
instant opposition. The chief difficulty
was, nt that time, that the mayor and!
couHcilmen resented the fact that the
state legislature had taken away from
them the power of making rates. Th
old franchise, granted twenty-odd)
years ago. contained a clause fixing:
rates in the city. The rates wer
absurdly low, inasmuch as they wer
asci.on the standards ab in uun.
IX legudaturo, years before th
franchise expired, took the rate-ma
ing authority away from the city .
councils and gave it to the state raU
way commission. The commiaaioa
granted an increase in rates, over th
council's protests. From that time on,
there was a strong feeling on the pari
of habitual council men against tn
company. They said th etelephone mea
had not "kept their agreement and!
this prejudice was strong enough t
block the passage ot a irancnise unw
the city manager plan, and a council
composed of entirely different meiW
took their places.
Even then, the struggle wasn't
oer. Among the last acts of the old
council was the submission of tn
franchise to the public. It waa in
tended to ascertain public sentiment,
legally, it had no binding efT" J
cause Alliance has never adopted th
initiative and referendum. The suo
mission of the question came at s
most inopportune time for the ' com
pany, however, for it had just filed
with the railway commission a r
due-t for a continuation of an increase
ed rate schedule for aix month
U When the votes were counted, it waa
discovered that there was almost SOO
majority against the granting of a
franchise. This wa undoubtedly due,
not to a desire to keep the company
from having a legal permit to use th
streets and alleys of the city for their
equipment, but because many of tn
voters thought that by yot rg against
the franchise, they would defeat th
increased rates. A few people voted,
against it because they didnt wantto
eive any concessions iu r
ice company. The new council, iij i tt
face of this expressed public opinion
'a hard row cut out for them.
They realized, of course, that
company needed some sort of P"teo
tion, duv nesiwiveu w --
The Company's Attitude,
n.. onw nn the other hand, de-
cided to suspend making any improve,
ments or extensions to service i inAU
liance until after the council had acted.
It may have .been uw wruu. -
pursue, but n was vnci 'V' ftlT
they stuck to it For months there
have been sections of the city wher
to" apoUcaVons for telephones were
ceived..and other improveme .
been delayed. m
Knchise will insure a almost imme
diate increase in facil.ties in AlU-
"The council deserves a lot of credit
for taking the common sense view of
the situation and eo:ng ahead with
the work they were e'ected to do, even
when seemed like dying In .the ; fac.
of public option. The result w.U un
doubtedly be approval on the part of
he public, especially since the council,
through City Manager Kemmish, has
explained its position clearly ami
forcibly. ,
oilu-i dx of the company have given
out a statement in which they giva
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