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Official Taper of Box Butte County
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Taper of the City, of Alliane
VOLUME XXVIII.
(Ten rages)
No. 03
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RAILWAY STRIKE
IS CALLED OFF
i BY "BIG FIVE"
UNION OFFICIALS ADOPT RES
OLUTIONS THURSDAY NIGHT
Crowing Public Opinion That Strike
Would Be Against Government
Declared Responsible.
The railroad strike, scheduled lo hit
the Burlington railroad on November i
S, has been averted, according to press
Uspatches from Chicago published in.
late editions reaching Alliance about!
noon today. At the railroad offices in
Alliance it was said no definite word,
.had been received here to this effect,)
.and local official of the unions included
in the strike call have not yet been
notified.
According to news reports, which ,
are regarded as authentic, leaders of.
the switchmen .trainmen, conductors,!
engineers and firemen, the "big five,"
at a joint meeting held in Chicago last
might, adopted resolutions withdraw
ing authorization of a walkout, and
officials of the railroad telegrapher's
organization announced they would
take similar action. These were the
only unions which had authorized a
trike. It had been expected that the
r unions would join the "big five" in
-the walkout, but a few days ago it
-was announced that this would not be
ione. A meeting of the federated shop
' craft in Alliance wa3 held Tuesday
night, at which the workers were in-
' tructed, it was said, not to walk out,
."but they were also urged not to
!erform work of the striking men in
the event the strike took place.
The official wording of the resolu-
tion calling off the strike was that it
"be declared not effective." Reports
were that the firemen's executives had
; opposed adoption of the resolution, but
the vote calling off the strike was
tunanimous by organizations.
Vote Unusually Close.
The vote in the individual unions
was said to be close. In some of the
jrroups the ballot was described as
'the closest in history on a similar
question." All of the differences were
Ironed out by the different unions and
the final showdown found them cast-
, ing their ballots in favor of industrial
'peace. - """ " "
The union: leaders are quoted as
.saying that the strike "absolutely is
off," and that a walkout cannot now
lie caled until a new vote has taken
place.
The code messages calling off the
strike, arranged in advance, will be
sent out today, the union heads said.
A code word will be sent to each gen
eral chairman of the unions, and he
Avillfi in turn, forward orders to each
of the officials under him.
The resolution adopted by the labor
board announcing that no further
wage reduction petitions for any one
jp'oup of employes would be consid
ered until rules and working condi
tions for that group had been settled
-was "decidedly instrumental" in
bringing about the action calling off
the walkout. They declared that they
"believed under this resolution that it
would be months before their pay
again could be reduced.
Public Opinion Responsible .
In discussing the resolution annull
ing the strike orders, union presidents
declared that it was based on state-
ments made. to the unions that wage
reductions would not be considered by
the board for any employes until the
rules and working conditions for those
employes had been settled. This ar
rument was the turning point in the
dis-cusfion.
L. E. Sheppard. president of the
Order of Railway Conductors, said
that the unions had decided to call off
the strike because of "the growing
'public opinion that. the strike would
lie against the labor board, and con
sequently the government, and not
against the railroadc. It was evident
also that the entire Washington ad
ministration was opposed to us and
that we had little chance of gaining
our objectives. We called this striice
to gain certain rights to which our
men were entitled," Mr. Sheppard
said.
"It soon became evident, however,
that the roads were succeeding in
their misleading propaganda to the
. effect that we really would be striking
against the government.
"This nmnairanda found its way to
i United States railroad labor
oard. This governmental agency
told us that it would look on a strike
-as no-ninst it and the government and
not against the roads, and that the
full force of the government would be
"hrmiirht to bear against us if we walk
ed out Under the circumstances there
waa nothing to do but annul our
orders for the October 30 walkout"
llie Farrar will take charge of the
Mutual Oil company's station in Alli
ance today, relieving R. J. Witschy
who will go back on the road on spe
cial work for the company. Mr. tar
Tar ha3 been in the oil game for fiev-
i -r.ro ami was a former resl-
dunt of Ailiance about four years ago,
at which time he marnea miss ein because trattic must travel tne meaa
E. Rodgers. He expects to move his ow along considerable of the grade,
family to Alliance in the near future. 8g ia theca-se on any freshly graded
Walter Perry of Cradford, former h,Khw8y'
proprietor of the Van Graven studio, I Wanted: Home for orphan child,
vas in Alliance on business Tuesday. Address 386, Hemingford, Neb. 85-96
WINS I C
(Scottsbluff Republican)
As a matter of fact the mer
chants of Scottsbluff have been let!
to believe; that other things adver
tised the towns and brought people
here that would do them as much
good as newspaper advertising, and
they perhaps have charged up to
advertising this year many times
what they ever paid for newspaper
advertising in any one year.
The merchants of rival places
have taken advantage of the lack of
advertising on the part of the mer
chants here, and at Alliance, Sidney
and Bridgeport are engaged in a
larger campaign of newspaper ad
vertising until the newspapers are
full to overflowing with good whole
some advertising, and the volume
of business that they have been
doing is ample payment for the
money spent during the trying time
just passing.
The volume of business of a town
is reflected through the columns of
its press, and it is to the press the
public looks for information as to
the best place to trade, and when
the public fail to see what they are
looking for, they soon hear or see
something in the papers of other
places which attract their attention,
and it is not long before they are
trading -at the place where goods
are advertised. It may not be
noticeable in any time, but sooner
or later the town that has live ad
vertisers is soon doing the business
that naturally belongs to the town
that depends upon its natural re
sources for business.
BROADWATER MEN
ARE GRADING THE
ALLIANCE ROAD
FEEL SURE OF SUPPORT OF THE
BUSINESS MEN HERE.
Say That When Completed It Will Be
the Only Outlet Used to Reach
the Lincoln Highway.
Good progress is being made on the
grading of the Broadwater-Alliance
road, which has been going on for sev
eral weeks past The Morrill county
commissioner residing in the Broad
water district has furnished a consid-
j crable amount of grading machinery,
and there has been much volunteer
work, as well as contributions of gas
oline for the tractor. A number of
Alliance business men have contribut
ed toward the fund to build the road,
according to the Broadwater News,
which takes this as an indication that
Alliance realizes the G-P-C highway is
the best.
In the settlement of the road squab
ble in Morrill county, it was agreed
that two roads should be built, one
following the North Star route from
Bridgeport to Alliance, which was
designated as the first to receive state
aid. and the other the Broadwater-
Alliance route on the G-P-C highway,
which was designated as No. 2. Both
roads will undoubtedly be built, and
in time both will receive state funds
for maintenance, and both of them
should be valuable routes for Alliance.
A few Alliance men have been strong
ly in favor of the Broadwater road all
the time, and desiring its completion
before any other road, but at the var
ious road meetings it was found that
the sentiment was pretty well divided
and that there were fully as many, if
not more, who favored the Bridgeport
route.
However, the News story of pro
gress shows that the Broadwater peo
ple believe that Alliance is really in
favor of that road above all others.
The News says:
"Since the big grader has been grad
ing on the G-P-C highway between
Broadwater and Alliance the Alliance
business faction have come to the con
clusion that this road will eventually
be the real north and south highway,
and the Broadwater chamber ot coi
merce received the very good news
this week that their chamber of com
merce were putting on a drive for
funds to help the road along. Alliance
has always leaned toward this road
more than any other north and south
road and tourists are beginning to
realize that this will be in the future
the only north and south outlet to the
Lincoln highway in this section.
"The grader has been doing good
work ud through the meadows and the
low nlaces. which are impassable in
th wet season, are being graded deep.
A good part of th grade can be trav
eled on at the present time and it has
not even been surfaced. The grade
through the sand cannot be traveled
but 6ince the rain, would be the proper
tim to cet it surfaced and a passage
wav thereon, which will no doubt be
1on immediately, if the weather per
mits. All the ranchers up north claim
the work is alright, and that they will
soon have a road through their sec
tion as urood as the most of them, and
Drobablv better. Of course, at the
present time tne journey irom vuii
. w . . in-
ance to Broadwater is rather rou'h
ALLIANCE
GIVES POSITION
OF RAILROADS
IN THE STRIKE
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT
SMART TALKS TO ROTARIANS.
Not a Strike Against Railroads But
Labor Board Strike Ballot Taken
on the Wage Question.
General Superintendent A. G. Smart
of the Burlington, with headquarters
at Alliance, and Superintendent 5f
Motive Power Roop of Chicago were
guests of Division Superintendent
Fred G. Gurley at. the Wednesday
evening dinner of the Alliance Rotary
club. Following the dinner, the visit
ors were asked to give their view
concerning the strike situation.
Mr. Roop made a brief talk, in which
he said that he was in Alliance to at
tend a conference of rail officials, to
determine what steps should be taken
in the event the strike actually took
place. He gave the impression that he
was not actually looking for a walk
out, but that preparations were being
made to meet it if it should come. Mr.
Roop said a number of pleasant things
of Alliance, and spoke with especal
emphasis of the good water supply
here. He had never been able to find
drinking water that he liked any bet
ter. Mr. Smart gave a most interesting
summary of the strike situation from
the standpoint of the railroads. He
began by correcting the chairman,
who had referred to the strike as one '
against the railroads." He made it
plain that in his opinion, the strike
was not against the railroads, Du
against the federal labor board, a gov
ernment agehcy, and with authority of
the federal government behind it He
had been given to understand that (
other speakers In the past have told
iha rlnK frVinf tliA utrilro woa nnt. r1ir0tft !
cu pimuu.., K..ni. ucv,b ... oppe(i o(T the payroll. There was
wages, and pointed out that the strike or a time, that changes
ballot itself mentioned only the wage , the fie 'department would bring
cut authorized by the labor board on about fln incre of insurance rates,
July 1, ast, which reduced wages of b t with tne cooperation of the rsur
the employes approximately 12V4 per , nf th. citv. nxactlv the
cent Mr. Smart declared that work-
ing rules and other matters did not
enter into the strike vote. - 1
The speaker drew a picture of the.J'A;-"
SSSS wLt1hegy woeu!d do fn SSt L?" D M
Littinauo if nnA o-nvimmpni ncrpnrv
told them what price they must pay!
for their goods, and a totally different!
agency told them the price at which
the goods must be sold. The rail-
roads are in this position, he declared,
urui nnn irnvcrtimiint liiun-ri tvU nj-
them the wages they must pay, and
the interstate commerce commission
fixing freight and passenger rates.
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Mr. Smart told the Rotarians that linking fund was provided to meet the ment. The local organization in May,
there was but one source of revenue cjtys bonded indebtedness. With when the claims pending had shrunk
for the railroads the public. The ttbout half of the fiscal year gone, he to only a few cases, closed the offices
railway employes represent but 2 per cjty j3 iower than our estimate of ex- in the court house, and the executive
cent of the workers of the country. 1 pense in almost every department. I secretary has since been attending
They have received increases in wages Financing the city is some problem only to urgent cases,
during the past ten years much great- tj,ese days, Mr. Kemmish said. In The federal ciean-up squad, compos
er than the workmen in any other line or(jer t0 keep the city's credit good it ed of officials from the various gov
of industry. . Other businesses are is necessary to meet interest pay- ernmental agencies for the relief of
getting back to earth, he said, and the J menta BIMi assessments when due. By ex-soldiers visited Alliance in August,
railroads must do the same. In order . MrtVpmW 29. there must come from and some seventy-two claims were
to accomplish this, there must De cuts
in wases as n txo m uuici P"""
Freight rates and passenger rates can-1
not be materially reduced until the reauy more than this amount due, but these claims, and the visit of the
labor cost comes down. If not, he de- tnig money must come in in order to clean-up squad brought a new respon
clared, the bill must be paid by every 1 Drincioal and interest to the hold- sioility ior the local Red Cross organ-
man who pays freight bills or uses
the passenger service.
mingway, ot tne general oi-ient. Mr. Kemmish said some com- at the meeting Saturday, the com
he Forest Lumber company, pjmentary things of the Alliance , mittee will decide whether a campaign
present as a guest of W. M. ;.,!,- u.k:.h , eni.l. had Btood bvifor funds will be staeed this year.
Bevington, made a brief talk. H,e.
mentioned Mr. Roop s reference to Al-
liance's splendid water supply, and re
peated a toast to "Water now good It
would taste if it were only illegal to,
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drink it. The speaker was well ac-
quainted with conditions in Alliance
and gave an entertaining talk.
Ellsworth Ex-Soldier
In Vocational Training
at the City Light Plant
Marvin Ellsbury of Ellsworth, dis
charged from theh U. S. Navy some
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compensation and is receiving voca -
tional tranine at government expense,
He has been assigned duties at tne
Alliance city electric light plant whih
occupation is to be a school, teaching
him the electrical business. Doling
his training he will be under govern
ment salary and expense indefinitely.
He's staying in Alliance at 601 Chey
enne avenue.
Louis A. Lyons Is
Sought by Public
Health Service
The local Red Cross secretary has
received word from the Ninth district
veterans' bureau that it is unable to
locate Louis A. Lyons . The United
States public health service is very de
sirous of getting in touch with him,
and any Alliance person who knows
his address is requested to forward it
to The Herald office. My Lyons gave
his address as Alliance when entering
the service.
CITY MANAGER
TALKS TO THE
ALLIANCE LIONS
FINANCING OF THE CITY IS THE
CHIEF PROBLEM.
Mr. Kemmish Has Plans to Bring
Buildings From Antioch for
City's Tourist Camp.
Citv Manacrer N. A. Kemml.-sh snnlce
to the Alliance Lions at their luncheon ' following his death Saturday on
Thursday noon, giving the cubs a good ; the operating table during the per
insight into the difficulties of hi post-1 forming of an operation for removal
tion. as well as exDlaininir some of vhe of tonsils by Drs. Hand and Baskin.
things he hoped to be able to accnm-'Tn
plish for Alliance. He also reviewed
some f ccomplishments of the new city
administration.
Co-operation, Mr. Kemmish said, Is
the ko note in Alliance toil ay, and it is
getting results. There's no big "I"
or little T." these days. All of us are
on the came plane and all of us are
forking for Alliance., The Lions club
ami the Rotary cluh are looking out
fr the best interests of tho city; the
two newspapers are co-operutin'r and
bflo'ling for anything that will be of
benefit to the community. With this
scrt of co-operation, Mr. KemnJsh
s aid, the city can progress.
"The c ity manager told of co-opera-tin
in law enforcement matter. 1 he
city and county police authorities are
working together on every important
case. There has been no friction of
any kind. As a result Alliance along
with, the rest of Box Butte county is
gating cleaned up. There are fewer.
violations of law. It has been found
possible to reduce expenses $100 a
month in the department by cutting
off the salary of the police Judge. The
work is such that it doesn't require all
of one man's time.
Expenses have also been reduced in
t, iI,naanM.fLtA ,.-
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er extent $150 a month having been
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t
Easy on Expenses.
city Manager Kemmish announced
that the policy of the city was to go
easy on expenses until conditions vere
sucf; that n inCrease was justified. In
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UIUHIIIK UIC ICV lUl VlUO ICI, I.IIC
council had placed it as low as pos-
gible amj in practically every depart-
ment the fiirures had been lowered. A
Alliance taxpayers $22,000, which is
one-tenth of the paving assessment
,i .Arfl. q nnn in !ntf Thorn u
of the city.g hon,ia. Next July
,h e ia another $5,000 interest pay-
the city whenever support was needed,
thll, Khnv..in0. not onlv what the banks
think of the city, but that the banks
are friendly and accommodating.
I 111 lepiV IU IIUCCUUIIS III"" Hc fivno,
M Kemmish said that the city park
board was waiting until times get bet -
ter and money a little more plentiful
before going ahead with planned im-
provements. Among the plans for the
fiitnr, thA ritv manager said, is the
bringing of a number of buildings
up for the convenience of the tourists.
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Re-elect Directors.
Frank Abegg and John W. Guthrie
were re-elected as directors Dy an ua
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1 roge Romier, a new member, waa in-
troduced and made a short initiatory
talk.
The matter of assisting tne oaiva
tion army was brought to the atten
tion of the club by Cub Rhein, and
the members voted $d& towara me
$400 quota for the county.
NEW FIXTURES FOR THE
W. K. HAKl'fcK BIUK6
The W. R. Harper department store
has installed a set of new mahogany
fixtures in the ladies' ready to wear
and millinery sections. The fixtures
. nf th tm design as those in
the Marshal Field store in Chicago,
on.i inoimlA two hat cabinets, ready to
wear cabinet, dressing tables, glass
alcoves ami display tables. The instal
lation of these fixtures adds greatly
to the appearance of the store, the
public is invited to inspect them feat-
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Caha of Hem
ingford were in Alliance today on busi
ness.
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska: Generally
fair tonight and Saturday, except pos
sibly rain the extreme east portion
tonight Slightly colder east and cen
tral portions tonight
Report on Autopsy Will
Not Be Made Public
Till Mrs. Brost Returns
County Attorney Basye has received
a report of findings from the four
physicians who performed the autopsy
on the body of Adolph Brost last M on-
report will not be made public,
Mr. Basye says, until Mrs. Biost re-
turns from Peoria, HI., where she took
the remains of her husband.
Herman Krause Gets
a Fractured Ankle
When Horse Threw Him
Herman Krause Buffered a fractur
ed right ankle Wednesday afternoon
about 4:30 when he was thrown from
an unruly horse. While the fractire
is not serious, it will probably be two
months befoer Mr,, Krause will be able
to use his root, according to Dr.
Weyrens who attended him.
MAY STAGEA
ROLL GALL FOR
THE RED CROSS
COMMITTEE TO MEET SATURDAY
OF THIS WEEK. -'
Will Decide on the Activities for the
Coming Year Soldier Relief
Has Been Chief Concern.
' Thomas N. Temple of Chicago, rep
resenting the division headquarters of
the American Red Cross, will be in Al
liance Saturday of this week, and will
address, the executive committee of the
local Red Cross organization. It is ex
pected that plans will be made at this
meeting for the annual Red Cross roll
call, which this year will take place
from Armistice day, November 11, to
Thanksgiving day. .
The Red Cross for Box Butte and
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chietly concerned itself with caring for .
ex-soldiers and assisting them in push-
ing their claims against the govern-
filed. A number of these were new
claims. ine neu xrosa nan wxn mc
nrfnclnal atrencv for following ud
ization. There are still some funds
on hand, from last year's roll call, and
The Red Cross has a big peace time
' program, but only a small portion of
this has been inaugurated in Box Butte
I county. Should the committee decide
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probable that a definite program for
1 other activities will be planned for
this Red Cross district, which includes
Box Butte county and the south half
of Sheridan county. Red Cross funds
the Dast year have been, devoted al-
i most wholly to caring for ex-soldiers,
- .ir- frU- 1
tional civilian relief. The local or
ganization has cared for two Alliance
families almost the entire year, where
sickness prevented the head of the
family from working, and a compensa
tion claim could not be pushed through
to a successful conclusion, mere are
numerous other instances of financial
relief to soldiers and their families.
Hirst Grocery Is
So d to Virgil Lehr
and W. 0. Packard
Vlrril Lehr and W. O. Packard Is
nuur nuKuri of the H. Hirst store,
arrangements for the sale having been
otA.i Friday of last week. Mr.
i on.i XI r. Jxfkard have had wide
uviu . ,
xnerience in the grocery ousiness.
Both being employed at present as
salesmen for the H. P. Lau company of
i i.nin The new owners will take
o..w. tVi Ktnra on November 7
and it is understood that Mr. Lehr
will take over the active management,
...hit Mr Parlc&rd will continue as
V Hi
.i.kM..M v.itK Via Ijiu com Dan v.
Mr. Hirst expects to find a new lo
:n rninrrlo or Idaho, and will
probably leave Alliance about the first
COMMITTEE IS
APPOINTED TO
VVORKON BOARD
LIONS CLUB IS INVESTIGATING
THE SCHOOL PROGRAM.
Will Discuss Advisability of Coins
Ahead With Buildings Under
: Present Conditions.
At the Thursday noon luncheon of
the Lions club, held at the Palm, Room
of the Alliance hotel, following dis
cussion by the members concerning the
recent action of the Alliance school
board in calling for bids for $200,000
of a $250,000 bond issue, with a view
to proceeding with construction in th
spring, a committee consisting of Tru
Miller, J. S. Rhein and C. L. Reynolds
was appointed. This committee will
confer with the school board as to th
advisability of going ahead with any
building program at this time, as well
as the matter of the sale of bonds.
The sentiment was made plain that
the club members had no thought of
dictating to the school board, or of
conducting their business for them, but
that in view of the effect of this huga
bond issue on taxes in Alliance, it was
but right that the school board should
know something of public opinion. Th
statement was made that if a vot
were to be taken at this time, over 90
per cent of the taxpayers would b
found opposed to going ahead with A
building program so long as it can b
avoided. The intent is to discover
whether the building program can b
delayed without material damage to
the school system.
Using the City Hall.
There Is not now room for the pupils
in the school buildings, but the city
has given the school board the use of
the entire upper story of the city hall.
which has been fitted up for the fourth
grade of both Central and Emerson
schools. The rooms are light and airy,
the heat is excellent, and the play
around is one of the best in the city.
The city has no objection to the school
board using these rooms indefinitely.
and it is hoped that this will take ear
of the overflow from other school '
buildings until such time as business. '
conditions and taxes get back to nor
I There is already an indicated de
crease in the freight rates on building
material, and it is believed that furth
er decreases will come. The labor supi
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'y,;llV " tZ 'li iL
? hnSrm rZ t
g S& JS?? kS
I0" anoiner year, at leasi, mai tne,
Kn,l. irif.J mill .mr.d
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bonds voted will be ample to take car
ar
that it
will hold up taxes on an already over
burdened public. Of course, if th
committee is satisfied that the condi
tions are such that additional building '
are imperative, there is no disposition,
to fight the building program simply
to keep down taxes, but the hop la
expressed in a good many quarters
that the delay can take place without
any more damage thuj a little incon
venience. ,
Some Past History
At tht time the bonds were voted In
May, 1920, the schools were said to b
in a badly crowded condition, but it
Ait found that the bond isiwe would
not come anywhere near providing tha
facilities it was tntenrtea to provide,
and the board voluntarily decided that
their duty to the raen who paid
taxes was to delay building. In May
of this year, when the matter waa
mrnin hrouirht ud. it was found that
public sentiment was ngainst building
at the time, aitnougn a siar cnimwr
session, fcf a few pickea "representa
tive" business men were lavoraoia to
proceeling. When it was aiscoverea
ihu taxpa would be increased $15,000
a year in interest alone, and that th
tax burden was a pi w uv.
breaker anyway, the board again de
cided to delay action.
Recently the board announcea tn
it would accept bids up to November 7
on $200,000 of the bonds, presumably
preparatory to beginning building op
erations in the spring. The interest
on this amount of money will run up
to $1,000 a month, ana tne uoni wn
discussed the plan were unanimoasly
of the opinion that there was no
son wuy me "
ing interest until it ia actually ready
to build. ... . iu.
The demand tor tax-ire securing.,
according to men who are acquainted
with market conditions, is iwui.r
improving, and there is reason to be
lieve that by spring, when the income
tax payment are beginning to be felt,
it Should be possiuie vj
bonds above par. The board haa
ready received, an offer of 98.
TRAFFIC DELAYED BY
DRAWBAR PUI
LLING OUT
Traffic was delayed Thursday for
a short time when a drawbar was
pulled out in the first section of east-
bound freight No. 4S,
about threa
mile9 east of the oity.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Albert Acker,
Thursday, October 27, twin girls.
To Mr. and Mrs. Frank Abefe
Thursday, October 27, a boy.
