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ft rf & JOfficial Paper of Box But; nty TNVICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Official Taper of the City of Alliance VOLUME XXVIII. ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1921 No. 07 SCHOOL BOARD DISCUSS THEIR BUILDING PLANS MEET WITH CHAMBER OF COM MERCE MEMBERS Business Men Ask Questions Showing They Are Interested in the Financial Side There was a big attendance of busi ness men at the Monady noon luncheon -of the chamber of commerce, when the members of the Alliance school board 'were present, and ther ewas con.sid- erable discussion of the board's plan to proceed with the sale of bonds and -begin construction work on new school buildings some time in the spring. E. M. Martin, president of the board, .said that the board was glad to meet "with the business men and learn their views. There had been considerable comment on high taxes, he said, and -the board desired to learn whether it was the sentiment of the community .that they go ahead with the plans. Superintendent Fate gave a few school statistics and then offered to -answer any questions concerning .school work. The enrollment thi3 year, he aid, was not as large as .had been expected, the total being 1,141 in the high school and grades. There are forty-one teachers, an av erage of 38 pupils per room in the grades and 27 pupils per teacher in the high school. The enrollment was 1,131 last year, an dlast year showed -a gain of 145 over the preceding year. F. W. Harris gave some tigures :showing the levy for the county for this year and last, in which it was .shown that if there is any increase in .taxes, it is not due to the schools, for the mill levy is the same this year as last. The property valuation in the school district, he said, is $4,875,095. If the $200,000 of bond sare sold, this -nvill mean during the next ten years an interest burden of $12,000 a year. .After ten years, it will be necessary to establish a sinking fund to pay oft me Domis. ine mm levy win nave to be .increased 12 mills, which will increase the school assessment 13 per cent, but will equal a 6 per cent in- crease on the totaL That is when 'tbe "bonds Are sold, taxpayers who paid 3100 will pay $106. State taxes in i VnvT, V ' ana c.'V.y ra.XeS fU. P5rCe.nl creased per cent lor 1921 over 1920. he said, but the school levy wa3 not changed. There was some discussion as to the effect of lowered freight rates on prices of building material, and whether the maintenance cost would le materially increased with more school buildings. A new heating plant -will have to be purchased, but the same janitor will be used. The same teachers will be used, save with a pos sible addition in the high school. City Manager Kemmish explained 'that if the school needed an audito rium, it might be possible to rebuild the armory and give them a down town location. Need for Gymnaisum Superintendent Pate explained the need for additional gymnasium facili ties, and that the school has no audi torium large enough to take care of its needs. He said that if the gymna sium or auditorium were not to be "built, he would prefer to delay build ing until they could be included. The meeting was spent almost en tirely in the discussion of various questions concerning the ne wbuilding, the effect on taxes and other matters of interest. There were plently of questions asked which showed the business men were interested in the matter from the standpoint of the fi nancial burden on the district, but there were no adverse comments. "There was no attempt made to recure an expression of opinion, although, when the meeting was thrown open for discussion, there were no argu ments made on either side. Members of the boarrd stated -d if they built at 30.000 to $40,000 Mr. rate said that the uverug of an education the state over is 86.05 per pupil enrolled and $10.j.1 per pu pil based on daily attendance. In Al liance this cost is $5G,S0 ind C74.20, respectively. Test Case for State Spud Grading Law ' in the County Court The case of the State of Nebraska vs. Harry O. Wildy of Hemmgford ' was called this morning at 10 o'clock,1 with William Mitchell for defense andi . . t i i im nif i iiimiki i-iiiirrii. Cnunty Attorney Basye for the fstate.;trict wiU be managed by Dr. G. W, The first complaint, chargir? Wildy Vim iauil unu nt-Kiix:i nave one carload of spuds that were shipped from Hemingford on or about the 13th day of September, 1921, inspected as provided by the new law, was dis missed when County Attorney Basye filed a new complaint this morning - 1 C 1 . 1 . .. U with two counts, the first reading about the Bame as the first complaint and the second count charging Wildy, with neglect to have the potatoes in juPNLion Eoneu ami graueu. The first witness, C. W. Graham, NE WEATHER Fore. jr Aliance: Fair t might ana neu, ,suay. Warmer tonight. was called and sworn, when Attorney auicneu mane a motion asking no testimony be taken, claiming that thp law had not been violated by Wildv's 1 . rru " . - i . m-sievu x ue judge iook a recess un till 1 o'clock this afternoon before rul ing on Mr. Mitchells motion, as this new law has never been before this court before and the judge wanted a little time to compare the charge? with the law and thoroughly familiar ize himself with every detail before ruling on wr. aiitcneirs motion. Considerable interest was mani fested in this test case, especially bv the growers and shippers of potatoes, ana a large crowd was present at the court room this morning. In the afternoon the trial again pro ceeded and a number of witnesses were examined. C. O. Sawyer said that he had inspected the carload of spuds, and had refused to issue a certi ficate of inspection because culls were in the same carload with No. 1. Mr. Wildy at that time stated that he might ship the potatoes anyway, just to test out the law. Attorney Mitchell sought to show that the inspector had not really graded the potatoes, inas much as he had not run them through a grader, and judged only by their appearance. Judge Tash, when the testimony was all in, imposed a fine of $25 and costs. POUCEASKED TO WATCH OUT FOR MURDERER ALLIANCE OFFICERS GET CALL FROM CIIADRON TRAILERS Trail of Man Who Killed Father Belknap Said to Lead Toward Western Nebraska Alliance police officers have been warnd to be on the watch for the slayer of Father Belknap, Catholic priest, at Lead, S. D., a few days ugo. A telephone call from Chadron was received by Officer Stillwill about 3 a. m. Sunday morning from the deputy sheriff of Deadwood, who was then in Chadron following the trail. The description of the suspected slayer of the priest is described as an U7arinr new nvornlla rnan suitor wearing new overalls, brown s a cater or coat and a tan or brown cap. Charles Coker to Be Tried at Bridgeport Cattle Theft Charge Charles C. Coker, well known rancher of Morrill county and at the present time a resident of Alliance, was arrested Monday morning by Chief of Police Charles W. Jeffers on instructions from the sheriff of Mor rill county. The Morrill county officer had in his possession a warrant sworn out by County Attorney McDonald, with cattle stealing. It is understood the chief complaining witness at the chief complaining witnesses at the trial will be employes of Hall & Gra ham of Alliance, whose ranch is in the sam evicinity s the Coker place. Deputy Sheriff Davis came to Alli ance Monday afternoon and took his prisoner back to Bridgeport. Alliance District " Pastors Meet at Methodist Church The Methodist pastors of the Alii ance district met this morning at the district court room in this city in the interest of the Nebraska Wesleyan en dowment campaign, which will soon be launched in the district. The plans A resolution was adopted by the conference in support of the project in essence as follows: The Alliance district will enter into the campaign on the condition that the first $100,000 raised in this district go to the pro Dosed Scottsbluli hospital: all over that amount to go to the Nebraska Wesleyan endowment fund. About twenty-five ministers from the district were in attendance at the 1 meetinc Rev. E. C. t Intel of bcotts- I bluff has been appointed as the rep- LurMlailira frnm tho Allinnrp distrirt to atten(1 the meeting of the Long Pine i;strict ministers, which convenes at Ainsworth Wednesday morning, rha eamnniim in the Alliance dis- . isr,am. o-enerjd ramnaiirn manatrer. of 1 - -. r i ' 1 ' . . . Lincoln; C. C. Wilkins of Baldwin, Kas., manager for Alliance district; nnd Dr. Cable of Des Moines, la., as sistant manager. E. F. Nichols, W. Clark and E. Ver , trees, who have been hunting for the nat week at the ranch of Frank Palmer, returned Monday to their! homes in Denver. I hey came over from Denver last Tuesday by auto, ana report a very neavy muwiau v Harrisburg. that they expect-if"" J"""' "... "; I -II r 1 00 AA ! . TkT 1 all to save from "K"'"i! faj, n- of the $200,000. I ?n??nA.th ?ri? Fe?sion being he,d in GREAT SERIES OF ARTICLES IN THE HERALD oriMoxs or amkkican lead ers ON VITAL ISSUES. On of the Greatest Feats in American Journalism is About Ready for Launching. In announcing that The Herald is to present to its subscribers and readers a series of articles gathered and edited by the Community news service, this paper feels that it is offering what will be known as the greatest individ ual feat in American Journalism. For many weeks and months the Community news service has been quietly combing the nation for ex pressions from the men advanced in American industry, arts, finance, reli gion, drama and transportation rela tive to the possibility of securing a series of articles from those who are unquestionably recognized as the greatest leaders of the particular in dustry or profession to which they have given their lives such as members of the president's cabinet, generals in the army, United States senators, financiers, railroad presidents, college heads, executives and owners of the world's greatest industrial plants, gov ernors, government department heads, labor leaders, political giants, insur ance executives, transportation ex perts, industrial leaders and many others. It needs but a glance at the names of the men who are the authors of the series to indicate to any one familiar with America and her leaders today that never before has such a galaxy of powerful and dominant men combined to give expression to the beliefs and hopes that have been and are today the guiding force in the nation's civic, industry, education and aesthetics. No individual paper, regardless of iU wealth or power, could hope to secure written expression from a tiny frac tion of the scores who under their sig natures are about, to give to the read ers of The Herald their personal view points. It makes little difference what your race, business, politics and religion may be. It makes no difference where your business interests may he. If some of the men whose "stories" are to be published differ from you in any particular, if you disapprove of their methods or personality, the fact re mains that earn and every one of them is so high in his particular sphere that you cannot afford to ignore him, and what he has to say is important to you. Every walk of American life is represented by a leader whose abil ity is unquestioned, and who knows (Continued on Page 8.) Alliance Burglar Is Held for Robbery of Quincy Mail Car Night Officer Eugene Stillwill has received word concerning Ernest Con rad, enterprising burglar whom ' he discovered in the act of breaking into the Horace Bogue store with a crow bar on the night of May 17, and who was later turned over to posoffice in spectors for a session before a grand jury at Pueblo in connection with the robbery of a postoffice at Brush, Col. He was believed to have been impli cated in several robberies and at tempted robberies, and within a very short time the officers were convinced that he was rather a tough character. He was sentenced to fifteen days on a vagrancy charge in order to give time for investigation, and later held to the federal grand jury by United States Court Commissioner L. A. Berry. According to information received by Officer Stilwill, the Pueblo grand jury failed to hold Conrad on the charge of robbing the Brush postof fice, but later a grand jury at Grand Junction brought in an, indictment which charged him with the robbery of a mail car near Quincy early in May. There is said to be a strong case against him in connection with this robbery, where the railway mail clerk was held up at the point of a rifle. Conrad was indentified by two men in the railroad yards and by the mail clerk. If there is a conviction, Officer Stil will will receive a big slice of a re ward of $5,000. When Conrad was arrested he had with him a number of postage stamps, o the value of about $30, encased in a Union Pacific envelope. The stamps were about in the denomina tions of those reported missing at the Colorado iotoffice. There was . - . . - . . also a note on a Louisiana, Mo., bank signed by the prisoner and a brother, winch was the only means of idem 1 ty ing him. There were evidences that he had also tried to break into the VV. R. Harjer and Golden Rule stores on the same May night that he was arrested. The evidence was sufficient Q him here, but when the fed- eral authorities expressed a desire to 'try him on one or two counts, the county law enforcement officials sur rendered hira gracefully. I ill a n ii mil hlhduiim mm I STARTS FEUD 1 WITH PORTER STAGES PRIVATE WAR ON SUN- DAY EVENING Borrows Jacknife to Slay Colored Man and Police Surgeon Taken Four Stitches in His Scalp Fred Grizzell, Burlington brake man, who comes from Alabama, put in a busy hour or two Saturday eve ning. He began with an ovcrabun danec of white mule and before the evening had ended had managed to start a race war all of his own, had attempted to slay a colored man who natt onenilcd his sense of the proprie ties, had been knocked down a cou ple of times, getting a badly bruised head and a scalp wound that required lour stitches to close, and had inllict ed a wound in the neck with a pocket knife upon Frank Weaver, colored porter in the W. G. Ezell barber shoo, Shortly afterward he was knocked out and when he came to was in the city Dastile, where he had an opuortnuity lo get his wounds sewed up ami dressed, and where he was given un opportunity to sober up. The trouble started Sunday evening shortly after 6:30 o'clock. Accord ing to Grizzell's ftory. he had been walking past an alley to the rear of the Kodgers grocery, and had come upon a group of colored men. Weaver was arguing with another colored man, he said, and he had made some mild inquiries concerning the aigument. His interest was rewarded by a ques tion as to how the dispute concerned him. "I was the only white man there," he said sadly, but that didin't deter him from telling the colored man wWat would happen to a negro if he acted that way in Alabama. Weaver then called him a vile name, he said, and he walked away. Shortly afterward hi a hot southern blood got the better of him, and he realized that the colored man was in a way the victor. He followed the portr over to the Shelton restaurant, "called him out" and began angling ('or an apology. He didn't get it and then he started hostilities by hitting Weaver. The answer came quickly. Weaver returned the blow. And once more hostilities ceased. The White Man's Revenge Grizzell then started out for re venge. Nothing would satisfy his Al abama tradition and avenge the blow he had received, or the insult, but the blood of the man who had wronged him. He started out to borrow a knife or a gun. Ten or fifteen peo ple he approached, asking for some instrument with which to do damage to the colored man who had offended his idea of race proprieties. At the Army and Navy store he tried to buy a knife, and finding none on sale, in quired as to the chance of getting an army rifle. At the Alliance Billiard Parlor he bought a bottle of near beer and told the proprietor that he want ed to borrow a knife to kill a colored man who had insulted him. He spoke to several men on the street, to each one giving details of the punishment he intended to inflict. ' Don t think I won't kill him," he told one man whom he asked for the loan of a knife. Finally a brakeman let him have a pocket knife. He selected the sharp blade, again called out his enemy and attacked him with it, inflicting a wound in the neck. That was the finish of his aggressive tactics, for the knife was knocked out of the hand and he hit the pavement. Friends of the colored man urged him not to do any carving on his own account, and the Alabama crusader walked up the street. Weaver's anger then got the letter of him, and he followed his assailant and in front of the Keep-U- neat the blow was struck which put an end to this private race war. Of ficer Stilwill, Burlington Agents Short and Martin approached, and they found him in front of the Keep-U-Neat, lying in a small pool of blom!. He was taken to the station and sur gical assistance was called. Weaver gave himself up to the police within an hour. Fined on Drunk Charge Grizell, in police court Monday morning, pleaded guilty to a com plaint charging him with drunkenness and fighting, and was assessed a fine of $25 and costs. Weaver, arraigned at the same time, pleaded not guilty and Monday afternoon appeared in po lice court with a bunch of witnesses to testify in his defense. At the morn ing session, he had declared that he struck in self-defense. Grizzell gave the story of his wrongs, omitting some of the details concerning acts of aggression on his part and the search for a knife or gun. He admitted he never saw the colored man with a knife and that he didn't know whether he was hit in the eye or fell on it. He had come to Box Butte county only a short time ago, had worked at the Clay ranch a short time and since October 18 had been laboring on the rip track. Special Agent Short told of finding Grizzell on the sidewalk and of re covering the knife with which the colored man was carved. The brake man who had lent it, he said, had picked it up from the street, wiped me b.ood oif the blade and stuck it bi"k in hi pocket. He said he could not say that the colored man had been drinking, but that he saw nothing that would indicate.it. Officer Stilwill and George W. Powell also testified. Weaver had charge of his own de fense, but the fact that he brought tell their story in a way worked against mm. ne was not rullv ac quainted with his right to go on the stand, but thought the court and pros ecuting attorney would question him. Ray Tompkins, Bud Charlton, Frank L. Thomas of the Army and Navy store nnd John Velous gave testimony showing that Grizzell had tried to borrow of knife, but the charge on which Weaer was being tried was that of disturbing the peace by fight ing. He was fined $25 nnd costs. "They didn't a;;k me any questions," said Weaver, when it was all over. "I could have told tiiem how it happened and that he said things to me that gave me the right to hit him. He hunted me up and made an insulting remark concerning a colored woman. I told him I ouch tto hit him in the face. He said that in Alabama, where he came from, colored men got off the street when white men came nlong. I said I didn't know what they did in Alabama, but they didn't do it here. He said some other things nnd I got mad. He deserved to be hit." WILL FORM AN ORGANIZATION FOR MUNY PIER MEETING CALLED FOR 7.30 Y. M. WEDNESDAY Sheriff Miller Asks Friends of the Project to Assemble at the County Court Room . Sheriff J. W. Miller, who with Chief i Jeffera was instrumental in securing , contest at the St. Agnes academy ba the subscriptions that erected the mu- ar' ,he'd at,th root Rrden thre , . , . . vti v days last week, was erroneously an nicipal pier at Broncho lake this sum- J, a9 Mi ' Elyiht) willluns. mer, nai 'called a meeting of all men m Williams stood second in the list, -interested in the- undertaking for the 4V ui county court room at 7:30 p. m. Wed- nesday. The purpose ,s to form an organization that will get behind the . pier and see not only that outstanding I '1 'ii1 that il wi" be kept. f ... . A sufficient number of subscriptions were secured to build the pier this summer, but some of these have not been paid in. The Lions club, which donated $100, decided, at a meeting a short time ago, that they would not pay over ine nwory unu. - The pier was this summer, tremendous success mis ui.....v,, u i ?" ""'V" but since swimming en liirhts. ri ined out partitions and Tiluvoil hnh irenerallv. I r "-.' " r Members or the Lions ciuo, Koiary club, firemen's and other organizations in the citv. as well as other citizens .f 1 1 M M IlLIlfr MZl L1Z.CIIB who are interested in the project, are requested to be present at the meeting. Legion Men Enroute to National Meetinc: , i ... Go Through Alliance . . i. T t i The big national American Legion convention is now on in Kansas City, and other cities have sent their quota of ex-soldiers and their wives and families just as did Aliance Special trains of Nebraska delegates were sent from Omaha and Lincoln, and the crowds are among the livest that fhp ri muds have handled in year. It makes some people wonder jusi what would have happened had the rv. soldiers irot all dressed up and found themselves with no place to go due to a railroad strike. That's one of the possibilities that's there's no ue wondering about, now that the strike has been called off. Two or three special bunches of delegations to the Kaysee meeting passed through Alliance Friday and Saturday. A special carload of the ex-soldiers from Lead and Deadwood were here Friday night Night Offi cer Eugene Stilwill came to Alliance from Lead, and he had previously lived at Deadwood, and almost every man in the car knew him. A dele gation was sent to find Mr. Stilwill and bring him over to the car to meet his friends. He had a pleasant visit with the bunch from his former stamp ing grounds and says that he wouldn't mind taking in the Kansas City con- "If they're all as lively as the boys from mv old home towns," Mr. Stil will saitl, "Kansas City will be some wide-awake city, this week. C. L. Reynolds left for Tacoma, Wash., on Saturday in response to a message announcing the death of bis Mrs. Marv Reynolds of Ta coma. Mr. Reynolds was looking for a visit from his mother this week, and the news came as a great shocK. Mrs. C. L. Finch and Mrs. Harry Pctfick left Sunday night for a few days' shopping trip to Denver, SAVES A CHILD FROM FLAMES IN BURNING SHED UICK ACTION BV O. E. FESSEX. DEN SAVES A LIFE Dale Threlkeld Has a Narrow . cape From Burning to Death in Blaze This Morning Little Dale Threlkeld narrowly caped burning to death noon when a fire was in some way started in the tin shed on the rear end of the storehous back of the Threlkeld furniture store. O. E. Fcssenden came out of the back door of the Sanitary Market just In time to see a boy, who had evidently been playing with the Threlkeld boy, standing by the shed screaming. When he went over to investigate, he dis covered the door of the shed was in flames, and the boy on the outside said his brother was in the shed. Mr. Fessendcn ru.hed through th flames which filled the doorway ami found there was another fire inside, .tiween him and the Threlkelu by, but he managed to bring the boy out, apparently uninjured except being al most frightened to death. The boy woul dpiolmbly have been ' smothered hail not Mr. Fessenden ar rived on the scene when h edid. It i3 thought the boys were playing" in the shed and had set" something on fire, nnd in trying to drag it outside, had started the blaze in the doorway, leaving the one boy penned up behind the flames. Miss Rathburn the Winner in Popularity : " Contest at the Bazar In last Friday's loRua of Afllnnr papers, the winner in the popular girl Rathburnwho reied 5,125 votes to 3 300 ior'Mi8a Wiuiams. . Government Issues a Call for Bids From Star Route Carriers Four . fairly good jobs will be open he fi t f next Ju B;ds for car out of Alliance have been called for by the government and will be re- ceived up to January 10 next. Th Sealed proposals will be received at the office of the fourth assistant post- "."" "i ,:i .n r,TO"fr . ' - . - mails for the term from July 1, 1922, to June 30, 1920, on the following de scribed routes: 57174 From Alliance to Longlake, equal to 31.75 miles and back, twice n ,11! . - . ..!! Olna rrom Alliance iu j uwuug, equal to 29.50 miles and back, twice I 57202 From Alliance to Hickory, 'eiual to 37.50 miles and back, three .J week 67173Fr0m Alliance to Marple, . 2? 2Q ., j back twic 'jT p desiring to bid on the abov haye further infonnation consultn(r the bulletin boards in j , fab f h pnce or calling 1 ' ... . ' on the postmaster. Officers to Testify in Vallas Case Before Omaha Federal Jury Tf the fellow who calls witnesses for the federal grand jury at Omaha hadn't relented, there might have been a regular carnival or crime in Alliance and Box Butte county one of these days, for Chief Jeffers, Night Officer Eugene I- Stilwill, Burlington Special Agent W. S. Short, uepuiy Sheriff Tom Miskimen and maybe one or two other limbs of the law wer requested to proceed to the city me tropolis, bringing wun mem Lwr Smith, youth employed in the Alli ance Billiard Farlor at the time, early in August, when the proprietor, Christ Vallas, as convicted in county court of receiving stolen property to the value of $17.10, stolen from a Bur lington freight shipment. All of the officers worked together on the capture, and if the federal pros ecutor hadn't relented there might have been a day or two when the city and county would have been totally without police protection and at the mercy of any band of crocks who might have discovered the fact. However, late advices are to the effect that Smith and possibly one officer from the Burlington force and one from the city or county staff wiU be sufficient. ..