Nebraska Newspapers

    Official Taper of Box Butte County
TWICE A WEEKTUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Paper of the City of AUlaae
VOLUME XXIX
'LfiSs ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1921.
No. I
COLORED MAN
CHARGED WITH
THEFT OF GASH
SAY HE DREW OUT SAVINGS AC
COUNT OF FRIEND.
James Howard Arrested When He Re
turns to Alliance Clad in Silk
and Fine Linen.
Jame. Howard, colored, who return
ted to Alliance a week or two ago with
a trunkful of silk underwear, fine
linen, pleasing combination! in heek
wear and other haberdasher' delights,
is today being held in the county jail,
awaiting a , preliminary, hearing in
ounty court on a complaint charging
Aim with forging the name 'of Curtis
Thomas Brown, also' colored, .to a
check for the cash balance, represent
ing tho. last cent that"Curtis Thomas
Brown had in his savings account at
a 1oa1 bmk, the offense taking place
on July 20 of this year, according to
tue couipiaint. ' '
Howard was placed under arrest
Saturday evening, following an inves
tigation held at the bank, in which he
wrote his own name and the name that
lie is charged with forging. The
officers say that the handwriting will
be a strong count in the evidence
gainst him.
Howard came to Alliance about the
'first ot May of this year and accepted
-employment at the sand pit, in the
Burlington yards. The records show
ithat he labored but nine days in May
ana seven days in the month of June.
The rest of the time he was the guest
of his roommate, Curtis Thomas
.Brown, who paid the room rent and
the grub bill and now and then lent
3iim spending money. "I was better to
that boy than I ever was to either one
of my two brothers," said Brown to
County Attorney Basye.
Drew Out Savings.
On Juy 20, following a long period
of idleness, Howard announced that he
was leaving the city. He did leave.
So far as his friend Brown knew,
he didn't have an overabundance of
cash. Contrary to his usual custom,
Howard didn't borrow a stake from
.liis friend. He mounted the varnished
ars or the dusty freights.
But he came back within two
months, dressed in a retplendant out
fit that included silk shirt, silk tinder
wear, splendid brown oxfords and a
suit of a pleasing color. He told large
tales of a dusky damsel in Chicago
that he had captivated, and of a $l0
diamond that he had purchased for
her. And he left again. He reappear
ed later with other tales of rides on
the cushions and pf seeing the world.
He came back the third . time two
weeks ago.
And all this time Curtis Thomas
Brown had neglected to look at his
.savings book. He had been in the habit
of making deposits with some regular
ity. He brought his first stake with
-him when he came to Alliance at the
close of the war, and had deposited it
in a savings account, and had added to
it from time to time. After his part
ner left on July 20, it was nearly' a
month before he made another deposit,
.placing $40 to hrs credit. ' He handed
ever the book to the teller and didn't
ee that the book had been balanced
.and that his account was drawn out
on July 20, the date, his friend left
.Alliance. He has been saving for a
.thirty-day vacation in Chicago.
Last Saturday a letter from his
.mother sent him to the bank. He in
tended to send her a check for $50, but
discovered that the bank's books cred
ited him with only $40. He was
th under struck, amazed and several
other things. He was shown a, check,
supposedly signed by himself, which
had been drawn July 20 lor every
.cent he had on deposit. "Yes, that my
-writing," he told the bank officials,
'hnt. I nvir cot the money." .
that Howard had left the city on the
ame day that the money was with
drawn. This fact, coupled with the
fact that Howard had known of the
existence of his savings account, was
deemed sufficient to hold him for in
vestigation. ... , . .
When examined Dy me uiucna,
Howard maintained that tne money ne
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.had flashed and which nnancea nis trip
to Chicago in Juiy naa peen won ova
TKin rama a night or
two Deiore ne
left. l.ady l.uck naa oeen rignt mi
Iiim. At Omaha, at Chicago and again
at Cleveland she had repeated. The
.AfTirer suggested that he write his
rT"- " . V i i. i v.. ...:.u
own signature and that of Brown, and
the resemblance between Brown's sig
nature, as it appeared on the check
which had been cashed and as he
wrote it for the officers was so marked
that it was decided to hold him.
Brown's signature, as written by the
man who cashed the check, was almost
identical with the original, showing
that the man who drew the money had
done a whole lot of practicing.
It is understood that Howard, on hi
return to Alliance, boasted to friends
that he "shook down" Brown for some
money. The officers believe that his
last return t the city was with the
intention of trying it again.
Howard bears a remarkable resem
. 1,1:ti to his'alle'.red victim. The tw
The two
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"men are of medium height and the
?anie thade of chocolate brown, and
vmVss a man were well acquainted
with both purt-es, it would be uimcuit
Ao distinguish thein.
Fair tonight
' anight.
Special Agent Short
Tnis Week Receives
a Merrited Promotion
Special Agent W. S. Short of the
Burlington, whose headquarters have
been at Alliance for the naat ver.
was called to Chicago the last of the i
ween ana given a merited promotion,
with a higher, rank and a greatly in
creased territory. Mr. Short will be
special agent in charge of the Hanni
bal, Borokfield, Centerville, and St
Louis divisions' and terminals of the
Burlington, and the G. O. K. C. rail
roads He will leave Alliance Wednes
day for Hannibal, Mo., his new head
quarters. L. t. Ames, present spe
cial agent at Burlinirton. la., will mw-
ceea Mr. Short at Alliance.
George L.' German, assistant chief
special agent of the Burlinirton. with
headquarters at Omaha, has resigned,
it is' announced, to accept a similar
position with another-road . Mr. Ger
man has been in charge of special
agents on Burlington line west. Sd-
cial Agent Stamper will succeed him.
Uunng his residence in Alliance,
Mr. Short has won the regard not only
of hi employers, but of the Alliance
and box Butte county police officers,
whom he has assisted on numerous
occasions, ihere has been complete
harmony among the peace authorities
of the county, and by working to
gether, they have accomplished good
results in keeping the railroad yards
and the city of Alliance cleaned up.
G. W. Johnson has been lavin&r off
for the last few days on account of
illness.
HEMINGFORD
PILFERER WAS
A HUMORIST
LEAVES A CHEERFUL NOTE FOR
HIS VICTIM.
Helped Himself to Watch Belonging
to F. E. Anderson Thurs
day Nij;ht.
Hemingford last week entertained
unawares, in the person oi a genial
thief who signed himself as "Mr. Roy
McMann." .No citizen of that town
has been found who knows anything!
concerning the identity of Mr. Mc
Mann, but. the latter left unmistak
able traces of his visit to the shop of
F. E. Anderson some time last Thurs
day evening. Mr. Anderson came to
Alliance Friday afternoon and told the
story to Chief of Police Jeffers.
It seems that in that peaceful town.
where crimes are few, Mr. Anderson
has not been fearful of his property.
Thursday evening he left his watch on
a workbench or a showcase. He is not
certain whether he locked the door.
But when he came down Friday morn
ing, the watch was gone, and on the
bench, written in an ornate handwrit
ing, with flourishing capitals was a
message from the man who presum
ably appropriated it. The message was
written on the back of an order blank,
and read as follows, the spelling and
capitalization being preserved here as
it was found in the original:
"This You See Rember Me, Mr. Roy
McCann the World Wonder and Boot
Legar Who Has Traveled From Cost
to Cost Ha Ha Look Me Over Boys."
The order blank, which called for a
suit of ready made cothing, had also
been filled out in part by the waggish
hobo. It called for a suit of clothing
for a man thirty-two inches tall and
McMann has placed his name in all
the blanks, including the date line. He
had also filled up four or five lines by
repeating, in his ornamental script,
the sentence, "When This You See Re
member Me."
The missing watch is described as a
seven-jewel, 12 site Elgin, works No.
23931494, with nickel Crown case No.
2256C9.
Mr. Anderson was unable to place
the man who signed himself as Mc-
1117 XI
Mann There have been a number of
floatcra in Hemingford during the
spud picking season, and Thursday
, ht AV.rai thm were in his
place of business monkeying around,
A number of these left the city that
night, and, so far as he knew, McMann
was one of them. He was not certain
whether the place had been locked
when he left, but he was sure that he
had left the watch on the table and
that it was gone when he showed up.
Chief Jeffers is now the possessor of
the facetious note.
The Alliance chamber of commerce
at its Monday luncheon voted to send
a delegation to bcottsbluii next week
to invite the Nebraska fotato Grow-
era' association to hold the 1922 con
vention in this city. A. H. Groves is
chairman of a delegation that will
present the invitation. The spud
growers' association was organized at
a meeting in Alliance, and although
subsequent meetings have been held
in Scottsbluff, it is believed that the
' ..Ml I ,,i . ii
iiouiiu jfiuvers lou upon All
ance's invitation with favor. The
i convention this year lasts three days
find tne attenrnce is estimated at
li
rom 300 to 500.
Forecast f orK -and
Wednesday j-";
AID FOR THE
RED CROSS IS
COMING SLOW
NOTICEABLE TIGHTNESS FOUND
BY SOLICITORS.
Campaign to Continue All This Week
and Close With a Tag Day-'
Drive Saturday.
The annual Red Cross roll call In
Alliance, started Monday morning.
The eity has been divided into districts
and assigned to various, committees,
and the canvass for members is now
taking place. The membership solid
tors are making fairly good headway,
but nothing like the enthusiasm of the
days of the' war is manifest. .There
are very few contributions larger -than
a dollar, the price of a yearly mem
bership, and many who contributed to
the support of the Red Cross work
locally in other years have so far fail
ed to come across. . . u
The reason for the difficulty in
securing . members, asida from the
present financial situation,. Is found to
be that there seems to be a general
impression that the Red Cross . has
finished its work, now that the war is
over, and that the money does not stay
in Alliance. A large proportion of the
dollar contributions remain here to be
used for. local relief: and in larger
contributions, practically all is used
locally. There are still a number of
Claims of ex-soldiers which remain to
be pushed through with the parious
government departments, as well as
several families of ex-soldiers which
require releif until government aid can
be secured.' ' .-
At the Imperial Sunday evening.
Lloyd C. Thomas, in n four-minute ad
dress, summarized the reasons for a
Red Cross roll call in Alliance, ls fol
lows:
My friends, there is one institution
in this county which deserves the sup
port of every man, woman and child,
it is an institution which extends its
good" work into every state, countV
and town in the United States The
lied Cross.
Perhaps some of those here tonight
dr. not realize that the local chapter
of the Red Cross is now actively en
gaged in looking after deserving and
needy cases, that local men and wom
en are giving of their time and efforts
n behalf of . our ex-service men-rk
those who so faithfully and unselfishly
went forth when the call came to de
fend our country and our homes.
Much Work to Do
The local Red Csoss isnow looking
after the claims of nearly eighty ex
service men; it is providing the fam
ilies ct ex-soldiers with the needful
clothing and provisions; it is contin
ually looking after new cases which
are being brought to their attention
boys who are now classed as drifters
who were torn from their homes I y
the call to service and who have since
been , drifters, unable to obtain food
and employment. Ihese men apply to
the Red Cross and are assisted to a
new lease on life.
Those of us who have plenty to eat
and wear are prone to close our eyes
and minds to the fact that there are
many who are today living from hand
to mouth not knowing, many times,
where the next meal or bed is to be
found. But it is the truth, and we as
loyal citizens must not and cannot
iirnore the fact that we must and will
do our share to alleviate the sufferings
of those who are more unfortunate.
One case being looked after by the
local chapter is that of a young man
who was formerly a local boy before
the war. Service in the trenches re
sulted in disease, causing gastric ul
cers of the stomach. This ex-soldier
is here in Alliance today, with a de
pendent wife and boy. Although his
claim for government aid was put in
in January, 1920, he has not yet re
ceived a cent from the government
which he served so faithfully and his
wife and family are being looked after
by the local chapter of the Red Cross.
It is hoped that the promised govern
ment aid for this case will soon come.
for it "ertinlv deserved.
1200. Members Last Year
There were 1,200 members in the
local chapter during the past year,
Robert Graham is chairman; Judge
E. Tash is vice-chairman; Mrs. George
L. Burr is secretary: Dr. II. A. Cop-
sey is the treasurer; Mrs. E. L. Potarf
is the roll call chairman for the cam
paign which opens tomorrow (Mon
day) morning with a house to house
canvass. Our neighboring towns, in
cluded in this chapter Hemingford,
Antioch, Lakeside, Ellsworth and
Bingham, are all organized and will
join in the campaign. Next Saturday
will be tag day. The annual member
ship fee is only one dollar, a large
portion of which remains here to be
used in the good work.
ine saivauon Army camo to us a
few weeks ago, requesting us to raise;
$400 for their work. Box Butte coun
ty raised that amount and donated to
them a carload of our excellent pota
toes, worth $000, in addition.
Now, my friends, I am here tonight
to urge you to get behind our local
organization and put this annual cam
paign over this week in grand rtyle.
Dig down into your pocket; when you
are called upon, hand over your dollar
with a glad smile, and help put Box
Butte county "over the top" again
with a larger membership than last
year. Let'i go!
PROGRESS IS
REPORTED ON
G-P-G HIGHWAY
EXPECT IT TO BE IN SHAPE FOR
, TRAVEL NEXT SEASON.
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Rente Now Completed From Corpus
Chrirtl, Tex., te Dead wood.
Says President Qodamsn.
A general review of progress on the
G-P-0 highway has been received by
W. F., GytnaeT from S, P.. Godsman,
of Burlington, CoL, president of the
highway, association, in which it is in
timated that the highway will be in
shape for travel next season, says the
uaraen county news. The letter in
part follows?
Th Milt fa now
- " " . uwtv win ii c iivin
Cwpus-Christ!,. Texas, to Deadwood,
& D. North of Deadwood to Regina,
Saskatchewan, Canada, the route is as
vet indefinite. Owing to the Bad
Lands it may possibly take in Mon
tana. This route was started in July,
1921.
, Certified articles of incorporation
are being recorded in counties in Col
orado, Nebraska and Oklahoma. In
Colorado it is a domestic, non-profit
corporation. ,
lhe insignia is also incorporated.
It consists of a white background
thirty Inches high, six inches wide
with plain black block letters G-P-C
arranged vertically, six inches high
four inches wide, three inches between
letters, lines seven-eights inch thick.
Above letters is an arrow for turns.
Black spaces in letters from use of
stencils should be painted in to make
the letters appear solid. Commercial
clubs in each town see to the marking.
if there is anything you know or
can da about completing the road
north of Deadwood, S. D., and bring
ing it to a finish, this should be done.
We must get the road completed as
eurly as possible now so we can begin
our advertising campaign for next
kummcr's travel. Advertising commit
tees has been directed to arrange ways
ar.d means.
Meetings held during the past sea
son ut Tulia and Lubbock, Texas; at
Holyoke, Jule;burg, Wray, Burlingion,
Colorado; and at Broadwater, NeJ
biaska, were all very well represents),
and successiul. Much enthusiasm pre
vailed.
We have a thirty mile stretch of
road north of Wray, Col., which needs
attention but it is passable although
somewhat rough. Condition of road
reported fairly good in Texas all the
way through to the Gulf. The sand
hills between Alliance and Broadwater,
Neb., are traversed by a fairly pass
able road. The road is graded prac
tically ail of the way with the excep
tion of two thirty-mile stretches
from Amarilo, Texas, to Deadwood,
South Dakota. Garden county, Ne
braska, has spent $30,000 on this road
directly south of Oshkosh and every
indication is that they will be able to
spend $40,000 county money and $40,
000 state money on a new double track
concrete and steel bridge lVs mile
from Oshkosh in the next few months.
A copy of the route through Colorado
has been filed with the State Engineer
Promise of state and federal aid in
Colorado has been secured but it will
take some time to get the appropria
tion and spend it for actual improve
ments. We are advised they have
finished organization through South
Dakota but we are unable to get vhe
names of towns north of Deadwood.
We have not had much success in
North Dakota to date. A large road
meeting is to be held at Big Springs,
Texas, some time in the spring and it
is desirable that some of us be pres
ent. The Texas organization is al
ready well along towards actual pub
licity work on the G-P-C and they
have shown splendid spirit, as has also
Nebraska and Oklahoma. The Jeffer
son Hitrhwav. some hundred miles east
running from Canada to St. Joseph,
and New Orleans, is our nearest com
petitor. . We have a good connecting
link between Yellowstone Park and the
Black Hills, two of the greatest scenic
attractions in the northern United
States and our route is the most direct
one from Canada to the Cotton Belt
and the Gulf. From the best infor
Llmation, the highway is 1,715 miles in
lanivili win. fdirrn. fVii-iuH in I?PffiflH
11.11. W.l M. uaa uur ..... w
That part ot the Puget Sound to the
Gulf hiirhway from Amarillo, Texas
south to Corpus Christi on the Gulf,
has bene designated the permanent
route of the G-P-C lusrhway.
Outline maps will be prepared as
soon as we can fret definite informa
tion concerning the route north of
Deadwood, S. D. These will be avail
able for distribution.
It was decided to put off national
advertisintr until the route was com
pleted through from Canada to the
Gulf. The selling of advertising along
the route has been taken up on private
responsibility but none of it as yet is
official, although no doubt later on it
will prove of benefit when official ad
vertising is started.
Mrs. D. E. Purinton returned Sun
day from Lincoln an1 Kansas City
accompanied by her sister, Mrs.
Chamnus of Urichsvilla, O., and two
brothers. Clint and I-oy Bevaril of
Idaho Falls Idaho. The boys left
Tuesday for their Idaho home. They
are farmers, and report a yield of
twelve thousand bushels of potatoe
from a fifty-acre held.
City Manager's Corner
(By N. A. KEMMISH)
Yesterday we nearly got writer's
cramp signing the $200,000 school
bonds. The last of thpn
not be paid for thirty years. While I
writing away we tried to imagine what
Aiimnce wouia iook nxe some thirty
years hence. When we stop to think
finance is only about thirty vara
a ill . . . r .
old. In this short ti me it h a rmvfi
from a small prairie village to a city
of the first class. We are prone to let
our little troubles befog our eyes so
mat we ao not see. the great oppor
tunities about us. While our taxes
may seem high we are . thousand
times better off than many other cit
ies. , i - Alliance ' has nearly . passed
through her cowboy and homesteader
days. We are now approaching the
second 1 stage in ' her development.
There is not another eitv of our ale in
Nebraska having such vast empire
pi H.'ucBuy. unueveiopei ana unexplor
ed at her door. We have untold re
sources which we do not realise are
about us. . Let as forget our troubles
and spend our time in helping those
about us develop this vast' empire.
Let us co-operate with them as they
need our help and we need theirs.
There is no reason why we should not
make Box Butte county known as f The
Home of the Seed Potato" for all Am
erica and Alliance the greatest seed
potato center. If we will but just look
forward and press forward workiiur
harmoniously together there is no rea
son why Alliance should not grow
greater in proportion during the next
thirty years as it has in the past. It
will never come however if we simply
set down and wait. This will only
come about by constant and concen
trated effort on the part of every in
dividual to keep boosting for Alliance
and Box Butte county.
WOULD TAKE.
CHAMPIONSHIP
FROMALLIANGE
GERINQ HAS AMBITIONS IN THE
GRIDIRON CIRCLES.
A (fiance Relieved to Have Northwest-
' tin lvVbral:a Title Cinched
by Record of Games.
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After it was all settled in the mindj
of Alliance that the local high school
football team was undisputed cham
pion of northwestern Nebraska, there
arises a new claimant in uering,
which has a no-defeat record for the
season. Gerinir managed to defeat
Scottsbluff Turkey day by a It to 13
score, in one of the tightest games
of the season. This leaves the Gering
team undisputed champions of the
North Platte valley.
State press dispatches indicate that
Gering is inclined to contend with At
liance for the western Nebraska title.
The team has hot been walloped, but
there is a 13 to 13 tie with Sidney
against them, a team that Alliance de
leated easily, 83 to 6. Judging by
the records against different teams,
Alliance should easily win the north
western Nebraska honors.
No gamewas scheduled between AI
liance and Gering this year, and it
is possible that one may be arranged
to settle the question of superiority
definite v. lhe Alliance team Is rest
ing on its record, and Alliance boost
ers believe that it s up to uering to
demonstrate. Alliance suffered but
one defeat this year, at the hands of
Anslev. which is not in the northwest
ern Nebraska league.' This was early
.n the season, and local gridiron sup
porters are ouite sure that if a sec
ond game were staged, the result
would be different.
Supt. A. G. Smart
to Escort Foch Over
Burlington Lines
General Superintendent A. G. Smart
of the Burlington, with headquarters
at Alliance, left Saturday for Billings,
Mont, where he will meet the spe
cial train carrying General Ferdinand
Foch of France. He will accompany
the special on its trip over the Burl
ington lines, which will be from Bil
lings to the Ctow agency in Wyoming,
and then back to Billings, from which
point General t oca will proceed to the
Pacific coast.
The special train, which is under the
supervision of a Pennsylvania railroad
official who was in charge of the rail
roads in trance during the war, con
tains the finest railway equipment in
the country. Each railroad over which
ne train passes furnishes an official
representative, and Mr. Smart has
been selected to represent the Burling
ton. The trip over the road's line3
will include a visit to the famous Cus-
er battlefield, it is said.
FARMERS' UNION
STOREHOUSE ROBBED
Some time between Saturday night
and Monday morning, thieves broke
into the storehouse of the Farmers'
Union association and took ten sacks
of flour. The lock was broken off the
loor. No trace of the thieves has been
liscovered. .
TO ORGANIZE
ALLIANCE FOR
CHARITY WORK1
.nrirrv ,, "
iS0C,ETY FORMED AT MEETING
HELD MONDAY NOON,
Representatives From Various Organ
. nations to Have Place in Bras
of Chamber of Commerce,
At a luncheon held at chamber (
commerce headquarters Monday noon
to which a number of interested peo .
pie had been invited, a charity or
ganiiation for Alliance .was formed,
to be sponsored by the Alliance com
mercial organization. . Every church
club, society, lodge or other organ!
ation which does any charity work
will be invited to have a represent
tive on the general committee, which,
will formulate plans for securiar
funds and will direct the distribution
of the money, clothing and food whicA
is donated.
There was some ' discussion as ' tOi
the plan for the organization, but
every speaker endorsed the idea of
central organization to handle all of
the charitable activities of the city.
County Commissioner George Dun
can told of the county's activities
along charitable lines. At present tK
board of commissioners is 'supplying
three families with food, and paying;
two women mothers' pensions, th
total at present averaging $40 a
month. This about half what It
has been in former years.
President Glen Miller mentioned tho
present duplication of effort and tho
more efficient distribution that could
be secured through organized effort.
le suggested a general committee .
with representatives from all interest
ed organizations in the city. Rev. S.
J. Epler endorsed this idea, and aug
gested that the committee be under
the guidance of the chamber of com
merce. Similar views were expressed
by Rev. M. C. Smith.
City manager Kemmkh suggested.
that the organization be a sort of a
clearing house for getting in touch
with those who desire assistance, and
that the various organizations then
take care of their members. This
would eliminate duplication, and at
the same time place whatever finan
cial burden there might be on tho
people expected to bear it.
Kev. Andrew Dodge also spoke in,
favor of some sort of a central or
ganization, suggesting that the details
be worked out by the committee.
The motion was put by Lloyd C
Thomas, and was adopted.
The commute, so far as at present
known, will consist of the Alliance.
ministers; Commissioner Duncan rep
resenting the (ward of county com
missioners; P. E. O., Mrs. Sam Tillett:
city of Alliance, City Manager Kem
mish; w. V. w., Mrs. weison; t.
A., C. M. Looney. The Elks, Red
Cross, several railroad unions, and
other fraternal societies are expected ,
to have representatives.
Mrs. Lloyd Thomas, secretary ot
the chamber of commerce, has an .
nounced that other organizations in,
the city desiring to be represented on.
the general committee will be road
welcome. Those interested are asked
to communicate with her.
A meeting of the general commit
tee will be called in the near future,
at which time plans will be perfectoq
for carrying on the work.
Antioch Boy
Lost a Finger
While Playingr
Little Harold Herian, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. W. Herian of Antioch suffered
the loss of a finger Sunday mornJeg
while playing with some other child
ren. They were playing at the water
tank and the little Herian boy wa
chopping the ice with a hatchet and
accidentally hit his little finger on tho
left hand, cutting it so badly that it
had to be amputated at the second
joint. He was brought to Alliance for
medical attention.
Alliance Special
Agents Help to
Capture Bootleggers
Special Agentw7 S. Short of the,
Burlington, with his assistant, Ser
geant Martin and Chief of Police L.
M. Norton of Crawford, on Monday
arrested Louis Henderson in a bunk
car in the Crawford railroad yards,
and captured two gallons of moon
shine whisky. They later arrested
Ernest Gorhan in a Crawford room
ing house. Gorhan was alleged to
have sent the liquor to the bunk ear.
At the hearing Tuesday morning be
fore Judge E. E. Gooch, Gorhan was
fined $50 and costs and Henderson was
assessed $25 and costs.
Word reached Alliance relatives
Monday of the death of Albert Had
ley, a Box Butte county pioneer and
an early resident of Alliance. Mr.
Hadley passed away at the soldiers'
home at Hot Springs, S. D. Mrs. Fred
Hadley and son, Fred, of this city, and
Mrs. Violet Shanks of Bridgeport,
were with him when the end came
Other relatives live in Alliance.