rs . ! rl rl -o ' ' if I- if ) 9 f Official Paper of Box Bik VOLUME XXIX CITY MANAGER TELLS DETAILS PHONE HEARING M ILL REQUIRE SEVERAL WEEKS TO COMPLETE IT. IWision on Application for an crease in Rates Expected Some Time in July. In City Manager X. A. Kemmish, who represented Alliance in the hearing before the state railway commission this week on the application of the .Northwestern Bell Telephone company for authority to increase rates, re turned to Alliance Thursday. Mr. Kemmish took a prominent part in fighting the apulication. and suhmitto.t a lengthy brief in which he relieved the situation from a number of anirles nu fuomurea iacis ana figures in support of his position that the com pany is not justified in asking for ad- uiuonai revenues. Mr. Kemmish has riven th fnltnw. ing statement in regard to what has happened in the hearing to date, hnd the prospects, for a favorable decision: "The first three days this week we attended the hearing regarding the ap plication oi tne .Northwestern Bell .telephone company for increase in telephone rates now before the state railway commission at Lincoln. It was indeed gratifying to see the thorough ness with which the railway commis sion is going into this matter. This rearing has been in progress in one form or another for nearly four weeks. It will require several weeks yet to complete it. The commission will not be in position to give its final order until possibly sometime in July after all evidence given during this hearing lias been thoroughly gone into. Commission Is Alert. 'In the interests of the public, the railway commission has employed spe- ciai accountants and engineers and legal council to assist them in obtain- ing the lacts. Members or the com- mission are alert and on their toes, so to speak, and from all indications they are striving to get at the facts in the case. i "The commission has made a study cf ten representative citlea In Nebras- ka, in which Alliance was chosen as the ftrst one oi these representative cities. This study shows a wide varia tion of returns made upon the invest ment. , Alliance stands well up' to the liead of the list. Outside of Omaha, Alliance has been more frequently re ferred to than any other city all through the hearing. We feel that the commission has our problem well in hand and that when the final order is given that we will be given just and fair consideration. (Continued on Page 4). Commencement Exercises Tonight W at the High School The high school commencement ex ercises will be held this evening at the high school auditorium. Dr. Walter Aitken of St. Paul's M. E. church of Lincoln will deliver the commencement address. Twenty-four will graduate this year, this being somewhat smaller than the preceding classes, last year's class having forty-two. Besides the address and the presentation of the tliplomas there will be a number of features on the program. The scholarship honors for this year's class will also be awarded. This will le the presentation of the Excel lent Scholarship Honor pins. These pins are donated each year by C. A. Newberry to each student, who, during his or her high school career, has never failed in a subject, has never had an average for the entire year lower than S3 per cent, and w hose average in all subjects is 112 per cent or over. There are also certain provisions pertaining to attendance. Following is the program: March, orchestra. Vocal solo, Mrs. Heal. Invocation, Rev. M. C. Smith. Violin solo, Mr. LaRiviere. Address, Dr. Walter Aitken. Vocal solo, Mrs. Khein. JYesentation of diplomas, Judge J. II. II. Hewitt. Awarding of scholarship honors, Superintendent W. R. Pate. Vocal solo, Mr. Dingey. The graduates are: Florence Baker, Mariellen Beagle, Leotu Becker, Rob ert Bicknell, Raymond Brown, Harold Clark, Genevieve Dotson, Oral Ed wards, Ethelyn Ellis, Jimmie Fowler, Dorothy Hampton, William Hilton, Clement Kniest, Theresa Looney, Irma Miller. Edward Morrow. M. J. O'Con nor, Blanche Peterson. Clarence Ralls, Ella Thompson, Rowland Threlkeld, Belva Tipple, Grace White, Josephine Wright. Thise who will receive excellent scholarship honors, which mean. that tVie student must have an average of Vi per cent or over are Mariellen Bea gle, Dorothy Hampton, William Hil ton and Rowland Threlkeld. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bishop left Wed nesday night for California, where they will spend about a month's vaca tion. According to Mr. Bishop this is his first vacation in years. Pages) ALLIANCE, MEMORIAL DAY. We, as a nation, have adopted May 30, of each year as the time to decorate the graves, and to pay tribute to the memory of those who served in our wars and especially those who sacrificed their lives that ours might be more secure. We trust that every citizen will use a portion of this day in observing this beautifukrustom. To this end, we ask the business men of Alliance to close their places of business at noon for the balance of the day on Tuesday, May 30, and join with the American legion, United Spanish-American War vet erans, and membra of the Grand Army of the Republic and others in a program during the afternoon in memory of our soldier dead. N. A. KEMMISH, City Manager. SETTLEMENT OF FORD CAR ROW NOW IN SIGHT CALVIN WALKER ACQUIESCES U SUGGESTION MADE. TTF'fl 1 - - ; t wm Says if Harry i wurwj' Will Donat Ancient Flivver, He'll Accept Under Certain Conditions. At last it begins to look as thoutrh a compromise settlement might be reached in the Ford car pnnlrnvurcv which has stirred tin consider Mp tl citement in Alliance since Calvin D. Walker, who held the winning number drawing loiiowing the automo- iIo show, was ruled out on the ground inat ne was a Dusines3 man. Mr. Walker made the point that although e was a business man he was not, strictly speaking, a merchant, and that any man wno transacted business was & business man. The puzzle was put up to the forty-eight merchants who contributed the money to buy the prize r ora, ana waiicer secured twenty-four signatures to a petition asking that the car be turned over to him, and as mis was not a majority, a secret ballot of the merchants followed. In the secret ballot, Walker secured twenty-one supporters to twenty-four tor V. I. Beach, second man in the drawing, and Beach was awarded the car. . In a letter to The Herald. Mr. Walker accepts a proposition which Harry Coursey is quoted as making, Up to Harry Coursey Mr. Walker's letter follows: ALLIANCE, Neb., May 25. To the t,ditor of I he Herald : "Harry Coursey says that if Cal vin insists upon having a car he has an old one over there, that he will give him. This ought to end the controversy." Alliance Times, May 23. I hereby accept Harry's most gen erous oner or the old Lizzie, and ask that delivery be made at once. When Harry turns the old boat over to me I am going to ask that Col. L. E. Bliss auction it off to the highest bidder on the streets of Alliance, Sat urday, June 3, and the entire proceeds turned over to the Alliance Fire de partment. Thus a most hnppv cul mination will lie bad to this FoH drawing contest and everybody will be satisfied. It is now up to Harrv. CALVIN D. WALKER. Palace Market Sold Wednesday to Doell Bros The Talare Mjirket on Box Butte avenue is now in posses-ion of r. . nd Arthur I.e1l of Okes, N. D.. the arrangements lor the purchase l-oir.jr completed Wednesday. (ray Smith. tormcr proprietor, will remain with them for two or three weeks. He has not yet made plans for the fu'ure. The Messrs. Doell rue young men who have had considerable experTencr in the meat anil produce business, and pect to make a number of improve ments in the market, as well as in creasing tne scoje or the business. While they will, for the present, han dle the packing house products, they hope to make arrangements soon for killing and dressing their own meats. fheir father is planning to spend some time with them, and is now on the ground assisting them in getting things into ship-shape. E. Schadwinkel. who recently Dur- chased the Alliance bakery, is a cou sin of the Doell bi others, ami it was largely through his efforts that the young men decided to have a look at Alliance before choosing another loca tion. Mrs. Kniest and her small son. Frances, left Wednesday for Califor nia, where they will make their home. Mrs. Kneist has been emploved for the past few years in J. W. Guthrie's insurance office. TWICE A WEEK BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1922 MOSES KINKAID CHANGES MIND A SECOND TIME SIXTH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN SAYS HE MEANS IT. Has Now Withdrawn the Withdrawa of His Withdrawal and Is Out of the Race. Unless Congressman Moses P. Kin- kaid atrnin withdraws his withdrawal I ...III .. .. ne win nnu nimseir out of the race for me nomination tor congress, nrmi-H. .. . . i"K w me oiuie wourna . 1 hp ninrifll record made up Tuesday in the office ?l W,of. f late Anw,Ty shows mat Mr muiuiiii 19 noi a candidate 101 re-election. His official withdrawal trom the race, dated Mav 20. WHS 1P- ceived and is now on file. It stands alone, there being no withdrawal of the withdrawal. Some who are fami liar with the congressional mind of Kinkaid are of the oninion that he in- tends to run for congress again but the record at the. state house does not ndicate it. Last Friday a newsnaner disnntrh from Washington said Mr. Kinkaid had decided to withdraw his nomination filing and would not run. Disoatrhen published Saturday morning said he iad chanced his mind and that he hail been importuned to stay in the race and that in consideration of his not being required to do anythin in the campaign he would prevail upon hi jny.-.ician to let him run lust once more, making the eleventh consecutive un tor a two years' term in congress. Now comes the offirial record. Sec- etary Am sherry filed as a candidate , -niv it-on the nnnouncement from Washington that Kinkaid had de- that ilia health would not possi bly nor', flnoth0' run. Mr. Ams- berry s filing 13 still on record and will stay there until the last day allowed for withdrawal. .Then it will be with- tlrawn if Kinkaid by that time has de cided to run. A. R. Humphrey, Mr. Kinkaid's irri-1 gation committee secretary, has le-1 clined to permit a nominating petition I to be filed for him by friends at Broken Bow. and the petition was I withdrawn from the files. Mr. Ams - berry is now at Broken Bow fixing up his fences ior a pos&iDie contest with Kinkaid. The Lash Word. i, The following telegram was re ceived by Secretary Amsberry: ' WASHINGTON. Mav 20.411. a. I m.l Am in receipt of your telegram informinir me that noticing the arM.tarted. and the excavation for the nouncement of mv intention to with- draw as a congressional candidate you nave niea to succeea me. unuer me resident Burr announced the ap-up-to-date circumstances, humorous in pointment of the following entertain- character, I shall cheerfully withdraw I my filing before you may possibly withdraw. M. P. KINKAID. Representative Vintrai.l hn wpn nntinpl hv illness to his room at his hotel since Saturday, too sick, really, to reach any considered decision on the vexed question of whether he will be a candidate for re-election. Although hi doctors do not see any grave and im mediate danirer in his condition, the congressman himself is greatly wor ried. His ailment now is intestinal, although his physicians say that the fundamental trouble is with his heart action. Because ot the latter tney or dered him a week ago to stop all exer cise. He had been in the habit of tak- ng long walks daily. As the matter stands now Repre sentative Kinkaid is out of the run- nintr ror anoiner term, iist ween, in ter be had reconsidered his announced determination to retire, he again sent a letter about which he said nothing to Secretary of State Ams- berry, in which he formally witndrew ns tiling. However, snouid mere ue a decided turn in his health for the better his friends say they would not le surprised to se? him in the race ie;ain. He is in receipt of many let ters and petitions, urging aim to re main in congress. Graduation Exercises of Eighth Grade Held Thursday Evening The eighth grade gradjation exer cises were hel l 1 r.ur.-day evening v.i the h'mh school. Dr. L. L. Combs, pas tor of the Central Christian church of Salt Lake City, Ltah, delivering the roramenceircnt address. This was in the nature of good advice to the ciirhth graders and was greatly enjoyed both by the graduates and the audience. Nmetv-three graduated irom tne var ious schools, this not including the public schools of Alliance. The pro gram ior tne exercises was; Carolina Rose, orchestra. Marche Aux Stamleaux, orchestra. Stars and Stripes Forever, class. Invocation, Rev. Stephen J. Epler. Barcarolle, class. Address, Dr. L. L. Combs. Humoresoue Hour of Memory, class. Presentation of diplomas, Superin tendent W. R. Pate. Presentation of the medab awarded by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Mrs. S. W. Thompson. Cupid s Arrow, orchestra. Benediction, Rev. Stephen J. Epler. TUESDAY AND FRIDAY R.B. HOWELL TO TALK TO THE LIONS TUESDAY CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR WII. TELL OF RADIO Court Decision Indicates That School Hoard Can Select Site for Building ine regular weekly meetinir and dinner of the F.ion rlnti nf An:..- . was held Thursday nt ih i,.im i.. - -iim'ni I of the A liimm I liood Kp llnu-Khin i' i.' i. Abegg read a message relative to it speech to the Lions, or with the Lions I as nosis, by K. H. Howe of Omnh.i on me eveninar of Tuesday. Mnv an He also stated that he had Iwipn in mmuniCPllon Witn renrspntnt vu ni Mr. Howell on the matter. It who .la. cided that the regular weekly meeting ior next weeK De held on May 30, with Mr. Howell as guest and speaker, the I low-ship Chairman Abegg. The matter of the Omaha mkvm tion on June 5 was taken up and the luiiowmg uions signined their inten tion of Httendi no-! I. inns Knmli, ik.i. Miller, Adams, O Bannon, Harper and Henneberry. The secretary was in structed to advise the Omaha club of tne prooable number to attend. A wirt was read from A. Baker, Cheyenne vVyo., district governor for Wvominir. regarding the attendance of delegates at the Torrington convention on June Z nnd 3. The secretary was instructed to advise him that there would prob- aniy tie no delegates irom Alliance High School Location The committee appointed to investi gate tne location of the new high school building brought in a report wnicn was placed on tile. A letter irom uien n. vennit or t;rete wok read, which told of an almost identical situation there such ns existed in Al liance. An election had been held to vote bonds for the erection of a school house on a certain designated site. The bonds earned and the school board concluded that the school house should be located on an adjoining site. .The attorney, basing his opinion on the lcase of Gaddis vs. School District of 1 the City of Lincoln, S2Meb. 701, 139 is. w. zsuraavised the board that they hadower to build the school house where they thought best. The site was changed and the matter never was fiaentioned ia the courts. the Crete experience come3 a trifle late for use in Alliance, inasmuch as the work of construction has already "Vasement is about half-way com pie ted ment committee for the month of June: Will O'Keefe, chairman; Harry Sims, John Henneberry and Charley Adams, State Experiment Farm Lion Brittan brought up the matter of the need of a state agricultural ex periment farm in Box Butte county, particularly with reference to its value for the promotion of the seed potato industry. It was decided to appoint a committee to look into the matter and that if advisable the movement to se cure such a farm be started. The president appointed the following com mittee: Charles Brittan, chairman; True Miller, Lloyd Thomas, Robert Graham, Iee Basye, William Harper ind Penrose Romig. Lion True Miller brought up the matter of an endorsement of the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes deep water way proposition, as recently endorsed "v the Omaha Lions club. Motion of Harper, seconded by Walker, that matters of this nature be referred to the lo ird of directors for appioval or report before action by the club. Mo tion carried. Good Fellowship Chairman Frank Aliogg then took charge of the meet ing. He mr.de a few s-liort remarks and stated that inasmuch as the time was short lie would give a more ex tended t'dk at some later date. Lion Graham then made an ycel 'rnt report of the hearing which he re cently attended in Omaha, as a wit ness in the application for a revi ion of live stock rates on the Burlington, lie explained to hi fellow I. ions the situation as it has existed for r.evor.d years, by which a shipper of live stock could save from ?l!t to $'J or car b -hipping his stock from the Union Pa cific or Northwestern in preference to the Burlington. He also stated that many rattle were leing shipped to Kansas City instead of Omaha because of the fact that the freight rate to Kansas City was cheaper than to Om aha, a lesser distance. Lion Graham stated that he believed some favorable action could be looked for. Judge Wray Speaks at Hemingford and Fairview Today Judge Arthur S. Wray of York, candidate of the third party for United States senator, is speaking at Hemingford this afternoon and will this evening address a meeting at Fairview, it is announced. The meet ing tonight will be held at the Nye Place. , THE WEATHER forecast for Nebraska. Increasing j tonignt. Saturday unset uei. i rom oiy showers and cool west nnd central portions. booster Trip to Agate Planned for June 4 or 11 . Preparations for marking the Ao- highway from Alliance to Airnte going ahead steadily. The loo.ster trip a iminneu ior either June 4 or 11, at which time a large delegation of autos in Ku irom Alliance and Hemingfon it Agate, to meet t ipio ii, ti, Sioux county commissioners, Harrison utMisiers, and otners interested. Messrs. Jenkins nnd Wilt Hemingfon! chamber of commerce ioau committee ca ed At h Alii chamber office on Friday und tpent -y"'c nimr K'ng over Agate highway plans. The Heminurford chamber mm. mittee will handle the marking tnd work on the highway from that city to TRIP TO K. C. TURNED OUT TO BE EXPENSIVE JOHN M'CARTHY SAVES OMA SMALL PART OF $1,700. Suit in District Court Brings Details of An Interesting Excursion. Ou in the trial or the ro f it, Southwestern Mercantile company of hnnsas City vs. John MrPurth jaKPside and the rota,:h KtjitA imt of Antioch, held in district court in session at Rushville this week, the tp. timony disclosed an interesting story. The Potash State bnnk was repre sented by Attorney William Mitchell of this city, Mr. McCarthy by S. I. O'Brien of Crawford and the plaintiffs by legal talent from Rushville. The Alliance attorney wu successful in getting the case against the bank dis missed, but the Lakeside man sue- ceeded In saving only a small portion oi tne 9i,7W over which the case arose. i It appears that McCarthy is a bache- nr. ftnm lvtt7 va. ncv v4im vna employed for some time by a Lakeside potash, plant during the period f pros perity and afterward. He had saved up at least $1,700 and started out for Kansas City to enloy himself. He took the money with him in two drafts from the Potash State bank, one for 700 and the other for $1,000. Arriv ing at Kansas City' he apparently became bewildered by the tail build ings. At any rate, when he presented his drafts at a Kansas City bank to be cashed, the bank officials refused to accommodate him. Into the Hands of the Enemy. Right at this point, the testimony showed that McCarthy fell into the hands of the Philistines. Disheartened. he was turning away from the ca-li ter's window, when a hand clutched is sleeve. It was one of the member f the Southwestern Mencantile com pany, Ihis gentleman, whose faee was of a decidedly Hebraic cast, whispered to him that even if the ank wouldn t cash his check, his com ianv would, nrovided Mr. McCarthy mafe a small purchase of goods. 11m solution of his ditlirulties np- teaied to McUaitnv, and he accom panied his new friend. The South western Mercantile company proceeded to show the goods. And they sold him little bit of everything, including a felt overcoat, a quantity of jewelry, thirty-. econd degree Masonic charm nd ring. When :he bill was figured i, it amounted to $lC. At this, point, the testimony of plaintiff and defendant diverges. The laintiffs declare that they counted ut his change to him and placed him board a train bound for home and that they thought everything was all rilit, until they saw him the next morning in company with a gentleman of color. The defendant declares that when be awoke the next morning he was in a hotel in Kansas City and that his bankroll, be discovered, consisted of fifty-one one-dollar bills. But in some manner, the two Drafts disappeared. The Southwestern Mer cantile company wrote the Potash State bank, saying that they owned the drafts, but had misplaced them, and requested that the money be sent them by the next mail, and greatly oblige. The bank replied that they had the money and would pay it out when the drafts were returned, properly en dorsed. The mercantile company promptly brought suit against the bank and McCarthy. The court held that the bank was not a party to the suit. Judge Westover, in making his decis ion, proceeded to fix the value of the goods purchased by McCarthy, and found that they were worth but $116 instead of $405 that McCarthy had paid. This resulted in a saving to the defemlant of $3r0. The $1,700 has been paid over te the court and will be forwarded to the Kansas City firm. The trip to Kansas City occurred about a year ago. Mr. McCarthy told the court that he was quite a traveler in his way. Official Taper of th City of AIUaa No. 53 WANT FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN FREIGHT RATES C OF C. SPONSORS A MOVEMENT TO THIS END A.ks Co-operation 0f O.her Commr rial Organisations in Secur. ng Readjustment A. T. Lunn, chairman of tho committee of the Alliance chamber of commerce, with the approval of th sUrTed'r' th?1 "wnlMUon. It "PJm to secure ciuitablf ICtlUITLIimU in tft.m.l.A ... I ... v a,a uriuiir rnraii IZTJ? tucl V MP. Lunn will b d if it meets with ik;. V unite,! action will be secured "w"w" i.Lunn LPintj out that freight rates have been increased appro,! ,W ? very pl ,,v. vuucrming rates tail Res, and makes it clr tht TTT movement is not intended to secure k lowering of wages. The letter follows: "DisDatchs from Wo.t.1 . .. . date pf May 2171. ttaf Preside Harding has been - 0 praiseworthy effort to induce the law er railroads to make a voluntary il f .P1"?. lt t"48 been generally felt that the time has come when some i ect pressure should be brought to bear on. the railways of the country to re ! . "eignt rates, or on tha interstate Commerce commission to require the railroads tn uhxx, Whf"ir rttte sh"ld not be reduced, lhe general public ni th mercial bo.lies have stood aloof, whila lKaring the burden, presumably with the idea that to interfpi-A l.c about such presure might be looked upon as an indication that it should agitate the question, they would) be taking a part of the railway com panies in their contention that cluction in rates would mean a redue. tion in the wages of railway employes. Increases Since 1918 "The records show that as a anrl average the freight increases hv been 25 per cent effective June JjT 1918, with a further increase on that of 85 per cent, effective August 23 1920; a total rate increase of S.7i per cent. . We may safely (uson . the numerous changes classification dnrlns the same toertod hv mias . average increase of 31.25 ner trait. - . bringing about a general increase , approximately 100 per cent? sine June 25, 1918. "We may ask. without taking anjr further part in the discussion between the railway company and the em ployes: (Continued on Page 4). Boyd is Released From County Jail Tuesday Evening: Jesse Boyd, who with Harve Shep- herd, was arrested May 1 by Officer Stilwill ami Burlington Special Agent Martin, was released Tuesday evening, his bond of $1,000 being furnished by C. II. Benjamin of Alliance and M. O. New of Hay Springs. Boyd has been in the county iail twenty-two days, having; been put in on May 1. 'lhe other man who was arrested with him, Harve Shepherd, was released about ten days ago. Boyd and Shepherd were arrested when found emerging frym the alley between Second and Third street on Cheyenne avenue with two tires which they had taken from the Farmers' I'n'on. They pleaded guilty to the charge at the preliminary hearing and will be tried at the term of district court starting early in September, Boyd was shot in the left leg at the time ot the capture and was unable to walk until recently. He row walk with a slight limp. Boyd, it will be remembered, was found in his home after having run two blocks with a bullet in his thigh. The men evidently will finht convic tion on the charge, as they did not wish to plead guilty and go to Rush ville to Judge Westover to be senten ced even at the time whin it appeared very doubtful it they could obtain bond. Their case will be among the first to be taken up at the next terra of district court, which convenes Sep tember 11. County Attorney Gets Hint of An Autoist Without 1922 Tag County Attorney Lee Basye received a letter Thursday from some unknown, person informing him that this person's neighbor had failed to obtain an auto license, and that this should be at tended to. The letter was signed "Observer." The matter was taken up with the person mentioned and a i cense was immediately obtained. Mr, Bayse remarked that if Observer knew of any more cases in which the law is being disregarded, that th information would be most welcome.