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VOL. 1
GREAT PROMISES
MADE BY TIIE "REPRESEN
TATIVE BUSINESS MAN,"
WHO FORGETS TO SIGN
HIS NAME.
The Alliance Times has a half
column of gush about what an .
Alliance merchant offers tho
a Tl
county commissioners. it ru-
minds us of a story of a man
seeking office, who had a fine
mastiff bitch, and -whenever he
met one of Ins opponent's friends
Jjiia' would promise him a pup.
Ho only possessed two pups, and
after election, when anyone camo
to him
and asked him for tho ,
promised pup, he would say
"You have come too late," and I
upon tho party replying: "You
promised me one," ho would an
swer: 'Most anyone would prom
ise a pup." The Times is the
candidate, and in his paper he is
promising the pups to the voters
in tho shape of an Alliance mer
chant's promise to the electors
.before election. Tho electors
will be in the same shape after
election as the man that wont
after the pup. Alliance wishes
to get the county seat to bolster
up business. Think of it! Fur
nish rooms, build a vault, heat
the rooms, and all for 8300 per
year. Tho cloven hoof of the
Alliance boomer is plainly seen
in this promise. It is a grand
stand play lefore election to
help along the petitions, now on
tthe wane. Alliance must be in a
hard row of stumps to resort to
thlsnu-d of tactics. To build a-
vault suitable for tho county rec
ords would cost S300, and would
be. cheaply gotten up at that, but
.then there is nothing said about
the safety of the aforesaid vault;
a hole In the ground would prob
ably make the vault. The re
turns on that city's building in
vestments must bo large, when
routs aro as low as the Times
states. Go to Alliauce and try
to rent rooms, and find out that
it is a very poor room that can
be secured for less than $10 per
'month. Tho Allianco merch ints
'are very philanthopic before elec
tion, but remombtr voters that
an anonymous promise made in
an Alliance paper beforo election
is not worth the timo consumed
in setting it up in type. If it
was bona fide tho merchant would
come out with the offer over his
own signature, and would then
'be a public benefactor, whom the
voters might think of at some
future time", but he hides his
light behind a bushel of Alliance
Times editorials.
The screech iu tho
Grip about people in
hatins: themselves for
Allianco
this city
living in
such a place, otc, is the veriest
bosh, and sounds like schoolboy
talk. Alliance only wishes the
people would do as she says, as
she then might h.ive a chance to
got tho county seat, but as it is
at present they neither hate
themselves; nor will they allow
the Alliance papers to cast a
blight on thain. Alliance need;
the county seat to bolster up her
failing fortunes, and is like a dog
that sees some other dog with a
bono ho needs, and tries to scaro
him off by grumbling. Mr. Grjp,
it won't work; we aro hero to
stay, aud tho sentiment in the
county is rapidly coming our
way, as tho time approaches
whon tho Alliance people say
thoy are going to bring tho ques
tion up. If Alliance would clean
off tho barnaolos hanging to bur
sho might possibly
get
to be a
HEMiNGEORD.
city, and not. havo to off or to give
away lots to builders. Alliance
has a great record, and her con
summate gall in seeking to got
the county seat is only another
oxamplo of what she will do if
she gots it: No monoy in the
city troasury, delinquent taxes
piling up, with no money in the
town to meet them, offering lots
f reo to builders, rents so low that
ron estate owners can hardly
. .
pay
pay their delinquent taxos; in
fact tho villago is getting on its
last legs, and wants tho county
seat to bolster it up.
Bad Man Arrested.
Charles 0. Ilalliday, a noted cat
tle rustler and all-round bud man,
for vvll03u Clinturo there has been
a standing reward of 8250 for tho
past two years, offered by Colorado
cattle men, was arrested and turned
over to tho Colorado authorities
last Monday by Sheriff Hnll of
this county, accompanied by Dav?
Lee ('-Scrub Pooler.")
Hall and a deputy have made
several trips after Halliday, who
was stopping at the homo of Clmr -
loy Hall on Sii-ike Creek, but tu&j(m of the
were never able to locate mm, as
he was always absent when thoy
arrived. Last Saturday, however,
tho .sheriff wos more successful,
lie and Dave Leo left here Friday,
driving out to a rancher's on Snake
Uroek, where they spent tho fore
part of tho night. In the small
hours of the morning they arose
i and walked over to Hall's, where
Halliday was staying, and con
cealed themselves in the barn,
thinking thoy would capture Halli
day when he came out to fq1 tho
ultorse3. Ho did not- comc, how-
over, but a son of Hall's made his
appearance, and was dotaiuod and
questioned by the sheriff u regard
to Hallidav's whereabouts. The
boy utoully denied tho presence of
Ilalliday, and said ho knew noth-
in- about him. This did not sat-
tefy the officers, and they stnrtud
to tho house to investigate, Li'o
being foremost. Leo opened the
door without knocking and saw
Ilalliday, with his back to tho
door, eating breakfast. He placed
his hand on Ilulliday's shoulder
and said: "Consider yoursolf un
der arrest." About this time Lee
felt tho cold and clammy point of
a gun under his own ear, aud a
gentle feminine voico, in persuas
ive tones, said: 'You hurt my
man and I'll blow your head off."
Lee could do nothing but "stand
his hand," so ho said to tho
woman, who proved to bo Hal'i
day'B wife: 'You shoot me and
l ll slioot your man. ' lliis was
the condition of affairs when
Sherill Hnll made his appearance.
As soon as ho opened tho door tho
woman turned her gun upon him.
Leo then had the drop on tho
woman uud muda her put up her
j revolt-or. This ended the gun play
ana iiuu and xjuo tooK ttieir pris
oner without further resistance.
He was brought to this city at
once, and tho officers left with him
on the evening train for Colorado.
Halliday was a quiet, but very
determined and dangerous man,
and the officers dosorvo great credit
for effecting nis capture. Just be-
IflYfl - 1 . t
! foro having here, w hilo at tho do
pot, Halliday smilingly remarked
to Sheritr Hall: "If I had got
hold of my gun you can bet I
would not be hero now," and
Sheritr Hall did not doubt tho as
bortion. Don't think lx cause a utovn la round
and the in. iker has callud ii, O.ik-. nf
mj.iio hurt. Umi ii'a uut ggnuliie Hound n wo?ter lSubraska, and will re
Oak. It ibiwL, a$ you'll l'ml to jour Jolj& 1U ,er accomplishments, of
i..,st, if you buy. Suj tho nuuio on . whatever kiud.
the I Kg. I'liuu you'll Lw biiro to gqtj But the financial erudition of
the gfuiiiuc. Suld only hy Unrig,
BOX BUTTE COUNTY,
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County Seat From a
Financial
Standpoint
.Editor Heam: In regard to
tho matter of tho removal of tho
county seat, from a puroly finan
cial standpoint, every elector bt
Box Buito county should consider
tho question: "Can lie afford at
this time to voto for tho roraoval
of tin? county seal?"
The proposition of tho county
Beat agitators, pure and simple, is
jurtt this: Take tho county records
and officers in charge thereof from
a building, commodious and con-
veniont enough for all present
needs, and place them in rented
quarters, and without discussing
tho question as to whether the rn
t
is reasonable or
or low, all thing!
a fair business prtj
such a change?
business man, inordi
would do this, and wji
county do Bor Too pn
from a business and
standpoint ib not tenable.
The. paying of rent would incur
mi tuiwnrmWtnlilu oxneiiKO. As I
()k lt tho (mnttcr-1),0 wholo condi-
le county, financially, is
very liable, and I think I may say
positively certain to bo changed,
from a condition that is our prido,
considering the lwd experiences
of tho years from 18S7 to date, a
condition whon our outstanding
unpaid taxjs are greater than our
outstanding unpaid county orders
and all other indebtedness. Prac
tically Box Butto county is out of
,ebt not one dollar of bonded in
debtedness, aud her floating debt
provided for.
I say. all things considered, Box
Butto"courityistihancialiytho-puoV
of any county in northwostorn Ne
braska, and tho pooplo of this
county, after tho hardships on
dnrod to iKttomnliih this, have a
juat Me iu thig conaition o our
colntVt
If h'Q propo3Pll olmn0 o county
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diately into debt; it is eithor rent,
or bonds to build n court houe,
and with its accompanying sinking
fund and inlerost fund, taxes, and
such, who can tell where this will
end, or what it will amount to, but
from past observations and experi
ences our debt will grow largor.
Everyone knows that after the
county seat had boou changed tho
Allianco people would havo tho
best of the argument on tho ques
tion: "Should wo rent or build f"
for thoy would show by figures
bold and glowing that the interest
on tho bouds would be lossexpenso
to the county by several hundred
dollars; then tho high rents the
county must pay to obtain buitublo
rooms for county offices and court
rooms, though thoy now talk cheap
rent.
An argument on tho sinking
fund tax might bo mado, but tjiey
could show that in building the
county had something to show for
tboir monev in rmit. iiniln'twr hut
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iui;uiijio iv i iJuyuiuiiiB uiuuu.
Youcheis would b all that the
county would Have to exhibit for
all rent money, and tho court houso
building side of tho question would
carry the day like a whirlwind
The result would bo a court
houso aud a jail thai would be a
prido to look at and an advertising
medium for Allianco. Now wo do
not discourage or deprecate any
thing that can bo said in favor of
Alliance as a town of Box Butto
I county. I think tho peoplo of the
county wish to seo hor prosper and
nourish until sho is tho tinust city
j Box Butto county must not ba
yxoumn'am
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Htion '
tucial
NEBRASKA. FRIDAY, JAN 3. lift;
NKINH,,'WWH
changed; this record of Inmost tax-
paying, to keep tho county from thinks it has found tho source of
debt, must not bo reversed and all i trouble, has located tho fiend
llirown to the winds, to adopt a nt Edgomont, and in his vitupor
policy of bonds and dobta for a utions oven goos go far as to givo
few short-Bightcd citizona of that the Edgomont company a dig in
town, who aro boyish and not far- tho ribs, and asks in glowing
scoing, and uro rookloss enough to terms: "What has tho Edgo
precipitate tho county into such a mont company over dono for
condition. Homingford and Box Butto
Besides, not ono singlo citizen county?" Wo can truthfully an-of-Alliance
would bo benefitted, in swur that to tho host of our
tyeptun or property, on account of knowledge tlioy never did any
haying tho county soat; (unless it thing, neither havo wo, or any
bo to tho poison who routed tho ono olso, over intimated that they
hiiil(Hnit it. would not tmlmnco
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Atiimc0 or lalui j tl0 vicinity a
, t , t 1(J iliVll(iv ju.
crease oach man's lux each year for
o
any years to come
This wholo
sunt removal
uestion of county
was conceived in seltibluiess aud
born in iniquity, with not ono
single grain of justice or regard
for tho wishes of the farmers and
pooplo living in tho oxtruino cor
ners of the county.
., Wo will admit for argument's
flako that if thiB question was
purely one of convenience be. ween
Die towns that is that Alliance
iris a larger population than llom
iiijiford, thoroforo a change of
county seat to Allianco would be a
greater convenience to Allianco
than inconvenience to Homing
ford, on account of tho difference
in numbers of population, then
Alliance might have tho right side
of the argument, but this is not
the question as I understand it. It
is not a question of how much
Allianco or Uemingfoid want the
county soar, but the quostion for
all the people ot tno county to sei-jtAp-is
how to give tho greatest con
venience lotlic greoteSE'fi'umherr'"
And tho removal of county seat
now is simply a question of
whether wo will remain in the
condition we are now iu, practic
ally out of debt, and rapidly near
ing a cauh basis, or whether wo
shall start out ona wild-cat enter
prise of bonds, sinking fund?, in
terest, taxes, etc, a county-wreck
ing expedition, to suit a few boys,
speaking from a standpoint of ex-
perienco and practical methods.
Tho proposition of county soat
removal is untenable under any
phase of its presentation. It is
nifiiimturn and tho time not nroDi -
titious; tho Lord is on Homing- pondent from Edgomont, will say pnotograpns taicon ior u pur
ford's side and the removal will that you had better guess again, pose of leaving ono with his old
not be made
Yours Truly,
Smith P Tuttle.
Wind Mills Leased,
Now that tho Alliance Irriga
tion society are going to soil
their wind mills, what will tho
men do who aro now taking
around county seat removal poti-
lions? Botter place tho mills
where these men can gota breath
or two of fresh air from them to
buoy them up on thoir way, as it
wore. Of course tho Allianco
i
papers nave not been drawing
from these wind mills lately, but
.
during
tho last two weeks thoy
havo boon noticing that thoro
was a county seat fight going on
probably tho wind mills being
taken from irrigation purposes
have been hired by tho news
papers of tho windy city.
Voters: Allianco is tho town
that is wanting tho county seat
by force. If she cannot force
you to vote for her, sho will go
to tho legislature, and by force
and influonco havo tho law
changed. What tho voters sot
tied whon they gave this city the
county seat sho now demands as
hor right and this is tho Nino -
teenth century. Tho 'Alliance
people ought never to say any
thing about Great Britain, as
fhoy aro aping her ways
is.
ap waoin
iimiMnnMHuu'mw w
Tho Alliance Grin of last week
did, or over intend to; but from
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Edgomont it is to bo lamented
tl ,t , iniorftSift,i i,,
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Box Butto county, for such push
and energy as has been shown by
thorn at Edgomont would bo a
grand prize for any community
to capturo. And if it wore not
for such overlasting hoggishnoss,
as is shown by thopcoploof Alli
anco, it might be possible to get
such people interested in Box
Butto county, but so long as wo
aro wrangling, and trying to tear
down ono community to build up
another, wo can rest assurod that
such capital as constitutes tho
Edgomont company will givo us
tho go-by.
While tho Grip editor tried to
make it appear in his article that
he wanted to roast somebody in
Edgemont, and the E.lgemont
company in particular, wo could
road between tho linos, and saw
thore tho object ho had in view,
Tho facts aro that ho wanted to
pat Banker Hampton on tho
back, for ho well kn.ws that Mr
Hampton is a square business
man (whon left alono) and ho was
Afraid that MrsHomptaniWpuld.
read The Heuald, and bo con
vinced of what is just and fair
and put his foot down on this
wholo business. Now, Mr. Grip,
your work is too coarse, and Mr.
Hampton is too smart a man to
bo humbuggod in this way, and
wo venture tho assertion that if
you and somo of the agitators of
Allianco would let Mr. Hampton
havo his head, and uso his per-
sonal judgement in this matter,
this county soat quostion would
bo forever settled, so far as ho is
concerned,
1 And as to our inferred corres-
but tho editor of The Herald
stands ready to print anything
that deals on facts to put down
this county seat removal agita-
tion, and if you or any of your
frionds havo anything that you
want to toll through tho columns
of this papor that aro facts, sond
it in, for wo aro dealing in that
class of material, so far as tho
county seat removal is concerned,
j and we aro only too glad to put
, this matter
( before tho
i
in its proper
taxpayers of
light
tho
( county,
That the Allianco Grip is right
goos wiinoui saying, wnen it
says iu its issue of Friday that
"two or threo with petitions can
accomplish more good than larg
er numbers in securing signa
tures." Eminently correct; tho
two or throe do not require so
much training and coaching in
Allianco promises, and thoro is
not so much danger of thorn con
tradicting ono another as thoro
would be with fivo or six, or
more, handling petitions. It is
only necessary to havo a few men
out with them, so that tho truth,
as to the number of signatures
1 socured, can be kept shady. No
jopn and fair work is done for
Alliance, but everything is car
ried on in holes and corners, and
just a favored fw hour thonQWO.
NO. 45
&ST THIS PAPER IS FREE
READ 'AND HAND TO 'YOUR
NEIGHBOR.
Lawn GHoanlnga.
Superintendent Fillmore 'and
wife spont Sund:y with E, E.
Ford and family.
Job. Whipple is this winter en
gaged in getting but cord wood at
Pino Ridge.
J. H. Jc-hnson aud Loo Bran
doll settled 'ihr differences Sat
urday by arbitration.
John Snucrwoin now has tho
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finish his well as soon as tho
?rfm tnMnse .vrrivos. Ho will erect
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a wind mill upon tho completion
of tho well.
Miss Hamilton this wcok closed
a very successful term of school
in tho Nokant district.
All who attended tho danco
in tho hall Thursday evening re
port an onjoyable time.
There has bcon so much said by
tho "clique" about peoplo from
this part of tho county favoring
county seat, removal that a com
mittoo was appointed to canvass
tho precinct, but not a bluck
sheep w;is found.
Reunited by a Photograph.
A scouo iu tho Gorman-Methodist
church of Wichita, Kan., tho
other night will novor bo forgot
ten by thoso in the congrdgation.
A photograph of a man and two
little girls fell out of Mrs. John
Straut's bible, und it was picked
up by Mrs. Herman Glasson, who
upon seeing it, started with the
oxolamauon: '.L uavoonoatnorao
like ill"
.' '.That," sho said, "is tho.piq
turoof mysolf, my father, and sis
tor." Tho two women fell weeping;
from jy, on each othor's necks,
greatly to tho amassment of tho
ministor and congregation. They
wore tho originals of tho twolittlo
girls in tho photograph, and had
not heard of ono another since -1838,
although they had boon
neighbors for three years and had
often, seen each other in church.
Their mother died in Hamburg,
Gcrmatry, in 1858, and in tho
spring of 1859 tho father started
for America, after having tho
mother. During tho voyage ho
died and was buried at sea. After
tho children arived in America,
ono of them was taken to raiso by
an aunt in Pennsylvania and tho
other by an undo at Kankakee,
111. In a short time the undo
loft Illinois, and tho orphans
never hoard of each other until
tho incidont in tho church last
night.
Both havo lived in this county
for a long timo, and during the
past year their children played
, together daily, not knowing that
thoy wore cousins. From tho
-vichita Eaglo.
ESTnAK fQTICE.
One dark, bar hors?, about 7 ifr old; two
whits bind f(t, cat main aud tall, .vbigbeabout
850 pound; branded: cflo
Taken up on the 10th day ot Pocembar. on nw
Hot oo. Vi, twp. 27. rx. 52. Owner can havo
amo by nrorlnK property and paying charge
C. A. ItoaDLB
NOTICE llartnat nwi arraajenuaU to
leavu tlw city Jan. 1st, to oo absont coins time,
those wishlnr Jewetry vror-t Uoaa wm pleaaa
briux amn -on. ('ail and trot Koois oh.y tor
next 30 ilaja. Thankln yaa tor past razors
I ivmaln iepoctJuby, Ed. U JottXboy
Uoacli, the Point of Rocks' sh :'p
oi.iii, li'ib muvetl Ina family to town,
in urdor that Ida family may have the
aiiv.iiiiane f lio'uluarmd'd excellent.
bClioul nullities, lleuiiucforu has one
of the htm uchouls iu tho alaie.
1805 finds the genuine llouud Oak
win. ureutor sales tliuu any year gono
iy, utut .life number of lamaiiona uaa
ouumu&u multitude. See it aud learn
tjm muctuu fthv. For bide at Uriu's.
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