Box Butte land values spark protest against state board
The Box Butte county landowners resist an 11.11 per acre state board valuation, with J C McCorkle arguing the price reflects future sales and county commissioners seeking lower values. Attorney Eugene Burton notes transfers favor better land, while Governor McKelvie explains equalization rules and tax distribution amid rising state revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. McCorkle
8. R. McKelvie
Box Butte County
State Board of Equalization
Box Butte
State Board
Eugene Burton
McCorkle
Burton
Rox Butte County
Sheridan County
Garden County
Sioux County
McKelvie
Booster Day at Marsland August 14 With Rev Gould Address
A booster day is set for Marsland on August 14 with a full all day program. An 11 am address by Rev. J Orrin Gould of Alliance will speak on a topic to be announced.
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Marsland
J. Orrin Gould
Alliance
Weather advisory for Alliance and vicinity
Partly cloudy weather with local thunderstorms expected tonight and Wednesday. Sunshine returns Wednesday afternoon as conditions improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance and Vicinity
Thunder Star
Weat
Soler
Community Well Fair Features Races Bucking Show and Ball Game
Afternoon events include foot races for boys girls and men four horse races a bucking contest with prizes for horses and riders steer riding exhibition and a Crawford Hemmeford baseball game for a 100 purse and Western Nebraska championship. Evening features a bowery dance and a free moving picture show. Likely a large Alliance delegation will attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Spud Growers in Alliance Form New Exchange
The Nebraska potato growers exchange organized at Alliance courthouse with headquarters named Alliance. A seven member board will run the group with capital stock of 20000 dollars, shares at 10 dollars, limited to twenty shares per stockholder. Officers include President H A McComb Edgar Williams as secretary treasurer and two vice presidents Jake Pedrett and George Lambert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska Potato Growers’ Exchange
Court House
Alliance
G. A. Boomer
Extension Department
University of Nebraska
Leo Stuhr
C. K. Verner
Department of Horticulture
University School of Agriculture
Exchange
H.A. McComb
Bridgeport
Edgar Williams
Kearney
Jake Pedrett
Kimball
George Lambert
Bayard
Fred Miller
Belmont
Frank Kosout
Rushville
Virell Redding
Minatare
H. A. McComb
Status of the Alliance Anticoh Road Project
The Nebraska public works July report outlines Project No 21 the Alliance Antioch road. Construction began 1919 with earthwork awarded to J Fred Roberts Denver and culverts to Central Bridge Wahoo. Winter delays snow and rain slowed progress May. Fourteen mile project with ten inch clay gravel surfacing. six miles open most graded five miles gravelled and one and a quarter miles graveled. Relocation of nearly one and a half miles improved alignment and grades. Substantial weather and labor delays noted. Equipment includes freanos wheelers blade dumps wagons and plows.
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Nebraska Department of Public Works
Alliance- Antioch Road
Alliance-Antioch
Alliance considers new highway to Kimball through Melbeta
Secretary J W Guthrie receives a request from A F Dutton of Melbeta to back a highway from Alliance to Kimball via Melbeta with a bridge over the Platte soon. Dutton’s note notes a good hills route and asks for immediate consideration by the Alliance Chamber of Commerce board, noting Minatare’s interest and the bridge completion.
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J. W. Guthrie
Alliance Chamber of Commerce
A. F. Dutton
Melbeta Comercial Club
Alliance
Kirinball
Melbeita
Kimball
Minatare
Platte
Evangeline at Imperial Tonight Amid Fox Dazzle
The Imperial presents Evangeline dramatized from Longfellow with Paul Weigel as Father Felician and Miriam Cooper in the title role. Fox successes follow, including Carmen and The Pride of New York. Also on bill The Paliser Case with Pauline Frederick and Marjorie Allen in Lion Trapping. Mae Murray in On With the Dance on Thursday.
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Evangeline
Henry Wadneworth Longfellow
Imperial Theater
Fox
Mr. Walsh
New York
Paul Weigel
Father Felician
Miriam Cooper
Pauline Frederick
Marjorie Allen
Mae Murray
Bell ends Bock Furnishings sale with full clearance
F A Bell closed out the Bock Furnishing store campaign for Western Sales and Auction of Omaha. He wrapped up last Saturday with all goods sold. The ex proprietors praise his services and credit The Herald ad coverage for the sale’s success.
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F. A. Bell
Bock
Western Sales & Auction Company
Omaha
Rainstorm washes out roads near Alliance
A heavy rain near Alliance lasted about two hours Sunday afternoon. The Hammond ranch and Barrel Springs area were flooded as a small bridge on the Kilpatrick dam road was washed out. Detours of several miles were needed for travelers. Snake Creek crossings were also washed out.
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Alliance
Hammond Ranch
Barre! Springs
Kilpatrick
Snake Creek
Lakeside Girl Injures Hand Requiring Minor Surgery
Miss Russ Pollard of Lakeside sustained a needle injury to her hand on Friday. A slight operation was required to treat the wound.
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Russ Pollard
Lakeside
Box Butte County Schools Set to Open September 6
Box Butte county schools will open September 6 with thirty teachers already hired. County superintendent Miss Opal Russell expects to fill remaining vacancies before opening, listing teachers by district such as Viola Smith in No. 2 and Maude Nason in No. 8 among others.
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Box Butte
Opal Russell
Viola Smith
Maude Nason
Miriam Johnson
Letha Baldwin
Clarissa South
Elizabeth Mabon
Estella
Rowland
Mabel Uhrig
Viva Miller
Nellie McDonald
Besther Nation
Minnie Mikent
Ila McInroy
Leah Weaver
Alta Slayton
Bertha Wilson
Fairy Murray
Palace Market owner loses Studebaker in fire
C A Bollerup of the Palace Market had a Studebaker automobile destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon. The loss was fully covered by the insurer carried with W O Keefe Insurance Agency.
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C. A. Bollerup
Palace Market
Studebaker
Instree
W. O'Keefe
Alliance Loses to Sidney Team in Close Baseball Contest
Alliance fell 4 to 2 to Sidney last Sunday in a tight game. Two well placed hits and a few bad breaks helped Sidney score three runs in the first. In the third, Butler doubled, Griffis stole bases and scored on a passed ball. Griffis later slid two bases and scored. Black drove a three-base hit in the fifth but was left on third. Future games include Sidney visiting September 5 and 6, Bayard August 15, and Ansley August 22.
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Sn Alliance
Sidney
Alliance
Alliance Boys
Butler
Black
Griffis
Bayard
Ansley
Traveling men visit Hot Springs picnic with Chadron and Rapid City lodges
Alliance traveling men and their families joined members of the Chadron and Rapid City lodges of the United Commercial Travelers for a two day picnic at Hot Springs. The group arrived from Edgemont via Burlington, shared a noon dinner at Chautauqua grounds, enjoyed a Chadron versus Rapid City ball game won by Chadron, and partook in various games for all ages.
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Alliance
Hot Springs
Rapid City
Chadron
United Commercial Travelers
Edgemont
Burlington
Chautauqua Grounds
Races and social events mark Alliance gathering
A large Alliance event hosted 119 men with wives and families totaling nearly 500 attendees. The necktie race drew attention as a playful highlight while guests danced at the Evans hotel and visited Wind Cave and the plunge. The next event is a fishing trip for traveling men and families.
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Tlea
Peraps
Evans Hotel
Wind Cave
Alliance
Community Club Picnic Set With Senator Miles Talk
The Alliance chamber of commerce sponsors a Thursday evening picnic in the city park featuring Senator W. B. Miles known as Paddy Miles delivering a get-together talk. The Alliance band will play. A basket supper opens the festivities and the event aims to draw broad citizen participation and start a lively entertainment series.
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Alliance Chamber of Commerce
W. B. Miles
Paddy” Miles
Alliance Band
Eight Hundred Acres of Corn Grown with Minimal Labor
A Herald representative inspected eight hundred gers of growing corn on J. C. McCorkle’s farm eight miles west of Alliance. Five corn planters and six tractors prepared raw land, with no other labor or cultivation. The land has traded hands five times in twelve years and rose from five to forty dollars per acre.
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Herald
J. C. McCorkle
Alliance
McCorkle
Thumb severed while mowing hay on ranch job
G. B. Shaffer, working on the Boyd and Rice ranch, had his right thumb cut off Friday when he stopped a team to pull hay from the sickle as horses suddenly started. The injury occurred just below the first joint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Shaffer
Boyd and Rice Ranch
Mr. Shaffer
Alliance Bans Sidewalk Paint and Whitewash for Ads
The ordinance prohibits the use of paint and whitewash on sidewalks and city property to advertise entertainments. The measure aims to curb cheap advertising methods that mar public spaces and should be adopted in every town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minatare Free Press
Alliance
Car stolen from Tenth and Laramie home garage
The William Rust Sr. car was taken from a home garage at Tenth and Laramie on Saturday night after a thief broke the door window and unlocked the door. The vehicle, a Studebaker Six, remains missing with no trace of the culprit found.
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William Rust,, Sr
Tenth and
Laramie
Attorney A R Honnold Visits Alliance on Business
A. R. Honnold, noted Scotts Bluff attorney, was in Alliance on Monday for business. He formerly held a key executive role with the United States reclamation service before entering private practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Honnold
Scottsbluff
Alliance
Honnold
United States Reclamation Service
Local oil magnate Looney in North Platte trip
C M Looney, prominent local oil magnate, visited the North Platte valley at the start of the week. He returned today and plans to depart for southern destinations tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Looney
North Platte Valley
Southern Points
Directors Attend Special Meeting of Wyoming Northwestern Oil
Chas. F. Gruenig of Omaha and P. J. Michael of Hemingford, directors of the Wyoming Northwestern Oil Co., were in the city on Friday for a special board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. F. Gruenig
Omaha
P. J. Michael
Hemingford
Wyoming-Northwestern Oil Company
City
Omaha Couple Visits City Then Heads to Wisconsin Lakes
Mr and Mrs H W Alexander of Omaha visited friends in the city Friday night and planned a Wisconsin trip for a couple of weeks on the lakes.
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H. W. Alexander
Omaha
Wisconsin
Lakes
Wassner Found Dead in Potato Field Near Hemingford
Ed Wassner aged fifty was found dead in a potato field about five o clock yesterday evening, three miles southwest of Hemingford. He last was seen around two Melock while cultivating potatoes. the body showed horses dragged it about a mile to field edge. Doctor McEuen's examination indicated apoplexy likely caused death. County Attorney Bayse said no inquest was needed.
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Ed Waisner
Hemingford
Ed Mabon
Wassner
McEuen
Lee Bayse
Juror Asleep During Trial Prompts Appeal for New Trial
Braunia a young man serving life for the Watts murder in Morris county appeals to the supreme court alleging trial misconduct due to a juror sleeping through much of the proceeding. He cites errors over instructions premeditation sanity and sufficiency of evidence plus self defense and insanity claims as bases for a new trial. Watts a farmer and Braunia a transient worker clashed over horse care then Braunia shot Watts near the barn in April. Braunia fled Morrill county to avoid lynching and was held pending trial in Alliance.
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Roy Joseph Braunia
State Penitentiary
John Watts
Morris County
Supreme Court
Braunia
The
State Journal
Braunin
Watts
Branunia
Brauna
Braunia Avitard
Brennia
Morrill County
Alliance
Mac C. McCorkle Named Weather Prophet by Local Order
J. C. McCorkle known as Mac, Alliance land man, is crowned champion weather prophet by the local order of good Indians. For the seventh straight year he forecast a rain day in August and won Stetson hats from wagers. Last year he bet rain on August 7, and it rained heavily this past Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. McCorkle
Alliance Land
Mac
Order of Good Indians
Denver guest Miss Evelyn Rose visits Mrs Harper
Miss Evelyn Rose of Denver is the guest this week of Mrs. W. B. Harper. The visit highlights local social duties and neighborhood hospitality.
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Evelyn Rose
Denver
Mra. W. BR. Harper
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D. ©. McCorkle
Antioch
Meita Commercial Club
A. Fef. Dutton
Imperial
Rhpo Black
Senator W. TD
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