Alliance urged to house irrigation plan for flood waters
Fort Pierre official H C Bartow in a Community club talk proposes relocating the Great Plains Irrigation association headquarters to Alliance. He outlines a vast project to store and pipe flood waters from the Missouri and Yellowstone regions to irrigate North and South Dakota Nebraska and Kansas. He cites past surveys, costs, and legislative efforts and says a new coalition and funding would advance a 27 000 000 acre foot reservoir and a 520 mile pipeline.
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H. C. Bartow
Fort Pierre
S.D
Great Palms Irrigation Association
Community Club
Association
Alliance
Bartow
Mississippi Valley
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Senate
Newland
Nevada
Northwest
North Dakota
Great Plaints Irrigation Association
Yellowstone
Lee
Missouri
Little
Stone Bluffs
Wrestling Cowboy Seeks Alliance Match From Lewellen
Charles Johnson of Lewellen Nebraska known as the wrestling cowboy has issued an Alliance challenge. He weighs 186 pounds ringside but prefers opponents under 175 pounds unless Wheeler is involved when no weight limit applies. Johnson invites local wrestlers to a best two out of three falls match and will provide a side bet. Jerry Robinson is his manager.
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Charles Johnson
Lewellen
Neb
Wrestling Cowboy
Johnson
Jerry Robinson
Wheeler
Cannon
Ten Mary Pickfords You Have Never Seen
Alliance film fans may see Mary Pickford in ten roles in The Hoodlum the second production from her studio. She plays a spoiled heiress who tumbles from luxury into real life and adventure. The Imperial offers low rates with a 4 30 matinee and Joe Martin in The Jungle Gentleman.
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Mary
Imperial
Joe Martin
Home Builders To Begin Construction
Alliance Home Builders association directors met Thursday evening and agreed to obtain plans and specifications for residences. Indications point to construction starting on at least twelve houses within the next week or two.
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Alliance Home Builders’ Association
Hemingford Silent on Power Line to Alliance Plan
Hemingford city council remains silent on whether to approve the power line connection with the Alliance municipal plan after the committee asked for and received an estimate from the neighboring town.
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Hemingford
Alliance
City delays phone franchise amid constitutional convention
The Nebraska Telephone Company faces postponement as city council delays a franchise until the state constitutional convention finishes sessions. Regulators and councilors fear reworking the agreement after potential changes to the railway commission and new laws. The company has operated without a franchise while a council committee reviews an proposed ordinance.
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Nebraska Telephone Company
State Railway Commission
Winners Chosen In Alliance High Declam Contest
The Alliance high school declamatory contest at Imperial theater named three first and three second place winners across oratorical dramatic and humorous classes. Robert Lawrence won with A Plea for Cuba, Edward Morrow with The New South, Madeline Zediker with Rock of Ages, Ruth Stanton with The Soul of the Violin, Asenath Schill with Aunt Elnora's Hero, and Ruth Scott with Mandy's Organ. Judges were Superintendents Wright McFadden and Bailey.
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Alliance High School
Imperial Theater
Robert Lawrence
Cuba
Edward Morrow
New South
Madeline Zediker
Ruth Stanton
Asenath Schill
Elnora
Ruth Scott
Mandy
Wright
Hemingford
McFadden
Cheyenne County
Bailey
Dalton
Police Court Activity Ends Ten Day Slump
After ten days of inactivity the police court disposed of two cases. Ben Edwards of South Alliance was fined 10 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace by discharging firearms after shooting a horse owned by him. A Mexican held by a Burlington agent for breaking quarantine by entering a bank car with flu patients was released after examination. Earl Friday afternoon Frank Devereau was fined 5 dollars and costs for violating quarantine regulations.
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Ben Edwards
South Alliance
Edwards
Burlington
Earl
Frank Devereau
Alliance Meets Crawford Tonight In League Showdown
The Alliance high school basketball team faces undefeated Crawford at the Alliance High School this evening. The game may not affect standings after the night’s entertainment ends. Captain Joder’s injury has limited Alliance but they are playing well. The Alliance girls team travels to Crawford tomorrow to play the Crawford girls.
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Alliance
Crawford High School
Joder
Alliance Girlie
Crawford
Keeping Up With Gordon Miller in Lincoln Trip
The article traces Gordon Miller's continuing wandering through Alliance Scottsbluff and Lincoln with inconsistent tales of military service and family losses. Red Cross records question his identity and veterans status while noting he now owns a large ranch near Mullen caring for about a thousand cattle and favors Alliance Packing for sales to Omaha prices.
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South Dakota
Texas
Sandhilia
Mullen
Alliance Packing Company
Alliance
Sandhills Place for Cattle Raising Visit in Alliance
Ray Hammond, native of Hamilton county, stopped in Alliance Thursday morning visiting the Herald office. He recalled selling out in Hamilton county just before land values rose and trying the Scottsbluff irrigated country. He chose ranching over farming and left his holdings, later exploring options for five months before deciding on cattle ranching.
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Ray Hammond
Hamilton County
The
Herald
Alliance
Hammond
Scottsbluff
E G Laing Attends State Clothiers Convention
E G Laing is spending several days in Omaha this week attending the state convention of oil clothiers.
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E. G. Laing
Omaha
Re‘oil Clothiers
City to use Firemen's Hall for influenza patients
At a board of health meeting the Firemen's Hall rooms in Fortflu will be used to house influenza wards for men and women with nurse supervision. Patients pay 3 dollars per day for attendance. medical care is paid by patients. Quarantine is short and cooperation is urged as cases remain mild with no deaths and no school closures expected.
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Board of Health
Yama Yama Dance Planned by Alliance Elks
W R Harper, head of the Alliance Elks entertainment committee, promotes a Yama Yama masquerade dance. Costumes required, with Denver supplied attire for late arrivals, and a costume check on February 10 at the hall. The event aims for a full crowd and signals a thriving year for the lodge.
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W. R. Harper
Alliance Elks Lodge
Harp
Denver
The
Elks
Silver Grill Cafe Changes Hands to Hastings Owner
The Silver Grill cafe passes to a Hastings man with restaurant experience. The business will close Monday and Tuesday for renovations and reopen Wednesday with a new look and staff.
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Silver Grill Cafe
Hastings
Arrest of Tom Rubis on Bodomy Charge Sparks Legal Action
Tom Rubis, a young Greek businessman, faces a county court charge of bodomy. Warrant issued Tuesday, bond set at 3000, and a preliminary hearing took place Friday with trial scheduled for next Monday at 10 am. State detains principal witness. defense seeks continuance as additional witnesses are called. Chief Nora Taylor tracked Rubis to Scottsbluff after he left town Tuesday evening. Attorneys Mitchell and Gants for defense. Eugene Burton for the state.
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Tom Rubin
Tash
Ball
Rubis
Nora Taylor
Scottsbluff
Sugar City
Mitchell and Gants
Eugene Burton
Alliance to host six day Chautauqua event in July
Fifty eight Alliance business and professional men sign a retired guarantee paving the way for a Standard Chautauqua six day program likely in early July. The organizers will form a chautauqua association and promote a stronger booster effort for the city. Some may not have signed but remain supportive of the idea. The project aims to bring talent hard to secure by other means and the group is determined to make it succeed.
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Alliance
Knights of Columbus Initiation Sunday in Alliance
Alliance council No. 975 Knights of Columbus holds initiation on Sunday February 8 with a class of fifty to seventy five to receive all three degrees State deputy E H Whelan will attend and delegations from nearby cities banquet at the armory that evening with toasts from State Deputy Whelan Thomas Morrow W R K Metz and W P Miles toastmaster J W Guthrie
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W. P. Miles
J. W. Guthrie
Clerks and Carrier Exam Set For February 14
The U S civil service commission announces an open competitive exam on February 14 at the Alliance Neb post office for clerk and city carrier positions. Starting salary is 1000 a year plus a 200 yearly temporary increase, or 100 a month. substitute service pays 50 cents per hour. Applicants must be 18 to under 45 on exam day.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Alliance
Neb
City Hall Quiet as Officials Recover from Epidemic
City Hall sits quiet with City Manager Smith home in quarantine after the epidemic. City Clerk Grace Kennedy is reported sick with a cold. F G Campbell oversees operations from the building in the interim.
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Smith
Grace Kennedy
F. G. Campbell
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