Rotary Club backs Box Butte irrigation plan
Alliance Rotary club forms a five member committee to press a 26 000 acre irrigation project in Box Butte county seeking state and federal support for a Niobrara river dam and 20 0002 acres of irrigated land with a 28 850 acre foot reservoir. The plan envisions a dam near Marsland and a 20 mile main canal plus several smaller reservoirs to deliver water to Box Butte farms, with costs once around 100000 and potential per acre savings versus valley projects.
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Alliance Rotary Club
R. E. Knight
Box Butte County
Kinkaid
House
Sunda
Knight
Albert C. Norton
Alliance
la Junta
Col
Denver
Norton
Rotarians
Niobrara River
Marsland
Township
State Engineer's Department
Niobrara
Box Butte
Hemingford
Berea
North Platte Valley
Joseph H. Jeffrey
Casper
Wyo
Weather forecast for Alliance and vicinity
The forecast calls for fair skies tonight and Saturday with little change in temperature. No precipitation expected. Temperature should remain steady through the period.
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Alliance and Vicinity
Woman dies in cloudburst near Crawford Nebraska
Mrs. John Bassett, about ninety, perished when a cloudburst washed away her home on the White river between Harrison and Andrews. Five bridges were washed out. crops and property damaged near Andrews. other destruction along Kyle creek. Mrs Bassett was a noted Baptist missionary and evangelist in western Nebraska.
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John Bassett
Andews
Neb
Crawford
White River
Harrison
Andrews
Kyle Creek
Winter Wheat Harvest Begins in Box Butte County
The winter wheat harvest started in Box Butte county with N. B. Terrill of St. Joseph Missouri owning 160 acres in one field expected to yield thirty bushels per acre. Harvesters and threshers operate amid ample rainfall and moisture. Potatoes are up about twice last year, August shipments anticipated, while west Hemingford ranges lack cattle and pastures hold a foot of grass.
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State Journal
Box Butte
N. B. Terrill
Burlington
St. Joseph
Hemingford
Federal Reserve
Tennis Tournament Opens Monday Afternoon at High School Courts
Sixteen Alliance players enter a tennis tournament starting next Monday afternoon on the high school courts. First round matches include Jay Vance vs Edwin Burr, F E Prince vs J Hadow, E Black vs F Dailey, R Tipple vs T A Cross, Charles Brittan vs Edwin Morrow, B Beckwith vs R Bicknell, Vanderas versus Bye, J Fowler vs A Bennett. The format advances winners through successive rounds until the champion is decided, with a tennis racquet awarded to the finals winner.
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Alliance Tennis
Jay Vance
Edwin Burr
F. E. Prince
J. Hadow
E. Black
F. Dailey
R. Tipple
T. A. Cross
Charles Brittan
Edwin Morrow
B. Beckwith
R. Bicknell
Vanderas
Bye
J. Fowler
A. Bennett
City Manager reports water supply steady and weed enforcement
City notes water pressure remains tight with old wells and Burlington Railroad support. Officials urge property owners to cut rank weeds between sidewalks and street centers and alleys with fines for noncompliance. Call for assistance with weed cutting if needed. Al Hart travels to the Black Hills for a short vacation. Freaman and Wm Serbum return from Denver and Colorado Springs.
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Burlington Railroad
Kelly
Mr. Kelly
Alliance chamber selects Dan Foley as secretary
The Alliance chamber of commerce board unanimously hired Dan Foley of Alliance as secretary at a nominal salary. Foley, a longtime resident and former Burlington dispatcher, will start immediately and is expected to serve a few months until the organization stabilizes financially.
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Alliance Chamber of Commerce
Din Foley
Foley
Alliance
Burliveton
Newberry Hardware Company
Chamber of Commerce
Alliance Telephone Open House Set for Saturday
Alliance Telephone Company announces an open house this Saturday July 16 at the Northwestern Sell Telephone Co central office. Employees invite the public and customers to inspect how calls and collections are handled and to ask questions. O. B. Atkins has left for Alabama to visit relatives after a weeks layoff due to an injury.
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Alliance Telephone Company
Northwestern Sell Telephone Co
O. B. Atkins
Alabama
Hashman Visit Ends as Mercer Man Returns Home
Anton Hashman of Mercer Missouri returns home after visiting his brother Cal Hashman for several days. He plans to stop briefly en route at Canoes SO for a few days before continuing.
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Anton Hashman
Mercer
Cal Hashman
Nolan Returns to Be's Be near Casper
Nolan came back Thursday evening to his homestead near Casper. The report notes his return and location with minimal details.
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Nolan
Casper
Bayard Lions host Alliance Cubs for charter night
Twenty Bayard Lions guests dined at Fern Garden then beat Alliance Cubs 24 to 1 in a baseball game at the fair grounds. Lunch speeches praised friendship before Bayard’s charter ceremonies expected next evening.
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Bayard Lions Club
Alliance Cubs
Alliance
Fair Grounds
Harts
Alliance Rotarians
Chadron
Fern Garden
Bayard Lions
Alliance Club
Rhein
Abo. Des Andk
Jake Abege
R. S. Cutler
C. E E. Lewellen
Ed Ducker
Lawrence Fricke
D. M. McGahey
Deadwood
W. L. O'Keefe
Hailstorm Hits Farms Northwest of Alliance
A Wednesday hailstorm several miles northwest of Alliance caused heavy crop damage. F E Nichols lost most of his crop on 195 acres with 50 percent fall wheat damage. J W Love reported 75 percent wheat loss on 75 acres and 4 percent on 25 acres of oats. A J Lore saw rye blown down but later recovery. he suffered little damage.
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Alliance
F. FE. Nichols
J. W. Love
A. J. Lore
Nichols
Gordon Woman Receives $10000 T P A Insurance Check
Mrs. Jessie M. Stewart of Gordon widow of Frank M. Stewart who died in the Northwestern wreck June 15 received July 14 a $10,000 T P A insurance check from Roy Strong. Mrs. Frank Rawley has left the hospital after cancer surgery and will stay in town a few days with Dr. and Mrs. E C Drake. Miss Onieta Dore and Miss Colins visited at the home of Geo. Loomis. Pearl Loomis was a business visitor in Alliance yesterday.
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Jessie M. Stewart
Gordon
Frank M. Stewart
Northwestern
Roy Strong
T. P. A. Insurance
Frank Rawley
E. C. Drake
Onieta Dore
Colins
Geo
Pearl Loomis
Alliance
New Trial Granted to Urban Zediker by Supreme Court
Urban Zediker, convicted in district court last December for stealing jewelry from the A G Isaacson home in this city, is granted a new trial in a Supreme Court opinion by Judge W M Morning. The decision critiques jury instructions on inference and corpus delicti usage in larceny prosecutions.
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Urban Zediker
A. G. Isaacson
Supreme Court
W. M. Morning of
Lincoln
Zediker
Eugene Burton
Neighborhood Row Brings Mrs Houchin Into County Court
County Judge Tash heard eight to ten witnesses about a South Alliance dispute in which Mrs Mamie Houchins was arrested for drunkenness and threats to kill foreigners. Testimony conflicted between Mrs Houchin and Mrs Moses, with officers supporting sobriety claims. Judge Tash fined her ten dollars plus about twenty five dollars costs. the verdict relied on weighing witness credibility. C. W. Lotepeich and A. J. Gannon families from Emingford visited Alliance. Business Woman's club began gym class the previous evening.
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Tash
South Alliance
Mamie Houchins
Miir J Houchin
Houch
Moses
Potash Co Debt Case Seeks Insurance Fund Use
Federal court in Omaha hears a case over the American Potash Company of Nebraska debt and the use of $150,000 in fire insurance proceeds. Judge J W Woodrough grants a temporary injunction and commissions a referee to determine existing indebtedness, with a stipulation to allow payment of agreed items from insurance funds.
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J. W. Woodrough
George W. Harris
William E. Sharp
American Potash Company
Woodrough
B. H. Dunham
Omaha
Masoa Eace Irseen
American Potash Company of
Nebraska
Nose
Suport
Potash Company
George W. Bate
Ce Ee
Sheridan County
Iebta
Nebarska
Hemingford Driver Survives Car Flip on Slippery Road
F. J. Coil of Hemingford narrowly escaped injury Wednesday evening when his car overturned on a slick stretch a mile north of Berea while driving toward Alliance. The right wheel and fender were damaged, but both occupants escaped unharmed.
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F. J. Coil
Hemingford
Alliance
Berea
Birth Announcement for Howard's Child at 718 West Second
Birth notice records the arrival of a child to Mr. and Mrs. Howard at 718 West Second Street on July 12. The brief item notes the parents and residence with the date of birth.
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Howard
West Second Street
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Rotary Club
D. M. McKay
S. D
Estes Park
B. W. Keach
Dorothy May Coyner
Crawford, Neb
N. A. Kemmish
al Hart
Black Hills
Freaman
Wm. Serbum
Colorado Springs
BOARD
Dan Foley
Trim Alliance Cubs
Bayard
C. W. Lotepeich
A. J. Gannon
Emingford
The
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