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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1921
Page
1
Hemingford Commissioner George Carrell declares he will wage war on Alliance to favor Hemingford, blaming Alliance press for attacks and defending his actions on cemetery road and a disputed personal bill. He says he will push a West Dawes County road plan and denies wrongdoing, citing county and state highway claims handling.
George Carrell Hemingford county commissioner proclaims opposition to Alliance and vows to influence policy. The Herald notes his district allegiance and questions his fitness, urging the public to answer the dare and affirm the will of the people.
Word reached Alliance this morning of the death by hanging of Archie Collins twenty five year old rancher in the Long Lake vicinity near the Krause farms about thirty five miles northeast of Alliance. He leaves a wife Maud Jesse and two children Eva and Helen. His mother Mrs Elizabeth Collins and siblings reside in Alliance. Ill health and a paralytic stroke in earlier years are cited as factors.
County Commissioner George W. Duncan rushed to a reported woman trapped in a vault after hearing a distress cry. He reached the lower floor to find a hay fever patient sneezing, not a scene of danger, ending the rescue as a sneeze.
City officials report several boys using slungshots damaging windows in South Alliance and nearby areas. Property owners demand action as rock throwing continues. Authorities plan to appeal through schools and may impose stricter measures if needed.
The C. G. Reeves Automobile Company agents for the Allen brand seek a site in Alliance to establish a city garage. Reeves has operated from his farm near the city for the past two or three years with success and plans to expand the business once arrangements are completed.
Miss Lelia Cutts is on the sick list this week, a brief note indicating her absence from activities.
A dramatic report describes an early morning duck hunting surge around Alliance. Hunters took to the hills with shotguns as lakes in Sandhills teem with waterfowl and warnings from game wardens rise. The article notes regional hunting seasons and restrictions effective from September to December and lists species with open seasons and exclusions.
The community marks a Mexican Fourth of July with festive order and rare good humor. Police monitor the event as residents display both Mexican and American flags. no disorder occurs and officials deem the celebration non threatening.
City council meeting debates deficit in sewer funds and potential bonds. City Manager cites 3,000 balance from old council failure to vote bonds for mains. Mains taxed to property owners and unpaid, funds to be paid later after tax collections. Refunding bond issue likely at next regular proposition if transfers possible.
The second carload of Box Butte potatoes shipped this season went out this week by S J Jossi of Yale Siding with one prior car from Hemingford. Prices averaged 65 cents per hundred. The batch came from early plantings and showed scabby, second growth. Crepe from later plantings expected to be better.
Alliance officials report no group has agreed to sponsor a free fall festival to entertain county residents. The plan originated in North Platte where merchants funded a similar event, but Alliance chamber directors declined to sponsor due to a strained treasury. Continued on page 4.
J L Mann, a railroad laborer, recovered $11.25 later found near a seat following a train incident with Joseph James Herdlock of Chicago. Mann claimed Herdlock, who had posed as broke, picked his pocket after a meal in Seneca station. Authorities said Herdlock would be released as no proof tied him to the theft.
A young man passed counterfeit checks at three Alliance businesses on Wednesday, using three different names and the same amount, ten dollars each. He signed as Sam Smitt at one store, the name misspelled. he did small purchases, received change, and fled before authorities arrived. Police alerted First National Bank, but the suspect had ample time to catch a freight train out of town.
S. S. Fielding, who has been in Denver for three weeks undergoing a gall stone ration, is expected home later this week. Ben Johnson of Heminford was in the city Thursday.
A weather notice for Nebraska indicates showers Friday with a chance of Saturday. Temperatures will cool, especially in the southeast portion.
Mrs. Lloyd C. Thomas was unanimously elected secretary of the Alliance chamber of commerce by the board of directors at last Wednesday’s meeting. She began duties this morning. Plans for future chamber activities have not been announced.
This week the paving laid in Alliancy last year will undergo a rigid inspection to identify defects. If the surface fails to meet depth specs causing water to collect, it will be relaid. Intersections, especially at the corner used as a sidewalk by pedestrians, will receive the most careful scrutiny.
The Alliance chamber rejects a Polarine road map distributed free for Booster Club readers. The map favors Alliance to Hot Springs then Berea Maryland and Chadron, misrepresenting routes and dulling western Nebraska road guidance. Local officials plan to return the maps and avoid distribution in the area.
City Manager Kemmich outlines a major street grading plan for Alliance north area. Ninth through Fifth streets will be graded from city limit to limit, following earlier work on Second to Fourth streets. Water extensions from Seventh to Ninth and Eighth to Tenth, plus lines from Yellowstone to Mississippi on Tenth and Fourth Avenue, are to be finished this week after property owners agreed to connect to mains.
Christ Vallas former Alliance billiard parlor owner who sold out after a county conviction was denied a refund of about 75 for a license fee. He argued pro rata billing when surrendering the license, but council ruled the payment not refundable. J A Lutrell recently moved from Alliance to North Platte to arrange shipment of his household goods.
F. Hargerton, summoned to Chadron last Monday, served on the Sears grand jury and returned.
The Alliance city council deadlocked over a new telephone franchise as debate echoed old council habits. Key objections cited lack of city profit, rate control, and 20 year terms, while supporters urged city protection, service expansion, and central oversight by the council.
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