The Alliance Herald
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VOLUME XXII
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TlillKSl)AY, FEBRUARY 25, 1915
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PROSPECTS FOR
LONG SESSION
Howard and Taylor Take Tunis at
Swatting Attorneys Broome Is
Making Progress with Bills
Lincoln. Nebr., Feb. 24 Despite
all of the early talk about a short
session and early adjournment there
is little prospect that the legislators
will get home before the middle of
April.
Appropriation bills are beginning
to come from the committees now,
and soon the tax payer will know
Just how deep seated the economy
talk heard at the beginning of the
session. . The test will be on in a
few days.
The veterinarian and the "hoss
doctor" are fighting again. The grad
uates want to be rid of the competi
tion of the unschooled men and the
latter have so many friends in the
legislature that the vets are compell
ed to modify their bill to have any
chance for Its passage.
A proposed constitutional amend
ment provides for the election of
nine members of the Supreme Court
to be elected by districts. The spon
sors of the bill have cracked the
party lash and reminded the demo
crats that it was pledged in the Col
umbus convention. The fact that
the present court is two years behind
with its work is a strong argument
for the amendment.
Between Jerry Howard and Taylor
of Custer the attorneys are getting
frequent swats. Howard denomin
atei them as "ambulance chasers,"
"Jacklegs" and ."blood suckers.'
Taylor is much opposed to contlng
ent fees and has introduced a bill to
make 1100 a maximum attorney fee.
Albeit there are some splendid law
yers in the legislature that come far
short of dominating the delibera
tions. At the close of the fifth week of
the legislative session the work ac
ers. This bill was passed by the
house and is now In the senate.
' "Farmers around Hemlngford,
through D. W. Butler, requested me
to introduce a bill providing for Hens
on certain classes of live stock. This
bill has been passed by the house and
is now In the senate. These are all
the measures for which specific re
quests were made from our section,
and I have successfully steered them
so far as the house is concerned, by
means of enlisting assistance from
other members, rather than attempt
ing to secure personal credit, which,
as a rule, does not get bills very far
in the house. The consideration
given me by the house In every way
is highly gratifying, for as yet I have
made no request but what has been
cheerfully accorded and am hoping
that my course during the balance
of the session may entitle me to a
continuance of the respect and good
will thus far shown me."
OFFICIAL REPORT
SANDOZ STATION
Jules A. Sandoz, Director of Sandox
Experiment Station, Makes Re
port of Tree Exiterlments
Fifteen years ago the State Horti
cultural Society established an ex
periment station for the counties of and girls' club work in Nebraska, al-
Sheridan, Box Butte, Dawes and so agent of the United States Depart
Sloux. with Jules A. Sandoz of Snade 1 ment of Agriculture, came to AUl-
in charge. This is the 18th district ' ance Saturday, February 20, and met
KIMBALL BEATEN
BY GIRLS' TEAM
Kimball Girls Ione llard-Fought
Game Their First Defeat
This Season
At the High school gymnasium
last Friday night, In one of the best
girls' games witnessed here, the
Kimball girls' basketball team sus
tained their first defeat this season.
Alliance led out in the scoring at the
beginning of the game, but their
lead was endangered when the Kim
ball girls came back with some good
team work. Referee Clements was
"close" on calling fouls, which re
sulted in a clean game.
Alliance has always had a winning
girls' team, which fact seems to be
creating greater interest among bas
ketball fans from year to year, and
the expression that "a girls' game is
slow" is now rarely heard.
The score Friday night was: Alli
ance, 24; Kimball, 16. The lineup
complished in the Senate end may be: was as follows:
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KIMBALL:
Atkins
McElhaney
Forsling
Reed
Bergman
Morgan
Bergman
concisely stated In these figures: ' ALLIANCE:
Bills passed, 46; ready for passage, Nation
35; on general file, 56; failed of ' Vanderwark
passage or indefinitely postponed. ' Hewett
47, making a total of 184 already : Wright
taken care of, out of a total of 296 Renswold
introduced. Fifteen of the above sturgeon
number of bills were House rolls. jWhaley
The newspaper men or me state
are better organized this year than
ever before. A legislative commit
tee is keeping the fraternity posted
as to matters of interest and editor-'
ial opinion and letters to members j
of House and Senate are invited, j
House Roll No. 478 is sponsored by:
the State Press Association and has j
It a mipnnDa tha amnlrlnff nut fit
the tax dodger. The theory advanc- B ant Fann Management
ed is that publicity will cure more Association Employ F. M. Sel
evils than criminal statutes, ir House
Roll No. 475 passes every man in :
the county n.ay know the valuation
of the personal property of every ;
other man in the county and the pub
lic will sit as a board of equaliza
tion.
SELECTED THE
DEMONSTRATOR
dell for Demonstrator
F. M. Seidell, a graduate of the
Iowa state agricultural college at
Ames, Iowa, has been employed by
itha Hrw rtntte rnnntv farm manaee
The Senate has had as its guest mant aann(a,nn aa fHPm rtpmnrmtra
the greater part of the past ten days iQJ. for Rox BuUe oounty. Mr. Seidell
R. B. Howell, ex-candidate of the Wftg ralBed ln eastern Nebraska and
Republican party for governor of Ne-1 Mi880Url. He haB iived in western
braska. He has been trying to get v,hp.Bk, , ..oat nrf in n arradu-
the legislature to consent to giving ' of tfae chadron hiph Bchooi. For
nm umu waicr l" the past two years he has been man
go into the electric lghting and pow- , h)g father.B farJ1 near Chad
er Dusiness in tne city oi uuiaaa unu
adjacent territory. . The introducer
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of the measure in the Senate is
Chas. Saunders, while one of his
counsellors and helpers is John L.
Webster, the latter being quite as
well known over Nebraska as are
either of the other two gentlemen.
Omaha electric light rates have been
as high or higher than those charg
ed in many of the smaller communi
ties and the gentlemen named claim
they are working in opposition to the
great monopolies and special privil
ege corporations of our metropolitan
city.
Frank M. Broome, member from
Box Butte and Sheridan counties, is
making good progress with the bills
which he has sponsored for his con
stituents ln western Nebraska. Mr.
Broome is a member of the commit
tees on Cities and Towns, Privileges
and Elections, Revenue and Taxa
tion. In committee of the whole
Monday morning he succeeded in
getting through his Farm Demon
stration bill. 11. li. 132, to final pas
sage. An effort was made by repre
sentatives in the eastern counties to
have the house not concur, but after
bis explanation that every time some
proposition is advanced for the bene
fit of western counties, some fellow
from the eastern counties Jumps all
over it and that he hoped the house
would stand by him, they did so
with a decisive vote in favor of the
bill. It is now on the calendar for
final passage.
I? an interview with The Herald
reporter, Mr. Broome said:
"Our commissioners requested me
to remedy the defective law allow
ing state banks to deduct the amount
of real estate mortgages from capital
stock for taxation. This was done
by' H. R. 292, which has passed the
house. The commissioners also re
created me to provide for state tak
ing care of school lands from devas
tation by prairie dogs. This was
done by H. R. 118 which Is now on
the calendar for final passage. The
commercial club requested me to In
troduce a bill providing for a levy to
advertise municipal advantage-, after
eaiJ kvy i ii!;r:;vei by tha taxpay-
MET WITH COM
MERCIAL CLUB
Agent of United States Department
of Agriculture Spoke at
Luncheon Saturday
As announced previously, L. T.
Skinner, assistant In charge of boys'
of the state. Mr. Sandot gives The
Herald the following report:
I will give you the results of my
xperlments with fruit trees at the
Sandoz experiment station. In Sheri
dan county. Following are the var
ieties that have succeeded here:
Crabs All are hardy, except
Shield's crab. The best are Flor
ence, Transcendent and Whitney.
Apples The following are hardy
and bear well: Duchess of Olden
burg, Yellow Transparent, Wealthy,
Liveland Raspberry, Golden Swede,
Longfield, Charlamoff, Recumbnet,
Patten Greening, Mcintosh Red, Jen-
Hon (Rawl Janet), and Black Ben
Davis. Don't plant Northwest Green
ing, Ben Davis or Rome Beauty; they
all winterkill.
Pears The following are hardy
and bear: Tyson, Koonce, Lincoln,
Birkett, Howell, Flemish Beauty,
Rossney, Vermont Beauty, Duchess,
Anjou, Lawrence and Warner. Don't
plant any Kiefer; they winterkill.
Flemish Beauty Is probably the best.
It is of a golden color with a carmine
check a beauty.
Peaches All varieties winterkill.
Plums Only American varieties
succeed well. A few Green Gage,
Damsons and Prunes can be raised.
but not commercially. The same Is
true of the Japanese. Plant the fol
lowing varieties: De Soto, Weyant,
Rollingstone, Omaha and Surprise.
Opata and all other Hansen plums
succeed well on sandy land.
Cherries The best varieties for
northwest Nebraska are: Early Mo-
rello, Dyehouse, Montmorency and
Wragg. These are doing fine on
pure sand. Plant on side hills.
Grupes Only Beta is hardy and
bears full.
Gooseberries Plant only Hough
ton.
Currants All varieties are doing
well.
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unbeam.
Juneberries These succeed any-: vise the county superintendent. De
where, even under neglect, and tailed rules and other information
with those in'erested in this work at
the Burlington Hotel for luncheon.
Mr. Skinner made an extended talk
following the luncheon, thoroughly
explaining the work of the boys' and
girls' clubs.
The club projects are definite
pieces of work covering a definite
period of time, usually not less than
one year.
This year the following club pro
jects are promoted ln Nebraska:
Corn Club, Pig Club, Potato Club,
Gardening and Canning Club, Sew
ing Club, Cooking Club.
A summary of the club rules is as
follows:
Any boy or girl ln Nebraska be
tween the ages of 10 and 19 years
may be a club member. Each club
member shall take up at least one of
the above mentioned club projects,
and carry out the work according to
the club rules for that project. Les
sons and directions will be sent to
club members by the Agricultural
Extension Service.
Club members shall keep careful
records. In the corn, potato, gar
dening and canning clubs records
must be kept on management, yield,
labor and expense connected with
club plat.
Pig club members keep record of
amount and kind of feed, rate of
gain, cost of gain, management.
Sewing and Cooking Club mem
bers work out lessons sent to them
and make report on same.
Awards for achievement ln local,
county and state contests are based
on following points:
Quality of work, exhibit, yield,
profit, reports and story of work
done.
Miss Opal Russell, county super
intendent of Box Butte county, has
consented to act as county leader for
the boys' and girls' clubs. The boys
and girls who want to enroll ln these
ciufrs should let their school teachers
know. The teachers In turn will ad-
pletely heartbroken. The children
are Harlan, aged 15, Poletha, aged
13, and Vesta, aged 10. vUot
Ray was brakeman or 9t
work train which had tak
lng track at Rogers to a .i
passenger No. 23 to go byAue brake
man stepped from the wayrar to the
east bound track, not seeing passen
ger No. 8, which was approaching at
a high rate of speed. The brakeman
was struck and instantly killed.
Troubles have not come singly for
Mrs. Ray. Only last week the fam
ily was released from a smallpox
quarantine which had endured for
over a month. The mother and the
three children all suffered from the
disease, Vesta, the youngest, nar
rowly escaping death.
The body of Mr. Ray Is to be bur
led beside that of a daughter who
was burled there when the family
lived there some years ago. Mr. Ray
was about forty years of age. E. W.
Ray expected to return with the fam
ily to Omaha before returning to Alliance.
rlet wtf I I lull
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Burlington Officials Promoted in Dif
ferent Offices on System No
Changes at Alliance Yet
ought to be planted everywhere.
Flowering Plants and Shrubs
Peonies, Irises and hardy roses all
bloom fine.
The greatest drawback to raising
fruit in northwest Nebraska are the
grouse, which are protected by the
state game law. These birds eat all
the blossoming buds in the winter.
The law ought to allow them to be
shot, shipped and Bold up to January
1; also the ducks. Our game laws
will be furnished to those who are
interested.
CLUB BANQUET
COMING MONDAY
Advance Hale of Tickets for Annual
Commercial Club Banquet In
dicates Dig Attendance
The annual banquet of the Alii
ance Commercial Club Is to be held
at the Opera House next Monday ev
enlng. The advance sale of tickets
Indicates that the building will be
packed. The election of officers
will also take place at the business
meeting to be held after the banquet,
which starts at 6:45. The banquet
and business meeting will be for all
men. The tickets are selling for
fifty cents each.
A very Interesting program has
been arranged, among the features
being new songs by Secretary W. D.
Fisher. Other features are speech
es by John W. Guthrie, president;
report by W. D. Fisher, secretary;
speech by II. M. Bush new, editor Lin
coln Trade Review; speech by F. M
Seidell, farm demonstrator Box
Butte county; report of R. M. Hamp
ton, treasurer; three minute talks by
secretaries and representatives of
other western Nebraska towns; an
open meeting for the members, and
a good musical program. MubIc will
be furnished by the Alliance band.
OF OFFICIALS
A number of Important promo
tions of Burlington officials are to be
made March 1. Among those pro
moted is G. L. Griggs, formerly chief
clerk to the general superintendent
at Alliance. He has been division
superintendent at Sterling for a
number of years and Is promoted to
Sheridan.
There have been no announce
ments of changes at. Alliance so far;
but there is some talk of important
promotions coming to officials who
have headquarters here.
The Lincoln State Journal has the
following to say regarding the chang
es:
E. S. Roller will take the place of
general manager of the Colorado &
Southern, as announced several days
ago, on March 1.
On that date, L. B. Allen, general
superintendent of the Burllrigton for
the Nebraska district, will go to Chi
cago to become assistant general
manager of the lines east, succeed
ing B.' B. Greer, now assistant gen
eral manager of the lines east, who
will come to the lines west ln the
same capacity, with headquarters at
Omaha. Mr. Greer succeeds Mr. Hol
ler as assistant under Mr. Holdrege.
W. F. Thlehoff, now division sup
erintendent of the Burlington at La
Crosse, has been named to succeed
Mr. Allen as general superintendent
of the Nebraska division.
Ed Flynn, now division superin
tendent of the Burlington at McCook,
will succeed Mr. Tblehoff as super
intendent at La Crosse.
C. D. Pecklnpaugb, now superin
tendent at Sheridan, will go to Mc
Cook, succeeding Mr. Flynn.
George L. Griggs, now superin
tendent at Sterling, will go to Sheri
dan to succeed Mr. Pecklnpaugh.
W. G. Dugan, now trainmaster at
McCook, will go to Sterling as sup
erintendent, succeeding Mr. Griggs.
W. F. Pate, now trainmaster at
Sheridan, will go to McCook as train
master, succeeding Mr. Dugan.
John McShane, now chief dis
patcher at Omaha, will go to Sheri
dan, succeeding Mr. Pate as train
master. "
A chief dispatcher for the Omaha
division will be selected. .
All of these appointments are ef
fective March 1.
Assistant General Manager Greer,
who comes from the lines east to the
INSTANTLY KILLED
BY LIMITED TRAIN
have taken a great Income from poor Cousin of Alliance Man Stepped In
men here and given notnmg in re-
ron.
Mr. Seidell's experience in farm
ing in this section of the country
combined with his agricultural edu
cation, were the factors which deter
mined his employment from amon
the applications received for the pos
ition. The directors believed that
he would be in much better touch
with conditions than a man from a
different climate.
Mr. Seidell will work under the
direction in general of the United
States Department of Agriculture.
A. E. Anderson of . Lincoln is in
I charge of farm demonstration work
turn.
Fruit of all kinds can be raised In
the sand hills of western Nebraska,
also on the table lands, by giving
clean cultivation. This will become
a great fruit country when the land
is in the hands of people who will
work, such as Europeans and Japs.
Pears succeed far better than ln east
ern Nebraska. Land can be pur
chased here for from $2,000 to $3,
000 a section.
JULES A. SANDOZ, Director.
Spade, Sheridan Co.
Front of Ijos Angeles Limited
Ray Goes to Funeral
Entertained Friends
Mrs. A. P. Brown delightfully en
tertained six of her friends at a de
licious five-course dinner at 6 o'clock ilneB weBt an(1 wno BtepB jnt0 the
Monaay evening, reoruary a, at piace vacated by Mr. Roller. Is said
her home on Cheyenne avenue. Dec- to be a long time employe of the Hill
orations in the national colors were , roads and to have had a wide exper-
ln evidence tnrougnout tne rooms. lence !n roany capacities with the
Neatly painted cherries decorated jjhi roads.
the place cards. Mrs. Brown was Superintendent Thlehoff. who
ably assisted by her uaughter Helen come8 to Lincoln, is an old time era-
ln serving, arter wnicn games ana pioye 0f lne Burlington, and Is said ,
music whiled away the happy time. to be tne B,Cond oldest superlntend
The favored guests were Mesdames ent Jn the Bervice of the Burlington.
r. M. Phelps, fc,. I. KlODle, t,. C Cpnoral Sunerlntendent Allen who
uraae. j. u. weca. j. . miner, anu ,,oeB to Chicago said: "I cannot say
Miss Ruth Rice returned from a
two months' visit Wednesday morn-
i
ne. sne visitea ner sister at rori
Dodee. Iowa, and on her return stop- i street, Omaha
ped off at Genoa to visit the Nelson children left on an early morning
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family, formerly or Alliance. irmn iur muujin, vu ru; .
ln Nebraska for the U. S. Department
of Agriculture. The local demands
will of course determine the general
work here. ,
Messrs. Davidson, Groves and
Schill were selected to purchase an
automobile for the use of Mr. Seidell
In his work. He will be paid a sal
ary of $125 per month and be fur
nished transportation.
A better-farming meeting is to be
held In Alliance March 3, under the
supervision of H. W. Campbell and
B. Lamson. agricultural agents
for the Burlington.
Mr. Seidell will speak at the Mon
day night banquet. The Coramero
ial Club extends an Invitation to all
farmers to be present. Tickets can
be secured after their arrival in
town
Care of I'ost OftVe
Post offices shall not be allowed
to become resorts for loungers or
disorderly persons, or the scene of
disputes or controversies. Smoking
may be prohibited in the lobbies.
Whenever necessary, postmasters
should call on the civil authorities
to preserve order, and if they refuse
to do so. the office may be closed.
Sec. 280, Postal Laws and Regula
tlons.
I. E. TASH, Postmaster.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Wood's Hall
Services 11 a. m. Subject, Christ
Jesus.
Sunday Sb-.o). 1n a. --.
Wednesday ter.ir.j.. r.rtir r 7:SC
E. W. Ray of Alliance left on forty-two
Tuesday night for Schuyler,
Nebr., to attend the funeral of a
cousin, Joseph C. Ray, for years a
brakeman in the employ of the Un-r
Ion Pacific, who was instantly killed
at 8:10 o'clock Monday night at
Rogers, Nebr., a station near Schuy
ler, when he stepped ln front of the
Los Angeles Limited, eastbound. The
body was taken to Schuyler, where
an inquest was held Tuesday,
The dead man lived with his wife
and family at 1314 South Eleventh
Mrs. Ray and three
J. M. Cole.
Well Pleased with Kale
The public sale of I. L. Acheson,
held on the Point of Rocks farm,
twelve miles northwest of Alliance,
on Wednesday of this week, was a
decided success. Mr. Acheson was
very well pleased with the sale,
which was well attended in spite of
the very bad roads. "I consider
t
too much for Mr. Thlehoff. He is
one of the most capable men in the
service and one of the most likeable
men as well. He will make friends
on the Nebraska dlatrlct."
Mr. Allen will not move his fam
ily to Chicago until the end of the
school year, and while he plans to go
to Chicago next Sunday he expects
to make calls ln Lincoln occasionally
the many
hfle serving
hat my advertising ln The Alliance v''1 n'8 J ?""..,
nera u anu iii iseminaiuru -" th e company here. He has been
certainly produced good results and company four years and a
1 ara,hrlJ!! l V H P r " Lincoln as general superln-
son this morning Col. H. P. Cour- (endent of the Nebragka district. Be-
sey was the auctioneer. fore ,hat he worked for the Great
DON'T FORGET the Commercial Northern in the north and west, and
r-i..K f hii on MomlAv. for the Burlington east of the river.
ills Jiaol pri litr rnoi va i -
makes him familiar with the work
"t? he is about to take up.
March 1st.
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OYSTER SUPPER AND BAZAAR
Indies of (i. I. A. Very Much Plaased
with Success ft Entertainment
on IaNt Thursday
The oyster supper and bazaar giv
en by the ladies of the G. I. A., the
auxiliary of the Urotherhood of Lo
' comotlve Engineers, was a decided
i success. The sum of $125 was real
: lzod from the affair. This money Is
j to be used for the purpose of send
' lng a delegate to the tri-annual con
! vention to be held at Cleveland.
, Ohio, in May. Mrs. C. O. Davenport
! has been elected delegate. William
I White has been elected as delegate
for the B. of L. B.
i Th attendance at the oyster sup
per was 133. Many attended dur
ing the afternoon who were unable
to be present at the oyster supper.
A musical program which was ren
dered was enjoyed. The affair was
held in the Woods hall.
The ladies wish to extend their
thanks to the many people who as
sisted in making the affair a success.
LOCATION OF EXTENSION MEETINGS 1914
ATTEIDAKE 201.520
DID YOU HOLD YOURS
of the Extension Service of the College of Agri
culture of the University of Nebraska during the year 1014. Several of the point Indicated were vUUed
mire th in oik--., b t tMt i:ot shown on the mnp. The cmmtliM ImWI- g the most meeting! have a farm
. ?,-,.,. k... t.nr I., wt. .r,..,t ...W:iicid. wrt' c i in "t.. oi uroii res! ve commercial club. The
nia;i 'ir,v. th . t 4.,; A'-'!...icc ComiiKTclai v"'.l.
Received Exemption Papers
Beatrice, Nebr., Feb. 24 An en
tertainment and banquet was held
here Tuesday evening by the fire de
partment and exemption papers were
granted to seven members who Lave
served their full term of five years.
An enjoyable evening was had and
all enjoyed themselves. It is the
custom of the department to hold an
annual meeting c this kind on
Washington's birthday at which time
exemption papero are granted.
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