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CliUMS XXIII
ALLIANCE, BOX BXjTTR OOUNTT, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 191C
NUMBER 8
OIES IN DENVER HOSPITAL
H .P. A, MEETING SATURDAY
A LOBSTER SUPPER
FIVE KILLED IN WRECK
Hi Si Vt Fi At
MUST PAY TAXES BY FIRST
Fhaamkl of Mr. Flora II. WUlUmn
Held In the Darling Chapel
Monday Morning
Mr. Flora II. Williams, a resident
t Alliance and western Nebraska
or the past ten or twelve years, was
vied here the first of the week.
Beath occured Wednesday morning a
haepltal at Denver, where Mrs. Wil
liams had been confined most of the
Mice for the past year under treat
ment for cencer of the bladder.
Mrs. Williams is survived by one
pop., whose address is unknown, and
her husband, from whom she had
been separated thirty-four years.
There were no relatives with her dur
ing her last illnena nor at the funeral,
but W. C. Fleet, of Alliance, a close
friend of the deceased since they
homest.eaded In the same neighbor
hood a number of years ago. was at
her bedside and took charge of all ar
rangements for the funeral.
Rev. J. B. Cams, pastor of the
Methodist church of this city, con
ducted the services in the Darling
chapel Monday morning at 10 o'clock
and interna nt was made in the
Greenwood cemetery. The deceased
was fifty-seven years of age.
FLEMING IS DEMOCRAT
(Jrorge Fleming File for Clerk on
Democratic, and Not on Ite
publlcun Ticket
By mistake last week The Herald
announced that George Fleming, a
member of the city council of Alli
ance and proprietor of a cigar and
news stand on Box Butte avenue, had
filed for nomination for county clerk
en the Republican ticket. Now Mr.
Fleming is a democrat, and while he
will appreciate all the. votes he can
get from both political parties, he is
a candidate for nomination at the
Democratic primaries to be held Ap
ril 18. His official announcement ap
pears with the political announce
ments in another part of this paper.
New Traveling Man Here
Mr. Triem, representing the large
dry goods houBe of Hlcka-Fuller-Peaae
Dry Goods Company of Sioux
City, Iowa, is a new Baleeman on this
territory. He formerly had his
headquarters at Norfolk. He will
probably move his family here as
soon as school closes In the spring at
Norfolk.
Meeting at Kearney
The annual convention of the Mu
nicipal League of Nebraska will be
eld at Kearney February 9 and 10.
W. D. Fisher, secretary of the Alli
ance Commercial Club, will attend
as a delegate of the club, and Ten
rose E. Roinig, mayor of Alliance,
will represent the city.
SIDNEY WINS ONE MORE
rtlditey If. H. Take Fast Basket Hall
(oine from Alliance A. II.
S. Second Team Wins
Last Friday evening, in the first,
league game of the season, the Sidney
high school basket ball team won
from the Alliance boys in a fast and
hard-fought game, score 13-12. The
Alliance boys showed that they could
outplay their opponents but showed
It too late in the gar-'. Pr.rks,
guard on the Sidney team, won the
game for the visitors in the last five
seconds of play. Alliance was one
point ahead up to that time, when by
a quick play Parks secured the ball
and tossed goal, counting two points.
The Alliance team started out
playing hard but displaying little
team work. At one time daring the
flrrt half the Bcore stood 8 to 1 In
favor of Sidney. At the end of tn
first half the score was 9 to 4.
In the second half the Alliance
-aggregation came back with team
work and fast playing that was be
wildering to their opponents and ev
en to the spectators. Up until the
last few seconds of play it looked aa
though Alliance would carry off the
honors of the game, but by a quick
past the game was won for Sidney.
The lineup of the Alliance teaai
was aa follows: Lester Harvey
(eapt.), center; Donald Spencer and
Floyd Lotspeieh, forwards; Ira
Wright and George Fennlng, guards;
Bverett O'Keefe and Philip Groves,
subs.
The Alliance H. S. second team al
so showed their ability, by winning
over the bunch of Sidney men, who
appeared to be giants in ajie when
lined up beside the local team. Their
aise, however, proved worthless, as
they displayed little science and
knowledge of the game. The score
at the end of this game waa: Alliance
7, Sidney . The lineup waa aa fol
lows: Oral Harvey, center; Johnnie
Phillips and Leon Edwards, for
wards, and James Burna and Ray
Butler, guarda.
The gymnasium was packed with
enthusiastic fans, who have reason
to feel proud of the good showing
the Alliance boys made, considering
the fact that Sidney haa practically
the same team that played last year,
while Alliance haa oaly one man wbc
aa bad previoua experience on the
team.
A Rpeelal Meeting of the Retentive
Committee of the Nebraska
rreas to lie Held
Horace M. Davis, president of the
Nebraska Press Association, has call
ed a special meeting of the executive
committee to be held at Hastings
Saturday evening, January 29. The
main purpose of the meeting is to de
cide where the 1916 convention is to
be held.
Attorney William Uttrhle, Jr., of
Bridgeport, who was appointed by
the Associated Commercial Clubs of
Western Nebraska to represent
them, will meet with the board and
extend to them an invitation to come
to western Nebraska in accordance
with plans made at the meeting in
Omaha last spring. The citizens of
Scottsbluff have subscribed 11,000
towards paying the expenses of
ringing the convention west; Alli
ance will help, Crawford and Chad
roa will help, and it is believed that
enough money can be raised to pay
the extra expense.
DAMAGED FREIGHT HOUSE
West Km! of Burlington Freight
House at Alliance Moved In Sev
eral Feet liy Vnruly Box Car
The entire west wall of the Bur
lington freight house at Alliance, a
frame structure, was pushed in sev
eral feet Saturday night when a
freight car was unintentionally push
ed down a loading track too far by
the night crew.
Two loading tracks end at the
west end of the building. The swltch-
I ing was being done on the south
track. The train of cars was longer
man mougni, ana one car ciiniueu
the platform and continued on into
the freight house. The damage was
no: heavy outside of the work re
quired to put the wall in place again.
LAND OPENED TO ENTRY
Nearly 200 Section. Reclaimed In
1904, on North Platte Project,
to Be Opened In March
Notice has Just been received at
the local land office that an area of
land in the vicinity of the North
Platte project, which waa reclaimed
by the government in 1904, is to be
thrown open to entry in March.
This land la located In the western
part of ScottsblufT county and east
ern part of Morrill county, lying east
of ScottsblufT and north of Bayard
and Mlnatare, and comprises a total
of nearly two hundred sections.
The official information received
Btates that: "Notice is hereby given
that water will be furniBhed under
the North Platte project, Nebraska
Wyoming, in the irrigation season of
1916 and thereafter for the irrigable
lands of said project shown on the
farm unit plats of: (Sixth principal
meridian) townships 22 and 23
north, range 53 weBt; townships 21
and 22 north, range 52 west; and
townships 21 and 22 north, range 51
west."
This land is arranged In tracts of
eighty to one-hundred and sixty ac
res and a fee of $2.75 per irrigabl"
acre must be paid to the project man
ager prior to fllinff.
Homestead rnfies. may be made
at th Alliance land ofllc on end af
ter March 24. 1916. at 9 o'clock a.
tn.. if found regular and accomnan-
ied by the certificate of the project
rranager showing that waterright re
plication has been filed and the prop
er waterright charges deposited.
Nebraska Printer' Magazine
Number one, of volume one. The
Nebraska Printer, "t Nebraska news
paper for Nebraska newspapermen,"
published at Edgar, Clay county. Ne
braska, by A. D. Scott, has reached
this office. It will be published
monthly and comes out In the first
Issue In neat four-page form. Mr.
Scott deserves credit for his enter
prise, and we wish him success.
Ira Phillips of Hemlngford came
down today on business, returning
on 4 this afternoon.
"Preparedness" la the aubjert to
be debated tomorrow night at the
high achool assembly room. Oral
Harvey, Charlotte Motlring, Hannah
Cotant. Irene Graesman, and Homer
Barnes will have the affirmative, and
Treesa Vandervoort. Donna La hod a.
Ella Mclnroy and Ethel Clary wilt
have the negative. - This la a prelim
inary debate to be held for the pur
pose of selecting representative to
enter the district contest. Those
successful in the district contest will
cpreeent Alliance at the state con
test In the spring.
Known to lxx-al Pep4e
Mrs. Jessie Young, wife of Rev.
Iee H. Young. Episcopal rector at
Hastings, died Tuesday at that city.
An operation waa performed at the
Nebraska sanitarium Sunday night in
an effort to save her life but gan
grene bad developed and death was
Inevitable. Bishop Beeher and Mlas
Anna Kramph of North Platte were
with the husband st her bedside st
the last moment. One child, a son.
survives. Funeral services were eon
ducted at 11 o'clock this morning by
Bishop Beecher. Mr. Young waa
well known to many Alliance people,
who sympathise with Dean Young In
his bereavement.
Vnlqne Feature of Entertainment at
T. P. A. Convention to Be Big
Banquet and Lobster Supper
At the regular weekly luneheon of
the joint Commercial Club and Poat
M committee of ten member, held
at the Drake hotel Saturday coon,
January 22, the following commit
tees were appointed to handle the
Ajril state convention:
General committee: L. II. High
land, chairman: J. H. IlaweB, secre
tary; S. W. Thompson, R. C. Strong,
H. W. Hull.
Refreshment committee: J. W.
Guthrie, A. D. Rodgers, J. H. Hawes
Auto committee: Lincoln Lowry,
chairman.
Music committee: S. W. Thomp
son, Lloyd Thomas and R. C. Strong.
Decoration committee: W. D. Fish
er. L. II. Hiehland. II. W. Hull.
Ladies' entertainment committee:
Mrs. F. O. Hitchcock, Mrs. S. W.
Thompson, Mrs. J. II. Hawes. Mrs. R
C. Strong. Mrs. Geo. Read.
Reception committee: C. M. Loon
ey, R. M. Baker, Geo. Read, C. L.
Ewing, L. L. Lozler. L. Lowry, Geo.
Snyder, R. .?. Ludington. W. G. Nie
mann and F. G. Hitchcock, A. R. Da
vis and H. P. Coursey.
Dance committee: R. C. Strong, C.
M. Looney and R. J. Ludington.
The lropoMd Program
Following is the program as out
lined at the general committee meet
ing held Saturday:
Friday, April 21. 9:30 a. m.
Meeting called to order by president
of Post M. Invocation by Rev. II. J.
Young, chaplain. Music by orches
tra. Address of welcome by Mayor
P. E. Romig and by John W. Guthrie,
president of Alliance Commercial
Club. Response by W. G. White,
state president. Music by orchestra.
11a. ra. Business meeting called
to order by W. G. White, state presi
dent. Reading of minutes of last an
nual meeting. Appointment of com
mittees on resolutions, credentials,
constitution and by-laws and nation
al apportionment. Music. Dinner.
2:30 u. m. State memorial serv
ices under supervision of state chap
lain, Rev. A. V. Whiting. Sermon by
national chaplain. Rev. A. A. Brooks.
4 p. m. Report of state officers
and committees: State president,
state secretary, chairman of state
board of directors, chairmen of rail
road, legislative, press, hotel, em
ployment and good roads committees,
post secretaries and treasurers. -
7 p. m. Lobster supper and ban
quet. 8:30 p. m. Reception of ' delegates.
1 9 p. m. Dancing.
Saturday, April 22, 9:30 a. m.
Reports of committees on resolutions,
credentials, constitution and by-lawB.
and national apportionment. Elec
tion of state officers by order. Elec
tion of delegates and alternates to
national convention. Selection of city
for 1917 convention.
1 p. m. Auto ride to Pine Ridgi
ani! ic-turn.
! i . m. Dancing at the open
house. Open to the public, free.
NEW RATES IN .EFFECT
Slight Increase In Passenger llate
on the Western I toads for In
terstate BUhlltCWS
An increase in the passenger rates
for intcr-state traffic went into effect
on most of the western railroads last
week. The increase is small and
will be practically unnoticed except
by tourists taking long Journeys.
Plans, if there were any, on the
part of the railroad companies to in
crease their rates within the limits
of the state were frustrated a few
days ago when, upon application of
Attorney General Willis E. Reed, the
supremo court of the state of Nebras
ka granted a temporary injunction
restraining them from making any
increase. A hearing was set for
February 7, at which time It Is
thought the Injunction will be made
perpetual.
On some of the short run eut of
Alliance there la but very little dif
ference. The new rate to Denver Is
$6.64. the old rate $6.30, making an
Increase of only 34 cents.
Owing to the recent change In pas
senger service to Casper, the passen
ger service being established over the
new route which had been used for
several month for freight business,
the new rate to Casper, based on the
Increased scale, 1 slightly leea than
the old rate over the old route. The
new rate to Casper la $6.67, the old
rate $6.61, a reduction of 16 eenta.
The rate to other point east and
north from Alliance are shown below.
Old New In-
rate rate crease
To Billings IS. SI 13.5$ .07
St. Louis 17.14 20.26 3.12
Chicago 18.63 22.11 3.62
St. Joseph 10.62 12.64 2.02
Kansas City 11.86 14.18 3.32
Edgexont 2.53 2.70 .17
The western railroads had been
striving for an increase la rates for
several yeara but permission waa on
ly recently granted by the Inter-state
Commerce Commission. The Increase
is based on the higher cost of living
for railroad, the road ahowing that
with labor, material and equipment
l.lgher, It is essential that they get
more from the traveling public.
Head-on Collision of Passenger and
Freight on Burlington Main Lin
Near Atlanta, Nebraska
Five trainmen were killed and
four trainmen and three passengers
Injured aa the result of a head-on col
lision between Burlington passenger
train No. 7 and freight train No. 2043
iu a deep cut three miles west of At
lanta Nebr., Monday afternoon.
The dead are:
John Eckman, freight engineer,
McCook, Nebr.
. i Moll, freight fireman, Mc
Ccok. Carl Neubauer, freight brakeman,
Hildreth.
Lee 11. Fogg, passenger fireman,
Lincoln.
James F. Duffy, passenger engin
eer. Lincoln.
The Injured:
F. R. Qulnn, passenger brakeman,
Lincoln; slightly injured.
W. M. Iawson. baggageman, Lin
coln; slightly injured.
J. E. Lowtry Bagley, la., passen
ger; slightly Injured.
O. K. Porter, mall clerk, Lincoln;
seriously Injured.
T. C. Bell, passenger conductor,
Lincoln; slightly injured.
J. R. Mnssman, Hastings, passen
ger: slightly bruised.
Mrs. H. S. Fuller, Oxford, passen
ger; shoulder dislocated.
Unofficial announcements place the
blame of the wreck on the freight
crew. That train, it Is said, should
have taken the siding at Mascot, five
miles west of the wreck, and thus
cleared the way for passenger train
No. 7. which is said to have left At
lanta on a clear track. An official
Investigation Is being made and until
this Investigation is completed the
officials refuse to place any responsi
bility for the wreck.
Both trains were running at a good
rate of speed. No. 7, the passenger,
left Atlanta two minutes behind time
and was probably running at about
li: miles au bour at thj : iiiie of the
collision.
The trains met on a reverse curve
in a deep cut and both engine crews
were caught at their posts. The pas
senger train was running down grade
and Its sneed was little if any slack
ened at the time cf the impact, which
piled the wreckage high in the cut.
!Thc freight was lightly loaded with
but four cars, and hence waa running
fast. .
Relief calls brought first aid from
Atlanta, from where Dr. L. M.
Smernboff and several men pressed a
.'.ollne handcar into service. A re
lief train waa sent from ' Holdrege
and a wrecker from McCook.
The bodies of Fogg. Eckman and
Neubauer were removed from the
wreckage with little difficulty. En
gineer Duffy of the passenger train
was found alive and hurried with the
other Injured to Holdrege, where he
died a little jfier 7 in the evening.
The body of Moll, however, was
not recovered until late in the night.
Bodies of the dead were taken first
to Holdrege. The bodies of Moll
and Eckman were later removed to
their homes at McCook, and that of
Neubauer to his home at Hildreth.
It took till late yesterday to clear
the wreckage, the main line trains
belni detoured In the meantime to
the Republican valley from Hastings
to Red Cloud.
BAPTISTS WIN TWO GAMES
Have the Sunday School Bucket Hall
CluuiiplouNhip of Box Butte
Count) Cinched
Last Saturday night at the high
' school gymnasium the local BaptiHt
j teams took both ends of a doublo
! header from the Methodist teams. By
1 winning these two games the Baptists
have the pennant cinched, as they
have not lost a game this season, and
the Methodists, who were their clos
est competitors, are out of the run
ntnsr aa a result of Saturday's games.
i The gamea were lively frem atari to
nnlnh and were mucn closer man me
score would indicate, aa the victors
ran In score Just before the close of
the game. The score In the Inter
mediate game waa 9 to 17, and in the
Junior gam 9 to 23. both in favor
of the Baptists. Tlnre are two more
game to be played on the ccunty
league schedule. The Baptists and
the Christians clash for honors next
Saturday, night at the high school,
while the Methodist go to Hemlng
ford to finish the ached ale. There
are one ortwo postponed game that
may be played off but date have not
been arranged a yet. and the result
will not materially affect the stand
ing of the team.
The player in Saturday' game
were the following:
" Baptists: Intermedial Powell,
R. Butler, Fennlng. Nelson. Wright.
Fennlng. L. Butler. Juniors Fen
nlng. Wright. L. Butler. Bicknell,
Phillip. Fuller.
Methodists: Intermediate F. Lot
speieh, Lunn, Vandervoort. H. Lot
speieh. H. Rider. Graham. Junior
II. Lotspeieh. Graasman. Edwarda,
Martin, Osborne.
Standing of Teams
INTERMEDIATE
P W L Pet
Alliance Baptist 4 4 1000
Alliance Methodist 5 2 3 400
Alliance Christian 3 1 2 333
Hemlngford Method. 4 1 3 250
JUNIOR
Alliance Baptist 4 4 1000
Alliance Methodist 5 3 2 600
nemregford Method. 4 1 S 350
AlManee Christian 3 6 3
Lis! of Committer for Tear 1116
Appointed by Ireeldent Hoff
man, of Ord, Nebraaka
Following la a list of the commit
tees appointed for the year 1916 by
President Hoffman of Ord at the an
nual N. S. V. F. A. convention held
In Crawford last week:
Auditing Committee: C. n Fruit
ier, Gothenberg; Clyde Beckwith,
Crawford; E. W. Parkhurst, Lexing
ton. Constitution and ftnloa- tnhn A
Albin, Osceola; II. H. Bartling. Ne
braska City; Mike D. Murphy, David
City; C. C. Good, Chadron; II. L.
isoyes, ueoron.
LcelMatlve Committee: -T. f Cle-
lnr.d, Fremont; John WIlHon, Kear
ney, u w. Hague, Minden.
Committee on Ofllrpri' Rpnorfu:
Thos. Jeffers, North Platte; George
Johnson, Superior: Lou Bader,, Wa
ll oo.
Press Committee: John Martin,
Fremont; Lloyd Thomas, Alliance;
M. R. Green, Norfolk.
Xfoinorinl Pnnntilttoo- W T Fish
er, York; I. J. Tlielln. North Loup;
j. w. croucn. st. raui.
HOGS TOPPED MARKET
Box Butte County Hogs Brought
Highest Price on South Oinnlia
Market Monday Morning
Two carloads of Box Butte county
hogs, raised and shipped by Oncar
O'Bannon and E. T. Kibble, of Alli
ance, brought the top price on the
South Omaha live stock market last
Monday morning. These hogs were
fattened on home grown corn and
barley and were quickly taken at top
pri b by the buyers for the packers.
The hogs were taken to market by
OBcar O'Bannon and Elmer Vaughn,
who stayed over in Omaha for a
short visit snd on business, before
returning home. The Omaha and
South Omaha newspaper contained
mention of their visit.
RAIL SHATTERS LEG
Section Foreman at Mullen Brought
to Alliance This Afternoon Suf- .
feting from a Fracture
N. A. Drake, section foreman for
the Burlington at Mullen, was seri
ously injured this morning, on hi
Mtinn. when a heavy rail which was
being loaded onto a "pick-up" train
slipped from ita raatenings ana arop
ped on his right leg, shattering the
loir
The "pick-up" train left Seneca
this morning to gather up rails, etc.,
along the rlght-or-way ana Mr. urase
was engaged In helping when the ac
cident happened. Drake was brought
to Alliance on 43 this afternoon and
tobon tn thp Drake hotel on arcount
of the fact that the hospital Is packed
full. He will be cared for at the ho
tel until be can be admitted to the
hospital.
t;x's to Cheney, Washington
E. S. Blackledge, who was taken
from a Burlington train two weeks
ago Buffering from a severe case of
malaria and who has been at the hos
pital Blnce, left this afternoon on his
Journey to Cheney, Wash., where his
mother and sister live. He Is able
to travel, but is very weak. However
he insisted on continuing his jour
ney. C. E. Wiltsey of Hemlngford re
turned home this afternoon.
R. M. Blood went to Crawford this
afternoon on a short business trip.
Paul Thomas went to Hemlngford
this afternoon to attend to his munic
classes there.
Miss Mary A. Robertson, for sev
eral years a teacher in the city
schools, has filed for the Republican
nomination for county superintend
ent of schools. Miss Opal Russell,
Democrat, the present Incumbent, is
a candidate for re-nomination.
HOLT UNDER $1500 BOND
Man Charged with Cattle Bustling to
Have Preliminary Hearing
February Oth
Eli Holt, who was arrested Mon
day afternoon by Sheriff Cat Cox of
Alliance and Sheriff Wm. Dyson, of
Morrill county, charged with cattle
stealing, waa placed under $1500
bonds yesterday afternoon by County
Judge Steutevllle at Bridgeport, to
appear February 9 for hia prelimin
ary hearing.'
The ranchera of Morrill county
have been bothered for some time by
cattle rustlers, and the arrest of Holt
they think is only the start of a cam
paign that will soon put a stop to the
trouble. A number of other are
under suspicion, the officer are gath
ering evidence, and It 1 quite prop
able that several other arrests will
follow soon.
The officer have gained possession
of cattle which were sold by Holt and
which he is accused with stealing
from Joe Smith, a Morrill county
rancher. Holt was at the home of
Cal Underwood In Box Butte county
at the time the arrest was made. His
bond was signed by John King and
William Lee. and be ha retained
William Ritchie of Bridgeport aa hia
attorney.
Tueeday, rVbruarjr a, Time Limit oa
All PerHonal Tax an That Are
Now Dettmiuent
Personal taxes In Box Butte coun
ty were delinquent December 1, and
those who took advantage of the
sixty days of grace allowed have been
coming In the past few days, creating
a rush of work In the oftlrn nf Pminf-r
Treasurer E. M. Martin.
Distress warrants will be put In
the hands of the sheriff next Tuesday
for all personal taxes not rmM on nr
before that time.
All automobile 11c enses pinlrrxl
January 1, and the time limit on this
Is also fixed for February 1. Of th
135 automobile owners In Box nnttn
county only 200 of them have secur
ed new licenses from the county
tteasurer. Some of thenn hnvo nnnt.
poned securing their licenses as their
macnines nr in storage ror the win
ter, but a large number of them have
simply overlooked the matter, and
County Treasurer Martin Is sending
out final notices this week which he
anticipates will result in a rush of
ntiFiness in tnis department or his of
fice for a few days. The automobile
license Is $3. and the motorcvcle li
cense, $2.
Henl entnte tnicn pm dim rwom-
ber 1, 1915, but are not delinquent
till May 1, 1916.
FIRE DEPARTMENT THANKS
Member of Alliance Volunteer Fire
DeftartJiient Wkh to KxprcNn
Thanks U Alliance People
We, the members of the Alliance
Volunteer Fire Department, wish to
express our sincere thanks to the
btiRfnesfl men of Alliance for their
window decorations, io the city of
Alliance And its officials for assist
ance, and to the Alliance Commercial
Club for Its help In entertaining the
visiting firemen from over the state
last Friday afternoon and evening.
And especially do we wish to thank
the young ladles of Alliance for help
ing to make the dance at the opera
house a grand success.
Alliance Volunteer Fire Dept.
Burns Not Serious
While one of the men at the Pot
ash work east of Alliance waa work
ing In a boiler Wednesday afternoon
he waa burned about the hands and
feet by a small explosion of ashes.
His Injuries are not believed to be so
serious but that he will be able to be
out in probably a week. He r com
ing to Alliance this afternoon oa
train No. 43.
Will Preach to Firemen
The Alliance volunteer fire depart
ment will attend the Christian church
Sunday, February 6. Rev. H. J.
Young will preach a special sermon
for firemen and the boys expect to
attend In a body, meeting at the fire
hall in time- to be at the church at
7:30 o'clock.
Rev. Voung will preach a Bermon
to the traveling men the next Sunday
morning, February 13.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUB
To lt Active Part in Public Sth.os?
Work of Box Kutte County
tin; Coming Year
Boys' and Girls" ClaL woik will he"
made an active part for the school'
work of Box Butte county from this"
time on. Plans are under way'
whereby the various schools of the
county and the county agricultural
'reV F. y. Jl'lell. who is backed
by the state school and the United
States Department of Agriculture,
will co-operate in this work.
The purpose of the Boys' and
Girls' Club work is to help boys and
girls t Btudy agriculture and home
economics and thereby make their
hAiri wnrk more Interesting. It of
fers a definite plan whereby home
project work can be systematically
correlated with school work.
The active clubs in Box Butt .
county for 1916 are the Potato, Pig.
Garden and Canning, and Sewing
end Cooking Clubs. Any of th
clubs are open to either boys or girl
between the age of ten and eight
een years. In the Potato Club each
member raises and keeps records on
at least one-eighth acre of potatoes.
In the Pig Club each member ralae
and keeps records on at least on
pig. In the Garden and Canning
Club the member rare for at least
one-tenth acre of garden and can th
surplus products. In the Sewing
and Cooking Clubs, a two year
course is offered consisting of twelve
lessons each year. Parents can co
operate by allowing their children a
little time, giving encouragement
and support to this movement.
The club rule and enrollment
cards have bees- sent to the teacher
of the various district schools, .who
will explain in detail to those Inter
ested. ...
In Alliance this club wort will
probably take on the form of garden
ing and It has been suggested by th
county agricultural agent that vacant
lota of ground In the city, which hav
been heretofore allowed to grow up
in weeda, be used to further sch a
plan. The question aa to whether or
not tbia work will be made a part of
the school curriculum and to what
extent la up to the school board, and
will be made as boob
as they take the matter under eon-,
slderatlon.