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VOLUME XXIII
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1916
NUMBER 18
ANOTHER MILK ORDINANCE
PROPOSED BY MAYOR ROMIG
In Order That Citizens May Have Chance to Discuss New City Meas
ure, It Is Submitted for Publication Before Being
Submitted to City Council
In order that those interested may
have an opportunity to discuss the
measure, Mayor Komig has submit
ted the new proposed milk ordinance
for publication before it is submitted
to the city council, which will be lit
the next regular meeting. Because
of the strong protests rendered some
time ago when a previous ordinance
of this nature was up before the
council, it was dropped at that time
until the mayor had had an oppor
tunity to go into the matter more
thoroughly. The result of his in
vestigations is the following ordin
ance, which will be submitted to the
council at their regular meeting on
April 11:
An ordinance regulating the sale
of milk and cream within the City of
Alliance.
I3e it ordained by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Alliance, Ne
braska: Section 1. No person shall bring
Into the City of Alliance for sale, or
sell, or offer to sell for consumption
in said City, any milk or cream with
out a permit from the City of Alli
ance. Section 2. No person shall bring
into the City of Alliance for sale, or
sell or offer for sale, any milk or
cream which has been obtained from
any milk dealer, dairyman, or other
person, not having a permit issued by
the City of Alliance to sell same for
consumption within said City.
Section 3. Permits shall be re
newed annually, May 1. The appli
cant must state his name, residence,
postoflice address and the location of
his business place or places, and the
number of cows from which milk is
obtained for sale and the number of
quarts (estimated) sold daily. If
the applicant buys part or all of his
milk supply, the names and address
es and numbers of permits of all pet
sons from whom he obtains milk or
cream and the quantity (estimated)
shall be stated.
Section 4. The City will not issue
any permits unless it is satisfied af
ter inspection, with the cleanly and
sanitary condition of the stables,
cows, wagons, store, or place of bus
iness of the applicant therefor, and
with all the utensils used by hi.i
from which his milk or cream is ob
tained; and that food given to the
cows is pure and wholesome, ami
that all persons engaged in the care
and handling of milk are free from
any contagious disease, and that said
persons use due cleanliness in their
work.
Section 5. All applications for
permits to sell milk or cream in the
City of Alliance shall be placed on
file wden received by the City Clem
and as soon as possible, within sixty
days after the application is receiv
ed, the City Clerk, or some person
duly authorized by the Board of
Health, or the Health Officer, shall
visit the dairy or place of business ot
such applicant and make such ob
servation and gather such Informa
tion as to enable the Board to satisfy
themselves or the sanitary condition
of the dairy. Should the applicant
live at such distance from the CWy
of Alliance as to make it impractic
able for the Health Officer, or other
person authorized by the Board of
Health, to visit such dairy premises,
the aDPlicant shall furnish evidenc
to the Board, of the sanitary condi- j
tion of his dairy.
Section 6. If after issuing a per
mit to sell milk or cream, the Board
of Health shall become satisfied that
the provisions of this ordinance are
being violated, it may at once revoke
the permit issued to such punon, a.i i I
no new permit shall be issued until
all sanitary conditions hae been rv-j
titled. The Health OnVcr shall have
authority to suspend the permit of
any person violating this orJinano
until such time a., the Cky shall take
Section 7. The fees charged for
gelling or producing milk or cream
for sale in the City of Alliance shall
be as follows:
(;0. iui each milk depot, grocer,
meat i.aiket. bakery, etc.. fifty cent
per year.
(I). For each wagon used In de
livering milk. tif:y ceutr. per year.
(c) . For ti.ih producer having
five iow.s or less, twenty-five cents
per year.
(d) . V'ot each producer having
ten cow . and more than live. cows,
fifty emus pr year.
(i ). For cah producer having
more than ten rows, one dollar per
year.
Sect if. n 8. All permits must b
posted in a conspicuous place In. the
milk lepot. grocery, n eat market,
bakei. or other place where milk or
cream is sold.
Section 9. Nothing In this ordin
ance shall be construed as prevent
ing hotels, restaurants, lunch rooms.
etc.. from serving milk or cream,
when It is to be consumed on the
premises, without a permit.
Section 10. All inspections of
dairies or other places where milk or
cream is produced, handled, prepar
ed or stored for sale or distribution
"P0TA10 MARKETS" IS
DISCUSSED BY EXPERT
Good Crowd Honrs Instructive Ad
dress by V. I'., Bassett of 1'. M.
Department of Markets
Some valuable information on the
marketing of crops in general and
potatoes In particular was Imparted
to the fifty farmers and Box Butte
county citizens who attended the
meeting at the court house Saturday
morning at which C. K. Bassett, of
the Department of Markets, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, was the
principal speaker.
Contrary to the expectations of
some persons, Mr. Bassett was very
conservative In his recommendations
for the proper procedure for north
western Nebraska potato growers.
Although he has had a wide experi
ence In the question of marketing
products and has been instrumental
in effecting the organization of vari
ous associations for marketing pur
poses which have been successful.
Mr. Bassett states that organization
is not absolutely necessary and will
not be successful unless a large ma
jority of the producers In a given ter
ritory are anxious enough for such
an organization to give it an enthus
iastic support.
He said that local conditions In
the potato market are not in the con
trol of local buyers and no blame
whatsoever should be attached to
them.
He came to Alliance from the Pa
cific coast states where during the
past few months a Truit growers' as
sociation has been organized. He
stated that this association, which
handles thirty million dolalrs worth
of business annually, Is enabled,
through the proper support of all the
growers, among whom are hundreds
of men of stronip financial standing,
to conduct the organization business
on a capital of only 11700.
In opening his address he stated
that his department is operated foi
Proclamation
Realizing the importance- of civic co-operation in the en
deavor to bring about a more clean ami sanitary condition in
streets, alleys, and private premises;
Therefore, 1, Penrose K. Komig, mayor of tlic city of Alli
ance, Nebraska, by virtue of the law vested in me, do hereby
set aside the week of April 10th as clean-up and paint-up week.
The great importance attached to a movement of tliis kind
from a sanitary, health, and fire protection standpoint should
recall to the minds of our citizens the greet conflagrations that
have occurred during the past month destroying millions of
dollars worth of property and rendering thousands of persons
homeless.
I, therefore, urge that all organizations of commercial en
deavor, clubs, societies of public welfare, school children, and
all persons residing within the city of Alliance, co-operate in
making Alliance one of the cleanest and healthiest cities in the
state of Nebraska.
Dated this the 24th day of March, 1916.
PENROSE E. ROMIG,
Mayor.
BOX BUTTE COUNTY FAIR
TO BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER
Board of Directors of Fair Associatioi Planning on Holding County
Fair at Alliance Some Time During
the Fall
SCHEDULE FOR PROGRAM OF
. CLEAN-UP AND CLEAN-UP WEEK
Special work for each day of
Clean-up and Paint-up week the
week of April 10 Is planned In the
schedule for the week's campaign as
arranged by Secretary Fisher of the
Commercial Club.
Nothing is omitted. In this sched
ule, that would add to the success of
the movement, and all that is now re
quired is the hearty co-operation of
every citizen of Alliance. A con
certed effort will do wonders for Al
liance and at the end of the week our
city will undoubtedly be spotlessly
clean.
The school authorities have been
isked to give the children of the
the purpose of assisting the people j schools a half holiday during the
week for the purpose of assisting In
the campaign. In cane the request
is granted each student absent from
school will be given proper credit for
; school work If the certificate provid
ed is properly signed and returned
; by the parent or guardian.
in tiirhtint a common ene y, and
that common enemy is 'Waste."
Waste is in everything that enters
into the production and marketing
of an article. That in order to do
this they must first have actual
knowledge of the conditions under
which the production and marketing
has been carried on; figure out the
cost on a scientific basis and then
proceed to make changes and im- ; !ow tne suggestions for the clean-up
provements In the methods wherever . ag f a8 jble
possible. Among the different .
Tng to be considered and which 1 he eek's Schedule
are often not considered of as much Monday. April 10 "Front ard
importance as tney snout aoe, are nay." Rake lawns, plant nowers.
clean walks and gutters, swat the
tiy and erect a concrete or brick ash
vault.
Tuesday, April 11 "Fire Preven
tion Day." Clean basements, attics,
remove rubbish, greasy rags, waste
paper, remove all tire hazards. In
stall a concrete refuse box to burn
the paper In. Swat the fly under the
rubbish. This is also "Tin Can Day."
Wednesday, April 12 "Paint-up
Day." Paint up Inside and out.
porches, fences, chicken houses,
barns, woodwork, outbuildings, etc.
Paint the store fronts, remove old
.iwnings, and take down the old bill
boards. Ke-paper the office, or rooms
at home, screen the windows and
doors, and swat the fly.
Thursday, April 13 -- "Repair
Day
and wooden sidewalks, repair the
fence, fix the lattice work and haul
away the trash.
Friday. April 14 "Back Yard
Day." Clean the alleys, remove the
rubbish and garbage; haul away the
refuse.
Saturday, April 15 "Vacant Lot
Day." Clean the lots adjoining your
home. Resolve on this day that
hereafter every day in the year will
be clean-up day at your place.
CONFERENCE OF COUNTY
AGENTS HERE NEXT WEEK
Fined for Contempt
i Kd Miller, who was brought into
County Judge L. A. Berry's court
last Thursday afternoon charged
with attempting to assist Luther
Bruniley and wife to evade the court
proceedings in which their child was
placed in a home at Lincoln, was
fined $10 and costs.
TRIP TO WASHINGTON'
Watson At Watson to Visit Various
Points in the West
Agents from Kimball, Sheridan and
Dawes Comities Coming to IDs
cuss Potato truest Ion
County agents from four western
Nebraska counties, and government
workers from the agricultural school
at Lincoln will be in Alliance the
first of next week, Monday and Tucs-
day, April 10 and 11, for the purpose
primarily of discussing the potato
question and reviewing the work
done In Box Butte county during the
past season, and formulating plans
for potato Improvement work for the
coming season.
The county agents In Kimball,
Dawes and Sheridan counties are
just taking up the work and wish to
profit so far as possible by the work
already done In this county. They
will also take up the proposition and
may take some definite action for the
co-operation of the county agents
and the farmers' clubs of the four
counties for the 1916 season.
Several sessions will be held at
the court house, and on Monday af
ternoon Mr. Seidell, county agent of
Box Butte county, will make an ad
dress explaining the work done here
illustrating his talk with charts,
specimens ami lantern slides.
Those who are expected to be here
for the meeting are County Agent 11.
o. Unruh. of Dawes county; 11. K.
Holland, county agent of Kimball
county; A. C. North, county agent of
Sheridan county; A. K. Anderson, of
Lincoln, state leader in county agent
work; L. T. Skinner, of Lincoln, as
sistant state leader in boys' and girls'
club work, and II. F. Williams, head
of the Farm Management and Exten
sion department at Lincoln.
Mr. Skinner will remain in Alli
ance and Box Butte county all week
I assisting County Agent Seidell and
'County Superintendent Miss Russell
in the organization of Boys' and
(Jills' Clubs over the county.
Box Butto county Is to have a
county fair this fall, to be staged on
the fair grounds at Alliance. At the
adjourned annual meeting of the
stockholders, held it the city hall
Friday evening of last week, th
hoard of directors was Instructed to
prepare plans for holding a fair this
fall, the principal feature to he tb
agricultural exhibits of the county.
Plenty of good entertainment will b
provided for everyone who attends.
The meeting was culled to order
by President W. W. Norton. Tbose
present were J. A. Keegan, C. A.
Newberry. L. J. Schlll, L. II. High
land, E. E. Kertdlah, 13. T. Kibble. A.
D. Rodgers, F. W. Haargarten. C. L.
Drake. K. I. Gregg. W. W. Norton,
W. K. Spencer, H. S. Soulcs, Karl D.
Mallery, P. M. Seidell, F, V. Harris
and Lloyd Thomas.
The report of the secretary up to
March 31 was rendered by Mr. Spenc
er, iiB follows:
receipts
Balance on hand March 12, '15 $4.40
From Commercial Club, rent of "
grounds for stock ass'n . .1000.00
Cash receipts, lot sale Oct. 20 623.47
Rent grounds ball game and bi
cycle races 8.00
Concession Ijibor Day 16.00
Jan. 11, R. M. Hampton col
lected on lot contracts .... 150.00
March 24, R. M. Hampton col
lected on lot contracts . . . 150.00
$2051.87
DISBURSEMENTS
Order No. 83. Real estate tax
es 1911-12 and 13 $162.25
Order No. 84. R. M. Hampton
bal. on Interest, 1914 .... 150.00
Order No. 85. It. M. Hampton,
hal. on principal of $4300
note 500.00
Order No. 86 Alliance Times,
printing 1.8.1
Order No. 87. Herald Pub. Co.,
I printing 2.20
Order No. 88. Forest Lbr. Co.,
ALLIANCE GELS TWO
SECONDS IN CONTEST
the production of a first class article,
an article that will gain a reputation
in the markets; me reducing of the
cost of production to the miniinu ;
and if this is done the question of a
market Is partially solved. An or
ganization to handle the sales of the
product, he said, will be of value on
ly if it is based on absolutely sound
and tried bu;ilne..s principles, with
competent men in charge.
Mr. Bassett addressed a meeting
at Heiningford Saturday arternoon at
which forty-eight residents ot that
part of the county were present.
PROGRAM MARKS CLOSE
OF SCHOOL IN DIST. 12
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Watson, for-
Read the schedule and plan to fol-1 merly of the firm of Watson & Wat
son, left Wednesday noon on an ex
tended trip to the western coast.
They went by the way of Denver,
where they expect to remain for two
or three weeks. Then they will make
a stop of ten days at Salt Iake City
and two or three visits at Seattle, af
ter which they will go to Wlnlock,
Wash., where they will visit with
Mrs. Watson's brother, -George M.
Parker, a former resident of Box
Butte county. Mr. Watson expects
to return to Alliance In six or seven
weeks, but Mrs. Watson will remain
for an indefinite visit at WMnlock.
.'le.isa.it F.vcnt Arranged by Minn
Hawkins, Teacher lit the Pet
er Kirkt'ii School
The closing of the 1915-16 term
it the Peter Kicken school. District
No. 12, of which Miss Lura Hawkins
is teacher, was the occasion or a pro
gram and evening of entertainment
at the school house Friday night.
Quite a number of people tn the
neighborhood were present and sev
eral from Alliance also attended,
among the., being Miss Tressa Van
leivoort. Marie Hawkins, W. D.
Fisher. Mr. Alder. Dr. J. M. Kennedy.
J. W. Guthrie. W. R. Harper and C.
K. Mayuard.
First on the evening's program
was a debate on the question: "Re
vived that the calling of the farmer
is more independent than that of the
merchant." The alBrmative, repre
sented by Louie Powell, Lou Hawk
ins and Arthur Burg, was given A
unanimous decision by the JudgeH.
The negative was represented by W.
R. Harper. J. W. Guthrie and W. D.
Fisher.
Miss Tressa Vandervoort gave a
reading. "The Debating School," and
J. W. Guthrie sang a solo. "Fortune
Fishing" at five cetns a "catch" was
next on the program, and this was
followed by refreshments served on
the "penny plan," cafeteria style
the abundance of eatables supplied
DISCONTINUE ItKNTAl'KANT
Stephen & Fink Will levote Entire
- Time tn Bakery Business
Stephens & Fink, who recently
purchased the Nohe bakery and cafe
on lower Box Butte avenue, will dis
continue the restaurant end of the
business this week In order to devote
their entire time and attention to the
bakery business. They expect to
uiake some improvements In the
equipment anl will soon be In a
position o turn out a complete line
ttiinir in the bakerv classifi-
Remove dilapidated buildings CHtion Df,,n staple and fancy articles.
by the patrons of the school being
lu the City of Alliance, shall be made . displayed on tables, and each one
and kept by the City Clerk or by ' present helping himself and paying
(Continued on page g)
; one cent
utensil.
for each article and each
Mai Ian Mote Awarded Prize in Dra
matic and r 'oriiuie Mollring in
Humorous, at liridgeort
In the district declamatory contest
held at Bridgeport last Friday, in
wnicli eleven scuools of noiinweHt
ern Nebraska participated, the Alli
ance team brougni back two prizes.
Miss Marian Mote was awarded
second prize in the dramatic contest,
and Miss Corinne Mollring was
awarded second place in the humor
ous contest.
Oral Harvey represented Alliance
In the oratorical contest, ai.U Si. Ag
ues Academy was repi eseiileil in ltn
dramatlc by Miss Evelyn Kerr, ami
in the humorous by Miss Madge Ap
piegaie. The program included both after
noon and night sessions, the oratori
cal contest being Held in tne aiiei
noon, and the dramatic and humor
ous content being held at night, this
session Holding till 1 o clock.
Quite a number of Alliance people
accompanied the team to Briugeport,
u,uuiin ....... u. I .ulihui ...,
OUll'l llllt ll , III CI l.l' .MllU.lli
scuools, Mi.... i.: -one .U.Ul-i', Mia.
Jei' KoWuu, .-li. A. S. .note i.n.l
' .Mis. t red .wuiit ng.
) Hie eleven bcliools represi liled in
'the contest were Alliance In Ml scuooi
aiid Alliance St. Agnes Academy,
liuyaru, Kimball, Osliaosh, Siune,
Meiiia, Bridgeport, Minatare, Scott s
' biuii and Morrill.
me award ol prizes was as fol
lows: Oratorical Francis Herbert, of
.Siuncy, Hint; Clarence Chua.au, ot
Kimball, second.
Diaiuttuc - Maurine Jacoby, of
iviuibail, urst; Marian ioi , ui A.li
ance, second.
iiuuioiuua Kuib ii.idi.), o.
Scoiiabiuii, in Hi; :on...i- ..iwii.
j! Alliance, ec. ."
oak stakes 2.40
Order No. 89. R. E. Knight,
surveying and platting Fair
view a il (I n 12.20
Order No. 90. O. A. Newberry,
nails 55
Order No. 91. F. K. Reddish,
Insurance 37.23
Order No. 92. Snoddy & Moll
ring, ins 40.46
Order No. 93. Alliance Times,
advertising and printing lot
sale 55.00
Order No. 94. Herald Pub. Co.
adv. and printing lot sale . . 77.06
Order No. 95. Alliance News,
adv. and printing 18.48
Order No. 96. S. A. Miller, dis
tributing bills 15.00
Order No. 97. II. J. Young, for
City Band 26.00
Order No. 98. O. W. Basye,
signs 12.60
Order No. 99. F. E. Hoist on.
nalnt 2.00
Order No. 100. Forest Lbr. Co.
stakes 18.85
Order No. 101. Brock Haffner
Press. Denver, for cut 18.00
Order No. 102. Geo. Darling.
rent chairs 3.00
OrW No. 103. W. W. Norton.
labor. Helling 47.55
Gibbs 6.50
Armstrong 6.50 60.55
Order No. 104. II. P. Coursey,
auctioneer 50.00
Order No. 105. W. K. Spencer.
ribbon badires 5.67
Order No. 106. Real estate tax
es, 1914 57.89
Order No. 107. A. L. Hunger
ford, bal. on com. of lot sale 86.77
Order No. 108. R. M. Hampton
interest on $3800 note . . . 250.00
Order No. 109. W. E. Spencer,
revenue slumps & postage. . 8.00
Oder No. 110. R. M. Ha pton
bal. on Interest 130
bal. on principal .... 100 230.00
1AM ATE IIKUlBKh
lirollier of lt Trueiitan F. Brown
Dies In Chicago
Word w is received Tuesday by
Mrs. Tinman F. Brown, through a
letter from hospital officials in a Chi
c:il'o hospital, concerning the death
i f -w d iys ago of John C. Brown, a
brother of the late Truman F. Brown.
The hospital authorities, in an effort
o locate relatives of th" de S" 1
learned fro i friends that he fornier
'v liv l !i Alliance. They wrote li
the postmaster here requesting In
formation, thus locating relatives.
cVoid was sent Immediately to an-
her b'other. Dr. J. A. Brown, at
Ames, la., who went to Chicago to
lake chut;" ol the hod).
$1904.01
Bilauce. in bank 47. IS
We paid on outstanding notes
from lot sale 1 150.00
Interest on same 325.30
Bal. on lot to A. L. Hunger
ford lot salt) 155.00
Total en- froi- lot wile .... 923.47
Total receipts from lot sale to
date 2553.77
Amount of uncollected con
tracts with Mr. Hampton. 2272.50
And we have unsold lots number
12 in block 5. and lot No. 7 in block
1. and all of block No. 6. There is
still outstanding notes against the
association amounting to $1210 and
interest, and we owe It. M. H impton
$3700 on his1 note.
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. SPENCER. Sec.
County Farm Demonstrator P. M.
Seidell spoke on the question of a
ounty fair and strongly urged that
it be held. He stated that the real
county fair Is an agricultural fair
and believed that agricultural exhib
its should be made the main features.
He stated that the club work of the
boys and girls was not complete with
out a county fair and suggested that
it be held about September 20.
J. A. Keegan. one of our leading
farmers, spoke on the proposition
and urged that the fair be held. E.
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