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ALIitANCU, BOX HUTTI2 COUNTY NK1JRASICA, TIIUIJSDAY, NOVKMHHIl 30, 1916
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. NUMBER 52
potatoes Worth : Million
"Box Butt
if ;
4
Means
Paid
Many Mortgages
of f and Additional
ANGRY MOB DEMANDED
LIFE OF COLORED MAN
Land Under Cultivation
Present Crop a Bananza For Those Who
Planted Large Acreage of Tubers
Equal to , Bucket Full of Gold
Nuggets Such as Prospectors
Looked for in Days of '49
Sheridan Gounty A Close Second
Wonderful Opportunity Here for Man With Some
Money and a World of Energy Acre After Acrfc
Waiting to Make Farmers Immensely Wealthy
Hotel Keeper lit Antioch Faced Mob,
Stand lug Ilia Ground, until
Crowd Is Quieted, -
Mob violence Is not common these
days In western -Nebraska but It
looked tike tnere was going to be
something doing Friday night at An
tioch when some of the people of
that place got their bloods up and
were going to have vengeance
against Jess Selby, colored, who con
ducts a hotel there and who was for
merly a resident of this city. Mem
bers of the mob wanted Selby's hide
on the spot and It is reported that
there were rles of "Lynch "bjin,
hang him," etc. Selby knew for a
certainty that he had done nothing
to warrant such an outbreak and
tsood his ground. In the end, the
cooler heads carried the day and the
affair pnsped into history.
Trouble had been brewing for
some time, It sooms, because the Sel
by children had been attending
"CUSSED" OPERATOR. WESTOVER CONVENES
LOCKED UP OVER NIGHT
DISTRICT COURT
Officer Wheeler and Traveling Man
linn Midnight Foot Rare Po
liceman Got lllra In Hotel
Some men have the Idea that they
(.Vim against Pan Lyons Dismissed
Itecaus Complaining WltneM
Failed to Appear
- , e, JerfeCt r,!lt to ha.?d U'to! Butte county district court Is now In
I t l .f. ,nf tbKy wwlon. It was convened Tuesday
ki" .VV it ' ,, " " . by Judge W. II. Westovcr of Rush
a traveling
man, will think twice now before be
starts anything. Fuller has beon
putting up at the Drake hotel a part
of this week. Ho put a call In Tues
day night for Scottsbluff and be
cause ho didn't "get through" when
he thought he ought he started to
"call" the operator." That wasn't
enough, so he went ovor to the ex
change and proceeded to "bawl out'
the young lady. She stood It as long
as she couRl and then called Officer
Wheeler, who was In bed at tho time.
It being about 11:30 o'clock-at night.
When Wheeler . appeared on the
scene, Fuller mistook him for the
manager of the exchange and pro
se i o.ji mere wuu wU. r"u ceeded to "tell" him. Using a few
U is reponea. opcaunn oeiuy amau cholce wordB The offlcer t0,d hlm
LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN CROPS IN BOX BUTTE COUNTY THIS
YEAR WORTH OVER THREE MILLIONS
U. S. Helps Prosperity Along
Total Valuation of Stock and Grain Crops in Box Butte and Sheridan
Counties This Year Worth Almost Nine Millions . of Dollars
Western Nebraska Comes Into Its Own after. Years of Watchful
Waiting - .,: -;. "I . - '. . " ..
' Box Butte County. Nebraska--in the heart of the most opulent
potato growing region on earth this year contributed better vthan I
742,200 bushels of potatoes to the almost six million raised in the
state. No county in all the great state of Nebraska raised as many
- acres of potatoes or sold them for such a large amount. Considering
the average price for the season at $1.20 per bushel (the price Is now
$1.35) Eox Butte county potato growers received a total of nine huni
dred twenty thousand six hundred forty dollars ($920,640.00) for this
product alone or almost one million dollaw ($1,000,000.00).
.. v . . 6,000 ACRES OP POTATOE3
- The assessor's report made tins spring shows a potato acreage in
Box Butte county of 5,577 aere.fi, but this is not the actual total be-
r cause several growers failed to report and others planted a larger
acreage than they had at fijgj. intended. .According to County Agent
Seidell, a fair estimate will place the total al 6,000 acres.
Is Rainier Potato Comity -. '
A bulletin JuBt Issued by the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture and
known as bulletin No. 210 which Ib devoted to Nebraska crop statistics and
Information on agricultural subjects, uses for Its basis of figuring the re
port of'the assessors and places the Box Butte county acreage at 5.577.
Using this bulletin, as a basis of figuring and comparison Box Butte county
proves to be the banner potato county of the state, and the figures are most
conservative. For Instance, while the actual average price per bushel here
' is about 11.20, the bulletin in all of Its figuring for all counties In the state
uses an average price of 80 cents a bushel. According to the bulletin, the
average yield of potatoes In Box Butte county this year warl23.7 bushels
td the acre. Using the figures of the bulletin still further tho 5.677 acres
raised 689.875 bushels and these figured at the average price for the state
of 80 cents a bushel make the total crop worth $551,900.
Sheridan I Clone Second
Sheridan county, according to the bulletin, ranks second In potatoes
from everv.BtandDolnt. and in reality is righton the heels of Box Butte
county on this crop. . In fact.. Box Butte and Sheridan counties, are twins
insofar as the potato crop la concerned, and what applies to one county ap
plies to the other. The opportunities In each county are wonderful, wait
ing there for someone to cash In on them. A total of 5,4 60 acres were plant
ed to notatoes in Sheridan county according to the bulletin." but it la very
probable that an even greater acreage was planted than Was reported this
spring when tho assessment was mad. Tho potatoes made an average ef
120.8 bushels to the acre or a total of 659,568 bushels. At the average price
of $1.20 a bushel which is the price spuda sold at in both bnenaan ami uox
liutto rm,nH..a ihn rrnii hrmu'lit Kherid.in farmers a total of $791,482.
The combined yalue of the potato crop In Box Butte and Sheridan coun
ties, which comprise the seventy-third representative district, for the year
1916 Is estimated at $1,712,123 and will probably really go better than tb.
When it Is considered that this one crop alone has brought to the farmers
-of these two counties almost tw millions of dollars this year alone. It seems
safe to predict that this section has at last found the great crop orerops,
' that at last a new Klondike has .been opened up whereby the farmer may
reao the benefits without all the hardshins cxnerlencd by thos carefree
souls who took a chance In that far-off province of Alaska.
. ' Growtrta Deinaud for Potatoes
There is a growing demand for potatoes. Potatoes are now used In a
commercial way that a few years atO were -unheard of. There are potato
chips In packages, then there Is potato flour. The potato being use d in
,rnv hr wKvx.thnt the average nerson never hears of. ne potato crop
Is a good crop to tie to.
1 - Made Good Showing -
There aro counties Iqf tne stale wha? lie percentage of .yield 1b greater
but these ate la counties where out few potatoes were planted and what
. was planted was taqn t;t less hand ralssd. For in&tance, Kimball county
averaged 222.6 bushels per acre but raised only a section of potatoes, or to
be exact, $ acres.
' llox Butte liaised 7 Per Cent of Total
According to the bulletin. 74.796 acres In Nebraska were planted to
potatoes this year, of which amount Box Butte county raised 5.577 bushels
or about seven per cent or the total acres. The total bushels raised In the
state Is estimated at 5.922.279, of which Box Butte county raised 689.875
bushels. ' . -
Over l.OOO Cur Load
Figuring the total Box Butte county acreage at 6.000 and the average.
hih n the averase given by the state, at 123.7 bushels an acre, the total
4 vi nn hnnhela, Fieurtn 600 bushels to the car. Box Butte county
- 'raised total of 1237 cars of potatoes this year. To be ultra conservative
and figuring the Box Butte county yield at 80 bushels to the acre And using
the state's estimate of total bushels. Box Butte county raised some 1.146
cars plus. It is estimated that In the neighborhood of 800 ears will bo
shipped from this county alone this year, the balance being either used lo
cally, saved for seed, or stored.
son na i oeen up u, yme to "beat" but he couldn't understand
mrarf stunts. This coup led I J Mb th elanguaget Tho reBuU waB that
he tfalm on part of J?' feh . he was taken to tho city .jail. - Just
Mrs. Selby had tho power of a witch , h( t nH,dft fh ' h . .
liual Bucket of Gold Nuggets
Potatoes are to Box Butte and
Sheridan countles'what a bucket full
of pure gold nuggets wore to the
California prospector In the days of
'49. The 1916 potato crop In west
ern Nebraska has ma It possibles
for farmer nffer farmer to take up
the 'indebtedness on his place, buy
another section or so of land, pur
chase an automobile, buy-a niano or
a phonograph. In -fact this potato
crop will be felt all over the United
States. Western Nebraska farmers
"will be spending money for luxuries
that before have been, denied them.
This means additional sales, with ad
ditional profits, means 'additional
hauls for the railroads It all helps
n teh general prosperity. Local
banks have already felt it deposits
are far greater than lust year.
Federal Government Helped
Everyone la prospering, because of
the Box Butte potato. And the
farmer got his price this year large
ly because the government at Wash
ington, of which Woodrow Wilson Is
tho head, saw fit to favdr the pople
of western Nebraska by posting them
on th market,- so that the grower
got every dollar he had coming to
him. Truly the prosperity slogan of
democracy has been brought close
home to the, farmers of western Nebraska.
Great Change Coming
But Box Butte county Is more
than just a potato county. The bul
letin referred to shows that there
are 339 farm' owners and 132 farm
rot
o' the town. There are reports to
tV) eflect that the youngster hs 1
tb .i'ned a !f" , i,"loni,,,H, . e
r-otner, as mothers" will, upheld the
Ind. and she came ! In for her full
qooto'of abuse. .
As a result of this trouble the fa
ther received the brunt of the abusi
and nth of a portion of the resl dents
cf the place. It Is Bnld. Tho Selby s
lived In Alliance for reveral years ns
peacefully as any whlie fnml, and
were always reg.trdtf .is the hmest
type of colored people In Alliance.
UNION THANKSGIVING - '
BFUVICKS THURSDAY
Union Thanksgiving services will
be held at the Methodist church
Thanksgiving day morning from
10:30 to 11:30 o'clock. Rev. J. B.
Carns will be In charge of the pro
gram. Tho music will be furnlBhcd
by the choir of the Methodist church
under the direction of Trof. 'Rex
Truman. Rev. Lewis Mclntyre will
offer the Thanksgiving prayer, and
H. J. Yoyng of the Christian church
will read the president's Tnanxsgiv;
the officer if he was going to be
locked up. When told "Yes," he
said, "You've got to catch me first,"
and ran out of the door with OiUcor
Wheeler after him. Fuller ran bare
headed to the Drake hotel and into
tho basement, where he locked him
self in a room. Wbeolcr asked the
clerk- to unlock the door, but the
clerk said ho didn't havo a key. Th
oillcer then kicked the door open and
took Fuller.to tho "cooler" whore be
had the night to think it over.
Wednesday morning Fuller plead
guilty to disorderly conduct and
paid a fine of $1 and coats, a total
of $6. .
Joe Price plead guilty to being
drunk, In police court Wednesday
morning, and was given ten days on
the streets. M. J. Armstrong, James
vllle. Short memorial services were
held In the court room Tuesday noon
In honor of the late B. F. Oilman,
who was a member of the Box Butt
county bar. Following the services
court was dismissed for the day.
Wednesday morning the court
grind started. Judge Westovcr mad
the following assignment of cases:
AHhlGNMKNT UK STATU CASUS
Wednesday, November I2I
State of Nebraska vs. Daniel F.
Lyons.
State of Nebraska vs. J. F. Kroll.
Thursday, November 80
State of Nebraska vs. Walter Mar
shall. Monday, December 4
State of Nebraska vs. Timothy Ma
loney. . ,
Tuesday, December 5
State, of Nebraska vs. William Bil
ling. . "' -
ASSIGNMENT OF CIVIL ACTIONS
, . Haturday, December 1
Martha Miller vs. City of Alliance.
Wednesday, December G .
Haddorff Music Houso vs. Geo. G.
Gadsby.
Thurwdny, IJecembeif 7 "
Delia M. Reed vs. L. II. Norland.
C. L. Powell vs. John M. Line.
Friday, Dvcfiither H
Anton Uhrlg vs. Box Butte county.
Uoy B. Burns vs. II. U. Shepherd. .
Lyons I '410 up in Trial
A Jury was empaneled Wednesday
morning to hear tho case of tho
State of Nebraska vs. Daniel F. Ly
ons, but was dismissed, owing to the
non-appearance of the complaining
witness. This is a case that has at
tracted considerable Interest In Alli
ance and vU'lnlty.-Lyons was charg
ed with assault with Intent to do
Marvin aud Mat Melbes each plead , grmil b0(illy i,arm 8tli also with th
guiny 10 Deing arunK ana-were nnea carrylngf concealed weapons. Trou-
$1 and costs each by Police Magls- b,, between Lyons and William
trate Roberts. . , King, a saloon uiua of this city, re-
OFFICEJl WIH KLKK WILL ul 'ZZl li
' NOT TAKE NIGHT JOIl!0"" V!r.lo LfX
jTt.hai Honn T..r,rtrt h. itna . trlct court. Mr. King left Sunday-
" . - - 1 n...
Ofllccr A. B. Wheeler, who for the
i for Denver and di I not appear nar the
" - . .. y.au i,OArl j-v iiittv wou complaining wunm, so iu cm
Ing proclamation. The sermon will ,n" nIL?ty , a?f" dlBmlH-ed. Lyons is a bartm
be given by Rev V. M. Martin, the Uk. one of I ho Joba when, (!0k saloon. It
evangelist now holding revival serv- Chief C J. Jefftrs wa fturned to i(l
iMO in tho nntlRt church. Rev. Lay- nay outy, out aucn seems not to do .
complaining witness, so the case was
bartender . at
seems .
zo fignt
. ti n..nt Bt church pro- the case. In an Interview with of- " '" ' '
ton of the Baptist durcn wui pro- .f.M.. - on l'ay 17, Lyons being one of the
nourtce the benedictton. n oner- ' - Wfl,.,.or. w be tit Was stopnnd
g taken at th . .service win : ne ' d" ; &r , nht ob aT n Land ; aud Lyons' got tho Idea that King
by tne uuy wisaion- m umiu6 vu j
sve.rea to mean it.
poor of the city..
At the last meeting of the city
council a moflon was introduced and
passed returning Chief Jeffers to dayi
He had been placed on the!;
OH, Git IFF! OH, SORROW t
Alvas. alas, 'tis too sorrowful al- ".?.
most to tell. Dear old B. S. of the . temporarily some months The time of day was passed and, R i
was responsible lor it in aomo way.
Lyons and Uveret Cook met Wil
linm King. Hi imuoh, Madin King
and Frank Wilson on Box Butte ava-
uie In the vniniiy 01 isewDerrys.
aomi.WAAklT Times.
the key to A. P. and breaks out with
the following In tne last issue:
. "Some of these days the Times Is
going to copyright an Issue and then
have, some fun with the Herald and
the News when they lift out all the
items bodily and print them as their
very own." ,
For the benefit of B. S. we would
tenant. In the county. That the "tll lV s neessahr to do U the
farms and ranches of the county to-, J.?,T-!? h- LuXA
first time published and he could
aav timtt hv coovrlshtlng a copy of
The Hexald when it reaches bis desk.
Most of the material used in the es
teemed Times costs only $1.50 or
less per page In plate form, and
comes in boxes In. long strips. And
it wasn't so very long ago that a
long article in the Times came out
with the following line therein:
"This article was set by and printed
In The Alliance Herald." Remember?
WILL DEDICATE THE
HOSPITAL DEC, 1 3
HUhon Duffy Will He In 1arg of
Oretnoiile Sister Will Serve
Dinner Following Kxert-ifcJ .
for his services In that position and
Is now returned to day duty. J. C.
Henley will continue on the night
force, but who the new man will be
is not yet known.
tal 337.775 acres of which 49.188
areunder cultivation .and 142,871
remain uncultivated. Six - hundred
fifty acres . are under Irrigation.
When It is considered that fortunes
are being made in one growing sea
son In Box Butte county it seems
certain that land now devoted to
cattle raising or lying Idle within a
very short time will be cut up In
smaller tracts and, farmed.. This
change Is coming and indications are
that it is coming Boon.
Box Butte has 50,703. acres of im
I'lenty of Room for All
proved land, 593,39,5 acres of unim
proved land or a total of 634,098
acres. Certainly the opportunity . is
here fbr hlm who will take advan
tage of it. If the eastern tenant
would but heed the advice to "Go
West, young man," he would marvel
at the golden opportunity that awaits
him here. The improvements on
lands In Box Butte county total $2,
211,385, really a considerable sum
after all.
Many Horses In County
According to she assessor's report
tehre are 8,088 horses and 156 mules
in Box Butte county. Using the
' AotirpH an an avtrsira Ilia
wrei u injr? vi.uuuj -.rvmntiloH The mm
,nv ,-., ..,..;. ' t aonu tfin .1,.,, r.t tA CorrWlOU'es, 4 (it? mem
while the mules have an .average val- bera of the A!"ince commercial ciuo
ue of $105 and are worth a total of
$16,380.
HKIIALD OUT ICAIILY THIS WF.EK
On account of today being Thanks
giving The Herald is being printed
Wednesday1 night and delivered early
this morning. This will cause us to a woman and fined $25 and corns,
alleged, Lyons accused King- of be
ing responsible. for the stopping of
the bout. A denial was made and
one word lea dto another. It was al
leged that Lyons pulled a kuu uo
King.
May Settle Out of Court
The cits of the State vs. J." V.
Kroll was vskgnd for Wednesday
afternoon. Kroll was found guilty
In the county court of assault against
He
mlNS a few late happenings for this appealed the case. At the time of
Issue but yon will find it crammed going to press Wednesday afternoon
full of good, reliable news, and u.ore there was a movement on foot to dia
pf it than you will find in any two is- -miss the rase, Kroll paying the fin
sues of any other newspaper In this and Costs.
section.
The next rase to be heard is the
State vs. Waiter Marshall. Marsnall
being charged with wife rtwrnon.
Beulab Fish was given a divorce
from Gilbert R. Fish. rtH C
. At 4:30" o'clock on the afternoon
of Wednesday, December 13. the for
mal dedicatlon-ot St. Joteph' hos
pital will take place. Elaborate and
aproprlate plans Lave been laid for
the occasion and the program will be
one well worth attending. Bishop
this diocese will be in
'I'ANIIANDLK" DENTISTS
11FUE IN JANIAUY
Alliance dentists are sponsoring a
plea to form a district dental society , n0Ebins was granted a dlvorca from
to be amiiatea wiui or bo a brancn ; Kre.l C. Robbins.
or tne iNeorasita state uemai Jsocieiy,
The proposed society would comprise
the district known ns tho "paohan
dle" country of Nebraska. PUus ure
being made for a meeting to be hi Id
in this city about the middle of Jan
uary, 1917. The Commercial Club
has. been atiked to join In the invita-
UECEITION I "OK NFA'ILLK
The Herald h received the fol
lowing iiivitHiion to attendr"a public
reo ption to I.iili .Seville, governor
eltci, at Nort" Hiaite, I)ecember 5:
You ure cordiel'y Invited to attend
a public reception. to ba tendered
lion of the lecal dentists to be ex-i Governor-elect. Keith Neville by tho
tepded to dentists in the district i citizens of western Nebraska ut
North Platte. Tuesday evening. De
cember f. This reception will be
non-political. A parade, fire' works
and addresm-s will be features of -the
evening. Western Nebraska has, In
the .selection of a chief executive.
Come aud belp
Cattle Worth Large Hum
Milk cows have an average value
of $60 thejrtate over and Box Butte
county has 2.291 of them worth
$137,460 and other cattle to the
cumber of 19,798 worth according
to the tsate's estimate $40 each or a
total of 791.20. Hogs to the num
ber of 2.551 are to be found here,
worth $51,020. Box Butte raises
practically no sheep, there being but
69 In the entire county, worth 94 Is.
The fact that this Is not a sheep
growing country speaks for Itself.
DoKs and Chickens In Numbers
(Continued on page 8)
and all cltlsens-of Alliance and all
others interested are Invited to at
tend. Following the formal dedica
tion the Sisters will sere a dinner at
Holy Rosary church.
St. Joseph's hospital is without
question the finest one In western
Nebraska and through it Alliance is
made one of the leading cities of the
country as far as caring for the sick
i roncemed. The formal dedica
tion will be the means -of causing
many to visit the hospital who might
otherwise neglect to investigate what
U has to offer. The nospuai is a
credit to the -community and a last
ing monument to the efforts and seal
of those who labored and contribut
ed to make the hospital an acu&llty.
mentioned. It is expected that some
thirty dentists will be in attendance
at the meeting to be held here. Of
ficials from the state association will
be in attendance to aid In the forma
tion of this new association. The
plans Include the bringing to Alii- coxoe into Its own.
atice of.some well-known man in the celebrate. .
profession, who will deliver a loc-t ' -r ,,,. .n-ptrriK
t ure to those in attendance. It Is I. O. . F. IXFtrn.D OrnCLftS
possible that a clinic will also be , At the regular semi-annual elec
. tlon of officers of Alliance lodge No.
WELL-KNYAVN" FORMER ,168, I. O. O. F.. hem -J?-
. ALLIANCE. ENGINEER DlrJ Ing the following were rn-tu
S. A. Franklin, until nine years ' ensuing term: J. L. Overman, r.u..
ago a resident of Alliance and who'T. G. Waddell, N. G.; J. M. Kennedy,
visited here a few weeks ago, died at V. O,; K. M. Martin, recording sec
hls home in Billings. Mont., Friday, retary; F. W. Hicks, financial secm
The funeral was held at that place tary; F.' A. Trabert. treasurer; A. O.
Sunday afternoon. He was welt Rodgers. trustee for three years,
known In this city and was a man Henry W. Beach. ' trustee for two
prominent in the Masonic order. He . years. The regular session and con
is survived by his wife and two , ferring of degrees was followed by
-.hiiir-n r:in Vranklin of BilllnEs. 1 1 h servlnK of refreshments. Tne
and Mrs. A. C. Gordon of Lincoln, j session lasted until a late hour.
For years Mr. Franklin was an
engineer on the Denver run out of
here. Ill health compelled him to
give up his work here about nine
years ago. after which he vent to
Mexico. He returned later and set
tled at Billings, where he was em
ployed by the Great Northern.
OFFICER WHEELFn RESIGNS
Officer A. B. Wheeler Wednesday
afternoon resigned as a member of
the police f ore. He will now &
vote all of his time to mancglng hie
hotel the Western. He has been
on the force eince February. '
t