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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1917)
The Alliance Herald READ BY EVERY MEMBER NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION. ALL THE NEWS OF ALLIANCE AND WESTERN NEBRASKA OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. IT REACHES HEADQUARTERS FOR 15,000 FIREMEN Leading Newspaper of 8 Pages Sections "s.rn iCebraska It ALLIANCE, BOX UUTTB COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 19lf -y NUMBER 5 'OLUME XXIV I i e r f PROPOSE A MOST DRASTIC DRY LAW r j I. h The "Committee of Five" Completes Bill to Knforce New Nebraska Prohibition Amendment OVER 400 SAID, "GOOD MORNING JUDGE," IN 1916 Alliance Police Force Was Actlv Almost SltOOO Collected In Fines and Fees During tb VI KW BILL WITH Some Members Doubtful If Will Will Tass as Drawn up Others Say It Suits Tbetn it (By iAof& Thomas) Lincoln. Nebr., Janr 1 The an nountment on Saturday that the committee of five appointed by the Nebraska Dry Federation to draft a "irI to enforce the new prohibition institutional amendment was greet ed with much Interest by the mem bers of the legislature who were al ready on the ground. The newspa pers Sunday morning published ex cerpts from the bill, the Lincoln State Journal being the only one to publish the bill In complete form. Discussion of the bill overshadow ed the wire-pulling which has been going on among members who are laterested In the election of certain candidates for speaker or who are desirous of getting a place on certain committees. The writer found many of the leg islators who believed the bill was too rustic and that it would re-act and bring about a movement toallow the sale of liquor. Others stated that they believed the bill as drawn up to be O. K.,.and expressed themselves as being in f avor of it. ' Mt. ...c-f.r---,iirt h bill! t V'L Here's what the proposed Nebras- 7 . j , atatuta nrohiblts: The sale of any liquor with alco kni inr hnveraee Durposes. VI The shipment Into the state or V..- . t,i. tn nlare In tho State of llUUi v' "w , llnunr fnr HUCh USC. HUJ I5U.A it4- - The circulation of any liquor ad vertising whatsoever, the soliciting of sales or the giving of information where liquor can be procured. The shipment or the carrying Into withnut notifying the rail- road or express company of any suit case, trunk or coutainer nneu l.tA.lAintt linuor without an affidavit from the consignee that it is for medicinal. t,clenunc. meiuuu". or surra mentnl nUl'DOBeB. The KlvlnK of a prescription by a alcohol, unless ne tajffis out a 'state license. Then he "--t "kTvelhe day and hour, and eH whal the disease is and sign his Aaia rtf issuing. The selling of liquor by a druggist without an affidavit rui-hito t -Star? public that it is not tor a bev- "lt will be a parched, barren, sandy waste in Nebraska f coes dry. Not an oasla In the des ert not a drop for the thirsty f the wmV w drafted by the legislative committee of the Nebraska Dry -lea- me cuii"6 1916 Just closed the A''tVt-ncVu partmcnt made . nVV .... accord tne to a INTKRK .-e by Polico Majcstrate ..ooerts. The nncs ana costs .nected from thope arrested amount ed to 1997.60. While fines to a much larger total amount wore assessed against those arrested this sum repre sents the total actually collec'ed. in many instances those arrested could not or would not pay their fines and they were housed In the city Jail and allow-l to work out their sentence.. In other Instances the fines were re mitted where It was believed tho proper lesson had been taught. September saw the larges number of arrosts of any month during tho year, fifty-four having been provided m k FIRE LADDIES MAKE RECORD With $170,575 Worth of Proierty In Danger, the F.iitlre lioss To tals but 4Ul,2ftO FIGURES MORE THAN WORDS Of Total lire I.oss During 1916, the Insurance Carried for All but $780 The report of Fire Chief L. E. Pilklngton for the year ending De ce j ber 31. 1916, brings to light the LOVERS DIE ON SIDEWALK J. Stearin Kills Mrs. Nelson In Lin coln Monday Night and Then Shoots Himself JACKSON SPEAKER OF NEBRASKA HOUSE FORM Kit ALLIANCE RESIDENTS Murdered Woman Divorced Wife Sklnney" Nelson, Engineer St eo nut a Former Cook of Jack Stearns, a former Alliance cook, shot and killed Mrs. Nora Nel son, divorced wife of Herman Nel- wlth the value of the buildings sub Ject to theso fires totaling J179.B75. But the more astonishing fact 1b that with the opportunity of says, "Morn- the total damage done by these for- astonishing fact that during tho year! son, better known as "Sklnney Nol- 1916 there were 41 llreB in tne cnyjBon, or mis city, on me biucwui iu front or me joe.wingen cigar Biore, 1341 1 street, In Lincoln, Monday night about 7:20 o'clock. He thou turned the gun and killed himself. F. L. Kerns, who was with the wo- i T nrin crnur tho amfl tvnn flroa t'm hill l.t.:8U ana VI number of arrests, there being but I this loss $2,500 was collected in In-, man a few minutes before, Identified thirteen hauled ud that month. March ! aurance. These figures speak more both and told the Lincoln officers an was the banner so far as the collect ing of fines and costs was concerned, those arrested having klcted in a total of $214 during the third month rst ,hn vanr Twotitv-B i dollars were ii - j i - - - - . collected in ocioucr, uuuik " st amount collected any month dur ing the past year than words for the great efficiency , he knew aDout me case, uoiu of the Alliance Votunteer Fire De- Stearns und Mrs. Nelson were known nartment. No greater service could I in Alliance through their residence, be rendered tho people of Alliance! The husband, Herman Nelson, is an . a. l. ' . . . - K 111 Mn.l wna hv a fullv nald nenartmeni man uub . pngiuuer oui ui .vininv-, been rendered oy tue rnenioern ui this volunteer department. Through their efforts there has been an ac- Tiwit TtnhortR ntntrs that it Is safe tiini loss of property from fire In Al to say that 90 per cent of the arrests iiav.ee during the year 1916 or out mndo in Alliance during the year,780, 1916 were for Intoxication or as the rPBiilt of intoxication. The ronow KUtv-ilve Active Members Thnr are sixty-five active raem- ine; table shows the number of arrests ( bers in the Alliance oVlunteer Fire niAnth nf th voar toeether . nonaptnioi-it with one member In un- L i (;nv u . " " v - i - - - - I1M1 with the amounts collected in ones and costs for each month: .Month January February March April May Ji'e July August September October November December Total No. of ""Arrests 14 24 30 17 30 13 43 73 54 i 22 36 59 415 Fines and Costn Coll. $ 36.00 81.00 241.00 71.00 i..rm. helnE Chief L. E. Pilklngton, who Is the only paid man In the en tire department. Mr. Pilklngton Is worth every cent he costs the city, and more. He is an expert when it comes to driving the truck. He is at the service of the public twenty-four t.ir. a .lav. and no day is too cold 62.00 tnrinv but that he Is on the 40.00 i0b. No night Is too bad, or sleep 78.00 too restful to keep him In his bed. 178.00 ; when an alarm is turned In Pilk is on the Job to drive tho truck to tha u-onn in- a hurry, and be gets Kr. in rimihle-auick time. It is, In 90.00 26.00 111.60 m.oo and was made an engineer here Mrs. Nelson's hou.e was at Edge mont, S. I)., and she has a sister, Hernice Tipton, and a mother, Mrs. Mary A. McElhaney, at Edgemont. The mother Is old and in poor health. Mrs. Nelson has a daughter, Bessie, ago 13 years, at the orthopedic hos pital in Lincoln. Jealousy the Clause A letter found on Stearns indicat ed that Jealousy had prompted the deed and that it had b een premcdi tated for some time. The letter was addressed to Mrs. Nelson's mother Mr. Kerns said ho had gone to the room of Mrs. Nelson and had arrang ed to take her out to supper. He had taken her to the matinee during the afternoon. When they reached tho bottom of the stairway they met Stearns. Stearns asked Kerns If he would permit him to walk a block or so with Mrs. Nelson, as he had some- thlne to tell her. Mr. Kerna con- $997.60 is so hedged TO OPKN UP BEAUTY PAULOR.S IN ALLIANCE Miss Sara Anderson of Omaha will In about two weeks open up a halr dresslng and beauty parlor In the Alliance hotel. Miss Anderson, who has worked with the well-known Schadell slaters' hair dressing par lors In Omaha, will be assisted by an other expert and all . ladles who de sire expert wommansnip rnuiuru with the very highest class of treat ment will find a way to the Ideal Hair Dressing Parlor at the Alliance - ttiA fart that a-.i ,Hniij.i1 tkatn Tin wnt a large measure, uuo ----- ; senieu, uuv na.icu iuv.... tho fir hovs eet to the scene of the ; no, far behind when the shooting fire so quickly that me aius t00K place kept so low. No member or me ae partment was Injured on duty during all of last year. Excellent Equipment The volunteer department owns property worth $3,500. The city owns fire-fighting apparatus valued at $5,500. There are twelve miles of city water mains reaching In ev ery direction, ranging in size from 4 to 10 Inches In diameter.- ?ne-ba f it He of new water main was laid this year. . . Broke Hear Axle The first serious trouble with the a n.-n osnerienceu u iJT uiu - hotel. Alliance is large enousu lu : cember 26. 1916. when the rear axie support a first-class parlor and there : . d on parting the truck from i. rAnnon hut what the business " ., Ford was requlsl- here should be a great success 'romjtloned t0 carry the'chemlcals. which the very opening day. eration passes tore. imA-nnna1 llhertv . " ".rw f.,v-ih. closely type aooui. i-" . o Bivtv-two written pages of uul.rfj;i7.tJ!; sections that the only liberty for thirsting will be to sign the medge. Therein alone can he es Spe he meshes the committee have thrown around King Alcohol. There is no "two per cent clause to enable the drinker to step down and out via the lighter beverage "ute?io proprietary medicines com pounded with alcohol; even the little Tablets they say will produce fair SSKS" 11 a substitute for beer will be UbHU Patent Medicine The statute Is designed to prohibit the sale of those beverages patent medicines and bitters classed by the U S government as containing alco hol and for which the government renulres a federal HceiiBP. NoTlquor can be advertised In the . JiihP in newspapers or on bill - board No enterprl'sing dealer may nass among the cltHenry and solicit Kr or contract to ship in booio. and what the drinker may view with r alarm the federal government fnM liat Point assays ba S fljSr from the outside Into he tBte under the Wcbb-Kenyoii act. ptate. una r ' letters on or in windows advertl- w'" . .,.,f h tnken do l'' ' .I11';' fter the law becomes ,Tm-e o" th- owner of the prop erty or the tenant in charge will be "Tma'n vEfaTes the law who tells ..Teates to his friend where be r in po an get a little anna de unikwful for anybody to stock up h KiT. "e botUes Tn his ice box U fZ K -reVot to be used "TheVcommittee chose the most sue- ?Tont fBiriTfor good measure Tt ran't fail to be effect ve sas J '21 tii man who directed the drafting. 1, 0. 0. F. R0NVEN1I0N . HERE NEXT WEEK however, were rtot needed. On New Year's eve In answering a call, sup posedly sent In as a prank by some Joker, the truck In turning in the street ran into a snow-covered curb, . i. trVnnr a Tift with the rwui ia wrb nlaced In the ambulance, U.I.J - '-- - . K Tells about the Tragedy Kerns says that but two shots were nrd. One took effect In Mrs. Nel- bou's head. The bullet entered her neck on the lert side under tne cnin nd ranced down. Inflicting a mortal wound, from which she died in about .tn minutes. Another snot sirucK fitpnrns lust below the heart and near the center of the front of the hndv. He dronned dead on the walK , about fifteen feet from the body of : Mrs. Nelson. Three - discharged shells were found In the revolver. At leaBt one witness says she heard three shots nil of them evenly spaced, the last nprhnnn a little farther from the sec ond in point of time than the second was from the nrst. Died In Ambulance The ambulance was culled and the bodies were removed to the morgue of Castle. Ropers & Matthews in L,in coin. Mrs. Nelson died after she Iemocratie Caucus Selects Officials and Employees at Monday Night Caucus (By Llloyd Thomas) The democratic house caucus was held In the Limlcll hotel at 7:30 clock Monday evening with W. J. Taylor of Merna in the chair. Da foe and Thomas were named as sec retaries. The temporary organisa tion was mado permanent before the cadcus closed, to provide for future meetings. Employees for tho lower house selected by the caucus were: Speak er, George Jackson, Nelson; chief lerk. Ueo. W. Potts, Dubois; chair man committee on committees, W. J. Taylor, Merna; temporary speaker, A. Ollls. Ord: first assistant clerR, Lee Metcalfe, Omaha; second asslst- nt clerk. J. W. Kelly, Merna; ser- geant-at-arma, Jason Evans, College lew; assistant sergeant-at-arms, rtev. T. D. Davis. Milford. The contest for chairman of the committee en committees was a good natured ouo between W. J. Taylor of Custer county and J. N. Norton of Polk, both of whom have been lead ers In tho house at previous sessions. Taylor won by the vote of 32 to 25, nd Norton moved to make his elec tion unanimous. Lloyd Thomas will be a member or the selective committee from the Sixth congressional district. Its com position Is as follows: Chairman (at large; vv. j. iuy- lor. First district A. N. Daroe, jonn- son county; W. F. Rleschlck, uicn- ardson. second J. H. Bulla, omana J. J. Shannon, Omaha; Jacob Sass, Chal co. . . Third William O. J. uau, uoage; Theo. Osterman, Merrick; . Radke, Cedar. Fourth J. N. Norton, rois; u. w. rnllsr Rawnrd. Fifth M. A. Bwanson. Jiay; rrou Hoffmelster, Chase. c..h c. W. TrumDie, snerman; Crist Andersen, Boyd; Lloyd Thom as, Box Butte. MAitutrcn IS DENVEIV - HUHIMIISKD MUMua Prion. if Tjcwls E. JohnHon and Lorenza I Stolta were surprised Monday night and Tuesday morning when they learned that the couple had been married tn uenver on rr. was twisted. tween three It required and four hours to Half Dozen Meetings and a Conven tion to Be Crowded Into Oiks Affair Next Week Thursday of next week, January 10 and 11, Alli ance will be the scene of the I. O. O. F.' conventlou. At this time there . i-i .ni.lAn r, t ttiA frrnnfl Will De a special riuu . , loils: a spt- iiil Bession of the depart ment council, a special session of the ii-b-tMi ussoii iJiy. a meeunK oi vutr North Platte Valley district I. O. O. K ;iss iHil'in ami a meeiinn tu bekah dlUrlct No. 33. Alliance is planning on giving the visitors a roy al entertainment, and If the thing is ,m R well as other affairs have -r - . .in v . a r A In hnr o ff not vn. . lA'LLt'lB wr c lyuuu m vs v I . . . . . - J i v l snowing tnai no naa aaurpwwj un l. V. K A I at v' 1 1 n n on inn lener your uuuui. n teer Fire Depart menv ar '"V"" r iineninlik nrnsldent: W. W w,. i 1 V v -1 , pair tneaamuBe. 411. a Vnlnn.'as Mrs. Jack St The omcers oi -d the letter "your hubby. ter was found In mearns enecis mm i l ar n or i nor ana nun tt iiii i rnsrii uiui Hall, vice president; T. P. L. her husband and that she had secretary; K. u. uwuson. --- I alenpd ..your ,ovinK wife. Plc- t. e. Pilklngton, cnier; Thomas, assistant chief. NEW YEARS EVE FIRE "Hello tilrl" and Fireman Believed Alarm Was Fake Turned in to Start CVleoration rtniievlne some one saw the New Year coming and In order to provide FORM FARM LOAN ASSN. Fanners Signed Articles of Asn'n At Meeting Held at Court House Friday Afternoon HOLD ANNUAL MCKTINU TUFS. About 910,000 In loana Already Ap plied for .Temporary Ofllclals Now Holding Ofltce' The organisation of the Alliance National Farm 1oan AHutH-latlpn was porfectod at a meeting held with the county agent in tho assembly room at the Box Butte county court houao r rlday nfternoou. Tho meeting was attended by some twenty farmers of this section who are either interested In the Federal Farm Loan Act or who desire to take advantage of the oppor tunity afforded and borrow money from the Federal Land B;ink for this section which Is to bo located at Om aha. The Itouivdrv Lines , The Alllntue National Farm Loan Association will take care of the want or ull farmers In Box Butto county and adjoining territory. There Is no limit to the territory which ona association may serve, convenience being the only element that ei)Jcus Into It. Thus the Allla.ieo associa tion will serve Box Butte county and the territory surrounding It, so that a farmer who lives over the line may affiliate with the Alliance cssoclatloa If he wishes and it is convenient for him to do so. . This provision makes It possible for those living In terri tory outside of Box Butto county where an association, which requires ten members, may not have been formed or wher It may not be con venient to organise, to become a mera ber of the Alliance association. The articles of association drawn up at the meeting held Friday stipulate that the association Is organized to do business in Box Butto and adjoin ing territory. Anyone who desires to borrow through the Federal Land Banks must afffliato with this or a similar organization. To Make Improvements About $40,090 in loans were ap plied for at the meeting held hero Friday. The money when received will be used tn paying off mortgages. dayi There were a very few who J buying more laud, buying more stock had an idea something was1 making Improvements, or in other coming off; but were nevertheless ; words, will be used only for agrlcui-' surprised when they learned of the event. They leri nere a Tuesday for Denver. The groom is proprietor or the Alliance uH-tuunis Work, and haB many friends in this tural improvement purposes. OAker FJw ted Following the signing of the ar ticles of association by those apply ing for loans officials wero elected to section. The bride until a month ( hold ofllco until the first annual meet- ago operated the uurnngion iuiuu room, which she soia recenujr.- TO CONT1NUK WOltK OF Dili n-iUMWiiun At a meetlne of the Box Butte Dry Federation held at the court house Friday Rev. J. B. Cams was elected president; C. A. Dow, vice president; A. Gregory, secretary and treasurer. rri., .J.l.nn ttnnrrt Trill COnslBt Of B X 113 idwi J - i - - ronrAanntatlve from eacn cnurcn or irurinton: secretary-ireacurer, rroa organization of the city which de- Mollrlng; and Directors, O. W. Nation aires to co operate with the object of n. E. Purlnlon, Chris Nepper, O. U law enforcement In mind. T. H.lWorley. Herman Trabert and Pat itnrnea Is the retiring president; A. Dillon. The board of appraisers is s Rnveart the retiring vice presl- composed of P. 11. Dillon. Herman dent: and R. M. Hampton, the ro- Trabert and O. W. Nation. tiring treasurer. Ing of the asportation. This annual meeting, which is the real big meet ing, will be held at the Box Butte county court house in Alliance Tues day afternoon, January 9, 1917, at two o'clock. All those who file their applications for loans beforo this meeting will be entitled to take part in the meeting. The ofliclalH elected to hold until Tuesday are: President, O. W. Nation; Vice-President, D. B. been in the past every Timor . "rth whne had decided away a booster for the biggest little , freetlng "0 alarm to start the " '. J?' ,9!lwh;8Utr.C bVwing. loth the telephone M the program for the convention wednesuay, jauuiirj w tina of Reception Committee, headquarters at Alliance Hotel, af ter train arrives. Sp.-clal Session or urana lioane v O. O. r . nan av i i. t onera house at 7:30 p. m. Address of Welcome . Mayor uomig Responso ; . .Grand wssier w. V. Hoagland UeTons" .... Pres. Rebekah Hoagland. Assembly Hattle Response .......... ;: Grrniu P.itriartu u. tu. iui""6v Dept. Comv ander C. M. Coffin Decoration of Chivalry . . 8:30 p. ra. Thursday, January 11 District Meeting at Opera House. . 9:00 a. m. Competitive Initiatory Degree . . . m- Scottsbluff. Gerlng and Itemingrora Banquet at 6 p. m. Competitive First Degree .. 8 p. m. Alliance. Mitchell MKKTIXa ATtTTV MISSION There will be a meeting at the Al t.i,. ritv Mission, at 3 p. m.. next cv tamiarv 7. led by Mrs. Hale, tiai nreanizer for the W. C. T. U iwi Mrs. Hale is an Interest ing ruaker. Everybody is invited to come out and ln-ar her. girl and the firemen donaicu a muo Sunday night as to whether the alarm turned In a few minutes before 12 o'clock should be answerod. The barn belonging to P. J. Yount, 314 Third street, caught fire in Borne un known manner a few minutes before midnight Sunday. The fire boys were on the Job but were expecting false alarms and ono so close to the limp when the whistles and bells of the town were scheduled to welcome In the new year led them to believe Komc one was either in a hurry or Vila wfllrh was fast. However, the alarm was anawereu whitn thosa in the homes oeneve.! the whistle was Just one in celebra tion. The damage by the fire is es- nm.ite.1 at about 1200. Wiien aooui five minutes afterward the whistles again blew and the bells rang, many believed some one s waicn s vnu er fast or slow. MKKTINO OF KTOCKIIOLDKIW Alliance, Nebr.. Jan. 3, 1917. Th annual meetlnK of the stock holders of the Alliance Building and Loan Association will be held in Its nfflcfi. Tuesday. January 9. ar 7-30 o'clock -n. m.. for the election of a Board of Directors for the en suing year and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. 5-8030-lt slsrned it "your loving wife." tures of Stearns were found in Mrs. Nelson's room and a picture of Mrs Nelson was found in Stearns room Mrs. Nelson was thirty years old an Stearns was thirty-one years old. Had Been tjoiiig Together Bessie Nelson, daughter, said that Stearns had been going with the mo ther for about ten months. Her mo ther apparently thought a good deal of Stearns. She had never heard her mention anything relative to marrying him. She also asserted that the mother bad told of Stearns' nvfterate jealousy and had made frequent protests as to the mother's having anything to do witn ner ror mer husband, who was In Lincoln Saturday afternoon, and with the mother visited the daughter, at me State Ortheopedic hospital. tne daughter believed that the tragedy was the culmination of the Saturday visit. The dauKhter said her mother s parents lived in Edgemont, S. D.. al so divorced, and that her mother had paid a visit to them in September. Nelson Was to Marry I cannot understand it," the dauKhter said. "Everything seemed all right, so far as I knew. I'apa is an engineer running out of Alliance and with mamma came out to see me Saturday afternoon. He said he was eoinr to marry an Alliance woman this week and was going on a honey moon trip to California. He bought ine a coat and dress for Christmas. When asked if the father bad ev er broached the subject of remarri age with the mother, the daughter said she did not believe that he ever had. . So fnr as she knew there had been no tuch intention. "My parents have been divorced about three years. Mother has al ways received alimony from papa. For the first year after the parting of my parents I stayed with mamma then I came here. Papa wrote to me quite often and seemed to be inter ested enough in me." R. Wilson, Burlington conductor, tiirni th first of tne wees 101- lowlng a short visit in Iowa. POTATO DAY JAN. 18 Sheridan County Will SenJ IKvIega- tlon of 150 What Will lx Butte Count) Do? A Pretentious District The locating of the Federal Re serve Bunk In Nebraska may well b considered an honor for this stato; Creating a territory with Nebraska as a tenter and supplemented with Iowa, South Dakota and Wyoming, the Land Bank Board cctabllshed what is genorallly considered to be the most pretentious district of the entire twelve. With long time loans at forty years, and interest less than six per cent, the farmers of this terri tory will be enabled to start a develop ment campaign which will be felt the nation over. Kl'CCFSSFl'L DAWF.S FA KM Kit - Win. Martens of Chadron, one .of Dawes county's successful farmers, stopped in Alliance list Thursday on his way home from Dalton where he had been visiting at the home of Banker Willis. Mr. Martens be lieves In scientific farming, practical ly applied, and knowing that The Herald la doing much to encourage the same in this country, he favors, this office with a call when in Alll- ;nce. Thursday, J.inuary 18. l'J17. is Po tato Day and Box Butte County day r.t Lincoln during the week of Organized. Aerii-ulture. It is also Sht-ilda:! County day and some 150 residents of WliprUlHii county have aireauy eii;ii!.u up to make the trip. It is planned to make the tiip a hummer and make an tmnresBion on eastern Ne.bruska hv this SDOclal stunt. Now you potato growers u is ui. a viiii Are YOU KOlUK lO lliiconi and advertise Box uuue coumy aim vourst-tf or are you going to lei Sheridan county represent Box Butte rountv. The triu will be worth wuue A state potato grower s association is to be organized on Box Butte county :.ni Pnisito Dav. Are you intese3t- ed? County Agent Seidell will present the onenitiK paper on "The Import ance of the Nebraska Potato Indus try." Link Davis of Gordon win talk on "Growing Potatoes Without Irrieatlon" Secretary Milward of tho Wisconsin Potato urowers a- .Miatlon will address the assembled potato growers on, "Organization. Its Imnnrtanrn to the I'OlalO urowtTB, A. S. Enyeart of Hetningord is onltian churcvh tonight and the program on Tuesday. January is, yoursen. when the Nebraska corn uroweri .as sociation holds forth. Mr. Enyearts subiect ia "Lessons From Drouth in Western Nebraska." W. E. Spen cer, manager of the Alliance Cream K. H. Rny.1 expects to return to Alliance about the middle of the month. He has been spending the Christmas season at Chelsea, Mich igan with his father. Before return ing to Alliance be will go to Atlanta Georgia on some legal business. The . double dissolving stereopti- con. the artist-painted charts ana Rev. Knowles himself make a com bination that has never been equal led in this town. Go to the Chris- see for Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Seidell of Chadron have rented the furnished home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Thomas and moved in Tuesday. They ery will attend the dairy meeting onlwtll occupy the home during the Wednesday. January 17. uirecioru i time. Mr. ana Mrs. i nomas are at of State, district and county fairs will meat on Tuesday. On Friday. Janu ary 19. Hon. Herbert Quick will dis cuss the farm loan act. Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Seidell are the parents of the county agent and also have two daughters attending the academy. i.t i ' i '( ". .. f.; rv A .I V:-' i -1 3 n i, (Continued on page 8) A1 r