Leading
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The Alliance Herald
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VOLUME XXIV
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA.MAY 3, 1917
BOOZE REIGN
NOW AT END
Saloons of Alliance and All Nebraska
Closed Doors Monday Night as
Clock Struck Right
AUCTION SALES LAST HOUR
Ottj Filled with Visitor from Sur
rounding Country All Signs
Must Be Removed
I
Six saloons in Alliance and 823
saloons located at other points in
Nebraska a total of 829 closed
tehlr doors at 8 o'clock Monday
night, and at 12 o'clock the same
night the new prohibition bill be
came effective. In addition to these
places affected by the prohibitory
law, there were fifteen breweries,
one distillery and ten rectifying
plants that came under the ban. Of
the 829 saloons in Nebraska 353
were located in Omaha, and twenty
five In Lincoln.
The following Alliance saloons
closed for good Monday night: The
Budweiser Corner, Everett Cook'i
Saloon. Stockman's Exchange Bar
King A Wilson Saloon, Last Chanc,
and the Alliance Hotel Bar.
The following breweries doing
business in Nebraska were deprived
of their right to make and sell beer:
Columbus Brewing Co., Columbus;
Oehling Brewing Co., Falls City:
Fremont Brewing Co., Fremont;
Orand Island Brewing Co., Grand Is
land; Joseph Guggenmos, Fred Krug
Brewing Co., Metz Bros. Brewing
Co., StQorz Brewing Co., and Wil
low Springs Brewing Co., Omaha;
Joseph Wrede, St. Helena; Jetter
Brewing Co.. South Omaha; West
Point Brewing Co.. West Point; Wil
ber Brewing Co., Hastings; and Otoe
Brewing Co., Nebraska City.
Monday night saw a great crowd
on the streets of Alliance. Those
saloons that still remained open were
Oiled but aside from the amount of
liquor sold, Monday night was not so
much different from other busy
nights for the saloons. The crowds
were surprisingly orderly. There
was no particular noise, and every
thing moved along without much
disturbance.
When the bell tolled six times
once for each saloon It was all ov
er and the doors were closed. The
porters then had their inning, for
there were a few stray coins to be
found here and there during the
cleaning up process. But the crowyd
lingered for a few minutes. The
doors were locked but the lights
burned. Seemingly many remained
outside to take one last longing look
into the Interior before the curtain
of the law was drawn upon the
scene.
The closing hour was a sight long
to be remembered by one who chanc
ed to be standing on the Bide lines
or back in the rear Men, any num
ber of them, who had not been 8'en
in Alliance, for many, many moons,
were there, and many of them, to
gether with the regulars, were on
the job to buy as long as their purse
and their arms held out. Bulging
pockets and armloads were the or-,
der of the evening.
The King Ac Wilson saloon sold
out by 4 o'clock Monday afternoon
and locked up. while the Everett
i'ook saloon was closed up about 6
o'clock. Fred Rehder of the Iist
Chance remained open until the last
although practically his entire stock
was shipped Monday afternoon to
Guernsey where he has opened up a
saloon. The Budweiser. the Stock
men's Exchange, and the Alliance
Hotel bar also remained open until
the last.
Auction sales were the feature oi
closing hour. ' I en minutes
someone yelled. "How nuch
Um I offered for these four half-
pints of Kentucky Dew whiskey,
the auctioneer cried. "I've got seventy-five,
who'll make it a dollar, a
dollar, a dollar ." Sold, more whis
key here, hurry up. just live minutes
to go." "Wbs ain I offered for this
box ofjtigars and this bottle of bit
ters'" "Sold to the hip man down
there for a buck get the money,
more whiskey here." and so it went.
But Monday night was only the
finish. When the start was no one
seems able to remember, but there
was a series of climaxes from Satur
day Borstal until Monday night
During that period there were more
unadulterated drunks in the city of
Alliance than there ever were before
In like period and more than there
will ever be again. It was a period
In which some seemed to be trying
to drink all the booze there was in
Alliance, but It couldn't be done.
There was still booze left at the fin
ish The saloons are closed but Alli
ance is not dry yet. There was al
together too much booze distributed
about town for that. It will prob
ably be months before all the booze
goes to its final resting place.
W. C. T. It! INSTITl TE
AT HEMINGFORD
Hemingford Is to be the scene of a
W. C. T. U. institute Friday of this
week, at which a number of Alliance
ladies, members of the Alliance un
ion, will take prominent parts The
institute is to be held in the Meth
odist church at Hemingford
JOHN W. THOMAS
APPOINTED DEPUTY
Editor of Alliance Herald Appointed
Deputy State Land Commis
sioner Tuesday
John W. Thomas, editor of the
Alliance Herald for the past eight
years, was appointed Tuesday to the
office of deputy by State Land Com
missioner O. L. Shumway. The pos
ition pays a salary of $1800 per year,
the appointment being for a term of
two years.
SENIOR CLASS PLAY
THURSDAY, MAY 10
Annual Play to Be (liven at Imperial
Pictures as Well Big
Double Program
"The Commuters" is the title of
the play to be presented by the sen
ior class of the Alliance high school
this year. Arrangements have been
made with the manager of the Im
perial theatre for his co-operation In
staging the play one week from to
day, Thursday, May 10.
In addition to the senior class play
a big feature film will be shown,
making a double program that will
be hard to beat. "The Commuters"
is a comedy In four acts and will be
presented by a company that is re
ported to have It on any home-talent
bunch that has ever appeared before
PLAN HI6HWAY TO
PARALELl G. R. & Q.
Road Would Run from Orand Island
to raw ford via Lakeside, Al
liance and Hemingford
The special good-roads meeting
held by the Associated Commercial
Clubs of Western Nebraska, at Oer
Ing Monday night of this week, prov
ed to be one of the most enthusiastic
and largely attended meetings ever
held by the organisation, according
to Secretary H. M. Bushnell, Jr., of
the Alliance Commercial Club, who
is president of the association, and
who was in attendance at the meet
ing. Over fifty delegates from the
Panhandle country were there to
take part in the proceedings. The
following communities were repre
sented by delegations: Alliance,
Mr. Thomas will reside at Lin
coln, taking up his duties there at
the state capitol building on May 5.
His intimate acquaintance with near
ly every part of the state of Nebraska
and his general knowledge of the
western part of the state, where are
located the larger portion of the
state landH, were considered in giv
ing him the appointment.
O. L. Shumway, the commission
er, is a Scottsbluff man who has
been making things hum about the
land commisBioner'p office and who
is causing people In touch with his
department of state affairs to sit up
and take notice. The work of look
ing after the millions of dollars
worth of state lands and other prop
erty is important. The voters of
Nebraska ' made no mistake in plac
ing this responsibility on the shoul
ders of a western Nebraska man
Orant Shumway. The Herald feels
complimented in knowing that the
man who has been its editor for the
past tight years will have the privil
ege of assisting In this work in an
Important capacity.
an Alliance audience. The curtain Chadron. Crawford. Goring. Broad
goes up at 8:30. It is expected the water, Oshkosb, Lewellan, Bridge
theatre will be packed. The follow- port. Mitchell, Scottsbluff, Bayard,
ing is the cast of characters arrang- Northport and Kimball,
ed in the order of appearance: At 4:30 in the afternoon the dele-
Larry Brlce Oral Harvey gates resolved themselves Into a
Hetty Brlce Neva Howe committee of the whole for the pur-
Carrle (the maid)... Florence Ats pose of considering the work before
Mrs. Graham (MM. Brlce's moth them. The meeting was called to
er) Dollie Hagaman order by President H. M. Bushneii,
Mr. Rolliston David Purinton Jr., who explained the various pro
Mr. Colton Dewey Donovan visions of the good roads bills as
Mr. Applebee Johp Wright passed by the recent legislature. Un-
Sammy Fletcher (comedian) ... der the bill as passod, the state and
Hugh Davenport federal government apportion cer-
Mrs. Julia Stickney Crane tain moneys for the construction of
Rose Carlson roads of a permanent nature. The
Mrs. Colton Teresa Morrow roads built do not have to be paved,
Mrs. Shipman . . Edith Vanderwark but must be surfaced and graded so
Mrs. Applebee Eleanor Harris as to be permanent The moneys
Mrs. Rolliston .... Matilda Frankle , derived from the sources mentioned
sf
NUMBER 22
NO NEW RANK
FOR ALLIANCE
Men Who Were Back of Proposition
State They Have Given up the
Plans for Organisation
The statement by an Alliance
newspaper this week that a new
bank was to be organised in Alliance,
headed by prominent men, seems to
have been without foundation. Plans
had been made for the organization
of the Citizens State Bank, with n
capital of $50,000, but according to
r. j. was, who was the promoter,
the plans have been given up and
there will not be another hank an far
as he is concerned.
Mr. Was stated to The Herald this
morning that he expected to devote
his time this coming year to raising
potatoes on hla farm near Alliance.
He was undecided as to whether or
not he would remain at Alliance.
Men who had been Included in the
plans for the new bank as officers
stated to The Herald this morning
that they had determined not to
take any part In the organisation of
a new bank and that in their opinion
the matter had been droppeqd.
Barnes (officer) John Wright
Synopsis of He en en
Act 1. Dining room of the Brlce
home, Saturday morning, 7:15.
Act 2. Living room of the Brlce
home. Late afternoon of the same
day.
Act 3. Same scene as act one. 2
a. m.
Act 4. Veranda of Brice home.
Sunday morning.
are apportioned to the counties on
the basis of one-third for area, one-
third for population and one-third
on postal route mileage. According
to the estimates of the state engin
eer, the counties of the district will
have substantially the following
amounts: Sioux, $33,000; Scotts
Bluff, $26,000; Banner, $15,000;
Kimball, $20,000; Dawes. $31,000;
Box Butte, $20,000; Morrill, $23,-
000; Cheyenne, $25,000; Sheridan,
Garden, $24,000; Deuel.
Time Present.
Place A suburb of New York ' $44,000;
City. ! $8,000.
Otto Snyder is business manager,! The roads constructed .under this
and Miss Bertha Wilson is class law must be inter-county highways
sponsor The prices for this show ; and connecting as between main
will be: Children, 25 cents. Adults. Btate and interstate roadB. They
50 cents. Balcony, 75 cents. must not parallel In the samo coun-
ty. and must be open and graded and
INSULTED LANDIiADY COT muit f0i0w postal routes wherever
WHAT WAS COMING TO HIM possible. The county commissioners
of eaeh county must approve the
It cost A. H. Saner, who has been p,gnt of th.r 0OUntry before the mat-
ihe
yet
"INFORMATION"
The valuing of personal property,
for assessment In the city of Alii-;
ance, is now in progress. Extra ef
forts will be made for equalization.
Be guided by the information given
by the district assessor, in placing
values. If schedules of merchandise
coming into the county office do not
correspond (pro rata) to other stock,
they will be changed as deemed I
just. If the schedule of money.'
notes, etc., do not seem reasonable!
they will be returned and the dis-i
pute left to the County Board of
Equalization.
J. A. K KEG AN.
22-U-8277 County Assessor, i
THAI H KRS' EX AMINATION
Regular state teachers' examina
tion will be given at the court house
In Alliance on May 18 and 19. The
Rending Circle examination will be
given at this time.
OPAL RUSSELL,
22-LM-8275 County Superintendent.
employed at one of the potash plants,
$26 to settle with County Judge Ira
E. Tash for a mixup Sauer got into
Monday. Saturday night Sauer
rented a room at the Western hotel
and later made certain remarks of
an insulting nature to Mrs. A. B.
Wheeler, wife of the proprietor
ter Is submitted to the federal gov
eminent. The work of the commit
tee therefore waB to select and desig
nate for federal and state aid the
road in western Nebraska that were
proper and-which would meet with
the approval of the officials. After
the designation of such roads it be
When Mrs. Wheeler attempted to Putcome the duty of ,he organizations
Sauer out he struck her. ,to preBent the matter to the county
A. B. finally came in from his run ! commissioners and gain their appdo
and when he. learned of the matter j val. The members were unanimous
there was something doing. All whojn approving the following highways
know Wheeler can form a very good
idea of the antics Sauer must have
cut up, for Wheeler is reported to
The Northwestern highway from Val
entlne through Rushville, Chadron,
Crawford, Harrison and continuing
have run true to form. Following 1 ito Wyoming. The high wayparalel
his interview with Sauer, Wheeler i iine the C. n. & O. R. R. from Grand
filed a complaint against btm. Judge i lB,an(j through Lakeside,
'liisn nnea sauer zu ana costs, a
total of $25.
Alliance.
NEBRASKA POTASH WORKS
III SV MAKING DOLLARS
SEVENTH COMMUNITY
CONCERT TO HE SUNDAY
The seventh community concert
will be given at the Phelan opera
house Sunday afternoon. May 6.
starting at 2:30 o'clock. The usual
fine program has been prepared and
all who attend are sure to find an
afternoon of genuine enjoyment.
EIRE DAMAGES MAM.EHY
APARTMENTS ON MONDAY
Eire broke out in the apartment
of Charles Pennycuick in the second
oor of the Mallei y building, corner
Box Butte and Fourth street, Mon
day shortly before noon. The fire is
said to have been caused by a leaky
gasoline stove. The damage is plac
ed at between $200 and $300. The
smoke from the burning clothing was
so thick that the firemen had great
difficulty in getting to the fire. The
clothing in the several apartments
was damaged by the smoke, while
the furniture in t he Pennycuick
apartment was damaged to a consid
erable extent. The firemen reached
the blaze via the outside windows.
CITY COUNCIL CHANTED
LICENSES MONDAY EYE
The city council held a special ses
sion Monday night at the city hall,
at which the council granted now li
censes to plumbers and owners of
pool halls. Six pool ball licenses
were granted, being to William King.
King v Laing. Johu Byers. W. F.
Crane, Danny Lyons and V. E
Byrne.
The following plumbers were
granted licenses: W. H. Volt, W. D.
Zedlker, P. O. Beck well and J H
Branden.
The city farm was leased to Oscar
Brush for $165, which Is $65 over
what the farm rented for last year
Hemingford to Crawford. The North
Platte highway through Oshkosh,
Broadwster, Northport, Bridgeport,
Bayard, Gerlng, Scottsbluff. Mitchell
and Into Wyoming; and the Lincoln
highway through Deuell, Sidney, and
Kimball. This system will give wes
tern Nebraska four complete east and
west highways that traverse all thf
counties in the district except one.
To connect these four main roads
and also to provide a through north
and south highway the committee re
commended for aid the Black Hills.
Chadron. Alliance. Sidney. Denver,
road. The committee In order to
give road aid to Banner county and
make supplemental north and south
highway recommended a road from
Gering to Harrishurg and Kimball
It was recommended that Scottsbluff
I Morrill and Box Butte counties con
ifer unpon and erect a good highway
between Allianre an Scottsbluff from
county money, and that the countieH
' of Box Butte, Sheridan, Dawes and
Sioux confer and recommend the
. . . route for the Northwestern highway
This section of the country has!and the Denver-Black Hills road
sure been Retting some of that moiB- Thp pn,-ldon, llox, appointed par
ture since about the middle of Ap- j manen, ,.,,,, (.olnmittee to aid in the
ril. The total precipitation in Alii- k , ,,, of H mrnjb(,r from
ance from April 15 to and Including h communy with a chairman
May 2 was 2.22 inches, according to from ach COUIlty The following
the meteorological record made for membOT1 WPre appointed Alex Mm.
the government by F. W. Hicks, of- J d Hnlnpofrd; C U Lightoff.
ficial weather observer. The snow L, f d s w Thompson. Alli
of yesterday morning, Wednesday ' M A sho,,,-; ; j. p.
May i, sianea at t a. m. ana con-' v v,.hr t n Ktm Hud
1 'Mill
Suuday night the plant of the Ne
braska Potash Works company at
nlioch was started with a full force
of men on the job. The plant cost
$400,000 and has been built with the
idea of the greatest efficiency in
mind. Antioch Is humming now as
never before. The plant Is open to
the public at all times and those con
nected with the organization state
that everyone is welcome to go and
visit the plant at any time.
The new plant is being operated
with the idea of making it a perman
ent proposition even though prices
fall considerably after the war.
FARM LOAN MEETING
CALLED FOR SAT.
Omaha IaimI Rank Ready to Loan
Money to Alliance Assn. All
Members Should Attend
Fred Mollring, secretary of the
Alliance National Farm Loan Asso
ciation, has received word that the
Omaha land bank Is ready to loan
money to the members of the Alli
ance National Farm Loan Associa
tion. The members have but to add
some things to their present organi
zation and a charter will be granted.
In view of the Immediate action de
sired by the local members, a meet
ing has been called for Saturday of
this week starting promptly at 2
o'clock. The meeting will be held
in the assembly room at the Box
Butte county court house, In Alli
ance. All who have intentions of Join
ing the association within the stoxi
two years should also be present.
Members should have their abstracts
brought up to date and should de
liver them to the secretary-treasurer
at their very first opportunity. The
secretary will then forward the ab
stracts to the Omaha land bank for
examination by their legal department.
HAMPTON IS
MADE PRES.
Change In Personnel of Officers of
Big Allianre Bank Place R.
M. Hampton at Head
AHROG IS ASSISTANT AMIIKR
F. J. Was Resigns as Cashier Dir
ectors Meeting Held In Al
liance Wednesday
At a meeting of the board of dir
ectors of the First National Bank,
held in Alliance Wednesday, R. M.
Hampton of Alliance itai
president of the hank to succeed
Charles B. Ford of Chicago. The
election of Mr. Hampton to the pres
idency of the bank was in recogni
tion of his splendid work for that
institution during the past twenty
five years.
Other officers elected m thn murn
meeting were: ("has. B. Ford, first
vice president; S. K. Warrick, sec
ond vice president; Frank Abegg, as
sistant cashier. The resignation of
P. J. Was as cashier of the bank was
accepted. Directors of the bank are
t;nas. ai. rora. 8. K. Warrick, R. M.
Hampton and Eugene E. Ford.
KNIGHTS HERE NEXTiWEEK
Two State Meeting of Knights of
Columbus to He Held Here on
Tuesday and Wednesday
WANTED HIS BOOZE
DRANK WOOD ALCOHOL
Failing in his efforts to get a
druggist to sell him alcohol on Sun
day, a man who "needed something
to steady his nerves" purchased
"wood alcohol for furniture polish"
and the druggist placed the regula
tion label on it. The man, Paul
Robinette, and friend drank the
poison wood alcohol. He was hur- i
ried to Dr. Hershraan and a stomach
pump used on him. The friend was
not discovered, although the man
stated said friend drank as much of
the stuff as he did. The men came
from Niobrara to get In on the last
hours' entertainment at the saloons.
JIT'ITER PLLVIIS HAS
BEEN WORKING OVERTIME
-
T D. Roberts, police judge, re
turned to Alliance this morning fol
lowing a week spent In Des Moines.
He was called there by the death of
a brother-in-law.
ANDERSON "ENGAGED AS
PRINCIPAL AT AVON. N. Y.
Carl A. Anderson, who was prin
cipal of the Alliance iii. h school
from 1912 to 1915. on Tuesday of
this week was engaged as principal
of the high BChOOl at Avon. N Y .
for the ensuing year.
tlnued until 11 a. m. It rained the
day before, but the precipitation wad
very light.
The following report by F. W.
Hicks, official weather observer, will
be of Interest to many:
Set Procipi-
Aprll Max. Min. Max. tatlon
15 40 30 30 .47
16 54 30 52
17 r,4 32 47
18 65 30 55
19 54 30 37 .34
20 60 31 55
21 72 32 65
22 78 39 61
23 74 46 72
24 72 40 50
25 56 30 50
26 Mi 28 2g
27 34 25 28
28 35 25 32 92
29 78 22 29 08
30 50 14 48
May
1 59 30 44 04
2 44 30 31' 44
report, M. Schumacher. Minatare;
C. H. Blackburn, Mitchell; K R
Rhiley, Oshkosh: Geo. C. Snow. Chad
ron; C A. Mantz. Bayard. Chas. Wil
liams. Broadwater; A. N. Mathers,
Gerlng; and John Mevich, Lewellen.
The committeemen from the other
communities are to be announced
later. The coun ty chairmen thus
far announced were as follows Duwes
G. E. Gorton; Scottsbluff, C. H. Black
burn; Morrill. Mark Spanogie; and
Box Butte Lloyd C. Thomas.
Geo. E. Johnson the state engin
eer, who has been such a vital factor
in promoting the good roads prop
anganda was in attendance and ex
plained the germane matters, aided
the committee in their selections of
roads and told of the work they
could and must do
In the evening the Gering Conv
munity Club tendered the delegates
a splendid banquet, and an excellent
muscial program was rendered dur
ing the course of the dinner A. B.
Wood. President of the local club.
OMAHA BOOSTERS CALL OFF
PROPOSED BOOSTER TUP
nnonncement was received in Al
liance early in the weak to the ef
fect that one hundred business 'men
of Omaha would make a trip through
northwestern Nebraska, Wyoming
and Montana the last week in May
The schedule had Alliance booked
for a visit from the Omaha bunch on I
Friday. May 2 5. Yesterday morning
The Herald received a message from
the Omaha Bureau of Publicity an
nouncing that the trade extension
tour had been postponed "on ac
count of war conditions and in re
sponse to the president's economic
appeal." It Is stated that "the ex
cursion will be held when conditions
are more favorable."
acted as toastmaster and called upon
Mayor Mathers of Gering, who wel
comed the visitors. Mr. Johnson '
gave a brief talk, after which the
meeting was turned over to Mr. Bush
nell to complete the work. Mr. Bush
nell responede to the addressof wel
come, and then called upon the con
vention, to formally adopt the pro
ceedings of the afternoon, which they
did. During the course of the meet
ing, many important matters were
dlacusKsed by the members and the
work accomplished will result in an
education of all on the good roads
program and effect a working combi-
I nation among the counties and com
i munitiee of Western Nebraska for
better roads
The state council meeting of the
Knights of Columbus will be held In
Alliance on Tuesday and Wednesday
of this coming week, May 8 and 9.
According to letters received by the
committee in charge from the state
and district deputies, the attendance
will be somewhat larger than was at
first anticipated. A number of the
delegates are bringing their wives.
The committee estimates that the
meeting will bring to Alliance fully
150 persons, most of them really big
men in Knights of Columbus circle.
The meeting will be favored by the
presence of two bishops. Bishop
James K. Duffy of Kearney, and
Bishop Henry Tlhen of Lincoln. Wil
liam McOinley of New Haven. Conn.,
supreme secretary of the Supreme
Iodge Knights of Columbus, will be
in attendance at the meetings on one
of the two days.
Bishop Tlhen has consented to do
liver his address, "For God and
Country in Peace and in War," on
Tuesday evening. The lecture and
program will be held at the Phelan
opera house. The members of the
Alliance Commercial Club and their
ladles have been invited to attend.
The official program for the two
days meetings is as follows:
Ttirwday
9 a. m. Pontifical High Mass at
Holy llosary church by Bishop
Duffy, assisted by ten priests.
11 a. m. Calling to order and ap
pointment of committees.
II m. Dinner.
I p. m. -Auto ride to Pine Kidge
and lunch on Chadron creek,
weather and roads permitting. Al
ternative is trip to potash works.
8 p. m. Lecture at ieia house by
Rt. Rev. Henry Tlhen. Subject,
"For God and Country in Peace
and War." All members of Alli
ance Commercial Club and lady
frinends are invited to attend this
lecture. The following program
will be given:
Vocal solo- Miss Kate Kniest.
Address of welcome by W. E. Rous
ey, in.,., .i! of Alliance.
Address of wei mite by Earl Mallery.
president Commercial Club.
Hespons- by State Deputy Geo. F.
Corcoran of York.
Vocal duet Misses Kniest and Wil
liams. Ann nca sun.; by all present
WcdiM-Mla
9 a. m. Solemn Requiem mass.
II a. m. Business session.
I'MO p. m. Business session
7 p. ui. Banquet by courtesy Alli
ance Commercial Club to be held
in basement Holy Rosary church.
At the same time the state council
meeting is held another and separ
ate meeting will be held here, being
the annual meeting of the financial
secretaries of the thirty-four coun
cils in the Btate.
i The state council is composed of
all present grand knights in the
state and one past grand knight
from each council, together with the
grand offices. Besides the grand
knights, past grand knights and fin
ancial secretaries there will also be
in attendance the state deputy, a
district deputy for each of the seven
districts of the state, the state sec
retary, state warden, state advocate,
state chaplain, and the supreme sec
retary, besides a number of priests
and officials of the church.
J. N. Andrews, Bert Ponath. J. D.
Emerick, J. A. Armour and H. E
Reddish are Interested in the Griffith
Oil Co., organized at Dead wood last
week. The company is capitalized
gi $600,000, there being 600,000,
worth at par $1 each. The holdings
consist of 960 acres in the west limb
of the district near the well-known
HJorth well in Wyoming. It is stat
ed that a campaign is to be made lo
cally for the sale of shares In this
enterprise.