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VOLUME XXIV
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HIGHLANDERS
MET HERE TUES.
reinvention of District No. 7 Held in
Grand Secretary
Sftarj"' in Attendance
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA.MAY 17. 1917
NUMBER 24
OKDKR IMS I N I 1 1 1 I MM ltl
Itolegali to Grniid Iodg;e ApMintcd
lianquet Seized at Alliance
Hotel Tuewlay I vening
Delegates from over district No. 7
ol the Highlanders mot in Alliance
Tuesday In convention. District No.
7 is made np of the western portion
of Nebraska, the eastern part of Wy
oming and the southern part of
South Dakota.
Hon. V. E. Sharpe of Aurora, Neb.,
grand secretary of the Highlanders,
was present with the delegation. The
grand lodge now has jurisdiction in
SOW TtCCD states. One of the fea
tures of the convention was the ad
dress made by Grand Secretary
Sharp, who for a period of an hour
held the closest interest of all, while
he told the story of how. in the last
twenty-two years, the Highlanders
had made one of the most enviable
records of any insurance order. Mr.
Sharpe explained that the order has
thirty thousand members and a re
serve fund of $2,000,000. Entire
satisfaction and hearty appreciation
was expressed to the worthy supreme
protector and secretary of the order
for their good management of the
order's business.
The business session was called to
order promptly at 2 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon by Grand Secretary F. K.
v Sharpe. The regular routine order!
of business was gone through. Clans- j
men A. D. Rodger of Alliance and j
K. L. Tierce of Hemingford were ap
pninted a cominiiiee to draft resolu
tions. They prepared resolutions
which were submitted to t-ho conven
tion. Altflf the resolutions were dis
posed of delegates to the grand lodge ,
were at act ad, terminating in thai
election of Mrs Abbey Lcithoff of
Crudwnrd. Nebr . as di legate, and
Joseph Giles. If. i Newport. Ncbr.,j
ns alternate,
A period of lit -us;,uM! was ii:duig-!
e.i ttl , Wli'ldl wwMw helpfulj- jo : 11
present. Kv . ry'oitc wt, highly en-1
thusisstic over the record of the or-'
der and all predicted great advance
ment for the Highlanders during the
coming year.
When the business session of the
convention was completed the del)
cation was escorted to the Alliance
hotel where enjoyed ;i bounteous
dinner, such as Landlord Miller
knows how to prepare for occasions
of this character. The only trouble
reported during the entire conven
tion occurred at this time. II. F.
Davis, organizer for tlx Highland
ers, was so enthusiastic over the ex
cellent condition of the organization
at the present time that it was found
hard to keep him down until the din
ner was finished. Following the
dinner Grand Secretary Sharpe led
the delegation to the imperial thea
tre, Where the balance of the everting
was enjoyed.
Charles V. J Offer of Alliance was
secretary of this session of the grand
lodge, district No. 7.
Senior Class of Alliance High School
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PLANS COMPLETED
FOR NEW HIGHWAYS
(Jood Hoads Ihtoeters of Panhandle
MM In Crawford Wednesday and
Decided on Connecting Points
(Photo by Van Graven Studio.)
Reading Left to Rigfat : Martha Shaw, Donna LaHoda, Neva Howe, Rose Cartoon, Wat. Pullman,
Oral Harvey, Dolly Haaman.
Eleanor Harris, Matilda Prankle, Teresa Morrow, bora Coker, Nina Whaloy, sfabli Oraataian.
Hugh Davenport, Thelma Pitspairick, Otto Snyder.
Florence Atg, John WrightBdith Vanderwark, Dewey Donovan, Davi.l Purinton, Grace Carhto'n,
Niiui Whaley.
CONVENTION
HERE IN 1918
Atnte Convention of Commercial
Clubs to tc Held at Omaha
Nci Week Instead of Here
sniE kcuuimv COMMENCEMENT
tnat tow: S ft m
Contestants 1'uilcd to Arrive Venter
day Postponed I " til Thurs
day evening
THK CHAXGi: WAS i: I.SSAH
Convenlion Date luid Cousci ill ion
Meeting Called by Governor at
1 1 1 . 1 1 1 i Are I lie Same
SHUMWAY AND POOL
VISIT ALLIANCE
Hecrctar.v ot Stale and Stall- Com
mlsslnner of I'nhlic Irftuds and
Uuildings Here H I -.
state Land Commissioner !. L.
Bhunrwsy
Charles W
yest entay
connected
lices. Tin
pan with
Uraban n
Hid Secretary ot Slate
Pool wore In Alliance
(Wednesday) on business
with their respective of-
t I. si a ' e uiiii urs in ooni-
.lohn o'Keefe and Robert
ade an uutn'unbile trip In
to the country to view certain state
lands. Roqussts have been uiHde to
purchase certain school lands The
county commissioners first appraise
the land, not under $7 an acre, ac
GOrdiDI 10 lav The state land com
missioner then views it and if, in his
estimation i the price s a fair one the
sale s made, otherwise the t retina'
Hob is blocked.
Hot h Mr Sh urn way and Mr. Pool
are Western Nebraska men Mr
ghumwsj Is from Bcottsbluff and Mr.
'ted from tlyspuls.
Secretary of Slate Pool is being
i st.d by bis friends for COB KT COS
man from this district to replace
Moses Kinkaid. Mr. Pool is one of
the most popular men in the district
and was RiVeg the largest individual
vote in the slate at the last election
Hntii gentlemen are efleienl ottn-
ials and western Nebraska may well
be proud of having such men at the
bead oi i mms department of state
government
Captain Jack Miller received a tel.
gram this afternoon stating Ihul
i apt. i in Wallace Mould l- in Alli
ance Smulay to muster lu PORJ
i. ln- is ibe liital step. ComMiuy
G b lo fx- muercd into Ihe federal
service.
Misses Mam- and EliXSbeth Mulch
lett Wednesday for Minutare to vlsi'
with their mother
The annual stale convention of As
sociated Commercial Clubs of Nebr
aska which was to have been held in
Alliance on May 24 and 25 will be
held in Omaha on those days. The
Change is made because of the con
servation congress to be held at Om
aha on May 22. 23, 24 and 2.V Many
of the delegates W MM convention
here are also deleaates to the meet
ings in Omaha. It was thought best
in view of the fact to hold the meet
ings at the same time. '
Governor Pleased
Secretary liushuell is in receipt of
a letter from QovertMf Neville in
which the governor says: 'Permit
me to assure you at mi deep appre
ciatoin of the line spirt! which
prompted the Alliance Commercial
Club to aid in the conservation meet
ing at Omaha. Kindly convey' to
your association my personal grati
fication ut the attitude tbejr have ai
sinned in this matter."
Here In MUM
John W. Steinhart. president f
the Nebraska Slate Association ol
Commercial Clubs, ha a letter to Sec
retary BtlShneU, sa la part' "We
wil) siari our meetings Thursday
morning adjourn for the afternoon
and evening (treeter meeting and
then again on Friday hold our full
lay's meeting, taking such action
and adopt in;' tueh measures as
deemed nacriaaiin In order tt ilo our
part in currying on the work decided
upon at the conservation meeting.
Please ax press to your members
my sincere regret at our being una
Die to meet ai Alliance and that th
meeting will go on record tor its
191.1 meeting at Alliance Let us
trust that the war cloud will have
disappeared by that time."
The following haVe been appoint
ed to represent the Alliance Com
mercial Chtb and the city of Alliance
ut the convention ol Nebraska Coni
ineicial Clubs and the i onset at ion
mn" nt- called by the uovernor H.
II bUShOeil, Jr.; C. A. Ncwberiy.
I en. ii Orahatn, pred Seidell. and
Lloyd C Thomas
The slate declamatory contest
which was to have been held in Alli
ance last evening will be held to
night (Thursday) instead, owing to
the fact that the contestants could
not get here. Two. bridges were out
on the Burlington and all trains
were delayed. Oral Harvey of Alli
ance who won nrat place In the dis
trict contest will be u contestant.
The contest Will be held ut the
P he tan opera house tonight. Tick
ets that were purchased for the con
test Wednesday night are good for
the contest to be held this evening,
as it is the postponed contest The
following will take part:
Thou Shalt Not Steal" William
Mcllrlde, Red Cloud.
"The New South" George K Clark.
Ieigh.
"Touissaint L'Ouveiture" Oral
Harvey, Alliance.
"A Call to Arms" Hugh Arnold.
Aurora. .
"Baptised la Blood Grace Station,
Weeping Water.
"The New South" .lames Patterson,
Itushville.
Seigor Of lligli School I... ide
ates PrMoj Night P.ighth tirade
BkOffvlsea Thursday A Hern.
Al.l.MNI HANotIT SAI1HIA
RfCfUfjjiition )a for Seniors Monday
Ncincstei i;inliiHltons in
lie Held Coming Week
Tin- close of
schools for the
al hand The
starts Saturday
the Alliance public
school year is neat
Unishing-up week
evening with the al
held ;:l Ihe high
BURLINGTON GRANTS
TEN PEH CENT RAISE
All Kmployc of System Keeotvlag
under o Monthly, l.v.cpuiie
ICecently liaised, Hem-titled
Barllngton employes, of whom
there are sex.ial hundred at Alli
snce, w.-re hi uc li gratified to learn
this morning that they had been
granted a voluntary flan of ten per
rent on their wages by the railroad.
This raise a fleets all employes with
the exception of those receiving 2G0
or more per month, railroad teeK
raphert, who are now negotlatlni
for an increase which will undoubt
edly be granted in part at least, tin
men who were raised by the taking
effect of the Adamson eight-hour law
and those who have been raised in
salary since March 31.
' The taice-a month pay day, under
the new state law. will take cffsel on
July 25.
si Mt m class PLAY
HAW. i. hi: at
HI I
HAiiv ;ikl no -s
I l I i I . II.L.M ss
Mary lane, six-mont hs-old
daughter of Mr und Mrs. Charles
Hill, die dTues.lay afteriuxin about 6
o'clock, following a three weeks' ill
ness. Funeral services were held at
he home thin morning at 10 o'clock
C. A. Jones left for Chicago Sa-
uruay .
"The Committers" presented ut tin
Imperial Thursday evening, May 10.
by the senior class of Ihe Alliance
high school, was a success from ev
ery standpoint The play was pre
seated in a manner that rel !
great credit on the cast themselves,
on the school, and on the able roeeb,
Prof T It. Crawford It might tru
ly be said that The Commiiiers" us
S reseated by the senior class was one
of the best home talent productions
e.-r witnessed Is Alliance
Thomas Kelly arrived Saturday
morning for .. two weeks' visit with
Norman McCrkle
umni banquet to h
school gymnasium.
The Baccalaureate exercises foi
the Senior class will be held Bundaj
evening. May Jft, a the PUelafl op
era house. II J. Young, pastor of
th Christian church, will preach tlie
sermon. The iirogram is ns follows
Piano solo Mrs. Ponath: vocal solo
Mr. Guthrie; Invocation Ret.
Layton; trombone quartet; Bible
leading Itev. Cams; male quartet;
sermon- Itev Young, vocal solo
Mrs. Ithein, benedi.ti.n Desta
Shaw.
Uecognition day will b. h.ld Mm,
day morning in the assembly loom at
the high school. These are cxer. is
es at which the Seniors w-Hr their
caps and gowns and are recognized
as Seniors SOsdf lor -ladualion. The
exercises nr.- formal iii nature,
lass I h) Program Tsiewdst
Tu.sday Stsntug the class day jiro
grsai will be given in the high school
issembly room Admission, while
free, will be by ticket only Tickets
are secured from members of the
Senior cas.
Tuesday und Wednesday the sev
enth and eighth grade examinations
will be held Wednesday and Thurs
day semester examinations will b"
heJd The eighth grade examlns
iions are held .early because the
eighth grade graduation sserrlses
are hi-H Thursday
Kiglttb Grade Kv.nis..
The eighth grade graduation sger
eiSSS Will be held al the I'helan op
era house Thursday afteriioon at
2 :!ti o'clock This is a combined
eighth grade graduation for city and
country schools. The follow inc pro
gram will be given Choi us, Spring
Time -F.ighth grade students; invo
cation Rear, Cams; piano solo La-
Rhsa Laos; Address County .ttor
ney C. g Itadcliffe of Sidney ; piano
solo VenUS Kllis; pres. illation of
diplomas; violin" solo Rtlsahetb
Wilson; chorus.- Summer Ktgblh
grade students; benediction
senior Graduation I'ridav
The Senior graduation will be
held Friday evening. May J."., stun
ing at :1S, at the Pri. Ian opsn
house The following is the iiro
gram Vocal quartet; invo.ut on It.-v
Black, piano sob) Miss Bowman
address Dean Charle Fordycc of
the Cniverslty of Nebraska; preseni
ation of diplomas; vocal solo Mi
Burnett; benediction Doas Shaw
Oood-ronds boosters, representing
Box Butte. Dawes und Sioux counties
met In Crawford Wednesday and
definitely decided on the plans for
the new federal aid highways which
are to be constructed In this psrt of
Nebraska, beginning this summer.
The main points decided were on the
points of connection between the
counties on the lnter-county high
ways. The Northwestern highway,
through Dawes and Sioux counties,
will connect neat the railroad west
of Crawford; the Burlington high
way, running through Box Butte and
Dawea counties, will connect near
the railroad west of Ma island, the
Black Hills highway, through Box
Butte and Dawes counties, will con
nect north of Alliance near Pun lap
Present st the meeting were Wm.
Fosket, S. A. Grimes, w: L. Clark.
C. H. Burleigh, K. L. Pierce and
Charles Shlndler of Hemingford:
John Blundell, Pnrl Hyde. H. B. Cof
fey, Ray Tlcrnoy and J. F. Lawrence
of Chadron; Ssm Swlnbank, Geo. B.
Oordon. C. E. Lelthoff, J. W. Bur
leigh and C. A. Minn irk of Crgwford;
Cyrua O. Werta, Robert Harrison
and G. B. Will of Sioux county; 8.
W. Thompson, EL M. Bushnell, Jr.,
George Darling, 0. M. Looney and
Lloyd Thomas of Alliance.
Cyrus O. Werts of Harrison wns
appointed road chairman for Sioux
county by President Bushnell.
The following resolution was
adopted by the meeting nnd copies
ordered sent to the commissioners of
the counties and published in the
newspapers :
Itesolutlon
Whereas, the roads of the pan
handle of Nebraska, on which the
counties have expended money to
properly grade, are this spring In
bad condition, Inrg'dy been use suf
ficienl attention has not been paid
to their drainage and upkeep; be it
Itesolved, that this meeting. r p
resenting the counties in said dis
trict, earnestly recommend to the
Commissioners and road representa
tives that ih. y plan lo properly drain
such roads so that mudhotes will not
be found ; and be it
Resolved, that we recommend to
aid county boards that graded roada
which are now in such condition be
dragged at the earliest possible op
poriiiuiiy. ami that a confer. -p.
plan pf run i dragging be evolved in
each county for future guidance.
We believe that land values are
affected by Rood roads, ami we con
gratulate the state upon (he splendid
new road law. whereby the manage
ment of roads can be central 1 ted in a
county superintendent of roads. We
recommend Lbs! tip- provision of in,
law be taken advantage of. We I,
Iteve thai federal sid la building
state and county roads win bs of
mutual beneSt.
K. L PIERCE,
LLOYD THOMAS.
i 'ouimi! tee,
itox Butte county commissioners
are bosaa severely criticized for their
apparent failure to give any atten
tion to graded roads in the county,
Many miles of graded roads ure al
most impassible through lack ol SI
lentlon sod vehicles find it oecessar
to travel along the fences rather
than on the traded road A delega
tion of Box Butte citizens planned I
visit to ih.- commissioners udsj sod
ask that tome attention be given to
these roads. It is reported that
Commissioner Uhria ol Hemingford
started work on the roads in the
north end Pi the QOttnt) bui that he
wns stopped by the other commis
sioners. 1'nless the commissioners
of this counts do something more
than merely "inspect" the roads and
get down lo real road ork ii is
probable thai tin y may be called on
the carpet ' by indignant auto own
ers and farmers who wish to ge
some use oul of the county graded
roads
T. P. A'S TO ORGANIZE
TRAINING COMPANY
Meeting Calleil for Saturday Men
of aii Ages episi, PawtsrsdU
arlv 'nnM' Over :lO I fairs
Post M T. P A . is planning to or
ganize a Volunteer Citizens Training
Company, the purpose of which Is
obvious. They expect to enlist in
this iiuotficial organization all the
T. P A s of whatever age. but es
pecially those above the age of coll
scrlptbsn, or in other words, those
over V,.. years of age. They are al
so Interesting in membership other
men of the city.
Boy C, Strong, secretary of the
local post, has notified all members
of Post M. by letter, stating the in
tentions ot the organization und ask
ing their presence at the organiza
tion meeting to be held si the city
hall Saturday evening of this week,
at 8 o'clock
Miss ai Kuhll. of Heinlligford .
was in toe n Tuesday.
John O'Keefe wns al Hemingford
the last of the week oil business
ALLIANCE AT
THEJOTTOM
Seven Recruits Accepted Here First
Ten Days of Month Total for
Ihe District Was 1167
WILL hoi 1 1 PATRIOTIC PARADH
1'oetma.ster GraJuun Also Recruiting
Officer Will Give Recruit the
9ti Ho Will Receive
According to an announcement
tnsde by Captain James F. McKlnley,
recruiting officer In charge of the re
cruiting stations in the Omaha dis
trict comprising all of Nebraska and
the western half of Iowa, out of a
totsl of 1167 enlistments accepted
in the district during the first ten
days of the present month, Alliance
supplied a total of seven.
Officials take note of the fact that
Alliance raised a company of the
national guard which In a short time
will be on duty the same as a com
pany of the regular army and also
that over a hundred recruits have
been received from the Alliance sta
tion since the first of the year, yet
nevertheless, officials feel thst Alli
ance Is not doing her best. The re
port shows the accepted recruits
from the stations In the district from
Muy 1 to May 10, Inclusive, as fol
lows: Omaha. 268; Des Molnos. 247;
Lincoln, 1916; Sioux City, 110; Ft.
Dodge, la., 70; Marshalltown, la..
60; Grand Island, Nebr., 59; Hast
ings. Nebr., 23; Norfolk, Nebr.. 21:
Beatrice, Nebr.. 13; Alliance, 7. A
total of 1164.
Alliance at Disadvantage
Alliance is at a disadvantage ow
ing lo the fact that, this stntion hae
not the territory to draw from that,
the other Htutions have. It is prob
able that more recruits could be ae
00 red If recruiting officers visited
many of the other western Nebras
ka loWUB, Postmasters are recruit
ing officers, but as a rule they aro
not as elllcient as a regular officer.
Postmasters afa paid $.r for every re
cruit received.
Postmaster Robert fjrghsm states
i hat to every recruit thin applies t(
him for enlistment, and srho is ac
cepted, he will give the $r he re
ceives for enlisting hlui. l'o:t nun
tor Graham says thai be does not
waul the money for himself nnd is
glad be aide 10 give the recruit tin
6 to help him slot
Captain Writes Mayor .
Centals McKlnle) wrots td Minor
W. K Knusey this week stlggCHtin"
that the sei v ices of the local band or
a life and drum corps bfl secured to
aid In the recruiting work in Alli
ance. S. rueant Charles II. Month.
In charge of Ihe legal office, had S
mil i.i.ic with the mayor yesterday
with the result that it is planned to
have patriotic parades in Allium.
from time to time. The parade will
consist in the main of the local bund,
regular army officers stationed her.-,
and the recruits accepted at the lo
cal station. Tin- recruits will carry
banners reading. ' A' an doing our
bit. Are you?" and "I have enlisted.
What are you going to do," etc.
The letter addressed to Mayor
RoUSey and written b) Captain Mc
Killley is as follows:
His Honor, the Mayor,
AH UUS e. Nebraska.
Ii.ar Sir: The immediate duty im
posed upon all patriotic citizens is to
assist in the iceruiting of the army
10 IhS full war strength The War
Hcpartiutnl believes that this should
be done within thirty days after th
passage of the army bill now befot"
congress. Indications are that this
bill will pass within the next two or
ilir... days.
Ths gUOtg for the Omaha recruit
ing district, which comprises all of
Nebraska and western half of Iowa,
with a population d J.tU'..Ml0. is
1110, I'p to and including May 1".
lift men have boon enlisted from
this district. To accomplish tola
task set forth by the War Depart
ment the number of enlistments ob
tfcined in this district uiust averag"
Ml per day for each working day of
the coming mouth.
The army is a democratic institu
tion depending upon a volunteer sys
tem and those R'efl vHtteteering for
IhS army should be proportionate in
the population just as other conting
ents later will be raised on the prin
ciple of universal military service;
thst is. men mill be selected in each
county in proportion to its popula
t ion.
Will you not take it upon your
s. if to personally see that Alliance
makes the pre per resonse to this
patriotic rail for young men to en
list. Men should prepare themselves
now to help train the great army to
be raised for the prosecution of the
war Kverv young man has an Op
portunity now to show his patriotism,
in go to West Point, or obtain a com
mission if he so desires, and a chance
to be a RKAL MAN Lsl it be known
hat the services of the young men
enlisting In the United states army
now will be required to serve during
the period of the present emergency
only.
I am going lo a.-k the newspaper
in the large cities throughout Iowa
and Nebraska to publish each ten
(Continued on page 12)