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OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION AND NEBRA SKA STATE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN S A SSOCIATION
VOLUME XXIV
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, AUGUST 16, 1917
NUMBER 37
21 ASSIGNED
FOR SERVICE
local Board Grants II Discharge
and Assigns Other As Accept
ed for Service
FINAL EXAMINATIONS TODAY
! asi of 140 Called to Appear Many
Claim Eixeinplion but Proof
Not Yet Filed
AUTHORIZAHON FOR
THE HOME GUARDS
ommissioii Received front State
Council of Defeiwe Authorising
Formation ff Company
Examination of the 140 men call
ed by the first selective draft call by
the Box Butte county exemption
board will be completed this after
noon with the possible exception of
the examination of a few stragglers.
The local board this morning receiv
ed orders commanding them to re
pott at least half of the quota to the
governor as accepted for service by
Friday night of this week. As the
local obard up to this noon had al
ready held twenty-one for service,
the order can easily be complied
with. It is probable that the board
will remain in session until late to
night and then an additional number
will be certified tomorrow.
TbOBe called for examination and
found physically able have until two
days after the examination to file
claims for exemption and ten days
after that in which to submit proof.
While the last of the 140 men
called for examination and who ap
pear will probably be examined this
afternoon, the local board will prob
ably not pass on all of them until
after the time limit is up for submis
sion of proof, which for thoBe exam
ined today will be about Tuesday,
August 28. Many who have filed
claims for exemption have not yet
tiled their proof and the board can
only take action in those cases where
all the requirements have been com
plied with.
Of those who filed claims for ex
emption and submitted proof whose
cases have been acted upon by the
board nine exemptions were granted
and six claims rejected.
Exemptions for the following were
refused and they are now assigned as
accepted for service:
Call No. Name.
IS Kay li. Reddish.
22 Jam chilson.
29 Arthur H. Volkner.
MO Roy Holton.
Ha 1ui-. K. ilk iii-on.
64 Cecil R. Henry.
The following have been held for
service either because they presented
no claims for exemption or failed to
iiniiMi' lor examination within the
limn limit set. It is believed that
several of the following list have al
ready joined some branch of the
hut the local board has no
official knowledge of the fact:
1 J tunes H. Tall.
4 tliff I rank li ii.
5 I'ete Scioni.
H .lame- J. Hibhert.
9 Ennuis Town. send.
Ift Hall J Gavclick.
24 Tlieo. K. Y eager.
2iv Tlio-. n Bettors.
27 Ro K. Bpeuror.
2H 4ieorge E. Hare.
41 hard-on Haiigli.
46 Arthur Mnchen.
54 Jacob Roll tlx High.
55 Rerley Beach.
61 Hoyce I.. Glass.
In view of the fact that demanus
have been made on the local board
for a report on at least the first half
of the quota of Box Butte county's
men accepted for service, it is as
sumed that a certain percentage of
the quota will be called out with the
first division about the first of Sep
tember. The follow in;: were granted ex
emptions by the local hoard after the
board had examined the evidence
submitted and carefully weighed
each individual case: No. S, Elmer
A k Marsh; IS, Martin Baker; 17,
Arthur E. l.yoti; 18, John '. Hen
lev: 19. John II Johnston; 21. Ray
mond West lake. Ernest S. Brow
h ; 15, Harold It. Snyder. 36, Geo
(Irani Bwtng ICpUck; IS, Charles P.
Coupons: 51, Prank ChBrCh.
The ohove represents 'he official
action of the Box Butte county board
ns to exemptions allowed or rejected
up to and including this afternoon
No other action has been taken and
none will he taken before tonight,
following the finishing of the exam
ination of the remaining twenty-live
nf the lto eaH4 Notices will be
mailed to the men informing them
officially of the action of the hoard
Other cases will be taken up until
the lull quota of I plus 10 per cent
is secured
""This examination has brought to
- Alliance and llox Butte county the
real seriousness of the war. The
members of the board are questioned
from early morning until late at
night as to the results The mer.
examined and who have been passed
for the physical examination are anx
ious to learn the action of the board
on their discharge claims and friends
loo, await the verdict. Some have
been slow in submitting their proof
and this only prolongs the suspense
for them The board is composed of
Sheriff Cal Cox. County Clerk W. C
Mounts, and Dr C K. Slagle. Dr
L. W Bowman has been cheeking up
those t ejected by Dr Slagle on the
physical examination. This makes
a double check and when a man is
The State Council of Defense,
through Its vice chairman, George
Coupland, has granted permission
for the organization of a company of
"Home Guards" at Alliance and for
Box Butte county. The authoriza
tion would allow the organization of
either a company for the Nebraska
National Guard Reserve or of Home
Guards. It seems to be taken for
granted that the latter would be or
ganized as the former would be sub
ject to duty outside of the state the
same as the .National uuarti regi
ments, which have now been taken
into the federal service.
A company of Home Guards, un
der the regulations, should contain
from fifty to 100 members and have
as officers commissioned a captain
and two lieutenants, who must be
elected by the members of the com
pany. The company, when organ
ized, will receive permission to carry
arms and be maintained as a state
militia company, subject to the or
ders of the governor. The expense
must be borne locally.
The Alliance members of the Trav
elers Protective Association have
been active In pushing for a local
organisation and it is expected that
the completion of the organization
will be made without further delay,
now that the authorization has been
received. The oath to be taken by
those joining is as follows:
Oath of H hoc Guard
1 , member of
the Alliance Home Guards, county of
Box Butte, do solemnly swear that 1
will bear true allegiance to the Unit
ed States of America and to the
state of Nebraska; that I will serve
them honestly and faithfully against
their enemies, opposers whomsoever;
that I will obey the orders of the
governor of the state and the orders
of the officers appointed over me, ac
cording to the rules and regulations
for the government of the Home
Guards of this state.
COMPANY G GOES
DEMING, N.M.
five Companies of Nebraska Nation
al Guard Ordered to lewve for
Net Mexico Yesterday
BOYS RXCmjjfiHTLY TRAINED
Will Prepare ( amp for Coining
the Other Companies in the
Nebraska Brigade
of
SILENT ON
PEACE PLAN
Some Feature of Vatican's Propos
al Believed Not Acceptable to
the I'nlted States
CANADIAN TROOPS STORM I.ENS
at-tine Hill TO Fight In Street
Million- Cheer Yankee
in londoii
Officer Witnessing Oath.
The organisation meeting of the
Alliance company will be held in the
Mstriet court room of the Box Butte
county court house in Alliance Fri
day evening. August 17. al 7:30. All
interested parties are urged to attend.
Rev. A. A. Lay-ton will hold regu
lar services at the Baptist church
Sunday. August 19. He and Mrs.
Lav-ton left Denver Monday to return
to Alliance, coming via the National
Park. They enjoyed meeting many
old-time friends while in Denver.
.1. C. McCorkle has on exhibition
in the office of the Nebraska Land
Company thirty-one potatoes, large
and small, taken from two hills of a
small field being grown this year by
Tom Beal. The potatoes are t to
Red Triumph, of the choicest kind
Mr. Beal has it figured that if the
entire field produces at the same ra
tio as the two hills the yield will be
at the rate of four hundred bushels
per acre. A special manner of plant
ing was used, the seed potatoes be
InR cut in two pieces only.
It. .M. Tinkcom last week tendered
his resignation as agent for the Ad-
inis Express Co. in this city. He was
checked out Sunday. Mr. Roberts is
igent now. Mr. Tiukcom has been
local agent for the company for the
past six years. During that time he
has been on the job long hours and
everv dav and feels that tie owes it
to himself to take a rest from
confining duties at the office.
Word reached Alliance yesterday
that Company G, the Alliance com
pany, of the Fighting Fourth, along
with Company B of the same regi
ment, and Companies C and E of the
Fifth, and Company G of the Sixth,
had been ordered to entrain yester
day for Deming, New Mexico.
The companies received orders
last week to be ready to leave at an
instant's notice and they were on the
qui vive. until the orders came for
the movement of the troops. These
companies go to Deming to prepare
the camp for the infantry brigade.
Company G has been stationed at
Fort Crook, near Omaha, since leav
ing Alliance. Company C of the
Sixth has been stationed at the Oma
ha auditorium; Company B of the
Fourth was stationed at Camp Ham
ilton, across the river from Omaha;
Company E of the Fifth was station
ed at North Platte, and Company C
of the Fifth held out at Beatrice.
Companies B and G of the Fight
ing Fourth were the only companies
stationed at Fort Crook of full war
strength. PresB dispatches state that
both companies are excellently train
ed now. When it is considered that
Company G, when it left early this
summer for Fort Crook, was a green
company just organized and without
military training of any sort, and
that now all reports are flattering,
all who are particularly interested in
the Alliance company have just rea
son to feel proud of tho western Ne
braska boys.
The Omaha Bee of Wednesday
morning said: "Company G has Cap
tain Miller, another Spanish-American
war Veteran, for its leader, and
his efficient management has brought
it to a high degree of skill. The
companies were all anxious to start
ami proud of the fact that they are
to be the advance guard to the new
training camp.
While it is said ihe companies
leave singly it is believed they will
meet somewhere on the road and he
put together, so they will reach Dem
ing in a body. They will prepare
the lamp for the coming of the other
companies in the Nebraska brigade,
and in a few days the whole brigade
will be on the way.
Press dispatches announce that
the Nebraska Field Hospital unit has
been ordered to France. This unit
is separate from all three of the Ne
braska regiments. Army officers do
not believe that the orders for this
unit indicate any quicker movement
of the Fourth. Hfth and Sixth regl-
incuts to France. It is stated that
there is a shortage of field hospitals
In France, anil that the war depart
tnenl is moving every available hos
pital unit across the Atlantic just as
quickly as possible.
Colonel Paul of the ritlh regi
ment and ( olonei run itall ot tin
Sixth this week purchased jet black
horses for their own personal use on
the border.
Washington Official Washington
has not yet spoken in regard to Pope
Benedict's proposals to end the war.
The official document from the Vati
can had not yet reached Washington,
although the summary as reported
by the daily press is admitted to be
In accord with the unofficial outline
in possession of the secretary of
state. The general opinion seems to
be that the allied nations cannot ac
cept the terms that are features of
the proposal which are not accepta
ble to the United States. Analysis
of the suggested peace terms are
said to disclose that in reality it is
not a genuine way to peace, but a
way to an armistice with certain
evacuations.
Copenhagen Berlin dispatches
state that German newspapers look
for the renewal of the entente offens
ive on the western front on a great
er scale than ever before.
the polict
i
turned down by both doctors
know there must be ample reasons
for the rejection.
It is said that about mi per cent of
those examined are being passed on
the physical examination and of
those who pass the physical examin
ation almost 100 per cent are tiling
exemption claims.
Rulings received last week auth
orize the board to deny exemptions
to married men whose wives are
solely dependent on them where the
parents or other relatives of the wife
or husband are willing to assume the
NINE ARRESTED FOR MINOR
VIOLATIONS OF ORDINANCE
Monday anu Tuesday of this week
nine arrests were made by the city
for minor violations of city
ordinance No. 19-", entitled An Ord-
I i nam e to Regulate Fse of Motor Ve-
all i Mcl.u " THta nrili na nc. h hh r.itMMeri
on June 2, 1914. but is a new law.
so' to speak, as far as enforcement is
concerned. Each of the nine arrest
ed plead guilty and was fined $5
and costs, a total of $10, by Police
Judge Roberts. Those arrested were
C. E. North. Harold Snyder, W T
Spencer, F. J. Was, J. B. Denton.
Cheater Shreve, c. L. Powell, D L
Sturgeon and Jake Kohbuch.
British Headquarters In Belgium
Canadians captured Hill 70 Wed
nesday in brilliant advance and swept
on northwest of Lens. They were In
close grip with the Germans. There
has been furious battle raged in
streets of Lens.
Washington There will be little
i fany opposition to the proposed $9
000.000,000 bond issue for the allies
and to cover war deficiencies as
shown by the result of a canvass of
Democratic and Republican leaders
of the house in Washington.
SEPTEMBER 3 DATE
SCHOOL WILL START
School Hoard Met Friday 41.
Burn Restgne as Principal
of i en 1 1 11 1 School
M.
The Alliance city schools will open
Monday morning, September 3, for
the fall term in compliance with ar
rangements made by the school
board at Its session Friday. On the
Friday and Saturday preceding the
opening of school Principal T. R.
Crawford will tie at the high school
to accept the registrations of those
who desire to enroll In the high
school. All who expect to enter the
high school must register on one or
the other of these days.
G. M. Burns resigned as principal
of the Central school and will devote
his time to the real estate business.
Miss Anna Chambers, sixth
2,732,412 CATTLE
IN NEBRASKA
Nearly MOO, (KM) More Than I Year
Reported by County Assessors
Average Value Increased
LIVE STOCK AND AFTOMORILKS
Every Weatem Nebraska County
Shows Fine Increase In Total
Valuation of Property
The report of Secretary O. E). Ber
necker of the state Board of Equal
ization, compiled from the reports of
county assessors for the year 1817,
contains much information that la of
HI Hue I internal NoKMaWnna tk.
.'.lit... mm ciii. nun ,1 lllll 1 1 LI I ' II
principal.
R. E. Holch, supervisor of the
manual training department of the
schools, makes the following statement:
least interesting item was the in
crease or 288,652 in the number or
head or cattle. This certainly win
be a surprise to those people, if any
there are, who thought the number
or cattle in Nebraska was decreasing
"The Manual Training department j In recent yean. If the number cou
nt the city schools Is prepared to do tlnues to increase the coming year
better work during the new year. ! s it has in the past, there will be
Last year it wu noticed that there more than three million head of cat-
was some hesitation on the part or . He in this state next year.
the boys as to what they cared to
build. Parents are best prepared to
make the right suggestion. Tell
your boy what you need In your
home. He will be better satisfied to
make needed articles, parents will be
better pleased in his work, and the
department will profit by a closer tie
The system of assessing in Ne
braska, under which property Is list
ed at only one-fifth of lta true value,
doea an injustice to the state In
bowing it wealth and the value or
the different classes of property. The
total assessed valuation of all assess
able property in Nebraska this year
London ixindoners yesterday cel
ebrated n second American day when
la tec contingent of American
troops from a training camp march
ed through the heart of the capital,
in response to a popular demand that
its citizens greet the visitors wnose
presence, doings ana cnaracn-riBiies
have commanded a remaraaDie oe
gree of attention. Millions cheered
the Yankee troops.
HERD OF REGISTERED
COWS FOR COUNTY
with home Interests. Your boy can Is 9529,144, 738, which means that
make anything from a return clothes j the true value Is five times that,
line outfit to a piece of parlor furnl-i much.
ture. There are some other tiaings to be
ljist vfr the department had a I taken Into consideration, also, in
number or calls for articles which trying to arrive at the full value of
could not be furnished owing to the all property in tne state, mere la
late date of the demand. There may always more or less property mat es
be enough time during the new year, capes the vigilance or the assessors,
to build a rew extra pieces provid. 'Another ract worth considering Is
it is known early in the year what is that If property Is assessed too low
wanted. The cost can be foretold, j there Is not much probability that
Any who are Interested will meet toe jtfcere will be any complaint and it is
hearty service ot the department." Ijirobable that a considerable amount
lot property Is assessed at even less
ntasw--r vtsioit m ai'K to than one-nrth or Its true value. An
ffiWWfia other large item of property In this
Battalion Sergeant Major Charles
Box Rutle Dairymen Combine
Purchase It. .thermal Herd at
Bethany, Near Lincoln
i..
F. A. King, manager of the All
a nee branch of the Bent lev Land
Company, is in Alliance again aftel
burden of her support during his ah- 1 spending some time
III eastern N'e-
Tln same course is to be fol-; braska on business. Mr. King is
very active m promoting lbs Inter'
ests of western Nebraska and is hav
ing no small share m (he inci Morions
work of settling up this end of the
stale with fanners wanting homes
sel'C
lowed Where any drafted man's em
ployer agrees to continue his salary
as a patriotic duty. Married men
are being assigned for service A
glance over the list printed above
Will disclose that fact. So il may
be assumed that some men who be
lieved they might he exempted be
cause thev were married are going
to be refused dischaig.-s. This will
probably be true especially in In
stances where the parents of either
patty will provide for the wife.
A third supplemental ruling pro
vides that where a man has suppori-
d his dependents b lim own labor
on land which he owim and the board
finds that the land could be rented
to advantage so as to continue the
support of the wife derived from the
rental, exemption for the man may
he denied.
i I, i'ii. s for exemption for indiiMtn-
al or ' agricultural reasons are not
acted upon by the local board but by
the district board Five days are al
lowed after the passing of the phys
ical examination to make claims lo
'ii. district board
WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT
F. W. Hicks, official weather oh
server for Alliance, give. the follow
ing report for the last vv.-ek
Aug Max Mill. Free Wind DM
S 74 4 2 Clear
10 H9 :: ,0fl HE Clear
1 1 7 4 54 SK Clear
12 79 41 E Pi Fldv
13 7 56 S Pt Cldv
14 h'A il S Clear
15 1 48 u.". E Clear
Wediiesdav i-v
Alliance. p
sort beast of
Box Butte county within the next
week or so will take a decided step
forward in the matter of dairy COWS.
Representative dairymen of the
county are co-operating in the pur
chasing of a herd of fine Holstem
dairy cows owned by a dairyman re
siding at Bethany, near Lincoln.
Prof. D. H. Propps. of the dairy
department of the University Ot Ne
braska, was in Alliance one day last
week on his way to Mitchell to at
tend the annual farmers picnic
there. He look the time while here
to visit several of the dairymen
around Alliance in the interest of se
curing some new dairy stock in the
count. v Prof Propps is an author
ity on dairy cattle His services are
always in demand by men who de
sire iiim to accompany them on buy
ing trips to Wisconsin and other
dairv centers. while here not.
I'riniiiH informed local dairymen of
a. . 1 m ii.i
an exceptionally goon nern oi inn-
stein cattle near Lincoln which the
owner was anxious to dispose of ow
ing to a shortage of labor.
As a result local dairymen got
busy and have agreed to send one of
their number to Lincoln and Bethany
In 1....U live r Ihe herd and also to
make some additional purchases . in
that section The particular herd to
! bought was imported from W is
consin a year ago tnis spnng anu
ha shown up well through the win
ter
I. M Beal. K 1 Cregg and T H
Barnes will lake from four to six
head each of the herd Art tirovi
and L J S. hill of Alliance and .lohn
Wtltsej of Hemingford will purchase
several registered animals for their
herd It is expelled that T II.
Haines will go to Bethany to do the
buylnt TIM herd in question is
owned by Rothermal of Bethanj
Black. Engineers. V. 8. Army, now
on recruiting duty at Omaha, has
been ordered to proceed to this city
to take charge of the Central Auxil
iary recruiting station, relieving Ser
geant Charles H. Booth. General
Service infantry, according to orders
received this afternoon by
Booth from Malor .lames F. McKin-
ley in charge of the Omaha recruit-
lOM district.
Sergeant Booth, after turning ov
. . ,... ..it
r to Sergeant Major uiuck ii i ne
1'ioperty and records pertaining to
the recruiting station, has been or
dered to proceed to Omaha. Sergeant
Boot I . it is stated, will he ent lo
Fort Dodge. Iowa, and placed
filiirge of the I eiitrai .vuxinaiy
rtiit'n-: station there.
Maim McKinley is major of
11th Cavalry and hits been orueren
lo report and assume his dunes with
the 1Mb Cavalry on September 1
Malor McKinley was recently pro-
noted from the rank of captain to
major.
state that does not show on the tax
list Is the school land which is not
assessed, but the value of which
runs into many thousands of dol
lars; also, non-income producing
property used for religious and char
itable purposes is not assessed; so
that while the report of the assess
or whiiWR nrnnertv in the state
s,rKfa.nt amounting to upwards of three bil
lions or dollars, those reports do not
include nearly all or the wealth of
the state.
It is lair lo say that if all the
property in Nebraska were listed at
a fair valuation, It would show
wealth within the bounds or the
Mate exceeding that mark. Here
with we give an extract from the re
port compiled by the secretary ot the
BUtC Board of Equalization govern
ing Hie state as a whole. Headers
Oi Tne Herald will be especially in
terested in the following figures re
garding some of the counties in
nop h western Nebraska:
ItllO and tWI7 Compared
In the following named counties
we give nrst the assessed vaiue lor
in
Ue-
llte
Milt Blanche Morris of Harris, i 1 9 1 7 . followed by 1816. and then the
Mo niece of L. 11 1 1 ighln mi . arriveo iu... u. ....o ,.. ... - -
Monday for visit with her uncle get the correct or true values It
.ii.ruii.tj . ... .. . .. . i i ... i.t nt it 1 1 i i.l v thi.at.
and aunt. Mr and Mrs. liignianu. oi uTL"n "'
numiicrs hj u-.
itox Unite .
Sioux
1 )a w s . . . .
Sheridan . .
Scotia Bluff
Grant
Ha nner
Morrill
Garden
Kimball
Cheyenne ..
Deuel
Keith
(terry
Hooker . .
Thomas . .
Blaine ....
Mcl'herson
l.ogan ....
$2, 304.678
1.K80.6X0
l86.r,477
3.556.039
3.K52.237
97 4.8 511
694.149
2,465,980
1,486.209
1,945, 62K
3,411,549
1,451,024
3,492.696
.,834,40::
741.561
718.4 511
708, .".60
5 59,57::
TM.541
(2.186,430
1.774.927
2.740,598
3.396,685
3.283,443
889,93 2
676.807
2.149,823
1.355.974
1.859.813
3,124.702
1.338.432
2,600.688
4.662.045
711.165
658,67 5
680,872
416.816
679.353
$118,249
105.753
124.879
1 '.9.3 5 1
68.794
84.924
17,342
316,157
130.235
85.815
286.847
112,592
892.304
1,172.458
30.394
59,784
27.688
142.757
21.190
Horse. Mules, Cattle. Automobiles
The following Statement shows Hie .lumber in the state of four differ
ent items horses, mules, caitlc and automobiles, in 1916 and 1917. the total
assessed value for each vear and the gain or loss. Attention is called again
to the fact that the valuations gfveg Sara are only one-fifth of the real value
In order to get the actual valve multiply by five-
II
The rain storm of
ening onlv touched
heavv rainfall going
town Iteporls reaching Allianc
this morning slate that up lo one hall
inch of rain fell in sections within a
few miles of town This moist nr.
was of much benefit lo the potato
nd corn fields in this district
Chara Spucker of Dead wood is
now employed al the Alliance hotel
The C A. Newberry family is en
li ving a visit this week from K T
Ltonberger of Clinton. Mo Mr Lion
t.erg.r was the teacher of a school
which Mr Newberry at one time at
tended nm.co WOMNN woitk
AT HOI Nil not si
Negro women are being employed
as engine wipers at the Burlington
round bouse in Alliance Seven ne
gro women went to work this morn
ing as engine wipeis and fifteen
snore are to be put on soon, is the report.
1 !i 1 7
191
191H
Mules
1917
attic
1917
1916
Automobile
1917
1916
Loos
Loss
Gain
i lain
Number Asess! Value Average
802.969 $13,386,005 $15.00
113.913 1.95S.433 17.19 I
899.696 12.985.586 14 4:.
6.899 Gain 400.419 Gain 57
NiiiiiIm-i- Asesed Value Average
110.969 $1,971,640 $1776
. 2.944 Gain IS, 207 Gain .57
Number Asesed Value Average J
2 732.412 $22,064,61 5 $8 07
2.443.760 15.829.806 48
288.653 Gain 6,284,80 Gain 1 59
Number Assessed Value Average
102 220 $6,586,150 $64.58
64.475 4.192.375 65.02 I
37.745 Gain 2.393.775 Loss .49
There be supplementary reports from some county assessors, so
ihut figures above given for the state will be increased somewhat, but It Is
r.ot probable the sinount ot increase will De large.