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Official Organ Nebraska Stock Growers Association and Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen's Association 16 Pages 2 Sections Leading Newspaper of Western NEBRASKA The Alliance Herald Tell 'tm You Saw it in The Herald VOLUME XXIV ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER 22, 1917 NUMBER 51 SPUD GROWING ON SCIENTIFIC PRACTICAL BASIS RESULTS ACHIEVED AT MEET ING HELD LAST WEEK WILL MAKE POTATO HISTORY KIMBALL COUNTY WINS Orowd in Attendance at First Con vention Wa Not Large, But Every One Was Here For Business The DuslnesB of potato growing will in the future be considered by the individual grower or by the or ganixed growers as an occupation which demands not only the mere and time-worn methods of cutting up a few "spuds" and placing them in the ground perhaps cutivated, per haps not and then harvested at ran dom some time in the fan, as a busi ness requiring forethought, science, skill, and in general the adoption of modern methods applied to all big business, if the desired end was ac complished in the first annual con vention of the Nebraska State Potato Association, which was held in this city on Thursday and Friday of last week, November 15th and 16th. This association wa6 organized at Lincoln last Bpring by men who real ized that Nebraska potatoes, while of as good quality as any of the tubers that are placed upon the mar ket by rival states, have been in the past in far too many instaneer Bhun ned by the buyer and commanded much lower prices than potatoes from other localities, simply because there j was a lack or organization among the growers of the potatoes as to the 1 best method of raising the market-1 able potato and placing it upon the market in a marketable cuulition. Some producers of the state were i product SOLDIER BOYS ARE BEING WELL FED Private Mllford. Visiting Relatives In Alliance, Tells of Life at ( amp Fun-ton, Kansas. "S9 THE PE9PLE MM RN9W" The boys of the National Army stationed at Camp Funston, near Fori Kiley, KansaB, are greatly enjoying the experience and their treatment at the hands of Uncle Sam. according to Private A. J. Milford, who is here on a ten days' furlough visiting with relatives. The day's routine beginB at 6:16 a. m., when reveille is sounded, the last call being at 6:25, when all the boys must be up and dreBsed and have their bunks made up and be ready to fall in line for roll call, followed by a ten minutes' program and exercises before mess. Then comes drill from 7:15 until 11 a. m., then thirty min utes is spent in physical culture exer cises, followed by a rest period of nearly one hour. At 1:30 p. m. drill again until 4:30. The time from then on is spent by cleaning up after the Btrenuous day's work, when O. D. suits are donned, retreat being sounded at 6:35, and third mess be ing served five minutes later. From then until ten o'clock the boys enjoy themselves at the Y. M. C. A., play toot ball, and play other athletic games. Tattoo at 10:00 p. m., first taps at 10:15 and the last at 10:30, when all lights must be out and everybody in bed. The boys also fare well in regard to eats, as the following menu will show: First mess at 6:30 a. m., breakfast food with cream, steak, scrambled eggs, hot cakes with but ter and syrup and coffee or cocoa with sugar and cream. Second mesB: All kinds of vegetables, pork or beef and for dessert almost any kind of fruit is furnished. Third mess con sists of vegetables, pork or beef, pud dings, jellies, bread and butter and tea or cocoa. Cake and pie are served two or three times a week. A big special dinner is served every Sun day. Each company consists of 253 men and the mess sergeant is allowed Mess fcergeant Holsten of Company L, 355th Infantry, saved $80.00 In one placing upon me waci v"""" 3 9 cents a day for each man .1-1- ! .......... ..... ...... 1 1 T 1 til .. milieu ill nrtj lame uy j i a standard of the modern marKei. Uut on the other hand, other covers, perhaps from the same vicinity, were hjg conjpany placing upon the market .i product which fell far short. What as the I There is , no drilling on Saturday Thf man who had the x luoimnuu id who desire are given a leave of ab- conseauence good potatoes did not receive what ... . Vi anri i h man who had the inferior grade, while he n.ay fr?m mP until Sundy niht i .,...,.1 ,., i. ... i.lnroit li Have mpivcu u p-wvjv i-.-i. . . w " the marketing prospect for Mis entire neighborhood indefinitely. This fact was brought out ay '. E. Bassett of Washington, D. C, special ly in co-ooerative organization, D S. A Small Blaze The fire department was called to 715 Laramie avenue at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon to auonch a small Department of Agriculture, when he Dia,e tna. had gotten tired of resting addressed the association on Thurs- contentedly In a pile of fresh ashes day afternoon. He very clearly -.ltea incidents from his own experience and that of others that no individual grower can expect the same results in an agricultural, financial jr strict ly business standpoint that could be readily attained throug'i a knowledge that can only be gained through co operation. Before an audience con sisting of delegates from BOX 'u'te, Sheridan, Dawes, Scottsbiuff. Banner Kimball, and Brown counties, Mr. Bassett explained that co-operation is what makes any business success. The speaker did not attempt to tell those present how to raise and care for the potato. His remarks were confined to the necessity of grading properly any commodity that is to be thrown upon the market, and, to use his own words, "cut out ihe profit of the middle man that you are yelling about, by doing the work that he does, and making that profit your self" His address was, when all summed up, simply the hones; opin ion of a business man, who has learned from experience, and who was anxious for the farmers of Ne braska to take advantage of tola ex perience from a business standpoi.u. The entire audience listened in clos est attention to all Mr. Bassett had to say. He knew what he was talk ing about and knew how to say it. His little lessons in "business' will prove a marked advantage to all of those who heard and practice some of the methods he suggested.. The proposition of storing the po tato was very able discussed by C. L. Fitch of Ames, Iowa, and who had that day arrived here direct from Washington, where he visited the Hoover headquarters. Mr. Fitch Is chairman of the National Potato Association of America. He explain ed the methods of Btoring potatoes as used by the growers in northern Maine, whom he says have a national reputation in this line. His sugg?s were in part as follows: Potato bins should be constructed never wider than eight feet and in such a way that at no time would there i one in the bin more than four feet from an air space. The speaker had for demonstration two sample bins and two thermos bottles, by the use of which he proved that the potato is a living, breathing thing, requiring air much the same as any other breathing organism. He informed his listeners that a potato cellar should always be kept at a tempera ture of from 35 to 40 degrees. This for several reasons. During the winter months, if kept at this low temperature the potato would, so to apeak, hibernate. Also trio method prevents the activity or breeding of any diseases commonly found in this product. Another advantage would be found, especially where the potato (Continued on Page IS) in the alley and had voraciously at tacked the fence adjoining. The wind was high at the time and a few min utes more might have allowed the MaM to become serious. Four out of five of the fires this fall have been caused by live coal in ashes thrown in alleys. Not many weeks ago The Alliance Herald, voicing the opinions of many leading citizens, urged that the services of W. D. Fisher be secured as secretary of the Alliance Community Club in order that its lagging energies be revived and that the civic spirit of the town be kept at flood tide. The board of directors of the Community Club has kept faith in the expressed desires of the business men by securing the services of Mr. Fisher. He hae returned and is on the job twenty-four hours every day. He has already done some things that count since his recent return. But he cannot succeed as he should succeed, and the Community Club cannot get the results it should get for the business men and citizens of Alliance unless the co-operation of all is given. A number of the business Arms of the city some of them the ones who voiced their desires in the strongest way for the return of Secretary Fisher, have failed to give the club their pledges for financial support and are enjoying the benefits of the work done without doing their part in a financial way. EVERY BUSINESS MAN IN THE CITY OF ALLIANCE OWES ALL ROADS TO ALLIANCE SOON TO BE MARKED Work of Marking AH Bonds I Hiding To Alliance Progressing ltaifdly and Will Soon lie oi.l i. l Secretary Fisher of the Community Club 1b very busy this week getting the material ready to mark the roads leading to Alliance. Arrows 6 inches wide will be used to denote the miles to town and where more than one town Is named, arrows 8, 10 and 12 inches will be used. In the corner of each sign the letters A. C. C. will be placed, the abbreviation for Alliance Community Club. Besides the ar rows the road colors will be painted on nil turns and Intersections, there by enabling strangerB traveling through the country to find their way without any trouble. IT TO HTMKF.T.F TO THF. COMMUNITY CLUB. TO HIS BUSI MEMBER OF THE CLUB. If you are one of those who have!nml bottom with eight inches of yei neglected to ge in the bandwagon, you should DO IT NOW. As low la the middle. This marking has Fisher says, "GET BUSY." Alliance is handicapped today seriously, in a business way, her development is hindered by the lack of houses or rooms for incoming citizens and their families. Every day of the week The Herald re ceives call after call from anxious people, wanting to locate here, who must have some place to live they want anything. There are a dozen calls for rooms or houses for every room or house. This is a condition that seriously hinders the town, for many people go to some other town, rather than sleep in the streets. Some man with capital has an excellent opportunity to make a profitable investment by the erection of twenty-five or fifty new houses and two or three big, roomy apartment houses. Rents are good and the return on the investment would make it a well-paying proposition for the man who puts up the capital. "SOMEBODY GET BUSY." Box Butte county won second prize at the state collective county potato exhibit list v. -ek because of lack of interest. She had the best potatoes in the ..Late but, as County Agricultural Agent Neus waitger says, " I ey taid in the potato cellars instead of being on exhibition. ' ' Thf nne silver trophy the championship cup went to Kimball county I BoaUM that county, little known as a potato county as compared with Box Butte and Sheridan, got busy and rounded up an exhibit of potatoes, including the products of their irrigated farms, that made the best showing. They now have the cup they will have it for a year, but we give them fair warning now that the potato growers of Box Butte county will not sleep next season, but will be "on the job" and will have an exhibit not in the potato cellars but where it should be in the exhibit hall, and that the silver cup will again come back to Box Butte county. a "You can fool an Indian once, but the same man can never fool him again, because he won't get the chance," is the statement of a man who knows the Indian and Indian nature. A Box Butte farmer is reported to have hired some Indians to pick his corn, promising them pay at the rate of $1.50 for each wagon box full picked. When been registered with the Secretary of State of Nebraska and is the tenth town that has had road markings registered by the Secretary of the Alliance Community Club. Mr. Fisher states that all road marking will be completed within a year and that the cost will not exceed $600.00. It will be the most complete system of road marking in the state of Nebraska. The Alliance Community Club, through the efforts of Secretary Fisher, has done a large amount of road work recently and a lot of work is still In sight, which will be attend ed to in the near future. In this con nection it may be said that the Club is entitled to the full co-operation of every auto owner In Alliance. Every auto owner should Join the club and show that they appreciate the work that has been done and that will be done in the future. A membership costs from $6.00 and up, and the sav ing that might be made from having one mud hole filled up would eaBlly pay for a membership in the Con. munity Club. All members of the Alliance Com munity Club will be furnished with Bards showing the different markings of the various roads, in colors, mile age to all the surrounding towns and other valuable information. A small charge will be made for these cards to those not members of the club. In the future this and other interesting information will be compiled and is sued in pamphlet form. Attended Spud Convention F. L. Smith, representative of The Packer, the national produce news- the time came to pick the corn the Indians discovered that he had paper, published la five editions at put on sideboards, doubling the wagon's capacity, and that they were ic;i,nc'lnnatl' K"nsnB c,,y New York, expected to pick more than double the original amount for the same J ggg JJ week 4arinfS pout! money. This farmer, according to reports, is now without pickers i convention. He paid The Herald and he has a lot of corn in the field. If the Indians are to be secured for potato and corn picking in Box Butte county again they must receive just and fair treatment. They saved the potato crop this year. They will be needed again. Treat them lair, like white men, and they will be here when needed in future seasons. POTATO MAR KETS SLOWING IN m CITIES nWHI STOCK ON RIG MAR. KETS CAUSE BP Y HKS TO TAKB SPUDS FOB IMMEDIATE USB A DROP MADE IN PRICES Stock Now Sold in Market by Hun drvdweight In Accordance With Pood Administration Order office a pleasant call while here and said that his office Kansas City, regularly read the paper und obtain ed much information regarding the potato and other crops in western Nebraska from the paper. GENE HEATH'S GRIP The potato markets in the big cen ters eased off somewhat during last week and buyers took only what waa needed for immediate consumption. This was due principally because of the large amount of frozen potatoes which were shipped and which were a drug on the market. The market will undoubtedly stiffen up as soon as the frosen spuds are cleaned up and off the market. Prices should stiffen when the buyers begin taking the spuds for storage. The condition of the big markets, as reported by the Packer, for tha past week, was as follows: Demand Slow at Chicago Chicago, 111. The potato market was easier last week with fairly lib eral receipts and a slow call. The amount of frozen and field frosted stock Bhowlng up in arrivals Ib not aB heavy as a week ago, but damaged stock from these causes was Btill giving considerable troubla. It seems to be the general opinion, however, that another ten day will pretty well clean up this class of stock. While the bulk of the arrivals Uave in n made up of Wisconsin and Minnesota stock, receipts from West ern states have been on the increase. So far the arrivals from tie Western sections have not come in in any too good condition aB ihero .ia3 been more or leBS rough and ungraded stock and considerable trouble has been had from frosen potatoes. The car situation has not shown any improvement, and aB a matter of fact some operators seem to think that the situation is even worse than it was a week ago. Tuesday the market was easy, with good Wisconsin and Minnesota sack ed stock selling at $2.00 to $2.10 per cwt.; bulk stock from these states sold from $1.90 to $2.05. Washing ton and Idaho stock was rather draggy at $2.20 to $2.30. Receipts were reported as 75 cars and the total number of cars held on track at the beginning of the day's trading are Bald to be 288. Wednesday the market continued easy with little change in prices, buyers did not take stock freely. Receipts: were around 45 cars. The market was weaker Thursday under an Inactive demand and prices ruled f.c to 10c lower. Receipts were around 50 cars. The market was weak again Friday and tiaiit was alow at about un hanged prices. Receipts were esti mated at 50 cars. Volume 1 Vmmueii. Dawes County, Nebraska, May IN, 1SH6. Number I Being a recital of early happenings in the Box Butte Country, clipped from the files of the first newspaper published in the country then part of Dawes county, at Nonpareil, the townslte of which wus eouth and west of ileiuingford. This week the items are taken from the first issue published - May 18, 1886. three years before the town of Alliance was started. EDITORIAL OUR GRIP. In introducing to its readers the first number of the GRIP, we shall endeavor to be as brief as possible, giving a sort of synopsis of the future course of the paper. The GRIP will be democratic in politics and will take a decided stand with that party upon all polit ical matters. The greater portion of our time and space, however, will necessarily be devoted to advertising the merits and advantages of the Box Butte country and our r.lrcr.dy rapid ly growing little village. We shall do this not by misrepresentations or wild exaggerations, but leaving out the poety, give the stubborn facts and be prepared to back them up at any time. E. A. Heath. RAILROAD! HURRAH!! A por tion of the B. & M. surveying corps reached Broncho lake last Friday and are heading for the exact center of the Box Butte country. The last contract for grading from Broken Bow, Custer county, extends into Dawes county. The iron horse will roll Into Nonpareil before the 15tb of November next. HEMINGFORD NOTES Anton Uhrig's mammoth two-story building is now under way. The lower story is to be used for his immense stock of hardware and agricultural imple ments, while the upper story is to be used for a furniture establishment. The Chadron water witch proved a success and found us plenty of water from 30 to 40 feet. How this great water smeller brings the water so near the surface Is a mystery. The tide of emigration is moving south east from Hemingford. Maxfleld has order a carload of girls from the east to fill his contract with the "baches" who have bought goods of him. Banker Burlew Is now ready for business. LOCAL " W. J. McCandless has planted a large apple orchard on his claim this week. The Grip wr.s moved into its new home last Saturday and you can bet we're a protty proud party. An error occurs In our patent sub heads this week. They read Rush vllle instead of Nonpareil. However, we have hired a man to kick the manager of the publishing house and the error will be corrected soon. The petrified yell of a cowboy was picked up on the prairie near town the other day and brought to this office. The vibrations and smell of the breath are just as distinct as when first heaved by the big-hearted cow puncher. The Rushvllle Sun was the only paper to advance us an exchange. Several exchanges are quite a help in getting out the first number of a paper, and we extend our thanks to big hearted, thoughtful old Sprague. Judging from general appearances. Squire Hampton Is moving in the matrimonial state. Mac, beware of the "vidders." We extend thanks to Mr. Kldwell and Mrs. John Bowen for antelope favors. To develop their real estate busi ness, Parker 41 Simonson propose to advertise outside of Nebraska. We are glad to note that Mr. W. O. Simonson from Chicago has decided to stay with us. He is now in the firm of Parker Simonson. Success to them. We would like to have every re publican and prohibitionist In the Box Butte country to come in and talk with us, and we want every dem ocrat to come in and shake hands. NONPAREIL. The name of our town has been changod from Buch anan to Nonpareil. This change was necessary in order to have the name of the town correspond with the name of the post office. The name Buch anan was given the town by .Mrs. Orvil Kldwell, the first woman in the township, and it was with quite a degree of reluctance that the old name was discarded. In coming to the Box Butte coun try, buy your ticket to Hay Springs, hire a livery or take the stage for Nonpareil (the center of the Garden of Eden). Parker and Slmon3on. who know the country well, will show you the land to your satisfaction. THE 1M. BUTTE A Description of the Box Untie Coun try, lis Soil, Climate and Nat ural Advantages Its PvosfMI ts for the Future and Its Present and Natural Trading Point, NoniarHI. Apologies to Kin Hubbard Nonpareil 00 A Rainy Day The superior agricultural lands known as the Box Butte country era braces that portion of Dawes county lying south of the Niobrara river, and a narrow strip of a few milcB in width, off the west line of Sheridan county. The lay of the country for agricultural purposes is absolutely without fault. From a view upon Sheridan county's highest peaks the Box Butte country appears to be per fectly level, resembling an eastern lawn and extending from 30 to 50 miles, but upon traveling over the country one finds it gently rolling, juat enough for proper drainage. The soil is a rich, dark loam, superior. we believe, to that of other parts of the state. The surface is covered with a thick mat of buffalo and blue grasses, affording excellent feed for stock, both summer and winter, and previous to the past year large herds of cattle have fattened upon those prairies, year after year, with no additional food whatever and with out the least shelter in winter. The water in this country Is free from alkali and as pure snd soft as rain water. The Box Butte country is at pres ent supplied with fuel from Pine Ridge on the north, at a very reason able rate, and in the course of a year, when the Wyoming and Black Hills coal mines are opened up which are said to be the most extensive In the United States coal can be had at I figure not to exceed three to four dol lars per ton, and of a fine quality There are several railroads heading for these coal fields, and at least two the B. a M. and F., E. A M. V., will doubtless reach them before cold weather, not only supplying us with cheap fuel, but furnishing a good (Continued on Page 13) Dull Market in New York New York City.- -The order sent ut by the Food Administration from Washington on Thursday of last week ad the ellect of starting potaio shlp- iers throughout Maine. New York tate and other eastern sections to uoting stock for delivery by the cwt. 'otutots cannot be sold by the bushel or the turret. I hey must be sold by he pound and the Pood Adminlstra ion allows wholesalers to thade in hem by the cwt. There is no hard- hip in making the change, as it is ust a mater of getting away from he old custom. The potato market here this week was very dull and in poor shape. While there was an embargo still on t Harlem river, the supplies in the yards about Ne wYork were not more han half as heavy as they were two weeks ago, but the situation did not how any improvement. The very best potatoes in the yards this Week coming from all sections were selling at $2.63 and $2.65 per cwt. New York state shippers were quoting $2.33 to $2.41 and Michigan 2.50 per cwt. delivered New York. Long Island farmers were getting 2.75 per cwt. from the buyers. OverouppUed at St. Louis St. Louis, Mo. The potato market was oversupplied last week and prices were (shaded to clean up offers. A large amount of frosted stock has been on the market and this is being aken by the cheap huckster trade. Sound, matured stock, ordinary to fancy, is selling at $1.80 to $2.10 per t. for Northern Rural and Bur- banks, and Red River Eearly Ohio at $1.80 to $2.15. Western Rurals and Burbanka bring $2.00 to $2.25 and red stock $1.90 to 2.25; Russet Bur- banks sell at $2.25 to 2.40. I ust-ad Market lu Minnesota Minneapolis. Minn. The potato market opened last week with trad ing alow. The inquiry was light ana the outside trade was reluctant to buy. The market was unsteady with a wide range in prices. tteceipta from the growers were practically nil. The ear shortage continued to hold up the movement of potatoes and (Continued on Page IS)