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VOLUME XXV
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTS COUNTY, NEBRASKA. JANUARY 8, 1918
NUMBER 5
REPORT OF
COMMUNITY
CLUB TO DATE
BBC. FISHER MAKES INTEREST.
ING REPORT FOR PERIOD
FROM OCT. 15TH TO DATE
SHOWS AN EXCEEENT RECORD
Two and One-Half Months of Rnsy
Business for the Community
Club Is the Record
Held three open meetlngB with nn
average of sixty.
Sent out 1,200 invitations to tbe
potato growers throughout the state,
inviting them to attend the state
convention at Alliance.
Had moving pictures taken of the
potato industry in Box Butte county.
Took out all gates on the Alliance
Scottsbluff road iin Box Butte coun
ty but one, and replaced them with
runway automobile gates.
In company with the couniy com
missioners, the Good Roads commit
tee went over part of the Broadwater
road, the road to Bridgeport, r.nd the
Scottsbluff road and as a result Mr.
Wanek, highway commissioner of
Box Butte county, ordered galvanized
culverts and same have arrived and
these will be used in the low places
and the proper nils will be made.
Took charge of the Second Liberty
Loan drive in which Liberty Bonds
were purchased to the amount of
1135.000.
Assisted the county agricultural
agent in bringing the Indians to Al
liance to help the farmers with the
potato harvest. It is estimated that
the Indians picked over two million
bushels of potatoes, so you can Judge
for yourself whether the club is do
ing any real work or not.
Within twenty-four hours after a
committee had been appointed to Bee
what could be done regarding the
car shortage we had received a
promise from the Burlington that
they would give us at least seventy
five cars within the next week, a
teleeram from the State Railway
Commission arrived stnting that they
were back of us, aud a telegram from
G. W. Wattles, state food administra
tor, informing us that he had taken
the matter up with the Burlington
and we would get our share of re
frigerator cars.
Held a Good Roads Day on No
vember 9th, to repair the Antioch
road, in which thirty-two business
men from Alilance took part and seventy-two
subscribed 'cash to this
fund. As a result three miles of im
passable road wa6 improved and
since that time, the Good Roads
Committee has been working from
two to three days each week on this
road and now it is in a better con
dition than it has been for over two
years a lot of people talk, but this
committee did the work.
The hotel committee has held
several important meetings and
figures have been secured from a
large number of towns in the state
and we are hopeful that we can close
a satisfactory deal by the 1st of Feb
ruary, if 'not before, with some
reliable company, or build the hotel
ourselves.
Placed a large sign at Tenth and
Box Butte, with the words, "Come
Again" and under this the towns and
distance from Alliance. This same
sign was also placed on Third and
Toluca and shows the distance to
Bridgeport. Scottsbluff, Angora.
Mitchell, Bayard and the towns on
the river.
Marked the roads from Alliance to
Bayard, from Bayard to Scottsbluff
and from Scottsbluff to Alliance.
This took two men three days, and at
every important cross road, a large
sign, cut 'in the shape of an arrow,
was placed, the name of the town
and the distance shown, and at every
intersection and turn all poles and
fence posts were marked with the
Alliance-Scottsbluff colors. This
road is considered by those who have
traveled since it was remarked, to be
the best marked road in western Ne
braska. Every automobile owner
should be a member of the club, if
you appreciate the above call at the
office and do your part.
Assisted the T. P. A.'s in enter
taining the boys who left for Fort
Logan on December 14 th.
Helped make ararngements for the
reception of Captain Miller.
During these ten weeks, twenty
three articles have been written for
the Lincoln and Omaha papers.
Assisted the Red Cross In the
Bales Day Auction.
Conferred with the Bridgeport
Commercial Club regarding the Im
provement of the Alliance-Bridgeport
road and plans are now being made
to start work early in the spring on
MUCH FESTIVITY
TUESDAY NIGHT
Traveling Men and Volunteer Fire
men Roth Entertained With a
Large Crowd and Much Fun
Alliance was the scene of much
festivity Tuesdry night New Year's
night. The Alliance volunteer fire
department gave a dance at the opera
house and the members of Post M,
T. P. A., entertained at a dance, card
party and lunch at Reddish hall.
Nearly one hundred end fifty
tickets were sold by the fire boys who
appreciate greatly t' e ncouragement
given them by the people of Al
liance. The music was excellent and
a good crowd Btryed until a late
hour. Punch was served by Charley
Hill in the latest approved stylo
with plenty of cherries (but nothing
stronger) in every glass The com
mittee in charge deserve much credit
for the successful manner in which
the dance was handled.
The T. P. A. entertainment was the
best attended of any given by the
post. The hall was packed ;nd the
varied program furnished amuse
ment and entertainment for every
body, both old and young. Music
was furnished by the stringed quar
tet, who did excellently. Shoit talks
were made by Mayor Rousey, Captain
R. C. Strong, Colonel H. P. Coursey,
Lloyd Thomas and others. The la
dles had provided an excellent lunch
which was well partaken of with the
delicious coffee brewed by Jack
Hawes, Si Thompson, Roy Strong and
Alderman Tom Spencer. "Dad"
Ewing wa3 much in evidence, al
though still somewhat miffed over
the fact that he had "bitten" on the
first Joke of the year at 2 o'clock
Tuesday morning. Dad's telephone
number is 198. At 2 o'clock Tuesday
morning some one called him out of
bed and asked if this was 1918? It
took Dad thirty minutes to get
"wise." The boys were grieved to
lenrn thut Dad will leave Alliance
within a few weeks to take up
another territory.
WILL ERECT WASH REFINERY
Lincoln and Eastern Nebraska Capi
talists Will Take Over leases
on School Lands
Western Nebraska is to have an
other potash reduction plant and a
refinery, according to the plans of
Lincoln capitalists who visited Al
liance Monday. The party came in a
private car and spent one day in the
potash district and Monday morning
at Alliance. Frank, Mark and George
Woods, Eli Shire, Nels Updike and Ed
Westervelt of Lincoln; John J. Rus
sell, of New York City; Judge Har
rington, of O'Neill, F. M. Brome and
Judge Quigley, of Valentine, and W.
S. Ridgell, of Lincoln, composed the
party.
The capitalists in the party are
planning to take over the potash
leases on state school lands secured
by Ridgell and associates. This is
contingent on a favorable decision of
the state supreme court on the right
of the state board of education lands
and funds to grant such leases. They
purpose to erect either at Alliance or
Antioch a 200-ton plant and refin
ery. The men have ample capital to
swing the proposition and are known
as men of the highest standing.
(Continued on Page 4).
Big Powder Plant Is in Sight
The Herald has been informed by
a very reliable authority that the
DuPont Powder company is serious
ly cons'.doring the placing of a pow
der plant : t Antioch. a few miles east
of Alliance. As potash, one of the
chief ingredients of powder, is manu
factured in vast quantities at
Antioch, it can be asily seen that the
placing of a powdert plant at the base
of supplies would have a great deal
of expense In hauling the raw mate
rial. The chief reason for having a
powder plant at Antioch wculd be
in the time saved, enabling the com
pany to place the finished product on
the market so much quicker. If the
proposed new plant should be located
at Antioch it would undoubtedly
make that town the biggest and livest
town in western Nebraska.
District Court Terms
W. H. Westover, Judge of the
Sixteenth Judicial Districtof Ne
braska, announced terms of district
court for the year 1918 as follows:
Sheridan county, March 18 and Sep
tember 3; Cherry county, April 1 and
September 1. Box Butte county, Ap
ril 22 and November 2 5. Dawes
county. May 13 and December 9.
Sioux county, June 3 and November
11.
Sergeant Beach Home
Sergeant Perley Beach, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Beach, of
Alliance, arrived home Sunday for a
short visit with home folks. Perley
leaves tonight for Funston. He is
making an excellent army record.
SATURDAY
WILL BE OUR
DEFENSE DAY
WORTHY CAUSE 1X RE ROOSTED
BY THE WOMEN OF
NEBRASKA
GOOD WORK ACCOMPLISHED
Woman's Committee of Hox Unite
County Council of Defense Will
Wage Membership Campaign
The Woman's Conimitte of the Ne
braska Council of Defense has tak
en a census of the woman power of
the state. In each of the ninety
three counties of Nebraska, regis
tration of women for war service has
been successfully conducted. This
campaign has already cost over
$2,000. Only 500 was contributed
out of funds of the Nebraska State
Council of Defense for this work.
The Woman's Committee con
ducted the first food pledge cam
paign without the financial aid of any
governmental agency.
They materially assisted In th
second food pledge campaign, giving
freely of their time and effort.
The Woman's Committee has seen
to it that the compulsory school at
tendance law was observed, and th'it
child life was conserved In our state.
Nearly 200.000 Women are work
ing actively every day in the Red
Cross making bandages, surgical
dressings and supplies for our allies
and our own armies. The Depart
ment of Home and Foreign Relief,
of which the Red Cross is a part, is
working directly with the committee.
The women are looking after civi
lian relief taking care of the needy
families of soldiers at the front.
The Woman's Committee has or
ganized in every county for the nat
uralization of foreigners. This work
has resulted in hundreds of women
taking out their first papers, and in
directly has brought scores of men to
apply for citizenship papers.
The Woman's Committee sold
$1,500,000 worth of Liberty Bond
in the state of Nebraska in the sec
ond Liberty Loan drive. They will
quadruple thiB record in the next
drive.
The Woman's Committee, through
its educational department, is seeing
to it that un-American literature is
eliminated from the school text
books; that more English is taught
in foreign districts; that children
receive an American education; that
our flag flies over every school, pub
lic and parochial, in our state.
It has established a speakers' bu
reau, and will have a small army
of two-minute women prepared to
give patriotic speeches at any public
gatherings.
All of the above activities require
money. The United States govern
ment asks that the women of each
state carry out this work. Our state
has provided no funds for these un
dertakings. The citizens of Nebras
ka must do what the citizens of other
states have done. They must sup
ply the financial means to carry on
this work. Defense Day, the 5th
of January, is the day when Box
Butte will make its drive for mem
bership. Twenty-five cents a year is
the lowest membership. Fifty cents
a year is the subscribing member
ship. One dollar a year is the con
tributing membership. Ten dollars
is an honor roll membership. In
some counties as high us $100 per
membership has been subscribed.
Every one subscribing 2 5 cents or
over will receive a membership card
as well as a membership button.
TROUBLE OVER EXPELLED BOYS
Neighborhood Aroused Over Con
troversy Caused by Expelling
of Two School Boys
School District No. 30, eighteen
miles northwest of Alilance, has been
having an interesting timo over the
controversy caused by the expelling
of two boys, aged 12 and 14 years,
from the school by the school board.
The boys are the wards of Miss Lot
tie Worley. They were charged with
unrullness by the teacher and ex
pelled by the board Theodore John
son, Charley Tuchek and Mrs. Berg
field.
Miss Worley retained E. C. Bar
ker, well known Alliance attorney,
to represent the boys and meeting
of the board was held at 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon. The board re
fused to reconsider their former ac
tion and no 'further decision was ar
rived at. The meeting was aald to
have been productive of many verbal
fireworks. Miss Worley announced
that she would carry the matter to
the district court.
GOVERNMENT
URGES WEEKLY
POTATO DAY
FOOD ADMINISTRATION ADVO
CATES LARUER OONSIMP
TION OF THIS FOOD
POTATO MARKETS ARE BETTER
Food Administration Says People Are
Not Eating As Many Potatoes
as in Normal Times
A special dispatch to Thr Packer
from Washington a fev days ao
says that the food admlnistntlon fa
vors a woekly potato day. Potato
growers of western Nebraska will
join in the desire for a potato day
throughout the nation, for it would
mean increased consumpilrn and the
resulting of better price, for the
grower. Tto dispatch from Wash
ington was a-, follows:
I'rges Weekly Potato Day
Washington, D. C. One of the
things needed to help ub win the war
right nor; is special selling effort be
hind the potato, which has proved
of so much value to the kaiser in
holdings cn "over there' that, even
with General Byng after him, he re
cently found time to issue a medal
commemorating the bringing of the
potato from America to Europe, says
the food administration.
Last fall, the grocery trade Joined
hands with the food administration
for a concerted drive on potato sales.
But unfortunate complications came
in the crop. There was a field frost
that hurried damaged potatoes to
market, and also a delay in ship
ments, due to railway congestion,
which put prices too high for free
consumption.
Now, most of the baby troubles of
last year's crop seem to be over, and
there are plenty of potatoes in most
markets, with satisfactory supplies
steadily coming in.
What we need now, is a long pull,
and a strong pull, and a pull all to
gether on potatoes grower, grocer
id consumer all doing team work to
et good potatoes to market, and put
them on the consumer's table at
reasonable prices, and with minimum
cost.
Look over your weekly schedule of
deliveries, Mr. Grocer. Find out
which day Is lightest. Make a spe
cial price on potatoes for delivery
that day. Get "Potato Day" fixed in
your community as a weekly event.
The plan of a potato week has
been tried, and it 'concentrated too
much attention upon the potato at
one time. The plan of a potato
monh was also tried, but it had
drawbacks. i
In this new plan of a potato day
every week. Uncle Sam things that
he has found the stimulus for steady
selling of potatoes. One potato day
each week makes no abnormal de
mands upon the farmer, or the rail
roads, and so will not disturb pricea,
or cause shortages, or gluts. One po
tato day a week will enable the re
tail grocer to fill up a hollow space
in his sales and delivery service, and
keep his money and his employes
busy. One potato day a week will
enable the consumer to use this
valuable food article as a balance in
diet, and reduce living costs, and
conserve wheat and meat for our
fighters, and the allied nations.
Get up some potato posters, and
announce your potato day. Explain
the idea of the weekly potato day in
your newspaper advertising. Make
a special price on the tubers for that
(Continued on Page 8).
INTERESTING THRIFT MEETING
H. O. Palmer, State Thrift Stamp
Secretary, Made an Interesting
and Instructive Talk
The Thrift Stamp meeting, held at
the court house Monday evening, was
well attended. Dean William Carson
Shaw presided. On Invitation of
Charles Brittaln, county chairman, a
good crowd had assembled to hear
H. O. Palmer, of Omaha, state sec
retary, tell of the work.
Mr. Palmer held bis audience for
about an hour and gave them some
excellent advice and pointers on the
work of selling Thrift Saving Stamps.
The points which he emphasized are
brought out in articles published in
The Herald which should be read by
everyone.
Cecil Kelster, who has been secre
tary of the Y. M. C. A. at Camp
Lewis, Is in the city visiting his wife
and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Beck. Mr. Keister will stay In Al
liance until bis orders and papers
transferring him to foreign service
arrive.
ANNUAL MEETING
OE FARM BUREAU
Will Be Held at l ent ml School
Building In Alliance on Satur
day, January nth.
The annual meeting of the Box
Butte County Farm Bureau will be
held at the Central School Building
In Alliance on January 5th Satur
day at 11 o'clock. The directors
will meet at 10 o'clock to take up any
business left over from 1917.
Promptly at 1 o'clock a meeting f
all the farmers of the county will be
held to elect officers and to take up
the work for the coming year.
Every farmer of Box Butte county is
considered a member of the Bureau
and it is the desire of the officers that
every one be present.
The annual report of the county
agent will be given at this meeting
and there will be n discussion of
those problems which are affecting
Box Butte county at this time. Mr.
C. E. Gunnels, state leader of county
agent work, will be present to dis
cuss plans of organization and re
view the work as It Is being carried
out in other partB of the state.
The ladies of the county will also
hold a meeting at this time. A short
program will be given commencing
at 11 o'clock and lunch will be
served at the noon hour.
This will be the one big meeting
of the year and every farmer should
plan to attend.
Shoplifter Is Caught at Golden Rule
A shoplifted was arrested at the
Golden Rule store yesterday after
noon and was taken to Jail. The wo
man was taking goods and placing
them under her coat, being caught in
the act by one of the clerks. The
shoplifter was busy watching Mr.
Barnett, the manager, and failed to
observe that one of the clerks had
been keeping tab on her movements.
The Golden Rule store has been miss
ing goods for some time, but this is
the first time that the source of tbe
mysterious disappearance has been
accounted for.
HAUSER CALLS
FIREMEN FOR
CONVENTION
STATE PRESIDENT OF NEBRASKA
ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEER
FIREMEN ISSUES STATEMENT I
WANTS GOOD REPRESENTATION
Nebraska's Most Popular Volunteer
Firemen Believes in Principle of
Judicious Conservation" 'I
THE BOX BUTTE COUNTY MIXER
Miss Margaret Sherwin, Home Dem
onstration Agent, Urgeti Good
Attendance Saturday
(By Miss Margaret Sherwin).
Box Butte County Bureau and
Homemakers' Association will meet
together Saturday, January 5th, at
10 o'clock at the Central School
Building, Alliance, for the purpose of
electing officers and making plans for
the coming year.
Men and women will be from all
over the county and this will be a
splendid opportunity to get together.
A good program haB t i n planned
with Mr. Gunnels in charge of state
county agent work and Miss Rekahn.
assistant state leader home demon
stration agents, present.
This is a general mass meeting.
Come and have a good time.
The program is as follows:
Morning Program lO A. M.
Invocation Rev. Layton
Woman's Part In the County
Council of Defense. Mrs. C. B. Dole
Music Mrs. Fisher
Address of Welcome. . . .Judge Tash
Music America
The Family Farm Bureau
Mr. Gunnels
fj fh. I- to ItM o'clock (Bring
Basket Lunch)
Food Conservation Ideas. Mrs. Harris
Hoover Helps That Our Club Hps
IVod Mrs. Fred Nason
Music Miss Alta Young
Our Country's N"eds. . . .Mrs Haifa
The Homemr.kers' Association. . . .
Miss Rokahn
Music Mrs. Satterfield
Kl action of officers
Organization of Homemakers' As
Pleads Guilty to ( barge
E. E. Clark pleaded guilty to the
charge brought against him by tbe
Nebraska Rooming House in court
Wednesday afternoon. Judge Tash
reprimanded him and let him out
with costs. Costs were high, as Mr.
Clark paid $13.20. This was due to
the fact that tbe sheriff had to send
a deputy to Bridgeport to persuade
him that his presence was wanted In
Alliance.
tlauser I'rges Full Representation
Harry J. Hauser, of Fremont, stats
president of the Nebraska State Vol
unteer Firemen's Association, urges
that every department in the state
be fully represented at the annual
convention to be held In Fremont
starting January 15th. 'President
Hauser makes the following state
ment for publication in order that
every Nebraska fire department maf
read the samo:
Fremont, Nebr., Dec. 27, 1917.
Lloyd C. Thomas, Editor,
The Alliance Herald,
Alliance, Nebraska.
Friend Lloyd: In connection with
the 1918 convention of the Nebraska
State Volunteer Firemen's Associa
tion I noticed in your issue of De
cember 20th an article from your
Ord correspondent on the sacrifice
made by t'e Ord fire department. I
take this means of expressing,
through our official paper, my feeling
of satisfaction and admiration for
the Ord boys in their patriotic ac
tion. I greatly regret, however, that the
Ord band 1b not planning on coming,
t have written the Ord department
atiking them if there Is not some way
by which the band can come and
still not niter their plans for the Red
Cross and Y. M. C. A. In all onr
moves toward the welfare of the boys
who go to the front the Red Cross
and the Y. M. C. A. are and should
predominate, but we must not over
look altogether the protection of our
food supplies and property from
the greatest destructive element
FIRE. We must defeat tbe plan of
German incendartsra that of de
struction ef our food supplies by
fire. We must protect our food and
property from fire destruction by
natural and uncontrollable causes.
Anil t . i ,1.. thlfi nrnwirlv wu miial un
noin ine cninusiusm una goon won
of the Nebraska state association of
fire fighters.
The Nebraska division of the na
tional food administration regards
the firemen of the state as among tbe
greatest conservers of food. It is
up to the boys over the state to keep
the association up to high standard
of enthusiasm and patriotism at
which it now stands. Let us have
Judicious conservation and give the
offlcero of tie state a chance to feel
the strength and enthusiasm that is
behind them in the promotion of
food conservation by protection from
fire.
In these days of world disturb
ance we are all sacrificing. We are
g'.nd to sacrifice for such a Just cause
but if we cut out those things which
go to build up the strength and In
terest of the state association of
firemen we are creating a dangerous
situation We are loos ninu the
cords of fraternalism and friendship
that binds us together in an organ
ized body of volunteer fighters for
the protection of property from de
struction by fire.
I appeal to the members of the
association to let the fire fighting
spirit grow stronger than ever. Let
the state officers feel the interest and
enthusiasm that is backing them and
let us tie more tightly than ever the
cords that bind the state volunteer
departments together in a united,
organized and fraternalized associa
tion of fire fighters. Let every city,
town or village department in the
state be represented at this conven
tion and come into full realization of
the important duty we owe to our
country in this time of disturbance
and trouble.
Yours for judicious conservation,
(Signed) HARRY J. HAUSER,
President Nebraska State Volunteer
Flremen'B Association.
The Redpath Lyceum Course
The Redpath Lyceum Course, giv
en by tbe ladies of the Baptist
church, of Alliance, has three more
numbers. The next will be a lec
ture by Dr. E. H. Lougher, the noted
army captain, given at tbe Baptist
church, January 12, at 8 p. m.
Those holding season tickets will
take notice.
Mrs. Paul Bach, of Rock Springs,
Wyo., is in the city visiting her sis
ter. Miss Ethel James. She will soon
leave to visit her husband at San
Antonio .Texas. Mr. Bach is in the
Quartermaster corps of the urmy and
i,.,Mt..j at Antonio .
Store Opens on January 7th
The G. M. Burns store, which was
t obe opened to the public on January
3, will be ready for business on Mon
day, January 7. The opening was
delayed on account of not being able
to get the fixtures ready
It will pay everybody .o visit this
sale, as Mr. Burns has a large stock
of seasonable goods, and everything
will go, as the prices are down to
bedrock.
Three numbers of the Redpath
Lyceum Course, by the Baptist lad
les are yet to be given. The next
will be Saturday, January 12th Dr.
Laugher on "The War." s