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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1918)
Official Organ Nebraska Stock Growers Association af jj (ebraska State Volunteer Firemen's Association BIGHT PAQD1 Leading Newspaper of Western Nebraska The AlliancIs Herald 4l Toll Tt,,. .VU It 1 or a Id J VOLUME XXV ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY. NEBRASKA, aphil i, Ills m Mi!i:u ig l ITY Fl FfTION TAME AFFAIR - State Ctinlmasw of I Jim I j LmmOom NO OPPOSITION AT ALL FOll OF- nlttee OBTS MM for Be Para- LIBERTY LOAN PRIZE CONTEST Mi l s OK COl NCII.MI.N AMI SCHOOL BOARD graphs SiiMirlliiK I '.in SCEPTIC BONDS CARRY only Twenty one Votm cast Against the Issuance of Bond! to In stall Tank. N'o one would ever hare known that an election wai wmi cameu in Alliance Inst Tuesday. The only evidence of an election was the fact that certain business men serving on m a I. the boards did not snow ui iui day's work. Thes fact that little Interest was shown by the voters is evidenced by the fact tbat only 111 ballet were c-.st all day. The greatest turn out til in the second ward, 66 votes be-, ing cast for the office of councilman. O. C. Moore was elected to the Place in the council formerly neiu ny joud Snyder. Mr. Snyder did not want his name on the ticket in the first place and would not have pone on the ballot had he known that there was another candidate. He has been an earnest and conscientious worker for the city's interests all the time that bis voice was a factor in the city's government. The other mem- eYs are Ed Henry to tatte i-e Moore'B place. Gavin to take Tom Spencer's place, Highland to the place he was appointed when Welch moved from the Fourth ward. The new dads will take their place in the council next Tuesday evening. As no petitions were filed for the nchool board this will remain the same, with the exception that the present board will elect members to fill the place, of Edgar Mrrtin and Mrs. I. E. Tash, whose term expires at this time. The other members of the board are: F. W. Harris, F. H. Mollrtng, K. J. Stern and Mrs. E. D. Mallery. The bond issue for the new Fep tic tank was authorized by the voters by a big majority, the vote being 10r for the bond- and 21 against the hrrif! This large majority shows Thos C. Byrne, chairman of tin Nebraska Liberty boafl committee,1 will give $100 in chsIi prizes to the school children ci Nebraska writing I tli" best paragraphs of "n words or' less, explaining why third Liberty, ! Ioan bonds should be purchased. j The rules of the contest are as fol-J i lows : i (1) The competition is open to grammar and high school pupils of public, pr vate and parochial school in the stat eof Nebraska. I (2) Each paragraph shall consist of BO words or less, shall lie written on the back of a post card, and shall i give the name of the pupil, school. town or township, grade, teacher, and age of pupil. (3) All post cards shall be mailed; to your local newspaper whic h will be asked to print the best paragraphs' they receive. (4) After a paragraph has been I printed, and not before, clip it and i it to l iberty Loan Contest Com mittee, Omaha (5) 1918. second Court h chamber of Commerce, The conU s: The first p prize $26, prize, $10. will close May 1, i.e will be $.ri0, third prize 16, Count chairmen of the Liberty Loan committee arc Invited !o offer prizes for the best par.iar: ph print ed in each county and newspapers are invited to offer prizes for the best paragraphs printed in their papers. WHEAT RULES CUT USE IN HALT Limiting sales of flour to twenty four pounds to town customers and forty-eight to rural customers, re quiring the use of 25 per cent sub stitutes by bakers in bread and rolls by April 11, and strict compliance with the potind-for-pound substitute rule are the UeW food regulations issued by Food Administrator Wat tles. Hotels are ordered not to serve wheat bread unless specifically re- he will of the people is toward effici- quested by the customers, and the enl sanitary methods, the trnk will eliminate a gn at source of danger in spreading of hu-tful and contagious diseases. GOOD ROADS DELE GATES MEET HERE The house resolution by "Whereas, roads is one adopted the following Mr. Thomas: the question of good of spreme Importance limit in purchasing of flour to six pounds on the basis of every ninety meals served, are the new rules for public eating places. "To meet the allied demands, we iinisi cut our flour consumption just half in two," says Mr. Wattles. Nor mally the American people eat 42. 000,000 bushels of vheat each month; we must reduce this to meet tlie demand and the demand will be met." not only to the farming communities but to all communities and citizens of the state, especially daring 'he time of war when production and.t ranspor tation are of vital important-:-, and Whereas, it is a widely known fact that the state of Colorado has many of the finest roads in the United States, the credit for this successful road work being given in a large measure to the warden of the Colo rado penitentiary, Thomas .1. Tynan, and Whereas, said Thos. .1. Tynan is to speak on the subject of good roads and the use of convict labor thereon at the convention of the state associa tion of commercial clubs to be held in Alliance. Neb , on May 21 and 22 and "Where as, we feel that the widest publicity should be given to the prop osition of etter roads, therefore be it Rerolved. That the speaker of the house be requested by th'.s body to ap point twelve delegates to attend the Hssocial ion or OUR SOLDIERS RESPECT RED CROSS Our Mldiers in France are respect ing the Ued Cross when worn by Ger mans, even if the Hermans have fired Upon American Red Cross stretcher bearers and ambulance drivers, as the following dispatch shows: Some American soldiers in a lis tening post northwest of Toul early this morning discovered an enemy pa trol fixing their own wire, and promptly opened lire. The Hermans retreated hastily, leaving two of their QUmber haging on the barbs. "Several hours after daylight a party of five Oermans, two infantry men aid three Red Cross workers, emerged from the enemy lines and started for their comrades mangled in the wires. The Americans saw the Red Cross brassards and did not . . . .. i f ttio it, i f . .. t . A,ii..rt i,M lllli'll llie on i lie uni i . , niin ii irinuvrii niiien-ial clubs at Alliance on May and 22 and to hear the speech of tne bodies. the said Thomas J. Tynan, it being Proof is indisputable that the Ger- understood that the delegates attend- mans have bombed hospitals plainly .... ... n.. Miiense to the sta.te of marked with the Red Cross, have in- --v ... - Nebraska." TOM STALOS STORE ROBDED The store of Tom Stalos, on Box Office of the State Fire Commissioner Lincoln, Nebraska, April, 1918 This spring when the war in Europe is at its height and the whole Wftrtd is looking en with ave as to the outcome, it behOOVM every i it:. en of the United i'.ates to co-operau with his country in do ing everything possible at home to assist in the Sarins and conserva tion of our resources, no that ottr soldiers and citizens inu; be ainplv provided for. The destruction of property by lire during this period in the life of our nation is criminal In the extreme. Incendiarism is one of the most powerful weapons that our enemy uses aga'nst us and surely ought to le ret arded as one of the most dreadi d and ab horrent calamities that can be visited upon us by our own PeopU It does little gooil to talk about Incendiarism In bulletins or in the public press, beeause it Is such a despicable crime that no honest man would contemplate It. and the criminal who would perpetrate it would not be Influenced saalasl committing the crime by Rnytbini he might read.' so that the only way to deal with or try to eliminate and do away with the crime of arson is to have the honest m m ho guard and protect his premises that it would make it impossible for ti e criminal to have the opportunity to set property on fire Therefore, during these times every dttSBfl should particularly .guard his property against the possibility of having it set on fire, especially the eleva tor owner, the mill man, the wholesaler, the manufacturer and nil lines of business where goods or food nr.- stored, extra w; tchnicn should be employed, una da should be stationed, premises lighted as well as possible, in 8011 every precaution should he used and the owner of a particular properly knows h st the part 'cu'ar guard or precaution it requires. The farmer is a creat factor in this war because without food anil nourishment no nation or people can survive Last year an amount of hay and grain was set on lire in Blacks and in every case that was brought to the attention of the Nebraska state tire commis sioner, these tires occurred not from any alien enemy, but from a sordid, pecuniary, mercenary groed to collect over insurance from a lire insurance company. Then sometlmos these flrei uro set by one neighbor to "get even" with another neighbor for some real or Imaginary injury and is purely the result of spite Whatever the i use of such tires and even though their origin is the result of acci dent, we believe it would be best for all farmers 10 stack their grain and hay in a number i small stacks at a reasonable distance apart so that in case of fire the stack where the tin originated could not communicate with or set tire to the Stack next to it. This is a much heiier plan tie D stacking a great amount of hay or grain in one enor mous stack or a number of small stacks too close together We would particularly request farmers to try the plan Suggested above of stack ing hay and grain in small stacks a safe distance apart durini coming senson and we believe it will be u great protection to their property. Even during ordinary times a spring clean-up is a great help to every city and particularly now when we are trying by every possible means to co-operate with the Fnited States government in a world wide conservation movement will a spring vlean-up be of the great est benefit. Therefore, the Nebraska state fire commissioner has t acids three days, April 16, 26 and 27, to be known as Nebn.ska Clean up days, and we are asking the co-operation of every man, woman and child in the state to make these days red let' days in Nebraska We want all premises cleaned up. all rubbi-h and aste removed, all defects in chimneys, flues, etc., remedied and !ectrlc wiring in spected. Elevator owners end mill owners should ulv their property a general clean-up and Overhauling, and I very business man, whole saler and manufacturer should clean up Lis property from top to bottom, and do away with all needless rubbi- h at-d Wast". Gasoline and kerosene should be stored according to the rules and regulations of the fire commission department, and every precaution Ul d again: the danger of fire from these destructive fXplcrives. W( wish to ask the mayor or village clerk of every city and vtllat'e' in th" slate, to iRStie a local proclamation asking the cltlt -ns of th ir local. ,is to gether and make April II, 26 and 27 real "fir" prevention Stcan-UP days." We earnestly solicit the co-operation of com: U rc . 1 club I rd women's (dubs and would ask that they appoint a comiUltl to lo k after the popularizing of the observance of these days. The dl commissioner or town board in every town should bin two or (UOVl men with teams, according to the size of the town and pay then a stated amount each day to go about the city and haul awey IB t "' blab that th ecltltens gather together in hack yards and lllcya The amount of money thus spent will be nomin 1 and the 4ud ''rrived therefrom will hi' enormous. Local paid fire depart nients should send Inspec.ors throughou1 the city to make inspections of fire iiazards and Compel indolent or indifferent citizens lo observe these clean-up days in an appropriate manner. In small towns two or more men should be appointed by the volunteer fire department and should be paid a certain amount each day for the three days, to go about and do this work of 'in pec t ion, Teachers in all schools, public special program like they do for fir JAPAN TO BUILD SHIPS TOR U. S. Additional TWHtj flse or Thirty Cmft to lie Cut Into Ally Servlc... ROAD FAIR GOING GOOD AH0tl CROWD! ATT EN' I nto (UtAMS IN SI'ITE OK THE VPKATftHR Special to the I Washington, dltional IB or gating 110,419 erald. April 4- An ad 1 8 iteamobips, aggre tons, an lo be pm in war Service for the allies by the Unit ed States, it was learned from th State department sources, through charier negotiations with Japan. Although this big me.iluint fleet wnb tne neu purchase by the united Slates Of 11 Japanese vessels aggre gating 100,000 tons, will make a to tal of 2:.0,000 deadweight tons of shipping immediately available for service, .1 a pa n s i ,ml riluM -in may reach l.OOO.ouo torn, for Japan is to build ships for America. with negotiations now ne ! con tusion lor transfer of lf.0,000 tons of shipping by charter, Japan already is counted on for 4,r0,000 lens. 200 000 of it built on American or- ler Willi American steel, which was the b 'tis i t the agreement announced for the purchase of a dozen ships In service, Furthermore, Japan probably will swell America's shipping program ipprcoiably through new agre -incuts to il' llver compleied shirr- in ex liana, for American StSOl, It. was r ported that the war trade bO&Td Is ontemplaling these new negotiations o expand shipbuilding in Japan where the labor problem in negligible It is understood that .he Japanese overnment has indicated a dispo sition to further a new agreement for mother 200,000 tons of ahipplng to be built in Japanese ya:(!s for America. The p ndlng negotiations ft,, char er contemplate a selling of weniy live steamships of ti.000 ilc: dweignt ions er.ch, or 30 of 5.000. ind private, should arrange ' prevention day and should en deavor to interest the children so thai they will go home and.do their part in interesting their parents in th observance of this general clean-up movement. This campaign to remove fire hazatds and reduce our great un necessary fire waste is a highly patriotic duty and one that has more than ordinary worth and merit. We most earnestly solicit the co-operation of every citizen in dividually, and mayors, town boards, commercial clubs, woman's dubs, school teachers and school children collectively, and trust this movement will receive the support and interest that it deserves. Very truly yours, W. S. RIDG ELL, Chief Deputy. POTASH LEASES ARE VALIDATED liy Vote of IT to '.o House ( oilimiltev Decide In Favor of Hie Ihim-Holders FEATURE FRIDAY NIGHT Elk. tub to Pnf on MsJt Event, of hhs Eiilr, PrMnj at 7: 15 o'clock The opening night weii patronised, the ad by Mrs. Wlker ess It Showed a I pie entertaining cabaret. Then the in the k Down B. mic 'Rule spir t; I'l l! lice i of the fair was program coach wus a biK suc group of young: themselves at a various changes. world's events vas mad by illustrative songs. Mrs. C. SHIP SITUATION MAY TAKE OVER IS QUITE SERIOUS sunk hospital ships equally plainly marked, have fired upon American Red CrOSS workers on the battlefield. :and otherwise have ignored the em blem that every civilized nation re ; spects. That our Amer'can boys do not intend to retaliate with Mil kind of barbarity is proved in the foregoing . i i . i . ... I . . r,.i I "... I,. . M TTk.ltVtt.rU VI I.I. - . 1. 1 r i. it. ii. uiiu ... ........ , ' " Butte avenue, was robbed by two noys wounded doubtleSH wj Tuesday nignt, tne nnim ru-nup. by breaking in the back doer. About one hundred dollars wor.h of clothing was taken. Night Marshal Stafford, Cal Cox and Special Agent Sherman i caught the robbers at Crawford They got the first trace of them where they P P' changed clothing at the warehouse ' for the M. E. April division, Wednec oear the elevator. day at Aid Society. The navy department and the ship ping board fair a problem in man ning the e vessel, particularly, it was learned lately, ; s an unexpecte J drain on merchant marine personnel is caused by the refusal of virtually every one of the Dutch i eamen to man the ships recently seiied from Holland. A more serious situation, however, confronts the shipping board in a shortage of materials for the Amer ican shipyards at the time when ev erything should be ready for the ship building drivethis spring and sum mer. Insufficient supplies of coal and soke have curtailed Bieel production so much thu; plates end other parts ir. not at hand in adequate quanti ties, nor likely to be unless some spe cial effort is made. MEAT CONTROL President Wilson has appointed a special commission of five prominent men to lo:k into the meat problem, this BUy result in a national policy, governing meat production sale and ! distribution during the period of the i war. It may include virtually price i fixing and definite control or ritual federal operation of the big packing houses. This was instigated by Hoover, In a letter ta the president, udllng the pa d difficulty in his organization. The plan will do away with proflteer inn and make the c jst to the consum er less. Also eliminating speculative risks and wasteful practices. By a vote of 4 7 to 10 Wednesday afternoon the house validated the 227 oil and potash le; BOS recently knock ed out by a supreme court decision. Phis action by the house validities among others tne leases neiti oy i in- Rldgell group, financial backing lor which are the three Woods brothers, Bill Shire and E If. Wostervoldt . of Lincoln, and Wise I'pdike, of Omaha. The action of the house followed a Ions.' debate, laking most of tin after noon, representatives speaking on both sides of the question, waxed warm, some of them veil Indulging in profanity, to emphasize their i.oints Tavlor and Trace Well were the main tp akers for the passage of the bill BtUbr, MUltey and Dafoe were the chief speakers ft gainst vali dating the eS3CS, Those against the validation were Unable lO show any good reason Why 'he leasea should n I In v alid: ted. SPECIAL FOOD MEETINGS TO BE HELD SOON Mrs A H. Groves, president of the Homemakers' association for this dis trict, is in'reeeipl of a letter from E II. Krause, of the I'niverslty state farm dairy department at Lincoln, Nebr Mr. Krause will carry on six special demonstrations for the benoht of all the people in this county. The different grades and kinds of chei MS will be demonstrated, how to make them and save by home r oduction. The following dates have been set for the meetings. Everybody is urged n, representing Bngl md sang; Britannia," showing Engiisii Mrs. Ralph Heal, showing; Sang "The Marseilles": Mis oline (Jriggs. as oeace. minir of the beauty of the liberty of men. After Mi's a OUrtaln was drawn show ing the "goddess of liberty, " 11. is waa represented by Mrs. c. Dutton, who sang out national anthem. After this pari of the program Uelvium, repre sented by Miss Delia Moisten, made her mute appe; I to the llbe.ty loving nations Soldiers, sailo.a, liberty loan men. Red Cross nurses, Y. M. C A. men, W. K. S. men and boy SCOUtS then came in and saluted the Hag. The entire cast then Bang sev eral patriotic songs, closing the event. The c: st was supported by a large number of Alliance young people. Wednesday evening the prOQT&JB was in charge of the Knigh s of Col umbus. An excellent program was put on, being a niusloate furniahed by talent from the academy. Thursday evening the Ave depart ment boys put on an athletic program of exceptional merit. The program Ki id ly ev nlng will be in churge of the Elks' club. This will be in the form of a minstrel show. An excellent fflUSiCa pro gram has been prepared under th direction of T. M. Guthrie, asslsled by R. O. Reddish at the pi- no, and R. II. Hums on the traps others taking part in the bill are: W. H. Buechensetln, P. ii 'Carlton, w. d. Fisher, V. H. Given, 11. E. GantJ!, Wr J Mnhaffey, L. If. TUlly, C. O, Ehln ger, H. E. Reddish. H. W. Anderson. W R. Metz. W. H. Butler, C F Dut ton. ii. A. Orible. Saturday will b (I rim rs' day. Events will l' in the charge of the T i'. A. boys. EOE WOOLEN MILLS SIEZED New Jetsej Plants, Vatoed at W70,- 4MMMHMI Taken by r nited States iistodian The Khelii-IUuiM) Co. have a new i i r Amlrou (.i i, Id, i rtMitlv for I any cImm of tin work. SalisfM-tlon guaranteed. p m. to attend : April 8, creamery. April 9, Mrs April 10. district the difference between "kultur" as , practiced by their own leuders and 'culture'' as practiced by the Amer ican and allied soldiers. Have you filed your financial survey and card with the Liberty Loan committee? If not, do so at once and save trouble. at the Alliance llatin at Fairview, 2, Boyd precinct. April 11, Baptist church. W. C. T. 1' ; April 12, Hemlngford group. The materials UBed during the demonstration are as follows Two gallons milk In separate vessels, with covers; these vessels needed before demonstration: two gallons more milk will be needed before cIobc of demonstration, in separate vessels Two tablespoons. Two bowls or crocks holding at least two quarts Small amount salt. Supply can of cr.am separator, or equivalent. Two paile (one large enough for use as water bath for one containing two gallons milk). Water. Warm room to keen milk over night. Hot water or means of heating. Table with a white cover, cloth, paper or oilcloth. Water tumbler. Paring knife. Enough teaspoons to go around for tasting. Special to the Herald. V shington, April 4 - Six great German owned New Jercey woolen mills, with a total v; luaiion cf more than $70,000,000, have b en taken over b the alien property ciisiodian. who has n-iiued governing beards of directors t assume control. Earnings of the properties durinn the war w.ll go into the federal treasury for pur chase of Liberty bonds. The mills taken over by A Mitchel Palmer, alien property custodian, are as follows: The PMMlC Worsted Spinning mills, Botauy Worsted mills, New Jersey Worsted Spinning com pany, the Port mam i Huffman com pany and the Gera mills, all of Pas saic, New Jersey, and the Garfield Worsted mills, Garfield. N. J. "Selling agents of German woolen firms in the fatherland," said Mr. I'almer's announcement, "years ago built with Of HI capi.tl the first of this group of millB in order to escape import duties on wcolen goods. "They brought over German ma chinery and German bands to oper ate the machines The first mill was successful froi the start, and erection of the others followed !n rapid order. The same Interests figure largely in all the mills. Large blocks of stock are held by In fluential members of the woolen car tel in Germany." TEACHERS Examination for eight grade will be held at the Bov Butte County Court House April 11 and It. 913-2t-17