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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1918)
the ALLIANCE HERALD liMYI) C. THOMAS, I 1 1 1 r uiii Manager JOHN , THOMAN, URHfAMl HAKTMAN, ABnorlnte mid Livestock MNM Cttj MHN THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY, Owners ( Incorporated ) Entered at the pout office a Alliance, Nebraska, for transmission through the mails as second-class matter. Published every Thursday. Subscription Price, $1.50 Per Year, Payable in Advance Every subscription io regarded as an open account. The names of subscribers will be instantly removed from our mailing list at expiration of time paid for, if publishers shall be notified; otherwise the subscription will remain in force at the designated subscription price. Every subscriber must understand, that these conditions are made & part of the contract between publisher rnd subscriber. til mi.i i:i oomifo TO THE PROMT Alliance's sister city in BOl Hutte county Heniingford, is rapidly com ing to the front In mo.ro ways than one. The surrounding agricultural country is being rapidly settled up -with newcomers from the eaBtern farming districts, no less than seventy-five new families having moved in this winter and spring. In order that the newcomers should be made to feel at home and get acquainted with their neighbors and the town people, the Hemlngford Community club ten dered a "Cet-Acquainted Social" at the opera house In that city on Sat urday evening. April 13. To the out sider who was present the feeling of neighhorliness and good fellowship evidenced indicates that the people of Hemlngford and vicinity are united as one for the advancement of their town and community. The Herald editor had been invit ed to be present hut at the last mo ment found it impossible to be there and sent the following telegram: "Impossible to reach Hemlngford tonight In time for the get-acquainted social, which I had planned on attend ing. Please express my sincere re grets to those present. The people of Heniingford and vicinity have my highest regards. I expect to see your population double in the next ver.r Make the Third Liberty Loan your main theme tonight and boost the cause of freedom by an avalanche of subscriptions. Wish you an enjoy able evening mid trust that I may be with you at the next one.' In reply to the above we wetv pleased to receive the following reply : "Heniingford, April l.r, 1918 ' Lloyd C. Thomas, Alliance, Nebraska "Dear Sir: "The Hemlngford Commuulty club and the new comers acknowledge re ceipt of your telegram, which was read at the new comers' reception. "You have done everything you could for Heniingford the last year or two, co-operating with the best in strument we have to work Tor the In terests of the north end of the coun ty, our Community club. "It is difficult for a representative to work with the people as units, but It is very advantageous and profitable to work with a Community club, rep resenting the people. "We appreciate especially your splendid stand on prohibition and the enforcing of liquor laws, and are proud to know that you are not num bered with the branch of your party that refuses to submit the national prohibition amendment to the legisla ture, nor with the element that is do ing all it can to nullify the decision of the people that this state be dry. "Yours truly, (Signed) R. L. PIERCE." :: " HKIEF COMMENT One editor pointedly describes him as "Herr La Follette. member of the reichstag from Wisconsin." New York. City now payg an income tax of about $900,000,000. It coats to be the richest city, especially inthese times when the whole world groans under the incalculable tax indirectly levied upon it by Billy Hohenxollern. The popular German view is that the great drive was halted by bad weather, and, as the dead lie on the battlefields and the wounded are hid den in Belgium, it is not necessary to try to convince the German masses that mere thunderbolts out of the sky caused the vast losses. Col. George Harvey pronounces Mr. Daniels the best secretary of the navy since Whitney's day, but is far from satisfied with President Wilson, com plaining that this country needs "a leader" more than the world needs "a Judge." Possibly the colonel Btill remembers a Democratic conference In which he and Mr. Wilson failed to agree. The first subscription to the Third Liberty loan in New York was made by a Mohawk Indian chief by the name of Manaboxho, but the Ger mans had better not conclude from this that our country la chiefly Inhab ited by Indians clothed in mere blank eta and able to handle only & tomo- hawk Many of even Col. Roosevelt's warm admirers would regret to see him the Republican candidate In 1920, for that would give the Democrats an ex cuse also to disregard the unwritten law against a third term and Insist on running" President Wilson, a shock to conservative minds in both parties being thus inevitable. o A recent casualty list recorded an American soldier dying of nostalgia. Though all our boys are eager to ar rivethere, plenty of homesickness in otir army in far-away France Is likely and in some Instances It will develop into serious disease. The best cure Is to be found in frequent letters from home, as the home folks should bear in mind. A German professor in one of our colleges explains that Germans "con sider the state above morals." While this may in part account for savage atrocities, It leaves the Germans in the unevlable position of devoted servitors of an evil master which tjjey call "the State," but which is in reality an ambitious and unscrupu lous military clique that aims to sub jugate the world at any cost in blood, dishonor, and the barter of the souls of Its slaves. Aceording to Sir John Fraser, M. IV, now in this country, in neither England nor France is there any crit icism of American preparation and participation in the war. He says he had to cross the Atlantic to hear UOta criticism, adding: "You are al together too jumpy in regard to the war." Presumably to be "jumpy" is to leap at conclusions without knowl edge and betray the earmarks of a constitutional kicker. Locals Railroad Notes Engine 1464, Ellis in charge, col lided with engine 5104, Howard in charge, last night, S4B4 was standing at the water tank the lantern went out and the engineer went after the another, the fireman had Just step ped from the cab after fixing the fires when 1464 hit it. Engine 146 1 was practicaly demolished, but as for tune would have it nobody was hurt. Men Just in from the east end re port that the weather is fine with not a cloud in the sky. The snow storm drove A. P. Gor don and W. H. White back to town. They are letting the farm rest at present and going out on their runs. Guy A. Miller Is laying off at pres ent to help his wife do the house cleaning stunt. Engineer H. Nelson and wife are in Hot Springs for a few days' va cation. Labor Foreman A. Ferguson and wife are making a two weeks' visit in Bucklin. Mo. Mrs. H. H. Urbach left today for a few days' visit in Denver. Night Engine Dispatcher Fred Dickman was called for draft His place will be temporarily filled by Fireman W. D. Johnson. Machinist Ben Mullane and wife left for their claim in Wyoming this week. Engineer H .F. Townley returned from Kansas City Tuesday. Engineer Allen is laying off this week. Engineer Wolverton is on his run during his absence. Hostler Tom Morris, father and mother have gone to Casper for a few days' vacation . Fireman E. R. McKinson has gone to Cassa, Wyo . where his wife is holding down a claim. Two more trips were put in the pool this week because of the in crease in busineaa. The missionary department if the ladles' Auxiliary of the Baptist church will meet next Wednesday af- i noon with Mrs. M. F. Donovan. Everybody is cordially Invited. The Women's Auxiliary of the Bap tist church entertained the cradle class of the Sunday school at their regular meetlne Wednesday last. An) excellent proiitaiii was given and' linht refreshments served. The meet ing was held in the church parlors.' The cradle dass is under the super-' vision of Mrs. Wltowack. ' Slim" Herion Is home from CamBi K ii mm on on a via;;. He looks In he pink of condition and say he Uko army life tine. " G. K. 'end ra , Of the Itlto univer sity, was in the city last Wednesday on state business. Geologist A. C. Whltford arrived in Alliance from a prospecting trip in Montana and Wyoming. Miss Charlotte Mollring reports the completion of her fifth sweater for the boys over there. Bert Laing Is a strict observer of the Hooverized breakfast. Ask him about It. Alliance lodge No. 168. I. O. O. F.. will have Its first annual roll call on Wednesday, April 24. A one hundred per ceht attendance is looked for. The' entertainment committee has prepar- ea a tine program for the meeting, in cluding refreshments for the in nor man. All members are urged to be' present and participate. i no box uutte Home Guards, on orders of Captain R. C. Strong, will meet In the future on Wednesday evenings at the armory in the rear' of the city hall. Members who are' unable to attend must be excused be fore the hour of meeting by the cap-' tain or one of the lieutenants. The drill begins at 7 o'clock sharp. A good number was present for drill last evening. Bootleggers find the potash town of Hoftland a poor place in which to I do business. A young chan with more ambition than sense dropped into Hoftland Wednesday with a suit case full of bottles of whiskey. Sheriff Bob Bruce, of Sheridan county, hap pened to be at Hoftland at the time. ! Tkn ,.-.. I.I l. I 11 . l ic nuum-iji' uuuui'KKrr was naooeii before he had time to start disposing of much of his wares. He was taken to Rushville by the sheriff Wednesday night and lodgd in the county jail. W. 0, Barnes, of Crawford, was in the citv Wednesday nn ln n,... . Mr Barnes occasionally visits the city and meets his old friends. He now has a successful business in our sister ity. . . Charles Brittan. cashier of the First State bank, returned Tuesday morning from a short visit with his parents at Callaway . The Sunday picture show for Seottsbluff failed to materialize. A1 number of the business men who be-! lieved that Sunday should be devoted to the churches lent their opposition to the project, which soon fell thru.' ... George Keogh, traveling freight agent for the Burlington, In the Wy-' oming district, who is well known in Alliance, has joined the army and left Wednesday night for Camp Funston, going via Omaba. . . Edgar Schiller, of entral City, Is in the city, stopping at the Alliance hotel. Mr. Schiller is interested in the potash business. ... H. L. Ormsby and Faneta Brown, both of Alliance, were married on Monday at Hot Springs, South Da kota. The ceremony was solemnized by Rev. Olson, pastor of the Method ist church, at Hot Springs, in the par-' lor of the Evans hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Ormsby will make their home at Al liance. . . . Walter Overton is giving a horse at his public sale today, the price re ceived for the horse to be given to the Alliance Red Cross. It is expected that the horse will bring a mighty price, as similar donations at other! sales have brought much more than the market value of the animal or ar ticle donated. . . . E. Rousey. of the Rhein-Rousey company left last Saturday for Grand Island to attend to city business ProM there he went to Kearney to' visit with Ins mother. Misses Nona O'Neill and Pauline Dowd, of Hemingford. spent the last week-end visiting with Miss Devona Dickinson . . . Don't forget the home flent mus- Wale at the M. E. church Friday even ing at 8:15. ... Mrs Bernard Phelan entertained the T. A. A club Tuesday afternoon a three-course luncheon was served. Shafer Bros, received in a ton of new Presto-lite batteriea the tlrst of the week They also have ad'.d a complete demonstrating outfit of farm Hint ng systems. This In mount ed on a Ford truck and con be tried out on any farm. ... Perry Mailey, the real estate and insurance man. who has been confin ed to his home on East Third street, for two weeks by a severe attack of the mumps, is reeling much better and expects to be out again by the last of the week. Perry says that he thought he had his Beige of the youth ful malady in his younger days, but that he apparently was mistaken. ... Miss Marjorie Chambers of Omaha, stopped over In Alliance Monday and Tuesday, visiting with Miss Teresa ODoMOtl, Miss Chambers was on her iray to visit with her parents at Scott8bluffs. George Keogh visited In Alliance Wednesday. George was taken in last draft and is on his way from Wy oming to Omaha to enter the service. ... Miss Maude Spacht returned this week from Rochester, Minn. She has been in the east for some time witn her mother, who has been attended by the famous Mayo brothers. ... H. A. Kreutzer was in the city Wednesday. He has Just returned from a prospecting trip and reports that from all indications he has the biggest find yet discovered in the pot ash field. The potash plant of the Hoftland Reduction company at Hoftland, thir teen miles east of Alliance, was tied up from Saturday evening until Sun day afternoon by a strike of about GO laborers employed at the plant. Carl Modisett. Victor Jeep and Clark Den ny, three of the owners of the big plant, were here at the time the strike was declared. They, with Its capable manager Charles F. Roon, ey, Immediately took action and had the plant running Sunday afternoon, after a shutdown of only a few hours New workers were Bent out from Omaha to take the place of those who struck and the plant is now operat ing full blast. The company pays a wage of $3. HO per day and room for a ten-hour shift. The strikers asked $4.50 per day and room. They were sent to Alliance on the Sunday after noon train and their fares were paid to the point to which they wished to go. Messrs. Rooney, Modisett, Jeen and Denny, by the use of good judg ment and quick action prevented seri ous trouble at the plant, which is now carefully guarded to prevent damage being done by agitators and those of the I. W. W. stripe. Evangelist W. T. Sherrod and chorus choir leader, who will conduct a BerieB of revival meetings at the First Baptist church, starting Thurs day evening, April 18. Mr. Sherrod conies direct from a series of meet ings held at Chadron and Gering. At Chadron 125 new members were taken into the church and at Gering fifty. Don't fail to hear some of these lectures. ALLIANCE DIVISION LEADS ALL OTHERS ALLIANCE ORATORS WIN THREE PLACE 1125 Burlington Employes Purchase ! Jordan K1"' "rinne Mollring Liberty Hoods Amounting to Total of 974,250 The Alliance division of the Burl ington railroad, George L. Griggs, su perintendent, stands as the high di vision on all lines west in the rail road liberty bond campaign. One thousand and twenty-five employes out of 1,200 on the division have pur chased Third liberty bonds amount ing to $74,250 in addition to approxi mately $15,000 worth at the banks in division towns. One hundred per cent of the em ployes in all departments at Aliance and all departments from Edgemont to Aliance are subscribers. At one station on the Hot Springs line of the Alliance division, one crew consisting of conductor, brakeman, engine crew and the agent, agent's helper and the section foreman, pur chased a total of $2,300 worth of the bonds. Superintendent Griggs and his loy al, patriotic employes, have every reason to feel elated over the results of the campaign. and Wilma Mote Win Places In District Contest. The Alliance representatives made an excellent showing in the district contest at Seottsbluff. This contest was to decide the orators to be repre sented in the state meet. Jordan Robinson was awarded the first prize in he oratorical contest, this giving him the district champion ship. Jordan will represent this dis trict in the state meet at Lincoln and can be relied upon to make an excel lent showing. Corinne Mollring won second place in the dramatic work. The Sidney representative winning first in this. Wilma Mote was awarded third place in the humorous sketch. Bridge port getting first and Seottsbluff sec ond. Eight towns were represented in the contest at the Bluffs, so that the showing made by Alliance speaks well to the credit of her three representatives. A GILT EDGE INVESTMENT SALE OF ANTIOCH LOTS ii in i imii i urn n ii . ii i mi i ii imi n imii iiii.i. n Thompson's Addition to Antioch. The Worlds Most Successful Men Have placed placed their confidonce In land as a staple investment. Many large fortunes have been founded from a simple start. A bank of land In one of the sound est banks in the world. Do not hesitate to take advantage of this opportunity it may be the starting point to which you can look back in after years and say: "There is where the foundation of my fortune was laid " Don't delay for it is the men who delay that live to repent. Many a man can truthfully say that he missed a fortune by not taking advantage of potash investments two years ago. Opportunity is knocking at your door don't wait, don't hesitate, but take advantage of these exceptional ad vantages NOW. The future of Antioch is determined; its growth during the next few years will ex ceed in every particular the growth of the past two. The experimental stag. is past and the town is established on the rock of certainty. A few months ago when the first lots were offered for sale a few people ventured timid ly to buy them. They have already realized a big profit and this is suit' to grow in the next few years. In some instances the men have more than doubled their money and the standard of value has not been reached. The lots now offered for sale are on the north side of the track where the soil is fer tile and rich, where the terrain is level and no extra expense is needed for grading. Within a block of the depot, close to the Nebraska, the National and the Western Potash companies, where big. refineries are planned. Trees and grass will grow rapid ly and within a short time this will be the most beautiful residential spot in the city. Many have been waiting for the opening of this part of town before going to any great expense for the erection of a home. The time has come, for the good of the town, to place these beautiful lots on the market and for that reason they are now offered for sale. The number of lots is limited, therefore, we would advise you to take immediate ad vantage of this investment opportunity and build a home or resell the lot to those who will later build. Don't Hesitate Because of the War You often hear men say that its war time and they are afraid to invest ; but you never hear a successful man s: y that. There are billions of dollars to be spent for war ma terials and a great many millions will find their way to Antioch each year. Share in this prosperity now While it is here for you. YOU WILL NEVER GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY LOTS IN ANTIOCH IN SUCH AN IDEAL LOCATION DIRECT FROM THE OWNER OF THE TRACT AFTER THESE LOTS ARE GONE YOU WILL PAY THE INVESTMENT PRICE AND THE OTHER MAN'S PROFIT. THESE LOTS ARE NOW ON SALE AT FICKE S REAL ESTATE OFFICE EUGENE THOMPSON. Owner. iiiimiiiiimmiimmmiiimmi mm T I T 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 f MIIIIIIIT mini Illl nil