STATE COMMERCIAL CLUB CONVENTION, ALLIANCE, MAY 21 aiC I
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ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MAY 2, 1918
NUMBER 22
ELLSWORTH IS
CENTER OF NEW
POTASH STRIKE
,
SEVERAL COMPANIES AND
INDIVIDUALS FINDS DE
POSITS IN LAKES
THREE PLANTS PROPOSED
Materials Have Been Ordered by
The Great Western Potash Com
pany for a Small Plant on the
Weir Ranch.
The town of Ellsworth, located on
the southern point of teh Spade
ranch, the largest ranch property in
Nebraska, Is becoming the center of
the latest potash excitement. Seveial
testing crews have been working for
several weeks on lakes near Ells
worth and are reported to have found
excellent deposits of potash.
The Great Western Potash com
pany is reported to have made the
most progress. After some thorough
testing, this company is reported to
have ordered the machinery and ma
terial for a small plant to be erected
at once on the Johnny Weir ranch,
Ivevmiles northeast of Ellsworth and
construction is to be be started as
Boon as the equipment Is on the
ground. This company proposes to
put its plants on the lake shores,
hauling the fuel and potash to and
from the railroad by means of auto
trucks.
The Western Potash company of
Antiocb, is reported to have found
some excellent potash deposits in
lakes included In the aggregation
known as the "Hatch" bunch of
leasts. These include lakes north
and west of Ellsworth. It is under
stood that a big plant is contemplated
for these lakes, to be situated at Ells
worth. The Spade ranch, owned by Rich
ards & Comstock, is under option for
potash rights to Lloyd Thomas, of Al
liance, and associates, who will spend
the next few weeks thoroughly test
ing out the 4.000 acreB of lakes locat
ed on the ranch, most of which have
shown good indications of rolash
Should the tests prove out satisfac
tory a large plant will be erected at
Ellsworth to work these lakes.
Other private parties wuo have
lakes in the vicinity of Ellsworth are
testing them out with the view of
erecting plants thereon. Most of ike
testing done in this viciuity has
shown a comparatively low solid con
tent 'n the lakes but a h'h potash
content in the salts, making 'ue salts,
when reduced, more valuable than
the lower grades found in the Anti
och district.
With three or more pot?); plants
in sight, Ellsworth is expecting to fol
low the lead of some of rier western
neighbors in experiencing a r ip t ex
pansion in the next few months.
MICK" MAHONEY
NOW IN FRANCE
NO POOL PLAYED
UNTIL FIVE O'CLOCK
Alliance Volunteer Fireman Ik "Some, t Ity Council, at Secial Meeting
where In France" Shooting Itock
ets at Hun Aeroplanes
ALLIANCE WILL HAVK
A BAX1 THIS SIMMEK
The tire department boys have or
ganized a band, which will be made
up of fifteen pieces. All are good
musicians and promise to furnish the
Alliance people with fine music this
summer on the hot nights. M. H.
Whaley, an old experienced man, has
ben selected as director of the orua n -ization.
The band has progressed to
the point where the uniforms have
been purchased. Roy Burns, of the
Keep-U-Neat, has contracted to fur
nish the boys with classy uniforms.
It w;
I
nam
.loe Bills, well known farmer, liv
ing southeast of Alliance, proved
himself a patriot of the right kind on
Wednesday, when he came into town
to transact some business. Mr. Bills
is of German descent and haB lived in
the United States for many years
so long that he realizes that there is
no liberty but the kind for which we
are fighting. Joe went up to see
Chairman Graham, of the Third liber
ty loan campaign committee on Wed
nesday regarding a subscription to
the bonds He said he wanted to do
his share and asked what that would
Chairman Graham figured up
s net worth and said, "Well. Joe,
amount to about $1,800."
Hfel." said Joe. "get busy and fill
out he check." He gladly signed his
Darrell F. Mahoney, of Alliance, a
member of the Alliance volunteer fire
department, known to his friends
here as "Mick," Is now in France, a
private in the Fourth anti-air craft
battery A. E. F., via New York City.
Mick writes a very Interesting letter
to The Herald, which will be read by
all his friends here with interest.
And his real, genuine friends here
who appreciate the saciflce he is mak
ing, will write him a letter at once
without delay and will write him reg
ularly, for he asks for letters from
the home folks.
The letter reads as follows:
"France, March 28, 1918. Dear
brothers: Well, I am over here.
Thought maybe you woul like to hear
from one of those Allance bulms. Am
in the anti-air craft. We will be right
beh'nd the trenche3 and that will be
close enough for me. We are to keep
the enemy planes from taking photo
graphs and bomdaring our positions.
It is a real interesting branch of the
service and we get good eats. That
is the main thing in a soldier's life
the eats.
"Say, Lloyd, tell some of my old
time friends to write to me. A letter
is just like a visit and you can imag
ine how a visit would seem to a fel
low over here. How is the fire de
partment and all of the fellows?
"Well, when we landed we had a
speedy ride in box cars across France
and it was so damn cold we cussed
old Willie, the Kaiser whisker face,
for all he Is worth. Then we were
in one of the oldest cltleB in France
for about three weeks. Then we got
another of those box car Joy rides.
We are in a good fort now but it is
not near as good as that post out on
the west coast.
"I had a siege of the mumps, and
with two of my pals, was in a ward all
by ourselves. Elsie Janis, the Ameri
can actress, was out to sing at the
Y. M. C. A. One of the officers
brought her and her mother down to
e n She is the first and only wo-
man that I have met that could talk
good, plain American talk, and, say,
I man. her voice sure did sound good to
me. A fellow misses lots and lots of
things over here, but believe me, he
'.sees things that he never saw before.
"Was in Paris one day. but they hit
it too fast a tick for thirty dollars a
month. Say. Charl'e Chaplin has
nothing on an American soldier when
he is trying to talk French. If l
want two eggs I crow twice and grunt
onee. Then I get 'ham and." Say,
I'd give many francs to sit down to
a real lunch counter and have some
one start saying: 'Roast beef and
gravy, roast pork and apple sauce,
etc., etc., etc'
"We are to have a Held meet here
tomorrow but I can't go now. I
am pretty weak from the damn
mumps. I suppose you expect me to
tell you something about the war. All
I know is that there is lots of fighting
and that is about all I can say, as
they are very strict about news get
ting into the enemy's hands. You
should boar some of the arguments
this bunch puis up among theirselves.
Part of them are talking religion, and
wiy. they would drive anybody but an
American soldier nuts. There are
about six of them sitting two feet
from me learning French. It soundB
Chinks to me and there is a bunch
up in the Y boxing, so if this letter is
all fixed up don't blame me too much.
"You can tell all the fellows that
if Uncle Sam takes them he sure will
make men of them. I weighed about
1 r, 6 sripped when I signed up in Al
linaee not quite a year ago and now
I w. igh 180. Not so bad, is it? I am
about two inches taller.
"Be sure and tell some of my old
pals to write to me and give my re
gards to Alliance and community.
Tell all of the fellows up at the fire
hall to remember me by writing a
letter once in a while. Tell 'old man'
Beckwith to have a suit of civilian
step abouts' ready for me when I
land Tell 'em all that I am fat and
TO BE SURE AND WRITE.
"From one of Uncle Sam's slum
hounds Mick.
"Private DARRELL F. MAHONEY
"Fourth Anti-Air Craft Battery,
"A. E. F., via New York City."
Censored by D. E. Ward.
Monday Kvenlng, Granted Li
censes to All FstablixhinentN
Under the order made by the city
council in granting pool hall licenses
Monday evening, at specla' cotlncil
meting, all pool halls must remain
closed, as far as the tables ate con
cerned, until five o'clock each after
noon. They may then start business
at S o'clock and remain open until
midnight. The pool hall are now
obeying this requirement. Those
which have cigar stands and soft
drinks branches may run these at all
hours.
The regulation made by the coun
cil is to be in effect from May 1 to
November 1, the halls to be guided
after November 1 by whatever regu
lations are established by the council
of defense or other war boards.
Licenses were granted to plumbers,
electricians and the picture show.
Alliance's new ne'ghbor - Anttoch,
has been receiving some very favor
able publicity through the national
press the last few days, being the
proud owner of the title of the sec
ond highest town in the United States
In the oversubscribing for third liber
ty bonds. A Colorado town has over
subscribed its quota of bonds eight
times. Antioch comes Becond, with
an oversubscription of seven times.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
NEED MORE NURSES
With More of Our Boys Being
Wounded Each Day, the Hed Cross
Sends Out fall for More Nuixea
NOTICE
The regular eighth grade pupils'
lamination will be given May 9 and
90 at the court bouse at Alliance and
tjhe high school at Hemlngford.
MISS OPAL RCSSEL
214-lt-22 County Superintendent
' Every Red Cross nurse saves 500
soldiers!"
That is why the Red Cross is mak
ing such strenuous efforts to enroll
a, 000 more graduate nurses by June
1. For the entire year of 1918 25,
000 nurseB must be enrolled to assure
our expanding army and navy of ade
quate care.
As the nurses come forward to an
swer their country's call , other young
women who are educated and desir
able must enter nurses' schoolB to
keep the ranks filled and provide ser
vice for the people at home. Courses
may be taken at I number of places
throughout the country, and every
Red Cross chapter can give informa
tion to young women who wish to
study.
Making surgical dressings and hos
pital garments are Important, but If
there are no nurses to apply them to
our wounded soldiers, they would be
useless. Consequently, graduate
nurses who have been holding back
will see the imperative need of en
listing at one. The Red Cross con
siders it one of the foremost tasks
assigned to it by our government to
stimulate enlistments among nurses.
With American boys being wound
ed in large numbers in the great bat
tle in France every American nurse's
heart will beat with patriotic fervor,
and June 1 undoubtedly will Bee
5,000 more enrolled under the Red
Cross banner.
SATURDAY RED CROSS
DAY FOR ALLIANCE
Tag Day Will Mean That Every One
Will Have an Opixminlt y to Help
the Alliance Ki d Cros
DRAFTED DOYS ARE
ROYALLY ENTERTAINED
Saturday. May I, will be Hid Cross
day for the Alliance chapter. It will
be officially known as "Tag day" and
everyone will have the opportunity
of donating something or of taking
a membership if they are not already
members.
The city has been divided into five
divisions fJtMT canvassing for goods for
he auction sale, which will take
place at the bank corners Third and
nox Butte avenue.
The Red Cross parade will Btart at
12:30 o'clock from the Burlington
depot. All Red Cross ladles have
been requested to meet at the depot
at 12:30 sharp in uniform to ride in
the parade. There will be plenty of
autos on hand to carry those who
take part. Mrs. W. D. Rumer Ib in
charge of the parade committee.
The members of Post M, T. P. A.,
will have charge of the dance to be
tiven Baturdcy evening, the proceeds
of which will go to the benefit or the
Red Cross.
The Funston military band will
furnish music throughout the day
and the entire program will be one of
patrl3tim and liberality helping
the Red Cross. The band concert
proem m will be announced later.
CO OPERATIVE ASS'N
STARTS IN DUSINESS
W. E. Ctttts Will lie Manager of Itusi.
ness, Which started on Went Third
street Wednesday, May i
The Thlrty-Mvc Men Who Left for
Fort Logan LSaM Night Were
Given a Housing Senil-nff.
Nineteen men frOM lliokcn How,
five from points in between and three
from Oliiei po'nts, arrived in Alliance
Wedm sd tjr afternoon at I o'clock.
From the tittle they pot in to the city
until they lefi last night tor Fort Lo
gan they were shown what Alliance
citizens thought of them and their
duty. .Members Met md '.Javln. of
the Elks club, took them in charge
and made them see that they were ap
preciated, even after leaving home.
In the afternoon the boys were
shown around Alliance, then set up
to a bounteous dinner at the Alliance
hotel. After supper the Elks' club
rooms were thrown open to thettl, all
the privileges of the club being ex
tended. Under the guidance of W. R.
MotS, and another treat from the
Elks, they were taken to the theater.
Before leaving they again went over
to tho club rooms where the privil
eges of the buffet was extended, each
man getttnp thr particular lunch that
be liked best.
To say th.it the boys appreciated
their reception here is putting It mild.
Such expressions as "this Is sure a
real town," "Guesn everybody Is for
us," "We can work all the harder
knowing that everybody Is with us,"
were heard. Before entraining the
entire company gave three rousing
cheers for Alliance.
Box Butte county boys leaving for
Fort Logan Wednesday wire- Alli
ance, Benjamin F. Vanderlas, Martin
L. Fitzgerald, Olaf D. Kuhn and Wil
liam H. Butler. From Hemlngford,
Clay R. Melick and Joe B. Fronnap
Ple. Roy Haugh will Join the boys
from Pontiac, Michigan.
fue Farmers' union Co-operative
association began busino-s in Alliance
on Wednesday, May 1, wi'.h a capital
stock of 126,900 and i Itb W. E.
Cutis as manager, The association
tak s over the lines handle I by Mr.
Cutis in the past at lis Third street,
with the SXeeptlon of the .ream
agency.
The officers of the association :
D. E. Purington, president; Chris'
Nepper, vice president; K. C. Engle
horn, secretary; A. E. Hann, treas-,
urer; P. J. Knapp, J. T. Nabb and
H. Nason, directors.
STATE DEPARTMENT
LENDS ASSISTANCE
A QUIET WEDDING
AT HIGHLAND HOME
Miss Blanche Morris and Joseph Big
nell Married at Three o'clock
Wednesdej Afternoon
OIL DRILLING TO
START AT'ANGORA
Hetorted That Jacob llanch Near
Angora Has I teen Leased for Oil
Iurpose and Well to Start
Monday a meeting of he Odd Fel
lows will be held at Antioch. The
meeting w'll start the.-e at 3 o'clock
central time. This will make it nec
essr.ry for the Alliance delegation to
leave here at 1 o'clock Monday.
Sheriff Bruce passed thru here
Thursday with eight more gamblers
that be had p eked up at Antiocb.
Last nimmer The Herald printed
an exclusive report of the finding of
oil indications on the Jacobs ranch
near Angora, found while drilling for
drinking water. Since that time in
vestigating has been going on quiet
ly for oil indications.
It is reported in Angora that the
Jacobs ranch, containing 2100 acres,
has been leased to experienced oil
men who will soon start drilling
there for oil.
The Wyoming oil fields have been
working nearer the Nebraska line
very rapidly in the last few months,
with the result that excitement In
this section Is beginning to grow. It
is reported that a number of wells
will be drilled near Alliance, starting
this summer.
Rev. J. W. Morris, of the If. E
church, wll speak at Berea, Sunday
afternoon at S o'clock.
A quiet home wedding oc-iirred at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. High
land at 3 o'clock Wednesday after
noon when their niece, Miss Blanche
Morris, was united in marriage to
Joseph Bignell by Rev. F E. Black,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Alliance. The bride was
dressed in a handsome blue and
taupe wedding gown.
At 6:30 o'clock a delicious course
dinner was served, places being laid
for teh folowing: Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Bignell, Mr. and Mrs. William
Hignell, Rev and Mrs. F. E. Black.
Mr. and Mrs. William Niemann. Mr.
and Mrs. L. L. Smith. Mrs. L Z. Hal-
loway, Mr. and Mrs. L. H Highland,
Misses Ethel James End Jeffic
Everett.
The bride is a charming young wo
man who was raised n Harris, Mis
souri, a graduate of the Harris hl?,h
school. Last August she came to Al
liance and worked for her uncle, Mr
Highland, in the Alliance grocery, un
til her marriage.
The groom is a well and favorably
known western Nebraska young man,
the son of William Bignell. He was
born and raised In Alliance, attend
ing the Alliance Bchools. He is a pro
gressive young ranchman and the
young couple will make their home
on the Bignell ranch, sixteen miles
southeast of Alliance.
The Herald Joins in extending congratulations.
Nebraska Conservation and Noll Sur
vey Makes Tests of Ijikes With
o-opcrallon of Operators
Df. Qo. B. Condra, director or the
Nebraska conservation and soil snr-
ve. the state department charged
wild the duty of making survey oi
the state soils and other work for Ihe
spread of information regarding Ne
braska's resources, is extending the
work of the survey to cover the t
ing of lakes In the potash district,
with the co-operation of the owners
and operators.
The department sends competem
persons to direct the c:.reful testing
of the lakes, supervising the sinking
of wells ::nd the taking of samples in
cases where the lessor and the lessee
furnish persons to sink the wells am!
also furnish transportation, board
and lodging for the state man. All
the reaultB of such nu rv ey 3 and In
vestigations are given Jointly to the
lessor and lessee and made available
for the use of the statj department.
No one is better ported and inform
ed on the Nebraska potash situation
than Dr. Condra and his department
Their effoits towards the advance
ment of the induutry have b n re
sponsible, to a large extent, for the
constant additional development of
undeveloped lakes. Interested par
ties can avril themselves of the
state's assistance by complying with
the conditions stated herein.
HUNS DEFEATED
BY AMERICANS
ON FRONT LINE
THREE BATTALIONS INFAN
TRY HURLED AGAINST THE
AMERICANS DRIVEN BACK
BOHEMIANS JOIN ITALIANS
Bohemian Troops Join the Italian
Pitted Against the Austrian
Annies, and Are Delaying tha
Big Offensive.
Heavy Ocrman attack launched
against the Americans In the vicinity
of Vlllers-Bretonneux, was defeated
with heavy losses for the Germans.
The tiernian preliminary bombard
ment lasted two hours and then th
Infantry att: eked In masses, only to
be driven back, leaving large num
bers of dead on the ground in front
of the American trenches.
The Americans were supported on
the north and south by tho French,
but the heavy bombardment was di
rected again d the former. After a
bombardment of two hours the infan
try attacked with three battalions.
The Americana captured five prison
ers. This was the first occasion in
whlcb the Americans were engaged in
the big battle which has been raging
since March 21. The American losses
were severe.
BOHEMIANS JOIN ITALIANS
I .on. in ii May 2. -Newspaper corre
spondents nt Italian headquarters re
port that Bohemian troops am Joining
the Italian troops against Austria and
that the first detachments ar already
on the Italian line wearing Italian
uniforms.
The action of the Bobemlani In
Joining the Kalians would give one
reason for the l,.iy in the rumored
greet offensive, announced long ago,
of the Austrian1 ."gainst the Italians.
OJiH MILLION SOON IN PRAM E
Washingt-n, May 2 All records
for the transportation of troops to the
battle fronts have been broken In the
last three months and with the addi
tional tonnage soon to be plumed at
disposal of tho United State-!, chlefy
by the British ";ov -rnment it is be
lieved thai ihe e will be one million
American BOUUttS on French soil by
July t. It is believed that tha pro
vost marshal will loans . call by the
last of this work f W 00,oOO new
draft recruits t: fill the training
camps being emptied by the leaving
of troops for France.
IN
HIXTY-SEVEN LIVES LOST
SHII'WHHCK
Nev York City, May 2. Tho City
of Athens, a Savanna I patttgr lin
er hi und south from NVw York, was
rammer in a toy, off the. Atlantic coast
at 1 o'clock WOdnesd y morning by a
French war cruiser, resulting in the
loss of stxty-eevea lives, sixty-eight
persons re saved. The liner sank
in seven minutes. Survivors were
niched op by the French cruiser and
brougbl into port.
ELKS TO ENTERTAIN
SATURDAY NIGHT
Big Dance to He Held at the Club
Hall Rooms With liutiie Proceeds
to Go to the Red Crot
"Sarvice, air," and with a smile
and not a drop of soup slipped down
the back of your neck. Reason: E.
L Johnson, proprietor of the Silver
drill cafe, surprised the girls in the
dining room last week and added a
substantial raise to their checks.
The ElkB will open up their ball
room Saturday night to the public,
the occasion being a benefit dance to
increase the Red Cross fund. The
dance floor at the club rooms can not
be excelled in this part of the coun
try, besides being roomy and well
ventilated. These accommodations
along with the excellent orchestra
that will be furnished, offers an at
traction that those who love to dance
cannot well afford to pass up.
The total amount of moisture pre
cipitation In Alliance durfhg the
month of April was 2 92 inches. Re
port of P. W. Hicks.
The Sevenfi and Eighth grades at
the Central school were the first to
eompletc-ihe'r woolen blank t for the
soldiers Ts i blanket hi p, knitted,
patch blanket, different colors being
blended in. Both boys and girls as
sisted in get. ing the banket together.
Miss Sheridt-.n. who has charge of
these two classes, states that the in
tention is to present the blanket to
the Camp Funston boys Saturday.
The members of the city council
and the mayor have ben watching
with Interest the work being done on
the streetB the last few days, since
the return of "dry" weather, bv the
tractors, which have been hauling the
graders and drags The different
dealers have been demonstrating tha
different selling points of their brands
of tractors, as the council favors tho
purchase of a tractor for this pur
pose. Councilman Ed Henry Is the
"general manager" for the work done
by the tractors, which are "general
ed" by Street Commissioner Jim
burns
F. W. Hicks, local secretary for the
United States civil service board, has
been authorised to administer oaths
to witnesses in any matter pending
before the civil service commission.
Including oaths to aplicats for exam
inations and positions In the varlouo
branches of the service.
George Mollr'.ng has been out of
th eity this week on business.