Nebraska Newspapers

    ALLIANCE STORES ARE FILLED WITH BEAUTIFUL' CHRISTMAS THINGS
LOCAL
EDITION
The Alliance Herald
EIGHT
PAGES
VOLUME XXVI.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, DECEMBER 6, 1918
NUMBER 1
CLUB SMOKER WELL ATTENDED
VITAL SUBJECTS ARE DISCUSSED
BUILDiNG OF PERMANENT ROADS BELIEVED IMPORTANT
STEP TOWARD DfiVELOPBMENT OF WESTERN NEBRASKA
GIT MANAGER PROPOSITION IN QUESTION
BURLINGTON WILL
SPEND $200,000
IN IMPROVEMENTS
Alliance to Benefit by linrge Kxh-ikII-(ii
re for IsnprOI SHMltS In l.
Simps anil Yards.
BUSINESS IS EXCELLENT
Krcet.ion of New Houses for Kin
ployees to Help (it-cat ly in Keep
Iiik OOHipetoat Men on .lob
Tlie lirst smoker by tbe lllaic e Community Club In several nionti n :i
well an one of (be most enlhnsltle In u long time wax belli at iltC County
t'onrt House on Ttiesd i) e.nli;u with a goodly nnniber of (hose 'liter.
ested in the welfare of the conimuni -
ty present. Mr. F. A. Bald preside 1
and in such capacity proved himself
r past master.
The first report wu that of
home building committee. The com
mittee has already purchased Biles.
let the contracts and made prelimin
ary arrangements for the immediate
construction of ten modern homes to
cost about $3,700 each. These will
be sold on the payment plan and it is
believed they will all be disposed of
before their completion.
Probably the most vital subjec:
discussed was that of better roads, in
which discussion Mr. Geo. Darling
and Secretary Fisher took prominent
parts and made splendid reports of
their attendance at the Good Roads
convention held in Omaha last week
The Omaha convention perfected an
organisation styled, "The Nebraska
Good Roads Association" for the put
pose of carrying on a campaign for
the building of permanent roads
throughout the state. This will in
clude an educational campaign ;n
which N is hoped to crystalize public
opinion in favor of concrete and brics
hignways. to enlighten the people as
to the cost of the same and the bene
fits and cost of maintenance as com
pared with the system now prevalent
Several comparisons were made show
ing what is being done in Kansas and
in Nebraska. Kansas is one of V. c
foremost western states in the line of
permanent roads and Nebraska ha I
thus for been very slow, this how
ever, will not be the case rn the couie
of a few short years and after t!i"
people of the? state get thoroughly ac
quainted with the modern methods of
road building.
Upon the call of the secretary on
members of the club for members!! ps
m the Nebraska Good Koads Associa
tion thirty-seven of those responded
with the membership fee of $5.00.
The city managership proposition
was discussed' from every angle. A'
torney Walter Metz very clearly de
ftned the legal side of the question,
showing that unless -the census taken
at the time Alliance was put among
the cities of the tirst class should t
recognized as legal it, would be im
possible at this time for the city to
undertake a change in the mode of
government. This census was neither
an official state or national census.
Several of those present were called
upon for remarks. Their respective
opinions follow:
Mr. Glen Miller: "I am in favor of
anything that will give us a more ec
onomical government."
Mr. W. W. Norton: "1 have not
studied the matter and do not know "
Mr. Fred Harrs: "I'm in favor of
getting an opinion from the attorney
general and if possible to go ahead."
Mr. A. D. Rodger "Let's find out
what can be done. If it is legal I am
for it. One man should be able to give
us a much better and more ecconon -ical
adinistration than twelve."
Mr. Frank Abegg: "The present
administration has naa some nara
propositions to contend with. Increas
ed cost of conducting the various de
partments have constituted a real
problem."
Superintendent Griggs of he Bur
lington was cald upon for an expres
sion of his impressions of Alliance
and had tbe following to say: "Alli
ance is all right. The one -thing wrong
is that there are insufficient residence
accommodations for the better pa d
f our workers. We have established
a Mexican village and it's a good one
and full of Mexicans, but we need a
number of comfortable homes. In
stead of building ten new houses
yeu should build twenty. They w'U
all be sold before they are complete !.
The Burlington is enjoying more
business each year and plans to spend
a lot of money in Alliance during the
coming year."
A Bplendid luncheon of Bandwicb.es
and coffee was served by the ladii s
at the close of the meeting to which
tnose present did full justice.
At the Community Club smoker
held Tuesday evening Superintendent
G. L. Griggs of the Burlington an
nounced that the railroad plans to
spend not less than $200,000 in im
provements in the local shops ami
yards during ihe.roming year.
Approximately $100,000 of this
amount will be spent in the installa
tion of a new power plant for the
shops and other Burlington institu
tions. The balance will be spent in
track improvements and other need
ed improvements.
Business over, the Alliance division
is now better than at any time in tin
i history of this line. The heavy ship
ments of oil from the Wyoming Hel
entire trains of tank cars often run
ning through, and the large ship
ments of fruit from the western fruit
growing localities are taxing the
road's equipment to the limit. Stock
shipments are getting heavier every
year.
The erection of new, modem
homes by the newly organized bit!'
ing association is encouraging to the
railroad officials, who have been set
iously handicapped in finding homes
for the expert workmen needed.
TV j WmF m t.. JtnM 5 rfSSBBBBSSDWBSl b9MS
uLbhI Lb ' 'fi. H9 rajfl ' Fak ssfl
Members of the Box Butte
Home Guard Company
The picture printed above shows
six of the men who are tending Offb
BUI Md privates In the Box Itntte
Home Guards, the volunt'-cr ml'itarv
organization to which Alliance and
Ho Butte' county owes n f'r ileal
iicn V innce was recent!-' in the
l i - t ''"e serious . ft . . of
Spanish Influenza HiCNe men stepped
i too!- ChAMS of the -ItinMi n. and
"WELCOME HOME" FOR COUNTY'S
FIGHTING MEN BEING PLANNED
APPRECIATION OF THE SERVICES RENDERED TO BE EX
PRESSED IN FITTING MANNER WHEN THE BOYS
HAVE RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES
iorelpg of the quarantine regulations
and fur the undoubted sa-ig of iMB
lives.
'I'll men in the above picture
standing, from the render's left to
right are: Lieutenant I. nl Pilk-
lugtoii, t'aptlan Itoy C, K'rong, cor
pornl Jack (ilcason, Seargeaiit Geo
A. Hilliiiaii (now in the I . S. officer-
i training camp at lioulsvllle, Kcntuc
OMAHA POTASH
COMPANY STARTS
LAKESIDE PLANT
t'oiuHuiy Headed By Well Known
Oinaliu Mini South Omaha Men
Break Ground for Plant
TO COST ABOUT $500,000
I dikes on Welmter Hani b South of
Lakeside Jo Miles Will Furnish
Brine for the Plant
labored unceasingly day and night, j ky,) Sitting from left to 'Ight : Pri
often exsing themselves miiti;
trading the dlsea.se. To the Home
times a day to the danger of co'i
guards is due the credit for prevent
ing a more serious spread, for the en
vate Alie Isaacson and Walter
Boectinenstein. Photo taken In front
of lite Community Club d ce bv pri
vate Uoul llu nuns of Tbe Herald
foire.
$ 100,000 Paid For
Small Potash Plant
WILL TRABERT WAS
BURIED THIS MORNING
Well Known Young Man Died I'm -
day Morning from Short Attack
of Influenza
Will Trabert, aged twedty-twj
years, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Tin
bert, living near Alliance, died at
6:30 oe'lock Tuesday morning, De
cember 3rd, after suffering for five
days from Spanish influenza. Will
was taken sick on Thursday of last
week.
Will was born at Milfor, Nebraska
on June 25. 1896. He came to Al
liance with 'his parents in 1912 'nd
has made his home with them since
that time. He was a prominent mm
ber of the Alliance volunteer fire de
partent and held a policy in the st-Cc
association insurance department. He
also took an active part in I. O. O. F.
activities, being a member of the sub
ordinate lodge, No. 168 and the Ku
campment. He had been employed
by the Burlington railroad for two
weeks prior to his death.
Will is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F. A. Trabert; four broth
ers, Roy, Lee, Lester and Robert: and
two sisters. Pearl and Ethel. R-y
and Herman Trabert of Alliance art!
uncles of the deceased. Two other
uneles. John and Leonard Trabert,
came up for the funeral from their
homes at Milford.
The funeral was held from the
home at ten o'clock this morning, in
terment being made in Greenwood
emetary.
J. T. Burns, well known in the
potash industry of western Nebraska,
the last of the week sold the am))
potash plant recently erected by him
on the Joy ranch, north of Antioch
;-nd east of Alliance, to the Omaha
Potash & Refining Company for the
sum of $100,000 n cash. The pur
chauc price includes the potash right!
on all lakes on the Joy ranch.
The plant is located about ten
miles north of Antioch and has a ca
pacity of ten ions of potash every
twenty-four hours. The plant has
been operating only a few weeks, but
long enough to show what it can pro
duce and to prove the quality of the
potash deposits on the Joy ranch.
Mr. Burns stated to an Alliaix
Herald reporter Tuesdfty that his
main reason for selling was poor
health and that he expected to leave
soon for the south where he will
Rpend the winter. He recently suf
fered asevere attack of Influenza and
his foreman at the plant, died from
the disease.
Mr. Burns, who came from Colo
rado to the western Nebraska potash
fields in June of 1917, secured tBC
leases on the potash deposits for
which the monster Western plant at
Antioch was built. He spent a nir
ber of months in testing these lakes
and securing leases. After lining ap
the project he turned over his h
iims to W. K. Sharp and associates
of Lincoln. It is reported that Mr
Burns received in the neighborhood
of $130,000 for these leases.
The Omaha Potash & Refining
Company, capitalized for 11,000.900
t'ltinna. r rans iviuy 01 tiiuaua, .in
other well known enstem Nebrasi'
men. They have extensive potash
holding south of Laketid on the
Webster ranch. Const ruction on a
rrlrif to cost $1500,000 was stnrf
Monday at Lakeside to develep thes.
holdings.
The Omaha Potash A Refining
Company, capitalized for $1,000,0'
and headed by Everett Buckingham.
Frank May and other well known
Omaha and South Omuhu men, on
Monday broke ground Tor the erec
tion of Its new $f00,000 potash plnnt
at lakeside.
The company was organized during
the past summer nnd secured leases
on several thousand acres of water
on the Webster ranch, twenty miles
south of lakeside. The lakes weie
thoroughly tested out and sufficient
potash deposits found to care for a
t plant of a capacity of 100 tons of
is hended by E. Buckingham of South ' ,"'r (,ay' .
Ji in iiiiu' i i"j.i iiitii iuv in n rmui
which win we located adjacent to inn
1 1 in c plant at lakeside and south i
the railroad, on the Lunsford ranch.
ALLIANCE BIRECTORS
Memorial services for Will Hermau
the Alliance boy killed in action in
France on November 4th, will be het
Sunday afternoon at l:3v oclock at
the Imperial theater.
Just when and how Hie "Samn.les Will OMbM Marching Home," cannot
yet of course, In- told, but v. hen the have ifSMinied to their resnisllie I lot
Butte county homes manifest u'lon on the appreciation of the service
they have renderd to their country
and to the world will he held in Al
liance Hint shall never be forgotten.
Monday evening a meeting waa
held at the V. s. land office for the
purpose of perfecting an orgar latl in
to handle, with the cooperation of
all patriotic organizations and all pa
triotic Americans, the work of mak
mg the celebration the gteatea! In
the PlEtory of the city. Tho organis
ation Is to be known as the "Com
munity Welcome Home Committee"
and is in accordance with suggestions
made by the American Red Cross,
under the general supervision of
which the plan is being worked out.
Those present at the meeting Mon
day evening were J. C. Mrvrow, W. E.
Houses L. H. Highland, Robert
Oraham. John W. Outhrie, W. D.
Fisher, E. B. Smith and Lloyd C.
Thomas.
Those who are members of the Sol
diers Welcome Home Organisation
appointed from the Alliance chapter
of the Red Cross are:
J. C. Morrow, chairman Alliance
chapter, Red Cross.
L. H. Highland, chairman Civilian
Belief roinmHtee.
J. W. Ctuthrie, chairman Canteen
Service committee.
Lloyd C. Thomas and Ben J. Bar
lows, publicity committee
In accordance with a motion pass
ed at the meeting. Chair nan Morrow
appoint. .! the following gdftlttOM)
members to sec as representatives
of tne organ u.at'i lis listed
I r.. Butte u'y CounC of Defense
- Robert Graham.
City of Alliance W. E. Rousey.
Alliance Community Club W. D.
Filler.
ris j . M Minor. 4
Eagles Carl Wenzel. I
Masons -Judge Ira E. Tasb. ,
Odi Felkws F. W. Hicks.
Knights of Columbus John O'
Keefe. Alliance Fire Department Leon
urd Pilkington.
Lloyii l hoitum was appointed tem
porary tusiaty with instructions tu
ea: a nesting at which officers will
be tlect,' ; nd the organization com
pleted. Members of the organization
are requted to formulate sugges
tions for the plan to be followed ta
welcoming home the returning sol
dier boys.
It was the consensus of the nieet
' ing that it would be impr icticatle l'
attempt a due welcoming to each of
' the soldiers as they returned for the
reason that their return will be scat
, tered over a period of several months
but that after they have all returned
a day should be set aside and an ap
propriate program rendered to their
nonor.
That so man In the service shall
be overlooked upon his return, after
discharge, the Canteen committee of
tbe Inral Red Cross chapter will keep
what is termed a "Welcome Home
Roll," showing the name, branch of
service, date of discharge, division,
regiment, company, rank and hi
home address. Cards sent to each of
Is to he modeled after the Alllan-
plant at Antioch. one of the most sue-
ecssful large plants In llie distri.t '
D. B. W. Jones, who had charge '.;
the const nn-; Ion of the Alliance phi i t
has rhait of the builsing of the in
Omaha plant.
The Omaha company last week
AC TUE DPn PDftQ ' purchased the small ten ton plan
Ul MIL IX L U ImUoO built and operated by J. T. Burns on
the Joy ranch, east of Alliance, to
Well Known PeoH Hlerted For com- get her with the potash right on the
ing Year on Hoard of Dire-tors I Jo ranch. They will operate tl I
n 'm, im - - i small plant as a separate unit.
I'-M I ii' liinii- i . iihi'k '
f
The election of directors for the
coming year on the Alliance chapter
of tlie Red Cross was completed Tues
day. The directors elected were: J.
C Morrow, C. H. Brittan, H. K.
GMts, Mesdames M. E. Johnson, E.
0. toeing, S. W. Thompson, W. D.
Rumer, W. D Cotant. O C. Smith ami
Jerry Rowan.
The officers for the year were eles
.1 1 . i J I . U i J...,
leu ny iiiene inm ioin ou rr-uiirnuoy i )inj y j H
and are as follows: Chairman J. C.
Morrow, secretary Mrs. M. F. Johnson
treasurer C. H. Britlan. vice-president
Mrs. E. G. Laing.
WILL HERMAN WAS
BURIEB IN FRANCE
Aliance Young Man Killed in Action
on November 4tli, Seven Days
Before Clow of Hostilities.
Will Herman, aged twenty-three
years and nine months, son of M
I. W. Herman of Alliance,
was killed in action in France on
November 4th, Sunday, according to
a message received by his parentB
at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternnon
from the war department at Wash
ington. No partculars of his death
were received.
On Tuesday three letters were re
ceived from Will, tbe last one bavii.K
W. C. Mounts, county clerk, receiv
ed this morning soldiers' ballots for
the county, of which there were seven
is number. Although there was
nothing on the ballot to show from
where they came, It is presumed that
they were made out by soldiers 'n
France. There were no candidates
whose majorty was so close that this
vote would effect them. Of the seven
votes received, five went to Cal Cox
and two for Jim Miller for Sheriff.
Their contest was the closest in tbe
ceunty.
BOV OOinn MEETING
I I he Boy Scouts of Alliance had an
interesting meeting on Monday eve
ning. The "tenderfoot" examinations
were completed and the following
scouts started work on their second
class examinations which they hope
to complete by the time of the next
meeting: Ivan Wong. Paul Carter.
Tom Miller and Jack Marks.
At the election of officers held Tom
Mller was chosen secretary-treasurer
and Ivan Wnne was elected Scout
Scribe, with Jack Marks as his as
sitant. The scouts will organize a
basketball team at the high school on
Friday evening under the direction
of Messrs Hamilton and Fisher. All
scouts are urged to be present.
May God Go With Him.
President Wilson is soon to cross the Atlantic to attend
the opening sessions of the international peace conference. He
will be the first president to set foot on foreign soil. President
Roosevelt did g-o to Panama, but he went on a battleship, which
is technically home territory, and the ('anal Zone is United
States territory. So President Roosevelt never set foot on for
eign soil while in otTiee.
No man in history has reached the high pinnacle of fame
reached by Wood row Wilson. The whole world is looking to
him as the leader of the world's best thought and opinion.
Trained diplomats wait upon his words, and all Europe, drench
ed in blood, asks that he sit at the head of the peace council
table.
What a reception awaits this wonderful man when he gets
foot upon French soil ! Never has a crowned head received such
a greeting as the one awaiting President Wilson at the hands
and hearts of our Allies. His no hereditaryitle ; no life tenure
of office. In two short years he will step down and become a
plain citizen of this democratic republic. And yet no heredi
tary monarch, no bearer of a title of nobility that reaches back
through tho centuries, will have the place in the world's history
that will be accorded to this commoner who for eight brief
years served his fellows in high office and then retired to the
ranks.
Hvery patriotic Ann ne;tn will rejoice that President
Wilson is the unanimous choice of the peace conference for tem
porary chairman, and if possible for permanent chairman, ft
is a great honor to this republic as well as a great honor to
President Wilson. And every loyal American will look for
ward to their president, safe return. Will If, Maupin in
Ciering Midwest.
been written on October 30th. fiv
davs before he was killed He did tht l- at the camp witb tne
not mention being in action at that ''uest that they be filled out and
! time although be had told in former
' letters of being in the fighting on
, September 12tn'.
Will left on March 5th for Camp
Funston. He had been on a western
: trip mi on bis return left for the
training camp. He was born in Mal
' vern, Iowa, and canieto Alliance wi lt
! his parents eleven years ago. He at
I tended the Alliance schools one year.
He was a member of Company C, tit
t Infantry.
John, a brother, is now in France.
He left with tbe first draft from A
I lance for Cujnp Cody In Septembe
1917.
Will is survived by three brothers
John, Jake, and George; and three
sister Hazel. Mrs. J. M. Skala and
Mrs. Boyd Gamble. The lost lette
received from John was written on
November 8th At that time he hs
not learned of the death of Will.
Memorial services In memory of
Will are to be held at tbe imperi i
theatre at one-thirty o'clock Sunday
afternoon.
L. N. Worley and his two daug) t
aft, I .ola and Mable, will eave to
night for the south to spend the win
ter. They are planning to travel dur
ing the winter, making only short
stops at different points. Before re
turnlnlug to Alliance next spring ttuy
will Btop for a visit at Washington
D. C.
filed with the Canteen service of tho
Red Cress. wl!l furnish this Informa
tion In many cases. However, it
will be i.eci pi .r-y for the Canteen
committee to orta'n this information
from each of the boys upon his ar
rival, at which time his name will
published in the local newspapers and
be added to the "Welcome Home
Holl" carried therein. It is therefore
very important that in every case
ttat tbe, newspapers and the Cant n
committee 1.a notified at once, e'.U'er
hy the letviii'n1 soldier or by his e.
it.ves of 1 is arrival.
L'veiy ot sible respect will be rn-'d,
hoi only to the home boys as they re
not only to the home boys as they re
turn from tbe service but to those -passing
through Alliance. Appro
priate decorations will be made at th
depot and the Red Cross Canteen
commmlttee is exercising diligently
its opportunity to help make glad the
hearts of tbe boys in uniform.
This movement is one that will
meet the approval of every true, red
blooded American. It is predestined
to success because of its nature and
will in after years be a bright spot
in the history of Box Butte county
HOAHD I'l TS HAN ON DANCEH
The board of health of the city has
placed a ban on the holding of public
dances until further notice. Follow
ing the last dance held, h is claimed,
six new cases of influenza that could
be traced there, were reported.