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TOLUME XXVI.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28th, 1919
NUMBER 39
POTASH PLANTS TO RESUME WORK
STANDARD PLANT AT LAKESIDE WILL PROBABLY BE
FIRST TO AGAIN TAKE UP REDUCTION OF VALUABLE
PRODUCT AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS' STANDSTILL
Economy Test to Be Conducted for Period of Sixty or Ninety Days
to Determine Whether or Not Nebraska Producers Can Suc
cessfully Compete With German Production Costs
Industry May Then Be Stabilized.
Prospects are very bright today
for an early resumption of potash
reduction by several ot the large
plants in the Nebraska potash fields
east ot Alliance. The Lakeside
plants will probably be the first to
start. Reports of the different plants,
as given to The Alliance Herald this
morping, are as follows:
Standard Potash Company, Lake
side This is a new plant of 100-ton
dally capacity which was completed
last fall and had barely begun pro
duction before the shutdown of the
plants. It Is controlled chiefly by
Omaha and Council Bluffs capital.
The plant is ready to start and will
probably do so early in the week.
Lack of laborers Is the only difficulty
and sufficient help to operate tb
plant Is expected by the first of this
coming week. Brine is secured from
lakes on the Lunsford ranch.
Hord Alkali Products Company,
Lakeside This is one of the pioneer
plants and has a daily capacity of
over 100 tons. It is controlled by
Central City capital and operated in
1917 and 1918, producing a large
amount of potash. The plant is
ready to go and will start as soon as
sufficient labor' is secured, probably
about September 1st. Brine is se
cured from lakes north and south on
the Hord ranch.
Alliance Potash Company, Antloch
This plant has a capacity of 100
etns per day and was financed by
Alliance capital. It manufactured a
large amount of potash during the
year 1918. The brine for this plant
la ctriirf1 rhipflv from Iflkpn on the
Kraure and Sturgeon ranches. Re
pair work has been going on in the
plunt for some time. In case a
decision is made to start work the
' plant will start operations about Sep
tember 15th. C. A. Newberry of Al-
liance was recently niada . general
manager of the plant at a meeting
f the directors of the company.
American Potash plant, Antloch
This ix one of the first plants erected
In the potash fields-. It has a capac
ity of 100 tons per day and operated
exclusively on the potash lakes on
the Krause ranch. The plant is now
grinding and shipping stored potash,
produced last year. Nothing definite
has been decided as to operations, ac
cording to reports, although the
plant could start on rather short
notice.
Nebraska Potash plant, Antloch
This plant started operations early
in 1918 and produced a large
amount of potash during, the year.
According to reports there has been
ao action taken towards a resump
tion of activities at the plant. It
has a daily capacity of about 100
tons. The plant sectored its brine
from lakes a short distance east of
Antioch. One unit of the plant was
operated on Jesse lake during 1918
a an operating agreement.
National and United States Plant
Antioch. This 1s the plant which
burned in the fall of 1918 and which
was afterwards rebuilt. It has a
capacity of about 100 tons daily and
secured its brine from the Willis
Beck, Everett Eldred and Charley
Avery ranches. The National com
pany is now in bankruptcy and there
is no present prospect of a resump
tion of activity at the plant, although
there is a' rumor that the Liberty
Potash Company contemplates tak
ing charge of and operating the
plant.
Western Potash Plant, Antioch
This plant was the largest construct
ed at Antioch and the most expen
(Continued on Page 8, Section 1.)
NATIONAL GUARD COMPANY
WILL NOT BE ORGANIZED
In response to an inquiry made by
the adjutant general of the Nebras
ka National Guard the secretary of
the Community Club this week, after
an exhaustive investigation of the
matter, notified the officials at Lin
coln that the interest in such an o
ganization for this place was prob
ably insufficient to warrant an at
tempt being made at such. The
state organization will betcontlnued
according to the advices received by
the club.
The Alliance Community Club do
nated $100 toward the expense of ex
hibiting the agricultural products at
the state fair next week.
PACKING COMPANY
OPENED OFFICE IN CITY
Messrs. R. E. Plumbe and D. F.
Sweet, who are directing the organ
ization of the Alliance Packing Com
pany have opened offices in the Mal
lery block, where they will transact
their business at this point. After a
very careful canvass of the territory
to be served these men. feel very
optimistic In the prospect of an early
consumatlon of the organisation and
believe Alliance Is assured an enter
priee which will prove a great boon
to the city and to the vast territory
tributary.
BIG PARADE, iBALL GT
and i speaking: make
THE LABOR DAY PROGRAM
Railroad Organizations Perfect Ar
rangements for Splendid Athletic
Meet to be Held at Alliance Fair
Grounds.
The railroad brotherhoods repre
sented among the employees of the
Burlington lines in Alliance and the
Alliance Community Club have per
fected all arrangements for the big
gest and best Labor Day program
ever staged In the city, to be render
ed next Monday, September 1st,
when the workingmen of every clime
have a day they call their own.
It is estimated from a canvass of
the membership rolls of the various
orders that at least one thousand
men will participate in the festivities
at one time or another.
The first number of the program
will be the parade through the city
to the fair grounds, starting from
the point of assemblage on Railroad
street ,at 1:00 o'clock. This will be
followed by a short address by Capt.
J. B. Miller, after which will come
the athletic meet. Numerous prizes
offered by the business men of Alli
ance will be presented to the win
ners of the contests. The base ball
game at 3:00 o'clock will be played
by the Alliance City team and the
nine from Angora. To the winner
of this game goes a purse of $100.
Both teams have enviable records
and the match should be a good one,
and closes the afternoon's program.
At 7:30 the Alliance band will play
a convert at the corner, of .,. Third
street and Box Butte avenue and a'
8:00 Hon. William F. Hlnes of Den
ver, counsel to the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen
for the Rocky Mountain district, will
deliver the principal address of the
day. Others who will speak to the
members of the labor organizations
are Judge Ira E. Tash, represent
ing the Community Club and Master
Mechanic 't. L. Johnson of Alliance.
PAVING CONTRACT
AWARDED BEATRICE
FIRM BYCOUNCIL
CONSTRUCTION OP STORM SEW
Kit TO BEGIN WITHIN TIFE
NEXT TEN DAYS.
Trans-portation of Materials Will be
Problem According to Contractor
Lead Services Mutt be Installed.
The contract for the construction
of the storm sewer system and the
laying of the pavement was let last
evening by the mayor and city coun
cil at a meeting adjourned from the
19th of this month to the firm of
Sprague & Nlsely of Beatrice Ne
braska. At the former meeting, at which
time the bids received from the ad
vertised call were opened it develop
ed that but one bid was offered and
it was the offer finally accepted. The
contract calls for the payment of
4.48 for the pavement, which is to
be of brick with concrete base and
with a coating and filler of asphalt.
Under the contract entered into
by the city and the contractors the
work is to be completed by Decem
ber 31st, 1919, provided weather
conditions and transportation facili
ties permit. The start, which will
be made within the next ten days by
Mr. A. C. Smith of Scottsbluff and
his crew of construction men upon
the storm sewer system, is some
what later than was anticipated and
this because of time allowances made
necessary by law before the actual
work could be begun. Mr. Smith, in
an interview with The Herald man,
stated that he was fully equipped
and ready to begin operations just as
soon as he could get his equipment
moved to this place. He will do the
excavation work without the use of
one of the large power machine
trenchers and anticipates no delay
in the completion of the job.
Mr. Sprague, member of the firm
to which the contract was let, was
present and expressed his only prob
able handicap as being the inability
of getting the materials as they were
needed. The sewer pipe must come
from either Kansas City or St. Louis,
Missouri and in a haul of such dis
tance some delay will likely be in
evitable. It was advisable, he said,
regardless of this phase to allow the
filled in sewer ditches to be solidly
packed before the pavement was put
down that low places and dangerous
conditions might be l avoided. The
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CITY COUNCIL IS URGED
TO INSTALL FOUNTAINS
Mr. Rufus Jones, secretary of the
Community Club, in a communica
tion received by the city council at
its adjourned eetlng held last
evening, b Ued that the coun
cil pr"- installed several
v -utains in the bus-
oeen realized for manv
.vus past and especially since the.
lountaln at the corner of Box Butte
avenue and Third street has been out
of order, that at some not far dis
tant time the city should and must
provide proper drinking facilities for
the many visitors. The condition at
this time Is very unsatisfactory, if
not serious and should be remedied
at the earliest possible moment.
Prior to the putting down of the
brick pavement the fountains as sug
gested one at each of the four prin
cipal intersections on Box Butte ave
nue should by all means be in
stalled. 'WAVED BOX BUTTE" IS
NOW IN BETTER SHAPE
"Unpaved" Box Butte avenue is
much more passable since Monday
morning when City Manager Cassius
C. Smith and his force of street
workers busied themselves with the
fire hose and a good supply of water
and the other implements necessary
to reduce the high spots and to fill
the holes which for weeks have caus
ed the traveling public no little an
noyance. While the populace still
slumbered the workers were giving
the street a thorough soaking, which
was followed by a grading and
dragging well done.
This, according to Manager Smitb,
is but the first of what is to be re
peated attempts at keeping the main
thoroughfare of Alliance in such
phape that it will be a credK, rather
than the disgrace it has been, to the
city. The work will be extended to
the side streets and 'before the lob
baa beea.rcuiiilled every crftslsV.fc,4n j
town will be made possable.
SMALL BLAZE IN HILL'S !
ADDITION THIS MORNING
The fire department was called to
the R. C. McClure home in Hill's ad
dition this morning to extinguish a
small blaze. The fire was started in
the upper part of the house by small
boys playing with matches. The
fire-fighters found it necessary to
use nothing more than the small
chemicals and the damage done is
very light.
LEAD SERVICES MUST BE 1
INSTALLED I1EFOHE PAVING
At the meeting of the city council
last evening it was decided to en -
rorce the Installation of lead service
in the section to be paved and al
ready . the preliminary steps are
being taken. By having the lead
pipes replace the iron ones at this
time the cost to the property owner,
per service, is but $40, but if neces
sary after the pavement has gone
down it will greatly exceed this
amount and will be sufficient to cov
er the cost of raising the pavement
to permit the work. On Box Butte
avenue the plumbers are already at
work making the change for some of
the property owners.
REVIEW OF DOMESTIC POTASH PRODUCTION
V By W. B. HICKS
Published by permission of the Director of the United States
Geological Survey in The "1910 Year Hook", the Commercial Fer
tilizer, Atlanta Georgia, from which it is re-printed.
W. B. Hicks, representing the
United States Geological Survey,
visited Alliance, Antloch, Lakeside
and other points in the western Ne
braska potash territory last summer,
making investigations. The results
of his investigations are published
an article which appeared in the
Commercial Fertilizer and which is
re-printed herewith:
Review of Domestic1 PoUsh Pro
duction. 1
Development. . of Domestic Pot
ash Production The production of
potash In the United States is a new
industry developed under abnormal
conditions to meet an urgent de
mand. Consequently, the Industry
could be readily expanded to pro
duce an adequate supply, provided
sufficiently economical procession of
extraction were developed. It has as
a matter of fact, grown steadily
since its Inception in 1914, when
American Potash, Inc., of Long
Beach, California, made a small
production from kelp, amounting to
only a few tons. It is being devel
oped along various lines, and is
utilizing no less than ten classes of
raw materials. In 1918, the do
mestic production amounted to more
than twenty-two per cent of our
normal consumption.
The German embargo on potash
early In 1916 and the consequent
high prices stimulated much activity
In potash production, so that at the
close of 1915, four companies were
$10,000 DAMAGES
ASKED BY HANSEN
OF WIFSAFFINITY
CLAIMS FORMER SWEETHEART
ENTICED BETTER HALF TO
FORSAKE HIM.
Allege! Defendant Instigator of Di
vorce lroceedlng Drought in
Dnuglaq County Court,
Alfred Hansen, of near Hemlng
ford. through his atorney, Lee Bayse
of Alliance, this week filed In the
district court of Box Butte county
suit for f 10.000 damages against
Robert A. Ball, well-known farmer
and rancher of that community,
claimed because of n alleged alien
ation, by Mr. Ball, of the affections
of Mr. Hansen's wife.
In the petition filed Mr. Hansen
stated Mrs. Esther II. King was em
ployed during the summer on the
Ball ranch, which is operated by Mr.
Hansen, as housekeeper and that
during such employment she became
engaged to Mr. Ball. Later it devel.
oped, according to the staetment,
that Mrs. King believed Ball untrue
to her and that she decided to leave
bis employ. Mr. Hansen who had
also been, It appears paying atten
tion to the housekeeper, accompan
ied her to Alliance and they were
married by Judge Tash In this city
on July 2d. A short honeymoon trip
was taken to Lusk, Wyoming, after
which the couple returned to their
home near Hemingford. Immediate
ly upon their return It became appar
tn ti Mr. tlnnse'1 that Mr. Ball was
regularly visiting his newly-made
wife t-nd when he inquired he was
told it was because of some unfinish
ed business. Shortly Inter, Mr.
Hansen accompanied his wife to
Glrard from which place it seems
she was to go to Omaha for a visit.
It is alleged that she stopped off at
Grand Island and that at the time
Bhe was at this place Ball was also
there with a shipment of horses. A
few days later she proceeded to
Omaha, where on the 14th of the
month she instigated proceedings for
a alvorce from Mr. Hansen, wno im
mediatelyupott' receipt" bf the notice
also went to that city and in the
proper court entered a flat denial to
all charges and made counter claims,
which caused the plaintiff in the
case to withdraw her charges. She
has since however, refused to live as
man and wife with her husband and
for this he blames Mr. Ball and asks
the court to award hliu damages
commensurate.
The trial will likely he held at the
fall term of the District court. Coun
ty Attorney Lee Bayse will represent
Mr. Hansen.
HERMAN KRAUSE APPOINTED
AS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR
County Judge Ira E. Tash yester
day appointed Mr. Herman Krause
t special administrator of the estate
, of the late John Krause. The rela-
i tives of the deceased Deueve mat
Mr. Krause left a will but up to thin
time the document, if such there is,
can not be located. The bond glv
by Herman Krause was for $50,000
and the estate is the largest ever
probated In Box Butte county, est!
mated to be as large as a half mil
lion dollars.
The public schools of the county
will open for the fall term on next
Monday morning. Many of the mem
bers of the teaching staffs are al
ready here.
reporting production, one from kelr.,
one from iluui..)te. one frji the
Nebraska laks nd one front Cw
ens Lake. California. The Jj:j-i-fca
lakes mad" the best showing but
the total t'lodvct'on during the year
amounted to or.ty 1,000 hort tons
ot K. O, value at $342.00.
The activity tcgun in lslS. con
tinued lhr.uhoul 1916. 1 7 and
1918. At th'j nose of 1918. potash
was being produced from eight dlf
ferent classes of raw matelrals be
sides a number of minor sources
Sox companies were producing pot
ash from brines, two from the Ne
braska lakes, two from Great Salt
Lake, one from Searles lakes, Cali
fornia, and one from seawater
bittern. At least five companies
reported production from molasses
distillery -waste and Steffens waste
waters, nine from kelp, one from al
unite, one from greensand (gla-
conlte), two from cement kilns, one
from blast furnace, and about 45
from wood ashes. The total pro
duction for the year was 9,720 tons
of K20, representing varying grades
of material. Of, this amount natu
ral brines contributed 41 per cent;
alumnlte. silicate rock, cement, etc
19 per cent; distillery waste 19 per
cent: kelp, 1$ per cent; wood ash
es, 4 per cent; and miscellaneous
organic sources 1 per cent. The Ne
braska lakes yielded the largest ton
nage. The value of the output in
1911 was estimated at $4,241,730.
BUSINESS 1IOUSIM TO
1ASH ON LABOR DAY
The business hoime of Alliance
will he close! at noon on next
Monday, Labor Day, and will re
main cloeed the remainder of the
day if the efforts of the Commu
nity Hub are successful and
they will be. Patrons should re
member this and make their pur
chases early that there may be no
confusion.
TWO MILLION DOLLAR
GROCERY CONCERN MAY
LOCATE IN ALLIANCE
Rufus Jones Secretary of Alliance
Community Club, Has Attention of
Company Representations Turned
Toward This City and Terrltoy.
A $2,000,000 corporation, now
doing an extensive wholesale grocery
business in another state may soon
establish a branch in Alliance, ac
cording to the belief of Mr. Rufus
Jones, secretary of The Alliance
Community Club.
For many months past Mr. Jones
has been busy exploiting the virtues
of Alliance as a wholesale distribut
ing point: he has been successful in
the efforts to this end to the extent
that within the next few days a re
presentative of one ot the largest
wholesale ' grocery concerns in the
country will come to Alliance to look
over the field and to confer with Mr.
Jones relative to the extent of the
territory which might be supplied.
The corporation is absolutely reli
able and the visit here will be made
with an honest intent of doing busi
ness. It has long been conceded that
Alliance Is the logical point for such
a business and it now seems that the
prospects for such an enterprise are
very good indeed.
MEXICAN HORSE THIEF
. CAUGHT IN ALLIANCE
Richard Nerl, Mexican. lan
guishes in the city bastile this
evening aweitinp trial -updn 'a charge
of having stolen a horse and $60
of Mr. A. J. Dillon, living about
twenty-five milea northwest of Alli
ance. Net! had been In the em
ploy of Mr. Dillon for a couple of
weeks and attempted the getaway
with the property while Mr. Dillon
was at the hoine of a neighbor. Mar
shal Nova Taylor made the arrest
upon Information furnished by Mr.
Dillon.
CARLOAD SURPLUS
FOOD SUPPLIES TO
BE SOLDSATURDAY
SHIPMENT ARMY CANNED GOODS
SECURED FOR PEOPLE OF
CITY AND COUNTY
Community Club Responsible for
Distribution' f Government
Supplies in Alliance. '
An idea which had its inception
at a special meeting ot the board
of directors of the Alliance Commun
ity Club several weeks ago. is about
to bear fruit, according to the infor
mation received from the govern
ment Surplus Supply Bureau at
Omaha this week, which gave notice
of the shipment to Alliance of a car
load of canned goods for distribution
among the people of this city and
community, v
At the meeting above mentioned
It was decided to take steps to bring
to our citizens the benefits of the
lower priced food stuffs made possi
ble by the placing on the markets
by the government the surplus
stocks then on hand and in conjunc
tion with Mayor A. D. Rodgers, the
president of the club proceeded with
that end in view and they have suc
ceeded. The shipment was made
last Saturday and while at this
rime the hour of arrival of the goods
cannot be determined it is hoped
that the distribution may be bad on
Saturday of this week.
To the end that all may have an
equal chance at these goods and that
the idea of the government may be
exemplified a limit will be placed on
the amounts ot the kinds of goods
that each may purchase and the
same will be distributed from the
armory. The following price list
represents the cost of the goods, less
the cost of transportation and dray
age expense:
60 cans bacon, IS lb. cans $4.1.1
480 cans baked beans, 3. lb cans .04
240 cans baked beans, No. 3
cans .09
240 cans corned beef. No. 1
cans .29
6.000 cans corn. No. 2 cans .09
6,000 cans green peas. No. 2
cans .09
4,800 cans Tomatoes, No. 2
cans . .09
1,200 cans Tomatoes, No: I
cans
.11
.40
an-
120 cans syrup. No. 10 cans
Complete particulars will be
nounced before the time of dirtribu-
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SERIOUS SHOOTING
AT ALLENM'FALL
RANCH
MONDAY
JOHN PKPPLK, HAY HAND, SHOT
TlUtOUGII HAND AS
HW READ.
T t f .
.,., hi nrronene lamp First
Given m Omih of Injury by
Fellow Workers, ,
John Pesnle.
is in St. Joseph's hospital in this city
suffering a badly mutilated hand, as
iuw resuu or a snooting which oc-
i.u.t!u m me Aiien-AlcFall ranch
about 9:30 Monday evening.
.Young Peonle had
fc urn ruca ior a period of hnn
llM- Jl - . . . .
ujB mb m nay nana. Because
of his ate the othi mn .
ployees took great pleasure in play-
imiuui joaea upon the lad and
at times they were more or less se
vere In their play. Upon one or
two occasions members of the force,
while the boy was asleep, tied with a
string of rawhide the lad's toes to
the bedated and then set fire to
pieces of paper placed between the
toes. After suffering repeated such
auuuysnces me iaa forsook the re
gular "bunk-house" and wKh a fel
low worker sought rest upon a bed
provided In an unused barn on the '
place. On Monday evening "Jack" '
as he is familiarly known, together '
with Clarence Jones, who had also
been employed on the ranch, retired '
to their bunk and engaged them- '
selves at reading. About 9:30 while
Tepple was Interesting himself in
the contents of a book some person,
or persons, shot out the light by
which he was reading and by the
same dastardly act also crippled the
young man for the remainder of his'
life. According to the statement
made by Jont-s, who was when the
shot was fired, lying beside Tepple
on the bed, be noticed two men,
whom he claims were, Lee McFall.
owner or the place and Joe Walker,
a ranch hand, approach the ba-n
Shortly later h
fired and that he saw the muzzl of
uu nn.u, iroiruaer U3 wan r.c
the building through a knot hole.
This was followed by the emptying
of two large buckets of water upon
tne two as they lay on the bed. In
vestigation disclosed the fact that
the boy had been seriously wounded
and he was Immediately brought to
Alliance, accompanied by McFall
and Jones, and placed in the hospital
under the case of Dr. C. E. Slagle,
who found It necessary to, the fol
I lowing morning, remove the little
j finger of the injured band, the right,
J and to do other surgical work in '
dressing the member.
I The explanation of the accident
upon the night of its occurrence was
that the kerosene lamp used In the
room had exploded, but when' ques
tioned Tuesday morning Jones told
of his knowledge of the Incident. He
also stated that he possessed addi
tional information which would be
forthcoming at the proper time.
I Mr. C. D. Pepple, father of the ln
: Jured lad and formerly employed in
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IMPERIAL THEATRE IS
PACKED TO CAPACITY
MlnMrel Show Greeted by Throng on
Opening Night of Alliance's
Fine New Playhouse.
The new Imperial was packed to
capacity last evening when the first
performance since the remodeling of
the house.
Under the new arrangements a
full thousand people may be accom
modated, but even this unusual ca
pacity failed to meet the demand.
Reese Brother's Minstrel show
the opening bill proved a very popu-
lav WOK oranti Ima Tlivlla A
songs and dances the colored folks
entertained the audience for almost
two hours and upon numerous ao
caslons they were enchored. The
cast is composed of some clever stage
performers snd is ranked as one of
the best of its kind on the road.
Mr. II. A. DuBuque, the proprietor
is endeavoring to arrange for regular
vaudeville acts ot a standard that
will meet the approval of those who
appreciate the better class of enter
tainment. He anticipates being able
to get he products ot one of the large
circuits within the next few days.
During the season he has already
booked some of the best road shows
for his house here and Alliance
theatregoers are assured a season
filled with good numbers.
GUN MILLER ELECTED
TO BOARD Of DIRECTORS
Mr. Glen Miller, prominent furnl
utre dealer, was at the regular meet
ing of the Alliance Community Club
held on Monday evening elected to
the board of directos of that body.
The election of Mr. Miller was for
the unexpired term ot Mr. B. J. Sal
lows who recently tendered his resig
nation as president of the club and a
member of the executive staff. At
the next regular meeting a successor
to Mr. Sallows, as president, will be
selected from the members ot the
board of directors.