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The Alliance He rald "THE MINT MAKES MONEY WITHOUT ADVERTISING; NO ONE ELSE CAN." Printer's Ink. TOLUME XXVI. ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, T11UHSDAY, OCTOBER 2nd, 1919. NUMBER 44 ELKS TAKE IN SEVENTY-TWO NEW MEMBERS Xiordon Pay" On of the Greatest Events In the History of the Alliance Lodge. BIG BANQUET A FEATURE Numerous Visitor From Out of the City Present for Ceretnoni ' LtH of Candidates. Seenty-two candidates were initi ated Into be mysteries of Elkdom Tuesday evening at the home of Al liance lodge No. 961, marking 'what officials of the lodge are agreed was the biggest event in the history of the local organization. The occasion had been denomi nated -"Gordon Day," in honor of the fact tbat most of tbe candidates for initiation reside in Alliance's neighboring town. . The real events of the day began with a banquet to the visiting Elks-to-be. served at the Alliance hotel at 6 p. m. Tbe initiatory work began in the lodge rooms shortly after 8 o'clock and proceeded without a hitch in spite of the large number of candidates to b handled. An unsually large number of Alliance Elks were present witness the ceremonial, which was declared afterward to have been one of the most impressive within their recollection. A number of visiting Elks from other towns in the state were also present. Following the initiation the lodge was at ease for an hour while a number of the newly made Elks were heard in short talks, followed by several local members of the or der. Then came a tbree-roun1 pugilistic exhibition,' a, no Jdeciilrr affair between L. Pilkington and Charles Weaver. Ray Trabert and "Dutch" Maunier contributed an in teresting feature in tbe way of a wrestling match in which honors eemed about equally divided. After tnts tne crowd rued down into tne basement where an appetizing luncheon had been laid out on sev eral tables, to which thorough jus tice was done It was after midnight when the crowd dispersed. The visitors wer1 loud and sincere in their universal praise of Alliance and her body of Hike, and the Alliance members of the lodge were as unanimous in viewing the occasion as one of the most auspicious in the history of Ne. 961. Following are the names of the eondidates who were initiated at the Tuesday evening session: Michael D. Nolan, Alliance. Jesse Payne, Bridgeport. Clarence Potts, Gordon. Walter M. Pike, Gordon. Charles E. Potts, Gordon. Aubrey C. Young, Alliance. Harlan D. Wells. Hemingford. ' W. F. Walker, Hemingford. ' Carl Williams. Gordon. sEtrgene Williams, Gordon. James Wilson, Hemingford. v M. M. Wynn, Crawford. 1 Jesse Trublood, Gordon. Raymond H. Thurston, Alliance. Leo J. Toohey, Hemingford. Allen A. Strong, Gordon. Oakley M. Stephenson, Hemic g fer. M. R. Swanson, Hemingford. J. R. Snyder, Gordon. Lewis Reynolds, Gordon. Clyde D. Ray. Hemingford. 1 Earl S. Rockey, Hemingford. ' F. A. Rumer, Alliance. '. B. R. Brittain. Alliance. ' M. E. Burke, Gordon. ' Fred W. Cloud, Gordon. John C. Dicks, Gordon. 1 Charles A. Duncanson, Gordon. George M. Duerfeldt, Gordon. ' Jasper Grove, Gordon. Ho ace W. Hagan, Alliance. ' C. J. Hubbell, Alliance. ' Harry Lyons, Alliance. W. P. Loomis, Alliance. Arthur McNesa, Mullen. '. lilies rrter. Alliance, ' James J. Shanley, Jr., Brownlee. B. C. Anderson, Gordon. George R. Brownfield, Gordon. ' J. G. Bottorf, Gordon. Ralph A. Baker, Gordon. It. O., Bard, Gordon. J. H..Cone, Gordon. T. A. Coffee, Jr., Gordon. ' Robert L, Childs, Gordon. Joseph J. Dixon, Alliance. ' Ray A. Graham, Hemingford. i Fred C. Duerreldt, Gordon. ' M. G. Howard, Gordon. Capt. F. M. Gettys, Gordon. J. W. Scott, Gordon. George Fyke. Bridgeport Ray Sailor, Gordon. R. H. Lewis, Gordon. Bayo Lledam, Gordon. 1L H. Scott, liallen. Hi go Stelnbaus, Gordon. (Coo tin aed la Column 8) WHEELER WINS OUT IN WRESTLING BOUT Awarded Decision Over Steve Cannon After Forty-five Minutes When letter tieta Cracked Rib At the close of forty-five minutes of fast wrestling, at the Imperial theater last Monday night. Steve Cannon acquired a crackei nd Referee Green awarded f .on to A. B. Wheeler. N' .hou Band were on hand -bb the match, and the wr excellent until the acciden Q , Jack Reynol'"? claims the world's weltt V belt, for the world, . had pi jusly announced that he would meet the winner of the match for a finish bout, with side purse of $250, with the gate re ceipts to go to the winner, and Wheeler hassaid that be is agree able, but he thinks Reynolds ought to put up his money first. This will probably be done without delay, and then arrangements will be made for a regular championship bout. As is always the case where a big maa meets a smaller one on the mat, the sympathy of. the major portion of the crowd was with Cannon, and there were signs of disapproval when the referee announced his decision. Cannon was back on the job at the barber shop Tuesday morning, and bis injuries, while rather painful, are said not to be seriovs. PLAN LASTING MEMORIAL Admirer of Theodore Roosevelt Will Help Perpetuate Ills Life and Works. Announcement is made of the ap pointment of the Hon. Lloyd C. j TKmaa nf illlonp II district ! chairman for the Roosevelt Memor- ll ..lQt In rnnnoolinil with 11 national movement to provide an ap propriate memorial for America's distinguished former citizen and president. Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Mr. Thomas will have general charge in, Box Butte County and is! now perfecting an organization for receiving subscriptions from Roose velt admirers who want to assist nl perpetuating his memory and in fluence. . One of the pleasing features in connection with the campaign is the fact that the movement is non-partisan. In the long list of names of tne i inor. vwnuun t,uiu..iiv:, ..w" ted in the work of establishing k, a I",, Q. in th. iT. nf cush fnrtfia as 1sTsl Aft 111 IDfi IlBL OI th National Fxecutlve Committee. appear the names of many of the most prominent Democrats In tbe United States, as well as the names of Republicans and men prominent in other walks of life aside from politics. - 1 Leading men throughout the country, regardless of political or personal views, were as one man to respond to the call for leaders when first the plan wsa mentioned, and the movement since has grown to such an extent there -remains but the one thought that of making certain the success of the plan. A glance down the list of Roosevelt Memorial Asso ciation members discloses the fol- owing men now prominent in Dem ocratic circles: Thomas F. Smith, who Is a mem ber of the National committee; Tammany secretary and Congress man: Alton B Parker, formerly 4.ipa r,r th Pourt of ADneals. ua. who was the Democratic presidential candidate apalnst Colonel Hoose- velt in 1904: Robert Adamson, former secreatry to Mayor Baynor gs, Fenning c, Rockey, c-3b, Ed f tcpw York Cltv and former fire wards rf. Brock cf. Weaver If, Fen- commissioner of the City of New York; George Harvey, elltor of the - A IT.. North American review .nu .- vey s weeaiy; uonKTeBm.. uaiuvan, oi . - n m r..HMMVnAia v n n in representing a Boston district; Tbeo- nrp Prances Green of Providence. R. I.; Thomas Taggart, chairman of the Democratic national campaign in 1904 who has accepted the honorary chairmanship for Indiana; tne Hon. George Turner or sP"ne'"n;; lormeny a umveu it. , Senator Geo. E. Chamberlain, or Oregon, who is a member of the Na tional committee: Luke E. Wright. former Governor-general of the Philippines; former Governor Luke Lea. of Nashville, Tenn., who was a colonel in the American Expedition ary Forces: John Mitchell, the noted labor leader and now a member o the New York State Industrial Com mission: Hon. John M. Parker of Louisiana, a member of the National Committee. A committee has been selected by tbe fire boys to have charge of tbe weekly dances at the armory. The first dance is scheduled for Sat urday evening. Music will be fur nished by the firemen's orchestra. SALVATION ARMY DRIVE FOR FUNDS GOES OVER TOP Box Butte County One of The Few J In Nebraska Which Rained The Full Quota. MUCH CREDIT DUE ELKS . Committee From letter Organization I Put in Some Hard Licks on Last Pay Women Iiend Help. I The Salvation Army drive can now be listed among the things that have been "put across" In Box -Butte I county. While complete returns are not available, there Is not doubt that the county's quota of 14.000 has been exceeded. It was not an easy matter to make it ro there have been a good many drives In I the past few years but with the j Elks behind it and plenty of pub-1 llcity, the drive was on. Unlike a good many drives, the time allotted I was short, and it was necessary to work well and work fast. The managers of the drive laid I down on the T. P. A. bunch at the eleventh hour, and their confidence was not misplaced. A committee I from that organization proceeded to I thoroughly canvass the business houses of the town, with the result that over $1,000 was added to the total, more than enough to make the drive an assured success. I During: the week of the drive, sev eral women from the city volun teered for service and were put to work In booths in the banks, post office and other public places. A number o fschool girls put In some lcKB Siuray BIHimooo. A complete tabulated statement of the contributions has been promised for publication in a later issue. AMERICAN LEGION nnAnn nmmsr ts nif1l1D(IU IIKIIrA llAlYlr III ll IV"N B. P. O. E. Ball Totters Shut Out tbe Soldiers, 7 to O, in Sunday AfU eraoon Performance. The baseball team of Alliance post No- 7 of the American Legion was . t u l vu '"J" "vul , Elks lodpe, 7 to 0. at the fair l " 1 pounds last Sunday afternoon. The famf va "ranged by tne commit- fkA In s Vt a ran f ra tain rr fiinflst fnr tee in charge of raising funds for the Salvation Army, and while the attendance was not so large as at the preceding Sunday game, when the$l,00 ball game was staged, a substantial sum was added to the fund. The arrangements were com pleted at so late a date that it was impossible to adequately announce the contest, which chopped the at tendance considerably. The victory -of the Elks was large ly due to the pitching of Jack Gleason. The battery for the Le gion, comosed of Fenning and King, worked hard, but luck was agalns them. Tarker and Johnson sur prised the fans with grandstand catches In the outfield, The lineup B. P. O. E. Brew 3b. Healy, lb Stazney 2b, McNulty c, Gleason p. f ricne ss, mrris cr, raraer ii, joun- " American Legion uuuer id, iNa tion lb, Ellis 2b-ss, Butler, 2b, King nirig P, King p Jhe old MorrlBey 8ranch, con- . . located i - -- - . naArnn -. "'"ro """" . " , ' . sold to Bert Bcnda of Columbus. j prominent Hereford breeder for $116,100, the erst of the ween. Kay Tierney and Harry B. Coffee were th owners. Possession will be given next srrlng. - 1 KLKS TAKR IN SEVENTY-TWO NEW MEMBERS (Continued from Column 1) Joe Haller, Gordon. J. J. Hodgkinson, Alliance. B. F. Holsten, Allianco. Fay C. Hill, Gordon. Vern W. Jenkins, Hemingford. V. I. Jeep, Hoffland. Morris Jones, Gordon. C. E. Loeesner, Alliance. P. J. Michael, Hemingford. H. C. Morris, Gordon. Paul C. McDonald, Alliance. E. L. Myers, Alliance. Ira McGowan, Gordon. Morris A, Nelson, Alliance. EXCELLENT PRICE FOR POTATOES IN BOX BUTTE Although Y ield ThW Year 1 Short The High Pike Will Make ; rower Money. FROM 60 TO 80 BUSHELS Northern States Suffer From Hot and Dry Weather During the Growing Season Total Crop is Shorter Although the average yield of Box Butte county potatoes this year will be small, as compared with former years, tbe price it so much higher than a year ago that the ordinary grower wm receive much more money for his crop than last year, The average yield for the county is estimated this year at from 60 to 80 bushels. However, there are many fields which will run much higher. Clyde Campbell, living on section 14-26-51, west of Berea, has 20 acres of Triumph potatoes which wlli yield not less than . 150 bushels per acre. He can sell them as soon as they are dug for $150 per bushel an they are dug for $150 per bushel and probably will get $2.00 for them Other farmers who are nok digging are getting yields fully as large, while some, who either planted too late or who failed to have good seed, or give proper attention to their crops, are getting very small yields. According to reports reaching The Alliance Herald from over the potato growing sections of the United States, the yield this year will not be more than 8eenty-flve per cent of normal. Reports reaching The Kan sas City Packer during the past few days were as follows: Kuiikuh City Market Finn. Kansas City There was a good demand for potatoes la. carlcis ladt week and the market ruled firm aner angm aavance. shipments included cars from Minnesota, Colo- rado. Nebraska and Idaho. The ivormern itea mver unios are me best sellers on this market and a very large per cent of receipts were this variety. Minnesota Red River Obios sold Tuesday In a carlot way at $2.80 ii 2.85 per cwt. Nebraska Sandlands were not in such active demand in competition with the Northern stock and Bales rai,ed from $2.55 2.60. I . . ... ...... ine Desl prlc wnicn weBiern n,ieB brougnt on tne maraei was i.ou 2. 50. Receipts for the first three days 0I thl. week amounted to I 37 cars. Homegrown stock continues steady (Continued on Pagpb) COLEMAN RECEIAES ANCIENT HEIRLOOM Rox Hutte County Fanner Receives Iiece of Furniture Made in. the Year 1702. Edward Pierce Coleman, Box Butte county farmer, has Just re ceived from his old home in Oregon an ancient family heirloom, made for his great-grandfather and great grandmother in the year 1792. It is a genuine cherry wood secretary. The secretary was somewhat dam aged In shipment and is being care fully repaired by T. J. Threlkeld of Alliance. After Mr. Threlkeld com pletes his work the family heirloom will be placed in Mr. Coleman's home. ' The description of the secre tary is as follows: ! 'The secretary was made for Ach- sah Lyman Coleman when she was married to Dr. William Coleman at Chester, Hamden county, Mass., July 19. 1792. Dr. and Mrs. Coleman re moved to Pittsfleld, Mass., in 1821, where Dr. Coleman died in 1858. About th eyear 1867 Mrs. Coleman, then ninety-four years of age, went to Oberlein, Ohio, to live, and gave the secretary to Mrs. Delia Buell Lamberson of Pittsfleld. Mrs. Lam- berson moved to Portland, Ore., in 1885, bringing the secretary with her. She died in 1903 and tbe sec retary passed to her two daughters, Mary and Cornelia, who in 1910. generously gave it to Edward Pierce Coleman of Seattle, a great-grandson of Achsah Lyman Coleman. The secretary thereby, after an absence of forty years, came back Into the Coleman family, where It is no cherished as an heirloom. Dated June 28. 1914." After a successful season of five weeks In Alliance, J. L. Montrose the Union Knitting Mills of Logan Utah, left today for his home Logan. He plans a return trip tret of the fear. MUCH TALK OF OIL IN BOX BUTTE COUNTY Humor That Strangers In the City Are Planning to Secure Ideated and Begin Their Drilling. t As The Herald goes to press there is on the streets of Alliance a rumor that certain out-of-town individuals, now In the city, are obsessed with the idea that there is oil underneath the soil of Box Butte county. The rumor, Indeed, goes so far as to have It that efforts are being made to se cure advantageous leases on certain bodies of Box Butte county land, and that if these efforts are successful drilling opeeratinns will Indubitably be begun In the immediate future-. The Herald has thus far been un able to put Its finger on anything definite with reference to the report It is admittedly vague and Inconclu sive, and Is here stated merely for what it may be worth; but, at that. it may be within the range of prob ability that Box Butte county and Alliance are on the verge of still greater days' ahead. W. S. RIDGELL WAS BURIED WEDNESDAY Prominent Former Alliance Citlxen and Politician Med In Lincoln Hospital Monday Afternoon W. S. Rldgell died at 8t. Eliza beth's hospital In Lincoln Monday afternoon, after suffering for several days from heart trouble. It was known that he was seriously, ill and death was not entirely unexpected. Mr. Rldgell made his home "in Alli ance for a number of yfjirs before going to Lincoln stven years aao 10 accept the appointment as state fire commissioner by Governor More - head, a position he held lor six years. While at Alliance Mr. itiageii wh active in politics. He served one term a. police Judge of the city of Alii ance. Tne title oi "judge ionuwe him thereafter. During hi term as state fire commissioner he became one of the ntont widely known men In the state, and was always P'P'Hon the -,av lo the tlrril home' when lar with the volunteer firemen. He . served as president of the Nebraska . Slate Volunteer Firemen's associH-i tion for one year. Judge Rldgell leaves a host i f friends, not only at Alliance, his for- ' mer home, but throughout Nebraska. Since the expiration of his term as state fire commissioner he has made his home at Lincoln, traveling for a fire insurance company. He is sur- viveo oy nis wuts im iu i,.u.v.., The body wes taken from Lincoln to Richmond. Mo., his old home, where the funeral was held Wednes day afternoon. Judge Rldgell was a past presi dent of F. O. E. Lodge No. 136. Alli ance, as well as a member of I. O. O. F. Lodge No. 168 of Alliance. EOOTBALL TEAM LOftS EIRST GAME OF SEASON llayard Wins Hy a Score of 87 to O in (iridiron IWtttle at the Fair Grounds Friday Afternoon The Alliance high school football team lost its first game of the sea- son at the fair grounds last Friday afternoon when It went up against the heavier and more experienced Bayard high school team, xne dob made a cne snowing in apue oi - - . . i , i. .v.url.i I aereai ana nara iu w tu.r., sponBioie xor lu uu-.u -" . m a A ml An A stn . ,er,;r they showed through their playlng they showed the effect of thorough training. . . ,..11ah at at g Coach Prince has been putting tte ... ,.,,-y, nrtir lesm iuruu6u . sessions since school opened, and not at all disheartened by the result, not at U nisnearie The team aoes noi weisu m - as some of them, but every man is uiM game. - v i . wtm successful season as soon as the team gets its proper stride. . . FOR SALE One kitchen cab lnet; one base burner; one Round Oak heater; one linoleum, 16 feet. Phone 462. George Mihtzer this week pur chased the tire vulcanizing and pair shop formerly owned by Tom and the priceless recoras H m- Murry. and will U .found Uora on in tbe Time, gliding in place occupied by C. A. Dow. of Mlntxer la an experienced womn I riated at not aecuring Immediate poa- In the who know shis business thorougniy l teMOD ct tnd negro, proceeded to and la a hastier as well. I destroy everything at haad. ' " ' MANY INJURED IN RACE RIOT AT Negro Who Attacked Girl Taken From Court House and Lynched Dragged Through Street. TRY TO LYNCH MAYOR . Million Dollar Damara to rVmra : House Record a Result of De structive Mob Sunday. 't OMAHA, October 2. Omaha is today under strict military control, ' following the assault of Mn. 11. I). 1 Winner at 3 o'clock Wednesday af ternoon by an unidentified negro, who ewaped after binding and gug- ' ging Mr". Wi.sener with a heavy tow el. She was discovered short!) of- . terw arda unconscious In the wood- nheri back of her home by her twelve- ' year-old son. Following th Assault more than 600 soldiers an l volun teers front the American Legion ' were placed on guard in the "black belt.' , No one Is allowed to enter or , leave. .The uult on Mrs. Wlsener Is the thirty-eighth of this nature since June 1. Hie Omaha newa-IK-.r, at the request of General Leon ard Wood, are not printing details of ' the assault. i i Resulting from an assault on Miss ' Agnes Loebeck by a colored man ' near her home at 3228 South Second ' street, Omaha, last Friday night, o mob of several hundred men and ' boys from Gibson, Neb., stormed the ' Douglas county jail and after sev- ' eral hours of effort, during which ' the court house was set on fire, Sher- Iff Clark surrendered William Brown, identified by Miss Loebeck aa her assaulter, but not until the ' flames had reached the fourth floor ' I of the building and were endanger- lng tne lives or 100 prisoners on the . floor above. A crowd of ten thou sand people, many of. whom were Ak-Sar-Beu visitors from out in the late, loeaed ou. . Mins Lobeck, accompanied by Mil lard Hoffman, a crippled youth, were ' lhe co,ored nian uiade the atUck holding the cr,pple at bay wlth revolver while he assaulted the girl. At 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon the mob met at the Bancroft school, and marched to the court house in a body. It was led by Hoffman. For several horus it stormed the bulld- intv ' wlilla t Vi a f-hlAf rf nnllr tne. , sbwJff and other tr,ed tQ reag0Q j th(j mob and get th?m Q . . . , . . - - - - - - Mayor Smith, who drove up in his car and attempted to address .. the crowd, was dragged out of the auto mobile and was twice lifted clear of the ground by a rope around ' the ground by a rope around bis neck. lie was badly rut and bruised and was taken Immediately to a hospital. Late reports . are to the effect that he will recover. The police kept their heads and resorted to every means to protect thfeir prisoners without firing into the mob. A fire hose turned on the ,nob W88 effective for a few minutes, but it was soon re-formed aftsr the hose had been chopped to piece. Showers of stones were fired at the building, and the mob finally forced g way JnBide A nre bomb thrown . f tbe mob Btarted a blaze, aJld ,ne flremen were UDable to fight )( eweftivejy because of the crowd mob fut the jj0ge In pieces eyery tlme an attempt was made to on the blare. hn further resist ". .... a. hnr,rfp the orlsoner was I wr " ollluv surrendered and was fuickly strunj? the vL.i-. with hllet as r"' " " V .V". SOOn ft. 11 w iicu I v j . h- mnh TtPr It Was " r."' JT .Vt. .nd for 0maha r mob rulft r"" 1A " h r,,t. " mmoh, nfflrr at Fort i- n.tA M In rp- 113 s, uuj asaH mm o - m i n Kliuu i v v. . taken up with the autnoriues si Washington, and Major Leonara Wood arrived in the city Tuesaay morning. Troops from camp urani. - . 0mh. aB. OMAHA ejBted Jn Teatoring order. A military " belt ha abeen established, the "biacs " belt" is under close surveillance ana - 1 order has been restored. re - The damage to the coun nouse no r - "ZZtwVlV. the o r. f mob Whioh. lnfu-