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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
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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
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. 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.
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successful season as soon as the team
gets its proper stride.
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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.
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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-