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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEB WfASKA, FK1DAY, DECEMBER 5, 1919.
NUMBER 2.
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MAY VISIT
ALLIANCE
COMMUNITY CLUB KXTLD AN I
INVITATION I
Many Interesting Matters Up for Dla-
russlon at the Last Meeting
of Club Directors
The regular weekly meeting of the
Alliance Community club's board of
.directors was held In the office or tne
secretary Tuesday night. The editor
of The Herald, who was present,
.found taht a number of highly lnter
iLine matters came up for dlscus-
lon, some of which were as follows:
Secretary Rufua Jones had tend-
ed, through Congressman iunaaiu.
n Invitation to General Pershing to
visit Alliance and spend as much
time as possible here when he leaves
for a tour of western military posts
after a visit to relatives In Lincoln
at Christmas time. Since then Mr.
Jones has received a telegram from
Mr. Klnkaid Baying that General
Pershing will include Alliance In hi3
itinerary if posBipie.
The committee which has had in
charge the formation of a racing clr-
.cult, reported the following tentative i
clrclit: Alliance, Gordon, Chaaron,
Sidney and Sterling, coio. me
rolarv hftM Written eaCU OI VUCDC
itnnma mpntlonlnz the dates which
iiave been assigned them, and ask
lng if the arrangement is satis
factory
An interesting .report was made as
th nroeress of the affairs of the
home building-association. It Is
probable that sale of stock in this
laudable organization win ur6m "
an early date. ,
reived a. to whether the invitation
ceiv eu v . -
No information naa yet
III LUC vuujui -
braska good roads association to hold
it. nnt annual meeting here, had
been adopted. This matter was left
up to the Judgment of the directors
V. annA T-OSMla aBBOCiaUUn, "
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Cunitirv Jones, is now in eommuni
: cation1 with them- to ascertain what
decision has been reached."
It appears probable that the elec
tric piano purchased by a preceding
aecretary of the Community club has
kpen sold to a gentleman in Minne
apolis, with whom negotiations are
in nro gress. There seemed to be no
rrM nn the nart of the club dlrec
tor that the piano had probably
been disposed of.
Agent Simpson of the express com'
pany was to have been present and
discussed with the directors me e-
press service in Alliance, out behind closed doors, and the dlrec
unavoldably detained and promised tOM themselves would be highly
to be present at the next meeting. DieaBea in see a biz attendance of
The Secretary announced that ne
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officials of the Burlington in
an effort to secure special freight
and gravel into
Alliance. .
t w. Guthrie, a director of the
AA eolne to the forth
coming state firemen's convention at
o 4 4Hi.iFr nnit it was decided to
iv to his Judgment the question
r whether the flremen-ehould be In
vited to hold their 1921 convention
in Alliance. Mr. -Guthrie will look
into this matter when be attends the
Scottsbluff convention
The fire Insurance agents of the
state will meet in Alliance next reo
ruary, and there was some iniornm.
discussion as to me proper unw
of entertaining the visitors.
The secretary said he had written
to two or tnree ouisiue
roduce nouses, wuu a
lng one of them to establish a branch
ui. r Inn ti
establishment in Alliance, ne
also in touch with one pr two wnoie-
sale grocery houses, wun im
Idea In view. Mr. Jones seems rea-
eonably sure that before many more
months have rolled arouno .unc
will have a wholesale grocery and a
wholesale produce house.
Kle Rnrines. Neb., is going-to or-
ganize a Community club, and asked
Mr. Jones to come oown ana ur"
a mass meeting ot citizens.
He did
not feel like leaving his desk at this
time, but it developed that Lloyd c
Thomas, a member of the club, would
be In the vicinity of Big Springs at
the time of the meeting. Friday
night, and it was thought he might
be induced to stop there and talk
n the. Ble Springs citizens. The
Herald .understands that Mr. Thomas
left for Big Springs today.
The Question of a municipal
chriatmaa tree came up for general
The directors believed
that the church trees would sumc
lentlT cover the occasion except for
fw children who might not
present at the churches. It was de-
cided that the City mission wouiaiieci me omcers ot me cnapter xromiuy marra, me rate ot consumption
nrohablv want to have a tree
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116 Shopping days
Ita' until Christmas
these children, and the club decided
to ala tbe mission In that event.
Ihe secretary had completed all
Leather bureau at Lincoln, and It
was hoped that a resumption of daily
reports to Alliance by wire would be
begun some time within the next few
days.
Packing house plans were dis
cussed. This roject is marking time
pending permission from the state
securities commissio nto sell Btock,
but It was hoped the matter would
soon be under way.
There was quite a general discus
sion as to the condition of the road
Antlochi- Tncre hav, been many
complaints to the Community club
regarding this matter. The club, In
turn, Is endeavoring to good natured
ly find out Just where the fault lies
and see if it cannot be remedied.
The contractors feel - that they are
doing their full duty, but it would
seem that the officials of the state
engineer's office are not so sure of
thla a. there ha bee bicker.
lng over the matter; but the club
lis hard at work trying to properly
adjust the matter and believes this
wm Bhortly be accomplished
The directors took action regard
ing the retaining of Mr. Jones as
secretary, he having been offered the
secretaryship at Amarillo, Texas, at
a much higher salary than he has
been receiving here. Full mention
of this is made in another column of
this issue,
The editor of The Herald has had
the pleasure of .attending several
meetings of the directors, and has
greatly enjoyed all of them. Those
who do not attend these meetings
have no idea of the volume of bust-
ness that is attended to nor of the
hard work being done by the nine
public spirited gentlemen who make
up the board of directors. They re
ceive no pay for their services on
the contrary they pay, out of their
own packets, for the meals which
are eaten Immediately preceding
each directors' meeting. Secretary
Jones remarked td The Herald man,
following the meeting:
'I deserve no credit for the work
I am doing, for I am drawing a sal
ary to do it; but sometimes I think
the lay members of the Community
club fail to appreciate their dlrec
tors, vho get no pay except tne con-
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sclousnoss or doing a splendid puduc i
duty and doing It well."
As has often been said,
these
meetings are open to every member
if tn(j Conmunlty ciub. They are
-ectors meetings, but are not held
members at every se-sion.
FAVOR SKATING
AT CITY PARK
Young Folks Are Hoping ,That the
Council Will Make Provision
for Winter Sport
Several of the young folks of the
city are hoping that the city council
will make provision for turning the
city park Into a skating rink some
time before long. Last year the park
was flooded with water, with the re-
n ii 1 f that It wan rina of tha moftt non-
uar ,ace8 lmaginable
The expen8e involved Is not par-
Hmiariv ert. and the rosult fur -
nlshe8 a Bource of pleasure for a lot
ot kld8 and BOme folk8 wno ltre con-
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slderably older. Last year the pond
wasn.t jarge enough to supply the de-
mand. and the young people are hop-
,ng tnRt tfae r,nk thlg year win be of
BUfflClent size to accommodate every
. t t t flure elghts.
Tne water cant De turned on any too
g 0Qn tQ Bult them Thi8 8ort of
weatner Is the best for skating, and
while there's plenty of time before
. .-n- .-. tn thov fleure
tQat every day of good Bkating
weather Is Just so much fun lost,
RESULTS OF THE
RED GROSS ELECTION
At the annual election of the Al
liance chapter of the Red Cross held
Thursday evening in the court house,
I the following were the ten receiving
l the highest vote:-Judge ira E. Tasn,
I Robert Graham, Mrs. C. II. Fuller,
Earl Mallery. J. B. Miller. Dr. II. A.
- 1 copsey, Mrs. u. u. uanti. Mrs. Ar
I thur Wright, Mrs. E. H. uoyd, E. u
DeiLAing. inese wm constitute me
board of directors and they twill
for among their number.
ASK VOLUNTEERS
FOR COAL FIELDS
Governor Asks for Enlistment From
Over State to Aid in Avert
lng DlMMMer
County Clerk W. C. Mounts Fri
day jndrnlng received word from the
governor's office which Indicates that
effective measures will be taken im
mediately to avert disaster due to
the coal strike and the resulting
coal famine. Governor McKelvle has
asked for volunteers from Nebraska
to work in the coal mines to assist
in relieving distressing conditions all
over the country. He has had a fine
response, over five hundred men
from ' the University of Nebraska
alone responding to the call.
The Btate adjutant general's office
has been assigned the task of handl
ing the volunteers and providing
transportation for them. .The county
clerk is made the agency through
which voluntary enlistments may be
made. Other states have contrib
uted men from all walks of life, and
unquestionably Dox Butte county
will come to the front, as always In
cases where prompt and patriotic ac
tion is required:
The govert jr's proclamation fol
lows: -". " "
Proclamation
Conditions surrounding the inade
quate supply of coal, as a result of
strikes, are rapidly becoming un
bearable. Unless relief is obtained
at the earliest possible moment,
there is no telling the extent to
which disaster may be visited upon
the people of our commonwealth. It
is not longer a matter of ascribing
couses results alone will suffice.
Therefore, In this great emer
gency, and in sympathy with move
ments that have already been start
ed in thM state, I have the follow
ing to suggest: ''
Five hundred students of the Uni
versity of Nebraska have volunteered
for service in the mines in territory
from which Nebraska obtains its sup
ply of coal. Thla volunteer force may
be greatly augmented by enlistments
from all parts of the state. I have
wired the governors of adjoining
coal producing states to the effect
that these forces are available ror
emergency service, with the under
standing that "they are to be given
adequate police protection and the
necessary comforts of living. I am
exDectlng prompt advice from the.
I .1iaa Blalafl mm tn what
Kiivrii inn ill i urtii. pluii a t i. v
no.BihilltIea are of nroduclng re-
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am In hopes that by the time their
answers are received, the movement
for voluntary service in this state!
will have been sufficiently well or-1
ganlzed to go at once to any field in I
which the opportunity Is afforded fori
servlce.
In order that organization may be
effected most expeditiously. It is re-hs
quested that all those who desire to
enlist for volunteer service snaii
make tfce fact Known to tne county
clerk, who will in turn report to this
office. The more prompt and liberal
the response, the greater the hope
for relief.
SAMUEL R. M'KELVIE,
Governor.
KITTLEMAN PROVIDES
FOR HIS FAMILY
Oswald Klttleman. who was taken
to the state penitentiary the first of
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the week, presented a rather pathetic
1 crura nppnrHlnsr tn th mm who PR-
corted him to the place where he will
Dend the remainder of his life
Klttleman wept considerably dur
ing the trip to Lincoln. He said that
he "dldnl Rive a d -n:" he was
better off dead," but Insisted that
he wanted "the children provided
for." He was worrying considerably
about how affairs would go on the
farm in,hls absence. He didn't be
lieve, he said, that they was feed
enough on the farm to keep the stock
In good condition, and mentioned
that he had given power of attorney
to an Alliance lawyer, with instruc
tlons to sell off part of the cattle
and horses, keeping only enough to
supply the needs of bis family. Kit
tleman has seven children, all of
whom reside on the farm.
He talked freely with the man who
had him in charge. He is said to
have denied that he violated the con
jditlons of his parole and Intimated
that the complaint was filed In order
to get him out of the way. There
were a number of things that had
aroused his suspicions, he said, that
others than himself were in his fam
ily difficulties. Among other things.
he mentioned that thirty hogs butch-
se - lered in December last were al gone
I being abnormal, to say the least,
HOME BUILDERS
OPEN STOCK SALE
Price Placet! Iw Ihiough So Kvery
Alliance Citizen May
Co-opernte
Announcement was made this
morning that the organization of the
Alliance Home Builders' Association
Is now completed, and that stock sub
scriptions may be made at any time
through J. W. Guthrie or M. S. Har-
graves. Shares have been placed at
the low price of $10 each, in order
to enable every Alliance citizen with
the Interests of his community at
heart to have a share In upbuilding
the city.
It will not be necessary to pay the
full amount subscribed at once. One
fourth is to be paid In cash at the
time the subscription is made, and
the balance In three equal payments,
due two, four and six months there
after.
The plan Is to build modern,
medium priced homes which will be
sold on attractive terms to those de
siring to own their homes. By buy
ing and building on a huge scale, the
association will be able to build
cheaper and sell lower than private
.loneerris or individuals, and yet pay
good return on the Investment to
stockholders. In order to secure suf
ficient money to enable the associa
tion to' achieve Its object, the prices
will be 'fixed so as to leave a good
margin of profit.
The officers and directors of the
association are: O. L. Griggs, pres
ident; Dr. II. A. Copsey. vice pres
ident; M. S. Hargraves, secretary; J.
W. Guthrie, treasurer; Glen Miller,
A. D. Rodgers. F. W. Harris, B. J.
Sallows and F. A. Bald.
COUNTY SHOULD PAY
PART OF EXPENSE
Suggest County Sell Present Poor
Farm tuid Go In With City
on Forty-acre Tract
Mayor A. D. Rodgers, speaking to
a HeaTf.teporter Tuesday morning,
said that for months he bad been at
tempting to persuade the commis
sioners of Box Butte county that they
should assume, a fair proportion of
the burden of caring for the sick
and poor of Box Butte county. In
other counties of the state, the may-
or said, this work is largely done by
mnntv authorities, but In Box Butte,
the city of Alliance has practically
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all of It to do.
At the present time there are eight
patients in the city pest house. These
people come from all over the county.
They are cared for by the city physl-
I clan, and they are fed by the city.
I Every smallpox case In the county
rushed to the city's pest house,
I and the city is forced to pay the bills.
The clty u Delng caned on every
d to . urnlBn food or coal to
some family that is in need. There
are no funds available for this pur
pose, but the city manager has been
taking care of those who apply. Both
the city manager and the mayor
think that it's high time the county
and city got together and . if the lat
ter can't see Its way clear to take
over the work, to at least help the
city do the county's work,
"There's no reason on earth why
the county shouldn't stand at least
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or uoagers. iutrrw i i buj movu
why unfortunates should aBk the city
to furnish them coal and food and
other necessaries. It doesn't work
out this way In other counties. The
city stands its share of taxes for Just
this purpose."
Mayor Rodgers suggests that the
county sell the present poor farm,
which is most difficult to reach, es
pecially In days when the weather Is
like this. The poor farm was evi
dently established in the days when
He'mlngford was the county seat. Of
late years, the mayor said, there
hasn't' been a single Alliance man In
the poor house. The last one who
was there walked back to town and
requested permission to Bleep in the
city Jail. If the county will get rid
of the farm, city and county can go
together and purchase a forty-acre
tract near this city and make ade
quate provision for the care of the
poor of both county and city.
MEX1CAN WFJ)DIXO
AT COURT HOUSE
Judge Tash Monday afternoon per
formed the ceremony which united in
marriage John Gonzales and E1o1b?
Rozales. The bride rave her age as
seventeen years and her mother was
present to give consent. A number
I or Mexicans were present to witness
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I me i-ereiuuuy, iur wun-u u wa ucv-
'essary to use an Interpreter.
iu y m:i cross
CHRISTMAS REALS
Within another week over a
billion Red Cross Christmas
seals will be on sale In every
nook and corner of the United
States. These seals are Bold to
finance the
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against tuber
culosis In this
country. O f
every dollar
received from
the sale of
Red Cross
Christmas seals 91.7 per cent
remains In the state where the
mains in the state where the
seals are sold for the benefit of
the organized anti-tuberculosis
campaign in that state. Out of
the remaining 8.3 per cent, the
expenses of running the cam
paign are first-deducted, and
whatever Is left is then divided
between the American Red
Cross and the national .tuber
culosis association.
The Red Cross Christmas
seal campaign ia not for the
purpose of financing the work
of the American Red Cross or
its chapters. It Is for the pur- ,
pose of financing the national
tuberculosis association, "the
various state tuberculosis asso
ciations and the one thousand
,or more local antl-tuberculoBls
associations. " The Red Cross "
Christmas seal issued in 4908
by the American Red Cross
has been issued in the name of
the Red Cross since that date.
In March, 1919, the American
Red Cross agreed to allow the
national tuberculosis associa
tion to use its name and em
blem, on the usual Christmas
seal. This year the Red Cross
seal is a tuberculosis seal.
Those who buy It are support
ing the tuberculosis work In
their own communities. ,
TONIGHT'S PROGRAM
AT THE IMPERIAL
"When Ilenrcat Went Dry" Will lie
Attraction at the Alliance
Playhouse
One of the best comedies that has
hit Alliance for a long .time will be
shown at the Imperial this evening,
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"When Bearcat Went Dry." Those Tl director of the Community club,
who have seen the picture describe it In conversation with The Herald edl
as a knockout hit. It's a feature tor, offered the opinion that the local
film full of red blood and other at-1
tractive things and you will pass a I
pleasant evening discovering Just I
what happened at Bearcat. I
Saturday night the second of the I
series of vaudeville programs will be
given. Five good acts have been se-
cured. You will see and hear Daffy
Jones, Jr., n twelve minutes of com-l
edy magic something a little differ
ent than the usual line of parlor
tricks. Le Boa and Saullne will pre
sent "Sis Hopkins" in New York;
Miss Clara Reville In "One Baby'
Dearwln and Gusbee will entertain
for a quarter of an hour with piano-!
logue and Impersonations, including
a number of songs written by Miss
Dearwln.
The feature of the Saturday eve
ning bill will be A. H. Lewis' five
not I v a IT a nrolloni In won i.flva m I n
ute. of native songs and high class
i fri4.i.
wallan music that you can't fall to
enjoy, and these boys know how to
beat their instruments or do they
scratch 'em? in order to get every
thing there is in them.
A Chaplin comedy, "A Night in the
Show," and Clara Kimball Young In
Shirley Kaye will be a complete pro
gram. Make your reservations early.
FOOTBALL TEAM
TOJCOTTSBLUFF
The Alliance high school football
team left Thursday afternoon for
Scottsbluff, where they will meet the
sugarbeet bunch on the gridiron to
day. Upon the outcome of this game
hangs the championship of Western
Nebraska. The Alliance boys went
down determined to cop the bacon,
and as they have met with defeat but
one time during the entire season,
Coach Prince figures that the odds
are not so worse.
The Scottsbluff game is . post
poned match. It was to have been
Dlaved ThanksgivlM day. but the
weather was unkind.
Mrs. A. T. Lunn Buffered some In
juries from a fall at her home Tues
day. She la reported making a good
recovery.
RUFUS JONES
WILL REMAIN
JNALLIANCE
RKFUSICS FliATTKIUNG OFF EH
FROM AMAIUIJX), TEXAS
City Is fortunate to I total n Its Com
mere la I Secretary Definite
Strong Competition
About two weeks ago Rufus Jones,
secretary of the Alliance Community
club, received a special delivery
letter asking if he would accept the
secretaryship of the commercial or
ganization at Amarillo, Texas, at a
salary of $3,200 per year. Without
consulting his board of directors here
he declined the offer with thanks.
A few days ago Mr. Jonea received
a renewal of the offer from the Am
arillo organization, this time in the
shape of a telegram. The Texas body
had raised its price to $3,600 and
asked him to make application for
the place at that figure.
This time Mr. Jones consulted the
board of directors of the Community
club. He showed them the telegram
and asked their advice as to whether,
it was desired to retain him as sec?
retary here. They took the stand
that Mr. Jones' services here were
thoroughly satisfactory to them, and
that if he was valuable to Amarillar'
he was also valuable to Alliance. "
They asked him not to accept the
Texas offer, and, inview of the fact
that he followed their wishes la the
matter, they voted him a bonus of
$200 on his present year's salary,
making It $2,900 Instead of $2,700,
and furthermore agreed that in
March, when his second year's work
in Alliance begins, they will recom
mend to the incoming board of di
rectors that his salary be fixed at
$3,300.
These are the terms on which Mr.
Jones remained in Alliance. Inci
dentally, this is the third time he has
turned down the secretaryship at
Amarillo, Texas, It having been of
fered him about the time he came to
Alliance. v
The Herald Is frankly delighted
that Rufus Jones refused to surren
der the. Alliance secretaryship. We
believe we speak the universal sen
ttment of business circles here when '
we say that his refusal means two
things: first, that Amarillo loses the
chance to get the ablest secretary she '
would have ever had, and, second.
mat Alliance retains the best man
who has ever held th nonttton hr
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organization has never progressed so
smoothly, harmoniously and effect-
ively as it has during Mr. Jones' in-
cumbency, and taht in his opinion It
would have been a calamity if he had
left the place at this time, when so
many important things are in the
making such, for Instance, as the
packing plant project, the working
out of the hcnio-bullding plan, etc.
The' only criticism The Herald
ever heard of Rufus Jones has been
that he Is entirely too modest. His
modesty is one of his principal char
acteristics, and The Herald has itself
seen many examples of it. When
Amarillo offered him a raise of $800
about the salary he Is receiving here
he told no one except his directors,
and this newspaper experienced con
siderable difficulty in securing from
him sufficient facts regarding the cir
cumstances to make'a "story" of it.
So far as that is concerned. The
Herald Is willing to admit that Mr.
Jones is entirely different from most
commercial secretaries who . have
come under our observation. It would
seem, unfortunately, that the great
majority of them labor under the de
lusion that they draw salaries for the
purpose, of keeping themselves. In the
public gaze, instead of advertising
thel rtowns. They have a habit of
doing considerable strutting and call
ing perpetual attention to what "I"
have done.
In direct contrast to t.!. Rufus
Jones Is a quiet, unassuming gentle
man who strives to hide his own per
sonality and to force to the front
the work of the organization Itself.
He works hard but quietly, and when
there Is personal publicity to be had
he has Invariably Insisted that it go
to his officers and directors, not to
himself. He is. for instance, despite
his declarations to the contrary, a
convincing and very engaging speak
er; but when there Is a speech to be
made he shoves to the front some
officer or director, or occasionally
some member, while he remains In
the background. Those business men
ot Alliance who accompanied him on
the recent booster trip to Oshkosh
and Broadwater will recall how true
this Is. The work he has done dar
ing Ms eight months' stay In Alll
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