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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX HUTTE COUNTY.NEBKA'SKA, FIJI DAY, JANUARY 23, 1920.
NUMBER 1C.
STATE FIREMEN
SPEND A DAY
- WITH "'IIANCE
Nver
AIANY DELEGATE
ON ItETUllX T.
Men From Half n Dozen Towk
Joy the Entertainment Pro
vided for litem.
The thirty-eighth annual conven
tion of the Nebraska State Volunteer
Firemen's association closed . at
Scottsbluff Thursday night with a
banuet for six hundred, served on
the sixth floor of the Lincoln hotel.
Immediately following the banquet a
special train brought the delegates to
Alliance where they were entertained
for two hours by the Allianve Volun
teer Fire department. Chairman
Frank Abegg of the entertainment
committee and his energetic corps of
Assistants had arrangements made
for a reception that woke up the
town and brought forth many ex
pressions of commendation from the
visitors. The fire whistle blew and
blew as the train rolled in and red
fire illuminated Box Butte avenue. .
The visitors were served lunch by
J. M. Miller of the Alliance hotel
without charge, after .which they
spent the balance of. the two hours
At the fire department club rooms
' And in seeing the city by lamplight.
The fire whistle again blew as the
special train rolled east with five
hundred new boosters for western
Nebraska and her live wire cities
And citizens. One hundred firemen
remained in Alliance over today and
Are being shown the potash plants
At Antioch and visiting with friends
here. A matinee is being given for
their entertainment this afternoon at
the Imperlan and a dance will be
staged tonight.
The convention of the association
opened Tuesday evening with 600
delegates in attendance at Scotts
bluff. The evening session included
a short business program and varied
forms of entertainment. At 6 o'clock
a lobster banquet was taged at the
Lincoln hotel. .,
Several changes in the constitu-
. tlon and by-laws of the mutual aid
department were suggested by Secre
tary Miller .in his annual report
These changes. will reduce the age
limit of new members to forty years,
And will require delinquents desiring
to furnish a physician's certificate of
good health. The report of the press
committee was given by the chair
man, Lloyd Thomas of Alliance, who
was re-elected as state publicity
chairman for the coming year.
At the afternoon secclon' Second
Vice President C. R. Frailer of Goth
enburg read a paper on "spontane
ous combustion in soft coal piles
Chaplain. Walter C. Rudln presided
over the memorial service held at 3
o'clock. He gave a stirring address
and touched on the absence this year
of former State President and Fire
Commissioner W. S. RIdgett, who
died last fall.
PaBt President John W. Guthrie
of Alliance arrived Wednes ay after
noon and shortly after his arrival
made a stirring speech, telling the
delegates of the activities in 'this
country of the reds, bolshevlsts and
other trouble makers. At the close
of his speech he was roundly cheered
and the following resolution was
Adopted:
"We the members of the Nebraska
State Volunteer Firemen's associa
tion, pledge our unqualified alle
giance to the president of the United
States of America and the governor
of the state of Nebraska in combat
ting the forces of disorder and we
proclaim and declare ourselves 100
per cent American and tender to
them our loyal, active support and
service in the maintaining of law
and order in our nation and state.
The resolution was adopted by a ris
ing vote and was then forwarded by
telegram to the governor at Lincoln
by a committee consisting of II. K
Webbert of Kearney, Lloyd Thomas
and John W. Guthrie of Alliance
" The wrestling match Wednesday
evening ended disastrously. The bout
was to be a finish match between
Steve Cannon of Alliance against Joe
Stakes of Scottsbluff. Cannon's left
arm was broken after five minutes
of wrestling and the match was
awarded to him on a foul by the ref
eree. The preliminaries were much
entertainment
Thursday morning was spent by
the delegates in visiting the Scotts
bluff sugar factory and nearby points
In the North Platte valley. At the
final business session Thursday after
noon the following: officers were
elected: Robert Lewis of Humphrey,
president; C. It. Trailer of Gothen
THIS WRATH Ell
For Alliance and vicinity: General
ly fair and colder tonight; cold wave
east portion with temperature of sero
to ten below Saturday night; colder
east and south portion.
burg, first vice president; John Mar
tin of Fremont, second vice presi
dent; E. A. Miller of Kearney, sec
retary; F. B. Tobin of Sidney, treas
urer; Rev. Walter C. Rundln of
'Uchell, chaplain. The board of con
( ol will consist of Jake Goehring,
of Seward, Harry Ayres of Mitchell,
Burt Galley of Columbus, Charley
Hartford of Norfolk, W. II. Tillery
of Lexington.
John W. Guthrie of Alliance in a
speech at the cldse of the meeting
issued a standing invitation to hold
the next convention at Alliance, pro
vided it was not desired by a town
n eastern Nebraska. The board of
control was given authority to select
the next meeting place.
The toastmaster at ' the banquet
was llobert u. Simmons of scotts
bluff. Speakers on the program in
cluded John P. McCuen and Mike
Saunders of Norfolk; G. L. Shum
way, O. N. Flnley and Chief Guy
Carlson of Scottsbluff; John W.
Guthrie and Lloyd Thomas of Alli
ance; C. R. Frasier of Gothenburg;
Joseph Oberf elder of Sidney; Chap
lain Walter C. Rundin of Mitchell;
and deputy state fire commissioner
E. D. Beach of Lincoln. "Doc"
Crawford of Scottsbluff led the sing-
ng while music was furnished by the
Scottsbluff orchestra. Resolutions of
thanks were extended to Scottsbluff,
Gerlng, Mitchell, Sidney and Alliance
for entertainment provided.
TOTAL INCREASED
BY GUARDIAN STATE
A . material increase In the total
assets for Alliance banks Is shown
when the complete figures are sub
mitted. In the tabulation published
in the last issue of The Herald, fig
ures were given for but three. of the
city's banking institutions, that of
the Guardian State being omitted.
The complete figures are as follows:
Loans and overdrafts..! 2,216, 557.93
Cash on hand and in
banks ...
1,063,722.25
U.' S. bonds and Btamps
Federal reserve stock..
Capital stock
Surplus ..... .
260.166.32
6.000.00
185.000.00
130,000.00
Undivided profits ........
13,337.85
Circulation
99,997.50
Deposits . .... .. 3,162.805.14
The items listed figure well past
the sevel million dollar mark, which
is- indeed a remarkable showing.
There is no question that Alliance
has sufficient funds to put across any
project in which its citizens are suf
flclently interested. There are few
cities of the size in Nebraska that can
equal the record.
VAUDEVILLE AT THE
IMPERIAL SATURDAY
A special vaudeville program at a
special price will be offered by . the
Imperial to its Saturday patrons. Six
acts of 'Pantages vaudeville are
scheduled to appear, together with
three photoplay productions.
The vaudeville includes Eddie
Bayer, in songs, talk and dancing;
Howard & Nichols, novelty hoop rol
lers and diabolo spinners; Rouble
Sims in songs, talk and chalk; the
Grahams, presenting the llvlnk man
nikins; Bob and Gertrude Pettecord
in songs and dancing, and Robbins
and Fulton in comedy, singing and
eccentric dancing.
Norma Talmage in "By Right of
Purchase" heads the photoplay bill,
and in addition there will be a Tom
Mix film, "The Sheriff's Blunder"
ind Mutt and Jeff in "His Musical
Soup."
On Sunday comes t' e fourth epi--.ode
of the mystery serial, "The In
visible Hand," which will make more
hlvers chase up and down your
pinal column; Wallace Reld in "The
Valley of the Giants," and a Big-V
omedy, "Big Bluffs."
Monday's program features Mar
guerite Clark in "Girls," and it's a
daisy. It's a story of three young
nl pretty girls who form a League
f Man-Haters. "Clyde Fitch is the
'Uthor, and that speaks volumes for
be quality of the humor. Marguer
te as leading lady speaks still louder
or the acting. Soma of the sltua
lons are good picture a poor inno
ent man diving headlong Into an
partment and facing thred raging
'irtes In their nighties. You'll en--y
it, and a 8millng Bill Parson's
imedy will do still more to make
on enjoy yourselves.
PLANS APPROVED
TOR MXCHURCH
A Three-Story Structure Will He
Erected Facing on Box
liutte Avenue
J. R. Smith, architect of Lincoln,
met with the building committee of
the Methodist church last Tuesday
and Wednesday and drew up a pre
liminary plan for a new church
building which wub accepted by the
committee. It Is to be a three-story
building 74 by 75 feet, colonial de
sign, with the front facing on Box
Butte avenue. The Sunday schoo)
will be taken care of in three large
departmental rooms according .to the
latest development of Sunday school
work. In addition there will be
about eight large class rooms for the
young people's and adult classes.
The main auditorium will seat 350
people and when gallery and Sun
day school room are opened up on
special occasions, there will be a
total seating capacity of 700. It is
to be constructed of dark brick with
rough exterior below the water table
and lighter brick above. The plans
provide for a pipe organ directly be
hind the pulpit and a choir rostrum
to the side.
DEPARTMENT WILL
, DRAW ORDINANCE
Mayor Rodgers has requested the
state department of health to draw
up an ordinance which will provide
for the proper control of venereal
diseases, and the department has
promised to do it. Until it arrives,
however, it is probable that nothing
more will be done concerning the
employment of a public health nurse.
WHEELER TO MEET
(JLAKtttKLUND
A wrestling match of more than
ordinary Interest is scheduled for the
Imperial next Friday evening, when
A. B. Wheeler, local fireman, who
tips the scales at 205 pounds, will
go to the mat with Clarence Eklund
of Buffalo, Wyo.,' who weighs exact
ly thirty "pounds less, but who makes
up for the deficiency by being ex
traordinarily quick on his feet and
having a scientific knowledge of the
game. -
Eklund has been in the wrestling
game for the past nine years, and is
well known throughout the west. He
claims the light heavy-weight cham
pionship of the county, having never
been defeated by anyone his weight
and class in the United States or
Canada. Among those that he has
pinned on the mat are Anton Stecher,
Joe's brother, and Warren Miller,
both of whom are known to Alliance
fans. Several years ago, before the
Ravenna whirlwind achieved a rep.,
Eklund won in two falls from John
Pesek.
Wheeler and Eklund are fairly
evenly matched. Both of them know
the game thoroughly. When these
two folks meet on the mat, it ought
to be the wrestling event of the
season. .
Institute for Religious Workers
All Sunday school and religious workers in the county have
been Invited to attend the city institute for religious workers, which
will be held at the Methodist church in Alliance on January 30 and
31, and February 1. The institute will be conducted by Orlln II.
Venner, M. A., Ph. D., director of religious education, Lincoln, Neb.,
co-operating with the Alliance ministerial association. The program
follows:
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30
3:00 p. m. "Training in the Fundamentals of the Christian
Faith"
7:30 p. m. "Training of Christian Leadership and the Sunday
School as an Avenue for Linking with the Activities
i
of Young People of the Community.'
SATURDAY, JANUARY 31
3:00 p. m. "Phases of Social Service in the Sunday School."
7:30 p. m. Lantern lecture "Christian Art 100 Favorite PJo,
tures for the Christian Home."
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1
11 a. m. "The Christian Home." (Presbyterian church)
7:30 3:00. p. m "Round Table." For all workers of the Sunday
school and church.
7:30 p. m. "The Community Program of Religious Education."
' Every perron Interested in the religious education of tle com
munity shouM attend this institute. You will be made welcome.
COMMUNITY
CLUB
DIRECTORS MEET
Plana Practically Perfected for Hav
ing Meet Invitation to 1020
T. 1. A. Convention
The directors of the Alliance Com
munity club had their first dinner
since the holidays last Tuesday eve
ning, and a considerable amount of
new business was transacted. .
Secretary Rufus Jones reported
that prospects were favorable for the
establishment of three wholesale
houses In the city by the time spring
rolls around. He had received word
frora a wholesale grocery, a fruit and
vegetable concern and a poultry and
eggs company. The club has been
working for some time to make Al
liance a wholesale center, and pros
pects never looked better.
F. II. Bishop and Secretary Jonei,
appointed a committee to arrange for
a racing circuit, reported that ten
tative plans were complete. The cir
cuit will probably include Gordon,
Crawford and - Alliance, and the
dates set are Gordon, June 21-26;
Crawford, June 28 to July 3, and Al
liance, July 5-10.
The . directors, through Roy
Strong, local secretary of the T. P.
A., extended an invitation to the
state association to hold their 1920
convention In the city. They made
Borne promises as to entertainment
that ought to appeal to the T. P. A.
bunch.
Word was finally received from
the auto truck reliability contest
tour, arranged by an Omaha news
per, to take place some time during
the summer. Secretary Jones had
urged the changing of the Itinerary
to make Alliance one of the stops.
Now comes the manager of the tour,
who says that the route had already
been laid out, and that it would cost
considerable to change the rouio to
include Alliance. He Bald it could
be done, however, provided the city
or the club donated a thousand dol
lars to pay the expenses. The com
munication was laid on the table
amid a silence that was prolonged,
general and healt-felt. The club will,,
when it gets Us breath, decline with
thanks. .
, communication from the county
fair association was reported, which
was to the effect that the association
directors will be pleased to meet
with the Community club directors
after the next annual meeting, at
which time will be discussed needed
improvements at the fair grounds
and the best way to pay for them.
Secretary Jones and Messrs. High
land and Rheln were appointed a
committee with power to act to ar
range a trip to the potash plants for
the visiting firemen.. It was planned
to make the trip by automobile, but
the sudden change in weather and
the shortage of closed cars caused
the abandonment of the idea. The
committee instead arranged for
free moving picture performance at
the Imperial, where an evtra special
show was put on in honor of th
occasion.
If any Alliance citizen proposes to
go to Gering on or about January 28
to 30, the Community club will be
pleased to appoint him a delegate
with full powers to the Nebraskr
state Irrigation association, which
will meet there at that time.
Plans were made for the next an
nual meeting of the club, to be held
the first Monday evening In March.
At that time the board of directors
will recommend that the name of the
club be changed to the Alliance
Chamber of Commerce, and will also
advise that steps be taken to procure
a home for the club. President Mil
ler appointed a committee consisting
of Messrs. Guthrie, Half and Rheln
to take the matte up with the First
State bank, which Is contemplating
enlarging Its building, and see what
can be done about adding another
story to the building for the use of
the club.
Three committees were appointed
to make arrangements for the an
nual meeting. Lloyd Thomas, E. G.
Lalng and Charles Hill were selected
to choose a place for the affair; Earl
Mallery, W. R. Harper and A. G.
Isaacson were appointed to make ar
rangements for the banquet, and
Secretary Jones, II.' P. Coursey, L.
Lowry, Frank Abegg, Calvl.i Walker,
C. L. Kerr, Floyd Lucas and H. P.
Tooley to provide the crrwd. It is
probable that attendance will be
limited to members. Governor
McKelvIe has promised tj be the
principal speaker at the dinner.
HOYS LEAVE FOR.
SCHOOL NEXT WEEK
W. R. Pate will leave for Lincoln
next Tuesday evening to escort the
boys selected to receive the short
course instruction to the agricultural
school. The list has been changed
somewhat Clarence A. Gahagan tak
ing the place of young Bliss, who is
under quarantine with the smallpox.
George McCool is another who 'has
been added to the list. Mr. Pate will
spend some time in Lincoln in going
through the pubjlc schools there,
where he hopes to get, in touch with
the latest wrinkles in puclic school
construction.
GRAND OPENING AND
FREE TRACTOR SCHOOL
Box Butte county, .farmers will
soon have another opportunity to se
cure some first hand knowledge con
cerning the . construction,, operation
and upkeep, of ithe tractor. . Mellck
& Redmon have made arrangements
for a number of engineers from the
Emerson-Brantlngham factories . to
come to Alliance for tnese tnree
days, February 24-25-26, at which
time they will give a whole lot of
practical instruction to every farmer
who is interested as this is all they
do, put these schools on from year
to year.
The course will 'Include not only
the E-B tractor, but every piece of
farm machinery they sell. The in
structors will explain how it is made,
why it is made that way and every
farmer who attends will be given an
opportunity to learn more about the
Implements that they use practically
every day of the year. Special em
phasis will be laid upon the E-B
tractor and the handling of an in
ternal combustion engine, but you
may ask questions about any piece
of machinery and rest assured that
you will get the correct answer. The
three days will be chock full of in
terest for the man who wants to
learn.
Mellck & Redmon are looking
ahead to the school and are making
arrangements for the comfort of
their patrons and guests. Hot din
ners will be served to all during the
three days, and there will be plenty
of cigars for those who smoke, and
candy and apples enough to keep the
kiddies Interested. It will be a
pleasant and instructive session and
you are hereby advised to bear the
dates in mind and plan to attend.
ELKS WILL STAGE A
If ARDJIMES DANCE
W. R. Harper is making good with
a vengeance as chairman of the en
tertainment committee of the local
lodge of Elks. The latest attraction
U a hard-times dance announced for
!'u slay. January 27, the attendance
to which will be limited to members
;u..? thrir ladles only.
Real Jazx music by the , double
Jolntad trombone and saxaphone or
chid r.' his been secured, and on
that liU there will be a choice as
sortment of old clothes. The com
m It tee esks them to wear horrible
clothes, and who ever knew a com
mlttee to be disappointed. Those who
dance have been promised the time
of their lives, and the others are In
vited to attend a circus. Itll prob
ably be some night.
SCHOOL BOND
PETITIONS ARE
READY TO SIGN
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WILL FLOAT IJOND.H AMOUNTING)
TO 9200,000
Plans Include Construction of Two
Building as Fast an the
Need Requires
Petitions have been prepared and
are to be found at the Newberry
Hardware company, Holsten's drug"
store, E. O. Lalng's and II. F.
Thlele's, and the board of education
has requested that qualified voters
land their assistance by stopping at
one of these places and appending
their signatures. Fifty-one per cent
of the voters of the district must be
secured before the board can act.
Anyone who Is qualified to vote Id
a school election may sign the peti
tion, that is, all persons over twenty
one years of age who have property
assessed in their names or children
of school age.
There are two means by whlcb
bonds may be Issued for school pur
poses, caning a special election or
the circulating of petitions. The
special .election is expensive, and it
Is difficult to get the voters to turn,
out. The petitions, on the other
hand, are prepared and circulated at
no expense to the district.
At a meeting of representative cit
izens held at the Community ' club
rooms Monday evening to determine
the sentiment of the public, it was
decided to ask for the issuance of
3200,000 In bonds, with which two
Dunuings win oe constructed, a sen
ior high school will be erected on the
same grounds with the present high
school building, and later, when the
need becomes urgent, a ward school
will be built on lots recent acquired
by the board, situated on the east
Ma '
. It was believed at first that there
was a limit on the amount of bonds
that could be voted, and considerable
difficulty was anticipated, but the at-
torney general of Nebraska has ren-
dered an opinion to the effect that :'
the limitation does not apply to cities -of
this class. .
every Alliance ciuzeu uuwi iu
importance of the school and the
Imperative need for expenslon to en
able them to do their important work-
efficiently. No one doubts the need ,
for additional facilities, it mere is
to be a bigger Alliance. Every qual
ified voter should make it a point to
look up the nearest petition and put
his name on it. "Let's go!"
ANITA STEWART AT
IMPERIAL TONIGHT
Scandal, mystery and oodles of ro
mance are contained in tonight's bill
.4 . t. Kan (taint Anita.
Stewart will appear in a "Midnight
Romance." The story is taken from
a book by Marion Orth, and the pro
ducers say that the mystery is no"
flimsy flimflam, and are willing to -wager
that not one man or woman in
the audience can guess, even CO per
. . -1 . W I . , I . Ulaa
Will RUUIftlCI, v. v . .
Stewart as Marie Alexander. The ro
mance is even more pronounced than
the mystery, which ought to make a
good play, even If Anita herself
weren't sufficient guarantee..
The plot deals with a mysterious
beauty from Nowhere and where a
midnight bathing suit flirtation led
It. It tells of a girl who la a servant
by day and a lady at night that
seems to be the mystery, or a part
of it, at least and of an Incorrig
ible bachelor who gets what's com
ing to him. ,
FOOT EXPERT AT THE
ALLIANCE SHOE STORE
There will be a special demonstra
tion of the Scholl foot appliances at
the Alliance Shoe Store on Monday
and Tuesday of next week, and in
order to adequately care for those
who will take advantage of the occa
sion, an expert from the factory will
be here to aaslt Mr. Miller and Mr.
Fennlng during the two days. The
local men have bad all kinds or ex
perience in fitting these appliances
and are prepared to serve their pat
rons at any time, but the Monday and
Tuesday demonstration is a special
occatlon and a considerably Increas
ed patronage Is expected at that
time.
Too will be charmed when yot
see the smartness of the new mil
linery we are showing., Highland
Holloway. .
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