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VOLUME XXVII. ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NKHKASKA, TUESDAY, MAItCU 16, 1920. NUMBER 31. CHANGES IN THE PRIMARY LAV Women May Vote for Most of the Candidates Precinct Commit teemen to ell Elected. The exact provisions of the pii mary law governing - the April 20 election has baffled nearly all of the Toters and some of the politicians are asking questions. The attorney gen eral's office has sent out bulletins by the dozen and ruling on most of th points la dispute have been made. County Clerk W. C. Mounts has is sued a statement giving answers to several of the most common queries. It follows: To the Public: Because of the rather unusual conditions under ' which the coming primary of April 20, 1920. is to be held, many ques tions have been asked of thai office regarding ballots, voters, etc., and in view of these numerous inquiries, ws beg to submit the following rules that should govern. 1. March 20, 1920, will be the last day for receiving filings. 2. As soon as possible after time for filing expires, a list of candidates filed in this office will be distributed to all clerks. In this certification all district officers will be certified, but each clerk will be expected to place on the ballot only the name or names of the particular candidate or candidates to be voted for in hit re spectle district or county. 3. The statutory provisions con cerning citizenship will prevail as at general elections, which bars aliens, but gies women the right to ote oil candidates and provisions as more fully explained in another para graph. 4. This year precinct delegates to county conventions must be elect ed in the county primaries. The county central committee will deter mine the number for the respective parties. Precinct committeemen for each political party must also be elected at th eprimarles. A man and woman for each precinct must be elected as members of the countr central committee. s . There will be separate ballots for republican male 'voters, republlcau female voters and non-partisan bal lots will also be printed separately, but unless the county must elect a superintendent of public instruction, separate non-partisan ballots for men an dwomen will not be neces sary, as women will vote for no other non-partisan officer. . Separate ballots will be use J for men and women voters and the ballots kept separate. The names of the men and women electors should be entered in separate poll books, or in separate divisions of the same book. 7. Women will be entitled to vote for all national, state, district, cour. ty or municipal officers except the following:- United States senator, United States representative, gov ernor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor of public accounts, treasurer, attorney general, superin tendent of public instruction, com missioner of public lands and build ings, members of the railway com mission, members of the state leg islature, udges of the supreme court. Judges of the district court, Judges of the county court, Justices of the peace, police magistrates, regents of the state university. 8. Women will be eligible to ap pointment on election hoards. INSURANCE AGENTS TO MEET HERE TUESDAY Tuesday, March 23, members of the Nebraska association of local In surance agents will gather in Alli ance for their first staet convenlon since 1917. An attendance of at least 125 is expected, and it is rrobable that the number will exceed this es timate. President J. W. Guthrie of this city has already received re quests for reservations, and more are comitiK in every day. Registration headquarters will be the Alliance hotel. The meeting Is expected to be an enthusiastic one, and an Interesting program has been arranged. Tues day morning will be devoted to reg istration of members. At 2 p. m. there will be an automobile trip tD the potash plants and at 8 p. m. a smoker and buffet lunch at the Elks club, given by the local insurance agents. The meetings are to be held at the court house. Wednesday will be devoted to a discussion of the problems facing tha local agents, and among the speak ers on the program are: James F. Joseph, of Chicago, secretary of the TUB WEATHER For Alliance and vicinity: Increas- g cloudiness with probably snow dncsday and west portion to ts colder east and central por- anight. nati "ard of fire underwriters; Robe vd of Milwaukee, second vice pry0, of the Milwaukee Me chanics -flee company, and E. It. Guerntv, president of the Lion Bonding company, of Omaha; W. II. Ahinanson,- president of the national American Fire Insurance company, of Omaha; Ed eBach, state fire mar shal, of Lincoln. These are all big men and will bring with them an In spiratlon. ' The Alliance Chamber of Com merce will banquet the visitors at 7 p. m. Wednesday a the armory. The committees In charge are as follows J. W. Guthrie, president of the Ne braska association of local insurance agents. Auto rides John Snoddy, E. T. Kibble, Will Hamilton. Hotels E. B. O'Keefe. Glen Milelr. Banquet M. S. Hargraves, J. I). Emerick. Smoker F. E. Reddish, C. It. Wiese, C. W. Jeffers. THIRD REUNION OF SCOTTISH RITE The Scottish Rite will hold its third reunion in Alliance Thursday and Friday, March 18 and 19, of th Adoniram Lodge of Perfection No. 6 and Alliance chapter Rose Croix No 4. All degrees from the fourth to the eighteenth will be given. All In quiries should be addressed to the secretary, II. F. Thiele, who will b3 glad to furnish any information in his power at any time. It is expected there will be one hundred candidates in attendance. Frank Patton of Omaha, who' is the sovereign grand inspector of Ne braska, is one of the notables who will be in attendance. Meetings ara to be held at the Masonic Temple with the exception of the banquet Friday evening which will be served by the ladies' Scottish Rite club and will be given at the armory. SATURDAY LAST DAY TO FILE FOR OFUCE Saturday, March 20, is the last day for making filings for county and state offices. To date but two men have filed in Box Butte, T. D. Rob erts for Justice of the peace and Joseph Duhon for county commls Bioner. County Judge Tash expects to file today or tomorrow. His pet I tlon has been ready for several days TWO CASES SCHEDULED POR COUNTY COURT But two cases are listed on the county court docket for adjudication this week. Wednesday morning will be heard the suit of Oscar Bremen vs. Oscar Brush. Bremen asks for payment on a noet given as a portion of the purchase price for a stallion and Brush sets forth In his answer that the animal failed to live up to the guarantee. Saturday morning Judge Tash will hear the State of Nebraska; s. Wor ley, in which the state charges that the defendant, atfer losing several hogs by cholera, failed ot dispose of the carcasses as required by law. COUNTY ATTORNEY TAKES PERRY. ROY TO LINCOLN County Attorney Lee Bayse left for Omaha the first of the week on business trip connected with the set tlement of the Brause estate. He was accompanied by Hernian'Krause. Dorse Bruce Perry, the eight-year- old ton of B. J. Berry, who was com mitted ot the state detention home a few days ago following complaint made by the father btat the boy was incorrigible and beyond control, was taken to Lincoln by Mr. Basye. The Herald is in receipt of a letter from Mr. Terry, in which he objects to an account of the trial and testi mony as published in one of the Alli ance newspapers. In addition ot this. there' Is a general defense of his stand in the matter, as well as that of his wife, and an Invitation to other people, particularly his near neigh bors, to keep their noses out of his affairs. The Herald cannot see that any good purpose would be served by publishing this communication. Its tone, to say the least, is undignified The original plan had been to have the boy's father take him to Lincoln but when the authorities were lnl formed as to the reason that he was making the trip, they changed their minds. 2.50 a yearand worth more. CONTESTANTS IN HERALD'S PRIZE CAMPAIGN DIVIDE HONORS EVENLY JUST A FEW SUBSCRIPTIONS WOULD CHANGES IN RELATIVE STANDINGS TO Effort Now Counts Most as Number tions Will Be Materially Reduced April 3 Stand ings of the Contestants Standing of In The Herald's Prize and Auto Campaign. Totals below Include votes cast up to 8 o'clock Monday evening, March IS, only. Next publication Friday. SUBSCRIPTIONS AND VOTES TO APPEAR IN FRIDAY'S REI-ORT MUST RE TURNED IN RY S O'CIiOCK THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 18. V ' MISS MARGARET RARRY .321 Firt 331,250 MISS SAHAREL NEWMAN . 222 tt.Iuca 8.13,150 MR. RALPH COX J..405 Cheyenne 314,050 MISS LYDA GASSELING .......lleiiiiiKfonl 310,500 MISS IjOHETTA HOIK, KIN SON ..10O4 Rig Horn 278,100 MISS MINNIE ANDERSON .'.Z. Manhattan Cafe 230,550 MRS. J. WONG ...315 (lieyouno 229,500 MR. R. M. KELLEY Angora 177,500 MISS RUTH THOMASON .... MR. NOIU1ERT DROWN MRS. FRANK KOPAO MISS GRACE JOHNSTON .... MR. CAR LITTON TAYLOR .. MR. RAY SMITH .......408 Niobrara 0,100 MR. LLOYD EDMONDSON .....Dlnghaiii . 0,003 MR. GEORGE DITSCH Ranch . 5.QOO MR. N. W. HULLOCK ....... I....220 Hox Rutte 5,000 MR. JORDAN ROBINSON -1..4U Niobrara .. 5,000 MISS HELEN COKER . 905 Yellowstone 5,000 The standing 'of contestants In The Herald's big prize and auto campaign appear today. A glance will convince the 'most skeptical that this is to be - SOME race. With honors thus far about equal ly divided contestants are preparing with feverish baste and intensity to make the most of the remaining two and a half weeks of the "first period" of the campaign while the big votes are in effect. So close is the battle of bollots mat jubi one or two ciuos or . u..u r a aaa in subscriptions for which 50,000 extra votes are allowed would put any one of the leading contenders over the top and change the posi tions entirely. - m Miss Barry Leads Out of the maelstrom of the first week's voting Miss Margaret Barry emerges with colors flying and leads the race by a goodly margin. Miss Barry has not shown all her votlnp strength as yet and her many friends will be delighted to see her In flrst place today. Just a pace behind the leader, and coming srong. Is Miss Sarabcl New man. She, too, is just getting start ed and may display unexpected strength when the votes are counted Thursday right for Friday's report. Miss Newman is an energetic worker and she is out to win the Reo Six touring car or know the reason why. Ralph Cox, who is known to every railroad man from Dead wood to Grand Island, occupies third posi tion. Mr. Cox was two or three daj V late getting started but he Is mak ing up for lost time and when tlx race ends his many friends hope to see him declared winner of the cai ital prize. Miss Loretta Hodgklneon, whesa picture appears in these columns to day, holds fourth place. Miss Hod-'- kinson'B time Is limited but she has done exceedingly woll notwlthstand lng and caa be relied upon to make a strong bid for the place of honor within the near future. She is fa vorably known all over Box Butte county and big results can be expect ed from her interested friends ar.d acquaintances. Hemingford is well represented in the first counting of the votes. Miss Lyda Gasseling, he papular contt ant from that thriving little city, 1 as come right to the front In the short time the campaign has been la rrog reus and may show them all cards and spades before April 24 Miss Minnie Anderson has not had much time for campaign work as yet MAKE VITAL LINE-UP BE PRINTED AGAIN FRIDAY of Voes Allowed for Subscrip Contestants ...DO 4 Rig Horn 85,000 ...322 W. Fourth 10,500 ...Aniorh 16,500 ...1011 Rox Rutte 10,500 ...Long lake 18,500 but is planning bigjhings before the end of the first period April 3. Miss Anderson has resided in Alliance for I a number of years and is held In high esteem by all who know her. Watch her vote total grow. One of the first contestants in' the campaign was Mrs. J. Wong, 215 Cheyenne street. Although Mrs. Wong is in seventh place today that does not mean that she will be con tent to stay there. She is an eticr getic, conscientious worker and her 4tttl irlll irrAw Ktf loans onH .y. j i bounds from now on. R. M. Kelly, of Angora, cashier of the Angora State bank, Is a new en trant. Mr. Kelly is solidly backed by every resident in and around Angora and unless predictions go very much awry can be depended on to go after that Reo Six in a manner that will MISS LORETTA H()ix;..i. Miss Lort tta Ilodgkiiison, p energitlc contestants i'i 'i aid's auto and prize c i' it ::i i. bfen a resident of Ali'.t I years. She finiuhi.'J the '. course ot the A. 11. S in lOl i :. Is now employed by the Bald-Rus' Real Estate company. Her pleas ing manner and charming person ality have made her loyal frici ' in town and country, and they an unanimous in their desire to sre her the winner of the big Reo Six. That they are suiting action to tholr determination Is indicated by the fact that Miss Hodgklnson U one of the leaders today. Miss Loretta is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. HodgUns-m of Alliance. make them all sit up and take notice. Miss Ruth Thomason, who is em ployed by the Western Union, Mrs. Frank Kopac, ot Ant loch, Norbert Brown, and several new nominees Ray Smith, George Ditsch and Lloyd Edmonson are getting well started and are not to be counted out of the race by my means. There if still time for them to do wonders In this campaign. And they are determined to do that very thing. Watch their counts next week this time. iKm't Re Discouraged The race is just getting started and no telling who will be ahead next week at this time. An entirely new contestant could enter the race now and by persistent aggressive appli cation get enough subscriptions in a week's time to lead the entire field. Impossible, you say? Not a bit of it. Remember 60,000 EXTRA votrs are issued for each "club" of $20 in subscriptions. A very few clubs will boost any candidate's vote total mightily. ' Don'tbe discouraged if you are not in the lead today. Nearly five weeks remain in which to bridge the chasm between the loader and the candi date with the least number of votes in the entire campaign. The cam paign Is in full swing, and It means hustle to keep up. but anyone with ambition, Btlck-to-lt-lveness and gin ger will not be discouraged with to day's totals. Just a handful of sub scriptions will put any candidate In the raco right up among the leaders. There is Just as good an opportunity to win NOW as there ever was, re gardless of whether you have BOO, 000 votes or 6,000. Still Time to Win Bear in mind, the race Is still In its infancy. There is not a candidate In the campaign no matter what her present total who cannot make a record and eventually win out. The good things in life are not acquired without effort, nd those who are easily discouraged will not share In the melon-cutting April 24. Don't let the little matter of a club or two of subscriptions put YOU down and out. Now that the standings are an nounced, scores of subscriptions will be volunteered and YOU may get the Kon'a share of these orders. You are sure to get your part and per haps moro.it you show aggressive ness now. Another Vote Standing Friday The votes will be counted again at 8. o'clock Thursday evening and the result published In Friday's Herald Turn in every available subscription you can now so that you can lead the field on Friday. ' The Herald office will be open until 8 o'clock Thursday niKht. IF YOU HAVE A FRIEND IN THIS CAMPAIGN SEND IN YOUR PREPAID SUBSCRIPTION A T ONCE. YOU WILL BE DOING YOUR FRIEND A GREAT FAVOR AND YOU WILL HAVE A PER SONAL INTEREST IN A RACE THAT PROMISES TO BE EXC1T INd EVEN THRILLING. HOW TO GET HALF A MILLION VOTE - Here's an example easy It is to secure of ho r 550.003 votes In The Herald's auto campaign: 25,000 votes are allowed for each 5-year subscription to The Herald, provided same 1 s turned inbefore the close of tbe first period, April 3. Ten such subscriptions (amounting to but (125 in business) would entitle you to 250.000 REGULAR votes. And. according to the rule of issu ing 50,000 extra votes for each "club" of $20 turned in, ($125 constitutes six "clubs" and $5 over) you would be entitled to 300.000 EXTRA votes. This numberadded to the 250.000 regular votes makes a grand total of 550,000 votes for only ten five-year bubacriptions. Haven't you ten friends who will help you t othe extent of a live-year subscription to Tbe Herald, toward winning that i ew Reo Six valued at $1985? Surely you have. Try it and see. RED CROSS SIXRKIARY AT HEMINGFORD FRIDAY Miss Joseplne Ganson, local Red cross secretary, will be at the First Staet Bank, Hemingford, on Friday of this Week, and hopes to meet ex- service men who are having difficul ties with heir war risk insurance, discharge papers or other maters tn which she can be of assistance. . Miss Ganson plans to make regular Friday trips to Hemingford until further notice. ALLIANCE MEN OWNI OSAGE OIL GUSHER Alliance Syndicate Drills In Thou - sand-Rarrel Well In th New. ' 1 cawtle, Wyo., Field. The first big oil strike by Alliance men In the Wyoming oil fields cam Sunday morning when a well being; drilled by an Alliance syndicate 'came In" with a production of 1,000 barrels of oil per day, with the dril ling tools still in the hole. J. 8. Adams of Alliance, superintendent of the drilling, was seriously burned In he fire which followed the gas. He was taken to Newcastle, where he la receiving treatment. The Alliance men who are Inter ested in the well are Dr. II. A. Cop sey, Charles Brittan, J. O. Walker. Oscar and Richard O'Bannon, Deloa Barber, William King and Arthur Eastburn. Another man who ben efits Is C. M. Carroll of Newcastle. These nine men financed the drilling of the well on their Osage holdlngf," of which they have 1,600 acres. Most of them are today In the field. Saturday evening about 9:30 lhf well suddenly began to gas heavily. The driller tending the string of tools shouted a warning to Superin tendent Adams and the others to throw out the forge and the store which were in the shack over the hole, but they were unable to get them out In time and the shack was quickly In flames. A steam hose was used to put out the fire. Tbe flr was also drawn from the steam boil er, which was only a short distance from the shack. The tools were then raised as far as the remaining steam in the boiler would allow, but ar still hanging from 300 to 400 feet la the hole. The casing in the wlel as 6 5-8 inches in diameter and the drilling stem on the string of tools has a S 1-2 inch swivel at the top. The oil coming from the well must pa through the one-half inch space left between the casing and the swivel. Expert oil men estimate the present flow at not less than 1,000 barrels per day. Inasmuch as the drill had not yet penetrated the oil sand, but had simply struck the strata abov the same. In which the gas wa found, it is Impossible to estimate the production of the well after th hole has been drilled Into the sand. It may run several thousand barrels per day. This well was spudded In on Sep tember 28. 1919. At a depth of 602 feet the well struck an oil deposit and the oil came up 480 feet in tte casing. However, this o.l escaped away and the drilling was continued in an effort to find the Granerov shale or muddy sand. The men backing the enterprise were some what discouraged at the outlook re cently on account of being down around 1,400 feet, but they fouad the pay sand. They feel differently now. The discovery well In tno Osage field, which was first located by C. M. Carroll of Newcastle, wa brought In last October at a depth of 318 feet. There are now about fifty wells 1 nthe field, producing froin twenty to fifty barrels of oil per day at an average depth of from Z'iO to 600 feet. The discovery of the heavy bearing lower sand will course cause these holes to be put on down. The Alliance men were discour aged in their attempt to drill for a deep Bund, a number of prominent geologists saying they were wasting their money. Only one geologist gavo them a favorable report and they went ahead on his advice. It paid them. The gusher is located on the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 19, township 46, range 63, and is about three mites southeast of the Osage townsite. Other Alliance men who have hold ings in the Osage Vleld are Lloyd Thomas, C. M. Looney, F. A. BaiJ, R. M. Baker, J. D. Emerick, H. E. Reddish, Dr. H. H. Bellwood and their associates at Edgemont and Newcastle. They have 960 acres ad Joining the gusher on the north and west. Their holdings are now beiag drilled. DIERKS TO BUILD OFFICE RU1L1HV J The Dlerks Lumber company ex pects this spring to complete the erection of a new office building, and will In addition make extensive im provements in their yards. The office building will be a one or two-story brick. Plans were sent to Kansas City for approval three weeks ago, and the local manager-expects to re leive an O. K. on them almost any day. . ; . I mm 1 2.50 a year and worth more.