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.
