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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BU1TE COUNTY, NHBHASK9, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1920.
NUMBER 60
h REAL CLEAN UP
CAMPAIGN IS ON
City llijslrlan Hand and Chairman
of the Hoard of Health Hack
of Hie Movement
PROCLAMATION
The City Council hereby, pro
claims the week beginning May
24 for Clean-Up Week. Tou are
ordered to make a general clean
up of all manure, cans, ashes and
rubbish of all kinds from your lots
and alleys.
A. D. RODGERS, Mayor.
Now that spring Is officially here,
as evidenced by the presence of the
paving gang and the disappearance
of snow, a real clean-up campaign
will be staged in Alliance. Mayor
Rodgers has issued a proclamation
calling upon the citizens to clear
their premises of rubbish of all kinds
during the next week.
Alliance had, nominally, a clean-up
campaign a few weeks ago, when an
ambitious newspaper put on a per
formance for the purpose of aug
menting its advertising patronage.
At that time there was a proclama
tion issued in the name of the mayor,
and columns of good advice offered
the citizens, all of which, due to
about a foot of snow on the ground,
were practically thrown away.
This time, however, the clean-up
campaign is a real thing. The coun
cil has turned over the matter to
City Physician Hand and the board
of health, of which Councilman O. C.
Moore is chairman. These men mean
business and they do not propose to
have a half-hearted clean-up of the
city which will be over within a week
and forgotten in two weeks. This is
to be a lasting clean-up. Next week
Is only the beginning, and they pro
pose to follow it up throughout the
year. '
Everything that constitutes a men
ace to the health of the community
will have to go. This includes rub-
blshof all kinds. It has especial
erence to the outdoor toilet. The
following statement has been issued;
"During the week set apart for a
clean-up, an Inspection will be made
- of all outdoor toilets within the sani
tary sewer districts, the object be
ing to locate every one of these lo
cated within the districts alreday cre
ated. A plat will be made and
placed on file at the city hall show
ing the definite location of every out
door toilet, and with this informa
tion at hand, property owners will
be notified that all of these must be
cleaned and removed with a reason
able length of time and connections
with the sanitary sewer made. It is
our aim to be able to Bay at the close
of this summer that there is not a
single outdoor toilet in the city of
Alliance within the district served by
the sanitary sewer.
O. C. MOORE,
Chairman Board of Health.
G. J. HAND,
City Physician.
This cleanup campaign is in the
nature of a warning. If conditions
are not improved, and kept improved,
prosecution will follow. The city of
Alliance has outgrown the, village
class, the authorities say, and they
expect to make it a real city from a
sanitary point of view.
SAYS STOLEN CLOTHING
WAS ONLY OLD RAGS
Leo Sperling, of the Alliance Hide
& Fur Company, was In Canton, O.,
the past week, where he was present
ed by the City of Canton with a Vic
tory Honor medal for service in
Franco from 1917 to 1919. Mr.
Sperling enlisted from the city of
Canton and engaged in business here
a short time after his discharge.
On his return Wednesday, Mr.
Sperling was informed that during
his absence the man left In charge
bad purchased rags vaiuea at uo
cents from some boy. This was after
ward shown to have been stolen. An
Alliance newspaper, in reporting the
incident, spoke of "1 30 worth of
clothing" that had been recovered
from Mr. Sperling's establishment,
and he takes exceptions to being pub
lished to the world in the light of a
receiver of stolen goods. He wants
it distinctly understood that the rags
were not recognized as clothing, that
their value waa overstated a good
many times, and that no effort was
made to find out the facts in the case
before the story waa printed. His
letter follows:
ALLIANCE, Neb., May 20, 1920.
THE WEATHER
ALLIANCE, Neb.. May 21, 1920.
rartly cloudy and Saturday some
what warmer tonight; cooler extreme
west portion Saturday.
The Alliance Herald, Alliance,
Neb., Gentlemen: Returning from a
trip east I noticed in the Alliance
Semi-Weekly Times a statement
where a quantity of clothing valued
at more than $30, stolen, was recov
ered at the Alliance Hide & Fur Co.
Knowing that the Alliance Hide &
Ft.l Co. never was In the clothing
clothing business, and the aim of the
tfusU.-':ts to give a square and hon
est, dealo.our customers In the line
of goods tkey, purchase. I have
made an Inquiry In regard to the
tbov statement of the Alliance
Semi-Weekly Times and find that
the man left in charge of the place
in time of my absence purchased
from a boy common rags valued at
55c, which were picked up by him
in some of the Alliance back yards.
I am very sorry that the Alliance
Semi-Weekly Times is so hard up for
news that they will print most any
thing to fill out the paper, and I won
der what occupies the time of the
reporters from the Alliance Semi
Weekly Times, that they can't find
out the truth of the reports received
in their office before giving it space
in the paper. -
Trusting you will print this letter
in the next paper. Yours very truly,
ALLIANCE HIDE & FUR CO.,
Leo Sperling, Mgr.
EIGHTH GRADERS
GIVENJIPLOMAS
City, County, Ilemingford and St.
Agnes Academy Hold Joint
Exercises
One hundred and fifty-three eighth
grade students received diplomas at
the eighth grade graduuatlng ex
ercises held at the high school auai
torium last night. The names of the
graduates appear on another column
on this page.
Rev. Walter C. Rundin of Mitchell
ref-(WMcQ Wftg crammed mi of Ben8ible
advice to the- young people. Mr.
Rundin's address made a deep im
pression, not "only on the graduates,
but on the audience . ,
The following program was given:
Chorus, "Gypsy Song,"- "Welcome
to Spring;" City Eighth Grade.
Invocation, Rev. A. J. Kearns.
Chorus: "Mammy's Voice;" voices
selected from City Eighth grade.
Address, Rev. W. C. Rundin,
Mitchell, Neb.
Girls' chorus, "Welcome Pretty
Primrose."
Presentation of diplomas, Supt. W.
R. Pate.
Chorus: "The Garden by the Sea;"
CUy Eighth Grades.
Benediction, Rev.. J. Orrln Gould.
The lliance high school commence
ment will be held in the auditorium
this evening.
TO ORGANIZE A UNI
ALUMNIJSSOCIATION
Dean Philo M. Buck of the uni
versity of Nebraska and MIbs Anuls
M. Chaikln, secretary of the alumni
association, will be in Alliance next
Monday for the purpose of eorganiz
ing a local association of university
graduates and ex-students. A num
ber of these associations have been
formed in different parts' of the
state, and it is expected that every
one eligible in the county will make
an effort to be present.
Arrangements for the meeting
have been made by Earl D. Mallery.
There will be a dinner at the Alll
anc hotel at C:30 p m., at which
Dean Buck will be the principal
speaker. Mr. Buck Is one of the most
popular of the university officials
and makes a little better speech than
most of them. This is probably due
to army experience. He was among
the first to volunteer for service, and
made a captaincy in the intelligence
division. Always interesteing, it is
firmly believed that the dean will
make a special effort to outdo all
past performances.
All ellgibles are urged to make
their arrangements to attend this
banquet. Call at The Herald office
or phone No. 340 and make reserva
tions. Remember the hours spent on
the library steps, the benches, in
Dean Engberg's presence and come
out and get some ehrdlu amfwypoln
It's a chance in a lifetime.
Mrs. John Brennan la quite 111 with
the quinsy.
ALLIANCE MEN
STRIIOORE OIL
Another Well liroiiglit In on Syndi
cate'" Osage PropertyIt Is
a lUg Producer
The Alliance syndicate, compris
ing eight business men of this city,
is having nil kinds of good fortune in
the oil fame. A few weeks ago they
brought in a gusher that proved the
Osag efieU, disposing of their Inter
ests for $200,000 and a 20 per cent
royalty. Last week the first well
was given a test and found to pro
duce 1,728 barrels per day, nearly
double what the lr.ost optimistic of
them expected. This f the gr.atst
well in the world for quantity and
quality of production at a depth of
1,335 feet. When uncappod, the
well Sowed 72 barrels an hour. In
asmuch as the present price of crude
oil at Omaha is $3.25 per barrel,
some idea of the magnitude of the
strike can be gained.
The second well was brought In
on section 19, about five-eighths of
a mile southwest of the first. The
drill broke through .the rock at 4 p.
m. Tuesday, and at the first signs of
escaping gas the well was capped. No
reliable estimate of the production
can be given, but experienced oil men
belie a thai it will be fully as good
as the first, which was a record
breaker. There was less gas, but the
well is believed to be a better pro
ducer. Charles Brlttan, Jay Walksr, Dr.
H. A. Copsey, William King,' Dave
and Oscar O'Bannon, DeLos Barber,
C. M. Carroll and A. G. Eastburn are
the members of the syndicate. They
control the whole of section 19, and
but two wells have been put down
to date. One well can be sunk on
every five acres, and if they all turn
out as well as the first two, there are
going to be a raft of oil multi-mil
lionaires in Alliance.
W. F. Schramm of Columbus, who
has been in th ecity for the past few
days considering the establishment of
a wholesale grocery in Alliance, has
returned to Columbus, after having
definitely decided to make this place
a distributing point. He expects to
return In about ten days and start
operations.
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Eighth Grade Graduates.
City Schools
Hubert Adams - Frances Fletcher Juanlta Lang
Iola Allen Ethel Fuller Nellie Lawrence
Mark Anderson Lilla Graham Eugenia Lalng
Ruth Ayle - Mabel Gould Julia Mart
. Lyle Alexander Esther Hahn Orley McFarland
Eva Beal Katherine Harris Mildred Pate
Neva Beal Helen Herbaugh Delia Peterson
Geraldine Brenaman Edna Hiles Wayne Ralls
William Blcknell Cecil Henry Maude Reeves
Garland Baker Dorothy Hurst King Robbins
Esther Boone Miriam Harris Gladys Sturgeon
Margaret Bradley Helen Hawes Phyllis Thompson
Helen Coker Floyd Irwin Wayne Threlkeld
Charles Cross Alice Jesse Esther Vanderlas
Vivian Corbet Anna Kelser Earl Vanderlas
Mardell. Drake Victor King Vincent Wheeler
Doris Downing ' Forest Keethler John Weaver
Caroline Drewell Valentine Lawrence Leota Whistman
Harold Dickinson Verne Lyon
Hemlngford Schools
Bessie Baldwin Laura Scott Irene Nolan
Guy Elder , Owen Stewart Agnes O'Neil
Madge Hardy Harold Warn Helen O'Connel
Helen Haynes , Ethel Jones Lucile O'Connel
. Irene Haynes Maren Forsstrom Lucy Werner
Ronald Hopkins Catherine Kenney Mabel Wilson
Evelyn Hilliker . Martin Morris Ruby Waddell
Esther Kllness Elizabeth McCoy Chester Yount
Francis McCoy
St. Agnes Academy
Romona Allen . Clara Caha William Drlscoll
Anna Burke Clara Gates Daniel Foley
Ruth Barlow Alice Dodds Paul Freimuth
Martin Brennan Mary Doran Catherine Hoban
Louis Buechsensteln Donald Dot son Thelma Keisel
Emily Craven Bernard Daugherty Donald Katen
County Schools
Gladys Adams Leon Ditsch La Verne Nason
Forrest Adams Gurney Gregg Mildred Newman
Cecil Bird Opal Griffith Nellie Playmate
Rudolph Becker Miriam Harris Anna Panwiti
' Helen Becker Edward Himea Herbert Purington
Dorothy Bacon Neva Hawley Thelma Palmer
Geneva Barrows Fern Hawley Hall Wood Rust
Carl Bergfield Agnes Kennedy Estella Rowland
Clifford Bergfield Ernest Koester Thelma Robbins
John Blanchard Louis Kris Carl Rehder
George Byrd Josephine Kris Floyd Rodgers
Ellis Bowser Cecil Lauer Naomi Squibb
Bethel Cass Laura Leia Evelyn Swanson
Ruth Cox Claude Miller Alice L. Shimek '
Stella Clark - Erie Milstrey Carl Von Bargen
Leonard Corcoran Velora Moore Glen WUUs
Nellie Corcoran Marcla McCoy Ruth Walt
Dorrls Downing Esther Nason Frankle Walt
OBSERVANCE OF
MEMORIAL DAY
Plans Completed by Chnmtter of Com
mtrce, It. A. It. and Other
War Veterans
Memorial day, Sunday, May 30,
will be observed In due form In Alli
ance. The Chamber of Commerce,
G. A. It., Spanish-American and
World war veterans have joined to
gether in formulating a program.
The program begins with a parade at
t p. in. The line of march will be
from the depot to th efalr grounds,
where a program will be given at
2. '30. Following this event, there
will be exercises and the decorating
of graves at the cemetery.
The parade will start promptly at
2 p. m. J. B,. Miller will be mar
shal of the day, with Dr. Minor Mor
ris as aide. The procession will be
led by the band, followed In order
by the civil war veterans, the Spanish-American
war veterans, the
world war veterans, the varolus or
ganizations, lodges and societies.
The fat grounds will be decorated
by; a committee consisting of D. C
Bradbury, Edwin M. Burr, Paul
Back and Messrs. Johansen and Har
ris The following program will be
given at the grounds, with Dr. Minor
Morris presiding:
. Invocation, Dean J. J. Dixon.
Music, Mann male quartet.
Recitation, "The Blue and the
Gray."
M Reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg
Address.
4 Address, Rev. J. Orrln Gould.
. ; MubIc, Mann male quartet.
Benediction, Rev. A. J. Kearns.
At the cemetery, Rev. Stephen J.
Epler will be In charge of the cere
monies. The following will be the
program:
Address: Chairman Epler.
Music, Mann male quartet.
.Decoration of graves.
Remarks, County Judge Ira E.
Tash.
..Taps.
Salute by firing squad.
Benediction, Rev. Mearl C. Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Mete enter
tained a few friends at dinner last
evnlng la honor of H. E. Cans'
blsthday. ' ' ...
SWITCHMAN I.OSF.M I.Ktl
IX YARD AtX'IDF.XT
Harold Hurst, switchman In the
locnl yards, lost a leg ns a result of
an accldeu tat 4 a. m. Thursday. Mr.
Hurst was hanging on the side of a
car, and the engineer stopped sud
lei v and startc dthe same way,
thiowl.-.g him under the moving
train. Three car lengths passed over
him, severing his limb from the
body.
Dr. H. H. Bellwood was called and
the Injured man taken to the St. Jo
seph hospital.
J. C. Morrow, E. F. Shields, B. G.
Bnuninn and J. W. Guthrie will leav
the first of next week for Norfe;
where they will attend the r
Knights of Columbus council. '
104 CLEANERS MOVE
TO' A NEW liOCATIOX
The 164 Cleaners, which means
Ted Fielding and his efficient gang,
will move this week to their new lo
cation in their new location in the
building at present occupied by the
Manhattan restaurant. The restau
rant will als omove to another loca
tion in the same block.
It will take about a week, Mr.
Fielding says, before the removal and
remodeling necessary will be accom
plished, but once it is through, the
164 Cleaners will have a lot better
quarters, with more room and con
sequently better facilities to serve an
increasing line of customers.
CHANCE TO SEE
HORSESJN ACTION
Olivers Will Stage Sample lUu.es at
the Fair Grounds Sunday
Afternoon
Sunday afternoon, May 23, there
will be an opportunity tor Alliance
and Box Butte county citizens to see
race horses in action. There are now
a good many of them at the fair
grounds, in training for the race
meet next month, and in order to
exercise the horses and work up a
little Interest in the meet, arrange
ments have been made to run a few
races next Sunday. The Sunday fol
lowing is Memorial day, but the third
Sunday another impromptu program
will be put on. Lovers of the most
fascinating sport on earth will ba out
in droves, and you had better come
early if you want a Beat.
A number of new horses hare ar
rived at the grounds. C. B. Irwin of
Cheyenne had written asking that
sixteen stalls be reserved tor him
Other requests have com eln and the
prospects are that there will be over
a hundred horses in attendance. The
start was made today on the con
struction of twenty additional stalls.
There are already forty-nine, ana i
Is probable that at least forty mora
will be required.
The track is in the finest of condi
tion, and Ed Bishop says that it will
be th etastest track nl the state. The
track has been drained and fixer
that the water cannot stand on It In
any place. Improvements and repairs
are being made in the grandstand.
No charge will be made during the
race meet for admitting cars to tnj
grounds, but a charge will be made
for parking spaces adjacent t- the
grandstand. The first ten will be
sold at 2, the n.-xt ten at fl.'oo, ai.u
the balance at $1. There will be no
charge made except for spaces next
to thetrack.
It has now been decided that both
carnivals will be given a place on the
fair grounds, the committee discov
ering that it was impossible to ac
commodate them on Fifth street, as
had been planned.
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD DOY
IS SERIOUSLY INJURED
Dan Mandevllle, a boy fifteen years
old, was seriously injured last eve
ning in the railroad yards. A pair of
iron truck wheels rolled over his an
kles, breaking three bones In each
ankle. He has taken to the St. Jo
seph's hospital this morning after re
ceiving treatment from Dr. Slagle.
His mother will arrive from Omaha
tomorrow. For some months the boy
has been employed at the yards and
boarded with W. II. Dacy of this city.
He is a nephew ot John Dougherty.
The cemetery is being put In shape
for Memorial day services, and there
are a few spades, shovels and rakes
out there at the disposal of lot own
ers who desire to improve the ap
pearance of graves. They will be
left there during the next few weeks,
in order to accommodate the citizens,
Councilman Hills announces.
7.
ALLIANCE POST TO
VOTEON BONUS
Special Meeting Called for Monday
Kvenlng, May 80, at City Hall
Homo Discussion Likely.
Members
Ann ri"
mee'i
Region's plan
ui uiBcuttiKeu BerTlcar
a vote win be taken as to -
ieU'?-ihe four-fold plan will be
accep ed If congress desides to offer"
lW'is is one of the most Important '
I questions that has been put up to the
ex-service men, ana a tun attendance
is desired so that the actual senti
ment of the majority ca nbe ascer
tained. There will be plenty of dis
cussion, and all of 11 will be inter
esting, r
There is some difference of opin
ion among legion members as to
whether a bonus should be granted.
Frlenda of the bonus plan point out
that everybody, else who worked for
the government during the war got
paid the highest sort of wages; and
that nearly everyone who stayed at
home built up a good business and
otherwise got a head start in the
race for success. They say, also.
that other countries have made lib
eral provision for their soldiers and
that the United States, the richest Off
the lot, baa been most niggardly.
On the other hand, the ex-soldier ,
who are opposed to the bonus plan
say that it savors a little too mucb
of holding up the public. They pro
test that the country is now stagger
ing under a load of debt, and that
the bonus would increase tbla bur
den, which must be paid by addition
al taxation and that taxes are al
ready unreasonably high. They in
sist that congress doesn't want to do
anything of this kind, and that it U
oeing forced through by fear of the
loss of the soldier vote. They sars'
lot o foiher things, and tue legion
members who turn out Monday nignt
will have a chance to weigh the argu
ments and vote as they Uesae. The
result will be interesting, no matter
which way it goes.
The legion's bonus plau. is sum
marized as follows:
1. Land settlement, wkhereby ex-
service men will b assisted in pur- .
chaaiug a farm in any state, reim
bursing the government tor funds
advanced by easy payments extend
ing over a period of ten years or
more.
2. Home aid, whereby ex-serlce .
ma will get government assistance
in purchasing a home.
3. Vocational iruiu;ug, whereby,
an tx-eivite u.an Uiiy iemu a uaae
or vocation w.iu in asbibin.e . ot
vne government. .
4. Adjusted financial compensa
tion. This would ko HUiuuiUiitwi.y
to the beueticianc. vi iuu ui.-d
in service, to all disabled men, anl
to those ex-stiv.ce u.u uo uu tot
elect to avail theiiiSeives-ot one of
the forgoing piov.e.ous.
The legion has asked that con
griBo, iji meeting me nation's obli
gation to the tx-beivice umu.ii. be as
libtral as is consistent with the w. 1
laro of the country. It has rtcou
inenued that the extent to which as
sistance is given the individual tx
Htivice man be based upon his
length of service.
Final arrangements for Memorial
day observance will also be made at
this meeting.
ALLIANCE EAGLES
ELECT NEW OFFICERS
The regular election of officers
was held by the Alliance aerie Thurs
day evening, and the following were
chosen to serve for the coming year:
Worthy president, George A. Hills;
vice president, Carl Welnzle trustee,
F. E. Holsten; chaplain, Jay Dun
can, secretary, F. W. Hicks, inese
officers will assume their duties the
third Thursday in June.
At the coming installation o offi
cers, the Eagles are planning for a
smoker and general good time fol
lowing the business session.
The Eagles will do something dur
ing the next few months toward
buildiug or buying a permanent
home. They have already purchased
lors, and will decide whether to go
ahead and make a start on a new
building or whether to purchase a
building and remodel it for their
needs,
. Jerry Robinson as placed his order
for a new Ford car, which will make
a remarkably convenient means of
locomotion these hot days. And it's
not so poor on the cold days.
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