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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNT V, NEBUAKKA, TUESDAY, JULY 13,1920
No. S
4.
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VOLUNTEERS ARE
RETAKJNGCENSUS
1iamler of Commerce Asks Assist'
mice In Securing Recount of
Alliance Population
At a meeting of members of the
Alliance chamber of commerce, held
Friday evening, plans were made for
a recount of the city's population,
which will be held this week. The
population of this city was placed
at 4,591, according to preliminary
figures given in a wire received by
the local army recruiting office. '
The chamber or commerce has
asked for volunteer census takers,
who will each cover one block in the
more or less crowded portions of the
city. Larger territory' will be as
signed to enumerators in West Lawn
and Hills addtions, South Alliance,
Belmont addition, the territory nortb
cf the fair grounds, the Simonson
addition and north of Belmont.
The Chamber of Commerce Is
calling for volunteers, and every
man interested In Alliance should be
willing to assist in this important
work. There will be work for every
one who wants It. Whenever possi
ble, the enumerator will be assign-.
ed to the block In which he lives, and
If this has been taken, he will be
given the nearest one.
There are 202 blocks in the city,
and at least 135 enumerators will
be needed, in order to impose no
hardship on anyone. If you are will
ing to serve, get Into communication
with Secretary Guthrie at the cham
ber of commerce, who wfll see to it
that you are furnished the necessary
blanks. You can start to work ai
once. It is desired to have the cm
sus completed as soon as possible.
The individual enumerators will
swear to their returns. It Is the op
portunity to put Alliance where she
belongs on the population map.
Enumerators are cautioned to list
only those who were living in any
particular house on the first of last
January, and particularly any who
may have moved, or died since that
time. Children born Bince January
1 are not to bo listed.
BURGLARS VISIT A
HEMINGFORD STORE
Burglars broke into the William
Cory store at Hemingford late Sun
day evening and made away with
about a thousand dollars' worth of
merchandise, including several
watches, watch chains and otber,Jew
elery, a doien pairs of assorted shoes
and five or six dozen pairs of pants
in brown, green, blue and grey, with
a few stripes.
Entrance was gained by removing
the glass from the front door. Tools
to perform this operation were stolen
from the tool house of workmen on
on the new elevator under construc
tion. The goods were removea
through the rear door and presum
ably loaded into an automobile. The
thieves carefully closed the ror
door and even latched the screen, but
didn't bother" to replace the glass
they had removed.
Sheriff Miller was notified and
with DeputyMisklmmen went to
Ilemingford Monday. No trace of
the thieves was discovered. Susplc
ion Is directed upon two strangers
who spent last Saturday evening in
Hemingford, although some of the
authorities are of the opinion that
it might have been the work of home
talent.
FIRSTiUNION SERVICf
HELDlSDNDAY NIGHT
A crowd filled the Lowry & Henry
roof garden last Sunday evening,
when the first of the summer union
service of Alliance churches was
held. Rev. J. Orrlu Gould of the
First Baptist church gave the ad
dress, selecting for his subject, "The
Sacred Books of Mormon." It was
a spirited address and proved bejoud
a doubt that the so-called sue red
books were a fake and a farce. A
number of other matters wcro touch
ed upon. This sermon is the first of
a series dealing with the Mormons.
The ministers in the city will take
their turn at the pulpit Sunday eve
nings, and Mr. Gould will continue
to speak on this topic when his turn
comes during the summer.
Charles Spacht led the union choir.
A special 6et of song books has been
procured for the open air meetings,
Hie one selected being the Y. W. C.
A. army song book, which contains
a number of soldiers' favorites. Rev.
A. J. Kearns wiH occupy the pulpit
next Sunday evening.
tf'v. WF.ATIIKH
Fnr Allu.
wiclnity
Unset -
t1ol Vfc-MitVior ft
.. .Wednesday
with probab'y sho 4hunder
storms; cooler north pu j 'sht
COl NCI L WILL NOT
cm)si: first street
Tl.e city council Is not planning to
close First street. Mayor Rodgers
announced Monday morning, al
though he admitted that the council
had been arproached on the subject
by various parties. Last week the
report went out that this would be
done, and as a result a petition was
circulated among the business men
between First and Third street,
thirty signatures being secured in
less than an hour.
According to Mayor Rodgers, the
street could not be closed without n
petition requesting it, and none has
been presented. The remonstrance
set in by these business men will
therefore be placed on file. If sucti
a petition ever does come in. then
the remonstrance can be called forth
from its hiding place. In the mean
time, First street will remain open.
LAST RUNAWAY
RETURNS HOI
Charles Chun hill Picks Lock
Gering Jail in Order to
' Come Back.
The last of the runaways is safe at
home, but he had a difficult time
getting back. Trials and tribulations
Not only did
ic of the jair
by the score were his,
he have to pick the lock
at Gering, because he was In a hurry
to get home not only did he walk a
good portion of the fifty miles but,
tired and footsore, he was set upon
by a youth of his own age and given
a stiff thrashing. Gee. but Its a
hard life.
Charles was one of the five to dis
appear from Broncho lake about trie
same time last Monday afternoon.
Readers will recall that clothing was
found on the banks and that for
hours anxious: relatives had visions
of five youths drowned ij' the prime
of life and the treacherous waters of
the lake. Later, when the boys be-
gan to sift in, this fear was dissolved,
and by last Friday all but one had
returned. Charles was the last one
to return. No trace of him could be
discovered. His mother, Mrs, Glen
Churchill, was exceedingly worried
Saturday morning, a young lady in
the local ticket office recalled selling
him a ticket for Scottsbluff. The
Scottsbluff authorities were put on
the trail and they located him at the
Elmore dam, near Gering, Thursday
afternoon. The eleven-year-old boy
was taken to the Gering pail, and
his mother notified. While she was
on her way to bring him home, jail
life palled on the youngster. In
some manner he managed to pick the
lock of the room where he was incar
cerated, and again he hit the broad
highway. He was disillusioned, and
was weary over the delay in getting
him home. He decided to walk
And walk he did. A passing autonio
bile gave him a lift now and then,
the last one taking him as far as ttie
Kilpatrick ranch. He then walked to
the fair grounds and sat him down
to rest before tackling the remainder
of the trip.
Here he met - with disaster.
"Toughy" McClure happened along,
And for some reason, not stated,
Toughy landed on him. Reports
from the field of battle are Incom
plete, but it seems that Toughy gain
ed a victory full and complete. He
pummeled his boyhood friend until
there was no further fun in it and
then ambled on, looking for another
world to conqued.
Not long afterward, Mrs. Church
ill's sister heard of the boy's where-
abouts, and brought him home in an
automobile. He is said to be com-
pletely cured of the wanderlust.
Word has been received by Ser
geant Frey, in charge of the army
recruiting station at Alliance, that
no more applications for victory
medals will be received by the Oma
ha office at this time. Too much dif
ficulty has been experienced by
papers incorrectly filled out. The in'
formation advised that soldiers are
requested to wait a short time until
an army field clerk arrives, who will
make out the desired papers, so there
will be no come-backs. His arrival
will be announced later.
Charlie Jeffers was1 injured last
Friday afternoon about 2:30 on the
Lowry &. Henry building. A fellow
workman was hauling cement across
a plank; the plank slipped and
struck Mr. Jefftrs iu the eye. Three
stitches were required to close the
wound.
MAY ESTABLISH
A RURAL ROUTE
Petition Presented Asking Postofllce
lK-urtmciit to Install
Fife Delivery. t
A petition signed by seventy-five
or eiphty Box Butte county ranchers
was forwartVvt to the pontofllce de
partment a short time Hgo. The pe
tition requested the establishment of
rural free delivery out of Alliance.
PostoflW1 Inspector R. D. Wttheiell
haa been In the city since Saturday,
going over the district to be served,
examining roads and considering
various route". The department will
later act upon his recommendation.
It will be several weeks before a de
finite decision will be reached.
The exact route has not been de
termined, but It will cover between
twenty-five and thirty miles and. will
serve about one hundred families.
The minimum number of families to
be served must be seventy-five, al
though the department occasionally
will establish a three-times-a-week
service for sixty families, provided
the roads are especially good.
Alliance has never had a rural
route, although there Bre three star
routes from this city. The star car
ders are hired on' contract, usually
to carry mail to some inland town,
but mrr give limited service to pat
rons along the way. They make two
trips a week. The rural free delivery
service Is daily, and carriers are paid
regular rates for their services. Tho
rural carrier's wagon Is , a sort of
traveling postofflce.
T,hey . sell
,,a,uns receive and deliver register-
pd 'T"' a,pt p"c;roBt, V?"
ages nir in t.i j 1 1' , itnu urnin uum
(). D. and insured parcels.
Should the route be established.
it will be necessary for patrons to
install mail boxes of an improved
type in accessible placeB. The de
partment recommends that boxes of
h largest type be installed.
O. K. Dye and P. W. Reiman are
among those who interested them
selves in circulating the petition.
FARMERS' MEETING .
DRAWS JJOOD CROWD
A meeting and general farm danco
was held at Happy Hollow last
Thursday evening. Old fashioned
dances were thoroughly enjoyed by
the large crowd of farm people pres
ent. It is planned to nave anotner
similar gathering a week from Wed
nesday, and from then on regularly.
An effort will be made to develop a
feature of the meeting that permits
the farmers to discuss their particu
lar problems. It is planned to se
cure the services of lecturers from
time, to time, who it is hoped can
bring some new ideas that will be
helpful to the farmers and stock
raisers in the community. We are
living in a period when the influx of
new ideas in every business is rapidly
changing our old method of doing
things, and the members of the rural
communities do not propose to be
behind the general progress.
CHRISTENSON RELEASED
DY PAYMENT OF COSTS
Saturday afternoon County Judge
Taah issued a warrant for the arrest
of Ownell Chri8tensen, the charge
being that he had issued two checks,
in the sum of $5 each, drawn on the
Alliance National bank, when he did
not have sufficient funds on deposit
to pay them. Mr. Cbristensen, who
is employed on a lunch touthwVst of
the city, was brought to Alliance and
lodged in the county jail. He stout
ly maintained his innocence, declar-
ing that he knew he had that sum
on deposit, and referring to a draft
from a South Dakota bank which
should have arrived. On investiga
tion, it was found that there was
uch a draft, which had not been
placed to his credit when tho two
checks came in. It developed, how
ever, that he did not know whether
the draft had reached the bank when
the checks were written. He v.'ps re
leased on payment of the costa.
On complaint of Joseph Vaughn,
a warrant was issued by County
Judge Tash for the arrest of Wil
liam D. Spurr. The complaint charges
that on or about June 22, Spurr is
sued two checks in favor of the Atlas
Refining company for $83.39 and
$95.90, knowing that he did not havo
sufficient funds to pay the eame. The
checks were drawn on the Irrigators'
bank at Scottsbluff.
II. E. Cornell left
Omaha on business.
Tuesday for
IS
i - COMING AGAIN
Seventy-Five Citizens .loin In tJnar
nntce IHjt Program Friday .
And Saturday
Tiie last two days of the Chautau
qua were nmong tho really "big
days" of the program, although r-o..i
of the other days drew larger ctowds.
On Friday, the Lyrio M.ilo Girutet
presented the afternoon program.
and lion. John Trmplo vjravi s. witn
his lecture, "Armageddon," Mas the
attraction for the eveniiuc session.
The lecture was a maste'ly portray:!
ol the battle betweca i tar t ties- and
1 ght. interpreting l!i .pres. m day
conflict between selMjlme.-u and al-
tii'fm. ,
Mr. Graves convicted pretty nearly
every country, class and individual
of selfishness jn some form or other.
He nave as instances th conduct of
Great Britain in Egypt, of B lglum
ti the Congo, mil oth r Instances.
Developing his theme, he spoke of
the conflict between capital ana
labor. The former la guilty of sel
fishness in its attitude toward Labor,
while labor Is fully as selfish in lis
attitude toward the publ'o. Tin
profiteer Is another exampl? of sel
fishness. .
The speaker pointed out that not
only governments and classes, but
individuals were guilty of bullishness
and popular government l a reflec
tion of the minds and conscienc e of
those who compose It. At iieben!
,.!. I is no justice, socially, interna
tionally or industrially. The rule of
the strongest prevails. Under the
philosophy that "might is right"
anything is permissible.
The world is now trying to get
back to a normal state, Mr. Graves
said. He discussed the co-ordinate
forces for good, religions and creeds,
and told of the necessity for a ti"'v
philosophy of life for nations and for
men. The league of nations was
stressed as a force for getlhii! n
sults between nations.
The speaker was given the closest
attention throughout hia loctuie,
?ven tho children paying strict ai
et ti'itou. At the closo )f ihfl tuldivHs,
a number of the uudlence rmained
to talk with him. Ho i utd- an ex
ceedingly favorable Impression upon
Mr. Graves was the guest of the
Rotary club at a dinner Friday eve
ning and addressed them. He wis
Introduced by Dr. Minor Morrla. .ilii
talk followed the lines of his cliau
tauqua address. The people, he said,
must fne themselves from greed. He
eulogized the Masons, Odd Fellows
and Elks for their good work in fel
lowship, and criticised the church for
failing to live up to its oppOrtuni
ties.
The last day't program was glv-r.
by Dr. Paul W. Ivey and the Wales
Players, who presented a play. Re
juvenation," in the evening.
Ivey made a strong address, dlrect-
(Contlnued on page four.)
THEDA BARA PLAYS
CLEOPATRA" TONIGHT
Tonight's attraction at the Im
perial is the William Fox production
of "Cleopatra," staged In all the
oriental splendor imaginable, with
Theda Bara In the title role. It is
the old love story of the Nile In the
most spectacular setting" In which I
was ever presented. The picture is
stupendous in every sense. The glory
of the old Egyptian and Roman
cities is represented at an enormous j
expenditure of money and effort.
Scenes of battle on land and sea a
wonderful story. It is a theme that
Paves a free hand for extravagance,
and the producer has outdone him
self. Additional attractions are a
comedy, "The Hemale Vamp" and
the latest current events. .
Wednesday, "The Strange Board
er." with Will Rodgers, is the at
traction. It's a story of a rancher
who for the Bake of advancing him
self financially, that his little son
may enjoy the fruits of his work and
sacrifices, sells his ranch and falls
into the hands of financial sharks.
It's chiefly comedy, this Btory, and
one of the best Rodgers has appear
ed in. It's called a "smlle-a-mlnute"
picture. Fatty Arbucklc in "The
Garage" Is an additional feature.
"Treasure Island," the screen pro
duction of Robert Lois Stevenson's
masterpiece, is the special attraction
for Thursday. It will be a great
night for youngsters and for old
people who want to renew acquaint
ance with Long John Silver, the
Pirate ship, the parrot and other
characters. Elmo the Fearless, and
U comedy, "Losing Weight" are also
on the bill.
CHAUTAUQUA
no i.irr-fp in WAit
ON TIIH SON'S OF
IlKHT
The city authorities have not ceas
ed their efforts to send the Sons of
Rest to other places than Alliance to
practice their profession. Chief of
'olice Reed and Night Watch Roland
are keeping their eye on- the ptissen-
r si at ion, the clubrooms of the
weary, and It's getting so there is no
n-ace In Alliance for the man who
wants to kill time. The orders are
strict, and it takes little prodding to
onvince a Weary Willie that other
towns will be kinder toward his
habits.
A number of colored men have
olned the throngs that rest up In
he station between Jobs. Many of
heso are railroad men who have
ust reutrned from a Job and who
he itate to take another until the lai;
dime nas Deen squanaerea. 'ineso
neii are also on the blacklist (no
pun intended) and the railway
special agents are -co-operating with
he local police in keeping the city
clear of them. It's getting harder
and harder to find a safe place to
loaf in Alliance.
TWO NEW GUSHERS.
IN OSAGE FIELD
More (lood Fortune for the Alliance
Syndicate Fourth Jusher
Since March 14
Two new gushers were .brought in
last week in the Osage oil field, one
of them being brought in by the Al
liance syndicate, headed by J. O.
Walker, on the northwest quarter of
section nineteen. This well was
drilled In Sunday afternoon and Is
reported tp have shot oil eighty feet
In the air. The top of the pay sand
was reached about Wednesday but
the well was not drilled In unt;l
Sunday. At the time the w ell was
drilled In there was twelve hundred
feet of oil standing in (ho casing.
This well is reported to ho about
eighty feet deeper than gusher num
ber one, brought in March 14h on
the northeast quarter of tho saoe
section. This Is the fourth gusher
on this section since the abov? tfr.te,
one having been drilled on each
quarter section.
The other three quarters of the
section were leased to the Sine. air
Oil company but the northwest
quarter was held by Walker and as
sociates and they are drilling there
themselves. A royalty interest Is
held In this quarter by other Al
liance parties besides the original
syndicate, those who have an inter
est in the royalty being C. M. Looney,
R. M. Baker, J. D. Emerlck, Dr. II.
H. Bellwood, 11. E. Reddish, Frank
Abegg, F. A. Hald, Lee Moore, Lloyd
C. Thomas and others.
Another gusher is reported in on
section twenty-five, south and west
of the discovery gusher. This well
is reported to be as good as the wells
on section nineteen. Development
of the field continues at a rapid rate.
The Omaha Refining company,
which operates a refinery at Omaha,
is preparing to build a pipe JlDe from
the Osage field to the railroad at the
town of Osage. The company Is re
ported to have contracted for some
production from the field and U bid
ding $3.25 a barrel for oil of 39
gravity. It is understood that the
company has secured the production
from the Briggs Oil company wells.
The Muskrat-Osage Oil company
furnished crude from one of its wells
on section seventeen, Osage field, to
the local refinery at that point forj
refining a high-grade gasoline for
use in the airplane which made ex
hibition flights in that city on July
3rd. The company's number two
well reached the shallow sand at
160 feet. Last week workmen around
the tank into which preparations
were being made to pump the oil,
were surprised to find that the oil
was flowing into the tank without
pumping. The oil tested 42 per cent
gasoline and the flow was witnessed
by some men from the Midwest and
National Oil company camps. This
hole is, to be drilled to the deeper
sand at a later date.
The Midwest Refining company
brought in. a deeper well on sect on
eighteen last week on land in which
an interest is held by a number of
Alliance people.
Mrs. E. E. Garrison was In Al
liance Saturday to join her daughter,
Edna, who was coming from Hem
ingford. They left Saturday night
for a visit with relatives in Musca-
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Lynath, 604
Sweetwater, Monday noon, a baby
girl.
To Mr. and Mrs K. P. Schouler,
Oatesranch, July 12, a baby girl.
COUNCIL SESSION
MAY BE LIVELY
Number of Interesting Matters to
Come I'p At Regular Meeting
Tonight
A lively session of tho city council
is predicted for this evening, whelk
half a doren delegations will prob
ably be on hand to ureses t a8 many
petitions. It is the regular July ses
sion of, the board and will be a busy
one, whether any of the expected
visitors show up or not. It used to
be that the only thing to look for
ward to at a council session was a
representative of the Nebraska Tele
phone company maklMg a plea for a
franchise, but times have changed.
There are plenty of others now who
are seeking favors or who have
crows to pick.
The chief excitement this evening
is expected to happen in connection
with the parking spaces In the upper
Box Butte district. Mayor Rodgers
announced last week that the upkeep)
of these ornamental centers would be
charged to owners of abutting prop
erty, and before the ink waa dry on
the paper a crowd of Interested cltJ
lens had charged on the mayor'
place of business, asking "How
come?" t
It seems there has been a tremend
ous misunderstanding. The residents
in the districts affected had Been this
ornamental parking in other cltlea
and wanted it. They found out it
could be procured by simply signing
a petition, which was done without
delay. The council approved it, al
though they didn't fancy the idea es
pecially, but not'one word was said
as to how the upkeep waa to be paid.
Ornamental parking centers are not
ornamental unless they are plantoj
to shrubbery and flowers, and this
landscape gardening comes high. IC
not so planted, the centers are net
only lacking In beauty, but are posi
tive eyesoreB. Of course, it would
be possible to make a sandplle for
the kids In the neighborhood to play
in and with, but the center of a
busy street doesn't make a good
playground.
The city council, all along.. has
considered that the residents of the
district were to pay the bill for mak
ing their street a thing of beauty."
The residents, on ' the other hand,
have believed that the city .would
take care of these parking center
Just as they would care for. public
parks, the cost to fall on the entire
city. Mayor Rodgers, believing that
there was a mlsundersfan'ne re
the council's position nrfctly plain
In order that the cltln'n nl"rM
ample onnorSur'ty to cv their
minds before the pavlnf'wm In
Therefore, it Is probnb'a 'h!t a
bunch of these citizens w'M sp'vnr
before the council tcn!ht. rn c'-r
present another petlMon r nr the
courcllri-n to cMi-'rt-r - or-a-
J mArtM ciPrn as pirk Tb. r"or
hasn't retreated en rrh f-nr. vis
announced nosft'on. He fys ttrnt
the cost of keeping nr ark'ng
will be r'uh mor trp th ltv rn
Btand and he a'so volrts out that If
charged to the nni'tMng property
owners, the effect will doubtless be
to make property in this dltric' less'
deHlrtblo to p-o-n ct've pnrohpsers.
i On tho other hand. It is possible that
some scheme er.n be arranged where
by the property owners can pay a
ptatA sum, to interest of which will
rinv fnr the landsmne frtrdeiilnc In
, perpetulty Tne C0Uncil Isn't fret
ting particularly, but those directly
concerned are not resting bo easily.
Several appointments will be an
nounced to the council this evening"7
among them being that of Attorney
Earl Meyer as a member of the
library board, to take the place of
Judge H. II. Hewitt, resigned. Judge
Hewitt has held this position for
eleven successive years, and did not
feel that he could longer spare the
time. Attorney Meyer will be a pop-
ular choice for the place. Some
police appointments will also be an
nounced by the mayor.
Another InjPrtant event schedul
ed for this session is water Jnain ex- -tension.
Mayor Rodgers will ask
the council to approve extending
water service two blocks farther on
Mississippi, two additional b?ocks on
Missouri and two blocks on Yellow
stone. This can be done at slight
expense and will give water service
to a considerable number of families
who are now dependent on the well
and the old oaken bucket.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Dr. John McCoy will close his of.
flee for an Indefinite period about
July SO. Tersons owing him may ob
tain liberal terms for immediate set
tlement. Accounts left open after
July SO will be placed with an at
torney for collection. .65
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