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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEB KASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15th, 1920.
No. 92
POTASH II'
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JU1MII II IflCCTl.
Delegates Present from Practically
Every Town Along the
f Entire Route.
Delegations from as far west as
Hot Springs, South Dakota and as far
east as Grand Island attended the
fourth annual meeting of the Pot
ash highway association of Nebraska,
held In Alliance Thursday. Delegates
were present from practically eTery
town along the line of the Potash
highway, which parallels the Bur
lington from Grand Island to Alli
ance and which will be extended
this coming summer to Mot Spring.
Officers elected for the ensuing
year were John M. Turner, Thedlord,
president; J. G. Bass, Mason, vie
president; Lloyd C. Thomas, Alli
ance, re-elected secretary and C. C.
Campbell, Mullen, re-elected treasur
er. The next meeting of the associa
tion will be held early iu the year,
probably in January. Broken Btw
was selected for the next meeVng.
Speakers 'at the business sprmoim
included George F. Wolz of rremcnt,
presidentof the State Highway asso
ciation; retiring President T. C.
Moore of Broken Bow; President
Glen Miller and Secretary Joan W.
Guthrie of the Alliance chamber of
commerce; A. L. Cochran of North
Platte, division engineer represent
ing the state highway department:
A. L. Bradstreet of Grand Isknd; F.
P. Walker, mayor of Antioch. Wil
liam Lundy, mayor of Sargent B. J.
Glattly of Hot Spring, South Da
kola, chairman .f the boaJ of cou -ty
commissioners of Fall River coun
ty; C. C. Campbell of Mullen, treas
urer of the association; C. M. Looncy
and S. W. Thompson of Alliance,
well knon traveling men, and Lloyd
C. Thomas of Alliance, secretary of
the association.
Following the afternoon business
session a set of moving pietur-
taken by Dr. G. E. Condra were
shown by courtesy of Harry A. Dv
buque of the Imperial theatre. , -
Following is a list of the delegates
present:
Wm. Andrews, Antioch.
Hoover Bruner, Brondwater.
Geo. L. Burr and Edwin M. Burr,
Alliance Herald.
F. A. Bald. Alliance.
Wm. Bignell, Alliance.
J. G. Bass, Mason.
Lee Basye, Alliance.
C. F. Bid good, Omaha Federal
road engineer.
A. L. Bradstreet, Grand Island.
H. P. Coursey. Allance.
C. C. Campbell, treasurer, Mutln.
C. E. Clough, Alliance
Walter Cannaday, Broadwater.
David Christen, Anselmo.
R. L. Cochran, North Platte, divi
sion engineer.
Joseph Duhon, Marsland.
Geo. W. Duncan, Alliance Coun
ty commissioner.
II. A. Dubuque, Alliance.
B. J. Glattly, Hot Springs County
Commissioner.
W. H. Gray, Broadwater.
J. W. Guthrie, secretary Chamber
of Commerce.
A, D. Hall, Alliance.
Cal HaBhman, Alliance County
Commissioner. '
H. P. Holt, Antioch.
G. R. Harris, Broadwater.
F. A. Hively, Alliance.
Forest Hall. Alliance Engineer
Alliance-Antioch project.
Mike Hagerty, Broadwater.
E. D. Henry, Alliance.
F. W. Irish, Alliance.
Roy Juckett, Hot Spring!.
Chas. Joffers. Alliance.
G. M. Jenkins, Hemingford.
Rufus Jones, Alliance.
E. G. Jones, Alliance Time.
A. J. Kearns. Alliance.
P. J. Kelly, Broken Bow.
Wm. Lundy, Sargent.
C. M. Looney, Alliance.
J. C. McLain, Scottsbluff Division
engineer.
True Miller, Alliance.
J. M. Miller, Alliance.
Sam O'Brien, Alliance.
J. J. Molt, Mullen.
Chas. Morrison, Mullen.
Perry Mailey, Antioch.
C. B. Merrltt, Broadwater.
Ray Moukers, Broadwater.
J. C. Moore, retiring president,
Broken Bow.
Tom Maher, Anselmo.
W. C. Moulton, Anselmo.
A. M. Miller, Hemingford.
P. J. Michael, Hemingford.
Glen Miller, president Chamber of
Commerce, Alliance
W. C. Mounts, Alliance.
E. J. O'Neill, Antioch.
K. L. Pierce. Hemingford.
W. R. Porter, Broadwater.
John Pauling, Alliance.
Clyde Ray, Alliance.
James Rice, Alliance.
THE WEATHER.
Alliance, Neb..
Oct.
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V tor Alliance and Vr-ln'tv:
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4n. Alliance.
Hek. .toberts, Alliance Con
tractor v.i Potash highway
B. J. Sallows, Alliance Times edi
tor. R. W. Southard, Hot Springs.
W. II. Stonecypher, Oelrichs, S. D.
Jake Staggs. Antioch.
L. P. Schroder, Alliance.
Chas. Sanders, Anstinio.
Lee Sturgeon, Alliance.
J. M. Strausky, Broadwater.
I. E. Tash, Alliance.
Lloyd C. Thomas, uecretary. Alli
ance. S. W. Thompson, Alliance.
F. P. Walker, mayor, Antfoch.
Lars Maggenby, Broadwater.
J. E. Wilson, Antioch.
W. G. Wilson, Antioch.
Geo. F. Wolz, Fremont president
State Highway association.
Geo. Wiltsey, Hemingford.
(Continued on page 6)
W. E. Connors, Edward C. McNul
ty, Walter R. Mullane, B. J. Mul
lane, II. G.. Mueller, Cornelius F.
O'Brien, Joseph F. O'Connor and
Michael E. Reardon, accompanied by
J. W. Guthrie, went to Casper, Wyo.,
Tuesday, Columbus day, where the
former received the fourth degree of
the Knights of Columbus. Initiates
from Rawlins, Casper and Alliance
composed the class.
No. 39 was delayed three hours
Thursday on account of a derailment
east of Antioch.
ROAD BOOSTERS
HOLDJEETING
Black Hills Ilrnnch of Lincoln High,
way Is Organized TIiium
day Afternoon
- While the annual meeting or toe
Potash highway association was In
progress iii the district court room
Thursday afternoon, the county
court, room was filled with reprtsont
atives of townB along the line of the
proposed Lincoln highway-Black
Hills route. The meeting orpanized
with the selection of P. J. Michael
of Ilnninpford as secretary pro tern.
C. B. MerritL of Broadwater was
selected as president ; R. W. Jackett
of Hot Sprlrins. vice president ; and
P. J. Michael as secretary-treasurer.
The following men were chosen as
directors of the association, which is
to be known as the Bkick Hilj
"branch of t'ae Lincoln highway: S.
W. Thompson, Alliance; Ueone
Young, Marsland; J. J. Cooper, Oel
rlchs, S. D.; Robert I. Elliott. Chau
ron; Roy Munkres, Broadwater; K
L. Pierce, Hemingford r M, Boyrd,
Wayside; John King, Bayard; P. J.
Glattly. Hot Springs; A. L. Huuger
t'ord, Crawford. One director was
chosen from each of the towns rep
resented. Arrangements were made to call
an early meeting of the directors. An
assessment was made on each of the
towns interested to defray current
expenses.
The following are the members ot
the new association:
Joseph Duhon, Marsland.
A. M. Miller. K. U Pierce. G. ii.
Jenkins. N. L. Brown, P. J. Michael,
Hemingford.
S. W. Thompson, Glen Miller, Alli
ance.
M. Stransky, Ray Munkres, W. A.
Canady, Dr. W. H. Gray, II. Bruner,
G. R. Harries, M. H. Hagerty, Lara
Waggerby, Wallace Porter, Broad
water
B. J. Glattly, R. W. Southard, R.
W. Jackett, Hot Springs. S. D.
W. T. Stonecypher. Oelrichs, S. L
The route as outlines includes Sid
ney, Alliance, Hemingford,' Chadron,
Oelrichs and Hot Springs. There
was some question as so whether the
route should go by way of Broad
water or Bridgeport. This proposed
route will connect the Lincoln high
way with the Yellowstone park by a
route at least seventy-five miles
shorter than the one now used, and
will, in addition, permit tourists
ready connection with the Sioux
trail out of Oelrichs, which leads to
Fremont and Omaha and to Rapid
City over the Custer Battle Kiel.:
highway.
Roy C. Hackett and Mrs. Mary
Broderick, both of Alliance, were
married at 8:30 o'clock Thursday
evening at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and' Mrs. Carroll, S0
Sweetwater. The bride la th prot
rletress of the American hotel.
Sailor Hats at cot and lea than
cost at liighland-llollowajr Co.
AIRPLANE VIEWS
OFJBRASKA
Dr. (3. II t'ondru and 11 lot K. V.
(lartllncr Make n Short Stop
at Alliance
Dr. O. E. Condra, university pro
fessor and Nebraska booster, stopped
over for a couple of hours and din
ner today. The uoctor was on the
last lap of his statewide trip by
aeroplane, which began the first of
the week and will end tomorrow,
unless some unforeseen difficulty
prevents. He Is carrying with him
his motion picture machine, well
known to most of the editors of (he
state, some of whom the doctor has
persuaded to carry it for him, as well
as by two or three other cameras.
The trip Is being made in the In
terests of the physical geography de
partment of the University of Ne
braska, as well as the Nebraska soil
conservation and survey, of which
Dr. Condra is secretary and director.
Already Dr. Condra has filmed all
the Important industries of the aU
as well as a good portion of the land,
and on this trip he is seeing things
from another angle. He is taking
both motion and still life photo
graphs of the various sections of the
stat.
Starting Tuesday, Dr. Condra and
his pilot, E. V. Gardiner of Ouiahn
have covered a good share of the
state. The first stop was at Seward,
then David City, Norfolk, thenre
west to the Antelope valley and the
sandhills, O'Neill, Valentine, Chad
ron, where the party stopped yester
day. This morning they photo
graphed the White river and Pine
Ridge regions, and the Dawes aim
Box Butte tables. They arrived In
Alliance, shortly after 9 o'clock this
morning, and for half an hour flew
over the city, taking several views.
It will probably be possible to secure
these for exhibition in the city.
Dr. Condra was scheduled to be In
Alliance yesterday for the good roads
meeting, but something happened to
interfere with, his schedule. His
good roads films were shown at the
Imperial theater, however, both, iJrl
the afternoon and evening.
E. V. Gardiner, the pilot. Is dem
onstrator and instructor for the Ne
braska Aircraft corporation of Oma
ha. He is one of the besi-known
pilots in the game, and has to his
credit the opening of all mall route
east of Chicago. He wasr the first
man to make the Chicago-New York
run, and the first man to make a
non-stop flight. Gardiner is the man
who, during the second Liberty loan
campaign, took Doug Fairbanks
from Los Angeles to New York, and
he is the man' who gave Fairbanks
the suit of clothes which the lati. r
auctioned off to Liberty bond pur
chasers for over $15,000. He is now
wearing a suit that Fairbanks
bought for him to replace It.
Gardiner Baw service as an air
plane instructor during the world
war and rhas trained airmen on
practically every flying field In this
country and in Europe. He was the
real victor in the Omaha-Crawford
air race a few weeks ago, bis flying
time being 14 minutes less than that
of the victor. Gardiner didn't under
stand the rulos perfectly, and
stopped at Grand Island to get a
sandwich and a cup of coffee. This
delay lost the race for him, although
he made the trip in 4 hours 12 min
utes of actual time In the air, four
teen minutes less than the victor.
,.MOIUUSSEY WANTS
to meet fa 101 i-:k ;
t
Thomas Morrlssey of Denver, who
has been acquiring oil leases in the
vicinity of Alliance for the nast sev
eral weeks, has received a number of
favorable comments on the form or
lease he Is submitting to the land
owners. He is adopting a new tack
In securing leases. He visits the
farmer and leaves a blank copy of
the lease with him and leaves him to
make any investigation he choose.
This lease, Mr. Morrlsey says, Is
the most favorable ever presented to
a bunch of farmer in a wildcat dis
trict. Under the terms of the lease, drill
ing is to be Btarted by July 1. 1921,
It being foolish to start until the
winter is over. All leases secured
will be surrendered if drilling Is not
begun by this date. The leases pro
vide that the test well must be
drilled within six miles of Alliance
Mr. Morrlssey announces that he
will be at the Drake hotel the first
part of next week, and would like to
have the landowners within four or
five miles of Alliance come in. talk
it over with him and sign up. Those
with whom he has talked are very
much impressed with his proposition
Advertisement.
PHONE COMPANY
OUT JUNE COLD
City Council Milken No Move l
Grant Franchise at Tuesday
levelling HcmmIoii
It may be that the application for
Increased rates on the part ot the
Nebraska - Telephone company had
no effect on the Alliance city council,
but at the Tuesday evening session,
after the "board" as the mayor af
fectionately refers to them, had lis
tened to" E. K. Haldeman make an
other of his talks, no one made a mo
tion to get the franchise past flrfl j
reading, and it Is still staying at
that particular point.
Mr. Haldeman pointed out to the
council that the matter of ratc-nlak-li.g
was beyond Its Jurisdiction, and
that the farts presented to the rail
way commission showed . that the
company was not making adequate
return on Its investment. The pro
posed increase, he said, amounted to
but $200 a year, only a few cents
month to the Alliance patron.
He further declared that this applica
tion for an Increase was for a period
or six months only, and that If, at
the end of that time prices on sup
plies and labor had fallen, the tem
porary rates would not be made per
manent. Perhaps the council would have
advanced the franchise to second
reading, but the counsel for the com
pany had forwarded half a dozen
more changes that he desired In It
These were characterized by City
Attorney Metz as "minor," with one
exception, but the council objected
to it. "It's impossible to gt to
gether," one of them said. "Wt
can't seem to suit them."
. Business men are tired of hearinp
about the telephone franchise, Coun
cilman Fuller said, advising thai
they get the matter settled at once,
one way or the other. Another
councilman declared that he had yet
to see a voter who was In favor ot
granting a franchise. But not one
made a motion on the subject,
ahkh was finally talked out. with
out any steps having been taken.
. . ' 4 CoihiiiInhIoii Form v
A petition was presented from a
number of citizens asking that a
special election be called to vote 011
the question of a commission form
of government for Alliance. City
Vttomey Metz made it plain that
the special election must be called
within a peiiod of sixty days if th
petition contained the names of at
least 20 per cent of the city's voters
at the last election.
Mayor Rodgers and others pres
ent asked some questions concerning
the new plan of city government,
most of which remained unanswered.
Councilman Harris voiced hU ap
proval of the commission form, and
Councilman Moore was equally op
posed to it.
The matter was finally laid on the
table until the next meeting, in or
der, so the council said, that the
citizens of Alliance might have that
much better chance to become in
formed on the subject.
The objectors seemed to thin'-
that the city commission would l
much more expensive than the pres
ent system, while the men In favor
of it thought it would be more effi
cient. Mayor Rodgers remarked,
among other things, that If all the
city's money "were spent for a city
manager and the expense of govern
ment, there would be none left over
for " improvements." Councilman
Harris declared that no private bust
nesa was ever run on as crude lines
as the average small city.
Supt. Campbell's Iletnrt
Superintendent E. G. Campbell
made a written report of the condi
tlon of the light, power and water
departments of the city which tx
cited a considerable amount of dis
cussion. The chief point In ques
tion was that, the city is not deriving
sufficient revenue from electric
stoves used in the city. The rate of
but 4 cents, and the stoves, which
are used at the time the peak load
Is on, demand so much voltage that
on some lines of the city additional
transformers are needed. Trans
formers are expensive.
No action was taken 'on the recom
mendation to increase this rate, it
being brought out that less than 10
per cent of the current sold was for
running electric stoves. But a num
ber of councilmen who had stoves
objected mildly, saying that only ex
perts should attempt to figure out a
light rate.
Another feature of the report was
the shortage of coal. Mr. Campbell
stated that the city had a contract
but that it was not receiving sum
cient for the needs of the plant. Re
cenlly about one-fourth ot the sup
ply has been secured from the Bur
lington. .
Carnival Question I'p
The usual aftermath of a carnival
was experienced In the discussion.
Counci'nnu Harris slarted In by In
quiring as to how much money the
city had received. City Clerk Ken
nedy told him that the total wnp
160 In payment of the light blT..
It was brought out that the streets
had to be cleaned after the carnival
eft and that not a cent of occupa
tion tax had been paid.
Then the storm broke. One after
another, the councilmen admitted
that they had always been opposed
o a carnival. One councilman said
hat he had Investigated the collec-
lon of gambling devices which con
stltuted most ot the attractions, and
that the average man had about 1
chance In 332 to win a box of candy
or an Indian blanket or a piece of
cheap china.
A petition was received from a
hundred members of the Alliance W.
C. T. U. against the conducting of
shooting galleries, skating rinks,
bowling alleys, etc., on Sunday. This
was apparently aimed at the shoot
ing gallery, which has been ordered
o confine doing business to week
days.
Another letter from the Sethman
Generator company of Denver was
received, making a price of $3,600
for rewinding one generator the
Sethman way, which Is supposed to
double the output of Juice at no in
crease of cost. It looked too good
o be true, and the council finally
tabled the matter. The company of
fered two or three propositions, bu'
none of them appealed to the city
dads, who decidad to take no
chances.
ADMITS HE HAD
JOKERJJP SLEEVE
Man Arretted for Hitting Heming
ford Man With Hutcliet
Tells the Story
V ,
A man giving the name of William
Mohrmore James was arrested In
Julesburg, Colo., Tuesday morning.
on a minor charge, and later the po
lice authorities there learned that
he was connected with' the a' tack on
Harry Horton at Hemingford 'an!
Saturday n:ght. Sheriff Miller went
down to Julesburg Wednesday and
returned with his prisoner Thursday
James was In a very nervous con
d tion when the oflicer cam" to br nv
hi in buck to Alliance. His - hands
were twitching nervoucly, his ever
were bloodshot and he showed the
effect of the strain he had bee:i un
dcr for revi.ral-days. When Sh-rlfl
Mi'Ur told him: "I want your
story," the man asked quickly, "1,
he dead?"
"I hit him all right," he tr.ji '
officers, "but It was In self-defense.
I had the Joker up my stove, arf
got wise to It and started a little
discussion. 'My pal took up the ar
gument and they talked consider
able. Finally I saw his right nan I
go to his bin pocket, and he said:
Til kill you both.' I saw the haVh
lying there and got hold of It. I
k' w tha th- lirst man to strike
was the lucky fellow. I hit hi-
the head with the hatchet. Then
we made our getaway, and we didn't
lose any time doing It."
James said that he was glad to
learn that Horton was not killed. At
the time they left him, they were or
the impression that he was dead.
"I'm glad you caught me," he told
the officers. "I knew I'd be caught
some time, and I'm glad It's over.
All night long I've been seeing that
fellow drop. ' I haven't hardly slept
since I thought I killed him. Every
time I shut my eyes I'd see him fall
ing." He Insisted that he would not have
truck Horton had he not been cer
tain that the latter intended to
shoot. He told of going through the
supposedly dead man's clothes ami
taking his revolver. This, he said,
be had buried near Belmont. Sher
iff Miller accompanied the prisoner
to Belmont Thursday afternoon, and
the weapon was found exactly where
James said he had concealed it. In
a hole near the water tank.
Horton has not been located as
yet. The game in which he was in
jured occurred last Saturday night
at Hemingford. After Horton had
been supposedly killed by the blow
with the hatchet, be claims to have
heard the other men, who believed
him dead, talking over their get
away.
A destroyer Is not a destroyer ac
cording to a news dispatch, when tt
strikes a mine.
There are many things one cent
can buy. The Ilexail Store.
WOULD ASSIST
; SMALL COUNTIES
Potash Highway Association WUI
legislature for State Aid
Emergency Fund.
Delegates to the annual meeting ot
the Potash highway association, held
In Alliance yesterday, unanimously'
endorsed a resolution urging the es
tablishment by the Nebraska legisla
ture of a state aid emergency fund.
to be uaed to assist the financially
weaker counties of the state in build
Ing roads to connect with federal and
state roads already ouilt. The road
funds are distributed according to
population, and some of the counties
In Western Nebraska, which really
need good roads more than the east
em counties, find themselves with
very limited funds at their disposal.
The resolution suggests a plan for
special assistance. It was signed by
George F. Wolz, J. G. Bass. P. J.
Kelly, A. T. Bradstreet, F. P. Walker
and Charles A. Morrison.
Another resolution urged the es
tablishment of community camp
sites in cities and towns along tha
Potash highway. It was argued that
the completion of this highway will
cause an Increase In travel In thin
territory of thousands of earn of
tourists each season, and not only
will the camp sites be taken as an
evidence of western hospitality, but
the experience of towns which have
established such sites is that It pays,
and pays well.
A third resolution was directed to
county commissioners of counties
traversed by the Potash hignway.
These men are thanked for lending
their efforts and support toward the
work of securing right-of-way, coun
ty funds, and their willingness to co
operate with the association, and are
urged to appropriate such funds as
is necessary toward the building of a
permanent road as approved by the
Nebraska state highway comm'.Fton.
Resolutions were also adopted by
the delegates commending the Alli
ance chamber of commerce, the Alli
ance city ofik'luls und the Box Butte
county commissioners for their enter
tainment. Dr. G. E. Condra, secre
tary and director of the Nebrairfa
conservation, and soil survey, w;ia
thanked by resolution for furnishing
the good roads films and for the en
couragement he has given in tho.
past to the Potash highway. The Ne
braska state good roads asconatlou,
and its president, Grorge V. Wot, of
l-'iemont, canio in for pra-i (or ihtlr
efforts for road building and io.I'I
betterment in the state.
The following resolution Micwi- Xi
high regard of th Pota.m highway
association for Strte Engineer John
son and his depuitmer.i;
"WHEREAS, During the pat year
the state highway depaitment t as
efficiently und nerg ticai'y h ir.dled
the construction of hiinditda of
miles of state rnd federal a d roads
in Nebraska, end has rLoun what a
compactly organised, well-directed
bureau of road construc'.'on can ac
complish, and
"WHEREAS. This has only been
Btarted and should be continued
without let-up or hindrance during-
coming months and years, therefore
e it
"RESOLVED, That we, the niein
bers of the Potash highway assocU-
tion In session assembled, commend
the State highway department and I's
able head, George E. Johnson, and
his efficient and able corps of assis
tants, for their good work and bo it
"RESOLVED, That we urge them
to continue their efforts to put Ne
braska among the leaders in tli
building of good roads.
PAVING WORKMAN.
MAKES A IltX'OllD
A month or so ago, when the pav
ing gang first started at the task ot
bricklaying, the man who did this
work was a regular whiz who had
been at the business for years anl
knew his stuff. He wasn't a bit
backward about admitting It, either.
Later on in the game, he got proud
and haughty, and finally left town.
Then the contractors placed a cou
ple of green men at the bricklaying.
Joseph Turk, who blew into this
state from Montana a few racntns '
ago, bad probably never seen a par
ing brick. But Thursday of this
week, he put 34,200 of them in place
in ten hours. He covered nine hun
dred and twenty-five yards with
brick, and he wasn't trying for a
record, at that. It was Just an ordi
nary day's work with him.
Allen Kitchen, the former whim,
claimed to have laid $8,500 brick la
nine and one-half hours. Probably
he did it. But Turk can produce half
a doxen witnesses for bis record. In
addition to sn engineer's certificate
If necessary.