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Official Paper of Box Butte County
VOLUME XXVI I.
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Paper of the City of Alliano
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1920.
NO. 97
ALL PARTIES ARE
CLAIMINGVICTORY
Today's Flection Apparently Is Hotly
Contested Vote nimra-
tlvely Heavy
According to rejorts reaching The
Herald Just before going to press,
Allianre is casting a record vote
At 2 o'clock, lOO votes had been cast
In First ward; 150 in Second ward;
260 in Third ward and 2O0 in Fourth
ward.
The snowstorm stopped Just In
time to avoid interfering with the
election in Alliance. In the outlying
precincts of the county, the vote will
undoubtedly be materially de,
creased, but from indications at
noon, there will be a full vote cast
in the city. At noon some of the
wards reported over a hundred votes
cast- The women voters are turning
out, about one-Blxth of the morning
voters being members of the fair sex.
It Is expected that the afternoon vote
will be largely . women. After 5
o'clock until the closing of the polls
the railroad men will be turning out.
The daily papers continue to be
filled with forecasts by the political
managers and the dopesters. Each
party is claiming victory in the state
nd the nation. The democrats in
sist that the tide has been turning
rapidly toward Cox, and the repub
licans de"ny this strenuously.. In
Nebraska, the republicans estimate a
landslide for Harding, to the tune of
60,000 or better, wtilo the demo
crats believe they will carry the statue
by a safe margin. All the dope
sheets, however, list Nebraska as
among the safely republican states.
The Democratic Forecast
According to one democratic
forecast. Cox will win In the election
with thirty.odd electoral votes to
spare. The states listed as demo
cratic follow, the numbers being the
electoral vote of the states:
Democratic:
Alabama 12, Arizona 3, Arkansas
9, California 13, Colorado 6, Connec
ticut 7. Florida 6 Georgia 14. In
diana 15, Kentucky 13, Louisiana
10, Maryland 8, Mississippi 10, Mis
souri 18, Montana 4, Nevada 3; New
Hampshire 4, New Jersey 14, New
Mexico 3, North Carolina 12, Ohio
24, Oklahoma 10, South Carolina 9,
South Dakota 5. Tennessee 12, Tex.
as 20, Utah 4, Virginia 12, Washing
ton 7. West Virginia 8. Total 295.
Republican:
Deleware 3, Idaho 4. Illinois 29,
.Iowa 13, Kansas 10, Maine 6, Massa
chusetts 18, Michigan 12, Nebraska
8, New York 45, Njrth Dakota 5,
Oregon 5, Pennsylvania 38. Rhode
Island 5, Vermont 4, Misconsin ,13,
Wyoming 3. Total 236.
The number of electoral, votes
necessary to a choice is 266.
Republican Figures
..Here's the way one republican
dopester has figured out the totals:
Republican California 13, Colo
rado 6, Connecticut 7, Deleware 3,
Idaho 4. Illinois 29, Indiana 15,
Iowa 13, iCansas 10, Maine 6, Mary,
land 8, Massachusetts 18, Michigan
15, Minnesota 12, Nebraska 8, New
Hampshire 4, New Jersey 14, New
York 45. North Dakota 5, Ohio 24,
Oregon 5. Pennsylvania 38, Rhode
Island 5, South Dakota 5, Utah 4,
Vermont 4. Washington 7. West Vir
ginia 8. Wisconsin 13. Wyoming 3.
Total 351.
States which Cox is expected to
carry:
Alabama 12, Arkansas 9, Florida
6, Georgia 14, Louisiana 10, Missis
sippi 10, Montana 4, North Carolina
12, Oklahoma 10. South Carolina 9,
Tennessee 12, Texas 20, Virginia 12.
Total 140.
States that are honestly doubtful:
Arizona 3, Kentucky 13. Nevada 3,
New Mexico 3, Missouri 18. Total 40.
The State Campaign
The campaign has dragged along
for two months rather drearily at
best, and little interest, compara
tively, has been taken. Evidently
the voters have had their minds
made up for some time, and are sim.
ply waiting to cast their ballots. In
the 6late, however, the campaign
has not been without bitterness. The
chief fight has been made on the
governorship.
McKelvle'a political managers
claim a victory, but the fact is that
they are hoping against hope that
the Harding landslide will be heavy
enough in Nebraska to drag McKel-
vi alone with It. liaruiy a repuo
lican but will concede tnat McKelvie
will run far b3hlnd'tbe head of the
tfUet.
If the political dope ia correct.
Morehead stands to win Nebraska
easily. He can overcome a certain
.mount of republican landslide,
should one develop. But if Wray.
nnn.nariuan candidate, devel-
hw -"-
V h, It will weak
!
-a Democrats
over the state, h
ar qui
confident that Motv CM will pull
through, with some voters to spare.
No Contest in County
Aside from the natural rivalry on
the head of the' ticket, tnere Is no
contest in Box Butto county. Joe
Duhon. democratic candidate Tor
county commissioner, is expected to
win handily over Carroll, the repub
lican nominee. For the legislature,
the democratic candidate has with
drawn at the last minute, and while
Selden W. Ives, .the non-partisan
candidate, expects to poll a major
ity of the democratic voters, indica
tlons are that he Is doomed to dis
appointment.
For county offices, aside from com
missioner, there is no contest. It
is expected that Judge lash and Bill
Mounts, candidates for county Judge
and clerk of the district court, will
be given a heavy vote by members
of both parties.
The Herald, contrar) to Its usual
custom, has not arranged for a bulle
tin service. The election catches
this office In the act o removing to
larger quarters, and the present
office is too small to handle the
crowds. Bulletins will be received at
the Imperial, the Elks club and
other places, and It is probable that
the Denver papers will be able to
give a more complete service than
would be possible with tie limited
facilities available in a c.ly of tb'i
size. Unless there shoulJ develop a
landslide, definite result! will not be
available until Wednesday morning.
OLD MAN JINX IS
STILUJN THE JOB
Old Man Jinx, the favorite Jonah
of the Alliance football team, was on
the Job last Friday, when the local
football team went down to bitter,
but decisive defeat Ht the hands of
he Sidney high school eleven. The
damages were 40 to f. The heavy
Sidney players smashed their way
through the ranks of the lighter Al
liance players Just often enough to
make the score seem one-sided.
Allianre scored first, and for a
time Sidney seemed unable to make
gains through the Allianre line. But
before the first half had ended, the
burly opponents had managed to ge
two touchdowns. The feature of the
Sidney team was the playing of Full
back Chambers, although it it con.
ceded that Sidney has the strongest
team in her history.
The Alliance team completed three
out of four forward passes, while
her opponents managed to finish but
one out of seven attempts. The fast
Alliance backs couldn't get away for
long runs.
On Friday, the Alliance team plays
at Kimball, and the home team plans
to leave the jinx at home and come
back with a victory.
THINK JEWEL RETURNS
RUSE T0AID ZEDIKER
County authorities are inclined to
chuckle over the return of the Isaac
son Jewelry, through the mail las
Friday. They are all of them of
the opinion that this is simply a ruse
to divert suspicion from Urban Zedi-
ker, charged with the theft, and now
In Jail awaiting trial. The general
belief is that while the sender had
no belief that he would delude the
officers, he might manage to create
public sentiment so that it would be
difficult to get a Jury that would
convict. The Jewels were returned
in an ordinary cigarette box accom
panied by a note which said the au.
thorities were "holding the wrong
man." v
SPECIAL REQUIEM MASS
FORTERRENCE M'SWINEY
Special requiem mass was cele
brated at Holy Rosary church, All!,
a nee, at 9 a. m. today for the repose
of the souls of Terence McSwiney,
lord mayor of Cork, who recently
died ' following a protracted hunger
strike undertaken in the interests or
the Irish republic, as well as for
Murphy and Fitzgerald, two other
hunger strikers.
Services were held today In Cath
olic churches all over the United
States, it Is said, for the same pur
pose. THE WEATHER.
Alliance, Neb., November 2. Fair
tonight and Wednesday, somewhat
warmer Wednesday.
Necessity may be the mother of
Invention, but people manage always
In some way to Invent a way to get
the luxuries.
ops too mli,
en Morehead
FIRST BIG SNOW
OF THE SEASON
Duck Hunter Marooned In the Hand
hllliH Paving Stojel F.f
feet on Flection.
The first real snow of the season
started In shortly before midnight on
Saturday and continued steadily un.
til Monday morning. The tempera
ture was at no time very low. and
the wind was n?ver very high. Mon
day afternoon the sun came out, and
the snow started to melt, but Tues
day morning the temperature
dropped a couple of notches, al
though the snow Is still melting.
Sunday morning a number of local
hunters fared forth to the sandhill
lakes to be ready to take shots at
the wild geese which were expected
to be on their way. Many of these
had not returned Monday, and it Is
suggested that the sandhill roads,
never In the best of condition, are In
such shape that they have been
marooned at the homes of friendly
ranchers. Nova Taylor, one of the
city's cops, was a member of one of
the parties, but there were plenty of
others in the same fix.
ihe snowtemporarily halted all
paving activity, which had been going
along in fine fashion. Last Friday
the estimate was that ten more days
of good weather would ste the
wintiup in districts now undei con.
tract. It Is probable that there will
bo enough good weather later on to
get the paving finished before tin
cold weather really sets in.
The golf bugs suffered most griev.
ous disappointment. Fully twenty-
five had oiled their clubs and bor
rowed enough golf balls to last for A
day, but when they awoke Sunday
morning and gazed out of the win
dows at the snow mantle, most of
them rolled over and slept till noon.
The snow also hit The Herald a
rap. Monday morning plans were to
begin the big task of moving this
newspaper to its new home in the
Masonic temple building, but this
has been postponed until later In the
week. t
The snow fall was general over the
west, according to railroad men, who
say that the fall extended between
Billings and Seneca. East of Seneca
there was rain. Snow fell In south,
em Montana, Wyomnig, western Ne
braska, Navada, Utah, northern Col
orado, northern Arizona, with rnin
falling In southern Arizona and New
Mexico. The storm center is around
Flagstaff, Arizona. Fall wheat bf i
which large acres have been planted
in western Nebraska, will be greatly
benefited by the moisture.
It Is estimated that the snowfall
will cut the vote today in western
Nebraska considerably probably at
least a half. Train service has not
been seriously delayed, although a
number of late schedules are report
ed. TO GOMPILE ELECTION
RETURNS IN ALLIANCE
The Associated Press, the largest
news gathering agency In the world
will cover Nebraska as well as other
states in the most thorough tnannei
they have ever handled on election
night. J. A. Rawlings of Omaha, In
charge of Nebraska, has divied tha.
state into districts, each district
comprising a number of counties and
In charge of a stragetlc manager,
who in turn is in charge of. the coun
ty correspondents, of which there Is
one for each county.
The sixth district, which com
prises the counties of Box Butte,
Soulx, Dawes, Sheridan, Scottsbluff,
Morrill, Garden and Grant, will be
handled by Lloyd Thomas as stra
getlc manager, with Alliance as
headquarters.
On election night the reports
from these eight counties will be
turned In hourly to Mr. Thomas and
his assistants at headquarters here
by long distance telephone and tele
graph and will In turn be relayed by
him to state headquarters in Omaha
via a special direct Western Union
wire which Is being installed for that
purpose.
The Midwest was rather prema
ture last week In announcing the
death of Martinez, ,the greaser who
killed Mr. Lindgreen of Bayard over
a week ago. Martinez is In the
hospital. The Midwest hopes it
was not premature to any great ex
tent, however. It yearns for an op
portunity to chronicle the legal de
mise of Martlnei at a very early
date. Gering Midwest
L. R. Corbin plans to leave on
Thursday of this week for Lakeland,
Fla., where he will spend the win
ter months.
SAY MATERIALlSfl
f BESTIPABTE
Division Fiiglneer Mrlean Iteplies
to liOtter From Chamber
iA Commerce
T. C. McLean, highway engineer
for the Fifth Nebraska division, has
replied to the letter sent by the Alll.
ance chamber of commerce directors
to State Engineer Johnson several
days ago. In their letter, the atten
tion of the state engineer was direct-
o the material used for surfacing the
Am loch road, the directors asserting
that it was not up to specifications.
The following day, a reply was re
ceived from E. H. Morey, chief of the
bureau of roads, In which he stated
that he would arrive In Alliance
Wednesday and would make a per
sonal investigation.
Mr. McLean In his letter to the
club, says that the contractors, the
Roberts Construction company of
Denver, has been urlng all available
material furnished by Bridgeport,
Bayard and Scottsbluff concerns.
"Tests show." writes Mr. McLean,
"that the average run of this ma.
terial closely approximates the speci
fications, although It Is true that
more fine material is present than
we would ordinarily care to have."
He declares that when the road gets
a fair chance under traffic, with a
rain or two, the surface will prove
satisfactory.
A general denial is entered against
the charge that he has said that the
c'ub would not co-operate with him,
or that he has failed to co-operate
with the directors. The letter fol
lows: Mr. Mcliean's letter
''Scottsbluff, Neb., Oct. 29, 1920.
J. W. Guthrie, Secretary Alliance
Community Club, Alliance, Neb.,
Dear Sir: I am in receipt of a copy
of your letter of the 22nd Inst., ad.
dressed to Mr. Johnson, relative to
the class of surfacing material being
used on the 'Antiorh road'. Mil this
you state that the contractor is using
common sand in place of the gravel
called for in the specifications, and
J,fjt It ,1s a waste of money to put It
on the road.
"For your information I will Bay
th:tt I have gone over quite carefully
the gravel situation in western Ne
braska, and there are now only three
concerns furnishing this material in
commercial quantities; namely, Mr.
!Powe at D,.dgtp()rt Mr, Hoss at
Bayard, and Mr. Bady at Scottsbluff.
"The pit run gravel furnished
from all three of these places runs
about the same consistency, and due
to a shortage of cars and loading
facilities the contractor has been
taking as much as each pit could fur
nish. "Mr. Roberts, the contractor,
states that he has been buying of
Mr. Powell at Bridgeport the best
material that sis plant Is able to pro
duce, and at Bayard and Scottsbluff
due care has likewise been exercised
In securing the coarsest material.
"You will appreciate that material
of this kind Is quite variable, and oc-
casionally a car of hue material wi'l
bP shipped from the pits. Tests
,how that the. average run of this
i 'atei lal closely approximates the
specifications, although it is true that
more fine material is present than we
would ordinarily care to have.
"It Is quite possible that some of
your citizens have lost sight of the
fact that during the grading of he
piece In queMion, it was necessary
for the contractor to haul the mater,
lal over the freshly laid clay blanket,
at a time when it was very dry. This
resulted in cutting it up badly so
that when the gravel was spread the
surface had the appearance of being
very sandy.
"I feel that'when the road gets a
fair chance under traffic with a rain
or two, the present surface will
prove to be satisfactory.
(Continued on page 4)
SXOW PITS DAMPFJt
OX HALIXnVF.KX PHAXKS
Halloween was not observed In the
usual fashion this week. Time was
when outbuildings would have been
turned over, when buggies and
wagons would have been found atop
of buildings, and when the city
would have looked as though the
Germans had Just made a raid. The
snowstorm put a damper on the
rough stuff this year, and Halloween
observance was largely .confined to
parties and pink teas, which is as It
should be.
On Box Butte avenue there is but
one evidence that revellers were
abroad. The shooting gallery, a
sheet iron structure, was dumped out
near the curbing. No extra police
were on duty, and apparently none
were needed.
llfNTlNO PAUT1KH
MAIIOOXKD IIY KNOW
Hunters who were caught In the
sandhills by the big snow are begin
nlng to come back with tales of their
troubles. Bert Lalng, Roy C. Glad-
son and Billy It one of the Lalng
Clothing store started out at 4:3c
Sunday morning. They got as far a?
Deloss Barber's ranch and were
stuck In the mud. The boys left
Bert to get the car out of the mud,
and hunted from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m.
The party remained at the ranch
Sunday night and started for home
at 9 a. in. They arrived at 5 p. m.
It took them almost the entire da)
to come the thirty-two miles from
Halm's ranch. The day before It
took them from 2 to 8:30 p. m. to
make twelve miles. One duck was
all the game they bagged.
A number of the hunting parties
have not made their appearance yet.
Several autoloads of hunters stayed
at the Rice ranch Sunday night. Red
Case was one of the few who manag
ed to return Sunday afternoon. He
came In at 2:30, and gave It as his
opinion then that any hunters who
failed to return within half an hour
would be stuck for the night.
Jim Dobry, Alliance railroader, re.
celved three broken ribs and otBer
Injuries when the switching crew
shot another car Into the diner where
he was employed.
J. E. Farrel has resigned bis posi
tion with Ihe Snyder Transfer com
pany. HERALD WILL MOVE
LAST JF THE WEEK
Unless carefully laid plans are dis
arranged. The Herald will devote Ihe
last half of the week to moving Into
its new localton in the Masonic Tern,
pie building. A telegram from the
Intertype corporation brings the
news that an erector for the new
typesetting machine Is on his way,
and he will be at work bright and
early Wednesday morning, the car
penters having obligingly consented
to be out of his way by that time.
No issues cf the newspaper will be
missed, although the Herald force
will have a lot of overtime work to
do the next Tew days. s - RhouM thf
erector show up promptly, the new
machine will first be put Into opera
tion. The big press will be taken
down immediately after the Frldaj
paper Is printed, and the rest of flic
equipment will be moved In between.
The new location Will give The
Herald one of the finest homes of any
newspaper In western Nebraska
There will be ample room on the
basement floor for the presses, folder
and mailing departments, as well u
the big stock of paper, and the main
floor will be devoted to the commer
cial printing and offices for th
newspaper. Unless something hap
pens to prevent, The Herald will be
at home to Its friends next Monday
in the new location.
SHERIFF TO PORTLAND
AFTERHUTCHINSON
Sheriff J. W. Miller left today for
Portland, Ore., where he expects to
get Morris Hutchinson, charged with
stealing a Reo automobile from the
A. H. Jones garage some weeks ago
Hutchinson was located by the
Jones company, but when the county
commissioners were asked to furnish
the money to bring him back, they
demurred. The A. H. Jones company
is putting up the funds, and after
the prisoner has been Drought back
and tried, will attempt to secure a
refund from the county.
Sheriff Miller expected to start
two or three days ago, but was de
layed until the extradition papers
arrived from Lincoln. He is now
armed with the necessary authority,
and unless the Portland officers have
grown tired of waiting for him, will
return some of these days with his
prisoner.
DF.ATIIS AXD Fl'XKKAI.S
Mrs. Bernard Shepard bf Hemhig.
ford died at St. Joseph's hospital in
Alliance Saturday, following on op
eration for appendicitis. Funeral
services were held from the late
home at Hemlngford Monday. Mrs
Shepard was well-known in Box
Butto county, being a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sampey, old
time pioneers in this part of the
country. She had a number of close
friends In Alliance.
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Bald returned
to their home in Aurora Monday
morning. They have been visiting
at the home of their son, F. A. Bald,
and with another son, Harvey, at
Bayard, for the past month.
BAYARD EXHIBITS
SOME SORE SPOTS
Transcript Call a Itayard-AIUonc
Match a "Free.for-air
Rap Coach Prince. j
The last Issue of the Bayardf
Transcript shows that somebody la
that neck of the woods Is stil! peeved
over the fact that the self-styled Ne
braska champions failed to cop th
Alliance game by as big a score as
they had boasted previous to the
play. The Transcript uses soma
mighty harsh words in relieving
somebody's mind, among them being
' assassination" and "possible may
hem." All the time. Alliance has
evidently been harboring a bunch of
potential murderers in our city
schools, and never guessed the tre
mendous risk the citizens, sleeping
o' nights, are taking in not bavins
them locked up before their atavistlo ,
tendencies get the best of them. .
The Bayard scribe also takes occa.
slon to say a few pointed words to
Coach Prince, Somehow, we suspect
the writer doesn't like Prince, al
though he falls to specify Just what
Is wrong with him. It's plain to bo
seen that even a hard-won victory
didn't satisfy the Bayard fans, but if
given plenty of time, they'll probably
recover. As grandmothers used to
say, "Rub It, bubby, and It'll .get
well.
Read a portion of the account,
after,whlch It should not be difficult
to guess the tenor of the rest of It:
"Several crtlclsms of the spirit
displayed by players and coach of tho
Alliance teams could well be made,
but their reputation for such is so
well known In the North Platte val
ley that It Is useless to recount them.
But if Alliance desires to keep on
friendly terms with other schools In
this section l would be to their ad
vantage to have a house cleaning.
and rid themselves fo the unsports
manshlp manner in w,hlch coach and
players conduct themselves on tho
field and side lines, ere they aro
found alone, as some schools are get.
ting tired of protecting themselves
against possible mayhem and assas
sination, and the barrage of words
and suggestions hurled from the sldo
lines. " The coach should be Instruct
ed as to what really . constitute a
football game as relates to the duties '
of a coach, and perhaps he will be a
less liability to the Alliance teem.
"The Bayard team accompanied by
200 rooters went over on a special
train, taking the Booster band with
them, the train stopped at the gov-
ernment camp where some flf.eea
employees Joined the party, and in
sisted the Bayard rooters in keeping
up the enthusiasm of the game.
"Herron for Bayard was . h n
best in line plunges, showing to good
advantage throughout the Rie.
The absence of Hart man from tho
line up was felt and the team as a
whole declare that had be b-ia in n
his regular position, the score Uado
by Alliance would never have hap
pened. Simmons suffered a painlul
Injury to his side and back by b.-inij
kicked by an Alliance player, and
was In a bad condition during the re. ,
mainder of the game. Burden a4so
suffered several knockouts, his in
jured knee, paining him throughout
the second half. McKelvie was given
good bumping by the Alliance
lads who perhaps thought that to
have him retire from the game would
be to their distinct advantage.
"The team has been resting since
the free for all, and will be in tip
top shape for the Sterling contest
tomorrow."
RED CROSS CONFERENCE
TO BEJELD FRIDAY
Fourteen -'ties of western Nebras
ka will be represented at the Red
Cross regional conference in Alliance
on Friday November 5, when heads
of several departments of the divi
sional office in Chicago will be here.
These men will eplaln every problem
confronting chapters and will review
the future plans of the American
Red Cross.
Walter. Davidson, manager of Cen
tral division; M. S. McMuIlen, direc
tor of the fourth annual roll call;
Thomas Allinson, director of the de.
partment of civilian relief; one rep
resentative of the nursing depart
ment and one from the Junior Red
Cross, will be here for the confer
ence. The morning sessions will begin
at 10 o'clock. There will be a noon
day luncheon at the Alliance hotel
and this will be followed by some
brief after dinner talks.
A field representative who is now"
working in this section of the state
will be In Allianoe on Thursday to
complete arrangements for the con
ference.
