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i Wat Official Paper of Box Butt County TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOLUME XXVII. ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1920. No. 98 Ml 1 1 . . XX v.i I - v ft'"' 4 J -M i SALVATION ARMY DRIVE IS NOW ON Box Butte County Advlwry lfcmnl Plans to Italse 92,500 By the Flmt of Xext Week The drive for the Salvation army quota for Box Butte county, which "was to have been held two weeks ago, but was postponed until after Tuesday's elm Ion, is now on in earnest. At a meeting of the Box Butte county advisory board, which was held in the office of County Judge Tash Thursday afternoon, twenty-five business men decided to get behind the drive and put it acroBs in record time. To show they meant business, every man present not only put his name on the sub. Kcription list, but agreed to canvass his block of the downtown section. Alliance's qupta for the Salvation army Is about 1,000, but the advis ory board members, who had agreed to get behind the drive provided the Salvation army installed a post in this city, have determined, if possi ble, to double. If not triple this amount. The reason for this is that they hold the belief that this city bould support the post, Inasmuch as it was installed here at their invi. tation. This city has no organized chari ty, and situated as we are, some agency for the relief of the unfortu nate and needy is imperative. For a time the city mission operated, but it was forced to give up the struggle for lack of funds. Realizing that a need for some such organization ex isted, representatives of the local churches, fraternal orders, labor unions and other civic bodies under took to get behind the mission some months ago, but it was realized that, as then conducted, the mission was not able to handle the situation. An effort was made at that time to se. . cure a Salvation army post here, but the army had no funds. A few. weeks ago, when Judge Tash was In Omaha, he attended the stale convention of advisory boards, and made a personal investigation of the work of the army in its rescue and maternity homes. Following this, he urged an appropriation to enlarge the scope of this depart ment. At that time, he received as surances that a post would be estab lished in Alliance if it could or done. The advisory board promised the quota from this county U ii were established, and a week or two ago two workers from Hastings ar rived in Alliance. The building re. cently vacated by the Brennan drus store has been leased and furnished. The Army having carried out its part of the agreement, the board is pushing the drive. Present plans Include the canvass ing of the business district only. Committees will call upon every business man in the city and it Is believed that very few will refuse to contribute. The need for the Salva tion Army here is undisputed, and by making it the headquarters for all the charities of the city, in addi tion to its regular relief and rescue work, it will be worth much more than it will cost. There is no other charitable organization where so much of the money donated goes to those who need it. Few cities of the size of Alliance have a greater need for Its ministrations. When the canvassers arrive, have your check book handy. No large subscriptions will be asked, and this is an added reason why evety man approached should need no encouraging. CARSOX-MOHTEXSOX BOUT A HEAL IttSSLE "wrestling fans are unanimous in saying that the wrestling match at the roof garden Thursday evening between Jimmy Carson of Omaha and Fred Mortensen, known as the Terrible Dane, of Alliance, is the first and only bout in Alliance where it was all action from start to finish. The opinion is general that If all matches were staged as was this one, the sport would be more popular than it is at present. Mortenson won the tout, taking the first fall in 45 minutes and the second in 27 H. Mortenson weighed in at 172 pounds and Carson at 169. The two men were well matched and fought hard, but the Alliance boiler- maker has Just a trifle more speed. jt THE WEATHER. Anions Keh.. November 5. Rain tonight and Saturday, turning to snow and colder weBt portion Satur day; increasing east to northeast; winds becoming strong. NotlTy stockmen west portion. it p Hoursev went to Hot Springs and Edgemont Thursday on a busi ness trip. The RESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT ELECT WAR KEN G. HARDING AND COM WIN (. O. I. ScoreH the Greatest Victory In Us History In Nation. Stt niul County. Tuesday's republican landslide was the greatest In the history of the party. It swept Into office not only Harding and Coolidge, but assured an increased majority in both houses of congress. In Nebraska the Hard ing vote was strong enough to carry through Governor McKelvie and the entire list of republican state officers, although' for a time the- governor ship appeared' In doubt. McKelvie ran far below the head of the ticket, and narrowly missed defeat. The straight republican ballots, however were of sufficient number to pull him through. Late tabulations indicate that Harding not only carried all the nor. mally republican states, but some in roads were made in the solid south In some southern states, where Cox secured a majority, republican con gressmen and senators were selected Unprecedented pluralities were piled up in all states, the Nebraska major ity for Harding being estimated at 135,000. The woman's vote helped swell the totals. Among winners in the state con tests may be listed P. A. Barrows for lieutenant governor; D. M. Amsberry for secretary of state; G. W. Mash, auditor of public accounts; DPr Swanson, land commissioner; D. I). Cropsey, treasurer; C. A. Davis, at. torney general; Thome Browne anrt II. L. Cook, railway commissioners. A. M. Morrlssey has a safe lead for chief justice of the supreme court, and George A. Day for associate justice. William H. Westover was re-elected district Judge for the Six teenth district. Moses P. KinkaiJ will receive an increased majority over two years ago. State Senator Good is re-elected and Dwlght Grls- wold will represent this district in the legislature. Heavy Vote In Box Butte. Box Butte county cast a record vote, the unofficial figures placing it at 2,320. The women were a dig. tlnct factor in the republican victory, casting many of the straight ballots that helped to pull McKelvie through. The voting began early in the morning and continued until the polls closed, and in Alliance there were lines of voters waiting to cast their ballots. Although four times the required number of ballots bad been printed, it was necessary to have more In every ward in the city. On page 2 of The Herald will be found the unofficial tabulation of the vote In Box Butte county. Theses figures show about a two to one ma jority for all the republican candi dates. For president the majority was even larger. On the governor ship, McKelvie ran behind the head of the ticket nearly four hundred votes in the county. Wray's vote was larger than bad been expected, the York man receiving 274 in the county. W. C. Mounts received the record vote for the county, 1800 voters HAHDIXO placing their approval on his candi. dacy. He ran fully 300 votes ahead of Harding. He was without opposi tion for clerk of the district court and many democrats voted for hlin. County Judge Tash ran him a close second, receiving over 1500 rotes, ac cording to the unofficial returns. Both the democratic and republi can local organizations were busy election day getting out the voters. Up until the count of the ballots be. pan, there was some doubt as to how the city would go, and a number of bets were made, that the city would go democratic, or that the republi can majority in the county would be small. The democratic campaign was in charge of the Cox-Roosevelt club, which made a vigorous campaign in the county. The Wilson handicap, coupled with the general desire for a change, was too much to overcome. W. R. Harper, republican county chairman, made a whirlwind finish of the campaign, which has been under his personal direction. The cam paign in Box Butte county this year was hard fought In the closing days, but was clean, and while two sue. cessive victories have not made It any too easy for democrats to accept defeat. Harper has received a num ber of pleasant words from demo cratseven from some who made un wise bets. ROAD BUREAU CHIEF INSPECTS ANTI0CH ROAD E. II. Morey oj Lincoln, chief of the stiae bureau of roads, arrived In Alliance Wednesday morning and met with President Glen Miller and Secretary J. W. Guthrie of the Alli ance chamber of commerce. - Division Engineer J. C. McLean of Scotts bluff, II M. Roberts of the Robert Construction company of Denver and Mr. Powell, owner of the Bridgeport sandpits. These men made an in spection of the Antloch road Wed nesday morning. The visit of Mr. Morey was occa. sioned by a protest sent in by the Alliance chamber of commerce to the effect that the contractor on the An tloch road was not using the surfac ing material called for by the spe cifications. Division Engineer Mc Lean, Mr. Powell and the contractor explained that the material used, while containing more than was de. sirable, is the best sand obtain, able. Mr. Morey took samples of the material back with him for analysis. The surfacing material at present j used runs not to exceed 10 per cent under the specifications. Mr. Powell explained that with his present equipment, he could not tunr out gravel that would be exactly suitable for the requirements of western roads, although it is better than any other available material. He said, however, that if the demand were sufficjent, he would be willing to put in new equipment at the gravel pits which would sift out all of the sand. The meeting developed into a friendly discussion of good roads. Among the points of interest in the discussion was an agreement reached between Commissioner C. L. Hash man and Engineer McLean on some kind of a road out of Alliance to connect up with roads from the south. Mi 'ill 111 If H mm CALVIN XKLIDGE HKMIX(iKOICI) MAN " BUYS AEROPLANE Ora Kj Phillips, well known Hem ingford real estate man, is the first citizen of Box Butte county to In-J terest himself in the aircraft game j sufficiently to purchase a machine, j He returned from Lincoln Tuesday afternoon with a new Standard ma chine, accompanied by a pilot, and for a considerable time the citizens of Alliance were entertained with an exhibition. He arrived at Heniing ford at 9 a. m. Wednesday. According to The Herald's Hem. lugford correspondent, Mr. Phillips has engaged two aviators to teaei him the flying game, and they will stay with - him until he is able .to handle the craft himself. Following his arrival in Hemingford, a number of passengers took flights, and there has been no dearths of requests from those who desire a birdseye view or the county. Wednesday afternoon the Hemingford schools were dis missed In honor of the occasion, and people from farms and ranches within a radius, of several miles came to that city to view the attraction. Citizens there are extremely proud of the new acquisition, saying there are mighty few towns of a thousand population which can boast of a home aeroplane. WHO SAYH THIKTEEX AX I'XLl'CKY NI MHEH Thirteen may be the grandaddy of all the jinxesbut somebody'U have to prove ! to The Herald. November the thirteenth month its owners have been In business here was the record-breaker, not only in volume of business, but in every other way that helps to convince a publisher that he's making good. Despite a poor location, despite bitter opposition, despite crowded conditions The Herald has made a consistent growth In business. The first month of the second year finds the receipts more than dou ble those of the same month a year ago. The thirteenth month finds The Herald still maintaining Its lead In circulation and gaining In popularity with every Issue. The thirteenth month finds The Herald still setting the pace for printing live home news, written in an Interesting way. The thirteenth month shows the greatest number of renewals and unsolicited new subscribtions and no other kind is as valuable In Its history. The thirteenth month shows a steadily increasing advertising patronage. Look over our adver tising columns and you'll find every worth while merchant In Alliance uses them regularly and liberally. The thirteenth month finds The Herald moving into newer and larger quarters, with new equip ment the best made, with sutfi cient room for present needs and future expansion. The thirteenth month is our lucky month. Watch us grow! TARIFF MAY SAVE POTASJMNDUSTRY It. M. Hampton lloM-ful That Wet Nebraska Plants Can Com ' ete With (JeiniAiiy An Interview with R. M. Hampton of this city was published In the Omaha World-Herald Thursday corning. In , which the Alliance banker Is quoted as expressing his belief that the new republican ad. ministration, by establishing a tariff on potash, would aave the industry from extinction In. Nebraska. 'The World-Herald says: "K. M. Hampton. president 'xt the First National bank of Alliance, stated today that he believed the new republican administration, after Its Installation, would establish a tariff m potash Imported front Germany, thereby saving tho Nebraska potash Industry from extinction, due to the fact that German potash can now be delivered in Atlanta, Ga., at an averase of 75 cents per unit, which s equivalent to 115 per ton, cheaper than the Nebraska potash can be manufactured and delivered at At lanta, t "Mr. Hampton is one of the heav iest stockholders in the Alliance Potash Co., operating one of the five large Antloch plants. He stated that the Nebraska po'ash industry, in which over 910,000,000 has been invisted, mostly by Nebraska peo. pie, cannot survive unless it Is pro jected by a tariff on German potash, lie states that on November 1 the eastern fertilizer manufacturers who have been purchasing potash from western Nebraska plants cancelled their contracts with the two Lake aide plants and the Alliance plant at Antioch, and that the latter plant will close down as soon as the pres ent supplies of coal and oil are ex. hausted unless new orders are se cured. , "Although the present outlook for the Nebraska Industry is bad, Mr. Hampton is confident that one of the first acts of the newly elected con gress will be to establish the tariff on potash, as well as on beef and wool, all of which are more or less in the dumps. "Inasmuch as Mr. Hampton is one of the old time Nebraska stockmen and former president of the Nebras ka Stockgrowers' association, the stockmen of this end of the state are hopeful that his predictions will come true and that an era of better prices on beef, wool and potash will result." Dll. ANNIE 11. JEFFREY TO LEAVE ALLIANCE Announcement was made Thurs day that Dr. Annie G. Jeffrey will leave Alliance. She has made ar. rangements to go to Casper, and will have offices with her husband, Dr. Joe Jeffrey. A partnership has been formed between Drs. Jeffrey and Dr, A. L. V. Smith of Portland, Ore, Under the new arrangement. Dr. Smith will take over the Alliance practice Immediately. Mrs. Jeffrey expects to leave for Casper within the next week. NEW MANAGER FOR POTATO EXCHANGE A. J. Iitiwrpttce of Nebraska Unit Ity College of Agriculture la Now In Charge A. J. Lawrence of Lincoln, for the past three years connected with the University of Nebraska college of agriculture, -where he has been In charge of county agents In western Nebraska, arrived In Alliance Wednesday morning and Is serving as acting general manager of the Nebraska potato growers' coopera tive exchange. A. J. Sawyer of Rushvllle, chosen general manager at the Inception of the exchange, was unable to continue with th work, due to the Illness of his wife. Mr. Lawrence is well acquainted with conditions In western Nebraska, having been engaged In business at Chadron for some twelve or fifteen years prior to his residence In Lin coln. His work the past three years makes him an especially valuable man to be at the head of the ex change's activities, which are much greater than the average Alliance resident realizes. Judging from present Indications, the potato exchange-will operate In Alliance the year around. It Is es timated that this year's crop of po tatoes In this district will run close to 3,000 cars, which, compared with 1,800 cars last year, shows better than anything else the importance of the exchange. The cooperative plan of market ing the spud crop Is proving Its worth every day. Sales are brisk. The exchange is selling all cars they can get hold of, at prices ranging from 20 to 25 cents per hundred higher than those offered by some of the speculators. The demand Is constantly growing, and the put week or two has exceeded the sup ply by a comfortable margin At present, the average number ot cars sold is about twenty-five a day, but It is expected, when the real move-' nient begins, that this will reach fif ty or better. Mr. Lawrence's work will consist largely of getting the spuds to ship. The selling end is under the-direr, tlon of George E. Walker, the rep resentative, .of the North American Fruit. Exchange of New York City. Growers in this section started the Belling this year with a decided ad vantage In price, 10 to 15 cents per hundred, over offerings from Minne sota. Due to the placitu by a few shippers of inferior stuff In .such markets as Omaha, the Minnesota growers have had a 10 to 15 cent advantage of late. The Nebraska exchange hopes, by such means as Improved grading and uniform pack ing, to get their product i cognised on the leading markets. This Is the chief problem confronting snippers from western Nebraska at present. It will take time to overcome the handicap but the men in charge are confident that it can be done, and Nebraska potatoes will be able to compete with those frowu in Mich. Igau, Wisconsin and Miunebota. The Neoiattaa exchange is no v fn dally touch with over three llieiManc buyers of high financial stunting. and there are almost uuimhel pos sibilities of increasing ihj buviiess. All concerns from whom orders ai-e accepted are carefully Investigated. From the short time in which it has been in operation, there is ample proof that in the exchange, the mar keting problem has been satisfac torily solved. AXGOUA MAX MAKE Ll'CKY OIL STRIKE All of the budding oil millionaires are not confined to Alliance. Word comes from Angora that Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Maybell are planning to remove from that place to KansaB, where Mr Maybell has made a lucky strike in oil. Some two years ago, on a visit with relatives at Flor ence Kas., Mr. Maybell was Invited to Joiu a syndicate of twenty-nine men which purchased a forty-acr lease. The land was not far front producing wells, and Mr Maybell took a chance. ' Last spring the Marigold Oil and Refining company made the syndL cate a proposition, and has since drilled four wells on the property. The first well came in the first of April, and the fourth only a short time ago. The largest one produces 1,200 barrels per day, and the small est 600, and the two others 1,000 and 800, and there Is a ready market for it at $3.75 per barrel. The lease cost the syndicate only $1.25 per acre. The profits are sufficiently large to make it Interesting for a man who receives one twenty-ninth of the royalties. 1