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Official Taper 01 "c't County
TWICE A WESK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Paper of the City of A Hi arc
VOLUME XXVIII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 1921
NO. 27
A CAMPAIGN TO KEEP
THE SALVATION ARMY
FROM LEAVING CITY
BUSINESS MEN DISC USS MATTER
OF FINANCIAL All)
.Misunderstanding a to the Portion of
Funds Collected to Remain in
City May Resume Drive
The announcement made last week
that the Salvation Amy post, recently j
established in this city, was having a I
lard time making both ends meet, and i
that those in charge contemplated ;
withdrawing from the city, has done !
more to arouse public sentiment than j
iozens of speeches would have accom
plished. The matter of coming to
the support of the post was discussed .
'Monday noon at a meeting of busi
ness men, and it was decided to make
a thorough investigation, and if the
results warranted, the county advisory
board for the Salvation Army will be
assured of the support of the individ
ual merchants.
Robert Graham, chairman of the
advisory board; J. S. Rhein, a mem
"ber, Rev. B. J. Minort and others took
part in the discussion and explained
the situation. It was brought out
that the Salvation army drive, which
was supposed to have been staged
two or three months ago, had never
been completed. Incidentally, there is
a general misapprehension on the part
of many contributors and prospective
contributors as to what was done with
the money collected in the drive. It
lias been believed by many that all of
this money was sent to district head
quarters at Des Moines, and that the
three girls in charge of the local post
have been unable to get any of these
funds returned and have been com
pelled to subsist on free will offerings
at their street meetings and occa
sional donations.
Mr. Rhein explained that at the
time the Salvation Army was induced
to establish a post in the city, it was
lone under the assurance of the ad
visory board that the city wanted a
central charitable agency, that it be
lieved the Salvation Army the best
charity workers, and the promise
substitute for a salaried corps cf
was given that the county's quota of
$1,500 would not only be subscribed,
but that it would probably be doubled.
- n arrangement was made with the
district officers that funds collected in
Alliance should remain here, and be
devoted to relief work in this terri
tory. The agreement made with the Pes
- Moines headquarters has been strictly
adhered to, and every cent collected in
the drive has been expended here, the
larger proportion of it going for r?nt
and running expenses. The difficulty
was that the drive was never com
pleted. Out of fifteen or twenty men
who intended firmly to canvass a por
tion of the business district, only about
a half dozen found time to do it. In
stead of collecting $1,500 or more, the
total was less than $400, and two men,
County Judge Tash and W. R. Harper,
collected the major portion of this
amount. The local post has really re
ceived only a trifle over $500, includ
ing a donation of $100 from the Elks,
?25 from the T. P. A. and other vol
untary contributions. All of this
money has been expended but some
$20. the money going to pay the rent
and buy needed furniture. The living
expenses and salaries or the tnree
workers, the most highly paid of whom
receives but $12 a week, has been met
bv contributions at religious meet
ings. Of these voluntary contribu
tions, 10 per cent is lent in to !istrict
headquarters, but the remainder stays
and is used in Alliance.
Unless all siens fail, it is probable
that an effort will be made in the near
future to complete the drive for funds,
a number of business men having vol
unteered their assistance to the county
advisory board should it desire to
complete the drive. The belief was
expressed that it would be a com
paratively easy matter to collect the
mnnev. provided the proper effort
were made. Those who have had ex
perience in collecting funds for the
nrmv declared that they met with a
surnrisinc-lv ready response from
practically every person approached,
Twt wpr inclined to belTeve that the
quota could be oversubscribed with
out difficulty. Practically every man
indicated that he thought the
post was needed in the city, and ex
pressed a willingness to help the work
. as individuals .although there was a
belief that the commercial organiza
Id not underwrite the prop
osition, that matter being up to the
county advisory board.
A THREE ARRESTED ON
INTOXICATION OIARGE
Chief of Police Jeffers Tuesday
inn- arrested Ed. Brennan, C b
Mooney and H. P. Coursey in a room
in the rear of the Mooney bakery,
and a charge of intoxication was
placed against them in police court
The three men denied the charge and
n-ked for a continuance. Judge
Roberts continued the case to Wednes
day, March 9.
r w r.Hxrnrv and wife of Casper.
Wyo., came down to Alliance Sunday
morning ana (trove out a new ha-
cylinder Reo roadster ana a eo opeeu
war, the next uay. i
PLAY THE GAME
"We're not doing much right now.
Conditions aren't good."
That's only a euphemistic way of
saying that you play hard only
when the team is winning. Anyone
can do that, but it takes a real live
man to play equally hard or even
harder when the game is going
against him.
Conditions? Who makes them?
Get right down to brass tacks ami
answer that question. W e are re
sponsible for the way this big globe
of ours runs its affairs you and I
and a great many millions more
like us. If we make up our minds
that conditions are bad, they wi'l
be, just as inevitably as night fol
lows day.
You are influencing condition.
What you do today will be reflected
in tomorrow's business. What you
think and say will react upon oth
ers. If business comes a cropper
during the coming months, ycu riid
I can blame ourselves, no, the other
fellow.
THIRTY-SEVEN SENIORS
EXPECT TO GRADUATE
FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL
WILL BE LARGEST CLASS TO
FINISH AT ONE TIME
Twenty-four Girls and Thirteen Boys
Candidates for Honors at June
Commencement
The last number of the Spud, the
paper published by Alliance high
school students, was the Senior num
ber, published by and largely of the
class of 1921. There are thirty-seven
in the class, the largest number yet
to be graduated at one time from the
school. The names of the candidates
are:
Acheson, Evangeline.
Adams, Wanda
Brown, Helen
Boon, Alice
Donovan, Ruth
Ellis, Irma
Grassman, Frances
Ham's, Alice
Hilton, Lennie .
Howe, Marie
Haeffner,-Hilda - - : : ' .
Hutchinson; Sybil
Lawrence, Glenna
Reynolds, Dorothy
Rockey, Mabel
Shanklin, Bernice
Stanton, Ruth
Simpson, Lillie
Simpson. Elsie
Woolis, Mary
Wilson, Elizabeth 1
Walker, Violette
Young, Helen
Zobel, Thelma ' J '
Buechsenstein, Carl ' "
Beal, Lester ' " '
Harris, Sterling
Irwin, Rova!
McCoy, Paul
Millor, Thomas
Pate, Leonard '
Robbins, Walter
Srhreiner, John
Wong, Ivan .
Williams, William
Declamatory Contest
Indications are that declamatory
contest honors will be hotly contested
this year, a number of entrants hav
ing already been made. .Mrs. I nice
Dunning, is the instructor. Following
are those who have entered:
Oratorical "Lincoln, the Mystery
of Democracy," Robert Lawrence.
"Liberty or Death, Sterling Harris.
Dramatic "Madam X," Ruth Stan
ton.
"The Colors," Edna Hiles.
"Joan de Costa," Elyse Harris
"The Little Re!," Evangeline
Acheson..
"Snakes, the Soldier, Helen l oung.
"A Few Bars in the Key of G," Lois
Boyer.
"His Christmas Gift," Mildred Pate.
"Mistress Penelope," Violette
Walker.
"Tff Swan Song," Mary Becker.
Humorous "Naughty Zell," Miriam
Harris.
"The Bear Story," Frances Fletcher.
"Who's Afraid." Margaret Schill.
"The Mustard Plaster," Eva Beal.
"Hunting an Apartment," Loree Ed-
fon.
"In a Street Car," Vera Scott.
"Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary," Eula
Barringer.
V. E. BYRNS IS CHOSEN
TO DRIVE FIRE TRUCK
V. E. Byrns, a member of the Alli
ance volunteer fire department for six
teen years, has been appointed as
driver of the city's fire truck, and will
assume the duties of his new position
Tuesday. March 1. He has had con
siderable experience with motors and
is well qualified for the position.
Elmo Lander Monday received a
telegram stating that his father, liv
ing in Nashville. Tenn., had passed
away. He left Monday evening for
the funeral. A. D. Lander, a brother,
left Saturday night tc visit his father.
The father spent some time last sum
mer in Alliance viriting his tons.
Miss Mabel Gilbert spent the week
end at her home in Lead, S D.
ANNUAL MEETING OF
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TO BE HELD MARCH 8
O. S. SPILLM AN OK PIERCE TO
BE CHIEF SPEAKER
Special Program to be Given
Entertainment of Members
And Their Wives
For
The annual meeting of the Alliance
chamber of commerce will be held at
the army at 6:30 o'clock on Tuesday
evening, March 8, at which time a
board of directors for the coming year
will be selected. A committee of five
members, consisting of James P. Bur
lington, Jr., A. G. Isaccson, Ed. Bishop.
Floyd Lucas, Dr. B. G. Bauman and
E. G. Laing, has been selected to dis
pose of tickets for the event, and will
canvass the busines's men -wme time
before the date set for the dinner. The
wives of the members, as well as all
business men, have been invited to at
tend. There will be, as entertainment, a
special program, some special stunts
for, which are row being arranged.
The stunts committee consists of W.
R. Harper, B. J. Sallows and George
Burr.
As is usual, there will be an address
by an outside man as a feature of the
occasion, and the speaker chosen is
O. S. Spillman of Pierce, Neb. Mr.
Spillman is a lawyer and was at one
time a candidate for congress in his
district. His talk will be general on
"Tendencies . of the Times," or some
such title. It is not in any sense a
set speech, but will touch upon some
of the hopeful signs of the times, as
well as some of the things which need
prompt attention and correction. "It
is not my purpose to pull all the tail
feathers -ut of the American eagle,"
Mr. Pierce writes, "but I may draw
a spark or two during my talk. I
never try to tell a community too
much about how to run its business. 1
may drop a few suggestions, but they
will be such as will be applicable to
our town as well as yours."
Americanization Week
Sponsored by Legion
Starts March the First
"It's time to quit hurrahing about
countries across the ocean and start
a little hurrahing about our own
country," said Dr. E. C. Henry, chair
man of the Nebraska legion Ameri
canization committee at a meeting in
the Omaha chamber of commerce.
"There's entirely too much interest
manifested by Americans to what is
going on in Europe and not enough on
what is happening in this country.
What we need is a propoganda cam
paign to get American minds on
America. We have little use here tor
those whose minds are continually on
what is going on in Europe."
The American Legion, through its
national officers, has designated the
first week in March as "Americaniza
tion week." During the week patri
otic services will be held in every
school in Nebraska, and civic, com
mercial, industrial and social organi
zations will be asked to have patri
otic programs.
Cities Are Built by Men
of Faith
By GEORGE M. CAREY.
Secretary of the Alliance Chamber of Commerce.
Did you ever stop to think whv
Chicago became the metropolis instead
of any of a half dozen other cities that
were its rivals a generation or s-o ago ?
Your first thought will be, "Great
Lakes transportation," but there were
other cities on the Great Lakes which
were far outstripped by Chicago. The
reason is not found in transportation,
but in citizenship. '
Men build cities, men of vision; men
of foresight; men of nerve; -ffien of
faith. The reason Chicago outgrew its
neighbors is because it had a group of
citizens who had big ideas and were
willing to stake their money, their
time and their faith on the future of
ths city.
There are other examples of this
nearer to you, you who are able to look
back on thirty years of town building
can recall how cities have outstripped
their neighbors not because the air
was pure, the rains more plentiful or
seasons more bountiful or the railroads
and kinder simply because these suc
cessful communities were blessed with
men and women of faith and courag
and big ideas. Suppose that every
man approached for financial assist
ance and help to provide a war chest
and carry out the plans of our gov
ernment during the war would have
said, "lhis is for the big business men
men alone," how far could "big buI
ness" alone carry our country to vic
tory. Suppose that every man who tried
to do his duty during the war should
take this attitude as a peace time citi
zen, do you thing your city would have
ALLIANCE SCOUTS
WRITE AND PRINT
THEIR OWN ANNUAL
FIFTY-FIVE PAGE BOOK OFF THE
PRESS THIS WEEK
Four Boys Learn Elements of Print
ing, Tackle and Put Over '
Prodigious Task
Some day this' week a number of
Alliance people are going to be privi
leged to gaze upon a fifty-five page
book, which is, in every sense, the
product of the hands and minds of
four boy scouts, Rowland and Wayne
Threlkeld, Paul Thompson and Verne
Iaing. The volume is called a year
book, and contains an account of the
personnel and activities of the four
scout troops in Alliance, the Bob
White, Crow, Eagle and Wolf patrols.
It's no slight task for the average
small print shop to tackle a job of
this size, especially when every line
of type in it must be set by hand. Fig
ure it out for yourself, please, how
much more monumental the task must
appear to four boys, ranging in age
from twelve to fifteen years, only two
of whom had been in a printing es
tablishment more than an hour. One
of these having been a printer's devil
for only six months and knew nothing
of type or their habits save what he
had gleaned from washing presses and
remeiting linotype metal, neither of
which can be classed as either pleas
ant or educational occupations.
One of these boys, Paul Thompson,
came upon an ancient printing press
in the basement or the Herald office.
It was a press that had been discarded
years ago, but was saved just as
everyone saves things that have out
grown their usefulness, with the
thought that some dny it would prove
to be or value. Near this press were
several cases of type, which had also
been consigned to the basement when
it should have been thrown in the hell
box. There wasn't much of a type
assortment, a few fonts of typewriter
ty-pe, a head letter series that was
used in the days before the typesetting
machine did the work, a couple of job
fonts that had outgrown their useful
ness, and some advertising type that
had been thrown out of employment
by the intertype.
I he sight of all this equipment
roused the ambition of the scouts, and
one day, upon descending to the lower
floor, half a dozen boys were discov
ered about the old press. They had
cleaned it unti lit fairly shone, had
patched it where it needed patching,
and last, but certainly not least, had
discovered a substitute for some miss
ing ink rollers in the shape of a cou
ple of lengths of rubber hose. Having
borrowed paper and ink, they prompt
ly made up a dummy of a forty-page
book, and started out to solicit adver
tising. The merchants fortunately respond
ed cheerfully. Out of the number that
were approached by the advertising
salesmen, only two failed to come
across for a half-page ad at 80 cents,
or a whole page at a dollar and a
half. The advertising committee got
too industrious, for when they counted
up at the end of two days' soliciting,
they discovered that the forty-page
book would have to be stretched fif
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advanced to its present position if men
and women had not toiled for it
thought for it, dreamed for it, put th
best of their brain and brawn behind
it?
During the war patriotic speakers
told us during different campaigns that
food would win the war; again that
ships would win the war; again that
money would win the war; but while
all these played their part, we know
now that it was big hearted men anu
women, with organization and team
work, and the faith of Washington,
Lincoln, Grant and Lee and our other
national leaders, which really won the
war.
You, too, working through your
Chamber of Commerce, can lift your
city to greater heights, and leave a
monument behind you that will inspire
other generations to greater service
and will make your own small corner
of the world a little brighter, a little
more cheerful and a little better place
to live in.
In our present campaign for com
munity building you will notice we are
not working along commercial lines
alone, neither are we selfishly direct
ing our efforts towards bringing pros
perity to our merchants alone, but we
are working towards the common good
of our city and adjoining country.
To carry on this work we must have
more money, not alone from business
men but from the community at large,
The dues are small and the ten dollars
per year invested by individual sub
scribers will go to swell the general
tuna.
l l OIHVS IIK.lt II. II
I'Dtr On
Rft'nrt protmhly will m1 to rnm
liio me HxlvHtlon Army drive.
Thi yrnr'H xenlor fIukn In tli luturM in
the ln.-tot of Alliance high n hnol.
t. H. Splllnmn of I'lerr will he the
Hickcr at the an nun I meeting f the
ctiNititM-r of commerce, Mhic h v
our Hoy Scout complete work of
writing and printing a flfty-flve pane
hook.
Alliance (He department entertain
mcmhera of American Legion and
T. 1. A. at a mnnker.
I'm ue Two
Kdltotlnl I'liRe: There In dantrer In
electing count-llmen who are no en
tliuxlaxtlc over the city manager plan
that they think It will run itaelf.
Alliance necda a hanehall team and will
oe tllven the opportunity to aupport
a Hood one,
raae Three
Flint InKlallment of "The Cow-puncher,"
ine iwiaiu new aerial story ,
I'aae l-'our
Society.
Comment and Tlncomment.
I'aae !
Random Shot.
rfikenlde.
At the Chruchea.
Hemlnirford.
At the Movies.
I'aae Reveit
Heal Kotate Trnnfera.
I'aae Klclit
C'hamher of Commerce planning cam
paign to Increase nieinberahip.
LIONS COMPLETE
ORGANIZATION AT
LUNCHEON TODAY
W.
R. HARPER ELECTED TEM
PORARY PRESIDENT
Twenty-eight Members Already
cured Expect to Reach
Forty Mark Today
Twenty-eight Lion cubs, in turn
playful and roaring, met at the Fern
Garden of the Alliance hotel for
luncheon this noon for the eating of
raw meat, imbibing the principles of
Lionism, organization, the election of
temporary officers nnd an address by
District Governor Harry E. Niven of
Longmont, Col. There were present
also several guests and prospective
cubs, all of whom enjoyed the hospi
tality of the roaring Lions immensely.
Following the reading of several
congratulatory telegrams of greeting
from various Lions clubs and officers
of the international society by Organ
izer Orland Jones, Mr. Niven was in
troduced, and for half an hour talked
co-operation and explained the prin
ciple" of the tirgamzation. .
J he election or temporary officer?
resulted in the choice of the follow-
ng, all by acclamation:
President W. It. Harper.
Secretary K. R. Hamilton.
Treasurer Charles Brittan.
Lion Tamer Harry Highland.
Tail-Twister W. L. O'Keefe.
J. V. Guthrie, B. G. Bauman and
Edwin Burr were selected as the en
tertainment committee for the com
ing month. J. S. Rhein was made
hairman of the membership commit
tee. At the time of the luncheon,
twenty-eight members hud been se
cured, but the membership committee,
and the organizer expect to complete
the membership roll today if possible.
Following are the names of the first
twenty-six members of the organiza
tion:
Charles E. Adams, George M. Carey,
Lee Basye, Dr. B. G. Bauman, Frnnk
J. Brennan, Charles Urittan, Edwin HI.
Burr, John W. Guthrie, K. R. Hamil
ton. F. W. Hargarten. R. Harper,
L. H. Highland, True Miller, George E.
Mintzer, A. S. Mot',, M. D. Nolan, W.
L. OKeeTe, Robert O. Reddish, C. L.
Reynolds, J. S. Rhein, Clarence J.
Schafer, Hurry L. Sims, Dr. A. L. V.
Smith, John R. Snyder, Dr. J. P. Wey
rens, Otto Zamzow.
May Lease Five Acres
For Boy Scout Camp
Near Belmont, Neb.
V. R. Harper and Kenneth R. Ham-
i ton went to Belmont Minday morn
ing, returning shortly after noon, and
while there discussed plans with
F. L. Tollman for a permanent site
for a Boy Scout camp. A five year
lease mav be taken on five acres, the
charire to be $10 per acre per year. air.
Harper and Mr. Hamilton were both
pleased with the location secured.
Mr. Tollman, it is understood, win
give the Scouts the use of the pond
for swimming, and will permit them
to build a pond closer to their camp
Plans are being made for improving
the camp, among the things to be
built being a mess hall, 802o fe.
The Scouts will do the work them
selves. The Scouts also plan to build on the
south sitle of Broncho lake a camp for
general purposes. It is nearer Alliance
and will be available for every-day
use during a large part of the year.
A shack will be built for their use.
As soon as Dr. Slagle returns, the
advisory board will meet and get ready
for a drive for funds.
BIRTHS
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Lindell I-ewis,
on eight and a half pound baby girl,
Monday morning, February 28. Named
Betty Loraine Lewis.
Mrs. Walter Lyons, of Bayard, vis
ited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Lawrence of this city last week. She
returned to her home Sunday.
LEGION AND T. P. A. .
ENTERTAINED FRIDAY
AT FIREMAN SMOKER
BOXING AND WRESTLING BOUTS
CHIEF ATTRACTIONS
Alliance Men Hate Opportunity to Se
Fast Pete Sauer In Action With
Mortensen and Barnes.
More than a hundred firemen ani
their guests, members of the Ameri
can Legion and the T. P. A., wera
present at the smoker given at th
armory last Friday evening. It was.
a general "get together" meeting, In
which the three organizations found
that they had much in common. Th
firemen, who were the hosts on the oc
casion, upheld their reputation as en
tertainers, to all of which some fif
teen or twenty men who made short
after-dinner talks testified.
The first feature of the evening was
a "dutch" lunch, consisting of sand
wiches, nigh-beer and other thinirs to
eat, in which All of the guests joined.
including several small boys who wero
seir-invited and made welcome.
Charles Hill acted as toastm.ister and
called upon several members from
each organization for remarks. Among
those who responded were several
candidates for the city council, D. C
Bradbury, W. L. O'Keefe, Fred Hayti
and S. W. Thompson. There wa ao
attempt to talk politics by iny f tho
candidates, those speaking confining
themselves to a general discussion of
what should be expected of a coua
cilman. One or two told what might
be expected of them should they &
honored by the voters. Every one of
the political aspirants steered clear
of making any play for votes, although
some of their friends did some pretty
good recommending.
The second half of the entertain
ment consisted of exhibition boring
and wrestling events. The feature cf
the athletic program was thirty min
utes of wrestling by rete hauer, the
brother of George Barnes, and a num
ber of Alliance men had their first
opportunity to see the big boy in ac
tion. He first took on Fred Morten
sen for fifteen minutes, and handled
the big Dane about as he pleusod.
Brother George was the next victim
and at the end of the second fifteen
minute stretch Sauer seemed about as
fresh as when he started. Dr. G. E.
Hand, who-referred. told the crowd -
something of Sauer's record during
the course of the evening, and ex
plained that efforts were making o
match him with Earl Caddock. If this
match is arranged, it will be a head
liner. Sauer is probably the best wrestler
that Alliance has ever entertained, but
the next few years should show him
improving rapidly. His friends think
he has an onoortunity for the woWd
championship, and those who watched
his clever footwork and reauzeu nts
knowledge of the tactics of the game
are ready to agree with them. Mor
tensen said that he claimed to know
a little something about the mat
game, but acknowledged that he was
practically helplcus against Sauer,
who threw both Mortensen and his
brother in three minutes during a
practice hour.
Two small boys, seven or eight
vears old. nut on a fast and furious
three-round exh;bit'on, living up to
their titles of "Wildcat and "Whirl
wind." At the close or their Dauie,
they were kept busy for ten minutes
picking up small cnange mai w
thrown on the mat by the delighted
spectators.
I.loyd woison ni ui-oic ron-i
followed with a three-round exhibi
tion, in which both the fighters fur
nished some pretty pood entertain
ment, although neither ot mem nuu
t,on irivon warninc that they were
expected to box before they showed
up and were wnony unprepaieu.
found it pretty naru worn, uuv iu v
some pretty hits.
Alliance Packing Co.
Affairs Soon to Be
Closed by the Court
J. W. Guthrie, former secretary of
the Alliance Packing company, has
been besieged by stockholders of tho
defunct concern, asking how soon a,
court order formally dissolving tho
corporation has been expected. H. E.
Gantz, attorney ior ine new uuaru i
directors, has taken the matter up
with Judge W. H. Westover, who has
sent word that he expects to come to
Alliance some day this week. Thn
funds held in trust under order of the
state securities commission cannot b
handed back to the stockholders until
a court order is issued, which goes far
to explain the intense interest on tho
part of the stockholders, who havo al
ready made up their minds to accept
their loss, and desire only to get hold
of their money.
THE WEATHER
Forecase for Alliance and vicinity
Generally fair tonight and Wednesday,
Continued mild temperature.
Mrs. T. W. Bracken left Sunday for
her home in Torrington, Wyo., after
a few days' visit with Mrs. Forest
Lapo of this city.