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Official Taper of Dox Butte County
TWICE A WEEKTUESDAY -AND FRIDAY
Official Taper of the City of Ailianc
VOLUME XXVIII.
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ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, KEHKASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1921
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RAILROADERS
DESIRE MORE
MEN AT WORK
SEEK ENFORCEMENT OF FULL
CREW LAWS.
Complaint Filed by Trainmen Against
Eleven Roads Operating in
Nebraska.
Another phase of the struggle be
tween the railroads and their em
ployes, due to the desire of the former
to reduce the latter to maintain pre
.sent wage schedules, developed last
nveek. The railroads have been en
deavoring -to impress on the workmen
the fact that their services are not
particularly- essential, and have laid
off every man that could be spared,
and possibly, in some cases, men that
couldn't The following, from Fri
day's State Journal, tells the story:
Complaints were filed by Harry
Tord, representing the brotherhood of
Tailway trainmen, with the state rail
way commission Thursday asking that
it order eleven railroads in the state
to perform certain acts in the inter
est of the service and public safety.
The railroads involved are the San
ta Fe, Northwestern, Minneapolis &
Omaha, Burlington, Milwaukee, -Rock
Island, Illinois Central, Missouri Pa
cific, St. Joe & Grand Island, Union
Pacific and Wabash. In the first com
plaint sets out that section 6992 of the
statutes makes it unlawful for roads
to operate trains outside of yard lim
it. A flagman is asked for. The in
voked to order the roads to answer
set a hearing and make a finding in
accordance with the facts.
The second complain charges that
some of the roads are operating switch
its without crews, consisting of an en
gineer, . fireman, conductor and two
forakemen, with a proviso that mixed
trains running on main lines running
100 miles or more should have an ad
ditional brakeman.
Say Safety Impossible.
The complaint sets .out that when
more than fifty cars are placed in a
-train this number of men is insuffici
ent, inadequade, unsafe, a hardship
xipon the men and dangerous to the
engines' with a less number of 'men
than the law requires, which is an
engineer, a fireman, a foreman and
two helpers where main line move
ments are not involved and an addi
tional helper where they are involved.
It is claimed that these are not suf
ficient to insure safe and proper ser--vice,
and a hearing and order increas
ing the number are asked.
The third complaint sets' up the law
making it an offense to operate a light
engine from one division to another,
outside of yard limit, without a crew
made up of engineer, fireman and con
ductor. It is set out that all of the
roads are obeying this law except the
Union Pacific and the Burlington,
vhich evade it by calling their divis
ions subdivisons and sending out
light engines without pilots. The com
plaint insists that whether they are
called divisions or subdivisions this
practice is dangerous to the men and
the public. An order on all the roads
to place a pilot on such light engines
is asked.
These complaints are parts of a
.series of efforts made on the part of
the brotherhood of trainmen to force
the employment of additional men on
these services. It sought to have the
law amended, but the legislature told
its representatives that the general
powers of the commission can give
them whatever relief they are entitled
to get. The commission will have to
-first make a finding holding that the
lack of the men named constitutes im
proper and insufficient or dangerous
service before ordering compliance by
the road3.
Track Forces Increased.
Three men to a section on main
lines, and one man to a section on
Taranch lines, are to be added to the
present track forces of the Burlington,
isome bridge and carpenter workers
-are to be added. This work is neces
sary at this time of year and an in
crease in forces was found necessary,
regardless of the fact that business
is mighty scarce and laborers have
refused to permit a reduction of wages.
W. F. Thiehoff, general manager of
the lines west, held a meeting of sup
erintendents, roadmasters and master
carpenters at the office of General Su
perintendent E. Flynn Thursday, at
-which details of the work to be done
-were discussed. The company is not
launching a big work campaign.1 It is
jaid twice as many men would have
been employed if a reduction of wages
had been agreed to.
Mr. Thiehoff attended the conference
of laborers at Chicago where the wage
question was up. The laborers did not
agree to a wage reduction and refused
even to agree to a submission of the
question to the labor board. The case
however will eventually reach the la
"bor board.
General Superintendent Flynn said
business reports show little or no new
business with a decline in grain ship
ping; little coal moving; merchandise
shipping litfht; and very little build
ing material of any kind being shipped,
ome sand business has developed with
the- coming of good weather, and the
Burlington is now loading a small
nmount of sand at Louisville.
K. L Pierce Settles
Dispute Over Notes
of Ilemingf ord Bank
The last issue of the Ilemingford
Ledger carried a signed statement by
J. A. Hunter of this city and K. L.
Pierce of Hemingford, relative to the
settlement reached in the affairs of the
First State bank. Apparently a num
ber of conflicting reports had been
circulated, some of which had pene
trated as far as Alliance. A portion
of the statement follows:
K. L. Pierce having sold a controll
ing interest in First State bank, Hem
ingford, Nebraska; to the Marvel in
terests at Hastings with transfer of
the bank June 1st, 1919, guaranteeing
all the notes of the bank to them, a
dispute arose in March, 1921, concern
ing this and other matters, and same
has been settled to the satisfaction of
all parties concerned.
From June 1, 1919, the new ownersH
furnished the cashier who was the
bank manager, and K. L. Pierce was
made president. At this time K. I
Pierce retains a few shares of stock
but has no official connection with the
bank.
The settlement carries with it the
release of K. L. Pierce from all lia
bility on the matters in dispute and
the Marvels assume complete respon
sibility for the bank during their own
ership. The terms of the settlement are for
K. L. Pierce to take over and stand
the loss if any, on $50,000.00 worth of
secured .paper, on which the probable
ultimate loss is small.
Any report of any disagreement or
trouble between J. A. Hunter and K.
L. Pierce is unfounded.
J. A. Hunter was present during the
negotiations and knows the facts of
the settlement at first hand. .
FIFTH ANNUAL
M. E. CONFERENCE
HERE NEXT WEEK
TWENTY-FIVE CHURCHES TO BE
REPRESENTED
Delegates from Northwestern Part of
Nebraska Privileged to Hear
Bishop Stuntz
The fifth annual session of the Alli
ance district conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church will be held
in this city next Monday and Tues
day morning, April 4 and 5. Bishop
Homer C. Stuntz of Nebraska and
Iowa will be present for the two-day
session and will be the feature of the
program. Dr. C. C. Cissel, area secre
tary for Iowa and Nebraska, will also
have a prominent place on the pro
gram. The Alliance district includes twenty-five
churches in the northwestern
corner of Nebraska.
The following is the program, with
Bishop Homer C. Stuntz, presiding:
Monday, April 4th.
9 a. m.' Morning worship.
9:30 a. m. Business session.
11 a. m. "Conference Claimant En
dowment," O. E. Richardson.
2 p. m. Devotional.
2:30 p. m. "Shop Talk," C. C. Cis
sel, D.D., Area Secretary, Omaha. Fol
lowed by an address by the bishop.
3:30 p. m. Round table conducted
by the bishop.
7:30 D. m. Address. "World's Needs
and Centenary Program," Bishpp
Homer C. Stuntz.
Stereopticon view "The Centenary
Todav and Tomorrow," in charge of
the area secretary, ur. Kj. k,. v,issh.
Tuesday, April 5th.
8:30 a. m. Morning worship.
9 a. m. Business meeting.
100 a. m. "The Children's Church,"
E. C. Fintel, Scottsbluff.
msn a. m "Kvanirelism. Its Field
and Importance"; general discussion.
Leader,. W. O. Winslow, uering.
11:30 a. m. Closing words by the
bishop. .
A Free Course in
Millinery For the
Women of Alliance
ITnrW tin nusnires of the Home
makers' association. Miss Virmond. a
millinery instructor from the extension
service at Lincoln, will give a lour
rlav rnurse in millinerv work in the
assembly room at the court house.
commencing Monday, April un, at t
p. m. Evening sessions will be held
for the benefit of teachers, school girls
and all those who tannot attend in, the
nf tpmnon.
These lessons are free to all. Bring
in your old hat and trimming and
larn Vinw to make it look like now.
or bring material to make a new hat
complete.
For any further information, call
Mrs. A. II. Grove or Mrs. u. M. ueai
Several cai loads of Lions are plan
ning to drive to Bayard to attend the
opening of a Lions club in that city
tomorrow. They will leave in the
morning and return the same night.
DRIVE FOR FUNDS
FOR DOY SCOUTS
STARTS APRIL 8
WILL RAISE MONEY TO EQUIP
BELMONT CAMP
Roy Scout Band From Chadron to be
Feature of Entertainment ;
at Roof Garden
Opening with a public meeting at
the Roof Garden, at which the Boy
Scout band from Chadron and an out
side speaker will be the features, the
campaign for funds to equip the Boy
Scout camps at Belmont and Broncho
Lake will start otr with a rush on rri-
day, April 8. A number of organiza
tions in the city are behind the scouts
in their campaign, and it is believed
there will be no difficulty in raising
the $3,000 needed to make a permanent
camp for the boys.
A ten-year lease has been secured on
five acres at Belmont, and it is pro
posed to erect a cottage, twenty by
thirty feet, and a permanent cement
swimming hole, the dimensions or
which will be slightly larger. This
camp will be used by the Scouts for
their summer outings and extended
trips.
The Scouts have also been allowed
the use of some land fronting on
Broncho lake, and they hope to be able
to erect a small cottage here for their
week-end trips. The J3.000, the aim of
the drive, will be sufficient to pay all
expenses, including the construction
work and the payment for the land
lease.
The scouts are tremendously inter
ested in the project and are doing all
sorts of work in an effort to help the
campaign along. The business men
of the city, who realize what an asset
a Boy Scout organization is to the city,
and the splendid work it does, are
doing everything to help the plan
along. Assistance is wanted from
every organization in the city, as well
as every individual.
Potato Prices Show
' Decline in the Last
Months of the Year
The main course of the potato mar
ket in 1920-21 bears out the general
statement that in years of heavy pro
duction, prices are likely to decline
during the later months of the season,
according to a statement ana ngurws
sent out by the bureau of markets i-f
the United States department of agri
culture recently.
Averaire quotations for these ame
sales in nine prominent city markets
during the first week in January
ranged from $1.78 to $1.K6 per 100
pounds. In succeeding weeks the av
erage quotations for these same mar
kets declined 5 to 20 cents each week
until February 23, reachiing .&l.'i3 to
$1.33 on that date . Since then the
trend has been upward, reaching $1.41
to $1.49 on March 7. Chicago-- and
western markets reached the lowest
point first and began to recover
sooner.
Quotations in representative pro
ducing and shipping sections followed
the same general course, declining
from an average of $1.27 to $1.39 per
100 pounds on January 3 to a range
of 83 to 87 cents on February 21,
then recovering to a range of 93 cents
to $1 on February 25, and averaging
cloe to $1 on March 7.
The recent recovering in potato
prices may be explained in part, as
a natural rebound after a long decline,
the movement having been shared by-
other important food commodities. The
gradual clearance of accumulated sup
plies and the moderate volume of new
shipments has tended to strengthen
the tone of the market and the great
shrinkage in reserve supplies, as
shown by the report of stock on hand
January 1, has increased the confi
dence of the buyers and sellers.
The range of quotations at the
opening of the main crop season the
last of September was $2 to $2.24 in
11 leading cities. The average de
cided slightly further the last of the
month, then partly recovered, reach
ing $2.20 .to $2.35 the first week of
November. A year ago quotations in
11 markets ranged from $4.50 to $5.60
per 100 pounds.
Easter Services
Attract Crowds to
Alliance Churches
Large numbers of church goers dis
regarded the unpleasant weather on
Easter morning and filled every Alli
ance church. Special musical pjp
grams, beautiful floral decorations and
the reception of new members were in
keeping- with the spirit of the dav.
The fashion feature of the day was a
little less evident than in some years,
dui even tnis was. noticeable.
At the First Baptist church a special
Masonic sermon was given by the pas
tor, Rev. B. J. Minort, for the mem
bers of Bunah commandery, Knight
Templar. Some fifty kniirhts. in full
dress uniform, attended the services in
a body.
MUCH DAMAGE
TO PHONE LINES
BY SLEET STORM
COMMUNICATION BADLY INTER
RUPTED SUNDAY
Seventy-fie Phone in City Were Out
of Whack Due to Broken
Wires and Poles
The wet snow and sleet storm of
Saturday played hob with the tele-
Ehone company, not alone in Alliance,
ut all over the western part of the
state. In this city, it is estimated
that at least seventy-five phones are
out of commission, wires were broken
In many places, and twenty-five poles
were dragged to the ground. The re
pair force has been busy since the
storm, and within two or three days
expect to be giving normal service in
town, but longdistance communica
tion may not be restored for some
time.
Monday evening, the Alliance sta
tion could communicate with Craw
ford, Sidney . and Scottsbluff, but
these were the outside points. Not
being able to speak with Grand Island,
the local telephone officials are unable
to estimate the damage in other parts
of the state. Between Sidney and
Julesburg, Col., however, it is known
that 21G poles are down, and this
means that there are fully that many
breaks in the wire.
The storm was comparatively light
in this section, but despite that the
sleet, freezing on the wires, did enough
damage in a few short hours to keep
the repairmen at work for days.
Rufus Jones Pays
Fine for Speeding
Over in Minatare
Rufus Jones, former secretary of
the Alliance chamber of commerce,
who. is now editor of the Minatare
Free Press, in the last issue of that
paper, under a big black heading,
"Extra" tells the sad tale of his arrest
ta hard-hearted town marshal on a
charge of speeding, and of the 'conse
quent paying f the fine. Rufus tells
the sad particulars thusly:
Rufus Jones, editor of The Minatare
Free Press, was arrested at 2 o'clock
Thursday morning by Chief of Police
Fred Conklin, just as he and three
other persons alighted from an auto
mobile on their return from bcotts-
bluff. '
The other villains were:
Amzi Jessup, wealthy land owner
and cattleman.
G. O. Emick, superintendent of the
Minatare city schools.
Kenneth Krier, manager of the R.
S. Proudfit company and member of
the city council of Minatare.
The quartet had just returned from
a meeting of Shrinera held at Scotts
bluff, to which place they traveled
overland. It was charged that in
leaving Minatare, enroute to the
Bluffs, they stepped on 'er and tooted
'em up as they proceeded north on
Center avenue.
The culm-its hunted up Justice Trot
ter early Thursday morning, pleaded
i . i.i n ..1 I
guilty, liad a line nutivtu miu mi
paid it and went the way of the wick
ed.
Teaches Signing
Contracts for the
1921-1922 Season
By the first of April, the contracts
of the various teachers in the city
schQol will have been signed, or failure
to sign will be accepted as a pretty
fair indication that the teacher in
question has other plans for next year.
The contracts are now in the office of
Superintendent Pate, and the teachers
are signing' up with a fair degree of
unanimity. The board of education, at
a recent meeting, voted to continue
the present wage scale during next
year, and this, means that positions in
the Alliance schools are fully as de
sirable as in other cities of this class.
Legion Meeting to be
Held Thursday Eve
at the Fern Garden
The next meeting of Alliance post
No. 7, American Legion, will be held
Thursday evening next, beginning at
6:30 p. m. This is the third date that
has been given for this meeting, the
last change bein made necessary by
the banquet for the visiting teachers,
which will be held Friday evening.
Judge L. A. Berry, on his last trip
to Rushville, learned through R. I
Wilhite of the death of Joseph H.
Kime of Streator, III. Mr. Kime was
well known in Box Butte county for
thirty years or more. He was a sort
of turbulent spirit ard held the record
for participating in lawsuits of one
sort and another. He was an extremely
likeable character and a very active
one.
THE WEATHER
Generall fair tonight and Wednes
day. Slightly warmer east and south
central portions tonight. Colder
Wednesday west and north portions.
Alliance Is Listed
Among 82 Accredited
High Schools In State
Alliance high school Is listed among
the eighty-two Nebraska high schools
accredited by the North Central asso
ciation of college and secondary
schools, according to Prof. A. A. Reed,
of the University of Nebraska and in
spector of secondary schools in the
state. Professor Reed headed the Ne
braska delegation at the recent meet
ing of the association at Chicago. High
schools and collegs of eighteen states
are members of the North Central
association.
To get recognition, high schools
must comply with regulations and
standards set by the association. One
qualification is that teachers must be
college graduates and have had special
training in the studies they teach.
Graduates from the so credited high
schools may enter colleges and uni
versities without examination. They
also may enter West Point and An
napolis without first taking an exam
ination. The lumber for the club house at the
County Club grounds was this week
purchased of two Alliance firms, at
C rices that were better than offered
y any outside company, a number of
which were very anxious to get the
business. The contract for the build
ing has been let and work will be
started in the near future.
GOOD PROGRAM
IS PLANNED FOR
THE TEACHERS
INTERESTING THREE-DAY SES
SION ARRANGED.
Six Hundred Teachers of Western
Nebraska Are Expected to
Be in Attendance
Six hundred teachers from various
parts of western Nebraska are ex
pected to be in Alliance March 31 and
April 1 and 2, for the first meeting of
the northwestern Nebraska section of
the state teachers' association. The
chief features of the meeting will be
addresses by a number of noted edu
cat'onal workers.
It is planned by the chamber of
commerce to request the various busi
ness firms of the city to decorate their
windows in honor of the city's guests
and the high school colors, blue and
white, have been suggested as lopio
priate. This is the first time the strde
association has met in section, n.vi it
is considered quite a distinct'on ftr
Alliance to capture the first session.
Following is the program for the
three-day meeting:
Friday, April 1, 9:00 a. m.. Imperial
Iheatre.
Community Singing led by Prof. R,
E. Yarndley, director of music, Chad
ron state Normal.
Address "The Home Economics
Teacher in Relation to the School and
Community," Miss Margaret Fedde,
chairman, Department Home Econ
omics, University of Nebraska.
Address "General Results of Pan
Handle School Survey," Dean W. T
Stockdale, Department of Education,
Chadron Mate Normal school.
Music Arranged by Miss Anna
Booth, Alliance.
Address "Individual Differences,
Measuring the Mind," Dr. Charles
Fordyce, dean Teachers' College, Uni
versity of Nebraska. '
Friday, April 1, Sectional Meetings,
2:00 p. m.
Home Economics section Methodist
church.
Primary section Central school
building.
High school section High school
building.
Rural school section Court house.
Grammar grade section Presbyter
ian church.
Friday, April 1, Schoolmen's Club
Banquet, 5 p. m. to 8 p. m.
Banquet room. Alliance hotel.
Friday, April 1, 8:00 p. m. Roof
Garden.
Twenty minute educational address
Dr. Charles Fordyce..
Concert by the Chadron State Nor
mal Concert orchestra.
Saturday; 9:00 a. mM Imperial Theatre.
Community singing led by Profes
sor Yarndley.
Address "The Project, Its Use and
Ahn-" Dr. I .ida R. Kat-harf. nrnfpssnr
of Elementary Education in the Teach
ers college oi the xseora.'-Ka state
University.
Music.
Address "National Problems in Ed
ucation," Dr. Huijh S. Magill, field sec
retary of the N. E. A., Washington,
D. C.
(Continued on Page 8)
A CELEBRATED
DIVINE TO VISIT
ALLIANCE SOON
BISHOP nOMER C. STUNTZ HERE;
FOR TWO-DAYS
Will Speak at Methodist Church Sun .
day and at Chamber of Com
merce Luncheon Monday
The people'of Alliance will have an
opportunity to hear one of the most
celebrated preachers of American next
.-.umiay when Bishop Homer C Stunts.
D.D., LL.D., will speak both morning
and evening at the local Methodist
church. The bishop is making a tour
of western Nebraska and arranged last
tan to spend on entire Sunday in our
city.
It is a rare occasion for a small
town to have" a Methodist bishop In
her midst. Unlike the churches nav
ing diocesan episcopacy, the Methodist
Episcopal church has only one bishop
for a large area, and the most out
standing preachers of the denomlna
tion are elected to this office. There
are some four million members of tha
Methodist church in America, with
about . 15,000 churches, but only
twenty-one bishops for all this num
ber. Bishop Stuntz has the th ckly
populated states of Iowa and Nebraska
in his area, with about twelve hun
dred churches. With an area so large.
personal supervision is impossible, and
he has under him thirty-two district
superintendents who give their entire
time to their respective districts.
Bishop Stunts is a world traveler.
The first few years of his ministry
were spent in large pastorates. Ha
was sent to Calcutta, India, where ha
was a missionary for eight years, and
part of the time a chaplain for tha
British army. For four years he waa
superintendent of the Methodist mis
sions in the Philippine islands. Tha
next four years he served as mission
ary secretary for the church, being at
the head of all the foreign missionary
work. In 1912 he was elected bishop
anil for four years lived in South
America. It was during this time that
he wrote his book on "South America,"
which has been recognized as one of
the most authentic sources of informa
tion on that continent. . I
On Monday noon the bishop will
speak at the chamber of commerca
luncheon on "World Trade Conditions,
and because of his various travels all
message will be of vital interest to
every business man.
Boy Scouts Leading
In Actual Work
of Cleaning the City
To the Boy Scouts of Alliance go
first honors in the e'ean-up campaign.
The Scouts have actually done some
thing outside their own premises. Al
most any man, especially when threat
ened by the law, is willing to turn to
and clean up his own premises, but
the Scouts have set out to improve tha
looks of the business d'strict, and are
doing the work after school, at that.
Some twenty-five scouts appeared at
the Eagles lot on lower Box Butte ave
nue Monday evening and-by 6 p. m.
had it shining like the proverbial nig
ger's heel. They cleared up all tha
trash, even back of the billboard,
where it didn't show, raked up all tha
dead weeds, and all they got for their
labors was the fun of a bonfire and
the privilege of cart;ng away about a
wagonload of brick, which they plan to
use in the construction of their l ut
at Broncho Lake.
Tonight, according to Secretary -George
M. Carey, who was one of .
those- who assisted by either advica
or muscular activity, the scouts will
turn their attention to the vacant lot
just north of the Alliance hotel.
There's an unsightly iron shack, a
portion of a shooting gallery, that
will be burned or carted away. Afttr
this, there's plenty of other places
that may be tackled to the eternal im
provement of the city's appearance.
Great Slump in
the Value of Farm
Products in Nebraska
N The great slump in the value of
farm product in Nebraska is revealed
in a bulletin of agricultural statistic
recently published by the state depart
ment of agriculture. The 1920 corn
corp. though much larger, is valued at
100 million dollars less than the 1919
crop. Cattle on farms in 1920 ara
valud at 100 million dollars less than
in 1918. The hogs in the state in 19ia
were worth 61 million dollars, 42 mil
liens in 1919, and 28 millions in 1920.
The 1920 alfalfa crop dropped to a
value of 35 millions, compared to 64
millions the previous year, while last
year's wild hap crop was worth but
little more than a third of the 19'9
crop. Horses show a drop of 25 mil
lions since 1918 and 37 millions since
1911. The 1920 wheat crop is valued,
at 25 million dollars less than the 1919
crop. Even the oats crop of last year
was worth 11 million dollars less than
in 1919.