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CFMTIcial Taper of IJox Butte
VOLUME XXVIII.
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AM) FRIDAY
Official Paper of the City of Atllane
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NE1UIASKA, JULY 5, 1921
NO. C3
FIRST PROGRAM
OF CHAUTAUQUA
ON WEDNESDAY
'.KOXDOLIERS A MUSICAL
IN AFTERNOON
BILL
'i-Fay Standard Circuit Will Be Pre
tented in Alliance Good Ad
vance Sale of Tickets
TIip 1021 Alliance chautaoua will
fj-en Wednesday afternoon with a Rex Thompson made a hit every
jr.usieal concert by the Rondoliers, a time up to bat. Robert Lain)? made a
saxophone quintet The performances home run. B. Eplr pitched very Rood
iluring the six days will be staged in ' ball but poorly supported. The
-u tct at trtiithpast corner of the Christians errors made the 'score so
Central school block, the same grounds
used last year. Indications are that
tiji year's chautauqua will be a suc
cess, not alone because oi me nign
ouality of the progvam which the
. Standard system has assigned this
-city, but because of the activity of the
local committees, which have taken a
considerable interest in reviving the
.VioiitmiMiiri mnvomnt fnr Allinnpf And
.have been working hard for the past
weeka in preparation for the event.
The advance sale of tickets, while
not. overwhelming-, has been comfort-
.ably large. There are a number of busi- (
. ness houses which have the tickets on
sale: W. E. Cutts at the Fairmont
-creamery, Life siumcs uiuvl-ij, me
Alliance National, the First National
ixnd the First State banks, the Nation-
. al variety store, Keep-U-Ncst, the
Times ami The Herald offices, as well
. as Tom Gee at Lowry & Henry's ga
rage, and A. V. Gavin at the Burling
ton station. In addition, Miss Lilla
i Graham. Stephen Epler and Bruce
1 '.. Ihn
hpler, who are paid a commission on
their sales, are rounding up prospec-
tive purchasers. j
The 1921 programs runs pretty
tong.y to musical attractions, out
there is a great variety in the oner-
ings. The Rondoliers, who open the j
Chautauqua Wednesday afternoon, is
a saxophone quintet, piaying every-.
thing from the latest popular num
bers to the extreme highbrow stuff.
'There is a brass ensemble, singing
o-.iartet and mixed tiuartet, instru
mental and vocal solos and duets, and
ti.eir readings, stunts and novelties
-combined with their musical features,
provide an exceptionally interesting
program. -
Wodnpsdnv eveninir the Rondoliers
-will give a second performance fol-
lowed by C. L. Burgderfer, imperson-
ator-one of the headline on the ,
-chautauqua platform. Mr. Burgderfer
ly heralded as a master
nl character lelmeator, and the
xewspapers in the cities where he ha3
appeared have spoken most favorably
of his performances.
The Thursday programs include, in
oth afternoon and evening, a joint
recital by Alice Phillips, dramatic so
prano, and William Phillips, baritone,
two of Chicago's leading artists. In
the evening, an additional attraction
-will be Dr. F. E. Gordon in a phiio -
jcophical, humorous lecture. Shooting
the Abraham Lincoln of the chautau
uuoi. ui. uuiu y..-v..v..
vua, both in stature, intellect and ora
tory. The program for the six days fol
lows :
First Day.
Afternoon Introduction of superin
tendent by local people. Full program
br Rondoliers.
Evening Concert by Rondoliers.
Impersonator, C. L. Burgderfer.
Second Day.
Afternoon Joint recital by Alice
Phillips, dramatic soprano and William
Phillips, baritone. Special engage
jYient of Chicago artists.
Evening-Joint recital by Alice
Phillips, dramatic soprano and William
Phillips, baritone. Lecture by Dr.
Frank Elwood Gordon.
Third Day.
Afternoon Full program by Metro
politan Trio, playing organ chimes.
Evening Concert by Metropolitan
Trio. Lecture by Judge Fred G. Bale.
Fourth Day.
Afternoon Full program by United
Symphony Orchestra.
Evening Full program by United
Symphony Orchestra.
Fifth Day.
Afternoon Full program by New
England Male Quartette, real singing
quartette.
Evening Concert by New England
Male Quartette. Lecture by Ex-Governor
Edward W. Hoch.
Sixth Day.
Afternoon Lecture, "Chords and
IMscords," by Dr. Henry B. Burns.
Evening Play, "Too Much Busi
xess," by Wales Chautauqua Players,
Ranch Hand Suffers
Broken Collarbones
When Horse Stumbles
Pete Thomas, ranch hand, had both
collarbones broken Friday afternoon,
when the horse he was riding Ftepped
in a gopher hole. His injuries were
attendoJ to by Dr. Minor Morris.
TmE weather
Forecast for Alliance and vicinity:
Generally fair tonight and Wedns
lay except probably showers in the
east portion.
Presbyterians Take the
First Game in the City
Sunday School League
The Presbyterian Sunday School
team won the first game of the sched
ule of the Sunday School baseball lea
gue by a one-sided score of 23-4
against the Christians.
one-sided. Epler struck out 3, walked
5. Eberly fanned 4, walked 1.
The summary;
Christians
ab po
.5 2
Hacker, lb
G. Williams, 2b 5
2
0
2
2
2
2
8
0
D. Yount, 3b 4
F. Williams, ss 4
C. Lackey, rf 4
ij-j, n.
pP.ler' c r
cirev lbP 1
Presbyterians
p ,
' nw 9h
ab po
o
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
1
3
3
1
3
2
1
0
-" ---
E. Ewing, 3b
R. Thompson, ss-p .
C. Shreve, i f.
A. Miller, If.
P. Thompson, c
W. Eberly, p-ss.
The score by innings:
r h
- 4 1
-23 5
christians 0 0 3 1
pr(,sb yterians 4 2 h 12
0-x-
The next game will be played Thurs-
day afternoon at 5 p. m. at the Fair
Grounds between the Uaptist
and
Methodist teams,
Practice will be held Wednesday at
4:30 at the high school grounds.
Attention Called to New
Provisions in the Law
Iff-.i.i:-rffn..l.,Tl(f Saturday carried the blaze to the
rtiieuuiiuiAJiuay idAca.
j
In a recent circular to the county
clerks of Nebraska. State Tax Com-i
. ..... .
attention to the new jawa Hmiting
t t t follows: 8 i
"S?1 J ai"t"J BwJS nf
missioner w. ri. usuorne directs tneir
house Ro), No' m and 130 respective
I v and vour attention s directed to the
provisions of these bills with reference
to the prescribed limitations therein.
H " :ll 4Ln. T11 XT
IUU will l.uie Liiat iiuuac ibvu a-w. . . . W1 . ,
127 provides that the rate of tax for three months the American Potash
county purposes shall not exceed 35c company's half million dollar plant
per $100, actual valuation except for, having been burned in a fire of similar
the payment of indebtedness existing ," 'th loot over three hun'
at the time of adoption of the present I drel thousand dollars.
: th one miU shal be jevieti in
COnSLIlUtiUll, 1UI Y11li.ll pui (June ii'J,
. any one vear unies8 authorized by a
vote of t"he peopie and for ordinary
.oountv revenue, tne couniv Doartis win
be permitted to direct a levy not ex
ceeding the following based upon the
actual valuation:
3 mills for general fund. I
1 7-10 of a mill for road fund.
1 6-10 of a mill for bridge fund.
1 mill for county sinking fund.
1-10 of a mill for mothers' pension
fund.
1-10 of a mill for soldier's relief
fund,
"In addition to the ubove, your at- j
tention is directed to House Roll 130, jy tw0 Mexicans, one of whom disap
which makes provision for the county- peare(j w;th the booty while the other
board to make a levy upon the prop- mauc,j njm with a revolver. The vic
erty within the county for the aid of j tim.3 Iosses amounted to $40 in cash,
agricultural societies, of one quarter . an, jlis suitcase anj baggage.
of a mill, all or which must not exceed The police immediately searched the
the provision of Senate File fi.i, article ranr0ad yards, but were unable to lo
XII, Section 1, on page 722 of the cate any 'Mexicans who could not give
printed bill heretofore sent to you a ptl.jct account 0f themselves. The
which limits the powers of the county vjct;m js rPp0Ttcd to have lated dis
board to levy upon the actual value of jcoveml lhat lljs assanant made his
the tangible property in excess or 20 j Retaway on a passing freight, but the
per cent of the maximum rate of levy victim himself has not since appeared
authorized by statutes in force on the
dhte this act becomes effective. In
asmuch a3 the act will be in force and
effect ninety days after its approval,
the ninety days will have expired prior
to the time the boards make their levy
in August, and as a consequence there
of, the computations will be made unon
the actual value in lieu of one-fifth
value heretofore taken.
Express Company Given
Orders to Reduce Rate
on Ice Cream to Hills
The interstate commerce commission
has issued an order, effective June 27,
to the American Railway Express
company ordering it to reduce its rate
on ice cream trom finance io noi
Springs from $2.15 to $1.01, and the
new rates are now in effect. Under
the oi l schedule, it was impossible for
the Alliance ice cream manufacturers
to compete with those in South Dakota
as with the big difference in Fhipping
corts, competition was out ot the ques
lion. It required a lormai oruur uy
the interstate commission to turn the
trirk. The matter was supposed to
i - i i
have been settled two weeks ago, but
there wa3 nothing doing until the order
arrived.
POTASH WORKS
DAMAGED BY A
FIREATANT10CH
WAREHOUSE AT THE NEBRASKA
PLANT DESTROYED
Saturday Afternoon Blaze Also Bums
Catholic Chrurh and Two
Empty Dwellings
Just before the soaking rain Sat
urday afternoon, the Nebraska Potash
plant of Antioch, Neb., caught fire and
burned th drier room of the main
building, and half of their four hundred-foot
warehouse, which stands to
the south. Simultaneously the Catho
lic church and two small dwelling
houses, both empty, burned to the
ground.
The fire was discovered at 12:15 p.
m., about a half h our after Burling
ton passenger No. 44 had passed
through. The fire lasted about one
; hour and a half and was extinguished
by the co-operation of the fire fighting
equipment of the potash plant and the
city department.
The most expensive part of the ma
chinery was not injured due to its loca
tion in the steel and concrete portion
of the building. Only the drier room
on the west end, a frame stucco struc
ture, was consumed. To the south of
it a four hundred-foot warehouse was
burned to the ground. This building
contained the principal part of the
potash in storge, which was left ex
posed to the heavy rain in the late
afternoon, which will undoubtedly ruin
their entire supplv.
The Nebraska Potash plant of An
tioch was built in 1916 by L. F. Hulen
with Denver capital at a cost of five
hundred thousand dollars. The com
nanv carried one hundred twentv-three
thousand dollars insurance on the
plant.
The caue of the fire is not definitely
established, but the, general idea is
that sparks from the trains which pass
within one hundred feet of the main
plant readily caught fire to the dried
grass which grows around the build
ings and the strong southeast wind
buildings.
While the firemen were battling with
t""
'covered .J
onH rum email emntv riWfMlintr hnilSPS
T " , jL:.
were on fire. These three buildings
were total losses. The general belief
is that the latter fires were caused by
sparks from the potash plant
I Insurance Agent J. W. Guthrie after
inspecting the ruins said insurance
.loss would not exceed $30,000. This
I was the second big fii'e at Antioch Jn
, m m . - ,
I Mexican uooner ana
Slugged in Railroad
Yards Friday Evening
An unidentified Mexican met Chief
Jeffers on the street about 9 o clock
Fridav evenine with a tale of robbery
and exhibited a badly smashed head,
the result, he claimed, of injuries in
Acted bv a compatriot in the Burling
ton yards earlier in the evening. Ac-
m-ilinr tn h'ta ttnrv hf Wm hopn U'alk-
at the police station. He admitted to
Civet Jeffers that among the things
stolen from him was a revolver. The
chief asked him if he didn't know this
was against the law. The Mexican
said he knew it was, but it was such
a good gun that he hated to give it up.
Dancing Instructor
Formerly in Alliance
In Bad at Chadron
According to the Chadron Chronicle,
B. G. Evans, dancing instructor, is a
resident of the county jail in that city,
due to failing to get away with some
diamonds that he wanted. The details
are meager, but such as they are, they
nrp S)nnrndpd!
"B. Q. Evans, who came here a few
weeks ago as a dancing instructor, got
in bad by trying to get away with a
Chadron lady a diamonds. Judge West
over pronounced an indeterminate sen
tence of one to seven years when he
u".ic Itmiiirlit lifiirA Viim Tiipsdni' Our.
- jj to the fact that the htilte poni
tentiary is crowded he will reside at
the county jail for awhile."
Charles Brittan and Attorneys Red
dish and Gantz went to Bridgeport this
noon on legal business.
HAIL DAMAGED
GROWING CROPS
LAST SATURDAY
SIXTEEN SQUARE MILES OF TER-
RITORY COVERED
Wheat and Oat Hardest Hit In the
Section of County Affected
Spud and Corn Not Hurt
Hail accompanying a rainstorm nt
about 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon Aid
considerable damage to wheat and oati
in a strip of land a little over a mile in
width just north of Alliance. While in
several instances the damage was
heavy to individuals, they have what
small comfort there is in knowing that
the rain, which was general over the
county, will benefit growing crops to
an extent much greater than their loss
will aggregate.
The hailstorm was confined to this
narrow strip of country' the total area
damaged being about sixteen square
miles, which compared with the l.OSO
sections in the county, does not show
up so very large. Some of the in
dividual losses, however, were heavy.
A. L. Davis reports the total loss of
twenty acres of oats and twenty-five
acres of wheat. At the Davis place,
there seemed to be considerable wind
accompanying the rain, and some dam
age resulted from this feature of the
storm. " Every window in the north
side of the house was shattered, a
windmill went the way of the wicked
and a large barn door, blown away
during the big breeze, was carried far
enough so that Mr. Davis has been un
able to locate it, although hC has
searched for over a mile in every di
rection. Seventy-five chickens, were lost at
the Guy Rust place, as well as con
siderable amount of small grain.
County Attorney Lee Basye was n
heavy loser. At his ranch, four and a
half mile. straight north from Alli
ance, on the Chadron road, one hun
dred acres of fall Kanred wheat was
ruined. Tins was only half insured.
E. W. Purinton. C. L. Powell and
the Judevine farm also suffered losses
of small Brain. The hail did little
damage or no )ampge to potatoes and
corn, these crops having not yet at
tained sufficient growth to ie cut Dy
the falling ice.
The greatest damage was done to
the trlp of land a mile wide, straight
north of Alliance, and in the half-mile
on eithV fid ' the r"81" "torm area
he damage was only partial.
In Alliance, the wind did some dam
age to trees in the northern part of
the city. At the Judge 1 ash residence,
a fine elm tree lost ahout ten leet or
its top, and at other places damage to
trees was reported
The rain was eeneral over the coun
tv. and extended to the north nnd
northwest for over a hundred miles,
To the south, there was no precipita
tion, the Platte valley being missed.
Governor McKelvie to
Attend Conference in
Alliance on Saturday
Word has been received by Secre
tarv Carev of the chamber of com
mpice that Governor S. R. McKelvie
will be in Alliance Saturday, in at
tomhince at the meeting of State
sliMitT Gus Hvers anil the peace of
ficers of several western Nebraska
countir s, who have leen called to meet
here to attend a fingerprint confer
ence. The state sheriff's office has, during
the past several weeks, staged a series
of tho-se conferences in various parts
of the state. The intention is to famil
iarize peace officers with the fingor
print system and enable them to be cf
assistance in rounding up criminals
that are wanted, as- well as to add to
their store of information on subjects
that are of interest to them. Sheriff
Miller will be in charge of rounding
up the various police officers for the
conference, which will be held at 1
p. m., probably at the court house.
Governor Mcheivie win ne tne guesv
of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Mallery during
his stay in the city.
Alliance People Spend
Fourth at Hemingford,
Fairview and Angora
Hemingford entertained a big crowd
of visitors on the Fourth, a number of
Alliance people going to that city to
spend the holiday. The threatening
weather caused several changes in the
plans that had been made, a number of
the athletic contests had to be calleJ
off and the fireworks exhibition wai
postponed, but there was a fine pro
gram of speeches in the morning and
ulentv of entertainment for the visit
ors.
A number of people attended the
celebration at the Fairview church,
where there was a full program and
basket dinner as entertainment for the
guest k.
Anrora also entertained a number
of Fourth of July visitors from Alli
ance, and made their stay very interesting.
City Manager's Corner
(By N. A. kKMMISH)
Last week was a very strenuous
week for all of us. We certainly ap
preciate the way our men worked day
and niirht on the reservoir and well.
They worked during the storm Friday
night and got the well working about
midnight. As we stated last week we
"had a motor ami centrifugal Tump out
fit of our own but it failed to work and
we had to borrow equipment to do the
work wth. We appreciate the hearty
co-operation and wish to thank Mr.
Bevington of the Forest Lumber com
pany who so kindly let us use their
10 h.-p. motor while his men were help
up in their work. We also want to
thank Mr. Newberry and his men who
helped us night and day in every way
they could and especially for letting
us ue the new centrifugal pump out
of stock.
We have been trying for some time
to get a line on this nrw Kelly well.
Everyone we have asked about it shook
their heads and said "It is no good."
We can't afford to throw such an in
vestment away and notwithstanding
these adverse comments regarding the
well" we hare beerr working on it en
deavoring to make it a real well. When
the pump started on Friday night it
would have done your hearts good to
see the water pour into the reservoir.
We filled it full in less than eighteen
hours pumping. At this rate this well
will furnish more water than all the
other wells combined and will more
than supply the needs of our entire
city for water. There is no question
in our minds about there being plenty
of water in the well. We pumped con
siderable sand out but that was what
we wanted to-do and we will replace
it with coarse sand and gravel which
in time ought to keep aut the line
sand. . . , ,
Last week we also had a break down
with the grader with which the men
were working on the streets and we
were unable to do anything more with
the grading but it has been repaired
in the meantime and the men are
startinn- acain today on grading the
ftreets in the southwest part of town
in order to pt rid of the water mere.
Hobo Gets Sympathy
From Passersby With
Wails About Hunger
A member of the genus hobo, l-egls-
tered later at the police station as
plain John Doe, strolled out of the
Narrow Gauge restaurant Hhortly after
9 o'clock last Friday evening. It was
Aiittl with fond and he RAuled pleas
antly.' A rancher approached.' Th.bo
put on a long face and began a pan
Vinn.llintr whine. "Ain't hal nothin' to
eat for three days, mister," he pleaded.
The rancher replied by offering him a
job.
"How much you pay?" asked the
"Thirty-five a month and board," he
was told.
"I wouldn't work on no farm, mister,
for less than $05 and board," remarked
th hobo, with ritrhteous indignation.
He proceeded to strike other ranchers
for money to buy a meal. He was
having pretty good luck, but he ran
into rhift Jpffers. who took him to the
police station. Although it had only
hiwn t.-piitv minutes since he had
dined, the hobo told the chief he was
starving. The chief fed him. Satur
day morning t,he hobo was given a
light breakfast, and at noon a dinner.
About three o'clock be began crabbing.
"I'll sue the city," he promised. "You
ain't got no right to coop me up in
...!il ws. rm mo I'm JftrnPfl
I'm darned
jail WHHUUI irruiH
nail tt.'rVP(l. I Am."
Then Chief Jeffers told him the
city's invariable rule, when they found
a man who wouldn't work for less than
Sf. a mnth, was to keep him in jail
a week without feeding him at all.
Ten minutes later the prisoner got
hold of Officer Stilwell, who, moved to
compassion by the pangs of hunger,
fed the hobo again. Later the two of
ficers compared notes, and decided that
Mr. Hobo would wan unm icguiat
hours for his next meal.
Saturday niirht the hobo began to
yell loudly. "I'm being starved," he
wailed out loudly. Passersby stopped
at the jail windows and began to talk
in low tones of the cruelty of the
police. "I want the whole world to
know that I'm being starved," contin
ued the chorus. The cops stood it ior
ten minutes and then held a conversa
. ... ...... ; ...t.:l. V. Cw
tion with tne prisoner injjiuw.
hose '.'
nunger smiuciny m.-iprr"i
morning the iail doors were opened
and the hobo left. He's not working
Alliance any more. He says so him
self. Police Seeking Man
From Missouri Wanted
by His Sick Mother
The police department yesterday re
vived a telegram from the mother of
V,'.. i,...' in,icn m . whn
:'.' .. In .i un enn
her. Chapman is supposed to be em
nloved in or near Alliance at least
this is the last address his letters came j
from. Friend of Mr. Chapman are
asked to forward news of his present
location.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin went to Den
ver Friduy to visit.
OPENING OF THE ,
COUNTRY CLUB
ON THE FOURTH
COOL WEATHER PUTS CRIMP IH
SPORTS PROGRAM
Golf Link Crowded During the Day-w
Dance and Fireworks Feature
of Evening Program
The clubhouse at the Alliance Coun.
try club was formally opened to th
members on the Fourth of July with a
program of snorts aid entertainment
that was scheduled to cover the eatlr
day and evening. The cool weather and
threatening rain put something of a
crimp in the program, however, and
numoer or the events were postponed
until a later date.
A series of athletic events had been
arranged, including foot race for th
boys and girls and their parents, and
a nig card of water Fports, such as
swimming contests, tub races, barrel
races, diving contests, under-watcr
swimming and the like. The bathini
beach has been one of the most popu
lar features of the club for the past
two or three weeks, but the weathM
was chilly enough on the Fourth to
discourage even the hardened ewim-
mers. According to present nlans.
these various contests will be held nexi
sunday. ,
The club house, which is nracticatlv
complete, was filled during the after
noon. It has been screened in and nro
vided with rustic furniture for th
large veranda and the big ball room,
which was used as a dining hall on
the opening day. One feature of th
furnishings is a fairly complete equip
ment of children's furniture.
The golf links were the chief at
traction during a largo part of th
lay. The golfers arrived shortly after
the time the sun was due to show up,
and thpy crowded the Jinks the entir
day. The women golfers were special
ly in evidence.
In the evening, dinner was Ferved .
in the ball room, which was cleared
for a dance at 9 o'clock. Later in th
evening u fireworks exhibition, in,
charge of J. W. Guthrie and W. B.
Burnett, was given from a float in th
lake.
The golf tournament, which was in
progress Sunday ana Monday, sim
mered down to Frank Abegg and Dr
H. A. Copsey, who played as partners
throughout the tournament and will
contest in thf singlet next .Sunday for ,
championship honors. The two met. J
have a score of 47. The ladies' driy
ing and putting contest was also post,
poned untif Sunday, as was the men'a
driving contest.
Friday evening of this week a din
ner dance for members and their faro
ilies will be held.
Police Will Stage
Drive to Rid City of
Some Undesirables
The city police are on the war path.
The -miniature crime wave, which
broke out a few days ago after several
weeks of peace and quiet, has stimu
lated the cops' ambition, and they tvr
announcing freely that from now on,
questionable characters, both men and
women, will do well to seek another
location. The going is comparatively
(good just now, the police say, and
those who are living without visible
means of support will do well took up
outgoing trains.
Sunday evening, a tire was stolen
from a car owned by Charles Benja
min. The automobile was in Mr. Ben
jamin's garage, and the door had been
locked. There is no clue to the theft.
Alliance Ball Team
Will Play the Sidney ;
Aggregation Sunday
The Alliance baseball team will meet
the fast Sidney aggregation at the fair
grounds Sunday, and one of the fast
est eames of the seaon is expected
to develop. Sidney hasw one of th
best teams in its history, the pill wal-
! he
. . ... u havi recentiv
itnWl the ScotUbluff team of th
Midwest league by a comfortable mar
gin. The game is called at o p. m.
Country Club House
Damaged When Struck '
by Lightning Friday
The club house at the Alliance coun
try club was struck by lightning dur
ing the storm Friday evening. Tha
flash struck the chimney to the hug
fire nl ace. tearincr some of the brick
u-ithldown and ripping a hole in the roof.
The loss was covered by insurance, it
is reported. Repairs have been com
pleted. The Misses Margaret and Helen
Salisbury of Holdrege, Neb., arrived
Saturday noon for a visit with their
hmihpr II. It. Salisbury and family on
East Sixth street.
