rl rt o ( u Official Paper of Bo Dutte County lit Tftnntv S, TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Official Paper of the City of Allianc V VOLUME XXVIIL (Eight Pages) ALLIANCE, !OX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, JULY 26tli, 1921. No.6 h BIG BUNCH OF CAMPFIRE GIRLS TO HOT SPRINGS 3EVENTY-SIX OF THEM WILL GO ON CAMPING TRIP. Trip Will Be Made by Automobile, Starting Early Sunday Morning Autos and Tents Needed. Seventy-six Alliance Campfire Girls and their guardians have announced their attention of attending this year's .summer camp, which will be held at the camping grounds in Hot Springs, S. D., beginning July 81. ihe gins Avill be taken to the Springs by auto mobiles, and the Elks committee, vrtrich stared a benefit dance to enable the girls to meet the expenses of the trip, is now engaged in rounding up car owners who will agree to donate their time and a few gallons of gas to nret the eirls there. The followin Alliance 1 men have "volunteered cars to take the girls to Hot SnriniM: G. G. Smith. Lee Basye, J. W. Miller, W. C. Mounts. Lincoln 1-owrv. J. C. McCorkle. M. S. Har rves, Robert Graham, P. W. Harris. W. Morgan, R. M. Hampton. Lee Sturgeon, N. A. Kemmish, J. S. Rhein, Harry Highland, C L. Reynolds, Geo. Wadsen, W. D. Rumer, J. S..Mote and "Harold Sace. It's going to be the biggest trip ever taken by the girls, and more of them v Widt to ao than last year. when the camp at Belmont attracted j lot of them. Hot Springs has fur- uIim1 an ideal camoimr site, a fair fticfnnr awav from the city but with walkin? distance of the big -nlunge. The site contains benches for tK ramnprq. tables for their meals. on H on nHpnuate suddIv of water. T he Hot Springs chamber of commerce ha mrrppd to furnish the necessary firewood. The Hot Springs Campfire Jirls and the woman a organizations fV,of fitv are croinor to assist in showing the Alliance girls the time of their lives, and already are planning automobile excursions to Wind Gave nd other places of interest. . The Daily Program. At a meetinar of the guardians, held last Wednesday evening, the following schedule of each day's activities was trawn up. They're going Us hare t get up fairly early: in the morning, mt to make ud for it they will be per mitted to go to bed early. The schedule follows: 0 Arise at i 6:t- Salute flag and morning exercise 7:30 Breakfast 8:00 Tpnt InsDection 9:30 Hikes, swim, etc 9:30 to 12:00 Dinner 12:00 Quiet hour 1:00 to 2:00 Playtime 2:00 to 6:00 Supper 6:00 Omnril fires noocorn etc. 7:00 to 9:00 Bedtime 9:00 All quiet 9:30 The guardians also drew up a set of rules for the girls during their days in camp, which, it is announced, will be trictlv enforced. The rules were con sidered necessary because, unlike last year's camp, the site is fairly close to a town. The only punishment that will be administered to those' who violate the rules is banishment for the re mainder of the trip, and this punish ment is regarded as much more 6e than solitary confinement on bread and water. The Campfire Girls will have to abide by these: No suit cases or hand bags of any "kind allowed. Girls must pack extra supplies in knapsack made of heavy cloth. No girl is permitted to leave camp boundaries without special permission Irom her guardian and must report -when she returns. Absolutely no girl allowed in city of Hot Springs without a guardian from one of the camps. No girl is allowed dates with boy friends during the camping trip. This -outing is for the girls to all be to gether and outside interests are not to intrude. Essential Equipment. Each of the girls will take with her a considerable amount of clothing, bedding and other supplies. The list aa irawn up by the guardians, includes the following: High topped shoes. Bloomers or soldier trousers. 2 middies or shirts. One change of underwear. Bathing suit and cap. Bath towel. Wash cloth. Tea towel. Toilet and laundry soap (small). Brush, comb, tooth brush and paste. iTanw sweater or coat. Tin plate, cup, sauce dish, knife, fork and Bpoon. Two blankets. One heavy comfort Home baked cake, cookies or dough puts for camp larder. Seventy-Six Will Go. Following is the list of guardians ami members of the various campfires who have announced their intention of going on the camping trip: K I KT INK A Guardians. Mrs. Fearl ttem-irh and Mrs. Edna Wilson. Girls Katherine Hanis, Edna Mae Wilier, Josephine Wilson, Vera Scott, (Continued on rage oj WANTED GOOD FELLOWS. Seventy-six Campfire Girls and their guardians are leaving for Hot Springs early Sunday morning, ac cording to present plans. For over a year the girls have been working to earn money to tane tncir annual camping trip. The Elks pitched in with a big benent dance ana me financial difficulties are nappiiy over u biles are needed to take the girls to biles are needd to take the girls to Hot Springs. A number of men have volunteered to take a load of them, but more are needed. The start will be made at 4 a. m. Sun day, and if everything goes as it should, and the weather man is friendly, the man who lends a car will be able to get to the Springs, spend three or four hours and still be home by 10 or 11 o'clock the same night. It is planned to take the girls down and bring them back, and volunteers who can furnish a car for either trip are asked to call A. V. Gavin, S. W. Thompson or Ed Burr at The Herald office. 'Nother thing tents are reeded. If you have one that you can lend for ten days or two weeks, make it known to the committee. A bunch of them will be needed. Here's your rhancA to win the friendship of a miirhtv fine bunch of girls. It may cost you a little inconvenience and a four irallnna of MS. but VOU'll have the time of your life. Call one of the committee right off the bat and mt in riirht. If you can't furnish your car to take them down, be one to help bring them Dacic ALLIANCE TEAM TRIMS BAYARD 7 TO 6 SUNDAY WINS VICTORY OVER FAST AG GREGATION AT FAIR GROUNDS Butler Saves Game in Ninth Inning by Spectacular Catch Extinguishing Two Men.. HEREFORD MEN WILL BE HERE ON AUGUST 6 TO COYER WESTERN HALF STATK IN TWELVE DAYS. OF Speakers of Prominence to Acconv pany Tarty and Conduct Open Air Meetings. WOULD PLACE IVES CHILDREN IN STATE HOME The Alliance baseball team is getting mil ita rii uc, Ah but; kvmiiiic, with a gallery of about five hundred rooters to assist, the home players won a hard-earned victory from the Bayard aggregation, 7 -to 6. It hard lines for the Bayard boys, who had not lost a single game this season until they came up against the Alli ance gang. The features of the game were a I spectacular catch by Nation in right field, who picked up one which was ' coming toward his shoestrings; the I batting of Klemke for tho visitors, who lined out two three-baggers and made a couple of other hits, as well as bring ing in a couple of runs for Bayard: j and Butler's catch in the ninth inning, i with two men on bases, which sewed I up the game for Alliance. Butler , reached up a yard or two into the air i and dragged down the ball with one hand. This is the third or fourth time he his accomplished this feat this season. ........ v . . ' Sunday's results: Alliance ab r h po Slatery, ss. 5 12 0 Griffis, lb 4 119 Butler, cf 4 112 Black, 2b. 4 1 2 0 Rabv, e 4 1 0 13 Nation, rf. 3 0 0 3 Brew, 3b 4 12 0 Edwards, If. 4 110 McKinney, p. 4 0 3 0 Totals Bayard 36 ab HEARING TO BE HELD AT 2 P. M. S5 ,r.nurcntv iiu.-.,. r 4 1 . 5 0 Randall, c. -5 0 Leah, p-lb. 5 1 Charges That Nine Minor Children are Lawellen If.-p. 4 1 iviempKe, ou. , Gibbs, 2b. u 12 27 h Dependent and Neglected Cnder Meaning of the Law. At two o'clock Wednesday afternoon hearing "will" be held .before county Judge I. E. Tash on the request of the Benson, cf. 4 Sader, lb. -4 ... Totals 39 Score by innings: 0 0 2 0 po 0 1 6 8 0 2 2 2 3 6 10 24 11 6 CT . . . . . - , 1 OUUl c county authorities that the nine lves Bavard -002 000 020 6 children, reecntly left fatherless by , a ll'iance"I"I"I"I-115 000 OOx 7 . I , n . . . I. M c.Uam u lira, ha n urofl .' The booster party of the Hereford breeder of Nebraska, suiting from Hastings August 1 on a twelve-day trio that will take them over practi- foGt'rnllv the whole of western Nebraska. was will reach Alliance August t ana win spend the night here. An open air meeting will b conducted. The Omaha Journal-Stockman furnishes the fol lowing report of the extent of the booster trip and its objects and itiner ary: One of the most extensive trips of its kind er promoted in the West will occur in the state the first 12 days of August. The Nebraska Hereford breders, among whom are incorporated some of the most constructive breeders of the present time, have planned this booster drive over the western half of the state to better acquaint them selves with the general cattle condi tions and get acquainted not only with their fellow breeders but with all thoso interested either from a pure bred standpoint, or in the better produc tion of beef v tvno of cattle. The schedule of the trio, which will leave 1 ' Hastings Monday morning, August 1, 0 at 8 o'clock, is given below, and will l'be followed to the dot, barring acci 0 dents and inclement weather. Several speakers of prominence win accom pany the party and open air meetings will be held in all the county neat towns through which they pass, lasting 30 minutes to 1 hour. Shorter stops will be made at other tow ns along the route upon request. Time has been allowed for the in spection of the principal herds of re- 1 ' gistered Herefords along the route. O These herds will be gathered and held l;for inspection at convenient points 0 ! close to the road. Pilots from ad 1 1 vanced towns are ' requested to meet 2 the excursionists so that no time will 0 be lost and the best road encountered. The breeders of Hereiord cattle m Nebraska feel it a duty to the ranch- ' . . . , - l U . .-4 men aaa came irruwcra . and those interested in laying founda tion herds to encourage patronizing 7 4 in the Nebraska home for delinquent and neglected children at Lincoln, on the charge that the family is destitute and dependent on Box uutte county for their support. The mother. Mrs. Mable Ives, has appeared before the Board of County Commissioners a couple of time3 ask ing for relief under the Mother's Pen sion law. The board investigated the matter thoroughly and found that the maximum amount she would be en titled to would be only fifty dollars per month, insufficient to pay house rent and care for the family. The family consists of Doris, aged 15, Donald, 14, Kenneth 12, Katherine 11, Marian 9, James 7, Eugene 5, Mabel 3, and Isabella 10 months. The two older children are, above the, age limit of the law which is intended to provide relief in cases of this kind. If placed in the state home the children would be allowed to attend the Lincoln city schools and be clothed and fed. The father was unemployed for several weeks before his death and the family was left in destitute circumstances. Mrs. Mable Ives, the mother, strong ly opposes the move to send the child ren to the state home, and contends, according to reports, that she would rather have them starve than to be taken away and the family broken up. Heaviest Rainfall , of the Season On Summary Two base hits, Benson; Three base hits, Klempke, 2, Brew; sacrifice hits, Griffis, Nation; stolen bases, Bayard 4, Alliance 2; passed balls. Rabv 1: Base on balls by Mc- ' Kinney, 1; Struck out by McKinney. 14, by Leach 2, Lewenen z; lime oi game, 2 hours; umpire, Marling; at tendance, 500. Musky Threshers Tire of Handling Heavy Wheat Crop "Eight hours for work Eight hours for play, Eight hours for sleep And six dollars a day." So sang eight husky Ihreshermen Fridav afternoon seventeen miles northwest of Alliance while J. C. Mc Corkle furnished the music and his famous field of fifty-bushel wheat sim mered in the boiling sun, for the crew had struck for higher wages. 'Shall I pay, shall I pay?" mused J. C. to himself, for the crew were get ting five dollars per day three dollars , . .. i i i in casn ana tnree goou meais anu a bed at night that didn't rock vith the soothing motion of the box cars to which most of the men were accus tomed. Then remembering the famous words of Patrick Henry in 1776 when in answer to the demand of Johnny Bull that he assist in gleaning the T HTrvMJ., wheat fields of America, he said, lap MOnday night, "Never, give me liberty or give me IUTCUUl, UI1U JlumilUJi "'C "Ilium threshermen to one side he strode to PRICES LOW IN ALLIANCE. The current issue of the Omaha Trade Exhibit contains a summary of price reductions, as shown by advertisements In newspapers from various parts of the state. The com parison shows that Alliance mer chants are doing as much or more than merchants in any other por tion of the state to bring prices back to normalacy. A not a bio feat ure is that in this city, the r)vr- tions are to bo found in practically all lines. The Trade Exhibit says: "Retailers throughout Nebraska are giving ample evidence that they appreciate the fact that their public is now bargain-minded and are act ing on that hypothesis. "While there is no cooperative ef fort to hold sales on the part of the Alliance stores the newspapers there are full of large advertise ments offering merchandise at an average of at least 20 per cent re ductions. We note such offerings on cut glass at the Bogue ttore, dresses at the Fashion Shop, vari ous lines of dresses and dry goods at Highland-Holloway Co., ehoes by the Baer-Alter Co., groceries and meats by the Mallery ' Grocery, jewelry by Thiele's, and on mens and women's wear in a 'Live Wire Sale' by the W. R. Harper depart ment store. ; "Evidence such as this might be gathered indefinitely but enough is given here to prove the point, Ne braska merchants appreciate the fact that the public is bargain minded and that tht way to prepare for the big business of the coming fall and winter is to turn present stocks into money." NEW RULES MEAN HARD TIMES FOR . THE PROMOTERS BOXING AND WRESTLING UNDER CONTROL OF STATE. WOULD PUSH POTASH HIGHWAY TO COMPLETION COMMUNITY CLUB ORGANIZED AT BINGHAM SATURDAY. Alliance Men fresent , f nd Awist Organ ilia a Lakeside and Ellsworth Interested. ' , in Bouts to Be Under Control of Clubv in Each Town No Betting Baa ' Placed on Side Bets. Crooks will not ret far in the wrssV ling and boxing games if the depart ment of public welfare's set of rul covering these events are carefully tt forced, says the State- Journal. Amy manager, promoter or other person, who wishes to commercialize Nebrta ka athletics after July 28 will hav t cork-screw through yards of red tap before he can get a look in on uies sports. The department has set rules enoujftv to guide a child through the gam and any element of crookedness showing up in any contestant, manager or ay one else, not eliminating spectators will find a rule to govern, control aal penalize the one committing the act Nebraska intends to havo clean ath letics and Secretary Antles hav al ready whitewashed the ring and nafc sports as a precaution against vtrsua. that might crop into these events. All bouts will be under control of clubs in the various towns in th state and the club staging each bout khan be responsible for every detail o( the managemenq thereof. No bettinif will be allowed in the club. In fact thft contestants are barred from putting- up a side bet. This will take a lot of interest out of the game some, al lege. Others allege that it will taa crookedness out and cleans the names of sports which are under sus picion, bo far as Nebraska is concern ed at least. Main Points in the Rules. ... There shall be no wrestling or box ing matches on Sunday, Christmaa op Decoration day. ' No main bout shall start later man. 10 p. m. All clubs holding licenses shall be responsible for bouts held by that dub A financial report of the bout with the statuatory tax shall ' I remitted to. the denartmenr or puonc weuax t:VnM PnfMiniTif fink urn I within 72 hours after the match. . -i trv c J..j .ft..! An. ftffiir of the club tnust give sv noon with an initial Tnemberslitp close sUtement of the grosa fSET to mo. The membershiD includes citi- diately after the bout, to the depart- the good herds to De louna mrougnoui zens 0f Bingham and its surrounding ment. v n k t this state. It 13 an udmitie-i tact mat terr torv and the first Important worn wo opum wr . - . .. I L . . -. the much talked oi inniuion nai ueen wiped out of the catt.e business in general and that there h:is never been a better opportunity to replenish and start registered herds than the present time. It is with this In mird that the of tht club will be to push to comple tion the Potash Highway through Bingham, both to the east and west. President Glen Miller and Secretary Dan Folev of the Alliance Chamber of ..rtftWA o,AiiMr,an!a t Hitter.. Doosier inp ns i.a..u nam by Lioyd Thomas and Koy Close, breeders of registered Herefords ,. . M rt jn assistin(r the throughout Nebraska may see fome oi Bi ham in completing their the best herds in the country and ome onranjzation VTiile at Bingham the into direct contact with tnose interest- .... royally entertained ed in starting registered herds or wno . . MrR j Ache3on and have use at various seasons iui icg- The heaviest rainfall of the season came during Monday night for Alli ance and this portion of Box Butte county. At times it almost assumed the proportions of a clouiburst in the city, doing some damage to the un- paved streets. During the height of the storm, at about two o'clock this morning, the fire department was called out by a small blaze on an electric light pole in the alley on Second street, be tween Box Butte and Laramie, caused by crossed electric wires. No material damage was done. Weather Observer Jimmy Hicks re ports that the total rainfall to date for the month of July amounts to 3.21 inches, the largest portion of this coming last night Farmers are jubil ant as the heavy downfall of moisture will be of great help to the potato and corn crops. Dr. 1 W. Bowman. W. R. Harper and Edwin Burr, who were to start for Cheyenne early this morning to attend the Frontier Days celebration, delayed their start until they had ascertained by telephone to Scottsbluff that the rain did nut reach far in that direction. his car and started for Alliance. On arrival in Alliance he secured a new crew and several husky ex-guardians of the peace, including "Abie" Wheeler, whom even Burlingtonmail cranes fail to daunt, and started for the field. On the way out they met the eight husky strikers, walking the seventeen miles to t Vn. hot and tired but still defiant and demanding the extra dollar per day. And again the steady hum or tne thresher is heard as it turns out tha fiftv-bushel wheat, but with a new crew on tap who are willing to accept reasonable wages. Chief of Police Chas. Jeffer3 was noticed by telephone Sunday night by McDonald of Bridgeport to be on the lookout for two men driving a Cole "Eight" touring car and to hold them if located. He found that the men had stopped at the Sturgeon garage at an early hour, filled up with gas, and an nounced that they were on their way to Chadron. istered bulls, To Visit Points of Lderest. For the benefit of those .vho wish to join the boosters it might be mention ed that several points of interest out side of the Herefords will be visited such as the state's great fishing lakes south of Valentine, the wild game and bird reserve near Valentine, the Agate Springs Ranch, owned by Captain James H. Cook at Agate in Sioux county, where many petrified skeletons, of prehistoric animals have been taken and are now on exhibition in all the principal museums of the country, where one of the best prospective oil fields in the state is now beintr worked. The government dam and beautiful lake Alice north of Scottsbluff, will be visited as well as the rough .tnd rugged canvons and hills to the south of Scottsbluff, the battle-field of Beecher Island south of Wray, Colo., v here one of the greatest Indian fight. in history was staged and many ther points of interest. It will furnish an opportunity for a fine vacation sight seeing. trip as well as an opportunity to see the best herds in the western nart of the state. . , .. . T", n v tuontinueu on rage oj Drive to Eliminate Illegal Auto Lenses Will Begin Today The police department has been asked to chek up the garages at Alli ance, in accordance with the new auto lense law, in order to ascertain whe ther or not any illegal lenses are car ried in stock here. The new law pro vides that it is both unlawful to sell or buy unapproved lenses, or to drive with an unapproved lense one hour after sunset or one hour before sun rise. On July 26. today, arrests will start of violators of this law. Whether or not the offender will be let off first with a warning depends upon the riKinlians of the law. violation of which is punishable by a heavy fine. bv Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Ache30n . family, who were lormer Alliance peo ple and who certainly proved them selves to be ideal hosts in every way. The officers of the Bingham club are: H. A. Shelledy. president; J. H. Willey, vice-president; W. W. Gil baugh, secretary-treasurer; with the three foregoing and I. L. Acheson, J. T. Burton. J. E. McCarty, R. L. Kin caid, C. H. Anderson and W. J. Dimond ce(W of 2 per cent of the seating capoc as aireciors. Saturday evening there were nearly Henry Davis is moving into the Lloyd Thomas houe at 915 Box Butte avenue. A large number of Alliance people are attending the Box Butte county Sunday School convention at Heming- 1.,, i 1nw.fl fit hniits. Contestants must box or wresu under their proper names. Cities of 5,000 may nave two ciu licensed to conduct professional wrest ling and boxing bouts; cities from 5,000 to 25,000 may nave tnree ciujw so authorized, cities from 25,000 to 100,000 may have five and cities oyer 100.000 may have seven. No club. . shall hold more than one bout month, No officer, matchmaker or stock holder ip any club may officiate in any capacity at any bout or interfere W, any way witn tne coniesmnvs. Clubs, physicians, referees, ma nag ers, timekeeprs, seconds and contes tants, must hold licenses. Every spectator must have a ticket, to each bout he attends. Complimen tary tickets shall not be issued in x- two hundred persons present at the entertainment given at the fine Bing ham school house. Music was fur- . I , , 11 . I . U .. . hnnrl nit-nea Dy me eweueui uuikiuiu of which Mr. Weber is the leader, and ;tu nf tha house. No boxer may mix for more than 1ft rounds nor enter more than one bou in 24 hours. . No welterweight or middleweight can meet anyone 18 pounds heavier than himself and no lightweigni or speechmaking was indulged inby the , undeP( anyone 6' pound heavier vi iitnr A. J. Abbott, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of . Grant county and Judge Osgood, Grant coun ts attornev. both or iiyannis, weie nrpvnt. at the meetinir and reported that of the thirty-one miles of Potash Highway which traverses Grant coun tv. over twentv-two miles can now be traveled bv auto "on high". Otto Smith of Antioch. Sheridan county commissioner, wa.s present ana pieageu hi aunnort in assisting in netting the hichway through. Owners of land to be crossed by the nignway piecgt-u themselves to donate a free rigtit-oi-way. one man promising six miles through his holdings. Meetings are to be held at Lakeside and Ellsworth at an early date to take up the highway work, according to Secretary Thomas of the Potash Highway Association. Wheat Threshing Is Now Going On With Heavy Yield Reported Th Viilnev ounch. back hand blow- ami striking with the open glove ar forbidden in all bouts. . ti,. ..rnua mnst ston the bout when one contestant is apparenty outclassed; All wrestling matches shall be two falls out of three. The strangle hold and head lock are. taboo. . In case the bout goes three-hours' without either contestant winning twe. falls the referee shall pick the winner on points. There will be no draws. ir two contestants wresne ""f , without either getting two ians wir shall not be allowed to wrestle before the same club a second time. Gloves must weigh at Jf six ounces and are to be furnished by tha club management. No contestant under the age of eign tefcn shall be permitted Cb enter a bout unless by special permission of the at :r WO wniie peruu enter any Wheat threshing is now going on in Box Butte county in full bast. J. C. McCorkle, who has been engaged for I davs in threshing a 146-arrc field of wheat seventeen miles north west of Alliance, reports that it is yielding at the rate of fifty bushels per acre, inis is a new nxuiu iWi i" wheat. . Mr. McCorkle also has 2,200 acres of wheat in other portions of the county and reports that the lowest yield so far found in threshing is thirty-three bushels per acre. 1 bout with a negro. No contestant shall be allowed X participate in a bout who, within six days prior to the bout, shall fcave tak en part in any other bout. . A wrestler may have one second, a boxer no more than three. George Hoard is moving into West Lawn addition from their farm. I DE MOLAY NOTICE Special meeting of all De Molay at the Masonic Temple, Wednesday, July 27, at 7:30 p. m. All members are requested to be present.