(Mi? Official Paper of Box Butte County TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Official Taper of the City of Aliiaac VOLUME XXIX (Eight Pages) ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1022. No. SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE OF W.C.T.U. TWO-DAY SESSION HELD AT THE ALLIANCE CHURCHES. WEATHER Forecasv b Sraska. Snow to night and pi Wednesday. Colder cast and no, , V on tonight and south portions x , 'lay. Fresh to strong northerly , "tv Advise stock interests. & Delegates Fom Ten Counties Hear Addresses by National, State and Local Speakers. The regional conference of the W. C. T. U., held at Alliance Saturday and Sunday, and attended by delegates from ten counties in western Nebras ka, was exceedingly successful in ac complishing its purpose, the education of the members and the public in the work of the organization. A series of addresses by state and national ofTi cres, supplemented by local speakers, furnished a very clear presentation of what the W. C. T. U. has accomplished and its aims for the future. The various speakers made it plain that while the W. C. T. U. was origin ally organized to combat the liquor evil, its activities and scope have been immensely broadened since its incep tion. It was also shown that there is till need for it to exist, the problem f enforcement of the prohibitory law being almost as difficult as that of the banishing of intoxicants in the old lays. In addition to this work, the organization is now interested in other labors, the work in the Americaniza tion fiedl being especially important. Jkliss Spalding, one of the speakers, gave most interesting details of the practical Americanization of foreign ers, as well as a survey of the field in regard to what has been accomplished and the magnitude of the task that rtmains. The sessions were held in the Pres byterian and Baptist churches, and each one was attended by large audiences. The W. C. T. U. maintains forty three special departments of work, and at the conference the most impor tant, of these were explained by na tional find staet workers and discussed openly by the audience. Child Welfare Work. Saturday morning, Mrs. Harriet Sylvester, Scotts Bluff county presi dent, gave an interesting talk on child welfare. It is the right or every cmid ha declared, be well bom: to be well educated; to be protected Jmra child labor, and to have proper spiritual traininc. . She explained the Political Pot is Already Boiling In Box Butte County It's a little early in the season, but ready there are indications that an election i3 coming next November. Several candidates for county officers have been mentioned, although none of them has come out definitely for a place. Miss Avis Joder, present county clerk, will in all probability not seek re-election, it is said, and there will be a scramble for this position. Among the candidates talked of me Miss Ethel Clary, present deputy, Mrs. Cora Lewis , and Frank W. Irish, present county treasurer. Mr. Irish is limited to two terms in his present office, and will complete the last one this year. Mrs. Nellie Wilson, present deputy county treasurer, is regarded as Mr. Irish's lotrical successor. SOUTH SHERIDAN TALKS DIVISION OF THE COUNTY NEED OF SMALL FARMS ALL SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT STANDS IN THE WAV. I CALLED BY GOVERNOR. Newspapers Suggest That the Large Ranches Can Be Cut Up to Make Room for Farmers. The Antioch News and the Hay During the year just oast, there have been filed for record in the of fice of the county clerk, mortgages as follows: Farm, 254, amounting to $1,280,908.27; town and city, 122, amounting to $4,913,138.73; chattel, 849, amounting to $9,094,195.17. Dur ing the same period the following number of mortgages have been satis fied: Farm, 259, amounting to $3,720,' 249.40; town and city, 9(5, amounting to $1,944,169.28; and chattel, 557, amounting to $162, 793.91. PHONE HEARING IS POSTPONED TO FEBRUARY 3 SPECIAL SESSION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DELAY Reduction of Appropriations, Gas oline Tax; and Olher Matters Included in Call. Ten subjects for the legislature to Springs News have, during the past consider are named by Governor Mc week, carried articles showing that Kelvie in his formal call for the ex- there is a sentiment in the south half Jra session beginning January 24. All of Sheridan eountv to RDlit ofr and out one or these have been antirmntml form a county all their own. Due to by previous statements of the gover the lay of the land, the railroads and nor. The one added to the list pro the thoroughfares in that county, the poses a minor amendment interest on people living in the south half of delinquent assessments against prop Sheridan county are somewhat incon- erty owners to pay for paving and venienced. It's a lone, hard triD to the other special improvements. county scat, and the result is that Alii-1 ,: Cutting down appropriations made a ance draws most or the couples who year ago, providing lor a gasoline tax, seek marriage licenses, as well as all amendments to the bank guaranty law, of the legal business that can be di-i&nd authorizing an inquiry precedent erted here. to a revision or the state laws at the According to these newspapers,' next regular session of the legislature there is considerable sentiment for a are the four principal matters in- new county, but is is recognized that eluded in Governor McKelvie s pro there are several obstacles to be over-' gtam. He does not specifically men- come. There is a string of towns on tion a reduction of salaries for state the Burlington in the south half of employes, and he omits the suggested the county, but the most of the land is income tax on public officials, correc owned by ranchers, who hold huge tion of the statues relating to legal blocks of it. The suggestion is made publication, two acts providing for ad that these ranchers be persuaded to mission and transfer of inmates at the cut up their hodlings into 80 and 160- state reformatories for men and worn acre farms, and that a concerted effort en, the Omaha charter amendment, and be made to induce settlers to come a fin appropriating money to pay the there. Colonies of different nationali- expense of the special session are the ties have been suggested as the most! other subjects mentioned. feasible method of populating. Kegular sessions or the legislature The situation is described bv the begin at noon on the first Tuesday in Hay Springs News as follows: January, but Governor McKelvie has m . At;-u xt... i uu Rei ine nour ot a. m. as the time for Alliance Slated to Receive a Specia Invitation to Send Represent atives to the Hearing On account of the special legislative KAasion start inn January 24 the com mission has deckled to -postpone the child I date of the three-cornered confab at work in the larger cities antl how the j Omaha, between itself, the Bell corn- unions in the small town could co-oper ate with state and national headquar ters. Mrs. Mary Lee Heibert, state cor responding secretary, talked on organ ization and membership, giving some of the plans of the union to gain new members and organize new unions. The goal set for 1924, the year of the fiftieth anniversary of the organiza tion, is a million members. Mrs. J. A. Keegan took up the sub ject of "Social Welfare," the depart ment of which she is state superinten dent. She discussed the flower mis sions and aid to the soldiers and sail ors, and emphasized the pleasure to be derived from kindness and pleasant work for others. Mrs. Keegan's address was followed by an open discussion of "Women in Industry." This department of the W. C. T. U. works for the benefit of the woman wage earner in regard to gen eral conditions. It is claimed that one woman out of every four in the United States is a wage earner. A chicken dinner was served at noon bv the lad:e3 'auxiliary of the Pres byterian church, which was well at tended. Instruction in Temperance. At the afternoon session, Mrs. Har riet Vance, editor of the "Union Worker.' trave a talk on "Scientific TemDerance Instruction." dealing: with the most important work of the union, tihe told what has been accomplished in this line, as well what remains to be done in the suppression oi the u Ipcrnl manufacture of liauor. A talk on "Americanization" by Miss Amy Spalding, national regional director of Americanization, followed. Hen tonic dealt mainly with the efforts of the union to make better citizens of the foreigners who come to this country by teaching them the ways of Americans. Mrs. Rose B. Wilkinson, of Bethany, talked on "Temperance and Missions ', She stated that many of the countries where American missionaries go, the people do not understand why Ameri ca, which is looked upon as a christian nation, should bring liquor along with their missionaries, as is the case in Ohina. where nine large American breweries have been shipping almost intact, since prohibition. American to bacco companies are also exploiting China, and are advertising extensively with huge colored posters bearing the motto: "A cigarette in the mouth of every man, woman and child in China." Saturday evening Mrs. Seibert took for her subject, "Our Work for Young TVonle and Children. Miss Spalding talked Saturday eve ning on "Young America, following somewhat the same line as in her aft moon address. Rev. A .J. Kearns gave a talk on 'The Law, Our Defender," pointing (Continued on Page 8. nanv representatives and spokesmen for interested municipalities and chambers of commerce from January 27 to February 2. Notices of the post ponement will be mailed to the mem bers or tne committee oi nve acting for objectors. Besides this committee, the commis sion will invite the city of Omaha to have its corporation counsel, W. C, Lambert, present at the meeting. Mc- Cook and Alliance will also get an in itation to send representatives. The commission indicated that it will be satisfied to have state earn ings and expenses set apart from in terstate by the customary method using a fiat mileage basi3 and charg ing Nebraska properties with all ex pense on outgoing messages, put notn intr on those incomincr. The investigation win tie a stuay of accounting methods, by which it is hoped to determine whether the book alues of the property on wnicn me company claims a return are correct and whether unnecessary expenses have been incurred, Vice-nresident G. H. Pratt. General Attorney E. M. Morsman and other officials of the Northwestern Bell Tel eohone company were in conference with the state railway commission at its office Saturday forenoon relative to the evidence and data the company will be called upon to furnish during the inouirv which will precede a nnai decision on its pending application for nermnnent rates. It was announced oy commissioner Browne, after the meeting that no physical valuation of the Bell prop erty in Nebraska will be ordered un less the representatives of protesting communitie3 and organizations de mand it. The expenses of such an un dertaking would be virtually pro hibitive, said Mr. Browne. A similar one in Minnesota cost the state 1250,000. SOLONS ASKED TO CONSIDER TEN SUBJECTS R. Kent as savinsr. 'That Hay Springs s the Kreatest shipping point fori form products and live stock of.ary town in northwest Nebraska, not ever excepting Alliance.' The News then goes on to state, "lhis condition is brought about by many large ranches having been divided into small farms and that there are more farmers doing j the farming. 'The result, was,' says the News, 'that for every farmer thus helped he would bring others and now where vast ranges of land once offered pasture for cattle on the wild prairie, opening the extra session, so that the solons can put in a whole day right at the start. The governor will prolwbly have bills drawn and ready for intro duction, covering the topics on which he proposes action to be taken. This is the third special session of the legislature which Governor McKel- i vie has called in about two and a half years. Ten Subjects Mentioned. The legislators are asked to con sider the following subjects: '.'1. An act amending and reducing Saturday Broke All Records for Auto Licenses All records were broken Saturday in the office of County Treasurer F. W. Irish in connection with the taking out of ifjtomobile licenses. County Attor ney Basye and the city and county llice officers got their heads together on Thursday of last week and decided that the lid would go on bright ami early Sunday morning. Announce ment was made in the Alliance news papers that the appearance of cars with the old licenses Sunday morning would be the signal for nrrc.it, mid that the minmimum fine was $10. This is sufficient to pay for the license for a flivver. It wa3 a tremendous victory for ad vertising. The newspapers went out Friday. Blight and early Saturday morning the rush began. When the office closed Saturday evening the records showed that ninety-two auto mobile owners had taken out their li censes, ami thnt the county treasurer had taken: in $1,180 in cold cash. The rush to get in under the wire was so great that two partners, who owned a big truck, the license fee for which waa $20, both came in at different times during the day and took out a l. cense on the same truck.' The mis take was discovered Monday and cut down the Saturday receipts by $20. but it stands as the biggest day's busi ness in that line in the history of the county. Incidentally, there were no arrests made. There have been but 656 li censes issued to date, so that there rre a number of automobile owners who may yet be arrested on the charge, but not a single car with a last years li cense has been yet observed by any of the officers. BUSINESS MEN WANT JUSTICE FOR STOCKMEN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HELPS LOWER FREIGHT RATES DELEGATES TO FIREMEN'S MEET -HAVE AN ESCORT NOT AT ALL LONELY ON FIRST LAP OF THE TRIP Officers Accompany Them as Far Seneca, But Fail to Find So Much as a Cork there are prosperous farms and most : certain appropriation items for the of the purchasers have paid for their I present biennium, contained in house ittl in: iiujii jiutcmm ui iiumivia nuiu the farm and Hay Springs i3 the nat ural shipping point. "The time may come in the near fu ture when owners of the large landed possessions in South Sheridan county may conclude to do this same thing. There is productive land enouKh so close to water beneath the surface of rSll 623 as enacted by the fortieth session of the legislature, "2. An act fixing an excise tax of one cent per gallon on easoline used in motor vehicles, and appropriating the sum thus raised for the building of roads with federal aid. "3. An act providing for the mak ing of a special study and report re Proposition of Grand Island Attorney Accepted by the Chairman of Rate Committee Half a dozen Alliance delegates t the Nebraska state firemen's conven tion, which is meeting in Norfolk this week, left for the scene of the session, on the midnight train Sunday. They were a merry hunch volunteer fire men lead a jolly life and they had all sorts of luggage. There were suitcases, grips, traveling bags and maybe a trunk or two. The men ar rived early. Some of their friends went to the station with them, to wisk them God-speed, but not, apparently to take a nightcap. There was con ersation and other amusements. Just before the train trickled into, the station, there was a commotion Three officers of the law two of then Burlington special agents, and the other an Alliance officer, descended upon the group. There was a short conversation, not noted particularly for amicability, and the officers went through the lusrgage. They inspwted- tne contents or every one or the pieces of lucrjrage. They examined monogram shirts, perfumed neckties, bedroom slippers, swallowtail coats and other paraphernalia that delegates to firemen's conventions are accus tcmed to take along. The' officers thumped the suitcases for false bot toms and secret compartments) they peered into tinrhtly rolled pajamas; they found nothing more incriminating than a pinochle deck or two and a few bottles of perfume and bear's grease for the hair. As a raid, it was singu larly unproductive of the kind of re suits that Judge Tash accepts as evl dence in court. No Search Warrants Needed, The officers had no search war rents. The two Burlington special agents have special authority as re gards baggage cars and stockyards, luggage and birdcages in transit. The other officer has more than local au thority. The search at Alliance,' although on productive, did not convince the offl- the ground that irrigation is unneces-1 garding amendments to the revenue sary, which when cut up into u rind lf0 acre farms would support a popu lation of 2,000 families. There is not more productive sou in the world u:d the water is the best known to Ihe human race. The elimate is superb, there being very little cold winter weather, live stock grazing out in ihe open all winter. It mipht be argued that this sounds alriarht, but where are you going to get the farmers? It would be ouite an uphill task to rell isolated farms for people these days do not care to live far from the railroad in sparsely settled communities. The plan is feasible only by colonization of several families of some one nation ality in some given location. "The idea i becoming to firmly fixed in the public's mind that the peo laws of the state, prior to the conven ing of the next regular session of the legislature. "4. An act amending the banking laws of the state, to provide for the further protection of depositors in state banks. Capitol Reappropriation. ". An act reappropriating the vn expended balance of the funds raised during the last previous biennium, for the purpose of building a capitol. "6. An act relating to legal no tices in newspapers. "7. An act amending section 25 article 4, chapter 11G of the gentrul laws of Nebraska for 1921, relative to the payment of special taxes that may be assessed for improving the streets The Alliance chamber of commerce, through A. T. Lunn, chairman of its Pro,l"cuve.u. a noi convince in oni railroad rate committee, is out to as- wat "-air tip had been false, It sist the stockmen of western Nebras ka. At the Monday noon luncheon, at tended by thirty-odd members of the J organization, Mr. Lunn presented a proposal from Dale P. Stough, Grand Island attorney, which was endorsed by the members. Mr. Stough is representing a num is but fair to the Taiding party to say that there was a rumor that strong drink and firewater were to be taken on the trip. The Information must have come from a source considered reliable. The only trouble with tip was that it didn't stop with the officers. It was a friendly tip. It told the officers that there was hooch to be ber of commercial organizations over , ,iwovcr(!rt by raiding, and it warned the state, ana is engaged in a ngnt io lhe men of the delegation that the have feight rates on live stock ofricer3 had a well-defined hunch charged by the Burlington lowered to . Th re was a Ieak Fomewhere. Either the level charged by the Union Pacific' the firemen wcre stringing some and Northwestern roads According frien,j or SOme friends were string Cfnnn-h 4Via lliivl itin4nn vnrAo nn intti I Liuuuii) i hit u ui iim ivn a u vn v i iniu pie i3 anxious to become part of the I and alleys within any improvement 24 Hours in Jail Was Enough for Colored Porter As a result of ruction on Box Butte avenue, Frank Weaker, colored, was fined $25 and costs by Judge I A. Berrv Monday morning, lhe causes of the row are not known, but Weaver pleaded guilty to fighting with another man of color. Although employed in a local barber shop as porter, Weaver at first declined to pay his fine and ex pressed a preference to lay it out. His wife appeared with half the necessary amount, but Weaver sent word to the court that he would not accept liberty on those terms. Later he changed his mind and is now out of jail. Jim Jones and "the Good Kid" also colored, arrested in connection with the affair, are being held on vagrancy charged. producing world if the way can be pointed out for giving them a chance and the scheme of organizing colonies will appeal to them more forcibly these days than has been the case in the past years. Whenever this couth end of Sheridan county can prove to all the people that it is self support ing, with the people actually engaged in industrial pursuits, there will be no serious objection for dividing the county and creating a new county in the south end. Until such a time comes no one can blame the people in the north end for opposing the proposi tion. Prospects are good things to dream about, but to corral the grapes, something of a substantial nature must be shown. May the coming year nna a sufficient number or the large una holders willing to divide up their hold inir3 into smaller farms and thus help to make a new and prosperous county." "Experience" a Big Attraction at the Imperial Tonight district. "8. An act amending section 3, chapter 238 of the session laws of Nebraska for 1919, relative to the commitment of females to the Ne braska staet reformatory for women,' and their transfer to the staet peni tentiary. "9. An act relating to the removal to the penitentiary of prisoners in and of the reformatories of the state. "10. An act appropriating a sum sufficient to cover the cost of holding this special session of the legislature. Expense Estimate of the County for 1922 is Higher The board of commissioners of Box Butte county, at their session -last week, estimated the expenses for 1922 as some $6,000 higher than for last year, the increase being largely due to the expense of two elections this jear and other causes. Following is the estimate: 1922 Officers' salaries $10,000 for the second day "Experience." a Court house upkeep.. 3,500 remarkable photoplay which has made' Mothers' pensions 1,500 record runs in all of the large cities of j Papers . 2,000 the country, staying nine months, in Board of health 300 New York city. The story, which is in Insanity 2,500 allegorical form, tells the experiences Supplies 4,500 of a country youth in the city, and is Phones 300 one of the most powerful ilms that , Printing 300 has ever been shown in Alliance. Spec-! Election - 2,000 tators last night were delighted with ( Miscellaneous - COO it, and it is expected that there will be. District court 5,000 a large attendance this evening. 1921 $ 8,000 2,500 Carl Adams, formerly employed at the Golden Rule Store, left Sunday night for St. Louis. Roads and bridges 22,000 Court house bonds and interest 6,000 2,500 300 2,500 4,500 300 300 COO 5,000 22,000 6,000 Totals $C0,500 $54,500 state livestock shipments are fully 0 per cent higher than those charged by other railroads engaged in the same class of traffc within Nebraska. Tne Grand Island man estimated Alliance's shave of the expenses to be a most nominal sum, from $12 to $15. The members of the chamber of commerce favored the proposal, but left it in Mr. Lunn's hands as to whether this city would unite with others suffering from the same discrimination. Mr. Lunn has announced that he is in favor of going into the compact. The chier effect of wr. btougrrs er forts, if successful, will be to benefit the stockmen in this part of the coun try. Western Nebraska ranchers have not profited to any marked extent from widely advertised reductions in livestock rates by the Burlington, lol lowing an order from the interstate commerce commission. It developed, after the recent order of a cut of 20 per cent, that the order applied to towns 400 'miles and over out of Omaha, and but one town in westen Nebraska, got the benent or the re duction. This was Henry, which is almost on the Wyoming line. All other western Nebraska towns were out of luck. Werner Coming to Alliance Mrs. L. C. Thomas, secretary, read a letter from H. O. Werner, instructor in the school of agriculture and sec retarv of the Nebraska potato im- " ... i Drovement association, wnicn nas voted to hold the next state conven tion, in December. 1922, at Alliance. Mr. Werner has announced mat ne will be in Alliance on Monday, Janu ary 30. at which time he will meet with the members at the regular luncheon and discuss plans for the convention. He will also make an ad dress on "Seed Potatoes," which should prove of interest not only to Alliance business men, but to spud farmers in the county. Arrangements will probably be made to have as many as possible of the spud raisers present at the luncheon. The members also discussed the cost 3 of maintaining state roads, as furnished in a report made by County Highway Commissioner R. E. Knight to the board of commissioners at their meeting with closed Saturday. The organization took no official action. The members of the raiding party weren't at all satisfied w'th the results of their search of the luggaore. They had a strong hunch that someone was putting something over on them. Thereuimn, shortly after the firemen, entered the train, the officers came also. Once ahoard the lugger, the tearch, was resumed. Every nook and cranny of the entire train, including t 'ch out of-the-way places as the ice chests, the drinking water fountains, the pock ets of the porters, the vestibules and the dust chutes were combed over thor oughly. The search was continued un til Seneca was reached, when the officers, convinced that there was not a drop of hooch aboard, reluctantly gave, up the search and withdrew. Shrouded in Mystery. The delegates went on to the eon vention. Nobody knows whether they were successful in hiding any hoocjv Nobody knows whether there was any hooch to hide. Nobody knows whether they would have tried to hide it bad there been any hooch. All the dream stances of the case are shrouded ia Wn and dark blue mystery. The rumor that went abroad was that three gallons of the precious .luid had DeeA saved and set apart for the oceaion, but rumors are fully as 'inreliable aft tins. The officers believe that thtre was sufficient ground for them to mak the search, but Here in Alliance the ureboys wba didn't make the trip are getting red headed about the affair. They say that the raid on the delegates was an in suit toward the whole department. especially since, a week or ho ao. Alli ance newspapers pupusnea a list oi prospective delegates. A numoer ci the prospects failed to materialize, but, due to the long memory of the reading public, some of them will be looked upon as potential laworeattera, Others say that even if one or two men who went to the convention were capable of looking upon the hooch after the rats are through with it, most of them wouldn't think of it. The luggage of every one of these men was searched. The officers made but one comment, "There was no three gallons of boose on that train," one of them mild, . 4