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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