Official Paper of Box Butte County TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Official Taper of the City of Allianc VOLUME XXIX (Eight Tages) ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922. No. 13 CITY MANAGER TELLS STORY OF HUNT FOR BOOZE CORRECTS WILD STORIES THAT nAVE BEEN AFLOAT. Says Delegates to Firemen's Conven tion Conducted Themselves to Credit of the City. City Manager N. A. Kemmish has is sued the following statement, correct ing certain rumor3 relative to the search of the baggage of Alliance vol unteer firemen, delegates to the state convention at Norfolk, some days ago: In order to correct some of the wild stories which have been' going the ! rounds regarding the search of the fire 1 boys baggage for booze we wish to state the following facts connected with it. Sunday afternoon the city manager save a talk to the W. C. T. U. in which he stated that it was the duty of every citizen to assist the officers in enforcing the prohibition law by giving them tips of those violating the same and stated if tips were given that they would be followed up promptly. After the meeting he was given several tips by those present. Some of the tippers remarked that they were going to try cut the city manager and see if he meant what he said. Among tips given, the one which the tipper insist ed was bor fide, was to the effect that a man who was accompanying the fireboys was furnishing two gallons of booze and the fire boys were furnish ing one gallon which they were taking with them that evening to the state convention at Norfolk. The officers -were called and asked to make a thor ough investigation. Charles Jeffers and two special officers went as far as Seneca and unknown to the men their baggage was inspected and the party's baggage which was suspected to con tain the two gallons was searched twice thoroughly by the officers hav ing authority to do so and no booze of any nature was found in any of the baggage. After satisfying themselves that the delegation was dry the officers returned to the city. This search is in line with the regular work the officers are doing every day. Heretofore there may have been some question in the way the dele gations to our firemen's conventions . conducted themselves. This year, how ever, without any question of doubt, the men conducted themselves to- their credit and to the credit of the city which they represented. We are glad indeed that the search was made and everything found to be right. Now we lenow there is no doubt. If we had not made this search someone would still contend that they had booze. The con vention this year was the most impor- i tant one held in ten years. The men learned many excellent things in fire fighting methods. This convention was a real benefit to the fire boys and to our city. We are glad to see these1 conventions turn their energies to something really useful rather than to a hilarious, good time some of them have been in the past. Our city council gave the fire boys $200 to pay their expenses to this con vention. We sent five delegates and i they returned with something over $.r0 unspent which they are turning back to the city council. This alone shows that they were careful and did not spend money foolishly. We told those at the W. C. T. U. meeting that citizens should be on their jruard against propaganda sent out by the wet element. Many of our good, citizens pass this along in place of coming to us and getting the facts first. They try to make it appear that partiality is being shown by arresting a man who is now in jail and letting an old offender go scott free. We wish to state that this old offender has been out of the city for some time but recently returned and states that be will now walk tne straight and nar row. We hope he does. It makes no difference who the of fenders may be, as we have said be fore, or their standing in the commun ity. The officers have had instruc tions to show no partiality and let no cne escape. If we should tell you the names of some of the people who have under suspicion and are watching it -would surprise you, and them also. W. R. Harper Will Leate Saturday on Buying Trip W. R. Harper of the Harper de--partment store will leave Saturday night on a buying trip that will take bim to New York, Chicago and pos sibly other eastern market centers. Wr. Harper's system of buying and selling for cash enables him to take advantage of discounts, and he expects to do a large amount of purchasing at prices that will enable him to have some attractive bargains for custom ers of the Alliance store. He will be awav from the city for about two weeks. H. E. Marvin, train dispatcher, is laying off this week on account of sickness. ... THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska: Increasing cloudiness tonight Rising tempera ture west and centrnl portion.1. Satur day unsettled; probably snow in west portion. Former Alliance Man May Start New Paper in Valley Scottsbluff Star-Herald: Rumor hath it that there will be a "new Richmond in the field"' insofar as the newspaper field is concerned, the new miVlirfQT inn 4a Ka tacit 4- Di!.lAnA.4 and to be called the Morrill County Democrat. Ernest Smith, formerly of , this city, but more recently of the, News-B!ade at Bridgeport is the editor . and proprietor of the new publication, McDonald Sale Is Scheduled for the ' Last Day in January, earing the store building holding the remainder of the stock of the bank-fr- r r. uTT, . '""P Morgan Grocery company, and Tim McDonald of Berea annouces in taking away quantities of cookies, gum this issue of The Herald a closing-out : nnd other things that would appeal to sale of his livestock and farm imple- youthful appetites. Although the ments at public auction at his farm,! parents of the boys had been consulted two miles west of Berea, on Tuesday, fy the county attorney, during his in January 31. The selling will start im- vestigation, but one of them appeared mediately after a free lunch at noon. jn the court room. The mother of The offering includes seven head of one of the smaller culprits was there horses, twelve head of cattle, five head to lend moral support to the court. of hogs, a good It of farm machinery and miscellaneous items. STAR-HERALD AT SCOTTSBLUFF IS ON THE WARPATH NEWSPAPER SAYS ALLIANCE SCHOOL MEN ARE ON TRIAL. Says Western Nebraska Waiting to . see Mam mieves narreu rrum the Basket Ball Team. The Scottsbluff Star-Herald, which some months ago was a rather severe critic of Coach F. C-Prince and his franp of football players, is again on the war path. During the 1920-21 son. Bavard. which had high hopes for the championship, had a rather more difficult job in defeating Alliance than the gridiron fans expected, and one result was the charge that the Alliance team was an aggregation of highbinders. The Bayard newspapers insinuated that the Alliance boys play- ed football as though they were en-' gaged in a massacre, instead 'of fol- lowing the ladylike procedure of some other western Nebraska teams. The! Scottsbluff newspaper took up the Bayard charges and kept them going for a time, even suggesting that Alii-, ance should be barred from the con- ference. At the beginning of the last football season, the charges were revived, and want to slaD them on the wrist. In time, however, the antagonism seemed to wear off, and toward the end of the season, there wasn't any crabbing at all. Now the war is on again. The Scottsbluff newspaper has just heard of the confession of five athletes, four of them members of the basket ball team, that they were connected with an attempt to steal examination ques tions. Whereupon, there is a righteous roar that is intended to cover western Nebraska and stir up animosity atrainst Alliance. All Rules Complied With. According to a recent statement by Superintendent W. R. Pate, the rules of the athletic association do not cover the offense to which the basket ball players pleaded guilty. The rules do provide, however, that the members of teams must be up to snuff in their school work. The Alliance boys passed the required examinations. Their at tempted theft didn't benefit them in the slightest. The Alliance school authorities, who are charged with ad ministering punishment and who know all the circumstances, have said that the boys were sufficiently punished. It was expected that there would be some who would object. It was not ex pected, however, that other towns would endeavor to prescribe the pun ishment. The Star-Herald declares that if the boys are allowed to remain on the basket ball team, clean athletics in western Nebraska will be handed an awful wallop. This is based on what the Scottsbluff newspaper declares is a very natural conclusion that the team members would not have stolen the questions had they been up in their studies. The Alliance school authori ties are on trial, the newspaper de clares. The Star-Herald says: "Five young men, students of the Alliance high school are "in Dutch" just now, due to the fact of the at tempted swiping of examination ques tions prior to the day of the test It is averred that this has been going on (Continued on Page 4) the hope was expressed that Alliance " players would not play in a manner aroused, and an investigation was calculated to make the opposing teams held, at which some of the smaller TEN BOYS ENTER GUILTY PLEA IN JUVENILE COURT ADMIT TAKING EATABLES FROM. MORGAN GROCERY STOCK Pilferers Are Given Lecture by Judge Tash and Told to Report Moral Progress Ten small boys, ranging in age from c,ght to fifteen 'ears PPe-r-d before Judge Tash in juvenile court Tuesday evening, after school, and most of them wore a worried expression, as though expecting an axe to fall any time. Two or three wore the hard boiled look, but they lost it before the session was over. The boys, in an investigation carried on by County At- ! tornev Basve. had nlpadml oniltv in Judge Tash didn't frighten any of the small prisoners by making the court session a formal one. He ques tioned the boys, and found that the three youngest were but eight years of age. There waa one nine-year-old boy, two were ten, two were twelve, one admitted being fourteen and the oldest boy had attained the age of fifteen. There were eleven children who con fessed to taking part in the various raids upon the Morgan stock, but one of the boys was ill and unable to be present. All ten of the children declared that they knew the nature of an oath, and something awful would happen to them in this world and probably the next. - Looting for a Month TT Inn rl 1 tViai ctsttnoa anA i Vi arA was no discrepancy. The first raid on the grocery stock took place about a month ago, when three boys were sea-TjJayiwg hi the altey track otk mjm They noticed that one of the windows had been broken, and was replaced by a cardboard, with some boards nailed over it. The oldest boy stood -watch and two smaller boys pried off the boards and entered the store. When they reappeared, one of the pilferers carried a five-pound sack of salt, and the other a quantity of candy and gum. The loot wa3 distributed among the boys. A few days later the second entry was made, and more eatables secured,, ftnd from then on until the theft was discovered, the boys managed to keep the gang supplied with candy, gum and cookies. There was an epidemic of gum-chewing at Central school the gJPPly te."V? seemingly inexhaustible. Mayor R. M. Hampton Talks to Members of the Rotary Club Rotaiian R. M. Hampton was the speaker at the Wednesday dinner at the Alliance Rotary club. He took for Ms subject the present financial con ditions, and forecasted a turn for the better before the end of 1922. Mr. Hampton discussed the theory of eco nomic cycles, and showed how a period of expansion hail been followed by a periou oi oppression since ne came u western Nebraska a good many yeara ago. In the latter part of the eigh - ties, the speaker said, money was de cidedly "easy." There was a scram ble among the various banks and loan agencies to get as much money as pos- sitila lAanod siiif of intoroat- This. hA This, he kplipvprl wn. shown hv later exner-' iences to have been a mistake, for following this period of undue expan sion there was a aenmte penou oi financial stringency, which lasted for several years. Once the period of "hard times" was over. Mr. Hampton (aid, there was no t i serious nanism p xor a gooa many years, although the crop failures in the nineties had occasioned consider able depression. In 1907 came the next real panic, and this, he believed, was averted before it came very serious by the prompt action of the banks, who simply refused to pay out money, but instead used cashier's checks as me diums of exchange. This method of handling the situation soon put an end to the trouble. Had the banks paid out money on demand, Mr. Hampton declared, it might have been one of the most severe financial crises in the his tory of the country. Mr. Hampton believes that the pres ent period of readjustment is nearing an end. He does not look for much further reductions in prices, he said. Conditions have improved materially in the last few months, and by the first of 1923, he believes that normalcy will have been attained. ivuniinueu on page j CATTLE FREIGHT RATES ON "Q" INJURE ALLIANCE i SHIPPERS SAVE MONEY BY 1NG ELSEWHERE GO- Traffic Committee of Alliance Cham ' bor of Commerce Explains the Discrimination A. T. Lunn, chairman of the traffic committee of the Alliance chamber of commerce, has written Dale P. Stough of Grand Island some information con cerning the alleged discrimination against Alliance by cattle shippers, who are shipping from stations on the Union Pacific and Northwestern rail roads instead of Alliance. The reason for this lies in the fact that cattle rates on the Burlington are higher than those on the competing railroads, end the shipper finds that it pays him to drive his cattle overland anil take advantage of the cheaper rates. Recently the traffic committe of the chamber of commerce decided to go in with several other cities served by the Burlington in a fight to bring rates on livestock down to the level of the other two roads. At present they are about 20 per cent higher. At the last 20 per cent cut in rates on livestock, the order on the Burlington applied in Ne braska only to towns 600 miles dis tant from Omaha. There was but one town in the state, Henry, on the Wyo ming line, which derived any advan tage from the cut. Mr. Lunn has summarized the situa tion as follows: "Dear Sir: With further reference to the matters outlined in the letter written by our secretary, Mrs. Thom as, in her letter of January 19th to you. "We gather, however, that in any case where there is an approximately equal distance, or even ten or fifteen miles further to drive the cattle, our shippers will go to a shipping point on the Union Pacific in preference to bringing their cattle to Alliance or any nearby shipping point on the Burling ton. Shippers Save Money. "Taking a five-car shipment, this means that they will save from $85.00 to $100.00 by driving to Broadwater or nearby shipDins- point on the Union rTacific In preference to coming to Alli ance. At the present market price of cattle the saving is quite an item to any shipper, and the necessity of driV' ing to other points, equi-distant or farther away from Alliance, forms a discrimination against them and against the city of Alliance. We un derstand that the rate from Broad water to Omaha is 37. cents per hun dredweight against 45 cents from Alii ance. "A further point in this matter is that to reach Kansas City, the Union Pacific must transfer over the Grand Island & St. Joe, whereas the Burling ton has direct connection and still the same difference applies. However, aiv proximately 90 per cent of our cattle go to the Omaha market. "The reduction which was made some time ago has been of no benefit (Continued on Page 4) Dr, Minor Morris Talks to Members of the Lions Club Dr. Minor Morris was the speaker at the Thursday dinner of the Alii ance Lions club, taking for his subject the necessity for unity in thought, re ligion and philosophy as the only sound basis for universal peace. He mentioned some of the things that would lead toward this unity. Among these was the spread of the wireless p enhnnn. of uh rh there are now three hundred thousand in use in the , United States today, and within a few vears this number will be doubled He mentioned the fact that the school children in Scottsbluff were to have rnnrorii) hv x'irplp4 in the near fu- ture jhe wireless telephone, when sufficiently developed, will bring the world in closer relationship, and it is but one of the forces that i3 at work unifying the world today. Dr. Morris raised the question as to whether the UnitedStates, free from external invasion, is in a secure posi tion. The white race today, the speak er declared, has reached its high water mark, so far as the occupation of ter ritory is concerned. He showed that the white race is being driven from Asia, because they are not able to cope, physically and economically, with the vellow race. If the yellow men are able to worst the whites in this sort of a contest, without the aid of science and invention, what may be expected when they have the help of modern machinery and late knowledge. He told of the establishment of a modern city 150 miles from Shanghai, which is a ereat manufacturing center. The labor problem is the greatest that faces the world today, Dr. Morris declared. The only solution, as he saw it, was a unity of knowledge through out the world. L. Q. Wilsick is unable to work this week on account or niness in ms lain ily. . . j. ,..ii ,.i -i i Alliance Team Won From Bayard Tuesday, 32 to 14 The Alliance hijrh school basket ball quintet added another scalp to its belt iy deteating Hayard Tue.lay, 32 to 14. This leaves Alliance with a no defeat record in western Nebraska. Cross and Dailey divided honors, each making fourteen points, although four of Cross' were on fire throws. Brown also got two baskets. Hartman. Bayard's 200 pound forward, gathered four basket and two free throws, mak ing ten or his teams fourteen points. The Bayard team is entirely new, Her ron, the only veteran, having gone to Michigan to join forces with the for mer Bayard coach. Spruitt. This evening the boys play Scotts bluff at Scottsbluff. While no great difficulty is expected in bringing home the bacon the Irrigators have a good record and should put up a good bat tle. The summary: Alliance e ft f Cross, f 5 4 2 Dailey, f 7 0 2 Urown, c 2 0 0 J oder, g 0 0 1 rowler, g (c) 0 0 0 Totals - - . 14 4 8 32 Bayard c ft f n aiui vinc-iip j, -.-..-- t L lv Bottom, f 10 1 2 Ieach, c 10 1 2 Burns, g 0 0 3 0 ONeil, g 0 0 0 0 Totals 6 2 6 14 CHARITY BALL AT THE ARMORY ON FEBRUARY 4 VOLUNTEER FIREMEN AND T. P. A. SPONSOR EVENT. Funds to Be Devoted to Relief Work in the City by the Central Charity Committee. The Alliance volunteer fire depart ment and the members of Post M. T. P. A., are sporsoring a Charity ball for the benefit of the central charities 1 committee of Alliance. The dance will J lake? ill ace ni mo cilv irmorv.on vne . rt . - - M - evening of Saturdayj February 4, and according to the plans of the commit-1 tee in charge, headed by Roy Strong, u is me inienuon vo irane vne vun a record breaker in the way of atten- dance. . Ticket selling committees from' both the firemen s and T. P. A. orgnniza- u right there, Lang tions will canvass the city thoroughly. I f J d h Rtu,njoys hIg "J Arrangements have been made to have . abaJner from the ne nan uonaieu iwwF. the music will, to a certain extent, be tA??J! Iiupeu lU mine a puunuiiiuai num nmui may be used by the charities commit-. UeAuuCarufr twe Ll !yi Although there have been several donations to the charities, comm.ttee, the 7rer??a;V pered by lack of funds, kvcry cent realized from the ball will be turned over to the committee, and every cent will iro to those who need assistance. There are no salaried workers in the cnariiy organization, anu u is expecieu that the ticket se comm,tte, will i . . i f ; . - .1 meet with very few tumdowns on their rounds. Cradle Roll Program at Methodist Church on Sunday Morning The Epworth Leaguers will have en tire charge of the evening service Sun day night at the Methodist church. It will begin at 7:00 p. m. and will be about as follows: Tableaux, "Let the Lower Lights Be Burning," by a large number of girls. A stunt entitled, A Major Upera- tion on Mr. Epworth League." This will be a religious stunt with plenty of fun. It is a hospital scene with sur geons and nurses taking a patient with many ailments, who like the woman in the Bible, has spent all his substance and endured much at the hands oi doctors and quacks, and finally con sults an expert surgeon. You will en joy seeing what harmful things this surgeon finds, within the body, and re moves them, replacing tnem witn something else to build up the run down body and restore it to health. Following this operation, there will be a number of short addresses by the young people of the league. Red Cross Seeks Present Location Of Irvin Tharp The Alliance chapter of the Red Cross has been asked to assist in locat ing Irvin Tharp. ex-soldier, who fol lowing the war was in a hospital at Denver. On his release he went to Ortonville, Minn., and it is thought that he may have returned to Alliance, Any information concerning this man will be appreciated by the local Bed Cross onicisus. POOR FARM IS , THE SCENE OF A SERIOUS FUED TWO ROOMMATES STAGE A SEIt IES OF QUARRELS. W. A. Dunlap Objects to Older Man Smoking a Pipe, and Wants to Live a Life of Peace. County Commissioners Cal ITufe man and George Carrell were in AILU ance Thursday, attending to some bus iness connected with roads. They found waiting for them at the court hous PA official communication from W. A Dunlap, an inmate at the county farm. Mr. Dunlap, who is pretty badly crip pled up, told his tale of woe in the fol lowing letter, which was undecipher able in part, but which read, so near a the commissioners could read it. like this: "Jan. 20, 1922, Toor Farm- To th Box Butte County Commissioners: I want to call your attention to condi tions at the poor farm, since last Jan uary, Mr. Peter Haag was compelled to share a room with this old Tom Lang-, ford, who, with his filthiness, . noie vice and corruption, caused him to insane and to be removed, and they compelled me to use this room. Th old reprobate has made this room at hell since I have been with him. I wish you would remove me or Tom from this farm so I can live in peace, and oblige, "W. A. DUNLAP.. Mr. Dunlap adds to the letter th words: "I-ament of a county charge.' Hashman Tells of Warfare. Cal Hashman, who has been ac quainted wth both of the old gentle men for a number of years, knows th details of the quarrel since its incep tion. Several times one or the other of the participants has summoned him to tell a tale of a struggle of strong wills. According to Mr. Hashman, the fact? in the case are about as follows. Both Dunlap and Tom Iangford are old aadi crippled. There are plenty of rooma at the poor farm, there being about seven of them and only three inmates, but these two men are both crippled) and have been assigned to a room OA I the ground floor. Tom Ijingford is a hale and hearty youngster of eighty-two,. Langfordl ftWMTOVK " . V " 1 -j to the asylum last January after opVrl months Hurinir which he com- u;tk i.t. m aa who : piajned that everyone near him vu , putting electric batteries in his Ded, nia hfw. his rt and even his smoklii tobacco. Then Dunlao was aiven a room with LanirfonL we1 Not on, that but he XsUk nvW .PP-ent oMfmon" been more than it waa : ftpc, .,Tho8e t -oM felIow8 dor,.t hav anything to do but get on each other's '.. n.C T. ' . . .,!. .v.rv nn while, and it's usually over Lang- . ,. - tr Landlord Won't Reform. Mr. Dunlap has tried a number of ways to separate his aged roommate . f - th , , corncob. Ile has arguet , abflut the ba(, e)rect on the healthf but inasmuch as l.angford is older than he i., and stronger, deppite his years, this i.sn't a very telling argument. Dunlap has also tried another style of attick. He told his roommate that "No gentleman will smoke in the same room with another gentleman, if thafc gentleman doesn't like it." Mr. Lang ford wasn't a bit affected by this ar gument. Then Dunlap played another card. He argued the matter scriptur al I y, and told Langford that a man who 'smoked could never enter th kingdom of heaven. Even the prospect of eternal fire didn't make the octo genarian deert his pipe. After peaceful suasion iaiiea, wr, Dunlap resorted to sterner measures He tried them out one cold day. Lang ford lighted his pipe. Dunlap opened the window. They both got pretty cold, and as fast as one would shut it the other would throw it open, tin ally, this led to direct warfare. Dun lap knocked ngiord s pipe irom nia face, and the aged man retaliated by bringing blood from Dunlap's nose. This was the last straw. Mr. Dun lap has brought the matter officially to the attention or tne county ooarq. He has charged that it was his room mate's vices that drove Peter Haag insane. He has asked the commission ers to remove either one or the other, and let him live ms me in peace. ' It's a tough question for the com missioners to answer, and they haven't yet arrived at a solution of the prob lem. Mr. Dunlap is insistent that something be done, and Mr. Langfordj has intimated that he ought to be al lowed to enjoy his pipe in peace. There, is but one downstairs room, and the two old fellows don't seem to be pbta to enjoy it in harmony. What to do T Maybe someone can suggest a solu tion to this problem, and end a feud thnf tin q turwthimla nf the inmnta. mt the county farm all stirred up aro) feeling ugly. It's a task for a diplo mat, and both Hashman and George Carrell axe reading up on diplomacy