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Official Paper of Box Butte County
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Paper of the City of Alliane
VULUM1S XXIX (Twelve Pages)
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1922.
No. 28
, ANTIOCH MAY
BE DISSOLVED
AT ELECTION
BOARD OF POTASH TOWN IS RE
PORTED IN FAVOR OF MOVE.
Matter Has Not Been Formerly Con
sidered, But Members Take Steps
to Find Out the Procedure.
Antioch, the wonder potash city, is
getting: ready to pass out of existence
officially, according: to reports that
have reached Alliance. The Sheridan
county town was the chief of the
three towns that the potash boom
changed almost over night from vil
lages with small populations to thrive
ing towns.
Antioch was incorporated in 1918,
when the "boom was at its height.
There was a depot, a sidetrack and a
few scattered houses there, but within
a month five hundred houses had been
built. The town had five big potash
plants before the potash boom col
lapsed, the machinery and buildings
costing over two million dollars, and
the payrolls containing hundreds of
men who drew the highest wages ever
known in western Nebraska. -At the
height of the boom, the town had a
population of from 2,500 to 3,000.
When potash went to the bad, An
tioch began slipping downhill. For
months many of the potash workers
hung on, hoping that something would
happen to save the industry. Nothing
did. One by one, or even faster, the
plants closed down. A disastrous fire
took the largest one. The workers,
with families to support, began to
leave to other fields. In many cases,
they left their families while they went
elsewhere for work to support them.
Antioch still has a larger population
than before potash clays, due largely
to the fact that the town attracted a
number of business men with their
fmilies, and because many of the fan
lies of former potash laborers are still
living there. It costs comparatvely lit
tle to live in the shacks put up by the
potash companies. There are some 150
children in the public schools, but .he
population of the town has shrunk
from 2,500 to less than 500.
Discussing .Dissolution,
The village board of the town. It is
said, has been discussing ways and
. means to abolish the incorporation.
The matter ha&.not yet come up at a
formal meeting of the board, but a ma
jority of the members are said to be in
favor of ending: the town's corporate
existence. The main idea seems to be
that a town organization is not needed
for the present population. During
the heyday of prosperity, there was a
village marshal! and police court, and
All that e&rt of thing, but now the
preservation of the peace is done by
the precinct constable and the pre
cinct justice of the peace, who will still
function whether Antioch is an incor
porated village or a collection of
houses.
The chief saving will be in the pay
ment of taxes. So long as Antioch is
incorporated, there must be a village
board, and regular elections. Elections
cost money, and it is claimed, that'
they cost entirely too much for the
pood they do. The members of the!
village board have to meet once a
month, and there is a disinclination to
meet when there is nothing much to
do. No citizen cares particularly
about the town's business, it is said,
because there is practically nothing to
be done.
And so, County Attorney Basye, who
isn't supposed to furnish legal opinions
to Sheridan county towns, but who is
always willing to oblige, has gone;
through the statutes and discovered
the r.pcessary procedure to do away
with the expense of maintaining an
elficial organization. His letter, writ
ten to Koy Holfland, who came up to
inquire at the request of members of
the Antioch village board, reads as fc
Icws: Must Be Voted Upon.
"In regard to the questions sub
mitted by you to me, concerning the
abolishment of incorporation of the vil
lage of Antioch, Nebraska, you are in
formed that section 50G6 of the revised
statutes for the year 1913, provides
that the question must be submitted
to the voters at the general election,
upon a petition signed by at least one
third of the electors and taxpayers of
the village. This petition is submitted
to the county clerk, who gives notice
of the election and ballot is prepared
by the county clerk for the electors
within the village corporation who
vote "for abolishment of incorpora
tion" and "against abolishment of in
corporation." "All property left belonging to the
incorporation is turned over to the
road overseer for the district in which
the village is situated and if the pro
ceeds the sum of $100 they shall be
placed in the hands of the county
treasure!, to be paid out by order of
the county commissioners, for the ex
clusive use of the road district in
which the village is located . If all the
indebtedness of the village is paid in
full the village becomes disorganized
and abolished on January first, follow
ing the election."
Some Money on Hand.
. The village board has the sum of
$2,000 on hand, it is stated. This is
sufficient to pay the town running ex.-
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Alliance and Vicinity:
Fair tonight -nd Saturday, rising tem
perature. ' Jtk
penses until 4, "eneral election,
the election exp Vy i leave a tidy
sum over. This l. er the law,
will be placed in . of the
county treasurer, ana fy id out,
on order of the county & t .ssioners,
for road work exclusivel ,n the dis
trict where the incorporated village
once existed.
It's been a hard year for the potash
plants, and the potash towns. Not
ordy have the five big plants ceased
(operations, out nair a dozen smaller
plants in the district nearby have also
I CAfilUkrl Mltlniltir OH1 .nnn a - t 1 L.
.wtiunigp caaiVA IMC VI VIlCAC
smaller concerns have also been sold
at tax sales this spring.
The houses put up by the plants in
Antioch to house their workers, have
been disappearing. Alliance people
can remember, during the great boom,
how in the rush to care for employes,
bic forces of enrnonteru nczwl tn
" - U wrvvi w nutn
hir mAnl!ki A. 1 1 .
. ajf uiuuiiiigiit, iu erect uitrse nouses.
now uiey are oeing sold at very rea
! son-able prices and are being hauled to
i Alliance find nth fr npnrhv tAu'nc
, at.l V VS TT tlOl
, There is an Antioch addition in almost
every part of Alliance.
The Antioch village board may not
proceed with the plan to abolish the
town's incorporation, but there is no
doubt that the step is being seriously
considered, and it is a probable de
velopment of the collapse of the potash
boom.
At Logan Hart's public sale Thurs-
I v,. uuiuuci vi mi a. iiai bail itrnua
i presented her with a piece of silver
as a parting gift.
FIRST SERVICES
IN NEW CHURCH
ON MARCH 1 9
NORTH PART OF METHODIST
EDIFICE ABOUT COMPLETED.
Regulations Adopted for Conduct and
Operation of the Social Serv
ice Department.
The first church services to be held
in the new Methodist church will prob
ably be held there on Sunday, March
19, at which time the north part of the
church will be practically completed.
At a meeting of the official board held
at the old church Wednesday evening,
plans were outlined for the conduct
and operation of the social service de-
partment, which will be housed in the ;
north part and which includes the
gymnasium, kitchen, shower baths and
small assembly rooms and parlor in
the basement.
The gymnasium, which is one of the
finest ever installed in any western
church,' is 35x61 feet in size, inside
measurement, in addition to the gal
lery and stage. This room will be
used also for assembly purposes, ban
quets, etc
Regular gymnasium athletic classes
will be held, at first under volunteer
leadership. The board decided Wed
nesday evening that there would be no
charge for the use of the gymnasium
to people of the Methodist congrega
tion, it being understood that everyone
who takes advantage of the gymnas
ium would become a contributor to the
cl urch budget.
The running expenses of the new
church building will cost approximate
ly 50 per cent more than the old
church. No salaries will be increased,
except that of the janitor, who will be
on duty continually, the social depart
ment of the church being open
throughout the week.
The use of the gymnasium as an as
sembly room or for athletic meeta will
be given to organizations and respon
sible individuals, a small fee to be
charged. The Sunday school class as
sembly rooms in the basement will be
also open for use in the same way.
Chappell Quits
Basketball Team to
, Play Athletic Club
Chappell has backed out on their
game with Alliance here on Saturday
night. Their reason for this is that
the team refused to play, although the
coach wished to have the game go
through. Chappell has acted in a way
all season that certainly has reflected
no credit on the school. They seem to
be playing for personal glory only and
are unable to lace the prospect of al
most certain defeat. This game gives
Alliance a clear title to the western
Nebraska championship, the first time
in seven years.
Coach Prince has arranged for this
date, however, that will probably be
much faster than the Chappell game.
The Alliance Athletic club will play,
and the proceeds are needed to send
the team to the state tournament.
The Athletic club has a fast team com
posed for the most part of former A.
ri. S. stars and this should be a real
battle. Everyone that has a desire to
send the champions of western Ne
braska to the state tournament should
come out and see this game.
A MINIMUM OF
3 TO 10 YEARS
FOR AUTO THEFT
WATKIXS GIVEN STIFF SEN
TENCE BY JUDGE WESTOVER.
One Year for Theft of Car, One Yea
for Breaking Jail and a Third
for Lying on the Stand.
Harold Watkins, youth who several
days ago pleaded guilty in district
court to the theft of the J. F. Spet
man Dodge touring car from the lat
ter's home, east of Alliance, was taken
before Judge W. H. Westover for sen
tence Thursday. Judge Westover has
been confined to his room at the hotel
since Tuesday, a recurrence of an old
attack having put a summary end to
the present term of district court.
Thursday the judge gave decisions in
a few minor matters from his bedside.
and attached his signature wherever
the records required it. Court Reporter
Jerry Scott was allowed to return to
his home Wednesday, and the judge
win leave some time today if his con
dition permits. The attack has not
proved so severe as others, and Mr.
Westover's condition is said to have
greatly improved.
Watkin3 was arrested at St. Paul,
Minn., in company with the Dodge
touring car and Peter Schleve. They
were arrested and returned here for
trial. Both men pleaded guilty in
county court and at one time asked
Countv Attorney Basye to arrange to
take them to Rudwille to lie sentenced
in advance of the regular term of dis
trict court, in order that they might
begin serving their sentence without
delay. Mr. Basye agreed, but on the
eve of the day set for the trip, both
of the men said they had changed their
minds. Later one of them expressed
a willingness to plead guilty if given
another chance, but it was not forth
coming. Watkins Took All Blame.
At the trial. Schleve was acquitted.
largely because of the evidence of
Watkins. who manfully shouldered all
the blame. He alone had planned the
theft and executed it, he declared on
the stand, although the prosecution
wondered bow one man could push a
Dodge touring car over a fence and
1 I 1 A 1 .1
several nunarea ieci oown we roaa :
without assistance. Watkins insisted!
that he had picked up Schleve after he
reached Alliance, and that the latter
was not only guiltless of complicity in
the theft, but that he was ignorant
that the car was stolen.
Judge Westover gave Watkins a
fairly stiff sentence at the session held
in hi3 room. The young man was
ordered to the penitentiary for from
three to ten years. Under the law
adopted by the last session of the
legislature, the prisoner may not even
annlv for a pardon until the minimum
sentence is expired. This means that
WatKins will remain at the state pen
for at least three years, and as much
longer as it will take to set the wheels
of justice in motion to secure a pardon
or parole.
Jail Break Not Forgotten.
The court explained the heavy sen
tence by saying that one year was for
the theft of the car; a second year was
for a jail break staged by Watkins and
a colored prisoner, James Howard; and
thethird year was for lying testimony
given on the stand. Watkins was not
arranged on the jail-breaking charge,
although he would have been had lie
not pleaded guilty to the auto theft.
The court, however, took cognizance of
the attempt to gain freedom in as
sessing the penalty. Watkins g-t
twelve miles out in the country and
surrendering to a farmer, after the
cold weather and the srow forced him
to give ud the attempt to get away.
Roy HofTland oi Antioch, who was
in Alliance yesterday, tells of a couple
more stunts pullet! by Watkins in that
town. He came there some months
ago, with a team belonging to a Lake
side farmer. He worked about the
town for a few days, then parked the
team in the livery stable and left them
there while he left for parts unknown,
ihe team was kept there until the
owner had a $40 livery bill to pay.
Watkins also purchased a saxaphone
from the Antioch jeweler, getting two
young fellows to go on his note for the
purchse price. When he decamped
with the Spetman automobile, they
were called upon to pay the bill.
Many Pupils Earn
Penmanship Awards
in Last the Six Weeks
The following pupils have earned
Palmer Method Awards during the
past six weeks.
Central School Margaret Timmel,
Josephine Druery, Beulah Van Kirk,
Lucy Merk, Marion Peterson, Lsabelle
Druery, Arline Dobry, Neva Nation,
Ltta Simpson, Beulah Myers, Gerald
ne Reed, Lucille Reed, Irene Epler,
Walter Johnson and Esthel Frederick.
City Hall Ernest Smith, Carl Mar
cum, Stella Benjamin and Bessie Hahn.
High School Olga Spetman and
Loree Carson.
Emerson School Charles Wolf;,
Bess Nelson, Gail Robbins, Lynn Over
street, Hazel Young and Guyla Miller.
ESSENTIALS OF
CHIROPRACTIC
ARE EXPLAINED
DR. J. II. JEFFREY PREPARES
TALK FOR LIONS CLUB
Interesting Address on Theory Under
lying the New and Successful
School of Health
The following address was prepared
by Dr. J. H. JefTrey for delivery be
fore the members of the Alliance Lions
club:
Scientists tell us that in all nature
there are two great' forces con
tending against each other, and that
things are as they are because of the
action and reaction of these two forces.
These forces are called centrifugal (or
inside), and centripetal (or outside)
force, more familiarly known in phy
sics as attraction and repulsion.
If this be true, these two forces
work on human beings just as they
work on everything else in nature, and
in chiropractic philosophy they are
known as innate intelligence (centnfu
gal) and environment (centripetal).
"Centri" means "center," fugal
means "flee from." Centrifugal then,
is the force (mental impulse) in the
human being which moves from the
center to the periphery. "Petal" means
"flee to" and centripetal means the
force (vibration) which moves from
the periphery to the center.
Seek Cause of Disease
In harmony with this idea we find
the nerves named accordingly efferent
and afferent, which names designate
their functions of carrying mental im
pulses from innate intelligence to the
norinliprv. or tissue cll (efferent), and
vibrations from the tissue cell (peri
phery) to innate intelligence (affer
ent.) Vnr tiiinilrmla. nve for thousands of
years the professions that have minis
tn..j tn sink entirely riisreor.-mled
the centrifugal or inside force (innate
intelligence,) and searcnea uie nev
ens and earth in vain attempt to find
the cause of disease. Even now we
find a vast and earned army engaged
in draining swamps, killing mosqui
toes, prescribing diets, discovering
germs and establishing hygienic con
ditions under which those in whom
th. rioma at life burns feebly may
continue a little while longer upon the
Vnr . li a tn rtntonrt that nil thpse
years these investigators have found
nothing of value to mankind is at once
to betray our ignorance and to show
such a total disregard of provable facts
as to make ourselves ridiculous.
Fire burns, cold freezes, water
drowns, alcohol intoxicates, poison
kills, etc., and the most perfectly
aligned spine in the world, with 100
per cent of innate intelligence on the
job with perfectly normal rantj of
adaptibility, will not prevent these
same outside conditions from produc
ing death, discomfort or loss of ease,
at this stage of development of the
race at least.
But when all these facts are admit
ted in regard to environmental con
ditions and each is traced to its logical
conclusion, there yet remains the over
whelming mass of conditions of dis
ease that affecte mankind which are
not capable of being reconciled to the
environmental theory of the cause of
disease.
Disputes OldTheorbs
For instance, a hundred thousand
people drink water fi 'om the same
(Continued on page C)
oungSnhas
narrow escape
in an accident
GEORGE SIMPSON RECEIVED A
UL LLbi i.n Luteal
A .22 Caliber Rifle Was Accidentally
Discharged Bullet Will Not
Be Removed
George Simpson, deliveryman for
several local markets, who lives with
his parents in Duncan's addition, ac
cidently shot him.self Wednesday eve
ing shortly after returning irom work.
The young man was endeavoring to fix
the extractor on his rifle, a small .'it
caliber, when the gun was accidently
discharged, the bullet entering his
chest high on the right side. Uocior
G. J. Hand, who was called, stated
today that it was impossible to extract
the bullet and that no attempt would
be made to remove it.
The young man, who is in St, Jo
seph's hospital, is reported as doing as
well as could be expected and will
probably be out again soon. Mr.
Simpson is the son ot George Simpson,
a local drayman.
Mr. Simpson was reported to be in a
seriou condition Wednesiday night and
Thursday morning, but late reports
say that he has an excellent chance
Mas recovery.
Lions Club Holds I
Business Meeting:
Thursday Evening
The Alliance Lions club held a bust
ness meeting at the Alliance hotel
Thursday evening, he newly elected
olficers taking charge. A number of
committee appointments were an
I. on need:
Entertainment committee for the
month of March: John Guthrie, chair
man, Art juote, jonn snyucr, u. u,
Bauman.
Entertainment committee for April:
E. C. Drake, chairman, Clarence Scha-
fer, Dick O Bannon, Robert Graham.
Entertainment committee for Miv:
Frank Abegg, chairman, Donald Spen
cer, it. v. ueuuisn, u. ju Reynolds.
Publicity committee: Earl Jones,
chairman, Lloyd Thomas, W. L. O'-
Keefe.
Song committee: John Guthrie,
chairman, is, o. Bauman, Calvin D.
.vaiKer.
Auditing committee: A. I Gregg,
chairman, . W. liargarten, John Hen
.leberry.
Ixcal chapter No. 136 of the L 0.
O. F. entertained the Dalton chapter
No. 385 Tne.lay . at a 5:30 dinner.
The Dalton loo put on the third de
gree of the lodge for a large number
of candidates. After the dinner at 5:30
at which E. C. Drake presided as
toastmaster and the initiation a lunch
was served at 11 o'clock by the ladies.
The Dalton visitors present were T. F.
Black, J. J. Heizer, C. H. Gustasfore,
R. r. Buchanon, L. Iseminger McKin
ley Martin, August Burk, David Gil
gren, Ixwie Aradt, P. M. Cramer, H
A. McPhail, P. W. Cramer and Roger
Brennan, Jr.
END OFDREAM
OF HUGE SHOPS
ATALLIANCE
WILL START CONSTRUCTION AT
DENVER THIS YEAR
Inability to Get Hold of Surplus Labor
When Most Needed Was a
Big Factor
The game's never out until the last
card Is played, and there may be some
people yet who hope that the run of
the cards will change and Alliance may
land the big repair hopw. However,
last reports are to the effect that the
Burlington is going to build big shops
at Denver and the start on the new
shops is going to be made this year.
The shops will be for heavy repairs
and engine building. They will be lo
cated near Utah Junction.
The new shops will serve the west
end of the McCook division and the
Billings-Casper lines; the Sterling di
vision and the Colorado & Southern
system. The C. & S. is a Burlington
property.
Denver was selected for the shop
home because that city Is a labor mar
ket. The company considered a num
ber of other locations but finally de
cided on Denver. A shop town may be
built up around the shop site near
Utah Junction. One of the other sites
considered was Bridgeport, and the
central location of that site was urgeo
and that was also a point in favor of
Alliance. There were disadvantages,
however, that weighed heavily and one
of these was the inability to get sur
plus labor when it is most needed.
Dr. Theodore Hanson
at the M. E. Church
On Sunday Evening
The Nebraska state welfare and
hygiene campaign will hold a commun
ity welfare meeting on Sundary even
ing. March 5. at 7.30 o'clock at the
Methodist church. Subject, "Increas
ing Crime, It's Cause and Remedy."
Speaker, Dr. Iheodore Hanson of Den
ver, Col.
xhis is a national movement to stem
the rising tide oi ciune, 10 ave our
noiiits uikI bcnoois una cnurcnes la
biiori, our youui iue. No civic or re
ligious oigaiuzaUun can aiioru to
ignore tnis great program witn teem
ior pievemuig cruue. Ail are urged
lo come, out e.pccuuiy txie xuinei iiu
ruouiers.
Matrimony Not
So Alluring as
It Was Last Year
The number of those taking the mat-
riiiiouiai plunge nas laneu oa terribly
according 10 .lodge Tasn wno says uiui
vnue iat reoiuary ne had eignteen
couples coming lor permit to be
spuced that uus past r eoruary he has
nau only lour. Last year tne licenses
tan Horn lo to i every montn wmie
this year there has been trom 4 to b.
io particular cause caa be attributed
to tins otner than that people who had
not leit the pinch ot uie times then,
very ueciuediy are now. it s a cruel
world when loves young dream is
lorced to bow to any iron g so sordid
as the pursuit oi tne well known
sneckeL
ADVOCATES OF
CHANGE IN SITE
ARE DYING HARD
INCLINED TO. LOOK FOR WAT
OUT OF LEGAL DIFFICULTY.
Suggest Special Election Could B
Called to Make Box Butte Loca
tion for High School Legal.
The action of the Alliance school
board last Friday evening in specify
ing the Laramie avenue location tot
the new high school building is not bo
ing received with any great show
pleasure by the Alliance citizens who
conceived a vision of the largest audi
best building in the city at one end of
Box Butte avenue, placed in the center
of the street, with ornamental drive
way to the east, '
The board's action was taken be
cause it was believed that legal diffi
culties would present themselves
should any attempt be made to change
the location of the building. There
were a number of objectors to the pro
posed site, some of whom figured that
it would spoil Box Butte avenue to
have a building placed in the center
of it, others believed that it would
limit the growth of the city in that
direction, which was the logical place
for the next period of expansion to
be manifested, and still others pre
fersed the Lamarie avenue location.
The school board's main idea seemed
to be to please the citizens and they
expressed themselves as perfectly
willing to do whatever the majority
of the citizens wanted. However, it
was discovered that the petition call
ing for the election, as well as the elee
t.on notice and the ballots themselves
carried the Laramie avenue location on
them. Ihe description "Block B ' was
on every official paper connected with
the building, and in addition it is so
recorded in the hUtory of the bonds.
Another thinir that made the board
hesitate to act was the fact that some
of the objectors are a bit militant. It
is said on good authority that if the
board approved the Box Butte loca
tion, there would be at least one in
junction suit filed. The board realises
that the schools need the additional
room, and are not disposed to take any
actions that may delay the building.
Rotary Club Discusses , -Several
members of the Rotary club.
who are interested in having tbe Box
Butte location adopted, brought un
the subject at the Wednesday evenlnjr '
meeting, ana were was a lull cumu
slon. It developed, from a vote, that
the majority of the club favor the Box
Butte location, provided It can be se
cured without legal difficulties.
F. A. Harris brought ud the noink
that it might raise trouble with the
bond issue, which has already beenj
old. He said it would be impossible
to get hold of all the bond holder
and arrange for a change in location
at this late date.
Other speakers thought this might
not interfere with the legality of the
bonds. I he point was raised Jhat if
the city council donated the street, it
could be incorporated into block B
and do away with any legal difficulties.
W. R. Metz, when asked for an opin
ion as to the possibility of making a
change at this late date, said that off-
hand, his opinion was that there might
be a possibility, but that he didn't
think the chances were very good.
Harry Coursey and Glen Miller sug
gested the holding of a special election
to vote on the change in location,
there was considerable discussion as
to whether this would really change
.he Situation, the general opinion being
that the voters of the district should
have this rower, whether they were
entitled to it under the law or not.
The question is being looked into
thoroughly by legal talent, and it
there is an opportunity to get a re
hearing on the site question, through
a special election or otherwise, it is
possible that fcteps will be taken to ac
complish it.
Plans Meet With Objection
The piuiu ibr uie new mii echoed,
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a wet ui Uie .wvv gji.nuiuui, xti4
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eiute xavor so lr a cutaetvom o,
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cuwiei ltiauuquaie. a.uj $auu w
fucity vviti uu oaiy auout uo, uuU
uiose wno nave itau caiichc wiui
uumaics bay luat u is u fctuve error 14
ouiiu buch a buueture uiue uio iao
lties pioviueu are biuiuueui. to uue ivt
iue tivuutuu. 1
it i ueiieved that the board, when
their fetkeiiuou is caueu to Uie uiaitei'a
win tu.e ticey to see uiai, tne piuua
are altered to provuie a guuuoiuii
Uiat win oe ainpiy large vnougu lor
any deinanu ruautf upou iw inoaewuu
aie in toucn wiut seuool uuuuings say
Uiat uie gym suouia teat at ituwv ouw.
Mr. and airs. James I' Tiy oi 1 muha
win arrive in Alliance ue.t lueauay
to visit Air. anu airs. X tx iteiu-oi-inger.
The rural woman's club will meet
Marcn V, with Mrs. Wiluam xsewoum
as hostess, and Mrs. Betamore a as
sistant hostess.