" ! - rzmm?rm". TT" .......... , Official Paper of Box Butte County TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Official raper of the City of AUiaae (Eight Pages) ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1922. No. 36 vAtme xxix A I 7 9 f I JS ARE KING HARD OR ALLIANCE HOPE TO PREVENT REMOVAL OF LAND OFFICE. Law Under Which Action Plained Was Paused in 1840 and Does Not Fit Present Conditions. Following announcement from the department of the secretary of the in terior a week ago, to the efff :t that beginning July 1, 1922, the Alliance land office would be discontinued and the records consolidated with those at Lincoln, protests have been pouring in to the department, most of them com ing before Alliance was able to or ganize the land district to secure a change in the orde.' The Alliance chamber of commerce, at its Monday meeting, decided to take very step possible to retain the land ffice.in this city. This action was not taken simply becau. the office is lo cated in this city, but because it serves a large' territory, there are hundreds of unfinished cases on file, and much land still to be homesteaded, and it would work a hardship on homestead ers in this district to be compelled to jto to Lincoln and transact their busi ness through that office. A telegram was sent to Congressman Kinkaid, to Senator Hitchcock and to others in protest. It va3 planned to organize a protest from various towns in the dis trict, which includes the counties in western, Nebraska from the east line f Keya Paha west to the Wyoming border and the east line of Garden county to the west line of the state. Hitchcock on the Job. Senator Hitchcock was apprise! of the proposed removal as soon as the word reached Alliance, and a tele gram and letter from him bring vhe news that he is personally using his influence with the department of the interior to prevent the removal. Congressman Kinkaid has - entered into the fight to retain the land office in Alliance, and is receiving assistance from other congressmen. The order, it is understood, also affects land offices in other states, and there is a Lie- fight in prospect. Two telegrams have been received from Congressman Kinkaid by Re ceived H. H. H. Hewitt this week. The first advised him that Mr. Kinkaid was doing everything in his power to get the department of the interior officials to accept a reasonable construction of the law under which the order of dis continuance was issued. Mr. Kinkaid referred to sections 2248 and 2250 of, v. w;i cQftoo Tha fircf V'0R pection says that where in any land Feagins is superintendent. The Driller district there are less than 100,000 , i,. , . acres of unsold land remaining, the "In our rounds this w-eek the writer secretary of the interior may order visited at the camp of the Omaha the discontinuance of the land office in Alliance and found them busy pump the district. The other section pro-' isr and caring for the four wells that tt,ot Ko n.;,iAn msv onnfaimuk thev now have on the pump. One of the land office at the state capital, ven when here is an acreage less than , 100,000. The order aro-e throueh a provision ' of the appropriation bill providing . funds for 1923, which recited that no money should be spent in conflict with the provisions of the law. Law of 1840 Involved. It is pointed out by Congressman Kinkaid that the first section referred to was passed in 1840, long before there were any pre-emption laws in existence, and before any range or ag ricultural lands were thrown open to homestead. At the time this law was passed, lands were sold outright to purchasers. The law does not fit con ditions now, when hundreds of pros pective homesteaders are getting in formation regard land laws, or are transacting business through the land office. A second telegram arrived from Congressman Kinkaid yesterday, which asked Judge Hewitt to furnish him the total acreage in this land dis trict of unpatented irrigated home steads and unpatented dry land. Mr. iiewiu checked up the records and dis-1 covered that there are still available 44,040 acres of irrigated homestead land in the district, or land that will some day be open to settlement, and 98,920 acres of unpatented dry land. Experience has shown that the aver age piece of land may be filed on sev eral times. There are lands which have had as many as a dozen entries made before they went to patent. With Senator Hitchcock, Mr. Kin kaid, other congressmen from nearby states and others joining in the pro test, it is possible that the depart ment officials may be induced to change their interpretation of the law and allow the land office to remain here. The total acreage of lands sub ject to entry is well over the 100,000 acre mark, and it is believed now that the prospects are good for convincing the federal officials. ? Bunah commander No. 26. Knitrhts Templar, held its annual election of officers Tuesday evening. The follow ing officers were electA.1; A. S. Mote, eminent commander! j H. H. Hewitt, treneralissimo; Fred J Voeel, captain Kciu-iai; r. . irisn, recorder; Knight, treasurer. Haroid Gavin U nf Va. tnr week. during spring vacation at the state THE WEATHER Forecast foi ka: Fair to night and probab.. r,1ay. Warmer Saturday and west 'oonight. y Basye Considering Entering the Race for Representative County Attorney Lee Basye is flirting with the idea of entering the race for representative from the 100th legislative district, comprising Box Butte and Sioux counties. He has de cided that he will not be a candidate for re-election as county attorney, al though a good many of his friends have urged him to remain in the office. As yet there have been no filings for the office of representative and only one candidate has been suggested, the man put up by the farmer-labor ticket at Hemingford some days ago. Mr. Basye feels that he has had all of the criminal practice that he needs for a while, at least, having held the office of county attorney for eight years. If he does not enter the race lor representative, he will probably engage in the practice of law in this city. The duties of the county attor ney's office are unusually heavy, and he has found that they take up more time than he can afford to give to them. Emory Afton of Denver, Col., whole sale automobile dealer, was the speak er at the last ladies' night of the Alli ance Rotary club. Dinner was served in the Palm Room of the Alliance hotel Wednesday at 6:30. Mr. Afton gave a most inspiring address on the principles of Rotary and their applica tion to the business life of the mem bers, pointir- out that they were grad ually influencing business ethics in general. ALLIANCE-OMAHA OIL SYNDICATE IS PROSPERING WILL SPUD IN ANOTHER WELL IN NEXT FEW DAYS. Now Pumping From Four Wells and After a Year All Are Still Holding Up. The last issue of the Osage Driller, published at Osage, Wyo., gives some interesting details concerning the ac tivities of the Omaha-Alliance syndi- cate.m which a number (of local people are interested, ana or wnicn nase these wells has been on the pump eignjeen monuisnnu iwu wuin uuv one year and the other less than a year, making better than an average of a year each for the four and they are all holding up in good shape, says Chase Feagins, field superintendent, which proves that this will no doubt be a long lived field, "This company are located in the best part of the fie!d so far proven, being on 25-46-64. There is a lot of good productive territory surrounding twenty-five, that is to be drilled out yet and the wells that have so lar Deen drilled average around 1,500 feet in depth and are all holding up under the pump. "The Omaha-Alliance have a good nower plant that will pump twelve u-iia if necesaarv. Their camp is sup niioH with nlentv of aras to run the pump and furnish fuel and lights in the camo buildings. This makes the ontirn works and camo modern and up- to-date and when they get the radio phone in that iney expect w insum the camp will be ahead of the times. i nation to their larxe storage tanks, steam and gas, power and light and fuel system, Mr. Feagins has put in a water svstem ini is as wuvni lent as they have in any town in this part of the state. "ThA mmnanv will spud in a well within the next few days and expect to drill out their lease as ia. aa (w Kihl this coming summer. "Being there about noon we partook . viiont dinner that Mrs. Fea gins had prepared for the men and having had an early breakfast we cer tainly enjoyed the properly cooked spare ribs and vegetables that she had prepared nu n , . lias decided that she would rather feed two hungry lauuruig ic m one pencil pusher, "The following are the directors and ntfirprs of the Omaha-Alliance Oil Svmiicate: E. M. Brass, president, '... .t idaml: John Bachelor, vice Valentine: E. P. Meyers I;, nvovwlpnt: Gould Dietz, treasurer; C. H. VanAlstine, secretary, all of Om aha; E. H. Boyd, general manager, Alliance, and Chase Feagins, superin tendent, Osage. A. J. LeSage, who has been visiting in rhirairo for the past few months, returned Wednesday of this Meek. He expects to commence woric in tne in J surance gf J. W. Guthrie in the near WANT HELP FOR PLANTINGTREES AT THE CITY PIER PLAN TO PLANT TWO HUNDRED TREES SATURDAY. Gifts From Government Reserve at Ansley Boy Scouts and Other Tree Planters Wanted. City Manager Kemmish has received a shipment of two hundred trees from the forest reserve at Ansley, Neb.. with the compliments of the United States government, and it is planned to plant them Saturday at the munici pal pier at Broncho Lake, Planting two hundred trees is by no means child's play, and Mr. Kemmish is frankly bidding for volunteer assist ance in getting them into the ground. it is understood that the Alliance Boy Scouts will lend their assistance, but there is room in the ranks for a good many more workers. In fact. Mr. Kemmish says, almost anyone who de sires to contribute a little time and labor will be made as welcome as the flowers in may. Volunteers are asked to assemble at the city hall at 1 p. m.. and transportation will be furnished the workers. The municipal pier is now under Mr. Kemmish's protecting wing. The job of custodian was wished upon him by the various organizations and the in dividuals who contributed the money to build the pier. Ihe pier is not with in the city limits, and even the broad city manager law could hardly be con strued as giving the city manager such a duty, but vandals had done consider able damage to the property and it was believed that if Mr. Kemmish would take charge of it, there might be enough left of it to be utilized in hot weather this summer. Mr. Kem mish was elected by acclamation, and has found time amidst' his other du ties to keep one eye on the pier. The securing of a gift of two hundred trees was one of his pet ideas which has worked out. However, he doesn't fancy the labor of doiner the planting himself, although he is willing to nan die a shovel with the rest of them. Not Much Planting Space. TVia frcoa nr iacV ninA And snruce. nnA uHll Vu iut shout the Tiier in a harmonious design. There isn't so very ... i i-i - i . nr ucn land avauame on wnicn io piani tham hut if in th fnfiiro. mom land is acquired, the trees, which are now two-year-olds and stand aooui a vara high, can oe iranspianieu. ine ianu included in the pier and occupied by the dressing rooms is a fairly small area. Mr. Kemmish nas Deen consid ering the purchase of additional land, but the owners of the land adjacent cuoted a price or aooui $iuu ior an acre and a half, and there weren't suf fiiant flings Th countv is now con sidering establishing a road along the east side ol the laite, ana u mis is .inna tho lanH will h condemned and appraised and will probably cost a con siderably smaller amount. When the county lays out its roaa, u is proi it will tu some little dis tance away from the lake, and this will give the municipal pier aii me land that is needed. Tli. crnlr nf tr Will be 8UII1- ciently large to provide both the Boy Scout pier and the municipal pier wim Tha work nf nlantin? will be gin Saturday afternoon, and volunteers are requested to show up for work at the city hall at 1 p. m., or a me pier at anv time, the earlier the better. The municipal pier and bath house were build by small contributions from several hundred citizens, all of whom were immensely interested in the pro ject Mr. Kemmish expects that a number or tne coniriDuiors wm tm willing to assist in beautifying the w,..n3i Um rliz that this is not exactly swimming weather, and that there may be some laca oi enumsmsm, but urges those who are interested in the pier to think of the pleasures of a few months hence and take a chance. Legion Making Plans to Observe Memorial Day a tt thm American Le- Alliaiivc js-wtJW gion, at the semi-monthly dinner and business meeting Tuesday evening at .v. a n:n Palm Rnsm. mane VIUJ Allll ilivwi , - plans for the observance of Memorial day. There is a general aisposiuon on the part or the civu war vexerans w leave this work, formerly in their n V.o, tnUiani nf tht last two wars, inasmuch as there are only half a dozen civil war veterans left in the county. The Legion and the Spanish- American war veterans were in cnarge of the last Memorial day program, and that will be the plan followed this year. a mmmitfao -rms.istinc of Ed Rear- don, Joe Concannon and Basye from the Legion, and ti. u. Laing ana n. a. Johnson from the Spanish-American . ar vptpmns. sra in charee of the pro gram for the day. It is planned to have an afternoon meeting probably at the Imperial, to be followed by the nuiial ovM-rispa at th cemeterv. Robert Simmons of Scottsblutf, former state president or tne Legion, nas been suggested as speaker for the oc casion, and an invitation will be ex tended to him to come here. GIRL CLERK SAYS 1 COLORED YOUTH THREATENED HER JIMMY WASHINGTON. IN BAD 1 WITH -AUTHORITIES. Lela Nabb Declares She Has Reason r to Believe That He Intends to Seriously Injure Her. Qn complaint of Miss Lela Nabb, a girl clerk employed at the Lawrence Candy store, Chief of Police C. W. Jeffers late Thursday afternoon ar rested Jimmy Washington, colored, and escorted him to the county Jail. The complaint recites that Miss Nabb has reason -to believe, and does be lieve, that Washington will make an assault upon her with intent to do great bodily injury. Washington has lately returned to Alliance from Denver and other point.? west. He has relatives here. He is not a stranger to the officers, having in other days been arrested a number of times for misdemeanors of one sort or another. According to one of the officers, Washington was in trouble back .in 1918 for non-support of his wife, and there are other counts against him. He served two years in the penitentiary for grand larceny, Deing sentenced from Box Butte coun ty five years ago. Washington is said to have come into the candy store Wednesday und after making a purchase, attempting to engage the girl in conversation. He was unsuccessful in this, but later in the evening called her from one of the pool halls and suggested meeting her. When she hunir up the phone without listening to him, he came over to the vicinity of the store and en gaged in threatening languape. Wit nesses told the police that they hai' heard him say that he wou'd "eet her Washington was brought into court tnis anemoon, and was released on his promise to leave the city for good on the next tram. He is headed for Denver. Costs of $10 were charged pgainst him. It is understood that the police arrested him just in time to save him a session with some of the railroad boys, who had an idea of in stilling a few lessons into him by the direct route. School Boy's Arm Is Broken During Session With Prince Kooerc ADar, thirteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Abar of this city, and a freshman in the Alliance high school has been carrying his arm in a sling, one of the bones in the left - t . forearm having been fractured, during a session with Princinal F. C. Prince of the high school on the morning of marcn is. According to the boy's story, he had been somewhat mischevious and had oeen sent out or various class rooms on that account. He was sent to inter view Mr. Prince, who instead of using the usual rubber tube to administer corporal punishment, used a stick, the tube having been stolen by pupils. The boy declares the stick was an inch in-diameter, and that when he saw it descending, he dodged, the stick stnk ing him on the arm. - Ihe whipping did not proceed, although it was not thought that the arm was serious ly injured. It was not until a week later, on March 21, that it was discovered that the arm was broken. A younger brother struck him on the arm in play. Ihe pain was so severe that the lads parents took him to a physician. Dr. Minor Morris made an x-ray of the arm, discovered the fracture and set the limb in a plaster cast. Dr. Morris states that although the arm was swollen, there was no bruise or dis location discernible. Parents of the youth consulted an attorney, it is understood, with the idea or taking legal action. No suit for damaees has been filed as yet. but Mitchell and Gants, attorneys, say that this will be done as soon as the ex Unt of the injuries it determined. The attorneys say also that they are in vestiratinar the liability of the school district.1 Principal Prince maintains that the broken arm was purely an accident, and that there was no desire on his part to do more than correct the boy, It was purely an accident," he said. "The boy dodged or his arm would not have been injured. The school au thorities have no desire to cripple any of their pupils, despite reports to the contrary. According to several members of the school board, Mr. Prince has been able to brine discipline into a hiirh school that was, until he came here, one of the worst in the state. They declare that parents of boys who are supposed have been treated brutally have never made an investigation, and that the school officials have not received any complaints. They are satisfied that the injury to the Abar boy was acci dental. That current reports are great ly exaggerated, is the opinion. to have been treated brutally never ly exasrsrerated. is the opinion. Disci pine must be maintained, they say. Royal Irwin is home from the uni versity during spring vacation. Police Arc Busy Thursday Evening With Hooch Raid The minions of the law nut in a busy evening Thursday raiding the colored rooming houses of the town. he hrst place at which the officers called was the nea-ro boardinir house between Box Butte and Laramie and Second and Third streets. Nothing of particularly suspicious nature was ound beyond a few dusky gentlemen laying cards. Several bottles were und from which a strong odor of pints emanated but no liuuor was found. The next stop was the small shack on the corner of fourth and Nio brara, directly back of the Reuler store. Here several more hegroes were found, sitting around a table on which eposed a bottle of white mule. An iron bound trunk was found which the W nant of the place, C. Winston, claim ed had been left there in October by negro who had subsequently rier parted for the valley towns. The officers suspicions were aroused, how ever, and they asked in vain for a kev. They then proceeded to break it open, iiruunvf more noocn. After arresting the proprietor they rocecded to the abode of Jimmv Shores, on the third floor of the old Opera house block. Here they found Jimmy somewhat hilarious and pos sessed of three gallons of firewater. Proceeding to a large store room on the same floor they found some mash, raisins, and the other ingredients us ually associated with the fracturing of the Volstead act. Another dusky gen tleman, W. C. Harris, was in company with Jimmv and he also was taken into custody. The three arrested will have preliminary hearing before Judge Berry April 10, at 10 o clock, and will lated be tried in the federal court at 'hadron. ANSWERSTOTHE PUZZLE CONTEST COMING IN FAST TEN DAYS LEFT IN WHICH WIN THE PRIZES. TO Master LUt Will Be Opened By the Judges Who Will Make the Final Decision. The flock of answer in The Her- ald'3 hidden word contest which has been received at the office the past few days indicates that interest is keen in this very interesting arrair. ine contest is of especial merit because there is no chance ior tavontism, no hard soliciting demanded, no long hours of labor- required. Really the finding of the missing words proves a very pleasant mental exercise. Then wnen a gooaiy nsi is aiscovereu uie finder of the large list has the chance of winning a very substantial cash prize vith no strings attached. The picture nuzzle is very much in usage now in contests of the sort The Herald has inaugurated, anoraing a verv pleasant means of extending in terest in the newspaper without the disastrous results which so frequently follow a voting contest. No one in The Herald office knows how many articles whose names begin w th the letter "d" the artist drew Into the picture. The master list, which he drew the picture from, will be received at this office within a few days and the seals will be broken by the judges when the lists are exam ined to determine the winners. Thus there can be no favoritism and no chance of someone feeling that injus tice has been done. Take another look at the picture and see if you do not think there is a chance there for some keen work of the wits. We know of some people who are taking a new look at the pic tnr Averv dav. preparatory to win ning the capital prize, and are finding nw words everv time they look. The artist who drew the picture must Lave had a large working vocabulary be ginning with the letter "p" or he must have done his work with a dictionary of hla hanH. . Extra copies of the picture puzzle can be furnished in any quantities at The Herald office. Schools, clauses, camp fires and other bodies who w in to work at the puzzle in a group can secure extra copies lor metr con The contest closes April 10th. Ten days yet remain for people to try their wits in thia very interesting menial diversion. Why not match yours with others! It will afford some fun, ird you may be awarded a very acceptable cash prize. Hooker County Tribune: N. A. Drake, for a number of years in charge of the B. & M. section at this place, Unii "mit th flat" on Aoril 3. but by no means will the long experience he has gained be withdrawn from the up keep department of the great Hill sys tem. Nels simply quits this job to toi. a hotter one. On above date he u'iii h HKsicned to an extra irang with the entire work train and crew under his order. When that job is finished he will go to the Alliance yards. The man to take his place has not yet been Here's hopin? they find as rnod a scout for the pozish as N. A. Drake has proved himself to be. ELECTION FOR SCHOOL BOARD NEXT TUESDAY BUT NO CANDIDATES ARE OUT FOR THE J()a Interested Citizens Suerest Writin Names of A. T. Lunn and Mrs, S. W. Thompson on Ballot Aside from the notices that are ta be found in the vicinity of the four polling places, there is no way of prov ing that there Is to be an election in Alliance next Tuesday, but it's a fact, nevertheless. There is no city office to be filled, the beneficent provbdona of the act under which the city manager plan was installed saving the city thm expense of this one election. But there are two important offices to b filled, nevertheless, that of members of the school board. Under the rules made and nriMrinWt for school elections, it is necesnary for those who would participate in th race to get out with a petition and se cure a certain number of si (matures. This is rather hard work, and some what undignified, and as a rule it sim ply Isn't done. Once in a great whil there is a sort of a school board war develops, and on ' occasions of that kind, there is a plenitude of candidates. uui in ordinary years, the voters haw to draft the men and women they want and elect them by writing their names on the ballots. This year, friends of the school board, who are interested in seeing to it that the extensive building pro gram is carried out as planned, with as little expense as possible, urged the election of the retiring members, A. T. Lunn and Mrs. J. A. Mallery. Last ear the two members whoe terms x pired were again drafted into service, and it was felt that this was a wis precedent to follow, inasmuch as they were well acquainted with the plans of the board. ts work and the building program which will start in the spring. It develops, however, that Mrs. MaN lery is not eligible for re-election, du to the fact that she is now in Califor nia following a visit to Hawaii, and is not expected back for several months. The law requires that if & member miss three consecutive month ly meetings of the board, her office, be declared vacant. If Mrs. Mallery were elected, she would be out of office licfore her return. Two Candidates Suggested. At an informal meeting attended b mombers of the school board an' 5 other friends of the school, the situa tion was discussed, and it was decided to urge that the voters on next Toes- . day write in the ballots the names of A. T. Lunn, at present a member i the board, and Mrs. S. W. Thompson. Mrs. Thompson is prominent in th work of the Alliance woman s club. S3 well as the state federation, and t believed to be ideal material for the board. Mr. Lunn has the benefit of long experience, acquaintance with th board's plans and is regarded as espe cially valuable because of his knowl edge of building materials and prices. With a big building program to oe started in the spring, it is believed that Mr. Lunn should not be retired from the board. Voters are urtred to take pains to vote, and to endorse the two suggested candidates. It is not known whether Viere are any aspirants for the board, but if there are those who ambitions along this line, they have kept it mighty quiet. ihe suggestion waa made that the voters concentrate on two good candidates and take pains to cast a vote, for the reason that last year, under similar circumstaneea. some Second ward Jokers started a boom for a candidate in fun, and had thev started it a trifle earlier in the day, it might have been successful. The school board has charge of on of the most important industries of th city, and there should be some thought given to the selection or tne men ana women who shall serve the district Uk this capacity. The election will be neia on luesoay April 4. The polls will be opened as 9 a. m.. and will close at 7 p. nt. and the following polling places for each ward are announced: First ward Basement of Central. school building, 715 Box Butte avenue. Second ward Council chamber ia the city hall, 115 East Third street. Third ward Basement of the city library. Fourth ward Garatre of F, W. Hur- rU, Eighth and Laramie. Watkins to Lincoln " to Begin Serving Three-Year Hitch Sheriff J. W. Miller left last night for Lincoln, taking with him Harold Watkins, who will enter upon his three-year term in the state peniten tiary. Watkins was sentenced for the theft of the J. F. Spetman motor car at the last term of district court, Watkins will be missed at the county jail, where he had appointed himself free legal adviser for all new prison ers. This occupation will probably be denied him at the state penitentiary) but doubtless he will be given some thing to occupy his mind. . university, ,; I future. 'i