Official Paper of Dox Cutte County TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Official Taper of the City of AUianca VOLUME XXIX (Ten rages) ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1922. No. 40 SOCIALISM AND BOLSHEVISM ON THE SAME ORDER TETER YV. COLLINS OF BOSTON TALKS AT IMPERIAL. K. of C. Lecturer in Anti-Radicalism Campaign Interests and Pleases a Big Audience. "Lack of harmony is what is wrong with the world! Bolshevism stands as an enemy to the working people, as an enemy to religion, to justice and to the home. Bolshevism is simply socialism in a made-over garment. The ten com mentments will do business long after the grass has grown over the graves of socialism. Divorce is the most dan gerous and destructive enemy of so ciety. The home is the cornerstone of civilization." Such were the stirring statements of P. V. Collins of Boston in his lecture on "What is Wrong With the World," delivered . at the Imperial theatre Thursday evening. Mr. Collins, appearing under the auspices of the Knights of Columbus, was introduced by E. F. Shields, grand kniplit of the lodge. He stated that Collins was one of the sociological and economical experts employed by the Knights of Columbus on an education al campaign against organized radical ism. That in the year 1917, the U. S. government enlisted Mr. Collins as'an industrial expert and a year later, toting as an executive of the Knights of Columbus in reconstruction work as veil as the employment system, secur ed jobs in civilian life for 500,000 ex service men without a detail of expense to the government, employer or em ploye, i A good sized crowd took advantage of listening to this famous and effi cient lecturer and displayed an enthu siasm which is not always character istic of an Alliance audience. He de livered his dramatic and interesting address in a clear and logical manner, throwing the light on the puerility of certain classes and the narrow minded ness of others. Bolshevism Under False Colors. Mr. Collins wasted no time but at nee launched into his address with strong blows at Bolishevism and So cialism which he said were synono- rnoua. "Bolshevism is Socialism in a made-over garment and is founded on the doctrines of Karl Marx. Not a sinrle authority of socialism came single authority or soci'in ca from the working class." The Russian' word, "bolshe," he told his hearers, re fers to f'the many" who make np a large element of a wing of the socialist movement of Russia. He pointed out that bolshevism was running under false colors and useless to plain peo ple the world over. "Bolshevism is clothed either in the language of the university or in the language of the soap box. Such terms as the materialistic conception of history, ' sounds good, but have no meaning: to the workers. The materi alistic conception of history, implies that denial of the existence of the Su preme Being, of Almighty God Him- .... a sen. ine aocinne oi " I f"-iff.TOillelttaf for funds from the business because the working people are in herently spiritual. Mr. Collins called the attention to the audience to the fact that Karl Marx, the founder of Bolshevism and indeed ail poisnevisi leauers m iu?wlJr,. . 111 1 I 1 J LlnlAMf did not come from the. working classes ; and that the word "Bolshevism" was not even used in the constitution nor :, nr T?ucein I entirely umuueuj vcam wu Bpuiv win the government of Russia. ff . amateur stand- "E hEJS "ooStton To Se i"g. There will probably be other standing in tj!lhlli school athletes who will be used Uunn ! itl roTte ooa-1 and they are all urged to turn put. It ctlHvSli aV "ninety Pr' is Planned to use the grounds north S of e People' who sty" th f the high school for tfie games, and cent of the peop a wno ... ... nPfthhlv be better than the selves as socialists nave ,p.w inn nt wh&t socialism really it. "The evil to the world today comes from breaking the ten commandments but, let me tell you, the ten command ments will be doing business long af ter the grass has gTown over the gTave of socialism." At this point an enthusiastic wave of applause swept the audience. . -..' Against the Labor Movement. "Socialism, bolshevism, and similar , speed on the new show, in the build Isms, get their following from bitter ing formerly occupied by Darlings anarchistic men ana are an woixim . iunuturts swu winwi "u.nS n Z directly against the labor movement. ' owner, J. W. Hughes, will be named "In all my travels I have never the Rialto. The equipment is begin founa a socialist who knew what so- ning to arrive, the seats and motor cialism really is, who was a good generator already having come. The American citizen for the two doctrines floor has been lowered at the front of fle-nt i the show six feet, and slopes gradually "There are today, in this United from this to the level of the street at States 247 Bolshevik publications, that the back of the show, are read by about 10,000,000 people. An orchestra will furnish the music, More than a hundred of these are pub- and this has been engaged in the lished in other languages than the Happy Four, which is already well English and," the speaker paused, known to Alliance people. This will then continued slowly, "there is more De a combination of saxophone, violin, Bolshevism in the United States than piano and drums. Socialism in Soviet Russia." The lobby, rest rooms and waiting Mr Collins quoted the famous encyc- rooms will be on the west side of the i Pnne Iki XIII. of bless- huildinc. onlv the floor on the east side ed memory, in whjrh is stated that a that will preserve the family unit, the cornerstone of civ- iyation The living wage must retain the unit of the family, but be large Enough to provide for the education of .. x. m i vaiincr n insurance. to truard against emergencies of death, Kirkness accidents, must be larsre pnnWh to aid in establishing good wJl (Continued on Page 8.) Earl D. Mallery Chosen President of Rotary Club .Mallery was selected as pres he Alliance Rotary club at a i ic the new board of di rectors V sday. Fred Harris was elect resident, and A I V. Gavin was secretary. The annual electi jctors was held at the Wednes .inner, at which time Marcus Fn. .Kle and Charles W. Fuller were elected to the governing board. The Wednesday session was the reg ular monthly business meeting. Ro tarian W. R. Met reported for the committee to investigate the new con stitution, the committee recommenda tion being against its adoption. The recommendation was approved by the club. W. B. Richard son, one of the prin cipal promoters of the Lakeside oil project, was a guest. He was called upon for a few remarks, and discussed the situation in Mexico, where he made his home for a number of years. The reason the United State? has denied recognition to that country, he said, was because their new constitution Iermits of confiscation of lands and property owned by. foreigners. Am ericans have extensive interests in Mexico, especially in oil and farm lands, and the government intends to protect their rights. The talk, while brief, was most illuminating. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Smart and Miss Fannie Street returned Thursday from Denver. BASEBALL CLUB FOR ALLIANCE THIS SUMMER EXPECT TO PUT AMATEUR TEAM IN FIELD Boosters for the National Game Are Asked to Meet at C of C Rooms On Tuesday Evening. At a meeting of baseball fans held at the chamber of commerce assembly room Tuesday evening, the Alliance baseball club for the coming season was organized, w"ith an amateur team in prospect. Harold Snyder was elect- ed business manager of the organiza tion, with -Will Tragressor as presiding officer. VlllWblt The prospective team is as follows: Ray Butler, Laverne Butler, Charles Griffis, George Madsen, Bert Slattery, Catcher Smith, Ray Edwards, Stub Fenning, Tony Black, George Nation, Gassoway Harper, Harold Gavin, Ralph Gavin, George Purdy, Harry Brew. Frank Dailey. ' Another meeting of the Alliance baseball boosters will be held at the chamber of commerce rooms on Tues day evening, April 18, starting1 at 8 p, m. A general invitation is extended to enthusiasts and players to attend this meetintr. The organizers of the team wish it ,,nAar.tnA tw th will ho m n- men for the maintenance of the team this season. Other means are being considered, including the sale of sea son tickets or a dance. Frank Dailey and Ralph Garvin, . ... :t-y i,,r kiH- Vi. hh lv v a;uab,. this will be an y10 f'8. "I1? jTJm - T ? wfn mu,h closer in. New Movie Will Be Christened Rialto Theatre Work is now progressing with good being lowered. A number can be seated, however, along the west side, as there will be a number of seats which while not lowered will afford an excellent view of the screen. , Mr. Hughes may later convert the hnument of the huildinr into a bowl- m? alley, as this basement is well suited for an amusement place of this , kind. This has not been definitely settled as yet, however. POTASH HIGHWAY PROSPECTS TAKE TURN FOR BETTER PLANS FOR WORK ON ROUTE EAST OF LAKESIDE. Division Engineer States that Orders for Surveying Party Will Soon Be Issued. i Totash highway prospects took a de cided turn for the better this week. County Commissioner Otto Smith of jAntioch, for south Sheridan county, came to Alliance on Tuesday and spent two days with 6fficials of the chamber of commerce, going into plans for the work on the highway from Lakeside east. Mr. Smith says that funds for county work on the "missing link" are limited, but that the county commis sioners of Sheridan county are anxious to get the work pushed as fast as funds are available. According to Mr. Smith, approxi mately $03,000 has already been spent on the federal-aid portion of the Potash highway, from the Box Butte county line east toward Lakeside, and it will probably take a total of $70,000 to complete the job. Much of this ex pense seems a needless expenditure of money for non-essential work and Mr. Smith feels that future work of this kind could be handled much cheaper under direction of the county authorities. However, he and the other commissioners are in favor of using the federal and state aid funds, for road building and expect to secure as much as possible for use on the Potash highway. Early in the week Secretary Lloyd Thomas of the Chamber of Commerce, in a long distance telephone talk with A. M. Caddis of Scottsbluff, district engineer for the state highway depart ment, urged Mr. uaddis to use his best efforts to get a state highway depart ment surveying party at work on a survey or the "missing link of the Potash highway, from Lakeside east to Ashby, in southern Sheridan county. Mr. Gaddis stated that he was going to Lincoln and would endeavor to get the surveying party ordered out at an early date. Chairman J. i. Khein of the Good Roads committee was in Lin coln on Wednesday and Mr. Thomas wired him, asking him to call personal ly at the state engineers otfice and urge that the work be expedited, which he did. .. The following encouraging telegram was received Friday morning by Secre tary Thomas from Mr. Gaudis: "Will have survey made within i short time. . . "A. M. GADDIS." Alliance Debaters Defeated at Dix Tuesday Evening The local high school debating team was defeated Tuesday evening by Dix, the contest taking place in that town. The local team is composed or Kow land Threlkeld, Verne Laing and Har old Clark. The decision of the judges was unanimous, for Dix. The Dix team is composed of three girls, and the forsenic ability of the members of the gentler sex was evidently too much for the Alliance orators. From all re ports the Dix debaters fully deserve the decision as the girls on this team have been working over an hour and a half a day since September. This defeat breaks a run of five consecutive years that Alliance high school, has taken the district debating championship, and the third time in twelve years of debating that Alliance has not won the championship. In the past eleven years Alliance has taken the banner nine times , and . Sidney twice. Senior Class Play "Clarence" Will be Staged Early in May "Clarence," a four act comedy, by Booth Tarkington, will be put on by the Senior class of the high school, about May 3, according to present plans. The play, a former Broadway success, and played at the Hudson theater in New ork, should please an Alliance audience, and it is believed that the play is particularly well cast. The play will, oi course, De put on at the Imperial theatre. The cast includes ten people, and is not large enough to be cumbersome. The play hinges, as is evident from the name, around Clarence, who while somewhat myster ious, clears up a number oi dmicuities, and reconciles all the warring parties in the house which he is employed. There is a great deal of good comedy in the play, and on the whole it would be hard to find a more entertaining or pleasing play than "clarence." The cast will be in order of their appear unce on the stage: Mrs. Martin, Dorothy Hampton. Mr. Wheeler, Harold Clark. Mrs. Wheeler, Leota Becker. Bobby Wheeler, Edward Morrow. Cora Wheeler, Josephine Wright. Violet Pinney, Mariellen Beagle. Clarence, Rowland Threlkeld. Delia, Belva Tipple. Dinwiddie, Raymond Brown. Hubert Stem, Clement Kneist. INCREASING THE MARKET FOR BOX BUTTE POTATOES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HELP ING BUILD UP INDUSTRY Secretary Thomas Sending Letters AH Over the South in Search of New Buyers Secretary L. C. Thomas of the Al liance chamber of commerce is now en gaged in an advertising campaign for Box Butte potatoes, especially the seed stock. He is sending letters into the various market points of the south, to chambers of commerce in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi, and other states in which seed pota toes from this dry land section have been making a name for themselves during the past year or two. letters are also being sent to chambers of commerce and consuls in various parts of Mexico. It id conceded that Box Butte spud growers are fucing the opportunity of their lives right now. Potatoes from Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, which have heretofore been used as seed in certain sections of the south, have not been giving the best results during the past two seasons, and many of the southern growers have turned to Nebraska dry land spuds for seed stock. The results have been excep tional, according to the state depart ment of agriculture, with the result that with very little effort, southern growers can be made permanent cus tomers. State Secretary of Agriculture Leo C. Stuhr, on a recent visit to Alliance, gave an interview in which he pointed out the opportunity, but to date no effort has been made to take advan tage of it. Secretary Thoma3 is tak ing the preliminary steps to get in formation concerning the prospective market, and after the results of his circularizing are tabulated, there will probably be some move to provide for getting the business. A Good Line of Dope. The following letter, written to the Mexican Chamber of Commerce of the United States at Mexico City, shows what is being done by the Alliance chamber of commerce: "Gentlemen: Box Butte county, Ne braska, of which Alliance is the county seat and principal city, is the center of a rapidly growing seed potato dis trict, for many years It has been nown that this section of the state )i Nebraska, at an altituda of about 4,- 000 feet, nth richly mineralized and tillable! soil, would grow better and more fertile seed potatoes than any other location in the United States, but only during the last few. years have these natural advantages been taken advantage of. t - "In 1921 this one county alone raised more than 1,800,000 bushels of excel lent potatoes, a large portion of which were of the Triumph variety, known here as the "Keds." and which are used principally for seed in the south ern states of Oklahoma, Texas, Miss issippi and Louisiana. During the past ear several hundred . carloads oi these seed potatoes were shipped to the growers in those states, many of them going to Brownsville and other points alone the Kio urande. it is quite probable that some of them went into northern Mexico. Tha results from these potatoes, with fheir marked lack of diseases, have caused much interest and inquiry for future seed shipments. In order to make shipping plans in plenty of time for next fall and winter, we are now at this time taking the matter up with vour organization and like or ganizations in Mexico, with the idea of opening a way oy wnicn tne poiaio growers of Mexico may be furnished for Dlantinir next season the xinesi seed procurable, and, at the same time furnishing our growers wiin an ex tended and ready market for their rroducts. , -. "We would like very much to have you put us in touch with commission houses, large potato growers, and other interested parties in Mexico who would like to receive full particulars nhnut western Nebraska seed potatoes. The favor will be appreciated and remembered. NOV F.I. DISPLAY AT THE MODEL MARKET The Model Market has a novel ad vertising display on exhibit this week, It is a large screen featuring Armour products, and one of the few that have reached this territory. One section shows the packing house, with a sec tion cut out revealing the various de partments, their products ana meinoas nf nronnrntion. A second section shows the construction ana arrangenifnv i refrigerating cars, and the third deals ' r--i . . with the w holesale end or me ousinea. Th chart was sent out from Chicago, and is attracting considerable com ment. .T R. tthein was in Lincoln thi3 week attending the Retail Hardware dealers convention. He returned Thursday noon. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Yanders will leave the latter part of the week for Omar, Col., to visit an uncle or Mrs, Yanderi. THE WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska: Generally fair tonight and Saturday. Wanner west portion tonight. Probably frost .-outheast portion. Scout's Minstrel to be Shown Again Thursady, April 20 The Boy Scout Minstrel show, which made such a hit with an Alli ance audience will, according to pres ent plans, be put on again on Thurs day, April 20. This will be known as a ":two in one" performance, as the regular picture and the minstrel show will be put on at little more than the usual cost of the picture alone. The price of admission will be 40 cents and the tickets will be tax emept. The picture for the evening will be Shirley Mason in, "Little Miss Smiles," and a comedy with Ben Turpin in, "Love and Doughnuts." Either the minstrel show, or the picture, alone, would be worth the price of admis sion. The last performance, due to the initial expense, only $80 waj made, but it is belived that this time, as the ex pense will be much less, that a greut deal more can be realized. This show, when presented a short time ago, made a decided hit, as the song., jokes, etc., are of the beat, and a number of the young people were as much at ease as the veterans. This show should draw the capacity house which it well deserves. LEGION POST IS PLANNING FOR CLUB ROOMS COMMITTEE IS INSTRUCTED TO LOSE NO TIME. Robert G. Simmons of Scottsbluff, For. mer State Legion Commander, to Give Memorial Day Talk. Members of Alliance post No. 1, of the American Legion, decided at their semi-monthly dinner and busi- ness meeting at' the Alliance Hoter Palm Room Tuesday evening, that the. next order of business is to be a set parucuiany etruung. -rep is patriot of club rooms. A committee consist-. ism, enthusiasm, production. The Va incr of D. C. Bradbury. T. E. Carney and J. D. Williams was chosen to make all necessary ' arrangements. The ex-soldiers.- having made up their minds on the subject, do not want to lose any time and the instructions to the committee were to have the new. club rooms ready to be used for the next meeting on April 25. Several locations are being considered by the committee. Witlvthe new club rooms secured, the boys plan to organize a campaign among the members to get them fur- nished. It is hoped to provide a num- ber of amusements, and to make the rooms a resting and meeting place for all resident .and visiting members of the organization. The club rooms will also be placed at tne oisposai ui uwiuucer, oouna oy euueauun. we ladies' auxiliary for meetings. j a cosmopolitan population in America. Officers ox the post are planning a new style of entertainment for the meetings, beginning with the next. There will be a regular army feed served to the boys, and a boxing ana athletic program following the meet- ing. It is believed that the new style of meetings will bring out the mem- hers. . . . ... Monday evening or next ween, mem- hra nf th noirt. will meet at the of fice of Post Commanaer ur. mim r Mnn-ia In a bodv. at 7:15. and will attend the meeting of the ladies aux iliary at the city library pasemenu Th leirlon post is in charge of the ororram for Memorial day observance, together with a committee irom tne iCnanUh. American war veterans. Tne committee announces thaV it has - cured Robert G. Simmons, Scottsbluff attorney, as the speaker ior uie wee .- nr. icimmnna in the past com- mander of the state legion, and should i 4.iitinn to the program. tu. AiiianrA nost has male several .rna tn ux-nn rum ior ouui .b.-b, tCi. trnt In their bid early. The committee has not announced the details of the Memorial uay piuk"" hut they will include a puuuc iivi", probahly at tne imp. lowed by the decoration of the graves of veterans or wree wr, Another Load nf SnPPdwaCTOnS 01 DpCtUWUbuno . i i ti,. a U Jones Company of this city unloaded another carload of those famous speedwagons mm ager Walker or the company t the new jobs incorporate, several new features that place tnem in vac icici- ship of the medium weigni. u-ithout ciuestlon of a doubt. It the company's ambition to place Speedwagon on every iarm ami iuu in Box Butte coumy wmmt " twelve months, and a specific drive will be inaugurated won to attain this end. Every Tarmer anu ruu.u man living any distance irom surely ought to he a Speedwagon. Advertisement. , ALLIANCE LIONS HAVE VISIT FROM DISTRICTOFFICER DISTRICT GOVERNOR . TAYLOR HERE THURSDAY. Weekly Dinner Featured by Several Talks or More Than Usual Interest. The regular weekly meeting of th Lions club of Alliance was held at the) Palm Room of the Alliance Hotel, starting at 6:15 p.m., Thursday. Lloa Drake, was the Good Fellowship chair man for the evening. The visitors in cluded: M. C. Taylor of Omaha, tieputy district governor for Nebraska of the Lions International; Ira D; Kyle, secretary of the Omaha Lions Den, of Omaha; Peter W. Collins oft Boston, nationally known lecturer; Dr. ' Einar V. Blak and H. B. Alter of Al liance. The most prominent decoration, otk the center ot the long table, was th cup to be given as a trdphy at tha High School track meet in Alliance oa May 5. Lions Adams and Harper called attention to the cup and told of the manner in which it is to be award ed. The matter of the inscription was left to Principal Prince of the high school. Guod Fellowship chairman Drake culled on Lion Guthrie, who introduced Peter W. Collins. Mr. Collins made one of the most interesting talks ever heard before the club, some of tha points of his lecture being as follows: "The mind is a moving picture film. It never forgets anything. No matter what a man 8 occupation may be ha invariably repeats over and over again in the same company." He told ot in- . cidents proving this, recalling a' laps u of seven years between stories told him by one young man and told of lecturing to an audience of children at Corvallis, Wash., at which he held their attention by promising them to repeat stories of Charlie Chaplin at the close of his lecture. Other points emphasized were: "The principal thine in an organization of this kind is th value of the things you can accom plish, xor your community. . There i great need for men of your kind its the BmaUert t0WI The problemi t the smallest towns are the same as i .' all others. Put plain American pep at work." His definition of pep wa stand for Energy, work to win throujrhv enthusiasm. Encouragement is thej human element, in two ways through tne pay envelope and oy recognition. The engine of industrial progress is represented by the diamond pep. Oa wheel of the engine is the employe with personality and efficiency. The other wheel 1 the employer with pro tection and efficency. The two tracks of pep are the workiigman on 'person,-' al efficiency protects," and the am player or - 'permanent employnvtafc pays.' The three results secured fron the running engine are: permanent established peace; protection of eeo nomic progress; and practical effectivei plans. The two combinations working together benefit the public and pro we are an tne sons ana aaugnters x men and women from some foreign) iand. There is plenty of room in Am erica for all law-abiding liberty-loviai men and women. And we say to ait the world, 'There is not room in our land for the man or woman who r fuses to solute and respect the Amari can nag," jir. Collins was roundly appiawMO) at the close of his talk and gvoa Uk unusually resounding roar. , Lion Ira D. Kyle, secretary of tba Omaha Den, was the next speaker. Hj innmi the meeting at Bavard Wed- nesday evening, which they had aU tended, it is a wonaenui uung, & i (Continued on Page o.) I ' Afore ToWHS Ask f Or piure UWHartoniut Continuance of the Local Land Office The following letter, fonvarded by Secretary Thomas of the Allianea. chamber of commerce to Congressman jumtaiu, tens oi auuiuoruu iuuwu ior ine reveniion oi me aiiuiuw wutvi on toes In pursuance to our letter of April 8th, with which we sent you petitions protesting against the removal of tha. United States land office from this city from the towns of Gering. Mitchell. Broadwater, Ainsworth, Crawford, gpringview, in this district, we ara Ucinn hArurirh additional netittnns aa niinura! "Henry, Scotts Bluff county, 28 names; Leweiien, uartien coumy, iv names; Lakeside, bneriaan coumy, 4 a names; Ellsworth, Sheridan county, 23 names. oshkosn, uaruen county, a names; Alliance, 3 names. is "These petitions are addressed, as a were others, to Senators Norris, Hitchcock and yourseir. you win nove by glancing over tne names signed io tnem, that sentiment is practically unanimous aainst the removal of this - otrica tnese people that I BUCh action will work a distinct and I vnjust hardship on the people of west , I em Nebraska. s