Official Paper of Box Butte County TWICE A WEEKTUESDAY AND FRIDAY Official Taper of the City of Allianctt VOLUME XXIX (Ten Pages) ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1922. No. 43 END TO SCRAP OVER ROUTING OF NORTH STAR MORK1LL AM) BOX BITTK COIN TIES AKE AGREED. Koad I'n hc Burlington Track the lltimate Aim, But Sandhill Koad Approved Temporarily. The long-drawn-out scrap between road boosters and commissioners of Morrill und Bo-; Butte counties over the routing of the Xoith Star highway between Bridgeport and Alliance has finally come to an end, through etforts f the road boosters of both counties. Last Frit ay Secretary L. C. Thomas THE WEATHER For Alliance and vicinity: Show ers tonight and Wednesday. Not much1 change in temperature. Harris Explains Contracts for School Buildings F. W. Harris, secretary of the Alli ance school board, explained the con tracts tor the new high school and glade school, to lo constructed this spring, at the Monday lu.ichsun of the chamber of commerce. There had been some cirticism, duo to a misunder standing, because the board did not let the plumbing and heating contracts for at least one of the buildings go to local bidders. The Sheehan company was lowest on the high school, and the Benin PHONE COMPANY PLANS SERIES OF DEMONSTRATIONS MIMATIRE EX HANCE AM) MO VIES FEATl RES OF PROG AM. InDnonroTO rnn rnuorcuio run RETAINING THE LAND OFFICE SENATOR HITCHCOCK AM) KIN- K All) MAKING AN BIT OUT. Woman's Club, Kotarians, Lion, and High School Pupils and the Public to Be (iuc-U of the, Alliance chamber of commerce, company on the grade school, Mr. Har County Attorney Lee Basve. County Treasurer F. W. Irish, Sheriff J. W. Miller and the three Box Butte com missioners took their automobiles over the route and decided upon a tempor ary road that would be worth building, und the Morrill county commissioners and load boosters agreed to the com promise route. The Box Butte com missioners have passed a resolution agreeing to construct the compromise route as a temporary road, and the Bridgeport chamber of commerce, to gether with two commissioners from .Morrill county, are in accord with the plan. The third is expected to sign at an early date. As matters now stand, as soon as funds are available, Morrill county will build a road north and east from Bonner to the county line, to connect with a road in Box Butte county east from Letan and this in turn connect ing with the road constructed south along the Burlington track from Alli ar.ee. The permanent road, it is agreed, Ehall be built along the . Burlington track between the two cities, but until iunds are available, the temporary route will be completed, and it will always be maintained. This is regarded as a happy settle ment of the road difficulties. It is known that Morrill county has not the funds available to think of building the track road now, but if it is desig nated and placed on the list for future construction, some day the best road will be completed. Until them, the temixirarv road will serve very well Without the compromise, no road would have been the result. Chamber of Commerce Approve. J. S. Rhein. president of the North Star highway, reported at the Monday luncheon of the chamber ol commerce on the compromise, and said that the co-operation of both sides wan en couraging, and that if everything goes well, a road may be completed within sixty to ninety days. The chamber of commerce endorsed the resolution passed by the Box Butte commission ers. - . The two sets of resolutions by the Box Butte commissioners and the Mor Till county commissioners and cham ber of . commerce are as follows: ris pointed out, but the Sheehan con cern refused to accept one contract un less it were given both. The combined bid on the two contracts, less an addi tional allowance of $300, was sufficient to make a net saving ot nearly ?3,(K)0 to the district, which explains why the lower bills were not considered, and why the Sheehan company secured the contract. The company, it was said, was willing to surrender its $1,250 deposit rather than take the one con tract, and even had this course been taken, the district would have had to pay $2,000 more than it will pay under the present arrangement. ALLIANCE MAY BE ON ROUTE OF THIRD HIGHWAY KANSAS AND NEBRASKA ROUTE SOON TO BE ORGANIZED "Whereas, We are advised Lv i reso lution, passed by the Bridgeport cham ber of commerce, signed by in presi dents and secretary and by S. S. Gar vey, chairman of the board of county commissioners of Morrill county, and dated April 17, 1922, that the people of Bridgeport and Morrill county are desirous of connecting with Box Butte county by means of a graded and vell maintained road, in order that through travel between the cities of these vmnti mav be maintained, and "Whereas, The said citizens and of ficials of Morrill county have by this resolution signified their intention of constructing at once a road from Bon ner north to the Box Butte county line, in order to connect up the "mis sing link" of said highway, and "Whereas, We, the county com miesi oners of Box Butte county, real ize and recognize that the building and maintenance of a road directly vp the line of the Burlington railroad f,m Rnnner to Letan. is an impos sibility at this time, due to lack of the necessary funds by Morrill county, 8 ""Whereas, It is our desire that the Alliance and Bridgeport, and tii r.thrr towns in Box Butte and Mor rill counties be connected by good pas sable highways at the earliest pos sible date, ami inasmuch as the citi zens and officials of Morrill county have signified it as their desire and intention to bu;ld the road as specified in said resolution, mentioned above, therefore be it "Resolved, That we, the board of county commissioners of Box Butte county, herebv agree, in consideration f tu'n l.nildinir of a road north from Uor.ner to the Box Butte county line, at or near we.-t line of section thirty hvpp. townshin twenty-four, range v,.. Viv Morrill countv to at once uioitnnri of this plan by the Aiii-.nro fhamher of commerce and the Bridgeport chamber of commerce, and officials of Morrill county, con .tmct a waded road from Alliance south and west to Utan; thence west hA laid out road from Le n tn a nnint which Will Connect With the Morrill county road, and thence south to the eounty line, it being understood that this board desires and prefers the said connecting point to f. w th taid-out-road near the west line of section thirty-three, and on ((jontinuea on rag o.j Will Take in a Number of Western Nebraska Towns and Will Come to an End at Chadron Sooner or later, if this fever of or ganizing highway associations doesn't abate, Fome one of the various north and south national highways is going to be pushed through, which should spoil a Jot ef .fun lot organisers. The latest north and south transcontinental route to enter the lists is the Kansas ! and Nebraska, the organization of which in to be completed at a meeting at Kansas City on April 28. Already Alliance is on the route of the G-P-C and the North Star, from Colorado. If the "missing link in Morrill county is ever put through, there will be three markings on all the telephone poles along this side of the route and near sighted tourists will be reminded of a sunset at sea every time they come to a crossroad. The Oshkosh News is authority for the following statement of the plans of the new highway. "A meeting has been called for ott City, Kansas, for the 28th of this month to complete the organization of the K. & N. (Kansas and Nebraska) Memorial highway. This road runs from Liberal to Scott City, Kansas, then to Imperial, Neb, Big Springs Lewellen and to Oshkosh, the present terminus. It is planned to run this highway up to Broadwater, Alliance and to Chadron, where it will end. As this will follow the G-P-C highway from here to Alliance, there will be no additional expense and will be the means of routing more traffic through this territory. "The road from Big Springs to Le wellen is receiving considerable atten tion already and the sand hill between here and Lewellen is slated to be cared for by the state ami federal aid funds about June, so that this part of the routing will be just right for the new road. It is reported that the other portions of the road to a great extent only requires marking and this will be done at an early date after the meet ing at Scott City, delegates wilt be appointed to attend this conference and it will have full support from this county. The local exchange of the North western Bell Telephone company will put on a series of demonstrations and entertainments for various organiza tions, starting Tuesday, April 24, with an entertainment and demonstration, under the auspices of the Women's club. This will be at the armory and the public will be invited. The second will be Wednesday before the Rotary club and this will be held at the Al- iance hotel. The Lions will be given the same program on Thursday, also at the Alliance. On Friday, the high school will be shown the program, the .'II 1 : 1 . 1 puouc win lie invueii, wun a special invitation to high sthcol students. The entertainment wdi include a special demonstration, with a miniature telephone exchange on which all the operations necessary to handling a call will be explained. Ihis wdl undoubted ly be extremely interesting, as it will show in a clear and easily understand able manner the way in which a call is handled. This board has three phones, one a private wire and the others on a party line. The phones ring in the usual manner and can be talked over. "his will be explained by an operator. Another feature of the program will be a three-reel film, "The History of the Telephone." Perhaps no other great invention has as interesting a history as this and this fim will no doubt be of the greatest interest to everyone who attends. It will show in pictures the history and use of the telephone since its invention, and can not fail to please the audience. There will also be vaudeville skits, showing some of the most popular and incidentally amusing errors of sub scribers, and in addition to being enter taming these will throw some light on hitherto unknown mistakes, and will help bring about a more perfect under standing of the use of the phone. There will also be numbers by i srirls' uuartet. this being composed en tirely of telephone operators, this should please the audience as fome good harmony will surely be f urnished. - Admission to the l uesuay ana t ri- day entertainments will of course be absolutely free, while the other two will be confined to Lion and notary club members. Following is the complete program Moving pictures Pathe News Week lv. No. 27. Introductory remarks j. M. wngnt cashier.- Movin,pictures "The Telephones Story." three-reels. Demonstration." w hat M appens W Iiril luu l-.ll I. liu Mft run . . (Miss Bonnie Brown, local operator at Alliance, as demonstration operator.) Mote During this demonstration Miss Brown will be assisted by T. E. Carney, manager: C. M. Wright, cash ier and Miss Isabella Fleming, opera tor. Movincr pictures Comedy reel. Har old Lloyd, in "Somewhere in Turkey." Miss Delia Nelson, local operator, at the piano. D. L. Comstock at the machine. Frank Atwood, electrician. Physical Culture Week to Be Observed Here from May 1 to 8 Deparr.uv.l of tin- Interior Not Favor able. But Congress ill Be Urged to Take Action. Judj-p ,T. II. II. Hewitt, receiver for the Alimr.ee land office, orders for the discontinuance of which were recently made, rpprrtcd on the efforts leing made to continue the offiri at tiie Monday luncheon of the chamber of commerce. Mr. Hewitt read letters from Congressman Kinkaid, enclosing copy ol the bill he has introduced in the nat'onal house pioviding for the continuance of the Alliance and Broken Bow o Tices for the next fiscal year and thereafter in the discretion of the president, so long as the public busi ness at these offices shall warrant. Senator Hitchcock, in a letter to ecretury Thomas, outlined the pres ent str.tus of the fipht, and included a letter received from the ncting sec retary of the interior, the letters follow: Senator Hitchcock Writes. I have your letter of April 12th en closing copy of letter written to Con gressman Kinkaid which accompanied tetitions sent to him from bcotts Jluff county, Garden county, Sheridan county and elsewhere. Apparently there is nothing we can do about this matter except to secure the passage of a bill reinstating Alli ance or Broken Bow or both. Kinkaid has already introduced a bill for that purpose and it is probable that his hill will be consolidated with otner bins relating to other states so that the number of land offices abolished by the Interior appropriation bill may be re established. The whole trouble lias arisen because of the new policy which this administration has adopted of sending all appropriation bills to one committee the committee on appro Eriations so that the appropriation ill for the Interior department was not handled by those usually handling it. The new budget committee which has slashed appropriations, evidently put out Alliance and Broken Bow in Nebraska and other land offices in other states in order to save money wjthout regard to the convenience of patrons of the offices. ' 'I will not undertake at this time to say whether we can secure the passage of this legislation and reinstate the Alliance land office or wot. We will certainly make the effort. I enclose cony of a letter received from the Acting Secretary or the in terior in reply to one I recently wr tc I iudsre from this letter that the land office at Alliance is not to be abolished until the end of this fiscal year, June 30, and that the order, was probably issued in contemplation oi the aumin Istration order to do away with hind offices that seemed unnecessary. Yours tmly' ' G. M. HITCHCOCK, i The Department's Stand. The letter from the acting secre tary of the Interior reads as follows My dear Senator I am in receipt of your letter of April 4, 1922, relative to the discontinuance of the United (Continued on Page 4) Harold Watkins Wants to Work on State Road Gang Harold Watkins, sentenced by Dis trict J mire W. 11. Westover to tw Clean-Up Campaign Started Sunday and Progress Reported Secretary T C. Thomas of the Alli ance chamber of commerce reported tt lie Monday luncheon or that nrgan zation that the clean-up campaign for the week of April 23 to 2) is off to a fine start. The ramnniirn omnod Sunday when several Alliance pa.-tors preached hcrmons on subjects n line with the campaign. Monday Dr. G. J. Hand spoke to the pupils of Central school; Dr. J. P. Ueyrens addressed the hiVh sr'nnnl: Dr. Minor Mori is spoke at F.mirson school anl J. C. Morrow at St. Anes academy. Today is Fire Prevention daw rtrd Fire Chief Bud Schafer has asked all itizens to clean basements, attics lid other places where fires mav ea-ilv tart. Wednesday is down as Front i ard day, anil proierty owners lie asked to prepare gardens and flower beds for planting, clenn walks, repi.ir gutters and sidewalks and take rare of unsightly trees. Thursday has been designated Paint up day, and friday Back l am und r lower bed day. Ihis is the day to attack dandelions and weeds, plant flower bed. and trim shrubbery and do any other little thing to which the spirit may move vou. Saturday, which closes the weeks campaign, Is Vacant Lot day, and school children and owners of vacant lots are asked to do their best to take measures to make these places sightly and keep down the weeds. War has tx-en declared on tin cans and rubbish for this day. Federal Booze Hound Finds an Old Acquaintance A special agent under Federal Pro hibition Officer U. S. Rohrer of Omaha eft Alliance yesterday, after a stay of ii. I I only a lew hours, ue nuu come iiuu the city expecting to do a little work on the iuiet, but almost the first man he met after alighting irom me var nished cars was a man whom, while on the Lincoln police force,, he had banished from the Holy City. The word spread, and within half an hour every bootlegger in mis neck oi me X . i i i , i . :.u woods nad ionieti nis tenia unu iui drawn his product from sale. The federal agent proceeded over to the valley, where he put in a most successful afternoon, it is reported. Kiirht stills were said to be the net result of hi3 visit, three of them being found on one farm. C. A. Dow, director of athletics a the new Methodist church gymnasium is interested in securing in Alliance the observance of national physical culture week, from May 1 to 8. Those who are interested must pledge them selves to observe the following ten rules for the week, and will, upon writ- ng the National Physical Culture Week committee, 119 West 40th street, New York City, that they pledge them selves to carry out the program, re ceive a chart of setting up exercises and a properly balanced menu for the week. The ten rules follow: Spend 10 minutes in setting-up exer cises. Sleep with windows open. Secure what sunshine you can. Spend a minimumof 10 hours during the week in the ojicn air. Balance work and play. Walk at least three miles each day. Treat your stomach with respect. Do not over-eat. Fat meat not more than once a day. Balance your meals with fruit, green salads, and other vegetables. Drink at least eight glasses of pure water daily. Completely relax for at least lo min Maurice Nelson left Monday Rapid City, S. D., on business. for PAPKE-FLYNN BOUT RESULTS IN DRAW VERDICT BIG CROWD SAW FIFTEEN REAL ROUNDS OF SCRAPPING. WEEK OF MAY 1 SET ASIDE FOR THE POSTOFFICE POSTAL IMi'KOVK.MEM WEEK WILL BE OBSERVED. Business Men, Large Users of Mail, Publishers, Employes and Others Are Asked to Co-operate. years in the stale penuenuary ai me last term of district court, one year for stealing the J. F. Spetman auto mobile and the other for false testi monv on the stand, as well as an es cape from the county jail, has wnlte Countv Attorney Lee Basye. asking recommendation to work on tne roan gang. The road workers are iru-ity convicts who are sent out over the state on road construction. Service on these gangs is highly prized, largely because of the comparative freedom from restraint and for the further reason that time served in this vey counts for more than it does in the chair factory about four to one. Watkins' ietter said: "Will write you in regard of seeing if you would recommend me for the road camp, as 1 have only U-en here a short time lil not have much of a chance to get on it without your recommenda- I tion. If vou reel as inoufii ou iuuiu do anything for pie, it would be very much appreciated." . The county attorney has written Mr. Watkins, now known as No. 83-U, in reply that he cannot make the recommendation. "You no douot re call the time that you broke jail U Aiiianm und lso recall the difficulty with which you tell the truth and your r.miiiwt nere wnue in juii, "Postal Improvement Week" has been set for May 1, by the Postmaster General. This is the first general campaign of its kind in the postal ser vice for several decades, business men and their organizations, large users of the mail; Newspapers, motion pictures, advertisers, and the entire organiza tion of 326,000 postal workers are to be enlisted in this country-wide cam paign of interest in postal improve ments. Your help is vital. Address your letters plainly with pen or type writer. Give street address. fcpeii out name of state, don t abbreviate, Put your return; address in the upper left hand corner of the envelope (not on the back) and always look at your letter before dropping in the mail to se if it is properly addressed. This care in the use of the mails is for your benefit and speeds up the dis patch and delivery of mail matter. If you have any complaints of poor service make them to your postmaster. He has instructions to Investigate them and report to the department. Without the postal service, business would languish in a day, and be at a standstill in a week, bectionai natren or prejudice only would flourish, and narrow-mindedness thrive. It is the biggest distinctive business in the world and it comes nearer to the innermost interests of a greater number of men and women than any other institution on earth. No private business, however widespread, touches so many lives so often ami so sharply; no church reaches into so many souls, flutters so many pulses, has so many human beings dependent on its min istrations. "There is no unimportant person or part of our service. It is a total of Vinmnn units and their co-operation is the key to its success. In its last analysis postal duties are accommo dations performed for our neighbors and friends and should be so regarded, n;ther than as a hired service per formed for an absentee employer Postmaster General Hubert Work Kid Ynetrer of Chadron DrntM Kid I lorene to Mat in Third and Wjland Tnkcs Count. Joo "Wop" Flynn and Young Billy Papke fought a fast ten rounds Fri- lay evening, the decision of referee. Doctor G. J. Hand, at the end of tha bout being a draw. Both men took a good deal of punishment, Flynn, however, gettintr a draw verdict h. cause of his ability to absorb punish iin-in. unn his continual agressiveness. Flynn, although stopping a good many punches, kept borinir in and fnrrt the fiuhtinir throutrh nin of t rounds. Papke easily took the first mntwl. landing frequently, and forcing his op ponent about the ring. Flvnn took it well, but undoubtedly took it Na damage do;. Papke's round. In the second round Flvnn mda n. better showing, forcing the fighting and landing occasionally, but Papk landed the cleaner blows. Papke's round. Papke also took the third round, bv a shade, this being a repetition of th nrsi, riynn making a much better showing than at first The fourth round was evm. Flvnn forc!nir th fighting and continually crowdimr hi opponent but Papke landing some good puncnes. l'apke missed a ternffio right swing, that had it landed, would nave Bent the Wop to dreamland. Referee Warns Papke. Papke took the fifth, beinir mor f. fective than the little Italian in th clinches. Papke was warned by th referee for holding hi3 opponent's glove. This probably accounted foe Flynn's poor infighting. In the sixth Papke was again warned for holding and stopped this. Papke showed a tendency to clinch, while the Pitts burg boy preferred long range boxing Papke worked harder this round andl gave the Wop a few good punches. Papke missed a terrific haymaker to the jaw. The eighth was easily Flynn's rountl as he several times rushed Papke to the ropes and punished him greatly. Flynn landed cleanly to the head and! jaw a number of times and shook Billy, but apparently did not do any great damage. Papke was more aggressive and both men showed a tendency to mix, both, landing and stopping a number of bard punches. Papke's hardest punches did not seem to bother the Wop greatly. In the tenth both men mixed fiercely and both were trying hard for a knock out In the toe to toe swapping ef punches, the Wop had the best of Uk argument, having Papke going several times. Flynn pumped both hands Uk Papke's head several times but tha Denver battler took all that was com ing his way and gave a good account of himself. At the final bell Referee Hand raised both men's hands in token of draw. utes each day and conserve your nerve reminded him. "You were always energy. J trying to advise the other prisoners Cultivate happy thoughts. Think in1 an,i to j,et them to be disagreeable, Itnus oi neuiui. nuouse an itiaiu xvi the week upon a basis such that each day's activities will be consistent with the requirements of keeping fit John Morris left Monday noon for his home in Chadron. . , and it is my opinion that you are not entitled to parole. I believe that :f you were placed in a paroie. camp wun. id hwtfik camp at your first op- .ml riv th officers a rreatl na Sheriff Miller's hotel. deal of trouble in catching you and ' WOrk on the roads until fall, I bringing you back to the penitentiary." he ia released. Tom Gray Will Work on Roads During the Summer Tom Gray, the hero of Liberty cave bus U-en released. This was stated once before in a certain issue of The Herald, but was not believed. This time we give you the straight dope however. Tom Gray has been relea-ed Not unconditionally, however, but merely to work on the countyroads, ' he monev that lorn earns ai mi: work will be applied on his fine. Tom has been released on his word of honor than which, according to the officers there is no better. Tom was released this morning, pro vided with a new pair of overalls, a nair of shoes, a jumper and a month's supply of tobacco. Tom is an expert tractor man ami will no doubt be of value. He will, according to present plans, continue to spend his evening's at the Locked Inn, sometimes known icm win or until Semi-Windup Interesting In the semi-winduD. BatUimr IKklk Yeager of Chadron knocked out Kid Florene of Alliance after three roundst of clever boxing. Florene forced th fighting throughout the fight to th time or his knockout, Yeager being content with taking it easy and wait ing lor an opening. He apparently played with the local boy up to tarn third making no attempt to land hard punch. Florene, who is a port sider, landed a few fairly hard punches none of which bothered the Chadron Adonis to any apparent extent Yea ger contented himself with rapping florene with his left whenever tha spirit moved him, the knockout punch being the only right hand he landed. In the third Florene apparently lost his head and rushed the Omaha boy. Jeager sending in a right that had all the sleep producing qualities of dyna mite. Florene was cleanly knocked out, but walked from the ring. Jaeger weighed 143 and Florene 134. Dotson knocked out Cowboy Wyland in the second lap of the preliminary after one of the most peculiar exhibi tions of the ring art ever seen in a local ring. Both landed hard in the first round, which was about even. Wyland claimed a foul on a punch which was undoubtedly a little low, but this was disallowed, nl the sec ond Wyland started with a rush, hit ting Dot son often and hard, but was unable to get in a knockout punch. Af ter weathering a storm of punches, Dotson stepM in and landed a right to the jaw which ended the fight The men were middleweights. Ed Barton and Phil Cook put on a clever wrestling exhibition, Cook tak ing the first and Barton the second and third falls. These boys, though only fifteen, displayed a surprising knowledge of the game and pleased the crowd. As a whole the show was a decided success, the card pleasing the crowd, who saw real fights and no stalling. This is the second of the Legion's bouta and if the patronage keeps up therf is little doubt that some of the country's top-notchers will be brought here.