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Thanksgiving
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VOLUME XXII
ALLIANCK, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1915
NO. 51
Thanksgiving
CRAWFORD
WAS HOST
rtafHnoK.s Sessions of Associated (Vmi
tnerrlal Cluhs Followed by Ilia
Ilanquet Hold In Evening
NEXT MEKTINO AT RRHMJEPORT
BOX BUTTE
RAISES SPUDS
County Simula Hcvoml In Production
of IVtiii4Mn TIiIm Year 'berry
County Com en in First
ommiai.f 'niiisizT; of cherry
The Crawford Chamber of Com
merce was the host last Thursday to
he delegates who attended the bus
iness session of the Associated Com
mercial Clubs of Western Nebraska.
The Crawfordltes proved themselves
worthy hosts and there waB no flaw
t the fine entertainment provided.
Delegates who attended the ses
sion were: Alliance, 1'. K. Romig,
Lloyd Thomas, Mrs. Jerry Rowan.
Mrs. W. D. Fisher and Mrs. J. V.
nolllday. Bridgeport. O. J. Hunt, P.
B. Estill and Wm. Ritchie. Jr Chad
ron. J. F. Lawrence. Crawford, W.
O. Hundoin. W. F. Weft r. W. H. Mor
rison. Harrison, C. O. Weetn. Min
atarc. R. O. Chambers, J. H. Uunyan,
0. K. Clough, M. (5. Wilson. O. K.
Lamb. F. W. Smith. Sidney, Gus
Welner, F. G. Grilnth, Clayton Itad
eliffe. At the morning session a number
f questions of importance were dis
tressed, among them being the need
f clubs in additional towns. There
are nineteen towns in the eleven
counties covered by the association
which should have clubs. The ob
ject of the association was outlined
as being for the purpose of promot
kg the' best Interests of western Ne
braska, with special reference to
markets, freight rates, honest pub
licity, legislation, good roads and
cheap money on long time for the
farmer.
The question of a location in this
ed of the state for the convention of
the state editorial association was
taken up and it was voted that the
city contributing $500 be made the
bjective point, the balance of the
accessary $1000 to be contributed by
the other towns In amounts of from
$50 to $100.
It waa voted to hold the annual
meeting of the association In March,
the exact date to be set later. Bridge
port was selected as the location.
Other questions discussed were the
holding 'in restraint the land shark
who sells land of doubtful value at
high prices, the good work done by
Ike three farm demonstrators in Box
Butte, Dawes and Kimball counties.
It was voted to afk the next state
legislature to appropriate $50,000
far the use of the state veterinarian
for two years, in order that he can
Hive proper attention to the Import
ant question of inspection of tubercu
lar cattle. It was voted to aFk the
resident to appoint a committee of
three who will outline plans and pre
pare matter for a booklet describing
this section of the state, the different
counties to pay their share of the ex
pense of the booklet.
It was decided that the different
commercial clubs will furnish infor
mation to prospective buyers of
western lands, giving inquirers in
formation as to the merits and rela-
rve values of the lands. Reports
were received from the different
clubs covering the work done, results
accomplished, money raised for club
purposes, work to be pushed most,
Al 4 o'clock the delegates were
leaded into automobiles and taken to
Fort Robinson, where they were en
tertained by Col. Sickel and hown
through the various buildings. On
the return a ride waa taken through
the city park.
At 6:30 o'clock a banquet was
held in the opera house, served by
caterer. Homer Sherrill. The ban
quet was served In courses and was
delicious. W. M. Shuniway, presi
dent of the CrtvkforJ ";. .vber of
Commerce, acted as toasi master. The.
first speaker was Arah L. Hunger
fard. mayor of Crawford, who wel
comed the delegates. Mayor Hunger
ford urged that the commercial clubs
tit this end of the state give more at
tention and devote a portion of their
funds to advertising the opportuni
ties for new settlers. He urged that
all Join together in a big advertising
campaign, urging that twenty or
twenty-five per cent of their incomes
he e'evoted to that purpose. He told
how that California advertises on
Its reive, where ninety per cent of
the farming ventures are failures,
and l o-nted out how western Nebras
ka might profit by advertising oppor
tunities which are real and where
success can be made In farming.
Music was furnished by the Craw
ford Male Quartette, who were com
pelled to respond to several encores.
Their song, "Greeting. Friends, to
You," was composed by the quar
tette and touched particularly on
western Nebraska.
The next speaker was Walter C.
Rnndln, president of the associated
clubs. He told of the fact that the
organization was less than a year old,
f the many problems which came up
and how much could be accomplished
by all working together while only
one club would find it hard to do
things alone. He told of the fact
lhat the association had made east
ern Nebraska realize that we are
really on the map, and how the asso
ciation, although only a "kid" in age,
it is growing fast and would accomp
lish more. He mentioned future
plans of the club, referring particul
arly to the publicity feature.
Mrs. W. D. Fisher rendered a vo
cal solo, which waa encored and
, much enjoyed. Mr. Fisher was un
able to be present either at the ban
quet or meeting, having been sudden-
Turkey Soars Above the'
Eagle Today J
For Thanksgiving is the day and the turkey is She viand that are peculiarly American.
jI The eagle may appeal to our he ms, but who would swap the Thanksgiving turkey
wrum it is a Question of the rest ot liis bodvr
ly called to Topeka, Kansas. He had
wired expressing regrets.
Mrs. Jerry Rowan of Alliance
spoke on "In What Ways Women
Might Be of Help." She stated that
the women are glad to be made use
of. She laid particular stress on the
necessity of keeping the streetB, al
leys and vacant lots of the cities
clean, and urged that curb lines be
made compulsory. She spoke of dif
ferent methods In use in disposing of
the city garbage and mentioned dif
ferent towns which do so successful
ly. She stated that the Boy Scout
movement Is doing much good in pre
venting vandalism among hoys and
that the boys' garden clubs put their
energy into constructive work.
Judge O. .1. Hunt of Bridgeport
spoke on the subject of "Irrigation",
lie stated that he had been interest
ed in Irrigation for twenty-five years
and that It was too big a subject to
say much on in a few minutes. He
told of the big work being done in
the North Platte valley and of the
new canal which will Irrigate 60,000
acres. He approved of the plan for
greater publicity.
J. F. Lawrence, of Chadron, vice
president of the association, made an
interesting talk on the work being
accomplished and urged greater in
terest. He told of the business
meetings held during the day and
urged that the delegates ask the
home people to stand by the associa
tion in its work. His talk waa cut
.short by the Tact that the delegates
from the south were compelled to
leave to catch train number forty
two. R. O. Chambers, of Minatare, read
the following resolution, which had
been adopted at the business ses
sion: IteMilution
We, the Associated Commercial
Clubs of Western Nebraska, in ses
sion this 18th day of November,
1915, do hereby tender our sincere
thanks to the citizens of Crawford,
the Chamber of Commerce, and Col.
Slckela and the other officers of Fort
Robinson, for the sincere western
hospitality which they have extended
to us todav.
It. O CH AMBERS.
LLOYD C. THOMAS.
WM RITCHIE. JR..
Committee.
FOOTBALL TODAY
Hcottsbluff High School and Alliiuice
Will Clash on the Local iril
Tills Afternoon
Mrs F. M. Broome went to Ells
worth Sunday for a shore visit with
the Cbaa. C. Jameson family.
The Scottsbluff foot ball eleven,
accompanied by a live bunch of sup
porters, will be over today and this
afternoon they will clash at the fair
grounds with the local boys.
This is the return game for the
one played at Scottsbluff two weeks
ago, in which game the Alliance
eleven was beaten by a good margin.
Since that game Alliance has been
putting in some strenuous practice
work, and they feel nt to tackle
Scottsbluff today and show the visit
ors a few tricks.
Scottsbluff is coming with the de
termination of administering even a
worse beating than they ;ave our
boys at the Ural game, so there will
be some Interesting developments
when the two teams get together.
Both teams play good, clean foot ball,
and spectators are promised more
than their money's worth.
Coach Crawford la making no rash
promises, but during the past few
days he has been putting some added
"p p" into the boys, and some new
plays have come Into use. It is ex
pected that an extra large crowd will
turn out for the game, and thai all
the rooters in town will take an extra
pair of lungs with them.
VISIT BUSINESS DISTRICT
MerchjMMliM Advertising, When Prlc
e Are Oiveri, Will AcoernplKli
Mitch Encourage llnltit
Willis iow WeM
J. R. Willis, formerly one of the
owners of the Empress theatre, who
id now traveling, came in from Cor
don Saturday, stopping over between
trains on his way to San Francisco
with Mrs. Willis and the baby. Mr.
Willis decorated the new theatre at
Gordon. They expect to stay on the
coast during the winter, returning to
Nebraska next spring.
Moravek VUited Here
Wm. Moravek, formerly employed
by the Alliance National Bank, who
is now employed by a large stock
raising company at Pony. Montana,
west of Billings, visited friends in
Alliance Friday of last week. He
had been on a trip to St. Paul with
cattle and stopped over on his way
back. His firm ships an average of
ten carloads of cattle per week to the
eastern markets. He also stopped
over at Hemingford to visit his parents.
(Contributed)
A strong factor in favor of the
home town merchant in securing the
trade of the surrounding district is
this:
Every farmer and each individual
member of his family, including the
hired man, are glad of an opportun
ity to pay a weekly, semi-weekly or
even daily visit to the nearest town,
providing there is any good excuse
for them to do so.
The storekeeper bargain sales
with priceB attached in plain figures
displayed conspicuously In a full
pape or even t qnurter page adver
ti5i ment in the weekly paper will fur
nish that excuse.
Remember thai nine out of ten
country merchants are now giving
better value for less money than the
catalog house is able to do. It Is on
ly a question of describing the goods,
and quoting prices In plain figures.
After Retting the farmer and bis
young folks to town, the next move
is to give them entertainment, which
can best be done by games and
amusements which are not obtaina
ble by them at home.
A great many people who are sen
sible in everything else will not per
mit themselves to believe that time
devoted to amusements of any kind
is not absolute waste and loss of op
portunity. The boy whom the old settlers of
our borne town remember as the
leader In all athletic games and pas
times, the beet skater in winter, the
best swimmer and baseball player in
summer, a dead shot with a rifle and
portunlty. That phrase "lost oppor
tunity" is worked overtime on every
poor unfortunate boy or girl who
happens to have a taste for recrea
tion or whose mental or physical
structure cries for a change from the
beaten path of daily routine. The
whole idea Is wrong. The youthful
mind needs direction, to be sure, but
it also needs ever-changing variety.
It requires the impetus of competi
tion, of conquest. This element in
the nature of every child is manifest
to school teachers, mot! of whom
take advantage of it. As a result,
competition in class studies is con
stantly used.
Every educator is n ow awake to
the necessity of encouraging in the
young the ambition to be a leader.
The spirit of conquest In work or
play should be fostered at every op
the champion billiard player of the
county, worked his way through the
university with but little help from
his pafents, became principal of a lo
cal graded school, compiled a text
book on chemistry which is now us
ed in the high schools of some of the
largest cities of the United States,
and is at present the president of a
state university of the West. Among
men of learning, he Is looked upon
as a leader. That's what I call the
ideal life. Not a moment wasted, as
boy or man. Once a leader, always
a leader. Getting a taste for the
conquest of difficulties, upon discov
ering that he excelled all others
when he first took the leadership in
some certain pastime, he never rest
ed content until he had acquired the
habit of mastering one problem after
another. There being no more
worlds to conquer In the youthful
pastimes, he was encouraged to reach
out for the more serious things of
life. Vexing complications and the
nerve-racking problems of his colleg
iate courses melted away before his
persistent, determined efforts. Just as
the mysterious something had always
done In his boyhood games.
Today this boy, now a man of ad
vanced age, is at the height of his
an bition, but it is safe to say that he
will stop only when Mother Nature
has no more secrets to disclose. That
Is an example of cause and effect. It
is a perfect life, originating in the
Bimple remedy of keeping the child
busy.
It's the policy which will get the
best results from sturdy manhood
built from home town life.
This year Nebraska produced 10,
IB0.610 bushels of potatoes, an:, .fl
ing to the olficlal estimate Just in. le
public by the state board of ng.viul
ture from reports from all ove, ho
state. The acreage Is given m . 1 ,
284, and the average yield per .. re
la 107 bushels.
Cherry county leads the list in 1 ro
ductlon, and Box Butte county Is n.
clone second. Mcpherson Is nt the
bottom of the list with 100 bushels.
McPherson Is the only county that
did not produce as much as 2 5,000
bushels. Following are the flgnroa
for each county:
COUNTY BUSHELS
Adams 106,112
Antelope 105,180
Arthur 2fi,818
Banner 21,750
Blaine 94,819
Boone 68,179
Box Butte 737,560
Boyd
Brown 4 57,548
Buffalo 157,300
Burt 75.343
Butler 85,782
Cass 49,405
Cedar 85,510
Chase 24,537
Cherry 1.015.393
Cheyenne 142,745
Clay 131.355
Colfax 43.775
Cuming 239.132
Custer 508.899
Dakota 139.216
Hawes 165.580
Deuel 4 2.450
Dixon 124.026
Dodge 109.382
Douglas 180.629
Dundy 221.672
Fillmore 62.030
Franklin 59,334
Frontier 4 5.597
Furnas 35,174
Cage 97.614
Carden 49,648
Oarfield 212.450
Co'-.per 36,126
Orant 32.500
'Jrccley 39,788
Hall 111.254
laniilton 61.097
Harlan 35,181
Hay -a 39.875
llit hcrxk 12.r.90
HoM 179,760
Hooker 26.875
.Ioward 86,884
Jefferson 44.202
Johnson 43,890
Kearney 46.129
Keith 26.819
Keya Paha 34.026
Kimball 107.312
Knox 142,374
Lancaster 147,447
Lincoln 175.491
Logan 26.530
Ixup 34,500
Madison 81,4 39
McPherson 100
Merrick 123.470
Morrill 123.470
Nance 31,925
Nemaha 23.150
i Nuckolls 54,600
Otoe 150.111
Pawnee 50.99T
Perkins 37.92T
Phelps 70,662
Pierce 42,636
Platte 154.472
Polk 59,133
Red Willow 66.033
Richardson 37,944
Rock 94.089
Saline 85.387
! Sarpy 93,288
1 Saunders 103,012
IStotts Bluff 193.987
Seward 69,724
Sheridan 693,100
Sherman 74,290
Sioux 86.880
iS'ariton 82.060
Thayer 60,625
Thomas 47,475
Thurston 28,734
Valley 73,486
Washington 121,104
Wayne 106.163
Webster 53.025
Wheeler 29.515
York 49,776
MOKE M EX THAN' WOMEN
HAVE APPENDICITIS
Surgeons state men are slightly
more subject to appendicitis than
women. Alliance people should
know that a few doses of simple
buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., us
mixed in Adler-i-ka. often relieve or
prevent appendicitis. This mixture
removes such surprising foul matter
that ONE SPOONFUL relieves almost
ANY CASE constipation, sour stom
ach or gas. The INSTANT, easy ac
tion of Adler-i-ka is surprising.
II THIELE. druggist.
Total
.10.460.610
A DwstiteNH Affair
Stockmen all over the West are
looking forward to the annual stock
show in Denver during the week of
January 16. This annual event has
become one of the most important
business affairs for the live stock in
terests of the West, and the indica
tions are that the amount of trading
at the next show will be enormous.
Western stockmen have discovered
that they can always secure good
breeding stock at the show, and
eastern rattle feeders look forward
now to this event as providing an op
portunity to secure the choicest feed
ing cattle. While shipments to mar
ket have been heavy this fall from
the western ranges, quite a number
of shippers are holding back a load
or two of tbeir best cattle for the
January show, and there is no ques
tion but that this department of the
annual show will be larger and bet
ter than ever. The supply of bulls
for sale here during the show will In
clude choice animals from the best
herds of the country, and buyers will
be here from all parts of the West.
