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VOLUME XXIII
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1916
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NUMBER 9
HE ALLIANC
BROOME TO VALENTINE
Ne Permanent Arrangement Made
as to the Management of the
Alliance New
I. M. Broome, who was recently
appointed to the receivership of tbe
Talentine land office, left Monday for
that place to take charge of his du
ties under the appointment. Mr.
Broome had not expected to leave
fer a couple of weeks but received a
Message Saturday to be on hand to
take over the work February 1,
hence his sudden departure.
He left the News temporarily in
charge of E. C. Drake or this city
and Charles Wallace of Gordon, a
former llemingford man, who arriv
ed the first of the week.
Mr. Broome will return to Alliance
la a few days to make permanent ar
rangements concerning his newspa
per before establishing his residence
at Valentine.
SHULL SELLS HOTEL
M. L. Shall, Former Alliance Bctau
rant Man, Sells llemingford Ho
tel to Hubbell, of Minatare
M. L. Shull, former proprietor of
the Alliance restaurant now known
as the Bon Ton Cafe, and who has
been conducting a hotel at Hemlng
ford since early in the spring of 1915,
sold his hotel business there last
week to G. H. Hubbell. of Minatare.
Mr. Hubbell will take possession of
the business on February 10. Mr.
8hull has not announced his plans
fer the future.
CONLEY MILLER MOVES
Bex Butte Avenue Second Hand Store
Kow Located In Building at Box
Butte and Second Street
Cnnlnv Miller, who has been con
acting a second-hand store on Box
Kfltto n von u a for more than a year.
has leased the building on the corner
of Box Butte avenue and Second
troat for a term of three years and
moved his stock of goods therein yes
terday. Mr. Miller is operating a rooming
btw upstairs over the building ana
m if nnriav he ourchased tbe room-
lms-house business on the second
over The Fenjou clotning store
EIIURBIIIG THEATRE
Carpenter at Work Remodeling Bal
cony Ho as to Make a Material
Increase in Seating Capacity
Carnenters are at work this week
at the Imperial theatre, remodeling
the balcony so as to increase the
Mfttlnx canacity of this fine theAtre
The Imperial has had a capacity of
six hundred to seven hundred, and
under the new arrangement they will
be enabled to accomodate eight hun
dred. Wanneor DuBuoue is a theatre
man of exceptional ability and he is
alwav on the alert to maae any
changes or improvements at the Im
mriai vhlrh is already the finest in
stltution of the kind outside of the
air nitiAn in the middle western
states.
60ES TO LUSK
LyVs Berry Accept Position a Sup-
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Plant In Voming Town
Lyle Berry, son of County Judne
aad Mrs. L. A. Berry, left Monday
for Lusk. Wyo.. to accept a position
as superintendent of the city light
nnuror ninnt. Mr. Berry, who
had been in communication with the
city officials or L.U8K. recetvea a ien
gram Saturday asking hira to come
at once. The message also stated
that they had a place for another
irst class electrical engineer on the
city force and if he knew of any per
son who could qualify to bring him
along. J .
annrht who returned a fchort
time ago from England where he bad
been employed by one of the big elec
trical Arms, left Wednesday morning
for Lusk with a view to accepting the
position rererrea to in ir. nnij
mi es sage.
PRELIMINARY DEBATE
KtudtmtN Selected to Represent Alii
ance High wcnooi at we
rict Debating Content
At the preliminary debate held in
the assembly room of the Alliance
high school Friday evening. Hannah
rant iinmvr Harnea and Charlotte
vvi.u, - - - '
Mollring were selected to represent
the local school at tne aenaunn cou--
Iuiwmii the ' schools of the
Northwestern Nebraska district. Or
al Harvey was seieciea aa iuwuhi"
in rune anything should bap-
pen to prevent any of tbe other three
from parueipawns.
The question debated Friday night
. -Preiiaredness". The students
..w.. nor in the contest were al
lowed to choose the side they pre
ferred, and the contest was not ft
contest between teams but aa exhlbl
ttoa of the Individual ability of each
debater. Ex-postmaster I. E. Tash
was selected as a din-interested per
son to officiate In the capacity of
chairman of the meeting, and the
judges were W. R. Harper, E. O.
Laing and Lee Basye.
It is the opinion of those who at
tended the debate that Alliance will
succeed in making an excellent show
ing at the district contest, the win
ners at which will represent their
district at the state contest to be held
later in the spring at Lincoln.
Music for the occasion was fur
nished by Miss Marian Grebe, pian
ist, Paul Thomas, violinist, and Carl
Thomas, 'cellist.
WILL REDDOE RATES
(Mty Insurance Itate Will lower
When Supply of Water Is In
creased by New Heservolr
The question has recently been
raised regarding the lowering of In
surance rates In Alliance, predicted
by local Insurance men two years
ago, when the question of purchasing
a new auto chemical truck and new
pump for the city water department
was voted upon. The voters of the
city expressed themselves as being In
favor of both.
The state laws do not allow Insur
ance companies to agree on uniform
rates on property, and for that reason
It would not be lawful for the insur
ance men to make stated rates on any
building. However, it can be stated
on good authority that whenever the
city installs the new reservoir which
has been contemplated and the new
pump is placed In the plant, provid
ing a larger storage of water for fire
fighting purposes, that insurance
rates will come down.
The proposed "anti-discrimination
law" which was killed by the last leg
islature was designed to prevent dis
crimination and to lower the rates.
It is stated on good authority that
the law of this kind which was pass
ed in Iowa has reduced rates there
one-third. This law will undoubted
ly come up again this fall and stands
a good chance or carrying.
CHANGED THE DATES
New Dates Set for the Banquet" to
Ifc Held Lart of February and
the First of March
Wednesday, February 23, has been
set as the date for tbe Clerks' and
Business Men's banquet The pro
gram for this banquet will be an
nounced In full soon.
Because of the fact that the first
of March is the date for the annual
Commercial Club banquet and that it
would come so near the former ban
quet, the date has been postponed
until Wednesday. March 8. Tne an
nual election of officers will be held
nt this time.
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF SUN
Visible Today as Only Partial Fx-lipse
In United State, Mexico and
Central America
A total eclipse of the sun, accord
ing m HKtrnnnmprs is scheduled for
today, February 3, though It is visi
ble in Nebraska as only a nair eclipse.
Professor Swezy of the astronomy
department of the university says
that a total eclipse of the sun occurs
only in about even 300 years in a
given locality. The eclipse on Feb
ruary 3 is observed as total in the
northwestern parts of South Ameri
ca. It will be visible as a partial
eclipse in nil parts of the United
States. Mexico and Central America.
It will not be visible In Alaska and
the adjacent portion of Canada. The
path of the central or total eclipse
begins in the Pacific ocean, moves
eastward, crosses the north portion
of Colombia, north of Caracas, over
the island of "Guadaloupe, passes
northwest of the Azores and ends at
sunset in the Atlantic ocenn pouth of
Ireland.
GETS NAMES CONFUSED
Man Mended for Lyons, Colo., Lands
Unexpectedly In Alliance,
Nebraska
When a Mr. Dexter, from Oklaho
ma, asked the ticket agent at Denver
last Saturday' for a ticket to Lyons.
Colo., his peculiar pronunciation of
the word Lyons (with a hissing
sound at the end of the word) caused
the agent to confuse the word with
th na i e Alliance and he forthwith
told him that he meant Alliance, Ne
braska. "Ne. I don't," he said, "I mean
Lyons. Colorado."
"There is no such place in Colora
do," said the agent and he banded
him a ticket to Alliance, quoting the
pric of it. Dexter protested again
saying he knew it was only about fif
ty miles to Lyons but he accepted the
ticket, paid for it, boarded the Bur
lington train and landed In Alliance.
He remained here till Tuesday
when he returned to Denver determ
ined this time to buy a ticket to his
proper destination regardless of the
agent, or else to walk.
Architect aBrresen, of Cheyenne,
who has charge of the plans for the
third story addition to the Alliance
Hotel building, is In Alliance today.
Work on the building, which was sus
pended several days on account of
the severe cold weather, has been resumed.
ROBBED POOL HALL
Man Charged with Bobbing Seneca
Pool Hall Was Wearing Clothe
Stolen Here, when Arrested
W. M. Darling, a young man about
thirty years of age, who was arrested
In Alliance Sunday afternoon, charg
ed with robbing a pool hall at Sen
eca Saturday night, had on, at the
time of his arrest, clothing which was
stolen from Charles King at the
Kodgers rooming house In this city
several weeks ago. He also was
wearing a firemen's pin belonging to
Mr. King and had several other arti
cles in his possession which were the
property of Mr. King.
Sheriff Cox had been notified of the
robbery at Seneca and went to the
depot Sunday noon to meet the train
on which Sheriff Notes, of Thomas
county, and the owner of the pool
hall were expected. Tbe young man
was also at the depot and when he
recognized the owner of the pool hall
getting off the train he bolted for
town. Sheriff Cox and Sheriff Notes
gave chase and caught the young
man In the Bulck garage as he was
making a dash through for the alley.
Darling had disposed of several
boxes of cigars which were Identified
as the property of the Seneca pool
hall man, and had other articles in
his possession for which he will have
to answer to charge of theft. Sheriff
Noles left that evening with his prls
oner for Thedford.
CHANGES IN STORE
(Jeorge A. Mollring Will Knlarge Ca
purity of Store and Install Beat
Booms for Customers
George A. Mollring, proprietor of
the well known dry goods and ladles'
furnishings store, announces that he
will start at once remodeling the In
terlor of the store, installing a mod-;
em ladies' reBt room with all con
venlences.
The interior of the store will also
be arranged to give more room for
the immense stock of goods which is
carried. This move has been con
templated for some time and will
serve to make the store more popu
lar. i
HEW TRAIN C0LHII6
Rumored That BariJngW XTIU, 1
stall New Through Train to Boa
from Omaha to Casper ,
It is rumored in railroad. circles
that as soon as the railroad business
opens up in the spring a new through
train, equipped with Pullman sleep
ers and observation car, will be in'
stalled, to run from Omaha to Cas
per, via Alliance, Bridgeport and
Guernsey, over the new line.
The train will probably leave Oma
ha about midnight, after the theatres
close, arriving In Alliance the next
morning and getting into Casper the
next evening, shortening the time be
tween Omaha and Casper by several
hours. This train will probably be
In addition to trains forty-one and
forty-three.
SCOTTSBLUFF BEET CROP
Company Pay 2,148,000 to Farm
ers Total Output of Factory
for 1H15 Is 700.000 HagM
The Scottsbluff Sugar Company of
Scottsbluff. Nebr.. paid $2,148,300 to
f(armers for sugar beets in the year
1915. In addition it paid over $60.-
000 to employes. The company ban
died 246.000 tons of beets at the
factory and manufactured 700,000
bags of sugar, each bag weighing 100
pounds. The company furnished 9,
784 cars of freight to shipment over
railroads. It paid an average of
f 5.65 a ton for beets for a crop that
averaged twelve tons to the acre. The
acreage planted was 32,000 and the
total yield was 382.000 tons. Of
that amount 118,000 tons were shin
ned to a factory in Colorado. The
company Is building a factory at Ger
ing, Nebr.. to care for the increasing
crop raised by farmers.
The company produced 100,000
tons of pulp which was fed to 3.070
head of cattle and 9.136 head of
sheep.
Sanford Stark, financial agent of
the company, shipped 1.400 cars of
sugar, 500 bags to the car. "We es
timate in working beets," said Mr.
Stark, "ten acres to a person, though
this is rather more than one should
work, but occasionally a farmer with
a small acreage works with his own
help. All this gives employment to
3,800 people during the crop. Thous
ands of teams are employed during
the crop, and this gives work to
many men. A good many beet work
ers are women and children. They
make good wages, as they receive $20
an acre for hand work on a crop and
between times they work In harvest
fields and at other work, aad many of
them are getting to be farmers them
selves, some renting and some are
buying land.
BKWABD OFF EKED
Reward will be paid for informa
tion leading to the apprehension of
tbe parties who have recently broken
windows in the ' two-story frame
house at tbe northeast corner of
Fifth and Niobrara avenue. . .
ODD FELLOWS BLDO. A88N.
A. D. Rodgers, President
BOX CAR THIEF CAUGHT
Man Wanted In fjnncaster County
Caught In Alliance Sunday
by Sheriff Cal IVx
W. T. Wood ring, who had been go
ng under the name of J. K. Barnes,
was arrested In Alliance Sunday by
Sheriff Cox of this city, and n deputy
sheriff from Iancaster county, and
he was taken back to Lincoln to an
swer to the charge of robbing freight
cars in the yards at Lincoln.
The man had been under suspic
ion at Lincoln and when he left there
several days ago, checking some bag
gage through to Bridgeport, the of
ficers decided to investigate. The
deputy sheriff, accompanied by O. O.
Phillips, a Burlington special agent,
followed him to Bridgeport. Fearing
that he was under suspicion, Wood
ring fled from Bridgeport, coming to
Alliance and after examining his bag
gage and finding articles stolen from
the freight cars, the officers wired
Instructions to Cox and caught the
next train for Alliance, where tbe
arrest was made. They left the same
evening with their prisoner for Lan
caster county.
TO BRING IN SETTLERS
Co-operative Plan to Interest Eastern
Farmers In Settling In West
ern Nebraska
R. W. Lovelace, assistant Immigra
tion agent for the Chicago Burling
ton & Qulncy railroad company, was
here from Omaha, consulting with
Alliance business men with regard
to a co-operative plan to Interest
farmers from eastern Nebraska and
from some of the eastern states In
western Nebraska opportunities.
Mr. Lovelace met with officers of
the Comemrelal Club and with real
estate dealers of the city and various
plans were suggested to help settle
this country. It Is very probable
that a meeting will be called at an
early date to take up the matter In
an official way and to arrive at deft
nlte plans.
Mr. Lovelace stated that the com
mercial club of Sheridan, Wyo., has
raised a large fund to be used in
furthering the interests of their sec
tton of the country in this regard and
that a meeting has been called to be
held soon, at which they will meet
with H. B, Howard, of Omaha, Immi-
rration agent for the Burlington, to
arrange definite plans for using this
money. T ".' :
A. The railroad company, through its
immigration department, will co-op
erate with the cities of this territory
In the matter of funds as well as in
other ways in any organised effort
that may be made to bring in new
settlers and it is believed that from
250 to 300 settlers can be secured for
Box Butte county every year.
WEATHER MODERATES
Bcport of Ofliclal Weather Observer
Shows Warmer V earner tne
jat Few Buys
The severe cold spell which has
been efflictinK this section of the
country for some time has nioderat
ed somewhat the last few days. To
day Is much warmer, although there
was a light fall of snow during the
nl?ht.
The renort of F. W. Hicks, official
weather observer, for the past week
la as follows:
Friday, aJnuary 28 Maximum
temperature, 2 degrees above; nun
linnm 14 decrees below zero.
Saturday, January 29 Maximum,
2 degrees below; minimum, 18 de-
erci'S helow.
Sunday, January 30 Maximum.
22 degrees above: mluln um. 14 !
arrees below.
Monday, January 31 Maximum,
32 degrees above; minimum, u o
erees below.
Tuesday, February 1 Maximum.
18 degrees above; minimum, 10 de
grees below.
Wednesday. February 2 Ma'
mum, 16 degrees above; minimum.
8 degrees below.
WAS NOT ROBERT WHISTON
Report Circulated BenVctlng o:i
Evangelist Who Held Meetings
Here Said to Be Erroneous
Members of the Alliance Christian
church feel that an Injustice has been
done them in the circulating of a im
port that Evangelist Robert Whlston.
who conducted a very successful re
vival meeting here a few years ar'.
at the time Rev. Woten was pHSior
of the church, figured as tbe defend
ant recently In a sensational divorce
case In Hamilton county. Nebraska.
It seems evident that the incorrect
report occurred through the fact that
dispatches la eastern papers report
ing the divorce proceedings used the
name Whlston without mentioning
the defendant's first name, and while
local parties have no first hand in
formation they think it Is probable
that the Whlston referred to It Bur
ton Whlston. a brother of Robert
Whtston. tbe evangelist who con
ducted the meetings here.
In recent Issues ef the Christ lau
Standard, published at Cincinnati,
and the Christian Evangelist, pub
lished at 8C Louis. J wo of the big
gest official publications of the Chris
tian church, repeated . reference la
made to Evangelist Robert Whlston
and the success he Is having In the
meetings he has been conducting at
various places. In the Christian
Standard of January 15, reference Is
made to meetings at Flint, Mich., at
which he was being assisted by Mrs.
Whlston. In a moro recent Issue of
one of the papers mention Is made
lhat owing to the cancellation of a
date in Michigan he will be available
for a proposed meeting In an eastern
Nebraska city some time during the
month of February.
Among the members of the local
church are quite a number who are
personally acquainted with Evangel
ist Whlston and his wife and they
state that Mrs. Robert Whlston's
Christian name Is "Ruby," whereas
the newspaper reports referring to
the divorce proceedings give the first
name of Mrs. Whlston, the plaintiff,
as "Maude."
Members of the church here feel
that there is no Justification In the
publication of reports which in a way
might reflect on the local Institution
without having accurate information
or without having tbe reports con
firmed.
HUNDREDS INQUIRING
Announcement of Opening at North
Platte Project Brings Flood of
Mall from over United States
Announcements made last week of
the restoration to entry of certain
lands reclaimed by the government
along the North Platte project has
resulted In a flood of mall into the
land office in this city from all over
the United States. Within two days
after the announcement was first
made in the Herald last week there
were nearly five hundred Inquiries
received at the land office and tbe
number has since then nearly dou
bled. As It Is almost impossible to an
swer each letter individually, Regis
ter T. J. O'Keefe has asked the de
partment at Washington for a supply
of tbe official notices originally sent
out. As these notices are a little bit
vague to the average citizen a clrcul
ar containing detailed information
uas been prepared and will be n
closed with the official department
notices when sent out.
These notices, which are signed by
T. 1. O'Keefe, register, and J. C.
Morrow, receiver, contain. In part,
the following lsformatlon:
Relating to the lands to be opened
to entry through this office on March
24,-1916, the public press has adver
tised that 14,000 acres are opened
to homestead entry. The statement
la misleading to those who are not
familiar with the status of these
lands. An examination of the rec
ord shows about 4,000 acres open to
entry in the territory Involved. The
tracts are called "Farm Units' and
contain from 10 to 160 acres: most
of them contain 80 to 100 acres each
These lands are Just north of the
Platte river and the llui linfeion rr.il
road. Approximately 8 to 12 miles
northeast from Bayard, Nebraska, In
Township 21 N., Range 51, are 12 of
these units; In Township 22 N., R.
51, are 2 units, and In Township 21
N., Range 52, Ib one unit. Six to
eight mlle3 northeast of Minatare,
Nebraska. In Township 22 N., Range
52. are 10 units;-in Township 22 N.,
Range 53 W., are 16 units, and in
Township 23 N., Range 53, are 2
units 43 units in all.
Plats showing the exact location
of these units will be furnished for
?1 per township. There are no maps
for distribution.
The water right chaiges are based
on the number of irrigable acres In
the unit, and run from 30 to 100 ac
res in the unit. The units of 80 to
100 acres contain 55 to 75 irrigable.
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This is a picture of the Holstein-FricKian cow, Duchess Skylark
Ormsby, the new world's champion butter producer. In a 365-day
test fche milked 27,761.07 pounds with a butterfat yield in tit w milk of
1,205.09 pounds, making over $500 worth of commercial butter. At
tention of Herald readers is called to the advertisement in the other
section of this iwue to the advertisement of the Nebraska Ilolsteia
Breeders sale at the Union Stock Yards sale pavilion, South Omaha,
j on Wednesday, February 23rd. F M. Seidell, county agent, caa
give full information retarding thw sale of high grade cattle, ."
ADDRESS Oil DAIRYING
Dairy Extension Man visit Box Butte
County and Uve Instructive
and KntcrtAlning lectures
Very Interesting and instructive
addresses on the subject of dairying
were made at special meetings of the
Box Butte County Farmers' Associa
tion, on Tuesday and Wednesday of
this week, by Prof. D. H. Tropps, a
specialist who devotes his entire
time to the dairy interests, In the em
ploy of the federal government and
co-operating with the State Agricul
tural College of Nebraska.
F. M. Seidell, county agent of the
association, presided at the meetings
and Introduced the speaker. Twenty
five Interested farmers attended the
meeting Tuesday, which was held la
llemingford. Tbe meeting Wednes
day afternoon was held In the coun
cil chamber of tbe city hall in Alli
ance. The attendance was not large
but the Interest was fine, aa might be
expected for an address that was
both Instructive and practical.
Mr. Propps is a ready speaker and
adapts his talks to the audiences that
be faces. Some times they are made
up exclusively of farmers, and again
they are composed largely of business
men. He is loaded with Information
on the subject which be discusses.
While he does not, In one address,
tell all he knows on tbe subject, he
knows all he tells, that is, be Is sure
of the accuracy of his statements.
He began his lecture in Alliance by
referring to the great awakening In
Nebraska regarding tbe matter of
dairying the Interest now not being
confined to tbe eastern part of the
state but being evident In this part,
also. At a dairy meeting held In
Chadron last Suturd.iy, seventy were
present. He emphasised the fact that
conditions. in eastern and western
Nebraska are quite different, but
that western Nebraska may be a suc
cessful dairy country. the people
want it to be, as well as the eastern
part of the state.
Mr. Propps is au enthusiast on tne
subject of dairying, as might be ex
pected, but Is not an extremist. He
is rather conservative in bis state
ments, particularly when giving ad
vice to persons who contemplate go
ing Into dairying. His address was
marked thruout with the practical In
the Information, suggestions and ad
vice given. His advice to persons
who wish to enter tbe dairy business
was to "grow into U," rather than to
"go into It," beginning on a small
scale and enlarging as they learned.
Persons who like dairying can make
a great success or It; those who do
not like It will never succeed in It.
Co-operation Is "an Important ele
ment of success. --
In closing his address, Mr. Propps
called attention to tbe revival of In
terest In exhibits of dairy and farm
products at county fairs, which he
highly commended.' and the new In
terest that has beeu aroused by the
exhibits ut t:ilrs made by members
of boys' and glrln' clubs. He urged
farufr to consult the county farm
a cent regurclnv d.-.lry ii'iitters. as
well as to other Uiiuks relating to
agricultural matters, and ikcou
mended that Bleps be taken to hold
a county fair the coming season,
making exhibits of dairy and farm
products a strong feature.
Charles Eveland, who was brought
to St. Joseph's hospital in Alliance
Wednesday of last week, died at the
hospital Sunday niht. Pneumonia
was the c.iube of death. Two daugh
ters were at his beUnide at the time
of death. The remains were shipped
Monday night to Colorado Springs.
Colo., his former hom, for burial in
the family lot at Colorado Springs
cemetery.