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The Alliance Leading Newspaper of RALD 42 Pages 1 Section Western Nebraska READ BY EVERY MEMBER NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION. ALL THE NEWS OP ALLIANCE AND WESTERN NEBRASKA OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. IT REACHES HEADQUARTERS FOR 1P.000 FIREMEN VOLUME XXIV ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, JANUARY 18, 1917 NUMBER 7 He HOUSE WORKING ON DRY BILL Special Committee Appointed by the House to Consider Dry legisla tion Gets Many Suggestions TO INTRODUCE TI1EIK OWN RILL Two Dry Factions Will Endeavor to Get Together Refore Rill Is In 'troduced for Passage Lincoln. Jan. 17 The House and Senate of the Nebraska legislature are now getting down to business. Although a lot of attention is being given this week to the visitors from over the state who are attending "Organized Agriculture", which cuts down the amount of business trans acted, the chief item of interest is the prohibition legislation. The special committee appointed by the House to draft the dry bill was the first one to meet. It met Friday evening with the officers of the Nebraska Dry Federation: E. E. Thomas of Omaha, W. T. Thompson and H. F.'CarBon of Lincoln. The first bill drawn up by the Dry Fed eration, nicknamed the "bone dry law," which, was widely discussed through the newspapers, met with so many objections from over the state and from legislators, that tne icder ation has drawn up a new bill elim tnating some of the objectionable features of the first one. The new bill, as presented to the House committee Friday night, vould not permit the sale of whis key or Intoxicating liquor in any form by drug stores; it wouia per mlt the importation of liquor into the state by heads of families of not mora than the following amounts uer month: "one quart of whiskey one case of beer; or one gallon of wine. The "breath smelling" sec tion of the former bill was also elim Inated. The House committee, consisting of Norton, Thomas, Walte. Flans- burg and Hostetler, nave indicated to interested parties that they will not accept any bill In completed form for them to introduce but that they intend to take the good features of all bills presented to them and con solidate them into a bill whlcn win be introduced by the committee and backed by them for passage. The advisory council of the Speakers' club, headed by A. O. Wolfenbarger Is working on a bill which they will present, to the committee, also. This bill will not be completed until the middle of this week. Refore the House committee completes Its work it Intends to have a public hearing, at which all Interested parties may be present and present their views A meeting will also be held with the Senate committee, In order that an understanding may be had between both branches of the legislature. Governor Keith Neville has writ ten to the secretary of war. at Wash Ington, urging that the Fifth Nebras ka regiment of the national, guard now on the border, be sent home. The Fourth Nebraska reciment is being mustered out at Fort Crook this week. Representative Lieeett Introduced a resolution in the House last week limiting the number of bills intro duced by each member of the House to five. Seeing that this resolution would not pass. Representative Aln ley offered an amendment makinu ten the limit. After much discus sion, with some members asserting that they would stand by their "con stitutional rights" and introduce all the bills they wanted to, the resolu tion was put to sleep. The appointment of E. O. May field of Omaha, editor of the Sunday World-Herald, to the position of member of the state board of con trol, by Governor Neville, to succeed , Judge Howard Kennedy, occasioned somewhat of a stir In the state sen ate as well s among the friends of Kennedy. However, Mayfleld. who is a Republican, had the endorse ment of a majority of the Republican leaders of the state. Six definite recommendations for legislative action have been made by the Nebraska state association of commercial clubs, and presented in a memorial to both the house of rep resentatives and senate of the legis lature. The first recommendation is for an amendment to the present highway law. making the board of irrigation, highways and drainage the controll ing body for highway Improvement, with such other legislation as Is needed to co-operate with the federal government In constructing national highways. Second, an appropriation of $50. 000 is asked for to enable the con servation and public welfare com mission to carry on its work of re search In developing the resources of the state and In disseminating the data and information secured. Third, sufficient funds are asked for to defend Nebraska's water rlehts snd to protect the irrigated section of the state. Fourth, the enactment of a state (Continued on page 3) ALLIANCE GETS THREE CONVEfi Knights of Columbus, Associated Commercial Clubs, and Nebr aska Stockmen Coming Alliance is gettine to be a rpcmlnr convention city. Within a short per-! iOd Of time the State cnnventlnn rf county commissioners, county super visors and county clerks; the district convention of the North Flatte dis trict Of the Odd Fellows and tho rtla- trlct convention for the thirty-third aisirici or tne Kebekahs has been held here.. Now two more state con ventions are scheduled for Alliance, i Desiues a big "pow-wow". The KniKhtS of Columbus of Ne braska will hold their state ennvon. tion in Alliance Tuesday and Wed- iiesuay, May 5 ana , according to . an announcement made this week by Secretary of the Commercial Club H. M. Bushnell, Jr. This means that there will be representatives from all over Nebraska in attendant of them really big men. It will af- iora Alliance another opportunity to extend the glad hand and "show" the visitors what Box Butte county and western Nebraska is like. i During the same month. Mar ha state convention of the Associated Commercial Clubs of Nebraska will I De neia in Alliance. The definite date has not been learned. This con vention will bring to Alliance a group of Nebraska's live boosters. Boosting will be in the air and Alli ance will be one of the biggest of the biggest. John W. Guthrie of this city is representative for the sixth district on the board of directors of the Assoc La ted Commercial Clubs of Nebraska. Then In June comes the hi? ntnru. men's reunion, which tnkoa h place of the usual annual stockmen's convention. The big "pow-wow" will be bigger and better than ever and will afford Alliance another op portunity to do the entertaining stunt in the usual thorough way. ED. JEFFERS WAS ARRESTED AT RAYARD Ed Jeffers was arrested Tuesday at Bayard. Sheriff Cal Cox has been on the lookout for him ever since he es caped while supposed to bo out look ing for a bond. He is charged with wife desertion and was bound over to the district court after a preliminary hearing before the county court. PAYS FARMERS OVER $100,000 Total Husine Done by AtliaiM-e Creamery Past Year Is Increa.se of Twenty-two Per Cent. Farmers and dairymen of Box Butte county and this section were paid a total of $101,881 the past year for cream sold to the Alliance Creamery, according -to a statement made by Mr. Spencer, manager of the local creamery, to tne board of dir ectors of the company. This Is but auother evidence that there is money in farming and dairying in Box Butte county. The Alliance Cream ery has always paid tlie'very highest market price for cream, and all oth er stations and creameries have been compelled to meet their price if they would continue in business. During the year just closed the creamery made a total of 4 40,247 poun'U of butter: 111 car loads of Hrtiliclal ice, and 15,239 gallons of ice cream. The business for the past year, according to Mr. Sneneer. u twenty-two per tent increase over the preceding year's business. The company- made extensive Im provements during the past year and are planning other improvements for this year, but In tho face of all this the company declared a dividend of five per cent. The Alliance creamery has enjoyed a rapid growth and gives every indication of becoming much larger. The creamery is a great as set to Alliance and is doing much for the dairymen of this section. CHICKENS ARE lilVEN WARM RECEPTION The Are department responded to a call about eleven o'clock Sunday night tbe fire being In somo out build ings at hte rear of the H. J. Ellis place, 417 Laramie. Thero were probably a dozen chickens in the coop, which is located next his gar age. The cause of the fire is not known. The blaze was extinguished by the small chemical tank carried on the truck the damage being al most nothing. SON OF Mlt. AND. MRS. - 11. C. SITZMAN DEAD Clarence, the baby son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Sltzman died at the family home, 219 Toluca, Wednes day afternoon from pneumonia. The boy was one month and ten days old. He is survivied by his parents and one brother, Bernard, age htree years. The funeral services will bo held at the home Saturday after noon. Mr. Sitx.ua n is an engineer In the employ of the Burlington. The many friends of the family united with the Herald In extending to them their heartfelt sympathy. Typewriter ribbons of all kinds The Herald carries the largest stock in Alliance at all times. Phone 240 Tnn S "BOX oulfECO. DAY" Organized Agriculture In Session at Lincoln Recognizes Rox Rutte County Today IS ALSO "POTATO DAY' Seidell Toils Delegates of the Impor tance of the Potato Industry in Western Nebraska Large delegations from Box Butte and Suerldan counties aro making I "some" noise at Lincoln this week i wuiie attending the meeting of Or-Uind Sheridan counties and other scc ganized Agriculture. Sheridan coun- tlon.s of Nebraska to the effect that ty Has somewhat the edge on Box : Butte as far as the spectacular is con-1 cerned by reason of tho fact that the live wires of that county headed by , County Agent A. C. North chartered ! a special ttraln and arrived in Lin-. coin late Monday afternoon with whistles tooting and their own band playing. There Thirty Strong The Box Butte delegation is there fully thirty strong, with County Agent t . M. Seidell much in evidence. Tne Box Butte delegates did not make the trip in a body and for that reason did not meet with the recep- tion tendered the delegates who ar- rived in Lincoln on the special train 1 Antloch, and the Hord Alkali pro of seven Pullmans and a baggage car. ducts company at Lakeside. All Box Butte delegates are "a wear- I Have Abundant Capital ing of the green"' this week, the Box ' The Herald reporter is not at 11b Butte ribbon being of the well known erty to give the names of any of the Irish color. Printed on the ribbon men who will engage in the new pro is a picture of an Irish potato and the position, but he is at liberty to state name "Box Butte." I that he has been informed, on what Some Attending ' on the face of it seems to be the best Among the Box Butte people at- of authority, that the new company tending the meetings in Lincoln this will start with a capital stock of week are E. G. Englehorn. L. J Schill, A. H. Grove, W. E. Spencer, C. A. Newberry, L. D. Blair, E. T. Kibble. Dr. W. J. Mahaffy, R. W. Mahaffy, John O Keefe, Oscar O'Ban non, Alex Yee, Wilbur Patterson, Jr., D. E. Purinton, J. F. Nabb, L. Mc- Carthy, J. C. Morrow, and County Agent F. M. Seidell of Alliance; and W. M. Iodence, A. S. Enyeart, Mrs. A. S. Enyeart, John Jelinek and Mrs. John Jelinek of Hemlngford. luteal Men on Program V SI a 1 I A. The meetings of the different branches are being held mostly at the university farm, but several are "be- struction work is to bo rushed nnd ing held iu the city proper, at the the plant completed as soon as pos Commercial Club rooms and at the Bible, te plant to be in operation by Lindell and Lincoln hotels. The Lin- the month of July, 1917. coin city auditorium is open for the Local parties Interested in the new general exhibits and big evening plant will not permit their names to meetings. Meetings are being held for those interested in horses, cuttle, dairying, growing of alfalfa, sweet clover and dry farming, horticulture, home economics, corn growers, pota to growers, etc. A. S. Enyeart of Hemlngford was on the program Tuesday at the meeting of the Ne braska Corn Growers Association. Seidell Heads PajKT Today is "Box Butte Day" and also "Potato Day." It is but fitting and proper then that Box Butte be well represented on this program. County Agent F. M. Seidell this af- ternoou delivered tbe opening paper before the convention of the Nebras- ka State Horticultural Society. His subject was "The Importance of the Nebraska Potato Industry." Mr. Seidell said: leading Cash Crop "The potato industry in western Nebraska is today recognized as one of the leading phases of Nebraska's agriculture, ine potato is western Nebraska s leading cash crop. At present there is no crop in tbe state that is receiving so much attention1 from the Nebraska Agricultural Ex tension Service and the United States Department of Agriculture as the po tato. In fact it was through the Ex tension Service that the real siguif- icance of the industry was recognized and the first assistance given the po tato growers. Today the most im portant potato counties have their .County Agent. The industry is so important that many of the leading i agricultural Journals, dailies, local 'press, land agents, potato growers j and prospective potato growers are constantly calling upon the Exten- sion Service for Information regard ing the importance and all phases of the Western Nebraska Potato Indus try. Worth More Than Sugar Heets "As a potato producer Nebraska stood 10th, 12th. and. 12th, for 1914, 11915 and 1916, among all the states , in the Union. A study of a produc tion map shows that Irish potatoes i are grown qtiite extensively in every slate, liased upon reports or J no ur tice of Markets and Rural Organiza tion. ITnilHii SlutPM Dpnartnipnt of Agriculture, Nebraska stood seventh in 1916 among all in total numebr tof cars of potatoes shipped. Based J upon the Bureau of Crop Estimates 'reports the value of the Nebraska - potato crop at fl.00 a bushel is ,17,600.000 or three times tbe value of the sugar beet crop of the Platte Valley. ! "The commercial potato section of Nebraska covers that pout Ion of the state lying west of a north and south line through Broken Bow and North of a east and west line through North I'latte. This section lies entirely west of the proverbial twenty four Inch rainfall line. The elevation J (Continued on page 3) TO tiUlLU HtW PJIASH PLAN1 Corporation With $100,000 Capital Fully Paid to Ruild Rig Plant at lllrdsell MAY CONSOLIDATE ALL PIANTS Mammoth Potash Hennery Said to Depend on Whether or Not Con solidation Is Successful At last tho f;icts are known. For weeks there havj been vagua rumors floating r.bout Alliance. Box Butte thero was some new movement un der wPay which pertained direectly to the development of tho Alkali re sources of Nebraska and in Sheridan and Box Butte coun'lco, In partlcu- lar. Nothing definite could be learned Now the truth has como to light Plant 7 Miles East A new plant is to bo erected at Birdsell on the line of tho C. B. & Q. railway seven miles east of Alli ance in Box Butto county for the purpose of making alkali products or potash, by the same process used by the Potash Products company at Hoffland, the Nebraska potash works and the American potash works at 9100,000, every cent of stock being fully paid. This indicates that there are men with abundant means at their command back of the proposl- conte'Bts. a big carnival with its mid tlon. While not a name can be giv- an ,v- with it in en out at this time it might easily be assumed that certain Alliance men 1 J A -1 I V. o k amm are inieresieu in me new cuimm. To Have larger Output The plant to be built at Birdsell, wnicn is now naruiy more man a siding on tne Burlington, win it is stated be the roost modern plant of an ana win nave a larger ouipui than any now in operation. The con be used at this time and will not state what lakes are to derive their re- sources from. (ViiiMtnicn May Consolidate While an announcement at this time may be premature, It Is never theless understood that there is a movement on foot tending toward o consolidation of all companies en- gaged in the development of alkali resources In this section. If this consolidation is effected or Is under way, then there is reason to believe the rumor that a large alkali pro- ducts refining plant will e erected in or near Alliance In the very near fu - ture. Talk of Refinery For some time there has been a persistent rumor that a big refinery is to be built, but those who should be in a position to know are either! Close mouthed regarding tne propo - sition or deny all knowledge of it. ; However, it is understood that those bacKing tne new company nave a re- finery in mind, and that tney also ure considering a consolidation. Attracting Attention The alkali resources of Nebraska are now attracting great attention all over the country. Articles are ap pearing in different newspapers and periodicals telling of the wonderful development of this business In the last few years and af the fortunes be ing made. Sunday the Lincoln State Journal carried a story telling of the development of these resourc es. The Journal said: Nebraska has a new Industry one of vital agricultural and com nerclal Importance. This state now leads the world in the production of pot ash. The development of this nat ural resource has taken place almost entirely within the last five years. First Investigations were made of the alkali lakes near Alliance in 1910, the first rude plant erected in 1912, and since that time capital has been poured Into the industry. Several plants are In operation and. together with those inconstructlon, over three quarters of a million dollars has been invested. From one plant alone, shipments of chemicals aro made at the rate of two carloads daily, re tailing at prices that would have seemed preposterous before the war. War Causes Development 'The outbreak of the struggle in Europe has been the chief factor in the development of the alkali indus try in Nebraska. With the shutting in this country off of supplies of chemicals from Europe, tho Industry In this country received a tremendous Impetus. The lakes In northwestern Nebraska, formerly considered worth less, are now the center of attention by capitalists and promotors, and as the supply of alkalies and other val uable chemicals has been estimated at over 100,000 tons for aslngle lake, (Continued on page 10) PLAN STOCKMEN'S HEUEIUN IN JUI E Would Combine. County Fair and Re union, Making a Hot Show all the Way Through At a meeting of the board of dir ectors of the Alliance Commercial Club here Monday evening It was de cided to stage a big stockmen's re union In Alliance this year, probably on Wednesday, Thursday and Frl Iny, June 27, 28 and 29. While the ofliclal stockmen's convention will be held at Valentine this year, It has been learned that the stockmen and the commission men are anxious to come to Alliance, knowing full well that no town in this section is better capable of staging a really "big" stunt than Alliance. It is believed that the stockmen's reunion when held here In June will outshine all of the "shiners" that have ever been held. Make Directors Proposition As yet no definite arrangements have been made and none will be made until after Friday night, Janu ary 26, when the annual meeting of the Box Butte County Fair Associa tion Is to be held. At this time a proposition will bo put up to the newly-elected directors of the fair association to combine the fair and Reunion into the reunion, with the holding of a fall festival at about the time the fair would be held. Means Rigger Show Experience has taught that All I ance cannot stage two really big stunts of this kind in a year. The time chosen for the Stockmen's Re union will be a time when all farm ers and ranchmen can get away, and should avoid a season of rain. If the association will co-operate the Commercial Club. It Is stated, will advance a sum of money, probably 11.000. to be considered as receipts and after all expenses have been paid the club and the association are to share the profits on a 60-60 basis. Races, Contests, and All It Is Dlanned to make the reunion a hummer. There will be horse races, stork exnioiis, Ducxing norse fact affair bigger than the county - ,,.. ., a time that Is I ' more opportune. If K0G8 through, then In the fa a Fall FeBtlva1 will be held, and R b)l? ttme pnj0yed. Exhibits may be brought In and almost the equlv aient ef a fajr had. . . COUNTY AGENT WORK TO BE CONTINUEP Commlssloners Make $1,500 Appro priation Federal and State Government Gives f 1,200 The office of county acent Is to be maintained in Box Butte county This fact became a certainty Monday when the Board of County Commls shiners voted a 11.500 appropriation ior inni purpose j The action of tho county commis sloners meets with the approval o praetisally all land holders In Box Butte county. Before taking any ac tion of tho proposition the board re Icelved petitions signed by a large per centag e of tho land holders of th county and also from the businesn . and professional men of Alliance. Al expressed It as there desire to have the work continued i nnv Ttnltn find Sliorldnn ronntlo jHP two of ninfl counties in Wbraski' . WJn COunty agents, operating by praco 0f a federal statute.' Unci Sam contributes $600 annually the salary of tho county agent these nine counutuuiuesuuu, and tb state of Nebraska pays a like sum The other funds necessary to conduc the work havo in the past been raise by popular subscription. However a time came when the federal gov ernment would not allow an appro priation unless the counties them selves came forward and recognize the work and provided funds to heir carry It along. The action of th board on Monday was all that wa needed to secure the federal and stat appropriation for this coming year The board made tho appropriation of $1,500 to be paid "whenever the funds are legally available." Sheridan county has an appropri ation of $1,200 a year for this work the county board there having mad their appropriation beforo the Box Butte commissioners got busy. Coun ty agent F. M. Seidell will remain in charge of the work In this county F(KT HALL TEAM GIVEN SWEATERS Tbe members of the 1916 Alliance High School football team wero pre sented with their sweaters Monday morning. Tho sweaters contain ser vice stripes on tho left arm, ono stripe for each year tho player has played on the team. " WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT The report of F. W. Hicks, official weather observer for Alliance, for the week ending Wednesday, Janu ary 17, is as follows: Jan. Max. Min. Snow Wind Day 11 52 12 NW Pt Cl'dy 12 20 3 NW Pt Cl'dy 13 20 -10 NW Pt Cl'dy 14 20 2 NE Cloudy 15 15 -2 2 NE Pt Cl'dy 16 14 14 W Pt Cl'dy J7 28 -18 W Pt Cl'dy INNED UNDER AUTO-KILLED Carl Ricknell Died at Home of Ills Parent Karly Sunday Morning Chest Crushed ACCIDENT HAPPENED SATURDAY Funeral Services Held at Homo Wed nesday Afternoon House Fill ed with Friends Funeral services for Carl nickn; li who died at 9 o'clock Sunday moin- ng following injury In an automo bile accident which happened about 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, were held at the home of his Barents. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Blcknell, 618 Toluca, yesterday afternoon, January 17. at ociock. uev. William Carson Shaw of St. Matthew's Eolsconal church preached the funeral Bermon. The number who came to attend th funeral services of their friend and to extend their heartfelt sympathy to tne parents ana relatives in tbelr sorrow completely filled the house. Interment was made In Greenwood cemetery. Happens Mile East of Town Carl Blcknell was about twer.ty years old and was a young man who had a host of friends in and about Alliance. He was an Industrie us . young man and held the respect nnd esteem -of all who knew him. The taking away of a young man of Mb calibre is a distinct loss to any com munity and Is no exception to Alli ance. Tne accident which resulted In his death happened about 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon a mile east of -this city on the road near the Harrl ranch. Had Ileen to Ranch William Rice and Carl Blckpelf left Alliance the first of last week. going to the former's ranch north of Gordon on the Indian reservation. The return trip to Alliance was be I lg made. The two men ate dinner S at urday noon at Gordon and wore bound for Alliance. Tho car they were rfdlng in was a Chalmers ond belonged to Mr. Rice. It took tb m less than five hours to como from Uordon to tho place where the acci dent happened, about a niilo from Alliance. Tho distance from Gordon to Alliance Is seventy mllcf nenms country. This make sn avemo speed for the distance of about fif teen miles an hour, but us they ncir ed tbe city they becamo anxious to net home on. I bo were running a! a rate of probably thirty-five to forty miles an hour. Heard Car Coming The exhaust on tho car was opn according to a statement made by Mrs. R. L. Harris and two children and a hired man, Martin Wilson, ell of the Harris ranch. They heard te "ar coming before It was In sight. Smashed Into Rank South of tho Harris mnch tho r ir hit a small culvert and left the red, In the effort to get back to the rc id 'lie rear wheels skldled aualnst 1 bank, tbe wheels having hit an ly retrh In the bottom of the di b. Two of the wheels were wrec1, 1 when the car smashed against tho Mnk. and the car turned turie. Blcknell was pinned to th growrt. His chest was crushed into a sp tce of about three Inches. Neither of the men could Jump when the p- - l- 'ont hiipponed ps the sl'lo curtriia on the car were down and hook d William Rice in so"'o nnaccount: 1 manner escaped with but a f -w bruises. Just another evidence of ie freaklshnons of automobile accidents Wan Unconscious Within a very few minutes ofier the accident happened HtMiry R.rst happened along, and he, with the as sistance of others who gnthcrsd there, lifted the car off the 'mcn sclous man. The young man wib Immediately taken to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W Bicknell, 518 Toluca, in this city. A physician was immediately cul'ed and every effort made to save the young man's life, but efforts w ire fruitless. Internal hemorrhages tet in and Carl Blcknell passed out of this life, relieved forever from his pain and suffering. A Pitiful Sight When help arrived on the so n of the accident, they were confront ed with a pitiful sight. Will im Rice was attempting with all his might to lift the automobile from off his companion's chest. There v. jr tears in his eyes and his face showed the greatest suffering and he stood there bending every energy In his effort to get the car off the seenvng ly lifeless body of bis compar;on. The accident left him stunned I'l a way. It la an experience that is bound to remain vivid in his memory- the sudednness of it, his ina bility to do anything to prevent it. and the sight of his friend there un der the car, his chest crushed, and life apparently gone out. Cause Not Known An examination of the car was made Sunday morning bv a nuriher of automobile men. The steering rod connecting the two front whN was found to be loose, but no on" D (Continued on page 12)