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The Alliance Herald
OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION AND NEBRA SKA STATE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S A SSOCIATION
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VOLUME XXIV
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, JUL 26, 1917
NUMBER 34
MASTER LISTS
ARE MAILED
i m I Hoard Sent Two Mgfa in lif
ferenl Mutts Herald Publish
es '..- Draft Idas
WfLL HK TWO MOKK DRAFTS
Drafts Will H Held in Porto RICO
and Alaska Kirt Kxamin-
I ions in about Week
The master lists containing the
numbers in the order in which they
were drafted in the great draft held
in Washington last week have been
mailed from Washington to the local
board. There are eleven sheets to
each list one sheet for each 1,000
numbers and the e leventh sheet for
the remaining 500 numbers.
The Alliance Herald wan first in
Alliance to receive the news Friday
morning that the draft was actually
In progress. The first three num
bers drawn were received by The
Herald by telegraph shortly after 9
o'clock Friday morning. Arrange
ments had been made between The
Herald and Marcus Frankle of The
Famous Clothing store to display the
bulletins in the show windows at the
Famous. Special bulletins issued by
The Herald and placed in every bus
iness house in the city quickly
spread the news that the drawing
was in progress and that the num
bers were being received.
Crowd Wait for Return
In a surprisingly short time a
crowd congregated In front of The
Famous eagerly looking over the
lists and waiting for additional bul
letins. All day long the crowd re
mained. Late Friday afternoon Tin
Herald issued a special bulletin giv
ing the numbers and nan.es of the
first hundred drawn. Saturday a re
vised bulletin was issued, and Mon
day a complete list of numbers post
ed. The complete list appears in
the second section of this issue of
'file Herald.
In order that the board would be
assured of getting a list in the mails,
two copies were mailed in separate
mails. The theory of this practice
is that if one list went astray, the
other would surely reach its destina
tion. These lists are being posted by
each board on receipt. The men
drafted for the tirst call are there
upon called to present themselves for
examination as the board may desig
nate. To make it easier for the men, the
board will notify them by mail on
what day to appear for examination.
But in the final analysis it is Incum
bent upon the man himself to appear
belore the board should he fail to
receive notice.
May Join Arni Yet
Those selected for service under
the draft- will be permitted to enlist
in the regular army or national
guard at any time prior to their call
for Rumination before exemption
boards, probably in about a Week,
Frovost Marshal Central Crowdcr
announced. The) will not, howev
er, be allowed to join the marine
corps.
The first men actually drafted
probably will be detailed to the reg
ular army In order to bring thai
branch up to its full war strength or
noo.ooo. if the 35,000 enlistment
needed are not obtained before ex
aminations begin. Others will be
put into the national guard.
Two More Drafts
Two more drafts will be held, but
not in Washington. One will be at
San Juan, I'orto Uico. under the di
rection of th- governor general
there. Approximately 104,000 For
to Means registered on July 6. their
registration day. and the governor
general notified the war depaitiuent
that this probably would be increas
ed to 110.000 by Subsequent regis
trations delayed by ignorance or bad
weather. This In a 100 i'r oenl "''"
Istratloa for t lie islands. The de
tails of the PortO Rico draft have
not been set.
Alaska has not even registered jret.
she is supposed to supply 691 nn u
for the national army. It will re
quire more t!;;,:i three month for the
northorniost territory lo register
alone, it is estimated, and probably
six months more before the draft
can bo completed and the force HtO
bollied.
Y0UN6 RUSSIAN TO
VISIT BOX BUTTE
Itufcsian Commission to America
S4"nd Man to Investigate the
4'ounty Agent Work
Box Butte county within a week or
two will have the honor of entertain
ing and instructing a progressive
young man from the new republic of
Russia. This young man is one of
twenty brought here to become ac
quainted with the county agent work
in this country. The Box Butte
County Far mBureau. County Agent
Seidell and the residents of this
county all have reason to feel proud
that this county has been selected
to aid in this work. The young man
Is expected to arrive in Alliance
within the next week or ten days.
Charles E. Gunnels, county agent
leader. In a letter to County Agent
F. M. Seidell, says:
"A letter from W. A. Lloyd. In
charge of county agent work north
and west, to Frofessor Pugsley reads
in part as follows:
" 'We have just been honored by
a call from Frofessor N. Boradin
representing the Russian Commis
sion to America, who wishes to ac
quaint about twenty young men from
Russia with county agent work in
the United States.
" 'We are writing to inquire if you
can arrange to assign three of these
men to as many of your county
agents for a period of about two
weeks each. Most of them speak
English but slightly and we should
like your co-operation in seeing that
every courtesy is shown them and
that they be given opportunity to ob
serve the work of your agents. They
will he not only interested in the
demonstrations, meetings and evi
dences of local co-operation of the
farmers, but also in study and ob
servation of the use of all types and
kinds of farm machinery.
" 'The international significance
of this visit from these young Rus
sians is so important that I know you
will urge attention to their comfort
on the part of the agents that they
be given opportunity to see as much
as possible in the time that they can
be in your state. They will be pre
pared to pay their expenses and will
be reedy for work in about two
weeks.'
"This gives you enough of the let
ter so that you can understand what
is wanted. If you are willing to un
dertake the task, please advise me at
once that we may forward the nec
essary information to Washington."
County Agent Seidell asks the co
operation of all in making the visit
of the young Russian assigned to
this county both profitable and entertaining.
TULLY ESTATE IS
OPENED FOR PROBRTE
I i i;k i AKKIKIt I.XA.MINATION
FOB A I.I.I A v K FOSTOFKK i:
Hit rat so f. W. Iliehs of the local
civil service board announces that
on Saturday. August ii, at Alliance,
a competitive examination will be
held for the positions of clerk and
city carrier in the post office at Alli
ance. Married women will not be
admitted to this examination, Clerks
i" the offices of the tirst and second
class offices, and carriers in the eft
deliver) service, are divided into live
uradeh. the salaries of which ar
$800, $900, $1,000, $1,100 and II.
200 per annum, respectively
Those who are interested in tak
ing the examination may secure ad
ditional information by inquiring of
Mr. Hicks at the Alliance postoftVe
Miss Alice Cbrystler is at Ster
liufc, Colo., enjoying a three weeks'
visit with relatives and friends
Herman A. Peters Is Apiointetl Ad
ministrator at the Request of
Mrs. Charles Tully
The estate of the late Charles Tul
ly was opened for probate in the
count v court Tuesday afternoon be
fore .iurtge Ira K. Tash. Mrs. Cap
itols S. Tully. the widow, in a peti
tion to the court, asked the appolnt
m tit of Herman A. Peters as ad
ministrator. The bond was fixed at
10,000, which Mr. Peters supplied.
After the bond was approved. Mr
Peters took the oath of office and
has now entered upon his duties.
The petition presented to the
court by Mrs. Tully sets forth that it
is her belief that the estate is mined
at approximately $r0,000. What
the value of the estate actually is
will not be known until the admin
istrator gets the stairi of the estate
lined up. The total may he twice
$50,000, or it may be less. The dir
ect heirs are Mrs. Tully and Lloyt
If. Tully. the son. Mr. Tully left no
will
Mr. Tully s interests were many
and varied. He owned oue-half of
the stock of the Tully-Musser Cattle
Company, the parent company for
several lesser companies Logan
Musser owns the other filly per cent
of the stock The company is tap
ing interested in the Tully-Musser
Cattle Co., Mr. Tully was interested
in the Fawn Lake Cattle Co., the
Box A Ranch Co.. the IMains Iron
Works of Denver, the First Stale
Bank of Alliance, and other con
terns. He carried between $ IS. 000
SI 1 1 5,04)0 i:i life insurance, it is
aid,
1 1 ITV III VS A TRACTOR
TO HK I SKU OX HOARs
The Ins ace and purchasing eom
I mlttee of the cltl council held a
lanui.iui muLiiiu' Tii Jaw nieht and
agreed to the purchase of a Case
tractor to be used on the city Street
The traitor will be purchased thru
Lowry it Henry, this nun haviBS
agreed to sell the tractor to the
city at absolute cost to them, don.it
ing the profit they would nalurall
receive on the sale for the good of
the city
INSTALL NO
MORE PHONES
fM 20 More Telephones May u In.
stalled in Alliance IMiring
Present Kmergcncy
MORE PROPERTY
ON TAX LISTS
County Assessor Reports Increase of
Over f Million IK. liar in
IVrsomil Meets
CONSERVATION OF SERVICE ' ASSEHSKII TOTAL IS s , i , .. (.", oo
Shortage of Materials Alllauce
North Platte Circuit Finished
Men Eaid Off
Mis. M I. Hurgraves, Mrs K. A.
Hall and Mrs Sam Tillett have rem
ed a cabin at Mystic. S. U for a
month. They will be joined there
b Mrs. Frank Herron and Mis W.
!W Woods
Manager F. R. (Reason of the Al
liance exchange of the Nebraska Tel
ephone Company has received orders
to the effect that when twenty more
telephones are installed in Alliance,
no further phones art- to be installed
until further notice. Manager dlea
son states the order means just what
it says and that if Alliance residents
are contemplating having telephones
Installed i they will be wise if they
have it done immediately.
There are several reasons assigned
for this order. In the first place the
company finds it next to impossible
to secure material, including wires
and telephone instruments. The war
is directly responsible for this be
cause the materials that are used in
a telephone system are some of the
materials necessary in the war pro
gram. All facilities of the great tele
phone systems are being worked to
capacity, states Mr. (Reason. Dur
ing the first month after the wr Wttt
declared there was an increase of
.1,800,000 calls, accord ing to records
from all sections of the countr.
When It is considered that this mi r
ber is not the total, but instead Is
tin increase in the number of calls,
some Idea can be gained of the effect
of the war on the telephone system
The telephone service of the coun
try is ueing held at the call of the
government. Government business
comes first and there has been I
great increase in the number of of
ficial calls all over the country, due
to the mobilization of troops, the
placing of orders and the general
getting ready program.
The telephone companies are not
putting in extension telephones Og
any private branch exchange equip
ment. This is the first time In hia
tory. states Manager Clenson. that
this condition has existed and itwr
seems to be no telling when relief
may be expected.
Workmen Laid Off
Construction gangs are being laid
off all over the country. The new
circuit on the toll line from North
Flatte to Alliance was completed
here Saturday and the gang of twelve
men employed was then laid off, ami
no further construction work will be
undertaken this year. This condi
tion is general. Material is almost
impossible to get and this, coupled
with the fact that it is almost im
possible to gel men enough to at
tempt to start any large project,
places the company in a position
where they must accept the inevita
ble and discontinue operations every
where. Thousands of telephone line
men and others in the employ of the
telephone companies in the United
Stales have joined some branch Of
the federal service, and it is expect
ed that the draft will take many
more.
Conserve Facilities
Manager Cleasou asks that the
public do their part lo conserve the
telephone facilities of the country
now by not using the long-distance
only when necessary. He says that
particularly since the draft there
have been many needless calls, prob
ably not seemingly needless to the
person putting in the call, but never
theless, needless. For instance, it
is reporteti (hat Governor Neville at
Lincoln has had so many long-distance
calls from over the state from
fathers who think he tan do some
thing for a son or some relative that
the governor's time is ery much
I a ken up. if fathers snd othei rei
Stives could realize that the gover
nor is not the exemption board and
has absolutely no authority in mak
ing exemptions, many of these need
less calls would not be put in Sttd
the loll lilies would he open foi use
in business and emergency.
The Nebraska Telephone Company
has prepared 8 series of advert isc-
menta which are soon to start These
advert isetuents are not askint for
new business, but instead are asking
the people to conserve the telephone
service. The Nebraska Telephone
Company, aloni with other telephone
companies, is up against a serious
situation and is dohiK its beat, Mai.
agt r (Reason says, to net gkMg until
the time when business can be car
ried on as before
Miss Nidi Wilkins. traveling Uicl
operator, is in Alliance this week
Her headquarters are in Omaha
Miss Wilkins is here to give the op
erators Instruction in the handling
of telephone call with the idea of
Slaking (licit work more cfticicni
HI' V OI.R W HEAT EMM It. It's
I he liesl. Tin- price Mill go higher
and l lie supd soon gone. spcrlai
prison on ten -s-k lots. O'ttannon
Brothers, phone I .VI.
Mrs Pare) Cogswell and iaunhlei
went to Crawford Monday for a
short csit at the W. . Barney home
Tax Uotf for OOVMt) Will Frohahl.v
He Miiile Ne.i Month As-
sseMBnMt shorn nmpfeto
"The taking df the personal prop
erty assessment foi luxes In Box
Butte county foi this year is about
completed. With I he possible ex
ception of a vet fi w changes, It is
completed," said County Assessor .1
A. Keegan to The Herald. "Present
figures Indicate thai the grand total
of the personal property assessment
in Box Butte county this year will
show a gain of approximately $515.
935 over the figures shown in the
1916 assessment," said Mr. Keegan.
"Man) coiindes In Nebraska com
pleted the taking of the assessment
some time ago, but here In Box
Butte m have been delayed because
of the fact that we have put forth
great extra effort to have listed ev
ery bit ot personal property possi
ble 1( has taken a great amount
Ol time and work, and while we
kiiuw 0 e have not gotten every
thing, we know that the present as
sessment comes as nearly as possible
to listing all the personal property
in the county. We have been treated
Witb courtesy and respect in almost
SVerj instance, there having been
bUt very Tew instances where the
person being assessed has objected
st renUOUSly to the assessment as
made,"
The county assessor found It nec-
nary to return some schedules with
the request that they be reised. In
a few instances, as ascertained by
i lie Herald in looking over the rec
ords, it was necessary to raise the
assessment of confirmed tax dodg
ers as much as three hundred per
cent over the last year. The assess
or did this because he found that
the stock, equipment or other per
sonal property of the tax dodger war
ranted it.
Mr. Keegan is rather reticent
about claiming the credit due him
for his Impartial and fearless work
in the office of county assessor He
stated that he appreciates the sup
port given him by the county board
of equalization. Raid Mr. Keegan.
"It is right and proper that a man
blessed with three times as much
personal property as his neighbor!
pay three times as much tax. There
is no injustice in that and never can
be. We have tried to be fair in ev
ery instance, and we have found that
majority of people
is all the great
ask."
In interviews
have had their
Thi
the
with people who
assessment raised,
Herald's representative found
niaioritv of them ulad to stand
their share of the taxes if they
knew that their neighbor or compet
itor was compelled to stand the same
treatment. The average man doesn't
object to paying taxi's on what he
has when he has the assurance that
everyone tdse has to do the same.
The assessor's work is not yet per
fect and next year Mr. Keegan plans
on going further in the work of
equalizing the assessment.
The records show an approximate
gain in the assessment this year of
$515,935. This does not mean that
the burden of taxation is going to be
git ater, but it does mean that those
m-ho have the greatest amount of
personal property are going to pay
the greatest amount of the tax. It
can be readily seen thai in an un
equal assessment, I he burden of tax
ation will be unequal.
Said Mr KeeCSn: The board of
equalization fell it advisable lo sub
noana the bankers of the county to
jpass on a list of names of people be
'lieved to posst ss more property than
was turned in. The law gives the
board that power ami when called
(the bankers were placed under oath
and had no alternative in the matter
other than to tell the truth In this
Iws) we learned of s certain amount
of property 'hat had not been inro
ad in. Ii is right ami just that this
be done. If very many hold out,
I someone else lias '-'Ot to pa.V the
taxes on the other mans property.
We o no( believe (his will be Sec-
easary next year."
Present I cures la the hands of the
SMHSSOI ShOSI the total of personal
pro pert) listed iii the city of Alliance
to ! 14ft, SCO; in Lake pecrlnrt,
141,146; in Boyd, $4 7,640; ill
Wright, in Box Huite. $23.-
in Etanoiai Water, i .".79 r. ; in
Nonpareil. Iftt.lCft; in Uawn IfaV
449; in Liberty It 1,340; g Dorsey,
.tis ', ; ami in Snake Creek. :I0,
Ifl; maknm a grand total of $'..
iih.Io.. for 1917. as romps red to
$4,903,500 for 191 g gain of
IS 15. 93.'.
it is pass I his the total In both the
n of AiLaiu e sod m Dorse) grill
I..- raised before the assessment is
OTfl this year. The assessment 111
Wright is light due to the fact that
'there are not nearly the cattle in
W'riglK (his year there were lust
rear, man) bend having been sold.
Ths count) tax levy will probably
not he g)ads before some time next
moath.
V; TO MEET
Annual Count) Sunday School Con
vention to lb" Held at Hemlng;
ford Monday and Tuesday
The annual Box Butte county 9un
duy school convention will be held
next week at Hemlngford, Monday
and Tuesday, July 30-31. The con
vention will he held In the Hemlng
ford II, K. church This convention
is inter denominational. Kvery Sun
day School of every church of every
denomination in the county 1b invit
ed to send delegates to the conven
tion and take part In the proceed
ings. The llox Butte County Sunday
School Association is affiliated with
the Nebraska State Sunday School
Association, of which Margaret El
len Brown Is general secretary, and
W H. Klmberly Is business manag
er. Miss Alta V. Young of Alliance
is secretary of the county associa
tion. A well-balanced program has been
prepared for the convention at Hem
lngford on Monday and Tuesday. W.
H. Klmberly of the state association
will be in attendance and will deliv
er an address before the convention
Monday evening. Miss Brown will
give a stcreoptlcon lecture on China
Tuesday evening. Tuesday after
noon Rev. Burrill will talk on the
"Conditions and Needs of Northwest
Nebraska." Dr. J. B. Carns of Al
liance will be In charge of the devo
tionnls Tuesday afternoon.
The committee in charge of the
convention is anxious that all
churches be represented. It Is sug
gested that if delegates have not al
ready been appointed, they be ap
pointed before Monday.
The program follows:
MONDAY HVHNINO
8:00. Devotlonals Rev. York.
8:15. Address of Welcome Rev.
Burleigh.
Response C. H. Fuller.
Koii Call
Special Music Selected
8:45 Address Mr. Kimherly.
Collection.
Benediction.
'It'KNDA Y MOHNINii
:00 Quiet Hour - Mrs. T. J.
Brown.
9:30. Boll rail
Business Session.
Iteports: President. Secre
tary -Treasurer. , Division
Superintendent.
Appointment of Committees:
Resolutions, Nominsting.
10:30. Question Box.
Announcements.
Benediction.
Tl'KNRAY AKTKHNOON
2:00. Devotionals Rev. .1 B.
Cams.
2:30. Boll Call.
Special Music Selected
Report of State Convention
and Remarks - Messrs.
Klmberly and Brown.
3:30 ltfHJtt of Nominating Com
llllttee
Election of officers.
Ciifinished Business.
4:00 Conditions and Needs of
Northwest Nebraska Bev
Burrill.
4:45. Invitation for Next Conven
tion. Announcements.
Benediction.
I I KSDAY f A ! I .
8:00 Devotionals- -Rev. Brown
Roll Call.
Special Music Selected.
8:30 Stcreoptlcon Lecture. China
Miss Brown.
Collection.
Report of Resolutions Com
mittee. Benediction.
Adjournment
CHAUTAUQUA
AGAIN NEXT YEAR
Business Affairs to He Handled In
HiiH4nes-like Manner Start
WUI Re Made Karly
PLANS ARK UVUSU MAIK NOW
To Nell U..th Ncwnon and coupon
Tickets Kxpect to Have Rest
ful Rrwervcd Chairs
MEXICAN DIES FROM
SHOCK OF ACCIDENT
Caught Leg in Coal Conveyor al lo(
aoh riant al laikedd Died In
si. fdoefriVs HoKpitMi
Ramon Aaullar, a Mexican aged
about "0 years, died Wednesday
morning al '- o'clock at St. Joseph's
hospital from the shock of an acci
dent in which his left leg was seri
ously Injured at the iwdash plant of
the Hold Alkali Products Company
at Lakeside si 7 SO o'clock Tuesday
gvenlns
Anullar was snaased in hoveling
coal onto a moving conveyor at the
plant. In some manner his leg be
rente csusht In ihe conveyor, which
was a l once stopped, but not before
the leg was crushed and broken Re
was placed on a freight train which
was si Lakeside ami brought to Al
liance at once
Funeral services were held from
Holy Rosary church this morning,
interment being made In the Catho
lic cemetery Relatives are living
In Mexico.
The Herald buys old newspapers.
gUt ga Sines, catalogs, and scrap paper
of all kinds in good condition. We
pav twentV cents per hundred pounds
- four dollars per ton. I "' - of one
hundred pounds or more called for
if within the city limits of Alliance
Phone 340
Monday night saw the close of the
1917 Chautauqua for Alliance. Prom
the standpoint of the Chautauqua In
Itself It was a great success. The
Standard Chautauqua system of Lin
coln furnished a delightful program
one filled with genuine entertain
ment and instruction. In one or two
Instances one progrsm alone was
worth the entire price of a season
ticket.
When it is considered that about
the only opportunity Alliance haa to
hear the better lyceum talent la by
means of the Chautauqua, the need
for the Chautauqua is apparent. Lo
cated as Alliance Is, a considerable
distance from any lsrge city, about
midway between the central west
and the far west, and off the beaten
path as traveled by the first-class
theatre attractions and the best ly
ceum talent, about the only feasible
way to secure the talent for this city
is through the Chautauqua.
Now that this year's Chautauqua
is a thing of the past, plans are al
ready being made looking towards a
Chautauqua for next year. Tin
boosters are taking hold of the pro
position in a business-like manner
and propose to handle it all the way
through as a business proposition.
While criticising no one, it is never
theless a fact that the business of
boosting the Chautnuqua this year
dld not actually start until about ten
days before the opening date. Of
course, there are reasons for this,
but those who have the proposition
in hand do not propose to have it
happen again.
The business end of next year's
Chautauqua will be handled In a
somewhat different manner. Sea
son tickets will be sold as usual and
probably at the same price of M
However, another kind of ticket will
alse be Bold nest year. It is what 1
k now n as a coupon ticket, contain
ing twelve coupons, and will sell for
3. While the price of the coupon
ticket Is 1 more than the season
ticket, yet It has advantages that
will more than make up tor the dif
ference. For example: the coupon
tickets may be torn off and used by
anyone. If a man does not expect
10 attend the afternoon sessions he
n ice the coupon ticket to great
advantage. A man and his wife can
attend the six evening sessions on
the one coupon ticket at a cost of
",, while two season tickets cost 4.
More than this, the twelve tickets
thai make up a coupon ticket may
all he used at one session, i f -errioon
or evening, by as many different per
sons and It is all right.
Those who sold season tickets
slate that it is their honest belief
that fully 1300 more could have been
realized from advance sales had the
coupon ticket been in use.
Another improvement In the local
Chautauqua under consideration for
the coming year is the selling of re
set vid chairs. The plan is to sr
raoge two or three hundred chairs
in the front. These chairs may bo
r served for ten cents per session.
Reserved chair tickets will be sold
and one may purchase the same re
served chair for every session, for
the 1 veiling sessions, or for any giv
en session. It is believed that the
reset- d chair idea will work to
wards greater ticket sales, one of the
drawbacks of the Chautauqua Just
closed being the uncomfortable sests
The local committee did not break
even this year by almost $150. It
Is stated that it will probably be
necessary to assess each one who
signed the guarantee about $1. The
guarantee was for 1800. The sale
of season tickets totaled $704 There
was about $50 expense for the seats,
rental of the piano, moving ihe piano
two v, a .. .-. etc. This made the total
responsibility of the committee
SIOOQOl lo about $ K :' 0 .
ery efficient work was done by
1 1., volunteer sellers of season tick
ets and by the officers appointed
gOOttl two weeks before the opening
date of the Chautauaua. J H.
' Hants was president of the local
I commit toe, Rev. Black grgn set rata n ,
and W C. Mounts was treasurer.
KALK CI.OSKS NKXT
HATl RDAY XMitlT
The big piano contest of the Ueo
W Wiltsey July Clearance Sale clos
'es at liemingford at 10 o'clock Sat
urday night. July 28 Mr. Wiltsey
makes an announcement of much in
tens! to all, in this section of The
Herald this week, in connection with
1 the closing date of the sale. This
his been one of the most successful
sales of its kind ever held in Box
Butte county and is due to a large
extent to tbe unusual bargains given
at the store. You should plan to be
at the store at 3 o'clock Saturday af
ternoon and also Saturday evening.