til, 'or Leading Newspaper of Western Nebraska The Alliance Herald OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION AND NEBRASKA 8T ATE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN S A SSOCIATION 12 Pages 1 Section VOLUME XXIV ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, AUGUST 2, l!M7 NUMBER 35 POTATO CROPS NEED WATCHING Dr. ..-,. K. K. Link. Represent inn I H. DcMtrUiM'iit of Pathology and Vrd. Farm, CI Mtw Box Butte ELIMINATE DISEASES BY CAM FISHING 6000 ON LARABEE CREEK Hi. tn. . People Journey to Northern Sheridan u Catch Elusive stwl Delirious Trout Yield 111 Potato Belt Can be Increased to l.)ii;;. Amount and Better Grade of Potatoes Secured If the farmers of the "potato bell" of Nebraska - Box Butte, Sheridan and surrounding counties, will devote their attention to careful watching and systematic care for their potato rops. with special attention to the diseases which are prevalent, they will be able to eliminate the three diseases which are the most tumble some, and to grow better potatoes, us well as Retting a larger yield. It was the privilege of the Editor of The Herald to make a trip of in spection of Box Butte county fields last Thursday, in company with Dr. treo. K. K. Link, notato expert re presenting the Department of Patho logy, United States Department of Ag riculture, and the Extension Depart ment of the University of Nebraska. We learned more about the potato inductry on that trip than we have learned during a residence of ten years in the "potato belt" and we truct that every potato growr will read the article which follows, writ ten by Prof. Link, who devotes all of his time to the potato industry. The writer found that fields which look healthy and full of promise, are afflicted more or lesB with diseases which could have been prevented by h elimination of poor and diseased seed that other diseased fields are caused by following one crop of po tatoes with another instead of crop rotation. If the potato grower will start at the present time to "rogue" his fields pulling up the diseased plants, he will have a healthy crop of potatoes in the, fall and of a good grade. By using seed from "rogued" fields he will not be bothered as murb the next season with disease and if the practice of "rogueing" is continued over a period of years the diseases ;tn be practically eliminated. Dr. Link spent a week in Box Butte t county, visiting the potato fieldB. At j our request, before leaving for Dawes j county last Friday, he wrote an ar-1 ticle on the potato disease situation. The article is as follows: Pointer for Potato Growers (By Dr. Geo. K. K. Link) During the past week the writer i has visited many potato fields of Box Butte county. Potato diseases are very prevalent In some localities and are going to exact a heavy toll of the! crop. ThiB iB especially true for the ! Hemlngford district. In some locali- i ties there will be no more than a f I percent stand when the diseases have done their work Many fields. however, are showing 8 to 8,r per! cent stands. This is true especially tor the Alliance di.-.lriri. The backward spring season, fol-1 lowed immediately by the intensely j hot weather and drying winds that j have prevailed of late have favored , the appearance of various potato di- 1 siiases. The short eight ed policy of planting "any old spud" which has prevailed in years past and which was especially marked this year, because of the shortage of seed, has contri buted to a great extent to the inordi nate amount of potato disease in this and other regions. This does not aim to be a complete treatise on potato diseases or on seed selection. It is designated to get you started right, to telll you what you must, and can do mm. Potato diseases cut this years stand in iK)tato fields by preventing germin ation of seed pieces and by killing sprouts before, or shortly after, com ing up. These diseases are also go ing to cut (he yield very appreciably by weakening plants and by killing many outright, either slowly or sud denly. They also deteriorate and de stroy tubers put into storage. The diseases most prevalent in this locality are: 1. Blackleg . Fusaarium. S. The Uhizoi tonia Disease. These are caused by parasiiec organisms and are transmitted through the seed piece. Blackleg Symptoms. This disease is caused b bacteria which kills the vines ami rot the tubers. It is very prevalent in tee local fields The plants are uiithfiffy and under sised. If the plant escapes an early death it bc coimr lighter green and even yellow. The plant may wilt gradually and die or It ma wilt down very suddenly. There is a folding of the younger leaven on the midrib in this disease. The ad m need stages of the disease are niarged by a jet black color of the sVo't. This color extends from the seed piece to the ground level, and in MiiVBlU ed cases above it. The disease spreads to the little tubers and may rot these in the field or in storage or lie dorinat UStll the next spring capping ml Hi nil hills and sick plants. Control. Hogueing of field, hill selection and treatment with corro slve sublimate or formaldehyde be fore planting should give a clean (Continued on page 12) A number of Alliance nimrods, who went to catch more than the plain bullhead or the foolish, easy biting sunflsh, have found a fishing retreat in northern Sheridan county that puts all the rest in the shade, when it comes to catching them in western Nebraska. Jim Keeler, Alliance's pioneer fisherman, is given the credit for discovering this excellent camping and fishing retreat. His good Judg ment has been proven by the fact that he never falls to bring back the limit of speckled trout and by the fact that other Alliance people are now following his trail and making catches that make them feel like real fishermen. On Saturday of last week, a party under the leadership of George Dar ling, and composed of Percy .lan.ua. H. M. Buahnell, Jr., J. Carl Thomas, The Herald editor and "Jimmy" Pierce, The Herald's man of all work, left for Iarabee Creek in two autos. with a complete set of camp equip ment, carefully and wisely selected by the leader. The speedometer showed the distance there to be eighty-eight miles and, strange to relate, was the same distance back. Mr. Darling has the happy faculty of finding roads. If The Herald's auto had been leading we would have landed probably In Hot Springs, or in the middle of the Pine Hidge i Indian reservation. The last part or the trip, new to all those in the 'party, was made after dark Saturday night, but the leader kept the right I trail and about 11 o'clock we struck a creek the banks of which were lined with big trees. After making camp we saw a light turned on nearby and were surprised to find thai Mr. and Mrs. Keeler were camp ed about a hundred feet away Af ter a short visit with Jim. beds were made in the open and a few hours' sleep was gotten. All were up and out bright and early and the next day wvs,tpent in catching trout. By evening all had been successful -some more so. oth ers less, but everybody was satis fied. Other Alliance fishermen, learning of the Bucceas of the trip, are plan ning on spending their week ends on the Lara bee and White Clay creeks. DRAFT NOTICES OUT THIS WEEK Will Probably Be Mailed lte Tills Afternoon or Friday Morning by nl Board MAY HAYK TO CALL M MEN Believed Considerable Number Will Be Diseharged for Ynrlous Rmmmh THRESHERMEN ANO GROWERS TO MEET Council of l'f.-nx and Kami Bureau Call Meeting to He Held Here Auaw 1 1 A meeting of the threshernien and all growers who have winter wheat or winter rye unthreshed will be held in the assembly room at the Box Butte county court bouse in Alliance Saturday, August 11, at 3 p. in. Tin purpose of the meeting is to discov er ways and means for early thresh ing and early seeding of a larger acreage than usual. The national emergency demands such a conference. It is hoped that in Box Butte and adjoining counties who want seed can be supplied. The meeting is called jointly by the Box Butte County Council of Defense and the Box Butte County Farm Bureau. Be. and Mrs. A. A. 1-iyton have gone to Denver for a stay of two weeks, leaving on July 30 Their address there will be in care of the Colorado Woman's College. Penrose K. Uomig returned Wed nesday morning from eastern Nebr aska. He visited at Fort Crook Willi the hoys of Company G for several Konrs and enjoyed watching them the best drilled company in the regi ment. Penrose says that Johnny Williams is losing some of hi fa, but thai when the drill in which the sol diers throw themselves flat on the ground comes Johnny bounces like a rubber ball MB. JAMESON IN TIIK CITY Charles C. Jameson, president of B icha rds A- Comstock. was in Alli ance today between trains, on his way to Kllsworth on business. Mr. Jameson is now making his home a' Denver In connection with his du ties as secretary-treasurer of the Nebraska Stockgrowers Association h" ! just elosed the contract for this fiscal year with (he Wyoming association for inspection of cattle tor brands at the stock markets. The Wyoming association asked the sum of $6.00 tor the lis.;,) year, hut Mr. Jameson was successful in saving the Nebraska association the sum of $r.f by getting the contract for &.ftP, Mr Jameson expects to re turn to Denver tonight via Alliance, Notices to drafted men will be mailed either late this afternoon or early Friday morning, according to a statement made by County Clerk W. C. Mount, secretary of the ex emption board for Box Butte coun ty. The board has received the mas ter lists and have made up the draft list for Box Butte county from the master list. All that remains isithe last checking io make certain that everything is correct. Thirty-one men will he drafted in this county at this call. To secure this number it will he necessary to call at least twice that number for examination, and Clerk Mounts believes that a larger number will have to be call ed. Any man whose name appears in the first 150 on the list should be on the lookout for his notice. The no tices calling the men for examina tion will be mailed to the addresses shown on the registration cards. If you have moved, make arrangements to get your mail. The fact that you fail to receive your notice is no ex cuse for you. It is up to you to ap pear at the time set, and it would be the wise thing to be there. BKI CHOSS BltEAKFASTS Mrs. Lloyd Thomas was hostess this week at two 9 o'clock break fasts, given on Wednesday and Thursday mornings. The break fasts were served in four courses and the residence was decorated in patriotic colors, with sweet peas ami cut flowers. Following the break- 1-fuet each -morning the ladles spent the time in sewing for the Red Cross. Wednesday morning Mrs. I. K. Tash rwon the free-for-all prize and Mrs. W. W. Norton the prise for the neatest work. The guests Wednes day were Mesdaroes Rowan. Cogs well, Knight, Tash, James Fuglns, M. E. Johnson, Grebe, Highland. Nel lie WilBon, F. W. eLsti i , C. L. Drake, Crawford, Norton. Hunter. Dole, Marvin and Edick. A solo was ren dered by Mrs. Hershnuin and music on the Aeolian Vocalian by Mrs Edick. On Thursday the free-for-all prize was won by Mrs. John Burke and the prize for the neatest sewing by Mrs. Sallows. The guests this morn ing were Mesdames Nieman, B. C. Anderson. Chase Fes gins, Abegg, Phelan, Buckley. Thiele. Beckwith. Cantz, L. L. Smith. Lloyd Johnson, Toohey, Geo. Head. John Burke, Sal lows, Walker. Hershman, Hobert Beddish, Howard Reddish, Kenner, Hhein, Gurley. Karl Mallery. Basye, loe O'Connor, Mann, Biederman of Sheri- ALLIANCE POTASH CO. ORGANIZED New Company, CnpitaBzcd at tlft mn, win start Erection nl Plant at Antiorh ohganization made tonight Brine Will Be Pumped from Frank K runs, I dikes Twelve lo Four teen Miles to Ant inch Completion of the urbanisation of the Alliance Pol ish Company, with a capitalization of n. will be made tonight m a meeting of the stockholders, practically all of whom will be Alliance men Frank Krause, one of the Krause Brothers, who lives at Fountain City, Wis., will be president of I he co.npany and will hold a lame dune of the stock In the company, li. B. Tlerney, a chemi cal engineer of wide reputation, of Mollne. III., will be the only other stockholder niiisele of Alliance. Alliance men who will have stock in the company are R. M. Hampton, C. A .Newberry. F. E. HolBten, F. W. Harris. Frank Abegg, H. A. Peters (who is a lurge ranch holder north east of Alliance). Earl D. Mallery, P. J. Was and Dr. C. E. Slagle. The capital stock of $165,000 is fully subscribed John Krause, one of the Krause Brothers, and one of the owners of the rich lakes which are being pump ed and used by the American Potash Company) is the active organizer of the m w company and will have the jac ive management of the company and plant. Mr. KrauBe returned ; from Chicago last week where he placed orders for equipment. The lakes from which the brine will be pumped lie from twelve to fourteen miles north of Antlnch and are of excellent potash content. It is expected that the new plant will be lu operation by January 1, 1918. It will be located on a forty-acre tract just east of the American plant stt Antiocb. RORLINGTON 10 RUN STOLE BOOZE mm SIUUK I RAINS Announcement Mnde Thai l-Htra Stork Plck-ni Will Be QSMJial ed, starting Saturday The Burlington, starting Satur day, August 4, and continuing through the stock-shipping season, probably until Sunday, October 27. will run stock pick-up extras oui of Alliance on Sat unlays and Sundays of each week to handle stock from Alliance to Dunning, inclusive, ac cording to a bulletin issued this week from the office of Superintend ent W. M. Weldenhamer In this city. When needed to handle stock, a train will be run on Mondays during this period on the same schedule aa the Saturday and Sunday trains. The Burlington will not schedule thla train east of Seneca hut It will be understood the train will pick up stock as far ast as Dunning. Saturday, August 4. to Sunday, August 19, schedule will tie aa fol-Iowa: Leave Alliance 1:45 Antloch 2:24 Lakeside 2:50 Ellsworth 3:15 Bingham 3:50 Ashby 4:30 H an ins 5:20 Whitman 6:15 Hecla 7:05 Mullen 7:40 Arrive Seneca 8:30 Leave Seneca 8:45 Commencing Saturday, August 25, the schedule will be aa follows Ieave Alliance 11:00 Antloch 11:39 Lakeside 12 Ellsworth 12 Bingham 1 Ashby 1 Hyannis 2 Whitman 3 Hecla 4:20 Mullen 4:55 Arrive Seneca 5:45 Leave Seneca 6:00 PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM 10 43 :13 :48 34 :40 AM AM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM Carl Thomas, Kousseuu. and dan, Wyo. The hostess was assisted by Mes dames L. L. Smith, Nieman. Carl Thomas, and Misses Hazel Rennet', Cynthia Davenport and Charlotte Moll ring. A solo was rendered by Miss Marian Grebe. WORK FOR RED CROSS AT ANTIOCH Mrs F .1 w ks apt Waa i re h one KM oi a, ill ;-: 1 1 un I hi ra mp.ng E M. Banks united home Tuesd.n from Omaha He went with a ship PMPl of cattle to South Omaha ST. MATTHEW'S CHI III II Win. i arson Shiiw. Beau N a. m. Holy Communion II a. m Morning prayei. 7:30 p m Kvening prayer. Potash PriMluct CiMiitan Fits Out Cottage for I'se of Women at Hnfnaud in Bed Cross Work J. H. Show, superintendent of the IVtash Products Company at Iloff laad. has fitted out a cottage com plete for the use of the ladies there I In do'BK work for the Bed Cross. A b-.itcr of the latest White sewing ; machines, equipped with electric nio tOr, was purchased through George Darling of Alliance, and other equip inien' needed was placed in the colli-e for the use of the ladles. .M:ss Button of New York City, an expert in the making of supplies for ' t ne Red Cross, has been secured by j tba company and placed in charge of the work Wni. H. Ostenberg, Jr., is handling the finances of the Hoff pnd organization Mr. Show aud the officials of the Po'asii Products Company have ! shown a patriotic and helpful spirit in fitting out the cottage tor the us. of 'hi ladies at Hofflund who are h lag an active interest in the work LOCAL TKAYKLKBK PICNIC AT CKAWFOltD CITY PAKK A joint picnic of the C C. r and T. P A. organizations wns held .it Chaw ford Saturday A numbei from Post M. T P A., were in attendance I lie dav was enjoyed at the Craw ford sU park The usual tperta were indulged in and a nice assort ment of prizes put up The Craw ford band furnished the music The hall team from the Alliance post T P A was dfatpd nv the C C J bunch from Crawford by a aeore of 7 to , Those from Alliance re turned on the night train, excepting those who made the trip overland The Misses Helen Bushnell and Loulae Lester of Ashby. Nebr.. are guests this week of Miss Mahle Orms hy. XKIGHBOHHOOU HCKAP HKAItB IN OOtTJfTT COl'BT The neighborhood scrap bid ween the Malone und Km. lie families. liv ing north of the hospital between Big Horn and Tolara, was heard in county court before Judge Ira E. Tash the first of the week. After the hearing Judge Tush dismissed the defendant because the state had failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. John J. Malone had L. H. Rozelle arrested, charging him with assault and battery on Ag nes Malone, his wife. The scrap seemed 10 have started after Malone had killed some chickens belonging to Hozelle. Malone claimed Bozelle had thrown a brick at Mrs. Malone, and Rozelle claimed Mrs. Malone had thrown a pitcher at hi OB. The case was continued for thirty days, from June 30, tit the request of the plain tiff, who stated that Mrs. Malone was to be confined in the near future, and he desired to have her present at the hearing. WIN VICTORY FOR STOCK SHIPPERS Mrs. (Maude McDonald Is uasiating at the Mallery grocery during the ab sence of the book keeper, Miss KUnlce Eldred. Mtns Eldred left Friday for a two weeks visit In Iowa With rela tives. Mrs. W. C. Barns and children. Dorothy and Jack, of Crawford have been guests at the Percy Coggswoll home this week. ' POTATO GROWERS TO MEET AT HEMINGFORO Bepreeutatives pf Stockmeii, Com mission Men Mud Farmers Hare the Petition Withdrawn on Monday of this week a hearing was held before the state railway commission at Lincoln on a petition of the Nebraska railroads, led by the Burlington, in which they asked for a change in the regulations on the liability for damage to stock in ship ment Other roads joining the Bur lington in the petition were the Un lop Pacific. Chicago and Northwest em. and the Missouri Pacific. The railroads asked in their peti tion that their liability cover only the time the stock was in transit and that it not cover the time the stock was in the yards and being loaded aud unloaded, as at the present lime. The hearing was held at 1ft o'clock Monday morning. 'Hie railroads also asked that the stock shipper be compelled to accept j as damaxea for the loss of stock lb valuation which they declare in mak- i in gshlpment of $75 for steers, 50 for cows aud $20 for calves. If the' stink was worth more than the above and the shipper declared , greater value he was compelled for merly to pay ,t much higher freight rat The interstate Co nl inerrs Commission recently rule. that i shipper could recover the value of the Mock i 00 m;. tier what the valua tion w;is giypfl at in making out lp shipping contract When the representatives of t be laihoads foppd Monday morning thai the Nebraska stockgrowers vera represented at the hearing by Rob Mi Graham, president of the stale association; that the commission men were reprinted b A F Sir j Government nisi State Men Will Be Present at M. -el log to Be Held Friday, August IO C. E. Basselt of the United Statm Department of Agriculture. Office of Markets and Itural Organization, (and Prof. Filley of the Nebraska Of fice of Markets, will meet with the ! potato growers of Box Butte count) at Shindler hall in Heiiiingford at 3 I p. in.. Friday, August 10. for the purpose of taking up plans of iiiar jketing and potato growers' commer cial organizations. It will be imperative thai the po jtato crop this year be successfully ; marketed because of u world-wide shortage of food. Mr. Basselt was secured for this meeting and for the meeting here a year ago by the Box Butte County Farm Bureau. All who are interested in potatoes and the marketing of farm products should be in attendance at the (meeting al Hemingford Friday after" ; noon of next week. I All!) OF THANKS We wish to thank all of our 'neighbors and friends who so kiud Ij assisted us during tin- sickness and death of our beloved mother. 'And also for the nuiiiy bOOVtlfttl flor al offerings. MABEL WADDKLL MB. AND MILS THEO. WADDKU. MR AND MBS. BOBEBT JOHNS. FROM CAR Burlington Hwitclilnft Crevv Arrested for Taking Whiskey Out of Car In Local Yards OTHERS ABE ! NDEIl SI'SPICION OfDcrs Are on LoohopA and Will Make Arrests Where There Seems to Be ( arise Alt LOAD OF STONHWAHF AT YKKY LOW PBiCKN The National Five, Ten and Twen-ty-tive Cenl Store today received a car load of kitchen Clility Stone ware It is sanitary, economical and durable. The shipment includes salt boxes, butter jars, milk crocks, cale. sugar and bread jars. etc. It hj a tine assortment and priced exceptionally low Thoae who imagine they can play the booze game theae daya in Box Butte county for their own good, If nothing more, should heed the warning. The county court, preald ed over by hia honor Judge Ira E. Tash, Is a busy place theae daya and examples are being made out of about every boose case brought Into that court, if one wants to conalder It ao. Anyway, convicted persons are going away aomewhat wtaer to the fact that the prohibition law was made to prohibit and not to be a joke. Sheriff Cox and hla efficient depu ties Lines and Miller, together with Night City Police Officer Stafford and Special Officer Burke of the Burling ton special department, have been very much on the Job the paat woek and wholesale arrests have been made. Frank L. Granger, Burlington switchman who also operates the Km pi ss rooming houae at 114 West Third, and Joseph Pettigrew. aiao a switch man, were arrested ear ly Sunday morning and charged with being drunk. Pettigrew was fined $10 and costs in the county court by Judge Ira E. Taah. Pettigrew claimed a man gave him liquor but that he didn't know the man's name and could only give an ordinary de scription of him. Pettigrew waa re arrested Tuesday evening after one of hia pala had Implicated him la stealing liquor from a freight car In the Burlington yards He Is still tn Jail. Grangr waa tried Monday morning and was given thirty daya in Jail. His sentence was leaaened fifteen daya on his giving the name of the man whe gave him liquor on July 2B. Gran ger would not give the name of the. man who gave him booze Saturday, because, as later developments tend ed to show, he waa the man him self, it being alleged that he waa one of the three implicated In taking li quor from the freight car In the Bur lington yards Prauk Neal, employed as night fireman at the Alliance creamery, gave Luther Rains, a member of the same switching crew to which Gran ger and Pettigrew belonged which works from 4 in the afternoon until midnight, a quart of ice cream. About un same time Rains gave Neal a quart of whiskey. This transaction was the one that later spilled the beans for the whole cn-w. Neal was ..ri. si en for being intoxicated and was sentenced to fifteen days in the county jail, the sentence being re mitted when Neal made u sworn statement that he secured the whis key from Bains. Bains was then arrested and plead guilty to trading a bottle of whiskey to Neal. Judge Tush fined him $10U and costs. The costs amount ed in 7.20. Bains gave sworn tes timony implicating himself. Granger and l'citigrtw. all members of the same Burlington switching crew, in the theft of a case of twelve quarts Of whiskey from a fondgn car a Bock Island box car- in the Burling ton yards here on or about July 20. While the theft was made the mid dle of last week, the lire works did not get under way until the first of the prapOPt week. Bains stated the car was not sealed but was closed and fastened The door was pushiHl open and Pettigrew went into the car. At first ne could see nothing but barrels, but later he discovered the case and handed it out. The men took the case near the north yard fence and divided the bottles All three men have made sworn statements. Bains says he got four bottles. one he traded for ice cream, one he look ho MS and his wife pour ed it into the sewer, and the other two he hid in a little building back Of the city water works I'etugrew ays he got but two bottles. It would seem then that Granger got tin re- will tie in.nniiig six. 1 tie empty case was is mis ib1""""" '"i" an eiupiy rreigni car which tb liquor was store t e in. i in- ra 1 1 oni taken more stoneware than iht i -nded to secure A nan of the car taken was standing on No 3 track was for another store, but was seiic tiear the small tool house east of the heps Investigate ibis stoneware la ok at "he price:-- You will buv X" 94 -ST.-H F A King left Tueadav for City and St Paul Nebr . on a ness trip. Kails busi- Twentv-hve BSOOahOra of tin Daughters of Isabella attended a kepoipjtofl in-ill at the j w Barns home at Antloch Wednesday A five-course dinner was served. The ' Ilea stayed al Am inch until the night train. ker. secretary of the South Omali.i Live Stock Exchange: and the farm ers by A F tiustufson. slate presi dent of i he Farmers' I'nion. the hsrkid down and withdrew the pet) Uon. viaduct. The men stated they did OOi have to be npii.it off to where the POOPS war. for it could he smell ed ull over the yards, i jug or bottle having been broken and the contnis exposed to the air Ua i ns was fined and is now at lib rt Hunger and Pettigrew are In tin county jail. Juat what disposi tion will be made is not known. Tin car was shipped from Fast St Loafs and was bound for Butte. Mom Breaking into a car In inter-stale transeisal is a federal crime. Hei aid readers will remember that two men w ho Mole knives from a frefgb: car are now serving terms in ih State prison John W Guthrie and Glen Miller maiS a trip up Pine Bulge way on business the first of the week