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The Alliance Herald
OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION AND NEBRA SKA STATE VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION
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VOLUME XXIV
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, AUGUST , 11'
NUMBER 36
FRIDAY IS
CIRCUS DAY
(iml Yankee Robinson Shows Are
Sc Ik doled to Real h Alliance
I .ill ill Um Morning
NTHEET PARADE AT II O'CLOCK
Big Elephant Act With Yankee Robinson's Circus
Kwo Exhibitions Will He Given En
tirely New Events and Acts
Hat t ling Nelson Here
The rimis street )iaraile will
leave the show ground Ht 1 1 a.
ni.. rain or shine.
Drivers and teamsters are
cautioned to have secure con
trol of their horses. Automo
bile drivers are asked to refrain
as much as possible from driv
ing along the line of tarade.
Motor car NtrtJes will find good
sight-seeing space in the side
HtlWiH.
Tents are water proof.
Doors are open at t and 7 p.
m.
Performances begin at 2 and
8 p. m.
The concert band will play for
( hour before each exhibition.
Two performances will be
given In Alliance tomorrow, Fri
day, 'Augunt lO, rain or shine.
To prevent errors or argu
ments, have your exact change
ready.
Ample police protection will
prevent any disorder.
The show carries its own de
tective, also.
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The double herd of performing elephants is one of the features of educated performing domestic and wild animals presented this year by
Yankee Robinson. The elephonts appear in the street parade while they will leave the show grounds at 11 o'clock tomorrow, Friday,
morning. They will also be on exhibition in the Yankee Robinson Zoo.
The great Yankee Robinson show
will arrive in Alliance at an early
hour tomorrow morning. Friday,
August 10. The circus will come
into town aboard Its own special
trains operating on a special sched
ule. The circus trains will be
switched to the sidings in the Bur
lington yards and in short order the j n u m bcr of beet
graftl task of unloading and setting the middle west
tip on the show lot will be in pro
gress.
SUGAR COMPANY IS
INVESTIGATING POTASH
Waste Water from Dig Sugar Fac
tories Contains Potash in
Small Oiinntltics
H. W. Dahlberg. a chemist with
the Great Western Sugar Company,
the company which owns a large
sugar factories in
was in Alliance the
last of the week investigating the
potash proposition for his company.
ANTIOCH ORGANIZES NEW TRAINS ALLIANCE
RED CROSS CHAPTER! 10 EDGEMONT S. 0.
Officers Are Elected and Organiza
tion Perfected Keulngton
Held Wednesday
lliirliugton Adds Two Trains to Op
erate During Yellowstone Nat
ional Dark Hen son
MANY ARE HOUSE
HUNTING THESE DAYS
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The small boy will be on the job,; His headquarters are at the main or
i,wi a irondlv number have made '. fice of the company In Denver.
plans to set the alarm clock so it The sugar company
will go off bright and early. Bui ing the
the siuht-seeing operations will not
be conlined to the little tots some
rather large tots will be there, but
of course they'll be there as protec
tion for the little ones. Sure.
At 11 o'clock the mile-long parade
will begin to traverse the principal
downtown streets, and immediately
on it return to the show grounds
-veral free acts will be given, and
the opening of the annex depart
ments, side shows and the new war
museum
When ihe big doors open, the con
cert band will render a pleasing pro
gram, and then the show is on.
Much has been promised, and the
management having a goou repui;i
tion to sustain, will
are not disappointed
passing when the cheerful circa
agent, who seems to regard ihe hen
after as a huge Joke, can recklessly
participate in the wholesale abund
ance of vague phrases and illusive
adjectives, in displaying his college
education, by misleading the reader
wita beautiful generalities.
It is stated that not a line or one
word in the advance announcements
of the Yankee Robinson big three
ring mild animal circus which shows
here tomorrow. Friday. misrepre
sents uv item or number on what pany
is offered this season as one of the
greatest arena programs ever seen
in Alliance.
The gorgeous opening pageant is
quickly followed by all the famous
thrilling aerial and acrobatic acts;
then in a steel protected arena Capt.
Gerald Irving" double group of per
forming lions: Van Andrew's mixed
group of leopards, jaguars and pu
mas; Kuth Le Sera's performing
mountain linns; scores of trained
ponies; riding monkeys; Col. Hobb's
educated horses led by Tango Chief;
.. .iK.o.i.. herd nf erformlng elf
is investigat-
potash proposition with ref
erence to the waste water which at
certain of their plants contains pot
ash in quantities ranging from 3-10
to 5-10 of one per cent. The plants
which have a special process for
making molasses are the only ones
which have the potash in their waste
water.
2T.O H FAD OF 'ATTLE AT
AKTION HFIIF SATURDAY
On Saturday of this week, August
11, at the Burlington stock yards in
Alliance, Cols. Fred Kibby and H. P.
Course v. auctioneers, will sell at
public sale 2.ru head of native Kan
isas cattle, all well bred and in good
i condition. These caltle may be in-
see the people I s peeled here any time before the
The day is j sale. They will be sold in lots to
suit purchasers. The cattle are
owned by Dick Jacobs. One hundred
head of the 250 to bo sold are two-year-old
steers; 1O0 are yearling
steers and the other tifty are Here
ford cows. This Is an opportunity
to buv if you are in the market.
An auxiliary chapter to Ihe Rush
v.lle chapter of the American Red added
Cross was organized at Antioch ! niont.
Thursday evening. Mrs. Jerry Ro
wan and Mrs. M. E. Johnson of Al
liance were in attendance at the or
ganization meeting and assisted ma
terially in the work of perfecting
the organization and enthusing those
in attendance. Antioch ib in Sheri-
Jan county and for that reason it
was necessary to organize the auxil
iary under the Sheridan county chap-
1 ter at Rushville. The meeting was
held in the community church and
was attended by an enthusiastic
group of willing workers.
, W. O, Writeoff was elected presi
dent of the Antioch .Red Cross; John
I Milliard was elected vice president;
Mrs, William Walker, secretary, and
I mihu Morris, treasurer. A number
i of committees are to be apponted by
President Wilson, but the personnel
of the committees has not yet been
announced.
The tirst Red Cross kensingtnn
was held Wednesday afternoon of
;this week with Mrs. C. I. Anderson.
!At this meeting the ladies outlined
their work in part and the after
; noon was spent in sewing for the
Red Cross. It is planned to hold a
Bed Cross kenalegton Wednesday af
1 ternoon of each week.
new passenger run has been
between Alliance and Edge
These trains will operate
(luring what is known as the Yel
lowstone Park season and will prob
ably be maintained until the middle
or last of September. What is known
as a stub No. .41 runs out of Alliance
at 3:30 a. m. ahead of regular 41,
which leaves here at 4:15. Stub 41
carries the Denver baggage car, a
chair car and two sleepers and runs
through to Edgemont.
Two sections of 42 are being run
out of Edgemont, the Becond section
handling the Denver bagguge car, a
chair car and two sleepers. First
41 handles Ihe balance of the regu
lar train.
These trains are being operated as
numbers 35 and 36. They were put
on Thursday, August 2.
The I f in. i ml for Tenements
I. mln Housekeeping Rooms
Is on ihe Increase
and
POTATO SHOW
IN NOVEMBER
First Annual Convention of Nebras
ka Potato Improvement Ahnii.
To He Held Here
II AT F.N ARE NOVEMBER 22-2:1
Nebraska's First Annual Potato
Hhow to He Held Then Many
Counties to Exhibit
Dntes for holding of First An
nual Convention of the Nebras
ka Potato Improvement Associ
ation and the First Annual Ne
braska (state Potato Hhow are
Thursday ami Friday, Novem
ber 22 and 28, 1917.
Place -Alliance, Hox llutto
County, Nebraska.
Features Two-day conven
tion, banquet tendered by Alli
ance Commercial Club to all
members, representatives of
federal and state governments
tuid state college of agriculture
together with representative of
manufacturers.
County, Individunl and Group
Exhibits.
Industrial display of Potato
Marhlner .
Genuine good time for all.
ALLEGED SLACKER TAKEN
AT IH'RLINGTON ROl'NDHOl'SE
DAYTON JOINS COMPANY H
Davton Sullenberger. Marsland
bow who has many acquaintances
Alliance, has joined Company II, Ne
braska National Qua I'd, the new coui-
organized at Chadron in the
Sixth Regiment. Dayton was not
cilled by draft but felt that his
country needed hint anyway so Join
ed the Chudron company. Dayton
is a Irve wire and will make an ex
celled soldier hoy.
John Sullenberger of
known farmer and ranchman
TO INSTAIJi PERMANENT
HID SYSTEM ON lit HI.INGTON
AIJJJIW'K Pl'llMt ' LIBRARY
RFC El YEN NEW ROOKS
The permanent bid system of the
locomotive firemen and engineers is
at this time about ready for intro-
inidui'tion and will be put into effect
within a very short time. This is a
new system as far as this division of
the Burlington is concerned. The
system is conducted along the line
of automatically filling any vaeamy
caused from any reason and
away with the bulletining of
cies for ten days.
His father is j The new system promises 10 be
Marslasd. well- very successful and as near as can
be learned many of the enginemen
are anxious to have the system put
into effect.
(Maude Simmons, an elleged
"slacker." was arrested at the round
house the in id die of last week by
Deputy Sheriffs Miller and Jones. It
seems that Simmons had been taken
into custody a few days previous on
the charge of not having a registra
tion card, but was told that if he
would go to work he would be spar
ed until such time as it was learned
whether or not he had registered in
Sal' Iake City, as he had claimed.
On this narticular morning, how
ever according to reports. Simmons
got tired and announced that be
would rather go to jail than work.
Accordingly the authorities were
sent for. Information received later
stated that Simmons' registration
iird was on the wicy from Salt Lake
City.
the
doing i Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vernon Smith
vacan- of Antioch are thed proud parents of
a dandy baby boy born to them
Thursday evening. The youpgster
has been named Vernon Hoffland
Smith, the name bring n combina
tion of the daddy's middle name and
th" mother's nislden name.
phants; Alberts -ducateu poiar
bears; a score of funny clowns; ac
robats and gymnasts galore; the
Blue Ribbon horse fair, comprising
over four hundred -uules of value.
The auditor can hardly absorb all
those kaleideseope changes going on
simultaneously in the three rings.
Battling Nelson will appear both
afternoon and evening alth his
trainers and sparring partners in the
athletic show.
At the night exhibition the show
grounds will be Illuminated as bright
as day for the show carries its own
electric light plant.
The following new hooks have
I been received at the Alliance puniic
library:
Fiction "In the Wilderness,"
Robert Hickeas. "Old Creole Days."
Geo. W. Cable I'ndertown." Kath
leen Norris. "Song of the lark,"
father. "Tarzcn of the Apes," Ed
nar Rice Burroughs.
Nnn Fiction - Woman und Home,
Orsen Swett Marden. "Essays In
Minature," Agnes Reppllcr. "Toasts
an i After -4 inner Stories." Pleas
ures of An Absentee Landlord,"
Crortiers. "Learnine to Fly," Claud
Graham-White. "One Being Hi
nian." Wood row Wilson. "Story of
I the Submarine." Bll&op. "Ne roe-
try, an Anthology." Monroe. How
the Flag Became Old Glory." Scott.
MMJiWOKTH
PI HE
HAN r-M.ooo
-COAL NHERN Hl'RN
The Ellsworth coal sheds were
burned Friday morning causing a
loss estimated at about $8,000.
Sparks from a passing engine are
said to have caused the blase A
coal car and around eight tons of
coal were consumed by the blaze No
effort was made to put out the fire,
as no facilities were at hand for
fighting (be fianies
History of American Literature
Ince 1870." Pattie. Life of Clara
Barton." Epler. Poems of Sidney
Lanier." "Children of the Tene
ments," Jacob Riis.
Juvenile- "Red Folk and Wild
Folk." DemiiiK Star of Gettys
burg." Altsheter. "Raid for Bojrl
and Girls." Church -Camp Fire
Girls at Sunrise Hill." Vaudercock
Nellys Silver Mine. " Jackson.
"Muffin Shop." Garnet t. "Pussy
Blackface." Saunders. "Tale of Mrs.
Tood." Potter. "Wonders of Anim.il
Life." Berridge. "Adventures of
Sonny Bear," Fox
THE SEED WHEAT SITUATION
Nebraska 's 1917 wheat crop will probably be alitiul 10 per
cent noturmal.
Hreailsl lift's will he extremely scarce because of this sliort
ge anil the increased ileinaiul abroatl.
The worhl will need every bushel of wheat thai can be
grown.
In parts of chrnska where seed wheal will be available,
threshing is already under way, and much of the wheat is be
ing marketed. If this wheat can be secured for seed there will
probably be enough for the slate's own use. To do this, im
mediate action is necessary.
HOW TO OET SEED
Fanners needing seed wheat had best arrange for their
s. e at once.
Seed wheat can be most cheaply and certainly secured in
carload lots.
Arrangement may be made co-operatively or thru local
grain dealers
(irain dealers will handle seed wheat at actual cost
If any difficulty arises in securing seed wheal, write
THE STATE COUNCIL OP DEFENSE,
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
So great Is the demand for hous
es, furnished and unfurnished rooms
for light housekeeping and single
rooms, that there is no telling how
much inconvenience will ne experi
enced by strangers coining to Alli
ance In the near future. As winter
approaches the demand is expected
to become still greater.
People walk the streets dally
hunting for houses and for rooms
for light housekeeping, some being
compelled to move on because una
ble to find a place in which to live.
When it Is hard work for a resilient
of Alliance to get a decent place in
which to live, Tt Is certain it will be
some job for a stranger.
One lady who had been out house
hunting came into The Herald office
this week and proceeded to make
plain her Ideas of the situation. "Al
liance doesn't deserve to have any
body move here," she said. "You
have to beg people to let you rent
even a hole from them and then have
to buy the place in order to get R."
Thai statement may seem a little ex
aggerated, but is It?
Did you ever need a place In live
in and start out to Dud it? The ac
commodations are hard to tind for
even vou who have all the time In
the world to look them up.
what did you thiuk of the price
asked you for the rooms?
Of course you and I would do
same thing we would get all we
could. But what about the renter?
Everyone cannot afford to pay $20
and $fS, Maybe it isn't much, but
if you happen to be a laboring man
with a family, you'll tind It is
enough.
It doesn't do any good to preach
This subject has been talked of and
talked of. but It is no nearer solu
tion than when the talk started
Some time ago someone started some
talk about some apartments that
were going to be built. It's getting
along towards winter and where are
the apa' '( meats?
There isn't any question about it
but what there would be money in
reasonably-priced apartments. The
average renter in Alliance is glad to
get a place with a roof over it that
doesn't leak. The apartments need
not be fancy or exclusive. Some
thing that will rent from $lri to $2.r
a month would hit the popular
purse.
There seems to be no use to ap
peal to the man with some idle moil
ef along the lines of duty Duty is
a vague thing. But it would seem
that the money end of it would ap
peal to some and at the same tune
they cnuld say, "Iook what I am do
ing to relieve the situation."
Get away from the facts if you
want to, the fact still remains that
Alliance cannot expect any material
growth until someone somehow pro
vides a means of taking care of those
who do come. This means may be
in building moderate-priced apart
ments, fixing up second floors or put
ting up a series of tents.
Four cars from Alliance brought
the following uuests to Arthur Itob
inson's: Mi .nid Mrs John Llnder.
John and NetM Hayes, Mrs. Link
li.. mh and three sons. Miss Mae .Ma
lum and Jack Griffith; Mr and Mrs.
Brown Griffith and two daughters.
They accompanied Mr und Mrs Lou
Levitt, of Coin. Iowa, this far un a
return trip to Coin. Miss Agnes and
Mary Lovitt had driven the car from
home and found fairly good roads
Bayard Transcript.
Alliance will not be the scene of
the usual annual Box Butte county
fair this year, but it will be the
scene of what, in many respscts.
will be a bigger show than the
county fair could hope to be, while
accomplishing more for Box Butte's
principal crop than the county fair
could accomplish. On Thursday and
Friday. November 22 and 23, the
First Annual Nebraska State Potato
Show and first annual convention of
'the Nebraska Potato Improvement
I Association will be held in Alliance.
I The Nebraska Potato Improve
nient Association was organized In
j Alliance last January. Representa
tive potato growers from all over the
state were in attendance at this or-
Igauizatlon meeting. The association
bears much the same relation to the
potato growing and selling Industry
of Nebraska as the state agricultural
association bears to the state of Ne
braska. The annual election of of
ficers will be held at this time.
Prof. R. F. Howard of the State
Horticultural Department, who is
'secretary of the State Potato Im
fprovemenl Association, was In the
Uity Saturday in company with Dr.
Wilcox of the state university. Prof.
Howard, after consult ing with the
board of directors of the state asso
. i ii ion. announced that Alliance had
t en chosen as the place for the
j staging of the big potato show and
' convention.
j "The Nebraska Potato Improv
Imeiit Association.' said Prof. IIow
'urd to a Herald representative. "Is
i a state-wide organization of potato
(growers organized for th. purnose of
i improving the potuto crop of the
i si ate. for tbe purpose of si a unarm -
A,,1 lug the potato, for the purpose of
I Dei
Pror. How
other pota-
be able to
at the con-
aiding growers in selling their crop
to the best advantage, and for pro
moting general national publicity for
the Nebraska poi.ru
"The first annual convention of
the association will be held in Alli
ance November 22 and 23. At this
time from 300 to 4U0 members are
expected to be in attendance from
all sections of Nebraska. Elaborate
programs will be prepared for each
of the two days. Experts from the
1' nitcd States Department of Agrl-
illture anu from Hie ssiale i ollee
of Agriculture, together with repre
sentative potato growers from the
great potato raising sections of the
United States will be on the pro
gram
'It is expected." said
ard. "that growers from
to raising districts will
give ihose in attendance
vent Ion In Alliance valuable point
ers on the raising and marketing of
potatoes. The federal and state ex
perts will present a fund of valuable
information that alone will be worth
traveling across the state to get.
' We will also put on a gn at in
dustrial exhibition, at which the
leading makers of machinery used
in the potato industry will exhibit
This feature will prove valuable. In
itself, because it will give growers
an opportunity to see the machinery
demonstrated and talk with the rep
resentatives of the makers.
"Another feature of the potato
show will be the exhibits from the
various potato raising counties over
the state. We expect at least fifteen
county exhibits and a large number
of Individual exhibits. It is possi
ble that as the time for tbe show
draws near, even more counties will
become interested.
"Prizes will be awarded for the
best roust) exhibits, fur the best in
dividual exhibits, and for the best
specimens in Ihe various classes. It
will be a real potato show and will
be staged on a large scale."
The Alliance Commercial Club is
already making plans for the enter
isinment of tbe visitors and for the
successful staging of the big show.
The prises will be put up by tbe as-
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