Official Organ Nebraska Stock Growers Association and Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen's Association 1
1 1 1,1 a l ll v
16 Pages 2 Sections
Leading Newspaper of
Western NEBRASKA
VOLUME XXIV
The Alliance Hera ld
I 1 I A VfW nnT U11TTL' nnilMmv unnn ui . ... .
Tell 'km You
Saw it in
The Herald
ALLIANCE, POX BUTTK COUNTY, NEBRASKA, AUGUST 30, 1917
NUMBER 39
BIRDS EYE VIEW OF UNION STOCK YARDS, OMAHA, NEBRASKA
J
,f ,h ?ye;'no"nM Union Sloe Tar., looliK South and Wort from (ho Faader Division. Hoar or tbe Kaoliang- Building can W ,vn 10 thr loft of color of tha Ploturo Offlor
COUNCIL HELD
HOT SESSION
tty Will Buy I.OOO Feet Fire Howe
Turned Down ( Vtrnival Hhul
Off Water In Park
UUIWMI t'NPAVED boa bitte
WANTED TO WED
MARRIED WOMAN
OVER 1,200
CARS OF SPUDS
LABOR DAY
CELEBRATION
Provided Her With Fund When
I
Child Cmt' Kept Her al HI .Two Hundred SUty-Mne ( rowers (on in H of Defence and Commercial
Havidson Wanted Policeman Line
't'MiMil" Affnli-s Wax Wiuin
for a While Friday V ml. i
The it) roum il met Friday night
for Ire -AufcoKf seattif trwfng to the
fact that u quorum could not be se
cured on the regular meeting night.
August 14, and because the council
could not be gathered together soon
er, the regular meeting was not held
until Friday night.
After the council was convened it
was discovered th.it the bills were
locked in the light ollice and all ef
forts to Qnd a key that would unlock
the drawer in which the bills were
contained being useless, (he council
decided to meet the following night.
Saturday, to allow bills.
The street end alley committee,
which was ordered at the previous
meeting to report at this meeting as
to recommendations for the improve
ment of street crossings, asked for
more time to make their report. The
request was granted.
The council took up the recom
mendation made by Chief L. K. Pllk
iugton of the Alliance Fire depart
ment that the city buy l.OnO feel of
new fire hose and discussed it. The
discussion brought Ollt tbc fact that
the hose on the fire truck hid been
tested and that four lengths of it
broke. An effort was made to Mat
the hose at 100 pounds pressure, but
when eighty pounds was put on the
hose had the habit of breaking. It
was stated the hose now in use is
about seven years old. Chief Fitk
iugton appeared and brought along
samples of the old hose. He demon
urated to the satisfaction of all
present that the hose was rotten, by
tearing it with his hand.
Mayor Bouse? was Under the im
pression that the city used a three
inch hose for fire purposes and slat
ed that the present price was about
$1.35 a font, which would make 1,
OttO feet coat about $1,350 The
...unci! debated the proposition of
miying new hose, the feeling at first
k. eminc to be that tin- city could not
afford to spend 11,350 when the fin
ances vers so low. After the
i ussion and the demonstration by
Chief l'ilkiuglon the council, realiz
ing that new hose was an absolute
necessity for the protection of prop
erty, opened sealed bids that had
been sublimed some time before.
Fearing that the price quoted then
would not be in effect now , council
authorised tie- clerk to advertise for
bids for 1 o feet of hose, the bids
to contain prices on bo(h the single
and double jacket variety The bids
are to be opened at the nxt rugutai
ressiun Df the council, September 11.
I i.e tins. In be tilted in 5S fOOl
lengths If at that time the council
derides to accept one of the bids, the
tire department will probably re
ceive its hose within a few weeks af
terwards Chief PtlkingtOO inform
ed the council that the city did noi
ue 3-im h file hose, tint did use a
.' iri.ii hose. The bids will be
Mibiuitted lor the 2 inch size
The mayor announced to the coun
cil that .. representative of the Hodg
son (Carnival Company had approach
ed him and asked for a license for
that outfit to show in Alliance The
ritf dark had referred the represent
ative to the mayor, and the mayor
let the representative down easy by
referring him to the council. As a
regult. the carnival outfit showed at
(Continued on pane 2)
Booming Place Safe Now
Tuesday night a mother of a
month left with her baby, for the
home of relatives in Lincoln, and
'closed another chapter in the trag
'edy of iife as i! i.-; sometimes played.
I Had it not been for the kind assist -lance
of Mrs. B. N. Sharp, police mat
I ron, it is possible the young mother
would today be living a life of adul
tery with a certain Alliance man em
ployed by a local business institution
as a laborer.
The young woman fs married, fche
has a husband somewhere who is the
father of the child, born to her at
St. oJseph's hospital a ho in a month
ago. Parental objection to the hus
band combined with a headstrong
disposition are said to have caused
the breach in the domestic relations
.of. the couple. Anyway when the
I time came for the young wife to pro
Ipare for the coming of her baby, she
found hi rself penniless and unable
to work. In her desperation, she
slated she accepted money from this
man, who apparently desired to be
friend her. 8he went to the hospital
j where she stayed one week and
iwhere the baby was born,
j On leaving the hospital the man
told her he would take her to his
rooming house and that he would
.give her his room down stairs and
would take an upslairs room. .Mrs.
Sharp states that she learned that
the young mother occupied his bed
land that the man slept on an old
coat in the kitchen.
Desiring to get away, but not
knowing how, the woman came to
Mrs. Sharp at the city mission, and
.asked for help. She had been una
ble, Apparently, to send or receive
imail, and the man would not let h r
'out to look for work. He desired to
iSaarrjf her, but that was impossible
for more than one reason. First,
:she was married.
not love him.
' Finally a letter
fives in Lincoln.
mail back came
ItaishiK from S to Ml Acres
of Potatoes Kuril
lub to VldtS with Unions in
Patriotic Kvent
TOTAL YIKU) 74,OOil HI SI ILLS 1M.AX A PAHAHK AND It ALLY.
ANOTHER POTASH DEAL
BEING CLOSED TODAY
Mcltao and Mailer) Close Deal for
Sturgeon takes ftonthenst
of Alliance
Second, she did
wan sent to rela
ind on the first
t letter enclosing
money for the trip and extending a
welcome to the woman. A local
roomin ghouse provided the young
mother with a room for a day until
she could get ready to go, and Tues
day nlgtU the youns woman left for
Lincoln.
The man in the case is reported to
have used every means within his
power ' prevent hat soina, but un
der the guardianship of the police
matron and others she was sent safe
1 on her way.
Mrs. Sharp states that all case of
this nature or those resembling fl in
any decree should be reported to her
immediately, and states that it is her
business as police ma'rou and as sup
erintendent of the city mission to do
all possible to relieve such cases
Mrs. Sharp states that the man
made the threat to her, when he
found he had been foiled in his at
tuntpl to cause Ibe complete ruin of
the young mother. Well, I've got my
aye on another and I'll haS her be
fore snow files " And this happened
in Alliance
AI.L1AVCF NFWS MOVMD
TO A NTH MM Tills VTHKM
The Alliance News is no BfcBfC
With it-; issue ot tads) that paper
..ased to be. Its owner. F M
llrnome, announces that the plant is
being moved to Antioch. and that
hereafter the paper will be printe.f
at Antioch under the name of The
Antioch News.
Fred Davison owner i the :Ct
Ranch" on the N'iobrara river, west
of Marstand. was reported as being
seriously injured Saturday morning
when a horse which he was riding
fell on him. Mr. Davison is an M
tintnr kit 'his seetion of the w.s'
Washington Predicts lu-gest Crop
in History Hundred Million
Above the Average
Two hundred sixty-nine growers in
Box Butte county'' w ill rt-ise in I'he
neighborhood o( 5,500 acres of po
tatoes this year. The 269 growers
are those who have more than five
acres planted to apuds. There are
other growers who have an acre or
two or three, and many patches of
various sizes in Alliance and Hem
ingford. O. L. Taylor of BOOT licjuiugford
haa perhaps the largest individual
acreage in the county, having 95
acres planted lo spuds. M. D. Hea
ly of Alliance and 11. liohiusou and
Mike Shlmek of Marsland have 7G
acres each in potatoes. C. O. Bos
enberger of Hemingford bus 70 acres
of potatoes, and Wolf Freimuth of
Maiple, W. L. Baldwin of Heming
ford and John Riley and Kilpatrick
Bros, of near Alliance have (JO acres.
Win. Aspden ol Alliuuhe and C. B.
Wiltsey of Hemingford have 50
acres. The other 'J5S growers have
lesser individual acreages. The lim
iting factor In the production of po
tatoes in Box Butte county this year
Was the seed. Seed was o high this
spring that many who otherwise
would have planted a larger acreage
were compelled to go slow because
of the scarcity and price of spuds.
Even with the limiting factors, it
is believed that the grand total of
spuds raised in this county this year
will equal, if not surpass, that of last
year. While the estimated average
yield of potatoes over the state ot
Nebraska last year was 86.5 as esti
mated by the state Board of Agri
culture and set forth In Unit tin No.
210, the average yield for Box Butte
county, according to the same bullet
in, was 123 7 bushels.
As before stated, 26! growers have
a total acreage of about ".,500 bush
els of potato la, but this does nol by
any means represent the total acre
age in Box Butte county for alien
tion must be given to the many
smaller patches and garden plots. A
reasonably conservative eattasati
wouM probably place the io(al arre
age at about 6.000 acres. I Ming last
year's crop figures for a basis, the
117 crop in Box Butte county ougln
to amount to about 74X.O0O bushels
or ItSi eefn, figuring Oho bushels to
the car.
Growers in the several pre. i nets
who have more than five acres plant
ed will raise approximately the fol
lowing acreage of spuds this ai
Nonpareil, 758 acres; Dorsey, l.'
Ilex Butte, 148n. Lawn. 680. Boyd,
.90; Running Water. 124; Snak
Creek, H7; Wright. 40.'!; Lake ,
a grand total ot ".214 acres ..."
roup tad for.
The monthly crop report jusi is
sued from Washington predicts the
larpeel potato crop ever produced iii
the rOUBtVjr. Leon M Kstabrook.
chief of the bureau "f crop eatiissti -
of tht United States Department of
Agriculture, stated that the average
production for the previous nve yeprs
(1911-191.) was Sd3.aaa.d00 imsi.
els. which represents .. fair top
This year (he indications are that
there will be a crop of 46T.S0O.adS
hush-is. iaa.aaa.aas bushtdti shove
the average.
This is equal to one blishul extra
for every mall, woman and child in
lh coundy. In order to av..oi
(Continued on i : j, 4 l
Kditor ut right of Lincoln Star to lie
Pi'litrlpal SM'ifker Sport on
triinved ttnx Butte
Month)'. September 3. Is Labor
Day. The Alliance Comerctal Club
in co-operation with the Box Butte
County Council of Defense have
plans under way for a Labor Day cel
ebration that will be out of the ord
inary, and different from the usual
celebration at the fair grounds.
The Idea being worked out by the
Commercial Club and the CounclLof
Defense is to hold a patriotic labor
demonstration at which the laboring
men of the city Individually and the
labor organizations as a unit will
publicly pledge their loyalty to the
nation in this time of stress and
strife. Being a day sot apart pri
marily by and for the laboring men
all over the ('ntted States as a day
fur getting together and mingling In
joyous companionship, while at tbe
same time demonstrating the broth
erly affiliation of all labor urganlza
tlons, it is fitting and proper that the
laboring men of this, their day.
make the public pledge of loyalty to
tbe country and the flag. ' -
John W. Cutright, editor of the
Lincoln Dally Star, and one of the
men who al) along has upheld the
administration and who has always
been strong for the laboring man,
and who has inspired und dictated
these principals in the conduct of the
Star, has been secured to deliver the
principal address of the day.
Efforts are being put forth to
stage a big labor day parade to he
participated in by all the labor or
ganizations of the city. Secretary
Busbnell, of tbe Commercial ('tub.
states that he desires to get in
touch with the unions, the local sec
retaries and other officials, in an ef
fort to secure their co-operation in
making the parade and the rally a
huge suoceHS. No definite plans for
tin parade have as yet been made.
Mr. Busbnell states that if the labor
men of Alliance will co-operate a big
parade can be staged, but it will take
the earnest . o-opeiation of the un
ions and the men to make it a sitc-
. ess
The parade win be held al l
o'clock Monday afternoon At 2
o'clock the program, with Kditor
Cutriahl of Lincoln as the principal
speaker will be held iii front of the
city hall, where a platform will be
erected. The band will he out and
wil Iplay for the meeting at 2 o'clock
as well hs for the parade
Folowing the parade and program
it is planned to hold a celebration
for the children, young and old, on
unpaved Box Butte avenue. There
will be competitive races and stunts
by tbe kids. and probably some
stunts by the older ones The are
I department win also take snti
It is desired that everyone be out
Monday afternoon The talk by Ed
itor Cii'rtght will be tine well worth
listening to Robert Qfuhasa. chaie
in. in tif the County Council of De
fense, w.ll introduce Editor Sn'tigln.
II II. Highland, president ol tbe ai
ftianre rhaptet l the Vin. rnan Red
(Jroae, will have a few words to say
'In tega'd to the activity of that or
ga niaztlon.
I J, R BaekiiM ! Nofth Platte was
an Alliance visitor Monday and
Tuesday of this week. He went
from here to Srottsbluff Mr. Ins
Miii was a foiiuer business man of
both Alliance sod fjeollaMug
According to Interested parties,
contracts are being drawn up today
between P. J. Sturgeon on the one
side, and Karl D. Mallery and J. W.
McRae on the other side, by which
Sturgeon leases to Mallery and Mc
Rae the two lakes on his ranch fif
teen miles southeast of Alliance. Ac
cording to the same parties Mallery
and McBae agree within thirty days
to have capital raised for the erec
tion ot a potash v'ant , probably at
Antioch, to pump brine from the two
lakes, one of which contains 120
acres and the other 20 acres.
According to Mr. McBac. he is
representing the Dupont Powder
people, who have practically unlim
ited capital and who can easily fin
ance any deal they decide to take
hold of. The Herald's informant
states that Mallery and McBae plan
to secure $:150,000 to finance this
deal from the Dupont people and
that Sturgeon is to begin to benefit
financially within thirty days or t in
deal Is off.
Various rumors have been ailoat
in Alliance during the last few days
regarding big developments In tin
potash Industry. One was to the
effect that the Dupont people were
going to buy In all or the potash
planis and control the industry. An
other was to the effect that the out
put of the plants was to be contract
ed for and a big rehnery erected at
either Alliance or Antioch.
It is known, however, that dev.-i
opments are proceeding rapidly In
the securing of leases und the test
ing of lakes in the potash field. 1'
is expected tbut a plant will soon be
erected to use the output of the
Briggs lakes. Several other new
plants are talked of.
JACOBS WAS BADLY
INJURED BY HORSE
employ. of Joy ItaiM-li Brought to
i Hospital Tuesday Morning with
Injured Side ami Broken I . .
A. J. Jacobs, an employ.-, ol I he
!. toy ranch, northeast of Alliance, for
the past six months, was brought to
, St. Joseph's hospital in Alliance
'Tuesday morning with an injured
! side and a broken right leu. the re
sult of .n encounter wiih a vicious
,youtis mare which attacked bis sud
denly .Monday noon
.i.u obs had soon stowing during
the i.'orniiig and went to the ranch
pouos fee dinner. He hud nublteu
ei! !i s least and Mad them to a wag
on for feeding While his back was
turned U the young mare she kicked
I n in tli- right Kid", knocking him
down, ftb then kicked him again,
- thing Ms let He then crawled
OUl ot hot reach and was picked up
te ft lltiw employees f)r Single was
ei lied and dressed the wounds,
bringing Jacobs to the hospital the
next morning.
Jacobs' home is al Rushvllle He
will itiibably he laid up for several
weeks
W I) It inner, head of I he Uuiuer
Motor Company . distributors of the
Jackson Eight automobile, returned
Sunday night front a week's trip ej
auto to Wyoming and other western
N branha poiuts Mr Runi. i was
much impressed by the boom now on
a' Casper. Wyn the oil metropolis
He says that he has seen many booms
in the western towns in early days,
but thai Casper bSS them all beaten
a
Harry Dubuque has purcliased a
hn Hudson Bpeodstot from King a
. Smith, local agents.
DEALING WITH
OUR ADVERTISERS
Triple Benefit to Be Derived from
direful Peruaal of Adv.
Columns of Reliable
INTKRKSTH OP ALL ABE MUTUAL
eadern. Advert bier mi. I Publisher
All Benefitted When fependjible
Advertisers Preferred
I A newspaper man has no right to
! ask advertising from firms thit be
cannot recommend In their line of
business. The Idea that newspaper
linen grub advertising orders wherev
or they can get them is a mistake.
Some may do so, but not atl. Many
of the best newspapers and magai
tnea pass up a large amount of ad
vertising that they might sectrre if
they wished to do so.
It Is a pleasure to recommend the
men and firms whose advertiseaionts
appear In The Herald. There ere
strong reasons why Nebraska ranch
men will do well to deal with tbe
live stork commission firms who ad
v.riise in this paper. These reasons
go be- ond the fact that it will be a
favor U the paper that is the official
organ e the Nebraska Stock Oow
eri ssociatlon.
The live stock commission firms
that advertise In The Herald give
special attention to the h : M . : of
wegtem Nebraska cattle As a rule,
the men or firms that specialize in
any particular line are more profic
ient in it, than the men or firms that
do not
The live stock commission firms
that advertise in this paper arc ranch
cattle specialists. They understand
the ranching business and know how
to handle, to the bes' advantage, the
stuff that comes from the ranchea to
the market
By the same logic, the live stock
market that makes a (nerialty of any
particular clatis of tuunness will, as a
rule, he better equiptd to handle
jthat class of business than other
i markets. The South Omaha market
draws live stock from many states,
but the management desire espehifil
ly to handle the Nebraska cattle that-
go to market and they are getting
th hulk of them. No other market
Is as well located, or as well equipped
for this businesa.
In the heart of E.e great corn belt
and with ample packing bouse facili
ties and being easily accessible to
the ranch country, South Omaha
furnishes an ideal market for N
bruska .attle, to be sold either as
f Seders, stockers or for Immediate
la lighter
By ers tiro, it t ajuipuuy
In regard to (he business of the
above named Arm. the original broth
ers were J w. and J. ., whose nick
name here, and everybody knew him
by it, was "Dick."
They were ill the commission bus
iness in Chicago and shortly after
the market was opened bete. Dick
c.iuie to this place and opened a
bouse with tbe tir inname of Byei
Bros, a Co. H- continued the man
agement of this house until his
death some years ago. J W.'s
death occurred a few years ago. This
house incorporated under the firm
name at Chicago. Kansas City and
Omaha.
I The Kansas City house was estab
lished about fifteen years ago. Their
aim has been to be one of the best
commission concerns rather than the
biggest. They rank quite well to
ward the top of the list in volume ol
business, having steadily grown with
the market They have set the pa.
so to speak, on record sales frequent
ly, but do not count that so much as
recommendation as their ability to
(Coutluued on page 2)