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VOLUME XXIV
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, SKITKMBKR 20. 1917
N UMBER 42
MAKE REPORT
ON POTASH
. S. theological Survey, Department
of Interior, Say IjocjU lk
Produce Tblrd of Total
$8. St to IS a unit, a unit meaning 1
per cent of potash to a ton of the
material as marketed that la, a pro
duct carrying 25 per rent K20 may
be sold at 14 a unit, which would be
1100 a ton for the material marketed.
HHOtLD STIMTLATB PODt CTfON
Harvey Hays Prtcew Onoted Urvg.
from 93.50 to M a Volt or 1
Per Ont Potash In Ton
Washington, D. C, Sept. 20 The
alkali lakes of Nebraska are at the
present time producing about one
tbtrd of the entire production of pot
aeb in the United States, according
to a bulletin released for publication
today by the United State Geologic
al Survey Department of the Interi
or. There are now at least four Im
portant operators in the Nebraska
field with the indications pointing to
eeveral new operators entering the
field in the near future.
The bulletin authorised by the ge
ological survey and released for pub
lication today atates that more pot
ash has been produced during the
first six months of 1917 than waf
made during jhe year 1916.
The figures given seem to indicate
tiat the potash production in the
United States for 1917 will exceed
2 5,00 tons o potash (K20) or two
and or;oalf times that made in
1916 This is about 10 per cent of
the normal yearly consumption of
the sountry before the war. showing
the need of further stimulating do
mestic production of potash.
The reports received by the U. S.
tleological Survey, Department of
the Interior, Lave been reduced to
terms of the commercial unit com
monly used to measure the available
or water-soluble potash (K20) in the
product, and only material actually
sold by the producer during this per
iod is included. The weight of the
materials handle-d was therefore
much greater than represented by
these figures. However, it is not the
weight of the materials handled was
therefore much greater than repre
sented by these figures. However,
it is not the weight of the material
that counts, it ib what the material
contains. For instance: a ton of
crude potash may contain sit per
cent of potash (K20) or it may con
tain twenty or twenty-five per cent
or some other per cent. If the ton
contained ten per eet it would take
ten tons to make a ton K20 and if it
contained twenty-five per cent it
would take four tons to make one
ton of K20
The following summary of the
production of potash in the Vnit-d
Statea, January to June (inclusive).
1917, shows tie relation of produc
tion of tie several fields to the grand
total of production in all ne-lds re
ported:
Available
Source potash
NTCDBVT ORGANIZATION
FOR.MWD AT HIGH SCHOOL
The D-K, activities society, has
been organised at the Alliance high
school, with Howard Bennett, Ray
Butler. La Verne Butler, John Carey,
Sam Graham, Floyd Lotepelch, How
ard Lotspeich, Hugh O'Conner, How
ard ider and Walter Schott as mem
bers. It is stated by students that
many good things are expected of
this student organisation.
STORM DAMAttHS 20 PAIRS
TKLHPHOVH CABLE HNKK
The storms of Sunday night and
Monday afternoon did considerable
damage to the telephone cabins In
the north part of the city in the vi
cinity of St. Joseph's hospital. One
2 5 -pair cable was put out of commis
sion as the result of the storm, this
damaging the telephone service. As
some of the wires in the cable -were
for party lines, considerable more
than 25 patrons were inconvenienc
ed. Two cable men from Grand Inland
arrived in Alliance on No. 41 Wed
nesday morning in response to a call
sent to district headquarters by Man
ager P. D. Gleason and by Wednes
day night the cable was repaired and
normal service resumed.
Storms have damaged the t !
phone service here, somewhat, sever
al times this past summer and this
fall, but in each instance the dam
age has been repaired as soon as
possible with the least inconver :ence
to patrons.
"VICTORY" IS MOnO
FOR ROYS OF GO. G
ptain Miller Km So Far Refused
to IVrill (omwuiy in ttetnrcu.
i "nii.Dinii. Hb i
Camp Coily, near Demint, N M. .
Sept. 17- Company G's motto s
"victory " '"ouipary ; must be vic
torious, for Captain Miller has ab-
HUNTERS OUT
AFTER DUCKS
Sen for Groove Opened Saturday
astd for Dock on Sunday All
SbouJd Know Game lmm
DICKS rk KLYIXG
HIGH
Hundred of Hunter Out for Firwt
Shooting Rut Pew Return
with Full Quota
Saturday and Sunday were the
first days of the (all hunting season
and a large number from all over
this section of the country took ad
vantage of the fine hunting weather
and went out to secure the limit. Ev
eryone secured the limit that is
they secured all they could, but in
but a very few instances only did the
hunters return with the full quota
allowed.
Saturday afternoon it was impos
sible to rent a gun at any of the us
ual pfnees. Every run was in use,
and those who owned guns but were
not going out for the opening shoot
their equipment to some friend. Ev
eryone and his brother were out Sun-
CLOUDBURST
DROWNS MAN
Mi tm tare Men ana hi With Pkifiip
Knapp of Alliance In Ford Gfcf in
Sine Mil'
KNAPP XKARLY LOST HIS IJFK
Road from Alliance to Seoio-bluff
Neiarlv Impassable, Hue to Two
HoudbnrM Sunday Night
Georae Reichardt, accd twenty-six
lost his life and John .Snyder of klln
atare and Phillip Knapp of Alliance,
came near being drowned at the
south entrance to nine mile canyon
at 7:30 o'clock Sunday evening when
a raging torrent, caused by a cloud
burst in tho upper canyon, swept
down the gorge, catching their car
and demolishing if. T. J. O'Keefe
register of the Alliance land oce,
with a companion, were Just ahead
of the storm and had they been a few
minutes later they might have suf
fered th same fate.
A party of three, consisting of
John Snyder and George Keichardt
of Mtaatara and Phillip J. Knapp of
Alliance, left the Snyder ranch Sun
day afternoon after the storm had
aay tor ouckb fme went i-aturaay , naaaed, driving Rnvdor's Ford auto,
in the Lopes of getting some grouse. on ,h( wav t0 Alliance, from where
but, according to reports, but few ,niy exported to go to the Knapp
grouse were secured. farn, northwest of Alliance, to spend
Saturday and Sundsy were ideal tnp week cutting hay. Knapp bad
ones for the sport, but the ducks I contracted to sell Snyder some hay.
seemed to be flying high and while ;pnrt of tho tgreeaanl being that
most every hunter returned with Snyder should furnish help to help
enough game to satisfy the home ta-jpu, ,, thc hav Keichardt bad
ble for a day or so. but few returned ' D,.,,n hirpn to n,,lp in ,,, owrk He
with the limit of twenty-five ducks, j nK,de his home with his brother-tn-
Maiy BBBtera visueu trie i.ranani ,aw Henry Foos. residing on a farm
near Mjnataro
lakes Sunday, some arriving on the
wfiip Saturday nitht and camping
out in order to Ik- on the ground
early Other went farther into the
sand hills and hunted the lakea off
the beaten path. There are
ands of ducks in this section this
fall, but so far they are mostly local
Knapp had driven the car from
the Snyder farm until they reached
the south entrance to nine-mile can
yon. throiiL'h which the Soottshlnfi-
tlious- ; altianea mm nnm , . II h:iH K. . n
Value r,1
point of
shipment
Natural salts or
brines
Alunite, dust from
cement mills and
blast furnaces.. 1,867
Kelp 2.143
Distillery slop, wool
washings, misc. in
dustrial wastes. 2,1 F. 3
Wood ashes Ill
7.749 2. 808.240
746,r.7fi
1.348.095
876.714
84.414
solutely refused so far to drill the birds. Sportsmen say the northern
company in retreat formation. The: birds will not start their southern
members of Company G are all live flight before probably the last of the
ones and there isn't a yellow streak ' nth.
in the whole bunch Every mtn is I T? ere Las been more or less argu
getting along in fine shape and all'nent among hunters as to just what
seen) anxious that they be sent to!ie gam laws are. The open sea
France at the earliest possible date. 'son for nrairie chicken, sage hens
Of course the members of the com- fcnd ivose is from September 15 to
pany nave nothing to say about
where or when they will be sent, tut
all are anxious, nevertheless.
passes.
raining a small amount, and the me
had put o the side curtains to the
car. On reaching the canyon Knapp
asked Snyder to take the wheel,
stating that he was not well acquain
ted wUb tie road and that Suyder
knew it better. Suyder took the
wheel, Knapp sitting on the right
side, holding the door partly open
so as to get out and go ahead if nec-
eessary to ascertain the depth of the
14,023 6,864.039
Only 2 5 reports of production from
wood aphes have come in, some of
the larger producers Dot having
made returns.
This table includes practically all
potash produced.
Crude potash, often containing a
large per cent of impurities, is made
by evaporating the water or. brine,
and calcining the residue. Crude
potash purified is "pearasi". a white
solid containing only 2 or 3 per cent
of impurities. Potassium oxide is
equivalent in sucb phrases as sulphate-
of potash, potash salts, potash
alum, etc., to potassium.
The production from Searles Lake,
Calif., would undoubtedly be mater
ially assisted by passage of tho legis
lation now before the house of rep
resentatives dealing with the leasing
of potash-bearing lands. Continued
Tie Company G baseball team baa
quit playing baseball until such time
as the team can have baseball uni
forms. The hint has been sent out
several times now, but up to the
present writing the team has had no
other uniforms save soldier uniforms
and they are not the kind to play tall
in efficiently.
Tie regimental Y. M. C. A. is now
open here and is appreciated by ev
ery member of the company. Tie
V. M. C. A. is a big factor in tie life
of a soldier, and is a predominating
factor on the side of right, jusLce
and clean living.
If any of the friends "bark V me''
have a few late magazines they are
through with they might wrtp tiem
up and send them to the members of
Company G, care Captain "Jack."
This news letter finds all members
of the company in good health and
excellent spirits. There is plenty of
work for all, and time to play and
enjoy life at the same time. Friends
"bock home" would hardly know
some of the lads now Captain
"Jack" is a regular daddy to every
member of the company and is on
tba lookout every minute to make
the company's efficiency greater
wh:le at the same time he does all in
his power to make the boys comfort
able and happy. Not every company
in the country i6 blessed with a Cap
tain "Jack."
The other night, while on duty.
Sergeant Mattox and Corporal Ovi-
ialt confiscated two gallons of wins-
key and a gallon of wine Somehow
the jugB leaked and they were able
to turn in only a half pint. It may
seem strange, but the Jugs seem to
hold water all the same. No man
should be convicted on circumstan
tial evidence, however, for no one
saw the sergeant and the corporal
when they confiscated the jug.
Just prior to writing this news-let
Movemoer jo. ire open season ior water which at the time was only a
wild ducks, geese, branta. cranen and fow jn(.),es deep in the bottom of the
game v ater fowl begins Septembe-r ( hannel which the road crosses and
which ordinarily is dry Keichardt
16 and ends December 21. The op
en season for jack snipe. Wilson
snipe, killdeer and yellow-lecs is the
same as for ducks. There is no op
en season on doves or plover. The
oj.en season for trout not less than
eight irche long ends October I,
ano for bas6 not less than eight
inches long ends November 15.
Th" law limits the killing of game
to a certain number each day. Hunt
ers are allowed to kill for food pur
peses ten wild geese or brant, ten
ptairn cl.ickena or grouse and twenty-five
game birds of any other var
iety including ducks, ten squirrels
and tweDty-five fish. Hunters are
forbidden to pursue, take, wound or
kill one-half hour after sundown or
before daylight, or with a steel or
hrrd-pointed bullet, or with any
other -weapon than an ordinary
shoulder gun or pistol.
uncertainty as to the status of titles
to this property has hampered devel- 'ter the correspondent made a tour of
opment of this important depoeit
No production is reported from
feldspar or other silicate rocks, hut
considerable quantities of potash
salts and potash-boarins fertilixers
were obtained from the dUEts in ce
ment mill and blast furnaces.
The production from kelp was
about 15 per cent of the total, as it
was in 1916.
Pjtash from distillery slop and
other organic, sources made 15 per
cent or more of thc total.
The production , of potash from
wood ashes, including "first sorts,"
"pearlnsh," and other grades, is sup
posed to have been much greater
than it was in 1916. but reports from
these producers have been much de
layed and the figures obtainable thus
far are probably not representative.
The potash made from wood ashes
thus far reported amounted to 222
tons, which U assumed to average at
least 50 per cent K20. This Is per
haps too low, but definite informa
tion aa to tho grade of this material
W difficult to obtain.
The prises quoted range from
the camp on a still hunt for news
The writer chanced to run across
Sergeant Roderick. The sergeant is
having considerable trouble with Lis
mustache as it insists on turning
down at the corners It- has been
suggested to him that a little wax
might help it out.
A dandy panorama picture of
Camp Cody showing Company G's
quarters was taken recently. Cap
tain "Jack" sent one. of the pictures
to his brother Glen, in Alliance, with
the request that it be placed on exhi
bition. Friends of the company in both
Alliance and Scottsbluff hnve started
eending dainties to the boys here,
and they are certainly appreciated
The little remembrances mean more
to the boys than possibly the send
ers imagine, for it shows that the
folks "back home" are thinking of
them and are interested in them. It
helps to make their lot easier when
they have the knowledge that the
home folks are looking to them to do
their beat and make a record for
themselves and their company.
Do youi duty liefore blaming others
for not doing theirs.
was in the back seat, leaning on the
buck of the front seat between the
other two men and looking - with
them out through the windshield.
Tho lights of the car were on and it
was quite dark. A hewvy rainstorm
with much thunder and lightning wa
in progress somewhere north.
As Snyder started to drive across
the channel he saw the wall of water
coming down from the left. He
shouted to Knapp to jump. Knapp
jdid not see the water coming but he
jumped without asking questions
Reichardt apparently also sa the wall
of water coming for he laughed and
shouted to the other two men. "Boys,
we're gone. It's caught us."
The wall of water completely en
gulfed the auto. Knapp. whj had
lumped out on the lower side, was
caught by the flood and swung back
against the car which toppled over,
striking him. Snyder and Keichardt
were euticht inside and held prison
ers hy the rurtalns The car rolled
nvr and over with the two men In
side Knapp was soon rarrted to
where he could get on his feet and
he waded ashore, following toe car
down the gulch as long as he could
- It He soon lost Sight of it and
although he cAlled to the men nt the
top of his voice, he could get no ans
wer.
Knapp remembered having passed
a ranch house about a mile buck and
started in the darkness for help. He
had scarcely gone two hundred feet
when he heard, above the roar of
the swift flood, a call. He followed
the voice and upon coming o the
edge of the torrent, could see Sny
der standing up to his waist in water
on the bottom of the car wblcb was
upside down, resting on thc ton.
Knapp called to Snyder to stay there
and that he would br'ng help.
Knnpp then started again lor the
ranch house but the buffeting he
had received and the dirty water be
had unintentionally drang before he
got out were too much for him and
he fainted. On coming to, be start
ed again but came to the water, find-
lug that he had become turned
around. He started again nt a ran
in the right direction and noo ar
rived at the rach house Arousing
the owner, they ran to the garage
and quickly ran out the Ford ar
hich the formr had there. The
ranchman, whose name is A. K
Steock, brought a lariet rope and a
pair of hip boots. The latter quick
ly drove the car to the scene of the
accident and they rescued Snyder by
throwing to him the lariet rope, pull
ing him to the shore.
The watre had subsided a little.
Steock put on the waders and waded
out to the car, starting to feel in
side for Keichardt. of whom there
was no sign. He ha just began
when, warned by the shouts of the
men on shore, he ra to high ground
barely in time to escape a second and
larger wnll of water which efrtich
the overtured car, righting it and
carrying it on down the otream. As
the car turned right aide up It re
leased the body of Reichardt which
had been imprisoned inside and
which had started to float down
stream
The three men jumped into Steock
Ford and started to follow tho body
down sternm, hoping to catch it in a
shallow place but the water wan so
swift that they quickly losl trak of
it. They then alarmed the neighbor
hood and people turned out by the
dozens In a hunt for the body which
was found four hourn later, at short
ly after midlght, lying face down
ward in an orchard thre miles from
the scene of the accident.
Reichardt's clothing was torn anel
his Ingersoll watch had stopped at
twenty minutes to eight o'clock,
showing the time of the accidet. The
corner was called but decided it was
not necessary to hold an inquest.
The funeral was held at Gerlng Tues-
GOVERNMENT
TO STOCK MEN
Information Set Oat Clearly In Ros-
olutloas Adopted by Committee
at Washington Meeting;
NURRASKA MHN IN ATKQfDA NCK
R. 'Pag, K L. Boriie and K. Z.
Hut-eii Are Mem bom of im
mitten from ThU Stain
Ob September 6, 6 and 7 a meet
ing of the United Statea Live-stock
Industry Committee was held at
Washington. The member of thie
committee were chosen by Herbert
Hoover, food administrator, and
Secretary of Agriculture Houston.
The purpose otf the committee 1b to
stimulate the increased production of
cattle, sheep, bogs and other live
stock.
The Nebraska members of the
committee are W. R. Tagg of South
Omaha, manager of the firm of Tagg
Bros, ft Moorhead, and one of tho
most widely known commission men
In the country, who is also president
of tie South Omaha Live Stock Ex
change and president of the National
Live Stock Exchange; E. L Hurke.
secretary of the National Live Stock
Producers' Association, and E. Z.
Russell, editor of the Twentieth Cen
tury Farmer.
The members from Nebraska along
with all other members met and
went over the entire situation thor
oughly and after due consideration
of every point brought up, drew up a
set of resolutions that were unani
mously adopted, the Nebraska mem
bers agreeing to the report.
The revolutions, which appear be
low, set forth the two great prob
lems in meat supplies. All stock
men will read these resolutions with
the greatest of intere'St, for they are.
in fact, a thorough explanation of
tie present situation. Tie resolu
tions provide the working basis for
all work along this line. The reso
lutions follow:
Resolutions
WHEREAS. Honorable David F.
Hbuston, secretary of agriculture,
and Honorable Herbert C. Hoover,
food administrator, have called us to
Washington to consider certain prob
lems of live-stock production vital to
the national welfare, and have re
quested from us suggestions upon
such problems and especially those
relating to the production and mar
keting of live stock and live-stock
LOOKING THROUGH THE WRONG END.
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there for the funeralreturning "SSf?"
Alliance Tuesday night.
Members of The Herald force made
a trip to the se-ene of the accident
early Monday morning in The Her
ald's Crow-Elkhart, goim; on to
Scottsbluff. It was found that the
cloudburst had done hiy damage
in the North Platte valley, to Irriga
tion difche-s and roads. The trip go
ing down through nine-mile-canyon
was an experience in which there
was no fun and much danger, the
road being washed out at probably
not lens than a dozen places where it
crosses the bed of the- gulch. The
flood water from the cloudbursts had
apparently lxen thirteen or fourteen
feet deep and from forty to fifty feet
wide. The Ford car, the stale It
cense number of which was 136,634,
and which was practically' a new
car. was completely wrecked and half
buried in sand and debris. It had
been carried several hundred feet
from the crossing where it was
caught.
The flood of water passel on down
into the valley, causing irrigation
ditches to break and washing out
dozens of culverts. Only after sev
era! hours of turning back and hunt
ing new roads, was it found possible
to reach Scottsbluff. Another very
heavy rain storm Monday afternoon
which extended into the "canyon dis
trict and which also reached Alli
ance, caused further haVOC BDd made
it impossible to return to Alliance
until Tuesday morning.
fJRent your room
through a "Rooms For
Rent" ad and keep the
disfiguring placard out
of your front window.
CI The newspaper ad is
digniffed, sends you
numerous applicants
from which to choose,
and does not detract
from the exclusiveness
jf your home.
UK IT RESOLVED. That as a re
sult of our conference here we sub
mit I he following statement for tho
consideration of those government
officials named above.
1. We are impressed with tho ser
iousness of the war situation and of
the obligation which rests upon all
citizens to serve the common good.
And for ourselves and for the sin
cerely patriotic live-stock producers
whoi.) we represent wo hereby pledge
to the president of the United States
and to his administrative officers our
loyal co-operation In carrying out
such measures as they may consider
n-cessary to the successful prosecu
tion of this great war for world-wide
democracy.
. We approve thej efforts which
have been made under the leader
ship of the Department of Agricul
ture to encourage live Btock produc
tion, and we believe that in this
work the department should have
the liberal support of federal and
state authorities.
3. The live-stock business is no
different from all other business, in
that it is governed by economic
laws. Production in a large way in
ITSaiSI or decreases as the cost of
production and the price of the fin
ished product rise and fall. When
the margin of profit Is replaced by a
nosi'ive Igss the length of time the
live stock producer can continue in
business is measured solely by his
Imancial condition.
4. If there has been a reduction in
live Block la proportion to the needs
of the country the cause must be
sought in the unremunerative pri .
which the live stock producer has
received la recent years. A continu
ation of prices which are below the
cost-of production will intensify th3
shortage,
5 The live stock producers will
loyally acquiesce in whatever meas
ures the government may find neces
sary to adopt and will cheerfully and
as speedily as possible adjust their
business to the conditions brougit
about by such measures. We sug
gest to those who must bear the
h avy bOrden of responsibility that
while liquidation of live stock can
take place very rapidly, as shown by
the experience of the past yen the
ra - ablishnicnt of the In rds and
flocks is a matter of yeara. If,
therefore, it seems desirable to has
ten an increase in our live-stock pro
duction definite policies looking to
that end should be adopted and made
known at the earliest possible date.
Even with normal conditions the
production and feeding of live stock
Is carried on under ucertainties
which do not prevail with otier
kinds of business. The cost of the
raw material is determined largely
by the sunshine and the rain and
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