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r Official Organ Nebraska Stock Growers Association and Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen's Association TEN PAGES Leading Newspaper of Western Nebraska The Alliance Herald Tell Them Yon It in The He Saw raid VOLUME XXV ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTK COUNTY, NEBRASKA, JAM. . 17, 1918 MORRILL POTATO GROWERS PRO TEST SYSTEM JOBBERS OFFER DOLLAR A HUN DRED POUNDS SELL THEM IN LINCOLN FOR S2.2S 500 CARLOADS AT MORRILL Will Apioal To Government Officials To Help Them Move Their Potatoes The Lincoln State Journal contain ed the following Interesting article in a recent issue, wtaicti snows how the consumer is held up for potatoes In the cities. The article Is as fol lows: While wholesale dealers are charg ing grocers in Lincoln $2.25 a hun dred pounds for potatoes, and con sumers are being held up to the tune of $3 a hundred pounds, there are 2,000 car loads of the finest quality stored in farmers cellars in the North Platte valley, and the raisers are un able to find a market for them, ac cording to Frank Thomas, E. R. Kirk Patrick and James Elliott, farm era who live near Morrill, Nebr. Six hundred car loads of spuds are stored In cellars near Morrill. E. R. Kirk Patrick raised 11,00 bushels of the best grade, he said and now has them for sale. They want government The price quoted to him, when a price is quoted, is $1 a hundred pounds. He sold two car loads Just before coming to Lincoln at that price. But the great difficulty is that there is no market for them now. These men were astonished to find that the wholesalers were quoting spuds to the retailers here at $225 a hundred pounds. "We cannot un derstand why there should be so great a difference between tbe prices paid us at Morrill and the price charged the retailer in Lincoln," said Mr. Kirkpatrick Hundreds of Cars Stored "We men at Morrill want to say taat we have 600 car loads stored in the cellars and that we have a Farm era Union there and that this union is ready to deliver them, put them in the cars at Morrill, sacked, at $1.25 per hundred pounds. The men offered Friday night to dispose of their spuds at that price f. o. b. Morrill and said they would deliver them in Lincoln for twenty two cents more per hundred pound3, or the cost of the freight which they computed at that figure. They de clared that they wanted to protest against the conditions that exist in the food market as far as potatoes are concerned. They declared that it has been computed that potatoes cannot be sold by the raiser for less than $1.25 a hundred pounds and make money on them. The men who have come to buy. on.' of them a buyer for a Lincoln firm, have offered from $1 to $1.10 a hundred pounds but only want a car or two at a time. Mr. Elliott declared that when the farmer sells his potrtoe3 at one dol lar a hundred pounds, he loses $14 an acre on them. The men, however are not holding for higher prices. They said they were net hoarding them. Somo of the men are dispos ing of them at $1 a hundred and all that have potatoes realise that they must dispose of them by the first of May. There arc 2,000 carloads to be moved by that time and the mark et must open up soon to take care of them. "We are going to make an appeal to the government officials," declared Mr. Elliott. "Government agents came to the farmers in the North Piatte valley the spring of 1917 and urged us to plant potatoes, and we did it thru patriotism. Now we want the government to help us move them." These men pointed out things that are responsible for the conditions in tbe potato market. They called at tention to the fact that the exorbitant price charged the people in the cities cut down the demand for potatoes because people stop using them so freely when they get so high. This cuts down demand. The wholesaler gets his big prices. Tnu retailer has to sell them at a big figure and the wholesaler comes back at the planter with the statement that there is not a big demand and that he cannot handle his potatoes. Mr. Kirkpatrick and his compan ions pointed out that when the mark et was open they could not get cars to move them. Now that they have cars to move them they cannot get a market for them. The men were in dignant over conditions. They felt that there was a Mg Injustice being done somewhere along the line and expressed a desire to see the wrong conditions MAJ. GEN. GEORGE BELL, JR. Bjr 3si r SSSP . w jSrL 'B BB MsJ. Gen. Cccro Sail, Jr., in com mand of Camp Logan, Houston, was born In Maryland, January 23, 1859, and consequently Is fifty-eight years of age. He Is recognised as one of the ablest commanding officers in the army. WEEK OE VIOLENCE OVER AT BAYARD Four Violent Deaths Constitute the Record at Bayard Laat Week A murder and suicide ocevrred at Bayard Tuesday. Wm. Linn, who lived on a farm ne-r tlm city, was taken sick s';me Mm ag and was taken to a local hospital, whe ho was treatc ' for a nervoouB break down, and was apparently getting better. On Tuesday he was ieleased from the hospital and went home. During his illness he and' his family had mndc arrangements to leave the co n try as scon as he vrat able, and a sale of his property had been arrang ed. Aco Cadwell, a neighbor, who had been attending to Linn's chores while ho latter was in the hospital, was assisting him in his preparations to leave. Cadwell was sitting at a table writing out a sc!e bill to adver tise a sale, when I. in came to the door and without saying a word shot him with a shotgun, killing him in stantly. Linn then went' to the barn, where he hung himself. Both men were of middle age and apparently the best of friends. No cause for the act can be given, but it is supposed that Linn was deranged at the time tho tragedy occurred . Cadwell leaves a wife and nin children. Last Saturday afternoon Ole Han sen took on a load of booze and went to a restaurant conducted by Bob Morgan, near the depot, and it is stated that Hansen st-irted a rough house. During the scuffle in which Morgan waa trying tc gei. him out of the house, Hansen made it pretty warm for Morgan, who seeing a knife lying on a table grabbed It and stabbed Hansen in the back. The injured men was taken to the hos pital, where he remained until Wed nesday night, dying about 6:30. He was a man about 30 years old and came to Bayard from Fremont last summer. The other case was the death of A. Lord, 'a laborer at the Bayard fac tory. In some mannar Lord gained admission to the ma'n office of the company, and in making a search of the premises found some wood alco hol, which, it is supposed, he mis took for the real thing. At any rate, he drank it. and died shortly after taking tbe fatal dose. NEW OFFICERS ARE ELECTED i A 11 Lance Association Pays Hansome Dividends for Past Year on Rim ing Stock The annual meeting of stockhold ers of the Alliance Building & Loan Association was held oa January 8th. Officers' re-elected were R. M. Hamp ton, president; Jerry Rowan, vice president; F. W. Harris, treasurer; M. S. Hargraves, secretary. The board of directors consists of the above and John McDonald, George E. Davis. W. C. Mount a, F. W. Irish, Elisha D. Henry. An unusually good showing was made for the year 1917 oa the inter est paid on the running stock. The dividend for June first amounted to nine nine-tenths per cent. The semi annual dividend for January 1st amounted to eight per cent, making a total dividend for the year of seven teen and nine-tenths per cent 'on the running stock. Tho paid up stock draws the regular dividend of six per cent. The stockholders of the company were delighted with the excellent showing made for the past year. NUMBER 7 FATAL ACCIDENT IN BURLINGTON YARDS Young Switchman Was Caught Be tween Two Feign t Cars and In stantly Killed, l .h -t. Friday An accident occured at the Bur lington yards at ton o'clock last Frl day morning when J. J. Dean, a switchman was caught between 'two coal cars and was killed Instantly. The morning was bitterly cold and a heavy fog of smoke and steam en veloped the yards making it impos sible for the engineer to see the stop signal and the train moved back and caught the unfortunate man, he dy ing without uttering a sound. Clifford Sward was the only eye witness to the tragedy. Mr. Sward was helping Mr. Dean set out a bad order car on the switching track. Mr. Sward gave the stop signal to the en gineer, but owing to the heavy fog the engineer did not sec the signal, and the train moved back and Dean was caught between two cars, one that had lost a draw bar coupling, the others having the coupling mashed down so that when the two carB came together there was no space between them. Mr. Dean came from Denver about a week before the tradgedy and had been working for the Burlington since his arrival. His wife and little baby had arrived two days before and were making their home with their brother, D. W. Mains. ' Mr. Dean's parents and two sisters reside at Halifax, Nova Scotia and he has two brothers residing in Boston. Corner Basye at once visited the scene of the accident. He decided to hold an inquest A jury was im panelled, consisting of Roy Beckwith, James Rice, Bert McCool, O. E. More, Everett Cook, John Snyder. The jury brought in a verdict as follows: That J. J. Dean came to his death by being crushed between two bad order cars while working as a Bwitcbman on the Burlington, that because of steam escaping from tbe engine, together with atmospheric conditions prevented the engineer from receiving the last signal. The railroad was at fault for using an engine in bad order. The remains were taken to Denver for burial on Saturday. FARMERS TO GIVE NEXT SALE Red Cross Sale on Sturday, January 26 to be Conducted by our Farmers The farmers will have charge of the next iRed Cross sale to be held In Alliance January 26th at 3 p. m. at the corner of 3rd and Box Butte. The first sale was held by the town people and a largo num'oc- or farm ers expressed themselves as wanting to make the next one strictly for the farmers, so tbe committo in charge has appointed Brown Griffith as chairman with the following to as sist: J. A. Keegan, M. D. He: ley A. Groves, L J. Schill, Herb NaBon, Wm. Rust, Jr. Elmer Englshorn, Cal Geo. Newswanger and W. D. Fisher. Those who come in before the 26th can leave their articles at the Com munity headquarters, Harry Coursey has again donated his services free for this ocasBion. You can also bring in your horses, cows, pigs, etc. Mr. Courscy will donate bis commis sion to the Red Cross and the farmer can donatd any additional amount as ho wishes. Let every farmer get be hind this and show the other count ies what we can do. 18pt HEAD Mrs. J. M. Miller returned lut night from a short visit at Crawford A BOX BUTTE PIONEER A traveling salesman of en Omaha Paper Co. was in tbe Horald office Wednesday. He spoke quite enthus istically of Judge Tash who had been telling him of early days in Box Butte County. He said it was very rare to find a man who had lived in one com munity for thirty years. Judge Tash has been here that long and has a g-eat deal to do with the growth of the county. The Judge has served in all three court! houses that he county ,B had- "1 TAKES SECOND PLACE Box Butte County was awarded second place in the county exhibits at the fruit and vegetable show be ing held in Lincoln this week. First place waa awarded to Kimball Coun ty, but both irrigated and dry land potatoes were included in the Kim ball County exhibit. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank neighbors and friends for assistance and, floral offer ings during thetslckness and death of our baby. Elmer Lawrence and Family, Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Lawrence, Henry Lawrence and Mother. As Chaplain Lousher did not mnke his connections as was expected, the lecture advertlsod for last (Saturday lgnt was held Sunday nlaht at the First Baptist Church. All the ot her churches showed their spirit of co operation and calledoff their services for Sunday night so that everybody could take advantage of tho lecture. Previous to the lecluro prayer was held and Beveral sonpe suna bv the womens chorus. A splendid phono graph had been provided, several ap propriate records bolng played. Chaplain Loughor diverged from the lecture advertised and took un crime problems in the United States. No one regretted tho change, as the octure was live and Intcrc-ilna from the time Mr. Loughcr Btarted until he closed. Facta presented were Btartllna. It was shown that crime has been on the increase in the United States. that there is a great deal of unheard of crookedness in our men chosen to fill officos for the administer of tho law and that the average age of men being sent to the penententlarv has dropped from thirty seven years to twenty two years. Chaplain Lo uglier brought home to us forcibly the need of prison reform, different methods for the young offenders be ing corrected than the reform school. He stated that the moving picture show should be strictly censored, pre- entiug all pictures featuring "hero" crooks, as such pictures put wrong ideas into the youne. It is Just as easy to show constructive pictures as to show the other kind. On the whole, the lecture by Chan- lain Lougher was excellent. There was a large attendance, the church being too small to accomodate the crowd. Messrs Fred J. Vogel of The Al liance Times and Dan R. Conway of The Alliance Herald spent Sunday last in Scottsbluff, there to attend the regular monthly meeting of Bridgeport Local No. 755 Interna tional Typographical Union. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Herlan of An ttorh were in Alliance on business Tuesday sad Wednesday of this week. EXCELLENT TALK BY GEN Robert l bulurd CHAPLAIN LOUGHER Tiurches Hold Union Meeting last Sunday Night at the First Bap tist Church anMKanaaWtsnff&-: 'dm& flHsSsannbBa PRINTERS' UNION BUYS STAMPS Local Printers Show Th Mr Patri.Vtc Spirit In a Financial Way At the regular monthly meeting held in ScottBbluff on last Sunday afternoon, January 12tb, the mem bers of Local No. 755, International Typographical Union voted unanimo usly to purchase $100 worth of the new thrift stamps in the nnme of the organization. Bridgeport local No. 755, includes he members of the printing craft In the offices of tbe newspapers at Scottsbluffs, Alliance, Gerlng and Bridgeport. The members of tbe Union wlll subscribe the fund and the stamps will be purchased from time to time as the fund allows. In view of the fact that membership of the Union is comparatively small, being cbmposed of printers actively engag ed in their profession, it can be realized that the patriotism thus manifested means nd small, sacrifice. MARRIED Mr. Gerald Laurence Beck and Miss Mary Thomasine Sample were married at Ellensburg Washington on Dec, 31st. The marriage was a home affair, at the home of the brides parents. Laurence formerly lived in Alliance and was a member of the class of 1915 at the high school. However he did not graduate here but completed bis course at the North Yokima, Washington high school. After leaving high school he attended the Washington State Nor mal, it was here that he met Miss Sample. While in Alliance Mr. Beck was a member of the Alliance band, being quite active in all affairs and well liked by the younger aet of the eity. Mr. and Mrs. Beck took a short honeymoon and are now at home in Cle Elum, Washington. FARMERS UNION MEETS Members and their family of the Farmers Educational and Co-operative State Union of Nebraska. Meet at district No. 2 school house 3 miles east of Alliance Monday evening Jan. After the initiation of new officers. Herman Trabert was elect ed as delegate to the state convention ar Lit coin Miss Norma Trabert sang several well selected songs and O. W. Nation gave a recitation. Messrs Stoll and Munts rcnored oev- eral good musical pieces on the violin guitar and mandolin, after which fol lowed a bountiful lunch, everyone re turned home after a dollghtfnl evening Robert L. Bullard. one of the new major generals, was born In Alabama In 1881 and graduated from West Point in 1881. He became a colonel of In fantry In 1911. PLAYED BASKETBALL EOR RED CROSS Exciting Game Goes To Sophomore Boys... Girls Battle Won By The Juniors The high school gymnasium was filled to the limit Tuesday night with a crowd of enthusiasts. They were not disappointed as the two games played by the classes were full of thrillB. - The excitement was Intense through tho games, the referees hav ing a hard time to stop the players when infractions of the rules were called, as the noise was terrific. Tbe girls game between the Fresh man and the Juniors, was a battle royal all the way through. First one team would lead, then the other, at the ond of the first ' air the score stood, Juniors 11, Freshman 9. When tbe next half started the Freshman took the lead but held it for only a short -time. The Juniors taking the lead and holding it until the end of the game. Final score being Juniors 15, Freshman 14. The Freshman girls had the better team as far as Basket Ball playing goes but the Junior girls were too tall. In the boys game some good basket ball was -shown. The first half the sophomores played rings around the seniors, their team work and goal shooting being perfect. The game was clean, good sportsmanship being shown by both classes. Score first half, Sophomores 12 Senlorsl4. Tbe next half the Seniors came back st rout:, their play so far excelled the Sophomores that they made up the points lost and if time had been a few mlnuteB more would have defeat ed the Sophomores. The final score stood Sophomores 14, Seniors IS. Jordan Robinson, business man ager of the games stated that tbey would have In the neighborhood of sixty dollars to turn into the Red Cross fund as a result of the games. HIGH SCHOOL PliAYS AT BAY ARD NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT The high school team under coach Crawford has been rounded into shape, playing its first game at Bay ard next Saturday night. The team is composed of eight men who will all take the trip. We anticipate the boys showing some good basket ball as tbey have a good fast team and put up a clean scrappy game. COMMENDS OUR ORGANIZATION State Rural School Inspector, Alice Florer, Write to Secretary FiUher January 11, 1918 Sec'y. Fisher, Community Club, Alliance, Nebraska. Dear S'r: It was with a great deal of pleas ure that I looked over the Alliance Herald which came to my desk this week and especially the work uf your Community Club and the Defense day which the women are earring out. If evtry community could establH'. a i ocd community club In which sub jects relating to their immediate woik and interests were discussed and whae people get together aad get Information and up-to-dat u op'n ionc, (.in schools would be better an1 there would be a happier relation ship cniong the people of such otn n unitif s. I am writing to congratulate you upon 'bis splendid club which you have organised and wish you in bounded success in this great wot a. Very sincerely, Alice Florer Aesistaat State Superintendent. Rural School Inspector COUNTY BOARD HEARS ROAD COMPLAINTS ALLIANCE MEN MEET WITH THO Molt It 1 1 , oi BOARD AT BRIDGEPORT ROADS THE WORST IN STATE Every Effort Is Being Made to Improve Road Con ditions Here The boord of county commissioners of Morrill county devoted a good share of Tuesday forenoon to hearing complaints of parties from the north end of the county on the deplorable condition of the roads, sr.ys tho Bridgeport News Blade. A delegation fro I Alliance, Con sisting of Secretary Fisher, of the Alliance commercial club, and Robert Oraham, postmaster at that ploco, with T. B. Estill representing Bridge port, appeared before the hnard tr ask for an appropriation for work oa tbe road from Bridgeport north to me box Butte county line. Mr. Es till opened the proceedings bv show. ing tbe necessity for work on this road and by calling tho attention of the board to the fact that a eomiri. erable sum of money Is now in the treasury that should be snent lnntAnrl of lying idle. Mr. Fisher followed by onering co-operation on behalf of Alliance in making the road 'and la haullag material to improvo the road in this county and to build gates through which cars can be driven without stopping. The proposition was made t t the work of building gates If the com missioners would pay for tbe lumber which will cost from 112 to IIS for each gate. The community clubs of Alliance and Bridgeport will also do a large amount of work on the road If the commissioners will use tbe funds In the various precincts for road work. Mr. Fisher Dhowed that a sand road can be successfully eon- air ucteo by using spotld hay as a base and covering this with the mag nesia that Is so plentiful in the sand hill country. The road will have to be what is call ed a "gate road." that Is , It cannot be an onen road for th present since It crosoes private lands in a meandering line; but there Is no doubt It will In time develono In to an open road as it is worked and trav eled and the necosoity for an open road becomes apparent. Several men from tho northeastern part of the county were also present to urge the claims of the residents of that section for a north and south road from Alliance to Broadwater. Robert Oraham. who owns larae raf estate Interests in that section, made a strong and eloquent plea for justice to those who live in that locality. He called attention to the fact tbat he and others have been paying taxes there for about twenty-seven years, but have had absolutely nothing: done for them In tho way of roads He staled that this fund had been In creasing from year to year, end that it should in justice bo spen: on roads. The road was Burveycd some time ago, but it has not as yet been opened for the reason that some land own ers have made what Is deemed ex orbitant claims for damages. Mr. Graham argued that a few men should not be permitted to hold back a public improvement in this man ner, and that It is the duty of the commissioners to go ahead and open tbe road. The post off ice at Cleman. on thin road, was established in 1897, and a rmall route to Alliance was es tablished at the same time. Most of the land at t hat time waa vacant gov eminent land; and as the land came into private ownership, the owners recognised the road as a postal route and paid the mail carrier wages for shutting the gates along tho route, since they know tbey had no right to place any obstruction. In the way of a gate or otherwise, cn an established postal route. Mr. Graham ' questions tbe right of the present owners to collect damages now upon tbe formal oneniag of the road by the commis sioners) since the postal route was es tablished long before they became owners of the land. He argues that the road can be opened legally at this time without liability on tho part of the county so far at the Dart used as a postal route is concerned, and came oeiore tne Doaru well armea wit a postal law to support his contention. Sam Hickman, from the same lo cality, seconded Mr. Graham's de mand for a road, and said that be had come to the county seat by train because of the impassable con dition of the roads. Mr. Hickman said thetonly way he could get to Bridgeport was by train or aeroplane. Mr. Scott, who Uvea on the Rice ranch in the northeastern part of the CtoatUuoa en Pact I)