Official Organ Nebraska Stock Growers Association and Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen's Association
The Alliance Herald
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ALLIANCB. BOX BUTTE COUNTY. NEBRASKA. MARCH 21. 1918. -' '
EIGHT PAOBt
Leading Newspaper
of Western Nebraska
Tell Them You Saw
It in The Herald
VOLUME XXV
NTMHKR 1ft
SPECIAL SESSION CHAIRMAN OE WAR
OE THE LEGISLATURE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
ANNUAL ELECTION OF
T. P. A'S EAST SATURDAY
Governor Keith Neville Issues Call
For Ix-gislators To Meet Starting
Next Tuesday
.loyd Thomas, Editor Of Herald,
Appointed Chairman For Box
Uutte County War Work
Governor Keith Neville has issued
a proclamation calling a special ses
sion of the legislature to be held be
gining at noon Tuesday, March 26.
Lloyd Thomas, editor of The
Herald, has been appointed as chair
man for the Box Butte county War
Campaign Committee of the National
This extraordinary session was called Committee on Prisons and Prison
primarily to enact legislation that will Labor. The appointment was made by
authorize Nebraska soldiers and sail- E. Stagg Whitin, chairman of the
ors to vote at state elections. But j national executive council, on the re
while the governor was at it he in- j commendation of E. O. Mayfleld of
eorporated ten different subjects for
legislation.
The governor omits the ratiflca
tion of a prohibitory amendment to
the national constitution. Some time
Lincoln, Nebraska Representative of
the War Prison Board.
Other county chairmen for western
Nebraska are: Sheridan County
Hon. W. H. Westover, Rushville;
ago he was quoted as having said he! Sioux Dr. Lloyd Cramer, Harrison;
feared such an amendment would not Dawes Lew H. Wright. Chadrou;
ataln the approval of the Nebraska j Scottsbluff E. T. Westervelt, Setts
State senate. There is no mention of bluff; Cheyenne Joseph Oberft-lder.
suffrage for women in the governor's Sidney ; Banner John D. Helnts,
call. Neither is the legislature given j Harrisburg; Kimball B. K. Bushee,
authority in the covernor's proclama-! Kimball.
tlon to pass a new appropriation bills' The work of the county chairmen,
to pay expenses of the legislature, or 'will consist lr.rgely of furthering 'he (
for any other purpose. interests of waste conservation as
The only amendment to the state relates to labor, etc., and will reach j
constitution the governor desires con-j out in various directions. The work j
sidered is only effecting declarant ! done will be towards the elimination
VOtera, There has been a considerable i of wubte ati'i ib conservatin of labor
demand for a change in the state con-! in every ptibglMe ".i nner,
etitutional provision whtcn permits!
aliens to vote after making a declara
tion of their intention to become
naturalized citizens.
In hiB call the governor has asked
the legislature to repeal the Mockett
law, a law which requires school
boards to have German or other Euro
pean languages in public schools
when petitioned by fifty school pat
rons to do so.
In addition to the proposed law to
enable soldiers in the army and navy
to vote the governor proposed legis
lation to protect civil rights f Nebras
ka men in the army or navy. This can
be done by the passage of morator
ium laws, acts of the legislature to
suspend state laws for the enforce
ment of the payment of debts owing
Last Saturday the regular monthly
fmeetlBl of the T. P. A. was held. At
this meeting the annual election of
officers took place in spite of the
small turnout. The result of the elec
tion was as follows:
Silas Thompson. Pres; T. M.
Spencer, Vice Pres; H. 0 Strong,
Sec y and Treas; .1. H, llause. Chair
man Board Directors; W. G. Nleman,
Geo, D. Heed. J. A. Luttrell, J. F.
O'Connor, directors; J. H. limine,
chairman It K. committee; Ben J.
Sallows, Ch'M press committee; ft, It.
I Baker, CH'M Hotel Committee; L. H.
I Highland. CH'M legislative Commit
! tee; M. W. Reynolds, CH'M Employ
ment; CH'M Looney, CH'M Good
I Roads and Pulic Utilities Committee;
' Rev. F. E. Black, Chaplain.
BIG CROWD ATTEND
RED CROSS DANCE
STRICT ENFORCEMENT
OF FOOD DISTRIBUTION
The Red Cross DftBCf hrld at the
Phelan Open House last Saturday
v. ning wan very well attended, prac
tically every business man In town at
tended the danee and did their share
In matting Ike dance a succesn. The
nninic gien by a four piece orchen-
tra which went to sleep while auction
eer Dutton raffled off a couple of
twenty five dollar lamps donated by
tin- Thlele Drug Store. The auctioneer
wan all right but the crowd wan alow
in baying the tickets The lamps were
won by D. C. Rogern and Paul Her
man. Jack tieanon in charge of the
candy wheel pulled in after the dance
with a sack of money, demonntrating
Jack'n ability an a candy nalenman
On the whole the dance was a big
success and enjoyed by a good nat-
u red crowd of the bent people In Al
llaoce. Oret $300 was cleared. Mr
Isnason denerven credit for managing
no successful an affair.
State Food Administrator Wattles
Orders Sustltutes Tl He Hold With
Flour At Time Of Purchase
ART EXHIBIT AT HIGH SHOOL
Strict enforcement of the pound-for-pound
substitute rule with sales
of wheat flour is ordered by Food
Administrator Wattles. Merchants
do not have the required amount of
substitutes, then wheat flour is not
to be sold, only as substitutes can be
The Art Exhibit at the school house fUrnj8hed.
this week is drawing large crowds. All exceptions permitted have been
Several excellent programs have been nullified, potatoes are no longer a
given and several more are promised 8UDBtitute for flour and cannot be
the Alliance patrons. The pictures go,d u gurn The 8ubBtitutes, and
exhibited are of exceptional merit none otneF( are:
and can be bought after the exhibit Hominy. 'corn grits, corn meal,
is over. corn flour, edible corn starch, barley
Friday afternoon a good pro- flour ro,led oat(J oatmeal( rlce rlrp
gram will be given by the intermedi- flour und feterita flo,irs and meai8.
ate and kindergarten of both schools. consumers are required to pur-
The little people will give aseries of . . . fl , bought
ALLIANCE SPLITS
DOUBLE HEADER
Girls Demonstrate Their Class, Hoys
Put I'p A Scrappy Game loosing
liy Small Margin
folk dances. Friday night the womans
club will have charge of the program.
The program Wednesday afternoon
was given by the Central and Emer-
- S I At I . 1 1
ny soldiers during cue periou oi cue . . ., .. fiimprviRinn of
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The governor asks for the enact
ment of laws defining sedition and
sebotage, and prescribing penalties
thereof. He asks for an act to lega
lize the home guard. Such a law
would enable the governor to use the
present home guard organization for
the preservation or order during the
perid of the war.
As a result of a decision of the su
preme court of Nebraska filed . last
Saturday Governor Neville has includ
ed in his call legislation to authorize
the state board of educational lands
and funds to execute mineral leases
upon school lands and to validate
leases previously issued by this board
of which he is a member. The last
legislature failed to pass a bill giving
the state board power to issue min
eral leases.
This legislation is of interest to
the state and also to speculators on
potash leases heretofore issued by the
state hard. The court held that potash
and other mineral deposits belongs to
the state, but that the state board
cannot dispose of such deposits with
out specific authority frm the legisla
ture. If the leases already issued. 227
in all, are validated by the legislature
the state will receive one-ight of all
potash taken from state lands, and
the holders of the leases will receive
the other sevn-ights. It is commonly
predicted that the proposed potash ;
legislation will prove to be one on
which the legislators may disagree;
and that considerable time may be,
spent on this one subject before the
legislature adjourns.
Inasmuch as all of the potash
plants now operating and most oil
the potash fields are located in this
district, representative Lloyd Thomas
editor of Ther erald, will be called
upon to furnish information on the
suject in big quantities to his fellow
members. He expects to leave the last
of the week for Lincoln.
Sheridan. The Central put on a patri
otic drill, the boys representing sail
ors and the girls Red Cross nurse,
I'ncle Sam, Liberty and Peace were
typified by very becoming costumes.
The Fmerson boys and girls glee club
put o:i several numbers but the main
event of the day was a highland fling
put oj by four girls. This event
showed unusual ability and was
highly appreciated by the audience
The boys and girls of boih schools
enetered into the spirit of the affair
and allowed that OTontf of thin kind
do much toward creating rej onsive
work in tho school children.
Everybody turn out to the next
few progr: he, have a good time and
also hflp the cause along.
and equal amount of any or all of
the above products and use them
with every pound of wheat Hour
purchased.
Vhole wheat or graham 3ou- may
e boubt 'vith three-llf lis as ni'.ch
f-uhptii utes.
ARE ESTABLISHING
A CANNING FACTORY
OVER THE TOT
BY FRIDAY NIGHT
Box Hint. County Will Sell Dm Al
lotment Of War Having Stamp
ll ! rhlnv Night
COLLARD WAS THE
GUEST OF HONOR
Noted Insurance Man Visited A III
nnco Guthrie Brothers Were
Host Of Evening
Alliance Heal Estate Finn Will Can
I i 1 - By Carlimd Thin Fall
In State Of Missouri
Mailey, Kelley A- Jeffers. the Alii
unce real estate firm, are establishing
a canning factory in the northwestern
part of Missouri and will can toma
toes and other eatables by the car
load beginning this fall. They already
have contracts for forty-five acres of
tomatoes which yield from three to
live tons per acre in that district.
A plant already established is being
remodeled by this firm and they will
be ready to run full blast this fall
when the harvesting of the crops be
gins. The plant will employ a good
sized force and will help put up food
to feed Uncles Sam's boys and the
allies. The company to operate the
plant is now being organized.
This firm during the last week sold
200 acres of land in southwestern
Missouri and 160 acres of land in
North Platte valley. Perry Mailey re
turned Sunday from Missouri where
he closed the deal uic.de there.
Philip M. Thomas
Another one of the Thomas boys"
who has volunteered for army service.
ile was formerly pressman in the
Bporend S. J. Enler returned Herald office and is a member of the
from a trip in the Eastern part of the Alliance Volunteer Fire Department
state, last Friday morning. He visited adding anoiner Biar to me
his parents at Brock. Nebr. and at- ment s service nag
tended the Missionary meeting held
in Lincoln two weeks ago this Frfday.
SUCCESSFUL SALE
OF YEARLING BULLS
F. Mitchell Was Well Satisfied
With Results Of Auction In Alli
ance On liaM Saturday
depart-1
Forty-nine head of yearling Here-
Recently Philip has been working ford throughbred bulls were sold at
as make-up man for tne Nebraska the auction in Alliance on Tuesday
Priming c.mmanv at Lincoln. He be- of this week, for C. F. Mitchell.
,,a Rrtv i...cb of the Christ- came twenty-one years of age on owner. The sale was cried by II. P.
Ian church at Gering. stopped OTOT March Jnd and on tne lliu ennsiea coursey. me finance auctioneer, mr.
in Alliance last Friday. He was on In the coast artillery, leaving Lincoln, i Mitchell was very well pleased with
his return home from Llnmoln and on the 13th for Fort Logan. Colorado, j the outcome of the sale which had
visited with Reverend Epler Friday. 1 1 ckargt oil bunch of eleven volun- been thoroughly advertised in The
loan He was assigned to the Philip- Alliance Herald.
E. E. Kinser of Promise City, Iowa, pine service and has since left Fort Among those who purchased bulls
who owns land In Box Butte county, Logan for the Pacific coast, en route for their ranches were the following:
Saturday night the boys and girls
teams of the High school engaged in
their annual basket ball games with
the Sidney High School. The Sidney-
boys won by a 17 to 13 score while
the Alliance girls held up their repu
tation by defeating the Sidney girls
24 to 11. The Sidney girls had a Ugh
team with two of their gtrln being
exceptionally fast on the floor, one
of these the tvrht forward for the
Sidney shoWed real form in goa
sho jtlng . nd guarding, tne Alliance
guard! hud then hands full in hold
ing h r even The girls played a good
clean . imu of ua.-. : ball the scon
being fairly even uu il the last few
minutes of play. Frances Collins and
Hazel Thompson were ihe stars for
Alliance although all l ie girls de
serve the he. or of the v. ory. The
" in. that they have houl be able
to defeat any h:h school lean in
the state.
GoalB and lineup for Alliance:
Frances Collins, Center, three t als;
Hazel Thompson, right forward, live
goals; leUa Cutts, lefi forward, four
goals; Betllab Reddish, it;ht guard:
Esther Nation, left guard.
The boys in the first half led Sid
ney by one point the score being 8-7,
they also put up a better game of ban
ket ball and scrapped harder. Sidney
attended the State Tournament at
Lincoln where they won second place
in their division, losing first place
only by a mistaken decision by the
referee, on a field goal disallowed be
cause of the netting on the basket
iMdng tangled threw the ball out of
the net after it had gone through
the loop. The referee would not allow
the basket, nor give Sidney an ad
ditional five minutes of play, Sidney
losing by a 17-DJ score. Coach
Stewart of the Vnivernity stated that
by all rights Sidney should nave been
given the game, but a decision could
not be changed. The Alliance boys
went into the game short three of
their regular players, Trabert, O'Con
nor and Plato, considering this
handicap did exceptionally well. Ed
wards and Floyd Lotspeirh played the
best game for Alliance, the whole
team showed lack of condition as
they tired out before the middle of
het second half. This was natural
as the quarantine put them out of a
weeks training. The Sidney boys play
a good (lean game of basket ball,
shoeing the result of superior train
ing which results from attending a
State Tournament. Alliance led Sid
ney up to the last five minutes of
play when poor guarding left Sidney
free from Interference to toss the win
ing goals.
Alliance, Joder left forward; Ed
wards right forward lotspeich H.,
center Lotspeich left gaurd; Loom Is,
right guard.
Sidrvy Runge, left forward; May
nard Roach right forward; Ells cen
ter. Olson, u ft guard; Maurice Roach
right guard
Field goals; Runge 2, Maynard
Roach 3, Ells 1, Joder 2, Edwards 3
Floyd Lotspeich 1.
Foul goals; Runge 3, Floyd Lots
peich, 1.
Final score, Alliance 13 Sidney 17
Box Butte county will go "over
the top" Friday afternoon and its al
lotment of $130. ,780 worth of War
Savings Stamps will bo fully subscrib
ed at thai time, was the unanimous
opinion of the twenty-five workers
who attended the luncheon at the Al
liance Cafe Wednesday noon. Under
the leadership of Chairman Charles
Brittan the coumty will head the list
for Nebraska, aTconLng to every in
dication.
The country districts ore fully or
ganized for the big drive. At the meet
Ing yesterday noon the organization
for Alliance was perfected. Meetings
will be held starting at two o'clock
In Alliance Friday afternoon at the
following places:
Flrnt and Fourth Wards Central
School building. C. F. Dutton is chair
man of the campaign in First Ward
and L. H. Highland In tho Fourth
Ward.
Second Ward Court House. Judge
I. E. Tash Is chairman.
Third Ward Emerson School
building. John W. Guthrie Is chair
man. J. W. Tynan is chairman of the
railroad men's committee and the
campaign among the railroad men Is
proceeding under his direction.
A mass meeting will be held at the
court house Frldny evening, starting
at 7:30 o'clock. This will be attended
by the citizens of Alliance and all of
Box Butte county.
Two of Alliance's popular railroad
employes have subscribed for the
limit- -$1,000 each. They slopped at
the First Slate Bank during the past
week and pigned up for tho limit.
Letters of encouragement continue
to come in to Chairman Brittan. A
prominent Hemingford farmer in a
letter to Mr. Brittan expressed the
feeling which Is being shown by all
when he said, "I am at your Bervice
to help defend my country."
The War Savings Stamp campaign
outline, printed In display form else
where in this Issue of The Herald,
should be carefully read by all.
Guy A. Collard of Omaha, manager
for Nebraska for the Equitable Life
Assurance Society, was the guest of
honor at a dinner given at the Alli
ance Cafe Mondey Evening. Thirty
prominent Alliance professional and
business men were guests of John and
Tom Guthrie, the well known local
insurance men. The banquet was In
the nature of a "get-together" affair
and the speakers of tho evening did
not fall to make themselves plain in
expressing the views that Alliance
has In the Guthrie Brothers, men who
are staunch and worthy boosters and
cltlsens.
iMIII
SCOTT INVESTIGATES
A SAUCY LETTER
Recruiting Sergeant Scott Receive
Lotto Of Andogy From Thought
less Offender
Sergeant Scott, our . energetic re
cruiting officer, sends out personal
letters to all young men in his dis
trict who are prospects for the army
John W. Guthrie, Toastmanter.
Following a delicious course ban
quet, served as only Jesse Miller
knows how to serve it, John W.
Guthrie acted as toastmaster of the
evening. 'The first speaker was Mr.
Collard. After telling a good story
or two, he told of the great work be
ing done in war times by the big
insurance companies, particularly tho
Equitable. Among other things he
stated that the big Insurance compan
ies are doing fifty per cent more busi
ness than a year ago; the Equitable
has ulready purchased twenty-one
million dollars worth of Liberty
Bonds and is arranging to purchase
sixty millions more to be distributed
Ion the payment plan to policy hold
ers. Another interesting fact Is that
, the first payment on Equitable poll-
-ien is invented in Lierty Bonds. This
i iiipun lias loaned DCteen million
dollars on Nebraska farms und will
undoubtedly soon be putting money
out in Western Nebraska He told
of visiting the Ed Eurry farm two
years ago and of seeini? there the
tinest potatoes he had even seen. The
clients were greatly pleased whan he
Ted McElvee of Minalara received iM,nonced that this big company will
one of these letters and evidently j -)i,b ,,!,,., confining his talk chief
thought that the letter called into in Neraska one at Omaha, one
question his bravery as he sent the ,lt 5.;inrt i8ian,i an,i one at Alliance
sergeant a letter which wouldn't paB ,, iutter undoubtedly in charge
the board of censorship. It called in-;,,, Quthrte Brothers, covering the
to question the sergeants authority panhandle, or as he called It - the
to write such letters, also applyina t,oo))H, or Nebraska
terms to the sergeant's self which no, Secretary Fisher of the Community
self respecting officer of the govern-1 Chih k,,,,, eonfiining his talk chief
ment could pass up unheeded. (() roa,s h,. I0ui of the en-
Scott immediately notified the of- thuslasm being shown by citizens
ficer at Minatare to arrest the young of ,,. counties traversed by the "Pot
man and, hold him until he could get ahl jj i(,hway to ru from ciraftd la
there When Scott reached Minatare ir)l1 ..vnf, (ne Burlington,
a very much frightened young man. Toastmaster Guthrie stated that
was awaiting him. as well he should WM,,n hJ ua(, tne pleasure of seeing a
be, his little joke taught him that the ,if Kize pi(.ture of Captain Jack Miller
best thing to do was to not fool with diaBlaied prominently in the office of
the government. The letters that are ,,H, vj(.e ,,re8,d,.n, of ,he company.
Tom Guthrie, although a new citi
zen in Alliance, told of his first im-
returned to his home Wednesday to the Philippine islands.
night after a stay here of several days
Earl D. Mallery in connection with
f E Rice 4, John Nolan 1. Her
man Bailor f 1. Frank Kicken S,
Mury Taylor 1, Willis Beck 8, Joe
Miss Susie Fraxier from Chadron his work with the food admlnlstra- Herion 1, i. H. Lunsford 6, Wm.
will e here Saturday to conduct tbeltion, made a trip to Gordon by auto Lotspeich 5, Claud Donovan 2,
study hour at the Court house. Wednesday afternoon. Hall & Graham 20.
sent out by Scott demand no reply
and if a man chooses to Ignore the
letters there is an end to the matter.;
McElvee was glad to get off by j
swearing to an affidavit of apology, j
This was all that Sergeant Scott de
manded of the offender, whose youth
pi ssion and expressed himself as be
ing of the opinion that Alliance and
Western Nebraska are the ideal lo
cations for permanent residenr.
Other speakers were Glen Miller,
saved him from a more severe peuui- Uoy,j Thomas, Colonel Gantz. E. H
ti
. .a m , 1 t.
ty. Ted is the son oi Mr. auu ran
R. McElvee of Minatara, highly re
spected citizens who have now two
older sons in the service of the gov
.inment. Just such thoughtlessness
on the part of the young are the
cause of much embarrasment and
mortlflcatioin to parents whose loyal
ty and patriotism are beyond question.
Bert Walters has left town again,
the news stand has a deserted and
forlorn lbok and the young lady of
the town is quite lonely.
Mrs. Joe O'Connor entertained the
T. A! A. Club Tuesday evening.
Boyd, Walter Metz and R. M. Hamp
ton Their talks showed that Guthrie
Brothers occupied a warm place In
the hearts of Alliance citizens and
their succes in the insurance field la
appreciated by their fellow citizens.
Palm Sunday will be observed at
the Methodist Church. Mr. Morrla
will speak Sunday morning on "The
Holy City", and in the evening on
"The Tragedy Of The Ages," A
special feature of the evening service
chalk sketches
The condition of H. A. Dubuque,
proprietor of the Imperial theatre,
who has been seriously ill with pneu will be some rapid
monia for several days, is reported to drawn by the pastor while the choir
w. v. ,,i ., is singing The few chalk talks given
h fuvorable this afternoon and pros- . .
oe iavoraDie cm ocv heretofore have proven very popular,
l'-cta for his recovery are better than Hnd broUf?ht out UrRe congregattone.
at any time during the week. Hm TlllH xme they will be rapid sketches
many friends are pleased to learn of . illustrating the songs as the choir Is
the improvement in his condition. I singing