STATE COMMERCIAL CLUB CONVENTION, ALLIANCE, MAY 21 and 22
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Leading Newspaper
of Western Nebraska
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VOLUME XXV
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTH COUNTY, NEBRASKA, MAY !. mis
NUMBER 23
RED CROSS DAY
BRINGS A SUM
JF $1,875
TAOS NET $850, B. P. 0. E. $265,
ONE POLLY $206, AUCTION
OF DONATIONS $450
FUNSTON BAND DRAWS
Alliance Responds to the Arrival
of the Band With Patriotic Re
ponse to the Red Cross
On the arrival of the Funston band
last Saturday Alliance came forth
with a show of patriotic spirit that
cannot be excelled. As a result of the
intense enthusiasm the Red Cross
was very materially benefitted. The
patriotic parade at 1 o'clock was fol
lowed with a concert by the band in
the stand erected on Main street for
that purpose and the Red Cross sale.
The band also gave an evening con
cert previous to the dance at the
Elks' club.
Early in the morning the patriotic
young ladies of Alliance were out
with their tags. No one was passed
by, each person giving as he was able
for the tags. The most generous pur
chasers of tags were W. H. Osten
burg, Sr., and Victor I. Jeep, of Hof
fland, each paying $ 100 for their tags.
The band boys were presented
with a parrot, the pet of the Butler
children. This bird was the means of
raising $27 5 for the Red Cross, being
presented that many times to the
Funston boys by that many purchas
ers. The MiBBes Thelma Waddell,
Valentine Lawrence and Artie Leigh
originated the idea of selling the par
rot over ;;nd over again, the purchas
er to turn the bird back. The suc
cess of the plan was due to the hard
work of the girls among the crowd.
The dance at the Elks' club was at
tended by an immense crowd that en
joyed good time. This netted the
Red Cross $26 5. The sale of dona
tions, conducted by Coursey, Riordan,
Isaacson and Harper, netted $450,
the subscription and American flag
donated by The Herald brought in
$19. On summing up that evening it
was found that the day was very suc
cessful for the Red Cross, a total of
$1,875 being raised.
DETERMINED EEEORT
TO FIND BOOZE SUPPLY
Police Fone rrcst si Men I a-i
Tliurvdnj Night on Charge of
Being Drunk and Prinking
Last Sunday the veterans of the
Spanish-American war met at the
court house to amke arrangements
for Decoration day. It was decided
by those present to have an appropri
ate program that day at the fair
grounds. The program will be a
short one, after which all are to go to
the cemetery for the purpose of dec
orating the graves of the veterans.
The services for the day will be held
under teh auspices of the G. A. R.
The city officials have been quite
roused at the fact that certain smok
ers have seen fit to throw lighted cig
arette or cigar stubs into the ash cans
on the streets. This has caused fire
danger and also ruins the canB. Any
person hereafter found throwing
lighted Btubs into the cans will be ar
rested and a fifty dollar fine taxed on
him. Officer Stafford has received
full instructions to arest anyone be
sees or learns of violating this rule.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Sallows, on Box Butte avenue, was
the scene of a delightful 6 o'clock
dinner Wednesday evening at which
Mrs. Sallows and Miss Mary Wilson
were the hostesses. The dinner was
the occasion of the announcement of
the engagement of Miss Georgia Can
field, well known Alliance teacher,
and L. L. Lozier, former Alliance
traveling man. There were fourteen
guests at the table, a four-course din
ner being serve'. During the dinner
a messenger arrived and delivered
the following message, which was
read to the guests:
"Somewhere in Kansas
Sometime in June
Will occur the marriage of
L. L. Lozier
and
Miss Georgia Canfield."
Following the dinner the guests
hemmed ten towels. The worK of all
was so excellent that the prize, a
bouquet of sweet peas, was divided
among them all. The guests were:
IflaMf Georgia Canfield. Gladys Sher
idan. Wilma Bruce, Bertha Wilson,
Gertrude KcHUgh, Opal Russell, De
vona Dickinson. Eva Crocker, Alva
l;eei. Hazel Johnson. Pauline Peters,
Matel Clayton and Mesdames Lue
Neiland, of Hemingford. and Lloyd
Thomas, of Alliance.
A determined effort is being made
by the Alliance authorities to locate
the source of illegal whiskey which
seems to occasionally find its Way in
to the possession and subsequent use
of sojourners in the city. On Thurs
day night of last week six men were
arrested by the police force and the
railroad special officers.
Sidney Williams, a colored laborer
hailing from Newcastle, Wyoming,
was taken off Burlington train No. 42
Thursday night in an intoxicated con
dition. He had no liquor on him but
plenty in him. At his trial in police
court Friday morning he testified
that he waB coming down to Alliance
"to get a gal" and that he was deter
mined to buy "a gal" is necessary.
After paying the railroad conductor
for his ticket he had $8.54 on him.
He waB unable to pay his fine of $25
and costs assessed by Police Magis
trate Roberts and is now working it
out on the streets.
James Keeley, EdC ramer, George
Hough, Pat Smith and Vern Musser
were arrested during the night, the
charges being drunkenness, drinking
and the illegal possession of liquor.
Keeley plead guilty to being drunk.
He stated that he lives ::t Antioch,
where he is employed by one of the
potash plants. He said that he was
given several drinks in Alliance on
Thursday by a tall, dark complexion
ed bootlegger, whose name he did not
know. He was fined $20 costs, which
he paid and was held for some time
as a witness in the endeavor to find
the real bad man the bootlegger.
When Keeley started to "dig" up his
roll he turned his back to the court,
slid up his trouser'B leg and produced
a big roll of greenbacks from his
sock.
Ed Crammer, a heating engineer,
plead not guilty to the charge of be
ing drunk. He was arrested while in
bed In the living room at the rear of
Mussel 's plumbing shop on Box Butte
av nnc. He said that he had three or
four drinks on Thursday, given to
him by different parties and that he
had recently found a quart bottle of
whiskey, which he proceeded to stow
away where it could not be taken
away from him. He said that the
drinks were given to him for he did
not have the money to buy whiskey in
this town it eostB too much, $10.00
par bottle being the average price
from a bootlegger. He said he had
been drinking about all he could get
hold of for thirty-five years. He waB
held as a witness in the endeavor to
find the mysterious one the boot
legger. Crammer said that when a
! How couldn't find whiskey he could
go to the drug stores and get spirits
of niter, which a much drunker drunk
than whiskey but which wasn't as
good.
George Hough, Antioch plumber,
who was taken up with the other
men, was held for a time as a witness
in the hunt for Mr. Bootlegger. He
could give no information as to where
the whiskey came from.
Pat Smith, the crippled man, was
too much under the influence of John
Barleycorn to give evidence of any
kind Friday morning. Vern Musser,
the plumber, at whose bachelor quar
ters (in the rear of his plumbing
shop) the men were arrested by the
officers, stated that he admitted hav
ing the bottle of whiskey, which was
found by the officers in his room, but
that be believed himself in his legal
rights in having the whiskey in bis
room, which he regarded as his pri
vate residence. Vern said that he
had been drinking but that he also
believed himself in his rights in do
ing this iu his own room. The sec
tion of the prohibition law defining
legal residence wai gone over Mr.
Musser and the city attorney and
court. Because of the fact that Mub
ser's room was in the same building
and connected with doors with his
place of business Mr. MuBBer agreed
'hat he might have erred in judgment
and paid his fine of one hundred dol
lars and costs, which was assessed
Sga Ba1 bin on his plea of guilty to
he charge of having liquor illegally
in his possession.
The officers are still determined to
proseeute their search for the missing
Baa or men who are responsible for
the occasional influx of whiskey into
the city.
Several of the witnesses in testify
ing stated that bootleggers frequently
come down the line" from Wyoming
;Th a supply of liquor in bottles and
that they have but little trouble in
- Mint a drink or a bottle if they
we! it bad enough, although none
of tbem knew who the bootlegging
parties were.
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NOTICE TO ALLIANCE PBOPLK
With the approach of wirtn weather and the attendant danger
Of contagious disease from the breeding places of flies, the cll of
Alliance faces the n sslty Of a rigid adherence to the ordinance
governing the removal of all filth and rubbish
The board of health is equipped with plenary power to handle
th situation, but the board does not wish to be forced to this ex
trenie and a greater amount of good can he accompli:. hed by the
willing CO-Opefation Of everyone in the city.
Heavy tines are provided for the failure to observe the it y
health ordinances, but this will not be resorted to until after the
general rlean-up week of Ma) LI to 18.
The city can in afford a two weeka' suspension of buaiaeaa seen
spring due solelj to the presence of disease-breeding places within
its limits. Flies cany contagion into the homes and into the erv
mouths of sleeping children. Remove ail tilth and ruhblah and
you have eliminated the breeding place of the disease messengers.
Py order of
THE BOARD OF HEALTH
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AN UNUSUAL EVENT TEXAS POTATOES
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F.rror In Program SO lie the Subject
Of Search Willi h Prl.e to
the Winner
FAMOUS HERD OF ORGANIZED ANTIOCH
CATTLE TO BE SOLD ODD FELLOWS LODGE
P. H. Young Selling HOO l ows and Sey. ( 0 p lhjo start. Off at
Fifty Bulls of High Orade Her- ,he Po,a,h c(y Wh
ford on TOeadgty, May ftt. tw.rvi.i,, ,
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An unusual offering of high grade
stock will be sold by P. H. Young, of
Valentine, on the Cordon valley
ranch, 20 miles south of Valentine on
Tuesday, May 11, Mr. Young is one;
of the most up-to-date stock raisers
of the west, his herd being the prod
uct of sixteen ye.-rs of selective rais
ing, all common cows being culled
out. The entire herd Is high grade
Herford stuff.
Visiting stockmen or people inter
ested are offered free transportation!
to the ranch the sale starting at 10
o'clock, with a free lunch at noon.,
The slgheBt sold cow nf the dry 1b to
be donated to the Red Cross. A sale
of this kind offer.-, an unusual advant-;
age for stockmen to better their
herds.
The smoker given by the Alliance
Volunteer Fire department at the
Club rooniB Wednesday evening was
the occasion of a good fellowship
meeting for the large arowd of mem
bers and visitors who attended! The
new tire department hand furnished
the music and it is pronounced the
lines) band Alliance ever had. The
general public will soon have an op
portunity to hear this band.
Antioch lodge No. 386, I. O. O. F.,
was organized Monday evening at the
bustling little potash city with a
niebogod membership and with the
brightest prospects for becom'ng one
of the largest lodges of thlB order
In western Nebraska.
The organization work started in
t heafternoon and continued, with
time off for the banquet, until 2
o'clock Tuesday morning. Grand
Master E. A. Cnrr, of Lincoln, Grand
Secretary 1. P. Cage, of Fremont,
Oread Junior Warden J. R. Snyder,
of Allinance, and District Deputy
Grand Master H. M. Grimes, of Hem
ingford, were present and took part
in the organ ition and installation of
the offlo ire,
' ifflcers elee'e i were Mr. Wahl. N.
G ; Mr. BtfmoD is, V. G., and Mr.
Fair;, Id. Peoretaty. Noble Grand
11 i kj. of tin' Allr. -ce lodge, and de
gree teems, were present and took
pari as did th Hemingford degree
team. The barn net, ;lven In the
evening, wai ten I by the ladies of
the Antioch Red Cross a' ' was pre
sided over by Lloyd Thoi. . of Alliance.
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The senior i lass of the high school
will put on their annual play Friday
evening at the Imperial theater. The
production selected is called "Hack to
'he Kami," : nd has its center of in
terest In the adventures of a young
American in search of an education.
Ills expertttcea at college furnlab an
extremely attractive appeal to the bu
mor of American life and custom.
Between acts Bpeclalty numbers
will be given by members of the class
not connected with the play Itself. As
an added attraction a prize of II will
be given to the person who first finds
the errors In the cla-s program. There
should, be flv of these, any more can
be attributed to the wandering pro
clivities of the type lice moving the
type. The prlre will be given to the
first person presenting the murked
program to Buslnes.i Manager Robin
son Saturday.
READY TO SHIP
SOUTHERN POTATOES SOON
TAKE PLACE ON 1917 CROP
ON BIO MARKETS
RED CROSS DRIVE
STARTS MEXT WEEK
Inauguration of National ltel Cross
Drive in Alliance Will lie Carried
Out With Pitting Ceremony
Mother's Day
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NEXT SUNDAY. MAY 12, 1918, the seventh annual Mother's
Day will be celebrated throughout the land. Mother's
Day is the second Sunday in the month of May, the first
Mother's Day being observed the 11th of May, 1912. Since
that time this day has been observed with as much regularity as
Christmas. The inauguration of Mother's Day has set all to think
ing more of the debt we owe to the noble mothers of our land. We
have long erected public monuments to our great men. but have
seldom dropped, even a flower on the resting place of the mothers
who raised the gifted men and to whom most of the credit for their
greatness belongs.
The white carnation was chosen as the memory flower, be
cause it grows everywhere, and Its whiteness symbolizes the purity
of a mother's love, its endurance, her fidelity. Through all ages
and all centuries the world is indebted to motherhood,, for mother
love is as old as the world and as young as the youngest born. It
is the greatest force for good on this earth. Even a had father's
influence is so discounted by a good mother that nine times in ten.
the children come out all right. And most people had good mothers
indeed, most of us had the best mother that ever lived.
To Miss Anna Jarvls. of Philadelphia,' Pa., we are Indebted
for thiB day, which is set apart for at least thinking of our mothers.
A reporter called on Miss Jarvis to get a history of her life. What
she said will interest our readers:
"Please," she urged, smiling an apology, "I had so much
rather talk about Mother's day than about myself." The flush of
Innate shyness ros eto the lines of her pale hair and her trusting
eyes turned involuntarily to a portrait above the hearth "That
Is my mother," said Miss Jarvis simply. "She was the mother to
eleven children. I was her baby. It is seven years since we lost
her. This was her sitting room; these were her things. People think
the loss of a mother falls heaviest on children, but really, it Is only
the grown daughters and, sons that understand. Mother's day has
nothing behind it but my belief of men and women as sons and
daughters. Eventually it will create an all-nations brotherhood that
will stand for the protection of the mother and children for the
preservation of the home itself. Should the men in the German
army have had the proper spirit of veneration for their mothers and
motherhood, the outrages against the people of Belgium would never
have been perpetrated.
"I contend that Mother's day should, be the greatest of all
holidays, because you cannot perpetuate anything without mothers."
Very tenderly, as one who touches sacred things, the "mother of
Mother's day" brought from her desk packet after of letters. "They
come in hundreds." she explained. "Mothers whose grown children
have become careless, mothers whose hearts are breaking slowly,
waiting for the message that never come, have written no- messages
of blessings for Mother's day."
"The official recognition of Mother's Day has been wide ami
most gratifying. Forty state governors have become honorary vice
prt -idents of the aaaoetatlOB, half of them have issued Mother's Day
proclamations Bs-Prealdenta Taft and Roosevelt and President
Wilson have written that they consider it an honor to serve on the
advlaory hoard. And wherever men have been considered the action
has been chivalrous."
" 'Comrades,1 wrote the O. A. R. commander-in-chief to his
soldiers, 'the boys of '61 owe their inspiration as defenders of their
country to their mothers. On Her Sunday we will march to the
cbureh with the white badge of memory In our lapels, carrying the
DStloa'a flag." The inspiration carrying our boys 'over there' tods)
is due to the veneration and respect with which our sons, brothers
and husbands view womanhood. The Huns have outraged all the
doctrine that we venerate. Our sons are determined that they
shall, among other things, protect the shrine of motherhood."
The National Red Cross drive will
commence Saturday, May 18, at 12
o'clock. Preparations have been
made throughout the United States to
inaugurate thet drive with fitting
Ceremony In every vilage or city. The
11 rst move of the drive wil be to have
a big Red Cross parade with every
One partlcipat inc.
The palnda managership for Alli
anee has been placed in the able
hands of B. O. Laing. Mr. Laing
BtatOT that all local organizations,
home guards, lire department, lodges
etc.. will be asked t otake part. This
is In line with the program outlined
by the national committee. All Bed
t'ross women and chepter members
are to ha in the line of march.
A Special division has been created
for the parade for mothers. This di
vision will he made up entirely of the
wo'rcn who have one or more mem
tiers of the family in the service
Bach monther will carry a service
flag i one hand with the Red Cross
banner in the other.
The quota for Alliance and district
is $8,000. Without question this
amount will be oversubscribed by the
patriots of the community to aid the
"greatest on earth" to our boys over
there the Red Cross.
Harry Gantz. of Alliance, Is the
chairman for this district. Parade
Manager Laing has called a meeting
of the different units for Friday night
of this week.
ANTIOCH AUTO STAGE
OVERTURNED ON ROAD
CHICAGO MARKET WEAK
Box Butte County Farmers Selling
Many Spuds to Be Fed to Hogg
at Very Low Prices
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Two People Injured When Ford Auto
Filled Willi Passengers Overturn
ed on Slippery Grade.
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I A Ford auto bus, In which were
five passengers and the driver, over
turned on a steep grade nearly a mile
west of Hoffland this morning, injur
ing two of the pasengers. The heavy
j rain of last night and the snow this
morning had made the grade very
slippery and the heavily loaded car
became unmanageable and slipped off
the grade, overturning on its load of
passengers.
A man passenger in the front front
seat with the dr'ver had a severely
wrenched shoulder and the little
daughter of Lon Shephard, who was
with her father, waB hurt. Two lady
passengers, who were in the rear seat
with Mr. Shephard and Ins daughter,
WON not injured.
The Injured passengers were taken
to Hoffland where they were given
first aid treat eent at the Hoffland
Reduction company hospital. They
were brought to Alliance later by an
other auto bus.
The accident was caused, according
to the passengers, by the extremely
bad condition of the road, which the
Alliance Comunity club, co-operating
with Hoffland. Antioch and Lakeside
boosters, has ben working to hu.ve put
in better shape. The driver was care-
I ful and could not be blamed
The balance of the 1917 crop of
potatoes, now in the hands of the
growers will soon be a back number,
except for seed purposes and for uae
as hog feed. There are aVL a larire
lumber of carloads of potatoes in the
Hands of Uox Butte county tarmera.
riiose which cannot be used for seed
OT ror l og feed must be allowed to
rot. A potato starch and flour fac
tory, located In the county, would
make good use of these leftover po
tatoes at prices profitable both to the
grower and to the owners of the fac
tory. It is to be hoped that a factory
of this kind will be erected In the
county before another year rolls
around.
The latest advices from over the
country on the potato situation, as
reported by The Packer, are as fol
lows :
I ex. Crop in Good Shape
Eagle Uke, Tex.-- Recent esti
mates place the acreage in potatoes
here and at Simonton and Wharton
in round numbers at 9,000 acres. The
crop is in excellent condition and a
large yield is anticipated. The sea
son bo far has beee almost perfect
and a few cars will be loaded around
May 6, but the general movement Is
DIM expected to begin before May 10
to 15.
Chicago Market Weak
Chicago, Ills - The market for old
potatoes continued its downward
tendeney during the f ne part of last
week, but operators generally seemed
to be of the opinion that the market
would strike the bottom by tho close
of the week.
The bureau or markets reported to
tal shipments from all sections for
last woek at 2,861 cars compared
with 2,556 cars during the previous
week. Colorado was the heaviest
shipper, moving 531 cars, with Min
nesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and
Maine following in the o.der named.
Wednesday the movement was ant
isfactory in Bpitc of receipts of 76
earn and the market waB somewheat
firmer with Wisconsin s eked white
stock Belling from $1.05 to $1.15.
Under llnht receipts and gcod de
mand the m: rket was considerably
stronger Thursday with Wisconsin;
sacked table stock selling mostly
around $1.25. Receipts were 26 cars.
The market Friday was easier un
der slow trading with Wisconsin
white stock selling mostly at $1.20.
Pushing Sale by Advertising
Kansas ity, Mo. Newspapers in
any of the big markets within the
last few days have been carrying
considerable advertising spi.ee urging
u larger consumption of potatoes.
These advertisements have been plac
ed by some division of the food trade
and are in conjunction with 'he gov
ernment's drive to get the old pota
toes Into the hands of the consum
ers before the new crop reaches the
markets In heavy quantities.
GOING OVER TO
SEE THE KAISER
Dr. A. 8. Iknerson Will Sell All His
Stock on May 10 at the Ford Trin
kle Hunch, Then Enter Army
Dr. A. G. Emerson has decided to
enter the service of Uncle Sam. His
large ranch near Ellsworth has been
sold and the sale of all his stock and
equipment will be held next week,
four miles northeast of Ellsworth.
This will coneiBt of over 200 head of
stock with all the ranch equipment.
In connection with the sale the Red
Cross ladies of Ellsworth will
lunch at 11 o'clock. There will
be a benefit sale for the Rod Cross of
a pig, a flock of geese, a gun and any
other article donated. This will ho
conducted in the form or a raffle
Colonel Coursey, of ABanee, will of
ficiate at tbe sale.