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VOLUME XXV
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, AUGUST L 1918
M M HER 35
CHESTER SNOW BURIED IN ALLIANCE
ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNO j
OFFICERS FOUND THE
I FOUNTAIN OF BOOZE
MOST PROMINENT ALASKA CITIZEN DIED MONDAY NU
AFTER SUFFERING FOR THIRTEEN WEEKS.
HELPED TO MAKE ALASKA Df
I
91, GOO Worth of KaMMiHlvo Whlfcey
KoujhI In ltNin of Man tit il-
SOI1 Rooming Houae.
Came to the States Year Ago Was Interested in the Oil Industry
in Oklahoma and Potash in Nebraska.
Chester K. Snow, Alaske s most prominent citizen, died at 11 :45
o'clock in Alliance Monday night. Mr. Snow was stricken with
nephritis thirteen weeks ago while staying at the Snow ranch, fifteen
miles south of Alliance. He came to the hospital in Alliance and for
a time hopes were entertained of his complete recovery, but the dread
disease slowly overcame his strong constitution and Monday night,
with parents, brother, sister and friends by his bedside, he fell into
that dreamless sleep that kisses down the eyelids still.
Mr. Snow was born on December 24, 1874, in Shanango county,
New York stato. He was uluenteil in the public schools of Ncbr askii
and at the State University. After teaching school tor two terms
at Hemingford, Nebraska, he felt the call of the far north and while
still a young man, he went to Alaska.
For three years Mr. Snow lived at Coldfoot, Alaska, 300 miles
north of the Artie circle.
His sterling character and manll
nesB, with hlB spirit of initiative and
his indomitable energy, soon made
him one of the best liked and widely
known citizens of that territory. Al
though of a quiet and studious na
ture, he became bo well liked because
of his good deeds and physical fear
lessness that he was forced into pub-
year came to Alliance three weeks
ago and was present at the time of
and was present at the time of
C K's death. He paid tribute as
follows: "He was the most manly
man and the best friend 1 have ever
known." Said Mr. Holmes, "I have
never seen him touch his lips with a
drop of liquor. I have never known
lie life and at the time of his aeatn i mm io iaie wnwn ur uni a pro
was serving his second term in the fane word in all the years I have
Alaska legislature. He was offered ; been intimately associated with
the speakership of the Alaska house j him."
of representatives but declined it in Although "C K" had known what
order that he might take a more ac- it was to suffer hardships for twenty
tive part in tlje work of that body. J years, although he knew what it was
He wan the spokesman of the former j to suffer from cold and hunger, he
governor of the territory John F. j was tenderly cared for and given ev
A. Strong. ery comfort during his last sickness,
mil,, ..rvinir in the legislature he His brother, Charles, was with him
nay ana nigni, steeping oui nine ami
always with him. Never has a brother
or a sister or father and mother
shown greater love for a man than
that shown to him during his sick
ness. He became conscious for a
short time about an hour before hl
death and realized that the end was
near and at 11 :45 o'clock Monday
night he quietly breathed his last.
Mr. Snow made several attempts to
enlist in some branch of the army be
fore his sickness. He passed the phys
ical examinations easily, for he had
introduced the bill which made Alas
ka dry and also was the backer of the
bill for an eight hour labor law. Both
of these laws being fought by the
two leading political parties, but
"C K," as he was known all over
Alaska, knew that he wa' in the
right and it was due to his pluck and
fighting ability that both of the laws
were pasBed.
Mr. Snow was In Lincoln during
thespecial session of the legislature
this spring and was an interested
....... e . . . nrattUallv avorv rfnv lit'
Was invited one morning to speak to an excellent constitution, but he wes
the house of representatives and for Prevented from enlisting because of
twenty minutes held them spell- J- M M last reo t
bound as he told them of the great , fvr "T ZTIl .'111
territory which he repesented and of
the needs of Alaska.
He was the founder of the town of
Ruby. Alaska, on the Yukon river,
now a flourish ne mining city. Alas- 1
kans love to tell the story of the
time, several years ago, when in the
spring of the year the Ice was break
ing up on the Yukon, making it im
possible to travel either on the ice
or by boat, a call by wire came from
Harry Strangman. a trader living
110 miles down the stream, stating
that his wife and some of the Indians
were suffering from diphtheria and
asking that a supply of anti-toxin be
sent down. W. H. Holmes, the drug-
the Red Cross and two days after he
was taken to the hospital word came
to him from the Red Cross headquar
ters in Omaha, that he had been se
lected for service in France. Often
in his sickness his mind wandered to
the boys "overseas" and he believed
until near the last that he would
be well again and be allowed to do
his bit helping the soldier boys.
The funeral was held at the Epis
copal church Wednesday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock. The church was
packed to overflowing with friends of
the deceased and family. Beautiful
floral offerings adorned the simple,
i massive casket wherein lay the re
mains of a man who had lived for
..In. nnn ... V. nfl In . ' ' 1 i .1 f , I' I. Ill It . t I
. . ,, . . , . Kllt others, who had done more ood and
take the much needed medicine buti ' . . , .
... 0i. n .,MrH nt the nH i accomplished more in his compara-
u W iv i : ..,. I ., v. 1 i . 1.
promptly loaded himself with a pan,
a pot. some bacon, rice, flour and a
hand axe, and started down the river
on foot The trip took him four days
and he went through many hnrdships
but he arrived safely at the trading
camp with the much needed medi
cine. He was compelled to stay there
two weeks before he could return to
Ruby on an up-stream boat. He re
fused to take a cent for hlB trip, al
though Strangman had offered $100
for someone to bring the medicine
down.
"C K" was always kind to the In
dians and was known by them as
"The Father of the Indians on the
Yukon."
A little Indian boy of eight years
had his arm shot on in an accident.
He was brought 200 miles to Ruby.
"C K" had the arm operated on,
paid for the operation and the hos
pital bill and fed and clothed the
boy at his own expense. Such deeds
as these made him friend all thru
Alaska. He was well known in ev
ery city and every mining camp, as
tively short life than many of us,
i with less ability will accomplish in
greater spans of years. Dean Shaw,
I in his masterful way, told of the life
of the deceased, and of the beautiful
lesson to be learned from his good
I deeds while on earth.
The pallbearers were: J. C. Mc-
Corkle, I. E. Tash, Robert Graham,
Eugene Hall, John O'Keefe and Geo.
Duncan.
He Is survived by his mother and
father. J. K. and Alice D. Snow, his
brother, Charles, and his sister, Ar
villa, who live on the Snow ranch,
fifteen miles south of Alliance
Today there is sorrow and mourn
ing among his many friends in Ne
braska and among the thousands
who knew him in Alaska. From the
hut of the lowliest Indian on the
Yukon to the palace of the mining
king In the busy Alaska cities there
are bowed heads and aching hearts
for the man "who lived for others."
His was a heart of gold. He was one
of nature's noblemen in its truest
sense brave, generous, manly. His
was the soul of honor and his friends
A broken bottle in a heavy metal
trunk gave forth smothering fumes
Mis morning in the baggage room at
the Burlington depot. The trunk
looked Innocent but the keen noBe
of an officer first caught a whiff a
block away and unerringly led him to
the source while thirsty baggagemen
glanced with wary butsuspicious cyee
longingly at the fountain of the
smells of alcohol, which poured In
ever increasing quantities from the
trunk.
Then onto the scene a few minutes
later, at 11:50 a. m., to be exit ;,
came a drayman with a baggage
check which he surendered for the
trunk. Then several officers, for the
first had been Joined by others,
quietly followed the little met a I
trunk up Box Butte avenue as sober
Alliance citizens caught the whlfflets
of alcohol and raised their noses in
wonderment as ihelr memory swiftly
raced back to the days of long ago
when there were six doors on Box
Buttee avenue from which similar
whiffs of strong drink poured forth
onto the air for thirteen hours per
day.
Then the officers separated as the
trunk was carried aloft on the shol
der of the strong but now unsteady
drayman to the second floor of the
Wilson block, room nine. With the
unsteady steps of the drayman min
gled the heavy, steady footsteps of
the law. A man of thirty-four year
opened the door and said: "Tills Is
the place." The trunk was placed
gingerly on the floor and the man
looked up to see himself surrounded
by the minions of the law strong
and powerful but not quite as strong
or powerful as the whiffs which con
tinued to stray from the broken bot
tle in th etrunk.
J. 0. Eberhardt was the name
given by the man in the room. He
had three suitcases already in the
room, each one packed tlgbt with
quarts and pints of sparkling whisky
not less than $1,000 worth, said
the officers.
The man refused to budge. He In
sisted that the officers get a warrant
and even threatened to leave their
presence. But he was a considerate
man -he considered Just a few,
short seconds, glanced at the burly
forms of Sheriff Cox and his deputy
and said. "Yes, I'll go."
Then the drayman, who had stay
ed his retreating footsteps while his
eager nose drank in the whlfflets
from the broken bottle, loaded up
the metal trunk and three suitcases
and took them to the vault in County
Judge Tash's office in the courthouse.
Eberhardt sits in a barred cell on
the fourth floor thinking, thinking,
thinking. But ever and anon, as the
breezes waft upwardf rom the first
floor there comes to his nose a whiff,
just a tiny, delicious whiff of the
liquor that might have been even
now trickling down the throats of
the thirsty ones of Alliance, while
the golden shekels dropped into the
little metal trunk tinkle, tinkle,
tinkle, trickle, trickle, trickle.
ioi
TOOK A SLAM AT
COMMERCIAL CLUB
RED CROSS WORK
READY FOR AUGUST
The Help of Every Alliance Woman
Needed to Turn Out Uirge Amount
of Work for the Army.
The ladies of tbe Bed Cross have
received their quota of work for
August and they have asked for
more articles and a larger number
than ever before and It will take
every lady In Alliance to help get
these articles out by August 31.
The quota asks for 720 socks, 59
swea'ers. helmets, 83 wristlets
all of these articles in the knitted
goods.
Sixty-two pairs boys' drawers, 63
boys' undershirts, 16 pairs men's
drawers. 30 boy's blouse suits, 4.r
; children's pinafores, women skirts, 8
' suits of summer pajamas mid numer
ous other articles.
Members of the Red CfOM are
needed at the Red Cross rooms just
us many days as they possibly can
spend in order to get this quota out
by August 31.
i There will be no surgical dressings
during the month of August, but the
chapter will have its quota for Sep
tember Those who have been working at
surgical dressings can find work In
other departments.
VOLUNTEER WORKERS
MADE GOOD ROAD
well an nvurv Indian vlllaee He often
said, "Humanity is the only religion: am1. friendships were sacred to him
love is the onlv priest." ! ai nougn Knowing mm only ror a
At Ruby before a priest or minis- brief vear tne wri,er learned to love
ter came he took charge of the burial I hinLfor hlB terllng qualities,
services. When a lonely unfortunate .TO was a daiIy beautv his
died he always saw that word was ,ife whlrh won everv heart- If em
sent to the "home folks" in the states nor,ament he was mi,n. conciliatory
and 'twas said that his letters were ! and eandid, and yet remarkable for
of the kind that in spite of the fact an. uncompromising firmness. He
that they carried sorrowful news 1 aned confidence when beseemed
thev were so full of sympathy and ,ea"f to seek it. He believed that
kindness that the sorrowing ones ,IHn and women, youth and children,
knew that their loved one had been ' ? ,hp friendship of the sunny
laid to rest by a kind and thought- . fi,,f fd Jhat dorB in to
ful friend those who smile. He believed that
W. H. Holmes, who lived in Alaska ,nean who scattered flowers in the
for 12 years and who was his busi- ! ,athway f ,hU 'ellowmen. who lets
ness partner there as well as beine ! ,nto the dark D,aceB of llfe the sun
interested with him in the oil busi- j Continued on page twelve
Directors of Club Feel That Attack
on Them Was entirely I iu .ill. d
for in Tuesday Paper.
The board of directors of the Alli
ance Community club feel that the
slam given them in the Tuesday issue
of the Alliance Times w: a entirely
unmerited and undeserved by the
board and inasmuch as the particu
lar member of the board for whom
the insult wiv. Intended was not men
tioned they feel that a slur was cast
at the entire membership of that
body.
The gob of innuendo caat at the
board In the U-boat Peap Sites of
the Tuesday edition, red as follows:
One of the directors of the
mercial club while laboring un
der a diluBlon stated that the
opinions of The Times concern
ing the workings of that aug
uttt body should be censored bt
fore appealing in print. With
perfect impunity they might ex
amine our bacon and eggB be
fore breakfast or the kitchen
garbage before It starts for the
dump, but as to censoring the
opinion of tbe paper nevaire!
so long as Pershing is headed
for Berlin.
Some men have more gab
than guts and its funny how
they get away with it for a
time.
What kind of a IMlM is a copper
head, my dear? It's a viper that
hides in the grass and strikes with
out warning.
Ijarge Number of Men nnd Teams
Worked All Day MomUy Grading;
Road North of Alliance.
Farmers and business men worked
' side by side in the hot sun all day
1 Monday with excellent results In
proving that volunteer workers can
'and will make good roads. The "Pow
j ell" road north of Alliance has been
i In bad shape for some tln.e low
spots in the road were on en the
abode for hours of vehicles up to
their hubs In mud. Those who had
to use the road got together Thurs
day evening at Happy Hollow and
volunteered to spend Monday fixing
up the road.
Monday morning bright and early
tbe teams began to come In and the
men from town to go out to the road.
Mr. Purinton was In charge of the
road work and Mr. Idling was In
charge of the town crowd.
By night the road from Beals to
Purlnton's had a different appear
ance. Hundreds of slip loads of dirt
was hauled into the low places and
everybody worked with a will. Sec
retary Fisher and J. M. Miller used
the Community club truck to good
advantage in hauling magnesia to
fill In low places and to put the
bridge over the culvert at Powell's
in good shape.
Among those from tbe country
who came to help with their teams
and road apparatus were: Messrs.
Atz. Sisley. Purinton, Bliss Colerick,
Ileal, Davis, Relman, MafnuBon,
Newman, Colerick and Russell. Sev
eral of the younger chaps were pres
ent and did good work. Among
those from Alliance were: Messrs.
Rev. Black. Miller. Thomas. Bald,
Lytle, Lyons, Fisher, Heilman,
Iaing, Hamilton, Acheson and Brit-
tan.
Tonight at Happy Hollow the par
ticipants an dtheir families will
properly celebrate the event and plan
for future battles against and vic
tories over bad roads.
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
ON HOME CANNING ARRIVES
MIsn Wva Seriver, of University Ex
tension Service, Itopartment of
Agriculture, Is Here.
Mlsa Eva Scriver, emergency rep
resentative of the University exten
sion service, department or agrlcul-
j ture, to demonstarte borne canning
of vegetables, fruits, etc., arrived in
j the city this morning after spending
several weeks In Dawes county.
Miss Be river b program ror dem
onstrations Is as follows: August 2,
Hemingfrd; August 3. Alliance at of
fice In court house; August 5, Anti
och; August 6, at home of Mrs. Pow
ell; August 7, with East Side Pro
gressive club, at home of Mrs. Kee
gan; August 8, at Nason home; Aug
ust 9. an all-day demonstration at
the domestic science department in
the high school building.
In tbe morning instructions will In
given on the canning of meats, peas,
baius and corn. In the afternoon in
structions on canning other vegeta
bles, fruits and jelly making, demon
strating the use of syrups in place of
sugar for sweetening. The ladles
whii attend the demonstrations are to
bring their materials and jars, lids,
rubbers. Visitors are welcome at all
! meetings.
ORGANIZATION MADE SYRIAN PRINCESS
FOR FOREIGN RELIEF SPEAKS ON SUNDAY
IhHve Soon to He Made for Relief ot
Syrians and Armenian- Meeting
at llcmliurford l.nM Night.
B. 8. Varje, who has been state
organizer for western Nebraska of
the American committee for Armen
ian and Syrian relief, has ben In Al
liance for the purpose of perfecting
a county organization. He has suc
reded In Interesting Robert Graham
to act as county chairman, with such
men as Dean Shaw, John Morrow and
others assisting.
A mass meting was held at Hem
ingford for this object. Thoes from
Alliance attending were Robert Ora
ham, John O'Keefe. It. J. Sallows.
B. S. Varje anil Dean Shaw. Chair
man Graham gave the address of the
occasion, presenting the needs of the
suffering Armenians and Syrians.
An organization was effected to be
known as the Hemingford branch of
the county relief society, with Its
headquarters at Alliance. John Kin
Bella, postmaster at Hemingford, was
elected chairman and Miss Simie
Davidson, secretary. To encourage
the prospective relief work at Hem
ingford, Robert Graham, county
chairman, volunteered to donate a
generous sum to the relief quota
there, in addition to what has expect
ed to give at Alliance. This natural
ly elicited enthusiastic applause from
the meeting.
Plans are under way to launch the
county drive booh for this most needy
and worthy phllanthroplc-patrlottlc
enterprise: the Armenians, Syrians
nnd Greeks being distinctly pro-ally
In sympathy and action, suffering
untold agonies therefor, and accord
ing to the views of the United States
government "dollars spent for bread
at this time will do more toward
holding these peoples true to the
cause of the allies and thus help win
the war In western Asia than an
equal amount of money spent for mil
itary equipment, beside saving hun
dreds of thousands of war stricken
peoples whose loyalty to the princi
ples of tbe allies is as great as
America's.
Nebraska's quota of the $30,000,
000 which this country Is asked to
raise by the national New York com
mittee, is $2 HO. 000 and Box Butte
county's quota Is 12,500. Chairman
Graham Is very sanguine about this
county's generous response.
Printed literature will Boon be dis
tributed thruout the county for this
object and western generosity will
again be called on to substantiate Its
enviable and splenddld record of pa
triotism and humanitarlanlsm.
IOI
INTERESTED IN NEW
MARBLE DEPOSIT
Print cnn of the Mood to Appear In
Open Air Union Meeting Sunday
Evening in Alliance.
Alliance Men Are Investigating Mar
DepNtta With View i Opening
Quarry.
Alliance men have taken an option
on a newly discovered marble deposit
in the Black Hills with the purpose
of organizing a company for its de
velopment, if investigation shows
that It is 'a valuable as claimed by
Its locators. The deposit was discov
ered In January of thin year by a vet
eran prospector, but he did not in
vestigate it thoroughly until a few
weeks ago.
He brought with him to Alliance
the first of the week, at the request
of local parties, samples of the mar
ble. The marble takes a high polish
and Is not hr.rd to work.
The deposit is In a vertical vein
which broke through the surface of
the earth. Little attention was paid
to the outcrop until It wan given
close inspection, revealing the fact
that it was an excellent grade of
white marble. The vein was consid
erably broken at the surface, but at
the depth of a few feet it assumed
tbe form of a solid mass, which now
shows a width of eight feet between
walls. The vein has been located for
nearly a mile in length r.nd is cov
ered by mineral claims.
The deposit is well located, being
within three miles of the railroad.
It compares very favorably with the
marble brought from Vermont, the
present Bource of supply of marble
for use in the east and middle west.
The saving of the high freight on
shipmetits to the middle west would
make this deposit a paying proposi
tion to work if complete investiga
tion shows it to be as good us the
present showings indicate.
A competent engineer will be Bent
to the property to make a thorough
investigation and If his report shows
satisfactorily a company will un
doubtedly be organized to develop
and work the vein.
IOI
Smith, first name unknown, a Bur
lington switchman, was lodged in the
city Jail this morning in a drunken
condition. The officers who made the
arrest said that from his appearance
he rad on a lemon extract drunk."
It Is not often that Alliance has the
pleasure of entertaining a real orien
tal princess of the blood, a native of
the ancient city of Damasi IUS and one
who proudly tr: ces her llne -ge back
ihru Biblical records. There is one
In the city, however - - Princess
Rahme Haldees. member of the an
cient royal house of Syria, an author,
dramatist and lecturer.
Princess Rahme will make her
first appearance on Sunday evening,
August 4, at the open air union serv
ices held In front of the Methodist
parsonage, at the regul.ir hour of
worship (7:303, presenting her pop
ular and Instructive lecture recital,
"Under Syrian Stars," telling of the
manners and customs of her native
home the Holy land.
Monday evening at 8 o'clock at the
Presbyterian church, Princess Haider
will make her last appearance be
fore leaving for Seattle and other
points, giving her beautiful dramati
zation of the old biblical story, "Haa
man, the Leper." It tells how the
PRINCESS RAHME HAIDER
early Syrian people were turned
from the worship of Baal to the God
of Israel and the part played by tbe
little Hebrew maid in bringing about
this change.
Loving her people and her home
with all her heart, the princess baa
toured several lyceum and Chautau
qua circuits telling of tbe inner life
of her people. She was born at the
foot of Mt. Lebanon, tbe beautiful
land of biblical history and poetry,
where her noble uncles now preside
as sheiks of the northern Palestine.
She has been educated In the best
colleges and universities of the old
east and the new west. Her rare gifts
as a platform speaker t nd her rich
native costumes give her story an
unique setting end makes one feel as
though being transferred to the holy
land.
Princess Rahme will be assisted by
her traveling companion, Miss Lucile
Burgess, who will render the quaint,
native music in the Syrian airs and
words. Miss Burgess wiil also play
the part of the Hebrew captive maid
In the drama on Monday night.
Before hor audiences in Alliance
the princess will appear in her regal
robes of Damascus blue a 'in, hand
made by native .i !s It 1b embroid
ered in pure gold thread I nd each de
sign has its own poetic significance.
MARRIAGE 1JCFXNSHS
County Judge I. E. Tash has issued
the following marriage licenses
lately .
Ole Chrlstenson and Miss Oline
Leth. of Elba, Nebr.
Gulllermo G.Hernandez and Senor
ita Elveta Fairaz.
Derlo EBtrada and Senorita Pab
lina Famayo, of Lakeside.
Atwbto Pinkerton and Mrs. Rachel
Carter, of Broadwater, Neb.