LOCAL
EDITION
The Herald Alliance
TWELVE
V?AGES
VOLUME XXV
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, NOVJWBM 91, 1918
M'MHKR 51
BUILDING ASSOCIATION TO ERECT
TEN MODERN FIVE-ROOM COTTAGES
Contracts to Be Iet At Once and Work on the New
Structures Will Be Progressing Within
the Next Week s
The Housing Question in Alliance Has Been a
Serious One Purchasers Can Save From
$500.00 to $700.00
PRESIDENT WILSON TO POTASIT PRODUCTION
ATTEND PEACE MEETING CONTINUES RAPIDLY
Will Hall For Versailles After Con
gress Convene On December 2nd
Other Rulers To Attend
At a meeting of the business men i
Tnrvuilu nvAn 1 n v n anunclatinn urn 1 COURSES &
formed to be known as the Alliance
Community Building Association for
the purpose of erecting and selling
new modern cottages. The associa
tion will start the erection of ten
strictly modern five room cottages at
once and as soon as a part, or all of
these are disposed of, they will go
ahead with more buildings. The idea
being not to have more than ten
Mil. I I It GARAGE
IS N EARING OOMRARON
It is officially announced at Wash
ington that President Wilson will
head America's delegation to the
peace conference. Mrs. Wilson will ac
company the president snd the entire
delegation will probably sail on one
of the Mr liners.
The iwwh was rents ,ned in the fol
lowing official announcement made
from the V n.te Hnuce.
"The president expects to sail for
France immediately after the opening
of the regular session of congress for
the purpose of takng in the discus
sion and Settlement of the main feat
U'cs of the treaty of peace.
J" lb twit likely that H will be pos-
Meetiim Being Held in I -i This
Week to Determine VMso to be
Paid for Fvrtlllizer Ingredient
this enterprising firm, will occupy
two floors and a basement, giving
houses on their hands at any one time !em room care for 150 aut08 on
I I...I k... i . a l . . a
Re-construction work on the build
ing recently purchased by Coursey
Miller at Third Street and Laramie
avenue is proceeding at a rapid pace. 1 r"r n,m to MM throughout
When completed, this home for the the BPBRion" of thft formal peace con
auto, garage and tractor business of but hiB Presence at the out
set is necessary in order to obviate
as their working capital is limited.
The organisation is similar to the
one organized some time ago for the
promotion of the new federal build
ing. Local business men have already
subscribed $22,000 but the associa
tion expects to boost the subscription
to at least $50,000 by the time opera
tions are started the latter part f
this week.
The first ten cottages will be strictly
modern from cellar to garret and will
probably be erected on lots in the
west part of the city, the location de
pending somewhat on the cost of lots
The association is not exactly partial
to the five room modern cottage, but
will build any kind of a house you
may want, whether it be a small cot
tage without any modern convenien
ces or a strictly first-class house.
Bring in your plans, the committee
will be glad to go over them with you
and will be able to save you from five
to seven hundred dollars on every
building they erect.
On account of limited funds the
committee will favor those who can
make the best financial showing so
that they can transfer the property
their three floors. A large, powerful
electric freight elevator is being In
stalled in the building. It will be
large and powerful enough to lift or
I lower the largest car. Unique trusses
have been placed in (he buildin :,
I which is of substantial brick construe
I tion, and hold up the floors without
jthe use of partitions or columns.'
' A large, modern office will occupy
the front portion of the first floor
screened Irom the balance or the j
room by ,i)ite glass. This flrrr dovs
a big business in Ford and Chevrolet
lines of autos and in Fordson tractors
as well as auto trucks. They also sell
supplies, repair ana overnaui cars
and do a general garage business.
The coming of peace had a
stimulating effect on the potash In
dustry, judging from the activities In
the potash districts of western Ne
braska during the past few lays. The
erection of the new plant.i under
course of construction continues with
out diminuatlon and the new com
panies in the field are continuing
their plans for development of potash
deposits held by then.
The plants operating in the dis
trict east of Alliance are continuing
their operations at full blast. New
plants recently started are Increasing
their production as rapidly as they
can get their units in proper working
crdei
lhe Alliance plant at An 'och, re
cently damaged by fire, was gotten
back into operation within twenty
four hours and has been steadily In
creasing its output until it Is now
back nearly to normal production.
This is one of the most modern plants
in the district.
;The output of potash from th west
ern Nebraska fields Is estimated by
a well posted authority for KM year
1919 to be not less than 300 0 10 tons
of salts averaging 20 per cent pure
GIVE HMt-s tMMis AND j potash. The total estimated capacity
THRIFT STAMPS FOR XM AH j of th ,arKp Plants now operating or
to be operating within the next few
the manifest disavantages of dis
cussion by cable in determining the
general outlines of the final treaty on
which he must necessarily be con
sulted. He will, of course, be accom
panied by delegates who will sit as
the representatives of the United
States Thruout the conference. The
names of 'the delegates will be pre
sently announced."
WAR WORK CAMPAIGN EXTENDED
TO SATURDAY NIGHT LACK $7,000
Ileal Drive Supposed to Have Ended Last Night
Will Hold Off Until Saturday
to Let AM Get In
Boys Must Be Cared For Ftr Months to Come
They Have Fought For You Show
Your Appreciation
J. W Outhrlp. chairman nt thn i
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POTATO FLOUR PLANT
STARTS AT RUSHVILLE
First Potato riant in Nebraska to
Start Operations at Ruttivllle by
December First
weeks, is 800 tons per day. The estt
matde capacity of the small plants
located on lakes away from the rail
road, is estimated at from 60 to 100
tons of salts per day.
Th monster Wester l plant at An-
JOHN R. SNYDER
IS GRAND PRIEST
Prominent Alliance I am lire Man
Fleeted to High Office In Odd
Fellows Grand Encampment
is
I The use of War-Savings and Thrift
stamps as Christmas presents sup
ports the government in a three-fold
manner, it furnishes money for the
maintenance and equipment of the
I army and navy; cuts down the pur-
cnase or non-essentiais ana tnereby , tloch, recently completed. It, n.w go'-
releases labor and material; promot- j ting nto 'is sMIde and its tmfVv Is
: es the doctrine of thrift by example, j Increasing laily. This plan, erected
Don't overlook the War-Savings j at a cost of over a million dollars, is
and Thrift Stamps when you makj j -nodem in rv iy detail an! will prove
out your gift list for Xmas. to be n big facto in production.
Several sniall plants are being
erected, souie of them deslcno.l klonw
lines, adoi; 1 frm rno xperlen-
! ce o- the pi vj si s in smail i ' nt i
The Horace Bouge Store is a firm ! ation. These pi Ya are erected oa ai-.l
believer in living up to the wishes of , operated on small but excellent lakes
The first potato plant in Nebraska,
to manufacture flour and starch from
potatoes, will soon be In operation at
Rushvllle, the county seat of Sheri
dan county. The factory building la
ready and the machinery now being
installed. It is expected that opera
tions will begin by December flrst
Twenty car loads of potato culls
are ready to start through the plant.
Potato flakes will also be manufact
ured. The original Intention waa to
erect the plant at Gordon but on ac
count of the fact that trackage could
not be secured there the plant was
located at Ruahvllle.
A co-operative farmers' organisa
tion which has potato storage and
shipping plants at Clinton, Gordon.
Rushvllle and Hay Springs will oper
ate the factory.
HUGE VICTORY SALE AT
THK HORAt E IUH.lt: STORK
Uncle Sam who is urging the public
to do their Christmas shopping early.
This noted store has a two-page ad
tonhlch it would not be profitable lo
run expensive pipe lines. Auto truck?
now cover the roads from these
plants to the railroads in quick time,
hauling out fuel to the plants and re-
John ft. Snvder of Alliance nrnmln
to the local Building anu ian Asso-!ent ln od(. Keii0ws fraternal circles
elation thereby releasing their money was elected to the important office of elsewhere in this issue, brim full of
so tfiat tney can go aneaa wnu an- Grand HiRn prjest of the Grand En- bargains at greatly reduced prices
other building, j campment at the forty-seventh an- This huge sale is now on in full force I turning with loads of potash saltB.
The Alliance Community Building BU.i S(RSi,in in ijnroln on Twfl n nf and will continue rinrinr th hninn,. Re-construction of the National
of this month. Do your Xnias shop- i plant at An! loch, recently badly
ping early. damaged by fire, has proceeded at a
JAMES MURPHY NOW
DIG RANCH OWNER
Well Known Itanchman,
South of Alliance, rurrhaMed In
tereat of Partner in Big Hascb
cal Iloltd War Work Drive, stated)
today that Box Butte county ia ahort
between six and seven thousand dol
lars of the required $27,000 quota,
bavtag subscribed only a little over
$3t,tM
The campaign which was to have
closed last night will be extended to
Hatutday night to let those get in
with ther subscriptions who have so
far failed to make their appearance.
The majority of the people have re
sponded promptly but a number have
failed to go to the banks and show
their appreciation for the sacrifices
millions of boys have undergone for
them by going to the banka and sub
scribing to the United War Work
Campaign.
It should not be necessary to call
any before the Council of Defense bat
these steps will be taken If you fall
to subscribe your required quota.
Bear in mind the campaign closes
Satsrday and you will be listed
nmong the slackers If you fall to en
ter your subscription.
President Wilson emphasises the
faet that since hostilities nave ceased
we have entered upon a period in
which the work of our seven welfare
agencies assumes, if possible, an
added Importance. The incitement
under which our soldiers and sailors
have been working Is withdrawn,
tbeir hours of leisure are more num
erous, their temptations are greatly
multiplied and intensified.
The seven United War Work or-
LWhig ganisations will take care of the boys,
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i i ii, iu nil ruiirauuiini tiniinug, ciu
, daring the months of demobilisation
1 if yon de your part. Subscribe today-
Association is composea or me ioi- tnig weei(
lowing officers: W. D. Fisher, presi-.
dent; M. H. Hargraves, secretary;
and F. W. Harris, treasurer.
FLU CAUSED MORE D MATHS IN
The session closed Tuesday after
noon with the installation of the new
officers. J. S. Hoagland of North
Platte, past grand patriarch and pas:
grand representative to the sovereigu
rapid rate und it is expected that this
U. S. THAN OCfURED IN FRANC K grand lodge, had charge of tb-. in-
Ex-povernor Chester H. Aldrich of ,,li'n, win in ration again with
Lincoln was appointed judge of the 88 mXe de,ay 88 P08"10 A ,arK''
supreme court of Nebraska last Sat- forPe of carpenters and mechanics
urday by governor Neville The an- llas been Dus,y on thls P,anl rrom ,n!"
stallation. The names and titles of pointment was made for the purpose: mediately after the fire.
The census bureau at Washington the new officers 'elected are as fol- i of filling the vacancy caused by the Representatives of the Nebraska
announced on Tuesday that the re-1 'ow: ; "J1 of Jude Francis G. Hamer potash industry are attending a me. -
cent epidemic of influenza in the! Grand patriatch, A. P. Hansen, r Kearney. Ex-governeor Aldrich ing being held in the east this week
United States caused more deaths j Omaha; grand senior warden, J. Guy waB onB of three candidates for by the fertilizer manufacturers the
than occurred among lhe American ! Swope, North Platte: grand scribe. !be three .Judgeships to be filled at , consumers of the potash from this
I. P. Gage, Fremont; grand treas- cuc' vraewoa neia on iNovem-1 field. The local men are concerned
urer, F. B. Bryant. Omaha; grand ber 5th- He received the highest vote chiefly as to the price to be set for
high priest, John R. Snyder, Alliance: and nis term of office would have be- ' the potash used in fertilizer inan::fa
grand junior warden; W. K. Kn'ght. ! Kun on jHnury first. He sat wi'h 1 ture. The last sales were reported on
Fall City; grand representative (two he JudKes on Monday of this week 's basis of $4.50 per unit. This would
expeditionary forces in France and
the allied fronts from all causes. Re
ports from 46 cities having a com
bined population of 23,000,000 show
ed 82.306 deaths from influenza and
pneumonia from September 9 to Nov
ember 9. The loss of life in the Ameii
years) E. J, Farr, Blair; grand rep
resentative, (one year) George E.
for the flrst time.
can expeditionary forcees to date ha9 Trukington, Omaha.
not been over 4 5,000. The greatest
mortglUty from the epidemic in pro
portion to pulation was 7.4 in Phila
delphia and 6.7 per cent 1000 in
Baltimore.
i be $90 per ton for salts runing 20
The grand patriarch appointed P,
.T. Clara, of Fairbury. Grand guard;
J. W. Brown of Lincoln, Krand mar
shall and IJ. R. Snadley of Broken
Bow. grand sentinel.
ReportR from local jurisdictions
Mr. and Mrs. luis Raid, went to Bhowe,i ,(;.lt tnP encampment in
Bayard Saturday to visit a couple . excellent haps nn- t.'iat a no' gain
or weeks with tbeir son. Mr. and Mrs. in membership for the state was ac-
. . . . , ' complished durin? the year. It was
Bald have been visiting their son F. tQ mjy $-nn worth flf ,jV.rt
A. Bald of Alliance. bonds.
Metz Entered By French
Early Tuesday Afternoon
MARSHAL PETAIN, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE FRENCH
ARMIES, ENTERED HISTORIC TOWN AMID
PICTURESQUE DEMONSTRATION
At two o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
Marshal Petain, commander-in-chi it
of the French armies, made bis en
iry into Merjs, the great stronghold
ot Lorraine and th epivot of Ger
many's effort to crush France. The
occasion, in which the French com
mander figurod for the first time, as
a marshal of France, gave rise to one
of the most picturesque demonstra
tions ever carried out by the penpfe
of Lorraine. x
From early in the morning all the
roads leading to Metz were crowded
with citizens of Lorraine on their
Wav to the citv tn naaiat In thn
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ration.
NEW BUSINESS WILL RK
OCCUPIKD RY TRUST CO.
The Guardian Trust Company's
new building is rapidly nearing com
pletion, the workmen are putting the
finishing touches to the interior this
week which will be handsomely de
corated and arranged to handle the
business of this firm.
i The firm of Wright ft Wright ex
pect to move into their new building
about December 15. where they will
have about 500 safety deposit boxes
and will be equiped to handle will",
estates of deseaiied persons and do a
general trust company business.
The business end of this company
is under the management of 8 B
Wright.
PRESIDENT SETS DAY FOR ALL
TO JOIN IN GIVING THANKS
President W Ison. m a proclamation today designated Thurs
day. November 28, the Thanksgiving day and said thia year the
American jpeople have special and moving cause to be grateful
and re.ioice Complete victory, t)P said, has brought not only peace
but the confident promise of a new day as well.
The proclamation follows:
It has long been our custom to turn in the autumn of the
ear 'n praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many
blessings and mercies to us as a nation. This year w have spe
cial and moving cause to be grateful and to rejoice. God has in
His good pleasure given us peace. It bes not come as a mere
cessation of arms, a mere relief from the otrnin and tragedy of
war. It has come as a great triumph of right. Complete victory
has brought us, not peace alone, but the confiden: j romij-e of
a new day as well, In which justice shall replace force and Jealous
intrigue among the nations. Our gallant armies have participat
ed in a triumph which is not marred or stained by another purpose
of selfish aggression In a righteous cause they have won im
mortal glory and have nobly served their nation in serving man
kind. God has Indeed been gracious. We have cause for such re
joicing as revives and strengthens in us all the best traditions
or our national nistory. A new day shines about us. in which our
be to
hearts take new courage and look" forward with a niw hope
While we render thanks for these things, let us not forget
to seek the Divine guidance in the performance of those duties
and Divine mercy and forgiveness for all errors of act or pur
pose, and pray that in all that we do we shall strengthen the
ties of friendship and mutual respect upon which we must assist
to build the new structor of peace and good will among the nat
ions; Wherefore,
I, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States of A
merica. do hereby designate Thursday, the twentyeighth day of
November, next, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and invite
the people throughout the land to cease upon that day from
their ordinary occupations and in their several homes and plac
es of worship to render thanks to God, the ruler of nations
In witness whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and caus
ed the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done in the District of Columbia this sixteenth day of No
vember in the year of our Lord, one thousand, nine hundred
and eighteen, and of the independence of the United States of
America the one hundred and forty-third.
One of the largest real estate deals
consummated in western Nebraska
this year was closed Monday when
.lames Murphy purchased from Miss
Annie King her Interest In the Klin;
and Murphy ranch, located twenty
seven miles south of Alliance for a
consideration of $50,000.
Miss King owns property intereMs
In Texas and will spend the winter
there. She will probably return to Al
liance to make her home next sprint;
Miss King and Mr. Murphy, by the
use of good business Judgement and
plenty of hard work, have built up on
of the largest and most valuable
ranches in this section of the state.
Mr. Murphy purchased Miss King's
interest In the stock and personal
property on the ranch also.
I
K2(); $112 50 for salts running 25 K
! 20; and $13S per ton for salts rtin
' nine as high as 30 K20.
Potash producers have received sj
low as $4.00 per unit and as high as
$6.00 since the starting of the west
ern Nebraska industry. The averaire
price has been probably $4.75 or $5
per unit.
V It Is estimated that during the
year 1918 the western Nebraska
fields produced not less than 75 per
cent f lbs potash produced in -the
United States. Aand this product is
entirely free from borax or other in
jurious substances, making it highly
desirable for use as fertilizer.
NHHRAHKA RETAIL
ASK El) TO I vm.i.
Il A I. Kits
MTR4 H as i s
Pooled carlot purchases of Nebras
ka grown and graded potatoes are
urged by Gurdon W. Wattles, Fed
eral Food Adminstrator for Ne
braska. Mr WattleB is making this recom
mendation through the county food
administrators of Nebraska and he
is asking them to urge upon the re
tailers of their counties thee pooled
purchases.
Such purchases, says Wattles, will
decrease the coBt of potatoes and
should enable the consumer to buy
at less cost. Retailers of the cities
und towns of the state are urged to
get togrther and buy Nebraska po
tatoes and to divide them after ship
ment. This recommendation of Wattles
is a part of hi3 campaign to get pota
toes to the consumer at less cost than
formerly. It alto emphasizes the qual
Ky of Nebraska potatoes and requests
Nebraska distributors to buy and
dstribute the Nebraska product.
''Nebraska grown pot: toes, when
properly graded, are as good as any
rotato grown in ;ny state. They
should be used by Nebraskans in
preference tO other potatoes, which
are not uny better" says Wattles.
Mr Vat:ts ' . ii. . , i, .(.cms
come only after a thorough investi
gation of Nebraska j otatof e and cf
tee cost o' distribui ion.
Twenty German Subs
Handed To British
WHITE FLAGS ARE HOISTED AS BIO U BOATS PASS THE
ENGLISH OUNS EIGHTY MORE TO BE GIVEN
UP WITHIN A WEEK
THANKSGIVING SERVICES TO I Twenty German submarines were
- RE HELD AT BAPTIST CHURCH : surrendered to Rear Admiral Regln
The Union Thanksgiving services ' aid W. Tyrwhitt, thirty miles off
h.5h!tCfhhUrCr?e8H! Wm iHnric, England, on Wednesday
held at the Baptist church on thet , '
morning of Thanksgiving day at 10: ! morniu at -"-rise. These are the
30 o'clock. j firBt of the U-boats to be turned over
Rev. H. B. Wright of the Methodist to the allies by Germany. Admiral
church will deliver the sermon. The Tyrwhitt received the surrender of
prsident's proclamation will I read ; the German boats on board his flag
by Rer. Epler of the Christian thuren Hhip, a British cruiaer. The subs pro
Prayer will be offered by Rev S. E ceeded to Harwich in charge of their
Black Presbyterian church. j own crews.
Rev lyton of the Baptist church . At Harwich the U-boats were
will have charge of the services, the boarded by British crews and inter
choir from thlB church will sing the j pretera and proceeded to Parkeston
anthem qUay
A coidial welcome Is extended to The Germans left the subs ttero
all the community to attend these and boarded transport, for their ra-"-rvlces
I turn to Germany.
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