HEAjfl THE FAMOUS MILITARY BAND IN ALLIANCE TWICE ON SATURDAY
EIGHT
The Alliance Herald
LOCAL
EDITION
VOUI
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, DECEMBER 26, 1918
NUMBER 4
MILITARY BAND TO
BE Hp SATURDAY
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TWHLB WESBKBN STATES
.'KNTsfTl'l E 'ES
TOUREDIOWA lMERtSI LOAN
BROTHER OF TEACHER
KILLED IN FRANCE
six . iiia m County School Teacher Re
reived Had News of Death of
Brother from Wounds
First Bat
Iowa
The F
Dodge. I
which to
Fourth
Alliance
they ma
forty-fou,
och. If
they wll
then Jou
where co
afternoon.
Batu
lets
turn
lion Hand of Camp Dodge,
Give Tw
Itlllt t" 111
t hat tail..
a. t im cr
(i ) at
D nnrens
Ih Week
n band of Camp
nek military band
ate of Iowa for t he
eny Lo will arrive in
Friday from Sidney. II j
traiSBconnectlons with
tin y will s o direi t to Ant i-
Me mnke connection;!'
ake ltaBrl) in the city nnd
y to 'Ant inch by auto
eita will be piven that
Miss Merle Welliver. teacher of the
Win. (Mine country school east of
Alliance and north of Antioch, on
Wednesday of last week received
official not'ee that her brother, pri
vate Delbert M. Welliver, died Ifl
France on October second from
wounds received In action.
Miss Welliver has not received the
particulars of her brothers death and
does not ''now where he was buried.
RED CROSS ROLL CALL
TO FIRST OF YEAR
rnoonafctdMsening. , ... : . ,
MUld mfling Alliance auto. Iwd leather and lit 1st
will ftu.-nMto Antioch and re- Make it Advisable to
. wltbltlleMnd. It will be here Time of Dr.v
lunclifSatilldav noon and dinner Although more than 1,8
for
that evenlip. aa Veil as lodging 1'at-
rintlc. Almncp Heonle are asked to
nhone tha community club, 74. stat.
StlllllS It. I'll
Extend
Drive
r.00 Alliance
people have already respcic'cd to tlie
call for members of the American
i .1 f . , 1. i j i .
. ivt-u v i uob, ii una uft;!! neciiieti acivis.
s.-, ... ....... M- . j .w
how man! of the boys they will teed i uuu,
.nH nrnvfltd lnrieilli: for If VOU art" I uul" luo u,Bl lue
P .... 'I'l i a i i w 1 i 1 1 i . i w v ,f Inn ii ... i 4 I ...
unable t irotide lo.lmng and ' " T7 ' , 7
a r.. 1.4 i, ,iuh lr7 warn iew uys ami i ue rusn or
1 QQU llir mW'J rt IC i is i t. . . ...
Saturdtt afternoon the band w)ll ; "" -""'"" ""w "?
,!, Pntrto.liHL' nt o'clock w ' iu,f"' 01 "la".v joining.
at the opara hOuse- Saturday evening
another cin ert, starting at 8 o'clock,
the
th
will be gi1
The bi
Ive pieci
Tour" of
leave for
ady mon
la direct!
crises wl
nations.
both cot
ao charg
penae wi
Collars.
n.
d to composed of twenty
ina is making a "Victory
elve western states. They
e west on forty-one Sat tir
ing, gergeant Harry E. Polk
Great many who were former mem
bera have as yet neglected to renew
their membership for the new year,
due no doubt to the fact that the
committee has been unable to see
them.
The Bchools have made a splendid
showing in the city and the aatue 1b
I true of the nca.lemv The nannlo liv.
1 v ' f ..wf
been un-
k TIU) llliwl I Ml n 'X
11 'ha made nn bv nubiic do- ln outside the city have
T m mm? " , 11 1 a n i - m
good crowd is expected at """ 1,1 lneir support 01
rtm , hi..h thrp w he ""uy nnt,
for admission. The total ex- I
e only about one hundred
ONLY THIKTKKN I 'IHI'.s
IN A I I I A I PAST IAI!
iSKA HOME GUARDS
HE MUSTERED OUT
Fire Chief Ray Trabert Makes Ilest
Report Kver Hindered During
History of Detriment
Gove
Mon
Alliance waB particularly lucky
during tho year ending December 26,
JTT 77, . , Fire chief Ray Trabert, in his annual
Keith Nevl e Amiouncwl roport rendered to the state fire com-
l tM He Will MOIIter UUl I mlimir nnri uat umIMU
'8.0r Nebraska iuarls ;8how8 that there Were onlv thirteen
' t dnr in g tSis year.
tLan.ane hundred BOX Hlltte I Tho tntl lnnn nt th Area was nH.
men Will lose their military mated at not over 83f. of which $000
Made Aviation Instructor
Liaat, i mi n. ipaacat
Hon of Alliance Man is Made In
structor in Aviation In France.
cause
r ex
Butte
forty
the q
wereAuicbip
itself!
Stiffe their 1
and
took
ance
of th
g (s members of the Nebraska
Guarda-this week. Governor
ai noaaced at Lincoln on Sat-
that ha would muster out the
heme Boards in the state dur-
p sent week
guarda will h disbanded be-
ip naflaaity for them no long-
la. a" governor, ine unj
:u irda organization has abo.it
ni'orme'l -neinbers iiiul tweut)
five flen whi
um olf.
were purrliaaad by
:iis. 'ins itulfarmi
I.y th i o;-g.i.n?c llou
was covered by insurance. With a
well trained department and a motor
fire truck that is always ready for a
fire, the city can well be proud of the
protection furnished by its efficient
department.
First Lieutenant Earl B. Spencer,
aerial observer, early in October was
made an instructor at the Headquart
ers Training Camp, Aviation Section.
In France. He is now wearing two
gold cheverona, one from engage
ment in which he was wounded and
one for his first six months' overaeaa
service
He has recently written to hla un
cle and aunt, Hon. and Mrs. A. J.
Rarkley of the wonderful work of his
squadron while he was in the hos
pital and aaid that "after listening
to the thrilling tales of flying and ob.
serving, I cannot tell you how much
I regret my stay in the hospital
which was longer than I anticipated."
but he speaka with some pride of the
fact that he had flown over the Gor
man lines in two different sectors and
when he was wounded on the first
day of August they were fighting in
one of the great battles of the war as
it was the turning point, when the of
fensive waa taken from the Germanji
and they were driven back of the
Marne.
Lieutenant Spencer ulisted in the
aviation section of the Signal Corps
and entered the aerrlce the week war
was declared. He was then a junior
in th' Civil Engineering department
at mm i s c. at Am, Hi went into
training at San Antonio. Texas, and
waa soon put on special duty survi
lug and overseeing road work in the
laUlg out of that new aviation field.
In August, at his own request, he was
transferred to the Third Squadron,
then leaving for Ft. Sill. Oklahoma to
begin training in aviation Two weeks
later the first "School of Aerial Oh
servers" In this country was organl.
Hi at Ft. Sil and young Spencer was
admitted to this school and began an
intensive training for an 'observer,"
Early in November those who had
passed the examinations and quali
fied for overseas service were order,
ed to Garden City, N Y. Early in
January he was one of r3, composing
the First Detachment of Aerial oh
n rvers that hailed for France, he be
ing the only one front Iowa. His
commission as Second Lieutenant was
dated .lanuury 16th and on February
2nd he was promoted and given the
rank of First Lieutenant. After fin
ishing his training in France he was
assigned to the First Aero Squadron,
Hying over the enemy battle lines,
making observations and directing
the artillery by wireleaa. On the first
day of August when over the German
lines he was attacked by several
Roche tfiiachines, after sending down
two of them he was slightly wounded
and his plane disabled, but hia pilot
made a perfect landing on their own
field. He waB sent to Daae Hospital
No. 30 at Royat In southern France.
After returning to hla squadron at the
front In October be waa aent to Toura
aa an Inatrurtor in Artillery Aerial
Observation.
The above, taken from the Boone
NewB-Republlcan, Boone. Iowa, Dec
enrber 4th, refers to the son of our
fellow townsman, W. E. Spencer of
the Alliance Creamery. In a letter
written November 26th and juat re
celyed by the parenta here, Lieut.
Spencer says that he la again well
and busy with his new work. The ex.
animation of the airplane in which
he was flying over the German lines,
aftar the remarkable escape from tee
of the enemy machines as stated
above, revealed the fact that the
machine had been struck forty-two
times by the boche bullets and that
two had struck Lieut. Spencer, one
striking his safety belt and eonse
quetnly doing no harm. He aaya he
kwpt his l.i-wis machine gun aa busy
as was possible during the tight and
not until they had safely landed did
he realize that he had been wounded.
ALLIANCE SOLDIER DOY
GETS A PROMOTION
Joim r. Payaf k now a CtojfjoNl
Was Ready to do OvcrtHiaA
When War Em hi I
Mrs Mary Mayer, 21T. Yellowston.
received word recently of the promo,
tion of her son, l'rlvate John P, Bayer
to the rank Of corporal. Corporal
Mayer Is a member of Mattery E, 39th
Field Artillery and with hin company
was all ready to go overscan when
the news of the signing of the arm
1st ice came He is well pleased With
the army life and Is stationed at
Camp Funston, Kansas. There Is no
' lll'fllkil hlltt v fif lilia lintitoitliilfi tlu.
chnrg, be thinks, as there Is, still
much to be done.
PRIVATE DRECKNER
WRITES FROM FRANCE
Was In the Thickest of tire FlgbUott
With the l ight - i ii 1 1 1 DIviKlon
On French Fnmt
Soldier's Wife ljosew Purse
Mrs. Ellen Mllford. a soldiers wife,
received an envelope from Washing
ton Christmas morning containing
,her check for her monthly allowance
from the government. She did not
(open the envelonc but tucked it in
I her coat pocket and lost it within
.two blocks of the postofflce. The
Butt4j : i i l have g . to the har- .check was for either $30 or $40 and
rest bis ad helped the farmers is needed by Mrs. Mllford. Anyone
finding the envelope and check will
make a soldiers wife and baby happy
if they will notify the Herald office
without delay.
M. rt i .1 : . .
asirng XDe miliicn.a epidemic
hi rge of the policing of A1U-
i accordance with the request
city authorities They perform
ed male work and have the thanks
of mm Citizens who realize the
sacrinbks made by the active mem.
bera ft tllO guards
Tli4 iff leers o the local company
r jfc C. Strong, captain W. J.
Hamilton, first lieutenant; Leonard
Pilkington, second lieutenant.
Agricultural Meeting Called Off
The meetings of Organized Agri
culture, usually held the third week
iu January in Lincoln, have been can
celled on account of the influenza
epidemic. The action waa taken after
the officers of the various agricuiiur-
STATE DOARD ORDERS
STRICT QUARANTINE
State Iepartment of ILaMh Order
All Case of Spanish Influenza
Oua rim fined in Homes
The following bulletin has been
issued by the Nebraska State Depart
ment of Health:
The State Department of Health
1 held its recent conference to decide
.1 oriraiiixationa had been canvassed principally two thinga.
Their seutiiuen: was that the meet- Firat: Are the various counties
icks should be jailed off or posponed. cities and villages sufficiently organ-
ra action was taken with reluctance ! iz to render efficient aid to their
Nhraaka'a Organised Agriculture s I health departments in putting down
the biggest agricultural meeting in
Hie west and probably iu Ameirca.
Thousand, of farmers make this
week their annual vacation. Conser
vation of health and life is, however,
la the opinion of the committee, of
much greater importance than the
educational value of the week's program.
this epidemic?
Second: In the event that the
State Department of Health were to
declare Influenza an absolutely quar
antinable disease, would the counties
cities and villages see that the
quarantine was promptly enforced
and strictly maintained?
The first proposition was unani
mously answered In the affirmative,
the second almost so, by representa
tives from almost every county in the
state. The State Department of
Health haa accordingly made this an
absolutely quarantlnable disease and
Iiearti Tractor Operation
Au opportunity for tractor owners
ar prospective owners to learn the j
details of operation and repair will be
atveu iu a four weeks course at the jit is expected that the counties, cities
niversity of Nebraska, beginning anrt villages in whose Jurisdiction
amhr an Th cnurae will be verv i ce8 occure, will see that the regula
mwctlcal and will help solve the every jlon8 re fT9 n(I delations promt
aa 'i imp inn ut 11" uuviui wwiivi
Hundreds of owuers are earnestly i Thomas With Army of Owupation
seeking aid with their tractor pro- Harold S. Thomas, one of the six
lass. The United Statoa Department Thomas boys, now with the American
ef Agriculture sent out a question-1 army of occupation, wrote a letter
aaire asking tractor owners about i which was received at Lincoln on
fcelr troubles. In answer to question, ! December 20th. He started the letter
"What part of your tractor gives you ;at Nancy and finished it at Metx
the most trouble?" 299 said magne- PftUl Thomas, who went first to Camp
tea: 110. spark plugs: 101. gears; ody " .t".L l?0"' 7he?
14. carburetors; 80. bearings; II. lg
,, . r i i v ZZ ; "ot the past year, expects to return
cylinders and pistons; 59 clutch; 43,! aome (o gUy thlfl vweek AniM
valves and springs; 19 lubrication; ( Thomas located at Fort Logan, near
S8. starting. All such problems will .Denver, docs not expect to be dlaekai
he given careful consideration in the Ked for a couple of months. He is
nurse For futher Information write detailed on special duty which will
H. 15 Bradford, University Farm, requre his services for that long at
Lincoln.
leut
ELLSWORTH COMPANY
ACQUIRING NEW LEASES
$500,000 Potaah Company Extending
Holdings Preparatory to Build
ing Plant at Ellsworth
The Ellsworth Potash & Raining
Company, capitalized at $500,000, is
acquiring a number of potash leases
on lakes in the vicinity of Ellsworth,
Nebraska, preparatory to the erection
of a large reduction plant at Ells
worth. The company is officered by
well known Wyoming capitalists and
has a strong organization. No stock
has been placed on the market in
Nebraska.
The eompanv recently acquired the
"Hatch leases" which cover a large
acreage of water in the Lakeside
Ellsworth district. Testing on the
lakes which they hold has been going
on during the past year. Thev plan
10 ereci a plant to operate on the
new plan uaed by some of the late
plants In running the brine through
the boilers.
Feature Film Met Approval
The Imperial Theatre .nr.rM ...... i
a large crowd on Christmas evening
wnen it offered for the approval of
the Alliance theatre-goers, Theda
Bara in "Cleopatra."
The picture is one of the most ex
pensive ever attempted and proved to
be very popular In the larger cities.
ADVERTISING SOLICITOR
MADE ORDERS GOOD
After Tnklng Cali From Id a I Kslate
Dealers for Ads in Stock Iers
He Kventuall) Made Good
Three months ago an energetic,
talkative and convincing advertising
solicitor appeared in Alliance ad an
nounced that he was representing the
"Live Stock Press Association ' and
that for the sum or $26.40 in money
he would run u fair sized advertise
ment In Bix of the leading daily stock
center newspapers.
Two Alliance real estate firms ac
cepted Taylor's proposition and paid
him the $26.40 each in advance, he
cashing the checks here before leav
ing town. Nothing waa heard of the
order and the advert isements did not
appear for some time. There were
rumors that a private detective was
looking up the matter Evidently re
sults were secured somewhere along
the line or else Taylor's conscience
got the better of him for on Saturday
the real estate firms were notified
that it would appear in the others
without delay.
Private James W- Brbcknerson.- of
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Hreckner or Al
lance, writes the following Interest
ing letter from France:
Nov. 23, 1918
On The Verdun Front.
Dear Mother: . ,
Will now write you another letter
! aa the last one I wrote you was a
short one I am getting along fine
Hope you fo'ka are all Well. If you
have been reading anything, about the
Eighty Ninth Division you. will have
an idea of what I have been doing.
We were at the Meuse river when the
last shot waa fired. It sure supriaed
jus all to have everything quiet so
suddenly. I waa transferred from the
Foitlneth Division about the eighth
.of October and went to the Front.
j "I don'e know where we will go
from here but I think we will go to
the German border for awhile. I am
slaying in a little town named Beau,
claiu and it Is nearly ahot to pierea.
We have not had any snow yet but
it sure is frosty. We are all busy
cleaning up after being in the dug
outa and tranches so long. 1 looked
pretty dirty for a while. We had a
good hot bath yesterday it sure felt
good.
"I see by the papers that they are
sending the men home from the
Camps. I would like hea, from
John I wish yon would send him my
address. I am looking for a bunch of
mall one of these days. I have had
no mail aiuce the first of October and
none from you folks at all. I am In
j hopes that I will eat Easter dinner
at home but I may be mistaken. Uncle
Sam haa lots of work to be done over
here but It seems better to work
when you don't have to dodge Jac
Johnson from Fritz big BUM. I
learned one thing well over here and
that is how lo crawl in a hole in a
hurry. I was talking to some Genlnm
'prisoners they all hate the Kulser and
'were glad that he was whipped. It
will soon be chow time so I cu aa I
will cose, hoping you folks enjoy a
big Xmas dinner and maybe 1 will sre
you soon.
Love to all.
Private James W. Mreckner,
Co. B. 432'ud. M. B.
Eighty Ninth Division
Via New York
OIL LINE HELP TO
POTASH INDUSTRY
INTEIITEHTFD PAItTIKM TAKINfl
HTHPH TO HASTEN LA VINO
OF LINE TO ALLIANCE
SUGGtSTIONSJIEJ APPROVAL
Would Provide Ctjaap Fuel for the
NiimcroiiN Plants 0Krating In
Hie Clash Dintrlct
The news that the crude oil pipe
line from the Lance Creek Held in
Wyoming to Omaha might he laid
through A'lianre and east along the
Burlington, as announced exclusively
In The Herald last week, met With
the instant approval of those Inter
ested in the potash business.
Within thirty miles of Alliance,
enst along the railroad, there are op
erating eight large potash reduction
plants and there are now In the
course of construction and projection
at least two more. In addition to
these there are not less than a dosen
of the smaller plants scattered
throughout the district
The larger plants now use an aver
age of not less than two hundred tona
of coal per day. With ten of these In
operation the total consumption of
coal would be two thouaand tons. The
smaller plants will consume a total
of not less than one hundred tons per
day. 'this would make a total of
twenly-one hundred tons per day.
Fuel oil would make an excellent aub
stltute. being possible to realise more
beat units from the same amount of
oil, cost considered. The plants, In
running their dryers, now use as
much fuel oil as coal. The cost to the
plants would be reduced greatly if the
pipe line led to their doors.
The Alliance community club haa
taken up the suggestion made by the
Herald and is becoming actively In
terested In the matter.
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC
MliOWLY SUBSIDING
New Cases Refwrtcd are Few und
Health Hoard Believes Condition
1 Is Under 4 'ontrol Nn Slate Or Vna
j The epidemic of influenza, so far aa
Alliance and community is conc rned
seems to be on the dec! lea to a very
iiiarked degree. There are but few
new cases being reported to the
Health Board and it is beliovil fiat
the malady is now und r control.
; Mayor Housey has not as .yet re
ceived any official notice oT the qua
a n tine regulations as adopted by the
atate board of health and does not
believe that it will now b necessary
to take steps in this line.
At several points through ut the
slate the condition Is such as to yet
cause considerable anxiety, but In
general It bus Improved g'en'.tv.
FISHER WILL LIVE ON
! WYOMING HOMESTEAD
I
Nc rvtary of Community Club Offers
Kesiguatioii to Take Effect
on First of March
JOHN DRECKNER TELL
OF LIFEJN FRANCE
John Itheiiikober of the Egle I la rim i
Shop Received the Following
Letter from an Alliance Boy
Store. Report Big Buslneas
The merchants of Alliance report
a big business during the Christmas
buying season. And, one of the more
noticeable features of the business
was the buying of things useful to
be given as presents. It was the uni
versal practice and much more so
than in former years.
TH13 RED CROSS ADVHRT18INO
Publiahed in The Allianee Herald during the present campaign was
paid for and donated by the following Alliance profeaslonal and
business men and Arms.
J. D. Em e rick. Abstracts and Insurance.
F. F. Stephens, Bakery.
Coursey & Miller, Ford Garage.
K T. Kibble Jk Company, Real Hstate.
Dr. Geo. I. Hand
William King Company
niomaa-Bald Investment Company.
Nov. 13 1918
Dear Friend:
As it has been quite a time aince I
wrote you I thought I would drop
you a short letter. How are you by
this time? I am feeling as well as
could be expected.
Well John it sure gives a fellow a
funny feeling to hear the shells
whistle overhead and to see two alr
aplanes high in the air having a duel
I suppose your business is oretlv
punk back there and that the old
old town is pretty thin of men.
I have not run in to manv of the
, Allia nee boys. I saw Claude Rennean
at one of the camps here. The rail
roads they have here are great, the
cars are about one half the alse of an
'American box car and Just two wheels
I at each end. I rode six days in one of
them and it Is just like riding a
bronco, but when they put a big
Arm-neat engine on they sure do
, rumble.
This is all I will write for this time
as the talk Is that we will be home
befor long.
Write soon.
Your friend
Private John Breckner
Evacuation Hoapltal No. IB
American Expeditionary Forees
France.
Get "Blow Town!" Orders
Married white woman and n. r..i,,r
ed man shook the dust of Alliance
from their shoes very unceremonious
ly this week. The man and woman
were reported guilty of Terr, very
improper relations and were caught
in each other's company. The woman
left for other parts yesterday and the
colored man left tonight. It ia safe to
say that If they are round again In
the vicinity of Alliance they will find
life very exciting.
At the regular Weekly meeting of
the Alliance Community Club Mon
Iday noon, W. D. FiBher. Becretary, of
fered bis resignation to take effect on
March first. At that time he expects
to locate on a homestead on which he
filed recently, located twtnty.three
id ilea from Gillette, Wyoming.
Iu locating his homestead Mr.
Fisher exercised unusual foresight.
He expects to obtain his fuel from a
coald mine only a .mile and a half
distant. He first considered specializ
ing on the raising of turkeys but up
on learning that the turkeys of that
region prow as large as ostriches and
run just as fast and eat Just as much
he considered Guinea pigs because of
their proliflcneBs. Upon learning that
this brand of piga grow there to a
size of two hundred pounds each and
that one pair of pigs will raise not
less than one thousand of their pro
geny per year, he feared that he
would cause a depression in the pork
market, so descarded that idea. He
Anally decided to raise the native
prairie dog of which he says tbere are
plenty on the land. He expects to
ralae a dog which will have a fur so
valuable that it will bring more than
the famous white fox of Alaska
lb addition to Mr. Fisher those
who filed on homesteads in that vicin
ity are Mrs. J. G. Dole of Alliance and
W. H Coleman of Sheridan. Fisher
will have his faithful Ford on the
rawncl for use when necessary to Im
port farming tools and eatables.
GRHHIS-THOP.N WIP1IAL0
Monday afternoon at the home of
the hrtde"s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G
L. Griggs, 807 Chevenne street. Miss
Oaroliue Emma Griggs lecame the
wife of Joseph D Thorn, Jr., Rev.
Maw at the Episcopal cburch offielat
lug.
The bride, who came to AUtanaa
with her parents ubout a year ago
from Sheridan, Wyiming, lr one of
the more popelar ' iei be s of the
younger noe'il set. Sae baa numerous
friends in Alliance. Mr Thorn, a
hardware and Implement dealer of
Chandler. Arizona, waa also formerly
of Sheridan, and is mighty well
speaaa of . They will make their home
in Arizona after a few weeks' visit
with relatives, and the well wishes
af the many acquaintances go with