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ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA.TIIUIISDAY, JANUAUY 9, 1919
NUMBER 6
TOLUME XXVI.
T 1
GRIM REAPER TAKES
TOLL FROM ALLIANCE
Prominent Alliance People Died Dur.
ing last Week Many Knd Hearts
Within Our nty
MILLER WILL REMODEL
THE ALLIANCE CAFE
Plan to Enlarge Present Hotel Ixh-
by and to Install Modern lies,
taurant Equipment
Tte toll of the grim reaper death
has been heavy in Alliance during the
past week. In chronicling the death of
those in our midst we remember that
none but those who hivj eat in the
shadow of a great bereavement cau
Justly weigh such a Borrow as death
brings. Those who hio gone down
into the valley of Buffering Hnd stood
by the side of a loved oe, hs hoped
after hope dropped away ai the petals
fall from a fading flower, know that
such anguish cannot find solace In
the tenderest words.
VNot .1eaJ but Bleeping."
"Nieht came releasing them from
labor
When a hand from out of darkness
Touched them mid they Bkpt."
A. P. Stockpile
A. P. Stockdale. principal of the
Alliance High School, died at 8:13
o'clock Friday morning, January ord
at St. Josephs hospital from pniu
mon i a following an attack of Inluen
a. He had suffered for about a wee
prior to his death. Ho was tweaty
seven years of age.
Prof. Stockdale had been an in
Btructor in the Alliance high school
for four years. For the last three
years he was instructor of English
This year be was appointed principal
succeeding Prof. A. T. Crawford who
went to Chadron as superintendent of
Bchools there. Prof. Stockdale was
graduate of Peru state normal, of the
University of Nebraska, and received
the B A decree from the Chadion
state normal.
He volunteered his services to his
country this summer an-1 after Becur
ing a limited service ratic; on tns
own request he went to the training
camp but was rejected on account of
inability to pass the physical t.xam
ination, returning to Alliance to take
up his school work. He was a member
of the I. O. O. F. and the B. P. O. K.
The remains were arconipeniod from
the undertaking rooms on Saturday
to the depot by pupils of the high
school and pall bearers from life
I. O. O. F.
Prof. Stockdale is survived by Ins
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Stockdalo
of Chadron, who were present at his
bedside when death came, and a sis
ter who lives with the parentis.
' Itis sad to give up one whoeo in
fluence among his associates and pu
pils was for good; who by precept
s nd example was so well calculate to
spread abroad the blessed Influence
of godly living. In his springtime cf
enthusiasm and tenderness, were the
sunsbinet of hope and. Joy was extin
guished, he passed to the glorious
beyond.
Roosevelt's Death Was
a Shock to the Nation
Mr. J. M. Miller, Of the Alliance
Hotel, has plans in the making for
important changes in his popular hos
telry to be effected in the near fu
ture. Mr. Oscar R. Kerschke, Grand
Island architect has been consulted
and is now preparing drawings for
the use of the contractors.
While the details have not as yet
been decided upon, Mr. Miller con
templates enlarging the present lob-
Former President One of the Most Widely Known !
Figures in America Career Most Bril
liantIn Many Political Battles
OFFICERS STOP THE .
BOOZEJXPRESS LINE
Kind Hearted Young Kxprew Mctwen.
ger Hay ell Wait the tJont for
(Mherft Who Wanted Itoote
Oyster Bay. N. Y. The sudden
death of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt,
who passed away at hi home oo
Sagamore Hill, In hi sleep Monda
morning, January 0, was a great
by and the incorporating, within the BUock to the entire country. The enoi
notel omce ,a reading ana writing CHII1U without warning to the attend
room for the use of the guests: an j physician and - member!, of th
up-to-date office for the transaction , . .. .
of bnsinen aid the enlarnt-nont. of bouwhohl, when there was no one
the dining room. The present par- rooin l,ut 1,19 vau1-
tition between the" parlor and the lr. G. W. Faller of Oyster Bay. thi
dining room to the cafe will be re-1 physician who last attended the tor
moved and archways will be built. I mer president enld that death was
A kind hearted young express mes
senger was fined $200 and rosts in
police court Tuesday after he had
been found In possession of a suit-
rse loaded with twenty pints of liq
uor, brought in from Wyoming.
The Burlington special agent had
been suspicious of the affair for mime
time and made a trip down from Cas
enabling the accommodation of
about double the number now possi
ble. Restaurant equipment of the
most modern type, embodying every
late and approved feature of sanita
tion will be installed; all fixtures
now used will be discarded, and in
short, when completed, the Alliance
hotel and Cafe will be in full con
formity with the best ideas of mod
ern hotel men.
These changes will, of course, en
tail the expenditure of a considera
ble sum of money, but Mr. Miller
feels that Alliance is worthy the best
caused by a pulmonary embolism.
Pulmonary embolism, Dr. Faller ex
plained, is a Mood clot upon one of
the arteries of the lungs.
The man who was with Roosevelt
at the end was James Amos, a negro,
who has been his personi I attendant
ever since he was In the Whit
house. The colonel had been brought
to Oyster Bay from the Roosevelt
hospital at New York Just befori
Christmas, where he had been con
fined for weeks by nn attack of wcl-
and his plans promise a real evol'i-1 utlen. Ill health hnd not! been good
Hon of an always popular stopping
place.
COUNTY AGENT MADE
EXCELLENT RECORD
S. K. Fuller
S. R. Fuller, widely known as a
carpenter and builder, died at nine
o'clock Wednesday evening Ja, uaty
1st from an attack of pu.uimoni'
following intlunza. H-? had suffered'
for a veok and was ihoui-h: to be
past the crisis -wf the disease
Mr. Fuller came to Alliance four
years aio with his brother. Charles
E. Fuller, the contrucior. He was
born in Rargate. England, oi: July
15, 1882. He is survive! by a wl'e
and three children; four brother.! and
live sisters. He was of a relig,otn
nature an da faithful member of the
Baptist church. ,
The funeral w.u held from the resi
dence on Thursday afternoon at two
o'clock, the wrvice bein? conducted
by Rev. A.' A. Layto.i, pastor of the
Baptist cUuivli. Iluriil was made in
Greenwood cemetery.
No bronze or marble shaft, no
splendor of ucient or modem tombs
and no play of Immortal genius can
adorn the memory of such manly
men. Their lives, their deeds, their i.
fluence. living or dead, and their
pure aspirations are the monuments
that will keep their names burning
in the home and the heart of kindred
and brethren, while the flying
moments are dimming wi'h their
dust and rust the brightest obelisk in
the cemetery. While the silence of
(Co!itinred"o,ri,agc7s section l.f
Annual llexrt of Box Butte Comity
Agricultural Agent Showed tiood
Result for the tVmnty
The annual report of George Neus-
wanger, Box Butte county agricultu
ral agent, for the year 1918 shows
some interesting facts regarding the
work done through his office and re
garding this county.
The exhibit of Box Butte county
potatoes, prepared by Mr. Neuswan-
ger, took first prize at the Midwest
Horticultural show, held at Pes
Moines, Iowa, December 10th to 14th,
which Included exhibits from the en
tire middle ..west. Tbe second, prize
wes awarded to Wisconsin Tcbkh pro
duces thirty million .bushels annually.
In the individual class Box Butte
potatoes took first, second and third
prizes for Ohio potatoes, and secowN
and third prizes on Irish Cobblers.
The state department of agricul
ture gives Box Butte county this
year an acreage of 11.000 acres with
an average yield of 111 bushels er
acre, making over if million bushels'
and second in the state in production
This Is one-eighth of all the potatoes
grown in Nebraska-for the year.
treating spuds for disease was
tried out on six farms and proved
effective where the chemicals used
were up to standard.
The "tuber unit" plan of testing
seed pntatots, which has been tried
for two years, is proving that there-
is a wide range in the producing abili
ty of the individual potatoes and that
careful selection of tested seed will
increase the yield. The yields from
the Individual tubers tried under this
method are now varying from 2 U
for some time. He had undergone en
operation and was practically deaf a
ii result of It. .
Planned to Visit Son's Grave.
One son of the former president
Lieutenant Quentin Reoyevelt, was
shot down In an nlrplnnv on the
western front lust June. '
The colonel wns planning n trip to
Europe to visit tjuenl ill's grave H
nvgnes then gained fun support
Oelonel Roosevelt.
Triad ta Rls Reaimtnt.
Roosevelt's wnr record was full el PW Monday night on the passenger
, . . . , ,ulliriM train number thirty-two. He saw
peirmur ..... '77" " the suitcase brought to4he train, giv-
te the democratic administration li . , .
Its conduct of tbe war also wai of tne traln at Ajlnnre (ook Dlm ,nt0
narked. 1 custody. The young man claimed he
'At the outbreak ef hostilities h was Imposed on by others who made
wanted in ruin n resMment of sol- him the goat.
-ti. . h.i u m lwHlitlon t The young man will undoubtedly
... ,. -.lia,t be very careful In the future of sus-
-- pIcIoub looking suitcases given to
lie WSB II inomrr iu n- vr I t rnm a nro i.l. I
tnllltsry preparedness In the United the llrt,antmo 8everal thirsty ones
States and fought, hard for a larglWho na(j expected to "wet their dry
army and n powerful navy long be I whistles" are whistling and thinking
fore tlil rountry entered the war. of the twenty plnty reposing safely
Probably ho other man ever llveo in me saie awaiting destruction.
who was as well and as wlfleij
known In his lifetime as wns Theo
dore Roosevelt, writer, talker poiitl
elan, statesman, hunter, trapper,
rancher, explorer, student, diplomat
husband, father and twenty-elxtl
president of the Ui lted States.
Roosevelt's political fights wen
without number, lie fought progrcs
elves and reactionaries when elthei
Ontnora nf Ihn pltv tionltti hmird
did not thluk as be dl. lie fought are eiated over the Improvement In
bosslsm In the republican party, ami this w eekover last week, there be
then made himself the boss of that ing no new cases reported Wednes
pnrty. then of the progressive pally day or today and only six on Tuesday,
and fohght again for the lendershti Ur. Bellwood, city physician, is
of the republican ranks. ,7 optomistlc over t he outlook and
i V l. IIIUI, Willi liriT- iivhuiiou
Roosevelt wns born In New Wk future serious outbreaks may be pre-
October 2T, 18.W. the son of Theo vented. The regulations of the board
dore and Martha (Bulloch) Roose Df health, published In thia iBsue of
velt. Ills parents were well-to-do, al- The Herald, should be 1e4 by every-
't-byT'gh not rich n the country now one and carefully followed"'
classes wealth. Their social potion Percy Rolfson, city clerk and serce-
tary of the board of health, estimated
the total cases In the city at not more
than one hundred at the present time.
The number of fatalities considering
the number of cases, have been very
light.
sent tf
A..iuyXv "f filif - b1iii in llifTi
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.
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.OTSPEI('H-iAN.OX Wi.DinXti
Miss lniia Marie
Lotspen-h, omy
dauuhter of Mrs.
I. B. lOtsielch,
and a graduate
of the Alliance
!'.i.!i school, was
m., nied at the
M. E. parsonage
in Alliance at 6
o'clock, Tueslay
veuing, Decem-t-r
31, to Lieu-i-
rtuit Albert J.
Gannon, of the
fi 2 n d Pioneer
Regiment. Camp Wadsworth, S. C,
ho is honorably discharged. The
bride is one of Alliance's best known
young ladies and has a host of
friends. The groom is a former res
ident of Alliance and made his home
In New Hampshire' before his enlist
ment in the army. The happy cou
ple left immedifctey after the cere
mony for a brief honeymoon trip. Af
ter the first of March they will be at
home to their friends on the groom's
ranch near Hemingford.
:o:
Representative Briggs of the
Seventy-third district is now iu Lin
coln and ready for the opening of the
legislature of which he will be a mem
ber.
soon as he snfliciently recovered his
health. The death of (juentin was u
severe k0' W to Roosevelt, and Is If
lieved to have hastened his end.
Archie Roosevelt, n not her son, wa
pounds to 10 pounds per potato of the I wounded by hr:ipnel on the Toul i
Karly Ohios. The Triumphs vary from front mid was decorated with the
to 12 ?4 pounds. After two years
of experimenting with dry land and
irrigated seed the dry land seed are
producing less culls and better pota
toes while the Irrigated are deterior
ating. One of the chief reasons for the
present dull season on the potato
market is because the growers are
not prepared for prompt shipment of
the crop which the growers in the
south who want seed are demanding.
More and better storage capacity at
the loading stations would remedy
this.
The shipment of potatoes was dis
tributed in the year 1917 in ten dif
ferent states as follows:
Nebraska, 164 cars.
Missouri. 136 cars.
Iowa, 25 cars.
Kansas, 25 cars
Illinois, 10 cars.
Oklahoma, 3 urs.
Texas, 1 car.
South Dakota, 1 car.
Wyoming, 1 car.
These shipments consisted mostly
of table stock and does not include
the seed stock which was shipped
sout h.
The Market News Bulletin was Is
sued during the fall of 1918. the
tirst bulletin of t' e season being
September 16th and continued daily
until November 27th. In most In
stances the growers of northwest
Nebraska were able to get the iriorn
ing market reports the same after
noon. There were a total of 63 issues
with u dally circulation of 2,000
bulletins, making a total of 126 000
market bulletins sent from the office
of the farm bureau for the 1918
nason.
Great progress was made In the or
ganization of Federal Farm Loan
Associations in the county during
1917-18. At the present time there is
an association at Hemingford and one
at Alliance, taking care of the entire
county. These two associations have
already loaned over $80,000 V the
(Continued on Page 5. Sectionl.)
French cross as he lay on the operat
ing table ThN cross was colonel
Roosevelt's most prized possession.
Theodorv Roosevelt Jr., was gasaeu
during the fighting nt Chantlgny.
Kennit Roosevelt fought with hotl"
British and American armies.
Colonel Roosevelt was looking for
ward to a reunion of thrt whole fam
ily when nil his boys returned froit
the wnr.
Roosevelt wns fort many years con
tributing editor of the Outlook, uiifi
later on the Metropolitan Magazine,
Lately he had been writing for th
Kansas City Star.
Colonel . Roosevelt was the twepty
lxth president of the f'nited States,
having succeeded to the presidency
on the death of William McKinley
who was sissasslnnied at Buffalo,
i The life of the former pn-Mdent U
one of the most brilliant chapters ir
American history. Loved and sd
mired in some nnarters. hp sue
ceded, however. In acquiring thi
enmity of many irrumineiit men. imi1.
his later life was tilled with strife
on one hand and preparation for
even more strenuous jHjMj,- tf np
the other.
Might Have Run for President.
It was popularly lielleved. In fact,
that Roosevelt would innke an effort
to become president again at th
Tt national election, although no
expression of any kind on the so
Ject had come from him.
The most re -eat greet public effurt
Of RoovH cume at the last r
publican nstifnal coiivemlou when,
after the republicans had reused ti
nominate him. he turned his Mrengtl
to Senator Lodge.
Lodge, however, felled of nomi
nation and Charlee K. Hughes wai
ftetuea to oddos Wood row .Wilson,-
was high. Their son was
Harvard fcV his education.
The vourYg university gradunU
took u n Immeliate and sfetious In
terest in politics being jiectc't Jo ttw
New York nssemfyv ii. Two yer
earlier be hnf married -Alice Hatha
way Lee, daughter of Ceorge Cabol
Lee. They hnd one daughter, Alice,
who wns a White house Wide dnrliif
Jier father occupancy of Uw nation'
executive "ynnnslon in Washington
Her husband, Nicholas Longworth
wns then and Is now a 'congressman
from a Cincinnati district. The firm
Mrs. Roosevent died In 1SS4, ami then
Roosevelt's health fnlled and he
sought the rigors nnd labors of a
rancher's' life In North Dakota. Tin
log cabin he occupied for two yimrs
hunting and trapping, now stands oi
the grounds of the state cnpltol build
ing nt Bismarck, X. I.
Two years of the outdoor life re
stored lil in to health and a renewed
longing for a political career. JI-
! returned to Xew York, became hv
unsuccessful candidate for mayor oi
Xew York and a successful candidal
for the hand of Edith Kennit Carow.
daughter of Charles Carow of New
York. Their union was blessed with
five children. Theodore .lr.. Archie
Ethel (Mrs. Richard Iarhy), Kerml'
.1.. i
I linn vucuiiu.
Roosevelt wn appointed civil serr
Ice commissioner of New l ork anc
held the position from IKSil until
18t).r, when he was made president (A
the New York police board.
1 From bossing Xew York's pollrt
feeparlnient Roosevelt went to th
assisTMit seeretnryslnp of the navy
department la McKlnley's admlnls
tratinn.
'Organized Rough Riders.
With the coining of the Spanish
American war. Roosevelt longed foi
a tast" or snot nnd jniwder wartare,
He organized n regiment of young
Nnd hardy men. principally from th
plains of -the middle west, and callec
them the Rough Riders. Pr. Leon
nrd Wood, now major-general. wa
colonel of the regiment, which saw
service iu Cubt and aided iu the de
feat of the Spanish at San Juan hill.
Roosevelt had accepted a commis
sion of lieutenant-colonel in his regl
meiit and was nu.de col,, nil aftet
the engagement at S in .luan hill. H
returned to the Cnlted Sl-ite i
stamped hero, nnd s lily became i
leading figure In the public eye. New
York elected him governor by ar
overwhelming majority and ther
was a isipular clamor for him ai
president.
Dictated Taft's Nomination.
In 1; he was nominated fot
vice president, and with McKinley
he was elected. Just whether that
would have been the political deail
of Roosevelt will never he 1:tiown, foi
President McKinley was thot by at
assassin at Buffalo In September
1001. and on September 14. lflOl
Theodore Roosevelt took the oath ol
oftice as president of the I'nlted
.Ptates.. He was elected president If
1904, and four years later dictated
the nomination and aided in the elee
tloo -tf WlllUm.H.Ts.
ROOSEVELT'S DEATH
GRIEF TO CITIZENS
Yoinlnent Men Join In Expression.
f IVsise for pecemsed and
Rympnthy for Family
The death, of Theodore Roosevelt
Monday morning cauied grief la
many thousands of hearts not only la
this country but over the world, for
he was known as one of the fore
most citizens of the world's greatest
nation.
Prominent Box Butte county cltl-
xens, when asked for an expression
for The. Herald, gave the following;
statements:
Marcus Frankle, prominent Alli
ance business man, "Roosevelt will
be missed on account of his pure, un
adulterated Americanism. It was not
until after Roosevelt nad 'woke up
the American people that we realized
we were at war. This power to ac
complish that result shows the char
acter of the man."
I. E. Tash, county Judge of Bor
Butte county, "Theodore Roosevelt
was my Ideal of a public man and
American citizen. Fearless, forceful
and patriotic. His most striking;
trait was hs utter indifference to the
power of money, or that which mon-
py represents. Ills public lire nas
been an example which future states-
men will do well to emulate, and an
Inspiration, and Incentive to better'
rltlzetiBhip. The record of his vlr
tuea will b" engraved on tablo's of
br ,no nnd n arble, his faults and
frailties in the shifting sands ot
time."
Superintendent W. R. Tate of thfl (
Alliance City Schools, "The death of
Ex-President Roosevelt at this Urn
is a loss which the nation can 111 af
ford. As one of the great leaders
of this country, an American of the
one hundred per cent type, his voice
and reo In the reconstruction period
- . .
following the great war would nave
had great Influence In securing tn
the peace compact by the nations
those things for whicn America
stands. Even those of a different
political faith concede Ids Virile
Americanism, and the whole country
will feel his death keenly."
K. I Tierce, well known lleniing-
ford banker, "America proauces
many politicians and but few states
men. Roobovelt, the fearless, was of
the hi3esi type c statesman r
was the most farseelng man of hia
generation. His greatest practical
tatcsriionship was the acqulrlng-nd
(obstruction of the Panama canal. 1
V'U'" iR'ttl 8nd PltRual stsAesiehii-
lWi- evidenced by the fH -Urt'
w the ouo ctesr
i 1 ' - mm
War. tiers lemporliPaud V3r
fatedLut his vision was unerring
nnd his rank with the greatest states-
The Sixth congressional division of ' men of the world was established at.
the Nebraska Good Roads Asi oclm, on ' this ti'-if. H'- perceived at once
will hold the second of its meeti.ir-s " what others required years fo ur.der-
slnce organization at Sidm y, Janu.-ry ( stand that there couli b" no com
lf,th. ipr-mii.V with the evil pliiionphy of
Advices coming from Sidney h v ; Germany,
it that plans are now being made ;;ri "He has founded a distinctly Aw
the entertainment of the larj-'e hum- erican philosophy of lif? ir.d he will
ber of good r.jads boosters which w ! , rank with Washington and Lincoln la
no doubt attend. The government the li.tlunice he will exert on !he fu
will have a representative at the, lure of America and the wo.-M, l'U
FLU SITUATION IS ,
GREATLY IMPROVED
Health Hoard Ofllcers ReMirt no New
t-nses Wednesday or Tolay
and Only Six on Tuesday
WESTERN NEBRASKA
, GOOD BpADSiMEETif
ing at Sidney, January t."th
Delegation front Alliance
(Continued on l'l'e 8 i-ecnoii 1.)
meeting and several returned sold l-s
will also he present to teil of lh
road conditions of Europe as they a w ...... t.'riltKH KltoM
million men who have been in France I
OI 1 ICE AFTER NINE YEARS
tlRhting for their country, each and
every one, will be enthusiastic pood J Turns
roads noosters and more than that
they will urge the building of 36."
day roads basing their opinions on
the actual merits of permanent con
struction which has been so forcibly
taught them during the past year on
the western front.
ovir Olliir to Successor J. M-
Miller This Morning .Made Ex.
.-client Record n hherltt
RESOLl TIOXS
Cal M. Coa. for the past
vuiii-it ihf efficient sheriff 1 of
nine-Box
Hutte county, stepped down and out
this morning, after turning tne ai
fairs of the othce over to his suc
cessor, Mr. J. M. Millfr.
Mr Cox. iilwrvn loyal to the trust
'bestowed upon him by the people of
Whereas, our beloved brother, A. I the county, has made an exccllen.
P. Stockdale, was on the 3rd day of I record as a public o flic la 1 and retires
January, 1919, by the decree of an with tbe good will of all.
overruling providence, called from I v
his earthly Buffering to a home
where pain and sorrow are unknown,
and where the weary find rest; be It
therefore
Resolved. That In the death of
Brother Stockdale, the members of
Alliance Lodge No. 168 fully recog
nize that they have lost one of their
number, who was at all times im
bued with the pure principles of the
order, and whose life and conduct
suffer no reproach to be on his char
acter, eitlor as an Odd Fellow, or
fellow citizen;
Resolved, that the sincere and
heartfelt sympathies of the member?
of this lodge be and are hereby ex
tended to the bereaved father, moth
er and sister of our deceased broth
er, whose loss we, with them, deep
ly mourn.
Resolved, that as a token of love
and esteem for our deceased brother,
the Iodgeroom be draped in mourn
ing and that the members wear the
usual mourning bade during that
time.
Resolved .That these resolutions
be recorded on the memorial page
of the recede of the ,odge, and that
the secretary deliver a copy thereof
property engrossed, to the parents of
the deceased.
F. W. HICKS,
E. C. DRAKE,
J. M. SCOTT,
Committee.
a
.Wr-'&S
Profit, pleasure and public tpirit
demand Improvement of the roads. A
country worth fighting for is worthy
of good roads such as our boys have
seen over In France. Nebraekana
want 365-day roads.
(ilX)lUiE HOWK
Veteran Nebraska volunteer fire
man who died at Fremont, his home
city, on Tuesday, December 31st. He
was a past president and pioneer
piember ol iH.e Nebraska State Vol
unteer Firemen's Association. Hie
face will be missed at the annual
convention at Fremont on January
21, 22 and 23. Thirty members of
the Alliance department. Including
the band, expect to attend, going In
a special car. They will Tlsit Grand
Island, Omaha and Uncoln on the
trip.