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a. ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TIM'KSHAY, FKIIKUAHY 13, 1919
NUMBER 11
CITY COUNGIL PASSED BUSINESS
SECTION PAVING ORDINANCE
DISTRICT CREATED AS RECOMMMENDED BY COMMITTEE
WITHOUT DISSENTING VOTE WHEN MEASURE
1 WAS BROUGHT UP FOR DECISION
POOL HALLS REGULATED BY NEW ORDINANCE
Usual Number of Bills Presented and Allowed Dr. Hand Paid $100
for Care of School Teachers During; Epidemic
The preliminary steps have been,
taken In the' paving matter and now
unless there is a derided turn in the
sentiment of the real property hold
ers the business section of Alliance
will be paved within the very near
future. At the adjourned meeting
of the city council held last night
the ordinance necessary to create
Paving District No. Two was passed
and ordered published. The district
will embrace the fifteen and one
half blocks recommended , by the
committee and as stated in The Her
ald of last Thursday. The ordin
ance was passed without a dissent
ing vote and without a question be
ing raised. After its publication
due notice will be served on the
property owners Interested and if af
ter such notice has been tendered a
majority of the owners do not enter
protest, in writing, within twenty
days, the work will be started. It
is not probable that there will be
much opposition to the Improvement
as planned. Nearly all those inter
ested have been seen and all seem
heartily in sympathy with the move.
After the twenty days allowed for
the filing of protest has expired the
city council will advertise for bids on
the work and prices will be obtained
on the' various kinds of paving. The
property holders will then deter
mine, by a majority vote, the kind of
paving to be used and should they
fail to so do then the city council
will exercise its right to make the se
lection. The intersections will, of course,
be paved by the city. Payment of
this is made by the city council la
any amount less than $15,000, above
which"sum a special election must
be called and a bond issue voted up
on by the citizens.
New Fool Hall Ordinance
Ordinance 243 was passed and wiU
repeal all previous Tegutatroris-of the
pool halls and billiard parlors. Dur
ing the war it was found necessary
to enact a city law closing the halls
during the day and not until last
night was this law repealed. . The
new ordinance provides for the clos
ing between the hours of 12 mid
night and 6 morning, and makes it
very expensive to proprietors who
engage in or allow gambling within
their places of business.
Hills Were Allowcil
The usual number of claims were
presented and allowed. Dr. (Jeorge
Hand appeared before the council
and asked that I.i3 claim of $196 for
sevires rendered to the school-teach-er-nurses
during the influenza, epi
demic being taken up by the city.
Showing a willingness to assume a
portion of the expense Dr. Hand vol
untarily discounted the amount $96
and was allowed the balance in ap
preciation of the splendid work done.
HONOR LIST STUDENTS
IN ALLIANCE SCHOOLS
Names of Students Exempt from Se
mester Exams; Students NeHn
er Tartly Nor Absent
In the grades below the high
school students who have not been
tardy during the semester, who have
not been absent to exceed five days,
are excused from the semester exam
inations if they have an average of
90 per cent with the grade in no
subject below 80 per cent.
The following students were ex
cused from semester examinations:
Third Grade Marie Clark, Louise
Cogswell. Helen Hively, Leola Schlll,
Francis Tompkins.
Fourth Grade Orvel Johnsen,
Dennis Blcknell, Azelia Hughs, Ar
line Dobry, Robert Garett.
Fifth Grade Nell Gavin, Esther
Dedmore, Mildred Koulh, Maxwell
Itouth, Howard Cogswell, Lucille
Dickinson, Vivian Dow, Ford Moore,
Ruth Schlll, Nellie Sturgeon, Wau
nita Wychoff.
Sixth Grade Paul Thompson,
Lowell Beans. Stella Moore, Flor
ence Lotspeich, Parker Davis, Verne
Laing, Evelyn Kuhn, Ollie Slaughter.
Seventh Grade Charles Cross,
Mardell Drake, Hazel Herman, Anna
Ke'er, Phyllis Thompson, Esther
Hahn, Mildred Pate, Dorothy Hurst,
Lilla Graham, Esther Vanderlas,
Miriam Hu:ris, Valentine Lawrence,
Gladys Sturgt n, Katherlne Harris,
Helen Hawes, Wayne Threlkeld,
King Robblns.
Eighth Grade Hazel Boon, Les
ter Cross, Ida Simpson, Mabel Gar
ett, Leland Messex. Fred Purdy,
Margaret Schill, Rowland Threlkeld.
In the high school, students who
have not been tardy nor absent to
exceed five days, provided such ab
sence is for a satisfactory reason,
are excused from examinations In
the subjects In which they have an
average grade of 90 per cent or bet
ter. The following students were
excused from all examinations:
(Continued onTpage 4)
Cogswell Iteortcd Improving
Friends of Perry Cogswell, who
last Thursday fell from the porch
roof at his homo and suffered a frac
tured hip, will be glad to learn of his
improvement. Those hi attendance
report his condition as all that could
be expected.
JURY DECIDES FOR
THE SCHOOL-BOARD
Suit by Minor for Damages for Ex
pulsion Took Three Ihijs
Jury Out Seven Hours
After deliberating for seven hours, ,
from 2 until 9" o'clock Wednesday
afternoon, the Jury In' the damage
suit brought by Alfred Smith, a mi- j
nor, againBt the school board of dis
trict 30 In Box Butte county, brought
In a verdict In favor of the defend
ants. Alfred D. Smith and Earl E.
Smith, minors, brought suit through
their guardian and next best friend,
Charlotte C. Worlcy, for d -images on
account of expulsion from school
against the board: Theodore John
son, Charles Turhek, Flora Berg
field, Win. II. Koester and Joseph A.
Ileiman.
The case of Alfred D. Smith was
tried on Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday In district court and w-as hard
fought, a large number of witnesses
being called for both sides.
The famous "bean case" the suit
brought by Earl D. Mallery and
Howard E. Reddish against, W. W.
Norton for damages caused by horses
of the defendant destroying beans
raised by and belonging to the plain
tlfs. wu 4wri4Kby.4h.JunF Salui,in!lt.lt ijould ln - f!OT3T(iwiitH'r. -
day night, a verdict being brought
In at 9 o clock Sunday morning. The
plaintiffs were awarded damages of
$50 by the jury.
The case of Geo. A. Mollrlng vs.
W. D. Runier, wherein the plaintiff j
is suing for damages to merchandise!
caused by leaking water in the buITd
ing of the defendant, Is being tried I
in district court today. i
Thomas J. Majors of Peru is in ;
the city to attend the trial of the
suit brought against him by Oscar
O'Bannon. The Fiilt arose from the
sale of a Box Butte county farm by
Colonel Majors.
JOHN V. im'MtJARPXER
Died, at the home near Thoenlx.
Arizona, last Wednesday morning,
John W. Baumgardner, former Box
Butte county resident and education
al worker, after a lingering illness
and constant but patient suffering.
The subject of this sketch, born In
York, Tenn., came to western Ne
braska at the age of eighteen years,
with his mother and later home
steaded In this county, being one of
the early settlers. From boyhood he
was much Interested In educational
work and a great student. In 1887
he was graduated from the high
school at Normal, 111., and later from
the University of Chicago, where he
received Ph. B. and Ed. B. degrees.
During his residence in Box Butte
county he served four years as coun
ty superintendent of public intsruc
tlon and was affiliated with the A. F.
& A. M. and I. O. O. F. lodges of
Alliance. In which he held a member
ship at the time of his passing to the
Great Beyond. For more than thir
ty years he was a member of and
took an active part in the work of
the Baptist church. His life was
one of high Ideals and a true exam
ple of the splendid teachings of the
or-ders to which he belonged.
Shortly after the expiration of his
term of office In this county he re
moved to the Philippine Islands,
where he was1 engaged as an educa
tional Instructor, but poor health
necessitated his return to this coun
try and he located In Arizona.
Besides the wife, formerly Miss
Lucile Hull, to whom he was married
December 24. 1903, in this city, ne
leaves two sisters, Mrs. Willis E.
Spencer of Alliance and Mrs. Georce
Williams of Norfolk to mourn his
loss. Impressive funeral services
were held last Friday morning at
Phoenix and rondurted by Rev.
George M. Lehigh of the First Bap
tist church of that place. The re
mains were laid to their last resting
place In Greenwood cemetery, the
burial being In charge of the I. O. O.
F. lodge of Phoenix.
The death of John W. Baumgard
ner is a distinct loss to his many
friends of years and has cast a shad
ow over the community in which he
took a great pride during a long res
idence. To the Borrowing relatives
sincere sympathy is extended.
It is conservatively estimated that
upwards of $450,000 head of sheep
were wintered In the North Platte
valley.
ATTENTION PATRONS OF LIGHT SERVICE
Tn order to meet our lamp contract for this year wc
wore rompcllod to make a larje order for lamps to pet
the larger discount which is giYen. The city handles this
lamp contract in order to keep tap the street lighting at
the least cost to the tax payers and can therefore ill af
ford to not Roll lamps to the customers.
On and after this date and until further notice we
will give the patrons the benefit derived from buying
these lamps in large quantities.
10-15-25-40 watt Mazda'
CO
TypeC 75
" 100
" 200
" 300
" 400
" 500
CHADRON ANTICIPATES
ROUSING ROAD MEET
liit'rtJilnnient for Two Hundred
North Platte Country IH'IcgnU'N
Planned by the (Vimilttve
Chadron good roads boosters ire
planning for a record-breaking meet
ing at that place, February 19, ac
cording to advises received by Direc
tor Fisher of the Big Sixih Congres
sional District. The commercial ot
ganization of the city na already ap
pointed an entertainment commit'ee
with instructions to plari for the en
tertainment of at least two hundred
delegates
Alliance should, end rrobably will,
be represented by from twenty-five
to fifty men. In this retpect the city
haB not taken quite th? actro pat
Secretary Fisher Is confident that hi
this case the.condillon will be great
ly changed and Alliance will take
her proper place .is leader with a
representation of at least two score.
Dr. Condra of the Conservation
and Welfare Commission, says that
the streams of Nebraska are capable
of generating more than a million
horsepower. Less than C,000 horse-
power is now beinc generated by
these streams, the largest single pro-
jert being that at Boclus.
RELIEF IN SIGHT FOR POTATO
GROWERS OrWESTERN NEBRASKA
GROWERS OF COUNTY SHOULD RECEIVE BETTER PRICES
FOR EXCELLENT POTATOES RAISED CO-OPERA-TIVE
MARKETING WOULD SOLVE PROBLEM
ORGANIZATION WILL GET DESIRED RESULTS
Consumers in Eastern Nebraska Write to The Herald for Information
Regarding Potatoes for Sale
The potato growers of Box Butte county who raised more than
1400,000 bushels during the year 1918, are beginning to realize the
need of an effective marketing organization. This was emphasized
on January 24th when the editor of The Herald, while speaking be
fore the noon luncheon at the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, called
attention to the prices received by the Box Butte grower and the pric
es paid by the Omaha consumer.
The Omaha newspapers gave considerable publicity to the state
ments made by Lloyd Thomas, with the result that The Herald has
received since that time a large num
ber of requests from retail dealers
and consumers who wish to purchase
the prize winning Box Butte potatoes
at a reasonable price and who desire
to eliminate some of the extraordin
ary and unnecessary profits made by
the eastern commission men.
Itox Itutte Spuds Win Prizes
Box Butte potatoes in December
at the Mid West Horticultural Exhi
bition, held in Des Moines, Iowa,
won the first prizes in competition
u-ith all nf Hip mid-continent nntfltn-
producing sections, including Wis- I Sheridan counties each raised 1.000
consln. Minnesota, Colorado and oth- ,00 bushels of spuds last year. Now
er states t,lty are selling th 30 per cent re-
Box Butte potatoes won seventeen j 'aining of them at 40 cents a bush
first prizes last e. V t the annual ! cl- lney B0,d them last fall at $1 a
meeting of t ' "otato Im- b-ishel. The problem, Mr. Thomas
provement Ass 1 .... lidd ut ' 13 to get grower and consumer
Scottsbluff. in competition with tri ' toetUer.
other western Nebraska potato-pro-' Laer Mr. Thomas Bald, "It Is the
ducing counties. imidlleman. Does he Bay Box Butte
An Omaha ' nnfatn rn.nmisRinn I potatoes will not keep? Listen! Last
magnate, when told by a reporter j
that the editor of The Herald had i
said that Box Butte potatoes were
winning prizes for quality over all
notatoes in th.- mnntrv until "Of
course. I suppose im Box Butte peo- j ln& BM -50 to 12 per bushel in
pie picked out their bnt potatoes to ! Omaha as Minnesota potatoes. Mid
exhibit." Mr. Thon. answered, dlemen are reported as saying that
"And I suppose that the other ex-' th cannot sell Box Butte potatoes,
hibitors Dlcked out their nooreat for 1 but they are selling them for Minne-
exhlbition, did they?" 1
$ .25
.30
.60
.90
1.75
2.75
3.50
4.00
.35
.70
1.10
2.20
3.25
4.30
4.70
, .- !
CITY OF ALLIANCE.
SENATOR HITCHCOCK
WORKING FOR CHANGE
i ii
Will Take Matter of I .and Of lice Ter
ritory Ik fore President WU
win on I let urn to U. H.
A letter from Earl B. Gaddis, sec
retary to Senator Hitchcock, to The
Herald under, date of Feb. 4, refers
to the land office territory in this
district.
Mr. Gaddls says, "Senator Hitch
cock has always stood out for an en-
largement of the Alliance land office
and the treatment of that office In
the most reasonable and fair man
ner. He had no Idea that such gro
tesque arrangements would be mude
! by the land office and when It was
anrfounced he at once protested and
showed by the map that the Alliance
Office should have been better favor-
i,'w'f
"The senator has held that posi
tion steadily and expects when tne
president returns from Europe to
make it a formal matter before him.
He will leave no stones unturned and
we hope to bring about a change in
the disposition of the land office ter-
ritory.
Indeed, I am very hopeful.
that in the not far distant future an
order will be issued rescinding the
old arrangement and establishinc a
new territory nnd arrangement
which I am sure will be very satl3-
factory to you people at Alliance.
From the World Herald
The Omaha World-Herald report
ed the Incident as follows:
Box Butte potatoes, baked, were
prominent on the menu when fifty
eight Box Butte county people, with
a hand, were luncheon guests of the
Chamber of Commerce today. The
delegation was headed by J. W.
Guthrie.
Lloyd Thomas, editor of the Alll-
neraiu, Sam UOX UUlie and
'"tb Uutte potatoes took five
Prizes at the Mid-West exposition at
Des Moines."
Mr. Thomas added that
he bad
oeen 101a uox jjutie potatoes are De-
(Continued on last page)
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BOX BUTTE COUNTY
SCOTTSBLUFF
NEWBERRY SILVER CUP AND
TROPHY CARRIED OFF BY COUNTY EXHIBITS
OTHER PRIZES ARE WON
NEXT MEETING WILL BE
County Agent George Neuschwanger Receives Considerable Praise
for Manner in Which Display Was Handled
The second annual convention of the Nebraska State Potato Im
provement Association closed at Scottsbluff last Friday afternoon af
ter a most satisfactory session of three days. The meeting was twice
postponed because of the influenza epidemic and while the attendance
was not as great as it probably would have been had it been held as
first planned, it is thought that the delay was conducive to a more
profitable session in that it made possible the bringing of much valu
able market data before the assembly that would not have otherwise
been possible.
STOP FREIGHT TRAIN
AND UNLOAD BOOZE
Unknown Thirsty Ones IlcMrtcl to
Have Flagged local Freight
and Stolen Whiskey
It is reported in Alliance that Bur
lington freight train number 109
was stopped by a lantern signal just
weBt of Alliance on Monday night.
According to reports, the engineer
saw the signal and stopped, thinking
the conductor on the rear end had
"flagged" him.
The conductor saw the signal and
thought that the "flaK" had come
from the head end. The signal was
given to start again and the train
went on west. On arriylng at Berea
or llemlngford the engineer Bald to
the conductor, "What the dickens
did you stop me for just west of
Alliance?" "Stop you!" said tho
con, "I didn't stop anybody. The
flg came from your end of this
Haiikcty-blank express."
The IraitHnen then compared notes
and found that the signal had ben
given by a ia.ite.M in the hi 1I1 of
B'Hiie unknown person. Further In
vetivM ion showed tl at the seal Ats
missing f roi 1 a box ctr In which vrs
a iarge cmi ri.nnt of vhtstry,
bound. In bond through. Nebrimka tor
Wyoming. A check of '.he contents
of the car showed that thirteen r;es
and tvo barrels of wVvhev were
mirfing. ,
Investigation at thi plre wes rf
town where the train had b" n flag
ged and stopped Indicated that f.i
bavrels had b en dumped into t'.i-
sncw, then rolled to the ronl. whri-
tey, with the cases of wills''", l.-ui
apparently been loaded onto n aii'o
trcck and hauled awny to t ho th'w
tv ones.
Officials who are workin;; on lie
case are not Inclined to civ any '.ii
formation regarding their invejtit;:i-
tions but they nre believed t' ha'"!
clues whleh give them hope of soon
liinuine wie mmiy uu.-n. iii- i"M-
supply "cached" away has been too
great a temptation for moderation to
rule and a man with several strong
slugs under his belt talks easily.
Then the number thirteen (13) will
undoubtedly prove unlucky for the
holder of tho thirteen cases ot booze.
Of course the officers are not super
stitious but thirteen is 13.
CHANDLER HUPMODILE
AGENCY GETS SHIPMENT
Anticipate Big Yeiar for Dealers
Western Nebraska and lrej)r.
ed to Handle Its Share
of
The local Chandler-Hupinobile
agency, Schwabe Bros., owners, and
JameS A. Pierce, manager, is getting
Into bl'upe for the handling of a big
business during the coming year. L.
E. bchwi.be, junior member of the
ni-iii, has Just returned from OmiliH
where he had been for a week shap
ing tMngr. for the immediate ship
ment f a carload each of Chandler
and Hupmoblle automobiles a;i a
ca- of Denby trucks.
"There Is a rapidly luce islng de
nnii'i lor the better cars and tll
STvice trucks," said a member of
the firm to a Herald ropes t;itive
tM'i veek. "We have beon promis
ed a good supply of cars and believe
we will have -culls for all of them and
more. The first shipment of three
carloads is expected daily."
The firm is a strong believer In
service and allows no customer to
Buffer from lack of such. It has a
large territory and contemplates a
very busy season.
Archie Blackwell, a colored man,
was fined fifty dollars nnd costs in
county court by Juage Tas'i ten days
after being found guilty of the
charge of wife beating. He was
working out tho fine at the court
house when he asked for a short re
cess In order that he could be mar
ried. Thursday morning Blackwell
and Miss Josephine Johnson, the col
ored woman who was the victim ten
days before, were married by Judge
Tash. The Judge asked the bride
why she was marrying the man who
had been fined fof beating her. "I
jjest lub dat man," eald she, adding
that if be was kept away from whis
key he would retain from the beat
ing practice.
WINS PRZIES AT
POTATO CONVENTION
CHAMBER OP COMMERCE
HELD AT RUSIIVILLE
in me competitive exhibit Box
Butte county carried off the honors,
winning tho Newberry silver trophy
cup as well as the one offered by the
Scottsbluff Chamber of Commerce,
which was for the best arranged dis
play and in which competition Kim
ball county woii second. Last year
Kimball won the Newberry cup
which Is awarded to the county ex
hibit of best quality, and which calls
for the display of at least fifteen po
tato each from toil growers. The
Cher p. lien won are:
Bliss Triumphs First, second, '
third hnd fourth.
Early ilea First, second, third'
nod four 1 1:
Irish Cobblers First, second and
third.
Euji kas First, second, third and
fourth. '
Kings First, second. (Being all
of t wsrd.)
Tie Judges were: Mr. Werner,
University of Nebraska; Mr. Mc
Comb, county agent of Morrill coun
ty, and V r, Jones of the Omaha Bu
reau of Markets. The decisions ren
dered were most satisfactory to all
concerned.
Meet ion of Officer v
The election of oilicerB for the as
sociation was held at the close of the
forenoon Hesblon, repultlng in the se
lection of the following:
President E. It. Klrkpatrlck,
Morrill (re-elected).
L Vice .rrealileut rJ. Pedrett'.. Kim
ball. '
Secretary-treasurer H." O. Wer
ner, Lincoln.
New Member of t' e Board of Di
rectors Fred L. Miller, Belmont.
Secretary Werner, who succeeds
Prof. Hf-ward. holds the position of
I extension horticuliuriHt at Lincoln,
j and was formerly connected with
Jiie .Nertfi Dtkota expe-riment sta
tion. IMm'iiw PrMwil (iinH"g Ijtw
The TLcrsday afternoon session
was to a -ret.t xtent devoted to a
discussion of the proposed senate
bill, which measure Is to provide for
the grading of carlo: ehinments of
j ,lc,:atOPBi t0 lx nalllcs for the
v at on if tho nrnvklnm nf (hn .M
The (list up ion followed two excel
lent addrcrscs, the first by J, , A.
Holdon, Hiiperlntnndejit of the state
experimental farm, on the "Proper
Use of Water In Growing Potatoes,"
and the second by IVter Jannsen, of
lorrill, on "Growing the Crop Un
der Irrigated Conditions."
The grading law was taken up
section by section and thoroughly
discussed. The measure Is of con
siderable length, but was finally giv
en complete attention, the measure
being unanimously endorsed by the
potato growers as engrossed, save
that the convention recommended
that a clause should be inserted in
the bill to the effect that potatoes
for shipment Into the state from out
side points should also be made to
conform to the grading law.
Potato diseases were also shown
with some graphic illustrations of
the insiduous work of the dry rot,
scab and other complaints not so
common, but as inimical to the
growing of the right brands of
spuds.
Most compre ensive plans for the
betterment of the industry in the
state were brought up and favored
during the meetings. One of these
movements is the plan of a chain of
large potato warehouses at every
town and village along the railroad
through the valley to the Wyoming
line, which would tend to greatly fa
cilitate both tho itoruge and proper
shipment of potatoes.
The convention wps fceld In the
splendid new Lincoln Hotel. At each
session Intense Interest was mani
fest and the three-day meet was pro
ductive of great benefit to the indus
try in western Nebraska especially.
Rushville was chosen as the conven
tion city for the 1919 session.
STHF.KT t l. i:M.tj FOICCE
(JKTT1NO GOOD IIF.SCXTS
Street Commissioner Tibel and his
force have made a great improve
ment In the appearance and condi
tion ot the streets ot Alliance In tho
past few weeks. The debris collect
ed in the alleys has been removed
and the thoroughfares given a gen
eral cleaning. During tho storm a
force has been kept busy cleaning
gutters and making possible the es
capenAit of the drainage water. In
this rel t the citizens can do much
to asBi, i the work by the early
shoveliv . of the enow from th
walks.