Thursday. April 3, 1919
THE ALLIANCE (NEBRASKA) HERALD
Potash Notes
Lloyd's Corm
According to reports reaching this
office, the potasn situation in the
Nebraska fields is looking better.
Practically all of the plants are at a
standstill, waiting for the sale of the
product now stored. According to
these reports one company has sold
2,50 tons, another 1,000 tons and
others greater and less amounts dur
ing the past month. This means
that the market in the south . and
east Is opening up and the entire
product of 70,000 tons stored in
eastern warehouses may be disposed
of Tery quickly.
The hope that American potash
might find a market in England,
where fertilizer is badly needed, is
in vain if the following-news dis
patch, from a recent issue of the
Christian Science Monitor, Is an in
dication or the attitude of the Eng
lish towards German potash:
Following the conclusion ot the
Brussels agreement, General von
Hamnierstein has requested the Al
lies to allow provisions warehoused
In Rotterdam to be transported
thence to Germany by sea and river,
as the present condition of the Ger
man transportation system makes
dispatch overland partly impossible.
Ati agreement was concluded in Rot
ttrdain on Monday, whereby Eng
land will purchase 30,000 tons of
German potash and place the money
to the German government's credit,
so that It can be taken into account
when payment Is made for the pro
visions supplied to Germany. Agree
ment for the delivery of potash to
America may also be reached.
Nebraska potash producers need
have but little tear of German pot
ash for some years to come. Ger
many needs all the potash she has
stored for the fertilization of her
own neglected fields. The prospects
of the German harvest for 1919 are
very unfavorable. Aside from the
danger of lack of workmen in the
agricultural districts of Germany
which threatens farming, a second
danger is the lack of fertilizer. The
main portion of German fertilizer is
produced by the cattle, which have
decreased to 40 per cent in number
and weight. Not only has Germany's
total fertilizer supply decreased in
quantity but what she has is lower
in quality, because Germany has
lacked the proper foodstuffs, of
which she annually imported six
million' tons. These' food stuffs by
their content of albumen formed the
base for the nitrogen and phosphoric
acids In the fertilizer.
In peace times Germany used, in
the various forms of artificial fertil
izer manufactured, a total of 210,
000 tons of nitrogen, 63,000 tons of
phosphoric acid, arid 557,000 tons of
potash. It is estimated that for the
year 1919 Germany , will have not
more than the following quantities
for making fertilizer: 80,000 tons of
' nitrogen, 21,000 tons of phosphoric
acid and 520,000 tons ofi potash.
The war factories which produced
nitrogen in Germany might produce
sufficient if it were not for the fact
that practically all German factories
are closed down on account of the
lack of fuel and labor. The labor
problem might be settled but because
of the limited transportation facili
ties available the distribution ot fuel
would be a difficult problem.
Germany obtains at least 50 per
cent of her fertilizer from the left
Rhine regions, the territory now
held by the allies. These supplies
are ot course held in this territory
and under present conditions cannot
be released for use by the balance of
the German nation. It will take all
the fertilizer that Germany can .pro
duce for years to get her exhausted
soil back into proper shape again.
Long Mountain Range.
Sumatra is of volcanic origin, and,
together with the other members of
the Malay group, formed In an early
period of the world a part of the Al
Oc continent. The Barlsons, or Su
matra Alps, form a broken chain of
mountains, running lengthwise of the
Island. Some of the highest ioInts of
the chain are 10,000 and 12,00)) feet
above the leVel ofthe sea.
Diseases Spread by Wars.
In the nineteenth century, during
the Russo-Turkish wars, typhus spread
from Turkey up through Wallachla
into Austria. The French suffered
, from it during the Crimean conflict.
In" the Franco-Prusslnh war, the
French, being poorly clothed and fed,
again suffered. The Balkan war seems
to have been notable more for cholera,
a summer disease, than typhus, which
flourishes best in winter.
One unmarried Alliance lady, who
was always considered a strong ad
herent ot woman suffrage, says she's
not going to vote this spring. In
vestigation showed the reason for
her change In attitude to be that an
interested male friend had told her
that people who vote the first time
must make an affidavit as to their
age.
"It is the voice of Jacob but the
hand of Esau," said the land agent
as the religious faker slipped him the
double-cross.
'Tls funny how some of those fel
lows get away with It. "I don't
travel on Sunday," or "my word is
as good as my bond," are favorite
expressions. . JBut a bad headache or
visible evidence' of senility and fee-ble-mindedness
lead the wary one to
daubtfulness.
'Twas expected that wages would
be reduced but to cut 'em right in
the middle. ,OH, boy.
Two business men were seen walk
ing up the alley, conversing quietly
and confidentially, evidently headed
for some secluded spot. Dut they
were indeed surprised on looking
back to see themselves being follow
ed by a file of about twenty thirsty
looking ones. This is bound to hap
pen until those two barrels and thir
teen cases are discovered.
Snake creek lived up to its name
when it broke loose Friday after
noon and wiggled its way through
that grade south of town. 'Tls an
elusive thing this odd little stream
which rises from nowhere and ends
the same way. However, autoista
who desire to approach it closely
Bhould provide themselves with rub
ber boots and a tow-line.
"I don't believe a word of that
story about the pelicans carrying
booze from Wyoming," said the
doubtful man. Don't see how the
helican.
"Don't let me detain you," said
Gabby Gus as he settled down in the
easy chair and proceeded to roll out
his opinion on the league of nations
for the next hour and a half. 'Tls
such things that make Bolsheviks.
Speaking of Bolshevik what
would you say about this:
Bolshevik a roughneck, anarch
ist, I. W. W.
Bolsheviks two or more of the
above.
Bolshevik! a whole tribe of the
above.
Bolshevikiss the female of the
species.
Bolsheviklds the young ones.
Bolshevik ine cattle belonging to
Bolshevik.
Bolshevlkass a Bolshevik mule.
Bolshevlkat the feline pet.
Belshevism a new disease, much
deadlier and a darned Bight worse
than, the flu.
That history will repeat itself Is
an old adage. The remains of pre
historic camels have been unearthed
near Agate, west of Alliance. The
country was probably as dry then as
it will be after July 1 speaking
from the viewpoint of the man who
has laid away only a couple of
quarts.
The secret ot better roads drag
'em, drag 'em, drag 'ra and so on,
a t infinitum.
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"K-k-k-aty, m y b-b-beautlful
K-k-k-aty," sang the love-sick young
man. Just as the one he adored open
ed the window above and dropped on
his unsuspecting head the household
tabby and three kittens. He had a
alight cold and it sounded like
"Cat-y, my booUful cat-ty".
Dutiful husbands will now spend
their Sunday mornings taking down
the atorm windows and putting up
screens. Get out the garden nose,
spade up the back yard, redeem the
palm beach and the panama, and pay
the bill for wlfey'a new spring bat.
There are some benefits after all
in being a member of the church
choir.
"Sleepln sickness is nothin' new
'round our diggin's," said paw, and
yawned as he built the kitchen fire
and let the cat in, while maw and
the kids finished Their beauty sleep.
Some men are so busy watching
the other fellow's business that they
have little time for watching their
own.
Riddles What is a home without
a phone? A town without a news
paper T A city without paved
streets? A business without adver
tising? A bootlegger without booze?
An auto without gas? Ur a com
munity club wltnout a secretary?
'
It was the middle of a dark and
stormy night. The chill wind softly
blew from the frozen north as paw
rolled over in bed and wondered if
he had forgotten to close the fur
nace draft for the night. Then to
his ears came first a tinkle, tinkle,
that made him think of the far
famed bells of Normandle. Then,
as the wind blew harder, came a
clang, clang. As paw rolled back
and prepared to finish hris sleep he
wondered how he would get along
without the clink, clink, clang, clang
of the rotary swing in the city park
on windy nights.
.
"Oh, I could Just eat 'you for
that," said an Alliance miss to her
young caller. "Well," said he, "I
hope your bite is no worse than your
bark."
An Alliance man asked a friend if
the latter thought he could find the
whiskey which was recently "lifted"
from a freight train near the boraer
line of town. "I think I can," re
plied the friend. "Well, go and see,"
said the first. Three days later the
second dropped into the office of the
first and brushing his hand across
his bleary eyes he reported, ! lid."
"You have quite a lot of wind out
here," remarked the newcomer to
the Alliance citizen. "Yes." replied
the A. c, "if you are around some
people very much you do."
Speaking of Pelicans the editor
has received not less than a dozen
requests for the address ot someone
who has them for sale. Wonder
where they got that idea and what
they want them for?
The buy who's always blowing
around about what he can do 1b not
usually the one who does It.
There may have been a grain of
truth after all in the statement of
the man who, after tasting chunks
of potash (?) salts and vehemently
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Solitaire rings
Fancy rings
Scarf pins
Brooches
Bar pins
..$10 to $500
. $10 to $300
. $5 to $100
. $7 to $75
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Jewelry, Watches, Drugs
Pathe Phonograph
- Watch Inspectors for
C. B. & Q.
spitting them out, declared the.n to
be cow chips.
"The kins can do no wrnnir la
the policy which some Deoole favor.
Judging by their actions. The main
trouble Is that their thrones are
made from weak timbers. Time
will tell some interesting stories.
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