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ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 10th, 1919
NUMBER 28
TOLUME XXVI.
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TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF
NEBRASKA STOP, LOWERS ASS'N :
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ANSWER UK
LITTLE CITY OP GORDON TAXKT
WO CROWDS 11U"
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...HT IN TAKING CARE OF
fHB JOH WELL.
Itv Jnhn V. TtinniiiH.
"Has Come and Gone," I
ia the way they usually i, .n
event of this kind and I sup v I
may as well start out the story of
the twenty-sixth annual convention
of The Nebraska Stock Growers As
sociation-according to the usual cub-
torn.
, First I want to commend the en
terprisnlg people of Gordon for the
successful answer in which they took
care of the unprecedented number of
visitors? Considering the size of the
crowd and the town Gordon simply
did fine. The hauls culd jt begin
to furnish the beds for all hte people
or could only begin to do so but
the committee ort entertainment saw
to it that everybody was provided
for. ' '
Not the least among the successful
features of the .convention was the
addition of some fifty names to the
membership roll of the N. S. G. A.
By promising to do as well in this
respect, or better if possible, ScottB
bluff secures the next convention
next year.
There were baseball games and
other sports galore, but the big event
in this line was reserved for Satur
day afternoon, the wrestling match
between. Wladek Zbyszko, famous
heavyweight champion, and Johnny
Pesek, the young Nebraskan wno re
cently came Into prominence as a
mat artist.
The referee announced that if no
fall was secured within two hours,
one fall would decide the match,
otherwise It would require two out
of three.
The two men had been in the ring
but a few minutes when the superior
strength of Zbysiko was plainly
visible, and although the crowd
wanted to see the Nebraska boy win,
they could not reasonably expect it.
When at the end of two hours and
three minutes Pesek pinned the
Poles' shoulders to the mat on a
"fluke" it was a distinct surprise to
the big crowd that had been hoping
for it but hardly expecting it.
I am aware that this isn't the dope
gven out by "Sandy" Grlswold, vet
eran sporting edotr of the World
Uerald, and I wouldnt think of put
ting up" my Judgment ia such mat
ters, against his; but I'm going to
venture a guess that when these men
are matched again, as no doubt they
will be, the result will be different
and there will be a big wad of Ne
braska money dropped.
The Important Event.,
The really important part of the
occasion was not the sports and en
tortinment nroKram. but the ses
sions of the annual convention of the i
Nebraska Stock Growers Association
and the business meetings of the
iMutive committee.
The first meeting was that of the ,
executive commiuee oi - iu '"b
year held at 10:30 a. m. June 12.
. This meeting was held in the con
venient and commodious I. O. O. F.
nail, as were all the meetings of the
convention. .
There were present President Rob
ert Graham and Secretary-Treasurer
Chas. C. Jameson and the following
members of the retiring executive
committee: F. M. Curry, J. H. Bach
elor, F. Carothers, Wm. McLaughlin,
P. Piper, Daniel Adamson, A. R.
' Modisett. J. C Carson, E. P. Meyers
and John Dieiaer.
The matters of finding the owner-
Stock Exchange discussed matters
pertaining to the improvement of
brand inspection and of the public
markets, etc. Among the recom
mendations was one that more In
spectors be provided for the busy
shipping season.
It was decided that no oranaea
cattle ought to be weighed until the
brands were Inspected.
" A resolution . was passed that
brand Inspectors make no report
except on cattle belonging to mem
bers of the association, that for other
cattle simply a record of number,
etc.. be kept: and when they find an
unknown stray send the proceeds to
thP Bcoretarv of association, If the
shipper so requests.
The president applonted the fol
lowing committees to report at the
convention:
Resolutions Curry, Adamson and
Diemer. . .
Anriitlne Modisett. Carson and
Mevera.
Nominatine Bachelor. Carothers,
and McLaughlin.
FVsi Session of the Convention.
Th rnt session of the convention
was convened at 10 a. m., June 13,
p r.rnhnm in the chair. More
than 100 persons who were Interest
in th Hv stock industry were
present.
Mavnr McGowan extended to the
' stockmen a cordial greeting in his
address of welcome and turned over
to the president an Immense gilded
lrckv tn tne city of Gordon. Pres.
Graham responded, thanking the
mayor and the people of Gordon for
their hospitality.
Tho' uprretarv-treasurer's annual
report showed the following:
KKCKIPTS
Am't on hand June 8. '18 $ 2,688.20
Received from dues and
rtontiuued on Last ilagej
J. W GUTHRIE'S AUNT
DIES AT WATERLOO IA;
Iist
of Family Passed . Away
Tuesday at lUpe Age of
Eighty-Six Years.
on
vfpB Ann Havs. aunt of our fel
low-townsman John W. Guthrie and
the last remaining member of the
families of Mr. Guthrie's parents,
nimoii awav at her home at Water-
inn Iowa on Tuesday of this week.
The deceased was at the time of her
death eiehtv-etx years of age and for
several months past and been in fail
ing health. While In the state rour
wpka a eo Mr. Guthrie availed him
oif nf hn nnnortunttr to visit at
The husband preceeaea
her about fifteen years
A particularly sad fact in connec
tion with the receipt or me uisireBu
ins news by Mr. Guthrie this morn-
in is that because of the wire work
em' strike the information did not
reach him until the day of the fun
eral who was held at DuBuque, Ia.,
despite the fact that relatives imme
diately disnatched a telegram leuin
of the death. Mr. Guthrie, while
visiting at the home a short time
ago, especially requested that he be
at once Informed should bis aunt's
condition take a turn for the worse
nil hrmi of this unwarranted, it
hm of stravs was taken up, nu seems, aeiay ue wa v
" v .akhtiieri tn the amount the funeral
"7"?" The many Wends of Mr. Guthrie
. t ov.. uoroiarv. and win extend heartfelt sympathy In
other members of the Omaha Live this his hour of sorrow.
Will the good people of Alli
ance by their vote at the special
election called for Wednesday,
June 25th keep our city among
the front rank leaders in the
way of Improvements or' will
they retard its growth, its pro
gress, by rejecting their golden
opportunity to take a real step
forward and the proposed sewer
bonds Issue?
Not In the history of Alliance,
in fifteen or twenty years at
least, has there been up for de
cision a question so momentous
as the present storm sewer bond
question. It Is, in fact, more im
portant to the welfare of Alli
ance today than was the sani
tary sewer problem of a few
years ago and not until it had
been given the most careful
consideration and the closest
scrutiny should any citizen and
tax payer of the city raise a dis
senting voice against the pro
ject. It means: cheaper drain
age, when the cost entailed Is
spread over a period of years;
increased property values; the
elimination of unsightly gutters
across the paved streets; more
sanitary dranage facilities and
the beginning of a system that;
that will in time proe One of the
best inveBtnients ever made by
the city. , ,
"They are already planning
to spend a lot of money,"
Borne one shouts and true
enough the Improvement pro
gram does call for the expendi
ture of a considerable sum, but
in this Alliance is doing nothing
more than many of the much
smaller towns of Nebraska and
1 nothing more than can be con
1 slde'red good business, it we are
1 to retain our place as the "first
1 city" of western Nebraska. For
tnatum-p. HemniKiora. wuuw
our own county, has contracted
with the firm of Grant & Fulton
for the engineering necessary
for the Installation of, a sewer
system and a water works
even talking paved streets
and Alliance hesitates authoriz
ing a bond Issue for the install
tion of a Btoruv sewer.' Lyons
with' a. population of but nine
hundred is going to pave,
Wahoo with Inhabitants to the
number of 2.60O is to do like
wise and following suit are to
be found Clay Center, 1.200;
Genevt. 2.000, and several other
small towns.
There remains then but one
question for answer "Wrill Al
lien exercise good business
judgment and vote the bonds or
veto them and place the city
among the second raters of
this section of the state"
The Herald is confident that
the verdict will be favorable
for the bonds, and feels that if
those interested will but express
their opinion in the matter by
trt n or to the noils and casting
their vote the majority will be
safe, enough.
Rv all means vote
,FOR the bonds. ,
ALLIANCE WINS
HARD FOUGHT
SUNDAY GAME
UATARD GETS MIOKT EM OF
SCORE IN FINE DIAMOND
BATTLE.
THE OMAHA BUNCH AT
STOCKM ENCON V ENTION
A Contingent Without Which the
Annual Event Would Not Seem
to lie Complete.
WHISKEY AND
AUTO CAUSED
LIVELY CHASE
NIGHT MARSHALL TAYLOR
TAKEN SHOT AT ESCAPING
DRUNK SUNDAY
Rand Concert and Pre Transport,
tion Feature of Program by
Fire IN-jia.imetit.
and vote
Gssollne Tank Punctured as UuIleU
Pierre the Atmosphere
Burglar Foiled.
The Alliance Volunteer Fire De
partment base ball team won a nice
llKle diamond struggle last Sunday
afternoon at the local fair grounds
when it defeated the fast team from
Bayard by a score of 3 to 2. From
the time the first ball was tossed in
the initial frame until the last one of
the ninth inning the game was hard
fourht and at no time during the
session was it a cinch bet ss to the
winner. Bayard led In the scoring
and successfully attacked the home
base twice before the Alliance boys
got. to going. Both pitchers worked
In fine form and the battle through
out was decidedly a pitchers' dual.
George "Stub" Fennlng, the Alli
ance twirler, had a little the best of
the fight and during the entire game
did not allow a single pass to first
and struck out sixteen of the men
who faced him. Hugg, the Bayard
mound artist, threw a nice game and
copped eight of the put-outs via the
strike-out route. He too, did not is
sue, a free ticket to the first sack.
Ray Butler, the fast little center-
fielder of the Alliance club, played a
sensational game In that he is cred
ited with the three scores garnered
by the club. Two extra-base hits
and some splendid base running
gave him the honors without a
struggle.
While other members of the club
did$not come In for the credit given
the above mentioned for their spec
tacitlnr nlBVlng the entire Alliance
club Is tt be congratulated upon the
splendid showing made, fc-ach or me
players showed improvement during
thn nftfit couple or weeks ana me
crowd which sp.w the game expressed
grfi fit satisfaction. Wm. Ezell oi-
ficlated during the game ana in an
abK manner.
t'Ose of the pleasant features of
tfcrf'.nrosranv as ,tne. concert, anu
parade oy me appuruutui uuuu
the ball players. Free transporta
tion to the grounds, which will be a
feature cf the games played on the
Alliance grounds, was furnished and
the hall fans turned out in goodly
numbers. The Alliance team will go J
to Chadron Sunday ror a game wuu
the team of that place and the 'boys
feel confident thy will again be vic
torious. The following Sunday they
will again play at borne and a wor
thy club will be selected as their
opponents.
LARGE VERDIG IN
THE POTASH LAWSUIT
District Court In Douglas louniy
Awards Damages of 973,000 to
Peter J and Anna Long.
Without some mention of the
bunch of Omaha-hoosters who at
tended the annual convention of the
Nebraska Stock Growers Association,
as usual, the story of that Important
event would not be quite complete.
A Pullman car was chartered for
the trip, arriving at Gordon in time
for the onenlnk of the big doings snd
reniainlna until Saturday evening.
hut aotne came a day or two later
The Omaha party consisted of the
fniinvinc named rersons
C. A. Smith, traffic manager of
stock Yards CBmpany of
Omaha.
C. I Talboto, chief brand Inspec
tnr .
Leo Robinson, representing Clay,
Rnhlniion & Co.
P. Marcv. of Farm. Marcy to.
n. v.. Knllbom of Roberts Bros. A
Rose. i 'ma
Joe Flynn of Byers Bros, ft uo.
Wm. naum of Fraaler-Johnson Co,
a. f. strvker. secretary Omaha
T.ivfl stock Exchange.
Aele Alsworth of Great weBiern
Pnmimlnnlon Co. -
Jim nnah of ciay. Kooinson & io,
A. II. Frye of Union Stock Y-rd. m car
Charley Van Alstlne oi uox-jone
Von AlntlnA Co.
v.a Tinker of Bowles Live biock
rnnimiHHion Company.
Ed P. Meyers, vice presiaeni XNe-
hraaim stork Growers Association
n. c. Howe of Armour Packing
n w r.n of CrccnMadden &
R. A. Brownell of Live Stock Na
(Imml Hunk
k m Punks of Allen Dudley & Co.
Thn Tiiiotson of Mutual Live
Stnrk Com. Co.
F. V. Peck, general salesman,
rturp'OBB-Nnnh Co.
Geo. Ashburn of Inter-State Live
Stnrk Com. Co.
Ed Cahow of Great Western Com
.h.ripv Johnson or wooa urowi
-w
ers.
IT'S SOME MESS
' ' "The Herald this week Is far from standard, but neverthe
less a credit to "the boys" in the mechanical department when
the very averse conditions under which they were forced to
work are considered.' As amiouced several weeks ago the
building occupied by The Herald is to be given a thorough
"once over" and the real work of initialling the new steel ceil
ing and rewiring the premises is being done this week. To
those not familiar with the workings of a printing office this
may have no particular significance, but let us tell you that
when the t j lie and old plaster, copper wire, lath, nails and
whatnot get thoroughly mixed there is but little chance for the
printer to do a good job of anything other than swearing. That
the workmen employed to make the changes migty have full
sway it lias been ncessary for The Herald forse to do. its work
during the night hour; it has also been necessary for the
printers to unearth each time, prior to taking up the actual
work of getting the copy into type, the qeuipment from under
a wreckage tluU resembled greatly the Imagined picture we
have of royal palace of Kaiser "JAM" were the Yanks turned
loose In Berlin for thirty minutes and had at their disposal a
few tons of dynamite.
The program calls for paint, wall paper and a few other
ingredients necessary to put the finishing touches to the place
(and likewise to the amiable dispositions claimed by the mem
bera of the force) and ere it is finished we, or those of us who
survive the ordeal, hoe to have effected a wonderfully chang
ed office.. An order has been placed with the type foundry for
a quantity of new type tliat crowds closely the thousand dollar
mark and when this is Installed The Herald will be in better
shape than ever to take care of an increasing patronage and to
handle its already large business.
We trust that our Mends and customers will bear with us
until such time aa we can again get things to running smooth
ly and that when we have finished the job of renovating and
improving they will feel free to call and see our new (the same
as new) quarters.
I TRAVELERS PICNIC '
JUNE TWENTY-SEVEN i n
a n m . t
Big Feed ana Bpienaia i"l,,u
Arranged ror tiem m ur,.
ton's Grove.
The annual picnic of the T. P. A.,
Post M., will be held at Purlngton's
Krove no Friday, June 27th accord
ing to plans made at the regular
meeting of the poat held at the Com
munity Club -room on Saturday ai-
" i . j s Aksal
ternoon. The commmee u .u.e
of the affair is arranging ror a us
feed and a program in which all will
have a part. ine memoera i i
w.t -tth their families, will spend
the entire afternoon and evening at
the grove making merry and one of
the most enjoyable events of the sea
son Is anticipated.
At the Saturday meeting it was al
so arranged that the members of the
post should attend special church
services at the First Baptist church
In this city, en masse, on Sunday
mnrnnp inn 29th. Post Chaplain.
pir Orrin J. Gould was present and
expressed great appreciation of the
opportunity to address the body of
knights of the grip.
The T. P. A. will have an impor
tant part in the work contingent
with the succfs of the coming rac
ing meet From the post roster
there will be selected men to fill
many of the places necessary to the
handling of the work. They have al
ready spread the gospel over the en
tire trade territory visitea oy tne
several members and to them Is due
much creaii ror me extensive yuouc-
lty already given the event.
" The women of the Box Butte
Home Maker s Association will be
glad to know that Mrs. Emma R.
Davlsson, State Leader, of Lincoln,
will be present and talk to the ladies
at Jthe Farmers Union picnic Tues
day June 24. There will be a picnic
dinner at noon and a meeting in the
afternoon for both the men and the
women.
Bruce McCullough, editor Journal-
Ot srr man
t Fred Clark of Nebraska National
Art Taci of TaRg Bros. ft'Moor-
VlAD a
F. L. Crone of Rosenbaum Bros,
& Co.
C. II. Cox of Wood-Oswald Co,
Er-Mavor Jas C: Dahlman.
"Sandy" Grlswold, sporting eaiior
The World-Herald.
The crowd that came In the Pull
man above mentioned was accom
panied by a colored orchestra that
furnished music galore and made r.n
Night Marshal Nova Taylor and
his faithful "32-20" have furnished
the wherewith for considerable ex
citement this week when upon two
occasions the officer has found it
necessary to puncture the ethereal
blue in his efforts to bring law
breakers to time.
On Sunday night, after several
hours of diligent watch Chief of
Police Oscar Reed and Night Mar
shal Taylor accosted Morton Sween
ey at the postofflce corner and ar
rested the said Sweeney on a charge
of being Intoxicated and on having
wnisiey in nis possession illegally.
As Chief Reed stepped upon the run
ning board of the Buick car, owned
by Jess Wilson and driven by Sween
ey, the latter caused the machine to
give a sudden lunge throwing the
Mr. Taylor, who
wa sat the time standing close to the
rear or the auto, when the driver
started to drive away at hf.-eaknecir
speed opened fire and before Sween
ey had escaped range of the gun
three or four shots were fired and
the bullets taken effect lnthe rear of
the car, puncturing the gasoline
tank. Realizing that Dursuit. on
foot, would be useless the officers
called Into use another car and gave
chase but because of the Interven
tion of several others were unable to
overtake their man. Sweeney Is now
appears returned to the city during
the night and made good his get
away on n nlgM tn!n. W.-.rrar.ts
are now out for his arrest and sev
eral charges have been made against
him. He has not as yet been appre
hended. ;
Monday night another culprit was
shot at by Policeman" Taylor after
the officer had happened on the
scene just as a colored fellow was
about to enter the Morgan Grocery.
Tb chase that. ensued was to Third
street from the alley back of the
grocery store, thence to Second
street end Box Butte where the shots
were fired. Both the officer and the
colored man were making time when
the corner was reached and as a re
sult the bullets went astray. A
young posse was organized and the
southeast part of the town given a
thorough search but the man escap
ede. lie was teen once during the
search and the last glimpse he allow
ed his pursuers to get of hitu was as
especial hH at the complimentary i he cleared a slxfoot fence while
banquet tendered the Nebraska
Stock Growers Association at the
high school auditorium, Friday
evening.
Geo. McGuire, prominent stock
buyers and shipper of Tekamah,
Nebri, was In attendance at the convention.
One of the largest verdicts ever
given by a Jury , in the district court
of Douglas county was returned
Tuesday when damages in the
amount ot 175.000 were granted to
Peter J. Long and Anna Long
against John II. Krause and Herman
J. Krause by a Jury in District Judge
Leslie's court.
According to the newspaper re
ports, the Longs brought suit for
$992,000. They were originally me
owners of a section of land In Sher
idan county, northeast of Alliance,
and adjoining ttte Krause ranch. On
the section was an alkali lake oi
about 200 acres in size. In the
summer of 1916, they sold the sec
tion to the Krauses for a considera
tion of $8,000.
The Longs alleged that Krause
Brothers knew tfiat there was potash
in the lake on the land when it was
purchased. Evidence was brought
in by the plaintiffs to enow mw pot
ash to the value of many thousands
of dollars was extracted from the
lake waters and sold.
Attorneys lor Krause Brothers
stated that the case will be appealed
to the Nebraska supreme court.
We feel safe in predicting that all
of the boys will be home from serv
ice by State Fair time; the State
Fair will be the one big state activ
ity where there can be held a re
union ofthe boys, their relatives and
friends, and we know of no more
fitting place for such a reunion as
this than the State Fair this fall.
Miss Pearl Campbell and
brother Bruce left Thursday
for Los Angeles, Calif.
little
night
Dr. Petersen left last Sunday for
visit with relatives at Fremont.
doing the high hurdles.
THK ANKVAL ROIXD-VP
AT X1 JLLALA, X13JR.
Ogallala's Fourth Annual RoUnd
Up will be hid Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, July 3, 4 and 5. ,
This great frontier contest is giv
en under the auspices of the Keith
County Community Club which has
not only put Keith county on the
map but has made an enviable repu
tation for Itself by giving a big an
nual entertainment at . moderate
prices.
Ogallala is the end of the Old
Texas Trail and this contest Is most
fittingly held to perpetuate the mem;
ory of the old days.
Twenty-five hundred dollars in
prlxe money . is offered for thirteen
thrilling contests and all who attend
are assured of a good tipie.
Card of Condolence.
Sunshine Lodge No. 377; Alliance,
Nebraska.
Whereas, our sister Eliza Austin
and family have suffered the loss by
death of their father-in-law and
grandfather, Mr. Austin, be It
Resolved that we, the members of
the Ladles' Society of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen, Sunshine - Lodge No.
377, hereby express our sorrow for
our sister and her family in their be
reavement, and be it -
Resolved, that we hereby extend
to our sister and her family our sin
cere sympathy in their loss and be it
further
Resolved that a copy be spread on
the minutes of the lodge and be pub
lUhed In an Alliance newspaper.
COMMITTEE.
June 18, 1919
Iff
YOU have the welfare of Alliance at heart.
You want to see a city of fifteen thousand.
YOU want the streets ot the city to be a credit!
rather than a disgrace.
YOU want the property values to Increase through
out the entire city. .
YOU want to avoid a lot ot wasted expense In the
draining of Alliance.
YOU will but take all these things Into considera
tion you will vote UYES" on all three prop
ositions at the special election next Wednes
day, June 23th.
Each and every voter of the city ot Alliance should by all means
go to the polls on this day and vote. It Is all-Important that these
questions be settled now and for the welfare of the city. Alliance la
growing rapidly it will grow still faster.' Do your plain duty
Tote "YES" and tee that your friends and neighbors do likewise. Do
NOT feel confident that the bonds will carry without your vote, or in
other words; "Let George Do It." Get out and get busy!