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VOLUME XXVI.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER 20, 1919
NUMBER 51,
ALLIANCE K. C.
BUYS BUILDING
FOR SCHOOL
EX-SOIJHERS TO HENEFIT FIIOM
THE PURCHASE
Vocational Training Cla.Hes to lie
Etitablbshcd as Soon as Ar
rangements Oompleted
Alliance council No. 975, Knights
of Columbus, Wednesday afternoon
purchased of Mrs. Sarah Gilleran of
Allance, for a consideration of $12.
500, the lot and building now occu
pied by the Fashion Shop. The
building is two stories In height and
the lower floor will continue to be
used by the Fashion Shop, while the
upper will be furnished and refitted
lor use as club rooms and a school.
The local council of 203 members
for the moenient.
-will assume financial responsibility
At the meeting of the national
council, held in Buffalo in August,
a plan was submitted wwhlch met
with strong support from able edu
cators, to establish ocatlonal and
occupational schools for the benefit
primarily of ex-service men, the plan
being to extend the privilege of the
oung and middle aged of all denom
inations, and later to ladies. The
-aim is to fit young men for citizen
ship and general advancement and
religion will not be allowed to
enter in.
Possession will be given January
17, and arrangements will be made
as soon thereafter as "possible to
start the ball rolling. Tentative
plans include instruction in music,
languages, bookkeeping, accounting,
auto repairing and civics or political
government. There will probably be
a small charge for those who are
able to pay, but as in all their work,
the Knights will aim to exclude no
one, whether financially able to pay
his way or not. , For the present, at
least, the principal aim will be to
take care of discharged soldiers first,
and others as accommodations will
permit.
' Schools of this nature have been
established all over the country, in
the larger cities and the army camps
and cantonments.. That the oppor
. tunity is appreciated is shown by the
fact that already two major generals
and thousands of lesser lights are en
rolled In the work.
J. W. Guthrie of this city is dis
trict deputy fpr the Knights of Co-"
lumbus, with four councils under his
Jurisdiction.
The establishment of this school is
a distinct gain for Alliance and will
be of increasing Importance to the
citizens of the city and the county as
time goes on.
JOE STAKES WINS
FROM E. 0. GREENE
Scottsbluff. Wrestler Pins the Local
Grappler to the Mat Twice In
Less Than an Hour
E. C. Greene put up a mighty game
struggle against Joe Stakes at the
armory Monday night, but his
strength was useless against the su
perior science of the Scottsbluff
whirlwind and he lost two falls in
rapid succession, the first coming in
a trifle over thirty-one minutes, and
the second fall in ten minutes and a
half. Stakes UBed the toe hold suc
cessfully' in both instances.
There was excitement all the while
the match was on. Time and again
Stakes would get the local man In a
tight place, and Green managed to
break some good holds, but in the
end the Scottsbluff man wore him
out.
Following the match three local
colored men taged a battle royal that
was a regular riot of fun while it
lasted. A. B. Wheeler, who promoted
the match, was kept busy a good
nart of the evening corralling his
men for the battle royal. Two or
three times he had five of them to
gether, but sooner or later one or two
would break loose and disappear.
Wheeler says that one of the hard
est Jobs in the world is to keep five
colored men together after sundown.
The battle royal was won by Henry
Curl, who is pretty well known by
his nickname of "Toad."
At the close of the match. Stakes
-was challenged by Cannon, who said
that he had practically recovered
from injuries received In his last
match, and believed he could make
It interesting for the night's winner
takes cheerfully accepted the cnai
lenge, but as yet no date has been
set for the event.
Wheeler made-good as promoter
of Monday night's program. A good
led crowd was out and there wasn't
a single howl put up by any of them
ALLIANCE GREENHOUSE
IS MM IXSTITITIOJ
The Herald editor the first of the
week paid a visit to the greenhouse
of the Alliance Floral company and
after two or three hours spent in in
specting the array of plants and flow
ers, was firmly convinced, that Alli
ance people should know more con
cerning this indurtry, which has in
vested over $25,000 in the city and
which is planning additional improve
tnents to enable It to take care of
the growing business.
Few Alliance people realize tne
scale upon which it is necessary to
conduct a business of this kind. Few
people realize the skill, product of ex
perience, which is necessary to make
of it a success. Mr. Tatro has spent
over twenty-two years In this line of
business, and after a trip through his
greenhouse, even a novice at the flor
ist game is impressed with the num
ber of things there are to p and the
vast amount of hard - that en
ters Into the grow' ost ev
ery plant and "
There -o.o greenhouses.
The f Int some time ago,
and h .arge number of plants,
Just no cniefly the chrysanthemums
and roses. The second greenhouse,
completed last summer, is a model
(Continued on Page 8.)
ORGANIZE FOR THE
CITY MISSION WORK
New Organization Will Co-operate
With Red Cross in Relieving
Needy of the City.
That the business, religious and
social interests of Alliance are
strongly In favor of the maintenance
of the Alliance city mission was
shown at the meeting held at the
court house in Alliance Wednesday
evening. The meeting, which was
called for the purpose of organizing,
was attended by representatives of
a large number of the organizations
In Alliance.
Among those present was L. H.
Highland, chairman of the home
service section of the Alliance chap
ter of the Red Cross. Mr. Highland
explained the work contemplated by
the Red Cross in the city of Alli
ance, especially with reference to
charitable and needy cases.
After considerable discussion it
was voted to turn over to the Red
Cross all work of this nature and to
form an organization to finance,
maintain and continue the work of
the Alliance City Mission. All pres
ent conceded the need of the City
Mission and of the good work done.
The financial and advisory board of
the mission will consist of one or
more representatives from each or
ganization in the city. An executive
board of five is, being appointed.
This board was elected at the meet
ing and will consist of J. S. Rhein,
Mrs. H. D. Hacker, J.- A. Lape,
Lloyd C. Thomas and a member to
be appointed by the Alliance Ministe
rial association.
Secretary Jones of the com
munity club has received a letter
from Representative Klncald relative
to the provisions, of the Kahn hill,
which the club's ' directors had en
dorsed. The bill seeks to have the
war department turn over its sur
plus trucks to the various states to
be used in road making. Represen
tative Klncald stated that the house
committee is now engaged in work
ing out a bill which will have the de
sired effect. He said that there am
not appear to be a very large surplus
of trucks on hand at present, but
that every effort would be made to
see that those on hand were distrib
uted as the states desired, and be
lieved that more could be supplied
for road making purposes.
Indications are that district
court will remain in session at least
this week and possibly a part of
next. The cases set for last Friday
and Saturday were settled out of
court, but beginning Monday morn
ing, business was as brisk as at any
time during the session.
VICTORY TEA PARTY
A Baptist woman in Seattle gave
her most precious heirloom, a pew
ter teapot that had belonged to her
great grandmother, to help celebrate
the golden Jubilee of the woman's
American Baptist foreign mission so
ciety. The Columbia River District
told her story of sacrifice and gath
ered $600 in the old teapot. The
ladies of the Baptist mission circle
will give a "Victory Tea Party" at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles II.
Cutler, 624 Toluca street, Tuesday,
November 25. Tea will be served
from 2:30 p. m. to 6 p. m., also in
the evening from 7 to 9.
Bring a thank offering for the old
silver teapot. The invitation is ex
tended to all the congregations of
Christian people, husbands and
brothers Included. Come help our
great victory campaign. .
GOOD SHOW FOR
CHAMP
ONSHP
Alliance lUsh-Tied With lkijftnl for
Football Honors in West
ern District
Alliance high school has mighty
good chances for the football champ
ionship for the western counties, es
pecially since the state board of ath
letic control awarded the last game
with their nearest competitor, Bay
ard, to Alliance because the Bayard
team played with an ineligible
player.
As the score stands now, Alliance
is tied with Bayard for champion
ship honors. The last issue of the
Bayard Transcript seems to feel that,
despite the Ineligible player, the
game was really won by Bayard.
That team had been claiming the
champonshlp following the game
with Alliance. The Bayard newspa
per remarks that the player would
certainly not have been allowed to
play had they known he was inelig
ible, and this In the face of the fact
that before the game started, objec
tion was made to the player 'being
used and the Bayard officials declared
they would accept the players' word
for It and accept whatever risk there
might be.
At any event, unless Alliance loses
the two remaining games on her
schedule the championship is as
good as tied, and Coach Prince an
nounces that he Is perfectly willing!
to play on tne tie with uayara snouid
the final results show a tie.
The Alliance team took the Mor
rill team to a cleaning last Friday
afternoon at the fair grounds by a
score of 42 to 0, making all her
counts after the first quarter.
This Friday the eleven goes to Sid
ney for a return game with that ag
gregation. In the previous game, the
home team won by the generous mar
gin of 47 to 0, and while the Sidney
boys have Improved, no great diffi
culty Is anticipated in copping the
bacon.
The last game of the season will
be played Thanksgiving day with
Scottsbluff, and this Is expected to
be a hard game. The Scottsbluff team
has made wonderful improvement
lince the first time they met Alli
ance, and it is believed the contest
wlll.be a. spirited, one-.- t Ilawfreni
'his happens to be the last game that
ilx of the Alliance team will particl
late In before they graduate, and
'he Alliance men will be on their toer
ill the time.
As for the chances should the Al
liance team tie with Bayard for the
championship, it is pointed out that
Alliance beat Scottsbluff by a score
of 43 to 0, while the best Bayard
could do was 12 to 0. Alliance like
wise trimmed Morrill to the tune of
42 to 0, while Bayard copped their
game by 28 to 0. In the recent game
with Bayard, the latter bunch scored
but once, while Alliance scored once
and the referee wouldn't permit a
count, and three other times was
wfthln scoring distance during the
game. Bayard got within scoring dis
tance only the one time. . ,
The Community club has ex
tended an invitation to the Nebraska
good roads association, now In ses
sion at Grand Island, to hold its next
annual meeting in Alliance. A sim
ilar invitation was given to the po
tato growers' association, which met
in Rushville last week, but it seems
that Kimball had already been prom
ised the next convention.
W. R. Harper has returned to
Alliance, after having put in orders
for a big stock of goods for the holi
day season and winter months. You
will note from his advertisement Id
this issue of The Herald that in spite
of the fact that he finds it necessary
to replenish his stock a little earlier
than usual, there are plenty of good
buys on hand right now. Business
has been better than usual with him,
and he expects to be in a position to
break his sales records as fast as he
makes them.
After practically an all night
session, the Jury in district court on
the case of the Nebraska Land Co
vs.
William Butler, awarded the
plaintiff Just half the amount asked.
which was $289.05. The case was
decided in favor of the defendant in
county court. From the testimony
it appeared that Mr. Butler signed a
contract giving the land company the
right to sell 960" acres of land be
longing to himself and brother. The
contract covers a period of six
months, but Mr. Butler testified that
he had given a contract for two
months only. The company sold the
land, and Butler refused to furnish
deed and abstracts, claiming that the
time had expired. The Jury gave a
verdict to the company for the com
mission on Butler's three quarters
but not on those of hli brother,
which, under the homestead law
could not be sold without consent of
the wife. It was also claimed that
these three quarters had been with
drawn from the sale agreement
LAND CASE UP IN-
DISTRICT COURT
IVrlslon in the Wnmbiuigh-lllngrove
Case Will Affect Several Parties
With Similar IntercM
Following the disposal of the Han-
Ben-Ball damage suit, the case of
Matthew G. Wambaugh vs. James
Blagrove was called In district court,
nd will probably occupy some time.
The decision in this case is Impor
tant for the reason that It involves
half a dozen others, all of which will
be affected by the decision, the
parties havlgn agreed.
The case is another growing out of
disputed survey, and deals with a
maze of old boundary lines and land
marks that bewilder the ordinary
mortal. The sandhill region was sur
veyed in the late seventies during
the days when red Indians were still
wild. The surveying was done by
contract, and very seldom was the
work checked over by a man from
the surveyor general's office. The
result was, as one surveyor says,
that the work was very often done
inside the surveyor's tent. After
making out plats and filing reports,
the surveyors hurried away, and
through governmental negligence
these old surveys were allowed to
stand.
Of late years, It has been neces
sary to establish correction lines.
hich are accurately placed and
serve as a basis for re-surveying the
country. In one instance, a few
miles west of Alliance, the establish
ment of a correction line resulted in
wiping out of existence a strip of
land a half mile wide and six miles
long. The government plat shows a
complete township, but the survey by
the correction line cuts a half-mile
ft of six sections.
The case In question Is In regard
to land to the east of Alliance. The
men bringing the suit are those who
have got the short end of It through
the establishment of a ' correction
line, and their contention is appar
ently not to have the land prorated.
This contention Is naturally resisted
by those who have their full amount
of land under the new survey.
A number of old settlers and sur
veyors have been called to testify In
the case in question, which has
'omsea consider a me interest.
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SCOUTS CELEBRATE
FIRST ANNIVERSARY
Troop No. 1 Celebrates It In Fitting
Style at the Presbyterian
Church
Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, which is the official designation
of the Alliance body of scouts, held
their anniversary meeting on the
evening of November 13 at the Pres-
Dyierian cnurcn. u was me nrsi. an-
ntversary ana tne youngsters turnea
out in force to celebrate.
Guests of occasion were Troop
Committeeman E. G. Laing and the
scouts' court of honor, consisting of
W. R. Pate. Dean J. J. Dixon, Rufus
Jones and Mose Wright.
First on the program was a dinner,
served in the church basement. It
had been prepared by the mothers
or tne scouts ana consmuiea one ox
the most delectable meals in the
memory of those present. Short talks
were made by Scout Master J. B.
Miller and Assistant Scout Masters
Hamilton and Simpson. Captain
Miller paid a glowing Impromptu
tribute to the work of Mr. Hamilton.
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matter were a hungry bunch, but
their appetites were fully appeased
by the dinner, which was as satis
factory in quantity as in quality;
and, after having partaken of the
feast, they repaired to the first floor
of the church, where they .went
through a short drill, followed 'by
practice in pyramid work, signaling
and first aid maneuvers.
No troop of boy scouts in the
United States is made up of a finer
body of boys than the local one. Not
only the scout master and his assist
ants, but the citizenship of the town
generally, are frankly proud of them,
recognizing that they are boys today
but men tomorrow, and that they are
giving every promise of growing into who have accepted the above propo
manhood's estate as splendid, honor- "itlon will be assured of at least the
able citizens of Alliance and Box
Butte county.
T. W. Travis reports that pota
toes are being shipped from Letann
in considerable quantity. M. F. Leg
Rett. J. Lister and William Cuppen
shlDDing three cars la one day the!
past week. Potatoes are making
from sixty to eighty bushels in that
nart of Box Butts county. Some
damage from freezing is reported,
but not to such an extent as had
been feared. Messrs. Lister and
Cuppen are reported to be shucking
corn to beat the band these days.
WEATHER REl"ORTS
FOR ALLIANCE
Community Club Make Arrange
Arrangement t Secure Daily
Wire Service
Due to the efforts of the Commun
ity club, the daily weather report a
will be re-established, according to
advices received by Secretary Jones
the first of the week. In addition
to this, a set of instruments will be
forwarded and weather records for
the city will be kept. Arrangenients
have been made with City Manager
Smith, and the instruments will be
kept at the municipal plant.
The reports will come In by wire,
and about forty nearby towns will
also benefit by the arrangements. F.
W. Hicks of the postofflce will mall
out cards containing the forecasts.
One particularly Important phase
of the service is the sending out of
storm warnings, which usually come
from twenty-four to forty-eight
hours in advance. Proper warning
may result In the saving of consider
able livestock, and will be of con
siderable benefit to , farmers and
stockratsers. Manager Gleason of
the Nebraska Telephone company's
Alliance exchange has volunteered,
In instances where storm warnings
are sent out, to send out a general
call on the lines out of Alliance.
POTASH PLANTS HAVE
PLENTY OF CONTRACTS
Different Plants Reported to Have
Contracts Covering Maximum
Output for Six Months
Recent developments In the potash
industry or western Nebraska give
added weight to the belief that the
Industry Is coming back to stay. The
plants have been operating long
enough since the resumption of pro
duction to show that a profit can be
made, with expenses at the min
imum, at the prices of $2.00, $2.25
and $2.50 per unit, which equivalent
to $40.00 up to $75.00 per ton.
A well known potash expert ven
tured the opinion that the plants will
be able to manufacture potash in the
future for $1.00 per unit. The
freight will amount to approximate
ly 50 cents per units leaving a profit
of from 50 cents to $1.00 per unit,
If thts can be done the potash plants
of western Nebraska will be paying
Investments.
The plants are reported to now
have contracts for production which
will keep them working steadily
from six to twelve months. All are
now oneratlne at Ant loch with the
exception of the National plant which
Is now in bankruptcy. This plant is
reported to have cost approximately
$600,000. It Is reported that W. E.
Sharp of Lincoln, who heads the
American and Western plans, has
made an offer of $200,000 for this
plant. It is not believed that $200,-
nnn will nv ntt the rrti1ltrr and
that ,f the plant B0,d at tnat prlce
tne Btocknolderg win nnd their stock
vaiueieB8
A letter from Philip E. Horan, re
ceiver of the plant, to the creditors,
gives this information:
'Creditors National Potash Cor
poration:
"I am in receipt of a proposition
to purchase the property of the Na
tional Potash corporation on the fol-
i0Wng basis
..nv nBVmnt nf ro nr cent in
L,ah .i n nir cent in bonds or lieu
tQ Becured credltors and by payment
nt 9ft , rj.,h ,nA 8o
cent In bonds to the unsecured cred
Uors.
"The bonds are to be secured by a
mortgage upon the property of the
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the operations of the plant. The
DPonosltlon has been made to me
through Mr. Lee, and I understand
that he represents W. E. Sharp of
Lincoln, who Is the largest operator
in the Nebraska potash district,
"This i)roposlt!on cannot be put
through without practically the
unanimous consent of all creditors.
It is my idea, therefore, to have each
creditor who approves of the plant
being offered for sale on this basis
to sign the enclosed agreement at
once and return it to me.
'The Dlant. If sufficient agree, will
be advertised for sale and offered to
the highest bidder. These creditors
amount caiiea tor Dy me i
proposition, and in the event that
more can be obtained rrora any oiner
source they will not have bound
themselves In any way which will
prevent the taking advantage of such
larger offer,
"I. unqualifiedly recommend that
I all creditors sign the enclosed agree-
ment at once, as the future is still
I verv uncertain in the potasn dusi
I ness, and if some creditor, through
hesitation or delay prevents tne ac
I eeptance of this proposition, it might
I be that it would cause los to every
body concerned.
IVERDICTIN
HANSEN-DALL
DAMAGE SUIT".
JURY REFUSES DAMAGES
TO
MARTIN HANSEN
Decides That Robert Rail Did Not
Alienate Affections of
llannen's Wife.
A district court Jury Wednesday .
afternoon returned a verdict denying
damages to Martin Hansen, who sued
Robert Ball for $10,000, alleging
that the latter had alienated the af
fections of his wife. The case oc
cupied the attention of district court '
Tuesday and the greater part Of
Wednesday of this week, going to th
Jury about 11 o'clock Wednesday
morning. The Jurors were out only
an hour or so. :
The case had attracted consider
able attention, and the court room
was crowded during the trial. Some
startling evidence had been expected
and the crowd was not disappointed.
Mrs. Hansen furnished the greater
part of the testimony for the de
fense. It developed that the Hansen's
wedded life had run a record short
course. The couple were married on
July 2, and spent a short honeymoon "
in South Dakota and Wyoming, re-
turning to the Hansen farm on July
6. On July 9 Mrs. Honsen left.- Her
application for divorce was filed, on "
July 16, and on the 28th was
granted.
The prosecution attempted to
prove that Ball, a former suitor of
Mrs. Hansen, had not only persuaded
her to leave her husband, but bad -
supplied the money for her travel
ing expenses to Grand Island, where
she went upon leaving Hansen, and
later to Omaha, where the divorce
was procured. Hansen's testimony
Tuesday was to the effect that the
day his wife left, Ball drove out to
his farm with a horse and buggy,
which he left while the two men went
to Hemlngford on horseback. On the
return, it was discovered that Mrs.
Hansen had taken the horse and
buggy and vamoosed. Hansen said
she had only $2 of her own money at
the time.
The defense Bet out to prove that
before It could be proved that Mrs.
Hansen's affections had been alien
ated, it must be shown that she had
affection for him. She denied that
she had any love for him, and, de
nied also that Ball had done any
thing to Induce her to leave. Ac
cording to her story, at the time of
the marriage, she had been living
with her parents, who conducted a
hotel In Hemlngford. She had be
come acquainted with Ball while at
the hotel, he having given financial
assistance to her parents. The hotel
failed to pay out, and she and her
parents had no place to go. Hanse a
had been a frequent guest at the
hotel and offered them a place to
stay until they made other arrange- :
ments, and the invitation was ac
cepted. ,
Once at the flansen farm, she
said, Hansen contlnualy paid court
to her, and in spite of continued re
fusals perslrted In urging her to
mary blm. So obnoxious did his suit
become that finally she decided to
leave the Hansen place, and in fact
made arrangements to do so, when
her father came to her and pleaded
with her to marry Hansen in order
that her parents might have a home.
She replied that she could not do
that; that she had no love for Han
sen, and didn't think she could ever
learn to love him. On the way from
the farm to Hemlngford, she testi
fied, her father renewed his plead
ing, and, while under great mental
strain, she consented. She figured.
she said, that she "might as well
marry one man as another." She
left Hansen, she said, because of his
brutality.
The prosecution offered evidence
that conflicted somewhat with Mrs.
Hansen's testimony In several vital
particulars. The case then went to
the Jury, which rendered a verdict
against the plaintiff.
TO INVESTIGATE
THE ANTIOCH ROAD
The Community club recently took
up wltn tne state engineer s viuc
the condition of the Antloch road.
and this week the news is received
that within a short time a man will
be sent out to make investigation
and report. This means that steps
will be taken within a short time to
have the road put in shape, which
Is Just what the club's directors
wanted.
Harris E. Gogert and Miss Anna
Frohnapfel' were married by County
Judge Tash on Wednesday. The
couple are from Hemlngford. They
were accompanied by Mr. and lira.
James Wilson of that place.