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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NKBBItASKA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 0, 1919.
NUMBER 3
MAYOR RODGERS
WILL PROPOSE
RESTRICTIONS
COAL SITUATION TO BK DIS
CUSSED BY COUNCIL
"Will Suggest Discontinuance
or
, Shorter Honrs u All Lines
of Business
When the city council meets this
evening at 8:30, Mayor A. "D.
Itodgers will take up the question of
still further restricting fuel distribu
tion, lie will recommend the clos
ing of non-essential businesses, and
the shortening of the business hours
of the rest. '
Even should the coal strike be
near a settlement, as it Is believed,
the output will not reach the normal
for Beveral weeks, and the strictest
economy will be necessary the coun
try over. Alliance has not suffered
greatly to date, but with low tem
peratures all along the division, with
trains late or annulled, unless steps
are taken promptly the city may be
faced with a coal shortage before
they realize it.
The city is in the coal business,
practically to te exclusion of every
thing else these days. The coal of
fice has been moved into the newly
remodeled quarters in the west half
of the city hall and Mrs. Frank Gib
bons is kept hard at work answering
telephone calls, taking orders and
arranging for deliveries. An assist
ant was on duty today. City Manager
Smith, who hoped to iyive a little
more time after the coal business
'was taken out of his private office,
bad moved his desk in there Monday
and was as busy as usual helping
care for the rush and arranging for
the supply.
The storm Monday made the coal
business extra rushing. At noon de
liveries were being made from the
third car, and by 5 p. m., when the
office closed, no less than three hun
dred orders for coal had been filed.
It was decided to increase the al
lotment from 500 to 1,000 pounds,
becaueo, with the temperature hov
ering around 10 degrees "below zero,
the smaller amount would hardly
last until the delivery wagon got out
of sight.
The office force in the city hall has
had hardly time to care for the coal
business, City .Manager Smith told a
Herald reporter, and as a result
some of the work has had to be post
poned. The city manager usually
has a written report for presentation
at the council, meetings, but unless
the rush subsides, the report tonight
will have to be made orally.
At Hemingford the coal situation
Is much more acute. Residents
there have gone to the Pine Ridge,
come thirty miles distant, and are
hauling wood in wagons. There Is
some coal In the city, but the supply
is insufficient to go around. A car
load of coal received at Berea Mon
day will keep the place supplied for
the next two weeks, it was said.
$2.00 a year and worth more.
IMPERIAL VOLUNTEERS
TO OONSEIttH FUEL
The Imperial theater, In ac
cordance with the fuel admin-
Int ration's request to conserve
fuel and lights, has voluntarily
offered to limit its performances
to two a day, the matinee start
ing at 3 p. m. and the evening
show at 8 o'clock. Doors will
open at 2:30 and 7:30.
All those who can possibly do
so are requested to attend the
afternoon performances, and to
ro-operate with the management
until there is relief in sight in
the fuel situation.
In ScottsblufT and other cities
where the fuel administration
ordered the theaters closed, the
authorities rescinded this ac
tion. They discovered that while
Ieople were attending theaters,
they were saving considerable
fuel at home, and further, that
there were a number of people
whose rooms were unheated who
were deprived of the oppor
tunity to spend a comfortable
evening.
The Imperial U the first busi
ness house in Alliance to volun
teer to limit its business in
order to help relieve a serious
situation. The Herald believes
in giving credit where credit is
due. It's up to Alliance people
to show their appreciation.
CITY DECLARES WAR .
ON BOOTLEGGERS
m ii.
Some of these days, the boys who
are passing out pints and raking in
dollars are going to meet up with
hard luck. "There is not a whole lot
of this thing going on, but even a
little is too much, and the Alliance
city authorities, aided and backed by
its police department, has declared
war on the fellows who are peddling
red liquor, and the cleanup may be
expected any old time.
The city authorities have spotted
the most probable souces of supply,
and unless the bootleggers hit the
trail lor some other desert, those
$100 fines are going to be more and
more plentiful. ,
ALLIANCE LOSES
Referee in ScottsblufT Game Takes
the Pennant Right Out of
Their Hands
Due to the efforts of a referee who
was either densely ignorant of the
rules of the game, or intensely in
favor of ScottsblufT, the Alliance
high school football team lost the
last game of the season to Scotts
blufT high last Friday afternoon, and
with it the championship for western
Nebraska. Alliance people who saw
the game pronounce it a pure steal,
and this opinion is held by a number
of ScottsblufT people, mony of whom
left the grounds at the end of the
third quarter. A good share of those
who remained threw local patriotism
to the winds and shamelessly rooted
for Alliance the last quarter.
The Alliance team left for Scotts
blufT Thursday afternoon. Te game
Friday afternoon was not called until
about 4 o'clock, and it was sunset
before it was finished, too dark to
play well. The field was not marked.
A lig't scraper had been used which
did little more than fill the holes
with snow, leaving about four Inches
of enow on the gridiron.
Throughout the game things
moved slowly,, largely due to the
referee. Coach Johnson of ' Scotts
blufT as well as Coach Prince of Alli
ance did his best to get things to
moving, but with little success.
ScottsblufT won the ball on the
toss-up, gained a little on a forward
pass then tried to plunge through
the line. ' John Donovan .attempted
to tackle the back carrying the ball,
and succeeded In catching hold of his
sleeve. Here the funny work began.
The referee promptly penalized the
Alliance team fifteen yards, declaring-
it an unfair tackle, and Coach
Prince plowed out on the field. The
referee promptly reversed his deci
sion. ScottsblufT failed to gain
through the line, Alliance getting the
ball. Alliance tried and completed
a forward pass, but was penalized
and the ball brought back. They
then made a ten-yard gain on an
endrua and were again penalized;
off side both times. Alliance then
punted. ScottsblufT tried, made
some gains by line plunges, failed at
end runs and Ihe aerial route. Alli
ance getting the ball, which was lost
on a fumble. ScottsblufT then worked
the ball within a yard of the goal
and lost on a fumble. Alliance
punted out of danger. Quarter up.
In the second quarter, Scottsblun
tried to gain and failed in each at
tempt, punting to Alliance. The ball.
being Bllppery and wet, was fumbled,
ScottsblufT recovering it. Again
ScottsblufT Tailed to gain, so kicked
a flejd goal from placement. Score,
ScottsblufT 3, Alliance 0.
ScottsblufT kicked off. Beall, Alli
ance center, block kicked, the bail
bounding back to a ScottsblufT
player, who promptly fell on it.
ScottsblufT worked the ball twenty
yards and falling to gain, kicked a
second field goal from placement.
Score, ScottsblufT .6. Alliance 0.
ScottBbluff again kicked off to Alli
ance and the latter had worked the
ball past mid-field 'when the half
ended.
ScottBbluff kicked off to Alliance
in the third. Alliance gained by end
runs, a pass from Edwards to Strong.
adding thirty yards. Strong advanced
ten yards, was tackled by Pickett and
lost the ball. Joder picked the ball
up and ran the remaining four yards
for a touchdown, which the rereree
refused to allow, no reacon being
given. Edwards made threo yards of
the remaining four, when the umpire
claimed Alliance was offside. The
umpire imposed a penalty of fifteen
yards for offside, when, according to
the rules and regulations, the penalty
should have been five yards. Coach
Prince cgaln plowed his way out on
the field, and Alliance was penalized
an additional five yards on this ac
(Continued on Page 5.)
CHAMPONSHP
o
N the streets of Alliance within
Herald has heard more or lens
the existing controversy between itself and the Alliance Times
Is not a particularly edifying
In all probability be Just as well off without it. In this view The Herald
hastens to announce its hearty concurrence. This newspaper, however,
would be unfair to itself if it neglected to' make this statement In connec
tlon with the matter : -
The two present owners of The
hearts thoroughly attuned to the old adage! "With charity toward all and
malice toward none." Least of all did they entertain any desire or Inten
tion of entering into an editorial dirpute with the Times.
. And it appeared, to begin with, that the Times expected to meet The
Herald half way In this attitude. Mr. Sallows, Its editor, published an
editorial utterance welcoming the new editors of The Herald and extend
ing to them the glad hand of fellowship.
It was, then, rather a rude awakening to find that the Times had
later decided upon a different policy. It began to take Insidious pokes
and slams at The Herald. We Bay "Insidious" advisedly, for it is not Mr.
Sallows' habit to come out in the open in his attacks, but to deal in camou
flaged slurB. Not storping there, he felt called upon to refer to The
Herald's owners along personal lines calculated to engender their natural
and pardonable resentment. He called no names, of course, that not being
his way of doing things. '
Now, it so happens that the owners of The Herald, although they are
two citizens possessed of characteristics as peaceable as those of any other
two citizens of Nebraska, are not particularly enamored of the. "turn the
other cheek" admonition. When Mr. Sallows felt called upon to deliver
a very sudden and entirely unexpected Blap In the face they lost no unneces
sary time in slapping back.
Incidentally, for the direct information of the town in general, and
of Mr. Sallows in particular, The Herald will continue this policy. It will
Bland toe to toe with the Times and slug it out as long as it is attacked.
This newspaper did not begin the unpleasantness, as everyone knows, and
as Mr. Sallows kjiows; and it will be pleased when he and his periodical
call a halt in their guerilla warfare.
But, In -the meanwhile, it the
hallucination that it can aim a blow at The Herald and get away without
being treated to a punch in the ribs it has another think coming and this
notwithstanding the fact that Its editor poses as a former prize fighter!
ine Herald Is entirely willing to
a newspaper in Alliance. Mr. Sallows
... -v . . , ..... v i , aijc-aiD iu Itrtri
that this right belongs to him exclusively,' and that anyone else who at
tempts to enter the local field is an interloper. He has nagged at every
one who has -attempted it in the past, j'ust as he Is nagging at The Herald
now. ' ,
But The Herald, being unable to
in this respect, is going to conduct a newspaper In Alliance whether he
likes it or not. As a matter of fact, he seems to have discovered that this
is true and this may be the explanation of his puerile pettlshness.
SALVATION ARMY
INTERESTED
Rev. J. Orrln Gould, who took up
with statej Solvation Army headquar
ters the question of establishing a
city mission here, received a letter
the first part of the week in which
the army officials said that the pros
pect was a pleasing one, but unfor
tunately they haven't a single man
right at present who can be released
to come here and take charge. They
assured the local committee, how
ever, that as soon as arrangements
could be made and the right man se
cured, they would make arrange
ments to enter Alliance.
A meeting of the board will be
called some evening this week, prob
ably Thursday, at which will be dis
cussed plans for continuing the work
until Buch time as It can be given
over to the Salvation Army.
H. S. BASKETBALL
1 TOURNAMENT ON
Tonlgt the lnterclass basketball
matches begin at Alliance high
school. The stage is set, the sche
dules are arranged, and the class
teams have been working like Troj
ans to get in shape for the big ath
letic event. '
Tonight the" first two games will
be played. The senior girls will
meet the Junior girls, and the fresh
men boys will do their best to wallop
the Bophomore boys.
Wednesday night the freshmen
and sophomore girls fight It out and
the same evening the senior boys and
Junior boys will tangle.
Friday evening the winners of the
Tuesday and Wednesday games will
play the finals. Admission has been
set at the low figure of 25 and 15
cents. Kick in, dig up or fork over.
Come out and help boost.
FEATURE BILL AT
IT, PERI L THURSDAY
Screen Version of Hall Calne's "The
Woman Thou C.avest Me" Will
Be Big Attraction
Te Thursday bill at the Imperial
will be Hall Calne's "The Woman
Thou Gavest Me," a superb Para-mount-Artcraft
special productlou.
Hugh Ford has directed an all-star
cast, including Katherlne McDonald,
Milton Sills, Jack Holt and Theodore
Roberts.
The story, In took form, created a
furore In this country and abroad.
The author is ranked among the
foremost of nfrlista. The picture Is
filled with color, variety and vivid,
sensational ecenoB.
the past few days the editor of The
comment to the general effect that
spectacle, and that the town would
Herald came to Alliance with their
Times labors for a moment under the
admit Mr. Sallows' right to publish
hii.if tmwovo.. , ,
subscribe to Mr. Sallows' weirrt M.
SAhAH ETTA O'NEIL
ISPERSISTENT
Mrs. Sharp, of the city mission gets
all orjs "and shades of customers,
but the fourteen year old miss 'who
landed here from Seneca late Satur
day night was a real thriller. Sarah
Etta O'Neil was her name and it
took three applications of hot water
and sapollo to remove surplus sedi
ment from her small person. This
is nothe first time that Sarah Etta
has stepped from home to Join a
holy roller band in Alliance. The
first time the city authorities here
sent her home, but she proceeded to
come back. Her brother, who was
then notified, came for her. The
young man seemed much puzzled to
know what to do with his overzeal
ous sister.
Investigation of the home of the
group of enthusiasts in Alliance
shows that "cleanliness is next to
Godliness" holds no part in holy
roller ethics. One thing is certain
If Sarah returns the city of Alliance
can say she's had one good scrub
bing.
ANOTHER ECHO OF
. WILLIAM SMITH
Folks at IUveiton, Neb., Think
Was Up to Some Skul
duggery There
He
William Smith, whose real and
true name turned out to be William
Tatro, seems to have been an honest
to-goodness bad guy. Mr. Smith is
the man who held up Jack Rlordan
some weeks ago, and who Is now do
ing time up where they make little
ones out of those which are larger.
The Herald has received the follow
ing letter from a man in Riverton,
Neb., which indicates that Mr. Tatro
Smith didn't care much where he op
erated, so long as the pickings were
4iood:
"Kind Sir: We understand that a
man named William Tatfo was sent
up from your county recently for
robbery or burglary. This fellow has
been hanging around this town oft
and on for a couple of years, during
which tlne. several unlawful sturt.
have been pulled off. We are Inter
ested in knowing the particulars of
what happened in your county."
In all future announcements of x
limitations for positions under tht
government there will be a provision
that such competitions will be open
to 'both men and women. If quail
ii''), but the appointing officers have
tlio legrl right to specify the sex de
rm I 'n requesting certification of
tlij-'Met" This notice has been
riven by the civil service commit
tlon. I
SKATING NOW
JN CITY PARK
Mayor Rodgers Monday Issued
orders lo have the water turned Into
the city paik, and it was done forth
with. There is now a pretty sizeable
loke there, and the kids and grown
ups in the city who feel like skating
will have all the opportunity in the
world to enjoy themselves as soon
as the weather moderates. Some of
them won'J wait that long. The ex
pense to the city won't amount to a
kreat deal, and every kid that owns
a pnlr of skates or can borrow a pair
will benefit.
MAY BUILD AN
APARTMENT HOUSE
Old Box Butte County Settler Thinks
of Returning to Nebraska
to Live
George E. Douglas of Grand Ha'
ven, 111., who has been making an ex
tended visit with Alliance friends,
left yesterday to visit a daughter,
Mrs. Peter Thompson, at Minatare,
Neb. Mr. Douglas made The Herald
office a pleasant visit and told us of
some of his. experiences when he was
one of the few settlers in this county.
Mr. Dpuglas filed on the first land
in one of the townships in the coun
ty. It was this fact that brought
him back to Alliance after an ab
sence of several years. He was called
upon to testify in some of the land
boundary cases considered at the last
session of district court, and It was
his testimony In regard to the "blow
out" corner that largely Influenced
the decision.
He has made some Investigation
of housing conditions in Alliance,
and a number of his old friends have
urged him to return and put up a
modern apartment house or two. He
is considering this and told The Her
ald man that in all probability he
would return In the spring and begin
building operations at once. He has
built several apartment houses In the
city where he now makes his home,
but believes that Alliance, will make
a pleasant place to live and unless
something occurs to change his
mind, his old friends may expect to
Bee him settle down here again
YORK MAN BUYS
JUNK COMPANY
Leo Spurling of York, Neb., who
has been corresponding with Secre
tary Jones of the Community club in
regard to locating here, arrived in
the city the first of the week and
concluded the purchase of the Alli
ance Fur, Hide & Metal company, at
311 Laramie.
The first thing Mr. Spurling did
after arriving in the city was to take
out a membership in the community
club.
TEMPRRATURE IS
LOWEST ON RECORD
All low temperature records for
the month of December and for Box
Butte county are believed to have
been broken Monday night, when the
mercury dropped to -over 30 degrees
below zero. All over the Alliance
division of the Burlington trains are
late and growing later, and the
freight service Is almost at a stand
still.
At 10 a. m. Tuesday, the weather
was reported calm and clear all over
the division. Temperatures at that
hour ranged from 10 to 18 degrees
below zero all over the division. The
following temperatures were report-i
ed at 10 o'clock:
10 a. in., weather calm, clear all
over the division; 20 beloAr at Alli
ance. 12 below at Broken Bow, 10
below at Ansley.
Ranges 10 to 18 below east of Al
ii; nee: 16 below at Belmont. 8 be-
o r at Orella, 28 below at Provo, 23
below at Edgemont, 36 below at
1'iinKle. 35 below at Rochford, 40
t low at Englewood.
UNION MEN NOTICE
I am now running a Union Shop,
Union Card displayed by authority of
I .tln No. 486, Sterling, Colo. Your
u . 3 solicited. Corner Barber
Shop, W. O. Ezell. ' 1 4
No wonder Adam Breede Is a
bachelor. He printed an editorial
last week which claimed that women
are growing uglier. Buckshot.
The saddest sight of all is
slouchy woman. Buckshot.
HOPE TO REACH
SETTLEMENT OF
BIG COAL STRIKE
PROSPECTS lmKJHTKR
FOR .WEEKS.
THAW
Today Will Tell Tale of Success or
Failure f President's
Plan
Hope for the settlement Tuesday
afternoon of the controversy among
the miners, the operators and the
government was expressed in a for
mal statement Issued Monday at the
white house, according to reports
from this morning's newspaper.
The statement follows:
it is hoped Mi at there will be a
settlement Tuesday afternoon of the
controversy between the miners, the
operators and the 'government thru
the acceptance by the miners of the
plan for a definite settlement pro
posed by the president, which pro
posal was submitted to Acting Pres
ident Lewis of the miner by Attor
ney General Palmer Saturday night."
Attorney General Palmer Sunday
night said that he was quite Bure
the end of the strike was in sight.
There were persistent reports Mon
day that the president's proposal was
that the miners accept for the pres
ent the 14 per cent wage advance
proposed by Dr. Garfield and that the
final adjustment of wages and work
ing conditions be left to a commis
sion appointed by the president.
Some assurances are said to have
been given as to the personnel of the
commission, the method of obtaining
data and other points which are re
ported to have induced the miners to
consider their prospects under it
more favorable than they otherwise
would be.
Speculation as to the method for
nettling the strike, which was pro
posed personally by President Wil
son, was rendered difficult, because
while Fuel Administrator Garfield re
iterated there would be no increase
In the price of coal to the public and .,
said he had not budged one inch from
his position, the readiness wit n
which the strikers accepted" led to
the belief an advance In wages larger
than the 14 per cent suggested by
Dr. Garfield had been proposed.
ELKS HOLD A .
MEMORIAL SERVICE
The Elks' memorial service of the
Alliance lodge was held at the Im
perial theater. Sunday, December 7.
Judge Ernest C. Page of Omaha de
livered "the memorial address in a
forceful and sympathetic; manner.'
His theme emphasized the impor
tance of charity, brotherly-love and
fidelity.
Two musical numbers were appre
ciatively given, a solo by Miss Jose
phine Janson and trio by the
Mis ses Bradley, Grebe and Simpson.
Three of the lodge members have
passed away during the past year,
A. P. Stockdale, T. M. Spencer and
J. R. Gall.
NO CARNIVAL OF .
CRIMEJN ALLIANCE
Despite all talk to te contrary, the
city of Alliance is not having any
carnival of crime. Indeed, it is a
most peaceful little city, unless you
count bootleggers and poker games.
And It's no crime to play poker If
you win.
Police Judge T. D. Roberts has
filed the report of his activities for
the month of November, and .the
records show that there were but
nine arrest Bdurlng the thirty days.
The total fines amounted to but $61.
and though the fees brought the total
money taken in up past the $100
mark, the total was disappointingly
small as compared with the days be
fore the Great Drouth. Of the nine
arrests, four were on charges or
gambling, two for fighting, one for
drunkenness and one classified a
miscellaneous.
FAVORS GAS PLANT
FOR ALLIANCE
Mayor Rodgers, speaking to a Her
ald reporter Tuesday, stated Hhat he
would bring up before the city coun
cil at its meeting this evening the
I need for a gaa plant in Alliance, and
I that he would -recommend that the
city build one if capital , from inside
a lor outside the city cannot be lnter-
ested in the project.
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