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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1920.
NUMBER 27.
GOVERNOR GIVES
ENDORSEMENT TO
PACKING COMPANY
IS ENTHUSIASTIC
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Anmial Sleeting of ConnmK
Name Clinnged to ( linK
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The annual meeting of the Alli
ance Community club Monday eve
ning, it ia unanimously agreed, con
stituted the most successful occasion
of its kind in local history. The
meeting, beginning with a banquet,
and ending wiht an address by Sam
uel R. McKelvie, governor of Ne
braska, was attended by an enthusi
astic crowd which filled the big store
room of the A. 11. Jones company,
in the Masonic building, to its ut
most capacity.
One outstanding feature of Gover
nor McKelvie's address was his ring
ing endorsement of the Alliance
Packing company. Quite unexpect
edly to his hearers, he digressed
from his set speech lo- e.:ou;h to
express a very favorable opinion of
the company and of its chanceB for
success. The state securities com
mission of Nebraska, said the gover
nor, is becoming exceedingly wary
about the issuance of permits for the
sale of stock, but the commission
believes in the thorough legitimacy
of the Alliance Packing company be
cause there is every element con
nected with It which will make for
Its success, if it be properly man
aged. He expressed his conviction
that this enterprise is worthy the
hearty support of Alliance and west
ern Nebraska.
The meeting began a few minutes
after 7 o'clock, the banquet being
first on teh program. The meal, pre
pared and served by the ladies of the
Christian church, was one of the
best in the memory of the Alliance
banqueters and was frankly enjoyed
by the happy crowd which had bare
ly more than elbow space.
Following the meal there took
place tho annual election of direc
tors. There are nine directors of
the Community, club,' three being
named each year. The three elected
Monday evening were Messrs. Lee
Moore, J. S. Rhein and A. T. Lunn.
The two last named succeed them
selves. The new board of directors
will consist of Glen Miller, J. W.
Juthrle, Charles Brittan, W. J.
Mahatfy," F. A. Bald, Lee More, A. T.
Lunn, J. S. Rhein and Earl Mallery.
The directors of the Community
club desired to change Its name to
the Chamber of Commerce, but this
being the province of the general
membership, the proposition was ex
plained to the meeting by Rufus
Jones, secretary of the club, and by a
nanimous vote the change was
agreed to. Beginning today. Alli
ance's commercial organization will
be the Chamber of Commerce, a des
ignation which is becoming uniform
throughout the country.
Immediately preceding the chief
speaker of the evening, Governor
McKelvie, short talks were made by
Mayor A. D. Rodgers and John W
Guthrie. The town believes in its
Chamber of Commerce, said the may
or, and the commercial organization
and -the city council have always
worked together in friendly har
mony.
Glen Miller, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, presiding
over the big meeting, then Intro
duced Governor McKelvie. The com
monwealth's chief executive spoke at
considerable length, and held the
close attention of his audience thru
out. He paid a tribute to Alliance's
growth and its Importance, took one
-or two friendly thrusts, purely Jocu
lar, at the democrats, expressed his
admiration of the Alliance Packing
company, told a joke or two and told
them well, and then launched into a
clear cut discussion of his adminis
tration. The governor referred to a
great many things, ranging all the
way from the Cole and Gra miner
case to the cabinet form of govern
ment. He vigorously defended the
latter detail of his administration.
contending that it was logical and
'businesslike, that it had saved the
state much money, and that It is In
effect the same form of government
under which we have all lived since
;the United States came Into exist
ence. Mr. McKelvie, while clearly
not dissatisfied with the conduct of
his office, admitted that is human
that he has made mistakes and will
perhaps make others.
The governor turned for a mo
ment to labor and capital and gave
; It as his belief that the day has ar
rived when there can be no autoc
racy of either. Each has its duties,
its responsibilities and it liabilities
and its liability to public sentiment. '
Each must be reasonable, giving and
taking. The visitor branched - off
here into a general discussion of
commercial and industrial economics
and handled his subject well.
Governor McKelvie resumed his
seat to the accompaniment of a pro
longed salvo of applause. There can
be no question that his efforts be
fore an Alliance audience "took."
Members of the crowd thronged tor
ward afterward to thank and con
gratulate him.
as in evidence on the streets of
. . .. a
-i ice uuring a large portion 01
.nuay. lie was In charge of Earl
IViallery, his close personal friend.
At noon he was the guest of the Fe.
club, the local organization of shrin
ers, at an informal luncheon in the
private dining room of the Alliance
hotel, presided over by Mr. Mallery.
Mr. McKelvie was introduced by W.
R. Metz and, although he spoke for
only a few minuteB, he unquestion
ably pleased the two dozen Shrlners
who heard him.
Governor McKelvie left Alliance
on train No. 41 early Tuesday morn-
ng for Chadron, where he is sche
duled to deliver an address today.
The Chamber of Commerce and the
citizens of Alliance generally en
joyed his visit and his speech on
Monday evening, and will be glad at
any time that he feels inclined to re
peat his visit.
TAKE STAND FOR
AMERICANIZATION
National Education Association
In-
tends to eli.it the olll. hevika
at Their Own Game
Superintendent of Schools W. R.
Pate returned the first of the week
from Cleveland, O., where be attend
ed the sessions of the national edu
cation association. The attendance,
he says, was the largest in history,
over ten thousand being registered.
The program covered four main
points, and the one which received
the greatest emphasis was the one
which urged that every student in
the schools of the country be taught
the rudiments of a republican form
of governments..-. ... i
Now, by a republican form of gov
ernment, the teachers mean a gov
ernment far removed from the newer
democracy taught by the bolsheviks
in soviet Russia. The following of
this course will result in the Amer
icanization of large numbers of im
migrants and the children of immi
grants. It is a problem that does
not particularly concern Nebraska in
comparison with other states, or Al
liance so much as other cities in Ne
braska, bu one of vital importance
to the nation.
utner matters empnasized were
the importance of physical training
in the schools and the Introduction
of more hand work, such as domec-
tic Bcience and manual training. The
fourth point was the education bill
now before now before congress.
The salary question was not em
phasized so much during the 1920
session as a year previous, when the
recommended salary scedule was
drawn up. In this connection, it
might be remarked that salaries in
the Alliance schools will have to
come up several notches if we are
able to retain the services of high
class instructors. In a number of
cities in Nebraska of the same class
as Alliance, the boards have raised
salaries to conform with the nation
al association's schedule, and Alli
ance will, in all probability, have to
conform.
Salaries of Alliance teachers are
rather low, as compared with the
schedule. For example, the schedule
sets out a minimum of $1,000 for
grade teachers and $1,200 for high
school teachers. The maximum sal
ary of grade teachers in Alliance is
smaller than the minimum suggested
and in the high school very few
teachers draw more than the min
imum.
When such cities as Omaha, Lin
coin, Beatrice, Fremont, Tecumseh
Columbus. York Hastings, Norfolk
and Falrbury come up to the pro
posed scale, it's time for Alliance to
awake and do likewise.
Mr. Pate spent a day in Lincoln
with Flske ft Maglnnis, the archl
tects in the employ of the local
school board, and looked over the
plans now being prepared for the
new school building here. He says
that the architects will soon be ready
to present them to the board for
approval.
A woman makes a poor out at
driving a nail, but neither is a man
a shining success at putting overalls
on a baby. Buckshot
BURGLARY AT
FASHION SHOP
ur Coats to the Value of $79
Stolon Sunday fcvenlng Ed
Madison 1'iulcr Arrest
Two fur coatees, valued at $795,
and several ladieB' silk bloomers
were taken form the Fashion Shop,
late Sunday evening or early Satur
day morning, and the police are
holding Ed Madison, colored, for in
vestigation in connection with the
theft. Madison was employed as a
porter in the establishment. The
stolen articles have not been re
covered.
Entrance was gained to the build
ing by means of a window in the
rear of the shop. It is evident that
the Job was the work of one ac
quainted with the store, because only
one of the window fasteners was re
placed. For the other, a wooden
plug had been whittled out, the in
tent being to make the proprietor be
lieve that the window had not been
tampered with.
Tho theft was discovered early
Monday morning, and suspicion at
once centered upon Madison. He was!
found in his rooms at the Drake
hotel, and the police say he was en
gaged in packing his trunk at the
time the arrest was made. He told
hem that he was innocent, and cited
the fact that he had retired at 8:30
the evening before, but inquiry de
veloped the fact that he had not
come in until after midnight, and
that he afterward went out again
and stayed over an hour.
Additional evidence was secured
n the way of a pair of canvas shoes,
which were still wet when the ar
rest was made. These shoes fitted
tracks found in the snow near the
window entered. Snow was found
on the window sill, and pins and but
tons were scattered about the floor
inside, and several spools of thread
were found outside.
Madison stoutly maintains his in
nocence. lNo complaint bad been
filed against him Monday evening.
The articles named are the only ones
found to be missing, but it is possible
that a careful check will disclose
others.
County- Judge.. Tash, issued several
search warrants Monday and the po
lice were busy searching various
places for traces of the stolen goods,
but without success.
Y. M. C. A. WORKERS
IN ALLIANCE TONIGHT
M. V. Arnold, district secretary for
the western district, accompanied by
a team of state workers, will be
speakers at a public meeting to be
held Tuesday night, and will explain
what the Y. M. C. A. can do for Al
liance. The meeting will be open to
all and the public has been invited.
The program will begin at 8:15
o'clock.
The speakers will explain the ex
tensive reconstruction program of
the "." Too often, the Y. M. C. A.
is thought of as a building in a big
city. If this is your idea of the field
and work of the modern program of
the Young Men's Christian associa
tion, you have a wrong one. Abso
lutely independent of a building, the
Y. M. C. A. is prepared to help boys
and young men in many effective
ways. They are entitled to a
hearing.
EXCITEMENT AT A
DANCEJN ANTIOCH
The ordinarily peaceful dance in
Antloch was sadly disturbed last Fri
day evening, when a bachelor dancer,
who was said to be feeling better
than usual, discharged a revolver
two or three times. No one was in
jured, and after a slight delay, the
dance went on as before.
A number of stories were current
in Alliance as to what had occurred.
One version was that some gentle
man had attempted to persuade his
wife to go home, but that she pre
ferred to remain, after which he
drew a pistol and proceeded to make
her change her mind. Bert Sinclair,
who, according to confirmed reports.
was the man in the case, is un
married.
IIUDKXNS ASSAULT CASK
POSTPONED TO FRIDAY
On motion of County Attorney
Lee Basye, the trial of Roy Hudklns
on two complaints, one charging as
sault with intent to do great bodily
Injury and the other with being in
toxtcated, was postponed until Frl
day morning at 10 o'clock.
THOUGHT LACKEY
' HADESCAPED
After an Hour's Seim-li of Hiiihling,
. Deputy Sheriff Returns with
! Freshly-Shaved Prisoner
. A series of open doors, lending
front the sheriff's office to the cell in
which Laurence Lackey, charged
with the murder of his seven-year-old
daughter, Pauline, is confined,
gave a number of county officers a
hard hour Monday afternoon.
' Attorney II. E. Gantz was the
cause of it all, for he was the discov
erer. Having occasion to speak with
his client, he stepped up to the sher
iff's office. The door was open, and
he entered. No one was in sight.
Another door caught his eye, and
he entered, and saw in front of him
a third open door, this one opening
on the stairway which leads up to
the cell rooms.
Mr. Gantz went up these stairs leis
urely, but he came down five at a
time. For he found upstairs an
other series of open doors, and the
last one of these was the steel door
to the Lackey cell. He called his
client's name once or twice, and
then he hustled into the office of
County Attorney Basye. And he took
the county attorney upstairs with
htm, to show him plainly that the
defendant's lawyer had nothing to do
with the Jail-break.
For the next hour, things were
buzzing in the court house. County
Judge Tash was one of the few who
refused to get excited. The judge
isn't easily alarmed, and besides, he
was holding an important conversa
tion with Judge Berry. But three
or four others who hadn't quit the
building when the clock struck five,
Joined in a thorough Bearch of the
premises.
: It was easy enough to figure out
how it all happened. A new deputy
sheriff was on the job, beginning
Monday morning. Some figured that
he had been attacked by Lackey and
overpowered, despite the fact that
4Jae prisoner weighs about a third
what the deputy does. Another the
ory was that the lock hadn't been
qjite closed, and that Lackey had
fcv'VPed out and was In hiding in the
building, intending to slip out after
nightfall. Some thought that he
had already slipped out.
And bo, aided by an intrepid Her
ald reporter, a search was made. You
have no idea how many places there
are in the court house where a man
can hide. The search took the bet-
er part of an hour, and after the
party had decided that Lackey was
n't in the building, it developed that
they were right.
For Deputy Sheriff Miskiman and
the prisoner entered the front door,
inarched up the stairs together and
he deputy sheriff came down alone.
All that had happened was that
Lackey had been taken out to get a
shave. But the open doors made a
perfect chain of circumstantial evi
dence. CHANGE IN SCHEDULE
OF RACING MEET
The general committee in charge
of the Alliance race meet met last
Sunday, and among other things,
changed the schedule of races to be
run. The program, as corrected,
stands as follows:
FIRST DAY
2:25 trot . $350
2:12 pace . 400
Half-mile dash 160
Five-eighths mile dash 200
Mile dash ... 250
Saddle horse one-half mile........ 60
SECOND DAY
25 pace . . ......
.$350
. 400
Half-mile dash .
. 160
. 200
. 60
Three-eighths dash ......
Saddle horse race
Elks' Derby 1 1-8 mile $1,000
THIRD DAY
Elks' special trot or pace $1,000
(Open to the world)
2:15 trot $350
Novelty race, one mile 300
($75 at each quarter)
Consolation dash, 5-8 mlle..$200
Half-mile dash 150
Saddle horse race . 60
June 23, 24 and 25 will be big
days for Alliance. The race meet
the Elks' convention and a street
carnival will combiuo to furnish en
joyment for everyone but those who
don't want to have a good time.
What is the use of coining a new
2-cent piece when an ordinary dime
answers the same purpose? Har
vard Courier.
Tin: WEATHER
For Alliance and vicinity: Probab
ly rain or snow tonight and Wednes
day: colder: fresh shifting to winds;
notify stockmen.
warn ant is iukd
FOR DW1GHT ZE1UKI
County Judge Tash issued a war
rant for the arrest of Dwlght Zed
iker Monday morning, on complaint
of George Neuswnnger, manager of
the Fanners' Union association. The
complaint set forth that there if
good reason to believe that Zedlker
stole a John Deere farm wagon,
valued at $125. The Zedikers have
been living above the Shnfer Auto
Supply company, and Saturday were
making preparation to remove to
Crawford. Zedlker has not been
found by the BherlfT.
FILE CASKS AGAINST
RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
About a half-dozen cases were
docketed last Saturday, suit being
brought against Walker D. Hines, di
rector general of railroads, and the
C, B. & Q. company. Damages were
sought on such things as potatoes
freezing, injuries to cattle and hogs
in transit. Saturday was the last
day on which suit could be brought,
us the railroads were returned to
their owners Monday.
CHARLES BROWN
IN BAD AGAIN
Colored Man Held In County Jail on
Charge of Attempting to In
Jure Lady Friend
For the steenth time in a year s
lime, Charles Brown, colored, finds
himself an inhabitant of the county
Jail, this time on complaint of Miss
Willie Brown, also colored, his lady
friend. The complaint charges that
on Monday, the first of March,
Brown did assault Miss Willie with
Intent to do great bodily injury.
The facts, so near as ran be ascer
tained, are about as follows:
Mr. Brown, aoinng other faults, is .
said to possess a Jealous disposition, of dining in Vicksburg on Saturday
and he tefsented the fact that his j next, and celebrating the 4 th of July
chosen ' one sessionary walked,by-va "grand dinner,'-and o J(itU. .
talked or danced with other gentle- j When asked if he would Invite Gen.
men of color. The story goes that Jo Johnson to Join he said "No, for
he met the lady on the street and j fear there would be a row at the
warned her, quietly but firmly, that table." Ulysses must get into the
If she went out with a certain gen- city before he dines in it. The way
tleman he would kill her. Evidently
she did, for on Monday he presented
himself at her domicile and drawing I
knife, proceeded, as he said, to
attempt to "cut her head off."
It is quite possible, too, that he
might have succeeded, but assistance
is ever near for a lady in distress.
Mrs. Foster, Willie's mother, was
the- rescuer. She seized a conven
ient pop bottle and an instant later
Mr. Brown was counting stars. An
hour later he was gazing out from
behind the steel bars of the city Ja 1,
and before long bis residence was
changed to the county Jail.
Brown, the officers say, has a
knack of getting into trouble. But
a few weeks ago, he received a gun
shot in the wrist as a result of an
argument with the "Notorious
Blue," another colored man, who is
now doing time. The Notorious Blue
always regretted that the shot didn't
kill Brown. "I wouldn't have got a
bit longer sentence if I'd done killed
him," he moaned on various oc
casions.
SHERIFF MILLER HAS
FOUND STOLEN WAGON
Sheriff Jim Miller returned from
Crawford Tuesday, having located
the wagon 6tolen from the Farmers'
Union association of this city. The
wagon was found in an Immigrant
car shipped y Dwight Zedlker, who is
moving to that city. He ha snot yet
been placed under arrest, but the
sheriff is confident that the minute
he sets foot in Crawford, he'll be
picked up.
ALLIANCE TEAM LOST
C11AMPIONS1UP GAME
Last Friday evening saw the end
of all prospect sfor a championship
tl.e when the Alliance team went
down to defeat at th hands of Sid
ney, the scor ebeiug 31 to 20. The
game was hard fought all the way
through, but somehow the odds
went agalnbt Alliance. There seemed
to be no lack of teamwork, no play
ers were missing there Isn't
single good alibi, and yet the Alli
ance fans are satisfied that some
thing must have happened to put
monkey wrench In the cogwheels.
OLD NEWSPAPER .
A RELIC OF THE
CIVILWAR DAYS
VICKSIURG CITIZEN PRINTED
ON WALLPAPER
Profiteering Not Unknown Then
Small Regnrd for General
Ulysses 8. Grant
A. Wlker, of this city, has in his
possession a copy of the Dally Cit
izen, published at Vicksburg, Miss.,
and dated July 2, 1883 shortly be
fore that city fell into the hands of
Grants forces. It is printed on wall
paper, a single sheet, and Is typical
of other confederate publications of
the time.
Tho edition was printed by union
soldiers after tho city was captured.
They used the type, which was al
ready set up and in the forms, and
the only change made was the inser
tion of a paragraph in the last
column.
The Citizen was not as vituper
ative as some of the confederate
newspapers, and aside from a few
hot Bhots at General Grant, and
some slams at other northern sol
diers, was a prosy little sheet. For
example:
'Torter is enjoying a season of
rest, and his men are doubtless
obliged to him for his kind consid
eration of their welfare. On Tues
day, he fired a few Bhots from his
parrots, and kept his men tolerably
bupy Bharpshooting across tho river,
with no other result than might
have been expected. The mortars
have not boon used for nearly forty
eight hois. Poor fool, he might as
well give up the vain aspiration he
entertains of capturing our city or
extermination of our people, and re
turn to his master to receive the re
ward Buch as a gasconading doll w i
meet. at the hands of the unappreci
atlng government in Washington."
And this deals with Grant: "On
Dot. That the great UlysBes the
Yankee Generalissimo, surnamed
Grant has expressed
his intention
to cook a rabbit is 'first to catch the
rabbit,' &c."
This naraeranh was rnii,! tn h
the union soldiers after the city was
captured. The victors printed a good
many copies as souvenirs, but could
not resist the temptation to gloat a
little, and so the following was in
serted :
"NOTE.
"JULY 4th, 1863.
"Two days bring about great
changes. The banner of the Union
floats over Vicksburg. Gen. Grant
has "caught the rabbit;" he has
dined in Vicksburg, and he did bring
his dinner with him. The "Citizen"
lives to see it. For the last time it
appears on "Wall Paper." No more
will it imagine the luxury of mule
meat and fricassed kitten urge
Southern warriors to such diet never
more. This is the last wall paper
edition, and is, excepting this note.
fro nit lie types as we found them.
It will be be valued hereafter as a
curiosity."
They had profiteers in the civil
war, too, when times were much
harder than "during the European
struggle, when the worst difficulties
were the sugar shortage and the
corn-wheat bread. Here is what The
Citizen thought of them:
"If aught would appeal to the
heart of stone of the extortioner with
success, the present necessities of
our citizens would do so. It is need
less to attempt to disguise from the
enemy or our own people that our
wants are great, but still we can
conscientiously assert our belief that
there Is plenty within our lines, by
an exercise of prudence, to last long
after succor reaches us. We are sat
isfied there are numerous persons
within or city who have breadstuffs
secreted, and are doling it out at the
most exorbitant figures, to those who
had not the foresigh or means at
their command to provide for the ex
igency now upon ub. a rumor has
reached us that parties in our city
have been and are now selling flour
at five dollars per pound! molasses
at ten dollars per gallon! and corn
at ten dollars per bushel 1 We have
not as yet proved the facts upon the
parties accused, but this allusion to
the subject may Induce some of our
citizens to ascertain whether such
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