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HIRAM
JOHNSON
CARRIES STATE
California Senator IV Wood and
Pershing for Ifcpiii, resi
dential Nominal .
With more than half of
cincts of this state reporting in. V
day's state primaries, Senator Il.T
Johnson has held htB lead as the h5j
publicans' presidential choice, witt..
MaJ. Gen. Wood second and General
Pershing third. His plurality for
the state is estimated at between
25,000 and 30,000.
Of the 1,054 precincts out of 1,8 49
reporting the Republican vote stood:
Johnson, 41,753; Wood, 30,354;
Pershing, 19,860
For the Bame number of precincts
Senator Hitchcock, who has practi
cally no opposition as the Democra
tic choice, polled 22,505.
William Jennings Bryan, who ran
as a delegate-at-large to the national
convention, now seems to be firmly
anchored In third place with a sub
stantial majority.
With 994 precincts out of 1,849
heard from, the delegation was split
equally between the Hitchcock and
Bryan forces. The votes of 994 pre
cincts showed
Neville (H), 26,688; Shallenberger
(H), 26,664; Stephens (B), 26.272;
Bryan (B). 22,686; Berge (B), 22,-
295; Thomas (B), 20.845; Neble
(H), 18,937; MeNeny. (H), 18,861.
Lancaster county In which Lin
coln, his former home, Is situated,
was the only county that General
Pershing carried of the ninety-two
counties in the state.
McKelvie Renominated.
With the field crowded and the
vote badly split, Governor Samuel
R. McKelvie will be renominated
with from ten to fifteen thousand
thousand votes to spare, over Mul
len, the nearest competitor.
John II. Morehead will have a
clear majority of the democratic
vote. The presence of the non-partisan
leaguers in the republican pri
mary put Taylor out of the running
entirely. Johnson's plurality may
be safely placed at around 20,000.
He Is more than doubling the vote
for Pershing. Billy Thompson has
given Arthur Mullen a cleaning on
democratic national committeeman,
the indications being that his major
ity will exceed 4,000 after being de
feated 3,500 in Douglas county.
Several Close Calls.
Several close races are developing
in the contest for sta'e offices. Hew
ett for railway commissioner is de
veloping unexpected strength against
Thorne Browne and outside of Doug
las and Lancaster counties it is al
most an even break. The same holds
good in a large measure as between
Cook and Harrison for the short
term.
For a time it looked as though the
Attorney General Davis was to be
classed in the doubtful list but Is
now pulling ahead rapidly of George
WHY NOT STKP ON THE
PAYING CONTRACTORS?
Isn't it about time that some
one lniimated to the paving con
tractors that Alliance citizens are
entitled to consideration? Due to
the bonehead play of somebody
name unknown all the cross
walks in the entire Box Butte bus
iness district were taken out in
order, supposedly, to facilitate
paving.
Now, paving is a great Improve
ment, and we'll enjoy It when and
if It is installed. We're willing to
Buffer inconvenience and discom
fort to accomplish it but not
needlessly. There's no earthly
sense in making Box Butte ave
nue for several months impassa
ble, especially when it will not
hasten the completion of the pav
ing. This sort of thing isn't pulled in
other cities. Not on your tintype!
In other cities the contractors
take it by degrees. They go at it
a block at a time or they pave
one-half of a street before they
touch the other half.
Someone with authority ought
to talk turkey to these folks and
do it now. Someone should tell
them just where they get off. The
streets shouldn't be allowed to re
main in this condition another
twenty-four hours. Someone can
get action if he insists on it. The
citizens of Alliance are waiting
and they're getting more impati
ent every day they have to wade
through mud poddies.
C. Torter, non-partisan league can
didate.
Lieut. Governor Barrows has a
narrow load, but is probably safe.
Doc Barnes of Albion, democratic
machine candidate for second place,
has been nominated.
Auditor Marsh is easily renomi
nated. Mallery Running Well "
Returns are slow in coming In, due
to the storm and to the tremendous
task of counting the vote, so that a
number of offlces are still in doubt
Ml Mallery, candidate for delegate
he national convention from the
th district, seems to be running
well. Reports frcr.i eight counties
out of the thirtv-six in the district
show: Mallery, 1,930; Kennedy, 1,-
912. Their nearest competitor is
300 votes below these figures. The
Lincoln Star for this morning con
ceded Mallery's election.
Over the state, according to news
reports, fifteen Wood delegates will
go to the republican national con
vention, all of them being pledged
to vote for Hfram Johnson until his
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TO COMPLETE LOCAL
CANPAIGN ORGANIZATION
The local campaign organization
of the interchurch world movement
will be completed tonight at a din
ner at the Alliance hotel at which
Ben Sallows, community campaign
director, will preside. Robert Gra
ham, director of the Box Butte coun
ty campaign organization, will also
be present and tell of the organisa
tion throughout the county. Besides
these each church participating in
the campaign wjll be represented by
the pastor and the church campaign
director and a committee of five on
solicitors team organization. These
representatives are as follows:
Presbyterian church: Rev. A. J.
Kearns, pastor; Otto Zamzow, cam
paign . director; J. S. Rhein, chair
man team committee: J. L. Overman,
W. C. Mounts, J. H. .Vance. R. E.
Knight, F. A. Bald, Glen Miller.
Baptist church: Rev. J. Orrln
Gould, pastor; A. H. Robbins, cam
paign director; E. G. Lalng, chair
man team committee Charles H. Ful
ler, Mrs. T. A. Cross, Mrs. H. U. Car
penter, A. A. Wright. Mrs. Moses
Wright.
Methodist church: Rev. Mearl C.
Smith, pastor; A. T. Lunn, campaign
director; L. H. Highland, Howard
Reddish, C. E. Marks.
The quota for Box Butte county
is in round number. $26,000 of
which every participating church In
the county has. its denominational ,
quota. The citizen's quota is $3,165.
WALTER RUND1N HAS
DECLINED POSITION
Walter Rundin of Crawford, to
whom was offered the secretaryship
of the Alliance chamber of com
merce, has refused the place, accord
ing to President Glen Miller of thf
organization. Mr. Rundin talked
with Mr. Miller by phone this morn
ing, and stated that while the pros
pect aprealed to him, he did not be
lieve that he could accept it.
Mr. Rundin is pastor of the com
munity church at Mitchell, represent
ing several denominations. It ls on 3
of the first successful community
churches in the state, and the pas
tor does not blieve that he can be
spared for a time, at least.
The directors have another man
in view, and in all likelihood there
will not long be a vacancy.
WORK SOON TO BEGIN
ON ALLIANCE PAYING
Mr. Sprague of Beatrice, head of
the firm of Sprague & Nisely, who
who have the contract for the city
paving, was in the city today. Mayor
Rodgers took up with him the con
dition of the city's streets, and Mr.
Sprague declared that he didn't un
derstand the actions of Ills subordi
nates, which, of course, makes it all
right. Permission bad been asked
to take out only the crossings in the
center of the street on the First
district, comprising Box Butte from
First to Fifth streets,but someone
went ahead and took all of them
out.
Work on the paving in Alliance
will begin In earnest within a few
days, as soon, in fact as the paving
gang gets through with a contract at
Mitchell, where they are building a
beet sugar spur extending eleven
miles northwest of Mitchell.
Miss Ollle Slaughter ls serving as
temporary secretary of the north
western Baptist convention head
quarters during the absence of Rev.
R. A. Lowe.
ALLIANCE, DOX BUTTE COUNTY,
OIL REFINERY MAY
COME TO ALLIANCE
Sinclair People Interested in Loca-
Hon Here Tor Monster 5111
lion Dollar Plant.
It is understood that the Sinclair
Oil Refining company, the largest in
dependent in the country, Is serious
ly considering Alliance as the lorn
lion of a million-dollar oil lefiuery
to be erected during the coming sum
mer. This company recently acquired
the gusher and 6 40 acres of holdings
In the Osage field from the, Alliance
syndicate and they have been during
past months quietly acquiring pro
ductive acreage in various parts of
Wyoming.
If the Sinclair people build a re.ln
ery here it would mean a pipe line
direct from the eastern Wyoming
fields to convey crude oil. It is un
derstood that they have made tests
of the water at Alliance, of which
targe amounts are needed m a re
finery, and find It satisfactory. A
million-dollar rel(nery would mean
the employment of from 350 to 400
men.
The Sinclair company Is known as
the company that does things. Their
fuel oil deliveries in Cuba duriiTg
1920 are expected to total 6.000.000
barrels. Cuba has learned to rely
upon liquid fuel and Sinclair is now
doing practically all of the fuel oil
business of the Island.
They hare Immense holdings in
Mexico. Their shipments last
mouths totaled 661.165- barrels.
from that country for export.
SWITCHMAN HELD ON A
WHITE SLAVERY CHARGE
William Barnes, switchman and
bigamist on several counts, who was
arrested by Chief Taylor here the
first of the month and returned ' to
Beardstown, 111., In charge of Chief
Madine of that city, is in hard luck.
He is now in the Sangamon county
t Illinois) jail awaiting trial on a
white slavery charge.
The arrest, incidentally, was quite
a feather In Chief Taylor's cap. The
chief recognized Barnes from a
rogues gallery photograph. Barnes
first gave the name of Thouas Cos-
grove when arrested here, and later
admitted hnt Vila ntiina IaL f
narrett th. Tin!. m,. v.-...
eTer, wem to think that William
narnea ls hls real name It was be.
ilf,Ved that h nin hrt th
cf F. a cassidv. for loitor. t tht
address signed by "your loving wife"
were found in his pocket.
"THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIERS v
THE BIG SOCIETY EVENT
There are all sorts of amusement
good things comint? with the engage
ment of the ennatioimlly succeseful
light comic opera. "The Chocolate
Soldier," at the Imperial Theatre,
April 30.
Ralph Dunbar, unquestionably
the leading producer of theatricals,
is responsible for this Impressive pro
duction. His nam j alona is suffi
cient guarantee, bjt It "s nown that
on "The Chocolate Soldier" he has
lavished all that hi- experience
years had accumulated.
It is known to have been, anl yet
is, the most preteiitiom of his series
of light operaj which vvn had their
inception in tho b.'auii.'ul Casino
Theatre, New York. There it lan for
a full season. It -.vas tLen produced
in only a few localities of the coun
try, and now with all its original ex
cellence it is the good fortune of lo
cal treater lovers to have the oppor
tunity of seeing it.
The book by George Bernard
Shaw ls fresh, witty and sparkling
as well as storyrul; in fact, it is a
fitting accompaniment for the music
of Oscar Straus, greatest of modern
composers. And there is a lavish,
brilliantly colorful scenic back
ground by the renowned Becker
studio. The direction of the piece
is a most striking example of the
care taken by Mr. Dunbar.
Principal among the artists in the
large company are George O'Donnell,
James Stevens, Sylvia- Thorne,
George Shields, Clara Campbell,
Winifred Anglin, Arthur Sherman
and Janet Studley. A large chorus
and a symphony orchestra under the
direction of George Lydlng make it
all one. cf the blggeBt and best light
operas now on tour.
Mrs. Ed Eldred returned this
morning from Revlna, & Dak., where
she has been making her daughter,
Mra. James Rhein, an extended visit.
Mrs. J. R. Smith of Hemlngford
is in the city today on business.
NEBUASKA, FBI DAY, APRIL 23,
WHO WILL WIN
HERALD'S AUTO?
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Saturday is Lnt llianee to Put Your
Favorite Over tliTot Vote
' Now or Never
: Seven w eeks of effort and suspense
will culminate at the First State
Dank Saturday night at- 8 o'clork
sharp when the Herald's automobile
and prize campaign cornea to an eml
Below appear the names of candi
dates Who have fought the good ficht
and who will be richly rewarded be-
lore buuuay's dawn. Among the run
testants listed, one must necessarily
stand out preeminent, one will have
more votes than competitors, one
will win the grand capital prize the
new Reo Six touring car. valued ni
$1985 one will be champion of the
day.'
The
- - CV V. uwu TV lit
be handsomely rewarded too, for to
him or her Will be given the fr trln
to California. Should the winter
desire, the cost of this trip will be
paid m cash.
There are bags of gold, val
watches, a camera and other prizes
to be awarded, too. Have you a
friend In the campaign you want to
see win?
Two more days and the course will
have been run. Two more circuits
of the hour hand and too late.
Special Notice
The ballot box. locked and sealed.
is now at the First State Bank where
subscriptions and remittances to
cover, in sealed envelopes, are to h
deposited by contestants themselves.
rio one, not even the campaign
manager, whose official duties onded
last Saturday, can possibly kn)w the
voting strength of contestants. The
sealed ballot box Insures absolute
secrecy and there is no Dosslbls wav
for any one to gain inside Informa
tion.: I.o candidate can truthfully
clilm partiality or favoritism.
All subscriptions must be accom
panied by cash, money order or certi
fied check for the full amount of uh.
scrlptlons. Personal checks up to $10
acceptable, providing no two checks
are signed by the same party. This
ruling Is made In fairness to all con-
Vstws an will be strictly adhered
to. ' .- . "
The campaign will close at 8
o'clock on the dot. All subscrip
tion reports and reserve votes must
be in the ballot box by that time.
Not one minute's grace will bo
allowed. Therefore, be Bure to poll
everything you have subscriptions
and reserve votes, If any before 8
p. m. Saturday.
The First State Bank will be onen.
of course during the usual banking
hours Saturday, and, for the benefit
or candidates, has kindly consented
to open its doors from 7 to 8 o'clock
Saturday night.
Members of the Advisory Board.
selected at the beginning of the cam
paign will be requested to act as
udges or appoint substitutes, to can
vass the findings in the box, and
award the prizes. The personnel of
this Board ls as follows: Mayor A.
I). Rodgers. Glen Miller. President
Chamber of Commerce; Leo Bayse,
County Attorney; W. R. Harper of
Harper's Dept. Store: Chas. Brittan.
Cshier First State Bank.
It shall be the privilege of the
leading contestants, and It ls the de
sire of the Herald, that thev avail
themselves of this invitation, to se
lect someone, be he father, husband,
brother or friend to represent them
on the closing night to sit with the
judges and to assist in the final
counting of the votes.
Now for the V hiilw iiul Finish
Now for a whirlwind finish! Now
for surprises and s6iu;Uions! With
the zero hour but two days away it
is imperative that candidates go over
the top with colors Hying.
It will be impossible to accomo
date the public at the final count.
Announcement of winners will be
made at the Herald office. The First
State Bank, llolsten's Drug Store
and Miller's News Stands at about
8:30 p. m.
It Is not sufficient for candidates
to rest on their oars and depend on
the votes they now have. Rest as
sured competitors are worthy of
their steel.
Candidates are in the home stretch
now go to it. And may the best
contestant win!
Rev. R. A. Lowe, who last week
established headquarters In this
city for the northwestern Baptist
convention, which plans a good deal
of social service work among the
colored people, left today for Scotts-
bluff where he will organize the
campaign. This will be the first step
on a trip that will , take In Ohio,
Michigan. Wisconsin and Illinois
He wni return to Alliance the first
of the month.
1920.
THE WEATHER
ALLIANCE, Neb., April 23, 1920
Fnlr tonight with probably frost
warmer extreme went portion Sat
urday. Tartly cloudy.
WORK TO SHUT ON
FIH.VT HOLD MINI
It really appears as though the
finders of the gold deposit in the
neighborhood of Broadwater are In
real earnest as to an attempt to
make the mine a successfully com
merciai ve- are. According to an
item appearing in the Llsco Tribune,
work started on Monday of last
week on the placer mine of the Llsco
Mining company near Broadwater.
It is solemnly averred that the
company was not organized as a
wildcat scheme, but that the organ
izers are really going after the gold
which they confidently believe ex
ists in paying quantities in tho Band
aid gravel in that locality. Another
company, It is understood, is ilan
nlng to work the same sort of mine
near Llsco, and prospecting for other
minerals that geologists claim exist
In paying quantities is also going for
ward.
The water system for the nlnrer
mine near Broadwater Is being in
stalled and it is expected that its on-
eratlon will soon be under fall swing,
and will very naturr.lly be watched
with t uch Interest by residents of
the entire valley, as some of the ge
ological sharks have long claimed
that gold existed in the Platte River
sands, but no one heretofore has had
the nerve to attempt to reclaim the
product which ls stated to be in the
"floui" form.
ALLIANCE ROTARY CLUB
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
Tho annual election of officers
was held at the Rotary club luncheon
at the Alliance hotel Wed
0
noon, the temporary board of direc
tors being re-elected. This board
comprises the following: W. R.
Mete, W. R, Pate. B. Sallows, F. W.
Harris and O. L. Griggs.
The club officers .were selected by
the board: PreslUtnt. W. R. Metz;
ice president, G. L. Griggs; secre
tary, J. J. Dixon; treasurer, F. W.
Harris; jsergeant-at-arnis, II. E.
Gantz.
The club discussed the condition
of the street crossings at some length
and with considerable heat, but a
motion that the chairman appoint a
committee to interview the mayor
and ask for immediate action was
lost.
On the afternoon of May 6, there
will be a Joint Installation of officers
at cottsbluff for the Rotary clubs of
Alliance, Scottsbluff and Chadron.
There are eighteen charter members
In the Alliance club and the plan is
to have every member,inake the trip.
John Snyder returned from a busi
ness visit to Hot Springs, S. Dak.
He, like many others, made an ex
tended visit on account of the storm.
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An Open Letter
TO CONTESTANTS:
The Herald campaign ls now
in its final stages. No sub
scriptions are being accepted
by the campaign manager at
The Herald office. ' All sub
scriptions and remittances, in
plain envelopes, are to be de
posited by the contestants
themselves, In the sealed bal
lot box at the First State Bank.
The campaign is in the
hands of the Judges, who will
count the votes and make the
awards Saturday night. The
campaign manager is an on
looker only, from this time to
the finish.
It has been a real pleasure
to work with the energetic and
ambitious candidates In this
contest. All have shown a com
mendable spirit of fairness.
Standing of Contestants in The Herald's Camgaign
MR. B. M. KELLY Angora .9,014,500
MISS MARGARET BARRY 821 First 4,038,000
MR, RALPH COX 523 Cheyenne 8,122,800
MISS 8ARABEL NHWMAN . ,,. Toloca 1.917.700
MISS LYDA GASSELDTO , , , Tlfmlngford , 1,533,500
MRS. J. WONQ - 815 Cheyenne 809,000
ABOVE TOTALS THE SAME AS 'PUBLISHED TUESDAY
NUMBER 42
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
WEARfERALLS
Pledged to At lend Classes Thus
Attired Till End of Hehool
Year Petitions Out.
Beginning bright and early Thurs
day morning, every boy In the Alli
ance high school appeared In his
seat or some other seat attired in
a pair of overalls. It's all a part of
the big movement that has been
spreading over the United States and'
Scottsbluff during the past week or
two. Some of the boys read about
it In the papers and asked Principal '
F. A. Prince to call a special meet
ing, which was held after school'
Monday evening. At that meeting
the boys voted almost unanimously
to wear the new garb, and the school
authorities consented.
Thursday morning was " the first ,
day of the new style show. And not
a single one of them went again ;
the will of the majority. There was
a slight variation in color, the blue
dyes these days being quite unrelia
ble they fade In the wash and
there was a still greater, variation In
size. The boys, tho teachers sst.
study fully as well in overalls as they
do in regular clothes. Some of them
still wear purple silk hoslenr be. :
neath, and there is a nice selection
of neckties. '
: The girls of the high school, sad t
to say, created a little disturbance .
Thursday morning. In other towns. I
girls are Joining the crusade to bring
down prices, their part being to don
gingham aprons. In Alllar.cc, the
boys thought of it first, and didn't ;
pass It on until too late for the girls
to call a meeting. Having no meet- '
ing, they secured no consent to wear -aprons.
Several of the girls, how- '
ever, appeared in bright gingham '
aprons, and each one of them was ',
promptly ordered home to get on
some clothes. These glrU feel quite ,
bitterly about it, and hint that boys !(
are especially favored. They may
even go so far as to call another '
meeting in order to demand they be f
imii iifcuv iu wcr ViUU9. ,
Several petitions made ' their an-
pearance Wednesday. One of these. ;
at the Holsten drug store, was signed
by about thirty men. The signers
pledged themselves to wear overalls -"during
their working hours" for a '
period the length of which ls not
mentioned, but ls presumably to en
dure until clothing prices come '
down. The list included a large
number of railroad men, many of
whom. It is reported, already wear
overalls during the hours prescribed.
Thursday petitions weie out
against the first petitions, the sign
ers of which pledged themselves to
pay no attention to the fad. This
also ls being signed. In bo e of the
cities an organized effort is beim;
made to put an end to the overall
craze, but like all such movei lents,
the greater the resistance the strong
er it gets.
T3
kindness and good will. Their
work has been an accomplish
ment to bo proud of and we
feel sure that tho salesmanship
experience gained during these
few weeks will be of untold
value to contestants for years
to come.
We are only sorry that a
high priced automobile cannot
be awarded to each and every
contestant. That would we
our wish. But to do so would,
of course, eliminate competi
tion. The race will soon be over.
To the winner: Congratula
tions; to those who go down
to defeat we can truthfully say
they fought the good fight, and
especial commendation ls due
those who are game to the
finish. E. G. BRAYTON,
Campaign Manager.