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g ft o r i I ii ii "V VOLUME XXVII. ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 19JU. NUMBER 51 i ALLIANCE POST CA1AT10 DA 5 H lA Villi IlllltV I HT U1U UUIK A , "Wire Sent to Congressman Kinkaid Asking Support of Soldiers' Compensation. The members of Alliance post No. 7, American legion, at a special meet ing held nt the city hall Monday -evening, voted to endorse the sol diers' compensation plans of their, rational officers. A telegram was ent to Congressman Kinkaid, ask ing his support of the measure, and an answering dispatch brought the news that he was In favor of the measure and that it would receive ( his support. The attendance at the meeting was not large, but the in terest was strong. Every man In the gathering had his say, and when the smoke of battle had cleared away, there- were two who voted against the endorsement. The legion made further arrange ments for the observance of Memo rial day. It was decided to meet at the city hall at 1 p. ni. next Sun day, and to Join In the parade which Is to Btart from the depot at 2 p. m. The members voted to appear in uniforms, although they wish it dis tinctly understood that those sol diers who do not desire to dress in their service clothes, will not be re quired to do so, or censured if they do not. The legion feels that every member should turn out on this oc casion and an effort will be made to liave every man In line. Ed Riordan -will be in charge of the firing squad which will give the salute at the crave of the unknown dead. The members adopted a constitu tion and by-laws, the principal changes in the present plans being the selection of the first Tuesday of each month as the regular meeting night. The annual meetingwill be held on the regular meeting night in -illlllll,IIMII,ltlltlltltltlllt,ll,M,,l,t,ltimiHllllimiMIMIIHIimHMIItHllll.tlllllltM.imiMIHIMIIIMll ; MEN WE CIVIL WAR VETERANS IN Akers, W. R Applegarth, W. H. Bauer, Frank ....... Benedict, J. II ..... Baumgardner, S. S. ... Barkhurst, J . Conklln, Abe . ....... Dye, Nathan ... Douglas, D. O Fenner, R Gutgesell, R. D. Hannan, John ..... Hubble, W. II Jesse, S Jennings, Col May. J. II. ... McCuthen. S. Mackey, L. J. Martin, John RaeiMi, O. W. . Srhofteld. C. O. Stephens, F. P. Shanks, A Shipley, R Smith, S. A. ... Tuttle. Myron Warner, J. S. White, J. E. . United States Colored Infantry Jackson, Tom . ...... Slaughter, R CIVIL WAR VETERANS IN CATHOLIC CEMETERY Shinn, William 6 Iowa Cav. Hill. Alex Hagerty, John 2 Mo. Cav. f. S. NAVY lll'RIED IN GREENWOOD Kenedy, W. V. Tracy, Teter .. SPANISH-AMERIAN VETERANS IN GREENWOOD Downing, George E 2 Nebr. Allan Hlcke CONFEDERATES IN GREENWOOD Phillips, J. J. WORLD WAR VETERANS Richard Haugh, killed In action. Charles E. Martin, died in service. Warren O. Marcy. killed in action. Edward Raymone Paul of Hem ingford, killed in action. inn weather. Alliance, Neb., May 25. Unsettled wpa,n,r tonight and ednesday. Trobably showers. Not much change .temperature,. . . - - - A N nt which time the election of tdfc will be held. A n- of applications for mem bership TTave boen received as a re sult of the legion's "push week" campaign, and it is believed that when the returns are all In, Alliance post will have a membership in ex cess of 200. BIG INTEREST IN PRACTICE RACES I A large crowd of people, many of I them from a distance, gathered at ! the fair grounds last Sunday after- noon to witness the practice trotting i and pacing races put on by those who : have horses there in training for the big meet to be pulled off the latter part of June. Three harness races were run. Whitefoot and Queen Arion each winning a heat, the best time being 2:19, Whitefoot's heat. The Chief, a Larimore horse, took two heats away from Trlpolis, also a part of the same stable. In the last event, Billie Darkaway took two heats from Empire Em press. The best time was made in the last heat, 2:17, and the last half of the last heat was made in 1:07. Next Sunday Is Memorial day, but the Sunday following other practice races will be staged. A meeting of the race meet committee has been calld for this evening. I A baseball game between pickup , dlrectorg of the Chamber of Com. teams for he firemen and the JP,merce that no flu8hlng has been done track resulted In a vcitory for the Qn mogt of th wwer and WJ former, 3 to 0. hereby protest most emphatically rTMovi- against this work being accepted and Miss Grace Murphy of Scottsbluff , ... anArlfl has taken charge of the McMcker" Beauty parlor, formerly presiaea over by Miss Marlon Lawson. ."3 HONOR GREENWOOD CEMETERY Co. Reg. State Branch C 7 Iowa Inft. G 3 Minn. ...... 11 111. Cav. K 169 Penn. Inft. H 74 Ind. B 165 Penn. M 2 Nebr. Cav. B 134 N. Y. Inft. K 175 Ohio H 55 111." I 15 Ky. .... Penn. ...... A 43 Iowa B 15 Iowa B 9 III. Cav. K ' 2 Nebr. D 10 Iowa Inft. Cal. Cav. B 9 Ky. F 12 111. Cav. B 27 Iowa Inft. F 11 Penn. E 116 111. 39 111. F 76 111. E 11 Penn. K 55 Penn. ...... F 9 Ind. F 28 111. Ii 24 Mo. 1 19 Ky. A - R Iowa Cav. F 11 N. H. Inft. B 122 111." Inft. D 2 Colo. Cav. D 63 111. Inft. H 12 Penn. Cav. K 86 111. Inft. U. S. BattleBhlp Bennington Inft. Foster, Martin Alva Frank Zerbie, Rozell Johnson, Arthur Julius Schwenson, Richard W. Drontley WORK NOT UP TO SPECIPICATIONS Chai !cr of Commerce Director and I itiiciiH Oitjcit to I lie Storm Sewer Construction Mayor Rodgers received a com munication the first of the week signed by seven directors of the Chamber of Commerce and nine otht-r citizens, registering an em phatic kick on the quality of the con st ruction work that is being done for the city. This is the second kick wiikin two weeks, the other being in regard to the coiner inlets for the storm sewers, which, it was declared, were not built according to specifi cations. At that time, the inlets were completely covered with a heavy layer or cement. The protest on the corner inlet was made informally, but this time the kick is In the form of a signed protest, which reads as follows: To the Hon. Mayor and City Coun cil of the City of Alliance: We desire to call your attention to the work being done on the laying of the storm sewers in the city, and par ticularly to that part of the contract marked, "S. S. 3. Backfilling." The specifications reads as follows: "All backfilling shall be flushed in the following manner: The exca vated material shall be filled to a point one foot below the natural ground surface, and thoroughly flooded with water and the filling then completed." Tt Viaa iinma f n tho nttentlmi nf KnT. , . v mmw. t v.o KorH nf ' ,.mnltw, h cations are properly complied with, and if the Inspector now in charge has failed in his duty as it now ap pears, we request that a competent inspector be employed to see that the specifications are properly carried out. Yours respectfully, Glen Miller, F. M. Knight, Charles Brlttan, Marcus Fraukle, Earl Mallery A. T. Lunn, C. A. Newberry, True Miller, W. R. Rumer, Wm. King, F. E. Holsten, Lee Moore, R. M. Hampton, F. E. Reddish, H. A. Copsey The protest has been forwarded to Mr. Grant, the city's engineer, by Mayor Rodgers. There is a council meeting scheduled for this evening, and in all probability the matter will be taken up and discussed at length. There has been a great deal of dis satisfaction with the way in which the city's improvement program has been conducted, and there is a chance that this may come out this evening in the course of the discussion. Halley M. Flshwood, superintend ent of construction for Smith & Chambers, who have the contracts for the storm and sanitary sewers, told a Herald reporter Tuesday morning that flushing had in all cases been done in accordance with the specifications. Engineer White, who has been on the Job as the representative of Grant & Fulton, has stated that the flushing has been done strictly in ac cordance with the specifications, save, possibly, in the case of the sewer on Fifth street, extending to Sweetwater, which had been back filled before the snow and heavy rains, during which time water stood in the ditches for days. In this in stance, he says, he did not believe that further flushing was necessary. Some of the men whose names are attached to the protest insist they have knowledge of specific cases wheie the contract specifications were disregarded, and these will irobably be brought out If the coun cil shows sufficient Interest. Rev. Theodore and Minnie Lud- wig are holding a series of old-time evival meetings at the church on the corner of Fifth and Laramie. Serv ices will be held every evening at 8 o'clock and there will be three services on Sunday, at 11 a. m., at 2:30 p. m. and 8 p. m. The public has been invited. SPECIAL NOTICE WANTED To know whereabouts of formerly Mrs. William A. McAllis ter and daughter, who lived In Alli ance, Neb., in 1902-8. I have a thousand dollars to send daughter. Want photos of mother and daughter In first letter. Write at once. I am not married. Lead and Deadwood, S. D., papers please copy. Five dol lars' reward to anyone knowing this woman's address. W. A. McAllister, 3814 West Pine Blvd., St. Louis. Mo. UNI ALUMNI FORM h h CO API A Tl AM : Uniting floods, wrecks, fires, tor llll l Will II Ll I Hill ,in,u,,. or disasters or acts fill rtUkJlUlM I IVll of providence, the paving gang will Hold An Organization Meeting at Alliance Hotel Monday Evening Nineteen graduates and ex-students of the University of Nebraska met at the Alliance hotel at 6:30 luncheon Monday evening and after listening to remarks by Dean P. M. 1 Huck of the college of arts and scl- onces, and Miss Annis Chnlkin, sec retary of the alumni association, per fected a local organization, electing Earl D. Mallery piesldent and Miss Alta Young, secretary. Those who were present Included: W. R. Fate, Wtlriia M. Wood, F. A. Bald, M.. C. mith. Edwin M. Burr, I I. Beach, Lee Basye, L. E. John son, Mr. and Mrs. Earl D. Mallery, Mr. and Mrs. It. C. Reddish, E. L. Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. George Neus wanger, Alta Young, Margaret Beal. A number of other graduates were unable to be present at the dinner, but have signified their intention of Joining the association. Dean Buck left Monday evening j for Madison, Neb., where he will de- ( liver the commencement address, Miss Chalkln left this afternoon for Scottsbluff and Bridgeport, where she will perfect a county organiza tion of university alumni. University graduates and former students who were not present at the dinner are requested to send their nams and addresses to the secretary, Miss Alta Young. University of Ne- braska graduates and ex-Btudents are eligible for membership In the asso- elation. , u...ri,.ii,.. .uv..!. Ing the work of organizing the alum ni, gave the advantages that may be expected from a local alumni asso ciation, explaining that it would be a social and Intellectual organiza tion. It would be possible to secure speakers of note for addresses on live topics. In addition, the associa tion could be of valuable assistance to the university in the formation of public opinion, and especially in di recting the attention of high school t students to the advantages of their own state school. ftaan Buck explained some of the plans for the university's future. among them the new campus. At the rate the school is growing. Dean Buck prophesied, the University of Nebraska will pass Wisconsin In five years. It will be necessary to en- large the plant considerably within a few years. Dormitories are need- ed, and these it Is planned to build cottage style, which will in a mea- sure solve the problem of the home-!Degr sick, lonely girl student. A blgiBpp Delta, company will start drill- Greek theater is another plan for tbs future, although the dean admitted that it was pretty far in the future. He also spoke of the various class re-unlons and the homecoming cele- Carloads of people have left New bratlon for the university, and urged, castle for the scene of the latest ex all students to take a greater Inter-, cltement. Various reports have been est in their school. REBEKAHS MEET IN DISTRICTJONVENTION A most successful and enjoyable meeting of the district Rekebahs, comprising the lodges of Alliance, Antioch and Hemingford, was held : at the latter place last evening. The iouowing is a list or visitors attend ing from Alliance: Mr. and Mrs. Cal Drake, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Trabert. Mr. and Mrs. P. Malley, Mr. and Mr3. Edwin Whit - aker, Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Burrows, Mr. and Mrs. Herbaugh, Mr. and Mrs. John Snyder, Mrs. Oscar Harris, Mrs. Jim Scott, Mrs. George Wil liams. Mrs. Victoria Roberts, Mrs. F. W. Hicks. Mrs. Chas. Jeffers, Mrs. C. M. Cox, Mrs. Denton, Mrs. Geo. Robinson, Mrs. W. E. Cutts, Miss Florence Whaley, Miss Nellie Wright, Miss Mildred Vurn. Miss Rose Merk, Miss Gladys Jeffers, Miss Vera Jeffers, Miss Lily Cownley, Mr. Mitchell. The majority of the above went down by train though some went by automobile. At 6 o'clock a banquet was served, after which the ngular business was taken up, which In cluded among other things, Initiation of Hemingford candidates and elec tion of officers for the ensu'ng year. The following officers wfre chosen: Mrs. John Snyder of Alliance, president; Mrs. Sating of Heming ford, vice president: Mrs. Conner of Antioch, warden; Mrs. E. C. Griggs of Alliance, secretary; Mrs. Fred Trabert of Alliance, treasurer. The next meeting is to be held at Alliance and will take place the first part of November, the date to be 54 .announced later. ;itPi.(i roil r.wiNo TO 111. IN TOMORROW I make n stmt some time tomorrow on the Alliance contrnct. Superintend- jenl Clark, who will have active . chsrue of operations for Sprague & j Nicely, the contractors, arrived in I the city yesterday. The equipment is expected to ar rive today, and on its arrival the construction of a road enmp will be begun. Once the road camp ia up, there Is nothing to stand in the way of grading, and Mr. Clark believes i that thp first of this will be done to morrow, probably In the afternoon. John Carlson has been retained by the city ns an additional inspector on the pavinc. storm and sanitary sewer construction. He has been awaiting the arrival of the paving gang before beginning his employ ment, although arrangements were made to retain his services seven or eight weeks ago. GREATJXCITEMENJJN (THE OSAGE OIL FIELD The Newcastle, Wyo., News-Jour- nal has the following to say of the second well brought in by the Alii ance syndicate last week. Another big well in gusher class is reported as having been brought in Tuesday at Osage. It is estimated at U00 barrels, was drilled by Alll- ance interests and smashed the cap rock at Ml 5 'eet- Lack of facill- ties forced the drillers to cap the wel1 wlth the flrBt Iulse ' o11- The new wel1 19 on section 19-46-63, the same action that produced the first gusher In tie Osage field. The well on 19, according to well- Informed oil men, was drilled through the cap rock Tuesday night. With the first spout the baler was run down, and despite the rapidly filling hole and overflow the well was successfully capped.. Lack of neces sary supplies to handle a gusher made the move necessary. Later, with the arrival of these supplies, Newcastle and Osage people again will witness the bringing in of a 8pouter, The Adams well, as It is known, has been expected for some time. I Various renorts have been current. jt has been "brought in" at least three times in the past month.' How ever, with the persistent rumor yes terday, OIL mien connected with the company, Ind others, would not deny the report. Located as it is on the same see- tion with the first gusher it has caused feverish excitement in New- castle and Osage, Local oil companies have holdings the new big well. The Missis ing within a stone's throw of the , spouter- on 19. The Westara com pany has valuable holdings adjoln- ing brought back as to Individual est I mates of the production, but rnnserv atlve oil men are quoted with stat ing that it will in their opinion be good for 1,000 barrels and will per haps exceed the production of the first gusher. BOY'SCOUTS LEAVE TOR AN OUTING Twenty-one members of Troop 1 of the Alliance Boy Scouts left Mon day morning, under the supervision 'of Assistant Scoutmaster K. R. Hani- ilion, for Belmont, where they will spend about twilve days of camp life. Among those that are going are: First class scouts: Tom Miller, Loren Winshlp, and Garland Baker; second class scouts: Paul Thomp son, Frank Campbell, Verne Laing, Theo. Winshlp, Johnny Moxon, Chas j Ewing, Charles Cross, Frank Mounts, I Wayne Threlkcld, Anton Mote, King i Robbins, Robert Lalng, Leland Mes rix, Jack loung, Kail iinacms, Francis Hacker, and Forest Keeth- ler, The reason that more did not go is that tenderfoot scouts are not al lowed to take such trips. The pro- grain that Is to be followed out Is one of scout training and recreation Special efforts will be put forth in signaling both with heliograph sets and flags. Visitors' day will be Sun day, May 30. Bids will be received at the post- office for hauling the malls between the postofflce and C. B. & Q. depot. Bids must be in by June 1st. Fur ther Information may be had by call ing on the postmaster. The Herald $2.60 worth more. HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT Six Students Receive Scholarship Honors Twenty-Jive Are (ranted Diplomas. A large and appreciative audience attended the commencement exer cises of the Alliance high school at the high school auditorium Friday evening, May 23. The following program was given: I'lano solo, Grace Spacht. Vocal duet, Mrs. Duncan and Miss Williams. Invocation, Rev. Mearl C. Smith. Address, "Tho Making of An American," Charles A. Tayne. Vocal solo, Mrs. William Lunn. Presentation of diplomas, James A. Hewett. Awarding of scholarship honors, Supt. W. 11. Pate. Vocal male quartet, LaMon, Thoui a, Mann, Lucas. Benediction, Rev. A. J. Kearns. Out of the twenty-five graduate the following six were awarded ex cellent scholarship honors: Katherlne Baker, Ruth Hawes, La Rhea Lunn, Asenath Schlll, Leah Weaver, Ray Edwards. The following requirements are necessary in order to obtain excel lent scholarship honors: Three years attendance at the Alliance high school, during which time their conduct must be satisfactory. Also a general average of 92 per cent Is required during the four years; with an average In no subject below 83 per cent. Ray Edwards, being the only boy in the scholarship class for some years deserves special mention. He was also valedictorian of the Class of 1920. The pupils receiving diplomas are: Mildred Abegg, Katherlne Baker, Rose Bauers, Clinton Brennan, Grace Carr, Joe Cusick, John Donovan, Ray Edwards, Horace Fuller, Harold Gavin, Ruth Hawes, Glenn Joder, Scott, Lee, LaRhea Lunn, Alberta Lunsford, Leila Mewhirter, Russell Mann, Wray Romluger, Lessle Reeves, Asenath Schlll, Eva Simpson, Margery Stephens, Leah Weaver, Helen Woods, Madelalne Zediker. A large crowd of wrestling fane attended , the Imperial theater Mon day evening, where the showing of the moving pictures of the Stecher Caddock championship match were shown. The pictures made a big hit with Alliance mat fans, who re port that they are even better than press notices had led them to expect. The feature was an expensive one to film and to book. SOME DAY, DEAR Some glad day The Herald is going to have enough printers on deck to man all the guns and when that glad day comes, we may feel encouraged to go out and get enough advertising to make of It a larger paper. As It is, we are holding it down to eight pages for most issues and whtn Tho Her ald prints eight pages, It takes more of this Mgh-prlced paper than for the ordinary semi-weekly to print twice as many. We're In this game for profit, of course, an! with the depleted force that we have, the eight-page paper is the ideal size. With a circulation that Is conceded by even our competitor to be at least 300 in the lead in this trade ter ritory and heaven alone knows how much in total it isn't diffi cult to get advertising. But. short-handed as we are, it would be difficult to get it into type and still take care of the news end properly. Relief is in sight, but it will be another three weeks be fore our new employes will arrive. Until the present owners of The Herald entered this field, the news end had been slighted. Right now, as Is proper, it is receiving the major part of the attention. We could skimp the news fill In with boilerplate and get In more ads at the highest rate ever paid in this city Herald advertising costs more, and is worth more-1- but we are building for the future. That's the reason that new sub scribers are being added to our list every day. That's the reason that old ones are setting up a howl if a single issue goes astray. That's the kind of kicks we like to receive It shows that The Herald's superior news eervice la appreciated. And when a news paper gets a reputation for qual ity and quantity of news, there's no question as to whether It will maintain its circulation advan tage. tillMMMIMMMMIllIIIIMIIMIIIIIMMMIIMIII'l"ltMMM'MUWMMIIIIMWIMiiltMWmWWIMMWIWMMWIIMWMWtr1