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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 23, 19JU.
NUMBER 51
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ALLIANCE POST
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"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
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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,.
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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.
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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."
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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. ,
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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.
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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.
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