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VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEUttASRA, TUESDAY JUNE 1, 1920.
No. 3
SMALL MAJORIT",
FOR SCHOOL Bo,:
I WIFE DESERTER 19 I
HELD HY THE rOLICK
$250,000 Issue Is Authorized,
Light Vole Cast A Vcvr
to Spare.
nut
9 38 20
17 47 18
20 43 '3
5" 16 .6
A light vote wu cast at the epe
clarelectlon held Saturday to decide
tho question of authorizing the
bonding of this school district in the
sum of 250,000 for the purpose of
rectlng two school buildings, a ninth
school and a ward building to be lo
cated la the east part of the city.
Only 144 votes were cast, but forty
two more people roted in favor
than voted against.
. Following are the totals by wards:
SCHOOL BONDS.
Ward For Against Total MaJ.
2 3 0
3 23
, 4 1 X
Unless, there Is a decided tumble
In building costs, the school board
does not plan to begin construction
work this year. At present prices,
the amount voted will Just about
construct one of the new buildings,
without leaving sufficient money to
furnish and equip it. The additional
facilities are badly needed, but the
members of the board have had suf
ficient business experience to realise
that by waiting a few months, they
will be In position to Bave the dis
trict considerable money.
This Is the second -time the bonds
bave been authorized. A few months
'ego, bonding petitions were circu
lated and signed by -over 50 per cent
of the voters of the district. At that
time, the amount was placed at
$150,000, but building costs mount
ed so rapidly that by the time the
board, was authorized to issue bonds,
the amount was wholly Insufficient.
.' Another thing that will cause the
board to delay action is the fact that
it Is doubtful whether bonds will
have a ready market during the pre
sent financial stringency.
that he would be released unless
some reply came. The reply has not
arrived, neither has the Iowa sheriff.
Lambert is slill in the city bastile.
BRICK FOR PAVING
" IS BEING UNLOADED
. Alliance need not fret longer over
the possibility that after the prelim
Inary work Is done, there will be no
supply of brick to complete the pav
lng. This scare has gone out two or
three times, but with the arrival o
seventeen cars in the freight yards
this week, all cause for worry is re
moved. The paving gang baa already
begun the work of unloading, and
within a few days Box Butte avenue
will be lined with paving brick.
which will come in handy in case of
street scraps.
The paving men have completed
their camp, and are ready to get to
work on the grading and laying of
the curb as soon as the weather gets
decent. Two or three times they
have made a start, but the rains des
cended and the floods came and
drove them back to the Dunk houses.
Ilalley Flshwood claims now to have
received word from J. Pluvius that a
stretch of good weather may be ex-
' pected, and unless something is
wrong with the message the paving
1 may be expected to slide right
along". - '
Alliance already has a later start
than some of the other cities in this
section of the state, but the arrival
of the paving brick makes It certain
that we will finish In good time with
the rest of them.
"THE ORPHAN" AT THE 18
IMPERIAL TONIGHT
CONDITIONS LIVELY
IN OSAGE FIELD
Contents for rouMwIon of Oil Claims
the Itig (iiinhcrs
Continue ,
"'n information from Sheriff J. W.
,( -f Keokuk, la., Chief of Po
".picked up Earl Lambert
:"n, within a few hours
at. t ani arrived. Lam
bert, ; 5 say, has a wife and1
four sn. children in Keokuk.)
Chief Taylor7 notified Sheriff Scott of
the capture and was requested to
hold him.
La ni beit later offered to go to ie In eastern Wyoming continues
Iowa without extradition papers, and unabated and activity in the fields is
Sheriff Scott was notified to this ef- renewed with the coming again of
feet, but no answer has come as yet. I favorable weather. The contest In
- I . ny 1 1 I . I 1 . 1 it1 ft ,-.1 ,1 n wl I.. V itmt.ta
vmt'i liijiur nun upaiu wirea ia
Iowa sheriff that h had held Lam
bert as long as the law allowed, and
j Excitement over the oil discover-
SPECIAL SERVICES FOR
ALLIANCE.ODD FELLOWS
Last Sunday evening one of the
largest crowds ever assembled In the
First Baptist church was present.
The occasion was the special service
for the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. The different degrees of
the order were well represented; the
Rebekahs, the subordinate lodge, th
Encampment, and the Canton. Th"e
Canton was In full uniform.
The church had been very artisti
cally decorated tor the' occasion with
flowers jnd the colors of the lodge.
The orchestra directed by Mr. Joe
Robbins gave some splendid selec
tions: the "Medley Overture" being
most enthusiastically received. Rev.
Orrln Gould, pastor of the
church delivered an address on
"Friendship", which was. said by
many to be the best presentation of
the First Degree ever given in this
part of the country. The service
from beginning to end was a great
delight and inspiration, to the guests
and the others present.
LOTS OF RAINFALL
IN A FEW MINUTES
shortly after .the , supper - nour
Monday, evening, - somebody turned
on the rainfall, and for half an hoar
(ho oil field and In the courts for
possession of valuablo claims on gov
ernment land near the gushers con
tinues with unabated fury.
A representative of The Alliance
Herald visited tho field on Saturday.
He found drilling rigs and material
being hauled to the land near the
gusher by dozens of big trucks.
Among those who are hauling mate
rials are some Alliance boys who rn
cently purchased big White trucks
and drove them through from Alli
ance. They are kept busy hauling
day and night.
Although there have been no se
rious physical encounters In the
fights for possession of the holdings
near the gushers on section 19, there
has been some violence used. ' Mike
McGetrick, who was drilling on the
west one-half of section 18, stated to
The Herald representative, that be
was drilling on this land with two
oil rigs one week ago- Sunday;, that
his crews of drillers were taken from
the rigs by warrants sworn to by rep
resentatives of one of the big com
panies, leaving him - alone to hold
possession ' and defend his property.
McGetrick stated that while guard
ing his property Sunday night he
was attacked by a party of men hired
by this big company. He stated
that there were thlrty-Bix men . in
the party and that they earns to
the locations of his rigs in seven big
trucks. Although he was unarmed
he stated that he "pitched In" with
his, fists and had whipped four of
trTe . men before they realized that
they had run up against a whirlwind
fighter. He said that, they .then
withdrew and left him alone - until
morning, when he was arrested on
a warrant and taken to Newcastle,
after which the men and tracks re
turned" and removed his drilling rigs
I from the ground, without authority.
OBSERVANCE OF
MEMORIAL DAY
(1. A. R., Hnnnl.sh-Aiiieriran and
i World War Veterans and Citizen
Honor Soldier lcad.
the downpour was something terri?and filled the holes which he had
u. i ne nice ary. crossings were . aruiea,
all muddied up In seventeen seconds
by the .clock, and big puddles filled
the roads and taxed the capacity of
the Btorm sewejs. It Is noticeable,
however, that the sewers take better
care of the floods than they did a
week ago, and by the middle of the
summer they ought to handle it in
Arst ' clas shape, if practice makes
perfect. . -
The directors of the chamber of
commerce were meeting In the base
ment of the Alliance National, and
the meeting was not only Interrupted
but disturbed by the rainfall, which
came flooding down the steps in such
quantities that a crew was appointed
to man the lifeboats. For over an
hour men were busy shoveling out
the water.
Many of th6 "little fellows" In
the field who claim holdings there
seem to feel that. they are getting a
"raw deal" and that they are being
unfairly treated by the big compan
ies who are after the holding which
are Immensely valuable. The situa
tion promises endless litigation dur
ing coming years between the con
tending parties of locators.
Oil from the Mule Creek field,
west of Edgemont,'is now being
pumped througn the new pipe line
to Dakoming, where it Is loaded in
tank cars and shipped to the refinery
at Casper. New wells are reported of the living. Forever this day win
in this field at frequent intervals 08 emo'"0110 u.Pn ine
and it promises to be one of the big
Wyoming fields.
- Manager DuBuque has been suc
cessful in his efforts to . secure for
Imperial patrons "The Orphan,"
known as William Farnum's greatest
motion picture effort. This photo
play had been booked for the Rivoll
at Denver for the entire week, but
Mr. DuBuque was able to secure It
for one night. It's a big attraction,
and comes rather high, but the Im
perial patrons will have an oppor
tunity to see It at only a very slight
advance in price over the regular ad
mission, 55 cents.
The story abounds with thrills,
stunts, action and a tremendous love
story, filmed In the great outdoors
It is an undeniable attraction, and
Manager DuBuque Is to be congratu
lated on securing It.
RLE. CHURCH READY .
. TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN
The building committee of the M.
E. church met last night and re
viewed the progress of the building
plans to date. A carload of brick
and one of hollow tile have arrived
and have been placed on the church
site at Seventh and Box Butte. Mr.
Bowden has been given the contract
for erecting the new parsonage and
work is to begin at once. The
church plans are finished and the
committee is advertising for sealed
bids. In view of this progress, the
soliciting committee are authorized
to make the canvass this week for
the necessary funds. It will require
about 175,000 to complete' the build
ing, a part of which has been sub
scribed. - '
The soliciting committee is com'
posed of the following men: Floyd
Lucas, F. W. Hicks, W. R. Harper
Lee Basye, I. L. Acheson. - J. A.
Hunter, Archie Gregory, A. T. Lunn
G. E. Davis, II. E. Wells, Judge
Tash, J. C. McCorkle, W. R. Pate,
W. W. Norton, R. M. Hampton, E,
T. Kibble, E. C. Barker. C. W. Grass-
man, Oscar O'Bannon and M. C.
Smith.
RUNDIN SPOKE
AT
Two Bmall boys from Arcadia,
Neb., were picked up by Chlel Tay
lor Saturday. The youngsters had
a desire to see the world and started
CJjui to gratify it, although they were
plenty willing to return when J. II
Stone, the father of the youngest,
showed up to take them back. The
other boy Is named Webber.
. At the meeting of the directors of
the Chamber of Commerce Monday
evening, the matter of the paving
was brought up, but no official ac
tion was taken.
Louis Griggs will be home Wed
nesday of this week, to spend the
summer vacation. He has been at
tending the state university.
Rain Sunday morning kept a num
ber of people from a distance from
attending the Memorial day program
hi Alliance, bCrt the weather cleared
ip Just before the time se.t for the
opening exercises, and a large crowd
resembled In short order. The par
nsle formed at 2 p. in. at Third and
Box Dime, marched to Tenth and
thence to the fair grounds.
Captain Minor Morris, marshal of
tKe day, with Lieutenants E. L.
Meyer, P. I. Beach and James P.
Burlington, led the proceslson. They
were followed by the Alliance band,
the services of which were donated
.0 the city for the occasion. The
G, A. R. veterans, In two automo
biles, were followed by the Spanish
American war veterans. Three
squads of American legionaries, led
by Captain J. B. Miller, and a fife
and drum corps, consisting of Louis
Surprise, Bert Lalng, Luke Phillips
and Clayton D. Walker completed
the. line-up of ex-soldlers. Represen
tations from several other organiza
tions, Including the Odd Fellows,
were also in line.
At 2:30 p. m., the following pro
gram was presented at the fair
grounds: f
- Dr. Minor Morris, chairman.
' Invocation, Rev. S. J. Epler.
MubIc, Mann male quartet.
Reading of Lincoln's Gettysburg
address.
Address, Rev. J. Orrln Gould.
Music, Mann male quartet. V
Benediction, Rev. A. J. Reams. ,
Following this program, the meet
ing adjourned to the cemetery,
where the following program was
followed: '
Music, Mann male quartet. ,
- TDecoration'of graves.
Remarks. County Judge, Ira
Tash. " ' V - ;".
: 'Taps. ,
Salute by firing squad.
: ' Bene'dictlon, Rev. Mearl C. Smith,
: " ,udgeTash,' In his remarks at the
graves of the veterans, gave a short
summary of the service . record - of
each man. together with a few re-
mlniscenses. The judge has lived in
Box Butte county since the days of
its organisation, and has been per
sonally acquainted with -practically
every soldier. It would be difficult
to find anyone so competent to cart
for this part of the ceremonies.
Flowers for the graves of the sol
diers were furnished by the Cham
ber of Commerce,
Following Is the address of Rev. J
Orrln Gould, in part:
"This day by lawful enactment
has been made one of our holy days
a day sacred to the memory of our
patriot dead and to the inspiration
E
HEMNGFORD
Well-known Western Nebraska Di
vine Was PrinciiNil Speaker at
Memorial Day Exercises
Rev. Walter C. Rundln of Mitchell
was the principal speaker. at the Me
morial day observance in Heroin g-
ford on Monday. A large crowd
from the different parts of Box Butte
county attended the services, many
people going from Alliance. Rev.
Mr. Rundin stopped over in Alliance
Tuesday noon, between trains, on
his way back to Mitchell.
The Hemlngford services were re
ported to have been the largest of
their nature and many old settlers
took part In the services In town and
at the cemetery.
GUTHRIE TO ATTEND 18
STATE. CONVENTION
J. W. Guthrie, secretary 1 of the
Alliance chamber of commerce, left
this noon for Hastings, whers he
will represent the city's commercial
-organization at the meeting of the
state association of commercial"!
clubs. The directors at a short
meeting last night made the ap
pointment. Mr. Guthrie will return
Thursday.
John Rehder Is enjoying a visit
from his brothers and sisters who
are moving from Thermopolls, Wyo,
to Scottsbluff. They will also visit
other relatives, in this section.
proud that today there Is In our
country no north, south, oast or west.
"In memory of our dead, In honor
the living, for the Inspiration ol
our children, we gather today to
eck the graves of our patriots with
flowers, to pledfco the commonwealth
and her cities and citizens to fresh
recognition of the urvlvlng soldier,
nd to picture yot nr'n T.ie ro
mance, tne reality, the glory, the
sacrifice of his service. When the
news came of Iho first martyr's
blood, our young manhood stepped
Into" the ranks and went forward to
battle. You remember his Ingenious
and glowing letters to his mother,
written as if his pen were dipped In
his very heart. How novel seemed
to him the routine of service, the life
f camp and march. How eager the
wish to meet the enemy and strike
Uie first blow for the good cause.
What pride at the promotion that
came and put Its chevron on his
arm or its Insignia upon his
shoulder.
"They took him prisoner. Gaunt
and haggard with the horror of his
suffering, and with pity for the
greater horror of the sufferings of
bis -comrades who fainted . and died
at his side. He tunneled the earth
and escaped, hungry and weak, In
terror of recanture. . he Blent in
thickets andsairk in swamps. He
was captured just as he was grasping
at freedom and taken back Into cap
tivity. He was exchanged at last,
and came home for a short furlough,
but soon returned to the ranks and
was welcomed by his comrades. In
the rifle-pits, the trenches, on the
open field of battle, there was no
flinching as be charged. His eyes
followed the stars and stripes amidst
a hail of machine-guns. A ball
struck him, and he fell at nightfall
with his face toward the stars. To
day he sleeps In some churchyard or
other cemetery, or In some ' tin
marked grave covered with . green
turf. Year by year his comrades will
scatter these graves with flowers,
which lend their fragrance and beau
ty to the devotion ,of his service.
"By the roadside In France a few
rusty bayonets projecting from the
soil show where twenty-five soldiers
were burled alive by a mine explo
sion Just as tbfy were ready tq "go
over the top.' -They . stand there
still, erect, their lifeless hands still
holding their rifles at attention. My
heart is -deeply mofd as I stand- ih
this presence speaking in memory of
the torch-bearers of these honored
heroes, t'hey call 'from the distance
to us today: -
'To you, from falling hands we
throw
The torch. Be yours to lift It high
If ye break faith with us who die
vVe shall not sleep, tho' poppies glow
In Flanders fields.
"Thtn comes the response from
every true American:
IARD DAYS AHEAD
FOR SONS OF REST
-
Cntnpntgu RtArtcd to Make Loaferg
Work or Move- Thirty Left
City Saturday Night
Walking papers were" issued to ,
some thirty tired brothers who have ,.
ecn decorating benches In the depot
or occupying convenient restlnc
places about Alliance. Chiefs Tay- "
or and Reed, with the assistance of
Night Marshal Trabert, passed the
good word along, and the ticket
Olce sold a number of extra tickets
other points within a mighty '
short space of time.
The good' word has gone forth
that Alliance is a good city to stay .
away from unless the traveler want
to work. The promise la that va
grants and this includes wobblles .
of. all descriptions will be handed :
packages of thirty days' labor on the ,
streets. It Isn't likely that many of
tho Sons of Rest will run this risk
n order to e6e Alliance, pleasant
though It is. -
Some of the men ordered to work
or move were black and some wer
white. A few were in-betweens.
But all of them moved with alacrity '
toward, the ticket windows. For
months Alliance has been afflicted5
with a raft of these brethren, bat
happier days are now In prospect, "
'Fear
ye have died for
I the vpir with the consecrated days
that have come down to us from the
Pilgrim and the Puritan; with
Christmas day, and with birthdays
of Washington and Lincoln, Inde
pendence day ..Memorial day this
year will mean more than ever be
fore and will gather around it, not
on)y the love and tears and pride of
the generations of people, but more
and more the linking memories v
every comrade, so long as he lives.
" "Your comrades of the great Civil
War most gallantly defended the
sacred rights of freedom and Justice,
and at the call of Lincoln went into
line of battle at Bull Run, Shlloh
Vlcksburg and Gettysburg. With the
boys .of blue you. marched to victory
and came home by the music of the
fife and drum carrying the old tatter
ed flag near your heart. . You were
welcomed most royally by a most
grateful people for the heroic service
you had rendered.
You comrades of .the Spanish-
American war answered the- call of
our beloved President McKktley and
proved your heroism at the battle of
San Juan, and with Admiral Dewey
at Manila Bay, and you came home
proud of being able to carry again to
victory the red, white and blue.
"To you veterans of the World
War who bave returned from the
camps of this country and the battle
fields of France, we remind -you that
you were most gratefully welcomed
as the heroes of a war waged on
our part without any hope of reward
whatsoever. These comrades . of
yours of other wars, your brothers.
fathers and grandfathers, are proud
that you carried to vlctory-"th!e flag
which has never yet been trailed in
the dust, and by. Gods help and ours
shall never' know defeat.
"This World War was the crucible
In which has been recast the finest
principles of patriotism that the
world has ever known. We are
not that
naught.
The torch ye threw to us we caught
Ten million hands will hold it high
Ana freedom s light shall never
die.
we've learned the lesson that ye
taught
In Flanders fields.'
"At the beginning of thos read
ful days our hearts were made glad
and our spirit of patriotism rekin
died, as the news came that General
Pershing stood at the grave of La
Fayette and with uncovered head i
deep reverence safd: 'La Fayette
we are here. 4Today the call for re
construction of the world rings in
the ears of every true American pa
trlot. Shall we not respond to that
call as heroically as did the soldiers
of all our ways of the past, and an
swer: 'We are here
"'The tumult and the shouting
dies
The captains and the kings depart.
Still stands T,hloe ancient sacrifice.
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet.
Lest we forget lest we forget' "
ALVINW. ROPER
. IN PIANO RECITAL'
On Monday evening, June 7th at
eight o'clock, at the First Methodist
church, Corner 4th and . Niobrara
Alvln W. Roper, of Winona Lake,
Ind., well known pianist will giro S
piano recital under the auspices of
the choir. Mr. Roper made a brief-
visit to Alliance about a year ago,.
wherein company with E. O. ExcelL
the song writer, leader, and publish-.
er of Chicago, while on a tour to the.
Pacific coast with a party of gentle
men who were holding meetings in.
various cities la the Interests, of the)
Methodist Centenary, he stopped off -andgaYe
a brjef 4 pjrogram at- tho
Methodist church.
He is to come, back to . Alliance,
coming from the Sunday School Con
vention at Rapid City and he expects '
to give several other recitals In var
ious states on his way back to Chi
cago. , ,-:.
The following program will be .
presented:
Hymn, 4 "Jesus, I My Cross
have Taken." -From Mozart .
(a) Caprice Viennoia ..Kreisler;
(b) Melodle . . PaderewskI
(c) Impromptu In B ..Arensky .
(d) Kammenol Ostrow
Rubeneteln
(e) Humoresque ......Dvorak
(f) The Flatterer . .Chaminado
Hymn, Improvisation, "O Think .
of the Home Over There". O'Kano
(a) Swinging (From Suite.-.-
A Festive Holiday") .... ;,
; . . ....A. W. Roper
(b) On the Lake (From Suite V
"A Festive Holiday") ....... '
. . A. W." Roper
i ' Transcription of Ballad,". "Be- v
. Ueve Me If 'All Those Endear- '
ing Young Charms"- ,. .i' ' :
I (a) - Moonlight Sonata. I;...-..
1 ......... . .... Beethoven ;
(b) Cradle Song ..Qhopln
- (c) Funeral March Chopin
' Hyman Improvisation -''Jesus,
Keep Me Near the Cross" v.... "
............... .............. Doane
Finale (Etude Syiuphonlques)
Schumann
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MORE RACES AT THE
FAIR GROUNDS SUNDAY
K Racing fans will be at the fair
grounds next Sunday afternoon in
force to Bee another batch of prac
tice races. More horses will be on
exhibition than a week ago, the
track will be 'in better, shape, and
the Interest will ' be greater than
ever. It s going to be some race
meet.
THE SCOTnSII RITE
REUNION POSTPONED
mmmmmmmam
The fourth reunion of Scottish
Rite Masons of the Valley of Alli
ance, at which degrees - from the
fourth to the fourteenth will be eon
ferred, has been indefinitely post
poned, due to the failure of needed
paraphernalia to arrive. The dates
set were June S and 4. -.
NEBRASKA SECOND IN
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Nebraska Legionaries are Jubilant
oxer tne excellent snowing ineir
state made in the recent national
membership drive. Nebraska rank
ed second, closely following New
Hampshire which won first honors.
A telegram was received at state
headquarters at Lincoln announcing'
the returns and congratulating the
Nebraska soldiers on their record.
Massachusetts came in third, Califor
nia fourth, Kansas fifth, Ohio sixth.
and Illinois seventh.
The Nebraska Department of the
American Legion now has over 270
posts, thirty women's auxiliaries and
over 20.000 members. Every-county
in the state with the exception of
two have one or more posts.
Dr. B. G. Bauman returned' to Al
liance Monday morning after a two
weeks' vacation spent in Norfolk.
Omaha and Lincoln. Mrs. Bauman
and the babe will remain In Lincoln
for a few days visit. -