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Zmcc a Kacchsuesbav anb ffrtc-av VOLUME XXVII. ALLIANCE, BOX' BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1920 NO. 1 4.000 ACRES ARFx RESTORED TO ENTRY " ,.,'r"';'.,, Patents to Portion of Eldred Ranch Cancelled Ry Court Decree e Many Inquiries '. v, Following a decision rendered by the federal court at St. Louis In April, 1919, the United States gov ernment has restored to entry under the Kincald act oyer 4.Q00 acres of land In Garden county, a portion of the Everett Eldred ranch, the larg est In the state. Another section of land tn Morrill county, which has (also been the subject of federal liti gation, will be thrown open to entry. Ever since the decision of the fcburt, there have been a flood of In quiries pouring into the local land office, and the prospects are that when the drawing takes place, there will be several thousand entries. Under the Kinkaid act, entry may 4 made on 640 acres. Returned' sol diers will have the preference. Con flicting applications will be disposed of by lot. The deposit with th-j ap plication amounts to but $14, and this amount will be refunded to the unsuccessful. The Eldred case was a hard fought one. The government brought suit against the ranchman to cancel the patents on about 4,000 acres of land In Deuel county (now Garden coun ty) on the ground that they had been secured . by unlawful means. .Mr. Allen prosecuted the action In the federal court at Omaha and Judge Woodrough held for the gov ernment. Eldred then appealed -o the higher court and It has been pending there for sonio time. ' Evidence submitted by tne govern ment Bhowed that the runcbinan had Induced certain old soldiers of east ern Nebraska, to take Kinkaid horoe steada In Deuel county on the prom ise to pay all of their expenses and to give each one ?"00 when they had proved tip on their claims., on condition that they deed iheiu to him. The veterans -ha 1 served three years and a half lit th civil war, and under the United otaiea land laws the time of ' their ; service period would be deducted from ,the period or nve years oa wuicn tn7 must remain orf the land to secure the pat ent or title. T It was furthWibown that this agreement was carried nut and Eldred received patents to the, homesteads and was In poenoHslon of the' land when the government brought Its suit against him. hid red alleged that the transactions were legitimate and that he had carried out his agreement with th3 old tol dleri In every respect. The case wm stubbornly fought, the ranchman em ploying well known lawyers to repre sent Wm. The following lands In the Eldied ranch In Garden county will be suV Ject to entry: . : . . - No. 1 Of Samuel Richards " for the NEK and the NE. SEU of Sec. 2. and the NWK and NH 8W and NH NEK and SEW, NE of Sec. 8, and the WH NW of See. 9, all of T. 20 N., R. 44W., containing . 40 acres. -'''. No. 2 Of Anson H. Bowdish for the NVi SWH and the SEK SW of See. 2, and the NH NEU.of Sec. 10. and the NVs NW4 and the NH KEK of Bee. 11. and the NVi NW14 and the SWtf, NW of Sec. 12. all In T. 20 N., R. 40 W.. containing 680 acres. No. 8 Of William F, Clark for the Stt NEV4 and the SM NWVi and the NVs SWV4 and NE 8EV4 and lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, all In S,ec. 3. (Continued on page four.). BY R. C. OF A. TEAM DEFEATS SENECA ' The Seneca Sluggers went to glor 'ious defeat at the hands of the Al liance B. R. C. of A.- team Sunday afternoon. The margin was narrow, the score being 6 to 5, the game running eleven innings. McLaren and Jolllff composed the Alliance battery, and Mlsclevlts and Thorpe were the Seneca lineup. Harding umpired. . . . Following are the statistics for the game: B. Seneca 6 . R. C. of A. 6 2 2 Earned runs .. Two-base hits , Three-base hits 2 1 0 Homeruns Passed balls Wild pitches Bases on balls Bases on hit by pitched balls . .Struck eat E t 2 6 Left on bases Doable plays .Stolen bases .... THE WRATH EH ANr Alliance and vicinity: Fair Kv c0s warmer extreme west por tion 'uesday unsettled. COLOUf MAN GETS 'Mrs. Floyd McCone, ' colored, of Denver, received a sentence of thirty days' imprisonment In the county Jail In county court Friday evening. She was brought back from Bridge port Friday afternoon on a telegram sent by Chief of Police Reed. She was charged In the complaint with adultery, the state's witness being a young farm hand, Earle Valley, who exhibited a bandaged nose and told a tale of having been knocked out and robbed of $35. REYNOLDS WINS FROMJZUKOS Greek Wrestler No Match for Cedar Rapids Man Two Falls in Twenty Minutes Pete Buzukos failed to exhibit any signs of being in the Reynolds cham pionship class at the roof garden Friday evening, the Cellar Rapids man pinning him to the mat twice within twenty minutes.' Both falls were accompanied by scissors holds, the first by the body and the second by a neck scissors. The match was one-sided all the way, Buzukos ap parently not having a chance in the world. He was on the defensive dur ing the twenty minutes of wrestling. Ray Trabert and "Dutch" Mattnler put on a fifteen-minute "preliminary exhibition, which was well received The two men showed good form and got a good hand as a reward for their efforts. - Ed Green and Steve Cannon, who wrestled twenty minu tes as the second prelim, were also applauded. The J men t were fairly evenly matched and put on a good exhibition. There were no falls in the preliminaries. ... ' j...,Followlng the. two falls In the main ;erent,vBuiulf os offered to pat up $250 as'ietde bet that he could throw ' Reynolds within thirty ' day si TnrCTfPek dainiedlhathJ fleck" had' been injured, and offered this as the reason for his failure to make a bet ter showing. ' Reynolds came back with an .offer to; put-up- $1,000 right then and there.'., declaring ' that be would proceed io throw Buzukos three times within. an hour. The of fer was tot accepted. , , A fair-sized crowd witnessed the events. ' ' . NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION BULLETINS ' ' The Herald's bulletins from the democratic national convention at San Francisco started coming yester day. The convention has not yet got down to work. Homer S. Cummlngs, who made the keynote speech, took a strong stand for ratif icatln of the treaty. Prospects, are that there will he a wet and dry - fight. ' McAdoo seems to be the favorite among pres idential candidates. From now on, the bulletins ' will gain in Interest. Read them at The Herald. ... " : Word has recently been' received that Prof. Orlln J. Venner was found dead in his room at Hastings. : The doctor said he had been dead at least twenty-four hours when he was found. It will be remembered that Prof. Venner conducted an Insti tute of religious education in Al liance the last of January and first of February this year. He had a great program of community cooper ation, and it is a great loss to the young people of the state, that his labrs have ceased. He leaves a wife and two children who live at Uni versity Place, Neb. Word has been received by Rev. Gould, president of the local Chau tauqua association, that J.'C. Wil liams, the superintendent for Al liance, will be here Friday to make final arrangements for Chautauqua week, July 6 to 10 inclusive. The tent has already been received and the sale of tickets is now on In full blast. It la hoped that every body In the community will attend every one of these meetings. Rev. S. J. Epler Is In charge of ticket sales. Girl or woman wanted to work in tailor shop. Apply at once, 164 Cleaners. - ' , Mrs. Wolverton and baby of Hem- in gford, who have been visiting Mrs. D. ,R. Bells, 'returned to their home Monday. - ' - " 4 - ANGORA YOUTH DROWNED SUNDAY Ijutfehre Wiwl Meets-' Death At IViveli Ijike When He Attempt il to Swim Th Far ' Lawrence Wade, a young man who has ben employed by Leslie Doodry nrar Angora, was drowned at the Fowell lake about 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon. In company with five or six companion, he had gone to the lake to swim. They were on a raft, which floated out into deep water. The boys became frightened, jumped into the water and made for the Shore.' .' - ' .-m ";j-' Young Wade could not swim as well as some of the others, and real izing that he was almost exhausted, called for help.. The boys tried in vain to rescue him. Charlie Sher lock rode a horse into the water and grasped the drowning lad by the hair, but they were both pulled to the bottom of the lake and the Sher lock boy barely escaped with his life. In a short time there were nearly one hundred people on the banks of the lake and about a dozen men in the water diving, fishing and swim ming in an effort to find the body, which was not recovered for almost three hours after ' he went down. Every effort was made by a physician and dozens of men to, bring life back. .. ' '-Wjfeivfz The parents of the drowned boy, who live In the eastern part of the state, have been notified and will ar rive today. The Wades moved, from Angora early last fall. . ALLIANCE BRIEFS , Sergeant R. W. Frey," . who has been in charge of the Alliance army recruiting office for the ; past few: months, left for ' Omaha Saturday evening, where he will be discharged I from the service next Wednesday. He will not re-enlist, "having accepted a position with the E. & E. Check Protector company of Omaha and will "go on the road with their pro ducts. The sergeant has made an admirable record In the recruiting office-heeevhavisg captured the dls trlct i championship. .-banner --last month. Sergeant Thornburg will be sent here from "the Omaha office to take his place. A church of the Nazarene was or ganized Jane the 27th at the Old Presbyterian church. Fifth' ' . and Laramie, where the revival has been conducted for the past five weeks un der the direction of Revs. Theodore and Minnie E. Ludwig of Lincoln, Neb. A good audience greeted the workers Sunday night. The interest and power of the meeting Is Increas ing. - Services continue every ntgnt during this the closing week, which will be one of victory and gtxtf re sults for the cause of God. Ton are cordially invited. ' J, F. Rom. of Antloch. Neb., is minus a Ford touring car which he left standing outside ' the carnival grounds Wednesday evening about 8 o'clock:. He was absent from the car about twenty minutes during which time he was looking for a friend who was to accompany him home and when he returned the car was gone. The alarm has been spread by the sheriff's office. The, representatives of Alliance Chamber of Commerce were here on a booster trip Thursday boosting the race meet which, is on this week. When it comes to boosting we will have to give the chromo to Alliance. There seems to be something doing there most of the time and the cit izens of Alliance never miss an oppor tunlty to let the people know when the prominent events occur. The Alliance band of several pieces came up with the boosters and gave us a entertainment on main street. Hay Springs News. '. J. F. McGill fell off a hay stack at the Keegan ranch Thursday and frac tured a rib and bruised himself bad ly. Two field clerks will be at the local recruiting office about July 1st to receive applications for victory medals. Either mall or bring in your discharges. This applies to all discharged soldiers who have been in service more than ninety days, not in draft, but regular army. Next Sunday evening the union services of the churches of the city will be held on the roof 'garden of the Lowrey & Henry garage. It is expected that a large choir will sing at these evening meetings led by Charles Spacht Rev. Mr. Epler, pastor of the Christian church will be the speaker of the evening. LAST DAY DRAWS CROWDJO RACES Kword Attendance Two Days of Meet, Rut Chamber of Commcrco Faces Deficit ;;The last days of the races, as did the second day, brought a record at tendance, and some of the best races wr re pulled off. The chief attraction was the free-for-all, which .brought out some of the best horses and aroused the most Interest among the spictalors. Harry R, owned by J. P. La rl more of Benkelman, was the winner, Queen ' Arlon, a Mollring home, winning second place. White Foot, the Shrcves horse, was a fav orite in the belting, but met with hard luck In all three heat. , THIRD DAV , 2:20 Pace Purse $350 " t . Rrb Direct, b. g William ', iWllliams, Kearney 4 11 1 EUly Darkaway, br. 'g., J. ' P. Larimore, Benkelman 3 2 2 3 Empire Express, s. g., Geo. ; Mollring, Alliance 13 3 4 E Z. Allerton, . b. g., Pete Eggers, Denison, la. ...... 2 6 4 2 ' Beat time 2:18. v Free-for-all Purwi 91,000 ' Harry R., s. g , J. P. Lari more, Benkelman .......... 3 111 Queen Arian, b. m.. Mrs. - Edith Mollring, Alliance 2 2 8 2 Miss Rexetta.'O. M. Smith, . Omaha 1 ......... ........ 4 3 2 3 White Foot, b. g., Frank .: Shreves, Alliance .......... 5 6 d " Best time 2:14 3-4. -' Hnlf-MUe Dah Purse $100 First Beatrice Luclle, ch. m., C. B. Irwin. ' ; ' : ;'-',., SecondJennie Wood, b. tn., A. J. Monahan. ' Third Klraberly, br. g., E. Stlllman. Fourth Toby Grey, g. g., Jack Hitt. - Time -51 seconds, , ; ,. ' Fire-Eights Mil Purse $ZOO FibtUttle Spider, b. mi, A. Ricks. Cacond Valley Park Maid, br. m... Luke" Womach. ' " . " Third Frosty Morning, ch. g.'f C. B. Irwin ' ; ' ,!; ' ' Tltne 59 1-4 seconds.,' ' ' furse $300475 Bocb. Quarter, First Quarter Lady Mack, b. m., C. Vft T I Second, thirl and -last . Quarters Myrtle A., b. m., C B. Jrwln. : Time 0:25; 0:50; 1:15; 1:46.' Despite the. record crewds, the chamber of commerce, which spon sored the meet, is faced with a de ficit of over nine hundred dollars. The' following is the financial state ment of J. W. Guthrie, secretary: . Receiptor . ' Rice & Dorman Shows $1,000.00 Anderson, Srader Shows ' 425.23 General admission 4,112.80 Grand sUnd . 1,819.75 Auto stalls 314.00 Quarter stretch JL 125.00 Boxes .. M ....... 640.00 Programs ...M...M.. 60.65 Concessions at track and ln... . town 864.00 Entries . 1,065.00 Total -J, $10,125.93 Disbursements , Purses . .. .,.$7,699.50 Band . ; 1,100.00 Labor' on grounds 851.45 Dues to national and state : associations 80.00 Starter and assistant 105.00 Booster trip '. 90.10 Advertising . ....., . ' 186.00 Drayage . ... . 100.00 War tax 662.49 Rent of lumber and labor for temporary stalls .. ' 162 00 Electric light and power 28K.0 Rent of carnival grounds 50.00 Boy Scouts ... ...... 10 0.00 Horse Review and Bill Board . - 6. 00 Rent of barn and tents 50.00 Rent of chairs ..... 25.00 Bill posting trips 49 03 Total .$.1,067.17 . 941.24 Deficit.......... Permanent Improvements on Grounds ' Lumber for stalls Labor Hardware . , ..$l.2il9.10 - :. 63f.24 185.00 , . Total . $1,910.34 Some steps will be taken to make up ' this deficit, as well as pay tor permanent Improvements on grounds and buildings, but plans are no complete. Mrs. Ira E. Tash will leave tonight for Mason City,- la., to visit her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Johnson. She will later go to Alton, la., to attend a family reunion - . THI3 FAMOUS MAKES t On the last page of this issue will be found an announcement ' by the Famous clothing establishment of some startling price reductions on merchandise of the highest grad. This Is the first event of the kind in five years, and coming at a time when prices are high, should meet with instant favor in Alliance and this trading territory. The Famous handles only the best standard lines and the prices made should prove a great inducement to discriminating buyers. ' . Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hanser of Mumper, Neb., and Mr. Avery of Orlando were the guests of Mr. ano Mrs. Kumer during the races. ! LOCAL OIL COMPANY NOW SEJJJNG STOCK Wyoming-Northeastern Oil Company Received Penult Lat of Week From State Rureau of Securities The Wyoming-Northeastern Oil company, organized by Alliance and Hemlngford men, who have associat ed with them a number of prominent Ncbraskans in their development en terprise were granted a formal per mit on June 24th by the Bureau of Securities at Lincoln for the sale of stock of the company in the state of Nebraska. "-".ti3t;Irjr ' The permit was granted only after the state bureau had made a thor ough investigation of the affairs of the company and after a representa tive of the bureau had wade a per sonat . inspection of the company holdings in eastern Wyoming. The bureau is very strict in its investi gations and regulations and the local men who are back of this company feel that the granting of the permit Is evidence of the value of their holdings and the strength of "their organization. ' ,;-'; ...' t ' i , The ! Wyoming-Northeastern : Dil company was incorporated under the laws of the state of Nebraska ' in September; 1919. with a capital of $1,000,000.00, divided Into 100,000 shares of the" par Value bf $10.00 eAeb.' " The oCSeers : of ,-the eempany aref F. A. Bald, Alliance, president; C. M.' Looney,,. Alliance, vice-president and field superintendent i Lloyd C.Thomas, 1 Alliance, secretary; A. M. Miller, ' Hemlngford,' treasurer, who with F. W. Mellck, Hemlngford; R. M. Baker, Alliance r P. J. Michael. Hemingrora, ana c. F. Uruennig ana F, T. Morrison of Omaha, compose the board of directors. The company holds under lease, option and assignment approximate- ly 16,000 acres ef oil lands In Wyom ing. They are drilling at the pres ent time in the Mule Creek field, 24 miles west of Edgemont. Their plans are for development of their holdings by drilling themselves and y leas ing to others for drilling. - They, now have Are rigs under contract In ad dition to their own. ONE M03E WAY TO LOSE ON THE RACES Complaint has been made to vari ous county officers by a Box Butte county citizen who has been playing the races in a new style. Some time before the race meet, he was ap proached by a horseman who said that he had some good steppers to enter, but that he lacked the neces sary wherewithal to furnish them hay during the training season. He was certain that his plugs would leave the rest of them tied to the post. The Box Butte county man exhib ited .Interest, to the extent of buying a half-interest In one of ihe horses for $200, with , the understanding that. at the close of the. races, the owner would buy it back at a price considerably higher. But this par tlcular horse failed to win. The own er has left, promising to return after borrowing the money from his broth er in a nearby town. Aud tbo in vestor isn't sure whether everything will turn out right or whether he's been skinned. It's .in unptoa&ant feeling.', RDHTU9 Wednesday, June 23 To Mr." and Mrs. George Larson, 805 West Third, a son, born at St. Joseph's hospital. Wednesday, June 23 To Mr. and Mrs. II. L. Ormsby, 624 Box Butte, a daughter.. . Friday, June 25 To Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Donovan, a daughter. Friday. June 25 To Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Beal, 603 Cheyenne ave nue, a son. WANTED TO BE A SNAKECHARMER Rut Itlinbey MKsed the Train and the Police N'ubbrd Her and Her Companions Rhob-?y Matthtws, a pretty young miss from tiering or Scottsbluff, the location being as uncertain as the -name she gave the Alliance police, Is telling a tale of thwarted ambition. She has been "waiting tables and' do ing chambermaid work In Antloch, Kearney and other cities In Nebras ka for the past few years, and during the race meet she came to Alliance, In company with a friend. Mary Pull man, and opened negotiations with1 the Rice & Dorman shows. Rhobey was offered . a Job. ;.' So, likewise, was Mary. Rhobey's 'Job was much the nicer, but Mary's paid the same money, $25 a week and transportation. There were a few deductions and expenses to come from this, but take It all in all, it looked much better than the $9 a , Week the Antloch Job paid, to say nothing of the glory of being carol- ' val queene. ;-. . ".,rm k . ; Rhobey was to be a snake-charm' er. into her charge and keeping, during show hours and at other times, was to be committed the mon ster snake, Sampson by name, an V enormous python that in good health measured eight Inches through and heaven only knows how many yards -,' long. In fact, he is the .largest Bnake In captivity. - , "Of : . course, -Rhobey told the Herald man, "Sam--' son Isn't In good health now. He hasn't eaten a thing for seven months, and he's beginning to show it, And he had his first drink of water" four days ago, but it didn't1 revive him much. . ' "I was to have the spiff lest dress," she went on. "It was a red eult , trimmed with yellow beads and I' was to wear half hose with' K. ' It , was a dandy Job. I'dldn't mind the y xnake at all. He was, ugly, but; they ' say that when you get to know himi' he was real affectionate. . And If he didn't eat it. wouldn't be any trouble' to take care of him.: He Is blind as a bat; but gee, he knows where every-. ooqy. is mat s; near mm. Ana nis bit isn't poisonous, v Bo's the kind v that doesn't bite ust squeezes 'yon " ; to death. ;. Mary had a good Job too she-was to be a cushion girl yow anow, sen numoers ror one or tnosr wheels." "''. '. v - Tho girls had if all framed up with one of the show's bosses to Join ' up. Rhobey had tried on the red suit with the yellow beads and thv half hose, and the boss liked her style. He told her to show up at the station when the train pulled out ' -and he'd get a ticket for her and her chum. But alas, they got there ted ' minutes too late. L. E. Perkins,- - ' who has been dishwashing and work' ing at other places la Alliance for the past six months, met them at the" station. It wasn't the first time. In ; fact, he had Joined the carnival him- ' self at the beginning, of the week. and had received the Royal Order ot the Tin Can., In, the 'meantime her had ir.ct Rhobey, and he didn't want - her to go with the carnival. ' He was ' glad she had missed the train. - Just at this Juncture Chief of Police Taylor stepped lu and hauled " . the three to the station. .They were kept there over Sunday night, ' and Monday afternoon they were releas- , ed, the girls being ' sent to Scotts- -bluff and the boy blng left to roam. The chief's interference riot only ' seriously delayed a budding romance. It wasn't a pleasant charge that the ' chief placed against the trio,' but fortunately for them there wasn't . any evidence to substantiate it. RAISE A $212 PURSE FOR INJURED JOCKEY A purse of $212 was raised for Alsa C'Ducky") Carroll, Jockey, at the race meet Thursday afternoon.' C. B. Irwin and J. W. Guthrie mak ing the appeal and assisting in paas-i ing the hat. Carroll was seriously injured Wednesday ' afternoon when the horse he was riding crossed its legs and 'e'l. throwing cim to the ground, and ' then ' rolling over his body. Carroll will be confined to the hospital for several weeks, ac cording to present prospects. His home is in New York, and as Irwin told the crowd, "that's a long way to walk." Chas. Weaver, was down front Osage for the races and the Elks convention. He reports they are all' doing fine with their trucks although there are heavy rains In Osage. He returned Sunday afternoon, r ' 0 ,- -. -.