Wkt
3
r.
VOLUME XXVII.
.ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBll ASKA, FKIDAY, JULY 2, 1920
NO. 6f
4
?1
"2 5
. ' rs
BETTER PRICES FOR'
WESTERNPOTATOES
Potato Growers Swk Means to Ellin
inate (tie Mlldleiuen In Spud
Production.
Totato g rowers from several
western Nebraska counties met at
the court house In Alliance at 10 a.
m. Wednesday. It. was an all-day
session with a night meeting which
lasted until 11:45 p. m. About thir
ty potato growers, county agents and
others were present. J. Pedrett,
president of the Nebraska Potato Im
provement association, presided at
the meeting, and II. V. Werner, sec
retary of the association and a mem
ber of the faculty of the extension
service of the state agricultural
school, was one of the principal
speakers.
The chief problem that came up
' for discussion the elimination of the
middlemen, and the stabilization of
prices. It was pointed out that
spuds sold at Ilemingford and other
nearby towns 10 cents or more per
bushel cheaper than in Alliance.
The speakers urged that not only
should means be adopted to bring
about an equalization of prices, but
that the cost to the consumer should
be reduced.-
One remedy suggested was the ap
pointment of one man as traveling
representative for the potato grow
ers, who should sell direct to retail
ers until the wholesalers see the
handwriting on the wall and agree to
buy the entire crop of spuds. They
believed that the state agricultural
department would support them In
their efforts and assist In selecting
the proper man to handle the selling.
Proper inspection was also urged as
a means to bring the wholesalers to
time. In the past, whenever they
desired, the wholesalers would grade
a car and the producer would have
to accept the price ottered. With a
system of state Inspection in force,
this could not happen. ' .
A Belmont man told cf one exper
ience that he had with a wholesaler.
He kuew a wholesaler in Grand Is
land and last fall Bent him a carload
cf prime spuds. He received word
within a day or two that his spuds
were of Inferior quality. He hopped
on the train for Grand Island, and
when be arrived there was informed
that they had been sold. He had in
the meantime received an offer 2
cents per bushel higher than that of
fered by Grand Island, and was final
ly able to force a settlement at the
original price, which the Grand Is
land wholesale had attempted to re
dace. Another suggestion was that the
potato market should be handled on
the same principles as a live stock
or grain exchange, and until this
was done there was little hope for
equitable conditions.
H. F. Mcintosh, of the agricultural
department of the Omaha chamber of
commerce, told the potato growers
that K was "painful" to learn that
Omaha is considered to be the least
honorable market In this territory.
Omaha is the largest consuming cen
ter in the middle west and buys its
supplies from every part of the coun
try. Potatoes from California come
there washed and packed in boxes
like oranges, selling by the pound.
There are some things in agriculture,
he told them, which neither the mar
ket nor the state can accomplish.
Co-operation was the solution, and
he urged a Btate association with a
competent man in charge. The de
partment of agriculture has urged
farmers to organize, he told them,
and declared that without co-operation
little could be accomplished. He
thought better results could be se
cured by the aid of the farmers'
union.
At the close of the afternoon ses
sion, it was decided to authorize the
chairman to appoint a committee to
send out questionafres to three
thousand farmers in this part of the
state, asking them to Join a potato
growers' association. When this has
been done, another meeting will be
' called within the next thirty days, at
which an organization will be per
fected.
The committee of five members
held an evening session. Leo Stuhr,
state secretary of agriculture, read
the rules and by-laws of a similar as
eoclatlon In Michigan. These were
approved by the committee, and later
by the convention, which decided to
use them until the next meeting.
Those present were: C. O. Sawyer,
Agr. agent at Rushvllle, Anton Jam-
son, Uushvllle, Wm. G. Vahle, Rush
vllle rancher. Otto Smith, Anttoch,
county commissioner of Sheridan
county. E. S. Videtto, manager po
tato ware house at MInltar, August
Oadeken of Busbnell, interested
member of association, J. R. Law
rence of Alliance, farmer, George R
Boomer, Agr. college at Lincoln, L.
I'MON CIIUKCH SEKVICKS
Owing to the fact that the
Chautauqua tent will be Bet up
back of the Central school build
ing, tne big Union services Sun
day evening will be held In the
tent instead of the roof garden
as previously announced.
1. Frlske, Agr. college at Lincoln. G.
A. Forsling, Kimball, farmer, Phil
Sheldon, Agr. agent, Sjottsbluff, H.
U. Real. Alliance, farmer, 11. V. Mc
intosh, chamber of commerce ' at
Omaha, C. F. Mills, Minltar, repre
sentative Minitar warehouse associa
tion. H. G. Gould, county agriculture
ngont at Sidney, Fred L. Taylor,
Chadron, county agricultural agent,
R. O. Fithlan, Minitar, farmer, II. E.
Holland, University extension at Lin
coln, E. L. Deitz county agent at
Kimball, George 11 Kellogg of Ogal-
ula, county agent; R. M. Tyson,
manager produce department of
Farmers' Union at Omaha; C. C.
Gignoux, Union Pacific agent at
Omaha; H. A. McComb, county agent
of Morrill county at Bridgeport; H.
f. Schifferle, broker from Omaha;
Jeorge NeuBwanger, county agent of
Alliance Farmers' Union store; J.
Pedrett of Kimball, president of Po
tato Improvement Association.
UNION SERVICES FOR
CHURCH SOCIETIES
At a meeting of the officers of the
young people's societies of the Pith
byterlan, Baptist, and Methodist
churches of Alliance, at the Baptist
church last Monday evening, it was
decided to old union services jusl
preceding the. Sunday evening
church services at the roof garden
luring the months of July and Au
gust. The presidnet of each society
was elected If ' act as an advisory
board with instructions to appoint
all committees necessary to carry on
the summer's meetings. Following
la .the advisory board' and commit
tees as appointed:
Advisory board:' Harold Thomas,
pworth League, Chairman; S. 'II.
Mitchell, Paptlst Young PeopleV
Union"; Mary Woolls. C.' E. - '
Program committee: Lei a Larkin,
chairman; Gladys Wager, Grace
Spacht. . '
Social committee: Carl Powell,
ihairman; Vera Spencer, Floyd Don
ovan.
Dookout committee: Jay "Vance,
ha'rman; Edna Benedict, Mrs. T. A.
CrosB.
Music committee: Glen Mounts,
chairman; Alta Dye, La Rhea Lunn.
Publlcitq committee: S. B.
Mitchell, chairman; Frank Smith,
Jay Vance.
Last evening the program com
mittee and advisory board met and
selected topics and appointed lead
ers for the two months the union
meetings are to be held. There will
be three leaders for each meeting,
one from each society. As there will
be but eight meetings, the very best
talent in each society will b brought
Into use and the meetings should be
unusually Interesting.-
The first meeting will be held
Sunday evenig, July 4th, and the
topic will be a patriotic one. The
leaders are Grace Spacht, Lei a Lar
kin and Vera Spencer.
These services will be held on the
roof garden, beginning promptly at
6:45 and ending at 7:45. This will
leave fifteen minutes between these
services and the "union church ser
vices following at 8:00 o'clock.
Every young person In Alliance Is
cordially invited to attend each one
of these meetings. They will be in
teresting, instructive and should ac
complish much good.
COUNTY JUDGE TASK
ISSUES AJHNJUNCTION
County Judge Tash Tuesday after
noon Issued an injunction, the effect
of which will be to prohibit Mike
Banjoff from appropriating water
from the private irrigating ditch of
the Beal brothers, T. J. and H. R
The Beal brothers have a truck gar
den south of the tracks, and adjoin'
ing a similar garden owned and hoed
by Mr. Banjoff. The Beals have ar
ranged an irrigating system for their
garden, and the ditch runs along one
end of Banjoff'.
The Beals, who asked for the in
junction, declared that Banjoff had
dug holes underneath the fence and
was diverting the water to his use.
They set out that he has not helped
to construct the Irrigating ditch, and
that he had n opermisslon to use the
water. Judge Tash granted an In
junction restraining Banjoff from
continuing the practice, and the
Beals departed much Improved in
spirits.
IN READINESS FOR
OUR CHAUJAUQUA
Impromptu Fourth of July Celebra
tion to lie Stuped Uie Open
lug Day
Eveytli'ng is in readiness for the
Alliance Chautauqua, which opens
July t. Since Alliance is to have no
Fourth of July celebration, the Chau
tauqua people have planned some
thing sp.iial for the first day of their
program. At 2 p. m. a parade will
be hold, in which the Boy Scouts,
Campflre Girls, chautnuqua talent
Mid citizens will join. It will form
at the chnutauqua grounds and the
line of march will be through"" the
..rincipal streets.
J C. Williams, who was here to
orpamne committees a few weeks ago
has been assigned as platform man
ugor. This selection is most popular
with the local committees and citi
zens who have met him. Mr. Wil
liams comes here from La .lunnta,
Col., where the same circuit was
presented, and says that it is one of
the best programs in ten years.
The ticket commtltee, with the
assistance of the T. P. A.'s are out
selling tickets, and present plans are
tr complete the Bale by Monday noon.
Over half the required number have
been sold to date. The committer
wishes it understood that only sea
son ticket sales help on the guaran
tee, and beileve that a word to the
wise will be sufficient. Rev. Stephen.
Epler is chairman of the commit
tee.. . , -.!'
The big tent arrived In the clly
yesterday and will be erected tomor
row afternoon. Sunday evening the
union church services will be held
there, in place of on the Lowry &
ilenry roof garden, as previously an
nounced.
PICNIC ON JULY 5 .
ATiWARDJIILES RANCH
About the best place for Alliance
citizens to spend the Fourth cf July
will be at the Ward Miles' ranch, six
uniea nnhi oi. Angora, wnere mere
will: be a jugular celebration Satur
day,.July S,' minus nothing but a few
ot the unimportant frills. There will
be material at hand for ninety-seven
varieties of a good time, as well as
a place to have It. Thote who own,
or can bolrow automobiles, should
take a good hint.
Mr. Miles has just completed a
new house, and a new barn, 40x56,
and this picnic Is in the nature of a
house-warming. He has invited all
his neighbors and friends, as well as
the public in general, to attend. A
six-piece orchestra from Alliance will
furnish music for dancing, and the
new barn gives plenty of floor space.
The place is lighted by electricity,
and there is an abundance of good
water. It's an ideal place for a pic
nic. Bring basket dinners if you
wish, or if you don't want to go to
the trouble, refreshments of various
kinds will be on sale at the ranch.
this, the sole concession having been
turned over to parties who will take
proper care of the guests.
In addition to the dancing and
picnic, there will be a sports pro
gram, including a baseball game or
two and a rough riding exhibition. It
will be an old-fashioned Fourth of
July celebration, and will be worth
coming a good many miles to at
tend. 62
SHRINERS' SPECIAL
STOPS IN ALLIANCE
Twelve cars a trainload of Shrln-
ers, on the return trip from the na
tional convention at Portland, stop
ped in Alliance for the better part of
an hour Thursday evening. The
special train whistled in at 7:10 and
was met at the station by a big del
egation of Alliance Shriners, who
took the visitors over the city in au
tomobiles and had a pleasant visit
with them.
There were 260 passengers on
board the Shrlner special, a number
of Shriners bringnig their wives and
families along. The Shriners band
played a few selections on the sta
tion platform. It was a most good
natured crowd and a merry occasion
all around. The train will disband
at Kansas Clty.f The passengers
were all from Texas.
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 hare been in
service in United States army more
than 90 days.
DEMOS ARE BUSY
PRAMINGPLATfORM
Irish rinnk Included in Draft Sub
mittcd to Delegates Favor
Ieagne of Nations
,The democrats, now In national
convention at San Francisco, are con
sidering a platform. The committee
report which was being read at the
time The Herald went to press, con
tains a plank expressing the sympa
thy of the democratic party with the
aspirations of Ireland for self-government
within tha limitations of na
tional comity. ' '
There is no mention of the llqucr
convention. This may spell the de
feat of William J. Bryan, who sas
bound and determined that the party
should take a strong stand for pro
hibition enforcement. It may mena
oil the othe rhand, that the fight
will be carried to the floor of tho
convention, and if so there will be
fireworks and to spare.
, The platform contains a strong
league of nations plank. It advocates
Immediate ratification, but does not
oppose reservations making clearer
or more specific American obliga
tions to league associates. This plank
Is Infinitely stronger than the one
adopted by the Chicago convention.
' 4 Candidates Nominated
The democratic convention has
adopted the plan of having tne nom
inating speeches before the adoption
of the platform. ' This sets as a time
saver, for usually there la a long wait
while the platform commit tee Is get
ting ready to report.
The following shows the names of
those nominated, and tho manner In
which their names were received by
the convention:
Demonstrations for various candi
dates to date:
Owen One minute.
' Gerard None.
Cummings Band played "Star
Spangled Banner," everyone stand
ing. Little noise.
: Hitchcock N o demonstration;
not even seconding speech.
Palmer Thirty-five minutes, with
some quiet lulls between cheers.
:' Meredith None. , . , '
j'Coi Thirty-five -minutes, largely
aided by Ohio band and college cheer
leaders.
Smith Twenty-three minutes, In
which practically every stale banner !
joined.
McAdoo-rForty-two minutes ot
real noise, with scarcely a letup. The
biggest demonstration.
Edrards None.
McAdoo Well In the Lend
Although McAdoo requested that
his name not come before the con
vention, he was "drafted" for the
place and his name invoked the
greatest applause of any candidate
suggested. There will be a strong
effort made to prevent his nomina
tion, however, and It should not be
difficult. The democratic conven
tion has a two-thirds nominating
rule, and this means that a third of
the delegates can prevent the nomi
nation If they so desire.
The democratic convention has
been much more spectacular than
the republican meeting. Ballots will
be taken some time today or tonight,
according to advice. The Herald's
bulletin service from San Francisco
has inte rested a crowd of spectators,
and the Interest will be still greater
when the balloting begins. These
bulletins are here for your informa
tion, as a part of regular Herald
news.
ESCAPE INJURY WHEN
AUTOMOBILE ACTS UP
Joe E. Bates and sister, Mrs. Jas
J. O'Neil, of Omaha, narrowly es
caped serious injury when the Ford
car in which they were coming from
Hemingford turned completely over.
The accident occurred about 10:30
Wednesday evening two miles from
Berea and was caused by a defective
wheel. Mrs. O'Neil was thrown clear
of the car, escaping with a hurt knee
and ankle. Mr. Bates was pinned
underneath the car, and with the
help of his sister was able to extract
himself. They were brought to town
by Mr. Chrlstensen near whose home
the accident took place.
George Duncan suffered a painful
burn yesterday evening when the fan
belt on his automobile broke and bis
left forearm was scalded with boiling
water. He wears no bandages; but
carries his arm most gently. .
Wednesday evening Mayor
Rodgers and several members of the
council inspected the work of Smith
ft Chambers for the city. A report
will be made at the next meeting of
the council, Tuesday evening.
ALLIANCE BRIEFS
Due to the intercession of friends
the sentence of Mrs. Ffoyd McConw,
colored, who was arrested daring the
race meet on an adultery charge and
lven thlrly days In Jail, will be
tommuted to a lino. She will bw re-
leasm tms evening and permitted to
.cove town.
It's not difficult for anyone to find
work in Alliance. In addition to
the city improvements going on,
which offer an opportunity to men
who are willing. to labor, the potash
plants are seeking to enlarge their
forces all the time. Lee Watson,
employing manager for the Hord
Potash plant, at lakeside, bus been
making trips to Alliance every other
day In search of men.
The ladles' missionary societies of
the Methodist, Christian, Presbyter
ian und Baptist churches met on the
high school lawn Wednesday eve
ning, the guests of the Baptist so
cieties. Ninety-two ladles were iq
attendance. The program was Im
promptu, but exceedingly enjoyablo.
The ladles' band was one of the feat
ures. It consisted of an o: assort
ment of instruments. A tub was the
bass drum, the ten drum was a dish
pan, and coarse and fine combs with
paper served as horns. A demonstra
tion of the New Edison was staged,
the instrument being a large box in
which two girls were concealed.
"SHOD WITH FIRE" AT
THE IMPERIAL TONIGHT
William Russell in "Shod With
Fire" la the attraction for the Imper
ial tonight. It 1b a breezy story ol
western life on the plains and in a
little mining town has delighted and
thrilled thOBe who have witnessed
the picture. It tells of a woman's
brave fight for the regeneration of a
worthless husband and of the unsel
fish devotion of a brave man. A
comedy) "A Scented Romance," and
a current events reel complete the
program. '
Saturday's bill is featured by Mary
Miles Mlnter in "Rosemary Climbs
the Heights." With a heart free from
callouses Rosemary, a village pro
duct with a talent for doll carving,
is precipitated into the turmoil of
the city. She Is chased but chaste
throughout and braves the snags of
intrigue and under-hand connlvanci
to the end. Mutt and Jeff in, "Noth
ing bht Girls" and "Flat Broke", a
comedy, are additional attractions.
There are enough comedy situa
tions In "Double Speed", the Sunday
feature, to furnish material for five
ordinary feature films. Conjure up
the picture of Wallie Reed in chauf
feur's togs making love to his pretty
girl-employer. Come and see what
happens when a "busted" million
aire innocently assumes the name ol
a notorious crook and then is oblige"
to post as his real self. You will
also see the thirteenth episode ot
'Lightning Bryce" and a coniedy,
'Caves and Coquettes."
1 "The Career of Katherine Bush
is the bill for Monday night and it's
some career.
PA VINO GANG GOING
ALONG NICELY NOW
The paving gang has been making
hay while the sun has been shining.
The curbing Is complete now, and the
contractors, Smith & Chambers, have
left the city. There has been one
block covered with cement from
Third to Fourth on Laramie, and all
the alleys,- with the exception of half
block, are completed. It takes
about two to three days to pour a
block, depending on the width of the
street. It will be some' time before
the brick-laying begins, but the con
tractors are scattering this material
all over the right-of-way. -
CONSTRUCTION BEGINS
ON A. H. JONES GARAGE
Work on construction started the
first of the week on the new garage
buildin gfor the A. H. Jones com
pany at Third and Cheyenne streets.
The building will be 130x75 feet in
size. Excavation for the basement
has been completed and the founda
tion laid. The contract has been let
to Dutton & Kendall, a Denver firm.
The mam floor will contain a re
pair shop, show and office rooms.
The basement will be used for fuel
storage and heating apparatus.
A. II. Jones ot Hastings was here
last week with Mr. Kendall, and final
approval was riven the plans. The
building will be completed the lat
ter part of September.
The county commissioner In ses
sion last week received a petition
from Hemingford people asking for
the Improvement of the Hemingford
Chadron road. j
COUNTY AGENTS
HOLD CONFERENCE
General DtvuMdon of Farm n-ob.
leraft -No Particular Shortage
of tabor
Seven county agents, representing
seven counties in western Nebraska,
met at the Box Butte county court
house In Alliance Tuesday afternoon
and Wednesday morning for a con
ference at which there was a general
discussion of the problems of farms
and farmers. The following agent
were in attendance:
C. O. Sawyer, Rushville; Thll Shel
don, Scottsbluff; II. O. Gould, Sid
ney; Fred L. Taylor, Chadron; E. X
Diets, Kimball; George If. Kellogg,
Ogallala, and George , Neuswanger,
Alliance.
The grasshopper situation Is not
as bad as it was last year, or thm
year previous, due chiefly to an ac
tive campaign to . eradicate these
pests. In localities where poisoning;
was faithfully carried on last year,
there are no grasshoppers now, bat '
where this measure was not taken,
the grasshoppers are showing up In
greater numbers than ever and are
encroaching upon territory where
poison was used last year. In the
North Platte valley, where five poi
son mixing plants were operated last
year, the farmers are of the opinion
that the use of poison ' resulted la
saving crops of the value of over one .
million dollars.
The county agents discussed the
planting of trees on farms for fur
nishing shade and acting as wind
breaks. The agents are now work
ing out a plan to make a more thor
ough study of the various varieties
adapted to this western Nebraska
climate.-
Another topic that came up for
discussion was that of county, and
state fairs. The county agents are
unanimously in favor of holdnlg
county fairs and of sending exhibits
to state fairs. This is done in most
of the counties having . agents. In
some places the agents acts as see- !
retary for the county fair nftMwiatlon.
Plans for successfully handling fairs
and preparing exhibits were discuss- ."-
ed. - ;" - ' - ,v-
The chief topic ' for discussion at
the Wednesday morning session was
the farm labor situation. There Is
apparently no particular shortage of
labor,' and farmers are not alarmed
over the problem of securing suffici
ent help to harvest their crops. It
is the general opinion of farmers la'
this territory that 50 cents per hour
will be the average wage offered for
help during the harvest season, with
slightly higher scale' for skilled
help,, such as grain stackers.
Conditions affecting the hiring of
labor were discussed and the censns -of
opinion was that condlt'on must -be
Improved in order to attract a bet-;
U-r class of labor to the farrs.
A Bee keepers' '-. association has -
been formed in Morrill county And
an Inspector appointed. This has'
been accomplished through the farm -
bureau. Interest In honey produc-.
tion is extending to other counties in
the district.
Leo Stuhr, secretary of agricul
ture for the state of Nebraska, was"
present and told of the co-operation
of the state in control of live stock
diseases. He also discussed the ac
credited herd plan and the dieting
of dairy cattle.
About thirty farmres from the
county were present during the ses
sions. It Is planned to hold these
district conferences several times a
year.
ANOTHER BOOKKEEPER
PASSES BAD CHECKS
Sheriff Miller of Alliance, Sheriff
Bruce of Rushville and the deputy
sheriff from North Platte arrested
Roy S. Wasmund. bookkeeper in an
Antloch potash plant, at Antiocn
Wednesday ' on a state warrant
charging the. issuance of "no fund"
checks at North Platte and other
places in that vicinity. Wasmund
lived in North Platte and Sutherland
previous to accepting the position at
Antlo?h. He was released after mak
ing good the shortages, due to the
efforts ot Sheriff Bruce, the young;
man's guardian.
According to reports, Wasmund
owns some property, but until a
month or so ago was sot ot age.
Sheriff Bruce, his 'guardian, kept a
fairly strict hand on the purse
strings, and Wasmund wanted plenty
ot money. When be could not get
his guardian to advance it to him,
he wrote checks for the amount de
sired. He ha been doing this for
some month. It I said, and Bruce
ha previously been forced to settle
tor his bad checks. '
i
(
