VOLUME XXVII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEB R ASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, l'J20
No. 79
IMPORTANCE Of .
SPMADI1
State Official Says Other States
Watch Nebraska to See How
" Law Works Out
W. C. Andreas, acting head of the
state bureau of marketing and mar
ket reports, who was in Alliinc-j lor
a few hours Monday morn la'?, is en
thusiastic over the formafion of the
potato growers exchange, tht inem
bershlp of which embraces most of
the growers in western Nebraska and
the headquarters of which will be at
Alliance. Leo Stuhr, state vcretarj"
of agriculture, has taken a reat in
terest in the formation of this ex
change, and has been in attendance
at most of the preliminary nestings.
Other Btates are watching Nebras
ka closely, Mr. Andreas said, to sec
how the potato grading law works
out. In other potato states, notably
Michigan, much has beea done in the
way of grading, but ther) are no
state regulations on the subject, and
the rules are purely olur.tiirily. In
that state, as in Nebraska, the mar
keting problem is handle! through
potato growers associations, but
' there these association adopt their
own rules for grading and provide
their own Inspectors.
In .Nebraska, potato grading is
done under the provisions of htate
law, and the bureau of markets and
marketing appoints inspectors to'
grade the cars. Mr. Andreas an
nounced the reappointment of A. 11
Grove of this city as potato inspec
tor for this district, which comprises
the shipping poiMs of Yale Siding,
mraseti, uerea and Ltan. Mr. vriove
Is one of the few Inspectors whose
work was deemed sufficiently pond to
merit reappointment, Mr. Andreas
said.
All spuds shipped will be tested
and graded by inspectors, under the
new system. It will require some
twenty-five inspectors for tins pait of
Nebraska. These inspectors do not
.simply look at a carload and gues
us to its condition, but samples are
taken from various parts of the car
and carefully tested, those whici
pass the tests being given a No. 1
grade. If the potatoes are under
sized, or diseased, or possess one or
several other defects, they are given
"a grade of No. 2. There Is no lower
grade. Other potatoes may ue ship
ped for manufacture, but may cot
be sold for table use.
"It means everything to growers
lu this state to adhere closely to
grading rules," Mr. Andreas said
In Kearney, the growers are trying
to get the No. 1 grade on all their
shipments. So well have the inspec
tors and the growers done their
work, that buyers at Kansas City
and other markets will accept the
.grading without question, and al
ready there is a premium of 20 cents
a bushel on Kearney graded potatoes
There lsnt any reason why growers
in this district shouldn't get a rep
utation like this. When buyers can
depend absolutely on the grading
and know that they are getting the
.quality and kind of potatoes for
which they pay, it will mean a whole
lot in dollars ant cents to the grow
ers."
B. R. C. OF A. DANCE
A LABOR DAY FEATURE
The Labor Day dance to be given
by the B. II. C. of A. at the Root
Garden on the evening of September
6 will be one of the chief features
of the Labor day festivities. The re
ceipts are to go to the sick and acci
dent benefit fund of the organization
and unless all indications fa'il there'll
be plenty of receipts.
Andy's Jazz orchestra has been se
cured to furnish peppy music, and
the entire town is invited to attend.
It will be the last dance of the open
' air season at the roof garden, and
the last dance before the garden, is
closed while the roof is being enclos
ed. Regular dollar admission for the
men,- and the ladies free. . Tickets
are now on sale.
They have Invented a process for
making wrapping paper out of gar
bage. We lope garbage is carried
Away with the Idea.
And now it Is proposed to levy a
tax of S on bachelors. An imposi
tion on liberty and the pursuit of
happiness!
Jazz dances and too Jazzy music
have been banished from a popular
dance hall in Dayton. Ohio.
A cure for idiocy has been found,
The supply will never be able to
equal the demand.
alliance mm I S
The directors of the chamber of
comnier-o, at their Tuesday noon
unc & decided to attempt to se
cure v f Mai train or at least two
cars U , in the" Crawford fait
the midt ext month. The Craw
ford peop ed out in fine shape
m . i ait . . i
(or iuf Aiit.,
the Intention
V,ce meet, and it is
. "turn the favor
with interest.
Arrangements h. - been made for
an officer and an army field clerk to
be at the recruiting station, Alliance,
Friday and Saturday, September 3
and 4 in connection with the issuance
of Victory medals. Discharge certifi
cates must be presented when appli
cation is made and that each man
must make his own application. This
Is the Victory medal and not the
Victory Button.
William Yegger, a carpenter em
ployed at the new Golden Rule store,
was badl injured when the ladder
he was standing on fell. Mr. Yegger
had placed a board across two raft
ers. Tne board slipped causing tne
ladder to fall, Mr. Yegger was on
the top step and went down with it.
His right eye was cut. and two
stitches were required. His ankle
also received a bad sprain.
EXPERTS SAY OIL
IN MULE CREEK
Geological Survey KeHrt Is Pleas
ing to Alliance People Oil
Syndicate
According to Robert G. Dill, oil ex
ert of the Denver Post, in an article
in that newspaper on Monday after
noon, the United States geological
survey has just Issued a bulletin on
the Mule Creek oil field of eastern
Wyoming In which tne prediction Is
made that production of oil may be
found on the western anticline of the
field.
Production at the present time is
confined to about 50 wells on the
eastern anticline, where the oil is
found in the Lakota sandstone at a
depth of from 1400 to 1600 'feet
Only part of these wells are being
pumped enough to keep the pipe
line leading from the field ten miles
north to the Burlington railroad fill
ed to caipacity. The present pro
duction from the field Is estimated
at 3,000 barrels daily. .
The bulletin, according to Mr. Dill.
nays that oil will probably be found
in the Lakota sandstone on the west
ern anticline, which at the present
time is being tested by wells being
drilled by the Wyoming-Northeastern
Oil company of Alliance and the
Wyoming-Minneetota. The Alliance
company is drilling on the northwest
quarter of section 20 and the Wyom
lnglMinnesota on the, northwest
quarter of section 29. The Alliance
company has over 2600 acres under
lease and option surrounding and
adjacent to their well. The other
company is reported to have about
1200 acres adjacent to the well be
ing drilled by them.
The bulletin also predicts that oil
may be found on the western anti
cline In another sand which under
lies the Lakota the Minnelusa, at a
depth of about 2100 feet. This would
give two producing sands in the
western portion of the field. Well
posted Wyoming geologists have pre
dicted for a long time that the Mul
Creek oil field will eventually prove
to be one of the best and largest oil
fields in the state.
GOAT RECOVERING
FROM DOG'S ATTACK
It seems that all established be
liefs about the goat are wrong He
has a powerful smell, but there's
mighty little fight in him. All these
tales about his butting propensities
are wrong. It may develop that he
doesn't live on tin cans.
Wednesday evening, down in
South Alliance, there were heard
Bounds of battle. A dog and a goat
were mixing it. When they were
separated, the dog had the best of
the argument. The goat's jaw was
badly chewed up and he was other
wise injured. There wasn't any fight
left in him. You could have kicked
him in the face Just as easily as you
would a lamb.
The owner called, a regular
physician, who ministered to his
wounds. The Jaw was stitched back
on. It took three neighbors to hold
the animal during the operation. The
doctor left orders to paint the
wounds with iodine three times a
day and this will be carried out if it
takes the whole town to hold the
goat. Iodine is painful.
ANALYZE WATER
IN BRONCO LAKE
Will Plant Moi-e Fish Therein If Text
Shows Water Not to Contain
Too Much Alkali
Three prominent state officials, on
a tour of western Nebraska, paid Al
liance a visit Monday morning. They
were Leo Stuhr, secretary of agricul
ture; W. C. Andreas, head of the
Bureau of Marketing; and Geo. A.
Koater, chief game warden. s
While at Alliance the men visited
Broncho Lake, where Mr. Koster se
cured samples of the water for
inalysis. Last year the state fur
nished a large quantity of baby fish
vhich were planted in the lake under
the supervision of F. E. Holsten,
president of the Alliance Anglers
club. These fish have apparently
thrived for there has been no evi
dence of dead ones since they were
placed In the lake. Mr. KoBter stat
ed while here that another large
supply would be furnished this fall
for planting in the lake. Among
those who accompanied the party on
the trip to the lake were F. A. Bald,
F. E. Holsten. Roy Btckwlth. Lloyd
Thomas, and a representative of The
Herald and The Times.
Mr. Koster and the other gentle
men visited the Big Blue and Cres
cent Lakes, thirty-five miles south
east of Alliance, north of Oshkosh,
on their way to Alliance, and took
samples of the water in those lakes.
Should the waters prove to be suit
able for fish it Is very probable that
these lakes will be stocked this fall
They should prove to be excellent
fishing resorts on account of their
size.
A number of lakes in different
parts of the state have been stocked
with baby fish, the purpose being to
furnish good fishing for the public
The young stock is secured from the
state hatcheries at ' North Bend,
Benkelman or Gretna, in carload
lots. It takes about two years be
fore the fish attain sufficient size to
make the fishing , interesting
Broncho lake has been stocked sev
eral times, the first occasion being
some seven years ago. At that time
the water in the lake was strongly
alkaline, and the fish did not Jive
long after being placed la it.
Half a carload of perch, bass, bull-
he ads and other varieties were plac
ed In Broncho lake last fall, and if
the present test shows the water to
be of the quality that will let them
live,, other consignments will follow
The water has freshened up consld
erably since several wells were drill
ed in the lake bottom by the Carey
syndicate, in search of oil. The lake
has not gone dry for twenty years,
at least, and has a depth ranging
from six to twelve feet.
The state officials were particular
to inquire as to whether owners of
the land adjoining the' lake showed
any tendency to prohibiting fishing.
Lakes are stocked only for public
use. Otherwise it would be too
much ,of a snap for the owners, who
would have a private fishing pond
all their own, well stocked with the
choicest varieties.
CASE DISMISSED AT
COSTOF PLAINTIFF
Frank Matousek, who lives some
thirty-five miles northwest of Alli
ance, some time ago appeared in
county court and requested that his
neighbor, Albert Hovorka, be placed
under a peace bond. At that time,
Matousek alleged that Hovorka own
ed land between him and Alliance,
and that he raised cain whenever
Matousek wanted to pass over it.
using vile and violent languago and
otherwise behaving in an unneU'ii
borly manner. Case was, set tor
hearing Saturday afternoon.
When the tirpe for the trial ar
rived, Hovorka and a host of witness
es were on hand, but Matousek had
not appeared. He had been duly
notified by County Attorney Batye
of the time of the hearing, .'.ater
the phone rang, and Matousek, on
the wire, explained that he had miss
ed the train at Hemingford. By con
sulting bis watch, Judge Tash notod
that it was not yet time for .the
train to arrive there. This peculiar
circumstance was noted. Matouseii
went further by telling Mr. Basye
over the phone: "And I didn't get
your letter, either."
Hovorka was given opportunity ti
tell his side of the case. It seems
that Matousek was the original of
fender. Once upon a time Matousek
owned land over which Hovorka had
to pass to get to town, and be made
it so uncomfortable for Hovorka that
the latter proceeded to buy a whole
section of land. This put the shoe
on the other foot.
WANTS FIGURES
ON CROP REPORT
State DewKment 4kf Agriculture Is
Anxious to Advertise ilx Ilutte
" Comity "
Secretary of Agriculture Leo
Stuhr, who,, lu company with two of
his department heads passed through
Alliance Monday morning, emphasiz
ed the need of securing an accurate
report on the crop yield and acreage
for this year, in order that the re
ports Issued by his department about
January 1 should be correct and give
the county the credit which should
come to it from the enormous crop
yields.
According to Mr. Stuhr, Beveral
western counties, which need the ad
vertising that complete statistics In
tot state's crop report would glv
them, have failed to turn them v..
Under the law, the county assessor
Is charged with the collecting of this
data, which should be turnel in by
July 10. No statistics for Box Butte
county have been received, md tho
department sent a man to Alliance
to see about getting them. Tn bar
two of the ten precincts .outHde of
Alliance, it was found, had tho pre
cinct assessors filled out this porlirn
of the report.
For the past two years Box Butte
county has not been given & fair
show on reports of crops raised, due,
Mr. Stuhr says, to the fact that com
plete reports have been furnished his
department. At one time, for an ex
ample, the total number of hogs in
Box Butte county was given as two,
although one ardent Box Butte coun
y booster, was able to count eleven
from the top of the court house. The
county assessor has a good alibi, for
his prnctnet assessors do not furnish
him the material from which to com
pile. reports. In the mlxup, however,
Box Butte county loses.
Both the chamber of commerce
and the real estate men of Alliance
are roused up over the matter, and
committees have been appointed, to
see what can be done. This Is an
extraordinarily good crop year In
thin county, and the publicity that
will be attained by having correct
figures in the state report will be
enormous. There is talk of calling
the precinct assessors together to se
cure tne missing figures. - Back in
the day3 when Rufus Jones was sec
retary of the chamber of commerce
complaint was entered with the state
department because Box Butte coun
ty's total were not complete, and the
secretary of the chamber of com
merce is In receipt of a letter which
shows that the state officials are
more anxious to see the figures come
in than are some of the county of
ficials. J. B. MILLER PLACED ON
IMPORTANT COMMITTEE
J. B. Miller, commander of Alli
ance post No. 7, American Legion,
was elected to membership on the
state executive committee of the or
ganization at the state convention,
which held Its closing session at the
Clarke hotel, Hastings, lasi Satur
day. The Alliance post chose three
delegates to the convention, but Jack
Miller was the only one who was able
to attend the sessions. The position
to which he was elected is one of the
most Important in the state organi
zation, as it is the executive com
mittee which acts for the state or
ganization in the Interim between
conventions. Two members are
chosen from each congressional dis
trict, the other member from the
Sixth district being Fitzgerald of
Kearney.
Mr. Miller is most enthusiastic
concerning the way in which busi
ness was conducted at the conven
tion. There was no partisanship, no
sectarianism, no effort made by labor
unionists or others to push their
claims. Business was expedited fa a
remarkable fashion, and every dele
gate whq took the floor had some
thing to say and knew how to say it
Delegates would fight like every
thing on the floor, and make their
arguments as strong as they knew
how, but when it came to a vote,
every matter of importance was de-
cdled by a unanimous vote.
Robert Simmons of Scottsbluff was
chosen as state commander, and Mr,
Miller points out that on the floor of
the convention no argument --was
made that the western part of the
state ought to have the plums once
in a while. The delegates decided
Simmons was the man they wanted,
and they proceeded to elect him.
More pay or less work will never
solve the high cost of living prob
lem.
ALLIANCE BALL TEAMS
WIN AM) LOSE GAME
Alliance broke even, so far as
baseball honors are concerned, at
the Sunday doubleheader, the B. R.
C. of A. team winning from Ed?e-
niont by a score of 10 to 9, and the
Q tenm dropping a game to Bayard
by lh- tune of 8 to 6. Mullen, which
was scheduled to piny the B. R. C.
was unable to come, and Edgemont
was secured as a substitute. Follow
ing Is the score:
Edgemont 4 0 3 0 0 3 0 9
B. R. C 0 12 0 7 0 x 10
Hits Edgemont 16; B. R. C. 14.
Errors Edgemont 2; B. R. C. 4.
The game between Bayard and the
Q team was featured by long hitting.
Three-base hits were made by Black
and McNulty of the Q team and a
home run by Maxwell of the Bayard
aggregation In the ninth. The score:
Bayard 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 18
Q Team ....3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 6
Hits Bayard 10; Q team 7.
Errors Bayard 1; Q team 2.
A refractory oil stove caused a
run of the fire department to the
home of F. E. Sanders, on Mississippi
late Monday afternoon. The blaze
was under control before the firemen
arrived.
COURT DECLINE
TO HNLPO WELL
Judge Tush Expresses Himself As In
Sympathy With An Old
Custom
George W. Powell was discharged
by County Judge Tash after a hear
ing In county court Saturday after
noon on a complaint brought by his
wife, Clara Powell, charging him
with having Btruck her. The testi
inony of the wife aVd husband were
to the same effect, the one slight dif
ference being In regard to the force
of the blow, the husband maintain
ing that he had simply pushed his
wife away, anu the wife just as
stoutly Insisting that he had slap
ped her real hard.
Mr. Powell Is a day laborer, and
last tall married his present wife,
who has four children. The trouble
developed over "Mr. Powell correct
ing one of the children. It seems
that the eldest girl had a habit of
passing the butter plate without
laying down her knife and fork. Her
stepfather corrected her gently; the!
mother interposed an objection; the
little girl got lippy and had her ears
boxed; the mother again interposed
and Mr. Fowell said he merely
pushed her away, but the wife com
plained that he had struck her.
Mrs. Powell was quite insistent
that her husband be punished, until
the court pointed out that all he
could do was either fine or Imprison
the family breadwinner, and then
she slowly relented. Judge Tash took
occasion, to remark ".-at in his o. in
lon, when a stepfather earned the
money to feed children, he had a
right to correct them. The Judge
went farther, and stated that there
were times wbsu he was In sympathy
with the o.u custom that penal. ted
a htnband to correct his wife when
th3 needed it. and he w is of the
opinion that tlila wasoneofthe times.
He declined to Que or otherwise pun-
it-h Mr. Powell, and the couple left
the court room together, but not arm
in arm.
Half an hour later they were seen
to deliberately enter a Cox Butte
avenue ice cream parlor and It is
presumed that the hatchet has been
burled.
STYLE REVUE DATES
SEPTEMBER 5 AND 6
The Fashion Shop nas announced
that the style revue films will be
shown at 'tne Imperial Sunday and
Monday, September 5 and 6. These
pictures were taken at the Chicago
style exhibit at the Marigold gar
dens, some weeks ago, and are quite
an attraction. One-half a million
dollars' worth of gowns will be dis
played In the thousand-foot reel. It
will be a big drawing card for the
women during these two days.
NOTICH TO HIGH SCHOOL
, STUDENTS
The office' of the principal will be
open this week for registration, Wed
nesday p. m. and Thursday and ri-
day all day. It Is desired that as
many as possible register during this
period.
The man who plans to so fishing
to forget is prone to remember hap
pier days when bait was easier to get
CLUB BOOSTERS
FOR GOOD ROADS
Chamber of Commerce Director
Ilannlng Meeting and llanquet
at the Roof Garden
The directors, of the Alliance
chamber of commerce, at their week
ly luncheon and business session
Tuesday noon, devoted a large share
of the time to the discussion of good
roads, and plans were made to boost
the construction of good highways la
order to connect Alliance with other
towns to furnish routes to various
through highways.
The principal necessity, the direc
tors agreed, was a route to the Lin
coln highway. At present there is
no line of improved roads. Several
of the' directors related their exper
iences while traveling along the
Lincoln highway, and all of them
agreed on one point the garage r
owners lit cities along that road will
advise motorists to steer clear of Al
liance. This is probably due to the
wretched condition of the roads, but
possibly something else. One Alli
ance man had to argue with a gar-
ageman in order to get him to even
tell him which route was the best to
follow, the other fellow doing bis
best to persuade the Alliance man to
go to some other town.
J. W. Guthrie, secretary of the
chamber of commerce, will begin,
work imediately on a series of let
ters to community clubs and citizens
in Angora, Dalton, Sidney and
Bridgeport In order to secure a con
certed effort to improve the roads
that will enable Alliance to connect
with the Lincoln highway.
Another effort will be made to get
in touch with towns along the Potash
highway, in an effort to get this road
built at least as far as Ravenna.
From Ravenna on to Lincoln the
roads are In fairly good shape. Most
of this road is already approved as
state projects and will in time be
completed, but the directors believe
that a little encouragement by towns
along the way' will not tend to delay
matters, and may have an expedit- ,
ing effect.
Among the things planned to boost
the good roads, movement is a good
road banquet and' meeting, which,
will be held at the Lowry & Henry
roof garden as soon as th contrac
tors have finished enclosing it. The
owners have offered the U3e of the .
roof garden free for this purpose,
and invitations will bu issued to
cities and towns along the " roads
inifitloned to send delegates. A num
ber of good speakers wlil be provided
and the cause of good roues thould
receive a considerable impetus.
In other parts of the state, the
towns are organizing for good roads.
Alllunce Is so situated that good
roads are more important to lis wel
fare than is tho casd in some cities,,
an'd there is a general belict ..uia.g
good roads enthu .i&sts tuat It wou d
be a profitable invet.Mtr.t if a pubic
o.id uuiMi.ig'fuui veie to be tol-
eeted. In addition to the regular
state and county funds.
'THE DAY SHE PAID"
AT IMPERIAL TONIGHT
Franceiia Billington, the pride of
Dailas, Tex., and a young lady who
Is not at all difficult to look at, is
the co star with Charles Clay, in
"The Day She Paid," at the Imper
ial tonight. It is a six-reel story of
clothing model who marries the
man she loves, but neglects to tell
him of certain events in her past life
"Oil Can Romeo,
comedy, coiu
pletes the bill.
Geraldine Farrar In "The World
and Its Woman" la the feature of the
Wednesday program.' There's an ex
tremely interesting love story, with
plenty of comedy, in the story of the
rise of an American girl to fame as
a Russian opera singer interwoven
with the tale of her love for an im
perial Russian prince. Miss Farrar
is supported by her husband, Lou
Tellegen. styled the most romantie
actor In America, and a number of
men fill be on hand to study bis
style.f
Tbirsday comes Enid Bennett in
"The! False Road," a 'Thomas H.
Ince production. Enid is cast as a
girl-crook, member of a New York
underworld gang. Her sweetheart,
Roger Moran, upon being released
from Sing Sing, announces, to her
surprise, that he is going straight.
He lands a Job as mau-of-all-work
for the local banker in a New Eng
land town. Thither Miss Bennett, in
the role of the heroine. Journeys, in
company with a confederate, to rob
the bank owned by Roger's employ
er. Complications ensue, and It is
said to make rather a gripping yarn.