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volumk xxvn. ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1920. No. 83 DECIDING FAIl k . OF AMENDMENTS Kebraka Voters Are Registering Their Ieclslon on Forty-one , Proposition! Today. Interest In the special flection to day is not exactly at fever hCat. There have' been some voters out, but at 1 p. ni. two wards reported as follows: Second ward, 11 voters, ot which 10 were cast by men and one woman;; Third ward, 11 voters, ot which 9 were cast by men and two by women. Second ward casts around 375 votes in an election of fair Interest. Unless a lot of votes roll In during the afternoon, the total vote will be less than 10 per cent. Today the voters of Nebraska will decide the fate of the forty-one con stitutional amendments proposal by the late constitutional convention. There will be a light vote, in all prob ability, and it is not at all improb able that a minority of the elector ate will change some of the condi tions of government for the major ity. It is always the duty of a voter to exercise his right of franchise, and it is especially important that the opinion of every voter should be expressed in this, the most important election in the state for nearly half a century. Opposition has developed to ' a number of the propositions. The union labor men are opposing, with vigc, the proposition to permit the Nebraska legislature to attempt the Kansas industrial court experiment in this state. Samuel Gompers has lent the weight of his Influence in an appeal to preserve to the workers the rights to strike. The provision In controversy reads as follows: "Laws may be enacted providing for the investigation, submission and determination of controversies be tween employers and employees in any business affected with a public Interest and fpr the prevention of un fair business practices and uncon scionable gains in any welfare. An industrial commission may be cre ated for the purpose of administering such laws, and appeals shall lie to the suDreme court from the final orders and Judgment of such com- J mission." President Weaver, cf the constitu- tional convention, says that the pur pose of this provision is to enable the legislature to make provision for foil and fair investigation of the facts and publicity of the findings of the commission in all eases of differ ences between employers and em ployes, and provide lor an adjust ment where the business is one af fected by a public In, vest. The American Leg; n ha? com1 out against proposition No. 21. pro Tiding for the sale of school lands by auction, instead of by private sale. The legion's state commander, Rob ert Simmons of Scottsbluff, has Is sued an appeal to legion men and their friends throughout the state to vote against this amendment. The legion favors legislation which will give ex-service men the right to buy this land. The amendment in question Is really an Important one, and will make the state considerable money, whether the land is sold to ex-soldiers or others. The general belief is that the legion officers want to see whether the. legion men can be depended on to stand together politically, and although they came out rather late In their appear, it may furnish a good test. Other amendments that meet with opposition are Nos. 17 and 22, providing for the election of supreme Judges and university regents by dis tricts, although these would seem to be good provisions. The amendments increasing salaries will probably be swatted on general principles, despite the fact that many of the salaries in question are unreasonably low. Nos. 30, 31 and 32. which give the state railway commislson wider powers, are under fire from some quarters. The amendment making English the official language of the state and providing for Its teaching in public private, parochial and denomination al schools is also meeting with op position, the source of which can be readily guessed. This Is true also of the opposition to the amendment authorizing the legislature to regu late the rights of aliens in respect to the acquisition, ownership, enjoy ment or descent of property. A' number of long-time residents ot the state are still citizens of the father land. Most of this opposition has been more or less unorganized, but It has been real, nevertheless. There has been all sorts of publicity, Including public addresses by members ot the convention, and any voter who d to be Informed can have no excuse THE WKATIIKH ALLIANCE, Neb.. Sept. 21. Un settled with thundershowvrs east portion this afternoon or tonight; oler tonight. Wednesday general- j'air. cooler east and central por- j foK ;now lug what the election Is all a 5 An tne other hand, there will bvv ole lot of negative votes cast becy foe voters do not under stand the ttlons. Herald read ers are eK yy iortuuaie, because they have been furnished a compltte statement concerning each of the amendments by the president of the convention. O. W. Flekke of Mondovi, Wis., U the new ollce man for the Fowler Lumber company. He arrived in the city the last of the week and Is now on the Job. He has had three years' experience at the lumber game and should prove a valued addition to thei rforce. CHIEF REED GOT LITTLE VACATION Chief of Police Oscar W. Heed took a layoff last Wednesday a:il Thursday and went to Crawford with the rest of the Alliance gang. But he didn't have a vacation. He just had one run of work and the same old. kind of w6rk, at that. All he saw of the fair was a few aeroplanes buzzing around overhead. The chief had hard luck. No sooner had he dismounted from the varnished cars than he was seen by an agent from the state depart men of justice. The agent wanted com panionship, and the chief gave i to him. Together they took in the fair, but the chief noticed right away that the Crawford denizens gave him the cold shoulder, an minute they would spy him on the street there would "be wmpei'lni k. He soon discovered that It was be cause he was in bad company. Oscar will never dare to go there any more. For on" Thursday the state men pulled off a raid of gam bling houses, and they took Oscar along, as well as T. J. Smith, the Alliar.ee Burlington special agent. At the Joint run by Charles Price, colored, they uncovered a trap table, two poker tables, money, dice and three men, all of whom were con nected with the establishment. At a place run by "Swede", there was (ourd a roulette table, poker table and other gambling paraphernalia. A third raid located a whole lot of whisky. The next time the chief takes a vacation, he'll go where tr.ore isn. a chance of finding a state Agent or where he will be marked as a limb of the law. For he didn't have a Rood time in Crawford. They did not want him there. He had trou ble finding a bed, more trouble In getting something to eat, and still more trouble In finding entertain ment. Alliance citizens who returned from the Crawford trip reported that there was apparently plenty of booze for those who desired it, and that the town was pretty wide open" during the festivities. EXAMINATION FOR RURAL MAIL CARRIER The United Sates civil service commission has announced an exam ination for the county of Box Butte, Nebraska, to be held at Alliance on Octboer 23, 1920 to fill the position of rural carrier at Alliance and vacancies that may later occur on rural routes from other post offices in the above-mentioned county. The examination will be open only to citizens who are actually domiciled in the territory of a post office in the county and who meet the other re-j quirements set forth In Form Nc. 1977. Both men and women, if qualified, may enter this examination, but ap pointing officers have the legal right to specify the sex desired in request ing certification ot eliglbles. Women will not be considered for rural car rier appointment unless they are the widows of U. S. soldiers, sailors, or marines, or the wires of TJ. 8. sol diers, sailors, or marines who are physically disqualified for examina tion by reason of injuries received in the line of military doty. Form No. 1177 and application blanks may be obtained from the office mentioned above or from the United States Civil Service Commis sion at Washington, D. C. Applica tions should be forwarded to f commission at Washington at the earliest practicable date. The Herald 12.50 a year. MAY GET POST Of SALVATIOM ARMY Judge Tush lie lews Work of State Convention Meeting ' if County Advisory Hoard. The Box Butte county advisory board of the Salvation Army, com posed of Robert Graham, president; J. W. Guthrie, Charles Brltton. A. V. Gavin. Dr. C. E. Slagle, J. M. Miller, Dr. H. A. Copsey, H. E. Gantz, Dr. Geo. J. Hand, W. U. Harper, Geo. 1). Darling, Edwin M. Burr, B. J. Sal lows, R. M. Hampicwi, E. G. Lalng and Lloyd Thomas met Monday night In the office of County Judge Ira E. Tash to hear the report of th edele gates to the state convention of Sal vation Army advisory boards which was held at the Hotel Fontenello, Omaha, Thursday, September 16. Judge Tash made a very Impres sive talk regarding the work which is being done by the Salvation Army as related at the convention by Briga dier and Mrs. William Andrews, divisional commanders of Salvation Army work in the chief division ot Iowa and Nebraska; Colonel Still well of Chicago, one of the best In formed women in the care of delin quent women and children in the United States, and other prominent speakers at the convention. Judge Tash was chairman of a committee which looked into the rescue and maternity work of the Salvation Army In Nebraska and In a fiery speech, which was one of the most inspiring ot the convention in troduced a resolution authorizing fue purchase of a suitable rescue and maternity home to take the place of the present one which is badly crowded and very much out of date. William N. Robson, field represen tative of the Salvation Army, pre sented the budget for the year as adopted unanimously first by the Ne braska state advisory board and laler" unanimously by th? delegates from the various county advisory boards at the convention in Omaha. The old form of raising funds for the work of the Salvation Army ban been done away with and now the annual budget as approved by state and county advisory boards themselves is raised in one annual drive. This year. the. drive wlll be held from October 18 to 25, ancTthe Box Butte county advfsory board will constitute itself the campaign com mittee and will be in active charge of the campaign to equal each citizen of the country to make his or her contribution to the work of the Sal vation Army. The Salvation Army has sixteen major activities which include th rescue and maternity home (which has cared for several Box Butte county girls during the past year) ; the young women's boarding home, where young girls away from home are able to secure good living con lions at a price they can pay; men's industrial homes, men's ihdustria hotels, lost and missing friends bu reau, legal aid bureau, men's and women's social work, etc. While at Omaha Judge Tash con ferred with Brigadier Andrews re garding establishing a corps of the Salvation Army in the city of Alli ance for the relief xf local distress and was asssured by Brigadier And rews that upon his return to divi sional headquarters he would at once take the matter up with a view to establishing the corps here. Definite assurance of this establishment is being looked for daily by local offic ers of the advisory board. HIGHWAY MEETING HKHK OCTOIlKIt 14 The annual meeting of the Potash Highway association ' of Nebraska will be held in Alliance on Thursday, October 14, according to the an nouncement made today by the Alli ance chamber of commerce, wlilcu will have charge of the entertain ment features. There will be two business sessions one in the morn ing and one in the afternoon, which will be presided over by the presi dent. J. C. Moore of Broken Bow. The program of the business sessions Is now being arranged by Lloyd Thomas of thla city, who is secre tary of the association. The meet ings will be held In the Lowry & Henry auditorium, in the new gar age building. E. P. Coleman, living ten miles southwest of Alliance, was the pur chaser of the A. A. Cox booze car, which was sold at publle auction at 2 p. m. today by Sheriff Miller on an order from County Judge Tash. Mr. Coleman paid $155 for the Stude baker Six. There were several bid ders, but none of them cared to go very high. WOOD ALCOHOL , LAJDHIM LOW Ami Two Colored Men.tJot lit Dutch' by Going to Ctlllaliao'n Assistance. t m If you would know the troubles that can arise from a single over poweriug thirst, consider the case ot Mr. K. T. Callahan, timekeeper at Ellsworth. The thirst of Mr. Calla han led htm to get tanked on wood alcohol and other powerful stimul ants, among which Chief Reed was certain that he detected the odor ot lemon extract. There may have been other liquors in the alcoholic com bination that laid Mr. Callahan low, but those enumerated are sufficient And the consequences. Mr. Tal lahau was discharged this morning from St. Joseph's hospital, whither he was taken short"' after noon last Saturday,' and where the prompt use of a stomach pump considerably relieved his feeling and probably saved his life. Two young coloied men spent Saturday after noon, all day Sunday and a good share of Monday in the city Jail, where they were held on suspicion of being implicated in a plot to dope Callahan, steal bis valuables and hie to grctner fields. Half a dozen kids are the cynosure of all youthful eyes, awaiting a summons to testify in court that will never come. It all happened this way. About noon Saturday 'a handful of boys were playing ball out at the fair grounds. Among them were Ellis Wright, son of Mr. and Mis. Mose Wright; Willie Willis, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Willis; Bob Shaugh nessy and Clemont Dotson, as well as othprs. These boys were Seeing ho far they could bat the ball and how often they could catch It. After playing for a time, they heard groans coming from the direction of the grandstand. They investigated. At the south end of the grand stand, they found Callahan. He was- lying flat on his back, his eyes were closed, and he was groaning often. Near hfm were the two color ed men. One of the boys declared he saw one of the colored men give Callahan something out of a bottle. Callahan roused himself from his stupor long enough to offer one of ftys boys a nickle if he would get him a glass of water. 'Two of the bovs, Ellis Wright and Willie Willis, raced away. One of them went for water. The other went for the police. The boy who started for the cops dashed Into the city hall, only to find it empty. The chief was at dinner. He rushed immediately over to Mayor Rodger's place of busines, and the city's chief executive chartered the city's car, found a cop or two, and they were soon at the fair grounds. Callahan was taken to the hospital, where Dr. Weyrens attend ed him, and the two colored men were taken to the city basttle. It waB hours before Callahan re covered, and when he did he wasn't feeling like talking. In the mean time, the police were toying with the theory, based on the story told by the boys of the colored men giving Callahan something to drink, that the two men had lured Callahan out to the fairgrounds with the idea or doping him, and then helping them selves to his cash. This theory was borne out by the discovery that Callahan, who had been In Alliance two or three days, had come here with a check for over $60, and when searched was found to have only a few cents left. By the time Callahan was able to be interviewed, Sheriff. Miller had aided In solving the mystery. The sheriff had driven out by the fair grounds Saturday morning, and he had seen Callahan, alone, standing at one end of the grandstand. The colored men were not with him. Their stories, told In a straightfor ward manner, furnished the rest of the details. The two men had re cently been released from the Colo rado state reform school. They bad been paroled to parties in Scotts bluff. They didn't like Scottsbluff. and so they came to Alliance in search of work, not realizing that they were violating their parole. Once in Alliance, the two men planned to get Jobs. One of them was going to get work digging sewer ditches, and the other had applied for a job digging spuds on the O'Bannon place. They were on M t'r way to their Jobs, which they expect ed to assume right after dinner. The grandstand loomed Invitingly before them, and they decided to rest until time to go to work. They laid down in the other end of the grand stand and went to sleep. The first time they saw Callahan, they said, was when they heard the boy run ning to his assistance. Both of the suspects were released Monday afternoon; and were told to be back in Scottsbluff by the net train, or else find themselves un'Vr arrest on a charge of parole loa tion, with a return trip to the Colo rado Institution In sight. They prom ised to fade away. r.itAKKMAN Fixrcn in ji mticm cocirr Paul Sharp, brakeman, received a fine of $100 and costs from just in of the Peace Roberts Saturday morn ing. The Judge also assessed l"on Inman, Clarence Mason and Ray E. Lappin $26 and costs each. The charge was that of taking shoes from a Burlington freight car, out of o consignment to O. W. Lowry. The men admitted guilt. Sharp was giv en the heaviest fine because, it ap peared, he had been the ring-leader. The other men were not even a part of the train crew, but were beatlnp a ride as well. The men were arrested Monday of last week by Chief of Police Reed and Special Agent T. J. Smith. ANOTHERlMEETING withouh quorum Just a few short days ago, the Alliance newspapers chronicled the fact that the members of. the city council had reformed. For the first time in months, there was a quorum present, at the proper hour, and In an incredibly short time the busines. for the month was transacted Mayor Rodgers smiled,' City Clerl Kennedy fairly beamed, for all these council meetings mean extra wcrk without extra pay for her, and one or two of the rouncilmen felt lik Jesting. The September meeting was held as the opening of a new era, when the council should turn out on time. Alas, for. human hopes. The coun cil was called In special session last Saturday evening. There was only a little business to transact, but it was important. The contract for paving the holes left by the detune parking centers was to be awarded. Mayor Rodgers was there, City Clerk Kennedy was on hand, and a faithful few of the councluuenthree to be exnet-but a legal quorum Is six. There followed the usual telephon ing for the absent ones sua the usual waiting. The mayor and the falth'u few stayed on for a full hour, hoping against hope. The absent ones did not appear. The meeting adjourned. No business van Irt rre eo Mayor Rodgers Is going to have another try at it tonight. Invita tions have been sent out. .The bids are ready to be opened, and the un sightly holes in the paving will soon be closed, provided the council turns out. The mayor Is figuring strongly on posting notices similar to those he has had tacked up In the city hall on the doors of the councllmen who fall to show up when they are needed. FIND RING STOLEN . BYKITTLEMANS Sheriff Ml'- - M'"'-- reived a package from Lincoln which contained a s'gnet ring which U.hu.- 1 eared from his home the dv '- ven Kittleman children were sent to the state home foi dren. At that time there was a sort of a bathtub party, In which Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Harvey Hacker and others scrubbed the seven Kittle- mans until they shone. After they had taken the train, Herber V missed his signet ring, and Mrs. Hacker found that some money had been taken out of her purse. When the children entered the home, they had about the sum lost by Mrs. Hacker on their persons, but the coins were not in the same de nomination. It is possible that thit may be discovered later, as a letter from Amy V. Stevens, superintend ent, stated that a careful search had failed to turn up the lost ring. A postscript, however, chronicled the fact that It had "Just been located" in the possession of young Oswald. The letter says the childr n are getting along quite well, but "we are not ready to express our opinion at to their mentality." Juan Rodriguez, Mexican, was fined $50 and costs by Justice of the Peace Roberts on a charge of con cealing stolen property. Two blan kets and a sheet, the property of the Pullman company, were found in his bunk house. The arrest was made by Burlington Agent T. J. Smith. Ed Tyree returned Friday from Prlngle, 8. D., where he has been employed for the past few months. He will spend a few weeks with hi; mother before returning to Prlngle HUNTING SEASON. IS IN FULL BLASI" Nimble-Foot el llnnter Pursue! The l.hislve Web-fWtedi Duckling In Ijflke lleglotm The annual hunt is on fish stories are now In the discard. Th fellow who cannot spend a few hours In the lake region and come back to tell you he bagged the limit or Just a few over the limit. . not in It these days. To be sure, it Is not often that they back up their claims with the actual blrdB "ln,the flesh but then you are not supposed to be a doubting Thomas when it comes to listening to the duck shooter even though It Is your own personal and' private opinion that he is "shooting the bull" making "widows out of cows". The duck shooting season officially opened last Thursday morning. Box Butte county has more than its usual share of hunters who do very little actual hunting In the county, due to the fact that the duck lakes are mostly located in adjoining counties Sheridan, Morrill and Gar den. County Clerk Bill Mounts Is au . thorlty for the statement that never In his experience have so many hunt ing licenses been issued. He ran out of licenses several days ago and they are still coming for them. It is estimated that not less than 600 licenses have been issued for Box Butte county alone. By Sunday the migration from town to the lake country had reach ed Its apex. In the sandhills the usual quiet Babbath , became, In sound, a veritable battlefield. Th heavy booming voice of the number eights and tens mingled with the lighter, and higher tones of the six teens and twenties speaking in terms of gauges. But it's all the same to a duck if he gets in the road of a load of shot from the gun of an ambitious hunter be usually gives up the ghost and falls to the - surface of the lake or In the tall rushes with a dull thud. The amateur wno is allowed the privilege of accompanying the old timer on a hunting trip to the duck country Is often amazed at what happens and oftentimes at what doesn't happen. At first he is .in clined to "strain" his gun by shoot ing too far. Oftentimes he will bag a dozen or two of flat ones that ' seemed rather tame and dllu't fly when he hove .in sight, only to find on taking them to camp, timt he has nothing but the despised mui hen, the technical name tor which I be lieve, is "grebe" probably jr.v d from the fait that iu.y spenv; uicst of their time diving for "grub" and In fooling duck hunters. Herald readers would have been surprised, had they made an in spection of variuos haymows in ranch, barns In the 8Urroun.ug tiuiut to find many of the leading clt ions of the city blissfully blrepl SUurlay or Sunday night, or almost any night . now, wrupped in a blanket, with a pile ot hay foi' u p...i.. , uu omn limes waking to giaiue ut the bay for the coming of iawu and the covettd morning shoo. ins when sle.py-eyed duclings are rulely ruaed from sUep by the boom ot a gun and the leaden pullet. But they are begginiug to fly rather high now and it isn't so easy to get th limit in a few houhs as it was at first. And it costs money for ammunition shells at six or seven cents each cost like the divvil and a hunter in buying new equipment tlnds that it fakes 25.00 for a pair of waders and $70.00 for a gun. Ofttimes it Is difficult for one who has never hunted to understand why a Bane man will drop important busi ness, clamber into a jitney and Jour ney many wiles to a favorite hunting spot; then don a pair of heavy. cumbersome waders and spend hours standing in ankle-deep mud waiie whopping big mosqultos and mur derous-looking horse flies eagerly penetrate bis sun-burned face and neck; all for a few shots at elusive, swift-flying ducks that frequently make their get-away even after being brought to earth. But let the doubt ing one try It Just once let him feel the thrill that comes from sight ing along the barrel ot a sturdy, twelve-gauge pump gun;' let him know what it means to bring down a leader, the tall ender and one or two more of a flock of the web-footers, and ho will be the first one to bid farewell to dull care and to en dure hardships that money could not hire him to undergo. . He'U never b the same again. Miss Lara Hawkins of Allianc 04 entered the NebrMkl Wesleys nJ- versity at University Place.