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'MASTER MIND'
CONTROLS BOOZE
INDUSTRY IN VAIXKY MAY BK
SYSTEMATIZED
litiMrr Get So Much, ( ollcr(or nd
Retailor All I'tidrr Direction
of "VAg Guy."
Is thero a pan)? of "hifilior up" in
the booze business in the North I'latte
Valley? From hints dropped by tome
of the f-tate officers who have re
cently been prowling through thi." part
of the state, there Is a -well v Uti
lised rinpr of "?uicr minN" nvW di
rect the distilling, distribution and
pale of hootch, or moonshine whiskey,
says the Scottsbluff Star-Herald. '
According to these Htitte men the
real culprits keep their tracks so well
hidden that it is well nih impossible
to connect them with the game and
yet their orders po forth by the "un
derground"' and there are stills es
tablished here or there; bootlegger at
their order "make" this town or that
town with a supply of the "forty-rod"
ducking in and out by auto route and
leaving the stuff with certain resident
agents, the entire operat'on l,eing ac
complished so swiftly and with such
apparent innocence that it makes de
tection doubly difficult and would re
quire the undivided attention of sev
eral special men for perhaps weeks
before it could be rounded up suffi
ciently to secure evidence enough for
conviction.
The state agents may be right, or
they may be barking up the wrong
stump. Ee that as it may, the fed
eral prohibition agents in the eastern
part of the state are' bending every
effort to find the "big guy" of the
moonshiners' ring, who is alleged to
be furnishing the capital and all pos
sible protection for bis lieutenants as
veil as for the ignorant foreigners
who actually work the stills.
According to Operative Lynch, who
works out of the Omaha office, the
illicit distillers generally work on a
basis of from $1 to $12 a gallon for
. their product, which is collected by
ether booze agents, much us is milk
or cream on a rovlte. The illicit
liquor is then jobbed at the price of
from $23 to $30 a gallon to the "resi
dent dealers," and these in turn retail
it at $j a pint.
It costs but $1.60 to make a gallon
of moonshine booze, but it contains a
million dollars' worth of cussedness.
food and baby show In Alliance last
week.
Marvin Kusetl helped C. W. Hryant
haul potatoes to All'.anee last week.
Gera'd Iee met with an accident
Mon by night He ran into a barb
wire icn-fl, cutting his face betweei.
the mouth and no: e. He was tnhen to
i doctor in Alliance at once und hix'C.
the weun I dressed. At present writ
ing he is getting along fine.
J.uk Welch who worked for Wm.
Newman last week, left Saturday foi
he coal mines in Wyoming.
Mr:-. D. W. Ueiman spent Tuesday
w th Mrs. Powell.
Dan Kciinan and family attended
.he local farmers' union meeting t.t
Hie Fall-view church lat Friday nipht.
Many farmers from here attended
Uie Walker public sale Monday near
Birdsull Siding.
Two cars of potatoes were shipped
from Yale G: ling this week.
There was n dance nt the John Un
der ranch last Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Grover were
ileasintly surprised Wednesday eve
ning by a few friend. and neighbor?.
Col. L. K. Mliss, the farmer auc
t'oneer, cried the Walker sale last
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Josse and fam
ily visited at the C. S. Sisley ranch
Sunday.
Vein Davis Wt for Alliance where
he will work this winter.
A. T. Iee finished husking corn on
Thursday of last week.
The Pleasant Trairie farmers' union i
local had their regular meeting Mon
day night at the John Nielson ranch.
Everybody enjoyed the evening.
Jo dwig transacted business at
Heminglord one day lust week.
The Standard Oil company man was
in this neighborhood Monday with a
load of oil.
Wm. Newman has his big barn
nearly completed.
A. T. Lee helped L. Beal put hay
in the barn.
Dan Uieman killed a bog Tuesday.
Working in the fields this time of
year seems strange but some are
breaking prairie.
YALE SIDING
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Scheficek and
family of near Wildhorse Butte were
visiting at the Wm. Newman ranch
Sunday.
Frank Russell left Saturday ni?ht
fir Iowa whnrc ho will visit for sev
eral weeks with friends and relatives.
Quite a nu'mber took in the pure
THE KED CROSS CORNER
Do you know what happened to the
dollar you gave the Red Cross last
year?
If not, here are some items worth
looking into:
1. It helped ten sick, tuberculus ex
service men return. to their homes or
to a United States public health hos
pital where they were, properly taken
care of and put on the road to better
health.
2. It secured compensation, which
means actual money coming in every
month from the government, for twenty-five
ex-soldiers who have tubercu
losis but are still able to work part
of the time. Many of these men have
families, and if it were r.ot for the
n-ovcrnment money coming in every
month, they might have to, ask aid
of t'ie county.
3. It sent three insane men, in
sane because of the service they had
given their government, to hospitals,
ecurcd compensation and insurance
or their families.
I. It secured innumerable back pay
,iim of money from $5.00 to $300
or men who had In some w ay become
.r.led in government red tape and
vce unable to extricate themselves
r get the'r money.
r. It secured information of very
assistance of this kind.
7. it gave financial assistance to
seventeen ex-service lntii unu i.ie
.am, I ics who had to have tlie b,u
necessities of life, food and shelter,
The reasonB for this necessity were
diii'crcnt in many cases, some times
government led tape, tompeosai..o..
neld up, not aide to work because oi
illness, poor management, etc.
8. It found employment for fut..
ex-scrvice men who were out oi wo...
Vsj ortar.t character for one hundred ! and had to have which to live,
rd fifty people, many of them not) Do you think it was worth while-?-servicc
men or their wives, but! this dollar that you gave to the Red
eople wbo bolievcd in the efficiency
f the P.ed Cross in finding out al
nost anyth;ng they wished to know.
0. It brought comfort, advice and
4erviee to three strangers wlth;n our
n'dst, who were suddenly vhited with
Cross? Surely we have answered uu;
question for you.
If a DeBeiiue man Is a chronic
grumbler nothing makes him as hap
py as finding a button off his con'.
he prcat calamity of the death of a j while his wife is away. DeBequ'
loved one, and had no one to turn for (Colo.) New Era.
SILK PETTICOATS
Priced to save 1-3 of
former cost at
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Serve Budweiser With
Your Christmas Dinner!
Prompt Delivery to
Any Part of the City.
Fresh Christmas Cigars; Cigarettes
and Tobaccos in Christmas Pack
ages; Pipes, Cigar and Cigarette
Holders
Wm. King: Company
Phone 136
GRAPE JUICE
MALT NUTRINE t,
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Let Us Suggest For Their Gifts
FOR HER
GENUINE PYRALIN IVORY
Dresser Sets
Manicure Pieces
Combs, Brushes
Mirrors, Jewelry Boxes
. Hair Receivers
Picture Frames
V.-M ' Perfume Bottles
Cloth Brushes
TOILET SETS
PALMER'S GARDENGLO
Combination Sets
Perfume, Toilet Water
Face Powder and Sachet
HUB-NUTS
Combination Sets
Perfume, Toilet Water
Face Powder
STATIONERY
Crane's Linen Lawn Weilow Fancy Boxes
FOR HIM
CIGARS
AH Popular Brands
STATIONERY
Crane's Linen Lawn
Weilow Fancy Boxes
Conklin Fountain Pens
Alwright Silver and Gold Pencils
SHAVING NEEDS
Razors, Strops,
Lotions, Creams
Community Silverware all Patterns
Xmas Napkins
Them os Bottles
Ferrostat Non-Breakable Bottles
Holly Wrapping? Paper
CANDY
Elmer's Chocolates
Sweet's Chocolates
Quality and Service
ALLIANCE DRUG STORE
WE DELIVER
214 Box Butte St
R BL SCOTTEN and F. O. IIERSIIMAN, VA
PHONE US YOUR WANTS
Alliance, Nebraska
Imperial Theatre
December 11
Matinee and Night No Advance in Price
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A tense jphotodrama oFVevr
England iishiiiiolk,feattiriiTg
ALICE LAKE
With an all-star supporting cast.
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'Directed tyJdkn SJitce. dlaxiCellllcuxien Director CjehL
Special Added Attraction
Second Episode of
"LOST CITY"
Mutt and Jeff in ....
"YACHT RACERS"
Sunday, December 12
Matinee and Night
THOMAS H. INCE presents
Douglas MacLean
and
Doris May
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'Mary's Ankle9
A PARAMOUNT ARTCRAFT PICTURE ,
Mary had a little ankle;
Injured it one day.
Now the young "doc" who repaired it
Just can't stay away!
Fact was, Doctor needed cash, but could get it from Uncle
only when he married a wife. So Doc asked Mary, "Let's
pretend," and Mary said "O. K." But when Uncle took them
at their word and hustled them into a bridal suite on a ship
heading south the rest is a hurricane of fun I
The Brilliant Stars of "232 Hours' Leave"
and "What's Your Husband Doing-" in an
other Smashing Laugh Hit! See it sure!
Comedy
"CHICKEN A LA CABARET"
Monday, December 13
Matinee and Night
Universal Jewel Super Special
ELMO LINCOLN
" Under Crimson Skies 9 9
Romance, adventure and love intermingle in a manner
60 engaging as to appeal to the likes and desires of
everyone.
A GRIPPING APPEAL 7
FOR EVERY MAN,
WOMAN AND CHILD
12th Episode "Hidden Danger"
"HUMAN BAIT"