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OfTicia Taper of Box Butte County
VOLUME XXVIII.
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
01Tici.il Taper of the City of Alliance
r,"orc ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, FEBUUAR Yl. 15)21
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NO. 19
A NEW RULING IS
APTTO PLAY HOB
WITH CREAMERY
STRIKES AT BUTTER MADE
FROM SOUR CREAM
Regarded as Death Blow to Dairy In
dustry in State Storm of Pro
test Has Arisen.
sioncr of internal revenue with be jus
tified in moving against the industry.
However, creameries have sent hun
dreds of millions of poun.ls of butter
to the dining tables of the world, and
as yet no complaint as to its qual
ity has been heard."
The Alliance Creamery company,
one of the largest concerns in the city,
which manufactures over half a mil
lion pounds of butter each year, will
be dealt a body blow if a new ruling
by the attorney general's office, made
public last Saturday, is permitted to
go into effect. Practically every cream
ery in the west will be affected, to
some degree, by the new ruling, and
Nebraska, as a state, will be especial
ly hard hit, for the butter-making in
dustry is one of the principal activi
ties in the state, and Omaha is recog
nized as the largest butter-producing
market in the world.
Under a law passed in 1887, and
amended in 1902, the attorney gen
eral, in answer to an inquiry of the
internal revenue bureau, has given an
opinion that butter made from sour
cream and neutralized by the use of
limewater or other alkaline substance
is subject to a tax of 10 cents per
pound and must be branded as "adul
terated." This new ruling was scheduled to
go into effect February 1, but so
many protests have come in from the
creamery men and others who see the
injustice of the ruling that the time
has been extended until February 15
in order to allow the filing of briefs
bv the opponents of the ruling. The
Nebraska delegation .in congress has
simply been deluged with telegrams
protesting against the injustice. W.
E. Spencer of the Alliance Creamery
comnanv Saturday sent a wire to Con
gressman Kinkaid and Senators Nor
ris and Hitchcock, and those who ap
pended their signature with his were
R. M. Hampton, C. A. Newberry and
half a dozen others.
Method Is Harmless.
Creamery butter manufactured in
the rpntral west has fof twenty years
been made from sour cream, sweet
.mmI hv limowiter or other alkali, and
it is declared that if the ruling of the
attorney general on a law that is
twenty years old be allowed to stand
it will amount to a calamity in the
rfnirv business in Nebraska. It means
nothing short of ruin for the cream
cries, the butter men say.
Over half the butter of this country
?a manufactured by the neutralized
nroress. Mr. Snencer says. It is
practical, harmless method of manu
facturing, ana is in no way ueiiwucn
tl tn the health of the consumer,
The creameries add nothing to the
butter, but use the milk of lime fo
take out a part of the acid which is
detrimental to the butter. This pro
cess is similar and along the same
line as the process of manufacturing
cane into white sugar. The cane juice
is treated with lime to take up the
acid and also to prevent the juice
from becoming acid. Certainly the
government would not ask sugar man
ufacturers to brand their sugar adul
terated and affix a tax of 10 cents per
pound.
A rrnrdinc to the definition of but
ter now on the statute books, the
creamery men are within the law, as
nothing is added to the butter and the
mnlv one of manufacture
... . , .
where me ume i
and not as a part. From a practical
standpoint the ruling is absurd, and
the manufacturers feel that it is not
only unwise and unfair, but uncalled
for. They say it is un-American and
if put into force would greatly dam
age one of the strongest, most whole
some and beneficial industries of the
country.
Add to Consumers Burden.
Just where the demand comes from
for the enforcement of this twenty-year-old
legislation is unknown. It
may be that the bureau of internal
revenue experts, who are seeking for
new methods of taxation, discovered
it by themselves, or it may mean that
the manufacturers of oleomargarine,
i, fl the convoetition of lowered
EX-SOLDIERS MAY EXAMINE
LIST OF DISCHARGE PAPERS
There is now at the army recruiting
station, 103 Box Butte avenue, the
government list of surplus discharge
papers, which may be seen by any ex
soldier who is in doubt as to whether
he received his honorable discharge,
or whether it has been returned to
him on the various occasions when he
was required to forward it to headquarters.
lhe different war bureaus have a to
tal of several thousand extra dis
charge papers which they have been
unable to deliver on account of in
complete address. Some of these have
extra travel pay or bonus checks at
tached. There is also a list of liberty
bond owners who have not been lo
cated.
If any ex-soldier has any doubt in
his mind as to whether he is possessed
of his discharge, it would be well to
look over the list at the recruiting
station. It may be that there will be
a forgotten check attached to it. In
any event it will take but little time
to plow through the list, and may save
considerable annoyance in the future.
BURGLAR ONLY
GETTING EVEN
WITH JOKERS
ANGORA ROBBER PARTICIPATED
IN A SNIPE HUNT
of
OVER THOUSAND
COME TO FIRST
ALLIANCE MIXER
COMMUNITY PARTY A SPLENDID
SUCCESS.
oung Man Arrested at Alliance Has
a Novel Explanation of
Cause of Crime
John Camery, arrested in Alliance
few days ago following a thrilling
hase by Officer Stilwell, is possessed
a number of triends at Ancora.
where he is charged with breaking into
tne Angora fllercantile company store
and taking some clothing and money.
According to tne liayard Exchange,
the burglar's version of the story is
about as follows:
John Camery, seventeen, an east
erner unaccustomed to the ways of the
wild and woolly west, recently landed
in tne nttie village of Angora. Camery
was marked as a good sample of the
proverbial tenderfoot and seemed to
be ripe for initiation into western
ways, so some, of the youne fellows
around Angora thought it time to start
the initiatory ceremonies.
"Among the thintrs they did was to
take Camery out for a good old fash
ioned snipe hunt. The tenderfoot held
the sack in approved style, and after
the hunting party returned from the
hunt the joke was carried further by
naving camery arrested by a mock
game warden on charges of hunting
without a license. lhe fake game
warden put Camery to bed under guard
Chamber of Commerce "Open House
at Roof Garden Draws Attend
ance from Entire County.
TlllW i-v. - - , . .
prices on creamery Duuer, nau u.c in
spiration. Nine out of en people in
Nebraska and the west will feel the
effects of the ruling, however, if the
tax of 10 cents per pound is added to
the price of butter. .
The Omaha Bee, In an editorial on
the subject, says: "The real test of
the butter question will be whether
, product is wholesome. If the
product of the creameries is proper
food, and that it is has not been ques
IZZZa. then an order to enforce
against it an obsolete law i; . unrea
sonable. No claim is made that the
nt nmcesses in tne
manufacture of butter has been detri
mental to the rooa va.ue, ui us
ance or the flavor of the bu tter. .
rru. .IToi. reminds US OI the nulla'
fcalu raised a few years ago over the
.SrhVak down thi
ndustr? in Nebraska by the
forcement of a rule that was proved
to be ridiculous. Should tne present
practice with regard to the manufac
ture of butter be the source of a men
ace to public health, then the commis-
The first "mixer" eiven by the Alii
ance chamber of commerce, to which
the residents of the entire county were
invited. Droved a splendid success. All
during last Friday evening, the roof
garden was crowded with those who
came to dance, to hear the musical
nromram and the recitations that had
been nrovided. or to watch others en
joy themselves. The roof garden was
crowded at all times, and there were
constant arrivals and departures. It
is estimated that fully fifteen hundred
people attended some part of the fes
tivities.
The dancine. with the music fur
nished bv Harline's orchestra was the
chief attraction for a number of the
young people, some of whom came a
number of miles over bad roads. The
young people weren t the only ones
who danced, a number of those who
thought their dancing days were over
ten years ago getting out on the floor
1 1 - 1 . . nn lima QQ fl Tt V
ana naving jum m k""" -"
nf tbpm. The orchestra played some
of the older dance numbers, as wen as
the newer jazz stuff, and there was an
M.fficViinnpil Kfinave dance or two.
The program was so arranged that
nnt too much of any kind
all at once. The
readings, musical numbers and com
m,mitif cino-incr was interspersed be
t ween' the dance numbers. During the
.....;rr tViorp was a solo bv Mrs. J. S.
Rhein; a violin solo by a member of
tv.a mvViPstrn: a vocal solo by Miss
recitation. Mrs. Dr.
Mirrie? vocal solo. Miss Kathry
Valetto Cox: con
cert number by the orchestra; and a
recitation by G. W. Nation. J.
Mann led the community singing. ,
Refreshments were served during
lhe course of the evening in one end of
the hall, hot coffee and doughnuts
being passed out to the hungry. There
w.ns sufficient of each to go around,
although the demand for refreshments
The chamber of commerce plans to
cive a series of these entertainments
in the future, at regular intervals. A
. . . i t,. fnrmcra ITl
special emeriiiinim-ni. a
ranchers is also in prospect. Attend
ance from the outlying districts was
rather limited at last Friday fnter
An to the bad condition ol
the roads, but this is not uy -tinuc
to interfere. Despite this handi
cap, the "mixer" waf a recognized
success ana me cuy iuik".-"-retary
Carey, who conceived the idea,
for one or tne mon pica..
ity gatherings in us ww
PUPILS ASKED
ABOUT THEIR
MOVIE HABITS
FRIENDS OF CENSORSHIP SEND
OUT QUESTIONNAIRES
Replies From Fourth to Eighth Grades
Give Some Very Interesting
Movie Statistics
Friends and enemies of state cen
sorship for moving pictures are pre
paring for the battle that will ensue
when the bill comes to a vote in the
legislature. Those who favor censor
ship are carrying on an extensive cam
paign over the entire state in the hope
of arousing public sentiment to a point
where public supervision of movies
will be deemed essential. Last week
petitions were largely signed in
Scottsbluff. and it is probable that
similar petitions have been or will be
circulated in other parts of the state.
One of the most interesting bits of
the campaign is the "movie question
naire," which came from the state wel
fare commission through Superintend
ent Leffler of the Lincoln city schools.
Mr. Leffler prepared the questionnaire,
and the welfare board was so struck
with the way it covered the subject
that they sent copies of it to the school
superintendents of other towns and
cities in the state, with the request
that pupils in several grades be re
quired to answer the questions.
In Alliance the questionnaire was
submitted to pupils from the fourth
fo fhp pit'hth (Trades. The question-
but left the room occasionally to see naires h.id to be forwarded to Lincoln
what the young fellow would do about almost i-nmediatelv. the time being so
trying to make an escape. short that -the teachers in this city
lhe joke worked out rather more I pre unable to tabulate the results.
seriously than the jokers expected. ! Most of the teachers were intensely in
Camery slipped .out of bed in the ab- 1 terested in the answers to the ques
sence of his 'guard,' and left without tions, and some of them did a little
any coat. He went to the general mer- j fnhnlntinir on their own account, fur-
chandise store of the Angora Mercan- : njshing data that is especially inter-
me company, wnicn was tocKeu up ptincr in view or the movie censorsinp
for the night, and entered a rear win- fip-ht in the legislature. It is probable
dow. After getting inside he helped ! that the fieures from over the stnte
nimseit to a coat ana sii.io in casn,
after which he fled to Alliance.
"The officers in Alliance were re
quested to apprehend him, which they
did, and he was returned in charge of
Bud lhompson of Angora, who had
been deputized to bring him back. He
was lodged in the county jail at Bridge
port on Thursday of last week, but no
charge has as yet been filed against
him as it is reported that the fellows
at Angora who played the joke on him
dlsl iking certain pictures that they
could not understand them.
It is regrettable that the question
naire could not have been given in the
h.gh school, where some intelligent
idea of the effect of the movies on
the youth could have been gained. Ac
cording to Superintendent Pate, it is
probable that the questionnaire will be
submitted later to the high school pu
pils, and a careful tabulation of the
results made. It is believed that the
results will be of value, because the
pupils are not required to sign their
names to the questionnaires.
FULLER WRITES
OF CONDITIONS
IN BRITISH ISLES
ALLIANCE MAN REVISITS
HOME IN KENT
OLD
Prices Higher Than in Thin Country
and Wages Lower Effects of
War Still Visible
Charles Fuller of this city, who la
now visiting his old home in Kent,
England, has fulfilled a promise mada
before he sailed and has written Tha
will be tabulated, giving a much better
idea of the influence of the movies on
the children of school age.
The Questionnaire.
The questions on the questionnaire
follow:
Are vou a boy or girl?
Schooi-i Grade Age
EXPECT SPEEDY CLOSING OF
PACKING COMPANY AFFAIRS
If the plans of the new officers of
iVin Allinnen I'nrVinir rnmnanv work
out, the affairs of the defunct concern J Herahl a letter telling of present day
will be settled within a comparatively
short time. Application has already
been made to the district court for a
formal order of dissolution, the re
quired thirty days' notice will be up
February 11, and it is hoped that
Judge Westover will be able to come
over to Alliance and issue the order
February 12. Immediately thereafter,
the work of returning to the sub
scribers 82',4 of their subscriptions
will be begun. William Mitchell is
the attorney for the stockholders, and
J. W. Guthrie is assisting the secre
tary in closing the affairs of the cor
poration. COUNTY JUDGE
DISCUSSES LAW
ENFORCEMENT
TALKS OF JUVENILE COURT AT
THE M. E. CHURCH
Says the Remedy Lies In Prevention
Thinks Fear of Punishment a
Deterring Force
County Judge Tash spoke at the
Methodist church last Sunday evening
on the work of the juvenile court, of
which he has had apeculiarly intimate
knowledge for a number of years.
After outlining the functions of the
court, and the class of cases that come
before it, after reviewing the volume
of driftwood that came to the juvenile
conditions as he found them. The ef
fects of the war are still noticeable,
Mr. Fuller says, not alone fn the in
creased cost of foodstuffs and clothinjf,
but in the manner of living. His letter
follows:
Ashford, Kent, England, Jan. 2.
To the Editor of The Herald: We ar
rived safely at Southampton after a
very enjoyable trip visiting on our
way Chicago, Niagara Falls, Buffalo
and New York. We had a fairly good
trip over for the time of the year, but
only had a few hours' sunshine tha
whole of the way, even before disem
barking I was struck by the number
of men that came to work on or about
the docks on bicycles. They seem to
take the place that the Ford has in
America, being used by working and
even business men and I found in other,
towns they are the most popular
means of transit with people of all
ages. This proves how much better,
off the working man of America ia
than one in England. Wages have in
creased 150 per cent but living ex
penses have more than kept pace with
them. Carpenters are getting lslld
per hour, equal to about 35 cents at
the the present rate of exchange and
sugar, flour, potatoes etcarebigl)er
than they are in America. Here every,
employer has to insure his workmen
against loss through sickness or un
employment. Building material is al
most impossible to get and the price is
prohibitive, common lumber being
worth five pence per lineal foot which;
at the normal exchange rate would be
about $150 per thousand. Houses have
doubled in price over what they wera
before the war, and it is just as hard
to rent a house here as t.t home, and
if the owner wants possession of a
house he must find one, equally as
good for the tenant to move into, and
as this is almost irnpossibie it is hard
to get possession of u house. Owners,
had to keep their renw iown to ivi
' pourt. and detailing the stories of some
1. How many times a ween no you 0f the neglected and dependent crul-
go to a movie 7 'dren, Mr. Tash proposed a remedy.
o rin vnn irn in thp nftprnnon show. I oen (Knt -nmpu intn iuvpnile I
are sorry it turned out so much moreito he ear)y evening show, or to tTie'couVt he said, is evidence that some- prices till just recently when they wera
seriously than was expected and arej,ate evpnjnff 8how? ' one has sinned against the law of both allowed to raise them not more than
3. Which theatre do you like tst7 God an( man. The remedy is preven- 30 per cent, men ine owner nas io un
4. Do vou usually go with your tion Preachers, teachers and other all necessary repairs.
rpnts. with friends or alone! ! 9ffCn,;p, .houhl teach the ritrht w.iy to I am not at all disappointed with tha
S. How much money uo you spemi iiv rn Barents, me rini way
eacn ween ior raovira .
r. Name vour favorite movie stars.
7. Of the different kinds of stories
,. have sppn at the movies, wnai ,
anxious to help him out of his trouble.
"At least this is Camery s story, al
though a further investigation may
prove that it is incorrect.
THREE HEMINGFORD MEN
FINED FOR INTOXICATION
to weather. We have been here nearly
I handle a typhoid epidemic, is not to five weeks and have had only a few
hire a large corps of doctors and hours sunshine, a succession of dull,
1 i nurses and cure the cases as fast as foggy and rainy days-, and we seem to
t- Tllpn Rice, eranddaughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John McNulty. who has
been seriously in ior me
weeks, had her tonsi Is removed I at the
St. Josepn nospivai !
is doing as well as can be expected.
William Keiser, Eon of R. P. Keiser
is suffering frorn a badly sprained
wri ThurtTn the basketball Fri
day night, which, together with rheu
matism, is causing him much pain.
,r. --I Mr Frank Boag and
j.f'vtr. TrPT,. returned yesterday
from a two weeks' visit in Aurora,
Giltner and uranaismnu.
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Alliance and vicinity:
Fair tonight and Wednesday. Some
what colder east portion Wednesday.
John and William Walker, and Bert
Brown, received fines of $50 and costs
in county court Monday morning and
afternoon on charees of intoxication.
The three men were also charged by
County Attorney Basye with a second
count, the giving away of intoxicating
liquor, the fine for which could have
been $100 and costs, but none of the
trio was stuck for the second count
William Walker pleaded guilty to the
first charge, but the other two men
fought the case, and at the close, after
the court had assessed fines against
them, announced their intention to ap
peal. Appeal bonds of $150 each were
filed m both cases.
Atinrnpv William Mitchell repre
sented the three Hemingford men and
there were several interesting verbal
tilts between the attorney for the de
fense and County Attorney Basye,
.Tndfre Tash once callinsr them to
order.
The three Hemingford men were ar
rpsted bv Sheriff Miller. Deputy Sher
iq Miski'men and Chief of Police
fh.irlps Jetfers at Berea at a dance
in that town early in the morning of
Sundav. January 23. 'lhe shenit re
ceived a telephone call shortly after
midnight Saturday, telling them him
there were three intoxicated men at
the dance, and proceeded to go after
them. He found William Walker
"dead to the world," his brother with
him. Brown was in the room where
the dance was going on.
Attorney Mitchell put several wit
the stand. Joe Jelinek. "Red'
Uppce and others, who stated that
Brown had been there for some time,
and that they had not noticed that he
m under the influence 01 liquor, al
though they had talked with him at
close range. The three officers testi
fied that they baa to assist ooui
Brown and John Walker into the car.
The latter sought to prove that he
had been out in the car caring ior
his brother. He declared that he had
had no whisky or home brew that eve
ning, and that hi3 sole indulgence had
been a single drink of "Lyko," a pat-
ent meaicme wnicn nas a rtryumnuH
for a big wallop over xn tne riaue
uoiipu Yminc Walker admitted un
der cross-examination that he had told
i he officers when he was arrested that
he had been given a drink of whisky,
but couldn't recall who gave it to him.
He admitted that he had been "spoof
ing" the officers, but Insisted that hi.c
testimony on the stand was the abso
lute truth. The court didn't give him
the benefit of the doubt.
tinrl hnvp vnu seen most often?
8. What kind of a picture do you
like best? Why? (Write a paragraph
on the back of this sheet about the
nietiirp vou have seen lately.)
we- . - - - t - j. i
9. Have you seen pictures yuu ui
not like? Why? (Write a paragrapn
on the back of this sheet telling about
one of these pictures.)
10. Do you have opportunity to
mnnncr niCltireS HI BM.V umri t-u
than movie theatres and where?
Attendance Not Large.
Three hundred and forty-three pu-
.nmnriKincr All the school cnu-
.i i i i . . n kw i im irn iu I ni" nn v iii;ui,ie Limb vi.ai i v w.
tnDV ( pvp ni . t ul iu nun inc v mi v. j i . - ... .. .
of pollution and stamp it out. .or goloshes as the Enghsh call them.
One of Judge Tash's conclusions was ! I suppose its because their grandpar
that oreachers didn't talk enough of I ents did not wear them. lhe only
hell. Parishioners dislike to hear it heat in most ot tne nouses
i . ' ... :. j.. .. ,w.u n,i for r.i:tc in the hvinif room tor the whola
pils,
dren in Alliance from the fourth to
the eighth grades, inclusive, except the
seventh grade at r-merson, nnru in me
nuestionnaires. The figures on attend
ance were perhaps the most surprising
of the lot. , .
Alliance school children do not go
to the movies as often as the average
man would think. Of the 343 answer
ing the questionnaires, 100 go but once
a week, an.l 77 but twice a week. This
covers over half of the children in
these five gradps. Twenty-two go
tuww timao n wpnli: ten four times a
ppk; onlv one eoes five times a week;
no pupil admitted going six times a
u-ppV nnfi two saiu mey uucnutu
oV'fiPV Yiio4it.
J - . 1 A- tmm. 4 tl'A
Thirty-three go out once j i
...ob0. oirrhf rhil.lren are limited to
one show in three weeks; twenty-five
are permitted to attenl dui once i
,ti,. .. fWlared thev were al
lowed to indulge in movies only once
in two months; one pupil got movie
money only three times a year, and
three attended twice a year.
Wild West Tlays the Favorite.
A majority of the children in these
fivA trraAoa said their favorite movie
play was a wild west production, which
i3 but natural in a came puncning
country. Strangely enough, the serialf
received second nonors. mosi oi mt
boys, it was noticed, were disgur,te
with love stones, wnicn is not siruii&c
taking them at this age.
The favorite stars were nary im
ford, Douglas Fairbanks, William S
Hart and Tom Mix. There were, o'
course, a number of scattering vote
cast for other stars. It was noticed
according to one member of the higl
school faculty who looked over th
papers, that the "vamps" were fav
ored by some of the seventh and eight)
craders, who were old enough to ap
preciate tha love stories and some c
the situations that the younger pupil
"couldn't understand." A large num
ber of pupils gave as their reason foi
believing in a literal, burning hell as
in a literal heaven, lie ueiieveu inai
the fear of punishment was one of
the best preventatives of crime. The
tate penitentiary, he said, is a jokc u
a penal institution. There tne prison-
l 1 ...:.U ... f iha
ers are surrounueu wun ww
conveniences of life hot ami coul wa
ter, flowers, good food until it is no
longer regarded as a punishment io Le
tontined in sue an institution. A
r....tki. pvil i thn orison reform asso
ciation, which pampers them an.l in.
every way seeks to prevent mrai "
fering from the punii-hment they tle-
of the house, and in go'ng to bed at
night, you have to make all .oss:bla
haste as it requires all your surplus
body heat to warm the bei up anu ii
you fpend much time in the bedroom
vou ate about perished b-iiore fitting
,nto the cold Iw.L The mr joiity of the
house- are without eiectr.c ngnm mm
telephones :o d:!ierent lio;v. us wno
look upon them as a necessity.
You have to be in tie danger zona
to realize what a terror the air raids
(Continued on rage e)
i c. , .......
iin ..Wo.i h discourse y tenum
v,a nn. ipnee that their couivs
rosecuting attorneys were unvuu i
help them prevent crime, and tnai un-
I,. Yir rnpp VHd liic umii-ii
of the people who elected them, their
:.!. He told of General
nrtiiii.i "-" - , .... ...i
Pershing sending oui woru wmi ..."
army could like the Germans if only
"that damnable German propaganda
were stopped at home." Mr. lash told
his hearers that if they would stop the
damnable propaganda that s being
spread now, to the effect that the
courts were helpless, that prohibition
....,iri't enrrped. the laws couldn t te
r uun" . .
enforced, there would come un !
observance or law. wunoui i-u..-support
it would never come, and good
people, too easily uiscourageu,
effect helping those they most wanted
to see destroyed.
A. good sized and appreciative audi
ence heard the entertainment last
evening at the M. E. church by Mrs.
Inice McCorkle Dunning's class of ex
pression of the Alliance high school
Kvery number was well rendered and
the program went forward without b
uu,h. The dance of the Scotch lassie;
in "Comin' Thru the Rye", was i espe
ioe!r nri.t the musical buries-
nue introducing Ma Sweet and he
family, brought forth much laughtei
ind applause.
Ray Aspen, who was injured a short
time ago in the O'Bannon accident, I
iow getting along nicely.
E. G. Lafng left Monday to attend
he Retail Clothiers convention ai
Dmaha. He will return Friday.
Paul Bock, of Harpers' has eet
lonfined to his home with tonsihth
for the last few days.
fii!LI? 0P3L0S AWAiiDEQ
HALF CF HIS VM3E CLAIM
The suit of Philip Opolos vs. Christ
Vallos and Sam Jack.-on, proprietors
. .. . . t:ii....I l..,l,.r r-
in tne Alliance ihu.-..w
suited in a verdict for the plaintiff
for hul fof the sum ciuimeu. wpoioa
told the court that he had started
working at the billiard parlor Novem
ber 21, V.V20, and had worked until
January 5, 11)21, at which time he sev-
ered himself from his job because no
wages were forthcoming. According
to his story, he has been engaged at
$25 a week. It was admitteu wax
was a faithful employe and had been
on the job from 6 a. m. until miuniK.
each day. , . . .
-The billiard parlor propr eiuio
nied Opolos story. He had come to
them out of a job, they said, and he
had agreed to work for them until
he could find another job, and was to
receive for his services his room and
board, and as perquisites
gars he could drink and all the Bevo,,
he could smoke." . Q
Opolos attorney, County Attorney
nncv. .nllpd to the stand
UCV . , I J w
Charles Mason, portor, wno imu
engaged by the defendants at $20 per
week ana nis uunici
examination, the fact was brought out
that the witness baa oeen ureu vy
Vallos and Jackson, ana u wh wkw.
that his testimony wai colored by his
lU Judge Tash, after hearing the argu
ment, held that Opolos was entitled
to reasonable pay for the value of hia
services, and finally allowed a Jodg
ment for half the amount claimed, or
at the rate of $12.50 per week. H.
E. Gant and R. O. Reddish appeared,
for the defendanta. .1