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Official Paper of Box Butte County
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Paper of the City of Allianc
VOLUME XXVIII.
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921.
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HIGH STUDENTS
GOME OUT FINE
IN MOVIE TEST
QUESTIONNAIRES FURNISH AN
INTERESTING STUDY
Complete Tabulation of Answers Made
by Pupils in the Alliance
High School.
The movie questionnaire, submitted
by the school authorities to pupils in
the fifth to the eighth grades in the
Alliance school, partial results of
which were given in the last issue of
The Herald, was given to the students
in the four grades of the high school
this week. The first questionnaire
was given in response to a request by
the state children's code commission,
the members of which hoped to se
cure statistics with which to push the
demand for a state moving picture
censorship law, nnd the school authori
ties had to forward the replies to Lin
coln before there was time to make a
complete tabulation of the replies.
The questionnaire was repeated in
the high school largely because of the
act that the results would be inter
esting to the citizens at large in show
ing just how much of a place the mov
ing picture filled in student life. The
totals are surprising in a number of
wavs. The high "school students are
older than the grade pupils who first
answered the questions, and were able
to give more satisfactory answers to
some of the queries.
The movies do not have the same
effect on all the pupils, apparently,
because the answers show a great va
riety of attitudes. . The reasons giv
en for disliking pictures are much
more intelligent. The attendance fig
ures show that the high school- stu
dents attend oftener than their young
er brothers and sisters. The love sto
ries are more popular with the older
pupils than with the grade students.
Movies Cost Money.
One eye-opener in connection with
the figures is the amount spent by the
pupils. Two-students admitted that j
their movie expenditure amounted to
$5 a week, although this amount '
seems incredibly large, unless .they .arLN5I"!B Petitions Being Circulat
in the naoit ot inviiinsr tneir inenua
in bunches. The next largest expen
diture was $2.45 per week, less than
half as much, and only two students
said they spent this sum. Four said
they spent $2 a week for movie ad
missions; seven gave the average ex
penditure as $1.50; one, $1.35; four,
$1.25; two, $1.15; six, $1; but the
majority of the students declared they
spent less than a dollar a week, which
Founds more like it. Twenty gave the
weekly total at 70 cents; twenty-four
at 50 cents; twenty-eignt at tnirty
Fifteen students averred mat tney .
spent nothing on the movies. Some of ,
these may be the ones who do not go I
more than twice a year, but the prob-!
abilities are that they are the pret-
tier of the girls, and. nave no difTicul- i
ty
n f m nc bovs who are wining to .
fnnt the bill.
According to the figures given, the
total amount spent each week by the
high school students alone is over a
hundred dollars, the amount figuring i
up $101.78. THti-o are about 350 stu- j
dents in the high school, which makes 1
: weeklv expenditure per
pupil of 70 cents. Preachers and oth
draw their own moral. It is
unlikely,t"wev'ri that tne veraPe
student contributes even half as much
to foreign missions or church sup
port Another questionnaire is indi
cated. Not An Evil Influence.
As a whole, it cannot be said that
the figures show the moving picture
to have an unwholesome influence on
the high school students. Some of
them undoubtedly spend more money
than their parents did for amusement
when the latter were of high school
. r . u.
their trrandmothers were permitted to
aero, some ot mem so uiient-r man
be abroad after daiK in tne omen
days. But the great majority of them
go a reasonable number of times and
comparatively few of them pick the
late show, which may or may not in
dicate that they get home at reason
able hours. Some of them like the
wrong kind of shows, feome of them
worship at the shrines of unworthy
stars, but on the whole there is lit
tle evidence of anything more dam
aging than a lack of taste. There is
hope that this can be remedied.
The results of the question concern
ing the reason for disliking certain
pictures is the one most damaging to
the movie cause. It is regrettable that
all the students did not see fit to an
swer this question. Less than a third
Of the 105 replying,
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ttr.An said they found certain
pictures embarrassing; six said there
was too much crime and murder: nine
six said there
fund these may have Deen iresnnwn
boys) thought there was too mucn
lovemaking-in certain films. Poor
acting was given by fourteen others,
which shows that there are some crit
ical students. Eighteen objected to
certain pictures as unreal. One gave
TsTreason that the films he didn't
like were too stiff and nnhfehke;
three, who had the comedies (bo
ealled) in mind, said the films they
most disliked were too comical. An
other good-siied bunch of eighteen
dldnt like films which were unlnter-
WHO BUYS YOUR PRODUCTS?
No matter if you are a farmer
selling crops, n worker in the fac
tory, mine, railroad, store, etc., sell
ing your labor somebody else
must buy what you have to sell or
you lose.
Who is the buver but YOUR
SELF? You consume food, wool, cotton,
which the farmer raises clothing,
shoes, stoves, coal, furniture, lum
ber, building material, etc., which
some of you produce.
How can you keep on working
unless you keep on buying?
YOU CAN'T.
Do not buy what you do not
need "that's extravagant and
wasteful.
Keep on buying what YOU need
NOW or the man who would buy
the things you depend on for a liv
;ng cannot buy.
Each HELPS the OTHER.
Are you doing your share?
Veep on buying, carefully, but
NOW.
esting, but didn't explain what they
thougb an interesting film should be
like. Three disliked films that were
old and slow; two objected to too
much cowboy; two aesthetic students
didn't like 'em where the characters
weren't pretty; and two objected rath
er indefinitely to the "kind of pic
ture." The high school students go more
often than the grade pupils. Fifty
said they went once a week, a much
smaller proportion than in the lower
grades. Fifty-seven go twice a week;
22 three times a week; 11 go four
nights out of seven; three go askof
ten as five times; there were none
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SEVERAL HATS
BEING THROWN
INTO THE RING
INTEREST MANIFESTED IN CITY
PRIMARY ELECTION
ed
in uenair oi Jen lanaiaates
for the City Council
There is not quite a collection of
hats in the city's political ring, nom
inating petitions for some ten or i
,,! ; .;n.int;nn Ae a
r.,le. the candidates are bein drafted 1
bv their friends. Some of the men for
whom petitions were being circulated
averred with great emphasis that they
had never hear of it, but a few of them
admitted that they had been ap-
i proached by friends who had urged
f
aice-. t v u -ti
It is apparent that there will be
wme fifteen candidates from which to
choose members for the council, and
also probable th.t ry man for
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sort which will have a chance for
election. Tfce law provides for a filing
fee of $10 to accompany each petition,
and in these piping days, friends, no
matter how loyal or insistent, are not
tossing leii-uonnr u... i
r".nr those for whom petition are
already in circulation, or who will be
drafted by their friends, with or with
'out their consent, aie R. II. nampton,
C. A. Newberry, Jim Hughes, Edgar
: Martin, J. B. Irvin. Harvey D. Hacker,
W. D. Rumer, M. S. Hargraves, Percy
Cogswell, T. J. Barnes, F. W. Harris.
It is probable that the list of candi
dates at the primary will be consider
ably longer than this, for those have
been suggested during the first three
days of the filing period only, and it
is certain that friends of other
men will get busy during the remain
ing eight days. Under the provisions
of the law, the last day for filing nom
inating petitions will be February 12.
It is rumored that-several oi tne or-
; ganizations of the city will sponsor
l t i 1 A. ...L.L nH 1-. n
several candidates, but whether they
will endorse some candidate whose hat
is already in the ring, or will bring
others into the race is not known. As
yet there has not been a woman sug
gested for the city council, and. the
slate that includes a woman will prob
ably present a good-sized inducement
to the new voters of the city.
GASOLINE AND KEROSENE
PRICES ARE SKIDDING
Gasoline and kerosene prices, usu
ally among the last to take a tumble,
have been busy catching up with the
of fallinsr values. A sec-
of 2 cents in the price of
stuff that makes automooues go came
!Welnesday, which makes the present
f price ln the neighborhood of 24
cents. The first of the week
drop
nf 2 cents was reported.
Kerosene has beat the gasoline rec
ord a trifle. Thursdav a third drop of
a half-cent was noted, making the to
tal reduction 6 1-4 cents per gallon
in ten days. Kerosene now retails at
16 cents per gallon.
Leota Henderson of Angora was
shopping in town yesterday.
Mrs. John Caha of Hemlngford was
an Alliance visitor Wednesday.
CREAMERY WILL
ERECT ADDITION
TO ITSQUARTERS
TWO-STORY BRICK BUILDING TO
BE CONSTRUCTED.
Question of Taking on New Lines Dis
cussed at Annual Meeting
' of the Company.
The fourteenth annual stockholders'
meeting of the Alliance Creamery
company was held at the offices of the
company Tuesday afternoon. A 5 per
cent dividend was declared and the
following officers were elected: Presi
dent, C. A. Newberry; vice president,
D. W. Spencer; treasurer, A. L.
Gref g; secretary and general manag
er, W. E. Spencer. The board of di
rectors includes L. J. Sch ill, F. W.
Harris, A. L. Gregg, C. A. Newberry
and W. E. Spencer.
The officers were instructed at the
annual meeting to get plans and
make arrangements to build a new
brick building, 00x70 feet, two stories
high, to bs erected to the west of the
present building. The present one
story brick and frame building will be
removed. The new structure will
front on Cheyenne avenue and give the
creamery a building 70x130 feet, three
floors, with floor space of 27,300
square feet.
The new building will be on tie
company's trackage and they will be
able to set four cars at their plat
forms at a time for loading or un
loading. This additional room and
trackage will enable them to many
more lines or be distributers for a
wholesale grocery house. The new
buMding and equipment will cost more
than $30,000, but work will not be
commenced until the coming fall and
winter, after the rush season is over.
The Alliance creamery company
started in a small way fourteen years
ago and has gradually built up a big
business, adding new buildings and
modern machinery and equipment. At
present over $100,000 is invested and
there are twenty-five people on the
oavroll, '
The past year has been one of the
most successful since the business was
1 orga.n&fc(L..$alefl JxavQ.g.yeragj.l over
11,000 a day lor the year. tfesiues
manufacturing half a million pounds
of butter a year, they ' manuf acture
and wholesale ice cream and artificial
ice. Their sales territory includes
western Nebraska and portions , of
Colorado. Wyoming ana ;ouin uao
ta. The company also wholesales eggs,
sweet cream and milk and does a pub
lic cold storage business,
While business in some departments
is ouiet at the present time, cream
receipts for January show an increase
of 25 per cent over January, lvzu.
This is due to a combination of mild
weather and cheap feed. When the
farmer gets short of money he milks
more cows. The farmers tributary to
Alliance get much more for their
cream on account of the creamery
beine located here, where the cream is
manufactured into the finished product
before beine shippeM out. They re
ceive the delivered price, which is
much more than is paid in towns
where there is no creamery and the
cream is'shipped out through stations
WESTERN NEBRASKA PIONEER
PASSED THROUGH ALLIANCE
John Vovalt, a well known western
Nebraska pioneer, spent Thursday in
Alliance and showed a surprising
amount of vigor and vitality, for a man
eicrhtv years of age. He has a re
markable memory, and is able to recall
events of the civil war, where he
served four and a half years with the
union forces. Mr. Covalt is in sclen
did health and there is every ground
for believing that he'll 'last another
decade or two. He is still eating with
his own teeth, only a few of his
molars having gone the way of all
teeth.
Mr. Covalt has been in western Ne
braska for thirty-two years. He is
still engaged in ranching, being in
partnership with his son, J. K. Covalt,
in a 6,400 acre ranch twenty-five miles
southeast of Alliance. They have a
hundred head of horses, five hundred
head of Whiteface and Shorthorn
cattle, and the ranch cuts a thousand
tons of hay to feed the livestock.
He came to Nebraska back in '77,
when the gold rush to the Black Hills
was in progress. He didn't find any
gold mines, although he put in his
share of time at prospecting, but he
did discover that there was a fortune
in sandhill ranching and decided to
stay. His judgment has been well
vindicated.
Mrs. Ed. Collins of Rapid City, S. D.
arrived in Alliance Wednesday evening
on her way to Puyallup, Wash, and is
spending a few days at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. W. C Mounts.
J. J. White and wife are leaving Sat
urday for Minatare. Neb., where they
will make their home.
George Carey went to Lincoln on
business trip Thursday and will be
back Saturday .
The Lodeka eampfire girls will sell
candy at the Saturday night basket
ball srame.
Mrs. Jayne Earp la suffering from
aa attack ox tne grippe.
ALLIANCE HAS A
WINNING STREAK
AT BASKETBALL
GIRLS' TEAM NOW AT THE HEAD
OF THE LEAGUE
First
and Second Team Tangle With
Oshkosh and Hyannis at
Gym Tonight
The Alliance teams have been win
ning the last two weeks, lhe girls
team is at the head of the league, hav
ing a clean slate. Scottsblulf is sec
ond, with only one defeat, which was
received at the hands of the Alliance
trirla last Friday, score 31-25. The
girls' team does not have a game this
week.- They were scheduled to piny
at Sidney. Sidney feels that they have
no business playing Alliance, who have
the following scalps dangling at their
belts:
Bayard, 38 10.
Gering, 3122.
Crawford, 3212.
ScottsblulT, 3125.
The Scottsbluff Alliance girls'
game was as close ana exciting ana
had as many thrills as any game ever
played on Alliance floor. The teams
were evenly matched. The game was
nip and tuck throughout Alliance
started the scoring by bimpson throw
ing a basket, and Alliance kept the
lead the first half. Score was 12-9.
Both teams returned ater the inter
mission to win. Scottsbluff had the
advantage in one department of the
game, that was in getting the tip-oir
from our center, and with some good
team work they succeeded in tying the
game at the middle of the second half
in rinkinp it 20-20. The Alliance team
got their fighting spirit going and they
managed to get into the leaa ana
den the score out by six points be
fore the time was called, lhese two
teams play another game the latter
part of this month on Scpttsbluli floor.
That is the only obstacle in the way
for the champ'onship pennant this
year. The girls are determined to go
to Scottsbluff and win there. The most
of the fouls called on the Alliance team
were due to the fact that the Alliance
'earn wrapped so hard to win the
frame, they were not intentional. Prin-
cpai uenenuorier irom omney rei
ereed the game and he made the game
fast Both teams were well pleased
with his decisions.
Even Break for the Boys.
The boys' team returned from their
trip last week with one defeat and one
victory. They played ScottsblulT there
on Thursday and lost by one point
The game was the hardest and rough
est game played this year. There was
not much basketball displayed in the
crame because of the slippery floor. The
Alliance boys are used to starting
finirk and stoDointr nuick. which was
impossible on the floor. The first half
ended 14-13 in favor of Alliance. After
the intermission both teams returned
tn win the irame. It was more of a
tnmblintr match than a basket ball
game. Scottsbluff had the advantage
hpcause of their weight. Alliance kept
th IpiwI bv one or two points through
out the. game with the exception of
the last two minutes when their center
ihrew n hnskot which won the game,
TIip frtllnwmc nieht thev played the
Gering team. Gering and Scottsbluff
are supposed to be evenly matched, as
thev played to a tie a week ago, so
Alliance was expecting a hard game
on on the Gerine floor. They did not
have any trouble in defeating Gering,
Rrnrp' 34-22.
Last Tuesday night the Second team
journeyed to Antioch to battle Mr.
Messersmith's aggregation." Mr. Mess
ersmith was manual training teacher
at Alliance last year. The second team
then took great delight in trouching
the Alliance basket tossers to the tune
of 22-14. However, it was a hard
foutrht game and the Alliance quintet
did not lead the first half. It ended
S-C in favor of Antioch. The Alliance
team went in with more pep tne sec
ond half and overcame the lead and
won the came by nine points.
Wednesday niirht the first team
played at Crawford against their toss-
ers. ji was one oi me narucM
played this year. Alliance started the
scoring and 6corea nine points utmre
Crawford got a single point It took
eighteen minutes to score the nine
no nts. The remaining two minutes oi
the half Crawford scored eight points.
Mineck was the main man for Craw
ford. The second half was a battle
royal, Crawford jumping into the lead
and keot the lead for three minutes.
Then Alliance succeeded in working
the ball into their territory and scored
three baskets in rapid succession. The
game ended 20-14 in favor of the Alli
ance quintet Mineck of Crawford
threw four free throws out of 14 and
Cross of Alliance threw five out of
seven triels. Alliance out-played Craw
ford in every department of the game.
They were more aggressive, had more
team work and were strong on de
fense. ' . .
Incidentally, the Crawford game
came near to ending In a free-for-all
pveral times durinir the last period
of play. The Crawfordites hated to
lose, and they crabbed considerably.
Doable Header Tonight.
' The first and second teams nave
both nlaved on foreign floors this week
and now they are going to play at the
STEP ON THE GAS.
When the car is slowing down,
step on the gas.
If you want to make the grade,
-tep on the gas.
It is easy to coast down hill, but
you cannot co.i.'t up hill, an.l you
can't get very fur coasting on even
ground. You must step on the gas.
The gas . of merchandising,
whether it is wholesale of retail, is
advertising. Now is the time for
local merchants to step on the gus.
high school gym tonight The first
team will play Oshkosh and the second
team will battle with Hyannis. Osh
kosh is a snall town but has a big
team. They trimmed Bayard by 4
points the week before Bayard
trimmed Alliance by 2 points. Alliance
is ready and in "tip-top" condition to
take on the basket tossers from Osh
kosh. Oshkosh is invading Alliance
for revenge to overcome the defeat
fhich Alliance gave them early in the
season.
Hyannis has been going at a fast
clip this season, having only two do-
feats on her record, lhe second team
is determined to add another defeat to
mar the record. The second odds are
in Hyannis' favor because a week ago
they defeated Antioch 60-10. The sec
ond team trimmed Antioch 22-14 last
Tuesday. Both games are looked for
ward to as being fast and close. While
the first team was at Crawford last
Wednesday a thousand people greeted
them, who were up on the side lines
backing up their team against the
Alliance quintet. If you enjoy clean
sport, exciting and thrilling games,
coftie out an dsec the basketball games
at the hiirh school gymnasium. There
is seating capacity fo rat least 800.
RAIL OFFICIALS
DISCUSS WAYS TO
REDUCE EXPENSE
CONFERENCE HELD IN ALLI
ANCE ON THURSDAY
Rumored That Train Service May Be
Reduced, But No Definite
Decision31ade . . .
Alliance was the scene of a confer
ence of rail officials Thursday, called
by General Manager Thiehoff of
Omaha. There were present, in addi
tion to Mr. Thiehoff, all the district
superintendents and master mechanics
under his jurisdiction.
The chief topic of discussion was the
general financial situation, with espe
cial reference to its effect upon the
earnings of the railroads. Figures
were given showing that the Burling
ton is at present heing operated at a
loss, the operating expenses more than
equaling the receipts. Various meas
ures have already been put -into etrect
to decrease the cost of operation, in
cluding the laying off of a considerable
number of men. It is understood that
the forces will be still further reduced
in practically all departments.
It is understood that one of the
means for reducing expenses that was
discussed by the officials was the cur
tailment of the train service. It is
possible that several trains may be
taken off temporarily, but as yet no
decision has been made in the matter.
As a rule, the local passenger service
is usually tne nrst to suuer, uui mc
report is that the passenger business
has so fallen o(T that there may be a
reduction in the number ot tnrougni
trains.
WHO'LL BE THE liEXTTO
MAKE TRIP TO ASYLUM?
Sheriff Jimmy Miller is fretting con
siderably, not because business is dull
in his line, but because, according to
the usual rules, one or more citizens
of this great and glorious county is
due to develop mental trouDie witnin
the next week or two. Jim doesn't
know who it will be, but ne conn
dently expects to make another trip to
Hastings or Lincoln.
In the time he has been in' office,
RVinriflr Miller has discovered that the
crazy ones go in sets of three. Never
before has it nappeneu mm ju.
went to the state hospitaL Always
there are two more to take down
within a week or so.
Peter Haag started the ball rolling
this time. He was taken to Hastings
last week. Next in line came the hobo
who gave his name a Maas. He
may not count, for he was allowed to
depart peaceably to continue "walking
the ties," as a part of the life efntence
that had been decreed for him ty
Anna, the mystery woman who cursed
him before he could walk. But this
l.. nl. Ian. nnd if history IS tO
repeat itself as usual, someone else Is-
due to DO gatntreu ivu t "
orchard. If you feel it eoming on, re
strain yourself when in the neigh
borhood of the courthouse.
- THE WEATlIEtt
Unsettled weather tonight and Sat
urday with probably rain taming to
snow. Colder Saturday and west and
north portions tonight.
SCOTTSBLUFF
KISSES PACKING
PLANT GOOD-BYE
GETTING OUT WHILE THE GET.
TING IS GOOD.
Chamber of Commerce Withdraws Est
t dorsement of Plan of Former
Alliance Promoter.
Scottsbluff, that thriving little city
to the southwest, which is noted for
its public spirited citizens and the vim,
vigor and vitality of its newspaper
and its chamber of commerce, has
suddenly decided to get out from under
while the getting is good. A com
mittee of the commercial organization
which has been investigating the feas
ibility of the project ever singe tha
Alliance newspapers started poking
fun at it, has suddenly reported, ana
the burden of their song runs as fol
lows: Scottsblufl", Neb., Jan. 29, 1921.
To th Secretary, Chamber of Com
merce, City.
Dear Sir: The committee appoint
ed by the Chamber of Commerce to
further the establishing of a Packing
Plant in the city of Scottsbluff, met
pursuant to a call of the secretary
of the Chamber of Commerce, January
29, 1921, and after a full discussion of
the packing plant matter, it was unan
imously agreed that nothing further
should be done in the matter at the
present time. H. P. Johnson, C N.
Wright, J. C. McCreary, F. S. McCaf
free, H. II. Ostenberg, S. K. Warrick,
F. E. Everett, A. C. Morrison, Frank
DeConley.
The committee is composed of tea
members of the Chamber of Com
merce, but one of the number, L. B.
Murphy, is now in New lork, and hia
signature could not be obtained. The
other memler A. N. Mathers, of Ger
ing, had not yet been reached for his
signature.
A Pleasing Turn-Down.
The committee sought, the Scotts
bluff newspapers say, to soften the
blow to the promoters by the use of
the phrase "at this time." They say
that the project is off, "for the time,
being, at least," nlthough it is fairly
certain that the death knell of thia
particular,- proposition has been sound--, ,
ed. - .-. ' " ' " "
Alliance Is particularly interested In .
the Scottsbluff venture, because the
promoter-in-chief, R. E. Plumbe, was
one of the men who was responsible
for introducing the packing plant idea
to Alliance. Some fifteen months ago,
a company was organized in Alliance,
and stock sales went along ripht mer
rily until the financial depression ar
rived. This- cooked the company's
goose, and at the first annual meeting
nf the stockholders, held last m6nth,
the stockholders voted to dissolve and .
receive back 82' a per cent of th
money they had invested, this amount
being deposited in banks and under
the direct control of the bureau of
securities.
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TO ACCEPT
FOR VIOTOHV KEDALS
Arrann-ements h3ve !cen made
through the American Legion nnd the
nrmy recru't ng st-t'on in Omaha, to
have a representative of the Omaha
oiX'ce visit" AlM-mce on February 10th
for the purpo'-e of taking applications
for the victory medal, end of issuing
the medal itself to applicants not en
titled to battle-clasps. lhe Omaha
olTice is authorized to issue victory
medals in person to those who had no
service overseas and to those who
served in France but not at the front,
all other app'ieation must be for
warded to Philadelf h'a for issue .
The Legion commander requests
all membeis attending the meet
ing on he 10th. who have not applied
for the medal, to bring their dis
charges with them; as he has asked
the victory medal officer VP be there
with application blanks and medals.
HARPER LEAVING SATURDAY
FOR THE EASTERN MARKETS
W. R. Harper will leave Saturday on
a buying trip which will take him to
St Paul, Chicago and New York City
Bnd during the two weeks or more that
he is away he plans to' spend several
thousand dollars for new stocks of
merchandise. Prices are down to lower
levels, and Mr. Harper expects to ba
able, by paying spot cash, to secura
some exceptional bargains in all lines
for his customers. There'll be some
thing doing when he returns.
The city park is again being flooded
to furnish the kids of Alliance with a
skating pond. For the past week or
two the standplpe has had a tendency
to slop over, and Councilman Harris
conceived the idea that if there warn
so much water being pumped, there
was no reason why it should go to
waste. For the past three or four
years the city park has been flooded,
and all the kids of the community ap
prove of the idea very much. If th
weather Is decently cold, there will b
good skating by the end of the wek
