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TONIGHT, AVIUL 2(5
TOM MIX in
"THE UNTAMED"
Comedy "THE LYIN TAMER"
WEWNESDAY, APRIL 27
IMPERIAL THEATER
Special Feature Mae Hawthorne
Prima Donna Soprano
AND
Her Western Beauties
Photoplay Jack Pickford "MAN WHO HAD EVERYTHING"
THURSDAY, APItIL 28
Charles Ray in
"Peaceful Valley"
ONE OF CHARLES' DEST
USUAL COMEDY
A Real Girl Show at Popular Prices
Admission 20 and 50c
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LLOYD THOMAS
WHITES OF LIFE
DOWN IN TEXAS
(Continued from rage 1)
The city Is surrounded in all direc
tions by ome of the most famous oil
fields in the world and while here we
r taking occasion to visit part of
them. Wells with flush production
running as high as 35,000 barrels
"have been drilled in some of these
fields and leases sell frequently at
a bonus of $5,000 pfcr ncre in addition
to the one-eighth royalty.
Because of the fact that the price
of cotton dropped within the last year
to only a fraction of its former price,
conditions here are dull in the farm
ing line. Southern farmers are facing
the grimmest fight since the days of
the reconstruction that followed the
evidence down here of the winter
weather which struck home folks was
the "norther" which latter for a cou
ple of days and which had a cold
breath, driving the temperature down
as low as forty degrees above zero
one night here at Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd C. Thomas.
The Kpworth League of the M. E.
church of Hemingford will serve lunch
at the George Wiltsey More, Saturday,
April 30th, from 11 a. m. till late in
the evening. 43
Judge Tash Officiates
at a Colored Wedding
Early Sunday Evening
St. Agnes Academy
Pupils Present a
Home Talent Play
War Time Naturalization
Restrictions Against the
Germans Are Repealed
County Judge Tash was awakened
from hU beauty sleep late Sunday
afternoon or early Sunday evening,
whichever you prefer to call it, to
listen to a soft voice over the tele
phone pleading with him to comedown
to his olTice instanter and issue a
voiding license. The man on the
wire was very careful to conceal
his identity, although the judge
promptly guessed, despite an attempt
at an Irish brogue, that the petitioner
was of Ethiopian descent. He told
the groom that he would be just as
dolitrhted to tie a chocolate brown
knot as any other color, and that he
could be secured at almost any rea
sonable hour.
Arriving at the court house, the
judge found Edward W. Morris of
'iOrngee. Okl., and Mrs. Gertrude
Bland, who gave her residence as
,u-o. Tex. the groom shyly confes
sed that it was his second matrimon
ial venture, while the dusky bride
whispered that she was now making
her third trip' to the blissful seas of
matrimony. The knot was tied in re
cord time and the happy couple took
the next train for Okmulgee, Okl.,
where they expect to make their home.
Civil war. for cotton is their staple
crop, upon which they have always
depended for their main income.
They are practically ready now to
abandon cotton as the backbone of
their crops and swing over to com
modities which will bring them more
revenue. Conservative estimates
place the number of cotton bales on
the farms and in warehouses- now at
10,000,000. We have teen many fields
fccattejed through Oklahoma and
Texas which are now white with last
years' unpicked cotton ' while at al
most every farmhouse can be seen
from one to ten or twelve bales of
cotton, formerly worth from $400 to
?600 per bale and now worth from $60
to $100. Cotton prices are lower now
than before the war. The acreage
through the southern states this year
is expected to be cut from 30 to 50
per cent.
The cotton gin is now getting to be
a familiar sight to us, although at
first they seemed rather odd, for you
find them thickly scattered in all lo-
calities where cotton is grown. They
tare located close to the cotton grower
in order to avoid. the necessity of
hauling the cotton as picked too great
i . . mt At - a .1 '
a distance, me cotton is separation , u..,
from the seed and dirt at the gin. In Big values are shown lit WO-
the cities are located monster com- men's suits at $39.75.
presses which take the 500-pound bale I Ilighland-Holloway Co. 43
of cotton and compress it to about .
one-half its original size.
A former northern lady,, who now
makes her home in the south, told us
that it took her some time to get used
to many of the southern expressions
and terms. One day while visiting
with a southern lady, the southern
lady remarked. "My husband is work
ing on the railroad now and .isn't
home nearly so much as he was when
we had the gin." Inasmuch as this
was only a few months after national
prohibition went into effect the north
ern lady was somewhat shocked and
imagined that the family supply of
liquors had been exhausted, account
ing for hubby's more frequent ab
sences, until the southern lady con
tinued, "You see, th bottom dropped
out of cotton and we had to shut down
the gin."
Two of the busiest cities found so
far In our travels were Fort Worth
and Dallas, Texas. Only a little more
than thirty miles apart, in the heart
of Texas, these towns might well be
compared to Alliance and Scottsbluff,
although in size they are of course
many times larger. But there is a
certain amount of jealousy between
them and it keeps both cities on their
toes all the time, with the result that
they are both mighty good business
towns.
Another town which was interest
ing to a Nebraskan was Bryan, Tex.,
a typical southern town, the home of
the A. & M. university, occupying
many large buildings and much
ground. Our celebrated Lincojn citizen
may have had something to do with
naming this towi 1 don't know, I am
pure. .
Many tourists find that some of the
busiest people in the south are the
auto garages, which certainly cater to
their wants for a good consideration.
Gasoline is about the cheapest com
modity, selling at from 20 to 2." cents
per gallon on the average. But if
necessary to have repairs or mech
anical work done the tourist finds that
in a few (glad to say only a few) of
the garages the mechanics work from
7 to SO hours per day from 9 to 10
hours on each eaf Pt H cnarge or owy
about $1.50 per hour to eacu unioi'-j
tunate auto owner. This of course
makes repair work rather expensive
and sometimes makes the tourist feel
that he ought to be provided with a
piece of chalk to mark the gatepost
for warning to others who might fol-1
low, as the old-tramp is often said to
have done.
The tourist who enjoys his trip the
most and who gets along the best is
undoubtedly the one who carries along
his tent, bed and cooking utensils;
who sleeps out where ami when he
wants to, and who does the ordinary
repiarw ork to his car. We see hun
dreds of them traveling this way.
We start back towards Alliance and
home this week, going via western
.Texas, eastern New Mexico and Colo
rado, through Denver and on up to
Alliance. If the recent heavy snow
which covered Colorado and western
Nebraska is gone next week we
khould have a quick trip otherwise
we may run into some bad roads
ben we get farther north. The only
Fire Damages Plant
cf the 164 Cleaners
Early Monday Morning
The plant of the lf4 Cleaners, on
Box Butte avenue, was put out of
commission temporarily by a fire that
was discovered about 3 o'clock Mon
day morning. It is not known where
the blaze originated, but it had gained
considerable headway by the time the
firemen arrived on the scene. It is
possible that defective winwj may
nave been responsible, as tJ, only
other possible cause, an oil sto, was
discovered undamaged after the fire
was extinguished. The chief item of
loss was a large number of suits of
clothing and dresses. The loss is
paitly covered by insurance. Accord
ing to the proprietor, Mrs. Nettie
Campbell, the plant will not be oper
ated until the necessary repairs are
made.
Get your supply of sassafras
bark at Thiele's. 43
Chamber of Commerce
Plans an Intensive
Membership Campaign
At the Monday luncheon of the
chamber of commerce, plans for an in
tensive membership campaign were
discussed, several members taking
part. It was decided to cover the
city thoroughly by canvassing com
mittees, and complete arrangements
will be made later. It is planned to
have the membership drive take place
w thin the next week or ten days.
Secretary Hoisington, in charge of
boys work for the i. M. C. A. in
Colorado, who was visiting in the city,
gave a short talk on what the com
munity owes to boys, and made a fine
impression on his hearers.
liinf values av shown in wo
men's suits at $39.75.
Ilighland-Holloway Co,
The pupils of St. Agnes academy
presented a home lalen play, "Dun
geon or Throne," together with a
number of drills and exercises, at the
Imperial theater Monday evening.
There was not a single portion of the
program that did not show the result
of careful training. The first part f
the program consisted of exercises of
one sore and another, of which the
feature was the Merry-Making Min
strels, by the boys of the grammar
department. The "two end men" gave
an especially noteworthy performance.
The sixth grade girls did splendid
work In a concert reading, "The Flag
of My Nation," and two little tots,
Orise Longtin and Ilollin Weyrens, in
a little sketch, "The Quarrel," won
merited applause. The second part of
the program was a short playlet,
"Dungeon or Throne," the setting and
costumes being of the time of the
Emperor Diocletian . Every perform
er was letter perfect in his or her
part and the production, which was
quite diiricult, was put on in a praise
worthy manner.
Following is the program for the
evening:
Chorus "America Triumphant,"
Grammar grades. Accompanist, Miss
Margaret Vinton.
Butterfly dance, Minims. Accom
panist, Miss Helen McDermott.
Parasol drill, Second ami Ihird
grades. Accompanist, Miss Vivian
DuRay.
Chorus "Hail to the Flag," Inter
mediate grades. Accompanist, Miss
Carla Werner.
Duet"The Quarrel," Orise Long-
tin, Hollin Weyrens. Accompanist,
Miss Wilma Finnegan. i
Pantomime "Old Folks at Home,"
Seventh and Eighth grade girls.' Ac
companist, Miss Wilma Finnegan. '
Reading "The Flag of My Na
tion," Sixth grade girls. ;
Merry-making Minstrels Boys of
grammar department. : Piano, Miss
Ruth Huff. Violin, Miss Zelma ilc
Kimmey. !
Grandma's minuet Reading, Kath
leen Blak; dance, Fifth grade girls;
accompanist, Miss Wilma Finn-jyani
"Dungeon Or Throne"
Drama in five acts. Dramatis per
sonae: Prince Lucius of Greece, Frances
Katen.
Avlais, his wife, Alice Hamilton.
Philomena, their daughter, Lillian
Berzina.
Hortensia, rhilomena'a Grecian
friend. Carla Werner.
Kathra and Sella, Philomena's serv
ants, Zelma McKimmy and Cecelia
Lauhy.
Diocletian, emperor of Rome, Mar
garet Vinton.
Martius. a relative of Philomena,
Helen McDermott.
Marcella, Philomena's
friend, Margaret Brennan.
Nikrotis, fortune teller,
Dunn.
Marian, a poor woman.
Royal.
Poor children. Gladys DuRay and
Lillian Krejci.
Vestal virgins: Clella Hughes,
Rita Rourke, Teresa Piper, Helen
Newberry, Anna McEvoy, Kathryn
Kenny, Kathryn Dwyer, Helen Dent-ler.
Priests: Helen McCoy, Madeline
Brennan, Mae Frederick, Margaret
Chaulk.
Senators: Laura Kane, Rose Frei-
muth, Elizabeth McCoy, Elizabeth
Hume.
Angels: Irene Nolan, Dorothy
Hand, Margaret Phe'an.
Slaves, Mary King, Anna Burke.
Guards, Mary Doran, and Leona
Schlautman.
Children's Code
Expenditures Are
Being Investigated
Word has been received at the
county clerk's office from the United
States department of labor, natural
ization service, that the war time nat
uralization restriction of Germans -and
Austria-Hungarian alien enemies has
been repealed by congress, which
places those classes of people on the
same footing with the people of any
foreign nation in becoming naturalized
citizens of the United States.
The war t'me restriction prohibited
natives of Germany and Austria-Hungary
from becoming naturalized citi
zens of the United States, and placed
them in the alien enemy class. When
the war ceased these two classes of
foreign birth were permitted by spe
cial order to file petitions for citizen
ship and appeal to the resident for
exemption from the classification-of
alien enemy.
When the petitions were signed by
the president the petitioner came into
court and became naturalized the same
as a foreigner from any o'her country.
Of the 149,G."2 foreign born inhabi
tants' in Nebraska,. 40.N02 are from
Germany, according to figures an
nounced by the census department.
The Swedish-born come second, and
Bohemia, now Szech-Slovakia, is third
with 15,817. Fourth place goes to
Russia with 15-712, and fifth to Den
mark with 12.33S.
Ninety-eight Nebraskans were born j
at sea.
Following shows the nativity of the
foreign-born Nebraskans:
England, 0,000 Scotland. 1,605;
Wales, 547; Ireland, 5,422; Norway,
2,105; Belgium, 561; France (includ
ing Alsace-Lorraine), Luxem
burg, 301; Netherlands, 846; Switzer
land, 1.808; Poland, 4,515; Austria,
4,551; Hungary, 810: Jugo-SIavia. 738;
Ruthenia. Finland, 73; Denmark, Lith
uania, 130; Portugal, 6; Spain, 28;
Italv. 3,547; Greece. 1,503; Bulgaria,
51; Roumania, 371: Turkey, in Europe
4; other Europe, 62; Asia, 645; Africa,
28; Australia. 187: Newfoundland, zu;
French Canada, 351; other Canada, 5,-j
407; Cuba and other West Indies ex-1
cept Porto Rico, 38; Mexico, 2,452;!
Central America, 7; South America,!
64; Atlantic islands. 4; Pacific islands,
11; county not specified, 71.
The committee is not yet ready to
make a report.
and stock hogs. O'Bannon andT
Neuswanger. Phone 71.- 18 tf
Wanted to buy both your fat-
After allowing several weeks to go n . . . .
by without making any move, the , OUT CCllOO! DlStriClS
special committee appoinieti uy ine
house to investigate expenditures of
the children's code commission and
ascertain whether it had expended
state funds for propaganda and lob
bying in lehalf of its legislative pro
warn, finalry got into action Wednes
day and Thursday, says the Lincoln
Star.
Members of the committee went to
the auditor's office and examined
the vouchers there showing how the
commission's $7,500 appropriation had
been used. They were in conference
with Secretary Prevey of the commis
sion, at his on ice, ihuralay morning.
Chairman Frank Anderson and two
other members of the special commit
tee supported the "child welfare" bills
prepared by the children's code com
missi'..!. Two members, Messrs. Snow
and Rodman, opposed movie censor
ship and other bills creating new
jobs.
Some things were found which may
call for, further investigation, accord
ing to the statement of one member.
Hold a Consolidated
Field Meet and Picnic-
' Four Box Butte county Fchool dis
tricts held a consolidated field meet
and picnic at the Fairview church on
Friday, April 22. Ninety-seven at
tended the dinner, and the attendance
was increased to 120 for the field meet
in which pupils of the schools partici
pated. The arrangements were in
charge of the four teachers, Misses
Jessie Hacker, Ania Friemuth, Maud1
Nason and Asenath Schill. The occa
sion was the last clay of school for all
but Miss Nason's school, which closes
Friday of this week. Mr. and Mrs...
Charles Wilson of Dunlap were among;
the outside visitors.
You can save as much as one
half on a woman's Suit at $27.r0.
Ilighland-Holloway Co. 43:
Roman
Madge
Bonnie
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Chamber of Commerce
Secures a Reduction
on Hay Freight Rate
Secretary .George M. Carey of the
chamber of commerce has received
word from F. Montgomery, general
freight agent of the Burlington at
Omaha, that a new freight rate on
hay, Alliance to Casper, Wyo., of 30
cents per hundred pounds,' will be
come effective May 20. The old rate
was 50' i cents per hundred pounds,
and the reduction was made upon a
show!n presented by the secretary of
the Alliance organization.
" When your watch Is out of
order bring it to Thiele's. 43
The scarcity of homes makes matri
mony even more risky than ever.
Color-blindness will be more easily
diagnosed with blue-law enforcement.
ROCK BROOK FARMS 1GTH ANNUAL
Sale of Holstein Cattle
Together with the Complete Dispersion of
Two of Nebraska's Best Herds, at
SOUTH OMAHA, NEBR., MAY 4th, 1921
80 Registered Cows, Heifers and Bulls; 10 high grade Cows;
30 cows in milk or soon due ; 30 Heifers, 1 to 2 years old,
mostly bred, 10 Heifer calves; 10 Registered Bulls from
. 3 weeks to 3 years ; 10 of the best grade, dairy or family
cows you ever saw. Anything you want in the line of
Holsteins at your own price. .
Please mention this paper in replying to ad.
HENRY C. GLISSMAN
Station Bee, Omaha, Neb.
You must see the women's
Suits for $38.50, to appreciate
them.
Ilighland-Holloway Co. 43
George L. Griggs Is
New President of the
Alliance Rotary Club
I
The board of directors of the Alli-j
irnce Jioiary ciuo, at a meeting: neiu
the last of the week, chose the fol
lowing officers for the club: Presi
dent, Georee L. Griirps; vice presi
dent. Pr. C. E. Slagle; secretary, A.
V. Gavin; treasurer, F. W. Harris.
The latter two were re-elected. The
new officers will take charsre begin
ning with the next Wednesday meet
ing of the club.
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When your watch Is out of
order bring it to Thiele's.' 43
Love in a Cottage was exDensive
compared with the apartmentette ar
The cheaper things become the less;
money one has with which to bujj
them. I
Be Generous With
Yourself
You have been "good" to your friends for a
' long time. You have been a spender. No
one ever called you penurious, or close, or
! tight. But what have you to show in re
turn? ,
Why not be a "good fellow" to yourself, open
an account with this bank and turn your
generosity to your own account and credit? '
; The results will show up in a short time,
I and of a most satisfactory nature at that
Be Good tf) Yourself. Begin Today.
First National Bank