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ALLIANCE, BOX. BUTTE COUNTY, 'NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1021
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SINGLE QUART
OF WHITE MULE
MAKES RECORD
RESULTS IX FINES AND COSTS
OF OVER f300
."Six People Spend From One to Three
Nights in Jail Great Life
If You Don't Weaken
One small quart of high-powered
Ihooch of the white mule variety, and
three men spent a night in jail and
paid into the city's coffers $135; two
women got three nights in jail with
entertainment at county and city ex
pense, and one colored mun was
inicked in county court for fines and
-costs amounting to $211.90. If, after
this, there be any who think that
homemade white mule has no kick,
let him establish his own record.
According to the sittings from the
.mass of testimony in police and coun
ty courts, three salesmen, who were
:in Alliance for the auto show, got
thirsty some time Friday evening.
They had a bottle it had once been
; filled with Gordon gin, but contained
-a liquid that was even more deadly.
INone of them was stewed they didn't
ven get that much fun out of it.
Night Officer Eugene Stilwell was
called to the hostelry by the proprie
tor shortly after midnight Friday. It
.appears that two women, Mrs-.Thel-:ma
Chavez of ScottsbluiT and 'Mrs;
.Elizabeth M. Robinson of some nearby
town, had registered at the place, and
persisted in paddling up and down the
ihalls late in the evening wearing only
nighties. The proprietor reasoned
with them, and remonstrated, but his
words went for naught. They refused
to leave the place, even when ordered
to do so, and calmly turned out the
light and went to bed while he was
out in the hall telling them to pack
heir bags and beat it. The proprie
tor called for the cops.
When Officer Stilwell arrived at the
place, the women were in bed. When
he ordered them to arise and walk,
they at first got gay and then decided
to obey orders. Mr. Stilwell heard
-considerable noise from another near
by room, and. found three men with
2a bottle. He herded them into the
hall, and single-handed escorted all
,-five to the city jail, pushed them . in
the cells, turned the key in the loci:
.and went out for a cup of coffee. '
Saturday morning, Tom OTJonnell
and R. R. Crider pleaded guilty be
fore Judge Roberts to a charge of
-disturbing the peace and paid fines and
costs of $15 each. George Wise, the
third member of the trio, who had
rented the room in which the party
was pulled off, was charged with the
possession of intoxicating liquor in a
Dlace other than his dwelling. His at
torney. Eugene Burton, told the court
That the first two men were willing
to plead guilty to the disorderly con
duct charge, but asked that Wise be
.iriven a continuance of a week. Judge
.Roberts, having disposed of the two
men who wanted to end the seance,
turned to Wise:
' "Are vou euilty or not guilty?
Wise mumbled a trifle, and the
Judge had to repeat his question.
"Guiltvt" was the answer.
The court promptly assessed a fine
of $100 and costs. Mr. Burton looked
a little flustered, but Mr. Wise felt
sure that he had followed orders,
'Now, judge," he said in coaxing
tones, "may I have a continuance of a
week." Judge Roberts told him there
waB nothing to continue he had
pleaded guilty and that ended it.
There was nothing to do but pay the
fine or go to jail. Mr. Wise asked
for fifteen minutes to visit friends. He
:got it. In fifteen minutes he was back
with the money. Thirty minutes later
the trio were out of the city.
The three men were considerably
worried over the possible publicity
connected with the arrest. Two of
them looked as though they hadn't a
friend on earth, and they were heard
to say mean things about thirsts and
the Demon Rum. After Wise had paid
Iris fine, they had recovered their spir
its sufficiently to joke with him a
little, but - the humor was half
hearted. The city police had a brief conver
sation with the two women, with the
i-esult that Henry Wingate, night por
ter at the place, was arrested and
taken . lo the county jail, where
-charges of illegal possession and boot
legging were placed against him. The
two women, much to their disgust,
were held in jail as witnesses.
Monday morning in county court
"Wingate was arraigned. He entered
tb. plea of not guilty to both counts.
The defendant was represented by At
torney Harry Gantz.
County Attorney Basye, for the
tate, called as witnesses Night Mar
shal Stilwell, Chief of Police Jeffers,
Mrs. Robinson and Mrs. Chavez. Mr.
.Stilwell identified the bottle of hooch
as the one taken with the hilarious
party of three gentlemen at 1 a. m.
Saturday. Chief Jeffers testified that
the booze had been used as evidence in
a case in police court and that it had
"been in. his nossession since that time.
The two women told substantially
the same story. They insisted on
considerable amount of extraneous
testimony considering their capers in
the halls and other things that led up
to the demand of the landlord that
they hit tne trail, iney
said that
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Alliance and vicinity:
Generally fair tonight and Wednes
day, slightly cooler tonlpht south and
extreme east portions. Warmer Wed
nesday west fortion.
they knew the defendant to be the
night poiter at the hostelry and stated
that they had called him to their room
earlier in the evening for the purpose
of ordering some ' grape juice and
cracked ice. The order was cancelled,
they said, when Wingate told them
that if they would ftep to the room
across the hall they would find some
whisky on tap. They followed his
suggestion and in the room found one
tall man and two short ones. The tall
man was called George by the others.
A square bottle of whisky was on the
dresser and they drank of it several
times while sitting on the bed. When
the supply ran low in the bottle, they
said, the tall man called the porter
and asked about getting another bot
tle. The porter, they said, replied
that he didn't know if he could get
one, but that he thought the chances
were good. He left and after fifteen
minutes returned, drawing from un
der his coat the bottle that was even
then in court. The three men made
up the necessary money which was'
handed to the norter bv tha tall man.
They did not know, the women said,
whether the money was. for whisky.
Judge Tash -reminded them that all
they had to do was to answer ques
tions and that he was competent to
review the evidence.
The women gave some other testi
mony concerning their trips down the
hallways and a reference' was made
to "birthday clothes" at which Night
Officer Stilwell was distinctly seen to
blush. He gave an explanation for
this which was apparently satisfac
tory. Attorney Gantz called Wingate to
the stand The colored man denied
that he had been asked to buy booze
or had been given money for so doing.
He testified that the tall man tola
him: "Go to my room and bring me
the package you'll find on top of the
stand." He did so, bringing bacK a
package wrapped in a Denver news
paper. The tan man unwrapped u
and he saw, that it was a bottle of
whisky. He declared that he had not
nurchased any whisky. The money he
Teceived, he said, was for three roast
beef sandwiches, for which he had
been given a $20 bill from which he
returned with $19.55 in change. ' Each
of the three men had given him a two
bit tip, he -said, and that was all the
money ho. got. v ; '. " - . ;
Attorney 4Jaye Questioned the de:
fendant quite closely concerning the
details of the happenings on the eve
ning in question, and the colored man's
voice grew husky and solemn in his
earnest endeavor to make everything
appear as it should. He didn't get
by with the tale, however, and Judge
Tash found him guilty on both counts
and gave him fines and costs totalling
$211.90.
.. Early Monday afternoon another
colored man, resplendant in a purple
collar, appeared with the money and
Win irate .was released. The two wo
men, who had been, held as witnesses,
were also released. They told the
sheriff that they didn't like this city,
and seemed in a hurry to leave. Fol
lowing the trial in the morning, before
they learned they were to be held until
the Wine-ate fine was oaid. they were
jubilant over the prospect of getting
out of jail, and proceeded to Destow
kisses on the nearest men before they
could get away. There were no kisses
distributed in the afternoon, although
two or three county officers were
hanging about the halls. '
Special Agent Smith
Rounds Up Another
Bunk Car Robber
James Gray, alias Dick Harding,
was arrested last week at Crawford
by Burlington Special Agent T. J.
Smith, and has pleaded guilty to
charsre of theft. The offense carries
a penalty of from three to five years
in the penitentiary, according 10 inei
South Dakota law.
Gray has been working out of Alli
ance and Seneca as a cook. He has
also been in the Canadian army. The
offense for which he got in bad was
the robbery of James Nelson, who
took him to his bunk car and gave
him a dinner. , A large amount or
merchandise was recovered at Edge
mont by Special Agent Smith, where
Gray had cached it. Mr. Smith also
recovered some of the property stolen
from Nelson.
Crowds See the New
Models at Auto Show
Held in Alliance
The two-day auto show, held at the
roof garden Friday and Saturday of
last week, attracted large crowds, and
practically all of the dealers report
one or more sales during the two day
exhibition of the new models. It is
probable that the show will be made
an annual affair. In addition to the
cars on display, dancing and music
furnished entertainment for the
guests.
Mrs. L. E. Barritt and daughter,
Eva, of Berea, were Alliance shoppers
Thursday.
SCOTTISH RITE
REUNION COB
NEXT FOUR DAYS
CANDIDATES TO BE HERE FROM
TWENTY-FIVE TOWNS
Decrees From the Fourth to
Thirty-second to be Given
About 100 to Take Work
the
The most important event in Scot
tish Rite circles in western Nebraska
in months will take place during the
four days beginning Wednesday, May
11, when Adomiram Lodpe of Perfec
tion No. 0 and Alliance chapter Rose
Croix No. 4 will hold their annual
spring reunion. All degrees from the
fourth to the thirty-second will be con
ferred on a list of about one hundred
candidates.
Alliance Scottish Rite Masons have
been engaged in securing petitions
from surrounding cities and towns
during the past month or six weeks,
and success has crowned their efforts.
The present class will be one of the
largest ever inducted into the Scottish
Rite mysteries in Alliance. Candidates
will be present from Alliance, Scotta
bluff, Sidney, Dal ton, Gurney, Bridge
port, Angora, Lakeside, Antioch, Hon-;
land, Mullen, Whitman, Ashby, Hyan
nis, Seneca, Bingham, Marsland.
Crawford, Hemingford, Chadron, Mor
rill, Bayard and Minatare.
Adomram Lodge of Perfection Ne.
6 and Alliance chapter Rose Croix No.
will confer the degrees from the
fourth to the eighteenth Inclusive on
May 11 and 12. On Friday and Sat
urday, May 13 and 14, Nebraska Con
sistory No. 1 will confer the degrees
from the eighteenth to the thirty-second
:
DeMolay Club for Boys.
A rhnntpr nf hpMolav. the new or
der for boys between the ages of 16
and 21, will be instituted at the Ma
sonic Temple, Alliance, Monday, May
16.
Immediately following the installa
tion the first initiation ceremony of
these beautiful degrees will be exem
plified on a class of fifty young men.
The sons of Master Masons and their
chums, between 16 and 21 years of
age are eligible for these degrees.
Vi-rt . .. . . Ml . I
ine miuaiory cercnwjmns nu
brbmntlv at' 4:C0 D. m..-fol lowed by a
baiMiuet at 6:30 and initiatory work!
again at 8 clocK. tAnese sessions art
not only open to atl Master Masons,
but it is especially urged that all who
possibly can, will give this new order
the encouragement of their presence.
The initiation and initiatory cere
mony will be under the dircct,super
vislon of Brother Zaricas D. Clark,
33d degree, Hon., of Omaha, Neb.
Alliance High School
Debating Team Goes
to Lincoln May 12-14
Thomas Miller, Ruth Stanton and
Edward Morrow, comprising the de
bating squad of Alliance high school,
will compete with teams from ten
other high schools for the state cham
pionship honors in the fourteenth an
nual contest of the state high school
debating- leasrue. to be held at Lincoln
May 12-14. Thirty-three debaters,
representing eleven schools, are the
surviving victors over some 2b(i team
members who, in turn, were selected
from over eight hundred candidates in
the ninety-six schools that sought to
be represented in the state com est.
The team will go prepared to take
either side of the league tusstbn for
the year, "Resolved, That the Literary
Test for Restricting I mail -ration
Should Be Repealed."
Five simultaneous debates will be
held Thursday evening, May 12. After
these debates, lots will be drawn for
sides and pairing for three debases
Friday morning. May 13. Lots will
then decide sides for the debate Friday
evening. The state championship
which Beatrice won from Lincoln in
1920, will be decided Saturday morn
ing. high school fete day.
High scholarship standing charac
terizes this group of picked debater ?,
says the State Journal. Ability to
think an dto express orally ideas with
firecision, clarity and vigor, and will
ngness to work, are qualities iebate
team membership demands. Over two
thirds of these debaters have already
determined to go to college.
Monday's Journal contained the fI
lowing brief sketches of the three Al
liance debaters:
"Ruth Stanton, '21, will be gradu
ated with honor scholarship Handing.
She was also a member of the 1920
district championship team. She wi
attend Chadron State Normal coliege
this summer.
"John Thomas Miller, '21, ha main
tained an excellent scholarship rank.
This is his first year on the debating
team. Next year he goes to Drake
university, Des Moines, la.
"Edward Thomas Morrow, "22. wa
also on the district champi. nship
team in 1920. On graduation he will
go either to Notre Dame university or
to the University of Nebraska.
The small daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
Melvin Colerick has been quite ill, but
is now reported to be convalescing
nicely.
MEDICAL STAFF
FOR HOSPITAL
IS ORGANIZED
ALLIANCE PHYSICIANS M ET SAT
URDAY EVENING
Efforts to Enlarge Facilities and Make
Alliance the Medical Center
of Western Nebraska
The physicians of Alliance were en-
eitalned by St. Joseph's hospital Sat
urday evening. A hospital staff was
organized under the regulations of the
American college of surgeons. The
following appointments were made:
Dr. H. A. Copsev, president of staff.
Dr. Clarence Schoeh, vice president.
Dr. Einar V. Blak, secretary.
An elaborate luncheon was served.
following which brief talks were made
by Father Constant. Father Manning
and several of the physicians and sur
geons present. Father Constant made
en appeal for unity of action on the
part of the staff, to the end that the
hospital's facilities would be enlarged.
and scientific and medical work of the
staff co-ordinated and Alliance would
be in a position to become the medical
and surgical center for the physicians
of western Nebraska.. A number of
new improvements are planned and
with the co-opej-atlon of the physi
cians, it Is believed that St. Joseph's
hospital can be equipped to take can
of the needs of this part of the state.
rather Constants suggestions met
with the approval of all the physi
cians, who pledged their support to
such a program. It was believed that
increased clinical facilities would not
only be of benefit to the public in
general but the physicians them
selves. A greater bed capacity and
better laboratory facilities are urg
ently needed, and these can be se
cured if the physicians will get behind
the local hospital as a unit.
All members of the Box Butte coun
ty medical society are members of the
hospital staff, but the facilities of St.
Joseph's are open to other physicians
of western Nebraska by consent of
the staff. -,- -
May Festival Will Be .
Staged at the Imperial
' Theater Wednesday Eve
The May festival to be staged at
the Imperial theater Wednesday eve
ning, May 11, by the pupils of Mrs.
Dunning's expression classes, is to be
rare treat to the public. The pro
gram consists of music and readings,
and in addition to the two fanciful
May pole dances, there are several
classic dances of very artistic char
acter. Come and enjoy a trip into the
enchanted haunts of fairyland Fol
low is the program to be given:
Chorus, "Voices of the Woods," En
semble.
-"Gabfest."
Solo, "May Morning," Denza, Elsie
Simpson.
r airy story, ranees r letcher.
Solo. "Bird Song," Verna Dow;!
whistling accompaniment, Dorothy
Reynolds, Elsie Simpson.
Triumphal march and coronation.
Chorus, "Coronation," Ensemble.
May pole dance, twelve grade girls.
Garden dance laisy, Wiletta Cox:
butterflies, Bettie Harper, Phylena
finch; fairies, Mary Elizabeth Griffith,
flowers. Virginia Lester, Florence
Carlson; gardner, Mae Dunning.
May pole dance, twelve high school
girls.
Dual dance Winter, Josephine
Acheson; Spring, Dorothy Fricke.
Patriotic dance and pantomime,
"Red, White and Blue," Irma Ellis,
Wanda Adams, Dorothy Reynolds.
Alliance Fourth in
the Western Nebraska
Track Meet at Mitchell
Morrill won first place at the west
ern Nebraska track meet held last
week at Mitchell. The following won
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in the order named:
Morrill, first 39 points.
Scottsbluff, second 37 points.
Bayard, third 30 points.
Alliance, fourth 17 points.
Mitchell, fifth i points.
Kidney, sixth 3 points.
Kimball, seventh No points.
Those from Alliance taking part
were, Lee Strong, Frank Bailey, Ivan
wong, Royal Irwin, Ralph Garvin,
Jame j Fowler. Leonard Pate and Les
ter Cross. Local men that won events
are Lee Strong, 440 yard dash, cutting
his former record by 4 4-5 seconds,
running it in 65 Va seconds; Frank
Bailey took second in the hundred
yard dash, and also tne zju yara
dash; Ivan Wong took second in the
mile race.
Semmons, of Bayard took second in
individual honors by 22 points.
Mrs. L. A. Surprii-e-of Pasadena,
Cal., formerly of Alliance, who has
been very ill for the past six weeks is
still in a critical condition according
to latst reports. Her friends are hop
ing for a speedy recovery.
WHOSE FOOT ARE YOU
STANDING ON?
(Kotarian.)
When someone stops advertising,
Someone tops buying.
When someone stops buying,
Someone- stops selling.
When ?omeone stops sellings,
Someone rtops making.
When someone stops making,
Someone stops earning.
When everybody stops earning,
Everybody stops buying
Then the bread line.
Don't block the traffic keep
going.
Auto Drivers Warned
Against Speeding and
Leaving Cutout Open
The city manager's corner for today
contains the following statement:
There are a few automobile drivers
who apparently have forgotten there
are any ordinances or laws against
speeding in our city or running with
their cutout wide open. It is our
policy to be considerate especially of
those who come in from the country or
neighboring towns. We want you to
come and feel welcome and enjoy our
hospitality. This welcome, however,
does not grant you the privilege of
making nights hidious into the wee
hours by your speeding on our streets,
endangering your lives and the lives
of others and going as fast as your
car will go with the cutouts wide
open apparently enjoying making all
the noise you possibly can and daring
the cops to catch you. This may be
your idea of fun but we are sure you
do not mean any harm and want to
do the right thing as most people do.
Many auto drivers do not seem to
realize that people walking across the
street have the right of way. Most
walkers are willing to pause and let
the autos pass but this privilege does
not mean that the auto drivers can
do as they please and that everyone
must get off of the street when they
want to pass.
We do not want to cause auto driv
ers any unpleasantness but it will lie
largely wjtn them what we are com
pelled to do. Oar public safety de
partment has been instructed to take
the numbers of all automobiles run
ning with cut outs open and especially
those who are speeding on the down
town streets. 1 trust that : the-automobile
owners will govern themselves
accordingly and avoid any unpleasant
ness. .
Price Reduction
Is Announced for
Oakland Automobiles
The Sturgeon garage of this city
during the auto show received word
from the Oakland motor car com
pany that, effective May 9, the new
factory list price on current Oakland
open models is $1145, and on the clos
ed models $1815. This makes a drop
in price of several hundred dollars,
and should make sales appreciably
more brisk during the next few
months. Prospective buyers who have
been hanging back waiting for a drop
in price have been coming forward
and are beginning to talk business.
Bad Luck Streak
Delays Drilling at
the Agate Oil Well
The latter part of the last week the
Associated Oil company, that is put
ting down a test well at Agate, met
with a streak of bad luck that will de
lay the drilling for a time.
When letting the drill uown mio me
well, the brake refused to work and
the drill shot to the bottom of the well
as fast as its weight would take it.
The two large wheels on the drum
went to pieces, tearing up things gen
erally. The driller and tool dresser
got out of the way in time to escape
injury. The drill and cable are in the
well and it is reported that about 100
feet of dirt caved in on them, so that
it will take some time before the tools
will be recovered and work resumed.
Harrison Sun.
Prof. Paul W.Ivey
to Talk to Prospective
; Salesmanship Students
Prof. Paul W. Ivey of the school of
commerce of the Ne.brk state uni
versity will make a talk on "sales
manship" to prospective members of a
salesmanship club to be organized un
der the auspices of the chamber of
commerce, at the chamber of com
merce rooms at 1 p. m. Wednesday
and at 8 p. m. Wednesday evening-
Profe.s.sor Ivey will spend the day
in Alliance and will be available for
consultation. If possible, a salesman
ship course will be given, Professor
Ive" putting on an eiht weeks' course
for which the fee will be $10. Those
interested are invited to attend either
of the tvo meetings Wednesday or
talk it over with Secretary Carey.
t
HARDWARE MEN
WILL MEET IN
ALLIANCE MAY 1 9
RETAIL DEALERS OF STATE ARB
HOLDING GROUP MEETINGS
Merchants From Several Towns la
Northwestern Part of State .Ex
'. pected to be in Attendance
The Alliance group of the Nebraska
Retail Hardware Dealers' association
will meet in Alliance on Thursday,
May'19, for an all day session. Fifty
hardware dealers from North western,
and Burlington railroad points in
western Nebraska are expected to b
present. John S. Rhein is chairman of
the district .
The meetings will be largely for th
purpose of talking shop. Local condU
tions and problems peculiar to the re
tail stores will be discussed by th
dealers and several officers of the na
tional and state associations. Ther
will be present at the session S. R,
Miles of the national office; A. L.
Lahr, president of the state associa
tion; George H. Dietz, secretary and
Frank Bennett, field secretary. Th
district session rank next to the stat
meeting, and six or seven of them will
be held at various points in the state.
Dinner will be served at the Alii
ance hotel at 6 :30 p. m.
Nebraska Seed
Potatoes Prove
Success in Texas
Southern potato growers who tx
now digging Early Triumph potatoes,
produced from Nebraska seed, havej
written H. O, Werner, college of agri
culture extens'on horticulturist, and,
secretary of the Nebraska Improve-'
ment association, that they are mor
than pleased with the dozen carloads
of seed purchased in this state, ani
that they will be back next fall for
another supply.
The Nebraska potato imnrovemeni
association and the college of agri
culture are co-operating in a campaign
io open up out-oi-me-siaie manteia
for good Nebraska seed potatoes. Th
outcome of this year's crop in Texas
has been eagerly awaited by those in
immediate charge of the campaign, foe
several thousand bushels of certified
seed were sent south last winter, ani
the reputation of Nebraska was, to a
considerable extent, staken on the sat
isfaction which this seed gave. All rH
ports to date indicate that the Ne
braska dryland seed potatoes have es
tahlished themselves in tne soutn. ..
One of the factors in establishing
southern market for Nebraska seed.
eopecially the Early Triumph variety.
is their freedom rrom me mosaic cus-
ease. college ot agriculture special- ,
i jtd nuva nvnn riinvinrpii i in nuuw
time that these potatoes, when pro- .
duced under right conditions in tha
dryland sections of western Nebraska,
are comparatively tree irom ine dis
ease which has been such a handicap
to seed potato production in some o
the other states.
The United States department ot
agriculture is also interested in Ne
braska seed, and word has just been
received that potatoes from this state
tested in Louiniana show less than 5
per cent mosaic disease, while seedi
from other states showed as high a
70 per cent On account of their free
dom from disease, the Nebraska pota-
Itoes much outyielded others in tha
test.
A big factor in promoting the Ne
braska seed potato industry has been
the inspection and certification work
of the college of agriculture. In order
to place the production of seed on ft
firm basis, growers meeting certain
rules and regulations relative to-culture,
grading, packing and (.hipping,
have their product certified. The cer
tifiratinn fair on a sack protects the
buyer and preserves the reputation o
the state, certincauon aiso usuaujr
means increased profits for the pro
ducer. Western Nebraska growers o
certified seed last year received 30)
an acre more for their crop than dit
growers of uncertified seed or taalf
tock.. ,
Investigations made by the Burling
ton railroad, which is also much inter
ested In stimulating good seed produc
tion indicate that Texas affords a pos
sible market for 500 carload of see4
annually. The Triumph variety ia mo
popular in the south Just 8J,refeB
on account of its earliness. The Irien.
Cobbler, however, i3 becoming mora,
popular. This variety can be success
fully grown in Nebraska.
Harvey Hauser, formerly chief e
the fixe department at Fremont, now
chief deputy 6tate fire marshall, was
in Alliance last week on a business
trip. He is well known to the flr
boys of the state, as he is a past presi
dent of the btate volunteer firemen a
association. ' j
Henry Henderson who has been con
valescing from a severe attack ot
pneumonia, was obliged to undergo an
operation for drainage of the lung.
Dr. M. J. Baskin performed the oper
ation this morning, and at last reports
he was doing as well as could be ex,
pected. . -i
