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Official Taper of Box Butte County
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Taper of the V.. , ;
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NO
VOLUME XXVIII.
(Twelve Pages)
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1921
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SCHOOL BOARD
WILL PROCEED
WITH BUILDINGS
BUSINESS MEN APPROVE CON
STRUCTION NOW
."Bonds Voted a Year Ago, But Board
Decided to Wait Until Condi,
tions More Favorable
The Alliance school board, it la an
nounced, plans to go ahead with the
-construction of two school buildings,
-one a grade school for the eastern part
of the city and the other the junior
high school building, to be constructed
' on the same lots as the present high
school.
Bonds for these buildings were voted
in May of last year, but the board
decided to delay construction, due to
the fact that at that time prices on
lumber, labor and other essentials
-were skyrocketing. In fact, they had
risen so fast and so much that the
-ioard was considerably dubious as to
whether the buildings could be com
pleted for the $250,000 at their dis
posal. The bond election was the second
step in the building program. Origin
Ally, no election was held, but petitions
-were circulated, another form recog
nized by the statutes. By the time the
board got ready to sell its bonds, it
"was discovered that the issue author
ized would not cover the expense.
There was also some doubt as to
-whether the issuance of bonds by the
petition route was legal, and so an
election was called, and the amount of
bonds increased.
At a meeting of members of the
school board with representative busi
ness men at the chamber of commerce
.rooms Wednesday evening, the mat
ter of going ahead with the building
program was discussed, and every per
son present expressed a favorable
-opinion. Conditions are regarded as
favorable for building at present, not
alone because lumber and other ma
terials have deceased in price, but be
cause labor is plentiful , and the con
struction would furnish employment'
for those who are needing jobs. -
The last obstacle in the way of com
pleting the buildings is the sale of the
tonds. A rear aero there was no great.
demand for bonds, .and the .discount
would have been ruinous. Offers re-
ceived recently approximate 98 or 99!
per cent or the lace or the bonds, ana i
it is probable that a sale will be ar
ranged. It is not likely that the actual
work of building will be started before
two months, as the contract is yet to
e let and other necessary arrange
ments completed.
Railway Business is
Not Particularly Brisk
v In Northwest Country
State Journal: General Superin
tendent Al G. Smart of the Wyoming
district of the Burlington, who was in
Lincoln, Wednesday and returned to
headquarters at Alliance Wednesday
night, says business is still dull on the
Wyoming lines of the railroad. There
in some indication of. a coming, in
crease in passenger traffic and the oil
industry is extending under the influ
ence of new development in the Salt
xreek field of Wyoming, but general
business conditions are dull and the
business situation is not reassuring.
The oil industry has grown so rapid
ly that the big oil companies are
spending much money in oil territory.
About six million dollars is being put
into new plants in and around Cas
per, and some of the oil company's
vork in the way of new tracks is being
done by the Burlington.
There is very little coal moving, the
Sheridan district furnishing little more
than its railroad contracts, and the
Kirby mines working but half time.
There is no coal market. The oil
market is not at all good, although
there is some demand for gasoline.
Notwithstanding the market for fuel
oil is not the best, the oil companies
have made no overture to the rail
road companies to extend the territory
where oil is used as engine fuel.
Mr. Smart finds managing a rail
rode is made more strenuous than it
otherwise might be by the numerous
hearings, demands of the rail work
ers, and the calls for reports from
commissions. Other railroad, men
make similar reports.
Prospects for Large
Attendance at District
, Hardware Men's Meeting
1 3. S. Rhein, chairman of the Alli
ance district of the Nebraska retail
hardware dealers' association, reports
a prompt and enthusiastic response on
the part of the dealers in this district,
which includes some fifty towns in
western Nebraska. The hardware men
will hold a business session in Alliance
May 19, and indications are that prac
tically every dealer in the distinct will
be in attendance on that date. The
program will consist largely of shop
talks and discussion of problems pecu
liar to the retail hardware trade.
THE WEATHER
Fair ami continued cool tonight w ith
frost Saturday. Increasing cloudiness.
Rising temperature west and central
portions. .
Prof. Paul W. Ivey
Gives an Outline of
Salesmanship Course
Trof. Paul W. Ivey of the school of
commerce of the University of Ne
braska spent Wednesday in Alliance.
In the evening he spoke to a num
ber of people who are interested in the
lectures on salesmanship which lie
plans to deliver in Alliance provided
a sufficient number of people re in
terested. These lectures will begin
shortly after the university closes the
present term, and a number of cities
have secured Mr. Ivey, among thftn
Grand Island, Beatrice and Scatts
bluff. The lectures will extend 'over a
period ot seven weeks, and the fee
will be $10. There will be an hour
lecture weekly, followed by a round
table discussion, and Mr. Ivey will be
at the service of the merchants and
those taking the course during his
visits to the city. Many of-the mer
chants are enthusiastic over the
course. A committee of five has been
appointed by the chamber of com
merce, which will endeavor to secure
eighty people for the course.
Expression Students
Score a Big Success
in the May Festival
The classes in expression, of the
Alliance schools, under the direction
of Mrs. Inice McCorkle Dunning,
staged a May festival at the Imperial
theater Wednesday evening. The pro
gram consisted of a number of songs,
drills and interpretative dances, all of
whick were well received by the audi
ence. Ihe entir9 program showed evi
dences of careful training, the smaller
tots doing especially good work in the
dances and drills. The features of the !
program were the solos by Miss Elsie
Simpson and Miss Verna Dow, the
fairy stories by Frances Fletcher and
the garden dance, in which the chil
dren did especially noteworthy work.
The two butterflies, Betty Harper and
Phylena' Finch, the youngest on the
program, did remarkable dancing.
Following is the program:
Chorus, "Voices of the Woods," en
semble. "Gabfest."
Solo, "May Morning," Denza, Elsie
Simpson.
Fairy story, Frances Fletcher.
Solo, "Bird Song," Verna Dow.
Whistling accompaniment, Dorothy
Reynolds and Elsie Simpson.
Triamphal march and coronation.
Chorus, "Coronation," ensemble.
May pole dance, Twelve grade girls.
Garden dance, Daisy,' Wiletta Cox,
Butterflies, Betty Harper, Phylena
Finch; Fairies, Mary Elizabeth Grif
fith, Elenar Beal; Flowers, Virginia
Lester, Florence Carlson; Gardener,
"Mac" Dunning.
May pole dance, twelve high school
girls.
Duel dance, "Winter," Josephine
Acheson; "Spring," Dorothy Fricke.
Patriotic dance and .pantomime,
"Red, White and Blue," Wanda Adams,
Irma Ellis, Dorothy Reynolds.
Alliance High School
Debating Team Wins Its
First Round at Lincoln
Word was received by Superintend
ent W. R. Pate this morning that the
Alliance high school debating team
won the first round in the state cham
pionship series, now being held at
Lincoln, by defeating Fairbury high
school Thursday evening. The Alli
ance debaters were scheduled to meet
the team from the Cathedral high
school of Lincoln this morning. One
more series remains before the finals.
FUNERAL SERVICE FOR
MRS. JANE EARP TONIGHT
Mrs. Jane Earp died yesterday af
ternoon at 3:45 at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. W. DeMoss, 518
West Third. She had been in poor
health for some time, but was feel
ing as well as usual up until within
thirty minutes of her death. A brief
chapel service will be held at Darl
ing's undertaking parlors this eve
ning at 8 o'clock, and the body will be
shipped on forty-two to Grand Pass,
Mo. Funeral will be held at that place
on Sunday and interment made in
Palmer cemetery beside her husband
who died twenty-three years ago. The
deceased wa3 eighty-two years of age
and leaves two daughters and three
sons. Other relatives are two sisters,
fifteen grandchildren and four great
grandchildren. Mrs. J. W. DeMosf 5ind
daughter, Sylvia, will accompany the
remains to Grand Pass.
Mrs. Jay Duncan is enjoying a visit
from her mother.
Scott Lee, formerly employed at The
Famous, has returned to his home at
Madrid, Neb.
CITY COUNCIL -APPROVES
SALE
OF WATER BONDS
TWO SEWER DISTRICTS COM
PLETEU AND ACCEPTED
Ordinance Adopted Outlining the Var
- ious Departments of the City
Government
i
The Alliance city council, held its
first Mav mectinar at the council chum-
ber Thursday evening, every council
man being in his chair a minute or two
before 7:10 and the meeting beginning
promptly on time. This is the second
; or third time that the new council has
smashed all previous records to smith
ereens in the way of. attendance and
quick transaction of business. The
meeting lasted but little more than an
hour.
The matter that consumed the most
time was a discussion in regard to the
billboards recently erected at the south
side of the city's dump, which are in
tended to conceal the unsightly junk
from the public gaze. . The city ad
vanced the money to build these bill
boards and the mayor and city, clerk
were authorized to enter into a con
tract whereby they are leased for a
period of five years to local bill pout
ers, who will see that the city is re
imbursed for all expense out of the
proceeds. A provision was inserted in
the contract to permit the city to
break the contract if at any time with
in the life of the lease it should de
sire to sell the property. There isn't
much prospect for selling it, but one
or two of the councilmen thought the
protection worth having.
The $10,000 extension bonds were
sold to the Omaha Trust company of
Omaha, Neb., at 95V&C This gives
the city $ 9,550 with which to make
our water extensions. The next high
est offer was 92 Vtc. The lowest was
88c. This is very good, considering
the way the bond market is at present.
Sewer districts number eleven and
twelve have been completed by Con
tractor Young and accepted by Mr.
Grant, engineer, Mr. Grant,' the en
gineer will soon have ready the chart
showing tho assessments against the
various properties in. these two dis
tricts. - J!. J.
, A petition t6 estatblish sewer"dfs'
tricts number thirtynine waR ' pre
sented and filed. The city council es
tablished by ordinance this sewer dis
trict in the alley between Yellowstone
and Missouri avenues and from the
south side of Eighth street to the south
side of Tenth street and assessing the
costs of this sewer, to the abutting
properties.
Another ordinance was passed at
the meeting, presented by City Man
ager Kemmish, which outlines the five
departments of the city administra
tion, limits the number of employes in
each department and prescribes the
bond to be filed as well as setting out
the duties of the various department
heads and employes.
, . '
Secretary Carey is
Working on Reducer
, Freight Rates Here
Secretary George M. Carey of the
Alliance chamber of commerce is
scheduled to appear at a hearing held
by the interstate commerce commis
sion at the federal court building at
Denver on May 19, at which time the
commission will take up the question
of freight rates on fruits, vegetables
and livestock.
Paul Findlay, merchandise manager
for the California fruit growers' asso
ciation, will stop off in Alliance on his
return from a trip east and has con
sented to address Alliance merchants.
American Legion to
Hold Next Meeting
on Tuesday Evening
gion, will hold its monthly dinner and
meeting at tne tern garden or the
Allinnro Vintpl nn Tiiatulav tvmlniii nt
6:30. The meeting was scheduled for
Thursday evening of this week, but
was postponed because of the Scottish
Rite reunion. & number of important
matters are to come up for discussion,
among them the completion of the
program for the observance of Me
morial day and plans for raising
money during the race meet. The Le
gion nas Deen given two or three 01
the best concessions at the fair
grounds.
John Haslow has purchased the Jack
Miller property on Missouri avenue.
Mrs. Harry Loomis of Berea, was
an Alliance visitor last Friday.
Eula Lee, teacher from Antioch,
spent the week end with her brother
here.
Mrs. Emma Long, of Chicago, visit
ed her cousin, Miss Edna Benedict last
week. She was en route for Seattle,
Wash., where she will spend the sum
mer.
li i nun Tiinftftno
lluiij iiiumno
ON LAST LAP
Z OF AUTO TRIP
SPENDS SEVERAL DAYS IN THE
PANHANDLE COUNTRY
Ikds of Dry Potash Have Been Dis
covered There Huge District
of Irrigated Land
DALHAKT, Tex., May 5, 1921. Af
ter spending several days at Ama
rillo, which occupies a similar posi
tion in the Texas panhandle to the
position of Alliance in the Nebraska
panhandle the metropolis, it seems
quite a pleasure to be again on our
way towards home.
Since leaving Houston ten days ago
we have experienced some of the best
and some of the worst roads in the
U. S. A. From Houston we drove to
Austin, which is the capital of Texas,
and in order to get there had to detour
about 100 miles out of our way, due
to the fact that many of the river
bottoms in southern Texas were flood
ed they claimed eleven inches of rain
fall in twenty-four hours at one point,
and judging from the flooded condition
of the country, they told the truth. -
It also seems rather odd to find no
"niggers" in the Texas panhandle, af
ter being in some localities where the
colored population seemed to outnum
ber the white about three to one, at
least But up here in the panhandle
they are not allowed.
At Austin we experienced the hot
test day of our trip, and were glad to
start north, although after we had
gotten off the paved roads which ra
diate for about thirty miles from the
city we ran into the worst roads of
our trip and for about two hundred
miles, until: we reach Abilene, In the
panhandle, we. had the rockiest and
roughest roads I have ever seen.
It may interest Nebraska potash
magnates to learn that great beds of
dry potash have been discovered in
western Texas and that one man at
Amarillo has leased over 200 sections
of land in that locality for the pur
pose of mining this potash. The beds
were discovered in the drilling of oil
welia and are from 1750 to 2550 feet
underground. Government geologists
ai d experts are now work inn on the
perfecting of methods of bringing this
potash to the surface. I found-the
Amarillo parties -very much interested
in the history of the Nebraska potash
industry and it is very probable that a j
party may visit the Alliance and An
tioch district soon to make further in
vestigation. All Sorts of Mineral Finds. '
It was also interesting to learn that
thick beds of salt have recently been
discovered near Amarillo at a depth of
700 feet underground and that plans
are being made to mine this salt and
place it on the market, there are so
many oil wells being drilled through
western Texas that they are finding
out many things underground that
were never thought of.
The potash beds and the salt beds
were discovered in an odd and inter
esting manner. Oil well drillers who
were working on wildcat wells were
amazed to find that their drills were
going down but no mud or ground-up
rock was coming up in their sand
buckets, which were bringing up noth
ing, but water. The secret was ex
plained when the water was tasted
and when it dried,' for it was found
that the potash and salt had been dis
solved in the water, forming brine.
It was mitchty interesting to s one
day last week, aftr having driven for
many miles through a barren and
sagebrush country, to suddenly climb
up onto a plain that looked almost
enough like Box Butte county to be it.
Post, Texas, founded a number or
years ago by C. W. Post of Gr&penuts
fame, is located on the southern edge
of this great plain which covers the
panhandle and extends to the moun
tains in New Mexico.
Mr. Post took a tract of 32,000 acres
a number of years ago and divided it
up into farms 1C0 and 320 acres in
size. He built a house on eacn tract,
fenced-it and broke out most of the
land, planted fruit trees and sold the
farms on exceptionally easy terms or
$500 down on a quarter-section farm
or 1.000 down on a 320-acre tract.
This is today one of the most pros
perous parts of lexas and each. farm
is a duplicate of its neighbor.
The panhandle, from Post this way,
is very level and is being rapidly di
vided into farms. . Land is worth
from $22 to $150 per acre. They grow
all kinds of crops, including cotton,
corn and the small grains. Many
northern people have located here.
Plainview, Texas, is the center of a
large irrigated district, the irrigation
water being supplied by pumps, run
by huge oil burning engines which
use fuel oil. This country is under
laid by ereat veins of water at a depth
of about 100 feet on the average. The
pumps used were new to us they are
like a giant screw and extend clear
down into the bottom of the well. Six
and eight-inch casing is used mostly.
The huge screw is turned at a terrific
rate, forcing the water up and out into
the reservoirs and irrigation ditches.
The average well produces from 2,000
to 3,000 gallons of water per minute,
giving an ample supply for irrigation.
It seems that this style of pumps
might be ued successfully in western
Nebraska, where good veins of water
are reached at a depth of from 65 to
150 feet. We also saw a large num
ber of "double-headed" windmills
which pump water for irrigation. We
were told that the main expense in
irrigation was the fuel oil. '
At Georgetown, Texas, where we
stopped over night, we had the pleas
ure of attending the anniversary cele
bration of the I. O. O. F. and of tell
ing them something about the pros
perous and active I. O. O. F. organiza
tions nt Alliance. The state treasurer
of Tevas, It F. Baker, was present at
the celebration and was the guest of
honor.
The Texas panhandle is composed
of thirty-eight counties and is con
tinually boasted by the Panhandle
Plains chamber of commerce, which
has a live secretary, F. It Jamison, a
traffic manager and other officers.
These counties are quite large. At one
time lour or them were sola to a
Chicago syndicate at fifty cents per
acre by the state or lexas, the pro
ceeds being used to build the fine
capitol building now located at Austin,
where the monster Texas university is
also located.
This land was first used as a cattle
ranch and much of it is now used for
the same purpose, although a large
portion has been subdivided into farms
and smaller ranches and first sold at
from $2.50 to $5.00 per acre. It is
now selling at from $20 to $50 per
acre. I met one man at Amarillo
who had sub-divided and sold out
1,600 sections to northern people.
We have already made about 4,500
miles by auto and it will take probably
1,000 more to reach Alliance but we
are on our way.
MR. AND MRS. LLOYD C. THOMAS.
Rev. A. J.Kearns
Makes a Suggestion
for Children's Day
Rev. A. J. Keants, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, has made
the following suggestion for the ob
servance of Children's day by the
Alliance churches. Mr. Kearns has
talked the matter over with some of
the other partors, all of whom have
received the plan with enthusiasm. Mr.
Kearns suggests:
"By the way, why can't the Sunday
schools of Alliance have a Children's
day parade, marching up and down our
well paved streets staging the songs of
Zion, "Children of the Heavenly King,"
"Onward Christian Soldiers." and a
host of others. Each division carrying
Old Glory and the banners of the cross
and designating colors would make a
gala day of Children's day.
"Following the parade a few short
addresses to the children by the mayor
of the city, one Sunday school super
intendent and one of the pastors, after
which the children would be served
with ice cream by some of the civic
bodies.
("Let's have a real Children's day
and give the day over to the children.
In the evening, each school could pre
sent its own exercices in the separate
churches. Before plans have gone too
far this year let's give this plan a
thought. Children's day Sunday school
parades ; are getting more popular
every year.
"The city of Brooklyn is the mother
of the idea and this year celebrates its
one hundredth annual Sunday school
parade, in which more than 100,000
children will participate. This par
ticular event in the city of Brooklyn
has been reviewed and addressed by
many notables including the president
of the United States, governors of the
various states and even foreign diplo
mats. Such a recognition of the chil
dren and the Sunday school not only
makes a day of happy remembrance
but impresses upon young lives that
the older folks look upon the work of
religious education as something of
real importance."
Judge Iron Crow
Looking for Place
For Summer Camp
rVmntv JudcA TakVi has received a
letter from Judee William Iron Crow.
it Ufanitarann S TV. nn thft reserva
tion .which txtends professional greet
ings and mentions a prospective visit
from the Indians. During the war,
the v't from the Indians was all that
saved the potato crop, and since then
the red men have been given an es
pecially hearty welcome. Judge Iron
Crow, who is one of the two judges
comprising the court of domestic re
lations for the tribe, writes:
. rtii Print JiiKt a line to let VOU
know I am well. So is my friend Judge
William Birdhead. nope mis may
find vnii well. We exnect to visit you
some time this summer and hope you
wil "arrange for pasture ana camping
ground for us. Best wishes to you.
Bye-bve. Your friend,
"JUDGE WILLIAM IRON CROW."
Mrs. Walter Perry Is assisting Mr.
Perry at the Van Graven studio.
Carl A. Hanson and Miss Bessie M.
Farley, both of Grand Island, were
married by County Judge Tash Wed-r-esday
morning.
A new set of steel offic equipment
is being installed in the office of W.
C. Mounts, clerk of the district court
FAST HORSES ,
NOW ARRIVING
FOR RACE MEET
JACK LEWIS SHOWS UP WITH
STRING OF FIVE
Track in Excellent Condition ai4
Workouts Taking Place Dally
Good Records Being Made
It's beginning to look like the good
old summer time again at the fair
grounds. With the arrival of Jack
Lewis from Pueblo, Colo., bringing a
string of five harness horses, headed
by that grand pacer, Peter Native,.
2:19'i, by The Native, 2:10, it be
gins to look like a race meet Peter
Native won the 2:25 pace in last year'
meet and is in fine form.
Lewis has with him also Arinado,
who came in second in last year's
2:30 trot. Arinado is by Colorado E,
2-niHi nnri lllro Petor TJnfivo In
the pink of condition. These two
horses will show some speed during;
this year's meet The other three
horses in jth Lewis string are Lucilt
Foster, by Worcenberger, 2:04; Bella
Donna, by Peter O. Donna, 2:14, and;
Athol Direct by Peter Direct, 2:18,
The last three horses were not at AUU
ance last year, and Bella Donna will
be given an opportunity to make hr
virgin race.
Frank Shreves already has White
sir. 0.111'. I... T D.tfK . i
the grounds, and the big pacer is being
given daily workout and is showing;
up in the pink of condition. Whitefoot
trained off at the start of last season
and did not reach his real stride until
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aie in me mil, out ne enoea up tn
season with a fine string of victories
to his credit and is expected to mak
a splendid record this year. He has.
been worked hard all winter, and U
being put into form carefully. Shreves.
also has Litton. Jr.. that rood littl
pacer by Prof. Litton, 2:11.
There are only a few running horse
on the grounds, but this is fairly early
to expect them. A little black gelding
Jimmy Dale, is occupying one of thd
box stalls, and he is a most promising
young horse, with a sire of Kentucky
derby stock, There are a couple
others, but it will be two or three
weeks before the bulk of the running
horses begin to show up. s
A good field' of horses, both for th
harness and running events, is in pros
pect, according to Secretary; Ed,
Bishop of the speed association. Mr.
uiniiufj man mciicu icitcio iiuiu ah
number of those who had horses hr
last year and the most of them are,
planning to return. '
The track has never been in such
condition for so long a period. TM
pleasant weather has made the early
season ideal for working out tht
horses, and nearly every mornig som
pretty fair records have been made,
Peter Native and Whitefoot have been
showing up in exceptionally good con
dition. Whitefoot, after a winter'
work, is showing evidences of being
anxious to race, and his driver is ex
pecting a lot of him when the starter
is on the job. N'ck Ronin of Fremont,
the veteran starter who has alway
been popular in Alliance, will be her
again this year. The dates for th
race meet have been set for June 15,
16 and 17. and the stockmen's con-,
vention will meet in Alliance that
week, holding business sessions th
two days previous to the race meet,
order to have nothing to mtenere witn
attendance at western Nebraska's ftn-
est sport event. .
Big Classes Taking
Work at the Alliance
Scottish Rite Reunion
The third annual Scottish Rite re-,
iminn haa Hrftwn Mnsnna frnm all nvV
western Nebraska to Alliance thi
week, when all degrees from th
fourth to the thirty-second, inclusive,
are being exemplified. The Allianc
lodges put on the work from thj
fourth to the eighteenth degrees on,
Wednesday and Thursday, and thi
morning the members of Omaha con
sistory No. 1 began taking a class of
ninety through from the eighteenth to
the thirty-second. The closing cere
monials will be held Saturday evening.
Forty-five candidates took the first
eighteen "degrees, and . the class ot
ninety for the high degrees broke all
records for Scottish Rite masonry in
western Nebraska. W. R. Harper, wh
has been very active of securing can
didates, feels considerably elated over,
the success of the reunion, and thi
reeling is shared Dy dozens oi otner
Masons, who spent week in securing
applications from this part of th
state. .
Mrs. Frank Shreve and daughter
Miss Ieona, left this noon for Scott s
bluff, where they will spend the week
end with the former's sister, Mrs,
Jame3 Osborn.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Fletcher returned
Sunday from a trip, to Denver and,
Colorado Springs.
John Glass, from Hyannis. was in,
Alliance on a business trip Saturday