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Official Taper of llox Butte Co.
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Taper of the City of Allianot
VOLUME XXVIII.
(Eight V.
ALLIANCE, DOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBIJASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1921
NO. 53
PLANS FORMED
TO COVER RACE
MEET DEFICIT
COOD FELLOWS ASKED TO KICK
' IN WITH $2.-. EACH
About Half of the Amount Needed
Han Been Raised Commit
tees Now on the Job
The Alliance chamber of commerce,
at its Monday noon luncheon, dis-,
ussed the matter of the race meet :
-deficit pro and con, and the concensus
of opinion was that the club should '
make the first order of business the '
payment of the race meet deficit of
$2,500. The meet was sponsored by
the club, and due to a number of
causes came a financial cropper. Or
dinarily one bad year wouldn't cause
any great degree of despondency, but
this year's deficit follows on the heels
of one last year. The club plans to
tjet out of the financial hole the first
hard work it does.
A number of plans were discussed
-at the luncheon, the one receiving the
most attention being to pass a sub
.scription paper about the city and get
one hundred men to agree to pay $25
each and settle all accounts immedi
ately. Committees volunteered to do
the work, and after about a day and a
half of solicitation have received
pledges amounting to over a thousand
-dollars. This is considered the best
bet, but if it fails to pull through, some
other means will be adopted. Due to
the fact that money is considerably
tighter than it was a year ago, the
work of getting a hundred men to help
""pay for the dead horse" is up hill all
the way, but the same bunch of public
spirited men who have always come to
the front are getting behind the move
ment and prospects are fairly bright
for putting it over.
President Glen Miller asked for a
iree discussion of the problem by the
members present at the luncheon, and
he got it. Earl Mallery, the first
.speaker, urged that the club by all
means meet its bills in full if possible.
He called attention to the fact that
the club's budget would not cover the
-demands made upon it,- and urged
strict economy in all lines until the
debts were paid and the club ready to
go ahead on a sound basis. Dr. Minor
.Morris took the same stand when he
was asked to diagnose the case and
suggest a remedy. He said that the
ity of Alliance could not afford to let
the impression get out that a bunch of
short sports lived here, and that he
believed the money could be raised
without any great difficulty. Alliance
is on the map today, he said, and its
reputation, standing and dignity de
pended on the way this issue was met.
J. S. Rhein made a funeral oration
and pointed out that anyone could be a
jgood pport when prospects were ten to
cne, but that it took a real sport to
jcrin when conditions were as unfavor
able as they are at present. He said
he knew it was difficult to get people
to pay for something when it was a
thing of the unpleasant past, but he
believed enough people were interested
in Alliance's good name to come
hrouch.
Other sneakers sucrsrested that if
necessary to meet the obligations in
curred, a secretary bo dispensed with
and the money coming in from dues
for the next two quarters be appro
priated toward paying the debts.
Secretary George M. Carey and Di
rector J. W. Guthrie furnished the fol
lowing figures showing the bad news
of last week:
Receipts.
First Day.
General admission $ 259.00
Grandstand 85.45
Onarter stretch '. - 8.50
Auto park 22.00
Total - $ 375.85
Second Day.
General admissions ,$ 542.70
Grandstand 319.45
Quarter stretch 13.75
Auto park 19 00
Evening admissions 192.75
Total $1,037.65
Third Day.
Jeneral admissions $ 545.85
Grandstand 237.70
Quarter stretch 12.00
Auto park 15.00
Evening admissions 131.95
Total $ 932.50
Summary.
First day
Second day
$ 375.85
1,087.65
Third day
932.50
Total $2,396.00
Advance boxes and stalls.-.-! 208.50
Concessions J 454.90
Grand total receipts $3,059.40
Expenses.
Track and grounds $ 246.2
Insurance 72.50
Advertising 128.25
Fireworks 888.40
Band 500.00
Bucking contests. 50.00
Starter 125.00
tate Racing Assn 1 90.00
Amer. Trotting Assn 30.00
THEY READ HERALD ADS
Harry Thirle, the popular Alli
ance druggist, is firmly convinced
that Herald advertising pays last
Friday's Herald cai Tied a large dis
play advertisement with a list of
'Dollar Day" bargains.
Among the many bargains listed
in The Herald ad was "10 Bars of
Woodbury's Soap $1.00." Wood
bury's sells ordinarily for 25 cents
per bar and Harry's ad copy rea
"5 Bars of Woodbury's Soap
$1.00," but The Herald s force, in a
moment of forgetful I ness, made the
ad read ten bars instead of five.
And then the rush started.
Thiele's store was crowded with
eager buyers, everyone of whom
wanted, in addition to the other
bargains, 10 bars of Woodbury's
so ip. The gross that Thiele had in
stock was snapped up quickly and
customers clamored for more. The
Herald made good the differnce, for
it shows very plainly that
HERALD ADS PAY.
Incidental expenses I
450.00
Total $2,680.40
G harness races at 350 each,
less entry fees of $2.0 $1,850.00
2 running ruces at $100 200.00
2 running races at $200-;. 400.00
1 running race at $300 300.00
1 running race at $150 150.00
Total .
$2,900.00
$2,(580.40
Expenses
Total expense
$5,580.40
$3,059.4Q
Receipts, grand total
Deficit $2,521.00
A proposed fine of $5 for failure to
vote would just about wipe out the
war debt if it were made retroactive.
ANDY DUNBAR
IS INJURED IN
AUTO WRECK
AUTO WITH FOUR OCCUPANTS
WAS OVERTURNED
Former Well Known Alliance Young
Man Taken to Hospital After
Being Taken From Wreck
Andy Dunbar, former well-known
Alliance young man, who now lives at
roster. Wash., and who is employed
in Seattle, of which Foster is a sub
urb, was injured on Tuesday of last
week when an auto in which he was
riding with three other persons struck
a large brindle dog and overturned.
Dunbar, with two other men and a
girl, all of whom were riding on their
way to work, and all of whom were
injured, was taken to the Seattle city
hospital in another auto. The owner
of the wrecked car said that the dog
trotteed slowly in front of the auto.
The dog suddenly stopped and the
driver was unable to avoid him. lhe
right front wheel of the auto hit the
doe. the auto slewed around to the left
and completely overturned, pinning the
party of four underneath.
Dunbar's father is A. J. Dunbar,
formerly superintendent of the Amer-(
ican potash plant at Antioch, and who
is now located at Seattle. Dunbar,
while here, chummed with Wade
Grassman of Alliance.
The dog which caused the wreck
suffered a broken back and was shot
by police officers.
Chadron and Alliance
Marians and Wives
to Hold Joint Picnic
A week from next Sunday the Chad
ron Rotary club will join the members
of the same organization from Alli
ance in a picnic at the new state park
eight miles south of this city, says the
Chadron Chronicle. This will consti
tute the opening event to be held at
this place since it has become a state
park.
Last Sunday, through the courtesy
of Senator Jim Good, Harry Reische,
Bob Elliott, Dick Yamdley and the
writer were privileged to visit and
take a stroll over the site of Nebras
ka's first state park. The paity was
composed entirely of Rotarians and
went out for the purpose of locating a
suitable camping ground for the joint
picnic on June 26th. lhis proved to
be a difficult matter for those in the
party, as there were so many wonder
ful places and each though that his
place was just the best, it was finally
decided though, to the satisfaction of
all concerned. The park comprises 640
acres eight miles south of this city
and fifty miles north of Alliance on
the federal and state highway.
Within the square mile of this park
is undoubtedly some of the most beau
tiful scenery in Nebraska. From the
valley which is traversed by Chadror.
creek, to the high bare picturesque
butte3 and pine-covered hills, many oi
the places gives one, and that mean.
me, the impression that they are virir .j
ground never heretofore trod by man.
SAUER NOT YET
THE TIMBER FOR.
CHAMPIONSHIP
FAILS. TO WORRY JOE STECIIER
A PARTICLE
Friday Evening Match at Roof Gar
den One of Prettiest Exhibitions
Ever Staged in the City'
The Friday evening wrestling match
at the roof garden between Joe Stecher
of Dodge and Pete Sauer was one of
the prettiest wrestling exhibitions ever
staged in the city, but it was hardly a
wrestling match. The Alliance grap
pler, who has been defeating all com
ers in this part of the country with
comparative ease failed to make any
impression on the ex-champion, who
took two straight falls from him, the
first after fifty-nine minutes of wrest
ling and the second after only four
minutes.
It was apparent from the first
glimpse of the two men in their fight
ing regalia that Stecher had all the
advantage of weight and size, and
after only a few minutes of wrestling
it was plain that the little mutter of
scientific skill was on the side of the
champ. It was a great little old ex
hibition, however, the Dodge man giv
ing the fans an opportunity to see
several things of interest in the wrest
ling game. , .
The ex-champion was built on tre;
mendous lines, and for all his size
exhibited a nimbleness and dexterity
that was the marvel of the big audi
ence that crowded the roof garden. He
maneuvered the first fall by means of
his famous body scissors. Sauer did
some good work in breaking various
holds, but he was at no time a menace
to the champion.
The audience was plainly with
Sauer, and there were some who hoped
that the miracle would happen and
that the Alliance wrestler would cop
a fall, but if they entertained any real
hopes they were short-lived. The sec
ond fall came through the same body
scissors.
Alliance fans who have been touting
Sauer as a contender for the heavy
weight championship some of these
days, are not particularly daunted, but
they realize now, as never before, that
weight and experience are indispens
able, and that it will, in all probability,
take several years for Sauer. to get
up into the championship class.
Stecher not only put on a good
show, but he exhibited the best of
sportsmanship all through the match.
He arrived in Alliance the afternoon
of the match after a rather hard and
fatiguing trip, it being necessary for
him to make the last lap of his journey
by automobile. Promoter Fred Mor
tensen was considerably worried over
the non-arrival of the chap, who had
been expected to come on the var
nishel cars, and arrangements had
nished cars, and arrangements had
fans, to bring Pesek ot Ravenna to
Alliance by aeroplane.
The match was scheduled for 8 p. m.
but due to the financial difficulties of
the chamber of commerce, was post
uoned until 9:30 in order to allow the
crowd to take in the fireworks exhibi
tion. It was a good crowd, but the
promoter had the same sad experience
as those backing the race meet there
wash t cash enough in the house to
meet expenses. Stecher had been given
a guarantee of $1,500 and an ironclad
contract on which he might have col
lected had be been so minded, but the
ex-champion showed the quality ot hi
sportsmanship by accepting a sum
that was only half of. the amount due
him.
Repeal of Homestead
Act Would Lower
Cost of Production
"Unless congress repeals the 640
acre homestead act beiore it is too
late, the law will remain a dangerous
menace to the cattle industry of Ari
zona," said a writer in July Sunset.
"Under this act any citizen has the
right to take possession of a square
mile of the public domain when it has
been classified officially as 'grazing
land,' and to obtain a patent to this
square mile by fulfilling more or less
on the square the easy requirements
of the land office. There is no water
on any land classified as grazing
homestead and whatever water exists
in the vicinity has passed into private
ownership years ago.
"Yet grazing homesteads by the
thousands are being taken up, in most
cases by claimants who want to collect
trespass damages from the established
rancher whose stock has been ranging
over the land. After the first tres
pass claim the rancher is usually will
ing to lease or buy the homestead.
Transfer of the land from public to
private ownership has accomnlished
nothing except to raise the established
-tockman s cost of production.
John R. Barton, branch manager for
the Galion woiks with headquarters in
Lincoln, Neb., has been in the city for
a few days attending to business mat
ters. Mr. Barton visited with the
owners of The Herald while in the
city.
ABSTRACT SHOWS
MUCH PROPERTY
! IN THE COUNTY
GRAND TOTAL W ELL OVER FIF-
TEEN MILLION DOLLARS
Figures Compiled by County Assessor
Pilkington Contains Some
Interesting Items
County Assessor John Pilkington
has completed his official abstract of
the assessment of the property of Box
Butte county and there are many in
teresting items. It was known that
including real estate the grand total
would be over fifteen million dollars.
The amount of this wealth will as
tonish a number of the old eastern
counties which date back to the six
ties. It will be noted that we have
more than a thousand automobiles and
621 dogs. The diamonds and jewelry
only totals $12,280, and there are but
65 vehicles of the bicycle and motor
cycle type. There is not so much
poultry as would be found profitable,
and patent rights are almost as
scarce as steamboats. While there is
but a single head of fat cattle in the
county, the total number of cattle in
the County is 7,692, and of horses cf
all ages 17,809; mules of all ages to
tal 332.
The county contains 510 tons of
broom corn, and we, call attention to
the diversity of crops and industries
as shown by this interesting docu
ment. Old settlers will look over the
detailed statement and will note the
relative amount of the various kinds
of stock and grain on hand. The
character of our industries is chang
ing and this is bringing its changes
in the tax schedules, but never had
Box Butte county so much property
of value, nor so bright prospects for
the immediate and permanent future.
Following are the totals, as fur
nished by Mr. Pilkington:
COUNTY ABSTRACT OF ASSESS
... MEXT, BOX BUTTE COUNTY.
1921.
To the State Board of Equalization
and Assessment of Nebraska:
, I hereby Certify that the following
is a correct abstract of the assessment
bo;' f . Box. Butt county, forUbe
year , and that the values given
are the valuation assessed by the as
sessors, and equalized and corrected
by the County Board of Equalization.
JOHN PILKINGTON,
County Assessor.
Total
No.
CATTLE t
Yearling Steers2128
Yearling Heifers .2831
Actual Aver
Value age
$ 61265
$28.79
21.59
44.45
31.00
52.00
87.31
34.23
52.47
74.20
60934
89740
59445
102535
98550
68025
108550
6595
13950
80
2 year old Steers.1904
2 year old Heifers 1918
3 year old bteers-iyj
Cows and Calves2694
Dry Cows 1958
Milch cows 2068
Bulls (Registered) 88
Bulls (Not
Registered) 303
Fat Cattle 1
46.00
80
Total Cattle 178C5 $669669
HORSES
Yearling colts 509
2- yr. old horses 686
3- yr. old horses 547
Work horses 3184
Range horses 1714
Ponies and plug3 644
Stations 28
$ 4951 $ 9.84
13155
19.17
22050
243360
42555
11410
2825
43.00
76.74
24.82
17.40
100.00
Total .Horses 7312 $340306
MULES
Yearling mules 112 $ 2740 $24.45
2 vr. old mules 60 2815 46.91
3 vr. old mules 41 2110 51.10
Work mulea 90 6695 59.74
Jacks 23 3530 153.00
Total Mules ,332 $17890
i
' Assessed Value
$ 109774
All credits, such as annuities,
notes, secured and unse
cured, money loaned by me,
Judgments and allowances,
bonds (except Gov. bonds ).$ 234482
Money on hand or on deposit
with banks, trust com
panies, corporations, firms
or individuals, or subject to
my order, check or draft
3025
All money invested in certifi
cates of purchase at tax
sales
3082
Fire and burglarproof safes,
106
11395
All money paid to building,
Loan and Sasinvs associa
tions on certificates of
stocks .
All book accounts due me
All shares in any corporation
formed in the state con
ducting business outside the
state
Office and store fixtures, fur
32582
10225
5640
niture and equipment 88685
Billiards, Pigeonhole, Baga
telle, and other similar
tables and bowling alleys
Patent rights
Bicycles, tricycles, veloci
pedes, motorcycles, any
kind -
All nursery stock -
Automotive, 1056
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PHILOSOPHY OF ADVERTISING
(Philadelphia ledger)
One of the saddest spectacles ob
servable in American business life
at the present time is offered by
those merchants and manufacturers
who have been so impressed by the
existing wave of economy that they
are cutting down on their advertis
ing. The buying public today is very
different from the buying public of
two centuries ago and, what is more
to the point, even of two decades
ago. The modern public has been
brought up on advertisements. The
infant food it imbibes from its nurs
ing bottle, the shoe it wears out on
its reluctant walks to school, the
ring it slides upon a beloved finger
as a token of the happy date of ac
ceptance, the baby carriage it later
invests in, even the ornate box in
which it is at last laid to rest and
the enduring stone that marks the
spot are all bought because tbey
have been advertised. ' What is not
advertised is ignored as if it did not
exist.
Y'et It is better never to advertise
at all than to advertise and then to
stop. That is fatal perhaps not at
once, but eventually. It is taken as
a confession of failure. People in
terpret it as meaning that the goods
of the man who ceases to advertise
have been tested In the gceat labor
atory of public opinion and have
been found wanting. It is as if he
had his wares spread out in his
window for examination and com
parison, and should then suddenly
board up the window. People view
such action with suspicion.
An advertising appropriation
should be a permanent charge, no
more subject to arbitrary cancella
tion than the dealer's charge fdr
shop rent or light It can be made
a far more profitable investment
than the money spent for rent and
light.
EARL BROWN WAS
MINUS HIS MONEY
AT MANHATTAN
FEEBLE MINDED YOUTH TAKEN
FROM TRAIN REACHES HOME
Alliance Officers Forwarded Sworn
statement mat Money was
Given Youth for Journey
Earl Brown, the feeble minded
youth who was taken from the Palmer
Brothers circus at Alliance the first of
this month, and who was sent to his
home at Manhattan, Kan., by the local
officers upon receipt of expense money
from his father, finally turned up at
Manhattan on foot.
According Uo word received by
Sheriff Jim Miller from the sheriff at
Manhattan, Brown, who is about
twenty-one years of age, told the of
ficers and his parents that he had
walked from Lincoln and that the of
ficers here had given him no money.
'his was in answer to a statement of
Sheriff Miller that there was five dol
lars expense money coming to thif
end of the line for meals and bed fur
nished the boy and other expenses
when he was taken up and cared for,
Sheriff Miller, Deputy Tom MJski-
men and Chief of Police Charles Jef-
fers have signed a sworn statement
and forwarded it to the Kansas officer,
showing what was done with the $25
which was wired here by the father of
the boy. Eleven dollars and sixty
cents of this amount was used to pur
chase a ticket to Lincoln, which was
given to Brown when he was put on
the train. '-The sheriff then tucked $12
n bills in the boy's shirt pocket and
fastened the Docket with a safety pin.
The balance, together with $1.80 which
the boy had from money paid him by
the circus, he was tola to use xor
meals.
Evidently the boy was not so feeble
minded as he appeared to be, for in an
effort to excuse himself for spending
or losing the money, he told his home
fo ks that the officers here had given
him no money and that he then had
to walk home from Lincoln. The of
ficers here are somewhat indignant
over the statement and have forwarded
the affidavit showing what was done
with the money.
Reiser Pleads
Guilty
toa Charge of
Intoxication
Georsre Keiser. who was arrested
this morning on a charge of intoxica
tion preferred against him by Wm. k.
Henderson, a neighbor, plead guilty to
the charge before Judge Tash this af
ternoon and was assessed a fine of $25
and costs, which he paid.'
George admitted to the judge and
the county attorney that he had un
doubtedly been given an awful kick by
a slug, of "white mule" and that its
effects resulted disastrously for him.
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and Wedneslay. Slight-
'y cooler extreme southeast portion to
night.
ONLY THREE
BOOZE CASES V;
DURING MEET-
HOOCH CELEBRATIONS CONSPICV
UOUS BY ABSENCE
One Man Jumps Cash Bail, Another
Meekly Pleads Guilty, and Mr.
Rosetta Comes Across
This year's race meet was a success
in one respect, at least. There was
notable absence of hooch and the N.
fects thereof. During the entire week,
including the two days of the itock
men's convention and the race meet,
but three men fell into the toils i
the law. One of of these, J. Kelley,
put up a cash bond of $60 for appear
ance in court to answer to an lntoxl-.
cation charge, but when court eon,
vened, Mr. Kelley was elsewhere. Ihm
$60 just covered the maximum fine and
the costs of such a case, and th
money was declared forfeited and thV
officers ceased to look for the gentled
man.
Jack Cravens of Antioch, who vai.
arrested in a Dodge car containing
Heinz pickle bottle filled with som
wild-odored hootch,' appeared in eoua
ty court Saturday morning to answer
to two charges of a complaint filed by x
County Attorney Basye. One count,
charged him with intoxication, and t
this he pleaded guilty and was nicked
for $50 and costs by Judge Tash. Th,
second couni charged him with iUe.
gaily transporting liquor. The defend,
ant was meek and interposed no ob
jection, and the court added another
fine of $100. Judge Tash decided
however, that although Cravens u
guilty of a technical violation of the
prohibitory laws, there were extenu
ating circumstances. Mr. Cravens exv
plained that he had borrowed the car.
without the knowledge or consent Ot
the owner, Christ Jameson, and that
he had paid $10 for the booze. The,
court believed him when he said that
he had only tanked himself up, and
had no intention of selling the stuff."
In view of the circumstances, the $10L
fine was suspended during good beha
vior, and Mr. Cravens paid the $50
fine and the costs of the two cases. r
V Rooming House Searched . .
The third booze case of' the week
was the most sensational and for tv.
time threatened to be most interestiax
indeed. Last Friday evening, Sherii
Miller, Deputy Tom Miskimen, Chief
Jeffers and Officer Stilwell visited the
uoagers rooming nouse louowing the,
purchase of a pint of hootch from Mrs.
Minnie Rosetta by a friend of th
sheriff's, the latter furnishing the
money. The officers searched the plac
thoroughly, and while it was a triflta
hard to keep all of the occupants ot
the place together while the search,
proceeded, managed to find, in a bath-,
room, behind a strip of oilcloth, evi
dence of a hidden cache, presumably
used for booze. An empty or two was,
found in the cubbyhole, which was,
large enough to accommodate about v
dozen pint bottles. The officers then!"
proceeded to search the rest of tha,
place, and were rewarded by finding
a pint or so of fir. t class evidence, but"
darned poor whisky.
Mrs. Rosetta broke away from Vh
officers, and when found in an ad
joining room was emptying a bottle
into a slop jar. The jar and the par
tially empty bottle, as well as Mrs.
Rosetta and her husband, were taxes,
to the county jail. Two women room-
ing in the place were also escorted t,
jail by the cops. No complaint was,
lodged against them, but '.he officer
said they promised to leave the city it
released, and were permitted to do to
The hearing in the Rosetta case wa
held Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Minni:
Rosetta pleaded guilty to the illegal,
sale of intoxicating liquor and paid, a
fine of $100 and costs. Under the ntiw,
law, and through the irony of fate,,
the $7 advanced by Sheriff Miller to
his friend to purchase the incriminate
ing whisky was taxed Op as a pa
of the costs, and the profit on this ont
sale was lifct forever.
According to Chief Jeffers, tht
Rodgers rooming house has been ua.
der suspicion for some time, but evi-.
dence was pretty hard to secure. J. he,
sheriff's accommodating friend was.
willing to go on me siaiiu unu icdiuji
but Mrs. Rosetta decided to plea
guilty and it proved to be unnecessary,
'lhe chief says that both Mr. and Mr."
Rosetta had, from time to time, pre
tended to co-operate with the police.
and that several times they promisea
to help him locate illicit stills ana
round un bootleggers. This dodg
didn't get them anywhere, and shouU
serve as a warning to omers wn
think that the police are easily gulled,
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Reddish left
Mondav for Ore iron where
they will visit their son who lives
near Astoria. They will stop over itx
Scottsbluff where they will visit at th
home of Mrs. Reddish s Brother, V.
L. Vernon.
James Keeler and wife, accompanied
by Ed Eldred and wife, lefWvei!an4
Friday in Mr. Kee'.er's car for Ka
veny, S. D., where they will visit at
the home of James Rhein. Mr.
Rhein was formerly Miss Eunice El-,
dred. I