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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1921)
OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND NOW IN' WESTNEBRASKA XLOYD THOMAS TELLS IRRIGA TIONISTS ABOUT THEM. Urges Derelopment of Untitled Lands by Means of Irrigation Pros , pects Better Than Ever. The eleventh annual convention of 4he Nebraska state irrigation associa tion met at Bridgeport last week, with two hundred delegates in attendance. "There was a strong program of ad dresses and much interest in the work of the convention. The session closed Jrriday afternoon. Lloyd C Thomas of Alliance spoke to the convention Thursday on ""Opportunities of Western Nebraska." Ihe Alliance man told of the develop irient of the past fifteen years, and vhat might be accomplished in de veloping the valuable untitled land in this section of the state, laying espe cial emphasis on irrigation. He dis cussed the effect of a discovery of oil, -which would mean the rehabilitation of the potash plants. He predicted the establishment of factories for the manufacture of starch and potato Hour. The value of good roads and of publicity were impressed upon the delegates. Mr. Thomas said, in part: "When I first came to western Ne braska, fifteen years ago, little did I realize the opportunities that existed liere. But the record of accomplish ment proves that unknown and almost unlimited opportunities did exist, and I want to say to you today that there are bigger and better opportunities liere today than there were fifteen years ago. Doubtless many of our largest opportunities will be taken ad vantage of by strangers who come into our midst, for it is a well known fact that the stranger sees the opportunity quicker and clearer than the native. Develop Natural Resources. "In my opinion, the greatest oppor tunity for western Nebraska today is In the cultivation and development of valuable, fertile, untilled farm lands, and in the irrigation of the thousands of acres of lands for which there is a supply of water not now being used. A large amount of water, as you "know, goes down our streams which could and should be used for irriga tion. In addition to this, in many por tions of western Nebraska, there is almost unlimited supply of shallow underground water which could be raised to the surface with pumps at low expense. "The erection of the monster dam at Guernsey on the North Tlatte will not only provide additional water for ir rigation purposes but will provide electric cower which can be and will Te distributed throughout western Ne braska at low cost, providing cheap power for factories and industrial es tablishments. I predict that within a few years this famous North Platte valley will be one of the most densely settled nnd most prosperous communi ties in the United States, - resulting imply from the development of our natural resources. . ; The Search for Oil. "For several years a half-hearted search has been carried on in this part of the state for the great underground reservoirs of crude oil which are here without a doubt Within the last year this search has been taken up in earn st, with the result that today rigs are drilling in different localities and other tests rigs are being arranged for, in order that the search may continue un til these reservoirs of natural wealth are found and brought forth. "The discovery of oil or gas in the territory adjacent to the monster pot ash plants east of Alliance would mean that these slants, in which there is in vested over ten million dollars of Ne braska capital, would be able to re sume the production of potash from the many sandhill lakes in which this much-needed natural resources is stor ed. The big drawback in the potash industry is the lack of cheap fuel. Oil or gas would solve that problem, turn ing the idle plants into profit-making Investments. There is millions of dol lars worth of potash stored in these lakes, formerly thought to be vaiue lets. "Woctom TCehi-Hhku's most urofit able croDS today are sugar beets and potatoes. In the irrigated section your test crop is sugar beets. In the non irrigated sections our best crop is po tctoes. You have developed the sugar industry irreatlv in the last few years and it is undoubted y to become greater and more profitable during coming years. The potato industry might be called still in its Infancy, in spite of the fact that about four mil lion bushels are raised annually in this part of the state. The potato growers are just beginning to realize that there is an unlimited market for seed potatoes in the southern states. One buyer from Brownsville, Texas, purchased over fifty carloads of seed potatoes in Alliance this fall. With the proper direction of effort, western Nebraska can become known as the Cotato center of the United States, . olh for table stock and seed stock. Many Avenues of Profit. "One of these days some bright eyed energetic chap will come into western Nebraska and learn that there is a big opening for the establishment of starch and potato flour factarios. He will hustle back east and rabe the capital, return and build the ulants, and then another avenue of prorit will be opened to our potato growers. "in order that her development may not be hindered, western Nebraska needs more railroad lines and with cheap electric power will need electric transportation lines. This will provide opportunities ior development -which we undoubtedly do not comprehend xuiiy now. "Since the development of good roads further east and in adjoining states, particularly in Colorado, we have begun to realize that there is an opportunity here that means much to us, in the construction and mainten ance of good roads. Good roads bene fit the farmer, the business man and the stranger. As soon a3 western Ne braska is connected up with the east and the west by good automobile high ways, you will find with you. during the "summer seasons at least, a host of opportunity-seekers from the east, looking for homes, farms, and a place to invest their money. The opportun ity to bring these people within our rders is here and we must not lag in the construction of roads over which they may come. It will not be long until they will learn that western Ne braska is a tourist's paradise in the making, for with our streams and fresh water lakes properly stocked with game fish, they will come from car and wide to find rest and recrea tion. They will also learn that a short distance east of us, in the sandhill country, is located the greatest wild fowl district in the middle west, where one may, during the proper season, hunt ducks, geese and prairie chickens to his heart's content Our climate is ideal for the tourist I realized this last spring when I made a trip by auto through the south, covering over 6,400 miles. I don't see how a person who has lived for a few years in western Nebraska could ever be satisfied or comfortable in the southern states chilled to the bones one day by a norther and blistered the next day by a wind from the other direction you might call it a "souther". The EJvestock Situation. "Most of our famous cattle ranches in this part of the state are denuded or practically denuded of stock, due to the financial situation which forced stock giowers to ship their herds in to market There is now an opportuntiy to re-stock these ranches by using the federal money, made available by the organization formed last week in Omaha, and we should not . lag in . promptly seeme that our stockmen re ceive their share of these funds, giv ing them the wherewithal to, again stock their ranches and making them profit-making and food-producing institutions. Need for Publicity. "In connection with my reference to Dotash and oil I might state that there are other valuable minerals stored away in nature's warehouses which will some day be orougnt to ugm ana used for our benefit We have today immense deposits of silica or volcanic ash which could be profitably develop ed, and other minerals, not so well known, are waiting for the hour of opportunity. One of the best posted men in the state in uoctor Ki. tu. on- dra of Lincoln, who spoke to you yes terday. I believe that he knows of more opportunities m XMeDrasna Tjian any other matt and that he might well be called "the Opportunity Doctor." He certainly has done a great deal for us in telling of our opportunities to those in the east who are interested and eager to learn. "In connection with the opportun ity for profitable publicity I might say that every town, city and county in western NeBVaska should take up the proposition of publicity and con sider it seriously. If you will pardon me for referring to my home town - Alliance, of which I am mighty proua, I will sav that there is probably no town in the state today which is better known than Alliance. This is because of the fact that our citizens realized that profitable advertising for a town could be secured through systematic, honest, persistent publicity. Our newspaper men and our newspaper correspondents have worked very ef fectively with good results. Why HI US EDISON AND ADVERTISING. When our good friend, Thomas A. Edison, opens his mouth in public utterance he usually gives us message that sticks with us. For example he had the following to say in a recent interview: "1 have been through five depres sions during my business life. They act all alike. The latest one acts exactly like all the rest The men, who, as business fell oft 60, in creased their advertising effort 75rr, managed to pull through as if there were no depression, and ef forts of such men tend to shorten the periods of degression." Wise words, aren't they ? Does Mr. Ldison give you the reason for your success or failure T And when things are at their worst no man can afford to lay down his tools and say: "What's the uaeT" It is then that the progres sive newspaper man and the pro gressive merchant get together, work twice as hardand achieve results. . . We will buy your furs and hides. O'isannon & Neuswanger. 4-7 members of the Ku Klux Klan. At that time the organization was at the height of a lucrative career and money was forthcoming in a most welcome fashion. The other day a number of "ex-goblins" went to Atlanta to clean house and were ruthlessly "cleaned lyiUr. Ill UM mn WJ3 vuiuals, however, is not the wholft cause of the moral bankruptcy. Th very nature of the organization, wrap ped in autocratic secrecy and propec ing to set Itself ud as somethinir bat. ter than the law of the land provided! bay what you will, the annoyance out" of office. They report that klans- ' a hotbed for germs of lawlessness aid that people who don't work can give peopie wno do is entirely beyond com putation. A VANQUISHED GLORY. (Lincoln Star) Less than three months ago secret whisperings told of an "invisible em pire,' which was sweeping this country and of thousands of men who were paying their good money to become men are leaving the klan "in droves" i and that the order is actually insol vent The last few weeks have seen I unusual proceedings. There is many an honest man la th . A A I fe much hirini and firinir. a deal of col- i.un" wno ow memDerai lections ana deficits. iJ? i pompous heraldry. He Is poorer in But, according to the St Louis Post- cash but his assets in valuable txper Dispatch, "financial bankruptcy up- ience has been augmented and it U parently had its beginning in n moral not wholly impossible that the lesson the un-1 was worth the cost As for that toy terious and vast "invisible - emnir Kl eagle Young Clarke and his business with its magic grandeur, it ia vanish lankruptcy precipitated by answered charges against Imperial partner and associate, Mrs. Elizabeth . ing under the bright light of publicity should not every portion of western Nebraska profit by the same means? In other words, I mean to say that we have before us the opportunity of put ting western Nebraska "on the map" and our country that western Ne braska, "The Land of Opportunity," stands with open arms, to welcome the homeseeker, the investor,-the profes sional man, the business man, in order that these God given opportunities, many of which are now lying dormant in the breast of Mother Nature, be brought forth." . 1 When a man grinds his own flour to get whole wheat bread he can make as Targe a loaf as he pleases, depend ing more or less upon how strong he feels when he turns the milL As a rule people are sympathetic, but the man who is carrying a water melon in his arms knows that some where in the world there is somebody who would like to see him drop it It is easy enough to buy Ihe dem onstrator car, one discovers, but very difficult to employ the demonstrating salesman for a chauffeur. Two RecomHieedatioes Experience and Equipment , Both our Experience and Equipment recommend the Auto Elec tric Service to careful buyers of Motor and Battery Repairs. If you are looking: for workmen who know what to do, have tools to work with and the determination to do them best on, every job, try us. MOTOR REPAIRS . Repairing motors rebuilding or re windingis special work. Here again our equipment and experience make us espe cially qualified to handle your work. EXIDE BATTERIES We repair all batteriesskillfully and reasonably. We make them last as long as possible until y6U .replace it with an EXIDE the long life battery. INVEST A FEW MINUTES IN A CALL AUTO ELECTRIC SERVICE . . BEN V. KE.'.CII. Manager. Show Room of Buick Garage. Alliance, Neb. 1 Every where Jjll k Alliance x Jki , w-y , vA I -THE.- V;VWV1 A Women Are Pleased With the Fashion Shop's Opportune Half-Price Sale WE HAVE NOTHING TO SELL, EXCEPT Gasoline and Oil r Therefore you are assured of prompt and efficient serv ice on these commodities. Our double drive prevents any delay. Phone 81 Harper-Nieman Oil Co. Free Air DISTRIBUTORS ROYAL OILS Free Crank Case Service Free Water Si) W BARGAINS ARE STILL AVAILABLE IN LADIES' Coats, Suits, Dresses As Well as FURS, SKIRTS, BLOUSES, SWEATERS, SHAWLS Our Entire Line at an Unpreceden ted Discount of ... . Party and Evening Gowns Greatly Reduced But Not Included YOU CANT AFFORD TO MISS THIS LOTS OF BARGAINS Comes Just When You Want It This sale is launched in the heart of the Christmas buying and represents a vast saving to holiday shoppers. You buy many of the beautiful garments at 50 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR and Less. MANY OTHER APPROPRIATE GIFTS HERE BATHROBES KIMONOS GLOVES BLOOMERS HOSIERY SILK UNDERWEAR HAND BAGS CORSETS WAISTS OUR ENTIRE LINE OF CHILDREN'S COATS AND DRESSES AT FAR BELOW COST The f asiiioe swop No Charges No CO.D.'s NoApprovals Every Sale Is Final i J S3