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Official Paper of Box Butte County
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official raper of the City of Alli&ac
VOLUME XXIX
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ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1922.
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BOYS CAPTURED
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ON A QUEST Fb.."
EXAM QUESTIONS
FIVE STUDENTS IN BAD WITH
SCHOOL AUTHORITIES.
Principal F. C. Prince Intercepts One
Youth After Breaking Into
Locked Room.
Late Wednesday night, the Alliance
high school building was entered by
two students, who were on a search
for copies of the questions for the mid
semester examinations, which are us
ually kept in a small closet adjoining
the office of Principal F. C. Prince.
Three other students kept watch out
side. The scheme to get semester
credits without worry was not as suc
cessful as other similar attempts have
been, for, due to previous thefts,
Principal Prince was in the building,
n watch. He succeeded in capturing
one of the two who had entered the
building, the other making his escape.
Entrance was gained by means of the
fire escape and a window that was left
open a few inches.
Five students, all of whom have
been prominent either in basketball or
football circles, have confessed to
Superintendent W. R. Pate and Prin
cipal Frank C. Prince that they
planned the theft of the questions, and
these five have declared that no other
student in the school is implicated.
The five who have confessed are, ac
cording to high school authorities,
Frank Daily, James Fowler, Robert
Bicknell, Seth Joder and Ralph Garvin.
All five of the boys were members of
the successful 1921 football squad, and
"four of them are members of the pres
ent basketball team.
Key Made a Month Ago.
According to the stories told bv the
txys, preparations for the theft of the
-examination questions were started a night when they were preparing to
month ago, when the boys gained pos- celebrate with the assistance of a keg
session of Mr. Prince's key. One of of moonshine. The judge selected the
these fitted the Yale lock to the small j coldest day of the year, and turned
oom in which the questions were kept. 1 the three loose upon a cruel world to
A duplicate of this key was made, and work for a living. One of the men
the keys were returned to Mr. Prince had informed the sheriff's force that
within a short time, so that he did not he rather liked the idea of getting
suspect what had occurred. board and warm quarters free for a
However, so common have been the month or so, business being dull and
rumors of stolen examination ques-jjobs more or less scarce. Besides, in
lions during the present school year, (these days, when a man is hired on
as well as last 'Tear, that the school ji 1h be la expected , to, do a, little
suthrities have been on their guard, work.
Only a few unimportant sets of ques- Jim Potts Fred Lehman and Lloyd
turns were left in the customary place chapman, all three of whom were
IVednesdya night Mr. Prince stayed perving out fines of $100 and costs in
in the building extinguished the lights. the county jaj( were brought before
The boys, who kept a good outside his honor by County Attorney Basye
jruard and proceeded with extraordin- Thursdav afternoon, with a recommen
ary caution, neglected to- check up on dation t'hat the remainder of their
the men who might he interested in sentence be suspended and that they be
-watcning tnem.
The boys gained entrance to the
building without difficulty, opened the
mu -cu"" with their eighteen days of custody
the questions. One of them was had served about hajf of their sgnten
recognized when he turned on the ces
light, ihe other escaped, ine one
who was recognized was given the op-
portunity to talk it over with his,
chums, and all five of them decided to
come forward and take their medicine
Punishment Not Decided.
The bovs will not be turned over to
the county authorities, although they or three weeks aero, and was willing
could be pro-ecuted for breaking and j to take their word for it. The Hom
cntering. The law qualifies this offense i ingford tailor shop will probably be
by saying that it must be done with J in operation again before long, but it
the intent to take something of value,
and most of the students, as well as
the school authorities, are decidedly of
the opinion that the information
poutrht by the boys had sufficient
value. Whatever punishment is meted
out to them will be done by the school
authorities, who ths noon were un
decided what waa the best course to
take.
.Superintendent Tate is leaning to
ward the opinon that the boys have
already been sufficiently punished, and
that the publicity they will receive, as
veil as the sort of punishment that
will be given them anyway at the
bands of other students, will be as
much as they deserve. The boys did
not profit by their theft, and were in
tercepted before they had gained any
direct benefit. While the intent in
realitv constitutes the crime, Mr. Pate
ays,"he fails to see just what could
b rained bv following the usual
course and expelling the students from
The effect of the capture will
bave a wholesome influence in the
school, and it is possible that no fur
ther punishment will be meter out, but
definite decision on this point remains
in he made.
The boys insist that the key they
bad made has not been used before,
and that this is the first time they
bave been mixed up in the theft of
vnminntion ouestiona. It is known
that there were similar thefts six and
twelve weeks ago, and rumors to that
effect last vear. The last time a cap
ture of the guilty parties was made
occurred about eight years ago, when
one of the marauding party was
Judgement for $103 and interest
-was rendered in county court Monday
xrint Fred Schwaderer and Fred
Ueckenbach, farmers living near Alii
favor of Fred L. Westlake.
The sum represented two notes signed
by the two men. They explained that
they did not have the money and that
they had promised to pay after the
sale of their spuas.
THE WEATHER
.. Forecast for Nebraska:
Generally
Rising
tonight.
''Court
xich a New
Record in 1921
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W. C. Mounts, clerk of the district
court, has figured up the year's busi
ness in 1921, and has discovered that
the fees of his office were not onlv
sufficient to pay his salary of $2,000;
out there will be an excess of over
$200 turned over to the county. In past
years, the fees from the office have
seldom gone above $1,000. In 1921
there were 140 cases filed in the dis-
trict court 24 state cases, 23 divorce
suits and 93 other civil suits. Of these
10 state cases, 11 idvorce cases and 30
civil suits have been disposed of, leav
ing on the docket at the present time
89 cases unfinished. District court
will meet early in Februrary, the De
cember, 1921, term having been pas
sed. LAST OF THE
HEMINGFORD
BOOZE GASES
THREE MEN TURNED LOOSE
WITH SUSPENDED SENTENCE
County Authorities Get Generous
After naif the Sentences
Are Served.
County Judge Tash has devised a
new method of punishment for the
last trio or the eight men who were
arrested in Hemingford New Year's
discharged from custody. At the rate
of $3 a tlay antJ f1JfurinR n the costs,
which were fairIy hiRh the prisoners
An afrrpement was made wiht the
',.., that tv.pv .oul.i nav the cost3
their cflses a'SO0I1 they carnel
the monev. An inventory of their
Dockets showed thev didn't have suf
(Ficient funds, but the judge looked
upon them more kindly than he did two
believed that the stock will be con
fined to dry goods, exclusively.
Dr. Elinor INIorris
Heads District
Medical Society
At a meeting of tho Seotts Bluffs
Countv Medical society held at the Lin
coin hotel in ScotbMuff and attended
by several Alliance physicians a Medi
cal society for the Twenth medical
district was organized, and the follow
ing officers elected: Dr. Minor Moms,
president; Dr. Young, Gering, vice
president; Dr. Hand, Alliance, secretary-treasurer.
Dr. Schoch of Alliance gave a very
interesting paper on, "Hemorrhage, '
followed by a general discussion of the
subject. After the organization of the
district society, Prseident Morris ap
pointed a committee consisting of L)rs.
Schoch. Alliance, Plehn and Stupes,
Scottsbluff, for the purpose of drawing
up a constitution and by-laws. After
a splendid dinner ln the Danquet room,
Dr. Morris, Alliance, gave an interest
ing paper on "Evolutionary Anatomy",
followed bv a treneral discussion.
The meeting was pronounced one oi
the most interesting that has been
held. The following Alliance men at
tended: Drs. Morns, Blak, Baskm,
Schoch, Weyrens and Hand. Dr. Mor
ris was accompanied by Mrs. Morris.
Application for
Mother's Pension
Is Withdrawn
The application of Mrs. William
Ackerman, for mother's pension, filed
in county court recently, ha3 been
withdrawn. It is understood that Mrs.
Ackerman will accompany her father
to Fort Morgan, Col. He has several
times extended an Invitation to her.
TO REORGANIZE
LOCAL COUNCIL
FOR BOY SCOUTS
ROTARY CLUB DECIDES TO TAKE
THE INITIATIVE.
Survey of City Being Made,
Sufficient Troops Will
Be Organized.
and
At the Wednesday dinner of the Al-
i liance Rotary club, held at the Palm
Koom or the Alliance hotel, Fred G.
Gurley of the club's committee on boys'
considered various suggestions made
by the members, and had decided that
it was better to concentrate their ef
forts on one project at a time. The
committee recommended that the club
get behind the Boy Scout movement,
which has been slowly going backward
since the big drive for funds last
Fpring.
Rotary club members, in the discus
sion, made it plain that they do not
consider the Boy Scout movement
theirs by right of discovery, although
the club has in the past been a strong
booster for the Scout organization. The
sentiment of the members was that the
time has arrived to inject a little
energy into the organization, and help
get it on its feet again. The boys'
work committee was instructed to
call a meeting of the Boy Scouts
council, composed of twelve of more
men from various organizations in the
city, and see if it cannot again be
made to function.
Some months ago, there was selected
a local council of business men, who
appointed a scout commissioner. A
drive for funds was arranged and sev
eral thousand dollars raised within
twenty-four hours. This money has
since been largely exended for the
benefit of me boys, the bath house and
pief at Broncho lake and the summer
camp at Belmont being erected. The
boys took their summer outing at Bel
mont and have utilized the Broncho
lake camp for swimming, skating and
week-end parties, but the council
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Expression Class
Students Pleased
i Imperial -Oudience
The high school and grade expres
sion classes,, under the direction
of
ed
Mrs. Inice McCorkle Dunning playe
to a full house at the Imperial Thea
tre last night, lhe program was ex
ceptionally good all the way through,
and the little tots in "The Toy Shop," .
were especially well trained.
The opening scene of the program
showed a beautiful display of dolls of
all nationalities and Mother Goose
characters, with little Miss Ada
Turner as shopkeeper. After all the
dolls were sold the shopkeeper gave a
party for the customers and demon
strated the ability of the dolls in
dancing and singing.
Part two of the program was a
three act comedietta, "A Little Ex
citement." The setting of the playlet
was. a girls' school headed by an obi
fashioned spinster, Miss Snatchem,
played by Miss Dorothy Hampton.
Jo.ephine Wright, as Tony, the naugh
tiest girl in school, got into all kinds
of mix-ups, and El;;ye Harris, as Nora,
an Irish servant gill, was esjecial!y
good.
Following is the program and cast
of characters:
PART I.
"THE TOY SHOP"
Shopkeeper, Ada Turner.
Babv Bunting, Bcttie Sims.
Goldilocks. Lucile Rider.
Mistress Mary, Gretchen Neiman.
Bov Blue, Virginia Lester.
Red Riding Hood, Fieeda Tully.
Little Bo Peep, Lois Harper.
Clown, Willetta Cox.
Wax Doll, Mary Brennan.
Spanish Doll, Bettie Harper.
French Doll, Mary Elizabeth Griffith
Jap Doll, Leona Orr.
Hawaiian Doll, Philena Finch.
Scotch Doll, Leona Smith.
Indian Doll, Beryl Fulmer.
Holland Doll, Fern Clark.
Eskimo Doll, Frances McKenzei.
American Beauty. Lucile Reed.
Customers: Mother Goose, Gerald-
ine Reed: Hawaiian. Dorothy Stanton
Jap. Orletha Weaver; Peasant, Opal
Campbell; Scotch Lass, Margaret
Thiele; Holland, Helen Eberly; Indian,
Elizabeth Barker; American Girls,
Dorothy Armour, Dorothy Coyner and
Margaret Dorr.
PART II.
Comedietta, "A Little Excitement'
Characters Miss Snatchem, head of
the school, Dorothy Hampton; Miss
Archer, not so prim as she looks, Mir
iam Harris; Nora, an Irish servant
girl, ELsye Haris; Mike, a young po
liceman, Mildred Ryckman; Tony, the
naughtiest girl in school, Josephine
Wright: r-vie make, a lovesick girl
Frances Fletcher; other school girls
Vivian Corbett, Estella Yarbrousrh
Ethel Fuller, Mildred Pate, Margaret
Vanderlas. Dorothy Mote, Dora John
son, Vema Dow, Eugenia Laing and
t nylliS ihompsoru
Specialties between the acts Solo
dance, Margaret Dorr; folk dance,
eight girls; vocal solo, Vema Dow.
STATE ENGINEER
ANSWERS CRITICS
FROM OVER STATE
MAKES EXPLANATIONS
COUNTER CHARGES.
AND
Want Statewide Investigation
Highway Bureau, and County
Expenditures At Well.
of
George E. Johnson, secretary of the
state department of public works,
which has charge of expending state
and federal aid for loads, has been
under fire from all parts of the state
during the past month or so. In a
letter addressed to the newspaper edi
tors of the state, he answers his
critics, largely by replying to each
charge with a countercharge. He de
clares that he desires a statewide in
vestigation of the way the state high
way department has expended the
funds in its care, and at the same time
asks an investigation of county funds
expended for the same purpose . He
charges that on the average, county
officers are unable to account for T0
per cent of the money spent for roads.
Mr. Johnson's statement follows:
As there have been several Articles
appearing recently in the different
newspapers of the state, criticising
roads constructed by this department
and the greater part of the answers
to these articles have not been pub
lished, I am sending this statement to
each newspaper of the state, so that
you will have a chance to inform your
readers of the true facts in regard
to the relative cost of roads construct
ed by the various counties and this
department.
Several articles have been published,
criticising the work done and the cost,
on project No. 62-A, in Phelps county,
comparing this with the road constuct
ed by the county.
The facts regarding those two roads
are: The state project was contracted
in the spring of 1920. The county
commissioners had the opportunity at
that time to take this work and con
struct it with their own county forces,
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Superintendent Pate
Urges Control of
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'citv schools in the following statement
to Barents points outne T!f
too much social activity on the part of
students, and asks for the co-operation
0f parents in getting the best possible!
results from the schools:
"The first semester of school closes
' today. Report cards showing the qual-'
Hy 0f work done by all students wil
'be issued Wednesday of next week,
Cards of this nature are issued each headquarters at Omaha and member
six week3 and should be examined banks all over the state, and inasmuch
carefully by parents. las the banks hive to make out all the
"At this time, the beginning of a' papers demanded by the application,
new semester, is a irood time to take can secure as speedy action.
stock of the kind of school work being To date, the new concern has sub
done by your child, and if the work is mitted applications for nearly $100,000
rtt out iufn-nrv' mnU tho flWPSsnrV . uinr Annn.a fnll:lq Of 1 h ! 4 n moil nt.
cl arrangements for more time to le
used lor study, it is necessary lor
the average stulent above the fifth or,
to do satisfactory school work. When
they do not do so, they fail to make
a passing grade and must take again
the work in which they tail. inus it
takes some students more than a ycarj
to make a grade in the elementary
school, and five and even f-ix years w
do the four years work in the high
whool.
"Where the social life of the stu-
lent is such that a certain amount of
time cannot be used at home each
school (lav for school work, low grades
will result. Also, too much social life
with the accompanying late hours and
loss of sleep during the week leaves;
the student in such physical condition
that efficient school work cannot be,
done during the hours when school is
in session. I
"If the social events of the young
people could be planned to occur at
the week ends, and the other evenings
left nt least partially free tor study,
it would permit many who are now
doing ordinary work to do excellent
work, and many who are now failing
utterly, to make their credits.
"Mav we not have the co-operation
of all parents to bring about the best
possible results in the school? Also,
will you not feel free to consult
teacher, principal or superintendent
about the progress of your children ?
"W. R. PATE, Superintendent."
Alliance Band to
Give a Series of
Winter Concerts
John P. Mann, director of the newly
organized Alliance band, annouces a
series of seven winter concerts at the
Imperial theatre, beginnig Monday,
February 6, with an orchestra con
cert, with alternating band and or
chestra concerts . once every two
weeks. The proceeds will go for the
benefit of the band. ad it is hoped
that the citizens will give their liberal
support. . .. i
District Meeting
of American Legion
Here Februrary 6
The American legion has announced
a series of meetings in the six con
gressional districts, of post com
manders and post adjutants from the
320 local organizations in the state.
State commander William Ritche, de
partment adjutant Frank B. O'Connell
und national committeeman Earl Cline
will attend the various meeting. and
discuss IiCgion problems and outline
the year's program. The first district
meeting will be held at Falls City or
Lincoln on January 26. The second
district officials will meet in Omaha on
Februrary 4, the third district will be
on January 30 at a point not yet an
nounced. Seward is making arrange
ments to entertain the fourth district
session there on January 13. The fifth
district draws two meetings; one at
Clay Center on Februray 14 and one
at McCook on February 15. The big
tdxth district will have three gather
ings; at Valentine Februray 6; Alli
ance Februray 8, and North Platte
Februrary 10.
cAnnrioi
COMPANY NOW
INCORPORATED
FIRST STATE BANK OF ALLI
ANCE TAKES THE LEAD.
Already $18,500 in Loans Approved
and Applications Made Total
Nearly $100,000.
Articles of incorporation
.
for the
Northwestern Cattle Ioan and Invest
ment comnnnv have been filed. The
articles are signed by H. A. Copsey.
president: Charles BntUn secretary
Jay O. Walker, vice president; Fred
W. Hayps and Beatrice O Bryan, d.rec-
rSVA'J Si 8iTe mT1 Wt.h
l b.anW,u ?tyuU
thousrht it is understood that other
banks are considering taking stock in
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The cattle loan company is capital
ized at $50,000 and was organized to
take advantage of the funds in charge
of the federal war finance corporation,
iot ine ienerai war nnance corpon
Some weeks ago meetings wree held
from several banks made plans to or-,
an!ze a comPany. b,ut nJ? definite ; ar-
rangements were made. Some bankers
Jave Jolnel . the Nebraska
associa-
Already the company is taking ad-
vantage of the federal funds available
for loaning to farmers and stockrais-
era. It ieais directly wnn tne war
finance corporation, just the same as
the huge Nebraska corporation, with
$16,500 has been approved, although
the money nas not yei own received;
and there are other applicafons to -
I addition to this, there are indications
aire'iMy suumiiifii.
tht applications for at leat $100,0(10
additional will be made in the near fu-
ture.
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T on a-im n.ml0hnll
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Season Opens Tonight
With Gering Team
,
The Alliance high school basketball
team plays the opening game in the
, western Nebraska basketball associa
tion schedule, and also the first gamejizing the meeting. He placed the
for the season on tne nome mr, sn?n
it will meet Gering. The home boys
espect a fairly easy victory, judging
from performances or Dotn teams in
the preliminary games. Geimg lost
last Friday to Scottsbluff after a close
game.
The Alliance team returned after
the holidays from a tour over the state
in which it played twelve games, win
ning nine. Prospects were never better
for a championship team, according to
Coach V. C. Prince.
The main engagement will take
place at 8 p. m. in the high school
gymnasium, preceding wis win dc a
game between the Alliance high
school girls and the Alumni girls,
which is expected to be a spirited con
test. Season tickets for the games will be
on sale at the high school tonight
The tickets will be on sale at the high
school tonight. The tickets cover ten
games, and the cost to grade students
is $1. to high school students $2 and
for adults and outsiders, $3. At
these prices the saving will be at least
half over single admissions. Coach
Prince announces that there will be
more than ten games played in Alii
ance, and that purchasers of season
tickets will be able to get their money's
worth.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS.
Teachers' examinations will be held
at the court house, Saturday, January
2L UPAL County Supt.
STOCK GROWERS ;
IN CONVENTION
AT COL. SPRINGS
ROBEr
Tl
vHESENTETJ
ASSOCIATION.
Trend T ' Co-operation of Tack
trs ... '.owers Plan to Elim
inate Leads in Profits.
Robert Graham of Alliance attended
the convention of the national livestock
association, which met at Colorado
Springs from January 11 to 14. Mr.
Graham is president of the Nebraska
stock growers' association. Other
members of that association present at
the convention were A. It. ModUett of
Rushville, Sam Delatour of Lewellea
and John Orr of Oshkosh. The na
tional association comprises represent
tatives of all livestock associations
west of the Mississippi. There was
large attendance, but it was noticeably
that the delegations from a distance,
were smaller, Mr. Graham said.
An important address was that by
President Kettner of the Ohio farm
bureau, who spoke along co-operative
lines. He showed that great sums ol
money could be saved the stockgrow
era, as well as the consumers of meats,
if the feeders could come direct to the
western cattle ranges and purchase
their own cattle. At present, the feed
ing stock is shipped to central points,
and perhaps goes to several of them
before a sale is completed. In addi
tion there are various commissions
that must be paid each time the feed
ing stock changes hands. Mr. Kett
ner estimated that it required, oa the
average, fifty days to iret cattU WW
w mo weight they had on the day they
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0"U8" uiVwi. in nsit I
hi8 opi wiUlin a Rhort time aS
feedef cattle in Ohio will be purehaswt
h the farm bureau it ftm
tne owne" n "es. He told of
one Purchase of a lot of 2,000 feeders
ln th,3 w and thft aMitfiJJSg
by th8 method of handling.
war rinance Lioans.
The director of the war finance eor
poration for Colorado spoke on gov
ernment assistance for stockraisers.
.He made a clear statement as to just
nat wouui D aona Tor 1h. atnrk.
growers. It will not be nossibU fo
borrowers to obtain money to finance
speculative deals, but the bona fide
stockgrowerg, who can show irood eol.
lateral, win receive adequate aid.
1 nomas Wilson, president of Wilson
Bros., packers, and also president of
the American institute of meat pack-
, me iniemecine ngm
"""h has for years been carried on
by the packers and the tstockgrowers.
tie assureu the convention that it it
was within his power to keep such
( things out of the industry in the fu-
; ture, he would do so. He has always
opposed this fighting, he said, which
brought no benefit to either side.
Robert Brown, president of the Am
erican livestock exchange, spoke in
, nmaoniMic io ine ieniau-Aen-
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1 i his law regulate- packers, stockyards
, ,,
! of his pddnws, Mr. Brown stated that
a suit has been started attacking the
constitutionality of this measure. His
remarks put him in bad with the con
vention. Railroad Executive Antagonizes.
Director Dillon of the association of
American railway executives, also
made a most unfavorable impression.
He deplored the fact that the conven
tion was r.bout to pass a resolution
I asking for a reduction of freight rates.
Not only were his remarks received
with disapproval, but he seemed to take
glory in the fact that he was antagon-
farmers and stockraisers in the same
class with the socialistic Soviets of
Russia.
The association is strictly non-par
tisan. The new president elected is tk
California man, and the coming con
vention will be held in Los Angeles.
Two Colored Boys
Are Permitted to
Leave Alliance
Tom Young, known better by his
soubriquet of "The Good Kid,'' and
James Johnson, both colored were ar
rested Monday night and a charge of
vagrancy written against their names
on the police blotter, it was later wilt ,
ten on a formal complaint. Both of '
these men have been hanging around
Alliance for several weeks, according
to the police officers, and they have
no visible means of support. In police,
court Wednesday morning, Judire
Berry handed both of them, the limit
fine of $50 and costs, which was sus
pended on their promise to leave the
city by 6 p. m. Thursday. They kept
to their agreement, apparently, but if
tney are discovered, tney can immedi
ately start to work in the city Jail,
where a job will be kept open fox
them.
Dr. E. C. McClelland, proprietor of
the Anitoch drug store, was a bu&ineta.
visiior in Alliance luesaay.
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