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Official Taper of the City of AUianc
Official Paper of Box Butte County
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
VOLUME XXIX
(Eight Pages) ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1922 nB&&W,
No. 13
BOX BUTTE CAN
SAVE MONEY ON
BUILQINMOf
?( the politic 1. J
politic: L'ScottshIntT Hifrh
.ession, it ap jars." 4
coMMissicssion i9 cai-j to c6r
A ol su, jectsand accord ,
" confine
OmpartiTC Cost Show State .
and Maintained Roada Entire
ly Too Expensive.
County Commissioner George Car
rell, presumably speaking for other
members of the, Box Butte county
"froard of commissioners, has Joined in
the criticism of the state highway de
partment Mr. Carrell has issued a
.statement in which ho makes compari
son of both the cost of building and
maintaining roads when don by the
state and by the county, and finds that
the county, in the case of the principal
roads built during the past few years,
has made much the better record. -
The money spent for building the
seven miles of the Alliance-Antioeh
road, Mr. Carrell says, would have
built three hundred miles of road
vrithin the county, if expended under
the direction of Box Butte authorities
instead of the state officials.
The commissioners, according to Mr.
Carrell, are desirous that every por
tion of the county be made accessible,
and declares that money spent by the
counties goes several times as far os
the same amount spent by the state.
He charges that it has been impossible
to get the state department to ap--prove
roads for federal aid, even
though the commissioners have twice
designated roads, and once received the
.approval of the district engineer.
Sir. Carrell's statement follows:
Need for a Comparison.
To the Citizens of Box Butte County
and the General Public: During recent
months there has been much mislead
ing information disseminated through
the newspapers ana oy wora oi moutn
remrdinGr the road situation in Box
"Butte eountv that I. as one of the
Board of County Commissioners, feel
that the facts and correct figures
should be properly placed before you
anH that a proper comparison should
in this county. '
The figures used in this statement
are taken from the annual report of
Box Butte county road expenses, com
piled by R. E. Knight, .county high-
wiiv commissioner, and from the mon
-thly report for December of the Ne
braska department of public works at
Lincoln. ,
Federal Aid Road Act Funds.
Under the federal aid road act, from
1917 to 1921, there was appropriated
for Box Butte county federal and state
funds amounting to $79,116.24, after
deducting 10 for administrative
expenses. From this amount there has
been used, according to the report of
the department of public works, a total
(Continued on rage o.)
ALLIANCE TO BE
REPRESENTED AT
PHONE HEARING
CITY WILL MAKE FIGHT AGAINST
PHONE RATE INCREASE.
Comprehensive Brief Prepared Which
Presents Definite Facts and
Figures to Back Them.
Citv Manager N. A. Kemmish left
this noon for Omaha, where he will
spend the time prior to the hearing
before the state railway commission
on February 3, at which the commis
sion will decide whether it is to grant
th increase in rates asked by the
TCorthwestern Bell Telephone com
-pany. Alliance will be represented at
this hearintr bv the city manager. ap
pearing for the municipality, and by
Attorney P. E. Romig, who represents
the Alliance chamber or commerce.
Mr. Kemmish Monday put the finish
ing touhces to his brief and argument
which will be presented to the commis
sion at the hearing, and in the evening
a brief session of the city council was
held. The arguments will not be made
public until next rriday, as the Aiu
ance men have no desire to show theii
Vonil tn the telephone company offi
cials. It is understood, however, that
the city manager ha3 made a strong
case, and the city councmnen are ex
Aflilino-lv cheered over the prospects
it waa Alliance's franchise with the
company, which provided for the ub-
nissinn of certain ntrures by the com
pany, which opened up the way for
the state railway commission to allow
he various protecting towns the right
to ask for figures, it is said. Some
twentv-five other cities have banded
tosrether and employed legal counsel
which will appear before the railway
commission and arcue against the in
crease. Alliance, it is declared, has as
strong a case as any. February 3 will
tell the tale, however.
Attorney Romig will leave this even
ins to attend the bearing.
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Alliance and vicinity:
Probably snow tonight and Wednes
day. Colder Wednesday. Fresh to
strong winds. Notify stockmen.
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Trimined by Alliance
Rpnrn r-f 97-1 7
SL "it
ance high school basket ball
team ieated Scottsbluff high school
last Friday night, 27-17. Cross was
the big noise for the locals, scoring
15 or the 27 points. Captain Whitesell
led the scoring for Scottsbluff making
9 point on four baskets and a free
throw. Dailey, the tall Alliance for
ward, got only two baskets, his reputa
tion as a player evidently preceding
him. as he was awarded closelv
throughout the game. The Scottsbluff
Daily Mews says that the game was
"snappy and full of pep and the eon
tenders both played clean basket balL"
There is little doubt, however, that the
Star-Herald of the same dty will in
their next edition accuse the Alliance
players of doing everything but carry
knives.
The next game on the Alliance high
schedule will be played at the hiirh
school gymnasium Friday, when the
home team will compete with the Sid
ney five. The two teams are evenly
matched, the Sidney record for the
season being four eames won and none
lost, and Alliance having three victor
ies and no defeats on its record.
DARLING'S TO
OCCUPY RUMER
BLOCK MARCH 1
FURNITURE STORE SECURES DE
SIRABLE LOCATION.
Rumer Motor Company to Remove t
Building on Laramie Once Occu
pied by Melick & Redraon.
TW George IX . Darling. . farmitur
store ha3 secured a lease on the build
ing now occupied by the Rumer Motor
company, at Fourth and Box Butte,
and is planning to remove to its new
location by the first of March. The
Rumer Motor company will occupy the
building at Third and Laramie which
was once the headquarters of the Mel
ick & Redmon implement concern.
The Rumer building offers one of
the finest locations in the city of Alli
ance, and during the past year or twe
Mr. Rumer has received countless
offers from firms desiring to rent it
It is understood that the Fox Film
company made a most attractive
proposition several months ago, when
it was considering installing a second
motion picture theatre in Alliance,
Mr. Rumer has heretofore turned
deaf ear to all offers, but decided re
ently to give the preference to the
Darling store.
I he new location will give Mr,
Darling ample room on the city'3 prin
cipal business street. There is a large
iloor space, with ample room lor win
low display. Mr. Darling has lease
the main floor and the basement, which
allows room for storing a large stock.
is well as adequate sales and display
ouarters. There will le some altera
tions made in the building, but these
will not be of such a nature as to
prevent the removal on the date set.
It is not known whether the build
ing on West Third street, the present
juarters for the Darling establishment,
will be occupied. There has always
been a big demand for store locations
in Alliance, and as the location is an
excellent one, it is probable that it will
not long remain vacant.
Treasurers Honor
Frank W. Irish at
Omaha Conventior
Frank W. Irish, Box Butte county
treasurer, was honored by the state
association of county treasurers at its
convention at Omaha last week, being
elected vice president. For the first
time since its organization, more than
twelve years ago, the Nebraska County
Treasurers' association has a woman at
the helm. She is Miss Myrtle Lan
caster. Sidney- Neb., who has been
county treasurer of Cheyenne county
for six years.
Mi.w Lancaster was elected president
of the organization at the annual busi
ness meeting at the Hotel Rome Thurs
day afternoon, as the closing event of
the annual convention. Sidney, her
home town, was chosen as the 1922
convention city. Miss Lancaster ha
also served as vice president. She is a
republican.
Because of so many golf fans in
the organinzation and the reputed ex
cellence of the golf course at the Sid
ney Country club, it is thought the
next convention will be held in Sep
tember and golf added to the conven
Hon s business.
Other officers elected were S. M
Souder, North Platte, Lincoln county
secretary; wame McAndrew Ains
worth. Brown county, treasurer.
F. E. REDDISH
PASSED AWAY
THIS MORNING
HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF BO
BUTTE COUNTY SINCE 188I
.
Pioneer Homesteader and Real Estate
Man Had Been in Failing Health .
for Some Years.
Frank E. Reddish, sixty-one years Ipf
age, a resident of Box Butte county
since 1887, died in Alliance at 6:15 this
morning, the cause of death . being
heart trouble and other complications.
Mr. Reddish had been failinsr in nealta
for severafyears, and during the past
few months has been seriously UL
Funeral services will be held either
Friday or Saturday afternoon at . 2
o'clock from the Episcopal church.
Frank E. Reddish was born in White
county. Indiana, July 13, 1860, ; the
second soa in a family ox five children.
His boyhood days were spent en his
father's farm and at a log school house
near by. He attended the Monticello
high school and after graduation
taught for six years. :.
Mr. Reddish came to Nebraska in
1886. locating at Hartwell, where he
taught school for a term while deeid
ng upon a location. He came to Box
Butte county a year later, in 1887, and
homesteaded on Snake creek, fourteen
niles west of the present location of
Alliance. After locating on bis claim.
he built a reflation "soddy" and with
his wife settled down to the task of
mnrovintr his farm. There were no
rialroads then, and Mr. Reddish
reisrhted his supplies from- Hay
Springs, sixty-five miles away.
For seven years, Mr. lieddisn re
mained on his claim, making a num
ber of improvements, and la 1984
noved into Alliance, opening a real
estate office, where he practiced as a
'and attorney, helping many men lo
cate on homesteads. He was one of
he early surveyors of the section in
he dava when men of this profession
were scarce. He bought and sold land.
was agent for insurance companies and
practiced before the United States
land office for twenty years.
. Mtv Baddlah's bMMTraphetv ia Uv&J?-
wntlv published "History of westers
Nebraska," says of him: "He had
rreat faith in the future of the pan
handle, which caused him v to locate
here, and that faith wa3 never allowed
fo falter throughout the years of
drouth, grasshoppers and winter bliz
zards ; he held on when other settlers
Secame discouraged and returned to
their homes in the east. He bought
more and more land until he accumu
lated a landed estate of 3,760 acres of
the finest farming land in Box Butte
county, an achievement of which any
man may wen be prouu, as xnis ioi-
l,une has been accumulated by nis own
unaided efforts."
For many years Mr. Reddish had
been a heavy and successful speculator
n western lands. He purchased tne
large brick building, known as the
Reddish block, in 1907, and in addition
was the owner of the property. His
health has been gradually failing, and
of late years he has spent some time
in California. He was a member oi
the Alliance Elks lodge.
On April 26, 1886, Mr. Reddish mar
ried Miss Mary E. Fisher in Nemaha
countv. He leaves a wife, Mary .tu.
Reddish: two sons. Robert O., Alliance
attorney, and Howard E., who was as
sociated with him in the real estate
business, and one daughter, Mrs. Edith
Anderson of Santa Barbara, Cal.; two
sisters, Mrs. Ida M. Dart of bheldon,
111., and Mrs. Cora Rakestraw of
Fowler, Ind., and a brother, Charles B.
Reddish of West Lafayette, Ind.
Alliance Athletic
Gub is Interested
In Basket Ball
The Alliance Athletic club, compos
ed principally of high school alumni,
s going in strong for basket ball, and
s not only arranging a series of
games with teams from nearby towns,
but is attempting to organize a local
basket ball league. Their first game
of the season will be held at the high
school gym tonight, and the admission
fee has been placed at a figure that is
intended to cover expenses only, 25
and 35 cents.
The club has it all figured out that
there are a number of business men
md others in Alliance, too old to par
ticipate in school games, and entirely
oo young to be relegated for keeps to
the rooters' bench, and the members
believe that a number of teams can be
organized and furnish amusement and
exercise for the young old-timers. It
is suggested that teams from the fire
men, Elks club, DeMolay, railroad
xhops, American Legion and possibly
others can be organized. The boyr
are working on the proposition and are
meeting with considerable encourage
mnet. The gymnasium in the new
Methodist church building will soon be
ivailable for games, and the club hope:
'o cut down the expense of this amuse
ment. The admission fee will be re
duced to two-bits as soon as possible
Bootlegging bids fair to lose out ar
the leading American game of chance.
FOUR YEARS TO
REINSTATE WAR
RISK INSURANCE
VETERANS' BUREAU ANNOUN
CES A NEW RULING
p a wv it Aii,wi ti.-i
ua'sviuiri v fi mu lie v nun a m nv ii
n . , I
Polices to Lapse Are Given
Plenty of Time. I
t7- if tr c v(,na' I
n ,. .t. i . -
Bureau limiting the time for reinstate-
roent of war risk insurance for ex-
service men to December 31 or this I
year nave been amended, enecuve 0f the temporary spud selling organi
January 2, 1922, so that men who have Eation, which will be organized and
allowed their policies to lapse may re- onratal through the farmers' union.
instate uiem at any um oeiore m&rcn i
i . . At it a. m t. I
4, 19S3r under the following circum-
Stances. I
Able-bodied men and men who have
a minor disability which does not con -
stitute a life risk, may reinstate until I
tnree raonuis alter tne date or tnein
premium, by paying two months pre-
miums and submitting a statement I
that their health is good now as at the I
due date of the premium which has I
lapsed.' ' I
....... ..
Able-bodied men and men who nave I
a minor disability which does not con-1
stitute a life risk, may reinstate after
three months and prior to Morch 4.1
1926. by paying two months' premiums I
and submitting a statement mat tney
are in good health and furnishing a
report of full medical examination.
Disabled men (not including those
with minor disabilities which do not
onstitute Hfe risk nor total perma
nent disabilities), may reinstate until
March 4, 1926, by paying all back pre
miums with 5 per cent interest com
pounded annually and submitting a
full medical report.
The following was contained in neid
order No. 27. dated November 12. is'
sued by the United States- veterans
bureau to district offices:
Designated medical examiners, on a
fee basis, are hereby authorized, witn
out specific authorization in each in
stance, to make physical examinations
when an applicant is filing original
claims for either compensation or vo
cational training.
Designated medical examiners, on a
fee basis must secure sueciiic author!
zatlon for making any subsequent
physical examination. This specific
authorization for a subsequent physi-
sub-district manager for the following
.
(a) To determine the feasibility of
vocational training both before and af-
ter entrance into training. (Note the
term feasibility should not be con-
fused with eligibility.) .
(b) To secure a report of phycr
Tnn -
nl training is discontinued, as the basis
for renewing or disallowing further
compensation.
(c) To determine the cnaracter oi
medical treatment given in emergency
The district manager is empowered
also to issue specific authorization to
secure physical examinations for the
above purposes and for other purpo
not liste d above, basing his action
upon te merit" of the individual case
submitted to him
Judffe W. H. Westover
Is Beincr Boomed for
0....-, Turlrwicliir
OllJi Vint; juaftiouii
Judge W. H. Westover of the district
recently, asking him to be a candidate
or congress in this district against
Moses P. Kinkaid. is also being prom -
nentlv mentioned as a candidate for
the state supreme court from this dis-
tWct A recent amendment to the stat-
utes provides for election by districts,
ir, . ...u Q
n. .o,i;.ioto Tf a
w h;a nrpfprpnr is for
the judiciary rather than congress, and
that possibly his friend were a trifle
irevious in getting out the congres
sional petition.
1 he mam struggle ror supreme court
justices is expected to be in the sixth
listrict, according to the World
'lerald. There are three judges to be
. .
elected, but Judges Letton and Day of
he First and Second districts are not
xpeeted to meet with opposition. In
'he Sixth, however. Judge Bruno Ilos
tetler of the Twelfth judicial district,
Tudffe Robert R. Dickson of the fit
eenth judicial and Judge Ralph W.
Hobart of me Keventeentn are men -
f.-nni o iKia i.nrwii.inta Jiulire
Westover, the World-Herald says, is
one of the veteran judges of the north-
west and is the chosen candidate of
his iudicial district
Because of the immensity of the
bie Sixth, the iudicial campaign nec
essarily will be anything but the
calm and quiet affair a judicial cam
paign generally is supposed to be.
The area of the district is almost
Lhat of the entire remainder of the
Hate, and with several candidates
presenting their claims it will be
necessary for each to personally visit
'he entire district to become acquaint
ed.
Miss Nora Mohr arrived Saturday
to assume her duties at Latin teacher
in the ruga scaoou
Potato Growers
Plan for a County
Selling Organization
Three hundred Box Butte county
potato growers attended the all-day
meeting held at Hemingford last Sut-
urday, at which the organization of
: a county-iwe potato selling associa
tlon was favorably considered,
George W. Boomer of Lincoln, spe
cialist on marketing, explained the
various types of marketing systems
wmcn nave pruveu buitckmui. wiui
.cn - dal emnhai on co-onerative
i j l. 1. i -.a
plans. H. O. Werner, president of the
Nebraska potato improvement assocla
lion, spoke on the certification of
seed potatoes and other phases of the
Rpud jj,,, probiem9.
A,M T wa8 elected president
and H. L. Click secretary-treasurer
. .......
fjne member from each or the twelve
local unions in the county will cew-
nrlu thai twvard of cllrfictnra. The nl an
of operation will be similar to that
0f the Nebraska Potato Growers' Ex-
change, which has not functioned dur-
the past season, although me
new organisation will handle the sell
(nv through the farmers' union in-
stead of emnlovinr some other con
cem to handle this work. The new or
nun! ration will have a laree member
" :
hin and as soon as details are per-
fected, a membership campaign will
be inaugurated.
The next meeting will be held the
first Monday In March at the rair-
view church.
BREAMS OF OIL
AT RUSHVILLE
ARE NOW OVER
BIG CHIEF WELL PROVES TO BE
A FIRST CLASS FLIVVER.
Chadron Paper Says Midwest Drillers
Find Shale Bottom and No Oil
Indications at 1216 Feet.
Once more the hopes of western Ne
braska oil dreamers have been-shat
tered. The Big Chief well, north of
Rushville," which a few weeks ago was
inir nil and eras, is now listed with
he htirsted DUDDies, acronun w
Irhorimn rhronicle. which elves the
following account of the failure of the
Midwest Refining company, which :
took over the well on a royalty uusi.
to find anything of value in the
Proie.ci: .. .... . a,, i -
I "ine on eninusiasis oi uu
lrMPivri a hard blow when the news
was brought to this city Tuesday af-
I ternoon mai tne iik
been testea o u..
i on or vi u v ..-v
I covered.
mis won to nnisn tne wora yi
Chief Development Syndicate, the
well was said to 1,096 feet deep but
no strings or othei - mark, were left
the drilling had been stopped.
"The Midwest drillers, who arrived
here Tuesday stated that after clear-
!ng out the cement that nad peen
thrown in the well, they struck bot
tom at about 1,050 feet. There was
no sand at the bottom of the well and
they began drilling in shale and con
tinuP(1 untii a depth of 1202 feet was
reached when they encountered a sand
with no oil indications. They pene-
I trated about 14 feet into this sand and
abandoned the well at 1,216 feet
"Mack Slattery is in Denver and M.
1 r . stirrer, me Miawest nem man, c
for that city Tuesday. evening. It is
not exactly known what eiiect. vms
will have on the leases secured under
the Warner holdings but it is likely
that capital will not be so easy to
I i?et to develop the field north of Chad
ron since the Big Chief has come in
I ury.
Dr. A. L. V. Smith
Plans to Do Some
Postgraduate Work
Dr. A. L. V. Smith, chiropractor,
plans to leave Wednesday morning to
take a postgraduate course at the Mid
west college of chiropractic, located at
Minneapolis. He will be away from
Alliance at least a month, and possibly
1 longer.
I Dr. Smith s partner. Dr. J. II. Jeff
rey of Casper, Wyo., arrived in the
city a day or so ago, and will take care
or me Alliance patients iiunn ur.
Smith's absence. Dr. Jeffrey, one of
the mo.st confirmed golf enthusiasts in
the country, has ulready stirred up in
terest in this sort, and is planning to
give instructions to some of his friends
during his stay here,
County Attorney Lee Basye issued
warrants yesterday for the arrest of a
lumber of boys who have been destroy
ing property and bullying smaller boys
at the city park. These boys have been
using the trees at the park for fire
wood and mistreated the caretaker.
I who is an elderly man, when he pro-
I tested. The park has been popular as a
I skating resort ox xaie.
WERNER URGES
A COUNTY AGENT
FOR BOX BUTTE
WORK FOR SPUD MEN WOULQ
MORE THAN PAY SALARY.
Potatoes Are County's Most Valuabtsb
Product, But We Are Losing
Out in Some Ways. ' '
H. O. Werner of the state depart
ment of agriculture, was the principal
speaker at the Chamber of Commere
luncheon Monday. His subject was th
work of the department of agriculture.
9 . 1 . . . i t . , r
irm mo vime it was startea, snorujr
fter the civil war, until the present
He gave a brief account of the variotvi
stares of development, telling of th
different acts of the legislature that
have been passed in connection withji
this work. During the first years, boU
lei ins were sent out to the farmers,
ut iv d'dnt seem to he taken ser
iously, so in 1914 the federal arovern
nent appropriated ten thousand dollars
ror each state to help pay salaries oft
county agents.
Mr. Werner stated that there hait
been considerable misunderstanding
among the farmers in regard to th
county agents. He said that th
county agent was not supposed to b
an expert farmer, so much as to act
as a connecting link between the pee
ialista of the department of aericuN
ture and the fnrmers. The work of
the county agent is largely controlled
by the local farmers, and is lined un
by small community groups or farm
bureaus, bo that each local commun
ty can have helo and advice on farm
problems that they are most interest
ed In. The state specialists in the dif.
ferent lines of asrriculture work withi
the county agents.
County Agent Paid in Scotts Bluff.
Mr. Werner pointed out that H
Butte county had lost out in the potato
game in tne last nve or six years. H
said that the average yield in Box;
Butte county in 1921 was 80 bushels
per acre compared with an average of
86 bushels per acre in Sioux and?
Dawes counties. In regard to appllea
tlons received for certified seed, Box
nutte county nad applications en four
teen fields with only four being passed,
while Kimball county has ten fields and)
nine of them passed. Kimball county
holds the record for having the highest
grane potatoes oi any county In the
state, Mr. Werner didn't claim that
the low grade of potatoes in Box Butte
county was due entirely to the lack of
a county agent, but thought a good
county agent working with the statej
oepartment could make a great im
prove ment.
According to fieures of the farm b.
reau of Scotts Bluff county, the work
of the county agent in the past year
has resulted in an increase of wealth
oi tne county or $180,078, divided aa
fellows: Nine cars of good seed, mak
ing an average increase in yield of 133
(Continued on Page 4) -?
ALLIANCE BOY
SCOUT COUNCIL
IS REORGANIZED
A. V. GAVIN CHOSEN AS PRESI
DENT OF ORGANIZATION.
Plan to Organize Several New Troop
in the City and Recruit Old Ones
to Full Strength.
At a meeting called Saturday nooi
at Thiele's by Former President C E.
Slagle for the reorganization of th
Boy Scout council in Alliance, A. V.
Gavin was elected president; Mosej
Wright, vice president; W. R. Pate,
secretary, and Charles Brittan, treat,
urer. B. W. Keach was, appointed
scout commissioner and Edmin M. Burr
assistant scout commissioner. Edwin
Burr, N. A. Kemmish. H. F. Thiele. D.
C. Bradbury and Dr. G. J. Hand were,
appointed to fill out the board. Dr.
Slagle was unable to be present, but
his resignation was presented. Those
who attended the meeting were A. V
Gavin, Charles Brittan, Mose Wright,
Dr. Minor Morris, Dr. J. P. Maxfield.
ii. i . uoursey ana w. it. rate.
The former council, due to failm
last June to report to the national
board lost its national standing and it
is necessary to again make this con
nection.
The new organization is out for aa
increased membership and it is their
wish that every boy of age in town
become a member. There have been
several troops organized in Alliancej
and although some have rather fallen
by the wayside it is the belief of
Scoutmaster Keach that these can all
be recruited to their original size.
It is the hope of the council that the,
people of the town will encourage their
boys to join. Those who wish to Join
may leave their names at Thiele's, at
the Herald office, or at the Auto Elec
trie Service. Information as to th
qualifications of a scout may alaQ ba
received at these places, t .T?