BOX nt'TTK CAN SAVK
MONEY ON BUILDING ROADS
(Continued from Pafre 1.)
of $.10,745.84, laving a balance to our
credit of $48,370.40
On January 12. 1921, the board of
county commissioners of Uox .Hutte
county, consisting of George W. Dun
can. Calvin llashman and myself, Fit
tinjr In sesrion with Mr. Mclean, dis
trkt crjrinocr for the state department,
and under his advice, pa.ssed a resolu-
tion addressed to the department or n un iur iNn,n, .U.k
rublic works at Lincoln, requesting ment, also investment In Ianl for road
that the balance of the federal and mnals as provide.l for in scnat f. le
ttate aid funds be used in constructing t112-. ln'.s amount is only set as de
n road from Alliance to the county , temporarily ami will be charl later
line just Fouth
i of Marsland. over what!'" l,,e TU"! ,w"r f mf
is now known as the "Hash man rood
to Heminorford from Alliance and from
lleminpford west 12 miles to Lawn
church and then north to the line. This
resolution was submitted to the of
ficals at Lincoln but was never com
plied with by the state department.
Your board of county commission-r-rs
realized that this hilance to our
credit of $18,370.40 should be u-ed in
the county in order to prevent its be
Injr reverted and used for other coun
ties, in spite of the excessive cost of
building state roads, and on December
17, 1921, wth all three commissioners
present , passed another resolution pd-b-essel
to the department of public
works at Lincoln requesting that these
funds, be used for the purpose of cons
tructing a state road from Alliance
to Hemingford, alongside the Burling
ton railroad right of way, then west
12 miles to the Lawn church and then
worth 8 miles to the county line, end
ing just south of Marsland. This reso
lution designated this aa a county road
end pledged the county to maintain
the same after construction by the
state. Up to date we have not been
notified that action ha been taken on
the resolution.
The rotash Highway Project 21
Anjrenerally known, the road from
Alliance east for a distance of 7 miles,
a unit of the Potash Highway, wax
constructed under direction of the state
department from state and federal
funds. This seven miles was built at a
cost of $30,745.84, an average of over
$4,000.00 per mile. This has not yet
been approved and accepted by the
Ftate department, due, we are informed
to the fact that about a mile of it is
six inches too wide.
There are no bridges on this road
and all of it except about a mile was
level territory. The quality of "gra
vel" used for surfacing this road has
Tiever met with the approval of the
board, for the so-called "gravel" ap
pears to the observer to be nothing
more than sand, about the same as
that from which the roadbed through
the sandhills is composed.
According to a report from Mr.
Knight, the maintenance cost on this
road, under state supervision, during
the year 1921 was as follows: Patrol
man salary, $1155.30; extra labor,
5147.00; extra team hire, $480.30; gas,
oil and grease, $157.61 ; truck and trac
tor repairs. $105.35; repairsto other
equipment, $28.50; material and re
pairs to bridges. $6.10; material and
repairs to culverts, $7.70; purchase of
tools and equipment, $56.75; other
times, $112.59; making a total of $2,-1
293.20 for maintenance of this 7 miles
of road during 1921. The items of
96.10 for material for bridges and
57.70 for material for culverts should
ie netiucwKi, leaving a nev oaiance vi
32,279.40.
The Chadron Road Project 80.
As generally known, the road from
26 miles, to the Dawes county lines ' j0 oe learned.
y here it connects with the Chadron J The poisoner was out again Wednes
iighway, was constructed by Box (Jay nieht anj Thursday morning five
IJutte county and afterwards desig- j
iai.eu us sutm niKnway aim was
maintained during 1921 under the
rection of the state department. As Ron-8 dog an,i Baker's dog are dead,
our county records will show, thisiwhile rrohn"8 dog and Melick's bull
road was constructed by the county do(r wcre poisoned but were not dead at
tlunng the same time that the Potash jast reports.
Jiignway unit was being constructed,!
ana witn practically tne same sou ana
truction cott of only $104.00 per mile.
Figuring out the same basis, the $30,-
"745.84 spent in constructing the Pot
Jish Highway for a distance of 7 miles,
voukl have built a total of approxi
mately 300 miles of roods in the county
equal to the Chadron road.
According to the report of Mr.
Knight, the maintenance cost on the
Chadron road, under state supervision,
during the year of 1921 was as fol
lows: Patrolman salary, $1,864.28;
extra labor. $616.30; extra team hire,
$800.00; gas, oil and grease, $834.09;
repairs for truck and tractor, $390.52;
rcirs to other equipment, $241.13;
material and repairs for bridges, $1,
407.00; purchase of tooh and equip
ment, $34.10; other items, $133.89; a
total of $6,321.31, from which should
le deducted the item of material and
repair for bridges leaving a net bal
ance of $4,914.31.
Alliance-Hemingford County Road
This road, which has been often cal
led "the llashman road," was built in
1921 by the county and maintained af
ter its construction by county funds.
It is 26 miles in length, the same as
the Chadron road, mentioned last
iibove. A trip over it today will con
vince anyone that there is not a bet
ter road in Box Butte county.
According to the report from Mr.
Knight, the cost of construction and
iraaintenance of this road during 1921
was as follows: Patrolman salary,
S1.C23.40; extra lahor.$313560; extra
team hire, $1,722.73; gas, oil and
yrease, $516.44; repairs for bridges,
5927.99; making a total of $4,527.90
for both construction and maintenance.
As will be noted, this road id 26 miles
in length, the same as the Chadron
road, yet the cost of construction add
maintenance, under county supervi
sion, was $386.35 less than the main
tenance alone of the Chadron road, the
isame length, under state supervision.
Most Good Road for Least Money.
Your county board of commissioners
realizes and believes that a compre
hensive, county wide system of good
roads should be constructed and main
tained. Your board also believes that
the above figures prove to you that
moneys expended by the county under
county direction go many times aa far
-as under the direction of the state de
partment We desire that every part
'of the county be made arcep-sihlp, and
it Is our desire that we have the ce-
operation of every citizen In making
I thin possible,
The deduction of 10 per cent for
"administrative expenses," mentioned
in parairraph three of this otatement Is
explained in me report oi me m-pari
ment of public works as follows: Five
per cent deducted In accordance with
section 4, chapter 1S5, nession law3
1919, for administration expense. Five
" cent ticiuciwi as a special iunu to
done and credited back to the fund,
therefore will not reduce the amount of
state and federal funds each county
will receive."
Respectfully submitted.
GF.OKGE CARKKLL
County Commissioner
Hemingford Men
Stirred Up Over
Dog Poisoner
Jack the Poisoner showed up in
Hemingford last Friday and between
that time and the present he has man
aged to poison a number of dogs, and
possibly a number of cats, says the
Hemingford Iedger. Whether it is
some one who has a spite at a neigh
bor ami tried to get even by poisoning
the dog, is not known. However, we
doubt if the poison got the intended
victim, whatever it was, but a number
of dogs did get the poison.
The first indication of poison was
when the two little black spaniels, one
belonging to Frohn and one to Phil
Michael, found a,peice of raw meat in
in the roadway near the butcher shop.
Frohn happened to see the dogs when
they found the meat and went out
and called to them. The one known
as Jeff, belonging to Phil Michael, had
the meat in his mouth when Frohn
called. The dogs came at the call, but
in a few minutes Jeff showed signs
of being sick. Frohn called Michael
and they sent for a veterinary. By that
time the dog was in convulsions and
when Dr. Moranville arrived it was too
late to save the life of the dog. It
died shortly after Moranville arrived.
An investigation to learn the cause of
the dog's death disclosed strychnine
poisoning. An examination of the
peice of meat on which Jeff had been
chewing, showed that the meat was
loaded with strychnine.
Saturday a number of cases of poi
soning were reported. Among the
victims were Michael's dog, J. C.
Menge's dog, Planansky's dog, Freddie
Melick's dog, and three or four country
dogs whose owners are not known.
Kendrick's dog and Toohey's dog were
poisoned but recovered. The others
are in "the happy hunting ground"
for dogs.
This wholesale poisoning has ar
roused the indignation of the dog own
ers in Hemingford and an attempt is
being made to find out who bought
the poison and scattered it for the
Itlors to ret hold of. None of the does
killed were offensive dogs, in fact they
yere playfellows of the children. Two
0f them were pups less than four
months old. Just what steps have been
taken so far to locate the perpetrator
0f this poisoning scheme is not yet
known out intimations are tnat some
one will have to suffer for the deed.
There is a law against the promiscuous
Brntforincr tf rwii rn lint. Inst, how to
onnlv it in ihia nnrtiVnlnr case is vet
j0K3 were poisoned that are known of
aml possibly some that were not known
if H I. Wnnupn'a finer Cltnrcra Wil-
Thursday afternoon a reward of
$200 was made up by people in town
who are friends of dogs for the con
viction of the person or persons who
scattered the strychnine. The poisoned
meat seems to be scattered mostly in
the vicinity or the postoffice and
Frohn'a meat market At least the
majority of dogs were in that part of
town when taken ill from the effects
, of the poison. It is certainly a dirty
deal and we sincerely hope the offender
will be caught and properly punished,
which is putting it very mildly.
THE IDEAL NEWSPAPER
A newspaper publisher, wishing to
please his readers n;kcd for sugges
tions, writes Arthur H. Folwell, .in
Leslies weekly.
"How can I make mine the ideal
newspaper?" he inquired.
"Cut out the crimes and the mur
ders, the sensational divorce case re
ports," said the nice people.
"Cut out the accidents, the railway
and steamship disasters," said the peo
ple who "couldn't bear" to read such
things.
"Cut out the politics," said the old
fashioned woman, "I don't understand
it, and haven't time for it."
"Cut out the League of Nations and
all that heavy stuff," yawned the flap
pers of both sexes. "What's it all
about anyway?"
"Cut out the so-called funny pic
tures," said the careful mother. "Such
pictures aren't funny, and they're bad,
very bad, for children."
"Cut out the ponderous editorials,"
snapped the woman who merely scans
the headlines. "Nobody reads 'em
nowadays."
"Cut out the woman's page," said
the female with the strong mind. "It's
mushy, trashy, trivial; an insult to
our sex."
"Cut out sports and theatres," said
the intellectual. "Both are bad in
fluences and both have received alto
get her too much notice.
"Cut out the " began another and
still another, but the publisher beat
them to it
"Stop, all of you," he cried. "On
second thought, I have decided to cut
out myself. It is no use trying to pub
lish the ideal newspaper until I come
across the ideal reader."
Saying which, he shut up shop and
went into the wholesale saxophone
THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1922
COMMENT & DISCOMMENT
The conclave by which the new Pope
is selected opens officially on the even-1
ing of the 10th day after the decease:
of the Pope. Cardinals alone have a
right to vote. Each Cardinal has the
right to take into the conclave a sec
retary and a servant, the secretary
usually being an ecclesiastic. Confes
sors, physicians and servants of var
ious kinds are examined or appointed
by a special commission and all are
equally sworn to secrecy and not to
hinder the election.
A large part of the Vatican Palace,
including two or three floors, is walled
off for the conclave, and the space is
divided off into apartments, "each with
three or four small rooms or ceils, in
each of which are a crucifix, a bed. a
table and a few chairs. Access to the
conclave is free through one door only,
locked from without by the marshal of
the conclave and from within by the
Cardinal camerlengo. Once the con
clave begins the door is not open again
until the election is announced, except
to admit a Cardinal who is late in ar
riving. All communication with the
outside is forbidden under pain of loss
of office and ipso facto, excommunica
tion. Every precaution is observed to
exclude those who have no right within
the enclosure and also unnecessary
communication with the outside. Papal
legislation has forbidden any ante
election agreements binding on the new
Pope, and it also has forbidden the
Cardinals to treat of the papal suv
cession among themselves during the
Pope's lifetime.
The cells of the Cardinals are cov
ered with cloth, purple if they are the
last Pope's "creation"; green if they
are not The government of the con
clave is in the hands of the Cardinal
camerlengo, and of the three repre
sentative Cardinals, one from each of
the three cardinalitial orders, who
succeed one another in the order of
seniority every three days.
The Cardinals assemble in the Paul
ist Chapel on the morning of the 11th
day and assist at the Mass of the
Cardinal Dean. They receive com
munion from his hands and listen to a
Latin allocution on their obligations
to select the most worthy person for
the chair of St Peter. After the Mass
they assemble in the Sistine Chapel
where the actual voting takes place.
A paten and chalice are used In vot
ing for the new Pope, and six lighted
candles are placed on the altar of the
Sistine Chapel. The Papal Throne is
removed and before each chair is plac
ed a small writing desk. The Cardinals
enter the chapel accompanied by their
conclavists bearing portfolios and
writing materials. Prayers are then
said by the bishop sacristan, the bal
lots are distributed and then all are
excluded except the Cardinals, one of
whom bars the door.
Though since the time of Urban VI
elected in 1378 none but a Cardinal
has been chosen Pope, there is no law
which reserves to the Cardinals alone
this right The usual form of election
is the secret ballot and in it the suc
cessful candidate requires a two-thirds
vote exclusive of his own. When there
is a close vote, and then only, the bal
lot of the Pope-elect, which like all the
others, 13 distinguishable by a text of
Scripture written on one of its outside
folds, is opened to make sur,e that be
dul not vote for himself. -:
Each Cardinal deposits his vote in
the chalice on the altar and at the
same time takes an oath that he is
electing the one whom according to
God he thinks ought to be elected.
When all the ballots are shaken up
and counted, if the number agrees with
the number of the electors, the votes
are announced, each Cardinal mean
while checking them off as they are
read. i
When the required two-thirds vote
is not obtained the ballots are con
sumed in a stove whose chimney ex
tends through a window of the Sistine
Chapel. When there is no election,
strow is mixed with the ballots to
show by its thick smoke that there
has been no election. .
When the candidate has received
the required votes the Cardinal Dean
proceeds to ask him whether he will
accept the election and by what name
he wishes to be known.
Since the time of John XII each
Pope takes a new name in imitation of
St Peter's change of name. The
masters of ceremonies lower the can
opies of all the Cardinals' .seats ex
cept that of the Pope-elect, and he
is conducted, to a neighboring room
where he is clothed in the papal gar
ments. The cardinals then advance and
pay him their first homage. The Pope
then either confirms or .appoints the
Cardinal camerlengo, who puts on his
finger the Fisherman's ring.
Will Maupin burlesques a few., of
Secretary Stuhr's orders to the farm
ers in the following taken from Jiifi
Gering Midwest: ,
"Mr. Farmer, if you butcher a hog
and want to sell a few pieces of it in
town, or even take a few spareribs
and a hunk of backbone over to your
neighobrs, here are a few of the things
you must do:
"Before killing the animal you must
religiously clean, sweep, dust and
polish the pen in which the hog re
sides at the time you hit it in the head
with en ax.
"After using the ax on the hog you
must scald the ax in hot water before
you split any wood with it.
"The barrel in which you scald the
hog must be thoroughly cleansed,
polished and disinfected.
"After each killing you must scald
all of the utensils.
"If you leave the carcass hanging
out over night you are a criminal for
proof dirt-proof -building. If you
! haven't such a building, don't kill.
"Don't undertake to bring a piece of
meat to town in "Liz." That's a hein
ous offense in the eyes of Leo. Y'ou
must transport it in a covered wagon.
And each piece must be wrapped sep
arately in cloth or heavy paper.
"Be careful how you use your whet
stone. Leo even gives instructions
about that Not knowing if you chew
llila A v rtv 'llnpco fth 1
take any chances, so he tells you not
to expectorate on the whetstone when
you sharpen up the old butcher knife.
For some reason or other he over
looked a chance to help some cutlery!
house increase its sales by specifying
the particular brand of knife you use.
"We understand Leo is framinir ud
an additional set of rules, and that
the following gives, an Idea of some of
them:
"Have the pig headed due east when
you hit it in the head of killed west of
Lincoln, and due west if killed east of
Lincoln. This is so that Mr. Porker
ran cast its last dying gaze in Leo's
direction and thank him for his kindly
thoughts.
"Friend Wife, if she helDs In the
slaughtering, must wear a plain dress.
The habit Nebraska farm wives have
of wearing silk dreces and opera coats
wnne ne'ning slsntrhter the puts is
greatly depreciated.
"Little Willie and Little Mary must
not he nllowd to blow up the deceased
porker's bladder unless their little
mouths have been properly disinfected.
"Don't ue nny barrel for scalding
purposes that Gus Hyers has not offi
cially approved as being free from nny
taint of former contents that might
have heen more than one-half of one
per cent
"Don't kiss your wife while slaugh
tering the pigs; it might stir up germs
that would infect the pork.
"Y'ou will notice that Leo and his
-uper'or officer are so durned busy
framing up .the new rules and new
items of expense that they can't give
even a minute to helping solve some
or lus real problems."
The Illinois State Register (Spring
field) takes occasion to suggest the
science of advertising to overcome dis
advantageous location in a mercantile
establishment:
"The question of the proper location
f stores in onW to draw business is
largely a psychological one, and as
uch it Is being learnedly discussed by
the know-it-all fraternity.
"Any real estate man, whether he
be a psychologist or just a hard-headed
tireless booster and hustler after busi
ness, can tell you that rents are higher
on the sunny side of the street because
that is the side the women favor, that
in most instances it is better to locate
close to a competitor instead of ns far
as possible away from him, and also
that cigar stores and drug stores are
greatly handicapped in any other posi
tions than on street corners, and he
may be able to give you some reasons
whv these things are so.
"But it needs no psychologist to con
vey the information that in spite of
tne ract that there are not enough
corners to go around, there are stores
occupying inside locations that are not
only doing good business, but in some
instances better business than their
more fortunately located competitors.
"The reasons for this condition are
many, but they all centered in the
brains of the man who run the store.
"There is one kind of a merchant
who can always afford to disregard the
hoodoo of an inside location and that
is the merchant who advertises and
who knows how to advertise right
"The right kind of advertising will
coax trade into an alley or up any
number of flights of stairs. The cor
ner location has its advantages but
that is no reason to make it a fetich." i
Wanted 100-lb. stock
pigs. CPBannon & Neus
wanger. 18t
Every third farm has an auto. Oth
er two-thirds must raise corn.
See the Duplex Chair in W. J.
Hamilton's office, 106 West
Third Street. Call and you can
obtain one. 18-21
Tools
III
CARPENTERS' tools, plumbers' tools, bricklayers'
tools, tools for every trade are here in plentiful
supply. Whatever tool you may be in need of we have
it.
Come in and look over our display of
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You're bound to find the one you need; whatever it may
be. Every one is of topnotch quality, solidly constructed
and will render satisfactory service. '
Rhein Hardware Company
Prompt and Courteous Service
Among the pathetic incidents of lifel
is that of a girl trying to divide her
affections between a young man and
her dog, so neither will feel hurt
The per capita wealth of the United
Sates is now $2,000. That fact doesn't
deeply interest those of us who have
been per capitated out of ours.
Seven Londoners have been exempt
ed from military service because they
are rat catchers and their employer
proved that women cannot do the
work. Wonder if the suffragists dis
pute this statement?
The politician who throws mud has
n't much sand.
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The chances are that the man who
shows up as a champion, in times of
danger is the kind of a fellow who
would look like a coward if he had to
take a whooping big dose of castor
oil.
L. E. Bliss wants to buy you
killing hogs and cattle. Phon'
him at 813G12. 13tC
Wanted to Buy Your
fat hogs or ship them on
commission. O'Bannon
& Neuswanger. 17-tf
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