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Official Paper of Box Butte County
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Taper of the City of Alliance
VOLUME XXIX
(Twelve Pages)
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1922.
No. 29
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FIRE AT ANTIOCH
DESTROYS BLOCK
ON MAIN STREET
EARL MORNING BLAZE MONDAY
DOES MUCH DAMAGE.
Another Stroke of Hard Luck for the
Potash City Only One Building
in Entire Block Saved.
The larger portion of the business
district of Antioch, the potash city,
sixteen miles east of Alliance, was de
stroyed by fire early Monday morning,
but one building in an entire block es
caping the ravages of the flames. The
fire broke out in the Frederick gro
cery store, which building adjoins
the Antioch cafe and hotel, owned by
Kiskis Bros, of Alliance. The blaze
was discovered about 12:30 a. m., and
although the entire population of the
town was immediately on the scene, a
very strong northwest wind was fa
vorable for the fire and by 3:30 a. m.,
three hours later, the entire block with
the exception of the last store on the
ast end, Holt & Campbell's feed
store, was burned to the ground.
The only means of fighting the fire
vas by the old-fashioned bucket line,
.as thi has been no city waterworks
system oerating in Antioch for some
time, lc was only by hard work on
the part of the citizens that this last
building was saved.
To make matters worse, the brisk
northwest wind scattered live coals to
the roofs of nearby residences, but
fortunately the" air was filled with
.snow, and a light rain end a freeze,
vith about three inches of drifting
powdery mow, had formed a most ex
cellent protection against the embers,
otherwise the entire city touth of the
business block would surely have been
dtstroyed. The fire fighters, realizing
that it was useless to cope with the
flame in the business block, which
liad gained food headway in the light
structures, devoted most of their at
tention to saving buildings in adjoin
ing blocks.
Loss From $50,000 to $75,000
The loss is estimated at between
350,000 and $75,000, only a small part
of which is covered by insurance.
This has been the fourth serious
fire in the unfortunate potash city in
a remarnaDiy snort lime,
Springing
ne uisaairuus urea wiucii uuium a
large lumber yard, a million dollar
tKitash plant, a arge general store and
iutbuSldings,' tnd the fire of Monday
remaining business district.
Although the cause of the fire is
not authentically known, Monday s fire
was started from coal formed gases in l
the stove of the Frederick grocery
store, bix or the seven Duiiuings in
the block were destroyed, an unoccu-
pied drug store building, the Antioch
hotel and cafe, Zoellner Bros, clothing
store, which earned a large stock par-1
tially covered by insurance, and some j
of the other former business buildings
-were used as living quarters, while
two were unoccupied at the present
time. Fortunately there was no one
injured and no loss of life.
Since the shutdown of the potash
plants a few loyal Antioch boosters
have stuck on the job, doing all pos
sible to preserve the potash industry
und interests of the city, but only lafct
week the matter of dissolving the cor
poration of the city was brought up,
und since the last disaster this will
probably be done. In spite of general
business depression, the city is kept
on the map through the unceasing ef
forts of a local newspaper and other
factors.
Dr. G. J. Hand Urges
Cleanup During the
365 Days of the Year
Dr. G. J. Hand gave a very interest
ing talk on sanitation before the
Chamber of Commerce at their regular
luncheon Monday noon in which he
told of the condition of the alleys of
. the town and stressed the necessity cf
sl clean up. He also said that no him-
pie spring cleanup would do but that
"the only way to keep Alliance ."lean is
to have a clean up 365 days in the
year." The doctor told how fl'es and
mosquitoes carried disease and how
these insects bred and thrived on the
filth in the open garbage cans. He fur
ther said that if a proper garbage tmd
scavenger system were established
that Alliance would undoubtedly be
one of the most healthful cities in th
world as natural and climatic condi
tions are most favorable. The mem
bers then discussed various ways and
means of cleaning up Alliance and a
good many valuable suggestions were
made.
Floyd Lucas was appointed chairman
of the ticket selling committee for the
annual banquet, to take the place of
the late E. T. Kibble. Mr. Lucas
broutrht ud the matter of inviting
guests and it was finally decided that
each member snouia be privileged to
Invite one or more.
COMIC SECTION COMING.
The Herald has long had in view
the addition of a four-page colored
comic section, to be issued, but
we've taken our time to look over
the field. Offers from the various
syndicates have been - ning thick
and fast the past v ays, and
we've narrowed the i 4 down to
two or three, all of U best
that cau be produced. A, wait
ing only to hear from vre
New York firm, and then- de
cision will be made. V, '
Herald readers will be enjo '.
comic section some time within
next four or five weeks and ri
assured that it will be one with
much real humor in it as possible.'
It's got to be downright good before
we put our John Henry on the
dotted line.
Have you noticed the other feat
ures that we have been springing
from time to time ? Are you read
ing the Fannie Hurst stories, the
best thing in the fiction line we've
printed for months? Have you
noticed the new sport page, and
"Thnt Little Game," its cartoon.
We've just placed an order for a
new series of comics by Hanny, the
well known St. Joe cartoonist, which
are about the best we have come
across in weeks. These will appear
in an early issue.
The Herald's already might good
but it's going to be as much bet
ter as we can make it.
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and Wednesday with in
creasing cloudiness. Warmer tonight.
LABORER LOSES
FOOT WHEN HE
FALLS UNDER CAR
BURLINGTON EMPLOYE AT
HYANNIS SERIOUSLY INJURED.
Ham Jarvis Forgets the Safety First
Warnings Now in the Alli
ance Hospital.
Ham Jarvis, Burlington employee at
Hvannis. suffered the loss of a foot
u.un
... . . ,i, ,.-;t,.V. ..J
Jncikedm under tte tSn
wmc't. Kn;Kea n,m unaer tne train,
i,n& hls foot and le above the
lately called and the train was set ou
c:,i;- fk,Qft,.
and patient with all possible speed
to the Alliance hospital. Conductor
Lan(fcr and Engineer Shawver had
cnarge of the train no time was lost
jn making the trip to Alliance. At last
nvorta the unfortunate section laborer
wa8 domjf cey after the amputation
0f ijmD
In spjte 0f thousands . of printed
.
trnpioves to keen oft" of moving trains,
j otner jnan the regular train and engine
men. in spite of their experience often
meet serious injury or death, this is
only another case of a most unfortun
ate accident where an employe who
had no business on a tram wished to
take a chance, and in so doing barely
escaped with his life, railroad men say.
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Donald Ives, 15 year old son of Mrs
Mary Ives living in West lawn, died
Monday, March 6 at bt, Joseph s hos
pita. The body Is being held at the
Miller mortuary pending funeral ar
rangements
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
O. K. fachaienberg or Casper, was
taken suddenly ill Monday morning at
10 o clock at the home of J. B. Ken
nedy at Ellsworth, his daughter, Mrs.
G. R. Schafenberg and infant daughter
having arrived only last week for a
visit
Although medical aid was quickly
summoned the little one was taken by
the Death Angel at 2 p. m. Monday af
ternoon, a defective heart being the
cause.
Margaret Ellen Schafenberg was
born in Casper, Wyo., January 29, died
March 6 at Ellsworth, Neb., aged 5
weeks and 1 day. Funeral services
were held at St. Bernard's church,
Ellsworth Tuesday, today, at 2 p. m.,
by Father O'Keefe of Hyannis. Bur
ial was made in St. Bernard's ceme
tery. G. R. Schafenberg, father of the
child, now a Burlington employe at
Casper was formerly a foreman of a
large ranch north of Ellsworth. He
was notified of the child's death just
in time to reach Ellsworth on the
night train Monday.
Lee Basye, county attorney, was able
to return to his office tolay after a
few days illness, due to a mild case
of ptomaine poisoning.
The fortnisrhtly club met Monday
evening at the home of Mrs. E. L.
Harris.
EPH, T. KIBBLE
PASSED AWAY
SUNDAY NIGHT
FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE HELD
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Veteran Real Estate Man Succumbs
to Pneumonia After Illness of
Only a Week's Duration.
Ephram T. Kibble, veteran real es
tate man died at his home in Alliance
at 9:40 Sunday evening, following an
illness of only a few days. Nneumonia
was the cause of death.
Funeral services will be held from
the Methodist church at 2:30 Wednes
day, with Rev. Mearl C. Smith in
charge. Interment will be in the Alli
ance cemetery.
The active pallbearers will be A. J.
Cole, H. B. Alter, J. A. Hunter, E. C,
Barker, Charles Brittan and W. R
Hite.
The final illness was of less than a
week's duration, and friends were
I greatly shocked to hear of the bereave
ment. Mr. Kibble had been in good
health during the years past. Only a
short time ago he passed a physical
examination lor life insurance, having
taken out additional insurance to the
amount of S15.0U0.
Mr. Kibble has been a familiar fig
ure in Alliance and Box Butte county
t-ince 1!07, in which year he opened a
land olHce in this city. He was
known, in his line, as one of the most
genial and public-spirited of citizens
and had won a reputation lor aggies
siveness and fair dealing.
Ephriam T. Kibble was born in Ed
gar county, Illinois, October SO, lbOl,
and was over sixty years of age at
the time of his death. His father,
James Kibble, was a true pioneer, hav
ing come irom Virginia to Ohio when
that state was on the frontier, and
movinsr on to Nebraska in 1870, where
he settled near York. Ephriam Kibble!
received nis scnoonng in a uisuici
school near York, and then decided on
farming as his vacation. He re
mained it home with his father until
January, 188, when he was married
to Miss Jdella Hilton.
Six children survive: Mrs. Effie
Rogers of Sheridan, Wyo.; Miss Bes- appears to be little difference in the
tie, who has been with her father in comparative strength of the teams, al
his real estate office; Blanche, who ha though there is little by which to
been employed in Denver. Lloyd, a i
farmer five miles east of Alliance;
Marie,, a teacher in the Mitchell, Neb
schools, after specializing in music at
the University of Nebraska conserva
tory: and Clarence, who has been at
tending school at Chadron.
In 1907, Mr. Kibble disposed or ni3
holdings in the eastern part of the
state and came to western Nebraska.
In addition to his real estate business,
he was an extensive landowner, hav
ing over three thousand acres of land,
as well as some city property. He
owned 1,640 acres five miles cast of
Alliance, and a quarter section of land
adjoining the townsite, which he at one
time planned to lay out in city lots.
He had also gone into the thorough
bred hog business.
Mr. Kibble was one of the first men
to become interested in potash, and is
said to have been the moving spirit
behind the Nebraska Potash company,
which built a big plant at Antioch.
The deceased was a member of the
A. O. U. W., the Alliance lodge, B.
P. O. E., and the Fraternal Order of
Eagles. The Eagles will assist in the
tuneral cervices.
Three Arrested
Saturday Evening
By the Police
The police force put in a busy even
ing Saturday arresting three citizens
who were fracturing the well-known
Volstead act beyond repair. The first
gentleman's friends decided that the
fair city of Alliance would be a much
more desirable place in which to re
side if it could be freed from the curse
of having policemen Stillwill and Jef
fers also therein. Having come to this
conclusion they so informed Officer
Stilwill, who having his hands full
with his prisoner was unable to fully
go into the question. Chief Jeffers was
not so burdened however and informed
the would-be purifiers of the town that
as he was present that it was a good
time to start. Their wrath suddenly
cooled, however, and for some unknown
reason the police force was allowed to
remian. Later in the evening two
more joy-seekers were arrested and
lodged in the city bastile. Those ar
rested are Roy Skiles, drunk and dis
orderly; Frank Gilleran, drunk and
with whiskey in his possession and
Julius Moffat, drunk. The last named
was fined $15 and costs in police court
which he paid. Blaine Beckwith was
also arrested the same night on the
chartre of exceeding the speed limit.
Offcer Stillwill who arrested him says
that he was driving at about a speed
of 25 or 30 miles an hour up and down
Box Butte and Laramie avenue. The
hearing has been put off as Stilwill
is now in Illinois, where he has been
called to testify in a criminal suit, and
will not be held until he returns.
Donald Spencer broke his riarht arm
just above the wrist Friday evening
while trying to crank a Ford car
the creamery.
ALLIANCE FIVE
OFF FOR STATE
CAGE TOURNEY
BASKETBALL TEAM LANDS IN
COVETED CLASS A.
First Game Come Thursday Night at
Lincoln Coliseum When Locals
Pitted Against Geneva.
The Prince basketeers left last night
for Lincoln where they will tangle In
Class A with other teams for the : t.ite
championship. Those making f.lie trip
beside the coach are Frank Dail-jy,
Lester Cross, Raymond Brown. Con
tain James Fowler, Seth Joder, Robert
Bicknell and Fred Purely. The Herald
will have telegraph bulletin.' on the
results of all western Nebraskn team's
games direct from Coach I'm ice.
These bulletins will be posted in 'J he
Herald window every morning :is soon
as rccer'M. All the up-to-date dope
on the vournament will also pub
lished in Friday's issue of the Herald.
Coach Prince's blue and white
leather tossers have been plaied in
class A at the state tournament and
will clash in the first round, with the
fast Geneva five at 8 p. in. Thursday at
the Coliseum, Lincoln The Fillmore
county champs have oeen stepping at
a fast pace all season and thi? game
will lie watched with interest through
all the state, as it is as much a
comparison of western and eastern
basket ball as a contest between the
teams.
Geneva, while only a small town,
has been in class A for the past six
years, and seems to be a town where
they grow basket ball" players. Al
though they have lieen defeated by
Omaha Commerce and Central, they
dumped. Sutton which in turn had bet
ter luck with the Omaha teams.
If Alliance succeeds in taking the
measure or ueneva, iney win proa-
ably continue to speed
onward, as
Geneva has defeated Sutton, Clay Cen
ter and South Omaha, all class A
teams. Geneva's season has been full
of upsets, as they sometimes lose by
rather large scores and then win from
teams against which they were slated
to lose. All things considered, there
judee.
The teams' records are:
HW . Geneva.
Geneva 29, Exter 2. -
Geneva 24, Shickley 10.
Geneva 24, Grafton 14. '
Geneva 14, Friend 11. ,
Geneva 11, Hastings 38.
Geneva 10, Omaha Commerce 24.
Geneva 15, Omaha Central 16.
Geneva 21, Fairmont 5.
Geneva 20, Seward 11.
Geneva 13, University Place 26.
Geneva 12, Lincoln 19.
Geneva 27, Nebraska City 18.
Geneva 17, Shclton 8.
Geneva 12, Sutton 11.
Geneva 15, Creighton 30.
Geneva 18, Havelock 10.
Geneva 19, Clay Center 10.
Geneva 29, South Omaha 22.
Alliance,.
Alliance 17, Chadron Normal 15.
Alliance 27, Chadron High 17.
Alliance 46, Hyannis 19.
Alliance 17, Ravenna 27. -Alliance
20, Ansley 13.
Alliance 24, Aurora 6.
Alliance 32, College View 14.
Alliance 31, Havelock 19. N
Alliance 18, Wahoo 20.
Alliance 12, Lincoln 23.
Alliance 33, Waverly 15.
Alliance 29, Gering 11.
Alliance 32, Bayard 14.
Alliance 27, Scottsoluff 17.
Alliance 13, Sidney 18.
Alliance 28, Chappell 17.
Alliance 34, Oshkosh 16.
Alliance 37, Bridgeport 4. .
Alliance 25, Bayard 18.
Alliance 34, Chadron High 17..
Alliance 26, Sidney 23.
Alliance 28, ScotUbluff 17.
School House at
Berea Burned to
Ground Monday
The Berea school house burned to
the sround early Monday morning.
Two pupils, It is reported, arrived early
and built a fire in the stove, and short
ly after, Miss Esther Nation, arrived,
it was found that the roof had caught
fire. The flames gained so much head
way that little of value was saved.
County Farmers'
Union Meeting
Was Postponed
The all-day meeting of the Box
Butte county farmers' union, which
was to have been held yesterday at the
Fairview church, northeast of Alliance,
has been postponed until next Monday,
according to Alex T. Lee, county presi
dent. The nroirram will be presented
as originally planned, tojrether with
basket lunch at noon, and there will be
both business and pleasure. Among
the important matters to come up is
the completion of the organization of a
county-wide potato selling orgamza
lion.
FORWARD, PUZZLE FANS.
In this Issue, The Herald makes
announcement of its P-word puzzle
picture, which ought to furnish a
few hours' amusement for every
body in the family, from grandpa
down to little Willie. There is hard
ly a family without at least one
puzzle fan in it, and the Herald's
contest will provide interesting
amusement for an evening or two,
with a good chance that it may turn
out to be exceedingly profitable. If
you want a copy of the puzzle
printed on better paper, write us.
We will gladly send you one.
The Herald doesn't offer as large
prizes as are to be found in some
contests of this nature, but, on the
other hand, the individual puzzle
fan has a whole lot more chance lo
win the actual money than in any
other competition of this kind. You
see, it's this way there are five or
six thousand people competing for
these big prizes, and The Herald ex
pcts only a hundred or two.
It will be worth while, just for
the fun of it, to solve the puzzle
and send in your answer. Then,
with very little extra effort, you can
send In a renewal for your own
Herald, and a friend's, and get r
friend or two to subscribe, and
qualify for the big prize. W of
them are worth working for, but
the more work you do, the better
it will pay.
The Herald, you'll find, will satis
fy the most exacting reader, i.ml
when the new four-page comic tac
tion starts, sometime this month,
this newspaper will have every
worth-while feature, as well as all
the news, written accurately and interestingly,.
PRISONER WHO
WAS MISPLACED
HAS TURNED UP
VIRGIL SCHRAUTEMFJR IS BACK
AFTER TEN MONTHS.
Judge Tash Remits Fine and Tell
Him Tia Better to Raise Spuds
"Than to Raise Hell. .
. inadequate have been discovered to b
Judge Tash was mildly surprised entirely unfounded. Several men who
Saturday evening when one of the vie- SotttonXt 3?
tims of his disciplinarian measures in dicl not pr0vide a sufficient eeatin ca
support of the Volstead act, whom the pacity for spectators at the gymna
judge has mislaid for 10 months, and slum, and inasmuch as the -gym Is to
almost forgotten; walked - into the be the chief feature of the new build-
judges office and surrendered himself
to the mercies of the court.
It will be recalled that in April. 1921,
as a result of a raid on the notorious
wuson Darn, a quantity oi nquor was
found, and the lessee of the barn, Vir-
gil Schraitemeir, was hailed into
court on the charge of illegal posses-
ion of intoxicating liquor. I he court
imposed the usual fine of $100.00 and
costs amounting to $15.35. Virgil was
shy about $113.35 of the amount neces
sary to liquidate, so he told the court
if he were permitted to go down town,
that he could borrow the money from
friends with which to pay the fine and
costs. Permission was given, with the
understanding that he would return
within twenty-four hours. The twenty-
four hours was extended by the pris- thus over 600, and this, it is believed,
oner into a period of nearly eleven vrill be sufficient to care for the de
months. Schrautemeir told the judge rnand for seats for a good many year
Saturday that hiding and dodging did to come. ,
not pay, and that he had only about.
$20 and would surrender and take a
jail sentence or do whatever the court
decided was best in the matter. He
stated that he had an offer from Fred
Trenkle to furnish him with ground,
seed and tools to put in fifty acres of
spuds on shares and that he could just
about get through with his sentence
in time to commence plowing.
The judge said. "I think it much
better for you, and for the public, that
you get busy raising spuds, instead of
raising hell, and upon payment of the
costs, I will suspend the fine during
good behavior. Besides, there are
some pretty hard boiled citizens in jail
now, and I do not care to expose you
to their corrupting influences. Now,
let the moonshine alone, stick to the(
farm, raise spuds, keep straight and .
you will have no more trouble."
Fred Vogel Sale
Is Postponed to
Thursday, March 8
In this Issue of The Herald Fred
Vogel announces that he has postponed
his public sale, scheduled for Wednes
day. March 7, for one day, on account
of the funeral services of E .T. Kibble,
which will be held on Wednesday.
Mr. Votrel asks that those who will
attend his sale will take note of this
change in date, and will help him cir
culate the information that the sale
will take place on Thursday, March 8,
at the same hour.
A letter received by Judge Tash
from George Duncan states that the
latter was just preparing to start for
Alliance from Boise, Idaho, when he
liecame ill with the grippe, but that he
is now recovering.
Mr. Scott of Lincoln, deputy tax
commissioner, was in Alliance Monday
to explain some of the new tax laws
to the county cleric and assessor.
SCHOOL BOARD ,
INSPECTS PLANS
FOR HIGH SCHOOL
SUIT. W. R. PATE GIVEN A NEW
THREE-YEAR CONTRACT.
Board Decides Not to Lower Salaries)
of Teaching Force Gymnasium
Found to Be Ample in Size.
At a meeting of the Alliance boaitt
j of education, held last evening, a nun
I ber of Important decisions were made
Superintendent W. R. Pate was givea
a three-year contract at his present
salary and will remain at the head o
j the city school system. The board d
j cided also that the salary schedule for
( other teachers will not be reduced, the
same wage figures as were paid last
I year being placed In effect for th
I coming school year.
J Within the next few days, the usual
contracts will be made out and passed
Jpround to the various teachers. So
far, only a few have nnounced their
decision to teach elsewhere. The re
tention of the salary schedule will, it
is believed, result In keeping many de
sirable instructors on the faculty.
After the teachers' salary problem
was settled, the board turned its at
tention to the new high school build
ing. The plans for the building wer
gone over, and several minor changes
suggested. On his way to the nation
al education association convention at
Chicago, a week or so ago, Mr. Pat
j stopped over in Lincoln lor a confer
ence with the architects, and suggested
! a few changes At that time, the firm
which is making the plans for the
new building offered to send one of
the architects to Alliance to go over
the plans with the board, and it was
decided to ask him to come to this
city some' time next week, when th
plans will lie finally approved.
I A representative of a brick manu
facturing concern was present and ex
plained u display of various pressed!
brick and other material, but no ac
tion was taken.
Gymnasium Large Enough,
The fears of certain Alliance men
that the plana for the gymnasium were
ing, It was suggested that any such
errors be remedied.
Accordlwr to Sunt W. R. Pate. th
impression of a lack in seating ea
pacity was probably due to the lact
that the objections did not see all th
plans. The report was the new rym
would seat only about two hundjred.
and this, it develops, it only a third
of the seating capacity. According to
the architect's plans, there will bo
ample room on the main floor for 212
spectators, and the remainder will bo
seated in the balcony, which extends
on three sides of the big gymnasium.
The drawings show that there will bo
room on the two ends in the balcony
for 84 seats each, and on the side for -
212 additional. The total capacity is
Next Sunday the '
Last Service in ,
Old M. E. Church
4
After thirty years of service, next
fiundnv will Drobtblv be the last tim
the Methodist neonle will hold rellirious.
cervices in the old Methodist church
located on Fourth and Niobrara. They
want the Sunday school to number at
least three hundred, and all other
, F,-rvu:e8 should be largely attended. In
' the evening, a special service is being
I prepared suitable- for the occasion.
Judge Tash will give an address OA
"Reminiscences of Early Days of th
Methodist Church." A lady in the city
who was present at the organization o
the first Methodist class, some thirty
five years ago, will tell about that
meeting. A number f people will tsk
part in the service. It is expected that
all persons who were converted, bap
tized and married in the church, and
who have united with this church, wh
are now in Alliance, will be there for
the last service.
The following Sunday, plans art
being made to use the north part of
the new church. District Superinten
dent O. S. Baker has written that ha
will be present for the morning serv
ice. It will not be called a dedication
service, as the main auditorium is still
unfinished, and the large social room ,
which they will use lor the present ,
will be only a temporary meeting
place. The dedication will take plac
when the beautiful new auditorium,
which will contain the elegant tnahag-
any pews, art glass windows and pipe
organ, is finished and ready for use.
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Muirhead, Rev, .
A. J. May, Rev. Mr. Cox, Chris Han
sen and Mrs. C. H. Hughes were
among the Hemingf ord people who vis
ited Alliance Monday. They were in.
attendance at the county welfare or
ganization meeting. ,