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Official Paper of Box Butte County
TWICE A WEEKTUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Taper of the City of Alliane
(Eight Tages) ALSc. BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1922.
VOLUME XXIX
No. 33
CITY POLITICS
MINUS QUANTITY
FOR THIS SPRING
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION THE
ONLY EXCITEMENT.
Manager Plan Makes City Election
Unnecessary, But School Board
Must Be Chosen.
Thank3 to the city manager plan,
put in force a year ago, the citizens of
Alliance will this year be spared the
expense, annoyance and excitement of
a spring election. When the plan was
put into effect, a full set of council men
were elected, and these men will hold
undisputed office for two years. Next
spring there will be an "election at
which one or more members of ihe
council will be continued in office cr
retired, but this year there's nothing
loing in city politics.
That is, there's nothing doing so far
as the election of conncilmen is con
cerned. There is, however, a school
election. The school board was unde
cided just what to do about holding an
election. The statutes, in such cases
made and provided, plainly say that
the school board election shall be held
at the same time as the city election.
lsTow, if there is no city election, what
to do, what to do? The board was
puzzled, but put the matter up to the
attorney general, and he has spoken.
His word is that a school election
shall be held. If there is no city elec
tion, there will be a school election
anyway.
And so notices of a school election
are being prepared. This election will
be held on Tuesday, April 4, and two
members of the board will be elected
or re-elected. The polls will be opened
at 9 a. m., and will close at 7 p. m.,
and the following polling places for
each ward are announced:
First ward Basement of . Central
Second ward--Council -chamber, in
the city hair, 115 East Third street.
Third ward Basement of city li
brary. - ? .
Fourth ward Garage of F. W. Har
ris, Eighth and Laramie.
The two members of "the board
whose terms expire this year are A. T.
Lunn and Mrs. J. A. Mallery. It is
presumed that they will stand for re
election, and in that event there is
little question that the voters will ap-
Drove them, if for no other reason than
that it is a poor policy to ' change
horse while crossing a stream. The
board is now engaged in an extensive
spring and summer building program,
and the present members of the hoard
are familiar with the planj and the
situation. Mrs. Mallery is now in
California, but it is understood that '
she will return to Alliance within a
short time. . i
Alliance Misses
Hardest Sleet
i Storm of Year
.
Once again the weather man smiled
on Box Butte county and judging
from the plight of eastern Nebraska,
he laughed out loud. The weather
forecast for Saturday indicated snow
in the afternoon, and although a good
many people waited anxiously and
with considerable faith for the storm
to appear, it failed to put in an ap
pearance. The managers of the legion's
boxing show were, very much inter
ested in the reported storm, but al
though the temDerature dropped sev
eral degrees, there was no snow, and
the wind was not of the bitingly cold
variety that sometimes descends on
Rnx Butte without much warning,
There was a suggestion of snow about
midnisrht Saturday, but only a hint.
The March weather is beginning to
stir un reminiscences in the older set
tiers, the fellows who "remember
when " Everyone of these says that
it's unreasonable weather for March,
but highly enjoyable just the same.
People who have gone out to Califor
nia and other places to get pleasant
winter weather will be greatly grieved
when they discover what they have
been missing at home.
According to reports from the rest
of the state, however, there was some
storm Saturday. Because many wires
are down, reports of damage done in
Vehrnska bv Saturday night's snow
and sleet storm are still incomplete.
Burlington reports indicate that the
lieaviest snowfall was letween Aurora
end Minden and that west of that ter
ritory it was largely sleet.
In the territory between Grand Is
land and Elm Creek, sleet was heavy
enough to break down many trees.
Snow in the eastern part of the state
wa light, while in the central region
and farther west, drifts were six feet
deep in places. Snow plows were run
over the Burlington line between Au
rm.l Mnstinirs and between Aurora
phiiiirw. Sunday niirht. Train
. vi :i nut d'iccontinued. but
trains were behind schedule on account
of wire difficulties.
A genuine Gillette safety razer for
fK.i t Hols ten's. See them in cur
window.
33
W. C. Mounts,
court, is ill.
clerk of the district
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska: Fair tonight
and probably Wednesday. Rising tem
perature Wednesday and northwest
portion tonight.
Attempt Is Made
To Break Into the
Snyder Warehouse
An attempt was made Friday even
ing to break into the Snyder ware
house, 205 Box Butte, which, however,
was unsuccessful. The would-be
thieves pried loose a small door at the
top of the elevator shaft. As the out
side of the door is on a level with the
roof of another part of the building
this was not especially diffcuP. Ihft
nciawi, nuncvci , irna at Hie UUUOIU
of the shaft and the burglars were ap
parently unable to descend the shaft
to the level of the floor and so enter
the building. This is inferred from
the fact that the owners report no loss
of goods. Acess to the outside of
the broken door could be gained by
climbing to the roof of an adjoining
building and stepping over to the Sny
der warehouse. It is thought that the
breakers lost their nerve on finding
the difficulties of entering and decided
to quit while they could.
HEMINGFORDMEN
BRING TROUBLES
TO POLICE COURT
DISPUTE OVER NOTE LEADS TO
ASSAULT AND BATTERY.
Warren Lotspeich Pleads Guilty to An
- Attempt to Remodel Features
of llemingford Cashier. ' '
Warren Lotapeich of Hemyigford
appeared in police court in Alliance
this morntng and entered a" plea" of
guilty to the charge of committing as
sault and battery upon the person of
H. E. Ford-, cashier of the First State
bank of llemingford. The tale, as told
to the court, began with events some
months ago, when young Lotspeich
borrowed money from the Hetningford
bank to buy a horse from one Sherd
Keane. Lotspeich gave a note to the
oank tor the amount, the bank agree
ing to pay Keane. Later the note was
changed and made payable to Keane
instead of the bank
Lotspeich claims that the change
was made without his consent, and in
fact that he knew nothing of the mat
ter. If this is the case, the note is
void, in the opinion of County Attor
ney Basye. Lotspeich also claims that
he has a release from the bank on this,
note. However, according to the tale
t i' i u r mrn
a 'bkkeeP in the f irsY Stata o7j
HemingfordT according' to Lotspeich, '
came to his place and took possession
of the horse while Ford engaged him
in conversation at the front gate. .
Lotspeich had some time before of
fered me horse tor sale, and Ford
claimed this was an attempt to sell
mortgaged property. Lotspeich said
this had been told to the other bank,
materially damaging his credit. He
had gone to Ford and asked him to
retract hi3 statement, but this Ford
had refused to do. Thereupon, Lot
speich remarked that "they might as
well. have it out," and taking olf his
coat, proceeded to do his best to re
model Mr. Ford's features, which evi
dently did not please him.
Ford then swore out a complaint to
the county authorities and all parties
came voluntarily to Alliance for the
hearing. As Judge Tash is ill, the case
was heard before Judge L. A. Berry
in police court, who accepted the plea
of guilty, reprimanded the young man
and assessed a fine of $10 and costs.
The fine was paid and Lotspeich dis
missed. Former Alliance
Telegrraph Operator
In Chicago Fire
Tonv Nelson, formerly an Alliance!
telegraph operator for several years,
who is now in Chicasro, was a rather
particularly interested witness of the
recent fire, inasmuch as the building
in which he was working was one of
the structures burned In writing of
his experiences he said that the first
indication that he ami nis co-woi Kers
had of the blaze was the intense heat
in the office. An operator went to the
door to investigate and was hit by
the glass in the door falling out just
as ho reached it. The men then quick-
lv left the building, and were in no
danger from the fire, but according to
Mr. Nelson were in danger from the
fullins electric wires. Mr. Nelson him
self received a cut from falling glass
but was otherwise unhurt.
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
Joseph R. Puell, colored, aged sev-
entv-six years, ilied on r nday at the
home of John Glass in West l.awn,
vhere he hai made his home for the
past three years. The cau.-e of death
was arterio'-sclerosis. Funeral services
will le held at 2 p. m. Wednesday
from the A. M. E. church.
OFFICIALS SEEK
TO IMPROVE DRY
LAND POTATOES
LEO C STUHR SUGGESTS A nUGE
PUBLIC WAREHOUSE
Points Out Opportunity for Growers
to Gain Leading Position in '
Growing Seed Spuds. "
If Alliance and Box Butte county do
not do their best to take advantage of
the opportunity afforded by the coun-
try-wide demand for dry land potatoes
for seed purposes, as well as table
stock, it will not be the fault of the
faculty of the state school of agricul
ture and the personnel of the state de
partment of agriculture, who have
been working to develop this market
for several years past, and in the past
few weeks have put forth special ef
forts to arouse the interest of potato
growers and business men generally in
what they term the best opportunity
that has come to this part of the state
in years.
State Secretary of Agriculture Leo
C. Stuhr, accompanied by C. O. Saw
yer, formerly of Rushville, but now
with the stale department of agricul
ture, were in Alliance Saturday morn
ing. These two men have been making
a trip to this end of the state to stim
ulate interest in i-roper methods of cul
tivation for seed stock, us well as to
encourage growers to grow seed that
is worth certifying by the department.
According to Mr. Stuhr, the state de
partment of agriculture has made a
detailed study of the reason dry land
potatoes are discriminated against by
some commission men in the larg.
centers, and is ready now with advice
that will, if followed, make the dry
land souds the equal of those in any
district, not only, in propagating quali
ties, but in storage qualities, He sug
gest a method f handling the s'tocK
that will .do away with the complaints
thn have come in, nnd has gone even
farther by suggesting that Alliance
business men co-operate with the
growers In the establishment of (a
community potato cellar, which will
not only result in increasing prices and
profits for the growers, but which will
indirectly benefit every business man
in the city.
Col. L. K. Bliss some weeks ago, in
a talk to the Lions club, advocated a
community spud storage warehouse;
ami told of the immense lenefit i
would be to this district. Mr. Stuhr
goes into more details as to the neces
sity for such a warehouse.
-Storing Qualities Lacking.
The state department of agriculture
Mr. Stuhr savs. has received pome
complaints that dry land potatoes do
ot w " E:?
iA cmestionnaire to commission men
and others in the principal market,
&ox JZftSSXJZi
plaint was general against me ury
land spuds. They do not store as well
as the potatoes from Minnesota and
other regions.
The reasons for this, according to
Secretary Stuhr, are that the growers
have not selected the best seed; that
they have not planted on the best land
nor used the best methods of cultiva
tion, and last, but by no means least,
have not used improved methods of
handling both before and after har
vest. The state department sifted these
romnlaints and discovered that the
most kicks on the duality of spuds sold
for table stock came from llemingford,
Gordon and one or two other western
Nebraska towns in the dry land dis
trict. Several lots shipped from these
nlaces developed dry rot. This, the
spud authorities say, is largely due to
mproper methods oi nanuung, ami can
be entirely eliminated if proper pre
cautions are observed.
Mr. Stuhr declares that practically
all of the causes underlying these
complaints can be eliminated if the
proper desire to do so and will work
earnestly to that end. This is about
the season when it is time to seed for
a new crop, and Mr. Stuhr advocates
that growers use every effort to use
the best seed, the best land, the best
methods of cultivation, and more care
ful methods of handling before and
after harvest and especially in ship
nimr. Potatoes should not be shipped
in bulk, he declares, for the reason that
it entails too much handling and un-
nwcssarv iniurv. He advises that
crates be used in the field during har
(Continued on Fage 8.)
Colored Woman
Asks Police to
Help Find Sister
Chief of Police C. W. JcfTers yester
lav received a letter from Mrs. Lottie
Grant Wat-on, 2!U() Glonarm street
lcnvor, Col., asking the Alliance police
to assist in locating her sifter, Myrtl
Grant, colored, who is lielieved to hav
come to Alliance aUiut a month ago.
Myrtle Grant is accompanied by a two-year-old
daughter. The police are now
making inquiries.
Yes, He will buy a genuine Gillette
safety razor at Holsten's. See them
in our window. 33
ANNUAL DINNER
OF C. OF C. ON
THURSDAY EVE
TO BE HELD AT THE NEW METH
ODIST CHURCH GYM.
Chancellor Avery of State University
and John M. Flannigan Invited
to Be Speakers.
The annual dinner and election of
officers of the Alliance chamber of
Commerce will be held on Thursday
evening of this week at the gyn
smsium of the new Methodist church.
The dinner was originally set for
March 6, but it was found necessary to
postpone the date. This time it is ex
pected that nothing will occur to neces
sitate a change in the plans.
. The program committee, consisting
of J. S. lihein and Earl D. Mallery,
are planning a most interesting pro
gram for the event. Invitations have
been issued to Chancellor Samuel
Avery of the University of Nebraska,
and John M. Flannigan, head of the
war finance corporation of Nebraska,
to make the principal talks at the
meeting. John P. Mann's orchestra
will furnish music during the evening.
The annual 'dinner will be held at
6:30 p. m. Thursday, March 23, and
each member is expected to bring his
wife or another guest. A large crowd
of from 150 to 200 is expected, the
advance sale of tickets being much
heavier than on former occasions. The
program ish-eo good that it is expected
thai very few persons eligible to at
tend will turn up missing on Thursday
evening.
Following the dinner, the annual
election of directors will be held. The
directors this year adopted a' new plan
for nominations, printing a ballot in
the Alliance newspapers and asking
members toturn in their nominations.
The innovation, while acknowledged to
be a very good one, has not met with
mefciavor -from the members, for
very "few nominations have' been
turned in. It is probable therefore
that the old system of making nom
inations will be followed.
Tickets for the banquet may be ob
tained from the committee or, from
the secretary. The ticket committee
members are Floyd Lucas, True Miller,
Howard Reddish and N. A. Kemmish.
Tickets may be had from these until
Wednesday evening. If there are any
with whom it is absolutely impossible
to obtain tickets until the time of the
bannuet. they may be allowed to ge
them at this time. This accommoda-
t
ion can be made to only a very limited
number.
Prize Winners in
Contest of B & B
Electric Shoe Shop
The Drize winners in the contest
staired bv the B. & B. Electric shoe
shoo, which concluded Saturday, were:
First, H. W. Smith; second,, i,enora
Curtis: third. Mrs. I. F. Fasket.
The prizes consisted or Dasiteis oi
groceries, ine winner oi me nrsi
prize has already claimed it, and the
second and third prize winners ere
nsked to come forward and claim
their reward. '
Newberry's Has
Most Interesting
Window Display
Newberrv's Hardware company has
a novel window display that is attract
ing considerable attention from pass
ersbv this week. It is a mechanical
affair, and fairly complicated. The
display shows in a very interesting
way the products of the cow and the
neon e who use it. there is a goou-
sized bossie cow eating hav while
milkine is troinir on. and the milk
flows out of the pail to the creamery
whpre it comes out in the form of but
ter, ice cream, Eskimo pie and other
dainties and comestibles. W. E.
Spencer of the Alliance Creamery
company received me uispiay nu
turned it over to Newberry s.
County Welfare
Meeting Was Held
Monday Morning
The county welfare meeting held
Monday mornintr at the court house
was well attended, ciuite a number
coming from llemingford.
The plan of the county welfare i
to work with other organizations in
findinc out if our senators and repre
sentatives in congress and state legis
lature are helping to pas. laws for
the betterment of our state ami coun
Prospective candidates will be inter
viewed :ind sent questionnaires to an-tw-ei-
tiefiii-e the primary, which will
l.e niMile tiumic.
Ilei'ftofm-e many voted for candi
dates simply knowing their name or
imiI it ies. Jut" in the future politicians
to brt eW-te l will have a record that
is popular with the intelligent voter
rather than the political posses.
The net meetinir will le hell in
llemingford in April. Contributed.
POLLY
That fatdnatinf American
beauty who is always first
with fashion' latest
The Star of
TOLLY AND HER PALS"
Watch for this feature page in The
Herald's new four-page comls section,
to start Friday, April 14.
GADDIS SAYS
NEVER ASKED
TO VIEW ROUTE
MORRILL COUNTY BOARD NEVER
MENTIONED G-P-C
OskoHh News Is Feeling Somewhat
Kindlier Toward the Di
vision Engineer
The Garden- County News, in its last
issue, gives the results of an inter
view with Division Engineer A. M.
Gaddis, in charge of state road build
ing for this district, home of the u
P-C supporters have felt that Mr. Gad
dis was rather more friendly to the
worm aiar rouie man us rivui, ami
a few of them have not been backward
about saying so. Friends of the G-P-
.i . . .i n ,
Kj win oe mieresieu in me mummiwui
of Mr. Gaddis' position. The News i
says: I
"While attending the Park-to-Park
highway meeting at Scottsblutf Mon
day the representatives from this city
had the pleasure of talking with r.n-
gincer Gaddis, of the state department
of public works. Our boys found him
to be a mighty pleasant young gentle-,
man and received the impression that !
he is a lair-minued man ana nas no;minuts and 35 seconds of fighting,
intention of being other than impar- Wyland started on with a rush, and
tial on road matters. He said that he hit Papke with everything but tha
had never been asked by the county ring posts and water bucket, chaf in?
board or Momii county 10 view me:
route of the G-P-C highway, but had
just recently been requested by Com
missioner uraper v go over u wnn
him. Proper representations were '
made to Mr. Gaddis of the feasibility
of connecting three county seat towns
with practically the same expense as
it would take to connect two of them
and while Mr. Gaddis feels that the I
county commissioners will have to take
the responsibility of naming the line
of travel through their county, that
the proposed routing of both north and
south roads to Alliance together was
one that should be carefully considered
Route Sure to Go Through.
"On the other hand Mr. Gaddis re
ceived assurance from our representa
tives that the G-P-C highway was a
working road right now; that it would
be a national north and south route
regardless of anything that the state
department or their representatives
should say about the state aid being
tendered. And that is a fact that we
want all to understand. This route is
a settled one and. while a little state
aid during the coming years would,
of course, be welcome and really
should be given it, the withholding
of this assistance will not defeat the
plans. Mr. Gaddis was shown the en
tire route of the G-P-C highway from
the Gulf south to the Canadian line
north and was somewhat surprised to
know of the headway already made in
this work.
"Unless we cet a rude schock we are
going to stand up for Mr. Gaddis and
we believe that he u a young man
worthy of our confidence and that he
will, insofar as his authority goes,
treat our interests in the G.P.C hiirh-
way matter in a fair and honorable
liijht, and that is all that we can, or
would, ak of him."
The Broadwater News, in addition to
giving Division KngineA- Gaddis credit
for a willingness to go over the ti-r-l.
route, has the following comment on
the latest routing of the North Star.
"The road between here and Bridge
lort on the north side of the tracks
as we understand it, has been abso
lutely forgotten by our county com
missioners.
I'rges Track Road.
"The right-of-way for this road wa
given to the county, directly along the
trucks, the only reuue.-ts to be made
long the entire road between here and
Northport, was that one or two places
the owners of the land requested that
the county mu.-t place u fence along
their land where it butted the road.
(Continued on Page 8.)
ROACH AWARDED
DECISION OVER
DUDJIAMILTOM
ACCIDENTAL BLOW LANDED BE
LOW THE BELT.
Mel Wjland an Easy Target far
Young Papke Main Bout Enda
in the Third Round.
Chuck Roach of Denver, won fron
Bud Hamilton of Tulsa, Okl., on a foul
in the third round of their scheduled;
ten-round match at the Roof Garden
Saturday evening. Just before the emi
of the third round Hamilton drove
hard left into Roach's abdomen ht
below the belt on the right side. That
the blow was purely accidental was
maintained by both fighters, who
showed themselves true sportsmen.
Koach was carried from the riny ami
though unable to stand pleaded with
his manager to return to the ring, aa
he was afraid the crowd "would think
he was a cmftter.'?
The fight up to tne time of the acci
dent was fast and a real battle. la
the first round Roach easily led, fore,
ing the fighting and landing a number
of clean punches. The second round
was a repetition of the first, Roach
time and again rushing his opponent
to the ropes and landing some Lard
punches to the face while Hamilton
concentrated on an attack on the body.
. Jn the third round Hamilton forced
the fighting, although Roach otill was
able to connect cleanly, and Hamilton
took more punishment than he gave.
At the time Roach went down the men'
were fighting furiously in the middle
of the ring.
The referee awarded the fight to
Roach on the spot, but when informed
by physicians that no mark could Im
found on him he postponed his decision
until he examined the little scrapper.
He then affirmed his decision, giving
the bout definitely to Roach.
' In the first preUmtnary,' Dotjon tvd
O'Connor, both of Alliance, put a a
three-round exhibition. O'Connor is
i lightweight and aspires to greater
'laurels. Dotson outweighed hi nnnmu
. ... . . r
nt about thirty pounds, am! Mmpfy
Went jn to put on an exhibiti m. .Tha
local boy shows possibilities with
proper training, but as yet is very
green. He ha speed and a pood
punch for his size but, like all ima
teursi is weak in defense:
Young Papke Scores a K. O.
In the semi-windup, the vast fruit
between amateur and professional box-
jng wa3 again demonstrated when
0Ung Billy Papke of Denver knocked
out Mel Wyland of Alliance after two
him around the ring three times. Tr.t
great difficulty, however, was that all
the punches were harmlessly expended
on Papke's head and shoulders and
when this burst was through Wyland
was in far worse shape than tha-
Denvcrite, and wholly through his oQ
efforts.
Papke then stepped up remarking,
"Here it comes, uby," and counting
one, two, three, he hit the local loy
three times, a left to the jaw, a right
to the heart and a right to the jaw.
Thereupon Wyland promptly took a
nap which continued for some tiraa
even after the count of ten had teen
eached.
The show as a whole pleased tht
crowd, who would rather see thrt
ounds of such boxing as Koacn and
Hamilton put no than twenty of ..pec
taoMlar stalling. There is some thought
of bringing these two boys together
again, and if this is done there is litti
doubt that they will draw a capacity
house as all who saw this fight know
what they can do.
Another Democrat
Comes Out for a
County Office
The political pot has almost ceased
the bubble the past week, but n
stalwart democrat has come out into'
the open and tossed his hat into tha
ring. J. R. Lawrence filed for county
commissioner last Saturday, seeking
election from the Third district. Ha
is the second democrat to date to file,
although he had made his announce
ment some days before he filed. Sara
Fink, who aspires to the democratic
nomination for sheriff, is the other
democrat. There are half a dozen re
publicans already out, however, and
prospects are that there will be a full
quota of candidates from each of tha
principal parties.
Serious Fire at
Holsten's Averted 1
By Prompt Action
A burning mop nearly caused a ser
ious fire at the Holsten drug store
Saturday evening about 9 o'clock. The
mop was in the back stairway and
presumably caught fire from a care
lessly thrown match. No damage was
done, however, and the blaze was ex
tinguished before the fire truck ar
livetU