Official Paper of Box Dutte County
rVVICE A WEEKTUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Taper of the City of AlUaac
VOLUME XXIX
(Eight Tages)
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1922.
No. 33
A FEW MORE
r CANDIDATES
Qc
GET IN GAMl
TWO ASPIRANTS NOW IN THE
RACE FOR SHERIFF.
Suggested Nominees of the Farmer
Labor Bloc Have So Far Failed
to Come Forward.
The political situation la just about
the same, on , the surface, at least.
One by one candidates are mustering
tip the necessary courage to come out
of the woods and the necessary cash
to complete their filing. Two more
have showed up at the county clerk's
office during the past three or four
Jays, and both of them are aspirants
ior the job of sheriff of Box Butte
county. . idAJi
George P. Jones has filed for the re-
5ublican nomination for sheriff. Mr.
ones is from Hemingford, and has
been employed in the G. W. Lockwood
store. Mr. Jones will be recalled as
the man who assisted the Hemingford
town marshal in running to earth the
Mexicans who were charged with
making away with several hundred
dollars' worth of merchandise. The
men were never brought to trial, but
31 r. Jones identified them in the best
ntyle imaginable.
Jay Oliver "is another Hemingford
man who aspires to be sheriff, and his
E reference is for the democratic ticket.
Ir. Oliver has paid his fee to the
county treasurer, but has not confided
his intentions to the county clerk, a
necessary formality. The payment of
me iee, nowever, snows nis internum
clearly.
This completes the list of new fil
ings. It was expected that the candi
dates selected by the farmer-labor
coalition, which met at Hemingford
last Wednesday, would rush to com
plete their filing, but not a single one
lias appeared to date, although a com
plete ticket covering every office va
cant in the county, was endorsed by
the union men and farmera. One of
the farmer-labor candidates, George H.
Uagaman, had already filed, but on the
reDuolican ticket, whereas the conven
tion decided on availing themselves of
ihe democratic primary. Kev. IS. J.
ilinort. endorsed for etate senator, has
decided not to try for the job. Miss
Susan Frazier, now on the faculty of
Chadron normal, is not expected to be
a candidate, and while others on the
list will undoubtedly file, they have not
. as yet definitely cast their derbies into
the ling.
City Politics Missing. '
; The bench-warmers club is without
(Continued on rage 8.)
WILL PROTEST
CLOSING THE
LAND OFFICE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TAKES
ACTION MONDAY.
Receiver J. H. H. Hewitt Explains
Reasons Why Office Should
Remain in Alliance.
The chamber of commerce at their
iAolrlv liinttAin Afn1av tswilr tin f K a
natter of the proposed discontinuance
of the Alliance land office and in
structed James H. H. Hewitt, the re
ceiver of the land office to prepare a
resolution to be sent to the department
of the interior and to the legislative
officers from this district and state
protesting against the proposed
change. , i
Mr. Hewitt, in a short talk to the
members, told of some reasons why
the office should not be moved. He
said that there was a large amount of
land south of the Platte that would be
opened as soon as the reclamation pro
ject was extended to include it, and
that if all people who wished to file
on this land were forced to go to Lin
coln to do so the amount Baved by
moving the office would be a great deal
less than the amount spent on railroad
id that there were
1,500 incomplete entries on land in
this district and that an office was
xeally needed to take care of this.
According to Mr. Hewitt it has been
the custom to put the last land office
in a state at the state capital, but as
this is the only district where there is
any appreciable amount of land open
for entry this seems a rather strange
procedure. The chamber then voted
to have Mr. Hewitt prepare a resolu
tion, which" will be adopted at the
next meeting. It was suggested, how
ever, that a telegram be ent to Con
gressman Kinkaid to ascertain whether
tne oruer was m - -
meiely a departmental procedure. If
the former is the case, there s little
likelihood that anything can be done to
change it.
A resolution was also adopted that
the merchant marine of the country be
put to some use and to build up the
naval commerce of the United States.
This was done at the suggestion of the
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general rouvtuitu ""--t .
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska: Increasing
cloudiness, possibly snow in northeast
fiorthnn" riainir tmnrlnra Wmlnao.
y and in west and north portions to-
.men-Farmer
Meeting Set for
Sunday Afternoon
Everything is in readiness for the
big meeting to be held by rai linen and
farmers at the Roof. Garden in Alli
ance next Sunday afternoon. C. W.
Maier of Cleveland, O., and M. Larson
of Chicago, will be here and both have
a place on the program. It is expected
that Mr. Maier will make the main ad
dress and that Mr. Larson will follow
him. Mr. Maier is the special repre
sentative of the B. of L F. and E., and
Mr. Larsen is the genera chairman
of the same organization. These men
were at the recent national conference
at Chicago held by the farmers and
various organlzd labor groups. They
will explain the object and significance
of the movement This Is not a politi
cal meeting but 3 meeting called for
the discussion of national questions of
interest to every citizen in these days
of unrest.
Rev. B. J. Minort will also deliver
a brief speech on the "High Cost of
Ignorance." Music will be furnished
by an orchestra, and there will be
some singing to entertain the crowd.
HUGE-PROFITS
FOR GROWERS
IN SEED SPUDS
NEW MARKET OPEN FOR WEST
ERN NEBRASKA PRODUCT
Professor Howard, Just Back From
Texas, Reports on Possibil
ities of Increased Sales
"The creditable performance of cer
tified Nebraska potatoes as peed stock
in the Rio Grande valley of Texas
offers a new, undeveloped outlet for
Nebraska potatoes that will mean
thousands of dollars to the potato
growers of western Nebraska," says
Professor R. F. Howard, chairman of
the horticultural department in the
unversity agriculture college, 4 who
has just returned from an extensive
tour of that region. In conclusive ex
periments carried on by the horticul
tural department in the southern
states it has been proven that dry
land certified seed potatoes from, Ne
braska were equal or superior to those
from other states, according To the
State Journal. The potato dealers and
growers greatly appreciate the interest
shown by Nebraska in following up
their sales with such investigations as
Professor Howard has just made. This
desire on the part of the buyers for
(Continued on Page 8.)
Peter W. Collins
Will lecture Here
Thursday, April 13
Peter W, Collins, noted lecturer, who
is touring the country under the aus
pices of the Knights of Columbus, will
speak in Alliance at the Imperial
theater on Thursday, April 13. The
lecture, which will be on present-day
problems and especially directed
against radicalism, will be of interest
to every citizen and there will be no
admission charge. Mr. Collins was
scheduled to speak in Alliance on
on Kut a siulilon illness neces-
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sitated a rearrangement vi
schedule.
rvxii:..o la o laarlor In the corns'
mr. a .
of Knights of Columbus lecturers en
gaging in the nation-wide offensive
the K. of C. are conducting against or
ganized radicalism. He is acknowl
edged to be one of the best equipped
authorities on socialism, discussing all
industrial problems from the view
point of a labor, unionist in good
standing and at the same time insist
ing on the rights of capital as well
as the rights of labor. .
Serving as an industrial expert with
fivloml irovernment during the
. , on ai-tiv labor executive
war ma - ' .
for many years before the war, he
has come into contact with every
phase of the sociological-economic
problems that confront the United
States. His evidence before the New
York state assembly during the inves
tigation into the activities of socialist
members of that assembly was one of
the features of the most sensational
legislative inquiry ever conducted in
the United States.
As director general of K. or c re
construction and employment work
after the war, Mr. Collins had charge
of the functioning 01 me rv. ui v. a
Um that placed 300,000 former serv
ice men back in civilian employment
without a cent of cost to either em
ployed or employers constituting
what Secretary of Labor James J.
Davis characterizes as the most amaz
ing feat in the history of modem em-
Mr. Collins' lecture will be under
.l. AllionrA rnllnril. which
has issued a general invitation to the
public to near nun.
TRUE MILLER
NOW HEAD OF
THE C. OF C.
LLOYD C, THOMAS CHOSEN AS
SECRETARY.
Alliance Commercial Organization
Will Lead Movement for Comple
tion of the Potash Highway.
True Miller, of the firm of Coursey
it Miller, Ford dealers, was elected
president of the Alliance chamber of
commerce at a meeting of the board of
directors held Monday afternoon at
the organization's headquarters. Mr.
Miller will succeed Glen Miller who has
held the office for several terms.
True Miller has been actively iden
tified with the chamber of commerce
of the city for years, and has for two
years been a member of the board of
directors. He is one of the greatest
road boosters in the city. He stands
exceedingly well with the membership
of the organization, as well as with the
people of the city and county general
ly, and it is doubtful if the board could
have made a choice that would be more
popular. Mr. Miller, it is believed,
will do much to overcome the antagon
ism that has existed toward the
chamber of commerce in certain quar
ters, and the prospects are for one of
the most successful years in the his
tory of the organization.
The selection of Lloyd C. Thomas as
secretary should also meet with ap
proval. Mr. Thomas is well acquainted
with the county, having been a former
editor of The Herald, and is one of the
most consistent boosters that the city
possesses. He is a good publicity man,
having been correspondent for several
Omaha and Lincoln newspapers for
years, and his experience should be of
considerable value in keeping Alliance
on the map. The terms of the contract
with Mr. Thomas provide that he shall
devote a part of his time to the busi
ness of the organization and will re
ceive a nominal salary for his serv
ices. Mr. Thomas will assume charge
of the secretaryship the first of the
month.
Other officers elected were: Vice
president, J. W. Guthrie, veteran mem
ber of the board and a consistent hard
worker; and Charles Brittan, treas
urer. The board of directors now con
sists of True Miller, J. W. Guthrie,
(Charles Brittan, J. S. Ithem, A.. T.
Lunn,-W. M. Berington, Lee Moore,
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The program for the year has not
been completed, but it is understood
that considerable emphasis will be
laid on road building, and that the
Alliance organization will take a lead
ing part in the movement for the com
pletion of the Potash highway, a fed
eral and state aid road from Grand
lFland to Alliance and Hot Springs, S.
D. Although this project was ap
proved some years ago, some impor
tant links of the route remain to be
built. C. A. Newberry, newly elected
director, urged the completion of the
Potash highway as the mo3t important
work now before the chamber of com
merce, and his view was enthusiasti
cally accepted by the rest of the board.
Oil Leases Given
on Large Block of
Land North of City
The Lakeside Development company,
now drilling for oil near Lakeside, is
not the only pebble on the beach, so
far as this part of western Nebraska
is concerned. It is not generally
known, although no effort has been
made" to conceal it, that another syn
dicate has been formed, headed by
Carl Modisett and Victor I. Jeep, who
are perfectly willing to invest pome of
their potash profits in a search for oil.
The new syndicate -has leased be
tween 11,000 and 12,000 acres some
ten or twelve miles northeast of Alii-1-atul
helonsrinfr to the two
Herbert brothers, Frank .Dillon, the
ttima Mnann hrnhtvra. Rilev. Dan Law
rence, Charles Scott, Frank Trenkle
and others, as well as several scnooi
sections, are included in the acreage
leased, and o'her land has been leased
in that neighborhood. Roughly speak
inir thtk land IaasmI lies between Wild
Horse Butte and Box Hutte. unaer
the terms of the lease, drilling must
be under way by May 1, 1923.
It is understood that even if the
T jiViHa wfll should not nan out. other
test wells will be sunk in the county,
several locations having been sug
gested for the next welL The farmers
who have granted oil leases are all
very much interested in the drilling,
not alone because of the liberal royalty
nrranepment in the lea.es. but be-
ranaa thV wish A thoroUlrh test to be
made and if there is any oil under
lying their land, to learn about it.
It seems probable that drilling will
not start at least until the Lakeside
well shows some nretty eood prospects
nnd nrnduces results, althouirh the
farmers who are interested in the new
company say this will make no differ
far na th drillincr ia concerned
Avm-dinor to rpnorts reach in ir The
Herald from some of the men who
have leased land, several geologists
have gone oyer the ground, and at
loact. nnA U'icnrlaqtirk man has said
tjnat he has never seen better indica-
I HA1llfnA "TA Will"
ANdYftKd IU I lit l!
P-WORD PUZZLE
ARE COMING IN
PROSPECT FOR EXCITING CLOSE
'. TO COMPETITION
Those In Too Great a Hurry May Sub
mit a Second List All Should
Qualify for Big Prizes
Answers to our "P-word" picture
puzzle are coming in at a lively rate
and the prospects are that it is going
to be an interesting and exciting game
at the end.
They are all working at it, it seems
the boys and the girls both old and
young, tne butcher, the baker, the
candlestick maker, the "school-marm"
and the parson. But who is going to
win the prize? That Is what it will
be interesting to see. So don't be a
"piker" (even if it does begin with
"p"). Get into the game.
There is no game of chance about
this picture puzzle. It is a test of
good eye and quick wits. And the beau
ty about it is that the fellow with a
lot of book learning doesn't stand
much more show that the fellow with
only a practical education in the school
of hard knocks. The former may know
what "probocis" means but don't know
what a potato planter looks like. So
there you are.
. At any rate, when Oiey get through
with the puzzle they will both have in
creased vocabulary and their know
ledge of things "p." From an educa
tional standpoint they will be ahead.
From a financial standpoint they will
not be losers even if they should win
no prize. They ought all have the
Alliance Herald anyway. Incidental
ly, The Alliance Herald ought to get
auite a number of new subscribers, this
way -also-a very desirable result of
the game. . .
Qualify for the Big Prizes.
There are some of the answers al
ready received of which we cannot
help but feel that it is too bad that
their authors have not qualified for
the bfEirer prizes.
We have been asked by contestant.
who were in a little to big a hurry in
sending in their list of wortU, whether
they would be allowed to send in a
second list. This we havallowed. ' In
fact we invite them to do so. We
want everyone to have a full and fair
chance- Also if they desire to qualify
for a bigger prize, they of course can
do so.
In looking over the answers which
have been received so far, we find
many contestants who have not fol
lowed the rules carefully. For instance
one party includes in his list "photo"
and "photo-mount." In the first place,
if the word "photo" is used it cannot
be used again as part of a compound
word, and is the second place "photo
mount" is not in the dictionary. In the
case of "pocket-knife," that can be
used even though "pocket" is used as
they are both complete words.
Many are using verbs and adjec
tives. Only nouns, actual objects seen
on the picture count. Remember that.
Don't eet scared out by reports of
others having bigger lists than you.
The chances are that their lists are
padded with words that don't count.
D. J. Minort's
Arsenal Has
Been Looted
The Rev. B. J. Minort during his re
cent illness was robbed of some articles
which he kept in his garage, a tire
pump, and an automatic revolver,
which be kept in the, side pocket of
the car and which he avers that he
used on hunting excursions. There is
no clue as to the thief, as tne loss was
not discovered until Mr. Minort re
covered. Mr. Minort also stated that
he usually kept a rifle in the garage
but a3 this was not there at the time
of the robbery it was not taken. The
fact that the garage was a small sizea
armory evidently held no terrors for
the culprit, who had no reason to be
afraid as long as the valiant preacher
was not on hand to operate tne ar
tillery.
Fifty Boys Take
Part in the First
Kite Tournament
The first kite tournament was held
north of tKe high school Saturday
afternoon, with about fifty boys en
tered. Some of the events had to be
cancelled because of the wind condi
tions but on the whole the tournament
was as successful as could be expected.
Followinir are the winners:
1-8 mile race first, Ellsworth Ralls,
second, Johnny Holmes.
High flyer first, Albert Shad
winkle, second, James Hunter.
Hard Puller first, Bobby Pate, sec
ond, James Hunter.
Larget kite to fly Billy Irish, I
fe&t hich. -
Smallest kite to fly William Zieg,
5 inches high.
Yacht Race, Billy Fuller.
This week only a genuine Gilette
Bafet v razor for bi)c. Can you beat it t
Buv it at Holsten's. 85
City Manager's Corner
(By N. A. KEMMISH)
Saturday seems to have been an un
usual day for unpleasant things to
occur. Many times these unpleasant
experiences and disappointments can
be avoided if we would only look
things up before we start. Lat week
permission was a.ked to hang a sigh
across the street underneath the "Wel
come" sign. We went into detail g:v
Ing reasons why it was not desirable
to hang as large a sign as the one
wanted underneath but said a banner
ign of that size above the "Welcome"
sign would be O. K. We even, made a
sketch of such a sign. Someone blun
dered, however, and the sign was made
to hang underneath instead. We were
censured and criticised severely be
cause we did not allow it to be hung
underneath. It has been the practice
to allow reasonable sized signs of
public interest to be placed under
ueath the "Welcome" sign. Not long
ago, however, a sign was placed there
without permission which came nearly
causing an accident. We are about
convinced after these unpleasant ex
periences that it will be the best for
all concerned not to allow any one in
the future to place temporary signs
thereon, but place instead a perman
ent traffic sign. In placing these
signs some of the lamp sockets in the
"Welcome" sign have become broken
so that it will be necessary to take
the sign down in order to repair it,
WAITINGlOR
ALLIANCE TO
GET TOGETHER
FAILURE IS HOLDING UP
BUILDING OF ROADS
THE
Hemingford Editor Indulges In Some
Rather Interesting Reflections
on the Subject
Alliance road boosters who smile at
the recollection of that famous road
meeting held at Hemingford rome
months ago, to decide oh a compromise
route for an Alliance-Hemingford
thoroughfare, will have another op
portunity to smile. The Hemingford
Ledger has achieved the distinction of
getting another chuckle from the
road boosters not particularly - be
cause that newspaper is urging build
ing roads, but because it pictures Al
liance in the favorite role of dog in
the manger.
The Ledger pictures Hemingford
waiting anxiously for connection with
the Lincoln highway, and willing to go
through Box Butte avenue to get it
The Hemingford newspaper suggests
that the towns of the county should
"get together" and get roads where
they are needed.
Among other things, the Ledger
says:
"Our roads have been bad his spring,
and it is largely because of increased
traffic, and heavy truck hauling.
"Under the old conditions the road
question would not loom up so big,
but with an expanding acreage under
cultivation, ana in view of the hard
usage the roads get from increased
tonnage, it is a mighty vital question
to this village now.
"Scratching the surface on an east
and west road is just an irritation to
the motorist. It should be high and
wide. It carries more loads and more
traffic than any road in the county,
pnd the territory is only one tenth
developed. We must have a real road
west.
Favoritism Is Charged
"For years the north end of the
county has never seen a grader in the
time road building can be done ef
ficiently. Usually we get a grader in
July or later.
"This year it Is our turn.
"Farmers on the Hansen line six
miles south need some relief and there
should be work done north of town,
to the county line. If Bayard wants a
road north, let them show good faith
ond build their seventeen miles first
If they build seventeen miles
straight north it would be well to build
south from the Lawn Church and tie
the roads together. But as long as
they have the devil it-h hills and black
root for nine miles nortn or tne tuicn
they are not entitled to our doing
work except simultanously with them.
Alliance Must Agree
"It may be Alliance will consent to
some one road to Bridgeport some
day. They may get it then. Not
much progress will be made till they
get together on one route. Hemingford
is for any route, even through the
main street of Alliance, to get con
nection with the Lincoln highway
"Then there is the road north to the
countv line. The people out there
trade in Alliance as much as they do
in Heminirford, patronize all their con
vent ions', fairs, etc., and the towns
should 'join in getting a decent road
in this direction. Let's go and get
roads wbere they are needed." .
If you are looking for shaving com
foil at small cost, buy a genuine
Gilette safety razor this week at Hol
sten's for only S9c. 85
J. A. Hunter is very ill at his home
with the flu.
COMMISSIONERS
AND BOOSTERS
IN AGREEMENT
A COMMITTEE FROM C OF a
MAKES THE DISCOVERY.
Chadron Road Will Be Maintained la
Style and Third Street Road
Will Be Graded.
Either someone gave the chamber of
commerce a wrong steer, or els th
thought of election are foremost im .
the minds of the board of county com- ,
missioners, for when a delegation front,
the city's commercial organization
paid the board an official visit Uos.
day afternoon, it was discovered that
there wasn't a single thing to scrap
about , .
The chamber of commerce commit "
tee wanted definite assurances that the; '
Chadron road, a etate aid project, -would
be graded and put into shapV
and kept that way. It was reported
that the commissioners had not paid! -any
great attention to the Chauroa.
road since some time last fall, and that '
it is now in a pretty punk condition '
for a state aid road, which must b
maintained, according to the rules im
such cases made and provided. Farm
ers living along the road added their
complaints to others which reached;
the business men, and the story went'
out that the road was one collection
of mud holes, and sadly in need of eul
verts, grading and general repairing. '
The committee, consisting of Floyd;
Lucas, N. A. Kemmish and K. D. MaN -lery,
went before the commissioners, :
but discovered on arrival tliat the
commissioners had made plans already
to put the road in shape. New culverts '
will be installed where needed, and the -
work will start within the i.ext few
days.
The committee also requested th .
commissioners to have the Third tftieet
road, leading past the Country club
entrance and around Broncho lake,
fcraded and made to connect with the
roads leading into the citv from tL '
south. The point was made t'.ui the.
present entrance to the city from the
souui gives tourists ana kinxagers
rather poor impression of the cityw
coming as it does past the septic Unlc
and other unsightly, ill favored and.
odorous sections of the city. The com-
missioners promised to begin jrradinic
at once.
- - It is understood that the impression
that the commissioners were laying, .'
inwrt An t Vi A tfhaslwitv rnbjl uraa HliA isw
some ill considered remarks of Com
t missioner George Carrell, who is said
to have intimated that so far as he was
concerned, the road would stay in its
(Continued on Page 8.)
ASSESSORS TO
BEGIN WORK ON
FIRST OF APRIL
RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS AT
MEETING SATURDAY.
Blanks This Year Must Be 8 worn t
Precinct Assessors Net tm
Call Too Often.
Taxpayers should prepare them ,
selves for the annual onslaught of to
assessors, who will begin on the first
day of April the rounding up and list
ing of all taxable property within the.
confines of the county. The new states
revenue law is a perfect terror for
tax dedgers, and among other thing
it provides for a sworn statement of
values.
The precinct assessors, with the ex
ception of H. O. Strong of NonnartiU
who was ill, met at the office of County
Assessor John ' Piiklngton batuxoajr
afternoon and received their instruc
tions. MUs Avis Joder, county clerk,
assisted in exemplifying the secret
work of the order, giving instructions
concerning the making out oi u
schedules. Mr. niKingvon expiainea
the basis of assessment for the year
and pointed out a number ox new
classes of property which will be
taxed.
In Alliance, Mrs. S. C. Beck. Mrs, L.
1L Highland and Mose Wright will
serve as assessors. County Assessor
Pilkington has an idea that in a good
many cases, women are better judges
of value than men, and therefore will
try out his theory in the residence dis
tricts. Other precinct assessors are:
Boyd, Tom Lawler, jr.; Box Butte,
William Lorance; Dorsey, W. ?. John
son; Liberty, Ivan Meeker; Lawn, Joe
Duhon; Lake, A. H. Grove; Nonpareil,
H. O. Strong; Snake, J. J. Burke;
Wright, George H. Uagaman.
Mr. Tilkington points out another
variation from the usual custom. The
assessors will call at the homes once,
and if unsuccessful in finding their
victims, will cU a second and perhaps
a third time, but if there is any ground
for the suspicion that taxpayers are
hiding out and deliberately attempting
to miss the schedule makers, then mu
attempt at conveniencing will cease
Lat year's assessment will be taken
Jtions.
ana a iu per cent penalty added,