THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1922
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State Tourney Will
He Closed This
Year is Now Planned
This year will roe the renewal of
the old Nebraska closed tennis meet.
Lust year an open meet was held and
number of Western stars stopped off
tn their way to eastern champion
Bhins, although the meet wbh taken by
Nebraska man, Kalph Powell. Pow
ell is now abroad ami there will hence
be more of a chance for the lesser
lights to came into fame. The meet
vill be held on the University courts
lit Lincoln, and will undoubtedly have
entries from all over the state. It is
planned to begin the meet August 7,
and it will probably run for three or
four days. The western meet will
probably le held before this and the
champion of this meet might enter
the state title cometition.
A local city tournament will un
doubtedly be held later in the year tnd
this might develop a few fast players
to enter the mcstcm meet Most of
last year's tourney entries. Including
Frank C. Prince, city champion, will be
here this year. This will probably bo
keld under the auspices of the newly
organized Alliance Tennis club, and on
their courts which are to be built on
West Third street.
Teams Are Working1
Out In Earnest
For Western Meet
Morrill high is evidently preparing
for a real 4ack team this year as they
have been practicing on this line of
sport since the close of the football
season. The Morrill rooters are plan
ning to send a special train and have
asked Coach Prince to help them in
making arrangements. There is no
doubt that Morrill will be strong, as
last year they put a remarkably well
balanced team that won the meet.
ScottsblufT is working hard and Bay
ard reports 25 men out for practice.
Nothing has been heard from Sid
ney, but this town specializes in bas
ket bnll and has never put a practical
ly strong team in the field. Gering
may show some strength, and is re
garded as rather a dark horse. The
locals nre conceded to be the favorites,
and with a number of veterans the real
battle should be between them and
Morrill.
Trophies Are Donated
For Western Nebraska
Track and Field Meet
All the cups reeded for the western
Nebraska high school track meet have
now been donated, according to Coach
F. C. IVinre, who is in charge of the
meet. The Lions club has donated a
large 20 inch cup to be presented to
the team winning the meet. W. K.
Harper has given a cup to be given to
the winning relay team and H. F.
Thiele has given a cup for the winner
of individual honors. Mr. Harper's
cup is a 15 inch trophy and the Thiele
cup is 15 inches hiirh. With these
trophies to battle for the athletes
should put up a real scrap in every
event. The cups w ill be inscribed with
the name of the honor and the man or
team winning it. They will be dis
played later, as soon as they arrive.
Sutton Will Enter the
Inter-Schoolastic Meet
At Chicago University
Sutton high, winner of the Nebraska
interschoolast:c basket ball title will
participate in the national high school
championship tournament to be held at
Chicago university, starting Wednes
day, April 5. Sutton now holds the
championship of three states, having
recently defeated Yankton, S. D., the
champions of North nnd South Da
kota. The exnenses of the trip are
being shouldered by Sutton business
n en. Yankton is also entered.
Any speculation as ' to Sutton's
chances at the tournament must be
based Folely on guesswork as there is
nothing by which comparison can be
made. Judging by the past, however,
the Nebraska champs will have to step
fast if they expect to win, as Missouri,
Kansas, and other states in this section
of the country seem to put out the
fastest basket ball players.
The Sutton team, however, has the
ii putation of being especially well bal
anced, and a team of this sort will
mcceed where a team with one or two
frturs will fail to cop the bacon. 1
Frank Broome's
Reniiniscenscs on
Alliance Land Office
Apropos of the closing of the land
oflice at Alliance, ordered to take place
between now and June, F. M. Broome
of the Antioch News indulges in a
column of reminiscences. He says in
part:
The history of land offices in north
west Nebraska, covering a period of
forty years, is full of reminiscences
for those who have been associated
with its business. The first of the
offices created prior to the advent of
settlers in this northwest territory
was at Valentine, established there
hugely through influence of Congress
man Valentine and the first registrar
be ng Judge Tucker, onevof the be: t
kr.own and leading attorneys of the
Northwestern in northwest Nebraska.
The writer of this article performed
clerical work for that land office in its
early infancy and after the vicissitudes
of many years had the honor of
officating as pall bearer after its eyes
had closed in death.
President Cleveland being the first
democratic president elected since the
civil war, naturally there was pressing
demand for creations of new jobs for
the faith and accordingly the district
was divided and another office created
at Chadron. A. W. Crites, receiver,
ran the office in a very able and con
scientious manner, and General Mont
gomery, the regi.-ter, a kindly old
gentleman, was perfectly willing that
he should do so, as, long as he was
enabled to draw his salary and play
solo. John G. Muher was then clerk
in the office and with a disposition to
always he in the limelight of publicity,
naturally he and the receiver had fie
mient clashes resulting in promoting
John to county clerk and subsequently
to higher positions.
Fred W. Dorrington, capta'n of the
Chadron fire department, Having ren
dered valuable service to Congress
man Porsey, with the accession of
Benjamin Harrison to the throne,
naturally a position had to be created
for him and a land office was estab
lished at Alliance, with Captain Dor
rington as register and James H. Dan
skin as receiver. These two gentle
men, each being desirous of shining
the more conspicuously, sjient their
time largely in making speeches
through the county and scrapping with
each other, while James H. H. Hewitt,
chief clerk, performed the largest
share of the work.
In the whirligig of time, Mr. Cleve
land again ascended the throne. The
J Alliance office was maintained largely
to furnish salaries so that in the
change of officers following the change
of administration, in order to give the
new officers something to do to earn
their salaries, the Chadron office was
abolished and consolidated with the
Alliance office.
I John W. Wehn was the register and
this humble writer was the receiver,
and being always socially inclined,
suggested a blowout in celebration of
the consolidation that culminated in
the biggest celebration of a social
nature ever held in the northwest. It
was the only occasion that General
Pvddle, with his staff of officers and
their wives, then stationed at Fort
Robinson, ever condescended to mingle
with civilians in the outer world, and
believe me, the booze that flowed that
night was in quantity sufficient to float
little Walter Jackson down the stair
way, an I that was going some.
With the accession of President Mc
Kinley to the throne; Captain Dorring
ton again came into his own and held
it until the time of his sudden and un
expected death, When Bruce Wilcox:
was appointed, Captain W. R. Akers
holding on as receiver until after King;
Woodrow ascended the throne when
T. J. O'Keefe was appointed register
and John Morrow receiver. Durinjc
and throughout all of those many
changes, Judge Hewitt continued hold
ing the position of chief clerk, which
meant the whole works, so far as du
ties of the office were concerned, "ex
cepting for a brief period; and finally
as a reward for long and faithful
service, the offices of register and re
ceiver were consolidated into the one
office of receiver, to which position he
was appointed and has held for the
past year or more and is now by order
of the department to relinquish that
the office may be abolished and the
records transferred to Lincoln.
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