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Official Paper of Box Dulte County
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Paper of the City of Allianct
VOLUME XXIX
(Ten Pages)
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1922.
No. 43
M.F.GEBHART IS
WINNER IN THE
HERALD CONTEST
HIGH SCORE A ITH ONLY 122 ((lit
rect W ORDS
Hig LiN Without Exception I.o-d Out
Because of Wrung Words and
the Penalties
e
THE WINNERS
FIRST M. F. Gebhart, 523 East
Third Street.
SECOND James Hunter, Jr., 721
ltox Butte.
TH1RO Raymond Weyren. 901
Cheyenne.
FOURTH Miss Jessie Moravek,
Curley, Neb.
FIFTH Miss Louise Cogswell, 802
Cheyenne.
SIXTH Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Mul
lane, 510 Sweetwater.
After a good many hours of careful,
hard work, the three judges in The
Herald's P-word puzzle contest fin
ished grading the answers and decided
on the winners. The task was con
siderably more difficult than either the
judges or the publishers had antici
pated, but the judges got interested in
the game while they were deciding on
the winner and enjoyed it, despite the
fact that it was somewhat tedious and
long-drawn out. County Judge I. E.
Tash, City Manager N. A. Kemmish
and Superintendent of Schools W. It.
Pate served as judges.
The three judges knew nothing of
the identity or the classification of the
various contestants until they had de
cided upon the six winners. Each an
swer, as it arrived, was given a num
ber and all names or marks of iden
tification were removed. The judges
worked with the numbered answers un
til they had completed their labor, and
they did not even know the class to
which the various contestants were
assigned.
In determining the awards, the num
ber of correct words was first decided
upn. The master list compiled by the
artist arrived in a registered letter
and this letter was opened by the
,lraE tliomifilvoa It rnntiiinpd an-
proximately 165 words. The judges
then went over several lists and de
termined upon additional words that
were not contained in the master list,
but were considered correct. When
thev had decided upon the words that
were admissible, which occupied fully
half of the time they put in, they
proceeded to grade the papers accord
ing to the list they had decided upon
as containing the correct words.
Big Lists Lose Out.
Of the six winners, not one had
more than 160 words listed. There
were more words that could have been
found, and there were many lists which
contained as many as 250 to 300 words.
The big lists, however, without excep
tion lost out because of the penalties.
Under the rules, which were designed
to give every contestant a fair show,
every contestant was allowed to sub
mit as many words as he or she e'e
sired. The 'conditions of the contest
contained a statement of the penalty
clause for wrong words. Every one
who submitted a list was allowed a
margin of fifteen incorrect word-, to
allow lor dill'erences of opinion. There
was no penalty where the winner had
fifteen words or less which were con
sidered wrong. If over fifteen words
were wrong, however, there was de
ducted from the score a numlior equal
to the total of the wrong words over
fifteen. This played hob with the lis:
lists.
The totu scoie of correct words of
the winner was 122. He submitted a
list of 135 words, r.nd of thc.-e the
judges found 13 to l e incorrect. '1 he
incorrect words were deducted from 1 is
total, but lie was not penalized addi
tional words l.ecau.-e the total incor
rect was under fifteen. The Winner t-i
the second prize had the Mimo number
of iri'-'oiToct word.-, but his list con
tained but i:5 1. The third prize win
ner, llavmond Weyrcns, submitted
157 words, but 26 of these were found
to be incorrect. When the twenty-six
were deducted, together with a pen
altv of 11, the number of incorrect
words over the fifteen allowed, his
score was brought down lower than
the other two, although he had more
correct words than either of the win
ners. Reason for the Penalty.
Some of the contestants may be cur
ious as to the reason for placing a
ienalty for wrong words. If there had
been no penalty for wrong words, then
there would have been no real contest.
Anyone could have taken an un
abridged dictionary and written down
all the nouns beginning with P, and it
wouldn't have been necessary to nave
looked at the picture at all.
Under the rules of the contest, only
the names of objects beginning with F
were to be counted. Vet dozens of
the contestants combed the dictionary
and listed adverbs 'and adjectives by
the score. Such words as "Particu
(Continued on Page 10)
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Alliance and vicinty:
Fair tonight and Saturday. Somewhat
warmer tonight.
Women's Club
of Ilcmihsford
Against Falty
The Ilemingford Woman's club at
their meeting .ipril 1, adopted a
resolution showing just how much
'hey think of the jury's "vindication'
Ko.-coe C. ("tally' ) Arbuckle, who
ecently acquitted, at the close of
' trial, ol the chaige of causine
"f Yirgina Rappc, film star,
io. '15, voze party at a Los An-
geie.. ' "-ist Labor day.
Sincb .ev, ' arrest, motion pic
ture theui 7ft ds part of the coun
iry have not jwn any Ai buckle re
leases, but following the acquittal, it
was understood that an attempt would
be made by the film companies to
see whether the public would stand
for the fat comedian. The resolution
by the Hemingiord club women an
swers that question for their commun
ity. It reads as follows:
"We, the women of the Hemingford
Woman s club, pledge ourselves that
we will never sit through any picture
featuring Roscoe Ai buckle. A copy cf
mis resolution to be punted in our
home paper, in the county papers urn!
a copy sent to the district convention,
to be forwarded to the state conven
tion."
will rl. nays, czar ot the movie
world, has recently ordered that Ros
coe be consigned to the discard, pend
ing a secret investigation. But if the
movement started here by the Hemin,j
ford club spreads to any great extent.
Mr. Hays will find his problem .solved
for him.
LUCK IS WITH
17-YEAR-OLD IN
POLICE COURT
ESCAPES PROSECUTION UN DEI
THE MANN ACT.
Two Girls and Youth From the Valle
Meet With Disaster While on a
Trip to Alliince.
Minnie Stott, 17, and Mrs. Margaret
O'Hara, 19, both pretty, were arrested
Tuesday evening at the depot by Spe
cial Officer Martin, and changed with
occupying rooms with two men to
which neither were married, Lynn
Drake with the former and Alois Ash
bum with the latter. Ashburn was
also arrested, although Drake had left
for Lincoln before the arrests were
made. Those captured were given a
hearing in police court Thursday
morning and fined $10 and- costs
or $15 each. Mrs. O'Hare's hus
band, who arrived for the trial, paid
the fines of the two girls, while Ash
bum's father paid the fine of the boy.
The boy maintained that he was 19
years old, but his father informed the
officers that he was not yet 17. Ac
cording to the story the boys started
from Torrington, Wyo., and the girls
joined them, boarding the train at
Mitchell, the girls paying their own
way, and in this way freeing the young
men of any liability under the Mann
act. They registered at the hotel
Monday night, and were in Alliance all
day Tuesday, being arrested Tuesday
evening at the depot, when the officers
became suspicious, from the actions of
the couples. They were taken to the
city jail and held there until the
hearing.
Mrs. O'Hara, the officers believe to
he an old offender, while they believe
that this is the Scott girl's first ex
perience Both maintained that they
had never been arrested before. Al
burn's father.s who came from Scotts
blutf to attend the hearing, has lot his
left leg, ju-t above the knee, and is
forced to u-e crutches to walk. When
h;s son was fined he looked at him
with sorrow, and said "Son, your
father is 62 years old i.nd has never
yet been in the hands of the police. I
hope that this will be a lesmn to you."
Judge Berry, in fining the young
man, said, "Young man, you are escap
ing a Inderal white tlave charge, and
a ttate charge, either of whicli would
put you in the penitentiary for at
least one year. You are not lie'ni
charged with these only liecause of
the mercy of the officers, but I ho
that you will realize the seriousness of
this crime, and go straight." The boy
who is a large red-headed fellow hung
his head and promised to reform.
O'Hara although paying hw wife's
fine and Minnie Stotfs, said that he
was going to turn them over to their
families. All three were released and
left town at 1 o'clock Thursday.
DE MOLAY NOTICE.
Public installation of officers at
Masonic Temple Monday, April 24, at
7:30 p. m. 42
Frank C. Hashman and Mary M.
Mayone, were married Thursday after
noon at 4 o'clock by Judge Tash. Mr.
Hashman is the son of County Com
missioner Cal Hashman. The newly
married couple will live near Alliance.
ALLIANCE LIONS
ARE GUESTS OF
THE R0TAR1ANS
REV. K. C. NEWLAND or CRAW
FORD PRINCIPAL SPEAK Fit.
Tells of Factors Necessary for Per
manent Growth of Any
Community,
The Alliance Rotary club was host
to the members of the Lions club on
Wednesday evening at the Alliance
Hotel Palm Room at a dinner which
was featured by at least two kinds of
harmony and which was one of the
most enjoyable occasions in the history
of either club. Practically the entire
membership of both organizations was
present, and the seating arrangements
were such that the eaters of raw meat
were sandwiched in among those ad
dicted to other diet, and no casualties
resulted, although several times during
the singing contests there was danger
ot apoplexy and other explosions.
There were a number of songs and
vocal comjetitions during the dinner
and preceding the speakers, under the
leadership of Perc Cogswell, master
of song for the Rotarians. The follow
ing program was followed, more or
less laithfully, the fact that the pro
gram was printed in Latin putting
the auu ence at a disadvantage. They
never did discover whether the re
marks had anything to do with the
subject. The program included:
Vereor laudare praesentum Past
President Charlie Sltgle, Rotary club.
Non lubet fugere President Ed
Burr, Lions club.
Solo, Cupio me esse clemente---Mr.
Dingey.
Si qui exiie volunt, conivere possum
E. C. Newland, Crawford, Neb.
Mr. Dingey sang three numbers and
concluded his part of the program, by
requect, witn "Rule at the Circus."
Dr. C. E. Slagle past president of
the Rotarians, welcomed the guests,
and Ed Burr, president of the Lions
club, responded.
hollowing the talk of Mr. Newland,
a Lions club quartet, composed of
John W. Guthrie, W. D. Nolan, B. G.
Bauman and Calvin D. Walker sang
several verses of a song of their own
composition, a parody on "Brother
.Noah, in which they paid their re
sists to their hosts. The number,
authorship of which is attributed to
Mr. Guthrie by other members of the
quartet, got over big and drew heavy
applause.
Community Co-operation.
E. C. Newland, who enjoyed h':.:
self thoroughly until the toastmaster,
W. It. Pate, disclosed the fact that he
was a minister, was the principal
speaker of the evening. Mr. Newland
has spent a number of years in the
ministry, at present being pastor of
the Methodist church in his home city,
but has also tried farming, thorough
bred stock raising and other interesting
occupations. He discussed "Commun
ity Co-operation from all or his
points of view and made a most in
teresting address.
Farmers the world over are more or
less antagonistic to the townspeople,
especially the business men, Mr. New-
land declared, and there is no real
reason for their attitude. This an
tagonism is usually especially directed
toward the chamber of commerce.
Even when a country is settling up,
the speaker said, the feeling of an
tagonism begins the minute some man
puts up a tent and starts to sell groc
eries. He pointed out thit the inter
ests of the farmers and business men
are identical and that the real aim of
all commercial organizations worthy of
the name is co-operation.
Western Nebraska, he said, has not
developed its commerce and industries'
to the point that is possible. Every
other part of the country is send'ng in
supplies 11 ml manufactured articles of
one kind and another, and the Liir op
portunity for the future here lies ir-indu.-trial
development. Railroad fa
cilities are good and there is no real
reason why western Nebraska should,
not inanui actuie many of the thing-,
mat it uses.
Mr. Newland discussed the factor.
thal go to maVe a successful city, li ;t
ing among them ho pital faeilit'e '
good churches; good schools and good
homes.
Poor Kind of Economy.
Tlrs part op the country, he de
clared, is noted for its shabby churches
and its imposing public buildings. A
good church building in this part o'.
the country is a marked exception.
A number of cities and towns over
the country are using the wrong kind
of economy, Mr. Newland declared, in
lowering the salaries of their school
faculties. Not only does this result in
cutting expenses, which seems to be
the thing chiefly desired, but it re
sults in poorer schools. He told how
good schools draw citizens to a com
munity, and how the doubtful economy
of sacrificing standards and efficiency,
made citizen who desire the best for
their, children seek homes in other
communities.
The home should be the real center
of community life, the speaker de
clared, saying that he would rather
have his daughter interested in her
room at home and planning to make it
more beautiful than to have her the
best known flapper in western Nebraska.
ROAD PROGRAM
OF 1917 HOLDS
STATE APPROVAL
RESOLUTION ON COUNTY AM
STATE RECORDS.
Cinrilii"- Road Situation as RegnrJ
t ic Ch:ul ron, Crawford mid
Bridgeport :ti:cl.
County Commissioners George W.
Duncan and C. L. Hashman, in session
this week at the court hou.-e. have
called attention to the fact that a res
olution was passed by the Box Ru'te
county 1:0am ot commissioners on
August 25, 11)17, designating as sti-te
and fedorU aid roads the proposed
nignways known as the "Bridgeport,
'Chadion, ' and "Crawford" 10 ids,
and thut the resolution design iting
these roads was accepted by the state
engineers oil ice at Lincoln.
The existence of tho t-unliitim vnu
discovered by Secretary Lloyd Th in;:s
of the Alliance Chnmbcr of Commerce,
who is spending a large portion of his
lime on the road situation. Commis
soiners Hashman and Duncan were ot
the opinion thnt the resolution hud
been passed, but did not believe that
it had leen placed on the record...
On Wednesday Secretary Thmias
wired the state engineer's office at
Lincoln as follows: "Have you on file
in your office a valid resolution passed
by Box Butte county commissioners
ubout three years ago, requesting that
road fiom Alliance southwest thing
Burlington railroad to Morrill courty
line, near IiCtan, be designated as sttte
eileral niil hiirhw.'iv nml if -0 iu vniil
resolution recognized still in effect?"
Reso'.ulion Still In Effect.
The following answer was recei 'ed
Wednesday afternoon: "Such a res
olution passed by county boaid August
25, 1'J17; accepted by us Octolier 1st
rnd is still in effect, since no amending
resolution has been passed and accept
ed. (Signed) G. K. lxonard, Assistant
Secretary."
Mr. Thomas and County Clerk Avis
Jcxler then made a seurch of the rec
ords Thursday morning, finding the
resolution as given below. Commis
sioners Hashman and Duncan, who
were nt the court house, were much
gratified to learn it was of record and
stili in effect, as it will clarify the road
situation in the county to a certain
e.tent at least.
Commissioners Hashman, Duncan
'; Lhng were present at the meeting
w '.idi the resolution was 'passed,
.t reads as follows:
"Alliance, Nebraska, August 25,
!!17. ' Board of County Commission
ers met pursuant to adjournment. All
mcmters present. And the lollowmg
proceedings were had:
"Be it resolved, that the county
Board of Commissioners of Box Butte
county, Nebraska, at this special meet
ing, at the court house in Alliance,
Nebraska, on this 25th day of August,
1917. hereby accept all of the provis
ions of the Federal and State Aid Road
Acts, as provided in House Bill 7616 of
the 64th Congress of the United
States (39 Stat. 355), and House Roll
722 of the lt17 session of the Ne
braska legislature, approved April 19,
1917, and make application tor state
(Continued on Page 10)
Sheriff Issues a
Warning to Farmers
to Watch Harness
Sheriff J. W. Miller has issued a
warning to farmers in regard to har-
ess thieves at work in the county.
His language is quite firm. There is,
he says, a gang of these thieves nt
work, and dozens of thcits hae been
reported.
rarmers should take all nieciu-m-,"
the sheriff says. "In tho first
place, kee p the harness locked up in a
afe place. J hen look it over cmetu'ly
and be sure you cimi identify ;t :n tne
event it is stolen. Every farm in the
county po.-ses.-es a ht of harness, and
ilip officers cannot recover it lor yc u
uido.-s you know absolutely v.h.'t your
harness looks like ;:nd are :ib!o to p''-k
it out of a do.en other rets The
best remedy is to prevent it brin stol
on. If necessary, load up an old farh
ioned shotgun and give the thief .some
thing to remember you by."
Dodge Touring
Car Presented to
Popular Pastor
Rev. Stephen J. Epler was this
morning informed by a committee of
friends that his new Dodge touring car
was ready for him at any time that he
wanted to begin taking lessons in driv
ing it. A committee of frienis, in
cluding a number of Scottish Rite
Masons and members of the local T.
P. A., have been quietly circulating
among Mr. Epler's friends during the
past week or ten days, and -he auto
mobile is the gift of some two hundred
separate contributors. Mr. Epler has
been a hard worker for both the Scot
tish Rit and the T. P. A., snd the
minute word of the gift became noised
abroad, there was a rush of contribu
Special Kleclion
Only Way to Change
School Location
According (o a letter received this
wei'lf In- I 'fintii'.- An,.. f 1... . .
1 , .' -"". .iuin m i.vo i,;ise,
(.in me piomom up to tne attor
ney gei.eial s oil ice, the only w ay to
eoeii a cnange in (lie location of the
new school would be by means of u
soeird elation. This will take from
SIVtV to 11, net V fl.iva im,l Ihn
board is not of nnc miml nn f lm mittnv
(although some members indicate that
1 iney win welcome an election.
I Therefore: 1hoo u-lm m-n in ......
of the project have the opportunity to
get busy with ixtitions. It is under
stood that here are some r "ens v ho
will file an injunction if any attempt
is made to change the location vithout
a special election, and the board has no
intention, it is said, of having the
building program held up by court i c
tion ol ihw Wiinl
The architect, it is reported, is very
much in favor of another location than
the one chosen, although he does not
particularly tare where it may be.
Fire Department
Was Called Out
This Afternoon
v.,.,-r.
The fire department was called out
this afternoon to put out a fire at
the home of John Hodgkinson, 901
Big Horn. The cause of the fire is Ik
lieved to have been sparks from the
chimney, which ignited the roof of
the house and burned a hole about 5
feet across before tho fire truck
reached the scene. L!ttle difficulty
was encountered in putting out, the
blaze, but some t rouble was had 'with
the fire truck which broke down after
reaching the fire.
1NMATE0FTHE
POOR FARM IS
HEW IN JAIL
INSANITY HEARING SET FOR
THIS AFTERNOON.
W. A. Dunlop Attacked Tom Larg-
lord, Another ( ounty I harge,
With an Iron Rod.
Tom Langford, 83 years of ae, n
county charge, is now in a serious con
dition at the county poor farm, as a
result 'of a -murderous attack' made
upon him by W. A. Dunlop, another
pauper, a man about 65 ye.xtn old.
Langford is under medical care at the
county farm, while Dunlop is held in
the county jail awaiting a hearing be
fore the insanity board, or if he is ad
judged sane, possibly other charges.
The trouble between Langford and
Dunlop has been brewing for some
time, the main point of dissension,
being that Dunlop who when tiot in
the grip of a murderous rage is in
tensely religious, believes that Lang
ford, who is an inveterate smoker, can
never enter heaven unless he gives up
his pipe. Oiii.e before Dunlop knocked
Langtord's pipe from his mouth, when
the smoker rose in his wrath and pro
ceeded to administer a beating to the
religious fanatic. Dunlop in retalia
tion oiiened the windows in the rcom
occupied by the two men on the cold
est winter days. The final breaking
point was reached Wednesday, when
Dunlop secured an iron io, which had
leen a part of a cultivator, and bat
Langford about the head and arms,
until he was exhausted. Langford's
face is beyond recognition, immense
swell'ngs having appeared on h:s head
and neck, his fare being lacerated by
lie end of the rod, and practically cut
to ri;)!;ons. One eye has been s-erinu.-ly
gouged, an I although it is so swe lled
that it cannot be opened, it is thought
that .'ome hope can be held out ur
his sight in this eye.
Dr. Slagle was railed and attended
the injured 11:. n, niter which Commis
sioner ll-i-hman filed a complaint al
h'in in-ani'y for whicli the hearing
uus it 2 o'clock this afternoon II
Dunlop is not found insane it is prob
able that another charge will Ik' filed
apiin-t him, of assault with intent to
kill, for this was apparently his inten
tion, but if this is done it will be some
time later in order that langfoid's
tni' condition may be ascertaiiii d.
Both of these men are cripples,
I.arigiord being twisted with rheuma
tism, and Dunlop leing paralyzed on
the It-it .-ide from a stroke some years
ago. lie, however, has full use of his
right arm to the extent that any man
of his age and health may be said to
have. Langford was rejiorted today
as doing as well as could be expected,
and it is thought that he will recover
in spite of the severity of his injuries.
AN APPRECIATION.
To the many friends who contributed
towards the purchasing of a car for
Mr. Epler and family we take this
means of publicly expressing our gra
titude and appreciation. Our desire is
that we may be able to be of greater
service to Alliance and community.
42p Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Epler.
The ladies of the Episcopal guild
will hold a Monte Carlo whist party
at the Parish house next Tuesday ft-
ernoon at z:ju o clock.
SCHOOL BOARD
LETS CONTRACT
F0RBUILD1NGS
BIDS OPENED MONDAY AFTER.
NOON AT POSTOFFICE.
Cost of Two Structures Will Necessl
Inte the Reminding
$50,000 Bonds.
The board of education of the AHi
ance city schools, at a meeting held at
7 p. m. Thursday, went over bids
which were opened nt nn afternoonv
session, anil awarded the contracts for
the new high school building and th
new east side grade school. Oscar
Almquist of Central Citv, Neb., wm
commissioned to build the new high
school, the contract price being $137,
174, and the contract for the grade
school went to the George M. Robert
son company of Lincoln, the success
ful bid being $27,858.
Plumbing, heating and electrical
fixtures for the two buildings will cost
an additional $37,2:17, the Sheehin
company of Omaha bidding $28,850
for the high school and $8,37 for th
grade school and winning both con
tracts.
The school board, when asking for
bids, hoped that both buildings could
be built for $180,000 and that th
plumbing and heating could bo secured
for anothnr 'l) nun ih.
them to get through the building pro-
Krain uy using only UU.OUO Ot Ut
$250,000 bonds voted by the district.
As soon as the bids were opened, how- '
ever, it was discovered that this would
be impossible and that the remaining;
Sf.niKlfl nt linn.ta i-ill V.n I. U i,.
- " ..11. 1 1 i. t4j uwj
hucmI. According to the belief of th
uoam memoer, uie additional $50,000
Will rnvpr n II ov hnn ud in i-mv lm
with the furnishing of the buddings ,
and fixing up the grounds', and will
cnuble the program to be completed ia
its entirety.
Plenty of Bidders.
The hid4 Wfiiv n I o n n 1 1 nt a cacoIam
- - - -" ' "fivn
held at .1 p. m. at the federal build-
M'l. . . ...
ing. iiie room was crowded witft
hiflllrt Unit tVinit l-nni'iLAnl iirA. a.
well as interested citizens. Fred Har
ris opened the bids, and the architect,
who wn nn-.jnnt tnlm!..! nl Oiam U '
.M.v.lhV V. (.IU.,!. lift
lorm to lie considered by the board at
is evening session.
Following is n list nf tho hi, to u-Viii-t.
were opened on the high school, grada
1 . I 1 . L. ft I . . I r m
scnooi or ooin. i nese dius were Daseu
on the original plans, but the board
decided to use one of the alternatives
instead of adhering to the original
specifications, in order to cut the cost
unmeurhfit.- The rhnncra ai IKa hK
stitution of yellow pine Mooring and
nmsn ior nam wood ami trie ei.nuna
tion of enameled brick in the gymnas
ium. Mr. Almquist's bid on the or
iginal specifications was $140,121).
Other bids on the original specifica
tions were:
$161,091. grade school S3S.0U0: both.
$197,091.
Ernest Laergren, Minatare, grad
school, $33,351.
Jonea Conkt motion Cn Omaha ViiVk
school, $148,070; grade school, $34,0oo;
uotn, im,uuv.
Oscar Almquist, Central City, high
school $110,129: made school. S.:5.0iiU;
both, $173,095.
h. Koka.hr & Sons, Lincoln, high
school. S14(.229: grade school. $!()..
000; both, $181,000.
1 nomas t.asiergard, Norfolk, higfi
school, $157,100; grade school, $3o,
7.2; both, $191,872.
A. 1. Biessler, Gering, high school,
$100,520; grade school, $8,324; both
.'199,724.
C. II. Fuller, Alliance, hith school,
$151,020.
Ilaivey E. Wood, Aurora, grade
school, $31,7.05.
G. M. Lobert.-on, Lincoln, high
school SI 10,514; grade school, $27,858;
both, f 1 7.1. 1 12.
Henry Olson & Sons Co., David City,
high school, $14.07C; grade school,
$.;o,977; both $177,099.
Fied Young, Jr., Linroln, high
school, C 102,70; grade school, $35,
KA); both, $ I'.i.-i.iX'..
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Second Performance
of Hoy Scout Show
a Genuine Success
The Boy Scout minstrel was pre
sented for the second time Thursday
evening at the Imperial theatre, th
show making the same hit this time as
the last. There were a few changes io
the program, Lois Harper, daughter
of A. 11. Harper singing a song as a
specialty before the minstrel show
proper. This made a big hit with the
audience and wa3 one of the best feat
ures of the show.
The specialties by Howard Cogswell
and by Josephine Wright and Law
rence Kemmish were well recei.--d and
encores for the songs in the minstrel
show were as enthusiastic as st th
previous showing. These young people
are surely to he congratulated on
being able to put on a show that would
draw two houses of the size of thes
in Alliance. A. H. Harper, the di
rector, is deserving of the highest
praise for being able to put on as good
a show as this with players so youaf