vniciai taper or uox Lutte County TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY An fimiiav Official Taper of the City of Alliance) UL.UMH, AA.LX (Eight Paces ALLIANCE. HOY RTITTP. PnTTVTV WR1!Paci:. titctuv t. - - - wwif 'nxkdK.'iYxi, i Liiowni, au . l No. 43 COOK HOPES TO FIND SKELETON OFTHE APE-MAN GEOLOGIST DOING HIS BEST TO COMPLETE DISCOVERY. His Ambition Is to Have the Federal Government Make Fossil Hods Permanent Exhibit. It... -1 1 i. i . . 11:1111111 1 iiiik (mil niri - r nti.i i.n : ;.: , '7",' uc' vu uoverer to a ColumblM H; hn; e7m" ar.ee chamber f commerce, J. S. of the quote in.SH.nR link unquote ployed in AHiant-c for the "msT two or phein. chairman of the road commit Z , i - i r " h,s ran?" three months. Young McConnell s 1 tec. brought up the proposition of an near Agate, a short distance north-' father an ived in Alliance Monday and Alliance-Agate road. He Sed out Vest 01 A l.ance. today ai v an 1 ,v. nrriimnun a.l h;n, .u.... .i.- . .' "e Ppmiect out Thomas, secretary of th Alfinl chamber of commerce, that he is hope ful of securing the complete remains of the iiuote Hesperopithecus Harold oki unuote, which is the name jiiven the ape-man from which jaw the tooth came, by Dr. Henry Fairfield Os bom of the American Museum of Na tional history of New York whose strongest wish is for only a jaw. If iiaroiu cook s hunt is successful, Dr. Osbom will not only have the inw but. wnoie sKeieton ot tne ape-man. Mr. Cook in his statement today said, quote the newspaper articles that have appeared so far are very ac curate, and not of a yellow journal type of sensationalism to which such a discovery readily lends itself. I sup pose that will come later and I sup pose that I will now soon have our friend and compatriot W. J. B. listing me olTicially among the black sheep xvho are so foolish as to want real facts regardless of whether they fit our preconceived interpretations or nou i sureiy nope mat we succeed in getting the complete remains of this type. At least we are doing our best to do so. Unquote. The Alliance chamber of commerce on Monday officially established the Agate highway, to extend from this city to the fossil beds on the Harold Cook ranch, via Hemingford. This city, being the natural embarking point for an auto trip to the fossil beds, will mark the new highway and pee that it is maintained for tourist travel. The roads to the fossil beds and the museum on the Cook ranch are jrood and will undoubtedly be traveled by hundreds of tourists during coming months. Since his graduation from the Nebraska state university years ago, Harold Cook, has been, accumulating fossils from the beds on his ranch, formerly his homestead, until today he Jias a collection in his ranch home A large audience asembled at the -which is the only one in the world Imperial theatre Sunday afternoon to containing certain prehistoric sped- v. '1 , . . ' ' . men. It is his ambition to have the Jfar a ,ecture b' Jude Samuel w government make the fossil beds a Greene, C. S., of Louisville, Ky., a permanent and protected exhibit, with a suitable building erected over them and to house the hundreds of fossils which he has now in his home. It is the opinion of Mr. Cook and other ideologists that the fossil beds have only been scratched and that future, research and excavation work on a larger scale will reveal to the world secrets which may help solve the miss in? link problem. Completion of the North Star Link Winning Approval The pending completion of the "missing link" in the North Star high way between Bridgeport and Alliance is meeting with approval from all di rections. A letter to the Alliance chamber of commerce from Harry H. Burhans. executive secretary of the Denver Tourist and Publicity bureau, Fays: "Many thanks indeed for the in-, formation on the North Star highway relative to the completion of this route between Bridgeport and Alliance, mak ing the route passable into the Black Hills of South Dakota. We have in numerable inquiries about this route and this information helps us mater ially." Elton Harris Drew Suspended Fine for Illegal Possession On complaint of Leopold Koestner, who conducts a di'nce at his farm east of Alliance, Elton Harris, Mm of R. L. Harris, farmer near Alliance, wa? ar rested some days ago and a complaint of illegal possession of intoxicating li.iucr was lodged atrr.in-t hiin in coun ty court. A lottle containing some liquor was found in his possession. At a hearini' before Juh;e Tash, the youth pleaded guilty to the charge und'on promise of good Uhavior drew a supended fine of $100, paying co.-ts of $S. Work Proceeding on the Alliance Tourist Camp Work on the Alliance tourist camp, adjoining the city park on the south, is proceeding rapidly under direction of City Manager Kemmish. Trees are heir.g set out, the camp is being fenced and city water is being piped into the camp, which will be ready for use by the time the tourist season sets in. THE WEATHER Forecast for Alliance an.l vicinity: Partly cli inly "tonight an.l .somewhat unsettled tonight an.l Wednesday. Not much change in temperature. Bert McConncll Is Taken to Columbus to Answer Charge Bert McConnoll, twenty-two vears of ape, was arrested Saturday evening and taken to Columbus bv Shcritr H. M. Cavanaugh fiom that citv. Mc- 1 .-.'1111. n. il 1 uniii'ivifiriii 1 11 wc.. Connell, it is understood, is charue.l with u.ntr the ,;v , r , ;r. . " ' """wv ivuio rire at tne Burner Co. Handled by the Chemical The fire truck made a run about 6 ociock Monday to tne Kumer Motor I company Ravage, where the fireboys discovered that thei largely done in advance of their com mg. r. A. Hively was repairing a Jackson car, which was troubled with gasolin leaking from one of the vacuum feed connections. Mr. Hively was engaged in tightening up the necessary connections, the gasoline, in the meantime, running over the floor. When the car was started, a short cir cuit in the electrical connections ignit ed the gasoline. Bud Darnell, with a hand extinguisher, had the flames unoer control when the fire truck ar rived. The damage was slight, one tire on a nearby car being burned. LECTURERGhVES EXPLANATION OF SCIENTIST FAITH JUDGE SAMUEL W. GREENE SUN DAY AT IMPERIAL. Member of Board of Lectureship of Mother Church Corrects Some. False Impressions. , . .. member of the board of lecturship of the mother church, the First Church 1 o'Chnrt. Scientist, in Boston, ,wno "Poke under the auspices of the l0C' cnurcn. The speaker was introduced hv Mm. L. A. Berry, the fiist reader of the Alliance church. Mrs. Berry said: "Ladies and Gentlemen: It i with pleasure that I, in behalf of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Alliance cordially welcome you here this after noon to hear something about Chris tian Science. "In the preface of her book, 'Science and Health, With Key to the Scrip tures,' beginning at the second voire, Mary Baker Eddy says, The time for thinkers has come. Truth, independ ent of doctrines and time-honored sjs tems, knocks at the potral of human ity. Contentment with the past and the cold conventionality of materialism are crumbling away'. "We, as students and followers of Mrs. Eddy's teachings, would kindly ask of humanity, that they earnestly and sincerely investigate the claims which Christian Science makes, know ing full well, that if scientifically np plied, Jesus' command to 'Preach the gospel and, heal the sick' will be fully obeyed. "Some of you may never have heard very much about Christian Science. Others may have heard many misrepresentations of the subject. "Mrs. Eddy realized the necessity of some way or means by which false im pressions might be corrected; there fore, she instituted a hoard of lecture ship of the Mother church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Bostor, Mass., the members of which are ably fitted to correct false statements, and :d.-o, to more fully esplain this beau tiful religion. "I am plea.-e.l to tell you that we have with us this afternoon, one tf these lecturers : Judge Samuel V. Greene, C. S., of Louisville, Ky., a member of this board. He will nov address you." Judge Greene said, in rar : Christian Science is indeed the new old story of Life and Truth an.l Love. It is the simple, sweet story as it was taught and proved and practised by Jesus of Nazareth nineteen hundred ears ago. It embraces jut the same thought, that through tlie understand ing of the ever-present love and power of God, humanity is healed not only of sin but of all the results of sin sickness, sorrow, unhappiness, death. God Perhaps the term of Principle as used for God in Christian Science has mors than any other word aroused an unusual inquiry in the average or thodox thought, for men have thought of God generally as a superman, a (Continued on Page 8.) C. OF C. PLANS ALLIANCE-AGATE ROAD PROJECT WILL MAKE B!I) FOR THE TOCR. 1ST TRAFFIC. Man a Honker Trip by Automobile at an Early Pate in Which AH Members Show Interest. 11 .... - At tne Monil;,.v of the ah I "',e P-'n? loss.l quarries, t-r. naiom j. Look, are getting an enormous amount of na-uon-wide publicity, and that if a roa.l were built between Alliance and Agate, it would result in greatly in creasing the tourist travel through this city. Mr. Rhein suggested that a road be planned and marked, and that Alliance advertise it. Discussion brought out the fact that there is already a fairly goo 1 trail from Alliance to Agate now, and that the road is quite j,ood, save on occa sions when the rain hna rut ft im badly. Reuben Knight said that so far as Box Butte county was con cerned, tne road was being put into good condition, but as Agate lies some fifty-four miles from Alliance, and the last pomon of the route is in Sioux county, it will be necessary to tret the co-operation of the officials of that county, box liutte county has had to condemn some land by court proceed ings in order to complete its shaie of me roau. It was suggested that Alliance could stage a booster trip, going to the quar ries some Sunday. When the members were asked how many of them desired to go on such a trip, every hand in uie room went up. Physical Culture Week. F. C. Prince, principal of Alliance mgn scnooi, spoke on physical culture week. He read and explained the ten rules required by the pledge, and the members were considerably in terested in the plan. Mr. Prince then devoted some time to high school athletics. He answered some critics who have been saying that the athletic program was expensive by saying that high school athletics nave been self-sustaining up to the present year, when the school board donated $150 toward it. The chamber of commerce endorsed -T , - ......... , the western Nebraska track mee'., to be held here Friday afternoon, aUtr i TVn nvtvB ItCf jve aTrealy been .SiS .XKi iur. nince na.i explained the plans. of cups have been donated, and it is explained that this will be one of the Dig high school events of the year for tne western nan or the state. Delegates to the state T. P. A. con vention, which met at Columbus two clays last week, did not extend the in vitation from the Alliance chamber of commerce for the next state conven tion. The delegates, on reaching uoiumDus, mat tnis was inadvisable, inasmuch as other contenders had larger delegations and were prepared to go stronger on the entertainment features. T. E. Carney reported for the Alli ance baseball club. The club recently completed its organization with the election of Charles Griffis as captain and Harold Snyder as manager. The benefit dance, held last Saturday evening, netted a total of $123. Suits for the team have already Ixx-n or dered and practice for the first games is now taking place. It was announced that a meeting of the Denver-Black Hills highway asso ciation will be held in Scottsblutf May 4. Mexicans Fined on a Shop-lifting Charge Monday Afternoon Arnulfo and George Sierra, Mexi cans, were fined $100 and costs Mon day in Judge Berry's justice court on the charge of shop-lifting. The scene of the difficulty was tl e Alliance Drug company, where the Mexicans ur cha. ed some shaving soap and n.-kod to look at some hair brushes. While one of them was looking at the shav ing brushes the other left the store. The other soon left. It was not until some time later that the loss of a shav ing stand which had been on the counter at which the Mexicans made their purchases was discovered. Spe cial Agent Martin of the Burlington entered the store to make some pur chases, and B. M. Scotten, proprietor of the store, told him of the theft, and stated that he suspected the two Mexo cans. Mr. Martin then found Night Policeman Stillwill, and the two pro ceeded to the Mexicans' shack in the railroad yards, where they found the Mexicans in bed, an.l the shaving set on a table. They questioned the men and then took them to the city jaiL Monday afternoon they were fined $100 and costs by Judge Berry. This fine will have to be served out in coun ty jail as this is a state charge, not a county one. They will spend abount forty-five days working on the county roads. HEMINGFORD LAD IN TROUBLE FOR PASSING CHECKS AN EIGHTEEN. YEAR-OLD YOl Til WANTED TOO MICH MONEY. Henry He' Stephenson Arreted After !LH Cashed $?.0 ( heck and Had Presented Another. Henry Stephen: on, eiph'.ern-yft.r-old yo'ith living with his parents, three miles seuthwe.-t of Henirigfoi d, was arrcsNd by Chief of Police JerTcrs when he uttenpted to pass a wo.tli- less check for ."0, drawn on the First State Bank of Hemingford, at the Golden Ku!c store. Young Stephenson had, et.r'.ier in the day, passed a $.'J0 check, .liMvn on the same bank, at the dewberry Hardware company, getting the money for it. He then tried to repeat at the Golden Rule, ordering considerable amount of clothing. The Golden Rule called up the lieminur ford brnk, learned that he ha'd no ac- ccunt there, and notified the nolice, All of the money was recovered save ot) cents. i his morning, after a session with County Attorney Lee Basye and his father, the youth was permitted to go to his homo. It is understood that the complaint is hanging over his head, and that the next check cashed under similar circumstances will be the sig nal for prosecution. The extreme youth of the culprit, together with the fact that practically all of the money was recovered, was responsible for the leniency shown. Alliance Auto Show at the Roof Garden . May 3d, 4th and 5th Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week, at the Lowry & Henry roof garden, the automobile, battery and accessory dealers of Alliance will hold their second annual automobile show. Each will have on display the new models, and it is expected that the roof garden will be filled with crowds on the three days. Arrangements have been made for rpecial afternoon and evening pro gram during the three-day exhibit. Vhe first will be given Thursday even ing, but on Friday and Saturday there will be an afternoon program wlso. There will be a number of musical uuiinTin, una. Aiiit-i; tiillui luil ning having charge of this part of the program. numbers, Mrs. Inice McCorkle Dun- A number of local stores are co operating in making the three days a bargain festival, and a feature of the event will be the giving away of a Ford touring car. Rialto to Give Opening Show This Evening Due to a bit of hard luck, the Rialto, J. E. Hughes' new moving picture show in the old Darling location, was unable to get its apparatus working satisfactorily in time to give its open ing performance Monday evening, as advertised, out the electrical troubles have been solved, and the opening play will be shown tonight. The initial bill is "A Man's Home," and a record house is expected. County Baseball League Opened Season Sunday Only two games were played Sun day, the opening date of the Box Butte county league, these being between the Red Sox and Fairview, in which the Red Sox took the long end of a 22 to 9 count, an.l the Berea-Ash Grove argument in which the Berea willow wielders emerged victorious 7 to 1. Lawn failed to apear at Snake Creek and hence lost by a forfeit. Pleasant Hill also put in no appearance r.t Marple, and this gave Mai pie the game. No reason is known for either of these failures to play, and no word was sent to the teams who were rather "waiting at the church." Probably these teams were for some reason un able to come. This puts the Red Son, Berea, Snake Creek an.l Marple in 1he first division, with Pleasant Hill, Lawn, Fairview and Ash Grove in the second. Famous Buys the Laing Stock and Will Stage Sale Announcement is made this week of the purchase of the bankrupt E. G. Laing stock of men's furnishings by Marcus Frankle of The Famous, who is planning a big sale for the near future. The stock was ltought at about 30 cents on the dollar, and when this merchandise is sold, there will be plenty of bargains to pay customers for coming a good many mile3 to be in Alliance. The goods will be sold at The Famous location, an.l announce ment of the date will be made later. Cigarette Starts Maze That Cleans the Model Cleaners Hie luiiWing occupied bv the Model Cleaners, 'Mi Box Butte ' was com-pletelj- gutted, and all the clothing in im- tMnv; utu hi v.. in a nre siartinir; W.f i.. . : . . i . .... i .... 1 .'oiui iiti.i r rniiikr iinoui ) O CIOCK. I IP fire started when a customer entered, lighted a cigarette, and came too neur to some ndelite with which the ?!I,7Wl?-7i?!.Ln.ril,,Ilil,tfri,m " " - 1 v. mmii I'ui nil f. r I'IMI I if - I c.ion.' Hiiainc, me initamahlo vapors, i.nd the gasoline soaked garments quickly spreading the (lame. Only three people were in the build ing, Ted Fielding, the proprietor, his tailor and the customer. After cull ing the fire department an.l making some .Might eltort to quell the Mames, they ru.-d.cd to the front door, which they were unable to open. The reason given for this is the fact that willi the start of the fire a strong vacu'im was formed within the building, which held the door shut. They were held in the building until the class in the door fell out. All the glass in the front, and every article within the building was destioyed. The loss to the build ing itself is covered by insurance. Mr. Fielding says that his loss is partially covered by insurance, his es timate of the loss being somewhere near $1,500. He is planning to start in ( business in Alliance again, but probably not in the same location. The building has been closed and will not be cH-n until the arrival of an ap praiser. The fire department was call.'d cut for the second time Saturday evening to put out a slight blaze at the home of R. R. Deddish, 810 Cheyenne. This) was started by a short circuit, n wire running to a cave in the backMMtrd shorting and setting fire to the pole which supported it. This was easily put out and caused no great trouble. wernEIeTls of seed potato CERTIFICATION AGRICULTURAL EXPERT TELLS V Ills WORK HERE. . In U21, SUty-Two Grower, in West- e,n Nebraska Applied for In- spection for 1,085 Acres. I H. O. Werner, associate horticultur- st with the University of Nebraska college of agriculture, has written the following story of seed potato cer- tification work in Box Butt county and western Nebraska, at the request of Secretary Lloyd C. Thomas of the Alliance chamber of commerce: Mr. Werner writes as follows In 1021. 2 raiwpra In u'Anlsrn Vo. I braska. renresuntinir n tafjcl nirpno- of 1035 acres applied for inspection with purposes. At the end of the sea- son it was found thA 656 acres of potatoes were sufficiently good to be entitled for certification. This repre- sented approximately 61 per cent of the total original acreage. Growers having 601 acres of potatoes in Box Butte county applied for inspection in 1921. Of this acreage only 261 acres passed the final inspection or in Box Butte county only 40 per cent of the fields U'pr tin in th romiiroH stanitntvf I w hereas, the average for the west end I Of thA KlntA wan hl '2 rwr ront In I some counties over 80 per cent of the acreage orglnally listed passed final inspection. According to reports that have been sent in by potato growers who raised certified seed potatoes, practically all of the Box Butte county certified seed potatoes have been sold ot prices rang ing from $2.40 per hundred pounds to $4.00 per hundred pounds. Through out the entire shipping season, certi fied seed potatoes sold on a margin of from ouc to $1.00 per hundred above the price being paid for certified potatoes of the same variety. In view of these reports supplied by the grow ers themselvces, it is reasonable to estimate that the 1S.150 bushels of potatoes that were certified in Box Butte county brought into the county additional revenue to the extent of at (Continued on Page 8.) Bail is Not Yet Furnished for Boyd and Shepherd Harve Sheherd and Jess Boyd are still lingering in the county coop, otherwise known as the -Box Butte bastile. They have as yet '.tiled to furnish bond, and at present it would seem that there was little likelihood of their doing so. Should thev fail to furnish bail they will linger lonrer yet, as court does not convene until early in December. Should both 'he men decide to plead guilty they could, however, be taken to Judge VYcstcvcr at Rushville and le sentenced. From the evidence against them 'his would seem to be the sensible thing to do, as there is little chance of escaping the pen, and should they be tried and found guilty the sentence will un doubtedly be heavier than if the state was saved the expense of trying the case. TRACK MEET TO BE HELD FRIDAY BIG SPORT EVENT i Vive ,. ,,.,...... ' vi.M!.K. SCHOOLS VILI WILL COMPETE, Ni"',-'lh Men Already Entered h the f ourteen Event Many - Cups Donated. The annual we. torn Nebraska track meet, which w ill be held here Friday. May ,r, promhes to be one of the Ingest ever held, nine teams having; been entered, which will include ninety-five high school athletes. The meet will be held r.t the fair grounds starting at 2 p. m. From the record that have been made by some of the schools this season, it would seem al most certain that the western record are due to fall. Dailev has been running th 220 in 23 3-5 and this shuold cut the record made bv Sem mons last year of 24 flat. Several other records seem doomed to fall, in cludinrr the relav, which while already held by Alliance, will probably be broken by tlvm. The local relay team composed of Daibv, Garvin, Real and Strong, clipped off the half mile in I n.inute 3!) seconds, in comparison with a record of 1:44. Alliance has entered ten men; Bay nrd, eight; Bridgeport, eighteen; Lewellen, six; . Oshkosh, thirteen; Kimball, fourteen; Morrill, fourteen; Scottshluir, fourteen an.l Sidney eight. Most of these teams will arrive in cars, although some nre due to come Dy train. Ushkosh will probably be the first arrival, as they will be here Thursday. Morrill, winner of last year's meet, will send Bt least one hundred boosters. There will prob ably be spectators coming from prac tically all of the towns, and there will undoubtedly be a large number from the valley towns, where the hopes are high. Cups and Medals for Winner. The cups are here, and also the mcimia wnii.li win oe presented to the winners of each event. These medal I ntA rrntt fnn iko H a. - i for" sVcomLancl bSK The medals are all alike in design, each having the usual track man ah fe-tile i!lsc.ription'.,,W!it; NebrS 1KB.- wfcS which was donated by the Lions club, is about eighteen inches in height phH?i?il?p:h'cwaB ve,.B b,W HDote ual honors is slightly smaller. Tnia w" gin by H. F. Thiele. All there are beautiful cuds, and aom. thing that any school or boy may be, Justly proud of. Western NVbr.-t. T A short inspection of the W.4tnk Nebraska records shows that thw were with but two exceptions made last 7ear- nse are me Droau Jump, hekj Jjy Semmons of Bayard, and the relay, P'A "Y Alliance. Semmons of Bayard n.old four records, 1 ingle of MerrilL nre nd Campbell of ScottsbluiT, twos ing arc me records: 100-yard dash Semmons, Bayard. 10 1-5, '21. 220-yard dash Semmons, Bayard. 24. '21. . 440-yard dash Strong, Alliance, 55 1-5, '21. ,o,880"ard run Wong, Alliance, 1:17, Mile run Pruitt, Scottsbluff, 5:10V "1. i20-yard high hurdles Lingle. Mor rill. 18:3, '21. . 220-yard low hurdles Lowry. Mor rill. 29:2, '21. Shot put Campbell, Scottsbluff, 42 feet. 34 inches, '21. Pole vault Lingle, Morrill, 10 feet 6 inches, '21. Discus throw Camobell, Scottsbluff 104 feet 3 "2 inches. '21. High jump Lingle, Morrill 5 feet, 4 inches, '21. Broad jump Semmons, Bayard, 19 feet, 4 inches, '20. Javelin throw Semmons, Bayard. 144 feet. Relay Alliance, 1:44, '20. Hitching Posts for Farmers Installed on Niobrara Avenue City .Manager N. A. Kemmish, mem ber bf the Civic alTairs committee of the chamber of commerce, reports that the farmers and ranchmen who drive u.to Alliance with teams will be taken, care of in good shape. Hitching posts have been installed on the west side of Niobrara avenue between First and Second streets, and between Third and 1 ourth streets. The drinking fountain for animals will be installed withS probably thirty days on the east shE iHPm,19 avenue between Second and Third streets. The fountain is to be installed there because of the fait I- rtl '? a paved street. which will avoid the forming of a mud hole alongside the fountain. Secretary Lloyd Thomas of the chamber of commerce appeared before the c. y council with Mr. Kemmish Thursday evening and found the men, bers of the council willing and gladt SLtKrat in, ProvihiK Whiniad watering facilities for those who drive team into the city. uriv