rt rl Official Paper of Box Butte County TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Official Taper of the City of Alliaae VOLUME XXIX (Eight Pages ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1922. No. 43 RAILROAD AND COMMUNITY ARE INTERDEPENDENT SUIT. F. G. GURLEY TALKS TO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Alliance to Celebrate Fourth With Old-Fashioned Program, With Everything Free. Supt. Fred G. Gurley of the Alli ance division of the Burlington was one of the principal speakers at the Monday luncheon of the Alliance chamber of commerce. Mr. Gurley, secoi.ded the invitation of General Superintendent A. G. Smart, extended ixt the last meeting, to the business men to make a tour of inspection of the Burlington plant here and get ac quainted. Mr. Gurley complimented his su perior by saying that he was in the position of a private telling General Perching how to win the war, but succeeded, nevertheless, in making a most interesting address on the rela tion of the railroad to the community and their mutual interdependence. There is nothing mysterious about the railroad business, Mr. Gurley said. The railroads of the country are now being operated on a business basis. They furnish the essential link be tween the consumer and the manufac turer. He illustrated this by referring to the days when every community had to possess manufacturers of all es sential lines, and told how the coming of the railroads had enabled manufac turers to branch out and supply a much larger area with their goods, and also how this had benefited the con sumers. The railroads do much to maintain the United States, he de clared, and on the other hand, without the support of the people, the rail road are unable to accomplish any thing. in .-econding Mr. Smart's invitation, he urged that business men get ac quainted with the railroaders and their problems. He thought that a bit more of mutual understanding would work wonders. He gave the men present some idea of the enormous diificulties that the railroads meet in every-day maintenance, illustrating by the Mis souri river divisions, which he said are the worst in the world, due to the river's annoying habit of changing its course. ... . . . . V To Celebrate the Fourth. After some discussion, the members of the chamber of commerce endorsed the renort of the special committee which last Wednesday met to consider plans for a Fourth of July celebration here. The committee decided that this year there would be a departure from the custom of later years, and that in stead of carnivals and outside amuse ments of one sort and another, there would be a program of free entertain' ment for the visitors. Among the feat tires under consideration are a. bar becue and a roundup, with prizes for various competitions among ranchers in this territory, and all entertain ments will be free. An effort will be made to have near by communities and towns join in with Alliance, and not stage competing cele brations. T. J. Lawrence ot the Fair view neighborhood, who was present. said that Fairview as yet has mado no plans tor a ceieorauon, ami mk while he could not speak for the near by towns, he was satisfied that the fiifferent community centers would not enter into competition. A special committee to have in charge the Fourth of July celebration will probably be appointed within the next few days, unuer me pian adopted, some $1,500 or more will hava to I e raised to defray the expense o. the undertaking,-but it is thought this will present no great dilficuly. McCorkle Tells of Trip. J. C. McCorkle of the Nebraska Land company gave an account of his recent trip. He started out alone in his car, he said, in outer that there would be no witnesses to contradict anv stories he might tell on his return. He' confined his remarks largely to roads over which he had gone and the effect of bad roads on the gasoline consumption, Th tir.-t laD cf the triD was madei over the Potash hiehway from Alii - unce to Grand Island, a distance of oo4 ; miles, ihis required twenty-one gai Ions of gasoline, an average of about 1G miles to the gallon. The Potash highwav, he said, is in pretty fair con dition, with the exception of a stretch of sixteen miles from Ellsworth to Bingham. It was slow and diincuii toing here, but by small detours ami good luck he made it. On the return trip, he went from Grand Island to Broadwater, making the 348 miles on fifteen gallons of gasoline, an average of twenty-five miles and better to the gallon. On the trip from Broadwater to Alliance, however, he found a .stretch of road just a few rods in length that was impassable, and neces sitated a detour of fifteen miles. Some portion of the road was in such con dition that low speed was necessary Mr. McCorkle, however, was satis f.nm the fiirures obtained on gas consumption that the G-P-C highway is destined to be the best route, and urged that the local cnamoer oi com YWrv work harder on his project. It was suggested that Broadwater (Continued on rage a.) Clarence," Senior Class Play Was Presented Friday "Clarence," the senior class play was presented to a large eudience at the imperial theatre Friday evening. The play was greatly enjoyed, and made one of biggest hits of anv amateur play ever put on in Alliance. The play, which was by Booth Tarkfngton, is clever from start to finish, being lull or humorous situations all the! way tnrougn. l he places of the juven ile members of the cast, taken by Josephine Wright and Edward Morrow were particularly full of humor for which Booth Tarkington is famous. Rowland Threlkeld and Mariellen Bea gle, the loading man and lady were particularly good, being no dissap poinlment to those who have seen them before. Clarence Ralls made an excellent villian, gaining the hatred of the audience without the slightest trouble. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, taken by Harold Clark and Leota Becker, played through their rather remark able joys and sorrows in masterly manner. The play, which was put on after the regular picture, ran until rather late, but was interesting enough to hold the attention of the audience until the last curtain. COMMISSIONERS IN SESSION. County Commissioners Duncan ami Hashman started this morning to hold the regular May meeting of the county board. Commissioner Carrcll will not be present on this occasion, it is sn.'d. There is nothing but routine business matters to be disposed of, and the session should be over within a few days. THE HEMINGFORD WOMAN'S CLUB IDEA SPREADS STAND ON ARBUCKLE FILMS MEETS WITH APPROVAL. National Headquarters Approves Res- olution and Is Using it in Argu ment With Producers. The members of the . Hemingford Woman's club are feeling greatly pleased over the reception by the na tional headquarters in New York city of their resolution, passed a rew wesks ago, which bound the members of the club not to sit through any movie program containing a Fatty At buckle film. Mrs. E. E. Ford, an otFicer of the Hemingford club, has received the following letter from Mrs. Woodallen Chapman, chairman of the committee on community service in motion pic pictures. Mrs. Chapman writes: "I am much interested in your let ter of recent date. I sent a letter to the president of the producing com pany protesting in the name of the federation against the showing of Ar buckle films, and giving my most con vincing reasons why these films should not be shown. I wrote a similar let ter to Mr. Hays, telling him why the federation felt that his ban on Ar- buckle films should be made perman pi.t. How much effect these letters will have I do not know "However, your suggestion as to a resolution binding the women never to sit through an Arbukle film strikes ne us a-very effective w-ay of con vincing the producers tnat we mean what we say, and 1 shall have such a resolution drawn and pres , biennial convention." cnteel at the Hemingford Started Somc'.hing. There is little ijuestion that the ac tion of the Heimngfoni women seems to have started something that is a long way from finished as yet. Ar- buckle believed that his acquittal at the hands of a jury was all that stood letwcen him and prosperity, but Will Hays, czar of the movies, exploded a bomb under his chair when he in formed the fat comedian that until further notice, lie was barred from acting for the films and that no re leases would be made, Mrs. Arbuckle recently visited friends in Omaha, and announced that neithe r she nor her hu.-ban.l could un ' derstand why he was disci iminated against. She gave it as her opinion, however, that the action was only temoorarv. and that the bars would be lifted before long. Mrs. Arbuckle's hopes seem in fair way to be realized, according to the latest movie gossip. The rumor is that after six months have expired and the oublic has had an opportunity to foreut. his films will be released for a trvout. Here s where the ac tion of the Hemingford club and oth er woman's clubs who have followed the suce-estion will have an opportun itv to be felt. Apparently, national headquarters recognizes the merit in the Hemineford way of doing things and if thev will follow it up, there is little likelihood that Arbuckle will ever get back to his former soft snap, SACRED CONCERT TOMORROW NIGHT You are invited to the Sacred Con cert at the Baptist church tomorrow evening at eight o'clock. Admission free, but a free will offering will be taken. Even-body welcome. 49 LAST OBSTACLE FOR NORTH STAR OUT OF THE WAY PERMISSION TO GO THROUGH HALL & GRAHAM RANCH Nothing to Prevent Immediate vey and Construction of "Missing Link" Sur- After several months of argument, disagreement and efforts at compro mise, nothing now stands in the way of the completion of the North Stair highway between Bridgeport and Alli ance. Up until a few weeks ago, the counties of Box Butte and Morrill were deadlocked over the routing of the road, Box Butte favoring a load along the Burlington tracks and Mor rill county protesting that such a rout ing was a financial impossibility. Sec retary Lloyd C. Thomas of the Alli ance chamber of commerce and offi cials of the Bridgeport chamber of commerce, got the two sets of commis sioners to agree on a compromise road as a temporary expedient, the under standing being that so soon as funds are available, the track road will be constructed. Both boards of commis sioners passed the proper sets of res olutions, the state engineer's endorse ment was secured, and but one thing stood in the way of an amicable ad justment of the disagreement. The one thing was the attitude of Hall & Graham, who had announced they would fight any attempt to go through their ranch. Secretary Thom as undertook to arrive at an adjust ment of this difficulty, and Friday mailed to S. S. Garvey, chairman of t lie Morrill county board of commis sioners, the following letter from Hall & Graham: Five-Year Rishl-of-Way. "ALLIANCE, Nebraska, May 12. Board of County Commissioners, Mor rill County, Bridgeport, Nebraska. Gentlemen: 1 have today seen the road resolution passed and signed, at Bridgeport on April 17, 1922, and signed by the officers of the Bridge port chamber of commerce and by Mr. S. S. Garvey, chairman of your board. "As you know, a large portion of the temporary road between Bonner and Letan will cross land owned by this company. As stated personally to Mr, Crownover and to members oft your board, we are willing to give you an easement to cross our lands for i Ivr 7 mpo,.ary "T?.;' neu, a. j i i V i- .UmPorary road is to fol- jwaivnait vaavaa vaviao lew nit: line uesiKiiaieM 111 iihs rcwiu- i tion through our lands as nearly as practicable, the understanding being that slight detours may be made where necessary, to avoid bad sand or other ifficulties. (2). You are to construct sub stantial automobile gates and maintain the same in good condition at such points as the said road shall go through our fences, lou are to in stall "wagon" gates adjoining the said auto gates at all points for the convenience and use of teams. (3). This easement is granted only for a period not to exceed five ears and it is distinctly understood that we in no way convey the title to his land, u.-ed for road purposes, to the county of Mirrill or to anyone else, but that the title to the same and rosession of the same are to remain with us. (4). It is understood that no fencing is to be done by anyone other than ourselves or our agents along the route of this road. "We are heartily in sympathy with the good roads movement ami trust that you will at once construct a pas sable, temporary road along the plans and route dosirrnated ly the resolution mentioned. We write th;s letter solely for the purpose of making plain all points on which there miirht bo a chance of a munder.-.tanding or dis pute later, anil in carrying out the work of constructing said temporary load, it is understood that you will in so doinrr accept these conditions. Re- pect fully yours, "HALL & GRAHAM, "By Eugene A. Hall." Juvenile Court Has Found a Home for Miss Mildred Routh County Judge Tash, who is also judge of the local juvenile court, has alter considering the matter for sev eral days, found a suitable home for .Mildred Routh, the sixteen-year-old daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Kouth living near Letan. On complaint of tne lather, the girl was hailed into court some days ago. and Judire Tash was asked to appoint a suitable person or institution guardian for her. The father c.aimed that the daughter was incorrigible and disobedient, but the daughter declared that she was ill treated at home. Judge Tash has selected a the guardian Mrs. Fred, Trenkle, living eight miles south of Alliance, and ihe Rcuth girl is now in her new home. Mrs. Trenkle offered her a home with a room to herself, as well as a salary of $5 per veil. The gi- was joorly dressed whiiij in court, and was ery anxious to g into the Trenkla home. BALLOT FAVORS GIVING FORD CAR TO P. I. BEACH SPECIAL VOTE OF MERCHANTS TAKEN SATURDAY. Count Stand- 1 to 21 Walker lrohabIy Carry the Case Into the Courts. Will So far as the committee in charge of the free Ford distribution is con cerned, tho matter is settled and the prize automobile is definitely award ed to l'erley 1. Bench, Burlington em ploye, who held the second numlnr drawn. Calvin D. Walker, brunch munager of the Keo garage of this city, who held the winning number and was ruled out because he was classed as a business man, is not at all certain that the incident is closed. He has been advised by attorneys that the courts will look favorably ujxm his claim, and is inclined to test the matter further with the aid of bench and bar. The incident is unfortunate, from the standpoint of the merchants who ottered the car as an attraction lor the annual auto show. Tickets were distributed free with sales of mer chandise and payments on account. The rules for the competition were not explicit, but it was generally un derstood that business men would be barred from winning the car. Mr. Walker secured the winning ticket with the purchase of some coal irom the Dierks Lumber company, and urged that he was not, strictly speak ing, a business man, but a .salaried employe with a status quite similar to that of Mr. Beach, second in the list and rival claimant for the car. The decision has been held up for several days, pending attempts at .in amicable settlement. There were forty-eight merchants who participated in the distribution of free tickets, Mr. Walker s employers not being among them. It was swggested by Mr. Walk er that the decision be leit to a ma jority of the merchants. A paper was circulated by Mr. Walker, am 1 he se cured twenty-four signatures of mer chants who stated that they believed him entitled to the car. This number was just one short of a majority. A second attempt was made to ar rive at a decision last Saturday, when v?" "''',. ""v'i"? fortyight Te1 Fielding, whose shop ! the rio ticketg we uururu uui iiik mc w iwu distributed, was ruled out, and the itmaining forty-seven were asked to t & ?ecret ballot for either Waiker PAnrVi Vote Favors Beach. When the ballots were counted Sat urday evening, it was found that twenty-four of the forty-seven mer chants had voted in lavor giving Beach the automobile. One of Mr. Walker's supporters was ruled out, u.d his total vote was twenty-one, showing that some of those who had signed his ictition had experienced a change of heart, 'there were two ballots that were blank. The men who cast trem hail written the word "blank" upon them, in order to show that they didn t care to express an opinion. One of these firms, it is undorsto id, had been in favor of balloting, out argued that the way to take a ballot w as according to the number of tickets purchased, making a tort of .-tock-holders' meeting of it. This procedure was not lolioweu, noweer, nu cacii merchant was allowed one vote. The vote of 21 to 24 was t-urioent basis for the committee to award the cur to Beach, it is announced. But Mr. Walker is not certi-n as to iust what course he will ta',J. "i nave Kuters. I hold the winning ucko.. it seems to me that I have a fighting chance if the case is taken to court, and unless 1 change my mind, whitii I have no present intention of doing, I .-hall follow the advice ot my attor neys and friends who have urged me to go the limit." Lee Rasyc Files for Nomination for County Attorney The first political development in several weeks occurred this morning, when County Attorney Lee Basye fileel for the republican nomination for the office he is now holding. If there is a democratic aspirant for the office, he has not yet maile his desires known to the public. Several other candidates have been suggested by friends, but not one has come into the open Mr. Basye has been undecided for several weeks, hovering between kcv eral offices, but his friends finally per suaded him to have another try at his old office rather than seeking new worlds to conouer. He is conceded to be a strong candidate, even though the full strength of the opposition is not known. A. P. Gordon of Hemingforel this afternoon filed as a democratic can didate for state representative. He was accompanied by Rev. B. J. Minort, a signed statement iom iwou -ii.ui ?ta, ;n , that he believed it an excellent merchants who say that thiv lH?yc 1 j i(, f)r RieniKTS f the two chambers am entitled, to tne car, mi. w.nur ,, , .:, :.,,. ,lf ,h two towns to "rub told a Herald reporter this inon-mg. ', , , r " --The vote in favor of Beach shows Mloull'V . . . , . ,, that he has but twenty-four iup- Incident of Early Days TUG WEATHER Forecast for Nebraska: Fair to night and Wednesday; slightly warm er tonight in the western portion of the state. Alliance Defeats Berea Sunday in Practice Game The Alliance baseball team defeated Berea Sunday in a practice game, 13 to G, in seven innings. The game was featured by home runs, Alliance get ting four, and Berea one. GritVis, Slattery, Fenning and Garvin clouted the pill for four bases for Alliance, while 1. McDonald of Berea also got a circuit swat. At the end of the sixth inning the score was ( to 3 in favor of the Berea pastimers, but in the seventh : . . . t t i . inning finance wrni wiki anil put over ten runs. The game was then called because of the cold, and because of durknesa. Garvin, high school athlete, who played left field, played a good game, and will make a strong bid for a regu lar berth. The Berea team, one of the leaders in the county league, had an olf Sunday because of a forfeit by their opponents, This left them free to play a practice game with the locals. The next game for Alliance will be with Minatare here next Sunday, May 21. The Minatare team is always strong and this will undoubtedly be a real battle. This game will be at the Fairgrounds ami will be called at 3 p. m. tt should draw a good crowd, as Alliance undoubtedly has a strong team and it deserves some good sup port. ALLIAlCE MEN ARE ENTERTAINED AT HEMINGFORD JOINT MEETING OF THE TW( CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE Hatchet Buried and Mutual Prom, iaea of Co-operation and Friendship Mad In response to an invitation of the Hemingford chamber of commerce, which has juat recently organized, fire auto loads of Alliance men. practically all of whom were members of the Al liance chamber, left this city at 7 o'clock Friday evening. The trip was made via the "Hashman road," which was found to be in excellent condition for practically the entire length. On arrival in llemingtoru, tne Alliance nowe, together witn winuwr, men were greeted very cordially by were taken to jail, and kept A. M. Vance, president; M. C. n the city bastile until Monday morn Hurd, secretary; and other members ' jnf Their hearing was set for Friday, of the Hemingford chamber. The Ba Judge Berry was leaving town and meeting was held in the American Le gion hall, which was well filled. President Vance presided and after the routine business was transacted, called on the entire Alliance dt'egation and a number from Heminglord for short talks. The Alliance men were asked to make suggestions in the'.r talks for the conduct and operation of the Hemingford organization. The speakers includible the following: George Id. Jenkins of Hemingford, who welcomed the Allianceites and thanked them for their visit. He stated that the Hemingford organization was i the first of its nature since l'.HK. In rlnsmir he urired that all work tor "ji Pip.-iter All.ance. greater Heming ford, gi cater liox liulte county ami greater western Nebraska." True Miller, president of the Alli ance chainlir, responded to Mr. Jen kins with a short and timely talk, M.ivor It. M. Hamnton of Alliance stated that he h;id lived in Box Butte county since the year and tnat there weie many things about tno.e lays that he did not want to forget. He told some interesting incidents oi the days when Hemingford was first started', lefore the advent of the rail road and before Alliance was tnougnt of. His homestead "pre-amption was three miles northeast of the site ot Hpminerford. Mr. Hampton stated that he is opposed to "tenantry" and that the country which builds the best is the one where the farmer owns nis farm. Land should be priced accord ing to what it produces. Mr. Hamp ton endorsed the weekly luncheon plan stating that it was a fine thing for (Continued on Page H.) Open Bids Friday For Addition to St. Agnes Academy Announcement is made thr.t on Fri day of this week, bids will be opened for the constuction of the new f 7 3,000 addition to St. Agnes academy in this city. To date, staled bids hae I een received frm fums in Omahi-., Lincoln Central Ci'y. ilacy, Hay Sjrinci aiu Sioix City, la., and it is piobable that there will be a large gathering ot hiiful conrrators on hand Friday, when the bids are opened. NINE YOUTHS CHARGED WITH INTOXICATION CITY 1JASTILE MUCH CROWDED OVER SUNDAY. Quartet Drew Fine Monday Moraine, and Others Will Face Judge L. A. Jlerry Friday. The minions of the law spent a busy evening Saturday, arresting nine men, four of whom have been tried and th other five being released on their own recognizance for appearance Fri day. The four who have been trietl are Virgil Abar, Boyd Parsons, Marvin . Westbrook and Clark l-ewis. All pleaded not guilty but Abar, West brook and Lewis were each fined $50) and costs each, while Parsons, who offered to tell where he got the liquor, was fined $10 and costs. The tour were arrested at Raster's barn dance last Saturday by Leopold Kastner, proprietor of the place, ami were charged with being drunk and disorderly, and with resisting am officer, as Kastner. who is a deputy sheriff, claims that lie had considerably trouble In bringing the quartet to town. The trouble is said to have started when young Westbrook, while on ths dance floor, took off his coat and offer ed to lick any and everyone in tha hall. Hostilities were postponed, how. ever, until Westbrook and his compan ions went downstairs, where West brook and another boy proceeded to do; battle. No great damage was done, as neither of the combatants was steady enough to do any damage. Mr. Kastner called on some of the specta tors and the four were taken to town in a truck. They were lodged in ths city jail until Monday morning. Par sons paid his fine at the hearing and was released Westbrook and Abar also paid their fines, while Iwis was taken to ths county jail. He will be held there until his fine is paid or the time spent in jail will allow his release. It is under stood that his friends are working to raise the money for his release. Another bunch was taken in by the officers, these being arrested by . Chief JeiTers, Burlington Special Agent Martin and Night Policeman, Stilwill, who noticed the rather pecul iar actions of .five. young men who were in the dly Pac ot J Smith's nonl halL The officers arrived just in time to see one of them, James Wimmer, tip a bottle to his lips. Ths bottle was dropped to the ground, l ot iittie 0f the evidence was spilled. other four Lyle Rose, Lawrence Williams, Jim Roby and Tommy u-aa untitle to hear the ca.se. About cupful of pure white sugar whisky, ot apparently good ciuaiiiy as nounes whisky goes, was taken. The jail, w th the nine men in it was, to put it milelly, somewhat full, as the ordinary capacity of the bastile is only two. They were kept Ri.fi.ly, if not comlortably until Monday. Court Decides Against Fielding in Suit Saturday Following a hearing in county court Saturday afternoon. County Judge Tah gave a judgment of $100.40 and costs in favor of the Newberry Hard ware company against Ted Fielding. The hardware company sued for $205.40 tor material ami lalor used in installing a steam pressing plant lor Fielding. Mr. Fielding's defenre was thU the plant bail not functioned properly; that when the steam con densed, it didn't return to the boiler, but came back to the pressing machine, where it spread over the pressing paels, the garments and the floor generally. Mr. Fielding claimed damages of $312.C0 by reason of being compelled to buy extra coal, loss of time and possible profits and earnings, as well as the unusual length of time getting his plant into operation. He asked for a judgment of $101.00 after de ducting the claim against him. The evidence snowed mat tne ew- ii-rv rnmminv was not the eiesigners of the plant; that Fielding had bought the boiler and condenser anu presser and had installed them himseir; anei that Newlierry's had furnished the pipe, material and labor to connect them. Ihe mecnanic in cnarge 10114 Mr. Fieklinir that he tlidnt believe that the plant could be operated suc cessfully with the boiler on a level with the press, but tnougnt tne in stallation of a trap might solve th problem, although he wouldnt guar antee it. The building had no base ment and the defendant said to go ahead. Judge Tash ruled that Newberry a was not responsible for any'bing but defective workmanship, ami were not liable for any fault or defect in the designing of the plant. Ed Brennan. testified that had the trap been low ered eighteen inches, he thought it would have functioned properly, and the judge deducted from the total amount claimed the cost of lowering the trap.