Official Paper of Box Butte County
VOLUME XXIX
BACCALAUREATE
SERVICES HELD
SUNDAYJVENING
KEY. STEPHEN J. EPLER DELIV
ERS ANNUAL SERMON.
High School Auditorium Filled With
Members of Graduating Class
and Friends.
The twenty-five members of the 1922
Seating class of the Alliance high
scnooi, meir parents ami mends, tilled
the auditorium of the high .ehool Sun-
clay evening at the annual baccalaur-
eate services, uev. btephen J. Epler,
pastor of the First Christian church,
v as me speaxer tor tne occasion. The
following program was presented:
March, Mrs. Inice Dunning.
, Vocal duet, Misses I low and Wilson.
, Prayer, Rev. M. C. Smith.
Saxophone solo, Miss, Kibble.
Scripture reading, Rev. B. J. Minort.
A'ocal solo, Mr. Shellenberger.
Sermon, Rev. S. J. Epler.
, Vocal solo, J. B. Irwin.
, .Benediction, Rev. Mearl C. Smith.
Rev. Mr. Epler said, in part:
Scriptures: John 6:68, Lord to whom
shall we go ? Thou hast the words of
eternal life.
At the close of the great World War,
the world passed through a period of
sgross materialism. That struggle
ended the endeavor of materialism lor
supremacy. Everything was reckoned
in dollars and cents or worldly posses
sions. fc,ven the children were taught
that success was determined by the
cl-iiiar route.
The Period of Materialism.
People were both money and pleas
tire mad. The philosophy of the day
seemed to be, to get what you can at
whatever the cost to the other fellow,
and eat, drink and be merry for to
morrow you may die. Every organ
ization must close its meeting with
some social affair which was the bait
to draw the audience. Even church
organizations served pink teas at
nearly all of their mid-week meetings
and on Lord's Day, sometimes fare
free lunches. .
Churches were proclaiming the doc
trines of German Rationalism, which
was the doctrina of the supr-mn.
This was neither Christian, nor, philo
sophical. " The logical cnnclusion' of
such teaching was expressed in the
wornout expression of the ex-Kaiser,
"Me und Gott" Our trust was in the
material. Such an abnormal ' state
could only culminate in the terrible
war which called nearly every nation
i ,.tA
The ier. of misspent talents could '
SensTne cost 186 WN-
lions of dollars and nearly ten millions
cf lives. Our own appropriations were
fi8 per cent for past wars, 25 per cent
for future wars, 1 per cent for etluca
tion and 6 per cent for all the rest of
us. After the close of the war we
were
constructing sixteen battleships',." lwte wus uie e'nin 8"' on ine RESOLVED, That the board of di
:ost of forty millions of dollars. r.:- u i t rectors of the Alliance Chamber of
at a co
each. If the same rate continued for
the next forty years it would cost us
thirty-three Lillions of dollars. Could
the people stand such burden of tax
ation ? Something must be done.
President Harding called a confer
ence of the great nations at Washing
ton to consider the limitation of arma
ments. This conference was success
ful as far as it went. It accomplished,
besides a limitation of armaments, a
truee. Some disputes were settled
which at other times have caused war.
The Way to Something Better.
Thus the way for something better
was opened. It is the beginning of
letter days. Materiali.-m is clearing
away its clouds and opening the way
for the spiritual. The cause for dis
cord is being eliminated and the seed
cf peace is being sown. This was
what was in the mind of God. The
jeaceful state is the divine. To love
is divine and to hate is diabolical.
God had destined this future state be
fore the angel sang, "Peace on earth,
g-ood will to men." It is the sentiment
expressed by the prophet Isaiah when
he foretold the coming of the Prince
cf Peace. This is the peace and har
mony embodied in the Lord's prayer.
"'Thy will may be done on earth as it
is done in heaven." God's plan was
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Bridgeport Dlade
Has. Good Words
for Mrs. Wilson
One Box Butte county candidate
has won commendation from a Mor
rill county newspaper. Bruce Wilcox
of the Bridgeport News-Blada says of
Mrs. Nellie Wilson:
"Mrs. Nellie Wilson, an old friend
of the writer'3 family, is a candidate
for county treasurer in Box Butte
county, reports from there indicating
that many voters are expressing their
intention of coming to her tupport.
She is a property owner and tax pay
er, and has, since her husband's
leath many years ago, performed ti e
meritorious service of rearing rnd
educating her family largely through
her own personal efforts. 3he is de
serving of the approval of the voters
in that county and will no doubt re
ceive it. . - -
(Eight Pages.
THE WEATHER
Forecast for Nebraska. Fair to
night and probably Wednesday. CVder
tonight east and central portion.
Warmer Wednesday afternoon.
Jimmie Jacobs Is
Arrested Sunday
for Booze Selling
Jimmie Jacobs was arrested Siimlnv
night by Chief of Pol ice JeflTera nn
me cnarge ot boot eirinnir. the m, .
1 fj,e of hooh inS in connection with
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' 7t KZ&ATs"
urday, May 13. One of the young men
agreed to tell where he obtained the
hooch on the promise that his fine
: would be reduced. This was done and
! Jacobs was named as the man who had
sold the hootch. He was released
however, on $200 bond, as he had busi
ness in Rushville which demanded his
presence. The charge filed against
mm was in the federal court at Chad-
ron, as Liver Jeffers is also a prohibi
tion enforcement agent, for the Fed
eral authorities. The hearing was set
for Friday at 2 o'clock. This will be
before Federal Court Commissioner L.
A. Berry, and will be only to see
whether Jacobs will be held for trial
in the federal court.
This is not Jacobs' first experience
with the booze hounds, as he was once
before in the toils of the law over u
legally selling hootch. The usual cus
torn is to make the penalty for the
second offense much more severe than
for the first, so Jacobs may have some
difficulty in explaining his transactions
to the jutlge. His hearing in federal
! court will be sometime early in Sep
temocr.
ALLIANCE GIRL
ONE OF EIGHT TO
GO TO FRANCE
i
IRENE RICE GIVEN PLACE
GOOD WILL DELEGATION.
ON
Had Given Up Hope of Winning But
Efforts of Other. Candidates
Saved the Day. v .
Miss Irene Rice of Alliance win be
one of eight girls in Nebraska who
will in Julv
ot r.nod Will" Heleo-ntinn fmm
L d. f
.una ciavc. i nc mps were onereu as
feiVhl"? Lfun,d 5 S
fClf thf. "L? Lr
from the state was to be fTlVPn th
trip provided $10,000 was collected, j
and an additional girl for each $5,000. j
i amuunt or tne l0natl0ns was
$4y2i.8., which was sufficient to send
a delegation of eight from Nebraska. '
t,ue Kiveii uj nope ome .
days ago, and had been working in the
interests of Miss Katherine OBnen.
I candidate of the Omaha Burlington t
headquarters. However, so keen was;
...., uik.
great were the results, that despite; l.srrii.tions, and be it further "The western part of 'Nebraska is
the cessation of effort in behalf of KI'SOI VKD Th-it the uw,-tnm. r.f v n , , . , . :,u,;l KJ ,s
Miss Rice, the total collected was the cWber of commerce be ntLr V'' X iuirin c?use
suiTicieni to make her one of the prize to fnnlin ar4m!tt iii n f uhun'!lin of cheap land
winners. Her total vote was 2.087. kitu.e" of thP ZZk fu.table for grazing together wilh lb;
Miss ell;e B Donn cand:dite of the 8'irna.tu,e9 .r n.e rnenlbe,s . of ,hc important item of an abundance of
Union , ffiite a Zaha"set ",1 lZh!Sto ee to'thlS iTl J''? " Wt
f24 votes; Miss O'Brien, 122,133. Each of dSu nml beTtTurthS prt of the Mate has almost double!
vte represented a donation of 10 t VinU In r.Xas1 reX
comSons'1' MftS pTr "JTP' '
commot.aiion.-. and r.o tietai will be bersliin of wh ch sha he secvet. the ui'i ,.n..r..,....i .......
spared to care for the comfort nl I project or projMjsit-on proves to be un
pleasure of the entire delegation. Ihe I objectionable, the secretary be author
de eg-at'on will start -from New orlc,iie1 to issue a "blue card permit" to
J"' 2.2'i,wlU tr1avel;,,10Ct t0 1:i,;,the applicant. In no case shall this
. i . . . . . wii'MLCiu! ill llll V k.1 . IT rtllOU Ltli.
without the usual customs or passport permit indicate an approval, en.lorse
inspections and will be ofticiall 'e ment or recommendation of the pi opo
ceived by members of the trench jrov-uiljon That jn th c(.n;orshi
ernment upon their arrival. Fo llow.ng , committee finds the project or propo-
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in uuiumuuiii'a .ji tiiu..'.e oi iOiii ic
euides and interpreters over the bat
tlehelds of France r.nd then back to
Paris lor another reception. Follow
ing this reception the delegation will
tour through beautiful Brittany and
Normandy, which sections were un
touched by the war. Then back to
Paris for eight days of sight-seeing
and pleasure lefore the return home.
Fairy Prince and Magic Carpet.
Sunday's Omaha Bee contained. the
following interview by telephone with
the Alliance candidate:
"If a fairy prince had appeared and
invited me to go to France on a magic
carpet, my surprise and delight could
have been no greater."
Thus did Miss Irene Rice of Alli
ance, Neb., express herself, after re
covering from her surprise when noti
fied she was one of the winners.
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FAIRVIF.W CEMKTKRV BENEFIT
SUPPER FRIDAY EVENING
The ladies of the Fairview Ceme
tery association will serve a supper
at the William Nye home Friday eve
ning, May 2(5, at 7 o'clock. The pro
ceeds will be used foe repairs for the
Fairview cemetery'. Judge Wray of
York, candidate for United State3 sen
ator will deliver aa address.
Ilium t Mmul
TWICE A WEEK
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY,
BUSINESS MEN
HAVE ENDORSED
BLUE CARD PLAN
AGREEMENT TO CO INTO
FECT IMMEDIATELY.
EF
Secret Committee to Investigate Ad
vertising Schemes and Calls
for Donations.
At the Monday luncheon of the Alli
ance chamber of commerce, the mem
bers voted to endorse the "blue card"
plan of dealing with all calls for dona
tions, as well as advertising schemes
of almost every brand. This system
was in effect here some years ago, but
was allowed to slip into the discard.
Under the plan, merchants will refuse
of consider advertising in various pro
grams, booklets, etc.. or to contribute
to charities and other enterprises un
less me solicitors shall have had their
proposition investigated by a secret
committee of the business men and
shall have been given a "blue card
permit At a number of cities where
this plan has been in effect, notable
savings have been effected. In Hast
ings it is estimated that in one vear
me mercnants ot mat c tv were saved
Ihe Monday luncheon was inter
rupted for a short time bv the Dassaire
oi me circus parade, but soon cot
down to business. J. P. Mann reported
a proposition from the band to give
sixteen summer, concerts for $400, and
this wa. recommended by the com
mittee. The plan is to have the cham
ber of commerce raise the money, but
later to ask the city council to put in
a levy for the support of the band.
The members voted to recommend
that the board of directors act favor
ably upon the proposition.
A. T. Lunn suggested that an at
tempt be made to organize chambers
of commerce for a concerted effort to
secure a reduction in railroad rates.
It was pointed out that this did not
necessarily mean a reduction in salar
ies. It was shown that this is an op
portune time, from a political stand
point, for such a crusade, i he mem
bers endorsed the idea and it was re
ferred to a committee for investiga
tion. . -
Following Is the resolution and the
agreement on the blue card system: . j
-. WHEREAS, one of the purposes of
the" Alliance Chamber of Commerce Is
that of protecting the interests of the
community in every manner possible,
and
WHEREAS, our citizens are fre
quently called upon for contributions
to, and investment in various propo
sitions, more or less commendable, and
WHEREAS, very few of our citi
zens have the time, or the facilities,
t invAsilmita tViA moi'ita rt t Via van.
0Us propositions which are submitted
t0 them and are unable to intelli-
gently determine which are worthy of
support and which are not, therefore
be it
commerce otlers the services of the
chamber to the citizens of Alliance for
th. nnrnnu f ivctin; ..,.k o.i
oVPrv nmiwi r ivmrwi; h-v. ,u,.
be proposed, the object of which is to
oiiiaiB conirmutions. investments nr
sitjon objectionable, or the solicita
tion for SUCr
h contributions or invest
nients unworthy or unnecessary, the
fecit-tary be instructed to decline fo
issue the permit in the case, r.nd be it
further
RESOLVED, That the citizens of
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Citizens' Military
Training Camps List
Will Close May 31
If you want a month's vacation free,
with food, lodging, uniforms, military
instruction, recreation, and railroad
fare, allowance at five cent3 per mile
to the camp and return; now is the
time and the last chance to apply.
This movement has the hearty in
dorsement of the association of col
lege presidents of the United States,
the military training -camps associa
tion (a civilian organization) and
many other prominent civilian order
Practically every man attending last
year was benefited not only morally
and mentally, but with a definite gain
in height, weight and chest measure
ments. Full information may be obtained
by post card request to the Chief of
Staff 89th Division, Army Building,
Omaha, Nebraska.
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
NEBRASKA. TUESDAY, MAY 23,
IMPORTANCE OF
DAIRY BUSINESS
AND ITS PRODUCTS
DONALD SPENCER TALKS
THE ALLIANCE LIONS.
X
Western Nebraska Especially Adapted
to Dairying Milk an Impor-
tant Article of Diet.
The regular weekly meeting and
dinner of the Lions club of Alliance,
due on Thursday evening, May 18, was
postponed for one day on account of
the use of the Palm Room bv the high
scnooi aiumni oanmiet on the im h.
There were six visitors present, Col. knowledge of liquor. Hs asked pcr
John G. Maher of Lincoln, guest of mission to bring to court three lot-
Liion ism UKeete; Mr. Hviand or Om-
aha, guest of Lion Jack Kane: W. K
Parson of Grand Island, truest of l ion
Lee Basye; Messrs. T. F. Egcleston
and w. U Merle of Sioux Citv. Ia..
ld Pnn F. Brown of Omaha, iruests of
Lion John Guthrie.
Lion Frank Abeirir took charire
of the program and introduced Lion
Donald Spencer, goodfellowship chair-
man of the evening, who gave an ex-
'ellent talk on the creamerv business.
Mr. Spencer spoke on "The Impor-
tance of the Dairy Industry and Its
Products." He said, in part:
Two Billion Dollar Industry.
"The dairy industry has come to the!
front very rapidly within the last few
years and today it is on a firmer foun-1
dation than any other branch of farm-
ing. The future brings many golden
promises for this great two billion
dollar industry and the opportunities
for those in this wonderful industry
were never more plentiful. During the
recent business and financial tlepres
sion practically every enterprise in the
United States experienced a set back,
yet the dairy industry, tlue to its fun
damental strength, was scarcely af
fected. This brought the farmer to
realize what renewed emphasis that
dairying is always dependable. In
spite of the renewed activity in many
European countries, there is still a
treat shortage of dairy products
abroad, and America' must supply the
shortage, not only for dairy products
but of dairy cattle as well.
Tin the annual statement compiled
by the bureau ; of, markets. United
department 4f sericulture, the
total, production or milk in the -past
year was twelve billion gallons. In I
otner words enough milk to noat all
tion of fluid milk per capita in 1920
was estimated at rorty-three gallons.
.That is everv nerson in the tTnitl
States consume on the nvernire In
some form or other, an equivalent of
forty-three gallons of milk everv ye?r.
"Out of the entire amount of milk
produced in 1920, 49 per cent was used
for manufacturing purposes and about
43 per cent for household purposes.
afi ner cent of all milk iiiod.ired was
used in the manufacture of butter
libout two-thirds of whirh was rrpnr- t
ery butter. About 4 per cent of all
milk iirodured was used in the m.inn.
facture of ice cream. 4 per cent in
rheese and a like amount in con
densed milk.
Dairying in Western Nebraska.
million pounds of butter which is nn
increase of about 1 1 jer cent over the
previous year. The greater portion of
our cream is shipped in from the sur
rounding territory and for thi-i reason
it is sour bv the time it reaches our
Plant. Ihe souring of cream very lit-
tie afreets its value for buttermaking
purposes if it has been given tl.o
proper care. The food value is not
affected in any way and the flavor of
the fat contained in it is little atTected
except that if it is properly soured the
flavor is somewhat improved.
"Very few people know that the real
cause for milk and cream souring. Al'
milk ami cream contains an abundance
of lactic acid bacteria which under
favorable conditions multiply very
rapidly. These bacteria feed upon the
milk sugar or maltose in the milk and
Croduce from this an acid commonly
nown as lactic acid. When a suffic
ient amount of this acid is given off
so that the cream contains about 25
per cent it is said to be sour. This
lactic acid bacteria is a useful form of
organism because it not onlv gives a
better flavor to butter and cheese but
it also prevents many other forms of
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COUNTY
iTY JUDGE MARQUIS
rlNES BEAGLE AND ROACH
Clay Beagle and Alvin Roach, who
were arrested by Deputy Sheriff E. I
Davis last week, and arraigned before
County Judge Harry M. Marquis,
charged with illegally having liquor in
their possession, plead guilty to the
charge and were assessed a fine of
$100 each and costs, amounting in all
to f2."0, which they paid and were re
leased. Bridgeport Herald.
1922.
Kay Wimmer Is I
Fined $100 And
Costs Friday
Ray Wimmer, one of the five vnnnr
men arrested back of Joe Smiths pool
hall last Saturday night, wai fined
5100 and costs in police court Saturday
I morning on the charge of having li-
Muor m nis possession Ulegnly. The
oincr iour were dismissed as there was
no evidence to show that mv rf tk.n
had the booze in their possession at
"J","' meseotner four were Lyle
Vr T """a.m.8' J.im. "?'.
...... auv. mi in me live
were in the a ev buck nf Jn Smith".
when the officers surprised them, and
i,"um,Tu,mm,?r Wlth ,a wtte to his
broken, and this was held as evidence.
A" interesting point of the trial, was
wnen Attorney Eugene Burton for the
i nniins uetmeu io lest me oi icer
nes, ui least one ot winch contained
alcohol to see if the officers could tell
what was in each bottle. The three
boiHe were produced, one containing
pure aiconoi mixed with Iodine, the
second denatured alchol. and the. third
I pure Mater. The officers were able
to tell what the last two bottles con-
tained but were unable to say .whether
or not the first contained alcohol. The
druggist who was called to the stand
I testified that the iodine would dis-
guise the smell of the alcohol to such
I an extent that it would be impossible
I to tell ir such were in the bottle. He
was men shown the hooch that had
been siezed, and he testified that it
was whiskey of some sort. This seemed
I to cinch the case, so Judge Berry
fined Wimmer, and dismissed the
other defendants. Wimmer's fine was
suspended during good behavior and
he was released.
FLOUR MILL IS
IN PROSPECT
FOR ALLIANCE
LOCAL CAPITAL INTERESTED IN
THE PROPOSITION.
Believe Fifty-Barrel Plant Can Op-
crate to Capacity . Throughout
the Entire Year.
' Alliance has a good prospect of the
installation of a fifty-barrel flour mill
a' a" ear'y date' Jhrouh th
"l l"",l,ucl ' commerce during
tne past six weeks, local parties wen
interested in me proposition and or
Friday of last week F. W. Bauer,
representing the Anglo-American Mill
company, of Owensboro, Ky,. came to
th city an(l has been here since that
V5, Hi? company manufactures the
l gei inarvfi mms, oi wnicn mere
are a large number now operating in
Nebraska, including the mill at Scotts-
blUIt.
This city and its immediate territorj-
consume, it is estimated, about forty
hve barrels of flour per day on the
'"'"i'". it is believed that a hftv-
barrel mill, turning out a good quidit
o. uour, would have sufficient business
to operate to capacity the year round.
Box Butte county has not had a tioui
mill since the liemingford mill burned
two years ago. Although thousands of
acres of both winter and spring wheat
are grown each e:.r, the county has
h;cVed milling facilit:es.
The Midget Marvel mills aie in
stilled om the "unit" system, to that
additional units can be added hs pro
duction increases. The cost of n iiftv.
barrel mill, installed complete, is es
timated at about 9..r.OO to f 10.000 c'
the cost of the building. . Railroad
officials are co-operating in assisting
in securing trackage, so that the null
could he erectd alongside the swil-hir-
track. It is understood that plenty of
capital has loen offered for financing
tne mill project
Local Auxiliary
of Legion Will
Observe Daisy Day
The Ellen Dodge legion Auxiliary
will call May 27 and 2!i Daisy Day this
year. On these days the ladies will
sell daisies at ten cents each. The pro
ceeds from this sale will be used to
buy the local post of the American
Legion a flag.
Daisy Day was called Poppy Day
last year and red silk poppies in re
membrance of Flanders' Field poppies
were sold. This year the Legion's
flower has been changed to the daisy
for various reasons. It was discovered
that several firm. were commercializ
ing the poppy for money reasons, and
it was also discovered that the poppy
spread so rapidly when planted that it
was feared it might soon become an
obnoxious weed instead of a rare ami
lovely flower full of memories for all
who had relatives in the great world
war.
Mrs. E .R. Harris of the local post
has charge of the Daisy Day and it is
planned to have various women on the
streets with these little flowers on the
two days mentioned. The daisies are
supposed to be worn Decoration Day
im Ua.h . V. .1 1 1 -
iu uuuui vi uic ueau Heroes.
Official Paper of the City of AIManc
No. 51
MEMORIAL DAY
TO BE OBSERVED
IN ALLIANCE
PARADE OF EX-SOLDIERS AND
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
Tublic Meeting at Imperial Theatre
With Address by Robert Sim.
mons of ScotUblun.
A joint committee of Alliance poet
No. 7, American Legion, and th
Spanish-American war veterans of th
city have arranged the program for
the observance of Memorial day, Tues
day, May 80. The plans have not been
completed, but among the features of
the day will be a parade of ex-soldiers
of three wars, with various other or
ganizations of the city, a public pro
gram at the Imperial theatre and thai
usual decoration of n-rave at k
cemeteries.
According to the tllnna tha
diers will meet at the Alliance hotel
corner at 1 o'clock Memorial day . Aa
...viuiuon nas Deen extended to the
various fraternal oriranizntinna nf ft..
city to join in the parade, and the. vol
unteer firemen, Boy Scout and others
have signified their willingness to join)
the procession. Others will undoubt
edly make arrangements to be re prose-n
ted
Ex-soldiers are asked to wear h;
uniforms on this day, but their atf n
dance is desired whether they wear
uniforms or civilian clothes. At 1:8(1
the parade will start and nrncee.l
the Imperial theatre, where a patriotic
im UK i u in win oe given. Kobert U.
Simmons, Scottsbluff attorney and a
past state commander of the Legion,
will be the speaker for the occasion.
There will be several musical num
bers and some Bongs by the audience.
Following the program, the soldiers
and others will march to Tenth and
Box Butte, where cars will be provided
for those who desire to make the trip
o the cemetery. , t
Annual Convention :
of Farmers' Union
at Berea, June 5
Announcement U made bjr 'Alex T.
Lee, president of the Box Butte county
farmers' union, that the annual eon-,
vention of the wganlnation will ber,
held at Berea, June 5. The principal
speaker will be J? O. Shroyer of Hum
bolt, chairman' of the legislative
committee of. the state organization.
The complete program will be given.
later.
You saw "The Devil," at the Rialt.
Rev. Minort will give a special lecture
on "The Devil," Sunday evening at tho
Baptist chuixh. Monday you saw "Th
Devil," come and hear "The Devil"
Sunday. Come early to get a seat. 5i
Tale ot Lost Lion
Looks Like Dodge
to Get Publicity
Circus day in Alliance was more or
less eventf ul, defending on your4 ag
antl the way circuses appeal to you.
Early in the morning the automobiles
began arriving, und there was a big
crowd tm the streets when the parade
started out. The circus, while not to
large as some on the road, gave an
exceptionally good program. A feat
ure of the jicrfoi mance was fiee ele
phant or pony rides for all the kids,
and this made a tremendous hit with
the very younger set.'
The police were eppri.-ed by th
management of the escape of a young
lion, which had gone on an excursion
about the residence district. The
story was that the man-eater had gone
through one house, but fortunately no
one was at home. It seems that the
lion which did tho thrilling stunt was
one of a bunch which had just been
received with a consignment from the
Magenback agency in Germany, and
had it come in contact with a small
child, would have treated it with no
more consideration than a sandwich.
However, some of the Alliance citi
zens who are more or less acquainted
with snakes and other wild animals
have figured out that the alleeed es
cape and tour of the lionwas an imaff-
uiary iwiair, soieiy in tne interests ox
publicity. To begin with, it is pointed
out that the lions with the circus art
of the puma variety that is, moun
tain lions, and are indigenous to North.
America. "If those lions ever camt,
from Germany," said one man, "they
certainly took a roundabout way to
come home."
At any rate, publicity stunt or no
publicity stunt, no fatalities were re
ported, and the lions were all safely In
the cages when the train pulled out.
The circus had a little hard luck at
Tomngton, it was reported. They were
billed for the Wyoming town for Sun
day, and a short time before the per
formance was scheduled to begm it
was discovered that Sunday perfor
mances of any sort, where an admis
sion fee is charged, were barred.
1 hey got around it by announcing that
the performance would be free, but a
60-cent collection would be taken, but
according to The Herald's informant
the circus dropped a couple thousand
dollars on the engagement.