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mutt Official Paper of Box Dutte Countv, . TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Official Taper of the City of AUiane VOLUME XXVIII. (Eig. t'ages) ALLIANCE, DOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FBI DAY, JULY 22, 1921 NO. 6 riiii i nM TrtrfVft tth I I TNI MANY CITIZENS CONTRIBUTE TO MUNICIPAL PIER OVER $600 ALREADY PLEDGED FOR PROJECT. Tier Completed and Cement floor In the Bath House Big Crowds I'm Facilities. The municipal pier, built just south of the Boy scout club house on the east side of Broncho lake, is already completed, and Thursday the workmen began laying the foundation for the foath house. Work on the pier began Monday morning, and by the first of the week it ia expected that the bath liouse will be available for the use of the public. Judging from the crowds that go to the public beach, the accom modations will be taxed to the utmost i from the start. The committee which has solicited ; funds for the public bathing beach, i consisting or Chief of. Police C. W. Jeffers, Sheriff J. W. Miller and Pen rose Romig, is not only pushing along the building program, but is continu ing the solicitation for funds! The aunount subscribed has' now passed the 4600 mark, and not a great deal more la needed to pay the entire expense. Chief C. W. Jeffers or Sheriff Miller will accept contributions, however, and they do not crab, no matter how small they may be. The intention is to have the bathing beach, pier and bath house for the use of the public, with out charge, and the public is respond ing. A glimpse at the following list .of contributors, which includes all who had signed the paper up to Thursday evening, shows that the public is in deed interested in the plan: J. A. Hunter W. R. Shanklin " Lincoln Lowry A. E. Lyon J. W. Miller H. B. Alter Thos. L. Miskimen L. Moxon J. A. Smith Harry Thiele H.-H. Fink Ivan Wong t ' C. C. Rodgers C. V. Yanders E. V. Doyle J. W. Burns A. Sutfist T.H.Morris A. D. Lander ' T. D. James Joe Vaughan J. H. Rehder It. J. Reed J. W. Jackson - ' John Mullin Geo. Nation J. A. Witowack ,D. J. Mollane C. M. Looney A. W. Kllburg E. Essay E. O. Strand W. G. Ezell H. Drury , G. M. Bums C. Larkins j. W. Snyder J. B. Irwin B. H. Rose H. Timmel D. C. Bradbury Steve Franklin John J. Bernhafer E. L. Routh Everett Cook I Henry Bursh Ceo. D. Workman O. A. Grannum G. E. Royle L. S. Adams J. M. Simpson G. H. Williams F. J. Brennan L. L. Dunbar M. D. McKabe N. W. Steinman Reed & Trabert T. J. Conners Walt Vogel W. O. Chaney Tom Gray T. C. Dickinson Kiskis Bros. H. W. Stille J. W. Carroll H. M. Johnson R. A. Tompkins Robert Marshall C W. Jeffers I. R. Schverin . J. H. Liston ' Highland-Hollo-J. H. Carroll way Co. R. C. Gladson Buick Garage W. R. Harper Glen Miller J. H. Hawes R. T. Morgan W. W. Johnson P. S. Yount O. C. Moore Jacob Floth W. A. Bennett H. D. Hacker Harvey Bandholtz Jack Nation P. I. Beach J&ke Reisig John Beach J. D. Hiles A. C. Woolis Geo. Neuswanger Fi J. Pedersen M. M. Bogar Gi F. Wilt W. L. Walker A. J. Nelson . G. L. Harris Vf. E. Spencer Clyde A. Stratton O. F. Tracy Otto Snyder C. Vallas D. McNett Harold R. Snyder C. H. Cole J. R. Snyder C.'enn Wa'.ker E. D. Henry Walter Lyons Joe Williams John Glasa C. E. Whisman II. S. Piersoll lions Club Theo. Preiss Jno. Pauling ' Wm, Woods Geo. G. Smith 3. E. Howard Art Ralls E. L. Stilwell A. S. Mote Joe Cancanon T. A. Cross Carl J. Anderson Geo. H. Beasley John Williams John Wiker W. J. Tragesser J. S. Robbins I H. O. Condit Dan Hoiipes Carl Sward F. W. Ifith Heine Blume Frank Garrett Ed. McNulty J. O'Keefe W. J. Connors W. C. Mounts E. A. Hopkins Ira E. Tash C. W. Grassman J. Ralph Watte yne Wra. Breckner Thos. Kelley Al. Gavin R. C. Hackett Frank Hunt A. C. Smith Virgil Bailey J. Pattalochi Wm. Reeder C H. Fredrick Peter Filoff F. E. Cutts E. R. Fossey N. A. McCorkle G. C. Purdy Ed. Brennan W. L. Williams H. E. Milam Grace Kennedy J. E. Henneberry R. C. McClure II. J. Goss S. W. Thompson G. E. Simpson Lee Sturgeon T. J. Threlkeld Ben Keach Tt. F. Jones Bud Schafer R. J. Trabert H. C. Stenberg Joe Steggs Nellie Wilson H. U. Carpenter Avis M. Joder Carl Phalin Ethel M. Clary J. E. Steggs H. E. Gantx F. W. Miller J. B. Marroa GROWING NOT CROWING Unlike the sturdy Plymouth Rock hen, which cackles loudly every time he lays an egg, The Herald isn't given murh to crowing. Those who know us realize this is due to a disinclination to boast. A few will say that we have nothing to brag about. Let's see about it. The Herald Traveler, John O. Bayne, is a quiet sort of a fellow, who has been making hay while the sun is shining. Were we given to whooping it up on every possible occasion, for the past two months we would have been able to print, in every issue, a record of almost unbroken success. Old John has brought home the bacon. . In his two and one-half months on the road for The Herald, over 90 per cent of the people he has met were Herald subscribers when he moved, on. A lot of them were already on the list. So far as he has covered the territory, we now have over 95 per cent of the farms. And he's covered a lot of ground. During the past three weeks, his record will run close to 99 per cent. As as example, The Herald goes to every house in Berea and to ev ery farm within a radius of several miles in every direction. With this trip, John brings in subscriber No, 300 for Hemingford, which makes this newspaper the unquestioned leader in that territory. He's get ting them, all right, all right. This issue 2,100 Heralds are printed, just thirty more than last Tuesday, and from thirty to fifty less than we expect to print next Tuesday.. Mr. Merchant, do you want the farm business ? You are invited to look over The Heratd's circulation books. Dan Ryan Wm Maunier H. A. John.-on C. R. Beck Lee Moore C. H. Hurst Carl H. Rockey W. W. Norton Lloyd C. Thomas Half Gallon of Precious Hair Tonic Among Loot Taken at Barber Shop The C, W. Nation barber shop was entered some time Thursday night and a quantity of tonsorial supplies, in cluding a precious half gallon of hair tonic,, was taken. There are no marks upon any of the windows or doors, to show that entrance to the buiding wa3 gained by force, and suspicion had fal len upon Reuben Prawl, porter in the barber shop, who failed to show up for work this morning. Prawl carried a key to the building. Among the things that were stolen were razors, shears, clippers, hair tonic and two shirts which were taken from a locker, the doors to which had been forced. In addition, $5 in cash was taken from the register. The chief loser is C. W. Nation, proprietor of the shop, practically everything that was stolen being taken from his stock and working tools. Prawl left the barber shop about 2 o'clock Thursday, and has not been seen Fince. He is white, about twenty years old, and his parents live in Mis souri. The police were busy this morning in an attempt to locate Prawl and a chum. The total value of the stuff taken is estimated at between $35 and $40. Kittleman Children Sent to State Home Now in Good Hands Miss Amy V. Stevens, superinten dent of the state home for dependent children, visited at the court house Wednesday afternoon on official busi ness, investigating the standing and reputation of several Box Butte county residents who have made application for adoption of children from the state home. In company with County Attorney Basye, Miss Stevens made a trip to the Kittleman home. Ju-st a year ago today, County Judge Tash decreed that seven Kittleman children were ne glected and dependent, and sent them to the state home. The oldest of these children has since attained the age of eighteen and was permitted to return to her mother. One of the boys was committed to the state home for feeble-minded. The other live children, Miss Stevens reported, have been plac ed with various families over the state, and good reports are being heard from them. Young Son of Rancher Suffers Broken Leg When Team Runs Away Robert Bird, n of Robert Bird, sr., living ten miles west of Alliance suf fered a crushed ankle and the small bone of one of his legs was broken in injuries received when a team ran away yesterday afternoon. Mr. Bird was driving a hay rake, the horses be came frightened, and he was thrown off the rake when they started to run, the wheel passing over his ankle. BANKER'S GROUP WILL HOLD 1922 MEETING HERE R. M. HAMPTON NEW PRESIDENT OF GROUP NO. 7. Charles Brittan Chosen for Secretary Eighty Bankers Met at ' Sidney Wednesday. Group No. 7 of the Nebraska state bankers' association, which met at Sid ney Wednesday, voted to hold their 1922 meeting in Alliance. R. M. Hampton of this city was elected pres ident of the group and Charles Brit tan secretary. About eignty oanKers were present at the meeting at Sidney, the rnajor ity of them coming from cities and towns in this district, which comprises the territory along the Burlington and Union Pacific in western Nebraska. There were also in attendance avium ber of representatives of banks in Omaha and Lincoln. The bankers talked shop very little at the session, the business meeting lasting only a couple of hours. W. P. Miles of Sidney made the address of welcome, which was responded to by R. M. Hampton of Alliance, who took up in some details the problems that confront the banks in western Nebras ka. There was but one other address during the session, which closed with the election of officers. Mr. Hampton was the only Alliance banker present at the meeting. He re turned Thursday and commented with some enthusiasm on the - growth and changes in Sidney since his last visit there. JHe says that there has been an era of building during the past year or two, and that there are now very few frame buildings in the business dis trict, the majority of them having been replaced with modern structures. The citizens of the town are alert and wide-awake, Mr. Hampton said, and commented on the fact that at the din ner given in honor of the visiting oanKers Wednesday evening in the Methodist church there, over two hun dred wera present. . Finishing Touches Road Finishing touches are being put on the Alliance-Hemingford state aid road this week. The big caterpillar tractor is pulling on the lust lap and will probaby arrive in Hemingford be fore the week ends. The road is said to be one of the best in this pait of the state and is a credit, not only to the county, but the state. The commissioners are planning, if possible, to tackle next a road that will connect a road to one of the cities in the Platte valley. The cost of the completed Heming-ford-Alliance road, it is announced, in cluding maintenance, grading with teams, culverts, etc., will not exceed $140 per mile, for the year 1921. Lloyd Thomas Returns From Wyoming Trip to Inspect Homestead Land Lloyd Thomas returned Wednesday evening from an auto trip of three weeks in Wyoming, during which time he traveled over a large portion of the eastern and central portions of the state, spending considerable time at and near Lander. Hh trip was. made for the purpo-e of inspecting govern ment lands which are open for home steads. While on the trip he inspected many thousands of acres of government lands which are open to eutry. He expects, in company with Wyoming and Nebraska men, to take up the colonization of large tracts of this land during coming months. Associate ed with him in this work will be Her bert J. States of Lander, a graduate of the University of Nebraska who has been living there for many years ami who is said to be one of the best posted men in the state of Wyoming on gov ernment lands, having formerly been a government forest ranger and having been in ranching business for many years. Mr. States is now operating several farms and ranches near Lan der. He will handle the locating of homesteaders. Lloyd reports that the tourist travel is getting to be very hea,vy through Central Wyoming, along the line of the Yellowstone highway. On Tuesday of this week over two hundred cars of tourists passed along that highway through the little town of Glendo, near Guernsey. He is of the opinion that much of this tourist travel, with its accompanying profitable business, can be diverted through Alliance upon the completion of the Potash Highway from Grand Island westward, as a ma jority of the cars are from the eastern states, BIRTHS July 21 Mr. and Antrim, a daughter. Mrs. Floyd S. CITY MANAGER TALKS FURTHER ON FIRE DEPT. TAKES A RAP AT THE INSUR ANCE COMPANIES Says It Costs Ten Times as Much to Maintain Department as it Did Ten Years Ago City Manager N. A. Kemmish has issued the following statement con cerning the proposed changes in the Alliance fire department: It la unfortunate that even a few people should place sentiment ahead of business in our fire department. It is strictly a business proposition in which the insurance compi l es ami the city are in partnership in protecting our citizens against loss by ftre. It is a sort of one sided partnership however in that the city has no vay of telling whether or not it is receiving insur ance rate reductions for our citizens in a sufficient amount to offset the inter est, depreciation, maintenance and up keep of our fire department. There Is a point some place where the total cost of all fire Insurance premiums within the city plus the cost of maun taining the -fire department will be at a minimum. This is the goal we are striving for. The only way we can ar rive at such a figure intelligently would be for the insurance companies to give us the total amount they have received in premiums, and average risks carried within the city for each year during the past ten years also the amount they have pnid out in fire losses during these same periods. We are now papng out more than ten times as much to maintain our fire department as we did ten years ago. It makes no difference however to our citizens whether they spend this money on insurance premiums or on fire ap paratus providing the total cost of both combined is at a minimum. We are sure the insurance companies want to do the right thing. We don't blame them for wanting us to maintain a good fire department so as to reduce their risks. There i3 a limiting point however in the amount we should spend as stated above. Naturally we would like to spend more money- on our fir$dpRrtment providing we get ret urns for it By reducing the cost of our paid department we can spend more money on our volunteer depart ment. By the cooperation of these men we propose to purge this depart ment of the drones and those who do not want to do anything but talk and muke it an honest to goodness fire de partment composed of clean, young men full of pep. Our fire department is also a part of our public safety division and we want this department to be in readiness to assist our police department in case of necessity. We also have other plans in mind which we hope to put through that will give our volunteer fire men a broader field of activity. Unfortunately there are always a few people who get excited quickly and imagine the town will go up in smoke if we should make any change from the present system in our fire appara tus. They do not need to be alarmed. We have taken up the matter of our contemplated changes with the Ne Sraka Inspection Bureau and natural ly they do not want us to make any change. Why should they as long as the city pays the bill? We believe that Alliance is one of the best equipped towns in the state in fire equipment. We have strictly modern . apparatus and we have in addition to the water in the stand pipe, the only amount that other towns usually have, more than five times as much water in our re servoir which can be put into the mains on a moments notice at the rate of nearly one thousand gallons per minute. This would more than cope with any fire which we could possibly have in our city. Presbyterians Still Hold the Lead in the Sunday School League The Presbyterians still hold the lead in the Alliance Sunday school league, .with a record of two games won and none lost. They defeated the Meth odists, for the first time in actual play, Thursday evening, 4 to 3. The Slethodista are down on the books as losing three games, but the first two defeats were forfeits. The Wesleyans reorganized last week, and when they appeared the Presbyterians managed to put up a stiff opposition. Wayne Ralls, for the Methodists, hit the first ball pitched for a home run, i. tka tKini Rnh ljinir. for the Pres byterians, knocked out one that was otuui for th entire circuit, bringing in Thompson at the same time. This hit won the game. ... Following is the standing of the teams in the league: Won Lost Pet. .2 0 1000 2 1 .666 .1 1 .500 0 1 .000 Christians Baptists Dj. M. J. Baskin has gone to Den ver i take a post graduate course in x-ray work. RESULTS? Y'BETCIIA! Clarence Ormsby Is one man who iust naturally thinks of The Her ald when h thinks of a newspaper. Mr. Ormsby found a pocketbook, the other day, and although another newspaper office was nearer, he rame out of his way to leave it with The Herald. The pocketbook con rained over twenty dollars In coin f the realm, exchangeable for eat ing tobacco, soap or any other com modity, and there wasn't a single mark inside to identify it. Mr. Ormsby could have put it in his jeans and let the owner whistle ut Herald subscribers aren't built .hat way. It wasn't long before Charles Cross, the kid that watches the pop :orn wagon and puts on lots of but ter when the boss is away, showed jp at The Herald office. lie came prepared to pay for a want-ad, but he got the pocketbook instead. ' Do you notice the amount of news from the farming communities The Herald prints these days? Our new subscribers are sending it in. When anything happens, our sub scribers give us first hand informa tion. They want it printed where their farmer friends will be sure to see it. Those are the kind of friends we like to have the sort who take an interest in their home paper. Money can't buy this sort of news service. The next time you have anything to buy, exchange, rent, sell or give iway, try The Herald's want-ad columns. For over a year our prices were twice what others charged now it doesn't coit you i cent more to reach the ftllows ho want to buy. You fellows who buy advertising will be surprised at the number of 100 per cent neighborhoods that are to be found on The Herald's sub scription books. Alliance Country Club Members and Families Invited to Scottsbluff At the meet la of directors of the Alliance Country club, held Wednesday evening at the club house, the direc tors voted to accept an invitation Xrom the Scottsbluff Country club, which has invited members -of the Al liance club and their wives for Sun day, July 31. The invitation is for the entire day. Both the men and women will be given an opportunity to try out the Scottsbluff golf course. It is ex pected that a large delegation from the Alliance club will accept tne invitation. Dr.BlakPaysFineFor Violating Traffic Rules But Enters a Protest Dr. Einar V. Blak, physician and surgeon of Alliance, appeared in police court Tuesday afternoon and was fined $5.00 and costs for violation of traf fic rules, following his arrest by Officer Stilwell last Friday nignt. "I paid my fine," the doctor said, "but only under protest. I was at the time on my way to a six-year-cld boy who was dying of convulsions. I was summoned to come at once and I had no time to lose. If the city of Alliance does not make an exception in cases of such an emergency, it is the only city on the face of the earth that does not. Saving a human life is more to me than obeying a traffic rule, such as I violated, and should similar circum stances arise again, in all probability my conscience will not forbid me to do the same thing over, if a human life is at stake." Dr. Blak's violation of the traffic rules consisted in turning his car in the middle of the block. He was at firs only cautioned by Officer Stil well, but a few minutes later repeated the offense and his arrest followed. Alliance Rotary Club To Suspend Meetings During Month of August At the Wednesday dinner of the Al liance Rotary club, the members vot ed to take a vacat:on during the month of August and the regular 11 h ilisnensed with unless president Charles E. Slagle de cides to can tne memoers ioki". acra enilpH last Katur- I . aim .""Pi - . day from England, and are expected to arrive in Alliance Dy luesuay oi next week. . Secretary A. V. Gavin presided dur ing the meeting, and read two letters from Dr. Slagle, one wnuen t lnd. Beleium. and the other from an other Belgian city. Dr. Slagle had just been over tne Dauieneius, u described conditions as he found them, as well as giving the story of inter views with several of the inhabitants. Tk. momhpra nf the club are awaiting his arrival with Interest, expecting a good account oi his inp to me lowrnr tmnui Rntarv convention, at Edin burgh, Scotland. Miss Florence Hutton of Hastings, Neb., Is the guest of Miss Matilda FrankJe. . BAYARD LIONS ENTERTAIN CUBS FROM ALLIANCE CHARTER NIGHT OCCASION FOR MANY STUNTS. Fourteen Lions From This City Royal ly Entertained Tuesday Evening. Fourteen members of the AUiaac Lions club drove over to Bayard Toes day evening, and for five or six hour were the guests of the rampant cuba of that city, who were celebrating--charter dav. The Alliance men mad the trip by automobile, starting at 5 p. m. Due to the bad condition of thsf. roads, they arrived in Bayard about half an hour after the festivities had started, but events moved rapidly enough to make up for lost time. The occasion of the joint . ses&ioai was the receiving of their charter by the Bayard club. William Morrow 08 Scottsbluff, a member of the Lions club of that city, delivered the principal address of the evening when he mad the charter presentation. The speajMP emphasixed the need of the nation to day for true patriotism and the help fulness of such organizations of th a plane of common understanding and high idealism. C. B. Turner, preside tt of the Bayard club, who presided dur ing the banquet, accepted the charter on behalf of that organization. Th Bayard club was the fourth to b formed in western Nebraska, tha others being Alliance, Kimball a&4 Scottsbluff. "That Bayard club is a lively buach, I tell you," said one of the AUUaeei, Lions on his return. "They're Just filled with pep, and they are royal en tertainers. No sooner were th formalities concluded than the stunts began, and kept up until after mid night The automobiles full of visitor, were met by a "German band" of feur pieces, headed by Mayor Harry Pear son, and the band afterward doubled as a quartet. The meeting was held in the Mason ic hall, and the supper a chicktn dinner was served by the Presbyter ian ladies. Following the dinner a. number of five minute talcs were made, by the. Bayard cubs and the 'visitor. Then came the fun. A kangaroo court, was organized, each of the Bayard, cubs being compelled to perform some sort of a stunt. Those who failed paid such penalties as eating half a head of cabbage, roiling a large ball bearing the length of the ball with the noe, going- through the "fanning mill," or drinking a bottle of mock "Bud" and eating a slab of bo logna, holding both in the left hand. The stunts performed by the Bayard cubs to escape the penalties of thqs court consisted of singing songs, tell ing stories, serious and comedy wrestl ing matches, mock baseball and the. like. A feuture of the evening was a- boxing match, which Mayor Pearson prohibited at first and later allowed to proceed, provided the boxers were blindfolded, wore one glove and held a large tin spoon in the hand. The spoons were rapped on the floor now and then, to give the onponent an op portunity to locate each other, bub they got mixed up w;th the crowd and everyone within reaching distance got a rap now and then. Another feature was a Bayard rub disguised as a lady Hawaiian dancer, who was a tremen dous hit until the deception was dis covered. The following Lions from Alliance attended: Charles Brittan, Dick O'Bannon, M. Nolan, J. W. Guthrie, Frank Abeq-g, John Henneberry, John Kane, C. E. Adams, J. S. Rhein, Otto Zamzow, True Miller, Frank Brennan, Clay Harry and E. M. Burr. All of these returned the same evening, save Clay Harry, who went on to Br id (re port '; True Miller and Ed Burr, who returned Wednesday afternoon. Tuesday Night Rain Plays Hob With Bridges on the Chadron Road According to Link Lowry, who is authority on matters concerning road.t in ami out of the city, the traveler to Chadron is in for a merry time the next few days. Every little bridge be tween Alliance and the metropolis of Dawes county went out in the rain that started about 6 p. xtu Tuesday. All of the larger bridges, it seems, were al ready out, the Dawes county authori ties being at present, engaged in re placing them. The smaller bridges were most of them in bad condition before the storm, which may indicate, that the rain wasn't so heavy as one must suspect when he first heard tha news. The traveler headed for Chad ron will have little difficulty, however. in reaching the city, for the worst places have been bridged by temporary structures and the others are fordable. I by this time. THE WEATHER Forecast for Alliance and vicinity: Generally fair tonight and Saturday; somewhat warmer west and north. i . i portions oaiuruay.