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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
1
Rumors say the Northwestern railway considers extending from Hay Springs to Hemingford and likely into Alliance or Scottsbluff. The plan aims to tap rich Box Butte potato lands and potash plants, intensifying the battle with the Burlington for western Nebraska territory.
Local papers discuss a potential Northwestern line from Hay Springs to Scottsbluff and its ties to Union Pacific. Analysts weigh routes via Hemingford Alliance Lakeside and Holand Anti och, noting traffic agreements and possible industry taps at sugar factories and potash plants. Some see a strategic move to counter Burlington.
A Box Butte Potato Growers Association is formed at Hemingford to standardize and grade potatoes, sell through a manager, and guarantee quality. J. P. Jensen is president with John Wiltsey as vice president. articles to be adopted Sept 1. The cooperative aims to raise prices without stock or profit sharing and may organize storage facilities if needed.
A government ruling requires local exemption boards appeals to district boards. Nebraska's two district exemption boards hear cases from claimants in essential industries. Robert Graham acts as the state rep, appealing exemptions. two new exemptions were being erected at Berea. Hyannis guests Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Sampson visited Hyannis residents.
Denver based agricultural agent C H Liebers reports hay shortages in the region and high costs to ship hay. He notes dairying expands westward and Box Butte dairymen buy Holstein stock near Lincoln. He cites pit silos as crucial for dry farming and a model farmer using land with no salary. He projects 126000 bushels of pinto beans in the West and discusses government sales to allies. Liebers returns east after Alliance visit.
Carl Amsberry returned to Alliance Sunday after attending the International Typographical Union national convention in Colorado Springs as a delegate from the local union. He says he had a fine time and gained many pointers in the printing trade through mingling with printers from across the country.
After September the government will mobilize 243,014 drafted men from fifteen central department states for training in six large cantonments. Nebraska recruits and others will join at Dodge Des Moines Iowa Camp Sherman Ohio Camp Taylor Kentucky Camp Custer Michigan Camp Grant Illinois and Camp Munston Kansas totaling about 3 000 acres per camp with modern barracks and amenities to form a national army.
Omaha Bee describes the departure of Nebraska soldiers from Fort Crook and Omaha to train for foreign service at Deming New Mexico. Companies C of the Dandy Sixth and Fighting Fourth, under Captain Miller and Captain Whipperman, bid farewell amid cheers from mothers and wives. The advance guard will move 6000 Nebraska soldiers to the southern camp, with smiles and bravery shown by all as they depart.
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