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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1920
Page
1
District clerks issue rules clarifying the April 20 primary. The attorney general’s bulletins describe filing deadlines, ballot design, citizenship rules, and gender based voting procedures. Women’s voting rights and election board roles are outlined with separate ballots for men and women.
Nebraska association of local insurance agents convenes in Alliance Tuesday March 28 with expected attendance above 125. Registration at Alliance Hotel court house events include an afternoon auto trip to potash plants and an Elks club smoker with buffet lunch. Speakers include James F. Joseph of Chicago among others.
Increased cloudiness with probable snow Wednesday and tonight. Colder in the east and central portions tonight.
Prominent figures from Milwaukee and Omaha including Roberd of Milwaukee and E R Guerney of Lion Bonding join Eden Bach state fire marshal Lincoln and W H Ahmanson of the National American Fire Insurance in Omaha for a gathering. The Alliance Chamber of Commerce will host a banquet at 7 pm Wednesday at the armory with committees led by J W Guthrie and others handling auto rides hotels and entertainment.
The Scottish Rite holds its third reunion in Alliance on March 18 and 19, with Adoniram Lodge of Perfection No. 6 and Alliance chapter Rose Croix No. 4. Degrees from the fourth to the eighteenth will be conferred and about one hundred candidates are expected. Frank Patton of Omaha, sovereign grand inspector of Nebraska, will attend. Meetings are at the Masonic Temple. Friday banquet by the ladies' Scottish Rite club at the armory.
Saturday, March 20 marks the final filing deadline for county and state offices. In Box Butte two candidates have filed: T. D. Roberts for justice of the peace and Joseph Duhon for county commissioner, while County Judge Tash plans to file today or tomorrow with his petition ready.
Two cases listed for adjudication this week in county court. On Wednesday morning Oscar Bremen sues Oscar Brush for payment on a note tied to a stallion sale, Brush replying that the animal did not meet the guarantee. Saturday morning Judge Tash presides over State of Nebraska v Worley, charging mishandling of carcasses after hog cholera losses.
County Attorney Les Bayse left for Omaha on a business trip tied to the Krause estate settlement. He was joined by Hermann Krause as Dorse Bruce Perry, eight, was taken to Lincoln by Bayse after his father B R Perry had committed him to the state detention home for incorrigibility. The Herald notes a critical letter from Perry and objects to publishing his remarks and defense of his actions.
Relative standings and the contest results show contestants splitting honors as printed standings imply a tight race. Subscriptions for the campaign will be reduced materially from April 3, focusing on effort rather than prior advantage.
Totals include votes cast up to 8 o'clock Monday evening March 15. Next publication Friday. Subscriptions and votes to appear in Friday's report must be turned in by 8 o'clock Thursday evening March 18.
Contestants in Alliance and Box Butte county vie for the Reo Six prize as the first period ends April 3. Miss Barry leads, with Miss Newman and Miss New man close behind, while Miss Hodgkinson and Miss Gasseling show strong bids. Local contestants like Mrs Wong and banker R M Kelly mobilize supporters as the race tightens.
Miss Loretta Hodgkinson, resident of Alliance, a former A. H. B. 1915 graduate now with Bald Rus Head Betate, is praised for charm and loyalty. She stands as a leading contestant in the big Reo Six race, supported by townspeople who favor her win. She's the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hodgkinson.
Miss Ruth Thomason and several new nominees including Jay Smith George Ditsch and Lloyd Edmonson enter a race with 50 000 extra votes per 20 club subscriptions. Campaign boosts by week long push and prepaid subscriptions. Voters urged to act, with standings to be rechecked Thursday night and published Friday in the Merald.
The Herald outlines an auto campaign claiming 650000 votes from ten five year subscriptions. 25000 votes per subscription with 16 by April 3 plus 60000 extra votes per twenty dollars in clubs. Ten subscriptions yield 260000 regular votes plus 60000 extra votes per club for a total of 550000 votes. Aimed at winning a Reo Six valued at $1965.
Miss Josepine Ganson local Red Cross secretary will be at the First Steel Bank Hemingford Friday of this week to aid ex service men with war risk insurance discharge papers and related issues. She plans regular Friday trips to Hemingford until further notice.
The Alliance syndicate drilled a gusher in the Osage field delivering 1,000 barrels per day with drilling tools still in the hole. Superintendent J. A. Adams was burned. nine partners led by Dr. H. A. Copsy and C. M. Carroll own 1,600 acres and back the venture. The well began gas buildup Saturday night, fire followed, steam hoses fought the blaze, and the casing remains 6 5 8 inches with a 1 2 inch swivel. Experts project possible several thousand barrels daily once fully drilled.
Dierks Lumber plans to finish a new one to two story brick office building this spring plus extensive yard improvements. Plans were sent to Kansas City for final approval three weeks ago and local management expects a reply any day.
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