iTXi 'i J L RnnnFnRnirNTRYii IMPROVEMENT OF WATERWAYS WILL DEVELOP RE80URCES OF EVERY 8ECTI0N. FREIGHT CARRIED CHEAPLY iMko a Direct Saving In Coat of Trant portatlon by the Water Routes, and Indirectly Serve to Lower Railway Carrying Rates. The claim lias been made In previ ous articles and facts and figures given to Rtipport tho claim that wa terways carry freight more cheaply than the railways do or can, and that they compel the railways to carry freight moro cheaply than they other wise would, making a saving of hun dreds of millions of dollars a year, even under present conditions, and Indicat ing a vast increase in that saving If all waterways should he Improved. And (then the surprising assertion waB imade that tho surest way to enlarge the business and Incrcaso the profits of tho railroads of tho United States Is to Improve tho waterways of tho United StateB. The best guide to the future Is tho experience of tho past, so let us sec what has actually hap pened to railways when waterways have been Improved. That the improvements In tho chan nels and harbors of tho lakes have ben of great benefit, both to tho rail ways which parallel their shores and to thoBe which run from lake cities to tho interior, is a fact bo plain that it needs no argument to Bupport it. There are no more prosperous and profitable roads in tho country than those that serve the region tributary to tho lakes. But no one questions the .wisdom of continuing the improve ment of the lakes, or of our ocean Ikarbors. The real question is as to the improvement of our rivers, and If ir wish to study the effect of river improvement, either on railway reve nues or national development, we iiaust go to Europe. Results In Bohemia. During the fifteen years that im provements were under way on the Elbe river, in Bohemia, the river trif le, as a natural result of the better channel, increased fivefold. But traf iflc on the competing railways in creased still more largely and the div idends on the main line, from Teplltx to Aussig, rose to 16 per cent per annum. Similar results followed the canali sation of the River Main, from May icnce, on the Rhine, to Frankfort, which was finished in the latter part of 1886. The river traffic, which amounted to only 156,000 tons in that year, began to grow and has kept on Jgrowing, being 1,273,000 tons in 1002. There are two railroads between Frankfort and Mayettce, one on each .side of the river. What happened to them? Did their business show a se irlous falling off? Or were they forced 'into the hands of a receiver? On the contrary their traffic, which was 911, 000 tons in 1886, also began to grow, and by 1902 had reached 1,909,000 (tons, or more than double what it was when the railroads had a practical .monopoly of tho business of Frank fort The mere statement of the In creased tonnage does not tell the wholo truth of the matter, for the .tonnage was not only more than doubled in quantity, but greatly raised in grade, bo that it could pay, and did pay, a much higher rate per ton per mile. Fine German Waterways. Practically all the railways of Ger many are state owned and state oper ated. Out of a total of 36,000 miles, In round numbers, only about 2,500 miles are operated by private com panies. Germany also has one of the Iflnest systems of waterways in the world, and a study of the balance sheet of the German railway system shows that the results which followed the improvement of the River Main are not an exception, a mere coinci dence, but are the natural outworking of a principle of general application. In the calendar year 1907, after paying for operation, maintenance, repairs, renewals, new equipment, interest on bonds, contribution to the sinking fund, and every other item which the most careful bookkeeping required to be chnrged up, the German railways turned $164,000,000 of absolutely net revenues into the treasuries of tho various states. This was $5,050 per mile of line opernted, whllo the corre sponding figure on United Stntes rail ways for the fiscal year 1900-7 was only $1,967 a little over one-third as much. Much the greater part of the total revenue of the German states Is de rived from their railways, 71 cents out of every dollar received bv Prussia in 1907 being so obtained. Yet German statesmen keep on, year aftor year, spending money earned by their rail ways In building and improving water ways to compete with those same rail ways, on which they depend as tho principal source of national income. In the light of the facts given above it will not do to say that these Ger man statesmen do not know what they arc about. On the contrary, they are acting, as has been well said, "in fur therance of a policy the wisdom of which time and experience have fully confirmed." Always and everywhere the result is the same the Improvement of a waterway is a benefit to competing railways. For this result, as for anj other, there is a good and sufficient reason, but it must be left for another time t,o tell what that reason Is "BACK TO THE FARM" II. Restoring the Balance. BacK to the Land. y C. V. GMGIRY. Copyright, 1310. by American Press Asso ciation. E lime seen how the hluli fot of the nwessnrle ol life mid of foodstuffs pur tlculaily Is the direct re t-ult of the town ward ttvml of popula tion Tin siiini' miwe Is responsible for the terrible congestion of popula tion In bouit' parts of the j;rent cities, with the attendant disease and misery Such conditions nre deplorable, the moro so because they are unnecessary There Is enough food in the world foi nil, enough shelter for nil and enough room for nil. Men will come to learn indeed, they are already learning that they aro paying too high n price A COlirollTABLE FARM HOME. for the privilege of living in the city. The setting of the tide of population toward the city began when the city possessed some real advantages that were not found In the country. To day this condition is reversed. The current still flows cityward only be cause of habit. There Is n tremendous amount of inertia to be overcome be fore the direction of the Dow of hu man beings will be reversed, but the day of "about face" Is coming. You may travel for hundreds of miles through the west, where broad arable fields stretch out on every side, with a population of not more than four to the squnre mile. Even in the fertile Mississippi valley there are but twenty-five people located on each square mile. In the east the country population is more dense, but here there are thousands of quarter sec tions and eighty acre tracts of land so fertile that ten acres properly tilled mean prosperity. Contrast this with New York city, with 12.57b people to the square mile, or Chicago, with 11,448. The cities boast of their size and greet each add ed thousand enthusiastically. As well might n snidlne can ask to be packed more tightly. The city Is calling for men that it does not need, for which It has no work nt living wages and no room without crowding some one else a little closer. The country is calling for men call ing with the voice of opportunity. There is room for nil and to spare There is a good living for nil and a surplus besides. The decentralization of the cities, the movement to the country, menus snner, cleaner living. There is less of strife nnd sordid self ishness out In the open country, where the grass is green and the twitter of song birds replaces the city's din. Chil dren raked in the hnyflelds make the mcu of brains and brawn for which the world Is calling. Out in the coun try It Is possible for every man to have n home. The humblest laborer can be covered at night by his own cottage roof. The future of the nn tlon depends upon the preservation of n pure and healthy home life, and no where can this be so surely attained as in the country. A higher standard of living is possi ble to the man in the country. lie can build a house for the price of two or three years' rent in the city. lie can hnve fresh vegetables and fresh meat and fresh eggs on the farm that make the canned nud cold storage products of the city a disagreeable memory Forty cent eggs mean doing without to the average city dweller. To the countryman with a small flock of poul try they menu prosperity. The man with his own cow doesn't complain of the high cost of milk nnd butter, for grass Is always cheap. In the country the everlasting strug gle to keep up appearances is not felt so keenly 'as In the city. The useless extravagance that makes the bill lor clothes the heaviest drain on the city man's pocketbook is lacking. Men. and women nie taken more for what they ure worth and less for what they teem to be The man who lives beyond his Income in nn effort to appear more than tie really Is Is looked upon with disapproval. In the country the stand. iird of living as it applies to the real things food, clothing, shelter, books and papers enn be maintained much higher than It can on an eiuiul nzod Income In the city The temptations to reckless extravagance nre much less, nnd the margin for savliig Is con sequently much greater. From the standpoint of the average Individual and for a great uiauy who are above the average couutry lite at present is much more desirable in .al most every wny than city life. Some of the more specific ndvnutnges will be taken up In Inter articles. From tho standpoint of the nation nn In '!. In tin, number rf people ! , fc - --. - .- w wt" till the soil or who lire close to it it absolutely necessary. Wo might find temporary relief by letting down oul tnrlff barriers to the wheat of Canada nnd the cnttle of Argemlun, but suet relief would be only tempornry. Thi Inflow of cheaper meat and bread would but accelerate the growth oi the cities. When the limit of the pro ductlon of Cnnndn nud South A merles was reached we would face nuothei crisis of high prices, this time much more serious than we are undergoing, nt present. The only way the price level enn be permanently adjusted and lasting prosperity assured is by in creasing the proportion of country dwellers. At present there are too many drones In the Hives of Industry. The uin'nrn ed liii-reinent. tho rapid rNt in ivnl estate values for which community growth N i ('sponsible, has placed hun dreds of thousands of people whor they can live from the proceeds ol rents live without working. They art granted n perpetual tax upon the in dustry of others on the necessity oi people to live. Legislation that will put a heavy tax on this unearned in crement will In a largo measure right this wrong anil force the property owners Into productive labor. Th decentralizing of the cities will forc down tho nbnormnlly high rents nnd help to thin the ranks of the people whom excessive rents have allowed tc remain In Idleness. Aside from the people who do not work, there is n vnst army of nonpro ducers who nre supported by tho men who work at productive labor. Out system of getting goods from produce! to consumer Is needlessly expensive and cumbersome, There arc too mnnj middlemen on the wny, who through custom hnve como to think they have n divine right to nn easily earned share of tne consumer's dollar. Much of this awkward system of dis tribution has been made neccssnry by tho concentration of the manufactur ing Industries in large cities and by the locntion of these cities without ref erence to the markets for their manu factured goods or the source of tbeii food supply. It has been estimated that if Philadelphia were located close to its food supply the cost of living in thnt city would be reduced 20 percent The timo has como for n radical re adjustment of the system of distribu tion. The consumer nnd tbo producer must be brought closer together nnd a large share of the energy wnsted in duplication nnd rehandling of products turned Into productive labor. As nn example, there are nearly 100,000 com mercial travelers In this country. These men nre well fed nnd well pnid. The cost of selling goods through them is enormous. The consumer pays this cost in increased prices. The plan of selling all sorts of goods In small quan tities by personal solicitors Is n rem nant of the old days of cutthroat com petition. It has little, if any, place In modern business. Todny business 1ms been put on n scientific basis. Consol ldatlon is the keyword of bfilciency Consolidation has reached its highest development In manufacture. Trans portation is not far behind it It is time thnt competition the kind of competition thnt fosters lnelllciency, duplication and excessive cost is elim inated from the unproductive Indus tries. In the very nature of the case there must always be a class of unproduc- sJ V -If pl fit BBBBBMW'Wmll&flBBBBSHBBBBHSMBBa i m f THE "11IIEAD IilNE" IN NEW TORE. tive workers. It is for the best good of the nation to limit this class as much as possible The future prosperity of America, then, depends upon the decentraliza tion of the cities. Large cities are eco nomicnlly wasteful, and they will have to go. The manufacturing cities of the future will be located with reference to food supply ns well as with refer ence to the market for their products. In recent years the farmers of he hog raising districts of Iowa are com ing more nud more to ship their bogs to local packing houses for slaughter, thus eliminating the long freight haul to Chicago. A plan is under way to establish a termlnnl elevator at Cedar Itaplds. where the bulk of the Iowa grain can be cleaned and graded nnd shipped direct to the consumer. In this wny the toll of Chicago, with Its heavy terminal charges and Its array of middlemen, wlll.be almost entire). eliminated. One of the chief factors In the way of this enterprise and inauy others of like nature Is the discriminator freight rates which the railroads give to the large cities Hut this is a mat ter that will be remedied In time The era of the open country nud the couu try town Is dawning. The great city lias Its plnoe, n place which It will an Inue io hold, but It cannot be the (loiulimriiig force in American life, nor can it much longer attract the flower of ynunc manhood and young woman iim! from the country dltrl-iH j. - r. -- -3 ( Western Life and Accident Denver, Colo. Working Men and Women of Alliance Protect Your Earnings. READ THIS Denver, Colo., August 0, 1010. Fred B. Morrison, Alliance, Nebr. We bog to enclose you herewith our cheik for H0 In payment of vour claim ngu. nst this company for injuries re-1 oeivoil on May 31, according to proofs I men ui ims oince on were dlMibUil for two mouths, for which time indem nity has been allowed. We trust this will be satisfactory, Very respect fully yours, It. Townkii, Secretary. Western Life & Accident Co. Denver, Colo , .Inly no, 1010. James W. Coyle. Knelosed find check for $105 in pay ment of your claim against this com pany for injuries sustained Juno lSth, according to proofs filed at this olllce. You were disabled 45 days. Secretary. Western life and Accident Co. Denver, Colo., Aug. 1, 1010. George Peterson. Enclosed find check covering your disability for sickness during month of July. Respectfully yours, It. V. Town er, Secretary. Allinnce, Nebr., June 10, 1010. Western Life and Accident Co., , Denver, Colorado. Gentlemen: 1 received your check in full payment for my recent Illness, nnd wish to thank you for same, and the prompt manner in which you responded to my claim. Fhkii E. Mohihso.n, 220 W. Wyo. Ave. Alliance, Nebr., June 9, 1910. Western Life and Accident Co., Denver, Colorado. Gentlemen: I hereby acknowledge re ceipt of your check covering my recent illness in which 1 was operated upon for appendicitis. I shall ever speak a good word for the Western Life and Accident Co. Mits. Geo. C. Ham,, Western Life and Accident Co., Denver, Colorado. Gentlemen: My claim in your company amounting to 8.10 for accident was re ceived promptly and wish to thank you for your prompt method of helping your members when in distress. Tiiomah Jackson, Alliance, Nebr. Western Life and Accident Co., Denver, Colorado, Dear Sirs: My claim against your com pany received and I wnnt to thank you for your kind attention which was sat isfactory in every way, und for the small cost of policy. I think it is some thing everyone should have. Hesp.ct fully yours, John Hanii. Alliance, Nebr. We pay while you live: others pay when you die. Which is better? We insure women ns well as men against all diseases common to both. The one policy insures tho beneficiary as well as the insured. Dn. Willis Covle, 211 East Wyoming St., General Manager. NOTICE To Patrick Murtugu, Hox nutte county. Ne lirunkn. You are hereby notified tlint . Uyrno did on the 4th day of November, 1P07, purchuso at public sale of tho treasurer of llox Untie connty. Nebraska, the following deteribed land bltuated In Uox llutte county, Nebraska, to-wlt. The (.outhtaM, ouarlor (,SE 14) of section nine (0). In township twenty-live ((), north ranee II ftr-one51), west of thottixth iirinclpu! m1r, W,BF-fr tuxes for tbo year IW0; Unit tho h.-ild M.ilyrnedid hinco. and after the same became delinquent, paid as cuhseouent taxen, tho taxes for theysarllOT; and that afterwards tho said U. Uyrno for a jrood and valuable consideration assigned nald certificate of tar alo to mo. the nnderslKnedrW. h. McNamara. and that I have since, and" after the same' be came delinquent, paid as subseient taxes, tho tuxes for tho yeor 1008; that said land was taxed for each of said yearn, to-wlt: liOO. 1U07, 190S. In the name of Patrick MurUKh. And yon aro further notified that after the expiration of threo months from dale of tho service of tills notice, I will apply to said treasurer for u tax deed of said land. You wilt govern yourself accordingly. Dated tills 8th day of Augnst, 1010. W. L. McNamara, Purchaser. NOTICE ToJolin L. nurtoii,Alllunce,Itos Butte, county. Nebraska. . " You are hereby notified that H. Hyrne did on the 4th day of Nouember. 1P07. purchase ut public tax sale of tho treui-urer of llox llutte county. Nobraska, the following descrllwd bind situated In JJox IJutto county, Nebraska, to-wlt. mT,'10. HV.rt,5 hJiU "f l,, Mjutbeast quarter iNlt nf HKKI nt uu-lni. .1,1..,.,.... ,, ,.' ... ship twenty-five (L'5), north range forty-severi ') west, sixth prin-lpal meridian, for taxes .... "'jiiivji iiwinuu mat tno said II. llyrno did since, and after the same beeurno delinquent, paid ns subsequent taxes, the taxes for the year HiOTj and that aflerwards the said H UyriiH for n good and valuublo consideration assigned said certificate of tax sale tp me tho undersigned, W. L. McNamara and that I unto since, and after the same be came delinquent, paid as subsequent taxes H??XJ for u,'J'?ur : that wild land was taxed for each of mid year, to-wlt- iiiqj i(. ino7 imt 1,1 , 1,-. ...V Vi. , v... I"" And .you are further notified that after the "P""1"" " uirev lutiiuns irom dale of tho service of this notice. 1 will apply t0 SH,, ,11 - " .- uto sum luno. you will govern yourself accordingly. uateu this 9th day of August, 1010. W. I McNamaiia. Purchaser. NOTICE Tcou'u,ty!Xbr,asll!'roelU,or,0n' " "ue You aro hereby untitled that H. llyrno did ff.?.lJ;.,Sbte.. '''''following descriU-d i7. it . """" rawuty, Nebraska, . 1,yiK,u,u,.0,lst,nrt,(f'E)of section flf tiendM. In township iwemy-four tfl), north langt llfty-iine (51). westof tlio sixth principal after tho sarno became delinquent, paid is subsequent taxes, the .taxes for tlio year nw and Unit afterwards the said II, Hyrne for a e,!!1 vu'uablt,S""!,ll,t'rutlf' assigned said vertltlcuta of tax sale to me, the undersigned. L-Mcttrau-.ndtliutI have ulnce.und after tho same became delinquent, pa d as subsequent taxes, the taxes for the ibiir liwi that said land was taxed for "acli of saiil MvWffm'iV i'!5, 'J8' 1W7' 1 the name of William II. Throckmorton. Aud you are further notified that after the expiration Sf notice, 1 will anoly to said trmuita. .... ..; deed of said Ian id. IOU Will covurn vn,irt...ir accordingly. Dated this 8th day of August, 1010. - W. U McNamaha, M .Purchaser PROP08ED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. The following proposed amendment to the constitution of tho State of No brnBltn, ns herclnalter sot forth in full, is submitted to the electors of tho State of Nebraska, to be voted upon nt the general election to bo held Tucs dny, November 8th, A D. 1910: A JOINT HKSOLOJT10N to nmend Section 0110 (1) of Article seven (7 of the Constitution of tho State of No brnslta. He It enacted by the Leglslnturo of the State of Nebraska: Section 1. (Amendment constitu tion proposed ) Thnt section one (1) of article seven (7) ot tho constitution of the state ot Nebrnskn, the senato concur! Ing, be so nmemled ns to road as follows: Section 1. (Who nre electors.) Iv ery mnle citizen of tho United States, of the age of twenty-ono )onrs, who shall havobeen n resident of this stnto six months next preceding tho eloctlon and of the county, proclnct, or ward, for the term provided by lnw shall bo an elector; provided, that persons of foreign birth who shall have declared their Intention to becomp citizens con formnhly to tho laws ot the United States and nro voting nt tho taking ef foct of this amendment, may continue to exorcise tho right of suffrage until such time ns they may havo resided in tho United States ilvo years, after which they shall tnlto out full citizen ship papers to bo entitled to vote nt nny succeeding election, Section 2. (Ballots.) That at tho general election nineteen hundred nnd ten (1010) there shall bo submitted to the elei tors of the state for their np proval or election the foregoing pro posed amendment lo the constitution rolntlng to tho right of suffrage. At such election, on the bnllot ot ench elector voting for or ngnlnst said pro posed nmendtnent, shall bo written or printed the words: "For proposed amendment to tho constitution relating to the right of Buffrnge," nnd "Acnlnst said' proposed amendment to the con stitution relating to the right of suf frage " Section 3. (Adoption) If such nmendment shall be approved by a majority of nil electors voting at such election, snid nmendment shnll consti tute section one (1) of article seven (7) of the constitution of the State of Nebraska. Approved April 1, 1909, I I, Geo. C. Junkin, Secretary of State, of the stnto of Nebraska do heroby cer tify that the foregoing proposed amend ment to the Constitution of tho State of Nebraska is a true and correct copy of tho original enrolled nnd engrossed bill, as passed by tho thirty-first session ot the legislature of the Stnto of Ne braska, as appears from Bald original bill on file In this omce, and that said proposed amendment is submitted to the qunlifled voters of tho stnto of Ne braska for their adoption or rojection nt the general election to bo held on Tuesdny, tho 8th day of November, A. D.. 1910. In Testimony "Whereof, I have here unto set my hand nnd aflixed the great seal of the State of Nebraska. Done at Lincoln, UiIb 29th day of July, In the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred nnd Ten, nnd of the Indepen dence of tho United States the Ono Hundred and Thirty-fifth, nnd of this State the Forty-fourth. GEORGE C. JUNKIN, (Seal.) Secretary of State. 34-3 months. "COME IN !" Don't stall around the door all day. "How 1 hate To have to wait In barber shops To haye them shave my chops." It's a very short Stop At Nation & Copeland's Shop 221 Box Outte Avenue Miss M. Ruth Taylor TEACHER OF PIANO 324 West Idaho. Phone 205 Training School for Nurses In connection with Mercy Hos pital, conducted by the Sisters of Mercy, is a Training School for Nurses. Wanted, young ladies to enter the Training School of Mercy Hospital at Alliance. Apply to Sisteh Superiok. EUGENE BURTON Attorney at Law LAND ATTORNEY Olllce First National Dank BIdtf. 'Phone 180. ALLIANCE, NED, WILLIAM MITCHELL, ATTORNEY AT HW. ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA. H. M. BULLOCK. Attorney at Law, AJLTjIA-TVCIC, IMlCU. F. M. BROOME LAM) ATTORNEY Long experience as Receiver U. S. Land OUico is n guarantee for prompt and eilicicnt service. Office in Opera House Block ALLIANCE - NLBKASKA. BRUCE W ILCOX Lawyerand Land Attorney Practitioner in civil courts since 1893 and Register U, S. Land Office from 1903 to 1907. Information by mail a specialty. Office in Land Office Building ALLIANCE, ' NEBRASKA OKIH UOI'L'KItNOLb lies. Phono -'0 V. .7. PETERSEN lies. Phono 43 . Drs. Coppernoll & Petersen OSTEOPATHS 7-8-9 Rumer Block Phone 43 GEO. J. HAND, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat loRTcTiTCrluRCrl PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON (Successor to Dr. J. E. Moore) OFFICE IN FLETCHER BLOCK Office hour ll-lSa, m. S-4 p.m. 7:30-9 p, m. Office Phone 62 Res. Phone, 85 7rxrcopsEYTor Physician and SurjteoH Phone 300 uiiunBuanvicu ptuuiui-jy uujr nuu uiKUb injH oflllco. Offices: Alliance National , Bank Building over ttie Post Odlce. ,' ' DR. CHAS. E. SLAGLE : WITH - DR- -BELXWOOLW- Special Attention Paid to Eye Work Dr. L. W. Bowman PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Rumer Block, Rooms 12 and 13 Omce hours, to to 12 a. m., 1:30 to 4, 7 to 8 p. m. Office Phone 65 Res. Phone 16 Dr. H. R. Belville PHONE 167 Opera House Block Alliance, Nebr. T, J. THRELKELD, Undertaker and Embalmer phone 207 ALLIANCE, NEBR. MRS. LOIS RILEY Trained Nurse IIO.E 510 THE GADSBY STORE Funeral Director and Embalmer FUNERAL SUPPLIES OFFICE PHONE 49S RESIDENCE PHONE. 510 J. P. HAZARD Surveyor and Engineer, ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA Parties out ol town should write, as I am out much of the time Charges will not exceep $5.00 and ex penses per day. E. C. Whisman Practical Painter and Paper Hanger Full line wall paper samples PHONE 709 ALLlANCe, NEBR E. O. OOOL Plumbing and Fitting All work guaranteed first-class PHONE aZ RED. AS MINT BUND EN BLOCK ALLIANOB. NEIRAtK i jggawa