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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 22, 1915)
"n y y y V t y y y y y y y y y t y y y y y y y y y y y V y y y y y y y y y y y y y V y y y y y y y y y liKirii (Hi.. iV'"''&!iiliW .j-'WIjii Cea? p ancT Paint Up WeeA April 26 to May I Hughes Crescent Cottage House Paint Kalsomine and Cres-O-Lac V WE WILL GIVE TEN PER CENT DISCOUNT ON ALL TAINT BOUGHT DURING PAINT-UP WEEK y y y y Phone 73 Porch Paint, Floor Paint, Barn Paint Oil and Glass UK WILL (ilVK TKX PER CENT DISCOUNT OX ALL PAINT ROUGHT DURING PAINT-UP WEEK Geo. A. Heilman, Manager THE ALLIANCE HERALD JOHN W. THOMAS, Editor LLOYD G. THOMAS, City Editor Published every Thursday by THE HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY i- Incorporated Lloyd O. Thomas, President Carl Thomaa, Vice Pres. John W. Thomas, Secretary Entered at the post office at Alliance, Nebraska, for transmission through the malls as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, 91.60 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE LAWMAKERS HIT LIVE STOCK MEN HARD Under the above caption the Twentieth Century Farmer of last veek has an article that ro well expresses the opinion ot ine neraia regarding some of the work done by the Nebraska legislature, at the c,inn rniiiiilv closed, that we renrint the following from it: Live stock men in Nebraska were certainly bumped good and hard by the Finance, Ways and Means committee of the Nebraska lious of representatives. This committee, in making appropriations ior carrying on the work of the different departments in the state, seemed to be bent on making a record for economy regardless of the needs of the department or its importance to the people of the state. This legislature passed a law consolidating the departments of ct all inn n.trist t inn and state veterinarian. During the last two years these two departments expended a little over $59,000 in cany n nn their work, nntsiil.' of salaries: the amount allowed by tins committee for the coming two years is $20,000. In addition to this, the oflicc force is reduced in their allowance for salaries in the salary appropriation bill. As a comparison, this committee allowed the Game and Fish com mission &25.000. which amount was raised by the house to $36,500. "Wherein this committee can see for a minute that the game and fish of the state are of more importance to the people than the live stock industry is more than we can comprehend. Reckless Slashing of Appropriations In the salary bill they have provided for a veterinarian, one as sistant, two field men and two stallion inspectors on a yearly salary. The stallion inspectors must necessarily be on the road nearly all the time. It is absolutely necessary for the state veterinarian or his as sistant to be out most of the time, yet for railroad late, hotel bills and other traveling expenses of all these men the committee allowed only $2,500 for the coming two years. The item of traveling expense alone shows that they gave little or no consideration to the bill except to cut down the amount. Dur ing the last two years a little over $27,000 has been used in this work. We can say without fear of contradiction that had the farmers of the state been without the state veterinarian and the field man in their work in hog cholera work alone, thousands upon thousands of dol lars more would have been lost, 'ilus is to say nothing anout the work done in looking after scabies, tuberculosis, glanders, douriue and other diseases. The total allowance made by the committee wouldn't begin to cover the expense of stallion inspection. One question that occurs to us is, why did this committee provide a salary for these inspectors and field men and not provide for trav eling expenses? It looks as if they wanted to provide a fat job ful some political friend, with nothing to do but to draw pay. This would be economy with a vengeance. Foolish Economies - If the wishes of the house committee had been carried out, Ne braska, with its fclOO.OOO.OOO live stock industry, would have but $20,000 in expenses to protect it and pay all indemnity for animals that may have to be slaughtered by state officials to prevent some dangerous disease from spreading. If the stallion registration de partment does any work at all they will use all the allowance for traveling expenses for the whole department. The present legislature, like all others, was elected on an econo my platform. We look at this economy policy of the Finance, Ways and Means committee of the house much as Representative Mockett W .A 11 1 1 1 oi Lancaster county saia ne looncd at a matter on which he was speaking. He said, "There is only one thing I know of that is worse than playing politics, and that it playing horse." It looks to us as if this committee, in acting on appropriations, were not only playing politics, but they were also playing horse. At least some of the mem bers of this committee were going the limit in playing politics for fu ture usefulness. Playing politics can work both ways; time will tell which way the play will work in this case. Expense Item a Joke The truth of the matter is that the expense item of the house committee appropriation is particularly a joke and was regarded as such by the senate committee, ine senate committee was put up against a hard and unjust position. The appropriation bills came to them from the house, in many instances absolutely inadequate to car ry on the work of a department. The senate committee were forced to raise these amounts that the work of the department might be car ried on, and take the blame from some of these false economists who cry "Down with the taxes," regardless of consequences, or these de partments would be unable to do business. These same fellows would be the first to kick if some dangerous animal disease got into the ani mals in their neighborhood, and the state did not take prompt meas ures to check it, yet when making the appropriations they don't want any money allowed for this purpose. From an economical standpoint the most foolish thing we can do is to allow any animal disease to get a foothold in any community. There should be funds available for officials to take such measures as are necessary to carry on efficient work, and do it promptly. We personally know most of the men connected with the lave Stock San itary board and the state veterinarian. The governor is by statute at the head of these departments. We think these men could be trust ed not to spend money not absolutely necessary in this work; that is what they are placed there for, but it looks to us like the house com mittee looked on these men as a bunch of grafters and did not pur pose that they should have any money at all to work with. Quarantine Measure Killed , Another bill of importance to the stock interests was House Itoll 5JW a bill to give the state veterinarian and Live Stock Sanitary board power to quarantine animals and mark the ones showing dis ease, in case of outbreaks of contagious diseases in any locality in the state. This bill was thrown over the transom by the Live Stock and Grazing committee, who reported it for indefinite postponement. So important was this measure that Governor Morehead in a special mes sage introduced a bill just the same as House Roll 599, and asked for its passage. Ve mention this just to show how little interest the house seemed to take in the live stock industry of Nebraska. ARBOR DAY PLANT TREES This is Arbor Day, the holiday in which Nebraskans in partic ular are interested, and of which they are proud, because a pioneer Ncbraskan was founder of the day. Many of the great pioneers of this state may be forgotten, but not so with J. Sterling Morton. The demand for a proper observance of Arbor Day intensifies as the years go by, and the keeping of this day will keep green the memory of its founder. Plant trees. If for any reason you are not prepared to do so to day, plant them tomorrow or the next day or as soon thereafter as possible. It has been well said that he who makes two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before is a benefactor of man kind; how much more truly may it be said of him who makes a tree to grow where none grew before. THE BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT The persons who are promoting the boy scout movement in Alli ance wish the public to know that it is not a military organization, altho the name causes some people to think it is; and it is not sect arian in any sense. Good morals are taught, but on the broad ground of common conscience. Religious instruction is left to the churches with which the boys or their parents are affiliated, or with which they choose to associate themselves. One definition that we have heard of the boy scout movement is that it is organized play. To this should be added that the preserva tion of health, the conservation of physical powers and the control of mental faculties constitute an object of attainment, in connection with the amusements and recreations engaged in. Humane deeds and acts of chivalry and heroism are constantly encouraged. The obtaining of useful knowledge in connection with clean sports is fun damental. fi&f I While You Are Cleaning J I Up the Town, Have J P Your Clothes Cleaned HUGH BOYD i THE TAILOR I 1 PHONE 133 ATLAS HOTEL BUILDING P A ZIG-ZAG JOURNEY Rev. D. W. Montgomery Will Attend General AsM'iubly at Roche.s tr and Lecture Enrmite At the annual session of tin- Box Butte Presbytery, held at Scotts bluff. April 13 to 15, Hev. D. W. Montgomery was elected ministerial commissioner to the annual assem bly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America, to be held In Rochester, N. Y. Mr. Bab- cock of Seottsbluff was elected lay commissioner. ltev. Montgomery will lecture en route to Rochester. He left Alliance yesterday, going to Angora where he had some church matters to look af ter before going east. Today he goes to Ft. Collins, Colo., for a few days' visit with hia wife and two daughters. From Ft. Collins he will go to Denver, thence to Pawnee City, Nebr., where he will lecture, May 2. He is booked for lectures In Wash ington, D. C, Philadelphia and Har- risburg, Pa., which will be delivered on his way to attend the assembly. He will visit New York City also n route to Rochester. It will be some time in June before he sees Alliance again! CLEAN IX(i AX1 PRESSING The following special offer Is be ing made for a short while: Suits cleaned and pressed for $1. Phone 58. ALLIANCE CLEANING WORKS. 20-tf-5440 TREES AT LESS THAX COST Now is the time to buy trees at less than half price. Phone 74 at once for they are going fast. 20-H-5136 NOTICE To Whom It May Concern: On and after this date I will not be responsible for any accounts or obligations contracted by my wife. Mrs. Edna Twilegar. 18-4t-5397 L. A. TWILEGAR. It's money made and money saved to keep your house well painted. Unprotected lumber rots, splits and soon goes to ruin. Your only protection is paint made to stand the wear of the weather of this particular climate--Lincoln Climatic Paint. For Cleanup and Paintup Week, April 26 to May 1, we will have on sale the best lines of paints and varnishes, includ ing Lnicoln paints, stains, enamels, and finish for every sur face, indoor and outdoor, and at prices that will please, and an assortment of regular $2.50 per gallon Monarch Pure House Paint to close out at $1.25 per gallon, for Cleanup Week only. Let us show you. H OLSTEN' S The rfeoM. Store WALL PAPER THIS IS THE TIME OP THE YEAR WHEN TILE HOUSEWIFE IS TURNING HER ATTENTION TOWARD SPRING HOUSECLEANING AND THE REPAPERING OF THE HOUSE, OR AT LEAST A ROOM OR TWO. WE WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE HAVE A MOST COMPLETE STOCK, AND THAT VU RELIEVE WE CAN PLEASE YOU. THE PRICES ARE VARIED ENOUGH TO SUIT EVERY TASTE From 5c to $2 a Roll WE INVITE YOU TO COME IN ANY TIME AND IN. SPECT THE STOCK, WHETHER YOU MAKE A PUR CHASE OR NOT. F. J. 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