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THE ALLIANCK HERALD
LI)T1 O. THOMAS,
JOHN W. THOMAS. Mitor
GIXHW1K KUIC1L, City Kdltor
Published every Tburday by .
TUB HERALD I'UULlMIINO COMPANY
Incorporated
Uoy4 O. Thomas, President Carl Thomas, Vlca Pre.
John W. Thomas, Secretary
(Entered at the post office at Alliance.
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THE INDEPENDENT VOTER
Aftrr nil. tli independent voter. .the vdter who takes into con-
sideration the fitness of candidates
- v i - ...
la ihn vntnr who IB iloinu-
n irVvermnont in tho intcrcBt of the
favored few. It makes easier work
the votes after tho polls close if a
have been voted, but that V11'8 no1
MIGHT HAVE
A tnivfnrtunfi in seldom so bad
wnrsK. A renorter on one of our
nal, in writing the story of an automobile accident, in which a nearly
new r oru lurncu over twice, inrowiiig mo uccuaiiis m mm m-mui-iKhinpr
the'ear, takes the view that being skinned and bruised about
the arms and legs is hardly worth mentioning if the face is not disfig
ured: that having the skull slightly fractured, a long cut on the head
and a big patch of tkin and hair torn oil means tnat me victim was
somewhat scratched up:' that a sprain or two and a few bumps and
being rendered unconscious for a
ing very Dearly skinned ail over, oom whsis spraincu. one eye cioseu, i
-aa-a
Tinnn twistod nut of nlumh. vand the
bruises did not constitute anything of a really dangerous character XhrJ madlVn AU.ance ZT
Perhaps the fact that three -girls, whom the boys had passed just rughi WMO wag the federal repre
beforc the accident, hurried to their assistance, tearing up their white aentatl've from, the Office of Markets
underskirts to bandage their injuries, helped to relieve tho serious-
ness of the situation.
Here i an extract from tho newspaper account which was print-
d under caption, "Even a Ford
Anyway, "while running at a high rate of speed, the car
suddenly turned' over twice, throwing the occupants out.'
Voorhces was skinned and bruised about the arms and legs
but his face was not disfigured. . Lloyd Watson had a slight
ly fractured skull, a long cut on his heal and a big patch of .
skin and hair torn oil,-and was somewhat scratched up. Kd
' Kvans was rendered unoonscious for a time but his injuries
were not serious, being a sprain or two and a few bumps.
Jack Evans was very nearly-skinned all over, his wrists 'were
. both sprained, one eye closed, his nose twisted out of plumb
and his whole face a mass of cuts aird bruises, but nothing '
of a really dapgefpus character.-
FRANCE HAS BEST
In France, where they have the best roads of any country in the
world, the highways aro divided into several classes, but all of them
are supervised by the national government, which maintains a bureau
of roads and bridges: and supports
, engineers and inspectors who aro employed in this bureau. This meth
od of building and maintaining roads in France- was started by the
first Napoleon, who appears to have been the earliest European states
man who clearly saw the economic
and who at the same time had the
The effect of these good roads in
have brought all of tho various parts of the country nearer together;
they have made country life less lonesome, and they have reduced the
cost of transportation of country
the only country in Europe where
satisfied, and where they do not
than those who labor in other fields.
"Civilized nations have good
countries do not. The highways
people have made from barbarism
. ITow are your roads t
The price at which a farm will
ness to market, and the quality
crease tho selling price of your farm, work for good roads.
Good roads will benefit tho farmer more than he ever dreams of
On an average, tho farm products of this country must be hauled
by wagon, miles to market. There
wasron haul than in a railroad haul
roads of the country charge only
ton a mile. .
AUTO REPAIRING
You ill save money and
,done pi ptly and properly,
median:! ii be repaired. AVe
factory ami our constantly increasing list of satisfied custom
ers provi - Uiat we are-giving
The text time your car needs, attention, bring it to
MCOLAI & SON
We will move this week
modern garage building at the
Iiaramie, where we will have
shop and will handle all kinds
HiiHlness Manager
Nebraska, for transmission tbrouai
'
PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
not reach you regularly or satlsfac
card to the office. The best of ser
don't hesitate to nottry us witnou'
for oflice more man meir party at
. . , . .
moat to "DUrHV POlltlCS" Slid ClVf
common people rather than of a
for election" boards In eountinR
large number ot yurraight ticitets
usually maKe ior goou government
BEEN WORSE '
but what it might have, been
Illinois exchanges, The Cuba Jour
time were not serious; and that be-1
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whole face a mass of cuts and
.
Can't Stand Double Hip-Flop and I
ROADS IN WORLD
a school for' the education of the
advantage of proper highways,
power to carry out what he wished.
France has been wonderful. They
produce to a minimum. "France is
the agricultural classes are not dis
feel that they have a harder Jime
roads savage and unenlightened
of, travel arc a gauge of progress a
to civilization.
sell for is regulated by its near
of its neighborhood roads. To in
is more room for saving m this
of one thousand miles. The rail-
eight - tenths of a cent for hauling n
time, as well as having your work
by taking your auV to competent
guarantee our work to be satis
satisfatcion.
into our new location, the new,'
northeast corner of Second and
a completely -quipped machine
-of work. , ,
"SPUD SPEQ!AL" WAS
SEEN EVERYWHERE
Prwgh and Seidell Roamed over Hox
Ilutta At targe I'urlng Potato'
tilling Kean with Hiilletln
During the potato selling season
In Hoi Butte county it was a very
:ommon sight to see A. E. Prugh
tnd bounty Agent F. M. Seidell " In
ilmost any part Tf the county where
notatoos were grown. They made
the county In Seidell' Ford runa
bout which tho potato growers and
commission men came to call the
"spud special."
F. M. kmdixl.
The ' spud speciui" was uea many
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times to ef a quick distribution on
and Rural organization of the Unit-
fu. ... k . '-,;- r.ui:
tia .. ..., th-pftrt hnnHA
during the selling season. This was
the first year this service had been
given the farmers and was the means
I of saving or making them thousands
of dollars without one cent of extra
cost to thorn.- The idda Is said to
have beeji first conceived by County
Agent Seidell. He took the matter
up with the authorities with the re
suit that western Nebraska was glv
en this service.
A. E. PlltGll N
Prugh Knew His Jluslnesa
Mr. Prugh after leaving Alliance
went to Washington. D. C, where he
Is now murket assistant of the Of
fice of Markets Vvd Rural Organiza
tion. He was raised on a farm. In
Ohio, received his education In the
country schools and Wittenberg
Academy, Springfield. Ohio. His pro-
I duce experlunco was received in tho
service of a nriu in Springfield. At
tef spending three years In the pos
tal savings department at Washing
ton Mr. Prugh was transferred to
the Ottlce of Markets and Rural Or
ganization where he has been donig
efficient and valuable work. . When
the Kansas City office was started he
was placed iu charge and remained
there until he chose to come to Alii
ance on this new proposition. He
says the experience ho "got In the
field is of great value to hifii.
Seidell a Ulg Help
F. M. Seidell. In charge of the
county agent work, is enabled to be
of service- to "the farmers of Box
Butte county through the co-opera
tion of the University of Nebraska
College of Agriculture, United States
Department of Agriculture and Box
Butte County, Farmers' Association
He was born and raised on a Nebr
aska farm, got his preliminary edu
cation In. Nvbraska county schools
and the high school at Chadron. Fol
lowing his graduation at Chadron he
went to Anies, Iowa where he gradu
ated from the Iowa Slate Agricultur
al College. Before coming to Box
Butte county as county agent he was
In partnership with bis father on a
ranch near Chadron. 4 Mr. Seidell un
derstauds his work and has filled his
office to the greatest of 'satisfaction
to all. There Is . no .department of
co-operative extension work or agrl
culture and home economics, but
what he can render valuable service
In, either himself or bd the securing
of workers from hte state or federal
government.
Mr. Seidell has been chosen to de
liver the opening address at the Jan
uary 18th meeting of the. Nebraska
State Horticultural Society, week of
organized agriculture. The subject
pi his address will be, "The Import
ance of the Potato Industry In Ne
braska." .
CKXTIIAI M'HOOL PKOiiHAM
lUUH tUIT IN TOTAL OF 9128
The three programs and the sale
of refreshments and fancy work at
the Central school building Friday
night resulted In the taking In of
total of $12$. This amount is to ba
placed to the credit, of the piano
fund. -The program was a success
from every viewpoint.
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investigated the
i)oal situation
Commercial Club Makes Extensive
Inquiry as to Cause of foal
Shortage and prewMit prices
It has been said that you can fool
all of the people some of the time,
and some of the people all the time,
but you can't fool all the people all
the time. This statement soems to
be true In the present high cost of liv
ing situation. The egg men are hold
ing large quantities of eggs In stor
age, the mine operators- are soaking
ethe people with a high price on coal,
paper manufacturers are grabbing
unholy profits on paper stocks, com-
mission men, wholesalers, mlddloJ
men and others are following the
lead of the big ones and the publis Is
Buffering but the public Is getting
wife. Chicago has decreed a boycott
on fifty cent, a dozen eggs, and bo it
goes.
Situation In (leneral
Here In Alliance the situation Is
much the same ns In other sectios of
the country. One of tho things that
is holding the attention ot tho public
right now Is the coal shortage and the
high prlco of that product. Some
place the blame one place and some
place the blame another. There .are
all kinds of rumors afloat and it was
because ot this that the Alliance
Commercial Club made an extensive
investigation to ascertain Just who
was at fault Whether the railroad
company was holding up cars, wheth
er the local dealer was soaking itto
the people or whether the mine op
erators were getting dishonest pro
fits. Aftermaklng the investigation
Secretary Bushnell, of " tho Commer
clal Club says:
Mine Owners to IJlame. .
"One cannot from a local vision
center the blame for these condl
tlons, but it is safe to say that while
there is Just cause'for some Increase
In the prices yet tho mine owners are
undoubtedly taking advantage of the
excuses and. Increasing the margin of
nrofit
The reader will "better understand
this when he has completed the read
ing of the finding of the club. The
Commercial Club'B report, made af
ter, an extensive. investigation . by
Secretary Bushnell, follows:
The great amount of discussion
which has taken place of late, not
only In a national sense but In this
local, sphere, caused tho Commercial
Club to make an Investigation from
local standpoint into the cause of
the coal shortage and especially Into
tho reasons touching on-the Increase
In price of all coal. There Has Deen
considerable criticism ot late which
became so strong that some parties
Questioned, the fairness of the local
dealers in the matter. A study of
the conditions here will tend to en-
t'rely exonerate the local dealers
from any blame In connection witn
the shortage or the high prices that
prevail.
Nimiviv from two lnsmcia
The main source of tho supply of
rnnl la from two districts, the vvy
omlns fields and fhe Colorado fields.
The advance in Wyoming coal has
not beer, as great as that in Colorado
coal, for reasons which will be ap
parent from a study of tne case, ine
price of coal at the mines has been
mnterlallv advanced during the past
three months. Colorado coal of all
kinds was auoted on October ii at
S3 ner ton on an average un Nov
ember 13 the price advanced upon
this same class of coal to J3.60 per
ton. and November 20 that same coal
was auoted at 5 per ton. mose
nrlcps are auoted f. o. b., at the
mines.
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About Freight Kates
The average rate for freight per
ton is from $3.00 to $3.50, so if the
consumer will consider the f. o. o.
prices of the coal at the mines plus
the freight delivered, pius me over
htati charges he will see tnat tne to
cal aealer is noe making any more
t'aan a fair profit.
The Alleged Cause
Th cause for the advance price
at tht mines as given out "In a letter
rmm the mine owners is tnis: tsnon
age of men, shortage of railroad cars
pcsibtlity of a railroad strike, de
murrage charges upon cars and the
Bi.t.stantlal Increase of all material
used In operating.
" Shortage Kxiwiudve
It developed that the car shortage
which ts nation wide and very acute,
has caused the mine operators no
end of trouble. They have been
compelled to pay their men on a full
weekly basis but due to the Inability
to get cars the men have pot actual
ly worked fn some places more than
two or three. days a wee, u is nec
esftary to pay tlus men for full time in
order to hoicrtnem Decause me biutb
Uy of labor would permit mem 10 go
elsewhere apa De empioyeu cunuu
ually. There has been a great In
crease In the demand for coal this
year with the. factories working over
time, foreign- countries purchasing
heavy and the railroads usnlg more
coal than ever before in their history
It must eeem apparent on the face of
things, that the price of coal must
advance In accordance with the the
ory of supply and demand.
Can't tJet Order Filled
As evidence of the shortage of coal
one local dealer In Alliance has ord
ers p)aced dating from August for
over one hundred cars of coal which
have as yet not been delivered
Unable to lellver Coal
: The situation in the Colorado
fields seems to be due In a large
measure, accordnlg"- to the cOnten
tion oft the mine owners, to a car
shortage. . One mine reports that
during tbe past month they have been
unable to deliver but seven hundred
tons of coal weekly, whereas at nor
ml times they were producing about
two thousand tohS per day. --That is
probably responsible for the heavy
increase in the price oi am coai irom
the coal fields. Coal from the Wyom
Ing fields has not advanced as much
ss in the Colorado fields ana tne ans
wer to that might be this fact.
. Iturllugton Not to lllauie
Mr. Young. General Supt.. of the Bur
lington at Alliance reports that the
A GIFT
Suggestion
- Portraits of
the Children
for Christmas,
1916
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The
Photographer
in your town.
Phone 001 for Appointment
P. Van Graven
OVKIl MOLLKJ.VG'H
number of cars delivered to. the
Sheridan and irby districts this' year
are greatly In excess of the number
last year. Here are the figures on
the number of cars delivered at the
Mines. -
Sheridan Coal Company: .
September 1915.
September 1916,
October 1915,
October 1916,
November 1915, v.
1288
1348
1642
21(1
1622
3069
Noven.ber'1916 v .
From those' figures it ppears that the
Sheridan Field, will" receive a great
many more cars this year than In
1915.
The Burlington report for the Big
Horn Collelrtes Co., shows as fol
lows:--
September 1915,, 822
September 1916, . 849
October 1915 1023
October 1916,- 1000
November 1915 1025
November 1916. ...... 1082
This Bhows a decrease fn the number
of cars available In 1916 over 1915.
No Relief at Hand .
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Sheridan Fields have had their full
quota of cars, yet the price upon that
coal has advanced. It is Impossible
for-the demand to be so heavy, ma
terial so high with a car shortage In
other fields without resulting In a
raise on a field which is not mater
ially effected even by a car shortage.
The local coal dealers do not feel
that there is any Immediate relief at
hand, In fact the situation might eas
ily become worse any day. If the
Colorado District has a heavy snow It
will mean a shutting down of the
mines.
Supply Here Is Low
The supply of coal on hand in Al
liance now is very short, the dealers
report that they have sold a great
deal more coal this season than in
prior years and deduct from that fact
the conclusion that a number of peo
ple ehave purchased In advance and
are therefore well supplied.
Indications at this time point to an
additional increase In Wyoming coal
within 'fifteen days. It is impossible
to review the.se facts without -arriving
at. the conclusion that the local
dealers in coal are doing everything
in their power. to remedy the evil.
There is no combination here .to In
crease prices and the entire, cause
may be directly traced" to the "heavy
demand plus the other matters men
tioned In the fore part of this article.
One cannot from a local vision cen
ter the blame Jor these conditions,
but it la safe to say that while there
is Just cause for some increase In the
prices yet the mine owner- are In
creasing the margin of profit there
on, . - -
Sufferer rroiu indigestion llelleved
''Before - taking - Chamberlain's
Tablets my husband suffered for sev
eral years from- indigestion, causing
him to have pains in tha stomach
and distress ufter eating. Chamber
Iain's Tablets relieved him of these
spells right away." writes Mrs.
ThomaS Casey, Geneva,' N. Y. Ob
tainable everywhere.
Adv Nov
COMMISSION MAY HOLD
HhAltlNG I1FUK IN JANUARY
That there la a need for Improved
telegraph service in Alliance Is con
ceded. Acting on the need of bet
ter facilities the Commercial -Club,
through the secretary, H. M. Bush
nell. Jr., recently filed a formal ap
plication with the Nebraska .State
Railway Commission, complaining of
the service given Alliance patrons
and asking the commission to make
an order making it compulsory for
the Western Union to give better
service.
Secretary Bushnell this week re
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VVAHI AD DEPARTMENT
FOR RENT
- Two Furnished Rooms for rent.
321 Big Horn. Phone Walnut 8091.
nov 30-2t-784
Furnished room for rent la mod
ern residence close to down-tows
business district Furnace beat and
bath. Phone 175. ,...-
'"TtOOsnRRENTm Chey"
enne Avenue, -Alliance, Nebraska.
M-tf-7682
WANTED
WANTED A partner silent or,
active for a hotel of the high paying
kind. Must have. $1500 cash. See
F. L. Smith, Alliance, Ncbr. At the
Box Butte Rooming House.
52-3t-7853
LADY
children.
71. -
COOK WANTED
For ranch work.
vithout
Phone
J9-tf-
FOR SALE
1 AUTOS FOR SALR--A second
hand roadster and a socond-band
t Ford touring car for sale cheap. In
quire at the Sturgeon garage.
&Z.-U-7B48 ' -
FOR SALE Ranch ' within ten
mll-s of Alliance. " 1900 acres. In
cluding so:re farmland suitable for -nlfalfa.
Will 'sell part interest , or
whole ranch. A bargain and a mon- .
ey-maker. Address Box. 7823, care'
Alliance Herald. , 50-tf-7823
tJood secotgd-handwTnIclne v
for sale cheap. 8ee at , Keep-U-Neat
Tailor Shop. ." -,
FOR SALE One lot. - Situation,
Lot 10, Block 3 of Hitchcock, Hills
and Snedeker's "addition to Alliance,
Nebr., to highest bidder - for cash.
Write Mrs. Delia S.'Dalnton, Bart
lett, Iowa. . 51-6t-T793$
FOR SALE Heating stove In
good condition. Cheap. Phone 240.
Lloyd Thomas, Herald office.
50-3t '
MODERN nine-room house, locate
ed in choice residence district In Al
liance, for sale at reasonable price.
Phone 340 or Inquire at Herald of
fice. 42-tf-763
THREE . good organs for sale.
Practically new. Taken in exchange
on pianos. For sale at bargain pric
es. Wiker Music House, Alliance,
Nebr. - . - 42-tf-762f
lUSCELLANEOUS
MONEY TO LOAN On Box Butt
county land fend ranches In the tan's
hills. No delay In making the loan;
we Inspect ou- lands and furnish tke
money at once. J. C. McCorkle. Me- '
Corkle Building, Alliance, Nebr.
l-tf-6564 -
PARTIES" wtIININOIR
SEWING MACHINES should phone
lo or leave word at Snyder's Cigar
Store. Phone and the local agent,
D. O. Bates, will call on you.
61-3t-7828$
i tuiiroka can aecur a vrv us-
rul book at Tb Herald offle. It la
Jally time book for. trainmen and
lnmen. Tha price la reasonable.
t-tf-7S8
.MOVK FUKN'ITl'HE SAFELY
We have equipped. our dray wan
ons and auto truck with the latest
appliances for moving furniture
without marring or scratching or
damage. Up-to-date wagon parte
will be used by us on all moving Jobs
JOHN R. SNYDER, Phone 16
7-tf-650
Money to loan on real estate. No
unnecessary delay In getting lean.
Apply to H M. Bullock, Room 4, Red- v
dish Blors, Alliance.
ceived a communication from II. T.
Clark, Jr., chairman of the commis
sion asknowledglng tho receipt of
the application and stating that the
complaint haB been filed. Chairman
Clark intimates that the commission
will conduct a hearing In Alliance at
their first convenience. It Is very
probable that the hearing will not
tae place until after the first of the
year as tne present personnel of the
commission will bo altered after that
time and the old commission very
likery will not desire to take up the
matter in the brief time Intervening.
The plan suggested by the club to
remedy the service Is to separate the
local business from the station office
business and establish an uptown of
fice to handle strictly city business.
FIKKM EN'S HALL AT MOItRIIJ.
i Tha HftonM! .l..4 a j .
ment is giving an annual ball, - the-
third, at the Morrill opera house to-
l in Km. music win be .furnished by
the Mitchell Saxaphone orchestra,
j and a rousing good time is expected.
SENATOrt ADAMS AT ALIJANCH
Ceoree M. Adama nt rnvfnr'
Estate senator-elect from the" 28th dis
trict, which includes Alliance, was In
, the city Tuesday visiting friends.
ine nenaior is known by his many
friends as "George" who find It rath
er hard to think of him as "honor
able" and "senator". The 'Herald
predicts that Senator Adams will
make a good showing for hia-district
In the legislature this winter.
CITY CAItHIFKS TO MAKE
ONE DEUVFJiY THURSDAY
The city mail carriers will make
one complete delivery Thanksgiving
day morning. Registered letters
may be received and delivered at the
general delivery window which will
be open from 10 o'clock until noon
The money-order - window will be
cloned all day Thursday. All depart
ments of the post office will be closed
from noon on.
All Alliance banks-will be closed
all day Thursday and business bous
es will close about noon.