ALLIANCE HERALD, FERRITAItY I, 1f17
THE ALLlANCL HEivri
LLOYD C. THOMAS. Ilithlnen Manager
JOHN V. TIIOMAJ. MIiht
GKOItGK EDICK, City Editor
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(jHrJEBRASKA PHESS ASSTOFl)
YOU CANNOT FOOL THE PEOPLE
The frequent, attempts of our old friend B. S. Sallows, editor of
the Alliance TimeR, to fool the readers of his paper and the people of
Alliance arc productive of much amusement ami cause irequeiu ex
ilv for the aforesaid it. S. That the people refuse to be
fieve lo bunk which he publishes was conclusively proved at the fall
election.
in 4n Timna nt Innt Fndnv anncarcd the followine item: "It is
ill HIV " J I I - .
interesting to note that the first trial vote to be taken upon the prohi
bition propaganda in the Nebraska House disclosed the following:
Absent or not voting: Thomas." In his endeavor to place Represent-
ative Thomas in a bad light the aforesaid is. . lorgeis mat u is a wei
known fact that Llovd was absent at this time attending the annua
convention of the Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen's Association at
Auburn, this being on January 16th, 17th and 18th. However, it may
be said that Lloyd was interested and that he knew that the majority
in favor of the Stearns resolution woukl le decisively in tavor oi me
same, the vote in the House being 82 to 10 in favor of the resolution
It is also a well-known fact that Representative Thomas is one ol
the five men chosen by the House to draft the prohibition bill for the
purpose of enforcing the amendment, and that he has been m constan
Attendance with tho committee doing this important work since it
sessions began. The product of their labors will be a bill which is to
be introduced in the House this week. And Lloyd will be found right
on the job when it comes to fighting for a law to enforce the amend
ment as adopted by the people.
One interesting. feature of the proposed law will be the sectioi
which will make it a criminal offense to do after May 1st that whiel
ihn Times is now doinff advertise intoxicating liquors. It certainly
will be interesting to see the attitude which will be adopted by the
Times when their revenue from that source is cut off. And it must
be rather galling to know that practices now being indulged in wi
be illegal after the first of May.
The Times recently published a "Sworn Circulation Statement'
nurnortintr to cive the circulation of that estimable organ, as show-
in an audit made by C. C Johns, former auditor for the Associated Nt
braska Newspapers. Hut the Times forgot ( ?) to give one impot tan
item in the sworn statement the date of the same. The date migl
make some interesting reading, for it. is a well-known fact that Join
is now and has for sonic time been connected with the Star-Herald a
Scott.sbluff, having left Grand Island several months ago. And A. I).
Scott, of Edgar, Nebr., was elected to succeed Johns as secretary
the Nebraska Editorial Association at the annual meeting held it
ScottsblulT last August. And the people have not yet forgotten the
affidavit of ownership published by the Times for last April and its
clumsy attempt to straighten the matter up after former county judgi
L. A. Berry had discovered the fact that the affidavit had not given
the facts in the matter. The statement of Judge Horry that the edit
or of the Times was "a self-confessed perjurer" has never been do
nicd. -
Wouldn't it be just fine if the people would believe the Times?
",: g conditions in Yucatan, the country upon which the United
trttis must depend for a supply of sisal fiber:
The Comlslon Reguladora (Yucatan Fiber Commission) la a
monopoly.
It controls absolutely the sisal fiber supply of Yucatan.
It is compelling American users of binder twine to pay many
millions of dollars more than the fair value thereof.
The legal status of the combination of this monopoly and the
Pan-American Commission Corporation (the American Bankers'
Company financing the monopoly) Is doubtful and should receive
attention at the hands of the department of Justice.
The department of state should endeavor through diplomatic
channels to obtain some measure of relief from tbe exorbitant
prices asked for the fiber.
American farmers should make every effort to find a suitable
substitute for sisal which can be grown in the United States in or
der that they may defy the foreign monopoly.
There Is active competition and no monopoly or combination
In the sale of binder twine.
The price of twine is based on the cost of the raw material.
The manufacturers of twine have not made an exorbitant profit.
The Yucatan sisal market was competitive until the Regula
dora obtained control. Smaller manufacturers and state prisons
purchased their raw material as cheaply as the Plymouth Cordage
Co. and the International Harvester Company.
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We notice that Bert Langford's are
out of quarantine again.
Dill Moravek was a visitor in town
over Saturday and Sunday.
Sheriff Cox was up from Alliance
again the middle of the week.
Mr. L. Sampy Is enjoying a visit
with a nephew who came Tuesday.
Miss Jessie Elliott was an Alliance
visitor for a couple of days recently.
Phillips spent a couple
Chadron the first of
of
the
day afternoon for a time it looked
like we were In for a goou old fash
ioned blizzzard. The mercury con
tinued to go down and about ten
o'clock the storm stopped at an ear
ly hour Wednesday morning, the
thermometors registered 24. Some
cold.
occasion.
The basketball season Is now here.
Two games will be played this week,
one at Kimball on Friday, and one
at Sidney on Saturday. The lineup
of the team Is as follows: left for
ward, Lotspelch; right forward,
Ralls; center, Groves; right guard,
Fennlng; left guard, Purinton; subs,
Wright, Edwards and O'Connor.
Saturday the girls' basketball
team will play Chadron here. The
following comprise the Alliance
team: Edith Vanderwark, Beulah
Reddish, Frances Collins, Lena Pre
lss, Thelma Fltzpatrlrk and Martha
Shaw.
Declamatory and debating work
will start In about a week. Mrs.
Stansbury and Trof. Crawford are in
charge of the declamatory work, and
Mr. Stockdale Is In charge of the de
bates. The preliminaries wlfl be
held the latter part of this month.
!hew city pumps
ARE INSTALLED
of "The
magazine,
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
The "Count) Fair" Wo reat Sue
cesn First Bosket Iwill (James
Will bo Held Tfiis Wevk
OF BENEFIT TO RAILROAD EMPLOYES
Hailroad men were much pleased to learn last week of the pass
age through the Nebraska House of Representatives of House It oil
No. !W, providing for the payment twice each month of wages to rail
road employes: The two members of the House responsible for the
passage of the bill were Shannon of Douglas and Thomas of Box
Butte, both serving their first term. The bill encountered much op
position in the House but after a hard light it passed with a vote of 90
to 3, many of those who fought the bill voting for it on the final roll
call. It is interesting to note that Naylor of Dawes, who did not have
the support of the Chadron railroad men at the election, worked hard
for the bill. Naylor holds no grudges and is showing the railroad
men that he is their frieiul, even though he did not receive their sup
port at the election.
O. E.
days In
week.
A. M. Miller went over to Chadron
Sunday where he had business to at
tend to.
News items are pretty m:urce due
perhaps to everybody being afraid of
scarlet fever.
Mr. Ashley the horse buyer spent
a few days in the vicinity of Craw
ford last week.
Frieda Wildy is the latest victim
of Scarlet fever having come down
with it Tuesday morning.
Mrs. R. IJ. Shepherd Is attending
;o business at the Milliner stor dur
ing Mrs. Lorenson's absence.
Miss Stella Hucke is at home again
having recently be en under quaran
tine ut the Clarence Carroll home.
.
Dr. McKwen has been confined to
his bed for the past week with Ij
CJrippe and a coiupllcat ion of ail
ments. The quarantine has been lifted
from the Melick and Carroll homes
and both families are enjoying their
freedom.
Airs. Graham and daughter Vera
returned Sunday from a month's vis
it with friends in the eastern part of
the stale.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hrott left for
Marsland the middle of the week to
reside in the future where Mr. Brott
has a position.
School was closed Tuesday after
noon in order to fumigate the sever-
il rooms and reopened again Wednes
day morning.
Pearl Lorenson was a west bound
passenger from this place on 43 Sun-
lay going to Gordon for a weeks vis
it with friends.
Miss Llda CLiseling is helping at
the First State Bank again having re
cently returned from Lincoln where
jhe has been attending school.
APPRECIATED
It's fine to be appreciated. Newspaper men delight to be philan
thropic and patriotic, to render service to the public more than they
:an hope to ever be repaid for in patronage, if their efforts are only
.appreciated.
The Alliance Herald has a good business, but, better than that
even, it is appreciated. As a sample of the many words of commen
dation that are given this paper, is the following from a letter from
Attorney A. D. MeCandless of Wymoro, Nebr., who was formerly a
resident of Box Butte county:
I think The Herald is doing great work for the farmers of
' Box Butte county the best of any paper in the state. And it
ought to be appreciated by them.
NO, THANK YOU
Newspapers often receive contributions for publication that the
editors and publishers do not endorse fully, if at all, but which are
printed as a matter of courtesy and interest to some of the readers.
But when it comes to publishing anonymous communications in which
the motives of any person or persons are attacked, we draw the line-
The Herald is in receipt of a piece of stereotype plate from the
American Press Association, to be published as a news item, in which
the house of representatives of the Nebraska legislature is attacked
for passing a resolution for a constitutional convention. The Amer
ican Press Association has nothing to do with the furnishing of these
plates to the newspapers of the state, except as manufacturers, but
informs us that they are furnished (which means paid for) by "inter-
ested parties' . ell, as far as we are concerned, "interested par
ties" will have to come out into the open before we print their dope
Nothing stirring here, at present.
Hiail PRICES BEGET HIGH PRICES
However much manufacturers and dealers might wish to keej
th prices of their wares down to normal, it is an impossibility with
most of them. The fact that others are charging higher prices on
their goods makes it necessary for many who would prefer to keer
their prices down to increase them. The following is being cited as a
case of this kind :
A committee of the United States senate was appointed to inves
tigate the sisal fiber and binder twine situation. After making an
extensive investigation, the committee made an exhaustive report
which, briefly stated, contains the following statement of facts re-
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Wildy and lit
tle daughter Mary left the early part
of last week for Florida where they
will spend the balance of the win
ter. Arthur Danborn had quite an ex
perience Monday getting a small
sliver In his eye which necessitated
the assistance of a doctor to re
Miss Virginia Uosenberger who
Is teaching at Belmont this winter
visited at her home southwest of
town over Saturday, returning to her
eschool work Sunday.
There will be a basket ball gume
on the local floor Saturday night be
ween Heniingford H. S., and Chadron
Normal. This should be well attend
ed as It Is the first public gathering
held here for some time.
Pat Patterson the traveling tales
man for tne uicnarunon uru vu
of Omaha made his usual monthly
visit to our town last Thursday. Pat
has a host of friends here who are
always glad to see him with them.
Mr. Crane violinist In our orcher
tra and who hales from Marsland
was down for orchestra practice Sun
day. He was accompanied by Ross
Gnyeart. Miss Alice Knyeart and
another young lady whose name we
failed to get.
The store of Rockey & Son was
burglarized Saturday night. Entrance
was gained through the back door,
a few pocket knives and a few small
articles were taken. The burglars
were either frightened away or were
amateurs at the business at it was a
very bungly Job.
A fire alarm was turned In about
three o'clock Monday afternoon when
a refrUserator car standing In the
yards was discovered on fire. The fire
bova resoonded promptly and were
soon ou haud with the hose cart and
soon had the fire extinguished with
small damage to the car.
Another cold wave accompanied by
a' blizzard struck this locality Tuea-
On Friday evening the stock Judg
ing class of the Alliance high school
presented the most successful of
many entertainments staged for the
benefit of the school. The high
school aa a whole got back of the
"County Fair" and pushed It to a
happy realization. It is estimated
that fully four hundred people at
tended the entertainment. The to
tal receipts were $67.97, and the to
tal expenditures were $29.43, leav
ing a balance for the school of
$38.54. The money will be used In
paying for a stereopticon lantern and
slides.
The "County Fair" staged Friday
evening was practically the first en
tertainment of its kind ever attempt
ed on such a large scale. Every,
room had its show, while the assem
bly room was given over to music
und singing. Everything was free
except the price of admission and
the merchandise offered at the can
dy booth.
On the llrst floor the girls of the
Sophomore class sold ice cream and
candy, which helped to swell the to
tal receipts for the evening's enter
tainment. Prof. Holch held forth in the sci
ence laboratory giving a demonstra
tion and lecture on the developing of
pictures, both prints and films. The
world's famous Doctor Joder con
ducted a clinic In the English room.
Meat axes, butcher knives and like
articles were used with skill here.'
Those who like the mysterious were
ufforded an opportunity to whet their
curiosity In the room of mysteries;
which at other times is known as the
Mathematics room. Professor An
son Thomas, here for a special en
gagement extraordinary by special
permission of the Society for the Pro
motion of Fakology and Profits,
changed water into Ink, and ink into
water, produced what you asked for
from a handkerchief, doing things
that only a man of years of experi
ence and study under the direction
of the famous instructors of this so
ciety could do. A model farm such
as one might see in full moon time
was on exhibition in the Agricultural
room.
It took a stipulated amount of
heat to have your fortune appear,
but the witches and sages In the
Commercial room were equal to the
Kquipment Heady for dual Test
tan l"u m 1 ,600,000 Gallons
of Water a Day
Tbe two cross compound pumping
engines purchased by the city from
the Merkle-Hines Machinery Com
pany of Kansas City and now Install
ed at the city plant and. all ibat re
mains is the testing of them, which
test will be made probably the last
of the week. The pumps were In
stalled by Frank Beeson of Scotta
bluff, an employee of the machinery
company.
These pumps will be used in pump
ing the water from the reservoir into
the city mains and standplpe and
have a capacity of 1,000 gallons a
minute or about a million and a half
gallons every twenty-four hours. The
new pumps will relieve the deep well
pumps and will place the water de
partment in a position to take care
' of the pumping In a most satisfactory
manner for years to come. The old
equipment Is considered at the pres
ent, time to be ample to take care of
the needs of tbe city during the win-
; ter months, but with the coming of
warm weather the two new pumps
I will be necessary to relieve the strain
from the deep well pumps. During
, ,vii, the warmer weather, when there Is a
Yea, when we work and study, think greater demand for water e8peclally
x. a.n7 BweHf; . . . tor irrigating purposes, the strain on
We shall far evil, for he the old equipment waa almost too
Ills rod and his staff, they pain us. I mucn
He layeth a tablet and pencil before . new pump8 haye &n automatlo
U8 . pressure regulator which la a guar-
They are our ne , 'antee that full pressure will be main-
He anolnteth our heads with wis-. tftlned ftt aU Ume and w,u a,ao eUm
dora; inate the possibility that the pressure
Our brains runneth over. will be too great, as is sometimes the
Surely pain and toll shall follow ns, wheM the u pumped di
All the days of our life, i,t from tfae wcllg ntQ the ma,ng
Ann we snau ucn
grade forever. A. u
The February Issue
Spud," the high Bchool
prints the following:
Mr. Crawford Is our teacher,
We shall not want another;
He maketh us study our lessons;
He keepeth us In after school hours.
He restoreth our brain.
He leadeth us in the path of work
and toll
For our high school's name's sake.
Where Error ! Common.
M-n make more mistakes ic the sc
lecihni of second wives than iu any
other form of cmVuvor which en
gross their utt'v.iion. Topcka Cup
Hal.
WKKKI.Y WKATJIKK KETOKT
The present equipment is Such that
should an accident happen to the
standplpe at any time, the new
pumps will be able to pump the wa
ter into the mains In quantities suf
ficient to take care of all needs, the
same as is the case now.
The report of F. W. Hicks, official
weather observer for Alliance, for
the week ending Wednesday, Janu
ary 31, Is as follows:
Jan Max Mln Max Snow Wind Day
CLUB ASKS DECREE
I Western Union and Commercial Club
j (Jet Together and Fix up
Dilllculties
31 40 -21 -10 NW
25 41 10 36 W
26 38 11 28 W
27 45 6 40 W
28 51 25 35 W
29 47 24 37 W
30 49 22 40 W
Set
Clear i
Clear
Clear
Set Max. means reading of maxl-,
mum thermometer Immediately alter
setting.
It was 40 at 5 p. ra. on the 30th,
In other words, the maximum did pot
change.
The minimum for today, Thursday
February 1, was 22 degrees below
rero.
Need a Utile
finance that proposition?;"'
fcj A want ad may find
fellow who has idle
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J iO HlVtrSl.
I It s worth
: Secretary Bushnell of the Alliance
i Commercial Club states that tho club
: Is filing a final motion with the Ne-
ihivicbfi (2iula TCiiilwuv mmmloainn.
mrnyithe mot,on dealing with the tele
nt rti ' P''aPn service here. Tho club re-
'decree upon the complaint filed with
that commission.
ir la Btarun viiar ttx I in in prr i H
c,ear i Club and the Western Union Tele
graph company have reached a com
promise in the matter and to avoid
the expenses of litigation are by mu
tual consent stipulating Improve
ments which hereafter are-o be In
force. The plan as outlined now
calls for two messenger boys to be
employed in the commercial service,
for better telephone service at the
office, besides stipulating other ac
tions that will be the means of im
proving the Bervice here.
PLAN nAXQl-ET FOIt KMPI,OYNH
Fourteen members of the Alliance
hj Federation of the Retailers Assocla
tQltion held a meeting at the Alliance
; hotel Friday noon. Several matters
! of more or less Importance were dls-
New plans wero adopted for
the credit rating system used In Al
liance. It was decided that some time in
the near future the association would
give a banquet to the employees of
members. It Is planned to have an
interesting Bpeaker on the program
when the banquet is staged.
Would
trying.
Our modern, sanitary cleaning
tnd pressing costs no more than
the other kind. Keep-U-Neat
Cleaners, 205 Box Butte Avenue.
Phone 133.
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addorff Music House
Saturday Special
We have taken in exchange two slightly used pianoK which have been put in fust class
condition which we will sell to the first customer Saturday morning for $190.00. We also
ha 'd her used pianos, which are real bargains. We have one slightly used player that
taken back, which can be bought for the unpaid balance.
we
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THESE ARE REAL BARGAINS AND MUST BE SEEN TO BE APPRECIATED
It you are going to buy a piano within the next year you cannot atTord to miss these bar-
Kveiy piano has been thoroughly overhauled and put in the finest shape possible.
gains
FACTORY TO HOME STORE
FREE
STOOL
SCARF &
TUNNING.
HADD0RFF
Music House
ALLIANCE HOTEL BUILDING
ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
ONE PRICE, ONE PROFIT
EVERY PIANO
GUARANTEED
WITH HADDORFF
IRON CLAD Guarantee
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