the ALLIANCE HERALD
Lloyd C. Thomas, Editor John W. Thomas, Associate Editor
George Ediok, City Editor
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John W. Thomas, Secretary
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A COMPLIMENT THAT WE APPRECIATE
In our work an a member of the Nebraska legislature during the
session of 1917 we endeavored by all honorable means to "make
good" and to fulfill our promises) to constituents made during the
campaign. We had told our constituents that we believed we had
the ability to get needed legislation through; we told them we favor
ed the prohibition amendment to the state constitution and that wc
believed laws should be passed ,if it carried, to enforce it ; we told
them that we would endeavor to put western Nebraska "on th map"
if we were elected.
After getting down to Lincoln and sizing up the situation we
found that we had a man 's size job on our hands. We concluded that
the only way to get results and to accomplish needed legislation was
to leave the "society stutT" and the "good times" to Others, and to
work, work, work. We have never prjded ourselves on being par
ticularly intelligent, our school education was confined to grades be
low the eighth and a business college course ; and we couldn 't figure
it out that we could "cut much ice" with the intellectual highbrows.
However, the fourteen to sixteen hours per day of hard work in
a newspaper office for several years had put us in practice and we
took off our coat, rolled up otir sleeves and tackled the job. We have
been rather embarrassed at times since the close of the session by the
inanv compliments received from organizations, newspapers and in
dividuals. And yet we deeply appreciate the recognition of results
accomplished. However, when we read a compliment like the one
re-printed below, we feel at a loss in finding words to properly ac
knowledge it. The following was written by Robert Rice, editor and
publisher of the Central City Republican, and published in the edit
orial eodlumns of that paper on dune 28th:
A NewspKr Publisher In Hit' KMte I . u i i 111
"To the newspaper publisher bus bcMi conceded the power
to mould public opinion, and to thin influence many men prom
inent In public life owe their career. Up in the country compris
the panhandle of this fertile state resides a youiiK man. who as an
editor has not only moulded public opinion .but who as a legisla
tor has stepped Into the llniellulu by serurlnK the enactment in
law of the numerous doctrines he bun baeo advocating. Jle pos
sesses not alone the power of stimulating, but also the power of
accomplishment, a combination that classifies him with the excep
tional. "We refer to Lloyd Thomas of Uox Hulte county, western Ne
braska, an old acquaintance and u fellow quill pusher. During
the past session of the legislature, we watched his record with a
great dwal of Interest, for he had at heart the needs of his constit
uency and had u grasp of the situation that acquired the enact
ment of eleven bills out of a total-of sixteen introduced. His
greatest senvlce, perhaps, was rendered on the prohibition commit
tee, comprising three members from the house and a like number
from the senate. There he stood like a stone wall against the
reactionary element of the upper house, and the fact that the bill
emerged from the committee greatly strengthened was due in a
great measure to his personal efforts.
"Lloyd secured the passage of several measures of vital in
terest to the people of western Nebraska. In this number were
two dealing with forestry problems in the reserves of his district:
two making potash, oil and gas pipe lines common carriers; one
requiring railroads to transport livestock to market at theb rate
of not less than eighteen miles per hour, and other like legislation
of direct benefit.
"While the house was almost free from ring rule, the attempt
to make the sifting committee of less units than In the past had
just a smacking of the old machine about it, and the overthrow
of the idea, with the resultant choosing of a large, representative
sifting committee in the house has been attributed to the watch
fulness and insistence of Mr. Thomas. The newspaper men of
Nebraska may well feel proud of Lloyd's record in the land of ac
complishment as well as his career as an agitator."
(b) Uncomfortable for hot weather.
() Heat producing and unhygienic because nnn-porous.
4. Plain, light weight, black kid shoes are the most econ
omical for dress wear. They :ire always In good taste, look well
with any costume ami wear well. The same requisites in low
shoes hold true MOSClalt) when one pair must answer for many
occasions.
I, At the present time the price of the low shoe is practically
the same no the high. With the low shoe, however, a better grade
stocking Is required and more of them, as the wear on them Is
harder, therefore the purchase of low shoes for street wear is
questionable economy
6. While the supply of leather is limited why not create a
demand for coth tops which wear well and look well. Canvas
shoes, too. have their place, require comparatively little leather
and should be cheaper.
7. Shoes wear longer when two pairs are alternated. Shoe
trees help to preserve the shape when not in use.
8. Keep heels in good repair, otherwise 'the whole Shoe soon
UMM shape. Have shoes resoled as soon as needed.
9. Wear rubbers in wet weather. This prevents the damp
ness from rotting the threads and the soles from separating.
10. Keep Shoes' clean. Invest In a good polish and a brush
and care for your own shoes unless your time Is very valuable.
II. Insist on your merchant supplying you with plain neat
sensible styles. Do not buy the faddy types because in the first
place you pay all the way from 2f. to 100 per cent more for this
class of goods (the manufacturer must protect himself against
loss on left over, out of style, etc.) and in the second place the life
of a fancy shoe is shorter, the adaptability less and the upkeep
and care very much more expensive in both time and money.
12. Cheap shoes are not economy.
QUICK WORK
Our troops are already in France. Habitual "knockers" can
not be expected to reform, but pessimists no wean ami no doubt will
cheer up. When the order for the expedition was given on the night
of May IS most of the regulars employed were on the Mexican bor
der and arrangements to procure subrnarinsdodging transports had
to be made, yet ou .June 127, not quite forty days later, the first and
second contingents of our European army, following General Per
shing and his staff, lauded in safety at a French port. During the
successful transatlantic passage German submarines were as ignorant
of what was going on as was the American public generally. Now
these military sharks will be more alert, but they will watch In vain,
for the public announcement of the landing of the two contingents
may be taken as proof that no more of our transports are now in or
near the danger zone.
Obviously the Germans were not expecting results so soon less
than three monihs after war began ami only forty days after doff re's
appeal led to the order for the undertaking. Though necessarily
known to thousands, the secret was well kept, reflecting great credit
upon the patriotic discretion of many newspapers and civilians as
well as upon the promptness and efficiency of the government's ac
tion. At last wc are actually at war just war for our invaded
rights, for international law, for democracy, for human rights, for
the freedom of the world. The American Hag has always been car
ried to victory and the same inspiring story will once more be told.
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THE CHAUTAUQUA A PATRIOTIC INSTITUTION
Perhaps the greatest force for patriotism among: American institu
tions today is the chautauqua. It is solidly behind the lied Cross, the
Defense League, the Bond Issue, the Boy Scouts and Knlistmcnt. Ev
ry member of the Standard Chautauqua System haa purchased a
bond, und the System has pledged itself to back the president in ev
ery way. The Chautauqua that will come to Alliance this year is in
tensely patriotic, even the Junior Chautauqua making- patriotism its
first object. The program is the best the Standard has ever put over,
including the finest artistry in the country. Seven of these numbers
have been given at the great Kpworth Assembly at Lincoln, the sec
ond largest Chautauqua in the country, and every attraction has been
in Chautauqua for years. The first day will start out big and each
day will increase the tension. The Kisk Jubilee Singers, the famous
White Hussars, the Old Fashioned Girts, the Kuehns, the Boyds and
the Chicago Orchestra can't be beat. The Hon. Leslie Shaw as a lec
turer is in a class by himself, and no man on the platform today is
better informed on things governmental and his method of putting
the goods across the counter is unique. The lovable, sweet and won
derful Dr. John Fox; Hindus the Russian; Gabriel, the Irish orator:
and Harmon the inspirational and patriotic lecturer, are a galaxy of
speakers that no Chautauqua can duplicate. For several years the
Standard has wanted a cartoonist, and we have him in the last night
in the genius Ross Crane. Folks, the Standard never handled better
stuff nor stronger talent every one a patriot. It is costing the sys
tern more money to put this program across, than that of last year.
Mil tne price ot tickets remains the same. Chautauqua has on her
war paint this year and backing every patriotic institution vociferously.
The Chautauqua comes to Alliance for six days, July IX to 2o,
elusive. You owe it to yourself to attend. You owe it to vour f
ily to take them. The Herald hopes to Ma this year's Chautauqua
given much encouragement by the biggest attendance ever given one
n tins city.
PRACTICE ECONOMY IN BUYING AND USING 8HOES
In these "war times" it is a good plan for the person interested
in practicing real economy to look to those thins which are wasted
by the average person. The shortage of leather has caused the price
of shoes to rise greatly. The extreme styles used by women are also
a cause ot the high prices.
Emergency bulletin No. 12, issued by the College of Agriculture
University of Nebraska, contains the following helpful suggestions
in regard to shoes :
.loout w 1- Carefully fitted shoes wear longer than poorly fitted ones.
mt Lakeside' dto. I. Substantial heels do not wear off nor run over us easily
have a lag, aecoil heela. They are In good style and better for health
m work and in a ftPstent leather ahoa are not economical.
wearing quality la a lottery.
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Four hundred anthracite and bituminous coal operators liav
"pledged themselves to sell their product at fair and reasonable
prices." Coming after a continual climbiub of prices up. to an ex
cessive level, this is both interest ing ami important news. How did
it happen? Did the coal operators a1 last feel the stir of patriotic
impulse" Was their act voluntary .' By no means. They pledged
themselves only after they had been officially informed that if they
did not put cheaper coal on the market the government Would do it
for them. Such was the essence of the plain speech addressed to
them at the conference in Washington by Secretaries Lane and Dan
iels, and John T. Fort of the Federal Trade Commission.
Secretary Daniels told them that the selective draft principle ap
plied lo the country's resources as well as to its man power that no
man now owns a coal mine or a ton of coal "except as a trustee."
Secretary Lane told them that public service was expected of them
just as certainly as it was expected of the army or navy or the Red
Cross. "The question is," said Mr. Lane, "how much vision have
you? Are you small or are you big.' Are you petty politicians or
are you statesmen in a great time?" Inevitably this caused nervous
ness among men who knew they were nothing but greedy money mak
ers, coining gold out of a national crisis. They must have listened
skeptically when Mr. Lane assured them that there are "greater
things than making money," but what he went on to say put fear in
to their hearts. "Is there a business man in America," he asked
grimly, "who will say to nie, 'You send your boy to France while l
say here to coin his blood into dollars.'?" He demanded to know
what right had they "to take advantage of the demand for coal" at
such a time as the present. He lashed them but was polite to them.
He told thein he believed they would do the wise and sensible thing
even while he intimated that they had better do it and do it quickly
"rathr than compel the government to use a strong hand.
Though lacking in the patriotism and largeness of view that the
iOUr demands, the coal operators are shrewd men of business. Thcv
uiew that they were threatened in plain words but thinly veiled in
courtesy with temporary dispossession if not actual confiscation.
So they pretended to take pleasure in the terrific shaking up admin
istered to them and applauded the stern speakers who told them
what they were, afterward giving their pledge of "fair and reasona
ble prices." Now we'll see. If the coal operators mean it realiz
ing that they must -well and good. But if their surrender was mere-
y in order to gam time and is to be hampered with conditions, Uncle
Sam may be trusted not to be content with mere words when this
ease again comes before him.
BUSINESS
For ages the old motto of business was "Let the buyer beware".
It is a strange thing that such a state of affairs should have existed in
one of the most useful occupations of mankind.
ror ages the so-called noble classes in various periods ot civiliza
tion have looked down upon those engaged in business, in trades, ami
in commerce. If anything, the man engaged in business or commerce
received less respect from the world than people engaged in trades or
strictly productive occupations. But business really includes all of
these. The tradesman, however, was probably thought to be engaged
with a trade because of absolute necessity, while the man of commerce
might have been engaged in it as a matter of choice. Only the arts,
militarism, politics, science and preaching have been looked up to.
But the three activities least respected in the past, business, pro
duction and commerce or distribution, when carefully considered are
fount! to have contributed a large share toward the happiness and ad
vancement of mankind. They have builded our cities, furnished our
homes, produced and supplied our food, have clothed us, made all
manner of products, they sail the ships of the sea, transport all com
modities on land, and have grown more important in countless other
ways of service with each human generation.
Advertising is the message of commerce. Advertising today is
governed by truth, founded upon service, and has for its aim the dis
tribution of all manner of supplies to all people everywhere accord
ing to their needs. The Herald guarantees that every manufacturer,
distributor or other advertiser offering his product or service in the
advertising columns of The Herald will perform absolutely honest
) ice. In advertised goods, especially those in The Herald, you
vill find the best in ail things, service, food, clothing, machinery,
budding material, automobiles, and all products you need.
"Let the public be well served."
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INTRODUCING TOWN CELEB RITES
Beginning with thi week The Hcrsld offers its readers a series
ol cartoons ciudled "Town CVlcbritet," picturing prominent citizens
ot the town in caricature Th cai toons will endeavor to bring out
prominent characteristic of different leading citizens. If readers of
the paper find that our artist is at any time mistaken in his judgment
of the citizen pictured they will confer a favor by so advising us. In
the meautime we commend them to your mercy.
How it looks
when illustrated
"Well, it
certainly
got my goat.
Life is too Short
to do those things which others can do
for you, to even better advantage.
This is especially true in the matter of
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