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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 21, 1918)
Al l IAN I. HRRALD, THURSDAY, FKURI ARY 21, 101 Locals Parrel! F. Malum' If, former 4111 fpn. boy, sun of Mr Walter Bate! Iff Criiw ford. has :in ivi il "MlMwhtN In Frame'- with Mi i-nntinM-nt of United StatM soldlera. Darfell'l nick name anions tht Alliance hoys wb "lilrk" and he whs a pojnilar anl well known young MM BMW. IN en listed In the const artillery Inst spring ami wan stationed at Fort Win Held Scott, California until November when thr company was changed to an anti-nircrnft company and were cut to Franco. The company left Fort Scott on November 30th. Par roll's first letter was censored "over there" on December 26tb, left New Tork city on Januury 23rd and reach ed his mother at Crawford on Jan uary 26th Just four weeks on the way. Darrell was In good neulth, had a, smooth crossing, was with a "bunch that couldn't be beat," had good "grub" and a pood place to Bleep, bo "why worry." He could not write a descriptive letter, only he "did not think France wus going to be half had." ' John J. Rhelnkobor. proprietor of the Eagle Barber Shop, recently re ceived nn Interesting letter from Charles H. Helper, formerly stationed In this rlty as a member of the recruit log crew at the United States army recruiting station. The letter reach ed Mr. Rhelnkober promptly, being addressed to him on "unpavod Box Butte Avenue." Helper says he Is do ing well at Mason City, Iowa, whore he Is now stationed . .J The fire department was called out at one-thirty o'clock Wednesday after Boon to fight for two hours a stub horn blaie in a barn on the alley hack of the residence at the corner of Seventh afreet and Niobrara Ave across the street south from the Cen tral school building. The hay stored Inthe loft caused the fire to blaie for nearly two hours while the firemen, coated with Ice from head to foot, poured water into the hulldlng. Small boys and cigarettes are blamed for the blaie. a It was the privilege of the editor of The Herald, in company with Messrs Kelley and Jeffers of Alliance to eat their Sunday dinner at the ranch home of Dr. and Mrs. A. G Emerson at Kllsworth. Those eatlm able people have one of the finest cattle nnd hay ranches in the sand hills and they proved themselves cap able entertainers to the hungry Alli- anceltes who descended upon them Just before dinner time. Mrs. Emer aon observes the rules of the food ad ministration ntrlctly but ahe serves xcellent and delicious meals. Mrs. A. A. Luyton will return Mon day from Lincoln whore she has boon attending the Kxcutivc Board of the W. C. T. V. She hns also boon speak ing at Cozad, Lexington and other points. First Baptist Chureti Sunday nchool 10 a. m. Preaching Service 11 a. m. 7:30 p. m. Toung Peoples Berttot 6.30 p. m a a a Rox poarson and wife became the proud parents of a son last work. Mr pearson is employed by the Hurling ton as a civil engineer. A A 1. . . sergeant scon enlisted a young man. .lames S. Loo of Scoot tsbluffs about two days ago,. The young man went homo and entered a house in nicieu witn measles. Re contracted he disease and was iiuaraniined. Hi was very much alarmed and tntngrn pbed to the Sergeant here, Beotl re leased him on receipt of th doctors certificate, until he should recover from his misfortune. W. E. Spencer, Manager of the Al liance Creamery Co., received word Wednesday that his son had crossed the water safely. Mr. Spencer does not know for certain whether his son it in France or England as he was not nw, ,0 state in his letter. The young man has been recommended for First lieutenancy, which he u-m undoubtedly get immediately. He is an Aerial Observer, this brunch of me service being a very important sue IjiT, r .ill -a a i . in, -ill ul lne iOCU re cruiung station are: Onthr w wri Uge. Melbeta, Nebr. in the Aviation wcuon, Willie E. Holl RrnH,Q. Nebr. in the Aviation Section; Jay -Morrill. .Nebr. Infantry " S8lonar- Society of ru.. ."?'" mee' with Mrs - ..,. vV mp Horn Ave Wed w ww. i. i , i a 1 8. a Judge Berry returned Wednesdav from Rushville wh. -Z tornv i t k . "clPa as at tj "riurmeni, Jnnpo cuoni. Ulni'dand M" J'E "Hughes SSf D"mbpr 'odies at " rnoon. The pri Won Kv u " KrankTe Mrs. Henry Smith is quite tick with henmatlmn. Nona Hughes, daughter of H. C. Hughes Is recovering from n very ser ious Illness . Mr LeKereo of Bingham, is In the ospital suffering from Inflammatory heurnatiam, There was OMf one case of scarlet ever in town up to Wednesday morn- ng, when another case was reported hat of (iladys McCool. At present here is but one case of smallpox In town. The land case of Snoke vb Beach, heard last week, was decided against Snoko. V All men enlisting from points out- ide of Alliance are furnished trans portation and a ration of two dollars day during their may here. This makes it mighty convenient for a man outside of the city to answer the call if he is broke. enter bridge es was a a Crawford had a food of snow Sun day, to either side of the town at a distance of eight milca no snow fell at PAYING A DOLLAR A WEEK FOR WAR Subscriptions Made Under Partial Pay ment Plan Played Important Part In Success of Liberty Loan How System Could Be Improved. An investigation recently completed by John Muir showB that subscriptions under the partial payment plan play ed an important part in the success of both of the recent Liberty Loans, and indicates that this method of pay lng the expeuaes of the war out oi current earnings will have an even more important role to play in the case of the present loan. Reports re ceived rrom nearly a thousand large corporations and firms show that more than 500,000 employees bought the bonds on the instalment plan, 47 pel cent of Hiem subscribing through theii employers. Commenting on the result of his in vestigation, Mr. Muir said: "Consider ing the fact that many corporationi reported that the Liberty Loan cam paign was bo hurried and their oppor tunity to understand the situation and interest employees limited by time, there is little doubt that, with tut proper intensive campaign prepared for the next loan, a showing of 104 per cent better can be made. Thou sands of large employers of laboi throughout the country did not make any effort to interest employees in the Liberty Loan because of the shortness of the campaign. With proper direo tion the nex loan can cover the whole field of labor throughout the country, and the returns would indicate that M will be possible to raise a very large part of the three billion dollars, which it is supposed will be required, on the partial payment plan. "Work oi floating the loans of the future could be greatly aided in so far as partial payment participation is com corned by working out in advance a programme which would distribute semi-official forms designed to meet the various needs and by drawing up a time tahle of partial payment cam paign activities to be followed through out the country. For instance, one day could be set aside for advance notice that the COmpkSV or firm would offer a partial payment plan, anothei day for competent speakers sto discuss the advantages of government bonds, leading Up to a climax when vhscrlp Hons would be taken. All of thll should be prepared In advance. Manx large corporations reported to me that they did not put forward any partial payment plan in connection with the Liberty lAan. They all would if prop erly canvassed and equipped with proper literature and forms. "With the intensive method project ed into all other big and small corpo rations and a programme worked out in advance, there is no reason to doubt that a somewhat similar result will be approximated all over the country. "If the partial payment programme had been carried on with only average intensity by the Bethlehem Steel Com pany. the large number of foreigners employed would have made it probablf that only 25 per cent of employee would have subscribed. "Circulars printed in the variou? foreign languages and speeches made in foreign languages accomplished this remarkable result. Can It be doubted that In the case of many offices and plants where a majority of employe? are American that almost 100 per cent Is possible with sufficient enthusiastic work? Position of Savings Banks. "I have been in communication with hundreds of corporation and banking beads on the subject of the rate of in terest. There is great diversity of opinion among them and many advo cat es of a higher rate of interest, but the consensus of opinion among the small savings bank people seems to be that a rate of Interest allowed on gov ernment bonds higher or as high as the average rate of interest allowed on savings bank deposits would result in great disturbance in the investment markets and result also in that dis turbance in general financial condi tions which we are all anxious to a. old "Among large employers of labor all over the country there is a pre ponder ance of opinion that while employees were enthusiastic there was a general inclination to purchase on the partial payment plan the smallest denotnlna tton which was available." WAIt BAVfUCM CONFERENCE (Continued Fron Pago 1) that they were twenty five miles from fit It., Bnow and bad" roads not permitting work. Stated that the aeoph there did not understand the war savings stamps and that if a k pear st could be sent to llarrisburg nincn more could be accomlished. llarrisburg and county are required to raise $100,000. F. E. Medlock, of Sidney, Banner County, reported that the work in his rounty was well under way and that hi was going to go over the top in the campaign and that the other counties vould have to hustle to get ahead of him in producing results. He has a gteat many Germans in his district and has found them to be most responsive in buying the certifi cates, the hardest caBe he has there is an American citizen. The report of Chairman Brittain of Box Butte County was the most favorable of the afternoon. The mer chants, hankers, in fnct everyone are a'dlng in the promotion and purchas ing of the stamps. The hardest thing to contend with is the transient population, due to the potash factor ies and the R. R. Brlttian showed that more had been done In Box Butte county than any other, with one exception. In the drive last Fri day $75,000 was raised under poor weather conditions, Hemingford rais ed about ($ 32,000. Mr. Brittain -very hlgNly of the worlt of Dean Shaw and the committees tn the drive carried out. Practically every per son In Alliance understands the War SavlngB Stamps, due to the newspap- publlclty and ready response of each citizen gets hla money back with a good rate of intrest ad ' d. If the t Dple do not respond the Govern ment will be compelled to adopt other moans of raising the money which probably will not be so beneficial to the citizen. In regard to citizens, any person Is a very undesirable member Of I community who depends on others to take the whole burden. Each one must do his best and loan until he cannot loan more. This war can be won quicker if every mnn helps the OoVerSment to the extent of his meant, The people nt hime are land. For it is born in the proletar iat to aspire and democracy ever tends to advance. I'ROTBCT soi KCES OK SI PPL Y Another rise in the price of milk will be very unwelcome to consumers, but it will be well for tnoso to con sider certain facts, bearing In mind the assurance of ''e Food Adminis tration that 'every recautlon to pre vent profiteering has been taXon and that any increase in price allowed will be an economic necessity as well not enduring anything In comparison i Bfl n war measure. One thing to con sider is that the Tarme- must find it more profitable to keep cows and milk them than to sell them ror beef. Farmers can not be compelled to be come money-losing philanthropists. Dairying must remain at least moder ately profitable. Adults can live without milk, but the legions of "bot tle" babies are dependent upon It for their very life. It Is better to pay a reasonably increased price for milk now in order that the sources of sup ply may be protected, than to face prohibitive prices and a milk famine later. .. The Germans with all tnetr boasted efficiency, made a mistake in this con nection which we should he wise enough to profit by. They Bet a fixed price for milk that pleased consum ers but alarmed farmers wuo paid war prices for all their supplies. The result was that the farmers quietly drove their cows to 'he Blaughter pen. a resource whic' even German efficiency neglected to provide a gainst. Instead of continuing to procure milk at a fixed price, the Ger mans after a while faced the extreme difficulty of obtaining milk at any price. Milk and butter arc now re ported to be about as scarce In Ger many as roses in December. In this country we need to protect the sour ces of the milk supply not only in our own interests but in order to be able to ship condensed milk to our allies, the only kind now within tnelr reach. Already American cows have gone to the slaughter-pen to the extent of t-n per cent, it is stated. Obviously it is imperative that this shall stop. to the boys going to France rnd offer ing their lives as sj sacrifice. Their is a sacrifice of blood, ours c. home Is a mere lorn to the cause on which we get a good rate of interest, and re ceive the protection and benefit of the democracy. In fact the position wo take at home can not be classed as a sacrifice, but as a protective measure. After the speakers for the after noon had been hoard Mr. Burgess in troduced Guy C Kiddoo, who taok up with the delegates ft plan that the committee nt Omaha had devised to carry on a drive and put the situa tion squarely up 10 every citizen of the country. The plan as out lin.d by Mr. Kiddoo hns proven successful in Seward County, Saline County, Platte County and others. Mr. Kid doo's plan was very favorr bly receiv ed by the delegates and at the close of the mooting it was voted to accept it as the basis of floating the War Savings Certificates in western Neb raska. The plan can be adjusted by the chairman of each district to fit the particular situation there exist ing. Many desirable suggestions were given by the various delegates so that each member could go home with a definite nnd comprehensive plan in mind. The time set for th? drive is Fri day, March 22nd. Details to be known by the citizens of the county will be published in the newspapers two weeks before the drive. It behooves every citizen to watch for this and try and follow Instructions. The meeting was dismissed at six o'clock by the chairman. All delegates went to the Alliance Hotel for dinner on the Invitation of State Director Burgess. An account of the evening meeting will also be found in this is sue of the Herald. Shoes, Shoes are made nowadays from ail tlruls of skins. Even banana sklus bake slippers. New Idea. ers till, Sj 1 1 , . , . . 1 1 i , i . ii. wi id lu explaining wnat the stamps mean to the Government and to the individual Secretary Fisher has been unswerving in his endeavors to show people why they should buy the certificates. Box Butte has fallen down in only one respect and that was in putting the stamps in the two bit class, too many people thing of the thrift stamp as a 25c investment. Mr. Rebblck, the postmaster at Gor don explained hiB method of putting the certificates before the people. He has twenty-five postmastrs under him and makes it a point to correspond with each of these, giving them ad vice and engendering the spirit of co operation in them. He has had a fair measure of success, putting out about $12,000 worth of stampB in the county in that way. Mr. Rebblck said that the young Americans could be taught the value of saving by the thrift stamps, each lad this spring snouid cultivate an acre or some patch of ground and put the proceeds into War Savings Stamps. Alliance men who addressed the delegates were Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Gra ham and Dean Shaw. Mr. Guthrie told of the drive held last Friday States that much could be done at Antioch and Lakeside. He found a young man nt Lakeside who would be of great help in lining up that town, but he absolutely refused to do anything, was loyal but careless Chairman Burgess appointed Mr. Hill of Gordon to line this young man up and make him producer. Postmaster Graham, of Alliance made the most stirring . address of the afternoon. Stated that ho was ready at any time to give : 11 that he had. his sons, worldly goods, himself, in the service of the Government, for ft Successful termination or the war. Dean Shaw spoke about the meth ods used 'n (ho Red Cross work and asked that something be done toward getting War Savings Stamps into the hands of the numerous Japaness workmen at Lakeside and th? other manufacturing plants. Said that many of these had subcribed to the Red Cross, but no record had been kept of the names and thus the subscribers had failed to get credit for their aid. This had made them angry and they refused to have any thtnp further to do with government loans. If an in terpreter waft .eon t down there to ex plain the case to them, apologize for the oversight on the Red Cross, much could be raised from the alien labor ers. State Director Ward M. Burgess gave a very instructive and sensible talk to the delegates. Nebraska's quota on the War Savlnrs Certificates is only $26,000,000. Nebr.-ska last year had excess war profits of over $600,000,000. Mr. Buvgess said that the people thould respond and would respond even though it took the $600 000.000. Much talk, he says, there 1b. regarding German citizens. A man does not have to be German born to be pro-german, any one wo does not support the actions of the govern ment Is pro-german, whetner born in America France, or any other place. tome or the most loyal citizens have are German born and they very desirable citizens. Mr. Bureess emphasized the impor tance of the various committees co operating with each other. The lib erty Loan committees should cooper ate with the War Savings Committee nnd vice-vorsa. The drives for War Savings Stamps and Loans should not be caroled on in n competitive manner Tn the matter or s-lltne the stamps Mr BurL'es si:. tod that snv amount of the stamps could he sold to a purchaser, no limit being placed The stamns should he handled throoufrh the rot master who should act n distributor to tho merchants Tn reeard to the duties of everv patriotic American Mr stated thnt everv citizen should hnv , even greater change Give the Bol War Savings Stamps nnd Liberty j shevikl ten years, and they may be Bonds to their capacitv to handle i trusted to make a stiff white collar we are The eharae'er of the parade of the "Mummers" in Philadelphia on New Year's day, as revealed In the pub lished proles. o of Indignant citizens presents further evideno? of a cur ious lack of realization among our people of the exiaonc of world-war and world-wide tragedy. Such lack or realization in Philadelphia itself is the more remarkable because that city at C 0 time was in the grip of a coal (amino Bnftr zero weather con ditions, and freezing women with babies in their arras were rrantlcally mobbing ccl cars. Yet t' e merry nnd expensive annual parade was not only allowed to proceed but to In clude startlingly innpproprlate feat ures, the "destruction or Belgium, the toll of baby dead in the Zeppelin raids," etc., being "treated with broad humor," according to the local newspapers. According to one, protest in the Public Ledger complaining of the In decent performance, "Philadelphia" celebrated the birthdayof the year in which tons of thousands of Americans probably are to die by parading and applauding a procession which made sport of the men who are to die and of the women who are to minister to the dying; and the government of the city gave prizes to these flowers of its manhood most successful in ex- hibting their degeneracy. It nad been previously announced that everything German would be left out, but ir the German propagandists tnemselves had been in charge, they could hard ly have secured a more complete for getfulnoss or indifference-to tne Tacts of the hour. Clearly the Philadel phia masses are not nwane to tne fact that the world is on fire, one on pain of the confiscation of his Varnish and Enamel. Paints which dry with ft high luster or gloss are called enamels. These tire made from zinc oxide ground in arnish. Varnish Is produced from fossil, resins such as copal, knurl, etc. Those resins, which originally flowed from frees, have been deposited for centuries In the earth. They are mined In Africa and New Zealund nnd are found iu big lumps. Popular Science Monthly. WHITE COLLARS TABOOED There is no good reason why de mocracy should be regarded as genu ine only when it is unkempt or dirty, but perhaps in all countries the pro letariat at one time or another has been Inclined to distruct cleanliness as more or less remotely suggestive of thV fine linen and purple of royal ty. Perhaps history is only repeat ing itself in Bo'.shovlkl antipathy to ward baths and spotless lln.n. at all events it creates only mild surprise to hear from williara T. Ellis, tne re turning American, that in Russia as now ruled "any man who wears a white collar is at once put on the sus pected list and watched." Though the laundry and the plumber r.re among the most substantial supports of civil ization, It is perhaps only natural for Bol8hevikl of lowly origin to scent enemy propaganda in botn. Let us not be to contemptous. Our own elderly citizens can recall a time when a "b'iled shirt" wan an object of suspicion oven amone America's native sons of toll. It is a far cry thence to the present hour with stiff white collars our democracy's uni versal possession. Only a man of wealth or a nimble social climber could now be caught wearing a soft Bureess lor colored one. Russia may see an Origin of Razors. It was not until the early part of the eighteenth century that razors were made of steel blades. The men In the nlddle centuries resorted to pumice stone, with which, tn use the words of Mr. Pepys, they went through the proc ess of "trimming their sklus." STAMP WALK (Continue frtvm Page 1) The dean Baid that the three aims of the church alms giving, fasting and prayer, were being accomplished by the war. Toast master Burgess closed the banquet by expressing his thanks for the excellent treatment of himself and his co-workers and emphasised the good fooling between the people of western Nabraska and tolie metro polis of the state Omaha. Immediately following, the entire gathering adjourned to the Elks club rooms where they were royally enter tained with special music, athletic matches, singing and refreshments until train time. . Thought He Might Be Curious. One day when riding In the countrj with their parents the children were obliged to sit in the back of the bug gy. It was quite comfortable If they sat still, but a trifle small for much turning about, so there were numerous cautions to be careful not to fall out When little brother was observed gaz lng Intently down the road his slstel questioned him thus: "What you look ing bnck for; to see If you fell out? Could Tell Him That. Client "How much will your opin ion be worth In this case?" Lawyer "I am too modest to sny. But I enn tell you What I'm going to charge you. v Boston Transcript. Auction Sale Under an order in bankruptcy, issued by F. D. Crites, Referee, I will sell at auction the remainder of the stock of Alliance Auto Supply Co. on Satur day March 2nd,;i918, commencing at 2 o'clock P. M. Purchas er can take one article or as many as desired of same kind if in stock. L. AJBERRY Trustee in bankruptcy. Col. H. P. COURSEY, Auctioneer. A Natural Fortification If you catch colds easily, if troubled with catarrh, if subject to headaches, nervousness or listlessness, by all means start today to build your strength with urns mm which is a concentrated medicinal food and building- ionic io put power in tne blood, strengthen the life forces and .tone up the appetite. No alcohol in SCOTT'S. The imported Norwegian cod lirer oil used In Scott' Emmltion U now refined In our own American laboratories which guarantees it free from imporiUea. Scott & Bowne, Bloom field. N. J. 17.13 their s'lbucrlhtionF Thc?e plans are methods the rovernment hns adopted to procure money o enrry on the war. de rlftueur at least on all dress oc casions, perhaps even decreeing that every peasant and ex-serf shall wear Farmers-Dairymen Make your dairying profitable FREE Milk Test FREE Bring us a separate sample of each cow's milk. We will test it free of charge and give you accurate in formation as to each cow's value. Weed Out Unprofitable Cows You cannot afford to keep cows that show a poor per cent of butter fat in their milk. Feed is high, be sides you waste a great deal of time on a non-producer. Have each cow tested today and get big results in 1918. DAIRYING WILL r For Sour fU.. ... For Sweet j- Cream will bring a high I .ream price an summer. L ream BUY A WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATE TODAY Alliance Creamery Co.