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THE ALLTANCR HERALD, ALTJANOW. NKMUSKA. .TAMTATIV 6, 1920.
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OEORQE L. BURR. JR ....Editor
EDWIN M. BURR. Business Mgr.
gtebocriptlon f 'i.OO yrnr, In advance
Entered at the poet office at AM
Mm, Neb., for transmission through
the malls as second class matter.
lvbllshed Tuesday and Friday.
Publicity matter prepared by the
Association or American railway ex
ecutives tells us that the railway
brotherhoods are through with the
numb plan, "except as a talking
point" On the other hand. Labor,
Which happens to be a weekly news
paper which champions the cause of
the railway brotherhoods, has a half
page filled with expressions of broth
erhood members who are not only
favoring the plan, but contributing
money to make a go of It. It makes
ms wonder.
mines during the strike. Some De-i
troit unions, it is reported, bare
pasned resolutions to fine any mem
ber who Joins the legion, or contin
ues to hold membership in it. There
are thousands of union ni"i in the
legion, and these will tell you frank
ly that union labor has no cause for
alarm.
Tar no attention to any of these
stories. Above all, do not pass any
of them along. Any member of the
legion with an ounce of luttlllgcnc:
will give you accurate information
If you want to find out' about It.
There is nothing secret nothing to
hide. The legion stands, primarily,
for one thing 100 per cent Amer
icanism. If you are a loyal citizen
of this country, if you believe in up
holding its lows and institutions
then you should boost the American
legion. If not you belong some
place else and, a gracious Ood per
mitting, the United States will some
day be shut of you and your kind.
It's a big country, and an hospitable
one, but there is no room here for
those who wish to tear down and de
stror. but neither have the Intelli
gence nor the desire to build up.
Nebraska supreme court for at hast
two weeks. On account of Judge. S.
II. Sedgwick's death and the inter
ruptions to business due to the holi
days, the court has not had sufficient
time to get all Its accumulated busi
ness cleaned up, and no more opin
ions are to be announced until after
next week's sitting.
The case is pending before the su
preme court on the appeal of Secre
tary of State Amsberry, who was di
rected by Judge W. M. Morning of
Lancaster county district court to ac
cept the referendum petitions for fil
ing, and certify the proposition .to
county clerks for a place on the bal
lot at the state election next November.
Editorial columns continue to.be
gUIed with denunciations of th rail
way brotherhoods for their threat of
strike In the event the anti-strike
provisions of the Cummins bill be
come law. Here is the' opinion of
labor leader which is worth re
jprjntlng: "To be entirely frank, those
Who jei loose a 101 oi striae laia
jarred. They made the same mistake
M those who talk compulsory arbi
tration and jail for those who strike
are making. You can't tell people
they must work any more than we
can get results by making threats the
ane majority know cannot be made
CjORCEW.LOIIN.
FURXITURH WILL NOT
' nE CHEAPER IN 1920
Due to the great amount of home
building now going on, which will
continue for three years at least, the
demand for furniture is four times
greater than the supply. At the
Grand Rapids, Chicago and James
town furniture markets, dealers
were glad to place orders for one-
fourth of their actual requirements.
In the January Issue of the Grand
Rapida Furniture Record,' the na-
The best news of the new year is
the department of justice's raids on
"red" radicals, and the prospect that
thousands of bolshevlkl radicals will
1e shortly deported. It's going to
e mighty unhealthy for any enemy
of America to carry on a fight against
Abe government from the ground. It
will be infinitely safer to go to Rus
sia, the soviet paradise, and carry on
the campaign by cable or wireless
telegraph, ..,
TUB LEGION'S AIMS
TWa la a remarkame ignorance,
nt only on the part of the general
obllc, but within the ranks of the
American Legion itself, as to Just
what the greatest, of all organlxa
f ex-service men stands for. - The
legion has received' aa enormous
amount of publicity practically
every newspaper in the United States
has published statements of its ob
jects, and accounts of its activities,
but the Ignorance persists. And this
failure to grasp the truth has made
th task of educating public senu
xnent a tremendously difficult affair,
There are two misconceptions that
ere most persistent. One is that the
legion is a political organisation, or-
canlsed for the purpose or control
ling the soldier vote and trading on
ttm trneth. Those who have this
belief need only to read the constl
tution of the national organization
DIES AT IIEMINGFORD
Old Settler and Civil War Veteran
Seventy-two Years Old Is
CUe4 Uorae
George W. Lake was born January
9, 1147. at West Moreland, Ind
where he lived until he was mustered
Into the service' of his country at the
age of seventeen on September 20,
1864, and served as long as needed.
He was married to Miss Lydla
Bollck on December 16, 1868. Five
children were born to them, two of
whom are living: Mrs. Nellie GUlem
of Hemlngford, Neb., and Mrs. F. E
Pierce of Bingham, Neb. There sur
vlve him his beloved wife, who stood
by him not only on that Joyous wed'
ding day but on down through the
years of hardship, toll, sacrifice and
the Joys and blessings as in the
order of God they were inseparably
Joined as one for more thau fifty
years. Four grand children and
three areat grand children live to
learn the loss of a good grandfather.
A host of friends and six of the old
vAterana will say good-bye with a
feeling that a good friend has gone
from us.
Mr. Lohr with his wife and family
came to this state In 1890 and havt
been residents of this community for
thirty years. He was a loyat mem
ber of the I. O. O. F. for mora man
twentv-flve years, having served as
chaplain of the local lodge in nem
inaford for several years. Mr. Lake
has been a devoted and active viBtfi-
ber of the Methodist thurcn for lorty
vaars and has been an official mem
hor of the Hemlngford church for
many years.
At the age of seventy-two years
eleven months and twenty-fiVe days
he peacefully and quietly passed out
of this earthly life to Join the
heavenly company in the city of God
where days of toll and suffering are
forever past. .
For more than forty years ne
tlonal Journal of the furniture trade,
published in the leading furniture
city of the world, appears an article
containing the opinions of leading
furniture manufacturers in all the
furniture centers, telling why furnl
ture prices will increase rather than
decrease during 1920. Some say
prices will not go lower for five
years, but most of the manufacturers
expect conditions to begin to grow
normal in three years.
In the last five years the cost of
labor has tripled in the furniture
factories and lumber has advanced
300 to 600 per cent. Mirrors and
other materials are the highest they
ever have been, and each month sees
a slight increase in all materials.
.Factories can't buy a year's supply
like they did in the old days and
must be satisfied with one carload
of lumber, where before - they pur
chased whole train loads at a time.
This keeps the price on the increase.
The better grades of lumber, es
pecially walnut, are more plentiful
than cheap lumber, that's why the
better, grades of furniture are more
economical than the cheaper grades.
. Most furniture dealers are over
sold for from six to twelve months
and most dealers are crying for fur
niture. Only those with foresight
will have sufficient furniture on hand
to run them this winter. ThoseSrith
small stocks must increase prices by
spring or quit business.'
The family in need of furniture
will not be able to buy it any cheaper
than now unless it desires to wait
three to five years for normal con
ditions in the furniture industry.
The girl had been sent down to
the brook to fetch a pail of water,
but stood gazing at the flowing
stream, apparently lost in though.
"What's she waiting for?" asked
her mistress, who was watching.
"Dunno," wearily replied Hubby;
"perhaps she hasn't seen a pailful
she likes yet." London Tit Bits.
Captain, to buck private sitting in
the dentist's waiting reom: "What's
the trouble? Tooth-ache?"
Private: "Naw, sir."
"Bridge broken?"
'Naw. sir."
"Want your teeth
Captain:
- Private:
Captain:
cleaned?"
Private:
Captain:
Naw. air."
"Well, what in thunder
are you after?"
Private: "Nothing, ah. Somebody
told me it wae warm in here." Ex. ,
Bystander, to officer with prisoner:
"What did he do, sheriff?"
Officer: "Opened the postoffice
door and walked right in."
Bystander: "That's nothing to ar
rest a man for."
Officer: "This guy done it with a
Jimmy at two in the morning." Ex.-
A NEW BRANCH OPEN
TO ARMY RECRUITS'
Authority has been received at the
local recruiting office to accept qual
ified applicants for service in the.
chemical warfare service. Men who
have had some experience in the
chemical line or who have had a high
school education may enlist in thia
branch regardless of whether they
have ever served in the army. The
enlistment period is for one year
only. This gives a man a chance to
further his education along these
lines as well as to obtain the prac
tical experience that working with
the chemicals and gases used In the
manufacture of the different liquid
fire and war gases must necessarily
afford. Full information regarding
this new and interesting branch may
be had by applying at the recruiting;,
office.
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He was a remaricaDiy buuu
a true patriot and comrade, a good
citizen, a worthy Christian, a man of
much faith in God. the church and
the Bible, a patient and loving hus
band and father, a friend to all, a
to none, ana ne aieu b vju -
foe
and vlc-
children drle. triumphant
torlous In the faith.
The funeral services were con
ducted from the Methodist church
January 5. 1920. at 10:30 a. m., with
his pastor. Rev. A. J. May. in charge.
The songs used were "Abide With
Me." Lead Kindly Light," and "That
Beautiful Land." The Odd Fellows
were largely represented and had
charge of the services at the cem
etery. May the heavenly Father comfort
the family in this, their loss, until
we all meet again.
an .tain nf Wnl branch. The
nn.ti r forbidden to endorse Lw the consoluatlon of a noble
.nMaA ami no incumbent of I rhri.tion Ufa in which be has been
political office, or candidate for po- exceedingly consistent and constant
lltlcal preferment, can. noia even me living an exemplary tnru
smallest office in the organization
The legion has endorsed certain
proposed legislation .and has asked
tor the passage of laws wnicn proteci
4x establish the rights of its mem
bers. Possibly. It may be this class
of activities that Is responsible for
the belief that the legion hopes to
pick candidates or throw the support
of its members to certain parties or
candidates. But no political organ
isation needs to fear that It will ever
meet with the opposition of this body
of ex-soldiers. . The legion realizes
that its greatest' strength lies in
keeping aloof from political alli
ances, and there is no danger that it
will ever step over the line,
The other misconception, which
does considerably more harm than
the first one cited, is that the legion
was organized to help capital get the
better of labor. An example of this
la aeen in a recent speech by Victor
L Berger: "When the American Le
gion sailed into New York harbor."
aaya Mr. Berger, "it found 1250,000
waiting to finance its organization.
Its purpose is to fight the bolsbeviki
and any person who wants a half
dollar Increase in salary is a bolshe
vlkl The American Legion is noth
ing but the tool of the trusts."
This aort of rot ia about what
might be expected from one of the
caliber of the Milwaukee congress
man, who was markedly disloyal dur
ing the progress of the war, and
whose re-election to congress, in the
face of a twenty-year penitentiary
sentence for violation of the espion
age act, la a direct slap at the loyal
Americana by the pro-German ele
ment of the atate which produced La
' Toilette,
There are dozena of other miscon
ceptions about the legion, some aris
ing through ignorance and others
the result of a delibertee campaign
to discourage membership. They will
tell you that members of the organ
isation are subject to call to military
duty when nothing of the sort Is
true. You will hear that the legion
has been organised to serve aa strike
breakers, simply because some mem
ber! of the legion heard the cry of
distress and went to work in the coal
STATUS WILL RECEIVH
EVERY SOLDIERS' RECORD
Records of the military service
performed by every Boldler In the
world war are being sent to the
states by the war department. The
work of compiling this information
la authorized by the recent act of
congress making appropriations for
the army for the year enaing June
20. 1920. The extent of the task is
indicated by the fact that 4.000.000
men will be represented Ja the re-
Dorts going to the different slates
The first cases to be handled are
those in whieh reports of casualties
have been received. Next will come
those cases in which desoratlona have
been awarded. These will be tol
lowed by all the remaining cases.
Every effort is being made, the war
department announces, to complete
the work by the end of the current
fiscal year.
PROBTD REFERENDUM
IS BEXNQ HELD UP
TWbdon from Supremo Court Not
Expected for Two Weeks
Longer at Least
Decision In the prohibition refer
endum case ia sot expected from the
No" one shall take
them
from me
: ......
I love; my pipe and good old; Velvet
My comforters in adversity, my wise
counselors when problems veje.
Companions of my loneliness
and sharers of my happy hours.
Their friendliness has made me feel
more kindly toward my fellow men.
They have made this old world a
better place to live in.
I love my pipe and good old Velvet;
no one shall take them from me.
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