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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1920)
TWO THE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1920. as they were passing tbera out free, street complaint that we are "pick- how comes It they missed the forty lng on It" when we' gently remon- two strate. Random Shots Maybe some of the newsboys were sick. It's a good thing we have a sense of humor. We have direct evidence that there , Jm gambling going on. We are not prattling of any mythical House of ' Mystery, either. We were wandering up to the boarding house about, dinner time, nd pwed two little girls. They vera talking high and fast, as el elted little girls do, and they were "panning" a third little girl. "And be shoots pennies with the boys, too!" one of them said. Or got tired. They weren't used to carrying so many papers, perhaps. 1 llore work for the police depart ment. 1 " i Or the preachers. , ! J " 1 the wild wavesarr agitated Jrici more. t f This time the semi-weekly up the .treet is to Issue a city circulation map. And It Is going to show, with little dots how, on March 12, its newspa wa. "sold OR DISTRIBUTED to all but forty-two houses In the city of Alliance. Let-, Bee March 12 was the Issue that 2,176 papers were printed. That was the Issue they put out ereral hundred sample copies. Of course, if the advertiser Is chump enough to believe that this circulation Is bona-flde, It is his look out. Just the same as it was his lookout if he added the figures In the "circulation audit" some months ago. Or the detailed circulation statement. Or maybe they didn't print enough to go around.' They have been claim ing "nine out of ten" for so long they may have grown to believe it, It must have; been a great Jolt to Bonnie to discover that there were so many houses in town where bis semi-weekly Is a stranger. Wonder what kind of a map the circulation o( Marc,h, would show? We mean a "sworn" map. ' As we said before, the wild waves seem to be agitated. There's a reason. Funny. thing about wild wares: there are usually breakers ahead. Tou can't get away with that stuff Indefinitely. That's what makes 'em so wild. Consider the fish, who never gets caught so long as he keeps his mouth shut. Question: Can a map be "sworn"? Now. on March 6, The Herald was put in every house in town. We did n't miss forty-two. Not us. That's where they got the Inspira tion for the ram pie copies. But not the map. That great Idea is their own work. (So far as we know. .Rufus never Issued a map.) Once before our competitor put a map. That was before the days of "circulation audits,", or detailed statements, or statements by towns, and such. 7" Or the statement by towns. Or the other statements. Some of them were sworn to, and .others weren't. With their peculiar method of figuring, It didn't make much difference. A sort of equal unreliability In all stl them, as Vwere. What puzzles us is this: So long When the first map was checked up, a bunch of vacant lots were found to be subscribers to the semi weekly up thje street. When you haven't got 'em and you know the other fellow is getting 'em you gotta do the next best thing. They tell us the map will be "interesting." We'll say so. It reminds us of those little puzzle pictures for children. Draw a line from dot No. 1 to dot No. 2, and so on. When you have connected all the dots, you'll be rewarded by see ing a splendid likeness of a donkey. We heard some more kid talk that is Interesting. This time it was two little boys little ones, about so high. "You don't have to mind Chief Taylor after 9 o'clock," one of them said. "Chief Reed is chief after 9 o'clock." And yet, when The Herald has to meet this sort of competition every day or so, the semi-weekly up the Special for Saturday Gingham Dresses for the little tots, All sizes from 2 to 14. Checks in blue, tan and green, and plain shades in pink, blue and white. WHITE POPLIN Machine embroidered Dresses with embroidered scallop in pink and blue. Bock Furnishing House 120 West Third Alliance, Nebr. THE DARK PAGE OP T1IH A. E. V. The following is an extract from the testimony of one of the enlisted men who appeared before the com mittee investigating conditions that prevailed in the A. E. F. prison at raris during the war: "And everything they took out of my pocket they threw away, even my mother's picture, and they called hor an awful, vile name when I asked for It, and told me that I could buy an other picture of a girl Just as good for a couple of francs. Thero were two colored men in there and when one of the guards wanted n have some fun, he would go over and knock a colored fellow down with a club. I saw them bring a fellow upstairs one night at Rue Ste. Anne about 5 o'clock; two guards were dragging him up and one had hold of each leg. They dragged him up four fllgh's with tho blood streaming from his head. Ho was unconscious. They made one fellow scrub the steps with a toothbrush. They, made sn other empty a tub with a teaspoon. JI saw them club men into u.- rnnsplniinnoRn. ' One cannot read such testimony without being overcome with horror. Did such things really happen in the A. E. F.T Were the fighters of the j great democracy of the west subject ed to cruelties that almost equal the tortures of the dark ages? Did 1 American soldiers devise methods ot punishment that even put the bar barous Turks to shame? From the testimony given at this Investigation .one is led to believe . the charges werd true. . It would seem that certain German officers i were not the only ones who were guilty of "atrocities.", I i Conereas should InvestlcntA thin matter without stint or fear. If even a part of the charges are true, no effort should be spared to bring the t guilty to Justice. This is no matter l in which to punish only the little fel t lows. If the charges are true, there Is one man more guilty than all,' the rest. That Is the commanding gen eral of the district of Paris who al lowed such practices to exist. This is no matter in which to "pass: the buck." Nebraska Legion News.' t For SaleTwo six room houses on Sweetwater. Modern except heat. Prlee and terms right See Nebraska Land Company. tf Imperial Theatre Three Nights Commencing Monday, March 29 The Lawrence Deming Theater Company Presenting THE SPOKEN DRAMA As It Should Be The Latest Releases in the Play World OPENING PLAY "THE END OF A PERFECT DAY" ffi 6 Big Vaudeville Features 6 Between Acts A Grand Triple Alliance of Comedy, Drama, Vaudeville Prices 50c-75o plus war tax. Seats on Sale at Holsten's. r ' .England's hangmen want more pay, and to account lu part for their present state of need they point out that they no longer receive the rope used in executions as a perquisite. The hangman's rope, having per formed Its legal office, once found a ready market. Pieces of it were sought by curio collectors of a nior bld turn, but other persons bought it for practical reasons. One super stition was that a hit of the noose rubbed on the affected part would cure certain ailments. The hang man always had a market for '. his used rope, and his Income from its sale was regarded as a legitimate part of his pay. This cut otr mil me cost of living advancing, he nat urauy seeks a higher wage. Record One forgets that hardly a quarter or a century ago people gathered In curious little groups-to look at the pioneer motorcars, when the en terprising owners left them stand ing in the street, and is not partic ularly surprised to read that the lat est automobile registrations returns show an average of one car for every sixteen persons in the United States. One wonders if, twenty-five or thirty years hence, the aircraft will show the United States anything- lika as well provided with airplanes, and if the casual newspaper reader will ac cept the condition as a matter of i ". says Christian Science Mon iu J is not impossible that avia tion, E3 it Is being proved practic able, answers in the negative because ot the special requirements demand ed of the aviator. An army test for aviators, one hears, requires that the candidate must be able to walk a straight line with his eyes closed. and one wonders if one person in six teen throughout the United States could do It -Without wabbling. A wise v&unz man nausea tin the pretty girl and marries a homely one who can cook. i i . 1 i I r i from the mm Flowers of Easter Have you a friend in trouble you would cheer a mother you would make glad -a sweetheart Jo whom you would send a . message of love a wife you would tell of faithful devotion t Let tl a wondrous Flowers of Easter be your messenger and your kindness will be in safe hands. If you wish to send cut Flowers you may select from the fol lowing: 3 iS&lSi ROSES SNAPDRAGONS CARNATIONS VIOLETS Or if you desire to send something more lasling, choose one of ' our selection of Potted Plants. Please bear in mind that Easter Lilies are very scarce this year : EASTER LILIES HYDRANGIAS HYACINTHS FERNS Please Remember That All Sales Are For Cash Only. Alliance Floral Co. 204 Box Butte Meat ' T for Satorday, March 27 Read over the following quotations carefully. Tou can buy at a worth-while saving. Please remember that these low prices are quoted on nothing but the finest quality food products. Price should be balanced against quality to arrive, at true value. HAMBURGER Per Pound ! LAMB STEW, Per Pound . RIB ROAST, Per Pound SHOULDER POT ROAST, Per Pound ; BOIL BEEF, Per Pound : CRIBBLE'S PURE PORK SAUSAGE, Per Pound '. LARD, Three Pounds COMPOUND, Three Pounds SUGAR CURED BACON, Per Pound . 20c 15c 22c ..22c 17k J0c $1.00 95 c . 39c BULK KRAUT BULK OLIVES DILL PICKLES SWEET PICKLES SOUR PICKLES SWEET RELISH Mallery Grocery Co QUALITY GROCERS