TIM ALLIANCE ItERALD.FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1920.
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BUItR TRINTINO CO., Owners
GEORGE L. BURR, JR .Editor
EDWIN M. BURR Business Mgr.
Official newspaper of the City of
Alliance; official newspaper of Box
Outte County. ' .
Owned and published by the Burr
Printing Company, George I Burr,
Jr., President; Edwin M. Burr, Vice
President.
Subscription 92.50 a year, In advance
Outside of 150-mile radius, $3.01)
Entered at the postofflce at Alli
ance, Neb., for transmission through
the malls as second class matter.
Published Tuesday and Friday.
Chadron is employing a city man
ager, at a salary of $5,000 a year,
Secretary J. H. Rayburn of the
-Scottsbluff chamber of commerce
.having contracted to take the posi
...tlon beginning April 15. Alliance's
first experience in this line was more
tir less dlsastroue, but this does not
necessarily argue that the system is
, wrong. Too ofte nthe city's busi
ness has been nobody's business.
Where city officials have business of
their own to care for, and where
there must be a choice between do
In the city's work or their own, it
needs but one guess to discover
which will be neglected. No matter
Ihow public spirited an official, unless
Ihe gives his fnll time to the public
there will be times when he is need
ed two or three places at once. Some
way should be devised to handle the
' problem. Alliance, with a municipal
, light and water plant, with expendi
tures running into the thousands
. very year, with a big improvement
The
Ideal Service
looks beyond profit to the
satisfaction of doing some
thing that is worth while.
Geo. D. Darling
Funeral Director
Phones Day, 189; Niyht, 8,
299 and 933
Our Motor Ambulance If at
Your Service
program mapped out, needs, as never
before, someone to devote all his
time to city affairs. It ought not
be necessary to go outside of the city
to secure such a man.
"OVCIt T11K TOP"
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Some six months ago. Alliance
people were told that two young up
starts from Aurora Borealis. were
doomed to make a failure of The
Herald. The statement was mad.
publicly by our only competitor.
Others had gone down to defeat be
fore him, he intimated. Ills proph
ecy was that six months wouM see
our finish. This sort of stuff wasn't
the most courteous or the cleanest
sort of competition, but it was one
of the welcomes we received when
we decided to cast our lot with Al
liance. (. We have no intention of gloating
over the fact that someone was over
confident. We haven't the time, nor
the inclination. The prophet himself
has probably long since regretted so
silly a statement. But when sore
toes hurt, unless one has great self
control, one must yell. It's human
nature.
During the past six months the
new owners of The. Herald have
worked harder than they ever did
before In the young lives but they
have more to show for it. Our
friends are kind enough to say we
have wrought great changes in The
Herald. It Has grown from a weekly
of doubtful strength to a twlce-a-week
publication of acknowledged
standing. It has put the "news" in
newspaper, so far as Alliance is con
ceTned. Although limited by lack of
help and needed equipment, we have
produced a newspaper that has
steadily grown in favor with readers
and advertisers. .With the addition
of a ne wpress and the latest model
of typesetting machine improve
ments that we plan to add in the next
few months our plant will be one
of the best in this part of the state.
At the close of our subscription
contest, which is bringing us in new
subscriptions faster than we can get
them on the books and mailing lfst,
the chief source of discord in the
local newspaper fraternity will be re
moved. There b! little question now
but within another month The
Herald will be the recognized leader
in the number of paid-in-advance
readers.
We're not particularly quarrel
some, we welcome compeiiuon. we
have no desire to air other people's
Boiled linen. Until we have clean
and fair competition, it may be nec
essary, now and then. We lay no
claim to being gifted with invective,
and we have never toted a lance on
the Cloth of Gold. No man has yet,
however, aimed a blow below our
belt or at our back without a come
back. And those who fight unfairly
leave plenty of loopholes.
Nothing would pjease us more
than to wake np some fine morning
to some other music than the sound
of the bomnier. God speed the day!
plaint concerning working condi
tions, which-are almost ideal. The
trouble, however, lies in the salary,
not for next year, but for the year
that 13 about to end.
Alliance teachers have a tale to
tell of what Inadequate salaries have
done for them. Many of them have
had to ask for money from home to
help pay their expenses which they
were supposed to be earning their
living. Others have been forced to
forego summer school this year.
With a small salary for nine months
of the year, a three months' vacation
spent in better fitting themselves to
teach is out of the question. Some
will spend the vacation at home with
the folks; others will have to hunt
for work. A few will give up the
profession. It's a hard task, and a
thankless one, this training the
young idea how to shoot. Salaries
of teachers go 'up much more slowly
than living expenses.
Of course, it is now a closed chap
ter. A number of Alliance teachers
have refused to consider contracts.
Superintendent Pate has. gone about
filling their places,' and at the new
schedule, it should not prove diffi
cult. Had the school board seen fit
to grant a substantial Increase for
the present year, when it is needed
fully as much as next year, the sit
uatio nmlght have been different.
Public opinion would have .endorsed
such an action. It is inevitable that
the school will suffer as a result of
economy.
. TEACHERS PAY
In the face of an increased wage
schedule for the next year, a num
ber of Alliance teachers show a'dls
nosition not to Blgn contracts. This
disposition is most marked in the
high school, where the Increases
granted were largest, and where, in
cldentallT. it is most difficult to se-
ceure new teachers. It's easy enough
tn sm that aomethinK is wrong, for
I teachers do not drop out .. by the
wholesale otherwise.
The new salary schedule seems to
be satisfactory. Alliance is paying
salaries as good or better as instruc
tors are receiving in the cities of Be
atice, Nebraska City, Fremont, York
and Hastings. There is no com-
Ready for Spring
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No matter if your car was put away in perfect condi
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PATRIOTIC BLACKMAIL
.We served in the ranks during the
late unpleasantness. We lost over
a year's time and about fifty pounds
In weight, but old mightly little to
ward making the world safe for de
mocracy or hot for Germany. We
gained considerable experience, a
dislike for military formations, an
unequalled appetite and a physical
vigor that was in a fair way to be
lost.
Under the proposed bill to allow
ex-service men a bonus of 60 a
month for time spent in the service,
we would receive over $600. We
need' the money. It would come In
mighty handy at a time when we are
trying to pay out on our business.
We could also use it to good advan
tage to expand taht business, which
is outgrowing present facilities'.
We're human. We don't want to
Insinuate that we'd thing of refus
ing to accept this money if it were
offered to us. We lost more than
that amount by taking a job with
Uncle Sam. But we are not pressing
our claim, and we hape that the
American Legion will postpone this
particular part of their program.
We are a . loyal member of the
American Legion, and we like it.
We believe that it is faced with the
biggest opportunity in the world. So
long as it confines its efforts to se
curing justice for wounded service
men, we're for It. So long as it
strives to make army conditions bet
ter, we're shouting. We're for its
program with this one exception.
Somehow this use of an organization
of a million men to force congress
and the people of this country to pay
a bill they didn't contract seems to
use like patriotic blackmail.
All of us went into the war with
out illustipns. We knew that the
salary was a dollar a day. We didn't
go for the money. Some of the col
dlers couldn't have ben hired for
any money to do a hitch In time of
peace. In war, it was different. It
wasn't a money consideration that
made us go that couldn't keep U3
from going.
Suppose we did lose twice the
money the bonus will amount to.
Granted that we'll have to work two
or three yeras longer before we make
enough to retire. We're lucky. Some
of the fellows who went with us
came home maimed, or blind. Some
of them walk on crutches, and some
will never walk again. Some of them
didn't come back.
The fellows who didn't come back
whole ought to have a bonus. The
niggardly settlements under war risk
compensation aren't enough. No
white man would oppose granting an
additional bonus to the wounded.
But the rest of us we came back
alive, uninjured, healthier than
we've ever been before better fit
ted to go out and earn a better Hy
ing than we did before we entered
the service.
Let's forget this bonus stuff.
The whole country the country
we fought for, or were willing to
fight for is on the verge of disas
ter. Public, expenses are enormous.
Neven was economy more needed.
Never was a return to normal con
ditions more imperative. Yet the
same men whose action in time of
war proved they loved their country
most are trying to add to her bur
dens. It's time someone called a
halt.
'I am glad you called. Jack, youi
have set me in a whirl," she
whanged. "Vary well, little one," he,
murmured, "I have just bought a
car. ' I will take you for a spin.
A tall, dark figure might have
been seen at the end of the avenue.
And somebody's pedigreed dog mlghtj
have been at the end of the string,
for be was at the end of his re
sources. Florida Times-Union.
This earth is frequently designat
ed as "she" because no man knows
the age thereof.
MITCHELL
For Men Who Seek Endurance and Style
This new Mitchell is not merely a new
model. It establishes a new standard, It is
the result of years of experience and costly
investments in factory efficiency.
Many changes arc due to evolution but
bring entirely new ideas. Mechanically, the
new Mitchell is nn evolution, resulting from
yearly improvements.
But its style bring a rcvolutibn in design
a logical alignment of those lines of
motion already worked out in many partic
ulars, but never completely.
It has been Mitchell's opportunity to add
the finishing' touches, the final distinctions.
FIRST OF ITS TYPE
This is the first car of this new-day typo,
for we started its design two years ago.
And even before, all during war-time, when
our factory made trucks, our engineers and"
designers worked on improvements.
This is the outcome of the new Mitchell
organization. It is the fuition of the great
minds assembled here during the past three
years.
In this new Mitchell people see the high
est ideals in a Six. Never before has a new
model Six introduced so many advances, nor
5-Passcngcr Touring Car
3-Passenger Roadster
juch a happy combination of beauty and
utility.
There is hardly a part or detail which
docsn 't show conspicuous improvement.
To demonstrate a new Mitchell is a pleas
ure. There arc so many over-values to point
out.
BUILT FOR THE FUTURE
As everybody knows, these are easy times
to sell cars. But such a period will not al
ways last. And we, as dealers, appreciate it.
This new Mitchell is built for the long
pull. In a year or two, when selling com
petition brings new difficulties, tens of
thousands of Mitchells will be running,
every car spreading the idea of Mitchell
quality.
SERVICE BEGINS WITH
PURCHASE
We have a representative of the manufac
turer with headquarters in Alliance, who
makes it his personal duty to see that every
Mitchell purchaser receive that ''follow-up"
service that make Mitchell ownership ideal.
A fully-equipped repair shop is in our ga
rage at your command.
5-Passenger Sedan
4-Passcnger Coupe
Alliance Auto & Truck Co
JOHN WALLACE, Proprietor
RUEs
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OIL-P ULL TRACTOR
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Have You Heard of-
"Old Number One"
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Just to show how long some makes of tractors will last, the company entered "Old Number"
One," the first made, in the 1919 National Tractor Demonstration at Wichita, Kansas, July 14-19. j
It went into the competition just as she came from the farm of her owner at Agar, South Dakota,
and as a sample of OilPull dependability ,it was excelled by no other tractor, even though there i
were all mates, iresn irom iu muiui.
"When you see the OilPull work in the belt
you realize the power it develops how steady
the power is and how easily it handles the larg
est separator.
"In my day I've operated a good many dif
ferent makes of tractors, butl have yet to see
one that will last and stand up like the Rurnley
OilPull. All the repairs that have been bought
for "Old Number One" would not amount to
$200."
SHE DID THE WORK
"Old Number One" hasn't missed a season
and she's taken the job's as they came open
ing up wild prairie, plowing stubble, handling
a threshing run every year, some road build
ing on the side and miscellaneous power jobs
both draw bar and belt. i
"Old Number One" has. averaged over 700
acres plowing a year and over a month's
threshing, besides the miscellaneous jobs. She
has plowed as high as 1100 acres and threshed
72 days in one season. To its credit so far :
1750 acres wild sod breaking
5600 acres stubble plowing
321 days threshing over 750,000 bushels
"Old Number One" has been pulling a six j
14-inch moldboard plow and operating a 40x62
thresher with all attachments. . ... ,
AND STOOD THE OAFF
Ten years on the job, in the hands of three
different owners, and not missing a full sea
son's work, brings out the truth about the de-
pendability and life of a tractor. "Old Num-1
ber One". has not had an easy life. It was!
harder for a tractor to make good than nowa-!
days. And big job machines were demanded f
in those days "on the job" outfts. i
In the northwest it is opening up new land, i
breaking virgin prairie the toughest work a
tractor can go up against. The same with
threshing it's a man's size job up there. .
Speed, capacity, steady, sure operation the
power end of the belt must be f there."
What did it cost for repairs daring those
ten years? Less than $200.00 attest the own
ersless than $20.00 a year. That speaks for
itself without further comment. '
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F. A. CLARK
CORNER SECOND AND LARAT.TTg
