INSURANCE MEN
CONCLUDE MEET
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lie, but they can do no more than
the medical associations in time of
epidemic lay out the prorer course
and recommend remedies.
There was one question, Mr. Jo
sephs said, that he had usually asked
of such conventions, but the response
bad been so disheartening that ho re
fused to ask it again. The question
was: "How many members of the
association have fire prevention ap
paratus in their own homes? He had
been fortunate, he said, when he
found as many as two in any gath
ering. Of the fires tabulated, by far the
larger proportion are In dwellings.
The 1917 figures the latest compi
lation show that the percentage of
dwelling fires to all others is 65 out
of every three fires, two aro dwell
ings or -apartment houses. He ad
vised the local agents to start work
on saving homes. There are few
houses where a careful examination
will not show the presence of some
thing that is a fire hazard.
After dwellings, hospitals need
attention. . Seven thousand hospitals
burned last year places where we
put our friends and relatives who are
no longer able to help themselves!
One out of every eleven hospitals
burned, while but one out of every
two hundred mercantile establish
ments were destroyed. "Isn't it an
elegant picture?" he asked. "Isn't
the record disgraceful?"
Another command was: "Get the
Bchoolhouses cleaned up." He told
of the loss of 172 lives in a school i
fire at Collingwood, O., where the!
doors opened inward instead of out
ward; where the janitor oiled tn
floors; where the roar exit was found
to be locked and barred. He advised
each delegate to go home and looit
after the schools in bis town.. "No
one had the time or the money lu
Collingwood to attend to these things
before the fire. After it was done
too late."
Mr. Josephs then proceeded to
-read the riot act to the agents them
selves. They were the ones wu
should naturally lead in fire preven
tion measures, he said, yet in cities
where public demonstrations were
held, the totals showed that but 6
out of 621 had' been Interested
enough to put in an appearance.
The speaker argued against-ex-ceasive
taxes for insurance com
panies. The state should aim, li s
said, to make the tax cover the ex
pense of running the insurance de
partment. When It ran over that
amount, it elm ply meant that the
burden must be passed on to the tax
payers. Nebraska, for instance, col
lected $165,000 from the insuranca
companies, when the expenses of the
department were ' but $19,000 a
mall total of 747 per cent profit, but
at that less than the average for the
United States.
The rest of the session was spent
In listening to reports and greetings
from special agents, among whom
was John F. Edwards who told of ad
justing a loss in Alliance away back
In 1892.
Omaha was selected as the next
convention city, although a sharp
fight was made by North ' Platte,
lost by just three votes.
At the election of officers for the
ensuing year, the following were
chosen: President, It. C. Alexander
of Omaha; secretary, Fred D. Walt
of Lincoln. Three vice presidents
were also selected.
Wednesday evening tke guests
were tendered a banquet by the Alli
ance chamber of commerce, the din
ner being served by the ladies of the
Baptist church at the church. Fol
lowing a program of short speeches,
most of them in a complimentary
vein, President Guthrie presented to
Frank T. B. Martin, retiring secre
tary, a gift from the members of the
association.
For Sale Furniture Davenport,
just new; chiffonier, sideboard,
kitchen cabinet, dining room table,
center table, oil stoves, Quick Meal
and Alcazar with oven, 3 rockers and
some chairs. The above will be sold
at 3d and ISox Uutte Saturday. 84
Austria's peasants are said 'to be
feeding their milk to pigs and greas
ing their cart axles with .butter
rather than send those food com
modities to the Viennese whom they
hate. This is carrying resentment
even further than the allies would
do, and proves the Baying that the
worst foes of a man are those of bis
own household. In the meantime,
If there is any government In Aus
tria, it ought to be able to reach
these destructive peasants.
Some of the greatest of the many
great captains of Industry In this
country got their start on the farm,
and we have never heard that any
one of them felt that fate dealt
harshlv with him in his start, says
the Syracuse Post-Standard. Some
ef the most prosperous people in this
and other communities have never
got away from the farm, nor have
they found farm work and life on
bearable.
To selL their goods abroad the
Teutons are taking off the former
proud trademark - "Made la Ger
many. ' But with characteristic
German thrift they are ready to sac
rifice the prestige It they can only
get the meney.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The ladies' guild of St. Mathews'
Episcopal church will hold a basaar
on Thursday afternoon, April 8, at
the parish house. Lunch will be
served.
HOLY ROSARY CUVRCH
Talm Sunday, March 28 The
blessing and distribution of the
palms before mass, 8 to 10 o'clock.
Wednesday evening 7:30 Rosary,
reading of the Passion, Matthew 36
27, benediction.
Holy Thursday morning, 8 o'clock
High iflass, procession to the altar
of repose, stripping of the altars.
Good Friday morning 8 o'clock
Unveiling of the cross and adoration,
procession from the altar of repose,
mass of the presanctifled.
Good Friday evening 7:30 o'clock
Stations of the cross, sermon on
the "Passion of Christ," adoration of
the cross.
Holy Saturday morning The
blessing of the fire, Incense and
Paschal candle, reading of the proph
ecies and the blessing of the font,
litany and high mass.
Easter Sunday morning 8 o'clock
High mass; 10 a. m., low mass.
ST. MATTHEWS EPISCOPAL
Corner Seventh street and Chey
enne avenue.
Services: Holy communion 8 a. m.,
church school 10 a. m., choral eu
charlst 11 a. m. (service with music
from the "Messe Solennelle"). S.
Cecilia by Chas. Gounod.
METHODIST CHURCH
This is the season of the j ear
when churches all over the country
and in all countries where Chri6t is
known are making their plans for
a large Ingathering on Easter Sun
day, which comes April 4. All the
churches represented in the lnter
church world movement are making
an intent ive simultaneous effort to
enroll many new members. It is
predicted that this Easter will wit
ness the largest number of converts
of any year since Christ roce from
the dead. From neighboring towns
these comes the news that many are
deciding for Christ. A visitor from
our church to the church in Scotts
bluff on a recent Sunday' reported
that some seventy-five decisions were
made on a single Sunday. A good
number have already signified their
intention to unite with our church
on EaBter, and there are many more
who will make the decision before
then.
Next Sunday being "Palm Sunday,
the sermon topic will be VThe Trl
umphant Christ." Palm Sunday Is
the celebration of the triumphal en
try of Christ Into Jerusalem the last
Sunday of his life. It Is the only
time he ever was hailed as king by
the multitude. A few days later the
same multitude shouted: "Crucify
Him." Sunday evening the topic
will be: "Why Join the Church??
There will 'be appropriate music at
every service.
MEARL C. SMITH,
Pastor.
INTERCIlUItCU NOTES
.Team chairman and lantern lec
ture men for the county conferences
in the state of Nebraska are all
called In to a special conference at
Lincoln Friday of this week for de
tailed instructions regarding the
county conferences of the inter-
church world movement which are to
be held In every county of the state
during the weekpf April 5 to 9, at
which time the objectives of the ln
ter-church world movement will be
set forth in connection with the sur
veys. This call takes the Rev. A. J.
Kearns of Alliance and the Rev. A.
J. May of Hemingford to Lincoln this
week as members of team No. 13
which will present the Interchurch
world movement to five counties of
Northwest Nebraska. The Box Butte
conference will be held in Alliance
t . r . . - a
April o. upcnuiB BfBBiuu m iv a. ui.
at the Christian church.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday sc' ool at 10 a. m. The
purpose of the Sunday school is Bi
ble study. "Take all of this book
upon reason that yon can and the
balance by faith, and you will live
and die a better man." Abraham
Lincoln.
Next Sunday Is Palm' Sunday.
Morning worship 11a. m., "Palms
of Victory."
Evening service, 7:30 p. m. "The
Counsll of Life."
Christian Endeaver, 6:30 p. m
Missionary meeting. "Our Country's
Need of Christ." Mrs. Kearns, leader
All all cordially invited to these
services at the First Presbyterian
church, corner Box Butte avenue and
Seventh street A. J. KEARNS. .
Pastor.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
The meetings are In progress each
evening. The minister is preaching
some soul-stirring sermons. If you
are present each service, you will
see that the sermons are closely re
lated as the chapters In a continued
story. A ten-minute chart study is
given each evening. Subjects are
announced as follows:
Friday, "To Whom Shall We Got'
Saturday, "Is the Moral Man
eor I . i
"Nearer My God to Thee."
Sunday, "The Two Covenants.
(Chart sermon.)
The young people's missionary so
slaty ef the Christian ehureh will
TUB ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1920.
meet Monday evening, March 29th at
the J. E. Rice home, 902 Laramie,
with Misses Ethel Churchill, Sylvia
DeMoss and Blanche Hunt as hos
tesses. Miss Sylvia DeMoss, leader.
Tuesday, lesture by Jamea T.
Nichols, "A Warless World."
Wednesday, "Sabbath or Lord's
Which?"
Thursday; "The Home Over
There."
Mr. Nichols, who lectures on Tues
day evening, was at the peace confer
ence at the time President Wilson
signed the treaty. Mr. Nichols is a
fluent speaker and will bring a great
message. Admission BOo and 25c.
With the exceptions aa mentioned
above, the meetings will continue
until Sunday, April 4th. Do you
best to make them a success.
Come to the church with a mes
sage and a welcome.
STEPHEN J. EPLER,
Call at the Eagle Tailoring CV.
and view those fancy plaids, checks
and casslmer suitings on display.
They will meet the approval of all
correct dressers. A tailored suit at
ready-to-wear prices. 121 Box Butte
Ave., Alliance, Neb. H
Owing to the stoppage of emigra
tion during the war, Italy finds it-
self with 2,000,000 surplus popula
tion and no work for them. One
case where the theory of war as aj
reducer or over-proauction man t
work.
In Japan, it Is reported, one can
got a bath, a shave and a haircut for
414 cents, but it is a long way to j
travel for them, even if one C"li1'
confine his tonsorlal and renovatory
processes to one operation a week.
It is not at all likely that the ex
port of all that hard Btuff will inter
fere with the bootleggers' business.
They can make it out of anything If'i
they can get a little undisturbed
time in the kitchen.
A woman has been arrested for
attempting to smuggle liquor In h.r
skirt pocket. It must have been a
modern skirt. No man alive could
have found the pocket of the oldtime
skirt.
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What have you?
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ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
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