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rt rf Official Paper of Box Butte County TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY Official Paper of the City of Alliance VOLUME XXVII. ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, fvEBKANKA, Fill DAY, OCTOHtiU 2619'JO. No. 96 imrnir if n . NEXKTUESDAY TO TELL THE STORY 1 i Tlie Herald Presents Its Selection of Candidates Who Deserve Your Support There has been a last-minute flur rv nf nrtivitv on the part of the newspaper, but the national election has not, to tell the truth, created any grent amount of interest or excite ment. The campaign has occupied more time than the world series of baseball games, but the latter this year really has had more fans. There has been no great interest in either state, county or national politics, al. though those who are in the game have played for all it was worth. Next Tuesday the voters of the na tion will select another set of admin istrators for four years. Nationally, the Issues have been pretty clearly defined. Governor Cox. for the democrats, has come out strongly for the league of nations, and his opponent has taken into account public sentiment in the various places In which he has made ad dresses, and has taken no less than eight different positions. In one sense, the league is not really the dominant .iBsue it has simply been .made so for want of a better. There are dozens of other issues equally important, and more closely affecting America, but the. average voter wli liave'little to judge by save his can didate's stand on the league. CJovernor Cox the Man The Herald is in favor of Governor Cox for the presidency. We realize that he has an uphill tight, but every day fcr the past month he haa bet. tered his chances. He is a firm, vigorous man, with a record achievement as governor of Ohio. His poponent has been known for years as a reactionary, nas voted with the "old guard" on the few occasions he has been present at roll call. He is a fine looking man, but his associations and obligations are such that as president he will seek counsel from the wrong sources and owe allegiance to' others than the voters who may put him In office. The best test or a candidate's fit ness lies, of course, in his record. Senator Harding's record is no rec ommendation. His backers realized this when they counseled him to stay on the front porch during the cam paign. Later, when he overruled this sage counsel, and took to the highways and by-ways, he has con. fined his speeches largely to discus sions of the league of nations. It is likely that, no matter which side wins, there will be a league. Com mon sense will dictate that it mu.n bind America as closely as it does other nations, or they will not ac cept it; prudence will dictate that other nations be securely bound, for our own protection. We doubt se. rlously whether there will be any vital reservations made, or any far reaching alterations in the text. Much of the campaign against the league has been for political pur poses. i The Primary Referendum The first thing that will catch the eye of the voter will be the proposi tion to repeal the direct primary law , Insofar as It applies to state offices, except governor. The Herald does not believe that the primary law has remedied any of the evils that its originators claimed it would. We doubt seriously whether, in practice, it is any better than the old conven tion system. But the referendum as submitted does not help matters. It still re. tains all the expense of the primary, to nominate but one state officer and thA rountv officers. In the form it is submitted, it deserves defeat, at the hands of the friends and ene mies of the system alike. Vote NO on the amendment. The Governorship For governor, The HeraM favors Morehead. II ehas been th subject of attack on various grounds, but the fact rerna.ins that he a level-headed business man. who knows the value of money, and he will give Nebraska a business administration. He has Ideas about saving money and there are mighty few politicians these days who do have such ideas. There are better men In the demo cratic party, and In the republican party, but of the available candi dates, Morehead deserved tne pref. erence. McKelvie and his pet code bill de Berve the gate, and from the lack nf friendliness on the rart of the republicans generally, they are due to get it. If no other thing were oainat McKelvie. the manner m which he forced the code bill on the Rfnto should be sufficient cause tot every voter who believes in repre sentative government to cast a Dai TIIK ISSI K "We will accept any reserva n that helps to clarity. 'Ve will accept any reserva f nt helps to reassure. will accept any reserva t, 1u V'lps to strengthen." GO COX. 4 "I diu V to clarify obligation .nt to tun these irn my back upon I .... It is not inter pretation, but rejection, that I am teeking." SENATOR HARDING. lot against him. In the closing days or the cam paign, per as usual, there was con. siderable circularizing. A number of republican members of the league of women voters have sent to each woman in the state a letter, charg ing Morehead with being a "wet" and with opposing woman suffrage. The leading signature on this lettei com s from a woman whose husbano was expelled from the United States senate for corruption. The charge is made that Morehead is the "chos en candidate of the wet wir.g of tht democratic party, headed by Senator Hitchcock, Artnur Mullen and oth ers." This is untrue. Two yean ago, the candidate of the Mullen. Hitchcock wing of the democratu (Continued from page 1) TEN MORE DAYSI TO FINISH PAVING IF Good Weather and Supply of Material Hold Out, Contract Will Soon He Finished With the continuance of the pres. cnt good weather, those in charge or paving construction in Alliance say that another ten days will be all thai is needed to complete the . present contracts. This is much sooner than had been, hoped for, most of the es timates this summer being that It would be next summer before the last brick was in place. The weather and the arrival of the rest of the material are the only things that ran delay tne job now. Engineer William Grant of Lin coln hus been in Alliance several days this week. He met with the council at the special meeting last Wednesday evening, and rea dthe fi nal estimate of the paving cost, which will probably be filed some si me this week. MHE SHE TIGER" AT THE IMPERIAL TONIGHT A regular thriller is billed for the Imperial tonight In "The She Tiger," a story of a Mexican lady bandit who falls in love with an American army officer and sets out to win him. The captain, however, doesn't fancy the lady bandit, and she sets out to make him. Young ladies who want to find out how not to do it will be inter ested in the film, as will young men ho desire thorough training in re sisting the blandishments of the fair sex. There are a lot of thrill Ing scenes, consisting of border raids, a killing or two and other things to be expected of border plays. "Parlor, Bedroom and Bath," the Saturday bill, is us good as the name, The story deals with vicissitudes, matrimonial in chief, of Reggie Irv ing, who, to prove to his wife that he is a very devil of a fellow, con spires with Polly Hathaway, girl reporter on a society scandal paper, to blemish his own reputation. Just as he young and almost painfully conservative husband has patted himself on the back for his clever ness. Angelica, the wife, who above all sought to marry a wild man, dis covers the deceit. That is really the first complication and the score that follow are no less excellent and amusing. "The White Circle" is the Sunday attraction. The plot centered around the attempt by a London banker to escape with the funds of an Italian secret society. He has offered the hand of his daughter to a wealthy adventurer in return for his assist ance. On the lonely Scottish coast a dram aof love and conflict is fought ut. "Shipwrecked Among Cannibals,' which will be shown Monday, gives actual pictures of a savage cannibal tribe. There is a reality about them that causes the spectators tJ grip the idges of Iiis chair. This is said to be one of the best atractlons ever shown. Mrs. Bert Duncan returned from Hot Springs Thursday af.cr a two weeks' visit with friends. ONE LETTER THAT BROUGHTRESULTS J. II. Morey Writes rhaniler of (nnmene Hint He Will Come . to Alliance Wednesday The letter of Secretary J. W. Guth rie of the Alliance chamber of coin, merce to George E. Johnson, state engineer, concerning the failure of the contractor for the Antloch road o follow specifications In surfacing the thoroughfare, brought immediate results, just as had been expected. For months the chamber of com merce has been attempting to get things done through Division Engi neer McLean at Scottsbluff, who says the city and county haven't co-operated with him, but finally they de cided to go straight- to headquarters. Within twenty-four hours after the mailing of the letter, a reply was received from Mr. Johnson, thanking the club for calling his at tention to the matter, and this let. ter was followed the next mail by anoher from E. II. Morey, chief of the bureau of roads, who had this to say: Lincoln, Neb.. October 26, 1920.-- J. W. Guthrie, Secretary Chamber of Commerce, Alliance, Neb., Re: Pro ect 21: Dear Sir: Your letter ol October 22 received and note your reference to the material being useu for surfacing on the Potash highway I will get in touch with Division En gineer McLean immediatfly and have that matter looked into as thr material specified must be. used. We cannot use common sand on that surfacing and I do not understand why any of it was allowed to be use. I will make a trip to your counfry next week and I will arrive in Alli ance on the early morning train from Lincoln, Wednesday, November 3. I will be there that morning, leaving for Scottsbluff on the noon train. I would like to meet you and othen interested and drive over that pr ject and we will make a thorougl nvestigation. Very truly yours, E. H. MOREY. . Chief Bureau of Roads. . FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MINNIE RYAN Funeral services for Miss Minn Margaret Ryan were held Monday October 25, from the Holy Rosary church, with Father Manning In charge. Miss Ryan was born at Havelock, Neb.. February 27, 1985 and died October 21, 1920. at th home of her parents, Mr. and Mn ..I. P. Ryan of this city. Art'.eulai iheumatism was the cause of death. She was taken ill September 18, ant' had been on the road to rcvry un til the day of October 1, wnen she rew rapidly worse, death occurring shortly arter 10 o'clock that even'ng Miss Ryan was formerly a studen' in the 'Alliance public schools and the St. Agnes academy. She leaves to mourn her untimely dealh, both parents, two sisters, Mary Ryan, twin of the deceased, and Rose Mc Donald; two brothers, Thomas ami Dtmnls. all of whom live in Alliance. Other relatives who attended the funeral services are, Mr. and Mrs. James Murphy of Grand Island, Neb.; Mrs. C. A. Hanson of Wlnslow, Ariz.; Mrs. J. C. Hornshel of Wav erly, Neb.; Mrs. J. P. Carey and son of Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Anna Ryan of Council Bluffs, la.; Mrs. James Kel- ter, Ottumwa, la.; Mrs. Clarence Reavis, Mrs. Martin Sims, Dennis Ryan and James Connel, all of Shen andoah, la. CARD OF THANKS We desire to extend our sincere thanks and appreciation of the beau tiful floral offerings, loans of cars and all the kindness shown by our many friends during the late illness and death of our .beloved daughter and sister. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Do ran, Miss Mary Ryan, Mrs. Rose Me Donald. COX-KOOSEVKLT CI.UH WILL MEET TONIGHT The Cxx-Roosevelt club will hold Its last meeting before election this evening at 7:30 at the club's rooms in the Alliance National Bank build ing. A big attendance will undoubt edly turn out. Plans will bo made for completing the roundup of the voters. Louis A. Wright and Miss Lu cille Daniel, both of Alliance, were granted license to wed by County Judge Tnsh Wednesday. The rooin la fiioyd as porter at tho Cook 0ifl hall. LABOR SHOULD DEFEATHARDING Itntlivnd Man Shows the True At titude of the liepuhllcaii I'ltmlldate. A few days ago, union laborers In Alliance eacn received a small pack age of campaign literature sent out by the republican national commit, tee, in which an effort was made to prove that party was composed of genuine champions of the men in overalls. J. B. Kennedy of Ells worth In a letter to the Herald, dis putes these claims and shows 1 hat If labor wants a friend in court, it will be much better to keep the friends they haVe there now, rather than to elect men who have shown their un friendliness In a number of ways. Mr. Kennedy's letter follows: ELLSWORTH, .Neb., Oct. 27, 1970 To the Editor of the Alliance Her ald; Of all the classes that are at present contemplating reasons for the casting of I heir vote on next Tuesday we wage earners by far should be the most concerned. Ours Is a unique position. We are for the first time in a long period of years not only fully employed but art-, as srvll, receiving the highest wages ever paid In our particular line of work. As a result we llnd ourselves with a little more of the world'B goods together with added comforts And many of the conveniences that overal years back would not have bsen in . our dreams as possibilities or ourselves. This alone should cause us to aBk ourselves what is the complaint before we decide to make a change.' But' there is still some thing more Important to us than svtn material personal comforts. Did you know that the lives of little chil dren also have bearing on our pres ent earning power. Let me insert a news item that explains. At a meeting of the babks wel fare association held in New York, Feb. 9, 1917, It was declared "That the family income is a uost Import list factor in raising or lowering morbidity or morality. Where the family Income 1b sufficient to permit iVlng under reasonably favorable onditions (sanitary bousing, ample food, adequate clothing, wholesome ecreation), sufficient to permit of prompt and efl-icnt medical atten tion in case of illness, morbidity and morality are invariably iower," This conclusion is the result of study and investigation covering a long period of years. It came at a time when political prejudice was at its low. est ebb and it has- for its object the giving to the little ones of 4he less ortunate the wage earner, the chance to live. Surely there is not one man or woman In this great ountry of ours who would deny lit tle children not only this privilege but this right. The family Income nas reacneu. since that ime, the highest point In the world's history and the conclu. j sions of the babies' welfare associa- lons have been verified In evtry blessed detail. The family income In creased is the fact. The benefits w 'fisonally enjoy Is additional fac Dors not reason direct that :i chances are better for maintainln. what we have of such great benef by continuing In power those who ildett us in reucMnK- this high plane? Of course it is only natural to bus- pect that this is a partisan appeal. But let us see, Mr. Harding declared at Omaha that if the laboring man wished to maintain his present high salary he must be 100 per cent effi cient. Now remember 1 hold no brief, for the Bluffer and can Bay no word for those who will not give an honest day's work for an honest day's remuneration. But that the condi tion that Mr. Harding exacts is an impossible one we can verify by slm ply referring to bis record In the senate. In the past five years he missed roll, call 1,163 times. This means that he was short in efficiency but our Uncle Sam paid him never theless. How long would you hold a job if you failed to 'show up in the morning so persistently and how many day's pay would youv draw without putting In full time? Then, too, on questions effecting the man who labors Mr. Harding has favored the other side and only in a very few exceptions has he favored us. We are not hoggish and want it air but we do know that if his sympathies were honestly with us our proportion of consideration would be greater. These are not facts that would have us enthusiastic as to the protection he would afford in maintaining a family income that has given our babies a chance and ourselves comforts. Then, too, Mr. Taft has Bald that the success of Mr. Harding means that the influence of Mr. Gompcrs will cease at Washington. Inasmuch THE WEATHER. Forerast for Alliance and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; warmer southeastern and colder in west portion of Nebraska colder Saturday. tonight; as Mr. Gompers Is respected most by labor because of what he has done for labor all through a ' long busy career, this assurance i n only mean that even lesser leaders of labor will huve no standing with Mr. Hurd Ings success. We have as well, the condemna tion of Gompers by Will II. Hays, chairman of the republican national committee, all of which means that a change at this time leaves us no friends in court. We wonder if Mr. Gompers were espousing some other than labor's cause would he be bo eminently detested? The answer is with you and your conscience Mr. Wage Earner on next Tuesday. Are you going to forsake the Influence that aided, you In establishing the high standard of family Income, which means so much for yours and your brother's babies, as well as your own present comforts, and pub into power those who by past action and present word are assuring you that labor's representatives have no standing In court? - . J. B. KENNEDY. THINKS HIS WIFE HAS SKIPPED OUT Mexican Tells Judge Tah That He Is Going to Seek Erring Wife and Stranger Albert Salos, Mexican, appear d in the office of County Judge Tash Wednesday afternoon and asked for a certified copy of his marriage li cense and marriage certificate, show ing that be is the legal husband of one Maria Lollola. The couple were married by Judge Tash on March 3, 1919, and have since resided In Alli ance, where the husband is employed by the Burlington. Salos was none too free with de tails of his domestic difficulties, al though he confided his troubles per. haps as well as his limited knowl edge of the English language voul! permit. It seems that for some time back his wife has been bes echiiii' him for permission and money wherewith to return to old Mexico for a visit with her people. Jl t husband has sympathized with h-r ir this desire, and a week or so ;u h. bought her a ticket to El Vin m 1 gave lur $106 in money 1o ear the expenses of the return trip, us l as to make a splurge in her hoim town. It appemts now that Salos tia-- got a good sized hunch that Friend '-Vif-never went to El Paso at all. Lu that instead she eloped with a h i. somer man. Salos is not qu:te cer tain about this, but he has a verj strong hunch that his wife wasn't rs Interested In her family as she pretended to be. He d!1 not tell tl.e Judrre that h- knew where' the cou ple was but he Intimated that h could find theia if he started out. The judge gave minute directions as to procedure in case the husband locates his wife and the man. H" told Salos to call upon the law, and have the man arrested. Once, a few years ago, the judge undertook to tell a Mexican how he ought to set tle a similar domestic triangle, but the mm didn't follow Instructions Instead of beating up the despoiler of his home, he killed bis wife, and drew a life sentence at Denver for It ARMISTICE DAY TO BED OBSERVED BY LEGION The executive committee of Post No. 7, American Legion, met at the office of the post commander, J. B Miller, Tuesday evening. Plans were discussed for a celebration of Armis. tics day, November 11, by the mem bers of the post, and a special meet ing of the organization will be held next Thursday evening to complete the arrangements. Present plans liclude a big Le gion dance at the Lowry & Henry I roof garden In the evening, to be preceded by some sort of a dinner for the soldier boys and their wives and friends preceding the dance. A meeting of the incorporators of the Alliance Countr yclub was held at the Elks club Wednesday evening The articles of Incorporation were iead and approved. R. O. Reddish ! red Harris and Earl Meyer were se Ifrtei'. as a committee to draw u I by 1; vb. SPUD MOVEMENT NOWMODERATE iAIllnme Field Station of Federal ltureau of Markets Issue Summary of Situation The bureau of markets field sta tion, located in the Allatice postoiMce building, reports that the potato movement for the past week has been moderate. Shipments for the week, 151. Season's total for west and for the weeK previous 222. Ship ments for the week 16 to 23 for 1919 were 110 cars, and for the previous week, 151. Seacon's total for west, em Nebraska to October 27, 1920, Inclusive, shows the movement to have been more than 100 cars great er tha last year, the total for 1920 being 902 as compared with 801 to the same date In 1919. The market has been very weak at shipping points all over the coun try, and growers having hauled what they could not hold for some time la pits or caves, the statement "many growers holding for higher prices" Is common In al reports published from the potato sections in six important siud-raislng states. Reports from Scottsblsff-Morrlll District of western Nebraska indicate that there is almost no movement there, owing to the codltton of the market, and In the Rushville-Gordon . district, where most life has been shown, the movement has been seriously checked by a shortage of refrigerator cars during the past week. Growers at Gordon have been selling No. 1 spuds at 80 to 90 cents per hundredweight. Movement In the Alllance-I!mingford district has Improved Bince the refrigerator car shortage on the Burlington has been relieved, and considerable loading is being done at Hemlngford, growers getting around $1.00 per hundred, weight at that point, and from $1.00 to $1.10 at Alliance. Some growers In this district are holding for a higher market, too. Carlot sales have been made at a range of $1.40 to $1.50. f. o. b. shipping points,, for No. 1 Ohlos and Trlamps In sacks, and for $1.25 to 1.30 In bulk. A few cash sales have been made as low as $1.10 for bulk No. Is. Previous to the middle of October, the majority of shipments were consigned or rolled unsold and handled by wire to best advantage, but dealers are now able to sell most of their shipments ou a f. o. b. basis. Reports Bhow that wire inquiry and demand are decidedly better tnan thty have been since tne eafcoii started, although the change L.s tut been reflected in the p.ke k yet. This late demand Is coming t ot the large markets, but fio..i iuj mall loans of ceniial and esMa Nebraska and from towiu In jja.j Dakota, Kansas, Iowa and Ali.aouil, which make up the usual uiaiit.t ior western iebius.t POluIo-s. Cuaii. buyeis, wno hdU Dn ouii.icu,.ua uy their absence, aie uuw m iv..nca at verul shipping points. The digging ot ..esur.i Ncb.a-iita spUua Was coiii,.ei.t."u two weeks a,o, and It is VU-.u.t j i .ia i about half the crop hus rolled. October is the big month ior.p..tuio auipmei,.jt tor the waole couiurj, an J the total from all states in as h:th a i&00 cars on ih snh o. me month. Ship- luiiiU ate now uu.u to around 900 cars daily,, and it is noi ex.u-fu.d that nicy will go tar below that fig ure for a few wees, as stveral of tne big spud states have a late sason. and shipments to October 25, In clusive, this year were only 87,715. cars as compared with 87,288 cars to the same date last year in spite of the extra large yield the United States as a whole for 1920. TIB ROUTE MAP HAS BEEN DRAWN Secretary J. W. Guthrie of the Al liance chamber of commerce has re. ceived from the TIB automobile route book company a pencil sketch of a map that will appear in the next Issue of the route book, which shows Alliance as a hub ot all the highways within a radius of a hun dred miles. The chamber ot com-' merce contracted for space in the 1921 route book a few weeks ago. Mr. Guthrie haa marked several corrections upon the map, which shows the best roads to the Lincoln highway at Sidney, to Scottsbluff and Gerlng, to Manville, Wyo., Hot Springs. Valentine and the . Pine Ridge. It's publication should result in greatly increased amount of tour ist travel through Alliance In 1921. I.. A. Berry enjoyed a visit from a nephew, Roy Laiiison, of Grand 1 3, land, yesterday. He had seen him but once In the last twenty years.