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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1920)
xoun THE ALLIANCE HERALD. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1920. RANDOM SHOTS fk near as we can Rather, the in tent is to make the city manager plan inexpensive by having it under stood in advance that the city offi cial iff to be a!oul the only one on 1 the city's payroll. He'll have to be ety manager, mayor, superintendent f the light and wtter department?, trret commissioner, city clerk, police judge, Janitor of th city hall, chief f the fire department, cenietary nupcrintcndent, Lops of the street cleaning gang, chauffeur of the fire truck, Bnd nurse maid to the cupidors. Of course, If he runs out of some thing to do he might call trains at the Surlington otation in his spare jnoments, or he might take a part time job on the rip track. And there Is apparently a serious attempt to make the voters of Al liance believe that a city manager can be secured who will do most of these things and only charge $3,C00 a year for it. And why, for the love of Mike, do they insist on speaking of it as the city manager- commission form. There's no mention of a city commis sion or even a city commissioner, in the statute. Get this straight: Alliance is vot ing on the city manager pian. It will still elect councilmen not commis sioners and they will not have any snore authority as councilmen than the present council has, if as much. The commission form of govern ment has a number of strong advo cates. The Herald would favor it if Alliance were large enough to stand the expense. We are against the city manager plan, because we are foolish enough to believe in popular govern ment. No voter wants to be chump enough to be beguiled into voting for the city manager plan under the delusion that tie's going to get a commission form of goverment. And there's a big difference. As well expect to follow a recipe for boiled ham and cabbage and find pumpkin pie when you get through. There's just that much difference between the two. You can't double or treble the ex pense of city government without get ting more money somewhere. Ef ficiency can make a dollar do a dol lar's work, but it can't make the dol lar do the work of two. "NINE OUT OF TEN" Of course, any intimation that the law providing n city managpr plan for municipailt es was passed "especially for Alliance" and that it wa.- V-ngi'neored by Alliance men, is no' hint? but sheer poppycock, printed. either through ignorance or n desire to deceive voters. The law was introduced by Adam Mc Mullen, a Gage county man, who probably had Beatrice in mind. Alliance had a representative in the legislature at that time, and they would have gone to him had they really such a law in mind. Alliance men may have favored it undoubtedly some of them do now but the claim of "nine out of ten" has a familiar ring, somewhat similar to that of a lead dollar. As a matter of fact, there is a real opposition to the plan for Al liance, and no amount of claiming will be able to disguise that fact. The fire department, which is able to recognize the old demand from certain sources for a "paid fire de partment," is sharpening its axe. A number of influential merchants, a big grist of taxpayers who can plainly hear the word economy and plainly foresee a much more ex pensive city government than ever before, a number of women who cannot understand why only 180 cities out of the whole number in tho United States have adopted it if all the claims made by its advo cates are true all these and more are getting ready to put the quietus to this particular political fadr so far as Alliance is concerned. Nebraska City Press: Lute Lorkins was in Omaha the other day and spent a lot of time watching the elevators go up and down in a big department store. "I wonder why they call those things elevators," he said upon his return to the bosom of his family, "when they spend half their time go ing down." Today's Best Story The last time Bill Harper went back east on his buying trip, right in front of him there sat a young lady. Bill guessed right away that she had never been on a train before, or that she was mighty nervous about travel ing for an old hand at it. Pretty soon the conductor came throught and said: "Tickets!" she surrendered her ticket and looked out of the window again. Bill dozed off, and al roost for got her, and just then the "train butcher" came through, and yelled: "Chewing gum!" The girl stared at him and then said: "Well, I don't mind giving up my ticket, but I'll be darned if you can have my chewing gum!" The newest news kid was getting acqua'ntcd w.'th the lady bookkeeper theolhcr afternoon. He had been making pretty good progress, for one to young, until the bruised his sensi tive spirit by snickering when he ask ed her: "Lady, do you room or live?" We're not up to our usual good form this week, either physically or mentally. It's the grippe. We don't care whether school keeps or not. We don't even care whether the big girls come to school. If you know any better diet than poached eggs, toast and tea keep it to yourself for a week or two. We had just enough pep to for ward that sack of scrap which is one indication of how desperate we feel. "Alliance Tines Commends Jqnes," reads a headline in the last issue of the Minatare Free Press. The weird spelling causes us to wonder whether Rufus has assumed a disguise. Sheriff J. W. Miller has forwarded his biennial report to Inspector E. M, Johnson of the state department of public welfare. The report covers the two-year-period ending November 30, 1920. During that time there were ninety-two persons incarcerated in the Box Butte county jail, of which 80 were males, 4 females and 8 mi nors. Twelve males were sentenced to the penitentiary during the period, Two were sent to the refoi,n school and seven to the home for dependent children. At present there is but one prisoner in the county jail. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR SALE Baby carriage and child's bed, both almost like new, 811 Big Horn, phone 317. WANTED Used auto in good condi tion; must be priced right for. cash fhone 317. WANTED 320 to 640 acres of farm land. We have a client who has a number of rebuilt standard makes of automobiles and tractors to exchange for your equity. Write or call on THE THOMAS CO., Reddish Block, Alliance. 2 TO EXCHANGE We hav Kevernl farms to exchange for Alliance res idence or business property. -THE 1HUMAS COMPANY, Alliance. v - Buy Your Grocery Needs AT COS Investigate the "SMITH PLAN" of selling and buying groceries AT COST. A coupon holder can buy Groceries at an aver age of Savin in Omr Plan Let us show you today. No trickery or false figures in this method. WE GUARANTEE TO LOWER THE COST T of articles we sell each month 1 " EVERYTHING IS ON THE SQUARE Morgan Grocery Co. El WAIT FOR US! Minstrel 10 "Jollies of 1 920" Imperial Theatre Friday Night, DECEMBER 35 Local People in the Cast 35 New Catchy Music All New Local Jokes The Hit of the Season There Will Be A Big Ticket Sale GET YOURS EARLY Useful and Dependable Xmas Gifts KIMONAS Japanese Kimonas of Kabe Silk, beautiful, embroidered with fringe and tassels. Col orsnavy, Blue, Copenhag en, and Pink. All sizes. Priced at $20, $22.50, $24.50 JAPANESE COTTON CREPE Kimonas with large sleeves, assorted embroidered de signs and colors. All sizes At $4.50, $5.25 and $6.50 JAPANESE LUNCHEON CLOTHS Ideal Christmas gifts. These cloths come with napkins to match. Blue and white two tone. Good quality printed on white ground. Wistaria, Chrysanthemum, Bamboo and Maple designs: 48x48-in. Size ....... .$2.25 60x60-in. Size ....... .$3.20 72x72-in. Size $4.00 12x12 Napkins, doz. $1.40 Save 1-4, 1-3 and 1-2 on Suits, Coats and Dresses laed-Holloway Co .High 0