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THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1921
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EDWIN M. BUUK Business Manager
OfTicial newspaper of the City of Alliance;
official newspHjKT of Hox Butte County.
Owned and published by The Burr Printing
Company, George L. Burr, Jr., President; Kdwin
M. Bun, Vice President.
The moving picture producers are raising a fund to
fight state censorship. If all the censorship bills are as
ridiculous os the one proposed for Nebraska, they'll have
the support of the entire public.
Dean Dixon, the newly elected head of Alliance post
of the American Legion, has un idea that appeals to us.
Be believes that a number of basketball teams can be
rganized in this city, as a Kturter for a regular series of
athletic contests. The volunteer firemen, the Elks, the
business men on the east side of Box Butte and the west
Sde of the same street can be organized into teams, and
,lhcn the basketball season closes a city baseball league
ean be formed. Alliance needs some friendly rivalry of
this sort, and Mr. Dixon's suggestion should be ucted
upon without delay. The armory offers a good floor for
basketball contests, and there's no reason why they
shouldn't be popular. Athletic (Contests make physical
exercise attractive, and most of lis need it.
About the richest thing that has come to light is the
advice offered to country newspapers by one of the big
editorial lights of the country, who thinks that he knows
the situation. By all means, country newspapers should
specialize on farm news, he insists, because farmers are
the bone and sinew of the nation, and the country news
paper has its work cut out for it in supplying their needs.
As a matter of fact, the average country editor wouldn't
get to first base in trying to make his newspaper appeal
to the farmers. The big farm weeklies can hand out
more farm information for fifty cents a year than the
country newspaper can for two dollars, and do it better.
The country newspaper has a field, but it isn't connected
principally with keeping the farmer informed about farm
ing progress, and the fellow who is urging that more
attention be paid to farm problems is articulating through
Iris Stetson.
CONTROLLING THE HOME BREWER
Some means must be devised to deal with the home
yrewer, who not only manufacturers his stomach-destroying
beverage, but peddles it at a price so low that even
youths may buy. It was to be expected that far-seeing
men would prepare for the coming of prohibition by
laying in large stocks of whisky to be retailed at a high
price to those whose thrist could not be controlled. Alli
ance was fairly close to the Wyoming border, and that
tate was one of the last to feel the drouth. During the
past year or more, most of the stuff offered for sale could
be swallowed without more than the ordinary ill effects.
Unfortunately for the victims, the supply of regular
whisky is now growing shorter so much so that what Is
left commands a much higher price than the stuff that
produces a similar effect and can be manufactured within
a compartively short time. The home brewer is coming
Into his own. The authorities in this county have, within
the past three weeks, uncovered evidence of the existence
f half a dozen home brewers. "White mule" has been
found in (juantities sufficient to justify the belief that
there are stills within easy distance of this city.
Nine times out of ten, home made booch is stuff that
kills, and the law cannot be too severe for the man who
peddles it, whether he be the manufacturer or the agent
If the man who drinks it dies, the man who made it
should be prosecuted for murder. The bootlegger is an
Bndesi ruble citizen, but there should be no room in a com
inunity for the man who makes the stuff.
Alliance last week had another frightful example of the
home brew evil, and it's time to call a halt. The curse
ef the whole traffic is that the average man, instead of
Reeling insulted when a bootlegger offers him the oppor
tunity to buy, instead feels rather complimented that
someone has had that much confidence in his integrity. A
large proportion of the men who are howling for law
enforcement, und openly condemning law enforcement of
ficers for not curbing the illicit traffic couldn't be hired
to go upon the stand and testify against the offenders,
nor would they think of giving the officers the slightest
aid in running them down.
persuade men to take the office under the new condition.
Under the city manager plan, the council should be com
posed of men to whom the salary of $100 a year is no
inducement. The voters should carefully weed out the
others, even if they do manage to file petitions.
If it is desired to give the new plan a fair trial, begin
. ow to urge that substantial business men and citizens be
driven n place on the new council. The Rotary club, the
volunteer firemen and other organizations should take the
initiative in getting out petitions. Good men can be
drafted for service on the council. This has been done
in Lincoln and other cities where the centralized form of
municipal government has been given a trial, and it has
been found that results are ltetler where business men are
selected to conduct a business administration.
WESTERN NEBRASKA DISCOVERED
The unexpected has happened. State Sheriff Hyers and
a band of his deputies have appeared in western Ne
braska. For months the Omaha und Lincoln newspapers
have carried dispatches from cities and towns in this sec
tion of the state, telling of the prevalence of bootleggers
and illicit booze, but the state sheriff has heretofore been
content to work in Lincoln and Omaha and the towns near
those cities. It's an encouraging sign when he comes out
to the territory where his services are needed, and
should fill the hearts of the friends of prohibition with
gratitude and bring relief to the sorely distressed tax
payer, who heretofore has had the privilege of reading
only of the expense of prohibition enforcement and has
experienced none of the benefits.
Since he assumed the office, State Sheriff Hyers has
been a mythical character to Western Nebraska. True,
there have been stories in the daily press of automobiles
held up and searched at the state boundary line, of Pull
man passengers, men and women, subjected to insults and
indignities, and of occasional raids in the metropolitan
towns or the discovery of stills on farms near Lincoln anil
Omaha. This section of the state has remained undis
turbed and its bootleggers unscourged. Now and then an
agent of one state department or another has uppeared
mysteriously, wearing a star the Bize of the bottom of a
tin dipper, and announcing to anyone who'd listen to him
that he was out here to stop gambling, or curb boot
legging, when actually all he was interested in was draw
ing his salary and expense account. Federal agents have
come to Alliance, and instead of hunting for violators of
the law, waited quietly until the local authorities made nn
arrest, and then grabbed the prisoner as he was dis
charged from county court.
The state sheriff apparently means business, judging
from his acivities of the past two weeks. It may be
that this sudden spurt of activity is due to the fact that
the legislators have been slow to confirm Governor McKel
vie's appointments. Far be it from us to suggest that the
sheriff is making only a showing, when what is needed is
a genuine cleanup. The arrest of fifty bootleggers in
Omaha is but a drop in the bucket. The arrest of an
equal number in any county in western Nebraska would
mean law enforcement. The state sheriff and his deputies
may go where they will, and there has been nothing to
prevent them coming to western Nebraska for fully a
year. Let us trust, now that they have an idea of the
extent of the traffic here, that they'll stay until the job
is done.
LET'S FORGET THE BONUS!
GOOD MEN NEEDED
The city manager plan today is where it was two weeks
ago in the air. Mayor A. D. Rodgers has announced that
be will take no steps to keep the plan from going into
affect, provided he is given a legal opinion that the special
lection held January 4 was legal. City Attorney Metz
has furnished such an opinion, and it is presumed that
this, when supplemented by a letter from the attorney
general, will satisfy the present city officials.
The friends of the plan, who have been given opinions
bj several of the city's attorneys, are apparently satis
fied that the election will hold if taken into the courts.
On the other hand, it is reported that several opponents
ef the new system have also secured legal opinion to the
pposite effect, and it is probable that the matter will be
taken to the courts for a decision, provided a move is
nade to put it into effect.
If there is any doubt of the legality of the election, the
matter should be decided before the new plan goes into
effect. There is far too much at stake to allow the city
to go ahead with the selection of a new council and a city
manager if at any time the disgruntled may take the
matter into court If some action of the new officials dis
pleases them. Unfortunately, the courts cannot be a&lced
to express an opinion unless there Is a contest.
Unless something happens to prevent, tt now seems
likely that a primary election will be called for the third
Tuesday preciding the date of the regular spring election.
Filings for the office of councilman must be made be
tween February 2 and 12.
Those who desire the city manager plan to succeed, as
well as those who are interested In good government,
should see to It that good men file for the council. With
the city manager plan, this is most essential. Men of
bigh caliber are desired, and it should not be difficult to
The American Legion is still keeping up the fight for
a bonus for all ex-service men, despite the fact that the
past year has seen the support of the members growhalf
hearteil So far as the four-fold compensation plan is
concerned, it is now little more than a forlorn hope, al
though the officers of the Legion are continuing the
struggle, saying harsh things of the congressmen and
senators who do not agree with them.
As an ex-service man and a member of the Legion, the
editor of The Herald believes that he may, with propriety,
have his say in the matter. ' And our opinion is that the
Legion, in its fight for a bonus, is in danger of losing its
immortal soul. Organizations can be no greater than
their objects, and the present object of the Legion is not
a worthy one. In the beginning, the plan was to secure
justice for the wounded and the disabled, who were at the
mercy of red tape and bureaucratic inefficiency. The
moment that the organization began to attempt to get
money for its members, it was weakened in its efforts to
help the men who most needed help.
After a year, the condition of the wounded and dis
abled is but little better than it was at the beginning of
the fight A number of individual cases have been cared
for, but thousands of them remain. Congress has not
looked kindly upon the four-fold compensation plan, and
because of the insistence upon the bonus, half the force
of the fight for justice for the wounded has been lost
Failing in the fight to make congress give the ex-service
men something, the states have been approached. A
number of them have given in and allowed the men who
fought for them a few hundred dollars. Adequate com
pensation is impossible. There is hardly a soldier who
could be really paid back what he lost during his service.
A few hundred dollars is no compensation; a homestead
would appeal to only a small proportion of them; a loan
could be secured elsewhere by almost any worthy man
upon a proper showing.
About the only claim the ex-service man has to recogni
tion was the fact that he and his comrades have a large
voting strength at the polls. The statesmen who have
been won over to the bonus are largely politicians men
with axes to grind, who need votes. The public as a whole
hasn't favored a bonus, and never will encourage a great
increase to their tax burdens. Many citizens give them a
mouth support, fearing they will be charged with lack of
patriotism if they refuse.
There is now a bill in the Nebraska legislature provid
ing for a state bonus for the service men. The state
legion is not supporting it, having come to a realization
of the men who are back of the measure and their reasons
for pushing it In Nebraska the non-partisan leaguers
are believed to be sponsoring the bonus. They do not ex
pect it to pass. It is doubtful if they will even support
it, should the measure come to a vote. But and here's
here's the rub if the bonus fails, this will make a splen
did campaign cry two years from now.
Isn't it time that the Legion quit trying to bullyrag the
nation and the states into giving them something they do
not want to give? Isn't it time that the Legion ceased
being attractive bait to politicians? Isnt it time to de
vote every ounce of energy in ns to cutting the red tape
and doing away with the inefficiency that allows our
comrades to die without medical attention. The proper
care of the wounded and disabled, it seems to ns, is the
next step, and the problem should be attacked with un
divided attention. Let's indefinitely postpone the fight
for a few hundred dollars' velvet for those of as who can
go out and earn it with a whole lot less trouble, and still
retain our self-respect.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Filed for record for week ending
January 22, 1921.
Perry S. Mailey to Lena Mailey, lot
T'J, County Addition, $3,.r00.00.
Lena Mailey to Perry S. Mailey,
second and third f0 ft. x 130 ft. from
northeast coi ner lot 8, block Y, Sheri
dan addition, 3,o00.00.
Chenia A. Newberry and wife to
Charles W. Brennan, south half of lot
4, all lot 5, block 8, Alliance, $1.00.
Patrick E. McKillip and wife to M.
H. HuT and wife, east half section 23,
all section 24-24-52, $24,000.00.
Patrick E. McKillip and wife to M.
H. Huff and wife, northeast quarter,
east half of southeast quarter section
21, all section 22, north half of south
west quarter section 27-24-52, $34,000.
Chas. C. VVhitnack and wife to Lin
coln State Bank, southeast quarter 17-25-48,
$5,(100.00.
Jessie Nagelschneider and husband
to the Congregational church of Hem- i
ingford, lots 5 and 6, block 33, Hem-1
ingford, $1,000.00.
i nomas J. Beal and wife to M. Lo
paz, lot 2, block 5, Hills addition to
Alliance, $125.00.
J. W. Miller, sheriff to Thomas K.
Gilshannon, lot 1, block 20, Box Butte
addition to Alliance, $543.3fi.
J. W. Miller, sheriff to Thomas K.
Gilshannon, lot 2, Block 20, Box Butte
addition to Alliance, $483.C3.
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Ernest, the three-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Gremcl met with
a painful accident late Friday after
noon by fulling against an, iron step
at the Fourth Street market, fractur
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Carl Hughes and family of Henvng
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Presbyterian Church
BEGINNING JANUARY 26th
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DR. R. W. TAYLOR, assistant secretary Home and Sabbath School
Missions, Synod of Nebraska, will bring the message. Dr. Taylor
has had large success in the pastorate. He is a thorough student
of the Bible and a fine Gospel preacher.
Subjects for the Two Weeks
Wednesday, January 26 "Satan, His Person and Power."
Thursday, January 27 "Holiness."
Friday, January 28 "Almost Lost."
Saturday, January 29
Sunday, January 30 A. M.: "The Gospel of God's Son."
Sunday, January SO P. M.: "The Prayer of the Dying Thief."
Monday, January 31 "Sinful Greetings."
Tuesday, February 1 Afternoon: "Capital Crimes."
Evening: "The Former and Latter Rains."
Wednesday, February 2 Afternoon : (Meeting for Men Only)
Evening: "Three Remarkable Nights in Jacob's
Life."
Thursday, February 3 Afternoon: "Christian Education."
Evening: "The Righteous Sustained."
Friday, February 4 "Belief or Unbelief."
Saturday, February 5
Sunday, February 6 Morning: "Jesus, The Great Magnet."
Evening: "The Soul's Imperatives."
You Are Invited