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BURR PRINTING CO., Owners
Enftred at the pooric i at Allianre, '
Keb,, for transportation through the
Snails as second class matter.
.GEORGE L. BURR, Jr Editor
EDWIN M. BURR Business Mgr. As usuul, where there Is discussion,
' , . . "'there are two groups, pro and ron.
Butte County. iKlan is everything that its orgitni?ers
.. . , 'claim the salvation of t'10 coin-try in
Owned and published by The Burr the dark carpetbagging d.iys following
Printing Company Ueorge u Uurr,
Jr, President; Edwin
President
M. Burr, Vice
ALLIANCE ENTERTAINS.
The Harvest Festival, staged in Al-
liancc last Sutui-ady, has parsed into real menace to the nt-n.e of security of
history as one of the most successful millions of citizens,
public entertainments ever undertaken The man who ,eks to argue on
in this city. Over five thousand people either side of the !iiotion will find
were attracted here on October 15, ac- plenty of people to ?uote. .There re
cording to a conservative estimate, and authorities, so-called, who fivor nd
all of them had a gool time-and went others who decry the rebirth tf the or
home feeling kindly toward the mer- 'ganizatiun. The officers and organs
chants of the city who .had provided crs of the Klan now in Alliance have
the entertainment Reports from the 'not furnished this new.p.ip!r with any
various merchants who co-operated in 'statement of the ninn of the urgan
the enterprise are uniformly snti'sfac- ization, and its clitor has received no
tory. Business was good. This would invitation to attend any neeiing.
not have been the case hail the crowd Such information as is ut our com
felt disappointed. mand comes from pamphlet put out
The huge success of the festival is by the klan's headquarters, news re
worth more than a passing comment, ports and opinions from other editors,
There is a lesson here for those who and reports of what ha tianpired at
are able to read the signs correctly, the meetings in this city.
There have been but two entertain- It is charged that the klan was or
tnenls in Alliance during the two years iginally directed against the negro, but
the present editor of The Herald has that white, supremacy has in is part
been in the city that were unqualified
nc uii'i'Kimicii
was the com-1
of garden some
fuecesses. The other
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months ago, when the chamber of ;
commerce furnished an evening of
good entertainment to all who came, '
with no admission fee and no attempt !
to make money.
Alliance has won a reputation over
western Nebraska, for the elaborate
entertainments it has arranged. Our feeling; on the Atlantic coast, it
race meets have been on a scale that preaches that aliens, even tho'.igh nat
rto other city of the size has attempted. J uralized, have no place in America. In
When this city is host to a convention, ' the cities of the central we.it it has
the occasion is a memorable one. The 1 devoted its argument to the stamping
Ftate firemen, the state Elks conven-Jout of radicalism. "Everywhere," the
tion, the stockmen's association, the World says, "it has banned Je-vs from
fire insurance writers and others will ( membership and made anti-Semitism
testify that Alliance knows how to one of its many missions. Everywhere,
make a visit here most pleasant It is also, no less positively but not as
a reputation worth sustaining. frankly, it has barred and attacked
The entertainment last Saturday Roman Catholics. Wherever a pros-
was not at all elaborate. Busy men
made the plans, and rucceeded in
hitting upon the idea that in times like
these, it isn't necessary to have a
great outlay of money in order to
have a successful entertainment With
forty or more merchants bearing the
expense, the show cost only a small
Tpart of the money that has been an
nually expended on a race meet
This city has often entertained the
people tributary to it, but only on a
few occasions has it been genuine en
tertainment Our guests have had to
pay their way from the minute they
struck the business section until they
went to their homes. Usually there
has been a carnival and a host of
concess'ofts to get the visitors' money
.from them, and give little or nothing
in return. It has been said many times
that people will not come unless there
is entertainment of this class. Satur
day's crowd was larger than came to j
Alliance any day during the race meet
last June, and every single one of
them felt better toward Alliance for
comimr. This cannot be said of the
race meet crowd, which was nicked for
quarters,, half-dollars and dollars at
every turn of the road.
The harvet festival should be
made an annual institut'on, and more
entertainments of the kind should be
plannetl People in general are be
ginning to see the light The older
ones will recall that fifteen or twenty
yr-ars ao it wasn't necessary to spend
money to have a good time. The city
that first discovers this important
truth and will strive to entertain its
guests with inexpensive pleasures,
which are none the less genuine be
cause they are not costly, will have
learned a valuable lesson. The cham
1er of commerce and other associa
tions should be the leaders in a move
ment that has at least twice proved
its noDularity. There are dozens of
occasions which could be celebrated
as successfully as harvest festival day,
and if the merchants of this city wish
to encourage friendliness on the part
of , the men who spend their money
here, more of them should be observed.
This is a splendid beginning, but it is
SO time to rest on our laurels.
THE KU KLUX KLAN.
' There Is no need blinding our eyes
to the fact that the organization of a
Ku Klux Klan in Alliance is ne of the
nvost widely discussed subjects in the
city today. We're tolerably well used
to new organizations. Our citizens
have been fair game for any organizer
for any society, business, fcoei.il, fra
' ternal or otherwise, who has visited u
In the past two years, Neoriy every
man belongs to enough lodres to that
Le could start out with church on
Sunday and spend ef ry mpnt during
the balance of the week at somo meet
ing. A few unfortunate souls, If they
attempted to attend every meeting of
organizations of which they are mem-
Kurfl ti'nul.f tinl'A r f1infklA nn tur.t aw
three ni ht at that ut th
terious secret Klan Is arousing a storm
of resentment, and has a host of up-
porters.
the civil war, and its chief protection
now against plots and conspiracies of
on kind and another. On the other
hand, those oppo.ted to the secret or
ganizat'on say that it ttrikc in tho
dark, with unseen hands and an un-
known membership, und that it i a
of the country become a side issue
oi ine country utrcunus a mho jfuc.
Its membership is said to be growing
at the rate of five thousand a week,
and this rapid growth, it is char trcd, is
due to appeals to local or sectional
prejudices and hatreds. The Now York
World, which is leading in the fight
against the organization, charges that
on the Pacific coast, the klan orpaniz-
era make capital of the anti-Japanese
pective member lives, he has been
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THE ALLIANCE HERALD,
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promised that his pet aversion will
be made an object of klan action."
There is plenty more of this, on
either side, but what is to be gained
by fanning public resentment on the
part of those who oppose it, or by
wholesale accusations and indictments
fctimulating activity on the part of the
more hot-headed members of the or
ganization? The true test of the
value of any organization lies in what
it actually does, and in Alliance it is
too early cither to make predictions or
to judge of activities. It may be true,
as has been charged, that the klan is
nothing but a vast money-making
fccheme on the part of the organizers
and their motives are unworthy; it
may be true that the klan has been
responsible for outrages in other parts
of the country, but to date it. record
in Alliance is a blank. "
The various elements and classes in;
Alliance have always lived and worked '
together in harmony. Nothing could
be more regrettable than that ill feel
ing and antagonism should arise. It
seems inconceivable that any organiza
lion of men in this city should deliber
ately set out to destroy this harmony,
and if this is not the intention, some
one should take steps to see that any
will
TlJAY. OCTOBER 18, 1921.
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misunderstanding is cleared. At any
rate, until some action is taken by the
klan which clearly shows that it should
be fought in Alliance, those who are
alarmed should consider the high cali
ber of the men who have hown inter
est in the local organization, and bank
on the fact that it isn't easy to make
a monster out of a neighbor and a
friend. At the least, judgment should
be withheld until the congressional
committee, now investigating the
order, makes its recommendations.
HONESTY IN BUSINESS
(Nebraska City Tress)
There was a time in the "good old
days" when Caveat Emptor, "Let the
Buyer Beware," was a business slogan
to which no one objected. It was con
sidered a stroke of good business to
defraud your customer in a mild and
easy way if you catch him napping.
Pulling the wool over the public's eyes
was not considered a breach of busi
ness ethics and if one could substi
tute a poor imitation for the real arti
cle criticism was launched only at the
"poor boob" who was so easily victim
ised. Times have changed, however,
and the met chant of the twentieth
century need not advertise that all
comers to his store are treated honor
ably and courteously. The exception
to the rule is soon found out and the
When Sickness
Gomes
Can YOU Pay These Bills?
During your months or years of earning have you laid
away funds to keep you going through a siege of sickness?
Could you satisfy the doctor, the butcher, the grocer, the
coal dealer, and others or would you be penniless.
Now is the Time to Consider
If you had taken our advice in the past you would now
have a comfortable little sum to tide you over. Why not
Start a Savings Account Today
A few dollars saved regularly, placed at 5 interest
do it.
The First
FASTEST GROWING
i'
bisr business house uKnu ennui.
founded on anything but integrity and
fair dealing falls to the ground. The
world may be growing worse, es some
of our cynical friends aver, but the
standard of doing business in the
United States has been vastly im
proved, to the advantage of the coun
try at large.
Farmers Write to Harding.
LINCOLN In order to give Presi
dent Harding an idea of how the Ne
braska farmer thinks on the question
of disarmament, the Nebraska farm
bureau federation is asking its mem
bers to give individual expression to
tho president, if in favor of disarm
ament, which will be transmitted
through the state organization. A sim
ilar movement has also been started
by the Iowa farm bureau. The Ne
braska farm bureau federation will
run in its issue of the Farm Bureau
Review, the state organization paper
this week, a blank letter calling upon
the president to uf his influence that
this country may take the lead in ceas
ing at once the building of battle shipa
and development of plans looking to
future wars. Every member of the
farm burepu who wants the United
States to step boldly out in favor of a
program that will lead to bringing
about the pre-war dream of world
wide peace is asked to sign the letter
and return it to state headquarters,
which will see that it is communicated
to the president through the Washing-
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BOYS' ATTENTION!
Are you interested in
Electiieity and would you
like to know more about
it?
A class in experimental
and practical electricity is
being formed. If you want
to get in on this, phone 233
or see
C. A. DOW
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