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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1921)
uljr AHimtrr Hrralb TUESDAY AND FRIDAY BURR PRINTING CO., Owner Entered at the postoffice at Alliance, 2?tb for transportation through the nails as second class matter. GEORGE L. BURR, Jr Editor EDWIN M. BURR Business Mgr. Official newspaper of the City of Alliance; official newspaper of Box Butt County. Owned and published by The Burr Printing Company, George L. Burr, Jr, President; Edwin M. Burr, Vic President. WESTERN INGENUITY. The Walrus and the Carpenter Were walking hand in hand. They wept like everything to see Such quantities of sand. "If it were only swept away," They said, "it would bo grand." If seven maids with seven mops Swept here for half a year, Do you suppose," the Walrus said, "That they could get it clear?" I doubt it," said the Carpenter, And shed a bitter tear." . These remarkable lines by Lewis Carroll (no relative of County Com- missioner George Carroll, we pre-, chief of the state bureau of child wel mune) are brought to mind by recent fare, who has made an Inspection cf (Torts of the street commissioners of Hemingford, who have started out to the Lincoln dailies with a statement cf et rid of the stfnd nuisance. The conditions which to say the least, is Iredger has drawn a pathetic picture of grossly exaggerated, the valley news th present condition of the streets papers say. there. It seems to be the wind that! Just why it is that a woman In a plays hob. Sand is unloaded on the state position, with authority to back streets from basements, and blows in her actions, should be sure to rub the with the wind. It collects on the walk, J fur the wrong way and antagonize Ss swept onto the street, where it col- j those with whom she should find co lecta in the center of the road, is operation, is one of those mysteries irraded down and is then blown back that will always remain unsolved. Mrs. to th walks.' This vicious circle is Hornberger, as head of the old deten kept up month in and month out. tion home in Lincoln, was one of the Sometimes the roadway is clear and most pleasant women in the world, and the walks are covered; at other times there wa3 never a complaint that she th walks are clean and there is six or lacked tact, or was too small for her eight inches of sand in the road. I job. As head of the bureau of child People in Alliance will never guess 'welfarc there are ovgh complaints, kow th .Hemingford street-commis-!from men who under th Proper cir aioners plan to overcome this nuisance, ' cumRtances wou,d 1)6 the fir8t to puP" o well have to tell them. The Hem-,Port ner to show that sh' out of hcr Ingford men are loading it upon wag-.lePth m thft Position she now holds, ons and taking it outside the city ! That nas bcen 1,16 who,e trouble limits. They think there is little like- with the chnd w'far work in Ne lihood that it will be blown back. How- hraska the people at the head of it. ver, they are talking pavement of the They haven't used good, common main Btreet, which, every Alliance Ken8e Beginning with the time that merchant knows, definitely does away the chi,d we,fare commission was np with the sand on the street, and fur- PointtH, they have adopted the atli alshes a clear path for the wind to tude that no one in the entIr state bring It more of it. nas the Drans or the courage for the It is to be hoped that Hemingford work they were dom&' 8ml PubUc offi "will delay paving for two or three c,a,s vho have. that attitude are riding months long enough to see whether to a fal1' An the positions; at the dis t experiment of hauling the sand posal of the "e-atyled experts were away in wagons ii the same success Passed out to their friends, or to peo that hauling snow away seems to be. PIe who wouId Ustcn 10 them- vhat If It is, here is a way for City Man- ScttblufT hears is not the voice of ager Kemmish to win the undying gra-1 Mrs Emi,v Hornberger, but the voice titude of residents front Tenth street of a half-doien of th people who back to First, and from the septic fran,cd the fifty-four child welfare tank to the westernmost limits of the ,aws every one of hich was so ex city. Then the county commissioners treme that 5t voM have been difficult can tackle the Chadron road and two to find courte willin to enforce them, or three other thoroughfares. How-That'8 the reason that so few of the ver, before spending any great - amount of money, it would be well to' . I reread the argument of the Walrus and the Carpenter. ; RIDING TO A FALL. ' It's beautiful poetry that Ne'hardt. Nebraska's poet laureate, has written. ' It's splendid music, with a wonderful swing and a sway to it. But the "Cry ' of the Teople" isn't a "Marseillaise," and those who are seek'ng to found a new pnrty in Nebraska will find that it hasn't the puliing power to win votes that the great French song had to win soldiers. "We are the workers and makers, We are no longer dumb. Trelttbk 0, Shirkers and Takers! Sweeping the" earth we come! Ranked in the world-wide dawn, Marching into the day, The 4iiit j fone and the sword is T drawn ' And the scaLbard is thrown away." Tor the power of music or of words to sway men depends not alone on the ! words, but upon a number of things. If words were all that were needed, th class consciousness would long ago have been aroused in the toiling masses of the earth and they would have accepted the ringing battle-cry of Karl Marx, years ago, "Workers of the world, unite!" he cried. "You have nothing to lose but your chains you have a world to gain!" For a new party to rise at the rally ing cry of even such splendid verse as Keihardt's there must be real, not fancied grievances. There must be leaders who are unselfish who will Us their brains, not to reap a selfish harvest from their blind supporters, but to lead their followers to higher and better things." Granted that Wall street is as odious as the orators claim, it remains to be seen whether a gov erning class composed of the workers ceuld do better than the capitalists as a class. Many classes have attempted to rule, and where any one class has tried it th workers, the military, the teligious, the capitalists, or any others failure has resulted. The most sat isfactory government is our own, where each class has a voice according to its strength and Its ability to make an impression. Any attempt to found a party in Ne braska on class consciousness td elect only workers to. th offices to give capital no credit will mean that the new party will ride to a fall. Even should there be ' temporary success, disruption will follow, for there is no jealousy like that of men who can work only with their hands. There'll be no crusade with this new party If it is founded on such an ideal only a crowd of men who-'i!l seek to use the political advantage they may gain to advance their own interests and tear down others. There is always room for a great progressive move ment, either inside or outside the old parties, and where lives the man who will say that progressive thinkers have not found the old parties taking up the best of their ideas ? It's a slow process, but a sure one. Revolutions may be faster, but who wants revolu tion? THE GREATER EVIL The newspapers over in the valley are considerably exercised over recent activities of Mrs. Emily Hornberger, the beet fields and has come out inj THE SPINAL COLUMN Sway The "EASE and DIS-EASE" When all the organs and parts of the body are performing their functions with the least apparent effort we are said to be in the state of EASE (health). When, for any reatou, an or gan or part can perform its function only with great effort we are ssid to be In i'ne state of DIS-EASE, at least insofar as that organ or part is concerned. Now the question concerning us most, is, the WHY of this dis-ease. or the WHY of this, great;, etrort . . - We are told that to begin with LIFE presupposes a complete mechanism with a perfect adapt ability to the changes incum bent upon existence. Then why does this perfect adaptability fail us betimes? In other words what is the predis posing cause of DIS-EASE? Thes are the big questions which many are asking today and which we will endeavor to answer in this "Spinal Column" as we go along. Watch this col umn as it may contain a mes sage for you, by touching upon the very thing that is troubling you most and by the application of C'hriroprsctic philosophy present it to you in an entirely different light than has been done heretofore. We deal with causes well knowing that effects will take care f themselves if the cause is removed the human body is a self-repairing machine. DBS. JEFFREY & SMITH CHIROPRACTORS THE ALLIANCE HERALD, ! fifty-four varieties of child welfare legislation wer ever enacted into law. However, picking- flaws in Mrs. Emily Hornberger and her faithful coterie of advisers doesn't materUMv change the situation in the beet fields. Mrs. Hornberger must indeed have been tactless, or she would have found it easy to secure th support of Editor a. li. wood, or Editor W. M. Maupin. Both of these men are against her in her very laudable efforts to secure better conditions for the children who labor in the beet fields. . Editor Wood,' in the last issue of the Gering Courier, says a number of unkind things of Mrs. Hornberirer. "This saintly lady," says Mr. Wood, nas vastly exaggerated conditions. "With her long title and sob story, she does not strike the responsive-spark that will make Scotts . Bluff county school or executive officers quake and shake with fear when she speaks." Mr. Wood admits that "in all cood conscience, there is not such a strict compliance with the compulsory school attendance laws among a certain class of residents in the beet growing sec tion that there ought to be." A. B. Wood is a good writer, and a good American. He knows that it is aim TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1921. useless to attempt to make good citi-jwhat difference does it make if Mrs. tens of the foreign element of our j Hornberger does,"rasp a little?" If population without the aid of the they can't work with her, in heaven's schools. -Like W. M. Maupin, Mr. name let them demand someone they Wood has children, and not for one can work with. Nebraska can't afford minute would h consent that any to have its foreign-born children rear child of hfs should work or live under ed under conditions that make for such conditions as the Russians and physical, mental and moral weakness, others impose on their children. Mr. Others will tell of actual conditions Wood knows that hard labor and long beside Mrs. Hornberger men who do hours, such as these children know in not exaggerate men who don't "rasp", the beet fields, is not good training Prof. V. A sinfr i ... for future citizens, physically or men- tally, and that the conditions under M'k!.H 4VkA.. 11... l ' . A aire nas icreai lenaencv toward immorality. I Mr. Wood answers his own armi- ments against Mrs. Hornberger when he says: Of course there are plenty of Russian children in the beet fields. That is why these folks are in the beet business and that is why they come h.r .d t,af la rJL lZ families." "lc,bed and three in another; where hous- T,i(, i, v -i ii . This much being admittedly true. t,i , . , . . w,wl nd w w I;',,':" should be Tfight mg rt s to foreign children the chance they a entitled to have as Americans. stead of waiting for someone else to take the initiative, why aren't they inj the union, Nebraska should be one the forefront of the fighting line ?v, here such conditions should not be Til ThTTT Mark the date on your calendar, it will be Saviegs Accpiieit Day On that day we will inducement for you to AT THIS .... Each year there are a fresh number of young people ; who reach the age when they should open a bank account and begin to save money. We set aside one day each year for this purpose and we make it a special occasion at this bank. We want to help you get started. Begin now to save your money and watch the newspapers for '. special announcement of this Big Savings Event We Will Have a Present For You The First State Bank FASTEST CROWING MOST ACCOMODATING days, told of watching the head of a large family make money in the beet - - . fioiHs Aminir .!. ..if ,.,uu i whin, thia l? " c&uu hif a -v,;i,w .. i. v production by giving the last one to' flnUh the row a lash with the whip.1 tin - t !i . - . I " " ' 7 , P n room w,lhout wmdowa, four in one, mg ana living conaitions are mdescrib- t.i j . . ... ... . , . . nuic, ii, uwsn i matte me Desi Kina 01 a : trammg ground for future citizens and ZlT f A,meriC Other states have got away from chHd In-j,abor that k,1,s yuth Mortens life and breeds criminals. Of all states in 9 x make it a special open a bank account BANK found. We can't afford it If beet cannot be profitably raised without ruining children, there are other crops. In their vexation at the woman who takes herself too seriously, and "rasps," the eyes of men should not be blinded to the greater evil. LET 'EM PAY FOR IT. (Nebraska City Press.) The attitude of metropolitan news papers toward so-called "sporting com ment" is changing. The Chicago Trib une, for instance, has decided that one fourth of a column is enough for the most sensational baseball game in the world; that prize-fight "dope" adver tising a coming bout is to be entirely eliminated unless it has real news , value. The Tribune goes on the theory that prize-fighters, who are well paldF for their work, should pay for their publicity as well as the merchants: who advertise in the newspapers. Newspaper men the country over, won dering where the gift of free space to professional sporting men would end can endorse the Tribune point of view without straining their consciences in the least. If there is to be gratutioa mention of athletic contests, let it bo restricted to amateur events, where the taint of commercialism doesn't, create quite so much stench in the nos trils of the public. Herald Want Ad3 Results. i