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LUTHERAN CHURCH.
At 10:30 Sunday morning divine
services in German. Sunday school at
10 o'clock.
F. DROEGEMUELLER, Taster.
METHODIST CHUROI.
There will be an unusual attraction
at every service next Sunday. Here
is the program:
10 a. in. Cradle roll program in
the Sunday school ; all parents of chil
dren on cradle roll guests of honor.
11 a. m. Family Day service. All
families of the church are requested to
attend this service and sit together in
the same pew.
7 p. m. Combined league and even
ing service. Song service. Tableaux.
'Let the Lower Lights Be Burning,"
by a number of girls. An operation
on the league, in which the head sur
geon, Dr. C. A. Dow, will take as his
patient Mr. Epworth League, who has
teen ailing for some time, and having
tried all the patent medicines recom
mended in the almanac, still enjoys
very poor health. With a number of
assistants in the way of surgeons and
nurses, he performs a major opera
tion and finds out where the trouble
really is. A number of short, snappy
addresses will then be given by the
Joung people in the league. You are
nvited to all these services.
M. C. SMITH, Pastor.
High School Play
to Be Presented
at Imperial Tonight
"Nothing But the Truth" will be
presented for the second time by the
students of the Alliance high school at
the Imperial theater this evening.
This is due to the number of people
'ho were unable to see the play be
'ore because of the Christmas ru.h
ind the great demand for its re-pre-icntation.
This is undoubtedly the best high
school play ever put on in Alliance,
as the cast has been picked from the
whole high school instead of from one
class as heretofore. All who saw it
before pronounced it a great success
and many have expressed their inten
tion of going again. This they can
well afford to do as there will be a
concert and picture in addition to the
play. The cast includes:
Bob Bennet, Rowland Threlkeld.
E. M. Ralston, Iee Strong.
Bishop Doran, Edward Morrow.
VanDusen, Bernard Schirk.
Dick Donnely, King Robbins.
Gwen Ralston, Mariellen Beagle.
Mrs. Ralston, Verna Dow.
Ethel Clark, Miriam Harris.
Mabel, Josephine Wright.
Sabel, Belva Tipple.
Martha, Thressa Looney.
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BAPTIST CHURCH.
Many of the invalids are getting
along nicely. The prayer meeting was
exceptionally fine, and we win soon
beirin a series of studies in active
christian work. The work as a whole
is verv nromisine at present.
We are to have with us the Alliance
volunteer firemen at a special service
at the church February 5. bpecial
music and sermon will be given. Also
we are nlanninsr a special Labor-Pa
triotic service for railroad men and
their families on Washington s birth
The subject for the men's Bible class
for Sunday is, "The First Sin," by re
quest. This will be followed by the
subject, "The Bible and Capital and
Labor," on February 5. This class is
one that will soon be the leading class
in the Bible school. Two more new
men are joining next Sunday. The
men have taken upon themselves to
get as many in the class as possmie.
We will change places with Mr. Her
baugh's class and meet at the parson
age, owing to the lack of room. Mr.
Herbaugh's class will meet where the
men's class have been meeting.
We are proud of the attendance last
Sunday for so much sickness, but we
expect a still larger number this Sun
day. About forty failed to be counted
last week owing to the fact that they
came after classes were called.
Please remember we count no one
after this who comes too late for this
period. Of course you enjoy the les
sons but wouldn't it be better to be
counted ? Sure, now now try to come
a little earlier next time.
Farmers are beginning to come into
the services, to those who were there
for the first time Sunday may we in
vite you to return, for what you saw
and heard last Sunday is a sample of
our work weekly. The Baptist church
invites you to meet in their building
for your union conventions. We have
but one word for a motto, " Service,"
to the greatest number. ' Classes for
all ages, so please bring the family.
Sermons for Sunday are as follows:
"Law versus Grace." Evening, "The
Ttesurrector."
B. Y. P. U. social tonight
B. J. MINORT, Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The Sabbath refreshes body and
mind. It restores the soul. It guards
the home. It protects the Nation. Its
enemies are spending millions each
year to destroy it, its friends must de
fend it and you must help. How?
First by keeping it honestly, yourself
in the place appointed.
Invest an hour for the eood of Alli
ance in its churches. Mr. Bab.son the
videst known specialist in statistics of
current opportunities for investment
advises you of the value of investing
time and money in things religious.
He says "$1.00 spent toward an auto
mobile lasts five years. The same
amount invested in a railroad grade
lasts five generations, but $1.00 invest
ed in the service of God lasts through
eternity." Think it over.
Sunday school, 9:45 a. m. The late
comers are getting few. Everybody on
time this week, 100 per cent to the
good.
Morning worship, 11 a. m. "Approv
ing Things That Are Excellent"
Christianity enables you to do this
very thing, it guides our approvals and
also gives the approval of a good con
science void of offense. Come to the
morning service and we will consider
this theme together. Good music, and
hymns you like to sing at all the
cervices.
Evening service, 7:30 p. m. "The
Unknown Self, the Unknown Neighbor
and the Unknown Christ" A search
ing light on the things we do not
know.
Christian endeavor, 6:30 p. m.
"What the Wrorld Owes to Foreign
Missionaries. . Leader, Miss Vera
Spencer. Plans will be laid for young
people's week and Christian endeavor
day, February 5.
All are cordially invited to these
services.
A. J. KEARNS, Pastor. ,
William Russell, in "Children of the
Night," is the attraction at the Im
perial tonight. It is a story, not of
Wall street life, but of a Wall street
financier who finds himself in the in
ner circle of an organized band of
criminals. Exposure of his identity
brings with it his condemnation to
death by the society, as one who knows
too much for the gang's safety. The
efforts to destroy him, and his de
fiance of these efforts in which he is
aided by the girl he loves, who i3 affil
iated with the gang develop several
of the most thrilling fights in which
Russell has been seen.
The Railroad Column
(By W. S. CARTER President
Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Enginemen.)
"High Heels," starring Gladys Wal
ton, is the Saturday feature. "High
Heels" is a delightful story of a girl
who wa3 too rich. She couldn't adjust
herself to the world in general. She
couldn't tolerate her brothers nor
even her father whose money bought
her position. She was just a spoiled
little society debutants. Then came
the crash. Money, position, power and
sham friends all disappeared. From
a flapper, it changed her into Chris
tine, the woman, who understood.
Saturday night there are also four
acts of vaudeville.
Norma Talmadge in "The Sitrn on
the Door," a picturization of the play
by Channing Pollock, will be shown
Sunday. This gripping story is said to
be one of the best that Miss Talmadge
has done, and the author of the play
has been most generous in his praise
for the film, something that authors
seldom do after seeing how their work
has been manhandled by the screen
artists. It's a story of the conflict of a
woman's faith, the hone of a wife's
heart and the triumph of a man's trust
Wanda Hawley in the role of a col
lege girl is announced for Monday,
when the feature photoplay' will be
Hie bnoD. A snob," says the dic
tionary, "is one who has undue regard
for wealth or position: one who is
overbearing to those whom he consid
ers beneath him." That definition just
fitted Kathryn Haynes. So you can
imagine her feelings when she discov
ered that the handsome hero she was
so madly m love with was a waiter.
What followed was tragedy for Kath
ryn, but comedy for you.
LAKESIDE
from
the
Edward Jameson returned
Lincoln the first of the week.
John Brennan drove in from
Carey ranch Tuesday morning.
Carl Miller and Dick Hunsaker
shipped several hundred hides this
week.
H. Branson Is on the sick list.
Mrs. C. M. Carey went to Alliance
Tuesday to do some shopping an.d have
dental work done.
R. C. Branson was in from the Star
ranch Tuesday evening.
Ray Toline is here visiting his fam
ily at the present time.
Henry Stoop drove out to the Frank
Westover ranch Tuesday.
William Brown returned from HofT
land Tuesday.
The ladies' aid met at the churci
Wednesday.
Effect of Railway Employe' Wages
Upon Prices of Commodities.
In the year 1920, previous to the 20
per cent increase in wages of railway
employes and the increases in freight
and passenger rates, a careful study
was made of the effect of wages of
employes on the prices of commodities
and the facts are as follows:
If the rates of pay of all railroad
employes were increased 100 per cent
the addition to the average commodity
value of each ton of freight transport
ed woul be less than one per cent
Doubling the wages of all railway em
ployes, in other words, or adding 100
per cent to railroad labor costs would
add only 88 cents to each $100 of
freight transported.
Although the average commodity
value of each ton of freight originated
from 1914 to 1919 increased $f.3 or
114 per cent, the freight charges per
ton originated increased only 80 cents.
In other words, the commodities which
in 1914 sold at an average price of
$56 per ton could have been sold for
$56.80 per ton in 1919 without any
curtailment of profit from additional
freight charges.
To illustrate futher, in 1914 a suit
of clothing from one of the Chicago
factories selling at retail for $30 was
carried from Chicago to Los Angles
for 16 H cents. The price of a simi
lar suit in 1919 was about $50.00, an
increase of $20.00, although the freight
rate on the 2,200-mile haul had gone
up only 5.6 cents. If the rates of pay
of all railway employes were increased
50 per cent the additional freight
charges on a similar haul would
not exceed 4 cents or eight one-hund-
reths of 1 per cent of the price of
a similar suit of clothes to the con
sumer.
In 1914 the shoes manufactured in
New England were shipped from Bos
ton to Key West at a cost of 4.8 cents
per pair. In 1919 the freight rate was
only nine-tenths of 1 cent higher,, or
5.7 tenths per pair, although the price
of these shoes had advanced to $10.00,
an increase of $5.00 per pair, or 100
per cent
Labor Cost and Increased Rates
On long distance hauls of from 750
to 3,000 miles an increase in railroad
labor costs of 50 per cent would in
volve in increased freight charges an
addition to prices of only 15 cents per
barrel for flour, only 12 cents per 100
pounds for beef cattle, less than two
tenths of one cent per pound for beef,
only 12 cents for typewriters, only 50
cents lor a phonograph, only CO cents
per bale for cotton, only 10 cents per
100 poundd for copper, only 40 cents
per ton for bitumunous coaL only 60
cents per ton for anthracite coal, and
only $5 for so bulky and valuable an
article as a grand piano. As the typi
cal ton of freight moves a distance of
less than 300 miles the addition of 50
per cent to railroad labor costs would
increase the freight charges for the
average haul only about one-third of
the amounts noted above.
A wage increase of 50 per cent, as
'a matter of fact, would notbe reflected
in a proportionate increase in labor
costs of freight rates and would hardly
be perceptible in its effect on prices.
During the period 1900-1914 labor
costs per ton mile increased only 4 per
cent, notwithstanding the wage in
creases granted to all classes of em
ployes during this period of 14 years.
The labor cost of fireman per traffic
unit handled was less in 1910 than in
1900 or 1890, due to the increased pro
ductive efficiency of the firemen. In
1917 for example, the average number
of traffic units handled per employe
was 296,000, an increase a compared
with 1900 of 110,000 or 60 per cent
In 1918 each freight train crew hand
led an average of 625 tons of freight
or nearly 2M times as much freight
as the average train crew handled in
1900.
Lack of Consistency.
A most interesting feature of the
agitation of the reduction of wage I
of railroad employes is the lack of
consistency between the thoughs ex
pressed to the public by the prcs3
agencies established by the railroads
and the evidence or testimony submit
ted at senate hearings. The puMic
has been educated to believe that "un
til wages are reduced there can be
no reduction in freight rates." In fact,
the highest governmental authority
has expressed this thought and it is
probably true to say that a vast ma
jority of the public, who have read
press matter upon the subject, have
reached the conclusion that the reason
the present passenger and freight
rates are high is because of increases
in wages during the years 1918-1920.
A reading of the testimony of the
There's no denying it having a garden of vegetables or flowers
means work and care but you'd be surprised the pleasure one gets
out of it once the) results begin to appear. It's interesting, educa
tional and healthful recreation. Can't we send you our 1922 Year
Book? It won't cost you a cent write today.
THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SEEI) Mr
Denver, Colorado;,;; ." II
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witnesses for the railroads before the
senate committM iml-nt ttmt
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is no co-ordination between those in
rhartre of the presentation of matter
to Senate hearings and others who are
in ch.irge of the publicity campaign
of the railroads.
For instance, it seems to have lecn
the purpose of several of the repre
sentatives of the railroads to snow
that the alleged necessity of decreasing
wacres should nut ho
connected with the question of freight
ami pessrnger rates.
Thus, there is a conflict between the
Impression produced upon the public
mind A.4 to t ho ranunna i Vi r iUn ,mm
of railroad employes should be redu
ced and tho imnrpicinn emwrVit n Ka
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created in the minds of senators,
wncreiy wages sliould be reduced but
rates be maintained, in order that the
railroad onrtvirnf inn miirVit ii.va a
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greater income
Wage Reduction Don't AM Public.""
Asitlf f mm fhia onnon.nt r fl
thought, I respectfully submit that the
ranroads witnesses at the Senate
hearing have demonstrated that a re
duction in the wages of employes
would not affect the public's interest
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which a wage reduction could benefit
ine punnc wouut be by a like reduc
tion in f rpio-Vit ami tuuuim. nlAn
but the railroads have demonstrated'
in their testimony, thai the rnst tn the
I public of commodities transported by
I the rnilroads is affected in but a slight
I degree by freight rntes, and they seem
to have proven their case in many in
stances.
To quote from Mr. Chambers, a
witness for the railroads:
"Fluctuations in the price of bitu
minous coal luring the past two or
three yenrs have ranged greater than
the entire freight rate. The cartage
charged and the charge from the pave
ment to the cellar in tho principal
cities in the eastern section are fre
quently as great as the average freight
charge."
"The costs of a fctandnrd concrete
highway, in accordance with the pub
lished requirements of the Minnesota
Highway department, and according
to the figures published by the North
western association of general con
tractors, taking as an example the
Atascn county (Minn.) road, are as
follows:
"Grading average cost per mile
$16,000
"Freight on grading equipment to
and from job, per cent 2.4
"Freight on culvert pipe, bridge
material, etc., per cent 1.5
"Total, per cent 3.9 equals $624
"Concrete pavement to le put in
later, will cost, per mile, $37,000.
"Freight charges on pavement ma
terial, etc., per cent 1.9 equals $703
"Total cost per mile of road $53,000.
"Total freight cost, per cent &&
equal $1,327.
"It can readily be seen that thm
freight rate Inn rruul mntpn'nl t la m(
an undue proportion of the total cost
of the road."
I Prominent railroad officials have, oa
other occasions, presented carefully
statements in which are found esti
mates of the cost of commodities do
to freight rates. They have shown
that the increased freight rates upon
a suit of clothes shipped from Bos
ton, Mass., to Los Angles, CaL.
amounts to 16 cents, and that this
same suit of clothes probably sold for
$75.00. In a like manner these gentto
men have traced the exact proportion
of the cost price due to railroad rates
in many other articles of commerce
A reading of these statements doea
demonstrate the fact that so far as
the usual merchantile commodities are
concerned, the increases in freight
rates have contributed to the increased
selling price of the article to but
small degree.
A question that I respectfully submit
for careful consideration is, "If th
Increased freight rates have not af
fected traffic how can high wages af
fect traffic, the entire cost of which
is included in the rates?" ,
Stock Reducing Sale
We anticipated just what is happening. . People, have. SOME
money laid aside. Our tempting prices are bringing it out; we arc
getting it. Our customers are getting goods at values that will not
be presented to them later in the year.
BUY NOW Use Your Savings Account Money
It will earn you from one hundred to five hundred per cent more
than the interest would amount to. These are SALE PRICES and
not available after the sale closes.
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Note the tempting prices on goods listed below. See these goods
in our display windows.
EAST WINDOW
Dresser, Golden Oak finish, Top 18x
38, Mirror 22x28, Price $30.00
Dresser, Golden Oak finish, Top 18x
38. Mirror 14x24, price $22.00
Dresser, Golden Oak finish, Top 21x
42, Mirror 22x28, price $33.00
Dresser, Walnut finish, Top 20x42,
Mirror 20x26, Price $33.00
Princess Dresser, American Walnut,
Top 20x42, Mirror 2 1x36, price $47.00
WEST WINDOW
Buffet, Golden Oak, waxed, top 21x
44, Mirror 10x34, price $39.00
Dining Table Golden Oak, waxed, Round
Top 48 in. Diameter, Extends to
6 feet, price $33.00
Dining Chairs, Golden Oak waxed, Slip
Seats, covered in genuine Spanish
leather, six in the set, price $32.00
CENTER WINDOW
Nufold, Golden Oak, covered with heavy
imitation Spanish leather. Will take
4 ft. 6 in. 45 pound Mattress.
Price $63.00
A 45 pound cotton Mattress to fit the
above Nufold $7.00
Rocker, Golden Oak, heavy construction,
Auto cushion seat, covered in gen
uine leather, price $20.00
Rocker, Golden Oak, well made, padded
seat covered in genuine leather,
price $13.50
Telephone Stand and stool, Golden
Oak, price $6.75
Floor Lamp, Golden Oak, with Opal Glass
shade, has two pull sockets,
.price $21.00
Foot Stool, Golden Oak, with genuine
leather cover, price $8.50
Library Table, Golden Oak, Top 26x
42, price $21.00
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