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11 IE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 28. 1022.
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TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
BURR I'RINTING CO., Ownen
Entered at the postofTice at Alliance,
JJeb., lor transportation through the
nails aj second class matter.
GEORGE L. BURIt, Jr Editor
EDWIN M. BURR Business Mgr.
Official newspaper of the City of
Alliance; official newspaper of Box
Suit County.
Owned and published by The Burr
PrintinfC Company, George L. Burr,
Jr., President; Edwin M. Burr, Vice
President.
A SECRET DISCOVERED.
The time has pone by in America
when men will fijrlit to the leith for
a word or an idea. It'n to utterly
needless. Editors are wtmrtimes prrtty
intelligent ftllown, but although the in
fluence of new;)fiX'is h increasing;
there i loss and le.-s of a tendency io
look upon editors us oracles. Once in
a while, one of those fellows can admit
that he had made a nnVta'.c. And it
is oui'c often the ca e that thy arc
willing that rumeonc should dilfer with
them, honestly and forcefully.
The sad puit of it all is that the
tiling over which the Duiano editors'
fought was Fomcthinfr over which
ne'ther of them had any control. One
man'ri opinion on the Volstead act or
the eighteenth amendment amounts to
no little; his influence is so pmull.
Newspaper men aie like the rest of
mankind, inclined to take their own
opinions too seriously. The danger is
that a growing sense of their own im
portance, and a disregard for the sin
Rome few citizens of Alliance have
discovered one of the most important
wcrets in existence the way to secure cere convict ons of others, they allow
co-operation. Unless this Ferret is lost, themselves to get into the oracle
and we understand thut this occasion-( habit. It's bad enough when found in
ally happens, no matter how carefully any profession, but doubly so with an
it i guarded, it should mean much for' editor.
the future of the county. There are The Durango editors hae been living
two ways to keep secrets of this im- in the past age, and now, too late, one
porUnce from lecoming lost. One Is of them realizes it. Competition in
to guard it with excessive care, and the newspaper business is keener
the other is to let enough people in on these days than it ever was before,
St bo that if one or more should for
get, there will always be some who
can remember. The way to secure co
operation is important enough so that
everyone worthy of the honor should
be informed how it is done.
After two or three years of scrap
ping, and differences of opinion, the
Other business men can compete, and
do it honestly all the way through.
Only once in a blue moon do we hear
of two merchants in the same line of
business declaring open war. Yet
newspapers do it often. Editors can
be fully as intolerant as any other
class of professional men, even though
Box Butte county commissioners, the they are able to see the evils of intol-
Vorrill county commissioners and the erance in others. They squabble among
Alliance chamber of commerce have themselves over little things, and
finally been brought together on aj waste considerable energy that could
compromise road. It could have been be devoted to other and better things.
done some months ago, when prospects
brilliant men with records of achieve
ment were unable to stand the pace
set by the Americans who yearned to
make social lions of them. Another
famous visitor, after the first three
days of a tour, found his hand swollen
and painful from too much handshak
ing. Our system of ent''it.iin:ng di. tin-gui.-hed
visitor is serlou ly at fnu!t,
but neither the vi.-itors i:or the hosts
seem to have the desire to improve it.
Orfi fi a. sii lwiniK lim n irtit 3 inli I
. M,Wi Il licit tl M t fc-J ItlV" HI- I
clutches of tho.-e who would show himl
1 .1 ll 1 '
a goon Hire, mey n nave ineir way
with him, even if it kills him. Marshul
JofTYe is discovering, as others of his
caliber have discovered, that there are
hon oi s worse than the battlefield.
Some misguided souls call it pleasure.)
It is noticeable that once the heroes I
make their escape, no matter how ful-i
somely they praise their reception, or
how heartily they promise to return,'
there be few of thctn who will put'
their r.ecks twice into the same noose.
It's no joy to be a celebrity in the
hands of American admirers.
The breeding of cattle is an im
portant industry. Certain changes,
lioweve' may h;.ve to be made to Meet
conditions. Out at Alliance, where
steers ate brought in from the sand
hills aril put in feed lots on the taMe
land t be fattened, promise of this
improvement is seen. Too many thin,
grass-fed cattlr? : hipped to market
when Cicy mit ht better be fattened or
coin in their own neighborhood. There
N a eie.it !e;d of nefdless sliippitir.
of fee lers and ,-tockers back and
iorth. -i
Ranching, like farming, is a
manufacturing i idustry, and the more
I'ini'-hed thi pioluct is, the better the
chance for profit.
vere especially bright, but while there
vas an expressed desire for co-operation,
there wasn't ariyone who seemed
KILLING WITH KINDNESS.
One of the late
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I une oi me lave news (iisuaicues
to want to co-operate with the other DPars foo,j for thought and an oppor-
fellow. The road that the Morrill tunitv to draw an interesting conclu-
eounty people prooscd to build wus
not the one most desired by Alliance.
Yet, Morrill county didn't have the
tnoney to build the one we did want.
sion or two. Marshal Joffre, French
war hero, is touring America. In the
good days when the fighting was brisk,
the marshal, after five terrific days of
We had Hobson's choice of it we could fitting without an instant's let-up,
refuse to take any steps to connect SUCCeeled in forcing the Germans back
with the road that ended in the middle1 at tne Mai ne. In America, his exper
of the sandhills, but we couldn't force jcnce has been almost as strenuous,
our neighbors to come our way.
And so, after losing months of valu
able time, and getting nowhere at all,
and perhaps even more terrible. For
he has attended one public gathering
after another. He has wrung thou-
a group of Alliance and Bridgeport san,)s of hani Rnt ma,i0 hundreds of
citiiena got together. They selected a I sprecnPSi Amj lne iron man wn0sc
route one that Morrill county coul I stamina and constitution enabled him
build and not go bankrupt, and ar- to withstand the rigors of ceaseless
r.nged for temjwrury connection?, fitting jn modern warfare has shown
They secured a promise that when hU we-iknc-s
funds were available, the logical road
would be built. And what's more,
they got the county oiTiciaU of both
counties to agree on the compromise.
The Herald expected to hear son s
vails go up from the irreconcilable-.
We expected to hear a few kicks, at
least. But ,-omehow or other, they
didn't materialize. After no road ut
all, any kind of a thoroughfare that
can be traveled seems to be preferable.
This is the sensible, the economical
course to take, and the unanimous sup
port of the road boosters shows that,
vith q similar spirit, there isn't any
reason why we shouldn't have roads
At the Ritz Carlton hotel in New
York city Wednesday night the mar
shal was an honored guest, lie was
seated on the huge platform, the
cynosure of all eyes, the beheld of all
beholders. Maurice I'onnay, director
ot the rrench academy of arts was
speaking in the tercentenary celebra
tion of the French playwright, Mol
ie re. The marshal gazed and listened
then noMded anil fell iii-loojf. The news
, reports say that he awoke with a start,
i his astonished gaze saw and took in
the audience. He yawned as might a
tired child, brushed his hand over his
,., . ,, . . . . . , , i face and again sank into slumber,
now, in all directions, instead of half a' . . . , A ,
dozen rows with various people who
isn't seem to see our tide of the argu
ment "
Fortunately, the compromise come3
in time to be of distinct service. As
yet, there's no real connection between
Ambassador Jusserand, seated next to
him, leaned over and whispered. The
marshal awoke, whispered back, sat
btraight a moment or two and relapsed
into slumber.
The newspaper reporters, always
gentlemanly fellows, have explained
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS.
From Washington, D. C, comes
news that emphasizes the importance
to the world and to scientists of the
Agate Springs fossil quarries. Would
that something would .happen to
awaken Alliance and Box Butte county
to the importance of this fossil bed to
Alliance, if it will but take advantage
of the opportunity.
There are two things that Alliance
should take immediate steps to secure,
if it would realize its opportunity. One
of them is to work for a road to the
Agate Springs quarries. The other is
to get behind Dr. Harold J. Cook in
his plan to build a museum that will
adequately house the precious fossils
that are being discovered in such quantities.
If Alliance will take advantage of
the opportunity to exploit this natural
wonder, it will not be long until there
is a steady stream of tourists coming
through this city on their way to
Agate. Already hundreds of scientists
have braved the fearful roads and the
hard travel and have come, drawn by
scientific interest. It should be possi
ble to draw a thousand people every
year for one who comes now.
Other cities are taking advantage of
everything that nature has done for
them. The tourist travel, already
large, is steadily growing in volume.
All that Box Butte county needs is to
get tourists to go through the country.
We'll find that it's comparatively easy
to induce some of the best of them to
stay with us. We may have the first
road connecting the Lincoln highway
with the Black Hills, but there will be
others in time. With the Agate
Springs fossil quarries, one of two in
the United States, as a drawing card
we will be rble to more than meet
competition when it comes.
CHURCH CROOKEDNESS
(Rushville Standard)
It is a laudable cause lor churches
to enter into contests and offer as k
reward to the one enlisting, for a
period of time the largest number o
pupils attending Sunday school, pro
viding the contesting parties go in the
highways and by-wajs and gather in
the "Lost Sheep" or those who an
not in the habit of attending Sunday
school. But when one of the contest
ing parties invades the portals of
other Sunday schools and coaxes, beg
or coerces pupils to leave their Sunday
school and come to the other, in ordei
that it might be winner in the contest
it is far from being a credit to the
invaders. God will not look upon such
hypocrisy with favor, neither will the
church that practices such unfair and
underhanded work prosper. It is coer
cion of the lowest type and no credit to
the ones who practice it. The promise
of suppers, picnics or other induce
ments may have a bearing on the
children, but in the sight of the Great
Redeemer it is damnable.
' wtVa,,fJ?-i -Faftr, Jitrmr. Urt
J&fm. rukW"' Curm
.jit, it ,1111a turn uic t.iui.uiii uiKii-1 . , t t . w i
. , . i the slumber by saying that Marshal
Kray. Another year of wasted time t ,r . . , . . . . .
.. . . . , Jotire s sturdy resistance had been
. , r , . hard pressed by the round of constant
entertainment. There is no hint that
the
running, so far us capturing the
lion's share of the tourist trade was
concerned. Now, we have a fair show
for our white alley.
But let's not rest here. There are
other loads that we should have, and
vith the greatest stumbling block of
all out ot the way with the "missing
link" in Morrill county discovered,
there is real encouragement to take
advantage of other road opportunities.
the lecture may have been unspeakably
I dull and it probably was boresome.
This incident is but one of a score.
During the recent limitation of arms
conference a good many delegates
NEBRASKA'S BEEF SHORTAGE
(Omaha Bee)
There is a shortage of cattle on the
western range of Nebraska. Credit
is needed to stock the sandhill ranges,
utilize their grass and encourage
breedint".. The conference of Gover
nor McKelvie with Eugene Meyer, Jr.,
managing director of the War Finance
corporation, in Washington, it is to be
hoped wv: rerult in more reiier than
has thus far been available.
Unless this financial assistance i?
forthcoming, many cattlemen who
have labored for years amid kaleido
scopic losses and winnings, may be
forced out of business. New capital
will later come in and perform their
functions, for the world must have
its beef.
The main reason why there is lit
tle credit available for these cattlemen
must be sought in the fact that the
tluctuating market made cattle paper
a risky investment. Many who lent
on live stock oierations in the past
have lost heavily, until capital is
afraid. Once some assurance of prof
it in the range business is found,
credit will come.
THE DANGER LINE.
An editor at Duvungn, Col., has shot
and kill a competitor. The battle
took place on the city's main sticet."
And it started, like all newspaper
scraps, over liUle or nothing. The
murderer wrote an editorial in which
Vie made light of the eighteenth
amendment and the Vol.-tead act. His
competitor disapproved of the attack
and said so in r.o uncertain terms.
One thing led to another, the scrap
grew more and more ieisonal, until it
developed into an old-time feud. The
two men opposed one another on all
issues, and made every difference of
opinion a personal matter. The con
servative editor, he who stood for law
enforcement, one day went too far and
the enemy of Volstead went even
farther.
Editors have fought in this way for
years and years, and yet the number
of killings has been surprisingly few.
As the years have gone by, and civ
iliiation has progressed, there have
been fewer verbal attacks, and the
killings have practically ceased.
A FREE LECTURE
on
CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE
WILL IJE GIVEN IN
Alliance, Sunday, April 30
IMPERIAL THEATRE
4:00 p. m.
Dy SAMUEL W. GREENE, C. S.
of Louisville, Ky.
Member of the Board of lectureship of The Mother Church,
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass.
THE PUBLIC IS CORDIALLY INVITED
The tumult and the shouting die, the
captains and the kings depart; still
stands thine ancient sacrifice, a tax
payer with a bleeding heart. Balti
more Sun.
The reformer who says all scandal
should be made public probably doesn't
know the price of print paper. New
York Evening Telegram.
A man is never down until he is
down in the mouth. New York Even
ing Telegram.
The irish are still trying to take
Dublin. New York Evening Post.
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The above map shows the territory swept by the sleet storm on April I Olh
$950,000 of Telephone Property
Lost in a Night
The cHilly afternoon of April 1 0th a light rain began f-
fall over a strip nearly a hundred miles wide, from south
western Minnesota to southwestern Nebraska.
As evening came on the rain began to freeze as it fell
on the telephone wires. Before midnight the wires in many
places were coated with ice nearly an inch thick. Under
the weight of the ice, and whipped by a rising wind, mile
after mile of telephone poles and wires swayed back and
forth, and then crashed to the ground.
A survey of this company's damage from the storm
shows the following result:
26,944 miles of wire out of service
21,200 poles broken down or destroyed
71 exchanges in the storm area
$950,000 property loss
Nearly all of the long distance lines damaged by the
storm have been restored by more than 1 ,200 telephone repair
men who have been on the job constantly since the storm. And
in those cases where the local lines were damaged, the repair
work is going forward as rapidly as it is possible to do to.
It is a man's size job to reset more than 20.000 po'es,
to re-attach the crossarms and wires to them, and to re-establish
communication over telephone wires that if extended
in a single line would reach more than around the world.
We take this opportunity to thank o"ir c isto-r.ers
for the splendid spirit of co-operation with which you
have accepted the unavoidable interruption of tele
phone service, and we want to assure you that v.e have
been doing everything possible to hurry the rcopeninj
of communication.
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