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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1922)
'-- v - . .. . .. . ' ' : . i 1 TWO THi: ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 16. 1022. QJbr Alliance Hrralft " rUESDAY AND FRIDAY BURR PRINTING CO., Owneri Entered at the postoffire at Alliance, Seb., for transportation through the mails aj second class matter. GEORGE L, BURR, it Editor IDWIN M. BURR Business Mgr. Official newspaper of the City of Alliance; official newspaper of Box Butt County. manager rivalry, but as yet the tourists are a start out more or less mythical quantity. When Owned and published by The Burr Printing Company, George L. Burr, ijr. President; Edwin M. Burr, Vic President THE MANAGER'S SALARY The petition requesting the council to reduce the salary of City Manager Kcmmish has been circulated, signed, presented to the council and tabled without discussion. Which is just as it should lc. The Herald would rather it had followed this course than that the matter hail not been brought up lit all. It has been known, of course, for months in fact, ever since the city manager plan was put into effect 'Alliance that there is ft certain portion of the taxpayers who are not satisfied. Despite the fact that, bad they a mind to investigate, they could have discovered that the manager's salary was inconsequential in view of the economies he has effected and the business methods he has installed, a few irreconcilablcs have done their lest to stir up n strife and have taken advantage of every opportunity of fered. These have been few so few, inf act, that they have hail to capital iie the general feeling against salaries aid to any official. The important thing about the peti tion is that it shows clearly that these irreconsuables men who have once commanded a considerable political support, have lost much ground since their authority and system have been supplanted. There were less than 5o0 names attached to the petition. Many who signed the roll were sincere in believing that a further re duction in city expenses could bo ef fected by cutting the manager's salary. Others sought only to embarrass the city administration, for reasons best known to themselves. In addition to a lot of men and women who were un tloubtedly sincere, there were some others who have had trouble of one Sort or another with some department of the city. There were also a long list of the fellows who sign any )eti- tion as the easiest way to get rid of the solicitor. There were also a large number of men who hope to get their own group into power some day. Also there was noted pages of signatures of the voters who used to be herded Into the polls on election duys in the years gone by. The large taxpayers are conspiclous by their alisence. Instead of being a cause ior regret that there is dissention in Alliance, the petition show clearly that there should le rejo"cing that the harmony is so nearly universal. There is little fiuesfon that the fi.'O names represents the full strength of the irreconcilable element. This isn't sufficient to elect even one councilman, for under the city manager plan councilmen are elected from the whole city, and not from the wards. Instead of showing that a small element is dissat:sfied, the petition shows clearly that the ma jority of the citizens of Alliance are behind the city government. It was a happy circumstance that City Manager Kemmish had compile' preliminary report on his first year's 'ork just when he did. He didn't know that the petition was coming up at that time. It was presented a few minutes before the council meeting, should not be friendly Mr. Kenimish's report answers every for the gcod of themselves and the en iiiguTient made by the petitioners; it tire county. Either place ran he nip elH'( lively silences every objection. ' py and self-.-ufficicnt, but there isn't When, over the period of the six year: a thing to bo gained. Alliance busi before the manueer plan went into ef- ness men need the support of Heming fect, it is shown that the city official.' ford bujors. Ilemingford buyers need spent an average of $12,000 a year! a market so near and so complete as more than they had to spend, with Alliance. The two cities are not com the exception of one year following the I pctilors for anything as yet. The voting of about $.10,000 in bonds to time may come when there will be pay for deficits, and it is discovered enough touri.-t trade to justify a little that the first year of the plan sees the new officials with $100 cash in the treasury and the number of them is sufficient ex end up with $0,000 to the good, withjeuse, there can be friendly rivalry as the "excessive" salnry paid to the man well as the other kind, who accomplished such a result, it And in the meantime, Ilemingford doesn't leave the irrenconcilables a leg I and Alliance are alike interested in to stand on. j the pood roads movement. The pres- Tbp same petition, if passed tnmor- ent road program will benefit the row, wouldn't get any such number of i neighboring town fully as much as signatures. No one who really wants ; Alliance, aryl the co-operation of belh to cut down taxes and expenses would is needed to insure the right amount consider for a moment hiring a cheap- of progress. With a war on, the pros er man and taking chances with rc-'peets are that little will be accom sulls. Only those who want jobs plished. There will probably come time when the one or the ... . and co-operate ' ter. Without the prestige of his father to help him, he could make i fairly good living as a laborer, perhaps, after his muscles got accustomed to the hard work. The big fee. he will receive for the memoirs will stave off the evil day somewhat. If ore could forget the Lusitania and a few other "incidents," jt might I be possible to fcl sympathy for the I clown prince and his father. Reports fiom Doom are to the effect that the cx-cmperor has turned toward reli gion. He is said to be spending the greater part of each day in reading the j fered enough irom the two of them without stirring up any more unpleas ant recollections? We ought to be glail that the fortunes of war were Fuch that we can take them or leave them, the yellow newspapers permitting. lib e, religious commentaries and ser mons. It makes one regret that he didn't do it sooner. Grave doubts for his mental condition are entertained. The burden of his conversation is the injustice of the world and the false accusation that he "willed the war." Why can't the newspapers, in their search for somethirg new and some thing to stir up fagged reader interest find something more pleasant to print than the moonings of the clown prince and his father. Hasn't the world suf- It will be to your advantage to see me when jou need a farm loan. E. C. Barker, First Na tional Dank Uldff. 42tf The first-line trenches of prosperity are the excavations for new buildings. Asheville Times. which they cannot get under the city, a manager plan would consider for a other will have to give way in lit- momcnt going back to the old, unbusi nesslike system. Mr. Kemmish's fig ures were intended only ns a rejHirt of what has been accomplished the first .nd hardest year under the new sys tem. They have served to confound the "outs" who want to get back "in." i Alliance is Now, there is but one thing left to j movement tie things, but it's surprising how easily this can be done and how little real pain there is in deferring when the request is made in the right spirit. Another thing thnt requires the' united effort of both Ilemingford and the certified seed potato The biggest opportunity accomplish. The men who have sought that confronts Box Butte county right to embarrass the city administration now is not oil or cattle or manufac-, and to wreck the city manager plan tures, but the humble and lowly spud, will do well to take a tumble to them-j which is found on every dining table selves. There would have been no po-. in the land. With two chambers of tit ion save for the activities of a few commerce united m a campaign to put leaders. Most of those who signed Box Butte spuds on the map, it won't he document were talked into it. The be long before results are apparent. leaders can see plainly that their xne Fpjrit of co-operation spreads chances for ultimate victory are very rnoidlv. Hpminofnrd nnd Allinnrp will slight. If they read the cards cor-' discover a hundred ways in which they; rectly, they will realize that the thing can render friendly help to one an-j to do is to stop the present tactics and otnPn Rc.t of aljf thele be un get into the band wagon. The city en, to joalousness and suspicious and manager plan already has sufficient needless spites and rivalr:es. The men; support to make it a success in spite mci at Hemimrford Fridav even-1 ing were friendly, and the oftener! they get together, the better they will 1 of them. They can still save their in fluence if they will turn it into the right channel. But it may be safely predicted that the city manager plan will go on without their suport if they do not see fit to give it. Coming years will show the wisdom of the majority. like it and the more they will accomplish. A PLEASING CONTRAST THE CLOWN TAKES THE RING The man once known as Crown Prince Wilhelm is now writing his memoirs. In all probability, some magazine writer is doing it for him, Those members of the Alliance and is making the best of a bad job. chamber of commerce who attended The world has never !een much inter I he hist .two meet ines of that ori'.miza- nctml in tUa oL.nn ri'nf nn.l nn. tinn liplil with the Hpminp-fnnl men tV..f V,!o illm t f.tUr. V.nn M ...... - - - - r - biiub ii .n 1 1 1 u . 1 1 mu.-. tauici nu.i icvcicit ould not but wonder at the contrast a portion of what is coming to him.j 5n the attitude of both Alliance and the theories of the son concerning his' Ilemingford. On the first occasion, father have no more weight than did the representatives of the cities be- the son's opinions during the war.1 haved exceedingly like naughty little However, the eagerness with which, boys, who make faces at one another, ' certain newspapers seize on the op-i -it ick out their tongues and say "Yah,' portunity to print the series shows! vuh!" n the tones that are intended to that it will be possible for Willie to! infuriate. At the Friday evening ses-l pet by without working for some time! sion, the men resembled two friendly do come. i The photographs of Wilhelm the' -chool' girls who place two straws in one dish of ice cream soda. It was a pleasant session and it is hoped that it is but the forerunner of dozens of others. Jint whr.t has brought about the change in attitude is a matter of small I moment, although the curiously in-'" tt.;it -rlnt'h iheir heads and wrinkle their brows. The most im portunt feature is that a change has come about, and that it seems to bo genuine. Instead of flying at each other's throats, the representatives of the city and the town vied with each other in saying friendly things and offering helpful suggestions. The de-i sire for mutual co-operation and help-' fulness was evident. The closing feed 'id a whole lot toward cementing the friendship. . There isn't a single reason in the world why Ilemingford and Alliance Son show a rather weak-faced man, who is gathering about his belt-line the characteristically German "gallery." j So far, the face has proved a remark-; ably accurate estimate of the charac- I The Man With a Bank Account is Always A STEP AHEAD In the Race For Success The very fact that he has had the foresight to provide against adversity in the future puts him in the lead. He figures out his course and follows it to BUSINESS SUCCESS. Are You Prepared for Hard Luck Could you live two months without working? 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