ALLIANCE HERALD, THURSDAY, NOV. 11, 1917.
the ALLIANCE HERALD
Lloyd C. Thomas, Editor and Business Manager
John W. Thomas, Associate and Live Stock Editor
Published Kvr Thursday liy
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throw much light on the black man's
innate or rnrlnl possibilities of de
relopmeal apart from tbo Whit
QMS I influence. According to the
learned writers, civilization among
the negro tribes of Africa ban been
Stationary for 5.000 years. They are
now nactlcally where they were
when Europeans were still living in
trees and killing each other with
' i . and but for the slave
FtoM negroes would now
id r Wt advanced.
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A HASKLKMS RUMOR
According to a rumor handed
about by certain American newspa
pers, there is a prospect and perhaps
even an agreement between England
and the United States that, aa one of
tbe considerations secured by the
latter for entering the war, the for
mer is to hand over the island of
Jamaica. In consequence, the editor
of the Jamaica Times protests and
pointedly suggests that the rumor is
of pro-Qerinan origin, intended to
cause uneasiness in British colonies
and thus harmful disturbance In the
British empire. Whatever the origin
of the rumor, It Is quite safe to con
clude that It is utterly baseless.
Jamaica as a possession might some
day be useful to this country, but tbe
fact that Its population Is negro, with
only a few whites composing the gov
erning class, makes It undesirable; It
would add to a "problem" of which
we have too much already.
Moreover, the United States en
tered the war Inorder to make sure
ot its own safety and to serve the
Interests of humanity, the govern
ment expressly announcing that no
material gain of any kind was con
templated or desired. If there were
any "considerations" or assurances
Involved or required, these were
merely that the United States was in
no sense to become a tail to the kite
of the Allies but was to ait at the
head of both the war and peace coun
cil table. This our government has
done and will do, but probably even
this was merely an Informal recogni
tion of the existing conditions.
and British infantry took modern
Beersheba at night "after a stern day
long fight." Tbe British correspon
dent with the Palestine army is thus
quoted: "Just sb the moon rose over
the Judea hills the Australian horse
charged with bayonets on their rifles,
overwhelming the Turks and gallop
ing cheering Into the town. Wave
followed wave until long before the
last line had reached tbe trenches the
marhine gun and rifle fire had with
ered away." Maehine guns in Beer
aheba! The surrounding regios Is
arid and the horses of the attacking
force were In great need of water,
but the capture" of the town enabled
the Australians to let their beasts
drink deep from the springs that
have survived since the patriarchal
age depicted by the earlier Biblical
writers, an age of many wars, but
wars that were small indeed and
purely local compared with the strug
gle now virtually Involving the whole
world.
H it 1 MMI'dllTAM EARTH
The wonders of the universe re
vealed by astronomy receive partial
illustration in th facts concerning
tin- planet Jupiter and the sun Alde
l i ran Which are now visible in the
same quarter of the evening sky. just
above the eastern horison. Jupiter.
the largest of the planets of our solar
system, shines with a still steady
light) while Aldebaran twinkles rest
lessly, being itself a sun blazing with
Its own lire. Jupiter is millions and
Aldebaran trillions of miles away.
Tbe distance of the greatest planet
of our solar system, which is 1309
times as large as our earth, varies
from about 370,000,000 to 600,000,
OOOmlles, according to the relative
positions of the planet and out earth
as they revolve around the sun. The
distance of Aldebaran, the blazing
lord of another solar system with
planets of his own, has been com
puted as approximately 270,000,000.
000,000 miles. This distant sun be
longs to the constellation of Taurus,
in which also the relatively near
planet of Jupiter now appears to be.
Some of us unconsciously regard
ourselves and our Immediate sur
roundings as the center of all things,
and most of us unconsciously regard
the earth as the whole universe, yet
one man, one group of men, one na
tion, one little earth like ours all
are as nothing at all when measured
by a universe composed of millions
of great suns and myriads of planets
revolving around them. A man or
even a nation Infatuated with self
importance or suffering from a swell
ed head, if not a hopeless case, may
learn lessons in becoming modesty
by contemplating the astounding
facts of astronomy.
According to his showing, the value
of the 1915 cotton crop was only
$750,000,000. while the value of
other crops, including grain, sugar,
hay, tobacco, vegetables, fruits, for
he same year was no less thrfn
II, 957, 000, 000. With live Stock
added, this total of Southern farm
products apart from cotton for that
year would be $2,850,000,000. Indi
cating that approximately only 25
percent of the agricultural Income of
the South now comes from cotton.
Of course this diversification has
brought larger prosperity. "In flf
t. . B jrenrs," says Senator Ransdell,
"the number of Southern banks
quadrupled, while their deposias In
creased from about three-quarters of
a billion to nearly three billions.
These figures show that the South
BOD has banking resources as great
the entire country bad as late as
88 I."
The lingering impression that the
South is still a one-crop region Is
due to the complaints and criticism
of thai section's purchases of grain
and meats from the West. There are
uch purchases because many South
rn farmers produce such foods only
for their own use, knowing that,
when they can not sell locally or
ship easily, It will hardly pay them
to do more. The South still centers
largely on cotton and truck farming
because it cannot afford to attempt
competition In the larger sense with
the grain growing West. But the
figures given above show that the
diversification, apart from truck
farming, is far greater than Is supposed.
BEERSHEItA AGES AFTER
The vastueas of the war's pano
rama and the crowding events of a
world-girdling struggle are called to
mind by the fact that the fall of
Beersheba has attracted little or no
attention. Ancient Beersheeba. fifty
two miles from Jerusalem, which has
been wrested from the Turks by the
British forces, still has Its seven
wells. Here Abraham dug a well to
wit nes.- his alliance with the King of
Oerar, and here Abraham's sons dug
another. The interrupted mc rifle of
Isaac took place at Beersheba, which
was also the scene of Ksau's loss of
his birthright and Jacob's sacrifice on
his way to Egypt. The sons of Sam
uel were Judges in old Beersheeba.
and it was there that Elijah called
down tire from heaven upon the
prophets of Baal. Under the Rom
ans the town was of sufficient impor
tance to be garrisoned.
It appears that Australian cavalry
Mil BLACK MAN'S PROGRESS
Pending the Issue of the greatest
war of the ages between white men
the negro will receive little attention,
but his claims continue to be pre
sented. A published article by Wil
son Jefferson of the "National Asso
station for the Advancement of Col
ored People" under such headlines
as "Progressive Negro Kuce and
Backward "Poor Whites' " contrasts
the better element of the blacks with
the lowest elements of the whites to
the advantage of the former, partic
ularly in the matter of a laudable
ambition to acquire an education.
Such easy an duuimportant argument
is com lin ing enough to certain ex
tent, but what is misleading and un
warrantable Is the implied assump
tlOB (hat the negro, if given a fair
chance, will display innate superior
ity and rival the boasted civilization
of the whites If not put It to shame.
In essays of this sort there is no
recognition of the patent fact that
the Afnertean negros' enlightenment
and progress are due to his contact
with white nun and that his civili
zation, such SS it is. Is but a copy of
the white man's. During more than
w eontUlieS the savage bondmen
from Africa were gradually civilized
in the industrial school of slavery in
America. After emancipation they
not only had a "fair chance," but to
a large extent book education was lit
erally thrust upon them. What
would be the status of our negroes
BOW if their ancestors had never
hen brought to this country? The
true answer to this question will
BKAl'TY AND FOOD
The Arabs of the south Saharan
regions of Africa are said to consider
fat the chief requisite In the matter
of womanly beauty and to ntuff young
girls with koos-koos until they are
too "fleshy" to walk as the best
means of improving their chances in
the matrimonial market. No similar
standard of taste has ever been re
ported from Germany, but most of
us have observed a sumptuous ex
pansiveness of person among German
women which may reasonably be
traced to the seven meals a day
which, according to ex-Ambassador
Gerard, was formerly the custom In
the Kaiser's dominions. Whether
such a conclusion he justified or not,
a rumor has crossed the Atlantic to
the effect that as a result of the very
moderate Indulgence In food enforced
1 by war conditions German women of
J erstwhile too ample proportions now
; "look more refined."
Perhaps a multitude of "beefy"
I men and women in America also may
I live to thank the war and its en
forced moderation for a similar re
duction of avoirdupois and a gain in
the matter of physical pulchritude.
I Over-eating not only breeds disease,
as physicians well know, but coars
I ens the body. Moderate Indulgence
' in food makes for beauty as well as
for health and strength. It Is pos
j sible to suffer 111 effects, of course,
I from bad food or an Insufficiency of
I good food, but, except among the
j very poor, there is more danger of
I over feeding than of under nourish
ment. The too heavy feeders are apt
to resent the official recommendation
that they eat sparingly and help to
win the war. but nothing better could
happen to them than to be compelled
' to go on a limited diet. The deside
! ratum at all times, in peace or in
i war, is good food eaten sparingly, for
otherwise both health and physical
beauty will be sighed for in vain.
The chief blessing that Americans
are asked to give thanks for this year
is that "we have been given the op
portunity to serve mankind as we
once served ourselves In the grea
day of our Declaration of Indepen
dence, by taking up arms against a
tyranny that threatened to master
and debase men everywhere and join
ing with other free peoples in de
manding for all the nations of the
world what we then demanded and
obtained for ourselves." We may
also appropriately give thanks for
having had the wit to recognize the
danger to our country itself before
it was too late.
A Florida editor tells of getting up
before daylight one of these fine
autumn mornings and catching thirty-nine
speckled perch, a beautiful
fish of the bass family. The editor's
gratification and pride are revealed
in his promise that "this dose of
brain food may show its effects in
this column later."
Thomas Paine, who died at Belvi
dere, N. J., the other day at the age
of 101, was 32 at the end of the war
with Mexico, 4 9 at the end of the
Civil War. and 72 at the end of the
Spanish war, but nobody knows how
old he might have been at the end of
the world-war.
Delicious Drinks
Our pure ice cream and real fruit flavors make the refresh
meuts you pet at Bronnan's fountain really BOtlrlshitlg food.
And we keep OUT Serving dishes and receptacles as clean and
wholesome as the Heel housewife in town keeps her kitchen.
Stop in at B mi nan's
and get a thirst-quencher, thn take a pail of cream home to
the family.
LUNCHEONETTE IN CONNECTION
Brennan's
PHONE 84
301 BOX BUTTE AVE.
Little Business Pullers
Advertising under this head, five cents per line. Count six words
to the line. No advertisement taken for less than fifteen cents.
Try Herald Want Ads. For Immediate Results
For Sale
There is a campaign for the exter
mination of rats and mice inaugu
rated by the Department of Agricul
ture. When It is over there will still
be rats and mice, but they may be
outnumbered by statistical papers on
the subject of their ravages.
Chicago's "anti-war, anti-Wilson.
anti-American" ticket was "snowed
under a blizzard of ballots" that "rat
tled all the pots In Potsdam," but It
does not appear that Mayor Thomp
son has yet been taught the salutary
lesson he is in need of.
THK SOl'TH'S MANY CROPS
Those who imagine that the South
is still a one-crop region will be sur
prised to see the figures presented
by Senator icansaeil or Louisiana
More than nine millions of Amer
icans over-subscribed the Second Lib
erty lian of three billions more than
a billion and a half, and the Kaiser
may rest assured that they will do the
like again and yet again if need be.
In that first attack on a Pershing
trench the Germans outnumbered the
Americans six to one. Before the
Americans number six to one there
will be no German trenches left to
attack.
Call P. D. Roberts or Alliance Hotel.
48-8760-5t.
nished room for housekeeping. Must
be modern. Inquire at Herald.
Phone 340. 48-8761-tf
WANTED 200 ROOM8 for the
Potato Growers' Convention, Novem
ber 15-16. These men consist of the
best class of farmers in our state and
the committee hopes the people of
Alliance will strain a point to help
j take care of these men. Phone Com
' m u n i t y Club. No. 74, stating how
many you can take care of and ive
! rates. 47-tf-8774
BOY OR YOUNG MAN WANTED
'o learn the printing business. Good
opportunity for one who can devote
all of his time. Apply at The Herald
I office. 46-tt
RAGS WANTED Clean cotton
rags are wanted at The Herald
; office. Three cents per hundred paid
j for clean cotton rags on delivery,
j We can use 500 pounds at once.
HIGH GRADE second-hand auto
mobile for sale cheap. Nicolal &
Hon. r 37-tf
FOR SALE Good Ford touring
car. Phone 549. 49-tf-8735.
FOR SALE High grade typewrit-
r carbon paper. The kind that gives
ou a clear duplicate. The Alliance
-terald. Phone 34u.
FOR SALE Buick roadster; flrst
cluss condition. Phone 185.
49-tf-8734
YOUR CHANCfTio get a first.'
lass, high-grade automobile for sule
heap. I'sed but iii excellent condi
tion. Nicolai & Son. 37-tf
FOR SALE Five-room residence
t 509 Sweetwater avenue. Electric
ights, city water, bath. Barn. Ideal
lown-town location. A bargain and
an be purchased on easy terms. Call
it The Herald office for further in
'ormation, price and term?.
FOR SALE Typewriter ribbons ;
'or all makes o ftypewriters. Type- j
writer and pencil carbon papers.
Typewriter paper and second sheets. I
Herald Publishing Co. Phone 340.
FOR SALE 1916 model six-cylin-j
der "Reo" Roadster. In perfect con- j
nuon. inquire ur. jenrey. rnone
65. 44-tf-8679
FOR SALE A Cream Separator,
aosoiuieiy goou as new. nas iou-id. ; nnd Home of vour own. See
capacity. Inquire Kidd's Cafe, 111 snoddv and MolIrinC, Agent for Ne
Box Butte avenue, or call 172. hrnska Rid, ami I,,.,,, On.
49-21-8746. I 42-ff-RfiSfi
For Rent
A Want Ad in The Herald will
rent that vacant room for you.
Lost and Found
The Adams. Ga.. Enterprise re
ports an estimable and happy towns
man with "thirteen children and a
Liberty bond for every blessed one
of them "
Scratch pads of all kinds. The
ii,.. ,i,i carries them in stock. Phone
140.
srsr
BED
CROWN
GASOLINE
UNIFORM
Two things may prevent your motor from
developing its maximum power at all
times
Using a gasoline that is not always uniform, and
Frequent changes from one gasoline to another.
You cannot keep your carburetor properly
adjusted if you do either of these things.
Standardize on your gasoline. Fill your
tank with Red Crown wherever you are.
Wherever you get it you'll find it the
same powerful, speedy, quick-starting
and crowded with mileage.
At our Service StaUons and all good garages. Look
for the Red Crown Sign.
Put Pohuino in your cranltcaie.
It's the perfect winter lubricant.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(Nebraska) OMAHA
Nebraska State Volunteer Fire
men's Association
President Harry J. Hauser. Fremont.
First Vice President John W. 'Guthrie, Alliance.
Second Vice President Wm. P. McCune, Norfolk.
Secretary E. A Miller. Kearney.
Treasurer F. B. Tobin. Sidney.
Chaplin Kev. W. C. Rundin. Crawford.
Board of Control Jacob Goehring, Seward, chairman; C. H. Mas
ters, Auburn; C. K Frazier, Gothenburg; H. h. Bartling, Ne
braska City; Clyde Btckwith, Crawford.
A Department Devoted to the iMtSfSStS of the Voluuleer Firemen of
the State of Nebraska
Edited by Lloyd C. Thomas, State Publicity Chairman.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS DEPARTMENT ARE ALWAYS
WELCOMED
Address envelope to: State Publicity Chairman Firemen's Ass'n,
The Alliance Herald, Alliance, Nebraska
FARM FOR SALE On account of
being alone, I will offer for sale for
a short time only my farm of 582
acres, ten miles south and east of
Alliance price, $4,000. Will take
in trade a small bunch of horses or
cattle as part payment. All fenced,
50 acres In cultivation, other im
nrovements. Five acres of this land
has produced $4,000 worth pf pota
toes the lust two years. 200 bushels
are now being dug from one acre of
Mime of the best ground. If you are
from Missouri and must be shown,
some and se, or write, if interested,
to J. J. Keenen. owner, Alliance,
Nebraska. 46-tf-8703
FOR SALE Scholarship for com
plete business course in the Nebras
ka School of Business. Lincoln, Ne
braska. One of the leading business
educational institutions of the west.
The scholarship will be sold at a
good discount, on reasonable terms.
; If interested call at The Herald office
or address Box 8635, care Alliance
Herald 42-tf-8635
MILL BIHNED AT BROKEN BOW
Broken Bow has lost Its mill by
Are At another time this would be
i considered a very serious loss but at
! this time when the country needs
every available means of convert-
lii- grain into food, the loss is still
more serious. Under present condi
tions it will be hard to rebuild the
1 mill This week If the mill bad been
in operation it would be grinding
flour for the government and run
ning at capacity for the month, it Is
understood.
The greatest loss will be to the
city in time to come. The mill did
not have the support to give it full
running capacity and for this reason
a mill of this capacity will not be
hunt hers for some time to come. A
smaller mill may be built but it will
rttmttttimtrmHtiiniiiiiiHwiii
call for the Inducing of new capital
. . . .ti. v. : . L. .1.1..
to tins city, a iuiup wmcu iui ctif
has always been backward about do
ing, as is shown by past history of
the actions of the citizens in regard
to a canning factory, a division point,
and other noteworthy projects.
It will be up to the city now, how
ever, to bring in this capital, if the
city is to maintain its position as a
market for grain. The first oppor
tunity that is offered from a reliable
source for a mill, every citizen must
come forward and pledge his sup
port and wha financial aid is re
quired by this project. This is an
agricultural community and to Insure
the marketing and finishing of the
products of the farm at the least ex
pense, requires that they be finished
here for the vicinity. Broken Bow
Republican.
FOR SALE One of the best quar
ters in Box Butte county for $10.00
per acre. Look it up. It is the
NW1,; of section 32. township 25,
range 50. Geo. aOllup, Big Timber,
Montana. 5-8683-tf
BARGAIN 1H NTERS TAKE NOTICE
We have for sale:
A lO room modern house.
One 6 room modern house.
One 5 room modern house, exceft
beat.
One O room modern house, except
heat.
One 5 room modern house, except
heat.
SEE SNODDY & MOLLRING.
42-tf-8636
Miscellaneous
Cailins cards tor the ladies are
printed promptly and neatly at Tho
Herald office The prices are reas
onable Phone 340 for samples and
price, or call at tbe office
MTiYiTFUouT
We have equipped our dray wag
ons and auto truck with the latest
appliances for moving furniture
without marring or scratching or do
ing damage. Up-to-date wagon pads
will be used by us on all moving
Jobs. JOHN R. SNYDER, Phone 15.
37-tf-5950
MONEY TO LOAN
on Farms and Ranch Land.
SNODDY it MOLLKING.
42-tf-8636
Typewriter ribbons of all kinds
The Herald carries the largest stock
in Alliance at all times. Phone 3 40.
He TaTd' ad jTb r i iig"r esuTi s . T7y one
in the next issue.
Mr. Business Man, on your next
trip take along some artiuticully
printed business thirds. The expense
is light and they are business get
ters. The Herald's Job printing de
partment will turn tlu-m out prompt
ly. Phone 340 and we will call.
Don't send out of town for your
typewriter paper, ribbons, carbon
paper and other office supplies. The
Herald carries a good Btock of fresh
goods at all times.
Wanted
BOY OR YOUNG MAN WANTED
to learn the printing business. Good
opportunity for onejnwho can devote
all of his time. Apply at The Herald
office.
46-tf
WANTED Medium sized safe and
platform scale. Call 340, Herald
office.
46-tf-8700
potTyWiUaThigh
Bad Cough? Feverish? Grippy?
You need Dr. King's New ltiscov
ery to stop that cold, the soothing
balsam ingredients heal the irritated
membranes, soothe the sore throat,
the antiseptic qualities kill the germ
and your cold Is quickly relieved. Dr.
King's New Discovery has for 41
years been the standard remedy for
coughs and colds In thousands of
homes. Get a bottle today and have
it handy In your medicine chest for
coughs, colds, croup, grippe and all
bronchial affections. At your drug
gist, 50c.