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THE ALLIANCE HERALD, ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA, OCTOBER 23, 1919 The Alliance Herald BURR rRINTINJ CO., Owr.efs &7EORQE U BURR. JR Editor XDWIN M. DURR Iiusinrs! Mgr. flubrripion fi.OO ear, In advance . Entered at the post office at Alli ance, Neb., for transmission through the malla aa second rlas matter. Published every Thursday. There are now less than fifteen thousand American soldiers In France, and within a month, accord ing to a recent statement of the com mander of the American forces In .that country, virtually all of the sol diers will have returned home. The oldlers who are left are employed in the liquidation of army supplies, squaring accounts and the policing of American peace headquarters, and It la expected that the coming month will tee the wlndup. The University of Nebraska has es tablished a department for the train ing of young men and women for po sitions In the South American coun tries. The increase in trade rela tions with those countries during the years of the war is at the bottom of fhe demand. Young people who are trilling to train themselves for places with foreign branches of banking juad mercantile establishments will liave no difficulty In finding employ ment suited to their capabilities, provided they are willing to locate permanently. The new department jsbould prove to be a valuable one, ud Nebraska may congratulate her self that the men at the head of the tate university have enough vision to see an opportunity before it knocks them down. London bus girls are giving up their Jobs to returned soldiers. They fcave given real service in time of pressing need, but voluntarily step jMck and give up their places to the ffiea who went forth to fight for them. This brings up the question ;M to what has been done in this jeovntry. Of course, there are a fjnmber of concerns who have promptly reinstated returned sol diers aa fast as they were released from the army, but there are a num r of others who wave their hata Wildly in the air during the parades ad grasp the returned soldier warm ly by the hand, but forget to men tion anything about the old Job being jppen at the same salary. The re turned soldier is no fool, and he can pmell a hypocrite a mile away. If you don't mean what you say, better pot say anything. We slneerely trust that Dr. Clar , nce E. Wilson of Washington, D. CL. secretary of the temperance -poard of the Methodist church, is not Authorized to speak for the denom ination. Dr. Wilson has been quoted na raying thit the elimination of the clgnrpttc would bo the next crusade unl"rtakn by his church. There never has born a time In the history of the world or the church when there mere greater opportunities for constructive service In the solution of problems growing out of the war and the very church Itself may stand or fall according as it meets he Issues that are confronting it vet here Is a man with so narrow a vision that he would neglect the ireatent of opportunities to chase oulterfllcs. The writer doe3 not use cigarettes, but he doubts very much whether they ought to be abolished. Other worlds are assuredly more In nee of conquering. There are a hundred or more questions that are of more pressing importance than the smoking of cigarettes, and we are confident that the Methodist church as a whole will not be led astray, whether or not Dr. Wilson can see beyond the end of his roman nose. The cjty council of Lincoln seems to be In a fair way to serve the au ditorium problem, which has been a troublesome one for a number of years. It Is a big, barnlike affair, situated in the down-town district, where rents and property values have been climbing like mad. The city needs such a building for the more or less rare occasions when public meetings of Importance are held, but there Is not so much demand for it as there was ten or twelve years ago, when the opera came to the capital city occasionally and political speech es were never out of season. Of late years the rent has hardly paid for the upkeep, let alone returning an interest on the investment. Now it is proposed to rent the building for public dances, and some of the bids run as high as $400 per week for the privilege. We suppose the coun cil has promised the Woman's club that they shall be permitted to su pervise the affair, otherwise the dal ly press would be full of protests. Those estimable ladies never miss ed an opportunity of crabbing while we lived in the city. The principles for which the American Legion of Nebraska will stand, as shown by resolutions adopted at the recent Omaha meet ing, are worthy of more than a pass ing glance. You will find them on another page of this issue. Sooner or later, the Legion will have en rolled on its membership record nine out of ten men who saw service, and they will become a powerful force, whether they take an active part in politics or not. Efficiency and economy do not necessarily go hand in hand. This has been exemplified in a number of ways, aside from Governor McKel vle's code bill, under which, through a mere change of title, a number of public servants had their salaries al most doubled with no additional work to perform. From Hamilton county comes another Instance. A few months ago a number of country school districts voted to consolidate, being urged thereto by the argument that such a course would result In better schools for less money. The districts were small, and It was easy to convince the voters that by pool ing resources, abler teachers could be secured, fewer of them would be needed, and other expenses would be reduced to such an extent that the total cost would be considerably les sened, In spite of the additional ex pense ot hauling some of the chil dren to the school. No sooner had the consolidation become a fact than a bond election was called, and a proposition to vote $60,000 to build a new building was snowed under. Last week petitions signed by over 90 per cent of the voters In the dis trict were filed, and the old districts will probably be restored. They had no need of a building costing over a third as much, and someone's desire to make a big showing has resulted In giving consolidation such a knock out that it will be years before it Is attempted again. Striking printers in New York are warned that unless they come back to work they may find that people, unable to get the light fiction maga sines, will turn to more solid read ing and they may never have that kind of a Job again, which wouldn't be an unmixed evil. Of course, that sort of talk is the worst kind of tom myrot, for even if the folks who read that kind of fiction should tire of It, there will be a new crop of young folks growing up before long that will fall for It. It would be Just as sensible to say that the coal miners who talk of strike should beware, lest folks learn to get along without coal. As far as known there is only one thing In the world can't be run down -that's a rumor. BARRING UNDESIRABLES Warnings that should be heeded Wire given by Secretary of State Lansing when he appeared before the senate committee on foreign rela tions to urge a continuance of war time regulation and control of pass ports for those who seek admission to the United States. From the re ports In his office he has much in formation on that subject. He says there are thousands of undesirable foreigners clamoring at the consu lates all over Europe for passports that will permit them to come here. Among the number are many who would come for the sole purpose of spreading propaganda of bolshevism and other organizations that seek the overthrow of orderly government. Large numbers of these undesirables would be given help by foreign gov ernments if it becomes possible to send them elsewhere. To admit them is to invite trouble for the country. They are producers only of discord and disorder. They can not come now. Secretary Lansing's plan Is to keep the bars p. It ap peals to common sense and national safety. It la not political, bat pa triotic. Ohio Journal. THIS SPACE Reserved for NEWBERRY'S Hardware Company " B GIVE your wife a "lift" on the road to good cooking. Encourage her to enjoy her kitchen. Make her hours minutes, her steps few. 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There are no nailed or screwed joints to work loose. Wherever two pieces of wood are joined, one is tongued, the other grooved. The tongue is locked in the groove to hold fast indefinitely. In addition there are eight steel corner braces in the McDougall base one in each corner, top. and bottom a construc tion sturdy as the Rock of Gibraltar. Only McDougalls are built in this stal wart, everlasting way. George D. Darling 115-117 West Third Street Alliance, Nebraska Do You Appreciate what the location of a Creamery in Alliance gives to producers of Cream and Butterfat ? In place of receiving no more than Shippers' Prices for your produce, you receive regular Delivered Prices which amounts to several cents more per pound than you would get if this market were not close to you: - In other words, you get the same price for your Cream and Butterfat that you would if you lived near the Omaha market and think of the difference in the price of land. You can raise creamery products on Box Butte county land with much less money invested and yet receive the same market price as similar producers who live nearer the larger market. Think this over a minute and you will see the point of the argument. The fact is that the establishment of the Alliance Creamery makes Alliance The Best Market There is for your creamery products, you are now taking advantage of the oppor tunity presented by reasonably-priced Box Butte county land, don't fail to clinch the profit by disposing of your Cream and Butterfat in the most advan tageous way. If you are not consider well the chance to increase your income. We want you to send us your Cream and Butterfat. Out-of-town pro ducers will be furnished with shipping tags and everything done to make shipments with as little inconvenience as possible. Those who can are urged to bring their Cream and Butterfat either to the up-town office or to the Creamery in Alliance. We are able to quote the following attractive prices, delivered at Alliance Creamery, or city station . , Sweet Cream 75c Churning cream, per pound butterfat, 70c Alliance Creamery Co. )