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THE ALLIANCE HERALD, ALLTAN CE, NEBUAsKATlWXEJmnTnJTTynr:
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1 Arthur Lenox, traveling refriger
ator Inspector, was In the city
Wednesday, on business.
Jack Gwynn of the western weigh
ing and Inspection bureau was In
tie city Thursday on business. He
a the proud father of a baby son,
rn Thanksgiving night. Thej
youngster will be called Robert
Frank. Mr. Owynn has lots to be
thankful for this year.
Miss Myrtlo Queen of the freight
hou8 force moved this week 'from
,303 M Box Butte avenue to 123 Nio
"brara. r H. K. Tll'er, formerly employed as
night baggage' helper. Is now night
bill clerk, taking the plfe or Thomas
Howard, who will work nights on
the baggage job.
Engineer Harry Beans and wife
'were called to Crawford yesterday
on account of the illness of Mr.
' Bean's sister, Mrs. J. E. Arner. They
y returned Wednesday night on No. 42.
ri Beans, has gone to Gering to work
i for Charles Shaffer, formerly of Al
. llance.
Brakernan R. C. Wereman Is lay
; ing off on account of a sprained
,: anRie.
; Brakernan R. V. Andreas is laying
itf nn nrcnnnt of atrknpns.
Brakernan C. L. Woodman is lay
ing off on account of illness.
Conductor W. . C. . Zollinger re
turned from a business trip to Chi
cago.
Machinist Carl Swarde la visiting
in Rapid City, S. D.
Machinist B. L. Abare Is kept from
work by a smallpox quarentlne.
Three of his family are ill with the
disease.
W. M. Breckner scalded his hands
by pulling the petcock on a live en
gine. C. H. Kerr, who is in the auto
mobile business at Edgemont, S. D.,
was visiting Alliance friends the
middle of the week. Mr. Kerr was
formerly cashier In the freight
house.
Mrs. A. R. Reynolds, wife of
Brakernan Reynolds, has returned
from Denver, where she has been vis
iting friends.
P. M. Scott, formerly of the road
master's office, is assisting in the su
perintendent's office this week.
Ira Irby has returned after a few
days' visit with relatives in Denver
John Scott of the freight house
is laying off this week on account of
illness.
Mrs. Anna L. Arrison has returned
home after an extended visit in Kan
sas City, St. Louis and points in
Iowa.
OIL NOTES
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rary permits or temporary relief to
operate oil lands on the public do
main pending the passage of a leas
ing law. Under those permits the
secretary very fairly placed the roy
alty at one-eighth, which was accord'
ing to the usages of oil men among
themselves. This allowed the opera
tors seven-eighths of the avails, but
one the eighth day of August, 1918,
the secretary using the power given
to him under the law and under po
litical pressure changed the amount
required to be impounded from the
one-eighth to the total amount of
production. This of course was ruin
ous and it was particularly damaging
to small operators with lesser
amounts of moneys with which to
operate. It worked In favor of big
companies which could undergo a
severe test. They could wait while
little fellows In many Instances could
not.
The treaty of peace and league of
nations has been the real cause r
the delay 1 nenacttng a leasing law,
but It now appears the International
questions will be settled in this pres
ent special term of congress and that
the leasing bill will be one of the
first things considered In the gen
eral session of congress which con
venes the first Monday of December,
which this year Is December 1.
lAst February the leasln bill was
passed the house by over 3 to 1 and
t just passed the house again 3 1-3
to 1. It passed the senate last Feb
ruary by a vote of 3 to 1 and now
It does not appear there are over ten
votes In the United States senate
against a good leasing bill.
The many good results of the pas
sage of a leasing bill are hard to es
timate. The different withdrawals
affect many millions of acres of oil,
coal, phosphate and sodium lands on
the public domain in the United
States. The oil lands alone run Into
millions of acres, a great part of
which were taken up and located
pursuant to the provisions of the
placer mining law. In accordance
with various patents issued by the
United States government on such
lands, besides several strong court
decisions, many claimants of lands
are clearly entitled to those lands,
but the policy of the government un
der the BO-called conservation refuses
to grant any more patents on any
lands short of those having commer
cial oil or gas wells on them. The
whole policy Is to withhold patents
and start a new policy never hereto
fore entered into by the United
States government that is, for the
government to become a landlord
and charge a rental on lands which
tt proposes to lease rather', than to
grant outright to Its citizens.
It is argued by the oil, coal and
other mineral men that this Is an
uniust. unusual and unfair discrlm
lnation, that the other states of the
union have been settled Dy tne oia
nnlsnllnir nrlthmtt wlth-lf
holding the fee and the legal owner
ship and without charging a rental,
and the claimants to these western
lands further point out that not only
is the government proposing to
charge a royalty, but It proposes to
take a large part of that royalty
evidently from 50 to 70 per cent
and apply it to the general national
affairs, largely to the reclamation
service.
It must be kept in mind that until
lands are patented by the United
States they are not subject to taxa
tion by the states in which they lie.
so the leasing system takes away the
power of the states to collect taxes
to rarrv on their governments. The
older states have not been burdened
this way and their representatlvs
ehmiiH not he advocates of such a
system.
There Is one wholesome thing
about the failure to pass the leasing
bill before this, and that is there
were many so-called conservationists
who were branding mining men as a
class with being "looters' and "ex
plolters" of the public domain until
a storm of hatred and opposition
was generated to oppose the mineral
men, but after many exhaustive ex
aminations it has come to be pretty
generally understood that the mln
eral men are right.
It Is supposed that a man's prop
erty cannot be taken from him with
out Just compensation and due proc
ess of lnw, but nevertheless It Is evi
dent that men who have fulfilled the
provisions of the placer mining law
and the law pertaining to possessory
title are not being allowed to enjoy
their lands as their property. On the
contrary they are to be charged a
rental or royalty as stated.
Owing to the fact that several of
the public land states have statutes
requiring locaters on the public do
main to perform at least $100 In as
sessment work on each claim each
year until patent Issues, some ques
tion has arisen regarding the extent
of the relief that Is granted by a re
cent act of congress suspending such
work In 1919. To discover whether
or not the states having laws of this
character have the right to Insist
upon their enforcement in the face
of suspension of the federal require
ments of the Colorado chapter of the
American Mining congress took the
subject up with the department of
the Interior and received on Satur
day the following wire:
'Wyoming oil placer claim holders
are protected by mine assessment
bill. Wyoming has no authority to
require assessment work to be done
on public land claims. National law
supersedes and abrogates any state
requirements."
In a telegram to Colin C. Rae,
petroleum engineer, A. L. Weill, at
torney general of California, said:
"It has been held that compliance
with terms of a federal status sus
pending work is the equivalent of do
ing the work and therefore there is
no room for the contention men
tioned by you. To avoid any sugges
tion that claim has been abandoned I
have recommended In all cases that
work be done and a full record made
as it might be difficult to prove mat
ters in later years when your wit
nesses are dispersed."
FOREMAN TELLS
ABOUT TROUBLE
For Twenty Years He Had Suffered
(Jain 1-leven lNtundn and I.i
Ibwtorcd to Health
"For about two years before I b
gan taking Tanlac ray health was so
bad that I lost two or three hours
from my work nearly every day,"
said C. H. Melton, a construction
foreman for the Western Union Tel
egraph Co., Omaha, Neb. Mr. Mel
ton's home Is at 3336 Tracy Ave.,
Kansas City, Mo., and It was while he
was in Kansas City one week-end on
business for his company that he
made this statement to the Tanlac
representative.
"For twenty years before I started
taking Tanlac I suffered from stom
ach trouble and nervous Indiges
tion," he continued, "and my condi
tion kept getting worse until about
five years ago I was in such awful
shape that nearly everything I ate
caused me terrible suffering. I had
bursting headaches, and gas would
form on my stomach so bad at times
that I could hardly breathe, and felt
heavy and stuffy all the time. I suf
fered from constipation and got so
weak and run down that I could
hardly drag about and sometimes It
looked like I would just have to give
up my work entirely.
"A friend of mine, who had tried
Tanlac, recommended It to me so
strongly that I began taking It. Well,
sir, in three days' time I could tell
that I bad at last struck the right
medicine, for my appetite began to
Improve, my stomach 'got better and
I was feeling built up In every way.
I have now taken five bottles of Tan
lac, eat anything I want, have gained
eleven pounds in weight, and never
had a pain In my stomach. I have
almost forgotten that I ever had a
headache and I am not constipated
any more, and In short, I'm not the
same man and was never In better
health In all my life. Yes, sir, of
rourse I can recommend Tanlac and
I am glad whenever I get the oppor
tunity to say a good word for It."
Tanlac is sold In Alliance by F. E.
Ilolsten, in Hemingford by Hemlng-
ton Merc. Co., In Hoffland bf .....
lery Grocery Co. Advertisement.
Nell: "1 stopped In at a bargain
sale today."
Ilelle: "Did you see anything that
looked cheapT"
Nell: "Yes, several men waiting:
for their wives." Bursts and Duds.
9 2.00 a year and worth more.
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We offer for your selection three gifts that will make the head of your house
hold genuinely pleased. It will materially lessen her kitchen duties and afford
her several extra hours leisure time. The kitchen needs organization just the
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mas. What child can enjoy the Yuletide to the fullest
witFfout plenty of pure, wholesome Christmas candies.
We recommend that you buy only those you can
absolutely depend upon.
The Alliance Candy Store will make a special price to
Sunday Schools, Schools, Churches or individuals for
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We also have high grade chocolates in bulk or fancy
Christmas packages. These are extra fancy Chinese
baskets, full of candy, that can be used for many pur
poses after the candy is gone. You will surely be
pleased with them.
FANCY BOXES OF CIGARS
FOR CHRISTMAS
Alliance Candy Store
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and never found in another kitchen cabinet. It systematizes the kitchen like
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Perhaps the most important feature to consider in the selection of a Range is that of
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