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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1920)
TIP' ALLIANCE HKIIAM), FRIDAY, SEPTEMHKU 17, I'JLU TheofSS3 The "MplluMlKt t;iile." A new dance called the "Method!?! Glide" has just been announced ny the dancing masters. The dancing masters have been trying for a srtai many years to get the sanction of the Methodist church for dancing, but have been unsuccessful. There inir'-'t have been a chance to secure the Mrthodist church's sanction of the old-time Ir.r.c?B which were al ways painted b!.ic!;er then 'hey were, but we can't understate how any body, Methodist or otherwise, can' place the soul of a; proh-t'ov: 01 the dances which came In wit' .?-.z- tint illegitimate rcion of th" A ft -! at n of War. The "Methodist dlii'o" may be a very artistic, decrnt danci step, but it Is presented at the wrong tune. It is a sop thrown Tb the Church, and the Church will have none of it. Nebraska City Press. No. It Is a little word. .Write it in front of the very first proposition on the ballot which will be used at the spection election, Sep tember 21. Why? Because that proposition No.l I a blow at the almost sacred right of trial by Jury. Yes, it is true that juries often make mistakes, but trial by Jury has been for ages th; very best bulwark of human rights ami liberties. It is true that this pro posed amendment Is intended to make only a little change In the plan of trial by Jury, but once those who do not like the Jury system make one change in the system then It will be easier for them to make other changes. Get your pencils feady. Write NO in front of proposal No. 1 on the election ballot nt the special election September 21. And my advice to all readers of The Telegram is to write NO in front of every ballot proposal wl.Wh you do not fully understand. , Remember, men and wom n of Nebraska, that the big Interests railroads, stockyards, electricity trust, grain trust and all other com binations of that sort are preaching in favor of all the proposals on the ballot. This fact alone ought to in duce every voter to write NO In front of every ballot proposal which is not fully understood. There are jokers in many of tvose proposals. Why do I know the jokers are there? Because I know that the big interests would not be fighting for all the pro posals if they did not contain some thing for the benefit of those Inter ests. I have studied the ways of the corporation workers for marly years They are very keen and subtle. They can make black look white to tie average one among us unless we get our eyes wide open. Iet's all go to the election booth on the 21st of this month with both eyes wide open. Iiet's open them wide enough 1o see the white teeth of the niggers which the corporation attorneys have concealed in many CT the proposed amendments, and then let's write NO In front of every "pro posal which l.i not a clear and asy to understand as a primer lesson. Columbus Telegram. What the l'uNle Want. Every college professor knows that the thoughts he projects in the classroom are largely wasted. Look ing into the faces of the young men before him he reads what they register: attention, indifference, at tention, Interest boredom, impa tience. Pay after day, he is con scious that a part of his audience is coated with a crnst of indiff rence which he knows he can never com pletely dissolve, penetrate it though he may occasionally by employing tricks somewhat like a photographer gaining the attention of a child. The Instructor must feel recompensed if he implants a fair proportion of his Ideas In the minds of a fair prof or tion of his hearers. A certain num ber of them h cannot reach. Tl y ate not Interested In his subje t They have no particular desire to understand it. The mental effort de- tnamien is 100 great. I'eople generally are like the rla of the college professor. The bulk! of public demand is for Instruments of mental diversion, not for farllitier of menial Improvement. Ten per sons read the comics on page seven of the afternoon newspaper to one who Hi Rests the story about the Polish situation on page one and the test of the presidential nominee 's speech on p:ue three. The lobby of the movie theutro Is Jammed w people waiting for seats. The public library around the corner hasn't turned away a patron since It war d'dicated. Mental laziness Is more prevalent than physical laziness. American Let I on Weekly. Young Teddy. Young Te.ldy Roosevelt's declara tion that "ihe war was fought by republicans-' and that nobody be longing to families of the adminis tration took any chances under flYe. la the most t.ilked-of utterance of re cent date in veteran circles. In taking yountr T. R. seriously it Is well to remember that he is no long er an officer of the American Legion, 1 oifily in pt li'.ics and has been fur months. Even when h" went to the firs t.ogion convention to lobby for thi lection of Commander ivoiler, hi went not as a delegate or IOlon officer, but as n private citizen rii'. Republican candidate for assent My nnn In New York. Hence Tc'idy can not be accused of using the Am erlcan Leclon for political purpo.ef not officially. There Is no rccr t or camouflage rbeut his polit.r.i or political activities. Politic lr. his avocntion and he Is showing si me tiling of his Illustrious father'n r.bl' ity to break Into the llmellgh. We fdiouU not go too far, then. In criticizing TtJdy'n politicil u nnces. ilia second statement. coward Ice against, somebody or evetybody In "families close to the administra tion." we may fairly criticize hb rot ten bad taste. The Roosevells longht bravely and well, a family of true Americans. They always seemed to us too big and too fine to resort to underhanded attacks on unnamed people, or to vulgar boasting of their own military records. The only de fense for Teddy's talk Is that he'o an awfully raw young cub. Maybe he'll grow up. Stars and Stripes. Stanley and John Wright paused through Alliance Thursday, on their way to Crawford, where they will at tend the fair. Make X in this , Column YES" . No. 22. To amend Section 10, Article VIII. Provides for election of NO University Iicgonts by districts. YES " No. 23. To amend section 11, Article VIII. Prohibits Mate aid to sectarian institutions. YES No. 24. ' To amend Section 12, Article VIII. liaises age for reform schools from 16 to 18. YES ' " No. 25. To add Section 13 to Article VIII. Provides Board of NO Education for Noijmal Schools. Article IX. YES XT n No. 26. To amend Section 1, Article IX. Provides uniform and pro ' portional taxes on tangible property and franchises ; per- u mits classification of other property and permits taxes other than property taxes. YES No. 27. Jq" To amend Section 2, Article IX. Tax exemptions, including $200 of household goods to each family. Make X U,,s Article Xla Column Arucie Aia. VPS! No. 33. To add Section 5 to Article Xla. Permits metropolitan ' NO cities to adopt present charter as home rule charter. Article Xlb. YES No73l To Amend Sections 1, 5, and 6, Article Xlb. Corporation sections. Insures co-operative features in certain associations and permits limitation of shares ami voting, lii'nulates foreign corporations. Stocks and bonds to fn actual value. . Article XIV. YES NO YES NO YES . NO No. 35. To add Sections 4, 5, and 6 to Article XIV. Defines priority 1.1 .11 water. No. 36. Tojidd Section 7 to Article XIV. Protects public rights in use of water power. No. 37. To add Section 8 to Article XIV. Permits regulation as to minimum wage and conditions of employment of women and children. Make X in this ' Column YES No. 28. To amend Section 5, Article IX. Places county tax limit at 50 cents on one hundred dollars actual valuation. , Article X. I YES " No. 29. To amend Sections 2 and 3, Article X. Relates to changes of county boundaries. Article XI. yES I No. 30. t NO T Ajnen Section 1, Article XI. Requires public utility corporations to report to Railway Commission. YES No. 31. 1 To amend Section 3, Article XI. Prohibits consolidation of NO competing public utility corporations without permission of Railway Commission. yE3 ' - No. 32. NO" T- amen Section 5, Article XL Regulates stocks and divi dends of public utility corporations. 1 Make X In tbU Column YES No38 To add Section 9 to Artiole XIV. Permits creation of in dustrial Commission to administer laws relative to labor NO disputes and profiteering. , 4 . " .MMM Article XV. ' YES No739 To amend Section 1, Article XV. Provides that amend- ments to the Constitution submitted by the legislature shall be adopted by a majority voting on the question if wu the affirmative vote be equal to 35 per cent of the total vote cast. ; Article XVL No. 40 To add a new section to Article XVI. Fixes salaries of state NO officers' including Judges of the Supreme and District Courts, effective until changed by the legislature. YES ' No. 41. To amend Article XVI, by substituting new Sections 1 and 2 for Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, NO 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 28. 24, and 27. Eliminates obsolete pro visions and provides a continuing schedule. MAT 1 T iimnriTiAii ruiAiu iiwcuiiim LAW NOPEIMTION The compulsory Inspection of car load shipment of potatoes Is work ing like a charm, according to Secre tary Ijeo Stuhr of the department of agriculture, under the code bill. Mr, Stuhr denies published stories of the loss of thousands of br.shehi or o a- tO S left In the ft"Mi "iiH(i n "he) operation of the Inspection law. It f true a few bushels In each field, are left and not sent to the inspecto- : n cautie they are small " rr " -but these culls are being sold at about fiO cents a bushel to persons who know how t - dispose of them, says the State Journal. "The potato Inspection season will not be In full swing In northwestern Nebraska until (ctnv.r." puiii Stuhr. "However, 202 car londi have been shipped out of Kerp"y. This was the record up to Saturday. Of that amount Inspected and ship ped 95 per cent graded No. 1 The) rest left In the fields, but there no waste as the culls have been boM or used. The potatoes chipped out of Kearney have been bringing from 2 to $2.25 a hundred pounds." Secretary Stuhr was unable to give any Information In regard to wheth er the potatoes shipped aie sent out of the state or to stations within Ne braska. He w'll get this Information later. He defends the "exchange" system of growers In selling their po tatoes because he believes It cuts out middlemen Instead of adding an olher middleman to the list.. He has) records of some cars which have changed hands four or five times be fore being shipped. This he thinks Indicates too many middlemen to reap profits. The exchanges being formed may sell direct to wholesal- ' ers here or anywhere, In Nebraska or New York, or to the farmers union near at home or any other buyer. Mr. Stuhr says this Is better than to have growers hounded day after day by numerous buyers who pester them with dally tales of dropping prices and bad market conditions until the growers are Induced to sell. Intimated Yield. Mr. Stuhr and his assistants esti mate nearly 3,000 cars of potatoes will be shipped from Nebraska this year as compared with a record of 1,700 cars shipped last year. His estimate and, comparison follows: Total Estimated Town No. cars Cara 1919 1920 Alliance 157 175 Angora no records 1G Bnvard 6!i 75 Belmont 65 75 Broadwater .". 2 S Brldueport 5 10 Chadron 11 20 Clinten 62 89 Crawford 18 10 Gordon : . 122 300 Hay Springs .... ....' 54 90 Harrison 2 5 Hemingford 191 ' 325 Kearrev 3"0 Kimball ' ?0 Long Pine 146 125 Marsliml 10 35 MlnatP-r? 4 5 'R Morrill S'n 80. Mitchell 174 175 nushvllle 84 . 175 Scottsbluff 128 130 Sidney 5 ' 10 Yockey 9 15 Total 1718 3990 Inspectors appointed by Mr. Stuhr are chosen by his assistants or re commended by growers, bankers or others interested. Th'y receive only $2 a car for inspection. The inspec tors now at work .are: A. H. Grove, Alliance; G. F. Temple, Angora; C. O. Morrison, Bayard; W. Ch lanolin. Chadron; J. M. Moss, Clinton; J. J. Harvey, Chadron; G. A. Stannard. Gordon; Louis Stelhl, Hay Springs: J. P. Jensen, Hemlngford; A.,F. Peterson, Kearney; L. A. Bishop, Long Pine; E. A. Bennett, Marsland; F. W. Smith, Minatare; E. R. KirTi patrlck; W. E. Baker, Mitchell: Ed. Cunningham, Rushville; Walter Jones, Scottsbluff. Either Alliance is an exceptionally healthy vicinity, or else Its citizens are more or less Improvident, for the figures compiled by the insurance press show that In the year 1919, $15,000 In life Insurance was paid on claims from this city during the year. Of course the figures from the entire county would bring up the total to a more respectable size. Aside from the larger cities, it is difficult to understand just what purpose ia served by giving out these figures. The totals show that 'life Insurance is on the increase, forty six out of fifty-four companies hav ing written more insurane In July, 1920, than In the same month of the preceding year. Thia is regarded as an especially good record, inasmuch as during 1919 the totals were en larged by the. immense number of soldiers who took out war risk In surance. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Mote. Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Fuller, Mr. and Mrs. W, II. Glass, rs. Claudia Dole, Mrs. W. E. Cutts, Mrs. Stephen J. Epler and Mrs. Florence Ats made up a party that motored to Crawford Thursday to attend ths Tri-SUts fair. J J. Skley and wife arrived Tues day, from Kansas City. Mo. Mr. filiklM 111 . -i.vv uito vtrkcu a JV81UUI1 Wm enief meehanlo in the Lowry A Henry garage. They are stopping at the Drake hotel for the prossmt