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.
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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
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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
