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THE ALLIANCE flEUALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1920.
Elc Alliaurr Hrralb
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president in harmony can get more
lone than a sick man arguing With
men who are opposed to him.
Entered at th prxtofflc t Alllane.
fob., for tmnmlln thwijrh th
Mill con1 rliM matter. Published
Tuesday and Friday.
owmoR u nrnn, jr.. ...... ..Editor
JEUWIN M. HfllH nuntnaa Mr.
OfllrUl nwpnpr of tha
.AHlar-' official newapaper
Botta County.
City of
of Bo
Owned n. publlnhed br Th Burr
rinttne- Company, nnricn t Hurr. Jr.,
mt; Edwin M. isurr, vica -re-
idont.
THE rOIJCK CHARGES
Th council's Investigation of the
police departmr-nt has emphasised
the tendency of people to criticise
The city is not able to pav the fhI
ary to hire a Burns or a Tinlcerton,
f even a Gus Hycrs, but Alliance
Ihun good, faithful and efficient offi
cersmuch better men than the or-
'dinary city of its class which pays
even hither wages. These men have
been getting results. An examina'
; tion of the record of the Alliance po
'lice for the past year will show that
;BO important criminal was allowed to
i escape justice, and that very few mi
!aor offenses went unpunished.
However, one failure outweighs a
number of brilliant successes. Citl
sens are apt to forget a good record
; when they learn of one bonehead
rlay. The releasing of the seven
1 gamblers on bond was nothing more
! than a bonehead. The failure to fol
i Jow up the case for two weeks was
i mere carelessness, the first charge of
the kind that can be made against
any officer of the department. No
' one believes for a minute that there
: was any crooked work in the case.
The investigation will be produc
tive of good results. There will be
no more slack work on the part of
any member of the department. But
the talk of firing police officers is un
wise. No policeman who does his
duty can make the claim that he has
no enemies. The fact that Officer
Taylor has healthy enemies indicates
that he has not cared whose toes he
stepped on.
Another thing that should be. re
tnembcred ,i that suspicions are not
facts which can be prosecuted in
court. There is a general belief,
! probably based on fact, that gambling
games have been going on in Alii
: ance. The officers have raided the
place under discussion, without re
; suits. How many voters know Just
In a OfQtnKlinff moo? Tt tatroa mnrm
than a group of men around a card
table. It takes r.ot only the men, but
the money and the implements of
' gambling, cards or dice. Courts will
not convict upon the word of a po
lice officer alone. He must have evi
dence. And evidence that would con
vince the average men that there is
cause for suspicion, does not neceffi
aarily mean that it Is strong enough
to convince the average court of
Out at Los Angeles, where they
ike movies, they also make other
.,-? move. The California climate,
wh!ih !s advertised more extensively
han tlu-.t of any other place on the
globe, in't really as good as the Ixz
Dnglty.e people would lead us to be-
leve, but as is the case w,th a lot of
vjvertising, it gets by because of the
earnestness with which it is so cons
tantly repeated. Californians under-
tand the tru emeaning of the word
'co-opoint'on," and although they
have their own local hkirmUhcs,
promptly forget petty
when rnvthing threatens their be
loved state. At present the chief men
ace to the popularity of California
ies In the greed of landlords, who
ALLIANCE AIDS
HOMEJFOR BOYS
Over $600 Contributed at Entertain
ment Given by Father Flan
agan's Proteges. , f
something of God, ami their duty to
their country. They are taught pa
triotism, and how to become strong
men," said Mr. Thore. ' Other speak
ers emrhasized the fact that the re-
farm schools, no matter how well con-
stones to the penitentiary. The ne
glected boy of today is the bolshevist
of tomorrow. These boys, taken care
of properly, are worth millions of
dollars to state and country as future
producing citizens. Every boy in my
of Virginia, a little colored lad,
brought down the " house , with his
Jigging.
It is announced that contributions
will still be accepted. Those who
had no opportunity the night of the
oucted, are not the place for home-. care during the past five years eight entertainment, or those who desire to
less, wayward and , abandoned boys, hundred of them has made good." I make subscriptions or contribute
I Father Flanagan does not even be-1 The feature of the evening was the
l)v in sending boys of delinquent entertainment given by the five boys,
tendencies to these institutions. "Re- , ranging in aee from ten to twelve
The citizens of Alliance came down
hnndromely to the tune of over
$000 to be exact following an enter
tainment given at Imperial theater
i Friday evening by "Father Flan-
ioivan'a linvi " flvn mpmhPM of his
differences! home an, pchool for neglected and de
pendent children at Omaha. The con
tribution tanged in amount from one
to fifty dollars, but with very few ex-
..nlinno siBrvnna in lha niidienro ml':ii
have hiked rents all the way from 250 j , with the woithiness of the
to f.00 per cent during the past year. Rl,rririentlv to make a donation.
It doesn't leave a good taste in the; . f,.0;1,nt fnilnwAft th re
form schools are for degenerates and
those criminally inclined only," he
years, 'lhey sang songs, made ad
dresses, recited and otherwise enter-
said. "Reform schools are stepping i tained, and one of them, Oscar Flicks
more, mav leave their checks with J.
W. Guthrie.
They are now calling the Canadian
border the "far-flung, bottle line."
New York World.
mouth of the average visitor to be
obbed in such a wholesale fashion,
and the boosters realize it. The city
council from Los Angeles has asked
loen of five thousand army tents
from Secretary of War, Baker, and
the greedy rent hogs will probably
be compelled to haul in their horns
f the plan goes through. It Is re
grettable that the same plan cannot
be worked in Nebraska, where the
housing situation is fully as des
perate, and where the landlords, in
general, are not guided by their con
science. Maybe if Nebraskans trained
themselves to brag of their climate
in the fulsome style, within a year or
two we could freeze in tents and think
we were enjoying ourselves.
ALLIANCE FIELD STATION
CLOSED OFFICE SATURDAY
The Alliance field station of the
bureau of markets, United States de
partment of agriculture, which has
been sending out daily reports to po
tato growers and shippers for the past
seven weeks, closed its office in the
postoffice building here last Saturday
and issued its last report for the sea
son. Olnton D. Miller, who has been
the bureau's local representative here,
has letf the city.
The season's total for western Ne
braska to November 12, inclusive, is
1,175 cars, compared with 1,056 to the
same date last year. Seaeson s ship
ments for the United States to- No
vember 8, Inclusive, were 98,011, and
to the same date in 1919, 9(5,524.
Total shipments for the crop of 1919
were 160,097 cars ;the yield was es
timated as S58 million - bushels, as
compared with 414 million estimated
for 1920. There are probably about
1,000 cars yet to more from western
Nebraska, but the movement will be
slow, extending into April or May and
being heaviest during January. The
bureau's field station at Greeley, Col.,
will be open until March 1, and those
who would continue to receive potato
bulletins should 'apply there at once.
Let the Ladies' Auxiliary help you
'AlvA I'nilV Ymtld hfnklama A Unn.l
Bu .u ,1k n sy vnmg 10 w.i vne j their Fo0(, Sale at Wmev-8 Furniture
officers that there is a suspicion that store Saturday, November 20. Many
gambling game is iro:ng on at a ,,f,.i ,;.u. .,1 1 v 1.
certain place, but it is a totally dif
ferent thing to cat"h the gamblers in
the act. w!4fc sufficient evidence to
male a Conviction.
ing.
101-102p
The following army enlistments
have teen announced: F. B. Johnson
t: Tn'n.Xn f gnrl T V I
1 in... 1 t. . ,1-' --" I . v. ij. M-fninu VI
v om-. . f nraiore i ooseven jr., is ; Havelock, to be stationed at San An
, Jem considers for a cabinet posi- tonl0i Tex.; .Thomas Sullivan of
tion. It takes a republican w.th a I -wnT,,, 0., to be stationed at San
tropg s'omnrh'to r'se wvl direr -t Francisco. V
the ment'on of this younrj major,. ;.
who has got by wonderfully on his
father's iword. remom.ts, how
ever, who hvFtond for Tosephui
Pno'oli nrv Albert SMney Burleson,
to say nothing of Attorney General
Pa!merf W'll do well to lay off criticism.
ular performance at the Imperial
and was fully two hours in length.
Mr. Thore, secretary to Father -Flanagan,
who is accompanying him on
his trip over Nebraska, explained the
' purpose of the meeting and at times
explained the three-reel film, "Roses
of Thorns," which was shown to give
an idea of the work and purposes oT
the "institution.
.Father Flanagan, with the assis
tance of five boys from his school, is
in person conducting a campaign to
secure funds to erect a new $300,000
building for .the home at Florence.
Father Flanagan has dedicated his
life to the home which beam his
name. He borrowed to pay tne
first month's rent for the . building
now occupied by the school, and, t aj s
that this is the first time lie lift
asked aid from the public "I am
willing to give my life, energy and
ability, if I have any, to help ' the
cause and the home for which I have
worked the past five years," , said
Father Flanagan. "Within the lust
three years I have had over S00 boys
entrusted to my care and the home
has not been sufficiently largo to
meet their needs." In addition to
lack of room (over five thousand
boys have had to be refused admit
tance) the present home has ' teen
condemned by the fire department,
and a new place will have to bo
found. If possible, it is hoped to h.ive
the new structure, which will house
four hundred boys, completed by
May 1.
Glen Miller, president of the cham
ber of commerce; R. M. Hampton, J.
W. Guthrie and others were on the
platform with the speakers. -' Mr.
Miller introduced Edgar Howard,
editor of the Columbus Telegram, who
was in the city on his way to Wyom
ing, and the ex-lieutenant governor
paid a glowing tribute to Father
Flanagan and the work he is doing ia
Omaha, and urged liberal contribu
tions. "I can assure you," Mr. How
ard said, "that while those at tht
head of the institution are Catholics it
is not, in any sense, a Catholic
school. The home is open to all boyi,
of all creeds, alf nationalities, fany
color. Father Flanagan does not at
tempt to make Catholics of the boys
in his home. I stand bcTore you as a
Master Mason at "the present time
the master of his home lodge and
assure you that this is true."
"The boys are taught to be happy,
A Pure Food show will be given at
the Roof Garden by the Woman's
club, December 2 and 3, afternoon
and evening. 102
Like the illustrious W. J B., our
heart has been in the grave w'th
democratic hopes the past week or
two, and aga;n like the commoner's
heart,' it has risen. Defeat was in
evib ble, hut it will be pleasant to sit
back and watch the republican party,
In complete control in lioth houses of
congress, remake the world. They
ill find that it is not the most easy
task. The problems of unrest and
the bolsheviks, the 'league of nations
or some kind of an understanding
with the great powers, of getting
kack to normalcy and a number of
other sticklers will be with them.
The voters, in their great desire for
a change, will be doubly critical four
years from now unless their fondest
hopes are realized. News dispatches
are already preparing them for a few
Jolts. The American Legion is in
formed that it has no hope for a bo
nus. Taxes will be higher than
ever. Root declares that the United
States cannot scrap a league which
la already functioning. All these
things will have their effect The
ship of state faces a hard course, and
the republican pilots, a trifle out of
practice at the wheel, have hard work
laid out for them. Democrats and
republicans alike hops they will sue-
The American Bank Note company
of Chicago, 111., brought suit in county
couit yesterday against the Alliance
Tucking company for the sum of
$324.05, claimed to be due for two
thousand engraved stock certificates,
The defendants are required to an
swer on or before December 6.
Pull Down Your
Old WINDOW SHADES
'and Put Up, New Ones
Prices Are Reduced
Today's mail brought us
new quotations on shades.
We hasten to inform you
that our prices are accord
ingly marked down. You
can now buy a shade for
less money than a dollar.
If you have been waiting
to install new shades, NOW
is the time to do it. Pres
"ent low prices will probably
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remain at this level for the
i next six months, though
are not guaranteed against
an advance.
Estimates cheerfully fur
nished. Bring your meas
urements. . -
Geo. D. Darling
115-117 West Third Street
Alliance, Nebraska
Bryan's suggestion that President
Wilson resign; that Vice President
Marshall take the reins of govern
ment, and appoint Senator Harding
secretary of state; and that through
a series of resignations . Senator
Harding should become president im
mediately, instead of waiting until
If arch 1, is in reality not so wild an
Idea as some people appear to think.
This Is the plan that Is followed in
Great Britain whenever a national
election is held. The situation In the
country is crave, and a congress and
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Pres
byterian church will hold a food sale
at Miller's Furniture store Saturday,
November 20th. Let them plan your
Sunday dinner. Many pretty Xmas
gifts will also be on sale. 101-102
Herbert Butler of the Sheridan
division who has been helping ih All
iance office for the past week, left
Sunday afternoon for Billings.
GIVE GLASSES
for ;
CHRISTMAS
Glasses make, an excel-
lent Christmas gift. They
ire a useful and beneficial
?ift.
' For younger people we
suggest Shell Rims with
Toric lenses.
For those needing far
and near glasses we sug
gest Kryptok's, the invisi
ble bifocal.
Nothing that you can
give will be more appreciat
ed than a pair of our accu
rately fitted glasses.
Prices reasonable.
DRAKE & DRAKE
Optometrists
"See Us, and See Best"
General Auto
Repairing
I have moved and am now prepared to do repairing on
all makes of Automobiles, Trucks and Tractors. Have been
doing this work for a number of years and understand it
thoroughly.
Come to me for work that gives Satisfaction
New Location 116 West Second Street
Dennis Ryan
Dinner Ware for
Thanksgiving
X
125-Piece Syracuse China Dinner Set $230.00
114-Piece Syracuse China Dinner Set $210.00 ;
114-Piece English Semi-porcelain
Dinner Set $ 77.00
112-Piece English Semi-porcelain
. Dinner Set 62.00;
100-Piece English Semi-porcelain
Dinner Set ....$ 72.00
The above arc in decorated patterns '
We have open stock dinner ware in
Hanson White Haviland China
Ranson White Bavarian China
Ranson White Semi-porcelain
Ranson White and Gold
Semi-porcelain
From the open stock ware we can sell you
Any Number of Pieces You" Desire
Come To Us For Your Dish Needs
Geo. D. Darling
Furniture and Housefurnishings
inner :
jr-or i nanKSgiving
The mother or wife of the family may enjoy Thanksgiving Day to the fullest
if the labor and worry connected with preparing and serving the big dinner is
spared her. ,
The Alliance Hotel, which has just completed the installation of a modern
steam kitchen, making it the only thoroughly modern kitchen in Western Nebras
ka, will be pleased to prepare and serve Special Dinners to any size parties in
The Palm Room
From 11 a. m. to 8 p. m;
We urgently ask that you make reserVations and selections some little time
in advance, in order that we may giveVou perfect satisfaction to the last detail.
Phone No. 148
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