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J3esf MusicBest Floor. Lowry & Henry
Random Shots
A lot of stories have been told con
cerning women who cant their bal-'
lots but this on Is the best: An All-,
iance man, who wanted his wife to be
Able to vote the right ticket Intel-1
ligently clipped a sample ballot from
he newspaper and spent half an hour
coaching her before they went to the
polls. On the way home, juHt as they
-were climbing the steps to the front
porch, she said to hinu "Fred was ,
-that last blank line on the ballot the '
3-ight place to sign my name?" I
And there was man in the Third
rard (we think it was the Third ward,
tut it may have been Dorsey) who
signed his name to every blank line on
the ballot , .
Remember the good old days when
the men said women didn't know
enough to vote?
How long, by the way, has it been
"nee jou saw a "help wanted" adver
tisement that contained this phrase:
"No Itoozera or cigarette . fiends
'wanted." . .
I If the prohibition enforcement
I agent are in earnest about putting a
, to to home breweries, they will pro
. hibit the sale of grape juice. Won't
that be a blow to William Jennings
Bryan, who discovered the drink?
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THRELKELD
Furniture Company
Tother day, when bquity wan enter
tain an out-oftown guest at dinner,
he bewailed the snow on the ground.
"I'd like to take you out to the golf
links" he said, but we can't play golf
fn the snow." Why not?" asked the
friend. "Well," Equity explained, "we
might do it if we had some black golf
ball." The guest remarked that if
that was all that was troubling him,
the problem was solved. I've some
green ones In m ygrip," he said
Equity was Interested. I'm a little
new at the game," he admitted, "but
hanged if I ever saw green golf balls."
"These are used In playing Liberian
golf said the guest
Liberian golf can be played in any
kind of weather.
iorsc than we were In the days when
we believed in Santa Clau. .
JOHN KEENAfJ MEETS
: SUDDEN DEATH IN FALL
Heard at the movies: "Sometimes
he looks real pretty, but I iont like
the name of the movie queen to whom u 7
ik.v ffrrw. - freighter out of Lusk to the oil fields,
I mt. ftiwltlon rloof h TnaoHo t n fUMAAM
. tf r.KM runon. a m. u" wx w lush wim
ho, nrfnrmln. Rl,i,1i- turned irom me neia,
round te Yemark: "111 bet . dime VX ' (
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Ii.ii. nniiau ivr rumen me )Hl nail
ri v. i i. i i ... - i I vcu uBiitK ma viKut norse nucn on
Diumiic iiaun i uau even kovu tint . . ... . . . ...
string of horses that he met with this
Western State Oil company. lie
leaves a daughter, living in Casper,
Wyo.; a son at Lance Creek and a
second son, who is now in- Ranger,
Tex. All have been located and the
remains were taken to Kearney, Neb.,
for burial, where funeral arrange
ments were delayed until the arrival
of his son, Harry, from Texas.
at the father-
But nobody took him up.
And when another speaker was all
wound up and going good, we heard
a low voice say: "That's a nice song
but why don't he have it pub
lished?"
fatal accident.
In falling his body dropped square
ly In front of the front wheel on the
right hand side of the wagon, and
there rested and acted as a brake
against the wheel, the wagon not
passing over the body, but merely ran
gainst him and crushed the ribs cn
IkL. !Ll ! J -. 1 i 1
Aren't the young men getting most " ,
frightfully Irreverent these days? L f.V 1 7 a " .
of the load was so great that" the
goods were badly ripped.
This - accident occurred about 3
o'clock in the afternoon, a mile north
Honors Heaped Upon Him.
We have discovered the man who
can lay claim to the title of the Next
to-the-Most-Modest-Man in the whole of the Harnegal ranch. Word of the
wide world. His name is' George De- accident did not reach Coroner Kuntx
Bord, and he is a band and orchestra I until about 6 o'clock in the afternoon,
leader inn Akron, O. He writes althe body lying under the wheel all
long letter to the Billboard and con-1 this time. When found Mr. Keenan
eludes it thusly: had one line tied around his wriitt,
'I am not writing this so as to get which, his friends say, he was not in
One of the most tragic moments in
our life came yesterday. A car wait
ed outside the door; one of the oc
cupants had enough eating tobacco for
two: and we got our golf bag within!
ten feet of the front door when ibmy name in your journal; it is just the habit of doing.
Dr. Annie G. Jeffrey, chiropractor,
completed arrangements on Saturday
last whereby she turns her Alliance
office over to Dr. Smith. The style of
the new firm will be Jeffrey & Smith,
chiropractors. Dr. Jeffrey left
Saturday for her home at Casper
Wyo. Dr. Smith comes well recom
mended and will endeavor to conduct
the office with the some high degree
of efficiency and service, as has been
heretofore maintained by Dr. Jeffrey.
Dr. Smith will be pleased to meet any
one desiring information regarding
chiropractor health service. 102
Mrs. Agnes Chapman left for Lin
coln, where she will visit with her
daughter for s few days. She will
then go to California, where she ex
pects to stay until late in the spring.-
J. C Cooper, construction man for
the Mutual Oil company is doing
some extensive repair work on the
company's buildings in Alliance, Hem
ingford and Antioch.
Apples $1.73 box to $2.73 basket,
'all and winter. Farmer's Union.
man at the machine yelled: "out of
copy. . '
Just for that, we're glad that he
lost his hat at the movies the other
night, and had to search for it on his
hands and knees while his girl looked
on and smiled. .
This is said to have happened the
last time the city's fire truck made
a run. The driver was losing no time
in getting to the scene of the fire,
and on turning a comer, came peril
ously cloje to a pedestrian. - "You
just barely missed that man,", said the
fire chief, reprovingly, "Can't help
it," grunted the driver, "I haven't got
time to go back and try it over."
We've reached the conclusion that
printers quit smoking oftener than
any other class of workers and ad
vertise it more. Trouble is, they are
like the others, and don't stay quit
A girl who
man to quit
business.
encourages a young
smoking must mean
You know, we could smoke our
selves to death (if our chips would
only hold out) and nobody would fret
about the effect on our health.
Once, when we were younger, and
had less sense, we were offered a
house and lot if we'd quit, but the
benevolent tobacco-hater refused to
throw in a lot of mahogany furniture
and we turned him down.
If the offer were repeated now, we
would take it up in minute.
Or in less time than that
. It would have to be a signed and
sealed and witnessed agreement, how
ever. We're more suspicious of gift
I I B f
FOUR HUNDRED OF THE BEST
MONUMENTS
in the Alliance cemetery were built
by the Paine-Fishburn Granite Com.
pany. -
Let us price one to you.
Write us at Grand Island, Neb., or
see Al Wiker, Alliance, Neb.
WU1J.U1U.UJAUU'!
let you know what I think of it I During the time the body lay in the
have fame enough in my own home road several cirs passed the outfit,
town. I am secretary of my local I but on the opposite side or the wagon
union. I am a state officer of the from which the body was lying, and
A. F. M. for Louisiana. I am a pub- whit their side curtains on it was im
lie speaker at civic functions as well I possible for the occupants to see him.
as political. I am a past president of The body was brought to the Austin
the central labor body. " I have been request, black undertaking parlors
a delegate to various conventions in I Tuesday night where it was prepared
most All of the bior cities, represent- for bunal by Coroner Kuntz,
ntr nr local, and I have also been Mr. Keenan was about oa year of
n jail for raising hell when I was
a boy. As I said before, I am NOT
looking for fame.
ere, and is well known around I.usk
He resided in Lance Creek, from
which point he has been freighting
since the oil fields were opennd. He
Georire is like the man who doesn't was born in Springfield, Ohio,
ike to brag about himself but The Keenan boys who took part in
riding contests at various exhibitions,
Jesse Miller- and the boss of the are sons of the deceascL
Palm Room were invited out to dinner It has not been decided just where
the other night Jesse admits- that he will be buried, but tnot likely m-
it's all richt to eet some real food terment will be made in t'ie Lusk
now and then. cemetery.
If the Boss ever sees this, our A letter to The Herald from a son,
chances for a second piece of pie are I Grant Keenan, says that his father
gone forever.
Oh, well, pie is one of the things
we shoudn't eat It helps keep our
weight up.
Some day we're going to invite
Mack to take lunch with us. A man
of his build is bound to get hungry
once in a while
Today'a Best Story
"Pardon me," broke in Central, "but
I happened to hear and understand
your girl turned you down.
Yes, admitted the youth who had
just heard the bad news.
"If you 11 excuse, I think I can give
you number where you will have
better luck.'
Oh, well, there's some consolation
in the fact that it got chilly along
toward the end of the afternoon, and
the fellows who did get to play golf
had to wear their overcoats while
putting with the putter or smashing
with the smashie.,
Emerson was right ' There are
compensations.
Likewise, General Coxey was emi
nently correct The general was the
first white man to say; "Work is
hell."
Although, to tell the truth, we've
always wondered just how the gen
eral found it out
left Alliance in July, 1920, and since
that time has been freighting for the
Imperial Theatre
Wednesday, November HMatinee Only
WILL- ROGERS, in
"WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE"
! CHRISTY COMEDY
ADMISSION 15 and 30 Cents
Thursday November 18 Matinee Only
MARY PICK FORD, in
"REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM"
First Episode of
"PIRATES GOLD"
A Rollicking Romrnce of
Adventure . on and - and
sea. - -
Last Episode of the
"MOONRIDERS"
NOTE Both serials will
be shown at the nigrht
show in addition to the
Chase-Lister Theatrical
Company.
Matinee la and 30c. -
George B.$eitz
PiMeGoid
Apples $1.75 box to $2.75 basket,
fall and winter. Farmer's Union.
The $50,000 personal injury dam
age suit of J. Charles Miller against
the Burlingtop railroad was transfer
red Saturday afternoon to the United
States court from the Lancaster coun
ty court. In his petition the plaintiff
alleges that through the negligence
of the defendant he fell through
hole in the floor at the passenger sta
tion at Alliance October 8, 1919. Mr.
Miller says that in the fall he sus
tained three fractured ribs and a
sprained hand, arm and shoulder and
that his hurts are of a permanent
character. The plaintiff avers that at
the time of the accident he was a
passenger on the defendant's road en
route from ScottsblunT to Crawford
and that beyond the fact that he was
lame he was in excellent physical
condition and able to earn a good in
come. J. Charles Miller served as
county commissioner many years ago.
State Journal.
The following men enlisted last
week at the local navy recruiting
office: Robert Hodgkin, 515 Cheyenne;
Fostor McDonald, Cripple Creek, Col.;
Claud Norman, Chadron; Frank Lyons
Souix City, Iowa; Francis Scholey,
Rush, Col.
Miss Janet Grassman left Thurs
day night for Lincoln, where she will
t There's Only One
Substitute
Come to The
AT THE ARMORY
Wednesday
, Nov. 17
Music By
Andy's Fearless Six
New Music New Entertainers
RENEWED WOOD FLOOR.
FORGET YOUR DAILY WORRIES PUT ON YOUR FESTIVE DUDS
Call up Your Best Girl and Be There at 9 P. M.
SAME OLD PRICE.
ARE YOU COMIN'SURE
spend a jew days.