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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1920)
TIIE ALLIANCE HERALD. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1920. J COMMENT & DISCOMMENT For the owond or third time in all history, the country newspapers and their big city brothers are in accord. They are "viewing; with alarm" attain, mm! the cause of all their frttfulness is the blithesome bootlrKjrer and the liumhle distiller of homemade hootch. The Herald jrets Fome lorty-odd news papers for its exchange table, and ery few of them, indeed, have not had BomethinK to my on the wide fipread contempt for the booze hounds. Of course, these newspapers take up the Fubject from different points of view. Some of the editors are in clined to think that the popular desire to pop up illicit booze noth ing; more than a childish desire to do something that is prohibited, just as the small boy smokes cornsilk cig arettes Itehind the barn or drags on his father's pipe in the dim and dusty recesses of the attic. hears about these things, and is in clined to be philosophical about them. A man will buy whisky now," he ays, "wl.o never cared to have it lound his l.tu e when it was cheap nd plentiful, it is a sort of cruic. hen wc had stile prohibition and .liesouri was still wet the booze run ners made money smuggling whisky .n at about six dollars a (uart. Now they get $25 a uart lor ordinary stuff. LiUor that an expert will dr.nk brings from thirty to forty dol lars u quart. That is just because J people are foolish enough to bu whenever they get a chance without regard to the' pr.ee. Ar. soon ns peo ple get over the idea that they are doing something smart when they outwit the prohibition agents, all of this society drinking will stop. It is costly and dangerous. I happen to know that most of the jieople who drink the stuff don't like it. They will b; tickled to .death when it is no hie to beat Gus Myers." state. The Press says: The sober and sedative rftate Jour nal lays the whole blame at the door of the smart sets. It's fashionable and "smart," says The Journal, to nullify the eighteenth amendment. There are several young married sets in Lincoln where liquor is used more than it was in the wet regime, accord ing to the gossip that flows out from their merry makings. Gus Hyers The same view, with minor varia tions, is apparently held by the Nor folk Press, which avails itself of the opportunity to take a poke at the governor and Attorney General Pa vis, and conducts an argument along the lines of "class distinction," there by getting in more solid with the em battled farmers in that part of the DIAMONDS The Gift Everlasting There is a distinctive and life long sentiment always associated with diamonds. Platinum -Whit Col 4 Red Cold' Engraved As Pir4. Our stock of DIAMOND RINGS and other holiday gifts is too great to permit detailed description but it surely merits your attention if you seek gifts of Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry or Silverware. 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Name Address THIELE'S Drugs and Jewelry Governor McKelvie Is being ap plauded by a few women and a lavor- fawning press because he is remov- ng from some petty office a man who failed to comply with the prohibition aw and Attorney General Davis breaks into the lime-liftht because he nterfered with a poker game out in western town where a few cheap lireek section hands dared to try to mitate the entertainment of their 'social betters." In Norfolk the K'oody-goods put on a pious look on eadmg the news of the arrest of a lunch of fellows engaged in the nanufacture of "hootch." The pro- nibition law is a joke in Norfolk and n every other Nebraska town that we know and everybody knows it. I'here is no attempt made to enforce t. Men paid to enforce it are the worst violators. A hey snut both eyes when need be for not seeing and wink when only winking is required. A lie henuan farm boy put some raisins atul water to soak and he was oaked " with a heavy fine. The 'club" with an "exclusive member- hip revelled in imported brands and ine law-entorceineitt ollicers were among the revellers. A lew outlawed ports were arrested and the profes sional bibblers who represent tne law laugh at the "hootch boobs." A news paper solemnly gives warning that the oooze hound is on the avenue and they carry it along that some ave nue in jugs and the middlemen take in the profits while the "producer pays the costs. Women who bear names that sometimes appear on the society page are carried homo unable to tell who is who and those who are extra cautious go to Omaha or to Chi cago. I'oker and booze are apt to get you in trouble if you belong to the submerged tenth but if you carry professional and political in surance well, then, you may, if you are sober enough to sit back, read the friendly tips and be careful. The most of us will withhold our applause un til we see Governor McKelvie ami At torney General Davis and the other law-enforcement folks do away with "class distinctions" in their reforn drives. CAN RAISE HOGS IN THE SANDHILLS Hay Springs Rancher Produces Pork ers Which Top South Omaha Market "Farmers around Hay Springs have convincingly proven that the Sand Hills country can produce just as good hogs as the corn belt farmers," re marked K. C. Bender, a farmer from that point who passed through Oma ha this morning, says the Journal Stockman. "During the season we ship our consignments can invariably be found near the top for the day. There was one week when Herman Peters, the pioneer hog man from our country, topped the market with a string of everul loads for three successive days, and neighbors of his sold their tock well near the top the rest of the week. "When shipping was at its height we were sending a train load of live -toek and farm products t l.iarkct every day. We raise potatoes, grain tnd cattle, as well as hogs. Herman Peters, a banker at Hay Springs, is responsible for the in troduction of the hog in the Sand Hill country. II still maintains a partnership with several young pro gressive farmers and conies in for his share of the market toppers. Our hogs are always a high quality anu carry an excellent finish. The alfalfa and corn grown by our farmers is not surpassed in any other section of Nebraska and our country is abso lutely clean of all diseases which have often wiped out hog crops in other sections of the state." According to reports more than one sixth of the total receipts at the Omaha market during one of the 'ieavy runs in October, came from Hay Springs. And report further has it that some three weeks ago there was shipped from that Fectlon in ten days $i4,G00 worth of livestock and grain. J. C. McCorkle of Alliance, who tried out raising corn on a large scale this year, has started in the hog raising business as well. The Herald is carrying an advertisement for stock hogs, and he expects to purchase quite a bunch of them, to feed the big corn crop instead of selling it at low mar ket rates. He is satisfied, as are a number of other Box Butte county landowners, that the soil here will raise almost any crop, and that its Another point of view is taken bv the editor of the Ord Journal, who shakes a solemn head and declares: j "Prohibition is a failure. ' All ol which is tommy rot. The Nebraska City Press thinks there has been degeneration of public morals in the united states lor tne past tniee oi lour years, and pleads for a revival I ot the old-fashioned brand of respect lor constituted authority, lheres a I whole lot more along this line, such as this: "It is almost impossible to punish a certain class of criminals in this country because th3 evidence needed is not vailable for the reason that the man who buys liquor of a smuggler seems to think he is ii. "honor" bound to protect the other iaw-oreaker. Anu tnis tendency is having a bad effect on the rising gen eration which sees its elders compli mented privately lor their shrewd ness in evading and disobeying the iaws ot the land. CHRISTMAS J I BARGAINS Buy different things this year. Oriental articles make beautiful and pleasing gifts Nice Maderia Oriental Mats Excellent Line of Silk Hose Silk Kimonas, Silk Underwear 3 Bungalow Aprons. The Oriental Store Mrs. II. G Dentler. $ produce can be raised to fatten live stock. It s less expensive feed than to buy it. to raise CLAIRVOYANT STUMPED Manager (intrducing music hal! turn:) "Ladies and Gentlemen, Kha goola will now proceed to give his astounding clairvoyant, memory, and second sight act and will answer any question that any member of the aud ience mav put to him." ' Voice from the Gallery: "Tefl us where there is a house to let." Punch, CIRCU M ST ATI A L EVIDENCE Willie and Jack were two young sters pugilistically inclined. "Aw" said Willie, "you're afraid to fight; that's all it is." "Naw, I'm not." protested Jack, "but if I fight, my ma will find out and lick me." "How will she find out, eh?" "She'll see the doctor going to your house." Special Anniversary Sale of Candies December 8 On the above date I will have been in business in Alliance three years. In celebration I will make special prices for that day only on ' JOHNSTON'S, SWEETS', GORDON'S, BRECHT'S and other box candies and chocolates. Also Capen Schaetzel's Chinese Baskets and hand painted boxes. Home Made Candies Such as Taffy, Peanut Brittle, Cocoanut, Caramels, Nougat Creams, Butterscotch Chips, etc. Orders taken, now for Christmas at special prices. Alliance Candy Store Thone 27 S. P. JACKSON, Proprietor It is a fact that the public is in clined to look with tolerance upou violations of the Volstead law, anu this may have tomething to do with the laxity on the part of law-enforce ment agents, if there is a laxity. It seems to be true that state and fed eral agents don't care Viuch whether there is home brew made, or whether home brew parties are given, so long as thei is no attempt made to boot leg or tell the btuff. At least this is tne cau in Lincoln and the big cities. IMPERIAL THEATRE Tuesday, Dec. 14 To Theatre Devotees and Music Lovers The Management extends thanks to its patrons in this city and vicinity fcr encourag ing co-cperation and generous support cf attractions de-Luxe, which has enabled us to , bring here the very Lest the stage affords; and now we take personal pleasure in announcing, that, under a libeial guarantee, arrangements havt been perfected to present It is likewise true that a whole lot of people, both men and women, are lmiulgmg in home brew who five years ago would have scorned a lowly glass ot beer or turned up their noses at the highball. The saloons had got such a punk reputation that a man would sneak in through the back door if at all. But public sentiment has changed. The fact that bootleggers charged twenty-five to forty dollars a quart may have made it seem more desir- The Master Composition of Those Beloved Composers, Gilbert and Sullivan SSI The Brightest of All Comic Operas Whose Tuneful, Haunting Melodies Will Never Grow Old Pi But prohibition isn't a failure. Some day there'll grow up a race of people who do not know the taste of booze and who have not acquired the appe tite, and the bootleggers will find out that it s pretty hard to sell the stul; at high prices to those who have never had much of it to drink. They can't sell it at low prices, because of the stiff fines if they are caught. And so, in thirty years or so, the length of a generation, the booze problem should cease to be a problem, unless through some hook or crook the pendulum of public sentiment should swing back ward and the prohibitory law re pealed. If that ever happens, the country will be wetter than ever. 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He is well and favorably known from coast to coast. ED ANDREWS, "Ko-K-." THE GRAND OLD MAN OF OPERA. LATE STAR OF THE FAMOUS ANDREW'S OPERA COMPANY AND LAST SEASON IN "ROBIN HOOD." BRUCE WEBSTER, "Pcoh-Bah." American born but fcr the last twenty years a resident cf England. leading basso with the Carl Rosa Opera Company. He was with Adelina Patti in concerts. MISS PATRICIA BAKER, "Yum Yum." late prima donna with "The Girl Pehind the Onter." star with the Abcm Opera Company and nine months abroad singing to the soldier boys of Divisions I . 2. 3 and 4. MWS ANN McCASHIN, "Pitti Sing." is a well known star ef operatic skits, a headliner in vaudeville and was an entertainer in tbe "Red Circle" tents at the various camps during the war. MISS MARY LAMBERT, "Peep-Do." a graduate from the vaudeville and concert stage and a vocalist rj rare ability. MISS MEDORA GAROFALO, "Katisha." a comedienne of recognized worth and a Dunbar star for years. SPECIAL TO OUR PATRONSi . ... Owing to the guarantee necessary to bring this attraction here there is small chance for profit to the management, yet we are well repaid in the knowledge that we are going to give our friends the very Jeat musical production of the present season, -a Mi nn, THiii S-ium mi UShlii FINALE, ACT I. "THE MIKADO" Seats Now Holsten's Drug Store. $2.00; Balcony, $1.50. Prices: Lower Floor, : X v, v If I! "' V S: