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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1920)
V TOUR THE ALLIANCE HERALD, Fill DAY, DECEMBER 10, 1920. GARDEN Old Folks Wednesday Night Dance. Old-Time Music. Old-Time Dance. Lovvry & Henry. V v.4 :ROOF Blt Alliance Hrralft Bunn rniMTixa co.. own Entered at the postofflcc t Alllane. fb., for tranamlHsion tiiruiiRh th mtlla aa aero nil rlaaa matter. Published JTuesdar and Friday. CIKOROE U nunn. JR Editor JKDW1N M. BUHH .uuaintaa mgr. Official nwnpaper of tha City of Alliance: official newspaper of Vox itt County. Owned and publlahed by The Burr Printing Company. Georre U Burr, Jr., Fraldent: Edwin M. Burr, Vlc Prea Mont. CALL A HALT Alliance citizens may an well face the truth. This city is one of the worst in the state. There is but one thin? to be done The lawlessness must be checked, and checked immediately. . The time for half-way measures is past It is enseless to arrest a few Mexicans, oeirroes and Greeks, and allow far worse criminals to go free. . Officers charged with law enforcement-are not to blame. Public senti ment is the guide by which they go, HVhen criminals are arrested and get 'Off scot free or with inadequate pun JehCWit. time after time, it doesn't JUke long ior the average officer to XJbecome lax. fZJfJ7J.-::ymer There is needed a tightening up & Along the line. Citizens of Alliance liave taken the first step today, in their demand that the officials pro ceed to gather all possible evidence to push the murder charge. But more i than a spasmodic effort is needed, else . frflhin a few months the streets of this city will be unsafe after night tall. m -It has been suggested that a corps of vigilantes be organized, to hwaist the officers in enforcing the law. A " fcand of twenty-live or fifty men, sin cere in their purpose to put an end to lawlessness can secure evidence sufficient to convict evidence that will convince any jury. It's a sugges- , lion that is worthy of following up ta Lincoln automobile thieving was practically stopped through similar means. All that; is needed in Alli ance is a eenuiha desire to clean ud the city. At tKe present rate it won't he long until the most easy-going citizen will be aroused. The time to remove a cancer is before it eats too deeply. to saddle the office with an excess of detail work or credit it with savings that can not possibly be made as this will surely cause its failure. The ex perience of cities in which the city manager plan has succeeded has bacn that the people have received more for the money expended, not that the total expenditure has been reduced. We do not believe that the city of Alliance has been wastefully or ex travagantly managed though possibly the expenditures in some cases could have be,n more judiciously made. The Attributes of a city manatee for Alliance should be first thorough busi ness training, considerable knowledge of both general and municipal finance and some knowledge of municipal en gineering problems. In addition to this it has been sug gested that he act as street commis sioner, superintendent of the light and water departments; design and supervise the municipal improve ments. The superintendent of the I.'ght and water department and the street commissioner have always been actively employed on their respective work and to make this saving it would be necessary for the manager to su perintend such work on the streets. In regard to the design and super vision of municipal improvements this would take considerable more of his time for work that could bo do..; In expensively by specialists. Grant and Fulton's contracts with the city of. Alliance call for 314 per cent of the contract price for design and en gineering service and VJ per cent for 'ttcniMlnii In an interview with Grant and Fulton's resident engineer, he stated that the charge for Inspec tion was based on the actual cost over a number of years and the cost of in spection to Alliance was nearly VA per cent of the cost of construction on paving and storm sewer and consid erably more on sanitary sewers. He also called attention to the fact that there never were less than two, gen erally three and sometimes four in spectors in Alliance. In addition all brick was tested at the place or man ufacture before shipment. The natural and logical conclusion is that a city manager loaded down with such detail work would not have time to perform the more important function of city management, the bus iness and financial side and that the city would be paying a higher price for the routine work than at present. Let us stick to facts. THE CITY MANAGER ' ..The proponents of the city manasrer dheme should not allow their zeal for , change in form of city government RANDOM SHOTS Jack Hawes wandered into the of fice of County Attorney Basye Wednesday morning. The confirmed (and chastened) practical joker re moved his hat, made a neat bow to the steno, and in his most sugary ac cents addressed her thusly: ''Madam, would you like to hive a good county attorney? I'm a mighty good man but I'm out of a Job just now." The steno, thinking him in earnest, and desiring to spare his feelings, let him down easy: "I'm sorry," she told him, "but we already have a county at torney." Jack says he's going to get even with somebody because of that story of the deer killing and his arrest. However, he only stole one cigar off Three others did it the same day. Our friends at the club aren't as liberal with free smokes as they used to be, but now and then we can per suade some of them to come across. And we aren't entirely out, yet. Half a dozen staid married couples relieve they were the ones referred to in the "Teasing Papa" episode. Sometimes you find evidences of af fection where you least expect 'em. And sometimes, where you expect to find affection, you don't. They tell us, for instance, that one of a pair of turtle doves, being ill and indisposed, threw a glass of cold water in hubby's face the other morning, after he had hunted it, up for her to take her medicine in. ter 208, Laws of Nebraska, 1917, be adopted!" The polling places for said election shall be: For the First ward, base ment of Central school building, 715 Box Butte avenue. For the Second ward, council chambers in the city hall, 115 East 3rd street. For the Third ward, office of Fairmont Cream ery company, 202 West 3rd street For the Fourth ward, Episcopal Parish house, 215 West 7th street. The election will be held ami the ballot box for the reception of ballots will be opened at the hour of nine o'clock A M. and will be closed at the hour of seven o'clock P. M. on the -1th day of January, A. D. 1921. Qnly legal voters of the city of Alli ance will be permitted to vote upon the question submitted at f-aid elec tion. Dated this 3rd day of December, 1920. Attest: GRACE H. KENNEDY, (Seal) City Clerk. Dec. 10-17-24-31 DINNER WARE See the Dinner Set for $14.40 and $17.40 at HIGHLAND HOLLOWAY CO. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR SALE One senior yearling Chester White boar: registered. D. E. Purinton, route 1. Phone Bin. 8011. FOR SALE Two cupboards. Call at at the Red Cross office for particu lars. ' i ! ' t i 1 . v .4WA - . welcome is the thing -About which poets sing ! , Your home will extend a warm, comfortable hospitality if it is heated with the proper kind of coal. We are selling the highest charactered coal that ever re sponded to the touch of a match. Let us send you a ton now and try it out. M. NOLAN & COMPANY f Yards iOl Cheyenne Phone 41 Office 317 Box Butte For Christmas CONKLIN CRESCENT FILLER FOUNTAIN PEN. T-f .M v. -v The Conklin is always known by the Gold Crescent Alliance Drug Co. Scotten ann Ilirshman 214 Box Butte Alliance, Neb. WHEN Of course, being a comparatively in experience dhusband, he forgave her immediately and hunted up another glass of water. , If she does it ten years from now, he'll probably sulk for a week. If the woman of our heart ever showed a disposition to toss things in our direction, we'd buy nothing but paper plates. We caught a glimpse of one young lady's Christmas list. It's a long one, and there isn't a one but will receive more than an embossed greeting card. The second item on the list read this way: "Dad Doll and accordeon pleat ed dress." . This is probably an error. . Maude and May are each to receive a T. B. What on earth is a T. B.? One of them is pink, and one is white the T. B.'s we mean. Truth is stranger than campaign slogans. Will E. Wapgle of Omaha cast a vote for Harding during the !ate unpleasantness. The Elks minstrel will have, among other attractions, some high kickers. The chorus is especially trained, and while they were receiving instruction n the art of elevation, one male mem ber of the cast was observed peering through the keyhole. This man expressed himself as en tirely satisfied with the performance. He regrets that he cannot be in the audience tonight "Mighty good work for amateurs," was his comment. Of course., it was rerrettahl that shortly after he had gained the key hole, the door had to come open. But even a skinned nose and, scorn ful looks didn't dampen his ardor. "It was worth it," h said. You understand, trentle reader, that tonight is the only opportunity you'll have Jo see this show. It won't be repeated for love or money. And the seat sale has been terrific If you can still get one, you can consider yourself fortunate. was opportunity greater than now to spend our Christmas fund for practical household conven iences to take drudgery out of the home, by buy ing equipment that serves when called upon without the annoyance of "Maybe it will work right." The "tried and found true" articles: The Beautiful and Serviceable Alcazar Ranges. Great Majestic Ranges Pressure Coookers Reed White Enamel Ware. Vacuum Cleaners Aluminum Ware National Vacuum Electric Washers PyrexWare Electric Irons All goods cheerfully shown. j , RHEIN HARD WARE CO. Prompt and Courteous Service. I The trap drummer in a show al ways reminds us of press-day. Moundridge (Kan.) Journal. A man looks for a place to sit down; a woman for a mirror. Phila delphia Public Ledger. NOTICE OF ELECTION City of Alliance, State of Nebraska Special Election Upon the Question of the Adopt ion-or the Lity .Manager Plan of Government. NOTICE OF ELECTION Public notice Is hereby given to the legal voters of the City of Alliance, in the county of Box Butte, State of Nebraska, that a special election has been called by the mayor and city council, and will be held in said city on Tuesday, the 4th day of January, A. D., 1921. The question to be submitted to the legal voters at Eaid election is as fol lows: "Shall the City Manager Plan of Government, as provided in Chap- Movie TR names to be Made In Alliance BY THE HALLER FILM CO., using t - Local Talent and Scenes This Photo Play Will be Shown at the Imperial Theatre Those wishing to appear in the picture will call at the box office of the Imperial Theatre, Saturday, December 1 1 AT 2:30 P. M. t t J Mr. LaZar, the company's director, will Interview any Applicants.