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THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 1. 1921
Supreme Court Holds
the Farm Loan Act
to Be Constitutional
The federal farm loan net wa held
constitu!onal Monday ty the supreme
court. This If the act under which
land banks were establish! lo etend
loans to farmers, says iin Associated
Press dispatch.
Million" of dollars in loans ti farm
er have born held up pending n de
rision of the court in this case, which
was brought by "Ch-irlc W. Smith, n
stockholder in the Kansas City Title
& Trust company, ho sought an in
junction to re-train that institution
from investing its funds in bonds is
e,irl Uv tht farm loan banks.
The court in sustaininng federal
court decrees dismissing injunction
proceedings hi ought by Mr. Smith
tn ih:it conirress had the au
thority to exempt the bonds of the
bank from taxation.
Tim eniirt divided, to 2. Justices
Holmes and McHeynolds dissenting.
Justice Brandeis took no part in con
sidering the case. Justices Holmes
anA trl?vnnliU held that the "cau.e"
should have been dismissed by the
court as being solely within the scope
of the Missouri courts.
Tlan to clime to the Presby
terian church Thursday evening.
"Living Pictures," supported by
musical numbers. 27
Fish may talk, as Prof. Alexander
Graham Hell pays, but they do not go
around telling all they know to every
body. Stock hogs wanted by the Ne
braska Land Company. 103-tf
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Also
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ALLIANCE DRUG CO.
Scotten & Hershman,
Proprietors
214 Box Butte Avenue.
Have you thought of
Spring
The Nice Weather of the past week makes us think of the
fine motoring days that are in store for us. What you should
be asking yourself now is:
DOES THE OLD CAR NEED TUNING UP?
Most automobiles, after a winter of comparative inactivity,
need some "going over" by capable mechanics before it is in
going serviceable shape.
Right NOW, when work is comparatively slack, is the
time for you to get the machine to working so you can
depend on it. If you let it go until spring comes you
may want the car so badly some day you will use it
anyway without the necessary tuning up. This will
cost you money in the long run.
BRING THE CAR IN WE WILL PUT IT
SHAPE DONT RUN IT UNTIL
IT BREAKS.
Special Value
( In a Second-Hand Dodge Roadster
We have an 18 Model Dodge used Roadster that
has been thoroughly overhauled, and will give
good service. The price is attractive. If you are
in the market for it,
. ASK FOR PARTICULARS
Sturgeon's Garage
LEE STURGEON, Proprietor
Chamber of Commerce
Planning Campaign to
Increase Membership
At the Monday non luncheon of the
Alliance chamlwr of comnerco, short
talks were made by IJ. M. Hampton
and fr. Minor Morris, both of whom
discussed the membership situat;on,
but from different po nts or view. Mr.
Hampton lielieved that the chamber of
commerce shou'd be the fountain head
for all organizations of the city, and
should take the initiative in all mat
ters of public improvement, as well
as in the formation of public senti
ment. He recommended that those
who had membership in other clubs or
civic organizations should be members
of the ehamler of commerce as well,
and gave some god reasons therefor,
Dr. Minor Morris gave a splendid
talk with the fame cbject in view, ex
plaining the value of community co
operation and what might be accom
plished through such mean. The
chief need of western t Nebraska, he
said, Is an institution of higher edu
cation, and he pointed out that our
location is especially strategic. He
believed that the greate-tt forca in the
world is an enlightened public senti
ment, and argued that it could be at
tained through organization!) surh i.s
the chamber of commerce. He be
lieved that all elements and classes
should ! represented In tne orgtni
zatlon, and declared that there would
be much less industrial strife or lack
of business harmony of such a con
dition prevailed.
The chamber or commerce is now
planning a membership drive, in which
it is desired to secure representative
members from all classes, especially
the farmers, ranchers and union rren.
Plans for the drive will be announced
later, and it will probably start some
time next month, following the elec
tion of the new officers at the annual
meeting March 8.
We have two 4-h. p. Cushman
general farm engines for sale
cheap if taken at once. Dierks
Lumber & Coal Co. 26-2
The Fullers Return
From a Long Visit
in Southern England
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fuller of this
city returned Saturday evening from
a three and a half months' visit in
Ashmere, Kent, England, the old home
of Mr. Fuller. They put in a con
siderable portion of their stay in visit
ing various places in southern Eng
land, ami had a most enjoyable trip
of it.
According to Mr. Fuller, the English
have practically ceased to talk about
the war, just as have the rest of the
allies. The average man has allowed
his thoughts to return to normal lines
ami is trying to get his business af
fairs in the same shape.
Mr. Fuller had planned to visit
France and look over some of the
battle fields, but discovered in London
that there were very few parties mak
ing the trip at the time he was there
The wet season was on, and the
trenches were said to be full of water
and in uncomfortable shape for visit
ing. In London, however, there are
several exhibitions of war relics that
are particularly interesting.
March Victor records out to
day. Mann Music & Art Co. 27
.The thieving fraternity seems to
have found out that it takes a lot of
ready cash to live up to a fur coat.
'Repairs
Those Who Faifed
to File Acceptance
May Go on Ballot
With the return of II. P. Coursey
from Excelsior Springs, Mo., he was
greeted by his friends with reproaches
because he had failed to file his ac
ceptance of the nomination Tor city
councilman.' Under the city manager
aw, an acceptance niu ;t be liled, al
though the law doe not say anyih'ng
about the form it shall be in. Mr.
Coursey holds that inasmuch ay he i-
posited his own nominating et:tion,
and with it a $10 check rignco by him
self, this should be takn as evidence
by any sensible person lmt he was
willing to accept the nomination i nd
that a formal acceptance in uddition
is mere bunk.
City Attorney Metz, 'hn appealed
to for an opinion, said that U was his
belief that a formal acceptance was
required, but intimated that he hail
no uesirc to rule anyone on tne hniiot,
and that he would interpose no objec
lions of any sort if the city clerK or
the mayor thought the name should
appear. Mrs. Kennedy, city clerk,
is not particularly worried. Ma.ior
Kodgers, it is said, will put the matter
up to the council, and let them say
what shall be the interpretation of the
law. There is no disposition cn the
part of any of the city officials to pre
vent the name of any man for whom
a nominating petition was filed fiom
appearing with the others on the bal
lot, and it is probable, that unless the
three men who failed to file accepmces
specifically request that their names le
left off, the council will be in favor
of letting them run.
A. S. Welch and A. S. Mote were
the two other candidates who neg
lected to file acceptances. Mr. Coursey
is perfectly willing to abide by any
decision that may be made, and the
other two men have not signified that
they cared at all whether their names
are placed before the voters.
See "Livincr Pictures" at the
Presbyterian church Thursday
evening. It'll be entertaining and
instructive. 27
PERSONALS
Mrs. P. S. Yount Is airaln able to
be out.
Chas. Larkin was a Bayard visitor
last week end.
Claudia Muntz was transacting busi
ness in town Tuesday.
Gene Thompson is in Alliance hav
ing dental work done.
Mr. and Mrs. John Glass, of Hyan
nis, spent the week end in Alliance.
Mrs. J. A. Wolverton leaves for a
few days' visit with relatives at Craw
ford Mrs. Thos. Hovorka, of Marsland,
was in town Monday for medical at
tention. Koy Burns left last .evening for Lin
coln, where he will remain tor several
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Noble went to
Sidney yesterday for a few days visit
with friends.
Mrs. Nels C. Nelson was operated
on mis morning at me St. Joseph hos
nital for annpnrliritis.
Mr. and Mrs. If. I.. FletMior nf T la.
side were in- Alliance shopping yester
day, en route for Utica, Kansas.
Are you cominsr? It will he
worth your time to see "Living
l'ictures" at the Jresbyterian
church Thursday evening. 27
Miss Mildred Griggs returned to her
studies at Lincoln, Sunday morning,
auer a lew days visit with her par
ents.
Rev. Mr. Klein and family are leav
ing today for their ranch, twenty-six
mues norineast or town, where they
will spend the summer.
Lee Terry, of Casper, formerl v an
Alliance boy, was here between tieins
Sunday, on his way home from Sheri
dan, Wyo. He was formerly night
trainmaster.
Wanted to buy both your fat
and stock hogs. O'Bannon and
Neuswanger. Phone 71. 18tf
IMMIGRATION IS ( HANGING
CHARACTER OK POPULATION
Armies equal in size to the one we
sent to France land pvppv tun vourc nn
our shores, and at the present time
minions are said to be waiting to en
ter. Since 1900 more than thirteen
million immiirranfs havo unturml thi
country, and approximately one-third
. r x i . m .,
01 our present population or more than
one hundred millions are immigrants
or tne children or immigrants. Two
thirds of the nnmil.itinn nf Vpu- Vnvlr
state and three-fourths of that of our
great cities are foreign born or the
children of foreign-boi n parents. From
a fourth to a half of the population of
me large cities or the south are ne
groes. Already we are the most heter
ogeneous people on earth; here are
found representatives of every race
and tongue and culture i the world,
and still they continue to come in
enormous numbers. It is doubtful
whether any other migration in the
history of mankind compares in mag
nitude with that which has been con
verging on America during the past
twenty years. The sources and magni
tude of this migration are indicated
by the following general summary: Of
more than thirty million persons in
this county who are foreign born or
the children of foreign born parents
there are from eight to tiine million
Germans, iour 10 nve million Irish,
about three million Slavs, from two to
three million Scandinavians, more
than two million Italians and about
two million Hebrews, while all other
races and nations constitute about five
millions. From "Some Biological As
pects of Immigration," by Edwin
Grant Conklin, in the March Scribner.
Speaking of immigration, Europe
made its own bed and now wsnti n
sleep in America's.
NoW Would KPPin in ItA n trit.
for the farmers to open recruiting of-,
fices in the cities. i
ALLIANCE SCOUTS
WRITE AND PRINT
THEIR OWN ANNUAL
(Continued from Page 1)
teen pages. Being new at the print-
ng game, they lnln t know how much
trouble they were piling up for them
selves, and promptly decided to en
large the book to accommodate all
comers. '
The big job was to learn to set
type. Not one of the four knew where
a single letter could be found. With
out asking the printers for any assist
ance, those kids taught themselves to
set type, they taught themselves how
to lock it up in the forms, and they
taught themselves how to make it
irint. The book shows up surpnsing
y well, considering everything.
Every line in the fifty-five partes
is the work of these four boys, anil
with the exception of two or three of
the advertisements, and one or two of
the articles, some of the four wrote it
from cover to cover. The book is
printed for boys, is written in boy
language and is printed in boy style.
The advertisements are especially
interesting, they sound just like the
boys themselves. If you manage to
inspect one of these books, the first
thing that will impress you will be
how well it looks, considering the me
chanical difficulties that interfered
with its production. The pages are
neatly balanced, there are tasty in
itial letters put in where they will
look good, and taking into considera
tion the assortment of type at their
disposal, some of the advertisements
are marvels from the standpoint of
appearance. Of course, the book
doesn't look as though it had been
printed by printers, but that's one of
the charms of it.
Work on the book was started dur
ing the Christmas vacation. At the
outset there were two or three other
lads who volunteered assistance
with the impetuousness of youth, but
by the time the first week of the va
cation had ended, the Importance of
plaving while there was yet time to
do it overcame their sense of loyalty
and they deserted their comrades in
the hour of labor. The faithful four
kept at it, working nights after
school, early in the mornings, and
once in a while, let it be said in a
whisper, on Sunday. The original
plan called for the completion of the
book on January 15. Like most print
ers, they failed to get through whetT
they expected, it nas taken just
forty-five days longer than the esti
mate, but every one of the four feels
that the book was worth the effort.
The Herald force has enjoyed the
Boy Scout printers more than . they
know or suspect. For a time, the four
were content to use the old material
which they found at hand, but later
on, as the love of the game over
powered them, one could be heard
coming up the stairs, could be seen
to pick up some needed article and
then he would silently disappear.
After they had been working two
weeks, if any article happened to be
missing, .from a brayer'to a compos
ing stick, it could be found in the Boy
Scouts' coiner. Once of twice the
regular printers have been appealed
to for advice, but all offers of assist
ance have been politely but firmly
refused.
Unless you have been one of those
in the know or have a friend who is
friendly to the scouts, you'll probably
be deprived of a glimpse at tne Scout
Annual. The edition is limited, and
every copy has been spoken for. The
demand has been enormous, judging
by the number of boys who have been
willing to leave two-bit with The
Herald's bookkeeper if she would
guarantee that a book would be tie
livered. She couldn't do it.
The book contains brief biographies
of the scouts' officers, sketches of the
four patrols, a list of the members,
and short articles or sketches such as,
"Forty-six Miles by Bike," "Camp
Newberry, "Camp No rmdunv
"Banquets," "Athletics," "Scouts Who
Have Left," "Overnight Hikes," "Sea
Scouting in Alliance," "Scout Coun
cil" and "Carnival Dp vs." The lat
ter, by Rowland Threlkeld, is one of
the brightest bits m the book, and is
given herewith as a sample of the
sort of thing you will miss unless you
persuade some Boy Scout to lend you
his copy:
CARNIVAL DAYS
"Have you seen Jim?" "Have YOU
seen dim : "Mep right this way,
Mister, three balls for a dime, and
halt a dollar if you knock em all
down." "Now, ladies and gentlemen,
right this way to see the latest trick
from Siam absolutely free of charge."
"Hamburgers! Lemonade! Pop corn."
"ine smallest baby in the world!
Ah, those carnival days when 'Ave
Scouts were taking ' tickets! The
noise, the hustle and bustle, the run
ning to and fro, ami the bright lights!
At twelve or one o'clock at night we
would walk down the street to the
commercial club to check in our ticket
boxes, and when that was done would
wearily wend our way home, wishing
the carnival would leave so we could
get a little sleep.
The greatest trouble we had was
getting komcone to take our places to,
we could go around and see the other
shows. One fellow would be off duty,
but when one asked him, he had al
ways promised someone else. I be
lieve to this day that Monkey Over
man had the snap of the bunch, for
he rode on the merry-go-round almost
all of the time' while the rest of us
had to stand up and could have no fun
at all.
It fell to my lot to take tickets for
"Jim". "Jim", by the way, was a pet
rified gentlemen who had at one time,
so the story goes, followed the trade
of a train robber, and through some
freak, had, when killed, become petri
fied. The fist time I was there the man
in charge asked me to stand for him
while he tried a trick so as to attract
the crowd. He put a handkerchief
over my eyes, another over my eyes,
another over my outstretched palm.
and then placed several coins on the
handkerchief. After we had got that
far he seemed to forget about me and
told the crowd what a wonderful man
Jim" was. J
My hand grew weary, and still he
talked on Finally he must have ,
glanced at me and saw that I was
about to drop the money into the
crowd, for he stopped, gathered up
the money and handkerchiefs, and told
the crowd to step forward. They
never did get to oee the trick, though
they knew very well that they had
been tricked.
This fellow ran his show on a pay-
as-you-leave basis. And, "If you are
not satisfied, don't pay." Well do I
remember the rumpus there was when
one person laid down a nickel and in
sisted that the show was worth only
that much, however!
The nicest fellows of the bunch I
found at the motordrome. They were
two young fellows, and were rather
at outs with the world. The crowd
did not patronize them very well, and
they were rather gloomy and dis
spirited. Their stunt was as good as,
if not better, than any of the others,
but some way or other the popping of
the motorcycles did not seem to draw
envone save the habitual watchers who
look a long as there is anything to
look at that is free, and then pass on.
During this time we had a very
good chance to study human nature,
and it was indeed amusing at times to
watch the people. There was the
wrestler who became so mad that he
couldn't see, the wrestler who was so
vellow that he used every method he
knew to get out of wrestling, and also
used his mouth so. much that it was
all out. of proportion with the yest tf
his body.
There was the girl, who, by cajol
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IN QUALITY, STYLE, VALUE, VARIETY
MILLINERY with a style appeal is a
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millinery department.
In this showing we feature all the newest
straws and fabrics and a variety of models
so large that the most fastidious taste can be
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A GAGE TRIMMER IN CHARGE
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As Heretofore This Store is
Gage Headquarters
ery, got the fellows to throw ing v ilh
her at the "babies" and then pu.shed
them as they threw, excusing herself
by her laughing.
The fellow who had no use for us
whatever was also a common one. I"e
would speak to us only when he could
bawl us Out, and we never did any
thing good enough for him. The real
fellow, however, spoke pleasantly to
us, and we thought of them as real
"scouts".
One f err is wheel manager in par
ticular was a good fellow. He had a
son who was a Scout and he there
fore got along with us very well. lie
even told us to take a few tickets if
we wanted them.
Doing such things as taking ick
ets was the only way we ever f.mnd
of getting money for our trips.
LOST
Roll of bills. Different denom
inations. Liberal reward offered.
Please return to Herald office.
II. P. Coursey went to Scottsbluflf
today on a busines trip.
Dr. C. E. Slagle went to Chicago
Sunday on a business trip.
Are you coming? It will be
worth your time to see "Living
Pictures" at the Presbyterian
church Thursday evening. 27
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