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THE ALLIANCE HERALD, Fill DAY, APIIIL 22, 1021
cHIyc Alltanri Hrralit
BURR PRINTING CO., Owners
Entered at the postofTire at Alliance, Neb., for
trRnt.mi.s.-ion through the mails as j-rrond clasn
matter, l'ublhhod Tuesdays and Friday.
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EDWIN M. BURR .Buiiu-.vs Manner
Official newspaper of the City of Allianre;
(Tirial newspaper of V.o IluMe County.
Owned nnd published by 'l'li" Burr Printing
Coppany, (icoixr L. iUirr, Jr., I'rcsiiknt; Edwin
II. Burr, Vice President,
X THE DUTY AND OIM'OUTUMTY OF CAPITA L
j (Plovers Journal-Stockman)
A trip through the wet at this time will convince
nnjonr that the matt presMntf need of the country j.
the re-stockinir of the ranges with cattle and Hn-rp
This mu.-t be done nnd done immediately if the United
Mutes is to continue to he a self-supportinr nation. Feed
of ul kind thrie h in abundance and apparently the only
thinij lucklnsr U the live tock to utilize these Fplendirl
Kiazmg icsourcc.
Western t-tock growers have been bit bard during tbe
past two years but they are by no means discouraged,
i'hey fully realize their opportunity. They realize that
the country needs the cuttle and'tdieep and that they are
in a position to grow the stock economically but just at
present they are apparently poweilens to take advantage
of favorable natural conditions Hnd as a consequence the
ration is facing a serious meat shortage in the not far
distant future.
A year of unprecedented drouth in the range country
was followed by a winter of unprecedented length and
severity so that the spring of 1920 found ranchmen with
greatly depleted herds and flocks as well as greatly de
pleted funds and credits owing to severe losses and ex
cessive feed bills. It is a period of depression and dis
couragement but stock growers Hie not the kind of men
to give up easily, and they took their heavy losses bravely
and philosophically.
The worst was yet to come, however, and when prices
began falling in the summer of 1920, when values were
cut In two and the demand for live stock was reduced to
the vanishing point It looked as if the live stock business
in the west was doomed. Unforced liquidation seemed to
be absolutely necessary and yet liquidation meant dis
aster. There was no other course and the west was
forced to unload its cattle and sheep on a glutted and
demoralized market.
Unfortunate as the situation was for the stock grow
ers the damage to the re-t of the county was equally as
great. The buying power of the stockmen was destroyed,
and bankers and business men soon felt the loss and
realized that the disaster to the west was only the begin
ning of a period of stagnation and depression that was
nationwide in its influence.
The damage began in the West and the readjustment
and recovery mu-t begin in the west. Until the stock-
growers get on their feet again, until the immense buy
" thrve varieties, nre not a development of modern times.
There are those who hold that these darn things came in
with man nnd will be sparring for front row positions in
tbe chorus when this m.-in thing arrives at his swan song.
. Wo may have Invented pome new names by which to
i designate the trouble makers, but 'ome fellow has recently
'ug out an ut'erance of Dan'ed Webster that date back
i to l.'is and it is rot only as "pat" as if uttered yester
day, but it also supports nn argument that, with all of
: our boasted genius, we are not inventing much that is new
j in the way of human freaks and nuisances. Here is the
I fragment from one of the Writer's orations: '
j "They cry out loudly nrain-t all banks' and corpora
I tions tmd all moans by which small capitalists become
mitod in order to produce important nnd beneficial result-.
I'hey carrv on mad hostility .".gainst nil established in.-ti-utions.
They would choke the fountain of industry ami
by all streams. In a country of ur.boundpd libetty tb".v
lamor again-'t oppression. In a country of perfect equal
ly they woiiM move heaven and faith against privilege
md monoi oly. In n country where property is moie
ven!v divided th in anywhere e'se they rend tbe air shout-
'ng agrarian doetrine ;. In a country where the wires of I
'ihor are hirh beyond parallel, they would teach the,
laborer th.'t ho is but an oppressed slave. j
' Sir, what ran meh men want? What, do they moan-? I
i'hey can want nothing, sir, but to enjoy the fru'ts of other !
nen's labor. Thev can mean notlv'ng but disturbance and !
lb order and dilTus:on of corrupt principles r.nd the de-j
miction ot the moral sentiments and moral habits of
f.ocicty."
Farmers Pay Higher
Prices for Articles
Duringthe Year 1920
Retail prices of articles, purchased
by farmers in 1!)20 average.! II, per
cent higher than in 1919, according to
tabulations made by the bureau of coip
estimates. The e prices were 10s prr
cent higher than in 1914 and 119 per
cent higher in 1920.
"On the other hand, the average
puwhasing power of one rcre of crops
in 1920 was 33 per cent less than in
1!14," the report states. "In the year
1919, it was 11 per cent greater.
"The average retail price of articles
purchased l,y farmers b"g;.n to rise in
, 1 91-. and reached the maximum height
i in 1920. The average price of farm
j ers' product declined six per cent in
191. . Farmers' products liegan to ad
vance in 19K! nnd in the early part of
i 1917 they overtook the advance of re-
tail prices and maintained a lead until?
j 1920. At this time, the prices of farm
, crs' product sbep-pn to drop and at the
. close of 1917. On the other hand, the?
I averare retail price of products which
1 the farmer buy sadvanced throughout
1920. and reached the highest Mage at
the clo e of the year.
"Contrary to some statement', the
! average retail price of articles which
the farmer buys, although the latter
; ma'y be more nearly th average price?
i at the close of the year also."
Mlt,... TI.MK TO BUCK UP
(New York Life.)
There was n meeting in Carnegie Hall on the night of
April -1th t punch up congress to provide for better care
for men wounded or disabled in the war. It was a good
meeting for a first-rate cause. General Tershing was
there and made a speech." George Wharton Pepper pre
sided. Dr. Manning, Rabbi Silverman and Mgr. Waring
otfered prayers, nnd Hugh Frayne, Dr. Stires and Mr.
Wickershan were the speakers.
There is no doubt at all that the care of the disabled
and the wounded in the war has so far been a bail job,
terribly entangled in red tape and dreadfully messed by
incompetence. To do it as it should be done will take
ability, devotion and lots of money for hospitals, sani
tariums, and organization to keep track of the men to
whom we pwe attention and relief, and to see that they
get it. Congress can supply the money. It has been,
however, unconsciously slow about doing so. It is time
for it to buck up and give due attention to this urgent
duty. Colonel Galbraith, of the American Legion, says
there are 20,000 veteran soldiers out of hospitals who
should be in them having treatment and undergoing pro
cesses of restoration. The new administration seems dis
posed to do something about all these neglected cases,
and there is .nothing better worth its pains.
SMALL TOWN STUFF
(Nebraska City Tress.)
There is one phase of the motion picture censorship
agitation which has not been sufficiently discussed in the
"newspapers, although it has been brought out during the
debate on the question of censorship in the legislature.
Lit is not generally known, perhaps, that in a great many
instances pictures which cannot he shown in the larirer
cities because of a local censorship or police regulations
are sent out to the smaller places those towns which have
noctures shown about once a week and there exhibited.
The average small-town exhibitor is at the mercy of the
ng power of the stock formers has been restored there I average sma i-town exnu.nor is at me meicy oi ine
can be little hope for prosperity in the nat'on. distributors; he doesri t know whnt is be.ng sent to him,
, , , , . 4 . V rfll II lit' fUllllltllin (IM Ui'llllUI HII ((H UIV.-- ill niio..,
Here b, where he duty and the opportunity of lhcJThe vosulf , of roul.se that n;P aud ences frequently get
capitalist and banker is clearly apparent. I he stock 1 vhorks wh,,.h ju e no, permitted to reach the spectators in
glower must be extended timely and ample cre.l t to re-, ,hp , r lo i,ocaus(1 thr !r local to'ice regulations are
Ptock his denuded range and rebuild his deplete, herds Minriciei)t to koe p tho "rawest" sort of films away from the
twicM. ,.e son ',we t i. fu'l of stock cattle that th t To fuard tb- -m .M town rome sort of a
must be moved to the shambles or to the matur ng j , t romm is nrpdod. This is what the Bcebc
g.m.n.is in tne nmlluest. 1,'veti iro opportunity to re- , an w. -effoclive,y K if 1hp bw is Pnr0yCed. .
su't.s are now beginning to suit. Forbes
Trices of
(New York.)
lieve. the congestion in the southwe. t and to once more
Mock up the magnificent grazing areas of tlu rovthwe-t,
the future of the stoik growers is assured, the foo l supply
of the nation is conserved and the prosperity of the coun
try made certain.
It is, not a nu.t'er of sentiment, although the stock
prowers of the we. t are entitled to the ynpathy and
Fiioi o't of all on nocotivt of their name and unroiiiplamin.
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i.i r,.,,-.i k,;A.-c Tim u.-iirinu-er r,m t io t! ,e,l if We admit that nrohib t on has good roints for the
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tne Indu try is to be preserved and the meat . upply of ti:e new. paper paragrapher. Joseph (Ure.) tlerakt.
The Hole In
Your Pocket
Are you troubled by having money "burn a hole"
in your pocket? That is a common fault of money. If
you have your money in the bank, whether it be much
or little, it will not burn any holes and it will be there
when you need it.
Money carried on the person is a temptation to
spending. Money in the bank does not offer this' tempta
tion. You may hesitate before writing a check where
you would not hesitate to spend if you had the money
with you. t
We offer you the advantage of our banking facili
ties and invite you to open a checking account with . us.
Five Per Cent. Interest Paid on AH Time Deposits.
Ill First State Bank
i
Talking about epidemics, the mo.-t prevalent one in
Ar.vr'ca today seem:: to be the hip disease. Burlington
News.
nation c'.iridc 1.
The banker. t'ie cai);t:di '.t mu t surely see h's duty, h.s . r,.n.v, mnttn for German government: "Give till it
golden opportunity, in the rehabilitation of the stock-: . .,j h m g:vc." Brooklyn Eagle.
grower, lbe man who produces the country s indispens-1 "U11-J " u J b
able food enoptv nui t be aided bv libera! credits. He) 1
must be relieved from his present almost helpless con-1 Why feel so blue? The worst has never happened
dition. He mu t be afforded the opportunity to rebuild ' mj ne'ver will. Ness City (Kans.) News.
his fortunes and he must be placed once more in a posi- j .
tion of independence and productivity if the whole country .w ,.pnson wj,v men don't go b.ick to the
T ... farms is th.i. i-wives. Washington I ost.
to tne renei -
Clearly it is the duty of cauital to come
of the stocktrrower nt this time anil just as clearly there
c - -nr-irf er)oo'tiinity for the profitable use of
funds and credit in the west.
NO - NEW HUMAN FREAKS
(Sioux City Record.)
It seems that our calamity howlers, and our investiga
tion maniacs, ar.d our propaganda s, and damnuisances of
If we must have wars, let's adopt the pay-as-you-enter
plan. Akron Beacon Journal.
It is still lawful for the prune to get stewed. Florida
mes-Union (Jacksonville). '
Our foreign relations seem to be poor relations.
Toledo Blade.
RANDOM SHOTS
All we've got to say is that if any
one else in the oll'ice follows our ex
ample, we're goin.t to hit Harry 'i'lrele
and the ministers for a commission.
, A Canadian paragrapher para
phrases it this way: A man is known
by the companies he promotes.
Fon't blame us for this one. It was
handed in ar.d we wire dared to print
it:
A reporter d'ed and readied the
pearly gates. "Did you ever write up
on aiputeur play?" asked St. Teter.
The reporter replied truthfully, and
the next day was shoveling coal.
Tbe Nebraska City Tress says it's
reallv not correct to refer to the girls
as "skirts" any more. They don't wear
enough of them to count.
that part will bequired to wear t'ghts.
Do you think it would be all right
for me to wear tights on the stage?"
"Well," saiil John, "if o;i want to
wear 'em on the stage, go ahead, but I
know what the people will say. They'll
say I married you for money."
Today's Best Storyv
The Charwoman's Hu-band (at
j door: "Tho mi- sis is very ill, ma'am,
i'.nd won't be able to co'me this week."
I I.ady: "Oh, I am sorry, George.
; Nothing very serious, I rope?
I Tho Charwoman's Hu. band: "Well,
' ma'am, she was so bad la.-t right I 'ad
J to go to the pictures by myself."
, Tunch.
j Tbe short man may have ground:
for complaint that the sidewalks are
bu;'t too close to his anatomy, but the
' tall man whose head hits the awnings
' isn't a bit better oil".
ise that they would be no?tly mended
and returned to him at IV.iO a. m. It
was exactly 10:."7 before the trousers
were brought hack, and he awakened
at fi a. m. and had to stay in bed un
til his trousers arrived, to keep him
warm.
George Carey is threaten;n to buy
an automobile and all the dealers in
town are courting him. If he can
keep them fooled unt'l Sunday after
noon, he'll get one game of golf out
of it.
p
Every now nnd then a man misses a
goo 1 party. If he has a cold, he has
the headache, anyway.
Memo: Leave word with the
bookkeeper.
lady
We read somewhere of a small boy
who strayed into a drug store. His J
j.'aze fell upon a bottle labeled, "Milki
of Bismuth." He pondered for a time,'
nnd then turned to the druggist. "Mis
ter," he a.-ked, "what's a bismuth?"
Sometimes the daily newspapers
Step off. Rufus Jones wrote a tribute
to i)ean J. J. Hixon, and the State
Journal says that the Minatare Free
Tress "rushed to his defense."
. Old Story, But Not So Bad.
"John," said a woman to her hus
band, "our club has decided to attempt
Mr. Shakespeare's 'As You Like It.'
Ami thev wnt trie to take the nart of
Rosalind. Now the person who takes (
One of the amusing sights is to
watch a tall man or woman sink irto
a chair. Now and then. they iet go
too toon.
So far as we are concerned, niilR
thickened with carrots might be pret
ty well as a face cream, but it isn't
worth a tinker's dam as soup.
We are beirinnin to feel nrettv
deeply on the subject of carrots.
The lest laugh this week is on a
trnvoin salesman. He arrived
Wednesday evening on the Casper
train, ami as he stepped from the
varnished cars, slipped and measured
his length on George Griggs' plat
form. When he arose, discovered a
large irregular tear at the right knee
of his trousers. . He covered his B.
V. IVs as best he could and hastened
to Jess Miller's hostelry, where he
summoned the' porter, gave the torn
trousers to him and received a prom-
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Oakland 46' Smashes 4 Records
A strictly stock Oakland Coupe with full equipment sets four new
speed records over the most difficult route in Southern California.
Leaving the Western Union office in Los Angeles at G p. m. Satur
day and checking back in at 7:51 a. m. Sunday, April 3d.
L. A. to SAN DIEGO 2 Hrs. 52 Min.
Heating every stock and racing1 car record ever made over the 132 4-5 miles from
the iiuviness district of Los Anjreles to San Diego excelling the racing speed of
Harney Oldfield in the Phoenix lioad rrce.
L. A. to BRAWLEY 7 Hrs. 25 Min.
Over the tortuous Mountain Springs an 1 Descanso Grades from San Diego, made
as part of the L. A. to San Diego run.
BRAWLEY to L. A. 6 Hrs. 26 Min.
Covering 21 1 miles of desert road and high centers that dragged the axle, via
Mecca and Indio. This beats any time ever made from Drawley proper to Los
Angeles.
L. A. to BRAWLEY to L. A. 13 Hrs. 5iy2 Min.
719.1 miles of every kind of boulevard, mountain, desert and detour roads. The
hardest test to which a motor car could be subjected. Going by way of San
Diego, returning via Mecca.
THE GREATEST STOCK CAR DEMONSTRATION EYER MADE
We always knew the Oakland could out perform any car in its class, but to excell every
existing record over this course conclusively proves the power, speed and endurance of
the Oakland "G" which is all the more remarkable because it was a COUPE, stock in
every respect.
Sturgeon Garage