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TIIE ALLIANCE HERALD. TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1921
BURR PRINTING CO., Owners
Entered at the postofTice at Alliance, Neb., for
transmission throurh the mails a second clasa
Matter. Published Tuesdays and Friday.
GEORGE L. BURR, JR. Editor
KDWI N M. BURR Business Manager
Official newspaper of the City of Alliance
affinal newspaper of Box Butte County.
Owned and published by The Burr Printing
Company. George L. Burr, Jr., President; Edwin
M. Burr, Vice President
CITY FINANCES
Alliance citizens who so strongly fought the adoption
f the city mnnager plan of municipal government have
received a rather stiff jolt in the region of their self
tomnlflfencv. Citv Mnnairer Kemmish has compiled a
history of all the bond issues of this city, and it doesn't
malie exactly cheerful reading. It isn't pleasant to realize
that the city ewes at present over $350,000, that $190,000
f this amount is due within eight years ami that there
has been pet aside only $2,000 with which to meet the
obligations. This sum has been put into a sinking fund
by the school board, which has apparently handled its
bond issues in a businesslike way.
It has been demonstrated that Mr. Kemmish is the sort
of a man that is needed at the hcJm In Alliance. It has
required a considerable amount of courage to present the
facts to the city at this time. It would have been com
paratively easy to let matters slide, just as it has been
allowed to slide for the past twelve years, and when the
time came to pay, to vote Refunding bonds to pass the
tax burden on to future generations. It isn't fair, of
course, and it isn't in accordance with good business prin
ciples, but it has been done.'
The eyes of the entire state are on Alliance, the firsi
city to adopt the city manager plan under the statutes.
It ia the opportunity of a lifetime for Mr. Kemmish to
make a name find a record for himself by reducing taxes.
It is to his credit that he does not consider doing this.
He has suggested that the right way to meet these obliga-
, tions when they fall due will be to increase taxes to an
amount sufficient to establish a sinking fund of the right
, size to take care of them when the time comes to pay.
Taxes are already high, but no right-thinking property
owner will object to taking care of debts contracted for hif
benefit. It is regrettable, of course, that in the past
steps should not have been taken to take care of the city's
bonded indebtedness, but it is usually conceded to be
waste of time to weep over spilled milk.
It a going to be a big ta.sk, and it will require the
co-operation of every citizen in Alliance. The cfty man
ager will pare down expenses in every way possible. The
effect of the Issuance of $250,000 in school bonds has beei
worked out by Mr. Kemmish and made a part of hi'
tabulation. When these bonds are issued, the city will
have to spend $15,000 in interest alone, and $7,.r60 add
tional if an adequate sinking fund is to be establiFhed to
pay them o(T at maturity. It is possible that the school
board may deem it advisable to erect but one new building
this year, say on the east side, using the Central
school a a junior hfgh school for a few years, until the
load has been lightened. Certain it is that something
should be done, and that no expense should be incurred
which can be avoided.
The tabulation show clearly how fast the tax burden
accumulates when bond issues are not paid off. The $47,
000 refunding bonds, issued in 1919, issued to pay for
warrants that outstanding at the time, due to the fact
that expenditures in various city departments were greater
han the amount appropriated, are costing the taxpayers
of Alliance over $4,000 a year, and this burden will con
tinue for the next eighteen years, provided steps are
taken to establish the proper sinking fund now. If not,
this burden will increase as time goes on.
It's an unpleasant situation, but one that must be met.
Mr. Kemmish urges that it be met in a business-like way,
and that the city proceed to set aside funds to meet its
obligations. A few of those who opposed the city manager
plan will make political capital out of any increase in
taxes at this time, but the longer the delay, the' greater
will" be the cost. The city manager deserves a vote of
thanks for pointing out the situation in such a clear way,
and nine out of ten citizens will be ready to give it to him.
Tornado Did Not
Stop Ford Engine
Despite Air Flight
The Lincoln Daily Star is authority
for the following yarn:
Caught in the path of a tornado
while driving his car along a country
road east of Alliance, C. M. Looney,
local traveling salesman, and the Ford
car which he was driving were liftad
SO feet in the air, Looney being hurled
from the car in midair, while the car
was carried some distance further on.
Luckily, he was not injured beyond a
good shaking up. When he reached
the car after the! storm had passed he
discovered that the top had been
wrenched loose, every bolt and nut in
the frame had been broken and the
heads of the bolts holding the top
together had been cut off as cleanly
as if with a knife. 'The-engine '
still running and he-M able to i
the machine back to town".'
NOTICE OF TI1ANKS;
W wish to express - oar -slnceA
mantes 10 our inen'is iwr ineir hhi
neun rind ernressions of svmnatny and
floral ofierines upon the occasion of
the death of our mother and grand
mother, Mrs. Jane Earp.
MRS.' J. W. DeMOSS,
53p MISS SYLVIA DeMOSS.
AGAIN THE TRAMP
(State Journal). '
Every freight train one examines going west 'nowadays
contains its platoon of tramp?. The hobo, he of the
trainloada in 18!5, is out again in full force. Whever you
go, he is asking you to assist him to some breakfast. He
is at your kitchen door for a handout as of old. The smoke
of his camp fires ascend from ten thousand thickets and
roadsides. Beware of pitchforking your hay stack after
dark. ' You may puncture a tramp. Ud and down the
land he goes, a human derelict, carrying with him the
perils always associated with derelicts. There is an in
crease in petty thieving. Life isn't as safe as it was. It
is more essential than before to lock your doors at night
Society reels itself besieged by a sudden new arm v. the
the army of peripatetic unemployed.
ine iramn is an American institution larceiv and a
sign of American social inefficiency. During the war there
were no tramps, lhere was work for everybody. No
man, be he ever so unwilling to face a lob. could escape a
job. Few would feed the back door applicant, knowin"
mat no aoie oouieu man needed to oe a Dactc tioor appli
?ant Everybody worked because there was a job for
everybody; and that ended the profession of vagrancy.
wow the war is over ana our oll sore beems to run
again. There are three or four million jobless men in the
county. That means a million or two men denied a chance
to earn a living. When the back door mendicant shows up,
one cannot know but he is a deserving victim of unem
ployment. We cannot condemn the tramp as we could
when there was a job for every man. Hence the tramp.
the never-work along with the out-of-door, can look the
world in the face, demanding confidently his free ride and
his free breakfast.
There is one sound way to end the tramp. That is by
the means which ended him during the war. If war were
declared tomorrow the tramp would disappear, for we
should then do what we think cannot be done. We should
out ourselves to increasing national production, spurred
by the suddenly found means of obtaining a consumer for
every product. There would be a job for every man and
'he hobo would no more dare to show his face. When we
have learned to pull ourselves together for pence as we
do for war, so arranging our affairs that production can
hum because everybody has the means to consume, then
the tramp will find the world as cold to him in peace as
It was in war. . .
m
ress Skirts
In a varied assemblage of new and standard models show
ing Dainty White Skills of all the popular fabrics, including the
new Summer Wash Skirt, plain and pleated models of plain,
striped, plaid and checks, for girls 10 to 15 and women, all
sizes. Especially priced to move quick at
$3
to
- - Hosiery'
REMARKABLE has been the
sale we have had on Hosiery for
both Women and Girls, at the
new prices we have on cotton,
lisle, mercerized, pure silk and
silk fibre in all sizes and the
popular shades.
- - Ribbon
. YOU SHOULD NOT Neglect
to supply yourself with a quan
tity of Ribbons while we are
closing out the present stock at
ONE-THIRD of the regular
price.
Alliance Team Wins
a 12 to 2 Victory
Over Chadron Nine
The Alliance baseball team copped
their first victory last Sunday, when
they too'c the Chadron team into camp
to the tune of 12 to 2. A. R. Harper
got a damaged ankle out of the melee,
but there were no other casualties. It
vas a fast exhibition of playing all the
way through, although Alliance had
the better of the argument from the
Start. ,
The Alliance team wascheduled for
a game with Hemingford Memorial
day, -and rode to that place in cars,
only to meet with the announcement j
that the Hemingford boys had ordered j
a postponement, due to the threating
weather. As it happened, it didn't :
rain, and the locals were somewhat !
vexed at the outcome. j
Sunday the Alliance boys will play
Rushville, and the two teams Fhould
be fairly well matched. Rushville de
feated Chadron by a score of 12 to 1,
and Alliance won a 12 to 2 victory
over the same team. The game will
be called at 2 p. m. at the fair grounds.
Snappy music at the Fern
Garden dance tonight (Tues
day). Don't miss it 53
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AT THE CHURCHES j
BAPTIST CHURCH NOTES
There will be no preaching at the
ehurch Sunday owing to the fact that
the pastor Is at the Association, where
he is the special devotional leader and
preacher of the annual sermon.
The children are asked to be at the
church at 2 p. m. Wednesday afternoon
to practice for children's day program.
Praver meeting as usual Wednes
day. Let the members turn out in the
same way you have been doing while
the pastor was here. Mrs. Cross will
lead. Come and encourage the leader
with a large number present and tak
ing part. ,
The Great Western Cream
separators at the Fairmont
Cream Station. 53-56
r
IIK KNEW HOW
There was an o'd geezer
And he had a lot of sense,
He started up a business
On a dollar eighty cents.
The dollar for ?tock,
A nd the eighty for an ad,
Brought him three lovely dollurs
In day, by dad I 1
Well, he bought more goods
And a little more space,
And he played that system
With a smile on his face.
The customers flocked ;
To his two-by-four
And soon he had to hustle
For n retrular store.
Up on the square .
Where the people pass
He gobbled up a corner
That was all plate glass.
He fied up the windows
With the best that he had.
And told them all about it
In a half-page ad.
He soon had 'em coming
And he never, never ijuit,
Vnd he wouldn't cut down
On his ad one jit.
And he kept thing humping
In the town ever since,
And everybody calls him
The Merchant Prince.
Some say itjs luck
- But that's all bunk
Why, he was doing business
When times were punk.
People have to purchase '
And the geerr was wise
For he knew the way to get 'em
Waj to advertise.
Exchange.
Burlington Rf R. Saves
Considerable Money
by Scrap Reclamation
The stores department of the "Q."
has established a scrap reclamation
i practice that is a new move in. the
I right direction, conserves tremendous
'quantities of material and results in
an annual having of many thousands
of dollars.
All scrap picked up anywhere on
the system and that which is accumu
lated at shop points is concentrated
at reclaimine plants located at Auro
ra, III., and Havclock, Neb. Scrap re
ceived at these plants is carefully
sorted and inspected at the time of
unloading. All material that can be
repaired or made usable by reworking
1s separated, put in bins and made
serviceable. All material that cannot
be made serviceable ia sorted, properly
graded and sold.
By this process, several thousand
tons of scrap are made serviceable an
nually and ised in lieu of new mate
rial which would have to be pur
chased if this reclamation were not
made.
The Great Western Cream
separators at the Fairmont
Cream Station. 53-56
PERSONALS
Word was received this morning of Brock Neh
Miss Susan Frazier of the Chadron
'state norma) arrived Friday to spend
a weeK witn ner sister, Mrs. Al Wiker.
Mis3 Ida Clark, penmanship super
visor, left Sunday for her home in
100 SUITS AT 1-3 OFF Their Actual Value
HigMaed-HolIoway C
323
"HH'fitM.
the death of J. A. Wolverton, of Craw
ford, formerly of Alliance. Death oc
curred at Mayer Bros, hospital, Roch
ester, Minn., where he had been taken
for treatment. Mr. Wolverton was an
engineer on the Burlington. His wife
was with him at Rochester and will ac
company the body to Alliance where
interment will be made at Greenwood.
Rev. S. J. Epler will have charge of
funeral services, the ' exact time of
which ha not yet been announced.
NOTICE FOR BIDS
Bids will be received until Monday,
John rVRrion. a Tvna wanderer ' J une tth. for he excavation and re
drew a' $10 fine, together with the moval of approximately eight hundred
usual trimmings, in police court before
Judge Roberts this morning, on a
vagrancy charge. O'Brien guaranteed
to leave the city within three minutes
. if released, and with this understand
ing the fine and costs were suspended,
and he is oa his way elsewhere. The
arrest was made by Officer Stilwell
when word came to him that O'Brien
was Wring men and women to work on
a ranch that he claimed to own. He
offered exceptionally good wages, and
' carried his bluff through in fine shape.
He wai at first thought to be off his
trolley, but he explained tnat he had
yards of dirt from basement of new
M. L. church, Seventh and Box Bute.
Bids should cover disposal, of dirt by
contractor or disposition of same with
in four blocks bv building committee.
Address all bidi to A. S. Mote, City.
53-54
BIRTHS;
To Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Osnes, May
28, a girl. .
Mrs. L. L. Smith returned Friday
from a visit of several days with
done all thi employment agency stuff friends in Denver.
in the hope that he would meet somei
prospect who would stake -him to a Another of OK.KQrJd'. injustices js,
weal. Uia story was accepted by the .that the girl with a natural complexion
tcurt. I des not get credit for it. ,
Miss Cleda Batie left Saturday aft
ernoon for her home in Lisco, where
she will spend a part of her vacat'on.
Miscea Mildred Griggj, Matilda
Frankle, Margaret Harris and Ther
esa Morrow, who have been attending
the university at Lincoln, are expect
ed home Thursday morning to spend
the summer vacation.
Miss Dixie McManis went to Denver
Sunday with her father, to spend a
week.
Miss Theresa Looney is visiting re
latives at Gering. s She expects to re
turn sometime this week. 1
Misses Katharine Shriner, Leota
McRee, Leila Cornforth and Fred
Cutta motored to Hemingford yester
day. Mrs. J. W. DeMoss and daughter
Sylvia and son Charles, returned Sat
urday morning from Missouri where
they attended the funeral of the form
er's mother, Mrs. Jane Earp.
Mrs. Florence Att of Edgemont, ar
rived Sunday for a short visit with
friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Glass mo
tored to Hemingford Sunday, return-
, ing yesterday.
KoDert Ata or tasper armed Satur
day night and will visit friends and
relatives for a few days.
Don't miss the dance tonight
(Tuesday at the Fern Garden.
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ID)
Sets the Pace for the
Big
rice R
eduction
. In order to guarantee delivery, we, must have signed
orders for these cars as it wjll take some time for the
factory to get under production to take care of imme
diate delivery.
Present Line of Buick will be Carried Through the l92Season. ;
Buick Prices F. O. B. Alliance
Model 22-44Roadster $1,740
; Model 22-45 Five Passenger Touring. .'. . $1,775
Model 22-46 Four Passenger Coupe $2,435
Model 22-47 Five Passenger Sedan $2,735 :
Model 22-48 Four Passenger Coupe . ..... . $2,650 :
Model 22-49 Seven Passenger Touring-. v $1,995
Model 22-50 Seven Passenger Sedan ,r$2,975
BUICK GARAGE
ALLIANCE
C L. KERR, Manager
CHADRON