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BURR PRINTING CO., Owneri
Entered lit the pontofTice at Alliance, Neb., for
transmission through the mailt aa second class
Batter. Published Tuesday! and Friday.
GEORGE L. BURR, J R.
EDWIN M. BURR.
Editor
.Business Manager
Official newspaper of the City of Alliance;
fficial newtipaper of Box Butte County.
Owned and published by The Burr Printing
Company, George L. Burr, Jr.,. President; Edwin
M. Burr, Vice President.
TIIE GOOD OLD DAYS
are ready to admit that the deputy crossed the river to the
island, that he did carry a pistol, and that he did capture
the fugitive Mexicans. But we are profoundly skeptical
as to his carrying a pistol in his teeth, or swimming any
great distance in the North Platte river at that point. ,
RAILROAD ADVERTISING
(Bridgeport News-Blade)
The News-Blade is in receipt of an order from the
Burlington for four hundred inches of advertising to be
used this year. This is not a remarkably large order as
the business generally runs, of course, but is more than
the Burlington has ordered in many years. It is not the
size of the order that is interesting in a general way, but
the circumstunces surrounding it.
It is well known that the railroads business is In a
bad way. It is known that they are going behind finan
cially. How do they propose to better .their conditions?
Is it by cutting off their advertising to cut down expenses?
Not by a long way, for real business men know this can
not be done. Taking away the life blood of a business
cannot build it up, and the railroad managers-know it
well.
Any kind of a business man can cut off his adver
tising, but no business man. on earth can drop advertising
and still be successful. Any man can strangle his busi
ness to death, but it take a real business man to build it :
up. Any kind of a man can sit still and take what comes
to him, but it takes a live one to reach out and get busi
ness especially when times are dull. This is not said in a
critical spirit, but i3 a statement of an tbsolute fact, and
is well known to every successful man in commercial lines.
PROHIBITION RUINED 'EM
(Nebraska City, Press)
Governor McKelvie has been lambasted fairly well by
the opponents of his stand on censorship for his veo of a
bill that was expected by its authors to be killed, but on
the other hand he lias won the adulation of several thou
sand other people who were wondering just how far the
reformers would go in their efforts to make people Jive
up to the narrow-minded standard they had set for them.
Sometimes we wonder if the .reformers haven t been
(W, M. Maupin in Gering Midwest).
I am not yearning for a complete return to the "good
td days." I have no desire to set. type by hand nor do I
yearn to write from eighteen to twenty-five columns of
'stulF" with a lead pencil every week. I prefer a buth
tub with running water to the old wooden tub and a handy
cistern of the old days. But, just the same, I think they
did some things better in the old days than they do now
And at far less expense. "
F'rinstance: School children didn't have to have a
high-salaried "physical instructor" when I was a lad in
school. And I reckon we boys had just about as much
fun then as the bovs do today. We didn't have any ex
nsive playground apparatus, yet we managed to. get
long pretty well with home-made thinney clubs, home
made balls and home-made bats. I'm here to say that the
17-year-old "huskies" of my school days were the physical
quals of the 17-year-old boya of this present day;
F'rinstance, again: When I was. a lad in school we
idn t have
that we are
right here to say that when a boy or girl "got through
school forty years ago they were fully as well enuipned
to fight life's battles as any boy' or girl who is "finished
off" in these expensive school days.
Far be it from me to express a desire to go lack to
the old days of "Webster's Elementary," "McGutfey's
Headers" and "Ray's Arithmetic," but by the great horn
fcnoon the schools of those davs turned out nrraduates who
could spell, even if they couldn't pick a flower and tell the 1 The rail'-oad's troubles will be at an end if they can
tistil from the stamen. In those days it was just hard devise some nlan bv which thev can simultaneously in-
enough to get a common school education to make the crease wages and reduce freight and passenger rates.
leuow wno got u appreciate u, ana strive to mane some Nashville Southern Lumberman.
Use, of it. I'm afraid that we are makintr. it so easv in . , , . i
a whole lot of educational do-dads and fads j,4Fpoiled" by prohibition. The victory which the reform
paying so dearly for these days, and yoj. I'm 'era have taken unto themselves, they should remember,
was won by B:g Business and the employers of labor and
not by the Fake Reform element. Prohibition was a mat
ter of nat'onal necessity; censorship of motion pictures, as
suggested by the Fake Reformers, would have been a clear
-h"'rWmTt. of pnpn'ar rights under the constitution, and
the people have decided that they want no more abridge
ments of that sort.
these days thut it isn't appreciated enough to induce the I You don't have to be an expert mathematician to
l)oy or girl who gets it to make any right use of it. 1 figure that if all the war profiteers were housed in jail
James A. Garfield said that "Mark Hopkins on one end fcv would be no housing shortage to Fpeak of, Brooklyn
f a log and an earnest student on the other end consti- Eagle.
tuted a real university." I wonder if the world would ever .
have heard of James A. Garfield or Abraham Lincoln if ye W?!I never be exactly satisfied that everybody has
they had had it as "soft" in their school days as our boys Wn intlv rewarded until Henrv Ford tries to run for
u gins are naving it toaay. mayor of Jerusalem. J
Broken Bow Rotarians
to Attend Dinner in
Honor of G. L Griggs
Word was received this morning
from Emerson Purcell, president of
the Broken Bow Rotary club, that a
delegation of ten members and their
wives will arrive in .Alliance to be
present at the farewell dinner the Al
liance club is staging Wednesday eve
ning in honor of its retiring president,
George L. Griggs, who has been trans
ferred to the superintendency of the
Beardstown, 111., division of the Burl
ington, and will leave the city about
June-15.
Mr. Griggs was largely instrumental
in the organization of the Broken Bow
club, pnd the Rotarians of that city
have christened him "Dad" Griggs.
The Broken Bow Rotarians will be
met at the train, and entertainment
during the afternoon has been pro
v;ded. Following an automobile ride
about the city, the condition of the
roads permitting, the ladies will be en
tertained st a tea-fight or possibly a
matinee, and the men of the Broken
Bow party will be taken to the golf
links. Dinner will be served at 6:30
in the" Palm Room of the Alliance
hotel, and a dance in the Fern Garden
will furnish entertainment for later in
the evening.
HAPPY ENDING
'
"I have ju t heard of a woman who
went to a hotel Mnaccompr.nied am
discovered that the acoustic properties
of her mm were surh that every time
she spoke aloud there wa3 an echo.
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She then maae a doiu attempt 10 rcc
n 1. . !.-,. 1 otwl in en dnincr talked
herself to death." Portland Express
ana Advertiser.
SUITABLE
A permanent bluh can now be sup
plied by the beauty specialist. Just
the thing to wear with some of the
evening gowns we have seen lately.
London Opinion.
All politicians agree that one im-
vtfsi.iviant nnl l VtA m fl M P 171 the
human body.' It ought t& be possible
to get both ears to the ground at once.
Other husbands look with bewilder
ment on the man who was able to
keep two wives in one home. ,
SOLD
George (reading from seedman's
catalogue): This magnificent plant
bursts into an avalanche of glorious
bloom in June, giving the garden the
splendor of a biliowy, surf-pwept coast
or miles of great rolling snowdrift
emblazoned by the setting s in.
Mabel: Oh, George, do let us have a
two-penny packet of that! Punch.
CRUEL
He: "You know, I could die dancing;
ith you."
She: "If it weren't for the publicity,
wish you would." Sun Dodger.
TO AVOID CONFUSION
There is talk of a building strike in I
the near fdture. Bricklayers would
have to wear red rosettes or something
to indicate that they were not work-j
ing. London Opinion.
REAL JOY RIDE
"What sort of a time is your friend
having on his motor tour?"
Great! I've had only two letters'
from him one from a police stationi
ami the other from a hospital. Ihe
Bulletin (Sydney).
HIGH CAME
is
"My time," said the magnate,
worth 5100 a m.nute.
"Well," answered his friend casu
ally, "let's go out this afternoon and
piny $10,000 or 515,000 worth of golf."
Boston Transcript.
FATAL SHOCK
"Autoist Dies While Driving."
HeadMne.
Probably he discovered that his car
would do everything the salesman said
it would do. Buffalo Express.
GIVE HIM UP
Fast Young Matron: "What's the
matter with Mrs. Gaylife ? ShVs look
ing very disagreeable tonight."
Another One: "Oh's she's just re
ceived a notice from the treasury de
partment that she has to pay a luxury
tax on her husband." Brown Jug.
EXCLUSIVE
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"IN .THE MOVIES THEY DO IT"
..... .. (Omaha Bee)
rirate stories, and we commend them to the tired
business man as a first-class "brain duster," always pre
' fcent the picture of an evil face, smoke-stained and lower
ing, just above the bulwark of the doomed vessel, with
a wicked looking knife between the teeth. Not even a
pirate's mouth is b'g enough to get a good firm grip on
the pistol a pirate is expected to carry, and that is why
we look askance at a tale that come from Cheyenne.
. It tells how a deputy sheriff aided in capturing two
desperadoes near Bridgeport. He stripped, stuck his
pistol between his teeth and swam across the North Platte
river to an island, where the criminals, armed with rifles,
.were standing off a posse on shore. Two points here
stimulate. First, we gravely doubt if a pistol that a
swimmer might carry any distance in his teeth would be
f much service in a frontier melee. Certainly-it was not
one of those full-grown, robust .45s old-timers out in that
neighborhood were familiar with.
Again, if the deputy were of such stature that he was
forced to swim any considerable distance in the North
Platte at Bridgeport, where the errant river meanders
aimlessly all over a maze of sandbars and through such
a multitude of channels that even the smartest can not
tell which is the river and which the snye, then he couldn t
tote a regularly ordained deputy sheriff's six-shooter, even
in a holster. '
Something is wrong somewhere with that sf.ory. We
-New York Evening1 Mail.
A year of activity devoted to taming the Demon Ram
finds him qu;te domesticated in several thousand house
holds. Columbia (S. C.) Record. ,
"To Press Divorce Suit," says a headline. Most of
them would not be hurt by a "dry cleaning" at. the same
time. Baltimore American.
, There are many ways to collect what Europe owes, but
letting her taxpayers move over here isn't one of them.
Youngstown Vindivator.
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Doubtless Henry t Ford got the Mea of building a
synthetic cow to use up aa overstock of horns in his plant.
New York World. ' '
A music teacher says jazz Is dying. Well, the sound
indicates that it is dying hard. Harrisburg Patriot News.
The democratic minority has a Kitchin, but no other
material for making pie. Washington Post.
Doep the button industry subsidize the laundries?
Greenville (S. C.) Piermont. e
Trohibitionists have no objection to prices taking a
drop. Chaparral.
A dollar is beginning to look like money. New York
Evening Mail.
Sunday Entertainment
at Fairview Church
Draws Large Audience
Over one hundred and fifty people
from the northeastern part of Box
liutte county attended the services,
dinner and entertainment at the Fair
view church, ten miles northeast of
Alliance, last Sunday. Following the
preaching services, dinner was served
to the crowd in cafeteria style, and
the following program was given in
the church: , . "
Song, "Sunshine and Rain," congre
gation. '
; Invocation, Rev. Mr. Coleman. '
Speech of welcome, Lee Garrett.
Solo, Leora Allison.
Recitation, "Do All You Can," Ruth
Curry.
Birthday son, junior class. 1
; Trombone olo, D. H. Cunningham.
"The Frog's Advice," Melvin Nanon.
Recitation, "What Can You Do?"
lYimary class.
Duet, Maud and Vera Nason.
Recitation, Willie Hahn.
" "Mothers' Day," Reba Frazier.
"The Daisy Song," junior class.
"Mary's LUtle Lamb," Melvin Na
Vn and Julian Wet.' .
' "Recitation, Ella Matz. - - r- ' -
Duet, "Alone," Mrs. Allison and Mr.
Cunningham.
. Drill, primary class. . .
Recitation, Phil Lawrence.
Song, "Sleep, Little Birdies," Mel
vin Nason.
"Mother's Way." Ruth Matz.
Rainbow drill, Mrs. West's cjass.
"The Songs Our Mothers Sang,"
chorus.
Tableau, fRock of Ages,',' Gladys
Trenkle.
The Umbrella Brigade, intermediate.
Song, "Open the Door for the Chil
dren," chorus. ,
Pantomime and tableau, "Nearer My
God to Thee," by five young ladies.
Song, Elsie Lawrence.
Recitation, Lloyd Herbert.
SURE TO BE LIGHT ;
"I think you need more footlights
on the stage," said the theatrical man
ager who had hired the hall for a per
formance.' "Oh, youH find the house light
enough when you come to give your
show, I reckon," replied the man who
owned the hall and knew the town.
Yonkers Statesman.
WORMS AND EPITAPHS
.v., . .
He: Have you heard about the two
worms fighting in dead earnest?
She: No. Poor ErnestWilliams
Purple Cow,
Columbia is not likely (o refun that
$25,000,000 just becavse the "apology"
does net go with it.
June to be Perishable
Freight Loss Prevention
Month on th3 Burlington
In an endeavor to show shippers of
perishable freight how the Burling-
tr. -r... I.-.; .: . 1
ents, master mechanics, train crews,
yard forces and agents are banding
themselves together to give pershi
able, freight 100 per cent service dur
ing the month of June.
A mvsticiil individual whn bus hopn
dubbed "Hump" has been created and
employed to inject "pep" into the cam
paign. Any evidence of sag on the
part of any division or employe will
be the signal for a "Hump-gram" cal
culated to correct the, situation in a
Jiffy- . v .
"Hump's" first official act was to is
sue a set of helpful "dont" instruc
tion. "Hump" says; "Give perish
able freight preferred attention; icing
instructions must be complied with;
dont pas up' standard ventilation
rules; protect perishable freight from
exposure to the 6un; inspect all perish
able .freight carefully before delivery;
protect all perishable freight while
being held; then, perishable freight
claims will be a thing of the past."
' Barbers old acted 44 a? den
tists, and some of them ought to be
giving gas to thia day.
"De man W nsi.ts on hav'n' hi?
own way," said Uncle Eben, "some
times winds up by havin' dat an' noth
in' else." Washington Star.
v Every politician jokes with the
country to the extent of telling it that
( it is intelligent, liberty loving, gener
ous and patriotic.
are you
"Within
the Law?"
ARE you aware that it is
now a Nebraska State
Law that you must have
your car equipped with a
set of
HEADLIGHT
LENSES
and there is a fine of $10 to
$100 upon conviction. This
makes it imperative that
you comply with the law. '
We have the size and kind
you want
VIOLET RAY LENS
(Passed State Inspection)
that put the light where it
is wanted and do not en
danger night driving.
Price $3.00 Pair.
Schafer Auto Supply
"Bud" Schafer, Prop.
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
NEW PRICES
oilForrfCars
Effective June 7, 1921
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Those Vho have been waiting for a reduction in Fords need' wait
. . .
no longer. Place Your order early.
: F. O. B. FACTORY
Old Price
Touring car, without starter $440.00 $415.00
Runabout car, without starter , . . . .... . $395.00 . $370M
m i I J i PE1A Art 9JO! AA
louring car, wren starter.
Runabout car, with starter.-. .
Coupelet- v: . . .
Sedan
Truck .' . .
New Price Reduction
$25.00
$510.00 '$485.00
S465.00 $440.00
$745.00 $695.00
V. $795.00 $760.00
........ $545.00 $495.00
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
$50.00
$35.00
$50.00
The above message was received from the Ford Motor
Company this (Tuesday) morning to take effect at once.
GOURSEY & M