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TIIE ALLIANCE HERALD. TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1921
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BURR PRINTING CO., Ownert
Entered at the portoffiee at Alliance, Neb., for
teansmission through the mails as second class
Utter. Published Tuesdays and Friday.
GEOKGE L
EDWIN M.
P.URR, JR. Editor
BURR Business Manager
Official newspaper of the City of Alliance;
official newspaper of Box Butt County.
Owned and published by The Burr Printing
Company, George L. Burr, Jr., President; Ldwin
M. Burr, Vic President.
Senator Borah Is authority that Napoleon replaced
00,000 French official with f.00 who did the fame amount
of work. This founds unreasonable, but in this country
it will be agreed that a similar reduction could be made
in this country and if they could not do the same work,
sthey could with great profit drop most of the work done
for the public and not have it performed at all. Of what
benefit is the oil inspection, the pure food or drug law.
Jlow many bank failures does the banking board exam
inations prevent, or how many people are paved from un
wise Investments by the blue sky law? Did you ever
personally know a child benefitted by the work for him
of the public welfare bureaus and do county, treasurer
examinations effect any good object?' These and a hun
dred other activities of government are very costly, and
of trivial if any benefit. When statistics indicate that
national taxation has been multiplied seven times, and
state taxation is eight times as great as formerly, peo
ple are rising to inquire what good things are being done
for the public that justifies anything like that proportion
of Increase. Schools cost several times aj much, are they
several times as much beneficial to the students? There
are those who contend that the Btate university is less
valuable than it was twenty years ago, despite its great
ly bettered equipment Less than half that time ago Sup
erintendent Cavinas of Fairbury worked in their schools
at a thousand dollars per year. Last year he was at K ear
bey at $3,500, and next year he works for the state at
$5,000, and there are those who think that Fairbury got
the best years of his life.
had if he had not been to patriotic. The government is
even now preparing slacker lists of citizens who did not
do their part when the great testing time came, but does
not the nation owe as much to the patriot as the patriot
to the nation. Is it not a mutual obligation, this matter
of citizenship, and when you come to think of how many
more who were practical slackers that Uncle Sam paid
big money for safe and pleasant employments while he
was giving his fighting men but a dollar a day and for
getting them as soon as their discharges were written.
There are those who would deal generously with the sol
dier, but if they continue to deal not even justly with him,
the slacker lists may be longer rather than shorter should
there ever be another call.
RANDOM SHOTS
The column for this issue is writ
ten before The Event, of course. This
explains, in one breath, why it i. so
optimistic in tone, and why it is writ
ten at all.
At the last club dinner, when the
stockmen were entertained, no less
than three men scurried around to find
us a stockman to entertain after the
one we had discovered failed to show
up. We felt pretty good over this
evidence of friendliness until we
noticed that not one of the three
brought in a guest. A dollar saved is
a dollar earned, remarked old B.
Franklin.
JUDGE FOR YOURSELF
"Coin' to the show at the Opery
House t 'night Josh?"
"Don't know, Hi. What's on?"
"Nothin" much, I cal clate. They call
it tbi 'Sea Nymphs'."
There is reported to be a famine of
Japanese phone girls from the inrnaM
on their ranks of matrimony. This is
a new way their occidental sisters
would like to emulate of keeping the
line busy.
The most burdensome army of all is
; the army of unemployed.
It is a very difficult matter, when
a man Is savin u- nn tn hnv Hmol(
some new potatoes, to interest him in The Hessian fly, like the Prussian
an international dickering over potash, propaganda, is always with us.
The daily press which features .crimes and criminal.,
divorce news, and offenses against morality has some im
itations among weeklies though the latter are in general
much cleaner. The Denver Post is one of the chief of
fenders, and many consider it unfit to enter their homes.
It is by no means alone in this class of journalism, ar1
all such journals make the plea that such happenings
are news. It is not so much that they are chronicled as
the spirit and the manner in which they are chronicled
that is objectionable, and if the dav ever comes when
newspapers and movies arc. censored in the proper man
ner; and that unjust and dangerous remedy for printed I that 's what they all say
and pictured filth is applied, those most responsible for
it will be the men who have claimed that they were pic
turing life, when their object was to mirror obscenity, or
that they were printing news when the object is to get
the interest and the subscriptions of the prurient.
The Alliance Herald is receiving many compliments
both from residents of the county and outside the county
-b the series of articles written by our traveler. Box
Butte county is widely known as a stock country, Alli
ance as a railroad town, people of the east have heard of
the potato section, and far and wide the potash indus
try has been advertised, but there is an opinion existing
that after all it is a semi-arid region, so dry and windy
as to be n very disagreable place to "live, and almost
worthless to produce grain or alfalfa. It is a surprise to
the outside world when not on the word of an editor, or
boom writer but from the mouths of literally hundred;
of producers themselves comes the information that our
chief industry is farming. Not only such statements,
but the proof of them. Instance after instance of men
who have in the past few years made fortunes in tilling
the soil. Detailed statistics regarding yields and results
that make a mass of evidence from which no one can
dissent The wide variety of things that are being done
here at a profit; the size of the profits; and the interest
earned on farming investments that can be figured from
the cost of land and the sir.e of the yield makes argu
ments that are of value not only to real estate men, but
to every land owner, and to every man in business in
the county.
What we need to nvike this the richest county in the
state 1s only an ndequate number of men to develop oui
astonishing resources. We should have five times as
rrmny people in this big county. Then the merchant
would prosper; and cverjbody be better off. Land values
would gq where they belong and stay there. The stabil
ity as well as the volume of our resources should be es
tablished, and there is no better way to do so, than fron
the mouths of many witnesses, ami those men of un
doubted reliability, who have first hand knowledge o
what they say.
July 2 is to be known as national
print-shop clean-up day, but it is well
known that printers never observe any
day.
Why is it. inquires the Iron Duke.
that every woman cheerfully volun
teers the services of her husband when
there is any work to be done at a pic
nic or a church sociable. "Oh. mv
Henry w ill be glad to get the water''
It appears impossible for
happened at the Pueblo flood.
the public to learn what
News reports placed the I That was all right
The trials of the country publisher
are again illustrated by the following
wail from the Clay Center Republican:
We are late this week. We know
t better than anyone else. But it was
unavoidable. Our linotype girl quit
without notice for the purpose of en
tering upon life's matrimonial sea.
We wish her well.
lead at 500. Later figures were given at considerably
less than two hundred. Comes now a telegram from
fourteen organizations, among them the Red Cross, which
places me list oi ueau and missing at l.ouu. what is
true, and how may the public be expected to assist mis
fortune when such divergent and apparently wild state
ments are made.
CLINE FOR COMMANDER
But since her departure the linotype
has been in the bands of novices. If
any of our readers think they can run
this machine any faster, we would be
glad to have them try it
An Alliance man calls his wite a
safety ( razor, because, as he ex
plains, she always says, Gillette, give
me five dollars.
Chadron Journal: "Iliff, the demon
linotyper of the Journal, is rolling his
own cigarettes, his doctor having ad
(Nebraska City Press.)
Efferts of Adam Schel linger post, American Legion, I vised him to take more exercise.
iu put ijhii hi. vune oi reurasKa Viiy over I or national
commander of the legion, will have the hearty and en
thusiastic support of Nebraska City people. The sponta
neous approval of the move as voiced by Legion members
on Monday night at the regular meeting of the cost will
be endorsed and ratified by the men and women of the
county. From now until October, when the state conven
tion is held and delegates are chosen to be sent to the
Kansas City national convention, every honorable effort
will be made to make the election possible. It is not neces
sary for The Press to add a word to the many complimen
tary remarks on the subject of Mr. Cline's fitness for the
place, made at the Monday night session. It is onh
necessary and the task, it is realized, means hard, per
dstent work to make the rest of the country understand
that the middle west has a candidate for the national
;ommandership who is worthy of the honor and dignit
which is attached to such a place. Mr. Cline's war record
has been excelled by few men who saw service in France.
He served in a division which accomplished a wonderful
record during its participation in the World war. It war
rained by Major General Ieonard Wood. It consisted ot
niddle west boys. Its officers were middle west mei
ilmost without exception. It was cited time after time b
.he commander-in-chief for heroic work in action and out
of it. Captain Cline was in the midst of the St. Mihiel
drive, which wiped out a dangerous German salient am
meant the first actual "solo" performance of the American
Lxpeditionary forces. He was wounded on the first day
jf the battle and. was able to rejoin his regiment and
i)articipat& in the occupat.on of a portion of the Rhine
zone of occupation. He has been honored by his com
rades in Nebraska, , by winning the highest hotter the
Legion could give him in his home state. His ability ant!
onscientious attention to the aims and ideals of the
.egion have brought him into national prominence
Modest and unassuming, with no thought of seeking tht
national commandership, he has been made the object of t
'drive by his devoted friends which, lhe Pre a firmlj
lelieves, will give him the place, for the same enthusiasn
vhich marked the mention of his name in his home town
.vill be evinced all over the state when it is known that
le is to be a candidate. i
Union labor in its resolutions c;dls for a referendum
on any future declarations of war, und this to be uccom
punied by a piovi.-o, that thoe who vote for hostilities
shall be first to go. It is a modern stating of the ol!
song. "If I were i.ucen of France; Or still bi tter, pope
of Rome; I would have no fighting men abroad or weep
ing maids at home. All the world would be ut peace,
And if kings would show their might, Let the ones who
VnaTle the t;vt;irrp!s Li the only ones to fight." ,
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The Inland lYinter carries the picture of a new ma
chine called a "Typocrat" that is sa'id to accomplish the
work of the linotype at about half the expense. It does
not look very practical but the printing fraternity cer
tainly needs cheaper machinery, as for at least a century
past they have been charged more than type or supplies
were worth, being counseled by the statement that nobody
was buying them cheaper. It is a false philosophy whether
applied to printing machinery, dentist's tools, surgical
supplies or undertaker's goods. Let us have everything
at a fair advance on the cost of materials and labor, and
then' all sell at a fair margin, nolmdy trying to exact an
an undue profit That is the only way to get a recon
struction worth while.
WISE WORDS FROM A UNION LEADER
We are having too much government. Why will not
officeholders let us alone. We cannot find out what a
new law is for months after we are supposed to be obey
ing it, and the provisions are so numerous, and the laws
fco confusing that the best of lawyers do not know them,
let alone the private citizens. When so abundant, com
plex and confusing the tendency is not to obey them and
the officers, for a while will let the people do as they
please punching nobody for violations, and then take a
spell of enforcing laws, punishing men this week for
what they permitted others to do the week before, and
at which they will again wink next week. Now there is
an effort to establish health bureaus to forcibly super
vise the health or the people at increased expense, as
though the health boards we have were not too exacting
now, and every turn taken is at greatly increased public
expense. When a halt is called there will be a stop put
to a lot of nonsensical things, and perhaps some that
would not have gone to the discard, had official profiteers
not ridden so hard when in the saddle.
Hardly a day passes that we do not hear or some
soldier of the world war who was wounded or made un
usual sacrifices to get into the fight, who is now needing
care, or having a much harder time than he would have
Today's Best Story.
In a crowded street car a stout wo
man vainly endeavored to get her fare
out of the pocket of her coat, which
was tightly buttoned as a precaution
against pickpockets. After she ha
ork in vain for some minutes a gen
tleman on her right said: "Please per
mit me to pay your fare. The lady
leclined and renewed her attacks on
he pocket After a little while the
fellow-passenger said: "Madam, I in
sist upon paying your fare. You have
already undone my suspender. three
times and I sh&n't stand it any longer."
And the Second Best.
Wife (reading paper): "1 see that
women are to wear even less next
spring."
Hubby: "I suppose that mean s I 1
have to have your new necklace short
ened.
Window glass has come down In
price zl per cent, this will tend to
decrease the cost of neighborhood
niseball.
Anvbndv who enn tell now what the
United States will do at out the league
of nations is a gifted guesser.
Go East this
Summer
Enjoy a succession of delightful ex
periences. The Jersey Coast never
loses its charm. The blessed old At
lantic wafts a salt-breeze invitation.
In Boston and along New England's
shores, historic charm and quaintness
blend with the usual seashore attrac
tions. In "The Land of Evangeline," replete
with mystical, natural beauty, sum
mer days are magical.
The Bershire country combines the
charm of lake, and picturesque river
and countryside.
The Adirondacks are ever restful
the shrines of the historic past never
cease to appeal.
The Catskills, "The Land of Rip Van Winkle,"
is the great natural playground of the Eastern
States.
Then, there's Niagara Falls, The Thousand
Islands, the White and the Green Mountains,.
Delaware Water Gap and a host of other
regions each with a lure all its own.
BURLINGTON
Excursions' East
The Burlington offers round trip
vacation-excursion tickets to East
ern resorts long limits and liberal
stop-over privileges.
II. L. ORMSBY
Ticket Agent
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(Chicago Tribune.)
John H. Donlin, president of the building trades de
oariinoni oi me American reueraxion oi i.anor, sum ins
-igi.-e.st Mouthful ut the Denver convention ot the or-
;unizat:on which it has been our lot to encounter i'oi
.iiany a day. If the building trudes would study, apj.re-
late, and act upon the advice of this union leader j.ho.v
'oud tike the greatest imaginable step toward genera:
restoration of industry, business, peace and pio nerity.
It is men with the vision and courage of Donlin who have
raised labor from the status of serfdom to the independ
ence and respect which it commands today. It is mer
without such vision and courage, men with narrow minds
and purely selfish instincts, who, under the puise f union
ism, are sacrificing that independence and respect am;
dragging ilor uown to its' ojd levels.
"We must not injure communities, cause innocent per
sons to sutler the danger of financial ruin, and bring in
calculable losses to our rank and file," says Donlin. It is a
truism, but one which many workers blindly overlook.
very worker is a part of some community. If he injures
the community he injures himself. If, for instance, a
crooked business agent blackmails the owner of a building
under construction, delaving its completion, and making H
a losing investment, he checks the growth of the city,
cheats the workers under him out of future jobs, ami
hampers all prosperity. If the worker, demanding $1.2'
an hour in Chicago, goes secretly to some suburb to work
tor &o cents an hour, he also checks the growth of the
city, cheats himself and his fellows out of more work,
artificially blocks the natural channels of development,
and injures himself by injuring the community.
"Jurisdictional disputes, says Donlin, "are not only the
most danirerous problems to organized craftsmen, but a
serious menace to industry."
Ihere again he is right More time and money are
lost in jurisdictional disputes in this country than in all
the strikes for wage adjustments and working conditions
ever called, lhe disputes stop work, cause loss of wages
and loss of capital, reduce building operations, injure the
community, ami hurt the group which wins as well a.-
the group which loses. And for what? For nothing that
could not te settled bv reasonable rules or arbitration.
drafting, bulldozing business agents, conspiring supply
dealers, jealous workmen, and crooked politicians have
gone a long wav toward putting not only Chicago, but
other cities under a cloud which depresses all industry.
business and prosperity. Donlin pointj the way out from
this depression.
It requires co-operation, r.ot enmity, of capital am
labor. It requires the punishment of the grafter and the
protection of the worker. It requires the best ellort of
every individual, whether he is carrying a hod or a transit,
operating a wheelbarrow or a bank.
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"Is there anything wrong with the girl of today?'
asks the Literary Digest. Not with the one we have in
mind. Charle.-ton Gazette.
I ve tried them
but give me a Camel
I'm through experimenting. No more switching.
No more trying this and that It's Camels for me
every time.
They're so refreshing! So smooth! So mellow mild!
Why? The answer is Camels exclusive excert
blend of choice Turkish and Domestic tobaccos.
There's nothing like it. .
No other cigarette you can buy gives you the real
sure-enough, all-day satisfaction that comes from the
Camel blend. Camel is the quality cigarette.
Give Camels a tryout. Buy a pack today. Getvour at&XITj
i-e a. ...- . - ...... " . --.u
miormaiion urst nana, you'll tie to Camels, too. 2s -vC
When we look at some baseball games we wonder why
it is necessary to send to Africa for ivory. New York
Evening Mail.
It will take more than argument to convince the rail
roads that less fare would be more fair. Norfolk Virgin-
lan-rilot.
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