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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1921)
TWO lllb ALLIANCE HtKALL), TUESDAY, JULY 19, 1921 Gljc Allium? Hrralb I . 1 V !BMrd at th prnMof flee at Alllanra VfekNob., for I rnmlnlnn through ha $wila a arrond rlnna matter, f'ubllahtd Vvday and Friday. fnnOROE U Ht'lUt, JR. Editor UW1N M. Ill ltlt Kulna Mir. Ofllrlal nwpar of tha City of fUllaac: oilli lal ncwapaper of Bos Btatte County. OwtKd and published by The Hurr ftVtnttnir Company, lora-e W Hurr. Jr., rrld-Dt; fed in M. Hurr, Vice i'rea- TRAFFIC RULES A physician was fined in police court Saturday for violating the city' traffic rules. The offense consisted in turning hin car around in the middle of a block n Box Butte avenue; According to The police, the offense was repeated, iter warning had once been given. It wasn't ouch a heinous crime there is hardly an automobile driver who has not been guilty of the fame viola tion of the rules, not once, but several times, when no one was looking. The average auto driver takes a good many chances with the law. He tarns around in the middle of the block r wherever the fancy seizes him; he opens his cutout; he turn.? short cor ners; he stops on the wrong fide of the street; he drives fa.ster than the speed regulations permit; he uses glaring ""headlights and occasionally goes with out any lights at all, or with a last year's licem.e. He knows when he is violating the rules, for any man who Icnows enough to drive a car is suffi ciently intelligent to master the few rules of the road. The average auto driver, as we say, knows when he is violating the law, and is a good enough sport to pay his fine as something that is coming to him, something that he has earned. Automobile drivers have, as a rule, the ,navy code, which reads in this wise: "You rate anything you can get away with." Just as the sailor cheerfully goes to the brig if caught, chuckling at the many times he has "got away with something" the average autoist pays kis fine in something of the same spirit Saturday's case was different. In this case the offender was a physician. He paid his fine, and later protested to the police judge. He also issued a Statement to the newspapers. In this statement, he explained that he was on a hurry call to the bedside of a child stricken with convulsions. The case was serious, the call urgent, and he kad no time to lose. "If the city of Alliance does not make an exception in cases of such an emergency, it is the only city on the face of the earth (Omaha Bee.) In spite of the reported interest of the interstate commerce commission in the subject of reduced rates on hay, I grain ami live stock shipments in Ne- lktnu!n n . 1 ,t.A - .'111- A. .v .i " .u .i c... I "" nuuie wchi :n gen- -iiu wuc uvi, ) me uw.-i.ur. mv erai. aid for shippers, if coming at all, ing a human life Is more to me than J can lia.lly be expected ,for several feotv!ntf a traffic rule. Such as I vlo-. ''Onths. Hearings on demands for As a matter of fact, the simplest way out of the discussion is to insist on absolute conformity to the regula tions. If physicians, whenever their judgment dictates, are to be permit ted to violate rules of the road, it will be but a short time until other driv ers will be violating the regulations with impunity. In the resulting con fusion, there is little question but that more lives will be lost than would be saved by the physicians answering science permits them to' answer hurry hurry calls with thought of no one but their patient. CHOOSING A STANDARD At the recent law enforcement con ference held in Alliance, the wail went up from county attorneys that the chief difficulty in enforcing prohibi tion, aside from the general unwill ingness of the innocent bystander to testify, was the attitude of the courts. There is need, the attorneys say, for some system of standards. Thus, a police court justice will decide a man is drunk when he has taken one drink; a county judge might hold that the same man should have to stagger when he walked; and in district court, when the case arrived on appeal, the judge might hold that nothing short of mental and physical incapacity is the true test of being soused. In this connection, the classification made by Dr. Welch of Knight's Hill, Nortwood, London, might be adopted. The doctor has apparently gone into the subject of intoxication rather more of tha clock When business reaches the peak of its climb we can always rest assured that there will be a de cline at least nearly as far. The world war really served as a vigorous push rather than a light tap on tr.e business pendulum of the world un.l set it up ami. up a 1 mo a to its zenith, in fact, many feared the force of the impact would cause it to dash from the bealen path and crash to destruction. But the upward swing stopped before the break, and for the last year and a half we have been witnessing the backward swing. Many facts indicate that it is now about time for the business pendulum of the United States to return in the direction of business recovery. And in the revival of business which is sure to occur, we anticipate that farming will be one of the first lines of busi ness to be benefitted. There are several reasons why the farmer now should take an optimistic view of his business situation. The wheat carry-over from this season has been the smallest in years. The latest information indicates that the 1121 crop is no larger than the 1920 crop. Stocks of wheat at terminals and in country elevators are reported to be more than f0 per cent lower than a year ago. The visible supply is the smallest in eighteen years. The supply of flour in the hands of merchants as well as consumers is very low. There was 20 per cent less flour manufactured during the year ending June 1 than during the pre ceding year. Of vital interest to farmers is the fact that there is a decided shortage in livestock. If per capita consump tion of meat and meat products vere suddenly to return to normal, the de mand fov meat would be far greater than the supplv. During the first five months of 1921 there were 7,716 business failures in the United States as compared with . . i . , V r i i. v. 2,fi78 for the corresponding period of trate, lawyer or judge. Dr. Welch has ,o20. An exnert statistician estimates divided drunks into five classes, which are defined as follows: 1. General contentment of well being and happiness. 2. Flushing of thecheeks, a bright eye, and hilarity. 3. Inability to exercise the muscles as the brain directs. 4. Drunk and incapable. - 5. Coma. As the lord high executioner of "The Mikado'' held, the punishment should fit the crime. No one will deny that the drunk who sings should be given a heavier fine than the drunk who does nothing but smile. If the legislature will set out some such classification, nd set the fine in each instance, as well as specify what acts are characteristic of each stage, a great forward step in prohibition en forcement will have been taken. ' : ' HOBBLED BY FREIGHT -RATES lated, and should similar circumstances arise again, in all probability my con science will not forbid pic to do the same thing over; if a human life id at stake." Of course, the automobile traffic regulations were adopted because they were needed to save human lives. NytAJ even the railroads, with their 1 cas- ualty lists, ore in ir v he bile, card--v 3 an instru. ment of death. Everyone of these traffic rules has that object. The at titude of the physician opens the way for a most interesting discussion. lower freight tariffs have been set for August 15, and it seems hardly prob able that the federal board would reach a decision without still further consideration and delay. It js plain to sea that action has peen pui oir longer than it s&oum been. I nn or twifni A iiave ...... ..,4 1 preparation .. ."arr 3" 7 umsintv ' lliAm K 1 ..... i ... nt transportation charges. What are these rates that are com plained of as burdensome? On hay from O'Neill to the Omaha market freight costs are 25 ",i cents per 100 pounds, or $ a ton. When this hay arrives here the farmer sells it for from $7 to $17 a ton. When costs of 1920. An expert statistician estimates that at present there are about three million persons ordinarily employed ill industries in the United States out of employment. It has been demonstrated that the family of a man who has em ployment consumes three times as much of the things people eat, wear and use, as it does when the head of the family is out of employment. Lat est information indicates that the number of unemployed has probably reached the maximum and that unem ployment is now on the decline. One can readily see that as workers in textile mills, shoe factories, auto mobile factories, furniture factories, etc., are resuming employment, their requirements will be proportionately increased. Certainly this means a greater demand and better prices for all the things which .are produced by farmers. Lack of employment'cannot be improved until utilization of prod ucts is resumed. Add to all this the determination of the farmers of this country to take a hand in the marketing of their own products, which most assuredly will re sult in farmers getting better prices or at least getting a larger percentage of the final selling price of their stuff, together with the probable reduction in freight rates, and we have ample rea son for feeling optimistic in regard to the' situation the farmer will find him self !n a few months hence. i There are other favorable signs and we will admit a few clouds, on the horizon, but taking it all in all the situation warrants reasonable optim ism. Better times for agriculture coming, and coming soon. e farm- hi ?JT0" during the next ie, jer wil, be those who kpep eyes nd ears wide open for every bit of in formation that will help them to judg what is best for them to do in the con duct of their own business. Buy the things you need to enable you to produce crops ami livestock economically. If you can cut thp cost of producing a bushel of wheat by 10 cents, that is equivalent to getting 10 cents a bushel more for it. Judge Wcstover Chosen to Sit For a Week on Supreme Court Bench District Judge W. H. Westover of Rushville is among the twelve district judges who have been designated by the Nebraska supreme court to sit with it by turns and hear cases during the fall months. The judges are selected I for a week at a time and none who have sat heretofore are being called for the second time. Judge Westover and Willis G. Sears of Omaha are designated for the week beginning uctooer n. William Nieman and family left the first part of the week for a camping trip in the Black Hills. They will visit the Applrbergs at their cabin near Mystic, S. Dak. R G. BAUMAN, O. D. Sea II If Lpauman JWBitar JL I Or-TOM-E-TRLST 3:ttm:iiimimnnwm production and cost of hauling to the There are places and times, without country station are included, it is evi a doubt, when the infraction of the!dont that it is impossible to market a traffic regulations does no damage. tZn'SS? iSP away, , is 22'i cents per 100 pounds. This is 12. cents per bushel, and with corn selling around &5 cents, it is evi dent that the railroad receives more in proportion for its services than the farmer. Other typical rates to Omaha per 100 pounds are: Potatoes from Craw ford, 29 cents; wheat from Alden, 29 cents; oats from Erickson, 22'a cents; cattle from Moorcroft, Wyo., 57 cents; hogs from Ravenna, 41 cents, and sheep from Gillette, Wyo., 614 cents. The figures represent an in crease of 35 per cent over those pre vailing a year ago, just before the slump in prices of farm products be gan. The higher rates were awarded to the railroads on the strength cf an increase in wages given their em ployes. These wages have now been cut, but the rates which were their excuse hare not been. Farmers claim that they would be able to shiD mare heavilv ami thus Kn enabled to liquidate debts if costs of transportation were lower. It is a matter for debate whether or not the market declines would result from larger supplies at the market.-, ab sorbing much of the saving in freight costs. Some gain there would be. The danger is always greater in the larger cities and the busier streets than in the smaller towns and on coun try roads. The common sense view would be to say that so long as the driver does not infringe on the rights Of others, he is justified in taking risks, if he cares to risk the penalty Of the law. The violation of a law always carries with it the possibility of punishment. There is nothing in the statutes which exempts physicians from obey ing the laws of the road. It is true that in the larger cities, for a time, the police authorities were more lenient with physicians and permitted them privileges when on hurry calls. Ambulances and fire trucks are re garded as privileged, when life and property are at stake. But ambulances, and fire trucks carry loud wajntng gongs, and the public is warned that conditions are out of the ordinary. We think that investigation will show that "even in the largtr cities, the privileges to physicians have been curtailed, be- however, for the producer of 'food- cause of ubuse. It got so that a phy- stu" he middle west must not weak siciah never went on the streets un- les he was attending to a desperate ca.--e. 1 Is a man ever justified in risking any like save his own, even to save the life of another?. Turning around in the middle of the street, without sufficient warning, in ninety-nine cases ut of a hundred does no damage. The hundredth case may result in loss of several lives. If a doctor has a rush call and wants to reach a pa tient's bedside in a fearful hurry, he aay save time by leaping from the window of hM office, but few of them ever fed the call of duty so strongly as to it-k their own necks. en or procrastinate in its efforts for a readjustment, for the sooner the hobble of high rates is removed, the more quickly will business resume its old vitality. Profits coming hack (Successful Farming.) It is a law of nature that action I equal to reaction in the opposite di rection. For instance, a pendulum al ways swings almost as far one way as it went in the opposite direction on the preceding swing. A slight tap when it starts back may send it faither than it went on the up stroke. Business has its ups and downs as does the pendulum. In many respects business expansions and dewiessions are almo.- as regular a is the ticking If you are to have a referendum on the subject of war, by all means let us be consistent and have a referendunt on the subject of taxes. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a man to travel the road back to normalcy with out discarding some of his "rights." Refreshing in Summer A NICE COOLING DRINK helps withstand the heat and keeps one fresh and composed. We dispense only delightfully health-, ful drinks and ice creanis that are a benefit, as well as a pleasure. Get the habit and enjoy them during these hot days. Fresh Home-Made Candies in Fancy Iioxes Kept in Refrigerator Case. Alliance Candy Store Phone 27 210 Rox Rutte Alliance The Right Link TVT O BETTER WAY can be found for linking the 1 present with the future than through a Savings Account. 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