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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1921)
TTVVO THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1921 A t f . "ft IV r iuuanrr nrraiu TUESDAY AND FRIDAY BURR PRINTING CO., Owners Enteral at the postofTice at Alliance, Neb., for transportation through the Mila a second class matter. CEORGK L. BURR, Jr Editor EDWIN M.' BURR Business Mgr. Official newspaper of the City of 'Alliance; official newspaper of Box iliutte County. Owned and published by The Burr Printing Company, George L. Burr, Jr, Iresident; Edwin M. Burr, Vice President. IlE UNPARDONABLE OFFENSE ' Once in a while the Eruish lan guage proves inadequate to demands that are made upon it. If the theories of the death of Arthur Jones Satur day night are correct, there are no vords that will express the contempt xi real men and women for the driver of the car that Kent him to his death. Murder Is a horrible crime, and one tor which there is seldom anything to be Raid in palliation, but the man who kills for greed, for revenge, for me trivea sordid or otherwise, cannot be compared with the craven who un fittingly or carelessly sends another to his death, and, seeing him dying, does not pause to offer even a kind word. Arthur Jones died as a result of an ccident. It may have been avoidable, fr t may have been excusable. His truck, Waded with piping, had been topped JVwyj the road. . It was an H1 model tTt without battery igni tion.'pd when the 4r stopped, the lights were" extinMiM Even had the engine been .'eft running, the end--fcate- of the car was ?t down and .covered the rear light The V?ad was Btewly graded, and heavy with dust It is not inconceivable that a driver, Approaching from the rear at the le gaA rate of upeed, blinded by the dust, .might have been unable to see his victim until too close to turn out or Otherwise avoid the accident. It seems impossible to believe, how ever, that any driver could have driv en an automobile into Arthur Jones with sufficient force to impale him upon the iron pipe in his truck with out knowing that the man was severe ly, probably fatally injured. He was not dead several minutes luter, when , the next car came along, f the car which struck The driver him must have known that he was not dead, nnd, realizing this, should have given , his victim every chance for life. A hospital was but a short distance away. What less could have been juone for the injured man than to take ' him there? The driver of the death car, judg- ing from the appearance of the ground, did dismount to see what had . happened. There were many foot "printa. He may have had compan ions who did likewise. The car was damaged by the impact there were , evidences that the radiator was punc- lured or disconnected. The occupant or occupants of the car tarried not. ' In that damaged car he hurried away, leaving a man, frightfully injured, to die alone. It may be, happily, that the guilty 1 driver will be found. If a thorough search and the desire of the authori ties have anything to do with it, he will be found. There is a question ' whether the law provides an adequate punishment. In army and navy rules, cowardice is punished with the same penalty as is visited upon a traitor. Whether there is just punishment for the offense mutters not it will be good for public morale to let the guil ty suffer the full weight of public scorn and contempt. The guilty will be found, in time. No nan or woman can silently boar the weight of such a burden. If there were companions, one or more of them will let it out. The world isn't large , enough, as a rule, for the guilty to effectually hide. And if one of them escape, through a miracle, for a life time, there is yet a higher tribunal where justice will be meted out, fully and impartially. KEEPING HISTORY STRAIGHT Newspapers must be published with more or less regularity, and must be filled with something resembling read ing matter. The Hemingford Ledger is no exception to the rule. This will go far toward explaining why, the past month or so, there has been ad mitted to its columns a series of road articles which have fillet! that news paper to the exclusion of practically everything else. And when a newspa per that has never published an article more than half a column in length suddenly begins to print a series of articles which run from three to seven columns each, it is apparent to the average outsider that there is inspira tion from somewhere, probably outside the office. The Hemingford Ledger is obviously pulling somebody's chestnuts from the fire. " ThU is the privilege of every editor, if he desire to do it just as it i the privilege of every small boy to carry water for the elephant when the circle comes to town. And, to carry the metaphor to its logical conclusion, jus as the small boy usually discovers that the elephant has an enormous capacity, o docs the fellow who res cues the other man's chestnuts gener ally discover that about all he gets out of it is a set of burned fingers. Somebody in Hemingford is working against Alliance's interests, and the interests of the county, for some rea son not yet announced. If not, why should a community which once placed three hundred names on a petition for a ceiiain road suffer a rather adrupt change of sentiment? Another pecul iar circumstance is that this decision was announced at a public meeting at Hemingford which was attended by a very few Hemingford men. Someone has been attempting to stir up resentment in Hemingford against Alliance, for reasons best known to himself. The Ledger, until a short time ago, was not actively assisting in this plan. Apparently it has been pointed out to the Hemingford editor that the Alliance newspapers are en crouching on his field The Herald is proud to say that it sends fully three hundred copies of each issue to sub scribers out of that office and the Ledger's pilot has had a complete change of heart. In a recent issue, he ascribes all the ill feeling on the part of Hemingford toward Alliance to the two newspapers in this city. It's plain to see where his animus lies. ' In one breath he says that the better element of the Alliance business men are not with this city's newspapers in their objections to Commissioner - George Carrell. In the next breath he says that the Hemingford people, enraged by the attitude of the Alliance news papers, decided to take their spite out on Alliance. . Editor Vance, or the man who puts' on the records through which he spvkSj is suffering from some misap prehensions, which it were kindness to remove. He, or the man who pulls the wires, hftft an idea that somebody in Alliance is afraid of Commissioner Carrell, and that the reason his recall is urged is because they cannot hully him or bend him to their will. This is wrong. Alliance isn't at all afraid of the Hemingford commissioner. Our citizens never have been. If they had been, he would not have been elected. If anyone will take the trouble to! look up the records of the election at i which Mr. Carrell was given office, it will be found that Mr. Carrell got more votes from Alliance than he did from Hemingford. He was nominated in Hemingford, but Alliance elected him. Alliance realizes that it made a mistake. Hemingford will find the same thing-, if it forgets sectional prejudice long enough to look over the ' situation with an open mind. There was no kick on Can-ell when he came to Alliance to sit on the board of county commissioners. Mr. Car rell has stated that he knew Alliance was against him from the start. A glance at the election returns will show that this belief was unjustified. Mr. Carrell, in announcing that he is going to fight Alliance, shows that he has a poor memory. He doesn't really know who his best friends were. He got only 200 votes .i Dorsey pre cinct, where his home town is located, less than fifty more than his oppon ent received. In Alliance he was given 832 votes,- 2S3 more than the entire balance of the county pave him, in cluding Hemingford, for whom he is standing so strongly. Had Alliance gone against him, Mr. Carrell would never have known that he was in the race at all. It would be the part of wisdom for that gentleman to come off his high horsie and tell Alliance that he didn't mean to say so much WYOMING HOMESTEADS We are now actively en gaged in locating home seekers on desirable 640 ncre grazing homesteads in central Wyoming. The ear lier you go the better the choice. Our charges are extremely reasonable, con sidering the service render ed. Inquire. FARMS and RANCHES We have several custom ers .for good Box Butte farms and sandhill ranches. Submit full description and prices with terms on your property. ALLIANCE CITY PROP ERTY Desirable renters want vacant houses or rooms. What have you? We have a few customers for snaps in city property. Come to our office in the Reddish Block Phone 20. The Thomas Company LLOYD C. THOMAS,, Mgr. - Alliance, Neb.v , while his mouth was open, Probably he didn't. Mr. Carrell and Mr. Vance seek to place the blame on the Alli ance newspapers for Mr. Can ell's acts. The first complaints against Carrell came from his own district The Al liance newspapers paid no attention to them, although there were plenty of them. It was charged that the Hem ingford commissioner had used county trucks for his private business; that he had ordered graded a private lane; that he had graded a road past his place, when there were other roads in his district that were more urgently needed. These were little things, but sufficient complaints were made to show that the people of his own dis trict did not approve of some of his official actions. It was not until there was direct evidence that Mr. Carrell had tried to get a personal bill allowed by the board that the Alliance newspapers began to look up his record. Mr. Car rell made an explanation. He ad mitted carelessness. Later it was dis covered that the explanation he gave did not fit the facts. He had him self, in a session of the commissioners, moved that all bills for highway con struction be sent to the county high- way commissioner for audit Mr. Car- rell knew this was the proper routine, and he mailed the bill to the county highway commissioner. It was re turned to him with a note that it was a private bill and should not be pie sented to the board. A month later (Mr. Carrell admits it was three weeks) the bill was again brought to Alliance, and this time Mr. Carrell did not send it to the highway commis sioner, but himself took it before the board where it was allowed. The newspapers did not made the matter public until the Hemingford mer chant, whose suspicions were aroused, himself brought it to Alliance to the county clerk for examination. Then the Alliance newspapers, hav ing nothing personal against Mr. Car-jtrict. Alliance gave Can-ell the big rell, but believing that the taxpayers gest portion of his vote; it stood by of the county should know the slack him, until, by actions and word of business methods of the man who was mouth, he had made it plain that he helping to spend their money, made was unfit to hold the office to which public the facts. The whole story was he was elected. When a man gets not known for some time; it came out mad, he says too much and did the by bits; and each time a new portion Allaince newspapers desire, they could was discovered, Mr. Can-ell framed a quote some things the Hemingford story to fit the occasion. Finally he man said against his own fellow-citi-admitted the truth, but only when he zens, and the newspaper that now sup was confronted with it. ports him so staunchly but what's The Alliance newspapers have never tne use There is now an attempt to Your Haooiiaess In Old A Depends Entirely On YOU! Everybody Is Saving Today The pendulum of human actions is swinging backward. Up until the last year the average American was a very extravagant individual. He bought lavishly because his money came easy. . He knew where there was more. Today he has tightened the purse strings. The Saving Habit is being developed. Someone is Saving Your Money Did you ever stop to think that someone is saving the money YOU earn. It may not linger in your pockets long, but rest assured that it will be put away in a savings account before it gets very far. Why Don't You Save It Yourself ? Why not get in line with the general idea today? Start a savings ac count. Be prepared for your old age. Commencing an account is the hard est part it's a pleasure to keep it up. LET US TALK THE MATTER OVER WITH YOU! 5 Interest Paid on Time Deposits The First State Bank THE FASTEST GROWING BANK IN THE WEST. charged that Carrell intended to "get away" with anything. They simply told the facts as fast as they could get them, to the public. Mr. Can-ell says that he "kidded"' the newspaper men along. He was kidding himself. The newspapers were doing their best to serve the public. They overlooked the I gross carelessness; they did not even; seek to arouse suspicion; but when Mr. Carrell lost his head and told what he intended to do to Alliance, they let him have both barrels. It does no good for the Hemingford newspaper to seek to becloud the issue. The complaints against their commis sioner were all made by Hemingford men. The dissatisfaction with his services came iiiov liuni llin uyvii uin- JJL JUL make support of Carrell patriotic It may save his office for him, because of the difficulty of getting rid of him ; legally, but it will never make hirm feared in Alliance, and it will not en able him to "put across" any of Wtn plans to damage Alliance. NONPAREIL Threshing is done and now the har vest of spuds will begin. The Nonpareil ladies club met at the -home of Mrs. Albeit Roth Thursday afternoon. The afternoon was spent, in finishing a quilt to be given to Mrs Ives of Alliance. Mi. H. C. Hansen and Miss Nora Hansen were visitors.. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. Club adjourned to meet: witn Mrs. Abbey, October on I Allow Hnn nii on4 familv. Clons- uordon and mother and Mrs. O. W, Graham and daughter visited at J. I. Mclntyre's Sunday. George Young and Glenn Osbornr went to Alliance last Tuesday night to attend the show. Mr. and Mrs. Mabley spent Monday in Alliance. Frank Nagelschneider hoe about, finished digging his epudi THE MOVABLE HEARTHSTONE. Home nowadays is where the family auto may happen to be parked. The Pacific Legion. i . .. . ., mwntmtm ---ni p IM n m iimhhm wmihb wmtmm i iiwmmw iaiiiMwiMMiMHii rwfi rirr nim memoMmmamammmmtmmmMtmmrmmmmmmmtinmmmmmmammamttmmmmtm O