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TIIE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1922.
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TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
BURR PRINTING CO, Owners
Entered at the poatofTice at Alliance,
Keh., for transportation through the
Mails as second clans matter.
GEORGE L RURR, Jr. Editor
ttDWIN M. BURR Business Mgr.
Official newspaper of the City of
mnauic, uitibim newspaper 01 10X
Butte County.
Ownpd and published by The Burr
Fristing Compnny, George L. Burr.
r, i resiuem; itiwin ai. Uurr, Vice
President
TIIE MEDICS SPEAK.
The Jouraul of the American Medi
cal Association is doing its best to Fet
tle a question that at one timo was
rather vexatious and still of impor
tance, with a light wines and beor
fight impending in congress. .This
question is tho attitude of physicians
toward beer and whisky. During the
vet and dry fight, most of us will re
member, there was a great deal of
fetress laid on the words of physicians.
The drys would discover a noted physi
cian who in thirty-four years of prac
tice had never found it necessary to
prescribe an alcoholic stimulant, and
who was satisfied that he could go to
tho end of the chapter without ever
employing one jn any case which ho
might treat. The wot forces would
counter with a statement from another
noted physician, who, it appeared,1
hardly ever prescribed anything else,
and who mourned the prospective dis
appearance of alcohol as a. great loss
to the pharmacopoeia. After a while,
when all the famous physicians had
had their way, the wets and drys began
calling on the smaller fry, the ordinary
pill dispensers, and it was noteworthy
that it was almost always possible to
find some physician who would take
either side,
side.
The right of physicians to disagree'
has always been granted. In fact, it
come to be expected. But it so
happen-J fjoj the dry physicians made
the greatest noise, ev fi)f the physi
cians who honestly believed III &y
STicIency of whisky and beer were a
trifle ashamed to be caught in com
pany with the brewers and distillers,
for toward the latter stages of the
prohibition campaign, it was generally
some of these protests were con
sidered. Something, too, must be done to end
the moonshine menace. AH over the
country, In almost any town, large or
imall, this filthy stuff la for aale,
openly or under very little cover. New
Year'a eve the state and federal forces
made a big drive to stop the usual con
vivial celebration on that occasion.
There were hundreds of special depu
ties, at enormous expense, and every
place suspected was watched. There
weren't so many arrests as last year,
and the law enforcement officials are
claiming that victory is in sight Any
one in touch with actual conditions
knows that little, if any progress, h':is
been made in fighting illicit booze. It's
time we ceased fooling ourselves and
get down to brass tacks. The traffic
has got to be ended, but mouth vic
tories aren't worth much more than
the breath it tnkes to claim them.
SAVE YOUR BREATH.
About every so often it again be
comes necessary to remind the dear
public that the mission of a newspaper
is to print the news. No editor Is
always satisfied with the news as he
finds it there are a lot of things that
he would rather had not happened
but newspajHMs do not make the news.
They only print it And a respectable
publication will do its best to give its
readers all the news. The best way
to avoid undesirable publicity is not
to get into a position where you're
due to get it
For times have changed since father
went to school. In those days, there
was a general idea that newspapers
couldn't make a living if it weren't
for donations of one sort and another.
In those days, the average merchant
believed that a newspaper was "a good
thing for the town," and he put in an
advertisement now and then "just to
help the paper out" Ho didn't be
lieve that advertising paid him not
then, he didn't. In those days, with
that sort of felling toward newspapers,
the editor very often strived to keep
the donations coming his way. If one
of his benefactors, cither subscriber
or advertiser, every wanted anything
printed or omitted, he was glad to
oblige. Every time he gave in he lost
piirt of his self-respect, and the fel
low who I'llt H nci?sa thought less of
him than before.
But times, as we said before, have
changed Today progressive mer
chants know that advertising in live
believed that any physician who spoke publications brings results. You can
out in meeting in favor of the so
called intoxicants was an unworthy
man, and there was always a hint that
tall lals change in attitude by the fact
that more advertising fpace is used,
and that advertisements are changed
he might have .been bought, or that Draclici.nv evcrv isu The advertis
something else was rotten in Denmark. injf is now ns KOmi neW!, as can be
But here it is, a year or two since! found in any column, and it is read
the moonshiners tooK tneir ium ai just as carefully. The newspapers
tat, and what do we find? The Jour- have corne to be regular businesses,
Hal's questionnaire on the wine, beer ( and there are people who do not tb
and whisky qustlon was mailed to ject to the publisher making the same
870 physicians in Nebraska. Over half , w,, t of a profit as other men in busi
of them, or fully C5 per cent, rent in no. This change of utittude is re
replies. And the vote, which will be fleeted in the news columns, which are
-found tabulated in another column, 'no longer coloied to suit the tastes of
shows a rurprising thing. Iho physi-'nny man who happens to spend from
cians still disagree on the liquor ques- lvo to ten dollars a year.
tion, but it will be seen that the vote it's better all the way around. Nei
o ..v uv-fiui, in iu, n o iner ruuscrincrs or advertisers can
pretty close race. have any faith in a newsjKiper that
Presumably these physicians knew J isn't independent The editor who is
that their personal opinions would not . foft-hcarted or soft-headed has no
be quoted, and therefore there was no influence in a community, and a news-
Isn't the rule. Court news is privileged
and the rule it to print all of it that
la important The newspaper makes
it own decision as to what should be
published, and the wise editor does it
without assistance or suggestion.
If you are unfortunate enough to
be caught in any mischief that brings
a fine from the judge, don't think that
all you have to do is to slip the news
paper man a kind word, a cigar, or
a threat to stop the paper. Don't
waste your time and his. Save your
breath to explain to the wife, rather
than by trying to pcrsaude someone
else to protect her if you don't The
open season for lawbreakers is still
on. If half the people of the city have
observed you on the street, tanked to
the gills, remember that tho news
paper, to preserve its standing and
reputation, can't omit mention of
something of which three-fourths the
people in the city are aware. The best
way to keep out of print is to keep
out of trouble. A word to the wise
should be sufficient, but if it isn't shr
get it straight in your head, we keep
a gimlet.
reason why they should not Ftand by
their covictions. Over the entire state,
272 physicians stated that it was their
belief that whisky is a necessary
therapeutic agent, and 291, a bare ma
jority of nineteen, stated that in their
Opinion is wasn't. It is noticeable that
Omaha, which has always been regard
ed as the headquarters for the wet
forces of the state, voted strongly for
whisky, 79 to 41. Lincoln, similarly
recognized as the home of the drys,
voted against whisky in medicine to
the tune of 29 to 6. There will be
those who will say that this vote
Simply shows the old lineup in Omaha.
But wait: This above vote applied to
whisky.' ,Ia answer to the question
Whether beer was considered a neces
sary therapeutic agent, 46 Omaha phy
sicians said yes, and 72 cast a vote in
the negative. , Apparently these physi
cians are giving their honest opinion
In the matter. '
Some of the comments made by the
physicians are interesting. Most of
them, having in mind the high ethics
of their profession, object to making
a physician ipto a barkeep, but there
Is a strong sentiment in favor of let
ting the government dispense whisky
and beer, just as the sale of narcotics
Is supervised.
The daily newspapers over the state
are, for the most part, hailing the slim
majority given to the dry side as a
preat victorj'i but the figures do not
bear out this assertion. The facts are
that a strong element among the phy
sicians favor the use of so-called in
toxicants for medical purposes. This
Is perhaps as influential an element as
there is in the state. The question
naire shows that all over the country
there is dissatisfaction over the admin
istration of the prohibitory law. This
newspaper holds no brief for the wets,
but as an opponent of the old time
Saloon, would suggest that it's time
paper must reflect the personality of
the men who conduct it, Just as it re
flects the ideals of the city where it
is published. The man who edits a
newspaper to please his friends, fr
punish his enemies, or simply to make
money, isn't doing his duty to the com
munity where he lives.
Publicity is a tremendous force, for
good or evil. There is nothing that
has so great an effect on public mor
ality. It serves as a deterrent to
law breaking of all kinds. For many
men do not particularly mind breaking
laws, or even getting caught and pay
ing the penalty for their fun, if only
the people whom they like and want
to respect them do not know about it
Newspapers do not publish all the un
pleasant news they know. They pub
lish only details that come out in the
courts. If a man can keep out of
court, he can, for the most part, keep
out of the newspapers. Unless con
ditions grow too rotten, he's safe so
long as he eludes the police. But if
he goes through the courts, he might
as well make up his mind to take his
medicine.
In the past ten days alone, Alliance
newspapers have been approached not
less than six times with an appeal to
keep the court records from becoming
public. In each instance they were un
successful. The man who says, "Spare
my wife and children," lays all the
blame for his misdeeds upon the news
paper. Why should the newspaper
take more thought of his family than
he does? Responsibility to family an
not be delegated to the first man who
comes along.
Newspapers, however, occasionally
temper publicity with mercy. In the
case of juvenile offenders, or of men
who make the first slip, where the of
fense is trifling, or under other cir
stances, news pa pert may decide that
publicity can be overlooked. But this
THE SPECIAL SESSION.
Governor McKelvie's plan for calling
a special session of the Nebraska leg
islature to consider a tax on gasoline
and two or three other items has been
set for later in tho month, although
the call has not been actually issued.
The proposal for the session hps not
been met with an outburst of applause,
although the governor undoubtedly be
lieved that the farmers among the
voters, as well as others upon whom
the tax burden has laid heavily, would
welcome an opportunity to pass some
small portion of this burden on to the
tourists from other r.tates and pay the
rest themselves. The prospect hus
failed to impress the farmers, partic
ularly, although from other source
may be heard derisive howls. ?
The farmers take it the hardest.
They see, first of all, an expenditure
of about $15,000 for a day's special
session of the legislature, and they
immediately lose interest They have
no particular faith in this legislature,
anyhow, and no so very much in Coy
crncr McKelvie. A pretty fair index
of how the public feels may be found
by a straw vote on the subject, taken
by a Lincoln newspaper, which asked
its readers to send in their sentiments.
About a thousand responded, and after
the first batch of the returns were
counted, it was plain that it was a
case of thumbs down. The vote stood
ooO against to cr.ly 82 Gt, iiivi
is a pretty fair average for the whole
stite.
Governor McKelvie might have been
able to stir up some interest in the
special session and the gasoline tax,
had it not been for his ideas concern
ing a salary cut fcr state officials
This was the last straw. The sugges
tion that these gentlemen, who at the
last session of the legislature, a year
ago, were given salary boosts ranging
from HO to 05 per cent, voluntarily
give back all of 5 prr cent was a little
too much like humor. The taxpayers
are sometimes slow to catch the point
but in this case it was a little too ob
vious to be overlooked. The exquisite
humor of the suggestion that this 3
per cent be given up voluntarily and
that it apply only to all salary money
in excess t)f $1,000 drew a smile even
from the farmers, wage earners and
business men who count themselves
fortunate if their net profits for the
year will reach $1,000. This kind of
a proposal is regarded, if not as an
insult, at least as ill timed humor by
the men who have watched corn and
wheat and other farm produce drop in
price. The governor, who was astute
enough to decide to retire from politics
(temporarily, of course) rather than
face almost certain defeat in the sen
atorial race next year, is by no means
a political chump, even though he is
youthful and has made one or two
foolish moves. Realizing how absurd
and inadequate the 5 per cent salary
cut was, he now proposes s graduated
income tax for state officials, in addi
tion to the 5 per cent, which is illegal
and s matter for the Individual con
science to decide, inasmuch as an of
ficial's salary may not be reduced, in
some cases, during his term of office.
The governor doesn't know whether
this income tax plan could be worked
out but hell look up the legal phases
of the question thoroughly.
In the meantime, were suggestions
in order, it might be well to pass the
word along that the easiest way out
of the present mess is by the same
door wherein he entered. It was the
love of the people which prompted him
to propose a special session. The
voice of these same people will give
adequate excuse to drop it , The next
time a legislature is elected in Ne
braska, it wil be composed of men in
whom the voters have confidence and
from whom they have received
pledges. And it should be safe to pre
dict that there wil Ibe mighty few;
uttle reductions which are as low as 5
per cent
LITTLE JOHNNY'S CURIOSITY
Little Johnny, though he had been
to the poultry show the night before
with his father and his uncle, insisted
that he be taken again on the night
that his mother and aunt decided to go.
After pleadings didn't serve to daunt
the little fellow's determination, it
was decided to take him alone.
While at the show the lad enjoyed
himself immensely, but on the way outi
of the building he seemed rather re-'
luctant to leave, and continually looked',
back inquiringly. Finally he said to
his mother, "Ma let's wait until thev
let the animals loose."
"Why, Johny," said the mother,
"they don't let the animals loose."
"Oh, yes, they do," mid Johnny.
"Last night Pa said to Uncle Henry,
let's stick around awhile. We might
get a chance to pick up s couple of
chickens.' "
APPRECIATION
Thomas Corwin, Ohio's famous ora
tor and renowned statesman, was
noted for his more than abundant sup
uly of native wit He was a wonder
in using it effectively in oratorical
contests with political shoals and an
tagonists. Toward the latter part of
his career Corwin had reached the con
clusion that his caustic wit had
seriously damaged, his prospects for
further advancement. He cautioned
both John Sherman and Den Piatt not
to interlard their speeches with jokes.
Don't do it, my Boys," protested Cor
win. "Don't de. it The earth is dot
ted over with, monuments erected!
above the remains of solemm asses."
Indianapolis Star.
No man who? manages to keep- sn
automobile going can bo regarded as
a person out of employment
An English scientist says blonde.s
make the best fighters. At any rate,,
they are willing to dye for their country.
Paris doctors say use of cocktails and
cigarettes give women beards. Well,
they can shave if they can smoke and
drink, can't they T
Look At Him Today
He was no better off than you at one time See what
he is today Rich, successful, influential a man of the
world.
Don't envy him emulate him follow his example.
Appreciation of the value of saving started him on the
road to success. Judicious investments assisted him in
achieve his goal. It will do the same for you.
Profit by his experience. Start the New Year with
determination to succeed. Get the saving habit It will
start you on the right road.
YOU WORKED FOR YOUR MONEY
MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU.
The First State Bank
Deposits Guaranteed by Nebraska State Guaranty Fund.
Goal Is Down
0c on a ton
Due to a reduction in our costs of coalwar tax and delivery
charges we are able! to retail coal to Alliance patrons at a lower
price.
NEW PRICES SCREENED AND DELIVERED
COLORADO LUMP, Ton $15.00
COLORADO NUT, Ton $14.00
OWL CREEK LUMP, Ton $12.50
OWL CREEK EGG, Ton .$12.00
OWL CREEK PEA, Ton $ 8.50
'..J.,.,, You can save 75c a ton if you buy your coal at the bins. Get
your order in NOW. We can supply with any of the above sizes
and grades at the lower prices.
Dierks Lbr. & Coal Go.
F. W, HARGARTEN, Slanager.
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