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THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1922.
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THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE
Governor McKelvie, long suspected
ff being a shrewd politician, ha
proved his right to the title by his
message, delivered this morning be
'fore the special session of the state
legislature. The address, in its way,
is a masterpiece, for it will do more
to avoid dissention in the republican
ranks than any act of the governor's
since he announced thatme would not
be a candidate for any office next No
vember, especially the United States
senate.
The republican governor is well
aware that nothing he suggests which
may tend to increa.se his personal
popularity or that of his party, will
meet with favor of the democrats or
the third party adherents. What he
did not expect was that his proposal
for an extra session would meet with
Fuch opposition from his own sup
rorters. With nil the enthusiasm of
youth, he sprung upon an unsuspect
ing state the plan to tax gasoline to
build roads. This plan had pone over
big in eleven states, but it didn't make
a noticeable hit in Nebraska. The re
publican legislators nnd voters were
just as strong against it as were the
democrats. Plainly, it wouldn't do at
all, at all.
And so Governor McKelvie conceived
the idea of taxing the salaries of
state officers. Once more he guessed
wrong. The public saw but one phrase
in his statement it read "5 per cent
over $1,000" and the fur began to
fly. The proposed reduction, as ap
plied to state officials whose salaries
had been boosted from f0 to CO per
cent, was about as substantial as the
proverbial snowball.
Once more, the governor takes aim.
This time he registers a bulls-eye.
'The primary purpose for which this
special session is called," he tells the
belligerent legislators, "is to reduce
the appropriations of the last regular
session. The reductions I shall pro
pose amount to 12,730,505.85." Aside
from the Bf cents, this is Botncthlna
like. And maybe it does not come too
late. Had only the governor talked
reduction of appropriations before he
mentioned the gasoline tax, wails one
of his prominent supporters, McKelvie
might have left the state house the
idol of his people.
Of course, there are those who will
recall that the appropriations which
are now to be slashed so mercilessly
are the identical appropriations which
Thil Bross, secretary of finance, boost
ed so high when the budget was
made up, but after al' is said, the
state officials deserve some credit for
not spending the money, even though
they didn't need it. Such self-control
Is unusual, to say the least, and is a
distinct victory for the great repub
lican party.
With this masterly touch at the very
beginning of his message, the gov
ernor proceeds. He makes the best
possible defen.se and eulogy of his ad
ministration, and as many arguments
as possible for the special session
which he, practically standing alone,
desired and forced. The message ex
plains why the salary tax is not con
sidered feasible, and h6w little differ
ence it makes to the taxpayers if c
small coterie of officials draw high
salaries, anyway. It leaves the way
open for again increasing appropria
tions when the good times come again.
.It defends and urges the gasoline lax,
which the governor insists is a much-
maligned plan for making the tour
ists help build the roads. It's an im
pressive expose of those wasteful
democratic methods that we used to
hear so much about; and a cheerio cry
for everyone who voted the republican
ticket.
The governor has undobtedly con
vinced himself. All that remains to
be seen is whether the legislators
whose course of action has been so
clearly pointed out, have been either
silenced or convinced. The curtain i.e
up and the prologue is ended. The
performance is about to begin.
EXPENSIVE BUNK
Some patriot, who might as well re
main unknown, since his suggestion
will be highbrowed into the discard
has arisen to ask why on earth a state
administration which is making fuel
strenuous efforts to reduce the expense
of government should persist in going
ahead with present plans for the new
state capitol. The patriot in quest ioi
isn't fighting the building of a new
tate house. He is, however, register
ng a strenuous objection to the Cood
ue plan, which has leen accepted by
he capitol commission. This plan
rovides for an immense lower in the
enter of the Ktructure.
The Goodhue plan, from the moment
hat it was made pulilic, has boon the
ubjoct of intense delatc. The de
late, for the most part, has been
imong the elect those who consider
hemselves competent to speak of form
ind line and all that sort of thing, on earth, and is of value not only to
. . . .I., , i i . i it.- .t.
l he nuge tower was iookcu upon, ai
Irst, as a daring bit
Iater, someone with a
of
planning. ,
facility for.
stringing words together, conceived
he idea that this immense tower ex
pressed the spirit of Nebraska, what
ever that is. The lesser architectural
lights seiicd upon that phrase. They
mouthed it lovingly; they paraphrased
it, and, dressing it in new attire, I More power to his elbow. Would that
hurled it at the heads of those who ' he might work for a bunch of automo
objected to towere. By sheer force of j bile, tire companies and movie pro
words they overcame the objections of j ducers that we might name, to say
those to whom the proposed tower . nothing of the government, a few
meant nothing but a pile of masonry, national church organizations and scv
lomewhat higher than the rest of the eral societies. We only trust that the
building seemed to warrant, and cost-
"ng much more than it ""was worth.
There was talk that the entire Good
hue plan would be discarded rather
than relinquish the tower. And so,
after a good deal of argument, pro anil
con, the tower adherents won the bat
tle by keeping up the fight long after
their opponents were out of breath an'
otherwise discouraged, for the capitol
commission favored this monstrosity,
else it would not have selected the
plan.
But now, in the midst of a general
uproar about reducing state expendi
tures, with a special session of the
legislature called to lop off appropria
tions, one unremembeerd and despair
ng patriot has arisen in final protest
to suggest that the state could oe
saved hundreds of thousands of dol
lars by eliminating this one feature.
His protest has gone unanswered. The
victory of the highbrows is complete.
Nebraska will build this fool tower,
and her sons will pay the bill. That
is nothing. The state has squandered
more money than this in times past
for other and worse reasons than the
clamor of the intellectual elite.
The worst feature is that from now i
feature is tnat irom now,
until we pass into the great beyond,
isenrasKans and oiners win oe writing
guff like this, which is taken from
"Foresight," a house organ published
by a Lincoln investment firm:
Here on this matchless plain a tower
shall pierce the sky surrounded at it . -t cheaper now than you will be
base by graceful, spreading trees and fcf to huyYt at any time during the
blooming shrubs, its Pinnacle encir- four five
clod by passing clouds or bathed in. ,u no Uttle murage to go
brilliant sunlight. , 'counter to the popular current and
Like a whitened watchtower its d f advertising when im-
stately. classic form will rise high in are smaller than ac-
the darkness of the night and send t . b t j am convinced that th ma
forth gleams of light far out like a . . ihat fnrftsiht and courage
beacon bidding the traveler m
nome. ,
Before the rising sun K vkible in
the east its yellow glow will kiss the
face of the towerinar shaft and at the ,
close of day the last rays from , over
the gilded western horizon will be re-
fleeted from the uppermost reaches of
the structure, lengthening the golden
day.
Only the Washington Monument be
yond the Alleghanies will reach its
marvelous height, and westward to the
Golden Gate only the mountains them
selves will surpass it.
Boulevards banked by flowering
shrubs, shaded by overhanging trees
will radiate from its base beautiful
avenues alone: with the traveler Willi
desire to make his approach that he
may gaze in admiration upon this
wondrous shaft with its appealing,
graceful drapings, that has beckoned
him and will beckon others of passing
generations from far across the plain.
Alongside this slush, Schrecklich-
keit from Germany is blissful.
A USEFUL PRESS AGENT.
We are tempted to break a lifelong
rule. We are about to say something
pleasant about a publicity department.
Now, publicity departments, or press
agents the two are one, save that
the former title has the more impres
sive sound are anathema to ;he av
erage publisher. They have but one
purpose in life to put over on the
newspapers, under the guise of news,
publicity material which ranks as ad
vertising and for which the publishers
should be paid. We say "put over"
advised, for publishers have been cut
ting their eye-teeth the past few years
and have become competent to spot
free advertising, no matter how well
ugar-coated with a veneer of news,
from as great a distance as an old
time barfly could smell a free drink.
The Burlington railroad, following
in the steps of other corporations,
some time ago established a publicity
bureau. It is a model of its kind, .ut
once in a while, just because it is the
nature of the beast, apparently, it es
says to slip something over on the
publi.'hers. The remarkable thing is
that it so seldom makes the attempt
There have been bulletins from the
Burlington's news bureau about once
a week, and yet there are but few in
stances where the story wasn't genu
ine news. Thus, on the occasion when
the Burlington's dining cars cut the
price of meals, an attempt was made
to get the publishers to carry this as
matter of news. The cut in price
meant more business for the dining
cars and should have been given to the
world at so much a word. If Allianre
people got it, they stumbled upon it
by accident,, for it was not printed
free.
It comes like pulling teeth to say it,
for the average publisher loves a press
agent with the same degree of adora
tion that the bartenders used to wel
come a visit from Carrie Nation, but
the Burlington's publicity department
is the ?ort that justifies its existence
me raiiroau company uut w me pm
Ushers
The news dispatches it sends
out give information that is of value
to newspaper readers. There is no
attempt to have the publishers fight
its battles with labor (another depart
ment sees to that), or to get too much
for nothing. We remove our fedora
,to the fellow who plans those articles.
railroad officials, if they should chance
to read this tribute, will not fire him
because he has not devoted his whole
attention to hoodwinking the pub
lishers. OPPORTUNITY AHEAD.
Roger W. Babson, eminent business
authority, has pointed the way to
business success in the year of our
Lord 1922. Mr. Babson, who is yf
first man to talk prosperity and give
definite reasons for his beliefs, has a'
message that should prove of intense
interest to every live business man in
Alliance. He says:
"It la mm nnnnrfinl thnt t)l PYIHM1-
tives of America have been busy since
January, 1020, even if the businesses
themselves have not.
"In fact. American business men
have probably done more real thinking
since the depression ?et in than they
did in the whole period of prosperity
which preceded it. Almost every man
I talked with has a plan for a new
building, a new product, or the de
velopment of a Jiew sales field. The
project is on papr the details have
leen worked out, and he is just wait
ing for conditions to get settled. All
of these plans mean potential business
- nr . aftractuaI
or,iers wjn be placed just as soon ns
prices and markets reach stable levels.
"This situation, apparent as we
reach the bottom of the present area
of depression in 1922, offers the first
real chance of the coming period of
improvement Future business is now
. 1 . 1 nnimta. Villi PQn
win gain an advantage a running
start that will carry him through the
. periods of improvement and
osperity
A c reserve Mt asi(le (!ur.
? f. vefl. Cut production
costs as much as possible, but don't
skimp your selling appropriation dur
ing 1922. Defer expansion of plant un
til next year, but this year increase
your advertising.
"Take the aggressive course! There
will be considerable business this sum
mer, more the coming fall and winter,
more still next year. But the man who
goes after it now is the man who
wal get it.
SAVING A CITY'S FAIR NAME
(Columbus Telegram)
Discrimination in favor of one friend
over another friend is always a mis
take, if we desire to hold the friend
ship of both friends, i regret very
much the complaint made by some
of our visiting firemen last Monday.
Some of them complained that they
had to nav fifty cents a glass lor
hootch in the Columbus hootch saloons,
whereas other visitinsr firemen were
chare-ed the ordinary home price which
is thirtv-five cents per glass. All or
those visiting firemen were friends of
Columbus. Moreover, they were our
guests. It was shameful on our part,
n capicty or host, to treat some oi
our guests better than others. I hone
Mavor Carrig may investigate the
charges of discrimination. It does not
give Columbus a good name to permit
the hootch saloons to soak some of
our guests for fifty cents a glass for
hootch when the standard price is only
thirty-five cents per glass. Mayor
Carrig has the power to revoke the
license under which our hootch saloons
are now operating. The good name of
Columbus is at stake. I demand that
the mayor shall revoke the license of
every hootch dealer who charges more
than thirty-five cents a glass to any
thirsty guest of the city. Of course
the dealers do not dare make profiteer
ing prices to our home people, because
we all know that the standard price
has been fixed at thirty-five cents a
glass for the highest grade hootch.
I AM YOUR TOWN
(American Legion Weekly.)
Make of me what you will I shall
reflect you as clearly as a mirror
throws back a candle beam.
If I am pleasing to the eye of the
stranger within my gates; if I am
such a sight as, having seen me, he
will remember me all his days as a
thing of beauty, the credit Is yours.
Ambition and opportunity call some
of my sons and daughters to high
tasks and mighty privileges, to my
greater honor and to my good repute
in far places, but it is not chiefly these
who are my strength. My strength is
in those who remain, who are content
with what 1 can offer them, and with
what they can offer me. It was the
greatest of all Romans who said.
"Better be first in n 1 ttl IKi-i fin ri I -
lage thnn second in Rome."
I am more than wckhI nnd bnVlr ntwt
stone, more even than flesh and blood
i am me composite soul of all who call
roe home. z
I am your town. '
TWO GIRLS PREFER
THE STATE PENITENTIARY
YORK Myrtle Hetrick of Ray
mond, Neb., and Ruby Fox of Scotts
bluff, inmates of the state reformatory
for women at York until la.;t summer
when they, escaped and by aid of some
man were taken by auto to Casper,
Wyo., want to give the penitentiary a
trial.
"Why do you prefer the ftate prison
to the York reformatory!"
Two well dressed girls thumbinc the
leaves of a book containing pictures of
criminals, black and white, who are
serving time, shrugged four trim
shoulders.
The girls were returned from Casper
Friday in custody of Deputy State
A'o. fS fpgf
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DON'T WORRY
About Hard Times and Misfortune That May
Come to You Get Ready for Them.
Start a savings account TODAY. There are dozens of
things that could happen to you, that will stop your earn
ings. The sensible thing to do is :
GET READY FOR THEM WHILE
YOU ARE WORKING.
Why not come in TODAY and talk it over?
We can show how your earnings will mount up.
WE PAY 3 INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS
FIRST STATE BANK
Deposits Protected by Nebraska Guaranty Fund.
To the business man, retail or wholesale; to the manufacturer; to the commis
sion man; to the trucking company, the Ford Model T One Ton Truck makes
n irresistible appeal because it has in its chassis all the merits of the original
Ford car; the wonderful Ford Model T Motor, the dependable Vanadium steel
chassis, and the manganese bronze worm-drive. A strongly built truck that
serves satisfactorily and lasts in service If these statements were not truer
the demand for Ford Trucks wouldn't be so constantly on the increase. We
will be pleased to take your order for one or more Ford Trucks, will see that you
get reasonably prompt delivery, and will give you an after service that Insures
the constant service of the Truck. But don't wait too long. Get your order
in promptly.
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Sheriff Fulton.
RuSy Fox, smaller of the two and of
ladylike demeanor, made this state
ment in regard to her preference.
"We could tell a plenty concerning
the institution at York if we cared to."
"And you prefer the penitentiary to
the reformatory for women?"
"We certainly do."
When asked by a reporter to be more
specific in regard to their reference to
the York institut'on, Mytle Hetrick
tossed her head in the general direction
of Hyers' private office.
"Let the state tell you," she said.
The girls were sent to the reforma
tory because of incorrigibility. The
board of control expects to obtain con
victions under the new law pertaining
to the escape of prisoners from an in
stitution or from custody of an officer.
The law provides a penalty of from
one to ten years. If the attempt to
send them to the oenitentiary proves
successful, Ruby and Myrtle will be
giau.
The small son of L. S. Tuttle was
operated on Monday for appendicitis.
TUE UNIVERSAL CAR
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THE SPINAL COLUMN
THE SAFE, SANE AND
SURE WAY
"Snizzles"
The English vocabulary is to
a certain sense limited.
There are only about 430,000
words in the dictionary. "Sniz
tles" isn't one of them.
Further, there are not enough
words in the language to express
adequately how a person feels
who is afflicted with the said
"SNIZZLES."
Most people, when they have
"snizzles" speak of having a
"cold."
It doesn't make much differ
ence, neither word means any.
thing. When you have "sniz
zles" or a - "cold" it merely
means that your bodily machine
is out of order. It means that
your body resistance is low. So,
when a chummy colony of
germs, who implicitly believe in
marriage and the raising of
large families, came along, they
took up residence in your nose
and throat. And your body wel
comed them instead of throwing
them out on their ears if germs
have ears.
The right name for a "cold"
is "lowered bodily resistance fa
vorable to germ colonization."
Rut that takes too long to say.
Hence "snizzles" is descriptive.
The way to avoid "snizzles" is
to keep your bodily machine in
perfect running order all the
time. Also, the way to get rid
of "snizzles" when you have
them or it is to get your bod
ily machine back to normal run
ning order.
The motive power of the bod
ily machine is nerve force. If
nerve force is interrupted in its
flow, normal bodily resistance is
lowered.
The main artery of the nerve
system is the Spinal Cord.
Branching away from it ere the
trunk nerves going to every part
of the body. These trunk nerves
pass through and between the
movable bones of the spine.
When one or more of these
bones gets out of place, even a
little, nerves are squeezed. They
cannot transmit the normal
amount of nerve force. Then
your body is below par in its
functioning.
The Science of Chiropractic
concerns itself with adjusting
spinal bones to normal. Then
the body functions normally and
throws out the germ colonics
which produce "snizzles."
If you lean toward hot lemon
ade, mustard foot-baths, quinine
and calomel, that is your privi
lege. But chiropractic adjust
ments prevent and remove the
CAUSE of "colds."
TRY CHIROPRACTIC
IT "WORKS"
DRS. JEFFREY & SMITH
Chiropractic Health Service.
Over Harper's Dept. Store.
J
Miller