FOUR
THE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922.
CHERRY COUNTY
MAN REPLIES TO
STATE ENGINEER
COMMISSIONER BOWRING
SUES AN OPEN LETTER.
IS-
tJalm He Was Steam-Rolled at
the
Contention, and That John
son Knew It.
Arthur Bowring of Valentine,
Cherry county commissioner who made
a attack on State Engineer George E.
Johnson at the recent stat meeting
fef commissioners and clerks has is
sued an open letter to the head of the
;?g&deXentVirwhhe
a scorching reply to Johnson's;
SLn5,t h was "cowardly" in
Mate
ttatemeni uiai no V""'""' "
ot making his charges wnue joruum
ras at the convention to answer them.
Ur. Johnson recently answered all of
Ids ertica and paid his respects to Mr.
Bowring in most uncomplimentary
terms.
"Not having at my disposal the
highway fund," Mr. Bowring declares.
it will be impossible for me to send
V each newspaper in the state a copy
tf my answer." He waxes humorous
ver Mr. Johnson's proposal to inves
tigate the work of the department as
a whole, rather than any individual
project. He charges that the estimated
cost of project No. 60, under discus
lion, was $227,505.55, with guard rails
incluiled and that the actual cost, with
out the rails, for the 24.C miles was
$373,048.74, an amount $145,143.51
over the estimate, $121,173 over the
lowest bid and $f.8,83fi over the high
st bid submitted. Johnson, it is
charged, personally let the contract,
without the knowledge' of any member
f the board.
Mr liowrinir nccomnanics his open
letter with various references and com- j
vnunirntinns from Mr. Johnson andi
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others, ana gives w P"' ;
lie knows exactly wnuv ne ia :
about.
The Cherry county man's letter, in
part, follows:
Steam-Rolled at Convention.
"VALENTINE, Jan. 23. George E.
Johnson, Lincoln, Nebraska Dear Sir:
In vmir lpfter to the newspapers oi
the state -of Nebraska, you state that I to get the road contractor's money re
was unfair and cowardly in my talk turned, he would approve the bridge a.
before the county commissioners and it now stands, but wouldnot do so
supervisors convention in Omaha last unless we refused to settle without hir
month, because I did not talk during approval,
your attendance at that meeting. Asks a Few Questions,
"Personally , I did not know fc -you c mfi wh ch
""KV rrie Cherry county, individually, 20c per
You might ask VlVw pound for TNT when your - report
Neb., county commissioner f rom i Pierce I , c around 10c
county and in attendance at the con- , , in'Valentine ?
ventwn, why I did not the floor in . f tions
ti ?27J vif, uThow that we are asking you and that you
Mr. Prahl can tell you a 1 about how answered, although you
your friends steam-ro I l ed I me. Now, N , ou
,.ney: r4 John8on 1,dn 1 ou kB0W , are asking an investigation of 'the
Jl about it 7 .w ... 1 state as a whole' and not individual
"You state you projects? Who did you say was the
gsrns in person and 1 would like to Jf
know where and when. We Jad . h tnMi lndivlduai
visit with you in the room of the Cai, prJe? hf th
U UUl on Wednfday.r Gll coward? ,
Mr. Boyer ana mysen, oui av no un
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tt that wou d be any satisfaction, al
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wanted . What panted to know was
vvfcere the Cherry wtyfund - had
bean expended and I that .we felt you
vxe the responsible party and not
the project engineer, as you had let
the contract and mere i or snouia do
Vvilliag to shoulder the responsibility.
Bowring' Questions Unanswered.
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Yes, I asked you a few questions
r your iwk ai we wnvemiom m highway fund at my disposal it will be
va. just starting to open up i good I and ,7, for me each news-
!v,n5whTKhaiTnTaKZ; PaP- In the state a copy of my an
fchook hands with you, and bid you - .
Rood day. Thereby leaving me with-, ..A'Waiting the complete report, I am,
cut a chance to ask any more , que.' for &tter wh get
tions. lhe next day 1 did not inquire va,ue for money" expen,led,
whether your department was repre-, "ARTHUR BOWRING,
sented or not, and didnt care, as I "Chairman; Board of County Corn
only stated facts as you well know. I uiiwtn. Cherry county. X ,
"On April 10, 1920 the chairman of ;
vne cnerry county uoaru ana yourseu
in Lincoln, rejected all the biis for
earthwork on project No. 66 in our
county and then you personally, with-
the boanl ,on April 14, 1920, let the
contract for this ro:id to Mr. Peterson
and that contract has cost the Cherry
county fund $373,648.84 and in an
swer to the letter of our county clerk,
dated May 5, 1920, asking for infor
mation about this project, you answer
ed as follows:
'"In answer to your letter of May
6, a t-hort time ago I was over pro
ject No. 06 with Mr. Peterson of Ed
ward Peterson company, of Omaha,
and signed up a contract with him to
take the work over at the estimated
cost, which is approximately $107,000
below the contractor's bid. We agreed
to furnish two small tractors and some
pmall equipment for which we figure
the rent would be $5,000, making a cost
to the state and Cherry county $102,-
000 below the lowest bid received.
"When Mr. Roberts was in Lin
coln, I promised him to either do this
work at the estimated cost or secure
the services of some competent con
tractor to take care of same. Mr.
I'eterson is starting the work at this
time, has proctically all hi3 equipment
chipped and he has guaranteed this de
partment that the work will be com
pleted this season. Yours truly,
"'G. E. JOHNSON, Secy.
Cost Away Over Estimate.
"The estimated cost of this project
No. 66 was $227,505.33 with guard
tails included, and the actual cost,
without guard rails, is $373,648.84
making the 24.6 miles ci read cost tie
$145,143.51 over the estimate as 1
vred by your office, and $121,1 3.S5
over the lowest bid rejected and $C8.
836.84 over the highest bid rejected.
1 have often woadered what induced
you to reject all thate bidajk Jet
the contract to parties who never had
bid in, and cost oyj fund several
thousand more dollar. Why didn't
you give the bonafide bidders a chance
to take the contract at the Fame terms
you guve the present contractor? They
had ("fnt their time and money gel
ting ready to put in a hid and you cer
tainly ignored them.
"Can you give a good reason why
you didn't have the contractor haul the
surfacing from the nearest point to
the road and not cost us around $10,
000 overhaul at S."c per urd mile?
There was the same material at sta
tion No. 14(5 that was hauled from Ptn
tion No. 200, and thereby Rave several
thousand dollars and your attention
was called to that fact and so was the
project engineer. Money, it appears
had no consideration in this matter.
"You have allowed force account in
the amount of $251.72 for grubbing
and removing fence. That account
was presented to the county board and
was refu.eed, but 1 notice that it wa.'
allowed bv the Hrhway department
wKJoul any question.
"Can you tell me why
is not allowed 60 per c.
Cherry county
cent of the cost
of the Berrv bridire. as agreed with
the board by your division engineer?
"Mr. Black, division engineer, waf
notified of the date of the letting and
requested to be present and the con
tract was let according to plans and
specifications, submitted by the state
highway department. The board went
ahead and erected the bridge on those
onH nbont th time the bridtre
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his employees, blew the bridge up witn
our own TNT and after repairing the
bridge at the expense of the contrac
tor, we still cannot get 50 per cent of
the cost price, as agreed, because sand
in the abutments didn't pass inspec
tion, so they tell us. But we have tht
approval of the bridge by the state en
gineer of this project.
"There isn't a great deal the matter
with the bridge, only the following:
south abutment bad, a batter of 6 inch,
now has an overhang of 5 inches. Sec
ond panel, top strut, lower flange, out
of lino 6 inches. Two top laterals on
second panel, bent, out of line. Lowei
lateral on 4 panel, out of line. Struck
by rock when blast went oft. Both
tru?sei piaies on snoe enn
pu?set plates on shoe end of lower
lateral, south end, buckled. Lower
i cord, east side, Fouth end, lent, out of
line 4 inches. South east batter po'
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spring about Hi inches. Intermedi
ate post, west side, 3 panel, from
north out of line.
"These are a few of the things that
nre the trouble with the Berry bridge
but the project engineer told us that
"You are trvin to treat this matter
..., 1
a personal, . when it is a burinesa pro-
position, and we feel that we, as tax-
1Y ot th state of Nebraska, are
Ued know how this fund was
Pnt and where. You aa a public offi-
cfal should answer these questions and
ive fMts, You claim that thli
road i cherry county was built so
..nje,,,- y is jtw high above
the estimated
p,eaM hurrv UD lhe Drofile ftna
thi .t vimtr
age in each station as you promised.
Am thinking it will be interesting in
formation.
"As I do not happen to have the
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PATE DISCUSSES
SMITH-TOWNER
EDUCATION BILL
ADDRESSES THE SCOTTISH RITE
MASONS WEDNESDAY EVE.
Head of Alliance Schools Gives Argu
ments in Favor of Proposed
Legislation.
W. R. Tate, superintendent of the
Alliance schools, spoke before the
Scottish Rite Masons at a meeting at
he Masonie Temple Wednesday even
ng, his subject being the Smith
i'owner education bill. Mr. Pate is
trongly in favor of the bill, which in
ludes the following features: Appro
bations of $7,500,000 for removal of
lliteracy; $7,500,000 for Americaniza
ion; $20,000,000 for physical educa
tion; $15,000,000 for preparation of
.jublic school teachers; $50,000,000 for
.qualixing educational opportunities of
;tatcs and the establishing of a de
partment of education with the head a
member of the cabinet.
in regani to ine
In regard to the first point, Mr. Pate
Showed that there are in
the United
States 5,500,000 persons over ten years
of age who cannot red or write any
'anguage and 3,500,000 more who can
not sneak, read or white English.
Over one-fourth of the draft during the
war were illiterate. He also stated
hat over one-half of inddstrial acci-
lents were due to illiteracy. Illitcr-
vcy is decreasing faster in the south
although the per cent is about the
same.
Night schools will be established for
adults and day schools for children
imong the foreign population if this
bill passes. This is absolutely neces
sary for the Americanization of this
element of our population.
Mr. Pate proved that physical educa
tion is necessary, as one of every three
persons is unfit for military service.
In showing that the appropriation
for preparing school teachers is neces
sary, he said that there were 3,000,000
teachers in the United States who had
had no training and that there are
thousands of schools closed now be
cause of lack of teachers. The money
would be used in establishing teachers'
training schools. The training of teach
ers is n natural problem, as teachers
move from state to state.
That equalization of educational op
portunities is necessary is shown by
the fact that in one state the total
wealth is $14,000 per child while in an
other it is only $2,000 per child.
Mr. Pate also stated that every in-'
nuential nation in the world but the
United States has a minsitcr of educa
tion. The plan for carrying out the pro
visions of this bill is for the national
government to duplicate any amount
of money appropriated by the states.
' Mr. Pate showed that while $763,
000,000 is spent yearly for education.
$800,000,000 is spent for cigarettes and i
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is spent yearly on war.
In doifoirrMr; Pat mentioned thqtf
President "Harding, Physieam General
Charles' E.. Sawyer, Walter F. Brown,
republican national committeemah for
the reorganization of executive depart
ments, the general federation of wom
an's clubs, the national eomrre3 of
mothers and parent-teacher assoda-1
uons, we national society . 01 the .
Daughters of the American Revalutien, 1
the league of woman voters, the Am
erican library association and the Am
erican federation of labor are support
ing the measure.
Druutat
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BLUFF IS ON WARPATH
(Continued from Tape 1.)
for so"me time, or at least for a suffi
cient time to cau.-e the authorities to
become suspicious and a trap was set
ne night last week.
A Blow at Clean Athletics.
"There is no particular interest in
this matter, save in the fact that
three of the young men arc members
of the Allaince basket ball team, and
even after the discovery of the filching
of the examination papers were allow
ed to play against Gering last Friday
night.
"It can hardly be possible that after
such an occurrence the Alliance au
thorities intend to allow these young
men to continue through the season
as members of an association team,
but if they are allowed to do so, the
town of Alliance will have given clear
athletics in the schools one of the
worst blows that could have been
possible. It is a very natural con
clusion that these young men were not
up in their studies otherwise three
would have been no inducement to
steal the examination questions. If
a school not only condones the failure
of making proper crelits in order to be
a member of an athletic team by a
student but allows such student to con
tinue as a player on such team after
an admission of burglary all faith on
the part of other teams of the asso
ciation that they are playing against
clean competition is completely shat
tered. THE SPINAL COLUMN
THE SAFE, SANE AND
SURE WAY
"Snizzlcs"
The English vocabulary is to
a certain sense limited.
There are only about 450,000
words in the dictionary. "Sniz
zles" 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
"SMZZLES."
Most people, hcn 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 tmrtad ( iKrowiaa ,
them oat on their ears if senna 1
have ears. .
' The right name fof a "cold"
ia "lowered bodily resistance fa
vorable to term eeloaizaHon."
Bat that takes toe long to say.
Hence Msnicslean ia descriptive.
The way to avoid "snlnles" ia
to keep your bodily machine in
perfect running order all the
time. Also, the way to get rid
of "snisiles" when you have
them or it ia to get your bod
ily machine back to normal run
ping 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 are 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 colonies
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.
fH EST COLDS
Rub Vlcks over throat
, , . : : and chest tin til the skin
' becomet red then,
spread on thickly and
, , cover the parts with a
J f hot flannel cloth.'
XJ VapoRuc
CW 17 Million Jan Uk4 Ytarly
"There have been many hard things
said and some of them perhaps may
have been unjust, with reference to
the Alliance system of athletic play,
but one thing is certain and that is
if there young men are tdlowed to
compete with students of other tov.ns
who through honest hard work in
their studies are maintaining their
place on the team, western Nebraska
will have the full measure not only of
the Alliance students, but of the Alli
ance school authorities as well."
CATTLE FREIGHT RATES
ON "Q" INJURE ALLLVNCE
(Continued from Page 1.)
to any town in the territory here ex
cept to Henry, Nebraska, as it applied
only to towns 500 miles from Omaha
and Henry is the only town benefitted
by the 50c maximum rate granted.
"In view of the fact that Union Pa
cific and Northwestern towns snroxi
mately equidistant from Alliance are
receiving the business which naturally
belongs to Alliance and nearby towns,
that the Union Pacific and Northwest
ern roads can logically be assumed to
be handling this business on a remun
erative basis in that they have ac
cepted and are operating under the
same without nrott u-o
commission to act favorably on our
request 10 nave this discrimination
abolished by the establishment of
rates on the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy which will allow our shippers
WHY?
Why do three or four hundred people of
Alliance patronize the Model Market every
aay;
BECAUSE
The answer is the clean and sanitary con
dition of the shop, so different from most
shops.
The Quality, Service and Price
With no bunk or bait prices to draw trade
so as to make larger profits on the meats.
You can always get Quality, Price and
Service with a smile at the Model Market
One price to all. ' .
We deliver anywhere in the city. mi
MODEL MARKET
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Each year Undo Sara ia calling
prolits. It is dunpernus and costly
to guess. Tbo ABC System not
only takes careof tax returns but
is a valuublo guide to successful
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It TcUa You At a Glance
Vhether you are making or losing tuone I
What your expenses have been I
What you have puid out for merchandise I
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How much vou
How much is owed to vou
How much you
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AJB OUT
IRVING-PITT
CITY
iii Buk Printing Co.
to bring their cattle to Alliance and
nearby towns for shipment on an equal
basis as is furnished by the competing
ronds mentioned."
Wanted 100-lb. stock
pigs. ODannon & Neus
wanger. 18tf
NOTICE We are selling Rolly's
Washday Wonder. We will deliver.
Phone 6C1-W. Fortner Bros. 18-tf
See the Duplex Chair in W. J.
Hamilton's office, 106 West
Third Street. Call and you cart
obtain one. 18-2L
The Alliance high school girls team
defeated the Chadron girls Thursday
evening by a score of 24-6. The gamer
was featured by the unsportsmanlike
conduct of the visitors who protested?
every decision of the referee from be
ginning to end. The Chadron team?
wished to use boys rules rather than
the usual girls rules and the Alliance?
coach finally cnmnrnmisAd hv ncinir o-
combination of both during the first
half, but strictly girls rules during the?
second.
I The Emerson grade school boys de-
i taotekA 4Vi& Aniswl. mhJ. 1 im a.
lio t. - 1 1 5 i .
" a anu nam lougnt game CSV
a preliminary to the main contest.
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