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TIIE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1922. Old Shoes Made New at the B. & B. Electric Shoe Shop , Let us pave you money on your old shoes. A dollar saved Is a dollar earned. We have first class shoemakers and the latest machinery to repair shoes. Bring your shoes here. THE B. & B. ELECTRIC SHOE SHOP A Trial Will Convince You W. C. JOHNSTON, Proprietor Under Alliance National Bank HOME GROWN By FANNIE HURST Cnytl If, kr T9 WhMlar BroSlMM, U4 (Concluded in This Issue) , " Miss Fink receded Into the Impres sionistic mood of night, her pink chif too scarf drooped from her ahouldera like wings. "Oh, dear!" she sighed twice, leaned backward and let her bands fall limp felon the arms of her chair. Her stgha trembled for a moment and died. Whs ft the matter, little slsterr "Nothln'.-' ' I 'Well, girlie It It's all over but the houtln. ain't Itr '. ; ' "All over. I'm leaving on the 8:45 od you on the noon, ain't you 7" , "The twelve thirty' "It's been a swell ten days. Gee, auid I thought I wasn't going to like It nt here." ; "I I Just don't know what the place roald have been without you. Miss (Hrdle. Just tbe life of things, you were. "A swell ten days It's been and yeu've been fine and dandy to roe, too. Bit say, won't little old Noo York look fcoodt I ain't heard a honk-honk and watch your step and 'step lively for j o long I'll be mistaking the Time! building for a tall pine when I got home." "Tlelgh-ho euch Is life," said Mr. tookea, "such la life l" -V Aln't It oV -' f "We meet and we nasi on we meet . and we pass on. Monday morning, little sister, I'll be waking up to the alx o'clock chimes of the First Pres- j byterlan and the crowing of Bantam Jtomle," j -v w XsJ U over them both with a slx ' Ij-ccfil alarm clock and a ash can tymphoay." "And I'll lay there listening to old Mary unlock the summer kitchen and after I bear her turning the windlass ' te bolai the water from the well I'll tbe tettln up tnysWf andr " 1 know the feel In'." . "and getting don to unlock the tor Just like there wasn't no little jsjuter had come and 'sneaked Into mj t&aart oat here In the pines." "And I'll be trallln' my black char ' tineuae over a green velvet carpet and between sales swnppln' manicures - with the girls and daring Eddie the 'tock boy to wriggle his ears for us." ; "I wish you wasn't going back I .. ifsst wish you wasn't. Miss Birdie.' "I got the two best reasons a girl enld have. A dollar-sixty and a rail ' Yoad ticket In my pocketbook and the Horse Show advance display opening Monday morning, with me on the Job . eJ)tng the eight-hundred-dollar cloth f gold over Malsle'a head or knowing tbe reason why not." 1 "I I Just think we ought ought to keep you out here with us, little Birdie." V "Co; wouldn't thnt be a cinch." L, "We ain't going to let you go, neither -4hit' all there Is to it." ; "That's rlKht. tease me along." !' "If I, wasn't afraid you'd break your fetdea luffing. I'd suy tliere Just Couldn't be a finer sight than' you In In a white dross and no hat walking m High street about closing time, the "way they do In our town on tine eve nings. You In a wliite dress and no hot eoiulu' down to meet meet " V "(lee I" "You won't believe it. little Birdie, but wuy down underneath the city I think you got Just a little Miami in your make-up, I do." "I I ain't so stuck on the city; It's Just stuck on me, like sticking plaster. Bometlnies I I hate It." 1 "I don't waut you to go back there to stay, Birdie. I'm comlu' on my Sep tember trip and bring you bifk home ith nie, that's what 1 am. I ain't go ing to let the city get its big sooty bands on you again, thut's what I ain't. Little sister, you know what I what Mr. Prokes leaned toward Miss Fink so that his shirt front bulged outward with the swell of a pouter pigeon. Ills heart blood buzzed In his brain danced behind hla eyes and confused his vision. "Birdie, I " , ' "One two three four five six eveneight nine ten leven i Uiu rah I Hurrah!" "It'a the bust up, dearie. I gotta gotta go pass the lovin' cup, little fclrdle. You" Just Just wait f cr cie, I want to say I" "Hurrah hurrah the cupl I I I" "Comln comin' wait her for me, little sister. Com la' t boys, comln'." Ahnoit slniutftineonily, C,,,J turned tlie corner f the ell. so llm, o svelte, that he i Mack H houette against black ; a disembodied hands and face and shirt front flout ing In an aura of buy ruim VBirdie that youTv Gee, where you been hiding yourself? I've been on a regular man hunt since I came up from the 'station. '-You ain't sick, are you. Ittlng out here alone with tbe blgti priest atuff going on Inside.'' "Gllly!" "That's mel" "Whutta you know about thatl I you're a whole day ahead of yourself." "Chicago didn't hart no strings on my heart klddo 1" - , Treshle I" "Well, klddo guess 1 , She leaned forward, her hair like ripe corn In starlight "Gee, OUly, you landed It 1" "Forty ; a week and three shifts. Morning Glory ain't bad for your Uncle Fuller, la It? If I'd a bit old Kelly for fifty he'd cotne over with It, too forty a week and morning duty eh. klddof "It's swell, Gllly Just grand l" lie rubbed hla palms together at If they were lubricated with the sweet oil of success, twirled thrice on his heels and swung himself perilously atop the veranda rail, his legs twined through the palings and teetering back and forward to maintain a balance. "It's all lir knowln' how, klddo I knew what I was doing when I took tbe Jump to Chicago." ' "You bet you dldl" "Any other fellow wouldn't hare fol lowed It up the way I did, taking a chance on my Job and hiking off to Chicago like I wasn't on the hotel payroll that's me every time; let me set my heart on a thing and It's mine!" "Say, won't It be swell to have a friend working at the New McPhee tersT Won't you bit the high places, though 1" . "Will I a taxi for me the minute I strike the asphalt, with my back to me nieier anu a green curuuuun in my outtoniiojer , i 4,, ( "Oh, your . . "I'll call you up the same night, too, Uleopatry a little supper theater and Broadway after eleven, with the iights so white you'll need a sunshade, and every honk and squawk and clar ion In town working overtime. Qh, ge, klddo, I'm going back home I" Mr. Gllly tossed his head until the mane of his hair fell over his eyes, teetered backward for a breath-taking moment, and swyng to his balance. "Watch out, Gllly. You'll go over!" "Let's go out on the' lake gee, this place gets on my notvea let'a dodge the Jays-r-I ain't been so excited since I bad the 'measles.' Down the steps together, lightly and abreast, and out ou the sloping beach, with the white sand sparkling to tne ' moon and tbe lake rocking gently,., , .... ' "Say, I guess you ain't some little peacherlno yourself tonight pink rose In your hair, and say wbere'd you get them little pink bows on your sleeves? Ping! Dong I Ice water and towels for 66." v "Quit,: Freshlel ;. Look you untied "Len.me tie ltf, i "Gowann, .. ' .' ' "Quit 1" "Did you miss tne, Morning Glory huh 1 did your "Oh, I don't knowla-la I" ' "Hear her sassln' me like my name wasn't McPheetera." . "Listen listen, will you, to what they're playln' up there at the Sunday school dunce. Say, are my ears kid ding me?" "Oh-h h. It's the Tensing Tango I I Oared little le lU-Mr to ni.. it t.w.ihf He's play It ?'' lng It for me; con you beat "Come . on, klddo I" '.'' They sprang Into each other's arms like tire horses Into trace. Sand flew from under their feet. Their lux lies were lx urn! niutvhod to a syn - ated rhythm that carried them ..... , , . mi the moonlit bench, and their copa dow eand-sprayeU feet rapid and yet more rapid. "Klddo," he Mid. holding her close and looking down Into her eyes. "Gee, home was never' like this, Gllly. You sure are some little danr." He held her suddenly closer, so thnt the breath Jumped out of her throat In a lltle gasp and the pink bud flut tered out of her hair. . 'On forty-a-week. Birdie, you and me we could Just go plumb dancing through life like this." "Yes," site said, scant of breath. "Are you game. Morning Gloryr Ills Hps were close to the warm hemp of her hair. "Yes," she said, as In a dream, sway, lng down the silver sand with her upturned face bathed lu the same sil ver. "Birdie, birdie "Yes--Gllly yes." '"Whoop, klddo! Say, that dip there was a beauty that's the Slngalese, ain't It ; -There now, Glory, dip again I" He tookej down at her the grilling glance of Apollo burning through the diffident lids of captured Daphne. . She relaxed ever hla supporting arm Uk .illl thaj. swsyjL y 4 breezi.il loves aniT to the rhythm of Ler own 1 breathy humming: Oh, tht l1n t..ln Tnf, Swoop! v oh how It makeJ ywur em In lo. t ! lr I 1 l-a la. ANNUAL REPORT OF ACTIVITIES OF THE C, OF C. MRS. THOMAS TELLS RESULTS OF PAST FIVE MONTHS Accomplishments for Community Bet terment and Other Work of the Organization Mrs. Lloyd C. Thomas, secretary of the Alliance chamber of commerce, has submitted a report of the activi ties of the organization since she took over the secretaryship-on September 15. 1921. The annual meeting1 was held last night. Mrs. Thomas' report fol lows: . . . The Charity, Organization. ; Probably the most important work accomplished by the chamber of com merce during1 the past year has been that of the organization and operation of the Alliance Charity organization. The serious lack of employment, com- v . i . l .1 . ... I Oineu wiui wie cungeskiun iicic in uur city, caused the condition of affairs amonz the poor and needy to become so pre&sinir that President ulen Miller of the chamber called together a num ber of the active chanty workers. A permanent organization was formed ut this meeting, with Mrs. S. W. Thomp son as chairman and your secretary as secretary. . . .. Since that time the work has pro ceeded methodically, systematically and effectively, with the result that much suffering wa3 alleviated and duplication of effort avoided. The char ity organization nas had on us hands an average of probably eight to twelve families during the winter and has given temporary aid .to many others, as well as to individuals who needed only a little help. We are pleased to acknowledge the . hearty co-operation of our board of county commissioners In caring lor tne poor, To Post M. T. P. A., and to the Al liance Volunteer Fire department, is due much credit for "putting over" the Charity ball at a time when runa: were badly needed, replenishing our treasury for the balance of the winter. The energetic traveling men and val ient firemen have our hearty thanks. The financial report for the Charity organization since its organization is as follows: Received from indi viduals, and tnjBcel- ' laneous $145.75 ? '' Received from char ity ball 405.35 551.10 Expended to date for FUDolies. fuel and incidental expenses.. 273.39 273.89 Balance on' hand " ' i $277.71 In addition to the money received, a large amount of clothing, groceries, chickens and other food and fuel has been donated and distributed. It might be well to state in connection with, thia work that your secretary was made a Probation Officer by County Judge I. E. Tash, in order that some matters might be better handled in his court which came to our atten tion. ..Weekly Chamber Luncheons. Much of the interest manifested in recent months in the work of the chamber of commerce has undoubtedly been due to the enthusiasm generated at the weekly home-cooked luncheons which have now become an establish p ed institution. The attendance at these ! luncheons, which are served cafeteria style at the chamber rooms, ranges from fourteen to forty, with an aver aye of about thirty members and vis- ! "tors present. The nominal charpe of flfty c,?nts is m p,,a!which . nova I na avnAnc t rf f rwwl iitt : onrf the hire of the export colored ladies who do the cookinp. The attendance at these luncheons should be greater. Wc should have fro nft" t0 sixty or eighty of our 1 btiyir.ess men 'present each Momln " h? )en -weHtel that tl evening be tried and this might be wc U-nrth tHno- t lay the ell worth testing out. Potato Improvement Association. The. subject of most importance to western Nebraska today, and especial ly to Box Butte county, is undoubtedly that of growing stfed potatoes. A dele gation from the Alliance chamber of commerce visited the annual conven tion of the Nebraska Totato Improve ment association at Scottbluff last December and on their invitation, backed by a largo number of tele grams from Alliunce business institu tions, the next convention was as sitmed to Ms citv, to be held in De cember, 1922. H. O. Werner of Lincoln, secretary of that association, has already visited Allance feveral times in connection with the preliminary preparations for this convention, and he has the co operation of a live committee ap pointed to work with him during the year from this chamber. It is essen tial, as Mr. Werner has already point ed out, that proper prizes be offered for exhibits at the coming convention and that much personal effort be ex pended in getting our potato growers interested sufficiently to start prepar ing this spring for the show in De cember. As you know. Box Butte eountv is the lend in? ttrodiuyr nf rw. tatoes in Nebraska and hundreds of thousands of dollars in value can be added to our yearly production and to the va,,ue of our farm lands by proper meinous. Free Employment Bureau. The free employment bureau main tained by the chamber of commerce has been active, and has placed a large number of people in positions. The chief problem durinsr the tast vmf hn been to find places for those wanting work, a reversal of the previous year, when there ws a shortpee 'elp. Better Highways in Sight. After several months of wandering in what seemed to be an almost hope less tangle in the road situation, our energetic and capable road committee a rew weeks ago suddenly found them I selves gazing down a broad avenue of rosy plans and with the co-operation of those whose help is needed in order to complete the system of roads which our city and county needs. i ne problem that needs the most at tention during this coming year from the chamber of commerce is the road problem. The road to Chadron north ward from Alliance is completed and opens a good highway to the Black nuts, ine county commissioners o Box Butte county have approved th railroad route for a highway towards Crawford. Bridgeport, Oshkosh and Broadwater on the south are all anxi ous to tret to us with a good road but the Morrill county road situation is so tangled up that there is danger of an attempt being made to throw the tourist travel on westward. The towns east alone the Potash highway, especially those in the sand hills districts, are clamoring for aid in pushing this highway through to complet.'on this year. Broken Bow, Grand Island and the smaller towns are ready to follow our lead if Alliance will go ahead. Publicity Helps Alliance During recent months we have co operated most strongly with the daily newspaper correspondents in Alliance in a campaign of persistent, systema tic, enlightening publicity through the news columns of the papers they rep resent, witn tne result that we believe we will not be contradicted when we say that our little city is the best known and most widely advertised town of its size in the United States. self iou may not realize it, but this vertising has placed our town by it self in a different class than the or dinary town of five thousand people. And It has created a demand among newspaper readers for continuous news from Alliance, with the result that she receives on an average of not less than twenty inches of newspaper news space per day, in the aggregate, in the metropolitan papers. It is regrettable that our chamber of commerce is not in position to take the full advantage of this situation. The opportunity is undoubtedly here for doubling the population of our town within the next five years not by bringing in new stores and shops, for we already are plentifully sup plied with them, but by bringing in h settlers needed to farm the valuable idle lands lying . adjacent to our borders. A systematic, intelligent y directed campaign at this time would undoubtedly result , in a great ingress of desirable settlers. In connection with this it would be well to consider the financing of owners of vacant lands who are unable to construct the build ings needed to make farms of their idle lands. It is estimated that there are today in Box Butte county at least twenty-five thrifty, experienced farm ers looking for places to farm- this year. Weather Bureau Contemplated. Your chamber of commerce, on learning last fall that the officals of the United States weather bureau; would approve the establishment of a permanent station at Alliance, with a paid observer, took immediate steps to get action, enlisting the aid of our representatives in congress, with the result that we have their promise that the matter will come up in the next annual appropriation bill and there is a chance for it3 establishment. " This would mean an annual expenditure of about $7,000 for the station here. Perfect Package Month. The month of November, 1921, was designated as "Perfect Package Month" by the carriers of the country. Your chamber acted as headquarters for Alliance and Box Butte county, re ports being handled through your sec retary. We are pleased to report that an excellent showing was made and j that the inteiest .hown by S. II. Cole, oumnfeion acnt nerc was inrtt-iy responsible for the success - of the nroiect. ' The always important question of freight rates and adjustments has been handled in good shape during the past vear by your traffic committee, of which A. T. Lunn is chairman. One of the most important actions in this regard was the retaining of Dale P. Stouch, of the Midweft Commerce Traffic Bureau of Grand Island, for the purpose of representing Alliance and the ghiuDers of live stock in its territory in the case now before the! Interstate Commerce commission in-j volving an alleged discrimnation I Burlington shippers ' in live stock! charges to Omaha, Lincoln and Kansas and Missouri points. Contesting Telephone Rates. Several months ago the Northwest ern Bell Telephone company, owner of 1 the Alliance and other Nebraska ex-1 changes, requested the Nebraska State' Railway commission to allow it to make an upward permanent revision! in rates. The Alliance chamber of commerce, acting in conjunction with our capable city manager, N. A. Kemmish, immedi ately took steps to contest this appli cation nd bv nrorrnt action succeeded in stirring up enough interest in other; I r ui-n affected throughout the btate to make an intelligent and impressive showing at the hearing first held at Lincoln, at which thia chamber was represented by Attorney Tenrose E.j Rom iir, who with Mr. Kemmish also attended a hearing at Omaha in Janu ary. The matter is still in status quo and the 10 per cent surcharge allowed the company is being placed in escrow, tiendinir the decision of the commis sion, which has fixed Monday, April 17, at its offices at Lincoln, as the time and place for final hearing on the ap plication. Annual Race Meeting. As you are undoubtedly well aware, the annual race meeting of last June was a success from the standpoint of entertainment but a failure from the standpoint of attendance and finances. We believe that the lessons learned at this race meet, the first one in the history of our city to make such a loss, will prove beneficial in the future. We are firmly convinced that Alli ance should prove itself a hostess one or more times per year at some kind of a celebration or home-comine. Per' haps a county fair, with prizes for farm products, poultry and stock, would prove successful, with much less expense, ine Harvest Home festival'. of last fall was an eye-opener as to, wnai can oe accomplished at small ex - pense in this line, if not practiced too often. Financial Statement. From September 15, 1921 to March 22, 1922: Received from dues, luncheons and miscellaneous sources$230.63 Received from refund of fed- eral taxes illegally col lected 1,319.83 Total .... $3,650.46 Expended for current ex penses, including salaries, rents, luncheon expense. etc, $1,210.19 Paid on race meet indebted ness and prior obligations 1,351.61 Total .... $2,561.80 Balance on hand this date, $1,088.66. Recommendations for Coming Year. My remommendations for the com ing year are based on experience dur ing the past months and a study of the needs of Alliance. Our town, in order to hold its place, must continue to have an active, live chamber of com merce, well-financed and with a mem bership roster showing the name of every business and professional mar. within its borders. For the chamber of comerce is the channel through which the live wires of our city direct their efforts of construction and addi tion. ' I would recommend that your secre tary for the coming year be so re munerated and equipped that he or she could spend their entire time during business hours at the office of the chamber of commerce. I "would recommend that the roads leading to Alliance in all directions be carefully and systematically re-marked throughout this territory. Your sec retary could do this work in good j da, attcntlon and time ven to weather, i would recommend that spe tourists who visit our city and that the tecreiary, his assistant or someone else appointed for the purpose, visit the tourist camp at least once each day for the object of showing our visitors that we are interested in them. I would also recommend that more attention be given to the interesting of our farmers and stockmen in our local affairs and that they be urged and encouraged to attend and take For Your PROTECTION This bank is organized solely for the protection of its depositors. Our conservative methods insure sta- -bility and warrant confidence. While our trust has been the basis of our success. The first and paramount considera tion of the directors and officers of this bank is the safety of the depositors' money. This bank is without question the strongest bank in this territory. Our Surplus and Undivided Profits total $130,000.00. . Such an institution warrants your consideration and confidence. .We pay 5 interest on savings. Alliance National Bank Alliance, part in the weekly luncheons; Mitchell Nebraska, ha3 an average of from 40 to 50 farmers with them once each, week at their luncheons. I would also recommend the publi cation in large quantity of a small but tense and accurately illustrated book let, describing Alliance and Box Butte county, for distribution broadcast. We have been receiving dozens of inquir ies about our town and County which we have answered fully and the send ers have been sent circulars of the vin tage of 1921 or previous. And last but not least, I wish to state that the results achieved by tha Alliance chamber of commerce during; the past months have been due only in a small part to my efforts. I feel that the credit belongs chiefly to the intensely-interested, unselfish efforts of the president and his able board of directors during the past year, and to tne loyal members In the ranks who have so unselfishly donated their time and efforts towards making this or ganization the peer of commercial or- , ganizations in western Nebraska, The Fourth Street Barber Shop is now opnj just west of the Model Mar- ' ket. R. G. Dye, the new proprietor. solicits old and new patrons, and guar antees to do strictly first class, sani tary work. Look him up for your next shave or haircut 3 The average automobile tourist now fears a holdup more than a blow-out. 25c Klenzo tooth paste two for 26c 35c Tooth Brushes, two for 36c 5(V Palmolive Face Powder, two for 51c 35c jar of Maraschino Cherries, two for 36c 50c jar of Raspberry Jam, two for 51c SATURDAY, AT Nebraska. Si r- 1