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THE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1922.
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The Bankrupt Sale Will Close
ON MONDAY, MAY 22nd
Circus Visitors Will Have the Final Chance
In order that Circus visitors may avail themselves of the opportunity to buy at the exceptional prices
offered at our Sale of the E. G. Laing Bankrupt Stock, we have decided to postpone the closing date until Mon-
day, May 22, one day later.
Make Sure You Come in to See What You Can Buy at 30 and 50 Off
The Famous - Glothin:
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PRELIMINARY RKPORT 1
OF THK liTY MANAGER
the move an! not allowing them to
stop here. What few roblteries we
have had unfortunately have been
mostly committed by local men. Alli
ance has always had a reputation of
being a wild and woolly frontier town.
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1 1 1 1 x I with dirt. Any surplus dirt ac-
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cumulating n V;' "'As a consesequence law enforcement
removed. lhe dr vewayg have been h f' our incnt citizens
surfaced n part and have been kept h b interpreted by them as in
clean of ' he san 1. With the , nnual v personal liberties.
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Tail worK on individual kihvcs,
the things we most need in our ceme
tery is some means of investing this
capital and the money paid in for per
petual care of the individual lots so
that only the interest thereon can be
used. We have some lots which are
supposed to have perpetual care but
there has been no definite understand
ing or record of what this perpetual
care constitutes. If there was any
money paid in for perpetual care it
has all been placed in the general
cemetery fund and used like any other
money and no detinue record lias ucen
kept of it ami no record of what was
meant bv nernetual care.
One of the unpleasant tasks lcfore
us is to straighten out this tangle. We
cannot do much straightening out,
however, until we have some money to
work with and that is what wo are
endeavoring to provide for in building
ud this cemetery fund. We are re
luctant to accept money for perpetual
care until some plan can be worked out
whereby the present capital can b in
vested in some long time security like
our school bonds and when these bonds
are finally paid to have the money
again invested instead of being spent
whenever those who may be in charge
of the cemetery at some future time
may direct.
.Police Department.
One of our principal duties in ad
ministering the affairs of the city fa to
tee that our laws are enforced without
ear or favor. If every loyal Amen
can citizen would only live up to our
national, state and federal laws our
task would be more agreeable and we
could devote more time to other ac
tivities. Our laws are made to b
obeyed by all classes of citizens alike.
It is not our policy or place to nay
whether or not the laws are good or
bad. So long as they are the laws it
is our duty to see that they are en
forced regardless of who the violators
may be. This we have done the past
year without fear or favor. We have
treated all alike. Even with all this
we cannot satisfy all classes of people
on law enforcement. There are ex
tremes in all cases. Some will claim
we are too trict while others will
claim we are not strict enough. When
the laws arc enforced we have done
our duty.
One of the most perplexing laws to
enforce is the Volstead act. We have
diligently done our duty in apprehend
ing and fining these ollenders. There
are a great many otherwise good citi
zens who think nothing of violating
this law. They do not believe in it m)
think they have a right to violate it ut
will. This makes them law violators
jut the same. It is not a pleasant
task for us to have to arrest these
jieoplc but our duty is plain. The fol
lowing U.ble gives the number of ar
lists and causes for thrt arrests, and
the amount of fines paid in police court
liom May 1, 11)11 to May 1, 11122,
covering each onc-,ye:tr period:
One of " .'iiui iiiaikci nil infill vtiiiic:
business with us when it comes to
making arrests. If a man does not
want the notoriety of being arrested
the only way out is not to break the
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follow in Alliance.
Department of Public Welfare.
Under the direction of Dr. J. P.
Weyrens and with the co-operation of
the public safety department results
have been produced during the past
year, lhe absence or contagious dis
ease is not the result of accident but
is due largely to the methods u.cd.
We have endeavored to prevent con
tagious diseases coming into Alliance
and eliminated the things which may
cause diseases. Samples of city
water have been tested and treated to
prevent any possible disease from this
source. Unsanitary places have been
cleaned up and our garbage and refuse
removal problem has been put on a
systematic business basis so that the
city of Alliance today is cleaner than
at any time in its history.
The following tables gives the num
ber of cases placed under quarantine
during the past year for each disease
Chicken Pox 0
Diphtheria . 0
Mumps . ... 0
Measles . - 0
Scarlet Fever 3
Smallpox . 0
Typhoid. Fever 0
W hoopingHGough . - 0
1 uberculosis
Total - - - - - - 3
This is at the rate of one case under
quarantine for every 1,500 in popula
tion.
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JlUtf 113 37 152 1,019.00
31)17 4.1 70 o21 2,10.j.t;0
IV IS 5'J 23 . 79 1,440.00
VSVJ 127 49 17G 7,3;i(J.OO
3H20 b'i 44 103 -1,703.00
1921 40 55 95 2,343.00
1922 ... 33 34 07 GSC.CO
We have made arrests this last year
where in like cases in former years no
arrests were made. We can Kay that
ve have done our best to see that the
Volstead act has been enforced in Al
liunce. Our streets have been freer
rom drunken men than any time dur
ing the history of our city. In fact
there has been practically none. This
lias been made possible notwithstand
ing that we have one of the highest
organized gangs of bootleggers found
anvwhere.
We have been remarkably free from
robberies. This has been prevented
larcely hv the officers co-operating by
keeping ti.t undesirable population on
WALKER'S STATEMENT
ON FORD CAR CASE
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arbitrary on the part of the manage
ment and was ono way of proving
(?) Sallows' statement that 'Walker's
claim was given every consideration.'
To further prove that 1 received this
consideration, let me state that an
employe of The Times office went to
one or two of the merchants ahead of
Mrs. Walker with her petition and ad
vised the merchants to 'lay oil'' rn
signing it. while air. baiiows uis
avowed any knowledge of this proce
dure, the results were jut as detri
mental to us us though he had au
thorized it. I
"Again The Times seems fon I of
reiterating the fact that the winning
ticket was immediately .-old to Col.
I I-. liliss, and perhaps a few l.icts
(H-rtaining to the transaction height be
in order. Bliss met the writer on the
street shortly after 7 o'clock the night
of the drawing and urged him to stand
up for r-s rights and get the car. He
stated that we were entiue-l to it by
all mean-, and to sh v whn: he
thought of my chance he offered to buy
the ticket. He hrst otlered !?2.0 lor
it which I refused. A sum of .'5K)
was then named and on the spur' of
the moment I accepted his offer. Any.
thing wrong ulniut that? Uliss imme
diately wrote out the check, saving he
was always game enough to take a
little chance and that he would cer
tainly get the car. He was . j.fnizant
of every feature of the case md Knew
exactly what he was doing. Hurling
ton Freight Agent S. H. Cole rnd
three or four others witnessed the
transaction and advised that the check
be cashed at once. This 1 did, nd
after about thirty minutes talk with
Mr. Bliss later on in the evening. !
decided to return his money and take
over the ticket again. Col. Bliss is as
shrewd a business man as vou will
find anywhere and figured he was
making $146 by taking a little chance
on the car. lie made the offer cn
his own initiative and knew just what
he was doing. Everything wa open
and above board in Fpite of all insin
uations to the contrary. Ami by the
way, Col. Bliss is a farmer pud ,-et me
of the biggest 'business men' in lhe
county . Would he have been ruled out
had he held the winning ticket? We
think not. He probably transacts as
much business in a year as the writer,
so why shouldn't he come under the
head of 'business man ;
Claims Unfair Treatment.
"The Times seemed to stress the
fact that we first claimed the winning ,
ticket came from the Kodgers grocery j
store, this we at nrst believed, lui
afterwards learned that it was from
the Dierks Lumber company. It was
pretty hard to tell without looking
into the matter very carefully just
where the tickets did come from, anil
as soon as we found out definitely, we
corrected our former statement. Only
newspaper men are infallible, it would
seem. Why play up these little things
that have no bearing on the case in
question ? For effect, of cour.se some
more of the 'consideration that we
were shown.
"The question has been asked, 'What
would Sallows have done had Walker
secured the majority of merchants on
his petition? Would he then have
turned the car over to him ?' Frankly,
I do not think he would. Had I re
ceived a majority of the signers, I am
of the opinion that he would have fur
ther hedged by claiming that it would
then have to be settled by the amount
of tickets each merchant had pur
chased. If that wouldn't have saved
the day, perhaps there would have
been something else. There are many
and devious ways of stalling on such
thing.".
"At any rate, the people of Alliance
are mighty apt to look askance at any
future event of this nature, because
there would be no certainty that the
real winner would win anything, that
is, if the contest was conducted with
the same arbitrary method of rulings.
"As to this 'business man' question,
I wish to direct your attention to a
very able article on the subject pub
lished in the Public Forum of last Fri
day's Herald. Every living mam who
transacts business of any kind is a
'business man' in the literal sense of
the word, but every living man is not
a merchant. There is quite a difference
in the technical meaning of the two
words as applied in the genene sense.
And perhaps more important than all,
in its bearing on this particular case,
is the fact that I hold the winning
ticket, that number being 016151. -i
"In closing this article'"! wish to
express my deep appreciation of the
aid and assistance of many friends in
Alliance, and especially of the stand
taken by the twenty-four merchants
who helped put on this contest and who
fearlessly affixed their names to a pe
tition stating that I was entitled to
the car. Their kindness will never be
forgotten.
"CALVIN D. WALKER."
BOB GRAHAM SAYS
STOCK RATES TOO HIGH
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of the morning by the local live stock
representatives.
"lhe rates on the Burlington are
lower to "Omaha than they should be
and lower as compared with the in
terstate rates to St. Joseph and Kan
sas City,'' Mr. Mahoney informed Ex
aminer bisque. "However, there are
some rates to Kansas City and fct.
Joseph that are lower than those to
Omaha."
According to Mr. Mahoney there
should be a readjustment of rates in
Nebraska based on two questions:-
1. i ransportation expense.
2. Distance to the four Missouri
river maikets.
"These principles should be carried
out in the establishing of a new rate
without a discrimination against any
of the four marketing points," he said.
Following the testimony of Mr. Ma
honey that the Burlington transported
more livestock than any other railroad
in the world, Harry Shackleford, at
torney for the' Omaha Live Stock Ex
change, asked Mr. Mahoney:
Asks If Road Makes Profit.
"In view of the fact that the Bur
lington last year paid a dividend of 25
rer cent and despite the fact that the
Burlington railroad carries more live
stock than any other road, it is still
making a profit on its shipments of
livestock, is it not?"
The question of Shackleford also re
sulted from a statement by Mr. Ma
honey that livestock shipments were
not profitable as compared with other
shipments and that the expense of
handling this type of freight increased
in proportion to the traffic density.
History of the Case.
The.hearing is held before an exam
iner for the interstate commerce com
mission, assisted by Railway Commis
sioner lhome Browne, following Mr.
Graham's testimony, it was agreed
that his testimony should be consid
ered representative of the shipper's
side of the case.
In 1907, the state legislature passed
the Aldrich bill, regulating interstate
shipments. The bill discriminated
against Kansas City, Sioux City and
St. Joseph livestock centers, and dur
ing the control of the railroads by the
federal government,, these markets
asked that Burlington rates in Ne
braska weft of Aurora be raised. This
was done, resulting in penalizing live
stock shippers in western Nebraska
from 6 to 10 cents per hundredweight.
Thus, the rate from Antioch, 404 miles
trom Omaha, on the Burlington is 46
cents, while from Broadwater, on the
Union t'acinc to umana, a distance oi
about the same length, the rate is J 4
cents. On an average carload of cat
tle, this will amount to from $20 to
$24.
This difference in rate discriminated
against the Burlington. In Grand Is
land and Central City, where two roads
are represented, the Union Pacific got
all the business. The Burlington stock
yards in Central City are overgrown
with weeds. The rate also resulted
in larger shipments of livestock to
Kansas City and other competing
markets.
Tlin niirlino-tnn trnfTir Pvrvrt. Mr.
Mahoney, not only asked that the rates
be equalized, but that all loads be
granted increases. The examiner will
make a recommendation to tne imer
ctnto (nmmoi'cp commission, which will
render its decision later. Taking of
testimony is still going on, although
the remaining witnesses win present
the roads' arguments for increase:
rates.
In a large measure the fate of the
liva ctwlr initnctrv in Nphrnska is in-
unltral in tio Vipnrincr which be Iran
yesterday at Omaha. The profits of
thi sindustry depend upon inegni
rates, and all of the rates from the
entire state to Sioux City, Nebraska
City, Omaha, St. Joseph and Kansas
City are to be considered.
How It Started ,
Ttili nu Sa tl rsult of A POn
plaint filed by the St Joseph live
stock exchange against the Burlington
i ioi7 urhirh tillered that the' "rates
from .points itt Nebraska to St, Joseph
Were unreasonable as comapred with
rates to Omaha irom tne same points,
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diced by rates which discriminated in
favor of Omaha. In the decision of
this case in April, 1919, the interstate
commerce commission held that St.
Joseph was suffering from unlawful
discrimination in favor of Omaha, and
that the same rates should be applied
from points north and west of Aurora
on-the main line and the Ericson,
Sargent, Burwell branches to Omaha,
as were then in effect to St. Joseph
for similar distance.-.
Cost Feeders $200,000, Ter Year
This produced a substantial in
crease in the livestock rates irom
these Burlington stations to Omaha,
.n.l ..fwnlto.l in inr-ir.ised freight
charges estimated at tbout $200,000
per annum. No change was made in
the rates from nearby Union Pacific
und Chicago & Northwestern stations
tn rtmsinn. an.l lhe livestock slliDlerS
at Burlington stations affected by vhe
late increase to Umana nave com
plained constantly to the Nebraska
commission and to tne interstate com
merce commission as to this situation.
The state commission was power
less to change the rates to Omaha
ordered by the interstate commerce
commission, but it did a: k for a re
hearing of the St. Joseph case, and a
rehearing was ordered by the inter
state commerce commission, but never
concluded. In order to deal effectively
with the rate situation outlined tne
interstate commerce commission marie
an i-rder instituting an investigation
of all livestock rates from every .-ta-tion
in Nebraska to Sioux City,
Onuiha, Nebraska City, St. Joseph and
Kansas City; to determine whether
the rates in effect discriminated
against intcrestate commerce and un
duly favored shippers lietween Ne
braska points and the Nebraska live
stock markets at Omaha and Nebras
ka City.
The rate department of the Ise
braska commission has been at work
for months analyzing economic, oi
perating and traffic data to be sub
mitted to the interstate commerce
commission with a view of assisting it
in reaching a proper conclusion in this
case. About one hundred and thirty
exhibits have been prepared for sub
mission in connection with the testi
mony of Kate Expert Little.
"We were not beaten in the field,"
writes General Ludendorff. The only
reason that German armies did not
receive a beating which he would ack
nowledge is that they quit before it
could be administered. New lorn
Morning Telegraph.
The white man's real burden is his
own cussedness. Atchison Globe.
The more Conan Doyle writes about
spiritualism the more we reenet that
he stopped writing detective stories.
Nashville Lumberman.
When the administration fires a
democrat it grows remorseful and
turns aroud and hires three republi-
i cans to fill the job. Columbia Record.
When the farmers get all they ask When business is Flow it is a good
from the government, they may come idea to get after it- Newspaper En
into the cities and spend some money, terpvise Association.
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Jack Why do you always go to the Model
Market for a steak?
Because, I always get 16 ounces to the
pound. Quality, Price and Service With a
Smile.
Oh, I'll tell Dad to always go to the Model
Market or phone No. 30, to get a nice tender
steak or chops, for the Model Market is no
farther away than the phone.
Bread, Milk, Cheese, Pickles, Bacon and all
kinds of Sausages and Cold Meats
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