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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1922)
TIIREH RANDOM SHOTS 1 Girls in Wichita, Kas., wear garter fo loud that it has lieen suggested un attempt be made to broadcast them by radio. Fine idea, hut Alliance can never get tuned up to that range. THERE ARE TIRES, TOO. Ashes to ashes, Dust to dust. If the gas hills don't break you The repair bills must. Ole Buck, who has always impressed c no a m:ri nf nt lpnt nvpraire com- our estimation this week. He insin uates that putting rich, thick cream on strawberries ruins both the straw-1 lierries and the cream, and that straw berry shortcake is a culinary crime. The only thing we can do is to rec-) ommend the diet to Ole. After a( month or two of it, tears of joy, grati- ( tude and gladness will come into his yes if he is permitted to even smeii u strawberry shortcake. We never miss the food until the grocer goes on a cash basis. The onlv guy who really gets our jroat is the well meaning friend who yazes on our de-larded form, entirely overlooks the glow of health and the brightness or our eyes, but gazes at our thin cheeks, bereft of jowls, and ;says, "Well, I think you're thin enough. You're beginning to look as though your health were weakening. OMAR UP-TO-DATFJ (Rose Pelswick, in Sun.-et) One blasted breakdown underneath the Bough, A cranky tlivver, no garage and 1 hou Beside me sighing in tne wilderness One service car were PaivulUe en-.wl Ah love! Could you and I :ome conspire To grasp and steer this can bac; heme entire ! "Would we not shatter it to bits and then Tou tell 'em that would be my heart s desire! Come, fill the tank if gasoline you bring; "Your extra tires o'er the wheels just fling; This bird of mine has but :i little way To flutter thanks, old top, -vc'n on the wing! ONE MYSTERY SOLVED. LAWRENCE, Kas., May 17. The mystery of a missing motor car is be lieved solved. The car, one of a well L-nM-n cm 'ill mnlc disnrmonred at the time of the laying of the comer stone of the new half million dollar Law aence memorial high school Monday afternoon. Officers working on the case declared today that they were sat isfied that the car had been sealed up in the corner stone by mistake. It was a pretty fair circus, although the size of the organization resulted in considerable extra work for the per formers. The lady snake charmer doubled as an equestrienne, a prima donna, a hula hula girl, a trapeze per former, a dog trainer and had a place in two or three other acts. Yesterday was the day when all the snen folks borrowed the neighbors children in order to get a good excuse to go to the show. Some of the proud fathers with very young babies were seen trundling baby carriages toward the circus grounds. The sideshows ain't what they used 10 be. They never were. TODAY'S "BEST STORY The litigation over the estate of old Samuel Small had dragged out over 11 period of eight years, growing more iind more involved all the while. One of the prospective heirs, Peter Ismail, sat in the office of his attorney listening to a detailed explanation of why nothing more could be done for jit ier..-t a vear, and perhaps not then. "When the 'lawyer was through, (he Leaved a sigh of utter weariness. "Do you know," he said sadly, "there sire times when 1 almost wish that father hadn't died at all." The editor has refused candy time smd again, when it was offered to him i,r tha rnh ipiku ter. because he wanted to MMI'LE HIT EFFECTIVE One of the hardest problems that confronts the aveiage adveitis- I ingman is to tell his story simply ai.d sincerely. Remember as jou write each line of copy that you're attempting to persuade the reader to spend his or her money to pait with that which his or her toil brought. It's a pretty tough job for some of us particularly in these days of retrenchment, when every dollar must do double duty over the same dollar when America was on a spending spree. But we belive if you use plain forceful language you will get all the sincerity desired. In other words your copy must act as your salesman. Write it in lan guage all of us understand; write it so that the use of a dictonary isn't necessary; write it so that it doesn't resemble a Chinese puz zle. Put into it all the persuasiveness at your command. Talk to your readers like your salespeople talk to your customers. The days of tricky writing and lof ty, flowery language have passed. Those high sounding phrases may sound pretty to the high brow ear, but they carry very little weight with the average news paper reader. Today, it's necessary to "talk tur kev." Let us bear that in mind. bereaved, but after they have seen the same poem used a hundred times or so, it liegins to lose its beauty. There fore, when you write a little poem at the end of the record of a beautiful life, if it lears the ancient earmarks of one of these old favorites, it may he lost in the wastebasket, which is always located conveniently to the desk of every editor. If Leo Lloyd wants to do something that will endear him to the editorial fraternity, he will now compose nt least thirty obituary poems, and mike sure that none of them ue these thoughts or follow these lines: For children: That merry shout no more I hear, No laughing child I see, No little arms around my neck, No feet upon my knee; No kisses drop upon my cheek, These lips are sealed to me. Dear ' ord. how co'i'd I rive 'T6m"v Clara, Jane, Frankie, Ferguson, I'aul, Michael or wnaiever me name may ie) up To anyone but Thee? For parents: A mother dear, a mother kind, Has gone and left us all behind. Cease to weep, for tears are vain, Mother dear is out of pain. Farewell husband, children dear, Serve thv God with filial fear And meet me in the land above. Where all is peace, and joy, and love. This poem is double action. Thus the first line could reaJ: A xatne: clear, a father kind, you get the idea. The on. is insistent, and further con sideration of this interesting subject must be postponed until a later date. Perhaps we shall go on witn it in any event, we shall conie back to it. No matter how exhausting it is, n nas not been exhausted. AmnTirr the most interested ."Dec tators at the evening performance of the circus was "Mickey , ueorge Mintzer s clog, lie was up on nis loes nil (liii-incr tho rViow. and when the lions came out, it took three people to hold him. mat clog nas a luiure n George doesn t cramp his style. ON THE SAFE SIDE A innn fmm Ari7nna on returning hmnp w.'is tpl my nf the crookedness of card playing, as practiced in Mon tana. "1 wna vpttln' in n IiMle poker cam wUh n l.nruh r.f ffllpi's Ut) there.'' he nrntorl "ul'pn finp imv DJllks a OIK 1 Cil chewin' tobacker in the middle of (he table. Well, I don t say nothin. isui when a third docs the same thintr, 1 gets frettul. " saw 1 says, 'wnai s me um idea?' " 'T'-irdnnr ' one of the fellers sa S 'vnn don't think we're iro'rtr to take no chances bv turnin' our heads, do you?'" by the cub reporter, because he wanted tn ipduce. Now the cub reporter is cutting out candy because he wants to trai r eight Some health expert or other must be lieing. It can't work both ways. "It's a hell of a life," said the queen Mf Sn.-nn. Threc more weeks and he'll be at it iigain. Poor poetry,' but the writer didn't write it. Figure that out. If the good die young the pressman w ill be able to outdistance six ordinary men, in relay. OUR COURSE IN FOETRY. Lesson III Obituary Verse. Time is short and the lino op is clamoring for copy, and this subject will be treated with a brevity it does not deserve. Later we may return to it, for the sake of Leo Lloyd of Chad Ton, a rank amateur who is striving to perfect himself in the art of all-round versification. If he has followed our advice, he has now covered some six reams of paper with ballads and near- due attention .S1U vw I J r-t to meter and rhythm and two or three other things that he has been some what neglected with in his earlier in-it it era There is no new obituary poetry, tiut halt a dozen sianuaru verses wnicu Vo.'a kun nvil sinrA time immemorial. Editors know that poetry soothes the sorrowing and brings comfort to the KIN KA1D HAS CHANGED MIND TO RUN AGAIN WITHDRAWS ANNOUNCE EN1 TO RETIRE FROM POLITICO Sixth District Congressman Recon siders After Receiving Big Shower of Telegrams Many are the hearts that are weary. in both the republican and democratic camps. Perhaps there are some hearts which are over loved, as well. At any rate, Congressman Moses P. Kinkaid has effected a rapid chanee or ai- was made that Uncle Mose, due to the advice of his physicians, and he precarious state of his health, would retire from politics, af ter twenty years' continuous service in congress, and despite the fact that he had already filed lor re-election. There have been a dozen men in me district who have been waiting, more or less patiently, for Uncle Mose's re tirement. It is conceded that the vet eran congressman and father of the homestead law will be re-elected as often as he asks for the job, with or without opposition. A numlier of good men have been hoping that each term would be his last, and the minute me announcement of his retirement was made, there was a rush of applicants. Some of these will doubtless use the same haste in withdrawing now that Uncle Mose has signified his change of mind. The World-Herald tells the story: Yieldinnr to hundreds of telegrams from friends in the sixt hdistrict im- jKirtuning him again to be candidate, Congressman Moses P. Kinkaid in a telegram to Chairman S. J. Weeks of the republican district committee this afternoon announced that he had re considered his decision to retire at the end of his present term and wouid be a candidate Tor re-election. Had Announced Withdrawal. JUdire Kinkaid announced Friday that his nomination petitions which have been on file for some time could be withdrawn this afternoon. My physicians have ordered -.hat I retire to private life and to ahsolnte rest," Judge Kinkaid said in announc ing his withdrawn!. "It has come suddenly. I have been under the care of doctors for some time, but I had no idea that there was anything par ticularly serious about the trouble Now they have, after minute crimina tion changed their minds and changed mine. .oo. Judge Kinkaid is suffering from heart trouble. Judge Moses P. Kinkaid was elect cd to conirress first in -100. He be gan hi;i term of service in March 4, l!)0"3. and has served continuous!; cvei si ice. He has not ever had appreci able opix'i-ition in the Sixth district since that time. It was often "aid that there vere enough children named for him in the district alone to insure his election. He is firmly entrenched in thn hents of the people of his diurict of T'ehraska, republicans and demo crats fdike. He was the father of the famous Kinkaid law, which raised the imit on the size of homesteads to 540 acres, and he has been the father of 'r legislation which has i: led in the de velopment oi me arm lanus in ,e Virask.i and in the rest of i'ie country Before he came to congress he served thirteen years as district judge. Plenty of Candidates. Cnnoressman M. P. Kinkaid's an nounrement that he would not le a candidate to succeed himself in con gress opens up the field in the "Big Sixth" district, which haibors moie ambitious statesmen in proportion to its population than any other in the state. Kinkaid will have served twen tv vears in congress when his term i.mvips March 3. 1!2:1. The sudden and unexpected turn which affairs have ttken there will ri-..h!i!lv lirinc into the field a num bor of candidates for congress in both the republican and the democratic pn maiies. It has boon said for a n m;mv ver.rs that "When Mose Kin kaid retires there's noing to be a big wri'umltle for his shoes." Several members of the last Nebras ka legislature were thought to have congressional aspirations, but in each rase thr i(om dt-)Hndcd on how long Kinkaid would continue in office. Some of those suspected of n desire 10 uc ceed him gave up hope and either moved out ot the district or have gone aiter some other political office. Amnne these is Representative J. A. Rodman of Kimball, who recent I v moved to Omaha and is now in lavs ,.... no ihrre. Had he stayed at Kim tall he uld now be in line shape to run .r congress in the republican primary. Kepresentative Georce C. Snow of Chadron is another who was thought to be in training for the Kinkaid suc- cesion; but he apparently gave up hope nnd tiled this year tor lieutenuint governor on the republican ticket. He could, if he chose, withdraw from the race and refile for congress. Dennis Cronm of O'Neill, while serving as state senator in was tfi the waitinir list of republican con gressional candidates in the sixth. He has since landed the good-paving job of United States marshal for Nebraska and piobably he will not give it up to run for congress now. State Senator B. K. Bushee of Kim ball refiled a short time ago for the lciriMature. after scrvine eiuht con secutive years there. Should he see fit to switch over anil run for congress, there is nothing to prevent it. One of the best bets in sight is that State Senator W. V. Hoagland of North Platte will get into the race for conirress. He is another of the tepublicans in the legislature who were believed to lie itching for n chance at Kinkaid's place. Good Chance For Neville On the democratic side it looks as thouuh Former Governor Keith Ne ville of North Platte could get in now und grab the party nomination, with a good chance of election in Novem ber. He has a good many friends who would like to see him in the race. He is. perhaps the only candidate in the district, of either party affiliation, who is well known in all of its thirty-six counties. T. W. Ianigan of Greeley has al ready filed as a democrat, but he does not possess an extensive ncouamtance throughout the district. E. P. McDer- mott of Kearney and rrank J. laylor of St. Paul huve each made the race airainst Kinkaid at different times in the past, and are letter known for that reason. J. A. Donohoe of O'Neill and Victor Halligan of North Platte are others who might decide to file. The third nartv prosrressive l'Siw a candidate in the Sixth, who is C. W. Heal, Broken Bow attorney. He was formerly a democrat and before t:iat a popuiist. Some democrats ir.av favor the nomination ot neai on nom tickets, but in all probabil.tv some one else will be named as the democra tic candidate. FAIRVIEW. Quite a large numlier attended the farmers' union meeting at William Asnden's Friday evening. Fred Herbert has hired out 10 Charles Heath to herd hogs in the city limits. Fred is a good natured fellow and will try anything once. Mrs. Frank Phillips from town spent a couple of days the latter part of the week visiting witn airs. u. n. Law rence. M. A. Brown and family from town spent Sunday at' the. Fred Herbert home. Elsie unit I'.thrd t.iiu-rxni'n iLilr.l Sunday afternoon with Ten.i i.nd Kuth llci bert. Mr. and Mrs. Charles IIo ith fjwnt Sunday eveninir nt tho i:d 7. home. Ed Z(K-hol who underwent .in tinprn. tion at the hospital about i, month ngo is at home but is not improving n neniin as well as coul.l ba ex acted. Mrs. Noama Schooler and twi hil Iren of Denver arrived her. .-Jnti -,! .v for a visit with hed parents, Mr. anil Mrs. A. S. Gerdes. William Lornnre nnd u ! 'n , Sunday at the Jess Chilson home. Ernest Ilerhrrt. nnd .'mll.. u-,. callers at the Verne Nabb homo Sun day evening. Herb Na.-on hauled two loaU of hogs to town Monday which ho Mild to 1- E. Bliss. Inez and Pearl Aspden were callers; at Mrs. Chilson's Monday morning. loin Lnwler is the owner of a nx Baick enr purchased a lew days a;o. Quite a large number from here at temled the circus in town Monday. There will b a supper given I.y th ladies of the Fatrview Cemetery asso ciation Friday, evening May Z, :t th home of William Nye.- They vil start serving supper at 7 o'clock. The pro- ceeds of tne supper will be used for -epftirs at the cemetery. dge Wray of York, candidate tor United States penntor, will address the people at the William Nye home Fri day evening. y ., - Ifll '.I n"Jg" They're Biting! Just as foolish ns tryinjf to shoot a duck with a cap-pistol is the man who goes fishing; with inferior tackle. The only fish he'll jretVill be those that die laughing at his line. Our fishing tackle is made for the real fisherman and gives the amateur a decided handicap. They're responsible for most of the fish stories you hear, and you can't help believing them once you see such fishing equipment. Newberry's '7 t! M T 66 99 cigarettes A year ago almost unknown Today a leader A sweeping verdict for QUALITY r Give Jewelry for Graduation . 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