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THE .ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY GO, 1922.
Shr Mianrr Hrralft
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
BURR PRINTING CO., Owneri
Entered at the po.stofTice at Alliance,
b., for transportation through the
ails as econd class matter.
will l.c shipped by water, even after a t-rder, they scoin i-cumlal unl notori-py.-ttm
of inland waterwiivs hip i rr-
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How mu.h of an effect uiif . , " , iown
tionnl nin.H of trarurorta-. 1 6 U"tr!y .Konc lo lhe ,!emnilifl"
GEORGE L. BURR, Jr.
-Editor
KDWIN M. BURR Business Mgr. "nment control. Will the inland
l OCtPd ?
this hi
tion have on railroad freight infos
Will the Auvinp4 on n few items he
mfTioicnt to olfspt the, additional
money we may have to rav on others?
Tim Miltn..i, w Rr,...,.i u.. no,n
t t HlXllM CM I'V I'll MUC ., .. .
rn;.i .i t,oi ., i,I(w 'il these wild
einment control. Will the inland ft"", anyway ?
chamber of commerce, an ait associa
t on, a parent-teachers' association
and a chapter of the D. A. IJ., to say
nothing of lodges and rending looms.
ptories ever get
Official aewppaper of the City of
Alliance; official newspaper of Box
Butte County.
Owned and published by The Burr
Printing Company, George L Burr,
r President; Edwin M. Burr, Vice
rreeddent.
ONE OUT OF MANY.
It happens in the best regulated
Hates. A storm of protest is ansing
from Colorado, where Governor Shoup,
few days ago, pardoned Harold F.
Kenwood after the latter had served
but eight years of a sentence to life
imprisonment for murder. Henwood
hot ami killed a man for whom he
'M gunning for domestic reasons, but
his manner of seeking revenge was. so
carelew that he managed to kill an in
nocent bystander and seriously cripple
a third man.
Henwood had money, or friends who
vere willing to spend it on him, which
amounts to the same thing. At his
first trial, the jury brought in a ver
dict of life imprisonment. Some way
or another, a retrial was secured. Hen
wood expected an acquittal, but the
second jury brought in the second ver
dict of puilty, fixing the penalty at
banging. This was commuted to life
imprisonment. He started on the life
long job in
And now, Mr. Henwood is free to
go where he pleases, eo long as he
lays away from IV-iver. His nttoi
rey, John T. Ilottomley, appeared lie-
fore the governor and pardon board,
wept a few crocodile tears, and the
victory was won. The trial iudue and
prosecuting attorney were not consult
ed, although this is u-.ua) in Colorado,
u is in .-curasna. It was known
that Henwood had been a most troubje
sorno prisoner at the penitentiary nt
tanon City.
And so Colorado is arou ed. Prom
inent attorneys, club womon and ci
aens are voicing their condemnation,
but thats all the fiirther is will vo
After a few weeks,' this sensation will
be forgotten and others will hold th
attention of the public. Henwood, with
money behind him, will still lie free,
vnue hundreds of lesser criminals
vvith less influential friends, will still
De incarcerated.
it is cases like this, not only in
Colorado but in every other state,
which has brought about a (Ipmnnil
that the pardoning power be taken
way irom governors. At one time,
when it was comparatively easy to
railroad one's enemies to prison, this
port or a safeguard was needed.' It
ifn't now. The whole pardoning sys-
lem r.os become a menace to good
povernment. Prisons are no longer
places of punishment. The new theory
is that criminals ure sick men, and
prisons are hospitals. The minute a
man apparently shows signs of im
provement, out he goes. A fake cure
is as good as the genuine, so far as
the criminal is concerned.
No pardon should be granted to any
criminal for any infraction of the law
until it is not only probable, but prac
tically certain that he will go straight
henceforth. Assurance should be
!oubly sure in the case of murderers.
It is high time that there be an end to
the mawkish sentimentality which
has made it easy for criminals to get
away with almost anything.
waterways be simply another tremen
dous drain on the public treasury, and
like so many other public schemes,
cost 110 for every dollar saved?
There are plenty of reclamation and
similar projects where the government
THE ALLIANCE EXPERIMENT
(Beatrice Express)
Alliance has just closed her first
year under the city manager plan of
government. She is the first munici
pality in the state to try the experi-
can spend money and be assured that.S, rHkSS
the returns will be infinitely greater i watched with interest.
man me outgo. j nere was a timel n,lul,ll"K io press cuspaicnes, an io
when river transportation was the rule cnl riP0,:iti"n been silenced by the
in this country. It was discarded 1-1 nHle ." r'P. .?tin
Figures Are vonleiful things, whe
ther they be mathematical or natural.
Thus, the powerful lobby that is sup
porting the rivers ami huibors bill,
which h espectcU to come up In tne
senate Within the next month, is show
ing that on u single recent shipment
hi .-corasKa wheat moving by river
and rail from Omaha to New Orleans,
a saving of JT.r.OO in freight was ef
fected. With this as a basis, it is easy
to figure the tremendous saving on
the entire crop of the western states,
Profit is ns sure and certain us the
little advertisements would have us be
lieve is to be found in growing mush
rooms, ginseng or chickens.
e are reminded that this shipment
of wheat went partly by rail and partly
by water. Had it gone all the way by
Vater from Omaha to New Orleans.
the saving would have been at least
$15,000. "The great advantage to the
farmers, manufacturers, merchants
and shippers generally of the vast ter
ritory tributary to the Missouri river,
from its mouth to the end of naviga
tion, in giving them access to and
from the sea, is beyond computation,
as no one can vision at this time the
preat ossibilities of the complete de
velopment of this important portion of
the United States."
Before we acclaim this great saving
too hiirhly. let's do a little figuring of
jDUr own. How much of the vast crop
LET'S ALL FIGURE,
in this country. It was discarded be
cau.-e rail was found to be more
efficient and economical.
that the country can worry alonir with
the railroads, and that they can bring
about economies which will bring the
cjist down within reason, but in any
event, it's doubtful whether the public
in this part of the country, which must
be served by railroads, can gain any
thing by supporting a measure which
will inevitably tend toward raising
pieiniunis covr ring two months to have
ilnir insurance reinstated.
Old 'nary piudence dictates the nc
cessity of every ex-service man know
ing ju.-t what his government in.-ur-ance
I ights are. ix hundred thousand
veterans e.re now carrying govern
ment policies. How manv of the re
maining 4,000.000 veterans, who once
held policies but let them lapse, do
not know their own rights?
NOTHING GAINED
(Lincoln Star)
Carl A. Sutter and wife are creating
something of a sensation by attempt
ing to live in the Maine woods for a
month in Adam and Eve fashion, their
purpose, they say, being to prove that
man may depend wholly upon nature
even in this highly civilized world.
They entered the woods last Saturday,
but emerged for a few minutes ye-ter- rub .nn sticks together and manv pro
day to ten their adventures. Though pies today make their garments 'out of
somewhat scratched by thorns and Imik.
n .i I them are many tiangers if overdone,
at what are they ro;ng to prove, W hether this man and woman will
even though they live for n month in benefit or injure themselves, physical
LoVTm y.nav Iraly made ly, will only be known at the end of
bark c othmg and a timber shelter. I their thirty days. It is a iree coun
Mr. Sutter started a fire the first .lay tiy ami one mav do a great many
by rubbing two sticks of wood together things without giving account for hi
lor about thirty m.nutes. So far they act.ons, but so far as any good to so
i w? , f P,n;.'Pa,1-v; roots. but ciety resulting from their experiment,
they will probably catch same game it is difficult to see just what such
in tno npnr future At tVio mI f I c i .
:r. v , i .. . . . utiieiit jh vo oe.
imny nays iney w.n oe aoie to wnte
or tell their experiences which will not
be unlike those of Robinson Crusoe or
any number of other shipwrecked
travelers who have lived for even
longer periods in the wilderness. In
dians long ago started their fires by
Wet wash calls received before
8:30 will be returned by 2 p. m.
20 lbs. for $1. Alliance Steam
Laundry. 3&.tf
It's possible year., while the cost of city Rovem-
. . I mitnl f c. i' tint i mi liiwK u . . i I
was neany z.i per cent higher than
lor me lust year under the citv mana
ger plan of government. The report
voni'nups:
manager plan went into elfe.-t, there
wasa balance in the city treasury of
exclusive or registered warrants.
while on May 1, 1V22, the end of the
ursi year under the present city gov
ernment, there was a net balance of
the rates that we must pay. Figures' tLTjn" a net ba.,anc? of
i . . .. . K 1-10, after the city manager s sa arv
u ni .c, oi course, oup n is an ac- of 55,000 was paid. Mr. Kemmish is
millvllil (rni I T i Y T M 1 f I 1 11 .. . lim w t
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HOLLYWOOD THE PURE
Funny thing, the way impressions
get, spread about. Nine out of ten
people will say, if you ask them their
opinion, that Hollywood, Cali, is a den
of iniU:ty and a sink of sin. They
will point to the shrieking headlines
in the newspapers; they will whisper
of movie scandals of murders, di
vorces, bigamy and worse. There w i l
be talk of booze breakfasts, and din
ners and suppers of wild orgies and
all that sort of thing.
Two or three nationally known
writers have visited Hollywood. Their
lepori is mat us a lair sort of a
dump, with plenty of shade trees. Irv.
lob') remarked that he didn't fin I
1 ooze running in the gutters, and iliat
most of the movie colony ,-ecmed to
be hind workers, even if thev weren't
hard lookers, or words to that elfect.
Hut even Irv s word didn't convince
any of us, really.
Hut at last there is evidence that
cannot be overlooked or winked at. It
IS absolute1 V food. Tbn Hiwlnoti W
man's club of Hollywood is sending
out a protest to other club women over
the country, asking for simple justice.
And inasmuch as we love justice, no
mntter where we find it, 'tis but fair
to listen to the business women. And
this is what they say:
We Wunt vnn in LnntiT iKi ...v.
I t, J v HI: t J U LI I
about Hollywood; that it is one of the
art centers of thp nutinn- rt.t .
nowned art:sts. writnra mnciniaKc
, IIIM.'IVIOllfp
make this city their home; that Holly
wood with 75.00(1
of homes of the highest class, with a
church attendance of 40,000; Holly
wood the Obe
the only place in the country where
me ingiimage i'!ay is presented each
summer: wnere. a so. in a natural nm-
ihitheati-p in ilm liillo iia
. nit; KICUl
Ihilharmon.c Orchestra may be heard.
Hollvwood has thf fotlnu-i
A high school of 2,500 pupils; 11 grade
mm rifTiu private scnoois anil the
southern br
niuiornia wun us 3.70) . stu onts.
Among its many civic organizations
are: I he chamber of commerce, sec
ond in size in the state; the Hollywood
iu.-nit?s men s c ud: tne tin vu-wu
Business Woman's clnh? tVi vinii...
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WOOll Art nssfwiiifinn. Pa.rt.T..L
1 iiiiiii-i 1 iv 11-
ers association; Daughters of Ameri
can nevoiunon; women s club of Hol
lvwood: Krnton:i irwtitnto nf TV.
phy; Christian Science reading rooms;
.uson:c lotige ana many others.
The HoHvwnhl Piicma.-o ww-v
, L t-- . t viiivtii a
club with a membershin of
who are business owners, heads of de
partments, manairoi-a rmnirlotli.n.
. , r,-.-, ..n.uiuint:
of all professions, including education
al cu vines, or necessity has its hand
on the rv.!i.e of its nnhii. in.v, v,
movinfr pictme industry and it value
to tne community atja the world. This
muu.iry. comn-..d of about 12,000
PCOflta. thrliii loc iU .1: ....
ptoducer and writer. These people
nc iwnu.li u.seiui lives, even as you
and I they are inoffensive as to con
duct, and moved by ideals of a high
limler a four-venr rnnti-nrt wtm-ti'nr.
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at ifo.OOO a year and increasing $f00
a year up to $6,500. The first year
under the city manager plan was the
only year with one exception, in the
iusi seven years mat the cost of run
ning the city has not greatly exceeded
the revenue. This lpft a eari'mm
- - li iwu.t iifiair
cial situation for the city manager to
lace wnen he began, but in -spite of
the heavy bonded indebtedness which
is being paid olT little by little, the
snowing made is considered exception
al by the entiie city council, who are
unanimously benind the present gov
i" 1 iiiiieni.
It stands to reason that one exper
ienced man. workinir under thu mbw,
al direction of :n eliHte.l
secure netter results than when re
si-omihility i.i divided and uncertain
i.eauice took a Ions.- forward step
wnen sue roi p iwr ri- nrn'iii nn
'i Hiiibaviuii
down Horn a counnl of r ir 1 tn ii i;m
i.iission of three, ancl she refu-ed em
ph::t. rally to go backward when the
iuestion was submitted lat year. It
is not only possible, but probi.'b'e, that
tMuany grauiying results might be
secured from the adoption of '.he citv
manager plan. It all deperds, of
course, on the character of the man
chosen, but the personal equation
must always te considered, whether
uHiiirii. commission or manager are
to be filled.
Mr. Keilimish. thp All!nnill manmri.!
was formerly eh toured in tmbl i litilitv
service, his last employment having
leen us manager of the York electric
ngni piant oetore going to Alliance
lhat sort of experience should have
been, and apparently was, valuable
training for his present line of work
THE INSURANCE THAT LAPSEI
(American Leo-ion WpV1v
A world war veteran died at the age
of twenty-six in a middle western citv
a month ago leaving his widow and
ins uaDy son to tace the world with
out funds. He had permitted his War
Risk insurance policy to lapse several
momns oeiore nis deatn and never had
renewed it.
The most poignant fact about th's
u-agedy is that had this ex-service
man only known he could have rein
stated his insurance policy while he
was waiting for death. He could have
arranged ior nis tamilv to receive
$10,000. the amount nf 'tho
which he paid premiums during the
war.
He had been seriously ill for a year,
suffering from a disease whose earliest
sj mpioms nad developed during his
eiirhteen months in Fruna am.-
lations governing both war risk temi
insurance and converted insurance pro
vide that if a person is suffering with
a disease or injury incurred in or ag-
irravaieu dv arnvA mi itsrv
naval service during the world war,
he may reinstate his policy, provided
mat, ne is not totally and permanently
disabled, by the payment of all pre
miums in arrears, together with in
terest at the i-hta nf A na- .n no,.
year compounded annually from thp
date of euch f rcmiura.
This provision, ver.cn.her, applies tc
nica lMio are surtering from disease or
injury men who would be refused
new polices or reinstatements by uri-
vate insurance companies. It should
be noted, however, that reinstatements
of term or converted insurance may
not be made after a man is totallv and
permanently disabled. Men in good
health are not required to pay up all
duck premiums tney need only pay
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