i:igiit
THE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1022.
lions Gub Hears
Explanation of
j Waterway Project
The principal ppenker ot the Thurs
day eeninff ilinner of tli Alliance
Lion club was Lfon Charles Alams,
n aii u fact u ring jeweler with Harry
Thiclo. Lion Aiams explained the
proposition of the proposed lakea-to-Mcnn
waterway. Among other points
t.h breaker brought out the lollowing:
'JTiree questions occur naturally to
thoe middle westerners who may not
rave been Informed aa to the lakes-to-tx-eiin
improvement:
First, What In proposed?
', Second What etrect will it have?
. Third What will it cost ?
The questions are far-reaching, said
Cub Adams. Commercial engineers
nrJ economists have fient months in
irejuing the complete answers.
tatod briefly, the answers nm al
nost unbelievable. Hut proof can be
jciven. Summed up, here they are:
First, in regard to the project, it is
ropo::ed to deepen present channels of
the St. Lawrence river, in part by
tlredffing and in part by dams which
will nucK up the vuier. Jn koiiic cases
canals will be built to permit passage
round dams or rapids. The work is
jtlnnnod to permit the passage of ships
w.lh a length of 800 twt and a draft
of twenty-five or thirty JVx-t, the exact
lcpth being dependent on final approv
al of alternate plans. Incidentally,
Jiydio electric power will be developed
to the extent of over 4,000,000 horse
power, one development alone amount
ing to 1.SO00.0O0 horsepower and
iihers to an additional 2,f00,000.
The second phase of the subject
the effect of the propo.ed waterway
was explained thus by Lion Adams:
Ocean steamers, except a very few,
will be able to enter the Great Lakes
and all their ports. Agricultural and
ither products of the middle west can
shirjned direct to foreign countries
ly cheap water transportation, with
out expensive railroad hauls and
without even more expensive handling
at congested Atlantic seaports, such
ms New York and Boston. The saving
on wheat alone is figured at 10 cents
a bushel from Chicago to Liverpool
Inasmuch as the farmer now receives
the Liverpool price, less the cost of
transportation to Liverpool, this means
sin inn-ease of that amount in his side
price. The stupendous ellect ol -his
feature alone is summed up as follows
" Julius Barnes, former director f
tiie United States grain corporation
"In the sixteen states whose farm
unce level would inevitably le im
proved by a reduction of the tuns
portation cost, there is grown 3,l'l
million bushels of grain. If .-uth a
reduction of 10 cents in the transpor
ts tution could be fully rcllecled to the
farm price in this area, there .uld
le an improvement in me larm por
tion of S3tifJ,000,000 in a single year,
The same improvement in farm pi ice
ioHtion in resin;ct to western Canada's
production of 440 million bushels
would e a gain to Canada's 'aimers
of $44,000,000. If we calculate that
the full measure of saving will not be
reflected to the farm, but, that the
farm position will be improved by 5
cents per bushel, we make a saving in
the American farm income of $183,
000.000 and in the Canadian farm in
come of $22,000,000, all on. a single
year's crop."
The hydro-electric power develop
ment is equally important. Competent
engineers estimate that power from
the St Lawrence could be delivered at
New York state cities, 200 milea away,
for a cost of 4.6 mills, less than half
a cent per kilowatt hour.
These are direct savings. Indirect
wimnps include the aavjng f uuMida
of tons of coal, now used for railroad
transportation or generation of elec
tric power, with resultant loosening
up oi me general demand for coal.
They Include also the relief of port
congestion at New York, which would
check excessive poit costs on ship
ments which necessarily would con
tinue to move through New York.
The final, or third point the cost of
the lakes-to-ocean improvement was
next discussed by the speaker. The
estimated cost of the entire project is
from J225.O0O.0OO to $252,000,000. A
most interesting feature of the piesent
plans is that it is not proposed to raise
any of this amount by taxation. The
rough plan now receiving favor is to
lonu a corporation, with the govern
ments of the United States and Can
ada owning the stock. This corpora
tion would issue bonds to finance the
undertaking, the bonds being guaran
teed by the respective governments.
It is figured that' the revenue from
the snle of hydro-electric power would
pay me entire cost of operation, of
jnierc.-t and all other charges, with
ample provision for a sinking fund to
lithe the bonds. Such charges are
included in the engineers' estimates of
the cost of power. In other words,
'ihe improvement will be self-sustaining
as a power project, the shipping
advantages being "thrown in."
Present trei.ties provide that no
tolls can be charged on international
waterways between the United States
iind Canada, and it is assumed that
this arrangement would continue.
Lven on the assumption that only half
of the saving would reach the farmer,
his saving in a single year would equal
the entire co-it of the improvement.
ameK.l.elthenirYfi?otT,:pfl etao etaoir
In closing his remarks, Cub Adamp
cited several instances of Canadian
municipalities and states voting mil
lions of dollars toward public im
provements of various kinds, and
quoted an eminent Canadian financier
as saying that if the United State,
could not -ce her way clear to join
with Canada on the proposition, then
Canada would "do it herself."
Western Nebraska
Is Essentially
a Cattle Country
City Manager's Corner
(By N. A. KLMMISH)
. '
The pipe for our new well came in
Saturday night We have been busy
Since, we can assure you. Today the
men are installing the pump tempo
rarily and hope to have it going some
time tomorrow. We can later put in
our concrete foundations and give
them plenty of time to set before
placing the machinery thereon.
Ynutor.ln v ue mum, l more water
into the city mains than any time in
our history. So far we have not im
posed any restrictions upon the use
of water or hours for sprinkling and
ii. :i nmwpi menre last evenintr be
tween the hours of ii und !' p. m. the
large pressure pump at me power
plant could not pump the water from
the teservoir into the mains as fast
as it was leing used. This was true
notwithstanding it was pumping mucn
Imv nni! it r;iii:irit V. We Were not
short of water in the reservoir, but
could not put it into the mains as fast
as it was being used.
:h.nlil tlio tiro nhirm lie Rounded.
we ask that you discontinue for a time
thereafter the use of sprinklers, lnis
is necessary m case of a severe fire
in order to build up pressure in the
water mains bo that we will have
ample water for fire fighting.
Only 19 Cents of
the Tax Dollar
Goes to the State
An analysis of the tax dollar in Ne
braska made by Secretary Phil Bross
of the state department of finance,
shows that only 19 cents of each dol
lar collected as taxes went to 'he
state government, while 81 cents went
for taxes under local control. Of the
ID cents received by the state, 0 cents
were spent for education, while 3 rents
each were spent for state institutions,
general state government an I rowk
bridges and paving. Of the sixty-six
commissioner counties, 21 cents ol
each dollar went to the county, a;? com
pared with 2S cents in the township
supervisor counties, of which thre are
twenty-throe. The counties with the
commissioner form of governrsont
spc.l more for schools and for '.lie
ci.ies and villages than did the. uper-
vwr counties, but slightly los.s for
the state government.
One of the most interesting poinis
in tnu analysis is that while the tax
in tne commissioner counties was
$4.10 per thousand valuation, that in
the supervisor counties it was much
more, $4.HG per thousand.
The analysis of the state lovy shows
that while CI cents of the total lew
of $3.30, was spent on the university,
wr cents was spent on the penal and
charitable institutions. An interesting
conclusion might be drawn from this
by the sociologists.
The analysis, which is sent out in
chart form, shows chiefly that the ex
tremely high rate of taxes !s due
rather to the expense of running the
local governments rather than tne
state government, as it shown that
only 19 cents of the total amount of
taxes collected goes to the state.
Cash Prizes to Be
Awarded for Selling:
Chautauqua Tickets
The Standard Chautauqua Fvstem,
whihe has given the city of Alliance
two successful six-day programs in
the last two years, will be with us
again this season for a program be
ginning junuay, July y, and closing
the following Friday. The program
is said to be one of the strongest ever
put on, and the price of the tickets is
below that of last year.
ihe management has decided to
offer prizes for ticket selling as fol
lows.
For each $100 worth $5.
To the one selline the largest num.
ber $10 extra.
1 his plan was tried in a small wav
two years ago, when Mr. Morgan of
fered cash prizes to the child selling
the largest numler. The prize was
won by a girl who sold $500 worth of
tickets. At that rate, the winner
would have a commission of $25 and
an extra $10 for a prize.
This year the chautauqua manage
ment is giving the prizes rather than
local men, and those who sell tickets
will be well paid for their work. Rev.
Mearl C. Smith has charge of the
tickets and any one wishing to enter
this contest should see him.
Look at the new models of The
Good Maxwell now on display at
the A. II. Jones Company. 60,
"Western Nebraska Is essentially
a rattle producing country," says
Professor H. J. (Jramlich of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, in discussing the
state's cattle industry in a recent issue
of the American Hereford Journal,
'A vast majority of the northwestern
part of the state is made up of sand
hills and so-called bad lands. These
large areas grow nutritious grasses.
However, the grasses are not so
abundant as upon the more fertile soil
to the eastward, and consequently
the carrying capacity is slightly less.'
In speaking of western Nebraska,
Professor Gramlich states that it
would be dittiruit to estimate the av
erage sized ranch and the average
Fized herd carried thereon. However,
in the sandhills area, one never finds
a ranch of less than (540 acres, this
being commonly spoken of as a "Kin-
kaid . A "Kmkaidcr in many in
stances represents a man with a large
family and a small pocketbook who
went to the western part of the state
and by virtue of frugality and willing
ness to work, has accumulated a small
herd of cattle. The average section
which he has homesteaded upon will
can y about 40 cattle through the year.
Progressive Kinkaiders have succeeded
in purchasing adjoining sections and
it is not infrequent to find ranches
occupied by men who fifteen years ago
were penniless and who now have sev
eral thousand acres of land and several
hundred head of cattle. Many of the
ranches contain as much as 15,000
to 20,000 acres of deeded land and
several sections of of leased school
land in addition. A tremendous in
vestment in the shape of several thou
sand head of cattle is frequently noted
on these ranches.
West of the sandhills in the badland
area, many fertile valleys are found
and some relatively large strips of
table land.
"Nebraska is a unique state," says
Prof. Gramlich. "We who live here
boast of its wonderful qualities and
yet at the same time admit the pres
ence of practically every known soil
tvDe. both good and bail, sand and
gumbo. We likewise realize that in
the extreme eastern part of the state,
where moisture is usually present in
abundance, the air is humid and during
the summer months, when crops are
growing at their best, man and beast
alike must suffer from extreme heat,
whereas our cousins in the extreme
western part of the state, where the
altitude is high, the nights cool and
the air drv, are enjoying what the
thousands of Colorado-seeking summer
tourists enjoy during their vacat'ons,
even though our western friends do
not, because of soil and climatic con
ditions, normally raise the crops com
monly seen throughout the eastern
part of the state.
"Because of soil and climatic con
ditions, the state is practically divided
into two halves. The 100th meridian
serves the purpose of a fence dividing
the easern half or farming section
from the western half, which is com
monly classed as a ranch or cattle
feeding area. The western half has
developed wonderfully in recent years
and in many parts we una tmgatea
valleys producing almost unbelievable
crops, and, even on the high,, dry
feed other 'than the summer anoj. win-
ground, as a result of cultivation of
varieties and plants adapted to the
conditions, the tiller of the soil Is reap
ing well for his el forts.
"Throughont this western half of
the state very little grain is fed. Most
ranches have sufficient grass land to
cut an ample quantity of hay to carry
their herds through the winter. Dur
ing periods of high priced cattle we
found ranchmen snipping in cottonseed
cake to feed their calves and in many
cases their older cattle. However, re
cently, if any feed is shipped or pur
chased, it is corn, because of the rel
ative low price of this product. Where
corn is fed, a limited quantity is used,
merely enough to carry the cattle
through the winter in good condition.
One could safely say that the vast
majority of steers shipped to market
during the fall months from this area
have never seen a kernel of corn and
in most seasons have had very little
ter pasture provided for them. As a
result of the splendid blood which has
been used by the cattlemen in this
section of the state, feeder cattle from
here have established a name for
themselves on most of the markets of
the country. No feeder steers on the
Chicago market command a higher
price than sandhill steers from west
ern Nebraska. Likewise Sioux City,
Omaha, St. Joseph and Kansas City
operators find it comparatively easy
to sell the products of the Nebraska
ranches to the corn belt feeders.
The specialist is an efficient chap. I Among other things fiction teache.i
He advises exercise and then sends you , us that friends occasionally stick to
a bill that makes it compulsory. I one who is dead broke.
RIALTO
9,000 cubic feet of fresh
air per minute, forced in.
TONIGHT
"THE KILLER"
A Semi-Western
SIXTH CHAPTER
"HURRICANE HUTCH"
SATURDAY
GARETH HUGHES
in
"GARMENTS
OF TRUTH"
AESOP'S FABLES
MOVIE CHATS
Sunday-Monday
"THE GREAT
REDEEMER"
Not a sermon but one of
the most entertaining pho
toplays made.
(Matinee, 10 and 15c
Nights, 10 and 23c
Are You Troubled With
Moths
Ants
Bed Bugs
Roaches
Try the 1,000.00 Guaranteed Preparations
Scbtten & Hershman
Phone 132
ALLIANCE DRUG CO.
211 Box Butte
t
Real Hot Weather Helps
We realize that housewives do not like to cook and bake dur
ing this hot weather. That's why we have put in a supply of
Fresh Home Cooked Roast Ceef, Pork and Veal Pies,
Cakes and Salads as well as Pickles, Cheese, Relishes.
FRESH, TENDER, JUICY MEATS THAT PLEASE.
We take especial pride in selling you our choice cuts of meat. We learn what you
like and then see that you get it.
"QUALITY, PRICE AND SERVICE WITH A SMILE"
MOD
We Deliver 4 Times a Day.
8 '
KHtn?tttffiii!iniiiii"it?ti't?;sittttt:
EL MARKET, 1
PhoneO
l:illil!l!i!lMitlllttt!t;!!t;it!ttt!iiiitiisi!ii;?ii;;;tllM!tiltttttttttf?ni'','''""
Should You Die In
. 4
Ten Years
If you die in the next ten years how do you leave your wife and
children? If you live through the ten years and face a possible
shutting off in your earning power, how are you going to excuse
yourself for spending all your income now as fast as you earn it?
Don't you think the time to protect your family against want is when
you are able to do it? Don't you think the time to lay aside some money
foryour own family's future is when you are making it?
Our Insured Savings Plan is a system every forward looking man
needs to protect his family and himself. It can't fail. A man at 33 plan
ning to save $1,000 in ten years will pay $8.00 per month, he pays in
$960.00. He will draw out $1,264.00, over $100.00 more than he paid in,
besides getting $1,000.00 insurance for nothing. If he dies after the ninth
year his wife will get $1,889.00.
If you live you have the $1,000.00; if you die your estate gets your
savings and your insurance.
You do not need to die to beat it.'
Will you let us explain this further to you? Or let us mail you
information about it.
ASK
First State Bank -:- Alliance Nat'l Bank
Alliance, Nebraska
Alliance, Nebraska
xtxsxsx mrnmmnmmmmnTiTiMiiiiiiiiuuiUuiwun
tMUawWWtttattMUUHlimmH n!mt
BIGGES'
BOXING EVENT
Ever Staged in Western Nebraska C6mes July Fourth, at the Roof Garden
THIS IS THE MAIN GO
DUDE GILMORE, of Casper
vs
JOE (WOP) FLYNN, of Denver
30 ROUNDS OF BOXING
ADMISSION Ringside $2.00; General $1.50
PRELIMINARY
Battling Jean Thomas vs. Lloyd Dotson
ATTRACTION EXTRAORDINARY
The First Lady Boxing Event ever held in Nebraska
WILMA FREEMAN
vs.
IOLA TEAGARDEN
3iiiniiiiiii;mmiiuumummuuuuuiWTrmiiiiii wwfMMiiiiiii!ifTmTnTmr.iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'i'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii111 unnniiiiiin l""u""" ' iiiinn IM1J