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Till'RSDAY. .U'SK SO, IHI2
HEMINGFORD
Mrs. Will Spencer was a passenger
to Alliance on 44 Wednesday.
Mr. and Mra. ft. IT. Shepherd au-
toed over to Johnstown Tuesday for
visit with Mn. Shepherd's niece,
fee
Mrs. Frank Potmesll cams In on
43 Wednesday for ft few days' visit
with relatives here.
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George Ioer. Tom Green and J.
P. Chrlstensen. were Incoming pas
sengers on 4;: Wednesday.
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Miss Alice Potmesll was trading
In H em in g ford Wednesday.
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Mrs. Joel Sheldon was an east
bound passenger on 44 Thursday,
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Miss Mabel Hazard was a passen
ger to Alliance on 44 Thursday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Karl Knyeart came
down from Mural a ml on 44 Friday,
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K. It. Pierce and wife and Miss
Dollle Pierce and Father NWlnnri
were Alliance visitors Friday after
noon.
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Clara Nagelschneider, Alma Rosen-
oerger and Etta Carter were Incom
ing passengers from Alliance Friday
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Mr. and Mrs. Ira Rushnell nn
visiting with Mr. BushneM's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. H. I.. Bushneil. for a
few days.
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Simon Iverson returned from his
trip to Canada. Saturday.
Miss Gertrude Olds left Saturday
for Denver where she will take vocal
lesions.
Mrs. Ella Hlckey and daughter
Gussle left on 44 Saturday for Gret
na and other eastern points where
ehey will visit some time.
Airs. Neeland was an iucoming pas
senger from Craword on 44 Tuesdnv.
II. E. Partridge sold Ills household
goods at a public sale Saturday ami
will soon leave for their old home In,
Vermont.
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Mr. Oarvey was on incoming pas
senger on the freight Tuseday morn
ing. Rev. Cox and H. K. Partridge are
loading their car. Mr. Cox and fam
ily go to Chicago where they will
make their home and Mr. Partridge
and family go to Chester, Vermont.
Both families will be greatly missed
as they both made mauy frlenfn
while here.
Nebraska Metropolis
Makes Big Strides
Third Largest Meat Packing Center
in the Entire World and
Second Largest Market
PRIDE OF LOYAL NEBRASKANS
From Rulo to Harrison, from Pon
ca to Halgler, this state is proud of
the commercial prestige of her me
tropolis; and not another place In
the state is more loyal to the big
'Market Town" than is Alliance. Of
all the many visitors to this city
who receive the glad hand, none get
a more cordlHl welcome than that
extended to the South Omaha boost
ers on their annual pilgrimage to
northwestern Nebraska to attend the
stockmen's convention held here.
There Is ft mutual Interest between
this city and South Omaha. Alliance
is the metropolis and principal ship
ping point of the great stock raising
country of Northwestern Nebraska,
and South Omaha furnishes the
market for moat of the stock raised
In this country. Frequently during
the year The Alliance Herald pub
lishes Items of interest concerning
Omaha and South Omaha, and once
a year 4 aim to give an illustrated
wrlteup )efitting the occasion. The
Omaha i.'orld Herald of June 2 con-
in the peeking industry, they dir-rt
ly supporting lOjtSO of Omaha's pop
ulation. The annual payroll is $7,
oon.oo'i a year.
And this great manufactured pro
duct, $ 1 ,'hmi approximately. Is
sold outside of Nebraska to the a
mount of about 95 per cent, thus
showing tlie generous toll Nebraska
receives from all the world for a
single line of products, to add to her
prosperity.
The South Omaha Industry
The live stock market and packing
houses, though located In South O
maha, may be properly considered as
one of Omaha's greatest commercial
Institutions. Established only twenty-five
years ago, the development of
the live stock market and the coming
of the great packers of beef and of
pork, together with a MJSft of small
er independent houses, has made the
city stand third among all the- stock
market and packing centers of the
CuJted State i,
j In the year 1911. :4.:!i:: car loads
of live stock were received at the
I South Omaha Stock yards, approxi
mately 7.00(1.000 head, representing
shipments from twenty-Pive states
and territories. The value of these
commercial animals exceeded $100,
000,000. Seven packing establish
ments four of them the largest In
the country, together with buyers of
outside smaller concerns, furnish the
constantly increasing demand for ail
kinds of fat and bptcher stock, while
the reputation of South Omaha as a
distributing point for feeders and
lockers has built up a trade for
half fat and feeder grades of cattle
population of the cities. It is for
this reason the men of the slock
yards of South Omaha are notable
for doing everything osible to pro
mote the welfare of the people In
the state, and are Joined each year
with the business interests of Oma
ha In demonstrating that brains
makes millions, and he who tills the
soil Intelligently will ultltnatplv own
R.
Proud Record of
Second World Market
South Omaha, Now Ahead of Kan
sas City aa Live Stock Market,
Is Led by Chicago Only
1911 RECEIPTS LARGEST YET
In 1911 there were received at the
South Omaha market:
Cattle 1,1 74,.". 12
Hogs 2,66.684
Sheep 2,977,670
Horses 31,771
. Total . 6,550.:!37
This was a total of more than six
and one-half millions of live animais
representing a cash value of approxi
mately $125,000,000; 99 per cent of
these animals were sold and disposed
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Stock Yards Scene Yarding Cattle
DR. F. W. BO LAND
Office Over First State
Bank
liemingford, Nebr.
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Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Knapp made a
flying trip to Cal l.eiuinou's last
Wtdnesdny.
tallied a review of South Omaha,
from which we secure most of the
data for this story.
As a live stock market and pack
ing center. Omaha ranks third of all
of those In the world. It is the
largest range horse market in the
world, the second largest sheep
market in the world, and the largest
feeder market in the world, last
year, for Instance, the total receipts
of the market u n e i,.Vja,::77 head,
or 04111 cars divided as follows:
Sheep, 2.997. 570 head; hogs, 2,:i66.
684; cattle, 1.174,212. and horses and
mules. 11,771. Of all of these re
ceipts, 4,257,085 head were converted
into meat at the packing houses, the
others were sold as feeders.
Twenty states shipped live stock
to the Omaha market last year. Ne
braska, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho,
Montana, Utah and South Dakota
did the bulk of the shipping. but
there were receipt from Kansas,
Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wiscon
sin. Illinois, Michigan. Indiana. Ohio
and Pennsylvania. There are ten
plants doing the slaughtering, of
which Armour's. Cudahy's, Swift's
und the Omaha handle the greatest
part.
Ten thousand people are employed
"W. M. Mundt went over to A. J
Qgghagen last Thursday.
We understand t hi. t Sam Mundt U
sick in bed this week.
and sheep which is not equalled at
any other market. It U at once the
greatest feeder market In the coun
try and the largest dealer in range
sheep. Iast year cattle and sheep
were shipped from South Omaha to
fifteen of the best states In thi un
ion. The stock yard and packing in
dustries of South Omaha represent
an inverted capital of $ot,000.000.
The products of these packing hou-
J ses go to ery part of the earth, and
. i hi;- O aa and South Omaha are
represe . d in every civilized coun
1 try. TV "r yearly output is more
than $ :..')00,000 in value. To con
vert th raw materlul Into the mar
I ketable j roduct, more than 8.000 peo
ple are employed, and the annual
nay roll exceeds $5,000,000.
Thus Omaha acknowledges Its
debt to the farms and range of the
J West, and It Is the constant aim of
i the people of both cities to do what
ever possible to continue agricultur
al prosperity In the vast territory
surrounding the two cities. The suc
cess of agriculture is a condition to
control in a large measure the indus
trial activity of the people In the
city. It touches the very lives and
Interests of a large portion of the
of thru the regular channels of trade
on the South Omaha market. It
as only a few years ago, compara
tively, that the larger part of the
receipts of live stock at the South
Omaha market had to be cleared thru
some other market. Of last year's
receipts, 450,000 cattle und 1,500,000
sheep and lambs were sold to farm
ers and feeders of Nebraska and
neighboring states in the corn belt,
making a record for South Omaha
as a feeder market not approached
by any other market in the land. The
remaining 725,000 cattle, l.'.n.OOO
sheep and lambs and 2,365,00" hogs
were sold to the packers for sUiugh
ter, t'ae product of which were ship
ped to ull parts of the civilized
world, employing 50,000 railway cars
and practically every transportation
line In existance, carrying the name
of Nebraska into every nook and
corner of the earth.
It was only wiithin the last few
years that South Omaha came to be
recognized as the third largest live
stock market of the world, which rep
utation she now very generally en
joys, and it was thought it would be
many years before she could 1 a y
claim for a brief time to being the
second largest market by overtaking
her friendly rival to the south, Kn
nn City. An a matter of fact, South
Omnha crowded close to second place
Inst year, hut she did not ac-h.-.e
this distinction until 1912. For ev
ery month of 1112, to date. South O
iiisi h n has, however, held second
plate among the markets of the
world. At the close of April this
year the count stood as follows com
pared to Kansas City, which has for
ninny year ranked as second larg
est live stock market:
Telling Figures
Cattle. Hogs Sheep
So Omaha :i21..n.17 1,260.115 747,490
Kans. City 497.557 1,001,712 7:i6.8:!2
Favor K. C. 176,240
Favor South Omaha 258,403 11,658
From the above table It will be
seen that South Omaha surpasses
Kansas City in the total receipts of
cattle, hogs and sheep nearly 100,
000 head, and the difference has
steadily widened in favor of South
Omaha this year.
The property of the packing busi
ness Js dependent more upon pork
production than any other branch of
the live stock industry and an ample
supply of hogs must be forthcoming
to stimulate the growth of the pack
ing business. This is largely due
with respect to the farmer; pork
raising is almost necessary to the
success of his feeding operations. R
will be observed that the most thriv
ing packing centers are accessible to
good hog producing district. There
Is no market mof favorably sltd.u d
in this respect Mian South Omaha, in
the very center of the corn belt, ac
cessible alike to producer and con
sumer, where both time and expense
may be economized in the marketing
of all kinds of live stock. The pack
ing business at South Omaha njw
forms the greatest and most, im
portant part of Nebraska's manufac
turing, and it has been developed
thru South Omaha's superior market
facilities, and its growth has had a
most favorable Influence on the live
stock liidustry. not only of Nebraska,
but of t'he entire west, with which
the South Omaha market comes in
conti-t.
Mammoth Figures
Soutli Omaha last year handled 2.
000,000 hogs, 8000,000 cattle and 750,-
000 sheep from Nebraska alone. It
1 tnnot ba disputed that this steady
development of the live . stock in
dustry in our state has been favored
by the great market situated at the
very door of the Nebraska farmer
ami stockman.
Nebraska should make the most of
what resources she has. She Is es
sentially an agricultural state. She
can produce hay and grain for mil
lions of cattle, hogs, sheep and hors
es. Her alfalfa and corn make the
best beef, pork and mutton. Let Ne
braska grow more corn and alfalfa
and she will excel In the quantity of
her live stock production as well as
in the quality of it. Her live stock
market is one of the very best In
the world and is more than keeping
pace with her live stock development.
Nebraska can build up u live Stock
market, which. Instead of being
third, or second, as South Omaha
now ranks, wiM become the largest
in the world. Her packing houses
can be made the greatest food factor-
es in the world. Iet Nebraska go
as far as she can toward feeding the
worm and she will not need the
mines of gold and silver, for she
will have these precious metals in
abundance in her banks. The South
Omaha live stock market will swell
the bank account of the Nebraska
fanner more than any other market
in the Cirited States; give it the
right kind of a trial and you won't
have to prove it. you'll admit it.
lures about th ynrfls is also of con
i rete and steel The water supply
for the yards is derived from a ser
ies of wolk deeply sunken on tlie
river bottom east of the city. Th
water is taken electrically from
these wells into a pumping n servorr
nearby, from which It is forced into
the big supply reservoir above de
scribed located on the hill. From
this laterals are laid to distribute
the water about the yards. This
water svsteni when completed, which
It will be this summer, will not only
afford an ample supply of water to
the yards for years to come, but
will give water of the best quality,
absolutely pure, clear and cold.
Plans are being drawn and defkaKe
pre pa rat ions being made for recon
struct Ion of the hog department on
a much larger s ale. A large part
of this work will be done this sum
mer, but the entire hog handling
plant will not be finished until Mtl
season. The steady growth of the
hog business in South Omaha de
mands Increased facilities, which
are to be provided promptly by rhe
yard's management, which enjoys
the good will of the shipping public
because of its readiness to meet the
requirements of the growing market.
MM the facilities necessary for
the proper handling of the business.
Mr. Buckingham thinks the best ar
gument in favor of a market is itfc
ability to properly handle the busi
ness It is blessed with. This new
hog division will give South Omaha
the best equipped hog market in the
United States.
Other improvements of less im
portance are under way and alto
gether the stock yards district pre
sents u busy scene at the present
time. The packing companies are
also enlarging and improving their
plants constantly and there Is evi
dence of progress on every hand
looking to the future of the market;
and he who says South Omaha will
some day be the biggest market in
the world may not, after all, be far
wrong a few years bence.
The Daughters of Isabella will
serve dinner and supper in Beal
Brothers' store, Friday, June 21.
Everybody welcome.
Chas. Calmer made a business call
over to P. J. Knapp's Monday.
Mr ; f M : i ;hagen were over
to .V ' k- i j ne day this week.
Jc. 'i.bb v: -I with his parents
last Snurday. returning back to
Simlii. Nebr., U;M Tuesday . where
he is working for Phelan.
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Mr. and Mis Cal Da-rr went to
Alliance Monday.
Arthur lxjre returned from his
farm work on the O'Keipp rauch on
Tuesday.
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Mr. Dunlap and daughters went to
Alliance Tuesday returning Thurs
day.
John Burns moved into the O'
h ff ranch Wednesday.
Ed. Sweety and daughter Gladys
vent to Hemingford Sunday return
ing Thursday by way of Alliance.
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A cordial Invitation is extended to
all persons attending the Stockmens'
Convention to call at Mrs. Ida M.
Ross' piano rooms, 116 West Fourth
street, and Inspect her instruments.
She can sell you anything you want
in a good piano from a Steinway, the
best instrument made, down to the
medium and lower priced instruments.
It is to your intreest to see her be
fore purchasing a piano.
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BELLWOOO CHOSEN ALTERNATE
Will have Privilege of Seat in Bal
timore Convention
Stock Yards Keep Up
With Growing Market
Further Improvements Under Way
ror new water System and
Capacious Horse Market
Alternate delegates to the demo
cratic national convention not being
elected at the Nebraska primaries,
the state central committee decided
that each delegate should select his
alternate. Hon. George C. Gillan of
Lexington, who was elected as one
of the two delegates from the Sixth
congressional district, has conferred
the iionor of alternate upon an Alli
ance man by selecting Or. H. H.
Bell w ood. Dr. Bellwood was a can
didate before the primaries for dele
gate, as readers of The Herald are
well aware, being supported by this
paper. It is the general opinion he
would have been elected had It not
been that by some means his name
was left off the Bryan list of approv
ed candidates.
T'ie position of altarnate carries
with II the privilege ot admission
to the floor iu the convention hall
ind a reserved seat. Only in cas
ot a delegate's failure to attend or
to act could an alternate take his
place.
EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATIONS
Stock Yards Scene Unloading Shutes
While South Omaha is leacitn? nil
the live stock markets of th st
there is a noticeable optimism as to
tne ruture of the live stock market
reflected by the management of the
I'nion Stock Yards comoamv In t.h
improvement work now in progress.
uver on tne lull north of the
cattle division may be seen the big
white tents which provide the
quarters for Russell Condon's grad
ing outfit, which is engaged in lev
eling down the hill, preparatory to
tne construction oy the stock yards
company or mammoth barns for a
modern horse aud mule market.
These barns, when completed will
constitute one of the best and most
modern plants in the country for
handling horses and mules, and will
-i mere than 1100.1)00 whpn mm.
!!.-t. d, which will be in ample time
ror tne winter native horse sales. In
connection with the bams wlil be
provided conini odious offices, i!
lavilins. lunch room, etc.. for the
I onve r'.ence of those identified with
the horse market. The hompiiwn
are Jubilant over the prospects of
line new quarters ror their business
and their is an air of enthusiasm mh
parent among these gentlemen which
is most ei:Louraging for the ruture
ot fjouth Omaha s horse market.
Down by the tracks where the
live stock is unloaded preparatory lo
yarding and housing for sale, there
is a setting tor another busv uictur
Nt a unloading chutes are bekig
built, which will greatly facilitate the
hindliug of cattle, hogs, horses and
sneep. These will all be douhl
chutes, construe ted of con .rete mid
steel, which has become the standard
material of the varrts in. ilm u.l.
vent of Mr. Buckingham in South
uniana.
The stock yards company s new
water system is rioidlv assuming
material asoect. The 4.mi0.G0o-i:IUn
reservoir located on the eminence
west of the yards proper is com
pleted. This like other new struc-
BIG CELEBRATION
The people llvinic in the neiirhhor-
hood of Fairview will celebrate the
Fourth at the farm of William Rust.
Jr. There will be horse races, nov
elty races consisting of egg races,
pouito races and others, broncho
busting, and foot races. A basket
ball game between the married and
single men will be played and there
win also be a base ball game be
tween the Fairview and Sunbeam
teams. A bowery dance will t in
operation for those who. wish to
dance, and refreshment
stands will be erected where lunch
and cold beverages may be bought.
BveryDOay welcome and a good time
assured to all.
THE NEW HOMESTEAD LAW
Briefly stated. under the new
homestead law en try men rah mak
proof in three years bv shjwlnir n
actual residence of 7 months each
year; thus an entryman can here
after secure patent to his land by
Jl months residence durinc thre
time instead of the 60 months con
tinued residence heretofore required.
This new law eives those lm hnv
already lived upon their claims S
years, an opportunity to offer proof
now and secure patent to their
homesteads.
SPECIAL TEACHERS'
EXAMINATION
A special teachers' examination will
be given on Friday and Saturday.
June 21 aud 2, in all county cert it
icate subjects. No professional und
city certificate subjects will be giv
en at this date. The examination
will be at the Alliance High school
building.
DEI, LA M. RKBD.
LADIES
You are Invited to call at the
parlors of the Drake Hotel on or be
fore June 22 and see the beautiful
line of fancy work.
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If you have a good driving horse
that you wish to trade for a first-
elass ntunn e Mra Mn f
f - ' " . stwa.
j 116 West Fourth street.
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