$ Nebraska Stock Growers Association
(Incorporated)
HOME OFFICE, ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
OFFICERS: R. M. Hampton, Prwldnnt, Alliance; A. Mrtwer, VU-e
Pres., Merrlnian; Cfrns. C. Jameson, Seo'y-Treas., Ellsworth.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: C. II. Tully, E. P. Meyers, Reuben
I.lsoo, J. H. IJaiinlor, W. M. Fleishman, Robert Graham,
K. M RcArio Jr.. Herman Krause. J. II. Monlhan. A. R.
S ModtaeU, EM. Eld red, O. T. Davis, Dan. E. Hill, Robert A.
m Cook, John it. urr.
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LIVESTOCK
INCREASES
More Cattls on Government Forest
Reserves Than Ever Before,
8ys Government Report
If your nam to not on the subscription Hat of The Alliance Her
ald, the official organ of the Nebraska Stork Growers Association. NOW
Is the tkne to subscribe. Seii l us your name with $1.60 and we will
end the paper a year and guarantee that you will receive your money's
worth. Or, txAter still, if you are a stock raiser or interested in the
Mt stock business, fQl out beljw the blank application for membership
kn the Nebraska Stock Growers Anaoclation, send 't with check for mem
bership dues to the secretary, and you will receive The Herald one
year prepaid.
Application for Membership to
NEBRA8KA 3TOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION
Annual dues $2.60, and 3 centa per head assessment on cattle,
i Wall to Chas. C. Jameson, Secretary, Ellsworth, Nebr,
Name
Tost Office Date
No. Cattle
County Assessed in
Brand
Ear Marks
Remark . .
At the congregational meeting ot
the First Presbyterian church, held
a few evenings since ae announced
in The Herald, the matter of calling
a (pastor was taken up and after be
ing thoroughly discussed It was vot
ed to request the UoaM of Home
MJesions to aend a supply. An an
swer to the request le expected
soon.
O. H. Moon came up from his
homentead southeast of Alliance the
fcittet part of lost week to work on
the residences being rooted by the
railroad company for the superin
tendent and division superintendent.
He informs The Herald that every
thing Is fine in the hills and that
living on the claim agrees with the
entire family.
A marked increase In the quanti
ty of livestock grazed on national
forest ranges during the past fiscal
year is reported by the forest serv
ice. Nine and a half million domes
tic animals have been occupied dur
ing the summer In converting one
of the by-products of the forests
tnto meat, hides and wool. In ad
dition, there were in round num
bers three hundred thousand calves
and colts and fire million lambs and
kkis exempt from permit and there
fore not enumerated.
According to the figures gathered,
the amount of Block grazed under
permit during the year Is over four
per cent greater than for the prev
ious year, while the number of per
mittees using the forests for pas
turage purposes was Increased from
26.601 to 27,466. The total receipts
by the government from grazing
fees for Che twelve months ending
June 30, 1913, were 11,007,739, and
the portion of thds applied to schools
and roadsi in the states in which
the national forests are situated is
about $362,708.
Grazing is second only to lumber
ing us a principal use of the nation
al forests. Practically all of the
national forests used extensively for
grazing .purposes are within the elev
en states extending east from the
Pacific coast, known as the "far
western group." These states con
tain, according to latest reports, 8,-
646,000 cattle, 2,810,000 horses and
mules, and 28,366,000 sheep. The nat
ional forests support in these states
17 per cent of the total number of
cattle grazed, 3.48 per cent of
horses and mules, and 27.6 per cent
of sheep.
It Is estimated that the annua
product of these animals is 300,000
hmd of beef cattle of various ages
and grades and 6,000,0o0 head of
lambs and mutton sheep.
Since the average net meat weight
of a beef animal is frl5 pounds, of
lamb 37 pounds, and of a sheep 62
pounds, the stock grazed on nation
al forests in the eleven far-western
states produce annually about. 166
million pounds of beef and 312 mil
lion pounds of mutton. In addition,
it is eaid the wool grown totals
(55,000.000 pounds, hides approximate
300,000 in number, and pelts 6,000,
000. This output, according to the for
est service, does not Involve any
material sacrifice of forest or wat
ershed protection or permanent for
age productivity on the national for
ests. The system of range man
agement applied by the government
has proved, It to claimed, effective
and simple, and the quality and
quantity of the national foragf, crop
is said to be improving each year.
DESTROYS
BIG BARN
Nolan Barn Total Wreck from Sat
, urday Night Fire; Bulck Auto
Burned; Buildings Saved
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I will sell at Public Auction, at the old
Case Ranch 9 mi. north, and 9 mi. east
of Alliance, on Wednesday, October 8,
1913, the following described property:
f9 HEAD OF HORSES
1 pair Gray Mares, smooth mouth 1 3-year-old Stallion.
I pair 2-year-old Mares
1 pair 3-yearoId Mares
I 5-year-old Mare
1 smooth inouth Stallion
4 yearling Colts
1 smooth mouth, brown Hare
5 suckling Colts
21 HEAD OF CATTLE
6 gentle ililk Cows 5 coming-two-year-old Heafers
5 coming-two-year-old Steers 5 spring Calves
TWO DOZEN CHICKENS :
FARM IMPLEMENTS
i mower, I breaking plow, 2 wagons, i hay rack, i disc harrow, i cultivator,
i steel. harrow, i set blacksmith's tools, 2 sets harness, i saddle, I churn, and
other household articles too numerous to mention.
Free lunch at u o'clock, sale commencing immediately after.
Terms Of SQle: All sums under ten dollars, cash; over that amount, six
months time will be given on bankable paper drawing ten per cent interest.
. P. COURSE Y, Auctioneer
WILDY BROTHERS, Clerks B. WM. CASE, Administrator
The barn belonging to M. F. Nol
an, at the rear of his residence on
Cheyenne avenue, was almost totally
wrecked by fire at 9:30 o'clock Sat
urday evening. In the barn was the
Nolan automobile, which is a total
wreck.
The fire is believed by Mr. Nolan
to have come from a small fire
which started at 6:30 o'clock in the
evenim" and which was thought to
have 1een extinguished. According
to Mr. Nolan, tfcer had been water
n the car radiator and fearing 'r
would freeze, It had been decided to
turn it out. Because of the dark
ness in the barn a match had been
lit to lad the, pet cock The rae.tch
had dropped on some waste under
the car anJ started a fire which
was ext'nguished, as they thousht.
with a bucket of water. The next
thing noticed was when the birn was
full of fiames.
Record runs were made by both
hose trucks and the hook and ladder
o the fire, autos taking them to
the scene at the rate of thiity miles
per hour. The hay and other in
flammable material burned like tin
der. The flames were stopped after
a flight of an hour. The house and
other adjoining buildings were
threatened for a time.
The members of the department
all want to thank Mr. Nolan for his
courtesy in providing them with a
hot lunch at a local restaurant after
the fire and in seeing that they
were well cared for. Many of the
toys were soaked to the skin and
appreciated his thoughtfu'.neae.
The auto which was burned was
the oar which Mr. Nolan purchased
from T. J. O'Keefe and over which
a lawsuit was started before settle-
mer-t was finally made
BROWN IS OPTIMISTIC
Cairo, Nebraska, Real Estate Man
Says Pump Irrigation Big Thing
There Buys 8puds Hers
Earl C. Brown, a prominent real
estate man of Cairo, Nebraska,
spent Saturday in Alliance purchas
ing two carloads of Box Butte coun
ty potatoes which were shipped to
Cairo. Mr. Brown told of a pump
ing irrigation outfit which was in
nailed near Cairo within the last
three weeks by Mr. Leavenworth of
Wood River.
A twenty-two horse powsr gaso
line engine operates a ten inch cen
trlfugal pump which draws water
from a depth of fifty feet, the pump
throwing water enough to irrlga
an entire section of land. Mr
Brown states that the farmers
around Cairo are all planning to 1
ptall similar pumping plants to care
for their crops next year.
BOYS TRY TO BREAK JAIL
Young Stevens and his partner,
both boys, who were arrested last
week charged, with breaking into
Burlington box cars, and who were
tkeing held in the city Jail until the
officers came from Grand Island to
get them, attempted to break out at
9:30 Saturday night.
The boyw had secured some files
from outside, probably from an
complice, and when discovered had
filed nearly completely through one
of the strong iron bars that make
IT ALWAYS WAS IT IS
TODAY THE MOST
NEARLY PERFECT
Heating Stove
Famous Genuine ROUND
OAK (see the name on leg.)
It has never been changed in
principle of construction "3
Today it is handsomer, but
still the same good reliable
heat-giving, fire-holding, fuel
' saving stove. For sale by the
Newberry Hardware
Company
CITY
MEAT
III
W. R. Drake, Prop.
Fresh and Cured Meats
"The Best of Everything"
Notice to Farmers and Ranchmen:
We do our our own butchering and
are on the market for the best we
can buy. If you have some excep
tionally good stuff to sell, let us
know about it.
Corner Box Butte Ave. and 4th St
PHONE 40
ANYTHING that you want in
lumber can be found in our
large and well assorted stock, all
well seasoned for. immediate use. Also, all kinds
of hard and soft coal.
Dierks Lumber & Coal Co.
She Never Had an Equal
TAKE A TRIP THROUGH THE
OCEAN OF LAUGHTER, IT WILL
CURE YOUR GROUCH ....
GUARANTEED TO MAKE
LAUGHS GROW WHERE THEY
NEVER GREW BEFORE . . .
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No Comedy has ever equaled its record.
Every City in the world has raved over
it, so will you. Music you will whistle
and sing
Phelan Opera House
Alliance, Saturday, October 4,1913
PRICES: Reserved Seats $1.00 Gallery 50c and 25c
up the cage in which the prisoners
are confined.