NTERESTING FIGURES
Brand Inspector's Annual Report Shows Why
Stockmen Should Join the N. S. O. A.
INFORMATION WORTH FILING FOR REFERENCE
nd by so doing rut your assessment.
Our relation with the commission
men and Stock Yards Co. baa been
nd la at this time satisfactory.
I would advise that the proceeds
for all estrays be sent"brougb your
secretary in order that a check be
had on every one handling them.
When you sell cattle at home give
bill of sale. We take up the bills
of sale so you are In no danger of
having them used again. Thia you
Statistic and Explanation
Statistics are often supposed to be
dry reading, but below are figures
tbt are very Interesting to members
ef the Nebraska Stock Growers As
sociation, and should be to all Ne
braska stockmen and others who
are concerned about the success of
the great stock raising Industry In
this state.
la order that all will clearly un
derstand the annual report of the
brand Inspector, printed below, we
sake the following explanation: The
Wyoming Stock Growers Association
has brand Inspectors employed to op
erate at the following open markets,
namely. South Omaha, Chicago, Kan
aaa City, Sioux City, St. Joseph and
Denver, and at Indian agencies
where rattle are sola to contractors.
The work of the brand inspectors at
the open markets Is continuous thru
out the year; at the Indian agencies
nly at certain times, probably two
or three times a year.
The Nebraska Stock Growers As
sociation pays to the Wyoming Stock
Growers Association a stated amount
($4,000.00 per year) to secure the
Inspection of Nebraska cattle by the
inspectors employed by the Wyom
ing S. O. A. By so doing, the Ne
braska 8. G. A. secures a practically
perfect service at an expense consid
erably less than it would cost to em
ploy brand Inspectors Independent of
the other association.
The South Dakota Stock Growers
Association secures brand Inspection
o the same plan, hence it appears
in the report of the brand Inspector
When branded cattle, owned by
members of the association, are
found In shipments where they do
aot belong .either thru having been
stolen or being strays, they are eut
cot and sold separate, the proceeds
being sent direct to the rightful own
er by the commission men handling
the shipment or else sent to the sec
retary of the association and by him
delivered to the owner. In case of
dispute or doubt, the money Is held
by the chief brand Inspector until
the question of ownership has been
delnltely settled.
This system of brand inspection
baa greatly reduced the amount of
"rustling" in Nebraska, and if all
stockmen were members of the as
oclation would, in connection with
the enforcement of laws pertaining
to county inspectors, etc., practically
wipe out cattle stealing In this state,
Even without any stealing, the sys
tern of brand Inspection Is worth ma
sty times its cost in returning to
members of the association the pro
ceeds of cattle called "strays." Right
bere we wish to call particular at
tention t o the recommendations
of Chief Brand Inspector C. L. Tal
bot, following the statistical report.
We wish to state further by way
of explanation that the fiscal year of
the Wyoming Stock Growers Associ
ation Is from April 1st to March 31st
of each year. The table showing
rattle inspected from March 31 to
May 31 Is for Nebraska and is given
to bring the report down to the first
jpf the month in which the annual
convention of the N. S. G. A. was
betd.
The more that stockmen know
about the work of the Nebraska
Stock Growers Association, the more
tbey will want to become members:
and The Herald Is delighted to give
greater publicity to these Important
facta than was ever given to them
before. If every man In Nebraska
who has his brand recorded In the
office of the secretary of state fully
appreciated the work or the associa
tion, he would want to become a
member.
Persons who want information
about these important matters are
advised to read The Herald, which is
the official paper of the Nebraska
iocK Growers Association. We
caa t tell you all in one issue but will
keep at it until we have given more
Interesting and useful information
pertaining to the ranch business of
the state than has ever yet appeared
in a periodical publication.
Brand Inspector's Annual Report
Cattle Inspected 1918-1914
Cars Head Reports
8169
3896
1625
1745
883
Proceed Bent Direct to Owners
Coram Union Men
Apr. 9 2 6 19 28
May 3 3 C
Jun. 0 0 4 49 53
July 0 3 69 7 79
Aug. 6 38 42 86
Sep. 28 5 152 148 333
Oct. 6 10 179 64 259
Nov. 7 10 23 49 89
Dec. 0 1 19 0 29
Jan. 0 16 1 17
Feb. 11 6 17
Mar. 009
Total 41 17 619 389 986 65815
flrand Total
45 51 727 442 1264 84371.89
Average Value of Strays for Ten
Years, Calves, Halls, Steers
and Cows
Strays: Calves, Bulls, Steers. Cows
averaged for the following years
Year Nebr. Wyo. Dak. Year
1904-5 $27.66 $30.22 $30.10 04-05
1905-6 28.61 34.05 33.56 05-06
1906- 7 30.65 40.65 41.00 06-07
1907- 8 .30.91 40.65 43.14 07-08
1908- 9 36.40 38.83 40.12 08-09
1909- 10 37.91 43.17 39.92 09-10
1910- 11 47.42 37.64 37.12 10-11
1911- 12 40.53 38.48 35.79 11-12
1912- 13 63.55 57.37 54.88 12-13
1913- 14 66.75 68.15 64.02 13-14
Nebraska gain per head, 1913-14
over 1912-13, $13.20.
Wyoming gain per head, 1913-14
over 1912-13, $10.78.
South Dakota gain per head. 1913
14 over 1912-13, $9.14.
Summary of lnitertion, at South
Omaha, 1918-14
The proceeds from the following
strays were sent from the office of
the inspector to the secretaries of
the three associations:
Calves Steers Total
Bulls Cows Amount
NEBRASKA
4 13 208 53 278 $18,556.39
WYOMING
21 28 2,212 295 2,556 174,196.43
SOUTH DAKOTA
0 2 70 9 81 5.185.30
TOTAL
25 43 2,490 357 2.915 197.938.12
Proceeds from the following strays
were Bent direct to the owners by
the commission men who sold them
Calves Steers Total
Bulls Cowb Amount
NEBRASKA
41 37 519 389 986 $65,815.5
WYOMING
46 94 6.236 1,420 7,796 531,297.4
SOUTH DAKOTA
9 16 481 127 633 40.524.66
TOTAL
96 147 7.236 1,936 9,415 637,637.56
Cattle held for the three associa
tions:
0 1 7 4 12 813.67
Grand total for all strays:
Calves Steers Total
Bulls Cows Amount
121 191 9733 2297 12342 836389.35
Respectfully submitted,
C. L. TALBOT. Inspector.
South Omaha, Nebr., Mar. 31. 1914.
Supplementary Itexrt
March lit to May 81, 1UI4 Cattle
Inspected, 11,061
Proceed to Secretary
Calves Steers Total
Bulls Cows Amount
Apr. 0 0 4 1 5 $303.05
May 0 0 1 0 1 92.39
Total 0 0 6 1 6 395.44
Proceeds to Commission Meu
Apr. 0 1 15 1 17
May 0 16 0 7
Total 0 2 21 1 24 1,704.82
Total, Secretary and Commission
Men
Two
Months 0 2 26 2 30 2,100.26
Summary of Work and Recommend-
. atlons
If you will allow me a few min
utes. I will give a short summary of
the work done at the South Omaha
market in the past fifteen years and
offer a few suggestions that 1 think
will be of some benefit
will find will be more satisfactory titled to Indulge in a little raucous
to all who handle your stock. laughter at the expense of a lot of
I do not expect you to remember wise ones who said that such a policy
all the figures that I have given you, I would never do
but I do hope that you will remem
ber that in the past fifteen years ov
er 24,000 estrays have been account
ed for by your Inspectors at South
Omaha and that the value was al
most one million dollars.
Thank you.
France Is to honor Col. Roosevelt
who Is to reciprocate by making the
occasion as interesting as possible.
He always does.
Fifteen Years' Summary Inspection Nebraska Cattle
Date No. Head
F'scal Inspected
Year
1899- 00
1900- 01
1901- 02
1902- 03
1903- 04
1904- 05
1905- 06
1906- 07
1907- 08
1908- 09
1909- 10
1910- 11
1911- 12
1912- 13
1913- 14
88105
107068
123341
198832
181671
125853
146237
119251
132302
181272
286670
311641
274309
221542
196093
Estrays
Proceeds to Sec.
Head Amount
149 6271.46
86 3190.06
75 2003.11
64 1888.40
143 3348.05
105 2904.19
113 3183.62
97 2982.64
104 3215.25
105 3921.17
184 6941.24
388 18400.74
426 17267.42
426 22810.03
278 18556.39
Estrays
Pr'd's to Com.
Men
Estrays
Totals
Head
415
433
411
1061
776
847
992
1356
1623
1299
2491
1687
1570
5539
986
Amount
17467.35
16059.97
10973.70
31299.50
18133.45
23317.38
28381.13
41490.10
50166.93
43643.60
94433.81
79997.54
63632.10
296613.45
65815.50
Head
664
519
486
1125
919
952
1105
1453
1727
1304
2675
2075
1996
5965
1264
NOTICE
Sealed bids will be received by the
city of Alliance, Nebraska, until 8 p.
a., July 21, 1914. for
1 Motor Combination Chemical
and hose wagon with one forty (40)
Total 2,693,188 2,743 113668.52 21,486 881,425.51 24,229 998,309.28
Amount
23,738.81 gallon Chemical tank on same, with
19,250.03 hose body of twelve hundred (1200)
12,976.81 feet capacity, with divisional body
33,187.90 fully equipped
1. 481. 60 1 parties submitting proposals are
26,221.57 to furnish their own specifications,
31,564.75 1 The city reserves the right to reject
44,472.74 anT ani an Didg.
bs,AZZ.iB Payments will be made as cash
47,564.77 1 ti. ooo. balance on short terms.
Address all bids as follows: To
Geo. F. Snyder, City Clerk, Alliance,
Nebraska. For furnishing Fire Ap
paratus.
A. D. RODGERS, Mayor.
GEO. F. SNYDER. City Clerk.
28-5t-3669
Range 47 West of Sixth Prlnclpat
Meridian, has filed notice of inten
tion to make Final Three-Year proof,
to establish claim to the land above
described, bifore the Register and
Receiver of the United States Lane
Office, at Alliance, Nebraska, on tke
26th day of August, 1914.
Claimant names as witnesses:
George D. Workman, Peter R.
Workman, Julius Blrkle and Joba
Fitzgerald, all of Alliance, Nebraska.
W. W. WOOD, Register.
30-7t-452-3721
101,375.05
98,398.28
80,899.52
319,423.48
84,371.89
1
xiopo'0 column
Joe "What is the easiest way to
drive a nail without smashing my
fingers?"
Josephine "Hold the hammer in
both hands." Ohio Sun Dial.
"What does your father do for a
living?" asked one little girl.
"Why," replied the other, "he
takes up the collections in church."
-Chicago NewB.
Peter "And what was your occu
pation on earth, my good man?"
New Arrival (bravely) I was
chief of a band of robbers."
Peter "Ah, gas, meat, or coal?
Sydney Bulletin.
Von Ratz "Yer know, I haven't
paid out a cent for repairs on my old
car."
O'Catz .-"Yes, so the owner of De-
Stew's garage told me." Texas Coy
ote.
Get your Peacock coal from the
Forest Lumber Company.
possible and conceal the parts in the
grass.
9. In case of an automobile ap- 29tf
proaching a farmer's house when the
roads are dusty, it will slow down to 1 Serial No. 013241.
one mile an nour ana me cnauneuri N,,tii rr Pni.tiraiio,,
win spniiKie me uum in irom oi me Department of the Interior, U. S
nouse wun a nana sprinKier wroneu Land Office at Alliancp. Nphrntska.
11 J V- 1 .1 I ' '
over lue uuBiiuuurq. IJiitip 2fith 1914
NOTICE is hereby given that Lew
SOME ELECTRICAL DON'TS s 1 Unger, or Alliance, Nebraska,
I ... tw ii m nriL
Tlnn't fall In ronla rraokot In.... " IMBrcU iOlfl, maae
i.mr. hrnion iirhc inn rn ,, Homestead entry, No. 013241, for
lamp sockets.
South Half of Section 17, and NW14,
N SWtt. SE4 SW4, and Lot 1
Nebraska
Wyoming
Bo. Dakota
Colorado
Montana
196093
96155
38953
43691
22076
3896
1222
941
Total
16318 396967 6059
Cattle Iiuitected by Months
cars Head
April 398 8929
May 331 7003
June 356 7521
July 450 10829
August 963 24382
September 3(83 60244
October 1543 39452
November 519 13492
Deeember 342 5884
January 292 9576
February 236 5589
March 266 6209
Total 8169 19609S
Work for Nebraska by Months Pro-
ee4s to Chan. C. Jameson, Secretary
Calves Steers Total
Bulls Cows Value
Apr. 0 9 9 0 0 $ .00
May 9 9 9 9 9 .00
Jaa. 0 9 9 9 0 .00
Jet. 2 1 3 4 10 458.00
Aag. 9 9 29 1 21 1594.97
Se. 1 1 83 26 110 7486.99
Oat. 1 9 66 17 89 5806.30
Nov. 9 5 33 44 2984.87
Doe. 0 9 2 9 2 134.85
Jan. 0 9 1 9 1 28.20
Feb. 9 9 9 9 9 .00
Mar. 9 9 1 9 1 63.21
Tetal 4 IS 391 it 378 18556. S
A certain popular Alliance young
man, after whom a well known alarm
clock was named, made a trip the
first of the week into the hunting
country with a number of friends in
an auto. While on the trip he be
came deeply interested in hunting
and now has the fever. Ills friends
say that he has his mind made up on
what make of gun he will use this
fall when hunting season opens but
that he is unable to decide whether
a pointer or a Scotch collie would be
the best dog to use.
else on the electric light wires, or
lamp cords in the home.
Don't attempt to Improve the elec
trie wiring In the house unless you
are an electrician
Don't meddle with the electric wir
ing. If you want it changed consult
an electrician
Don't run electric motors and fans
without proper oiling.
Don't attempt to adjust electric
lamps with the current on.
Don't use screw drivers, pliers and
other Iron or steel tools about elec
trie lamp sockets without opening
the master switch in the attic
Don't handle electric meters rough
ly.
Don't fail to treat every loose elec
tric wire as though it were alive,
Handle It with care. You can't tell
by looking at a wire whether It is
alive or not.
Don't replace burned fuses with
bits of wire. The fuse is designed
to protect you as well as the circuit
uon i rorget tnat 500 volts, or
less, is sometiraeB fatal.
Don t touch the electric lamps
while standing in a bath tub of wat
er.
Don't attempt to put In new sock
et8, new switches, buzzers, etc., with
out turning off the current
Tailor-Made
Suits
Cleaning and Pressing
Suits called for and delivered
PHONE 41
Union Cleaning &
Pressing Work
Chas. Lea, Proprietor
Orders taken by Mr. Lea only
Dierks Lumber & Coal
Company
Headquarters for
Building Material
Celebrated Bradley & Vmman Paints
Barbed Wire, Cement Block, Lightning Rods, B. & S. Floor Covering
"Madam, you will have to get
somebody to introduce you before I
can cash this check for you."
"Sir," she answered, haughtily, "I
am here on business and not making
a social call. I do not care to know
you." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Don't be utterly discouraged be
cause you have to do the same job
over and over again," says Colliers
Weekly. "Nature has been staging
sunsets and sunrises for some eons
now yet we remark no deteriora
tion In their quality from year to
year."
RULES OF THE HO AD
Dick Waters, who is agent for au
tomoblle insurance, has had printed
in une tieraia jod department .a
card on which are the following rules
nf tha rnftH trr Bi.tATinnhlllDt A utA
I doubt if any of you outside of Vwners 8hould cllp these rule8 out
your officers and executive commit
tee realize what this association has
done for its members and other cat
tle growers in the line of stock
yards inspection.
Your yard inspection at the mar
ket points for the last fifteen years
has not cost you 1 50.000. Charge
one-half of this to South Omaha and
the other half to Denver, Sioux City,
St. Joseph, Kansas City, and Chicago,
and your inspection has cost you on
ly a little over 11.00 per head for
each stray recovered for your mem
bers on your market at South Omaha.
You have not only done this for
your paid members but you have
saved a large number of cattle for
those who have not paid one cent to
your association. I will mention
one case:
Last season a party shinned one
car of cattle to South Omaha in
which there were three stolen steers
The owner came to South Omaha in
search of them, and after spending
some time and learning nothing,
came to our office requesting assist
ance in locating his steers. Inside
of one hour we traced the three
steers through the several buyers
and located the steers on a farm in
Iowa. He was not a member of any
association.
This was done to show him and
others that inspection was of value
and that bad be been a member bis
three steers would have been held or
taken and the proceeds sent to the
secretary of this association. His
membership for one year would not
have cost him as much as be paid In
car fare coming to South Omaha. H,e
baa now paid out quite a sum of
money and baa a law suit on bis
bands and bia steers in Iowa yet.
Get out and boost for your asso
ciation. Double your membership
and observe them strictly
1. Upon discovering an approach
lng team, the automobllist must stop
offside and cover his machine with a
blanket painted to correspond to the
scenery.
2. The speed limit on country
(roads this year will be a secret, and
the penalty for violation will be 810
for every mile an offender is caught
going in excess of it
3. In case an automobile makes a
team run away, the penalty .will be
850 for the first mile and $100 for
the second, 8200 for the third, etc.,
that the team runs: in addition to
the usual damages.
4. On approaching a corner where
he cannot command aview of the
road ahead, the automobilist must
stop not less than 100 yards from
the turn, toot his horn, ring a bell
fire a revolver, halloo and send up
three bombs at intervals of 5 min
utes.
5. Automobiles must again be
seasonably painted, that is, so that
they will merge with the pastoral en
semble and not be startling. They
must be green in the spring, golden
In the summer, red in autumn and
white in winter.
6. Automobiles running on the
country roads at night must send up
a rocket every mile and wait ten min
utes for the road to clear. They
may then proceed carefully, blowing
their horns and shooting Roman can
dies
7. All members of the society will
give up Sunday to chasing automo
biles, shooting and shouting at them
making arrests and otherwise dis
couraging country touring on that
day.
8. In case a horse will not pasa an
automobile, the automobilist must
take the machine apart as rapidly as
HOW ABOUT YOUIl BOY OH GIRL,
MOTH Kits AND FATHERS?
Are they prepared for life's work? Would you like to have
them in a school where rigid discipline is enforced and where board
ing places are supervised? We develop the personality and moral
tendencies of our students and teach them how to become leaders.
CourBeB offered: stenography, bookkeeping, civil service, secre
tarial and expert accounting.
For catalog and further information, address
AN UNDERESTIMATED FOE
If ten terrible monsters came ev
ery spring to this country and all
summer long devoured the people,
chewing babies as we eat blackber
ries, biting off the heads of young
men, goring the aged to death and
stalking about among us as a lion
among the martyrs of the Coliseum,
we should be up and doing, militia
would march forth to give them bat
tle, colonels would wave swords,
guns would belch and no enthusiasm
would be lacking.
But when the monster is small and
playful and common we let him rav
age. He doesn't somehow appeal to
our imagination, says the Ottumwa
Courier.
Yet he does more harm, being 10,-
000,000,000 or so, than any ten min-
otaurs, polyphemuses or dragons
that ever posed in the pages of tra
dition.
He is the common house fly.
Although much has been said
about him and his deadllness the
people are not yet alive to the enor
mity of his crimes. There are tnous-
ands of kitchens where flies still
swarm and Infect the food, thous
ands of babies over whose faces and
upon whose lips flies spread their
poison, thousands of restaurants and
lunch counters where flies are busy
at the work of thinning out the hu
man race.
F. L. Groom, M. A. Pres.
H. L. Renick, M. C. S. Sec.
HASTINGS BUSINESS COLLEGE
Hastings, Nebraska.
Something New in Alliance
II. Thiele recently purchased a supply of the best Eczema
remedy on the market. If you are afflicted, call and ask them
about Dry Zensal for the crusty, scaly skin and Moist Zensal
for all watery eruptions clean, odorless ointments for the two
distinct types of Eczema. Here is your chance to get the re
lief you have been seeking.
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All of our subscribers who have
received the four magazines seem to
like them. Some have told us they
don't see how we can do it. You
can get the four magaxlnes by pay
lng 18 cents extra when renewing
your subscription to the Herald. Why
wait to renew your subscription to
the Herald? Send in your order to
day and get four magaxlnes for one
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GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
NEWLY REVEALED WONDERLAND
This region of majestic, glacier-capped mountains the climax of the
rugged grandeur of the Rockies is reached by the Great Northern Railway
from Glacier Park Station, at which point the Railway Company baa corn-
After elimination of Huerta is ac-lstructed a hundred-thousand dollar hotel. Automobile roads have beeex
compllBhed. the bossrldden states um iromiaw emr-u miuiiuu c""u "Ml"u " wrounu ia
should try the "must go" policy on coming out at tne other. It includes automobiles,' launches, coaches, he-
tels, and covers distances of from 80 to 150 miles.
the bosses.
Despite the fact that he does not
promise riches to each depositor, Un
cle Sam's Postal bank is rapidly in
creasing in volume of business.
Col. Roosevelt intimatea that he
will have something to say when he
returns from Spain, but by that time
the rest of us may have thought of
something to say
Maybe "Uncle Joe" is saving that
Roosevelt correspondence until the
Mexican trouble gives him front page
space,
As soon as a watchful waiting pol
icy wins, President Wilson will be en
ILLUSTRATIVE DETOURS AND BATES
Round trip excursion fare from the Western portion of the
Burlington to Glacier Park Station (unless local fares
are less) $35.00
One-day Park tour from Glacier Station 8.2 K
Three-day Park tour between Glacier Park Station and
Belton i 21.01
THE BURLINGTON-GREAT NORTHERN EXPRE8
arrives Glacier Park Station 8:35 P. M.: all ar
rangements are quickly made for starting oat next
morning. Let me secure for you some of the hand
some Glacier Park publications.
J. Kridelbaugh. TICKET AGENT, Alliance, Nebr.
L. W. WAKELY, General Passenger Agent,
Omaha, Nebr 1004 Farnam Street
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