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OFFICIAL OIU1AN NK1IRASKA VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. IT REACHES 1IEADOUARTKR8 FOR, 15,000 FIREMEN
ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1915
VOLUME XXII
NO. 47
The Allianc
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GREAT K. C. LIVE
STOCK MARKET
K.hIm Concerning the Rig Trading
Center at Western MetnnlU tlmt
Will Interest Stockmen
SHOWS A HEALTHY CONDITION
In 1871 it became apparent to tbe
men who wire managing the live
8 took feeding station at Kansas City
that It was necessary to have a regu
lar stock yard organisation and com
mission firms, to properly handlo the
Increasing receipts of live slock at
that point. Accordingly the Kansas
City Stock Yards Company was or
ganized, and half a dozen commis
sion firms opened oflires in the one
story frame building evailable as an
Exchange Building then.
The big husky market at the
mouth of the Kaw now bears little
resemblance to the infant of 4 4 years
ago. It was eurly discovered by the
nu n who were conducting the Kan
sas City Stock Yards that a most nec
essary requirement of a live stock
market was to have a demand at
hand approximating the volume of
the supply of live stock. If the de
mand could be built up a little above
the supply, so much the better for
the market, as an attraction to ship
pers. With this view in mind, packers
were induced to build great packing
plants at Kansas City. At the pres
ent time not only are there more
packing houses located at Kansus
City than anywhere else in the world
except Chicago, but these packing
houses have greater capacity than
any other packing houses, except two
or three of the parent plants in Chi
cago. In fact the capacity of the
plants at Kansas City has never been
fully tested, so great was the allow
ance made for expansion in the
growth of the market. Particularly
is there room for more hogs at Kan
sas City, and Indications at this time
in hog producing circles favor much
larger receipts in the near future.
The big packers were more easily
induced to locate at Kansas City, be
cause they recognized the superiority
of its railroad connections, in and
out. They were assured that there
would always bo a plentiful supply
of live stock offered on the market
ns compared with other live stock
markets in the West, because of the
ease with which shippers could reach
Kansas City. Railroads centering at
Kansas City have grasped this point,
and have always been willing to com
ply with suggestions as to how they
could better serve their patrons in
reaching the Kansas City market.
New schedules are installed from
time to time on all the lines, in an
swer to new requirements growing
out of the development of new sec
tions of the country. A remarkable
feature since the first of this year
has been the large number of long
distance shipments, from each of the
Pacific coast states, and from all the
intermediate states, of cattle and
sheep. Only a week ago the hog
trade of the country was electrified
by the arrival at Kansas City of 60
car loads of hogs direct from Idaho.
Railroad service on all these ship
ments from a long distance has been
almost equal to passenger train serv
ice. The hogs mentioned arrived
from Idaho without a dead or crip
ple. Nearby shippers to Kansas City
have, of course, an immense advan
tage in the matter of reaching the
market, over these shippers who ov
ercame many obstacles in order to
reach the Kansas City market, in
preference to other live stock mar
KANSAS CITY
kets, perhaps more convenient fori
them.
The pic kers not cnly figured that
'hey could pet more ample supplies'
of liv e stock thau eh ewhere, but
also that they could ship their prod
uct to consuming centers more ad
vantageously from Kansas City, be
cause of the fine nil road service on
the main lines centering at Kansas
City, than from any other place. Ac
cordingly, their plants were built
with a view of concentrating their
business largely at Kansas City.
Hut the projectors of the Kansas
City market did not depend entirely
on the big packers to make up the
buying aide of the market. Hund
reds of smaller packers are located
all over the eastern states, most of
them in regions where it Is Impossi
ble for them to ge"t a sufficient
amount of live stock near at hand to
supply their needs. These killing
concerns must buy a large share of
their live stock at the western mar
kets, and ship It on the hoof to their
plants, for slaughter. The superior
railroad collections out of Kansas
Cit7 at once put the Kansas City mar
ket In the lead as a bidder for this
trade, and placed It almost on a par
ity with markets farther east, in
point of railroad service to tho east
ern slaughtering concerns. So far
us the supply of live stock goes, Kan
sas City offers these eastern killers
every possible variety of cattle, and
the class of hogs received at Kansas
City Is especially adapted to the
neds of these smaller killers, who
cater mainly to the fresh iork and
smoked meat trades At the present
time l.r per cent of the cattle, and
2 5 per cent of the hogs that arrive
at Kansas City are sold to be shipped
on the hoof to eastern killers, be
sides large numbers of fed lambs
during the winter season.
In another article in this paper will
he found some facts relating to the
immense trade in Ptock cattle and
feeders, and In feeding lambs and
breeding sheep at the Kansas City
Stock Yards. The stocker and feed
er cattle trade consumes 4 0 per cent
of the total cattle receipts at Kansas
City, and half a million sheep and
Iambs were shipped out of Kansas
City to country points this year.
Below are a few facts concerning
the receipts at the yards, capacity
and points on the physical make-up
of this young giant.
Dally Capacity of the Stock Yards:
Cuttle, 50,000; hogs, 40,000;
sheep, 4 5,000; horses and mules,
5,000.
Y;rd area, 207 acres.
Yard area paved, 150 acres.
Yard area under cover, 59 acres.
Number of cattle pens, 3000.
Number of hog pens. 600.
Number of sheep pens, 500.
Number of brick barns, 20.
Area of brick barns, 17 acres.
Capacity of hay barns, 5000 tons.
Number of scales for weighing stock,
20.
Daily capacity of pumps, 6,000,000
gallons.
Number of incandescent lights, 3500.
Length of water pipes, 16 miles.
Number of lire hydrants, 77.
Number of water hydrants, 2920.
Capacity of dipping plant for cattle
2000 each day.
Capacity of dipping plant for sheep
10000 each day.
Total receipt of live stock in 1914
6.310,653 head.
Average number of animals received
per day in 1914. 17.289 head.
Average number of cars of stock re
ceived each day in 1914, 300.
Number of men employed at stock
yards and allied industries, about
20,000.
All scales are of the latest pattern,
and equipped with automatic weight
recording device, which reduces to' a
minimum chance of mistakes.
The New l.vc Stock Exchange
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THANKSGIVING 1-UiK i.AM.VUON
President Wilson has Issued a proclamation designating Thurs
day, November 25th, as Tlmnksglv Ini: day, calling attention to the
fact that the United States has been at pence, while most of K.irope
has been at war.
The text follows;
"It has long been the honored custom of our people to turn in
the fruitful nutumn of the year In praise and thanksgiving to Al
mighty Cod for His many blessings and mercies to us as a nation.
The year that is now drawing to a close since we lapt observed our
day of national thanksgiving has been, while a year of discipline be
cause of the mighty forces of war and of changes which have dis
turbed tho world, also a year of special blessing for us.
"Another year of peace has been vouchsafed us; another year
In which not only to take thought of our duty to ourselves and to
mankind, but also to adjust ourselves to the many responsibilities
thrust upon us by a war which Involved almost the whole of Kurope.
We have been able to assert our rights and tho rights of mankind
without breach of friendship with the great nations with whom we
have had to deal, and while we have asserted rights, Wo have been
able also to perform duties and exercise privileges of succor and
helpfulness which should serve to demonstrate our desire to make
the office of friendship the means of truly disinterested and unselfish
service.
"Our ability to serve all who could avail themselves of our serv
ices In the midst of crises, has been Increased by a gracious Provi
dence, by more and more abundant crops; our ample financial re
sources have enabled us to steady the markets of the world and fac
ilitate necessary movement of commerce which the wtar might oth
erwise have rendered Impossible; and our people have come more
and more to a sober realization of the part they have been called up
on to rlay In a time when all the world is shaken by unparalleled
distresses and disasters.
"The extraordinary circumstances of Biich a time have dbne
much to quicken our national consciousness and deepen and con
firm our confidence In the principles of peace and freedom by which
we have always sought to be guided. Out of darkness and perplex
ities have come firmer counsels of policy and clearer perceptions of
the essential welfare of the nation. We have prospered while other
people were at war, but our prosperity has been vouchsafed us, we
believe, only that we might the better perform the functions which
war rendered it Impossible for them to perform.
"Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United
States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, the twenty-fifth
of November, next, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and Invite
the people throughout the land to cease from their wonted occupa
tions and In their several homes and places of worship render thanks
to Almighty God.
"In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the United States to be affixed.
"Done at the city of Washington this twentieth day of October,
in the year, of Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, ami
of the Independence of the United States of America one hundred
and fortieth.
"Lly the president:
"RonEKT LANSING, Secretary of State.
WOODKOW WILSON."
Building is the largest building used
for this purpose in the world. It
contains 475 office rooms, in wnich
are located all of the live stock com
mission firms, the otliceB of the S'ock
Yards Company, various packing
companies, railroad offices, govern
ment Inspection service, jKistoiTice,
bank, telegraph companies, restau
rant, barber shop, Hoof and Horn
Club, and the headquarters of the
Live Stock Exchange.
. The following large packing plants
are located here, besides many small
er ones: Armour Tacking Company,
Cudahy Packing Company, Fowler
Packing Company, Cochrane Tacking
Company, Morris Tacking Company,
Sulzberger & Sons Company, Swift &
Company. These seven big plants,
together with the smaller ones, have
a daily slaughtering capacity of 17,
600 cattle and calves, 39,000 hogs
and 17,000 sheep.
Receipts for year 1914: Cattle, 1,
827,246; calves, 129,405; hogs, 2,
264,805; sheep, 2,002,042; horses
and mules, 87.155; cars, 108,279.
largest receipts in one day: Cat
tle, 37,549; calves, 5560; hogs, 35,
349; sheep, 33,314; horses and
mules, 1.473; cars, 1,595.
IDEAL FEEDING GHOUNDS
Lexington Commerc ial Club Calls At
tention to Excellent Feeding Fa
cilities for Caltlo unci Sheep
The Lexington Commercial Club,
Lexington, Nebraska, of which F. U.
Gilmore Is secretary, in a timely ad
vertisement published in The Herald
thin week, calls the attention of cat
tle and sheep feders to the advan
tages of Lexington and surrounding
country as a place to feed this win
ter. As will be noted in the advertise
ment, the farmers iu th surround
irg territory have an abundance of
corn and alfalfa and prairie hay
which can bo obndned at moderate
prices. Tho town is located on the
main line of the Union Pacific, giving
c;u'.ck access to the big markets. The
ivi.us are in excellent condition, mak
ii'g the hauling of the food an easy
proposition.
Interested parlies should write to
the secretary of the club, or go there
and look over the 'ground personally.
THE STOCK YARDS NUGGET
A Combination of Market and Farm
and Live Stock Paper Publish
ed at the Stock Yards
The Kansas City market has u
unique and a very able exponent and
booster In the Stock Yards Nugget,
a weekly market and farm and live
stock paper. The editor and gener
al manager, E. Martlndale, one o
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the best known country newspaper
men of Kansas and Missouri, con
ceived the Idea that an up-to-the-minute
market paper would be well
supported by the Stock Yards inter-
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ests, and that by adding the popular
features of a farm and live stock pa
per, his paper would be a success.
ATTENTION, III :A 111. Its!
Readers of this ncr arc- urged
to remember that Ihciv Is more
than one section and to look for
each M-ctlon when rending the m
cr. You will miss Importuni
news article nod advertisement
if you do not rend each section.
That he has succeeded Is best shown
by the 65,000 guaranteed circulation
and by the high esteem the paper Is
held by its readers. The farmers
and stockmen are unanimous In their
praise of Us merits and say that It Is
not only the "first read" of their pub
lications received, but "beat read".
It contains news and reading matter
about things In which they are the
most vitally Interested. The Nug
get's list Is composed of the stockmen
and ranchers, the most Influential
citizens of the Southwest.
With the Nugget Is associated I. M.
Fisher, fleldman and business man
ager, who Is one of the best known
white hog men and one of the best
posted men on slock breeding. In the
country. He published the Chester
Swine Journal and was the head of
the National O. I. C. Chester White
Record Assoclatfon for several years.
Piilrotiie Our Advertisers
The attention of Herald readers Is
respectfully called to the many spec
ial advertisements In this Issue of
The Herald. It will pay you well to
give special attention to the adver
tisements, for we endeavor to Bee
that no one advertises who does not
fulfill his promises. If you do not
receive fair treatment from any ad
vertiser, advise us and we will en
deavor to assist you In seeing that
the matter Is made right.
DAILY DROVERS TELEGRAM
A Great Dally Market Paper, with
Splendid ltnilding and Well
FqulppccI Plant
The ubove cut represents the pub
liwhlnrr Tilrirtt r,f ito Tlullv Tlr,v..rH
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Telegram of Kansas City. II Is one
of the few absolutely fire proof pub-
llshing houses in the West. The
building alone represents X50,0tu.. .),
having been constructed solely for
the use of this publication. Tbe only
wood used in the entire structure Is
a hand rail on an Iron stair rase.
The Telegram represents the great
live stock Industries of the South--
west, and by progressive methods, a
great news serv.ee anu up-,o-..a,e
methods of doing business, it has
easily eclipsed all papers of Its class
printed in the world.
The circulation runs right close to i
50.000 copies per day. every PuperlinK B(wh a)J f wdlng vattle or
of which is paid for In advance.
The president of the Drovers Tel
egram Co., Jay 11. NelT, recently died J
in Cody, Wyo., on a summer vaca
tion. His decath, however, does not
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three brothers, all of whom were
practical newspaper men, and have
been more closely Identified with the i
business than Mr. Neff himself for
the past ten years. Geo. N. Neff is
business manager, and Walter P. Neff
is illumining editor. They employ a
force of fifty people in its publica
tion.
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BIG STOCKER &
FEEDERMARKET
Immense Outlet lor Voting Cuttle aiuj
Feeler, Stork Hogs, Feeding
IiuiiIm and lireedlng Sheep
KANSAS CITY IN THE LEAD
Thiee-foirths of a million cuttle
are bought as stockers and feeders At
Kansas City fach yoar. That Is, that
has been the average number for sev
eral years past, but In 1913 the num
ber of young cattle bought at Kansas
City and shipped to country points
exceeded 900,000 head. That vu
the drouth year, and Kansas had to
sell out to a very great extent. At
the same tiino Iowa, Illinois and oth
er states east as far as Maryland and
New York stood ready to buy, and
the exchange was made at Kansas
City.
Stockmen from every section of
the Union where live stock is hand
led arcfamlllar with the high breed
ing and good growing and feeding
quality of the cattle received at the
Kansas City. Stock Yards. It Is well
known that breeders on the western
ranges, as a class, are more progress
ive In getting pure bred blood Into
their cattle herds than are the small
breeders In the farming sections. Ac
cordingly, feeders and stockmen who
want to either graze cattle for a sea
son, or to start a breeding herd,
know they can get the best bred cat
tle at Kansas City. Of course, all
grades of young cattle are available,
from the best to the cheapest, and
buyers know that they can supply
their needs on short notice at Kan
sas City, whether they want a car
load or a train load.
The big feeding steers grown In
the sand hill country In Nebraska are
tdrongly favored by certain Missouri
feeders. It Is unfortunate that few
of these big feeders find their way to
the Kanpns City market. More of
them could be used there to very
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good uuvatiluge to sellers
Clinton
und Clny counties, in Misourl, pro
duce the bulk of tho heavy beef
BO,( at Kan(MH Clty n Jnnft
and July escn year. These feeders
make regular annual visits to the
western Nebraska ranches to buy
feeders. If the cattlemen in that
section would seed their cattle to
Kanm(, (,,ty , the fa lhpy wou,d
not only get competition from these
M,8HOUr buy.r8 ,,ut W()U,U a,H0 b(ive
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chanft. tw l0 ,,, an(1 other
buyers who favor big steers.
As Is well known, Chicago Is com-
nletelv out of the business of hand-
sheep this year Feeder demand Is
concentrated this year at the western
markets to a very great extent. Kan
J sas City has handled an immense In
I crease iu lambs and slirep to the
counlrv this fall, hi I Blocker and
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I feeder trade here has been held
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clown by limited receipts. I he Pan-
i handle country is developing into a
feeding country, and Is shipping few-
i er young ' j-ttlc to market this year
tli;;n ever before since that region be-
came prominent m cattle raising. Ac
cordingly, the stock and feeding cat
tle market at Kansas City has soiue-
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