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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1916)
First State Bank Alliance, Nebraska The only bank in the city under the Nebraska State Guarantee Fund, now over one million dollars. W appreciate the patronage given thin bank, which ban enabled ua to show a steady increase in our business each state ment. It ia our aim to give the best possible service to our cus tomers and friends, and if you are not already a customer of ours, we cordially invite you to call in and see us when you are in the city. fe pay 5 per cent interest on Certificates of Deposit We make real estate loans, and have a very low interest rate for first class loans. All Deposits in this bank have the added protection of The Nebraska State Guarantee Fund. and urgent work on part of, crop demonstrations that required a great dal of the county agent time' made It necessary to postpone survey work until later In the season. '"' Farm record taking -was resumed in the month of November, at wb.ch time twenty-nine far'm reCtords were taken by the county agent. The co.in ty agent spent the' week ef November 21-27 in the Farm Management ol Ice at Lincoln, where the Box Butte County Farm records were transferred to nice sheets; labor incomes figured, temporary summaries made, feed sum maries made', all tabulations and determinations of factors affecting pre tits in farmlrig'tn tMs area were determined. - Meeting for .the return .of Ft rm Survey records Were held in Box' Butte county during the week of Decern tier J5th. .Six meetings "Werr held with an attendance of sixty-eight' interee Led persons. ; This waa'.very good considering the weather and other 'factors. R. R. Spafford assisted the county agent at these .meetings, and during the week twenty-seven out of the total of fifty-six records were returned to the men that gave the records, The record of a farm business of Box Butte county for crop year 1014 ij included in this report, also the factor sheet for this area. This line of work is considered by the board of directors as one of the most Important lines of work curried oh during the past year, and will undoubtedly be con tinued under the same project plan as used this year. KKt'OIUi OK FARM III SI NESS FOR YEAR ENDlNti JAN. Heal Estate Hogs Feeds Machinery ....... Tash Total Capital Total Farm Tenant No. Value No. Value 960 117600 320 $ 8000 l.r 1750 IT. 1750 33 1245 33 1245 11 103 11 103 100 50 100 50 704 704 620 602 500 500 $22572 $12972 1, 1015 I .ami lord No. Value 640 $9600 $9t00 RECKIPTS: Wheat (60 A) 626 626 Oats 478 478 Fota toes 1190 1190 Horses 7o 70 Cattle, 375 575 Milk and Butter .......... . 210 210 Hogs 391 391 Poultry ioo loo Miscellaneous 21 21 Cash rent '.. Increase in Feed Inventory ... 13" 137 100 Total. Ueeeipts-. Cash Kent ... ... . , Feeds . N,, ... ...... ... 47 Veterinary, breeding fees ..... 53 Threshing Silo Filling ........ 65 Machinery repairs . ... .... ! ." 10 Building repairs v. .' . 20 Fence Repairs ,........... l Miscellaneous 86 Insurance 15 Taxes , , . . .... .... so Family Labor 840 (NOT CASH) Machinery depreciation ...... 62 Building depreciation 69 Total Cxpensea Total farm income-. Income from capital . r $3798 .. EXPENSES v( CASH). $3798 $100 100 47 53 65 10 20 1 86 is 40 840 62 69 40 Labor income 11348 2450 1129 1321 $1408 2390 649 1741 $40 60 Percent on Investment 6 The receipt from stock, are .found by subtracting the sum of th nnr. chases and what is on hand a Jhf beginning of the year from the sum of the Mies and that .on hand at the. close of the year. ffFamUy .labor does .not Include that of the operator. 'J"'5 ''VAlTMtti AFKNCTIMJ PROFITS IN FARMING Factor Labor Income .' . . .T . V. '. .'. . ...... . SIZE OF BUSINESS: ' ' Farm Area , Crop Area , . 10 Aver, of Aver, all Aver, of l3MMr Record 15 good paying (5ft M)lng farm farnift) farm . $-595 30 763 1143 967 1009 160 185 250 It IS 9 1T 14 119 tl IS 47 ltff 179 297 tST SIX (57 4T1 SOS 1S67 164 1S4 305 7T 85 99 24 24 23 26 SI 35 62 55 60 27 35 43 33 44 40 97 100 108 10 9 11 8 10 12 12 14 14 0.53 0.48 0.47 98 113 132 18 21 27 24 28 32 1 horse, 2 colts, 7 sheep, Productive Animal Units 28 34 61 Total Capital 22628 21055 24942 Total Receipts 1394 1840 S050 Total Expenses 768 757 1040 DIVERSITY OF BUSINESS: Sources of Income- Corn Sales Wheat 8ales , Oat Sale Potato Salsa Horses Cattle Hogs Poultry QUALITY OF BUSINESS: Livestock Feed cost per Animal Unit Stack receipts per animal unit Receipts per sow Receipts per cattle unit Receipts per pro. horse unit Crop Production Crop Index Corn yield per acre Wheat yield per acre Oats yield per acre Hay yield per acre , Efficiency of Labor Crop acres per man Productive animal units per man Crop acres per horse One Animal Unit Is 1 caw. or 2 young ca 14 lambs, 5 hogs, 10 pigs, or 100 head of poultry, figured on the basis that each animal unit requires approximately the same amount of feed and pro duces the same amount of manure. The receipts from stock are found by subtracting the sum of the pur chases and what is on hand at the beginning of the year from the sum of the sales and that on hand at the close of the year. Crop Index compares yields on the basis of 100 per cent for the av erage of all records. HOYM' ANI UIRIX' CM II WORK IN IlOX BUTTE COUNTY . The boys' and girls' club work was adopted in project form at the first meeting of the board of directors held the last Friday in March. The co operative agreement Is clearly outlined in the project. Bad roads made organization throughout the county almost impossible. L. T. Skinner presented the Boys' and Girls' Club work to the three city schools of Alliance: to the city school of Hemingford; and to the one school district at Berea. As a result of these meetlnen thlrtv.nino hrw. mnA girls were enrolled In the club work. The Club activities promoted in this county in isi& weie tne rotato, Fig, Gardening, Canning and Sewing Clubs. These lines of club work will be continued in 1916. Following is the list: Potato Club: Dewey Donovan, Arthur Dillon, Leon Edwards, George Fenning, Philip Grove. Dean Harris. Ralnh Joder. Edward Minor pi.h.. Watteyne. Vlncan Westlake, John Addy. Frank Buechsenstein, Chester ueca, Henry maer, uobert Kalis, Anson Thomas, James Sanders, Hugh ('Conner, Leo Snyder. Gardening C!ub: Irnia Lotspeich. Pig Club: Td Armstrong, Allison Johnson. Cooking Club: Eva Barrit, Emma Jensen, Olga Johnson, Nelle Vaughat: and Elliot Warn. Sewing Club: Eva Barritt, Beatrice Fenner. Alta Hucke, Lizzie MaWn. Frances Olds, Beulah Rohrbaugh, Lois Wildy, Vivian Westlake, Bernice Fenner, Lela Nabb. i. One fact brought out in the short experience of Boys' and Girls' Club wojk in the county Is the necessity for local Interest of both parents; teach ers In public schools; and the selection-Nnf a local leader who will give his or her moral support to the organization -of dlRtrirt ntnh an a tn o,,,,-,,.. all club members to send in their reporfs promptly so that their work at no uiue is ajiowea,v arag me would.': new irf the county to the schools, and new to the people of the. count . ae ks a rointonnpn'n w ruih.n a'' w ' - tmui.uv wi ficult to secure the local leader rand to' Ret the support of the teachers and parents uunng tne nrst year "work.- s . .7 ' .' " : As a consequence very few of the club members keni nn Miir u-m-ir i. sending in reports as the first report was due. The reports of all who will proDamy complete tne ciud work are In at the Lincoln office at present. An annual meeting for members of the boys' and girls' club; all other boys and girls Interested; teachers, parents, etc.. is planned for the month of January. From the interest shown lately by teachers to whom the work was presented at the teachers' Institute by the county agent, good results are expected In club work during 1916. PROJECT AGREEMENT Farm Demonstration WorK in Box Butte county by the Box Butte Coun ty Farm Management Association Cooperating with the Agricultural Ex tension Service, University of Nebraska, and the United States Department of Agriculture. NAME OF PROJECT: Boys' and Gills' Club Work. LOCATION: Box Butte county, Nebraska. COUNTY AGENT: F. M. Seidell. HEADQUARTERS: Alliance, Nebraska. DATE EFFECTIVE: January 1, 1915. ADVISERS: Huldah Peterson, L. T. Skinner and J. G. McMillan. OBJECT: To interest and educate boys and girls (1) in agriculture and in home duties, (2) in organization and cooperative effort. ORGANIZATION: (1) The county superintendent shall be coanty leader in promoting Boys' and Girls' Club work. (2) The county agent shall cooperate with the county superintendent tnd shall thru local leaders direct the field work. (3) County organization shall have at least thirty members and five local leaders. (4) Federal and state clr.b regulations shall be followed. METHOD OF PROCEDURE: The County Agent under this projec. shall cooperate with the county superintendent (a) in organizing Boys' and Girls' Clubs and (b) In giving technical assistance and direction to loa Waders of clubs In the following manner: (1) By presenting club work (a) at teachers' institutes and special :.eetlngs, (b) at school in regular session, (c) at special Junior meetings. (2) By securing local leaders who shall assume the responsibility o keeping in touch with club members In their various activities and organ! club members Into local clubs. (3) By giving direction and assistance to club leaders in the organiz ation work and in the active carrying on of the club activities. (4) By meeting the clubs called together by club leaders for the pur pose of encouraging and giving personal instructions to club members in the proper procedure of their club work. These meetings wherever con venient should be held In the field 6f some member, at a schoolhouse or home. (5) By arranging for at least (a) one contest and meeting in each com munity, (b) one annual county contest and meeting. (6) By giving assistance to individual boys and girls not in regular clubs but scattered over the county. It should be the plan of the county agent not to make special trips to plats of ih'ividuals except as occasion might demand, but rather to meet members in groups. When calling at a. farm where a club member resides an effort should be made to give person al inspection of the project under way and to offer encouragement. REPORTS: The County Agent and the County Superintendent shall make progress reports from time to time on the work outlined in this pro ject. At the close of the year a full report shall be made of the accomplish ments of this work in the county, and copies transmitted to each of the co operating parties. AUTHORITY: (1) The approval and signature of this project by tht County Superintendent shall be considered evidence of assuming responsi bility for M.e work in the rounty and a desire to have the assistance and co operation of the county agent under terms, of this agreement. (2) The approval of the project by the board of directors in a regu lar mating and its signature by the president of the local organization shall b considered tn exprescion of cooperation to give the county agent all pos sible support In following out the work outlined in this project agreement. IRRIGATED HOMESTEADS IN THE NORTH PLATTE VALLEY - Government Proclamation: Department of the Interior. Washington, Jan. 18, 1916. t PUBLIC NOTICK 1. In pursuance of the provisions of section 4 of the nbclamaUon At of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat., 388), an dacts amendatory thereof and supple mental thereto, and particularly the Reclamation Extension Act of August 13, 1914 (38 Stat., 686), notice Is hereby given that water will be furnished under the North Platte project, Nebraska-Wyoming, In the lrrigatioa aea son of 1916 and thereafter for the Irrigable lands of mid project shown a the farm unit plats of: Sixth Principal Meridian. T. 23 N., R. 53 W. T. 22 N., R. 53 W. T. 22 N.. R. 52 W. T. 21 N., R. 62 W. T. 22 N., R. 51.W. T. 21 N., R. 51 W. approved by the Secretary of the Interior on November 23, 1915, and on Me in the local land offices at Alliance. Nebr., and In the office of the project manager at Mitchell, Nebr. 2. This public notice applies only to the unentered lands and I&a4a heretofore entered but relinquished or abandoned, shown on the above plats. 3. Homestead entries of the farm units shown on said plats embracing public lands of the United States may be made on and after March 24, 191, at 9 o'clock a. m., at the local land office, If found regular and accompanied' by the certificate of the project manager, showing that water-right applica tion has been filed and the proper water-right charges deposited. 4. Warning is hereby expressly given that no person will be permitted to gain or exercise any right whatever under any settlement or occupation begun prior to 9 o'clock a. m. March 24, 1916. on any lands shown on said plats; provided, however, that this shall not interfere with any valid exist ing rights obtained by settlement or entry while the land was subject there to. All persons desiring to acquire any public lands shown on said puts shall execute homestead application Subject to the proviMGns of the recla mation act In the manner required by law, which, with the required feea and commissions, accompanied by certificate of the project manager aa to the filing of water right applications and payment of water right charge aa hereinafter provided, shall be presented to the local land office at Alllaaee Nebr., in person, by mail or otherwise within a period of five days prior to March 24, 1916, that is, beginning not earlier than March 19, 1916. Ail entries filed as herein provided and reaching the local land office not later than 9 o clock a. m. on March 24, 1916. shall be held and treated as slnal taneously filed. Applications presented after that hour will be received aad noted in the order of filing. Any application not based on a prior settle ment right will be subject to valid settlement claims asserted In the maaaer required by law. 5. The register and receiver will carefully compare all applications si multaneously filed as aforesaid and will dispose of them as follows- (a) Where there is no conflict, the application shall be allowed Irre spective of whether settlement is alleged. (b) In case of conflicting applications and only one of the applioaata alleges prior settlement, his application shall be allowed and the others re-jf-clea. (c) If two or n oie conflicting applications are reived each contain ing allegations of prior settlement, a hearing hall be ordered to determine tne priority of right and it shall be restricted to those alleging such right. 6. Where there are applications conflictin gin whole or in part in which no one of the several, applicants claims prior settlement, the register and receiver will write on cards the names of the several applicants and each of tl.ene cards shall be placed in an envelope upon which there is no distinctive or identifying mark, and at 2 o'clock p. m. on the date of opening the entry if practicable, if not, at same hour one week later), after all the envelopes containing the names of the several applicants shall, have been thoroughly mixed in the presence of such persons as may desire to be present, they shall he drawn and numbered in order. The cards as numbered and drawn wil be securely fastened to the applications of the respective persons and the ap pl cations shall be allowed in such order. Where any applicant falls to ob tain land applied for by him. he will be permitted to fleet whether he will imiend his application to embrace other lands not affected by pending appli cations and otherwise subject thereto when such amended application la presented, or withdraw his original application without prejudice and, in the .vent of such withdrawal, the fees and commissions will be returned by the leceiver and any water right charges deposited will be returned by the nro jec, manager of the Reclamation Service. Applications conflicting in whole with those previously allowed will be rejected in the usual manner. ?; Thv. projett manager will receive water-right applications accom panied by the proper water-right payments, which for the first payment ! be accep Pd in the form of draft on New York or Denver, or money order payable to the Chier Clerk. U. S. Reclamation Service. Mitchell Nebraska and Issue certificates to applicants for public lands at any time af er the date of this notice. Each application must be for a specific farm unit More ban one person may make application lor the same farm unit Filinit of water-right application and Issuance of certificate gives no preference riaht u, make entry. Acceptance of application will be endorsed thereon by the projrc : manager when notified by the local land office that entry has been illowed. All other applications, with payments made, will be returned to rojectnina?erBUrri'nder b' f 0rtlflcate of n,,n ,8,upd -by the ,8- Teuli,n,i, "f a,,,a rr ntry representing the acreage which, in the . pinion of the Seen t;.iy of the Interior, may be reasonably required for the mpport of a family upon such lands Is fixed at the amounts shown upon he j.lats for the several rami i units. All water-right applications must be made o the project manaver. r. S. Reclamation Service. Mitchell, Nebraska ? Th,eWaieJRrKlght "ges per acre of irrigable land are of two kinds: (a) a charge of $55 per Irrigable acre for the building of the irrigation sys em. termed the construction charge; and (b) an annual charge for opera tion and maintenance, payable March first of each year for the preceding irrigation season. The operation and maintenance charge for the irrigation b,ason of 191 shall be due March 1. 1917. and shall be of 7he amount S forms of payment announced for the aid project. 10. For homestead entries made hereunder an initial payment of hve per centum or $2.75 per irrigable acre, on account of the construction charge shall be made at the time of entry or filing of water-right applica tion, which application must be en the form provided under the Reclamation Extension Act. The remainder of the construction charge. $52.25 per irri gable acre, must be paid in fifteen annual installments, the first five of which shall each be 5 per centum (or $2.75 per irrigable acre each), and ih? re mainder each 7 per centum (or $3.85 per irrigable acre each). The first of said annual installments shall become due and payable on Decemebr 1 of the fifth calendar year arter the Initial installment, and subsequent install- nents shall become due on December 1 of each calendar year thereafter. 11. Any wat. r-rlght npplicunt or entiman may. if he so elects, pay the hole or any part of the construction charges owing by him within any honor period than thi.t provided by the public notices and orders HDnlica !e fo his land. 12. All watt r-iiht charges must be paid at the office of the U. S Rec lamation Service, at Denver. Colorado, except as provided in paragraph 7 Drafts on New York or Denver, money orders, checks, etc., should be made payable to the Disbursing Officer, U. S. Reclamation Service, Denver. Colo rado. 13. The method of determining the annual operation and maintenance charges, the penalties for failure to pay the construction charge and the op eration and maintenance charges when due. and discount allowed for pre payment of operation and maintenance charges for all ladns shall be as nre fcribed by the Act of Auttust 13, 1914. ANDRIEUS A. JONES, First Assistant Secretary of the Interior ror full rf tnilart., tiling blanks etc., Me or write Nebraska Land Comp'y J. C. McCorke Manager Room 11, Land Office Building, Alliance, Nebraska Get your filing papers made here so that thy will be correct We have thousands of acres of land in Box Butte county at pric rang ins; from $10 to $75 prr acre which we will eit nn ....,. .... - - ..-.u i me pur- chafer and which we will ahow by uuto tre. of charge to ininrested prt Automobile garc.ie p. nd auto livery located downsulrs In the same building. Let us show you this homestead land and locate you.