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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1916)
8T. JOSEPH, CITY WORTH WHILE healthy development evidenced in business life tells of the city being a good place to work in. The demo cratic spirit displayed among the eighty-five thousands of people we count within our boundaries points to St Joseph as a good place to live in. The abundance of amusement (Continued from pa no 13) provided by Individuals and social or ganizations Indicates St. Joseph's pos sibilities as a good place to live in. To speak about ourselves might smack of a drop too much of ego. So, let our facts and figures tell their laie; Today St. Joseph stands as the third largest wholesale dry goods enter in the United States. It is a jobbing city outdistanced by few that ranks with the leaders. Nor are our manufacturers outclassed in the matter of variety and volume. Over three hundred separate articles me Included in the list of "Made-in-St. Joseph" products. The St. Joseph grain market h;is taken tremendous strides. A mod ern storage capacity of 2.000,000 bushels has been provided. Each day 200.000 bu'shels of grain can be handled with ease. The daily mill ing capacity is in advance of 3,000 barrels. Besides, St. Joseph affords unsurpassed transportation facilities. The banks of St. Joseph have for many years been regarded as the strongest In the state. According to the records of the St. Joseph Clearing House Association the bank transac tions showed an increase of $83,000, 000.00 this year over last. But business, alone, gives not to St. Joseph the attraction that gathers the visitor within our gates. With it come thehom e and social lite of "The City Worth While." The St. Joseph spirit makes for happiness and prosperity. Few hold out against it. None leave without a knowledge of its. effect. Ther e arc many places ofinterest where visitors to the city will be made welcome and can enjoy them selves. We suggest that persons who wish to know more about St. Joseph write the Commerce Club, Corby Korsee Building, for further Infor mation and visit the city at their tlrst opportunity. m:w sHirri.v; kiles Washington. D. C, July 20 New rates and regulations governing the transportation of pedigreed live stock were prescribed today by the inter state commerce commission in a de cision on the complaint of the Nat ional Society, of . Record . aijso.cjat ion. " representing "lOO.OOO fancy stock breeders, against practically all the railroads of the country. Minimum weights were tixed for the computation of freight rates on cattle, sheep and swine and it was ordered that the liability of carriers should be on the following basis: Horse or mule. tl50; colt, ox or bull, $75; cow. $50; calf. $20; hog. i $15; sheep or goat, 5. In case ol shippers desiring to declare higher values the commission held railroads are justified in charging an addition al two points in rate for each 50 per tent or fraction above the standard values. Higher charges for crated stock than for uncrated and rules requir ing Bhippers to furnish crates were found unreasonable and ordered discontinued. BIG CATTLE FEEDERS In the June number of The Nebras ka Stockman was an item regarding a shipment of pulp-fed steers by the Great Western Sugar Company from their feed lots at Scottsbluff, Nebr. These steers topped the Kansas City market at $11.00 per cwt. Since then we have additional in formation regarding the feeding done by the Great Western Sugar Com pany iu Nebraska and Colorado. Within the last year they fed more than 10,000 head of cattle, and in variably these cattle brought top- notch prices when tbipped to market. Of the above mentioned cattle, j more than 6,600 or about two-thirds j of them were shipped to tho St. Jos- i eph market. Prey Bros. & Cooper Live Stock Commission Co. South St. Joseph, Mo. A y-' Sr A record of sixteen years of successful business at this market is the best evidence we can offer that our services have proven satisfactory. A. G. Prey, Pres. R. L. Austin, Vice Pres. H. B. Hamill, Sec. C. G .Dixon, Treas. y .v .j -- mum Sand Hill Stockersand Feeders are held in high favor on this market. A full force of compe tent salesmen and ex perienced yardmen in sures to our patrons the best of service at all times. St. Joseph Stock Yards ; v- . '. ; t "2 -.VY. Vy.vY.'-- ;V;YVl yY ' Yf.. .... 7 'vY'Y , ... SdY:l h . KVf'7ni ;yy-1 yV y-y .'t'Vi.M ?:...;:, Y--'IY4t y