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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1916)
f A Good Appearance Inspires Confidence No man can afford to allow the condition of his teeth to detract from his appearance. Apart from the loss of efficiency caused ly ill health directly traceable to neglected teeth, a man's confidence in himself is lessened when he knows that others are offended by his appearance. V H Y I) 10 J j A V A short examination will tell you just what ousrht to be done. D r. G. VA. Todd 403 BRANDEIS BLDO. 10 Per Cent Discount to Out-of-Town Patrons for Transportation BBBBBBBBOBBOB Consign Your Shipments to the Blain Horse & Mule Commission Co, Grand Island, Nebraska Our Motto: "Service and a Square Deal" Auction Every Tuesday and Wednesday. Private Sales, Daily For Information write or wire us ::tttttmmuumttnmttmntmimnmnmntmn MEAT PRODUCTION Production of Meat for line If Increas ing in United States but Not as Fat as Population That meat production has not kept pace with the increase in population and that Its failure to do so, combin ed with increased cost of production and diminished purchasing power of the money unit, has contributed to higher prices, not only in the United J States but all over the world, Is stat ed in Part I of the exhaustive report on the meat situation In the prepara tion of which specialists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture have been engaged for some time. This coun try, it is said, Is participating in a world-wide movement, und it is not - expected that the situation will un dergo any radical change in the im mediate future. On the other hand, it is believed that there will be a gradual growth and expansion in the world's production of beef, mutton. B ry Live Stock Commission Merchants Union Stock Yards Omaha, Nebr. Clean U Teeth J J FREE JJ and pork which may or way not equal the rate of increase of the meat-eating population. Ia America this gradual expansion appears to have begun already. Be tween 1907 and 1913 there was a marked decline in the number of cat tle In the country, but In the last two years this not only has stopped but has given way to a perceptible in crease. The estimated number on farms and ranges on January 1, 1916, 61,441,000, Is, however, still much below the corresponding figure for 1907, 72.634.000. With the excep tion of temporary checks due to loss es from hog cholera, there has been In recent years a persistent Increase in the production of swine. On Jan uary 1, 1916. the number in the coun try was estimated at 68.000.000. as compared with .18.200,000 In April.! 1910. On the other hand, the num ber of sheep declined during thin period from 52.500.000 in 1910 to, 49,200.000 In 1916. As the decrease, however, is not sufficient to offset the increase in cattle and swine, it may be said that the total production of son Brothers are the men who FILLEM and SELLEM RIGHT. Write for the Journal -Stockman, or any other market information you wish and it is yours for the asking. meat in the United States 1b increas ing, but that this Increase Is not yet proportionate to the growth in popu lation. The available supply of meat would be much greater If it were not for the enormous losseB caused by disease and exposure. Since 1900 it is esti mated that from 1,100,000 to 1.475. 000 cuttle have died each year from disease and from 600,000 to 1,500, 000 from exposure. Wtlh sheep, the losses from disease have been about the same, but from exposure much larger. With swine the relative pre valence of hog cholera Is perhaps the determining factor in the annual loss. In 1894 this was as low as 2,200,000, but in 1914 it amounted to 7.000,000. If these 7,000,000 hogs had been sav ed, it 1b said, they would have pro duced enough meat to furnish every family in the United States with 40 pounds of pork. Despite these facts the United States remains the greatest meat-eating as well as the greatest meat-producing nation In the world. Approx imately twice aa much meat is con- limed In this country as In Germany before the war, and the total normal consumption In Kussia, Great Hrltalu and France la less than In Germany. The per capita consumption ta also far greater In this country than any where else with the exception of Aus tralia and New Zealand. Aur own exports now consist large ly of pork and pork products, and these are derived to a great extent from corn. In the fiscal years 1914 and 1 9 1 B we imported more fresh, chilled and frozen beef and mutton than we exported and more beef of all descriptions was Imported In 1914 than was exported. In this limited respect we have joined the great ma jority. Tractlcally the whole of the world's export trade In meat la main tained by nine countries Argentina, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Mexico (under normal conditions). New Zea land, the United States, and Uruguay. lust the Thing for Dlarrlinen "About two years ago I hud a sev ere attack of diarrhoea which lasted over a week," writes W. C. Jones, Buford. N. I). "I became so weak that I could not stand upright. A druggist recommended Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Reme dy. The first dose relieved me and within two days I was aa well as v er." Many druggists recommend thta remedy because they know that It Is rr-Hnble. Obtainable everywhere. Adv aug OrtrthG Farm j Modernize Your Home Every building on the farm can be ! modernized and brought right up to date at small cost by the use of i Cornell -Wood -Board. Start with I the farm house. For WalU, Ceiling and Partition Nails direct to the studding or right over old walls and stays there per manently; cost of application is very reasonable compared with other materials; takes paint or kalsomine perfectly. It is specially adapted for dairy barns, milk houses hen houses, casements and porch ceilings. GUARANTEE Cornell-Wooa-Boaid is guaranteed not to warp, buckle, chip, crack or fall. PRICE: 4 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT (In full box-board caws.) WantiftMnd br the Cornell WimnI Fnxlurta ( '. i I r'hin. I'rMeltlenO. 1 tn.onl .out b MM onliri luted here. Ak for free flan. S. A. Foster Lbr. Co. Alliance Nebr., ...... ""-."tej NOT A COMFORTABLE ABODE First Whit Houm, According to Re ports, by No Means a Desirable Place of Residence. The formal trinfer of the national capital from Philadelphia to Washing ton took place In October of 1NH. A few months before that time, on May 27. President John Adams left Phila delphia to visit the new capital. He was much feted en route, not only as the president of the United States, but also because he had been one of the committee of five appointed in 177fl to prepare a declaration of Independence, and because he had seconded Richard Heury Lee's resolution that the United States "are and of right ought to be free and Independent." The capital nt that time was referred to as "a great Scrhoulan bog," and even the plucky Mrs. Adams who by her admirers was sometimes called the "Portia of the rebellious provinces" on account of her unselfish devotion to the cause of the revolution was some what dismayed when she arrived at the new White House ns Its first mis tress. Sln evidently considered it a dreary prospect. Judging from her first letter to her daughter nfter her arrival. The house was cold and drafty, and though It was surrounded by a forest, there seemed great dlfflenlty la getting wool cut and ctirted for the president's use, ns there was also difficulty In get ting grates made and set, they could iut lnirn conl, m the mansion was not comfortable. Mrs. Adams made a brave effort to Imve the house put In order by the new year, when she held her first large reception, and the people came from miles around to see the presi dent's new house. Before the next national reception day Mr. Jefferson Iim(1 taken possession of the mansion, mid open house was the order of the day from the beginning of his occu pancy. The apostle of democracy was wor shiped by the people, and held this first general reception on July 4, fol lowing his election. MARK TWAIN NO FINANCIER Humorist Lost Money In All Sorts of Wild Schemes and Rejected Golden Opportunity. Mark Twain, as most people know, was, during a number of years before : hi financial downfall, an exceedingly prosperous literary man, but unfortu- ! nately there were moments when he '' forgot that his lot was satisfactory and tried t improve it. His Colonel Sellers 1 111,1 if riiiHnn lnhimtti.il . I. , U -.1.1 ' .... .e. uiiirinrij iiuiu mull Blum of his family, led lilm into business ad ventures that were generally unprofit able. Vben a man came along with a patent steam-generator that would save 1M) per cent of the usual coal sup ply. Mark Twain Invested his whole Imnk surplus and saw that money no more forever. Then came a steam-pulley, a small affair, but powerful enough to relieve him of $.12.KM In a brief t line. A new method of marine teleg raphy, h promising contrivance, failed to return the $Vi.oo Invested In It by too humorist ; und no on pud so on. Kvery scheme was plausible enough to en teli Murk Twain, according to Al lien Blgelow Paine, writing In St. Nicholas, except the one that would buve made his ...fortune,-. -A - certain Alexander Orahani Hell apeared one day offering stock in an Invention for carrying the human volee on an elec tric Mire. Hut Mark Twain hud grown wise. He refused to Invest even .,C. Insteud. he lent $.V00 to s friend. who went bankrupt three days later, j Summer Homee in Federal Foreste. To promote a mure general use of t lie national forest lands for summer home and recreatlouul purposes, a federal law has been put into effect which al lows the leasing at nominal fees, of tracts of irromid of not more t ti:i it five acres for periods up to .' ) yearn. TV plan replaces Hint hitherto in ef,'. t which provided for the Issumii r re. vocsble permits. Because it was Im possible under that system for an Indi vidual to be certain of the duration of his tenure, many persons showed re straint la making material Improve ments on the grounds they held. It was largely because of this that the present law was made. The term per mits now granted necessitate the yearly payment of fees ranging upward from $5 according to the location of the ground selected. Persons antici pating making Improvements not In ex cess of 11,000 pre able to obtain laud permits from district foresters which are effective for 15 years. Other leases must be approved at Washing ton. When IbimI N to be used for ho tel or resort purposes the application Is accompanied by the plans, specifica tions, and estimated cost of the build ings to be erected and Improvements to be made. Popular Mechanics Maga zine. Salt and Pellagra. A sharp increase in the number of cases of pellagra among the poor of Italy is expected to follow the issu ance of a royal decree, adding an addi tional tax of 1 cent on a pound of salt There are about 120,000 cases of pellagra In Italy at present. Twenty per cent of the cases brought under observation are fatal. Pellagra de velop all. iost exclusively among the! poorer classes who subsist almost eu- ! tirely on coriiiiieal In one form or an-' i.tV.T. 1;. 'litigation has convinced ltuliuo iiu-iliail nun that the use of suit la ikini: of corn products prevents fer meii'iilion Mel cheeks the disease. 'j'lie l.eu t:.V "ill put suit OUt of the ru li of n.. :iy thousands of Italians. RAPID SPREAD OF SCAB Skin Disease of Sheep Eatly Transmitted Among Flock. One of Oldeit and Most Injurious) Ail ments Affecting Sheep and Cause Great Financial Loss to th Industry. (Ry B. IMK9.) The history of sheep scab datea bssrk to the earliest ages of civilization. It Is a highly contagious skin disease), easily transmitted from one sheep to another, and spreads very rapidly after being Introduced Into flock. Indeed, this Is one of the most Injurious1 dl eases which affect sheep. It la rawl by a small animal parasite, commonly known as a "mite," which 11 vet oil akin. Although the dlaeasa U i Scabby Buck With Entire HindqtMr ters and Flank Affected. hereditary, It Is possible for a nmw bnrti lamb to become Infected from a diseased mother shortly after btftk, and this fact has led some sheep owners to think It Is hereditary. Be sides common sheep scub there are several other varieties of scab affect ing sheep, each caused by n distinct species or mite, but they are of parauvely utile lmporUuce. When allowed to spread, sheen causes great financial loss to tna tat. dustry. These losses are caused by (1) decrease In the quantity of wool pro duced, (2) loss In weight and general condition from Irritation and otter effects of the disease which render tae animals unthrifty, and (.') the death of large numbers of Infected sheep. While the disease Is highly contagiosa. Insidious In its nature, and severe- la Its effects, It yields readily to proper Portable Galvanized-lron Sheep Dip ping Vat. treatment and Is , easily cured. sheep owner should never allow acea to remain In his flock, as it can easily eradicated by proper dipping The only rational treatment for caav mqn scab consists In using some as ternal application which will kill tie parasites. Feeding sulphur and salt sheep will not 'destroy the parasite nnu consequently win net etreci at cure. Hand dressing, or "spot doctor- ing" as It Is commonly culled. "or slats In soaking the affected parts with' rlent to kill the mites. This acts as palliative and tends temporarily to check the disease, but will not effect a cure. Pipping consists in Immersing sheep In a medicated solution that v 'I kill the parasites, and Is the oi.'y practical method known for ru.i- on Two Styles of Dipping Forks and sHlr rirg Plunger for Mixing Liquid- h Dipping Vat. eating the disease from the flock. Th usual method Is for the sheep to aster one end of a vat filled with dtps, through which they swim, and leave the vat at the opposite end. The dip or solution should be used warm la order that it way penerate the fleeve and the hard scabs or crusts. Two dippings 10 to 14 days apurt are nec essary to effect a cure. The first dip ping kills the live mites but doea not destroy the eggs. Within ten days after the first dipping the egga on the skin at that time will have batched out, but the new mites will not have reached m;iliiiity or laid eggs. Th t-econd dipping kills the new niltes hatchtd subsequently to the first dip ping. Keep Chicks Comfortable. Always keep a deep, clean bedding of sund, hay chaff, cut clover or some thing of that kind on the floor of the brooder, so that the chicks will be comfortable when resting under Ui borer. 'Li' 1 A'