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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1916)
MONTHLY STOCKMAN EDITION The Aixianc Herald TheLeading Paper of Western Nebraska 5,000 Copies 16 Pages Two Section READ BY EVERY MEMBER NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASSOCIATION. ALL THE NEWS OF ALLIANCE AND WE3TERN NEBRASKA OFFICIAL ORGAN NEBRASKA VOLUNTEER FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION. IT REACHES HEADQUARTERS FOR 16,000 FIREMEN ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1916 VOLUME XXIII NUMBER 39 of securing the highest price ever paid at the Omaha market for a two car shipment of corn-fed steers, which were sold on June 9. 1916. Every steer in the shipment sold at that price. In their July advertise steers as they appeared in the stock yards at South Omaha, and gave the price for which they sold, $10.90 per cwt. straight; but by a "naught" be ing left out of the figures the ad said they sold for $1.90 a ridiculous mistake made by accident, of course. but which we are glad to correct and call attention, also to their ad ap pearing In this Issue of the paper. Optimist and IVwdniUt Optimist (old man speaking In prayer meeting): "I have only two teeth In my bead, but I'm thankful they hit." ressimlst (speaking on the same subject): "Yes, my teeth are all good, but no telling how soon thr won't be." ' . Nebraska LiVe Stock Sanitary. Board Report of Prldent J. 11. Hull Show Splendid Work in All Department!! Sine the Board Was Established and the Members Appointed by Governor Morehead ment they gave a picture of the Hon. J. H. Bulla of South Omaha, president of the Nebraska State Live Stock Sanitary Board, has given out the following report for publication. It makes a splendid showing of prac tical and effective work done. We call particular attention to the way in which Nebraska stockmen have been consulted before deciding upon a course of action in the various mat ters coming up for consideration be fore the board, and that invariably their opinions have been regarded and used in the formulation of rules. President Bulla's Report . It has been the policy of this board since the day of Its establishment to co-operate with the live stock men of the - state. No rules have been adopted, nor have any orders been made that were not advised by the stockmen of Nebraska, or that the board did not believe met with the approval of the live stock interests of the state. In meeting the demands and de sires of the s"ockmen, the following items are a few of the accomplish ments of the board: The adoption of the present rules regulating the entrance of live stock intn the state of Nebraska. On July 171914, this board estab lished a quarantine over the north ern half of Gage and all of Johnson Mintv nnrl also RrottS Bluff. Box Butte, Morrill and the south half of Sioux county for the benefit of hog cholera control work in these coun ties and for the assistance of the fed eral employes conducting hog chol era control work in Gage and John son counties, and the board has tor two years, until this year, kept a vet erinarian in its employ to assist the federal men In hog cholera control work. " a On November 7, 1914. the board established a quarantine against the shipment into the state of Nebraska of any ruminants except that they come in clean and disinfected cars. On the same day, the board placed in quarantine all cattle, sheep and hogs shipped into Nebraska from the Chicago stock yards from October 1, 1914, to November 7, 1914, and es tablished a quarantine against the Chicago stock yards was maintained until November 6, 1915. In the early part of 1915 the board made arrangements for the assisting of federal men tn the eradication of cattle scab, and during the last year and a half especially has done a great deal toward the eradication of cattle scab. In December, 1915, the Interstate rules were changed to provide for the Immunisation of all hogs shipped Into the state of Nebraska. In January, 1916, the rules were adopted for the removal of cattle from the stock yards at South Oma ha. On April 26, 1916, the board re moved all restrictions on the en trance of horses Into the state of Ne braska from any other state, except as provide'd by law for the Inspection cf stallions and jacks. The president of this board has at different times met with other state officials In an attempt to establish uniform Interstate shipping regula tions. While these meetings have been seemingly ineffectual, they have undoubtedly paved the way to an early adjustment of shipping condi tions, and it is seen at this time tliat the states adjoining Nebraska are showing a decided inclination to es tablish rules along the lines followed by this board now. In the early part of 1915 the bostrd co-operated with the pure-bred live stock men of the state in framing a stallion law more suitable to the de mands of stallion inspection than the old law. The years 1915 and 1916. we be lieve, have been the most successful for stallion inspection and the cost haB been materially reduced, al though the cost per animal inspected hm hoen increased, due to Changes in the law which provide for less ln- spectlonb. It Is the desire of this board to co nTiemto with the stockmen in the fu ture as in the past, and the stork- men are cordially invited to mei and advise with this board at any time. - Mullein Tent Abolished As an illustration of the methods nf oo-nnprntlon this board haB alwayn On February 8. 1915. the board t carrier out, 1 wish to call attention established an Iron-chrd quarantine against the entrance of any cattle from any states east or the Missouri river and Kansas or South Dakota. This quarantine was maintained, with modifications, until April 26, 1916. It was probably due to the rigid quarantines established by Ne braska that this state did not suffer any loss nor have one case of foot-and-mouth disease. Foot-anri-Moiilli Disease. Kfccluded Every one remembers how much excitement and apprehension was felt by the varied live stock Interests of the state over the foot-and-mouth disease scare. No one realized more than the members of this board and Governor Morehead how" necessary it was during the early part of 1915 to take some action to convey the Idea to the stockmen of the state that the state of Nebraska stood ready to in every way meet the situation. Gov ernor Morehead recommended to the legislature that an appropriation of $50,000 be made to pay Indemnity should foot-and-mouth disease be come prevalent in this state, and through theefforts of the governor and this board the appropriation was made and is available at this time in case we should have an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. This ac tion, together with the precautions taken in the way of quarantines, had a quieting effect on the public an tended to lend to the efforts of this board a great deal of stability. tn fhe fart that for aome time thU tat ron nired the mallein test on horsea romincr into the state, and noon nfter the organization of the Live Stock Sanitary Board a meeting of the stockmen of the state was call ed and the stockmen were asked to recommend rules. This they dm a nit the rules recommended were nrfnnteri hv the board and mallein terft nholished. Again, a meeting was held In which another class of stockmen took a prominent part. The swine breeders and owners were asked to recommend rules and regulations for the use of serum and virus before the legislature passed a law regulat ing the use of serum. This board, upon the recommendation of stock men and through rules recommended by the stockmen, tested the serum and virus manufactured in the state This naturally entailed the expense of employing two men for this work alone, but the question was m promptly and the board employed men to test serum as requested b the stockmen. It might be well to state that tb foot-and-mouth quarantine was en tabliphed as recommended by th stockmen who met at different time? with the board, and quarantine linei were drawn to conform to the idea? which seemed prevalent at that time The first meeting held with thr stockmen regarding foot-and-moutb disease was about the largest attend On March 10. 1915, the board by all classes of men interested it modified Its foot-and-mouth disease. iiVe stock, from the city banker t imrantine to allow cattle to come the small farmer. The interest tal into the state from Missouri. South Dakota and the eastern part or lowa. On May 8. 1915. th- quarantine en was intense ana me ineas . ex pressed by those present were as var ious as ideas could be. I ne aciior was again modified to allow rumin-j taken by the board did not at that ants to come into tle state of Nt- time meet with unanimous approv braska from the northern part of the DUt conditions have proven since state of Kansas. that time that tne action taaen w- On Julv 12. 1915. the foot-and- mouth quaran'lne was modified to allow rumlnimts to enter the state from any part of the state of Iowa. On the same day, July 12, 1915. the board placed a veterinary In spector at the stock yards in South Omaha for the protection of Nebras ka in tracing shipments of live stock from lowa and other eastern states. On August 2. 1915. the quarantine was removed from the state of Kan sas. On December 12, 1915. the state of Wisconsin was released from quarantine with the restrictions of disinfecting the cars before shipment was made. IX-nllng with Donrirte On November 7, 1914. the board established a quarantine over the counties of Hooker, Grant. Thomas. Blaine and Cherry, on account of the prevalence In those counties of dour ine. In April. 1915. the work of dourine eradication was taken up and the board authorized the em ployment of veterinarians to act In conjunction with the federal veter inarians in stamping out dourine. Work along this line was conducted until November. 1915. at an expense of only about $1,900 to the state of Nebraska. During the time that the quarantine was maintained there were 286 stallions and mares test ed for dourine and thirty-nine were positive reactors. This quarantine the safest and best course to pur sue, and the n ajorlty of live stocl interests have tince commended tht board and agree that no other action (Continued on page 8, this section) IMPORTANT CORRECTION Typographical Error tliange $10. WO per Vt. to 1. 90 for Two IftadN of Fat Steers They all do it. They all make mistakes, more or less. The only thing to be done after a mistake has been made, or the best thing to do Is to correct It. That's what we arc doing now. When we were small boys going to school and beginning to learn ar ithmetic, some of us used to say, "A naught's a naught." But by the printer dropping a cipher out of ar advertisement in The Nebraska Stockman for July, a mistake war made that does not go for naught. Bryson Bros., South Omaha, ar among the most enterprising of th enterprising live stock commissi! merchants who advertise in this pa per. Their enterprise is shown, no only by their advertising, but by th good work they do for their custom ers, the stockmen who ship to them Bryson Bros, have the distinction Lee LiveS tock -Coin. Co Pioneers in the Live Stock Business Capital and Surplus $150,000.00 "Our Work Wins" OI K OIW ANIMATION Let ua tell you who we are, where we are, and what we have to offer you in the way of service, and remember If there is one thing a quitter should leave severely alone, we think it is advertising. We tell you that the I,ee Live Slock Commission Com pany are "pioneers" In the live stock commission business. We tell you that, with one excep tion, we are the largest com pany sticking strictly to the Live Stock Commission Busi ness. We tell you that our capital and surplus is $150, 000.00, a capital larger than raoBt banks the country over. OUH WORK WINS "Our work wins" because It Is Mhe best. Our salesmen are men of experience, and reputa tion; no amateurs. In our company every worker retains his place through Individual merit, no "pets"; but the kind that get results for you. We feel that we should have more of your good Sand-bill cattle and through our many houses, we have an excel'.ent outlet for your superior product. Write us for markets and let us show you It pays to associ ate with a big live outfit and when In any market city hunt the circle "LEE" office. They will be looking for you. Offices at all the Leading Ma rets Make your entries for the Great St. Joseph Stocker and.Feeder Show, Sept. 28 and 29, 1918, with us. ' DO IT NOW. , , $2,000.00 in Premiums South Omaha South St. Joseph Sioux City Chicago Denver Kansas City St. Louis Fort Worth OMAHA "Grow with Growing Omaha" Who is Doing It OMAHA yers Bros. & Go, UK'S DOI.V IT I Live Stock Commission WHY? BECAUSE They will stand on their heads if necessary to get best results for their cus tomers. Try them with your next shipment and experience the joy of real Satisfactory Service 99 ROY II. tiltHKK. w KaleMiian