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WOMAN WINS FIRST PLACE IN .
LIVE STOCK JUDGING CONTEST
YOUNG LADY STUDENT AT NEBRASKA COLLEGE OF AGRI
CULTURE SETS SPLENDID EXAMPLE BY HER EARN.
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co the farms and the big ranches
nf Nebraska are many women who
lvi.ow much more about live stock
Ih; ii many men, and more than they
are ordinarily given credit for know
Iuk. At the National Western Live
iSuvk Show, held in Denver in Janu
ary, a woman for the first time won
tirt place as an Individual stock
Ju iyv. The reason this was the first
tiiuf was, no doubt, becuuso the men
fi.vo heretofore had practically a
u,i nopoly in competing In such con-
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Miss Eva Ashton, a student of the
Ktbraska University College of Agrl
culiure, was a member of the Ne
braska Judging team that went to
lVi ver to attend the above mention
vd show. She competed with a
.core or more of men from the agrl
uUural colleges of several states.
The Nebraska judging team, of
which Miss Ashton was a member,
t- cured first place among the teams,
he receiving highest Individual bon
ers. From a teacher of shorthand to
I igh honors as live stock judge in
two years is the accomplishment of
MUs Ashton. She is devoting the
i mjcr part of her college course to
i'.nknrl husbandry. She has natural
talent with stock, Is fond of all farm
animals, and has "an eye" for their
too'l qualities. It was her ability to
detH-: the vital and important points
in J mining horses, cattle, hogs and
nlHip that won her ulgh honors at
lenver. The judges were impressed
with her tact and explanation in scor
iug stock. She did not tarry with
unnecessary details but was quick to
bcize on the desirable or undesirable
qualities.
MUs Ashton has worked her way
turvuh the university. She will
graduate next summer. In the mid
rile of her college course it became
nwt'Bsary for her to drop out a year.
ie was familiar with shorthand and
f Ixi.ined a position as a teacher in a
Lincoln business college. She taught
. e )cur and then became secretary
to the animal husbandry department
-f the university college of agricul
ture. Working with pure-bred animal
records and pedigrees was more to
Ahton's liking than teaching
i ! urthand. She resolved to renew
It r college course and specialize in
siiiii.ial husbandry. She soon reveal-
t a decided talent for judging stock
suul won a place on the university
Ju'ifclng team.
"No, I wm sot born or reared on
a farm." said Miss Ashton. "I hav
fcpeni considerable time there, how
ever. Am I gonlg to farm? Well.
not for some time, at least. I prob
ably will teach for a year or two."
Miss Ashton has received several
flattering offers from live stock in
terests. The picture shows Miss Ashton
standing beside Refiner, champion
junior yearling Hereford steer. Re
ntier, the property of the University
of Nebraska, won first prize at the
International show at Chicago and
again at the National Western live
stock show at Denver. This steer
was bred at the Nebraska experiment
station, us were his mother and
grandmother. He weighed 1280
pounds and Bold at the Denver show
for 29 cents a pound, thus netting
1371.20.
ini)Kikxii:nt am nontahti-
KAN
The "Kuow Nebraska" depart
ment of The Alliance Herald, which
will appear In the Special Semi
Monthly editions and which is edited
by John W. Thomas of Lincoln, will
be absolutely independent and non
partisan inmatters which relate di
rectly or Indirectly to politics.
Except possibly under the stress
of a heated political campaign, there
are comparatively few voters who do
not pride themselves in possessing at
least a degree of political independ
ence. Very few, if any, are there
who will admit that they are willing
to turn their thinking over to a few
men who make a business of politics.
Time was when quite a good many
voters Doastea v at they "always vot
ed er straight", even tho there might
d a yeuow dog on their party ticket
Ihose were the days when, in Ne
braska, V e state might have been
saved expense by dispensing with the
rormality of holding elections and
putting it up to the paid politicians
of railroads and breweries to nelpot
public officials, which they practical
ly did to a great extent by controlling
nominating conventions and then
calling on the voters to vot It
straight, yellow dogs and all.
Many voters now would like to
have a fair statement of public is
sues and the official work of their
public servants. Party organs can
not be depended upon to give editor
ial comment, or even news, that will
always be fair to all persons con
cerned. A newspaper cannot be
subservient to party bosses and at
the same time be always fair.
TIIUKIO WAYS OP TIXLING IT
As a concrete illustration of the
difference between relating A politi
cal matter from an unbiased view
point and also from the standpoint
of a political friend and a political
enemy, the following three brief ac
counts are given of an incident that
occurred In tho legislature last
month:
A Fair Statement
The legislature of 1917 appropri
ated $50,000 for the enforcement of
prohibition, the same to bo expend
ed under direction of the governor
or persons appointed by him to en
force the prohibition law which be
came effective May 1st of that year.
In the twenty months ot Governor
Neville's term of office following May
1, 1917, about $34,000 of the above
appropriation was expended, leaving
$16,000 to be expended by his suc
cessor In the first three months of
his administration. In addition to
this. Governor McKelvle asks the
legislature for a special appropria
tion of $25,000 to be expended, or
as much thereof as may be deemed
necessary, making a total of approx
imately $41,000 available for the en
forcement of prohibition during the
months of January, February and
March, 1919.
Under Governor Ncville'B adminis
tration many fines were, collected
from violators of the prohibition
law, aggregating considerably more
than double the amount expended In
enforcing the same. He was criti
cised generally by temperance work
ers for a few of his appointments for
the enforcement of prohibition, one
In particular, and for his failure to
submit the proposed prohibition
amendment to the federal constitu
tion to the special session of the leg
islature in the spring of 1918' for
ratification; but he was warmly com
mended by a number of temperance
leaders for the effectiveness with
which prohibition had been enforced
under bis administration.
However, Governor McKelvle
claimed -that when he came into of
fice illegal traffic in Intoxicating li
quors had become firmly established
in Nebraska, that there was then ap
proximately as much booze in the
state as there was under the open
saloons. His criticism of his prede
cesBor was more a matter of method
than of laxity of effort at enforce
ment. He explained that the system
of enforcement was wrong, that It
permitted the bringing into the state
of la.rge quantities of liquor and then
arresting and fining bootleggers for
selling It.
Governor McKelvle s plan was to
prevent the liquor from coming into
the state. For this purpose he asked
for an appropriation sufficient to put
an adequate force in the border coun
ties to detect and arrest booze run
ners as soon as they crossed the state
line.
The vote on the special appropria
tlon did not divide on party lines in
the legislature. Altho a larger per
centaee of the democratic members
voted against H than of republicans,
some of the strongest opposition was
from republicans who wished to re
duce the ambunt of the appropria
tion. Another W'ny of Telling It
That the democrats in the legisla
ture are determined to cripple Gov
ernor McKelvle's administration In
every way possible was shown by
their opposition to his request for a
special appropriation of $25,000 for
the enforcement of prohibition. It
must be admitted that a few repub
licans opposed it, too, but they were
merely cat's-paws for their democrat
ic fellow members.
The enforcement of prohibition
under Governor Neville was a flat
failure. During the twenty months,
from May 1, 1917, to January 1,
1919, the amount of intoxicating li
quor in Nebraska mcreasea nrteen
fold. Dootleggers were making more
money after paying their fines than
saloon keepers ever did under li
cense. Some communities that were
free from booze before prohibition
went Into effect, afterwards became
demoralized with liquor under the
administration of the democratic
governor. -
Fortunately a majority of the
members of the legislature are re
publicans so that the appropriation
asked for by Governor McKelvle was
made. It is expected that by the
first of next July there will be prac
tically no booze remaining in the
state.
Opposite Way of Telling It
In making a request of the legis
lature for an emergency appropria
tion of $25,000, to add to some
thing like $16,000 left over from his
predecessor's administration, making
a total of $41,000 to be used in en
forcing prohibition till April 1, Gov
ernor McKelvle charges that there
was almost as much boozo in Nebras
ka when he took office as there was
under open saloons.
Just why the present governor
musfaare nearly $14,000 per month
to enforce a law that was effectively
enforced by his predecessor at an ex
pense of $1,700 is a question that
has not been given a satisfactory an
swer yet; but the knowing ones wink
the other eye and say that the polit
ical workers have been "taken care
of" and tr.e governor's political ma
chine greatly strengthened.
Which Do Yu Irefer?
The first of the above three ways
of telling the same story Is the one
that will be used invariabfy in this
department In relating anything
bearing on politics. Unbiased by
partisan prejudice, it is in striking
contrast to the other two. It Is not
difficult to guens which of the three
methods the fair-minded reader pre
fers when he wants Information on
public matters In which he is interested.
RIGHT OP 8Kl,F-IKTi:itMINATION
We all believe In the right of self
determination, in principle; but in
the application of the principle we
are prone to be biased by our own
wishes or personal Interests.
House Roll 398 which is now be
fore the Nebraska legislature for
consideration is putting the question
of self-determination up to the mem
bers of our law-maknlg body in a
way that is causing some squirming.
This bill, if passed and signed by the
governor, will permit Lincoln to an;
nex five suburbs, University Place",
Havelock, Bethany, College View
and Normal.
At least four of the above men
tioned suburbs, University Place,
Havelock, Bethany and College View,
seem to be opposed to the annexa
tion, altho that cannot be positively
determined without an election on
the question. Many of the leading
citizens of tnese cities and villages
are earnestly demanding that the
bill be amended, so as to permit the
annexation of only those suburbs In
which the majority of the voters
shall so elect, at an election to be
called for that purpose.
In its present form the bill pro
vides for an election, but as it now
stands that is a mere sham. It calls
for an election to be held in Lincoln
and the suburbs, both to be counted
as one election unit and a majority
of the combined vote to determine
whether the suburbs shall be an
nexed. In case such an election
shall be held, the majority for an
nexation which Lincoln will give will,
of course, be bo large that it could
not possibly be overcome by the vote
of the suburbs, even If they voted to
a man (and woman) against annex
ation.
I would have more respect for
member of the legislature who would
vote straight out for annexation,
without an election, than for the one
who, to screen himself, votes to "pass
the buck" to the voters under so thrn
a guise as an election such as the
one above described.
Before closing this little story, I
want to say that I am heartily in
favor of a bigger Lincoln. I am a
Lincoln booster and shall be glad to
Bee her corporate limits extended to
take in the suburbs as rapidly as a
majority of the voters in each are
willing for such extension. But I
do not believe that, in the long run,
it will be for the benefit of the capi
tal city to increase her population at
the expense of creating a feeling in
the hearts of a large number of her
best friends and patrons that they
have teen dealt with unfairly.
The right of self-determination is
gaining world-wide recognition and
popularity. It -ought not to be
abridged except to people who are
unouestionably incompetent to de
cide or whose decision would work
injustice to others. It will not be
claimed that the citizens of Lincoln's
suburbs are incompetent to decide
questions of public moment or that
there Is danger or their decision oe
ing unjust.
WHY NOT TRY THH STAR?
The picture of Miss Eva Ashton,
winner of first honorB in the live
stock Judging contest at the Denver
show, and the champion steer, print
ed in this issue of The Herald, is
given to our readers thru the cour
tesy of that splendidly enterprising
and dependable dally newspaper
The Lincoln Star.
Every thoro Nebraskan should
read a Nebraska dally. If you are
not now taking a dally paper that is
published in this Btate, why not try
The Lincoln Daily Star?
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WESTERN NEBRASKA
EASTERN
SURPRISES AWAITING EASTERN PEOPLE WHO LEARN OF
DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST SOME OFFICIAL
STATISTICS
The time was, and to some extent
is yet, when people living in the
east end of the state spoke of places
In Nebraska a few counties back
from the Missouri river as being
"out in the state" or "back in Ne
braska." The development of the
west has made It necessary to revise
this sort of expressions.
Another thing that one hears often
In the southeastern corner of the
state, and which sounds funny to a
person who is well acquainted with
Nebraska, is reference to places a
short distance west as being in
"western Nebraska". Such places
are often in the eastern third of the
state and sometimes in the eastern
fourth.
In going west, one does not leave
the eastern half of the state until h3
has passed Red Cloud, Hastings,
Grand Island, Broken Bow or Long
Pine. Broken Bow la near the geo
graphical center of the Btate.
The Nebraska Conservation and
Soil Survey, under direction of Dr.
Geo. E. Condra, has done a splendid
work in securing and disseminating
valuable information relative to the
western half of the state, but there
is much that should be done yet in
the matter of giving publicity.
This department of The Alliance
Herald, which will appear semi
monthly, will be devoted largely to
giving Information about western
Nebraska and should be of interest
to every person living within tne
bounds of the state.
As a starter for this department, I
want to give in this story a few
Eye-Opening Statistics
The Nebraska State oBard of Ag
riculture issues annually a valuable
bulletin devoted to Nebraska crop
and live stock statistics. I have ex
amined two of these Dulletlns, 1915
and 1918, and compared the yield
per acre of farm crops in western
Nebraska with the eastern part of
the state. For the purpose of com
parison, we will take what is some
times called the "panhandle of Ne
braska", the eleven counties lying
north of Colorado Banner, Box
Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Gar
den, imball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff,
Sheridan and Sioux. "
By taking 1915 and 1918, we have
a wet and a dry year. In the former
year, the average yield per acre of
all grains, except corn, (spring
wheat, winter wheat, rye, oats and
barley) was larger than for the bal
ance of the state, and the yield of
corn was only a little under the av
erage for the state.
It may be thought by some that
the high average yield is due to in
cluding the irrigated district which
requires extra work and expense to
farm. This is the case to only a
small extent, if any at all. The irri
gated country is devoted principally
to sugar beets and alfalfa, crops that
are not Included in this comparison.
Scotts Bluff county, which has by far
the largest amount of irrigated land
of any county in the state, took first
place on yield per acre of only one
grain, oats, whjle three other north
western counties took first place on
three other cereals. Box Butte, with
practically no irrigated land, was in
first place on wheat.
But let us get down closer to the
present time. The Nebraska State
Board of Agriculture crop bulletin
Foremost
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which was issued December 14, 1918,
for last year, shows that the average
yield per acre of all kinds of grain
(including corn) was larger in tho
panhandle counties than it was for
the state, as will be seen by the fol
lowing: Corn Average for the state, 17.7
bushels; panhandle counties, 19 to
23, averaging about 21.
Winter wheat Average for state,
11.1 bushels; panhandle, 13 to 22.
Spring wheat Average for state,
11.9; pan andle, 7 to 19, average
about 13. The average for the pan
handle was reduced by the low yield
In a few of the counties: Deuel, 7;
Cheyenne, 8; Garden, 10; Kimball,
12; but even at that, the average for
the eleven counties was above the
average for the state.
Oats State, 22.2; panhandle, av
erage about 27. The same counties
above mentioned reduced the aver
age on oats, also. Deuel, 15; Gar
den, 20; Kimball, 21; Cheyenne, 22.
Morrill had 25, which was above the
average for the state; Banner, Box
Butte, Dawes and Sioux, each 30;
Sheridan, 31; and Scotts Bluff, 38,
which includes the Irrigated crop,
about three-fourths of the cultivated
land in that county being irrigated.
Rye State, 12.9; panhandle,
about 15. Deuel, Garden and Kim
ball, 13 each; Cheyenne and Morrill,
14; Scotts Bluff, Sheridan and Sioux,
15; Banner and Dawes, 16; Box
Butte, 17. h
Barley State, 16.5; panhandle,
about 24.5, running from 13 bushels
in Deuel to 35 in Morrill.
Alfalfa and Potatoes
The above are two of the principal
crops of northwestern Nebraska. The
average yield of alfalfa per acre in
1918 was practically the same as that
of the state as a whole, 2.1 tons per
acre. This Includes the upland al
falfa, which is a fine quality but does
not usually yield as heavy as the val
ley. The average yield per acre by
counties was: Cheyenne, 1.5; Kim
ball, 1.7; Box Butte, Dawes, Deuel
and Morrill, 2.0; Sheridan, 2.1; Ban
ner, 2.2; Garden and Scotts Bluff,
2.5; Sioux, 2.6.
But it is in growing spuds that
northwest Nebraska runs clean away
from the balance of the Btate. Last
year 10,497,998 bushels were grown
in the state, of which more than one
half (5,489,344 bushels) were pro
duced by the eleven panhandle coun
ties. Three' counties raised more
than one-third of the entire state's
crop, as follows: Sheridan, 1,388,769
bushels; Box Butte, 1.225.107;
Scotts Bluff, 1,029.936; total for
three counties, 3.643,803.
- The fact that the growing of pota
toes is profitable is indicated by the
constantly, increasing acreage. Some
of the counties have doubled the
amount of land planted to potatoes,
within the last few years, and yet the
possibilities of Increasing this indus
try are immense. Only a little more
than one per cent, of the land in the
three leading potato-growing "coun
ties were platted to that crop last
year less than two acres to each
quarter section on an average.
Great Live Stock Country
While northwestern Nebraska is
not confined to live stock raising, it
Is one of the best countries on earth
for that purpose; but this will be
told in another story in a later issue.
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