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TOLUMB XXVI. ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNK 12th, 1919. . NUMBER 2$
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Partial view of Omaha Union Stock Yards, showing: small part of cattle pens Sheep pens and fine new concrete Hog barns not shown Exchange
Building and a Packing Plant seen in the distance in center and Daily Journal-Stockman Building to right.
THE LOGICAL LIVE STOCK MARKET
FOR NEBRASKA CATTLE MEN
OMAHA NOW NEtX)M) LAIUJKST STOCK MAKKF.T IN THK WOULD
AND HEADED FOK FIRST PL ACK MAKING GOOD PRO
GRESS TOW All I) THE TOP.
Omahn, for the eighteen story build
ing to be used exclusively by Omaha
lhysiclnns, surgeons and . rientlKts.
The-estir.ihted cos 1 is 11,700,000.
the project Is financed by a com
pany qt Omaha business men, doc
tors and dentists Officials of the
company say the building will be the
last word in modern construction
work.
Shorter distance, better train service and service at the market, all
combine to make Omaha the logical place where Nebraska stockmen can
dispose of their cattle and other live stock to better advantage than by
shipping to more distant or less centrally located places.
The growth of the Omaha live stock market has been phenomenal..
And she's still a growing. It has sometimes taxed the efforts of the
management of the union stock yards to keep the capacity and facilities
of the yards up with the increased demands, but they are doing it nicely.
Shippers who are familiar with conditions at the various lire stock
markets, know what we mean when
we refer to the Increased capacity, 1
better arrangement and improved
facilities that have featured the Om
aha market the laBt few year.
An Interesting Sketch.
The Bureau of Publicity of the
Omaha Chamber of Commerce re
cently published a booklet entitled,
"The Live Stock Industry of Nebras
ka," designating ltas "Educational
Pamphlet No. 1." It was written by
Miss Ella Knight, a teacher in the
Omaha public schools, for use in
commercial geography classes.
Below we give an extract from
this very interesting pamphlet. In
some later issue of The Herald, we
wish to publish further 'quotations
but for the present only the follow
ing is given:
Uegbuilng of Omaha Market.
Up to 1884 no live stock stopped
at Omaha, except what was taken
from the cars to rest In transit to
Chicago or points farther east. For
several years, efforts had, been made
to -establish a market hers but with
out success. "In 1883, the Unien
Stock Yards Company was organised
and entered upon the task of build
ing up a live stock market." says Mr.
Carl K. Smith, traffic manager of the
Yards. "At the time of the organ
isation there was no settlement at
the present site of South Omaha
which was selected for the establish
ment of the stock yards and which
twas at that time known as the
Drexel Farm about five miles south
of the city of Omaha.
"Associated In the enterprise were
come of Omaha's foremost citixens,
the names of whom will continue to
live in the history of the city's great
benefactors. Among them were Wil
liam A.. Paxton, John A. Creighton.
Alex Swan, Thomas Swobe, P. E.
Her, J. A. McShane, and others.
These gentlemen had unbounded
faith in Nebraska and the West, and
were not afraid to back it wrth their
energy and their capital in their de
sire to promote the interests of their
state.
"At this particular time the stock
men were clamoring for a nearer
market for their cattle, hogs and
sheen; for there was only one mar
ket which was at all accessible to
the stockman of the west, namely
Chicago. Although considered a
western market and the only one of
Importance so far as the western
shipper was concerned, Chicago was
a long way from the range man, and
the settlers who were pushing west
ward In their eagerness to acquire
cheap lands were becoming factors
n tu rnnaidered in the live stock
business.
"The Ion Journeys necessary to
reach, Chic o and eastern markets,
for ther. were some shippers who
marketed their stock in Buffalo,
Cincinnati, and Jersey City, in
those days had become great hard
ships, and they longed for the time
when they might be able to market
their products of the range nearer
tome. . ....
Growth of Omaha Market.
"Omaha, by reason of its access
ibility, offered an ideal location for a
live stock market, being the natural
gateway between the consuming and
pruclng sections. The importance
of location has been more and more
emphasised as the years have come
and gone, in the settling of the
west.
"The Yards were built and in
August, 1884, were opened for busi
ness, but for a considerable time
they remained merely a feeding sta
tion for stock enroute to eastern
markets. Being located on the nat
ural route from the west to the east.
the beaten trail, so to speak, of
the stockmen going to and from
market. Omaha's natural advantages
were -easily advertised, and as the
volume of stock which stopped at
the Omaha market for feed and rest
increased, it at length began to draw
buyers and dealers.
"First came the speculators and
traders, some of them being shippers
themselves; then feeder buyers,
countrymen and farmers looking for
cattle and sheep for feeding pur
poses; thep buyers, seeking supplies
for outside packing houses, and fin
ally the packers themselves, one by
one."
Packing House.
In 1884, nearly a hundred thou
sand head of live stock were receiv
ed, 68 of which were reshipped to
other points, indicating that as yet
Omaha was but contributary to mora
firmly established markets. Within
the next year, the market received a
powerful impetus when the Ham
mond Packing Company was induced
to begin business in a small slaugh
tering plant built by the Stock Yards
Compsny. In 1885, nearly 300,000
head of stock were handled and only
57 7r were re-shipped. These num
bers have increased steadily, until in
1917, 116,949 cars unloaded at the
yards more than seven and a half
millions of bead f live stock, of
which number about 60r were
bought by the vaTkmB packing com
panies. "This sreat live stock market,"
says Mr. Smith, in 1918, "now boasts
ten packing plants, four of the larg
est firms and six smaller concerns
with two more building, creating a
demand for stock that is unequaled
on the Missouri River."
VndereMinuUed the Job.
They are cutting wheat down in
Texas and three or four months later
the harvest will be on in Minnesota.
When Germany undertook to con
quer a country where it requires
fcur months to harvest its wheat
crop' alone, it simply underestimated
the Job. Daily Drovers Journal
Stockman. , -
--- Deaf School Graduation.
Four men graduated from the Ne
braska School for the Deaf at Omaha
last Friday evening. They are
Anton J. Netusll, Omaha; Harold H.
Christensen. Mlnden; ,'Bennle S.
Delehoy, Blue Hill. and.Frfed Ct Le4
Lincoln. . i -,
HERALD THE NEBRASKA
STOCKMEN'S PAPER
Features Not Found In Aay Other
Publkatkm Make This Paper of
Interest in Cattle Country..
"Hill" Maupin Mill Hoostlng.
According to a news item In a re
cent issue of the Omaha Bee, Col. W.
M. Maupin of Gering called on Secre
tary of the Interior Lane in Wash
ington for an Interview with a view
to pushing work on the North Platte
project with particular reference to
that section of the project touching
Gering. Here's hoping that Col.
Maupin will succeed In hurrying
matters up a bit for the benefit of his
constituents on the south side of the
North Platte river.
Omaha Skyscraper for Medics.
Ground will be broken soon at
Seventeenth and Dodge streets,
It requires a lot of work much
more than one who. has not tried it
would think and considerable ex
pense, to prepare the special matter
that is published In the stockmen s
editions of The Allianct Herald.
Nebraska has some good agricul
tural papers, but they are farm pub
lications rather than ranchmen's
papers. In order to secure a large
circulation on which to base their
high advertising rates, they very
naturally, devote their attention
principally to the thickly settled
farming communities of the state,
where subscriptions can be secured
rapidly, rather than to the thinly
populated ranching districts where
it does not pay them to do much
work.
The ordinary country newspaper
does not find it a paying proposition
to try to follow The Herald's exam
ple In the matter of live stock news
and business. A few have tried it
only to find that the financial returns
therefrom did not repay the loss
caused by neglect of local or home
business and the time and money ex
pended in trying ot secure the out
side business.
The Herald Is fortunate in having
a representative at the state capital,
who is an experienced newspaper
man and who has devoted quite a
number of years to this particular
class of work. By editing the spe
cial live slock departments in con
nection with other business, the
maximum of efficiency in this line
can be secured at a minimum of ex
pense.. With features relating to the live
stock and ranching Interest not
found In any other publication. The
Herald is pre-eminently the stock
men's paper for Nebraska's great
ranch country.
Caltl' Prices W ill Come Hiick.
Notwithstanding the phenomenal
break in csttle prices which has late
ly rnufd feeders heavy losses, we
are making the guess that there will
be a strong demand for feeder stuff
next fall. While prices will probably
lif t be as high as u year ago, we be
lieve they will be fairly good.
Kahn Predict Burpi-foea.
Con fief siiian Kahn predicts that
the American people will receive a
great many surprises when they
study the peace treaty carefully. Our
guess is that the American people
won't even read it, much less study
it. Omaha Daily News.
Eletirtg Prices to Stay Vp.
Vlth a Holstelrt bull, Ragapple
the Great, recently, selling for $125,
000 at a public sale near Buffalo, N.
Y., and a Holstein cow selling for
835,000, it is evident that breeders
of dairy cattle are expecting the
price
BRAND INSPECTORS' REPORT TO
NEBRASKA STOCK GROWERS ASS'N
A UKMAHKAHLK INCHKASK IN THIO Nl MllK.lt OF NKIUIASKA CATTLK
IN8PI0LTKD Dl'llINtl THK FISCAL YKAIt F.NDINU
MAKCII lst. 1010.
rice of butter to stay up. Pass the Growers Association a stated amount to secure
ravy7 please. ' " " ' -rl",,TcattIe by thfflnBpectori employed by the W'u
" 1 the Nebraska S. O. A. secures a practically pc
THE NEBRASKA STOCK
tiROWERSJSSOCIATION
Benefits of MexnbenbJn Not Fully
Understood by Many Who Have
' Their Cattle Brand Recorded. . '
No one, except members of the Ne
braska Stock Growers Association
and persons familiar with the work
of that organisation, realties the im
mense value it has been to the cattle
Interests of western Nebrssks. It Is
unfortunate that only a small part of
the men who have their brands re
corded in the office of the secretary
of state, as provided for by law, are
members of the association.
A great deal can be truthfully said
regarding the benefits of member
ship in the N. 8. G. A. and reasons
why ranchmen of the centrsl and
western parts of the stste should
Join, but there is one thing in par
ticular of which we wish to speak in
this issue, and that is brand inspec
tion. Every cattleman of Nebraska
who has reason for using a brand
should be a member of the Nebraska
Stock Growers Association, and if he
rightly understood the proposition
be would Join, unless already a mem
ber. Not only does the money returned
annually to members of the associa
tion through brand inspection
amount to many times as much as
the total of the annual dues of all
members, but this system of brand
Inspection has red feed the amount
of cattle stealing to a very small
fraction of what it would be if the
N. S. G. A. did not exist. Further
more, if all cattlemen of the ranch
country would adopt brands, have
them recorded in the office of the
secretary of state, snd then Join the
Nebraska Stock Growers Association.
?attlc stealing ir the ranch country
could be eradicated.
There is another source of great
loss to ranchmen without the protec
tion that comes through membership
in the association, and that is
KtatiMticn and Hxptaiiatioii.
In order that all will clearly understand the annual report of the brand
Inspector, printed below, we make the following explanation: The Wyoming
Stock Growers Association, the'Nebratka Stock Growers Association and the
South Dakota Stock Growers Association co-operate in the matter of brand
inspection at the open markets, all using the same brand Inspectors at the
following markets: Omaha, Chicago, Kansas City, Sioux City, St. Joseph
and Denver, and at Indian agencies where cattle are sold to contractors.
The work of the brand inspectors at the open markets is continuous
throughout the year; at the Indian agencies only at certain times, probably
two or three times a year.
In arder to avoid confusion In employing inspectors, they are hired by
one of the associations (the Wyoming), the other associations paying td the
employing association amounts sufficient to defray their share of the ex
penses, s ' , .
The Nebraska Stock Growers Association payp to the Wyoming Stock
the inspection of Nebraska
ling 8. G. A. By so doing,
practically perfect service at an expense
considerably less than It would cost to employ brsnd Inspectors independent
of the other associations.
Ths South Dakota Stock Growers Association secures 'brand Inspection
on the same plan, hence it appears in the report of the brand inspector. ;
When branded cattle, owned by members of the sssoclation, are found
In shipments where they do not belong, either through having been stolon
or being strays, they are cut out and sold separate, the proceeds being sent
to the rightful owners by the commission men handling the shipment or
else sent to the secretary of the association and by him delivered to tbe
owner; In case of dispute or doubt, the money Is held by the chief brand in
spector until the question ot ownership has. been .definitely settled.
This system of brand inspection has greatly reduced the amount of
"rustling" In Nebraska, and If all stockmen were members of the associa
tion would, in connection with the enforcement of laws pertaining to coun
ty inspectors, etc.,, practically wipe out cattle stealing in this state. Evu
without any stealing, the system of brand Inspection is worth many tincLs
its cost in returning to members of tbe association tbe proceeds of cattle
called "strays".
We wish to state further by way of explanation that the fiscal year of
the Wyoming Stock Growers Association ends March 31 of each year. Theie
win he a supplementary report for the Nebraska Stock Growers Association
to bring the regular annual report down from March 31 to May 31, the end
of the month next preceding the annual convention..
These associations are fortunate in the matter of brand inspectors, al
though In recent years the inspectors have sometimes found It difficult to
secure as much help as they needed during the shipping season. Chief
Brand Inspector C. L. Talbot U an old hand at tbe business and handles the
business of the office in a manner entirely satisfactory to all parties concern
ed. He is ably assisted by Inspectors who are experts and remarkably ac
curate In the work.
Brand Inspector's Annual Kiort.
Omaha, Nebraska. March 31. 1919
To the Western Nebraska Stock Growers Association
Chae. C. Jameson, Secy.
ANNUAL REPORT APRIL 1st, 1918 to MARCH 3lst, 1919
Mr. President, Ladies, Gentlemen Members of the Westtern Nebraska Stock
Growers Association and Visitors:
I assure you that It Is a highly appreciated privilege to appear before
you, at this time to read tbe Twentieth Annual Report of the work done
for your association during tbe past fiscal year, and to have the opportunity
to make a few remarks as to the general conditions at the Omaha market.
Many new and different conditions have arisen in the last few years
that have caused much hidrance to the progress of the yard Inspection.
The government control of the railroad facilities, the Spanish Influenza
to a certain degree, but most of all tbe war depriving us of many experienced
men where new men now have their work to perform, oftimes mixing not
only cattle,' but accounts, thereby causing loss of time and extra labor for
tbe Inspectors.
We hope all this in the near future may be adjusted, so that conditions
may become normal again In all departments.
But notwithstanding all these conditions this year, the valuation of
estrays recovered for the three associations exceeds the two million dollar
mark.
CATTLE INSPECTED 1918-1919
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Typical Ranch Scene in Western Nebraska
1918-'19 1917-'18 Gain Loss Reports
Nebraska 400,992 365.023 45,969 8,349
Wyoming 207,773 226.232 18,459 2,643
Couth Dakota 121,891 96.771 25.117 2,445
Montana 40,500 60,000 19,500
Colorado 37.500' 30,000 7.500
Total - 808,656 768,029 78,586 37,959 13.437
Gain for the year. 40.627.
CATTLE INSPECTED BY MONTHS, 1918-1919
Month Nebraska
April 1918 15.138
May 10,766
June 10,417
July 36,828
August 43.579
September 95,451
October 71,316-
November 50,6e9
December 21,065
January, 1919 16.266
February 11,528
March 13,059
Wyoming
578
634
260
4.134
34.425
45,239
50,446
45,899
21.569
2,637
945
807
So. Dakota
3,051
2,22
1,467
9,536
19,600
27.503
23.439
22.096
3,114
5,081
1.867
2.655
Total
18,767
13.872
12,144
60,498
102,604
168.193
145.201
118. 589
45.748
24.184
14.340
16.521
Total - - 100.992
Plus Montana Cattle, 40.&00.
Colorado Cattle, 37.500.
Gives the grand total, 808,656.
207.773
121,891 750.656
(Continued on Pace 2).