The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922, June 04, 1908, Image 2

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PLAN NOW
EXCURSIONS EAST
Republican Convention ex
cursion tickets to Chicago at
low rates in June. Also ex
cursion rates from June i, in
connection with convention
and summer tourist rates to
Lake and Eastern resorts.
TO THE PACIFIC COAST
Very low round trip rates
commencing June ist for at
tractive
$60.00;
Shasta
Sound.
Coast tours, only
slighter higher via
Route and Puget
TO COLORADO
Cheao excursion tickets to
Denver early in July for the
Democratic National Con
vention. HELP US
SETTLE UP YOUR COUNTRY
Excursion rates twice a
month from the East to the
West, Excellent chances yet
to secure irrigated lands along
our line near Garland, Wy
oming, and Billings, Montana,
and Carey Act lands near
Cody, Basin, Lovell and
Worland, Wyo. Write your
friends back East about these
chances and send their names
to D. Clem Deaver, Land
seekers' Information Bureau,
Omaha.
1VUmvm, 1Ub.
W. L. Wakklky, G. P. A., Omaha, Net
Some Good Advice to Range Men
Wm. James,
Exclusive
Dealer in
COAL &
... WOOD
'Phone
No. 5.
Alliance,
Nebraska.
When you plan your home
remember the importance of
Good Plumbing
1 do sanitary work and guar
antee it.
I install Standard bath room
fixtures.
Steam and Hot Water Heat
, ing with modern, up-to-date
, Ideal Boilers and American
Radiators right in my line.
FRED BRENNAN
Some High-Class Short-Horn Bulls.
I raised the bull calf that took first
premium, also calf that took fifth in
same class, in open competition, at our
State fair in September 1907. My
herd took fourteen ribbons, altogether.
1 now have thirty bulls, from one to
three years old, which I would like to
sell for fall delivery; a car load. I will
sell from twelve to twenty; you take
your pick for $100 each. I will keep
them for two months, feed them oats,
alfalfa, etc., get them in good shape.
You take them in December, winter
them at home, and they will do you
Borne good. J. G. Bkhkuer,
43. i year Broken Bow, Neb.
Do You Owe Any (Back Tax? If so,
Better See the County Treasurer.
To the county treasurer of Box Butte
county, Nebraska;
You are hereby ordered by the coun.
tv commissioners to collect all back tax
due the county and to issue distress
warrants on all delinquents who have
been notified and have neglected to pay.
By order county commissioners.
By W. C. Mounts,
May 14. County Clerk.
J'rom Tlio Nebraska rarmer
A crowJ of western cattlemen wore
discussing the recent influx of settlers
into what has heretofore been known'ns
a grazing district, they wcro talking of
affairs in general and their own interest
in particular. All agreed that the range
cattle business was not as profitable as
in former years; herds have been cut
in two, pastures limited, and cattlemen
nowadays arc compelled to own. much
more land than formerly, making the
expense of raising cattle on the range
about 30 per cent higher than a few
years ago. Different methods were
suggested that would help the situation.
One man proposed buying better bulls,
another wanted more hay to feed in the
winter, another insisted that cattle are
too often short of water; an easterner
who recently moved west thought that
cattle needed more shelter in winter,
especially the younger stuff. The quiet
man of the party, who had been listen
ing very attentively, gave as his opinion
that too many stockmen overlooked the
value of salt, and having it in conven
ient places, and especially close to the
watering plants.
The writer has been a close observer
for a number of years at the market as
well as on the range, and to our mind
these men all have good ideas for help
ing their business and increasing their
profits. We believe, however, that tlrey
have overlooked two very important
questions one in having their cattle
thoroughly cleaned when offered for
sale, and the other in belonging to a
stock growers' association for their pro
tection and oftentimes help in locating
animals that have strayed away, or may
have been marketed by unscrupulous
parties.
The average cattleman pays close at
tention to the raising and caring for his
cattlo up to the time he expects to dis
pose ot them and is entitled to great
credit for so doing. The commission
man, however, who gets linterested in
the cattlo the minute they are ready for
market, does not care so much about
how or where they aro raised, but ho is
interested in knowing how they look
when they arrive on the market for
Bale.
We have seen cattlo that were trood
quality, desirable weights, and in very
fair condition that were hard to sell at
mean prices for the simple reason that
they showed signs of mange. Buyers,
and especially experienced feeders hes
itate to buy a bunch of good feeding
cattlo unless they are certain they are
free from mange.
An Iowa feeder only a short time ago
was compelled to ship out his entire
feedlot of cattle at n big loss just be
cause the mange broke out about two
mouths after he had put them on feed.
This man and all his neighbors are nat
urally very backward about buying any
more feeding cattlo until they know
they are clean. The item of cost in
dipping cattlo regularly and thoroughly
is very small when compared to the ben
efits derived, and we believe that all
stock raisers will obtain better results
and do a more conservative business if
they dip their cattle regularly in the
spring and fall, in any ono of a number
of good dips. This will give your cat
tle a better appearance and make them
more desirable both as feeders and beef.
There are a few men in every locality
who persist in doing business in an un
safe way. In Nebraska, the last two
years, there huve been a few cattleiien
who haye refused to dip their cattle and
cleaii up the mange. This condition
has made it necessary for the governor
of the state to ask for federal co-operation
in maintaining a quarantine in the
western part of the state as has been
done in several other western states.
The result is that government inspec
tors with the state authorities are going
to compel every cattle owner in the af
fected districts to clean their herds of
mange. In some cases this will require
only one dipping, in others two. One
cattle owner in the sand hills of Ne
braska made the statement that he had
spent 55,000 a year for the last 5 years
in dipping his cattle, and could not get
them entirely cleaned because one of
his neighbors refused to dip. This is
certainly an unfair proposition, and we
are thoroughly in accord with the gov
ernor in his present campaign in clean
ing the state of mange and in getting in
line with the other western states which
have already taken similar action.
CATTLE INSURANCE
The majority of men in all lines- of
business insure their property against
fire, some against tornadoes, and the
average man insures his life for the ben
efit of his family. Records in several
western states show that about one-half
the stock raisers failed to insure their
cattle against theft by belonging to a
stock association which gives inspection
at all the principal markets as well as
at the Indian agencies. This nothing
more nor less than placing insurance on
your droves of cattle, the moral effect
alone being worth more than the whole
thing costs.
The stock associations employ com
petent inspectors at the different mar
kets whose business it is to see that the
proper party gets paid for the cattle
shipped to market, they being guided in
their decisions by the recorded brands
belonging to the members of the differ
cnt associations. It is almost impossi
ble for anyone to ship stolen cattle to
any market aud get away with the pro
ceeds if the owner has taken precaution
in belonging to the state association.
The iuspector finds your bunch of cattle
and unless the party can produce the
bill of sale, the proceeds are held until
the owner can be communicated with.
The fact that a man belongs to an asso
ciation which has representatives scat
tered all over the country is in itself the
great protection to the stock raisers.
The cattle thief who docs his work by
night while the honest man sleeps, hes
itates about taking cattle belonging to a
member ot the stock association because
he knows the officers and different in
spectors arc all watching to see that he
docs not find a chance to sell them;
whereas, a man who is not a member
of the association has no protection on
ly in himself.
The average man sleeps a third of his
time and that third gives the other
fellow all the time he wants to make
away with his cattle.
Thccommission man thinks that'stock
associations are.onc of the best institu
tions in the western countries for all
parties concerned and would like to see
the day come when every man who
raises cattle has his regular brands re
corded according to the law of the state
in which ho lives, and is a member of a
reliable stock association. When this
dav comes, cattle stealing will be a lost
art, as it will be impossible for rustlers
to dispose of the stock and get away
with the proceeds. If we weie going
to preach a sermon to the stockmen
of the west we would take for our
text this sentence: "Keep your cattle
clean by dipping regularly and keep
your dues paid up in your stock associ
ation." W. B. TAGG,
Of Tagg Bros., Live Stock Com
mission Co., So. Omaha, Nebr.
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Conditions Do Not
Warrant So
IVhicri Pessimism.
By DANIEL GUGGENHEIM. President of the
American Smelting end keflnlnd Comptny.
ITII the panic of last fall and tho consequent tying
up of funds, tho development of now enterprises
nrnntinnllv CPnsoH. Poftnln worn frrrhltrnA nnrl
business couldn't get necessary funds. Money has
j already begun to comoin, howover, and with tho
$ LOOSENING OF THE PTTHTJfTS PURSE
STRINGS business is bound to pick up. Enterprises which were
halted incomplete last winter will now bo financed, and money will
bo spent on them in succeeding months.
IN MY JUDGMENT, THERE WILL BE LARGE IMPROVEMENT
BY 8UMMER AND A STEADY BETTERMENT THROUGHOUT THE
YEAR. BY THE TIME THE ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN DECIDED
FRESH CAPITAL WILL BE FORTHCOMING, WHICH WILL GIVE
THE 8TIMULU8 NEEDED TO START THE WHEELS OF PROGRESS
GOING AT A NORMAL CLIP.
Since the business recession began the distributers of all commod
ities havo been hibernating, tho people have been living on their fat
Actual consumption has not fallen off, in my judgment, in tho Bamo
proportion as production, and tho distributers' shelves havo been sold
bare. This condition ought to mako for a VERY RAPID RECOV
ERY IN ALL LINES OF BUSINESS, and in tho natural order
of things it will be felt first in tho metal markets.
WALL STREET 13 UNDOUBTEDLY BLUE. IT IS MY OPINION
THAT PRESENT CONDITIONS DO NOT WARRANT SO MUCH PES
SIMISM. WALL 8TREET IS NO DOUBT THE BAROMETER OF THE
COUNTRY'8 MARKETS, BUT I THINK IT IS MORE SENSITIVE TO
A COMING DECLINE THAN TO THE SUCCEEDING RECOVERY.
Politics and tlie Railroads,
Alliance Schools
To the Board of Education and patrons
of the Alliance Public Schools,
.Following is a partial report of the
schools for the month and the year
closing May 2i, igoS:
Pupils enrolled this month 700
Average daily attendance 634
Average number belonging G64
Percent of daily attendance, 96.4
Neither absent nor tardy 317
Number present every day 447
Number visitors.. 66
Two rooms only reported tardies for
the month. This is the best record
the schools have ever attained.
The fifth and sixth grades, Emerson
school, the 7th and the B 3rd, Central
schools, received flags this month.
SUMMARY OF THE YEAR
No. pupils enrolled, less trausfers. 937
Average daily attendance 711
Average number belonging 742
Percent of daily attendance 95.7
Neither absent nor tardy for year. 60
Number present every day 93
Number of visitors 1G15
teachers' personal record
Days absent, with svbstitute 35
Absent from teachers' meetings.. 2
Times tardy at school 1
Tardy in making reports None
Visits to patrons 149
The following pupiis have neither
been absent nor tardy for one year:
Cecil Smith Frances Bowman
W. Buechsenstein Anna Heath
By WILLIAM H. TRUESDALE. President of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad.
HE PRE8ENT PROSPECTS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION
INTERESTS OF THE COUNTRY ARE NOT AT ALL SAT.
ISFACTORY, AND THE OUTLOOK FOR 1903 AS RESPECTS
RAILWAY EARNINGS, GROSS OR NET, IS ANYTHING
BUT ENCOURAGING.
Opinions as to the causes which produced existing conditions
DLFEER WIDELY. There can be no doubt that, bo the cause what
it may, thero has been engendered a very DEEP AND WIDE
SPREAD DISTRUST of tho management and soundness of all tho
railways of tho country, and anything that has thus far been urged
in contravention of this prejudice,' for PREJUDICE in great meas
ure it suroly is, no matter from what high and influential authority,
emanating, has not apparently had the slightest effect in restoring
CONFLDENCE in either tho ability or integrity of tho management
of tho railways, or any of them, or in the inherent value of their prop
erties or any of them.
THE TWO GREAT POLITICAL PARTIES IN PLANNING THEIR
FORTHCOMING PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS MAKE THE SIN8 OF
THE RAILROADS AND THEIR MANAGEMENT AND DRASTIC COR
RECTION OF THE SAME THEIR LEADING ISSUE, AND HEREIN MAY.
BE FOUND THE REAL UNDERLYING CAUSE OF ALL THE GEN
ERAL, INDISCRIMINATE ABU8E OF THE RAILWAYS AND THEIR
MANAGEMENT AND OF THE PARALYTIC STROKE WHICH THEY
AND ALL INTERESTS CONNECTED WITH THEM HAVE 8UF-
FERED.
No greater blow has been dealt the railway interests of the coun
try, none that WILL REACT MORE QUICKLY OR WITH
GREATER PERMANENCY ON THE PUBLIC AT LARGE,
than tho legislation that has been enacted and other legislation that fa
proposed and pending, tho effect of which is to take from those in
charge of tho management of railways the REASONABLE AND
PROPER CONTROL of theso properties, including especially tha
army of employees engaged in their service in various capacities.
Fay Hubbell
Vera Spencer
Merritt Chaffee
Ruth Reed
Lennie Franklin
M attic Workman
James Graham
Izetta Reuswold
Joe Krajicek
Ira Wright
Bertha Kulper
Marion Mote
Vera Pullmau
Asa Hubbell
Mariau Grebe
Winifred Hills
Esther Nation
Samuel Graham
Hat tie Reus wold
Hugh O'Connor
Blanche Kibble
Mabel Worley
Emma Tash
Madge Phillips
Ollie Lcmbke
Charley Spacht
Edna Martin
Bryan Pullmau
Edgar Safford
Alice Allen
Mildred Lemake
Mildred Zurn
Ruth Nation
Ralph Smith
Roy Miller
Grace Sutton
Clara Garrett
Clinton Brenuon
Irene McKinuey
Glen Franklin
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Oh! Say!
We 'are the men the people havo been
looking fori
"Wo 33epalr
Furniture of all kinds, also stoves,
bicycles, baby carriages, sewing
machines and umbrellas
In fact, almost anything to bo repaired
We take up carpets,clean and lay them
Furniture and Carriage
Upholstering a Specialty
Furniture crated with care
All work satisfactory
Located back of Kibble's office
All work called for
PHONE 053
Lamberson & Clason
Wall Street Stock
Gambling Wrong.
Francis O'Connor
Neither absent nor tardy two years:
Hazel Bowman Mary Putman
Winnie Spacht Vera Boyer
Leone Mallery Avis Joder
Clyde Hicks Arthur Wright
Rachel Hayes
Neither absent nor tardy for 3 years:
'Archie Blackwood Charlotte Mollring
Neither absent nor tardy for 4 years;
Fred Hadley Nettie Nation
Lee Basye Neva Brenaman
May Nation Edna Bowman
Respectfully submitted:
D. W. HAYES,
Supt. City Sehools.
By Rev. riELDS HERMANCE, Pastor of Jine Street M. E. Church. New York.
TOOK gambling is wrong, UNQUESTIOXABLY AND
UNDENIABLY "WHONG. I am in favor of any good com
mon sense legislative measure aimed at tho prevention or re
striction of tho marginal gambling which is carried on in
Wall street. Tho EVIL IS SO APPARENT to tho community
that it must appeal to every ono who gives tho subject consideratioa.
DEALING IN SECURITIES ON MARGIN HAS BROUGHT PARTIAL
OR TOTAL RUIN TO MANY PERSONS, PARTICULARLY TO YOUNG
MEN. THE WALL STREET FORM OF GAMBLING IS A CONSTANT
SOURCE OF TEMPTATION, ESPECIALLY TO THE YOUNG, A CON
TINUAL SOURCE OF DI8A8TER TO THOSE WHO GIVE WAY TO
THE ALLUREMENT.
To PROHIBIT DEALING IN SECURITIES ON MARGIN
will not work any harm to legitimate business in Wall street, because
thero will bo no interference with tho buying, and selling of stocks and
bonds outright AS AN INVESTMENT.
Importance of the
Caucus or Primary.
N
MADE
FAIRS
Notice to Alliance Property Owners.
By CARROLL D. WRIGHT of Clark Colleflc. Worcester. Mass., Former United
States Commissioner of Labor.
O MAN HAS ANY MORAL RIGHT TO COMPLAIN THAT HI3
PARTY OR HI8 STATE IS GOING WRONG WHO KEEP3
AWAY FROM THE CAUCUS, AND THE MAN WHO 8AYS
HE HAS NO INTEREST IN POLITICS OR NOT ENOUGH
TO BRING HIM OUT AT THE PRIMARY SHOULD BE
TO HANG HIS HEAD IN 8HAME AT THE 8TATE OF AF
HE CRIES OUT 80 LOUDLY AGAINST.
Every man should remember that when a party becomes tho tool
of ignorant or corrupt men it is in danger and deserves not only tem
porary but lasting defeat.
A man would bettor remain away from tho polls, if he cannot
attend both, than the primary.
Notice is hereby given all Alliance
owners of real estate that alleys, vacant
places and streets adjoining must be
cleaned without delay, of all waste
papers, refuse, manure, etc. Prompt
attention and compliance with this
notice will saye costs.
C. C. SMITH, Mayor,
W. O. BARNES, City Clerk.
Take Notice.
All persons indebted to Everett Cook
are requested to pay at once. Accounts
not settled by May 20, will be placed
in the hands of a collector.
New Machine Shop.
R. E. Rodgers, a practical machin
ist, has opened up a general repair
shop in Gadsby's carpenter shop, back
of Bogue's store. He will give special
attention to repairing automobiles, sew
ing machines, guns and all kinds of
machinery. Reasonable charges and
satisfaction guaranteed. Give him a
call. Telephone 303. 18-tf
Well Drilling.
I am now prepared to put down tubu
lar wells, deep or shallow. Satisfaction
guaranteed. For further information
inquire at The Herald office or of
Robert Littick,
Long Lake, Neb.
Warning.
Any person or persons found guilty of
marring or in any way destroying newly
finished cement walks, will be prosecuted
to the fullest extent of the law.
Attest: C. C. Smith, Mayor.
W. O. Barnes, City Clerk.
Notice.
The starting of numerous fires in the al
leys and neglect of same before extinguish
ed is a very careless practice and may be
the cause of a disastrous fire in the city.
The public is hereby cautioned not to set
out a fire while the wind Is blowing, nor to
leave one burning at any time without
watching same. Anyone violating this
order will be arrested and prosecuted.
C. C. Smith, Mayor.
Attest: W. O. Barnes, Clerk.
Your Printing
It should be a fit representative of your
business, which means the high grade, ar
tistic kind, That.s the kind we do.
AN EXCELLENT ASSORTMENT
OF TYPE, GOOD PRESSES AND
TYPOGRAPHICAL ARTISTS
These represent our facilities for doing
the kind of printing that will please you.
The prices are right, and prompt delivery
the invariable rule at this office.
Typewriters for Rent
Machines cleaned and repaired
Expert Public Stenographer
Work done neatly and quickly
at reasonable prices.
Lloyd C. Thomas
Phong 28!
Room 20, Rumer Block
H. NELSON,
Painting, Paper Hanging
and Kalsomining
Phone 641 Alliance,
Nebr.