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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1908)
, fj? ..' u -. Vw mmjistm Published Ererjr Thursday by T. J, OKEEFE Editor J. D. KNIEST Associate Editor Entered at the postofiice at Alliance, Nebraska, for transmission through the nails, as second-class matter. Subscription, $1.50 per year In advance. $ Mt P. Kinkaid won out in the con grcssionnl race over Judge Wcstpver by a few hundred votes. Have you noticed the report of sub scriptions to the republican campaign fund, which was promised to be pub lished after election? There is considerable talk of Taft appointing John D. Kockefellow secre tary of the treasury. A' commendable selection from a republican stand , "Well, if wo did not win out national ly, we have the satisfaction of electing democratic governors in Ohio, Minne sota, Indiana, North Dakota, Montana, Nebraska and all over the south. Oh, it wasn't alt republicans by any means. The editor of the Alliance Times must be short on "dope" as he is still pounding away at W. J. Bryan and fighting the campaign over. That smacks a great deal of the old carpet bag, bloody-shirt times, right after the war. There's a new and popular song that should be sung by the Times edi tor entitled, "Forget It." t "is the democratic party dead," asks an exchange. Don't you think it, Brother. So long as right and justice exist, there will be a democratic party a party of the people. Never mind defeat. Washington met defeat until he wept tears of Borrow at Valley Forge, but the ultimate outcome of his defeat and grief, is the grandest na tion on God's footstool. No, the dem ocratic party is not dead nor sleeping. SECRET RATES FOR STANARD OIL Pays 9 Cents a Barrell, While Inde pendent Concerns Pay 28 Cents. That secret tariff rates, which were sot filed with the interstate commerce commission, were issued by the Penn sylvania railroad and Uiat the Stand ard Oil company only profited by the alleged illegal rates, was testified in the government suit to dissolve the Standard Oil company at New York. Edward T. Johnson of Buffalo, di vision freight agent or the Pennsyl vania railroad, testified that.tho Staud. ard Oil Is tho only shipper from Olean to Rochester, a distance of 106 miles, and that tho rate, which has never beem filed with the Interstate com merce commission or posted, 'as re quired by law, Js ,cents a barrel. In dependent concerns In the same terri tory, it was brought out, paid rates as high as 28 cents a barrel for practic ally the same distance. Mr. Johnson admitted that the Standard Oil was the only shipper receiving the rate a! 9 cents a barrel. FUMES WORSE THAN FIRE. Mexico's Oil Well Staze Extinguished, '. but Score of Workmen Killed. Fumes from Mexico's great oil well Are, sixty miles from Tamplco, have killed more than a score of workmen during the paBt few days, completely blackened the white paint on the side . of ships and caused thousands of dol lars' damage to ranches and other neighboring interests. Battling to Have what they could from the wreckage, American mine owners, after spending more than a million dollars, finally succeeded in ex tinguishing the blaze, but even greater terrors than before prevailed then, When the fire was stopped' the gases burst forth and laborers Inhaling a bit of the stuff dropped in their tracks dead. Owners of the well have appealed to the Mexican government and several companies of soldiers have been sent to the scene. GOETHALS CLEARED OF CHARGE. Garllngton Finds Unfair Treatment Was Not Accorded to Cable Co, General Garllngton of the army, in a report just made public, exonerated Chairman Goethala of the Isthmian canal commission of the charge made ly President Brothers of the Balanced Crane Cable company of New York, wno claimed Uiat unralr treatment was accorded him in tho award for furnish. lng and erecting cable ways at Gatun, on tho isthmus. General Garllngton holds-Uiat there, was no-collusion, that ithe award, was made in aood faith. .and recommends that the contract with the Lidgerwood company be pro-. ceeded-witb. TheTepOrHraraDnroveii by the secretary of war. Dr. Goddard Goes Free. .Dr. J. D. Goddard, whoso trial and convlctlou for the murder of Fred erick Jackson, u laundryman of Kan Baa City, April i, 1897, was of the most sensational character, wag released from the Missouri penitentiary Aft6r three trials he began a twenly-year term in the spring pflOol, hiu a, com mutation nnd good bebior credit set him free. DEMOCRACY DEFEAT Hard Blow to Principle of Popu lar Government. A MYSTERY TO BE EXPLAINED Why Did the Republican National Committee Refuse to Name Election Fund Contributors? Future of the Democratic PartyThe Danger of Socialism Culberson of Texas Col lapse of Hearst's Party Tariff Not Likely to Be Revised. By WILLIS J. ABBOT. The defeat of Mr. Bryan menus, in my Judgment, a tremendous Injury to the Democratic party, because that party has believed In Bryan, has be lieved In the principles for which' ho ttood. When It nppcnrs, as it docs thin time, that the American people, or at least a majority of them, stand for principles opposed to popular govern ment, stand for principles which seem to btf those that will Intensify the power of the federal government, wo who believe in absolutely popular gov ornment aro necessarily discouraged. Mr. Bryan and those who pressed bis campaign have urged bis candidacy on the principle thnt he stood for all the people all the time. Wo have not said at any moment that he stood for pro tecting tho steel trust or the oil trust or tho harvester trust or any other trust Wo have said that if bo should be elected we knew he would conduct an administration for the people, We have been notified by tho people, why I do not know, that they did not care for such an administration. We hnve been Informed that the voters of the United States very much preferred a man who has never through hts own efforts earned a living, but has all through his life been drawing a fed eral salary. Tho people hnro said to nil that they are more enthusiastic about Taft, who bns done nothing and promised less, than they (arc about Bryan, who has done much nnd prom ised through his platform more. It is too late now to discuss any issues of the catnpalgu. It Is not too late, how over, to say that the way in which the Republican party wound up the cam paign was a disgrace to that party nnd a serious reflection on the electoral system of tho United States. This election may hnve been honestly won. Frankly, I do not believe It wns, but It may hnve been. There Is n cer tain mystery about what happened In New York, whnt hnppened In Ohio and In Indiana. But, more than nil, thero Ib n grnvo mystety enshrouding the utter refusnl of the Republican na tional committee to print prior to' the election the contributions which were made to it. I suppose that when tho thoroughly righteous Mr. Taft rany be Inaugurated and it comes out in n later investigation that there wns not less than three or four million dollars contributed to his campaign fund and spent not for pamphlets or ordinary methods of publicity, but for the cu rious and devious ways by which pol iticians carry nn election, he will be, ns Theodore Roosevelt was. absolutely silent on the Bubject He will follow the Roosevelt plan. He has no doubt dragged all the money thnt could be obtained out of every corporation, trust or financial magnate, and then when the facts nre exposed he will sit placidly and fatly in his chair as pres ident of the United States and regard It ns beneath his dignity to respond. That is what Mr. Roosevelt did. Thnt seems to be what Mr. Taft will have to do. The Future. The Democratic party does not die through defeat. It is sure to recover from this undeserved disaster four years from now. The one danger is this that the national committee as at present constituted may possibly be so reactionary in its personal convic tions that It will encourngo the Social ist party to go fast to the front That Is something which the national com mittee must look out for. The Social ist party is growing continually. If Mr. Bryan had not been nominated this year, in my Judgment, It would have been very close to secoud place. Now that ho has been defeated it is very liable to win that place. Without exaggeration I may say that right here tn Chicago I have heard not less than ten men In the Democratic party, tin name of each of whom would be known almost everywhere In the United States, say that the collapse of the Democratic party In this campaign ended their connection with it and that they would sign a statement assuring their entrance and their affiliation with the Socialist party. This seems to be a rather striking political event Per sonally I am not a Socialist, but one must bbscrve the course of political changes. Weeks ago I made it clear in this letter that the defeat of Bryan would greatly strengthen the Socialist party, and today tho prophecy Is com ing true. Nobody knows who Is likely to be the next nominee of the Democratic paty. When, governor John A. John son carried his own state of Minnesota ty carefully refraining from saying one single word in behalf of,. Mr. Bry an some people thought be might be able to secure the Democratic nomina tion. Personally I don't -think he can. The man who doesn't play fair In one vital campaign is not going to get the enthusiastic support of his own party in the next campaign. Governor John son has ability and strength in his own state, but it seems probable that his attitude in this campaign Is going to Injuro htm through tho country at largo. The Democratic party believes in iir Bryau even though he Is de feated The voters love him, and they Trill look with a gitat deal of suspicion on a man who, holding n prominent political office, could not find In ten weeks an opportunity to say n word In hts behalf. A Possibility. If four yearn before the next nom ination any one might prophesy, 1 would say that the next nominee would be Charles A. Culberson of Tex as. Mr. Culberson is now a senator of the United States. lie was twice gov ernor of Texas. lie is-a Democrat who has never failed to stand for Demo cratic principles. In the United States senate he is not merely a worker, but a man who leads his party on the floor. He has never antagonized what may be described as the radical ele ment in the Democratic party, nor has ho ever mndo an enemy In the con servative ranks. The only thing that can be Bald about or against him is thnt he comes from tho south. I wish to ask the readers of this letter wheth er It is not time to abandon that old prejudice that no man from the south shnll be elected to a federal office. Senator Culberson was a child when the civil war was declared. No doubt he sympathizes with the people who nearly sixty years ago declared their purpose of retiring from the Union, but that was sixty years ago. Today ho knows, ns all the rest of us know, thnt the Union is complete and indis soluble. Ho is a senator of the United States, not of Texas, but of the entire Union, and recognizes that fact There is no man in the United States senate Whose sense of obligation to the whole nation is higher than his. I believe that in the next national election It will be well for the Democracy to go south for its candidate, and if It docs go south it could find no man there whose standing would be better, whose popularity would be greater, whose ability would be as high as that of Senator Culborson. The Hearst Vote. Undoubtedly Mr. William Randolph Hearst through his newspapers con tributed somewhat to the defeat of Mr. Bryan. The publicity which he Is able to give to absolute falsehoods, the cartoons and the lies that he is able to print would hurt any candidate. It is not a mere matter of political manage ment, but simply his successful effort to wreak bis vengeance on a man who refused to carry out his own demands. But it seems fair to Inquire what be came of the Hearst party, what became of Hlsgen and John Temple Craves. Nobody has taken them seriously from start to finish. Today the ticket is looked upon ns absolutely without any strength or following. Ulsgcn was known to nobody. No doubt his axle grease was very good grease. But except to the few people who found it necessary to buy it his name was utterly unknown. John Totnpla Graycs wns prior to his 111 ad vised Effort to destroy the Democratic party a man of standing nnd of po litical prominence. But he comes out of this campaign as one who has sought to destroy that party at the behest of a newspaper owner whose salary he accepted. I do not know what may be. the temper of the Democrats of Geor gia, but if Mr. Craves can leave that state, go to New York and sell not merely his pen, but his voice and bis personal candidacy, to a newspaper proprietor and still retain any political standing there It seems to me that tho Georgians have not got the political convictions for which they have long been famed. The Next Congress. The next house of representatives will have a Republican majority of forty or more. It will have for Its speaker the Hon. Joseph G. Cannon. The senate will have for its presiding officer "Sunny Jim" Sherman. Every body has been Informed from-tbe be ginning of the campaign that these two eminent gentlemen, with the aid of Mr. Taft in the White House, tntend to revise the tariff immediately after the election. I wish to ask now every reader of thin letter to watch and sec what is done. And I aek particularly that be consider tbc question ns to whether the tariff Is being revised downward or upward. Most people who hnve studied the methods of the Republican party would sny that thero would bo no revision whatsoever, and the few that might admit a possibility of revision would say that It would be upward. It will be four years before the American people have an oppor tunity to speak ngalu, but at this date It seems fair to call attention to tho fact that Mr. Roosevelt nnd Mr. Taft Joined In saying that In -the event of Republican success congress would bo called In special session for the pur poso of revising tbc tariff Immediately. That statement was put out from the White House some months ago. It had some effect on the election, no doubt. Let us watch, now that the election is won by Roosevelt, Taft and the protected industries, whether It will given effect Tariff revision after election. rubllcntton of campaign contribu tions after election. The election is ended. Letu see what comes from the Roosevelt nnd Taft pledges. Chicago. The Part'Yhey Play.i. "Women have uo sense of humor." "Oh, haven't theyr , 'I can telUyou one-thing, -thought "Well, out with It." "They keep men's sense of the isnme mighty active, and It amuses them so that they don't notice any deficiency." Wanted to Get Even. "If you keep on growing, young man, you will soon be bigger than your fa - ther." 1 "I wish that time would come soon." I "What's your hurry r , "So I could begin handing my clothes Sown to him." Proceedings of the County Commissioners Alliance, Nebr., Nov. 10, 1908. Board of County Commissioners met pursuant to adjournment, nil members prscent J. M. Wanek, 1st district; J. P. Jensen, 2nd district: Sang C. Rock, 3rd district J. P. Jenfeen, Chairman. The day wnB taken up in nurtltlng claims, consideration application of C. B; & Q. to cross County road, and affidavit of B. F. Gllmnn to sell land of Insane ward of Frank H. Ramsdell. On motion) tho Board adjourned un -til tomorrow morning at 0 o'clock n. m. W. C. MOUNTS, Clerk. Alliance, Nebr., Nov. 11, 100S. Board mot pursuant to adjournment all members present On motion the affldavt of B. F. Oilman wns en dorsed. Application to vucate pnrt of road No. 28 extending from aw corner of sec. 18-27-47 east to tho bo corner of sec. 13-27-47 passed until next meeting. On motion, Rond Overseer P. K. Chrlstonsen, of Nonpareil Precinct, is hereby ordered to see that the gate obstructing the County road at the S. B. corner of sec. 3-26-49 and tho N. W. corner of sec. 10-26-49 bo removed forthwith. On motion, the following claims were allowed nnd the Clerk ordered to draw warrants on the General Fun for Bame. W. M. Welch Mfg. Co., suppl's.? 7 00 Clark Olds & Co., repair work. B 50 Juo. Vogel, Jr., election.. .. 7 00 Alliance Electric Co., lights.. . 21 80 W. C. Mounts, expense 23 60 W. C. Mounts, expense 51 25 W. C. Mounts, fees 220 50 Jas. Watson, road 9 00 Jno. O'Keofe, Jury 6 00 Jno. Leith, electtloni 4 00 El Everett, board of health.. 3 50 L. A. Berry, board of health.. 3 75 O. E. Phillips, Co. Supt 338 39 E. F. Abloy, election 4 00 Al Mnbln, election 4 00 Chns. Tlernnn, election 4 00 N. II. Nelson, election.. .. 4 00 Jno. Lenzcn, election 4 00 Jno. Burns, election S 00 Geo. Severson, election,. .. 4 00 A. S. Reed, election 4 00 N. M. Hayes, election.. .... 4 00 Jno. Hayes, olectlon 4 00 Jacob Jesbc, election.. .. .. 4 00 Jno. Eckman, election.. ,... 400 L. A. Bowser, electfon.. J.'. S 40 C. L. Drake, election . 6 00 G. W. Jones, election 6 00 C. H. Vlnsel, election 6 00 S. P. Tuttle, election 6 00 Roy S. Beckwlth, election.. 6 00 B. F. Oilman .election 6 00 Jno. Brcnnan, election,. .. 10 00 A. W. Plerson, election.. .. 6 00 School Dist No. 29, election.. 10 00 Chris Hansen.election 4 00 E. F. Abloy, election 8 00 Fred Abley .election 4 00 T. A. Green, election 4 00 H. A, Allison, election.. .. 4 00 Frank Caha, election ,. 4 00 G. H. Clayton, election.. .. 4 00 Jno. Caha .election 4 00 School Dist. 33, election.. .. 3 00 T. fJ. Tschacher, leectlon.. .. 8 00 Henry Wlnten, election.. .. IS 00 Jas. Hollinrake, election.. .. 4 00 A. S. Enyeart, election.. .. 8 00 A. D. Mlllett, election.. .. 4 00 M. C. Beaumont, election.. 12 00 Jno. Jellnek, election 8 00 Klopp & Bartlett, supplies'.'. 124 25 C. Klemkc, election 13 CO Jerry Rowan, election.. .. 10 00 Jno. Herlein, election..,.. ..' 8 00 Louis Homrighousen, election.. 4 0 Jos. Moller .election., ,.. .. 4 00 Jno. Vogel, election 7 50 R. J. Hill, election 4 00 W. G. Zcdlkcr, election.1. D. W. Hughs, election.. . F. M. Russel, election.. . L. M. Kennedy, election. J. R. Lawrence, election.. Hiram Wilson, election:. . Jno. O'Mara .election..-.. C. E. Phillips, election.. . W. F, Putterson, election.'.' Bon Danlelson .election.,. . (Wm. Sherlock) School Dist 9, election w. C. L. Hnshman, election.. W. J. Johnson, election., Jno. C. Wright, election., Chas. Wilson, election.; . 13 50 4 01 4 00 4 00 4 00 8 00 4 00 4 00 12 00 8 00 5 00 4 00, 7 00 4 00 4 00 E. Leldy, election ' 10 00 K. Ball, election - Hazard, surveying.. Hazard, election.. Graham, election.. 8 00 P. P. D. -7 60 4 00 4 00 C. Mounts .expense.. 300 00 4 00 4 00 4195 104 20 M, Bullock, elcqtfon.. . M. Martin, electlou., M. TCenhedy, road,., ?.' Jno, Garrett, road., .r . Curs., Ferguson,-. rond . .,. ., 40 Q0 Hqmer Crane, road. i-j."r 36-00 Will Crane, ,road,, -. ., ,..37 60 Wllford Griffith .road 16 40 Will Shores, toad -. 15 00 Robt Garrett, road 10 80 O. L. Harris, road 20 00 Jno. Daugherty,- road 1 50 W. II. Hawkins, road.. .. 1 20 T fiolvln. road '. JC 50 P. K. Christensen, road., .. 71 70 Frank Calm .election.. ..'..' 4 00 L. F. Smith, election.. .. 4 00 vrnrnlfl Pub. Co.. nrlntlng.. 4li t E. P. Woods.couutor & tablos. 115 00 Al Wlker. fpes.. .,. .. ., v 62 50 Mrs. Al tyiker, board .1875 Madeline Carey, salary.. .. ' 65 0d Fred Mollrlng, refunds. . . . 147 00 T. L. Hopkins, election.. .. 4 00 Ira Reed .attendant 12 50 A. F, Baldridge, canvassing.. 4 00 Fred Schwaderer, road 1500 Carm Eaton, road 4 00 Jno. Leith, road 5 00 Geo. .McCoy, road 8 00 F. E. Bobbins, road 6 00 A. A. Wright ,road S 00 Geo. G. Clark, road.. 10 00 Jno. AVrlght, road 8 00 J. H. Hagaman ,road., .. .. 4 00 W. 8. Coker, road 4 00 N. S. Worle, road 4 00 F. McCoy, road 37 00 School Dist 20, election.. .. 5 00 Sang C. Reck, commissioner.. 49 02 J. M. Wanek, com 21 70 J. P. Jensen, com 10 90 Chas. Ferguson ,road 400 00 For value received the account of Box Butte County against S. M. Smyser Ib hereby acknowledged to be settled In full. Whereupon the Board adjourns to meet Dec. llth, 1908 nt 0 n. m. W. C. MOUNTS. Clerk. MARSLAND. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Miller have gone to Casper, Wyo for a month's visit. P. J. Ciatterbuck has bought lots in the south side of town and, we are told, will erect a building soon. Mesdames Hughes, Barngrover and T. E. Hunsaker were all Alliance visitors during the past week. Men walking on all fours, was a specta cle witnessed bv some of our citizens the moroing after election. F. ft. Bellamy, who has been visiting his parents down on the North-Western, returned home Sunday. Mrs. E. T. Gregg and daughters, Mrs. Bellamy and daughters were passengers to Crawford Saturday, going over to at tend the play. A fire set by sparks from a B. & M. en gine raged on J. M. Tollman's winter range on Thursday, destroying over 400 acres of grass. The Socialist party are giving ground that Debs got ope vote in Marsland and that was laid onto Engineer Hurst. Well, he's big enough to stand it. Henry Shimek and A. McLaughlin each shipped two cars of cattle to South Omaha Sunday, and Pete Allison of O. U. ranch shipped four cars on Monday, Mrs.,. Kile went to Crawford on Saturday to help the republicans celebrate over the election She also took in the plac and returned home bunday afternoon. Dr. Willis reports Mrs. P L. Hunsaker who has been dangerously ill at her home 'south of the river, as slightly improved and hopes are entertained for her recov ery. If you did not see the Denver Post of the 7th inst you missed the laugh of your life. Sure, Mr Bryan knew what Teddy meant when he said, "We've got them beaten to a frizzle." When the homestead votf got in, the congressional vote was changed and Kin kaid won out in spite of the fact that Judge Westover rode two horses while he (Kinkaid) rode but one. There was a busy stir at the L. T. Poole home on election day, and Dr. Wil lis reported the arrival of a daughter at the rooms of Mrs. Wallage. Mother and daughter doing nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Burt Furman and baby boy arrived from University Place on Thursday. They will take, up their resi dence in the house on the" Furman place one mile east of town. John Sullenberger, after an absence of twenty-two years, planned a visit to his old home in Iowa, but has given it up. Most of his relatives are democrats and he coutd not bear to go back to a house of mourning. The republican ratification meeting at this place has been given up, Some of the Sachems felt like "Fighting" Bob Evans said to! his men when the Spanish fleet went do vraJ"Dou'$ cheer, boys, the poor devils are dying." A Crawford gentleman tells the story that a couple of Marsland voters were in his town recently, laying in "preparation" for election day, and that each was in tending to use it in defeating the men the other fellow was supporting. True Miller is having a well drilled on his lots adjoining Dr. Willis' on the east. He is patting material on the ground for the erection of an up-to-date cottage1. Carpenter James Yockey will begin the work as soon as be turns the Bellamy resi dence over to the plasterers. The conjested condition of the "Richie bouse,"whjch is filled to overflowing these davs. caused the landlord 'to send a tramn "editor' out for is to entertain the other,! day. We belong to no typographical anion, friend Rictuersoilease don't turn any of your guests over to us. 1 ' To our notion, there's nothing in the press as an cnlightner. In Leonard pre clpct, where we have no newspaper, the republicans won out big, but over in Crawford, where they have two shouting, kqwling republican papers, the precinct was given over to the deaiocrats.' What's the matter over there? There's something wrong in Denmark that doesn't smell like roses. Was it booze or boodle or some of each? Mrs. Willis, Mrs. Geo. Gregg and Mrs.7 II. I.,, Hicbardson played the role of "The Merry Widow' son Friday evening and went out to tbednnco at the home oi those jolly btichelor boys, the Nicholson Bros It is now in order for the Dr. and Messrs. Gregg and Richardson to indulge in a little "lark." Misses Fern Snow and Winnie Cadwalder also went and George Richie acted as "beau ideal" to the quin tet. All report a fine time and a moon-, light ride of fifty miles. It is with pleasure that we learn the re sults of the recent election in the old Xawkeye state the and of promotion of, B. F. Carroll, present state auditor, to the gubernatorial chair. Some thirty-sin years ago, when the writer was a country school maam in old Hacklebarny, a province in Davis county, Iowa, Ben, Carroll, then a small boy, lived with his widowed mother and a large family of brothers and sisters in an humble home near by, surrounded by a dense grove of jack pines. His brothers and sisters were our schoolmates and our chums. We had lost track of the boy Until a few years'" ago we learned that he was auditor' of' state and now is elected to the 'highest office in that great common wealth. "Hur-J rah for Carroll I" ' J e We wish that those persons whoac-' cuse Judge Taft of being an "atheist," an "infidel," etc., would read his address de livered before the National Foreign Missionary Society in Washington re cently, and which was at the earnest solicitation of that grand old Methodist Bishop Hartgell. At its close, 10,000 people were on their feet waving handker chiefs and showing their appreciation of his words throughout. And, after all, it was only the old, old story of what Christ ian ty does for humanity, both at home and in foreign countries. We are informed that Box Butte county won Mionamascot, the mule which was sent to Mr. Bryan by the Minnesota state fair association, and which he in turn promised to the county in this state show ing the largest democratic gains. It will be placed in the city park of Alliance, where it will ruminate among sweat peas and roses. Poor old Dawes, the mother of lfo Butte, has no political mule to boast of, but she has some other long eared political animals worth mentioning. angoraT The special meetings held by Rev. McLaughlin and H. C. Clausen closed Sunday night The outcome was fair ly good. The First Presbyterian church of Angora was organized with nearly twenty members with the hope ot an increase up to 25 or 30. The"' people are very much encouraged and after April 1st Dalton and Angora will be joined together and have a regular pastof. Owing to bad weather and busy times -the crowds were not as large as expected but: the house Sun day 'was pretty well filled. Does Poultry Pay? Being in a position to thoroughly test the much discussed question, "Does poultry pay," I decided for my own in formation as well as others who have not kept a strict account of expenses and in come from their poultry, to this year, 1908, forever settle the question beyond a shadow of a doubt. First of all, I live alone in the sand hills, do all my -baying and selline. take neln-:. ivecare of my poultry, buy all my feed, so Know to a penny just what my expenses have been. My flock is the Barred Plymouth Rock, as near pure blood as careful breeding can make them. Great-many contend. tSeyi are not ni-nlifir limr. t win w- -l.'jftS hear from some one having eithsrJwh'ite 1 . . -:-fT.T . or ucowu .uegnoras so as to decide this matter. ' .'"" " Began the year with 8x3 worth of corn and $10 worth of wheat. BonghVdnrtag the season $3.83 w'orth of millet, making8? total of $26.85. My flock consisted of 62 hens and 4 males (the latter had to be fed if thev did not lay.) I kept a strict account of the eggs : ... -C. Ill IF OO- i lata eacn day, giving the hens cwjiUfor 5 the value of the eggs laid each month at ! the price during that month. The coyotes J as wen as myself had a meaLfrom my flock once in awhile, so I counted the flock the first of each month. f Month Nohens No. laid pertdoz. Jan RV 331 Feb. Mar. Apr. May lune 3E 429 921 976 827 .607 625 555 306 20 S7,I 5 "n.Sitf I 56 :4a 46 45 40 40 4?" IO iai- a Uii 8.8? July 7 ) 9-xo Aug. Sept. 20 9.25 20 5,10 . 1 Total 5577 $78,o2j Average number of hens for 9 months were 50M. Amount above mt f fM- t5ilt17)i, making a triflle over $1.02 to the' uOU. i zq neusauring April, and May. These hens continued , to eat hn tnnnA laying. Raised 41 chickens to maturit-. !. liirli V..1, .1.. . -jj ... ' - -- BJ " ........ ..u WUi ulu uo. aua , ,nB -. ply. Sold the rest of the hatches wlih th hens as soon as hatched, thereby reducing my hens as you see. I would be glad to keep the record dur ing the remaining three months but am going to move so cannot. I have, how ever, enough feed to carry my flock the rest of the year so whether they lay or. not I am ahead over $1.00 per hen, saying nothing of the feeding of the males or the forty-one chicks. Very Respectfully, Mrs JULIA T. Boons. Alliance, Nebr, ec k
