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THE NEBRASKA STOCKMAN SECTION OF The Alliance ierald Read by Every Member Nebraska Stock Growers Association. All the News of Alliance and Western Nebraska Official Organ Nebraska Volunteer Firemen's Association. It Reaches Headquarters for 15,000 Firemen VOLUME I APRIL. 1916 NUMBER 10 Minutes of Convention By the Secretary The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Western South Dakota Stock Growers Association was held at Hot Springs, Monday and Tuesday, April 10 and 11. 1916. What a privilege to the rising generation and partic ularly those raised in eastern states to meet and touch hands with these sturdy and sterling but fast disap pearing characters who pioneered this portion of the middle west, made railroads and civilization possi ble an 1 are today the sarre free, loy hl and patriotic citizens as of yore. While many of the following have t"ori honored in state and national erf.tii-. they retain their Indivlduali ,i -nd are known to their friends as .linmy Crai'-;. Charlie Coffee. Charlie m.'lKf Humphrey, Ed Stenger, Si-rtv West, Harry Brindley, Tom ..( s". Uli'y Horst. Ben Ash, Jack Hale. Hank Simmons, John Hart, .lack Da'i. y, Frank Stewart. John i nrninm. Di k Stirks and many oth- crj. ,Vr.jtir advanced civilization and! customs, the accumulation of hard enrned fortunes nor the grey hairs c caused by hardships and exposure j can change 1 ho sunny disposition and ii"nui!i friendship of these old tlm n. l)uii:ig the meeting were over heat 1 (ii vusions and reminiscences of ; went -live, thirty and even forty y-ir. a;io when these selfsame men stood side by side and defended their insignificant worldly possessions from attacks of the now peaceable ond civilized Indian tribes. The attendance at this meeting was about 2.000, of which about 400 were stockmen. The affairs of the organization are in good financial condition and there is every indica tion of a large increase in member ship for the ensuing year. The fol lowing officers were elected and the report of the secretary-treasurer, as given below, was unanimously adopt ed. Kxecutlve Committee Jas. T. Craig, president. Belle Fourche, South Dakota; A. Johnson, Farland, North Dakota; A. L. Mar tin. Sentinel Butte, North Dakota; William Borst, Pierre, South Dako ta; I. M. Humphrey, Rapid City, South Dakota; Wm. H. Reed, Wasta. South Dakota; C. F. Coffee. Chadron, Nebraska; Thomas Jones, Midland, South Dakota; J. L. Driskill, Sr., Spearflsh, South Dakota; Jno. R. Brenan, Pine Ridge. South Dakota; Charles Ham, vice president. Pied mont .South Dakota: F. R. Tommy hawk, Bullhead. South Dakota; T. Keffeler, Mikkelson, North Dakota; s-eiuK on the I uiioiis Hie. Nebraska Sandhills Where there- more 01 jiivihk ""jliance tiarape, wvwrry E. Anderson, Eagle Butte, South Da kota; Edward Steneer, Hermosa, South Dakota; Fred H. Sears, Belvl dere. South Dakota; J. D. Hale, stur glii, South Dakota; H. P. Slnn-ions. Manderson, South Dakota; E. A. Jackson, Dallas. South Dakota: F. M Stewart, secretary-treasurer, Buffalo Gap, South Dakota. SecretJiry-Ti-eusurer's IU'xrt Hot Springs. South Dakota. April 10. 1916. To the members or the Western South Dakota Stock Grow ers Association. Gentlemen: The twenty-fifth an nual meeting of your organization must recall to the minds of some of those present, the congrecatlng of a 1 ----- - v-zL nrl , -r-v : ' a. STIfv'.IT M'l.NK OS A itlSV lAY IN A 1.1,1 A ( 'I'. The Stitrkmi'ii's 'tuiventioo ft hv held here In June. Are iui pre paring to attend this meeting? You lire welcome few stockmen at the court house at Rapid City, on February 20. 1892, at which time a temporary organiza tion was perfected which was made permanent on April 6. of that year. The growth of the Association was gradual and increased from thirty six members in 1892 to 677 in 1902 and an average of between 500 and 600 was continued until 1909 when the influx of settlers rendered impos sible a continuation of the range stock business except on a very small scale. We had 157 listed members In 1915. The history of the organization is somewhat remarkable from the fact that there has never been two per sons named for an othce and the roll has never been called in an election. You have had but four presidents. imiJ Kverett Ildicl Itaiuli, Thiity Miles Sulheast of Alliaoe. in the l-lncst Cattle i'ountiy in (lit World, numnui Messrs. Godard. Howard. Dawson and Craig; five vice presidents, Messrs. Fred Holcoine, Jno. I). Stevens, Daw son, Craig and Ham. The latter held the same ollice in the temporary or ganization twenty-five years auo. But one secretary-treasurer has ever served you. During the life time of the organ ization almost $10,000,000 worth of cattle have been recovered for our members at the market points. This work was done at a cost of about $100,000. while $50,000 was expend ed in mime detective work and pre cautions. Your Interests have been J represented and safeguarded In the, state It eislat tiles, before the depart- ;- f Lra ment of agriculture, public lands commission, commissioner of Indian affairs, inter-state commerce commis sion and other branches of the feder al government and has ht Id member ship in the American National Live Stock Association since its inception There are many conditions which are responsible for the depreciation in our membership, herd law. the set tlement of the range, several suc ceeding years of drouth, the compul sory increase in the assessment, on horses and cattle in 1912 and last but by far the most fatal is the gr-it-uituous protection which our inspect ors have with the sanction of our of ficers been giving to non-me bers. In explanation of this feature will (Continued on pane 6) . : , - - ... .... ... - . ... Pxiimini-'i nnnrter nntre ndltist church .has returned from a trit'l nil I 111 n inn Hot Spring Round-Up By the Editor To one accustomed to attending the annual conventions of the Ne braska Stock Glowers Association at Alliance it was impossible to not make comparisons when attending the twenty-fifth annual convention of the Wt stern South Dakota Stock Growers Association, held at Hot Springs, on the 10th and 11th of this month. Except for the fact that the attendance at the South Dakota convention was not as large and the sports program not as extensive as at Alliance, the conventions were ti..ue timilar. South Dakota ranchmen. ts we. I a1 hoi' In Nebraska, are a tine lot to iilcel. Alid the pet. pie of Hot Sp. incs. a cusitinied to eii.eriaining i. Mors, hcenied to make an evra ef fort on skis occasion to ;diow their itoM'Haliiy. The system with whi' It lie business of the association an I iXicutive coiliiitlee meetings was i riHisai led is worthy of special t:ien lion. ( 'oionii.ioii Men Prex-nt llotli Muiaha and Sioux City live stock markets were well represented by a Pullman car load of brokers froiu each place. The S'iux City crowd made good use of the oppoi tu"l'y to adverti' tlv ir :-';:c',;v :wl feeder show to be put on next f ill, and th South Omaha men gave out information regarding their market, the second largest in the I'n.i'ed States in the number of head of live iiock handled. Following is a list of the names of those present from each of the two places: The Omaha Delegation E. Buckingham, vice president, general manager, Union Stock Yards; Jas. Burns, cattle salesman, L. E. Roberta & Co.; E. W. Cahow, vice president. Great Western Commis sion Co.; Fred Castle, proprietor Cas tle Hotel; Fred W. Clarke, president, Nebraska National Bank; J. F. Coad. Jr., president. Packers National Bank; F. L. Crone, cattle salesman, Rosenbaum Bros. & Co.; T. J. Dona hue, president and cattle salesman. Donahue-Randall & Co.; A. H. Dud ley, cattle salesman, Allen Dudley & Co.; Oscar Daugherty, brand Inspect or; F. Enerson. assistant cashier. Stock Yards Natiomil Bank; W. H. Haime, salesman. Wood BroB. ; Ralph Jennings, superintendent, Fremont Stock Yards: U. F. Marcy. manager. Farris-Marcy Co.; Geo. N. Neff. pres ident, Journal Stockman Publishing Co.; Albert Noe. cattle salesman, (Continued on page 2) -Mr. F