APRIL. 1911
QMinutes of Convention
(Continued from page 1)
Bay that it ia very necessary that our
Inapcctora work in complete harmany
with commission firms and in acting
in good faith with them we have
been furnishing a tally of all cattle
in every ahipment from the territory
we represent. Furthermore, when a
member failed to list his brands or
pay the dues and assessments we
have not removed bis brands from
our records, in the belief that it was
an oversight and we would probably
catch an animal and thus secure the
amount properly due us but this ac
tion or rather lack of action has been
taken advantage of to the extent of
seriously retarding the rejuvenation
of the organization. It has ocme to
the knowledge of members of our ex
ecutive committee that former mem
bers have failed to continue under
the impression that their brands are
being protected and in the event that
we recover an est ray it is perfectly
agreeable to them that we deduct
their dues and assessments from the
proceeds of the animal but if we do
not secure an estray they have had
the protection without any cost. The
principle is entirely wrong although
in the early years of the organisation
it worked satisfactorily. Some plan
must be devised whereby we will on
ly tally cattle for paid up members
Many stockmen fail to appreciate
the organization until they lose stock
then they hasten to become members
and immediately demand assistance
in the recovery of stolen stock or in
the prosecution of some alleged ruB
tler. We had one request for finan
cial assistance last fall in a prosecu
tion In which the injured stockman
had not been a member for five
years.
The work of the inspectors for
1915 shows that their services are
just as necessary now as at any time
in the past:
Chicago, cattle inspected . . .204,850
South Omaha, cattle inspect. 438,017
Sioux City, cattle Inspected. . 65.327
Total 698.194
South Dakota cattle inspect
ed Chicago 4 5.800
South Dakota cattle inspect
ed South Omaha 39.739
South Dakota cattle Inspect-
Sloux City 45.554
Total 131,093
Estrays recovered, Chicago . . 1.232
Estrays recovered, South Omaha 740
Estrays recovered, Sioux City . . 418
Total 2.390
Net proceeds, Chicago . . .$77,972.85
Net Proceds. South Omaha 42.901.73
Net proceeds. Sioux City . 27.310.72
Total $148,185.30
Averages, Chicago: steers, $74.30;
cows, $54.80.
South Dakota shipped 18,000 more
cattle in 1915 than in 1914.
With this statement of the number
and value of stock recovered by our
Inspectors and the further fact that
there were more reported cases of
stock rustling, proportionately, than
at any time during our existence,
would it not be unwise to permit this
organization to pass out of existence?
It is possible that your officers have
become discouraged by the apathy
and lack o flnterest displayed by
those who have been most benefitted
and have not been as active as for
merly, altho more circular letters
and personal appeals have been sent
from the secretary's office during
1915 than in any previous year. The
question of continuation or liquida
tion is up to the stockmen. We are
financially able to meet every obliga
tion, but bear In mind that it requir
ed years to perfect this organization
and should it be permitted to pass
out of existence it would take an ev
en longer time to revive or reorgan
ize. The Interests you represent are
In more need of this organization to
day than at any time during Its his
tory. Twenty years ago your fat
cows only averaged $22.01 per head
In Chicago, wblla today slx-months-
("MERRY VVIVtS ur wimavt m
ago average saddle horses were
worth $30 to $40, while today the
same quality will Bell readily at $100.
With an Increased value of over 100
per cent in twenty years, the risks
taken in the stealing of stock is not
as great as at that time, for the rea
son that the association has not the
funds with which to safeguard the
Industry as formerly.
It is conservative to state that
there were 60 per cent more cuttle
shipped Into the state last year than
were shipped out, and while prices
look exceedingly high on available
stock, pastures are valueless unless
utilized and we look for a large In
crease of incoming stock for years to
cloine. While war conditions have
Increased the demand for both cattle
and horses a cecesslon of hostilities
at any time cannot cause any mater
ial reduction of values owing to the
inroads In the breeding stock of this
and other producing countries.
We trust that every loyal member
will make an earnest effort to in
crease the membership and thus re
turn the organization to its former
position of foHtering and protecting
your Industry.
Respectfully submitted, your
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Agricultural Dep't
Traveling Library on Agriculture
A recent addition to the county
agent's office in Alliance is a travel
ing library on Agriculture and Home
Economics. The agricultural books
cover: Farm Management, Farm
Crops, Soils, Agricultural Engineer
ing, Insects, riant Diseases, Garden
ing, Rural Economics, Rural Organ
ization, and also Rural Sociology.
The Home Economics cover: Horn"
Sanitation, Cooking, Nutrition and
Diet, Feeding Children, Care of Ra
bies, Furnishing the Home, and kind
red subjects of interest to women.
These books will remain in our
possession for a period of six months
and will be let out free for a period
of two weeks, after which a renewal
for an additional two weeks is possi
ble. A fine of one cent per day for
each book kept over time is charged,
in order that books will not be kept
too long at one place.
Do not hesitate to make use of
these books. They are for your use
and cost you nothing. If you cannot
call personally for the books, write,
and they will be forwarded at no ex
pense to you.
A list of the books contained in the
library Is as follows:
Agricultural Hooks
Baily Plant Breeding.
Carver Principles of Rural Econ
omics.
Corbett Productive Vegetable
Gardening.
Coburn Swine In America.
Davidson Agricultural Engineer
ing.
EckleB Dairy Cattle.
Breeders' Gazette Farm Build-
lngB.
Gay Judging Livestock.
Georgia Manual of Weeds.
Gillette Constructive Rural Soci
ology.
Henry Feeds ana reeding.
Hunt Cereals in America.
Lyon Soils.
Montgomery Corn Crops.
O'Kane Injurious Insects.
Piper Forage Plants.
Powell Co-operation In Agricul
ture.
Sears Productive Orcharding.
Thorne Farm Manures.
Van Slyke Modern Methods of
Testing Milk.
Vaughan Types and Market
Classes of Livestock.
Warren Farm Management.
Wing Alfalfa Farming.
Home Economics Hooks
Coleman Successful Homes.
Conley Nutrition and Diet.
Kinne Shelter and Clothing.
LeBosquet Personal Hygiene.
Parloa Home Economics.
Richardson Better Babies.
Robinson Lessons in Cooking.
Tw6!JH--How to Take Car of
, Friday evening.
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CIVIL SERVICE SCHOOL Klttredge Dldg., Denver
Northwestern Colorado Offers
Opportunities for Homeseekers
Parties who returned last week
from a several days trip Into Colo
rado over on the western slope of the
Great Divide brought back reports
of opportunities that many people
are loath to believe exist In this
country today; opportunities, not on
ly for the homeseeker, but for thr
farmer, rancher and for every line of
ruilt'ess and enterprise
Homeseekers who have been look-
! ine for months for a chance to make
profitable use of their homestead
rights are finding right there today
t'ie very thing they have been hunt
Ing for so long. Hotel registers in
one of the small towns, a village of
about 500 inhabitants, showed that
people have been coming in there
from nenrly every state in the union
ut the rntc of thirty to fiftj a day for
the past two months and the fact that
many of them have remained, while
nearly all that did not remain have
tiled and are planning to return be
fore the six months elapses to take
up their residence on a homestead
shews conclusively what they think
of the opportunities offered there
Government statistics show that
there is considerable government
land in northwestern Colorndo now
oien Mid soon to be opened for
homestead entry. In this large ares
tnere are tracts of as rich soil as lie
out of doors today. Some of the land
is poor; and some of it is mountain
ous but the larger part of it Is better
than ir.y territory In rncle sam's
vast domain now available or that
will be available for hom-Rt'ac,lng
purposes.
A few years ago this territory was
practically isolated. The only meth
od of marketing products was by
long hauls of fifty to one hundred and
fifty miles to the nearest railroad.
Within the past two years a railroad
has renetrated the district and the
country has since p'oeressed by leap3
and bounds. It is absolutely assur
ed that two railroad companies will
build Into or through the territory
within the next six to eighteen
months. The Denver papers two
weeks ago stated that the contract
for the building of a north and Bouth
connection had been let to Kllpatrlck
Brothers, the men who own the large
ranch near Alliance. Last week
Wednesday's Denver Post stated that
representatives of another road had
been promised funds by eastern cap
italists for the extension of the road
already penetrating the territory.
With a means to reach the market
the principal drawback is removed.
With the means extended within a
reasonable distance of all parts of
the vast area It assures a rapid influx
of settlers till in one to three years
every available half section will be
taken and land values will soar till
they will find a ready sale on the
market at prices that eastern Nebras
ka, Iowa and Illinois land Is now
bringing.
Land located within a reasonable
distance of the railroad is now Bell
ing at as high as $50 and $60 per
acre. Since the coming of the rail
road farmers have experimented In
growing various crops and have met
with great success. Alfalfa, oats,
wheat and potatoes are among the
products that they have tried out
with auou t&d dram aad natt
'-1 II l H I
ers all over the territory are putting
their land under cultivation this sea
son. Examination of their products
and first hand information from the
farmers on their own premises were
the source from which the Alliance
party gained reliable knowledge con
cerning the results of the first and
second plantings on this soil. One
Jf the Alliance party purchased a ton
3f the potatoes and shipped them to
Alliance for Beed.
Thousands and thousands of acres
",r '-uverea witn a growth of
brush from one to ih rt
sa ge
high
and people who claim to know state
that sage brush grows like this only
on good soil. '
tln numb,er of Ro a large por-
on of this territory was reserved by
he government pending investiga-
ilVnV LhC fea8ibillt' of irrigation
sb ems. Some tracts have been put
under irrigation, other tracts were
pronounced impractical for irrlga-
n?han,d:,e be,nK stored for entry.
In the latter is some of the finest rich
black soil to be found anywhere and
ati.enh,?rthlU8and8 of half actions
available for homesteadlng every foot
h . nJay, be cultlvated. These
may be had along the routes of the
two railroad lines and at polnU
where small inland towns have
sprung up and at places where others
wil leventually spring up. It la a
question of only a few ver Hm- mm
many of these towns will be vlllaees
of 1000 to 2000 people and ? some of
them will make small cities.
In the mountains am mimn. j
millions of trees r.X":"
and eaw mills are already established
in various nartn nt K . j a
With the comine of iha wha. .1
lumber business will develon int on
enormous industry. r,i.mh
building purposes is cheap and there
hauling distance of anv nart r .1.1
territory. ' ' v lu"
Coal underlies a imur
the land. It has been Bald there Is
more coal In that section of Colorado
man in the whole state of pnnovi.
vania and it is one of the few places
outside the state of Pennsylvania to
day where anthracite coal is being
mined. Coal can be bought there to
day for $1.50 per ton. Splendid lit
tle coal mining towns have been
built in the past few years along the
line of the road eaBt from this ter
ritory and with the
shipping facilities the coal business
will be given a boom which even
without the agricultural possibilities
would develop the country.
Everything points to a' great fu
ture and that not vrv far Aialat
...... . . uioiaui.
Witn the coal and lumhor tv oi.
culture and livestock possibilities of
this Section them nm or.no
greater opportunities in that "Em
pire" as it is being termed thn in
any other spot in this great country.
iuone wno nave been there say
that the possibilities are llnHmitoH
the climate unequalled, the water un
excelled and the scene tviv
months in the year unsurpassed.
This land is open in half sections
for entry under the three year nlan
or one may file on a quarter section,
live on it eight months, nav n k
tx aera and get a patent.
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