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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1916)
the ALLIANCE HERALD LLOYD C. TIIOMAM, IIudIoms Manager JOHN W. THOMAS, Editor rubllnlied every Thursday by THU HERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY Incorporated IX-A n. Thomaa. Prtwl.lent J. t'arl Thome. Vice I'rea. John W. Tliouiaa, Secretary Entered at the peat oflBce at Alliance. Nebraaka, for traoamlaalon through tke mailt aa aecond-claaa natter. , h ' . .. . SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. 11.60 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE If your copy of The Herald doea not reach you regularly or aatlafac tartly, you ahould phone 140 or drop a card to the office. The beat of aerr- lee la what we are antloua to si". don't hesitate to notify ua without elay when you mlaa your paper. npntrrw nnERVT ALWAYS DAMAGE V&vww m w p. - ' Dry weather is not always a bad thing Contrary to the ideas of many people who are not familiar with the sandhills of Nebraska, a large stretch of cuntry devoted principally to stock raising, that part .l. .. ; Imrt liv 1pnuiVi WIippb thrrn in Hiiftlcient Roil in VA 1 1 J U BiairQ JI5 11 VI .sua V - J x v. . - - w .... v. v the sand to produce vegetation it remains green and luxuriant during . . 1 ... 1 1 I l . . . mi Tlinitn !u alurul.u HI rla II fa liniAf Yi A It is a noticeable fact that while the tableland ranch country of 1 II 1 at." - I ,An.t(il.!tii4!n Vtsl vvyoming was uauiy injurcu uus year uy uruum, liuDoitotmg mci country of Nebraska conditions are splendid. On the tablelands of .A4M. MnnnoIrA urhnna -fafrnirtf Su ii tTO CTiwI ill in fl AfbTl fll d A Vfl f)1 A PT tent, crops were injured by the dry weather 9altho recent rains have Jieipea trim oui .wonaenuny in me noruiwvBit-ru jjui. ui mc bmiiv WHAT TRIMMING? The South Omaha Daily Drovers Journal-Stockman, in a recent issue, said: "Feeder buyers arc willing and ready to get busy when nrices look riirht. Around $8.00 and better, they do not look right. The trimming that a lot of cattle feeders got last winter tends to make them more conservative." What trimming does the, Journal-Stockman have reference tot "We seem to fail to remember it. To be sure, feeders who put cattle into their feed lots for a few weeks and then sent them to market ear ly stood to lose money, perhaps, some of them did; but those who fed out their stuff and sold it later all smiled when they came to market and a very broad and bland smile it was, too, that they wore. To begin with, cattle did much better on last year's soft corn, properly balanced with other rations, than they expected. lhen those who sold in May and June received from three to four cents per round more for their fat cattlo than they paid for them as feeders' a few months previous, besides the increase of putting on from 250 to 400 pounds additional weight. Not much trimming in that. We notice that last year's feeders all want to try it again this year. We do not claim to know what the price of feeder cattle will be the coming fall and early winter, but it ought to be good. - THE FARM LOAN LAW The Farm, Stock and Home, speakingeditorially of the federal rural credits law recently passed by congress and approved by Pres ident Wilson, says that it looks upon it "as just good old-fashioned political bunk. It was made to fit political rather than economic needs to re-elect to olhce, thru the votes of the farmers, a lot of men singularly ignorant of the first requirements of adequate farm financ ing." We remember not so long ago when some newspapers were print ing opinions similar to that about the federal reserve banking law, but since that law has helped this country to tide over, without a fin ancial quiver, a period that would probably otherwise have been marked with a panic, they are not saying things of that kind about that law. When it comes to questions upon which politics has a bearing, the opinions of a partisan editor are not worth the paper they are printed on. ST. JOSEPH'S SECOND SHOW Only one more issue of The Nebraska Stockman and the special monthly stockmen's edition of The Alliance Herald will be published before the second annual St. Joseph Stocker and Feeder Show has been pulled off, hence we wish to call particular attention to the same at this time. Last year the St. Joseph live stock market people blazed the way for exhibitions of this kind iiy putting on their first Stocker and Feed er Show. H was a good stunt, and we are glad to say a success, too. Ve recognized at once something of the benefits that would prob ably accrue to stockmen from the show, thru giving publicity to the cattle of those stockmen who raised superior stufT and marketed it in prime condition for feeding purposes. But there is another benefit that will surely become an outgrowth of the stocker and feeder show proposition, and that is the encouragement that it will give to im proved breeding. H is needless for us to say that for some years past cattle men, especially ranchmen of Nebraska, have been giving close attention to the improvement of their herds in breeding. We confidently predict that within the next few years there will be a marked increase in m terest in this matter. It is but simple justice to the St. Joseph Stocker and Feeder Show that it be liberally patronized. We hope Nebraska stockmen will be well represented there again this year and capture some more or their good prizes. In making consignments of live stock to St, Joseph, it would be only fair to give the preference to those live stock commission firms that are represented in the advertising columns of this paper. They arc all reliable firms and will go the limit in try ing to accommodate the readers of this paper. They are inviting the business of Nebraska ranchmen in the proper way and ought to have h. we nope tney get it. The Transit House South St. Joseph, Mo. in iin mi ii ii wii i m m ii ii ii.hiiihi )i mull i, - -' " : ' First-class in every particular. Large well-furnished rooms. Cool in summer, steam-heated in winter. Convenient to Stock Yards and Exchange Building. The place where stockmen and shippers stop. Rooms with or without private bath. ONLY FIRST-CLASS HOTEL IN SOUTH ST. JOSEPH 2nd Annual Stocker Feeder Show So. Joseph Stock Yards , So. St. Joseph, Mo. SEPT, 28 fk 29, 1916 $2000.00 Premiums As Follows Cattle, 20 head or more feeding steers, spayed or Martin heifers, under one year: 18T 2ND 8KD 4TH. 5TII $150.00 $100.00 $75.00 $50.00 $25.QP Cattle, 20 head or more, feeding steers, spayed or .Martin heifers, one year old and under two: 1ST 2ND 3U1) 4TH STH $150.00 $100.00 $75.00 $50.00 $25.00 Cattle, 20 head or more, feeding steers, spayed or Martin heifers, two years old and under three: 1ST aiti 4TH STH $150.00 $100.00 $75.00 $50.00 $25.00 Cattle, 20 head or mbre, feeding steers, spayed or Martin heifers, three years old and over: 1ST 2ND 8RD 4TH 6TII $150.00 $100.00 $75.00 $50.00 $25.00 Grand Champion $200.00 Judging, September 28th. Auction Sale, September 29th. P. M. GROSS, Auctioneer. THIS WAS THE BEST EVENT OF ITS KIND LAST YEAR. ADDITIONAL ATTRACTIONS The Northwestern Missouri Hereford Breeders Sale Offering 60 head Pure Bred BULLS - COWS - HEIFERS, Sept. 28, 1916 Premium List furnished on application P. 0. FLETCHER, Sec'y So. St. Joseph, Mo. OUR MOTTO- "Good Sales, Good Fills, Courteous Treatment To AH" R. E. SHEA T. N. HUTTON S. M. BREITWEISER THE H. N. POLLARD LIVE STOCK COMMISSION COMPANY South St. Joseph. Mo. CATTLE SALESMEN: T. M. Mutton S. IL (SUnle?) Breltwtber Paul KUkftnoy OFFICE: H. W. Cturills BOO SALESMEN: R. E. (QmoMtt) She B. A. BrettwclMr We are the acknowledged leaders in salesmanship on these yards. A trial shipment means your continued patronage. Our salesmen have had years oi experience in their departments and it costs you no more to havo the best Write or wire us for mar ket information. Do yourself a favor by billing your next shipment to v The Burlington Live Stock Commission Co. All Stock Sold by Members oiDur Firm, We Exert Every Effort for the Beck Interests of Our Customers