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ALLIANCE, BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEHIIASKA, T11UKSIUY, OCTOBER 26, 1916
VOLUME XXIII
NUMBER 47
The Stacker and Feeder Shows
St. Joseph and Sioux City Live Stock Markets Made Great Hit
with Men Who Raise Better Class of Cattle for Feeder Market
AT NOl'TII ST. JOSKPII
Last year the St. Joseph Stock
Yards Company and the live stock
commission men at that market In
augurated the stocker and feeder
show. It was a success from the
start, ami proved to be so popular
with stockmen that to give It up
could not be thought of. Accordlng
ly, arrangements were made to put
on the second annual St. Joseph
Stocker and Feeder Show this year
on a larger scale than the tirst last
yea r.
1'y sluw this year was held Scp
te:r.br "S and 29. A comparison
Willi las year will Indicate some
thing of ihe rapid growth in popu
larity of the inrt itution. Last year!
at th- fi' t aiiiiiial St. Joseph Stock-1
r and Feeder Show, 49 loads of
tttli; wriv exhibited ml sold at auc
tion. This year at the fecund event,
there were 121 loads w'iit thru and
sold :it auction.
Sindliill Cattle Win Trite
Nebraska ranch cattle won a num
ber of prizes. Including the grand
sweepstakes, altho they were up
against hard competition. Kansas
had many more cattle in the show
this year than last, while Missouri
and Colorado were veil represented.
Ficklin & Son of Dingham won a
$150 first prize on a load of twenty
Herefords, averaging 1070 pounds,
the tame load carrying off the $200
sweepstakes prize.
Cherry County Cattle Company
Company, Whitman, a; h. it. uei-
dish. Alliance, 4; Tully-Musser Cat
tle Co. 13: F. A. Castle, Ashby, 1:
John Honey, Ilyannis, 1; .Ins. Monl
han. Whitman, 2; Krause Bros., Al
liance, 4; F. F. Peterson ft Sons. Al
liance, ..
Mr. 1 1 a in ill informs us that they
intend next year to go after business
from the Nebraska ranch country
stronger than ever. They will plve
special attention to stufT consigned
to them from this country and ex
pect a still larger amount than they
handled this year, llf says sandhill
cuttle have a reputation and sell well
when they come there.
won fifty prize in two-year-old class
on a load of twenty-one Shorthorns,
weighing 873 pounds each.
K. A. Castle, Ashby, won fourth
on calveB with a load of twenty Here
fords.
(Ivlng Attention to Siuidliillc
II. n. llamlll, secretary of Prey
Tiros. & Cooper Live Stock Commis
sion Co.. South St. Joseph, was in
Alliance recently and favored the of
fice of The Herald and The Nebraska
Stockman with a call. From him
we received some Interesting infor
mation regarding the second annual
St. Joseph stocker and Feeder Show
and also about the fine business re
ceived by his firm from the Nebras
ka sandhill country.
Of the 121 loads of cattle exhibit
ed at the show, twenty-five were
handled by Prey Bros. ft Cooper,
eight of them from the Nebraska
sandhill. In addition to tho cattle
handled at the time of tho Stocker
& Feeder Show, they have hail
fine business this year from this
country. This is an enterprising
Arm, as has been indicated by the
conspicuous advertisement that has
been appearing In The Nebraska
Stockman and the monthly stock
men's editions of The Alliance Her
ald. They give special attention to
the sandhill country, from which Shorthorn and Angus
Jensen, Chadron, lion; second prize.
Diamond F ranch, S. M. Claybuugh,
malinger, Merriman, $75: third
prize. !. U. Jones, Sidney, $50.
Yearlings: First prize, Flucklger
ft Jensen, $100
MA iKETINR LIVE STOCK
Department of Agriculture nt ali
Inglon IMiik (mhmI Work In
Interest f I'l-mlneem
A practical and much-needed work
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Two-year-olds: First prize. Fluck-1 " ' '"" " '
' . ' ' products to the best possible advan
cer ft Jensen, $100: third prize, tuco h..H i.OI1 ,.,k,. .... ,lv ,., ,,.
. $f0. partnient of Agriculture. This work
AT SIOI'X CITY
The promoters of the Sioux City
Stocker and Feeder Show, held Oc
tober 16, 17 and IS, may well feel
proud of the success of the firs-.t an
nual exhibition. The date was set
somewhat late in the season on ac
count of tho Interstate Live Slock
Fair which was held a! Sioux City In
September, but the lateness did not
seem to be a detriment this year.
There were fifty-one. entries, which
was good for the first show. A good
share of them were from Nebraska,
and ranchmen from this state were
in with both feet for the prizes.
The classification differed this
year at St. Joseph and Sioux City. At
the former, cattle of nil breeds were
put together and classified only ac
cording to ages, namely, calves, year
lings, two-year-olds and three-year-olds,
while at Sioux City this classi
fication was made for each of the
three breeds separately. Hereford,
John Ityan, Jackson
Three-year-olds: First prize, M.
M. Murray, Wood lake, $100; second
prize, Flucklger ft Jensen, $7D.
Miortlmrii lliecl
Calves: First prize, TV Hawthorne
Merriman, $100; second prize, same (
$7f.. j
i(Ml Xt-lmivkii Showing j
Nebraska stockmen did not get lu!
on the Angus prizes, but certainly j
made a remarkable showing on the i
other breeds, especially on llere-l
fold:. Of the twelve prizes on the,
last named breed, Nebraska ranch-,
m.ii took elt;it, including nil of the'
four firsts.
In view of the boosting that was
done by Tho Nebraska Stockman and
The Alliance Herald for the stocker
and feeder shows, it Is a source of
sntlf faction' to us that they turned
out to be fully ns succesnful ns had
been expected, and that a large share
of the prizes were captured by the
stockmen In the territory In which'
these papers circulate.
they have had a nice business this
season, including the following: Bice
& Brass, 48 cars; E. E. Lowe, Hyan
nls, 5 cars; Cherry County Cattle
Following prizes were won by Ne
braska stockmen:
Hereford Urwd
Calves: First prize, Flucklger &
mm Tin fi Tin: dhinkfks
Judge Ben B. Lindsey of Denver
was lunching ono day It was a very
hot day when a politician paused
beside the table. "Judge," Bald he,
"I see you're drinking coffee. That's
a heating drink. In this weather
you want to drink Iced drinks. Did
you ever try gin and ginger aleT"
"No," said the Judge, smiling, "but
I have tried several fellows who
have."
which will no doubt bo much extend
ed during the next few years already
covers both farm products und live
st oik.
The Act making appropriations for
the Department of Agriculture, for
the tlsial year ending Juno 30, 1917,
contains tho following:
"To enable tho Secretary of
Agriculture to got her from
stockmen, live-stock associa
tions, state' live-stock and agri
cultural boards, common car
riers, stockyards, commission
linns, livestock exchanges,
slaughtering and meat-packing
companies, and others, Informa
tion relative to tho number of
different classes and grades of
nun kclable live stock, especially
cattle, hogs and sheep In the,
principal live-stock feeding dis
tricts and growing sections;
prices, receipts, und shipments
of the (liiferent classes and
grades of rattle, hogs, and sheep
at live-stock market centers;
prices of meats and meat food
products and the amounts of
such products In storage; to
compile und publishr such infor
mation nt such frequent Inter
vals as most effectively to guide
producers, consumers, and dis
tributors in the sale and pur
chase of live stock, meats and
other animal products; and to
gather and publish any related
information pertaining to mar
keting and distribution of live
Block, meats and animal by
products, the sum of $66,000."
In add'tlou to the above amount,
oi ooo'ooif J oi w Hiijmim uorr
ne expended ny ttiat ltureau on live
stock ami meat statistics. At a meet
ing held here September 15, L. I)
Hall, of the oilice of Markets, con
ferred with the Market Committee of
the American National Live Stock as
sociation as to tho character of the
Information to be gathered and th
best methods of collecting and dis
tributing It. We are confident that
this work will bo of great beneft.
Tho report of tho work of th
Market Committee, Issued under data
of September 28. 1916, contains a.
Inrge amount of information that
concerns live stock producers. It Is
too long to print In full In thlF pa
per, but we suggest that Nebraska
stockmen send for It. It la primed
for free dist ribut Ion. A copy can
probably be secured yet by address
ing tho secretary of tho American
National Live Stock A"soclatlon, Mr.
T. W. Tomllnson, 515 Cooper Build
In ir. Denver, Colo.
Office supplies at The Herald of
fice. Phone 340.
OMAHA BREAKS RECORD
lijtrgeit Number of Cattle Heci lvel
in One Day and Largest Nliiu
Imt Cur of Live Stock
Breaking all previous records on
some point In not an uncommon thing:
nt the Omaha live-stock market. As
the facilities for handling and mar
keting live stock are Improved and
enlarged and as the tributary terri
tory develops and expands, It is
Inevitable that tho volume of busl
ness will Increase.
All records for number of cars of
live stock and number of head re
ceived In one day were broken on
Monday, October 10. More than
1,000 cars of stork wero received
that day, passing the previous high
mark of October 11, 1915, of 953
cam.
A new record for cattle receipts
also was established. Over 21,000
head were received this mornlnj. On
October 11. 1915. tho date of the
nravlnm rmnril 73K pnrn. rnntAltitnZ
the office of Markets of the Depart- j 19,747 head, wore received.
ment of Agriculture will have at Its
disposal, for the collection of live
stock information, approximately
$35,000 out of Its general approprl-
Commlsslon men anticipated the
unusually heavy run by starting the
day's work at 5:30, halt an hour ear
Her than usual.
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T. m. . . A FORECAST
W hat W ill me People Answer.-'
and
A WARNING
A Forecast
It is now generally believed thruout Nebraska that the
proposed prohibition amendment to the constitution of the
state will be adopted at the election to be held November 7th.
Estimates of the majority It will receive run from 20,000 to
40,000 or higher. As a plain matter of fact, the size of the
majority, or whether it will receive a majority at all, depends
upon two things, namely, to what extent voters who favor the
amendment go to the polls and vote at this election, and the
extent to which the opposition succeeds in repeating the elec
tion frauda. by .which It was defeated the last time it was sub
mitted. In the present campaign, the most stupendous misrepre
sentations ever published broadcast in Nebraska have been re
sorted to in the desperate effort to defeat prohibition. Con
ceding for the sake of argument, that there are sincere per
sons on both sides of every public question, it is still a fact,
evident to every well-Informed person, that the men who have
charge of the campaign for the liquor Interests are absolutely
unscrupulous in resorting to falsehood In the vain attempt to
stem the rising tide for prohibition. With an immense fund
at their command to fight prohibition in Nebraska, they have
given the greatest possible publicity to their statements that
would be misleading if they were believed.
The publishing of untrue statements and distorting statis
tics to bolster up the booze side of this question, probably de
ceives some voters, but it is evident that most people are dis
gusted with them. This campaign by the politicians of the
liquor Interests was commenced before the city and village
elections last spring in the hope of turning many towns wet.
WHAT DID THE VOTERS ANSWER?
Last spring's election was a landslide in Nebraska that
covered the hired politicians so deep that it took them several
weeks to dig oat and re-open their campaign of misrepresent
ation. Look at North Platte. Union Pacific railroad town, go
ing dry for the tirst time in its history; Chadron and Long
Pine, North Western railroad towns, doing the same, the for
mer for the first time; Fairbury, Hock Island railroad town In
the southeast part of the state changing from wet to dry; Mc
Cook, Burlington railroad town in southwest Nebraska, doing
the same; Bridgeport, that used to so sopping wet that oth
er towns in the North Platte valley called it "Beerport". gone
dry for keeps; Valentine but why mention more?
With a fair election and an honest count, the entire state
will go dry thi3 fall with such an overwhelming majority as
to forever settle the liquor question in Neb.aska. Every coun
ty seat town in the "Big Sixth" congressional district, with
possibly one exception, will give a majority for the prohibi
tion amendment and every one of the thirty-six counties of
this district will give a dry majority, the total dry majority
for the district will probably not be far from 10.000. The
three congressional districts south of the Platte river are all
dry, the majority in the south half of the state being well ov
er 20,000. The Thirti congressional district, in the northeast
part of the state, will give about an even break between drys
and wets. The Second district, composed of Washington,
Douglas and Sarpy counties, is the only one of the six districts
that can be definitely counted wet, and the majority in it will
not be half as large as it was the last time this question was
voted upon.
How to Vote Dry
EXPLAIN THE PROCESS
TO THE VOTERS I V
YOUR FAMILY
The prohibition amendment will be the first item
on the Nebraska ballot this fall at the head of the
first column.
The YES number is 300. A vote marked in that
square means the voter wishes the saloon' to be abol
ished from Nebraska.
The NO square is 301 and a cross there means you
-e wet.
This is the form on the ballot :
3
rROHJIHTOIlY AMENDMENT
Shall the constitution of the State of Nebraska be
amended by adding thereto the following:
On and after May first, 1917, the manufacture, the
sale, the keeping for sale or barter, the sale or barter
under any pretext of malt, spirituous, vinous, or other
Intoxicating Honors, are forever prohibited in this state,
except for medicinal, scientific, or mechanical, or sacra
r.itntal purposes.
Yes
300 Xj Shall the above and foregoing amendment to
the
301
No
Constitution be adopted?
But Remember-
That a cross in the party circle at the head of bal
lot does not mean a vote on the amendment.
Only votes indicated by a cross in the 300 square
will be counted.
There must be majority of all votes cast on the
prohibition question to carry the amendment. The
YES votes must equal at least 35 per cent of the total
vote cast &
Vote Dry and Vote Early
A Warning
The sentiment of the voters of Nebraska is so overwhelm
ingly in favor of settling the booze question by adopting pro
hibition that there are now only two dangers confronting the
adoption of the constitutional amendment:
First, the danger at ovei confidence on the part of dry
voters and the consequent neglect to vote on election day. The
liquor politicians have ample money to hire voters on their
side to go to the polls and employ all the wet workers they
need on election day. They have been doing this kind of
work as quietly as possible, but the managers of the dry cam
paign have evidence that leads them to believe that already in
a large part of the state precincts workers have been selected
by the wets and "fixed" for election day. As an illustration
of this, since this campaign opened a leudlng liquor capitalist
who meat thru two campaigns in Ohio and helped defeat pro
hibition la that state (altho It carried outside of the slum vote
of Cincinnati), came to Nebraska and visited a number of
leading county-seat towns of the state. At Hastings, for In
stance, be engaged a room at the leading hotel, and soon men
from different parts of the unty began calling to see him,
only one man being admitted to his room at a time. Within
forty-eight hours after his arrival at the hotel, he had Inter
viewed at least one leading republican and one leading demo
crat from each precinct in Adams county. What for? Watch
them on election day, not only in Adams county but in every
otker county in Nebraska, if you want to know what was done
at these secret Interviews.
The other danger to the dry cause is illegal voting and
eU-ction frauds. At the November election of 1890, the ques
tion of adopting a prohibition amendment to the constitution
was voted upon. The sentiment iu fuvor of prohibition was
not us strong then as it is now, but it would have been adopted
then If it had not been for deception and wholesale election
frauds. In Omaha and Douglas county the majority counted
against prohibition was larger than the total number of legal
voters in the city and county, altho thousands of people there
favored prohibition and many voted for it.
With a change in the election laws that apply to Douglas
county und with an honest election commissioner for that
county appointed by Governor Morehead, it does not seem pos
sible that such gross election frauds can be perpetrated in
Omaha again this year; but there is danger that hired election
workers will commit wholesale frauds thruout the state by
voting "hobos" and "repeaters", driving with them from one
precinct to another.
THE BOX BUTTE COUNTY DRY FEDERATION
calls upon all honest citizens to assist in securing a fair elec
tion. Illegal voters ought to be arrested on the spot and put
under bonds or In Jail. This will prevent them from repeating
and hold them for trial after the election is over.
The predictions made under "A ForecasC-are based upon
the condition that every dry voter does bis d.uty on election
day, that he casts his own vote and renders such assistance as
may be necessary to secure an honest election.
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Box Butte County Dry Federation
T. H. Barnes, Pres.; A. S. Enyeart, Vice Pres.; Archie Gregory, Sec; R. M. Hampton, Treas.; J. B. Cams, Mr. Brown, Mr. Nason, additional members of Executive Committee; John W. Thomas,
A. T. Lunn, A. A. Layton, Committee on Publicity.
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