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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1889)
Sioux County Journal, IK-A-IRI&ISOiN", IfcTIEIB., 31, 1889. asro;2o V tout 011' 7 , " leal HI, cW t Vi, r3CC3UESS AT TUB i.r P"1! it i . Usual. Sw. ?....... If ""i.jLii-.r v- 4" ft i ''t f- , Wf M4teiei in 3t ? FURNITURE, 1 BARBED-WIRE Big - Dvest Prices TO J170LD S. fjpHEAP. I have just received a CAR 5 v 'if. Yours for business, D. H. GR1SWOLD. . . ,- : : STABT. a-oous. ?PLY HOUSE, ..rn, Neb., iltfittlie Management return Thanks to Jt of Everything m the laie of Geuer ent a continuance of the siuno. 1s Lor ire Stock of Oats, corn, chop Feed Su: .. 3 IS PRICES DEFIEtf. Swal office F. C. Sbcksskn, Secretary.. jfGA&y DAKOTA. '? LUMBER CO.. il, Grain, Lath Xes, Doors, Plaster, Lime, ierR- stock band THE SIOUX COUNTY J"OTJK3Sr-A.Xj W. E. Palfirson, Proprirtor. The Herd Law in the Legislature. We clip from the State Journal the following item of interest, being an ex tract from the doings of the House on January 26, and is self explanatory. "H. R. 95 was taken up. It is a bill to reeal sections 9 and 10 of article 3 of chapter 2 of tlie compiled statutes of Nebraska of 18S7, entitled 'Agriculture.' "The repeal of the above sections will make the herd law obtain all over the state. ' "Gilchrist said that the fence law, or the law to permit stock to run loose, had wrought great hardship upon the settlers of the frontier. Crops had been grown clear to the northwest corner of the state and it is a recognized fact that Nebraska is an agricultural state. Sioux county was today overrun by the ranch men with their cattle, destroying the crops of the farmers who could not af ford to fence their farms. "Burnham held that the law as it now exists is the best thing for his county. Every farmer lias three times as much open land as cultivated and as posts are cheap they can fence in the small piece of cultivated land and then turn their cattle loose on the large, oen prairies. As the law now exists each county can decide for itself and the county of Keya Paha will be much let ter off with the fence law than it would be to compel people to herd their cattle. "Everett spoke earnestly on the ques tion. He said that in Cedar county the large cattlemen want to run out the small farmers. They are opposed to the herd law. They want the small farmers to fence their farms so that the herds of the big cattlemen can roam at pleasure over the county. He thought it'was un just to permit these big cattlemen to de stroy the business of the small farmer. 'Gilchrist again took the floor. He spoke eloquently upon the bill, saying that the small farmer on the frontier should be protected agains the herds of Wyoming. The man who turns up the soil in the new counties, who builds houses and plants trees, should be pro tected against the rich ranchmen. , Oiicl state is no longer a cattle range. It is the home of the farmer. The cattle bus iness is no longer to be conducted in large herds. What is known as close herding by the small farmer is now the practical way to manage the raising of cattle, not in large droves roaming here and there and eating up the crops of the settlers on the frontier. "Coleman of Antelope held that the law should be left as it is, and let every county decide the question for itself. "Morrisey arose and said that tlie gen- tlemun w1k opposed this bill seemed to be very much in favor of permitting each county to take care of its own af fairs. He would be in favor of the same idea if the gentlemen would apply the same thing to the prohibition question. 'Fieldgrove was in favor of protect ing the farmer on the frontier and com pelling titer cattlemen to herd their cat tle and keep them off the lands of the settler. "Whitehead came to the support of the bill in a ringing speech, in which he said that while Custer county is at pres ent not troubled by the large cattemen's herds, yet( only a few years ago,- when settlers were distressed by the same trouble tint now harrassed the settler on our western border. There was a time in Custer county when the herds of the cattlemen not only ate up the erops of the settler, but in many instances they leveled the houses and barns of the homesteader to the ground. The time was when this name difficul ty caused murder after murder in Custer county and shook the state from centre to circumference. But the settlers had fought the ranchmen and tlieir cow boys from year to year untir the big herds were linally withdrawn from the county. Having liad the bitter experience of this fence law nuisance lie would be in favor of coming to the rescue of the small farmers on the frontier and com pelling the rich cattlemen to take care of their stock or pay for the crops they eat up. On motion of Caldwell the committee arose and asked leave to sit again. The house received the report and took a recess until 2 p. m. ATTERJfOON 8RHNION. Called to order at 2 p. m. , Receiving tb reports of me cdmtnit tees upon the engrossing of bills intro duction of bills was called for. Rolls 284 to 287 were introduced and read. Also senate (lies 12, 19 and 48. On motion of Hall the house went into committee of the whole with Burnham in the chair. ; H.RW wan first considered,' Itintlw bllrWhlerr'Wfts being considered at trw nwrhlH sMsioii 1 when the corrfmfttes wwim)imioti th-option1 M law bill. Gilchrist spoke forcibly on tlie bill, urging tlie gentlemen of the house to stand up for the settlers on the frontier. Caldwell moved tliat the bill be passed by for the present until the members of tlie house had given tlie bill further con sideration. Tlie motion was carried." That tlie farmers liave a champion and friend in our Representuti ve, the Hon. Mr. Gilchrist, is plainly apjiarent. His position on this question is only" similar to his position on every question that is in lianuony with the fanners' interests. Horses' Ages, An expert hoi-seman, who lias care fully studied the mouths of horses at different ages, can judge pretty accur ately how old an animal is, at least up to a certain age. The following, quoted by the Lancet Clinic, from the Dublin Farmer's Ga zette, will interest every one who is de sirous of becoming prolicient in this bus iness; "The foal is born with twelve grinders, When four front teeth have made their appearance, the colt is twelve days old, and when the next four assert them selves its age will be twenty-eight days. The corner teeth make tlieir apiiearance when the foal is eight months old, and these latter attain the height of the of the front teeth at the age of a year. The two-year-old has the kernel, the dark substance in the middle of the tooth's crown, ground out of all the front teeth. In the third year the mid dle front teeth are shifted, and when three years old these are substituted by the permanent (or horse) teeth, which are larger and more yellow than their predecessors. The next four teeth are shifted in the fourth year, and the corner teeth in the fifth, giving place to the permanent nipper. "At five years of age a horse has for ty teeth, of which twenty-four are grinders, far back in the iaw, with which we have little to do. But, remembered, horses invariably , be it have tusks which mares very rarely do. fore the age of six is arrived at the is full grown, and has a slight groove on ts internal surface (which generally dis appears with age, the tusk itself becom ing more rounded ana blunt,) ana at six the kernel or mark is worn out of the middle front teeth. There will still be a difference of color in the middle of the tooth. Tlie tusks have now attained their full growth, being nearly or quite an inch in length, convex without, concave within, tending to a point and extremity some what curved. Now, or perhaps some months before, the horse may be said to have a perfect mouth. "At seven years the mark, as describ ed, is very nearly worn out of the four center nippers, and fast wearing away in the corner teeth, especially in mares; but the black still remains in the center fit the teeth, and is not completely filled until the animal is eight years old. As he gets on past seven( the bridle teeth begin to wear away. "At eight the kernel has entirely dis appeared from all the lower nippers, and begins to decrease in the middle nippers. It is How said to be 'past mark of mouth.' There are indications however( after this age, which will enable . a very shrewd observer to guess very closely at a horse's age, but none that can be relied upon by observers. As horses be comes advanced in years llie gums shrink away and the teeth exhibit a long and narrow appearance; they lean more forward and assume an arched shape," (Jueer Foreign Freaks. The Cfcar of Russia has established a honk in Poland. The money is lonned to the farmers, secured by their land. When bad years come ho interest is col lected. Great Britain advanced the money to drain the wet farm lands of that coun try. Five per cent of the capital was returned annually for twenty years and one year more to pay tlie expense of handling) when the debt was cancelled and the land drained. Cleveland had just as much authority to loan that $57,000,000 to the farmers as he had to loan it to the bankers who now loan it to business men to move the crops. It wohld have been a master move in Drover if he had tried that way of putting the surplus in circulation. James Wilson in Iowa Homesteadi Lonle Royce. Miss Lottie- Kovcei whose heroic ac tion during the Nebraska blizzard in sav ing tlie lives of her school children has iriven her a nllice amowr tlm heroines of tlie country, lw fully rscdrered from the illness caused by lier exposure to th bitter cold and by the amputation of lier frozen limbs. Althotlgh n !opeless cripple for life tM little' wtotnan looks bravely toward tlm fUtlMi MM bears lier Atte wlthiWKiltttJttttWavtht Cheerful A (Joodlountr). The following is an extract from a let ter written by a gentleman who lives only a short distance east of here to one of the newsjiapers at his former home in Iowa and there published. It describes this part of Nebraska so definitely that one might suppose he had been viewing Sioux county while writing. "For a good, healthy and pleasant climate, good, rich and productive soil, pure Sarkling water, rich and nutrici ous grasses, yood crops, and every tiling calculated to make a pleasant and prof itable place to live, we will st'ike north western Nebraska against the world, j Indeed our climate is absolutely fine, I and to average it for the year we think it will beat the Pacific coast. Eartl quakes anil tornadoes are nnknown in this Mirt of Nebraska. In fact, when we take everything into consideration and consider it lairly, we nnd that na ture has done a great deal for this coun try, and that we get but little of the bit ter and any amount of the sweet, and when the country becomes fully devel oped and improved, we will have one of the most leautiful countries on the face ot tlie globe, ncli and fertile in the ex treme. Our natural grasses furnish good feed for stock the year round, and now the range cattle are thriving and doing well without any feed whatever except the grass as it grew and cured ov er the prairies. It is true that it is not all honey up here, and that the settlers have to endure privation, but the day is near at hand when they can live at their ease and look back and thank heav en they came to Nebraska when they did." The Iowa Railroad Law. In discussing Judge Brewer's decision in ttie Jowa railroad case, the inter Ocean brings out prominently the fact that while railroad stock lias decreased in the market, railroad bonds have in creased. Considering this fact the Inter Ocean says: The fact is that a great deal of our American railway system was almost wholly built and equipped by bonds, and to that extent the latter really represent all the actual invest ment made. Here, for example, is a railway which cost fifteen millions of stock and twelve millions of bonds. That would be no specially unusual con dition of affairs, Tlie bonds were turned over to construction and equipment companies in payment for the road and rolling stock. The contractors figured the bonds at par in making their arrang ments, but gladly sold them for seventy five cents on a dollar, and made money at that. The stock was substantially all a bonus, and the bedrock cost was not to exceed eight millions. In many cases the showing would be still worse than this if the bottom facts could be arrived at, and the par value of stock and bonds would be at least three times the actual cost of the property. Now such stock as that never ought to be dividend pay ing. If the line develops enough net revenue to redeem the coupons of the bonds as they fall due, that ought to be enough, and even an occasional lapse would hardly be a serious infraction of justice. To attempt to put rates high enough to make such shares of stock revenue-bearing is trying to squeeze blood out of a turnip. That investors are more and more realizing- the situa tion, as shown by the Wall street mar ket reports of the last year, is an encour aging sign of the times. Ex. Special Offer For the next three months We expect to publish a great number of letters written by parties here relative to the country and its many advantages for successful farming and stock raising, and if you are interested in having your friends back east know just how good a country this is, subscribe for the Jour nal and have it sent to thenll For this purpose we propose to donate half and wijl send the paper at half price to non residents for the next three months, Remember; only one dollar will send the Journal to your friend for a year; fifty cents for six months and twenty-five cents for three months. Do this and assist in giving Sioux county a genuine booim If I hnd the teachiror of one hundred blessed girls today, I would drop the lan guages and the classics and the accom plishments from the list; I would close un the text books and turn ths black- boards' Ethiopian faces to tlie wall and give a solid years lesBon in human nature-. How they average in Latin should be of not so much account as how tlyvteroge in honor and loyalty and heaven born nuritvt What marks they made in Algebra should matter lit tie compared to what sweet deeds of courtesy and helpful lov they scored from day to day.' Ttleir standing in scholarship ahouW' pole into' insignifi cance Uefbre theif standing inthe ability h. O. HULL, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. HARRISON, - NEB. GEORGE WALKER, ATTORNEY-ATLA W. Will practice before all courts and the United States land otlice. Business entrusted to my care will re ceive prompt attention. HARRISON, - - NEB. H. T. CONLEY, Attoriiey-at'Law. Will practice in all State mid Federal courts, and United States Laud oflice. Pre-emption and tirnl)er culture filings made. Contests initiated, prosecuted or de fended. Office on Main street, Harrison, Nebraska. fl. F, THOMAS, - STJBVBYOB, A-VD GENERAL- LAND AGENT OF FIFTEEN YEARS EXPERIENCE; Is well acquainted with the U. S. land laws and rulings of this depart ineU.. Keeps plats of Sioux county and eastern Wyoming, and has done work from Chadron-to the Laramie plains, am! from North Platte to the Dakota line. Ue fur nishes good entertainment to visitors and' immigrants in this the most wonderful corner of Nebiiiska. H miles norm west of Harrison. Have 640 acres of me best' winter pasture to let. THE HARRISON NOVELTY W'KS. All kinds of Wood &Iron Work SATISFACTORILY DONE. New and Improved Machinery is Con-' stantly being added.- I RESPECTFULLY Solicit Your Patronage, C. L. TUBUS, Prop. M. H Warneke, -THE PIONEER MERCHANT -OF- Is always rerkdy, assisted by hisgenial olerk,-Mr ThomS Reidy, to wait upon their many customers vvith a COMPLETE STOCK -Of - FAMILY" SUPPLIES, Dry Goods, Boots arid' Shoes, Groceries, Queertswiire, FloUry Feed Ac. &c, at lowest1 Bd& RoGfc riees: (4lVit tl4tj CAiiL ANIV