AV.
Many Brssdora of Animals Aswmblo in
Colorado's Capital.
IMPORTANT GATHERING OF BUSINESS MEN
llrnit I'npcr it ml martini
Triple * "if Internal liiti-roitlnu
I.HIor In Id'tiil from
Ullson.
KJontlmied from rim Page )
the history of the war botxxorn the sheep
nnd cattlemen , ho predicted that the Jnv
of laiiRo cattle lierdi will soon bo past Jtnl
favored the loading of public landa Jind the
rntlro hreakltm up of free ringcs as the
only tntani or stopping tattle and sheej.
wars
11. M Allen of Ames Neb . followed In an
address on "Tho Fattened Steer. " Mr.
.Allen In jciicral manager of the Standard
compan ) nnd hli address was lircely
10 nis pxppricnco In IceUllig He
The nr t fopdlnt ; \\yomlliK cittlP I
Know nnylhitiK of was by tlio Swun oom-
piny , I ImiiRlnc on the roKiilnr fnrmcrV
i-tylc. In lown , nnil they \\pro follovvpd by
the Union Lompiny , In distilleries which led
1o tin- construction of barns. Thrse , ( lie
Inrns. WPIO regarded AX lib Krent cure ! < lt >
by fanntirt niul othera In the corn fctatis
unit It \ \ m conlldpntlv prodlctwl that thcv
ttould piovo to bo failures , nnd It must be
ponfpnie'd that their actual txpeilPiicc hns
falrlj well Justlllcd.tho forecast TiiPti * Is
no Jnstllle.itlon foi btilldliiK a bxrn for fi l-
JtiR l.u m numbers of cittlp iniltss thuy Iirp
to be fed on the waste of somt manufactory.
J IIP "tatlonirj position of tbp citile. with
out Lxorclso , makps It nccessiry to IISP mn-ut
( Tie and Hklll to 711 event 11 bitkset t iklnn
plaoe , nnil about 10 ppr rent of thp cittk'
luuu to be put In oub-lilc lota to llnlsh , In
any event.
Tlie Hist bTrns ort < Intended foi the usp
of cooked food , which i > rpd a fallacy .ind
onllniry meal feeding w.is adopted , ind In
the cnso of thp Standaril , while we never at
tempted cooked food , wo hiixc usp1 our b.irn
In but six wIntels out or twelve , this pres
ent winter belntf one of them. I am this
winter fpodlnn to him cittle onH ( > per
cunt of the main fed to ciltle In outside lots
mid up to the present time tin \ haxe hid
only shioddcd corn stoxer for rounhntss.
Thr ' .ixlns of wrilti In slmonth - Isoith
nboiit } JO/XK ) dollars nt the present price of
< < i.lln , which Indlcxles thp s.ixlni ; po'slble
v alntcr ofiOd'iit coin m 'i jeir of
, * ? Oiu bnrn cittle are miking ex en
IHOsioss this winter on sixteen pounds of
tfriiln pei day. pllshtlj less , rpall\ , and thi >
( juiln tier head xvlll probiblv bo nearly. If
not unite , as ; oed rutslde , and tlie eionom >
a teal one Such barns , howoxei , will never
bo built atfiln , evci pt for feeding i .viisie
lirodiiLt , and exi n foi this purpose thex' in iy
jprhaps IIP illspi > n'd with I xxas told In
Chlpnuo the othPi dix that tlll slop Is now
IxliiB dilcd and tie solid matter c-ack"jl and
Hhipped oxn the c nntry for food for llxe
ntotK , and leet pulp N no fed In Xi'lu isk i
to both eittle alul sluep In the opt-n air ,
Bhecp i.itlnK It hcartIK oxen when fioren
There It such n x'Civ Kicat sax Ins of food
to bp mule throilBh HIP \\.iitnth , sin Her and
quiet of n Inrn that I hope some div to be
able to ( instruct one tiat will admit sutll-
cMmt movoinent nnd e\e'c se xml romcvo the
otilv objection to them
1'oedliiR it a nunibei of different stations
Is i bettei plan thin to colic i t i lir e num
ber of entile at onp point , which Inxolveo a
cist foi catrl ice of fond sutllclPiit to tuin
the ( -cile of piollt and loss tu .1 close je.ir
IJeipfore , while in my persons x\ho noxx ffel
on i lain'e scile In Hie coin states mo con
tinue to do so and while the IP imy be In
the futuie a irKdoritc niimhii of 1 irue feed-
ns , there Is no economic tendency for the
buslnes to glow Into the lmpi > of large
conipmles , but uitner the rr\erae
The1 most conspicuous moximont In cattle
fppdlng In the Hut tXMlxe . .iirs has been
the. establlshm nt and mc-xth of foedllii ; In
Tex is prim IP illy on i ( ton seed in I Its
nroduc's The number ofe ittlo- now imonnts
to JIO.WW to " > O.OiV ) beid nnnnilly and tin
ciuallty mid price of tin b < st TPX'TS fc'il cattle -
tlo Is equal to th it of good nortlnxestein ,
fed In the c oru st lies Including fe 1 Wyo
ming ind Montana Ttxins W > omlnw ind
Montan i natives of line ciuxlltxuoll flnlshe I
bvciieful feeders , nutiinlly hilng a higher
pi lee This nitiit il and proper disposition
of cnttle anil cotton = ecd products Is of tnp
utiiioKt vilne to Te\.is and \\onld be fui-
thor lucre iscd by a conscientious Improxe-
inent of the eittle thomsclxes The sales of
inaturi'd fat cittlo should rotuin to the
state spxeuil millions of dollars moie Hi in
toi'ay. At this limp the tendency Is to 1m-
proxp the cittle , ind as the pastures me In
good ordc r in doubt In i xeir or txxo Texas
fed cattle xxlll ho heivler xnd better .mil le-
turn moie money to the state.
rORAOn AND SVG Vn HEKTS.
I haIxllexed for a numlier of > e us that
feeding forigu and sugar beets xxlth hay
ixould ilxe good results In the hay and al-
filfv feeding districts of Colorido mil nd-
% jicentI lies Dr Oressxxell told me of a
sucLpssfnl experiment there a number of
> ears ago and I snppoi * he has folloxvtd It
up since Wheat , Inrlex ind oils , xxlti the
sti ixv that belongs to them would be the
last of food stuffs and perhaps arpi fed ttl-
i uly I doubt , henxtvoi If they are freelj
used In fittenlng citt'e They should be
lie > xn\or and doubtless 111 be ftcl largelx1
In the future The > could bo fed to good
ndxintige xxlth beet-t and xxlth ixlfilfa. It
Is nexer , i gocxl plan to feed cattle ox-
< luslxolx" on one. kind of food as the >
qnli kl > lose Interest In It and the ippetlte
Jlags The result desired , a gain In tle.sh
and fit , comes fiom the amount of food
tictinlly digested Therefoie , It Is deMnible
1e > make the animals eat the largest possible
nm tint compatible xvlth complete digestion
and the m ilntennnco of thoroughly Rood
health Toimeily the' Idei appears to hix <
pi ex illed th it fattening of anlmils AXIIS ae-
ciiniplUhed by some specks of wltchcrift
or sli-lgbt-of-'iniid or HIP go d will of heaxui.
lint In leulltj It Is nothing but ] > ourlng the
Ingest ciumtlty of piotc-ln and cirboh > -
di ites Into the anlnnls that their sj stems
< in n tain and digest. I think there has
Inun too much tendency to an cxcesslxely
large use. of cotton seed In Texas , xxlthout
a , siilllclent amount of hay corn stoxer or
gialn , leading in that country to the belief
Hi il c idle would go blind after about ninety
di > s of feeding , but xx ilchl may bo dltllcult
to conect In Texan becau'o liny mid rough
fongo ire often devir In that htate.
In some feafroni h iy and alfalfa feeding
hnxe been wonderfully successful In Colo-
rid" peeiillirly In the spring of ' 91 , nnd
ngiln I think , In the. tuning of 'Si , I have
peen excellent Imi fed cattle , but I think
Ihe u suits of reeding are not .so certain nnci
rellilile. as with grain Thcro Ins always
In en more or lespiejudlce against the car
cass of alfalfa-fed cattle V.'hen the Htates
ixext of the corn belt feed migir and forage
lioels. xxlth ha > . and the addition of all the
lurley , xxheat and oils the prle-o of those
< ummodltles xxlll Justify , also t-omo e'otton
cr linseed cake , I believe that cattle In the
mountain states will be ralnod and llnUhed.
} lidding as good carcans as any other cat
tle , not meaning to exclude the. Ide-a that at
the piesont time some poitlon of such cattle
are t-o finished toilay , hoxx many I do not
.
Some of the ordlnnrj results In our oxxp
PNpeilpnc'e hive been about as follows- a
long find of Ilxo to six en months on nil
axerage the net gain pi r bead after the cit
tle haxe arrlxed at mailtet has been about
2V ) pmnds In a buntli of Kmbai cittle last
\eir I made iv net giln of S > 2 pounds In11
daxs Tlie last se i-on v.as xeiy unfavor-
nblt for raiilil fattening and In any exent
xx o genoralix spend fiom thlity to sixty
< laji In a piellmln uy foul hofoio xxe attempt
to put Ihein on to a full feed'e nhxajs
Ingln marketing HOIIIU cattle as bhirtly as
possible aftei they haxe lit come settled at
Anus and the lange Reason Is oxoi. tcndlntt
to iciluru Ihe Jivei.igo gain per neau ami
with huge mimbois of cattle ported and
mot oil about xx'illo the > ure on their pro-
llmlnarj feed thorn Is much disturbance
and uductlQii of ttm net t-aln.
Out shrinkage In ulaxen years amounted to
Si pounds per head betxxeen Ames and
I'hiiaco , on something o\or M.oni ) cattle
The cost of food and labor pel bead
ranged from 413 to f.14 , llslng to a high flg-
iii e In stMbcma of dear corn Seasons of
high pi lees for corn and other foodstuffs
luxe been | nxarlabl > folloxxed by a striking
mix .nice In thu pi Ice of cattle , xxlth a pioflt
in fc i ding
The feeding of cattle vxlth snapped coin
( ind ear coin , fillowod by .shelled corn.
with plenty of hay , particularly with the
addition of borne blue gr.m pistiiro run
ning into the winter and beginning early
In 1 10 spring , and xxlth horn following after
the nittle , is , In my opinion , If the cittlo
tin mselxex are of tmlllccntty good qunlll > .
as i tfeellve and pconomli'al a system of
fueling as tan possibly be found.
n horning has become xx Idely practiced
In thi list txxelxo > e.irs.Vo haxo alxxa > a
diliuined some slnco the fall of 'SI , and the
lint fall xxe dehorned more t'inn 4,000 head.
it U only xxlthln a comparatively short
tlnu that It has been possible to secure
< irtfullj pieparcd nnd reliable llgnres. on
th. n. suits of cattle feeding- , but xxithliithi !
] IBI UXI.M | > jears or so there has been col-
Ui'ied fiom experiment stations nnd from
other sources a good deal of knoxx ledge with
> ' 'hurd to it , us exact UK the butdniss xUll
admit of u xxlll tie illlilcnlt to llnd in un
xnmlmition of theae exact lljfiirfs In the
'Mug on of lU'sli , or In other points , na
large results ui may bo learned from a can-
vorsAtlon with any ordinary rattle feeder.
On our liiso numbers cf imincii citllo
Inclining rows jnd miny c'd ' shelly IVxas
cows ftt thut It Is lmpo ll > le to inakc great
gains nnd 1 do not bclloxp the ixerigo net
K.iln on nil ram-fed cuttle is as much ns
23) ) pounds.
wo hftxo vldPnl1y passed the pilnt xxhcre
any rangp country vxlll send to market the
ureat supplies of ( food gras < beeves we have
icon In thf last eight yrars , Oood cattle
from certain sections will continue to come
for some time , but the i > ropto slvo clianae I
we ha\e Allnp'SPd xxlll continue , and grass
Montanas xxlll nevr again hold the Im
portant position they imxo In recent years
up to 1S7
Making href , | > oik and mutton appears to
be xx hat nature designed this country for ,
and our plilns nnd coinflclds He nearer to
the evntpp of the greatest meat-consuming
population of the xxorld than any other
area where forage can be crown cheaply
faithful effort nnd skill , nnd a xxise use of
our adxantages , will glvo us security In a
calling so xxholcsome and enjojabln thnt
nobles and millionaires engage in It for
ploisure , and a < 3 relaxation from the cares
of business seek citnfort and pence In brief
communion with the loxcly animals xxhoao
soft parti of honest contemplation tells of
the dream that Is npxor finished
The aftei noon session opened \xlth a scrips
of papers on "Contairlous HlsenscsCfcctlng
Values of Live Stock " Dr Charles Orcss-
xxoll , state veterinarian of Colorado , read the
first , troitlng on "Tho Best Methods of Pre
Or A T Peters of the UnlxersUy uf Ne
braska spoke dn "Advancement In Controll
ing Diseases " He said :
PAPHii ny rnrnns.
Amir ? the foiemost factors In controlling
contagious diseases may be mentioned the
snnl.Hiy and iiuirantltip laxxs enacted and
enforced by our government The advan
tages of these law a will be seen In the erad
ication of contagious pleuro-pnptimonli
from the United States , and In the prpxcn-
tlon of thp spread of Texas fever to the
northern states. When we speak of an
animal being Immune ngalnst a disease , xxe
mem that * It possesses the property of xxard-
Ing on an attack of the disease against
which it Is immune Immunltx Is of thre >
kinds Natural , hereditary and acquired.
As an example ot Inhfrlted Immunity I
xxlll lefer ion to the Aiglet Hheop All of
vou xxho are aequnlnted with the literature
of anthrax know that this sheep Is Immune
iiom anthrax and cm be pastured on In-
fec-tcd land that Is extremely fatal to other
species This breed , wo find , inherit thtlr
To Illustrate natural Immunity , 1 will
ippeit the experiment known to laboratorj
Inxpstltrntors , that Held mice ire not HIIB-
teptlble to eptlcaemla Another Instance
tl at is familial to all veterinarians Is that
no cao is recorded , In the history of xetei-
Inary medicine in xhlch the eoxv has oon-
traotc d gl inders.
Acquit ed Immunity max be i ffected by rc-
c-ivery from an attack of u disease or bx
vaccination ngilnst subsprut-nt | attacks
Immunity In this cjse in iy last a lifetime
an In COIX-DOX Asiln It
mnj list only to
n. brief period , is In the eise of Iniluenrv It
hois , M Mnrtover. In t ei tain dlse ises the te
ver cof Inimunlt } Is true For Instance i
pei son haxlng Ind m ilarlal fever Is mbr
susceptible to a s ( < .0,1i , ( utl , k , hnn , f
10 Hist .at UK In still other Instances no
Immunity whatever Is produced Such a
disease Is tuberculosis In mm and animals
bo xve llnd tint xacelnatlon U useless onlx
in cases xx here Immunltj can b" ptoduced
CAIIPU or IMMUNITY
, oThiP ' } "tr U.i011 uul rilu < ip ot Immunltv dp
pend
on factors .
of which xx - Invo no
certali
knoxx I. . cb7 , > -I ne .ilfforent Investigators haxe
-
expounded dlfi-erent tlieoiles That of Ant
n'V T' A" , l""e ' ' most no ed
sivs that thp.
xxhlte cells of the b'coi
liino thepoxxer of dpstroxlng by digestlim
the m c io-oiK.mlsm that Inxaclp
the sx ste n
xnd thus protect thr. body from InfPctlon
If on the other hand , these white' i-ornn-e-le
nfectlons -I'li'iftn I'lexeinmg tne growth of th
organisms , the biUeila get the
uppf-r hand and the inlm.il suffers fatal In
fectlon Again , If these cells 'ucctp ] II
. .i" ° n th ° " .i-1 ' they h ' ' ' " ' "ic them
" * lullo
0f
I1" " ! gprms and
are
, ,
h n ,11
imV9 , , I " ' ? resli't t'll ' * KPHii as long as the
mmunlty
lasts , the time
x irxlnsr. is has
bron shoixn , In different ilKeise"
Hiichner has put some rps'ilrtlons on this
tieoij since he has shoxxn tint after the
white c-orpu-epo .
are. destroxed bj fiep/lnp
thp gprmlcldal poxxpr of thp blood still ro
n i ns He liter concludps that
although the
.xlilte .
corpuscles do
furnish a gprmlcld.i
ppwni thev , i0 not , ] 0 so aH n ru0 | by ac.tua
digestion of the germ Other observers
li.ivo "Incp noted that the germlcidxl
of the blooj Is contained In the white power blood
eorpus Ies
I'n-tpur explained thp phenomenon In this
ix ay. Hie germ of each specific ( Use ise finds
a 'peolil substance on which to llxe and .so
soon as this subst mop xicot ] „ „ tla ] erm
can no onger exist Ketlce the inlmoi
le-
malm ci Immune until thH substance
w is
re
new ed In the sjstem
Clniiveiu oxil lined the mitter from n
chemleal standpoint HP suggested tint ac
quired Immunity was due tex xxastp pr luc' '
of tie gum , xxhlch ipmilned fn thp s'v tpm
iV'i1 ' ' . " < lh Ul ° "Prm llMlf ! C0lll(1 not * e
This Is Illustiated by the x'Pist pi xnt , xxhlch
In gimxlng , produces alcohol , xhleh , In turn
pro bib ts further groxxth of the germ
All these theoilpq have been vigorously at-
-
t poked bs nehrlng , who has done so much In
serum therapy In the list sex en year-- His
theorj , which his bum quite generallj ac
cepted l that the animal attacked gives off
a snec Illc antitoxic substance
, which chem-
lealb neutralizes or antagonlyps < = peclllc
trxlns or poisons , as acids neutnllzo bases
Ihe litest theory at our command Is the
so-called "grinulm" theory that there are
Pie-put In fie blood free granules derlxed
from the white oorpu'eli-s of the blood , that
destroy the disease * microbe
It might be of Interet. ! to thp stopkniPii to
know Homethlng of the manner of prepara
tion of these so-called antitoxins So I will
biloflv outline the methods praptlced at our
own laboratory In manuMctnilng antitoxin
for hog cholera. The germs are obtained
from the blood of an animal tint has lust
died of hog cholera. These germs are then
grown In beef broth , for three or four days
At the end of this tlma these ctiltuies thus
formed irp Injected beneath the skin of a
horse The dose at first Is only one-hun
dredth of n pint but this doe Is gr.aduallx
Increased mid the Injpctlons ec-ntlnui'd at In
tervals of pvety txxo weeks until the hor'o
Is able to receive about cne-quaitei of a
pint of the llxe culture without s'lOAlng auj
symptoms of a fexer The borne has then
apqulrel considerable Inimunlt ) and about
one-half a gallon of his blood is draxvn
The serum or xvatery part tint rises to the
top xxben the blood coagulates Is draxxn off
placed In sterilized bottlcw and Is ready for
use The horse may bp bli'd ex cry month
xxlthout shoxxlng any 111 effects from the
operation ,
ANTHRAX
Pasteur found that bv exposing thp an
thrax gpim to abnormal heat It generally
lost Its xlrulence. becoming xeakpr , rurther.
more , he noted that sheep inoculated xxlth i
uiiv vniif * m'u. null stfC'Ulldiy XXItll n
stronger virus xxc.ro piotected against sub-
spciupiit Inoculations of a llvo culture of the
anthrax germ that proxed fatal In a shepn
not ° o protected. A public test of this ex-
pnrlment xxas made , In ' .xhlch txxonty-flx'o
sheep xvnro yacclnatctd by this method , other
twenty-five worn left unx-acclnated nnd all
were publicly Inoculate 1 xvith a llx-o culture
of the anthrax germ. The result was a per
fect success ; all the unvacclnuted nnlm ils
died of anthrax , the vaccinated ones xxero
not even sick Slnco IfiSl vaccination for an-
thtax has boon practiced nil oxvr the xxorld ,
and "In Trance alone dtirlnir the txxelvt-
so.iis Biiccoedlng Its Introduction the suing
has bnon tstlmated at about 3COX ( sheep and
OXPI20HX ) head of cattle"
HlacH leg xx as for a long lime thought to
bn Identical * lth anthi ix. but through 110
labors of Ailolng , Corncxin and Thomas a
specific germ foi this dlsoaso has been Iso
lated. I xxlll not consume any more timeIn
discussing' the success that XMcclnatlon has
met xxlth In this dl'can ) as I notice another
gentliman Is to read a piper on this mih-
jectThe
The bpium tieitmont of tetanus or look-
Jixv has Interested the voterlnarj profession
for the list sinen yeai It xxns hoped for
a iimu iiiai. inu .iiiiiiuxii * neriim XXOUKI ie
effei'tlxe is a curatlx'o agent , but the recent
experiments and data at hand hue oh urly
demonstrated tint xxhen the symfitoms of
up isms have * ei In the scium lias only a
limited ciiratlxo cffoct Pro' Nopard sa > s
lioxxoxer , that It In a good prexentatlve It
should lie uwtl , therefore- loc illtlesxxiitre
tetanus Is known to exist , In cases xxhero
x-aluablo horses receive
deep-seated punc
tures that ha\o a tendeiuy to heal on th
oiit'ldp as the gcim does not grow 'xxhen
txposed to the. air
Oonniiny Is especially fortunate In hnxlng
stilct Hinltary regulitlons In controlling
ilnderpost , but this disease still runs un-
chucke I to n great extent In Africa , Russia
and certain parts of Austria. Although
this disease dors not exist In this coun
try. > oii might perhaps bo Interested In
learning what adxMiieements are being
made In checking It where It Is noiv pliy-
jng such Imoe Recently the Ungllsh gov-
einment has secured the services of Prof
Koch to Inx'estlgate this disease In Africa
Vaccination Is practiced In thu folloxxlng
manner The bile Is taken from mi animal
Immediately after It has died of rinderpest
The hlld Is then treated xvlth gljeerlnu and
placed In sterilized Husks , ipmly for use
AnlniaU tieatcd with thU cyperlmentally.
could , after certain days , receive blood con
taining the live germ , without showing any
simptoma of dlseat-o. It has been shown
that the protective noxver lasts for three
months only , but If the Immunity wore nb-
Miluto ex on for this short period. It would
be practical to vaccinate the- animals every
Ihreo months , If Ihe dl eao Is suspected In
Texas'fex-er should al ) o be mentioned In
this connection , as experiments uro being
wurled on with a > Uw of Immunizing north
ern cittle by the scium treatment The ro.
sul's ' so fir npurttd do not RXP ! "iitllfl. nt
ovidpnco to Justify one in stating t it the
erum will prox'o an absolute prrx n on , but
the rp-ports nrp t-neouraKliiR
HOO CHOUKIIA
J'robablx the dl'easp most IntprpstlnR to
stockmen la hog cholera Vaccination
ngftlnst this dl ei p Ins boon InORIIC for
some ) ears. but recently experiments hive
been nude xxlth the serum treatment. Or.
1.C.1H17. of Darmsn It. Oprmany , has px-
peilmented with eram taken from Immune
rabbits nnd pigs , xxhlch pioxed succes 'ul ,
nnd his mpthod was bought by the German
Roxerninpnt of Prussia for thp purpose of
making fiolr own serum and o'tabllshlng
( tatlons for tint purpo p all ox'pr HIP ( oun-
try. It has been recently announced that
he- has sccurpil a chemical from the prum
which ho claims contains the protectlxo
Power Or Paul Toppppr nnnounces that
he has Injpctrei animals xxlth this protcrtlxo
chomlp.il and "ni not had vrry good success
xxlth It
The oxpprimpnt1"lth anti-hot ; cholori
sprum earrlpd rn In 1S % by HIP Nebraska
Experiment station xxerp continued during
1S97 , Previous to ln t xear xxe Injected the i
hpruin alone and succended In producing Im- '
munlty that lasted onlv for a limited period '
Hut last > ear , and so fir this scar , we haxe
given n Ilxo culture of the geim. In connec
tion with the seiiim and have demons-rated |
that by this method xxe could n t give the i
disease even In a slight form We h\xe also
treated piggy sows by thl method without |
producing abottlon or nnv deleterious efi i
fnntt , Aim , , , O fflirtn hltn Itnnn IrpltPIl
by us xxlth this method The
final reports are not yet at b mil , but those
so far received nrp very encouriglng , and I
bdloxu thnt with this combination ot vac
cination and scrum treatment wo have suc
ceeded In lengthening the period of Immu
nity , though the exact Ipngth has not yet
bppn determined
I have tnod to point out that , aside from
nuarmtlne. regulations and sanitation , ro-
cpiit Inxpstlgatlons have shown that con
tagious diseases can be't be controlled by
v ice limtlon , and In fe-.i casps by the vprum
treatment Trup HIP litter Is stilt In Its In.
fancy , and xxo hue inueh to le-arn about It ,
but expprlmplits In nearly exerv contxglous
disease are being conducted along this line ,
and we may hopp for HIP time w ion xxe will
have a reined ) for all these scourges. I
than' < ycu for your attention.
"Ticks In Texas , " wns the title of a paper
on splenetic , or Texas fexcr , by Dr. Victor
A. Norgoad of Washington , U C Ho re
ported that experiments In dipping cattle
infected xvlth ticks In paraffin oil had
proven siiccojaful In preventing the spread
of the fexer , and ho believed the pioceti
of vaccination would vxlthln a je.ar. to u
great extent , solve thu whole splenetic fexoi
problem
Colonel W R Skinner , manager of the
fitork > arils of Tort Worth , Tex follow el
In a paper on the oimo subject He ex-
prevscd the hope tint dipping experiment
would finally solxo the problem
A P. Hush , president of thu Texas Cattle
Ralseis' assoc'.itlon spoke on "Uest Meth
ods of nnhancliiK Wvo Stock Intelesta In
the West" flln address was a plea for more
ss > tcmatle methods In stock raising , bctte-
breeds , better feed anA better care , he gaxo
as the secret of stircc3
M 12 Knowlos , stale xetorinarlan of Mon
tana treated the subject c > ' ' Glanders "
Richard Gibson of Ontario upoko o > i
"Shuep In Cngland and Canada " He gaxo
many of the peculiarities of the different
breeds of sheep In thcso countries and the
reasons for thcue peculiarities He gaxc
figure's to shoxv the profit iblenc a of sheep
raising Ho gaxe considerable attention to
the methods of feeding and euro of la-libs ,
asserting that in many caics lambs had boon
made to gain an axerage of thiee-quartera
of a pound a day from birth till icadv for
market IIo de-Mated that Hngllsh methods
not only furnished the most rapid growth ,
luit tlio hmt nnntttx * of meat
A vote of thanks -xxas given by a rising
vote for the paper
George II. Wallace , secretary of Now Mexico
ice , spoke on "Sheep In the United States "
Ho said In paif
WALLACE'S ADDRESS
The two-Ilfths of the United States lying
west of the ICOth melldian Is not and nex'er
will be , except In spots , a dxli ) country
I'oi ) ou the mono ) is In tic ste-i. the
sheep mil the hois0. Your coxxs must be
kept as calf raisers and not as dairy coxxs
Nexertheless , you e in and ought for ) our
oxxn good ( but not for ems In the , j.riln
and grass states ) , to produce buttei e-qlial
to jour boniu d-mands Whit ) ou need
note Is the .special purpose dali ) eoxx. You
should fied hoi on alfalf i , on bian and oats ,
01 bailey. You must not expect i-ood re
sults If > om eoxxs haxe to travel , as your
steers do , going miles each day for food
and water Dairying Is the occupation the
xxorld ovei. not of the large fanner , but of
the firmer xxnose holdings are llml ed. I
do not see xxh ) In any of the mountain
states dalolng tiny not be xeiy profitable
with this plan cf fanners , provided they
will put bnins Into It
The evening season opened with a papei
from SecieU' y Wilson cf the Department
of Agriculture on "What Is the Government
Doing for the Llvo stock Interests" The
secretary xxas not able to attend and hL ,
paper xxi-s rend by the reading cleik , as fol-
loxxs
Your program committee has asked me to
send you a letter , coxerlng the point , "AVhat
Is our government doing lor the stock Inter-
e.sts' ' " Probibly the best xvork the goxem
inent Is doing for thu stock Intel est Is In
connection xvlth the experiment stations
and agrlcnltuial colleges , xxhere stock breedIng -
Ing and feeding aie taug > it to the jouns
farmers and xxh re experimentations are
carried on regarding all the fe aures of stock
raisins. vvheie the .matomy and phsloog ! )
of the animals aie taught , composition of
the forapo onhlch they llxe , and tie
sciences xxhlch apply to the most economic
feeding , for the best development of the ani
mal and In the interest of the pocketbook
of tie owner. Tills Is probably the ver )
best work that Is being done.
I cannot Im iglne successful stock groxxlng
xxlthout connection xxlth the daliy , ex'cn In
the mountain states This should b > glxen
more attention , and I am sure the people of
the mountain states xxlll glxe It more atten.
tlon. The colleges have been doing xxork
In teac-.ilng the PLLtires | that underlie d ilr > -
Ing. The ) hiue been doing xxorlc along this
line long enough to teach good dairying to
such an extent as to Justify this departm ° nt
In finding markets abroad for American
butter , xx tilth Is equal to any made ) In the
world. Tnls all comes from Me emloxxment
by the United States of colleges nnd exj ) ° il-
mcnt stations.
I have In mind noxv the organization ot
xvork In some of the experiment stations , for
the purpose of getting facts In consecutlxo
ordei regarding the feeding of animals from
Lhelr earliest Infancy to maturity I xxlll
Illustrate the necessity for farmers' bulle
tins along1 this line , The joun ? talngs Just
uorn are 6 > per com xx-aier 'inoy must
roxx bone and inusclo and fat , and get all
these things from their latlon When they
miture the case is quite different Their
bones have grown , their muscles are ox-
[ ended , and they require only fat When a
Clinch of mature animals are put up to fat
ten , fattening Is nil thnt takes p'ace. An
mlmnl can bo groxxn up t3 18 and IS months
of ago Jind gain on an average of one pound
n Ilxo xx eight fiom five pounds of dry mat
ter In Its food , xxhere the intlon nns been
iropprly adjusted to the ige of the animal
The feeders of mature animals It hna been
found b ) Inxe-tlgatlon , get only one pound
of gain from ten pounds cf dry mat'cr In
the ration. This Is an Illustration of the
necessity for more knoxv1 die of the princi
ples tnat underlie feeding
I am satisfied that the tango hoise if
10 Is kept gioxxlng throughout the xx Inter
by the addition of a lltto ! 7raln to his rangp
condition , xxould be made to xvelgh. WH
loundn more ) than h does noxv xxhcn 4 xears
of age lie xxould then make the best e.i\-
ilr ) i ( 'mount In the world At pi < = ser.t it
an ho Hild that ho has Ho best feet , legs
vitality nrd lungs of any liorso In the world ;
nit ho Is not qiilt heavy enous ' It Is eii-
llclv linictli .lblo fnr the runirn npnnln In In-
lease ils weight to the requirements of the
unions xxho buy xeiy extensive ! ) This Is
he first sursestlon I vxould mak regarding
he tango horse. There are txvo x\as by
xx hli h the ranch people can get clu ip
trains Po slbly for Immediate UPO It ml < ; ht
io xxlsiat to send to the states of NM > rafl' < a
CHiisas and loxva for'corn , but eventiui.ly
he rich vallea of the mountain states
should be Irrigated to u great extent , and In
hla wa ) feed for the animals In winter
en b procured.
I nm ut xxork endenorlng to sot facts re-
gaidlng American horses from all sections
> f the ( otintr ) Just xxhat x.ehaxe , etc
I am also getting facts regaidlng the ic-
lulremenls of foreign coun'rles Uroat
Jrltaln , rraiuij , Germany , Iltlslum , etc ,
along this line The low prli a for horses
lurlnr the last fexv ) e-ars has done one good
Jilnw for UH It has beared the horao mar-
eel and shown conclusively that xxe can
nodueo hews cheaper tian any other
country can This undoubtedly will dls-
ourate the production of horses In UIOSH
orelgn ( ountrlen. In fact , I hav < > direct ovl.
deuce of this effect. The opportunity Is
noxv present for us to develop Just xxhat
hose p'oplo ixnnt Wo have a very profit-
nblo trade with them In cattle , and wo may
mve a profitable trndo In horses , becausu
ho foundation of the one.ls thu foundation
of the other cheap grains and grasses.
STUDJ1S' PAPEll.
C E Stubbt' . xxho xxeg the special envoy
ent to Europe bj SfcreMry Wl'ton to In
ert-tit the foreign countries in the ralmal.
end a paper on "Tho American Horse. "
\mong other thlaga he said
If the ranchman would produce the large ,
liable horse , such , us U demanded at the
present time ho must know that his stock
h ixipletny to eat at ill 'Im s nnd p pe-
c'H ) In tftp wlntPt" Tfci her ovlll repay
him for the f < ed bo li.t * PI ten xxhen nady
for t P markp' at m iriulr ) The flne t and
purest bred horse _ , > "Nt.rth Is nothing but n
"pint ; " when starx-ed. . through the winter ,
mid the e xxho JilW"stu ( llpd the horse-
breedlnjr indus'ry In tlie Europium coun
tries .xhlch hnvo produced the Rrexlost
her * " , know that tnH'ffiost potent factor in
their siuofiafu ! prirJtu-tion Is the qtiintlty
nnd quill-v of food , used with a thurough
ki ow ledge of ffodlti ' ' '
The pnergy of tlip.dhtirouuhliitMl has never
bren quostlonel , 1 ul bis slzp , his nervous
timurritupiit and li\i-W' if i required
nmleis him uni for the arm ) mil the car-
i i lire. I therefore , nv-t'o l not n proll' iblo
her < e for the avera e Lirmer or ranchmin
tj i.ilsp In this rotltiftX' . and should only
be regirded bv thpsi , a sire , s\iltab'o for
propogatlon under c.crtaln conditions
As a rule the Mluidtird horse does not
command ittentlon , a | inany qualities have.
been icrlllced to speed If experienced
breeders fill in the hil''lli ' ( * of standard-bred
horses hoxx muci m.ro m irked xxlll the
falluie of the Inexperience I ! > ' . xxho used
the stmdard sire upon the ordinary plugs
and mongrels of the oomitrx , expecting to
produce n rarer Thev should expect noth
ing but failure and If they do certainly
the ) will nol bo ills ippointed. A draft horse ,
If good enough , xxlll bring a geol prlco In
any market , but to have the proper sire tie.
dim musl bo laigo and possessed of heavy
bone.
I nonM breed for lime , liluh-ietlnc cir
ri xgo horses , using ns i she the best filll-
I blooled coach horse to be found Hero Is
where the standaid. Hi it Ins size and proper
conformallon , can be profitably use 1 That
I well-matched , hlgVactlng carrligo toxins
i nru the most ready sellers wo have In this
cour.tr ) and Europe cannot be. denied The
I demand has alx\is been In oxece "s of the
supply If the bor c wo raise should not be
suitable for the. ciirlage , becau o of l.uk
i of style and action , he will made a geol
I cavalry hor'e , and reullly scll In European
markets.
I Colonel C E Adams of Superior , Neb
'
'spoke on "Denver as a Llxe Stock Center"
I Ho held that Denver's position was such
I as to make it the natiral place for fecderj
I raised on the plains of Texas , Now Mexico
Wyoming nnd tbe northxxcst , destined fcr
the feeding pens of Ncbrisk.a and K > lisas.
E J ilJerry of Ihe Union Stock Yards ,
Ch'caRO , spoke on the "Up to-Date Horse
and the Export Demand " Ho asscrlcd that
electricity and blcjcle had destroyjid the
demand for small horses , but tlia * tlio de
mand fcr lirsc fltst quality anlm.ls Is
laiRC- than oxor and such animals bring ;
good prices at all times
The committee on constitution and bx-
laws made Us report , i ml after amoniltncnts ,
xxas adopted The National Llxe Stock as
sociation of the Un ted States xxr.s the name
chosen The representation ! at national con
ventions Is to Include state de'ogates and
loprcsenti tlxes of stock cone-ens , chambers
of commerce , and irrigation associations
\t 11 o'clock ire assoclatl-ii adjourned
until 10 o'clock tome rev
Edlxatlon Oil has cued many of rheuma
tism when other remedies filled Prlco 2uc
SOUTH OMAHA NEWS.
A meet ng ci1 the couneil committee en
notice xxas held nt the conn Ml cl imU r
) pstcrday afternoon for tbo purpose of In-
xestlgatlng the charges made b ) IMvld Mc-
Cjiirt against Police Ofllccrs MJlca'-i ) Montague -
taguo and Slice bin. McCourt x.os rcpre-
bemted by AttorneB Patrick and Lambert ,
xxhllo Attorney Drccn was there to look
after the interests of the policemen Owing
to the failure of iho , committee to notlf )
the olflccrs whcuo. \ \ cbirgcs were to be
Investigated , It was aaicod to postpone a
hearing until SatuuJay afternoon. Tne at-
trncs for both sides a caied to be an\Ioua
to Ijaxe the matte * orp-cod with as llttlo
dcla ) as possible , and Attorney Breen re-
marltod fcr his clients that they courted
Inxcstlgation After the date and time for
the hearing had bpo.n , seHled there was a
long conference In regard to subpoenilng
and pa ) Ing witnesses , 'fho oollco committee
did n t think that H would be right to bad
dies the entire expense , of the Inxcstlgatlon
upon the city. c id it xv.as decided that caci
side stand Ufa share , of the expense , proxidcd
there Is any. Trjnor | thought that the
policemen ought ta be. able to get thalr
wltncssca to attend xxjthput paltiK the cua-
lomry feen onJ the , same xxljh McCourt.
A Ions dlscuRsicin follqtxed on the advisa
bility of Chairman Vausant , of the committee
issuing biibpoonas , anil It xxas finally de
cided trlt enojgh of these paoera to satisfy
bst'.i sides should bo Uned u ) tlio cl airman
and used If necessary. Ma ) or Ensor xxas
present and nude a little talk , In which he
said that lie wanted the matter lavestlgated
in order to satisfy hlnibclf whether the
ofllcers had exceeded thelT authority in chain
ing McCourt to the bars of his cell. He.
too. thought that the parties Interested coula
obtain the presence of xvitnesacs xxi/aout
ec < 3t to the cit ) .
Hoof on Vrmoiir'.H liiillillnpr
The P. J. Low Is UooHng company of
Omaha completed the felt and tar roof on
Armour's hog coaler house ) ester Jay and
this building Is being completed very raj > -
idl ) . Electric lights have been run all
tl rough It In order tl'it the carpenters ma ) '
work on fork dis. All of the four buildIngs -
Ings which adjoin the hog cooler house on
the west haxe reached a height of four or
fixe stories and ono or two of them xxlll
be ready for the roifs before Ions Sier- |
tntendent Simpson said } ps'crday that he flg-
irod on commencing Ice cutting at Ashland
about Pebruary 5 or G The Ice on the Ar-
irour lake at that point is now twelve
Inch -a thick and the Ice houses xvill b"
lead ) for iibc In about -a week. I
Carpenters were enraged } csterday In
placing timbers for the second story of tha
boeit houses , the walls r.lready being up tec
the height of the nr > t
KnUlrH lit \VnrU.
Tlio city seems to bo rapidly filling up
xxlth fakirs ami suspicious characters. All
Kinds of stories are told to induce kindly
disposed pirBons to pirt xvlth their small
char.se and In many cases the exvlnrtlers
malta good xxages Yesterday a xxell drossH
27 , 1 ! ) M.
fellow visited flenrly all of the buslncis
I > 1 a pa Im the tuurt ot the cl'y and told K )
liarj luck story , Hlnillns up xxlth an appeal
f r 15 cents In order to enable him to reiPh
Council Itluffs , xxhero he claimed to luxe
friends In a Rro.it man ) cases the story
was bellexisxl and the Amount naked for was
forthcoming Along In the exenlns this
fotup fellow xxas teen In on Intoxicated
condition going from one saloon to an
other
Still nnother fakir worked the residence
district In the First ward He claimed to
be srlllns u certain brand of stove polish
r.nd had a habit of xxalklng right Into d
house xxlthout the formallt ) of knocking
It Is thought that ho xxas looking around1
for something to strtl and the ii"(1o ' | haxo
been furnished with n K ° ° ( l description of
him. A Uumber of .similar faltos are belnc
wotkel in xill parts of the cit )
.Scrx leton tin * Cur Line.
SOUTH OMAHA. Neb , Jan. 2fi To the
IMltdr of The lice- Through the columns
of } our paper I notice that an effort Is being
made by the residents of the cssl side to
obtain slreet railway communication xxlth
both cities by extending the Thirteenth
street line to the business portion of this
cit ) . To the xxrltcr It has nlxxajs beeti u
mster ) xxh ) the residents of South Omaha
h.axn not loni ? ere this arose in Indlunntlon
at the manner In xxhlch the street rnllxxny j
' cotnpaii } attempts to hanjlo Its patrons be
txxocn the txxo Omahas
It Is v\cll knoxxsi thnt scores of men nnd
vx omen ot South Omaha nro omploye-d In I
various occupations In Omaha , and that i
many mord lnindrods of Omaha people xxork |
In tlio South Omnlm Industries , and nocos- ,
sirll ) the travel bctxxccn the txxo cities is
xcry great , but the railway officials socmliiKly |
pay very little attention to this hi the i
morning and evening , partlcularl ) the lot I
tor , pcoplo are packed In the ears , on the i
platforms , hanging on straps railings and I
stops In oxer ) conceivable manner , tired , j
hard-xxorklng , mom girls and often elderly
xxomen , scarcely nblo to stand , all Jammed ,
and crammed In together in one confused , 1
mass , ns If the people xxero so mnnv atu-
maN booked at so much a head Can mi )
onu xxonder that non and again some poor ,
unfortunntcj drops off mid , like the case the
other night , Is crippled for life. Hoxx quickly
xxould the state Interfere If railroads xxoro
to load their stock cars in such an Inhuman
manner ! Hut thcso xxorklng people seem to
haxo no one to look to their rights In this
matter , unless the nexxl ) formed humane
soclot ) taKes up their cause
As to the cars , the leist f > ild the bettor
Some of them are iiniinistlon-ably of the
xkitano of 1) ) > 70 , rospcctiiblo b ) leason of
their ago and heroic scrxlce , nbomlnable j
by reason of their lick of exerything that Is
modern , the best of them far behind other
cities xxhleh sometimes charge loss faro
Anothcir line bctxxcen the cltlos Is nocussarj
to lollexo the plethora of traxel on the
Twenty-fourth street line , and ns the Thir
teenth street li'lo Is almost to the cit ) line
now Its extension xxould bo of great benefit
to the city In goneril , nnd particularly to
the enterprising lesldents of the east side
It Is a pity our city fathers cannot sirew I
their courage up to the sticking point avid ,
sou that our people haxo proper sweet railway -
way facilities in oxer ) pirt thcieof common-
stnato xxlth the needs of the people , Inxlt-
Ini ? man ) pcoplo to make this their home
who now treat it ns their workshop. W
V Morse , a director ot the street railway , in
'Iho leo ) saS tlio company has 210 ears
and yet the laat icport of a periodical do-
xoteil to street rallwa ) affairs places the nuni-
bei1 nt se\entv-tx\o In actual Ubo. a loxxor
number than In any city of the size of
Omaha la the United States.
Much information for the public Is glxen
b ) thli dltector aiid let us hope that xxhoro
thcro are to bo so many improvements in
Umaha that our city comes in for some also ,
and U they fall to tieat us proper ! ) that
our assessors vxlll not forgot that thcro are
240 cars to bo assessed vxhcrc the ) properly
belont , . It certainly should be noticed that
or all the mciiey to be spent b ) this com
pany not ono dollar is eontemphated being
bpent in our city. KLMUK G. MAIlDfT.
MMJ tir I'IINOT'M Wv < I'lnn.
As It seems impassible to get the buslnrss
rren of this city together for the' purpose
o" tall /Ing / oxrer th reorganization of the
Board of Tiadc , Mayor Hnsor said } cstcrday
that ho xxould try another plan. Ho proposes
to have a subscription paper circulated
onions 'he ' merchants and all who desire
to do so xxlll be given an opportunity o |
pledging thcmselxes to contribute o certain
amount per month for the sK months of the
expos tlon fcr the purpose of maintaining
arartments similar to the rooms of the
Omala Commoiclal club Tho&o xxho are in
ter tiled IP. the matter as-ert tint In this
way the fccllnR of the business men c n b
arrived at In ease an amount surlel 'Pt 'o
lay the rent of suitable loo.ns and tie ! ccat
cf furnlshlnn ; can bo raised the project w ill
Lo carried out. Unless this can bo done It
la not thought that airy further efforts will
be made to hold a meeting or to rcorpmi70
tl-e old Hoard of Trade It Ls claimed
that an o-Banl/-atlon similar to the onp pio-
rosed xxould do o. great deal toward build
ing i.'p the city and capital could be Intor-
ostol. As it Is noxv , when a stranger comes
to the city ho Is compelled to hustle for
himself and pick up information the best
way ho can This , of course is not plea-ant
to prcspoctlx'o Investors and leaves a bad
Impression.
llliiiiniiinil'H Telephone Pliinl.
YcEtcrday the Nebraska Telephone corn-
pan ) completed the Installation of n private
telephone plant at the Hammond packing
house. In all fourteen tclophoies vx ere placed
In sen Ice connecting with xarlous partu of
the plant and xxlth the Omaha and South
Omala exchanges All of the Instruments in
this ne xv exchange are of the long distance
xarlet ) rod are of the latent Improved pat
tern General Superintendent Vance Lane 01 *
the telephone company came down from
Orraha and Inspected the row plrnt before
It was turned oxer to the Hammond com
pany.
J. C Miller I ? in Jail because ho was found
by a polleeiran trlng to sell a couple of
Drov I ; . Slioomnn 1ms tlie world com-
Ins our \\t\y \ now Mich jirli'i'i on such
Kootl shoes can't liolp but diaw ciowds
Wo'vo addi'd ti > llu > altrae-llons txvo lines
of our wendar SJ ladles' liiind-tiirne'd
squnip plain lot-d shoos Now tliuy'ro
only ! ) S cents tliiTi' Is an endless variety
of child's and misses' shoes at deep cut
n i Ices some noxx al IS cents some 7."i
cents and some SI 'J. ) , not one , lint that
sold for twice the money before this
sale started We'a > niakliiK a out on all
our irannan ite Sons -.hoes you can af
ford to buy now and set them away till
ne\t winter.
Drexel Shoe Co. ,
1/110 / FAKN.UI STUISUr
The triumph of ( h | > Klmlull pianos
and or ans at tlif Vorld'h C'oliunlilan
Imposition Is lnv < ( si'edvllli a distinct
historic Intel est. iTho AV. \ \ ' . Klmball
company exhibit > Va's on so bioad and
Ilbei.il a plan tlinr II commanded ad-
mliatlon as one ot ; UKJ Individual attrac
tions ( if the pio.it evposltlon. The Mir-
prlslnj ; vai lely of rich styles of pianos
and ou'iuiM hi the Klmball exhibit , their
meilt fiom the aitlstlc and piofesHlonal
point of xlew as t'\amplos of inodein
musical meclianlsin , anil the piofjrcsslvo
evolution of Instrumental lone com
manded the close attention of all. Our
now s.ih'.s looms are full of Klmb.ills.
A. HOSPE ,
MUSIC 000 HI ! 1513 Douglas
* ; . .litTV. . HKDFOKI ) , Pros , W.M. LOfDON , Vice Pros.
Ot ( .KG. M. WlXKIiUIAN , Trcns. G1X ) . N , IUCKS , Suc'y.
I THE ALASKACOLD MINING |
I AND DEVELOPMENT CO , I
ft ? , flb
Offers 25OOOO Shares of the par value
1R of One Dollar Each , at J >
I ] Ten Cents Per Share , to
The representatives of this company will penetrate c&
and explore the world's greatest gold fields and secute to
valuable gold-bearing properties for its stockholders , to
Articles of Incorpoiation filed January 5th. to
CAPITAL STOCK $1,000,000 , * J
* Fully paid up and non-assessable. Subscription < &
t books now open , The company reserves the rijfht to to
' close this subscription without notice when one-fourth < &
,
of the capital stock is taken at tlie figure named ; or o "
i , to advance the price of shares at any time. o 1
The outlook for the oimpiny li bright 'Vonfldenoe U omV-tho remit T
tniiei" * rocrlx-od from oxcixquirter dull ) liMni ? siu-h 111 to Insiuc uei oss nl1
il CAPITA LISTS. INVIISTOHS. lingo and tnmll. TIJACII13HS , SALAllll.'l ) i _
, CL1211KR and all xx hi > n o deslrni1' of liottrrhiR th. Ir oundltlon llnnnoliill ) iic < ftl
Inxltod to Join In this putprprl-io Nexor bofora hisi lluxxoill pimotitod ifc.
such RToit n | > ; ioi tlinltli" ! to nrnuli o sudden xxoalth nV
Plic-cr mini" im Is xxell know n , Rlx-i > ImmodUto loturtm HniiltnH of jk.
tilii of Kohl tixxalt the IndmtrloilM piospeotoM TH12IU2 AUK .MAN\ KI.ONQlf
niKKS In tho. gioit N rthxxost .I t think of the MILLIONS of MDMIY T .
I..U h ivo alto.idv boon "out out of tint region bx ti foxv plnnoriH xxho bad ( jlr
I'loiieivo ind cliirlnjr to forgo their xxnxto Iho fiont Noxlme In the lo-
put iiKii do xxo llni ! a rceord tint t'omiiiio xxlth It. Ho not ilolix. but aet u -
at OIKO SCND IN YOl'U SI HSCttlPTIOXS NOW. ' \m.
$10.00 Secures 100 Shares. S
$50OO Secures 500 Shares. to
$100 00 Secures 1,000 Shares , to
Them are no silitlrd otHc r * Our topii ipniitlxpt In the gold lie-UN me MU
itockhiiUlois , hrni'c 1110 dlroc tlx Intcrrstpcl In the slloc-e-,1 of tbU i nmi uix 0 *
Tin : oi'Ticmis or THI : COMPANY ire in xxoii kno.xn imsiinxj m , n of Mi
Onnhn xxlillc1 among the utonhholdeii nro foiuul binlti is uul nun hint" '
men kiKxxn foi tin it eonstrx itism and oound liimlnoit ludqmon' Not iilnno.fa
tin men In this undortaUIiiR xxomon of im in , ncixo ind en , r ; v In bifc ilall ) Y
midf 1 to the ll-t of siilisorllH rs to the < ipltiil Hoc k of tin ? rumpnnv ffa
Itomlttam < should bo umli p ixiblo to fi , ticasurer ot th oompiii ) Mi
\\lnkolmin , ind sent illrect tom - -
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444.445 Chamber of Commerce BuildiiiT , . to
ItnLTABLR VGENTS VVN'TED IN" HVIJUY TOWN \ND TITY IN Ni- J8 )
IHSKIOU ( VNI ) \XS\S
boxes of tacon He Is suspected of huxlng
atolen the meat.
Mrs Wlnshlp , Txv ent-fourth and J streets ,
Is quite sick
Charlcn H llialnard , a guest of the Ex-
chtiiKo hotel. Is serlousl ) III
Nelson Maddox. a banker of Jlillet , li here
visiting frlendo for -i few eaa
D. H. llaxxlev has gone to Pcrclxal , la. ,
to vklt relatives for a few das.
The lire alarm wires xxcro tested xeaterda )
and found to bo In good working order
The "Mohicans are making arrangements
for a social call on Mr. and Mrs. Lou Etler.
Prill the daughter ot Mr and Mra Jaj
Liveit ) Twcntj-fouith and I Btiects , Is
quite sick
Mio.s Grace White , daughter of Mr. .and
Mrs W S. White , H iccoxerlng from a scil-
ous ilYiosb.
A business meeting of the Ideal club 1'is
boo'-i called for Monda ) cxonlng at the olllco
of 11 E WIlcox
Mall Canlcr Derbshlro has iccovorel
from his recent severe illness acid resumed
hli , duties ) tfitordi ) .
Hexlxal seixlccu are being hold nightly it
the First Haptlsl church and the attendance
Is reported as being t-atlbfactor ) .
A meeting of the Third Ward Ilcpiibllcsn
club vxlll bo held this oxening at Exans'
hall , Two-ty-clghth and II streets.
Trlday and Satunta ) meetings of the
Board of Equalization xxlll bo held for the
purpose of adjust ng sidewalk taxes
James Catlin , Twent-olgthth and II
fltrcets , fell from a ladder at Swift's a day
or two ago asul dislocated hla shoulder
Mrs W L Holland , Txxent-fourth and
G streets has returned from Greenwood ,
where hho v'tilted her parents fcr a week
Between forty and flft ) men without vis
ible meani of support are accommodated
with looping quaiteri > at the cit ) Jail ex cry
night.
Poxcral old buildings adjoining the Dol-
monlco hotel on the houtli are being moved
pierinator > to the building of a threc-storj
brick addltioi to the hotel.
The Independent German-\incrlcan Polit
ical club will meet this oxcnlng. at Pivonka's
hall , I'w cat-fourth and L ntieeu , to make
p ana for the bpring camralgn
Bids for the construction of the proposed
federal building hero will bo recelxod by Die-
goxerniuonl ollleials In Omala until noon of
Kobruary 18. The spcclflcallon.s proxldo that
the building must fco completed In I
months from the letting of the contract. j I
AMUSEMENTS.
Iho engagement bpRlrJiIng tonight at
Hod's of Matk Tw-iln's famous "Pudd'nheJd
Wl'son , " vxlth Its big company of hlgh-thas
plaeri , will no doubt bilng out laige audi
ences. The bceno of the play Is laid In the
southeastern corner of Missouri and reminds
UH of the time xxhlph makes up the most
Interesting part of that state's hlstorIn -
tore'stlng becai'cae It do.i'rt xxltli a people free/
from the heartlcbs guiBplug of mtciej creed
and tinbllghteil b ) the cold tot-unlit ) that
hah cicpt Into our social fijslem It Is a
i.atural play with a beautiful loxo story and
In which coined ) and pathos go hand In
hand , xxhllo ilu theme Is founded upon a sub
ject which of lito has been furnishing food
for the hclenttets , the theory of the thumb
mirks xxhleh Is cioxx being tisoil us a incan.s
of pptfional IdentlflLatla- bringing erlm-
InaLs to Justice. Edwin Mjo appeals In the
title lolo.
Lewis Monhon will appear at Iloyd's dur
ing the liit-t half of next xxeek , presenting
his now pl.a ) , "Tho Jlastcr of Ceremonies "
At the concert ot the Omaha Orchestral
society at Uojd's tomorrow afternoon Mine.
Mucnteferlng will pli ) a. Grieg concerto
with Iho orchestrn , and Miss Dickinson and
MI.SS Palmer xxlll hing An unusmll ) cnjoy-
atlt' piogram has been prepaied.
Robert J. Iliirdette , the humorist , will lec
ture at Crolghton hall this oxenlng on the
topic , "A Merry Heart Docth Good Like a
Medicine. "
Arnold's IJromo Celery currs headaches ,
lOc , 2Gc and r.Oe All druggists. '
KiilurlitM I'liMH n riensiinl iy ; < > nliiK.
The ICnlghts of thu 1'orcbl passed a pleasant - '
ant mining list night In their hall in Iho
Odd IVllows' building with music , eaids , re- ,
'
fieshments and'd inelng. The- largest eloxxd f
slnco the organl/atlon of the lodge WUH
nroient , fully 500 mcmbeis and the li frlenll'i
being In attend me o Musical numbers xxero
gixcn by Mesdames A P Uly , Cildwoll , L. '
V. Aiorsp , Alissc-s Nottln Iluvcily. Hlurv.ill ,
Knto O'll nlon md MISSIS .Mueller , Arillln
C'oon , lilurvall , A. Tilska , II iioiidwell , ! * .
llllti aiwl Kiank Oosniy. A giamophono
also occupied a poitlon of the piogram.
xvhlch furnished n varied lepertory. 'J ho
co'iiniltteo In ehargn consisted of .MossrH.
J II Sllnei , P. C. McArdlo and It. U , Mc-
Ivelvoy ,
Only oiiel nfnio < lls did I Knin norc
dlcn nnd dat wux xvlii-n I niadc d > bull
or my HIV mi tilde to hiniUi ) > a llvo cent
Hlpir dat ( lidciit linv di > StDckcr lifiuil
aiotind II Doi-s In lilies nlmnt dnl l.tnil )
DmIn dat dcy Kaiaiitc dt > live cent
StoiH-Kcf i-lKiir 1 > r lie do licst cvcf-loo
dat vvlii'ii yi'iKOI llfty uf diliands MT
Inn ; jji't a Kid iliinond uf my dad dor
! iu' lots tif tclli'is nnxx dat Miiukilc
Slocckcr dal used | cr ( Ink dat no Kood
cliitir liinl ! ) < .sold lor loss dan t 'ii All
do doalois wll de ilxoe'int StoocKur.
8404 DOUGLAS.
We said the other day that our $5 set
of teeth had the saint' to-'lli as our J10
clastic plale ones-It vvas a mistake
\\vy \ ] \ baven't- but they do have as > ? " "d
tooth as yon will ( Ind In most s,10 , sets
Wo iniiKo a set at $7,50 that has 1hc >
same tot-til as the elastic plates at $10
bill the plates aie dlflcient. Tho.ii >
thin elastic plates aru onroxvn Idea , and
x\i > Kiiaranleo Iliem to be thu most com-
forlablo jilate e\vr piodneedabsolutely
purfect In action and so natural in ap-
puaiaiice thtit o\cn your best friends
can't tell the dllToionco- youiself
fowl It vve'iv ( 'olnjf to diHtilbuto l-'O.-
OIKI pif/.7.li > s to thu ucliool children look
out tor them.
BAILEY ,
ta Venn ltd riunr I'uxton Illk.
lUlb und Furuaua.