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WESTERN NEBRASKA RANGES
Live Stock in Fine Condition and Outlook
Bright for Ranchmen.
WOMAN'S FONDNESS FOR OUTDOOR LIFE
airs. A. .1. IMnmer Prefers I. He nil
One of thr Finest Itnnche In Ne
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BROKEN BOW. Neb., May 1. (Special.)
The mm who said that central anil western
Nebraska was a "vast arid deuort" never
conceived that on tho eve of tho twentieth
century practically overy foot of tho "desert"
would bo occupied by vast hords of cattle,
iiort.es and shoep. After passing through
the winter the Block In thla country look
oi well and In many cases better than those
that havo been roughed In stoek Holds and
straw stacks In eastern Nebraska.
I made ray first stop at Ilroktn How, and
I find that Custer county poople are. ntlll
hugging tho doluslon that Custer county Is
a farming country, bufl Ami on careful In
quiry that farming exclusively Is not as
common hero as formerly and stock raining
is being added to almost every farm and
with splendid result. To Illustrate to what
extent farming has been carried on here for
tho past year I find that but about forty
cars of wheat have been shipped from here
in tho past year and nothing c-lo in the
way ot grain, and et this Is the best or
largrnt shipping point In tho county. Some
corn has boon whipped In. Tho creamery here
Is a large and growing Industry and sup
plies many farmers with ready money. The
price of butter Is 16 cents per pound, which
pays the producer about 00 cents
per hundred-weight for milk. Tho
unusually wet weather this spring
ban renewed the waning hopos that
this region Is or will be a farming coun
try. Horses and hogs are both grown in
quite large quantities and good horses are
soiling for good prices, from $00 to $100
each, according to quality. A largo breed
ing farm Is In operation hero with thrco or
four flno registered Perchcron stallions, a
eouplo of nno Kngllirf sires and n flno Ham
bletonlon, with three mammoth Kentucky
Jacks. Tho quality of horses and mules will
be of a better grade In the future. Scrub
stock Is not being bred, as formerly.
I. mills Open to Kiitrj,
I met the Hon. James Whitehead, register
of tho land offlco here, and ho Informs mo
that In this district, which Is but ont. of
eight In the Btate, there aro still over ..000,
000 acres of land subject to homestead entry,
and' over 10.00o.OO0 acres In the state still
npen to homestead entry, but on men of
this land there Is Htt0 or no hay, as all
the cholcn hay claims have been taken up
and tho range contiguous Is not worth
homcsteadlng. nlthough It I? flue grazing
land and u quarter section of it will feed
from ten to fifteen head of cattle throughout
tho season with a little additional hay In the
stormy winter weather. Water Is not at
serious an obstacle hern as formerly, a
wells and windmills furnish most of ' the
water supply and shoet water Is found at a
depth varying from 30 to 350 feet. The land
for the most part Is rolling and rough and Is.
In fact, tho east end of the sand hill country.
To tho southwest of hero In McPhcnon
county I nm told thero are still some cattle
ranges that aro not overrun and also a few
places to the northweBt where rango anl
hay can still ho found.
At Hyannls, the county seat of (Irani
county, In tbo very heart of tho sand bill
country, tho conditions are different. There
tock-raltlng li the cxclutlve industry, us
not a bushel of corn, wheat or oats 'e
grown. An Inquiry at the stores disclosed
tho fact that It Is difficult to get sufficient
eggs and butter for local consumption and
vegetables are shipped In and tbe town
dons not boast of more than 300 population,
Tho cattlo ranches aro on a larger seals
than those) farther oast and ranches with
600 head and more are the rule and not
tho exception, while, somo havo as many as
2,000 head and moro, but It Is an exclUBlvo
"cow" country, ns very few, If any sheep or
horses are grown. Tho country north and
southeast aud west for fifty miles or more
is a succession of sand hills and nothing
more, rave on occasional valloy or hay
meadow. On each of theso some settler has
homesteaded and tho meadows aro all fenced
as well as some of tbe ranges and by an un
written law of the country, the rango ad
joining a hay claim or vnliny belongs to
tho sottlcr and his rights aro respected by
his neighbors and very llttlo friction oc
curs between them. The hay Is of an ex
cellent quality and on many of the flats or
bottoms as much as 200 tons of hay to thn
quarter section Is cut annually, and in this
vicinity tho ranchmen do not attempt to
kocp cattle throughout tho year without i
hay. From one to one and a half tons are
considered necessary to carry nn animal
through the winter. Tho hay Is what Is
called whlto top and Is of u gojd a quality
or better than the PIntto or Misnour! bot
tom hay or eastern Nebraska upland hay.
Cntlle .Not Sheltered.
Strange to say. cattlo have n
nholtcr or protection but tbo sunny
aide of a and hill, except at calving
season, when a small corral j.
used In which aro -kept tho heavy springers
and these are carofully watched and as a
result very little loss occurB either lt
winter or at calving time. On Inquiry I
found two reasons given for not sheltering
the cattlo. Ono Is that In a storm the cat
tlo will hover undor a shelter until they
tramp each other to death and the other Is
that cattle with shelter will refuse to get
out and rustle their living. Tho feeding
Is done all through tho winter by scattering
tho hay along the base of a sheltering sand
hill in tho lee of the bluff and I havo
seen miles of theso feeding grounds In this
vicinity with cattle feeding on them, and
It is nn Inspiring sight. High grade cattlo
are preferred to thoroughbreds for the rcaon
that they are said to bo bettor rustlcio.
However. I found that registered bulls worn
used exclusively, and tbo Shorthorn and
Hcroford arc the favorites. In fact, with
ono or two oxceptlons, I have found noth
ing elso and so far I have found no dispo
sition on the. part of tbe ranchmen to uso
ono breed of cattle exclusively. Afler a
few years of Hcrofordri exclusively, they
change to Shorthorns and vlco versa. Thvo
scorns to be difficulty to get hulls h;ie
that ore good rustlers and acclimated 03 the
fancy ftl and show animals of caitern
breeders do not do as well as lo-al hiol
animals, even grades, us the fin, year they
do not do well here, after being taken off
grain and put on grass and hay cxcli:slv:ly,
as not a pound of grain Is fed In thin coun
try. It has occurred to mo that a tni3l
ranch hero with exclusively rctl'tered sto.-k
either Shorthorns or Herefords that would
breed bulls for salo would bo a paying In
vestment and would result In a market after
tbe ranch was established that would re
quire oil tho sto:k ot fancy prices tht a
registered ranch could supply. Ono bull to
each twenty i-ows Is tho custom here,
One of Kineut II11 ni'lie In Stnle,
1 drove out to tbe cattle ranch pf Dr. A.
J. Plunier and saw what Is raid to be one
of the finest ranches In the state. Tho
doctor Is a graduate of on eastern medical
allege and left a chair In tho faculty tt
follow the occupation of a ranchman, Mrs
Plumer Is an Kngllsh woman by birth and
an amusing Kory Is told of her fondner
tor ranch life, She was called to London
somo years ago to settle up an estate, and
while gone her husband wroto her that ho
had an opportunity to sell nt a good flguro
nnd might havo sold before hn could hear
from her. She Immediately cabled him not
to sell until sho returned. On her return
nhe stopped In Philadelphia on a vlelt. and
on returning to her home, twelve miles
north of hero nnd flvo miles from the near
est neighbor, sho remarked that "London
was too foggy and Philadelphia too stuffy,"
and sho preferred western life, whero there
wns moro room. Today they have as largo
and handsomely furnished a fourtcen-room
house, with all modern Improvements, aa
you will find anywhere.
('little on the KniiKC
Krom novon to twenty men are employed
and 2,000 cattle aro ranged from May 1 to
December 1. Krom Docembcr 1 to May 1
tho cattlo are fed tho 3,000 tons of hay put
up annually. Above So por cent of the cows
ralao calves annually, nnd a total loss to
exceed 3 per cent annually from all causes
Is unusual. Water for their Immense ranch
in furnished by eight windmills and lx
flowing wells. The latter aro iiflO feet deep
and furnish an unlimited supply uf water,
and each will water 200 head of cattlo or
more. Where rango la short, and In most
cases hore the range Is not equal to tho hay,
thn ranchmen havo Hummer ranges some
distance from their winter and hay ranges,
whero there Is leas hay and moro range.
Buffalo grnFfl, bunch grass and hlack roJt
are the principal range grasses.
II rim ill lie of Cuttle.
The range or ranchmen brand their rattle
twice each year and euch have n distinct
brand, which 1 registered nt tho county
seat and at tho stato capital, All thu
brands In tho stato aro recorded nnd none
are duplicated. Kach county paper pub
lishes tho brands In the vicinity, for which
the stock men pay, Tho most amusing
feature of tho opera house drop curtain, 011
which was a handsomo ranch ecene painted
for a center piece, wns a freeo of ranch
men's brands. About thirty or forty cows
each painted with a frame about It. and the
brand on each cow with tho owner's name
beneath. Dr. Plumer' ranch is fun ed
with over scventy-iivo miles of fence and
enough hay land to cut 6. 000 tons of hay
A small band of heep are kept on the
rnnch for summer meat. The doctor breeds
to Shorthorn bulls exclusively, after ex
perience with Hcrefords. Twenty-eight of
theso bulls are now on the plnco in a cor
ral, and will bo put with tho cows tho 1st
of June to provent calves coming too early.
The doctor recently refviocd $100,000 for his
ranch.
Judge Stllson, county Judge of Grant
county, han a rnnch stocked with 300 head
of full-blood black polls, tho best looking
bunch of cattlo I have seen so far. Many
ot them nic fit for beef right now, and none
of them ever saw a pound of grain.
W. S. UAKRIl.
movim; timi: in mum, ami.
Itetiirnlnu 1 10 111 Winter lu-iitinnn,
I'liui'tliiK nnil Home ImllilliiK.
Tho moving season has begun In the bird
world, reports tho New York Tribune, and
gieat numbers of the little wanderers aro
returning from their winter vacations to
tho places which wcro made brighter by
their presence a year ngo. Among tho first
blrdf- to come back were the blackbirds.
They came, as they always do. in Hocks,
and seemed to know Just where to locate,
and many haunts which they choso as
their homes last venr am .-iirnnu.
pled by tho black advance agents of tho
warm season.
"Their vacations weie spent in tho Caro
llnns, (Jeorgla and Florida," said John 1).
Hicks, who Is a careful observer of tho
birds of this country, "and their actions
when they como back hore seem to eny
that they aro glad to bo here ngaln. They
seem to llko company nnd nro always in
flocks, many often nesting in the samo
tire. They never light and live peaceful,
quiet lives, even through tho days of
courtship, a term which with somo birds
Is productive of much discord and con
nict." People who have had nn opportunity to
study tho ways of the blackbird in tho
courting tlmo know that, despite his love
of peace, he is anxious to make conquests,
and In theso his plumngc plays tho Impor
tant part. The male bird struts aud hops
whero tho sun will show his feathers ort
i:mioiti; to t 111: mi si vromf '
noil My brother asked roe to get him au Easter kolo. The title ot It, 1 think, is
"Koldol Hands."
Nell You mean "The Palms.'
to tho best advantage. These look purple,
Jet hlack, bronze and brown from various
points of view. Ho ruffles his feathers,
and, llko a dandy, misses no occasion to
make his appearance striking, until ho has
made an Impression on some female, when
ho relapses Into the same stato of Indlffer-
enco as to his personal appearance which
often characterizes men whoso fnultlcis '
no .hrtln .1 lof In -.1 la nt - h.,.plil.. !
IstlP In their bachelor days.
Tho robin, which has also come for the
season. Is more richly endowed by nature '
than tho blackbird as to plumage, but '
makes no effort at conquest by means of
hl personal nppcaran.-e. Fine feathers nro
of no consequence In the eyes of Mls3
Ilnbln. and C. ltobln knows It. I
Those birds have many peculiar traits.
They como from the south In pairs and
singly, how and when nobody knows. The
flight Is usually made at night and a chirp
In the early morning Is the first sign that
tho robins have come again. They go to
tho country or to places whero there aro
lawns or orchards, nnd In the selection
of their summer homes they show a de
cided leaning toward tho habltntlon3 of
man. The robin must havo Its mate, for
he bcllovcs In domestic bllas, and he sets
about tho task of househunting soon after
the summer homo has been reached. His
wooing lr of ;i barbaric nature nnd requires
pluck nnd perseverance. Ho picks a quar
rey with another male bird in Hip presence
of .1 female, and, knowing that ho Is fight
ing for a home, he fights hard. The lady
bird sits near by. apparently unconcerned
and unconscious of what Is going on, hut
sho always has an cyo on tho contest, tho
result of which Is usually an engagement
In Itoblnland. with tho victorious combat
ant as tbo brlilcgroom-clect.
Then tho female makes active prepara
tions for housekeeping. Her nest Is built
after tho regulation pattern, of straw and
mud, and tho Inner wall l made perfectly
round by tho pressuro of the builder's .body
ngalnst the soft and pllahle material. Mrs.
Kobln H an Induotrlous housekeeper nnd
works Incrssnntly until the heme Is made
ready for occupancy. The nest Is usually
built In an out-of-(he-way place, but tho
Mto Is not always skilfully selected and often
comes within tho reach of tho nmall boy.
When ono hears a number of Bong spar
rows chirping sweetly at this time of tho
year ho may know that somewhere near by
n ludy sparrow is tho audience, and that tbo
contort Is being given for her benefit; that
each singer Is doing his heft to outslng tho
other becuiAo the reward will bo more than
the npplRiiso of n lnrge audience or an In
croa3o of salary. From her perch on a
neighboring twig sho encourages the per
formers with a nod or a blink, and then
with a chirp of approval goes to the master
finger and becomes hlo mate ns a reward
for his superiority, nnd tho disappointed
competitors go In search of a more appro,
dative audience.
Tho song sparrow's Kngllsh cou.iln. who
receives moro abuse than prnlfe, and Is hero
In all seasons, has a less poetic method of
wooing, pcsslbly because ho has little poetry
and no singing voice. He has no fine plum
ago and hateii to fight except for his per
sonal rights, hut ho has domestic Instincts,
and, like iwry retvpectablo bird, wants a
mate, and secures her by a peculiar mode
of wooing, which Is really an exhibition of
endurance, Mr. Spanow shows by his
courtship that ho Is well qualified to ho
a highly satisfactory hiihb.ind and one who
can endure nny amount of hcnpocklng. When
tho sparrow makes his bow before the bird
whom ho wishes to become Mrs. Sparrow he
hops nnd skips .bout beforo her whllo tho
lady bird pecks and picks at hirn. When
thoro nro tmeral candidates for her favor
sho picks rath one, ami the bird which
makes !be least fuss and stands tho abuse
with tho greatest comp:suro Is tho one
which carries off tho prlre.
Tho phocbo bird, an Industrloun fly
catcher, Is also among tho esrly birds, and
many of tbem have already come from the
south. They make their nests near country
homes and often select corners on porches
nnd btoops for that purpose.
SIBX WHO Ill'ltX MO.XKY.
IteilrrinlnK Pnrtlnlly Destroyed mils
nt the Trensnry Department.
"Whllo It cannot bo stated that It Is nn
American habit to light lamps nnd gas with
n.cney," explained an official of the te
demptlon division of the Treasury depart
ment to a correspondent. "thcie nro a number
who nppear actually to have money to burn,
nnd who now and then burn It. There nre
more money burneis, too, than come to the
front and demand a redemption of their
partially destroyed money, for some peoplo
hesltato before they are willing to nppear
In such an Indefenslblo position. 1 don't
want to bo understood ns stating that it
occurs every day, for that probably would
bo stretching It somewhat, but It N a fact
that It occurs many more times than would
bo supposed. A case of the kind camo to
the division last week, whero a fellow
lighted a match at tho door of his room
and from that lighted what ho supposed was
a piece of paper which he had In his pocket.
He started with the lighted paper to tlnd
tho gas Jet. Ho found It, and ns he blew out
his lighted pnper he ascortalncd, to hU
siirpUo nnd disgust, that his taper was a
$10 bill, nioro than one-half of which had
been burned. In his communication to the
secretary of tho treasury, to whom ho wns
advised to write, ho admitted that he was a
fool and deserved a kick Instead of anything
else, but said as grass was rather short
with hlra ho would have to appeal for re
demption. He furnished the nccossary
nflldavits which under the law have to bo
filed In such cases, and n new bill wrh sent
to him for tho half-burnrd noto which he
sent In for redemption, Lots of times people
burn money, but mako no claim for redemp
tion, supposing that they havo no redrers
In the mattrr. Tint the Treasury depart
ment does not as n rule hunt up trouble,
so unless tho claim Is mado none Is sug
gested. "I hail a case somewhat In tho samo lino
recently and thero aro frequent similar oc
currences, as whero a $1 dog puppy ate up
two-thirds of a $5 note. 'The pup was of a
playful disposition,' wrote tho man who
owned It, 'and, though I saw him playing
with the note, I did not recognize It aa
money. Hut he won't plav any mnro In
my backyard.' Later on when the puppy
got tired playing with It, tho owner dis
covered that the dog had boon amusing him
self with a note which hnd by accident
fallen on the floor. The affidavits In tho caie
wcro very amusing, but thn man got his
remnant of a noto redeemed at Its full
value. The lamp nnd gar-lighting peoplo
nre by great odds In the niaporlty. Out nf
a number of such cases tho percentage of
women sufferers is so small that it can al
most bo said they don't lose money by mlng
It. as lighters. I knew of n woman who
boiled almost out of existence ioeral hills,
which, by some moans, got In the rods of
the leaves of a hrnd of eahbage Tho m&nov
dropped Into her hnsknt an the way fnni
the market. Tho notM wre preltv well
wrecked, for tho cabbage was being i'ut up
when they were discovered, but thero was
enough left on which to base a redemption."
Tni.n how to rinu a sty.
Ilohhs (ilven n Vnrlety nf Itemedles
for Ills Affliction.
When Hobbs camo down to his office the
other day, reports tho Chicago Chroilcle,
the lower lid of his left eye look" u angry
nnd Inflamed. It wns swelled a trifle nnd
was altogether out of sorts. HIh partner,
Dillon, looked nsknncn nt It when Hobbs
opened up his roll-top desk.
"Thnt's a pretty bad lomp you've got
there, old man," he said. "Seem to be get
ting a sty, ain't you?"
"I don't know," said Hobbs. "I guess 1
caught cold In It. I noticed It firot when I
got up this morning."
"Well, you mark my words," nld Dillon,
"that Is going to be a sty and you'll have a
bad tlmo with It If you don't take care of It
right now, I'll toll you what you want to
do. Just rub It a whllo with a gold ling nnd
It will go awny In a dny or o."
"Is that so?" said Hobbs. "That's curious.
I don't think It'll amount to much, though."
And he went on with his woik.
Tho flrnt time ho cnllcd MIfa Wilson to
tnko n few letters tho stenographer gave a
llttlo btart of astonishment.
"Why, Mr. Hobbs, you're getting a sty."
sho declared. Mr. Hobbs murmured that It
looked that way.
"I know an nwfully good thing to cure
It," rho volunteered. "You Just take a piece
of string and tie it around the third finger of
the oppoHlto hand and the My will go away."
"In that to?" said Mr. Hobbs. "Well. bn t
thnt remarkable? It will go away anyhow,
1 won't it?"
"Why, I don't know," said Miss Wilson,
rather embarrassed, "only 1 know that's
good. My cousin did It and tho sty went
away In three days."
"Did you ever bco a sty that didn't go
away?" nBked Mr. Hobbs, nnd Miss Wilson
dccllnol to pursuo the matter fully.
When Hobbs went out to luncheon ho
met an old college chum nn tho corn-r,
who cut short his mlutallons with an ex
clamation about tho sty.
"I'll tell you what you want to dn for
that," ho said. "Just go over thero to the
drug store nnd get a nickel worth nf pulpa.
i t II la. Thnt will k nock i sty nut quicker
than anything I know of."
"What do you want with this stuff after
you get It?" asked Mr. Hobbs. "Hub It In
your hair?"
"No, no; It cornea In the form of pills
and you take nno every three hours. You
do that. now. So long."
Mr. Iloht went on to luncheon with a
smile at the Idea of taking pills to cure a
I sty.
I "Theso homeopaths would take pilli f'r
' a sprained nnkle," ho mused.
Hight other remodlm wore given Hobbs
before lie got homo that day nnd when ho
did land at his own steam coll his wlfo
was ready with another one.
I "Henry, that eye looks nwful." rhe fati
"You Just put a bread and milk poultice
on it and It will bo gono In tho morning."
"Will It?" said Henry. Hut he didn't
do nnv nf thn things stiKgcftcd nnd tho nty
I WHb goim (he next day Then every nun
wnn husgofted crre i ongratulatcd hi -n
on bavins fullowvd their adticc and Hobbs
was too generous to undeceive them.
He Ctiemicil WrniiK,
Philadelphia Press- Hrown You seom
to he a hustler. I saw that lfn In.
suranro agent go Into your home this morn
ing nnd lots than half an hour after him
como tho doctor.
Smith Well, what do you gather from
Oat?
Hrown Merely that you were In a great
huiry to undergo the physical examination
and havo It over with.
Smith-You're wrong. The doctor came
to examine tbe insurance man's woundi.
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