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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1906)
TITE OMAnA ' ILLUSTRATED BEE. March 4. 1000. t Young Women's Christian Association Opens Buliding Campaign Organisation to Raise Funds for the Erection of a Home for the Proper Carrying on of the Work that is Being Done by'This Rapidly Growing Omaha Institution 4 WICE within tha past twenty years the ritlzcns of Omaha have been called upon to erect a suit able building for the Young Men's Christian association, the first time In im and '87, when the present building at Sixteenth and Douglas street was built at a cost of fSO.W). and last year when something over $120,0t0 was solicited for the new building being erected at Seventeenth and Harney streets. And the city Is proud of a work for young men which has made such demands. And arac With this Christian movement for men has grown a sister work for youmr women, the Young Women's Christian as sociation, but so modest have been Its demands that, although it Is about to enter Its fourteenth year and has a mem bership of over 1,800, It Is comparatively little known beyond the circle that Is in terested In It. ' It was with something approaching amazement, therefore, that many peoplo received the announcement that the Young Women's Christian association Is about to begin an active canvass for $125. 000 for the erection of a building that will be adequate to Its actual needs. Last sum mer the association purchased the tri angular property at the southwest corner of Seventeenth and St. Mary's avenue at a cost of $15,000. Of this $2,500 was sub scribed by the members and the re mainder by business men and others. Tho lot Is two-thirds again as large as tha ordinary city lot and. while Its location Is considered out of the. way by manv. It Is especially convenient for the several hundred business women who visit Its res, lunch and reading rooms dally. Date for Active Camps Inn. March 16 the active canvass for the $121. 000 will be begun and will last one month. In this a large number of prominent local women, besides several national work ers, will participate. t In addition to these 100 young business women, members of the association, have organized In tesms of ten for the raising of at least $10,000, and while this may seem a small proportion to be raised by the members, considering the restrictions placed upon their canvass It will be a cred itable accomplishment. It Is by this means that it Is hoped to reach the small sub scribersthe Individuals, men and women, with whom the finance committee might not come In contact but who might, and are desired to help, even to a small ex tent. Women have ever had to look well to the little things and the finance com mittee realizes that there Is to be no ex ceptions In their canvass. The first active steps In the camnnlirn were taken a week ago when the 100 busi ness women members met together nt a banouet. In the association rooms, truest of the finance committee, and outlined their plans. Women Have Waited Long;. The association took Its first steps toward a building In 1897, but at that time the Transmlssisslppl exposition project seemed all that could be taken care of and the How Fine (Copyright, 1906, by Frank G. Carpenter.) IALGARY, Alberta, March 1. (Spe c m cial Correspondence of The Bee.) Calgary Is the capital of the cowboy country of the wild Ca nadian west What was one known as the Great American desert ex tends from Montana north Into Canada. It comprises a region more -than twice as large as Ohio, running from the Rocky mountains eastward, devoted to grazing. The land though seml-arld Is covered with the richest of grasses and It Is now sup porting hundreds of thousands of cattle, horses, sheep and hogs. According to the last census there were 1,000,000 cattle In Manitoba and tha northwest, a little more than a third that many horses, and about 400,000 hogs and sheep. Large herds are now brought from Texas here to be fed and more than 40.000 beeves were shipped on the hoof last year from Calgary to Eng land. Just north of this region there Is a dairy country where they are establishing creameries with government assistance, and where they expect to raise butter and cheese for British Columbia and the orient. Great Canadian Flange. These stockmen claim to have mora grat ing lands than we have. I have traveled for hundreds of miles east and north of Calgary through a rich -prairie country covered with grass, and 1 am told such lands run south to the United States line. The Canadians say that their possible ranching area Is bigger than Texas, and some describe It Is equal to six states as large as Pennsylvania. Tha most of this country is now let out on government leases. Tha annual rent Is 4 cents an acre, but the gross Is so thin that It takes twenty acres to feed one head of stock, and the government will not per mit mora than that average number to be graced on any of the ranches. Our own cattle country has been greatly overstocked. The grasses have bejn so cut oft that they will not come up and our Agricultural department Is encouraging re seeding the plains. Here, In Canada, every thing Is under rigid government super vision'. The mounted police patrol the ranches. They enforce tha protection of '' 'i '' . : '.:';!. CLTDESDALK HORSES W PRAIRIE. WHERE THEY GRAZE women were asked to wait. They cheer fully compll"d and did tffU'U.-nt work in raising money for the educational depart ment of the exposition. Since then, other enterprises of a public and general charac ter hove made demand upon the city and for each and all of these the association has had to wait. Three years ago an or ganized effort was begun to secure tha much needed building and tho time since then has been devoted to acquainting the puhllc with the great need as well as the preliminary work. So nearly has the asso ciation been self supporting that the com mittee has had to explain away many erron eous Idei.s that hud resulted through Igno rance of the wolk. The fact that the great work done In the past-hns cost the pub lic so little encourages the women to be lieve that the money required for the build ing will be freely given and that they will bo equipped for the much needed and rapidly growing work. Annie Kxlstlna Ilnlldlnas. And In tho far of this canvass about to bo made, a few facts regarding the associa tion buildings of other cities and how they have been acquired may be opportune. The Detroit building, which Is the largest and perhaps the most completely equipped, cost, with the furnishings, $100, OOiV Of this amount $V,C10 w-as given by Miss Grace Whitney Jloff and another $25,000 was the bequest of her father. The lot cost $40,00f). The building, which Is a five-story structure, Is the center of the womep's Interests of the city. Its school of domestic science Is a model and an Inspira tion to other associations to "go and do likewise." The Minneapolis building, which was tho gift of Mrs. W. P. Benton ns a me morial to her husband, cost, with the lot, something over $100 000. the furnishings were given by the citizens. The Milwaukee building was erected a few yenrs ago nt a cost of $PO,flfO, and was the gift, of Miss FlanMngton of that city. The lot w.is purchnsed by the citizens. These are three of the largest association buildings In this country, and while they are all comparatively new buildings their work has already outgrown them. It Is profiting by the experience of these asso ciations that the Omaha women propose to erect a building that will be adequate to the demands so rapidly Increasing. Ponghkecpsle has Just dedicated a hand some new building, of which It Is said that every citizen contributed to Its building fund. Organisation of I.oenl Society. Lowell. Mass , Paterson. N. J., Rockford, 111., and Ottumwa, la., are other cities that have or will dedicate new buildings within the year and there are forty-flve others In process of erection besides these. Indicating the demand and the recognition of the value of this work, of which It has been, truly said: "It touches the girl at any point of contact and from that point pro ceeds to help the whole girl." Twenty five cities, most of them smaller than Omaha, already have Young Women's Christian association buildings. Cattle and Horses the cattle against diseases, and have dip ping stations where all the stock that comes Into the country Is examined and treated to prevent the introduction of Texas fever and other plagues. These police have veterinary surgeons with them and they watch carefully all cattle from the United States. I Jin d of Fine Stock. Most of the stock raised here Is well bred. One thousand dollars Is by no means a high price for a bull, and there are cat tle sales at Calgary every year which coin pare favorably with any In the United States. The favorite animal Is the Short horn, but there are many Polled Angus and Galloways. The best breeding stock comes from England,- and there are some ranch men who make a specialty of raising choice beef for the English market. The Cunuda Cattle company, which has 40,000 head on Its different ranches, ships Its stock on the hoof to England. The animals are all grass fed, and the sanitary regulations are such that they must be killed within eight days after landing In Great Britain. Sir William Van Home has a big farm la western Canada which is noted for Its fine cattle, and there are many rich farm ers in Manitoba. Right in the heart of tho wheat belt Thomas Greenway, a for mer premier of that province, has a farm of 2,000 acres, but he plants' only one-half of this In grain and devotes the balance to raising highly-bred Shorthorns. He has now 200, and says they are the most profit able part of hie farming operations. . The Armour of Canada. One of the best known ranching men of the west is Patrick C. Bums of Calgary. He Is the Armour of this part of the world, and Is sometimes called the cattle king of the British northwest. He shipped 3,500 carloads of beeves lost year, and he has now about 20.000 head In his yards. He has a big trade with Manitoba, British Columbia and Alaska. At the beginning of the Klondike gold discovery he got $1,000 apiece at Dawson for steers, and as much as $1 a pound for beef on the hoof. . Pat Burns came to Calgary about twenty-five yours ago, and began life by plow M -:V5f; it 1 1 ' i .'a-- i t . ? r r TWTWf.Tm.'': t t- ? . w i , .s sr .si.--t it .t -;. ill FLASHLIGHT PHOTOGRAPH OF THE Thirteen years ago, April 24, 1S03, the Omaha Young Women's Christian associa tion was organized with fifty-four, active and thirty-three associate members, the first work being tho furnishing of three rooms In the McCague building for a noon rest and lunch room and educational, re ligious and social work. From this be ginning It has grown to the sixth associa tion In this country In point of numbers and third In the number of Bible classes and its lunch and noon rest for women. Before the close of the first year more commodious rooms were secured in the Bee building, and here the association worked and grew until the summer of 1S97, when' what was known as the old library rooms In the Paxton block were secured. Three years ago five adjoining rooms were rented nd In these outgrown quarters the associa tion Is housed today. The membership has grown from the eighty-six charter members to 1,845 mem bers and tho work has grown apace. The first year there were U.Wo lunches ing up tho prairie at so much per acre. He turned his savings Into cattle, and let them graze on government lands. As ho mado more money he bought more cattle, and, to make a long story short, he is now a mil lionaire and Is growing richer and richer.' It was In his office in Calvary that I chatted with this man on cattle raising. Said he: "There has never been such a country for money making as this. All we have had to do has been to turn the cattle out on the prairie and let them grow into gold. The climate Is such that they can feed out of doors all the year round and the crass fattens them almost as well as grain. I am now shipping to Liverpool stock which have never tasted corn. They are grass fed and their flesh is hard enough to stand the voyage." ( "Not as well as grain fed stock?" asked I. "Perhaps not," was the reply. "But they cost less to raise und they are worth more money ta us." Canada Cuttle for England. "What can you get for a good steer, Mr. Burns?" "A 4-year-old fit for the market will bring $40 here," was the reply. . "What will it sell for in Liverpool?" "Seventy-live or eighty dollars. It costs Just about $30 to get It there, for we must send it 2.000 miles by rail and then across the Atlantic ocean. The people who handle such cattle expect to make $7 or $S a head." "How much do such animals wehjh?" "I have shipped many which have aver aged one ton each, and we sell hundreds which will weigh 1,600 pounds. Such beasts are entirely grass fed." "But will turf the stock business now fall off? I understand that the ranches are being cut up Into farms." "Yes, that will be the case with ranching pure and simple, although stock raising will increase. It now takes ten acres of wild grass to support one steer, while on the farms the same land will supnort ten. We have now about 150,000 cattle In this vicinity. We shall eventually have 1.&J0. 000." "But what kind of feed can you raise for 1- , . -.- .-.it ... i . . Am THE YEAR ROUND. YOUNG WOMEN WORKERS WHO WILL served. Ia,st year there were 106.142, or an average of 539 dally. The receipts for all purposes tho first year were $1,1'!). Iast year they were $18,760.45. For thirteen years the association has faithfully administered to tho spiritual, Intellectual and sociul wants of young women, and It Is one of the most nearly self-supporting associa tions In the country. In this respect It Is looked to with ad rrlratlon by all other associations, but na tional workers have on several occasions criticised Its Independence on the ground that In asking so little of the community It prevented many from knowing of Its work. Last year about $500 was solicited for running expenses, this being the largest amount ever asked, and was only made necessary through a necessity of additional equipment that drew heavily upon the as sociation finances. Work of the Organisation. The devotional work Includes Bible study, a gospel service every Sunday aft Are Raised in the fattening stock? You are too far north for corn." "Ye don't expect to raise hrn.' We have wheat, oats and barley. Much of the ' beer meat . Is now made of wheat. The screenings and rouxh wheat are saved for feed and the cattle graze on the stubble. When wheat is low it is more profitable to feed it than sell it. I know a man who recently tried the experiment of fattening hogs with wheat, lie had sixteen and he fed them on wheat that cost 70 cents a bushel. The hogs fattened so easily that his wheat, turned Into pork, netted him a $1.25 a bushel. Wheat at 50 cents a bushel will bring far more In pork or beef than at the elevator. "Barley Is another feed that makes good pork." continued Mr. Burns. "It grows well In Canada and It will to a large ex tent take the place that corn does in the United fclates. Our barley fed hogs will bring several cents more per pound than your corn fed hogs. I expect to sue a barley pork packing center grow up here." "Does Canada buy much of our meat?" "YeH, we get moBt of our pork from Chi cago, and we are also buying veal to fill out our shipments to England. All your meat that comes here pays u tariff of 2 cents a pound, but even at that your packing ar rangements are on such a vast scale that you have so far been able to undersell us. We are also Importing poultry Into eastern Canada from the United States.. I brought in twenty-five carloaUa of turkeys last Christmas. Eventually we will raise these things ourselves, and we will be shipping fowls direct to Engand." Raisins; Blooded Horses. One of the large stock businesses here Is horse raising. I saw thousands of horses feeding on the prairies between here and Medicine Hat, and passed large herds on my way north to Edmonton. The horses are fine looklri'. The day of the broncho and the broncho bu -ter have passed, and in- animals now breeding are handled by tho stockmen so that they are comparatively tame when ready to break. Nearly all the be.st known horses ap represented. There are f."yd- from Scotland, thoroughbred Shires fron England and Percherons from France. Some of the ranchers are raising tn.ttlng stock an I others park saddlers for our city niar':cts Robin Adair, vlilch re-, cently took the first prize at the New York horse show, was reared just nutslJa of Cal gary, and near by there la a stcckman who has !.?'( Picl eron mnres. There are stal lion shows here every year nnd they com pare with the cattle shows In quality. Visit to n More Flinch. I drove o-:t over the prairie yesterday to the Rolilnsun horse ranch. This Is devoted to rearing Clydesdale and Fhlres for the mnrk-ts of British Columbia and eastern Canada. These horses are In great demand In the mlnlnff regions, some of them going as far north pr. Alaska. Lravlng Calsary, we drove for several hours over a rolling prairie covered with a thick gras, now cured into hay. It Is b.-own on top but green rear the rocts. The horses feed on such grass all the year round. They are pastured In the midst of the winter, even when the ground Is covered with snow. They paw the snow away with their feet, and, as the cowboys tell me, come out bog fat In the spring. The ranch buildings here consist of a dwelling worth perhaps shout $?.oro, a barn the sib of a country livery stable and a number of corrals. The horses live on tha prairies and the buildings are compara tively cheap. The owner of this ranch, al though he Is worth VCJW. lives as simply as the ordinary store cl' rk of one of our cities. His house here is comfortable, but not pretentious, and during our call his wife epologlxed for her appearance, saying that she had lust come from superintend ing the dressing of some hogs which had been killed that morning. She charted freely about her ranch life, saying that she preferred It greatly to that of San Fran. Cisco, where her girlhood was spent. TAKE PART IN THE CAMPAIGN TO RAISE THE Y. W. C. A. BUILDING FUND. ernoon, a noon meeting every Friday and special meetings during the year. The en rollment In the Bible classes Is 228. The educational department provides classes In literature, English, arithmetic, vocal music, French, German, Spanish, elocu tion history and under tho Industrial classes sewing, millinery and embroidery are taught. Two hundred and tlilrty-nlno women are enrolled In these classes. An entertainment course of five or six lec tures, muslcales or recitals supplements the class work. The gymnasium has provided recreation and a thorough course In gymnastics by a graduate physical director. With poor facilities and meager equipment the high est enrollment in this department has reached 336. The noon lunch furnished wholesome and well cooked food at prices considerably less than it can be provided at other places, this being made possible by the volunteer service of women of the city who take regular turns helping with tho In a chat with Mr. Robinson about horse rearing he said: "Our horses take cara of themselves. Wre graze them for a part of the year on the prairies here near the Elbow river, and later on drive them to the foothills of the Rockies, where we have another larse grazing territory. We find It best to let the horses hustle for themselves. They come out stronger and are worth more than grain-fed stock. "We formerly paid considerable attention to breeding, keeping the slock up for that purpose. Of late years we have turned the stallions out with the horses and let all hustle for themselves. We divide the horses up Into droves of about fifty each and give every drove a stallion, keeping the droves separated for two or three woe ks to allow them to become acquainted with each ether. The animals are then driven to gether into one herd und they pasture in common. Every stallion, however, will take care of his own marcs. He will not allow any of the others of his Bex to come near them and will flsht for them on the slight est provocation." Draft Horses Par Best. "What breeds of horses are the most profitable?" "We can moke more money from draft horses than from any others. I have about 300 4-eur-old animals which will weigh 1,500 pounds apiece. Those horses will bring $400 a pair, and they are far easier to raise than the thoroughbreds and require less trouble to train them for the market." "What breeds are your draft animals?" "They are chiefly Clydesdales. I like them better than the Percherons. Their limbs are cleaner and they are better for general purpose horses." "How are they broken?" "We have little trouble as to that," re plied the horse rancher. "I have one boy who has broken more than 1,000 horses. We first get them used to the halter. This Is a matter of a couple of huurs. After that we hitch up each animal with a quiet old stater and drive the team alxiut for a day or so. Later still we harness tho horse up with another horse of the same age which we are training. We put on the brakes and let the colts go as fcut as 't .' I v V... ' t i t. : : - . i V w. i si. us mm mrnm 'OtV serving. With this help and the cafetera plan of serving very little hired help Is required and so the lunch room yields a small profit to the association. The rest rooms are equipped with couches, to which scores and scores of tired women come daily for rest, espe cially during the noon hour, which is Im proved to the utmost by women employed In the stores who must be on their feet the greater part of the day. The reading room Is furnished with the best current magazines, periodicals and daily papers and a small library and also a supply of comfortable chairs. The extension work l.icludes visits to factories with noon meetings and Bible and Industrial classes Bible classes In the commercial colleges and - branch in the southeast part of the city with classes and social gatherings for those who live too far away to come to the central rooms. During the port year employment has been found for 151 worren and 145 have been directed to suitable boa nil hit British they please, holding tight to the reins. The pulling of the wagon soon tires them out and in a short time they are ready for general use." Stockmen Avalnst Farmers. I find soinewnat the same wicuuii be tween the cattlemen und sheepmen here as in tho United Slates. The government regulates whore ihu sheep 1 -uici.es aie lo be and the result is that thine are leuui sIiulv man caltle or horses. The calilcmun also object to the larnis which are t'lowuib' up in Hie slock country. Witiuu the lusl few years it lias been found thai almost all of thesu scml-aria lands will raise winter wheal, and a lai'tu part of such iaiidd are being turned iulo farms. I met here ul Calvary a Chicago man who hud lciicud in 1,1'AI acres. He iiad bought this tract 111 the heart ol a lien grazing coui.lry and was uboul to laise winter wheat, Tne stockmen warned him to leave and cut his fences. After they hod dune tills several times he called upon the head of the mounted police, Colo nel Saunders, and said: "I have coino to see if my rights cannot be protected. I am not a Canadian citi zen, but I am an American who has bought property in Canada. 1 have a clear title to my farm, but your stockmen say that I shall not till it and tiiey have cut my fences again und ugaln." "I think we can protect you," replied the chief. "I will send yuu an ofllcer and lie will sweur in your hired men as members of our police force. After that they can arrest anyone who dares touch your fences or destroy your crop. If the intruders re sist arrest and your lorn gliuot them in carrying out their duties that act will be perfectly legal." Thereupon the Chicago man went back to his ranch. A few days later his hanos were made temporary members of the mounted police, and from thai Lime on he iiad no further trouble. I would say, however, that the Canada cowboy is a fj.r more orderly creature than his American brother. He lacks the plc turesquenesB of our frontiersman and ho never dashes into the settlements to shoot-up the towns. The system of mounted police which prevails throughout western FINE STOCK ON SIR WILLIAM HORNE'S . .... irvA--te&Jfe&4- -..i. -j ''-.''. . '::---i:- ' - houses. The association work . Is carried on by a Uiard of directors and six salaried sec retaries. Tl-o rooms are open troin 9 a. m. until 9:.tn p. m. every day with Sub bath rm-ctltips that stand for the best things, the building of character, the cul ture and protection of womanhood. And this is but an outline of the work belnir done. The prerent quarters are entirely outgrown and the class work Is c-ii-ied on under a handicap. There 1 rtlll a wide field among the lO.oeo wa::o ear:. big women of Omaha that the asso ciation has only entered, but xrnnslon Is Impossible, anil until a building ade r;usto to these di tnands Is secured the association can only hold Its own with the present membership. The lunch snd rest rooms are so crowded during the noon hour that scores of women who would pntroiilze them cannot take the time waiting In line to be solved or to waif their turn for a vacant couch. Supported h the Members. Tho association derive? Its principal sup port from Its membership dues, the active membership fee being $1 ft year. The as sociate membership costs the same, $1 a year, and :a:rl 'S .very privilege except that of voting t the annual nieetuig. A gratifying number of women are giving their support through a sustaining mem bership of $5 a year, the privilege being tho same as the '. membership. A life nieni lier'hii) .-ost $-5. Slight additional charges are made for the clasa work, which Is necessary to its supnort. In the associations of some of tho larger cllles more young women are enrolled in the educational classes than In any one of the women's colleges of this 'country, and as has been sail, "Here Is a means of edu cationnot a college education but an education for the girl who missed college; trie girl who does not know our language; the girl who w is taken out of school when In the fourth grade to go to work 1n a mill or In a shop; the xlrl who has missed tho opportunity of an early education," As has been so well stated by an officer of the local association: "In tho changed and changing social and industrial condi tions, women by the thousands must go out of tho home to help do the world's work. Just as In all times past she has done her share In the home. There are questions to be settled by organizations, unions, by legislation, stato and federal, to meet humanely the conditions of the wage eainlrii? woman; but there Is need now and will be when all is done for the community lo make up to there women the lack of home, school and church privileges. This In a most emphatic way the Young Wom an's Christian association does, not in a charitable or patronizing way, but In a dig nified. Belf-respectlng way. Not alone to the wage-earning weman, but the women of tho home and the girls who have had college' advantages, the association minis ters and jrlves opportunity for fellowship, culture and service. Every gift and talent may be exercised for the good of: others." Northwest Canada results In good order being every where kept. The farmers are regularly visited and cattle thieves are vigorously punished. Indeed, the genoral order in both town and country is superior to that of the western parts of the United States. FRANK G. CARPENTER. Prattle ol the Youngsters "Now, Tommy," said the fond parent, "w'ho was it that discovered the handwrit ing on the wall?" "The teacher," promptly rt plied Tommy, "an' taid I did it with my new pencil an' kept me In." Little 4-year-old Mabel, who had become weary of flat life, climbed on her father's knee tho other evening and said: "Papa, I do wish you would save some money and buy us a buck yard." Little Elsie What do they call tho man who goes around looking for peoplo who don't pay Enough taxes? Small Elmer A taxidermist, I guess. Little Elsie Why is he called that? Small Elmer pupa 8ays he skins every body, so I sp'ose that's why. Guest (at dinner) Aren't you going to cat any of the pudding, Harry? Harry No, ma'am, I guess not. Guest Don't you like it? Hurry Yes, ma'am; but mamma said I'd have to cut It out if you took two plates of it. Small Bobby Say, pupa, what makes giraffes have such long necks? lapa God gave them long necks so they could reach the leaves of the palm, which only grow at the top of the tree. Small Bobby Well, why didn't God make the leaves grow lower down? Kitty culled up her father by telephone. "Hello, papa!" "What Is It, dear?" he asked. "I wish you'd bring me some c-a-n-d-y when you come home this evening." "All right, Kilty; but why do you spell It out V" "I don't want anybody else to know what I'm saying." RANCH.