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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1918
Page
6
A note lists licenses to be required for stock yards, livestock commission men and ers. The item highlights upcoming regulatory steps and involved groups in the trade.
The proclamation outlines licensing for stock yards brokers and commission men under Wilson's act. It directs the Department of Agriculture to supervise licensing and requires all affected parties to obtain licenses by July 25 1918. The measure aims to regulate import storage and distribution of live stock and ensure market integrity.
Western sheep producers report few lambs contracted for fall delivery as prices hover around 30 cents per pound. Two sales total 31,000 lambs averaging 66 pounds with July to September delivery at 9.20 per head or 14 cents per pound. Overall volume remains small versus 1917, and growing numbers may be sold directly to feeders or moved to centralized markets.
The U S Department of Agriculture announced May 25 that reserve seed corn is stored for express distribution to farmers. It can be purchased cash at cost under law for Planting and replanting. County agents provide price, corn type, and order details.
Charles J. Stolt, longtime Highland precinct resident and former Minatare school board member, died last Tuesday at his daughter’s Alliance home from a fall. Born August 20, 1856 in Minnesota, he moved to Nebraska about 40 years ago, settling in Minatare in 1906. Eight children survive: Mrs. Pharés of Minatare, Mrs. L. E. Johnson of Alliance, Mrs. Vern Register of Alliance, Mrs. John Herman of Minatare, Edith, Ellen, Theodore and Mildred, all of Minatare. Funeral services were June 12 in Alliance at Mrs. Register’s home, with Stephen J. Epler delivering the sermon. The community expresses condolences.
Hay Springs residents returned from the stockmen's convention last Friday reporting heavy river ford hardships as bridges were washed out. Mr and Mrs Charles R Simpson attended two days in Alliance and praised the program. Frank Cilek donated $1 to the Red Cross with credit requested for Sheridan county.
Privates Walmun Graisser and Pack from Chadron were taken from depot yards Saturday night. Sheriff Wilson reported the trio made no false contentions and claimed their parents live at Chadron. The men were apprehended as deserters per their statements.
Enlisted in a national guard unit, nine months held at Camp Cody, they grew tired of being retained and fled. They traveled to Chadron and Alliance seeking transport home and were wrongly treated as on leave. They were later seized by sheriffs at Ft Crook for being absent without leave.
A Bayard council discussion spilled into street clashes after home guards and opponents debated posting placards urging English use. Prominent locals attended as statements were read and debates continued about displaying the English language message on German Russian church doors and in town shops.
Dispute over posting placards on business houses persists as Bayard guards enforce language rules aligned with state defense resolutions. Councils uphold placard wording and refuse to annul the prior resolution while urging local unity in following defense instructions.
Omaha ranked fifteenth among U S cities in bank clearings for the first five months of 1918, with total clearings of 1 177 221 144, exceeding many larger populations and doubling the 1908 full year total. Detroit and Baltimore, despite larger populations, posted smaller clearings in this period while New York and Detroit saw slight declines versus 1907.
The U S Department of Agriculture urges counties to form community spraying circles to combat potato late blight and tomato leaf spot. A crew with a dedicated sprayer is economical and efficient, with Vermont and New York cases showing about 65 cents per acre for the season and 18 cents per acre for a single application.
Drainage water from heavy rains likely serves as a major vehicle for disseminating plant diseases. Studies show disease presence in fields where cabbage and other crucifers had not previously been grown, linking runoff to new infections.
Receipts for cattle totaled about 440 head with a lively opening and prices up to 14.00 for beef steers and higher for stockers and feeders amid a better market. Hog receipts reached 10 000 head with prices 10 15 cents lower. top hogs around 16.25, bulk 16.00 16.10. Sheep and lambs were lower with about 12 200 head and good lambs selling near 18.25 18.50.
Birds nests used in the famous Chinese soup are built by a swallow species common on the coasts of Java Ceylon and Borneo. The nests are prepared in chicken broth or almond milk, yielding a gelatinous, vermicelli like soup that is far more costly.
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