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THIS AND THAT
Com ina Events
vnlcfitine Teachers Association Jan a
Farmers Institute Jan 9
Tur Coats at Stinards
Did you see the Camel at Stinards
Mens Arctics one -dollar pen pair at
Stinards
Kb snow here How different down
the road
Jas Steadman of Pass was in town
yesterday
Prof John iNeiss spent STew Tears
-day in town
C H Cornell returned irom Omaha
Tuesday morning
-John Weir of near Aing worth was
n town yesterday
Sadie Tochet of Rosebud visited in
town during the holidays
Hiss Jessie Goukey of Rosebud is
tvisitmg in town this week
A number of business men are tak
ing an invoice of stockon hand this
week
Ube soldier boys werein from the
post on a practice march Tuesday
-morning
Rev Bassetfc is occupying Dr Evans
houseon the westsideduring his stay
in town
The board of county commissioners
was in session yesterday checking up
the treasurer
W P Alsip has been at Pine Ridge
the past week looking after his brick
contract theie
Iean2fnerhas decided to -not re
turn to Lincoln and will put in a few
1 weeks rusticating
Geo Tracewelhwas in town yester
day having 4just -recovered from an
attack of the grip
Receiver Pike of Valentine land
office was in town a short time yester
day Stuart Badger
Mr and Mrs iEd Spencer went to
Iowa last Satttrdar fGra two months
- visit among relatives
Alex M Charbonneau one of the
large stockmen on the reservation
was ia town Tuesday on business
Jos Potraesil returned to Lincoln
yesterday morning to resume jhis
studies at the state university
Geo Campbell of the Kemper
Hundley McDonald Dry Goods Co
St Joe was in town- astisuaHast week I
Ed Calkins one of Gllman ifel
lars men was in town Monday night
having come over With a bunch of cat
tie
W T KineaM received word Friday
night that his Bister Mrs Low had
died at her home in Rloomington
Illinois
Mrs Dora Frizzel of Purdum has
been visiting dtfring the past week at
the home of her -uncle F K Bivens on
Cherry street
County Surveyor Tate was at Wood
Lake last week laying out the town
the exact boundaries of which have
never been filed
By this time his Satanic majesty
must have a nice lot of paving material 1
on hand in thesliape of broken New
Tear resolutions
Major H H son who
has been spending the holidays at -Fort
Niobrara returned to his school in
Minnesota yesterday
P Anyone knowing the presentjalddtess
of MRHairdin formerly of Green
field Mo will confer a favor by send-
ing same to this office
Rev Bassett assisted by Rev
Moore is holding a series of meetings
at the Presbyterian church which are
attracting considerable interest
Mrs Bennett irwin returned from
Omaha Saturday fright -and visited
here until Her husband returned Tues
day night
Mrs Maty Antran returned to her
home at Traer Iowa Tuesday morn
ing after a two weeks visit with her
parents Mr -and Mrs J W Tucker
Dick Cook was over from the reser
vation Monday night He assisted to
bring over a btanch of Giirnan Cel
lar cattle which will be dipped to
Piercft
To the Property Owtters an Resi
dents of Valentine
Tou are hereby requested to clean
your lots and alleys of all filth
manure etc Unless complied with at
once legal action will be commenced
By order of Board of Heath
Dr Alfred Lewis
President
Miss Lillian Sfconer returned home
Tuesday night having visited a couple
of days in Osceola after attending the I
state teachers association at Lincoln
last week
W A Parker came up from Wood
Lake yesterday morning and returned
in theeyening He will be here today
to take up hie duties -as county com
missioner
Why -should you -use envelopes and
paper unprinted or what is worse
poorly printed when you can get first
class job work done at this office at
reasonable prices
Mr and Mrs Sylvester Moon old
Cherry county residents of Marshall
town Iowa are in the city this week
looking after their property interests
and visiting old friends
W D Sadler -special land inspector
for Uncle Sam arrived from his home
in Arkansas and has resumed his
work here Mr Sadler is always a
welcome visitor in Yalentine
C K Brower returned Saturday
night from Omaha and reports having
had one solid week of unalloyed pleas
ure He resumed his position as phar
macist at iQuigleys Sunday morning
Jack Ford of Omaha a clever light
weight boxer stopped in town this
week while on his way home from
Lead He ia visiting his friend
Charley Tflte and is a son of Pat Ford
of Omaha
To Lovers Tou will take notice
that the sidewalks on North Cherry
street have been repaired and you
may hereafter promenade on this
favqrate thoroughfare without danger
to life or limb
The -legislature is In session at Lin
coln and the house was -organized by
the election of J NVGaffin as speaker
and iFJSMJlraeer chief clerk These
two men are fully deserving of the
honors shown them and competent to
fill the positions
George Fitzgerald -claiming to be
the -champion boxer of Cherry county
was in ONeill Tuesday He also
claimed to have bested Charley Tate
in a nine -round -go at Valentine on
Christmas He Returned to his tooth
ers ranch at Areadiathe same
teNeill Stin
A -good deal has been said about
poor Mary Ellen Lease having her
home sold under mortgage The fact
is that she borrowed 1100 on a 700
piece of property never paid any
interest and like thousands of others
was tickled to death when the loan
Company took it Atkinson Wdpde
A E and C W Bennett tiame up
from Simeon Tuesday and have been
quartered at The Donoher A E
Bennett starts for Las Vegas New
Mexico hi the morning to spend the
winter He has not yet decided on
makidg the move a permafeut one
still retaining his interests in this
county
It is reported that Hersey Co of
Little Roc Ark are contemplating
putting in a cattle ranch either in this
county or hear Casper This firm is
one of of the Strong ones financially
and should theycoriclude to Ideate inj
our midst they will be received with a
warm weicdihe Chadfon Signal
Recorder
W A Pettycrew lias moYed into
the room formerly occupied by J W
Yeast and hdw has an opportunity to
display his grocery stock to a -good
advantage Mr Pettycrew how has a
neat room and will be in a position to
satisfy his numerous customers better
than ever He still uses the tobm he
formerfyoccupiedas a grocery fOT h
tted store
Married at the home of the propri
etor of this paper yesterday Editor W
N Skinner of the Springview HeTald
t6 Miss Pearl McHenry of Bontsteel
Judge Graves officiating the Gazette
tenders its top shelf congrdlulatons to
this worthy young counle knd wishes
thetft a happy and prosperous
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acted as groornsmaii
Jhtit CfasHle
and bridesmaid
xfW
supplied with an abundance
from town
January -
February
linrch
April
May --
June --
July
August
Sepfernber
October
November
December
T6fal
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will be
and we mig
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THE VALENTINE DE
PnbIiAll forFiiir Years as
CHERRY GOUNW INDEPENDENT
VALENJINE
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IS THE BEST TOWN JNV THE GREAT
STATE OF NEBRASKA
has not lost faith in northwest Nelttas
ka 188 persons having tiled on htirhe
steads and 41 having bought Mid out
right fiPom the government In all 24t
proofs WTe meriVi Thife ft nH knch a
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A Few Faqts WhicJi Prove Her itle to tlie
Synopsis of Key Bxisius
Interests aiicj Many Reoures
There is no doubt about it at all the United States is the est
conjntry on earth Hehraska is the best state in the cotintryj Cherry
is the -biggest county and Valentine is the best town in the state
There you have three distinct propositions and ThJ Deocba
is ready to pull off its coat and fight fa maintain them even A the
point of a pen The gauntlet is thrpwn down and none dare pick it
up Let us suppose for aji instant that someone has taken issue -with
that jpartof the last propositiouhich refers to Valentin What
would its defenders say Qf qourae it is not to he supposed that our
antagonist is a bigity jt must bea village of 800 to 1000 inhabit
ants ell first we would say y v -
Burjng the yeaf S96 Valentine j eeeked over -28500000 poiinds
of freight from one railroad Then before the enemy could recover
from e stupefactiqn into whieli this statement had thrown him we
would come at him lotof facts Jie these
Valentine is the county seat of county containing 5400 square
miles it is the shipping point and nearest town to Fort Niobrara
where Uncle Sam keeps a regiineab of his soldiers it is the shipBinjr
poiut for the Eosebud Indian reservation which is with one exception
tne largest in tne country it is toenomp ox a u Land Umce it is
the location of a 17 S Signal Service station it has one of the largest
flouring mills in the state two good substantial banks four general
merchandise stores two groceriesnfe clothing store two meat mark
ets three hardware stores one haitfes shop one jewelry store two
millineiy stores three newspapers no more wanted four livery and
feed stables three blacksmith shopsj three 4rug stores one cigar fac
tory foar saloons one- billiard lialJ two jhotals and four restaurants
two school buildings with five teaehWsj four churches and two resident
pastors four lawyers three doctpfanda dentist If this did not ut
terly annihilate our opponentwe 57onldtell him that
North ast -and west of Yalenftueso me of the finest farming
country ever made while on -the soufha hundreds of square miles
of grazing country- where even now thousands of cattle horses and
sheep yearly feed and make money fr their owners but theres room
for thousands more we would probably dilate extensively upon the
immense amount of water power which now gees to waste but which
win soon De Harnessed ior r ne use or man4 auu oi now our city is
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LA1STD OFFICE BXJBtKESB FOR i896
MONTH
ilOMSTEJtD CASH SALES HE PROOFS T C I
Elitni Acres No Acres Nd Acres no7
3 18601 5 718 8
11 1727 6 80 3 480 6
13 142 2 45 21 2341 5
17 2555 3 161 10 1595 16
16 2515 4 185 11 1719 19
31 4789 3 r 161 6 960 16
18 2598 ttf 535 fc 960 15
16 2360 5 406 7 1114 8
15 2373 1 2 165 n 1760 q
17 2706 i 8 161 9 1439 9
14 1949 45- 4S2 8 1280 i2
11 1698 VB 47t 12 1896 10
188 28572lI7U8i ilH 16262130
u s iikkb office
The laud office udesnt do the busi
liess how-a-days that it used to 66 as
hiay be seen by the accompanying
table showing in part the work done in
the yast year but Register C Tt Glover
arid Receiver J A Fike are always on
hand to take care of whatever turns
np and ddupled with the work of tferk
tew Btowhell the patrons of the bflice
receive as thorQUgh and prompt atten
tion as they could desire The Valen
tine office neveT had a more obliging
m Ml mt
oipllreiitP 32mwsprlngsa half mile
ht mention thedOT mat thei e is an inexhaust
ible supply of building stone withia thi time of town or that if he
preferred brick he could obtain airthe diite wished for making the
Acres
1199
960
720
Z55
3032
2559
2394
1279
960
143S
1880
1597
20575
added to the tax lists- of Cherry Sock
and SrOwn countfest
U S IKEttM WAREHOUSE
The U S Indian warehouse here has
been doing a whole lot f business the
past year- and Receiving and Shipping
Clerk Carroll and his two efilcteht assistants-
T Keeley and I H Emery
have not had much time for play All
the government freight designed for
Hbsebud agency passes through their
liandsi and as the transportation is all
mpeteht corps dfjofficials As rone b Inaians tn6 work is doubi
seen by the table everybody nard DurinS the year 2010 wagon
of tltebrides and Miss tterh AIcKee I bad wiug alter all aha cbhaiderftig
the hard times speaks well for the
country 40000- acres of land tire thus
loads of freight were sent out which
averaged 2500 pounds per load A
little figuring will show that this
aieans a total -A over S OOOOOtf pounds
ef fjreight was unloaded from the Cts
pitta hi the wareuousfc and reloaded in
wagohs For hauling the government
CONTINUED 0 LAST I AGE
MOCRAT
VALENTINE OHERBT CO NEBRASKA THURSDAY JANUARY 7 1897
A HAPPY
ritft
NO 50
NEW YEAR
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Is extended to their
customers by
Davenport Thacher
same and his mortar for building could be main of uative lime and j J
sand- b ut by this time our antagonist would have skedaddled lit out
vamosed gone leaving us in possession of theaucna with none who
dare dispute our statement that
Valentine is the best town in the state of Nebraska
Deal reader tjje foregoing are but a few of the many good facts
regarding Valentine but they are themheat of tlie cocoanut Dont
they entitle us to distinction We have said nothing of the climatic
conditions which prevail here nothing of the refinement and culture
of our people nothing of the high standard of morals shown by the
comparatively fewr crimes committed- nothing of the wealth and busi
ness of our merchants or of the business- and dwelling houses of the
towHj but they can all be summed tip in two words The best
These subjects will be taken dp in detail hereafter Watch U3
grow and get to the front
Below and on the last page of this paper will be found a few
statistics kindly furnished us by various officials Preserve them
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And the assurance is given that in the
yar to oome their stock will be
larger goods better and prices
lower than ever before
DIDNT YOU KNOW
That the bost plaee in town to buy fre3h
fruite and vegetables is at Pettycrews3
DIDNT YOU KNOW
That the best place in town to buy gro
ceries and confectionery is at Pettycrews
DIDNT YOU KNOW
That the highest price for butter and egg3
is always paid at Petty crews I
If yoU didnt try him and you will
Qherry Qqunty Bank
Valentine Nebraska
Every facility extended customers consistent with conservative banking
- lioans nponvgood security solicited at reasonable
rates County depdsitdrjt
E SPAEKSr Prraident CnARLES SPARKS Cashier
mrir nnim ataki
Who we are y UN I UriUU dNffif
JHQUIGUEYPROP
What we are
Where we are
DEALER JN
DRUGS PAIUI VARNISHES
TOILET SUNDRIES
MAIN STREET
VALENTINE - NEBRASKA
gANK OF VALENTINE
C H CORNESjJjtFresideHU SI F MVHOLUON Cashier
Yalentine Nebraska
A General Banking Business Teqnsacted
isys and Sells Domestic and Foreign Escchango
CorreBpctfdeutb Chemical National Bank New York First National Bank Oaafca
CITIZENS - MEAT MARKET
- WILL FURNISH -
Fish G ame Tender Steaks
Jucy Roasts Dry Salt Meats
and the finest line of Smoked
Hams and Breaktast Bacon
ever sold in town
GEO C SGHWALM PROP
At StetterYOid Stand on Main Strefeh
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THE PALACE SALOON
HEADQUABTEES
WINES LIQXJOES and CXCMB
lALENTINE
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