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VOL XII
THIS AND THAT
4JotninaEcents
Hcpiihliciin Convention Aug
Populist Goiivcniion Anc X
Democratic Convention August 28
Olil Scttltrs Snarks Sept -2
Schoalommences Sept 6
Cherry county needs a courthouse
Wanted Baled hay Davenport
Thacheu 0 3
T A Yearnshaw of Cody was in
town Tuesday
Jen Abel a Gordon barber was in
itownilast night
Dr dJenedict and wife are located
at The Donoher
V S Jackson is the proud possessor
of tibrand new bicycle
Grant Dunn is putting up a new
house on Macomb street
M V Nicholson visited with rela
tives in Ainsworth Sunday
Walter Page of Chesterfield spent
Saturday and Sunday m town
Will Merritt of Longpine guards
the push engines Nos 15 and 17
C E Wakefield the Omaha con
tractor returned home Saturday
T C Hornby has a very fine display
of dress goods in his show window
Ton Rent Nice large office room
in stone building 18 TCHornby
Judge Hall of Lincoln refused to en
tertain a motion for a rehearing of the
Trester case
Mrs J Pettijohn returned from
her visit to Johnstown and Longpine
Sunday night
Mrs Minnie Farrell and son Earl
are visiting with the family of Jas
Hull this week
Mrs R J Cook has been quite ill
during the last week but is much im
proved at this time
A very pleasant party was given to
the young folks at the home of C A
Anderson Saturday evening
For Sale or Kent Large ranch
in bestportion of Cherry county Ad-
dress this paper for particulars 26
C K Glover and family returned
Tuesday night from their two weeks
outing at Longpine Chautauqua
Mrs Minnie Richie returned home
to Neligh Saturday morning after a
very pleasant visit with friends here
Dr Reichard will be at Wood Lake
August 23 and 24 prepared to do all
kinds of dental work See large bills
Rev Bates held services at Eort Ni
obrara Tuesday and administered the
rite of baptism to a number of persons
The 0T E M V railroad will
make a special excursion rate to Chad
ron next Thursdayon account of Bry
an
Dr Hardin of Rosebud was in
town Friday and Saturday morning
went east on a months leave of ab
sence
Dr Reichard will make a full set of
teeth for 500 Extracting free of
charge from 8 to 9 oclock the first two
days 29
C A Johnson E D Valentine and
3D avid Leach were up from Woodlake
Tuesday on business before the land
office
James Gillaspie was up from the
s anch the first of the week and Pete
SPeterson accompanied him on his re
turn home
C J Anderson the stockman was
up from Neligh the first of the week
looking after his business interests in
this county
It is said that Brower and Wells
have the bicycle habit so badly that
they give a rotary motion to their jaws
when they eat
Messrs Haeber and Grange of Ken
nedy shipped a carload of cattle from
Woodlake to the Omaha markets tne
first of the week
Postmaster Sherman has had a new
desk put in the postoffice and the walls
of the room have been cleaned and
freshly calsomined
Minnie DeWoody of Ainsvrorth is
numbered among the young people of
Valentine once more She is working
with Fannie Clark
Lost Saturday Aug 14 a Spanish
coin attached to gold obain Coin is
dated 1868 and marked Four Eds
Finder leave at this office
Dr and Mrs J J Evans attended
Chautauqua a couple of days last week
the Doctor returning home Friday ev
ening and Mrs Evans Saturday
- Dr Reichard will be at the Valentine
House August 25 and remain 4 days
- Painless filling and extracting by the
famouB application to the gums 29
Ye editor and wife attended Chau
tauqua Saturday and Sunday We re
turned Sunday night but our better
eeD eighths stayed untS Tuesday
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The lawn social given by the Guild
of St Johns Episcopal church at J J
Guths last night was a complete suc
cess in every way The lawn where
the social was held is one of if not the
finest in town and it was very taste
fully decorated for the occasion Jap
anese lanterns hung in the trees and
cut llowers adorned each of the tables
Ice cream sherbet cake and coffee
were served and the Guild cleared 18
by its enterprise
Senator Allen and ex Congressman
McShane recently went to Washington
for the purpose of spcuring the consent
of the government to the opening of a
cattle trail across the Rosebud Indian
reservation from South Dakota to the
Elkhorn Valley railroad It is said
that by using this trail South Dakota
stockmen would save at least 22 per
car in transportation charges to the
Omaha markets The government has
given its consent to the opening of this
trail which will be about five miles
wide and a pow wow will be held with
the Indians at Rosebud on August 26
when an effort will be made to secure
their consent This will bring thous
ands of dollars iuto Cherry county in
the way of trade- will give more busi
ness to the railroad and give Omaha
another boost toward first place as a
packing center
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CHERRY GOUNTY INDEPENDENT
About fcw Mexico
To The Democrat
Four weeks ago I left the sand hills
of Nebraska for Farmington San Juan
county New Mexico after rnakhig a
short but pleasant visit with friends
at Chadron and threp days travel from
there by way of Denver Colo I
reached my destination the so called
Sunny Side Orchard which is located
one half mile from Farmington and
owned by W N Kight one of Fann
ingtoirs highly respected citizens
It was here that I met my old friend
M F Clark formerly of Merriman
and widely known throughout Cherry
county I found him jovial and good
natured as of old He intends mak
ing his future home in northern New
Mexico where he now thrives on
peaches and apricots
San Juan county as a stock range
has no equal in any portion ofthis
country where it has been my good
fortune to travel I have passed over
portions of many of the boasted stock
ranges of the United States I have
seen some of the ibest ranches in the
west and I have found no place where
alfalfa grows more abundant and
nutritious thau in San Juan county or
northern New Mexico nor have I
found any place zo free from the dan
gers of heavy snow falls which some
times starve out herds of cattle by the
thousands on more northerly ranges
There is an abundance of stock water
and easilv had While this cannot
be termed as grand a stock country as
in years gone by it still has its- ad
vantages with but few draw backs
For general farming New Mexico
is the country for a northern man to
come Farmers depend upon irriga
tion which insures never failing crops
It is natural fruit country and all
kinds of fruit with the exception of
lemons and oranges grow here in im
mense quantities
The climate here is healthful for
man and beast beyond 4a question
There are no blizzards Very little
snow fell here last winter and the
thermometer got below zero only a few
times The summers are tempered by
a gentle breeze and there are no sun
strokes The thermometer only
reached 90 degrees in the sun while I
was there
New Mexico is a vast domain not
well known or understood But a few
years ago few other than cattle men
Ruskin Tennessee ready to take up I lived here and they kept vast herds
his work in the Cherry county schools
He says his people are very well satis
fied with Ruskin as a home
Last Thursday the business men of
Valentine beat the officers of the
Twelth at baseball on a score of 35 to
16 The return game will be played
here this afternoon Fort Meade plays
the Andrews boys at the Post Satur
day
An unknown man was picked up in
the railroad yards at Longpine Thurs
day night with his head caved in
His worldly effects consisted of 7 in
cash a revolver razor and pair of
brass knuckles The man lived until
Sunday
Weather Observer Davenport has es
tablished a bulletin board under the
stairs leading to his office and same is
much appreciated by the public In
addition to the daily weather forecast
crop and other agricultural department
reports will be found on the board
At the republican caucus held Sat
urday J W Tucker G H Hornby L
N Layporte H Razey A Morey A
Lewis A II Ferguson L L Bivens
C E Sherman J A Hooton F Brav
ton and J H Yeast were elected dele
gates to the county convention which
meets tomorrow
Yesterday morning Mrs A T White
gave a riding party to about a dozen
of her friends followed by a breakfast
at her home in honor of the Misses
McDougal of Neligh The party left
town about half past five returning at
eight after a ten mile canter through
the Minnechaduza canyons and over
the table lands north
and made princely fortunes from graz
ing them upon free grasses These
men made the new comers think this
country a sun parched region but it is
not that The land boomers would
have you beleive this a Garden of
Eden Land under ditch sells from
30 to 100 per acre
A D GAiLor
Bryan at Chadron
The Chadron Recorder announces
positively that W J Bryau will be in
that city on the 26th of this month
one week from to day Sorry but we
will not be present to listen to his talk
Thursday is press day
The fact that Bryan is coming so
near reminds us of the first time we
ever saw him It was in the fall of
1890 when he made his first run for
congress against the veteran republi
can Connell The two men wyre en
gaged in a series of joint debaves on
the tariff question Bohanans hall
then the largest in Lincoln was filled
almost to the point of suffocation that
night When Connell made his bow
to the audience a storm of applause
arose He handled his subject protec
tion in a mastertul manner and fin
ished in grand style When Bryan
came forward with that famous smile
upon his lips confident and almost
jaunty in appearance an old man at
the side of the editor remarked Im
sorry for him Bryan spoke and al
most from the first held his audience
closely As his address proceeded he
became more aud more in touch with
his hearers as frequent storms of ap
plause amply proved and when he
reached his peroration the audience
was with him to a - man and smiles
frowns scornful curve of lips hope
indignation and finally enthusiasm
renectea rrom speaker to audience as
the speaker desired The applause
which came at the close of the address
was deafening hats handkerchiefs
hands feet and vocal organs uniting
in making the air look like a whirl
wind and sound like a thunder storm
The old man at the editors side was
among the approving ones The edi
tor had a pair of swollen hands next
day the result of assisting in the ap
plauseand Bryan was elected
Oood Optician
One of the most capable opticians of
the day Dr M G Benedict formerly
with Benedict Bros of Cleveland O
arrived in the city yesterday and has
established headquarters at Sparks
Hornbys drug store where he will be
engaged in the practice of his profes
sion for one week commencing Thurs
day Aug 19 and remain until Thurs
day Aug 26 inclusive Dr Benedict
comes highly recommended and those
who wish their eyes fitted in a scien
tific manner should call on the Doctor
during his visit here He makes a
thorough examination of the eyes free
of charge and guarantees all his work
The Doctor will visit - Valentine -four
times a year hereafter and any change
required in lenses fitted by hina willbe1
made free of charge
During the month of July 8 farm
mortgages for 74ii8 wro filed in this
count and 7 for 7 were released
2 mortgages on town property for
1200 were filed Chattel mortgages
to the number of 72 for 15921187
were filed and 27 for 1010927 were
released One of the mortgages filed
was for 30000 and two others were
for more than 20000 each In Cher
ry county this record is accepted as an
evidence of prosperity rather than oth
erwise and when the stock on which
mortgages are held is sold the wisdom
of this view will be apparent
4ame liaiVM
It is a shame that this or any other
paper should be called upon to ask for
the enforcement of the game law of
the state but numerous complaints
from the country seem to require that
a word of warning be published As
yet no one has complained of any par
ticular person but they may do so in
which v nt the offender must expect
to pay his fine The law provides that
any person who kills any grouse or
prairie chicken between January 1 and
September 1 quail between January 1
and November 1 jacksnipe or plover
between May 1 and September 1 shall
pay a fine of 5 for each bird killed
The law also provides the same penal
ty for each bird sold offered for sale or
found in anyones possession between
those dates It further provides a fine
of not less than 5 nor more than 100
should any person go upon the lands
of another to hunt trap or kill any of
the birds named without the consent
of the owner It is unlawful to carry
game during the prohibited season
The complaining witness in each case
gets half the fines collected Any per
son hshmg with any device other than
hook and line is liable to a fine of not
less than 25 Cherry county sports
men should take warning Game is
becoming too scarce to admit of viola
tions of the law going unheeded
Contract 3et
The school board held a meeting at
W E Haleys office last Friday even
ing and in the presence of a number
of interested spectators opened the
bids for the construction of our new
school house Five complete bids by
four bidders were opened as follows
J T Watt Co Lincoln for stone
construction 15987
E C Wakefield Omaha stone 13
260 brick 11734
Rathburn Whittecar Ainsworth
brick 9997
Fletcher Stolze Ainsworth and
Valentine brick 995080
In addition to the above the follow
ing bids on painting alone were re
ceived and opened
H A Kosters 686
W R Dale 650
J A Hooton 625
M Curistensen 445
The board adjourned until Saturday
at which time they awaided the con
tract to Fletcher Stolze and those
gentlemen were notified and Saturday
will sign the contracts and furnish the
bond required by the board
The figures given in the bids for
stone construction were a surprise to
many as it had been frequently said
that the building could be constructed
of stone more cheaply than of brick
The building will be completed on
or about December 15
Chautauqua Press Day
Last Saturday was Press Day at
Chautauqua and though the attend
ance of newspaper men was small an
enjoyable and profitable time was had
by those there Hon Jas Morris was
the speaker of the afternoon Hon A
E Sheldon of Lincoln presiding and
he made an excellent presiding officer
too Judge Morris gave the knights
of the pencil an excellent address on
the Bonds of Our Union which was
listened to with profound interest from
the beginning The chairman then
called for five minute talks The first
of these was Sowing the Sand Hills
What Shall the Harvest be by Tiie
Democrat man who referred briefly
to the work done by the newspaper in
building up the northwest and inci
dentally spoke on patriotism George
Miles was called on to tell about The
Editors Patent Insides E E Hum
phreys was asked about his Country
Subscribers P B Knotts of the Wau
sau Enterprise was down for The
Newspaper in County Seat Fights
Carey Thome told of the Ignorance
of the People on Political Subjects
O W Hendee spoke on The Adver
tising Man A E Sheldon related a
f few of the Experiences ot an Editors
Wife followed by ye editor and J
H Edmisten chairman of the populist
state central committee gave his ex
periences with the Country News
papers in Political Campaigns Oth
er talks were made and the meeting
closed after C it Glover in a talk on
Future Chautauquas had on behalf
of the management donated to the
editorial association a lot for the use
of the pencil pushers in future years
The evening entertainment consisted
of music by the Longpine band a vio
lin solo by Miss Silence Dales of Lin
coln a vocal solo and addresses by
Judge Morris and O W Hendee the
latter being a representative of the Ne
braska Independent Miss Dales 13 a
violinist of exceptional ability ana is
the daughter of Secy Dales of be
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VALENTINE CHERRY CO NEBRASKA THURSDAY AUGUST 19 189
Mrs ISaton Chas Bredeson Geo H
Webb John Y Pearson and wife and
Sadie Thosath were Rosebud visitors
in town Saturday
Mrs L C Sparks entertained a few
friends Friday evening in honor of
Mrs Dan Petty crew formerly Etta
Steele of Edgemont S D
Alex Altschuler of Lincoln was in
to wn Saturday looking up the records
in the Collins case with a view to in
stituting habeas corpus proceedings
Another newspaper man has been
ihonored by the present administration
C P Wiltse of the Newport Republi
can has been appointed postmaster of
his town
Davenport Thacher are making a
special sale of all odd styles and sizes
of shoes in their stock Prices in
manv instances are less than half the
figure formerly charged
Labor Day Sept 6 is a legal holi
day We in Valentine should o bserve
it In no town in the state have the
laborers been more steadily employed
this year than in Valentine
The F E has two engines Nos 15
and 17 stationed here to assist stock
and other trains over the Niobrara hill
during the rush The engines will re
main here two or three months
E J Davenport will go to Fremont
in the morning for the purpose of pur
chasing a boiler and other apparatus
necessary for the steam heating plant
which will be placed in the store
John Lynn and Lela M Day were
married by the county judge Monday
The groom is very much older than
the bride but they seemed happy just
the same when we last saw them
Prof and Mrs R H Watson Tues
day returned home from Ithaca
thistate where they had been visit
ing with Mrs Watsons parents Val
entine gladly welcomes their return
A letter received from W E Waite
of Chesterfield says that he has at last
found the team uf horses which left his
ranch on May 27 One of the horses
was discovered near Cooper and the
other near Merriman
Fred Gordon returned Tuesday from
his visit to the co operative colony of
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SHOE SALE
TO MAKE ROOM
For our new goods all of our odds and endsof
LADIES MISSES
Than anyone else in town and
besides he carries the best qual
ities The best and most com
plete line of gents furnishings
Wanted An Idea iBBB
Protect your Ideas they may briny you wealth
Write JOHN WIDDERBURN CO Patent Attor
neys Washington D C for their fl80Q prlxe offer
ana new Hat of ona thousand lnrtnttoos wanted
Mill Prices for Feed
Bran bulk 40c per cwt 700ton
Shorts bulk 50c per cwt 900 ton
Screenings 35c
Chop Feed 70c
Corn 55c
Oats 90c
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To the East
Via ONeill and the Pacific Short Line
The shortest and quickest route to
Sioux City South Dakota and all east
ern points Save three hours time
Equal rates Buy local tickets to
lOKeiil When returning take the
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CHILDRENS
SHOES AND SLIPPERS
Will be closed out
REGARDLESS OF COST
Look at the prices
25C 50C 85C AND 100 PER PAIR
These shoes have been selling at from 100 to S00
Come first and get the most desirable bargains
Davenport Thacher
The Fruit Season
With all its glories is
here and as in the past the bes of
tame and wild fruits plums peaches pears bananas or
anges lemons etc will be found for sale by
NORTH OF POSTOFFICE A PETTYCREW
Highest prices for Eutter Eggs and Farm Produce
Right in Front
We are not to be found following the procession when it
comes to selling goods because we are in front and pro
pose to remain there both in quantity quality and price of
our merchandise We are disposing of onr summer goods
rapidly and at ruinously low figures but we always keep on
hand a large line of dry goods boots shoes and groceries
E McDonald
Indian goods trinkets and curios a specialty Store at Crookston also
HOT x
WEATHER
CLOTHING
And all other kinds
of clothing
can be purchased more cheaply of
D Stinard
Pagifsc Short Line
TIME TABLE
AT ONEILL XEBEASKA
PASSENGER
LEAVES 10S0 A M AKKIVES O JSQ 1 M
D AI LV EXCEPI SUNDA i
Through connections both ways with
urns trams uy taking tins line you can
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made with all trains for the East -and
Black
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return the same day connections
South
Dakota liuv local tickets to ONeill
O W MOREY
WAT0HMAXEE - AND - JEWELER
Fine line of vplain and fancy jew
elry constantly on hand
Repairing promptly executed and
done in the best manner
Full line of sporting goods
C M SAGESER
TONSORIAL
ARTIST
Hair cutting and shaying
Shop in the 17 H Moses building
HOT AND COLO OATHS
THE ELKHORN
RAILROAD
ClTorth Western Line is to bej
to and from the
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