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AVERAGE DAILY RECEIPTS 5300 HOGS2.750 CA7TJ.C. ? .aOQSHf- . > .
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WOOD BEOTHEKS
LIVE STOCK AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS
SOUTH OMAHA AND CHICAGO.
WALTER E. WOOD , Cattle Salesman. HENRY C. LEFLER. Hog Salesman
WE FURNISH MARKET REPORTS FREE OF EXPENSE.
Write to us. ( o ) Write to us.
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INCORPORATED , ESTABLISHED 1862.
3HICACO , ILL. SIOUX CITY , IA. ST. JOSEPH , MO. SO. ST , PAUL , MINN.
LIVE STOCK COMMISSION
MERCHANTS
ROOMS ' SOUTH OMAHA NEBRASKA
I30f AH'E3w4EXCHA E BUILD.NC . ,
JOHN L. CARSON. Financial Manager. D. . OLNFA' , Cattle Salesman.
J. M. COOK. Hop Salesman. J. A. McINTYIlK , Hog Salesman.
C. A.CALiyWELL , Cishier.
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.LIVESTOCK
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
SOUTH OMAH-A , NEBRASKA
Jtonm 108 Tlxchuncc JSldff.
Deferences :
CJNION STOCK YAKDS PACKERS' NATIONAL
NATIONAL BANK BANK.
Telphone 141
We have a larjje clientage among Nebraska Feeders and can always neat Omaha prices to
Kauch customers IF NOTIFIED BEFO1IE SHIPMENT.
FLATO COMMISSION COMPANY
LIVE STOCK SALESMEN AND BROKERS
Capital § 100,000.00
Dii-ec-torn : nie men :
-E.-W. FLATOMu , President. ED II. HEID ) , - ,
PAUL FLATO , Viv * President. JIM S. HOKN f Cattle ; 3llesme
J. C. DAHLMAN. .secretary- E.V. . CAIIOAV , Hog Salesman
J'OHN D .S'KITZ HUGH HITCHCOCK , Sheep "
Ko H HIKO , JOHN P. CLARY , Cashier
SOUTH OMAHA , NEBRASKA
iTOXMMIS8ION ; COMPANY'
Oapuil : $500 000.00.
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A Few Facts For Cattle Dealers.
ft hn.n been repeatedly
thc-pji * t that
M
I- Stands at top as a market for Range Feeders
You can satisfy yourself ; s to the truth of that rilarement by
romoariux thn s-iujs at. Sioux 'ity , last vpar , with those at any other
, -MMV . ijtiY ' } : : ? - , . { YUM oaii aKo : \ * \ < yonr neighbors who have sold
a ; ; t . -i " to x it.\ 1'is s v-.ir irix ' 'iv ; is in the lu'ld for fat cat-
; : i < v ! ! i ' ' ! T I'M- .rr-it : bi'nf a'lghtprintr plant of the
' . ! Ul ! ! ' : ! ' . Ht ! ' - . ' Jt--idx O ! bll-JMcSS
The capacity of the Stock Yards has been
greatly increased and you will find
\ excellent facilities for handling
your business.
< > -\--i . < it ( > . f I -5 -I ( if yonrc itfi ' an' not sold on our market !
he Sioux Uity Stock Yards Co ,
JOHN H , KEENED General Manager.
W STtRN NEWS-DEMOCRAT
uOOD , Editor and Publisher
I
It being definitely settled that a republican -
publican will be chosen to succeed Wm.
V. Allen as United States Senator , we
| have the pleasure of suggesting our
fellow townsman. Hon. E. K. Valentino
tine , for this succession. Judge Valen
tine has been a resident of Nebraska
since its territorial da\s and has at all
times been closely identified with the
growth and prosperity of the state. He
served three terms in congress , one
term as district judge , and has held
many other important trusts always
filling them with ability and satisfac
tion to the people. West Point Repub
lican.
Under a new law in Michigan the
county officers are required to make a
report to the state capitol of all di
vorces granted during the year. The
record for 1897 , the first year of the
new law. is now fairly complete. It
shows that 1,656 divorces were gran ted ,
about one-third being for desertion , the
same for cruelty , and 6.3 per cent of
the whole for drunkenness. The num
ber of children concerned was 1,833 ,
not a large number in view of the fact
that the average duration of these un
happy marriages was 10.7 years. The
plan of making these statistics easily
accessible by states will direct public
attention more strongly than ever
toward this great and apparentlv
growing defect in our social organiza
tion. State journal.
The people of South Dakota voted
favorably on the constitutional amend
ment making provision for the use of
the initiative and referendum at the
election of November 8. This is a step
forward in the line of progress , and wo
hope to see the time when it will be
recognized by all the states. It is a
principle which has long been recog
nized by many states in connection
with constitutional enactment , and in
every instance its use in that connec
tion has been productive of most satis
factory results. The plan , which has
been made a part of the constitution of
South Dakota , provides that when a
particular piece of legislation is de
manded by live per cent of the quali
fied voters of the state , that proposition
must be submitted by the legislature to
the people at the next ensuing general
election. If the majority of the voters
approve of the measure it becomes a
law. Also , if the legislature passes an
act to which there is popular objection ,
that act must be submitted to the
people at the next regular election/
petitioned for by five per cent of the
qualified voters. If approved by popu
lar vote it stands ; otherwise it fails to
become a law.
The remark is attributed to the illus
trious American Statesman , Daniel
Webster , that "banks were the most
ingenious device aver invented by the
wisdom of man to fertilize the rich
man's field with the sweat of the poor
man's brow. " Whether he was the
author of the rem rk or not it is full of
meaning and pregnant with truth. He
meant , ofcourse , banks of issue , as it is c
generally admitted that banks of de c
posit , discount and exchange , properly i
regulated , are beneficent institutions.t
It is claimed by the banking fraternity - c
ternity and their friends that banks
cannot live without being allowed the
privilege of supplying the currency. In
reply to this plea Dana , of the > ew
York Sun , tersely and truthfully says :
"Legitimate banking consists in re- j fj
ceiving deposits of idle money , discounting - ! a
counting commercial paper and deal1 1 ]
ing in exchange , and if they cannot o )
live on their legitimate business thuv v
ouiiht to die " Dana was iir.-ii b ! ivi'r i
in ih ' j)1-1 ) ! ) ! * ! ' , ! * * ! ' > ' ! t"Si" ! ! . ; > ; 'j siDi--i i :
' , . ; ! - . i in. ; ] < ! ! : ' . I' , til- jimv'j , > f f.f ( "i ;
! . ' : > ' I . ; : } I ill > ( : lt : ! . > i : } t ? . 'l-t ' . : ;
i ' . i < > ! ) n'-hi ! - - . . Tt- . j { ) . -
Demucralic and - . . , .
Kfjiuilk-ai : par. if.- .1
The Democrat claims that if there t
must be an emergency money to supply f
a deficiency in the volume of silver and o
gold it is the duty of Congress to issue , ' p
regulate and control it. i
'
The Republican party claims that one I
of the tnetals , which has from the beginning - I
ginning of our Government been the 1 ]
companion of gold in performing the t
world's exchanges , shall be disfranchised - t
chised , and that associations composed e
of rich men shall be subsidized to supply - ;
ply an instrument of exchange. The j
history of banks , from the inauguration I
of our Civil War to the present honr , lj
shows that they are dangerous iustitu1
tions. Mono } ' is power capital is solc
fish , cruel , grasping greedy , avaricious r.
and tyrannical .Mr Oarfield truthI
fnllv said : "Tell me who famishes and c
Controls the currency of a.do'untry , and t
I will tell you who governs that t'ountj
try. " Cincinnati Enquirer. r
rt
M. If. Ilayward will be the next U. fi
a & & &c * free Jfettwte. ? l
Live Stock Notes ,
Some idea of the r'so in the value of
horses may bo gauged by a report sent
out from East Buffalo which is to the
effect that the light legged kinds , 15.2
to 15.3 hands , 1.025 Ibs. to 1,100 Ibs. ,
fairly good lookers and with some style
and a good road gait , which now sell
for around $300 a pair , could have
been bought three years ago for from
$100 to $150 a pair Indeed the horses
that could be bought in the dullest of
the dull times for from $100 to $150 a
pair were on the average slightly super
ior to those for which $300 per pair is
readily paid. And even of these , the
better trotting sorts supply is short.
There is one point , that is a serious
drawback , as yet , to the growing of
horses on the range , and that is the
colts do not receive the care , attention
and feed that the } ' ought to got during
their first winter. The trouble is that
horses are raised cnoaply on the raugos ,
and they try to raise them too cheap.
If , after breeding for the colts with
care , and taking pains to see that they
are well born , they were allowed to
run with the dams until fall and were
then taken up and fed and cared for
during the winter , it is almost certain
that the range horse would be a very
different kind of horse from what he
is , and would bring a price enough
greater to more than compensate for
the difference in the two methods of
growing him. Homestead.
Some of our British exchanges are
congratulating the cattle breeders of
that cou n try upon the fact that the
exportation of American r-attle to Great
Britain ( hiring the past twelve months
has been conducted at a loss , or at least
at a profit so small as to be scarcely
worth the trouble and risk which the
business involves. While these exports
have increased considerably , the prices
realized have fallen and are still fall
ing. The London Cable estimates that
in round figures the cost of placing on
the English market a oteer brought
from Chicago is 5 pounds sterling , and
that if the American exporter is to
make a reasonable profit there must be
a difference of 3d. to Hid. per pound
between the prices in the two markets ,
whereas , the difference during the past
year has not averaged 2id. This esti
mate is confirmatory of the occasional
hints dropped by the papers published
at the leading stoc.c yards to the effect
that the export cattle trade had not
been paying during the past year , and
that many were shipping largely because -
cause they had contracted for vessel
space a considerable time in advance ,
and were obliged to use it.--IIome-
stead.
The Chicago business letter of the
National Stockman says :
A Utah cattle company has secured
nearly one thousand Nevada cattle to
be fattened at the company's yards at
the sugar factory on pulp from the
sugar beets mixed with a small amount
of alfalfa. This beef is sometimes
L-all sugar beef , and it sells at retail a
sent a pound higher than the grass or
2orn fattened steers. Sugar beet pulp
imparts an easily discerned flavor to
the beef and one that no other feed can
give.A .
A great deal of money is being loaned
throughout the west to stockmen , and
Battle paper was never before so popu
lar with money lenders as at the pres
ent time. No such loans are made , so
"ar as is known , at less than 6 percent. ,
ind no loans , it is safe to say , have J
been made for le.ss than the legal rate
t interest Iis tin * .state where the money
i.vi : , io.inti i. Not Ions ; ; i ) one of IM ! >
; in thJ < -n : > : r- . vlsn f
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the exports for the first tun months
foot up 1U S33(574 ( barrels , an increase
I
jf 2,406.498 barrels over the same
period last year. Wheat exports were
112,137,701 , an increase of 40.660,889
bushels ; corn exports were 170,086,505
bushels , an increase of 13,730,182
bushels ; oats exports were 45,945,848
bushels ; rye exports were 13,244,850 j
bushels , an increase of 5,171,300 bush-
ls. I
Only 25,487 head of cattle were ex
ported from this country during Octo
ber , against 28,607 in the same month
last year. For the first tan months of
1808 the exports airountcd to 3 > 8,275
Battle , against 309,084 for the same !
portion of 1897. The cattle export i
business has been in an unsatisfactory' ' *
stfnditton for some months past , and |
Sxporters1 have lost r-.Oney. The i -
3rought forced great number < 3f irn- ! "
mature cattle in England and France on !
the markets of those countries , and the ii ;
Ejlut of cattle caused unusually low | ]
pyioee.
s i } ! .
QEO. G. SCHWAL ! , : , PROP.
This market always keep a > ' ; pjjy ] of
IT-
In addition to a first-class line of Steaks , . ' . ' .jnstE. Dry Salt Meat ?
Smoked Hams. Breakfast Bacon isid Vegetables
7 O
AtStettcr'8 Old Stand on Main Street. VALENTINE , NEBRASKA
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SI VALENTINE NEBRASKA
MRS , HARRIS BOARDING HOUSE
AND BAKERY ,
Fruits x and x Confectionery
Meals at all hours ,
Price , 25 cent , Firt door South of Valentine Bank ,
4 I ? ? The DONOHER tote tote
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49 ? FIRST-CLASS MODERN HOTEL
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Hot and Cold Water Excellent Bath Room Two Sample Rooms j
of
HERRY OUNTY RANK
Valentine , Nebraska
Every facility extended customers consistent with conservative banking
Exchange bought and sold. Loans upon good security solicited at reasonabff
rates. Cosinty depository.
E. SPARK8 , President CHARLES SPARKS Cashier
. II. CORXEUL , President. MT. T. NICHOLSON , Cashier
VALEDTINE.
Valentine , Nebraska.
A General Banking IJnsinessTransacted
Boys and Sells Domestic and Foreign Exchange
CorreMnomleiits ;
Chemical National Bank , New York. First National Bank. Omaha Ki&r.
Highest market price pair ! and prompt returns. Reforene-e
Omaha National Bank.
F. S. BUSH & COMPANY.
513 South 13th St. , OMAHA , NEB
We charge no commission.
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DWYER BEOS.
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r.iie Treitincut of
All Kinds of Surgical Opcr.-
ations Successfully
Performed.
ALENTINE , NEBRASKA
ELSON
CODY. XEBR.
las recently startfd in business and
offers bargains to nit cash
buyers of
Ktr/t
Win ; U
kind * of Rnn&wn *
nndOMinneil on
iLvk and " "il.011 ? Tr" * " Utrtl1 of Cro ° k-ston , one
heifer
, and one rein ; hi-ifer
inth between two and three years nld. loti !
irnnded S I1 on n ht sid hack of the hio The
BHSfaTJiSS1"61 to * * t7 < ku w ea and , tike the
\Vi > y pay $45 to $ UD lor a ateo * range
hen you can get one for $25 ?
Drop a postal to
I. H. EMEKV , Valenti ne ,
Appoint incut of Administrator.
In. the County Court 1
of >
Cherry County , Nebraska \
In the iMatter of the Estate of IVilliam E.
Stansbie. deceased :
Thomns Stensbirt having filed in mv office a
petition pravinx for the appflintinent of Charles
Lane as admiuistnitor of said estatf. All per
sons Interested in wild estate will take notice
that I have fixed Saturday. Decembers. 18D8 , at
10 o clock a.m. as the time and mv ofllco in
\alentine. Cherry county. Nebraska , as the
place for the hearing of said petition at which
time all persons in erestert in said estate mnv
appear and show cause , if nny there be , whr
such administrator should not be appointed ,
Wltnpsi mv hand aiul seal of the
court this 17th day of NovcmUer. ISO's. '
P. M. W , Atfy , for
Etstfatj \ ' < ttitG.
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and dne red calf with ho Utaiuit
Tukeii up by WKOBOE B.Vs'svfe
Ladies' and gent's summer shoe * -