n * . V > * a - - , THE ALEN T V > Volume 26 , No. 26 VALENTINE , NEBK. , THURSDAY , JULY 6 , 1911. per year Oxford Sale We have a number of broken lots and sizes in Mens ? and Ladies9 Oxfords which we are offering at exceptional prices. This is good , clean , stylish stock at a great saving in price. Mens' $4.00 Tan Oxfords Mens ? $3.50 Tans and Patents 2.60 Mens' $3.00 Black and Ox = bJood Ladies' $4.00 i Oxfords 2. Ladies' $3.00 Oxfords 1. Ladies'$2.50 Oxfords"y - , " 1.90 i Ladies' $1.75 Oxfords 1.25 THE CORNER STORE Davenport & Co. This is the time of the year , when your wife does not Ijke to stand over a hot stove frying meats , and would rather that you would buy for her : i One-half pound Pink Salmon One-half Red Salmon - pound . . . . Steak One pound choice Red Alaska 20c Salmon , tall 4- One pound , Forest City 25c Special , tall , red One pound Columbia River 25c Salmon steak , flat One pound Forest City 25c Special , flat * - Also a full line of Sardines , Potted Meats , Chipped Beef , Roast Beef , Corned Beef and Baked Beans. Fresh vegetables are scarce , we have a full line in cans. Red Front Mere. Co. r Grocery Department Phone 5. SHEET MUSIC Yes , we've got it , if not we'll get it. Orders taken for all music. Big Reductions on Summer Millinery . W. Are Yon Hungry ? I Get anything on earth that's good to eat at I A Home Bakery. TELEPHONE NO. 7 Valentine . James D. Novak was in town Wednesday. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clarkson Tuesday. Kathleen Keely and Hazel Gra ham celebrated the 4th at Long Pine. Neva Barker went up to Chad- ron last week for. a visit with rel atives. Paul Charlton , formerly of Oma ha , has been appointed judge of Porto Rico. The quarantine for"scarlet fever was removed from the home of L. R. Sheldon last Sunday. Charles Pollard of the staff of the Chadron Journal was visiting in Valentine last week. H. H. Myers of Red Deer was in town Saturday and sold a load of potatoes at § 1 per bushel. Mrs. Cutsinger of Ainsworth came up Sunday night for a visit with John Slonecker and family. It is now thought the new wat er works and electric light plant will be in operation by October 1 , 1911. Frank Fischer went to Ains worth last Monday and pla.ved with tbe military band at their cel ebration. Hammond & Bullis have pur chased the 40 h. p. Cutting auto mobile from D. McLeod , for their livery business. J. W. Stetter will hold a horse and mule sale on Saturday July 29. Read the big ad in another column for a more detailed state ment. Mrs. R. P. Hoxey and daughter Harriet have gone to Victor , Colo. , for a visit with the former's broth er. They will also visit relatives in Colorado Springs. E. Olson joined his family at Merriman Sunday to spend the 4th. Mr. Olson tried a little fish ing while away and is now nurs ing badly sun-burned wrists. Mrs. Abi Mason of St. Joseph , Mo. , came Saturday night for an extended visit with her parents , Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Cramer , and other relatives. Mr. Mason will come later for a short visit. The advertising committee of the Fraternal Picnic , Corn Show an 1 Farmers' Institute are getting out about 7,000 envelopes for dis tribution among the merchants ad vertising the attractions and dates for this big event. Crookston drew an unusually large crowd to the celebration on the 4th. The broncho busting was o > d , as was the ball game be tween Crookston and Kilgore. The former was the victor , score 8 to 7. The Kilgore band furnish ed music throughout the day. Erastus Lee Sellers , executor of the estate of the late Charles P. Sellers , has filed a § 10,000 damage suit against Geo. D. Weed , Alma Weed , Flora Weed , Eunice Mur phy , A. Heath , Kenneth Murphy , and Harry Heath. Allen G. Fis her and Wm. P. Roobey are atto ; - neys for plaintiff. Tbe men who have in charge the County Collectn e exhibits to be shown at the State Fair Sep tember 4th to 8th report that the dry "weather is making it neces sary for additional work to keep the best exhibit of Agricultural products to be shown in the United States this year , up to its usual high standard. One of these men says "I have already worked ray corn six times , jind am going through it each week until the loth of August with a single row culti vator so you can depend on it that our county will have this year corn to show , rain or no rain. " Attention Odd Fellows. On July 13 , the Odd Fellow de gree team from Gordon will be here to exemplify the work in the 1st. 2nd and 3rd degrees. All Odd Fellows in good standing are in vited to be present. Binding twine very cheap. Lud wig Lumber Co. 26 Special prices on summer dress goods and low shoes at the Red Front. The Phelps Photo Studio is open the first Wednesday and Thursday of each month. 16tf Millet seed for sale at Checker Front Feed barn. Frank Ash- burn , Prop. 23-3 Furnished rooms to rent by day or week , Hot and cold water baths included. Valentine House , John D. Eaton , Propr. 3Sftf For Sale : From 1 to 40 head of horses ; from 1 to 3 of land , close to town. Residence and lot. H. H. Wakefield , Crookston , Nebraska. 13 We are overstocked on binding twine. Ludwig Lumber Co. 26 To Rent : Two 4-roora houses. One has good cellar and water in house. Both close in on Cather ine street , less than a block from Main street , 16 Dr. M. F. Meer , dentist , will be at the Lakeview Hotel , Wood lake , the first Monday and Tuesday of each month. 19tf The Phelps Photo Studio is open the first Wednesday and Thursday in each month. 16tf 3 kinds of stackers at Ludwigs , The Platner , Superior , and Inter national. Ludwig Lumber Co. ? 6 Ice cream and soft drinks at For sanitary plumbing or heat ing call H. I. Weinzimraer. 20 Rubber garden hose at lowest prices. Fischer's Hardware. 16 Sprains require careful treatment. Keep quiet and apply Chamberlain's Lin iment freely. It will remove the sore ness and quickly restore the parts to a healthy condition. For sale by Chap man , the druggist. Ranch For Sale. 590 acre ranch 20 miles east on north side of Niobrara. Two miles of river front , 100 acres un der cultivation. Soil , sandy loam , hay land , and abundance of timber for farm purposes , running water from pure springs that never freeze in winter. 'Fair improve ments , fenced and cross fenced. This is an ideal ranch home and will be sold.at a bargain $12.50 per acre. Half cash , balance on liber al terms. Address owner , Jonx HITTLE , PEXBBOOK , XEBU. 24 5p Estray. Taken up at my place six miles north east of Crookston on June , 4 , one bay gelding , weight 1100 pounds , between 6 and 7 years old , branded D on left shoulder , one white hind foot. J. C. Bohman , Crookston , Nebr. Child's Query. He is five years old , and his brother , two years older , had just died at the family home on G street. He was talking it over with his grandfather. "Say , grandpa , " asked the little follow , " where has Rooer gone ? " "To heaven , " answered his grandfather. "Is that very far away ? " "I don't know , but it is a beftT place in which to live than here. " My but we'll miss Roger ! Have they got a telephone in heaven ? " But there was no reply. Lin coln > Tews. The business portion of New castle , Nebr. , was almost entirely destroyed by fire on July 1 , caus ing a loss estimated at § 100,000. The blaze started in apartments over a general store presumably from a fire cracker. Certain Conditions > . * will never change = particulary the amount of profit seine stores ask on their goods. Our policy has been and always will be THE UTMOST VALUE AT ANY PRICE We aim to make your clothes money go farthest and to your greatest satisfaction we rely on your appreciation , particularly that which is founded on experi ence. This is the home of Friend Made Clothes and Ahna Mater Student Styles Phone 145. 3 3I I McGEER & CARROLL , Proprs. I Fine Wines , Liquors and Cigars & Bourbon Whiskies : Rye Whiskies : Old Crow , Sherwood , S Hermitage , Guchenheimer , a Cedar Brook , Sunny Brook , * Spring Hill , and 29/yearvold | and Jas , E , Pepper , O , F , C , Taylor , j These whiskies were purchased in bond and came direct from the IT. S. gov ernment warehouse. They are guar anteed pure and unadulterated. Un excelled for family and medical use. A 1 AL Three Star Hennessy and Dreyfus Brandies , Imported v § > , Gordon and DeKuyper Gins , Guinness's Extra Stout. I ? Bass Ale , Storz Blue Ribbon and Budweiser Beer , i Valentine Nebraska AT REASONABLE PRICES : * - . - - When in need of anything GIYE US A TRIAL MAX E. VIERTEL DEALER IN EVERYTHING Crookston - Nebraska Stetter & Tobien , Props. DEALERS IX All Kinds of Fresh 1 and Fait Meats. . . . Will buy your Cuttle , Hogs , Poultry , Horses , Mules and anything you have to sell.