a- gliVWVWitfViM HfiHr1 WE C KNOW JSC THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT ROBERT GOOD Editor and Publisher Official Paper of Cherry Coun ty Nebraska jfO0 Per Yettr in Advance PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Entered at the Post office at Valentine Cherry i county Nebraska as Second class matter This paper will be mailed regularly to its subscribers until a definite order to discontinue is received and all ar rears are paid in full WHY IT WAS WRONG Mother -Lake May 25 1897 -Editor Valentine Democrat I wish to reply through the columns of The Democrat to your article of -May 13th in regard the court house bonds You say if a contest ensues facts like the following will be brought out and the vote from each precinct named will undoubtedly be cast out by the district court In Mother Lake you say the board was sworn by G S Johnson as assessor but an assessor has no power to admister oaths only in regard to property In legard to Mother Lake you have misrepresented the facts either by error or purposely According to ynur own statement C S Johnson was the proper person to swear in the board He was one of the judges If the bond carried legally I will willingly pav my share of the tax But if carried by a fraudulent count I for one say contest the elec tion to a finish I venture to say the poll books of the last election will tally up with any previous election as far as correctness is concerned To my knowledge the canvassing board never threw out any precincts before Yours Respectfully L L Morrill We very gladly publish the fore going communication and express the wishsfihat our subscribers would avail themselves more readily of our columns when they think we are in error or when they have a grievance of any kind Our correspondent takes us to task because we said C S Johnson assessor was not the proper person to adminis ter the oath to the election board but we maintain that our proposition wascorrect notwithstanding the fact that C S Johnson was a judge on the election board The depositions taken by him were signed by C S Johnson Assessor not C S Johnson Judge of Election Had he signed as a judge he depositions would have been legal Suppose Geo Elliott county clerk would take a deposition simply as Geo Elliott without adding the words -County Clerk Would it be legal The lactates very few things for granted For instance it has been held thatihe signature John Doe J P does net necessarily mean John Doe Justice of the Peace although among laymen the abbreviation will always pass Does this make our meaning olear We believe that most of our people think with Mr Morrill that if the count of the votes cast was fair they are willing to abide by the decision of the canvassing board if not they wish to contest and we agree with them when they take this position If The Democrat thought for one minute that all was not right it would be in the front ranks of those who wish a -contest but under the circumstances it seems to us that a contest would be sheer folly and a useless expenditure of time money and energy As this is only the second election held in the county since we came here it is impossible for us to know whether the books at preceding elections were as full of errors as those sent in last month tjut judging from the fact that the various canvassing boards have never thrown out the vote of any pre cinct we presume the books have been correct If they were not the can vasing boards failed to do their duty Of one thing though we feel certain In the future more care will be taken in making out returns Differences of opinion will exist be tween men as long as the world lasts but we are sorry there should be so much evident difference over the court house question We believe that if it were only a question of what is best for the county at large every man wpjild favor the bonds f jy THAT T C HORNBY RIGHT VS PARTY The Valentine Democrat says the democrats should carry every thing in the state a year from next fall and have a regular walkaway It says that the republicans stole every thing in sight and that the pops used traud in the amendment recount Bro Good evidently is not aware in his attempt to create a split in the sil ver forces that the last legislature was the effort of the combined reform forces in Nebraska and were the first legislative body in this state that have not succumbed to the sublime argu ment of corporate boodle for the past sixteen years and that criticism of the Hedland stripe will fall rather flat upon the ears of -the people at this tiuae Atkinson Plain Dealer The above is good very good and coming from the source it does will be considered authentic and reliable It almost deserves publication without comment The last legislature was a fusion body and according to Bro Eves was the only one whicu lias mu succumbed to the sublime argument of corporate boodle forthejiast sixteei years That shows the influence ot democracy which leavened the muss but we would not dare to say such a thing in face of the fact that the legis latures of 1891 and 1893 were com posed of populists How can the Plain Dealer accuse those bodies of having succumbed to the sublime argument One other thing The Plain Dealer refers to this papers attempt to cre ate a split in the silver forces It has become quite a fad among some people to use this expression whenever a per son or paper criticises the acts of pop ulists or democrats and the practice ought to be discouraged by all liberal minded men Those who make use oi the expression to kill off opposition to fraud or use it as a stop thief cry to cover up rottenness in themselves or party place a premium upon dishon esty and though the ruse may succeed for a time discovery is certain to come sooner or later When it does come those who have used the cry will be among the first to receive censure This paper is democratic in principle but it has an independent spirit which will not allow it to meekly submit to wrongdoing or fraud simply because they have the sanction of part- This paper is not engaged in an attempt to create a split in any movement The incompetency of populists and dishon esty of republican officials compels us to say that democrats should have a walkaway at the next state election Whether they will or not is another question Democrats have become al most confirmed in the habit ot taking back seats in Nebraska and they may be slow to take advantage of their op portunity When congress passed the bill ap propriating 50000 for the aid of American citizens in Cuba it ac knowledged that they were in need of assistance and if they need assistance now it is surely because of some in justice and the United States dare no longer delay interference with Spains course in the Queen of the Antilles This is the first time this government has recognized the fact that American citizens in Cuba needed aid but hav ing done so we fail to see how the ad ministration can be content with dis tributing a few thousand dollars for the relief of distress If Americans have been deprived of their rights or property it is justice from Spain not money from the United States that they want How can the government honorably do otherwise than to com mand Spain tD change her tactics An English woman recently dropped a sovereign 500 into a church col lection plate thinking it was a shilling 25 cents When she discovered her mistake she sued the church wardens for 475 The judge held that as soon as the money touched the plate it became an accepted offeiing to the Lord and no one had authority to re turn it or any portion thereof Here after we will be very caretul when contributing our mite and will closely examine the donation if that is to be the rule An editor dare not run any risks Senator Mutz came up rrom Lincoln Monday to attend court returning Wednesday The investigating com mittee have given out nothing for publication yet- Keya Paha Call m NOW V Contracts Geo Cyphers has the contract for building five wings to the quarters at Fort Niobrara Holsclaw Bros have the contract for laying the founda tions Jas Galloway will do the plastering and build the chimneys D S Ludwig will furnish the lumber delivery of same having commenced yesterday The contracts for building the new schooJ house have not yet been leL I G ood things wlien you see them and when yon see a good thing yon want it thats why we want you to call and examine our linft of goods theyre all good things and youll want them Ur Stock of Shirt Waists is unexcelled our Shoes are unequalled C CONSISTENCY The Democrat has been accusing the recount commission of fraud and a few weeks ago indignantly denied that the election boards of Cherry county -had made a mistake in count ing the constitional amendment bal lots If no mistakes were made hen was there any made at the bond elec tion If the errors were made at the bond election is it not probable that just as grave errors were made when the amendment ballots were counted At any rate consistency doesnt lay around The Democrat office in chunks Eeya Paha Call The Call man evidently doesnt Know the meaning of the word consistent or he would not have written that ar ticle It is this papers consistency that hurts its opponents There isno comparison between the bond election and the electiou last fall There was no error in the count of the votes cast at the special election The only er rors made were in the certificates at tached to the poll books Five pre cincts failed to make legal returns and so far as the canvassing board was concerned these five precincts made no returns at all Then where has this paper shown any inconsistency in sup porting the decision of the canvassing board and antagonizing the report ot the recount commission The Call is unfair in seeking to convey the im pression that the two boards arrived at a decision by the same means they were entirely different The canvass ing board said that jive election boards failed to make a proper return of the votes cast in their precincts the re count commission said that twenty six election boards and the county can vassing board did not correctly count the votes cast Do you see the differ ence If the Call man thinks the re count of the amend meht votes was right and the local count was wrong why doesnt he say so We have not seen a single paper which has taken tbat position and dont expect to There will be a scramble among holders of Dawes county mortgages and a general rush to release those that have been on file for years after having been paid should the new sys tem inaugurated by the county attor ney be held good Acting under the direction of County Attorney Fisher the assessors of the various precincts began last week to add to the assess ment rolls of their precincts the amounts of the real and chattel mort gages and deficiency judgements re corded against the property in each precinct Heretofore these securities were supposed to have been given in by the mortgagees to the assessor of the preciuct in which the investor re sides but Mr Fisher is of the opinion that there has been a good deal of tax shirking and proposes to get the taxss on the mortgages if it can be done Chadron Recorder Trouble has been commenced at Pine Eidge The Indians have not broken out again and no fear of their doing so is anticipated in the least but the Indian Agent Maj Clapp has per police broken out and rounded up and peunded at the Agency about 750 head of range cattle that belong to parties other than members of the Sioux nation It is reported to us that what started this trouble was the fact of certain white men who really had no right to graze their stock upon the reservation lands got smart as the saying goes and interfered with the natives cattle Rushmlle Standard The state printing law the passage of which was secured by Hon A E Sheldon of Chadron has been found to be impracticable and the state printing board has becided to ignore it entirely Thus the only part of the bill which is effective is the part which Mr Sheldon was surprised to learn was there Its a pity some way can not be devised to nullify the whole law fcwsinrcc Mrs Conner Is on the sick lit most trip time this spring George Iraceftell has about roo cattle in his nerd ana as line a range as one could wish for Mrs Carrie Fowler came home last week from Mr Ifoopeis wueieshe had been work ing Matt Jelly seems to be a hustler he having nearly completed putting in the crops on the Johnstoue farms We did not suppose our efforts weie missed but thank those who welcomed us back in these columns once more Myron Cogswell is seen in these parts quite often Wonder if there is not some other a- traction beside low priced corn Rev Hutchison intends moving south as soon as he can arrange his affairs We have not heard what locality he expects to go to Dave Archer is dividing his time betwe corn tending and training a horse for the races Hope his time will not be spent in vain in either direction The surveyors who had some horses wintered in this neighborhood have commenced work againbuthadthebadlucktolQse two head of horses Strayed or stolen Mrs Leola Grange and baby and sister Dora were down to visit their parents Mr and Mrs T Fowler for a few tlays last week Miss Dora will come home tostay when school in Harmony District is closed John Foster Jhad a party at their place a few evenings since It seoms that every body and his best girl was invited but some of the boys were bashful and did not go after their best girls so staid out of doors until refreshments were served We were sorry for their girls John Shelbourn has put in about 100 aeres of small grain and same acreage in corn He has just finished sowing 20 of millet This shows his renewed faith in Nebraska He started Friday morningfor a trip to Gordon combining business with pleasure He will drive through Us Kiobrara KTalls Crops are in line condition J A Adamson has bought the Uriggs ty proper- Mr Marks Is the proud father of a bouncing baby boy We are looking forward to the picnic in II ig gins grove It seems that 4U and I is either a bachelor or an old maid Richard and Henry Grooms returned Sparks last i riday from Perry King went to Valentine Sunday and has not returned at this writing It is evident the we were all asleep last week as there wasnt an item from any of us Little Eda Adamson is expected home this week She has been attending school in Valen tine The storm of Wednesday night was very se vere Some of the Kccce property was blown down Frank Reece moved his house last week Frank is full of notions for when the moon changes he moves his house Bad Bov Sparks Crops look well considering the cold weather The frost Saturday night was rather hard on gardens Mrs Sears has been quite ill with measles but is better now The grasshoppers have done soma damage to wheat and oats Elder J H Begele from the North Table visit ed old friends here the other day N J Gresins and Tom Hudson report having had poor luck on their fihing trip I N Ncwland lias returned irom South Dako to for a few days isit with his parents The ball game Saturday was line The Valen tine boys played the Sparks nine and the score stood 67 to 12 in favor of Spark- Win Hughes and several others went to Val entine Monday to attend Decoration Day exer cises and Tuesday went to the lakes on a fishing UVCLE Jok Eli Weather is rather cool for the time of year Chas Roberts has sold his place to Rev 35 Hunt Bert Nichols went to Gordon Sunday to spend a day or two James Dennison and family left last week for Minnesota to spend the summer I B Nichols bought the Hotchkiss place join ing him on the west of P Sullivan Henry Heckels brother of Holt county was up and spent a couple of weeks with Henry return ing home last week Geo Monmer was arrested last Saturday lor branding a Spade steer At the trial before Squire FoJsom at Mcrriman Tuesday he was bound over to the district court Sax dy Kennedy Clarence Walcott was up from Red Deer Lake buying cattle Alfred Mrris of Johnstown is visiting his sister Mrs W E Waite Miss Laura Tillson of Valentine is visiting Miss Gertrude Grange at Kennedy F M Marshall of Maywood Neb is back again and intends to mahe this place his future home School Report The second monthly report of tnct JNo 3d No of days taught 20 No enrolled for the month 19 Average attendance 10 Those who were not absent are Mary Anna Lydia and Henry Becker Charley Fowler Ehas Nollette Walter Shelbourn Those who were not absent more than one dav are Glads Fowler Charley Shelbouru None were tardy during the month S E A FowiiEK Teacher T B Irwin foreman of the Spade Cattle company of Chadron Neb is here Julesburg Colo with an out fit consisting of about twenty men and 100 head of saddle horses receiv ing cattle that are coming in from Texas and Montana They have re ceived four train loads up to this time and are expecting two more this even ing In all there will be 150 cars of cattle From here they will drive their cattle north to their range on the Niobrara river in Nebraska Omaha World Herald mfaAtztxir or ho a i t LMntJJE H fir fl MS WZitim I B wiiiy -x i7 1 rs GENUINE JACKSON FAVORITE WAIST NEW THE INVOCE OF XIRflNF U yU8fL AND CELEBRATED JACKSON 0iOCsfTO i 9 3 n B WAS AND ALL CAN BE SUITED FINAL PROOF NOTICES Claimants and witnesses in final proof cases notice of which appear in Tiik Democrat will receive a marked copy of the paper Should any errors in description of land or spelling of names be discovered notice should be sent to the land office and this office so correction can be made ffcrawouauE U S Land Office Valentine Neb I May 13 lsur t Notice is hereby given that Frank II Zanyck j of Oakculc Mr nas Men notice ot infiitinn to make final proof betore the Hotter or Re ceiver at his office in Valentine N br on Sat urday the itith day of June IM7 on T No 7 Ml fur thi s jiieVi and Sec 1 Tpoln R 2w He name as witnesses George liter of Vtl entme Aebr illanl I aiorgareidge William F Morjinteidg and William Carson of Simeon Nebraska Testimony of claimant v ill be taken before the Clerk of the District Court lor Ant lope counlv at his oifice in Xehgh IfebrasKa on June 1S 17- C II G IOVEK Kegister U S Laud Ofiue Valentine Nebr May litli isi7 s Notice is hereby given that Cliarley O rJood rieh of Co iy Nebr has filed notice of intention to make final proof before the Kegister or Re ceiver at hs office in Valentine Neb on Tues day the oih day of July I4ioi timber culture application No 7i 1 lor the e2swf 1 and w2se1 i Sec Jj Tp inn It w He names as witnesses Andrew Steele OscurC Goodrich lames A Dcnisonami Coin fort J Starr all or forty Nebr also Andrew Steele of Cody Xeb IL E C52 for thee nei and cisei See Tp 3 1 R x He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land viz OscaiMJ Goodrich Charley O Goodrich John S Newell and llenrv Heckel all of Cortv Neb f R t LOVER Register U S Land Olhee Valentine Nebr 2 1 ay 17 is7 f Notice is hereby given that Jason Garwood of Puliiniin Neb has likd noiice of intention to make html prof before vv Rrister and Re ceiver at their oliice ii Valentine Neii on Mon day the Lth day of June Wr 011 timber culture application No 7 icr the ne1 se ii ami neisw1 Sec22Tp RJ7 He names as witnesses Joseph n f tton Charles Canier Joseph A Snail and V illiam jullman al ot Iullman NoU e 1 -- ieive given that Norman Sioucr of Pullman Nebr has filed notice of I tention tonule J1i11I piott on timber culture application No 7uiii tor the neVi -caw and nlsci Sec 7 Tp J u R tiw He nKincs as Joseph E Cotton lo eph A Saults William ulin ii and Charles Carncr ail ol iudman Nebr also Jason Garwood of Pullman Xebr II E No 10J4 for the n1 zieh Sec yj and iVi nwK Sec Tp 2n R w w He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence iiiiuii and ciiltnatiou of I said land viz Joseph E Cotton urmnn l btoncr Joseph A Saults and William Pullman all ot Fuiiman Neb C R GLOVER Register U S Itnd Otlice Valentine Neb May 5 li 7 Notice is hereby given that Frank C Jackson of Pacific Junction Iowa has tiled notice of his intention to make final proof before the Register or Receiver at his office m Valentine Neb on Friday the isth day of June 1S7 on timber cul ture aophcation No 7474 for the se1 Sec 1 Tp 50 11 R w He names as witnesses John It Ballard Henry Ballard William G Ballard and John Cronin all of Wool Lake Nebr Testimony of claimant wil be taken hefore the clerk ot the District Court of Mills county at his ottlce in Glenwood Iowa on June 15 ly7 lVJO C R GLOVER Register U S Land Office Valentine Neb 1 April 30 IS7 1 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make hnal proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be made before Register and Receiver at Valentine Nebraska on June I4tli 1837 viz John M Clarkson of Sparks Xebr K E No 9121 for the nv Sec 0 Tp An R 23w He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence on and cultivation of said and iz Frederick Smith of Fort Niobrara Nebraska Richard Ostium Newton J Grooms Perry bweanngerall ol bparks rebr 15--0 C 11 GLO VER Register US Land Office at Valentine Neb I April lr Notice is herebv given that the following-named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be made before Register and Receiver at Valeutine Nebr on Juue Hth 1697 viz William C Bell ot Pullman Nebr Hd 9301 for the sVtseH and sswU Sec 2S Tp 2S It 33 fie names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence ujjoii and cultivation of said land vi Isaac Lomas of Mullen Nebr Herbert Rosrers Joseph Culbertson and Saniue McCiean of Pullman Nebr 14 19 C IL GLOVER Register U Si Land Office Valentine Nebr April -1st 1S97 Notice is hereby given that John G Bollong of Fairhaven Washington has filed notice of in tention 10 make final proof before the Register or Receiver at his otlice in Valeutine Nebraska on Saturday the 29th day of May 1897 011 tim ber culture application No 7765 for the uvr i Sec 13 Tp 27n R 27 w lie names as witnesses John Harnau waldo K Grant George Keller aud Erans R VancJc grift all of Rrownlee Nebr Testimony of clainvut will be taken before the el rk of the District court for Whatcom countv at his otlice m whatcom wahiagton on iuv r 107 UMS C K GLOVER Register Waned An Idea Protect vonr Ideas thoy mny br Who can tMnfc of some slmpla thins to oaten t brinjj you wealth Wrlta TORN WEDDEPBtJRJf CO Patent Attor noys Washington D c for their 31S00 prize offer and new list cf cue tiouand lnrentlcas wanted TS JUST RECEIVED FACTORY Jr THESE CORSETS GOME IN M COLORS FRONT Xotiee to Creditors 4 Aotiee Timber Culture U S Land Office Valentine Nebr 1 May 15 18U7 f Complaint having been entered at this office by John H full against Gilbert Maxwell for failure to comply with law as to Timber Culture untry no jii uaieu January stn isai upon e isei sw ise1 and sesw1 Sec 5Ti 211 11 Cherry Nebraska with i vfeutntim the 09 in Ml ccllatioii of said entry contestant alleging that Gilbert Maxwell has tailed to liuve hivi iYi rv acres or said tract luring the first vear of entry or any of said land during the second year of entry and ha- tailed to cultivate any f said tract at any time and has failed to plant or cause to he plmted any trees tree seeds or cutting on said 1 uid and said land is all growr up to grass and weeds the said parties re here by summoned to appear at this office on the nth dav ot July isir at KioVIoek a in to respond and iuniish teuuoii eoiirrrninir sml illrfnr 1 Jaiiure Dejnsitions ot witnesses will be taken before I Obf Lucas a l s o C C at his office in Cooper eI on the oth dav or June IJW at 19 o dock a in C It G LOVER Register Suttee U S Land Office Valentine Nebraska Complaint having been entered at this office by W IMMvis against William A Davis for abandoning his homestead entry No 1001 2 dated January r 1S95 upon thi se t rtec 34 Tp R u iii Cherry county Nebraska with a view to the cancellation of said entry said parties are hereby summoned to appear at Valentine Nebr on the 1st day or September 1SD7 at a oclock p in to respond and nirnish testimony concerning said alleged alviidoniiicnf w 22 CR GLOVER Register Apjifientitm for Administrator In the Co Mity Court of Cherry comty Nebr In the matter or the estate of Joseph Brown deceased 53 Lewis having tiled in mv office 1 peti tion praying lor tin- appointment of himself as administrator of the estate of Joseph Brown oecciised all persons interested ini saidj estate ill tae notice I have fixed Saturday June 19 1K as the time and my office in Valentine Cherry county Nebraska iS the place for hair ing of said petition at which time and place bJL persons mtereslediu said estate mayfappear ami showcMHe 1 any there bv why such adtnm istraor should not e appointed Witness my hand and the seal of the County 77 - jij line iw7 KVAl 10 JJ VIC TOWNE County Judge In County Court within and for Cherry county Nebraska daylisi7 in the matter or tko estate of Emciy E Ilojues decased To the creditors of said estate ou are hereby notified That I will sit at the County C ourt Room in Valentine in said Countv on the day of May 97 to receive and examine ah claims against said Estate with a view to their adjustment allowanceGThe time limited for the indentation of claims against sain esuiie u Six months trom the JSth dav of Noyeiuoer A D i and the time limit for pay NovemherfS0e vr m said 38th day of Witness my hand and the seal of the Countv y - Court this isth day of May w SKAL WjRTOWNK JI 11 Countv Imliri A Aijtlietfiou for AtlminiHtrntor In the jounty court of Cherry countv Nebraska deeellied C3tale ot Sa M William E Waite having filed in my otlice a b W a Junistrator of the estate of Silas x NatcVasel a Persons interested in Ju i viii i iKe notice mat I have fivpii sat urday June vj iso7 as the time and mv officii WIllMlCn diniiiisfrifinii x- - uikurauii uLsmu petition at which KSv nce al vTms interested 11 said S maj to show appear cause if mv h should mi he appoin ts - Witnessniy hand and the seal of the Countv sVfr CJrt tIus da f May kit y i W It TOWNE 1Son County Judge Mill Brirexjor feed Bran bulk 40c per cwt 700ton biiorts bulk 30c per cwt 900 ton Screenings 35c 6 00 Chop Feed 70c 1300 Corn 50c Oats SOc TO THE PUBLIC Xn addition io the line of Groceries iv7iidt I recentltj opened at my old ataml on JZain Street I will hereafter carry a stock of Xotions Jjaces Jtibhons Xeedles and Thread liuttons Neckties Socles Overalls Underwear etc and I respectfully so licit i share of your trade 3 M CARPENTER AOiFio Short Line TIME TARLE AT OXELLL NEBRASKA PASSENGER LEA v ES 100 A HI ARRIVFS Q Ji P M UilLY EXCElTbTNDAY iTrU5ih C0nnecin3 bot uav3 with Black II1II3 trains by taking this line vou can go to Sioux Citv ana return the same dav connection made with all tnnr ta d V 1 ch lHri iDakot IJUV local tets to ONeUl CUtU y A