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FLATO COMMISSION COMPANY
LIVE STOCK SALESMAN AND BROKERS
Capital lOCttGO.OO
Oircftor.s : NnlCMniuti :
; F. W. FLATO , Jit , 1'iet.ideiit. ED II. KKID /
f. PAUL FLATO , Vice President. JIM s. HOIIN \ Cattle SaJesm e
1 J. C. DAIILMAN. Secretary. E. W. CAIIOW , Hog Salesman
JOHN D. SEITZ. HUGH HITCHCOCK , Sheep
ED H. HIED , JOHN P. CLARY , Cashier
SOUTH OMAHA3 NEBRASKA
G or r esp ondent s :
DRUM-FLATO COMMISSION COMPANY
Capital $500,000.00.
CHICAGO. KANSAS CITY. ST. LOUIS
{ { TOOK EXCHANGE
EESTAUEANT.
OPEX DAY AND NIGHT.
E. T. MILLER , Proprietor.
LODGING FOE" STOCKMEN
0 NEWLY FURNISHED ROOMS'
Three 282 Doors N From STREET Corner , South Omaha.
RATES : $1.00 to 61.50 Per Day. Telephone No. 67
35.00 to 87.00 Per We k.
R ED HO' T
MRS. JQHN REED , Proprietress.
STOCKMEN'S PATRONAGE ESPEGULLT SOLICITED
5th St. Between L and M Streets. Sc atli Omaha , Nebr
A Few Facts For Cattle Dealers.
It has beenrcpcatertlf
demonstrated in
the past that
thatou
Stands at top as a market for Range Feeders
You can satisfy yourself : is to the truth of that rflarement by
comparing the sales at Sioux City , last year , wiih those at any other
competitive market. You can also ask your neighbors who have sold
cattle at Sioux City. This year Sioux City is in the field for fat cat
tle as well as feeders. The great beef slaughtering plant of the
Cuduhy Packing Co. is ready for business
The capacity of the Stock Yards has been
greatly increased and you will find
excellent facilities for handling
your business.
No charges , except for feed ordered if your cattle are not sold on our market.
The Sioux City Stock "Yards Co.
JOHN U. KEENE , General Manager
Highest market price paid and prompt returns. Referenc-e
Omaha National Bank.
F. S. BUSH & COMPANY.
513 South 13th St. , OMAHA , NEB
We charge no commission.
LIVESTOCK
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
SOUTH OMAHA , NEBRASKA
ICoom 108 Exchange
Keferenccs :
tJNIOlf STOCK YARDS PACKEES' NATIONAL
NATIONAL BANE BANK.
Telphone 141
We have a larpe clientage among Nebraska Feedeps and can always Deal Omaha prices to
llanch customers IF NOTIFIED BKFOKE SHIPMENT.
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For a dr > p-heacl
machine when you
can get a first-class
machine for $21.00
by writing to
'I. H EMERY ,
Valentine , - Nebr.
P. O. Parsons
Photographer
Has rented the & . . G Shaw Art Gallery in this City for one year and will be here Irom
1ST TO 12TH OF EVERY MONTH
First-class Work in every Particular Guaranteed. See Samples of Work at the Red Fron
Millinery
and Ladies' Furnishing Goods
CALL AND GET PRICES.
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CORA GILLETT
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WESTERN NEWS-DEMOCRAT
EOBEET GOOD , Editor and Publisher
Did we kill subjects or citizens ut
Caloocan ?
The soap trust is the latest. As
cleanliness is supposed to bo next to
godliness , we presume the preachers
will form a gospel trust soon.
House Roll No 70. a bill to provide
a reserve and guarantee fund for the
protection of depositors in banks , was
indefinitely postponed in the house of
representatives , Tuesday.
The goldbug press is much disap
pointed because Bryan did not oppose
the ratification of the treaty with Spain.
Queer how a dead man and a dead
issue can stir up the reps.
j The governor has appointed a committee -
! mittee to investigate Auditor Cornell's
oflice. We hope they will find the !
auditor innocent of wrongdoing , but if I
he is guilty he should bp impeached.
The Ainsworth Star-Journal says
that the "pops as a class" ' in Brown
county do not pay their taxes. As
Burleigh recognizes no distinction ba-
tween the three silver parties we expect
to hear of some fighting democrat going
after his scalp.
The Valentine WESTERN XF/WS-
DEMOCKAT entered its fourteenth year
January 20. The WESTERN NEWS-
PEMOCRAT under the management of
its present editor , Robert Good , is one
of the best tapers in the north\\ est and
deserves the wide patronage jvhich it
controls.Ainsworth Home Rule.
It is just as we expected. The news
had no sooner been given out that beet
sugar factories would be erected in the
states of Indiana and Illinois , than the
promoters began working for a bounty
on their product. Bills have been in
troduced to that effect in the legisla
tures of both states , and strong lobbies
are working for their passage.
The American Beet Sugar Compan } '
is the name given to a new and gigan
tic combin tion designed to control the
manufacture of beet sugar in the United
States , and capitalized at $20,000.000.
The concern is to operate west of the
Missouri river , and has already ab
sorbed the leading factories of Nebraska
and California. Of the stock , $15,000-
000 is to be common and $5,000,000
preferred. Next ! National Stockman.
-"I see in the near future a crisis approaching
preaching that unnerves me and
causes me to tremble for the
safety of my country. As a result of
the war , corporations have been en
throned , and an era of corruption in
high places will follow , and the money
power of the country will endeavor to
prolong its reign by working upon the
prejudices of the people , until all
wealth is aggregated in a few hands ,
and the lepublic is destroyed. I feel at
this moment -more anxiety for the
safety of the country than ever before ,
even in the midst of the war. " Abra
ham Lincoln in 1865.
The fusion members of the .Nebraska
legislature championed a measure
which provided for the election of U.
S. Senator by the people , but a republi
can member , Ctirrie of Custer , insulted
the intelligence of the people by mov
ing to refer the bill to the committee
on asylums , etc. It is useless to say
the measure was defeated. Another
measure put to sleep by the republican
majority was that prohibiting the issue
and use of passes on railroads within
the state. Republicans need not talk
to us hereafter about being opposed to
"passes" and favoring the election of
senators by direct vote.
On the eve of his retirement from
the United States senate lion. William
V. Allen , senior senator from Nebraska ,
took a stand which is a matter of pride
to the people of this state. lie joined
with the republicans in support of the
treaty of peace and his vote was record
ed in favor of its ratification , consequently
quently his name will go down in his
tory as that of a man , broad enough in
a time like this to sink partisan
ship and assert his patriotism. As the
treaty was ratified by only one vote
over the required two-thirds majority
Mr. Allen can as well be credited with
the deciding vote as any of the senators
who in ordinary matters oppose the
administration , but in this critical mo
ment stood on their manhood as Ameri
can citizens and favored ending the
martial relations , which until the peace
treaty was passed , existed in fact be
tween this country and Spain. Senator
Allen is certainly to be commended for
his good sense and his patriotism.
Chadron Journal.
We would like to ask Bro. Julian if
he can cite us to any occasion when
Senator Alien ever prostituted his' 1
patriotism to gam a partisan point ? , !
If he cannot , why should he oppose 1 I
Senator Allen's re-election ? 1 (
Live Stock Notes. |
13 European demand for horses iu
this country continues to be good , and
there is a special call for coach and
'bus horses , of which about 10,000 are
now wanted in Chicago for shipment
at the rate of about 200 per week ,
Iowa Homestead.
' We understand that a bill his : been
introduced in the legislature to provide
for a state brand commissioner. We
would be pleased to hear from our
patrons in regard to this matter. It is
generally conceded that our brand law
needs revision , but opinion as to the
host method of revision vary.
! While the weather for two weeks
past has been the coldest ever known
in this section of the state , compara
tively few losses have been reported up
to date and most all of those were cows
and calves. Among the more im
portant AVC are told that John Lord
lost 11 head , M. T. Richardson 30 ,
Chas. Harris ( Comstock outfit ) 80 ,
Weisflog 7 , U. 0'Bryan 7 Frank
Frush reports that he only lo , t one calf
during the recent cold snap out of the
GOO head he is taking care of for Dawson -
son & Ball south \Voodlake , and
says that one was injured. He is feed
ing them about twenty bushels of oats
per day.
Indications , as seen by leading cattle
men , are that from 40,000 to 00,000
cattle will be put on second feed in
Texas this winter. Conservative esti
mates place the number of first feeders
at about 150,000 head. Accordingly it
may be safely and conservatively esti
mated that about 200JOO ( head of cattle
have been and are being fed at oil
mills this season on meal and hulls.
This number is slightly ine < ccssof
cattle fed last year. The class of cattle
fed this season , however , is lighter than
during the season of 1897-98. This is
accounted for by reason of feeding
more 2-year olds this year than ever
before , rendered necessary by the scar-
citv of os and 4s. Dallas News.
"The fever of speculation which now
seems to be spreading all over the
country has at last entered into the
cattle market , " ' says Everett Brown ,
"and large numbers of cattle are being
contracted or bought ahead for future
delivery at prices considerably higher
than those now prevailing. The im
mediate effect of this 'contracting' will
be to postpone the marketing of quite a
number of good cattle until Harsh or
April that naturally would be shipped
to market soontr. It is acknowledged
by the best authorities that there is no
place in the west where there are as
many cattle on feed as there were a year
ago , and as the general business all
over the country is much better than
any time in several years the buying
capacity of the people is very apt to
force prices of beef higher than any
figures that we have seen in years. "
A special dispatch from Dallas , Tex. ,
says : "Deputy Sheriff Davis returned
to Dallas from Fan Handle along the
line of the Fort Worth and Denver
railway. lie says the storm distress
and desolation is indescribable. At
Tcxline the snow is five feet deep on
the level. At Clarendon it was two
feet deep and snowing hard. The
mercury was fifteen degrees below there.
The loss of cattle along this line of
railway is something terrible. Cattle
had practically no shelter , and in ad
dition to this hardship there is no grasser
or water to be had. and their thirst and
starvation hastened their death , caused
primarily by the bitter cold. Farmers
.in the Pan Handle wheat belt say the
wheat has been killed. The loss to
grain and cattle. Mr. Davis says , will
reach an enormous sum. "
The proof sheet of the forthcoming
report of Secretary Edge , of the Penn
sylvania Department of Agriculture ,
furnish some interesting information
on the question of tuberculosis , says
the National Stockman. We note that
1,142 herds of cattle containing 14,437
animals have been tuberculin tested by
state authorities , and l,3iS animals
condemned. This is a large percentage
of condemnations , and if it indicate. !
the condition of the cattle of the state
there would be some ground for alarm.
But it does not show this. These herds
were tested upon the urgent request of
their owners , who were first required
to state their reasons for believing that
the disease existed. It represents ,
therefore , only the percentage of dis
ease in strongly suspected herds. The
inspections for entry into the state are
perhaps a better indication of the ureva-
lence of tuberculosis in cattle. Since
January , 1898 , about 18,000 animals
have been tested for tuberculosis. The
report rather vaguely states that over
100 have been condemned. Assuming
that "over 100" represents 150 this is
still below one per cent , and. when we
remember that a large per cent of these j
100 odd cattle are not dangerously
tuberculous we may reasonably sup-1
pose that the disease is not alarmingly
prevalent. ' l
CITIZENS - MEATT
GEO. G. SCHWALM , PROP.
This market always kecpb a supply of
FRUITCAME
In addition to a first-class line of Steak ? , Koasts , Dry Salt Meata
Smoked Hams , .Breakfast Bacon and Vegetables
AtStetter's Old Stand on MainStreet , VALENTINE , NEBRASKA
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THE PALACE SALOON
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MRS , HARRIS BOARDING HOUSE
AND BAKERY ,
Fruits * and * Confectionery
Meals at all hours ,
Price , 25 cent , First door South of Valentine Bank ,
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HERRY OUNTY RANK
Valentine , Nebraska
Every facility extpnded customers consistent with conservative banking
Exchange bought and sold. Loans upon good security solicited at reaaonabU
rates. County depository.
E. SPARKS. President CHARLES SPARKS Cashier
C. H. CORXJGIJb. President. . V. KICHOL-SOS - , Cashier
ANK OF VALENTINE.
Valentine , Nebraska.
A General Banking ISnsinessTransacted
Bnyg and Sells Domestic and Foreign Exchange
Chemical National Bank , New York. Correspondents ; First National Bank , Omaha Ncbr.
C. M.
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ARTIST
Hair cutting and shaving.
HOT AND GOLD BATHS , !
I. G. DWTER. E. II. DWTER.
DWYER BEOS.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
Superintendents of
A Private Hospital ,
For the Treatment of Diseases
All Kinds of Surgical Oper
ations Successfully
Performed.
? ALENTINE , - - NEBRASKA
THEDFORD HOSPITAL
Modern equipment. Up-to-date proced
ures. All the newer methods In
-MEDICINE audSURGERY-
Specialties Hay fever. Catarrh. Cancer ,
Rupture and I'iles cured without the
knife. Disease of the eye , ear , stomach
and of women , and all chronic diseases.
Will answer calls by mail or wire within
a distance of 100 miles. Regular days :
THURSDAY and FRIDAY at SENECA
-and MULLEN-
Thc balance of the week at THEDFOKD.
Dr. M. . OLAEK , Manager
FIRST CLASS MILL
I have established a Feed and Saw Mill
n miles south ef Cody , at the mouth of
Medicine Canyon , and am now prepared
to Rrind Feed. Corn Meal and Graham ,
C turn out ull kinds of Lumber and di
mension suilT. and Native Shingles
Tjtve us a trial order.
J. F. HOOK
The
OWL
SALOON
Golden Shea Pure White Bye ,
Susquehanna Eyeand Cedar Creek
Louisville , Kentucky , Bourbon Whisky.
Pure Grape & Cognac Brandy's
. Wines .
TokaAugcllicaPortSheiTy and I31ack
berry in wood , claret , Riesling ,
Sauternes. Cooks Imperial ;
Gasts and Clicquot in bet
tles. Damiana and oth
er Cordials.
Also Agent for Fred Kings Celebrated fo
ra , Pale Beer for family use , andPabsts
Beer-
C. H. THOMPSON ,
THE
.STOCKMAN.
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Wm. 31. Walters , Prop.
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THEDFORD'NEBRASKA. .
JIHlJPrlces for JTectl.
Bran , bulk 50c per cwt $9.00 ton
Shorts bulk GOc per cwt $11.00 ton
Screenings 40c " $7.00 "
Chop Feed 70c $13.00 "
Corn 65c "
Oats $1.00 "
