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FLATO COMMISSION COMPANY
LIVE STOCK SALESMEN AND BROKERS
Capital 91OOOOO.OO
mrertm-n : MnlcMinen :
F. W. FLATO , Jit , President. ED II. REID )
PAUL FLATO , Vive President. JIM s HOUN \ Cattle ? a J m
I. C DAHLMAN. hecretury. E. W CAIIOW. Hog Salesma
JOHN D SEITZ. Ilrori HITCHCOCK , Sheep "
ED. H. HIED , JOHN P CLAUY , Cashier
SOUTH OMAHA , NEBRASKA
Correspondents :
DRUM-FLATO COMMISSION COMPANY
Capital $500,000.00.
CHICAGO. KANSAS CITY. ST. LOUIS
STOCK EXCHANGE
EESTAURANT.
OPEN DAY AND XIGUT.
E. T. MILLER , Proprietor.
LODGING FOR STOCKMEN
40 NEWLY FURNISHED ROOMS'
imm \ , South Omaha.
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RATES : § 1.00 to $1.50 Per Day. Telephone No. 67
So-00 to 37.00 Per We k.
R OTEL.
MRS. JOHN RKED , Proprietress.
STOCKMEN'S PATRONAGE ESPECIALLY SOLICITED ,
' 5th t. B.-twees - L andM Streets. South Omaha , Nebr
A Few Facts For Cattle Dealers.
It ha * bo Mi r pc jit < llv
< ! emoii5 trai < Ml in > *
the past that
Stands at top as a market for Range Feeders
You can satisfy yourself .MS to the truth of that slaremcnt by
comparing the sales ut Sioux < ity , last year , with those at any other
romporitivp market You can also nsk u > ur neighbors who have sold
( a Ue at oux ( Mty. This year Sioux < 'ity is m the field for fat cat
tle as well as feeders. The. great beef slaughtering plant of the
( 'udnhy Packing Co. is ready for business
Tlie capacity of the Stock Yards has been
greatly increased and you will find
excellent facilities for handling
your business.
Nohyrges. . except for feed ordered if your cattle are not sold on our market
he Sioux Uity Stock Yards Co.
JORX II. KEENE , General Manager.
Millinery
arid Ladies' Fiimisliing Goods
CALL AND GET PBJGES.
OOBA GILLETT.
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LIVE STOCK
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
SOUTH OMAHA , NEBRASKA
Itnom 1OS Exchange Itltig.
Keferences :
UNION STOCK YAKDS PACKERS' NATIOWA L
NATIONAL BANE BANK.
Telphone 141
" \'e have a larpe clientage among Nebraska Feedc-'s and can always neat Omaha prices to
Ilanch customers IF NOTIFIED BEFORE SHIPMENT.
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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FIRST-CLASS MODERN HOTEL
IN NORTHWEST NEBRASKA
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Ho and Cold K'de ' Excellent Bath Room Two Simple Room *
HERRY OUNTY RANK
Valentine , Nebraska
Hxr < ' idei r.nst omens consistent with conservative bankin
! " ' . . "u"ltu'l -j-Hil Logins upon good security solicited at reusonab
. SJL'AUKti. President CilAiiLES SPARKS Oashiw
WESTERN NEWS-DEMOCRAT
EGBERT GOOD , Editor and Publisher
A republican legislative investigating
committee reports that Auditor Cornell
did not misappropriate any funds be
longing to the state , and exonerates
him This was no white-washing re
port and republican papers who hastened -
ed to liken Cornell unto Uartly and
Moore will please cop } * .
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The Amsworth Star-Journal refers
to Alex Schlegel as "formerly one of
our best and most respected citizens. ' '
from which we would infer that Alex
is no longer good nor respected. Bro.
Burleigh should not censure a man
simply because he is unfortunate
enough to be connected with the Alger
ian department of our government.
representative Joe Hums , republi
can member of the legislature from
Lancaster county , made this statement
to the house , last Thursday :
The only man who has approached
me with a proposition or offer of a
bribe is R. P. . Schneider , chairman of
the republican state central committee.
And up to date AVG have not heard of
the charge being denied. Great is the
potency of sugar , and the Oxnards , in
Nebraska.
Among the bills passed l y the legis
lature and which will probably become
laws , are two , by Fisher , which are of
interest here. One provides that in
counties having not more than 10,000
inhabitants the county commissioners
shall be elected by the entire county
instead of districts as at present. The
other creates a state registry of brands
and marks , a state brand and mark
committee , and provides for brands
and marks upon live stock. Any per
son having cattle , hogs , sheep , horses ,
mules or asses shall have the right to
adopt a brand or mark for the use of
which he shall have the exclusive right
in this state , atter recording sucn brander
or maik. A state brand and mark
committee is created who shall pass
upon all brands and marks submitted.
If allowed bj the committee they shall
then be registered , with the secretary
of state , and a fee be paid of $1.50 for
each brand or mark so registered.
Twenty per cent of the total fees re
ceived shall be paid the commission for
its service.
The republican legislature tried to
play a cute trick on Governor Poynter
by passing resolutions commending the
work of the bo's in the 1st Nebraska
volunteers at Manila and running in a
sentence laudatory of the administra
tion. Governor Po.nter . saw the point ,
yetoed the resolution , and consequently
is now being called a copperhead and
other vile names for his temerity in ex
ercising his perogative as chief execu
tive and refusing to place the state on
record as being in favor of something
three-fourths of our people denounce ,
namely , the war against the Filipinos.
With their usual lack of fairness , or
their usual amount of dishonesty , the
administration organs completely ig
nore the governor's real reason for
vetoing the resolution , and impugn his
motive in every possible way , gener
ally attributing his action to his hatred
of things American , or patriotic. This
however has become an old story with
the people of this and other states since
it has become a fad in certain quarters
to say that every person who is against
the administration is a traitor to his
country , and only adds to Governor
Poynter's glory.
The majority of the supreme court
investigating committee brought in a
report to the legislature last Friday ,
whitewashing Judge Itforval , and the
report was adopted at once , by apply
ing the gag law , otherwise known as
the " . " The
"previous question. report
was swallowed without a murmur , and
no republican had the nerve to defend
i : . The minority report , signed by our
representative , John Shore , contained
the following significent passages :
From the evidence advanced before
the committee it appears that Judge
Norval is guilty of felony. But it is
not necessary that this house find him
so guilt } ' in order to impeach him. The
constitution provides that "all civil
officers of this state shall be liable to
impeachment for any misdemeanor in
office. ' " That Judge i orval has been
guilty of a misdemeanor is clear and
the minority of your committee there
fore recommends that the house enter
tain the following resolution :
' Resolved , That articles of impeach
ment be prepared and presented to the
district judges of this state , sitting as a
court of impeachment , as provided by
law , for misdemeanor in office against
T. L. Norval , associate justice of the
supreme court. * '
Speaking of this matter the Sunday
World-Herald says : "As a matter of
fact , under the decisions of the Nebras
ka supreme court , decisions concurred
in by Judge Norval himself , the testi
mony presented to that committee
showed that Judge Norval was an em
bezzler of public funds. " . '
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| ! W. E. Tlall sold to Hampton & Lester
! | ter last week 191 head of cows at § 33
j I per head. Alliance Grip.
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j The Niobrara Land and Sheep Co
\ ! bought five quarters of land this week.
Thev are getting a lot of deeded land
and buying it cheap too. Gordon Jour
nal.
The stockmen of Brown county have
organized a stock association with these
officers : President , N. C. Ilcdrick ;
vice-president. Thomas Seals : treasurer ,
P. E. Wantsecretary. ; . A. L. Coffey.
Three car loads of horses have rc-
j cently been shipped from this place by
buyers which means between four and
live thousand dollars more cash in the
county. Horses seem to be a fail-
price with indications of an advance.
Osceola Independent.
At the Jandt cattle sale in Crawford
last Friday , prices ranged very low.
Two jear old heifers sold for $17 and
Avhite face cows sold for $30 with calves
at their sides. People seamed to fear
the stock , though they were alleged to
have pedigrees , and registered.
One of the good laws enacted by the
late legislature was that which places
cattle stealing on a par with horse
stealing , instead of grand larceny.
Hereafter the owner of a stolen cow or
calf will not have to prove the value of
the animal to be § 35 or o\er in order to
have the thief sent to the penitentiary.
Sylvester Snover. a German farmer
living near Hooper , lately bought the
Wade ranch , formerly Fetter ranch ,
eighteen miles southwest of O'Neill ,
consisting of llioO acres , paying § 6,200
cash. Mr. Snover also bought eighty
head of cattle of Mr. Wade and the
ranch \ \ ill be continued under the man
agement of Mr Lambertson of Fre
mont. O'Xoill Frontier.
A correspondent of the Springview
Herald asks : fan the agricultural
editor or any of the correspondents ex
plain \\liy so many cows are losing
their calvua. The looses have been
very great in this neighborhood the
past fall and winter one man having
lost 00 per cent , and others from 20 to
50 per cent. Js it a disease , and is
there any remedy ? The losses in this
way will probably average 25 per cent
in this vicinity , and still they continue.
A Texas live stock journal says in a
recent issue : "The advent of so many
magnificent bulls on the range in Texas
during the last five years should be a
good and sufficient explanation to Mon
tana and other northwestern ranchmen
why they can no longer come to Texas
to buy up cattle to stock up with at
their own prices. So marked has been
the grading up of the herds of Texas
that many a steer now goes from the
state to the shambles that a few years
ago would have been accounted good
bulls "
Texas advices state that the severe
winter materially reduced the stocks of
cattle in manv sections , and the present
scarcity is expected to increase the
price of meat both on the hoof and on
the block. Texas is sending a better
class of cattle to the Chicago market
than heretofore , and the stockmen
down there are making wonderful
strides in improving their herds. When
a man of Colonel C. C. Slaughter's
business ability bins a bull for § 5,000
to put on a Texas ranch it is evident
that he has faith that cattle are going
to sell at good prices. National ytock-
man.
Stockmen generally are noting the
fact that the quality of range cattle is
steadily improving , while the quality
of eastern farm cattle is as steadily
deteriorating The explanation of this
is found in the fact that the rancher
can afford to pay bigger prices , thus
getting better bulls , than the small
raiser , because he has so many females
to breed. At most of the large salea
the best stock is usuallv sold to western
ers. Cherry county itself is a good
illustration of the move toward better
breeding , not less than 200 full blood
bulls having been brought into this
county during the last year. The conditions
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ditions above noted cause an eastern
stock and farm paper to remark : The
good bulls have gone west , and the re
sult is seen in range-bred cattle that
top the market when fed right. If our
farm-bred cattle are to maintain their
lead they must be bred up. If indi
vidual farmers cannot put up enough
money to keep the best bulls at home
they must club together or organize to
do it. It is this or march in the rear
of the procession before many years in
the breeding of beef cattle.
GEO. G. SCHWALM , PROP.
This market always kecpa a supply of
H-FRUIT PL
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In addition to a first-class line of Steaks , Roasts , Dry Salt Meats
Smoked Hams , Breakfast .Bacon and Vegetables
AtStettsr's Old Stand on Main Street , VALENTINE , NEBRASKA
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THE PALACE SALOON S
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jj WIT IBS , LIQUORS AND GIG i *
5 Of the Choicest Brands
VALENTINE NEBRASKA
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For a drp.head
machine \yhen you
can get a first-class
machine for § 21.00
by writing to
M I. H EMERY ,
Valentine , -Nebr.
Highest market price paid and prompt returDS. Referenoe
Omaha National Bank.
F. S. BUSH & COMPANY.
513 South 13th St. , OMAHA , NEB
We charge no commission.
C. H. C President. . V. XIC1IOLSOX , Cashier
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F VALENTINE.
Valentine , Nebraska.
A General Ranking KnsinessTransncted
25ny and Sells Domestic and Foreign Exchange
Correspondents ;
Hiemiual National Bank , New York. First National Bank. Omaha Nebr
J | V Excessive Freights
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a Retail Profits ,
We earn in stocu t Omaha the largest line
of Imp'-iMpnts. Wa rous , Babies. Harnes ? ,
Bindiusr Twine. Bicycles. Sewing Machines.
Stovfg and Ranges , Paints , Oils , etc. , and . > IIM , Jiiyli .r ue.
si7.5O ? : to S.IO.OO
o Oonsumer
DELIVERED FREE AT OMAHA.
If you havun't a Catalogue be sure and send
4c quick to pay part po'-nige. You can save
10 to 40 per cent on everything you use in
our line. Address
THE WESTERN MERCANTILE GO.
10 tli and Fa run in , Omaha.
"The House that Saves Ycu Honey. "
If You Want to Buy or Sell
Lne Stock , make your
wants known to the
Cherry Co , Live Stock Exch
Valentine , Nebr.
THE PIONEER STOCK FARM
Mammoth Spanish Jacks , Poland
China and Chester White lions ,
Plymouth Kock Chickens and
GALLOWAY CATTLE
REGISTERED BULLS
FOR SALE
J. H.M5ALLISTER
Joy , Holt Uo. , Xclir.
Feed in Transit at Fremont
Capacity : Sheep , covered
sheds , 24 : cars ; open pens , 15,000.
Caitle 28 cars
The place to rest and feed for
the Omaha market.
Easy run to feeding points out
side Chicago.
Long distance telephone.
Write or wire when yon will ar
rive , tj
Fremont Stock Yards Co
The
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SALOON
Golden Sheaf Pure White Rye ,
Susquehanna Rye.and Cedar Creek
1 ouisville , Kentucky , Bourbon Whisky.
Pure Grape & Cognac Brandy's
. Wines .
TokaAngeilica.PortSherry and Black
beryin wood , claret , Riesling ,
Sauteriies. Cooks Imperial ;
Gasts and Clicquot in bet
tles. Damiana and oth
er Cordials.
Also Agent for Fred Krags Celebrated Ez
ra Pale Eeer for family use , and Palsts
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C. H. THOMPSON ,
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Win. M. Walters. Prop.
THEDFORD - - NEBRASKA
