FLATO COMMISSION COMPANY.
LIVE STOCK 8t LESFvlFN AND BROKE-
Director * : Mnlcsnicn :
F. W. FLATO , Ju , Pu-sidem. ILD. II. Hum I , , _ ,
PAUL FLATO , VicePn sidiMit. JIM S. IIoitxc"uK' } ! fc l"n <
7.0 DA \\.rwivlJirv. . E. W. CAIJOAV , U < * n Ic ma11
JOHN U > KiT35. I Iron llm iicocic , shop *
Ki > . H. HIKI > , JOHN P CLAUY , Cashier
SOUTH OMAHA , NEBRASKA
Correspondents :
DRUM-FLATO COMMISSION COMPANY
Capital $500,000.00.
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CHICAGO. KANSAS CITY. T. LOUIS
EXCHANGE
RESTAURANT.
OL'EX D-\Y AND XIGUT.
E. T. MILLED , Proprietor.
LODGING FOlTsTOCKMEN
4U NEWLY FURNISHED ROOMS-
282 Three Doors N From STREET Corner , South Omaha.
RATES : $1.00 to § 1.50 Per Day. Telopbone No. 67
85.00 to 87.00 Per \Ve k.
R H H OTEL.
MRS. JOHN REED , Proprietress.
STOCKMEN'S PATRONA&E ESPECIALLY SOLICITED ,
' 5tht. . B Uv8G.i \ ind H St-aets. Scatli Omaha , Nebr
A Few Facts For Cattle tiers.
ft IJJH
the i > uit that
Stands at top as a market for Range Feeders
Von can satisfy yourself ? is to the trtitli of that slnretnent. by
coinpMriti rh > s.tit's at , Siosix < ity , hist year , with those at any other
competitive market. You can ali-o ask \our neighbors who have sold
ru'tlr at .sioux CitThis year 6ioux 'ity is in the. liekl for fat cat
tle as well as feeders. L'he great beef slaughtering plant of the
Cudahy Packing Co. is ready for business
Tiie capacity of the Stock Yards has been
greatly increased and you will find
excellent facilities for handling
your business.
N"o ehurjjHS except for feed ordered if your cattle are not sold on our market
The Sioux City Stock Yards Co.
JOHN IT. KEENE , General Manager.
Millinery
and Ladies' Furnishing Goods
CALL AND GET PRICES.
GOBA GILLETT. I
LIVESTOCK
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
SOUTH OMAHA , NEBRASKA
Hoom OW F.NChunKe KUls.
Jief-ronces :
( JNION , TOCK YA HDP PACKERS' KATIOKAL
BAKJ : BAWK.
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\VVhu\v a larpM-Iii-nUucanionj : Nebraska Kcedc'-s and can always'neat Oinalm prices to
Kaiu-h customers IF NOTIFIED I5KFO1IK SHII'MEXT.
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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 , $
I The DONOHER , *
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$ % ] B continually adding improvements and it is now the
5o best equipped , and most comfortable
$ TIRST-OLASS MODERN HOTEL
* j IN NORTHWEST NEBRASKA as
Hot and Cold Water Excellent Bath Room Two Sample Room *
of
HERRY OUNTY ANK
Valentine , Nebraska
Every facility extended customfirs consistent with conservative bankim
Exchange houglit and sold. Loans upon good security solicited at reasonnh
rates. County depository.
E. SPARKS , President CHARLES SPARKS Cashier
WESTERN HEWS-DEMGG3AT
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EGBERT GOOD , Editor and Publisher
I Joint T. Mall.-jlieu of Kearneyformer
i , of the industrial
j superintendent state
j ;
\ ; school j , has been notified by Senator
; Thur. ton that lie has been designated
I for ; supervisor of the census for the
Sixth congressional district.
Republican papers just no\v are filled
! with talk about now the United Siatos
: ' is ' capturing the foreign markets for
1 structural iron work. And yet to pro
tect the manufacturers from foreign
competition we place a tariff of 45 per
cent on all importations of ( his char
acter. Can anyone explain why this is
thus ?
Judge Westover Lad tlie following
positive card in the Rushyille Standard I
last \veek :
"I am convinced that my obligation
to my part } ' in this judicial district , my
duty to myself -nul my family require
that I , at .his time , -state publicly that
under no circumstances could I accept
a nomination for congressman from
this district , if such nomination should
be tendwd. "W. IL WJSSTO via. : ' '
C. Dana Say is , who ran for mayor of
Chadron three weeks after joining the
republican party , was badly defeated
bEd Salterlee. This should serve as
a horrible warning to all democrats
thinking of deserting the ranks. The
republican party is already overbur
dened -with olh'ce seekers of their own
without taking up deserters from the
democrats. Alliance Grit ) .
A. Berger , of Lexington , thus shite ,
reports the fanners in his section great
ly interested in horse breeding , which
is now conducted more carefully than
ever before During several jcars the
Nebraska farmers abandoned horse
breeding and turned their attention to
raising and feeding cattle and sheep ,
but with the improvement in prices
they are once more breeding draft
horses and drivers. Nebraska's climate
and grasses are well adapted to horses ,
and some prime horses are marketed.
1. M. Ilumphu'y of Rapid City , one
of South Dakota's ' -eat known cattle
men , has purchased prettv heavily of
Panhandle stockers.Vith \ L D. Sietz
of Kansas City , Mr. Humphrey bought
11,000 head of stockers for delivery
Mny 15. The bunch is made up of
mixed stock and the aggregate price
foots up to about $ :2oO,000. : These j
cattle will be pjiit on the South Dakota
range and the deal i-s the biggest one of
the season thus far. Northwestern
Stockman.
A small boy , so says the Randolph
Times , once wrote the following essay
on newspapers : ' 'I don't know how
newspapers came to be in the world ; I
don't think God do--j for he ain't got
nothing to sav about them and editors
is one of the missing link- , you read
about , and they stayed in the bush
until after the Hood , then came out and
wrote the tiling up and has been here
ever since. I don't think he ever dies ;
never saw a dead tin. The editor
goes 'thout underclothes all winter ,
don't wear no socks and. pi h-isn't paid
his subscription in more than live
years. * ' \\re don't know where the boy
lived but judge from the number of our
subscribers that arc back on subscrip
tion , that several of them must live in j
this neighborhood
The new brand law which takes
effect July 1. provides that it shall be
the dutof the governor to appoint
three reputable stock rai > ers , who she'll
le : chosen from iho.-e largely interested
in cattle , who shall hold their ollice for
term of two years. Said three per
sons so chosen , together with the secre
tary of state , shall constitute a state
brand and mark committee. * Said com
mittee shall meet at least twice each
year at the oflice of secretary of state ,
and as often at the call of the chairman \
as'is necessary.
A record shall be kept by the secretary -
tary of state ot all brands and a fee of I
$1.50 shall be charged for recording j
such brands. Twent- per cent of these j
fees shall be paid each member of the !
state committee.
No person shall adopt a brand pro-1
viously recorded. The committee
shall decide whether brands offered for
record conflict , provided that no brand '
shall be accepted described as being on
either side of the animal and that a
brand described as being on both sides
may be accepted. Where two brands
are similar the committee shall decide ,
to priority of ownership atits regular
meeting. The party thus losing his 1
brand shall not thus have his ownership -
ship of stock in any way invalidated.
the object of the act being to make i
illegal and enjoin from the further use :
the brand. j
Owners of cattle bringing them to a (
county for grazing shall submit the s
brands to the committee to obtain permission - f
mission to use the same and assurance
that it does not conflict with others and *
the owner may be enjoined from the t
use of a conflicting brand. ' ;
A penalty of not to exceed $1.000 is ]
provided for violation of the law. ' t
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U'e are informed that the Standard
!
] ! CattU1 Company will advance the
! wage * of their employes twenty per
cent the first of next month.
II. Sehwaberow , known to most of
the stockmen of this and adjoining
counties , and who has been a guest at
the state's palatial mansion , surrounded
by a substantial wall to keep the vulgar
j out , where guests have nothing in the ,
world to do but just to walk about , has '
returned to his home and the bo.iom of i
his family after eighteen months incarceration - !
ceration therein. If wo arc rightlv in ,
o „ , ;
formed his sentence was for three years , i. !
He is ruiea i'd on parole , and on bis arrival - | !
rival huru was met at the train by his '
faithful waiting wife who accompanied I
him to their home on the Gordon. |
Whitman Sun. !
Train load rates for live stock , like
feed-in-transit rates , will soon be r.n-
cient history , if the present intention
of the trans-M issoari railroads is carried
out. The system , they say. has served
its purpo- , and now has grown to be
a bad one , so will die a much needed
death.
The rates were made for the benc-lit j
of live lock shippers in Nevada , Idaho , j
Western Montana and Washington to j
South Omaha and Ka ib.s City , the'
idea being that si ugh ; car : hipmenls j
were for them inconvenient , while train '
,
loads * ho ild bo encouraged So a low
rate was made for ten caror more.
In practice , however , anywhere- from i
two to ten shippers would b ii"h to- |
gpthor their car load lot- , , and m.iko up i
a train whenever Lliey got iva-ly. ship-'i
iL in oij : man's name. Thin no
shipper need to send any large amount i
of stock 1:11 : he got ready , yet the train i
load rates were aiwavs available. '
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So it is quite probable that May 23 ,
the date set for the abolition of feed-in-
transit rates , the train load rates will
go with them , and car load rates the
only ones made. World-Herald.
At one of the "experience" talks
generally held at this ofiice , a stock
raiser related his experience with
calves i'or a number of years. Ho suf
fered loss through calves becoming
aillu'ted with scours , although he ad
ministered the various remedies recom
mended to cure the m.dadv. Not being
V O
successful in checking the trouble after
being caused , he thought best to devote
more attention to ascertain the cause
and if possible remove the same. Ar Chi
riving at the conclusion t'at the trouble
was caused mainly by the young ani
mals buco.sting chiilo 1 through lying
on frozen or icy beds he- prepared a
separate place under ! 'k ' stock shed- ,
for the calves by making a straw b"d
to the depth of three feet , enclosing the
same with the exception of a small
opening for the calves to go in and out.
He finds a little trouble to induce the >
calves to ett : r tlie enclo-ur , " an 1 re
main on thj ; straw bed. but after occu
pying 1 the same for several nights they
seek the prepared bed ground without
the ( least bit of trouble , following each
other < to Jhe same similar to a b.iud of
sheep Since he prepared the straw
bed his calves h ve not been troubled
with S2ours. Crawford Bulletin.
rims far this soring there ha > bc.-n a
re-tri.-e.l di : nan-l for light weight
stock cattle o."in to rh lack of good
pasturage. In a short time the de If
mand will undoubtedlv * bo good , for
every year many such cattle are pur
chase : ! during the spring and kept on
grass until late in the season , when
they are put on dry feed until re > dy Ci
for i market. With a general scarcity
of good cattle throughout the country ,
and plenty of pasturage , there is every
reason to expect a liberal demand this
spring for young stock steers It is an
encouraging promisp of better things
that t feeders are infusing to buy scrub
stock
\V. P. Anderson , who was a short
tnna ago in Texassa\s there arc plenty 6
of cattle in the Lone St-ir State , and
their average quality shows remarkable
improvement as compared with ten
years ago. Mr. Anderson says : "On
the Cross L ranch , forty miles west of
San Angelo , a ranch covering over
200.000 acres , 25,000 cattle arc now
feeding * , and over 1.000 pure-bred bulls
have been placed on this ranch. 400
Missouri bulls having been sent there
within the last five years. Ranchmen
in Texas stopped spaying heifers in ' 93. sli
and since then breeding has aone forward -
ward actively. Fully half a million
cattle are now under contract to be til
shipped from Texas to Indian Territory
to graze , and fully To,000 cattle will be s'u
sent from San Angelo to Indian Terri
tory pastures before June opens. The V\7
greater part of these cattle will be ship ri'
ped to Chicago next autumn. National
Stockman.
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GEO. G. SOMWALfVl , PROP.
This market always taep ? . : supply of
CD ecu mil *
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In addition to a 6rst-cla = s line of SteakKonsts , Dry Salt Moats
Smoked Hams , Ureakfast Uat , . : i and Vegetables
tftitcr's Girl Staud on Main Stress , VALENTINE , NEBRASKA
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can get a first-class
machine for 821.00
by writing to
L H EMERY ,
Valentine , -Nebr.
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Highest market price paid and prompt returns. Reference
Omalia National Bank.
F. S. BUSH & COMPANY.
ol3 youth l. , th St. , OMAHA , NEIJ
We eharae no commission.
c. Si. C 31. V. 3ffCBSOJLSUX , Cashier
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Valentine , Nebraska.
A Cjet } ral E5
SelSs S KZII ! Foreign
Correspondents ;
Xational Hank , Xe\v York. Tirst Xation.il Hank. Ouialia Xelr
ss KctaH Profits.
? ; ' ] ) ! ; Twirif , Bicycles , Striving Machines ,
Srov-s and Ranges , Paints , Oila , etc. , and Spril
$50.00
DELIVERED FREE AT OMAHA.
If you haven't a Catalogue Te sure andsentl
4c quid : to pay part pi-ife. You can save
10 to 40 percent on everything you use In
our line. Address
THE WESTERN MERCANTILE GO.
lOtls and l ariim , Oisiulii.
: You Want to Buy or Sell
Lhe Stock , aiitkc your
'wants known to tlic
Iherry Co , Live Stock Exch ,
Valentine , Nebr.
Mammoth Spanish Jacks , Poland j
China and ( "hptr White llo ,
1'lyiuoiith Uoek Chickens and
JALLOWAY CATTLE
REGISTERED BULLS !
FOR SALE I
H. M5ALLJ3TER
.Toy. , ' 0. ,
eed in Transit at Fremont
Capacity : Sheep , covered
iccfe4 : cars ; open pens. 15,000.
Caitle 28 ears
The place It ) rest and feed for
ic Omaha market.
Easv run to feeding points ont-
dc Chicago. rS-
Long distance telephone' ,
frite or wire \vhen yon \vili ar-
.ve , tj
Fremont Stock Yards Co
SALOON
Golden Sheaf Pure White Rye ,
Susquphanny Kj' .and Cedar Creek
I ouisvillo , Kentucky , Bourbon Whisky.
Pure Grape & Cognac Brandy's
Wines
TokaAngelica.PorfSiiPriy ! and Tilack
berry invood. . claret , Ie ! ling ,
SjMiti-niPS.
Cooks Imperial ;
Gasts and Clicquot in bot-
tlos. Damiana and oth
er Cordials.
Also Age2 ; forFredlrngs Celebrated fe-
ra Pale Bear ftr family nsa , and P.-bsts
Expu.t BRT-
C. H , THOMPSON
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HEOFORD - - NEBRASKA.