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About Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 4, 1900)
J CRA1 VOLUME XIV VALENTINE , NEBRASKA , JANUARY 4 , 1900. NUMBER 50 , Metzger Bros. , Pullman Neb Cherry Co. Brand on left bide ana thigh Kurmark , square crop right ear Southern branded cattle have but one "half-diamond E" on leftside I Native cattle have _ , , throat wattle Ranee on Gordon and,8nake Creeks Horses have same brand on left thigh A lteirn.nl of $ H5O will be paid to any person for Information leading to the arrest and P linal conviction of any person or persons steal ing cattle with above brand , R EDWAltD BAD IJAIK. Postofflce address Alien S D On left shoulder and bar on side ; horses same on thigh Range-Bear Ueeic li T J ASHBUHN ft Postoillce addres Valentine , Neb Branded on right sidu ; horses same Kange-10 miles east of valentine on the Niobrara Joseph W. Bownet P. O. address Alerrunan , Nebr. Right ear cropped Hole in center of left ear Range Lake creek S. D. Parker & Son P O Address L. W. Parker Reige. Neb Brand same as cut. Also ZP llange on Niobrara south of Crookston li. A. McQuade. Valentine , Neb Branded on either side Range between fhacherand Swan Lake Charles C. Tackett Jlosebii'l , ? . D. ' llaiigo head of An- temue near St. Marys mission Horses branded on left thigh Peter Ylondray Jlosebud. S. D. Left side. Left car ' Horses branded VJ } . / Range Little White lttver. at month of Ztedar Hreek. Louis J. Richards Merriman. Neb. Gorsuch Bros. Newton , Nebrnka Cattle branded as on cut cutSome Some ft side or hi ] Kanirc on Goruun Creek Louis F. Richards Metrinian Neb Henry Pratt Rosebud S. D. Left side' Horses same on left shoulder. Deerliorn clip on some cattle John DeCory Rosebud. S. P. branded 11) 417 mi left side Horses .11) on lefl hip Kauge in Meyer Co on Ant elope Creek JST. S. Rowley Kennwly.Xebr. Same a > cut nn left side and hip. nntl on left slumldT nf lior- scs. AlsogFSEj on left side CMQ an .7 on right hl | > and * M-onlcftside. JC ou left hip of horsts , M * . W.ANDKKSON. J. C. BOUNDS Anderson & Hounds. Simeon. Nebraska Cattle branded on left side as on cut : also 10 on left side wiOi on left hip of some cuttle ; also S4G on right side Horse biiuHl , rake and 1C on * left shoulder or bin Home ranch on Dcwoy Lake , llange on Niobrara 3M\er , east efFort Fort If iobnirn ; also between Snake Itiver and Simeon , known as tlie I'elch range , all in Cherry County , Nebraska. Marshall & Wolfcnden Kennedy , Neb. Home c on the left ; binHorses Horses S on left shoulder Brand is small Earmark : Quarter clip behind , half cir cle forward on left ear llange Lone Tree Lake I. T. Richardson. Terch , Nebr Some on left hip Horses on left shoulder William M. Diuibar Lessee from Heine & Krocger Cody , Neb DUn Hither side I low Alsr I on right Left ear ol cattle Split Mange head of Hay Creek Amelia Young. Cody , Nebraska On right side. Eight ear split Itauge , Little White river Peder Thorsen r Gordon , Nebraska ' ) n right sideT on Ightnip. o horse jrand and T on. iRht shoulder \PO ! cattle branded it * on leftside Ranue , fowl miles iouth of Irwiu Henry Young , . Cody , Nebraska Horse brand IIY on left shoulder Cattle , right ear " split" llange , Little White river. S. D. ' Stotts & Stetter. Lo : < ly. > * ebraski : Urandod on leftside llangu. Tin Can Lake ind Morgan Flats D. C. kelson. Cody , Nebraska. On right hip. llange , Medicine I4iketo the Suake river lordon. Nebraska llange.14 miles north > f Gordon. F. C. Duerfel-Jt , Manager. Gordon , Nebraska Cattle also branded , Oon right hip ' Horses and mules i Branded same as cut ! on left shoulder J. C. Jordan Jordon , Nebraska Jue bunch branded , us on cut on left side Cue bunch branded U 1. on left hip Horses J on left shoulder llangrt. 10 miles southwest of Gallop , letween Niobrara ind Snake rivers George F Damon Albany , Neb Cattl < brandel FI onlelr ribs or right shoulder ; ! > SD FD on right hip and left ribs ; 6 on left hip HorsesFDorSDon right shoulder llange 7 nil north cast of Albany Neb Agent for Pasteur Black Leg Vaccine Jospph Fickel Gordon Ne.b Vlso Hone brand F on eft shoulder Range 10 miles lortheast of Gordon STOCK NOTES , t + J SUlfS J AJ > iJ > * AJMUlAJ * A letter from J. IL Quigley , who is now in , Lincoln , says it will probably be a month before the brand commis sion will conclude its first session. An enormous amount of work is ahead of the board. II. Ormersher went east last Satur day night. His destination is hioux City , Iowa , and the object of his going is to buy and ship some more cattle of the excellent kind he is in the habit of disposing of in Chadron. Chadron Journal. James Early brought one of the lar gest hogs to market , Friday , that was ever weighed upon our city scales Jt tipped the beam at 743 pounds. Mr. Early is a most , successful hog raiser and has a nice bunch of nearly one hun dred more at home , so he informs us , but none , however , ' as big as the mam moth porker he marketed hare Friday. O'Neill Independent. T. A. Gillespie , Big Timber , Mont. , writes : "Live stock matters are in a very satisfactory condition in this part of the west. Cattle are doing well on ranges in all parts of the state where sheep have not been held. Stock cattle have brought the best prices in years this fall , cows with salves at side bring ing 843 , calves $10 to $18 , yearlings § 23 to $27.50 , and two-year-olds $30 and upward. Sheep on ranges never did better than this fall. " It has been reported that the govern ment has been buying , recently , a portion tion of its beef supplies for the army in the Philippines from Australia , but it is hardly probable that any consider able proportion of that ration will be purchased anywhere but in the United States. Only in case of some urgent requirement would there be any reason for obtaining it elsewhere. The pres ent force of the United States in those islands will be maintained there for av Ipng time' and will probably require a monthly beef supply of about 4,000,000 pounds of beef. This , together with the beef supplies that will be taken by the British army in South A frica will very materially increase the require ments of the American packeries. Texas Stock Journal. On the first of December the rail- mads revoked their carload rates for live stock , and substituted therefor a rate per hundred pounds. Under the old rate it cost a shipper $50 GO to send a car of cattle to Omaha , while under the new he cannot hope to get off for less then § 56.80 , a difference of § 5 70 , and many times this difference will go as high as § 15.00. The carload rate on hogs was $46.00 , and the new rate will make the freight average § 52.00 or more , a difference of at least $6.0U on each and every car. . This iimk'es quite a difference to local shippers , and they are correspondingly sore , claiming the new rates are unnecessarily high. A number of complaints of this character have been made to the state board of transportation , ami the boord's action thereon is anxiously awaited. There .vill be held a meeting of the stockmen at Whitman QU Jan. 10 , 1900 , to take aotion on the proposed dispo sition of the government land in the sand hills. Each and every stockman certainly has a direct interest in this matter and should keep the date in mind , and honor the meeting with his presence and encourage their neighbor to come with him. We would recom mend that there be more encourage ment offered to the settler and keep the land out of market , as the govern ment land should be used to b.enditthe public instead of a few that would buy up large tracts and benefit only a few that would be ready to improve the op portunity , and work hardship to many. The repeal of the timber claim and pre emption laws has confined the settler to only 160 acres of land , which is not valuable enough to warrant the settler sufficient retuins for , the hardship of settling a new country , which is not adapted to agricultural interests in the full sense of the word. Whitman Suu. indications are that the constitution ality of the new brand law will be test ed in the courts before long. Many stockmen place a high value upon their right to a certain brand , and claim that if they are deprived of their right it i will cause them an untold amount of trouble , if not actual loss. Admitting this , we yet believe that in the long run the workings of the law will prove sat isfactory to everybody. Changes can not be made in a day , and to save our ranchmen unnecessary inconvenience the board should give those who lose their present marks ample time , say one or two years , to get their herds in shape. Of course no young stuff should be marked with the old , or rejected brand. In this way we believe the law could be put into effect with a mini mum amount of inconvenience , and meanwliile * stock owners would have the same protection that the law now affords , and the only loss sustained would be the lotes of the prestige which attaches to t'/e old brand. , There is no branch of the live stock industry making such rapid gains as the sheep business. All kinds of people ple out west are. investing in sheep , hoping tlmt the present good condition will keep up. People are naturally at tracted to any business that is making money , regardless of whether they know anything about it or not. At the present rote of growth it looks as if the thing might be overdone , as it has been in the past , and that those who are .looking for profit and experience might fit least get all of the latter they want. Sheep are prolific and soon reachjnwturity , and even with a good demand for both wool and mutton there is a possibility of overstocking , the demand. There is no better busi ness than the sheep business for ono who understands it , and there is none that is fuller of pitfalls for the novice. Like any other business one should j learn more about it than can be gotten from books , before branching out too boldly. Chicago Drovers' Journal. The ilyannis Tribime issued a very creditable special edition last week , and in its mention of various stockmen WJB find the following : Dr. A..J. Plumer located on his present - , ent location in 1S88 , where he has built a fine residence and ranch. ' " * r " " ' . " ' .J * " Henry Buck is located about eighteen miles north of Uyaunis in Cherry coun ty. He runs a tine herd of Shorthorn cattle , and thicks they are about the stuff. Henry's stock always bring the top price on the market at any rate. L. L. Merrill is another Cherry coun ty ranchman whose family reside in IJyannis. ? .Ir. Merrill is an old settler and has a fine range and a nice herd of stock. J. G. Cooley's range is located six miles northwest of Mother Lake. Ho has a herd of fine bred- stock and al though he is in Cherry county he does his trading at Ilyannis. A. T. Pavis , located fifteen miles north , in Cherry county , has a ranch well stocked with cattle , hay galore and plenty of range. He also breeds a fine class of horses , German coach and Eng lish Shires. The editor of the Ilushville Standard has announced his determination of en tering the law business as an active practitioner. It will now go hard with Bro. Lyon if he cve'r jumps onto Heath again. In a long letter to the Star- Journal , J. N. Ferguson , of Ainsworth , says : ' Now , I am no friend to populists or democrats , politically , but if the devil were to advance n good thing , endorse it and give him credit tor it. Besides , I believe that if the republicans of the United States were to go deep into their hearts and give thair sentiments honestly , ninety-nine out of every one hundred would say that their sympathy was with the IJoers and would hall with' satisfaction tlie ultimate defeat of Great Britain " The Valentine Democr t kicks b - j cause the currency bill recently passed ; by tlie people's representatives in con- j [ Tress wns-pnt through without any use- lebs red tape or monkey work. .claiming that the untis didn't have suilicient opportunity - j portunity to express ihcmseives upon it. Snca discussion would have acconir pUshed nothing beyond taking up a lot of valuable and expensive titub and af fording some long winded democrat n chance to get his name in the Congress tional Record. Congress is in session to do business not merely to humor the kicking minority. Stuart Ledger. The Ledger misunderstands our po sition. Like Bro.Church , we do not believe in long winded speeches , but we do object to such important bills as II. 11. 1 being forced to a vote without ample time for consideration , not alone ! by congress but by the people. In this case the people knew absolutely noth ing about the provisions of the bill. ETad they been given an opportunity to protest against the measure , the protest against Roberts would have sunk into insignificance. 49 4 ? 49 5 * 49 49 49 MIDWINTER 49 49 ALE 49 49 FOR CASH ! 49 i * 49 49 Men's Cotton Flannel Underwear , - were 50c , now 2i c 49 Men's Lined ' : u 50c ' ' Heavy ftleeec 49 , - , uoc 49 49 Men's Winter Underwear ' - - - " 85c , " 20c 49 Ladies' Winter Union Suits * ' 50c ( i 49 - - - - fcfr 49 Misses'Winter Union Suits - - - . " ' 35i " 25c i * 49 49 Children's Winter Underwear - ' - - 5u to . . loc 49 49 ALL WINTER DRESS GOODS AT COST. 49 49 i * 49 49. 49 49 49 DAVENPORT & THACHER ft * 49 i * 49 General Merchants i * 49 i * r r ra r y r STOVE TALK. TOTE TALK ABOUT STOVES a great * * deal ; but that's our business. Stoves are a specialty of ours. By the way , we have just received a few of those & i. Unexcelled Heating Stoves The i MAGIC ESTATE HOT BLAST. Remember we are also dealers in J3ED SPRINGS , MATTRESoES , j- . .Xf PICTURE FRAMES , Etc. : : : : : : " " * * " R , ANDERSON , i S y a " DREYFUS HAD TWO TRIALS \ WE ONLY WANT ONE To convince you beyond a doubt that the best line of LIQUORS , WINES AND CIGARS Can be had at THE STOCK EXCHANGE WALTER F , A. MELTENDORFF. PROPRIETOR OUR MOTTl } Honest Goods ; Honest Prices ; Courteous Treatment. Ladies' and Gentlemen's Fur Coats , Ladies' and Children's Felt and Warm-Lined Shoes. Boots and Shoes and Furnishings of all kinds. Practical Tailoring C3P * All our work guaranteed. D. Stinard , Clothier. Alex Marrivall , Pinfuidge , S D Cattle branded as on cut and below on either side. Eermk swallow fork on Icit and crop right Horse I rands as below on left thigh or hip Horses Wheeler Lros. Cody Neb . Also B on right side Range Chamberlain Flats and Snake River Xewmau Bros. & Xations. Cody , Nebraska. On point left shoul der. Also O o on point left shoulder Also jon left shoulder Same on left hip Left side J. A. Adamson. Valentine. Neb On left side or hip A 4 left side or Kip On left side Raugpon. Xiobrura Marquardt & Bowlns OTTO STHUBK. Manager. Merriman.Neb v Cattle brand OM on left shoulder. Some of cattle have various older brands. OS on left hip. Horse bra'd A on left shouldei. Kauce Formerly Gee W Monnier ranch 5-miIes east of BMerriman.from F.K. &M. V. U. ] : . south to Leander Creek. Mar- quardt. Xc Rnwlus. S < : rihner.N'e' ' > ri < tca. ' J. C. Trowbridge lerriman , Neb ' Uange between Irvin - \vin aiul Alerriiiian , south of railroad Hugh Uovill , Manager Merriman Neb Also All on left side or hip Range north of El Charlotte E Bovill Merriman Neb Left side or hip llange uorth o Eli Taken up , at my place about 4 miles east efFort Fort Niobraru. May ua. one sorrel bald-faird gelding , 5 years old , anil one" bav mar 2 years old , both.bnuidud on left should
