-- - - THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT I M RICE EAY1NQ1TSDEBTS EDITOR Official Newspaper of Cherry County Nvbriha This paper will be mailed regularly to its aubooribers until a definite order to discontinue is received and all ar rears are paid in full TERMS Subscription 100 per year in advanoo Sl50 when not paid in advance iigplay advertising 1 inch 15c per issue Goc per month 4 issues 500 per year in advance Local Kofices 5c per lino each issue Brands IVi inches 8400 per year in ad viire additional ppaceS300 per inch peryrar engraved blocks extra 3100 each Parties living outside Cherry county not per sonally known are requested to pay in advance 10 per cent additional to above rates if over G months in arrears Notices of loss of stock free to brand adver tisers Thursday February 14 1901 Still doth the busy bushy Boer im prove each shining hour lie freks the veldr gives to Jhon Bull a welt and deli es the British power From kopjes tall speeds Ins rifle ball and a red coac bites the dust By the beaid of Ooni Paull we admire his gall MnT he win the fight or bustl Va ilmttan Re - Some reformers are ahead of the times while others can hardly keep up with the procession and invariably jump tneir rabbit after the dogs have begun the chase There is peihaps a niche of time but few people to the niche and are called cranks for being toe fast or too slow If they sail along swaying public opinion they are reformers of a high order If not they are called fanatics and suon be come cr nks by being on the opposite from public opinion THE KIOWA AND COMANCHE OPENING The promise of an early opening of the Kiowa Comanche and Apache res ervation for settlement is more flatter ing Delegate Jblynn from the public lands committee has reported its meas ure to the house which measure pro poses new methods for the settlement of the lands in question Lots on the townsites will not be gobbled up by the more lucky in the mad scr tmble but they will be sold to the highest bidder the pnrchase price going to the erect ion of public buildings public bridges impoviiig roads etc It is estimated that the sale of lots in county Seat towns each will reach the sum of 100 000 The new county seats will not be allowed to bontract any mdebetness save as authorized by the secretary of interior that is prior ro the first gen eral election of county and city officials A soldiers declatory filing will only hold good when it is a prior one to all others There are 3000000 acres in the consolidated reservation 480C0fl of which goes to the indians in the way of allotments and a like number of acres to be reserved as pasture lands for the Indians But the Indian will Jiot be in it long The time fixed for the opening is August 6 1901 at which time the calculation is that the Wich ita and Caddo reservations will be open to homestead entry at 125 per acre and five years residence Delegate FJynn has also introduced a bill dividing the -Indian Territorj into twenty sue counties naming and bound ing each cdiinty which seems another step to single statehood Manhattan RVp KcptHcaa Party Contemptuously Disregards thcPcople Senator Vebt of litsouri wab right ia dechiring at the close of his speech opposing the Hanna hip sabsidy bill that the measure was bure to pas the senate JJrunk with victory said Mr Vest the Republican party will uow slop at nothing Jt will be well for the people of this country to lead with the closest tioo the full report of Senator Vests speech fcas the St Louis ErpnbTc Its revelations are biguificdnt to a de gree He shows that the ship subsidy bill is th boldest and most bbameles piece of syndicate legislation everat tmpted at Washington The utter and ctfnteujptTioutf Uisi ugurd ol the pVoplob iullbtS bhtfwu m the - ruthitsMibiss wfth which it is belng lammed thiouuh fhG ualictaUl cbligrebS ogaiust popular piotebt is Omiuoud Vcstleiry pbrnU ou thai lliefe il be ub geueVtil Ltiiclit id Americaiibblbplhfroin tht oMMdblU It SUll imp6bl5 Upon lhe Ainfrfcau people u laxbtirutiiOi i8u OoOOlU u puuJ tbiu MH it pe riod Of -O Nl ils Ot ttl Unit j wiLi yO to IU AUtt rnaiiitA Jtt j j1 2U t more V Qm w AfV -Br I AAASS3AAA IS U1IU KJ1 Sight In boxes on the shelves i ana unaer me counters is where we were obliged to keep a great many of our goods we didnt have enongh show case room We have placed two new ones each one being eight feet long and two stories high giving us forty syuare feet more of show case room We have them fill ed with goods There are undoubtedly lots of things displayed in them that you didnt know we carry in stock Come in and look through them QUIGLEYCHAPMAN DRUGGISTS VALENTINE NEBR fratucatipnajt Department kXKinctelly Leta Stetter MilealWaite was enrolled jmemberoTlfie flth grade net much snow of the committee of promotion of the ship subsidy bill Its next leading beneficiary will be the Pacific Mail Steamship company which will receive 550000 a year from the subsidy Its third beneficiary in importance will 1 lhe Standard Oil company And it is these monopoly intrests that have pre pared and pushed the bill the Ameri can people having no voice in the mat ter rrom beginning to end The Republican part under the di rection of Mark Hanna and Mr Mc- Kinley is certianly paying its debts to the syndicate intererts whose milPons brougt about Mr McKinleys re elec tion It is doing Ithis by puttng its hands in the peoples pockets and ex tracting the money necessary to such payment A filching of r0COO000 at one snatch is going it pretty steep however Will the people be able to stand this sort of thins for four vears as a Question for Debate- Will the 10th grade ever learn to take class notes We undea stand that Miss EasonTs room is to give a program sometime in the near future Beof good cheer remembering that the grip must at least abate before the spring fever setf in Miss Maloney is in school again af ter two weeks absence on account of the illness of her mother Eda Broad is staying at Mr Dunns and attending school her parents hav ing moved into the country Education is to unfold natur to strenghten good and conquer evil to give self help to make a mau Tlie class in Litera ture are studying Macbeth It is a question whether their dreames vre ever disturbed bv daggers gosts or witches The Literary societies of the n S have reorganized since vacation into tvo with LeRoy Sawyer and Ciyde Davenport as repective presidents Some of the H S girls think it must have been a woman who invented the alphabet becuase had it been aman he would certainly have begun it with the letter I Now is the time to woik The time to fill The soul with noblest thots The time to will The Jligbland near Spirks J will close in about two Meeks We learn tliat Mr E proving but very slow A V Grooms and family were visit ing at K Osburns Saturday evening and Sunday -Grandpa Grooms was visiting with relatives and friends near Sparks durr ing the past week It seems to be fashionable with ta young men to have their best girls picture framed and wear it on their coat collar 3Ir Chas Hnd on droVe with Mrs Cbas Berry who id hem from Wyo vteiinglier husband relatives td Aiuswbrth last wepk Felix S6lHft is imprbvitig his resid eW by iifldiiif a gbU tfarl bitclin lifi An Ui hjiy wheiritfinisheiltu fltVu will hjivP to bl warmed op llVai dofift dance R O nr 1 hivuiij qnte 1 1 1 tro hs vi iJ nt A vrU flowi nbo 2 wis 1 jtjok but - f it i r mid iim ts tsil lajwu fctiftiiu lr Botiti the River Winter has come at last yet there is S2 - linstll is f - i i im iwn lMlMff JMH There is talk of a skimming station Commissioners Proceedings being operated at Sparks soon also an other general store that will make a stir in business and a little opposition then if the R 11 comes through here Spartts will get a R R sation YOUNGSTER ADDITIONAL LOCAL B A Daniels is in town today Lowest prices on everything at Farnhams 52 Mrs Chas this week Sherman has been sick See those Automatic Oil Cans at R Andersons Miss Ada Stinard has been quite sick the past few days 0Wantad to buy S00 hens at 30 a piece deliver to Mrs Dillon T J Ashburn came up Monday to transact business and stayed for meeting Monday night Four full booded Barred Plymoth Rock roosters for sale write or inquire at the democrat office tf Judge Wallcot went Jowji to Ames Nebr Thursday morning to begone a couple of days on business J C Rounds spenta couple of days in town this week returning to the ranch yesterday at Simeon Wanted Competent person for general house wonc No laundry work W E Waite Valentine Nebr tf For sale cheap Good team of mares 6 Lnd 7 years old weigh 1100 each wagon 2 seat buggy and har ness Mrs Dillon 2 t Wm Ward writes from the soldiers home tht -he is getting along all right an seuds his iKJS iis regards Mr H H Rhodes the tunpr to his The warm weather this week has melted the snow and spring time seems to be at Land until we tret an other cold spell Vaccine Virus is received fresh vice a wcck irom ine natural virus farm Washington D C For sale by Dr Alfred Lewis A gent 2 t Will Wiseman came uptfrorn Louis iana with Frank Thackrey and is going to visit a few days with the county treasurers family Frank Thackrey and wife Miss Cora Thackrey and their nephew Will Wiseman went out to the lakes to their homrsteads yesterday A n Exchange says the men who took up the shovel and went after thesuow made more money out of it than those who wrote poetry about it How a bout Bix oil Minnesota Dr Dwyer went to Merriman the first of the week returning Tuesday The man who was shot has pneumonia and the bullet that was snqposed to have gone through the run and rang ed downward passed between the ribs and the lungs lodging on the op posite side against a rib Whites condition is serious buteood care will probably save him Trade has been improving right a long and Valentine is getting to be a busy town as Jin former times Just about xVIeh 10 Mr Rhodes and his partner Mr C Somrner are manufac turing pianos in Omaha and they can outicoajuuj repuiT or reDuim any pi- j ano Druir Store Refemnrp mqqot c Nicholson Mrs Dwyer and jHr Ell iott mW OMAHA NEB Cor 9th and tl Worth Sts LIQUOR J eeley JTrenimout I jrlv u Signed The Leslie ElZeeley Co WRITE rOTt PUll PAKTICUURt 1 THE KEELEY INSTITUTE Omah Ncb Cor lJlh and Ieuvemcorth Sts I I ClLe Produce each a dlsflHsnl vv bavins definite MflRPtolNF - Tb6 disease ylertfs TOBACCO Busily td th3 DouVlol Chloride of Cofd Trtat mfent prepared by Uf t UStNG XeslieE Ke61ey IO THIS PtJLir he KeeJer JuHtKiitc at Oiiiniia Ntbnifclctr i the seuutiio Koclev lteintdlps nnrt 1 Valentine Nebr Feb 5 1901 Board met as per adjournment Present chairman L Laufer Alex Burr and W E Haely The matter of the incorporation of Cody village came before the board and hearing set for 1 1 oclock a m On motion the following appointments were made Teter Hoffman Justice Xenzel Precr -John Duffy road overseer district 53 K F Pettycrew 3 On motion the following official bonds were approved Peter Hoffman Justice Nenzel Prcciner John Duffy rord overseer district 63 j J J Oweu 50 C C Thompson 26 John Ormesher 25 N Elliott ij W L Uohee assessor Dewey lake preoinct On motion Joseph Bristol was granted a re fund of 472 and Henry Flineaux refund of 170 both being double assessments On motion the bond ol Premont Tribune for furuishing books atcLblank3 was approved Kow on this 5th day of Feb 1001 The onstrators in the matter of the incorparatio u ol the village of Cody appeared by F JI Walcott their atorney and withdrew their remons trance j And the said board of county commissioners of Cherry county Nebraska beiug fully adviseu in the piemises are satisfied and find that a majority of the taxable inhabitants of the terr tory sought to be included within the limits ol sa d incorporation and described in the peti tion heretofore filed as being all of section number seven 7 in township numbered thirty four of range numbered thirty three west of Hit sixth p m in JNebraska signed said petition for such incorporation and that inhabitants to the number of two huudted or more are actual reaiuents of the territory described In said peti tion The said b ard of county commissioners of Cherry cnunty Nebraska therefore declares said proposed tiilnge incoipoiatid and that saulvillage shall be known as the vil lage of Cody and that said Tillage shall be de scribed b the following metes and bounds uz commencing at the northeast corner of sec tion seven 7 in township thirty four range thirty three running thence west 320 rods thence south 320 rods thence east 32u rods thence north 320 rods to the place of beginning Andthesaidboaidof county commissioners of Cherry coutty Nebraska at the same time does hereby appoint EC Cole W M Hook W H Carter L E Stuart and A O Iteimen echneider as village trustees of said Village ot Cody Cherry county Nebraska L Laufer Alex Lurr W E Haley Co iv Commissioners On motion communication of J A Saull was received and laid over without action The records showing that the following de scribed land was uu on tne tax list for 1898 1890 and 1900 to wit u nc4 njs nw4 Sec 14 T 27 It 37 the board assessed said land at 146 115 92 for above years also ne seM svrh scisec2i uj swH nj seJi Sec 22 nlA swJi Sec 23 uwJi ne4 Sec 21 ejJjnwS e sw4 Sec 25 and n nw4 Sec 28 all In Town 2G Range 37 was assessed at 02 per 1G0 acres for All but first ICO acres of 6aid land being for est reserve land and not reported back for re cord And the clerk wa3 ordered to place ssme upon tax list Whereupon the board adjourned to Ftb 0 Feb G 1001 Boad met as members all preset t On motion he board Quit claimed to the Cor nell Towns to and Laud Company the siu deeded to Cheiry count p lor court house two years ago On motion the following claims were allowed and warrants less delinquent personal taxes ordered drawn on county general iund Ciabb Comdielor poor 8 50 uuiijjjuit iciicuuug jail 2g w 11 - per adjournment a laihtr mue lor iioor 10 oo C A JohiijOUbiifliebioroiUHy i o xj jn Lu uuii icc ueurgt case 5iu L N Lifjiioitguani uuiy jailor Ices ana u 154 50 Lte liuunou cjtik supreme court feis Tlioiiipoii case CC5 J W liJibLbuiJiJlu s lor county 0d A rtticitwiiilbo lor pooi aoo JAW JuUHSOU gjy Iliiam Ccinell itnt ov curt Dec lito J 11 Lucnelor luiiiitr 2iuniouhMH tn fairrSrtsrirairgii 7dO 183 S4 Loaiumau bridge souu I M liKu lirintiiig neas btaieuteut oo WaluolticLuuvJgnvery Hire 7 CO yeujiiiioucauvaosiiigooaru lJ0O at 0 Jamtsahiiving aou W camels b 31 W uuuward fees Young case 260 jtoLiiaie noj v APeujcrewnidse for poor i5ch WAlarKur 5 30 On tcino ircigeluud J Jiooer buugeotr Kiobrara 175000 On motion claim ol Geo btaunaid was reject ed O u motion t Lim of Samuel C all was laia ov er to nt M 111 eting On motion J D Pilchards was granted a re tne reverse with Gordon as pictured iund of 1010 taLe being a double assebbiueut by the Gordon Journal as quoted in lu nltW these columns last week Valentine 0n motioa S1E0 as tiausieied from roau fmid t0 bnu luud is a Rood trading point and people I know that they can have their choice Jfzetoo1 euppcartrjand subscribed cci60toraicwwteor a new locrtiou for the k when they come here to buy au arti 1 couit bouse on Main birect with east front Tin cle and board recoiibidcied the selection nf tlie site 01 Jan 10 atd loeattd said court house on lots 1 2 3 and 4 in block 10 original town of Valentine piano salesman will be in Valentine hame cost l0 COUDty as site before selected On m otion the following amounts were dtieted fi em the aboe allowed claims and ap plied upon dciiMHcnteioual taxes 210 W A Pet t j c io and A E Petti crew 20 85 Kind ly leave orders at Elliotts II fcolt 750 ucu jjiiun 2 00 ti n 1 v w uj a o oparKS irs Mornby Mr UM Bice 131o JHBachelor 3000 J A W Johnson icio Crabb Co on Crabb Morgareldge 8 50 CAJohnson 120 LKLaypoit q j v leasi g5 Whcrcupoy the board adjourned to Eeb 7 Feb 7 luoi Poard met as per adjournment Members all preent It appearing that Minupch iduxa hill on north fclde road dibtrict no 1 is iu very poor couditibu and the commissioners beiEg advWed that thtr is yet a balance in Uie special cbiuniUUtd hands of special bond levy to build hud lepair said hiii On motion the committee was in structed to iiiiindlnuely riiwlr said hill and ruia ovcrsteris instructed to rtfloor the Minne chaduza bridge on said road no 1 with hsrd pine plank and remove old fioor in afe good trondilbn a possible auil turn sirifie bveV to cdminiUee ftfr n palriJ ba hill Wherbupotf thebobu abjourubd io Pobj wt Attest J WJVaaieK Co CferK Sale -of Estray I will Bell to he highest hid Jpr for cash at my pla 111 German pre hict i ear Kiege P o Hat jirdjiy inarch 1901 at 10 oclock a hi the fol lowing desrnbed eslray towit One Arabian gra mare ae unknown blina in 0110 oe and tuiei oinie 1 on right shoulder wVteuti auuut I u o p uuds V a WJIson Kilsoreeb4 -1 - tr ki WHEN IN NEED OF RUSHES HAT TOOTH HAIR BATH FAIL CLOTHES SHOE COMPLEXION SHAVING PAINT WHITEWASH AND CALSOMINE CALL AT ELLIOTTS DRUG STORE Headquarters for Druggists Sundries - FECIAL FACTGii iiilUL 75 cts for earn 500 iniics less or iivo its meaens tnci myomowu stum it at our cxnease and vre will rcfut qua to any standard hich grade sewing machine made ai 1 any madnne old for less money must be made of inferior ziaterial We in inufactur in are quantities and sell only at a small advance of factor cost which enables vs ri Dlicryuu iauiiiiy iiiitmuc umujiitic at a TJUltui3U5iy K price IEWABE OF I ith various inducements PS O Unknown cones is are continually ofTcr 1 fttnr tnfA nili p nw w m ifll w J VI - Ji vujjjua uMiuc Write to the Afcrcn S7i3ES j3auk or the Second VT A 1 Tl 1 - Jl 1 ni nnnthiiMfi Itll J ine with the defects of none Made rijht in our factorv ViMiSS money can Lu 1 Q 2 If Mi ill gpsalll 3 J5 ffilgggggg f II national uinit ox Aaron vuio - wy out ou Kiuuuini 11111 iiuhv iiinviiiiim nni7Biimt nr e iH7i JJl1i H ieat rot z criyuuiuru 6EJfj V ffr TIIii 1 d vour inoniv 7 ib machine is I JSUlSI tt B a YlWlIRIil fersrtS H B a IflflSfSj x nniniicy oreiy modern irn verv hirh trrada ma 1 H5S2 C5 y the rsost slulled and 5cm the best naterial that nfinO nC77nAllMjrreirsven irawerCosToninnrcloice Quar UnUr LitOA UHDIni1 ter sawcJcaic piano plliltl One Illustration slioTrs BoxTf omachine opea ready for Jise the Other cur Drot Head machine with the head dropf cd from slrht to be used as a center taLle cr desfe Tha uprishtorao psnatliineb s six fanry dravers and crc nrswer lor toois ncedlcsetc n are Htest 1900 she etonframecareUpaneicdraitossM anddecorae c fine nirietcd ditwcr pulls rests on four cisterj tjrnribl tre 1 Smyth iron santl The Drop Krad has four fancy drawers find nr fjr tools Eah machine has the finest hiRh ana head ix slit r m feed scffhrradlnr ribraliii shuttle at triuc bob bin Tjoved ailj stajleprrswr i ved shuttle carrier patent arrss xtii - ruarctllea this mac iii totetliolichtestrurjiapOTtUunibieanunt jtrioisceii machine made Ever alfachment i fnrrUJicd free together wth a complete intrne lion honV tclHnfr vcu inw tn H ar v tiil rf rljln or fancv irark We lf US a written binding guarantee with every machine Itt 11 ccet oa nothing tosresndexua ine this mirhlne com Jt it with others selling for frnm Sw t j 60 and if satisfactory agent 5169s charges Send fur citiilrs and full d srnptio f sewinf midlines and bicj c e in nufactured by us Order today Address iU orders to 1 THE AKRON SEWENC eSACKSCS SSGYCf7 3C AUrcn Ohio The Akron Sewicc Slachine and Bicyels Co arc reliatlcV Caf r fvvvyvwywvw vvvyvvvrvvwywvvwwyyyww vwaaaaMaaa I THE STEADY SUBSCRIBER SAAAA YOUR Hard wood Farnhams UP UBSCRIP TION AND fence rpost3 at 8c at 52 I will run the-town-herd of cows this summer and do the herding myself and guarantee careful haudling of all stock entrusted to mv care Yours TmiP 53 W D Clarksox Old Dr Drnmiiiond Alter years of patient study and experi ment has given the world a preparation which is an absolute and permanent cure for every form of rheumatism The price is S5 but it is two largo bottles enough for a months treat ment and will relieve tne worst case from the first dose Sent by oxpres s 011 receipt of price by Drummond Medicine Co New Yout with full particulars and testimonials 01 wonderful cures j Strayed from my ranch near Simeon during the fiist of January three cows iiUiC ci Jc Jt lui i rfonc sIpp branded W F connected left hip 1 so one heifer bianded A X On left side W D ilbRGAllFrfDGE Wanted I Reliable man for mmacer of branch ofTce w wish to open in this vicinity If JOur 1 coul is w a uure en opportunity Kii dlvgegood reference when writing THE A T MORPJS WHOLESALE HOUSE rrrw How dear tu rny heart is the steady subscriber Who pays in advance at the birth of each year Who lays down his dollar and smiles at me gladly And casts around the oflice a halo of cheer He never says Stop it I cannot afford it1 Nor Im getting more papers now than I cau read But always says Send it the family likes it In fact we all think it is a real household need How welcome he is when he steps in the sanctum How he makes my heart throb how he makes my eyes dance I outwardly thank him 1 inwardly bless him The steady subscriber who pays in advance Stolen j AiMAAAAAAAAAIUMAAAAAAAAA aaaaaaaaaaaamaaaaaaaa PAY AAAfli X Farm 1ajwr Doosttt JFill the BUI A farm paper is all right as an addit ion to the farmers reading matter but first of all he wants a NEWSPAPER one that will give him all the telegraph ic news of the world oarkets state and national politics together with a lot of whelesorae reading for the fam ily The Semi Weekly State Journal is just such a paper published ever R Tuesday and Friday at the state cap ital For a short tiin The Western Poultry News will be sent FREE ONE YEAR to those sending 1 for the Jour nal Address State Journal Lincoln Neb When you want a physic that is mild and gentle easy to take and pleas ant in effect use Chamberlains Stom ach and Liver Tablets Price 25 cents Samples free Every box guaranteed For sale by Quigley and Chapman A Aiffht of Teyros Awful anxiety was felt for the wid ow of the brave General Burnham of Machias Me when the doctors said she would die from Pneumonia before mouing writes Mrs S H Lincoln who attended her that fearful night but she begged for Dr Kings New Dis covery which bad more than once sav ed ber life and cured her of consumpt ion Aftejjjaking she slept all night Further use entirely cured her This marvellous medidine hi guaranteed to cure all Throat Chest and Lung Dia eases Only 50c and 100 Trial bot tles sree at Elliotts crug store 500 Reward For any case of rheumatism which cannot bo cured with Dr Drummonda Lightning Berne dies internal and external relieves at once euro guaranteed Restores stiff joints drawn cords and hardoned muscles If your druggist has not got it do not tke anything else Send de scription of your case tako the agency and te oare treatment free Drummond Medicine Co i Nassau street Y j A KOOil Isobnf ZZ xiurtanfi - Ing harness la tncjS iuiai iuu ui a com- blnatlon IZZ - Bl a l rntr c tCH iW3 not only makes he harncs an i tf l1 horac loci betrer but raaiw th3 l leather soitand tillable nisitM Give dition to last twrcc ca Ions- ca it ordinarily wouIJ j Sold cTcrrubcrc la caj U ut3 icuc 07 msea Chance iV OIL CO li m w m - x